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Google TV is going to be very interesting. It is far from a certainty that it will be more than Apple TV in terms of consumer sales. From a first glance the Marketplace is the most important and interesting element of the announcement. As a development platform, Android creates the potential for untold unique and interesting applications that could capture users imagination. Early on, I don’t think TV oriented apps will have the most impact. If I understood the announcement, in the beginning of 2011, there will be an Android Marketplace. The money and the opportunity won’t be in TV apps. It will be in gaming and social apps. The low hanging fruit will be in taking apps that work on facebook and Iphone/Pad and moving them (if they haven’t already) to the Android platform and upsizing them to take advantage of working on a big screen. The Google TV box could be a very cool and hopefully inexpensive gaming console. That is where the money will be. What about TV ? The success of G...

They were textbook Trump, the lingerie photos of Miss USA hopefuls that spread across the Internet this week. News outlets tripped over each other trying to be the first to call them a publicity stunt, plain and simple. Well, yeah. Professional outlandishness is the Donald’s forte — and no one needs the profile boost like Miss USA, who, after 58 years, is looking over the hill. Still, there are things besides a black mesh corset that could turn this trainwreck around. Not in time for today’s edition, of course. But, Mr. Trump, if the pinup shots don’t leave you rolling in ratings, there’s always next year. A makeover, in the most literal sense. We know what we’re getting when we tune into a pageant: stiff smiles, shellacked hair and spackled faces. In other words, the epitome of beauty, circa 1952. Times have changed. Compare the painted-doll look with the glowy, tousle-haired models gracing magazine covers and the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway. That’s what brings in viewe...

Red Bull Racing announced today that Sprint Cup Series driver Brian Vickers will miss Sunday's Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway because of a recent diagnosis of a medical condition. According to a release from the Red Bull Racing team, the 26-year old Vickers was hospitalized Wednesday evening "and continues to undergo testing and further evaluation." Casey Mears has been tabbed to fill in for Vickers in the No. 83 Red Bull Toyota at Dover. "It is unfortunate that I will not be able to participate in the Dover race," Vickers said in the release. "Casey is a good friend of mine, and I know he will do his best for the No. 83 team this weekend." Vickers sits 20th in the Sprint Cup Series standings. Mears raced full-time in the Sprint Cup Series from 2003-09, spending time with Chip Ganassi Racing, Hendrick Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing. He has made 254 career Sprint Cup Seri...

How Edmund de Rothschild Managed to Let 179 Governments Pay Him for Grasping Up to 30% of the Earth Woe to him that … establisheth a city by iniquity!… that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity (Habakkuk 2:12-13) Summary: After Edmund de Rothschild’s statement, without basis, at the 4th World Wilderness Congress in 1987, that CO2 is the cause of a non-existent global warming – and that combating it needs money (our money), he founded the World Conservation Bank for this reason. In 1991 its name was changed to The Global Environment Facility (GEF). The purpose of this facility is to lend money to the poorest countries, printed by the IMF out of thin air, and with the guarantee of our governments. The facility takes wilderness areas with mineral riches as security. The GEF money is then to flow back to our governments as reimbursement for paid loans. I.e. We give away our tax money. For what? When a country cannot repay loans to...

There’s Nothing Good About The Ham Game: Christine Staub : This week on “The Real Housewives of New Jersey”, Danielle Staub has flashbacks, Jacqueline Laurita gets backhanded, figuratively speaking, from Caroline Manzo and Teresa Giudice , and fatback makes a decorative statement in the Manzo household. House poor: Danielle gets a visit from Karin, her realtor; she’s considering selling her house, although she says that her husband gets half the sale, so she’s not very motivated. She is very proud of her bathroom, the nicest in Wayne. It has a bidet! She doesn’t want to spend any money to fix up the house, which she says cost nearly $2 million to buy and now will be listed for $1.495 million . She also whines to the realtor about her husband not sending her money on time, if at all (this is the husband of whom Danielle once said, “There’s no finer man in the world”). Ambush over arugula salad: Caroline and Jacqueline Laurita meet up with a 9-months-pregnant...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Dallas Braden definitely owns the mound now. Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history on Sunday, shutting down the majors' hottest team and leading the Oakland Athletics to a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Braden threw his arms in the air after Gabe Kapler grounded out to shortstop for the final out, his simmering feud with Yankees star Alex Rodriguez merely a footnote to the first perfect game for Oakland in 42 years. The closest the Rays got to a hit was Jason Bartlett's liner to third leading off the game. Evan Longoria tried to bunt leading off the fifth, drawing boos from the small crowd. "Pretty cool," Braden said. "I don't know what to think about it just yet. There's definitely a select group. I'd like to have a career more than today." Before this gem, Braden was best known for his enraged reaction to Rodriguez walking across the mound on April 22...

