
7/08/2010 11:59:00 PM

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Several pictures taken from the filming of Ke$ha's "Take It Off" music video have been unveiled as a preview. From getting down and dirty in glittery sand, the "Tik Tok" hitmaker is seen the photos, courtesy of Eyeprime, cleaning up and striking her best pose in a faux fur coat. There are also images which show her sitting on a motorbike.
Written by Ke$ha along with Dr. Luke and Claude Kelly, "Take It Off" is the fourth single from Ke$ha's debut album "Animal" and released as a follow-up to "Your Love Is My Drug". The accompanying music video is directed by Paul Hunter and Dori Oskowitz. It is expected to be premiered later this month.

7/08/2010 11:43:00 PM

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UK retailer John Lewis, self-admittedly, compiled a list of the “noises we’re hearing from suppliers” and guesstimated the initial specs for the fourth generation iPod Touch. The retailer postulated that the upcoming iPod Touch refresh will feature a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera with HD video capability and built-in flash, YouTube uploading, accelerometer, and gyroscope. The portable multimedia device will also reportedly include FaceTime calling over WiFi, which suggests the inclusion of a front-facing camera and iOS 4. If this handful of rumored specs pans out, the next generation iPod Touch may share many of the desirable features of the iPhone 4, a product development pattern that has been observed in the past.

7/08/2010 09:23:00 PM

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The 2010 Emmy Award nominations are in, and while there are certainly reasons to celebrate — nods for Glee‘s Chris Colfer and Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara, for starters — I can’t help feeling like a dog staring down a bowl of cold kibble while the whole family sits down to the table for a juicy steak dinner. Too early for that kind of heavy food metaphor? Okay, let’s start ranting about the snubs that have us all seething with fury — because it’ll be hard to even process the full list of nominees until we’ve released the pressure in our chest cavities over the ones that got away. Oh, and just so this post doesn’t turn into a rioting mob armed with brickbats and torches, be sure to finish your screed by sharing the nomination that made you happiest. I’ll get us started…you pick up the baton in the comments below. Okay, here goes…

7/08/2010 09:22:00 PM

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Nominations for the 62nd Annual Emmy Awards were announced today for the telecast airing live Aug. 29 on NBC. Five of the 12 nominated drama and comedies are first-timers and newcomers make up a major portion of the performing categories. Here are the big categories:

7/08/2010 09:20:00 PM

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First few details on the highly anticipated sequel hit the web.
We've more or less known BioWare would be releasing Dragon Age 2 some time early next year -- Electronic Arts practically announced as much a few months ago, and Awakening teased a new Dragon Age title for February 1, 2011. But today, EA has officially confirmed the existence of Dragon Age 2, and Game Informer has the first few details on the title as well.
The confirmation came nestled in a press release concerning EA taking over control of Warhammer Online in Europe (via VG247), which lists "Dragon Age 2, the highly anticipated sequel to 2009's 'RPG of the Year' Dragon Age: Origins," as one of the titles that BioWare currently has in development. Furthermore, Game Informer's website is teasing an upcoming cover story for Dragon Age 2, with the tease revealing the new game will feature a "new hero, a different part of the world, and a ton of surprising improvements."
That's about all Game Informer is revealing right now, but the promise of a "new hero" already seems to suggests players won't transfer their character from Dragon Age: Origins into Dragon Age 2, the way players could transfer their version of Commander Shepard from Mass Effect into Mass Effect 2. Still, that's not entirely certain yet, so we'll see what BioWare has to say when more details are revealed.

7/08/2010 09:20:00 PM

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With Narsha’s new mini-album and music video teaser already being revealed, it’s time for her last step of the comeback process: the release of her music video (and probably the best part too)!
Narsha went with a totally unique style in this MV and although it may look a bit weird, she’s rockin’ every outfit she wears, continuing to show off her natural beauty and fierceness in a variety of ways. Enough with the small talk though, enjoy her highly anticipated BBI-RI-BOP-A MV below!

7/08/2010 05:15:00 PM

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A little while back Google boldly claimed that Froyo would have the world's fastest mobile browser, but the lack of final software back then meant we'd had to tie up our itchy hands until now. And boy, it sure looks like it was worth the wait -- Ars Technica's JavaScript benchmarks show that not only is Froyo's browser almost three times faster than its Éclair counterpart, but it also beats iOS 4's Safari by at least two-fold. That said, numbers alone don't always reflect real-life performance -- especially with Froyo supporting iPhone's much-missed Flash -- so we went ahead and conducted our own browser speed test. Read on for our videos and results after the jump.

7/08/2010 05:15:00 PM

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Do black gadgets make you feel gloomy? Does pure-white better suit your bubbly personality? If you’re an iPhone user, and white is your thing, we’ve got a story for you. Japanese blog Impress Watch has gotten their hands on a white Apple iPhone 4 that they’ve taken the time to give a proper un-boxing and photo shoot. If you’re interested to see what the bleached iPhone 4 looks like, hit up the read link and check out the full exposé.
When T-Mobile USA announced the Samsung Vibrant (its own version of the Galaxy S), it said that the smartphone would be available starting July 21.
However, the carrier might have changed its mind since then, and now it appears it wants to launch the Vibrant earlier, on July 15 – that’s the same day when Verizon will start selling the Motorola Droid X.
This image below seems to confirm the July 15 launch date, although we can’t be sure of its authenticity yet.

