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Google Would Like To Buy Your Privacy Now, Please
09 Feb 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
See, it turns out that Google doesn’t actually know everything about your online browsing habits. But boy, they’d sure like to! Which is why they’re rolling out two services that records users’ online activities in full, in return for Amazon gift cards or – in the sightly more intense version – hard cash.
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Sky-diver To Break Sound Barrier With Jump From Edge Of Space
08 Feb 2012 by liam kruger / 2 Comments
This thing. Is the coolest thing. Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner is going to overcome his dorky name by leaping from a balloon at a height of 36km, and 35 seconds later become the first person to break the sound barrier during free fall. Then he’ll probably deploy his parachute and land safely in New Mexico.
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First Theatrical Trailer For “The Amazing Spider-Man” [VIDEO]
08 Feb 2012 by liam kruger / 1 Comment
Sure, Marvel dropped their ‘Avengers’ trailer during the super bowl too, but if there’s one thing Marvel likes it’s making money, and nothing makes money like overstimulated comic book movie fans. And this trailer for Marc Webb’s ‘The Amazing Spider-Man,’ starring Andrew Garfield & Emma Stone, is very, very stimulating.
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Oscar Pistorius Wins 2012 Laureus World Award [PICS]
07 Feb 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Oscar Pistorius has won the 2012 Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award. This after he became the first amputee to win a non-disabled World Championship track medal, as a member of the South African silver medal winning 4 x 400 metres relay team in South Korea. See a list of all the other winners inside.
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Die Antwoord’s New Release Is Streaming Online
07 Feb 2012 by liam kruger / 1 Comment
So! Die Antwoord’s new album, TEN$ION, is coming out tomorrow – the first release on their new, Interscope-free, indie label, ZEF Records. Which is cool. Even cooler is the fact that it’s available for free streaming on Dutch broadcasting channel 3VOOR12, in case you’re somebody who likes free stuff. Listen here.
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Dutch Kids Pedal Their Own Bus To School
07 Feb 2012 by Simon Gerber / No Comments
How did you get to school in the morning? Did your mom take you? Did you take the bus? Or did you ride a bike? Being the crazy bicycle fanatics that they are, it comes as no surprise that the Dutch have created the world’s first pedal-powered schoolbus, capable of taking 12 kids to school, solely on their own steam.
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OK Go’s Insane Chevy Music Vid [VIDEO]
06 Feb 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
Yesterday, OK Go released their new music video for Needing/Getting, which doubled as a Super Bowl ad for the Chevy Sonic. The band drives a Chevy fitted with retractable arms down a 3km stretch of desert lined with 1 000 instruments to perform a version of “Needing/Getting” that took four months to prep and four days to shoot.
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We Live In The Future Now: 83-Year-Old Woman Fitted With 3D-Printed Jaw
06 Feb 2012 by liam kruger / 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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Morning Glory
06 Feb 2012 by silverstreak / No Comments
Capetonians lost their collective faces when they were woken by a rare pre-workweek thunderstorm this morning. This shot was snapped shortly after the storm dissipated, by Twitter overlord, Alex van Rensburg – @Oolex. And the following shot was taken by 2oceansvibe emperor, Seth Rotherham, from Camps Bay’s vantage point.
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OK Go Wins The Internet Again. With Sesame Street.
03 Feb 2012 by liam kruger / 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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Groundbreaking Music Distribution Service Embraces File Sharing – Airborne
03 Feb 2012 by silverstreak / 3 Comments
And the virus is airborne. Are you one of the millions of people worldwide, who share and consume music digitally? Are you willing to pay for music, but irked by the ridiculous and restrictive licensing measures that labels put in place, for the sake of keeping their wheezing, dying CD-based business model alive? What do [...]
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SpaceX Test-Fires ‘Super’ Rocket Engines [VIDEO]
03 Feb 2012 by liam kruger / 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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Boy Saved From Ski Lift Fall – Amazing Pictures
02 Feb 2012 by Simon Gerber / 1 Comment
A group of strangers have saved a young boy’s life when he slipped from a ski-lift and fell 25ft into their arms. He survived without a single injury, and there are amazing photographs to prove it. Check them all out after the jump.
