Eminem's Recovery Vs. Miley Cyrus' Can't Be Tamed: The New Album Showdown

It's a strangely busy week for new album releases, and no matter what sort of sounds you're into, there are plenty of options. If you're a fan of classic metal, there are new albums by Ozzy Osbourne, Danzig and Vince Neil. Into funky, groovy hip-hop? The Roots' How I Got Over streets today. Still dig those big, block-rocking beats? Check out the just-released Chemical Brothers album Further. Macy Gray, Marah, Cyndi Lauper, Herbie Hancock, Stars, Robert Randolph and Sia all have new music that is in stores today. It's an embarrassment of riches.

But really, there are two new albums that will battle it out for chart supremacy this week, a pair of highest-profile LPs that are already creating buzz from coast to coast. In one corner, there is Eminem's new album Recovery, which ditches a lot of the rapper's gimmicks in favor of raw, straightforward songs that recall his earlier, harder work. On the other side of the coin, today marks the release of Miley Cyrus' latest album Can't Be Tamed, a departure from her typical sound that ventures deeper into the world of electronic music, dance rhythms and even a bit of hip-hop.

What we have are two dominant pop stars with two huge albums. Which one will come out on top? Here's the tale of the tape.

New 'Transformers 3' photos and huge plot reveal: Shia LaBeouf will run away from large robots

Taking an acute turn away from the quietly powerful chamber-drama plots of the previous two films, early photos indicate that much of Transformers 3: The Rise of the Vengeful Fallen’s Revenge will be about Shia LaBeouf cowering in the face of giant CGI robots making things go boom.

Based on successful threequels in the past, I was hoping that Transformers 3 would either be set in the Wild West or star Sean Connery in a bucket hat, but I guess it’s just not to be. New images from the set of the latest robots-in-disguise film show Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson and Megan Fox 2.0 (also known as Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) doing what actors do best in a Michael Bay film: Staying out of the way. The scene they are shooting is supposedly set in an office building that’s in the process of being tipped over by a big, bad Decepticon, and from the confused, perhaps gastrointestinally distressed, looks on the faces of LaBeouf and Huntington-Whiteley, it seems evident that those two will have all the romantic chemistry LaBeouf and Fox had.

iPhone 4 review

The iPhone 4 is no small thing to review. As most readers are well aware, in the gadget world a new piece of Apple hardware is a major event, preceded by rumors, speculation, an over-the-top announcement, and finally days, weeks, or months of anticipation from an ever-widening fan base. The iPhone 4 is certainly no exception -- in fact, it may be Apple's most successful launch yet, despite some bumps on the road. We've already seen Apple and AT&T's servers overloaded on the first day of pre-orders, the ship date for the next set of phones pushed back due to high demand, and die-hard fans in line outside of Apple locations a week before the phone is actually available. It's a lot to live up to, and the iPhone 4 is doing its best -- with features like a super-fast A4 CPU, a new front-facing camera and five megapixel shooter on the back, a completely new industrial design, and that outrageous Retina Display, no one would argue that Apple has been asleep at the wheel. So the question turns to whether or not the iPhone 4 can live up to the intense hype. Can it deliver on the promises Steve Jobs made at WWDC, and can it cement Apple's position in the marketplace in the face of mounting competition from the likes of Google and Microsoft? We have the answers to those questions -- and many more -- in our full review, so read on to find out!

White iPhone 4 shows up on Walmart.com — will it be available Thursday?


We can’t say for sure that it’s an indication that Walmart will be stocking the white iPhone 4 come Thursday, but we find it pretty interesting that all of a sudden the white 16GB model shows up on its retail store as “available in store.” Could this possibily mean that the white iPhone will be available for purchase — at least at Walmart — on D-Day?

Taeyang reveals 4 more tracks of his SOLAR album

Yesterday, YG Entertainment revealed two new tracks off of Taeyang’s upcoming SOLAR album. Now four more songs have been unveiled and they’re his past previous hits!


The four new tracks are Where U At, Wedding Dress, Prayer (ft. Teddy) and Only Look At Me. These are all previous hits of Taeyang as the first two caused quite the stir in the fall/winter of 2009 and the last two being his solo debut songs.

