10 Websites To Make You A Photoshop Ninja

Using the Web, you can learn how to do just about anything in Photoshop, and either become great at it or just get really good at faking it. Either way, you’re doing cool stuff.Here are ten sites to get you Photoshopping like a champion

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The Top 10 Social Networks for Generation-Y

With thousands of social networks globally, only a handful of them cater specifically to a special group of individuals, known as Generation-Y. Also known as Gen-Y or millennials, Generation-Y are individuals born between 1980 and 1995, at a volume of 80 million strong.

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Google Flags Whole Internet As Malware!

We’re not quite sure what’s going on, but a couple of minutes ago any search result from Google started being flagged as malware with a message stating “This site may harm your computer”. Including Google’s own websites...

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That's It - Kanye's Officially Lost It [VIDEO]

Kanye West rants about Paris, champagne, and Lois Vuitton -- all while holding up one shoe. Through all this, he manages to make ABSOLUTELY no sense. It seems he's finally lost his head.

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Danity Kane Split Saddens And Angers Fans

After Dawn Richard broke the news to us on Wednesday that as of now, Danity Kane are no longer a group, fans hit up MTVNews.com expressing all sorts of outrage and sadness over the breakup.

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Google manager to lead 'Citizen Participation' under Obama

According to reports, President Obama has selected Google (and former Yahoo) group product manager Katie Jacobs Stanton as the country's first "Director of Citizen Participation."

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Young Jeezy Slams Bill O'Reilly

The Atlanta rapper debuted a new verse for the Jay-Z-powered "My President" remix on Thursday (January 29). In the verse, Jeezy takes aim at Bernie Madoff, Dennis Miller and Bill O'Reilly. Last week, O'Reilly and "O'Reilly Factor" guest Miller took Jeezy to task for the song, which they characterized as being filled with "hate."

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Microsoft releases Live Search add-in for Firefox

Microsoft reps call it an illustration of the company's efforts for increasing platform interoperability, but you could also say it's another sign that the company's entirely serious about making headway in the search wars: Ladies and gentlemen, a Live Search browser add-in...for Firefox.

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100+ Resources for Getting Things Done

'Getting Things Done,' also abbreviated as GTD, is a popular time management productivity method created by David Allen. There are a host of new 'Getting Things Done' applications out there to help you be more organized and productive. Here are more than 100 of them.

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Danity Kane Have Split Up, Dawn Richard Says

When "Making the Band" returns on February 12, fans already know two former members will be missing: Aubrey O'Day and D. Woods, who were dismissed from the group by Diddy last season. But they'll probably be surprised that Shannon Bex isn't there either, which apparently means the end of the band.

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Justin Timberlake Reveals How He Coaxed Beyonce Into 'SNL' Skit

We all know Justin Timberlake is a bit of a jokester. From his turn hosting ESPN's Espy Awards to his gut-busting guest spots on "Saturday Night Live," Timberlake has shown his funny bone is more than intact.

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Opera Mini 4.2 for Android leaves beta

This version allows uploading and downloading of files through the browser, and allows pages to be saved for offline viewing. YouTube videos and the like (not all Flash 9+ video sites are supported) are redirected through the system's video player...

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Digg Poaches New Head Of Sales From Yahoo

After not being acquired by Google last year and announcing some cutbacks last week, Digg is rolling up its sleeves and getting to work. The company has hired Tom Shin as its new head of sales from Yahoo, where he was one of the top sales people and head of the Northwest sales region.

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Audacity X gets 1.3.7 beta update

Audacity X, the Mac version of the free open source audio editing and recording tool created by Google Dev Dominic Mazzoni, quietly received a beta upgrade, fixing a handful of bugs and including some new features.

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Britney Spears Shows Off Her Buff Body In Tour-Rehearsal Pictures

Britney Spears certainly looks fit enough to hit the road in March when her Circus Tour kicks into high gear. The singer is flaunting her toned, buff body in newly released pictures on her Web site.

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A Refreshing Dose of Facebook Honesty [PIC]

"If you're on Facebook, you've probably received a friend request from someone from years back who you never particularly liked. If you're anything like me, you probably just accepted their request. If you're anything like the person in this picture, you're my new hero."

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iPod Touch: No Panacea

If you want always updated email or market results, the iPod Touch is not the answer. Unless you pay for an always-on data connection. Yet, for that, you’re probably better off getting a Verizon broadband card, for $60 a month, and firing up your laptop.

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Saved by the Bell: Where are they now?

It’s hard to imagine but 'Saved by the Bell' aired its first episode 20 years ago. The show launched the careers of several of its cast mates, but many were typecast into their 'Saved by the Bell' roles for years afterwards. All that remains these days are re-runs, so let’s take a look at what everyone is up to 20 years later.

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The Simpsons set to make HD debut

The Simpsons is all set to finally make its debut in high definition in February, meaning you can watch Homer et al clearer than ever before.

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Kelly Clarkson Breaks Record For Hot 100 Jump

Kelly Clarkson will make history on this week's Billboard Hot 100, to be posted tomorrow (Jan. 29) on Billboard.com, with the largest leap to No. 1 in the chart's 50-year history. Her new single, "My Life Would Suck Without You," is set to rocket 97-1 after selling 280,000 digital downloads in its first week of availability.

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iPhone vs. Storm: I finally made my tough decision

"I bought an iPhone - opened an AT&T account and the whole bit. Two weeks later, I took it back, cancelled the AT&T account and walked straight to the Verizon Wireless kiosk across the mall, where I bought a Blackberry Storm."

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100 Hottest Women of 2009 [PICS]

Our goal with making this list was to avoid the cliche as much as possible, while still picking out the hottest women in the world.

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You think Digg has a Power User problem? [PIC]

Take a look at the top guy on Reddit - MrBabyMan's got nothing on him.

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10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2009

Social media today is a pure mess: it has become a collection of countless features, tools, and applications fighting for a piece of the pie. Social media, in essence, is bumping up against its own ceiling, no longer able to serve the needs of those living within its walls; and for these reasons, social media as we know it is changing course.

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The rumored Skype sale by eBay: Meh

Commentary is swirling in the blogsphere this week over the prospect of eBay selling its VoIP property Skype to an acquirer. But does the online auctioneer really have some sort of "plan" in that direction?

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Yahoo reports Q4 loss, unleashes its new CEO

On its Q4 earnings call Tuesday, Yahoo reported a loss of U.S $303 million, due in part to various restructuring underway. But if the impression given by freshly minted CEO Carol Bartz is correct, the company's wise to look forward, not back.

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New Jay-Z Track, 'When The Money Goes,' Leaks

A new song by the rapper surfaced online Tuesday afternoon (January 27) called "When the Money Goes." The breezy track features Hov posing a number of questions to his mate about her commitment to him, should he face a turn for the worse.

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Ashlee Simpson-Wentz 'Disgusted' By Talk Of Jessica's Weight

Lay off my sister! That's the message Ashlee Simpson-Wentz sent on Monday in a MySpace blog post about the wave of snarky stories and mocking headlines aimed at Jessica Simpson's apparent weight gain.

