Tens of thousand of protestors have done something awesome, and there wasn’t even any violence involved. Vladimir Putin is up for re-election in Russia, and a lot of people aren’t happy about it. Instead of petrol bombs and angry mobs, something much cooler happened. Check it out.

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There is no error in that headline – Nokia has really just unveiled the PureView 41-megapixel-sensor camera in one of its new smartphones – the Lumia 808. Additionally, the device has extremely good sound recording capabilities and will also allow the user to capture video content in full HD.

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After speculation about whether or not Sacha Baron Cohen would be allowed to show up at the Oscars dressed as his character from The Dictator, he eventually appeared on the red carpet last night. Admiral General Aladeen also carried an urn labeled “Kim Jong-Il’s ashes.” Ryan Seacrest was the unfortunate presenter who got to interview him. Can you guess what happened next?

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So it was the Oscars last night, where we got to watch Billy Crystal act smug about being considered relavent by somebody. Also Christopher Plummer finally won something. Also there was this – the Cirque du Soleil’s incredible, film-themed performance – which works out well, thematically. Take a look.

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Oscars? Over it! The Razzies are the true test of Hollywood’s mettle, the very best of the very worst, if you will. Last night, the nominations for the 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards were dropped on an unsuspecting world, and you’ll never guess who scooped a record number of Razzie nominations for the unprecedented amount of tripe he threw at our screens in 2011. Go on, guess!

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA as they are better known, is a crazy bunch. They’re a bunch of militant vegetarians, and at one point even went so far as to rename tuna to “sea kittens”, in an attempt to make the canned fish seem more cuddly and cute. This is a little embarrassing.

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Contract archaeologist, Katie Smuts, said on Friday that she estimated the foundations were constructed between 1830 and 1850, and that archaeologists were trying to determine their significance. Smuts jokingly compared that the styles revealed on the porcelain artefacts they found helped determine their age because it was similar to comparing the styles that hipsters wore on their clothes in the year 2012.

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“Let there be no doubt. Aside from the Aborigines in Australia, the African black is the most underdeveloped, barbaric species of the human race.” These are some of the statements you’ll hear in this video, starring old-apartheid leader Franz Jooste. It was filmed at a scouts camp – run by Jooste – where Afrikaner boys as young as 13 are being subjected to his indoctrination.

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There is a civil war raging in Syria that seems to have slipped the attention of the masses. This raw and unforgiving short film is the way for you to get up to date with the savage conflict tearing up a Syrian city.

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You don’t cross this bridge – it crosses you. A bridge that crosses the Morava river between Austria and Slovakia is in need of a name. In the spirit of democracy, the local government left it up to the people to decide. The result? The leading contender is to have the bridge named after martial-arts-expert-turned-actor, Chuck Norris.

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Ex-Blue Bulls flanker, Phindile Ntshongwana, has been deemed medically fit to stand trial for the alleged murder of three people (two with an axe), attempted murder of another and the kidnapping and rape of a woman. Happy Friday everyone!

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At first we thought this was some kind of burlesque joke, maybe even a mashup of sorts, but we’re afraid it isn’t. Paris has actually recorded this as a music video. And it’s meant to be her “latest” single. It’s a techno collaboration with the house music production duo, Manufactured Superstars.

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Earlier today we told you about the violence that broke out during President Jacob Zuma’s ANC centenary address in Cape Town yesterday. An SABC cameraman even had a chair thrown in his face! See video footage of this incident, along with a full photo gallery of all the action, after the jump.

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Diamonds are one of the world’s great fascinations. They enchant, mesmerise and sparkle. Nothing quite says “piss off, I’m rich” like a big rock. Not all diamonds are equal either – pink diamonds are the rarest of them all, accounting for only 0,1% of all cut diamonds. A 12,76 carat diamond has just been found in Australia – getting married soon?

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Rapper Chris Brown cannot catch a break this week. A woman in Florida has laid theft charges against him after he allegedly stole her iPhone and drove off with it when she was snapping pics of him in his car outside da club.

