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Wikileaks Temporarily Plugged Due To Lack Of Funds
24 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It turns out publishing classified diplomatic files online isn’t all that lucrative! Whistle blowing site, WikiLeaks has announced that they’re pausing their publishing process to concentrate on raising funds. Julian Assange claims that the financial “blockade” mounted by Visa, MasterCard and other companies, has forced Wikileaks to “temporarily suspend its publishing operations and aggressively fundraise.”
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Microsoft Holodesk – Interactive 3D Display [VIDEO]
24 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Microsoft has been on a fancy-user-interface-technology kick this week, between the fancy touch-screen projectors and electronic fabric announcements – but the Holodesk sort of wins at the moment, at least for those of us who think 3D environments you can manipulate with your hands are cool.
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Must-See Breast Cancer Awareness iPhone App Advert [VIDEO]
21 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Breast cancer is a big deal. But recent studies show that many young women aren’t checking their breasts regularly. That is why the people behind the Rethink Breast Cancer campaign have launched a new iPhone App called “Your Man Reminder”. It gives woman regular reminders by a hot guy to check their breasts. And this advert they’ve made to promote it is an absolute must-see.
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New Die Antwoord Album To Drop In January 2012
21 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
That famous band that still gets pronounced awkwardly, Die Antwoord, is preparing to release a follow-up to their 2010 debut, $0$. They announced as much in an interview with Spin, saying that the new album – named Tension – is scheduled for a January 2012 release; they’ve also released the names of a couple of new tracks.
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Google To Overhaul Gmail Interface
21 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It looks like Google is getting ready to reveal a new, more polished interface for Gmail, if only to distract us from the embarrassing quietness we’re seeing on Google+; it remains to be seen whether the overhaul is part of their wider Google+ initiative or not, but visually the interfaces have a lot in common.
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William Shatner Sings Bohemian Rhapsody [VIDEO]
20 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Do I really need to say more words to make you click on this link? It’s William Shatner. Singing Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. In his Shatner voice.The video itself is pretty great, but that’s mostly because in the video, Shatner’s face is the sky. Fun fact: Shatner claims to have first heard Bohemian Rhapsody last year.
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Lions, Tigers And Bears Follow Up: 50 Wild Animals Killed By Ohio Authorities
20 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Of the 56 wild animals – including six black bears, two grizzly bears, nine male lions, eight lionesses, one baboon, three mountain lions, 18 tigers, and two wolves – that escaped their private wildlife sanctuary in Zanesville, Ohio, only six were rescued; the rest have been shot by local authorities.
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Get A Kings Of Leon VIP Lounge Ticket For Half Price
20 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Holy kaw! Do we honestly even need to tell you how awesome this is?! We don’t. We shouldn’t have to. You know Kings Of Leon? The critically-acclaimed, four-album, world famous guys who do live shows like this? Yep, those guys. Tickets to the Cape Town gig are basically sold out. Which means that this is […]
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Apple Posts Online Steve Jobs Memorial
20 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When Apple released the statement announcing Steve Jobs’ death, it also set up a public email address, rememberingsteve@apple.com, where people could vent their memories and thoughts about Jobs. These have all been uploaded to Apple.com’s “Remembering Steve” page, a crowdsourced memorial to the company’s founder.
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Quantum Levitation: The Coolest-Looking Science [VIDEO]
19 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
‘Quantum Levitation’ even sounds cool. The guys from the University of Tel-Aviv’s School of Physics Superconductivity Group recently demonstrated ‘quantum locking,’ at the Association of Science – Technology Centers Annual Conference by getting a supercooled magnet to levitate above a locked track. The science is clunky, the video looks very cool.
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At $3 Million, It’s More Of A Camps Bay Van Than A Camper Van
19 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Being rich is hard. Especially when it comes to road trips. It’s always an issue of “The Ferrari’s too small”, or “I wish my mansion had wheels”. Enter, the Elemment Palazzo. This bad boy not only brings an element of average American retiree to your life, it also has 40” TVs, a rainfall shower and a fireplace in it.
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Obama’s Presidential Podiums And Teleprompter Stolen In Virginia
19 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well this can only end well. As-yet-unidentified thieves temporarily made off with a truck containing $200 000 (ZAR 1,5 million) worth of sound equipment and podiums belonging to President Obama, while the goods were en route to Chesterfield, where Obama is due to speak. The geniuses also stole the Presidential Teleprompter.
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Microsoft’s Fancy New Touch-Screen Projectors [VIDEO]
18 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
The nice thing about initiatives like Microsoft Research is that you get to have an early gander at the things that you’re going to be spending stupid amounts of money on next year. Like the OmniTouch, for instance, which projects “touchscreen” interfaces onto pretty much whatever surface you want – desk, paper, or the back of your hand.
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Man Claims That The Hangover Part II Ripped Off His Life Story
18 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A guy from California is suing the Warner Bros. for copyright infringement, misappropriation of his publicity rights, and defamation, claiming that The Hangover II was based on a script he wrote about his own adventures in Asia. Which is crazy, because I thought The Hangover II was just The Hangover, but in Thailand.
