Tony Yayo Premieres 'Streets Keep Calling Me' Video

Today, we bring you the debut of a new viral video by Tony Yayo called "Streets Keep Calling Me." The clip features fellow Queens giant Cormega and is off Yayo's Public Enemies mixtape.

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Firefox will surpass 1 billion downloads by this weekend

Firefox 1.0 launched in November 2004 as the secure, open source alternative to market dominating Internet Explorer, which held nearly 90% market share at the time. One year later, Firefox had already attained 10% browser share. Since mid 2008, Firefox has held nearly 30% of the market, while Internet Explorer has dropped to around 60%.

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Secret slide reveals Microsoft will lose U.S $300 Million on Yahoo deal before making $1

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave a little more information to financial analysts than perhaps he planned. There are two versions of his slide presentation -- one with a slide he didn't present...

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Shakira Summons Her Inner 'She Wolf' In Eye-Popping New Video

On Thursday (July 30), Shakira premiered her brand-new, much-anticipated "She Wolf" video on MTV.com (and at 8 p.m. on MTV). And having now watched it about 15 times, I'm hard-pressed to say more than "Wow!" Seriously, it's one people will be talking about for a long time.

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Eminem Goes After Mariah Carey In New Diss Track ‘The Warning’

The war of words between Eminem and Mariah Carey got a little more heated Thursday (July 30), when Em leaked a new freestyle diss in response to the R&B singer's latest video "Obsessed."

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Joe Jackson Denies Abusing His Son Michael

In an interview Monday night on "Larry King Live," Joe Jackson, the father of Michael Jackson, refuted longstanding claims that he had abused his son, and said that he never made any mistakes raising him.

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Michael Jackson and KITT - What's the Connection? [PICS]

Some fans, including us, remembered an image with Michael Jackson on the hood of KITT but were unable to track it down. In it, we see Michael, and his brothers of Jackson 5 fame, on top of their respective cars, with Michael sitting on KITT!

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Chris Brown Apologizes For Rihanna Assault

Chris Brown has publicly apologized for the domestic altercation between him and then-girlfriend Rihanna earlier this year in Los Angeles.

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Microsoft Office Online: Free as in puppies

So Microsoft is once again playing catch-up to compete in spaces in which others are already succeeding: online business productivity suites. Google and Zoho are doing well here, and have a well-established base. Microsoft, in its constant quest to be the only software provider on the planet, is taking Office online, too. But as usual, they’re making a right mess of things.

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5 Keys to Making Your Home Office Work

The fantasy of working from home is very compelling when you are sitting inside a dull, gray cube, still seething from your grinding commute. You imagine waking up and strolling over to your computer in your comfortable pajamas, not caring if your hair resembles Albert Einstein, and cranking up your favorite music to no one’s complaint, whether your preference is Pat Boone or Metallica.

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Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Approaches Eagles' All-Time Sales Record

For nearly a decade, the Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" has been the recording industry's ultimate evergreen release, certified by the RIAA as the all-time best-selling album in the United States. But thanks to continued robust demand for Michael Jackson's catalog since his June 25 death, "Thriller" appears on the verge of matching "Their Greatest Hits," at least in the eyes of the industry trade group.

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Paula Abdul Might Not Return To 'American Idol,' Manager Says

In a June appearance on "Late Show With David Letterman," "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul said she was unsure whether she'd return to "Idol" now that her contract was up, but ultimately joked that such statements were simply a business strategy.

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50 Cent Would Welcome Release-Date Showdown With Jay-Z

Sorry, hip-hop fans — it doesn't look like the Jay-Z/ 50 Cent chart showdown will be happening after all. The rappers won't go head-to-head when The Blueprint 3 and Before I Self Destruct debut in September. Jay has settled on September 11, while 50 Cent told MTV News last week that his album is coming on the last Tuesday of the month.

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Top 5 non-obvious feature enhancements to Office 2010

The question has been asked, who really needs to use Microsoft Office these days? The answer is, anyone who is in the business of professionally generating content for a paying customer. Word 2010 may not be the optimum tool for the everyday blogger, and Excel 2010 maybe not the best summer trip planner, just as a John Deere is not the optimum vehicle for a trip to the grocery store.

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'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince' Takes Box-Office Crown

Moviegoing Muggles were positively enchanted this weekend, falling under the spell of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." The sixth installment in the Potter franchise deposited a tidy U.S $79.5 million in its Gringotts vault, which now contains a five-day total of U.S $160 million, U.S $22.2 million of it from Wednesday's midnight showings alone.

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Confirmed: Digg Just Hijacked Your Twitter Links

Digg.com appears to have changed the behavior of its short URLs so they no longer go to the source of the story for logged-out users: instead they direct visitors to a landing page on Digg.com. The change has many negative implications for publishers, including the fact that readers who think they are creating a link to your content are actually just pushing traffic to Digg.

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Who's F---ing Bowl is This? [PIC]

Have you ever seen a filthier bowl than this?

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Ex-Marine Kills 300-Pound Bear With Log

The ex-Marine saved the lives of his three young sons when a 300-pound bear attacked their Georgia campsite last weekend. While cleaning up after dinner, the family came face to face with the large animal.

