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Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 update released
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WOTD: They Fit
Stay safe in custom-fit comfort 3,450 reads
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Microsoft Office 15 technical preview kicks-off
Technical preview begins 3,000 reads
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WOTD: Wonderbag
Boil in the bag for the 21st Century 2,900 reads
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WOTD: Take the Family
Taking the family? No? OK, take mine… 2,250 reads
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Skype 5.8 for Windows dials in 1080p HD calling
And group screen sharing 3 February 2012 10:45 GMT TweetSkype 5.8 for Windows has landed, complete with an all-new HD video calling option.
The updated software now supports 1080p video, meaning that - if you have a Full HD webcam such as the Logitech c920 - you'll be able to video chat with your...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: Gov.uk
A single government website? Quite possibly… 3 February 2012 1:00 GMT TweetTo anybody living in the UK at the moment, the notion of “a single Government” anything is a fanciful one.
We have a collation where the right hand doesn’t seem to know what the one in the middle is doing, if you get my tortured,...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: Zoo Borns
Get a serious dose of the exotic cutes 2 February 2012 1:00 GMT TweetWe like to think we’re men of the world here at Pocket-lint. We’ve been there, done that, bought the T-shirt and taken the pictures on the latest umpteen-megapixel digital camera.
So when the boss sent us all a link to www.zooborns.com,...
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Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 update released, fixes bugs, adds RAW support for new cameras
730MB download live 1 February 2012 23:19 GMT TweetApple has released a new update, 10.7.3, to its Mac OS X Lion operating system on Wednesday.
The new 10.7.3 update is recommended for all OS X Lion users and includes general operating system fixes that improve the stability, compatibility,...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: Take the Family
Taking the family? No? OK, take mine… 1 February 2012 1:00 GMT TweetI think it was Boxing Day, or maybe even late on Christmas Day, when it was first mentioned.
“Where are we going on holiday next year…?”
There was a moment’s silence, then an involuntary shudder, then I made...
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Microsoft Office 15 technical preview kicks-off
Technical preview begins 31 January 2012 14:43 GMT TweetMicrosoft has unleashed Office 15 into a technical preview; the next generation of its inter-related desktop office solutions.
Don't worry, you haven't just emerged from a coma after three years and missed out on all the speadsheet-based fun...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: Wonderbag
Boil in the bag for the 21st Century 31 January 2012 1:00 GMT TweetMuch like yesterday’s Website of the Day, this is one of those brilliantly simple ideas, brilliantly executed.
Meet the Wonderbag, an eco-cooking idea that is changing lives and could help to change the planet.
It’s staggeringly...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: They Fit
Stay safe in custom-fit comfort 30 January 2012 1:00 GMT TweetIf the statement “one size fits all” has ever seemed a little ridiculous, you’d be right. It’s not true for hats, it’s not true for T-shirts, and when it comes to the humble condom it couldn’t be less true, or potentially...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: One Hour Per Second
A visualisation of time as we know it (according to YouTube...) 27 January 2012 1:00 GMT TweetA truly astonishing statistic surfaced this week: every second of every day, an hour of video footage is uploaded to YouTube.
Just think about that for a few seconds. It’s almost impossible to imagine, or visualise just how much is being...
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HP Open webOS set for September launch
Open webOS 1.0 detailed 26 January 2012 9:29 GMT TweetBack in December HP finally made up its mind on the fate of webOS, stating that it would make the mobile operating system open source in the hope that it will live on by being used by companies looking for an alternative to Android or Windows Phone...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: Fold Ross Kemp
The many freaky faces of Ross Kemp 26 January 2012 1:00 GMT TweetA bit of added value today as we bring you not one, but two websites of the day. The first, rosskempfolds.tumblr.com was trending on Twitter this week, and seemingly within minutes we also had kempfolds.blogspot.com.
Now isn’t that just...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: This Is My Jam
Now you can get it out of your head 25 January 2012 1:00 GMT TweetThere’s a song in your head right now, isn’t there? You know there is. It’s been there a few days. No matter what else you listen to, it keeps creeping back into your consciousness, quietly at first then with increasing enthusiasm.
I’m...
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7 days living with....the other computer (Apple Mac OS X)
FEATURE I'm a PC.... 24 January 2012 11:03 GMT TweetFirst up, a confession. I don't come into this experiment as a member of the anti-Apple brigade. Not completely.
I love my iPhone and, while it's not exactly essential, I have a good relationship with my original iPad too (although I should...
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WEBSITE OF THE DAY: Five Squids
What would you do…? 24 January 2012 1:00 GMT TweetOnce upon a time, I would have done just about anything for a fiver. Don’t panic, I’m not hinting at a past full of vice and petty crime, but when I was growing up, £5 was considered a sizeable amount of money.
It’s not any...
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Star Wars Uncut finished - the entire movie remade by fans (video)
Crowd-sourced and brilliant 23 January 2012 16:05 GMT TweetWe featured Star Wars Uncut as our Website of the Day here on Pocket-lint back in August 2010 and have been following its progress ever since. Now, the crowd-sourced project has been completed and is ready to be watched in its entirety; all two hours...
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