So ebay has changed it’s logo after 17 years. But that’s not all: The fees for
an auction are risen also. So while the max capping for an auction was 45
euros, it’s now 75 Euros. The fee for a successful auction is 9% of the bid
price. An item sold for 100 Euros for example has a fee of 9 Euros.

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When it comes to updates at my place, these are rare when we have to deal
with expenses beyond the 1000 CHF border. So that’s why the upgrade of my
TV set has taken over 6 years in a rather fast common update cycle. Don’t get
me wrong. I am not Mr. Pinchpenny but such expenses are well-considered.

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When it comes to fast internet, one might think, Switzerland is not able to
provide fast Internet. Well think again. While many citizen of Switzerland
already have internet connections with over 16 MBit/s, most citizen in
Germany still hope to get fast DSL (6 Mbit/s)!

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So Chrome goes into the 24th round now. While in earlier times, the minor
number has changed even it the list of improvements was long, it seems that
the trend tends to changing the major release instead. If you think, IE10 or
Opera 12 are now grampys in the browser world, you’re wrong!

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Just as the first quadcore devices hit stores for everyone, Samsung’s plans
leaked that the new Samsung Galaxy S4 could be one of the first mobile
devices equipped with an 8-core CPU. Natively we speak of two 4-core CPUs
as octocore SoCs are not yet available or designed to a working state.

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Rosiv decided to bring his blog back online to share his thoughts, ideas and
annotations with you. unlike my blog, his blog is written in german only. But
it’s still worthwhile to read and I can recommend it to you without any hesi-
tation. his blog will, like mine, deal with all kinds of topics.

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It seems as if the wait is finally over and getting a date. While the date was
previously set something around February 2013, the date is now March, 5th
2013 and thus more specific. Next to WoW: Mists of Pandaria and Diablo 3 for
2012, this game lines up for the most-anticipated game of the year 2013.

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So, the CES allows us to see what we will get in the next year. Even in the
computing sector we have new things to expect. Kingston, known for
memory chips finally brings out a 1TB memory stick to carry a whole bunch
of data around with you. Although the price tag of over 1’000 US$ is high…

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Good day, fellas! Finally the maintenance is done. Several things have been
done, some with success, some have not been successful. Short summary is
that I optimized the database once more so that the blog will load fast with
less delay. The video implementation is still not working as intended.

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While the CES is open for exhibition on January,8 to January,11 this year
manufacturers from all countries from the entertainment industry are
presenting their newest gadgets to the public. Samsung starts first and shows
it’s newest TV set. Looking like a painting easel, it seems to float in the room.

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It seems that the US patent system still leaves some room for companies
whose only purpose is to start lawsuits against global players for violating
almost-expiring lawsuits which could have once qualified for big cash time.
One of these is Steelhead Licensing LLC, a company just funded few days ago.

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Now tests are ongoing on how the plugin is performing. As there are several
video formats being used in the blog, not every plugin can be used. Also the
smart tags are of essential importance as the video smart tag is often used
and causing problems with other plugins.

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Faith ain’t on my side when it comes to finding the right video embed plugin.
There have several plugins being tested. the result is either interference with
other plugins or the video playback isn’t working as intended. So the search
will go on until I find the right plugin for this blog.

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While the search for a good plugin for video playback is still ongoing, the first
problems are already coming up. Most plugins still keep interfering with
other plugins, making it a real challenge to find a good video embedding
plugin. It’ll still take some time until all will work as intended.

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The blog will be down for maintenance until at least January 7th, 2013. We
are going to engage a new video plugin that will allow video playback on
mobile devices without any hassle. The flash player plugin served well in the
past however on mobile devices it caused lots of trouble.

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It seems as if the new year ain’t starting well for Zynga, which is famous for
some games in Facebook, amonst them Zynga Poker, Farmville and other
microecologically touched games that require the purchase of virtual goods
to gain advantages over freeplay gamers.

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Well… what a great party yesterday. But I am still extremely tired as I didn’t
get much sleep. So the first thing to do in the new year: Geting some sleep!
Hope you all had a great party as well. Enjoy your free days as I do and see
you soon again here.

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