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Downloading YouTube video - There are several ways to save YouTube videos; Mark Gibbs discusses an online service and a Windows application....
Feed Source: www.networkworld.comTale of an accidental cloud leader - With three major cloud platform implementations under our belt, we've heard more than once we're considered a cloud leader. It wasn't our goal, but with resources constrained and the call from business leaders to deliver several key transformations over the last few years, we turned to cloud computing for answers....
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Making smart IT decisions: Simple steps small businesses should take for smart IT investments - According to a recent report from Forrester Research, IT spending in the United States is expected to ramp up in the second half of the year with an estimated 19% increase in computer equipment spending, 11% growth in software spending, 7% hike in communications equipment spending, and 6% uptick in consulting services....
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Getting close to an end of the Internet - It is now a bit more than 18 years since Frank Kastenholtz first noticed that assignments of one class of IP addresses would soon outrun supply. This observation led the press to think that the Internet was running out of all IP addresses (it was not) and to the IETF initiating a process to develop a "next generation" Internet protocol that would have vastly more addresses so that it would, in theory, never run out....
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Accessories that enhance the iPad - Apple may think that its iPad is magical and revolutionary, but it's far from perfect, requiring additional accessories and products to enhance its features and functions. Here's a bunch of the latest iPad accessories that have come across the desk recently....
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Bohemian neutrality - The wrangling over net neutrality deserves an opera. Gibbs obliges. ...
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Google's App Inventor: First impressions - Gibbs just got an invite to Google's App Inventor and he's impressed with what is an early beta ...
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Security-as-a-service growing - When you ask IT professionals if they use cloud computing or software-as-a-service, most start by saying "no". But if you ask some follow up questions, you will quickly find out about "that one application" that is a SaaS application.
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Disband the ITU-T IPv6 Group - When the ITU-T IPv6 Group gets together in Geneva next week, one of the things they should discuss is the need for their very existence....
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Rest in bits - Gibbs ponders death online ...
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'Hope all is well' can be annoying as ? - This beef is a trivial matter, I realize; virtually all e-mail etiquette issues are minor by definition. But every time I read that smarmy greeting my blood pressure ticks up just a notch, meaning that I am -- ever so briefly -- less well....
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Ready or not, cloud is coming - Regardless of whether you are a cheerleader or a naysayer, the fact is the pieces for cloud computing are coalescing rapidly. This stuff isn?t vaporware. Our tests of cloud services ? the third of which appears in this issue -- show a rich and growing list of capabilities....
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The iMo Monster: A quick and easy secondary monitor - The scoop: iMo Monster 10-inch touchscreen monitor, by MIMO Monitors, about $260...
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Apple, Adobe and laziness - Steve Jobs called Adobe lazy but why hasn't Apple fixed iTunes ...
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Google/Verizon: Will a parallel non-Internet help the 'Net? - In spite of the fact that the net neutrality proposal that Google and Verizon published on Aug. 9 was not much like what the rumor mill predicted as late as the day before, the proposal sure has kicked off a lot of controversy....
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Eric Schmidt and the end of an era - Gibbs sees the opinions of Google's CEO on online anonymity as the end of an era ...
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Opinion: IT needs to help secure industrial control systems - After the Stuxnet worm exploited a zero-day vulnerability in a popular industrial controller, it's clear that operators of large-scale infrastructure management systems need to work with the IT security community to better safeguard these critical systems....
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Don't get burned ? Put some SPF 50 on your business continuity/disaster recovery plan - On vacation, forgetting your sunscreen may lead to a painful burn, but forgetting key components of an organization's business continuity (BC)/disaster recovery (DR) plan hurts a lot more. Overlooking even one item can weaken your entire network and mean significant losses in revenue and productivity....
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Do you need network security and privacy loss insurance? - If your business manages personal information about health or finances, a security breach can cost millions. HITECH and other regulations not only apply fines, but they require disclosure and notification of those affected. In some cases, companies must pay for free credit reports too. These costs can range from $80 to $200 per compromised record. The problem for many companies is the sheer volume of information that can be compromised in a single breach. If you lose 5,000, 50,000 or 500,000 records, the math may mean bankruptcy. Fortunately, you can now get insurance to cover these risks....
