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ABCtales.com, the website for eager readers, aspiring writers and everyone with a story to tell, has joined forces with Secret Bear (http://www.secretbear.co.uk) to enable writers to submit poems to ABCtales via text message. Would-be Wordsworths can now send a poem of up to 150 characters to ABCta(Added: Fri Jul 27 2001)

HOVE, East Sussex, 24 July 2001 - Today
PasPic Limited launches paspic.com, the
Internet's first e-photo booth. The launch of PasPic.com, the Internet's first website designated to passport photos, will change the face of passport photo buying forever. To quote
their home page, "It's (Added: Mon Jul 23 2001)

If you have a music or entertainment website and want to add “stickiness” (more traffic), YourRelease has just the tools for you. The company is freely offering a combined SMS text messaging/e-mail tool that you can simply plug-in to your site. Just go to www.YourRelease.com, press R(Added: Fri Jul 20 2001)

PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE – PRESS RELEASE HIGH ACLAIM FOR LOCAL TRAINING CENTRE IT’S OFFICIAL! “SUTTON COURT I.T. CENTRE IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PROVIDER OF LEARNDIRECT COURSES IN THE COUNTRY.” Paul Spooner Director of Economic Development Birmingham Ci(Added: Fri Jul 20 2001)

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana--YEE-OWWW! Throw me some of dem beads, MISTAAAH! This must be Bourbon Street and the risqué side of Mardi Gras in the French Quarter where this laissez-faire city shows a degree of immodesty exhibited by female masquerader’s where float riders encourage women to lift (Added: Fri Jul 20 2001)

Travelers can save half on hotel costs by planning vacations during downtime says Lodging.com. A recent survey by the hotel discounter found that lodging rates in major U.S. destinations nearly double during peak tourist seasons. According to Lodging.com, Florida finishes first in terms of flu(Added: Thu Jul 19 2001)

Business 2 Business Plc’s Revolution with Live Help! Business 2 Business Plc has re-launched their site with a new name, www.askb2b.co.uk On the 9th of July 2001, Business 2 Business Plc launched their site www.askb2b.co.uk The new site was under going beta testing for a couple of months(Added: Thu Jul 12 2001)

Sample the Virgin Mobile Sendo and Scratch Your Way To A Prize Timed to coincide with the launch of the new Sendo S200 into its range, Virgin Mobile has announced a ‘try-before-you-buy’ in-store promotion across all 100 VSHOP stores. From the 9th to the 31st July, customers who req(Added: Thu Jul 05 2001)

PRESS RELEASE The Orient Express & private Schooners to the America’s Cup Jubilee, 21st August 2001 Topsail Charters and The Train Chartering Company are jointly promoting an all-inclusive package of the Orient Express British Pullman and private Schooners to the America’s C(Added: Thu Jul 05 2001)

BUG Australia, a budget travel web site for backpackers travelling to Australia, now offers interactive reviews of backpackers hostels throughout Australia. The web site (www.bugaustralia.com), features reviews of more than 500 youth hostels and backpackers hostels throughout Australia. The hoste(Added: Wed Jul 04 2001)

Small and medium-sized health charities pioneering changes in their communities have the chance to receive a share of more than £250,000 in the GlaxoSmithKline Community Health IMPACT Awards launched on 2 July. Awards of £25,000 each are given to ten health-related voluntary organisations with an(Added: Tue Jul 03 2001)

Pen-genie grants a wish for everyone… GelUK have launched via the web their latest product the Pen-genie that hopes to dispense with the phrase “I wish I could find a pen!” Already it appears to be cause for discussion. The product in question is simply an elasticated band which(Added: Tue Jul 03 2001)

Attn. Travel, Consumer and Technology Corrs. A new independent website where real people report back on real holidays is launched this week. RealHolidayReports.com has been developed by a group of friends in their leisure time who believe that the 17 million UK holidaymakers* who take package (Added: Sat Jun 30 2001)

PlanetPretty.com launches an innovative, interactive shopping experience New York, NY- June 27, 2001 - Vera Pretty, media darling and beloved spokestoon of PlanetPretty.com joins the ranks of supermodels and superdolls alike as the newest fashion force on the Internet in a patented interacti(Added: Fri Jun 29 2001)

women have been asking, “Where’s mine?” You may have asked the same question. Countless women go through life not knowing what an orgasm is, or how it is achieved. Thousands of couples experience difficulty getting enough sensation “down there” to achieve female or(Added: Thu Jun 28 2001)

Market-leading Latvian wholesale and retail distributor of car spare parts gain significant competitive advantage with Scala’s Internet software for e-business London, 26 June 2001: APE Motors has chosen the iScala Global Commerce Server to enter the world of e-commerce and further enhance(Added: Tue Jun 26 2001)

EMPOWER INTERACTIVE ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN FIRST TRUE 2 WAY SMS APPLICATION MESSAGING ACROSS DIFFERENT MOBILE NETWORKS The Empower Virtual Mobile Redirector (VMR) London, 26th June 2001 – Empower Interactive, a global developer of high performance wireless messaging infrastructure softwar(Added: Tue Jun 26 2001)

FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES GIVES ELECTION SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE EXCLUSIVE ENDORSEMENT TO MODERNISE ELECTIONS EQUIPMENT, SERVICES Tallahassee, Florida, June 26, 2001 – The Florida Association of Counties (FAC) has exclusively endorsed Election Systems & Software (ES&S), the world’(Added: Tue Jun 26 2001)

Internet gift firm cracks open the bubbly! Mark Berriman a 21 year old entrepreneur and his mother Janet Nye, both from Newcastle Upon Tyne are cracking open the bubbly in celebration this week after being granted a drinks license by South Tyneside Magistrates – the first North East based(Added: Tue Jun 26 2001)

High Wycombe furniture maker,Stewart Linford, is turning back the clocks this week to 1976, the year his business started. Stewart Linford is well known not only for his furniture, but also for constructing the Chair Arch in the centre of High Wycombe, appearing on Japanese and British televisio(Added: Mon Jun 25 2001)