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Germany Eclipses Solar Power World Record
28 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This will surprise you. On Friday and Saturday, German solar power plants produced a record 22 gigawatts of energy – the equivalent output of 20 nuclear plants running at full capacity. The country is already a world-leader in solar power, and hopes to be free of nuclear energy by 2022. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, Germany decided to abandon nuclear power, and immediately closed eight plants.
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Finally – Plane Seats For Fat People!
25 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Fat people take up a lot of space on the plane. I mean, how many times have you had to fold your arms so they can merely fit into their space, and yours. For a long time, we’ve all wanted them to have their own fat seats when they fly. Finally! This is a reality. Thank you, Airbus.
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EU Cookie Privacy Law Will Heavily Impact Digital
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Saturday, the EU Cookie Directive goes into effect. It’s a European Union law governing the opting in and out of website cookies. The law was ratified in the name of privacy, but, the impact on the digital industry will be immense and, possibly, damaging.
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Big Bang’s Jim Parsons (Sheldon) Outed In New York Times
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Jim Parson, the actor who plays Sheldon on hit U.S. comedy “The Big Bang Theory”, was outed yesterday in a profile of the actor produced by the New York Times as he prepares to lead a revival of 1944 comedy “Harvey” on Broadway.
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Sexual Offences Act Flawed, NPA May Appeal Fondling Case Judgment
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A while ago a man named Arnold Prins was charged with sexual assault for forcibly fondling a woman. He was not sentenced, as the act of “fondling” has no penalty under the Sexual Offences Act. But a High Court ruling today has given the Western Cape’s National Prosecuting Authority leave to appeal the original judgment, because the act is flawed.
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Yahoo Shakes Up Search, Web Browsing
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
All of the major search engines are experimenting with new formats intended to make it easier for users to find information without clicking through to page after page of results. It’s Yahoo’s turn, and they’ve decided on a new browser enhancement they call “Axis.” It alters browsers made by other companies to display search results in a more convenient and visual format.
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Stream Video Straight To Your iDevice With TiVo
23 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As the number of series and TV shows we watch grows, so do the ways in which we do so. The good old days of sitting down in front of your TV to enjoy an episode Friends are steadily on their way out as we make room for the next upgrade in mobile technology – streaming recorded footage straight to your iOS device.
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Finance Minister Fights E-Toll Ruling In Concourt
23 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Finance Minster, Pravin Gordhan, has warned that South Africa would face a dark economic future if the interdict temporarily halting the e-toll project wasn’t set aside urgently. We’d have to brace ourselves for negative international credit ratings. And essential services to schools, hospitals and roads would also be adversely affected, he said.
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PUMA Canal Walk Flagship Store Is Africa’s First
23 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Fancy seeing some creative design and innovation with a PUMA twist to it? Then you should go and have a wonder around the new PUMA Canal Walk store that’s just re-opened. After undergoing a remodel in line with PUMA International’s new Retail 2.0 store design, the new store is absolutely mind-blowing. After launching in early […]
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Awesome Time Lapse Of The Eihatsu Maru’s Holiday In Clifton [VIDEO]
22 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
2oceansViber, Rory Allen, spent four days last week documenting the Eihatsu Maru as it lay stranded on Clifton’s First Beach. He’s put together an amazing time lapse of events as they unfolded.
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Court Forces Apple, Samsung CEOs To Talk
22 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple’s Tim Cook and Samsung’s Choi Gee-sung were instructed by a San Francisco federal judge to meet for a two-day mediation to help resolve a high-profile US patent case. The companies are locked in bitter patent litigation all over the world, and the judge diarised the meeting to take place yesterday and today, with the intention of bringing one of the many cases to a close.
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Wayne Parnell Arrested At Drug Fuelled Rave
21 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This will surely go down as the most controversial IPL tournament thus far. South African bowler, Wayne Parnell, was among two IPL cricketers arrested and held for questioning after police in Mumbai busted a rave party in the city. Initially they detained about 100 people, officials said earlier. Police also confiscated 110 grams of cocaine, and ecstasy from the party.
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COSMO Jeans 2012 Rocked The Party
21 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
This year’s edition of COSMO Jeans went down in Queen Victoria Street – an understated and sexy district of Cape Town where provincial administration meets high end night-life.It was a chilly night, but the fashion, and the models, did more than enough to heat up the immediate vicinity. CLICK HERE for a full review of […]
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WATCH: Carte Blanche Intercom Exchange With “Rael Levitt” – Was It Him?
21 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 21 Comments
https://youtu.be/ScIl6vpBHbA Last night’s episode of Carte Blanche showed Devi Govender trying to pin down the controversial ex-head of Auction Alliance, Rael Levitt. The hunt led Devi to the intercom at his Mouille Point residence. Derek Watts (narrating) was clear to point out that the accent of the person on the intercom seems to change midway, as they […]
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Pakistan Blocks Twitter Over Cartoon Contest
21 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pakistan yesterday temporarily banned Twitter in the region. The move was in response to a competition on Facebook called Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, now in its third year. The competition encourages entrants to draw caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, and Pakistan authorities actually used censorship to quell the spread of images, unlike South African authorities who dealt with a similar “caricature” incident on Friday.
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WATCH: Clifton Trawler Tugged Off Beach [VIDEO]
19 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Eihatsu Maru was successfully towed off Clifton’s First Beach by maritime authorities yesterday. The Smit Amandla tug worked tirelessly for hours to free the stricken vessel.
