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Microsoft, Facebook unveil deeper social search on Bing

10/14/2010 10:45:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , 0 Comments

Bing will soon allow searchers to see results generated by their Facebook friends' use of the "like" button on the social network, Microsoft announced today.

Microsoft's Qi Lu, president of Microsoft Online Services, and Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a press conference at Microsoft's Silicon Valley headquarters to announce an extension of a long-running partnership between the two companies to feature Facebook profiles and a "liked by your friends" section that takes advantage of the way that Web publishers have implemented Facebook's "like" button on their sites.

Over the last couple of years there has been a splintering of the Web, dividing into the "topical" Web organized around documents and the "social" Web organized around people, Lu said. "We want to make social people first-class citizens of the search experience," he said.

Microsoft will start rolling out the features later today, said Bing head Yusuf Mehdi. Bing users will see a little pop-up window in the upper right-hand corner of their screens that asks them if they want to link their Bing accounts and their Facebook accounts. If you decline the offer, your Facebook profile and likes will not be shown on Bing, Mehdi said, and you can also delete Bing from your Facebook applications if you decide later to exclude your data. Microsoft will show the reminder five times.

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Charlene Choi stifled in a slaughter house for her album photoshoot

10/14/2010 10:45:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , 0 Comments


Even though Ah Sa has been busy filming a TV series and movie in Mainland, she still remains extremely nervous for her new Cantonese album <Beauty Remains> which releases on October 14 with a press conference on October 13. As soon as she had an opening in her schedule, she returned to Hong Kong to record the album, photograph the album cover and photoshoot and attend events. The four outfits in her album photoshoot are all 'old' clothing she has accumulated in her home. Through DIY (do-it-yourself), they have been assembled together to become beautiful unique clothing.

This time, the location for the photoshoot was an abandoned Cheung Sha Wan (poultry market in Hong Kong) slaughter house with collapsing walls and decaying roofs contrasting the charm of Ah Sa's majestic 'Ultimate Noblewoman' look. The message is that it is possible to find beauty in the worst circumstances. Despite looking like a princess, the location was in fact extremely vile. In order to create a special effect, staff had filled with slaughter house with smoke and mist. Stifling and smothered in the slaughter house for several hours, Ah Sa's skin developed an allergic reaction, but she tolerated it and continued working, only going to the doctor after finishing the photoshoot. Ah Sa laughed and expressed: "I hope that through this minor suffering, in the end there will be sweetness and the EP will be met with great sales and praise."

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Taylor Momsen, 17, Gun-Totin’ Revolver Magazine Cover

10/14/2010 10:44:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments


The magazine is called Revolver, she’s holding a couple of guns…Yep –that’s pretty much where the appropriateness of this image ends.

While poor Miley Cyrus regularly ops flack for her underage skin-bearing antics, somehow too-cool-for-school tramp-in-training Taylor Momsen and her skimpy attire often manage to fly under the radar. Maybe because the stuff that comes out of her mouth is so much more disturbing.

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Will OS X 10.7 “Lion” Be The King Of The Apple Jungle, The Last Of Its Kind, Or Both?

10/14/2010 10:44:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


As you’re well aware by now, this morning, Apple sent out invites to an event taking place in one week at their headquarters in Cupertino, CA. The invite reads, “Back to the Mac.” and asks those invited to “Come see what’s new for the Mac on October 20, including a sneak peek of the next major version of Mac OS X.” But the most interesting thing about the invite has to be the picture. It’s an Apple logo cut out a sheet of metal that has been slightly turned to reveal what’s behind the sheet: a lion.

Apple began using big cat nicknames with initial release of OS X. 10.0 was “Cheetah”, 10.1 was “Puma”, 10.2 was “Jaguar”, 10.3 was “Panther”, 10.4 was “Tiger”, 10.5 was “Leopard”, and the current version, 10.6, is “Snow Leopard”. Initially, these were internal code names at Apple, but they eventually became a part of the marketing for the OS. And it certainly looks like OS X 10.7 is going to be dubbed “Lion”.

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Sony PSP Go Dropping to $200 October 15th, According to Leaked Image

10/14/2010 10:43:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , 0 Comments


It was early September when Kaz Hirai, Sony Computer Entertainment President, blamed the pricing of the PSP Go for the abysmal sales of the device. While there were plenty of other factors in his reasoning, like the limited number of games available for download, it looks like pricing may indeed be the real reason why the PSP Go didn’t take off. But, a new leak from an unnamed tipster suggests that Sony is getting ready to drop the price of the mobile gaming platform, and it could happen as soon as Friday.

