Monday, April 30, 2012
Mac Fans Watch for Ivy-Bridge Powered Systems
Intel hints that its new chips won't power MacBook Pros, but that might mean the next-gen CPUs will appear first in refreshed iMacs.
Iranian Indie Rock Band Flees Homeland, Looks to Crowd-Funding to Finance World Tour
Shirley Halperin In Iran, a musician can be jailed for practicing rock music, so The Yellow Dogs left. Now the controversial trio from Cannes award-winning doc "No One Knows About Persian Cats" wants to play the globe and are asking "for the kindness of strangers" to help them get there.
Box Office Report: 'Avengers' Smashes Records With $178.4 Mil Foreign Debut
Pamela McClintock Joss Whedon's tentpole scores the biggest opening weekend in numerous Latin American markets and nabs the top opening ever for a superhero pic in the U.K.
Les News, 042812
Early sketches of 11 famous cartoon characters. [Buzzfeed] Selena Gomez is being sued for $1 million dollars. [ONTD!] Celebs invade Washington DC. [PopSugar] Think Like A Man continues its box office dominance. [GossipCop] La Gar�onne. [Oh La La] Radio DJ advises father to have his possibly-gay daughter “raped straight”. [Towleroad] Hitler’s Mein Kampf will be [...]
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Obama the Unseemly
James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
There's been a lot of talk of late about how "cool" Barack Obama supposedly is. But people are starting to notice the man has no class."Blue collar Democratic voters, stuck taking depressing 'staycations' because they can't afford gas and hotels, are resentful of the first family's 17 lavish vacations around the world and don't want their tax dollars paying for the Obamas' holidays, according to a new analysis of swing voters," reports the Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard.
There's been a lot of talk of late about how "cool" Barack Obama supposedly is. But people are starting to notice the man has no class."Blue collar Democratic voters, stuck taking depressing 'staycations' because they can't afford gas and hotels, are resentful of the first family's 17 lavish vacations around the world and don't want their tax dollars paying for the Obamas' holidays, according to a new analysis of swing voters," reports the Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard.
The Seven Forces Disrupting Venture Capital
For the past two years, I have read or glanced over what seems like hundreds of blog posts and thousands of tweets from people who either directly claim or indirectly hint at a disruption of traditional venture capital. For some, the factors related to the economy, that limited partners and especially institutional investors were reviewing their investment approaches. For others, it seemed as if there was too much money in the venture asset class, that there was too much money chasing too few real opportunities. There seemed to be a long laundry list of why venture capital was undergoing this shift, but never any thread that could lay out all the factors and synthesize just how each factor contributed to shift. That is, until now..
Hulu Owners to Buy out Private Equity Firm's Stake for $200 Million (Report)
Georg Szalai The deal would value the online video joint venture, led by CEO Jason Kilar, at about $2 billion.
White House Correspondents' Dinner 2012: Red Carpet Arrivals
THR Staff A look at who attended the 98th annual event, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
Baby Harper Beckham Has Been Offerred Her First Modeling Contract
David and Victoria Beckham’s blessed little girl, Harper Seven, is only 9 months old, and she has already been approached with her first modeling job offer. As the daughter of two of the world’s most famous people, Harper has become used to being photographed. In her relatively short life span, she has been photographed hundreds [...]
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Katie Couric Prepares for New Talk Show With Weekly Online Series
Michael O'Connell The ABC News special correspondent will focus on health and other lifestyles topics with "Katie's Take."
Toshiba Satellite P755D Review: Middle of the Road, With Blu-ray and Good Sound
Despite its quad-core CPU, Toshiba's 'everyday value' laptop fails to deliver exceptional performance. But it has a Blu-ray drive and good sound, and you can play your iPod through the speakers even when the laptop is turned off.
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