Software

Lots Of People Confused Oprah For A Web Browser

Oprah’s show is over—sob. But the league of spelling-challenged fans who email Opera (a niche browser, not a TV host) will probably continue. Opera’s rounded up their favourites. YOU GET A MISTAKEN EMAIL! YOU GET A MISTAKEN EMAIL!


Entertainment

The Total Cost Of Oprah’s Favourite Things: $US23.8 Million

When viewers say goodbye to Oprah today, they will also be saying goodbye to a dream: Getting a ticket to be in the studio audience for her annual giveaway bonanza of her Favourite Things. Here, we catalogue and itemise the $US23,809,050 worth of products she’s given away since 2002.


October 20, 2010
Gaming

Oprah Audience Explodes Into Hysterics Over Free Xbox Kinects

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September 28, 2010
Geek Out

A Day In The Life Of Mark Zuckerberg

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is constantly in the middle of some sort of torrid gossip storm, but his home life appears to be the opposite – it’s calm and cosy. Here’s a brief look into how he and his girlfriend go through an average day.


March 3, 2010
Science

Roger Ebert’s New Voice

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Since cancer left Roger Ebert without the means to speak, he’s been talking through a computer with a generic intonation. Today on Oprah, Ebert revealed his new voice by CereProc, resourcefully programmed from Ebert’s TV appearances and DVD commentaries.


May 22, 2009
Online

Oprah Skypes with a Sub, Gets Skinny on Life Submerged

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October 24, 2008
Gadgets

Oprah’s Favourite Gadget is the Kindle, In Case You Were Wondering

TV host and noted technologist Oprah Winfrey has a favourite gadget, but it’s a secret! At least until she announces it on her show, which will probably happen today. But that wasn’t soon enough for BGR, who dug and dug and scraped and view-sourced until they found their answer in a tag list, buried in an XML file from Amazon’s teaser page: Oprah Fridays Live, gadget, favourite things, favourite new gadget, kindle, kindel, kindle device, amazon.com, edgar sawtelle, obc, oprah’s book club, Cristina Ferrare, Mattie Stepanek, money, economy, savings, dollars, recession, cooking, meals for less