Bristol Palin-Levi Johnston Engagement Off; Briana Plum Facebook Pic to Blame!

It looks like the second engagement of Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston is off, but that the rumor of him knocking up his ex-girlfriend is not the reason. His flirting with another ex-girlfriend is! Bristol, 19, called off engagement #2 to Levi, 20, last week following a huge fight over one of his ex-girlfriends – [...]

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Sandra Bullock Wants Off Gulf Coast PSA

Sandra Bullock is demanding that Gulf Coast restoration activists erase footage of her from a recent PSA because of its links to … the oil and gas industry. The star learned that the Be the One video, created by Women of the Storm’s Restore the Gulf campaign, is sponsored by America’s Wetland Foundation. That group [...]

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Google Confirms: We’re Not Currently Blocked In China

We've just received word from Google that they are not currently blocked in China and that a server issue was most likely the cause of their dashboard misread. From Google:

Because of the way we measure accessibility in China, it's possible that our machines could overestimate the level of blockage. That seems to be what happened last night when there was a relatively small blockage. It appears now that users in China are accessing our properties normally. Please also note that the dashboard is not a real time tool.

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Copia Plans Low-Cost 7? And 10? Tablets As Well As E-Ink Devices

Just a couple hours ago, news broke of the $99 Copia Wave5 e-reader, or tablet, or whatever you want to call a 5" LCD-based device focused on reading. That isn't the extent of the lineup, however: Copia has two more LCD-based tablets coming out soon, as well as two E-ink-based readers with Kindle-esque designs. As they've said since their CES debut, the draw is supposed to be their unique social platform, which allows a community of readers to exchange reviews, recommendations, and so on — and although it will start as an exclusive to Copia-branded devices, they're trying to go OEM and make the Copia service the premier social layer for e-books.

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Photoshop of Horrors: Readers Show BP How It’s Done

We asked for your help to show BP how to improve upon their terribly Photoshopped oil-cleanup images, and you delivered some awesome images.

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PM carries ‘spirit of humility’ to New Delhi – Financial Times

Telegraph.co.ukPM carries 'spirit of humility' to New DelhiFinancial TimesDavid Cameron on Wednesday promised to carry a “spirit of humility” to India as he lands on a “jobs mission” to the subcontinent that will reassure New Delhi that...

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Twitter Begins Testing Inline Photos And Videos On Its Website

A new option has just appeared in Twitter's "Settings" menu called "Twitter Media." This appears to indicate that inline image and video sharing is making its way to Twitter.com shortly. The option appears on my account, but checking the box does nothing so far. [update below] If this is indeed the case, Twitter is once again emulating some of the functionality third-party sites are building on top of Twitter. For example, one of Brizzly's main selling points right now is the ability to show photos and videos inline in your tweet stream (though, to be fair, they go beyond that with other features and have Facebook integration too).

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Paddy: Clegg better PM – The Sun

The SunPaddy: Clegg better PMThe SunTOP civil servants think Deputy PM Nick Clegg would make a better Premier than David Cameron, Lord Ashdown has claimed. The ex-Lib Dem leader insisted he was given the verdict by senior Whitehall mandarins. ...Coalit...

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A Must Listen: The Steve Jobs Song [Video]

I thought I was a fanboy. I've got nothing on Jonathan Mann. Regular readers may recall that Mann is the guy behind the Bing jingle (which we didn't like - but students did, or were forced to), the song about me (which we did like), and most recently, the iPhone 4 antenna song (which not only did we love, but apparently Apple did too). Mann, touched by the fact that Apple decided to play his song at their press conference last Friday, decided to follow it up with a serenade for CEO Steve Jobs. Warning: if some of my posts about Apple drive you crazy, this song is going to make your head explode.

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David Davis pub talk reveals Tory unease at the ‘Brokeback Coalition’ – The Guardian

Telegraph.co.ukDavid Davis pub talk reveals Tory unease at the 'Brokeback Coalition'The GuardianUnease on the Tory right over David Cameron's coalition with the Liberal Democrats was highlighted last night in unguarded comments made by the ...

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