7/08/2010 05:12:00 PM

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After numerous teasers, Son Dambi finally released her new album, The Queen earlier today to mark her comeback after a long hiatus away and Pledis Entertainment has followed up by unleashing her MV for her title track, Queen.
Check out her new MV which has a pretty interesting concept and style and we will be waiting to see if she will create another new dance trend!

7/08/2010 05:11:00 PM

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When you start out young, people get really attached to who you are at six years old. I hope that ‘The Runaways’ was kind of a moment to be like, ‘You know, I’m not that young little girl anymore, but I’m still not all grown up, either. As you get older, there’s so much more that you can do in films… As you approach 18, a whole new world opens up to you as an actor, and I really look forward to that…”
Child star Dakota Fanning, 16, on Coming of Age in Tinseltown, Marie Claire Magazine Aug. 2010

7/08/2010 05:11:00 PM

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John Gruber of Daring Fireball has a “well-placed” source who informed him that Microsoft sold a mere 503 KINs before the handset was given its end-of-life papers on June 30th. Speculative rumors of the devices dismal sales figures have been tossed around willy-nilly over the last several week, and five hundred was a popular guess; others quoting anonymous sources pegged sales at “over 1,000 but under 10,000.” One Microsoft employee told website Business Insider:
“We had a huge launch party on campus and I bet that party cost more than the amount of revenues we took in on the product. As an employee, I am embarrassed. As a shareholder, I am pissed. It’s one thing to incubate products and bring them to a proof-of-concept to see what works, but it’s something else to launch. I suspect we launched because we felt like we HAD to so we could save face because we were trying to build buzz, but overall – huge fail.”
Ouch. Anyone out there know somone who picked up a KIN?

7/08/2010 05:09:00 PM

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Looks like YouTube's having quite the day. The site has officially rolled out Leanback, its television-friendly interface first espied during Google TV's big unveiling. The interface works via keyboard arrow keys -- sorry, no option to use the mouse -- letting you scroll through your feeds / recommendations, categories, playback options, and search bar. Videos encompass the entire browser menu and will crank up the HD when available. So far, we're seeing snappy response with navigation, and some utter embarrassment at the (unfortunately accurate) suggestions YouTube is throwing our way.
Meanwhile on the handheld front, YouTube's also pushed live a new mobile site. New touted features include a more touch-friendly UI, further incorporation of the main site's elements such as favorites and ratings, and a generally speedier existence. YouTube also promises to work at bringing update parity across its desktop and portable kin, "unlike native apps which are not updated as frequently" (come on, tell us how you really feel, guys). Since the TV season is in a bit of a lull anyway, might as well grab your iPhone, Android device, HTPC remote, laptop, or whatever other screen you have and play catchup with your viral videos. Promotional footage after the break.

7/08/2010 05:08:00 PM

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An HTC represesntative in attendance at the HTC Aria event in Chicago last night, reportedly provided some insight into the 30FPS limitation that has been reported on the HTC EVO 4G. As was suspected, the 30FPS limit is imposed via software, but it is a hardware limitation that lies at the heart of this issue. Though the smartphone is capable of much more than 30FPS — as shown above — the EVO 4G is throttled down to support the 30FPS limitation of the HDMI hardware that is included on the handset. EVO 4G owners will be stuck with 30FPS on all their games until HTC decides to throw in some code to dynamically adjust the FPS based upon the presence or absence of an HDMI cable. Of course, there is always the folks at xda-developers who have already been working on this limitation and most likely have some hackery already on-hand that will give you both 30FPS HDMI out and 60FPS gaming.

7/08/2010 12:40:00 AM

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Ars Technica just pitted Google’s Android 2.2 against Apple’s iOS 4 in a JavaScript benchmark test…and Ars isn’t mincing words with their results. In a post titled ,”Android 2.2 demolishes iOS4 in JavaScript benchmarks,” Ars quipped: “The results show that the Android device delivers significantly faster JavaScript execution than the iPhone, scoring over three times better on V8 and almost twice as fast on SunSpider.” If you’re an Android fan you can go ahead and gloat, but this is exactly why a health mobile ecosystem is good for everyone. When companies — especially two with the resources of Google and Apple — compete, the consumers win.

7/08/2010 12:39:00 AM

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We just saw Flash 10.1 ported to the iPad demonstrated in video form, and now you can get in on the action too, as long as your iPad is jailbroken. It's called Frash, and while the plugin is still pretty early and doesn't do video playback yet, you can definitely play games and other animations right now, and we're told video support is forthcoming. Okay, so let's try this out, shall we? It's not point-and-click simple, but it's not that hard, either. Full instructions after the break.

7/08/2010 12:39:00 AM

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Two weeks have passed since DSP Media said they would release the MV for SS501’s Let Me Be The One.
And finally on July 7th, DSP Media has released the MV through GomTV. The song is a favourite of many Triple S and they will no doubt grow to treasure the MV which contains footage from their debut to SS501’s Love Ya activities, like a history video.