What's Cooking for Apple WWDC '09

Apple's WWDC 2009 is almost here. On the menu: Definitely Snow Leopard and an even-stronger-than-before focus on the iPhone OS, as the sessions schedule and the promotion materials show. What else?

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Knight Rider-style police cars on way in Sussex, U.K

Police in Sussex could soon be driving futuristic cars like KITT in the classic TV series Knight Rider. Bosses are pushing for a 'leap forward' in the development of in-car technology that will help create the 'perfect driver' capable of catching offenders more effectively.

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Ning: The future of online social networking?

Whether you're into baseball or backgammon, Harry Potter or heavy metal, Ning has an online network for you. A fast-growing, free Web site launched two years ago, Ning lets members custom build their own social-networking platforms based around their passions and pastimes.

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The Most Impressive Tweets of All Time

Twitter has grown to immense proportions over a short period of time. In that growth, this social experiment has yielded some very interesting outcomes. Everything from marriage proposals to FBI arrests have come from short, 140 character or less messages. So what are the most impressive of them all?

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Free Viagra for the unemployed, says Pfizer

FREE Viagra for the unemployed! Pharmaceutical company Pfizer earned this catchy headline this week with its plans to make 70 products free to U.S residents who have lost their job.

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YouTube Yanks Thousands of Porn Videos

The video site is cleaning up its servers after a coordinated attack that involved uploading thousands of porn videos in protest.

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Mike Tyson’s Daughter Found Hanging From Cord

Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter is on life support and in very critical condition after her brother found her hanging Monday morning from a treadmill cord in their Phoenix home, police said.

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Ahmadinejad denies calling for Facebook ban

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday he did not call for a ban on Facebook during the country's presidential election.

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Kevin Bacon’s BlackBerry gets stolen in NYC Subway Station

Kevin Bacon is not happy, not at all. After sitting the the NYC subway and having his BlackBerry robbed from him, he called the police for help. The thief ran off with his BlackBerry throughout the station and eventually made his way out. Kevin didn’t just stand there as it got stolen.

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If His Shirt Was Black, He'd Just Look Like a Floating Head [PIC]

Verne Troyer is on the red carpet to promote his new film and his uncanny ability to blend in.

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So, you're going to sign it, right? [PIC]

Right? Please?

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'Night at the Museum 2' Terminates McG at the Box Office

Twentieth Century Fox's sequel "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" won the domestic war against Warner Bros.' reboot "Terminator: Salvation" at the holiday box office. "Museum 2" grossed an estimated $53.5 million from 4,096 theaters Friday through Sunday, while "T4" grossed an estimated $43 million from 3,530 runs.

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Beware of this ATM Scam [VIDEO]

A con artist's hi-tech gadget or simple distraction at the ATM can leave you with insufficient funds.

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Can you trust that new PC to be malware-free?

When you unbox a brand new computer, you presume that it's lean, clean and pristine, right? The last thing you expect to find on a new system is malware. However, that's one of the first things researchers at Kaspersky Labs found after purchasing and firing up a Companion Touch netbook.

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Bowling FAIL [PIC]

Amazing. Fail.

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That ship looks a little too close to shore! [PIC]

Just another uneventful day at the beach. Wait...WTF!

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How Many Spaces after a Period: One or Two?

A few reasons why double spacing after a period is superior.

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Ten facts about Memorial Day

Memorial Day is more than just a three-day weekend and a chance to get the year's first sunburn. Here's a handy 10-pack of facts to give the holiday some perspective.

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And now Twitter will have its own show on TV

Reports state that the move has already been made and Twitter has joined forces with Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Reveille Productions and will not have any scripts.

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Google's Indexing and PageRank Explained

Search engines can seem like magic. You type what you're looking for into a text box, and – ping! – it appears mere milliseconds later. Of course, we all know that Google relies on more than a magic wand to produce relevant search results; but what exactly does it use instead?

