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Super Travel Searches - UpTake.com

User-generated rating, reviews and testimonials have become essential for the modern traveler. Social travel networks let you check out hotel reviews before booking. After looking at the review, you either book or compare it to other hotels which could have better reviews, prices or are simply a better fit. The purpose has been to make hotel searches easy. Last Wednesday, hotel searches became even easier. A new hotel search engine, UpTake.com (previously known as Kango) launches its beta versi… [More]

Animated Graffiti - MUTO in Buenos Aires (VIDEO)

Is graffiti art or vandalism? There are different opinions about that, but this is a type of graffiti I haven't seen before. It's animated. An artist that calls him self Blu created this video with of his animated graffiti story. The MUTO project was made on the walls of Buenos Aires in Argentina … [More]

Jail Bail Via Twitter - Student Rescued After Tweet in Egypt

James Buck, an American student studying the new leftists and the blogosphere in Egypt for his Master thesis was arrested when watching riots in Mahalla, Egypt on April 10th. Just after his arrest, he managed to tweet "Arrested" which alerted his friends and followers of the situation. As a result… [More]

Gender Equality: Topless Women in Swimming Pools in Denmark

Denmark is known for being liberal towards sex and on the forefront when it comes to gender equality (remember the Danish couple by the Colorado River in "Into the Wild"?). After a group of young girls went topless in a swimming pool in down town Copenhagen last year to protest the "pornification" o… [More]

3G iPhone Within 60 Days? (VIDEO)

According to Cnet News, the legendary tech columnist Walt Mossberg, or Uncle Walt, from The Wall Street Journal has predicted that we will see the next generation of iPhones within 60 days. An iPhone with 3G capabilities. He made a very subtle statement while speaking at a conference held by beet.tv… [More]

Controversial TV Spot Is 2007's Best TV Ad - The Last Supper (VIDEO)

Sex and violence are popular methods to catch attention in advertising. But you can make other sorts of controversial ads, like this ad for Siminn, an Icelandic phone company. They are changing history. And the history they chose to change, is Jesus' last supper. The ad was chosen the best ad of t… [More]

Beach Surprise - Mysterious Grand Pianos Washed Ashore in the Netherlands (GALLERY)

It's obvious that the Dutch are not afraid of the sea, with 20% of the country being below sea level. The sea doesn't seem to bring them fear or destruction, it brings them surprises. Big beach surprises. Remember the mysterious big lego figure that washed ashore in Zandvoort in the Netherlands last… [More]

First Edition Sportscars on Auction (GALLERY)

Number 1 is what everybody is after, right? Copy number one often has a higher price then the following copies. And it doesn't seem to matter whether that is a stamp or a brand new sports car. The Barret Jackson 2008 auction is the place where car collectors sell and buy their cars. Three #1 copie… [More]

Aquaduct - Bike Your Way to Clean Water (VIDEO)

This innovative bike was the winning submission in the Innovate or Die competition. This unique invention is a tricycle with a built in water filtration system. At the back it has a large water container for unpure water. When you start riding the bike you pump the water from that container through … [More]

Mutated Mice Play With Cats (VIDEO)

Who's afraid of the big bad cat? Not this mouse, that's for sure. With the help of Japanese scientist this mouse got her genes "improved" so that she can't smell cats. Her instinct tells her to play dead if she smells a cat, but now she just plays with the cat like any other hairball. [More]