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Archive for August 2012
Review: What’s New in Windows 8 RTM
The Windows 8 ‘Gold Master’ or RTM version is supposed to be the version which will appear on new PC’s and in retail box editions from October 26. This release contains only a few minor differences from the Windows 8 Release Preview that appeared earlier this year. With Modern-UI (not Metro, remember), everything is now … Continue reading
Movie Catch-Up: Inglourious (2009)
No, I am not going to give Tarantino the satisfaction of quoting his full, childishly immature, mis-spelt title. It’s bad enough I sat through his childishly immature World War II comic-book pantomime. Here’s a talented director, as proven by Reservoir Dogs and the under-valued masterpiece Jackie Brown. So why can’t he keep a script or … Continue reading
How-to: Run Windows 8 RTM on VirtualBox 4.2
Since Microsoft released the Windows 8 developer Preview, Oracle has been running to keep up with the technical changes which have effectively broken a chain of VirtualBox releases. Consequently Windows 8 has failed to run, or failed in part – notably graphics adapters and decent screen resolutions – hobbling attempts to use Windows 8 fully. … Continue reading
How-to: Get the Microsoft Windows 8 RTM Evaluation
It may be that I was travelling for a week on dubious wi-fi, more likely it was the Microsoft servers struggling under load, as MSDN and TechNet subscribers downloaded the final code for the 90-day evaluation copy of Windows 8. But I finally have installed the Windows 8 RTM (Release to Manufacturing) that anyone can … Continue reading
Review: The Woman in Black – Susan Hill
You may have been disappointed by the film, but Susan Hill’s riveting novella is a Christmas story to rival Dickens, and it’s as scary as they come. The Kipps family are celebrating Christmas by telling ghost stories around the fire, when their solicitor father, Arthur, plucks up courage to share an otherworldly encounter which he … Continue reading
Review: UbuntuOne Cloud Storage Referrals
Ubuntu One: Enjoy your content, your way, wherever you are. Free. You may not have heard of UbuntuOne, Canonical‘s entry into the Cloud Storage market. As a Linux distributor and software services company it is a bit of a niche player, but a good one; offering a solid storage service with a free entry level: … Continue reading
Review: Sophie B Hawkins – The Crossing
This is the long awaited new album from another veteran of the music business, silent for ten years. Lest we forget, Hawkins includes among the bonus tracks some acoustic versions of Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover and As I Lay Me Down. Question is, was this worth the ten year wait? No doubt … Continue reading
News 24 Aug 2012
• Mars Rover Landing Site Named for Sci-Fi Icon Ray Bradbury (Mashable) • Microsoft adds short animation to ease users into Metro (OS News) • Wi-Fi on Donkeys? Biblical Tourist Park Says Why Not (Mashable) • Antarctica warming ‘not unique’ (BBC) • HP Reports $9 Billion Loss (Mashable) • Curiosity Lays Its First Tracks on … Continue reading
Review: Kate Plumtree – Worn to Be Wild
Worn to be Wild at Mottisfont Abbey, 14 July – 16 September 2012 An installation by UK textile artist and costume designer Kate Plumtree. She’s created extraordinary couture dresses inspired by British wildlife, including a night-time urban fox and a stunning kingfisher. Kate Plumtree is a fashion designer and theatre Costume Maker for the ENO … Continue reading
Humour: Danger – Quicksand
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Review: The Awakening (2012)
Owing to the high mortality of the First World War, Britain was overrun with spiritualist charlatans preying on mourners desperate to make contact with the dead. In Nick Murphy’s thrilling ghost story, Rebecca Hall plays Florence Cathcart, a ghost hunter, alias fraud hunter, who makes a living exposing fake séances. Florence is mourning her dead … Continue reading
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