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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart: The Not-So-Secret Getaway

5/18/2010 12:28:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

In a new interview with USA Today, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart pretty much admit to dating. Not that this is news to anyone anymore.

Asked why there are fewer tabloid covers of the pair - except for this hilarious one - Pattinson replied: "We have gotten better at hiding over the last year," while Kristen agreed:

"That's totally the reason. They just make up a story to go along with the pictures. If they never get the picture, there's no story. We are just good hiders now."

That means there must be something to hide, right?

Soon after this interview, E! News reports that Robsten took off for Laguna Niguel, California. They holed up at the Ritz Carlton in the area, which is about an hour-and-a-half south of Los Angeles.

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Why is Casey James still on ‘Idol’?

5/18/2010 12:28:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , 0 Comments

Singer has yet to show any flashes of star potential

Of the three remaining “American Idol” finalists, two have been sure bets for weeks.

Crystal Bowersox has been an audience and judges’ favorite from the beginning, while Lee Dewyze has never been in obvious danger of going home. Apart from last week, when Ryan Seacrest made Bowersox sweat it out until the last minute in the “results-in-no-particular-order” reveal, neither has had much to worry about. (Though Dewyze is pretty obvious about showing us that he worries plenty anyway.)

And then there’s Casey James. He was in the bottom three in back-to-back weeks in April, but stuck around when Tim Urban and Siobhan Magnus got the boot instead. It’s not like he’s used that scare to raise his level of performance, but the results have been better anyway. He was thought to be one of the worst singers over the past couple of weeks as well, but wasn’t among the two lowest vote-getters when Aaron Kelly went home.

Which begs the question: Why is he still here? That’s what fans of Michael Lynche, Kelly, Magnus and pretty much every other eliminated contestant are asking. In fact, half the time, it looks like James himself is wondering what in the heck he’s still doing there.

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iPad is so far having a minimal effect on Mac sales; iPod sales are down

5/18/2010 12:27:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , 0 Comments

The launch of Apple’s iPad brought concerns that the device might cannibalize sales of the Mac computer - but a look at the first month of the June quarter shows that it’s the iPod, not the Mac, that may be taking the iPad hit.

In the U.S., Mac sales for the month of April were up 39 percent, ahead of the 19 percent projection that Wall Street has estimated for the full quarter. At the same time, iPods were down 17 percent for the month, compared to April of last year. Wall Street is forecasting a 9 percent decline for the full quarter.

So what does it mean? Piper Jaffrey’s Gene Munster, in a note to investors, said today that the iPad is not cannibalizing Macs the way some thought it might and that the impact, while slight, is more on the iPod. But it is only the first month. Munster writes in his note:

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Adobe Flash-Enabled Sites Are Highlighted Upon Updating To Android 2.2

5/18/2010 12:26:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , , 0 Comments

Apple hates Flash. Adobe “loves” Apple. Apple hates Android. And now, yes, Android loves Flash.

It’s widely expected that Google will unveil the latest version of Android, 2.2 (codenamed “Froyo“), at Google I/O which starts on Wednesday. The update is promising big things including huge performance improvements, tethering, and the ability to create your own WiFi hotspots with your phone. Another huge feature is expected to be the integration of Flash 10.1, a version finally optimized to run on mobile devices. And Google is apparently going to be highlighting the feature the moment you update to 2.2.

From what we hear, Android users with phones eligible for the 2.2 upgrade (Nexus One, Droid, and soon, HTC Evo) will be greeted with a link to an Adobe Mobile website after the upgrade. This page will give you the option to “View Flash enabled websites” or “Get Adobe products.” If you click on the first link, you’ll get a full list of sites Adobe is featuring that take advantage of Flash 10.1. These sites include Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers, BBC, Google Finance, and a whole range of others.

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Charlie Sheen Returning to Two and a Half Men

5/18/2010 12:26:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Charlie Harper is back!

After publicly considering leaving Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen has agreed to return to the hit sitcom for two more years.

“To put a fitting end on the two and one-half months of whirlwind speculation, I’m looking forward to returning to my CBS home on Monday nights,” Sheen says in a statement.

