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Apple’s Siri, Not For Scots [VIDEO]
06 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ever since its launch at the end of last year, Apple’s Siri has been at the top of everyone’s “to get” list. A virtual assistant that is so much more than that, it has thrilled users the world round. That is of course unless you’re from Scotland in which case you might as well be talking into a Nokia 3310.
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We Live In The Future Now: 83-Year-Old Woman Fitted With 3D-Printed Jaw
06 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An 83-year-old woman has successfully had her lower jaw replaced with a 3D-printed model by scientists at Belgium’s University of Hasselt. This is the first such implant in the world, and was a much faster process than traditional artificial implants – we’re taking hours instead of days.
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The iPhone Is Bigger Than The Whole Of Microsoft
06 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
In the December business quarter, Apple’s iPhone business generated $24,4 billion of revenue. Microsoft’s whole company, from Windows to Office to servers to Xbox, generated just $20,9 billion.
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US Superbowl Smashes Twitter Record
06 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday’s 46th Superbowl in the States, which saw the New York Giants eke out a last minute 21-17 win over the New England Patriots, also saw an unprecedented surge in activity on social messaging phenomenon, Twitter. To the tune of 10 000 tweets per minute, that is.
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Libyan Diplomat Suffered Atrocities At The Hands Of Militia
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It is very, very dangerous being ambassadorial these days. Probably moreso if you were ever one of Muammar Gaddafi’s diplomats. Libya’s former ambassador to France, Omar Brebesh, died during detention by armed militia in Tripoli – and judging from the autopsy, it was not a merciful killing.
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World’s First Commercial Self-Chilling Beverage Going On Sale
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Beer companies around the world: we expect to see you using this technology soon, please. West Coast Chill Pure Energy Drink is based on natural ingredients and contains no sugar, caffeine, artificial colours or flavours. But, why it’s really unique, is because the can will have a tab the consumer will push to automatically cool it down.
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OK Go Wins The Internet Again. With Sesame Street.
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
OK Go did a song about the primary colours on Sesame Street. No other band would make me care about this, but OK Go are sort of the kings of viral videos. So click through for some stop-motion, a new track, and primary-coloured theme outfits. No spandex this time, though.
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Rare Pictures Of Amazonian Tribe First Sighted Last Year Released
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last year we reported about a tribe in western Brazil that had, until then, not been contacted by modern man. But they were a bit shy and even fired arrows at tourists in passing boats, resulting in the death of one man. Check out these rare images of them, taken from 120m away using a telescope mounted on a camera.
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US High School Students Demonstrate Their Wonderful Lack Of General Knowledge [VIDEO]
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The US, the most powerful nation in the world both in terms of their economy and military seem to be lacking in one crucial area; education. A recent short study done by a high school student portrays the average American student as not knowing all too much about their own country.
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Newt Gingrich Thinks Brad Pitt Should Play Him In A Movie
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh Newt. What are you thinking? Is this another attempt to lure a fourth wife, after the dumping the one that had cancer? Not cool dude. Our main man Newt, hot on the heels of Mitt Romney as lead Republican presidential candidate in the upcoming US election campaign, feels Brad Pitt will be perfect to play him in the movie about his life.
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Worldwide Malaria Deaths Grossly Underestimated
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
New research funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and published in the British medical journal the Lancet, suggests 1,24 million people died from the mosquito-borne disease in 2010: nearly twice the number previously estimated for that period. Oh, and six cases of infection were diagnosed in Pretoria recently too.
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SpaceX Test-Fires ‘Super’ Rocket Engines [VIDEO]
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Spaceflight start-up, SpaceX – those guys who want to put a person on Mars in the next decade or two – has been demonstrating the potency of its SuperDraco rockets at their test facility in Texas. Take a look at the fancily-named rockets in action after the jump.
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Zimbabwe Bans Foreign Papers
03 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Think our South African Protection of Information Bill is scary? It’s nothing on Zimbabwe’s media commission, which has announced that it will actively ban foreign newspapers and magazines henceforth.
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Hyper-Competitive Australians Smash Water Skiing Record
02 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
145 water skiers have just set a new world record for exactly that: the most people to water ski behind one vessel. Nine fell off along the way, and won’t be counted as part of the record.
