Cowon iAudio 9 and iAudio E2 media players make the scene stateside

Cowon-heads of the world, you are in for a treat today. It looks like not one but two of the company's snack-sized media players are finally hitting the big time. First off, the iAudio 9 PMP is due to hit the states within a week. Available in 8GB and 16GB denominations, for some reason the domestic version will be available only in black. Aside from supporting the usual compliment of media files (MP3, FLAC, Ogg, WAV, APE, WME, XviD, and WMV videos) this guy sports composite video out. Get your hands on the 8GB version for $129, or go wild with 16GB for $169. If video isn't your bag, the enigmatic iAudio E2 (all 2.5-inches of it) is also available. Sporting a bevy of EQ presets, 4GB of storage and a not entirely terrible 11.5 hours of battery life, this is the keychain you've always wanted -- but never wanted to pay $65 for. Additional glamor shots after the break.

One Force Tracker iPhone app Only for the Military

There are a lot of apps you can find over at the iTunes app store but this is one app you are not going to find. Unless you are in the military, the One Force Tracker app for the iPhone is only available from the Raytheon website and is made for soldiers who can make use of a constantly updating app detailed with friendly and enemy positions.

The gist of the app is to help enhance the military through the use of an iPhone app although it seems weird to find a soldier going off to war with an iPhone in tow. I don’t think their captains or commanders would even allow them to bring one on the training field or better yet, actual warfare.

Panasonic GF1 preview

Our hands-on preview of the GF1 - the third model in Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds 'G' system. The GF1 squeezes much the same functionality as the G1/GH1 into a body that's roughly the same size as the Olympus E-P1. We've had an early production sample for a few weeks now; just enough time to produce an in-depth preview and an extensive samples gallery (including plenty of shots taken with the new 20mm F1.7 pancake lens). Enjoy.

Microsoft Street Side

Microsoft’s Street Side does for interactive street level photographs what Google Maps did for regular maps.

You can interactively drive around the city using the keyboard and see street level photographs (left, window, front view, and right window), plus a satellite overview. This is a more effective and easier to use presentation than Amazon’s Block View .

It’s really pretty cool, though limited to Seattle and San Francisco for now.

Virgin Galactic Plans Passenger Space Travel

Richard Branson founded Virgin Atlantic Airways. Now he has joined with aviation designer Burt Rutan to form a new space travel company, Virgin Galactic. Five years ago, Mister Rutan's SpaceShipOne became the first private craft to reach space.

The spacecraft made three suborbital flights. You can see SpaceShipOne at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Mister Rutan is now partners with Mister Branson to create a spacecraft for passengers.

Enterprise is the first of five planned SpaceShipTwo planes. The eighteen-meter long craft is designed tocarry two pilots and six passengers. Testing of SpaceShipTwo is expected to begin next year. The company hopes to begin sending passengers into space by two thousand eleven. Mister Branson says he plans to bring his son and daughter and his parents with him on the first flight.

The spacecraft will launch from Spaceport America in New Mexico. Mister Branson expects his company will be able to take one thousand people into space within the first year of operation. To date, only about five hundred people have traveled into space.

Passengers will pay two hundred thousand dollars to ride to outer space and back for two and a half hours. The flight includes about five minutes of weightlessness. Passengers will be required to have three days of training before the flights. About three hundred people have already paid money for the space flights.

Virgin Galactic expects to spend more than four hundred million dollars for five commercial spaceships and launch vehicles. But Richard Branson is not the only one working to make space flight available to the public. Several other people are also building their own rockets. They include Amazon.com Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, computer game programmer John Carmack and rocketeer Jeff Greason. Yet Virgin Galactic is expected to be the first to operate its spacecraft.

Apple announces the best selling iTunes Music, Apps, Shows, Movi…

iTunes is a giant, selling billions of songs, movies, television shows, and just about everything digital. Fighting for rank is damned important if you are a creator or publisher of any digital media. Sell more, make more. Simple.

Apple has taken it upon themselves to release a list of the top apps, music, podcasts and other things. If you would like to see the whole list, click here to launch it in iTunes.

The top app list is divided into “best of” and “top seller” categories for two types of apps: general applications, and games. Apple seems to think that there is a big enough difference between them to have it fair to separate them.