The actor, whose contract expired last month, recently denied reports his salary negotiations for a new contract were an 11th-hour negotiating ploy, telling PEOPLE he had remained firm on his terms to return since last June.

CBS is expected to officially announce Sheen and the show’s return before unveiling its fall lineup to advertisers on Wednesday.

Jay Chou steps back in new MV; Darren doesn't get any intimate scenes

5/18/2010 12:25:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Jay Chou directed and starred in the MV for his new song "It Rains All Night", but he's only playing the role of the story teller. He's given the male lead role to Darren from The Drifters, to star in a love story in this life and the past life. However, he didn't let his buddy taste the "sweetness", the intimate scene with the female lead was completed by using angles.

In Jay Chou's new song, from the lyrics, the melody to the scenes in the MV, he goes from the present to the 20s and 30s, he went from playing the cello to playing the erhu wearing a gown. The big crew went to 100 year old Taipei Guest House to get shots. His singing went from R&B to the singing found in Beijing Opera; he subtly joins together the love from the past to the present.

In the MV Darren sees his beloved female lead marry someone else, and he couldn't stop crying. It was his first time filming a crying scene, he cried very miserably. He couldn't stop crying even after Jay Chou shouted "cut". Jay Chou said: "He really knows how to act, a man crying for love, it really moves me!" Jay Chou's singing and signing session for his album "The Era" will be in Gaoxiong, Taichung on the 22nd, and on the 23rd he'll be at Shimen in Taipei.

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Super Junior dominating album sales charts with 4th album ‘Bona Mana’ in just 5 days into official album release

5/18/2010 12:25:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Super Junior is up sweeping the #1 spots on various weekly album charts with their comeback 4th full length album.


Super Junior recently released their 4th album ‘Bona Mana’ on 13th May, and the album went up to the #1 spot on various daily and weekly album sales chart like Hot Tracks, Yes24 etc for the 2nd week of May.

Making headlines even before their comeback with over 200K pre-orders, they have sold over 70K albums in just 5 days into the album release date. Many are seeing that they will be on their way to be the best selling artiste for this year.

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Sources: One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected "Looking Good" for Pickups

5/18/2010 12:22:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , 0 Comments


Looks like there will be more life for fan favorite bubble series One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected! Rumors are swirling that both series will get half seasons on the CW's 2010-11 lineup, and a well-placed insider just told me:

"It isn't yet official, but it sure looks like it."

The CW will announce its fall schedule—and the status of these two shows—this Thursday.

Meanwhile, I just ran into OTH newlywed superstar Danneel Harris, who hit the NBC press line here at the New York upfronts to promote her new series, Friends With Benefits, just two days after marrying Supernatural hottie Jensen Ackles.

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iSuppli finds worldwide cellphone shipments are up 13.8 percent, Motorola's share slipping

5/18/2010 12:22:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , , , , 0 Comments


We've already seen Motorola's market share slip a bit when it comes to US cellphone shipments, and it looks like the news is even worse for the company on a global scale. According to iSuppli's latest numbers -- which back up some earlier reports -- while worldwide cellphone shipments rose a healthy 13.8 percent in the first quarter of 2010, Motorola slipped from sixth to eighth spot in the global rankings, selling a total of 8.5 million phones compared to 14.7 million during the same period a year earlier. As you can see in the helpful chart above (with sales indicated in thousands), Motorola's loss came largely at the expense of considerable gains from market leaders Nokia and Samsung, with LG, RIM and Apple also seeing some smaller but significant gains. And, yes, this news also means that Motorola is also now in a neck and neck race with ZTE, for what it's worth.

Face To Face Duet, Show Lo and Amei Chang Stir a "Wave"

5/18/2010 12:21:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Challenged with 3 concerts in 24 horus, this mission impossible was successfully conquered by Show Lo. His company's preparation of "clam feasts" deemed effective, he had plenty of energy without a tinge of tiredness.

Having recently suffered from exposed rumors, Cyndi Wang attended her senior's concert last night. She wanted her fans to not worry, "I'm doing really well right now, lots of things have passed already." Show Lo saw her in the VIP section, and suddenly called out, "Cyndi Wang! Come to the side of the stage!" Then he took her on the tandem bike and rose out to midair, where he called out, "I'm going to take Cyndi Wang towards happiness." Alyssa Chia also brought her daughter Wu Tong Mei to watch the concert, but when asked about custody of the child, she smiled and didn't reply.