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Google Chrome 2 is 20% faster than Chrome 1 in speed tests

Google has traded development track 1 of its Chrome Web browser for track 2, making the latter effectively the "stable" edition of the browser, even though it's still officially under development and not yet feature-complete. Many users of version 1 found themselves automatically upgraded to version 2, and may very well have noticed a subsequent speed increase from the JavaScript interpreter.

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Twitter Robot from 1935 [PIC]

Aug. 1935—Known as the "notificator," the new machine is installed in streets, stores railroad stations or other public place where individuals may leave messages for friends. The machine is similar in appearance to a candy-vending device.

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The Sidekick LX 2009: smart phone or smarter netbook?

Decades from now, when our descendants' implanted heads-up displays are implanted in their heads, and their instant messages and points-of-presence (phone service? what's that?) are controlled directly by their brainwaves, they'll look back on all of us who painstakingly suffered through the smartphone era, wondering how we managed to get so worked up over hunks of silicon and plastic.

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Dolla's Family Disputes Alleged Killer's Self-Defence Claim

The family of slain rap artist Dolla (real name: Roderick Anthony Burton) responded to claims by the accused killer's lawyer that the shooting was done in self-defense, and that Dolla was a gang member. Aubrey Louis Berry allegedly shot and killed Dolla at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles on Monday.

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Maxim's 100 Hottest Girls of 2009 [PICS]

At long last the stimulus package America really needs: The eyeball-searing, fantasy-fulfilling, brain-exploding return of the Hot 100!

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Nick Cannon Insists: No Beef With Eminem

Nick Cannon was pretty steamed over Eminem's brutal lampooning of the singer and his wife, Mariah Carey, in the song "Bagpipes from Baghdad, which appears on Eminem's new LP, Relapse. Cannon wrote and then quickly took down a long blog post where he accused Eminem of being racially insensitive and "still obsessed with my wife, the same female that wouldn't let him get to second base from eight years ago"; Eminem later said Cannon had misinterpreted the song.

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Elizabeth Taylor Twitters From the Hospital

Diamonds are forever—but Twitter is so right now! None other than two-time Oscar winner Elizabeth Taylor, going by the handle DameElizabeth, has joined the Twitterverse, using it Friday to thank well-wishers from her hospital bed.

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10 Movies That Can Teach You About Money

Movies are made to entertain, inform and occasionally teach us lessons. They can be inspirational or meant to re-instill one’s faith in humanity, but the message seldom has to do with that which dictates so many aspect of our lives: money. Here are some lessons learned, from 10 movies that have taught us all about money, even if we didn’t realize it.

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Spencer Pratt Says He'll Make Better Hits Than Flo Rida

Spencer Pratt is certainly confident about his career as a rapper. He's released one track, "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here," and he's already four songs into his debut album, Angels & Demons, which he hopes to have out by his birthday on August 14.

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Simon Cowell Talks About Attack On Ex-Girlfriend

Following the attack on Simon Cowell's ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour outside the Nokia Theater on Tuesday night, the "American Idol" judge is speaking out against Janice Thibodeaux, the woman who allegedly tried to strangle Seymour to avenge Paula Abdul.

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Upgrade from XP to Windows 7: Does Microsoft's method work?

You can hop right over Vista, Microsoft has been saying, but you still have to reinstall your applications. So how much of a migration is it?

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Google releases new S60 beta of Sync for Mobile

Last February, Google unveiled the preliminary beta of Google Sync for Mobile, which synchronizes contacts and calendar data between the user's Google account and his iPhone, BlackBerry, Nokia Standard, S60, Sony Ericsson, or Windows Mobile device.

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Put the pedal to the metal with a faster Google Chrome

A new version of Google Chrome has been released today that is faster than ever. JavaScript-heavy web pages will now run about 30% faster.

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Jim Jones Alleged Teen Assault Footage Emerges [VIDEO]

Days after pleading not guilty to assault charges on a teenager, footage of Jim Jones' alleged fight at a Florida venue has reportedly emerged online. While Jones is not seen physically touching the victim, his entourage appear to be involved.