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Honda Cuts Another 50,000 Cars, Jobs

Japanese car maker Honda has announced it will reduce total output worldwide by 50,000 new cars, 29,000 of which will be from North American plants. By the end of the fiscal year, Honda's total output is expected to be down 12% year over year to 1.26 million vehicles worldwide.

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How to Chat on the iPhone or iPod Touch

The Colloquy IRC client is now available from the App Store for only $2.00! Traditionally, chat clients on the Mac have been just plain ugly. By adopting more of the Mac interface standards, Colloquy has shattered that mold forever, and made something slick and easy-to-use.

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Gmail Adds Offline Support

One of Gmail’s most requested features – offline support – is now available in testing. In other words, you can now use Gmail without an Internet connection, just like you can with desktop mail clients like Outlook.

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Microsoft accelerates in 2009 with RC1 of IE8

In the clearest sign to date that the company's roadmap really is being fast-forwarded, Release Candidate 1 of Internet Explorer 8 -- a critical component of Windows 7 -- has been released by Microsoft.

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Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

The U.S Patent Office has signed, sealed, and delivered a late Christmas present to Apple. On January 20th, the powers that be awarded patent # 7,479,949 to Apple.

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Rumour: Google to buy Skype

Leading VoIP service Skype goes from strength to strength, with revenues rising by 26 percent last quarter. Yet despite this success, parent company eBay is rumoured to be looking to offload its cash-cow to none other than Google.

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Open mouth, insert BlackBerry

RIM CEO Jim Balsillie may wish he'd stuck to texting and gesturing last week. A statement to the press that buggy new hardware is just a fact of life isn't engendering much love from consumers who invested hundreds in that "new reality."

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Apple Releases iPhone and iPod Touch 2.2.1 Firmware

Apple has released a 2.2.1 update for the iPhone today. Available from iTunes, the update relays the following improvements...

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Rick Ross Goes After 50 Cent In New Song, 'Mafia Music'

Cruel intentions or just witty hip-hop referencing? Everyone is talking about Rick Ross' new record "Mafia Music," where he name-checks everyone from Shawty Lo and T.I. to Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. For four minutes and 21 seconds, the Ross relentlessly praises his own success and admonishes some of his enemies.

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The 10 Sexiest Female Celebrity Lips [PICS]

"Research has shown that the more estrogen a girl has, the fuller her lips are. Research has also shown that estrogen makes women crazy, so that means these ten women are incredibly insane and incredibly hot. We decided it was time to pay tribute to the most kissable lips in Hollywood."

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Fresh Prince Theme: Gangsta Version [VIDEO]

This is what the song would sound like if he'd stayed in West Philadelphia.

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Facebook Email To Ex-Googlers: "Hey, We're Hiring!"

Google laid off full time employees for the first time ever earlier this month. But those new ex-Googlers shouldn't be unemployed for long. Not if a pair of aggressive Facebook recuriters have their way, judging by an email they sent to an email list for former Google employees this morning...

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Twitter Raising New Cash At U.S $250 Million Valuation

Twitter, which just recently turned down a half billion dollar acquisition offer from Facebook (albeit to be paid mostly with Facebook stock), is dipping back into the venture capital market, we’ve heard from a source with knowledge of the deal. They’ve signed a term sheet with at least one venture fund to raise a new round at a U.S $250 million valuation. We are still gathering information on how much they’re raising and from whom.

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140it: Condense Ur Text For Twitter

While Internet slang and abbreviations have become second nature for some technophiles, many of us have trouble converting our words into the pseudo-gibberish sometimes required to make long messages fit into the 140 character limit set by Twitter.

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Google Street View: Always A Surprise Waiting For You [PIC]

You never really know what you're gonna see...

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Kevin Rose: 10 Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers

Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, who has over 88,000 followers on Twitter (making him the second most followed after President Obama) gives ten tips on how to get more followers on Twitter.

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Kanye West Denies Porn Rumors, Claims Hacked Accounts

It's been a bittersweet week for Kanye West. On the one hand, he performed for President Barack Obama at MTV's Youth Ball on Tuesday night and then flew to Paris to bask in the glow of the fashion elite as he unveiled the shoes he designed for Louis Vuitton.

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Obama taps Sun's McNealy for open source advice

In an interview with the BBC, McNealy contended that government should mandate the use of open source products to "improve security, get higher quality software, lower costs, [and obtain] higher reliability -- all the benefits that come with open software."

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iPhone Bluetooth File Transfer Coming Soon (YES!)

Trust the rogue programmers and Cydia—the independent equivalent to the iTunes App Store—to bring you one of the most awaited features ever for the iPhone: Bluetooth File Transfer.

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Sheriff: Dog Stopped Rape Attempt

The Broward County Sheriff's Office said a 46-year-old woman allowed a man inside her apartment Wednesday after he said he was a repairman. Once inside, however, the man attacked her, deputies said. Her female dog then bit the man on the shoulder, and he fled the apartment, according to the sheriff's office.

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Girls Kicked From School For Being Too 'Blonde'

Raegan Booth, 16, and Aby Western, 15, say they were threatened with expulsion by David Alexander unless they dyed their hair brown. The girls claim they are being forced to adhere to the strict dress code of Rednock School in order to sit GCSE exams. But they remain adamant that their hair is a natural shade of blonde.

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Online Cake Ordering Form Fail [PIC]

Can you guess what happened? Apparently the printing process is mostly automatic and is printed directly from the website in edible ink. The designer didn't catch it and they tried to sell it to the purchaser.

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Wife murdered for Facebook status

A man murdered his estranged wife after becoming "enraged" when she changed her marital status on Facebook to "single". Edward Richardson, 41, of Mayfield Road, Biddulph, was found guilty of stabbing 26-year-old Sarah Richardson to death.

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Buy ShamWows! Now!

"I’d like to talk to you about a man whom I’ve dubbed “Headset Vince”. He’s the guy from the ShamWow commercials. He wears a headset for reasons no one other than Vince can understand… maybe he’s expecting a phone call? From his agent offering him a better gig? Maybe his mom is calling to tell him that Stella from Bingo saw him on the teevee?"

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White House Twitter Account Is a Phony

For more than a year, an @TheWhiteHouse account on Twitter's microblogging site was used to dutifully send out more than 1,500 alerts about speeches, press briefings and other Bush administration news. The Twitter account's claim that it was officially sanctioned by the White House appeared believable, if only because it was so earnest -- and boring.

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Times Are Tough! Tina Turner Burns Down Legs For Insurance Money

Police officers arrested Tina Turner this week on suspicion of arson, reckless endangerment, and insurance fraud, following allegations that the legendary R&B singer burned down her legs for financial gain.

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Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Launching today is 'adCause,' a site for both Twitter publishers (anyone who tweets) and Twitter advertisers to hook up, exchange deets, and cash in on Twitter influence, essentially making Twitter your own personal money bank.

