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The US Army Wants Their Gear To Be Powered By Android
06 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
‘Nett Warrior,’ the military program that aims to give soldiers the tools for communications and mapping with each has been put on ice. It seems the US army have decided to cut a couple of kilograms in the solider’s kit and go with civilian technology. And they’re going Google.
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Amazon’s Tablet Will Probably Be The Only Real Challenger To The iPad
06 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Amazon’s tablet is coming soon. Very soon, according to some of the rumours doing the rounds. We could even see the new device in the next few weeks. Supposedly, it will be in the seven-inch region, run a tweaked version of Android and be quite affordable too. But what’s going to make it special, and better than any Google attempt?
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Watch Out BlackBerry Users, Government Might Start Watching You
06 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We already have the Regulation of Interception of Communication Act (Rica), and as the ad hoc committee from Parliament yesterday adopted the controversial Protection of Information Bill after nearly a year of deliberations, we might now also see the decryption of BlackBerry messages become a reality.
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Re-Make Mondays: It’s T&A Television, 2011 Style: Charlie’s Angels
05 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s not just feature films that are receiving the re-make treatment these days, but also classic TV series. This week we take a look at the latest outing for crime-busting trio (or should that be ‘busty’?), Charlie’s Angels.
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Is This September 11th’s Most Controversial Photograph?
05 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This coming Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the attacks by al-Qaeda on the United States of America, and New York especially. Many iconic images depicting the terror of that day sit steadfast in all of our minds, but what is wrong with a photographer portraying a different kind of moment on that day?
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This Long Island Art Dealer Stole Banksy Art From Palestine
05 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I know, I know; can you really steal art from somebody as dangerous and transgressive as Banksy? Two of his pieces, put together during his 2007 project on the West Bank, Bethlehem Santa’s Ghetto, have popped up in a show called Banksy: Original Street Works, at the Keszler Gallery. In the Hamptons.
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Tony Blair Is Godfather Of One Of Rupert Murdoch’s Daughters
05 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Wendi Deng, better known as Mrs Murdoch, and pie face defender, has revealed in an interview with Vogue magazine that the ex British prime minister, Tony Blair, is the godfather of one of the Murdoch’s daughters. She went as far as to describe Tony as one of her husband’s closest friends.
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Finally Someone Is REALLY Doing Something About TripAdvisor’s Lies
02 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Previously known as the breakthrough company for holiday reviews, TripAdvisor has come under attack for false reviews quite a bit recently, and been sued quite a bit too. Now the British advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority, has launched a formal investigation into the hugely popular travel review website because the company is probably in breach of the advertising code.
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They Have A Porsche Baby Stroller Now [GALLERY]
02 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sleek, compact design, leather seats, carbon fiber chassis. This is what a baby needs in a stroller today, right? This is the future? Swedish designer Dawid Dawod thinks so, having collaborated with Porsche Design to put together the P’4911 for parents with their fiscal priorities in order.
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ANCYL Supporters Versus The Media
02 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Relations have never been better between the media and ANCYL followers. With supporters threatening journalists with comments such as, “We are going to beat you all by the end of the day because you are writing lies,” and rumours this morning of people gathering stones to throw at media reporting on the Malema discplinary hearing, the vibe between league supporters and journos is just awesome right now.
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Malema Fails! The ANC’s Charges Remain
02 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The National Disciplinary Committee has dismissed comrade Julius Malema’s application to have the charges that have been brought against him dropped. In what represents yet another blow to the embattled youth league leader, he’ll probably be staying in and drinking some hot chocolate this evening, contemplating what life holds in store for him next.
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How To Market Bulletproof Glass Like A Boss [VIDEO]
02 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The president and CEO of Texas Armoring Corporation wanted to put potential customers’ minds at ease about the efficiacy of his company’s bullet-resistant glass. So, like any other sane person, he got one of his employees to shoot at him with an AK-47 while he stood behind the glass.
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Advertising Standards Authority Rules Against Steenberg Pick n Pay’s “Ass Wraps”
02 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
The Ass Foods saga continues. Late last June, 2oceansVibe was forwarded a little but of spice by prominent Cape Town personality, Bartlett. Bartlett told us that he intended to lay a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa regarding the offensive (and frankly, traumatising) Ass Wrap packaging at the Steenberg Pick n Pay.
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How About “The Foundry” As A Name For Beluga’s Neighbourhood?
01 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
It’s voting time again at NameYourHood, and this time we are voting for the final names for neighbourhoods 3 and 4. Neighbourhood 3 is the area in which you might know the restaurant Beluga. Right next to the traffic department. Such a welcomed neighbourhood name – I personally struggle to explain to people how to […]
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Twitter To Show Ads From Companies You Don’t Follow
01 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
You’re not all on Twitter. I get that; I know people who don’t drink alcohol, either, and I don’t judge them for that. To all you cool social media cats, though, this is troubling: Twitter is readying a new ad product that will serve up ads to users from company accounts they don’t already follow.
