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The Guardian Digital Editions

For a while now I’ve been subscribing to the online digital editions of The Guardian Newspaper and to be perfectly frank, the user experience was in needs of some extra development. Countless times have there been delays in publishing and my emails to customer services have went unanswered. While editions were eventually posted, it was [...]

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Cashless: The Sorry Demise of Physical Currency

I've said it before and I'll say it again; cash is dying. It has been dying for a long time now and if it wasn't for the monumental efforts of taxi drivers, newsagents and vending machine operators all across Britain, cash would be remembered now by nothing more than a witty epitaph on a gravestone hidden somewhere within the The Bank of England Museum on Threadneedle Street. Even cheques, the 350 year old negotiable instrument and cash alternative, are soon to be confined to the history books. With the prevalence of cash quickly diminishing, just how easy is it to live entirely without cash? In order to find out, I set myself a challenge: one entire day with out physical cash. The rules of the game were simple, if it needed cash, it wasn't happening. In all honesty, a day without cash was hardly a challenge. For as long as I can remember, I've preferred ‘fantastic plastic’ over dirty paper and heavy coins. However, today I removed from my wallet the £30 of 'backup cash' I carry in contingency and headed out into the world.

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Spotlight turns to Notebooks: Pre-Show Predictions

With just 45 minutes to go, it is time for some pre-show predictions.  Just for the record, I’ve not been following the rumors so these are more or less random and thus will probably be way off! There as been a lot of speculation over the last few weeks regarding the new notebooks from Apple.  I [...]

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Spotlight turns to Notebooks: Live Blog

Good morning and welcome to the Apple Live (in association with Ross C Brown Online and Kismet Networks) coverage of the Apple “The spotlight turns to notebooks’ keynote event coverage.

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Let’s Rock: Steve’s Mercedes and it’s licence plates

Following the discovery of this picture (below) on flickr (reported here and here), showing the Mercedes-Benz owned by Steve Jobs sans number plates, there has been much discussion online of how  exactly he gets away with it. 

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