- T.I. and Tiny Arrested: Is Being a Ride-or-Die Chick Over... From Black Voices — Straight off the heels of his number one box office movie, ‘Takers,’ Clifford “T.I” Harris, 29, has…
- Donell Jones “Love Like This” Donell Jones' new video "Love Like This" from his new album Lyrics in stores September 28!
- Video: Yoga for Black People, A Laughing Matter? “Funny or Die” videos are paramount for comedy that pushes the envelope. Whether it’s a cursing toddler, or what, yoga…
- Daily News Feed 9.3.2010/Vocab: Cachinnate Oil spill costs hits $8 billion + Earl skirts across Outer Banks, flooding coastal areas + Ohio's Governor spares life of a death row inmate + more!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested for Possession The King of the South, T.I., and his wife, BET reality star Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, were arrested late last night…
- Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of “Gim... Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of "Gimme Mo" in California - Fab or Drab?
- Cee-Lo “F*ck You!” Cee-Lo's video for his widely popular track "F*ck You!" from his The Lady Killer album due in stores December 7!
- Daily News Feed 9.2.2010/Vocab: Bilocation Social Security sends early payments ahead of Hurricane Earl + Apple TV, 'Ping' and iTunes, what it means + June 2011 trial set in Katrina shootings case + more!
- 7 Things NOT to Do After a Break-Up
The BVX - Ladies, after a break-up we can do some pretty irrational things. Of course, men aren’t immune…
- John Legend & The Roots “I Can’t Write Left-handed” A live in-studio recording of John Legend and The Roots' "I Can't Write Left-Handed" from their collaborative album Wake Up! in stores September 21!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested: Is Being a Ride-or-Die Chick Over... From Black Voices — Straight off the heels of his number one box office movie, ‘Takers,’ Clifford “T.I” Harris, 29, has…
- Donell Jones “Love Like This” Donell Jones' new video "Love Like This" from his new album Lyrics in stores September 28!
- Video: Yoga for Black People, A Laughing Matter? “Funny or Die” videos are paramount for comedy that pushes the envelope. Whether it’s a cursing toddler, or what, yoga…
- Daily News Feed 9.3.2010/Vocab: Cachinnate Oil spill costs hits $8 billion + Earl skirts across Outer Banks, flooding coastal areas + Ohio's Governor spares life of a death row inmate + more!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested for Possession The King of the South, T.I., and his wife, BET reality star Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, were arrested late last night…
- Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of “Gim... Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of "Gimme Mo" in California - Fab or Drab?
- Cee-Lo “F*ck You!” Cee-Lo's video for his widely popular track "F*ck You!" from his The Lady Killer album due in stores December 7!
- Daily News Feed 9.2.2010/Vocab: Bilocation Social Security sends early payments ahead of Hurricane Earl + Apple TV, 'Ping' and iTunes, what it means + June 2011 trial set in Katrina shootings case + more!
- 7 Things NOT to Do After a Break-Up
The BVX - Ladies, after a break-up we can do some pretty irrational things. Of course, men aren’t immune…
- John Legend & The Roots “I Can’t Write Left-handed” A live in-studio recording of John Legend and The Roots' "I Can't Write Left-Handed" from their collaborative album Wake Up! in stores September 21!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested: Is Being a Ride-or-Die Chick Over... From Black Voices — Straight off the heels of his number one box office movie, ‘Takers,’ Clifford “T.I” Harris, 29, has…
- Donell Jones “Love Like This” Donell Jones' new video "Love Like This" from his new album Lyrics in stores September 28!
- Video: Yoga for Black People, A Laughing Matter? “Funny or Die” videos are paramount for comedy that pushes the envelope. Whether it’s a cursing toddler, or what, yoga…
- Daily News Feed 9.3.2010/Vocab: Cachinnate Oil spill costs hits $8 billion + Earl skirts across Outer Banks, flooding coastal areas + Ohio's Governor spares life of a death row inmate + more!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested for Possession The King of the South, T.I., and his wife, BET reality star Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, were arrested late last night…
- Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of “Gim... Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of "Gimme Mo" in California - Fab or Drab?
- Cee-Lo “F*ck You!” Cee-Lo's video for his widely popular track "F*ck You!" from his The Lady Killer album due in stores December 7!
- Daily News Feed 9.2.2010/Vocab: Bilocation Social Security sends early payments ahead of Hurricane Earl + Apple TV, 'Ping' and iTunes, what it means + June 2011 trial set in Katrina shootings case + more!
- 7 Things NOT to Do After a Break-Up
The BVX - Ladies, after a break-up we can do some pretty irrational things. Of course, men aren’t immune…
- John Legend & The Roots “I Can’t Write Left-handed” A live in-studio recording of John Legend and The Roots' "I Can't Write Left-Handed" from their collaborative album Wake Up! in stores September 21!
- Do You Sleep Beside Your Baby? Is It Safe? Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a>
- The Guilt Factor After the birth of my first child, I began to experience guilt more than I ever had: when I didn’t pick her up right away because I was in the middle of doing something, when I popped in a DVD for her so I could finish making dinner, or when I let her cry [...]
- Disney Unveils New “The Princess And The Frog” Toy Line
On Monday Disney unveiled the highly anticipated “The Princess And The Frog” toy line. If you’ll remember there were a few hiccups early on in the movies production but Disney has attempted to iron out any wrinkles and has pressed on.
Tony Award-winning actress/singer Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Princess Tiana, unveiled the line [...]
- Encouraging Your Little Star To Shine Yesterday I was having a conversation with an actor that had a reoccruing role on a HBO drama. He explained how he’s been in the business since he was 8 years old. He started out as a hip-hop dancer, won the Apollo 5 times and has been pushing to make his dream come true ever [...]
- Gratitude I didn’t make any resolutions this year, but I have reinstituted a gratitude journal, in an effort to remind myself how blessed I am. At the end of the day, I take a few minutes to write down five things for which I am grateful. Most days the list is very simple: [...]
- The Real Stories Behind The Muppets
Ever wonder how the Muppet characters came to be in the first place? Well check out this article over on cnn.com that gives you the lowdown on some of your favorite characters. Here are a few examples:
Cookie Monster: Jim Henson drew some monsters eating various snacks for a General Foods commercial in 1966. The commercial [...]
- CNN: Is My Peanut Butter Safe?
