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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie look so in love at charity ball

12/12/2009 12:50:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

A newly released unauthorised biography claims there are 'irreparable tensions' in Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship, but there was certainly no sign of strain as they attended a charity ball in Los Angeles last night.


The tactile couple didn't leave each other's side as they mingled among the star-studded crowd at a UNICEF ball at the Beverly Wilshire.

The couple, who have six children, revelled in their night off parent duty and stole romantic moments at every opportunity.

Angelina, 34, a UNICEF ambassador, was seen gazing adoringly at her 46-year-old partner of five years and at one point ran her fingers through his hair.

While there were a host of stars at the event, including George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bruce Willis and Cindy Crawford, the couple were most interested in chatting with time with surprise guest Muhammad Ali.



They both appeared star-struck as they shook hands with the former boxer, who is considered one of the greatest heavyweight championship boxers of all time.

Angelina even launched in for a hug with the 67-year-old, who suffers from Parkinson's Syndrome.



It was clear that the Hollywood couple remain unshaken by the allegations made in Ian Halperin's new book, Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

'They've broken up so many times it would make your head spin,' the author claims, declaring the couple will break up by 'Christmas 2010.'

But it all looked rosy last night as they put their support behind the charity.



The evening was designed to honour individuals who made key contributions to UNICEF's mission to save and improve children lives worldwide.

Producer and long-time philanthropist Jerry Weintraub was honored as Man of the Year with UNICEF's Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award.

The evening raised more money for the organisation than any UNICEF Ball to date.



Weintraub, Pitt, Clooney, Damon and Don Cheadle allo donated $250,000 to help the organisation's mission to reduce the number of preventable deaths of children from 24,000 to zero.



Weintraub directed the actor's in Ocean's Eleven and it's follow-up franchise.

Other guests included Joan Collins, Larry David, Selena Gomez, Benji Madden and Joel Madden and Alyssa Milano.

Miley Cyrus Caught Kissing a Boy in Paris

12/12/2009 12:50:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Miley Cyrus puts on a little public display of affection in the most romantic city in the world -- Paris.

Photographers snapped the tween superstar smooching a boy on the Champs-Elysee.

To our eyes, it looks like her rumored boyfriend and 'Last Song' co-star Liam Hemsworth, but we're not so sure.

Apple Says Nokia Missed The Boat And “Chose To Copy The iPhone” Instead

12/12/2009 12:50:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , 0 Comments

Now that Apple has responded to Nokia’s patent lawsuit filed last October with its own countersuit today, we have a clearer picture of what the dispute is all about. As suspected, it is about money, specifically the patent licensing fees Nokia is trying to get out of Apple for wireless patents it holds and it alleges are infringed by the iPhone.

But more broadly, it is about Nokia missing the boat on the shift from conventional phones to mobile computers where the phone functionality is relegated to one of many features, and not the most important one at that. Apple lays this argument out in its countersuit, saying that Nokia tried to overcharge it on patent fees because it missed the boat on the shift to smartphones.

In Apple’s countersuit today, it accuses Nokia of attempting a “patent hold-up.” The patents in question are part of industry standards, and as such Nokia must license them under fair and reasonable terms, argues Apple. But instead, Nokia tried to put the squeeze on Apple. Apple states in its countersuit:

In dealing with Apple, Nokia has sought to gain an unjust competitive advantage over Apple by charging unwarranted fees to use patents that allegedly cover industry compatability standards.

Whether or not Apple’s arguments hold water is for a court to decide. But Apple takes the opportunity of this legal battle to make a swipe at Nokia as a flailing competitor. If you read between the lines of the suit, the reason Nokia is not willing to license its patents under “fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms” to Apple is because while Apple was creating a “revolutionary change in the mobile phone category” with the iPhone, Nokia was sitting on its haunches:

In contrast, Nokia made a different business decision and remained focussed on traditional mobile wireless handsets with conventional user interfaces. As a result, Nokia has rapidly lost share in the market for high-end mobile phones. . . . In response, Nokia chose to copy the iPhone.

In other words, Nokia is losing in the marketplace so it is falling back on the only thing it has left—its patents. Apple is already more a profitable phone manufacturer than Nokia, and it has no intention of returning those profits via exorbitant patent fees. Now, what exactly those proposed fees are and whether they are in fact exorbitant we don’t know because the numbers are not in the suit. Presumably, those will come out at trial.

