Reported issues with kindle Fire are it runs hot to touch, video playback is jerky, touch screen is not responsive and it takes 2-3 touches to register, power button placement is very poor and is prone to accidental power off, all the hype of Silk browser is not true where the browsing is actually slower than on other Android tablets, etc.

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As well as Lords reform, (or not), there will probably be big bills on the welfare system, higher education, business rates, and a series of political reform issues, like a power for voters to recall MPs and a register of lobbyists.

BBC: The year ahead in Parliament

As laptops ran out of power, election officials went back to the paper register.

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Sam Tomkins got on the inside of a break by Sean O'Loughlin to register his first try of the season, while Richards' power saw him crash over for an eighth in five games.

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Information got through, but to evaluate its importance, to register the emerging trends, without hearing what people were actually saying in the corridors of power was impossible.

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