Rick Power

From 9 February 2009, Gareth Gates will make his West End stage debut starring

as ‘Joseph’. Lee Mead leaves the show on Saturday 10 January.

In a new staging of the record breaking 1990s London Palladium

production, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s family classic is ready to please a whole new generation.

This colourful

retelling of the biblical story about dreamboat Joseph, his uncanny abilities and his designer coat sings out to young and old alike

with a score which is wall to wall hits – including Close Every Door and Any Dream Will Do.

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR

DREAMCOAT is sure to be the hottest ticket this summer so Go, Go, Go and buy your tickets now! Get your Joseph tickets now to avoid missing out!

I am sure you will

be doing the traditional activities like carving the turkey, opening presents and thinking how much you can sell your

unwanted gifts! But according to the IMRG, they estimate more than £100m will be spent

online today, compared to the figure of £84m last year.

This suprising figure compares with the four and a

half million people who attend a Christmas day church service.

More than five million people are expected to

use the internet to carry on shopping on Christmas Day, the online retail group IMRG says.

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The BBC has released a version of their popular

iPlayer that is compatible with both Mac and Linux computers. Mac and Linux

platforms have previously only been able to stream BBC programmes via the iPlayer but will now be able to handle

downloads.

version, known as BBC iPlayer Desktop. A beta version of the BBC iPlayer Desktop that uses the Adobe AIR technology was made available

on 18 December with a finished version expected to be released in February 2009.

RT @tahera: listening to a webinar from the @

href="http://twitter.com/thedonal">thedonal and @markattwood…. great stuff! – Agreed, finding it very interesting.

Enjoyed welcoming Christmas with a few drinks with the @

href="http://twitter.com/manchestermob">manchestermob last night!

Is deep in the Market Samurai snow, nice touch!

I found this site while i was browsing some techie web content. This particular

article is questioning the safety of surfing the web. Not only does this article discuss the dangers, it explains what internet users

can do to protect themselves and enjoy a safer web surfing experience.

Read it

href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/12/is_it_safe_to_explore.html" target="_blank">here

RT @tahera: wierd sounds coming from speaker behind me….@

href="http://twitter.com/vincesamios">vincesamios is that you?? – Good to hear from you @vincesamios!

RT @NathanRidley For the

trance/dance fans – Armin Van Buuren – Yearmix 2006 – double cd set – incredible! – Bird and the Bee anyone?!

RT @markattwood: Retweeting @vincesamios: Jumping on a plane to Cambodia

tomorrow morning…we’ll miss you vinny boy – the taj salutes you!