So, who won? Well, instead of just listing, we will show you are a screenshot of each of the top four from each of the four categories. Enjoy, and happy downloading.

Bear Grills - "Man vs. Wild"

Man vs. Wild, the television show that proved to be something less than the life-or-death struggle it was portrayed to be, returned to the Discovery channel last night with a disclaimer:

He and the crew receive support when they are in potentially life-threatening situations, as required by health and safety regulations.

The shows have also added fresh voice-overs by star Bear Grylls to avoid misleading the viewer into thinking he was staying alive and enduring harsh environments with only a knife, a flint and maybe some water, as he claimed in the beginning of each episode.

Hollywood Reporter played couch potato during a four-hour mini-marathon last night as Mr. Grylls revealed that he didn’t actually catch that rabbit in the Scottish highlands, rappel down that Mexican canyon without safety gear, sleep in a jungle in Ecuador or build a complex shelter in a tree in Florida’s Everglades without any help whatsoever.

Hello Kitty airplane

Taiwanese airline EVA has repainted one of its jets with giant Hello Kittys. According to Popgadget, "the plane's interior features Hello Kitty-related items as well, ranging from boarding passes, baggage tags, dining utensils, and lavatory papers to flight attendant uniforms.

Pram with machine guns

Russians created new pram. it helps to be in secure!

Silvio Berlusconi Attack

Moments after a Milan attacker hurled a rock-hard souvenir into Silvio Berlusconi's face, the dazed and bloodied Prime Minister stood up on the edge of his car so the crowd could get a good look. An aide would later say that Berlusconi, 73, instinctively wanted to assure everyone that he was all right. You might also imagine that the embattled leader was eager for the world to see that - thanks to his haters - he was in fact not all right.

Italian police have identified Massimo Tartaglia, 42, as the alleged attacker. Tartaglia's father told Italy's Sky News 24 that his son had a long history of mental illness and was not a political activist. Still, one could hardly describe the act as "isolated." The political climate in the country is edgier than ever, and Berlusconi's love-him-or-hate-him effect on the electorate has only grown stronger over the past eight months in the wake of a sex scandal and renewed legal battles. Last month, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni demanded that Facebook disable a user page called "Killing Berlusconi" that had attracted thousands of friends and fans in just a few weeks.

LOL Of The Day: The Beckhams’ Emporio Armani Ads Spoofs!

We’ve seen David and Victoria Beckham’s Emporio Armani ads above. Apparently we’re not the only ones mesmerized by their sexiness. Some people even tried to pose as sexy as the Beckhams Here’s the work of 70-year-old British magician, Paul Daniels, who posed with his wife in Closer magazine, in a parody of Posh and Becks’ high profile Emporio Armani ad.

The mock ad is Daniels’ humorous retort to British tabloids who attempted to embarrass his wife, Debbie, by publishing unflattering photos of them on a beach vacation. We say, creative!

Another spoof attempted by another British comic, James Corden, who chose to imitate David Beckham’s pose.

Kaiane Aldorino the New Miss World

Kaiane Aldorino from Gibraltar was named the new Miss World at a glittering two-hour pageant that put South Africa in the spotlight and featured traditional dancers and drummers.

The leggy brunette, dressed in white-lace evening gown, was crowned as silver confetti rained down onstage around her. She clapped her hands to her mouth when her name was announced.

“I have no words,” she said when asked to describe how she felt. “I am really happy.”

The 23-year-old administrative clerk from the British territory on the tip of the Iberian peninsula was a crowd favorite after winning the swimsuit competition.

E class is gonna be convirteble!!

2010 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe and convertible enough to clearly indicate that these two cars close to a statement. The coupe will bow next month in Geneva, according to Edmonds' inside the roadster will debut this autumn in Frankfurt, in line with market expectations. It's official: E-class coupe and convertible models will replace the clock. Tire specifications convertible is still a possibility on the basis of the test found in the prototype, but the soft-top was inevitable. By a modified two door sedan version of the chassis, longer wheelbase and more interior space than the outgoing clock. The roadster is expected to share the same power system can be in sports.