After the first concert ended, Show Lo returned home and went online to read the messages his fans' leave for him, and ended up going to bed at 4 AM. And to make himself look even more cut, during breaks he'd get down and do push-ups. Manager Howard Chiang said, in this past month, Show has been drinking clam soup cooked by a master chef, so he's really got a lot of energy.

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Leehom takes Leehom-Sharp to the next level

5/18/2010 12:21:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

First-time director Leehom Wang has spent the past few months working on his movie Love Announcement, which is expected to hit theaters later this August. Many netizens previously commented that he looked a lot like Brother Sharp when images from the film were released earlier. But in the latest batch of photos, Leehom really took “Leehom-Sharp” to the next level and brought along costar Chen Han-Dian as his victim sidekick as well.

Maybe he was sick of being a good-looking man, or worried that people would oversight his acting ability. In the new movie, Leehom and his on-screen buddy Chen Han-Dian go undercover in some hard-to-miss images. In one particular scene, the former holds a lamb, while the latter carries around a chicken. Their interesting appearances sure made everyone await the movie with even more anticipation.

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Amy Adams Welcomes a Baby Girl, Aviana Olea

5/18/2010 12:20:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Baby makes three!

Amy Adams and fiancé Darren Legallo welcomed 7-lb. daughter Aviana Olea Legallo on Saturday in Los Angeles, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

"Mom and baby are home and doing great," says Adams's rep. "Everyone's healthy and happy."

Shortly after announcing her pregnancy in December, the actress said she and Legallo planned to find out the sex of their baby on the way.

"I thought about waiting and I just don't think that's really my personality," Adams, 35, said.

With nine months to prepare for baby, the Julie and Julia star also made sure to take care of her own needs.

"It’s been good for me," she told USA Today. "I’ve benefited a lot from taking some downtime and working on friendships and really reconnecting with my fiancé."

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Zoe Saldana In Chats For “Columbiana” Assassin Role

5/18/2010 12:20:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Avatar star Zoe Saldana is in early discussions for the lead role in Columbiana — a upcoming Luc Besson-produced action drama set in Latin America — according to a scoop from The Hollywood Reporter.

The Dominican-American/Puerto Rican actress — whose credits include Star Trek, The Losers, and Death at a Funeral — would play a young Colombian woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders she hopes will lead her to the mobster responsible for murdering her parents.

The project — directed by Transporter 3’s Olivier Megaton — is expected to begin production this summer..

Demi Lovato on Joe Jonas: "He's My First Serious Relationship"

5/18/2010 12:19:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Demi Lovato isn't holding back when it comes to publicly declaring her love for Joe Jonas.

"Every time that I've started to date someone, I've had private relationships, and there's just so much stress trying to hide it and keep it quiet, that if you just come out and say. 'Ok, we're together,' you don't have to worry about keeping it such a secret," she gushed to Us Saturday at a press junket in Burbank, CA.

Lovato, 17, and Jonas, 20, met in 2007 on the set of the Disney channel series Camp Rock and denied dating rumors until a radio interview by Access Hollywood's Billy Bush in March.

"It was not only scary coming out to the public eye, but also the people who we work with, the people who are going to be on tour with us all summer, who are obviously nervous - because you never know what can happen," Lovato tells Us. "But, I think ultimately, everyone who knows us knows that we'll always be best friends, no matter what happens."

The singer says she and Jonas began their relationship as best friends. "We've always had an incredible bond, an incredible friendship," she says. "He knows me better than I know myself, and I know him better than he knows himself."

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Sony PSP 2 Rumor Round-Up Leads to Interesting Details

5/18/2010 12:19:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Unfortunately, one of those details, if proven accurate, could mean that Sony isn’t planning on announcing the Sony PSP 2 in just a few weeks, at this year’s E3. That goes against what we had reported last week, but stranger things have happened, we imagine. But, even if it might not be announced at the video game industry’s largest show (…), further details about the existence of the PSP 2 are definitely worth looking at.


