Monday, April 30, 2012

Technical IT - a dual-GPU GeForce GTX 690

 

 

A rival for the AMD's Radeon HD 7800 series has to be seen first. I myself will happily bet on the Radeon. What are your thoughts on the matter.

 

 


 

Third GK104-based Single GPU Graphics Card SKU Detailed


After GeForce GTX 680, which has all components of the 28 nm GK104 enabled, a dual-GPU GeForce GTX 690, which features two of these chips, and the GeForce GTX 670, NVIDIA is readying its third single-GPU GK104-based SKU. We

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Book News 30April2012 - Exxon Mobil and American Power

 

Many thanks to the NYT -  The Times for this mention of what I'm sure will be a best seller across the globe. We have all wondered. Did you see that profit figure Thirty Six BILLION!! Can this be healthy within any state.

‘Private Empire,’ Steve Coll’s Book on Exxon Mobil






By DWIGHT GARNER


Published: April 26, 2012





The cover of “Private Empire,” Steve Coll’s new book about the Exxon Mobil

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book news 30Apr12 - Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

Now I found this by accident whilst trolling the internet. This sounds like a must get book for us wrinklies who keep forgetting nouns etc.,


In Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, author Joshua Foer writes about how he went from being an internet journalist assigned to cover this event to becoming a competitor in one, one year later. This is one of the most interesting accounts of participatory journalism ever told.

But the book is much much

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

CPU's This Weekend

 

This Sunday an excert from anandtech.com for you. This looks like it could be a very tasty piece of kit for the serious player .......


The Monster 1.0 isn’t just about stuffing the latest and greatest parts into a small form factor. Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processor is socket compatible with Sandy Bridge chips, and since there are no dual-core IVB offerings right now Eurocom offers the Monster with either dual-core SNB or quad-core IVB—though you’ll

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Book News 29Apr12 Sara A Hoyt and Baen Books

 

Looking thru as I do I found a list of free chapters going as tasters. I haven't reproduced them in full here as I haven't the room. Full credits are show below. Sara A Hoyt is well worth watching. The same goes for Baen Books. Follw the more reading for er... more reading

 

Darkship Renegades
Sarah A Hoyt
Baen – December 2012

Out of the Frying Pan

I was a princess from Earth and he was a rogue spaceman from a mythical world. He saved my life three

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

AMD & Intel News

Some interesting reading for the investment clubs. More on the Ivy Bridge as and when it hits the news. Remember you heard it here second!

 






Recently, Intel (INTC) has proven itself to be a leader in its field, in more aspects than one.

In order to move with the times, Intel has created a new generation of chips, and very recently it announced that these chips would be available in its new PCs. The chips, referred to as "Ivy Bridge"

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Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden

 

It had to happen --- A book on arch criminal and allround hate figue bin Laden.  I'm not sure that I wish to hear anymore about this man so it is unlikely that I will purchase it myself but, in the interests of fairness for which he was well known, here is a review. Enjoy ... or not.


Not only was family life a source of solace for Osama bin Laden, the former al Qaeda leader strongly believed polygamy was a religious obligation. These are two of the revelations in Peter

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Book News 25 April 12

 



Three Books of totally different styles and subjects. The first is fairly typical Guardian choice. Personally I feel sorry for Don Bartlet but it would appear that he did a good job!

Do you really wish to 'get skinnier than all your friends'? If so then our second choice (another Guardian) is for you .....

Number three  Gone by Michael Grant - review is my choice for the day. I just love a fantasy with a touch of .... and a jot of

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IT News - 25April12 - Ultrabooks Without Optical Drives?

 




 

HP, Dell and Asus Consider Ultrabooks without Optical Drives



6:30 AM - April 25, 2012 by Douglas Perry - source: Digitimes





Notebook makers are anticipating the launch of the next generation of MacBook Pros and apparently are planning their product strategy around Apple's success or failure.

Rumors suggest that Apple will eliminate optical disc drives from the standard feature set and offer external drives as an

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Book News 25 April 12

 



Three Books of totally different styles and subjects. The first is fairly typical Guardian choice. Personally I feel sorry for Don Bartlet but it would appear that he did a good job!

Do you really wish to 'get skinnier than all your friends'? If so then our second choice (another Guardian) is for you .....

Number three  Gone by Michael Grant - review is my choice for the day. I just love a fantasy with a touch of .... and a jot of

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Book News

 



Now. Born in Yorkshire quite near Leeds I remember it from fifty years ago. This is the story of the man responsible for a large part of its change.