It was previously reported by YG Entertainment that the four songs would be repackaged onto his first full length album. And with these tracks unveiled, it brings the list up to 12 with only one more waiting to be shown to the public. As we reported earlier, the 13th and final track will actually be a bonus track.

iPhone 3G Owners, You Might Want to Hold Off on iOS4

The iPhone 3G is now about two years old, and it's nearing the end of its lifecycle. The proof? Installing the latest iOS4 on it causes it to slow to a crawl, and that's with half of its features missing.


Judging on the performance of both my and Mark Wilson's 3Gs as well as based on anecdotal evidence on Twitter and support forums, the new iOS4 update is wreaking havoc on older iPhone 3Gs.

Here's an excellent video by Flickr user Adrian Nier showing two 3Gs side-by-side, one updated to iOS4 and the other on 3.1.3:

It’s official: No AT&T iPhone 4s to be sold until June 29th

You might as well throw your sleeping bag and Coleman stove back into the attic, as AT&T as just announced that due to incredibly strong demand, it will not have any iPhone 4 units for sale in stores until June 29th. Anyone who pre-ordered for in-store pick up or home delivery will get their device on launch date provided they ordered before that infamous cut-off.


Here’s AT&T’s statement:
  • Preordered for home or business delivery: iPhone 4 will begin arriving this week for customers who preordered. We’ll send an email when each order has shipped.
  • Preordered for store delivery: AT&T retail representatives will begin calling customers this week to let them know their iPhone 4 is available for pick up in store.
  • Retail purchase (no preorder): AT&T plans to have iPhone 4 inventory – available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last – on June 29 in its retail locations, at www.att.com, and in business sales channels. As inventory sells out, AT&T will offer the convenient option of purchasing iPhone 4 and having it delivered to a home or business or an AT&T store. As always, customers will receive an email once their order is placed, and again when it ships.
Anyone sharpening their pitchforks?

Jerry Seinfeld Calls Lady Gaga a Jerk

In a bashing the New York Post deems a joke, Jerry Seinfeld called out Lady Gaga for her recent appearances at New York Yankees and Mets games -- she flipped dual middle fingers unrepentantly at one game, and showed up in skimpy lingerie for both.

"This woman is a jerk. I hate her," Seinfeld said on WFAN radio Monday night, although he conceded she is talented. "I don't know why she's doing this stuff. I don't know what these young people think or how they promote their careers. I'm not one of these all-publicity-is-good people. People talk about you need exposure -- you could die of exposure."

Seinfeld told WFAN host Steve Somers he's had enough of Lady Gaga, but that he wishes her the best -- though he was quick to tack on, "You take one 'A' off of that and you've got 'gag.'"

"You give people the finger and you get upgraded? Is that the world we're living in now?"

Samsung Windows Phone 7 prototype hands-on


It's been a bit of a unicorn since making a quick appearance at MIX, but we just got the chance to go hands-on with Samsung's Omnia i8910-based Windows Phone 7 prototype phone. Interestingly, we were told that this hardware will never be released to market -- it's just for testing purposes right now. That testing is going quite well, as far as we can see -- Microsoft's people are starting to carry WP7 devices as their personal phones now, and while the software is still quite buggy, the build we saw in action was noticeably faster than before. We were also told that the hardware in the pipeline -- particularly from Samsung -- is apparently quite spectacular, and that this particular device doesn't represent the launch set of devices. We'll have to see -- we actually thought this prototype was quite handsome in person, although it's a little thicker than you might expect. Hit below for some more pics!

The once impoverished Show Lo uses a chair dance to encourage public welfare

The TVBS foundation has long been concerned about the educational needs of impoverished children in remote areas. This time, they've specially invited Show Lo, who hails from the same kind of impoverished student family background, to come out and appeal to compassionate friends to join together in donations. Specially, as a dance king, Show Lo used a school desk to put together a brief dance and say to everyone, "Going to school is a stage. Going to school, is a future."

In a dark and murky classroom, the room suddenly lightens because of Show Lo's performance. A strong spotlight shines upon him and everything around condenses to him, giving birth to the show business king. This story, spanning only a few seconds, speaks of how even impoverished children can one day shine.

What appears in the commercial actually is also Show's true story. Artist Show Lo said, "At that time, just one semester could become a [financial] burden to the family. So then I said, okay, I'll just go to a school that's closer to home. Consequently, I wasn't able to finish at Hwakang School of Arts*, I could only attend for one week."**

Super Junior’s Leeteuk voted as artist with best leadership


Bugs Music recently conducted a poll from June 14th to June 21st with the question: Which of these artists has the best leadership? The poll had a total of 4,780 votes and Super Junior’s Leeteuk came out on top.