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Jimmy Fallon Interviews Kevin Rose & Alex Albrecht [VIDEO]

Jimmy talks to Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht from Diggnation.

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The 15 Hottest TV Moms of All Time

While not all the moms on this list will win a 'Mother of the Year' award, there’s no disputing that there are plenty of hot mamas among them.

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Britney Spears' Suggestive New Single 'If U Seek Amy'

It's Britney Spears, after all, so you knew radio stations would find a way around the not-so-hidden profanity in the chorus to the third single from her album Circus, "If U Seek Amy."

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Apple pushes a QuickTime 7.6 security update

Addressing security issues for both the Mac and Windows platforms, Apple has released an update to QuickTime not unlike the one released last spring, only less prolific. Seven QuickTime vulnerabilities are addressed in the latest update, all revolving around malware movie files...

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Kanye West: 50 Cent's Insults Are Like 'Being Spit On'

Ever since their epic albums-chart showdown in 2007, Kanye West and 50 Cent have been linked to each other as rivals, for better or worse. Oftentimes, though, it's been for the worse, at least when it comes to West being the target of 50's barbs. The G-Unit star has repeatedly taunted West, from remarks about the rapper's sexuality to mocking his emo-laden hit "Love Lockdown" during his own performances.

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Did Twitter Just Pass Digg?

According to Hitwise, last week visits to Twitter surpassed visits to Digg for the first time. This data is of last week, when visits to Twitter surged following the much-Tweeted emergency landing of a plane on the Hudson.

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Google posts 18 percent sales gain, details how it's coping

Google's 18% revenue jump didn't come as any huge stunner, but execs revealed this evening how their company is weathering the financial crisis, through measures that include a new stock option plan aimed at employee retention.

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20 Celebrities That Didn't Age Quite So Gracefully [PICS]

The before and 'after-they-aged' shots. Yikes!

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Askmen's Top 99 Women Of 2009

After 10 million votes, here they are. The best of the best.

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Young Jeezy Defends 'My President' Against Bill O'Reilly

Dennis Miller, you may be a comedian, but really, who are you kidding? You know full well his name not "Emphysema" or "Lil' Jeezy" — it's Young Jeezy and he's an artist that's been covered by MTV, CNN and plenty of other news outlets. If you pay attention to pop culture, you'd have heard his name plenty of times.

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Are You Kidding Me? [YOUTUBE]

I bet he was really dizzy after that move.

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Miss World finalist has hands and feet amputated

A two-time Miss World finalist has had her hands and feet amputated after being struck down with an infection.

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Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson on Digg Dupes and Power Users

"Digg announced today that it's going to be chilling out on growth plans, and maybe even reducing staff. I caught up with Digg founder Kevin Rose and CEO Jay Adelson last week at the L.A. Diggnation meetup, and asked them about the state of the San Francisco company, features in the works, the power-user problem and their take on the media landscape..."

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Evernote Welcomes Google Notebook Rejects With Open Arms

Can we get an amen? Google Notebook worked: it was simple, effective, web-friendly, and perfectly suited to a Getting Things Done system. So when Google announced that it was going to drop the service, some users were left short-changed. Some of those disgruntled users became vocal, of course, starting a petition to save Google Notebook.

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Even porn can’t keep a Playboy’s pockets lined

One of the proverbial axioms of the "publishing world" is that sex sells. Pornography, in particular, is a massively popular business. Indeed, where porn goes, so goes technology. At least this is the oft-repeated claim. So what does it mean for the universe of print publishing when porn mags are having problems?

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Ouch! Ouch! Ooooooouch! [PIC]

A spectacular cycle crash photographed by Daniel Bayer at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia.

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Facebook Now Nearly Twice The Size Of MySpace Worldwide

In November 2008 Facebook drew 200 million unique worldwide visitors; more than 1 in 5 people who accessed the Internet that month visited the site. When sites are that big growth generally stagnates, but in Facebook’s case it’s still skyrocketing. In December, 222 million people visited the site says newly released Comscore stats...

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Digg to cut workforce 10%, hire new sales team

Digg CEO Jay Adelson this morning is announcing that the social media site is laying off a "very small" portion of its workforce, but will also be hiring a new direct sales force and head of sales to drive the company to profitablity this year.

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Dear World, We're Back! Love U.S.A [PIC]

Awesome.

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No Doubt Announce Summer Tour With Paramore

Mark your calendars: No Doubt will be hitting the road with Paramore this summer, the band announced on its Web site on Wednesday (January 21). "The whole reason for going on this tour was to have fun, try on all our favorite songs again and to get inspired to make new music," Gwen Stefani said. "It feels good to be all together again."

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50 Cent Explains Why He Skipped Obama Inauguration

50 Cent hopped on the "Change" train a bit late. The G-Unit rapper initially backed now-presumptive Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over President Barack Obama during the Democratic primaries, before changing his allegiance to Obama and finally saying he didn't know.

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Here comes the BlackBerry Application Storefront

The BlackBerry Bold and Storm models have already swept southward into the US like some of those classic, cold Canadian currents, but neither model has performed in the market to the potential that analysts have expected. The number one and two reason folks use BlackBerry, it's believed, are for secure e-mail and for practical applications.

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50 Cent Says Eminem's Relapse Is 'Almost Done'

Dr. Dre, Eminem and 50 Cent — dubbed "the three-headed monster" by the G-Unit star — are all set to put out albums within weeks of one another this year. And, according to 50, the rollout plan should be starting very soon. Fif told HollyScoop.com that Em's album is "almost done."

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A blue Christmas for eBay

Slower consumer spending hurt eBay's results for its fiscal fourth quarter and depressed its forecast for Q1 2009. The online transaction provider's earnings call on Wednesday detailed life in a climate where, as CEO John Donahoe noted glumly, e-commerce itself is trending down for the first time ever.

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Obama Freezes Salaries Of White House Employees

President Barack Obama announced on his first day in office Wednesday that he is freezing the pay of the about a hundred White House employees who make over U.S $100,000 a year.

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What's It Like to Be a Girl in Tech?

'Girls in Tech' is a social outreach organization founded in 2007 by Adriana Gascoigne, communications director of social network Hi5. GIT's mission is to enhance the careers of tech sector women with workshops, lectures, networking functions, and recruitment events in each of its chapter cities.

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Latest Facebook Scam: Phishers Hit Up “Friends” for Cash

In the past Facebook has had its fair share of spam and phishers, but now it looks like these scammers are getting smarter by engaging in a form of identify theft.

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'America's Best Dance Crew' Judge Weighs In On Obamas' Dancing

If Barack and Michelle Obama decide they want to ditch this whole president thing to take their dancing act on the road, "America's Best Dance Crew" judge Shane Sparks thinks they might need some practice first.

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@thewhitehouse - Obama Takes Over White House Twitter Account

The Twitter account previously maintained by the Bush Administration, has changed hands to the Obama team. Along with the rollout of a new Whitehouse.gov, the account is now featuring updates from Obama’s new media team and a new avatar.

