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		<title>Internet explorer: microsoft plans &#8216;silent&#8217; updates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From January, Internet Explorer (IE) users will be automatically updated to the latest version of the browser. Microsoft said it was starting the project to update millions of machines to improve security online. Future updates to the browser would be applied without a user&#8217;s knowledge to help beat scammers catching people out with fake updates. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://knowledge.techdept.co.uk/browser/internet-explorer-microsoft-plans-silent-updates/</link>
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		<title>Need help with responsive testing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Resolution Test changes the size of the browser window for developers to preview their websites in different screen resolutions. It includes a list of commonly used resolutions and the ability to customise that list. It also gives users the option to turn on Google Browser Size, more info on that here. Read more By Ben [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here’s how people look at your facebook profile, literally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When potential dates, employers and friends glance at your online social profiles, what do they see? EyeTrackShop, a startup that runs eye-tracking studies for advertisers, helped Mashable find out by applying its technology to the profile pages of popular social networks. The study used the webcams of 30 participants to record their eye movements as they were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://knowledge.techdept.co.uk/social-media/heres-how-people-look-at-your-facebook-profile-literally/</link>
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		<title>What people love and hate about the iPhone 4S</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a look at what people love and hate about the iPhone 4S from ChangeWave Research. As you can see, people love Siri, the ease of use, and the nice camera. They hate the battery life and the fact that it doesn&#8217;t have 4G. Read more By Jay Yarow and Jon Terbush for Business Insider, 01 Dec 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>Design the invisible to tell better stories on the web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For design to be meaningful we need to tell stories. We need to design the invisible, the cues, the messages and the extra detail hidden beneath the aesthetics. It’s all about the story. From verbal exchanges around the campfire to books, the web and everything in between, storytelling allows us to share, organize and process [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://knowledge.techdept.co.uk/design/design-the-invisible-to-tell-better-stories-on-the-web/</link>
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		<title>Designers behind facebook timeline: 5 keys to creating a UI with soul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Nick Felton and Joey Flynn say that when creating a page to tell someone&#8217;s life story, you have to throw out the UI rulebook and study how people recount memories. For most of computing history, interfaces have been about function. Word processing programs help you compose documents. Banking websites help you make transactions. Sites [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://knowledge.techdept.co.uk/design/designers-behind-facebook-timeline-5-keys-to-creating-a-ui-with-soul/</link>
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		<title>Guess what the biggest topic on facebook was this year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The death of Osama bin Laden. 10 percent of all status updates (in English) mentioned Osama bin Laden in the days following his death, according to a Facebook blog outlining the top ten global trends in 2011. Coming in second was Green Bay Packers beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl. Charlie Sheen was winning in March, if you recall. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://knowledge.techdept.co.uk/social-media/guess-what-the-biggest-topic-on-facebook-was-this-year/</link>
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		<title>Dropbox&#8217;s attention to detail on their download page</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes good UX is about being clever. Sometimes it&#8217;s to make the user happy or smile. However, when the success of your product depends on new, possibly inexperienced users successfully downloading and installing it, good UX is the difference between success and failure. I love what Dropbox has done here. I&#8217;ve noticed it for years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://knowledge.techdept.co.uk/design/dropboxs-attention-to-detail-on-their-download-page/</link>
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		<title>Is google chrome the new IE6?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me tell you about a browser. An innovative browser that was the first to implement new Web technologies that allowed for greater interactivity. A browser with a striking new interface. Chrome? No: Internet Explorer 6. There&#8217;s a reason that Microsoft&#8217;s browser took over 95 percent of the Web browser market from Netscape (Firefox&#8217;s ancestor): [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://knowledge.techdept.co.uk/browser/is-google-chrome-the-new-ie6/</link>
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		<title>Gravity-defying goats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Using moves that would make any rock climber jealous, Alpine ibex cling to a near-vertical rock face of a northern Italian dam in summer 2010. This and other pictures of the goats have been circulating online recently, particularly in emails claiming the animals are bighorn sheep on Wyoming&#8217;sBuffalo Bill Dam, the rumor-quashing website Snopes reported in September. [...]]]></description>
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