With all of the concern and media attention given to the Salmonella outbreak that occured recently your kids may not have had a good, down home PB&J in weeks. Well CNN is here to help with a recent article they did on, “Is my peanut butter safe”? Here’s some of the info they provide below:
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- What are the Top Toys to Say I Love You With?
Each Valentine’s Day parents try to think of a little something extra to show their kids just how much they mean to them. Toy Wishes Magazine has a list of top 10 “red” toys that are the perfect solution to make sure you get the “I love you” message across to your [...]
- Yes, My Child is a Genius Admit it, at one time or another, when your children were very young and they were learning words and repeating things you were saying, you thought he or she was brilliant. I fall into the same category of parents who thinks his child is a bona fide baby genius, based on the “big” words [...]
- Fascinated With The Fitted
For someone like me (Lamar) who can hardly seem to “stay in the moment” as they say because my mind is always racing ahead anywhere from 2 days to 2 years at any given time there is always one simple thing that stops me in my tracks. The fascination that any of my three girls [...]
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested: Is Being a Ride-or-Die Chick Over... From Black Voices — Straight off the heels of his number one box office movie, ‘Takers,’ Clifford “T.I” Harris, 29, has…
- Donell Jones “Love Like This” Donell Jones' new video "Love Like This" from his new album Lyrics in stores September 28!
- Video: Yoga for Black People, A Laughing Matter? “Funny or Die” videos are paramount for comedy that pushes the envelope. Whether it’s a cursing toddler, or what, yoga…
- Daily News Feed 9.3.2010/Vocab: Cachinnate Oil spill costs hits $8 billion + Earl skirts across Outer Banks, flooding coastal areas + Ohio's Governor spares life of a death row inmate + more!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested for Possession The King of the South, T.I., and his wife, BET reality star Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, were arrested late last night…
- Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of “Gim... Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of "Gimme Mo" in California - Fab or Drab?
- Cee-Lo “F*ck You!” Cee-Lo's video for his widely popular track "F*ck You!" from his The Lady Killer album due in stores December 7!
- Daily News Feed 9.2.2010/Vocab: Bilocation Social Security sends early payments ahead of Hurricane Earl + Apple TV, 'Ping' and iTunes, what it means + June 2011 trial set in Katrina shootings case + more!
- 7 Things NOT to Do After a Break-Up
The BVX - Ladies, after a break-up we can do some pretty irrational things. Of course, men aren’t immune…
- John Legend & The Roots “I Can’t Write Left-handed” A live in-studio recording of John Legend and The Roots' "I Can't Write Left-Handed" from their collaborative album Wake Up! in stores September 21!
- Dwyane Wade Goes For A Stroll With His Boo Gabbykins Aw how precious! Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union were spotted looking blissfully coupled up in Miami. How sweet. Check out more pictures of the pair below Let’s hope there’s no groupie lovin’ on the way to break this happy home! P.S. D-Wade we think you should get a bigger car… that ish looks hella uncomfortable. [...]
- Teenage Jump Lovin’ Gone Horrifically Wrong: Girl Gets ... What’s in the water in Florida?? It seems like ALL the teenagers there get gullier than the f*ck. Read this craziness right here: Rachel Wade, the teenage girl who murdered her romantic rival, Sarah Ludemann, was sentenced Friday in a Florida courtroom to 27 years in prison. According to the St. Petersburg Times, Judge Pinellas-Pasco [...]
- Usher Performs On “The Early Show” Usher took the stage on CBS’ “The Early Show” Friday to perform his hits for their Summer Concert Series. The R&B sensation performed his new dance single “DJ Got Us Falling In Love” along with “There Goes My Baby” and “Yeah.” Click Here To Watch His Performance On HipHopWired
- Some Afternoon Linkage Chris Brown Lands First #1 Hit In Four Years (GO) Lindsay Lohan Only ‘Ever So Slightly’ Tapped The Baby Stroller (GO) Gucci Mane’s New Ferrari 458 Italia Recalled [Video] (GO) Wiz Khalifa Ft. French Montana (GO) Katy Perry’s Hairy Support (GO) Dame Dash Discusses Why 90s Artists Dropped The Ball: “We Could Have Things On [...]
- Swirl it Up: 20 Hottest Mixed Couples Ebony and Ivory… together in perfect harmony. Yeah, we talk about swirling a lot and even have been accused of being borderline obsessed. But let’s be honest, y’all know we got plenty of love for all the celebrity swirl folks. So we figured this Friday we’d put Swirl Love on blast, but in a good [...]
- Tiny And Tip Mug Shots, Plus TI Talks Of Turning In Deale... Flip The Top For The Couples Mugshots!
- OchoCinco Thinks He’s Slick, Tries Bagging “Ultimate ... Chad “Negro Please You Kno’ Yo Name Is Johnson” Ochocinco isn’t fooling anybody with his “Reality Show” — not only was he not being real with the contestants about the women he was dating who weren’t part of the show – he also wasn’t being honest when it came to a certain contestant — Heather. [...]
- Damn, MTV Is Riding Her Muffin: Nicki Minaj VMA Promo Vid...
- How Precious: Robin Thicke Debuts Little Sweet-Face “Ju... Awwwww, how sweet!! Robin Thicke was spotted in SoHo toting around his new 4 month old baby boy Julian. It’s about time they brought that baby out into the light!! Source
- Forget The His & Hers Embroidered Towels And Sh*t, Newlyw... These muhf*ckers right here…we can’t stop SMH’ing…Peep Clifford and Tameka Harris’ mugshots now: SMH. No comment. SplashNews
- Lauryn Hill Speaks On Her Absence, Kids and If She’ll M... Lauryn Hill sat down with Toure of Fuse TV after Rock the Bells and offered some insight on her absence from the music industry as well as the reason she decided to return. Here are a few excerpts plus the video below: On Her Absence & Her...
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- His and Her Mugshots: TI & Tiny TI and Tiny look like the new Bonnie and Clyde in their recent mugshots that were released by TMZ. According to reports, they were busted for felony drug possession. The drug in question was ecstacy. I smell a conspiracy. Seriously! I know a lot of...
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- Lebron’s Family Portrait Bron Bron tweeted an adorable photo of he and his two sons Lebron Jr. and Bryce yesterday. The caption read “My inspiration equals My Next Generation. Father & Role Model”. Those kids are TOO cute but why are sports sites going in...
