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The Pirate Bay To Launch Airborne Servers
20 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Popular torrent hosting site, The Pirate Bay has released plans to host their server database in the clouds. Literally in the clouds, I mean; they want to fit flying micro-drones with super-small computers and connect them with long-range radio transmitters, maintaining a network of “Low-Orbit Server Stations.” Which would make police raids a little more tricky.
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How One Crazy Girl Hitchhiked Across China, And Then Got Her Dream Job [PICS]
20 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
During the first six months of 2011 Rachel Katz, a 23-year old American girl, needed to do some research on the trucking industry in China. She started at the most logical place, by hopping in a truck and taking a small journey. And then she did it again, with another truck, and then another until she had covered the better part of the third largest country in the world.
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Zimbabwe Faces Possible New Famine
19 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Zimbabweans will be reminded of the previous times the country has declared a state of disaster as food shortages threatened widespread starvation. A third of Zimbabwe’s current maize crop has just been written off due to a prolonged dry spell, according to reports.
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BREAKING: Three Dead In Jewish School Shooting In France
19 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A lone gunman has opened fire on a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, this morning. Three people, of which two are children, are confirmed dead, with at least another two persons reported wounded. Full details inside.
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Gauteng Motorists Face Possible 61 Cent Petrol Price Hike
19 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, that isn’t good news. Especially with e-tolling getting closer. The projected hike next month would mean an increase of virtually 10 per cent on the current price, and would bring the cost of 95 octane in Gauteng to R11.84 a litre. Comparatively, the average price per litre in the UK is about R16.44.
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Julian Assange To Run For Australian Senate
19 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Julian Assange has found a way to run for the Upper House of the Australian Senate, in spite of, you know, being detained under house arrest in Britain. Which makes sense, I guess. Along with Assange’s candidacy, WikiLeaks announced on Twitter that they’ll be running a nominee against the current Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.
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Take A Peek Inside America’s First Private Spaceship [PICS]
19 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ever since NASA cancelled their Space Shuttle Program two years ago, the Americans have been searching for an alternative option for space travel to save them from teaming up with their cosmic nemesis Russia. On 16 March, the first viable option presented itself and blew the competition away.
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George Clooney Arrested [Video]
17 Mar 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Hollywood actor George Clooney has been arrested, in a further attempt to highlight the plight of Sudan. George was protesting in front of the Sudanese Embassy – with his father – when he was cuffed and taken into police custody. The Telegraph had this to say: George Clooney has been arrested and handcuffed during a […]
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First Goldman Sachs, Now JPMorgan Chase; Second Honest Banker Shows Himself
16 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This really is quite something. One might even say a “trend” is occurring. Following the publication of a whistleblowing letter by an ex-Goldman Sachs employee in the New York Times, a second honest banker has emerged. He works at JPMorgan Chase, and wrote his letter to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Shocking CNN Report Hints At Ethnic Cleansing In Syria
16 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Syria has been in uprising since last year, with protesters demanding the resignation of Bashar al-Assad and the overthrow of his government. But this monster has access to loads of weapons and security forces. And if recent footage released by CNN is anything to go by, he will wipe out everyone who opposes him in cold blood – including entire families.
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First Commercial Spaceship To Launch To Space Station April 30
16 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
NASA officials have announced that the first launch of a commercially built space capsule to the International Space Station is scheduled for the end of April. California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) are the dudes responsible for the capsule in question, the unmanned Dragon spacecraft.
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Obama Drops Glossy New Retrospective Of His First Term In Office [VIDEO]
16 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As Obama prepares to fight off the Republicans to stay in the oval office for another four years, a film-maker has this pretty documentary film as retrospective of the President’s first term. We have the video, and some hot-off-the-press shade that Piers Morgan threw at it, after the jump!
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Vaalwater Police Brutality Victim Speaks [VIDEO]
16 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Norman Mokau, the victim of a brutal attack at the hands of a Vaalwater police officer in Limpopo last year, says he is still in pain after the incident. Mokau was beaten up by a police officer in November last year and the officer has only just been suspended.
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Trailer For Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ Released
16 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So Tim Burton is doing a much-anticipated adaptation of cult TV Show “Dark Shadows”, because of course he is. And it’s starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, because otherwise how would we know it’s a Tim Burton film? Check out the reasonably rad trailer after the jump.
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South African Goldman Sachs Exec Exposes The Rot In His Firm
15 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Goldman Sachs lost $2,2 billion of its market value yesterday after Greg Smith – a South African-born Goldman “big shot” in Europe – chose to resign and write an opinion piece letter about Goldman’s corporate culture to the New York Times.
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The Shins’ New LP Free To Stream Online
15 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Shins are putting out their fourth LP, Port of Morrow, next week on the 20th of March, via Columbia Records. Which is neat. Even neater, though, is the fact that you can stream all 10 tracks on iTunes right now. In case free good music is something that you like. Click through for the link!
