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1 A world first from TalkTalk – The Printer-Net!
We’re always coming up with bright ideas about making the internet accessible to more people here at TalkTalk, and we’re sure the Printer-Net will be a big hit. For the first time ever, the entire internet has been printed out, bringing the wealth of knowledge, fun and human experience that makes up the worldwide web to [...] 		01-Apr-2012
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2 Bringing unbeatable value to superfast broadband
We’re excited to be opening registration today for our brand new Superfast Fibre Optic Broadband service, which will double the maximum speed available to our customers from 40Meg to 80Meg for only an extra £15 per month. This follows the successful launch of our 40Meg Fibre Optic Broadband last year. We know that demand is continuing [...] 		12-Mar-2012
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3 TalkTalk’s taking The X Factor Live Final to Wembley Arena
– and you can join us there!
Britain’s favourite Saturday night in is back and we’re delighted to once again be the show’s sponsor – and this year it will be better than ever for our customers. We’re giving away 100 tickets every day for 100 days to the Live Final exclusively to TalkTalk customers and, from today, you can enter the competition [...] 		23-Aug-2011
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4 The appeal of retro gadgets in a digital age
"The past is a foreign country," said the writer L.P. Hartley. If so it's one we're increasingly keen to visit. Mad Men helped kick-start the craze for mid-century fashion and furniture, and every aspect of 80s pop culture has been repurposed for today's tastes. But its not just retro clothes, music and Sly Stallone action films that have made a comeback. Gadgets once consigned to the attic have been dusted down and rediscovered by a generation weaned on iPods and Xboxes. 		24-May-2011
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5 Could the royal wedding mark an internet watershed?
Back in 1953 the Queen’s coronation was a watershed moment in the success of a relatively new technology: television. Millions of people bought TV sets for the first time to make sure they could see the coronation for themselves. Up till that point TV had been a luxury – it was quite typical for only one house [...] 		28-Apr-2011
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6 When will video games get a sense of humour?
When did you last laugh at a video game? And not because of some wooden dialogue, or unintentionally hilarious glitch that wasn’t ironed out during development. No, I mean when did you last laugh because your character said something witty? Or due to a well-executed sight gag or piece of slapstick? A while ago, I’d [...] 		14-Apr-2011
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7 Welcome to WoofWoof: Pet-to-Pet Networking!
100,000 BC: Homo sapiens invent language 1876: Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone 1990: Tim Berners Lee invents the world wide web 2011: WoofWoof invents Donglish 		01-Apr-2011
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8 Thought 2010 was good for video games? See what 2011 has to offer…
Did you race through your turkey dinner and sneak out on the Queen’s speech in order to get in some quality gaming time over the festive period? If so, who can blame you. Last year delivered a bumper crop of brilliant titles to play over Christmas and New Year. The likes of Mass Effect 2, [...] 		07-Jan-2011
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9 Matt proves he has The X Factor following tense finale
Last night saw plumber Matt Cardle realise his dream of becoming a recording artist when he was announced as the 2010 winner of The X Factor. With almost 20 million people tuning in to see the final of what the judges agreed to be the best series of the show to dat, Matt emerged triumphant despite facing some of the stiffest competition in recent years. 		13-Dec-2010
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10 The X Factor – it’s the final countdown!
We are just one day away from the biggest TV event of the year – The X Factor finals, with around 20 million people expected to tune in. And with Louis the only judge who isn’t represented, we’re in for a very open final. You honestly wouldn’t be surprised if any of the four remaining contestants – Cher, Matt, Rebecca and One Direction – walk away with that £1 million recording contract. 		10-Dec-2010
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11 Why reports of the death of PC gaming have been greatly exaggerated
In the late 1990s, just after my 16th birthday, I decided to build myself a PC. It was constructed, Frankenstein-like, from a couple of older computers and new parts brought from a specialist shop called, if I remember correctly, Micro Bytes. At the heart of the machine was my most extravagant purchase: a 3dfx Voodoo [...] 		15-Nov-2010
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12 Calling X Factor fans: have your questions answered in Access All Areas
We’re offering our customers an exclusive backstage pass to The X Factor in the form of Access All Areas, the official Q&A channel for The X Factor 2010. Each week the site will show videos of the show’s finalists answering TalkTalk customers’ questions, with videos following the format of some of the nation’s most popular Q&A [...] 		22-Oct-2010
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13 Have you had a go at BrightStar Studio yet?
If you’re one of the 10 million people tuned to The X Factor every Saturday night, you’ll no doubt have seen the clips of people singing songs at our BrightStar Studio. BrightStar Studio allows you to film yourself singing a song and means you could end up in one of our ads during the most watched [...] 		13-Sep-2010
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14 Jedward open the X Factor ‘Bright Star Studio’ to TalkTalk customers
We kicked off our sponsorship of this year’s X Factor in a burst of ‘neon rainbow’ today by giving our customers the chance to create their own music video and have it screened on national prime time TV. Our new online Bright Star Studio, launched at today’s event with the help of pop sensations John [...] 		17-Aug-2010
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15 Gaming may be going mainstream but online play remains a niche activity
Until the latter days of the 20th century video games were sandwiched between train spotting and prog rock on the “things adults should never admit to liking” league table. Saying you were partial to a bit of Super Mario Bros. from time to time caused non-gaming friends to stare at you as if you’d just [...] 		13-Aug-2010
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16 Which motion controller will win over gamers?
Microsoft and Sony are finally set to throw their hats into the motion control arena later this year with the release of Kinect and PlayStation Move. Both companies have jealously eyed Nintendo’s dominance of the casual gaming market since the Wii shook up the industry in 2006. The only surprise is that it’s taken them [...] 		21-Jul-2010
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17 Would you watch the eSports World Cup?
After months of build-up the remnants of England’s golden generation are taking their final shot at world cup glory. Rio’s out, Rooney’s fit and now only five more games stand between us and the Jules Rimet trophy. The final is expected to attract around 350 million viewers across the globe. But how many of them would [...] 		18-Jun-2010
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18 Shout For England!
We’re proud to announce our involvement in Shout For England, the unofficial World Cup anthem launched today. Shout For England is backed by X Factor supremo Simon Cowell and features comedy star James Corden and current number one Dizzee Rascal. And the exciting thing is you can get involved too. If you call our special freephone number – [...] 		03-Jun-2010
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19 Why social games are changing the way we play
Has someone you know recently become obsessed with melon farming? Or spoken ominously of ‘whacking’ a friend? If so, they’re probably a fan of Farmville or Mafia Wars, two of the most popular social games on Facebook. Perfect for whiling away a few minutes of your lunch break, or a fallow period in the TV [...] 		20-May-2010
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20 We’re giving away 24 Spotify Premium accounts, with TalkTalk Pro
To celebrate TalkTalk Pro, our broadband service with unlimited downloads, we’ve decided to give away 24 Spotify Premium accounts worth £120 each, every day. 		23-Feb-2010
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