'DJ Kadhafi' takes Internet by storm

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi may be reviled by many of his own people and the international community, but he's enjoying an unexpected surge of popularity -- as a music video star.

A remix of a rambling 75-minute speech Kadhafi delivered on Tuesday, set to dance music and featuring the strongman alongside footage of two gyrating girls, has gone viral on the Internet.

It has racked up almost half a million views on the video-sharing website YouTube since it was posted three days ago.

Called "Zenga Zenga," the music video mixes Kadhafi's quotes with club beats, using lines in which he vows to fight "inch by inch, home by home, alley by alley" as the chorus for the song.

The clip was created by Israeli musician and DJ Noy Alooshe and appears to be wildly popular in the Arab world despite its origins in the Jewish state.

"Can I get it on DVD so I can play it at the wedding for the bride and groom to dance to?" one commentator wrote in Arabic.

The clip can be seen at youtube.com/watch?v=cBY-0n4esNY.

Alooshe, 31, said he was inspired after seeing the speech, in which Kadhafi made various wild gestures and banged on his podium.

"It seemed to be very comic visually. Before I even touched it, it was funny, like a parody," Alooshe told AFP.

"The 'Zenga Zenga' bit had a great beat and I knew it had real potential to be a dance clip."

Alooshe said he was amazed by the reactions, which have been mostly positive, even after it his mostly Arab audience discovered the video clip was created by an Israeli.

He has also posted online a version of the spoof hit without the scantily clad dancing girls to take into account sensibilities in the Muslim world. That version has some catching up to do in terms of popularity, with about 50,000 hits so far.

"There were some curses, but still most said it was a great remix," Alooshe said.

"One guy even said that when Kadhafi falls we will dance to this remix in the streets of Tripoli -- that would really be something."

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Tracking device can tell you where your kids are

Would you like to have the security of being able to find your children whenever you want? Then read this.

A wristwatch with a built-in tracking device can tell you exactly where your kids are - and allow you to speak to them at the flick of a button.

Edinburgh-based former acting Lance Corporal Dean Corrigan, 32, has designed a device that contains a GPS system so parents can monitor children's whereabouts within two to three metres through a computer or a mobile phone app.

It also contains a sim card so it can receive calls from a number of pre-programmed phone numbers.

The Loc8er device was developed when Corrigan was serving in the Army as a physical training instructor.

"As a soldier I always think about situations on the ground and practical solutions. The radio system wasn't that good for soldiers on the ground when I was in the Army and it got me thinking about GPS, which means you always know where everyone is," the Scotsman quoted him as saying.

"Then I realised it could work for kids, because even if kids have mobile phones there's no way of knowing where they've gone or where they were last."

However, child safety groups have expressed concern that using GPS to track a child could be an extreme measure and say parents should communicate with their children rather than rely on technology.
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Google to launch YouTube movie service in UK

Google's YouTube plans to launch an unlimited subscription service for movies, similar to Netflix and Amazon's offering, the New York Post said.

The search giant, which has been talking with Hollywood studios for months, is looking to launch the streaming service first in Europe -- particularly the UK -- before expanding to the United States, the paper said citing executives briefed on the plan.

Google has earmarked $100 million for content deals with studios and other premium content providers in its plan to expand its offerings.

Google was not immediately available for comment.
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Mystery helps Apple's sales but not its governance

The mystique that Apple cloaks itself in when launching snazzy gadgets has served its bottom line well. But that same opacity doesn't translate well to corporate governance.

It took Apple's board far too long this week to reveal that, with its visionary leader Steve Jobs sick, 30 percent of its shareholders wanted more information on how the company would be run in the event he does not return to his position. Given Apple's stunning success, the low profile of the pension fund proposing the measure and the board's recommendation against, that should send a powerful message.

Late Thursday, Apple dropped into a regulatory filing the fact that 172 million shares were voted in favor of a proposal put forward by the Central Laborers' Pension Fund, which has under $1 billion of assets, calling for the company to adopt and disclose an executive succession plan policy. With 400 million shares cast in opposition, or 70 percent of the vote, the company clearly prevailed.

But a more mainstream governance proposal from a far larger investor, the $200 billion-plus Calpers, did get passed against the recommendation of the board. And even with the CLPF's effort, it's rare for non-traditional proposals from relatively unfamiliar special interests to capture so many votes. That's particularly true when boards in good standing with their stockholders recommend against them. Apple shares have, after all, roughly doubled in each of the past five years, so shareholders should be happy.

Now Facebook plays part in college admissions too

Perfect score is not the only criteria for getting admission into a reputed college in US now, off late, Facebook too has become an important selection tool.

Four out of five college admissions officers use Facebook to recruit students, according to last year's survey by Kaplan Test Prep.

"We found that 82 per cent of admissions officers reported that their school is using Facebook to recruit students," Russell Schaffer, Kaplan's Senior Communication Manager, told All Facebook.

The website StudentAdvisor reports at least one case of an applicant being rejected because of something in his or her social media profile.

And one interviewer has said she is "absolutely" prejudiced by what she sees online about candidates.

"I think it's always better to be safe than sorry," Allison Otis, who conducts interviews for Harvard College, posted in a thread on the website Quora.

"When you apply to college you spend such a long time crafting an image through your applications and essays that to be careless about your online data is just silly".