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	<description>The thoughts and ramblings of Chris Green - Journalist, Analyst, Broadcaster and Defender of the Geek Faith</description>
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		<title>Steve Jobs: One Man, One Incredible Vision</title>
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People come and go throughout our lives and throughout history. Yet, while we are here we all change the world by our actions, hopefully for the better. Be it building a loving family and helping to bring new life into the world, building a stable business that creates work and better lives for others, creating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/591/steve-jobs-one-man-one-incredible-vision/</link>
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		<title>Why you should never buy a car from the Citroen main dealer attached to Citroen&#8217;s UK Head Office!</title>
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This past weekend I was supposed to be picking up a new (well, low-mileage used) car from Citroen’s Slough dealership. The one directly attached to Citroen’s UK headquarters in Slough. As you’ve probably already guessed, things didn’t go to plan and I am about to deliver the most deserved naming-and-shaming ever.
After a rocky start, I’ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/577/why-you-should-never-buy-a-car-from-the-citroen-main-dealer-attached-to-citroens-uk-head-office/</link>
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		<title>BBC Interview: Will Japan&#8217;s problems damage Apple&#8217;s supply chain?</title>
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Yesterday morning I was on BBC News previewing Apple&#8217;s results and talking about how the disruption in the global component supply chain is likely to impact Apple&#8217;s plans for new devices (iPhone 5) and its ability to meet demand for current products (iPad 2 etc).
The interview is now up on the BBC News web site [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/571/bbc-interview-will-japans-problems-damage-apples-supply-chain/</link>
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		<title>Previewing Apple&#8217;s results at the BBC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is extremely early in the morning, and I am off to BBC TV Centre to preview Apple&#8217;s Q2 results which are due out at 10pm BST tonight (5pm Eastern).
I&#8217;ll be on BBC News Channel at 5.30am BST this morning on World Business Report talking about what we can expect from Apple&#8217;s numbers.
Overseas viewers can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/570/previewing-apples-results-at-the-bbc/</link>
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		<title>Off to the BBC&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will be on BBC Radio 5 Live today at around 7.45am BST talking about Google&#8217;s financial results and the challenges facing co-founder Larry Page as he takes the helm as chief executive.
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		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/569/off-to-the-bbc/</link>
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		<title>The iPad 2 – the good, the bad and the backlight leakage</title>
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Some of you will know that on launch weekend I decided to splurge and buy an Apple iPad 2. Yes, I did indeed say buy – rather than get hold of a review unit.
There are several reasons for this. Firstly, I’ve had advance access to the iPad 2 in the form of units from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/557/the-ipad-2-%e2%80%93-the-good-the-bad-and-the-backlight-leakage/</link>
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		<title>Virgin Mobile UK: A useless company staffed by incompetent liars!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I decided to purchase a new BlackBerry as a secondary device, having decided that my HTC Desire is awful and no longer fit for purpose (In fact, I don&#8217;t think it was ever fit for purpose).
I decided to take out a new contract with Virgin Mobile (owned by cable company Virgin Media), as this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/552/virgin-mobile-uk-a-useless-company-staffed-by-incompetent-liars/</link>
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		<title>Sky Remote Code for the Toshiba 32KV500</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like many others, I&#8217;ve just bought one of these rather good televisions from Best Buy, who were selling them at an exceptionally low price.
However, there is no information for it on Sky&#8217;s remote control codes section of its Active service, and even a call to Toshiba&#8217;s technical support resulted in incorrect information (a rather arrogant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/548/sky-remote-code-for-the-toshiba-32kv500/</link>
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		<title>Recovering&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to report that I&#8217;m still here, and am on the mend.
The surgery seems to have gone well and I was discharged from hospital fairly soon after. I&#8217;m now back home recovering and building up the strength in my left arm and shoulder again.
The biggest drawback of the surgery is that I&#8217;m barred from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/542/recovering/</link>
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		<title>Off to hospital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow I&#8217;m off to hospital for surgery on my shoulder.
Many of you will know I&#8217;ve been having problems with my left shoulder for several years now, and have been experiencing increasing problems with reduced mobility in my left arm. It has got considerably worse in the last year, with a lump that has formed on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/540/off-to-hospital/</link>
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		<title>Radio and TV appearances: Windows Phone 7 launch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow (Monday) marks the official launch of Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Phone 7 platform.
Windows Phone 7 is the latest iteration of Microsoft&#8217;s operating system for smartphones and PDAs. The new version marks a major departure from the traditional Windows Phone/Windows Mobile user interface, with a move to a larger finger-friendly interface that has been influenced significantly by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/535/radio-and-tv-appearances-windows-phone-7-launch/</link>
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		<title>Orange launches HD Voice in the UK as mobile phone networks remember that phones are supposed to make good voice calls as well as surf the web</title>
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Earlier in the week I was interviewed by Reuters for a piece they were planning to run on the launch of HD Voice by Orange. The interview is now live on the Reuters site and I&#8217;ve embedded the video above.
The launch of HD Voice is an important milestone for the mobile phone industry in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/533/orange-launches-hd-voice-in-the-uk-as-mobile-phone-networks-remember-that-phones-are-supposed-to-make-good-voice-calls-as-well-as-surf-the-web/</link>
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		<title>Speaking at Digital Surrey tonight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will be speaking tonight at the Digital Surrey group, talking about ‘The financial and ongoing value of web content’.
Digital Surrey is a  networking group that grew out of the Farnham Tweetup. Since April 2010  the group has been meeting at Surrey University in Guildford and we&#8217;ve had a number of fantastic speakers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/531/speaking-at-digital-surrey-tonight/</link>
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		<title>In memory of Guy Kewney</title>
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Guy Kewney, one of the finest journalists I have ever had the honour of working with, passed away in the early hours of this morning after a long and brave battle with cancer.
Like so many people, I grew up reading Guy’s articles in magazines like Personal Computing World, Computing and PC Magazine. His work always [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/525/in-memory-of-guy-kewney/</link>
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		<title>How do you solve a problem like Ocado?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last few months we’ve been experimenting with online grocery ordering with Ocado. We say experimenting as the whole saga has been far from a convenient, pain-free and polished service. Rather it’s been like using a buggy early beta release of a piece of software.
For those who do not use or know about Ocado, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/522/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-ocado/</link>
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		<title>Another Inconvenient PR Truth - tell us what you think</title>
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Back in January I blogged about a new campaign to encourage PRs to stop spamming the press with unwanted and unfocused communications. After a fantastic initial response, the team behind this campaign have put together a survey looking at the issue in more depth.
You can find the survey here, if you are a journalist please [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/520/another-inconvenient-pr-truth-tell-us-what-you-think/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve popped up on Google Maps Street View again</title>
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Me on Google Maps Street View, outside the office
Originally uploaded by Chris Green.

