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.