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We’ve told you a lot about the shenanigans of SA’s Big Four banks recently. Yesterday a Twitter storm erupted around Standard Bank and FNB, with the former accusing FNB of misleading advertising. The irony? The mud-slinging quite quickly turned in the direction of Standard Bank, with Tweeters taking FNB’s side. Here’s a snapshot of what happened.

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Every year at Budget Speech time, South Africans get concerned with how much we’ll have to cough up for petrol and beer in the year to come. These are worthy concerns, but there’s much more to the budget says Karin Muller, Head of Growth Market Solutions at Sanlam. For starters, tax changes affect how much […]

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Jean-Paul Reid was an unemployed Cape Town accountant, until he came up with the idea that people might like it if their domestic worker worked in the nude. He’d sold off pretty much everything he owned in his flat, except his laptop and 3G device. Then he created a website for his concept, and struck gold.

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A photograph of Whitney Houston lying in her casket before her funeral has appeared on the cover of National Enquirer. It was apparently taken by a relative on a cell phone. Needless to say the publication has been condemned by Houston fans, the world over. If you would prefer not to see it, then don’t click ;continue reading’ below.

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When people accused Alex Thomson of photoshopping the iconic image of himself “riding” the keel of his 60ft yacht “HUGO BOSS,” he decided that there is only one way to prove them wrong. And this video has granted him a lifelong membership to the 2oceansVibe Boss Hall of Fame. Do we even need to tell you what make the suit is he is wearing?

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The peeps over at Centives have burnt their scientific calculators to a crisp working out the approximate cost in 2012 US Dollars of building a life size, working replica of the iconic planet killing space station from Star Wars, the Death Star. Needless to say, we can’t afford it.

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Google Street View is pretty great! It lets me see rural villages, the National Gallery in London, post-crisis Fukushima, and your house. And soon, in collaboration with the Catlin Seaview Survey, it’ll be letting people explore Great Barrier Reef as part of the expanding ‘Seaview’ project.

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It’s a special day when Leo’s former girlfriend, Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli takes to the tennis court in nothing but underwear. According to the DailyMail: She was posing for the shots to advertise her new underwear range called Under Me. The 26-year-old model looked fantastic in the lingerie sets as she took to a tennis […]

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I might have to attend a function next month, so I was checking out prices on 2ovflights.com. Because 2ov Flights compares prices, I was able to get the cheapest options to book. I thought I should let you know that the price given by Virgin Atlantic for my dates was only R6,275. Including taxes. That’s […]

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This year’s Top Gear Festival is right around the corner. This year the event will be held in Durban for the first time, making use of the Moses Mabhida Stadium. It will see a live show hosted by a full complement of presenters, and making use of the entire precinct around the stadium – including a 2km street track.

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News broadcasts, albeit informative, are often boring affairs lacking the flair that many viewers hope for, that is at least until Cassetteboy gets hold of a copy. Their latest ‘remix’ features the BBC’s George Alagiah reporting on issues that would make any political pundit cringe.

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The universe as we know it is safe for now, and so is Einstein’s theory of special relativity. Physicists who shocked the scientific world by claiming particles could move faster than the speed of light have admitted they made a mistake. Their reasoning: a faulty fiber-optic cable in a GPS receiver.

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It started with this tweet by wrestler CM Punk: “I would like @chrisbrown fight somebody that can defend themselves. Me curb stomping that turd would be a #wrestlemania moment.” Chris Brown tweeted back: “He’s such a leader! Not to mention the roids hes on has made it utterly impossible for him pleasure a women.” See why this was a massive mistake – after the jump.

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Google’s new unified privacy policy takes effect on March 1st, allowing Google to share users’ data among all of its products. This means that your entire Google Web History – everything you’ve searched for on Google, and every site you’ve visited while signed in to a Google account – will be pooled together.

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This week, the Catholic Church begins its annual Lenten cycle, culminating in the holy days associated with Easter in just over a month, and given the flagging interest many young Catholics around the world are apparently showing in sticking to their Lenten vows, the Pope is taking his fight for their pledges to the Twittersphere.

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