The results were:
1) Super Junior’s Leeteuk (58% – 2760 votes)
2) SS501’s Kim Hyun Joong (22% – 1019 votes)
3) Big Bang’s TOP (8% – 350 votes)
4) CNBLUE’s Jung Yong Hwa (301 votes)
5) Hot Potato’s Kim C (242 votes)
6) MBLAQ’s Lee Joon (80 votes)

For some odd reason they replaced Big Bang’s leader G-Dragon with TOP and MBLAQ’s leader Seung Ho with Lee Joon.

MeeGo for tablets gets a pre-alpha video demonstration


We managed to grab some hands-on time with a Moorestown-powered MeeGo tablet prototype during the hustle and bustle that was Computex 2010, but if you're looking for a more subdued, PBS-approved rundown of what the forthcoming operating system will offer, you're in the right place. Hosted up just after the break is a video demo of the pre-alpha user interface, complete with a finger-led walkthrough of the entire system. We'll be frank -- what we're seeing here is downright dazzling, and it all looks a heck of a lot easier to wrap one's noodle around than a full-on copy of Win7. Peek it for yourself, won't you?

Zuckerberg: Facebook Revenue Estimates Of $1.1 Billion “Not So Far Off..” ; “Paid Too Much Attention” To Twitter

Earlier today Inside Facebook posted a very interesting interview with Facebook founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The conversation touched on a range of topics including the proliferation of social gaming, the argument for instituting Facebook Credits across all games, and why Zuckerberg is no longer afraid of Twitter. It also shed some light on Facebook’s revenue numbers: Zuckerberg said that estimates that Facebook would make between $1 and $1.1 billion this year “are not so far off in either direction that it’s causing us any pain…”

So what did he mean by that? Zuckerberg says that revenue estimates last year were lowballing Facebook’s revenue stats to the point that it was hurting the company. Now that’s changed, at least to the point that Facebook isn’t seeing any adverse effects from analyst guesses. Still, it sounds like those figures might still be a little low — Zuckerberg says that “in general, I think people underestimate the value of the whole thing” (though he may be referring to the overall value of Facebook in the long run as opposed to this year’s revenue numbers). Also note that he says that if the estimates were too high, Facebook would correct them to ensure that people didn’t have overoptimistic expectations.

Jennifer Garner 'Absolutely Not Pregnant'

Sometimes, a blouse is only a blouse.

Speculation has been swirling around the Internet that Jennifer Garner is pregnant again as evidenced by photos of her wearing loose-fitting clothes of late. Not so, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

"Jennifer is absolutely not pregnant," the rep says.

Garner has two daughters, Violet, 4, and Seraphina, 1, with husband Ben Affleck. She will next be seen in the comedy, Butter, which she also produced, due out in 2011.

Britney Spears: Out, About, Braless as Usual

A not-entirely-miserable-or-robotic-for-once Britney Spears and her agent boyfriend Jason Trawick enjoyed their typical afternoon together in Calabasas, Calif.


Always rumored to be on the rocks, the pair walked hand in hand and got lunch at Red Robin before picking up a few things for the house at Williams Sonoma.

As usual, Jason Trawick was a true gentleman to his lady love, while Britney looked ambivalent about the outing. You don't see her smiling very much.

Google Counters Apple’s HTML5 Showcase With HTML5Rocks (Yes, It’s Really Called That)

Earlier this month, Apple unveiled a new site to showcase HTML5. On it, Apple showed off a number of impressive web demos coded using only HTML5 technologies. However, at least on the main page, these demos were restricted to working on only Apple’s Safari web browser. So now Google is countering with its own HTML5 site — called, get this, HTML5Rocks.

Google and Apple are arguably the two biggest companies attempting to push HTML5 forward. Notably, both also dominate updates to the WebKit rendering engine (with both Safari and Google Chrome use). But both also seem a bit at odds with HTML5 because both have popular mobile platforms that use native applications not coded with HTML5. In recent weeks though, the two companies (which are in the middle of a war with one another) seem to be trying to show that each is fully committed to the open web.

HTML5Rocks features nine tutorials on HTML5 feature. And there’s a code playground to let you mess around with your own code. Obviously, all of this works well in Chrome — but it also works with Safari. That said, Google made sure to add in this note:

The presentation was originally meant to run in Google Chrome. Some experimental features might or might not be coded to run in other browsers for now. (Although you will cry out of happiness when you see so much running in IE with the Chrome Frame plug-in). If you want to run 100% of the demos contained in the presentation you might need to run Chrome with the webgl flag enabled.