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Ebook readers: Nails in old school publishing's coffin - Gibbs takes a look at the Barnes and Noble Nook and compares it to the Alex he recently reviewed ...
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If net neutrality dies, blame the comms junkies - Mark Gibbs ponders net neutrality, service agreements and consumer comms addiction....
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Living with the knowledge that we're infected - Even as average enterprise security spending has risen over the years from 2% of the total IT budget to 10%, the percentage of compromised corporate machines has also climbed, now up to 7% to 9% by some estimates....
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Putting IE's market share gains in perspective - Much is being made of the fact that Microsoft has at least temporarily stanched the bleeding in terms of Internet Explorer's market share, and, in fact, has managed to nudge the number upward slightly in each of the past two months....
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Is cyberwar lawful? - The answer is probably not -- at least an unprovoked attack -- based on extensive new legal research appearing in an upcoming issue of the British journal INFO....
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Building a better netbook - Mark Gibbs looked at the Samsung NB30 and decided it needed a better OS....
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Obama pleads for Koran row calm - President Obama makes a plea for religious tolerance, as a church threatening to burn the Koran demands contact with a New York imam....
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MPs 'held back' on phone inquiry - MPs held back in an inquiry into phone-hacking allegations for fear that their own private lives could be targeted, a former MP claims....
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Wayne Rooney requesting privacy - Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen ask the media to respect their privacy while they discuss newspaper allegations about the footballer....
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40,000 police jobs 'threatened' - As many as 40,000 front-line police jobs may be at risk across England and Wales if funding cuts of 25% go ahead, the Police Federation says....
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Royal Mail sell-off is confirmed - The government confirms it is to press ahead with a complete sale of Royal Mail, following an updated review of the postal service....
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Church abuse detailed in Belgium - Harrowing details of alleged sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Belgium are released by an official Church investigator....
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Connaught sale saves 2,500 jobs - About 2,500 jobs are saved after administrators KPMG agree to sell most of Connaught's failed social housing group....
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Jones wants to be first minister - Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones tells his party conference that after next year's assembly elections he wants to be first minister of Wales....
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Garden burial murder son jailed - A man is jailed for at least 16 years for murdering his father and burying his remains in concrete in a garden in Buckinghamshire....
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Several die in California blast - At least four people have been killed in an explosion which tore through a town near San Francisco, officials say....
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Investors bet on prisoner rehab - A "payment-by-results" project to cut reoffending is officially launched, with investors getting a return only if reoffending drops....
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C4 bids farewell to Big Brother - Former air steward Brian Dowling is the bookies' favourite to win Ultimate Big Brother as the Channel 4 reality show comes to an end....
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Lifeboat crew rescues man and wheelie bin - Lifeboat crews made a most unusual rescue off the coast of Anglesey - an 81-year-old man and his wheelie bin....
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No jam today: hospice rejects home-made donations - Allotment owners are disappointed their vegetables and homemade jam can no longer be sold in a Cumbria hospice shop....
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Ferguson brushes off Rooney talk - Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and Everton manager David Moyes refuse to be drawn on Wayne Rooney's off-field problems as the troubled striker returns to face his former club on Saturday....
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Live text - Venus v Clijsters - Venus Williams faces Kim Clijsters after Vera Zvonareva shocks Caroline Wozniacki on women's semi-finals day at the US Open....
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England defeat spirited Pakistan - England compound Pakistan's off-field problems with a deserved 24-run win to take a 1-0 lead in the five-game one-day series....
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Vettel heads Ferrari duo at Monza - Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel steals Ferrari's thunder to set the pace in practice at the Italian Grand Prix....
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Wenger worry at Walcott injuries - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits he is concerned how Theo Walcott's latest injury setback will affect the England international on a mental level....
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Three jailed over 'filmed' rape - Three men are jailed for a sex attack on a woman which only came to light when the victim saw footage of it on a mobile phone....