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- Nicki Minaj “Steals The Scene” In Paper Magazine Your favorite Harijiku Barbie, Nicki Minaj sat down with Paper Magazine recently and discussed her fashion sense (which happens to be a mistake), being inspired by her old high school and how she foresaw her success before it happened in an article...
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- Nas & Wu-Tang Party It Up in DC Nas hosted an after-party after “Rock The Bells” in DC over the weekend. Members from Wu-Tang also stopped thru to show support to Nas, as well as local DMV artists Phil Ade & Ra the MC (as seen on BET’s “My Mic Sounds...
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- Lloyd A.K.A Mr. “Long Hair Don’t Care” Cut His Hair First it was Trey Songz, then Omarion, Carmelo Anthony, and now R& B crooner, Lloyd took the clippers and cut off his gorgeous hair. The good news is, he did it for a worthy cause, and the hair was donated to “Locks for Love.” Are you feeling...
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- Flicks & Video: Home & Home Concert: Eminem, Jay-Z, 50 Ce... Eminem and Jay-Z took the stage in Detroit last night for the first night of “Home & Home” concert. The concert has four dates, with stops at Detroit’s Comerica Park followed by dates at the new Yankees Stadium. It’s...
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- Alicia Keys & Swizz Beats Take A Stroll Alicia keys and her new hubby Swizz Beatz were spotted in the Tribeca area of New York City earlier this week. The happy couple looked to be enjoying some quality time together while viewing the neighborhood. We should filed this under the Men Who...
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- Brandy Rehearsing For Dancing With The Stars Earlier this week, the cast of “Dancing with the Stars” season 11 were revealed and one of our very on Bitchie Chicks, Brandy is officially on board. The first week of rehearsals have already begun and Brandy and her partner Maksim are not wasting...
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- New Couple? Kanye West and Selita Ebanks Fresh from shooting a hush hush feature film in Prague to accompany his upcoming untitled 5th LP, ‘Ye popped up at yesterdays U.S. Open tennis match in New York City alongside Nick Cannon’s ex-fiancee Selita Ebanks. The two were rumored...
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- Google Announces Can't Be Missed Press Event On Search - ... Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Announces Can't Be Missed Press Event On Search - What's Up? — Google's announced a special press event for next Wednesday on search that “you won't want to miss.” What big news could there be? Let's speculate — but I wouldn't get too excited. — Here's what the invite says:
- Texas inquires on our approach to competition (Google Pub... Google Public Policy Blog:
Texas inquires on our approach to competition — We've always worked hard to ensure that our success is earned the right way — by building great products, not locking in our users or advertisers. That said, we recognize that as Google grows, we're going to face more questions about how our business works.
- See, YouTube ads can be awesome: A hunter shoots a bear (...
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
See, YouTube ads can be awesome: A hunter shoots a bear — Nice timing. Just a few hours after The New York Times reported that YouTube's ad revenues have grown to the point that the Google-owned video site will be profitable this year, I spotted a video that demonstrates some of YouTube's potential as an advertising platform.
- Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit (Dan Levine/Reuters)
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit — (Reuters) - Google Inc has settled a lawsuit alleging privacy violations in connection with its Buzz social networking service, according to a court document filed on Friday. — The settlement filing comes on the same day Google announced changes …
- Texas Attorney General Investigating Google & Antitrust I... Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Texas Attorney General Investigating Google & Antitrust Issues — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is conducting an investigation into Google's business practices as they relate to search listings, in particular whether Google is manipulating its paid and editorial results in a way that violates antitrust laws.
- BREAKING: Facebook Now Displaying All Liked News Articles...
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
BREAKING: Facebook Now Displaying All Liked News Articles In Search Results — Another big upgrade from Facebook: the company is currently testing search results which display articles ranked by likes. Additionally, the results for searches now shows the results from all around the web based on two things …
- Twitter: 300,000 apps, but none of them matter (Owen Thom...
Owen Thomas / VentureBeat:
Twitter: 300,000 apps, but none of them matter — Twitter CEO Ev Williams posted a blog entry Thursday with an update on the microblogging service's usage, which continues to grow sharply. More interesting than the numbers, though, was the message written between the lines …
- Apple TV isn't 1080p and you shouldn't care (Matthew Mosk...
Matthew Moskovciak / Crave: The gadget blog:
Apple TV isn't 1080p and you shouldn't care — The refreshed Apple TV sports a new design, Netflix streaming, and low price, but like the old model, Apple's streaming video box is still limited to 720p content. While that means the Apple TV loses the spec war to competitors like the Xbox 360 and Vudu …
- Controversial 'Duke Nukem Forever' Will Finally Be Releas...
Kamau High / Speakeasy:
Controversial ‘Duke Nukem Forever’ Will Finally Be Released … “Duke Nukem Forever,” a video game synonymous with never being released, is finally being released. — The first person shooter about a space marine with a penchant for off-color humor who battles aliens with increasingly destructive weapons …
- iOS browsing is bigger than Android (6x) and Linux says N...
Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
iOS browsing is bigger than Android (6x) and Linux says NetApps — Apple's iOS has become the third most popular platform on the Internet with marketshare that's nealry six times larger than Android. Indeed, iOS is bigger than Linux, says Net Applications.