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Why Are Michael Jackson Autopsy Results Taking So Long?

Almost a month has passed since Michael Jackson's death, and we still don't have a definitive answer about what killed the 50-year-old King of Pop. After an initial autopsy, the cause of death was deferred in order to complete more toxicology tests.

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Michael Jackson Was The Biological Father Of His Kids, Tito Insists

In the weeks since Michael Jackson's death, gossip reports surrounding the pop singer's three children have descended into sordid territory. Reports have suggested that Jackson's dermatologist might have been the sperm donor for two of the children and that a custody battle is brewing between the children's mother, Debbie Rowe, and the Jackson family.

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Walter Cronkite, Iconic Anchorman, Dies at 92

Mr. Cronkite anchored the “CBS Evening News” from 1962 to 1981, at a time when television became the dominant medium of the United States. He figuratively held the hand of the American public during the civil-rights movement, the space race, the Vietnam war and the impeachment of Richard Nixon. During his tenure, network newscasts were expanded to 30 minutes from 15.

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Tony Yayo Calls Game's Jay-Z Attack A 'Stupid Move'

Tony Yayo has been keeping up. Just like all the fans have been talking about Jay-Z and the Game's back-and-forth, Yayo has been following along. The G-Unit member said Game made the wrong decision in choosing to dis the Jiggaman.

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Is Google optimizing Chrome 3 for Windows XP netbooks?

Over the last few weeks, Google has been releasing development builds of its Chrome 3 Web browser in a fast and furious pace. And with each release, the browser has been leaping forward in performance, particularly in Windows XP.

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Google addresses its own security bugs in Chrome stable release update

The stable channel for Google's Chrome Web browser (Chrome 2) has not seen a lot of action in recent weeks, perhaps indicating just how stable it has been. But a pair of exploitable defects that Google's engineers rate as "high" and "critical" have prompted the company to issue an automatic update to its deployed Chrome 2 Web browsers.

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50 Cent Sets Album-Release Date, Stays Active Underground

Officially, 50 Cent just told us that 'Before I Self Destruct' is now slated for a September 29 release, the last Tuesday of that month. But as we've become accustomed to, Fif can drop an album anytime he wants.

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How Apple.com Would Have Looked in 1983 [PIC]

1 MB of RAM for blistering speed! Sounds like a deal to me...

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Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri call it Quits after 7 Year

On July 7, Michael Jackson's family gathered to celebrate him at his much-watched memorial service. Noticeably absent? Janet Jackson's longtime music-exec boyfriend, Jermaine Dupri. (A pal says Dupri skipped the memorial because he "doesn't attend funerals.") And for good reason. "His friends are telling people it's over," a source tells the new issue of Us Weekly, on stands now.

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Jo Jo Simmons Sentenced To 1 Day of Community Service

Reverend Run’s son Joseph Simmons Jr. pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct after being busted in Manhattan with marijuana in May. The 19-year-old was caught rolling a joint by police on May 8th, while he was in a car along the Upper West Side.

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Tony Yayo Says G-Unit Isn't Accepting Game's Apology

According to Tony Yayo, one of the rules 50 Cent lives by is once you kick sand at him in the sandbox, it's a wrap. It doesn't look like 50 or anyone in G-Unit are interested in reconciling with Game. Recently, the Compton native — and onetime member of the Unit — apologized for being involved in friction with the collective. However, Yayo told us he's not buying it.

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Michael Jackson Case Could Turn Criminal, LAPD Chief Says

The investigation into the death of Michael Jackson could turn into a criminal matter depending on the results of pending toxicology tests. Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton told CNN on Thursday that his department is awaiting the coroner's final report to decide whether to proceed with the investigation as either a homicide case or an accidental drug overdose.

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Google Chrome OS: Too little, too early

On the surface, Google's announcement this week that it's developing a new primarily-for-netbooks operating system called Google Chrome OS, is good news for an industry badly in need of an operating system rethink.

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Before it can tackle Windows, Chrome must leave Safari in the dust

Just a few months ago, Apple Safari 4 could stake a claim to being the fastest Web browser available for Windows. But although its speed has improved even since then, especially in the second update since its official launch released late Wednesday, Safari is now as much as 30% slower than the latest beta of Google Chrome 3, released the following morning.

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Jay-Z Tops Forbes' Hip-Hop Cash Kings List

Even though he took a 57 percent pay cut compared to last year, Jay-Z still managed to come in at #1 as the richest rapper of the year. By Forbes' estimate (based on earnings between June 2008 and June 2009), Jigga pulled in U.S $35 million in the past year, owing mostly to his international tour and his ownership stakes in the NBA's New Jersey Nets and New York's sports/strip club 40/40.

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Gmail leaves beta, launches "Back to Beta" Labs feature

"We get asked all the time why Google keeps its products in beta for so long. And Gmail, five years after launch, is consistently a subject of this questioning, even of jokes."

