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What happens when there is a rush to buy and activate iPhones….Apple’s activation server goes kaput.

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At 0000hrs EST, the rush for Facebook’s vanity URLs began. Getting a vanity URL meant that out of Facebook’s 200million people, your acquaintances wouldn’t have to search for you by name and recognise you from the picture, for example, like Twitter, FriendFeed, Myspace, Qik et al. you can just direct friends to facebook.com/yournamehere.

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Sony’s E3 press conference was longer than Microsoft’s but the content wasn’t as densely packed with quite a few trailers to pad things out.

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Sandwiched between the Monday’s Microsoft conference and the Sony conference on Tuesday evening. Last years Nintendo showing received a bit of stick for not being compelling enough, maybe things changed this year. Read on to find out…

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You may have read my E3 rumours roundup for Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony…I wasn’t until yesterday that the three companies revealed their cards.

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October 22, 2009. This is the date that Windows 7 will be available, according to a Microsoft Senior VP, Bill Veghte in an interview with CNET (via Ars Technica). Currently Windows 7 is at Release Candidate 1 and available for anyone to try via the Community Technology Preview.

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Google Wave could transform how we communicate over the web, instead of email, we may all use Google Wave, after all it is being described as what email would be like if it was invented today.

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Taking place next week is E3, a yearly even where games, consoles, services and related paraphernalia are revealed. In the run up to every E3 is a huge amount of speculation as to what may be announced, this year is no different.

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I thought I’d make a contribution to the Keyboard Cat meme. It’s a clip from the excellent programme Kick Ass Miracles, presented by Chris Crudelli, which used to come on BBC Three and can sometimes be seen on Dave in the UK. I left the entire scene in, to add a bit of context.

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Nokia’s Ovi Store, revealed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year is now being rolled out worldwide, according to All About Symbian who also report that it has gone live in the UK.

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