Pro Evolution Soccer or "Pro" to some, and "PES" to many has been with us for over 14 years, if we date back to its original version - Internation Superstar Soccer.

Pro Evolution Soccer, and it's rival Fifa have been revolutionised by online play, and the fact you can hone your skills against anyone, online at anytime. This brings me to the point of the article.

In order for your game to improve, you need to delve deeper into the game and gain a deeper understanding than the artificial intelligence the console and compact disc can offer you. You can practise offline, and against the computer for as long as you like - these skills are non-transferrable to the online world so many play and love. The principal remains the same through-out many titles including Call of Duty, Battlefield and Gran Turismo.

The later editions of these titles have brought multiplayer online play to the forefront of it's USP's, with many people from all over the world enjoying both the challenge and uniqueness of playing against like-minded people. After all, the predictability of a scripted campaign mode will have you sitting back in your chair rather than forward while you admire the game on a graphical level – which of course is fine, if you do not intend on being successful when playing against other humans.

It really hits home with where you stand once you play online – those are who interested and enjoy playing Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 on all formats can register at www.pesrankings.com for official tournaments ran by the games official sponsor. Prizes are often on offer, with tournaments concluding to an Official Championship. Tournaments are organised by a “host” to sustain fair play and most nights all the players in the event join a chat room through mIRC – a chat relay client which allows you to connect to servers and join “rooms” which allow you to converse with your competitors.

Those who finish high enough on the rankings league table are offered the chance to play in the invite-only UK final often ran from Wembley, Old Trafford or a major stadium based in the UK. Following that, the elite gamers from the UK are then invited to represent the UK on a European basis, where Pesrankings will fund an all expenses trip including hotels , flights and spending money to the European destination of Konami’s choice which is where the most coveted prize in Pro Evolution Soccer is contested for – European Champion. There has to be a winner.

“The first rule of any game - YOU CAN ONLY GET SMARTER BY PLAYING A SMARTER OPPONENT” – Name the film.

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Microsoft is starting the project to help improve security and help beat scammers catching people with fake updates.

The web is a much safer place when more people are running the most up-to-date browser software, says Ryan Gavin, Microsoft's head of IE in a blog explaining the project plan.

This will hopefully push the last few (half a billion +) users worldwide to finally drop IE6 and get with the times - Microsoft have been trying to kill-off IE6 for quite some time now.

Those still using Windows XP will be upgraded to IE8, while those running Vista and 7 will get pushed up to IE9.

Sounds like music to a web designers ears!

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I have recently been asked how you send a mass email to a large number of your contacts on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn doesn’t yet include this feature but there is a way of combating it and that way is manipulate a forwarded message.

The following simple steps will show you how to do this:

Setting up the blank message template:

Go to your inbox and open any messages you may have received and click the ‘forward’ button at the top of your message. The next step is to delete all of the content in the email and the ‘FW:’ in the message status bar, to ensure that it doesn’t look like a forwarded message. This will create your template.

*(If you inbox is empty ask somebody you know to send you a blank email)

Adding the message:

Now you have a blank template you can add a generic message to send to multiple people whether it be company news, a job advertisement or a funny YouTube video you just had to share with friends.

Adding multiple contacts:

To add multiple contacts click on the ‘In’ image next to the ‘To:’ dialogue box this will open up a list of your contacts, and its as simple as clicking the tick box next to their name to add them.

Keeping the message personal:

To keep the message personal I would recommend un-ticking the ‘Allow recipients to see each other’s names and email addresses’ box to ensure that nobody can see who else the message has gone to(for example when advertising a job)

And that’s it; you can now message multiple people without looking like a spammer!

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YouTube For Schools has one aim; allow students to access educational videos without the risk of being distracted by music videos or epic faceplants.

The site has thousands of educational ideas including short lessons from top teachers, courses from the world best universities and inspiring videos from thought leaders across the globe.

Schools admins and teachers can customize the experience by creating video playlists for students to watch.  This tool will help to enrich classroom lessons and and bring textbook theory to life. 

A socially interactive classroom will make for a much improved learning environment.  If you are teacher, you can sign up to YouTube For Schools by clicking here









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