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There are smart businessmen and then there are extraordinary businessmen. One example is the creators of Skype who sold the VOIP program to eBay within a few years of creating it and made billions.

This kind of success does not happen often but when it does its amazing. We are possibly looking at another pair of businessmen as clever as the Skype creators (maybe even more clever)

Searching for Bigfoot is a basic looking website that could have been made by a child at first look, but this very site could rival Amazon and Fifth Avenue for traffic and profit within months.

Following the Bigfoot press conference yesterday we were not amazed at what was said, the part that impressed us was the way Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer marketed their Bigfoot find.

Their baseball caps featured the URL searchingforbigfoot.com, and they have admitted their aim to make as much money as possible from this find.

They did not call the police or Animal Rescue, but instead dragged Bigfoot’s five hundred pound body back to their pickup truck…they have a business plan and are far from hikers.

The Bigfoot press conference was yesterday, but these businessmen already have a site up titled shopping for bigfoot. You’re able to buy a range of products with the Bigfoot theme.

So what’s next? Bigfoot food chain maybe. Read more on CNet.

We reported to a while back about USB 3.0 getting tested at CES 2008, well now we have the latest news that may interest you. Intel has just released USB 3.0 specifications.

We was all a little worried when Intel announced that they was going release a brand new USB as standard until we heard it was USB 3.0 and what its capabilities was. Yes being backward compatible is very interesting indeed but Intel’s latest announcement proves to be good.

We already new that the new USB 3.0 would have a transfer rate of 4.8Gbps which is roughly ten-times faster than that of the current USB 2.0, we also know now that it will be much better in the way of power consumption.

PC Pro has said:

Intel has released a draft specification for the next iteration of the USB eXtensible Host Controller Interface

Those who joined Intel to form the USB 3 Promoter Group were HP, Microsoft, NEC, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments and their aim is to get USB 3.0 on the market as early as 2009.

Source PC Pro via pocket-lint

Now this is very exciting in my eyes because I love technology, before I get into the news can you say for a fact you like wearing those awkward glasses on your head to watch TV in 3D? Yes that was my answer also “NO”.

Well the good news is that Telefónica will start testing a brand new television; they will test the 3D IPTV service in São Paulo, Brazil sometime later on this year.

The new TV will be viewing the 3D on a 52-inch Philips 3D HDTV in 1080p, the TV will include auto-stereoscopic which basically means that you can watch in 3D without the need for the clumsy 3D glasses.

There are what could be major downsides, one is that only Philips TV can currently display the awesome 3D and the cost is (Are you sitting down) a whopping 18,000 Euros which is around about $26,000 US.

Philips expects that the 3D TV will be good for corporate settings and that is will be around in say 3 to 4 years.

Source – IPTV News via Engadget

When it comes to technology we all know that Intel is always ahead in the industry, well the latest news has it that Intel has recently made an announcement of a brand new technology that is interesting.

Basically this new technology will wake up your computer from sleep-mode, once it does this it will accept requests to access date and even accept phone calls. This new technology is called “Remote Wake” which will in simple terms turns your computer into an answering machine when you are not around, this new system will be available next month.

The technical bit: This ill be available on select Intel 4 Series Express Chipsets-based PCs equipped, it can therefore be accessed from an internet connected device, you know like a cell phone, laptop or any other internet mobile device, a third-party application or service is needed.

Intel have banged their heads with Jajah the internet telephony company, the reason for this is simple, and it will allow customers to access the company’s telephony support system.

More info via pocket-lint – image also via this source.

Bad news for all you Xbox 360 gamers waiting on the Rock Band 2 Xbox 360 Bundle because news has it that it will not be released until October 19.

Harmonix has pushed the Rock Band 2 Xbox 360 Bundle edition back which is a major disappointment; this is funny because this was apparently the date for the standalone game shipping for all platforms.

It is true what the source says below that you could pick up the program normally a month before on September 14, but you have to spend more on the bundle rather than the game. Personally this is not my sort of game so I have no problems when the bundle comes out, but of course there are many of you gamers that will be a little annoyed.

There has been no reason given for the delay, but we guess they have a good reason, check out the official Rock Band store.

Are you disappointed of the late release?