I&#8217;ve been captured again by the Google Street View cameras. This time one of Google&#8217;s sinister-looking black Vauxhall Astra camera cars caught me walking back into my office in Hampshire at lunchtime.
It&#8217;s a surprisingly good pic, helped by it being a clear sunny [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/518/ive-popped-up-on-google-maps-street-view-again/</link>
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		<title>An inconvenient (PR) truth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a journalist I know all too well that there is simply far too much spam pushed out by the PR community. It is something I have always vowed I would try and change given the opportunity.
These days, I do have that opportunity and I do my bit wherever possible to stop the flow of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/515/an-inconvenient-pr-truth/</link>
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		<title>January 2010 Snow</title>
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January 2010 Snow

Originally uploaded by Chris Green.


Woke up to a big blanket of snow outside this morning. It even froze the canal, as you can see from this pic. Someone even built a snowman at the end of the tow path.
Suffice to say, the roads are terrible and the office is inaccessible, so working from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/514/january-2010-snow/</link>
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		<title>My kingdom for a Google Wave invite</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it has come to this. I&#8217;ve been asked to do an article on Google Wave, providing I can get access to it.
Despite having signed up early on for the waiting list, I didn&#8217;t get a direct invite from the nice folk at Google. If anyone can pass me a spare invite, I would really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/503/my-kingdom-for-a-google-wave-invite/</link>
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		<title>My car and the house on Google Maps</title>
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My car and the house
Originally uploaded by Chris Green.
Another piece of Google Maps Street View fun. It was a beautiful day when the car came past taking photos, so this shot of the outside of my house came out well.
Thankfully Google blurred out the registration number on my car (the green Rover 75) and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/497/my-car-and-the-house-on-google-maps/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m on Google Maps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you might be aware, Google today added Street View images to the UK Google Maps service.
As luck would have it I was walking to the tube station on the morning that the Google camera car drove down the street where my house is, taking panoramic pics of the street as it went.
The car in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/493/im-on-google-maps/</link>
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		<title>Got a BlackBerry? Want a BlackBerry? If so, buy this book!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my last projects of 2008 has now gone on sale - it is a bookazine devoted to one of my favourite technology subjects - the BlackBerry.

You can buy The Ultimate BlackBerry Guide from those nice people at Amazon.co.uk, where it is currently on sale with an equally nice online discount.
The book will tell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/487/got-a-blackberry-want-a-blackberry-if-so-buy-this-book/</link>
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		<title>Ruislip under snow</title>
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Stafford Road under snow
Originally uploaded by Chris Green.

Another pic of Ruislip under a blanket of snow. This one taken from the front door of my house. Look at the bins in the bottom right of the pic to get an idea of how thick the snow actually is.
I&#8217;ve posted a set of pictures of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/485/ruislip-under-snow/</link>
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		<title>Icicles</title>
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Icicles
Originally uploaded by Chris Green.

Woke up this morning to find Ruislip under a blanket of snow. About six inches fell overnight in West London, the biggest snowfall to hit London for over 20 years.
I&#8217;ve posted a set of pictures of the snow around my home in Ruislip on my Flickr site - http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisgreen/sets/72157613229248285/
Enjoy!
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		<link>http://www.chrisgreen.co.uk/482/icicles/</link>
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