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The new leader means business.

Why do I get the feeling that this leader could do a better job then the ones we currently have running the UK?

Found on Sumo.TV

NOTE - Sorry but embedded videos from Sumo.TV do not work on WordPress, so clicking on the image above will open up Sumo.TV in a new window.

Added on 2/08/07
by joe9000

Link to Video’s posted in 2007

Apple is preparing to air a new TV commercial on Sunday, October 28th featuring its recently introduced iPod touch.

From an article on MacNN.Com

“The commercial features a fast-paced overview of the portable player atop a song titled “Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex,” according to the New York Times. Interestingly the spot’s creator, Nick Haley, is an 18-year-old student and Apple fan in the UK who created the content and uploaded his video to YouTube. There the ad received four out of five stars as well as numerous positive comments, and YouTube revealed more than 2,100 views of the home-brewed advertisement as of Thursday, October 25th.”

UpDate - As of 2.30am (UK) Oct 28, the video has now been viewed 198,286.

Added September 11, 2007
From njhaley

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1. College Students Decline Text-Message Warnings - NPR.Org

   Students are not rushing to sign up for cell phone text alerts. After the Virginia Tech shootings last spring, many campuses felt this was the answer to keeping their students alert to danger, but students don’t share their concerns.

2. Some Leopard upgraders see ‘blue screen of death’ - ComputerWorld.Com

   Frustrated users who rebooted to the install DVD then upgraded a second time using the “Archive and Install” option reported success, and no lingering blue screen after restart. Or manually uninstalled APE (Application Enhancer).

3. You’ll Never Think About “Energy Savings” The Same Way Again - TreeHugger.Com

   “Energy Savings,” a design-as-art statement that changes a standard light switch from consumption to conservation. It gives new meaning to the term “energy savings,” and make for a very interesting piggy banks.

4. Blimps Are Cool, But Peak Helium May Deter Development - GroovyGreen.Com

   a 1996 federal law that mandates sale of the federal helium reserve by 2015, they’ve warned that once the reserve-which supplies some 40% of domestic needs and 35% of worldwide requirements-is sold off, it can never be replaced.”

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1. Man dies during filming of U.K. reality show - HollywoodReporter.Com

   Channel 4 said it was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the incident, which happened Sept. 13 during filming for the upcoming series of ‘Time Team’. The incident is being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive.

2. Big Blue seeks a patent way to leverage patents - GlobeAndMail.Com

   Floating privilege, once purchased, could be activated by a patent-infringement lawsuit. Companies would buy the right to use a patent portfolio like IBM’s as a legal shield for themselves and may be aimed at hindering “patent trolls”

3. Non-stop music for BlackBerries - News24.Com

   Vodafone had signed an exclusive deal with Omnifone that will give customers an unlimited number of tracks from a catalogue of over 1 million to their mobile phones for a weekly fee of £1.99. The service launches in the UK in Novemeber.

4. EBay: The Place for Microfinance - BusinessWeek.Com

   Her hope is to create sustainable economic growth in the world’s most impoverished communities—and do her part to expand the reach of the microfinance industry to more than 1 billion people worldwide, from about 100 million people currently.

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Link to Video’s posted in 2007

A stop motion animation with ping pong balls, 2000 pictures, 500 balls and a pair of hands

This video was produced by a Russian lady called Victoria, who is now studing in Germany.

If you have time have a quick look at they website @ Oblako-Studio.Com

Added August 26, 2007
From oblako2000

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1. CCTV caught savage attack on great-grandfather - TimesOnline.Co.Uk

   The victim was a great-grandfather who walks with two walking sticks was left blinded in one eye. He has since moved into a nursing home. Detective Sergeant Darren Stenning said the CCTV evidence helped secure a conviction.

2. CSI:NY Comes To Second Life Wednesday - Techcrunch.Com

   The episode will see Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) entering Second Life to pursue a killer who has killed a Second Life user in a case of virtual stalking gone too far. CSI:NY fans can investigate the case by following a link on the CBS website.

3. 13 Bargain Websites That are Cheaper than eBay - MakeUseOf.com

   if you can’t fond the product you want at a nice cheap price on ebay then save yourself some money and have a look at one of these 13 sites.

4. Warning to abusive bloggers as judge tells site to reveal names - Guardian.Co.Uk

   The case, featuring the website owlstalk.co.uk, is the second within days to highlight the danger of assuming that the apparent cloak of anonymity gives users of internet forums and chatrooms carte blanche to say whatever they like.

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A quad-bike with a turbocharged Subaru Impreza WRX STi engine? We’ve seen some crazy stuff here at Carscoop but this “thing” is totally nuts and we want one ASAP! The hand made ATV (All-Terrain-Vehicle) was built by a Ken Brough, a New-Zealander who describes himself as “a 50-year-old with petrol in my veins”.

The STiATV weighs a mere 530 kg (1,168 pounds) so performance is definitely not a problem. What may create a few problems is the weight distribution of the AWD quad as it’s split 70/30 between the front and rear end.

Originally uploaded to CarScoop.Blogspot.Com on October 18th, 2007

or check out the makers website at Stiatv.Co.NZ

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1. Mid-2008 set for Imax digital launch - HollywoodReporter.com

   Typically, an Imax 2D film print costs about $25,000, and a 3-D movie runs to about $45,000 a print. Imax is betting that eliminating film print cost for studios will sharply increase gross margins for an Imax release of a traditional 35mm movie.

2. Myanmar blames monks for crackdown - TaipeiTimes.Com

   State media also gave a sharply higher figure for the number of people who were detained in connection with the protests, saying 2,927 had been locked up around the country and 468 remained behind bars.

3. The high-speed internet service that took eleven months to arrive - TimesOnline.Co.UK

   “The 3 mile cable had been laid because it was commercially worthwhile, he said. Although Mrs Brackpool’s home, one of fourteen in her hamlet” So £40,000 to connect 14 homes is worthwhile, no wonder BT have problems.

4. Who killed Takashi Saito? - JapanTimes.Co.JP

   Futatsuryu, as the 57-year-old Tokitsukaze was known in his active days, has now been removed from his post at the Nihon Sumo Kyokai. He is now destined to live out his days haunted by Tokitaizan’s premature passing at age 17.

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1. 10 things that should be in Apple’s next Mac Pro - ComputerWorld.Com

   The latest generation of Mac Pros, although radically restyled on the inside when Apple jumped to Intel chips in 2006. But the expected move to Penryn chips could mean the first major change in Mac Pro design in years.

2. Pirates take over anti-piracy website - Tech.Co.UK

   When asked to confirm how they got the domain name, Pirate Bay administrator Brokeup told TorrentFreak: “It’s not a hack. Someone just gave us the domain name. We have no idea how they got it, but it’s ours and we’re keeping it.”

3. A ‘Smart Bra’ to Find Breast Cancer? - ABCNews.Go.Com

   One team of researchers in the United Kingdom says it is moving closer to a prototype for such an undergarment. Called a “smart bra,” the device incorporates a series of microwave antennae to detect temperature changes in the breast.

4. Joost opens the floodgates, so you can now sign up - TechDigest.TV

   Viacom has partnered up with the Skype founders behind Joost, and are allowing shows from MTV, BET, Comedy Central and a few films from Paramount to be streamed. CBS, CNN and Major League Baseball have all joined forces as well.

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