Ever wonder would it would feel like to have your entire cranium implode, just like the guy in Scanners? Well, if so, you?re in luck today. Simply read the following sentence three times: in 2011, Taylor Swift earned more money on tour than U2, Lady Gaga or Adele. If your head is still attached to … Continue reading →
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Beyonc̩ РCountdown
Countdown Artist: Beyoncé Label: Columbia, Parkwood Director: Beyoncé / Adria Petty Source: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=1236911&vid=698826 ZORAN ZIONS BAN YAHOO YAHOO XILINX
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Open Source Coopetition Fueled by LF Growth
The Linux Foundation has come a long way since initiated in 2007 as the fusion of the Open Source Development Lab and Free Standards Group. It has gained some significant members and new groups of collaborators — the latest batch including graphics and microprocessor giant Nvidia. I believe the move was driven primarily by Nvidia’s … Continue reading →
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Behind the scenes video reveals Google’s attention to search detail (video)
If you’re interested in how much detail the engineers at Mountain View pay to every element of Google’s search business, check this out. This is footage of the Quality Launch Review, a meeting that takes place every week on Thursdays. Amit Singhal assembles a room full of engineers to delve into “losses,” the company term … Continue reading →
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TED launches ‘TED-Ed’, hopes to make lessons worth sharing
Who doesn’t love filling an idle hour with a good ol’ bit of TED? Now, the people behind those share-worthy ideas are bringing us TED-Ed: a new lesson-based YouTube channel. Aimed primarily at high-schoolers, the initiative invites teachers to submit their “best lesson” in a youthful mind-friendly ten minutes or less. If chosen, TED will … Continue reading →
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The Internet Finally Kills off Printed Encyclopaedia Britannicas [Internet]
Encyclopaedia Britannica was the last word in in-home facts for nearly a quarter of a millennium, from 1766 to 2010. Now, it’s just one more casualty of the Digital Age along with classifieds and the Yellow Pages. More » Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/42SjxNBjSQE/the-internet-finally-kills-off-the-printed-encyclopaedia-britannica PLANAR SYSTEMS PEROT SYSTEMS PALM OSI SYSTEMS
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March 31 is World Backup Day 2011
Those benevolent armchair philanthropist Redditors are at it again! Four days ago a ‘self’ post extolling the potential virtues of a Backup Day exploded with 2500 upvotes and 1000 comments — and now World Backup Day 2011 is actually happening. On March 31, as part of the global data-saving initiative, you are encouraged to back … Continue reading →
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These Jeans Are Made with Denim So Heavy They Can Stand on Their Own [Fashion]
Our favorite jeans company, Naked and Famous, has made a pair of jeans out of the heaviest denim in the world. Two to three times the weight of your average high quality denim, these Naked and Famous jeans are made from 32oz selvedge denim and are so heavy and rigid, the jeans can stand on … Continue reading →
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Gargantuan SQL injection infects 3.8 million URLs, installs rogue antivirus
Over the last few days, a mass SQL injection attack has been quickly gathering speed. Just three days ago only 28,000 URLs were affected, but at the time of writing, there could be up to 3.8 million infected URLs. Websense has a complete write up the attack, dubbed ‘LizaMoon,’ but here’s the basic gist: it … Continue reading →
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HBO in talks to relax iCloud ban on Universal, Fox movies for Apple TV
Remember when it was revealed that Fox and Universal’s movie libraries wouldn’t be able to stream via iCloud to your Apple TV? The reason was that both studios were locked into an exclusive window with HBO. Fortunately, the cable channel is already entering into negotiations with the studios to relax that rule for people who … Continue reading →
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Beyonce Gets A College Course, Possible Houston Monument
By Related Artists Beyoncé Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1678096/beyonce-gets-a-college-course-possible-houston-monument.jhtml EMULEX EMS TECHNOLOGIES EMC ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS
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As Dell Shifts To Software & Services, Announces Plans To Buy SonicWall
Computer manufacturer Dell announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement that will allow it to acquire SonicWall, a security vendor specializing in firewalls, network security and data protection. The move will help Dell round out its security solutions portfolio, the company reports, which currently includes Dell’s SecureWorks security services, cloud security solutions, data … Continue reading →
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Photos | Best Artists Of 2011
Best Artists Of 2011 Related Artists Lady Gaga Justin Bieber Rihanna Drake Beyoncé Source: http://www.mtv.com/photos/best-artists-of-2011/1676028/6781829/photo.jhtml THQ TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TERADATA TELETECH HOLDINGS TECHNITROL
