5/15/2010 01:11:00 PM
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People have been waiting for over a year now, and it’s finally here… the Wonder Girls are finally back with their single album 2 Different Tears! After hearing Nobody so many times since 2008, it’s definitely surreal to see this pop group coming out with new music again, and I’m sure that the girls are feeling a lot of pressure, but after giving 2 Different Tears, you won’t be able to deny its catchiness!
As promised earlier, 2 Different Tears has been released in Korean, English and Chinese. We’ve seen the Girls with decade-specific concepts in the past, and it looks like they’re staying true to that pattern with 2 Different Tears. The single album was just released officially on iTunes, so check out the tracks here!
Paris Hilton was just in Madrid for business (before heading on to the glitz and glamour of Cannes) but Cristiano Ronaldo wanted her to make time for pleasure, too.
The soccer stud, who's been romantically linked to Kim Kardashian and Paris herself, allegedly tried to meet up with the heiress while she was in Spain this week.
"He texted her when he found out she was there, but she only had a few hours because she was in back-to-back meetings," an insider tells me. "So they didn't end up meeting up."
But sources say they plan to hang out soon in a very exotic locale...
The two will probably get together next month in South Africa, where they'll both be attending the World Cup.
5/15/2010 01:09:00 PM
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For years, Google Street View cars roamed our neighborhoods, quietly mapping streets, collecting our Wi-Fi network information, and gathering sample payload data. But don't worry, they "never used that data in any Google products" and are sorry about collecting it.
After an audit of the Wi-Fi network data gathered by Google Street View cars, it was discovered that they picked up a little bit more than they were intended to:
5/15/2010 01:09:00 PM
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Samsung and T-Mobile might as well just let the cat out of the bag and announce they’re banding together for the launch of the Galaxy S. While watching it get fondled by Howard Choi on YouTube, we couldn’t help but note two things: 1) It’s model number was listed as the SGH-T959 (a dead giveaway), and 2) the appearance of several T-Mobile-related service icons. As we mentioned before, T-Mobile has yet to publicly say anything about the Galaxy S, so we’ll just have to sit tight in the event that until it does. If T-Mo had any brains whatsoever, they’d get this thing to market ASAP so it can do battle with the BlackBerry 9800, DROID Incredible, EVO 4G, and next-gen iPhone. Check out the video after… you know where.
5/15/2010 01:27:00 AM
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With practically just 1 – 2 days away from the official launch of the Wonder Girls new track, 2 Different Tears this weekend, depending on where you are, JYP Entertainment has finally unleashed on us the MV teaser.
Having been teased by their solo concept photos this past week, this is the final step towards the launch of a new track since the Nobody phenomenom in 2008. And it’s back to the retro 80s with cameos by Sunmi (?), Bobby Lee and JYP!
5/15/2010 01:26:00 AM
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Although Google launched the Nexus One with grand plans to radically change the way consumers purchased phones and service, it looks like the experiment has fizzled to an end -- the company just announced that will eventually stop selling handsets online and instead promote "a variety of Android phones available globally." Google says customers simply want a hands-on experience before buying a phone, but we'd say the lack of subsidies from any carrier except T-Mobile probably played a part here -- and of course, both Verizon and Sprint essentially refused the N1 in favor of bespoke versions in the Incredible and EVO 4G. We'd say that Android as a whole will remain unaffected, since the Nexus One was never a huge seller, but it's still rare that a company simply gives up a business model like this. The Google Phone is dead, long live the Google Phone.
5/15/2010 01:23:00 AM
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You know who can't stop talking about (or showing off) the Dell Streak / Mini 5? Company CEO Michael Dell, that's who. The man once again returned with his Android-powered 5-inch display of choice, showing it off on stage at the Citrix Synergy conference this morning. Sure, we've seen the handset ad nauseum at this point -- we're even a proud owner of one prototype -- but here's the quote that piqued our interest: "this [phone] will be available starting next month, first with our partner 02 Telefonica [sic] in Europe, then later this summer with our pretty good partner here in the United States, AT&T." He couldn't be much more direct, and we couldn't get it from a more knowing source. Excited for the near future yet?
5/15/2010 01:22:00 AM
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Very soon, that little flip-screened gaming console hidden in your draw or under your bed is going to break all kinds of crazy records. Currently, the PlayStation 2 is king of the best-selling console hill, but come October...
