The public is going to be musically assaulted

Thankfully there are no plans for Paris Hilton to do some actual singing. Perhaps they will program a robot to do the music so that she can just sit there and look pretty. This socialite is not afraid to go to places which other high born ladies fear. She will be playing an hour long set behind the decks. This will be at the Pop Music Festival which is scheduled to take place on the 23^rd of June in Sao Paulo (Brazil). Her set will follow performances by Jennifer Lopez, Fatboy Slim and Kelly Clarkson. It is said that Train and Ziggy Marley are also expected to perform at the prestigious festival.

The reality television veteran was speaking to Billboard about her latest venture: “I cannot wait to DJ for the first time in front of thousands of people. I have been a part of the music scene and club scene since I was 15’. Paris Hilton says that she has been passionate about club music and she respects the role of a DJ. She now wants to share all her hard work with the rest of the world. There are rumors that she is working on a new album with Snoop Dogg.  Of course her 2006 debut album ‘Paris’ was an unmitigated disaster.

Some people might be surprised that Jenelle Evans has progressed this far with Gary Head. They have been dating for only 5 months and given her previous problems with relationships, the engagement might be considered to be rather quick.

It was on the 8^th of April that she sent a message complaining that the relationship was going sour: “I’m very depressed. Me and Gary broke up for good.” This was then followed by a brief fling with her former flame Kieffer Delp. She then called it quits again and now we hear that she is getting engaged to the man that she was supposed to have given up for good.

Are you finding it all a bit confusing? Pity the audiences of ‘Teen Mom 2’ who have to put up with all these dramas on a regular basis.  Gary Head is 22 and is credited with supporting Jenelle Evans during her histrionic boob job which she had earlier this month. Apparently she went from a B to a full C: “Gary took care of her when she was recovering, and that made it solid to her, that he was really there for her”. He has given her a princess cut solitaire diamond ring to celebrate their engagement.

You could see Jennifer Lopez’s famous booty as she pouted for the cameras. It is said that J.Lo recently turned to Tracy Anderson for help. The fitness guru was meant to help her get ready for the stage and we all know that every mistake is magnified by the cameras. That is probably why Jennifer is picture perfect in her latest photo shoot.

The busy mum of twins (Max and Emme are 4) was pressed for time to achieve her ideal weight. Moreover she had recently split with her children’s dad Marc Anthony. Finalizing the divorce meant that there was little time to prepare for all those American Idol engagements.

When asked about the kinds of things that she does, Tracy Anderson was frank in her response: “We skip dance cardio, since she (Jennifer Lopez) is always rehearsing, and do legs and arms”. Clearly all those efforts in the gym have paid off. The singer looks absolutely sensational in the photo shoot and there is no doubt that her next music video is going to be equally sizzling.

How will this innovation work and will it be effective?

There are many ways in which consumers could use the flexible displays. For example the device could be fitted into a curved screen. Various phones and tablets could make use of this new technology especially when dealing with the stiff competition on the market today.

Jennifer Colegrove is the NPD DisplaySearch vice president in charge of emerging display technology and she has been commenting on the developments. “It’s completely impossible to see any Apple product with flexible AMOLED this year…However, I do believe Apple display engineers are constantly looking into new technology to put into their products, and OLED is one of the technologies they are looking at.”

Are we being deliberately teased about the new technology? It seems that Flexible Displays are the new thing but companies are not yet able to guarantee production. The version that is proposed by Samsung has some advantages when compared to the current display technology. First of all it is unbreakable. This is because it does not use glass but instead employs plastic polyamide. It is very lightweight and thin. However the material has also been described as being ‘rugged, and unbreakable’. This is ideal for those companies that want to offer their consumers something special. According to Colegrove, there are practical considerations. Frank Gillett from Forrester agrees:  “Apple is very function oriented. They figure out the function, and then make it appealing and useful”.

Paying attention to the consumer

At the moment there are various devices such as the Nokia Lumia 800 which appear to have a slightly curved display but in reality this is just an illusion. The Flexible Displays will give the companies much more room to improve the design of their gadgets. Eventually you could have a mobile phone that can be curled up like a sheet of paper. This is amazing stuff!!!

The so-called Nexus device, using the similar Google name will be powered by next version of Android mobile OS, known as Jelly Bean, with a line of devices which are expected to hit market during Thanksgiving.

This new direction, first reported by Wall Street Journal relying upon unnamed sources, goes parallel with several reports that indicated that the search engine giant will work with Asustek hardware maker to launch a complete Android Tablet, Google Play probably in June to sell for $200.

This device is viewed as a way for Google to compete against $200 Kindle Fire as well as Barnes & Noble’s Nook tablet that are powered by forked Android versions that minimize user’s dependency on Google service as well as apps, according to analysts.

Based on unnamed sources of Wall Street Journal report Google is planning to provide several mobile device makers early access to the new Android releases like Jelly Bean or Android 5.0 and sell those devices directly to the consumers.

According to witnesses, the aircraft clipped wings and burst into flames. The debris that landed on the houses resulted in a huge fireball in the residential area.

The aircraft were two-seater, propeller driven planes. According to Mohammad Hussain, who is a police officer in the district, the debris area was immediately cordoned off and rescue work began. The injured were taken to a local hospital, but the condition of those civilians is not known.

In the last seven months, there have been six Pakistani Air Force aircraft crashes. It’s also the second one in less than a week. There are many who are now questioning how safe the aircraft are. Most were made in China; however, some were made in Pakistan. There is also a fleet of Mirage III and Mirage 5 jest that were made by France. Seven Mirages have crashed since 1968 and the Pakistani Air Force has slowly been replacing the fighter jets with the JF-17 Thunder, a Chinese made aircraft.

A Mirage fighter jet crashed near Sonmiani; however, the pilot was able to eject without any injuries. There were no casualties on the ground.

The aircraft that crashed were Mushshaks, which is the aircraft that the Pakistani Air Force normally uses for training. These aircraft have crashed six times – June 2011, December 2010, April 2010, September 2009, March 2009, and August 2008.

This is the largest study that compares coffee drinkers to those who abstain from it. Neal Freedman, who was the lead researcher, said that the study offers those who love their cup of Joe a bit of hope that it’s not going to adversely affect their health. The study involved both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee and found that daily consumption can help lower the risk of death from diabetes, heart disease, and respiratory illnesses.

