Hunt begins for most scenic spots

The wisdom of crowds is being tapped to map the most scenic parts of England, Scotland and Wales.Modelled on the HotOrNot website, ScenicOrNot presents visitors with snaps of rural and urban locations rather than people.The presented images are rated on a one to 10 scale and the site aims to create a map of "scenicness".The pictures are drawn from a database of 200,000 each of which is representative of 1km square of land.Picture perfectScenicOrNot is a project of Mysociety, an organisation set up with the aim of increasing the transparency of democratic institutions through the development of online tools.The goal is to use the data generated...

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Optical disc offers 500GB storage

A disc that can store 500 gigabytes (GB) of data, equivalent to 100 DVDs, has been unveiled by General Electric.The micro-holographic disc, which is the same size as existing DVD discs, is aimed at the archive industry.But the company believes it can eventually be used in the consumer market place and home players.Blu-ray discs, which are used to store high definition movies and games, can currently hold between 25GB and 50GB.Micro-holographic discs can store more data than DVDs or Blu-ray because they store information on the disc in three dimensions, rather than just pits on the surface of the disc.The challenge for this area of technology...

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Google rolls out search changes

Google has launched two experimental products it hopes will change the way users search for pictures and news. A feature known as Similar Images uses a picture rather than text to find other matching images. Timeline presents information already available in Google News but organised and displayed chronologically. Alongside these features is a new version of Google Labs, in which users can take a peek at what its thousands of engineers are working on. Amid past criticism that Google has wasted too much time and effort on projects that have little impact, the aim of the Labs upgrade is to make prototypes available earlier. "The idea...

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Gay marriage row at Miss USA show

Gay marriage row at Miss USA show . The runner-up at the Miss USA beauty pageant says her outspoken opposition to gay marriage cost her first place in the competition.During the televised event, Carrie Prejean - Miss California - said she believed that "a marriage should be between a man and a woman". She had been asked for her views on the subject by one of the judges, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. "It did cost me my crown," said Ms Prejean, after the competition. The eventual winner of the pageant was Kristen Dalton, Miss North Carolina. 'Alienated' "We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage,"...

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How Susan Boyle won over the world

Last weekend, Susan Boyle was just a face in the crowd. This weekend, clips of her singing on Britain's Got Talent have notched up almost 50 million views on YouTube. Her face appears on the front pages of papers in Britain and beyond, she been offered a seat on Oprah's sofa and has been told she is as good as guaranteed a worldwide number one album. The rise of the 47-year-old spinster from Scotland has been a true global phenomenon. Last Saturday, viewers saw Boyle, with double chin, unkempt hair, frumpy appearance and eccentric demeanour, step onto the talent show stage and proclaim her dream of being a professional...

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Two banks exposed to '$50bn con'

Two major European banks said they have exposure worth billions of dollars to a US broker accused of a $50bn (£33bn) Wall Street fraud scheme. Spain's largest bank, Santander, which also owns three UK banks, said one of its funds had $3.1bn invested in the firm run by Bernard Madoff. France's BNP Paribas estimated its exposure to be more than $460m. Mr Madoff has been charged with fraud, in what is being described as one of the biggest-ever such cases. Correspondents say the case is likely to fuel uncertainty about the entire hedge fund industry. 'Systemic failures' Mr Madoff is alleged to have used money from new investors to pay off existing investors in the fund. Investors are assessing their exposure to the alleged fraud Mr Madoff is said by prosecutors to have confessed to. US Prosecutors...

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Immediately present, Cool Smartphone BlackBerry 9300 Gemini

First, there is BlackBerry Storm, Curve, and now comes the latest BlackBerry smartphone, Gemini. BlackBerry Model Gemini is also known as the BlackBerry 9300. As can be, 9xxx series from the BlackBerry device, a 3G handset with the ability does not change the tradition of previous BlackBerry. According to a report from CNET News, Gemini BlackBerry 9300 has a beautiful design, and introduce a large screen and 3G capability better than the Curve 8900 model.Here the main features of the BlackBerry smartphone Gemini 9300:* The screen is bigger than a BlackBerry 8900, and has a high screen resolution* Gemini CPU BlackBerry 9300 also enlarged, but...

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Pocket Oxford English Dictionary for BlackBerry

Pocket Oxford English Dictionary, is an application for BlackBerry Rim, present a database of Oxford dictionary of English and can be used in user-friendly, plus an elegant design. BlackBerry Applications pocket offers English as international language and thousands of examples illustrate the use of idioms. Ranging from irregular noun, verb, and adjectival, also guide the use of grammar and written down in text note, included in this application. In addition, there is still Wordbuilder features that can provide information related to the words and thematic tables on a particular subject, such as countries, chemical elements, and nationalist.Main...

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Kaka is still faithful in Milan

Kaka is still faithful in Milan. MILAN - Real Madrid need to bite the finger again. Their desire to bring Kaka in the front next to clap hands. Half Brazil was home to ensure themselves stand still with AC Milan and disprove all the gossip about the removals.Kaka oppugn newspaper circulating in some media that Spain has an agreement with Florentino Perez, a former president of Madrid. Florentino currently run in a presidential election in Madrid later in June."I think too many people talk in a few last time. Now I turn lift the talk," said Kaka to La Gazzetta dello Sport, as quoted in Reuters."I certainly did not make contact with Real Madrid....

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NBA Madness Present in Indonesia

SURABAYA - Even a world-class lifestyle basketball, NBA Madness, will be present for the first time in Indonesia. Even that has been held regularly in various countries is realized thanks to the cooperation with the NBA Jawa Pos, the anniversary day on July 1 this year. During the month of June next, for four weekend, even this will be present in the four shopping malls in Surabaya.NBA Madness presented by Jawa Pos is the authentic NBA experience to the Indonesian people, especially residents of Surabaya and East Java. Event is free for all ages, and all can enjoy various games and activities that exciting basketball and fun.Even this will be...

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War Politics in Facebook

War Politics in Facebook. The use of social networking sites for political campaigns is the stronger, and even dig up the heat on a special page for the "SAY NO .." was created by the competitors in the brisk party democracy in 2009 this year. Criticism was stinging diatribe to say in a special page in the "Say No To Megawati, Prabowo To Say No, Say No To SBY-JK and Say No to the MCC." Is this campaign, including black or just a frustration of the people on them, only you can answer. ch_client = "fachryadsen"; ch_width = 550; ch_height = 250; ch_type = "mpu"; ch_sid = "Chitika Default"; ch_color_site_link = "0000CC"; ch_color_title = "0000CC"; ch_color_border...

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Download Novel Twilight

Download Novel Twilight . Twilight is a series of works of Stephenie Meyer novel. This series depicts the main character, namely Isabella "Bella" Swan, a teenager who moved to the city of Forks, Washington that their lives changed when he met with Edward Cullen, a vampir 'vegetarian' (does not drink human blood). The entire Twilight series is told through the point of view with the exception of Bella Swan epilognya Eclipse and Breaking Dawn novel.Twilight Series that consists of four novels, as in 'Twilight,' 'New Moon', 'Eclipse' and 'Breaking Dawn'. The 'Midnight Sun' is a parallel story of Twilight is told through the point of view of Edward...

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