Apple could lose that trial or end up paying a huge settlement fee. Both of these suits are negotiations by other means. Regardless of the outcome, though, it feels like Apple has already won the bigger battle in the marketplace.

Video games sales drop, but still strong

12/12/2009 12:49:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , 0 Comments

The video game industry just keeps on seeing its sales numbers decline, in spite of a huge month for Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and the crucial holiday month of November was no different than the last nine months of 2009. For the month, according to industry analyst The NPD Group, sales across the entire video game business were $2.7 billion, down 7.6 percent from $2.92 billion a year earlier.

Yet, NPD added, industry-wide sales were so high in 2008 that even despite this November's significant drop, the month was still the second-best November on record. "I think we all have to realize the incredible year that was 2008," wrote NPD analyst Anita Frazier, in a research report.

Winning the month, yet again, at least in console sales, was Nintendo's Wii, with 1.26 million units sold. That's significantly more than the 1.1 million units that Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter predicted late last month, in the wake of Black Friday, that Nintendo would sell. Microsoft saw its Xbox 360 take a solid second place with 819,500 units sold, and Sony's PlayStation 3 brought up the rear with 710,400 consoles moved.

Despite a big year-over-year jump in PS3 sales, those numbers had to be disappointing for Sony. The PS3 had finished ahead of the Xbox in October and September, mainly as a result of the pent-up demand for the machine in the wake of its mid-August price cut to $299.

For the Wii, first place is nothing new, and it's clear that consumers had a bigger hunger for that console than its competitors' offerings. But while 1.26 million units sold is impressive, it's quite a bit lower than the 2.04 million Wiis that sold last November, even given the fact that Nintendo lowered the price of the Wii from $249 to $199 in September.

"Nintendo products top Amazon.com's most wished for and most gifted lists for video games, and Wii remains at or near the top of the most-searched for video game terms on Yahoo," Nintendo said in a statement. "As families and friends gather for the holidays, Nintendo games offer the best shared experiences."

Microsoft saw sales of the Xbox drop 2 percent, from 836,000 last year to 819,500 this year. But Xbox spokesperson David Dennis said overall, last month was the best November in the Xbox 360's history, in terms of dollars spent across the board.

Though it did finish in third place, the PS3's sales were through the roof compared to last year, almost certainly due to the price cut. Sony's sales of 710,400 PS3s was up 87.9 percent from last November's poor showing of just 378,000 units.

Indeed, Sony touted that big jump, though without mentioning the recent price decrease of the PS3. "In November, PS3 was the only hardware console to see any growth when compared to last November," the company wrote in a press release, "experiencing an (87.9) percent lift and a 122 percent increase from the previous month."

On the software side, it was pretty clear that the Xbox--with four of the top 10 best-selling games on that platform, compared to two for the PS3 and four for the Wii--was November's big winner. That was no more clear than in sales of the biggest game title of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which broke the single-day record for sales for any entertainment product when it launched November 10, and was expected to make up a fifth of all games sales in November. The Xbox dominated sales of the game, with 4.2 million units sold, while just 1.87 million were sold for the PS3.

Dennis said the reason for that was clear: "It's Xbox Live," Dennis said. "People's friends are on Xbox Live, and you buy the version of the game where your friends are."

Dissension within TVXQ? Canceled Big East fan meeting

12/12/2009 12:49:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

By now, many people already know about the ongoing struggle of the trio of Jaejoong, Micky, and Xiah Junsu from TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki with SM Entertainment in Korea. Many fans, especially Big East (TVXQ's Official Japanese Fan Club) were convinced that TVXQ would continue on as Tohoshinki in Japan with no issues, Avex pretty much said so. However, recently there's been some signs of trouble in Japan.


Most notably, the most anticipated 4th Big East fan club meeting being canceled. The reason for the cancellation was because Tohoshinki stated that they wanted to be honest and couldn't stand in front of their fans and put on fake smiles, fake happiness. They want to meet fans when they can truly smile once again. There's been rumors flying around that this proves that their is dissension and problems within the group. Adding further fuel to the fire were the lack of communication and very awkward situation between Jaejoong / Micky / Xiah and Yunho / Changmin in their recent performances in Japan. It also doesn't help matters when Changmin and Yunho previously stating that they're in support of SM Entertainment.

