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Amie Street proves lucrative for Ashley Alexandra Dupré, earning her $204,000 post-Eliot Spitzer scandal
I mentioned last Thursday that Ashley Alexandra Dupré, the prostitute embroiled in the Eliot Spitzer scandal over in New York, has seen the price of her single on the MP3 site Amie Street soar by 415%.
Things continue to look up for Ashley, as it appears she’s hooked herself a huge amount of cash via downloads on the site. Since the scandal broke out, her song has been sold 300,000 on the demand-priced site, making her a tidy $204,000 profit. Due…
Wi-Fi hotspots are "telephone boxes of the broadband era" claims Ericsson exec
Mobile broadband offerings are growing at such a rapid pace, and becoming affordable enough to make Wi-Fi hotspots irrelevant, according to Ericsson’s Chief Marketing Officer, Johan Bergendahl.
“Hotspots at places like Starbucks are becoming the telephone boxes of the broadband era,” he claimed at a recent conference in Stockholm.
Quite a different viewpoint from the likes of Apple, then, whose latest offerings — the iPhone and MacBook Air — rely heavily on the availability of Wi-Fi to perform at their best…
Babelgum Online Film Festival open for public voting
Interactive web TV portal Babelgum has released over one thousand international film entries to public voting. These professionally produced short films are now available for anyone with a broadband connection to view and vote upon.
A shortlist will be created from the most popular user-voted films, which will go on to be judged by director Spike Lee and a professional panel.
Transport your Apple iMac like the dorktard you are, with Pelican's iMCruzer case
For those who want to transport their 20″ and 24″ iMacs about with them…hang on! Transport your iMacs? I guess if you’re going to a LAN party, but even then, an iMac? I guess there’s a demand for it, if Pelican has created the iMCruzer.
The carrying case claims to be indestructible, airtight and watertight, and features retractable handles and wheels to make your LAN party commuting all the more…practical? It costs a sizeable, Apple-friendly amount too, $495, so you can pretend carting your iMac in an expensive indestructible case makes you the graphic designer version of Macgyver…
Asus FINALLY shows off its 8.9" Eee upgrade – the Eee PC 900
Here it is. Here it is! HERE IT IS!
Finally, after months of hinting and rumours and, frankly, outright lies on the internet, the 8.9″ Eee PC upgrade has been shown off at CeBIT 2008. Here it is. Here it is! HERE IT IS!
Asus milking its little white cow – Eee PC accessories flood in
Asus has just announced a whole pile of Eee PC upgrades at CeBIT 2008, proving the law that successful thing = masses of add-ons.
Including, the Eee PC Ai Guru U1 VoIP phone, the Eee PC Eee AP 802.11b/g wireless access point, the Eee PC 3.5G HSDPA Card so you can get hammered by roaming fees wherever you may be in the world, and the the Eee PC DVD-RW drive for when you’ve filled the little solid-state hard drive to bursting…
Woman racks up £11,000 in data fees – to download four episodes of Friends
The poor wife of a “city executive” managed to rack up £11k in data fees, after queuing up a few TV shows for download.
The download would’ve been free in the UK, but, sadly, the “businessman” husband had to fly to Germany to perform some important business and took his account with him – where the downloads resumed…
Bittorrent TV distribution works – Norway blazing a path into the future
Remember this update about Norwegian broadcaster NRK putting an episode of a TV show on Bittorrent? Probably not. It's not like developments in Norwegian TV are particularly big news. We understand. Still, the DRM-free download was a massive success for…
Move over Vertu – Bellperre offers tailor-made luxury handsets
Another handset for the stupidly rich, with the Bellperre range offering luxury in just about about any finish you demand.
VIDEO: What's best? Working from home? Or working in the office?
Thanks to working for the very forward-thinking and modernist Shiny Media, I’m often afforded the luxury of being able to work from home.
But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Is the relaxed nature of home working beneficial, or do you end up slacking off more? Does the stricter office environment force you to work harder, or does the diversion of other people actually slow you down? What’s best? Home? Or office?
Let’s find out via a video comparison!
