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Apparently People Pay £100,000 For Whale Vomit

Beachcombers, you've been doing it wrong. Forget trying to find washed-up bits of wood or tin cans 'n stuff, and just do what this Lancashire dog walker did: find a chunk of genuine vomit (side note: eeeeeeewwwwwwwww), and then sell it to a very unlikely industry for a whopping 100 grand. Nice. Read More >>

Inks
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Be Absolutely Mesmerised By the Stunning Beauty of Swirling Colour in Glorious 4K

It's almost gin o'clock here on a dull Friday afternoon, so you deserve to witness something magical. Sit back, hit play, and watch as the beauty of pure-colour inks flow and swirl past in eye-bleeding 4K detail. Ahhh, that's better. [YouTube] Read More >>

Sony Xperia Z
sony
The Sony Xperia Z Will Cost the Same as an iPhone 5

Sony's just dumped the pre-order price for the good-looking Xperia Z on us. What's the price of entry for the waterproof "superphone" club? Why £529 of course. Ouch. Read More >>

ARMY CONDUCTS ITS LARGEST EVER VIRTUAL SIMULATION EXERCISE
military
The British Army’s Training Soldiers By Getting Them to Play First-Person Shooters

The budget cuts are coming home to roost, folks: 220 of the British Army's finest infantry soldiers spent Tuesday in the Land Warfare Centre 'training' by having a massive LAN battle. Read More >>

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ISPs
BT Rolls Into Cloud Storage

Apparently, the world doesn't have enough cloud storage, but never fear, British Telecom is on hand to sort that out. They're rolling out cloud storage to their loyal customers, in sizes ranging from laughably-puny to almost-worth-it. Read More >>

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dealzmodo
An iPod Nano Is Your Valentines-Day-Present-Sorted Deal of the Day

Can you ever have too many MP3 players? Of course not -- here in Dealz Corner, we've got one for every genre of music imaginable, which is as it should be. Read More >>

Cookie Monster
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German Police Are Hunting a Real-Life Cookie Monster Who Stole the Golden Biscuit

This seems like a massive marketing stunt to me, but apparently not. Police in Germany have launched a hunt for a real-life cookie monster, who stole a giant golden biscuit and is holding it for ransom. The prized possession was stolen straight from the Bahlsen biscuit company, best know for the yummy Leibniz butter biscuits. Read More >>

raf base neatished for sale on ebay
military
RAF Airbase Up For Sale On Ebay

Supervillains of the world, take note: there's a RAF airbase up for sale on eBay, and it's a steal at just £2.5 million. Oh, and it's even got a massive underground bunker. Chequebooks out and form an orderly queue, please. Read More >>

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android
Google’s “Key Lime Pie” Android Update Pegged for Q2 of This Year

Triumphant mobile processor developer Qualcomm let slip a little Android secret in its latest financial update, telling investors it expects to see Google release its next big version of Android in Q2 of 2013. Read More >>

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op-ed
Why History Shows That BlackBerry is Doomed

If there was one word to sum up general opinion on the BlackBerry 10 launch, it would be 'meh'. There's a feeling that it's too little, too late. But we've been here before -- back in 2009, with Palm, and it seems that BlackBerry's going the same way. Read More >>

Apple Mac Pro Banned in the EU and UK
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Apple Forced to Kill the Mac Pro In Europe From March 1st

Here's some bizarre fallout from an EU ruling on the safety of electrical equipment. Apple's being forced to stop selling the Mac Pro in Europe from March, including the UK, because it's got exposed fans and they're dangerous, apparently. Read More >>

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robotics
Modern-Day Bionic Man Costs About £640,000

Scientists working for forthcoming Channel 4 TV show How to Build a Bionic Man assembled the most cutting-edge prosthetic limbs available today, creating an incredibly versatile robot person for around $1m. Read More >>

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android
Motorola Job Listing Seemingly Confirms Moto/Google “X-Phone”

It looks like Motorola's finally about to prove its worth to Google, with the existence of the previously rumoured Android "X-Phone" confirmed by a job listing. Motorola's hiring someone to manage this "Next Generation Smartphone Platform." Read More >>

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networks
Ofcom’s Looking at Letting All the Networks Broadcast 4G on Existing 2 and 3G Spectrum

Following EE's 1800MHz 2G to 4G licence swap, Ofcom's been reviewing current mobile network licensing. It seems the UK mobile regulator has come to the conclusion there's no reason other network providers can't do the same. Could we suddenly see a load more 4G networks before the official 4G auction finishes? Read More >>

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food
Burger King Apologises After Horse DNA Found in Supplier Factory

Horse meat-gate very nearly hit one of the big burger chains, with high street meat shop Burger King admitting to finding horse DNA in burgers at one of its suppliers. It has apologised, saying none of the dodgy meat actually made it into customers' gobs. Read More >>