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Rabu, 28 April 2010

Mike Tyson Gabourey Sidibe On “The View” Next Week

A dose of star power is on its way to ABC’s The View next week. Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe and former world heavyweight champion “Iron” Mike Tyson will appear on gabfest, the network announced on Wednesday. Sidibe — who won an Oscar nomination for her acting debut in the critically-acclaimed drama Precious — will be making her first appearance as a guest co-host next Tuesday, May 4.

On Friday, May 7, Tyson will visit daytime’s favorite cackling hens. It will be the first time that Mike’s shared the stage with Babs Walters since her memorable interview with Tyson and then-wife Robin Givens on ABC’s 20/20 22 years ago.

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Senin, 19 April 2010

CrunchGear Week in Review: Look to the Sky Edition

Here are some stories from the past week on CrunchGear:

The User’s Manifesto: in defense of hacking, modding, and jailbreaking
Hands-On with the Kin 1 and Kin 2
Hyper Telescope: Bandai’s new “science toy” for kids
EasyBloom Plus allows nerds to garden like a pro
Ancient art of origami applied to complex fabrication techniques

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Kamis, 08 April 2010

Apple refreshing the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air line next week?

Nicholas just voiced a valid question in the always-entertaining but private CrunchGear chatroom, “Why would I pay $1,500 for a Core 2 Duo in 2010?” He then answered it by saying, “I wouldn’t.” Well said, sir. Apple’s current crop of notebooks are a slap in the face to its customers, but maybe Apple will finally catch up to HP, Dell, Acer, Gateway, Lenovo, Alienware, Asus, MSI, Sony, and Toshiba next week if this rumor pans out.

According to an Austrialian Macworld tipster, the entire MacBook Pro line is getting updated. We can only assume that the line will get Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs, new GPUs, and maybe even USB 3.0. But then again, we’ve been talking about MBPs getting these specs for nearly six months now so who knows.

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Selasa, 23 Maret 2010

Sirius XM proves its worth this week with Winter Music Conference broadcasts

There’s one week per year that there’s reason to listen to Sirius XM beyond XM Channel 202 The Virus. That’s right, it’s Winter Music Conference time, a time when the world’s top DJs and producers descend upon Miami and have themselves a good ol’ Dionysian time. House music, trance, progressive, Dutch tourists trying to find food that won’t kill them, etc. It’s a good example of what satellite radio could have been.

It’s probably not too crazy to call Sirius XM a niche product, and I’m fine with that. Again, so long as I get to hear the occasional healthcare rant by Anthony, or hear Fez flip out on interns, I’m more than happy with Sirius XM. Every single other channel could disappear and I wouldn’t mind one bit.

Aside from this week! On Channel 80, Area, today begins Sirius XM’s annual broadcast of the Winter Music Conference. It’s basically a five-day electronic music party. Now, electronic music isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time, but I can think of no better music to accompany a late night World of Warcraft grinding session.

Surprisingly, Sirius XM usually does a good job in broadcasting the festival. It’s non-stop: coverage from various parties, live DJ sets, interviews with producers, etc. “Oh, so that’s what Chris Lake sounds like!”

So yeah, the one week of the year that my Sirius XM dial leaves Channel 202 The Virus for any amount of time. As soon as I hear “Satellite of Love” at the end of Ron and Fez, it’s WMC time.

I haven’t really paid attention to that whole scene in the past year—who’s the big name producer these days?

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