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No time wasted for change to Whitehouse.gov

While President Obama and several million of his fellow Americans were shivering on the National Mall, Macon Phillips and his team were swapping out files and posting the all-new whitehouse.gov.

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AdWords Can’t Save Newspapers; Google Kills Print Ads

If newspapers were hoping that Google would be their savior, it looks like they will need to find another white knight. The company has announced that they are discontinuing their print ads product – which allowed advertisers to place ads in newspapers via AdWords – at the end of next month.

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Throw your hard drive away when Google's Gdrive arrives in 2009

Google Drive, or 'Gdrive' as it is better known, has to be the most anticipated Google product so far. When it arrives, Gdrive will likely cause a major paradigm shift in how we use computers and bring Google one step closer to dethroning Windows on your desktop.

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MySpace CEO and Paris Hilton Caught Canoodling At Sundance

The New York Post buried the lead in today’s Page 6 column about Paris Hilton’s adventures at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Usher Recalls Stealing Barack Obama’s Candy Bar

Some people may not have had the audacity to steal the food of a man that would one day become the president of the United States of America, but that isn’t the case for Usher. On this fateful occasion, the singer decided his hunger trumped Obama’s, and he stole his candy bar.

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Obama inauguration: potentially the 'most viewed event' in history?

In addition to traditional television and radio coverage, the ceremony will be broadcast over streaming services such as Joost and Livestation, through news web sites, and through handsets capable of receiving mobile television broadcasts.

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YouTube begins experimenting with downloadable videos

Tools for grabbing videos from YouTube have existed for some time now, but Google's video portal began experimenting this weekend with allowing users to download a high-quality H.264 version directly from a video's site. The feature appeared first on the Obama campaign's ChangeDotGov account, and it is expected to roll out to the rest of YouTube...

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Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban

Barack Obama is getting a Cadillac-styled new Presidential Limo. While nice, we're more interested in the Gatling gun-equipped Suburban that follows Cadillac One. Includes video of the bullet-spraying Chevy in action.

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Why Will Obama's Inauguration Cost so Much?

In these dour economic times, one complaint made by the people who didn't vote for Barack Obama is: why is the federal government spending so much money on his inauguration?

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A Photo Barack Obama May Want To Forget

Before he was even a Senator, let alone President-Elect, then-unknown Barack Obama was, at a 2003 St. Patrick's Day parade, a plunger wrangler.

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Will Anyone Give George W. Bush a Job?

Given recent history, George W. Bush has reason to think he might be able to monetize his presidency. Bill Clinton reported income of more than U.S $90 Million between 2000 and 2007. But, book publishers and speaking agents express little interest in what Bush has to say—and not just for political reasons.

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Kelly Osbourne Arrested for Defending Her Model Boyfriend

Kelly Osbourne has been arrested in London for her alleged assault of a journalist last summer. People reports that Osbourne, 24, was released on bail while authorities investigate the journalist's allegations. She is scheduled to meet with authorities in March.

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Inauguration 2009: Can social networks handle it?

The Washington Post reported last week that President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency for Washington D.C. during the President-elect Barack Obama’s Inauguration festivities due to the unprecedented 2 million people said to convene in the District, which is usually only populated by about 580,000.

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Israeli troops begin pullout

Gaza was enjoying a second night of calm on Monday as Israeli troops began withdrawing after their deadly 22-day onslaught in the battered territory was halted by a fragile ceasefire deal.

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Obama Look-Alike Now Famous in Indonesia

“When Obama won, my colleagues played a practical joke on me — they made me wear a suit, a tie, and took pictures of me posing as Obama,” said Ilham.

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Miss USA Drops the Soap - Takes Up Porn!

The former Miss USA 1991 -- yeah, she was a frickin' beauty queen -- has quit the mainstream acting biz for a shot at a career in "adult entertainment."

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Group Sues Coke Over Vitaminwater Claims

Vitaminwater, which is marketed as a healthy drink, is nothing more than soda without the bubbles, according to a consumer group that has filed a lawsuit against maker Coca-Cola, claiming deceptive advertising practices.

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Dominic Monaghan Planning To Return For 'Lord Of The Rings' Prequels

In the eyes of many geeks, "Star Wars" ruined its perfect batting average by going back to the well, as did "Indiana Jones" and several other notable franchises. But now, Dominic Monaghan is promising that "Lord of the Rings" won't leave a similar bad-sequel aftertaste in the mouths of its beloved fans.

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CherryPal introduces Netbook

Called the Bing, CherryPal's netbook runs a Linux-based operating system called GreenMaraschino with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor. With 1 GB DDR2 RAM, a 160GB HDD, a 10.2" (1024 x 600) TFT display, 3 USB ports, SD/MMC/MS slot, a 0.3 Megapixel Webcam, and built-in 802.11 b/g...

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Time Magazine's Top 10 iPhone Applications

Courtesy of Time.com, here are the top 10 best iPhone applications that will help you out and keep you entertained.

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Use Your PSP as an Additional Windows Monitor

If you're on the look out for a new trick to teach your PSP, using it as supplemental monitor for your Windows rig is pretty sweet trick indeed.

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'Memory pill' can help with exams

A "memory pill" that could aid exam revision and help to prevent people forgetting important anniversaries may soon be available over the counter.

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Top 10 Steve Jobs Quotes Of All Time

The main man of Apple may be having a break from work right now, yet his most memorable quotes are still with us.

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10 Really Cool Google Chrome Hacks

Google's Chrome browser is fast becoming the geeks' choice, as users all over the world tinker with it and explore its deeper capabilities. Not lacking essential functionality, Chrome is now proving that it can do everything: from starting in Incognito mode by default for better browsing safety to reverting to using a single process for all its tabs to conserve resources.

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Blogger Toolbox: 100+ Tools and Themes

In an effort to help those devoted Blogger users, we’ve gathered up the best of our lists about tools, themes and shortcuts for your preferred platform. Take a look through and you are sure to find something that will help you, even if you didn’t know you were looking for it!

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iPhone Art [PICS]

iPhone users are now able to create artworks on the move, thanks to drawing applications including Brushes and NetSketch. Here we present a selection of the most impressive pieces posted on Flickr.

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Ominous Cloud Hovers Over Tropical Island [PIC]

Awesome photograph...

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Like You've Never Done This Before [PIC]

Guess he just couldn't take the coldness anymore...

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7 Ways Twitter Apps Can Make Money

Two apps playing in the Twitter ecosystem have found meaningful exits so far – Tweetdeck’s smaller rival Twhirl was scooped up by video comment startup Seesmic, while Summize was bought by Twitter itself and turned into Twitter Search.

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Tim Cook: The Man in Steve Jobs' Shoes

Apple Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Jobs, is prone to fits of passion, table pounding and screaming...

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Beyonce To Sing For Obamas' First Dance At Inaugural Ball

Grammys are nice. Golden Globe and Oscar nominations aren't bad, either. But singing the first song for the President and First Lady on Inauguration night? Priceless.

