Topic: MUSIK - on November 13, 2007 at 3:05:00 PM CET
Chasing Amy
Over the past months, chart-topping tabloid magnet Amy Winehouse has wandered bloody through the streets of London, checked in to (and out of) rehab and slipped into a coma. Blender trails the diva through Europe to learn firsthand that “no, no, no” still means no.
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Topic: MUSIK - on November 13, 2007 at 3:04:00 PM CET
Amy Winehouse: «Ich habe keine Zeit für Drogen»
Die Sängerin, die im August 2007 wegen einer Überdosis Drogen ins Krankenhaus kam und letzten Oktober wegen Marihuana-Besitzes verhaftet wurde, gab jetzt der US-Zeitschrift «Blender» ein merkwürdiges Interview, während dem sie sogar dreimal einnickte.
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Topic: KAMELE - on November 13, 2007 at 11:18:00 AM CET
Saudi Fatwa Bans Camel Beauty Contests
Members of Saudi Arabia's Senior Clerics Association have issued a fatwa banning camel beauty contests.
The fatwa stated that the contests are prohibited because they include perversion, waste money on futility and ostentation, and are similar to games banned by the Koran.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 13, 2007 at 11:16:00 AM CET
Chinese Trojan on Maxtor HDDs spooks Taiwan
Confirmation that a Maxtor hard disk drive was infected with a Trojan by a manufacturing sub-contractor in China is spooking Taiwanese authorities, one of the countries where examples of the infected kit have begun to appear.
As first reported by El Reg in September a pre-installed Trojan named AutoRun-AH was discovered by Kaspersky Labs on Maxtor 3200 external hard drives sold in the Netherlands. Maxtor is owned Seagate. Initially, Seagate expressed skepticism about the reports.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 13, 2007 at 11:14:00 AM CET
Diversity attacks Top500 supercomputer list
The latest Top 500 Supercomputer list has arrived, reflecting a rather vibrant market for the highest performing systems.
A refreshed version of IBM's BlueGene/L system at Lawrence Livermore National Lab remains the top overall machine. It's been number one since 2004, which must be a source of endless joy at both Big Blue and LLNL. The fresh BlueGene system has posted a Linpack benchmark score of 478.2 teraflops, which compares to 280.6 teraflops six months ago.
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Topic: Photoshop - on November 13, 2007 at 11:08:00 AM CET
Lawn Mower
i'm proud to present you , my new project , i need to realitic rendering fo my personal book , i want tryto make a car studies studio , and i was totaly blased per all the audi TT and other nissan XYZ, i have decide for this exercice to make a differente objects in diffirents lights setup :)
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Topic: Phone - on November 13, 2007 at 11:02:00 AM CET
The Portable Cell Phone Booth
The Portable Cellular Phone Booth provides a visual image of social sacrifices and opportunities to interact with one another lost due to our own self-involvement. The sculpture is a retractable phone booth that is carried on your back and can slide up and over your head to completely isolate you from society, kind of like the way a cell phone does.
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Topic: MUSIK - on November 13, 2007 at 10:59:00 AM CET
Pop musician Peter Gabriel launches 'YouTube for human rights
Founded in 1992 by musician Peter Gabriel, Witness organisation with its slogan "See It Film It Change It" aims at denouncing and providing evidence for human rights violations through video footage. To achieve this aim, human rights activists were given cameras and taught how to use them. Web accessibility simplifies this process by facilitating the media-independent global distribution of information and videos recorded on film or mobile phone cameras.
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Topic: MUSIK - on November 13, 2007 at 10:51:00 AM CET
PRINCE'S TOUR PROMOTER ENTERS FAN 'CONTROVERSY'
According to TMZ.com, the artist recorded a new track, titled "PFUnk" and gave the song to the Web site PrinceFansUnited.com, which was formed by his three largest fan sites to battle the barrage of cease-and-desist letters from Web Sheriff, an Internet policing company hired by the label.
eurweb.com Prince sends army of lawyers to take on Pirate Bay old shit
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Topic: MUSIK - on November 13, 2007 at 10:06:00 AM CET
Gibson Robotic Guitar
Gibson isn’t the first company to develop a robotic guitar tuning system, but their “Robot Guitar” with its sexy blue sunburst finish is undoubtedly the slickest implementation so far. Not only will the guitar tune itself, it’s also able to switch between a variety of different tuning presets depending on what you want to play.
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