FNB’s handicap-mocking terrorism-fuelled tweet. South Korea ferry death-toll hits 150. Whatsapp hits milestone. Obamas remember Frankie Knuckles. Big Goonies 2 news. Germany’s sex-industry ‘Paradise.’

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Oh what people do for a taste of a bit of fame on the interwebs these days. Sigh. Stephen and Alysha McLaughlin, from Canada had a baby. It was a girl. So , as one does, they went online and asked the people of Earths internet-using community to put their heads together and name their bundle […]

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When Jani Allen alleged that murder-accused, Oscar Pistorius had taken acting classes before taking the stand in his defence, our interest piqued. When Oscar’s family denied the allegation, we believed them. It’s irrelevant whether Oscar took acting classes, or not. I mean, Brad Pitt never did. It turns out that loads of actors never did.

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Laszlo Bock is Google’s senior vice president of people operations, that is to say, he decides who gets hired, and who gets fired. And he’s actively looking for people who didn’t graduate from a fancy university

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If you’ve ever worked in a serious research and development department, you’ll know that projects are very, very carefully vetted before you or anyone else is given permission to go ahead. That’s because most R&D department budgets are small. So what happens when you work at a company that has almost unlimited piles of cash?

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Remember when people were willing to pay full price for stuff? Remembering when paying full price for an HD television, set of golf clubs, or pair of shades was completely normal? That was before the internet.   Ah yes, a joke. But there’s truth in jest. Access to the internet has led to an explosion […]

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Gisele Bundchen has teamed up with DJ/producer, Bob Sinclar to crank out a cover of Blondie’s 1979 hit, Heart Of Glass in a new ad campaign for H&M. Conveniently, she models the line over the course of the video.

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A 31-year-old man named Michael Egan III has filed a lawsuit, claiming the director of the forthcoming ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ forced him into sex during parties in California and Hawaii when he was 15 to 17 years-old in the late 1990s. It is alleged that Singer and others involved in the Hollywood sex ring gave Egan and other young teens alcohol and drugs, and promised them roles in television shows and movies.

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According to this infographic, 40% of our happiness is controlled by our thoughts, actions and behaviour, 50% is genetically determined, and 10% is determined by our circumstances. Bummer if you’re naturally unhappy! Cheer up.

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Many would agree that the original Woolworths TV ad featuring Candice Swanepoel wasn’t capitalising on the Victoria’s Secret model’s overall sexiness. They seem to have addressed it this time.. Click play to watch the teaser.

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HBO Go is an integrated service from that company that streams HBO content to mobile devices and tablets. The offering itself isn’t innovative or groundbreaking, but the marketing hook is genius. HBO took the liberty of staging a few scenarios where it would be much, much better to watch their programmes outside of the company of your parents.

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Russia’s largest social network, VKontakte is now in the hands of Igor Sechin and Alisher Usmanov. Usmanov is a metals tycoon who expanded into tech via his company Mail.ru, and Sechin is the leader of the hardline silovik faction that backs Putin, is CEO of Rosneft, the state-owned oil company, and is believed to be one of the Russian president’s closest advisors.

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Dammit, Johnny. Did you learn nothing from Lone Ranger? Riding a wave of what can only be described as unjustified confidence, Depp partnered with virgin director, Wally Pfister to crank out ‘Transcendence’, which is a story about a computer genius who gets transformed in to a megalomaniac computer. Groan.

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Well, this looks like a good way to kill yourself accidentally. What you have here is alcohol powder, derived from cane spirits. And somehow, authorities in the United States have approved it for human consumption.

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We said this was coming. Facebook is introducing a feature called “Nearby Friends”, which we guarantee will be used more for the sake of avoiding people you know but don’t like, than actually finding people you want to see.

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One of the world’s most renowned authors, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, died of pneumonia at the age of 87 this weekend. The man was a Nobel Prize winner, a friend of statesmen, and a pioneer of magical realism in literature. Get up to speed with the man, and his impact, below.

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Remember Horse Chestnut? The world lost their collective faces when that guy won South Africa’s Triple Crown in 1999. Winning the Triple Crown is a hell of a big deal, and a horse named Louis The King has two out of three events in the bag. Guess what? The last of the three legs is happening in four days.

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A group of Loch Ness Monster enthusiasts say they’ve sighted the legendary Scottish beast via satellite images on Apple Maps, which is the same app that has a large portion of the internet dedicated to recording the many hilarious instances of its failure.

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Open Vape sells one of the fastest growing products in legal pot — the vape pen –similar to an e-cigarette but with marijuana oil. Chief Revenue Officer Todd Mitchem tells NBC News’ Harry Smith it’s only a matter of time before his company is worth billions.

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Store your memories, work and media with a Western Digital 1TB Hard Drive. Ready to go from the minute it’s plugged in, this hard drive is designed to be easy to set up and simple to use. With space for 25 000 songs, you can relax knowing that their digital storage woes are over. It works with PC and Mac.

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MH:370 – now what? South Korea ferry death toll 100+. Oscar didn’t take acting classes. Man U manager out. Malema’s Louis Vuitton problem. Lohan had miscarriage during reality show. Leo to play Steve Jobs? Tiger’s ex tight with girlfriend.

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Catch you on Tuesday..

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It’s Easter Weekend, friends. You’re going to be taking chances on a lot of things this weekend: traffic, your calorie intake, and your kid’s threshold for sugar. Take the risk out of this weekend’s sports betting by betting on games WHILE they’re happening with In-Play! Check it out, after the jump! In-Play betting is available […]

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A DJ that goes by Squarepusher collaborated with a Japanese robot band called Z-Machines to create an EP called ‘Music For Robots.’ Check out the behind-the-scenes video that shows how these robots learned how to shred on the guitar.

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For a robot, Asimo is a real cutie. We wouldn’t mind adopting Honda’s humanoid robot which was first introduced to the world almost 14 years ago. Take a look at Asimo’s latest improvements.

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Four people are confirmed dead, and the death toll is expected to rise, with hundreds of passengers still missing after a ferry carrying close to 500 people capsized in South Korea. Dramatic footage showing the search and rescue effort by the South Korean coast guard has been released.

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Since its March debut at the Geneva International Motor Show, Apple’s CarPlay has been the talk of the town. On Wednesday the public got their first chance to experience Apple’s highly anticipated in-car system.

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Expect to see a lot of over-compensation by poorly endowed men in Brooklyn on June 14, as the ‘Smallest Penis Contest’ is back in New York for the second year.

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South Africa’s favourite reality TV show, the ‘Oscar Pistorius Murder Trial,’ has been adjourned by Judge Masipa. An application was brought before the court by defence Advocate Barry Roux, in agreement with state prosecutor, Gerrie Nel that the trial be postponed for a number of weeks.

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It took some magic from the Welsh Real Madrid player to clinch the Copa Del Rey Final from arch rivals Barcelona. Please enjoy Gareth Bale’s mind blowing goal on Wednesday night.

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