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Google to 'share the wealth' with partners on Apps Premier Edition

Expanding on its efforts to drive revenues from its online application suite, Google this week launched a plan to help authorized reseller partners sell, customize and support the Premier Edition of Google Apps.

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Twitter gets terms of service, finally

It was never the legendary Wild West of the early Web (as if that ever accurately described the early years, then or in retrospect), but on Wednesday, Twitter gained a list of rules designed to reign in current and future mayhem.

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New Justin Timberlake Track Leaks

'Bigger Than the World,' reportedly produced by Timbaland, appeared online Thursday. While Justin Timberlake recently told MTV News that he's going to be focusing on working with other artists rather than his own material, on Thursday (January 15), a new song of his, apparently titled "Bigger Than the World," leaked online.

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Perez Hilton Responds To Aubrey O'Day's Dis -- Nastily

Celebrity blogger has some strong words for ex-Danity Kane singer, who recently confirmed Playboy pictorial. Ex-Danity Kane singer Aubrey O'Day may be looking for celebrity blogger Perez Hilton to "put something good out there in the world," but Perez doesn't look like he's interested.

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How Ricardo Montalbán Saved Star Trek

The year is 1982 and Star Trek is all but finished — the first movie was a disaster of bland storytelling and had no life at all. Yet Paramount decides to take a chance and allows Nicholas Meyer to direct Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. To be blunt about it: Ricardo Montalbán's performance was so good that it saved the franchise.

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15 Awesome Nintendo DS Games for 2009

A ton of great games are coming to the Ninendo DS this year that you just can't wait to get your hands on!

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YouTube beginning to mute videos with copyrighted music

"Perhaps this has been going on for a while, but I’ve never noticed it before. YouTube users often create an original video using their favorite popular song as the audio. I’m afraid that they won’t be able to do that much longer, since YouTube has started muting videos that use unauthorized copyrighted music."

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Johnny Knoxville Arrested for Bringing Grenade Onto A Plane

"Jackass" star Johnny Knoxville was cited at Los Angeles International Airport this morning for allegedly trying to bring an inert grenade into a plane.

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Keep Your Site Visitors Entertained for Hours with Heyzap

How do you get people to stay engaged on your site? You could work really really hard to produce stellar content, or you could take an easy way out and start embedding highly addictive games to do all the hard work for you.

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Twitter Launches Suggestions Tool

Micro-messaging service Twitter is known for its resistance to adding new features…and why should it, given the hundreds of Twitter apps that launch every week, extending the service’s functionality in new and unexpected ways?

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Our world may be a giant hologram

Could our three dimensions be the ultimate cosmic illusion? A German detector is picking up a hint that we are all mere projections.

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Google Reader Survives the Bloodbath, But What’s Next?

Last night, Google announced the shutdown of many experimental products that weren’t really generating any revenue: Notebook, Dodgeball, Catalog Search, and Jaiku. One product that survived the ravaging but shares many of the same characteristics as the discontinued services also happens to be one of our favorites: Google Reader.

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Basecamp and Highrise control on iGoogle and Gmail

Periscope Gadget is the first ever app to integrate and give you control over multiple Basecamp and Highrise accounts on your iGoogle homepage, directly in Gmail, on your Windows Desktop with Google Gadgets and even on your iPhone.

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Kevin Rose and Ashton Kutcher make a Web show

What a pairing: Hollywood slacker-hottie icon Ashton Kutcher and Silicon Valley slacker-hottie icon Kevin Rose have teamed up to create 24 Hours at Sundance, a Web-based reality show set at the eponymous film festival in Park City, Utah later this week.

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Google Giveth, and Taketh Away

A number of Google services just announced that they are about to shut down. The Google Video team announced that it will shut down uploads in a few months, while the Google Notebook team announced that it is stopping development...

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The Secret to a Clean Gmail Inbox

Yet another new feature in Gmail Labs to report: a “send and archive” button, that, when enabled (from the “Labs” page under “Settings”), allows you to reply to a thread and have it immediately archived.

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Was 'Jack the Ripper' actually 'Jill the Ripper'???

The notorious serial killer who stalked London's East End, butchering prostitutes and terrorising the population, may not have been Jack the Ripper - but Jill. An Australian scientist has used swabs from letters supposedly sent to police by the Ripper to build a partial DNA profile of the killer.

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Steve Jobs Probably Won't Come Back to Apple

Steve Jobs' medical leave from Apple is likely to be permanent, analysts say. In a letter to Apple staff on Wednesday, Jobs said he was taking a five-month medical leave because his health issues are "more complex than I originally thought." In the note, Jobs promised to return to Apple in the summer, which many are hoping is true.

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Facebook Kills Whopper Sacrifice

Burger King, through their insanely creative advertising agency Crispin Porter and Bogusky, launches a FB app that encourages users to remove friends. Sacrifice ten of em and you got a free Whopper. 233,906 friends were removed by 82,771 people in less than a week. This is the future of advertising. Or it could have been, if Facebook hadn’t shut it down...

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Life on Mars?

Alien microbes living just below the Martian soil are responsible for a haze of methane around the Red Planet, Nasa scientists believe. The gas, belched in vast quantities in our world by cows, was detected by orbiting spacecraft and from Earth using giant telescopes. Nasa are today expected to confirm its presence in a briefing.

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"If We Have Sex, Pete Will Never Know" Uh, Wrong

Online chat goes seriously wrong. Case of mistaken identity--never assume you're talking to who you think you are, especially if you think you're talking to your friend's girlfriend.

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Report: Nintendo DSi on its way April 4

Nintendo's third incarnation of its popular DS touchscreen handheld game system went on sale in Japan on November 1 with no announcement of worldwide availability.

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David gets Hoff on a go-go girl

David Hasselhoff was treated to a dance at packed Las Vegas nightclub Prive and unashamedly gawped at the brunette’s boobs as she teased him onstage.

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“Full House” Remake Planned

With NBC’s Knight Rider most likely canceled and other shows getting dropped like bad habits it only makes sense the networks would be looking for a sure thing, well, John Stamos thinks he’s got the answer…(Drum roll please)...Get ready for the “Full House” remake!

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'Marilyn Monroe' hormone discovered

Scientists have identified the 'Marilyn Monroe' hormone that is linked to an hour-glass body shape in women, and also an increased desire to trade-up to new men.Women who have high levels of oestradoil also show elevated confidence and a greater inclination to have sex outside of their current relationship, according to the U.S-based research.

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WTF? Another Stonehenge Discovered - Under Lake Michigan?

A group of researchers using sonar to find shipwrecks on the bottom of Lake Michigan have found something far older than crashed cargo ships. They believe they've found a 10-thousand-year-old stone structure like Stonehenge.

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You can't fire me, I'm drunk!

Peru's top court has ruled that workers cannot be fired for being drunk on the job, a decision that was criticized by the government on Wednesday for setting a dangerous precedent.

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Downturn Hits Porn Industry

At the Adult Entertainment Expo, the annual confab that runs concurrently with the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, there were fewer exhibitors, fewer fans and a lot less glitz.

