Monthly Archives: October 2011

Misha B Looks Set To Win X Factor

All X Factor contestants gave their all, but it was urban starlet Misha B who really stole the show last night, winning the judges over again with her powerful performance and  even receiving support from Man Utd star Rio Ferdinand who tweeted after her performance: ‘Misha B is the act to beat…what a version this is of this song…she is ...

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Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera

Researchers at the Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität) have come up with an ingenious Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera, a multi-sensor camera about the size of a cantaloupe that snaps a single, instant 360-degree panorama.

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To A Baby, A Magazine Is An iPad That Does Not Work

A video of a techno-baby playing with an iPad and magazines has gone viral. The YouTube video, from a software engineer in Paris, shows his 1-year-old daughter tapping away at a touchscreen iPad with relative ease. But when given magazines, the cutie baby seems all lost. The idea of turning pages and looking at pictures seems foreign to her. She ...

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Nicki Minaj Surprises Two Of Her Biggest Fans On The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Sophia Grace Brownlee, 8, and cousin Rosie Grace McClelland, 5, became a YouTube sensation after the video clip of their adorable performance of Nicki Minaj’s Super Bass went viral earlier this month. They were invited to The Ellen DeGeneres Show yesterday where they, dressed in their now famous pink ballerina outfits and tiaras, wowed the crowd with a lively rendition ...

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Dog Playing Keyboard Video Goes Viral

“Chocoholic”, a black pug from Japan, looks set to be the next internet sensation, with over 70,000 YouTube users viewing the video of him playing the keyboard since the video was uploaded to YouTube on October 9. The pooch, dressed in a sparkly bow tie and a red top, uses his paws to create a ‘melody ‘ on a child’s ...

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Antelope Takes Out Mountain Biker ‘Bucknorris’

Evan van der Spuy, a mountain biker of Team Jeep South Africa, was knocked off from his bike after being mown down by a charging antelope in an incredible video that has gone viral, garnering almost 2 million views since it was posted on YouTube yesterday. Evan was taking part in a mountain bike race across South Africa’s Albert Falls ...

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Sophia Grace Brownlee’s Videos Go Viral

8 year-old Sophia Grace Brownlee has become the latest internet celebrity after her cover of Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass” went viral. Sophia Grace Brownlee & her cousin Rosie Since Sophia and her 5-year-old cousin Rosie uploaded their adorable “Super Bass” video onto YouTube two weeks ago, it has received (as of this writing) more than 5 million views. Even Nicki ...

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Rohan Ajit Kokane Sets Roller-Skating Limbo Record

Little Rohan Ajit Kokane gracefully slid into the Guinness Book of World Records after performing the furthest ever roller-skating limbo. The flexible lad managed to skate under an incredible 20 cars reaching an incredible distance of 126 ft 11 in (38.68 metres) while performing the SPLITS during the stunt at the Juhu Aerodrome in Mumbai, India, in February. The record ...

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Herbert Chavez – The World’s Most Diehard Superman Fan

Herbert Chavez must be the world’s biggest Superman fan. The 35-year-old Filipino is so obsessed with the Man of Steel that he underwent several plastic surgery procedures just to look like his favorite superhero. Herbert first went under the knife in 1995 to transform himself into the comic book character and over the ensuing years, he has undergone several other ...

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Hong Kong Student’s Apple Tribute Is A Massive Internet Hit

A poignant tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs has turned a Hong Kong graphic design student into an internet sensation. Jonathan Mak, 19, a student at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University School of Design, came up with the idea of incorporating Steve Jobs’ silhouette into the bite of the Apple logo, symbolizing both Jobs’ departure and lingering presence at the core ...

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