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ipad | apple tv | android | iphone | 1 Apple Event Being Held on...
Gadget Venue

Apple [AAPL] is to hold an event on September 1. Judging by the image above, they will be launching some music related services which could include a new iPod touch 4, iTV or Apple TV. Other rumoured products include a 99 cents TV s...

league | prospects taking | macdonald job | macdonald concedes | blow aston Blackburn Preview: Allard...
A Cultured Left Foot

The week ended with a flurry of activity, Sebastien Squillaci’s signing confirmed and the draw for the Champions League deciding that Arsenal had not travelled far enough in previous campaigns, send Wenger and the squad to the Ukraine in Novem...

bank holiday | august bank | holiday weekend | jams blight | blight bank Bank holiday sees 16m car...
The Guardian World News

Bank holiday crowds also likely at Heathrow and on EurostarMillions of people were taking to the roads early this morning to beat the hordes – only to find themselves facing the worst of the bank holiday traffic.Congestion, which began to build up o...

total politics | 30 libertarian | ireland blogs | libertarian blogs | northern Top 30 Libertarian Blogs
Iain Dale's Diary

The Total Politics Blogpoll results will be coming out every day over the next two weeks. The first list is the Top 30 Libertarian Blogs, which you can see HERE. The top 10 are...1 (1) Guido Fawkes2 (3) Old Holborn3 (2) Devil's Knife4 (4) Obnoxio th...

v pakistan | cricket scam | test betting | delayed fourth | pakistan cricket England v Pakistan
The Guardian World News

Hit the auto-update button for the latest posts, email rob.bagchi@guardian.co.uk and follow the match on the slyOversight corner: Forgot to say it's a fine day at Lord's and we're set fair for a full day's play and, hopefully, the sun is shining on ...

doctor | steven moffat | numbers revealed | season split | moffat calls Matt Smith talks 'Who' to...
TARDIS Newsroom - Doctor ...

Digital Spy has Q&A: Matt Smith talks 'Who' tour, Xmas, "we caught up with the main man himself, Matt Smith, to chat about the tour, the upcoming Christmas special and those Johnny Depp rumours..."Edinburgh Evening News has Doctor Who's assistan...

ipcc | climate science | rajendra pachauri | report | panel IPCC chair cleared of mis...
The Guardian World News

Independent review finds no evidence for claims that the chairman of the UN's climate panel abused his position for financial gain• George Monbiot: Pachauri cleared but smears will continue• Read the full report by KPMGThe head of the UN's climate s...

restoring honor | honor rally | civil rights | glen becks | becks restoring US right claims spirit of...
The Guardian World News

Tea Party activists gather in Washington to hear Glenn Beck on anniversary of King's 'I have a dream' speechTens of thousands descended on Washington today for one of the biggest culture clashes in decades – one that pitted an almost exclusively whi...

us combat | symptoms iraqi | iraqi views | iraq | 2003 'US soldiers sacrificed a...
The Guardian World News

In 2003, a month after coalition troops invaded, Jonathan Steele reported from across the country on how ordinary people had reacted to the toppling of Saddam. Before the last US combat troops pulled out last week, he returned to track down the peo...

street clutter | signs | philip hammond | eric pickles | bollards Pickles wages war on 'str...
The Guardian World News

Cabinet members call for crackdown on 'bossy bollards' and say advertising hoardings are a waste of moneyThe government is conducting a review into the use of signs, bollards and advertising hoardings in Britain, claiming they are a waste of money.S...

ground zero | rauf | park51 | islamic center | zero islamic Three Issues in the Debat...
The Volokh Conspiracy

(Ilya Somin) The ongoing debate over the “Ground Zero Mosque” has generated lots of commentary. But I fear that much of it conflates three separate issues: whether the government should use its power to block the construction of the mosque, whether ...

wilderness downtown | arcade fire | html 5 | google chrome | chrome browser Google and Acrade Fire Cr...
Geeky-Gadgets

Google and indie-rock band Arcade Fire have together created a fantastic demonstration of the power of HTML 5 and a new browsing experience. Combining the innovative use of Google’s mapping service, HTML 5 and music. To view the creation clo...

fried beer | zable | deep | dough | remain alcoholic Fried beer invented by en...
Odd News | newslite.tv

A chef from Texas is set to become a hero to beer and fried-food loving men everywhere... after creating a recipe for deep-fried beer. Mark Zable says he came up with the idea while sitting in a bar (where else?) and being bored by the majority of...

full links | other content | content summary | laurie leads | curtis buchanan Respect the Referee
Carlisle Rugby Football C...