The story of a city by its modest modern guardian



John Thorp has not been able to prevent all carbuncles from wrinkling the face of Leeds. But his role as the UK's last Civic Architect shines through a long-awaited boo
















John Thorp's elegant

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Intel News

 



Is this yet another Intel OOps. It wouldn't be the first. Anyone remember the chip that had trouble doing maths?

 


Rumored Ivy Bridge Production Woes, Intel Denies Shortages

April 23, 2012 by Douglas Perry - source: Digitimes

Today's Intel Ivy Bridge launch has been accompanied by rumors that production issues may be responsible for a very limited supply of processors initially.







The

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Intel News

 



Is this yet another Intel OOps. It wouldn't be the first. Anyone remember the chip that had trouble doing maths?

 


Rumored Ivy Bridge Production Woes, Intel Denies Shortages

April 23, 2012 by Douglas Perry - source: Digitimes

Today's Intel Ivy Bridge launch has been accompanied by rumors that production issues may be responsible for a very limited supply of processors initially.







The

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Book News

 



Now. Born in Yorkshire quite near Leeds I remember it from fifty years ago. This is the story of the man responsible for a large part of its change.


The story of a city by its modest modern guardian



John Thorp has not been able to prevent all carbuncles from wrinkling the face of Leeds. But his role as the UK's last Civic Architect shines through a long-awaited boo
















John Thorp's elegant

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Monday, April 23, 2012

World Book Night

This is mandantory for all our readers. Random House have been very good to us. Support them and World Book Night.


World Book Night



Will you be joining in with the festivities of World Book Night? Thousands of volunteers across the UK, Ireland, Germany and USA will be sharing their passion for reading and books by helping give out 1,000,000 books. This year, 25 titles have been chosen in total and many great Random House authors are featured such as Terry Pratchett, Sophie

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World Book Night

This is mandantory for all our readers. Random House have been very good to us. Support them and World Book Night.


One Million Books!



Will you be joining in with the festivities of World Book Night? Thousands of volunteers across the UK, Ireland, Germany and USA will be sharing their passion for reading and books by helping give out 1,000,000 books. This year, 25 titles have been chosen in total and many great Random House authors are featured such as Terry Pratchett, Sophie

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Memory 8GB

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Memory 8GB

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Book News

 

Book Review: Intruder by C.J. Cherryh

In Intruder, the political machinations continue as Bren works toward creating a lasting trade agreement (and hopefully peace) between the Western Association and the Marid, and the Marid and Ilisidi’s Eastern district. This is a very complicated tangle made even more complicated by Machigi, the lord of the Marid giving Bren a letter revealing a number of things about what had been going on behind the scenes in Deceiver and Betrayer.

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

AMD

 

More news on the video card front. This from Ryan Smith on 4/16/2012 7:50:00 PM. This is unsurprising since the launch of the Gforce GTX 680

 

 

Radeon HD 7000 Series Price Cuts & Promos Announced


For those of you in the market for a new video card, some price relief is on its way. Earlier today AMD sent out an announcement that they’ll be dropping the price on half of the Radeon HD 7000 series lineup, bringing prices down at both the top and

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AMD

 

More news on the video card front. This from Ryan Smith on 4/16/2012 7:50:00 PM. This is unsurprising since the launch of the Gforce GTX 680

 

 

Radeon HD 7000 Series Price Cuts & Promos Announced


For those of you in the market for a new video card, some price relief is on its way. Earlier today AMD sent out an announcement that they’ll be dropping the price on half of the Radeon HD 7000 series lineup, bringing prices down at both the top and

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AMD

 

More news on the video card front. This from Ryan Smith on 4/16/2012 7:50:00 PM. This is unsurprising since the launch of the Gforce GTX 680

 

 

Radeon HD 7000 Series Price Cuts & Promos Announced


For those of you in the market for a new video card, some price relief is on its way. Earlier today AMD sent out an announcement that they’ll be dropping the price on half of the Radeon HD 7000 series lineup, bringing prices down at both the top and

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World Domination now aim for Google

Look what came our way this morning. Google having learnt how it's done from Microsoft is after another victim. Not capitalism at it's best. Good luck to AMD and the worried workforce. 


AMD and Google in Race to Buy Out MIPS



AMD and Google are locked in a race to buy out MIPS, an application processor architecture designer competitive to ARM. AMD comes from a decades old presence in the microprocessor industry, while Google is a satrap with smartphones, tablets, and

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ASUS Motherboards

 

This may or may not be bad news. What do you think??


