Yup, it’s true. The UK recession may actually be over.

Are the newspaper headlines screaming out the good news though? Of course not - there’s lots of other far more depressing stories they can fill our day with instead…

Economy Grows Two Months In a Row

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) says that the economy hit bottom as long ago now as March this year. There has then been modest growth in April and May.

Even the property market shows signs of recovering - with both Nationwide and Halifax reporting about 2 per cent increase in property values last month. First time buyers are still being stuffed for huge deposits, but hang in there folks as the times they are a-changin.

Break Out The Sparkling Wine

No it’s not boom time. So stick with the quality sparkling wine instead of that overpriced Champagne version.

It’s just another welcome reminder that reading the daily newspapers makes you depressed! So why not dump the Daily Drudge. Maybe we should subscribe to Positive News instead.

This kind of thing drives me nuts. I don’t know why companies do it, because it screws their loyal customers who just happily renew their subscriptions. Here’s the deal.

Save £27.53 On Your Kaspersky 3 User Renewal

I got a new netbook and needed internet security software for it. I already had Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 on my laptop. But it was a license for just one PC.

No problem, there are Kaspersky 3 user and 5 user (and more) licenses. That lets you put the software on more PC’s.

My existing license was due for renewal in about a month anyway so I didn’t really mind taking the hit of renewing now and upgrading to the 3 user license. It would be way cheaper than buying another new single license.

So I hit the Kaspersky renew button, and off I go to the renewal site. Just to renew my one user license would be £27.99 instead of the full £39.99 price. But I can also renew and upgrade to the Kaspersky 3 user license for £34.99. That’s what I want right..?

Now normally it would be £49.99 for the 3 user. But £35 isn’t such a massive discount so I thought, lets just check Amazon and see how much it would cost me new.

New Kaspersky 3 User License Cheaper!

Yup. And not just a little bit either. It’s £14.93. And that’s a brand new 3 user license including the actual CD in a proper case shipped direct from Amazon.

Even Cheaper Still

And I can save you 50% off that crazy cheap price too. If you spend over £30 on any other stuff from Amazon in the same order, then enter this code: KASPERSK in the Promotional Code box.

A total saving of £27.53

So if you have Kaspersky and your renewal is coming up, buy it here on Amazon instead. Or if you use something else and renewal is coming up, check out Amazon first before paying your renewal fee!

This young internet upstart is causing quite a stir online. By giving away free shares to members when they join (for free), it has managed to rapidly go from 0 to 188,455 members in just 1 month! Before they even know what they are joining..!

The free offer is still running, so you can join the fun too. You’ll get 250 free shares in the company if you join today (more about me2everyone free shares here)

So What is It?

That seems to be part of the fun. We’re not sure. It’s kind of a new virtual online world and social networking site type of a thing. It could be ‘the next big thing’ or a great big ‘what was all the fuss about’.

Members now holding free shares are of course hoping it will turn out to be the next Facebook or MySpace - so their free shares will be worth thousands.

With the kind of growth experienced so far, they certainly have potential. If they can nudge those people who signed up to get the free shares into active users. And if they can deliver a platform that tempts people away from Facebook and MySpace.

It costs nothing to find out. You can grab your free shares by joining here.

Has Google gone nuts today..?

All my search results are showing the dreaded ‘This site may harm your computer’ message.

So either Google is having a funny turn, or my laptop has been taken over by aliens, or worse!

Even Google.co.uk and Google.com are reported as potential harmful…

Aliens, Google or has Kaspersky let me down..?

UPDATE:
Oh dear, I think Google central will be rolling out some serious ass whippings… reports are coming in all over the place of the same dodgy search results… here’s just a few:-

Google search has gone nuts…
Getting a malware warning for every site in Google search results?
Is Google Crazy? Google.com May Harm Your Computer?
This Week in Social Media
How one slash stopped Google search
Google may prove harmful to your computer
How a “/” Sign CRASHED Google Search.

LATEST:
The official word from Google themselves was a technical glitch in the file of ‘bad sites’ they maintain. A tiny error of including the entry ‘/’ in the files translated to the software as meaning ‘every website’. So for a period of only 40 minutes or so, Google panicked us all by reporting every website in the world, including their own, as BAD!

It’s official, cashback cards are top of the pops.

I mean, these days consumers want (and deserve) better from their credit card providers - am I right?

So why should we put up any longer with cards with an annual fee. No need to. What about cards with crazy high interest rates? No need to. What about those cards that hide a really short period before interest starts to accrue? No need to.

Today you can get credit cards that pay cashback, don’t pay an annual fee, don’t charge high interest rates, and have sensible terms.

My card just paid me £119.28 as a cashback reward. Here’s my statement to prove it:-

I did nothing to earn this. I simply switched from my old credit card provider to my new one. Of course, future cashback rewards will also just automatically get credited to my account. Simple as that.

So if you have a credit card, don’t put up with a poor deal. Switch today and put that cash back in your own pocket.

Right now today you can get a stunning deal if you get an amex platinum cashback card - it will pay 5% cashback for the first 3 months, and up to 1.5% cashback after that too.

Or if you want to see what else the market can offer, see all the top cashback cards here.