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David Archuleta Memoir Planned, Single Leaked

3/02/2010 12:27:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Some time during season nine, Adam Lambert will perform on American Idol.

It's safe to assume David Archuleta will, as well.

We can make this assumption because the former runner-up is releasing a memoir on May 4. It's titled "Chords of Strength" and here are a few snippets about it, courtesy of Amazon.com:

David Archuleta was named one of the "breakout stars of 2008" by Forbes magazine and landed the number two spot on the Billboard charts.

In Chords of Strength, David shares his unexpected and inspiring journey, including how he overcame vocal cord paralysis to achieve his dream of being a singer. He reveals insecurities he felt about his voice-before he realized that he loved the way singing made him feel more than he disliked the way he sounded.

In this personal memoir, David opens up about the strength he draws from his unshakable faith and unyielding family. He pays tribute to those who continue to inspire him and through their example help him believe in himself, his talent, and his abilities.

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Shakira Makes Rafael Nadal Sweat in 'Gypsy' Video

3/02/2010 12:27:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


Injuries have sidelined Rafael Nadal on the tennis courts in recent months, but he has absolutely no problem breaking a sweat in the steamy video for Shakira's new track, 'Gypsy.' In it, the equally stunning duo strike seductive poses in next-to-nothing (we're talking shirtless Rafa and barely covered Shakira, people).

The four-time Grand Slam champ does quite a bit of perspiring in the video, especially when the Colombian stunner does a little private dance on what looks to be the inside of a volcano. Hot indeed! Watch 'Gypsy,' which is off Shakira's latest album 'She Wolf.'

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Only 300K Apple iPads may be available in March, production problems rumored

3/02/2010 12:26:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Announced by Apple in January, the iPad should be available for purchase starting this month (well, just the Wi-Fi version, because the release of the Wi-Fi + 3G version is scheduled for April).


However, Apple may launch only a limited number of iPads by the end of March – more exactly, only 300,000 units, although the company would have wanted to launch 1 million units. According to Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek, this could be because of some production problems that Foxconn (the iPad’s manufacturer) has encountered.

The problems might be related to the iPad’s multi-touch LCD display (“glass strength issues”), but Apple hasn’t confirmed this.

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Google, Microsoft Spar on Antitrust

3/02/2010 12:26:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Seeking $335,000 in unpaid advertising bills, Google Inc. filed suit against a small Internet site in Ohio in October. The complaint was so routine it was just two sentences long.

Google never expected the response it got. Last month, the small Internet site countered with a 24-page antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the search-engine giant of a litany of monopolistic abuses.

But what really caught Google's attention was the Internet site's legal counsel: It was Charles "Rick" Rule, long the chief outside counsel on competition issues for Google archrival Microsoft Corp.

"My reaction was, 'What the heck is this?' " says Mark Sheriff, an Ohio attorney who represents Google, speaking of the involvement of Mr. Rule and his powerhouse law firm, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, whose antitrust practice is based in Washington, D.C. "It's not every day that a big D.C. law firm like Cadwalader gets involved in a collections lawsuit in Ohio."

Mr. Rule also represents another small Internet firm that has brought an antitrust suit against Google. Meanwhile, in Europe, following complaints about Google that came from, among others, a Microsoft subsidiary in Germany, the European Commission has opened a preliminary antitrust inquiry into the search giant.

To Google, the pattern is clear: It contends Microsoft is embarking on a proxy war against it through various apparently unrelated cases, preparing the ground for a broader antitrust assault of some sort on Google's dominance in the online world. "It's become clear that our competitors are scouring court dockets around the world looking for complaints against Google into which they can inject themselves, learn more about our business practices, and use that information to develop a broader antitrust complaint against us," said a Google spokesman, Adam Kovacevich.

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SS501 to make comeback on May 1st!

3/02/2010 12:25:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

SS501 just recently wrapped up their final encore concert on February 27, but it looks like they’ve already got their eyes set on their upcoming return, which is set for, well, 05-01-2010. (Get it??)


Daesung Entertainment, the quintet’s agency, has yet to decide whether SS501’s comeback will come in the form of a mini-album or full-album release. However, the confirmed 501 Day comeback has already gotten fans rustling in excitement.

