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5 reasons to buy a new HD TV for the 2010 World Cup Finals
Unless you've been living in a cave for the last couple of months, you'll be fully aware that we're now just a few weeks away from the start of the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa. Not only is…
Top 20 World Cup iPhone Apps
Unless you've been living in a cave for the last couple of months, you'll be aware that we're just a matter of days away from the beginning of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals. The world's greatest sporting event (because,…
Picklive real-time fantasy football network launches in time for the World Cup!
Picklive, the world's first real-time online fantasy football game, has just left the beta stage and is now open to all comers. Just in time for the World Cup too! Picklive takes the traditional fantasy football idea and condenses it…
FA bans England squad from using Twitter and Facebook during World Cup
If you were hoping to get a behind the scenes look at the England squad's World Cup tactics and team talks (or even just a Twitpic of their ludicrously expensive hotel rooms) by following the players on social networks, you're…
Virgin Media World Cup microsite teams up with Sir Bobby Robson cancer fund
Virgin Media's World Cup microsite isn't just a great way to hype yourself up for the world's greatest football tournament, it's also doing its part in the fight against cancer. Every time a user watches a video on the…
Over half of UK workforce plan to watch World Cup on office PCs
A survey of 2,000 UK workers conducted by ISP Eclipse has suggested that as much as half the British workforce plan on sneakily streaming World Cup matches at work on their office PCs. 54 percent will tune into some…
Sky launch special edition 1TB Sky+HD World Cup boxes
With preparations for the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa now getting into full swing, Sky have announced details of a limited edition range of Sky+HD boxes. With specially decorated 1TB boxes from designer Wayne Hemingway, illustrator Gerald Scarfe…
Classic World Cup vids streaming to Sony Bravia TVs
If you've got a web-connected Sony Bravia TV or Blu-ray player, you're in for a few fantastic footie treats this summer. Sony have lined up a selection of classic World Cup clips ready to be streamed into your living…
Sony launch book trade-in discount offer for Reader Pocket ebook customers
Full of World Cup fever or fed up with football altogether? Well Sony have announced a new trade-in scheme that should have something for every footy fanatic or footy-phobic Pocket Reader owner. Teaming up with HarperCollins, Sony are launching a…
New FIFA Superstars football game headed to Facebook
EA are looking to release a brand new FIFA football game on Facebook, called FIFA Superstars. When EA bought casual-games development company Playfish back in 2009, we wondered what the sports game publishing giant had in mind. FIFA Superstars appears…