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Google Cuts 100 Jobs, Closing Engineering Offices

Google has announced 100 layoffs and range of engineering office closures across three countries. The 100 positions to be cut come from recruiting, and are on top of a confirmation from Google that “almost all contracts with external contractors and vendors providing recruiting services” have been cut.

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Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?

Bill Clinton sent only two e-mail messages as president and has yet to pick up the habit. George W. Bush ceased using e-mail in January 2001 but has said he's looking forward to e-mailing "my buddies" after leaving Washington, D.C.

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7 Awe-Inspiring Full Moons

After the recent perigee Moon, or the largest full Moon of 2009 that occurred on Saturday, it seemed appropriate to find some beautiful shots showcasing the often overlooked beauty of the celestial body.

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The Truth About iTunes' Genius Playlists

The genius play list is a cool feature, but do you know how it works?

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Apple: Steve Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

Apple CEO Steve Jobs tells employees he is taking medical leave until June.

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New in Gmail Labs - Send & Archive

"In addition to having two cappuccinos, my morning routine includes processing new mail that's arrived in my inbox overnight. More often than not, as I reply to a message I also want to archive it so I can enjoy the satisfaction of a pristine inbox."

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Google Scoops Up Del.icio.us Founder

Google has hired Joshua Schachter, the founder of social bookmarking service Del.icio.us. Schachter left Yahoo! six months ago, two and a half years after it acquired his groundbreaking app.

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Why Windows 7 Should Be a Free Upgrade

Windows Vista isn't a bad OS - now. But it's had its problems. Third parties didn't make drivers fast enough, bugs affected obscure features such as, er, copying and deleting files, and Vista Capable PCs were nothing of the sort.

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Twitter limits searches on its site. What's up with that?

Here's the only thing about Twitter that might be more frustrating than encountering the Internet darling's curious limit on the number of searches one can conduct on the site: Trying to get an explanation from the company as to why it finds this annoyance necessary.

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Gmail Grew 43% Last Year! Watch Out AOL And Hotmail

Google launched Gmail only four years ago, and it is now the fourth most popular e-mail service on the Web after Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail, and Windows Live Hotmail. In 2008, it saw some serious growth in the U.S. Google doesn’t break out the number of Gmail users, but comScore estimates unique monthly visitors.

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Exclusive: Mark Hoppus Announces Solo Plans, Puts +44 To Bed

Earlier this week, Mark Hoppus piqued the interest of Blink-182 fans everywhere when he told MTV News that he had been talking to former bandmate Tom DeLonge "several times a day," and when it came to the possibility of a reunion, "the future is wide open."

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Violent video game labeling bill enters Congress

Last Wednesday, legislation was introduced in the House that would make the Electronic Software Ratings Board (ESRB) affix a health warning label on T-rated games that links their violent content to real-life aggression.

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Apple Allows 3rd Party Web Browsers into App Store

Over the past 24 hours, Apple has begun to approve 3rd party web browsing applications for the iPhone. A number of new web browsing apps have suddenly appeared with original submission dates ranging as far back as October.

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Why You Have To Jailbreak the iPhone

If you own an iPhone and you're fairly technical, then you've no doubt gone through the steps necessary to "jailbreak" your iPhone - the process that opens up the phone to allow for the installation of unapproved third-party applications.

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iTunes Plus: Everything you need to know

Did you know your account information is stored inside each and every file?

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Apple's App Store gets a mobile contacts management app

Apple's App Store has added an iPhone application for managing mobile-optimized contact information slated to be provided in conjunction with .tel domain names. New to the App Store since last week, the iPhone client software is one of several similar applications from Telnic Limited, the registry operator for .tel...

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13 Things Your Dry Cleaner Won't Tell You

Dry cleaners give you tips on how to get the most for your dollar.

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IE continues losing market share to open source browsers

For years now, the little blue "E" has been gracing the desktops of Windows users around the world (though many might say it's doing just the opposite!). Internet Explorer, notorious for its many security holes and being slow to patch them, continues to be one of the top choices for web browsing.

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Oops! Golden Globes gets smallest TV audience in years

The Golden Globes award ceremony reeled in the big stars, but not much of a television audience, viewership figures on Monday showed.

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Aubrey O'Day Talks About Her Nude Photo Shoot For Playboy

Between talking about her high-profile split from Danity Kane and addressing the recent rumors about her sexual preferences, Aubrey O'Day has been all about displaying her personal life in a very public fashion lately.

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'Notorious' Writer Responds To Lil' Kim's Accusations

The Queen Bee unleashed her venom on the team behind the Biggie biopic, "Notorious," saying "most of the story is bullsh--" and complaining that the actress who played her in the film never even reached out to her.

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The Curious Case of Debbie Harry [PIC]

At 63, rock icon Debbie Harry appears to have discovered the fountain of youth. Or, at the very least, a really good, er, eye cream.

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Will Smith solves Rubik's Cube in 55 seconds [YOUTUBE]

Is there anything Will Smith can't do?

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Bush Will Deliver His Farewell Address Thursday Night

President Bush will give a prime time address from the East Room of the White House to say goodbye to the nation.

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Top Selling Mouthwashes Linked to Cancer!

Australia's top-selling mouthwashes can cause oral cancer and should be pulled from supermarket shelves immediately. Leading independent experts have issued this strong warning after investigating latest scientific evidence linking alcohol-containing mouthwashes to the deadly disease.

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A good night's sleep may prevent a cold, study finds

People who averaged less than seven hours of sleep a night were about three times more likely to develop cold symptoms than study volunteers who got eight or more hours of sleep, Pittsburgh researchers reported yesterday in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

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Five Reasons to Seriously Consider Buying a Netbook

Netbooks represent the latest consumer electronics craze. They're small, they're portable, they're dirt cheap, and, in 2008, consumers bought somewhere in excess of 14 million of them.

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Twitter’s Massive 2008: 752 Percent Growth

There’s little doubt that Twitter was one of the most talked about startups over the past year. But just how much did it grow in 2008? The final numbers are in, and according to Compete, they’re astounding: 752%, for a total of 4.43 million unique visitors in December.

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Ninja Cat interrupts live weather broadcast for a cuddle

You gotta love how matter-of-factly German Weatherman Joerg Kachelmann tells the his audience to stay warm on the coldest night of the year AND cradle a kitten who wandered into the TV studio at the same time.

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Mr. T will pity the fool who doesn’t get iPity for the iPhone

"Most $0.99 gag apps for the iPhone are crap. But I came across one today that I actually see myself using quite a bit when I’m out with friends: iPity, an app that’s an animated head of 80’s pop culture icon Mr. T who recites some of his most classic lines when you touch the screen."

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Blogger Mistakes Onion Parody for Real 'Macbook Wheel' [PIC]

A testament to The Onion's parodying skills, a blogger thought that their humorous report on the fictional Macbook Wheel to be real and reblogged the report. The article has been taken down but here's an image of the original.