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Giant Rats Invade UK Seaside Town

The quiet seaside resort town of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, UK, has been invaded by giant rats that have local pest control officials scrambling to control the outbreak.

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How To Sniff Out A Liar

Everyone stretches the truth a little. Here's what to look for (and how not to get found out).

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OpenOffice 3.1 goes to bat against Office 2007 SP2

It's almost trite to talk about OpenOffice's aesthetics, as if the best way to figure out whether the open source apps suite is competitive to Microsoft Office is to hold a beauty contest. Yes, interface matters, but it's not the only thing that matters, so let's get this out of the way...

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The ShamWow Guy in Jail [VIDEO]

When infomercial legend Vince Shlomi is in your prison, you'll be saying wow every time.

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Office 2010 Technical Preview to arrive in July

In a presentation to TechEd attendees this morning, Microsoft Senior Vice President Bill Veghte announced that the first versions of the Office 2010 suite to extend beyond the company's doors will be offered to selected Technical Preview candidates.

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Windows Mobile 6.5: What we should expect

Since last November, when CEO Steve Ballmer announced Windows Mobile 6.5 at a conference in Australia, the OS has been on a hurried path toward launch. It was introduced at Mobile World Congress, and then received a graphical overhaul in time for MIX 09, when the trademark on-screen "honeycomb" was eliminated.

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What makes Google tick? A management consultant takes a look

Most business books are very much of a particular moment, and when that moment passes -- management changes, stock prices plummet, or the buzz that made the business book-worthy slips away -- the book seems dated. This, then is the moment to grab Bernard Girard's "The Google Way" which documents the workings of the search giant.

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Nick Cannon Fires Back At Eminem Over Mariah Carey Dis

Who is probably the only person in the world who can erase a smile off the always good-natured face of Nick Cannon? One guess. He's known as rap's Mr. No-Holds-Barred: Eminem. Cannon has taken major offense to a leaked record from Em's Relapse, "Bagpipes From Baghdad," in which Em raps about taking Mariah Carey "back" from Nick Cannon.

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Monopoly (The Game) Updated for Recession

The game of Monopoly has been a source of cheap entertainment for decades, so it is only appropriate that we gave it a slight makeover to bring it up to speed with the slow economy.

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Rihanna, Katy Perry Party In NYC On Chris Brown's Birthday

While Chris Brown reportedly celebrated his 20th birthday with a low-key family affair in Virginia on Wednesday, Rihanna was in Manhattan hitting the town with her new bestie Katy Perry.

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Kindle DX Debuts

The Kindle DX has a 9.7" e-ink display and offers 3.3 GB of storage versus the Kindle 2's 6" screen and 2 GB of storage. Rather than knock down the U.S $359 price of the only three-month-old Kindle 2, the Kindle DX simply enters the market at U.S $489 and creates a new size-based tier.

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Google Chrome Grows Up

Chrome is coming unto its own, but in a good way: Developers discovered some serious vulnerabilities in the browser apparently before malicious users did. In perhaps the most potentially serious dodged bullet, one of the Chromium project's lead contributors discovered a buffer overflow condition that occurs when a bitmap is copied between two locations in memory.

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Kiefer Sutherland To Be Charged With Assault

Kiefer Sutherland is once again finding himself on the wrong side of the law in real life — and his newest troubles are likely to last far longer than 24 hours. TMZ is reporting that the "24" star will be charged with misdemeanor assault this week, in connection with a head-butting incident that occurred Monday.

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Function is the key: Why BlackBerry rules

From the workaday businessman to the President of the United States, for years, the American white-collar workforce for years has found itself choosing the Canadian BlackBerry. But after a recent period of aggressive marketing and promotion by Research in Motion which has coincided with a flare-up in consumer smartphone spending, the BlackBerry is also looking like the choice of the general populace.

