Archive for August, 2011

XBox Live Price Increase

XBox Live Price Increase

Microsoft has increased its Xbox live subscription from the old price of ?4.99 per month to ?5.99 per month. The price increase will go live on the 1st November 2010 and will be the first price increase since the service went live in 2002. This comes just weeks before the launch of one of the [...]

Japan Airlines Cut 16k Jobs

Japan Airlines Cut 16k Jobs

Japan Airlines has announced that its to cut a third of its workforce which could account for more than 16000 jobs after filing for bankruptcy protection on 19 January. It also plans to close some unprofitable domestic and international routes to cut back costs. As well as the cut in jobs and routes Japan Airlines [...]

Hurricane Earl upgraded to Category 3

Hurricane Earl upgraded to Category 3

Hurricane Earl has started to form into a major Hurricane on Monday morning, forecasters have revealed. Earl has grown to a Category 3 hurricane and maximum winds have been 120mph. The hurricane has passed through the northern Leeward Islands and its currently heading towards the Virgin Islands. It’s likely to pass through the Virgin Islands [...]

Oxford English Dictionary may Never go to Print

Oxford English Dictionary may Never go to Print

The Oxford English Dictionary as we know it may be the last of its kind. Due to the large impact of the internet on regular books sales it’s likely that the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary will only be available online. A large team of 80 lexicographers have been working on the next [...]

Paris Hilton Cocaine Arrest

Paris Hilton Cocaine Arrest

Paris Hilton was arrested for possession of Cocaine whilst driving with her boyfriend Cy Waits in a Cadillac Escalade in Las Vegas after having a meal at the Wynn Hotel. Las Vegas police have confirmed that they had enough evidence to arrest Miss Hilton but it will be down the prosecutors to file charges. Hiltons [...]

Free Roulette Systems Gives Away Ebook

Free Roulette Systems Gives Away Ebook

Free Roulette Systems UK is giving away eBooks to celebrate its year anniversary of being online. Just visit their special landing page and enter your email address to get access. They have put together all the best roulette strategies from around the internet so you can access them from one easy place. The site offers [...]

Charlotte Church Beats Cheryl For Hottest Singleton

Charlotte Church Beats Cheryl For Hottest Singleton

Charlotte Church has beaten off tough competition to take the crown as UKs sexiest singleton. The welsh beauty who split from her long term boyfriend earlier this year came first in Zoo Magazines poll for the Sexiest Single Celebrity. In second place was X factor judge Cheryl Cole who split from ex husband Ashley Cole [...]

Mafia Wars Creators Off The Hook

Mafia Wars Creators Off The Hook

The games company that brought us Facebook hits Farmville and Mafia Wars is not going to face legal action in relation to a marketing campaign to promote Zynga’s new online game Mafia Wars Las Vegas. This leaves the finger of blame on the advertising company that Zynga used for the campaign. Matt Dorsey, spokesman for [...]

Farmville Making Millionnaires

Farmville Making Millionnaires

The games that have become part of many Facebook users’ lives are not only bringing enjoyment or filling boredom for their many users but they are also making businessmen extremely rich. Games including Farmville and Mafia Wars have become extremely popular and in turn have made a niche business opportunity. It is reported that the [...]

George Michael Pleads Guilty To Drug Charge

George Michael has today pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs when he crashed his car into a high street shop last month. Michael, whose real name is Georgios Panayiotou, was handed a six month driving ban by Judge Robin McPhee at Highbury Magistrates Court this morning and will face sentencing at a [...]