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Opera 10.50 final has  just been released. Most users who have noticed the increased development pace of the new Opera browser suspect that it had something to do with the introduction of the so called browser ballot screen in Europe which can be a chance to increase the market share in this popular market.

Opera 10.50 brings a lot of new features to the table, most noticeable the speed improvements which leaves Firefox behind in the dust, at least for now.

Public pressure can stop the corporate media barons getting their way and persuade the BBC to put its viewers and listeners first. Please help add to the pressure by signing the petition here:

http://www.38degrees.org.uk/BBC-stop-the-cuts

Thank you BBC for axing Radio 6 Music, the only decent music station with an ounce of credibility. Thanks a lot…numptys.

Nobody could ever accuse me of being a fan of the Royal Family, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to see the Royal Yacht Britannia. The yacht was retired in 1997 and is now open as a museum piece. It took us a good couple of hours to complete the tour which was well worth the £10.50 entrance fee. Honest . It was really interesting!  The official website : http://www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk/

Here’s a few piccies:

Royal Yacht Britannia45 pictures

Everyone loves BBCi player right? … well SeeSaw looks pretty good too. Programmes from BBC , 4OD & Five all in one place. OK, theres some ad sponsorship to put up with, but its only a small inconvenience.

Something to play with while we wait for HULU to  go live in the UK ?

Youblisher takes your PDFs—product lists, multi-page brochures, and such—and fiddles with them to make them behave more like printed catalogs. Then you can use your mouse to flip pages just like a real catalog. Upload your document and these folks convert your PDF into a Flash movie that they host, that supports this flip-through-it behavior. Your users have quick access to your document, and they don’t have to download a PDF and fire up Adobe Reader to look at it.