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Flintoff sells cricket boxes
Cricket season is in full swing and, everyone wants the boys from down under to be well protected when playing.
Freddie Flintoff kills a pot koala bear to demonstrate this point in a slightly unimpressive, but nonetheless tongue-in-cheek funny, video clip.
Who Killed Summer? Episode 2
Contrary to our last post on WKS, Episode 2 is now available and Duke is about to make a death threat. Ouch.
Don’t miss the century’s longest solar eclipse
The longest eclipse for nearly 100 years can be seen tomorrow from a select few parts of the world. For those of us not fortunate enough to see it first hand, the event will be webcast from several locations. See inside for details.
Worst failure ever
This will be gone tomorrow. No doubt about it. President Obama has been the latest high-profile victim of a Google bomb.
Street Heroes sell mobile phones
HTC Hero have possibly hit viral gold with their new freerunning, Street Heroes campaign. Most popular on YouTube this week and with a second video rising through the ranks, will this make it big?
Pigs, bankers and the global recession
Hands up who wouldn’t mind feeding the penis of a few bankers to some hungry pigs. All of you? Then maybe this animation is one for you.
Nokia 97: Don’t call it a comeback
Don’t let the confusing tagline put you off. Nokia’s video may be lacking a certain viral quality but discussion of the new N97 is making a storm on the interweb.
Happy Independence: Sarah Palin resigns
Sarah Palin has resigned just shy of Independence day. Some speculate this may be due to a scandal about to hit. BoV thinks there will be much viral discussion in the coming days.
Irate Iranians turn to Twitter
Perhaps the only place to build up a true picture of last week’s Iranian election was Twitter. With wide bans on journalistic freedom, the social networking site became a hotbed of citizen reportage.
Engage Kill Switch
If you’ve ever had anything stolen from you, you’ll know, no matter how much you previously treasured the item, you’d rather it were destroyed.
Google was one of the first ‘good news’ crime-fighting stories that came about through new technology available to average citizens, now SMS Kill Switch will hopefully conjour up a few more.
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