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Lily Allen got caught up in a bar fight when celebrating her sister's birthday. read more: http://fwd4.me/7hH source: Bang! Showbiz image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: LILY ALLEN

As far as one-hit wonders go, Daniel Powter is king of them all - for this decade, at least. Powter, whose hit Bad Day reigned on top of the Billboard pop charts for five weeks in 2006, was named as the decade's worst one-hit wonder by Billboard. read more: http://fwd4.me/7hF source: AP image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: DANIEL POWTER....Decade's worst one-hit wonder

Drugs claims just another sorry twist in Woods's downward spiral.... WE ARE on a visit to Hades, heading into the realms of Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley. How much further can Tiger's image fall? read more: http://fwd4.me/7gV source: Telegraph, London image: VICODIN: "Pain medications are 10 times more common in sports than steroids. When I see them, they've been using very large amounts - very large amounts - often for a year or two, or three." ''They're trying to keep their careers going and they have a monster drug habit.'' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicodin

Web pranksters and talk show hosts have mobilised to lampoon fallen sports idol Tiger Woods in the only way they know how - relentless parody clips, remixes, online games, jokes and greeting cards. read more: http://fwd4.me/7gJ source: ASHER MOSES/GEORGINA ROBINSON/SMH Check out all the Free Online Games at Candystand.com! Play Games at AddictingGames image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: TIGER`S BEEN CHEATIN`

me too ...great stuff..

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i do like visiting Russian music and software sites....but i always make sure i`ve got my Raybans on and that i`m wearing a long brown raincoat ...

What are the issues, who are the people involved in the deal-making and what are the numbers that will be crunched at the conference? Follow our interactive explainer and find out INTERACTIVE GUIDE: http://fwd4.me/7P8 source: James Randerson, Paddy Allen, John Harris, David Adam, Damian Carrington, Eric Hilaire, Britta Stuff, Guardian research department guardian.co.uk, Monday 7 December 2009 09.00 GMT

Ozone's changing size and shape.... These images, supplied from NASA's Earth Observatory, display the size and shape of the ozone hole since 1979. IMAGE GALLERY: http://fwd4.me/7Ox source: smh.com.au/Environment image: Fair Use/Screengrab

A graduate student who must pay four record labels a combined $US675,000 ($A740,537) in damages for downloading and sharing songs online has been ordered to destroy his illegal music files - but a judge declined to force him to stop promoting the activity that got him in trouble. read more: http://fwd4.me/7OW source: AP images: Fair Use/p2pnet.multibox.be/direkt.netinet.si/: RIAA/JOEL TENENBAUM

PicPick is all-in-one software for software developers, graphic designers and home users. It has an intuitive interface and simple, elegant operation. After starting the software, you simply select one of the tools from the PicPick Tools trayicon menu when you want. It features a powerful capture tool, image editor, color picker, color palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and etc. You can use all these tools freely. Features: * Captures - Full Screen (Support for Dual Monitors) - Active Window - Window Control (Scroll a page automatically) - Region, Fixed Region - FreeHand - Repeat Last Capture * Image Editor - It's very similar to Microsoft Paint, but you can do more. - It provides an effect like selection opacity, blur, sharpen, brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, flip, rotate and etc. * Color Picker * Color Palette * Magnifier * Pixel Ruler * Protractor * Crosshair * Whiteboard PicPick is portable ware, so you don't need any installation. And, this is distributed as Freeware. So you may use this software on any number of computers for as long as you like... http://picpick.wiziple.net/features http://picpick.wiziple.net/download i use this little tool heaps on BK for youtube screengrabs and stuff like that..it`s an excellent piece of software...

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Coldplay are working with Brian Eno again on their new album. Frontman Chris Martin is said to be worried about alienating fans with their trademark stadium rock sound and hopes the legendary music producer – who helmed last LP Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends - can help make their next LP sound more intimate. read more: http://fwd4.me/7NK source: BANG Showbiz <DIV> <I> image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: BRIAN ENO

Beyonce Knowles has been nominated for 10 Grammy awards. The 'Halo' singer and Taylor Swift - who has been recognised in eight categories - were revealed as the most nominated artists at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live! yesterday (02.12.09), with both stars up for the coveted Record, Song and Album of the Year prizes. read more: http://fwd4.me/76e source: Bang! Showbiz

The lead singer of alternative rock band Weezer suffered minor injuries when the group's tour bus hit some ice, skidded across the New York State Thruway, struck a guide rail and slid into a ditch early Sunday morning. read more: http://fwd4.me/7Mx source: AP <object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: WEEZER

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Windows 7 Pack was a great offer, bundling three full Home Premium upgrades for $150(US). It was also a limited time deal, but without a set terminus. Well, now we have an expiration date: gift-buying season.....Paul Thurrott traces the arc from start to finish.... read more: http://fwd4.me/7A http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/ source: KenEnter Blog/IT World image: Fair Use/Screengrab: WINDOZE SE7EN

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, yesterday's gruesome crime is today's digital cartoon.....Crimes are now re-enacted by animators, who render the latest real-life carjackings and knifings into video game-quality digital cartoons. read more: http://fwd4.me/7Ae source: Patrick Winn/GlobalPost APPLE DAILY WEBSITE: http://tw.nextmedia.com/ CHINESE LANGUAGE CGI ANIMATED VIDEOS: http://fwd4.me/7Ag images: Fair Use/nextmedia.com/Screengrab: CHINESE CGI NEWS ANIMATION: The videos, as visually alluring as the Grand Theft Auto game series, are produced within hours. Recently, within one day of a police officer’s murder, the Apple Daily tabloids released a vivid re-enactment of the murder — capturing the perp’s haircut, the length of his blade and the torrent of blood spurting from the officer’s neck.... “People really want to watch stuff instead of reading,” said Simon Lee, CEO of multimedia for Apple Daily.

