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Feb
17

Rinspeed sQuba: James Bond’s Car

Posted under Tech

Rinspeed sQuba is the perfect James Bond’s Car. And she is ecologic.

Genius Frank Rinderknecht just created a superb electric Roadster that is the first world submersible car.

Squba has 3.79 m long, 1.94 m width and 1.12 m tall, it weights 920 kg and looks like the Lotus Elise. It goes from 0 to à 80 km/h in 7.1 seconds and max speed is 120 km/h.

sQuba uses lithium-ion batteries.

sQuba can go underwater with two back propellers and two lateral Seabob jet drives, responsible for keeping the car stable. It can goes under a maximum depth of 10 m and speed is 6 km/h above the water and 3 km/h under.

Passengers use oxygen cylinders. “If the car was a hardtop, all the cabin would have to be really strong to cope with the water pressure. This would add lots of extra weight to the car and it would move very slowly out of the water as well”.

Official website: www.rinspeed.com

Here is the Rinspeed sQuba video and some pictures:

Rinspeed sQuba 1

Rinspeed sQuba 2

sQuba 3

Rinspeed 4

Rinspeed sQuba 5

Rinspeed sQuba 6

Rinspeed sQuba 7

Rinspeed sQuba 8

Rinspeed sQuba 9

Rinspeed sQuba 10

Rinspeed sQuba 11

Feb
15

Yahoo Buzz The Yahoo Digg

Posted under Web2.0

Yahoo Buzz

Yahoo is going to launch Yahoo Buzz, a competitor to Digg.

It should replace the actual Yahoo Buzz - The Buzz Log : http://buzz.yahoo.com/

Project Manager is Tapan Bhat. Yahoo Buzz will be first open to 100 publishers and will rank the news according to the most popular search results and the number of votes.

This Summer YahooBuzz will be open to every member of the Yahoo Publisher Network, that means all webmasters that display Yahoo Ads on their Website. Very Bright from Yahoo to recruit publishers and to increase the overall Yahoo online Ad Revenue!

Here are some screenshots of Yahoo Buzz:

Yahoo Buzz Beta

Buzz Yahoo Buzz

Feb
14

Revver bought for less than 5 millions

Posted under Internet

Revver

Sharing Video website Revver was desperately looking for a buyer for a ridiculous price of 300-500K dollars.

Revver was bought last night by Brad Greenspan, ex MySpace Boss for an amount of less than $5 millions.

Revver had raised 12.7 millions from investors in the past and had about 1 million in debts.

Revver was one of the first video sites to share revenue with their members and affiliates. They also hosted the official famous Coke-Mentos Video.

Feb
14

Yooba : Internet Marketing for Pros

Posted under Advertising

Yooba

I received this morning an email from Gabriel from Yooba.com

For now we don’t know much about this website except this is a B2B service for Internet Marketers. You can use Yooba for create, publish and evaluate different kinds of online content for marketing purposes.

Yooba goes from a simple ad to a complete interactive Internet campaign.

Beta Release: Spring 2008. You can register now on the site.

If the service is as good as the promotional video, Wow !

Watch this video, welcome to the pros:

Feb
11

2008 Grammy Awards Winners

Posted under Music

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock

RECORD OF THE YEAR
”Rehab,” Amy Winehouse

SONG OF THE YEAR
”Rehab,” Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)

NEW ARTIST
Amy Winehouse

RAP ALBUM
Graduation, Kanye West

ROCK ALBUM
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters

ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
Icky Thump, The White Stripes

POP VOCAL ALBUM
Back to Black, Amy Winehouse

COUNTRY ALBUM
These Days, Vince Gill

R&B ALBUM
Funk This, Chaka Khan

CONTEMPORARY R&B ALBUM
Because Of You, Ne-Yo

FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
”Rehab,” Amy Winehouse

MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE
”What Goes Around…Comes Around,” Justin Timberlake

POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
”Makes Me Wonder,” Maroon 5

SOLO ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE
”Radio Nowhere,” Bruce Springsteen

ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
”Icky Thump,” The White Stripes

HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE
”The Pretender,” Foo Fighters

ROCK SONG
”Radio Nowhere,” Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
”No One,” Alicia Keys

MALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE
”Future Baby Mama,” Prince

R&B PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
”Disrespectful,” Chaka Khan Featuring Mary J. Blige