Eyewitness News’s Aletta Gardner was on hand to record the moment life along Victoria Road returned to normal.
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First Photo Of Clifton Trawler Pulled Away From The Beach – It Worked!
18 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
The Eihatsu Maru has been successfully towed off Clifton’s First Beach by maritime authorities today. The Smit Amandla tug worked tirelessly for hours to free the stricken vessel that ran aground last Saturday morning in thick fog.
It brings to a close an agonising six days of salvage attempts by officials, who twice previously failed to remove the stricken vessel.
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Europe Is Working On Emergency Plans For Greek Euro Exit
18 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
European officials have secretly been working on a plan for the worst-case scenario that at this point, seems possible: a Greek exit from the Euro. German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said earlier this week that she didn’t want Greece to leave. But with fresh Greek elections set for mid-June, elections that have already been dubbed as a major showdown between Greece and the rest of Europe, anything could happen.
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VPlay Magazine Goes Out Today – WIN A R2000 Clothing Voucher
18 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Fans of the official Varsity Cup publication, VPlay magazine, will be giddy to know that this compact little glossy is hitting campuses today, going out to 30 000, nationwide. This month VPlay focuses on the upcoming IRB Junior World Championships, looking in particular at the SA U20 team’s preparation for this big international tournament. But […]
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Japan Says It’s Concerned About Clifton Trawler
18 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s taken long enough for Japanese officials to step up to the plate and offer South African Authorities their assurances that they will do everything they can to locate the stricken vessel’s owner. After a slight mishap overnight, Samsa confirmed to 2oceansVibe a little while ago that salvage experts were putting the finishing touches together for an operation at lunchtime today.
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Oh Dear! SABC Viewers In “Shock” As Expresso Starts Half An Hour Late
17 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
SABC viewers expressed their “shock” and “confusion” this morning when popular morning lifestyle, news and current affairs daily, Expresso failed to go on air at the usual 06h00. What possible reason could there be behind this travesty?! And, is there another way to get it all in the morning?
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The World Without Richard Branson [Infographic]
17 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Richard Branson is the most prolific, if not the best entrepreneur in the world. Having grown his company from nothing, he is now the man behind commercial space travel – quite literally proving that the sky is not the limit. Forbes paid homage to the man with an infographic on what the world would be like without him.
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Zuma Swears Allegiance To Youth Wage Subsidy
17 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
President Jacob Zuma has said his government will stand firmly by their plan to implement a planned wage subsidy aimed at cutting youth unemployment. Its specifications will still be negotiated, but his reassurance comes days after violence flared up at a march where the DA tried to march on Cosatu House to highlight Cosatu’s opposition to the scheme.
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Guinness Turns Submarine Into Underwater Bar [PICS]
17 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Branding! It’s good for you. Jump Studios, a London-based architecture firm, recently finished up the interior on a submarine for Guinness’ deep-sea bar, which plunged to the depths of the Baltic on its maiden voyage. The sub was commissioned to celebrate Guinness’ 250th anniversary. Take a look at the thing after the jump.
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Former Crime Boss Mdluli Avoids Serving Of Court Papers
16 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Richard Mdluli, South Africa’s former crime intelligence boss yesterday “evaded” the serving of court papers by the legal rights group, Freedom Under Law (FUL).
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Butlers Pizza Delivery To Clifton Trawler Makes International Headlines
16 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Yesterday, 2oceansvibe enlisted the brave men of Butlers in a diplomatic and humanitarian mission: the delivery of hot pizza to the stricken crew and salvage officers of the Eihatsu Maru trawler, currently beached on Clifton 1st. The captain’s dog got a bone. In case you haven’t caught the video and pictures of the successful mission […]
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Clifton Trawler: Make Or Break
16 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Tomorrow, SA Maritime Safety Authorities will make another attempt to remove the stranded Eihatsu Maru from Clifton’s First beach. Last night, 2oceansVibe spoke to one of the men in charge, Samsa’s chief operations officer, Sobantu Tilayi. Many questions still remain about the reasons why the captain grounded the vessel, but Tilayi said the operation has now reached a critical stage.
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Quirk Big Kahuna, Rob Stokes On The Bob Skinstad Show This Afternoon
16 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Rob Stokes, the Master And Commander of Quirk e-Marketing, will be chatting to Bob Skinstad this afternoon on the Biz Connect business segment of Bob Skinstad Show on 2oceansvibe Radio. Having carved a powerful niche in Southern Africa’s digital marketing sphere, Rob and his minions are privy to some pretty incredible business and social insights. […]
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Hugh Laurie And Stephen Fry Reuniting For New Project
15 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Isn’t this exciting – one of Britain’s most fantastic pairs, long thought lost to separate endeavours, are busy re-uniting. This is great news for any fans of Dr House, who announced earlier this year that the show is ending. Fry and Laurie made a great comedic duo in the early 90s, and the announcement has been welcomed by many fans.
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Updated: Rebekah Brooks And Five Others Charged Over Hacking Scandal
15 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier we reported that Rebekah Brooks, the ex-News of the World editor, and her husband, Charlie Brooks, had been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Another four people have also been charged. Rebekah and her husband have come out fighting however, and have called the charges “weak and unjust”.
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