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Don't be an ass: If something sounds to good to be true...

nobody@vox.com(Ant UK) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:51:09 +0000

So, in my last post I touched upon scams that no one (well, at least no one in their right mind) would ever fall for. We can all laugh at those scammers pathetic attempts to con us. Sadly not all cons are that obvious - which brings me to this....

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Spams, scams and wham bam!

nobody@vox.com(Ant UK) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:10:38 +0000

Any regular readers will know that, apart from eating more fibre than me, I'm not particularly fond of scams or spam. And, to be fully inclusive, otherwise legitimate companies knowingly teaming up with ones of a more dubious nature. Sometimes t...

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Knitting: Frustrating and fun, all in one!

nobody@vox.com(Ant UK) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:49:50 +0000

Last week I did something that just a week earlier would have seemed unthinkable. Well, two things actually. One was meeting music legend Jazzie B from Soul II Soul (was a big fan growing up). And the other? Knitting baby booties the following...

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Trains too costly for Network Rail staff!

nobody@vox.com(Ant UK) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:22:59 +0000

This is classic and pretty much somes up Britain's mismanaged train network to a tee... Network Rail, the company responsible for the country's rail network (as the name suggests) have discovered that sending 200 of their staff from Reading to Co...

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Remember that Motorola Aura post? Stolen handsets turning up on eBay...

nobody@vox.com(Ant UK) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:14:51 +0000

Remember a few days ago I posted about a bunch of luxury phones being sold on the streets of Basingstoke after being half-inched from a warehouse outside of the town a couple of months previous? Well it appears these are being flogged on eBay. N...

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Berlin Wall - Movies & Games

nobody@vox.com(Ant UK) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:03:06 +0000

Okay, so only one of these films actually revolves around the fall of the Berlin Wall and the impact it had on East Berliners. The other two are still worthy of a view too as they either feature attempts to cross the border or what life was lik...

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Shocking stuff: Nokia recalls faulty charger

nobody@vox.com(Ant UK) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:57:44 +0000

Nokia are instigating a product recall, swapping out faulty chargers. Apparently some have casings that can come loose, posing a risk of electric shock. According to The Times, there's a whopping 14 million that need to be replaced! Rather tha...

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Aura-dacious theft of Motorola's £1,200 phone

nobody@vox.com(Ant UK) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:43:51 +0000

Thieves stole over one hundred Motorola phones from a warehouse near Basingstoke, Hampshire back in September. Now local police are claiming these are being sold in the town itself. Okay, so not exactly the most interesting story ever but, as yo...

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Peugeot BB1's launch party: A big bash for a little car

nobody@vox.com(Ant UK) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:32:59 +0000

I've been swamped this week so I wasn't able to blog everything I wanted to blog about straightaway. Well not on VOX anyway. I was microblogging over on Twitter. So, if you follow me there (and you know you should) you'll have seen me posting l...

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I'm gonna see this later... How cool's that?

nobody@vox.com(Ant UK) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:45:05 +0000

I've been invited up to London tonight to see Peugeot's concept car, which I think may be a little more than just a concept, in some swish place called The Hospital. Many of you will know I don't actually have a car and haven't driven in years - ...

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