- Game Publishers Using Stealth P2P Clients An anonymous reader writes "TorrentFreak has shed some light on the dark practice of installing stealth-mode P2P clients during game downloads and using unsuspecting gamers' PCs as 'bandwidth slaves.' The clients operate in the background and largely go unnoticed until problems arise that are caused by overactive uploading/seeding. While the Akamai NetSession Interface and Pando Media Booster are specifically called out, there appear to be other offenders as indicated in the comments left by TorrentFreak readers. A publisher called Solid State Networks is putting out a call for an industry-wide 'best practices' effort to promote transparency, control and privacy on behalf of gamers who are otherwise being abused for their bandwidth without their consent." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Winnie-the-Pooh Parodied In Wookie-the-Chew pickens writes "Erik Hayden writes in the Atlantic that children will see endearing portraits of Chewbacca rendered in the style of "Winnie-the-Pooh" in the book of drawings "Wookie the Chew," a tribute to the combined genius of George Lucas, A.A.Milne and E.H.Sheppard, by artist James Hance released on September 1st. Samples from the book are available at Hance's web site. Hance bases his right to parody Winnie-the-Pooh on Fair Use as parody under which certain uses of copyrighted works, which would otherwise be considered infringing, are permissible. Interestingly enough, the rights to the original Winnie-the-Pooh were the subject of an 18-year feud in which Walt Disney corporation fought off a challenge to its ownership of the rights ending in 2009 when a judge in Los Angeles struck out a claim against Disney lodged by the family of Stephen Slesinger, a comic book pioneer who bought the copyright to Pooh in 1930 from the bear's British creator, A.A. Milne. Stories of Pooh's adventures were originally created by Milne in the 1920s, based on a toy bear owned by the author's son, Christopher Robin." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- 2010 May Be the First Year YouTube Turns a Profit eldavojohn writes "Analysts are saying that this year will be the first year YouTube turns a profit. From the New York Times article: 'In the last year, the video site has become a significant contributor to the family business at a time when Google, which makes more than 90 percent of its revenue from text search ads, is seeking a second act. Though Google does not report YouTube's earnings, it has hinted that it is hovering near profitability. Analysts say YouTube will bring in around $450 million in revenue this year and earn a profit. Revenue at YouTube has more than doubled each year for the last three years, according to the company.' Of course a little over a year ago we were being told that YouTube was losing around $1.65 million each day. Regardless, when you pay $1.65 billion for a business, you probably don't expect it to take three to four years before you start making your money back." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- VISA Pulls Plug On ePassporte, Porn Webmasters tsu doh nimh writes "Credit card giant VISA International has suspended its business with ePassporte, an Internet payment system widely used to pay adult Webmasters and a raft of other affiliate programs. A number of adult Webmaster forums are up in arms over the move because many of their funds are now stranded. Visa has been silent on the issue so far, but KrebsOnSecurity.com points to an e-mail from ePassporte founder Christopher Mallick saying the unexpected move by Visa wouldn't strand customers indefinitely. Mallick co-directed Middle Men, a Paramount film released in August that tells the story of his experience building one of the world's first porn site payment processing firms, as well as the Russian mobsters, porn stars and FBI agents he ran into along the way. Interestingly, the speculation so far is that Visa cut ties with ePassporte due to new anti-money laundering restrictions in the Credit Card Act of 2009, which affects prepaid cards and other payment card instruments that can be reloaded with funds at places other than financial institutions." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- New and Old Experiments Combine To Help the Search For Li... jamie sends in a story about an unexpected finding by the Phoenix Mars Lander which has shed new light on experiments done by the Viking landers back in 1976. The Viking experiments found traces of chlorine compounds that were interpreted to be the result of contamination from cleaning fluids on Earth. In 2008, an experiment done by Phoenix found percholates in the soil, which came as a surprise to researchers. After doing tests on similar soil from Chile, a new study has found that those percholates, paired with organic molecules, could very well be the source of the chlorine compounds detected by Viking. While this is not direct evidence for life on Mars, the fact that complex organic compounds can apparently persist in the Martian soil gives researchers a new avenue to pursue while looking for that evidence. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- NVIDIA Announces New Line of Fermi-Based Mobile Chips MojoKid writes "NVIDIA has announced an entire line-up of Fermi-based GeForce GT and GTX 400M mobile GPUs, seven in total, and revealed a number of notebook design wins from major OEMs. Like their desktop-targeted counterparts, the mobile GeForce GT and GTX 400M series GPUs make use of technology from NVIDIA's desktop architecture, which debuted in the GF100 GPU at the heart of the company's flagship GeForce GTX 480. GeForce GT and GTX 400M series GPUs are DirectX 11 compatible and support all of NVIDIA's 'Graphics Plus' features, including PhysX, 3D Vision, CUDA, Verde drivers, 3DTV Play and Optimus dynamic switching technology. The GeForce GTX 470M and GTX 460M are the most powerful of the group and target enthusiasts and gamers, while the GeForce GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M and GT 415M target performance-conscious, but more mainstream consumers." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Where Does Dell Go After Losing 3Par? crimeandpunishment writes "It was the big deal Dell wanted in a big way. But now that it has lost out to Hewlett-Packard in the bidding war it started for 3Par, where does Dell go in its effort to diversify its business and move into the higher-profit area of selling technology to other companies? The company faces significant challenges, largely due to its lower-end focus, and because many of its competitors beat Dell into branching out. One analyst says, 'People see [Dell] as box-pushers'." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Anti-Google Video Runs In Times Square Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that Consumer Watchdog is running a 540-square-foot video billboard advertisement in Times Square, New York that shows Google CEO Eric Schmidt as an ingratiating ice cream truck driver who knows everything about everyone and happily offers free ice cream in exchange for full body scans. The group says its goal is to push Congress and the Federal Trade Commission to create a Do Not Track Me list, similar to the Do Not Call list developed to prevent telemarketers from aggressively calling consumers. 'Do you want Google or any other online company looking over your shoulder and tracking your every move online just so it can increase its profits?' writes the group's president, Jamie Curtis, at the group's web site. 'Consumers have a right to privacy. They should control how their information is gathered and what it is used for.' The FTC's consumer affairs group had no comment on whether the agency is considering creating a Do Not Track Me list." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- The Push For Colbert's "Restoring Truthiness" Rally jamie writes "A grassroots campaign has begun to get Stephen Colbert to hold a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to counter Glenn Beck's recent 'Restoring Honor' event. The would-be rally has been dubbed 'Restoring Truthiness' and was inspired by a recent post on Reddit, where a young woman wondered if the only way to point out the absurdity of the Tea Party's rally would be if Colbert mirrored it with his own Colbert Nation.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Duke Nukem Forever Back In Development An anonymous reader writes "'Always bet on Duke.' It seems he was right about himself, at least. The longest, most storied in-development game in history seems like it's finally going to be released by Gearbox Software sometime within the next year. 'According to Pitchford, Gearbox began finishing Duke Nukem Forever in late 2009. "Clearly the game hadn't been finished at 3D Realms but a lot of content had been created," he says. "The approach and investment and process at 3D Realms didn't quite make it, and it cracked at the end. With Gearbox Software we brought all those pieces together. It's the game it was meant to be." The game is currently expected to ship in 2010 although given its history Pitchford is understandably reluctant to be more specific.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested: Is Being a Ride-or-Die Chick Over... From Black Voices — Straight off the heels of his number one box office movie, ‘Takers,’ Clifford “T.I” Harris, 29, has…
- Donell Jones “Love Like This” Donell Jones' new video "Love Like This" from his new album Lyrics in stores September 28!