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Michael Jackson's Daughter Paris Gives Tearful Goodbye To Her Father

The memorial service for Michael Jackson contained a number of moving moments, including tributes from Brooke Shields, Usher and brother Jermaine Jackson. But the most heart-wrenching moment came when Michael Jackson's daughter Paris stepped up to the microphone to deliver a tearful goodbye to her father.

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9 Google Labs Projects You Must Try Out!

With its market share-dominating search engine, the eggheads at Google have no doubt made it easier for new users to acclimate to the harsh tangling webs of the Internet. But Google’s not just about search. Within the laboratories of Google’s Mountain View campus, computer science wizards are busy brewing up innovative services that will enhance your Google experience.

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It's official: Google Chrome, the operating system

Well, this answers the question about why no Android for netbooks. In a stunning announcement late Tuesday evening, the company that for years had been suspected of developing an operating system but which had never entirely denied the claim, has come out with it: Yes, Google is making a Linux; yes, it's for netbooks (at least for now); no, it's not Android.

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Sony's first netbook, the Vaio W: What goes around finally comes around

After all the noise Sony made about avoiding the term "netbook" with the release of its Vaio P ultraportable, and the statements Senior Vice President Mike Abary made about the Eee PC before that, it was beginning to look like Sony was never going to release a device in the netbook / mini-note form factor. But that has changed.

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Introducing the Google Chrome OS

"It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends."

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Green Day Release First Three 'Rock Band' Songs

Back in the day, Green Day were pretty avid gamers. They even had a Sega Genesis on their old Book Mobile tour bus, though don't try to ask them what they used it for — they don't really remember.

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Jay-Z, Game Trade Barbs

The Game may be open to reconciling with 50 Cent and the G-Unit, but when it comes to Jay-Z, it doesn't seem like there is any love for one of his great rap influences.

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The Latest at YOUTHERE1.com - 1st July 2009

Find out all the latest news about YOUTHERE1.com on our Official Blog.

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Madonna Salutes Michael Jackson At London's O2 Arena

They both ruled the '80s, redefined themselves in the '90s and, as this decade draws to a close, they remained the two biggest pop stars of this generation. But now there is only one.

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Wake-Up Video: Gavin Rossdale’s ‘Forever May You Run’

Yesterday, tennis sensation Roger Federer won Wimbledon in an epic battle with Andy Roddick. A whole host of records fell during the over four hour match: Federer served up a personal best 50 aces and took Roddick to the longest fifth set (it went 30 games) in Wimbledon history. But most importantly, Federer’s win represented his 15th Grand Slam title, which breaks Pete Sampras’ individual record.

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Can You Send Faxes For Free? Yes!

There are free services out there that let you send faxes without installing anything - or without having to buy a fax machine.

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Usher Demands Paternity Test For Youngest Son With Tameka

Usher is reportedly demanding a paternity test to confirm he is the father of his youngest son with estranged wife Tameka Foster - because the former couple's sex life was virtually non-existent when the tot was conceived. The R&B superstar filed for divorce last month (12 June), revealing he had been living apart from the stylist since July 2008 and stating that there was "no reasonable hope of reconciliation".

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Is Sesame Street's Count a Vulgar Sex Addict?

The Count comes clean about his obsession...

Exclusive: 50 Cent Previews 'Forever King' Mixtape

50 Cent is definitely up on everything. He looks at the Internet just like everybody else. Sitting in his New York office Thursday (July 2), 50 was looking at the Drake video, refusing to watch Game's apology to the G-Unit on MTVNews.com and answering calls from Leonardo DiCaprio's camp for a dinner with the movie star.

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Game Offers Apology To 50 Cent

The MC says he wants to "apologize to 50 as a man." He also wants to apologize to the fans, Dr. Dre, Eminem and the head of Interscope, Jimmy Iovine.

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Michael Jackson Shatters Billboard Records

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Michael Jackson albums and Jackson-related compilations hold the top nine positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog chart, all posting remarkable jumps in sales in the days following the singer's death. (SoundScan tracks sales through the close of business on Sunday.)

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Sewer Cam Uncovers a Mysterious Creature

An unknown lifeform picked up by sewer snakecam in North Carolina. Believed to be of ET origin.

Michael Jackson Tried To End 50 Cent / Game Beef

"We Are the World" and "Heal the World" were undoubtedly two of Michael Jackson's greatest songwriting and humanitarian achievements. But if MJ had been able to cool off the tension between 50 Cent and the Game, as the California rapper claims he attempted to a few years back, then Jackson could have won the Nobel Peace prize. He certainly would have earned it.

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Firefox 3.5 is live!

On schedule, the Mozilla organization has now officially released its Firefox 3.5 Web browser to the general public, containing the first stable version of its TraceMonkey JavaScript engine. Since Firefox is essentially a JavaScript app in and of itself, the overall performance of the browser on all platforms we've seen should be visibly, and in some cases dramatically, improved over Firefox 3.0.

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TweetPsych wants to get inside your head

We spent some enjoyable time earlier this week playing with TweetPsych, a site that puts linguistic analysis algorithms to work figuring out just what's with the most compulsive Twitter users out there. Currently in beta, the for-entertainment-only analysis still provided us with some amusing insight into Twitter talk -- and into the brains of three Betanews staffers.

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