New electrical car of BMW

So, this week, BMW took the time to inform us about Concept ActiveE. In fact, it is the follow up for the Mini E. In total more than 600 units of the electric Mini hit the roads this year for tests in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, London and Munich.
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In 2011 the ActiveE will also serve as a test bed for the electric vehicle that is due “In the first before 2015,” according to Dr. Klaus Draeger, Member of BMW AG’s Board.

No decision has been made yet in what cities the ActiveE will arrive, but the number may be about the same as that of the Mini E.
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Mr. Ulrich Kranz, project leader of Project-I said that new developments in lithium-ion battery technology enabled BMW to build the ActiveE as a proper four seater. The batteries have been developed in cooperation with SB LiMotive, a joint venture between Samsung and Bosch and because of their smaller size offer better possibilities for developing a normal car
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The lithium-ion battery pack of 5,088 modules takes the space of the rear seats and trunk, but in the ActiveE, which is based on the 1-Series Coupe, the battery pack that consist now of 96 modules could be ‘hidden’ under the center of the car, under the rear seats and in the front part of the trunk, leaving space for two golf bags.

New sportcar

Penned by British auto designer, Steve Everitt, the Venom GT would incorporate Hennessey's potent Venom 1000 Twin Turbo Viper V10 powerplant into a light weight mid-engine chassis weighing 'under 2,700 lbs'. Power would be run through a 6-speed transmission or optional sequential gearbox.

With a power to weight ratio of just 2.7 lbs per bhp Hennessey estimates that the Venom GT could attain 0 to 100 km/h times in less than 2.5 sec. and a 0-300 km/h time of around 14 seconds. Company founder, John Hennessey, is careful to point out that the Venom GT is not being built as a 'Veyron Slayer'. Hennessey point out, saying, 'The Veyron is an ultra fast and ultra luxurious grand touring car which also happens to be quicker and faster than any other road car, except for our Venom 1000 Twin Turbo SRT which beat the Veyron earlier this year from 0-200 mph. The Venom GT will be a much more engaging sports car to drive by challenging the driver with 1000+ HP in a chassis that is nearly 1500 lbs lighter than the Veyron.'

Opere Sonore Speakers Look Like a $263,000 Ode To Spawn

Put a small speaker on a crazy looking modern sculpture and bam! That will be $263,000 please. I'm not sure whether or not the sound quality of the Opere Sonore speakers justify such a price tag, but it does bring back priceless memories of reading comic books in the early '90s for some reason

LA auto show here it comes!

The Los Angeles International Auto Show doesn't always receive the attention it deserves. As the home of car culture in America, the LA auto show always brings out big crowds and plenty of world debuts from manufacturers curious to see what kind of response their latest creations generate. From its humble beginnings in an exhibition tent back in 1907, the Los Angeles auto show has grown to become one of the biggest new car shows in the country.

As its popularity has grown, so has the size of the LA

Facebook Privacy

The new facebook privacy settings have been put up. you can make your profile private on a post to post bases. you can make certain pictures, videos, and status' private. You must change your privacy settings so you do not show up on an ad on someone else's profile. also friends of friends can see all of your information. and you could be "facebook stalked"

Results of black friday

Black Friday went very well this year. No one died! The days sales went up only .5%, but there was still very good income. A shocking 10.7 BILLION dollars was the days overall income on all major retailors. Such as Macy's, Wallmart, Target, etc. They say that the uprising in sales was actually do to the recession. Families were looking to take advantage of all of the great deals. I know I sure had fun on this black Friday.

The new Audi a8

After a successful and extravagant debut at the Audi Pavilion in Miami a few days ago, the new Audi A8 luxury sedan is now poised to become a new challenger in the race for supremacy in the luxury sedan market - a market that features no less than the BMW 7-Series, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, and the Lexus LS.

In the event that you missed the world debut of the A8, check out this video regarding everything you need to know about Audi’s new ride. Who know, you might end up wanting one as soon you finish watching.

Large Hadron Collider starts circulating protons in two directions

Beams of protons are circulating in both directions around the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for the first time after a 14-month shutdown for major repairs.

CERN scientists said that the achievement, made this morning, brings the £5 billion “Big Bang machine” closer to full operation and sets the stage for it to start smashing particles within weeks.