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Google Latitude check-in deals now available across the US
Recently, Google has been busy beefing up Latitude to make it more competitive with other location apps — and more fun to use. Location history was added recently, iOS users can post check-ins via Latitude, and now Google has begun rolling out location-based deals which are tied to the service. If you’re in the U.S., … Continue reading →
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How Forest Whitaker Wants to Crowdsource Filmmaking [TCTV]
Academy Award winning actor Forest Whitaker was at SXSW this past weekend, where his JuntoBox Films studio — which combines crowdsourcing social media technology with traditional film production — announced it has greenlit its first movie. Watch his interview with TechCrunch TV to see him discuss how technology is democratizing the filmmaking process, how Hollywood … Continue reading →
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Michael Jackson – Hold My Hand
Hold My Hand Artist: Michael Jackson Label: Columbia Records/SMG Director: Album: Illegal Business? Source: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=1102&vid=605180 MOBILE TELESYSTEMS NANYA TECHNOLOGY NII HOLDINGS NIKON NINTENDO
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Gadget Lab Podcast: Apple?s New iPad and Apple TV
On this week’s edition of the Gadget Lab Podcast, we talk about what Apple showed off at its big media event Wednesday: the new iPad and new Apple TV. Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/podcast-apples-new-ipad/ ROCKWELL AUTOMATION RF MICRO DEVICES RED HAT RADISYS RACKABLE SYSTEMS
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Bedhead Pajamas Debuts Baby Collection
Bedhead Pajamas new baby collection is not only cute, it’s super soft too. Source: http://feeds.celebritybabies.com/~r/celebrity-babies/~3/xcP-0RPC2a4/ IRON MOUNTAIN INORATED IOMEGA INTUIT INTERSECTIONS INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER
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iRobot and Texas Instruments announce plans for a future full of OMAP-packing ‘bots
iRobot, the Massachusetts-based maker of consumer and battlefield ‘bots, announced a team up with TI this week. The partnership, sadly, doesn’t mean we’ll be seeing an army of autotuned DJ Roombas — we will, however, likely be getting a slew of “intelligent and practical” robots packing Texas Instruments’ multi-core OMAP technology. Remember those words the … Continue reading →
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‘Hunger Games’ Red-Carpet Premiere To Stream Live On MTV.com!
On Monday, March 12, from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. ET, MTV News will talk to the film’s stars live from the Los Angeles premiere.By John Mitchell “Hunger Games” stars Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson Photo: Getty Images From exclusive interviews with the cast to the latest breaking news, MTV News has been your … Continue reading →
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But What’s Everyone Else Doing About Labor Conditions? [Labor]
Apple takes more heat for the labor practices of its suppliers than anybody, but it’s largely a victim of its own success in that regard. The biggest spotlight draws the loudest critics. And as Tim Cook has repeatedly pointed out, the company really does make an effort, starting with an independent audit of Foxconn labor … Continue reading →
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Brad Pitt And Ellen DeGeneres Spend Time In New Orleans To Unveil Pink Houses
Yesterday Brad Pitt and Ellen DeGeneres surfaced in New Orleans to do further work on his national fundraising campaign called Make It Right to help the city recover from the lasting devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. The project was launched in 2006 and they were there again in 2010 for the 5 year anniversary. Yesterday … Continue reading →
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Chocomize personalized chocolate: giveaway and discount code
Okay, I know what you’re thinking: chocolate on Download Squad? That’s right! That’s because Chocomize is one of the nerdiest ways to get chocolate online: it’s a website where you customize your own bar using a multi-step process. We’ve covered Chocomize before in our holiday gift guide, so when they reached out to us offering … Continue reading →
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Add playback hotkeys to Amazon Cloud Player with a Chrome extension
Sure, Amazon’s Cloud Player works — as long as you’re in the U.S. or willing to do some tinkering — but it’s fairly simplistic at the moment. There are plenty of features missing which we’d like to see added — but since Cloud Player is a Web app we don’t have to wait for Amazon! … Continue reading →
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New Firefox Nightly and Aurora logos unearthed, and how to enable channel switching
Later today, Firefox will undergo its biggest developmental upheaval ever. Mozilla-central, the source of nightly builds, will be renumbered to version 5 — and at long last, after years of wallowing around version 1, Mozilla’s rendering and layout engine, Gecko, will also have its version number updated to match Firefox. Shortly thereafter, Firefox’s new channel … Continue reading →
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Microsoft wants to put OnLive?s Windows 7 iPad service ?into a properly licensed scenario?
