Pearl & Dean theme in Guitar Hero revamp

LONDON – Pearl & Dean has created another new version of its iconic Asteroid theme, promoting Activision’s Guitar Hero game.

ADMA Idols 2008

ADMA Idols went off last night with a packed house and some real talent on display.

Foxtel won the band comp last night (and looked like a real band) while Soap picked up best dressed.
Mark put on a good show too although they had an Idol contenstant as a ring in.

Note: for entries next year. The later you go on the more drunk people are and the louder they cheer.

Here’s Soap’s Band Bath Scum performing.

Bath Scum Live – Night Train from mwg on Vimeo.

Bath Scum Live – Panama from mwg on Vimeo.

Interbrand’s 100 Best Global Brands list includes only three UK brands

LONDON – Only three UK Brands, one of which is the ill-fated HBOS, have made it onto Interbrand’s 2008 Best Global Brands list. In addition to HBOS at 27, the other two are BP in 84th place and Diageo’s Russian vodka brand Smirnoff coming in at 89th position.

Consortium withdraws after failed Informa bid

LONDON – The private equity consortium behind a rejected £1.9bn takeover bid for B2B publishing giant Informa has officially withdrawn its offer.

Microsoft fights back against Apple’s PC stereotype

NEW YORK – Microsoft has hit back at Apple’s geeky stereotype of a PC user in its ‘Mac vs PC’ campaign with an ad featuring a whole host of PC users including Microsoft employees, founder Bill Gates, an astronaut and celebrity couple Eva Longoria Parker and Tony Parker.

ITV agrees England highlights deal with Setanta

LONDON – ITV1 has secured television highlights for all three remaining England World Cup away qualifiers after striking a deal with Setanta for an undisclosed sum, reported to be as high as £1.5m or £500,000 a game.

Google joins world’s top 10 brands as Microsoft slips

LONDON – Google has joined the top ten most valuable global brands in Interbrand’s annual survey for the first time, with Coca Cola remaining top as Microsoft slips to third place.

Brand Republic Video: ‘Greedy’ Setanta’s brand hit after £1m highlights demand

LONDON – The public has labelled Setanta “greedy” for demanding £1m from terrestrial channels for the England v Croatia highlights, according to the latest Brand Republic video — watch it now.

Mini City Dioramas – Dotonbori Street in Osaka (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) There are artful paper dioramas, and then there’s artist Yumiko Matsui’s outstanding diorama of Dotonbori Street in Osaka, her hometown.

Every detail of Dotonbori Street is faithfully reproduced in…

Twitter Aggregators – FAVRD Shows Day’s Best Posts (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Favrd is a site that posts the day’s tweets that other Twitter users have marked as their favorites. I’ve often silently wished for a best-of Twitter updates aggregator, similar to the best-of section…

Naughty Insect Mating Movies – Isabella Rossallini’s Green Pornos on Sundance

Isabella Rossellini has made some hot movies before, but stayed away from hard-core. Now her hard-core work is being picked up for national distribution by The Sundance Channel

If you have a thirst for…

Touchscreen-Friendly Apparel – Dots Gloves for iPhone, iPod (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Users of devices with touchscreens–like iPod, iPhone, iTouch, Nintendo DS, point-of-sale systems, and laptop trackpads–know full well how uncomfortable and inconvenient it is to operate these devices…

Aftermarket Car Modifications – The Mustang Glass Window Hood (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Part of the fun of car engine tuning is being able to show it off to others; with most hoods, however, this isn’t possible. HillBank MotorSports has just released a clear glass window hood for 2005-2009…

Green Mega-Corporations – WWF Climate Saver Partners (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Many of us have longed for the government to step in and regulate mega-corporations, to no avail.  But now these giants are opting to step up to the plate, making enormous dents in our most pressing environmental…

Naughty Insect Mating Movies – Isabella Rossallini’s Green Pornos on Sundance (VIDEO)

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Pop Culture Fusion – 8 Hello Kitty-Star Wars Mashups (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Inexplicably, there are a vast amount of Hello Kitty and Star Wars mashups. Here are ten of the best.

1) The classic Hello Kitty Darth, a Photoshop job on a white Darth Vader from a convention.

2)…

Commercial Breakups – Microsoft Dumps Seinfeld from Ads

Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates have officially broken up. Seinfeld is out of the commercials for Windows Vista, and his replacements–Eva Longoria and hubby Tony Parker, Deepak Chopgra, and Pharrell Williams–are…

Swingin’ Sock Monkeys – Artists Remake Childhood Toy (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you can’t get enough of sock monkeys then you will love these pieces from Rebecca Yaker of Hazel and Melvin. They have a variety of creative designs with a common theme which is, of course, the sock…

Commercial Breakups – Microsoft Dumps Seinfeld from Ads (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates have officially broken up. Seinfeld is out of the commercials for Windows Vista, and his replacements–Eva Longoria and hubby Tony Parker, Deepak Chopgra, and Pharrell Williams–are…

Knitted Street Art – Territorial Stitched Signs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Canadian artist Lauren Marsden has created knitted street signs for every street she has lived on in Victoria, BC.

The style of each knitted piece is based on that of the street sign she covers over.…