Researchers aren’t sure why drinking coffee may increase life expectancy; however, they are convinced that it certainly does not increase a person’s risk of dying.

Last year, Americans consumed 77.4 cups of coffee and that amounted to a whopping $35.8 billion in sales. That amounts to about 3.2 cups of java each day. Recent surveys show that almost 64 percent of Americans have at least one cup of coffee each day. More than 73 percent enjoy a cup each week.

More than 402,000 women and men were involved in the study. The participants were between the ages of 50 and 71 years of age and people with stroke, heart disease, and cancer were not allowed in the study.

The study results that were reported sowed that men who consume between two and three cups of coffee each day had a significantly lower risk of death, especially from diabetes. The risk decreased in men by 14 percent from heart attack, 25 percent from diabetes, and 17 from respiratory disease. For women, the results were quite similar. Women had a 23 percent lower risk of death from diabetes, 15 percent lower from heart disease, and 21 percent from respiratory disease. Those who drank even more coffee each day had even lower risks of dying.

The reported, according to the official, was presented to the United Nations Security Council and was intended to provide information to aid in the level of sanctions against Iran. This report comes as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that weapons were coming into Syria to the opposition and rebel forces through Turkey and Lebanon. Assad was speaking with Russia 24 and added that you can’t stop the smuggling of arms into the country, but closing the borders could slow it down. In addition, Assad blames the “Arab Spring” for the current “chaos” in Syria.

The government in Syria has greatly restricted the movements of journalists and many are not even allowed in the country. That makes confirming the reports of violence and casualties very difficult. Assad blames the violence on armed criminal gangs and terrorists, whom he says are funded by foreign countries. However, the opposition says that Assad is trying to link their efforts to topple his regime with terrorists. Assad calls the “Free Syrian Army” nothing more than criminals that have done nothing but violate the laws of the country for years. In fact, Assad has tried to link the opposition with al Qaeda.

As for the sanctions in place against Syria, Assad said that they are having a negative effect on the economy in Syria. However, he said that the main element of Syria’s economy is agriculture, which sanctions have little effect on.

Mary Kennedy’s family released a statement earlier this evening confirming her death and said that their hearts are with Mary’s children. There were no other comments given in the statement, which was read by a family’s attorney.

While the police have not confirmed the cause of death, they did say that her body was found on the Kennedy property in an outbuilding. There have been multiple reports citing undisclosed sources that say she committed suicide.

 Mary Kennedy was the second wife of Robert Kennedy, Jr. The two were married for 16 years when Robert filed in 2010 for divorce. The couple married when Mary was six months pregnant and only a month after Robert’s divorce was final from Emily Black. She was known to have a problem with alcohol and was arrested for a DWI just three days after her husband filed for divorce. Her driver’s license was suspended and she paid a $500 fine. A few months later, she was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs. The judge in the case dismissed the charges later after prosecutors couldn’t prove that she knew the prescription medication she was taking could impair her driving.

Mary Kennedy was an architect and a passionate advocate for green designs and green living. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr is the nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy and the son of the late Senator Robert Kennedy. He is an environmental attorney, a published author, and has served in New York City as the assistant district attorney.

In the meantime, the game was sidelined for a while as Naughty Dog was pretty cheap in providing additional details about “The Last of Us” game.

But, after this short break, the people over at Naughty Dog return with a new trailer of the game which you can view below.

“The Last of Us” tells the story of Ellie and Joel, two survivors of a world decimated by a pandemic which spread with the help of infected ants. Slowly, the human civilization is starting to disappear and a handful of uninfected people are starting to lose their last shred of humanity in their attempt to survive.

According to the developers of the game, The Last of Us, uses survival horror and action elements to tell a story that should, again, provide revolutionary cutscenes. Bruce Stanley and Neil Druckman are behind this game, the same couple which also worked on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.

“The Last of Us” might be released at the end of this year or in the first quarter of 2013 ( we don’t know the exact release date ) and it will only be available for Playstation 3.

This put pressure on smartphones manufacturers to create faster and more intuitive interfaces.

The HTC Sense from HTC is still up there, although the company still has to improve some language bugs.

LG presented LG UI 3.0 and the company says the interface is not intrusive. LG focused on simplicity. The interface brings Icon Customizer which allows a photo to be set as a shortcut for an application. LG UI 3.0 also integrates some vocal commands, similar to S Voice from Samsung.

The new LG UI 3.0 interface will debut on LG Optimus 4X HD, and the phone will arrive in Europe in June of 2012.

It will also be available on smartphones such as Optimus II LTE but this phone won’t be available on all markets.

Google recently introduced a new tool in Google Docs, a tool named Research which allows us to easily create articles and studies by using online content. The new feature comes under the shape of a toolbar in the right side of the screen and can be activated using the Tools > Research menu.

The new Google Docs toolbar will help you find content easier, but also images and articles without leaving the page where you are editing your document. All you have to do is drag & drop new photos or pieces of articles and references will automatically be added at the bottom of the page.

If you are paranoid regarding the images you can use in your article, you can instruct Google Docs to only display Creative Commons images.

Although this new feature might prove to be pretty hard to adopt on the short term, it might provide some very good results on the long time.

Although negotiations are still at the beginning, Sony and Panasonic might also attract new partners into this new business venture.

Such partnerships are stimulated by low sales numbers, mostly caused by the flood that happened last year and which still have consequences on the market.

The OLED Technology allows HDTV manufacturers to create more efficient displays. OLED TV’s are thinner than LED and Plasma ones, because they do not have retro illumination layer. OLED displays can also be used in flexible screens.

Regarding the high costs involved to manufacture such displays, this reality is caused by the fact that manufactured in low numbers these displays do not provide expected results. When they enter mass production we can expect lower production costs, and consumers will be able to buy devices at lower prices.

The new Optimus UI 3.0 promises to bring new set of improved features along with novel Quick Memo function. With this new feature, users can directly write or scribble text on the home screen of the phone. Not only that with the help of this new feature users can share the same scribbled message via social networks, text messages and even emails.

With the latest Optimus UI 3.0, one of the first visible change is  on the lock screen that let the users to swipe in any direction in order to unlock the device. LG has moved a step ahead with usual Pattern Lock. The latest Pattern Lock system in Optimus UI 3.0 let users to set a customized app that opens automatically after the phone screen is unlocked.

