Life-Sized Lego X-Wing Unveiled. Breaks World Record With Five Million Bricks

Lego has unveiled a life-sized, five-million-brick model of an X-Wing fighter from Star Wars.  Built by 32 people over 17,000 hours, this 43-foot-long replica is the largest Lego model in the world.

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Twitter Users Confuse EDF Energy With English Defence League Following Woolwich Protest

Energy firm EDF has been trending on Twitter; but for all the wrong reasons.  Users have confused the company with the English Defence League, sending them hundreds of abusive tweets about the far-right movement's protests.

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Teenagers Losing Interest In Facebook. Interest In Alternatives Rise

Facebook may still be the most popular social network amongst teenagers, new findings from the Pew Research Centre suggests their interest and enthusiasm for the network is decreasing.

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Reddit Racism: An Open Secret

Reddit is, as you probably know, one of the internet's biggest websites, drawing in over 18 million visitors a month. With so many visitors, you are bound to get some bad apples; but reddit has a bigger problem with this than you might expect.

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It's Pronounced "JIF" Not "GIF." Inventor Reminds Us How It's Pronounced

In 1987, Steve Wilhite created the GIF (or Graphics Interchange Format).  Sixteen years later, he accepted a lifetime achievement award at The Webby Awards, using a GIF for his acceptance speech to confirm, once and for all, that it's pronounced "JIF."

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Next Generation 'Xbox One' Announced

 

After much hype and speculation, Microsoft has officially unveiled their next generation console, the Xbox One.  Don Mattrick (pictured) made the announcement to a huge round of applause, planning to make it the 'All-in-one' system in your living room. 

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Leap Motion Previews Minority Report-Style Windows 8 Interaction

Leap Motion has provided deeper insight into the future of touch-free computing by showing us just what interaction is capable on Windows 8.

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'Star Wars Rebels' New Animated Series For 2014

Production has now begun on Star Wars Rebels, an animated TV series due to premiere on Disney Channel next year. The programme will be set between the events of Episode III and IV of the Star Wars series, a gap of almost twenty years with plenty of scope for excitement and adventure - though of course, the details are all very hush-hush.

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Watch The Next Generation Xbox Reveal Here LIVE

Today's the day we see the Next Generation console wars begin.  Microsoft will unveil the next Xbox at 6pm BST, and you can watch it right here live.

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Porn Confirmed For Next Generation Xbox

Speculation surrounding tomorrow's Xbox reveal has reached fever pitch; but the one feature 100% confirmed is the option to stream porn on it, via the appropriately named 'SugarDVD.'

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