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Coke Marketers Mention the ‘5 Year Plan̵...

Contrary to your first impressions, this article is not a slamming of the global number 1 brand, Coca Cola, but rather the latest in an endless line of re-inventive advertisements from the US giant. In a seemingly shocking deviation to the normal service of the marketing department at Coca Cola (or Coke, as referred to in the USA) the company has launched a new ‘version’ of the world’s most popular soft...
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Die Nacht en Düsseldorf!...

Things have been quiet recently on DDN, primarily due to my being completely “flat-out” for long periods of time due to work and social commitments. This leaves me in a difficult position whereby I’ve to suffer constant self-guilt for not indulging you, the viewers, in the tribulations, trials and general time-of-my-life stuff happening to me. Some of you may know I’ve started to finally give back...
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Italy Win, albeit Undeservedly...

The World Cup of 2006 has ended after a long-fought battle between Europe’s most stylish countries. France and Italy weren’t tipped to reach the final, by any TV network’s pundits, but tonight in Berlin, the teams from Chirac & Prodi’s domains finally met to see off the end of five weeks of football. Italy were the outside favourites entering the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, but when Zinedine...
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‘Allez-les-Bleus’...

France finally overcame the venerable Portuguese side last night in a rather tense but mildly mind-numbing performance in the last of the World Cup semi-finals. France, written off by many at the start of the tournament, were favorites to win, since the awful performance Portugal put in against the English team. While I was delighted to see the English team leave the championships at the foul of Wayne Rooney – the...
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Windows Vista – What’s it all about?!...

I know, I know, Mac OS will always win my heart and most people (if they give it a fair go) will feel the same. But with all the speil being written lately about the incumbent OS company’s latest (very late by the way) offering, I had to see for myself. So, what’s Windows Vista like, and is it the carbon copy of Mac OS GUI without the power and attention to detail that everyone is raving on about?? I started...
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