Another feature is also included known as Voice Shutter that captures images based on voice command of the user only.

A plane carrying several of the series’ stars crashed into a forest. There are several lives that are held in the balance – Meredith, Derek, Mark, Lexie, Cristina, and Arizona. Shona Rhimes, who is the show’s creator, recently spokes with The Hollywood Reporter and said that there would be a “pretty big death” on the finale. She’s not talking about some guest on the show, either. Rhimes said that the death shocking and that it was very hard to write. She also said that it was very hard for the cast and crew to kill off one of the characters that is so much a part of the heart and soul of the show.

“Grey’s Anatomy” debuted in 2005 and it follows the lives of several interns, residents, and doctors at Seattle Grace Hospital. It’s received many awards, including a Golden Globe for the best television drama series. It has also been nominated twice for two Emmys for outstanding drama series. In total the show has won three Emmys. It consistently has over ten million viewers each week and more people record it the show than any other.

If you want to know who is going to survive during the first six minutes, then watch the video clip. However, remember that there’s a lot more to the episode and it’s likely that things are just going to get a lot worse. In addition, the clip will probably induce a few cringes and it’s pretty graphic. However, it makes Thursday seem like light years away!

She’s been on a ventilator since she was admitted to Doctor’s Hospital Augusta, Georgia hospital. Her father, Andy Copeland, said that it has been a roller coaster ride. Aimee’s been through highs and lows, but each day that she survives is a victory. One in four patients who contract this disease die from it.

Andy said that Aimee’s short term memory appears to be returning, which is a good sign. However, Andy said that Aimee doesn’t realize just how serious the situation is. The family hasn’t told her everything in hopes that she will continue to fight as hard as she is. The hardest part is trying to talk with the ventilator tube in her throat. She seems bored with watching television, according to Andy, so she’s doing a lot of reading.

Aimee has received an astonishing 177 units of blood since she was admitted to the hospital – that is over 168 pints. On average, the human body has 10 pints of blood. There are blood drives going all over Georgia as the public and students at Aimee’s college – West Georgia – are donating as a means of helping her.

A couple of the notes thanked the recipient for being a true friend. The handwriting was a mixture of both lowercase and uppercase letters. The recipients of the packages, though, have no idea who sent them or why. There is also no apparent link between the people who received the packages, at least none that police can find.

Allyson Ealam, a Senior Sergeant with police said that the packages probably don’t have anything to do with a marketing scheme, but they could be a prank. As a precaution, New Zealand Customs and Interpol are investigating the return addresses on the packages, which are all different. It’s possible, according to both agencies that someone is trying to use the packages as a “test run” for laundering money or shipping drugs.

Ealam said that those who received the packages did the right thing by contacting law enforcement and encouraged anyone else who received such strange gifts in the mail to do the same thing. Ealam said that perhaps someone in France had just come into a lot of money or won the lottery. Perhaps it is just someone being really nice. For right now, police believe that it was simply someone’s gesture of good will. Some of the media has joked that perhaps the French sender only wanted to ensure that the recipients had great hair.

Bieber said that it’s simply a matter of him wanting to be in control. Scoot Braun, Bieber’s manager, takes some credit for that. He’s always said that Bieber had to hold himself to a high standard. Braun said that above all, Bieber doesn’t want to blow what he’s managed to achieve.

However, there’s likely another reason why Bieber keeps his nose clean. As one of the most recognized performers on the planet, he can’t go anywhere or do anything without the paparazzi hounding him. The teen heartthrob said that he really tries to keep his guard up anymore because you simply can’t trust anyone in the entertainment business.

One of the realizations that surprised Magary after sitting down with Bieber is that the superstar is still a kid. He still calls out “Good Night Bitches” when he walks out of the studio and draws an occasional penis on whiteboards.

This wasn’t disappointing to Magary, though. For the time being, Bieber should still be a kid. He’s only 18 and there’s plenty of time to grow up yet. However, Bieber does stand up for what he believes in, though. Magary watched as some of his business advisors made fun of Kim Kardashian and the fact that she was wearing white. Bieber said that people need to lay off Kim because she works hard. If anyone should know about working hard, it’s Bieber. But it’s also nice to see that he’s still teenager who really just likes having fun.

Sweat said that his decision to forgo the NFL is due to three concussions that he received while playing at Ohio State. He suffered the third concussion in the middle of senior year and it was a serious one. Sweat said that he had started to feel better earlier this year; however, as the Cleveland Browns’ camp date approached, he slipped in the show. His concussion symptoms returned and that was the final straw for Sweat, so to speak.

Sweat said that his fall scared him and he realized that football was not worth risking his health for. He said that it was too important to him have to a life and a family after football. Sweat said that Junior Seau’s recent death, as well as several other former NFL players, did not really factor into his decision.

Normally, Sweat’s decision wouldn’t be news, really, except that concussions are big news in the NFL right now. There are more than 1,700 current and former NFL players that are currently suing the National Football League claiming that the league did not do more to inform them of the dangers of concussions or did not do enough to prevent them.

Sweat will do well in law school. He was a four time Scholar-Athlete at OSU, a three time selection for the Academic All-Star, and he interned at Merrill Lynch. Sweat has taken a lot of criticism for his decision by people who believe that he should play in the NFL and then go to law school later on. However, Sweat said that he’s going to be just fine. His father owns a law firm and that is likely where he will work.

The most obvious changes of Chrome 19 is support for tab synchronization. Similar to the already available bookmark, password, app as well as extension sync, open tabs can now be kept in step on all the copies of Chrome, on multiple platforms, including Android which are linked to same Google account.

Though Chrome 19 supports feature, the synchronization will not be available for every users immediately, said Raz Mathias, one Chrome software engineer. He also said in his Tuesday blog, “The tab sync feature will be rolled out gradually over the coming weeks.”

Google’s browser was last upgraded seven weeks back. Google rolls out a new “stable” version nearly every six to eight weeks and been on bit slow schedule recently compared to Mozilla’s strict every six-weeks pace.

Chrome 19 also includes patches for twenty security vulnerabilities. Among them eight were labeled as “high”, the second most serious threat ranking of Google, seven were labeled “medium” and the remaining five were marked as “low”.

