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Archive for November, 2008

First pictures of burned-out rooms inside Mumbai terror siege hotel

29Nov08

The first pictures of burned-out rooms at a luxury Mumbai hotel where terrorists were holed up for three days were released today after the siege ended. The shocking images emerged after crack troops killed the remaining three insurgents at the five-star Taj Mahal after a fierce one-hour gun battle. At least 195 people were killed [...]

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Tags: Bradford, Conflict, Death, Erika Mann, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Gordon Brown, Guns, India, National Security Guard, Pakistan, Peter Worth, Taj Mahal, Terror, terrorism, Terrorist, War

When Twitter Met Facebook: The Acquisition Deal That Fail-Whaled

24Nov08

About three weeks ago, Facebook and Twitter ended several weeks of serious talks, in which Facebook was offering to acquire Twitter for $500 million of its stock, which also included a cash component. While rumors of Facebook’s interest were brought up in an interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Web 2.0 Summit a [...]

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Tags: acquisition, Amazon, Bezos Expeditions, Bijan Sabet, blogger, BoomTown, cell, Charles River Ventures, Chris Sacca, Dan Rose, Dick Costolo, digital, Digital Garage, Epinions, Evan Williams, facebook, FeedBurner, google, Internet, Jack Dorsey, Jeff Bezos, Kara Swisher, Marc Andreessen, Mark Zuckerberg, microblogging, microsoft, mobile, Naval Ravikant, Odeo, phone, Pyra Labs, revenue, Ron Conway, San Francisco, SMS, social networking, Spark Capital, status update, stock, twitter, Union Square Ventures, Verizon, Web 2.0 Summit, Yahoo

MGMT – Electric Feel

23Nov08

One of my favorite bands MGMT has a song called “Electric Feel”. It’s definitely my favorite song of all time. MGMT plays Rock/Healing & Easy Listening/Soul music which to say the least, is very satisfying, not to mention therapeutic. This video is different though. You see, it’s stars are animal puppets… to tell you the [...]

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Tags: Arts, Easy Listening, Electric Feel, MGMT, music, Oracular Spectacular, Puppet, Rock, Soul, Styles, video

Ashley Dupre Wants a Career in Music

21Nov08

The former escort linked to ex-NY Gov. Spitzer, wants a career in music. You think she’ll make it? Subscribe to me will you?

Filed under: Babes, Bizzare, hot women, music, scandal, So Sad, t.v., WTF?!?! | Leave a Comment
Tags: Adult, Ashley Alexandra Dupré, Ashley Dupre, Business, Careers, Education, Eliot Spitzer, Employment, Escort, Governor, music, New York, Personal Services, Prositution, scandal, Sex, Spitzer

Olivia Munn: Bond Girl Audition

20Nov08

‘Attack of the Show’ has pretty serious Hollywood connections and every once in a while we like to use them. We have obtained Olivia’s Bond girl audition tape for ‘Quantum of So… Subscribe to me will you?

Filed under: Attack of The Show, Babes, Bizzare, Cool, funny, geeky, hot women, movies, Olivia Munn, t.v., WTF?!?! | Leave a Comment
Tags: AOTS, Attack of The Show, Bond, Celebrity Gossip, Daniel Craig, G4TV, James Bond, Maxim, Movie, Olivia, Olivia Munn, Quantom of Solace, Television

What’s the Drunkest State in the Land?

19Nov08

Welcome to Wisconsin, the Wasted State: a bleary paradise where teenagers can drink legally (hey—their parents are getting loaded, too!) and you have to rack up five DUIs before the Man files felony charges. We know cheeseheads are a festive people, but we had no idea that they support more liquor licenses per capita than [...]

Filed under: Beer, Bizzare, Cool, funny, geeky | 1 Comment
Tags: Alcohol, Alcoholic beverage, Binge drinking, Business and Economy, Drunk, Mental Health, Society and Culture, United States, Utah, Wisconsin

Zune-Paint

18Nov08

~THE USERS INFO ON THE VIDEO~ Spec Ad for Zune-arts.net DISSCLAIMER: Microsoft had NO part in making this film. I made this with no money and for fun, so enjoy! Directed By: Sibling Rivalry Music by: Digitalism- Pogo (Shinichi Osawa Remix) Subscribe to me will you?

Filed under: ads, Bizzare, Cool, funny, geeky, microsoft, WTF?!?! | 1 Comment
Tags: Art, Audio, Bizzare, Digitalism, microsoft, Paint, Shinichi Osawa Remix, Zune

Super Tired

17Nov08

haven’t slept. haven’t eaten. miss my girl. i needz sleep. g’night world.

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‘Meh’: Apathetic expression enters dictionary

17Nov08

LONDON – At least someone is excited about “meh.” The expression of indifference or boredom has gained a place in the Collins English Dictionary after generating a surprising amount of enthusiasm among lexicographers. Publisher HarperCollins announced Monday the word had been chosen from terms suggested by the public for inclusion in the dictionary’s 30th anniversary [...]

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Tags: Bart Simpson, British, Canadian, Dictionary, English, fox, Harper Collins, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Matt Groening, Meh, North America, The Simpsons

Tech News Countdown – November 14

17Nov08

Alison Haislip is back and is bringing you the top 5 tech stories of the week including the death of the Mars Rover and an update on the Craigslist inner-tube heist. Subscribe to me will you?