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Cinema warns Bruno film ‘is vile’ - BBC Europe

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Cinema warns Bruno film ‘is vile’ - BBC Europe
An Irish cinema showing controversial film Bruno has taken a novel approach to attracting customers, warning them that the film is “vile”. The movie, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as

Andrew Flintoff’s greatest over, why Tiger is favourite and a - The Guardian
Classic YouTube: Featuring the new Mexico manager kicking off, cliff-diving madness and Sepp Blatter hitting the deck

Coronation Street View on Google - MSN UK News
Coronation Street is to become the first soap set to feature on Google Street View. The show’s producers invited one of the site’s camera cars to take a drive down the famous

‘Internet Geek’ Kate Middleton - femalefirst.co.uk
Kate Middleton has been labelled an “internet geek”. The brunette beauty, the long-term girlfriend of Britain’s Prince William, attended the Online Marketing Show at London’s

Friday Feeling : Create your own post-rock with inbflat - Drowned In Sound
Ever wanted to compose fantastical post-rock odysseys but never had the chance or, more likely, the talent? Well, all that could change for you today with the subject of this week

Google sees YouTube profitable in near future - Reuters UK
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web video site YouTube will be profitable for Google Inc in the near future, the Internet search leader said on Thursday. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65

Desperate Housewife Dannii Minogue? - femalefirst.co.uk

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:55:13 +0000

Desperate Housewife Dannii Minogue? - femalefirst.co.uk
Dannii Minogue wants to star in ‘Desperate Housewives’. The ‘X Factor’ judge is keen to revive her acting career and has her sights set on the popular US comedy-drama series about

Family Guy Receives Emmy Nominations: First Animated Show - In Entertainment
Who would have thought that an animated show would receive an Emmy nomination? Well, according to latimes.com , that is what “Family Guy” has done. And it’s the first

Andrew Flintoff’s greatest over, why Tiger is favourite and a - The Guardian
Classic YouTube: Featuring the new Mexico manager kicking off, cliff-diving madness and Sepp Blatter hitting the deck

State loses challenge to rapist’s two-year sentence - Belfast Telegraph

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:55:11 +0000

State loses challenge to rapist’s two-year sentence - Belfast Telegraph
The State has lost its undue leniency challenge against a two-year jail term handed down to a 47-year-old Waterford businessman who raped a prostitute. Billy Keogh, a married

Father Held Over Triple Fatal House Fire - Sky.com
It is understood that Kevin Hargreaves, 37, was arrested after the blaze in Openshaw killed his son John Hargreaves, eight, stepson Jordan Swift, 14, and stepdaughter Carly Swift

Man held after fatal house blaze - Ananova
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a blaze which killed a teenager and her two young brothers. It is understood the 37-year-old suspect was the father of some

Mozilla plugs security hole with Firefox 3.5.1 - ZDNet UK
Mozilla updated Firefox to version 3.5.1 for Windows, Mac, and Linux on Thursday, fixing a security problem, improving stability, and speeding launch time on some Windows systems

Father held over fatal house fire - BBC UK News
A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of three members of his own family in a house fire in Manchester. Carly Swift, 19, died soon after the blaze swept through the

You will, Benedict, you will: Vatican claims Oscar Wilde as one of its - Times Online

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:55:30 +0000

You will, Benedict, you will: Vatican claims Oscar Wilde as one of its - Times Online
In life, he was about as likely a Catholic hero as Pontius Pilate. Now, more than a century after his death, Oscar Wilde has been claimed by The Vatican as one of its own. Wilde

Google: We can’t afford apps for every mobile - PC Advisor
Browsers are the future of mobile applications and they are just beginning to gain the features that will make new uses of mobile phones compelling, a Google executive said on

IVANKA TRUMP ENGAGED - Daily Express
Reality TV star IVANKA TRUMP is set to walk down the aisle - her boyfriend JARED KUSHNER has asked her to marry him. The couple’s relationship took a serious turn late last year

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Your next box set - The Guardian
You will be familiar with the premise. Larry David (above) is himself, creator of Seinfeld, famous, obviously, a big noise, but not as famous as, say, Ted Danson – and living in

Obama chooses Harvard Law grad to head EEOC - The Guardian
WASHINGTON (AP) â President Barack Obama is choosing an NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund lawyer to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The White House

Your country needs you connected - BBC Technology

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:55:45 +0000

Your country needs you connected - BBC Technology
That is the dilemma facing Martha Lane Fox, erstwhile co-founder of Lastminute.com and freshly appointed Digital Champion. It may sometimes seem like the world and her brother are

Daily Digest 16 July - ElectricNews.net
It’s not just Ireland that’s feeling the snip on Thursday. Finland has its own woes to worry about following Nokia ’s latest results. The handset maker has revealed that second

Facebook hits 250 million users mark - Daily Telegraph
“The rapid pace of our growth is humbling and exciting for us,” he said. Facebook was founded in California in 2004 and has become the most popular online social networking service

Boris’s mixed-up housing plans - The Guardian
Dave Hill: Are Conservative plans for London a viable solution to big urban problems, or the ’social cleansing’ of the capital’s poor?

