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The BBC have a nice list of the most popular viral videos - Can you believe the Star Wars kid clip has been watched 900 million times - or Paris Hilton’s infamous One Night In Paris has been watched (discretely I bet) over 400 million times? I think George Lucas should do another prequel starring the tubby jedi and Hugh Hefner should start talking to Paris asap. Anyways, being the good guy that I am, I’ve included the top 10 list after the jump - along with the links. Go on, I know you want to…

The number of spam messages has tripled since June and now accounts for as many as nine out of 10 e-mails sent worldwide, according to U.S. email security company Postini. That would explain why I feel completely inadequate and have a need for little blue pills to help me….
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The media world is taking on the downloaders head-on. Fox is releasing a DVD of the first four episodes of season six on January 16th. The episodes air on the Sunday and Monday, then the DVD comes out Tuesday. There’s also a 12 minute preview of the fifth episode, which won’t be broadcast until the week after the DVD is in the stores. I think what Fox are forgetting is that Bittorent kids have a major advantage: it’s free! They don’t care that it’s illegal.

Ever wondered what the coolest spaceship ever design is? I’m not talking about the NASA Shuttle or Gemini, but real, open a can of wup-ass on your green alien ass kind of ship. Turns out there are almost too many awesome spaceships to count and it was interesting to FilmCriting missed out the the Borg cube, the Imperial Star Destroyer, the X-Wing Fighter or the little fighters from Independence Day when putting together the top-10 list of best movie spaceships. Still, it makes for interesting reading. I may just have to make my own “Best Spaceships in a Video game” list.

The Zune may be a bit thicker than the 30GB iPod, but it feels right at home in the hand. In my opinion, it’s a nice size and weight–neither too thin to hold nor too big to pocket, though others in the office say it’s bulky and have even compared it to a prototype,” CNET reviews reports. “The unit will playback MP3, protected WMA (the Zune-kind only), and unprotected AAC. No native WAV or WMA Lossless playback. If you have $200 worth of Wal-Mart tracks, you’re in trouble. (You’ll have to burn and rip, or find some way to convert).