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The Killers Headline at Reading and Leeds Festival 2008

The Killers have just been announced as headliners for Reading & Leeds Festivals this Summer 2008. Playing in Leeds on Sunday the 24th, and Reading on Saturday the 23rd, Brandon Flowers and the band will be performing much-loved hits and newer tracks from their latest album Sawdust. Stay tuned for more news about the festival line-up….. Tickets go on sale today

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Dick & Dom Bring Back Snap With Bigsnapsearch.com

Classic family card game Snap is making a comeback with an exciting twist today as comedy duo Dick and Dom unveil, BigSnapSearch.com, which gives you the chance to win fantastic prizes every time you search online. Ditching their usual ‘Bogeys’ catchphrase, comedy duo Dick and Dom want to hear people across the UK yelling ‘Snap’ as they use BigSnapSearch.com for

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O2 Xda Orbit 2 Review

Last month I was contacted by Steve Cater who works at vccp as part of O2’s Marketing Team. He asked me whether I would be interested in trialling one of O2’s new phones in a seeding program, similar to that of the O2 cocoon seeding program which gave developers and technology lovers a chance to trial the phone. The idea sounded

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Sean O’Connor’s Slay strategy game!

The other day I was browsing around the web as I do, when I came across an image of an old windows game I used to play some time ago (1994/1995) – it was then that I once again found out the name of it, that being “Slay” by Sean O’Connor. Happy that I had found this game again, I

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USB MSN Missile Launcher

The USB MSN Missile Launcher, as the product is called, from Dream Cheeky has been co-developed with Microsoft to create an added user experience. This launcher comes with a detachable video camera and a software that allows you to communicate via Microsoft’s MSN Messenger (Windows Live Messenger) instant messaging client. Simply invite your buddies to play and they can control

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The Great Escape announces first bands booked for 2008

The Great Escape has announced the first tranche of bands booked to perform at the annual festival in May 2008.  An exciting combination of new and rising artists will play in one of the 25+ venues in Brighton over the three days. First out of the blocks are Young Knives, Tunng, Peter Von Poehl, Lightspeed Champion, Joe Lean and the

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The Voice of the London Underground is silenced!

Emma Clark, known to many as the voice of the London Underground due to having voiced most of the in-train and station announcements for the tube, has recently been fired after telling the Mail on Sunday that she thought the transit network was dreadful. “The thought of being stuck in the Tube with strangers for minutes on end and having to listen to

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Reading and Leeds Festivals part with Carling

Reading and Leeds Festivals will no longer be known as the Carling Weekend. Organisers Festival Republic have confirmed that they have parted ways with the beer giant, who has sponsored the twin festivals for nine years. Carling will also no longer be the official lager of the festivals. In a statement, Festival Republic‘s Melvin Benn said: “It was by mutual

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Space Shuttle Mission 2007 Reveals New Virtual Flight Deck Video

Exciting Simulations have today uploaded a new in-game video showing off the new Space Shuttle Mission 2007 Virtual Flight Deck. The video was originally captured at a resolution of 1280×1024 but had to be resized to standard DVD resolution. So although the video quality does not do it justice, the Virtual Flight Deck is modeled in high resolution, sharp graphics