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Motorola Backflip for AT&T unboxing and hands-on

3/02/2010 12:25:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 1 Comment


We've just taken delivery of an AT&T-branded Motorola Backflip -- the carrier's very first Android device -- and we wanted to share with you our magical first moments putting the phone through its paces. Here's a quick rundown of our first impressions:

  • It feels solidly-built -- probably a notch better than the CLIQ. There's no wiggle or weirdness in the hinge whatsoever. Of course, we know from personal experience that "feels solidly-built" doesn't necessarily mean it is solidly-built, so the jury's still out on how it'll hold up with regular use, especially with the keyboard exposed full-time.
  • Opening and closing the phone isn't a natural one-handed operation, unless you're comfortable putting it at extreme risk of an unfortunate tumble.

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Coming Soon To Chrome: Extensions That Can Alter Your Browsing History

3/02/2010 12:24:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Simply put: Google Chrome is amazing. Ever since it was finally released for the Mac late last year, I’ve been blown away by its big things (speed) and little things (search box that is also the URL box). But the true power of Chrome may lie in what third-party developers are able to do with it. This is what helped Firefox rip market share away from Internet Explorer over the past several years. Chrome is still young, but already making impressive gains in share each month as well. And the browser could be about to get even better.

In a post today on the Chromium Blog, software engineer Erik Kay notes the existence of experimental APIs for Chrome. Basically, these are new APIs that aren’t yet ready for prime time development, but are available on the dev builds of Chrome for developers to play with right now. The first two experimental APIs available sound very interesting. One, “experimental processes,” allows third party developers to access Chrome’s process model. This allows for extensions that could monitor CPU processes for individual tabs, for example. But the other is potentially more interesting. “Experimental history” is described as follows:

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Jessica Simpson Opens Up About John Mayer's Sex Talk

3/02/2010 12:24:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Jessica Simpson is finally opening up about John Mayer's raunchy Playboy mag comments.

"I don't want people to know how I am in bed!" Simpson, 29, laments in an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to air Wednesday.

Mayer likened his ex girlfriend -- whom he split from in 2007 after about a year of dating -- to "crack cocaine" and "sexual napalm" in the March issue of the lad mag. He later apologized for being "an a--hole."

Simpson also admitted she struggles with criticism of her weight.

"It's a really hard thing for me to talk about," the clearly upset reality star (her show, The Price of Beauty, debuts March 15 on VH1) tells Oprah.

"You were a size 4 and people were calling you fat?" the talk show host, 56, says in disbelief, referring to infamous mom jeans Simpson wore to a chili cook off in January 2009.

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Katharine McPhee Tapped For NBC Comedy “The Pink House”

3/02/2010 12:23:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Former American Idol finalist Katharine McPhee has signed up for a new pilot on NBC, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.


McPhee — who finished second behind Taylor Hicks on the fifth season of American Idol — is making her TV-pilot debut with a lead role in The Pink House, a new network comedy about Midwestern twentysomethings John “Fitz” Fitzgerald and Rob “Bernie” Burnett who move to Los Angeles rent a house on the beach and set out to find their dream jobs.

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Microsoft Refuses to Confirm Windows Mobile Will Not Be Upgradable

3/02/2010 12:23:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , 0 Comments

Microsoft declined to confirm reports that smartphones running Windows Mobile 6.x will not be upgradable to Windows Phone 7 Series, its new operating system. Microsoft has made a point of enforcing strict hardware requirements for devices that run Windows Phone 7 Series, which one Microsoft executive reportedly suggested would prevent even newer devices such as the HTC HD2 from running the new operating system. Microsoft previously refused to confirm whether Windows Mobile would be re-branded as Windows Phones Classic once Windows Phone 7 Series is issued to the marketplace at the end of 2010.


Microsoft refused to confirm widely circulated reports that smartphones currently running Windows Mobile 6.x will not be upgradable to the new Windows Phone 7 Series operating system.

Natasha Kwan, general manager of Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business in the Asia-Pacific region, is quoted as saying in a March 1 article in APC magazine that "because we have very specific requirements for Windows Phone 7 Series, the current phones we have right now will not be upgradable." The article further suggests that the HTC HD2, a smartphone whose full touchscreen would seemingly qualify it to work with Windows Phone 7 Series’ touch-centric interface, would not qualify for upgrading to the new operating system because it has five buttons instead of three.

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