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Are you celebrating St. George tomorrow?

By Tim Fuell - April 22, 2010

It’s St. George’s Day tomorrow, celebrating the Patron Saint of England. Effectively, it is England’s National Day but did you even know that 23 April is St. George’s Day? It seems while the...

How new media saw off the volcanic threat.

By Tim Fuell - April 21, 2010

Any doubts as to the usefulness of social-media were set straight following the past week’s travel turmoil and the solutions offered by resourceful tweeters and Facebook users. On Twitter, #ashtag kept the Twitter...

Console game tests SEO skills

By Tim Fuell - April 8, 2010

In a world where technology rules and the realism of ‘reality’ even comes under question, surely nothing can ever surprise us? Well, what about a console game that has competitors doing battle in...

Don’t be a fool

By Tim Fuell - April 1, 2010

It’s that time of year again and here at 123-reg we don’t want you to end up looking a fool. So we’ve trawled the web and found some of the top April Fool’s...

Where do you do it?

By Tim Fuell - March 25, 2010

A report from the US suggests the social media generation are showing worrying signs of addiction as Facebook, Twitter, and even SMS threaten to dominate their day-to-day lives. The latest Retrevo Gadgetology Report...

Your face type could become your typeface

By Tim Fuell - March 18, 2010

Before the rise of the personal computers, the differing styles of lettering were comfortingly known as typefaces, and a font was just one variation within that typeface. Now one designer is taking...

Celebrating St Patrick’s Day

By Tim Fuell - March 17, 2010

Today is St Patrick’s Day and that always seems a great time for a celebration. Whatever the occasion, if you are planning your own celebration, the internet is a great resource for recipes,...

Connecting with your MP

By Tim Fuell - March 8, 2010

In the run up to the General Election our elected representatives are going to be doing everything they can to convince us that they are the right person for their constituency. One MP,...

Can a Facebook group really save the world?

By John - March 4, 2010

Something’s abuzz in the world of online activism. In December a couple from Essex kept high-waisted Simon Cowell’s hands off the Christmas number one by setting up a campaign on Facebook and...

Sony bugged by time of year

By Tim Fuell - March 3, 2010

It’s over ten years since the massive hype over the Millennium or Y2K ‘bug’ that never seemed to materialise, but this week electronics giant Sony realised how dangerous complacency or poor programming...