With no formal announcement to speak of, the leaked image is all we have to go on. According to the tipster, who works at an AAFES-based store that sells video games, the PSP Go is set for a $50 price drop, beginning October 15th. Given the current price points of existing Nintendo DS-based handheld consoles, and even the price of the upcoming Nintendo 3DS, is giving the PSP Go a $200 price tag going to be enough to stimulate sales? What do you think?

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Rainie Yang: "I was already very old when I was young"

10/14/2010 10:43:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

"I am a really pragmatic person! I don't fantasize. As a child, I was never 'Oh I want to be a plane captain'," said Taiwan pop idol Rainie Yang with a chuckle.

"I was already very old when I was young. I have things all planned out. Even when I was three years old and learning to dance, I already planned to open a dance school."

So why exactly is the theme for Yang's upcoming concert tour "Fantasy" when she is such a pragmatic, down-to-earth person?

It turns out the production crew came up with the theme "Fantasy" because they felt Yang had a wild and vivid imagination.

Yang wasn't sure about the theme at first but later accepted it as it fit her stage persona perfectly.

"I am a very pragmatic person. I don't have fantasies. But when it comes to performing, I am very creative and I come up with a lot of fantastic ideas," explained Yang when I caught up with the 26-year-old during a recent album signing cum showcase in Singapore.

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Jay Chou and A-Mei romance rumours

10/14/2010 10:42:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , 0 Comments

Intimate actions between Jay Chou and A*Mei on flight sparks new rumours

Are Jay Chou and A*Mei seeing each other?

The duo was spotted on board a China Southern Airlines flight last week, leaning closely to each other.

The two stars had performed in Shenyang, China two Sundays ago before taking the same flight back to Taipei the next day.

A*Mei's agent clarified that she was just showing Jay a few tracks on her new album and was asking for his opinions. They had always exchanged ideas over the phone as well.

So why were they sitting so close?

"They were just sharing a set of headphones. If they were really avoiding rumours, they would not have sat together," her agent explained.

Jay's company JVR Music also responded that it is perfectly normal for two good friends to sit together for a chat.

New Harry Potter Posters: Grown Up and Freaky!

10/14/2010 10:42:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


New posters for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I have surfaced, and they reveal more of the eerie—and so grown up—tone these final installments.

Our heroes seek to destroy the source of Voldemort's immortality, and in these new pics, they're looking more adult, and modern, than ever. Take this shot of Harry and Hermione on the subway. It could easily double as one of Emma Watson's Burberry ads.

Hit the jump for more new shots of Ron, He Who Shall Not Be Named and more:

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Verizon’s Motorola Droid 2 almost free at Amazon

10/14/2010 10:42:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , 0 Comments

Currently available for $199.99 on contract at Verizon, the Motorola Droid 2 can be yours for much less if you get it from Amazon.

The giant US retailer sells the Droid 2 for only $0.01 (basically free) to all those who sign up for a new 2-yr contract agreement. Apparently, free shipping is also included.


It’s not often that a high-end Android device is offered for next to nothing (even though only on contract), so it’s likely that many customers in search of a new smartphone will consider getting the Droid 2 from Amazon.

Of note is that the Droid X is also cheaper at Amazon than at Verizon: $99.99 with a new contract. You can get it here.

And almost free Verizon Moto Droid 2 can be found on Amazon here.

Alec Baldwin Smacks Down AOL As Only Alec Baldwin Can

10/14/2010 10:41:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


"Eighth degree, black belt idiots." "Dumbest bastards in the world." That's not Jack Donaghy talking about pinko liberals. That's Alec Baldwin talking about AOL homepage writers. But what's got him so heated?

Apparently it's a bit of selective misinterpretation that sent Baldwin on the warpath. As he writes over at The Huffington Post:

Today, on AOL's homepage, I am accused of insulting actor Jim Parsons for sending him a congratulatory gift basket, inside of which I added a card that read "Congratulations you talented, charming bastard."

I thought that was a joke. I think Parsons knew that. I think anyone on Earth could see that. Except the eighth degree, black belt idiots that compose the AOL homepage.

I'm still a loyal AOL user. In spite of the fact that its homepage content is written by the dumbest bastards in the world.

The lesson here is two-fold. One, do not twist the words of multiple Golden Globe Award winner Alec Baldwin. Two, there are loyal AOL users out there, and some of them are famous. [Huffington Post via Splitsider]

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