- Video: Yoga for Black People, A Laughing Matter? “Funny or Die” videos are paramount for comedy that pushes the envelope. Whether it’s a cursing toddler, or what, yoga…
- Daily News Feed 9.3.2010/Vocab: Cachinnate Oil spill costs hits $8 billion + Earl skirts across Outer Banks, flooding coastal areas + Ohio's Governor spares life of a death row inmate + more!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested for Possession The King of the South, T.I., and his wife, BET reality star Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, were arrested late last night…
- Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of “Gim... Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of "Gimme Mo" in California - Fab or Drab?
- Cee-Lo “F*ck You!” Cee-Lo's video for his widely popular track "F*ck You!" from his The Lady Killer album due in stores December 7!
- Daily News Feed 9.2.2010/Vocab: Bilocation Social Security sends early payments ahead of Hurricane Earl + Apple TV, 'Ping' and iTunes, what it means + June 2011 trial set in Katrina shootings case + more!
- 7 Things NOT to Do After a Break-Up
The BVX - Ladies, after a break-up we can do some pretty irrational things. Of course, men aren’t immune…
- John Legend & The Roots “I Can’t Write Left-handed” A live in-studio recording of John Legend and The Roots' "I Can't Write Left-Handed" from their collaborative album Wake Up! in stores September 21!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested: Is Being a Ride-or-Die Chick Over... From Black Voices — Straight off the heels of his number one box office movie, ‘Takers,’ Clifford “T.I” Harris, 29, has…
- Donell Jones “Love Like This” Donell Jones' new video "Love Like This" from his new album Lyrics in stores September 28!
- Video: Yoga for Black People, A Laughing Matter? “Funny or Die” videos are paramount for comedy that pushes the envelope. Whether it’s a cursing toddler, or what, yoga…
- Daily News Feed 9.3.2010/Vocab: Cachinnate Oil spill costs hits $8 billion + Earl skirts across Outer Banks, flooding coastal areas + Ohio's Governor spares life of a death row inmate + more!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested for Possession The King of the South, T.I., and his wife, BET reality star Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, were arrested late last night…
- Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of “Gim... Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of "Gimme Mo" in California - Fab or Drab?
- Cee-Lo “F*ck You!” Cee-Lo's video for his widely popular track "F*ck You!" from his The Lady Killer album due in stores December 7!
- Daily News Feed 9.2.2010/Vocab: Bilocation Social Security sends early payments ahead of Hurricane Earl + Apple TV, 'Ping' and iTunes, what it means + June 2011 trial set in Katrina shootings case + more!
- 7 Things NOT to Do After a Break-Up
The BVX - Ladies, after a break-up we can do some pretty irrational things. Of course, men aren’t immune…
- John Legend & The Roots “I Can’t Write Left-handed” A live in-studio recording of John Legend and The Roots' "I Can't Write Left-Handed" from their collaborative album Wake Up! in stores September 21!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested: Is Being a Ride-or-Die Chick Over... From Black Voices — Straight off the heels of his number one box office movie, ‘Takers,’ Clifford “T.I” Harris, 29, has…
- Donell Jones “Love Like This” Donell Jones' new video "Love Like This" from his new album Lyrics in stores September 28!
- Video: Yoga for Black People, A Laughing Matter? “Funny or Die” videos are paramount for comedy that pushes the envelope. Whether it’s a cursing toddler, or what, yoga…
- Daily News Feed 9.3.2010/Vocab: Cachinnate Oil spill costs hits $8 billion + Earl skirts across Outer Banks, flooding coastal areas + Ohio's Governor spares life of a death row inmate + more!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested for Possession The King of the South, T.I., and his wife, BET reality star Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, were arrested late last night…
- Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of “Gim... Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of "Gimme Mo" in California - Fab or Drab?
- Cee-Lo “F*ck You!” Cee-Lo's video for his widely popular track "F*ck You!" from his The Lady Killer album due in stores December 7!
- Daily News Feed 9.2.2010/Vocab: Bilocation Social Security sends early payments ahead of Hurricane Earl + Apple TV, 'Ping' and iTunes, what it means + June 2011 trial set in Katrina shootings case + more!
- 7 Things NOT to Do After a Break-Up
The BVX - Ladies, after a break-up we can do some pretty irrational things. Of course, men aren’t immune…
- John Legend & The Roots “I Can’t Write Left-handed” A live in-studio recording of John Legend and The Roots' "I Can't Write Left-Handed" from their collaborative album Wake Up! in stores September 21!
- Do You Sleep Beside Your Baby? Is It Safe? Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a>
- The Guilt Factor After the birth of my first child, I began to experience guilt more than I ever had: when I didn’t pick her up right away because I was in the middle of doing something, when I popped in a DVD for her so I could finish making dinner, or when I let her cry [...]
- Disney Unveils New “The Princess And The Frog” Toy Line
On Monday Disney unveiled the highly anticipated “The Princess And The Frog” toy line. If you’ll remember there were a few hiccups early on in the movies production but Disney has attempted to iron out any wrinkles and has pressed on.
Tony Award-winning actress/singer Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Princess Tiana, unveiled the line [...]
- Encouraging Your Little Star To Shine Yesterday I was having a conversation with an actor that had a reoccruing role on a HBO drama. He explained how he’s been in the business since he was 8 years old. He started out as a hip-hop dancer, won the Apollo 5 times and has been pushing to make his dream come true ever [...]
- Gratitude I didn’t make any resolutions this year, but I have reinstituted a gratitude journal, in an effort to remind myself how blessed I am. At the end of the day, I take a few minutes to write down five things for which I am grateful. Most days the list is very simple: [...]
- The Real Stories Behind The Muppets
Ever wonder how the Muppet characters came to be in the first place? Well check out this article over on cnn.com that gives you the lowdown on some of your favorite characters. Here are a few examples:
Cookie Monster: Jim Henson drew some monsters eating various snacks for a General Foods commercial in 1966. The commercial [...]
- CNN: Is My Peanut Butter Safe?
