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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Swift.fm: Easy Music Sharing on Twitter

Think of Swift.fm as a friend-powered Pandora. Users can share music tracks with friends by either tweeting in a special format or uploading a track directly through the Swift.fm site. Swift.fm also takes all the songs your friends “swift” and turns it into a custom radio station.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Web Browser Faceoff: Mozilla Firefox vs. Google Chrome

Firefox is armed with an unmatched extension architecture for power users to tweak and modify to their heart’s content. But all those add-ons tend to slow things down — will Chrome’s relative speed give it the edge?

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Sunday, September 20, 2009

50 Cent's 10 lessons for success in business - and in life

Success comes from seeking an advantage in each and every encounter, here the U.S rapper offers indispensable advice on how to win.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Beatles, Jay-Z Dominate Billboard Charts

Based on preliminary sales numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, Jay-Z's "The Blueprint 3" shifted 476,000 copies in the week that ended at the close of business on Sunday (Sept. 13) night. That will easily give Jay his 11th No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart when the new figures are released in the morning on Wednesday, Sept. 16.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Microsoft's New Zune: A Good Gaming Device?

It can't beat the iPod for music, but it could become a gaming titan if Microsoft gets developers to create Zune versions of hit Xbox titles.

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Kanye West Taking "Some Time Off" After Taylor Swift Diss

In an interview on Jay Leno's first primetime show on NBC Monday night, Kanye West blames the pain from his mother's 2007 death for causing him to ambush Taylor Swift at Sunday night's MTV VMAs.

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Google Unveils Easy-to Navigate News Site

"Fast Flip" allows Google users to view news from dozens of sources including newspapers magazines and online only publications. Its design allows viewers to flip through pages with the same ease as reading a magazine, which Google hopes will draw users who have thus far shunned Internet news.

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Sunday, September 13, 2009

4 Sites Where You Can Download Old PC Games For Free

Sometimes, developers choose to re-release their games as freeware, or sometimes they simply neglect to support their creations and let the support dwindle away. Whatever the reason, a lot of commercial games – which, admittedly, often work with a bigger team on a bigger budget – become free over time.

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Bizarre ending to Williams' title defense at Open

Serena Williams' U.S. Open title defense ended in bizarre, ugly fashion Saturday night, when she was docked a point on match point after yelling and shaking her racket in the direction of an official who called a foot fault.

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Green Day Play Impromptu Concert During VMA Rehearsal

If you were one of the few dozen stagehands, producers, technicians or reporters who just happened to be working in Radio City Music Hall on Saturday night (September 12), well, then you must be feeling pretty good right now. Because you were lucky enough to witness a very special, very off-the-cuff concert by Green Day.

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2010 Lamborghini Reventón Roadster Photos Leaked [PICS]

With the plethora of hot metal being released at this month’s Frankfurt auto show, it’s of little surprise that stuff keeps trickling out. We can now add the 2010 Lamborghini Reventón Roadster to the list of too-hot-to-hold-onto reveals, as the first pictures of the topless, road bound cruise missile have surfaced.

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

BREAKING: Facebook Introduces @Mentions in Status Updates

One of Twitter’s strongest features is the @reply, where you can direct a message to someone else on Twitter by typing @ and then their username. Facebook, which is trying to emulate some of Twitter’s best features, doesn’t have anything similar in the News Feed. In short, it’s not easy to have a public conversation.

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Whitney Houston Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200

Like a true diva, Whitney Houston returns to the Billboard 200 in grand style. "I Look To You" becomes Houston's fourth No. 1 album on the chart, debuting with 305,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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50 Cent Talks Money With CNBC

Fif continues his promo tour down the dial with CNBC. This time, he speaks on how he switched his hustle.

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PRICE CUTS: iPods Get Cheaper, Making Room For…Better iPods?

Guessing what Apple is going to show us at today just got a little easier, as prices for all iPods in its roster have fallen quite dramatically.

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