With just 45 days to go until Christmas, now is the time to start your Christmas shopping. Martin Lewis was on GMTV with Lorraine to give his expert money saving advice.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is this year’s must have video game and it was released today. Martin Lewis revealed that although the typical price for this game is £40-£45, Sainsburys appear to be selling it instore for around £25, using a classic loss leader tactic to draw people into their supermarket.

Now is a good time to start your Christmas shopping IF you know what you want and are looking for specific things. However if you’re prepared to sacrifice some choice to pick up a bargain, the real bargains will appear just before Christmas.

Online Christmas shopping is great for a benchmark for the lowest prices this Christmas. The likes of pricerunner and Kelkoo will help you find the cheapest deals. Make sure you shop by price rather than by popularity in order to get the cheapest deals.

Once you’ve found the cheapest deals, make sure you go through a cashback site such as Quidco to get an extra amount off your online shopping.

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November is Will Aid month, as noted on Working Lunch yesterday. What this means is that you can get yourself a free will, or one for a small donation. Getting a will drawn up can be expensive, but as part of Will Aid month some solicitors will draw up a will for you in exchange for a donation to charity. You are asked to donate £75 to the charity of your choice but this is not compulsory and your donation can be lower if you can’t afford it.

For more information on Will Aid as seen on Working Lunch, click here

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The X Factor is sweeping the nation and stirring up controversy every Saturday and Sunday night. Simon Cowell made a hugely unpopular decision on last week’s show when he decided to save John and Edward’s bacon by allowing the final decision between Jedward and Lucie to go to a public vote. The public decided that they wanted to see more of Jedward and Lucie was unfortunately booted off the show. The decision has not gone down well with a large part of the British viewing public.

What will happen next week? Will John and Edward be saved again? Will one of the favourites, such as Danyl Johnson or Stacey Solomon have to leave the show?

Tickets for The X Factor are like gold dust, but you can win yourself 2 free tickets to an X Factor live show by entering the official X Factor competition. What’s more, in addition to The X Factor Show tickets, you also stand to win an XBox 360, netbook, portable DVD player, iPod Touch and digital camera.

For the chance to win tickets to The X Factor live show simply leave your details here

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The guys who play the Jackson 5 in the hit musical production Thriller Live appeared on GMTV this morning to perform on live TV. Thriller live is based on the life and songs of musical legend Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five.

More information about Thriller Live as seen on GMTV

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Eddie walked into the Dragon’s Den to showcase his company’s range of eco-friendly patio heaters, one of which was called Zeus. Whilst some of the Dragons including Theo Paphitis had misgivings about Eddie’s attitude, others such as Peter Jones saw good value and innovation in the product. Eddie ended up refusing the offer on the table to seek investment elsewhere.

The patio heaters are eco-friendly, safe, waterproof and effective.

Buy a zeus patio heater as seen on Dragon’s Den

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The Jeremy Kyle show is an explosive ITV daytime TV chat/agony aunt show hosted by Jeremy Kyle and starring plenty of shall we say ‘interesting’ characters and personalities with very interesting lives. Jeremy Kyle is not afraid to speak his mind and tell his studio guests what he really thinks of them and their behaviour. The show features frequent fights and arguments, plus DNA results and lie detector tests to help solve questions like the paternity of children.

If you would like tickets to appear in the audience of The Jeremy Kyle Show you can apply here

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118800 is a new directory enquiries company which has a database of millions of personal mobile phone numbers. Using 118 800 you can easily track down somebody’s mobile phone number by simply providing their full name and address. The 118 800.com service is bound to be highly popular and useful to many but it is not without its critics who worry about the possibility of children being targeted and contacted through the service. It also raises questions about data protection. Shona Forster appeared on Working Lunch to allay people’s fears about the new service and to tell Working Lunch presenters Declan and Naga of the many benefits of the service.

Visit 118 800 as seen on Working Lunch here

Data exploitation or useful service? Let us know what you think in our forum

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ISIOTB.com are giving away £50 to a lucky member of our new forum.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is register at the forum here and make 10 posts before the end of May 2009. Registration is absolutely free.

At the end of May a winner will be chosen at random and as long as they have made 10 quality posts (spam & duplicate posts not allowed) they will receive £50.

Talk about whatever you want - your favourite TV show, gadgets you’ve seen on TV, anything at all!

See you at the forum, and good luck!

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Jon from The Gadget Show looked at the various options available for watching movies on your TV these days. Long gone are the days of popping into your local video shop - now you can get movies pumped directly into your TV, whether by satellite, cable, or wirelessly over the internet. Here are the options:

1) Sky

Sky’s on demand movie service is called Box Office. If you want HD content you’ll need a Sky+HD box (£49) and a subscription to their HD pack which costs £9.75 a month. Films cost £3.91, and once rented you can watch the film as often as you want within 24 hours. On Sky+ boxes you can record the film, then watch it over any 24 hrs within a period of 7 days.

2) Virgin V+HD Box

Virgin’s on demand movie service is called Film Flex and you can access this with any Virgin box. For HD movies you need the Virgin V+HD box and a subscription which costs £5 a month. Installation costs £150. Movies cost from £1 to £4.99 for the latest HD titles. You get unlimited viewings for 24 hours but you can’t record anything to the Virgin hard drive.

3) Apple TV

Apple TV costs vary depending on the size of the hard drive you buy. Apple TV is a hard drive from which movies and TV shows can be downloaded wirelessly from iTunes. Movies cost £3.49 in standard definition or £4.49 in HD. All rented movies must be viewed within 30 days, and once you’ve opened them you get 48 hours of unlimited viewing. You can also buy movies to keep forever, prices start from £6.99. You can buy Apple TV here

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Gareth Gates appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show yesterday to talk about his latest role as Joseph in Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat, the live stage musical at the Adelphi Theatre. Gareth Gates shot to fame on Pop Idol, finishing runner-up to Will Young in the final, and overcoming a debilitating stammer to launch a successful solo career on the back of his Pop Idol fame.

Now Gareth makes his West End debut in Joseph the Musical. You can buy tickets for Joseph the Musical starring Gareth Gates as seen on The Alan Titchmarsh Show by clicking here

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