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I love this despite myself and the fact I know it’s a marketing campaign by google docs - it’s so pretty though with the snowflakes!

Fears have grown about the health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs who will not deliver his customary keynote address at the Macworld trade show next month.
Apple shares were down 3% on the news as Apple sites buzzed with speculation that Jobs decision not to address one of the highlights of the Mac calendar was related [...]

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Popbitch: Celebrity Excess And Other Monkey Business
This year Popbitch decided to publish a book as a complement to their irreverant mailings. Allegedly it has some of our favourite stories of the last nine years and, unlike their text-only emails, photos (cute animal plus celebrities), two board games, Kerry Katona’s 2009 diary, what publicists really mean [...]

Bear Grylls visited the Discovery UK head office today for an impromptu question and answer session. He’s broken his shoulder so isn’t filming Born Survivor, Man v Wild or Ultimate Survivor depending where you live.

Check out Bear Grylls update on the Born Survivor website.

It’s that time of year again when Google release their zeitgeist listing the most searched for terms of 2008 split out by country - it’s like having your very own research director except you don’t get to ask specific questions.
Top tens though work well I find - it’s a proven editorial technique alongside top trumps [...]

Learning to cook Gujarati curry in a Wednesday night cook off - can’t curry won’t curry or ready steady curry! In actual fact it was really easy - but that’s because all the ingredients were to hand!

I love the internet and just when you think it can’t get any better Amazon launch a new MP3 download service to compete with Apple iTunes store and sell albums from only £3 including Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns, Kings of Leon - Only By The Night, Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack, Will [...]

For the first time, Apple is recommending the use of anti-virus tools to protect Mac systems.
I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner in all honesty. Apple systems are becoming more and more popular and as such they will become a target for the virus makers.
The BBC website and The Register site both have more on [...]