6/01/2010 12:01:00 PM
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Just in time for summer, here comes Justin Bieber with a heroic little video ditty for Jaden Smith's Karate Kid remake.
For a while it looks like Jaden's just going to sit there like a lump while the Biebs rocks the teenage world in a recording studio intercut with clips of the movie to add a little production value. But Jaden finally cuts loose with a few choice dance moves and nifty rap break.
6/01/2010 11:59:00 AM
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For all its faults, the prime reason we panned Microsoft's Kin was price. Why buy a Kin when you could get a more capable iPhone, Palm Pre or Android device for the same price? This week, it seems someone at Best Buy HQ has seen the light. As of today, the brick-and-mortar electronics superstore has knocked $50 off the price of both handsets, making the Kin One free and the Kin Two cost only $50 on a two-year contract, with no mail-in rebates or other nonsense required. Now, if only do something about that $30 monthly data plan, your teen might finally have a vaguely compelling reason to pick one up.
6/01/2010 11:58:00 AM
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So, where does the late MacGruber rank among summer's all-time box-office bombs?
It doesn't. It was a Will Forte comedy, for non-A-list sake. The true summer box-office bomb is spectacular in size, scope—and star failure.
Here are our picks for five beach-season bombs so devastating they blew up careers:
6/01/2010 11:56:00 AM
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Good news / bad news, folks. First with the smiles: PlayStation 3's first 3D-enabling updates are due out on June 10th for downloadable titles Super Stardust HD, WipEout HD, and Pain. The first two games get the added dimension for gratis, but Pain lovers (who should be accustomed by now to its abundant premium add-ons) will need to fork over ¥300 (approximately $3.28) for the benefit. The other stickler is that these updates are so far only announced for Japan -- and by merit of a Bravia promotion, Europe as well. So what's a North American gamer with a penchant for wearing special glasses to do? Keep waiting, true believers.
6/01/2010 12:39:00 AM
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The highest-paid star on primetime TV is facing six weeks in the clink.
Charlie Sheen is due in court next week to face charges related to his Christmas Day 2009 arrest for an alleged assault of his estranged wife Brooke Mueller. The Two And A Half Men star is reportedly planning to plead guilty in exchange for more serious charges being dropped. Too bad for Sheen that said plea agreement means he’s looking at up to 45 days behind bars.
In fact, Charlie’s attorney is so sure there’s an orange jumpsuit in her client’s future, she’s even requested that the jail make a special exception and lift their ban on smoking just for the actor.
6/01/2010 12:39:00 AM
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Chinese website Zol -- which is owned by CBS Interactive -- is reporting that Apple may be moving toward a model of paying Foxconn employees direct subsidies, in the form of small percentages of of the profits from whatever product line they work on. It's also interesting to note that the report claims that Apple has looked into the situation, and found that the general unhappiness of the workers and the recent spate of suicides could be attributed to low wages. The report says that Apple -- which apparently pays Foxconn 2.3 percent of the final retail price for a given product -- will pay an additional amount directly to the workers, which would give a significant boost to the roughly $132 they're currently pulling in per month. The actual payout numbers we're hearing -- around 1 to 2 percent of a retail price of the products manufactured -- don't exactly make sense so we're hoping to get clarification as to the breakdown if the rumor turns out to be true. The report also states that the iPad production line will be the first to benefit from the scheme. We have asked Apple for comment and will update if and when we hear back.
She may have started out a child actress, but Dakota Fanning hasn't given up one quintessential part of her teenage years: the prom.
I’m not sure Google has ever come out and said that they hope the future of computing doesn’t involve Windows. But we all know they’re thinking it. However, while they may think that way, it’s been hard to take that too seriously since most of the computers they do their work on likely run Windows. In the near future though, that may not be the case.
Three years ago, the empresses of girl groups S.H.E was a huge success in helping break sales of over a million from endorsing a female sportswear brand. To reward the popular Taiwanese female group for their achievement, the company recently presented a handmade gold-threaded shirt. The three ladies couldn't help but laugh, and replied, "There's a lot of value and empress power as a result of this gold-threaded shirt."
Steve Jobs will appear at the opening night of the eighth D: All Things Digital conference tomorrow night. The notable tech and media event will also include Hollywood director James Cameron, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, among others. The conference runs June 1-3, 2010 near Los Angeles, Calif.
Mainstream microprocessors have been 64-bit for years. Operating systems have followed suit. Now it's time for a program used by hundreds of millions of people to make the leap: Firefox. 
Sammi Cheng and Andy Hui has been separated for 8 years now and there always has been rumours about them reconciling. But last month they were seen having hotpot together with the other 3 members of the Big 4 (Dicky Cheung, William So and Edmond Leung) for 3 hours in Shanghai. Yesterday, the 2 of them were seen at the Beijing airport in their black colour couple dressing, taking the same flight back to Hong Kong, allowing more rumours to their reconcilation.
MADONNA is planning to spend $200,000 on plastic surgery as a present to herself for her 52nd birthday, according to reports.
About a week ago, word started getting out that Facebook is beta testing a new “killer app” called Facebook Questions. For beta testers, the Questions feature appears in the left-hand column just below Events and Photos. It lets you ask and answer questions to and from your extended circle of friends.
Andy Lau's new invested film held its premiere last night, Andy expressed that he hopes the film can make 5-6 million in the box office. Producer Gordon Lam interrupted: "If its less than 5-6 million then I will never act again." Andy was very concerned and told Gordon to take back what he said. Later, Gordon asked why Andy's so modest to set a goal of just 5-6 million? Andy said: "5-6 million is already pretty high, more than 10 million is impossible. In a situation, a person knows how high they can go, have to know their place. This movie is not a grand production produced by a known producer, director or classy actors. It is just a movie with junior level actors and a new director. Receiving 2-3 million is already very good." What's the payback then? This movie will play in Mainland where an estimate revenue of 20 million yuan, earn some profits there.