Thursday, December 2, 2010

TSA Body Scan 1, Kurtis Blow and Weed 0


Guess they are good for something. Kurtis Blow was nailed by a TSA body scan at LAX. The legendary rapper was arrested for weed. That's kind of hilarious.

When the legendary rapper Kurtis Blow went through security this morning, officers said that they saw "an anomaly" in his pants. Yup, that's what they said.

A pat down followed, which led them to the weed in his pocket! Since it was under an ounce, he was let go with a citation, but score one for body scanners!

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NEXT TIME, CHECK IT: Not smart, Kurtis Blow. Not smart.

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/12/tsa-body-scan-1-kurtis-blow-0/

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BMW Designworks USA flexes its eco muscle with Siemens Inspiro subway concept

BMW Group's Designworks USA -- where have we heard about those folks before? Ah, yes, that's the crew that's responsible for Thermaltake's Level 10 PC case, and we're desperately hoping that this concept has an equal (or greater) level of success in the open market. The subway car you see above is purportedly 97.5 percent recyclable, with an aluminum chassis, vivacious hues and a ridiculously spacious interior. It's being labeled the Siemens Inspiro, and it's on track to show up in Warsaw's Metro Warszawskie just over a year from now. No word on where to sign up for conductor dutie, though.

BMW Designworks USA flexes its eco muscle with Siemens Inspiro subway concept originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Version Number Is Dead. Google Barely Whispers The Launch Of Chrome 8

Chrome 8 is here! Chrome 8 is here! The latest greatest version of Chrome! Joyous day, right? Don't tell Google that. The search giant announced the (stable) launch not on their Google blog, and not even on their Google Chrome blog, but on their Google Chrome Releases blog. And in the post, they devote a whole two sentences to it. The rest is all about bug fixes. But to those who follow Chrome closely, this shouldn't be a big surprise. Ever since they shifted their strategy to release a new version of the browser every six weeks or so, the version numbers have become a mere afterthought. Before today's update, the Chrome stable build was version 7, the beta was version 8, and the dev was version 9. And I'm sure Chromium (the open source browser on which Chrome is built) will hit version 10 shortly.

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First Windows Phone 7 update will "do what took Apple three years"

If you've got a Windows Phone 7 device, chances are good that it's missing a few key features that you'd really like to be using. Features like multitasking, copy and paste, turn-by-turn navigation, and support for custom ringtones. If we're to believe the excited chatter on Twitter lately, those features -- and more -- are coming in the January Windows Phone 7 update. Developer Tom Hounsell went so far as to say that Microsoft has managed to do in three months what took Apple three years.

While that might be true, it's a much different mobile sector than it was three years ago -- and for Windows Phone 7 to launch without those functions came as a bit of a surprise. Microsoft really needed to deliver much more quickly than Apple, since competing devices ship with that functionality right out of the box.

Several devs have promised screenshots of the Windows Phone 7 update later today, so we'll keep you posted. We're hoping the update adds a built-in method for taking screenshots. How about it, Microsoft?

First Windows Phone 7 update will "do what took Apple three years" originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Angelina Jolie Hits Backs Against Bosnian War Movie Criticism

'There's one person who has a gripe,' actress says of war victim's complaint.
By Eric Ditzian


Angelina Jolie
Photo: Toni Passig/ WireImage

After initially seeking to ease tensions with a Bosnian women's group that has raised concerns over Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, the actress has now spoken out against the group's leader and called her worries out of touch with mainstream opinion.

The Women Victims of War and its leader, Bakira Hasecic, have been speaking out against Jolie's untitled film — and a purported storyline in which a rape victim falls in love with her captor on the eve of the 1992 war — leading this week to Hasecic's declaration that she intended to file a complaint with the United Nations refugee agency.

Speaking with Reuters in Paris, Jolie hit back against the criticism. "There's one person who has a gripe," Jolie said.