The search engine giant also paid $ 7,500 in bounties to the six independent researchers for reporting nine vulnerabilities.

By the next few days users will start to view an extra column displayed on their Google search results pages. This latest column known as Knowledge Graph is created so that search engine can go deep inside to fulfill the search request by telling users to be more specific about what they are searching for.

For example when the word “patriots” is searched this new feature will ask users whether they are looking for information about New England Patriots football team, American Revolution participants or New Jersey’s Patriots Theater.

After user specifies the subject, the irrelevant result will disappear.

Amit Singhal, Google’s senior vice president of engineering said, “This is a critical first step towards building the next generation of search, which taps into the collective intelligence of the Web and understands the world a bit more like people do.”

Google’s Knowledge Graph announcement arrived just less than a week after Microsoft’s Bing were upgraded.

Bing has been tweaked to make it more social by including users comments, likes as well as activities posted in popular social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.

The couple that has surprised many and beaten the odds

Those who thought that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes would quickly split have been proved wrong. The 49 year old star of ‘Rock of Ages’ was speaking to the Playboy magazine for their June Issue. He candidly describes the relationship he has with his wife. They have a daughter named Suri. She is 6 years of age. Tom believes that his relationship is special: “She is an extraordinary person, and if you spent five minutes with her, you’d see it. Everything she does, she does with this beautiful creativity”. He continues to heap praise on his wife: “When she becomes interested in something, she doesn’t talk about it — she does it.”

There was a time when some cruel pranks were being played on the internet with slogans such as ‘Free Katie Holmes’. This was in response to her unexplained absence from the spotlight. Tom Cruise is full of anecdotes that portray his wife in a very positive light: “One week I said to her, ‘You’ve been up in the middle of the night. Is everything okay?’ She smiled and then threw this thing on my desk and said, ‘I wrote this script’”. He loves the fact that his wife likes trying new things including designing: ‘She has a voice and warmth as an artist, as a mother’. You had better believe that he is in love with her.

The reality television fights that never end

When she joined the cast of the soap opera in 1994, Tiffani Thiessen was hoping to have cordial relationships with her colleagues. At the time Shannen Doherty had departed amidst shocking scandal. The 38 year old Thiessen quickly struck up a friendship with Garth off the camera. The BFFs were not playing the conflict game that is associated with most reality television shows. Thiessen was even invited to be a bridesmaid at Garth’s wedding. That is why the feud came as a bit of surprise and some cynics started to complain that this was nothing more than a publicity stunt.

The tensions between Jennie Garth and Tiffani Thiessen came to a head during a 2009 party. A guest told stories of Garth who donned a stony face. She apparently refused to acknowledge the ‘White Collar’ actress when she approached to say hello. After an awkward pause Jennie snarled: ‘OK? You got me?’ Tiffani looked decidedly ‘sheepish’ as Jennie walked away. Relationships remain cordial between Spelling, Doherty and Garth. Apparently Jenni invited the 38 year old Tori Spelling to help her after the painful split from her husband Peter Facinelli. A source summed it up well: “It’s like high school friends that you fought with but now love…They’re a big part of your past!”

How did the other contestants fair?

Following a break Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas had to await their fate. She nearly broke down when she realized that she had the lowest score despite her obvious dancing ability. She wobbled last night and that might be enough to cost her a shot at the Mirror Ball. On the other hand the audience remembered her elegance and grace in the most difficult parts of the routines. In the end they were saved. You could see the relief on their faces. On the musical side Alanis Morrisette performed her single ‘Guardian’ to entertain the restless audience. It is part of her upcoming album ‘Havoc and Bright Lights’.

There was tension as Maria Menounos and Derek Hough learnt their fate. She had been hitting perfect scores and it would be a major upset if they had to leave on the day. They are in jeopardy and that is enough to show that the fans are rebelling against the decisions by the judges. Carrie Underwood who won ‘American Idol’ did a live performance of ‘Good Girl’ in the interval. Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd are safe. William Levy and Cheryl Burke are also safe. In the end we had to say goodbye to Maria. It is hard not to sympathize with the eliminated couple.

What next for the communication tool?

I am sure that many people will be happy to read original poetry rather than a collection of curated lines. However the idea is quite interesting.

It provides new possibilities in terms of the ways in which we can bring art closer to the people who enjoy it. The poetry algorithm must have taken plenty of time and resources to design. A website called Pentametron is now linked to a corresponding account on the Twitter website. It matches the tweets so as to create rather interesting poems. They are written in the iambic pantameter, a reflection of the style that was used by William Shakespeare.

The creator of the website is Ranjit Bhatnagar and he has been associated with the concept of ‘Internet-based Collaborative Art’. The algorithm searches through hundreds of twitter messages per second. It then processes them in order to create a framework that is very similar to a poem. The process begins by stripping out the ‘emotions’ and ASCII art. Each word is then cross referenced against the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. The end result is a poem of sorts although the mechanical process is evident.

Moreover, Fernando Rodney started staring at Lawrie but the umpire helped resolve the tension. Lawrie again progressed towards first base on a full count pitch which he thought was ball four but when umpire Miller called strike three, Lawrie bowed in disbelief. He threw his bat at Miller and yelled in anger and was expelled. Additionally, he walked towards Miller and threw down his helmet which landed near Miller’s feet and rebounded up into him. In a statement, Bill Miller said that when Lawrie was ejected, he walked towards him and threw his helmet in anger which hit him in the hip. Adding further, the umpire said that he was shocked by Lawrie’s rage. Bill Miller also stated that he has filed his report with MLB about the incident.

Meanwhile, Lawrie said that Miller made a late call on strike three. John Farrell, Toronto Blue Rays manager also tried to control Lawrie who is in his 1^st full season in the majors. After the 22 year old was ejected, Farrell was also asked to leave as he argued an umpire’s call.

This problem that we are referring to is the patent infringement that was filed against HTC by Apple in the U.S. The issue is still unresolved and hence the customs have kept the phone under inspection.

The patent in question is the one Apple filed against HTC which recognizes phone numbers and other credentials from a text message and allows users to add them to any other application. Although HTC has confirmed that it has changed the way how technology work, the U.S customs has still held it for investigation over the fact that the legal proceedings have still not been settled.