The referee is an integral part of our game and without the official(s) we would be in dire straits. Those who referee do so for enjoyment in the same way that those who play the game, do so for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit the websi...

christopher myers | special adviser | hague adviser | hagues | allegations A Bleak Day For Political...
Iain Dale's Diary

*****************************************************************************I'll be reviewing the newspapers on Sky News tonight with Sally BercowJoin us at 11.30pm!*****************************************************************************Guido ...

city airport | belfast city | runway extension | ryanair pulls | city ryanair Belfast City Airport comm...
Alan in Belfast

George Best Belfast City Airport are running a couple of Community Information days this week to give local residents an opportunity to find out more about how the airport runs and its plans for the future.There’s another opportunity on Friday morni...

gay marriage | sarcasm alert | unnatural things | reject unnatural | ken mehlman Assessing the Impact of S...
The Volokh Conspiracy

(Ilya Somin) In this post commenting on the recent revelation that former RNC chairman Ken Mehlman is gay, Yale lawprof Jack Balkin argues that the recent spate of state anti-gay marriage constitutional amendments may significantly retard progress t...

baby dies | ward four | superbug hits | hits ward | four prematurely Baby dies during superbug...
The Guardian World News

Outbreak at University College London Hospital affected 13 premature babiesA premature baby died at one of England's leading hospitals during an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that affected 13 infants, it emerged today.The death has raise...

bike ride | saturday 4th | 4th september | trip relatives | relatives jane Ian Swales gets on his bi...
Chris and Glynis Abbott

The Member of Parliament for Redcar, Ian Swales, will be joining a fundraising bike ride on Saturday 4th September. The event is one of around 50 'Fresh Air Miles' events taking place across the country to celebrate 15 years of the National Cycle Ne...

english defence | defence league | protest missiles | bradford | against fascism Clashes at EDL demo in Br...
The Guardian World News

Bottles and stones thrown as police separate EDL from anti-fascist groups in Yorkshire cityBottles, stones and a smoke bomb have been hurled by supporters of the English Defence League (EDL) and opponents from Unite Against Fascism during protests i...

samantha cameron | daughter florence | hospital samantha | cornwall | cameron leaves Geraldine Dreadful MP Wri...
Iain Dale's Diary

Dear Samantha Cameron,As is traditional at this time, I would like to congratulate you on the birth of your new daughter. However, my colleagues within the Labour Party's Progressive Rationalist Institute Coalition for Solidarity have mandated me to...

paul allen | microsoft co | founder paul | valley lab | patents held Paul Allen Suing Spree Ov...
Geeky-Gadgets

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is currently seeking damages for what he believes are gross patent violations by Google, Apple, FaceBook, eBay, AOL, and Netflix. That’s quite a hit list. One blogger succinctly put it this way: he’s suing the whole i...

former cuban | fidel castro | cuban president | revolution 1959 | regrets gay Castro claims bin Laden i...
The Guardian World News

Former Cuban president says the 9/11 mastermind is in the pay of the CIA and cites WikiLeaks as his sourceFidel Castro has more reason than most to believe conspiracy theories involving dark forces in Washington. After all, the CIA tried to blow his...

paris hilton | cocaine charge | possession cocaine | socialite | us cocaine Paris Hilton held on coca...
The Guardian World News

Socialite held after car she was stopped by officers who saw what appeared to be marijuana smoke coming from windowPolice say Paris Hilton has been arrested for possession of cocaine after officers stopped the car she was in on a Las Vegas street la...

new carriers | legal aid | widow loses | forthcoming inquest | bombers loses The Gurkhas face the axe
Rogue Gunner

Its seems like winning their victory on pension rights and being able to settle in the UK may in the end cost the Gurkhas  dearly. I’m obviously biased when it comes to these Bravest of the Brave loyal servants of Britain for the last 200 yea...

advertising standards | regulate ads | standards authority | asa | marketing Advertising Standards Aut...
BitterWallet

We asked what was the point of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)  recently and… well… didn’t really come up with a decent answer. They’re like toothless combs scraping over a bald man’s shining dome. Well, now t...

social media | company websites | huge asian | few edl | deplore what’s Can social media be regul...
Measurement Matters

Britain’s Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) certainly think social media can be regulated, having today announced that online content from the UK will be subject to the same regulation as that of other media. The extended regulations are...

1015pem | 7 starter | eee pc | dual | asus eee ASUS Eee PC 1015PEM is of...
GadgetLite - Latest gadge...

ASUS has launched Eee PC 1015PEM for those who hate carrying heavy laptops with themselves. The lightweight ASUS Eee PC 1015PEM are light and boast of Atom N550 Dual Core processor which ’should’ be good enough to speed ...

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SNOWBABIES

Worsborough Country Park Originally uploaded by SnowbabiesWe had a magical walk today, the wind was howling, but we were shaded by the woods most of the time :o)......

 

E3 2009: Microsoft E3 press conference missing only fluffy kittens

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So, it’s E3 time. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo square up against each other to wow us with what is to come. In reality of course, it’s simply a big dick-waving session. But we win in the end. Today sees Microsoft’s press briefing. Microsoft always try to make a big splash, and from whhat they have shown today they have done a pretty damn good job. It’s hard to imagine how Sony can better this. And Nintendo? Well, there’s no real point them turning up. What did they announce? Find out after the jump! First off: games. Some new stuff shown, some stuff we expected. The Beatles: Rock Band demoed, with Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney coming on stage. Demonstration of Tony Hawk: Ride and how the skateboard peripheral works There is...