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Privacy: How do you rate Google?

11/30/2009 11:06:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Alma Whitten, a Google employee, wrote an article for the Sacramento Bee explains that yes, Google really does take privacy seriously. Though I don’t personally have any reason to doubt her, I suspect there could be a lot of users that can think of reasons Google isn’t as diligent as they should be.

Google – like any other company that collects data – also has a responsibility to protect your information. We know your trust is the most valuable asset we have, and as a result we have built extensive safeguards to protect the data we hold and help ensure your continued privacy. Only select Google employees with a legitimate and pre-approved business need – needs like stopping spam or helping a user directly with his or her account – can ever even access your information.

On the other side of the coin, there are people who would trust their lives with Google. Is putting this amount of trust in a single company wise? Or is knowing exactly where your data is, versus spread think across several providers, a great way to minimize risk?

Stars turn out to pay tribute to Boyzone singer Stephen Gately at emotional memorial concert

11/30/2009 11:06:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , 0 Comments

Stars of stage and screen turned out to pay tribute to Stephen Gately at a concert in memory of the late Boyzone singer.


Stephen Gately's former Boyzone bandmate Ronan Keating arrives with his wife Yvonne for the memorial concert

As crowds of fans gathered in the pouring rain in London's West End, a string of celebrities showed their support for the event.


The Irishman's Boyzone band mates Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch looked solemn and did not stop to speak to waiting press as they went into the Palace Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue for the private evening of performances.

Among the celebrities on the red carpet were pop stars Duncan James and Lee Ryan from Blue, the actor Leslie Phillips, Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli and even Cherie Blair.
Gately's bandmates Keith Duffy and Mikey Graham


Mourning: Boyzone star Shane Lynch didn't stop to talk to the press

Cowles said he had lost his 'soulmate' during an emotional speech.

Chesney Hawkes sang his hit The one and Only and also performed a song he wrote with Boyzone Stephen.

Bobby Davro entertained the audience with Frank Sinatra hits and a sing-along of Beatles classic Hey Jude before dancers performed Riverdance.


Celebration: Christopher Biggins stands by as Gately's civil partner Andrew Cowles is comforted by singer Beverley Knight

Other acts in the first half included a ventriloquist as well as Austin from last years X-factor.

Shop worker Ramona Crofts, 42 from Kings Lynn in Norfolk said: 'Andrew made an emotional five minute speech about Stephen.

Old friends: Former Steps singer Lisa Scott Lee and Johnny Shantall arrive

'He said he hadn't realised he lost his soulmate until he was gone.

'He said Stephen was his baby, a man-boy who lit up the room whenever he was there.

'He made people laugh and cry and he cried a little towards the end.'

Admin workers Angela and David Ellis, 37 and 44 from Nottingham said the tragic star would have loved the tribute.

David said: 'Stephen would have enjoyed every minute of it, especially the Irish dancers. Bobby Davro was hilarious and the ventriloquist entertained everyone.'

His wife added: 'It's been just fantastic, very moving.

'Andrew keeps ducking his head, he sees to be enjoying it whilst trying to control his feelings.

'It's a perfect way to pay tribute to Stephen.'


Arrivals: Former Prime Minister's wife Cherie Blair

Kevin Cheng happy that both his series were the Top 3 Rated ; "Beyond" Ending Spoiler

11/30/2009 11:06:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

TVB series "Beyond" will be broadcasting its finale tonight (11/29), the cast were arranged to watch the finale together with the audience under the night sky at Discovery Park in Tsuen Wan. Towards Concubine Lai ending up becoming crazy by the end of the series, Tavia expressed that it is reasonable: "Bad people will suffer consequences. This is my first villain role, now that it is over I do feel a lost."

Kevin has confidence for the finale ratings: "I am very happy that both of the series I've participate in ("Beyond" and "Burning Flames 3") are the top 3 highest rated series this year."

2PM’s Taecyeon receives bloody note sprinkled with pubes

11/30/2009 11:05:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

A fan letter for 2PM's Taecyeon is receiving an enormously high amount of attention.


You might wondering why - how bad could a mere fan letter possibly be, right? After all, fan letters are nothing but a bunch of written messages about how much someone adores an object of his/her affections... Well, think again.

This particular fan letter was not written in the typical ink we use on a day-to-day basis. In fact, this special "ink" cannot be used every day, but only a few times every cycle of 28 days. Still clueless? It was written with the fangirl's own blood. But not a regular blood you get from a paper cut - this was blood from her period with a sprinkle of pubic hair.



I dedicate to Taecyeon my period blood letter
Ok Taecyeon, You cannot live without me
Sprinkled with a few strands of my pubes

Of course, Korean netizens never believe anything, so after this picture was posted on the web, it received a rush of comments all saying it was fake. I'm guessing that this insane little girl got offended, so she posted a picture of her bloody pad afterwards to prove her writing was truly "genuine."


Click here for uncensored photo

After the post, the enraged/disturbed netizens hunted down her minihompy and began to attack her with hateful comments. The fangirl quickly posted:

"I am sorry. I apologize for bothering Taecyeon as well as his fans. I didn't know it would get this big. I am not a SahSaeng fan, but just an obsessive girl."



Her minihompy is still being flooded with haters even after the apology, and the fangirl has now threatened to file a lawsuit against them.

After the admirable work that Hottests have done in devotion to 2PM, it must be frustrating for many members of the 2PM fanbase to see something extreme like this taint, so to speak, their name. How bloody disgusting...

Poor Taecyeon - first an eyebrow-raising comparison to designer Andre Kim and now this... today just isn't his day!