New York Daily News People: Hasselbeck apologizes to Erin Andrews San Jose Mercury News Elisabeth Hasselbeck was crying on "The View" Wednesday, and not because she saw Tuesday's heartbreaking episode of "Lost." Hasselbeck, who spoke tactlessly of Erin Andrews' costumes on "Dancing with the Stars" on Tuesday's "View," … Elisabeth Hasselbeck's apology to Erin Andrews: Was it enough? Entertainment Weekly Elisabeth Hasselbeck sorry for Erin Andrews stalker comment Chicago Tribune Erin Andrews: Elisabeth Hasselbeck Made Me Cry Us Magazine CBS News - New York Daily News - Seattle Post Intelligencer all 231 news articles » Via Google News Article From :http://www.funkybell.com/people-hasselbeck-apologizes-to-erin-andrews-san-jose-mercury-news/

George Huguely, UVA Lacrosse player, charged with murder of Yeardley Love According to Charlottesville police, George Huguely,22, a University of Virginia (UVA) lacrosse player has murdered another lacrosse player, Yeardley Love, 22. Reports state that police were called to Yeardley Love’s apartment by her roommate at approximately 2:15 a.m. the found Yeardley Love unresponsive. Police have not stated how she died but said that there were signs of ‘obvious physical trauma.’ Police said that they immediately began a murder investigation. Both Yeardley Love and George Huguely are four year students at the school. Yeardley Love is originally from Cockeysville, Maryland; George Huguely from Chevy Chase, Maryland. Yeardley Love lived with two female roommates and had been involved with George Huguely. It is unclear whether they were together as a couple or had ended their relationship. Police spoke with Huguely and at approximately 6:00 a.m., George Huguely was arrested and charged with mur...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- All the buzz about Rory McIlroy came to life Sunday at the Quail Hollow Championship with one dazzling shot after another in a record round that made him the PGA Tour's youngest winner since Tiger Woods . Explosive as ever, the 20-year-old from Northern Ireland was 5 under over the final five holes to set the course record at 10-under 62 and win by four shots over Masters champion Phil Mickelson . McIlroy finished in style, rolling in a 40-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole and thrusting his fist into the air. [+] Enlarge Scott Halleran/Getty Images Rory McIlroy celebrates after rolling in a 40-foot putt for birdie on the final hole. "I suppose I got into the zone," said McIlroy, who celebrates his 21st birthday on Tuesday. "I hadn't realized I was going in 9, 10 under. I just know I got my nose in front and I was just trying to stay there." It capped a big Sunday for golf's young stars. Earlier in the day, 18-year-old Ryo Ishikawa sh...

NBC Sports has traditionally covered Kentucky Derby and as long as the TV ratings remain high NBC's TV schedule may not change. This year NBC won't make an exception for the 2010 coverage either. Here is the complete TV schedule of the 2010 Kentucky Derby as fans finalize their odds due to the weather and anticipate the winner of the "roses." See which horse winner will claim the garland of the roses as the posting time starts this evening at about 6:24 Eastern Time. * Kentucky Derby Odds and Bets Keep Changing Kentucky Derby 2010 TV Coverage per kentuckyderby.com ESPN will have the coverage of the Kentucky Derby undercard. It will start at 11AM and go until 4PM. They will discuss prestigious stakes races like the Eight Belles, Churchill Downs and Humana Distaff. * 2010 Kentucky Derby May Run Under Lights 1st Time Between 4 and 5PM NBC will start its "Access at the Kentucky Derby / Kentucky Derby Red Carpet Special," The program will bring behind-the-s...