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NASA’s Recording The Dark Side Of The Moon [VIDEO]
02 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
People who like Pink Floyd references, rejoice, because NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission has beamed back its first video of the dark side of the moon. Click through to see what that astronaut that everybody forgets about saw while Armstrong and Aldrin were hogging all the glory.
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Aussie Rugby Star Reveals Battle With Depression
02 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Wallaby legend Clyde Rathbone has broken his silence about his years long battle with the depression that cost him his marriage, and almost his life. We’ve got his full awe-inspiring statement, detailing how he fought back, after the jump.
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Racepoint PR – The Public Relations Company Preferred By Dictators Everywhere
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hey dictators. Got a national reputation problem on your hands? You could invest in some good public relations, couldn’t you? Specifically, give Racepoint PR a call – they’re the agency that did such a good job of brushing up Colonel Gadhafi’s image and, more recently, shifting attention away from Rwanda’s genocide problem.
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European Freeze Claims Dozens Of Lives
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dozens are dead and countless more are seeking medical attention as an icy winter rages on in Eastern Europe. At last count 58 people were reported dead in the last week, most of them succumbing to hypothermia and severe frostbite.
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Facebook’s IPO Launch Set For Today
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Facebook is expected to file for an IPO later today – Wednesday morning stateside – raising $5 billion. This is a fair deal less than the $10 billion previously rumored. Folks figure Zuckerberg wants to start with a conservative base at first. Because he can’t be sure this “Face-book” thing is going to take off.
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James Murdoch’s Deleted Email
01 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s going to be harder and harder for people to believe that James Murdoch didn’t know how bad the phone and email hacking situation was at News International. New evidence has emerged showing that emails sent to James that said: “it is as bad as we feared,” were deleted days before a Scotland Yard investigation began.
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Actress Cynthia Nixon Clarifies “Gay By Choice” Comments
31 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Last week, actress Cynthia Nixon got LBGT activists around the world in a flutter over a comment in an interview where she implied her sexuality was a choice. Now she has come out and clarified her statement, after the jump.
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Human-Shaped Remote-Controlled Planes Fly Around NYC [VIDEO]
31 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’m not entirely sure I care that this is just some publicity stunt for a mediocre-to-bad “found footage” film about super heroes. This is awesome advertising. Click through to see how 20th Century Fox teamed up with Thinkmodo for their unusual viral promotion for the upcoming Chronicle.
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Thai Elephant Meat Industry Growing
31 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A potentially devastating custom could pose a new threat to the survival of the species in Thailand – the taste for eating elephant meat. People are now eating everything from the trunks and sex organs, to straight up elephant sashimi.
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Bank Cancels The Debts Of Its Poorest Customers
31 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The dislike for banks and other financial institutions is currently on a worldwide high. But for once, one bank has decided to do something nice for their customers. French bank Crédit Municipal de Paris has scrapped the debt of its poorest customers.
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Check Out India’s Record-Breaking Gandhi Flash Mob [PICS]
30 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Check out this awesome gallery of young Indian boys marching to commemorate their country’s hero, Mahatma Gandhi, dressed like the man himself!
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Another South African Caught Smuggling Cocaine
30 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Barely a month after Nolubabalo Nobanda made international headlines for trying to bring cocaine into Thailand via her dreadlocks, another South African has been caught smuggling drugs. Patience Monkei-Khame was arrested over the weekend in Malawi, after four kilograms of nose candy was found hidden in a baby pram she was pushing.
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Twitter BlackOut Protest Results In Mass Tweeting
30 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Man, look, I know the successive restriction of online liberties is something we should be fighting tooth and nail, but I can’t be the only one who heard about last Saturday’s ‘Twitter Blackout,’ in protest of Twitter’s new censorship policy, and failed to care.
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Brazilian Scientists Claim C-Sections Make Children Fat
30 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Brazilian science takes on the US of A as the mystery of the porky C-section babies deepens…
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The Catholic Church Openly Condemns The Obama Administration
30 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This past weekend, Catholic parishioners across America were read a letter written by the church leadership urging them to stand up against a new ruling by the Obama administration which would require all employers to provide healthcare plans which include contraceptive coverage.
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You’ll Be Able To Buy Facebook Shares Soon
30 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Facebook, the world’s largest social-networking service, could file for its initial public offering as early as Wednesday this week. It’s a move that has been on the cards for some time, but the rumour pot is now starting to boil more consistently.
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