Bing Entertainment Brings Full Music Streams To Search, Plus Games, Movies, And TV Shows


Bing’s iPhone app isn’t the only thing getting an upgrade today at Microsoft’s search engine. Bing is also starting to roll out close to 100 new features to its main search engine on the Web. The biggest change is a new major search category under Bing Entertainment, which will include better ways to search for music, movies, TV shows, and games. “We did travel, health, shopping and local last year,” explains senior VP Yusuf Mehdi. “Now the Web has unlocked all of this entertainment, but for many people they are spending too much time looking for what they want to do instead of enjoying it. We are trying to remove all of those hurdles that block you from enjoying it. You should be able to watch a show, listen to online music, or play a game with a few clicks.”

Roughly 10 percent of all searches are entertainment related, according to Mehdi. And 90 percent of people do at least one entertainment search a month. Bing Entertainment is designed to provide a more in-depth and visual search experience for music, movies, TV shows, and games.

Miriam Yeung to do a 'wedding rehearsal' at October World Tour Concert

Miriam Yeung will be holding her concert 'Ladies and Gentlemen Miriam Yeung World Tour--HK Stop' on October 7th - 10th in Hong Kong Coliseum. Miriam will be doing a wedding rehearsal at the concert and Thomas Chan is her concert designer. Thomas especially tailored a bridal look for Miriam. Even before the concert, Miriam already held her wedding banquet for early excitement. Miriam appeared in a low-cut wedding dress for the concert poster shooting, she could not help but praise herself: "Looks like I do have a career line!"

Miriam was very excited to be able to look like a bride for the concert poster. She started losing weight for the wedding preparation, eating tomatoes, cherries every day and follows a weight loss menu. She also stopped eating microwave dinners at night and is going for jogs, the gym and boxing. She successfully lost 5-6 pounds already. As the other costume designs for the concert all bring a wedding feeling, Miriam's most favourite one is the simple wedding dress she wore for the poster. She plans to wear it during the wedding toast and the dress will be re-designed. Asked about her concert being a wedding rehearsal, will her husband Real Ting be on stage? She laughed: "Let's see if he has enough courage to come up to the stage!"

Psycho teases again with a bra


After showing a little butt crack and the chest in the past two days, GnG Production has released the third photo teaser for their rookie female singer Psycho and this time it’s a near-full back body shot.

The teaser images have kept coming but GnG Production have not indicated whether it’s someone else or the actual body of Kwak Hyun Hwa who is making her maiden debut as a singer under the stage name, “Psycho“. Ahead of the album release on June 28th, the third teaser shows the near-full back view of a female body as she unstraps her bra. You have to wonder, what’s next in store?

Google on Android 2.2: 'feverishly working to get a final version out the door'


Considering Google's typically feverish pace in deploying new Android builds, we'll admit -- we kind of expected Android 2.2 Froyo to be released to retail Nexus Ones by now... but no dice. So, where is it? The company hasn't committed to a firm date for a global roll-out yet, but there's official word from an Android employee over on the Nexus One's support forums this week that FRF72 is not the final update and that a release "will only happen once a release candidate meets [their] quality criteria." Korean versions of the phone were pegged to launch with 2.2 this week, so any way you slice it, it can't be long now.

New iPhone 3GS 8GB features redesigned box with iOS 4


Couldn't very well have an iPhone for sale showing an outdated version of the operating system, now, could you? Just wouldn't be civilized.

iPhone 4 Showing Up to Some Customers Early, Way Early


Jealousy. That’s really the only word we can muster to best describe how we and at least 600,000 other people are feeling at the moment now that a handful of iPhone 4s have arrived safely in the arms of their new owners. Hit the jump for more photo evidence.

Pint-sized Hayden Panettiere enjoys a romantic date with her giant boxer boyfriend

At just 5ft 2in, Hayden Panetierre isn’t exactly the tallest actress in Hollywood.

But the diminutive star looked even smaller today when she was accompanied by her giant boyfriend boxer Wladimir Klitschko who stands at a massive 6ft 6in.

The Heroes actress’s flat shoes didn’t exactly help her out as she and Klitschko grabbed lunch at Il Pastaio restaurant in Beverly Hills.