According to NPD analysts who've been tracking gaming sales, "The NDS is approaching the PS2 as the best-selling hardware system of all time...and by October or November of this year, it should meet or exceed the install base of the PS2."
With PSP sales sliding and Nintendo DS sales tallying up to 129 million units so far, Sony had better pull its finger from its triangle button and start producing a proper successor to the PSP.
5/15/2010 01:21:00 AM
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There’s an uproar stirring over a group of 7-year-olds who danced provocatively to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” at the World of Dance competition last month. The video — which is now burning up the web — shows a troupe of young girls in midriff-baring tops, short skirts, and black stockings gyrating to the Grammy-winning tune at the competition in Pomona, California on April 10.
5/15/2010 01:20:00 AM
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James Cameron is fast replacing Michael Bay as the industry preacher-man. Instead of praising the Blu-ray format though, he's taking to his soapbox weekly to mouth off about 3DTV. This time, about how content-makers need to shoot in 3D.
Yesterday he told television producers in Seoul that shooting in 2D and upscaling to 3D later just isn't good enough: "There's not going to be the time or the money to convert that. It's going to have to be shot live. We're going to learn how to do live shooting. The cost will come down on live 3D production."
According to Cameron "tens of thousands of people all over the world are shooting in 3D every day," and "we're going to need thousands of hours of sports, comedy and music and all kinds of entertainment."
5/15/2010 01:19:00 AM
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Can't say we're surprised to hear that Apple rejected Greg Hughes' Wi-Fi Sync app. You know, the app that allows you to wirelessly sync your iPhone / iPod touch with iTunes without having to USB tether to your computer. Messing with Apple's synchronization technology is a pretty big no-no as demonstrated by Palm's webOS bluff. Here's the rejection as explained by Greg from an unnamed Apple rep over the phone:
"While he agreed that the app doesn't technically break the rules, he said that it does encroach upon the boundaries of what they can and cannot allow on their store. He also cited security concerns."
It seemed inevitable but the news is nonetheless shocking: NBC’s drama Heroes won’t be back for a fifth season. The beleaguered drama only averaged 6.5 million viewers this year. It last aired on Feb. 8, when it only brought in a mere 4.4 million.
Spencer Pratt isn't about to let ex-BFF Brody Jenner get the last word.
Potentially big news in the world of open source software, friends. Apparently Ubuntu, the most popular Linux distribution, is considering dropping Firefox for Chrome. Well, maybe for Chrome, or maybe for Chromium, the open source project that Chrome is based upon. Therein lies the rub, I do believe.
The GMA’s (Golden Melody Awards) nomination list just came out and JJ Lin’s nomination for best male performer (for the album, “100 days”) is already in question. Lin Qiu-Li, the big boss of JJ’s record company, happens to be one of the judges for the GMA this year. Many speculate that Lin Qiu-Li may have influenced JJ’s nomination.
A couple of weeks ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs published "Thoughts on Flash," a 1,671-word execration of Adobe Systems' Flash platform.
Chrome OS — Google’s lightning quick operating system that’s based entirely on the Chrome browser — is due out the second half of this year (check out our report earlier this evening on its progress). We’ve seen some demos of it in action, and even tried out an early version ourselves, but there are still plenty of question marks as far as how people will actually use this thing. After all, while the browser will be able to accomplish most tasks, users are going to want some degree of multitasking, and there’s also the question of how users will be navigating Chrome OS’s basic file structure.
The Government Information Office announced the nomination list for the 21st Golden Melody Awards this afternoon. In particular, heavenly queen A-Mei Chang received 10 nominations for her album "A-mit", battling for the title of Best Mandarin Female Singer with Tanya Chua and Karen Mok among others. The nominations for Best Mandarin Male Singer include David Tao, Eason Chan and Jam Hsiao. Furthermore, this time the "Lifetime Contribution Award" has been given to "Taiwan's King of Song" Ang It-Hong who passed away due to illness recently.
Christina Aguilera isn't just back on the music scene.
filming of CTS drama ‘Calling For Love’, female lead Charlene Choi (Ah Sa)’s married status had not yet been exposed but she had many kiss scenes in the drama with male lead Mike He. Ah Sa admitted that Mike’s kissing skills successfully electrified her, and she revealed that she “very quickly entered into the world of love.”
Scarlett Johansson’s marriage to her hunky hubby Ryan Reynolds is on the rocks — according to In Touch Weekly magazine.