The phone will eventually head into the U.S market, but with the latest delay in its release is a definite blow to HTC. The company has been trying to recover from its constantly declining sales when its sale went down and with it the company value went down by nearly 6%.

HTC has confirmed that it will be working in close hands with the US customs to deal with the issue at hand in an attempt to solve it as soon as possible. Until the customs finish their investigation over the patent infringement lawsuit by Apple, the device will not be available in the US for purchase.

HTC has apologized to its US customers who eagerly wait to get their hands on the next big phone from the manufacturer. In its official statement, HTC has asked that its fans from the US remain patient until the issue has been solved. The expected time of the release wasn’t mentioned; however it is believe that it could take a few weeks before it becomes available.

Previously Google has only kept exclusive partnership with one device manufacturer at a time. The first Google branded phone that was released with the Android operating system was made by HTC. The other two came by Samsung which is strongly partnered with Google. Additionally, this will help the company to take control away from carriers who install their own applications and tend to control how the device works.

For quite some time now wireless carriers have been controlling the sales and marketing of the handsets from different manufactures. These carriers even go as far as putting in customized applications on the phone before selling it. Sometimes carriers also get manufacturers to add specific features in the phone, which is why we see different versions of phones available on different carriers. With Google’s new initiative, phone manufacturers will have complete control on their device and the applications it have.

The move also comes as a part of other manufacturers who have been upset with Google in the past. These manufacturers believe that Google only tends to work with certain manufacturers to produce lead phones such as the Galaxy Nexus. Some companies have even expressed fear that once the deal with Motorola is complete and Google acquires the Motorola Mobility Holdings, the company may help the phone manufacturer by giving the earliest possible access to the new version of Android.

A lot of phones are sold because of the new version of its operating system. Google has so far kept the newest version of its operating system for lead devices from only one manufacturer. With the new move, we may see several new lead devices in the coming future from different device manufacturers.

The app was first introduced to Facebook in January this year with the new Facebook timeline was introduced with tons of new integrated applications. Before the launch of timeline, Gogobot was still being used by several users in its beta form. After 18 months of being in beta, the application has rapidly gained popularity. According to reports by the developers, every 15 seconds nearly 5 million places are being shared on Gogobot.

Gogobot lets you share wherever you travel. The social app is designed in such a way so that you can easily share the locations and even take pictures directly to be uploaded on the Gogobot app. Additionally, any users who have used the application can suggest great places to visit to other people. The app has been helping people discover new and exciting places to go on their vacations. Furthermore, if anyone has been to a certain place, they can even write a review for it. The app also adds in a list of available tour programs to the particular area.

The Gogobot application is certainly getting quite popular all around the world. To celebrate their achievement, the application has also been made available to iPhone and iPad. Additionally, it will be made available for Android in future. The latest version of the application on mobile devices has an intriguing and easy to use interface that allows its users to comment, post and share everything that they see. The application has also been upgraded with a refined search engine that lets you search for appropriate restaurants and hotels around the vicinity of your favorite place.

When the app was first released in January, the developers had a vision to create a travel book that was more interactive than anything others have come across. Today with its user database reaching 1 million and increasing rapidly, Gogobot has achieved what it wanted in the start.

It’s quite easy to look at Bing now and say that this is indeed a much better search engine. Just like Google, it now has a lot of free area and a lot less things to bother you. Microsoft has also introduced a new middle column on the search engine web page. This is to help people determine the tasks or to do things right on their search engine. Bing now also has an interactive sidebar which gathers all the relevant information from your search results such as Facebook pages and the people from your Facebook list who may have liked the website or an article. This would help make users understand the importance of a website when they see that friends from their list themselves recommend it.

The new and improved search engine is set out to be revealed and made live on June 1. However, Microsoft has also made available the early access beta for 20% of the users starting today. If you do not see the changes on Bing today, it means you are not one of the 20% selected by the beta. However, if you go to the URL wwww.Bing.com/new, you can see the new interface in action.

The senior director at Bing has ensured that new improvements will be made gradually to the search engine. The company is currently working with social networks to integrate their features into the search page. This would further help users to figure out the appropriate pages from the search results. Furthermore, the new sidebar feature will definitely come in handy when it gets refined. Currently it does fetch awkward Facebook results but in the future we can see that if Microsoft can make it get proper and appropriate search results, it will benefit a lot of users.

If we look at the past trends, the search engine giant has launched a single Nexus phone to try the new edition of its Android operating system. Once Google tests the new operating system on one device, it then moves on to other devices. Moreover, historic trends also outline the fact that the new Android operating system always comes to one Nexus phone and after it has marked its introduction, it takes a lot of time for it to move on to other phones.

But then again, a report discovered at Wall Street Journal shows that this time, the search engine giant will be altering its approach to launch the Android based devices. The report proposes that Google might possibly be working with five different mobile manufacturers to come up with a whole array of Nexus phones but this is not it. It has also been reported by the same report that the Nexus range will not only include phones but also tablets.

It isn’t clear about which firm Google is going to partner with but if we look at clues, it is probably going to be Motorola, Samsung or Asus. However, till we don’t have any more hints or reports, we won’t put a stamp on our prediction.

One of the sources at Wall Street Journal reported said that Google will be working with five different manufacturers at one time to form a Nexus portfolio that will include phones and tablets both. The source further said that the devices will be running on Jelly Bean, Android’s latest operating system.

The source also said that Google will get the devices ready by Thanksgiving.

If the report is true, and I am sure Android fans are hoping it is, Jelly Bean making its way to different hardware makers means that the new OS will make its way to different phones much quicker than it does usually. However, the company in discussion, Google wasn’t available to comment on the speculation.

The CEO and founder of the game development studio sat down and explained about the idea of bringing the life of Jesus into a video game. He believes that video games are an excellent platform to tell stories to people, and with the current generation adapting video games on daily basis, this is a perfect moment for the company to do something good through a video game.

The game has been named ‘The Journey of Jesus: The Calling’. It will allow the players to live through the life of Jesus unlike ever before. Infamous events from history will be available for the players to not only see through but also interact with them.

Lightside Games introduced the first history based game called the ‘Journey of Moses’. The game met huge success on the social engine network with recent figures reaching nearly 2 million players. During told the press that the feedback on their new game has been great so far. The company is excited to bring another game based on actual history in a fun way.

