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Wooster Collective reports on an artists response to Damien Hirst’s Diamond skull…

Placed outside of the White Cube Gallery Masons yard at 3.30 am on Sunday night in response to the Damien Hirst’s “For The Love of God” diamond skull exhibition.

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From the company that designed the Optimus Maximus keyboard comes a neat looking storage device that resembles the windows-stlyle folder icons.

Folderix flash drive was designed as a folder icon, which is to prove that there’s no end to one’s postmodernist aspirations.

Unfortunately there’s no release date or price stated as yet. Watch this space!

There is an event at The Denver art museum which shows one of the leaders in the Abstract Expressionists and is still considered one of the most important painters of the 20th Century, Most of Still’s work has not been seen by the public also Still’s estate was sealed after his death in 1980 along with 94% of his work. For this information and more please visit the Denver Art Museum website.  The exhibition includes thirteen paintings one of which is a 1940′s self portrait, Also The Clyfford Still Museum grand opening will be some time in 2010.

The Register reports that The BBC are planning to release their New windows only On- Demand service on the 27th July, this was announced by The Broadcaster today.
It now may be a possiblility that beta could end as soon as the November launch the BBC has hinted, but when the iplayer was being developed it had been beset mostly by delays and strategy ever since it was announced almost three years ago.

BBC Vision director Jana Bennett touched on the issue in today’s announcement: “We are committed to making it as easy as possible to use BBC iPlayer. Developing a version for Apple Macs and Microsoft Vista is absolutely on our critical path.”The iplayer lets the user stream programmes for up to 7 days after the official broadcast also you can download them but there is a limit of 30 days to view it in. Also The BBC reports that they are in discussion with some major companies which include the likes of MSN, Yahoo and Myspace. The service is based on the same P2p technology that is used by Channel 4′s On demand Service, there have also been talks withwhich to unite the two services together But possibly you cannot view this outside the uk after IP mapping which is included with the package.

Even though the Iphone has not even been out 6 months without people wondering what next clever invention Apple will cook up, one of these inventions will include another Iphone except with a new twist this will include the Features of an Ipod Nano. Also JP Morgan, a financial servies firm have released a report that states this will be a cheaper form of the Iphone which is based on the ultra slim ipod Nano also the Firms analyst Kevin Chang has said that people will be confused as to where they have placed their new phone, he based this on the US Patent And Trademark Office and unnamed sources in the supply channel.Reuters reports that according to the patent application, the device is a multifunctional handheld device that uses a circular touch pad control, similar to the Nano’s scroll wheel. Mr Chang also was qouted as saying “We believe that iPod Nano will be converted into a phone because it’s probably the only way for Apple to launch a lower end phone without severely cannibalizing iPod Nano,”, this sounds like a very good idea which will make sure the nano doesnt fade away.Despite the iPhone’s touch screen being a major draw to the device, JP Morgan theorizes that a relatively low-priced nano-phone could draw sales of 30 to 40 million units in 2008.The report joins the gathering storm of second-gen iPhone speculation and persiflage that’s sure to keep Apple fans talking until the very moment Steve Jobs pulls the second coming of the Jesus Phone out of his pocket at a press event

The touch screen iPod is more of a “When” than an “If”. There’s no doubt that we’ll see it eventually, but it could be as soon as next month if the information from Digitimes is correct. It claims that the Taiwanese manufacturer Wintek is churning out touch screens ready for an August release. Given the usual scarcity of Apple products at launch (yes, except the iPhone), a late summer release would give them time to ramp up production (and frenzied demand) in time for the holiday season. Digitimes fails to quote sources, but with all the speculation spinning around, there’s got to be something from Apple next month, right?

Sony has announced the updated version of its Playstation Portable, but it’s more PSP Lite than PSP 2. According to Engadget, the refreshed model is 19% slimmer and 33% lighter. Both battery life and game load times have been improved, probably due to the adding of a buffer to cache data from the UMD disc. The biggest news, however, is video out. Now you can hook the handheld up to a TV.Available in black, silver and Star Wars (there’s a picture of Darth Vader on the back) they are on sale September.

Nintendo, on the new balance board for the Wii console and the new active fit game, at the E3 games conference in Santa Monica.

iDA (reverse of AD-i?) have extended their deadline to Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Enter to win the prestigious titles including Architect of the Year, Interior Designer of the Year, Fashion Designer of the Year, Product Designer of the Year, and Graphic Designer of the Year. All award winners will be considered for the title of International Designer of the Year. Student awards are offered in each category as well.

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