According to VG 24/7, who spent quite a bit of time digging around this PSP 2 story, they’ve come up with quite a few tantalizing tid-bits that, if any of them come true, then it looks like Sony could have another killer handheld gaming rig on the horizon. First and foremost, though, it seems that a “source familiar with the matter” feels like they’re 99-percent positive that Sony won’t be unveiling the new handheld at E3. However, according to several British sources, there are several PSP 2 non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) getting tossed around, and have been in the hands of developers and publishers for a few months now. Other UK sources have said that the PSP 2 was set to launch in 2010, but it’s actually been pushed back to 2011 now (which could be one reason why Sony wouldn’t announce it at this year’s E3).

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Verizon to launch 3 to 5 LTE phones by May 2011

5/18/2010 12:17:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Not long after confirming plans for launching a Google Android tablet, Verizon’s CEO Lowell McAdam has unveiled even more details about the carrier’s upcoming releases.


According to Reuters, Verizon intends to introduce both tablets and phones with 4G/LTE connectivity by May next year. Three to five LTE phones should be out by then – it’s slightly sooner than previously planned, but it’s understandable why Verizon wants to hurry things up, since Sprint already has a 4G phone (the HTC EVO 4G, which will go on sale on June 4).

Lowell McAdam has even disclosed the names of the companies that could make LTE tablets for Verizon: Samsung, Motorola and LG. As for Verizon’s LTE phones, these might be made by HTC, RIM, Motorola or LG.

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If Adam Lambert Had You: Photos from the Official Music Video

5/18/2010 01:08:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Adam Lambert is preparing to go platinum again.


Following the international success of "Whataya Want From Me," Lambert will soon release a new music video on the world.

Based on the following stills from "If I Had You," it will be classic Adam all the way: space boots, spiked hair, eye make-up, lots of smoke. Everything about this unique artists we know and love.

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Enjoying your trip to Cannes Lindsay? Lohan falls over (again) as she hits the festival parties

5/18/2010 01:08:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Lindsay Lohan claims she can handle her drink and her unsteady footing is simply down to her being 'the most clumsy person in the world'.


So after an unsteady night out partying in Cannes in the early hours of this morning, we can only assume the 23-year-old was just being her usual clumsy self.

The Mean Girls star ended up crashed on the floor this morning as she left a yacht party.

Lohan was leaving a yacht with socialite pal Lady Victoria Hervey and a mystery male companion and moving on to another bash as she lost her footing.

Providing the horde of paparazzi with a perfect photo opportunity as she fell onto the floor.

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Megan Fox's birthday : A Kiss And A yogurt

5/18/2010 01:08:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

If Megan Fox was hoping her boyfriend had organised a spectacular surprise for her birthday, she may well have been left disappointed.


The Transformers actress, who turned 24 yesterday, was treated to a very low-key night of celebration by Brian Austin Green.

The 36-year-old actor, who starred in the original Beverly Hills 90210 series, took her to see the romantic drama, Letters To Juliet, at the Arc Light theatre in Hollywood.

But at least her man showed a romantic side as he whisked her off to Pinkberry where he popped a single candle on a small serve of low-fat frozen yogurt.

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HTC announces the Wildfire

5/18/2010 01:07:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


Well, well, well, look what we have here. No, it’s not some Chinese knockoff of the Desire — it’s the entry-level Wildfire, announced today by HTC. Running Android 2.1 with HTC Sense UI, its key specs include a 3.2″ QVGA display, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, microSD, dual-band (900/2100MHz) 7.2Mbps HSPA, 512MB ROM / 384MB RAM and 528MHz processor. One interesting feature the Wildfire brings to the table is its “app sharing widget” which allows users to recommend apps to family, friend and peers via email, SMS and social networking sites. The HTC Wildfire will be available in Europe and Asia starting in Q3. No word yet on potential U.S. availability. Yay or nay?

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Foxconn to ship up to 24 million units of Apple’s iPhone 4G in 2010, says DigiTimes Research

5/18/2010 01:06:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , , 0 Comments


Apple’s fourth-generation iPhone (more commonly known as the iPhone 4G) hasn’t even been officially announced but it looks to be Apple’s worst-kept secret. With two leaks showcasing it and its current involvement in a criminal investigation, it’s getting a lot of publicity that Apple won’t be able to get anywhere else.