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NASA’s Recording The Dark Side Of The Moon [VIDEO]
02 Feb 2012 by liam kruger / 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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Facebook’s IPO Launch Set For Today
01 Feb 2012 by liam kruger / 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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The 2nd Game Of Thrones Season Two Trailer [VIDEO]
31 Jan 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Few TV shows had us hooked last year like Game of Thrones. And if the three-month waiting period before season two feels like an eternity to you, then take comfort in this brand new trailer – after the jump.
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Human-Shaped Remote-Controlled Planes Fly Around NYC [VIDEO]
31 Jan 2012 by liam kruger / 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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How to See When Someone Unfriends You on Facebook
31 Jan 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Ah Facebook, the digital realm where artificial friendships are born and destroyed quicker than tequila’s ability to turn a good night to regret. Everyone’s been there, you’re scrolling through your newsfeed when suddenly you realise that you’re no longer receiving Susan’s pictures of her adorable new puppy, or William’s hilarious updates. You don’t even have to make the effort of checking, you’ve been unfriended. With Mashable’s clever new script you’ll be spared the pain of similar discoveries and find out the moment someone decides to cut the cord.
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Twitter BlackOut Protest Results In Mass Tweeting
30 Jan 2012 by liam kruger / 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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South African Runner Makes History With Fifth Consecutive Olympic Nod
27 Jan 2012 by Matt McDonald / No Comments
South African long distance runner, Hendrick Ramaala, made history this morning by becoming the first South African to qualify for five consecutive Olympic Games.
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Fantastic 90′s Megamix Played On A Mouth Piano [VIDEO]
27 Jan 2012 by Simon Gerber / 1 Comment
You remember those little piano’s that you blow with your mouth to make a sound? Remember the music of the 90′s? Both are pretty awesome. Here is a great little video of a guy playing all the greatest hits from the 90′s on just such a little organ. It’s a whole lot of awesome. Full video after the jump.
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Amazing New High-Definition Photo Of Earth
27 Jan 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
Looks like the iPhone is going to have to update its default lock-screen. A new 64-megapixel, high-definition version of the “Blue Marble” has been taken from the newest Earth observation satellite, Suomi NPP, 824 kilometres above the earth. It’s a stunning photo of the planet, built out of several composite “swaths.”
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Google’s New ‘Emergency Alerts’ Feature
26 Jan 2012 by liam kruger / 1 Comment
Google has been saving up a tonne of creepy private information about you lately, which is unfortunate, but the company’s philanthropic arm just launched a new crisis response project to win back our hearts and personal data: emergency alerts on Google Maps.
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Magix Music Maker MX – Saving You From A Summer Of Bad Music
26 Jan 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It’s summer time in South Africa. There are a few angles of attack that you can employ to defeat the summer heat. The first, is loose fitting clothing. The second, is a chilled beverage. And the third, and most critical component, is music. “BUT,” I hear you say, “we’ve heard LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem so [...]
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3D Printing, The Next Front Of The Copyright War [VIDEO]
26 Jan 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Since the advent of digital media and file-sharing on the internet there have been concerns over digital piracy, however there’s a new development on the horizon which is going to affect a lot more than just the entertainment industry. Soon it may be possible to ‘download’ just about anything.
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Beautiful HD Video Of Yosemite National Park Goes Viral [VIDEO]
25 Jan 2012 by Albi P / 1 Comment
The ability to record footage in high definition (HD) has literally changed the way we look at digital media. And when used to bring out the best of nature’s inherent beauty, the results are simply jaw-dropping.
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Full Gallery Of Pics From Yesterday’s Solar Storm
25 Jan 2012 by Simon Gerber / 1 Comment
There was a lot of media coverage of the biggest solar storm in 6 years yesterday. Doomsayers were claiming the world’s electricity would be knocked out and that we’d all be burned to death by radiation. This all turned out to be a lot of hot air. What did happen though, thanks to the storm, was a spectacular display of the Northern Lights. Full gallery after the jump.
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Google Changes Privacy Settings Across Board – Users Can’t Opt Out
25 Jan 2012 by liam kruger / 1 Comment
Whoops. Looks like somewhere between Eric Schmidt and Larry Page, Google forgot their ‘don’t be evil’ rule and turned into the creepy uncle of the internet. Well, the other creepy uncle of the internet. It now follows users’ activities across YouTube, Gmail, Google Plus and Google Search, among others. Everybody, clear your history.
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