ASUS To Completely End Manufacturing of its Motherboards, Notebooks by Pegatron



ASUS and Pegatron are headed for a complete split as far as motherboards and notebooks are concerned. Following reports of ASUSTek divesting in its former part and partner after split, Pegatron, ASUS plans to end manufacturing of its motherboards by it. ASUS will find other ODMs, such as Cal-Comp, ECS, Global-Brands

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London in the Eighteenth Century by Jerry White

 



If there was ever a Review that strongly told me to go out and buy a book then this is it. The Review itself reads like as fast paced novel. First go to the Guardian and read the whole review. Then buy the book. Then leave a comment for all to see.


London in the Eighteenth Century by Jerry White - review



London lives, magnificent and squalid












Engraving of shipping on the Thames near London Bridge, circa 1750.

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ASUS Motherboards

 

This may or may not be bad news. What do you think??


ASUS To Completely End Manufacturing of its Motherboards, Notebooks by Pegatron



ASUS and Pegatron are headed for a complete split as far as motherboards and notebooks are concerned. Following reports of ASUSTek divesting in its former part and partner after split, Pegatron, ASUS plans to end manufacturing of its motherboards by it. ASUS will find other ODMs, such as Cal-Comp, ECS, Global-Brands

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Book News

 


Rodney King's book The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption is due out on April 24th. In anticipation of the book's publication and the 20 year anniversary of the L.A. riots, King will sit down and talk with KPCC radio host and L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison at the LA Festival of Books this weekend.

If King has become a symbol in L.A.'s long and complicated history of race, justice and social change, then Morrison could be the lexicon where

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Biographies of Persian Poets

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by theSale Price:$13.85Read

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Biography amd Poetical Remains of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson

This book, "Biography amd Poetical Remains of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson", by Washington Irving, is a replication. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.Sale Price:$35.95Read

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Sir Robert Peel: In Early Life, 1788-1812; As Irish Secretary, 1812-1818; Amd As Secretary of State, 1822-1827. from His Private Correspondence, Volume 2

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,Sale Price:$25.22Read

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Die Kriege Friedrichs Des Grossen: Th. Der Siebenjährige Krieg. 1756-1763. 1. Bd. Pirna Und Lobositz, Amd Atlas of Maps. 2. Bd. Prag. 3. Bd. Kolin. 4. ... Leuthen. 7. Bd. Olmütz Und C (German Edition)

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,Sale Price:$19.02Read

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Nila and Bill

This is the real life story of Nila and Bill, two high tech spies who took process technology, including the state-of-the-art Pentium, from world-class chip makers Advanced Micro Devices and Intel Corporation and distributed it to Cuba, the SovietSale Price:$12.00Read

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World Domination now aim for Google

 

AMD and Google in Race to Buy Out MIPS

AMD and Google are locked in a race to buy out MIPS, an application processor architecture designer competitive to ARM. AMD comes from a decades old presence in the microprocessor industry, while Google is a satrap with smartphones, tablets, and other mobile computing devices thanks to its Android operatingsystem. With Microsoft opening up to ARM architecture with Windows 8 RT, it is in Google's interests to hedge its bets on an

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New Books on Harry Potter

 



I'm afraid my addiction to all things Potter is showing. Even so perhaps an encyclopedia is taking things a bit far. What next a Guardian sponsored BA in Magical Means? Still here is the latest from the Guardian. Read More


Harry Potter encyclopedia in progress, says JK Rowling



Flummoxed by flobberworms? Fear not, the author has started work on the long-promised encyclopedia of Harry's world, with royalties to be donated to

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

AMD

 

More news on the video card front. This from Ryan Smith on 4/16/2012 7:50:00 PM. This is unsurprising since the launch of the Gforce GTX 680

 

 

Radeon HD 7000 Series Price Cuts & Promos Announced


For those of you in the market for a new video card, some price relief is on its way. Earlier today AMD sent out an announcement that they’ll be dropping the price on half of the Radeon HD 7000 series lineup, bringing prices down at both the top and

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Keyphrases used

We had PM asking what search phrases people were using to find information within the site.

Here is a list from yesterdays's logs. I wouldn't take them too much to heart as they change daily and from month to month and season to season.
For instance at Xmas its going to be books on how to cook a Turkey or gifts for loved ones.

books like perfect chemistry
restaurant cutlery presentation
best food presentation book
books like perfect

Here is a list from yesterdays's logs. I wouldn't take them too much to heart as they change daily and from month to month and season to season. For instance at Xmas its going to be books on how to cook a Turkey or gifts for loved ones.

