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Windows 7 and speech recognition

17 May 2009, 4:03 pm

Having installed Windows 7, I was keen to see whether the speech recognition function had improved.  I’m happy to report that the speech recognition function has indeed improved.  In fact I’m writing this post using the speech recognition function and I have to say from my perspective its accuracy and ease of use are greatly [...]

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Meebo Me

21 February 2009, 4:09 pm

I have heard a lot about a thing called Meebo for the last 8 months or so. As is the situation with new tech I hadn’t really had a chance to check it out. I knew it was something to do with social networking, but wasn’t really sure. Well having now found a moment to [...]

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Windows 7 Beta – is it any good?

23 January 2009, 4:54 pm

Well, it’s here. Windows 7 (beta). Is it any good? Yes and no! I have to say, after some positive reviews of Vista on this site when it was introduced a couple of years ago (is it really that long, maybe not, it just feels that long) I have to admit to being a little [...]

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Google Maps does not work in Firefox 3.0

11 November 2008, 6:52 pm

This has been driving me crazy for a while and I have found a solution thanks to the good contributors at this link: Google Maps does not work in Firefox 3.0. Simply turn off your Skype Firefox Plugin and all will be fine. » Post Ad Purchase:  Intext Link Plurk This Post Buzz This Post Delicious [...]

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Google Chrome – beta

4 September 2008, 8:04 am

Google has released a new browser called Chrome. I have test run it for the last day and it’s a reasonably impressive offering. It seems designed to be a forerunner for the development of complex web applications – it has a seamless interface with Google Gears. It lacks the add-ons and extensions of Firefox 3 [...]

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