She has been dating the 34-year-old Ukrainian since late last year.

'I've never had an athlete as a boyfriend before, and it's an exciting experience,’ she said recently.

The 20-year-old star looked happy, if a little small, in denim shorts and a loose tie-dyed peach top.

Miley Cyrus’s Stylist Dishes on Her Racy ‘Can’t Be Tamed’ Album Cover


Miley Cyrus debuted her sexier side last month in the steamy music video for “Can’t Be Tamed” and now, with the release of her album Monday, she is officially making the move from teen queen to rock star. So what’s the inspiration for the new look? “Miley’s style is a natural progression of her growing up and being influenced by the music that inspires her,” the singer’s stylist, Simone Harouche, tells PEOPLE, citing rock legends Joan Jett and Blondie. “The album cover was basically a strong statement saying in the most simple way, that she can’t be tamed–literally and metaphorically,” explains Harouche. To achieve Miley’s rebellious new look, Harouche turned to designer denim brand, Robins Jeans. “[Miley] is really into leather,” says Harouche. “Robins Jeans leather jacket is such a cool staple piece: It’s embellished without being overly done and the fit is amazing. It’s the perfect example of rock ’n’ roll clothing.” Pairing the studded jacket with a laced-up crop top and low-rise leather leggings from the brand, Miley looks every bit the good girl-gone-bad.

Apple sell 3m iPads in 80 days as demand increases

Apple’s iPad sales figures just keep coming, with the Cupertino company announcing that they’ve moved three million iPads in eighty days. The news comes after Apple confirmed selling two million of their tablets in sixty days, and suggests that rather than slowing down, demand is actually increasing.


The news includes confirmation from Steve Jobs that iPad availability is set to increase in July 2010. ”We’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more people around the world,” the Apple CEO is quoted as saying, “including those in nine more countries next month.”

Meanwhile Apple has also updated its App Store figures, revealing that over 11,000 iPad apps are now available for download.

iPhone orders may come a day early June 23rd

For those of you that managed to get in an online iPhone pre-order (via the online Apple Store) on June 15th before the pre-order Armageddon, you have a bit of good news in your inbox. Our tips box is full of future iPhone 4 owners who report having an email from Apple stating:


You recently received a Shipment Notification email from Apple advising you that your iPhone has shipped.

This email is to confirm that your delivery will occur on June 23rd. Although Apple and FedEx tracking information may currently indicate a later date, you can check the FedEx website the morning of the June 23rd to track your package to your doorstep.

'The Green Hornet' releases U.S trailer; Jay Chou turns into tech genius


Upcoming Hollywood action flick ‘The Green Hornet’ starring Seth Rogan, Cameron Diaz & Jay Chou released its official trailer today. In the film, Jay plays Kato, a smart tech genius who develops bizarre high-tech weapons. The film is slated to release in the U.S in January next year, and will be released in Hong Kong in early February.

The trailer is two and a half minutes long and shows many exciting scenes. Jay appears many times, evidently displaying the importance of his character. From the trailer, we can see Jay’s usual ‘cool’ style in Kato. Something also worth mentioning is his English pronunciations; it seems like a lot of hard work went into practicing English for this film.

Photo of Sandara Park and TaeYang at new MV filming revealed!

A photo of MV filming for Big Bang TaeYang’s solo song featuring 2NE1 Sandara Park revealed.


Sandara Park posted the photo on her me2day on 22nd June. She wrote, “I will only show just 1 photo. Even though there are many really really cool features, do check them out through the MV.”

She also said, “It seems that many females will know how to become ‘TaeYang’s girl’ through this song and MV. YongBae will set to capture the hearts of many girls once again. Anticipation!”

Sandara Park is set to appear in TaeYang’s upcoming solo song MV. The song will be included in TaeYang’s first full length album ‘Solar’ to be released on 1st July.

Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner Stop in Stockholm

Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner touched down in Sweden yesterday, as their global Eclipse promotional tour is nearing its conclusion.


The pair has posed for photos in Australia and in Rome already, but will return to Los Angeles by Thursday for the world premiere of this Twilight Saga installment.

Tomorrow night, meanwhile, fans should tune in to ABC at 10 p.m. EST, as Taylor and Kristen are joined by Robert Pattinson and others for the primetime special, Jimmy Kimmel Live’s Twilight Saga: Total Eclipse of the Heart. We love that title.

Twi-Hards Camp Out 96 Hours Before Eclipse Premiere

What would you do for a chance to get a glimpse of Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner?


