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Internet Filtering in the United Arab Emirates- What you see if you hit a forbidden site

Danny — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:00:52 +0000

The full list of prohibited content is here. Removal requests for the UAE firewall can be submitted here.

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Hair removal cream Veet bids: “Goodbye Bush”

Danny — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:40:54 +0000

Some campaigns are brilliant and of their time. So much so that people mention them to their friends and write about them on the blogosphere – a clear sign of a winning idea.

The ad campaign for hair removal cream Veet in the Australian Daily Telegraph was launched by Creative agency Euro RSCG, to note [...]

Daily Star bombs The Sun newspaper (but is an in-joke really a good campaign strategy?)

Danny — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:45:54 +0000

With bingo bringing in high revenue streams for online newspaper editions, it is little wonder that the Daily Star chose to hit The Sun where it hurts with its bingo advertising campaign – but bombing The Sun’s Wapping HQ with Bingo balls?

I’m sure the Sun’s staff in Wapping will see the hilarity. After [...]

Libel as an expense line – Robert Murat and the Cost of Doing Business

Danny — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:34:05 +0000

Robert Murat, the first named suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has settled his libel action against a number of British newspapers over claims he was involved in her disappearance. And the sum of the settlement? It is estimated at somewhere in the region of £500,000.

To you and me this might be a [...]

Pregnant Man Thomas Beatie Gives Birth to New Lengths of Ratings Spin

Danny — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:30:08 +0000

Here’s a story you would only dwell on briefly if it were on Jerry Springer: a woman who wanted to become a man had her breasts removed and took hormones to make her look more masculine, but still kept all the original plumbing. Then she gets pregnant – not all that surprising, as she’s still [...]

The mystery of Entela Hysko – And how her name became a small Internet snowball

Danny — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:26:26 +0000

I’m still piecing the puzzle together, but for those of you who have spent an hour or two (or three) trying to figure out who Entela Hysko is, here is my analysis of how you got to hear about her.

It’s one of those Internet phenomena, that you look at and think: this is an [...]

Page3 of The Sun – Breasts, Dubai Style

Danny — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:52:37 +0000

I just had to share this one: if you get The Sun newspaper in Dubai, you’ll find that all Page3 breasts are covered by what looks like a thick black marker.

Of course, this is done to guard the modesty of the model, and I’m sure Danni, 22, from Coventry would be delighted (she supports [...]