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Fancy A Whiff Of Eau De Pope? Think Again.
15 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It might not be obvious, given his stature as the head of the Catholic Church, but in Italy Pope Benedict XVI is considered quite the fashionista. He prefers red fedoras and tailored red shoes, apparently gets quite picky about the cut of his robes, and now, according to the Italian press, he even has his own scent.
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South African Child Survives Horrific Bus Crash in Switzerland
15 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday we brought you the news of the massive bus accident that has Switzerland and Belgium reeling. Reports have emerged today that one of the survivors of the crash is an 11-year-old South African girl, named Andrea Hoebrechts. She is in critical condition.
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NASA Unveils Space Atlas [Amazing PICS]
15 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Bad. Ass. NASA has released a new space atlas, detailing over 560 million stars, galaxies and asteroids, many never seen before. The 18 000 awesome images were taken by NASA’s infrared space telescope, the Wide-field Survey Explorer (WISE). Take a look at some of the incredible space-images after the space-jump.
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Discovery Channel Fires Bear Grylls
14 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
He’s eaten from a zebra carcass, swum across freezing lakes in just his undies to see what it’d be like, and he once slept in a dead sheep’s carcass for warmth. Sadly, it might be a while before we get to watch any of Bear’s antics again. The Discovery Channel set him free for good yesterday by announcing their relationship is over.
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Chinese Fashion Students Show Off Victoria’s Secret Knock-Offs [PICS]
14 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Fashion students at Chengdu University of Technology in China recently pumped all their creativity and innovation into a theatrical lingerie show displaying various wonderful designs, except…er, wait, scratch creativity and innovation off the list because each and every one was a Vicky’s Secret knock off! FAIL! Full gallery after the jump.
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28 Dead After Bus Crash In Swiss Tunnel [GALLERY]
14 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hectique. This is not the way you want to end your school skiing trip. A bus full of kids, travelling through a Swiss tunnel, hit a kerb and crashed face first into a wall inside the tunnel. A full gallery of the disaster is inside.
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Six Russian Grandmothers Hailed As Darlings Of Eurovision 2012 [Video]
14 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s difficult to get one’s head around the enormous popularity of Eurovision. The pan-European singing contest is the most watched non-sporting event in the world. Even more mind-blowing is the act that has beaten 24 other entrants to represent Russia in this year’s competition. It’s a group of six women aged between 43 and 74, dressed in traditional peasant wear, singing a song called “Party for Everybody”.
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North Korea / South Korea Punch-Up [VIDEO]
14 Mar 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
North and South Koreas relationship is staid at best. They’ve been taunting each other for all of my life. The Korean War was in 1950 and the vibe hasn’t really improved since. North Korea threatens to blow up South Korea on an almost monthly basis and when you hear that two of their officials (one […]
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The Real U.S.S Enterprise To Be Decommissioned
13 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If there’s one name that carries a lot of weight in naval circles, it’s the “Big E” or U.S.S Enterprise: the US naval fleet’s oldest nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and also the world’s longest, and 11th-heaviest, maritime vessel. After 51 years of service, the Enterprise is to return to port from the Persian Gulf and be decommissioned next year, but not without some amazing stories to tell.
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Kony Film Creators Release New Video Addressing Criticisms [VIDEO]
13 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
By now most of you will have seen the infamous Kony 2012 video which, as of this morning, has become the most viral video ever. You’ll also have seen the considerable backlash, both from Ugandans and elsewhere. Now, watch how the original video’s creators responded to criticism, live. Click through for the video.
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Volvo Introduces Pedestrian Airbag [VIDEO]
13 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well this is new, and sort of neat. For the new V40, Volvo is introducing the world’s first pedestrian airbag system, designed to reduce the severity of pedestrian injuries in a car-pedestrian collision. Alternatively it could double as a sweet new inflatable mattress on the hood of your car.
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Ad Agency Turns 13 Homeless Men Into Wi-Fi Hotspots
13 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Advertising agency BBH has come under fire for their turning 13 homeless men walking Wi-Fi hotspots at the recent SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. The “Homeless Hotspots” sported shirts saying, “I’m a 4G hotspot,” with an access code for the network.
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George Bizos Declares Info Bill Unconstitutional
13 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nelson Mandela’s former defence lawyer, and veteran human rights lawyer, George Bizos, has written to Parliament stating that the protection of state information bill is unconstitutional on several counts.
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90 Homosexual Youths Stoned To Death In Iraq
12 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A horrifying new report has revealed that over 90 “emo kids” have been stoned to death, allegedly by Shia militants in Iraq. As many as 58 have been killed the last six weeks alone.
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