14 nm "Broadwell" A True System-on-Chip

 

Intel strike again and lead the field . The race for total integration continues. What next the "Posiotronic Brain" Not in my lifetime but perhaps in yours ....


 



14 nm "Broadwell" A True System-on-Chip (SoC)



With the 14 nm "Broadwell" architecture, Intel will take a new step towards integration of the platform-controller hub (PCH) with the CPU, by designing it to be a multi-chip module (with the CPU+northbridge in one die, and PCH on the other).

It began with transfer of memory controller from northbridge to CPU die (45 nm

14 nm "Broadwell" A True System-on-Chip

 

Intel strike again and lead the field . The race for total integration continues. What next the "Posiotronic Brain" Not in my lifetime but perhaps in yours ....


 



14 nm "Broadwell" A True System-on-Chip (SoC)



With the 14 nm "Broadwell" architecture, Intel will take a new step towards integration of the platform-controller hub (PCH) with the CPU, by designing it to be a multi-chip module (with the CPU+northbridge in one die, and PCH on the other). This would make

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Pottermore opens to Muggles

And look what I spotted whilst trawling thru the net. It would seem to be official athough your author had no luck first thing this morning. Still. Senior Citizens often have to queue....





 



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Pottermore, The Harry Potter Official Website,

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Tech News

 

I don't think this need much of an intro good news/bad news depends where or even if your money is invested. After the fuss in the UK over Bankers Pay one wonders what will happen if they get to hear about pay within the top American Technical groups?

Its a week to keep your eyes open!


A Complete Checklist For This Week's Big Earnings Announcements





Eric

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Book News

 

Its the weekend so I have the time to look for jems amongst the news. "First Book" always catches my eye at least within the main niches I support. Available here 

 

 

Nocturnal Origins is the first book in the Nocturnal Lives series. When I was shopping it around to agents and publishers, I had to try to figure out how to frame it. Was it urban fantasy (now called contemporary fantasy by some)? Was it mystery or suspense? Was it paranormal romance or just

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AMD Radeon HD 6950 to HD 6970

 

AMD Radeon HD 7900, HD 7700 Series Price Cuts En Route: 

 

Despite losing its competitive edge to NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680, for various reasons AMD was rather slow in adjusting prices of its Radeon HD 7900 series SKUs, the HD 7970 and HD 7950. We are now learning that AMD is preparing the first round of price cuts for its flagship lineup, since the advent of NVIDIA's Kepler architecture.

 

A Kitguru report pits   price cuts of

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Saturday, April 14, 2012

The latest AMD FirePro professional graphics cards

 

I'm not sure that I understand this, but I think it means that AMD once again has the edge on its competitors in the high performance graphic card market. I havent seen any prices. I don't think I will be testing it unlesws AMD send me a test card. (Hint Hint)

 

 


AMD and PTC Team Up to Provide Advanced Graphics Performance in Creo Parametric 2.0

AMD today announced its collaboration with PTC, a leading provider of product development software

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Thank God Vista is dead.

 

Its official Vista dies today.

 

Microsoft Ends Mainstream Support for Vista Today, Support for XP will end  in 2014

Microsoft Windows Vista is out of  "mainstream support " from today. Users will continue to have free access to security updates, but those without a commercial support contract will have to pay for bug fixes or other patches.

 

This phase between end of mainstream support and end of all support is called "extended support", and for

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News 14 April2012

 



And again from the Guardian an excellent review of the books surrounding the Titanic anniversary. I myself get a little fed up with the amount of coverage given. Certainly within televison programming. Cheap TV. Still that does not count where the newspapers are concerned. There is still a chance for us. Comment away and follow the link below to the origional and full article.

Titanic Lives by Richard Davenport-Hines – review

A survey of some of the many

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The Apple ebook price-fixing lawsuit

 

 

And where are you in this argument? It will ultimately effect all of us who read or write books. Wether you love them or hate them now is tthe time to add your comments below.

The Apple ebook price-fixing lawsuit has terrifying implications


If Apple loses the US case for alleged price fixing, Amazon will be left in sole charge of the publishing industryIt's easy to see the positive in the Department of Justice's decision to file a lawsuit against publishers

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Intel® Processors - In General

It should be remembered that when Intel say "family" they mean a collection of processors not Mother Father and two children. Some chips in an Intel family cost a breathtaking FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS. Fortunately there are others ( the majority ) that cost a good deal less....

To save time effort and money (for you) most of the data text etc on this page is blatantly stolen from Intel@ with only minor alterations by myself to improve readability.

