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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Johnny Panic releases ‘The Rebel’

The winners of the 2006 Windows Live Sessions Spaces competition have just released their new single, ‘The Rebel’, set to play at The Great Escape 2007, this is new music you can’t miss. Creating timeless, anthemic songs that are sincere and energetic, their infectious melodies don’t shy away from difficult subjects. Check out their single and behind the scenes interview

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MSN Games Survey Reveals Men Need “Me Time” Too!

According to a recent survey commissioned by Microsoft Corporations MSN Games, one of the world’s leading casual gaming sites, Americans are feeling more stressed out and starved for time than ever, with 56 percent of men (age 18 to 34) and 71 percent of women (age 18 to 34) spending less than an hour on themselves a day engaged in

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XGate: Launch Of New Weapon In Fight Against Paedophiles

A British company’s revolutionary security device for home computers is being heralded as the ultimate weapon in helping to keep children safe from paedophiles on the Internet.XGate a security device from Manchester-based, market leading security company Global Security One (GSEC1) addresses this issue. The pioneering power of the XGate is immediate for all to see: the ability to instantly oversee

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Artist Submissions Now Open for The Great Escape Festival 2007

Barfly are proud to announce the return of The Great Escape Festival which will bring the best of live music from across the World back to Brighton on the 17th 19th May 2007.  Artist Submissions Now Open for 2007 For the second year running, The Great Escape has teamed up with Windows Live Spaces and this year are to  offering a

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Microsoft Designertopia 2007

Well I’m now back home after 2 days and 1 night in London as a Microsoft Student Partner attending the Microsoft Designertopia 2007 Design Conference, and I can definitely say that I’m pretty loaded with useful information on things such as WPF and Expression Studio which as quoted by Microsoft, is a suite of tools for creative designers that gives you

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Top 10 Search Keyphrases for January 2007

1442 different keyphrases were used to find my site in January 2007, here are the top 10 with the amount of times they were used plus their overal usage percentage.   vtunnel | 3531 | 47.4% https// vtunnel.com | 237 | 3.1% https//vtunnel.com | 174 | 2.3% https //vtunnel.com | 169 | 2.2% sites like vtunnel | 157 | 2.1% websites like vtunnel |