July 2008 - Posts - Play Things

July 2008 - Posts

Olympic opening ceremony rehearsal videos leaked!

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
From the BBC : A South Korean television station has broadcast a secret dress rehearsal for the opening of Beijing Olympics, irking the Chinese organisers of the Games. Apparently the Koreans just wandered in and began filming without anyone stopping them. The video is pretty spectacular. Though there are only a few second worth of snippets, the video...

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The next Google?

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
Yes. What a desperate-for-traffic headline that is? But tis true. The internets are ablaze with rumours of a new competitor Google that may finally not go bankrupt a few minutes after the press conference. This is what Webware has to say: There's a big new search engine launching Monday: Cuil . Developed and run by the husband-and-wife team of Stanford...

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The essential guide to becoming a superhero

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
With The Dark Knight setting box offices on fire all week, this is a great time to look deep within ourselves and see if we have what it takes to be a super hero. Can we fight crime? Stand for good in the face of gruesome evil? Fill out a catsuit and cod piece in the right places? A Scientific American Q&A feature investigates the possibility of...

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