Michael Jackson

CSi: Crime Scene iPhones Yield Forensic Evidence, Confusion About Data Handling

What smartphone and tablet data can be captured and analyzed? How does one do that correctly? And how reliable is the information, anyway? These are other questions beguile law enforcement officials as they confront mobile forensics. READ»

10th Anniversary: George Harrison's Death

From the great beyond come the greatest hits. At least, that's true for pop musicians, who often see posthumous boosts in record sales.READ»

What You Can Learn From Vanilla Ice

For those who slept through the early 90s, Vanilla Ice is a rapper best known for his song "Ice Ice Baby." What looked like a hit career, however, turned out to be just a one-hit wonder and Vanilla endured a decade of missed expectations and ridicule. He's completely reinvented himself in a new series on HGTV called The Vanilla Ice Project in which he makes over houses.READ»

uSocial: Celebs Faking Number of Twitter Followers

Brace yourself for some bad news. Justin Bieber doesn’t actually have 3.6 million Twitter followers—he’s faking it. At least, that’s the claim from social media marketing company uSocial. The Australian firm says it has ...READ»

The Hip 3-D Shades of the Future

Moviegoing is adding a dimension, and so are 3-D glasses: style.READ»

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Ustream's Top 10 Videos of 2009: "Twilight," KISS, Michael Jackson [Exclusive]

On YouTube, the most viral videos showcase quick, one-off events: a baby biting a finger, a dowdly singer wowing a panel of judges, a man doing the Robot (and the Macarena, and the Twist, and the Moonwalk). What's missing, says John ...READ»

Has Twitter Handicapped Our Ability to Mourn?

In the weeks following Michael Jackson's death, more than 150,000 people commented on his Facebook wall and MySpace page. Some were straightforward ("I like the song beat it"); some were heartfelt ("Michael Jackson, you are the ...READ»

Is Michael Jackson's Funeral Dangerous For the Web?

In case you're living in a lead-lined, radio wave-proof, soundproofed bunker, it's Michael Jackson's funeral today. But given that the event of his death nearly crashed the Web, will his funeral create even more problems online?Okay, ...READ»

The Great Communicator: Michael Jackson

I got a tweet from André Rieu, the well-known violinist and Johann Strauss Orchestra conductor. He was aghast at Michael Jackson’s deathand felt what many did of course. Because André is a musician and performer, however, he ...READ»

Michael Jackson: King of...Patents?

Michael Jackson may have invented the moonwalk, but he patented something even more otherwordly: anti-gravity footwear. The sci-fi shoes, which can hitch into special components on a stage, allowed the King of Pop -- and his court ...READ»

Michael Jackson: King of...Patents?

Michael Jackson may have popularized the moonwalk, but he patented something even more otherwordly: anti-gravity footwear. The sci-fi shoes, which can hitch into special components on a stage, allowed the King of Pop -- and his ...READ»

Michael Jackson Invented Pop, Beat the Rap, Crashed Google

The news of Michael Jackson's passing yesterday shocked the world, but perhaps none were as stunned as Google and Twitter. Upon rumors of the pop icon's death in Los Angeles, fans flocked to the Web for confirmation, resulting in an ...READ»

Dick Zimmerman's "Thriller" Experience

  The First Meeting "I first met Michael Jackson at a recording studio on Beverly Blvd. in Hollywood, where he was three quarters of the way through finishing what would be the largest selling album in history. CBS records ...READ»