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Google Chrome Available for Macs "First Half of 2009"

Mac users will get their first taste of a Google-developed alternative to incumbent browsers such as Safari and Firefox when the search giant releases Chrome for Mac sometime during the "first half" of this year.

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Comeback for Pooh after 80 years

The late AA Milne's beloved children's character Winnie the Pooh is set to return to bookshelves, 80 years on from his first literary appearance. The Bear of Very Little Brain will make his comeback in Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, the first authorised sequel to Milne's original 1920s stories.

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Disney Rejection Letter From 1938 [PIC]

"Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen..."

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The Sexiest Magazine Covers of 2008 [PICS]

Pictures may be worth a thousand words, but some of these covers feel like they're worth a million bucks. Check out our picks for the hottest headliners of the year.

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The Notorious B.I.G.'s Signature Accessories

The Notorious B.I.G. will forever be known for having astonishing talent and a smooth, lovable demeanor. And, of course, there's the plethora of accessories he made popular through his music and fashion.

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Aubrey O'Day Complex Magazine Photo Shoot [PICS]

Over 10 shots from Aubrey O'Day's recent magazine shoot with Complex.

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Heath Ledger Wins Golden Globe!

Thank you, Heath, for that magical performance.

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Clint Eastwood's 'Gran Torino' Makes The Box Office's Day

Neither the demonic unborn nor battling brides can defeat Clint Eastwood when it comes to the box office. His latest directorial effort (and second in a single year) gunned down all other contenders for the number one spot, bringing in a grand total of U.S $29 million.

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Britney Spears' 'If U Seek Amy' Poses Censorship Problems

Profanity in pop songs is old news. Hell, the chorus to Christina Aguilera's recent single, "Keeps Gettin' Better," kicks off with the phrase, "Some days I'm a super bi---." That one is easy enough for radio stations to edit out in order to avoid any fines from the FCC or threats to yank their licenses.

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The Biggest Rock Albums Coming Your Way In 2009

Green Day and U2 drop new LPs this year, along with promising young guns like Paramore, Tokio Hotel and more. 2008 was a huge year for rock...and 2009 looks like it could be even bigger.

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Nokia launches three new phones at CES, previews another

As part of a bigger push into the United States, Nokia launched the E63, 7510 and 1006 phones at CES this week, while also giving a North American showing of the N97.

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Ex-wife sued for spying through teddy bear

An Omaha man has filed a lawsuit accusing his ex-wife and former father-in-law of hiding a recording device inside his daughter's teddy bear in order to spy on him.

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House Impeaches Blagojevich 114-1

In a historic vote, the Illinois House has impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich, directing the Senate to put the State's 40th Chief Executive on trial with the goal of removing him from office.

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Bush Admits Uncertainty About His Future as Private Citizen

Jimmy Carter Helped Habitat for Humanity, Bill Clinton runs a charitable foundation that helps millions. What's Bush going to do?

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Deal of The Century: 50 Cent to Buy Death Row's Catalogue

According to one of our most trusted insiders, rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is on the verge of making a major purchase. No not a new car or a house – but the rights to some of the most influential hip hop tracks ever created.

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Chrome gets Mac deadline, extensions foundation

Showing signs that it's working to meet requests for new developments to its Chrome browser, Google on Friday said it hopes to release versions for Mac OS X and Linux by the first half of the year, and it released a new version Wednesday that paves the way for the most requested feature: extensions.

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The Ultimate Guide to Downloading Windows 7 Beta In 2 Steps

Wait no longer. Although Microsoft is still trying to add servers and eventually post the download link on the Windows 7 website, we’ve figured out how to download the official Windows 7 Beta ISO images and acquire an activation key.

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The 25 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009

"If you ask anyone in the film industry, the year doesn’t begin until we’ve properly dictated to you our most anticipated movies of the next 12 months. Seriously, ask anyone. They will tell you that anticipation cannot exist without a road map. And said map must be provided by the staff here at FSR. It’s science."

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10 Things You Need to Know Before Installing Windows 7

Is your finger itching to install Windows 7 Beta? Don't! You MUST read this before you go down that road....

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John C. Dvorak: Can Pre really help Palm survive?

Ever since Apple showed it could popularize the once-drab market, everyone is trying to get into the smart-phone act. What that means is a touch-sensitive screen and copying the iPhone interface as much as possible.

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Fake CNN site from phishing e-mail hides a Trojan

A new e-mail that is circulating looks like it comes from CNN and links to a fake CNN Web page offering "graphic" video related to the Israel-Hamas conflict but instead hosts a Trojan that steals sensitive data....

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Embed the Free SIP Phone on your site with Doddling.com

Doddling.com is a website that provides a free service enabling you to use and embed a web-based SIP phone. You can embed the Doddle gadget on your own webpage or blog...

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Facebook updates to v2.1 for iPhone and iPod touch

Facebook recently updated its version to 2.1 for iPhone and iPod touch – now you have fewer crashes and correct timestamps for all time zones.

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"I've only slept with two men!" - Paris Hilton

Paris also said that she wasn't tempted to go down the same road as Lindsay Lohan, who is in a lesbian relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson, The Sun reported.

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Gmail about one-third as expensive as hosted email

A new report by the research company has taken a look under the hood of both in-house and commercial e-mail services, and put some numbers on the per-user costs associated with a variety of options. The surprise result was not so much that Google's corporate services come out ahead, but rather how large a lead it has on every other option.

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SanDisk Unveils Fast, Cheap Solid State Drives

SanDisk’s new SSDs offer 60GB for U.S $150 and 120GB for U.S $250 with five times the speed of 7200RPM HDDs.

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How NOT To Design A Logo

Logo design in today’s world is totally under rated. People do not understand how important a good logo is and how valuable it is to their business. This article outlines the ways in which you should NOT go about getting your logo designed… that is, if you are truly serious about business.

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Chris Brown And Rihanna's First Real Duet Leaks

For all the hubbub surrounding Chris Brown and Rihanna's relationship, there's been little music born from their pairing. Until now, that is.

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Lexus to roll out system that lets its cars talk to drivers

Along with its version of Onstar, Toyota announced that new cars will include a system that can send voice messages over the air to its drivers. Called Lexus Insider, the service will let Lexus send audio messages to owners on whatever subject it chooses, from tips on making the best use of the vehicles' features to suggestions for a scenic drive.

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Ford SYNC gets navigation tools from Telenav

Navigation services company Telenav will be powering Ford's newest in-car GPS navigation system with the very long and unwieldy name: "Ford SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information."

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Dr. Dre 'Detox' Track, Featuring 50 Cent And R. Kelly, Hits The Net

To say Dr. Dre is far from pleased that his music has been leaked would be an understatement. On Wednesday, a song labeled "Could Have Been You" from the Detox recording sessions appeared on the Internet. The record features R. Kelly, 50 Cent and Dre's upcoming Aftermath artist Bishop Lamont...

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Apple: Give Us Money And We'll Remove DRM From Your Music

Apple has dropped DRM from iTunes — and is offering to remove their DRM from music you already bought for the low, low fee of U.S $0.30 per song.