Detectors around the LHC’s 27km (17 mile) ring have already started to pinpoint traces of collisions between particles in the beams and equipment, showing that they are in good working order. Engineers may now bring the two beams together in the next few days to stage small collisions to help scientists to calibrate the detectors, with higher-intensity collisions scheduled before Christmas. High-energy collisions for new physics are then expected in January.

The LHC was retarted on Friday. Steve Myers, CERN’s director of accelerators and technology, said that the first days of resumed operations had been an “enormous success”. “We have two beams circulating simultaneously in the LHC,” he said. “All this bodes very well for the detectors and the project that is in front of us, and will surely lead to new exciting physics discoveries.”

A horrible bus accident on the road

The scenario was the same as in some thriller movies when the bus has no brakes and it cannot be stopped...

A similar thing happened in one Russian city yesterday. The bus was going at a great speed and it was only on the main city street that the driver realized he couldn’t stop it. The bus overturned 19 cars in all. Riding at a high speed, the bus projected cars in all directions.
Seeing that he could do nothing, the driver opened the door and the passengers began to jump from the bus in motion.
Then the bus ran into a car and dragged it until a street pole in which the bus crashed in and caught fire. The driver survived. The exact number of victims is unknown.

45-Ton Crane Smashes a House

A 45-ton crane fell on a house in Santa Rosa, California, while it was trying to remove a 150-year-old tree. It almost split the house in two…
Luckily, nobody was injured in this accident.

Trucks Show

In western Finland, approximately four hundred kilometers from Helsinki, is located place
called Alahyarma. There was review of the most beautiful of the Scandinavian trucks - Power Truck Show.

Madagascar's Stone Forest

A couple of weeks ago, we featured a story of how NatGeo photographer Stephen Alvarez’s went deep underground to explore the caves in the corner of Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia.

This time, Stephen, along with Neil Shea and biologist Hery Rakotondravony and colleagues went the opposite way – they climbed Madagascar’s astonishing Tsingy de Bemaraha stone forest:

Evacuation of Swans in Hamburg

The swans who left in cold Hamburg were transportated to the south

Russia's Victoria Radochinskaya crowned Mrs World 2009

Russian Victoria Radochinskaya has won the Mrs World 2009 beauty pageant, which took place in the Vietnamese city of Vung Tau.

Seventy-eight participants, aged between 19 and 41, competed for the title of the world's most beautiful married woman. Vietnam, the host country, was represented by two contenders.

The final round of the competition took place on Sunday.

Victoria Radochinskaya, 31, became the 15th winner of the contest since it was first held in 1985. The PR specialist received the $150,000 jewel-studded crown from last year's winner, Ukrainian Natalya Shmarenkova.

First runner-up was Mrs America Andrea Robertson, a professional model.

The Most Detailed Apple Tablet Rumors Yet: Coming January 19

January 19, 2010. That's when iLounge says the Apple tablet will be announced by. And it'll go onsale in May or June, like the iPhone.

iLounge has a trove of new rumor about the Apple tablet. Briefly, they say it runs iPhone OS, and that there will be two tablets—one with 3G and one without—with about 7x the touchable surface area as the iPhone, with a resolution that's high enough to read books, magazines and "cropped" newspaper pages. Which is what it's supposedly designed to do: Replace books and magazines, while being a better media player and web browser than the iPhone.

Interestingly, they say that the original tablet had a 7-inch screen, but it was deemed too small, and the latest version is 10.7 inches. (Which differs slightly from the "consistent" 9.7 inches coming out of the Asian trade magazines for the last few months.)

But they also say there's still a 20 percent chance that Steve Jobs will kill it. Again. So, uh, fingers crossed, guys!

AT&T sues Verizon over 'there's a map for that' ads

Whoa -- we just got word that AT&T is suing Verizon for false advertising over Big Red's "There's a map for that" ads. We're reading the complaint and motion to stop the ads right now, but here's what AT&T says is the big problem:

In essence, we believe the ads mislead consumers into believing that AT&T doesn't offer ANY wireless service in the vast majority of the country. In fact, AT&T's wireless network blankets the US, reaching approximately 296M people. Additionally, our 3G service is available in over 9,600 cities and towns. Verizon's misleading advertising tactics appear to be a response to AT&T's strong leadership in smartphones. We have twice the number of smartphone customers... and we've beaten them two quarters in a row on net post-paid subscribers. We also had lower churn -- a sign that customers are quite happy with the service they receive.