OnLive recently expanded from the realm of cloud gaming to providing virtual access on your iPad to a hosted Windows 7 machine, but it sounds like Microsoft isn’t too thrilled about the idea. Apparently OnLive isn’t currently paying licensing fees, making it hard for other cloud desktop hosting services to compete. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/QXTHbKR2dko/story01.htm PLANAR SYSTEMS … Continue reading →
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Avengers’ Hulk: Hardest Character To Adapt To Film?
In ‘Talk Nerdy,’ experts agree with Joss Whedon’s claim that Hulk is the most difficult Avenger to get right.By Josh Wigler The Hulk in “Marvel’s The Avengers” Photo: Marvel Studios Bruce Banner has a tendency to get angry. And despite what he says, you really should like him when he gets angry — because if … Continue reading →
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Heidi Klum Chops Her Locks To Match Her Mom
Just a few days ago we got the gorgeous, Heidi Klum’s first real perspective since splitting up with her husband, Seal. She opened up to ELLE magazine and revealed the “tornado” that she has been though. Today though we have got a happy smiling pic from Heidi as she reveals her new shorter and blonder … Continue reading →
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Justin Bieber Should ‘Stay Strong,’ Usher Says
‘All of this comes with the territory,’ Ush tells MTV News of paternity-suit drama. By Jocelyn Vena <P><a href="/music/artist/usher/artist.jhtml">Usher</a> might not have known how big <a href="/music/artist/bieber_justin/artist.jhtml">Justin Bieber</a> would become when he discovered him a few years back, but he was pretty sure he had found something special. </P><P> </P><P></p><div class="player-placeholder right" id="vid:712878" width="240" height="211"></div><p> … Continue reading →
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Photos | 2010 American Music Awards Presenter, Nominee And Performer Highlights
2010 American Music Awards Presenter, Nominee And Performer Highlights Related Artists Eminem Drake Lady Gaga Katy Perry Ke$ha Source: http://www.mtv.com/photos/2010-american-music-awards-presenter-nominee-and-performer-highlights/1649801/5165618/photo.jhtml SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS SILICON LABORATORIES SI INTERNATIONAL SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY SCIENTIFIC GAMES
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Amazon Appstore for Android Test Drive hands on: surprisingly cool, but still US-only
When Amazon Appstore for Android launched last week, one of its primary features — Test Drive — was disabled just a few minutes after it opened. With no try-before-you-buy, no refund process, and 1-Click purchasing ready to strike at any moment, this caused some problems. Anyway, don’t despair: Test Drive is now enabled. Before you … Continue reading →
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Martha Stewart’s Daughter Welcomes Baby No. 2!
Alexis Stewart has a baby boy named Truman! Plus, see more stars who welcomed new bundles of joy Source: http://www.ivillage.com/celebrity-babies-2011/1-b-16266?dst=iv%3AiVillage%3Acelebrity-babies-2011-16266 THQ TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TERADATA TELETECH HOLDINGS TECHNITROL
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Usher And David Guetta ‘Proud’ Of ‘Without You’
‘When you see R&B and pop and house, as well as electronic, come together, that’s the reality of what music is,’ Usher tells MTV News. By Jocelyn Vena, with additional reporting by Jim Cantiello <P>When <a href="/music/artist/usher/artist.jhtml">Usher</a> and <a href="/music/artist/guetta_david/artist.jhtml">David Guetta</a> hooked up for the French DJ's latest album, <i>Nothing but the Beat,</i> the two … Continue reading →
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The New iPad: How Wired Staffers? Predictions Held Up
As you no doubt know by now, Apple unveiled its new iPad to the world on Wednesday to much ado. So now that we know how the myriad rumors have held up to what was actually unveiled, it’s time to check in on how Wired did in reading the tea leaves. Which of our staff … Continue reading →
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