Hopefully if this is true they can quickly patch things up. They have such a great thing going, and I wouldn't want to see all the hard work they put in together to go to waste. Always keep the faith, now more than ever.

TechCrunch Sues Over CrunchPad

12/12/2009 12:49:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Michael Arrington apparently made good on his vows to sue former CrunchPad business partner Fusion Garage on Thursday. The TechCrunch founder says he has filed suit with the Northern District of California Federal court against Fusion Garage alleging fraud and deceit, misappropriation of business ideas, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition and violations of the Lanham Act (trademark protection). Fusion Garage plans to go ahead with selling the device on its own under the name JooJoo. The device was supposed to be available for online presage Friday morning, but at the time of this writing it was still unavailable for purchase.
TechCrunch Tablets Its Complaints

In a blog post published early Friday, Arrington made public legal documents that detail TechCrunch's
complaints, and include
some preliminary evidence the TechCrunch founder believes will support his case. According to the lawsuit, TechCrunch claims to have been deeply involved in the design process of the CrunchPad a.k.a. JooJoo including design and oversight of device specs, performance characteristics (including the JooJoo's nine-second boot speed), software architecture, hardware platform design and component sourcing, hardware form factor, driver integration, user interface and more.

The suit also alleges that TechCrunch paid bills and debts that Fusion Garage was unable to cover, provided advice and direction on technical problems for the device, hosted Singapore-based Fusion Garage's U.S. base of operations, and lined up business deals to promote, market, and distribute the CrunchPad.

In addition to those allegations, the documents Arrington made public include blog posts allegedly created by Fusion Garage that have since been taken down from the company's site, and e-mail correspondence between TechCrunch and Fusion Garage.
Arrington Speaks Out

TechCrunch's founder also added some of his own personal thoughts about the unfolding controversy in his Friday blog post. Arrington says his company had lined up "top tier investors" to support the project, as well as restating previous claims that he had lined up a major retail partner willing to distribute the device, and to keep the retail price of the device low. Arrington says all of these partners are willing to put statements on the record supporting TechCrunch's claims.

Arrington also said on Friday that Fusion Garage's financial situation is a mess. Arrington believes that
Fusion Garage, even with an influx of revenue from Jo
oJoo presales, does not have the financial ability to mass produce the JooJoo and fulfill its obligations to customers. "Fusion Garage is, and always has been, a company on the edge of going out of business," Arrington wrote.

Fusion Garage's public relations agency has been asked for a response to these allegations, and we will post any communication we get from them as soon as it is available.
Fusion Garage for the Defense

It should also be pointed out that during a video call with members of the press on Monday, Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan disputed most of Arrington's claims about TechCrunch's support for the project. Rathakrishnan contends that Fusion Garage is solely responsible for the final prototype the company debuted on Monday.
CrunchPad Genesis

The CrunchPad project was a result of a blog post Arrington published in July 2008. At the time, the TechCrunch founder wanted a "dead simple Web tablet" that would cost around $200. Arrington says TechCrunch company developed two prototypes on its own, before producing a third prototype with deeper assistance from Fusion Garage. By June the CrunchPad launch prototype was complete, according to Arrington.

However, by November the business relationship between Fusion Garage and TechCrunch had broken down, and Arrington declared the CrunchPad dead. Arrington claims this was due to deceitful practices on Fusion Garage's part. Rathakrishnan told reporters on Monday that his company had to move on and bring the device to market without TechCrunch, because none of Arrington's many promises of support ever came true.

It is now left up to the courts to sort out the grievances on both sides.

You can read the court documents supplied by TechCrunch for yourself below.
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Humourous Ella disguises as a pregnant lady !

12/12/2009 12:48:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Idol drama "Down With love" is intensively filming in HangZhou. SHE's comic, Ella is acting as Yang Guo who dreams in the drama that she's pregnant. Because Yang Guo gets insulted by Mommy Qi, at night she gets nightmares of becoming pregnant, and because it's a dream, Ella had to overract very much.Before filming, she swung her big tummy here and there as she entered the set.