R&B SONG
”No One,” Alicia Keys

RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
”Stronger,” Kanye West

RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
”Umbrella,” Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

RAP PEFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP
”Southside,” Common Featuring Kanye West

RAP SONG
”Good Life,” Kanye West Featuring T-Pain

FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
”Before He Cheats,” Carrie Underwood

MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE
”Stupid Boy,” Keith Urban

COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCALS
”How Long,” Eagles

COUNTRY SONG
”Before He Cheats,” Carrie Underwood

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR MOTION PICTURE, TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA
Love, the Beatles (George Martin and Giles Martin, producers)

Complete list of nominations and Winners on Official Website: www.grammy.com

Feb
10

2008 Grammy Award Nominations

Posted under Music

2008 Grammy Award are tonight in Los Angeles.

Kanye West and Amy Winehouse are the most nominated.

Here the complete list of 2008 Grammy Award Nominations:

General:

Record of the Year

* Beyonce - “Irreplaceable”
* Foo Fighters - “The Pretender”
* Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - “Umbrella”
* Justin Timberlake - “What Goes Around…Comes Around”
* Amy Winehouse - “Rehab”

Album of the Year

* Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
* Vince Gill - These Days
* Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters
* Kanye West - Graduation
* Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Song of the Year

* Plain White T’s - “Hey There Delilah”
* Corinne Bailey Rae - “Like a Star”
* Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - “Umbrella”
* Carrie Underwood - “Before He Cheats”
* Amy Winehouse - “Rehab”

Best New Artist

* Feist
* Ledisi
* Paramore
* Taylor Swift
* Amy Winehouse

Pop:

Best Female Pop Vocal

* Chrisina Aguilera - “Candyman”
* Feist - “1,2,3,4″
* Fergie - “Big Girls Don’t Cry”
* Nelly Furtado - “Say It Right”
* Amy Winehouse - “Rehab”

Best Male Pop Vocal

* Michael Buble - “Everything”
* John Mayer - “Belief”
* Paul McCartney - “Dance Tonight”
* Seal - “Amazing”
* Justin Timberlake - “What Goes Around…Comes Around”

Best Pop Duo or Group With Vocal

* Bon Jovi - “(You Want to) Make A Memory”
* Daughtry - “Home”
* Maroon 5 - “Makes Me Wonder”
* Plain White T’s - “Hey There Delilah”
* U2 - “Window in the Skies”

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

* Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera - “Steppin’ Out”
* Beyonce & Shakira - “Beautiful Liar”
* Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)”
* Gwen Stefani & Akon - “The Sweet Escape”
* Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake - “Give It To Me”

Best Pop Instrumental

* Beastie Boys - “Off the Grid”
* Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals - “Paris Sunrise #7″
* Dave Koz - “Over the Rainbow”
* Joni Mitchell - “One Week Last Summer”
* Spyro Gyra - “Simple Pleasures”

Best Pop Instrumental Album

* Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up
* Chris Botti - Italia
* Dave Koz - At the Movies
* Spyro Gyra - Good to Go-Go
* Kirk Whalum - Round Trip

Best Pop Vocal Album

* Bon Jovi - Lost Highway
* Feist - The Reminder
* Maroon 5 - It Won’t Be Soon Before Long
* Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
* Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Official Website: www.grammy.com

Feb
09

Video Unite for Diabetes

Posted under Society

“UNite for Diabetes” : here is a viral video achieved to demystify this terrible illness : Diabete.

Do you know that every 10 seconds on earth:

  • one person dies at the consequences of diabetes
  • two people are diagnosed with diabetes
  • an amputation caused by diabetes..

There are 246 million de diabétiques in the World and this illness can strike anybody at any age.

Feb
05

Super Tuesday Live Results

Posted under Politics

Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday is the most important day in 2008 US Elections.

It’s very popular, as much as a major Sports Event.

24 States choose their favorite candidate for Presidential Election on 4th November.

Super Tuesday Winners:

Democrats: Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama (I think we’ll have to wait for March 4 Ohio and Texas)

Hilary Clinton wins California, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey…
Barack Obama wins Georgia, Illinois, Delaware, Alabama, North Dakota, Utah…

Republicans: John McCain followed by Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney.

John McCain wins Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Oklahoma…
Mike Huckabee wins Arkansas, West Virginia, Alabama…
Mitt Romney wins Massachusetts, Utah…

LIVE RESULTS: