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Why does Uber keep its drivers' pay so low? Ex-CFO: 'Cos we can'

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21st Century

My 21st Century is now - and has been for the last 15 years.

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Our 4King benders are so ace we're going full OLED, says LG

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Miss read

Just read this again and realised the excitement I'd had at the thought of a £700 4K OLED TV is completely misplaced. The second half of article is about good old LED backlit LCDs albeit 4K ones.

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AV for Mac

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ClamX AV

http://www.clamxav.com/

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Cook: iPad is a gateway drug which leads to harder Mac addiction

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Mac Pro not available in Europe. New iMac can't have more memory fitted unless you get the 27" one. Mac Mini - an interesting idea - but when I upgraded a few years ago from my G4 Tower an iMac Refurb was much better value. Starting to think about a new laptop - current MacBook is starting to show it's age, but the MacBook Air screen is too small, and the MacBook Pro is too expensive...

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Ofcom fines TalkTalk AGAIN - a whopping £750k over 'abandoned calls' gaffe

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Unhappy

We had a week of silent / unwanted almost abusive calls earlier this year. So I don't think there are any lessons learned.

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Star Trek phaser sells for a STUNNING $231,000

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$231,000 and it doesn't even work!

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Public told to go to hell, name Pluto's two new moons

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Rupert

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Frack me! UK shale gas bonanza 'bigger than North Sea oil'

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If we're going to frack can we at least follow Norway's lead and think about the future rather than immediate gains?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19871411

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2012: an epoch-defining year for home entertainment

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WTF?

"Will 2103 prove just as momentous? Stay tuned… ®" - I suspect I won't be here.

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Apple iPad 4 Wi-Fi only tablet review

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Bought myself a new iPad (3rd generation) in May and very happy with it. I was quite surprised when Apple announced an upgraded quite so soon after.

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Apple iPad beats Amazon Kindle Fire in satisfaction survey

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Boffin

Umm psychological

Let's see you've paid $199 or you've paid $499 for something that does similar things.

You will be less likely to complain about the more expensive one - or excuse it some how when it doesn't quite do what you want. You have to justify the expense - even to yourself.

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LG 3D TV ads misled buyers, judges watchdog

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Not 3D - I dislike the term 3D, it's stereoscopic. If it was 3D I could move around and see different things, and you can't.

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'Lion' Apple Mac OS X 10.7: Sneak Preview

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What about my scanner?

Canoscan LIDE 30 - Pretty sure the scan software is run through rosetta - and I got that when I moved to MacOSX

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Mac OS X 10.6.8 hails from Paleolithic era

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Audio Problems

I had problems with my update.

Ran over night no problem - but on restarting I had no internal audio devices available, and it took ages for the mouse buttons and key board to start working. I'm talking 10s of minutes.

Did a system restore from before the update from Time Machine, and then installed again with no problems - did have to reinstall safari for some reason after the system restore, as that had decided to stop working.

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Virgin mobile users get tariff tweak treats

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Been with Virgin Mobile for years

Now being pretty much screwed by the tariff changes.

Old virgin Pay by Direct Debit:

Call to landline and Virgin Mobile - up from 21p to 40p

Calls to other networks - up from 36p to 40p

Text to other Virgin phones - up from 4p to 15p

Text to other networks - up from 13p to 15p

I only send the odd txt message - if I spend £1 a month it's an expensive month.

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WTF is... 3D printing

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Candy FAB

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/candyfab

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