Police swoop on ‘fight’ mum - The Sun

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:57:33 +0000

Police swoop on ‘fight’ mum - The Sun
Mum Margaret Kelly was last night charged over the YouTube fight video shocker – in which she was alleged to have egged on her daughter to beat another girl

Andrew Flintoff’s greatest over, why Tiger is favourite and a - The Guardian
Classic YouTube: Featuring the new Mexico manager kicking off, cliff-diving madness and Sepp Blatter hitting the deck

Obama borrows Republican tactics to sell healthcare plan - The Independent
The battle over the future of the US healthcare industry moved to the airwaves yesterday as Americans got their first glimpse of advertisements in support of President Barack Obama

Andrew Flintoff: five highs and lows - Daily Telegraph
Flintoff’s last Test hundred for England was timed to perfection as he sets up the win that would ultimately lead to the series victory, champagne corks and Fred’s biggest hangover

Video: Rubik’s Cube inventor’s new 360 puzzle - Daily Telegraph
The Rubik’s 360 is set to repeat the success of the Cube, which became an overnight sensation almost three decades ago and remains the world’s fastest-selling toy. Now the

Green shoots in the music industry? - BBC
Is it possible that the music industry has finally spotted the light at the end of the tunnel - and it’s not the flashing light on the oncoming Pirate Express locomotive? This week

4.5 million plan for new Flintshire school unveiled - Evening Leader

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:57:06 +0000

4.5 million plan for new Flintshire school unveiled - Evening Leader
TWO schools could be demolished and replaced with a state-of-the-art building after a multi-million pound grant was secured. More than £4.5 million is available for the purpose

Bill Gates Suggests Natal Heading To PC News - TotalVideoGames.com
Bill Gates may have long left his senior position at Microsoft to tend to his roses and offer his time to more philanthropic causes; however it seems the former Microsoft CEO is

Family is left ’scared’ after house attack - NewsLetter
A YOUNG family who moved into a new housing development in east Belfast have spoken of their horror after they came under attack from nationalist youths. John Hutton, his nine

GILL HINTS AT MORE MAN UNITED SIGNINGS - Sporting Life
Manchester United chief executive David Gill is not ruling out the possibility of further new signings before the close of the transfer window. Following the departures of

Andrew Flintoff: five highs and lows - Daily Telegraph

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:55:58 +0000

MOBO winner Chipmunk heads to The Kasbah - Coventry Observer
MOBO award-winning rapper Chipmunk heads to The Kasbah later this year. At just 18-years-old, Chipmunk became the youngest ever act to scoop a MOBO award - for best newcomer in

Operation Sarah: How the Prime Minister’s wife is rebranding herself - The Independent
When Gordon Brown sat down at a press conference at the G8 summit in Italy last week and solemnly pronounced that allegations of phone-hacking by The News of the World constituted

Bolivia calls time on bizarre world of prison frequented by tourists - The Guardian
Children play in the courtyard of San Pedro prison in La Paz, 20 March 2007. Photograph: Melanie Stetson Freeman/Christian Science Monitor It used to be one of South America’s most

Tories plan 80 city-based TV stations for local news - Times Online
ITV’s regional news bulletins would be replaced by 80 city-based stations under a Conservative government, under a plan for reforming local television unveiled today. Jeremy Hunt

Microsoft stores to open near Apple stores in fall - Reuters UK

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:57:13 +0000

Microsoft stores to open near Apple stores in fall - Reuters UK
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft will open stores close to those of Apple this fall, according to its chief operating officer, as it looks to win back the initiative in the battle for

Microsoft’s Bing gains on Yahoo, Google - The Guardian
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp’s market share of the U.S. Internet search market increased modestly in June, the first month that it fielded its new Bing search

Chrome OS: Windows killer? - The Register
Google’s announcement last week concerning its plans to bring out a fully fledged operating system was inevitably going to put the cat amongst the twitterati. “Let’s see

Windows 7 tops charts at Amazon - The Guardian
Pre-orders for Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 7 have left Vista in the dust Windows 7 tops charts at Amazon. Pre-orders for Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 7 have left Vista

New York Seen - Daily Telegraph Blogs

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:56:25 +0000

New York Seen - Daily Telegraph Blogs
As Woody Allen says at the beginning of Manhattan (the bit before he starts sleeping with a 17-year-old schoolgirl), it’s possible to be “too romantic about New York”. Here

Brown bullying runs in the family - Daily Telegraph Blogs
“Green day? More like dirty brown: Sacré vert! Yesterday, as you may have noticed, was Green Britain Day. Except that it was actually organised by a nationalised French

Bruno Soundtrack: No album yet, the songs are - In Entertainment
Last night, saw the premiere of British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s new controversial movie “Bruno” and apparently, according to reelsoundtrack.wordpress.com , the movie’s

Music criticism in Web 2.0 - Drowned In Sound
The Internet has become so cheap and accessible that anyone can publish their opinions and call themselves a critic – all you need is a laptop and a WordPress account. While some

Chicago Boutique PR Firm Announces Expansion With New Associates - pressbox.co.uk
July 2009 (Chicago, IL) – Many people have flocked to the trend of starting a small business with layoffs and despite the down economy, and they’re looking to generate