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A Betting Guide To The Eurovision Song Contest

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First of all, thank you all very much for your support on my upcoming trip to Russia and the coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest. I honestly thought there would be more detractors but it seems that by putting not only y head, but the entire potential of Web 2.0 reporting tools above the parapet has brought out the secret vein of “we love Eurovision” that I knew had to exist in the UK. Away from the view of the mainstream media, we all have a soft spot for the international competition. Right then, as I said yesterday, I’ll be

Graham Norton Shows Why Jonathan Ross Should Host Eurovision

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Finally, Saturday mornings are back to normal, as Jonathan Ross returns to the Light Programme (sorry, I mean Radio 2) right after Brian Matthews. Unlike his return to the TV, his radio show felt much more natural and “Wossy".” hey, he even had a woman to interview. But what caught my attention was his first interviewee, Graham Norton. As well as pushing his appearance in La Cage Aux Folles, the pair of them also discussed the Eurovision Song Contest. And it seems from the conversation aired that the BBC had the perfect Eurovision host under their nose. Someone who knows

Tonight Will See Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross overtake Robert Scoble.

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It’s going to be a big night for Twitter here in the UK, and it’s all the fault of Andrew Sachs and the Daily Mail Three months ago, broadcasters Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross called his answering machine, left a message, and the Daily Mail manufactured outrage over the incident. Brand left the country for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 while Jonathan Ross went and hid in a bunker for his suspension from the Big Brother Corporation (*). And what a jolly few weeks that has been. Because he found Web 2.0 Specifically he found Twitter, everyone knew it was

OpenID, Jonathan Ross and the Reputation Game on Twitter

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Somebody is going to do a killer presentation at a conference in 2009 in regards to identity on Twitter and what it can teach us about authentication (*). Why? Because as Twitter has started to ramp up, more and more ‘celebrities’ are using the service. At the same time, more people are pretending to be celebrities and using false names and accounts, which really muddies the water as to who you can trust. Probably the first major UK name on Twitter was Stephen Fry. A noted technophile (the second Mac ever in the UK was his), he arrived on Twitter,