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BBC’s brilliant World Cup District 9 homage

July 13th, 2010 11:53am 4 comments

The World Cup may be over, but the BBC has one last treat in store for us, in the shape of this incredible video package, mixing incredible special effects and highlights from the tournament to create a stunning, movingĀ  homage to District 9.

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Hideous Vuvuzela iPhone apps offer new ways to annoy friends

June 14th, 2010 9:20am No comments

Hideous Vuvuzela iPhone apps offer new ways to annoy friends

We knew it wouldn’t take too long for some of these things to start virtually appearing in the App Store, and sure enough, a selection of Vuvuzela iPhone apps are now available for your downloading, err, pleasure

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Google invites you to ‘paint your browser’ for the World Cup

June 12th, 2010 12:34pm No comments

Google invites you to 'paint your browser' for the World Cup

God dang it if the whole world isn’t going football crazy, with the internet recording its busiest day ever and popular sites like Twitter falling over themselves to get a slab of the footie action.

Google is now inviting users to “show their team pride” and “paint” their browser and homepage in their team colours, courtesy of a collection of World Cup themed Google Chrome themes andĀ iGoogle themes.

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World Cup creates the internet’s busiest day ever!

June 11th, 2010 7:46pm No comments

World Cup: the internet's busiest day ever!

According to Akamai, the world’s largest operator of a network of computers, the World Cup has created its busiest ever bandwidth demand for news sites.

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Twitter cashes in on Word Cup fever with dedicated homepage

June 11th, 2010 10:48am No comments

Twitter cashes in on Word Cup fever with dedicated homepage

The endless glory (and inevitable disappointment for England fans) of the World Cup is almost upon us, and Twitter are looking to be in the centre of it all.

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