But just how interested will the consumers really be when it finally comes out in June, when Apple fully unveils it and releases it to the market? DigiTimes Research cites sources in Taiwan and says Foxconn will ship 24 million units of the much-talked about phone starting in June. That’s 24 million chances buyers will have to grab the upcoming iPhone.

DigiTimes senior analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who relayed the numbers for the DigiTimes Research report, mentioned a few other things about Apple’s next iPhone. Its display will use an IPS panel with FFS (fringe-field switching) technology, which allows a wider viewing angle and clearer visual quality under in sunlight, apparently as part of Apple’s move to improve the iPhone’s performance as an e-book reading device and further increase adoption of its iBooks store.

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MBLAQ releases Y MV

5/18/2010 01:06:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

It’s the moment all you A+ and kpop fans have been waiting for! MBLAQ has finally released the MV for their comeback title track Y! The boys have released the album jacket photos, the MV teaser, the actual track, and the mini album and now the full MV has been finally unveiled.


Y is about the heartbreaking pain that men must go through while dealing with vengeance and forgiveness for the woman that betrayed them. The dynamic love triangle within the storyline of the full MV will definitely fascinate fans.

Pop sensation and the group’s mentor Rain stated, “The meaning of the song and MV will be left up to the viewer’s imagination.”

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Lee Hyori, “The sound of Rain taking off his clothes and applying lotion…”

5/18/2010 01:05:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Kpop sexy queen Lee Hyori talks about the incident which had made her look at Rain as a member of the opposite gender.


The 2 of them were recently present for the filming of MBC ‘Come To Play’. During the filming, Lee Hyori said, “I have never looked at Rain as someone from the opposite gender, but an incident which happened a while back have made me changed the way I look at him.”

She added, “I went to the same tanning shop that Rain goes. And our rooms were separated by a partition which has an opening on top. In the next room, I heard Rain taking off his shirt and applying the lotion. And I don’t know why, I started imagining things.” and everyone in the studio burst out in laughter.

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What do you think of the judges' song picks for the Top 3?

5/18/2010 01:05:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

This week on American Idol, each of the final three contestants -- Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze and Casey James -- each get to pick one song to perform. The judges pick a song for each finalist, too. Friday, the judges announced their picks: Ellen DeGeneres chose Paul McCartney's Maybe I'm Amazed for Crystal; Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson picked John Mayer's Daughters for Casey James; and Simon Cowell picked one of his favorite songs, Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, for Lee DeWyze.

From my perspective, the only one of those three that provides the potential for the kind of "moment" the judges have carped on all season long is Maybe I'm Amazed, which has a middle section that could easily play to Crystal's fondness for Janis Joplin-style shouting. Casey likely will sing Daughters well, and it'll certainly appeal to that older female demographic that is assumed to be his core fanbase, but I don't see it as a song that can provide the momentum for a serious run at the finale.

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Jessica may marry next year

5/18/2010 01:04:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

The 39 year old veteran artiste has won both fame and money but she was still single. During the half a year relationship with Ruan, Jessica changed her priorities and ranked her love life as a priority. Possessing both feminist and feminine characteristics, Jessica is already prepared to be a wife and mother.

Recently, TVB used many middle-aged artistes to boost its viewer ratings. An example will be "Sisters of Pearls" whose casts includes Jessica, Kiki Sheung, Michael Tao and Bowie Lam. Jessica started her career in the 1990s and was actively involved in TV productions for the past 20 years. She was always seen as a workaholic and had several relationships that did not last.

Artistes of her generation like Flora Chan and Kenix Kwok had marry and gave birth. She started a new relationship with Beckham look-alike, Ruan last year, and chose to announce the news on the day of Gallen's marriage. As she has already identified Ruan as a husband material, she fully immersed herself in her love life.

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HTC Mondrian with Windows Phone 7, 1.3GH Snapdragon processor leaked?

5/18/2010 01:04:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

We all know that HTC will launch a Windows Phone 7 device before the end of 2010. Well, this could very well be the HTC Mondrian, a smartphone that was recently mentioned in a leaked Windows Phone 7 OS ROM.


