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Default search engine in Ubuntu Firefox

Default search engine in Ubuntu Firefox

By Tom Fotherby on February 19, 2010

Ubuntu will be switching their default search engine from Google to Yahoo in the next release (v10.04) because they have struck a deal where they will get a cut of the money made whenever a user clicks on a advert after doing a search. The only reason that this is interesting is that Yahoo search […]

Posted in Tech Journal | Tagged Google, Microsoft, Open-source, shameless-self-promotion, Ubuntu | 1 Response

Halo Wars Demo

Halo Wars Demo

By Tom Fotherby on March 15, 2009

XBox360,RTS,4/10 – February 2009 It has been proved, RTS on a console just isn’t possible. You can put as much effort and talent into making it as possible but a mouse is a fundamental requirement of a RTS. Playing this demo made me doubt whether releasing a demo is always financially advantageous for the game […]

Posted in Game Reviews | Tagged ComputerGame, Halo, Microsoft | 2 Responses

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (UK)

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (UK)

By Tom Fotherby on March 3, 2009

[asa tomButton]B000B9RYG8[/asa] I looked around for quite a while to try to buy something non-Microsoft branded because I didn’t want to “feed the hand that bites us” but at the end of the day one has to be a bit pragmatic? I highly recommend this keyboard – Everyone should upgrade from a standard keyboard because […]

Posted in Toys | Tagged computing, Microsoft, Toys | Leave a response

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