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Payment holiday for struggling British broadband customers

A British broadband and phone company has taken an unusual step of giving its customers a lifeline during the credit crunch by waiving its broadband fees for six months. TalkTalk's CEO announced the package...

created by the red rocket | 45 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago
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Twitter goes mainstream with celebrities getting on board

Twitter, the micro-blogging service, is about to go mainstream in the UK according to industry experts, which is thought to be fuelled by the take up of celebrities 'tweeting'. Twitter receives the largest amount of its traffic from the USA, but its penetration is...

created by the red rocket | 45 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago
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Iron Lung - the original under water ironist

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Brits claims underwater extreme ironing record

A British team of extreme ironists have claimed the world record for the most people ironing under water at the same time, with 86 brave scuba divers braving the cold waters of Gloucestershire. The heroic...

created by the red rocket | 46 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago
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Vespa takes step back in time, with wooden rebuild

A Portuguese craftsman has created a homage to one of the world's favourite scooters, made entirely from laminated hardwood - well, with the exception of the metal engine parts. Carlos Alberto, a...

created by the red rocket | 46 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago
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Suzanne Shaw chatting at her "ICE" fragrance launch - Lifestyle

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Suzanne Shaw reveals secrets of being a working mum

ITV TV's Dancing on Ice champion and former Hear'Say singer Suzanne Shaw has revealed the secret of her success as a working mother in a interview at the launch of her new fragrance, "Ice". Speaking at a...

created by the red rocket | 48 wks ago | updated 47 wks ago
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Credit Crunch sparks scooter revolution

Recent research by Armadillo Scooterwear reveals that a 21% of Brits are contemplating buying a scooter or moped to offset the cost of the credit crunch. More than one in ten (12%) suggested they might even...

created by the red rocket | 48 wks ago | updated 47 wks ago
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Santa’s ‘sleigh delay’ could save you hundreds, says TalkTalk

If you’ve ever felt remotely subversive by watching the Alternative Christmas Speech then you might well choke on your turkey to learn that millions of Britons are considering holding an entire Alternative...

created by the red rocket | 50 wks ago | updated 50 wks ago
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Lack of skills and budgets hold companies back from exploring increasingly vi...

Almost two thirds (65.1%) of marketing professionals in the UK and Ireland recognise the importance of online PR*, and believe that it will be completely integrated with other corporate communications channels by 2012, finds new research from Citigate Dewe Rogerson**. ...

created by the red rocket | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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"Firms 'miss' social site success"

A piece on the BBC today reports that uber analyst consultancy Gatner has come to the conclusion that businesses are missing a trick by not embracing social networking. They spoke to businesses in 18 countries and found out that “38% of more than 4,000 PC and mobile phone...

created by the red rocket | 1 year ago
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Fed up with Wikipedia? How creating your own encylopedia can backfire

What happens if you’re a group that doesn’t like the collababorative nature of the internet, particularly sites like Wikipedia, where members keep changing the “truth”? You create your own media of course. In a twist that’s reminiscent of war time propaganda, a...

created by the red rocket | 1 year ago
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PR agencies target bloggers - and (surprise, surprise) they don’t always ge...

PR agents are making a dog’s dinner of dealing with bloggers as they are adapting to translating media relations to the online world. At least that’s the conclusion after reading an an interesting article on Problogger.net. PR consultant Erik Sebellin-Ross...

created by the red rocket | 1 year ago
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