Tokyo Fashion Overview

"Introduction For much of the last 50 years, since the modern fashion industry developed, cities like New York, Paris, London, and Milan have all been centers of new trends, fashions, and brands that have...

Child artists from Jaunpur enthrall at Autumn Festival in Mussoorie

On the fourth day of Mussoorie Autumn Festival The children from The Jaunpur stole the show with their mesmerizing performance inspite of poor remnuration offered to them.The Jaunpur children Performed different folk...

McCain defends Obama to booing supporters

McCain defends Obama to booing supporters"Character attacks on Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama have become virulent enough that even his Republican opponent John McCain is suffering from them. McCain...

Clarkson's not worthy of having a newspaper column

I really hope that Jeremy Clarkson is sued by Hazel Blears.... for his complete character bash, this is the worst piece of journalism I have seen for a long time. I am not fond of Hazel Blears politics or any labour politics what so ever. How and why did the Sun's editor...

David Blaine's Anti-Climactic 'Dive of Death'

As NowPublic member asterix611 previously reported, David Blaine concluded his 60 hours of (occasionally) hanging upside down in New York City with a "Dive of Death" that wasn't a dive, didn't risk death, and was...

“The Donald” Trump Endorses John McCain

During a telephone interview on Larry King Live, Donald Trump told Larry King that he will endorse the John McCain / Sarah Palin Ticket as he is upset that Barack Obama did not pick Hillary Clinton as His running...

Authonomy...Toilet Training for Writers? Outsourcing the Editor?

After my first visit to Authonomy, I am left with more questions than answers. They define themselves as a social networking site for aspiring writers and book lovers. Does the fact that Authonomy was launched by Harper Collins prevent them from achieving what they claim?The...

2 Out of 3 People Worldwide Watched 2008 Beijing Olympics

Apparently two-thirds of the global population tuned in to some form of 2008 Beijing Olympic coverage in August.And Vancouver thinks it's ready for that kind of attention in 2010. You've got to be kidding."Nielsen...

Obama to Appear on Fox on Thursday Night

Obama will break his embargo on Fox News O'Reilly Factor.  He plans to appear on Thursday night just before John McCain gives his acceptence speech."CHICAGO — Before Senator John McCain delivers his acceptance...

Cut Yourself a Big Slice of Video Marketing Pie

"Today, creating and presenting online videos related to your business has become a unique way of interacting with the audiences and also gives you a chance to advertise your products. Through Video Sharing Websites, you can use your video to promote certain product or...

"The Resistance" Lonelygirl15 Evolved

It was bound to happen... a spinoff project based on the ubiquitous Lonelygirl15. (If you haven't seen this yet, just search for it on Youtube; the first "episode" appears to the left)Unlike its vlogadelic...

Web audience for Olympics hits record high

Not surprisingly, the Beijing Games had the biggest online presence of any Olympics. Yahoo's Olympic site, for example, tripled its traffic compared with Turin in 2006.As this New York Times piece discusses, NBC and...

Fireworks at Gnomedex

I'm technically on vacation this week so I missed Gnomedex this year.  Too bad because it sounds like there were some real theatrics.  According to CNet:"uber-blogger Robert Scoble, who at one point during...

'Only the Germans complained about the gassed chicks': Jamie Oliver stirs up ...

"Jamie Oliver caused controversy last night by making an apparent reference to the Holocaust.The 33-year-old celebrity chef told a live audience how his Jamie’s Fowl Dinners show, about the treatment of intensively farmed chickens, was shown around the world. The Naked Chef...

Ex-Google Engineers Unveil New Search Engine

"The former Google engineers roll out Cuil, which they say will index a larger portion of the Web than Google, and more quickly and at less cost.MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - A start-up led by former star Google...

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