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Facebook Connect Launches on Digg

"Today we’re rolling out the long-awaited release of Facebook Connect. Facebook Connect allows Facebook’s 200+ million members to login and start Digging and commenting right away."

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Weirdest car accident ever caught on camera [VIDEO]

How weird. How very weird.

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Green Day Album Preview

To contextualize is to criticize, that much is certain. And no album released this decade has been contextualized quite as much as Green Day's American Idiot, a fierce and fiery punk opera that (so the rhetoric generally goes) summed up the fears and frustrations of a nation — and a world — living in the dog days of George W. Bush.

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Megan Fox in High School [PICS]

Pictures of Megan Fox in High School. So why are you still here reading this text?

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Top 10 Star Trek Movie Moments

From space battles to lines of dialogue to character beats, here are the greatest sequences from the first 10 Trek movies.

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Dom Deluise Dies

We've just learned that Dom DeLuise -- who starred in such classics as "The Cannonball Run" and "Blazing Saddles" and was the voice of Pizza the Hut in "Spaceballs" -- died last night in a Los Angeles hospital.

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The F.B.I is Following You (on Twitter) and Responding

Obviously, someone in the FBI Press Office is tracking references to the agency on Twitter and has the authority to respond.

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Trent Reznor rips Apple, rates smartphone OSes

"Android is cool, but nobody has an Android phone. Blackberry is OK but the hardware is inconsistent and WinMo straight-up sucks balls. If Apple doesn't get it together, we will most certainly make it available to the jailbreak community. I didn't invest in this app to see it languish on the sidelines from an idiotic policy while this tour is in full swing."

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Eminem Admits He 'Almost Died' From Drug Overdose

Eminem almost died. The iconic MC tells Vibe magazine in its forthcoming issue that during a relapse, he overdosed on pills he acquired from an "acquaintance" and almost became one of music's greatest casualties.

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Ghostly Photos Spark Debate

Are these some of New Zealand's spookiest pictures? For the past few weeks, The Press has been calling for New Zealand's best spectral images in the wake of a British competition that judged ghost pictures from around the world.

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Ciara Defends Keeping Chris Brown Duet On Her Album

Since word of Chris Brown's alleged altercation with Rihanna first broke back in February, a number of opportunities have slipped through Brown's hands in the aftermath. Wrigley suspended a Doublemint gum commercial campaign featuring the singer, he voluntarily backed out of the Kids' Choice Awards, and some radio stations even stopped playing his music.

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David Hasselhoff Rushed To Hospital For Alcohol Poisoning (Again)

It's that time of year again. David Hasselhoff has been rushed to hospital again for alcohol poisoning. This time with a BAC of 0.39.

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Eminem And Dr. Dre's 'Old Time's Sake' Leaks One Day Early

It wasn't supposed to drop until Tuesday, but you know how these things go. With such high-profile artists as Eminem and Dr. Dre, there's no such thing as releasing music on its proper date. The latest track off of Slim Shady's upcoming Relapse, "Old Time's Sake," has already leaked online.

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Flashback 1990: The debut of Windows 3.0

It is May 1990. For several months, reporters had been prepared by Microsoft to cover what was being billed as the most important event in the history of software. The real benefits were to be seen in something Macintosh itself couldn't do: run more than one application at once, with true multitasking and pipelining for the very first time...and all in color.

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50 Cent Hoping For Sequel To 'Blood On The Sand' Video Game

50 Cent wants to do a sequel. The Southside Queens MC says the gaming community so eagerly embraced his "Blood in the Sand" that now he wants to make part two. "I'm hoping we'll be able to do it," Fif said with a grin Thursday at the Manhattan Play N Trade store, where he celebrated the game with his fans.

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5 Things I Fear More Than The Swine Flu

"With the fear of swine flu gripping not only the United States, but the World, I lay out five things I fear more..."

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Obama: “I'm Surrounded By Idiots” [PIC]

He's probably thinking "why did I run for President?!"

