December 8th, 2008 in Technology |
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SkyDrive?
SkyDrive is an online storage solution developed by Microsoft. I t allows users to store documents, music, videos, photos etc..
What’s this about an Update!
Recently Microsoft updated ‘SkyDrive’, there file hosting solution. The update consisted of a few small upgrades such as giving the user the ability to download entire folders as Zip files, adding a slide show capability for users photos and making the service available in more countries, in more languages. The biggest upgrade to the service is that the storage capacity jumped from an average 5GB to a huge 25GB storage capacity. 25GB may not be enough to store all files from your hard drive but you have to admit, it a lot of storage for a free service.
What’s the catch?
Yes, as always there is a catch. Though the service is free and has a storage capacity of 25GB; the maximum size of a file or folder can only 50MB. This seems a bit odd doesn’t it? 25GB of storage but users can only upload a 50MB folder. I no next to nothing about business but I have a theory. I think this is where Microsoft is going to make their money from this service. Give a huge amount of capacity space away for free but only allow the user to upload a 50MB file and if they want to upload bigger file sizes then charge them extra.
Any Good?
Though I just started using SkyDrive, I can say that it has a better user interface than say, media fire (another online storage solution). It’s not plastered in ads like media fire and because it’s Microsoft I know that they won’t loose my files (like media Fire did). I wouldn’t use SkyDrive to distribute software or media files but as a personal storage solution I think it’s a great service from Microsoft. Now that’s a rare thing.
December 5th, 2008 in Gaming, Technology |
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Burn Out Paradise Art
Recently I picked up the 360 controller and started to give Burnout Paradise another go.
The story of Burnout out paradise follows the traditional Burnout model, meaning it is completely non existent; this doesn’t detract from the game whatsoever. It would have to be a really stupid story line to explain why some many cars are racing around, destroying the terrain and making a genuine nuisance of themselves without any cops trying to put an end to it.
The game play is very easy to get to grips with; basically drive as fast as you can without trying to crash. The vehicles are very responsive to your commands though depending on the vehicle it can get better or worse. The AI works very well up to a point; there are times when I have taken out another vehicle, as always a short scene of the crash is shown and when the player gets control of the vehicle back from the AI, it crashes into a wall. This made me want to throw my control at the television a few times; but it only happens once in a while so I suppose it’s not as bad as it could be.
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December 12th, 2007 in Uncategorized |
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Lately, I have been having trouble with earphones; more specifically iPod earphones. My first set lasted about three months then the sound in the left ear decided to go mute, so I bought a second pair which cost £20. They have now gone muffled in the right ear, meaning I have to by another pair. This time there not going to be made by apple.
What I’m complaining about isn’t the crappy life of the supposed “quality” product that apple claims the earphones are but about the fact that shops decide to put there audio accessories next to the same place were people are lining up. This of course makes it almost impossible to get to them. And with Christmas a few weeks away the high street is more packed than a tin of sardines.
Also, whilst walking around the newly developed city centre; I noticed that it is more safe to walk on the same road as the huge vehicles they call buses because there’s more grip there than on the paths your supposed to walk on. The path slabs are so smooth that it would be more safe if the council installed ice for the public to walk on. It’s fine when it’s dry, but when it’s been raining; it’s a death trap. Seriously, it’s good that your close to shops so you can buy a broom; this means you can sweep the path in front of you and slide yourself to where you want to go, making you a human curling stone; at least then your get home quicker than you would safely walking home.
Sometimes, I see the real advantages of shopping online; your not going to get wet and you sure as hell aren’t gonna get hit by a bus.