For thousands of Twi-Hards, just the possibility of seeing their favorite stars meant rushing to line up for the premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – more than four days before the stars are even scheduled to walk the red carpet.

On Monday morning, fans began setting up tents at the Nokia Plaza L.A. Live, where the premiere will take place Thursday night, in hopes of securing a wristband that will give them access to the fan viewing area.

But they shouldn't get too comfortable in their camping grounds.

Security will be relocating fans Wednesday to allow the studio to set up the premiere, then will have them line up in sequential wristband order starting Thursday afternoon.

Samsung Captivate for AT&T preview


AT&T may have been accused of crippling its Android phones, but the Samsung Captivate -- one of the US versions of the Galaxy S -- is about to change all of that. Oh sure, the company released the specs last week, but us resourceful folk got some hands-on time with the Super AMOLED-boasting, Android 2.1 phone prior to its unknown stateside launch. The model we got to play with was clearly an early build (it wasn't even branded Samsung or AT&T), but that didn't stop us from putting it through the paces at a local Starbucks. Hit the break for a bulleted breakdown of our impressions and a short hands-on video. Oh, and don't forget to make a pit stop below before getting into the good stuff.

Leaked Telstra roadmap points to October Windows Phone 7 launch, HTC Mozart device


Microsoft still hasn't gotten any more specific than "holiday 2010" for a Windows Phone 7 launch date, but it looks like we may now have a bit more specificity courtesy of Australian carrier Telstra. According to a leaked snippet from a purportedly authentic Telstra roadmap, the hereto unheard of Windows Phone 7-based HTC Mozart will be launching sometime in October -- presumably coinciding with the launch of Windows Phone 7 itself. As you may be able to tell, however, the phone pictured is actually a poor mockup (grey copy and paste border around the phone, Sense UI behind the WP7 UI, etc.) of an HTC Desire, but none other than Conflipper says that the Mozart is indeed a real device and, incidentally, headed to T-Mobile US as well.

Hangeng releases poster for upcoming solo concert in Beijing!

This news will definitely generate a mixture of emotions from fans – it’s been announced that Super Junior’s Hangeng, who has been embroiled in controversy regarding his contract with SM Entertainment for the past few months, will be holding his very own concert in Beijing, China this July!


Last month, officials revealed that Hangeng would be releasing a solo album in Mandarin, so this will mark the next big milestone of his still-blooming solo career. With the words “Hangeng/庚心 (Geng Heart)” boldly written on the left, the poster reveals that the concert will take place on July 17 & 18 at the Beijing Exhibition Theater (北展剧场) at 8PM with tickets ranging 380 yuen ($50 USD) to 1680 yuen ($250 USD). This two-level amphitheater, which is part of the Beijing Exhibition Center in Xizhimen, is one of the largest in the city with 2700 seats and has hosted famous domestic & international productions ranging from classic ballets to Chinese folk dance.

Yunho’s drastic transformation into a prince

It was announced earlier that U-Know Yunho was cast as the lead role of Prince Shin in the Goong musical scheduled for this September.

Although it may seem that Yunho is an appropriate choice for the part, his pre-debut photo begs to differ.


A bulletin on a fan community site comparing his before and after pictures has been gaining much attention and subsequently, laughter. Even Cassies themselves expressed their shock after looking at the DBSK leader in a different light.

Although all Yunho did was fix up his teeth, his pre-debut photo gave off a radically different impression than his promotional photo for the upcoming musical.

iPhone 4 lands at Walmart


Check out that sweet, sweet box. Yes folks, we seem to have received our very first in-the-cardboard picture of the retail iPhone 4 out in the wild. We don't work at Walmart, so we can't verify this one for ourselves, but our tipster says Apple's latest phone has just landed in the big box retailer's storehouses.

P.S. -- Before you start frothing at the mouth, the CDMA coding on the box in the background relates to an LG 290C handset also stocked by Walmart.

Apple Now Storing and Sharing Your Location With Others


Perhaps you should have read this new paragraph in the software license before installing iOS 4. You know, the one that now says that Apple has the right to "collect, use, and share precise [your gadget's] real-time geographic location":

To provide location-based services on Apple products, Apple and our partners and licensees may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device. This location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and is used by Apple and our partners and licensees to provide and improve location-based products and services. For example, we may share geographic location with application providers when you opt in to their location services.

