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Users Paying For Popularity

Digg Fraud

Users Paying For Popularity
Digg-ers dig popular stories and anticipate the cool news...don't they? Many people believe that only the genuinely popular stuff gets promoted....but is that really true? Seems not. "Wired" decided to…
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Rats At KFC-Taco Bell, NYC Wreak Havoc For Yum (VIDEO)

NYC health department closed the Greenwich Village oulet after rats were seen running wild in the outlet. Far from a localised issue - this has global consquences, as a video of the vermin has exploded…
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The Social Dictionary

WordSource

The Social Dictionary
Today saw the launch of a new online dictionary and thesaurus called WordSource. A dictionary with a difference, it has various social features, enabling users to upload photos linked to the words, add…
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The Longest Collaborative Image On The Internet

The Worm

The Longest Collaborative Image On The Internet
Bluesfear have developed a visual collaboration of digital art. Essentially, it's a very long image made up of smaller images with each artist blending their image to the previous. It's a community project…
Published   3,253 Views   1 Comment  
Stickam

MySpace and YouTube Competitors

Stickam
New, free and anonymous, Stickam is the latest social website to enter the ring. But it’s a social website with a difference, as it offers live and uncut videos and chat, ringing alarm bells of parents…
Published   4,602 Views   1 Comment  

Media Multitasking

The way young people are consuming media is changing dramatically and this report by the Kaiser Family Foundation explores trends in the growing phenomenon of media multitasking amongst young Americans.…
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Doodle In 3D

Doodle is getting geeky techno junkies all in a fluster - it's a "work-in-progress that explores the possibilities of intuitive and direct drawing in 3D virtual space". Unfortunately there's only a limited…
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World Press Photo Winners

Inspiring and painful - it's worth checking out the gallery of winners. World Press Photo of the Year 2006 went to US photographer Spencer Platt of Getty Images. The picture shows a group of young Lebanese driving through a South Beirut neighborhood devastated by Israeli bombings. The picture was ta…
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Shameless Public Nudity

Streaker Love Story

Shameless Public Nudity
Virals and nudity often go hand in hand and some might say they can even be good for business. Add to these a hoax and you could be heading for a trifecta. This seems to be the idea behind LoveStory07.com…
Published   14,486 Views  
First All-User Generated News Programme

BBC

First All-User Generated News Programme
BBC News 24 has launched what is believed to be the first all user-generated news programme, 'Your News', featuring new stories made up from material sent in by the public. 'Your News', which began a pilot…
Published   3,357 Views  
The Coca Cola Challenge

Consumer Generated Media (VIDEO)

The Coca Cola Challenge
It seems Coke has learned a thing or two about the need to embrace the consumer generated phenomenon. After the initial Coke/Mentos videos ‘debacle’, when Coke took the high ground saying that they…
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Hollywood Embraces Web 2.0

Snakes on a Plane - you cant fail to have seen or heard some of the hype - thousands of websites, blogs, homemade trailers, posters and songs dedicated to the movie – and it’s yet to be released. Such…
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Yahoo Launches Online Video Show

Aimed at the young and web savvy, Yahoo has launched a beta of a TV-like online video show called "The 9" – it’s a daily video compilation show featuring the nine top "Web finds" of the day. The requisite…
Published   2,249 Views  

Cyber Crooks on the Increase

The profit motive has never been greater for cybercrooks to take control of a PC to hijack online accounts and commit identity theft. Yet most people don't realise the degree to which their favourite software…
Published   2,632 Views  

Social Money: The Next Big Thing?

Hot on the heels of the explosion of social networking is the emergence of a new market dubbed “social money” – the informal currency between friends. PayPal, MasterCard, Cingular, and a host of…
Published   4,158 Views  

Wearable Canoe

Continuing on the wearable art trend - and inspired by the floods in New Orleans, Yael Mer designed a skirt that inflates and turns into a canoe in case of flood. Emergency and beauty can meet each it…
Published   4,362 Views  
The Ultimate Alarm Clock?

Automatic Blanket Remover

The Ultimate Alarm Clock?
Need to wake up early tomorrow morning? Well this latest invention should ensure you get up on time –whether you like it or not. If you switch off your snooze button, your blanket will be torn down in…
Published   6,831 Views  

Campaign Wiki

Could this be the start of the era of net-driven participatory politics? Is new media capable of inventing a new era of politics? Wikipedia founder Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales seems to think so, as he’s just…
Published   2,988 Views  

Yahoo Tech Buzz Game for Future Products

Calling all geeks – Yahoo have introduced a fantasy prediction market for high-tech products, concepts, and trends. Your goal as a player is to predict how popular various technologies will be in the…
Published   2,957 Views  

World's First Eco Scooter

For all you eco warriors out there - Ecodrive has just announced their launch of the world's first battery powered motorcycles and scooters. Given they offer the economy of a bicycle (no licence, registration,…
Published   6,056 Views   1 Comment  

IMicrosoft Online Demographic Predictor

Interesting new tool from Microsoft - AdCenter technology can predict a customer’s age, gender, and other demographic information according to his or her online behaviour that is, from search queries…
Published   3,529 Views  

Solar Boat Race

More than 20 teams from Europe and the US are gearing up for the Nuon Solar Challenge - a contest to build and race a solar-powered boat - to run from July 1st. But given it is held in rainy Netherlands…
Published   3,097 Views  
Flagr.com Lets You Leave Your Mark on the World

Live Locators

Flagr.com Lets You Leave Your Mark on the World
Share where you go, while on the go. Online or from your mobile, place a flag to reveal your location, or keep an eye on your mates, as they leave theirs. A flag is a real-world, geographic bookmark that…
Published   4,350 Views  

Migraine Zapper

Unbearable headaches and sensitivity to bright lights could be a thing of the past. The hand-held migraine zapper is a gadget which produces short but strong, low-frequency magnetic pulses that suppress…
Published   4,046 Views  
Re-Create Lost Memories

Fixr

Re-Create Lost Memories
Should you ever forget (or lose) your camera – fear not – just brief the guys at Fixr on what you missed out on and they’ll find a photo that best captures the experience and you upload it to y our…
Published   4,732 Views   1 Comment  
Viral Campaign Creates Fake New Species

Genpets Foolery

Viral Campaign Creates Fake New Species
Seems the world hasn't infact gone mad...and the Gen Pets are just a spoof. A viral campaign instigated by an upandcoming sculptor, whose purpose for the project appears to be a mixture of commercial art,…
Published   8,825 Views   1 Comment  

Instant Personal Space

Hide yourself away from hectic surroundings and create instant personal space. Wearers simply pull up the dress, zip the skirt all around themselves and an air cartridge inflates the skirt to form a cocoon…
Published   4,304 Views  

Sudoku Loo Roll

Is the end nigh for a relaxing read of the newspaper while you’re in the loo? Well, time is the most precious commodity we have and we should use it wisely, which is perhaps the rationale for the why…
Published   3,939 Views   1 Comment  

A Chocolate Bar That Cures Acne

As part of their ingestible skin care range, Borba - a cosmetics and skin care manufacturer have developed a "Chocolate Clarifying Bar” with zit-zapping qualities. It contains Borba’s "Skin Balance Clarifying Aqua-Less Crystalline Powder to remove toxins and improve skin clarity. The powder cont…
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Frozen Baked Bean Sarnies

Capitalising on the cash rich time poor generation – Heinz have invented the frozen baked bean sandwich, which simply needs to be heated in a toaster. The impending launch is supported by a somewhat…
Published   3,112 Views  





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