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By - Darren Straight

Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs dies aged 56

In the early hours of this morning Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. His death was announced by Apple in a statement saying: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with

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Nikki Reed Asks You to Give a Shit for Charity

Give-a-Shit.org a new non-profit organization has a totally new way of approaching and awakening  public opinion to the world problems. Take a look at the video below – they claim the following on their homepage “Give-a-Shit.org is not like all those other charities. We’re not asking you to give us money. We’re asking you to Give a Shit. Now, don’t be packaging

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Club La Senza – Welcome!

Back in December you may remmeber the The Cup Size Choir video from La Senza. Well La Senza is back with another video, Club La Senza: Club La Senza, the place where the hottest girls will be hanging out this summer. Club La Senza invites you to join in the summer action on this nudist beach! Put outdated nudists in

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Siemens launches Aquaris first waterproof hearing instrument

Back in December, Siemens launched wireless technology for the hearing impaired. Well now they are launching the first waterproof hearing instrument called aquaris which has been developed to provide swimmers, sailors and the physically active with amplification despite the impact of water, sweat and dirt. An innovative waterproof, dust and impact resistant hearing instrument has been launched by hearing health experts Siemens

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The Sunday Times Launches The Social List

Last week, The Sunday Times launched The Sunday Times Social List at www.the-social-list.com; a definitive and ever evolving list of who’s who in the world of social networking (The World’s Most Active And Influential Social Networkers). Drawing information from the four biggest social networks – Foursquare, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook – The Sunday Times Social List system adds up your social

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Minecraft Beta 1.6 Released

Minecraft Beta 1.6 has just this minute been released out – see post from notch here. This update requires both a client and a server update. Remember though if you still wish to join my public Minecraft Server – Yet Another Minecraft Server (YAMS). Then you must NOT update! This is at least until the Bukkit Team have released a recommended Bukkit build for

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Pedal-Powered Boat for Trans-Atlantic Voyage Comes to Life with Autodesk Software

A team of British engineers relied on software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to design an innovative pedal-powered boat for a 3,000-mile trans-Atlantic race to raise money for charity. The Project Torpedalo team used Autodesk Digital Prototyping software, including Autodesk Alias Design, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Maya and Autodesk Showcase, to design, visualize and simulate the carbon fibre boat that will

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Baby Bethany is the Queen of Flickrs Peoples Royal Wedding Album, while Pippa Middleton is the Princess of Search

“Bethany was very excited to watch the Royal Wedding”, a photo taken by Flickr user Louisa Who?, has been chosen as the winner of Flickr’s ‘People’s Royal Wedding Album’ (http://www.flickr.com/groups/peoplesroyalwedding) by Yahoo! Royal Wedding Ambassador and former BBC Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond. At the same time, the undoubted star of the Royal Wedding was Pippa Middleton, according to Yahoo! Search.

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Channel 4 Seeks New Presenter For Future Family Series In Partnership With E.ON

Channel 4 is looking for someone with a passion for technology and gadgets to join the presenting team for Future Family, a major new documentary series in partnership with E.ON. The new five-part TV and web-based series will follow an average family as their lives are transformed using futuristic technology and gadgets. Featuring the latest environmental and energy-saving technology, Future

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Prince Harrys Leaked Best Mans Speech

As Britain and the rest of the world are gripped by Royal Wedding fever, the pressure will be on Prince Harry when he presents his best man speech to a room packed full of the world’s elite. Last week a campaign launched by Article10 presentations imagined what the young Prince might say in his address to the 1,900 wedding guests,