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MacBook Pro 17-inch first hands-on

Yep -- it looks just like its little brothers! Feels like 'em too, except the obvious bit of heft added by that 17-inch display. Of course, they don't have that sweet, gigantic battery inside, or that matte display option...

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Refurbished iPhones Land at Best Buy

Best Buy seems to have a good deal going with Apple, as it was the first retailer outside of Apple's own stores to carry iPhones, and now will be the first again, by selling "refreshed" or, more accurately, refurbished 3G iPhones.

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Palm Pre Impressions

The Palm Pre is going to be a killer device and it has a real shot at garnering more developer support than Android and may even approach the iPhone in terms of applications -- seriously. Here's why.

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Boy, 6, Misses Bus, Drives Mom's Car Instead

The word "miracle" can be overused. But when a 6-year-old boy drives a Ford Taurus for more than 10 miles, weaving in and out of oncoming traffic, slams into a utility pole and no one gets hurt, well, maybe "miracle" is appropriate.

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The Thinnest (Hottest?) All-in-One PC on the Block

Beyond the form factor—which borrows liberally from the new Star Trek and the iMac (the frameless black bezel looks like it was copy and pasted)—it's actually a disappointingly standard all-in-one affair...

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The Latest at YOUTHERE1.com

"We are pleased to announce the launch of our brand new social network on YOUTHERE1.com! You can now add friends, post wall messages, share YouTube videos and more! All you need to join is either a Google, Yahoo!, AIM or OpenID account. Join today and post your comments on our wall."

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How Obama Could Look in 2013 [PIC]

This photo illustration projects what President-elect Barack Obama may look like in four years.

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The Porn Industry Wants a $5 Billion Bailout

Flynt (the "Hustler" guy) and Francis (the "Girls Gone Wild" dude) are asking the government for a $5 billion bailout, claiming the adult entertainment industry has taken a huge shot to the face because of the downturn -- citing the fact that XXX DVD sales are down 22% from a year ago.

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The Palm Pre

The new-ness is underway, and Palm just debuted its latest handset, the Palm Pre. It's a touchscreen phone with a trackball and a slide-out keyboard.

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The Most Badass Movie Quotes Of All Time

From the Terminator's 'Hasta la vista' to the Joker's 'Why so serious?,' these lines pack as much punch as a knuckle sandwich.

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Opera to launch new browser toolkit for game machines, TVs

At CES, Opera is launching a new edition of its toolkit for building browsers that run on gaming machines, set-top boxes, and other places beyond garden variety PC and cell phone environments.

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Twitter Hacker Says Admin Password Was 'Happiness'

An 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks has admitted to Monday's hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama's, and the official feed for Fox News.

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Just how fast is Facebook growing?

Facebook may have become the Internet's second most popular destination after Google, according to recent statistics. But that's if you're willing to believe that the social site is essentially acquiring a small state every day.

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Microsoft Tag Released for iPhone and Other Phones

With the Microsoft Tag application, just aim your camera phone at a Tag and instantly access mobile content, videos, music, contact information, maps, social networks, promotions, and more. Nothing to type, no browsers to launch!

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Aubrey O'Day Talks About Her Future With 'Making The Band'

In October, Diddy very publicly kicked Aubrey O'Day out of Danity Kane during the season finale of "Making the Band." It had many fans wondering if O'Day would be back for another season of the show — but for now, O'Day says she doesn't see it in the cards.

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50+ Sites for Book Lovers

Books are the best friends one can have but finding the best resources for books can be a pain. Here are the 50+ resources for book lovers.

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Websites You Can't Live Without in 2009

We use most of them every day, or nearly every day, and would not be as productive or happy without all of them. Most of these are stuff we all know, love, and appreciate.

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Steve Jobs - 1 Year Apart [PIC]

A look at the health effect that the much publicized hormonal imbalance has had on Apple CEO Steve Jobs' appearance.

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50 Cent Premieres New Single, 'I Get It In,' Featuring Beat Dr. Dre Recorded For Eminem

50 Cent has teased us for months with talk — or lack thereof — about his new big collaboration with Dr. Dre. On Monday night, he got one of the hip-hop industry's most craved endorsements: a debut of the record on Hot 97 with DJ Funkmaster Flex dropping bombs of approval while the song played.

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Revision3 Launches Search and Improves Website

"We’ve got some cutting edge technology in place that allows us to index both our site’s content as well as the content within the show’s episodes! So if you’re looking for that review of Crysis on The Totally Rad Show, just type in “Crysis” in the search box on the top of the page, and boom! You get every mention of “Crysis” on our shows."

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Twitter reveals mundane lifestyles of celebrities

Stars using Twitter to post minute-to-minute updates for fans have given an inadvertent insight into their surprisingly mundane lives.

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13 Predictions for 2009

The world is showing itself to be predictable in only one way: bad news begets bad news.

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Windows Live Hotmail to get POP3 access this year?

As of September 2008, Windows Live Hotmail Plus ($19.95 a year) users have had the option of using POP3 (pop3.live.com on port 995) from any device with an e-mail application. However, one of the biggest complaints from hardcore Hotmail users has been the lack of this feature for all accounts, especially since other e-mail services offer it.

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Live Macworld 2009 Keynote Coverage

"There are some pretty powerful things happening with iTunes, and I think it’s important to share them. We started the iTunes store about 6 years ago — it’s now sold over 6 billion songs. That’s amazing."

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Bill O'Reilly is...[PIC]

Are people really searching for this?

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Aubrey O'Day Opens Up About Her Sexuality

Aubrey O'Day certainly doesn't mind courting controversy, particularly with regard to her sexuality. The former Danity Kane star recently suggested that she's bisexual, and rumors continue to fly that she posed for an upcoming issue of Playboy. Among many other things, she opened up about her sexuality during a recent sit-down interview.

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The Most-Anticipated Albums Of 2009 - Eminem, 50 Cent, U2, Black Eyed Peas

After another year that saw a serious decline in record sales, the music industry is, once again, hoping that 2009 will be the one that turns around a nearly decade-long sales spiral. And, judging from the boatload of marquee talent expected to drop new discs this year, it's possible that the bleeding could at the very least be slowed down. Maybe.

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So it was a health problem after all, admits Steve Jobs

Addressing the recent announcement that he will not deliver the Macworld keynote this year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs released a statement this morning about his mysterious health condition.

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Celebrity Twitter Accounts Hacked

A few minutes ago the official Fox News Twitter account posted “Breaking: Bill O Riley is gay” (referring to the host of the popular Fox show O’Reilly Factor), right after a legitimate message about making turkey lettuce wraps.

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New Mac Mini Stuffed With Up to 1TB Storage?

More evidence that the new Mac Minis are at least partly geared toward the cheap server market: SeeFile dropped their press release pimping support of the "new Apple Mac Mini hardware" just a little early. They specifically mention a complete bundled system with a "Mac Mini Server with 1 Terabyte of storage."

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