The Journey of Jesus: The Calling follows the life of Jesus very closely. Though players will not be playing Jesus, but the game allows them to take a role of a character, that character is you being pulled directly from Facebook. Players will be able to interact within the game environment by collecting items and doing tasks to help Jesus with his mission. Because it is a social game, everyone will have the ability to bring in other players from their friend list.

The developers have ensured that the game is accurate in telling the story because they have worked very hard and made sure that the actual events presented in the Bible are there. The company plans to educate the gamers with their new religion based game which will be made available soon.

Diablo III’s developer and publisher, Blizzard Entertainment was probably not anticipating such a release for the game but the developer has to be accredited for the fact that it has acknowledged these glitches and issues. In a reply to a post posted on a forum, the company wrote that they are aware of the login issues persisting for Diablo III and they are working to quickly resolve the problem.

However, if you are playing Diablo III, here is a guide to the kind of issues you might experience. I will also inform you what these issues mean when they pop up, in case you are left in confusion about them.

One error you might experience is “Error 3006 (Demon Hunter); this error occurs when a gamer is playing Demon Hunter and the Templar acquires a shield ahead of killing Jondar. However, due to the error, in turn, the player will get disconnected or lose connectivity from Battle.net. The developer is working to solve the problem using hotfix.

Another error is Error 3005 and 3006 (Time Outs). Blizzard Entertainment hasn’t explained what this error is and what it means but the developer/ publisher of the game has requested gamers to be patient and keep trying to make the game work again.

Two more errors include Error 37 and Error 14009 and 315300: Error 37 means that servers of the game are full and dysfunctional because of high number of users trying to log in. Therefore, when this error pops up, you should maintain your cool and keep trying again. Error 14009 and 315000 haven’t been explained by the developer but if you have a Windows PC, you can work around this error through player workaround.

While playing Diablo III, you will also face a Grayed out Login Button; this is another common error faced by users when they try to use their BattleTag login information. The developer has advised players to instead use their email address and password when this error occurs, to log in to the game. Some more issues revolve around the making of the characters, while another related to a temporary outage of the services of Battle.net, which again is an interpretation of the fact that Diablo’s servers are full again. This error is broadly referred to Error 75.

In order to fix the issues at hand, Blizzard had the U.S servers shut down for a limited amount of time. The emergency maintenance started around one hour later the official release and lasted nearly three hours. According to the official statement made by one of the gamemasters at Blizzard, an official update has been released for the American servers that will fix the error messages entirely, allowing players to finally log on and play.

Blizzard has also confirmed that they are actively watching the server status and trying to fix any other possible errors popping up. On its Facebook page, while the developers were met by a lot of angry fans, some also thanked the company for working hard to fix the issues. Blizzard has urged the players to visit Diablo 3 technical support should you find any problem stopping you from logging on to the servers.

The Americas region wasn’t the only one that suffered problems. When we tried to sit down and log on our game on the EU servers with a EU client, we were faced with many errors too. The EU servers went live at 00:01 CEST but soon after they went live, they were shut down for nearly 2 hours.

The issue with Blizzard’s new game has raised a very important question; will every other popular game that requires online activation suffer from similar issues?

Diablo III is currently available to play only online without giving players any option to play offline. So if you don’t have internet in a place, you cannot play the game. The reason for making the game always online is described by Blizzard as a necessary measure to make sure the Real Money Auction House works properly.

Apple has also reduced the count of its iPhone orders, reports Sterne Agee, an analyst at Shaw Wu. Steve Agee wrote in a note directed towards investors that he discovered in his checks with suppliers that the company has taken down iPhone order by 20-25 percent, as compared to the 35.1 million units it shipped globally in March 2012.

If Apple has actually reduced its iPhone orders, the company will ship 26-28 million phone models in the June quarter but Wall Street expects Apple to ship 30 to 31 million iPhones in the June quarter and if Apple’s shipments are lower than expectations, it will affect the company’s shares in a negative way.

However, last year, before the launch of the iPhone 4S, Wall Street had predicted very low shipments of the iPhone in the June quarter but actual shipments were above expectations.

Apple’s move to cut orders of its previous iPhone models should not come as a shocker because the masses await the launch of the new iPhone. Many people are holding back on buying the iPhone 4S, which is the latest version of the flagship Apple phone, to wait and see what Apple will feature with its new, 6^th generation iPhone.

What we can deduce from this report is the fact that so far now, there are very few reports that add credibility to the new iPhone’s launch. However, from this report, it seems like there will definitely be an iPhone launch this year.

Some other reports about the new iPhone: Reportedly, the new iPhone by Apple will have a larger screen. Reports also suggest that the new phone will have the latest version of iOS and Apple will also say goodbye to the traditional iPhone casing.

Reports suggest that pirated computer software programs in Asia make businesses generate a loss of an approximated $21 billion in sales. The figure, obtained for last year, is surely a striking number. Moreover, because of continuous and heavy piracy in Asia, China is in motion, set to mark a new record in losses generated due to piracy, overtaking the United States.

The figures obtained for the Asian region were higher than those for any other region. Moreover, as compared on yearly basis, the increase in lost sales due to piracy is also noticeable. Reportedly, in 2010, the total loss generated due to piracy in Asia was $19 billion. The figures, reported in the annual report of Business Software Alliance, suggest that some serious action should be taken against piracy.

Overall, across the world, China had thee 2^nd highest loss generated because of software piracy, as the country suffered from a loss of $9 billion. On the other hand, the report reveals that China will soon takeover United States in losses generated because of piracy even though the United States market is quite bigger in size than China.

The report by Business Software Alliance reported that 77 percent of the total software found in China was pirated in 2011. Moreover, in the Asian region as a whole, total piracy was 60 percent. Moreover, in the United States, the biggest computer software market in the world, nearly $10 billion was lost because of piracy and illegally copied software.

Moreover, countries such as Indonesia and India reported high piracy rates in Asia.

According to the source, who wanted to maintain her/her anonymity, said that the social networking will add nearly 85 million shares to its Initial Public Offering and float almost 422 million shares on Friday. The information is apparently confidential, which is the reason why the source didn’t want to be named. If the reports by the new source turn out as true, the increased size of the company will make the social network to have the 3^rd biggest Initial Public Offering in the United States, after General Motors and Visa Inc.