AT&T also says its network reaches about the same number of people as Verizon's, so we're thinking it's a little miffed that it's being portrayed as an also-ran here. We'll update as we learn more, keep it locked!

1080p HD Is Coming to YouTube

We're excited to say that support for watching 1080p HD videos in full resolution is on its way. Starting next week, YouTube's HD mode will add support for viewing videos in 720p or 1080p, depending on the resolution of the original source, up from our maximum output of 720p today.

As resolution of consumer cameras increases, we want to make sure YouTube is the best home on the web to showcase your content. For viewers with big monitors and a fast computer, try switching to 1080p to get the most out of the fullscreen experience.

The world's first iPhone virus is reported to be in the wild, targeting users who have cracked, or jailbroken, their phone.

The virus, which so far appears to be confined to Australia, changes the users wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop star Rick Astley, and displays the message Ikee is never gonna give you up.

Only those users who have cracked, or jailbroken, their phones and not changed their passwords from the default "alpine" can be affected.

Security firm Sophos said that once in place, the worm attempts to find other iPhones on the mobile phone network that are similarly vulnerable, and installs itself on them.

iPhone 3GS Supreme is diamond encrusted, spectacularly expensive

Seeing as how the iPhone's exclusivity status has been slipping, it was inevitable that the bourgeoisie would invent a new way to distinguish themselves from the lowly masses. Enter a designer by the name of Stuart Hughes, already expertly familiar with slapping precious metals onto slightly less precious mobile phones. He classes up a 3GS handset with a 22 carat solid gold body, which he then sprinkles with no less than 190 diamonds. And just to make sure none of the riff raff can get their hands on it, this creation is priced at £1.92 million ($3.2 million), which places it precisely £1.92 million outside our budget. Completing the, erm, value proposition is a storage chest cut from a single block of granite, which you may peep after the break.

LG BL40 New Chocolate Christmas Edition

LG BL40 New Chocolate Christmas Edition is a brand new special edition of the already-available BL40. It should be launched in South Korea on December 10 for a price that’s not known at the moment.

The LG BL40 New Chocolate Christmas Edition is dressed in a black case with golden accents and comes with a voucher than can get buyers prizes of up to 5 million KRW (more than $4,000).

That aside, the New Chocolate Christmas Edition also has an 8MP autofocus camera, instead of the 5MP one featured by the original BL40.

LG GD910 Watch Phone review

You're not how much money you have in the bank, you're not the car you drive, you're not the contents of your wallet, you are not your freaking khakis – oh, who are we kidding, if you're reading a site such as this, you're all about your khakis. To sate that "look good, feel good" need in all of us, LG has brought out the ultimate in techie chic: a watchphone. This is not just any watchphone though, this is a £500 ($808) droplet of Orange-tinted exclusivity that straddles your wrist and demands onlookers' attention. Do the consumer in you a favor and come along past the break where we have the full scoop on the GD910.

New Nokia N900

Nokia released a few videos about Nokia newly launched N900 phone and his Maemo OS

The first video is a nice promo showcase of the N900, the second is a hands-on tour of the device presented by Jussi Makinen, Marketing Manager, Maemo Devices @ Nokia and the last one is a presentation of the Maemo 5 OS user interface.

New Nissan 370Z

"When I get hot, I go topless." So sayeth the license plate frame of many a convertible. Though it's typically employed as a double entendre, the cheeky adage actually describes the new 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster quite well. The new Z Roadster is making its world debut on the eve of the 2009 New York auto show alongside the 2009 Nismo 370Z.

We already know the 370Z is hot. In our first test, it hit 60 mph in 4.7 sec and wiped out the quarter mile in 13.3 sec at 105.7 mph. It's likely we'll see similar performance from the new the Z Roadster, but it has packed on some pounds over the base car, so expect the numbers to climb a tick or two.

New VW Passat

The rendering specialists at AutoBild have come up with images of the next Passat. It gets a bit more character in the twin swage lines running down the side of the body, a feature that is looking like the next big design thing. The front end continues the tripartite bumper design VW has recently taken up, but swaps the giant headlamps for some sleek, stylized numbers reminiscent of Audi.

