I have just been playing with a javascript tool for identifying the “geolocation” of the visitors to your site. 
Firstly you have to register with the site to create an account before you can get the script to place on your site. 
Once you have the script on the site it provides you with a [...]

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I have been a big fan of a company called PowWowNow a telephone conference service, you know the type of company you would use if you wanted to do a conference call. 
This week “The Conservation through Conversation Week” they have been donating all their profits to Kew Gardens which is working to save different [...]

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Having decided to use the WP-Notable plugin, I have been spending too long trying to get it to work.  This is another test post to see what I can do.  I hope that this works…..

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On the day that GMTV was publicly slapped for using premium rate telephone lines to rip off people who were entering competitions.  DEFRA (dept of environment and rural affairs) were running a promotion to offer shower timers to those who called in (on premium rate lines?).
On the back of this AlChallis are offering a water [...]

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Trust the Dutch to develop a great looking outdoorlight based on a funky windmill (turbine)
 
Look here for the full story and more information..

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- That Never Need to Be Recharged
European researchers have built prototypes that combine plastic solar cells with ultrathin, flexible batteries. But don’t throw away your battery recharger just yet.  Just stop for a moment and imagine how this will impact our future…  The new devices, new options for existing devices the list is endless..  
 Prototypes of the solar [...]

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Straight from the wags at iwoot (www.iwantoneofthose.com) come a collection of toys that you just can not be without.

Time to get your hands on the earphone, Robogirlfriend, the Holoscreen, DJ Mobile, Blue Tooth Brush or the Memory Stick.

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I read an amusing article by Tim Weber who is the Business editor, BBC News website  regarding Microsoft Vista.  I am glad that I am waiting…

Microsoft promises to wow people who are upgrading from Windows XP to its new operating system, but with the joys of Windows Vista comes plenty of pain.

The shiny new Vista disk was sitting [...]

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I have come across an interesting product that can help protect your digital products from theft.
The product is called “DigitalRepoMan.” It’s a new service that lets people lock their digital products, and “REPO” them if someone asks for a refund or gives your product away.
This does not use IP based technology which is very easy [...]

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Having a thesaurus has become a useful part of my life especially when I’m actually trying to write something, but I don’t find most of them that helpful. But here’s an online tool I have found to be really easy to benefit from.
http://visualthesaurus.com - generates visual word trees of related keywords, sort of like a mind map.
When you type [...]

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