A highly embarrassed Dutch architectural firm has had to apologise for its design of twin skyscrapers in central Seoul, South Korea, because they look pretty much like freeze frames of New York’s late World Trade Center, as both towers exploded. The design for the luxury apartment buildings has enraged families of the victims of the September 11 attacks.

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Ryan chats to Rob Paddock, the MD of GetSmarter.co.za, about trading in the daunting exam hall for online education. He also reviews a budget friendly tablet, the WindPad Enjoy 7. And as always, the latest tech news.  

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Not only are the beds about 77 000 years old, but it appears they were also designed to ward off insects like mosquitoes. The fossilized material has been found at an ancient cliff shelter known as Sibudu, which is near to Durban on our east coast, and continues to fuel the debate that modern man evolved out of Africa.

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Rick Perry, you silly Republican. A few days ago, Rick Perry released a campaign video making his views of gays in the military very clear. The video is now second only to Justin Bieber’s “Baby” as the most disliked video on YouTube, overtaking Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” The full video after the jump.

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What you are about to see is a meticulous maneuver performed by our latest addition to the Boss Hall of Fame. Watch as he fits a car into a parking space that could only feasibly hold a vehicle half its size.

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Almost exactly a month ago Modern Warfare 3 hit the shelves and gamers around the world lost their minds in anticipation of losing weeks of their lives to the latest edition of the highly-acclaimed shooter. Just before the launch, game-developer Activision released a comedic trailer featuring Sam Worthington (Avatar) and Jonah Hill (Superbad), and this is its equally epic follow-up.

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Win your chance to catch these 18 Top South African artists, live in concert this Saturday! Ard Matthews, Steve Newman, Farryl Purkiss, Rory Eliot, Brian Finch, Guy Buttery, Christine Weir and Julie Blundell, Janie Bay, Gavin Minter, Louise Day, Tombstone Pete, Andrew James and Steady Tiger, John Ellis, Diesel Vanilla, Machineri, Gary Thomas, Natasha Meister, […]

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They’re filming an episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” with an Occupy Wall Street plot point at Foley Square. So actual OWS protestors, irritated at being turned into bad television, moved in to occupy the film set, calling it Mockupy Wall Street. No spice.

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TopTV has signed an agreement with Playboy TV to add three adult TV channels from Playboy to their existing line-up in 2012. But Isak Burger and his Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) is threatening a nationwide boycott campaign against TopTV. Burger says pornograhpy is “the new crack.”

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Pulling a sickie for work or school might soon be a thing of the past as a pair of Korean researchers are trying to integrate advanced bio-detection software into a smartphone app.

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IsAnyoneUp.com is a website that posts pictures of user-submitted cellphone nudie pics, along with screenshots of their Facebook profiles. The only problem is, the Facebook profile part is often done without consent. Zuckerberg isn’t exactly happy about it.

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The world’s largest search engine is busy rolling out technology that can track your face. Facebook has been doing this for a while, so this sounds like Google playing catch-up, but there is a neat difference: unlike on Facebook, Google+ users get to opt-in to the facial recognition feature, instead of being automatically dragged into it.

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Vandalism on Western Cape Metrorail coaches has gotten so bad that the rail company is enlisting the services of more police officers as a last resort. Yesterday, somebody set fire to a Pinelands train, leading to the arrest of at least 14 rail workers.

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US officials previously confirmed that an RQ-170 Sentinel, otherwise known as a drone, did, in fact, crash land somewhere in Iran. They however weren’t keen to confirm that the footage Iran broadcast on state television yesterday was in fact real. In other news, Russia and China want to inspect the US craft.

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Two dead in Virginia Tech University shooting – A gunman ambushed and killed a campus police officer and was later reported to have been found dead on Thursday at Virginia Tech University, the site of one of the worst shooting rampages in U.S. history. [Reuters] Protesters ‘abused, manhandled’ at COP17 – A climate change meeting […]

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What do you do with R240 000? You order yourself the Harley Davidson powered mini speed boat from St. Martin Mini Speed Boats, of course. As you’d expect, it comes complete with a Harley Davidson V-twin engine, and that authentic Harley sound. And then you hit the water like a boss.

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There’s a Red Cross committee presently debating whether or not people playing war video games should be subject to the same humanitarian laws as people involved in real wars with real people and real weapons. So far as I can tell they’re doing this entirely seriously.

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An Islamic cleric has said that women should not be close to bananas or cucumbers, because it can lead to “sexual thoughts.” He has also suggested that should females wish to eat these food items, a third party, preferably a male related to them should cut the items into small pieces for them.

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Following a complaint, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that two controversial Mavericks billboard ads erected in Cape Town to promote the club’s new fragrance, Alibis, must be withdrawn.

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This year, Jack Daniel’s will solve your Christmas gifting dilemmas, with a fantastic range of whiskey products available for the festive season. The Jack Daniel’s Limited Edition Collectors Single Tin offers a unique metallic silver design in dedication to Jack Daniel’s Silver Cornet Band, which was formed in 1892 – an ideal gift for the […]

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So you know when every now and then you click a link, and it redirects you to a page where there’s nothing? This is known as a 404 error, and it’s something we’re all too familiar with. Herman Cain, Republican presidential candidate, has used this unique opportunity to have a dig at the current president.

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A few months ago Apple announced their plans for their new headquarters in the Silicon Valley, and submitted plans to the Cupertino City Council. The late Steve Jobs claimed the spaceship-like structure would be “the best office building in the world”, and judging by these recently released documents, he wasn’t kidding.

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Old Spice is at it again. This time, Isaiah Mustafa is MANta Claus, and he’s on a mission to give the world’s seven billion residents gifts before the festive season ends. His mantra is, “One Man, Seven Billion Gifts.”

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The crew of the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters blasted a house in Dublin, California with a cannonball yesterday. I mean, not on purpose; they were trying to fire a homemade cannon at huge containers of water, because a canon’s ability to bust huge containers of water is a myth that needs busting, but they missed.

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Rhea Page from London was viciously attacked by four other girls last year. They dragged her to the ground by her hair then beat her with kicks and punches. During the act they kept screaming, “kill the white slag”. However, they won’t be punished after a judge heard that the Muslim girls “were not used to drinking alcohol”.

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Love is in the air at Yunnan Wild Animal Park in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, as millions of Chinese internet users have flooded staff at the park with requests to keep a very odd couple together.

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The comments section doesn’t lie, “just edges out sneezing panda for favorite video from youtube”. Click through, for a cultural mind-bang from the 1980s. [Thanks, Alain!]

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Apple will be opening it’s new retail store tomorrow at the iconic Grand Central Station in New York City. Here are some pics. It’s rather nice.

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The Nigerian legislature is pushing ahead with a new bill which aims to limit gay rights, including banning gay marriage. And it’s paying absolutely no attention to Western nations’ concerns about this.

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How do you like them apples? Thanks to a technical glitch, never before seen photos of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have leaked online. His longtime girlfriend, his dog, and Barack Obama also feature in them. A Facebook user reportedly exploited a security loophole and accessed them.

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