A Week of Art in London on 50 Quids (via Stephen Moss)

London was never a cheap place to do anything to start with.The Guardian sent Stephen Moss on a mission: How to enjoy a week of culture in London on 50 quids (food and drinks included). Stephen Moss gives us his report in The artful ticket-dodger which goes under the...

Nine Inch Nails Tracks Downloads of 'The Slip' via Google Earth

This is the first time I've seen this done.  Pretty cool.  Fan geo-location."Over 1.4 million unique users have downloaded the free Nine Inch Nails album The Slip, according to the band, since they...

Via Rail train quarantined in Foleyet near Timmins Ontario

On friday May 9th a VIA RAIL train has been stopped at the end of Main street in Foleyet near Timmins (Ontario), about 350 kms north of Sudbury and about 800kms north west of Toronto (Ontario). Initially, it has been reported that one person has died and that the train...

Alicia Keys to find backing singer via Myspace

Talented singer Alicia Keys will be looking for a new backing singer - by auditioning singers on the popular social networking site, Myspace. I guess it means that people who can't travel to audition can still...

Get Madonna's new album - on your cell phone

The Queen of Pop, who refused to allow her music to be sold on iTunes, will become the first artist to allow her latest album Hard Candy to be made available for download on your cell phone, a week before it is...

Some Details of HP UMPC 2133 Revealed; Coming in April

"HP Compaq 2133 is a new UMPC that comes with a good size of 8.9" display and covers a vast range of budget systems pricing from US $630 and by getting faster processor, better GPU and more facilities like 3G the price can overtake MacBook Air’s price."

Via's New Low-Power Isaiah UMPC Processor Can Run Crysis

Centaur and VIA together have made a new UMPC processor called CN or Isaiah which is based on x86 processor architecture and 65nm technology. The interestingis that A 1.8GHz CN processor is able to run Crysis and A 1.4GHz CN processor is able to run a Blu-ray HD video easily.

Ribblehead Viaduct open to walkers

"Dent - Cumbria England.Hundreds of people took advantage of the first opportunity to explore the  Ribblehead Viaduct by foot while the Settle-Carlisle railway line, which runs along it, was closed for repairs. The experience was not for the fainthearted, given that the...

The words that trigger Echelon

I don't believe it. Echelon must be more sophisticated. But maybe not. Not if it's the same people who didn't know there were no WMD in Iraq.

Derailment forces Via passengers to take bus between Montreal and Quebec City...

MONTREAL (CP) - Via Rail Canada's passenger service between Montreal and Quebec City was disrupted Thursday because of a freight train derailment. Via put on buses for passengers in both directions.

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