According to some posts over at the XDA-Developers forum, the HTC Mondrian will feature a 4.3 inch WVGA touchscreen display, digital compass, and a 1.3GHz Qualcomm QSD8650A Snapdragon chipset. No word yet about the existence of a full QWERTY keyboard.

The render below is possibly showing the HTC Mondrian, although it could also be just an image of a WP7 device that will be never made.

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Miss USA Rima Fakih Striptease Photos Emerge

5/18/2010 01:03:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Another year, another potential snaps scandal brewing on the pageant circuit: It seems Miss USA 2010 knows her way around a pole.


At this point, Donald N’ Em should just introduce pole-dancing, wet t-shirts, and sex scandals as part of the competition because obviously only .2% of these pageant girl have mastered the art of keeping their clothes on. Name five who haven’t been at the center of some shady picture scandal. (Don’t worry, we’ll wait…..)

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Palm’s webOS installed and running on old Dell laptop

5/18/2010 01:02:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

We’re still waiting for more news on HP’s rumored Hurricane project, believed to be a tablet running Palm’s webOS and tipped, by some at least, for a rushed release before the end of the year, but until then it seems the modding community aren’t willing to wait. PreCentral forum member cdowers has managed to get webOS running on his Dell laptop, by loading the emulator’s image onto an IDE hard-drive.


No, I have not gone crazy or fallen victim to a typo of some sort. Palm’s mobile operating system on the Pre and Pixi has been found to be capable of running on an old Dell laptop. See the image below for some introductory proof.

Rather than running webOS within a virtual machine, as the emulator normally does, this is an actual install of the platform onto the notebook. Since the Dell lacks a touchscreen all navigation has to be done by keyboard and trackpad at this stage, and of course it’s limited to a small resolution in the middle of the screen.

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Verizon HTC Incredible down to $150 at Amazon

5/18/2010 01:02:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , 0 Comments

Persuaded by our HTC Droid Incredible review that the Verizon smartphone is the Android handset for you? Currently priced at $200 on Verizon’s own site, you can save yourself $50 by heading over to Amazon where the Incredible is down to $149.99 (with a new service plan, naturally).


It’s worth noting that Amazon only offer two-year agreements with the Incredible, whereas Verizon will let you pick a one-year plan though charge you $269.99 upfront for the handset. Still, you’re saving money over the course of the agreement all the same. If you have a little extra, we’d point to Verizon’s option; if you’re more concerned with getting your hands on the Incredible for as little initial outlay as possible, Amazon is the place for you.

'Twilight: Eclipse' clip: Dakota Fanning finds your lack of faith disturbing

5/18/2010 01:01:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , 0 Comments

There’s a new clip from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse making the rounds, and if nothing else, it makes a convince case for Dakota Fanning as the freakiest immortal teenage vampire ever. (Sorry, Kirsten Dunst!) The clip also highlights the new directorial stamp of David Slade, who looks to be emphasizing the franchise’s horror roots a bit more than past directors Chris Weitz and Catherine Hardwicke. Check out the video:


I was kind of a sucker for the soft-focus romantic gushiness of New Moon, but I’m excited to see how Eclipse‘s darker, more action-packed storyline plays out onscreen. (It’s definitely going to be bit more male-friendly: boyfriends and father-chaperones of the world, rejoice!) It’s also interesting to consider how each Twilight director has changed up the franchise’s style a little bit.

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Zac Efron as Charlie St. Cloud: Movie Trailer Released

5/18/2010 01:01:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Troy Bolton who?!?

Following last year's successful transition away from the High School Musical franchise (with 17 Again), Zac Efron takes another step forward in his adult movie career this summer.


The young heatthrob stars as the title character in Charlie St. Cloud, a drama based on a popular 2004 novel.

In the film, the 22-year-old boyfriend of Vanessa Hudgens portrays a young man who gains special powers after surviving a serious accident: he can communicate with his late brother.

Amanda Crew, Kim Basinger and Ray Liotta also star in the movie, which hits theaters on July 30.

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Wi-Fi Sync for iPhone video hands-on: it works!

