the e-magazine2nd October 2007
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has bought thetravel guide publisher, Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet, founded by husband and wife team Tonyand Maureen Wheeler in 1972, publishes around 500 titles that are widely used by backpack-ers.
Perhaps BB Worldwide couldpump some of its revenueback to the BBC and elimi-nate the need for a TV licencefee.
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Radiohead fans will be able tochoose how much to pay for the band’s next album, In
Rain- bows
, which is available for download on 10 October. In- stead of listing a price for themusic, the group’s website sim- ply states “it’s up to you” - and then adds: “No really, it’s up to you.”
I think the record company just got
The Bends
.
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A daily dose of specially-for-mulated dark chocolate mayhelp cut chronic fatigue syn-drome symptoms. Patients in a pilot study found they had less fatigue when eating dark choc-olate with a high cocoa content than with white chocolate dyed brown.
Aha! That explains why aMars a day helps you work,rest and play.
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Adobe has joined a growing list of firms offering web-based alternatives to conventional office programs. The softwaredeveloper has acquired the on-line word processor Buzzword,which allows users to createand share text documents onthe web.
GoogleFight: Adobe vs. Mi-crosoft… Winner is: Micro-soft.
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Actress Pamela Anderson is set to marry Rick Salomon, the former boyfriend of celebrityheiress Paris Hilton. The cou- ple have been granted a wed-ding licence in Las Vegas, ena-bling them to marry at any timeover the next year, officials inClark County confirmed.
Tears of laughter have left medehydrated… Actress, ha ha-hahaha!
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela has announced an international concert to beheld for World Aids Day in Jo-hannesburg on 1 December.
It is believed Nelson will bereleasing an album just intime for Christmas.
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Actress Lois Maxwell, who starred as Miss Moneypennyin a string of James Bond mov-ies, has died aged 80. Maxwell starred alongside Sir SeanConnery in Bond’s first movieouting,
Dr No
, in 1962.
You’ll live on in the hearts of Bond fans everywhere.
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Actor Kiefer Sutherland could go to jail if convicted of thetwo drink-driving offences hewas formally charged with on Friday. The charges were for driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit.
Previously on 24, I have noidea… man, I was wasted.Tick. Tick. Tick.
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The environmental charityWWF has said it will take at least two decades for foreststo grow back in the areas of Greece destroyed by the recent fires. Several rare animal spe-cies, including turtles, lizardsand the golden jackal, werealso affected, but it is too earlyto assess the damage, the WWF said.
No word yet on how long itwill take Greek islands torecover from the millions of holidaying Brits this summer.
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Toddlers who watch too muchtelevision are more likely to suffer later behavioural prob-lems - but the damage can bereversed, say researchers. The Johns Hopkins University ex- perts found that under-fiveswho watched over two hours aday increased their risk.
Reversed? You mean they hitthe rewind button?
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The Cyclops had one eye. Theunicycle has one wheel. There’sone Sun in our Solar System.“From Me to You” was The Beatles first UK number one.
There’s also only one Ovi
iBite
By Asa Butcher
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