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		<title>The Top 5 Android apps for people with new babies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having a baby is a pretty major change in your life, and things tend to get a bit hectic. I&#8217;ve found having a device in my pocket that can help smooth the way a bit really helps. Just Noise This app is like having a magic button on your phone that soothes grumpy babies. For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=785</link>
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		<title>Re-encoding video is (or was) too complicated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Re-encoding video can be a bit baffling. I&#8217;ve tried a whole slew of different apps (Handbrake, Avidemux, Iriverter, PiTiVi) but they all seem to be far too complicated for the simple job of re-encoding a video file for a specific device. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve really grown to  like Arista Transcoder. Instead of fiddling about with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=778</link>
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		<title>How to enable VDPAU for smooth HD playback in XBMC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using XBMC on my media centre for a while, and I&#8217;m very happy with it. One of the many cool things it can do is use the graphics card to do all the heavy lifting during video playback. That&#8217;s essential if you&#8217;re playing video at 720p or higher resolution. The technology is called [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=770</link>
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		<title>Android and Iphone good, Blackberry and Windows bad.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At least that&#8217;s the result of a Nielsen survey in the US when they asked smartphone users how likely they were to stick with their current smartphone OS when they next upgraded. Operating System Would choose again Blackberry 47% Iphone 80% Android 70% Windows Mobile 34% Another interesting stat was the OS which people said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=746</link>
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		<title>Google Chrome goes stable for Linux and Mac</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google&#8217;s rising star Chrome is now officially out of beta on the Mac and Linux. They&#8217;ve bundled a couple of new features in with the release, such as expanded syncing (it now syncs other personal settings in addition to bookmarks). Otherwise it&#8217;s the same polished browser that you&#8217;ve come to expect. Ubuntu users who&#8217;ve already [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=736</link>
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		<title>A helpful script for installing Ubuntu minimal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve blogged before about how cool Ubuntu minimal is. The one problem is that you have to know exactly what packages to install to get your system set up. So i&#8217;ve written a script that should take some of the guess work out of it and make installing a useful Ubuntu desktop from the minimal ISO [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=689</link>
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		<title>Seamlessly integrated web apps for Ubuntu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The soon to be released new version of Ubuntu contains some nifty new features that have been quietly snuck in. One of these is the ability to seamlessly use web-based  mail and office apps as if they were locally installed. Simply install the packages desktop-webmail and webservice-office-zoho to get your machine all clouded up. For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=682</link>
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		<title>The Lucid Lynx is sneaking up on you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gosh, is it that time already? Ubuntu 10.04 &#8220;Lucid Lynx&#8221; is due out 29 April, and it&#8217;s looking good! I&#8217;ve been testing Lucid a little bit, and it&#8217;s looking to be a great release. Some highlights: Integration of instant messaging, Twitter, and Facebook chat into the desktop. Say goodbye to having tons of apps open [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=657</link>
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		<title>Microsoft to fund Ubuntu (sort of&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) released in April contains a small but interesting tweak. The default search engine and home page in the bundled Firefox browser will be set to use Yahoo instead of Google. Seems like a small enough change, but what makes it interesting is that Yahoo and Microsoft have recently announced that Yahoo&#8217;s search [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=649</link>
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		<title>Fonera 2.0n Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve blogged about FON recently, but didn&#8217;t go into too much technical detail. The magic box behind it all is the Fonera router. The latest iteration is the Fonera 2.0n, which unsurprisingly uses the new 802.11n standard for higher speeds and better range wifi. That alone is probably worth the £79 pricetag, but this beastie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andyduffell.com/techblog/?p=639</link>
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