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Solid Gold Kate Moss
Coxsoft Art News (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Lifestyle
The British Museum has released this teaser of Marc Quinn's latest statue of Kate Moss, Siren , which is made of solid gold worth £1.5m and weighs in at 50 of those Euro kilogram thingies. Siren will be the star attraction at the Museums's exhibition of contemporary sculpture Statuephilia , due to open on 4 October. Ron Mueck will also be exhibiting. Less interesting works will be provided by the likes... -
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Gun factory man jailed for 11 years
Scotsman.com (subscribe) | 20 minutes ago | Entertainment
A MAN who converted replica weapons used in nine gangland murders was jailed for life yesterday – with the judge at Reading Crown Court warning the death toll caused by his s -
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I am victim of race bias, says Scotland Yard's No 3
Scotsman.com (subscribe) | 20 minutes ago | UK Politics
A SENIOR police officer yesterday accused his force of race discrimination. -
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Search teams ready to enter blaze mansion
Scotsman.com (subscribe) | 20 minutes ago | UK
SPECULATION about why a country house was burned to the ground, and why its millionaire owner and family have disappeared without trace, continued last night as search teams -
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Scot loses extradition fight
Scotsman.com (subscribe) | 44 minutes ago | High-Tech
A SCOTTISH computer expert who hacked into top secret US military networks lost his legal appeal yesterday and will be extradited in the next two weeks.
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More than 100 Taleban killed in Helmand
Scotsman.com (subscribe) | 44 minutes ago | International
AFGHAN and United States-led coalition forces have killed more than 100 Taleban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand during three days of fighting, the US military said -
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Obama paints McCain as more of Bush
Financial Time (subscribe) | 48 minutes ago | International
Barack Obama was poised to accept the Democratic nomination for president with a hard-hitting speech that equated the election of Republican John McCain with a third Bush term and proclaimed that "eight (years) is enough". -
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Chelsea warned of Roma threat
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Deaths from hospital superbug Clostridium difficile up by 28%
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Putin brands Georgian crisis a US-led conspiracy
The Irish Times (subscribe) | 3 minutes ago | International
RUSSIAN PRIME minister Vladimir Putin has accused unnamed US figures of provoking the Georgian conflict to influence their forthcoming presidential election, as Moscow slipped deeper into diplomatic isolation over its recognition of independence for South Ossetia and Abkhazia. - see all breaking news
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What’s wrong with Technorati
NevilleHobson (subscribe) | 27/08/2008 | Technology
In episode #373 of the FIR podcast last week, Shel and I discussed what’s wrong with Technorati. This turned into quite a lengthy discussion, initially prompted by Dan York’s report in that episode in which he talked about what’s wrong with Technorati. There seems to be a growing feeling that something’s wrong with Technorati. In my recent [...] -
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Notables in the 2008 Gartner hype cycle
NevilleHobson (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Last month, IT industry analysts Gartner published their 2008 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. Here’s what it looks like: What I find especially interesting is where on the hype cycle some of these technologies are, especially seeing their current and predicted positions along the Technology Trigger and cresting the Peak of Inflated Expectations. What will languish in [...] -
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Dad’s Cab novelty taxi meter
Coolest Gadgets (subscribe) | 27/08/2008 | Technology
Ask any dad and he’ll tell you that he wears many hats, and among the more popular ones would be that of a driver - at least until the kid is old enough to drive. Enter the Dad’s Cab novelty taxi meter. Gifts for dads don’t come much better than this Gift of the Year Award winner, Dad’s Cab. Dad’s Cab is a novelty taxi meter that comes with an assortment of forfeit cards that overworked dads can dish... -
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What would a British foreign policy be like?
David Llewellyn (subscribe) | yesterday | Politics
Iain Martin calls for a British foreign policy . Hear, hear. But what would such a foreign policy look like? How would it differ from the European one, which Britain is currently bound to uphold (in the words of the Treaties) "actively and unreservedly, in a spirit of loyalty and mutual solidarity"? ... -
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Lian Li XB01 Xbox 360 case unboxed and put to the test
Engadget (subscribe) | 26/08/2008 | Video Games
Filed under: Gaming Correct us if we're wrong, but the Lian Li XB01 chassis for the Xbox 360 marks a notable departure for the case mod industry. Far from making the 360 " more badass " or " more laptopy ," the Lian Li XB01 merely aspires to make the 360 what it should've been out of the gate: cool and quiet(er). The folks at bit-tech.net put one through its paces, and have discerned that it "looks... - see blog ranking see all discussions