Her manager and assistant both protected her as her bodyguards, and upon seein the shock people get when they see her that way, she laughed hard and pulled out a watermelon from under her T-shirt : "I don't have a tummy anymore ! I'll treat everyone to eat watermelon ! "

Michael Zhang played along with her even putting his ear on her stomach, faking to listen to the baby's heartbeats.

Idol group 5566 is on the verge of break-up?

12/12/2009 12:48:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

5566's Sam Wang, Tony Sun, and J-Star boss Sun De-Rong goes on "Kangxi Lai Le" to promote new group Magic 1+1.

J-Star Entertainment's idol group 5566 is on the verge of break-up? Members of 5566 have been working on individual activities in the recent years; Zax Wang and Jason Hsu are busy with hosting duties, Tony Sun has shifted his focus to Mainland China, while Sam Wang is looking after his food business. Despite not working together as a group, Tony Sun stated that there are no concerns on breaking up. However, J-Star boss Sun De-Rong confirmed that their contracts will expire at the end of this year.

Sun De-Rong recently went on CtiTV "Kangxi Lai Le" along with Tony Sun and Sam Wang to promote J-Star's new group Magic 1+1. When asked about 5566's contract issues, Tony Sun reaffirmed that he will be staying with J-Star. Sam Wang echoed his sentiment and said that Sun De-Rong is still his boss. When "Kangxi" host Xiao S asked if they were still under contracts, Sam Wang answered ambiguously, "Yes, for this month!" However, Sun De-Rong admitted that 5566's contract will only last till the end of this year.

J-Star Entertainment is known to be very sensitive about their artists' love life. They prohibit artists to date within the company, and are strongly against idols from having relationships. However, Sun De-Rong reacted uncharacteristically when expressing his views this time, "I hope Tony Sun gets marry soon, and have his own children in the future." Nevertheless Tony Sun avoided the topic like he did previously and said, "I don't watch variety shows or read the newspapers. I only watch the sports channel."

The "Virgin Prince" also happened to be on the same show and impressed J-Star boss Sun De-Rong.

While promoting Magic 1+1, Sun De-Rong also expressed interest in the "virginal" Jing Wong. He would like to sign him and put him a new group. Since Sun De-Rong has a liking for putting idol groups together, host Xiao S suggested that he should consider creating an all-virgin boy group, and said that it will probably be tougher to find (virgins) then magicians to be idol singers.

Apple and Nokia's battle hots up

12/12/2009 12:46:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , 0 Comments

The legal battle between Finland's Nokia and its US rival Apple has taken a new turn, with Apple countersuing Nokia over alleged patent violations.

The move follows a Nokia lawsuit filed in October accusing iPhone maker Apple of 10 Nokia patent infringements.

Now Apple, in turn, is claiming that the Finnish phone firm is infringing 13 of its technology patents.

"Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours," Apple said.

Apple has not yet revealed which patents are at issue. Nokia was unavailable for comment.

In October, Nokia said it had not been compensated for its technology, and accused Apple of "trying to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation".

The 10 alleged patent infringements by Apple involve wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption.

The breaches applied to all models of the iPhone since its launch in 2007, Nokia added.

Finland's Nokia said that it had agreements with about 40 firms allowing them to use the firm's technology, but that Apple had not signed an agreement.

Nokia 5235 Comes With Music offers unlimited music downloads for only €145

12/12/2009 12:46:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Almost four months after the announcement of Nokia 5230, a new and similar phone has now been introduced by Nokia: Nokia 5235 Comes With Music.


As you can guess from its name, the 5235 is a Comes With Music phone, so those who buy it will be able to download as much music as they want from the Nokia Music Store, for either 12 or 18 months.

The handset also features all the stuff the 5230 has: 3.2 inch resistive touchscreen display with 360 x 640 pixels, GSM and HSDPA connectivity, GPS, Ovi Maps, 3.5mm headset jack, 2MP camera, MicroSD card support (up to 16GB) and a 1320 mAh battery that can provide up to 33 hours of music playback.



Nokia 5235 Comes With Music will be available starting the first quarter of 2010. Interestingly, the phone will have a suggested retail price of €145 – €4 less than the initial price of 5230.

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