Google May Add Facebook, Twitter Links to Gmail

E-mail is about communicating with friends, coworkers and the world at large. So why should users have to switch over to Facebook or Twitter to post a status update? That seems to be the thinking behind the news that Google will roll more social-networking features into Gmail, the fastest-growing e-mail service.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Google will announce later this week a new Gmail feature that grants users to post on-going streams of status updates while using the web-based ...

What Can Lil Wayne Expect During His Time In Jail? Experts Weigh In

‘He’s definitely going to be treated differently,’ retired NYPD detective Derrick Parker states of Wayne’s prison stint.By Jayson Rodriguez
Lil WaynePhoto: Newscom

Lil Wayne’s life revolves around a daily regime of “SportsCenter,” studio time and sweets. But on Tuesday (February 9), the Cash Money lyricist will be formally sentenced to prison after he struck a plea deal with Manhattan prosecutors stemming from a 2007 arrest in New York on gun charges.

Howard Stern Considering Replacing Simon Cowell On ‘American Idol’

‘There’s not a better job on the planet than judging a karaoke contest,’ Stern states on his Sirius radio show.By James Montgomery, with additional reporting by Gil Kaufman
Howard SternPhoto: Jim Spellman/ WireImage

On Monday (February 8), Howard Stern not only confirmed reports that Fox is interested in hiring him to replace departing “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell, but that the interest is mutual.

Ke$ha Gets Into Battle Of The Sexes With 3Oh!3 For ‘Blah Blah Blah’ Video

‘Dudes are way more annoying,’ states Ke$ha, explaining her bratty song’s message.By Jocelyn Vena
Ke$ha on the set of her video “Blah Blah Blah”Photo: RCA

Ke$ha makes no apologies for her brash personality, which she is managed to channel into catchy, raucous party songs. And with her first single “Tik Tok” still pumping loudly from stereos, it’s time for Ke$ha to assault radio airwaves with her new single, “Blah Blah Blah,” off her chart-topping debut album, Animal.

Violinist waltzes to pop history

An unknown Dutch violinist has made pop history with the highest charting classical album this century.
Andre Rieu’s collection of Strauss waltzes, Forever Vienna, rose two places to number twoone place behind Alicia Keys’s The Element of Freedom.
He said people love the waltz because it encapsulates all emotions in life.
In the singles chart, Jedward’s reworking of Queen hit Under Pressure, with Vanilla Ice, charted at number two behind Owl City’s song Fireflies.

Man ‘harassed’ actress Knightley

A man has appeared in court charged with harassing actress Keira Knightley.
Marek Daniluk, 41, a Polish national, of Godolphin Close, Enfield, appeared before magistrates in Westminster who set a trial date for 4 June.
He was arrested on Thursday outside the Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, London where Knightley, 24, is currently appearing in Moliere’s The Misanthrope.
It came after a woman complained to police about the behaviour of a man outside the theatre on Wednesday.
Knightley complained of being stalked ...

Jazz star Johnny Dankworth dies

Sir John Dankworth, a mainstay of the British jazz scene for over 60 years, has died, his family has confirmed.
Saxophonist Sir John, 82, served as musical director to the likes of Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald.
Sir John, known as Johnny, was knighted in 2006 for services to music. He died at the King Edward VII Hospital in London on Saturday.
His wife, the singer Dame Cleo Laine, announced his death at a concert at their theatre in Buckinghamshire. ...

Toyota to recall Prius for brake glitch: dealer

TOYOTA CITY, Japan – Toyota Motor Corp, which has recalled more than 8 million vehicles around the world for problems with unintended acceleration, has decided to recall its new Prius hybrid in Japan to fix a braking software glitch, a dealer said Sunday.
Safety regulators in both the United States and Japan, the Prius’s biggest markets, are investigating braking problems with the model, Japan’s top-selling car last year and an icon of green design that has lifted the public image ...

iPad Study: The More You Know, The Less You Want One (PC World)

The more people know about the iPad, the less they want to buy one, according to a study released Friday. But, are we expecting too much?
The study seems to confirm the iPad as Apple’s least exciting announcement in years. And the company is feeling the backlash that comes from not delivering on the hype.
Retrevo, an online marketplace for consumer electronics, surveyed 1,000 of its customers and found that the iPad’s Jan. 27 announcement did more to snuff out ...

Suspected thief flees into police station

RIVERTON, Wyo.Police say a man suspected of stealing a bottle of Schnapps from a Wyoming grocery store didn’t have the best escape route planned.
Riverton police say the 26-year-old ran out of the store after grabbing the bottle of booze and a package of cough drops Wednesday and hid in a nearby building, which happened to be the police station.
Police say the man then ran out of the police station, but not before a dispatcher had spied him on the station’s ...