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Spotify is an online music service which allows you, much like Last.fm, to stream music to your computer via a downloadable app. You can play individual tracks or build, share and collaborate on playlists. The free version allows you to listen to unlimited music with the occasional ad. They come up about once every 4 or 5 tracks so it’s not too intrusive. You can also buy a day pass for 99p which gives you an ad free service for the day or sign up for a premium account and get unlimited ad free listening for £9.99 a month. ...

I’ve been looking through some of the little HD SD-based camcorders recently and I came across the Hitachi DZ-HV565E in Argos. However, this video camera seems to be a bit of a mystery online, there just isn’t much information about it, I couldn’t even find any test footage on YouTube. ...

I came across a strange problem with Outlook Calendar recently where every appointment which was added to the Calendar and then edited suddenly repeated forever! A scary concept! It seemed to be related to a piece of software called ‘OutlookAddinSetup’. From what I’ve read (http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/29012397/re-recurring-calenda…), this seems to be something which comes installed with Dell computers. After I uninstalled this program (from Control Panel, Programs, Uninstall a program) the problem has stopped and events only occur once. If anyone knows what the program is supposed to do please drop a comment below :)

It’s that wonderful time again! CodeIgniter 1.7.0 has been released, so it’s time to upgrade. http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/installation/upgrade_170.html Upgrading looks fairly straight forward - here are some notable changes (http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/changelog.html): ...

I went to the Live Diggnation at the end of the Future of Web Apps Expo. Excellent show - I really hope they come back again next year! :) (video below) ...