Source – Shack News via CrunchGear

If you was wondering when the new Sony XEL-1 OLED 11-inch TV was coming to Europe we say sit back and get ready to be annoyed. This TV is not coming to Europe until 2009.

Reports new in this morning from Japan’s Nihon Keizai Shimbun says that Sony has plans on selling the XEL-1 OLED 11-inch TV in Europe 2009 which in our eyes is a little too late would you not think.

A Sony representative did however say that it would not be a surprise if this Television made it to the UK before 2009.

So far this TV from Sony has been on sale in Japan since December 2007, so why the hell have we had to wait so long for it? It has also been seen is the U.S. Come on Sony pull your fingers out and get the ball rolling.

The Sony XEL-1 OLED is going to be an expensive TV at an estimated guess of about $2,500, come on that much money for an 11-inch TV are you kidding, we may be wrong about the price so we will have to wait and see.

One thing is for sure, I will not be buying one.

For more in-depth details click one of the following: Europe 2009 or UK 2009.

Source - AVING

Firefighters have said that the fire that has been blazing at Apple HQ in California has been contained.

The fire at the headquarters of the computer giant had been blazing for about three hours.

Santa Clara County Fire Department said that the three-alarm fire had burned the roof of the second level of one of the six Apple buildings. There were no injuries.

Rafael Salcedo, Senior Communications Dispatcher said that some flames still continue to burn, these are in a hard-to-reach area under an air conditioner. He added “The fire itself is not very big, but there is going to be a lot of smoke damage.”

Reports of the fire at Apple HQ first broke on Tuesday around 10 p.m. By 12.30 a.m. on Wednesday the fire had been contained.

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Whole Food Market have to tighten their oversight of suppliers, this has been done to keep substandard products out of stores. The recalling of ground beef recently had made customers sick in two U.S. States.

It seems that this recall has forced Whole Foods Market in to creating a change in the hope of winning back customer confidence.

The ground beef recall had a huge effect on the chain’s reputation; it seems that they are now trying to regain control of that fallout.

Since Coleman Natural came under new ownership, they started to use a slaughterhouse in Omaha. That slaughterhouse had received a number of citations, as well as having a long battle with the Agriculture Department. The Government had blamed this site for the source of the beef that made people sick.

Read the full article at NY Times

Read more new on recalls here

Looks like the pensioners are here to battle it out with the younger generation and fair play to them, pensioners and teenagers love the Nintendo Wii because is mimics real life motion plus it keeps you active.

Well whilst visiting Times Online they have some interesting news that we thought you show read, pensioners are basically saying no to bowls and yes to Nintendo Wii, they talk about Doris who is 91 who loves playing Nintendo Wii games.

In a small town in Tenbury Wells, near Leominster in Herefordshire pensioners attend the Age Concern afternoon in a Scout hut where normally it used to be tea and biscuits, but now they have this gaming console. The pensioners play the games under the watchful eyes of a couple of teenagers (Brave they must be).

So it looks like gaming consoles are not just for the young but indeed for the older generation too, maybe we should all have a teenager versus pensioners gaming contest.

Imax, the Canadian company we know for the giant-screen movie theatre systems reported a second quarter loss. The company said that this is mainly due to the investments it has made in the new digital technology.

Three AMC Entertainment theaters had digital projection systems delivered and installed by Imax based in Ontario. The systems were to be installed in the Ikast Quarter but this didn’t happen.

The company lost $12.2 million which is 29 cents on a share, in the period ending the 30th June, for the same period last year the loss was at $4.5 million down 11 cents a share.

Imax reported revenue decreased from $27.1 million down to $21.2 million.

As the credit crunch effects us all, people just can’t afford to go to the cinema regularly anymore, they have to miss out on the 3D experience in a bid to look after their finances.

Imax hinted that as lot of their success was down to the Spiderman 3 last year, which made a huge impact on its Q2 2007 figures, with last year’s figures looking so good it in turn has made this year’s figures look low.

But with the release of “The Dark Knight” the new Batman film they are hoping this will push the revenue up this quarter.

Imax said that they will still be looking to install around 50 digital systems by the end of 2008 and they are on track to do so.

Source: pocket-lint.co.uk