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World Cup may cause social media meltdown

Social media was still in its infancy during the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Now, with 50 million tweets being chirped into the ether every day and Facebook registering more than 400 million active users, the potential for fans to share their South Africa highs and lows is astronomical.
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Google, France and Germany to Stop Supporting Internet Explorer 6

And about time too.
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Google to level property playing field?

Google is set to launch a property dimension to its UK mapping system.
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iPhone crowned gadget of the decade

If you have an Apple iPhone, you don't need us to tell you how cool they are!

In the recent Gadget Show vote, Apple swept the board, with the iPod taking the prize for best music gadget, the iPhone was the best phone
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Facebook goes from strength to strength

Facebook has two very big pieces of news that they announced today at TechCrunch50. The first: They have crossed 300 million users worldwide now, extending their lead as the biggest social network. The second: They are now cash flow positive. Yes, from this point forward, Facebook is making money.
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Digital Britain Report

Lord Carter, minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, has been working on a report dubbed Digital Britain. With it the government wanted to draw up an action plan to help Britain make the most of new media.  But what will it mean ?
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Microsoft Launches IE8

Microsoft has launched the latest version of its web browser, Internet Explorer 8 (IE8).  Internet Explorer is still the most popular way of browsing the web, and comes with some new goodies to help us browse more quickly. 
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Strong Christmas for 'E-tailers'

With all the doom and gloom of the credit crunch and retail giants falling by the wayside almost by the day, this story shows one retail area that has reported a strong Christmas.
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Obama turns to the web

Last weeks presidential election will effect us all, hopefully in a positive way.  The change is certainly a refreshing and exciting one.
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Something new and shiny from Google

In terms of the internet world, Google's launch of a new web browser was pretty big news, and was done in true Google style.  A supposedly leaked link to an online comic book, which explained all the technical goings on under the bonnet of the new browser.
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