"The absolute majority of the people, population, the cast, prime minister, president have been extremely supportive," she explained, adding that the vast majority of the film's crew had lived through the war, which lasted from 1992 to 1995.

In October, Jolie struck a much more conciliatory tone regarding Women Victims of War's concerns, saying in a statement, "My hope is that people will hold judgment until they have seen the film."

But after Hasecic's group filed a complaint with the UN, for which Jolie is a goodwill ambassador, the actress-turned-director has become more pointed in defending herself. Previously, a rep for Jolie denied the movie contained any plotline about a rape victim falling in love with her rapist. In her October statement, Jolie said, "There are many twists in the plot that address the sensitive nature of the relationship between the main characters, and that will be revealed once the film is released."

Jolie told Reuters she initially planned to pen a screenplay focusing on the often delayed international response to international conflicts, but that her research led her to focus on the former Yugoslavia. "It kept leaning toward Yugoslavia at the time, I wanted to learn more about it and the people, the more I read and learnt, I was drawn to that part of the world," she explained. "I met artists from that part of the world and found they were extraordinary for what they'd gone through, so I wanted to give them a platform."

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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1653415/20101202/story.jhtml

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Microsoft Files for Patent on Touchy-Feely Screens

Microsoft has filed a patent application for a display screen that would dynamically give users the feeling of pushing buttons when they touch it. It filed patent application 20100295820 last week. The patent's for a "light-induced shape-memory polymer display screen" that would give users the sensation of actually touching buttons as they're displayed on a touchscreen.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/71337.html

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'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows' At The Box Office: How High Will It Go?

'This has a very real shot at hitting $1 billion worldwide,' says Boxoffice.com editor Phil Contrino.
By Eric Ditzian


Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1"
Photo: Warner Bros.

After opening to $102.7 million in ticket sales the weekend before Thanksgiving 2005, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" swept through to the post-holiday weekend and picked up another $54.7 million — just a 47-percent drop from its opening numbers.

Five years later, in a return to a November release, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1" succeeded in notching the franchise's highest 10-day launch ever. But that hefty total (an estimated $220.4 million domestically) is less impressive considering the latest boy wizard flick is only the third-largest installment in terms of actual attendance, according to Box Office Mojo.

Still, it would be enormously impressive if "Deathly Hallows, Part 1" could sustain that 10-day head start and become the highest-grossing movie in the series. Unfortunately, many observers believe that just isn't going to happen.

"I don't think 'Deathly Hallows' will be the top-grossing 'Potter' film, or even the second biggest, despite the higher ticket prices," Gitesh Pandya of Box Office Guru said, noting the film's 61 percent drop from its opening weekend. "It's running 9 percent ahead of 'Goblet of Fire' over the same release span and its lead is shrinking."

At an $895 million worldwide total, "Goblet of Fire" stands as the fourth-highest-grossing film in the series, well behind "Sorcerer's Stone" with $974.7 million (#8 on the all-time list). "Deathly Hallows, Part 1" should have little trouble eclipsing that "Goblet of Fire" sum, and some box-office experts even suggest it could zip past "Sorcerer's Stone" to become the first franchise installment to break the $1 billion mark.

"This has a very real shot at hitting $1 billion worldwide since it already has more than $600 million in the bank," Phil Contrino, editor of Boxoffice.com, said. "I could see it breaking into the top five all-time worldwide earners."

While opinions differ on where "Deathly Hallows, Part 1" will end up, one thing is certain: Warner Bros. is awfully happy about the film's performance. And when you add in home video and merchandise sales, the financial picture gets even rosier. It'll be rosier still come next year when "Deathly Hallows, Part 2" arrives — quite possibly with an inflated 3-D ticket price.

" 'Part 2' will certainly out-gross 'Part 1' and has a chance of becoming the top-grossing 'Potter' in the eight-film series," Pandya said. "New fans aren't joining the party, but the base is large enough to keep the series going."

Check out everything we've got on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1."

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