5/18/2010 01:00:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


We just got our hands on Wi-FI Sync and guess what? It actually works -- fancy that! For those of you out of the loop, Apple recently rejected this gem of an app (go figure), but thanks to the magic of jailbreaking, that was hardly the end of the road. Days later, Wi-Fi Sync ended up on Cydia (Mac-only, for now) with a completely-affordable price tag of $9.99, promising iPhone and iPod touch users the ability to sync their device with iTunes sans any cabling whatsoever. Since we're notoriously lazy when it comes to actually plugging in our phones and syncing, we fired up the program on our jailbroken 3GS in order to see exactly what the law-abiders in attendance were missing out on.

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Google Refreshes Android Market Website – It Inexplicably Still Lacks Search

5/18/2010 01:00:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


We’re not 100% sure when it popped up first, but Google has seemingly updated the Android Market website. Don’t pee your pants just yet – they’ve apparently merely shuffled some things around along with other layout changes. Still no search, still no way to download apps OTA, still no statistics of any kind.

On the bright side, the interface is more straightforward than it used to be. You can see a screenshot of the ‘old’ UI in this post, in which Jason Kincaid rightly calls for an Android Market desktop client – as you can tell the new website makes it a tad easier to browse different categories for both free and paid apps.

Google being Google, I’m really surprised the new website still lacks search functionality.

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Apple: Leaked iPhone 'immensely damaging' to profit

5/18/2010 12:59:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Apple said the theft and leak of its new iPhone prototype will have a "huge" negative effect on the company's earnings.

According to recently released court documents, Apple attorney George Riley told a detective in the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office that the leaked images of the phone were "immensely damaging" to the company.

"By publishing details about the phone and its features ... people that would have otherwise purchased a currently existing Apple product would wait for the next item to be released, thereby hurting overall sales and negatively [a]ffecting Apple's earnings," Riley said, according to the detective's affidavit.

The detective said Riley could not estimate exactly how much of a financial hit Apple would take from the incident, but he believed it would be 'huge.'"

Apple demanded an investigation after tech blog Gizmodo bought the stolen iPhone and posted photos of it online last month. On Friday, a San Mateo, Calif., judge ordered documents related to that investigation be released.

Apple did not immediately return requests for comment, but Apple analysts were dismissive of the company's damage assessment.

"It's a bunch of legalese and B.S. from lawyers," said Kevin Hunt, analysts and Hapoalim Securities. "Everyone knew a new iPhone was coming."

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Project Natal Could Cost Around $200

5/18/2010 12:59:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , 0 Comments

So much for that sub-$100 price we were all expecting. If some early prices from Swedish retailers are anything to go by, we're all going to be scrimping on the luxury eggnog this Christmas.


While Scandinavian countries are notoriously expensive, 1,499 SEK ($191) for Project Natal is just far too much, even if you factor in conversion charges, taxes or inflation. Kotaku points out that games that cost $60 in the States cost the equivalent of $80 in Sweden, but that's not an excuse for pricing Natal at $200. Our worst fears may just have come true. Let's hope the flaxen-haired blue-eyed Nords are having a laugh at our expense, with some nasty placeholder figures.

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NVIDIA want Tegra 2 to be performance Android option; challenge Snapdragon & Apple A4

5/18/2010 12:57:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , , 0 Comments

NVIDIA are looking to take on Qualcomm in the Android arena, with CEO Jen-Hsun Huang positioning the company’s second-gen Tegra chipset as a more multimedia- and performance-focused alternative for high-end devices. Huang complimented Qualcomm and TI’s mobile chipsets, describing them as “wonderful application processors”, but went on to say that “our differentiation and our contribution to the space is where multimedia, high resolution snappy graphics [are] really necessary.” He also highlighted Tegra’s possibilities for larger-scale, iPad rivalling Android tablets, such as Notion Ink’s Adam.

“With iPad and next-generation smartphones, resolution’s a huge issue, and you need to have very snappy graphics with a 10×7 display, if not even bigger by that, even higher resolution than that. You’re just not going to do that with a application processor that’s not designed for that. And so that’s our contribution and that’s our differentiation and that’s what people are seeking out in the market.” Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO, NVIDIA

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