We aren't sure about the sedan design. It looks like it could be a contender with character... or it could be a sedan just trying to be fancy. The wagon, however, looks pretty sexy. We'll know when we see it in the flesh, but the Passat CC is probably a good indicator in the mean time, so if you like that, then you'll probably like this.

New Jaguar very soon

For a long time, worrying about Jaguar was the only sensible thing to do. While it was never exactly clear if the marque had (ever) achieved profitability, we enthusiasts were only too happy to give them the benefit of the doubt. After all, the English automaker serially gifted us with watershed designs. Sublime mechanical creatures like the E- and D-Type sports cars, as well as the curvacious Mark II and original XJ. How could we not be totally and utterly smitten? Yet somehow, the once proud automaker eventually found itself adrift in mediocrity, turning out maligned and slow-selling products with an unpleasant odor of unreliability as the money began to run dry. When the then Ford-owned brand launched headlong into its "democratization of luxury" strategy that resulted in the lamentable 2001 X-Type and serious talk of an SUV, well, we couldn't help but grow gravely concerned.

After all, how could a company like Jaguar – a firm that prided itself not only on voluptuous design and sporty handling but also sybaritic appointments and a refined, aristocratic manor speak with a straight face about "the democratization of luxury?" The very concept was oxymoronic to the point of absurdity: when a given commodity is within easy reach of the masses, it ceases to be a luxury good. Simple as that. Predictably, it didn't take long for consumers to cotton on to this revelation, and the savior X-Type was broadly lambasted and narrowly purchased.

New 5th series coming soon

With the 2009 Audi A6 facelift now on sale and the 2010 Mercedes Benz E-Class just a month away from hitting showrooms, attention now turns to the next-generation BMW 5-Series. A class leader since its inception, the 5-Series Sedan and Touring wagon remain crucial vehicles in BMW's lineup and with the next-gen versions now just months away speculation about the final design has been heating up.

The new 5-Series Sedan is set to arrive in late 2009 for the 2010 model year and heavily disguised prototypes have already been seen testing around the streets of Munich. While those prototypes revealed few details, these latest computer generated rendering gives us a clear indication as to what to expect for the new executive wagon.

Funny story

Our dad started new Diet. Every morning he will fight against bear in order to lose some pounds...

LG’s flagship SL9000 ‘BORDERLESS’ LED TV

LG unveiled its flagship SL9000 ‘BORDERLESS’ LED TV to a string of 'ooohs' and 'aaahs' at IFA 2009 this week, where it stood out from the pack with a uniform, seamless surface from edge to edge, with no visible frame. By using a special sheet of laminate film LG was able to eliminate the gap between the screen and the bezel and also reduce screen glare. The SL9000 is also extremely thin at just 2.9cm, with the end result being a TV that appears to be a continuous sheet of smoked glass.

Although the SL9000’s design appeals when it is turned off, LG has also managed to cram the TV’s glossy enclosure with plenty of technology to ensure it impresses on the picture and sound fronts as well. An LED backlight provides for a 3,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and the set runs LG’s TruMotion 100Hz technology. Other specs include 178 degree viewing angle and 500 cd/m2 brightness.

LG XD5 Mini External Hard Drives

LG has launched a new range of external hard drives, designed to be used with netbooks, the LG XD5 Mini External Hard Drives.

The LG XD5 Mini External hard drives feature 2.5 inch hard drives, the drives measure just 13mm thick and come in a range of colors and sizes.

The drives are available in 320GB and 500 GB capacities, and a choice of colors which include white, black, red and pink, and they come with a SATA II interface for faster data transfer.

The LG XD5 Mini External Hard Drives will be available in Korea initially, the 320GB model will retail for about $86 whilst the 500GB model will retail for $120.

There is no word on when we will see them in the US and Europe.

Our President Doesn't Tweet

Obama let people know at a press release that he doesn't use twitter, but is an advocate for the new technology.

40 hours of GTA straight forward

"I think staying away from coffee and eating dates during my game helped me to stay alert and fit," Patnaik said. I guess he was talking about "dates" the fruit, because a marathon video game player couldn't possibly be talking about the company of women.

Why am I telling you about a marginally difficult record in an older game during a play-session that took place in a faraway land? Because kids today are wimps, even in Mumbai.