Intel and AMD have always had a somewhat up

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Intel® Processors - In General

It should be remembered that when Intel say "family" they mean a collection of processors not Mother Father and two children. Some chips in an Intel family cost a breathtaking FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS. Fortunately there are others ( the majority ) that cost a good deal less....

To save time effort and money (for you) most of the data text etc on this page is blatantly stolen from Intel@ with only minor alterations by myself to improve readability.

Intel and AMD have always had a somewhat up

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AMD 1( Click Here)

This is the page that I have been waiting for, or at least it was until I found out how many there were to do.

The SHORT List:
Dual-Core AMD Opteron (16)
AMD Athlon II X4 (11)
AMD Opteron (10)
Six-Core AMD Opteron (10)
AMD Athlon II X3 (9)
Quad-Core AMD Opteron (9)
AMD Phenom II X6 Black (7)
AMD Opteron 6100 Series Processor (6)
AMD Athlon II X2 (4)
AMD Phenom II X4 (4)
AMD Phenom II X6 (4)
AMD Sempron (4)
AMD Dual-Core A4-Series APU For Desktops (3)
AMD Opteron 4100 Series

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Gigabyte Motherboards - The G1 Sniper

G1.Sniper - 1366 Socket - X58 Chipset - ATX (Ref: G1.SNIPER)


I've been thinking a good deal about motherboards recently. Its sometime since my personal (Midi Tower) computer was built. Probably four years now. Asus were my favorites for may many years and I have no real reason for looking at another manufacturer. When we were dealing with "live" products we used to sell an awful number of Gigabyte of all shapes and sizes. Many in bundles and many at rock bottom prices.

Not so with

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Western Digital

I confess I haven't used many Western Digital Hard drives during my career. One tends to stick with a manufacturer one trusts especially when spending thousands of pounds of a clients money.

The usual stories abound for those who wish to search for them. Western Digital are the finest hard drive manufacturer at large to Western Digital hard drives suck. The truth has to be somewhere in the middle for them to have been in business for the length of time that they have. I would love to see

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Friday, April 13, 2012

LinkedIn - Worth it for you?

When it comes to building a presence online there are a good number of reasons why you should create a business profile on LinkedIn.

Firstly, LinkedIn is a business-focused social networking site. The majority of its members are online entrepreneurs, business owners, marketers, and all sorts of business-oriented individuals. This alone makes the social site a must-have. If you are not building your presence on it, then you are missing out on a lot of business opportunities.

Whether you

Creating a LinkedIn profile is an effective business strategy. Here are a few ideas on how it should be done

The Easter SF Conference

 

Of course no one told me it was at the Radisson Edwardian hotel in Heathrow or even when it was. Perhaps someone will tell me in time for next years show. You have to admire George RR Martin with his money most would not have his down to earth flair and be as friendly to his fans. Rumor has it that there are still TWO more books to come yet. Watch this page


"Eastercon is the biggest date in the UK SF/fantasy convention calendar, and moves location each year

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Apple and the email scandle

 



 


Apple accused by US of colluding with publishers to fix price of ebooks


The News of The Day has to be the truely amazing story of Apple, the US Justice department and ebooks. As a major purchaser of ebooks thse days I'm not amused to hear that one of the biggest companys in the world is ripping me ( a senior citizen) off.

But it isn't just Apple Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster are all

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Vampires Dracula and The Guardian no less.

Yessss I know I keep quoting from the Guardian but this is too good to miss....

The first mention of Bram Stoker's Dracula in The Guardian came in its Books Of The Week round-up on 15 June 1897. It's worth quoting in full:

Dracula
by Bram Stoker

Buy it from the Guardian bookshop

Tell us what you think: Star-rate and review this book
A writer who attempts in the nineteenth century to rehabilitate the ancient legends of the were-wolf and the vampire has set himself a formidable

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Its Friday the 13th Sci-Fi

 

Something borrowed something blue... I think we've had the blue so here is a short borrowed. Follow the links for more info on the shorts described below. Review Authors info in the Bio

So, on to the stories…

Summary of Story #1: No Earthly Ship -

This is a simple sci-fi adventure/romance. The action apparently takes place on an alien planet where blood is blue, people come in different colors, and shape-shifters hide in plain sight. There are two different

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Book News - Sword & Blood

 

Don't you just love freebies and free vampire stories at that. This one courtesy of Sarah J Hoyt is well worth a read if you are into the genre. Nothing better to start the day and get the blood moving.


Sword & Blood: The Vampire Musketeers





*If you don’t read vampires, please don’t read further.  Also, fair warning because this blog is normally PG — there is EXPLICIT sexual stuff in the prologue (not quite sex) — so if you

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