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In primary school, I liked maths. I played chess. But I also liked art. And played football. In secondary school, my favourite subjects were English and Physics. I still liked art ... but gradually grew weaker at maths, and lost...

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For at least a decade, eBay's "seller feedback" has provided a great way of checking whether a deal seems genuine before going ahead with it. Lately however, account hijacking has plagued the online auction website, making it more likely for...

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I know every parent thinks this but ... she's absolutely beautiful! See more pics on AmieRose.com...

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In these days of global financial meltdown, it's comforting to know that some people are working on ways to reduce internet costs. Professor Marcelo Zuffo of the the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has invented a solar-powered wifi access point...

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We've created another Wordpress theme called Popsicle, which you can download for free from our web design site. Popsicle is based loosely on the design of the Heraghty.net website. The theme comes in five different colours. The demo shows...

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I'm a big fan of open source software. Almost all of our client projects are written in PHP and use the standard LAMP architecure. I love open source products such as Wordpress, which despite some flaws is very usable --...

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I recently delivered a one-day course on SEO and Google Adwords, which was organised by the IIA. You can still download the slides from the event -- although they will be locked and available only to members in a week...

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What Google (may have) looked like in the 1960s......

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