Guinness rules stated that Patanik got a 10 minute break every hour, and he managed to go for 40 hours and change. Compare that achievement to the records set by marathon dancers of the 1920s. When the "walkathon" craze was at its peak in the 1920s and 30s, dancers remained on their feet, continuously moving, for thousands of hours... and they only got a ten minute break every hour. In 1930, Mike Ritof and Edith Boudreaux danced for 5,152 hours straight at a ballroom in Chicago. That's six months of continuous movement. At the end of it, they won $2,000. Ritof and Boudreaux would laugh at 40 hours sitting in a chair, playing a video game.

So, Chirantan Patnaik, call me back when you've played a video game for half a year straight, and then I'll be impressed. I think I could easily play a game for 40 hours. I've played games for 12 hours in a row without thinking about it. What about you? What's your longest gaming-time?

The Sexiest Man Alive: Johnny Depp

Break out the Bordeaux, the whoopee cushions and the bangin 'Keith Richards guitar solos, because the 2009 Sexiest Man Alive party is officially under way. Bringing the fun with him wherever he goes - whether it's onscreen in fizzy roles like Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise or at home with his family on their private Bahamian island - is just one reason why Johnny Depp, who also scored the honor in 2003, has joined an elite club of two-time SMA title holders (only Brad Pitt and George Clooney have matched the feat). At 46, the father of two still reigns as Hollywood's most irresistible iconoclast; as one-of-a-kind as his beloved 15-year-old boots and as smoldering as his favorite Cuban cigars.

Samsung Omnia II

We finally got a good, hard look at the Verizon-customized version of Samsung's Omnia II, and we've got good news and bad news: the good news is that the phone's a darker, more reasonable shade in person than it was in that press shot we'd seen before, but the bad news is that we've confirmed it's running 6.1. Anyone daring to release a 6.1 phone at this point is at serious risk of getting laughed out of the room unless they offer an upgrade path mere minutes afterwards, so we're hoping that by the time this is on shelves, it'll either be running 6.5 out of the box or there'll be an update program announced in conjunction with the release. Otherwise, the display's absolutely phenomenal (indoors, anyhow) and TouchWiz seems to work as well as it did on the original model, though scrolling through menus got a bit laggy at times - isn't it kinda weird that a years-old platform can practically max out a circa-2009 device? Check out a quick gallery below.

179,997 Comlaints

Family Gay promo

The Federal Communications Commission (those guys in the PTV episode of Family Guy!) releases a Quarterly Report of indecency complaints every 3 months. As detailed in this report there were 578 complaints in January, then 505 in February, and then a crazy 179,997 in March! That happened to be the month that Family Gay aired on Fox (brain-dead horse, Peter being injected with gay gene etc) and the PTC weren’t too happy with this. They put out an Action Alert Against Family Guy urging the public to take action and complain to the FCC. Whilst their is no direct link, it sounds like Family Guy probably managed this outstanding feat!

Google Music

None of the companies involved will confirm the new Google Music service - we have "no comments" or absolute silence from Google, LaLa, MySpace and iLike. But the new service is all but confirmed. And we have the screenshots showing how the service, which will be announced on October 28, will look to prove it.

"NEW MOON"

New Moon opened Sunday the 20th (in case you died and didn't hear about it) and its no surprise every single teenage girl across the US went to see it. New Moon broke new records, opening with $140.7 million gross over the three day weekend and $258 world wide!!. It also opened on Midnight with the highest Open Day gross, reaching over $72.7 million.

Man crashed Bugatti

Andy House isn't just the man who crashed his Bugatti Veyron into a lake. He's also the man who owns the repaired Ferrari Enzo crashed by actor Eddie Griffin. Holy super car t-shirt meme crash overload!

House himself confirmed to us he owns the Enzo crashed by Griffin. Ironically, the business House owns is Performance Auto Sales, which sells repaired exotic cars. According to House he's one of the largest salvage auto dealers in the world. We asked him if the car was salvageable or not and here's what he replied in an email:

Not sure if the car is salvageable yet, have not had a chance to go survey the damage. I am one of the largest salvage excotic dealers in the world. This car should be repairable but at what cost Im not familiar with. This was a personal car and one that I was very proud of.. it is by far the nicest car that I have ever owned, looking to replace it now!