WHAT'S NEXT: INNOVATIONS IN NEWSPAPERS

During an awkward, glitch-ridden presentation in Las Vegas last night, Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, flashed a few “slate” PCs running Windows 7.

As one of the YouTube comment says, “presented by a clown in a red v-neck.”

It was so embarrassing…

The other Steve, Steve Jobs, must be really happy with all this free advertising of “the real thing”

The controversial Geert Wildfers movie starts and ends with a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb under his turban, urging Muslims to tear out “hate-filled” verses from the Koran.

Posted on YouTube just four days ago, the film has had more than 800,000 viewers and gotten more than 35,000 comments, an amazing figure which must be a world record.

(Picture by Reuters)

AP reports:

Many Spaniards were so amused when their king told Venezuela’s president to “shut up” they want to hear the words every time their phone rings.mobile phone ringtone featuring the phrase “Por que no te callas?” or “Why don’t you shut up?”

That’s what King Juan Carlos told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a heated confrontation at a summit in Chile last week.

The ringtone is thought to have generated around $2.2 million for the companies selling it, El Pais said.

T-shirts and mugs featuring the words are also becoming a profitable business, and videos of the confrontation have been a hit on the YouTube Web site…

“The king said what Venezuelans have wanted to say to Chavez’s face for a long time,” said Jenny Romero, 21, a student…

The spat last week began when Chavez repeatedly called former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar a “fascist.”

Spain‘s current prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, asked Chavez to be more diplomatic and show respect for other leaders.

As Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt, King Juan Carlos leaned forward and said: “Why don’t you shut up?”

The instant, viral, political marketing popularity of King Juan Carlos comes when the monarch’s role was questioned inside of Spain.

This politically incorrect expression has made the King into a popular figure inside and outside his country.

He confronted the clown like a circus ring’s master.

Well done!