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100-Year-Old Breaks Guinness World Record For Oldest Marathon Runner
18 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A 100-year-old British runner has become the oldest person to complete a marathon – earning him a spot in the latest Guinness World Book of Records. He finished the 42km Toronto Waterfront Marathon in Canada on Sunday. My favourite part of the story, however, is the fact that he didn’t even finish last!
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Rio de Janeiro Has Set Up The World’s Largest Urban Surveillance System
17 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In preparation for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro has established a huge state-of-the-art surveillance space, boasting 80 interchangeable digital panels, 450 cameras, 80 square metres of surveillance screen space, and an awesome Batcave-esque name: the Control Room. I don’t know how they paid for it either.
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Broadway Standoff Ends In Wall Street Protesters’ Favour
14 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Brookfield Properties, owners of the Zuccotti Park at the OWS protestors are demonstrating in, had called up the NYPD for “ assistance during their cleaning operation”. There were concerns that this would bring the protest to an abrupt end. This was prevented by a last minute statement from Deputy May Holloway, insisting that the “cleaning” operation be postponed.
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Royal Navy Finds 61 Bombs At Nudist Beach
14 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After 26 bombs – including six mortar bombs and two submarine depth charges – washed up on Kent’s nudist colony at Leysdown Beach, the Royal Navy was called in to perform a two-day bomb sweep, uncovering another 61 explosives, some dating back to the late 19th century. Miraculously, no uncomfortable puns about nudity and bombs were involved.
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Rhian Sugden ‘Touches Herself’ In New Online Commercial
14 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
You will remember Rhian Sugden fondly. She is the #1 glamour model in the UK and also a former 2ov Radio guest. She did the weather report that time.. Rhian has become the poster-girl for testicular cancer and her new online commercial is guaranteed to shock. It’s incredibly sexy and gross at the same time. […]
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Exclusive G-STAR Party – Claim Your Spot
14 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Summer is upon us, friends. And there is no better way to get back into the season of revelry than with an exlcusive fashion party at the top end of summer. To celebrate the arrival of the hottest collection of G-STAR fashion items to date, a photo shoot and launch party is going down in […]
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Virgin Atlantic Wants to Circle the World on Second-Hand Carbon
13 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Virgin Atlantic announced that their planes will soon be able to fly from London to Hong Kong on fuel that produces half the carbon of regular jet fuel – which is sort of huge news, given that flying is one of our most carbon-intensive activities, enough to offset any good otherwise done by unplugging unused appliances or whatever.
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Apple’s Siri: The Greatest Comebacks So Far
13 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Those blessed with early access to the iPhone 4S have spent most of their time talking about Siri, the voice-activated feature that can answer questions like “What’s the time?”, and “What does prawn mean?” They’ve also found that it has a pretty decent cache of responses for people who ask their phone stupid questions.
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The Compound – Full Pilot
12 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Compound was shot on location at the offices of secretive Cape Town institution, 2oceansVibe Media. For the first time ever, the world has a glimpse into the daily lives of those tortured, twisted souls. Catch the full length, 26-minute pilot of 2oceansVibe’s groundbreaking mocumentary, The Compound, by clicking the frame below. The Compound (Comedy […]
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Hands-On Video For Siri On The iPhone 4S
12 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple’s Siri, the fancy voice-activated feature that was supposed to make people feel less disappointed about not getting a shiny new iPhone 5, was actually pretty cool when Phil Schiller showed it off on stage. But how well does it do in real life? See the hands-on after the jump.
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SA Aviation Authority Gives Go Ahead For WiFi In Planes
12 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The drought is over. Mark this day down in your calender, kids. 12 October 2011 is the date you’ll always remember, for making domestic air travel in South Africa that much less excrutiating. Air travel, meet online content streaming. Online content streaming, meet air travel.
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Adobe Made That Fictional CSI “Enhance” Tool A Reality
12 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You know that thing in sort-of-science-fictional shows or awful police procedurals where they have a blurry photo which they zoom into indefinitely and then use television magic to ‘enhance’ it and keep it from turning into the pixelated jpeg it should be? Adobe Photoshop can do that now.
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Quadriplegic Controls Robotic Hand With Brainwaves [VIDEO]
11 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well hey there, science. A recent breakthrough at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre has allowed a 30-year-old man who hasn’t been able to move arms, hands or legs in the past seven years to take control of a robotic hand, marking an unprecedented achievement in neuro-robotics.
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Minister Of Finance, Economic Development And Tourism Endorses Name Your Hood
11 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Wow! Check it out! Alan Winde, MEC, has officially endorsed the Name Your Hood project and its objective of intending to impart a sense of community cohesion and belonging. Because you know what builds a community? A common identity. And by naming the myriad un-named and vastly distinct neighborhoods in Cape Town, we can do […]
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Google Opens Its First Retail Store In London
10 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
As part of its promotional campaign for the new Chrome operating system, Google has quietly opened up its first retail store in London, called the “Chrome Zone”. The store is Google’s first venture in realspace retail, using the location to sell its Chromebook computer line.
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America’s Unmanned Combat Drones Infected With Computer Virus
10 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Well this can only end well. The US Air Force’s unmanned combat drones in the “Predator” and “Reaper” class have been infected with computer viruses that they can’t get rid of, in case you weren’t sufficiently terrified of the world when you woke up this morning.
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