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Snapped in Hannover.

Brilliant.

[More: Sand Castle Explosions Backwards v.2]

[Robbed from: Chris]

This and 58 other secrets they would have got away with, were it not for that pesky Freedom of Information Act. Including:

The Thatcher Government concocted a plan to search for the Loch Ness monster using a team of dolphins

[More: The Times - 59 things that would have stayed secret]

Sort of. In France.

C’est la vie.

Universal has begun testing the viability of DRM-free downloads, albeit in a very limited release of an album by French singer-songwriter Emilie Simon.

The Live à l’Olympia recording is available in unrestricted MP3 and WMA formats through her own website for €9.99, as well as on commercial services such as iTunes with DRM at the same price.

‘We are making some micro tests,’ said Universal Music France, Middle East and Mediterranean-South America president Pascal Negre, but warned that this does not indicate any immediate change in policy.

[More: PC Pro - Universal begins DRM-free downloads trial]

It’s been a while since the Prodigy and the Chems, but Music Remixed team are back and this time they’ve turned their attention to LCD Soundsystem’s new album, Sound of Silver.

You can download the unofficial remix album, Sounds Like Silver, at www.lcdremixed.com - just remember to make a donation to the chosen charities if you like it.

Tracklisting:

• Track 1: Get Innocuous (Geek Chic’s Harm-Free Retouch)
• Track 2: Time To Get Away (ATOM’s Exit Stage Left Mix)
• Track 3: North American Scum (Dunproofin’s Not From England Either Mix)
• Track 4: Someone Great (Shokking Shokkaboy Remix)
• Track 5: All My Friends (AMIGAMAN Remix)
• Track 6: Us vs Them (Go Home Productions Remix)
• Track 7: Watch the Tapes (Team9’s Excursion On The Version)
• Track 8: Sound Of Silver (McSleazy Remix)
• Track 9: London, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down (Hearing Double & JCB Soundsystem)

[More: LCD Remixed]

[Related: Prodigy and Chemical Brothers Remixed back online]

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Apple predicted to ditch hard drive for flash
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• Hack Google Maps to Get Super Zoom
  
  from Gizmodo
• Diiiiiiig has 1 Miiiiiillion Users, yeah riiiiiight
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• Billionaire blasts YouTube pirates
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• The USB Absinthe Spoon mixes virtual hallucinations…
  
  from Engadget
• Wikipedia founder says to challenge Google, Yahoo
  
  from Reuters: Technology
• Cheeky students cheat on applications
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• Steve Jobs Spotted Using an iPhone, Wearing a Turtleneck
  
  from Gizmodo
• Cheaters never win? In video games they do
  
  from Reuters: Technology
• Google seen beavering away on Googlephone designs
  
  from the INQUIRER

London tickets for Fame are finally available - book from:

Ticketzone 08700 11 26 26

Ticketmaster 0870 163 3408

Royal Albert Hall 020 7589 8212

[Robbed from: Pete]

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• End of analogue TV poses green problem
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• BBC, iTunes and the long-awaited iPlayer
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• Babelgum - another new, new TV thing
  
  from The Register
• Turkish court bans YouTube access
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• Pandora cries for help in web radio scare
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• BBC wants iPlayer to be video download central
  
  from the INQUIRER
• French to limit violent net clips
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• eBay moves to stop pirates
  
  from Web User : Internet & Technology News
• Huge leap for domain name registrations
  
  from PC Advisor News
• Students assessed with Wikipedia
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Rumor Overheard at GDC: Next-Gen Zune Available in…
  
  from Gizmodo
• Is Apple TV a Gaming Device?
  
  from Gizmodo
• Women Buy More Gadgets Than Men
  
  from InterActive Home
• Virgin plays chicken with Sky
  
  from Web User : Internet & Technology News
• How to clone a biometric passport while it’s still…
  
  from The Register
• How one year’s digital output would fill 161bn iPods
  
  from Guardian Unlimited Technology
• ITV pulls plug on premium rate phone-ins
  
  from The Register
• Editor digs into Apple’s secretive ways of working
  
  from MacUser news
• Mystery over Vista activation ‘crack’
  
  from PC Advisor News
• Google and Apple working together on a number of projects
  
  from MacUser news

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Microsoft attacks Google over copyright
  
  from PC Pro news
• Webcasters face doubling of royalties
  
  from The Register
• Proof That Zune Screens Are Cracking?
  
  from Gizmodo
• BlackBerry 8300 Leaked?
  
  from Gizmodo
• Rumour: no widescreen iPod for 6 months
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• Google asks users to tweak translations
  
  from PC Pro news
• Minister buys Second Life island
  
  from PC Advisor News
• Guy Goma, YouTube and the BBC
  
  from The Register
• Blogs threaten the future for the humble diary
  
  from MacUser news
• Microsoft accused of encouraging piracy
  
  from the INQUIRER

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• eBay sellers make $18,000 from the iPhone
  
  from MacUser news
• Robot blogger makes light work for humans
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• Video: Behind the scenes of Apple’s ‘1984′ ad
  
  from MacUser news
• The rise of technology addiction
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• RFID Embedded Shoes Stop the Thieves
  
  from Gizmodo
• Berners-Lee: Internet must not discriminate
  
  from silicon.com : News
• Wired cracks Digg, but there’s a backlash from TechCrunch
  
  from Guardian Unlimited: Technology blog
• BBC makes deal with YouTube
  
  from Guardian Unlimited Technology
• O2 gives away free phones by accident
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Apple patent spells trouble for Zune player
  
  from MacUser news

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Reuters plans financial MySpace
  
  from Guardian Unlimited Technology
• 12 Microsoft Patents That Paint a Zune Phone Picture
  
  from Gizmodo
• Zune hacked for DivX support (sorta)
  
  from Engadget
• Vista activation cracked by brute force
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Channel 4 offers free online ‘catch-up’ service
  
  from PC Pro news
• Sony takes on Apple with video Walkman
  
  from PC Advisor News
• Wikipedia ‘expert’ lied about qualifications
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Xbox 360 cracked
  
  from The Register
• Download DVD spec gets approval
  
  from PC Advisor News
• Publishers let readers browse books online
  
  from Guardian Unlimited Technology

Stuff wot I’m reading:

• Aussie state bans YouTube
  
  from the INQUIRER
• Photoshop to Go Online. Who’s Next?
  
  from PC World: Techlog
• Comic Relief clowns around on YouTube
  
  from silicon.com : News
• T-Mobile in multiplayer cash poker deal
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• Orb turns MySpace into personal radio station
  
  from The Register
• EMI demands megabucks to drop DRM
  
  from All Tech.co.uk news, reviews and features
• Crackberry site caters for Blackberry addicts
  
  from PC Advisor News
• Virgin/Sky spat to benefit Tiscali
  
  from Web User : Internet & Technology News
• Classical CDs ‘faked’ by producer
  
  from BBC News | Technology | World Edition
• Taxman uses Google Earth Pro to nab tax dodgers
  
  from the INQUIRER