With all of the concern and media attention given to the Salmonella outbreak that occured recently your kids may not have had a good, down home PB&J in weeks. Well CNN is here to help with a recent article they did on, “Is my peanut butter safe”? Here’s some of the info they provide below:
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- What are the Top Toys to Say I Love You With?
Each Valentine’s Day parents try to think of a little something extra to show their kids just how much they mean to them. Toy Wishes Magazine has a list of top 10 “red” toys that are the perfect solution to make sure you get the “I love you” message across to your [...]
- Yes, My Child is a Genius Admit it, at one time or another, when your children were very young and they were learning words and repeating things you were saying, you thought he or she was brilliant. I fall into the same category of parents who thinks his child is a bona fide baby genius, based on the “big” words [...]
- Fascinated With The Fitted
For someone like me (Lamar) who can hardly seem to “stay in the moment” as they say because my mind is always racing ahead anywhere from 2 days to 2 years at any given time there is always one simple thing that stops me in my tracks. The fascination that any of my three girls [...]
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested: Is Being a Ride-or-Die Chick Over... From Black Voices — Straight off the heels of his number one box office movie, ‘Takers,’ Clifford “T.I” Harris, 29, has…
- Donell Jones “Love Like This” Donell Jones' new video "Love Like This" from his new album Lyrics in stores September 28!
- Video: Yoga for Black People, A Laughing Matter? “Funny or Die” videos are paramount for comedy that pushes the envelope. Whether it’s a cursing toddler, or what, yoga…
- Daily News Feed 9.3.2010/Vocab: Cachinnate Oil spill costs hits $8 billion + Earl skirts across Outer Banks, flooding coastal areas + Ohio's Governor spares life of a death row inmate + more!
- T.I. and Tiny Arrested for Possession The King of the South, T.I., and his wife, BET reality star Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, were arrested late last night…
- Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of “Gim... Naturi Naughton Attends the VIP Press Screening Of "Gimme Mo" in California - Fab or Drab?
- Cee-Lo “F*ck You!” Cee-Lo's video for his widely popular track "F*ck You!" from his The Lady Killer album due in stores December 7!
- Daily News Feed 9.2.2010/Vocab: Bilocation Social Security sends early payments ahead of Hurricane Earl + Apple TV, 'Ping' and iTunes, what it means + June 2011 trial set in Katrina shootings case + more!
- 7 Things NOT to Do After a Break-Up
The BVX - Ladies, after a break-up we can do some pretty irrational things. Of course, men aren’t immune…
- John Legend & The Roots “I Can’t Write Left-handed” A live in-studio recording of John Legend and The Roots' "I Can't Write Left-Handed" from their collaborative album Wake Up! in stores September 21!
- Dwyane Wade Goes For A Stroll With His Boo Gabbykins Aw how precious! Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union were spotted looking blissfully coupled up in Miami. How sweet. Check out more pictures of the pair below Let’s hope there’s no groupie lovin’ on the way to break this happy home! P.S. D-Wade we think you should get a bigger car… that ish looks hella uncomfortable. [...]
- Teenage Jump Lovin’ Gone Horrifically Wrong: Girl Gets ... What’s in the water in Florida?? It seems like ALL the teenagers there get gullier than the f*ck. Read this craziness right here: Rachel Wade, the teenage girl who murdered her romantic rival, Sarah Ludemann, was sentenced Friday in a Florida courtroom to 27 years in prison. According to the St. Petersburg Times, Judge Pinellas-Pasco [...]
- Usher Performs On “The Early Show” Usher took the stage on CBS’ “The Early Show” Friday to perform his hits for their Summer Concert Series. The R&B sensation performed his new dance single “DJ Got Us Falling In Love” along with “There Goes My Baby” and “Yeah.” Click Here To Watch His Performance On HipHopWired
- Some Afternoon Linkage Chris Brown Lands First #1 Hit In Four Years (GO) Lindsay Lohan Only ‘Ever So Slightly’ Tapped The Baby Stroller (GO) Gucci Mane’s New Ferrari 458 Italia Recalled [Video] (GO) Wiz Khalifa Ft. French Montana (GO) Katy Perry’s Hairy Support (GO) Dame Dash Discusses Why 90s Artists Dropped The Ball: “We Could Have Things On [...]
- Swirl it Up: 20 Hottest Mixed Couples Ebony and Ivory… together in perfect harmony. Yeah, we talk about swirling a lot and even have been accused of being borderline obsessed. But let’s be honest, y’all know we got plenty of love for all the celebrity swirl folks. So we figured this Friday we’d put Swirl Love on blast, but in a good [...]
- Tiny And Tip Mug Shots, Plus TI Talks Of Turning In Deale... Flip The Top For The Couples Mugshots!
- OchoCinco Thinks He’s Slick, Tries Bagging “Ultimate ... Chad “Negro Please You Kno’ Yo Name Is Johnson” Ochocinco isn’t fooling anybody with his “Reality Show” — not only was he not being real with the contestants about the women he was dating who weren’t part of the show – he also wasn’t being honest when it came to a certain contestant — Heather. [...]
- Damn, MTV Is Riding Her Muffin: Nicki Minaj VMA Promo Vid...
- How Precious: Robin Thicke Debuts Little Sweet-Face “Ju... Awwwww, how sweet!! Robin Thicke was spotted in SoHo toting around his new 4 month old baby boy Julian. It’s about time they brought that baby out into the light!! Source
- Forget The His & Hers Embroidered Towels And Sh*t, Newlyw... These muhf*ckers right here…we can’t stop SMH’ing…Peep Clifford and Tameka Harris’ mugshots now: SMH. No comment. SplashNews
- Lauryn Hill Speaks On Her Absence, Kids and If She’ll M... Lauryn Hill sat down with Toure of Fuse TV after Rock the Bells and offered some insight on her absence from the music industry as well as the reason she decided to return. Here are a few excerpts plus the video below: On Her Absence & Her...
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- His and Her Mugshots: TI & Tiny TI and Tiny look like the new Bonnie and Clyde in their recent mugshots that were released by TMZ. According to reports, they were busted for felony drug possession. The drug in question was ecstacy. I smell a conspiracy. Seriously! I know a lot of...
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- Lebron’s Family Portrait Bron Bron tweeted an adorable photo of he and his two sons Lebron Jr. and Bryce yesterday. The caption read “My inspiration equals My Next Generation. Father & Role Model”. Those kids are TOO cute but why are sports sites going in...
