Yearly Archives: 2010

Scripting Languages and COBOL

The use of scripting languages with other languages has increased over the last couple of years, from a simple case of interoperability, reuse of scripting code to allowing your code to customised via the user of external scripts. All of … Continue reading

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iRiver Story Firmware upgrade v1.6.1 (update)

iRiver have again upgraded the firmware for the “iRiver Story” to revision 1.6.1 (previous v1.6.0 has been removed). So what is different? 1. Added Functions a. Dithering function on PDF File and EPUB File b. FB2Viewer function 2. Improvements a. … Continue reading

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Review of iRiver Story firmware update

Since installing the latest firmware update aka version 1.5.   I have experience the odd issue but as I have tried to be analytical about what issues I see. I have been lucky enough to be reading a couple of … Continue reading

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MacBook keyboard pains and VirtualBox/VMWare

As a MacBook user who has used Virtualisation on the mac for sometime now but only usually with Linux based OS, I was forced to use it with Windows recently and I quickly found out how badly it handles UK … Continue reading

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Olympus E-P1 Flash promotion for European customers

Today I got opened up ,y Amateur Photography magazaine and found an advert for a free flash for people who have purchased an Olympus E-P1 over the christmas period. I personally did not purchase one but someone near and dear … Continue reading

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