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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

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Blogger and Podcaster Issue 2 – June 2007

Just noticed that Issue 2 of Blogger and Podcaster is out for June 2007. About the Magazine: Blogger & Podcaster magazine is the industry’s first full fledged trade magazine. Our mission is very simple: Provide bloggers and podcasters with the information that will help them get rich and famous. Each month our editorial team and “A” list columnist provide news,

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Manor Park Country Park West Malling

Last week I was travelling to and from St John’s Ambulance Centre in West Malling to complete my four day first aid course, and not only did I pass the course, so I’m now a first aide with my HSE approved certificate which is valid for three years. But I also had the chance to take some wonderful photos of

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Microsoft gathers “rock star” developers to build Next Generation Search Engine!

Michael Arrington from TechCrunch is reporting that Microsoft has gatherd a team of twenty or more “rock star” developers to build Microsoft’s next generation search engine. Microsoft has gathered a team of twenty or more rock star developers who’ve been tasked at building their next generation search engine, a source has told us. The team, which supposedly came together recently, is

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More Tickets released for Live Earth Concert at Giants Stadium

In response to overwhelming demand, Live Nation announced today that additional tickets will be released for the Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis show 7/7/07 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Tickets are set to be released TODAY at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at www.livenation.com/liveearth or by calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171 and (201) 507-8900.

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Boo.com is back!

Remember Boo.com? Maybe? Maybe Not? depends on how long you’ve been around! 😉 Boo.com was a United Kingdom Internet company founded by Ernst Malmsten, Kajsa Leander and Patrik Hedelin that famously went bust following the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. Boo.com’s intention was to sell branded fashion wear over the Internet; however, after spending vast sums of its venture capital,

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Thorpe Park here we come, but first how!

A couple of weeks ago myself and my friends from University decided that we would organise a trip to Thorpe Park for all of us as it’s rarely we all get the chance to go out together all at the same time and have some fun, originally it was just 5 of us and then it went up to a

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Launch date for iPhone revealed

Apple has confirmed that its much-anticipated iPhone product will launch on 29 June in the US. The date was given in a series of TV adverts broadcast on Sunday, and was later confirmed by a spokesman for the California-based company. The device, which combines the features of a mobile phone and personal digital assistant, will sell for $499 (£251) and

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Bill Gates and Steve Jobs together at D5 conference 2007

Not sure how many of you haven’t seen the interview Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg conducted with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the D5 (All Things Digital) conference on May 30, 2007. But here’s a bunch of text and video coverage links to the complete Bill Gates and Steve Jobs interview: Steve Jobs and Bill

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Top 10 Search Keyphrases for May 2007

2674 different keyphrases were used to find my site in May 2007, here are the top 10 with the amount of times they were used plus their overal usage percentage. 2674 different keyphrases Search Percent vtunnel 2289 21.9 % https //vtunnel.com 423 4 % mkt004 366 3.5 % https// vtunnel.com 324 3.1 % https//vtunnel.com 322 3 % dnsas 191 1.8