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	<title>Darren Yates</title>
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		<title>New Printrbot 3D printer soon for release at $US299</title>
		<link>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/05/new-printrbot-3d-printer-soon-for-release-at-us299/2446</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 22:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3D printing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Printrbot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[3D printing has been inherently expensive but prices have been dropping considerably over the last year or so. Well, they&#8217;re about to take the next big tumble with the release of Printrbot&#8216;s new Simple 3D printer. The compact 3D printer will come as a kit and is currently in beta testing ahead of its May [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Arduino Robot Masterclass goes up on APC website</title>
		<link>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/05/new-arduino-robot-masterclass-goes-up-on-apc-website/2443</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arduino]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great things about Arduino is its ability to lots of fun stuff. Rolly is a simple mini robot I developed for APC magazine that shows how easy it is to get this little microcontroller board to think for itself and navigate around in the big wide world. Even with rechargeable batteries, it shouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smartphones = mobile computers with Wi-Fi and 3G/4G connectivity</title>
		<link>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/05/smartphones-mobile-computers-with-wi-fi-and-3g4g-connectivity/2441</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 05:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smartphones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been saying this for some time but the more smartphones progress, the more we need to think of them as just mobile computers with built-in wireless networking. As soon as you do that, they become infinitely more than just smartphones and become devices with almost limitless possibilities. Some users are interested in PCs and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Windows 8.1 bring back the Start button?</title>
		<link>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/04/will-windows-8-1-bring-back-the-start-button/2436</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[start button]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows 8.1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re starting to see the first leaks of the next version of Windows, Windows 8.1 or &#8216;Blue&#8217; but while the leaks haven&#8217;t shown anything seriously different (apart from the new &#8216;Kiosk mode&#8217;), there are rumours starting to float around that Microsoft might actually go back to providing the old Start button and menu. While you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why the PC won&#8217;t die any time soon</title>
		<link>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/04/why-the-pc-wont-die-any-time-soon/2431</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Notebook computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PC components]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death of the pc]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read the latest global PC sales figures from market analyst IDC and it sounds pretty gloomy &#8211; a first quarter 2013 result that saw a 14% drop compared with the same period in 2012. It doesn&#8217;t sound great &#8211; but the thing to remember is these are sales of new PCs: the hundreds of millions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to program Arduino&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/04/learning-to-program-arduino/2427</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arduino]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arduino is the name for an little open-source 8-bit microcontroller board developed in Italy and designed to teach students not just how to program but also the real-world issues of interfacing digital technology with real world devices like LEDs, motors, speakers, sensors and more. For the last eight months or so, I&#8217;ve been writing an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting the Start button back into Windows 8</title>
		<link>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/04/putting-the-start-button-back-into-windows-8/2420</link>
		<comments>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/04/putting-the-start-button-back-into-windows-8/2420#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classic Shell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[start button]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While there are rumours starting to flow that Microsoft could well be about to reinstate the Start button into Windows Blue aka Windows 8.1, there&#8217;s no need to wait if you a running a Windows 8 (not Windows RT) computer &#8211; there&#8217;s a way you can have the Start button back right now. And that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huge 3D printing feature in TechLife&#8217;s May 2013 issue</title>
		<link>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/04/huge-3d-printing-feature-in-techlifes-may-2013-issue/2418</link>
		<comments>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/04/huge-3d-printing-feature-in-techlifes-may-2013-issue/2418#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3d printing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[techlife magazine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no doubt 3D printing is taking the world by storm &#8211; the ability to turn your ideas into software drawings and finally into physical objects is capturing everyone&#8217;s imagination. I&#8217;ve written a big 3D Printing Revolution cover feature in the current May 2013 issue of TechLife magazine, where I don&#8217;t just review a printer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6V6 audio valve turns a spritely 75 years old</title>
		<link>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/04/6v6-audio-valve-turns-a-spritely-75-years-old/2414</link>
		<comments>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/04/6v6-audio-valve-turns-a-spritely-75-years-old/2414#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6V6 valve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guitar amp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the best guitar amps, including many of the early Fender models like the Champ, use thermionic tubes or &#8216;valves&#8217;. The Champ itself runs a 6V6 output tetrode valve, which appear in late 1937. And you can still buy these valves today, which isn&#8217;t bad for a technology that&#8217;s 75 years old. Not too many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APC May 2013 edition &#8211; out now!</title>
		<link>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/04/apc-may-2013-edition-out-now/2407</link>
		<comments>http://darrenyates.com.au/2013/04/apc-may-2013-edition-out-now/2407#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[May 2013]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new May 2013 issue of APC Magazine hits the newsstands today. Inside, I look at how to root and flash your smartphone (using Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy S2 and S3 phones as my examples). It&#8217;s not as hard as you think and there can be some pretty compelling reasons why you&#8217;d want to do it. Also, [...]]]></description>
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