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- Nicki Minaj “Steals The Scene” In Paper Magazine Your favorite Harijiku Barbie, Nicki Minaj sat down with Paper Magazine recently and discussed her fashion sense (which happens to be a mistake), being inspired by her old high school and how she foresaw her success before it happened in an article...
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- Nas & Wu-Tang Party It Up in DC Nas hosted an after-party after “Rock The Bells” in DC over the weekend. Members from Wu-Tang also stopped thru to show support to Nas, as well as local DMV artists Phil Ade & Ra the MC (as seen on BET’s “My Mic Sounds...
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- Lloyd A.K.A Mr. “Long Hair Don’t Care” Cut His Hair First it was Trey Songz, then Omarion, Carmelo Anthony, and now R& B crooner, Lloyd took the clippers and cut off his gorgeous hair. The good news is, he did it for a worthy cause, and the hair was donated to “Locks for Love.” Are you feeling...
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- Flicks & Video: Home & Home Concert: Eminem, Jay-Z, 50 Ce... Eminem and Jay-Z took the stage in Detroit last night for the first night of “Home & Home” concert. The concert has four dates, with stops at Detroit’s Comerica Park followed by dates at the new Yankees Stadium. It’s...
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- Alicia Keys & Swizz Beats Take A Stroll Alicia keys and her new hubby Swizz Beatz were spotted in the Tribeca area of New York City earlier this week. The happy couple looked to be enjoying some quality time together while viewing the neighborhood. We should filed this under the Men Who...
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- Brandy Rehearsing For Dancing With The Stars Earlier this week, the cast of “Dancing with the Stars” season 11 were revealed and one of our very on Bitchie Chicks, Brandy is officially on board. The first week of rehearsals have already begun and Brandy and her partner Maksim are not wasting...
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- New Couple? Kanye West and Selita Ebanks Fresh from shooting a hush hush feature film in Prague to accompany his upcoming untitled 5th LP, ‘Ye popped up at yesterdays U.S. Open tennis match in New York City alongside Nick Cannon’s ex-fiancee Selita Ebanks. The two were rumored...
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- Google Announces Can't Be Missed Press Event On Search - ... Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Announces Can't Be Missed Press Event On Search - What's Up? — Google's announced a special press event for next Wednesday on search that “you won't want to miss.” What big news could there be? Let's speculate — but I wouldn't get too excited. — Here's what the invite says:
- Texas inquires on our approach to competition (Google Pub... Google Public Policy Blog:
Texas inquires on our approach to competition — We've always worked hard to ensure that our success is earned the right way — by building great products, not locking in our users or advertisers. That said, we recognize that as Google grows, we're going to face more questions about how our business works.
- See, YouTube ads can be awesome: A hunter shoots a bear (...
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
See, YouTube ads can be awesome: A hunter shoots a bear — Nice timing. Just a few hours after The New York Times reported that YouTube's ad revenues have grown to the point that the Google-owned video site will be profitable this year, I spotted a video that demonstrates some of YouTube's potential as an advertising platform.
- Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit (Dan Levine/Reuters)
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit — (Reuters) - Google Inc has settled a lawsuit alleging privacy violations in connection with its Buzz social networking service, according to a court document filed on Friday. — The settlement filing comes on the same day Google announced changes …
- Texas Attorney General Investigating Google & Antitrust I... Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Texas Attorney General Investigating Google & Antitrust Issues — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is conducting an investigation into Google's business practices as they relate to search listings, in particular whether Google is manipulating its paid and editorial results in a way that violates antitrust laws.
- BREAKING: Facebook Now Displaying All Liked News Articles...
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
BREAKING: Facebook Now Displaying All Liked News Articles In Search Results — Another big upgrade from Facebook: the company is currently testing search results which display articles ranked by likes. Additionally, the results for searches now shows the results from all around the web based on two things …
- Twitter: 300,000 apps, but none of them matter (Owen Thom...
Owen Thomas / VentureBeat:
Twitter: 300,000 apps, but none of them matter — Twitter CEO Ev Williams posted a blog entry Thursday with an update on the microblogging service's usage, which continues to grow sharply. More interesting than the numbers, though, was the message written between the lines …
- Apple TV isn't 1080p and you shouldn't care (Matthew Mosk...
Matthew Moskovciak / Crave: The gadget blog:
Apple TV isn't 1080p and you shouldn't care — The refreshed Apple TV sports a new design, Netflix streaming, and low price, but like the old model, Apple's streaming video box is still limited to 720p content. While that means the Apple TV loses the spec war to competitors like the Xbox 360 and Vudu …
- Controversial 'Duke Nukem Forever' Will Finally Be Releas...
Kamau High / Speakeasy:
Controversial ‘Duke Nukem Forever’ Will Finally Be Released … “Duke Nukem Forever,” a video game synonymous with never being released, is finally being released. — The first person shooter about a space marine with a penchant for off-color humor who battles aliens with increasingly destructive weapons …
- iOS browsing is bigger than Android (6x) and Linux says N...
Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
iOS browsing is bigger than Android (6x) and Linux says NetApps — Apple's iOS has become the third most popular platform on the Internet with marketshare that's nealry six times larger than Android. Indeed, iOS is bigger than Linux, says Net Applications.