Investors demand seems to be very strong for Facebook and its shares and there seems to be no reason why one would doubt these reports. However, the new report comes at a time when earlier on Tuesday, GM, one of the biggest automobile manufacturers of the country, said it will take out its advertisements on the social network.

According to an analyst working with Pivotal Research Group, Brian Wieser, the announcement made by GM is ill-timed but it should not affect Facebook’s Initial Public Offering reception initially as it is not a representation of the general attitude of advertisers. He also said that demand for the IPO might not be affected by GM’s move materially.

On the other hand, when asked to comment on the reported increased size of the company, Facebook declined to comment.

General Motors Co is one of the biggest companies ever to have pulled off its advertisements from Facebook, marking a dent in Facebook’s advertising strategy. The move by General Motors also strengthens doubts regarding whether traditional advertisement is actually better than new age advertisement.

The move by General Motors will be thought about by Facebook after it is done with its IPO as the first and most important thing on the social networking company’s mind right now is its billion dollar IPO. Moreover, analyst also believe that the move by General Motors, though ill timed, will not really affected Facebook’s Initial Public Offering and neither will it affect the attitude of other advertisers of the company. Moreover, when Facebook was asked to comment, it declined.

An Internet and media analyst, Brian Wieser, who works for Pivotal Research Group, said that the move by General Motors does highlight what they have been arguing over; the overall business model of Facebook.

On the other hand, General Motor Co said that it will still have its pages on Facebook, that charge no fee to set up. The company said that it will use these pages to market its cars. In a statement, General Motors said that in terms of the social network particularly, while they don’t plan to continue advertising their products there, they will stay committed to a serious content strategy through all of their brands and products, admitting that it is a very efficient tool to start interaction between their customers and make them engage with each another.

According to Xi Gouhua, the Chairman of China Mobile, while speaking to the company’s shareholders, said that they have been talking to Apple actively to discover ways of cooperation. Adding further, Gouhua, who recently took the seat of the chairman of China Mobile in March, said that he cannot let out a lot of details but added that both companies want to cooperate and are working to boost their cooperation.

China Mobile happens to be the only carrier that doesn’t offer iPhone to its subscribers. Other rival companies such as China Telecom and China Unicom do offer the phone, which has already adversely affected China Mobile due to the iPhone craze in the country.

In the next generation iPhone model, some analyst believes that there will be a Qualcomm chip which would be supported by China Mobile’s network. If this is how things turn out to be, then the technology barricade between the largest carrier and the most known tech company in the world will be removed.

Xi further spoke about the country’s plans to step outside mainland China and start offering 4G services this year in Hong Kong. The company is also aiming to become a provider of mobile services between China and the United States. However, according to some media reports, authorities in the United States might not approve the application of this two way communication because of security problems.

However, for now, if things go as expected, China Mobile may soon have something big to offer to its loyal customers.

In a blog post Mozilla said, “Firefox for Android Beta has all of the features you know and love like Firefox Sync, add-ons and tabbed browsing, plus a new Awesome Screen and enhancements to start-up and response time, graphics performance and panning and zooming.”

The upgraded mobile browsers now includes an interface that “blends in with the Android user interface,” said Mozilla. The firm also promised performance enhancements as well as third party plugins support like Flash.

Mozilla also said that the latest release supports on Android phones powered by Froyo to Ice Cream Sandwich. Though it does not yet support tablets or languages other than English, but this functionality will arrive soon.

Mozilla has asked users to test the new app as well as report for any bugs or crashes. “We need your help testing everything from the faster startup as well as response times to compatibility for specific websites and graphic performances.”

Mozilla also said that beta version uses hardware acceleration in order to improve performances with Web apps, games or photos.”

Users can download updated app from Google Play.

The program will be announced at the ESPN’s upfront presentation in New York on Tuesday, will start with campaign around upcoming NBA finals. This will be promoted  through Twitter, ABC, ESPN as well as various digital properties of ESPN.

While announcing the step in a press release Joel Lunenfeld, Twitter’s VP-Global brand strategy said, “Working together, ESPN and Twitter are giving marketers a clear and powerful way to link on-air and online social conversations around sports. It’s the first time advertisers can engage the audience around ESPN’s premier content across screens and where the conversation is happening on Twitter.”

NBA Finals program, GameFace will be integrated to live ABC broadcasts and ESPN’s NBA Tonight program with Twitter hashtag #GameFace.

Fans will be encouraged to tweet images of their ‘game face’ in campaign. The best images will be revealed on-air by NBA Tonight analysts at the end of each game.

On Twitter the hashtag #GameFace will be supported via Twitter’s Promoted Products. After Finals end, Jalen Rose, ESPN’s basketball analyst will tweet his top five favorite #GameFace entries. The winner will get tour of ESPN’s Bristol headquarters.

The upgrade cost was revealed yesterday by popular blogger Paul Thurrott who writes SuperSite for Windows.

A previous CNET report claimed that the company would charge for upgrade but had not revealed the amount. The CNET report said that program would start along with delivery of Windows 8 Release Preview.

According to Microsoft the preview will be shipped in June’s first week. If the firm follows same schedule in 2009 to deliver the release of Windows 7, the probable date is June 5, Tuesday.

In order to be eligible, customers must buy a new Windows 7-powered PC between June 2012 and January 2013.

Unlike the previous two upgrades, a 2006 program for Windows XP to Vista as well as 2009 deal for Vista to Windows 7 – this time Microsoft will not upgrade users to next Windows 8 edition, but with Windows 8 Pro, the higher-end version of the two widely avaliable at retail, said both CNET and Thurrott.

The ineligible users for low-cost Windows 8 upgrade might be able to grab a discounted copy if Microsoft offers “limited-time programs and promotions”, that the company ran during Windows 7 pre-sales.

You are probably wondering why Facebook added such an application in the Apple App Store, a company which has a lot of resources to create something breathtaking.

Well, everything is connected to how fast Facebook evolves and with the approval process of updates for applications.

Basically, Facebook is constantly improving the interface, but Apple is having a hard time approving updates.

In order to avoid being constantly linked to Apple, Facebook chose to use UIWebView application to load a HTML verson of Facebook.com. Basically, the application loads a mobile website which you can access from SAfari fater.

