Beam Me Up, Sir Richard

The inimitable Richard Branson beams down in London, with feet planted firmly on Caribbean soil

September 3, 2005

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4:30 PM -- This just in:

  • LONDON - Maverick entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson achieved the impossible September 2nd and appeared in two places at once as he was digitally downloaded into Virgin's flagship Megastore in London using the very latest virtual technology.

    Branson magically appeared at the launch of the new Virgin Digital service using state of the art 3D hologram technology... despite him being thousands of miles away in the Caribbean's Necker Island.

Get those terabytes ready. You may soon be storing a whole lot more than your boss's email.

Mary Jander, Site Editor, Byte and Switch

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