TIGER WOODS'S carefully crafted public image continues to crumble with further evidence that his minders paid alleged lover Rachel Uchitel to fly business class to Melbourne last month. read more: http://fwd4.me/7AT source: CAMERON HOUSTON/Golf/smh.com.au VIDEO: A Taiwanese newspaper website has posted a video report featuring a computer-generated interpretation of the events surrounding Tiger Woods' late night car crash. (Check out the animated domestic slap and violence at 0.56) The video piece, on Taiwan's Apple Daily website, uses CGI footage to "re-enact" a rumoured incident between Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren over infidelity allegations. Real-life scenes showing police interviews, the hospital where Woods was treated and the golf star's family were interspersed with the CGI images. In one of the CGI scenes, a cartoon-like Nordegren is seen scratching the golfing legend's face while a thought bubble hovers over her head with Woods' supposed mistress Rachel Uchitel pictured inside. In another, Tiger drives off while being chased by his wife who is swinging a golf club at the car. According to the CGI interpretation, Woods crashed his car into the fire hydrant and tree after he failed to pay attention to where he was driving. NOTE: VIDEO audio is Chinese image: Fair Use/Paul Robere/AP/Reuters/Screengrab: CRY OF THE TIGER....the star of the scandal Tiger Woods (left), and the leading ladies (from top to bottom) Wood's wife Elin, Jaimee Grubbs and Rachel Uchitel.

Everything a gadget geek could want to see under the Christmas tree. Christmas is nearly upon us..so here`s a nice little geek/tech shopping list.... http://fwd4.me/7AH source: smh.com.au image: Fair Use/Screengrab: HAVE A TECH XMAS....

or this one? Julia Fordham Different Time, Different Place lyrics (written by Julia Fordham/Simon Climie) We're all walking a fine line and I'm Walking towards you, and I Hope that I'm right in thinking, I'll never walk alone I'm always running from something Now I'm running towards you It may not be the right thing, but it's what I want to do And in a different time, in a different place I could see myself with you And in a different time and a different place I believe you could see yourself too I'll be biding my time, and I'll be Watching my step, 'cos I don't want to Be starting something here that I might live to regret 'Cos I have learnt my lesson And I have learnt it well There are some things in this life best left for time to tell In a different time, in a different place I could see myself with you And in a different time and a different place I believe you could see yourself too In a different time, in a different place I believe I could safely lay my life down in your hands I believe that's what I'd do if you gave me half the chance Oh I believe, oh I believe, oh I believe In a different time, in a different place I could see myself with you And in a different time and a different place I believe you could see yourself there too In a different time, in a different place I could see myself with you And in a different time and a different place Oh I believe you could see yourself there too Different time, different place

could this be it mate? A Different World Lyrics - Bucky Covington (American Idol 2007) 2007-06-22 06:29:40 A Different World We were born to mothers who smoked and drank Our cribs were covered in lead-based paint No childproof lids No seatbelts in cars Rode bikes with no helmets and still here we are Still here we are We got daddy's belt when we misbehaved Had three TV channels you got up to change No video games and no satellite All we had were friends and they were outside Playing outside It was a different life When we were boys and girls Not just a different time It was a different world School always started the same everyday the pledge of allegiance, then someone would pray not every kid made the team when they tried We got disappointed but that was alright We turned out alright It was a different life When we were boys and girls Not just a different time It was a different world No bottled water We'd drink from a garden hose And every Sunday, All the stores were closed. It was a different life When we were boys and girls Not just a different time It was a different world It was a different life When we were boys and girls Not just a different time It was a different world It was a different world

The Hollywood spotlight shines on Jefferson Parish, Louisiana with the premiere of a new reality TV show starring Steven Seagal and members of the local Sheriff’s Department. Read more: http://fwd4.me/79u source: The Daily Enquirer/wdsu.com image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: STEVEN SEAGAL: 'LAWMAN'

The Global Language Monitor released its yearly list of the most popular words and phrases and and declared Twitter, the 140 character wonder, the most popular English word for the year 2009. Twitter beat the words Obama (#2), H1N1 (#3), Stimulus (#4), and Vampire (#5). Last year’s word was Change, President Obama’s campaign mantra. Obama still reigns supreme as the top name for 2009 with Michael Jackson following in second place. The “King of Pop” got the top phrase award. Twitter joins the ranks of Unfriend which was declared Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year. source: Huffington Post image: Fair Use/Youtube/Screengrab: TWITTER