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Two men jailed for hammer attack - Two men are jailed over a hammer attack which left a teenager from Leicester brain damaged....
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Man arrested over 'grenade siege' - A 22-year-old man is arrested after an eight-hour police siege at a flat in the west end of Glasgow....
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Fire union warning over job cuts - The Fire Brigades Union warns any further cuts to frontline provision would be dangerous for the public and crews....
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Murderer appeals guilty verdict - A man convicted of battering and strangling a vulnerable young woman in County Antrim is to appeal the guilty verdict....
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Bomb suspect priest 'flamboyant' - Denis Bradley says he met Father James Chesney but at the time was not aware the priest was suspected of involvement in the Claudy bombings....
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Cases of Legionnaires' rise to 17 - Three more cases of Legionnaires' disease are identified as health officials close a cooling tower in Merthyr Tydfil until it is cleaned and disinfected....
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Concern over police jobs threat - Police forces in Wales are warning of tough times ahead amid fears over job cuts in front-line roles....
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Guinea poll head guilty of fraud - The head of Guinea's election commission and another senior official are sentenced to a year in prison for fraud during June's first round presidential vote....
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Air Zimbabwe strikers 'face sack' - Air Zimbabwe has warned striking pilots that they could lose their jobs unless they return to work, according to state media....
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Japan uncovers centenarian 'scam' - More than 230,000 elderly people in Japan who are listed as being aged 100 or over are unaccounted for, officials said following a nationwide inquiry....
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Japan extends captain's detention - Hours after China demands the release of a Chinese boat captain detained in Japan, a Japanese court rules he can be held for a further 10 days....
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Man held after Danish hotel blast - Danish police hold a man injured by a small blast at a Copenhagen hotel amid reports he was a would-be suicide bomber....
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Merkel ally quits in WWII furore - An ally of Germany's Chancellor Merkel will quit a top party post after suggesting Poland may carry as much blame as Hitler for triggering World War II....
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Castro quote 'was misinterpreted' - Fidel Castro says he was misinterpreted when he was quoted by a US reporter as saying that the Cuban economic model no longer worked....
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Colombia rebels kill six police - Colombia's Farc rebels kill six policemen, in the latest in a surge of attacks that have killed more than 30 security personnel since President Juan Manuel Santos took office a month ago....
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Iran 'delays US hiker's release' - Iran delays the release of Sarah Shourd, one of three US hikers arrested last year on suspicion of espionage, a Tehran prosecutor says....
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Iran denies 'secret atomic plant' - Iran rejects claims by dissident groups that it has almost completed a secret uranium-enrichment facility near Tehran....
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Pakistan trio set to return home - The three Pakistan cricketers questioned by police over alleged spot fixing are to fly home....
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Manipur police on murder charges - A court in India's Manipur state issues warrants for the arrest of nine policemen charged with killing an unarmed man....
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US jobs recovery 'painfully slow' - US President Barack Obama has said that progress in pulling the American economy out of recession has been "painfully slow"....
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US officials try to stop spy book - The US Department of Defense is trying to stop the distribution of a book by a former intelligence officer....
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Microsoft executive to lead Nokia - Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia appoints Microsoft business manager Stephen Elop as its new head after a profits slump....
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Deutsche 'set to raise 9bn euros' - Shares in Germany's Deutsche Bank fall sharply after reports that it is planning to raise 9bn euros to shore up its finances....
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Broadband switch 'too difficult' - Telecoms watchdog Ofcom aims to address the fact that switching broadband providers is viewed as "too much hassle"....
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Minister defends using detectives - A justice minister says he paid private detectives to investigate his colleagues because he was upset about "malicious" newspaper stories....
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Boris Johnson to seek re-election - Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces he will stand for re-election in 2012....
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Green leader woos Lib Dem rebels - Green Party leader Caroline Lucas appeals to Lib Dem supporters disillusioned with the coalition's policies to join her party....