Nokia N900 glitch leads to useful portrait mode, caught on video

11/30/2009 11:05:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments



File this under "it's not a bug, it's a feature" if true. According to Guyver at the maemo.org forums, some glitch in the OS caused his Nokia N900 to switch into portrait mode for everything, not just dialer and photo apps as previously allowed. We'd love to eliminate the need for two hands to run our favorite chunks of mobile software, but so far we haven't been able to recreate his trick. Try it at home if you'd like by tilting the device to launch the phone app, then sliding up the screen and closing the app. Perhaps the gang at Espoo can turn this into a legit update -- if they're awesome people, of course.

Eita and Kimura Kaera Bought Wedding Rings

11/30/2009 11:04:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Japanese television program Sunday Japon reported yesterday that Nodame Cantabile actor Eita and singer-songwriter Kimura Kaera recently bought wedding rings. Although they have only been dating for four months, it appears that an imminent wedding might be in the works.



Speaking of Eita, his role in the movie Dear Doctor won him the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Hochi Film Awards. At yesterday's Tama Film Awards, the movie shared the Best Film Award with the movie Ultra Miracle Love Story (Bare Essence of Life), starring Matsuyama Kenichi. As for the Best New Director Award, it went to Kitagawa Eriko for her film Half way. As a first time director, Kitagawa is best known for her screenwriting in the drama Long Vacation.

On the music front, Kimura won the Best Melody Award for her song Butterfly from the awards show put together by all of Japan's 38 music stations. Ayaka won the award for best singer. 4-member rock group Radwimps were the biggest winners, taking both the Best Lyrics Award and the Best Album Award.

Kim Hyun Joong is popular in Taiwan

11/30/2009 11:04:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Kim Hyun Joong is currently leading a popularity poll on Yahoo! Taiwan. Yahoo! Taiwan and Yahoo! Hong Kong have come together for the Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards 2009 and in the Taiwanese poll, Kim Hyun Joong is in first place for the Asia section with 401,235 votes.

Also, his group SS501 is in 2nd place with 60,396 votes which technically means he has almost 500,000 votes. It's been known that Boys Over Flowers started playing in Taiwan but the popularity of the show proved itself through this poll. Goo Hye Sun is in 6th place, Lee Min Ho in 11th, and Kim Bum in 22nd.

Guess it's Jihoo sunbae over Goo Jun Pyo in Taiwan.

Excluding the Boys Over Flowers cast, Super Junior is in 4th place with 22,448 votes, Lee Jun Ki is in 8th and Yoon Eun Hye is in 9th. Is this a poll for Asia or Korea?

A representative of Yahoo! Korea said, "This poll shows how big Hallyu is. I hope Korean stars bring in more votes in the days that are left for the poll."

These polls are for an actual awards show that is to be held in Hong Kong on December 14th. There's a few days left till the polls close but it doesn't seem like anyone will come close to Kim Hyun Joong.

iDroid App Rejected By Apple. Well, Duh.

11/30/2009 11:03:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , 0 Comments

Here’s a tip for all you iPhone app developers out there. If you want to make sure your app doesn’t join the long list of rejected iPhone apps out there, make sure it doesn’t advertise a competing product, especially if that product runs the Android operating system. Swavv Apps (creators of Beer Pong) learned that lesson recently when they tried to get their iDroid app past the App Store censors.

The iDroid didn’t do much. It didn’t replicate any Droid features or take over any functionality of the iPhone (that would have made it a worthwhile app). All it did was display the glowing red Droid eye. If you tapped on the eye, it then showed some marketing bullet points about the competing phone such as the fact that it can run simultaneous apps and has a slide-out keyboard (something the iPhone lacks). The second page also shows a picture of the Droid with its keyboard out.

Apple rejected the app because it was nothing more than an ad for a competitor. I kinda have to side with Apple on this one, although I think it would have been smarter for them to let the app through.

Sure, the iDroid was an ad for the Droid phone. But what’s the real message it would have sent? What it says is that the iPhone is a powerful marketing vehicle for anything mobile, perhaps even more powerful than Times Square billboards or Google’s homepage.

If you can get someone to download an app to their iPhone and show it to their friends that’s more likely to make a lasting impression than a glaring billboard. Now, why anyone would want to download the iDroid app other than to get the increasingly-familiar, if somewhat spooky, Droid eye on their iPhone as a lark is beyond me.

Intel's desktop roadmap leaked, with faster i5 and i7, introduction of i3

11/30/2009 11:03:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments



Just when you thought you had enough gigahertz in your life, along come the folks at Impress to blow the doors off Intel's upcoming crop of desktop processors. In the highly detailed charts there's wild talk of a low-powered "S" version of Core i5 that lowers the chip from 95W to 82W, a new Core i3 line that strips out the Turbo Boost technology and dips into budget-priced territory, and word that at the time of this roadmap at least the Core i9 "Gulftown" chip isn't slated for until Q2 of next year. We could probably bore you all day with the details, so hit up the source link for all the sordid details before we get ourselves too worked up.

New Moon Gets Blind Sided, Recovers

11/29/2009 12:07:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

It looks like New Moon has broken $200 million at the domestic box office. No thanks at all to Sandra Bullock.

Bullock's The Blind Side was the upset winner in the Thanksgiving Day standings, per estimates as reported by Box Office Mojo, edging New Moon with $9.5 million to the latter's $9.2 million.

On Black Friday, New Moon rose from the dead—well, second place—and reclaimed the top spot with a fat $17.9 million, enough to put the Twilight sequel over the $200 million mark and ahead of The Blind Side ($16.2 million).

For those keeping score at home, New Moon surpassed $200 million—and Twilight's entire domestic theatrical run—in only eight days.

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