Apple and its partners have been using location for a while. That's how the Maps, Twitter, Flixter, Foursquare, or Yelp work. The difference is that you are now giving Apple the right to store that information and share it with third parties. In that paragraph, Apple obscurely claims that the location data is collected anonymously, but there's no description of the exact storage and access policy. At least, I can't find it anywhere.

Most logically, the location information is tied to your device unique identification number. That's the only way to keep track of location moves, and the only way this feature can work for advertisers and app developers. Sadly, this doesn't make the storage anonymous, like Apple claims: Even while it may not contain your name or social security number, the location information could in theory be crossed with a user database to pinpoint the real-time location or the location history of any individual. Recent cases have taught us that apparently is not that hard to have access to unique device identification numbers and their respective user names.

“Pirates Of The Caribbean 4″ Script Found In British Cafe

The top secret script of the upcoming fourth installment of Disney’s swashbuckling Pirates of the Caribbean franchise was found in a London cafe. This just a month after an Apple employee drunkenly abandoned the prototype for the new iPhone in a San Francisco watering hole.


A Sun reader found the 194-page screenplay in the central London eatery and handed it over to the newspaper, which in turn returned it to Walt Disney Pictures. Filming on the fourth Pirates film — On Stranger Tides — started in Hawaii on Monday. While series regulars Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley opted not to reprise their roles, Johnny Depp is back as Captain Jack Sparrow, who spends this feature in search of the fountain of youth.

The studio issued thanks to the unidentified reader for returning the script.

On Stranger Tides — featuring Penelope Cruz and Gemma Ward — is due in theaters next May.

American Idol Lowers Its Age Limit

Has Bieber-fever invaded American Idol?

On the heels of Justin Bieber‘s massive success, the talent show announced it will lower its eligibility age to 15 for season 10, reports USA Today.

“A lot of young, talented people are now seeking careers and representation before they turn 16,” Idol executive producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz says. “Lowering the age limit allows us to tap into this talent pool.”

The show’s age limit was previously 16 to 28.

FOX also recently announced Idol will begin accepting online auditions via MySpace. Does that mean the show is looking for the next Greyson Chance, the 12-year-old whose video version of Lady Gaga‘s “Paparazzi” went viral?

Auditions for the next season of American Idol begin July 17 in Nashville.

Xbox Live family subscription plan available starting in November for $99


Microsoft's just dropped details on its new Xbox Live family subscription plan. Starting in November, it will offer the Gold Family Pack, enabling up to four users to have Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, for $99.99 a year. It'll also debut the Family Center, a new menu accessible from the dashboard for customizing account settings. We've certainly wished for something like this in the past, and the pricing sounds like a pretty good deal to us -- we'll be able to afford a new cap for our avatar, afterall!

A Million Users Strong, Google Voice Opens To All

When Google launches new services, they often gets a lot of hype (see: Wave, Buzz). Unfortunately, they don’t always live up to that hype (see: Wave, Buzz). But one service that Google launched last year definitely has: Google Voice. Sadly, it has only been open to those with invites. But starting today, it is open to all.


Google Voice started as GrandCentral, a startup launched in 2006 to revolutionize phone management on the web. Google quickly snapped it up in 2007 for over $50 million. For the next two years, it went through a metamorphosis. During that time, some wondered if it was yet another service that Google bought and let die. But in 2009, it emerged as the Google Voice butterfly.

The “early preview” of Google Voice that Google unveiled last year has since undergone a number of changes. Notably, SMS now works better, a Chrome extension makes it simple to keep on top of everything, and there’s a great mobile web app. Most importantly though, Google Voice now works seamlessly with all Android-based mobile phones. The solution is brilliant — and was the central figure in Google’s falling out with Apple (after they rejected the native Google Voice app).

Verizon DROID X dropping July 2nd?


Ah, yes. The creepy nerd-centric DROID X commercial Verizon users have come to know and love. Well, maybe not love, but it is memorable. BriefMobile is reporting that if you slow down the teaser-video towards the end, it appears as though the 07.2010 actually turns into 07.2.2010. Now, this could just be some video artifact from the flickering, morphing transition on that particular clip…but conspiracy theories are way more fun. One thing is certain: Verizon is holding a media event this Wednesday in NYC, and the DROID X is most certainly going to be there. To us, a June 23rd unveiling (one day before the iPhone 4 goes live) and a July 2nd release doesn’t seem out of the question. What do you think?