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Stem cell medic misconduct ruling - A doctor who offered controversial stem cell treatments to multiple sclerosis patients faces being struck off by the General Medical Council....
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Plea to save MS respite centres - Volunteers are calling on the MS Society not to abandon four respite care centres in York, Surrey, Warwickshire and East Lothian...
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Stress hormone heart death link - High levels of the stress hormone cortisol are closely linked to death from cardiovascular disease, a Dutch study has found....
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Academies 'may be risky strategy' - The government spending watchdog warns the expansion of the academies programme could risk being poor value for money....
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Push for choice on special needs - The children's minister says parents should have more choice over special educational needs provision in England, as she seeks input for a Green Paper....
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Call to merge education services - Education authorities are facing a call to merge so classrooms may be spared the worst of the cuts in public spending....
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Boxing game to aid health fight - A boxing game is spearheading attempts to get middle-aged men in Teesside to get more regular exercise....
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Sex movie worm spreads worldwide - A malicious program that falsely promises free access to sex movies is racking up victims around the world, warn security firms....
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Apple lays App Store rules bare - Apple says that it will publish the guidelines it uses to determine which programs it sells in its App Store to appease critical developers....
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Freshwater turtles 'in decline' - More than a third of freshwater turtle species are now threatened with extinction, Conservation International says....
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Ancient Greeks saw Halley's comet - A celestial event seen by the ancient Greeks may be the earliest sighting of Halley's comet, new evidence suggests....
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Scan to 'track brain development' - Scientists say they can quickly and accurately map a child's brain development using an MRI machine and a maths programme....
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Hirst joins arts funding campaign - Leading artists including Tracey Emin, David Hockney and Damien Hirst join a campaign against proposed government cuts to arts funding....
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Cyrus Cylinder is loaned to Iran - The British Museum settles a dispute with Iran's national museum over the loan of ancient Persian treasure the Cyrus Cylinder....
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Record deal for Smith's daughter - Will Smith's daughter, Willow, nine, signs a record deal with rapper Jay-Z's label Roc Nation and releases debut single Whip My Hair....
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Why Saturday morning TV changed - The three-hour television marathons of pop, guests, phone-ins and chaos that used to usher in the weekend....
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What became of Mercury Communications? - Its name lives on in the form of a prestigious music prize but whatever happened to Mercury Communications?...
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Britain's only gay Mass - Some gay people will protest at the Pope's UK visit next week - but one London Catholic church is hosting a "gay Mass"....
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Committee to examine MP phone-hacking claims - MPs have decided to hold a new inquiry into allegations that some of their phones were hacked by journalists at the News of the World....
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Mudslide engulfs Italian village - In Italy the town of Antrani on the Amalfi coast has been hit by flash flooding and mudslides....
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The world's first Klingon opera - The first ever Klingon opera is underway in The Hague...
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Cyclist's long hunt for missing son - An Australian man who cycled round Europe for three months looking for his missing son is to be reunited with him after two-and-a-half years....
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Injured marine's epic US run - Royal Marine Mark Ormrod is a triple amputee who is setting out to run 3,500 miles across the US....
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Bomb scare toy pony blown up - A child's toy sparked a bomb scare in Orlando after it was left unattended in a cul-de-sac....
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Blaze engulfs San Francisco homes - Dozens of homes have been set ablaze near San Francisco International Airport, after a reported explosion....
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US marines rescue ship from pirates - US Marines have boarded and seized a vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, navy officials say....
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Ben Brown boogies - it's Odd Box - Presenters dancing, lessons in how to fall over and the man who drives a dining room table. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne....
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Seeing into space - Stunning images captured by earthbound astronomers...
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What's 27x43? - How 'the grid method' has replaced long multiplication...
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7 days quiz - Can you spot the original Peggy Mitchell from our line-up?...
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The family Smith - The achievements of Will Smith and his talented brood...
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Rally for peace - The tennis players with a message at US Open...
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Party time - Greens celebrate first MP but will their success continue?...
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Going the distance - Drew Barrymore has become a Hollywood force...
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