del.icio.us links for June 13, 2007

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1. Apple announces iTunes Festival: London – MacNN.Com

   |Headline performance by MIKA will take place on Sunday, July 1, while others such as Travis, Groove Armada, Stereophonics, Amy Winehouse, Crowded House, Beverly Knight will also play throughout the month at the small-venue event

2. Apple extends iTunes to Bebo social network – MacNN.Com

   Apple today announced a deal that will expand its popular iTunes music service into the realm of social networking. The company on Wednesday announced a deal to embed its iTunes music download service into the Bebo website

3. Singapore’s Airport T3 up, now for the tenants – Channelnewsasia.com

   Built at a cost of $1.75-billion, the seven-storey T3 will be Changi’s biggest and costliest terminal, able to cater to 22 million passengers a year. So far, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is its only confirmed tenant.

   But that, the CAAS hopes, will soon change. At least six carriers currently at Terminals 1 and 2 are considering its offer, this newspaper has learnt.

   Rental rates at T3 are about 10 per cent higher than the $35 to $65 per square metre at T1 and T2, according to airlines TODAY spoke to. The half-year relief would save a small airline company with a 100-sq-m office anywhere between $23,100 and $42,900.

4. give a few bob – Prostate Cancer Research Foundation – GiveAFewBob.Org

   Comedian Bob Monkhouse is back from the dead in a ad which blends archive footage of with shots of a body-double in a graveyard. Promotes Prostate Cancer Research Foundation’s “Give a Few Bob” campaign, the disease that killed Bob.

21 more articles after the Jump

1. eBay embroiled in patent fight – GlobeandMail.Com

   rule on eBay’s request to stay the proceedings until the federal patent office has completed a re-examination of the patent — a process that MercExchange’s lawyers said could take 10 years.

2. $500 fine or jail time for saggy pants – Mail & Guardian Online – mg.co.za

   Delcambre, Louisiana, USA – The indecent-exposure ordinance carries penalties of up to six months in jail and a $500 fine for being caught in pants that show underwear or, as mayor Carol Broussard put it, “private parts”.

3. Webby Awards challenge winners to keep it short – ChicagoTribune.Com

   “Get into our shorts.” — Animator vs. Animation II, online film & video award for animation. – Glad it won a Webby, it’s a great animation, watch it on YouTube @ youtube.com/watch?v=qo1d6ttbAq8

4. Weapon from 1800s found in whale – SeattleTimes.nwsource.Com

   Embedded deep under its blubber was a 3 ½-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has given researchers insight into the whale’s age, estimated between 115 and 130 years old.

5. No Charges After Michigan Man in Wheelchair Pinned to Grille of Semitrailer for 4-Mile Ride – FOXNews.Com

   The wheelchair turned forward and its handles got lodged in the grille. The rig continued picking up speed and pushing the wheelchair, with Carpenter strapped in it, down the highway until pulling into the parking lot of a trucking company.

6. Quebec won’t push on dubbing issue – HollywoodReporter.Com

   Claire Samson, CEO of the Association des producteurs de films et de television du Quebec, said Hollywood producers should not be forced to dub their releases in Quebec, but rather receive incentives to do so on a voluntary basis.

7. Deals pouring in as Banff winds down – HollywoodReporter.Com

   Thunderbird Films and LA based Program Partners announced that “Merv Griffin’s Crosswords” has been sold to OMNI Television, a Toronto TV station owned by Rogers Communications, along with Chum Television’s Alberta on ACCESS

8. MADELEINE POLICE FOLLOW ‘BODY’ TIP-OFF – Top Stories – News – Mirror.co.uk

   There is currently no evidence that Madeleine is not still alive. The letter said Madeleine was buried “north of the road under branches and rocks, around six to seven metres off the road” in a barren and deserted landscape.

9. ‘Two-headed ‘ girl has op – TheSun.Co.UK

   The five-year-old from Fleur-de-Lys, South Wales, suffered 25 per cent burns in the incident. To help restore her looks, doctors implanted a balloon in her head 10 months ago and filled it with gel to stretch the skin.

10. BUSH MUGGED IN ALBANIA – Mirror.co.uk

    DELIGHTED George Bush plunged into a crowd to shake hands on his first visit to Albania – and emerged without his watch.A White House spokeswoman denied the president’s watch had been swiped – and added: “He took it off.”

11. Girl tells how sex attacker copied internet – Telegraph.Co.UK

    As police were investigating the attack, they found 50 stories about rape stored on Anscombe’s three computers and memory hardware as well as 20 images from a hard-core pornography website.

12. The way to a girl’s heart: look like the dad, win the daughter – Independent .Co.UK

    Husbands and boyfriends: take a good look in the mirror. Then dig out your partners’ family photographs. Do you look like her father? If not, you could be in trouble.

13. The 342mph environmentally friendly supercar that’s yours for a cool £1m – DailyMail.Co.UK

    It only has a 1.4 litre engine plus a 3 hp electric motor but returns 75 mpg, although not at 342mph, wonder why it has a UK£130,000 sound system in it? So if your still looking for a Hybrid and have a spare million then take a look

14. Iraqi Blogger Immigrating to Canada – GlobalVoicesOnline.Org

    At last I had to give in, mainly for the sake of my children and their future. I leave more than just property and belongings in Baghdad. I leave memories, not all bad, and above all I leave with a bitter feeling for a great opportunity missed, that could

15. ‘Harry Potter’ translator loses Japan tax case – JapanTimes.Co.JP

    Japanese tax authorities have ordered her to pay more than 700 million yen in back taxes for 3.5 billion yen. “I should point out that my good faith has been recognized by the competent authorities of both nations,” Matsuoka said

16. Yahoo’s China policy rejected – News.BBC.Co.UK

    At the company’s AGM, the censorship proposal won only about 15% of support while only 4% backed the idea of a human rights committee. Last year, Human Rights Watch accused Yahoo, “carrying out censorship for the Chinese government”.

17. Mainland Olympic firm admits using child workers – BBC.Co.UK

    A mainland company making products related to the Beijing Olympics has admitted it used child workers, despite initially denying the allegation. Lekit Stationery said children aged 12 and 13 were employed by one of its sub-contractors, although they did n

18. Gandhi’s grandson found dead in Delhi – ExpressIndia.Com

    Ramchandra Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, was on Wednesday found dead in a room at the India International Centre (ICC) in Delhi. The body of Gandhi (70) was found in the elite club in South Delhi where he had checked in on June 10.

19. Brand Camp: One Onion to Rule Them All – Adland – Commercial-Archive.Com

    So Onion’s really do rule the world….

20. Welcome to Hahn Super Dry – HahnSuperdry.Com.au

    When enter the website see a clip a woman’s hands holding a pair of naked breasts moving in time to music. The shot widens, the breasts are revealed to be those of an obese man. The clip ends “Boobs, great on women. Not so good on men.”

21. Hahn beer ad too boob-a-licious – Adland – Commercial-Archive.Com

    “The Hearld Sun in Australia reports that Beer ads for Hahn Superdry, which star a bikini-clad woman under the title “Hahn boobs”, are under fire for offensive sexism.” – http://www.hahnsuperdry.com.au/