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Hot Girls of the Stanley Cup Playoffs [PICS]

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are now entering the second round of action, which means there are now 8 teams left in the running, instead of 16. This makes the arduous task of highlighting the sexy girls of each team a bit more palatable. Thus, we now present the Stanley Cup of Girls.

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Mr. T Reports for Jury Duty

"In a week filled with stories of Swine Flu, I was pleased to read this wonderful piece in the Chicago Sun Times about Mr. T, reporting for Jury Duty. Yep, B.A. Baracus of the A-Team or Clubber Lang from Rocky III, reported for Jury Duty just like any other American."

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Hugh Jackman Drops $4,300 on Breakfast for Wolverine Fans!

TMZ has obtained the receipt from Paradise Bakery in Tempe, Arizona -- where Jackman bought 67 breakfast trays and 80 gallons of coffee for a pack of "Wolverine" fans who had camped out in front of a theater the day before Monday's big premiere.

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First look at Iron Man 2

The sequel to last summer's blockbuster, which began shooting three weeks ago and opens May 7, 2010, takes place six months after Stark revealed his identity as Iron Man, says director Jon Favreau. And the development is playing out with unexpected results.

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That's Just Bill Being Bill [PIC]

Bill's wandering eyes caught on camera. Wait til Barack sees this!

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Mummified Puppy Found in Egyptian Tomb

A small bundle found at the feet of an ancient Egyptian mummy whose tomb was inscribed with the phrase "Hapi-Men" contained the remains of a young dog, approximately 2,300 years old.

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No Title Necessary [PIC]

Words can't describe what you're about to see...

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Lloyd Banks Responds To Rick Ross' Eminem Diss

"As far as calling out Eminem, you're not in the top 10 lyricists nowhere," Banks said. "So just sit down, man. We seen what Em can do. Em's in a whole 'nother lane. How do you go from praising somebody in one interview to calling him a 'monkey' in the next?

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Google is the World's First $100 Billion Brand

The internet search giant has also been crowed as the ‘world’s most valuable brand’ for the third year running with the estimated value of the Google name leaping 16% in the past 12 months.

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Google Giving Away 250,000 Google Profile Business Cards

Google has teamed up with iPrint.com to offer free Google Profile business cards to the first 10,000 people who claim them. Each person can get a set of 25 cards that shows the Google.com home page with his/her Google Profile URL underneath it in green.

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Asher Roth Calls His Controversial Twitter Comment 'Immature'

Asher Roth's name has been in the news a lot lately. You would think it's because the 23-year-old Roth recently released his first album, Asleep in the Bread Aisle, which debuted at #5 on the Billboard albums chart, and the video for his second single, "Be by Myself," debuted Thursday (April 30) on MTV.

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Service Pack 2 for Vista and WS2K8 released to manufacturing

In what's turning out to be a busy week for Microsoft, the company announced last night that the code has been finalized for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 -- a unified code base that upgrades both operating systems. This after the only release candidate for SP2 was released for final testing on March 4.

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Kelis Files For Divorce From Nas

One of hip-hop's premiere couples is reportedly splitting: Kelis has filed for divorce from Nas, according to Vibe.com. She is seven months' pregnant with the couple's first child.

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Did Rick Ross' Deeper Than Rap Flop? 50 Cent Disagrees

When asked about the first-week sales of Deeper Than Rap, Ross' biggest detractor in the music biz, 50 Cent, wondered if the numbers were somehow flubbed by the record company.

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Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 beats IE8 in Microsoft's own load times test

Who knows how many microseconds you can feel in the average day? But if you feel 50% fewer of them, over time, you just might notice.

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Disney Buys a Stake in Hulu

Disney has announced that it’s acquired a stake in quickly growing video site Hulu, joining News Corp and NBC Universal in the venture. That means full-length episodes of ABC hits shows like Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, and Desperate Housewives will be available side-by-side with content from NBC and News Corp’s FOX.

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