Raymond Lam clarifies did not get 'jumpy' when holding Tavia Yeung's hand

Yesterday afternoon, Raymond Lam attended a Office Windows 2010 promotional event in West Kowloon. The temperature yesterday hit 34 degrees C, under the hot weather, he went on a helicopter and then held the ceremony at an open area. Raymond appeared to be sweating heavily on his back. Asked if his pay for this event is very high? Raymond did not answer directly, he only expressed that he's afraid of heights. He said: "I just looked at the scenery up in the air constantly. Usually at shopping mall events, I can't even look down the glass window on the 2nd or 3rd floor. But when shooting for costume series, I would get so into my heroic character that I'm not afraid anymore. One time when I was filming a modern series, I had to stick out half of my body of a 30+ floor building to save someone, I was really scared that time because it was modern, can't fly."

In Raymond's series (The Mysteries of Love), there was one part where he grabbed Tavia Yeung's hand and appeared 'jumpy' (TN: The Cantonese slang: "Dung L"). However yesterday at the event, flying up so high, he did not have that kind of reaction. He said: "That is absolutely not the case. Just that day during filming, the pants the crew gave me to wear was too tight, it was so tight that I couldn't buckle it together. Also, I believe it's a camera angle issue."

4minute’s HyunA defends her stage outfit choices

4minute’s HyunA has become a hot issue regarding her outfit, with photos of her taken at a recent World Cup open concert in Seoul making its’ way online.


The 4minute girls had attended a recent street cheering concert in order to show their support for Korea by performing their recent hit songs on the 17th before the Korea Republic vs Argentina game.

Some fans who attended the concert later commented about her clothing attire online, by saying that she was showing excessive amounts of skin.

HyunA quickly defended herself by taking part in an interview held at the MBC Dream Center where she expressed the following,

T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S T959) shows up

Last week, the FCC has confirmed the Samsung Galaxy S T959 for T-Mobile, and today we even get to see the smartphone, with T-Mo branding and all, although it’s this not officially announced.


CellPhoneSignal has it that T-Mobile’s Galaxy S will be officially called Samsung Vibrant. Naturally, there’s no way to confirm this at the moment. However, since AT&T’s Galaxy S is called Captivate, it makes sense for the T-Mobile version to have a different name, too.

Unlike the Captivate, the Samsung Vibrant for T-Mobile looks almost exactly like the Galaxy S i9000 that some European and Asian customers can already buy. The smartphone features a 4 inch WVGA Super AMOLED display, 1GHz processor, Android 2.1, 5MP camera, and HD video recording.

Acer Aspire Timeline X laptops arrive stateside sans ULV processors


Acer's Timeline X laptops have been popping up around the world for over three months now, but the thin and light machines are finally making their way to this side of the globe, and we can only hope they're as excited as we are. The machines all shun ULV processors for standard voltage Core i3 or i5 CPUs, yet each of the models still ring up at under a grand. They also span the entire size spectrum -- there's an 11.6-inch 1830T, 13.3-inch 3820T, 14-inch 4820T and lastly the 15.6-inch 5820T. However, despite their full-power CPUs and ATI Mobiltiy Radeon HD 5650 graphics options, all the models continue to measure less than an inch thick -- yep, even the Aspire 5820T and the Aspire 4820T with onboard optical drives maintain rather trim measurements. While there are plenty of deals to be had, the $800 Aspire 4820TG with its Core i3 CPU, 4GB of RAM, and 320GB hard drive sounds mighty tempting. Yet, there's also the $600 1830T with a Core i3 processor, 3GB of memory and 320GB of storage. We told you we were excited. These should be hitting retailers soon, but if you're dying for some more details hit the break for some hands-on shots we stole at Computex a few weeks back.

Google working on news, music services

Google Inc. is developing services to let consumers pay for access to news articles and songs through individual purchases and subscriptions, according to various news reports.

The system to access fee-based news articles is called Newspass and would give people a single log-in and payment account to access the "paywalls" of multiple publications, according to the reports, which were triggered by an article last week in Italy's La Repubblica newspaper.

The move is seen as an olive branch for the publishing industry from Google, which many news organizations blame for the revenue crisis their publications have faced in recent years. Google has been accused of using third-party news content to build traffic for its search engines, specifically its Google News service. Google counters that it only serves up headlines, short text blurbs and thumbnail pictures on its pages, and that it always links them to articles in the original publishers' Web sites.

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