Rob

I was reading the register this morning and came across this:-
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Daniel_k has created a number of drivers which make Creative's soundcards work smoothly on PCs running Windows Vista. He had posted a link to them on a forum on Creative's website and many users had downloaded them.
Without his drivers, users say, Creative's soundcards cause Vista machines to crash or features to fail.
This...

I dont think it's a massive secret and is certainly common knowledge among our regulars that webforumz.com is under-going not only a massive and radical redesign, but also a rebrand.

Representing the world of web design and development we thought long and hard about our new design and I came to the decision to not support 800 x 600 any longer.

We are frequented by web designers and web developers and as such it's fair to estimate that a tiny proportion of our target market...

Facebook!!

It's almost becoming like a swearword to me!

I detest Facebook with a passion and the only thing stopping me from deleting my account is that forgotton friends may be able to find me there one day if it still exists.

I am sick and tired of all the ridiculous and draining friend updates, invites and putting it bluntly jaw dropping BORINGNESS.

We've all been there - set up a facebook account, become addicted and then it wears off.
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Ok, I am a smoker and I go outside to smoke... even in my own house. I know it's a bad habit and I've heard all the lectures thank you very much.

The UK has had a total ban on smoking in public places such as pubs/restaurants, etc. I was outside a restaurant last night 'freezing' my arse off and found myself rushing my cigarette so i could get back in the warm...

I was taking more drags, inhaling more and just generally rushing it so I could finish and get back in the...

Google have their eyes wide open and trained square in the eye of the social bookmarking scene and social portals alike.

They understand with mission critical importance that portals such as facebook and social news sites such as digg can be tied firmly into their new social platform that will span across all of it's applications.

With some sideways thinking, you could see the benefit social networks could have on the search wars also....

Digg for instance...