Microsoft have announced they plan to stick with their schedule for removing Windows XP from the shelf which they had originally annonced prior to the Windows Vista launched. So if you while rising with a killer hangover next New Years Day you suddenly think a new laptop wouold make you feel better…BEWARE! You will only be able to buy a laptop with the giant system resource hogging infestation that is Windows Vista.

At first, various horror stories you have heard will flood through your head. Unfortunately, they will be surpressed by that need you have for a brand spanking new killer companion in your time of need. You will order it foolishly believing that surely Microsoft will have fixed all the problems that have bugged upgraders since its release. After all, it IS Microsoft. Tut Tut!!

If your situation fits loosely within previously stated scenario, as several colleague’s of mine did then prepare. Prepare to install your programmes to realise Windows Vista is not backwards compatible with XP software. Prepare for 1 minute+ boot time. Prepare for the overwhelming urge to make your first sale on ebay.

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The first cool thing about is that it changes to coincide with the weather conditions and time in your local area. Well! If you live in the US it does.

I think I’m the guy in the red tracksuit…but trying to become the guy in the suit beside him…haha!

I’ve found a rather useful page detailing the different states for each theme.
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They have recently filed for a patent on predictive mobile location-based search technology. A BlackBerry-like gadget is apparently in the pipeline that may be Google-made or run a Google OS. At the very least I would expect to see it optimised for gmail. There are also recent reports of a partnership between operator Orange and Google with a view to producing a branded device.

Conspiracy theorists should have a field day as further evidence begins to gather.

According to the survey 1 in 3 of Irish people binge drink regularly although I should stress that their interpretation of binge drinking is more than 4 drinks in a night.

With the Irish consistantly finishing top of these sort of polls, you would think they would rewrite the rulebooks for us. I mean, surely drinking more than anyone else means our bodies can drink more on average before we are considered to be binge drinking.

The new stadium had received planning to capacitate 60,000 in Stanley Park with 2009 as the target opening date. However, if Hicks & Gillett want to make drastic changes, they willl have to resubmit for planning permission which could push back the opening date.

Personally, as a lifelong Liverpool supporter I am delighted to hear this. I was disappointed to hear that we were going to move away from Anfield for a mere 60,000 seater stadium. When some of Europes elite already play weekly in 80,000+ seaters, the plans for Stanley Park looked a little lacking in ambition.

Hicks added: “We have our own people lined up to see if, within the confines of the plans, there are any other ideas that would be good for the fans.”

Yesterday, Adam Keane, a bricklayer from Barnageeha, Daragh in Clare was convicted of raping Mary Shannon yet was only given a 3 year suspended sentence. 20 year old Keane was convicted at the Central Criminal Court.

His defence relied on the fact that he was drunk and on ecstasy at the time of the crime so apparently that makes it ok. I am disgusted! How can they say just because someone is drunk and on drugs that he shouldn’t go straight to prison for an act like this.

Mary Shannon today went public, waiving her right for anonymity to plead with the Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal the three-year suspended sentence handed down to Keane. She has also been appearing in live interviews on the news throughout the day. I have to admire her courage and I can only hope her misfortune leads to more severe sentencing for crimes such as this.

The revenue for these forthcoming web based applications is due to come from advertising, so don’t expect it to be as clean as using the full version. Add to that the lag in processing filters, rendering images etc, and it looks set to be quite a feat if they pull it off. Then again, they have said basic, so maybe it will just resize images and add text. Let’s see.