Rafael Nadal Stars With Shakira In Hot New Music Video – Wow! Shakira’s latest music video, for her new single “Gypsy,” is a steamy affair as she gets close and personal with Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal. Shakira and Nadal lay next to each other on hot rocks before curling inwards and embracing. At one point they rub noses intimately before breaking out into smiles. [huffstuff]

Toyota Could Face Criminal Prosecution In US – The Toyota crisis deepened further after the beleaguered carmaker admitted it had been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury, and a congressional committee accused it of misleading the public. The subpoena demanded that Toyota and its subsidiaries “produce certain documents related to unintended acceleration of Toyota vehicles and the braking system of the Prius”. [guardian]

The Dalai Lama Joins Twitter – It remains to be seen whether his offline following will boost him past the Ashton Kutchers of the Twittersphere, but the Dalai Lama is well on his way after opening his Twitter account today. With @DalaiLama, the Tibetan spiritual leader is nearing 100,000. [newser]

Cape Town Students Murder Friend On Facebook – Ever wondered where the deceased go on Facebook? Realistically speaking, in 60 years time Facebook will literally be a mass grave site. So how does Facebook keep track of who is alive and who is dead? Well it turns out the family or friends of the deceased can get Facebook to ‘memorialize’ the profile. This basically means anyone has the ability to kill another person on Facebook. [murderbook]

New App Let’s You Identify Strangers – Dubbed Recognizr, the app essentially works like this: the user points the camera at a person across the room. Face recognition software creates a 3-D model of the person’s mug and sends it across a server where it’s matched with an identity in the database. A cloud server conducts the facial recognition since and sends back the subject’s name as well as links to any social networking sites the person has provided access to. [popsci]

News24 Continues To Use The Word “Fuck” – again, we praise News24 for not being scared of the word “fuck” and for openly publishing it, in all it’s glory, without any censorship. I’d hate to think what Virgin Active says of all of this, what with their banning of 2oceansvibe, due to the F-bomb coming up every now and then. Check it out, eighth last paragraph. [news24]

Explore The Winelands Adventure Cycling And Wine Tasting – A South African first, Bikes ‘n Wines offers three different routes along private farm roads accommodate personal preferences and are easy to cycle, leaving you to take in the natural splendour of the majestic surrounds. Sample some of South Africa’s finest wines and brandies, enjoy a hearty farm style lunch or deli picnic, swim in a farm dam and learn about this beautiful region steeped in heritage whilst you breathe in the crisp air pedal by pedal. [bikesnwines]

DSTV Considers Porn Package – MultiChoice is considering broadcasting pornography and the possibility of creating new sex channels on DStv’s satellite pay-TV service. “MultiChoice is using e-mails for market research purposes to test the interest in various broadcasting options, such as the broadcasting of “mixed pornography” (hardcore porn between 21:00 and 05:00 and soft porn between 05:00 and 21:00), hardcore porn 24 hours per day, or soft porn 24 hours per day on DStv. [news24]

Pieter Dirk Uys Has A Message For The Media – When a journalist who could not attend Julius Malema’s morning briefing with the media (Feb 22nd) contacted ANC Youth League spokesman Floyd Shivambu about the issue, the answer was: ‘You are out of order. Fuck off!’ If you are reading this and have any contact with members of newspapers, radio, television, blogs or social media like FaceBook and Twitter, spread the news: “Julius Malema wants the media to fuck off. The media will do just that!” [artlink]

America’s Wealthiest Religions – It’s no secret that the distribution of wealth is inequitable in the United States across racial, regional, and socio-economic groups. But there is a distinct variance among and within America’s faiths as well. This transparency takes a look at the income levels of America’s major religious groups, as compared to the average U.S. income distribution. [goodis]

Going Green Is Seriously Seductive In The Mercedes F 800 – Mercedes-Benz, like everyone else on the planet, is experimenting with plug-in hybrids. But it’s still betting heavily on hydrogen. Now it’s combined the two in a head-turning high-end “multi-drive” concept car that can run on batteries or a fuel cell. The F 800 Style builds upon the technology underpinning the S 400 Hybrid and the B-Class F-Cell and wraps it in seriously seductive bodywork. [wired]

Tom Hanks Buys New $26M Pad – Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have just purchased the former Pacific Palisades residence of producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall. Designed by New York based Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, the four-bedroom, 14,500- square-foot home sold for over $26 million, and is already expected to be one of the biggest real estate buys in 2010. [huffers]

97 Year Old Wins The Lottery – A poverty-stricken 97-year-old man in Vietnam won up to $400 000 (about R3-million) in a lottery, a report said on Tuesday, sparking a frenzy among relatives eager to get a piece of his newfound wealth.A neighbour in southern Ho Chi Minh City and local officials had to step in to stop the elderly man from giving away the windfall to people who had swarmed to his home. [iol]

[thanks jessica, justin, mirko, charlie]