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Woman Forced To Strip In Front Of Colleagues To Prove She’s Female
01 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two weeks ago Precious Msibi was forced by her HR manager of all people to strip naked in front of colleagues, including males – during Woman’s Month! The strip was done to “prove that she was female”. After assurances by the police that the guy would be arrested, she claims that nothing has been done so far.
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Hundreds Of Greek Orthodox Mourners Served Biscuits Sprinkled With Cocaine
31 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 15 Comments
In what must have seemed like a scene straight from a movie, hundreds of Orthodox Greek mourners were mistakenly served kourabiedes, a traditional Greek biscuit, at a funeral reception. Shortly after tasting the biscuits, the guests started acting incredibly strangely and the funeral bureau officers called the police.
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Chinese Tycoon Offers To Buy 0.3% Of Iceland
30 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Huang Nubo, the sixteenth richest person in China, has offered $100 million to buy 300 square kilometres of Icelandic wilderness. He calls himself a “poet and adventurer,” so it would make sense that he’d want to buy the property to develop a golf course and tourist destination.
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Government Has Spent At Least R46 Million On Cape Mansions This Year
29 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At the end of last week, parliament confirmed that the embattled public works department had spent approximately R183 million since May 2009, and that R46 million had been dropped on exclusive residences in this year alone. It’s therefore no surprise that the Hawks are struggling to finance their investigations.
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Russia Is Building An Underwater Tunnel To Alaska
29 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Recession reschmesssion. Russia has unveiled an ambitious (read: $65 billion) plan to build the world’s longest tunnel under the Bering Strait – as part of a railway corridor linking North America to Europe, via Siberia. Because ships and planes just weren’t cutting it. Also, this sucker’s going to be entirely fueled by green energy, apparently.
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“Millionaires Club” Advocates Case Commences Today
29 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In what has been deemed a landmark case starting today in the North Gauteng High Court, 13 advocates face being struck off the roll for allegedly sucking the Road Accident Fund dry through dodgy billing practices.
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Lockerbie Bomber Is Almost Dead
29 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yes, it seems as if the Lockerbie bomber, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is comatose, near death and will probably take the secrets of the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 with him soon. CNN found al-Megrahi in his palatial Tripoli villa on Sunday, surviving on oxygen and an intravenous drip, under the care of his family.
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1 000 Surfboard Graveyard installed in Australia
26 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Chris Anderson, graphic design student, is installing 1 000 broken surfboards in the sands of a Sydney beach to inform people of the unsustainable practices in surfboard manufacturing. I’m not sure how breaking a thousand surfboards helps this problem, but the installation looks pretty cool.
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Today Is The Last Day To Submit Names For Neighbourhoods 3 & 4! Get In There!
26 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Today is the last day before final public voting for neighbourhoods three and four. That means you can still submit names, which will be shortlisted by the panel, for the final vote. Neighbourhood number three is a part of the greater Green Point region and includes the likes of Beluga and Trinity. The ‘hood’ has long […]
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Bizarre Pictures From Inside Gaddafi’s Main Lair
25 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, while the rebels overran Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli, they also got their first taste of how their defunct dictatorial leader lived. While some chose to cruise around in the colonel’s preferred mode of transport: the golf cart, others had a good look-and-loot of Gaddafi’s personal residence’s. There’s a merry-go-round and even glass casings around his deceased daughter’s stuff.
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New Video: OK Go Do ‘The Muppet Show Theme’ [VIDEO]
25 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
OK Go did a rendition of the theme song from The Muppet Show in their Green Album. Now they’ve made a video; it’s sort of like all of their other music videos, except it features Muppets. I don’t like suggesting that something going viral is a foregone conclusion, but this thing going viral is a foregone conclusion.
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Specialised Doggie Daycare Comes To Cape Town
25 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
We live in a progressive city here in Cape Town – we like to think out of the box. And that’s just what Kristin van der Hoven has done by launching Proud Hounds Doggie Daycare in the city. Sick of leaving your precious pup at home while you’re at work? Then bring it to Kristin and the crew for the day.
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The “P” Word Appears BBC TV [PICS]
25 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
You know that word that is normally preceded by “jou ma se”? Yes, that one. During a recent episode of Toy Stories on BBC (starring James May from Top Gear), that very same word sneakily popped up on screen. It appeared to be randomly written on the inside of a Spitfire plane replica that May was busy looking into.
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Gaddafi Wants London Embassy Back, Instructs Essex Law Firm
24 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The colonel just. won’t. give. up. The funny thing about this instruction is that there is a very strong chance Gaddafi won’t actually see its outcome. He recently decided that victory or martyrdom are his only options, and with rebels teaming all over Tripoli, the October postponement is a long time from now.
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M-Net “Reprimands” Idols Contestant Freddie Van’Dango
24 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
As if it’s not bad enough suffering a broken ego, several bruises, and a broken cheekbone, M-Net has now also “reprimanded” Idols contestant Freddie Van’Dango. He drank alcohol on Friday night, tuned a DJ and was then apparently assaulted by a cage fighter. He claims he never raised so much as a fist himself, but does concede to having a “quick mouth and a rocker mentality.”
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