UIWebView loads everything slower because it does not know how to efficiently take information, like Safari does, and doesn ot contain everything Safari contains, so it works slower.

This compromise solution allows Facebook to rapidly implement updates, but the user experience is horrible.

Unfortunately, there is no other solution so you either use what you get or stop using the Facebook iOS application.

As you can see in the video below, the developers of the game insist on the fact that the story and quests of this game were designed in partnership with the author of “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels.

Also, the developers explain why they have not used the famous characters of the novels, preferring to use new characters who’s fate remains a mystery even for the fans of the books.

The heroes will be Mors, one of the Night’s Watch members, and Red Priest Alester. The two are going to travel through the realm of Westeros and they will meet famous characters like Queen Cersei, Varys the Spider or Jeor Mormont, the Night’s Watch commander.

Cyanide Studios says “Game of Thrones” RPG includes more than 30 hours of gameplay and the fact is based on the “Unreal Engine 3″ graphics engine.

“Game of Thrones” RPG will  arrive in Europe on June 1, 2012, for PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 gaming consoles.

More restrictions will be available in Windows 8 and they include options for filtering the websites that can be visited, applications that can be opened and you can also specify time intervals for using the computer.

Furthermore, parents can receive detailed reports, by email, of children’s activity on the computer, and the restrictions made on a user account are valid throughout the entire LAN network.

We also have to say that Windows 7 also has Parental Control options but Windows 8 promises to optimize the Parental Control options better.

These improvements were possible by modifying the design of the “Piledriver” processor and the graphic cores, which were created to work with a TDP of 17W compared to 35W of the old generation.

The new design allows the use of the Turbo Core feature on both cores of the processors, as well as on it’s graphic cores. Initially, this ability of automatically increasing the frequency of the chip was limited on the processor.

If we consider the fact that manufacturers can opt for adding a new separate graphics card and that it can work along with an APU to increase graphic performance, Trinity is a solution that is worth considering when we are talking about laptops or all-in-one systems.

Basically, the new AMD APU is a step forward but we must not forget that Intel is also improving it’s integrated graphics solutions by adopting DX11 and this only provides a better and bigger competition.

With the release of Chrome 19 web browser for PC and Mac, Google finished the sync feature between multiple devices. Designed, at the moment, only for Android 4.0 OS + PC or Mac, the new Chrome web browser allows you to open the same content on multiple devices.

For things to go smoothly, you need the following: the most recent Chrome web browser version installed on your computer, the newest Chrome on your Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on your device and you also have to log in to your Google account.

Besides tab synchronization between different devices, the newest Chrome version also offers fast access to Bookmarks or Browsing History from any smartphone, tablet or computer. You don’t need to configure anything because it works without problems on Mac or PC, regardless of the operating system and on any device running on Android 4.0 ICS, or newer.

If you are hardcore iOS fans, the best alternative for the same feature is an application named Chrome Sync Pro. This up will sync with the tabs opened on your PC and supports all iOS web browsers.

Both fighter jets and attack helicopters were used in the raid, according to a spokesman for the EU. The pirates have targeted the seas around the east coast of Africa for several years, targeting vessels for their cargos. In addition, there have been several hostages that have been killed by the pirates.

Michael Mann, who is spokesman for the EU’s foreign policy chief, said that this is just the first step in comprehensive plan to deal with the crisis in Somalia. Many of the ships that are targeted by the pirates carry humanitarian aid to Somalia from the World Food Program. Somalia has not had a functioning government in more than two decades. Mann also said that the EU plans to “remain active” in Somalia. Currently, there are more than 1,500 military personnel, five patrol planes, and nine ships that police this area of the Indian Ocean – all of which are part of the EU anti-piracy operation.

The new mandate for the naval forces came in March when the EU gave its approval for air strikes against both internal waters and coastal territories. While there was no information given on which member nation of the EU carried out the attacks, the EU forces in the region were joined by the vessel Dixmude. That is an amphibious ship from France that can operate as a base for 15 Tigre helicopter gunships.

The women decided to give President Obama a quiz on pop culture to see just how much he knew. Out of five questions, he missed two. The first question that stumped him was when he was asked about the sex book, “Fifty Shades of Grey.” The name of the erotic bestseller evaded the president. The other question that he missed was about Jessica Simpson. He didn’t know if the singer and actress had her baby yet.

The questions the president got correct included one about which Kardashian sister was married for 72 days. He answered Kim because he said he knew that Khloe was married to a basketball player. President Obama was asked which sitcom has a gay couple at the center of the story. He said that was an easy one to answer – “Modern Family” – because his two daughters like the show. Finally, he knew the names of three of “The Avengers” superheroes.

The president touched on a number of issues, including gay marriage, which he just came out supporting in the last week. He talked about the need for reform on Wall Street, but insisted that JP Morgan Chase was a bank that was one of the best-managed in the country. This was right after the report that it lost $2 billion in derivatives trading.

President Obama also appeared on “The View” in 2010 and that episode had more than 6.5 million viewers. This is the 15^th season for the show, which at times tackles some of the most controversial issues affecting the world today.

Garavaglia, who is the host of the Discovery Channel’s “Dr. G: Medical Examiner,” told authorities that the bone fragment was part of a skull of a child about ten years old. She said that there could be more bones at the site where the first one was found.

Dr. John Schultz, and archaeologist with the University of Central Florida, worked the site as an archaeological dig. There were no skeletons found; however, there were two skulls found, as well as pottery, pieces of 1978 newspaper, and textile pieces. When Garavaglia x-rayed the skulls and examined them more carefully, she determined that the skulls were hundreds of years old – over 900 years old!

The ancient artifacts could date between 1200-1400 and they are believed to be from South America or Peru. In all likelihood, the skulls were brought back to the United States by tourists to South America. Once the skulls weren’t wanted anymore, they were probably buried. Such “souvenirs” are illegal now, but weren’t just a few decades ago.

The skulls have an “Inca bone” which means that they are likely from Peru. The bone is triangular shaped and while it’s not only exclusive to Peru, it is one of the most common features of Peruvian mummies that were buried between 1200 and 1597 A.D. The pottery that was found is also believed to be from Peru. Eventually, the skulls will be returned to Peru for a proper burial. Garavaglia said that it was simply amazing to hold something in her hands that was from 1200.