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Rihanna now returns with her fifth studio album, Loud. However, after a turbulent year in her personal Life, Rihanna proves on this LP that she certainly hasn’t lost her spark.
This album just screams commercial success. Tracks like Only Girl and What’s My Name are already worldwide hits that smash into the psyche. What’s my name, in particular, is a smooth, urban track with Caribbean influences that make you feel like you are strolling down the streets of Rihanna’s homeland, Barbados. Ironically, Rihanna’s Bajan twang is perfect here, which is perfectly complemented by Drake’s charming vocals. Another track that is a sure winner is S&M, the rumoured third single off the LP. Kicking off the album in an appropriately ‘loud’ manner, this fast-paced club hit comes across as something that would be a product from either Lady Gaga or Britney Spears. The catchy-as-hell electronic riff and brilliantly produced rocky bridges also certainly add to the accolade. One would argue that the track only falls short by the quite repetitive chorus and the autotuned vocals that can sometimes be a bit grating; but S&M overall is a triumph in music production.

Source: http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/albumreview/rihanna-loud

The iPod shuffle has always very small size, but with the 3 generation model, Apple just broke all notions of what a small player should be with what looked like an eraser. It was the smallest music player ever, but unfortunately, this size zero came at a cost, which was the loss of buttons on the player itself. The shuffle was then dependent on its earphones to control the music for it and without them it was as good as a paper clip.

This also meant that users could not use their own headphones with the shuffle as then they would have no way to control it. An alternative would be to buy expensive adaptors that would let you plug in your own headphones and control the player.

Apple realized the problem with this design and so for the fourth generation model they have gone back to their older device. The new shuffle looks a lot like the second generation model, but is now smaller. It uses an anodized aluminum body and comes in five different colors. As with the previous two generations, it comes with a clip on the back, so you can wear the player without the need for any other accessories. The controls are now on the player itself, so you can use any headphones with the device. The new shuffle still retains the VoiceOver feature, which debuted with the previous generation model.

If anyone tend to be a regular Gmailer, he/she may require a lot more features besides the vanilla Gmail has. Gmail Labs is the place exactly where you can discover a lot of fresh projects. That might end up being your own treasure trove in case you would like to improve your Gmail experience.

Here are Top 10 Gmail Labs apps:

10. Undo Send: Oops, hit “Send” too soon? Stop messages from being sent for a few seconds after hitting the send button.

9. Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat: Allows you to send and receive text messages (SMS) in Chat.

8. Right-side chat: Move the chat box to the right side of the inbox.

7. Quick Links: Adds a box to the left column that gives you 1-click access to any bookmarkable URL in Google Mail. You can use it for saving frequent searches, important individual messages, and more.

6. Nested Labels: Manage your email by sorting it into a hierarchy of labels. Add slashes (/) to label names to express inheritance. For example, if you want a Home label with two child labels named Kids and Shopping, create the three following labels: Home, Home/Kids and Home/Shopping.

5. Mouse gestures: Use your mouse to navigate with gestures. Hold right-click and move the mouse left to go to a previous conversation, move it right to go to the next conversation, and move up to go back to the inbox view. Works best on Windows.

4. Message Sneak Peek: Peek into a conversation without opening it by right-clicking on a message in your inbox.

3. Inserting images: Allows you to insert images into a message body. You can upload and insert image files in your computer, or insert images by URLs. This lab will not work if you have off-line enabled.

2. Google Docs gadget: Adds a box in the left column which displays your Google Docs. Shows recent docs, starred docs, and has fast search.

1. Google Calendar gadget: Adds a box in the left column which shows your Google Calendar. See upcoming events, locations, and details.

In the actual newest issue of Rolling Stone, Bono states that the up coming U2 album is going to be “club-sounding,” that appeared to be announced by The Associated Press. Club sounding? I think I’ll like to listen it. And what is your opinion on this matter?

Are you bored of your iPad? Just wait few more months, you will get the all new Mini iPad.

Chinese newspaper, Sky News, reported the launch of the mini iPads. It reported that the two Taiwan companies won contracts to make components smaller than those used on the current iPads. This newspaper had also correctly predicted the specifications of the iPad months before its release.

Source: OneIndia News

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Toshiba’s new dual-screen, touch-screen laptop, the Libretto W100, is better suited to content creation than Apple’s iPad, believes Mashahiko Fukakushi, a senior executive at the Japanese consumer electronics giant.

The iPad is for passive consumption, while the Libretto W100 and other similar devices excel at content production, said Fukakushi at an event to mark the launch of Toshiba’s new product range.

“Apple’s iPad is probably creating a new market in terms of consuming information, browsing and reading books,” he said. “But when it comes to creation or production … we think what we have been doing still has a lot of value. We want to continue to do both.”

The Libretto W100 runs Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, and has two 7in, LED-backlit touch-screens. Toshiba says its compact size and clamshell form factor provides “unrivalled flexibility”

Users type on a virtual keyboard, which boasts haptic feedback to provide a physical sense of keys being pressed.

Source: telegraph.co.uk/technology/7846564/Apple-iPad-is-a-consumption-device-says-Toshiba.html

“Toy Story 3” was on the top above all films in the U.S. and Canada for the second straight weekend, bringing in $59.3 million in ticket sales for Walt Disney Co.’s Pixar Studio, while the Tom Cruise action-comedy “Knight and Day” debuted in a disappointing third place, an analyst said.

“Grown Ups” opened in second place with $40.5 million for Sony Corp., Hollywood.com Box-Office said in an e-mailed statement.

“Toy Story 3” has pulled in $226.9 million since its June 18 release, Hollywood.com said. The 3-D sequel brings back the voices of Tom Hanks as Woody and Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear and introduces several new toys, including a villainous bear that smells of strawberries, voiced by Ned Beatty. Sales have benefited from the higher prices cinemas charge for 3-D movies, which are on average about $3 more per ticket.

“For a Pixar film, that’s the most money ever made in a second weekend,” said Jeff Bock, senior box office analyst with Los Angeles-based Exhibitor Relations. “Despite a drop, it’s still a remarkable run in 10 days.’

Source: businessweek.com/news/2010-06-28/-toy-story-3-tops-film-box-office-for-second-weekend.html

Sandra Bullock is moving on after putting her split from cheating husband Jesse James behind her.

A Texas-based moving company were seen unloading items including boxes and furniture at her $2.25million mansion in the exclusive Garden City district of New Orleans.

The Oscar-winning actress bought a house in the city so that her adopted baby son Louis could stay in touch with his roots. He was born in the city.

But if Sandra is hoping for a quiet time in her new home, she might be unpleasantly surprised.

The New Orleans mansion is already a stop on the tourist trail, with tour groups dropping by each day to ogle at the outside.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1288499/Sandra-Bullock-sets-home-adopted-son-Louis-New-Orleans-mansion.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz0rfVX96vy