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By - Darren Straight

Yahoo! has the inside track on the Royal Wedding

With the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton less than a month away, people’s interest in the big event is growing exponentially – searches worldwide on Yahoo! for the royal wedding have increased 8 million percent since the engagement was announced and 106% just in the last month on Yahoo! UK. To satisfy the millions of UK Web users

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Women Go Wild for Black Swan Style

Twenga, the most comprehensive shopping search engine, can reveal that the Black Swan phenomenon is influencing fashion with women expressing both their lighter and darker sides through elegant ballet-inspired clothes. Searches for leotards have shot up by 288% this year, worn with sports tights by Adidas (up 75%) or luxury tights by La Perla (up 850%).  Although ballet flats are

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Your Windows Live Space will close on 16 March – 3 days left!

I’m sure if you’ve been using Windows Live Spaces (MSN Spaces) that you’ve been receiving the emails saying that it’s closing down, but if you haven’t for some reason here’s a copy of the latest one: Dear Windows Live Spaces customer, You are receiving this note as a follow-up to our communications notifying you that Windows Live Spaces will soon

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Yet Another Minecraft Server – 27th February 2011

Hey my fellow minecraftirians, bit of an update on my Minecraft Server “Yet Another Minecraft Server” a.k.a. YAMS. We’ve had so many new people join since I first set up the server, there’s way too many people to list now both old and new! I’m really happy they are all on the server – we even have some girls which is a bonus

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Book vouchers and British Rail cards arent enough say students…

Research shows that students favour budgeting over big incentives Over half of students feel that the current resources being provided by banks to help students manage their finances are simply inadequate, according to research carried out by accounting software firm, Accountz. The survey taken from a sample of 200 British university students identified that when it comes to finances there

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Tech-savvy singles are happy to bare all online

Ever sent a rude, nude or naughty photo to someone you shouldn’t have? Don’t feel so bad. According to a survey of UK singles, commissioned on behalf of the world’s largest social dating community Zoosk, you are not alone! Although dating may seem daunting to many people, this poll showed that UK singles are not shy in coming forward when

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HPI Warns Santa Dont Get Caught Out by the Used Car Criminals

Christmas is well known as the season of giving, and for a lucky few in the UK, Santa will be delivering their gift to the garage or driveway. But as generous loved ones play their role in the season of goodwill and look for that used car Christmas bargain, vehicle information expert HPI is warning them to avoid last-minute panic

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Video: TweetFired – Fired from Job Because Of Twitter

You may have heard of the story of Brian Maupin who got fired from BestBuy becuase of his iPhone4 vs HTC Evo YouTube Video he posted, even though the video makes no mention of BestBuy. Well now he’s back with another video called TweetFired which is the story of Peter, a man who gets in trouble with his boss at

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Christmas Gifts 2010: No sextoys please, we’re British

Twenga, a comprehensive shopping search engine, asked Internet users about Christmas gifts they don’t want to receive. The results show that 42% of British consumers would be disappointed with a sextoy as their gift, and 38% would not like a scented candle. The sextoy is indeed the least popular item in Europe, especially for the French, 47% of whom wouldn’t

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Video: Saijo Matsuri 2009

  Saijo Matsuri 2009 ???? from Brad Kremer on Vimeo. Saijo Matsuri is a festival held every year in October in Saijo, Japan. Saijo Matsuri is a three day event celebrating the fall harvest. They carry 135 of these 700kg(1500lbs) Danjiri all over town and parade them in a very enthusiastic fashion. They will all be in one spot for