- Game Publishers Using Stealth P2P Clients An anonymous reader writes "TorrentFreak has shed some light on the dark practice of installing stealth-mode P2P clients during game downloads and using unsuspecting gamers' PCs as 'bandwidth slaves.' The clients operate in the background and largely go unnoticed until problems arise that are caused by overactive uploading/seeding. While the Akamai NetSession Interface and Pando Media Booster are specifically called out, there appear to be other offenders as indicated in the comments left by TorrentFreak readers. A publisher called Solid State Networks is putting out a call for an industry-wide 'best practices' effort to promote transparency, control and privacy on behalf of gamers who are otherwise being abused for their bandwidth without their consent." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Winnie-the-Pooh Parodied In Wookie-the-Chew pickens writes "Erik Hayden writes in the Atlantic that children will see endearing portraits of Chewbacca rendered in the style of "Winnie-the-Pooh" in the book of drawings "Wookie the Chew," a tribute to the combined genius of George Lucas, A.A.Milne and E.H.Sheppard, by artist James Hance released on September 1st. Samples from the book are available at Hance's web site. Hance bases his right to parody Winnie-the-Pooh on Fair Use as parody under which certain uses of copyrighted works, which would otherwise be considered infringing, are permissible. Interestingly enough, the rights to the original Winnie-the-Pooh were the subject of an 18-year feud in which Walt Disney corporation fought off a challenge to its ownership of the rights ending in 2009 when a judge in Los Angeles struck out a claim against Disney lodged by the family of Stephen Slesinger, a comic book pioneer who bought the copyright to Pooh in 1930 from the bear's British creator, A.A. Milne. Stories of Pooh's adventures were originally created by Milne in the 1920s, based on a toy bear owned by the author's son, Christopher Robin." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- 2010 May Be the First Year YouTube Turns a Profit eldavojohn writes "Analysts are saying that this year will be the first year YouTube turns a profit. From the New York Times article: 'In the last year, the video site has become a significant contributor to the family business at a time when Google, which makes more than 90 percent of its revenue from text search ads, is seeking a second act. Though Google does not report YouTube's earnings, it has hinted that it is hovering near profitability. Analysts say YouTube will bring in around $450 million in revenue this year and earn a profit. Revenue at YouTube has more than doubled each year for the last three years, according to the company.' Of course a little over a year ago we were being told that YouTube was losing around $1.65 million each day. Regardless, when you pay $1.65 billion for a business, you probably don't expect it to take three to four years before you start making your money back." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- VISA Pulls Plug On ePassporte, Porn Webmasters tsu doh nimh writes "Credit card giant VISA International has suspended its business with ePassporte, an Internet payment system widely used to pay adult Webmasters and a raft of other affiliate programs. A number of adult Webmaster forums are up in arms over the move because many of their funds are now stranded. Visa has been silent on the issue so far, but KrebsOnSecurity.com points to an e-mail from ePassporte founder Christopher Mallick saying the unexpected move by Visa wouldn't strand customers indefinitely. Mallick co-directed Middle Men, a Paramount film released in August that tells the story of his experience building one of the world's first porn site payment processing firms, as well as the Russian mobsters, porn stars and FBI agents he ran into along the way. Interestingly, the speculation so far is that Visa cut ties with ePassporte due to new anti-money laundering restrictions in the Credit Card Act of 2009, which affects prepaid cards and other payment card instruments that can be reloaded with funds at places other than financial institutions." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- New and Old Experiments Combine To Help the Search For Li... jamie sends in a story about an unexpected finding by the Phoenix Mars Lander which has shed new light on experiments done by the Viking landers back in 1976. The Viking experiments found traces of chlorine compounds that were interpreted to be the result of contamination from cleaning fluids on Earth. In 2008, an experiment done by Phoenix found percholates in the soil, which came as a surprise to researchers. After doing tests on similar soil from Chile, a new study has found that those percholates, paired with organic molecules, could very well be the source of the chlorine compounds detected by Viking. While this is not direct evidence for life on Mars, the fact that complex organic compounds can apparently persist in the Martian soil gives researchers a new avenue to pursue while looking for that evidence. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- NVIDIA Announces New Line of Fermi-Based Mobile Chips MojoKid writes "NVIDIA has announced an entire line-up of Fermi-based GeForce GT and GTX 400M mobile GPUs, seven in total, and revealed a number of notebook design wins from major OEMs. Like their desktop-targeted counterparts, the mobile GeForce GT and GTX 400M series GPUs make use of technology from NVIDIA's desktop architecture, which debuted in the GF100 GPU at the heart of the company's flagship GeForce GTX 480. GeForce GT and GTX 400M series GPUs are DirectX 11 compatible and support all of NVIDIA's 'Graphics Plus' features, including PhysX, 3D Vision, CUDA, Verde drivers, 3DTV Play and Optimus dynamic switching technology. The GeForce GTX 470M and GTX 460M are the most powerful of the group and target enthusiasts and gamers, while the GeForce GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M and GT 415M target performance-conscious, but more mainstream consumers." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Where Does Dell Go After Losing 3Par? crimeandpunishment writes "It was the big deal Dell wanted in a big way. But now that it has lost out to Hewlett-Packard in the bidding war it started for 3Par, where does Dell go in its effort to diversify its business and move into the higher-profit area of selling technology to other companies? The company faces significant challenges, largely due to its lower-end focus, and because many of its competitors beat Dell into branching out. One analyst says, 'People see [Dell] as box-pushers'." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Anti-Google Video Runs In Times Square Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that Consumer Watchdog is running a 540-square-foot video billboard advertisement in Times Square, New York that shows Google CEO Eric Schmidt as an ingratiating ice cream truck driver who knows everything about everyone and happily offers free ice cream in exchange for full body scans. The group says its goal is to push Congress and the Federal Trade Commission to create a Do Not Track Me list, similar to the Do Not Call list developed to prevent telemarketers from aggressively calling consumers. 'Do you want Google or any other online company looking over your shoulder and tracking your every move online just so it can increase its profits?' writes the group's president, Jamie Curtis, at the group's web site. 'Consumers have a right to privacy. They should control how their information is gathered and what it is used for.' The FTC's consumer affairs group had no comment on whether the agency is considering creating a Do Not Track Me list." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- The Push For Colbert's "Restoring Truthiness" Rally jamie writes "A grassroots campaign has begun to get Stephen Colbert to hold a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to counter Glenn Beck's recent 'Restoring Honor' event. The would-be rally has been dubbed 'Restoring Truthiness' and was inspired by a recent post on Reddit, where a young woman wondered if the only way to point out the absurdity of the Tea Party's rally would be if Colbert mirrored it with his own Colbert Nation.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
- Duke Nukem Forever Back In Development An anonymous reader writes "'Always bet on Duke.' It seems he was right about himself, at least. The longest, most storied in-development game in history seems like it's finally going to be released by Gearbox Software sometime within the next year. 'According to Pitchford, Gearbox began finishing Duke Nukem Forever in late 2009. "Clearly the game hadn't been finished at 3D Realms but a lot of content had been created," he says. "The approach and investment and process at 3D Realms didn't quite make it, and it cracked at the end. With Gearbox Software we brought all those pieces together. It's the game it was meant to be." The game is currently expected to ship in 2010 although given its history Pitchford is understandably reluctant to be more specific.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.