When I was young, before before we had Internet access I used to buy all my PC Games from GAME as this was the only shop near me that sold Video Games. However with access to the Internet you don’t have to live anywhere near a shop that sells games in order to buy them. When I used to buy PC Games from GAME the price was around £30-£35 however with people using the Internet to access not just one but hundreds of shops all selling the same game it means there is excellent competition which drives those prices down.

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Today Microsoft released to the general public (non TechNet people) Windows Vista Service Pack 2 for both 32bit and 64bit, so whats new?

Windows Vista SP2 Available now.

Well very little really but here’s the main points:

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Have you ever looked at model villages, trains, planes etc, and always wondered what would it look like if the whole world around me was a miniature model? Well using the tilt-shift method now you can see what those famous landmarks, boats on a lake, cityscapes would look like if they were model miniatures. The website Tiltshift maker allows you to upload any photo and turn it into a tilt-shift image with ease.

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For a number of years now there has been websites where you can store your documents, photos, music, videos etc online but the majority you have to pay for or they don’t really give you enough space. There are some sites out there that do give you more than 25GB of online storage for free but there is always that risk of the company closing down or them having to remove the feature.

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Last night my keyboard of 4 years, a Logitech Wireless desktop, packed up. It was a great keyboard and never really had any problems apart from dead batteries now and again. It had survived about 5 spilt drinks was a good build quality and for £40 with a rechargeable mouse, brand new, it was a great combi. I replaced the mouse around a year ago for a Logitech Corded MX 518 which is great for gaming but the keyboard was fine.

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