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Inside the Vamp-artment of Twilight's Edward Cullen, Buy It for $3.3M!

Tyler Gray — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:18:19 -0500

Must every facet of Twilight's sparkly-skinned lead vampire Edward be irresistible? He may be a blood chugger, but his interior design sense doesn't suck. The character's (played by Robert Pattinson) digs are featured prominently in New Moon, and the pics below will surely help bring to life many a teen fantasy.

7-Eleven House Wine Taste Test: My Mom Takes a Spin Down Yosemite Road

Tyler Gray — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:23:27 -0500

I don't know about the chardonnay, but if Yosemite Road Cabernet, 7-Eleven's house brand, were a song, it'd be "Red, Red Wine." Not Neil Diamond's original. Or even Tony Tribe's excellent rocksteady version. It'd be the UB40 cover, because it's obvious, completely inoffensive, and in this case, on heavy rotation in my mom's place.

BlueBeat's Hank Risan: That's Not the Beatles, It's a "Virtual Cover Band"

Tyler Gray — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:04:20 -0500

If you thought that was AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and The Beatles you streamed for free or downloaded this week for $.25 from BlueBeat.com, it's an understandable error. The music sounded identical to songs by those artists.

'30 Rock' Ends Product Placement Speculation, Writes Cisco Into Last Night's Episode

Tyler Gray — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:13:06 -0500

Cisco got one hell of a pitch man in Jack Donaghy.

Beatles Label EMI Slaps Former Huffington Post Blogger, BlueBeat Owner With Federal Lawsuit

Tyler Gray — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:17:00 -0500

Get your Beatles downloads from BlueBeat.com while they're hot--as in stolen, according to a federal copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the site and its owner by EMI records, which distributes the Beatles music, in Los Angeles Wednesday.

On second thought, be careful what you're buying.

Weezer Snuggie: Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Marketing Since the ELO Hockey Puck

Tyler Gray — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0500

Let's face it, your Magic the Gathering "wooby" is full of holes and smell's like last year's Cool Ranch Doritos. Time to bundle up with your laptop, a sweet Bluetooth headset, some good internationally scattered first-person shooter "friends," and, of course, the Weezer Snuggie.

BlueBeat Defiantly Selling Beatles, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin Right Now for Cheap

Tyler Gray — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:52:05 -0400

Google Trike View: Innovation or Three-Wheeled Privacy Invasion?

Tyler Gray — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:43:11 -0400

What 'Splatter' Means for the Future of Netflix

Tyler Gray — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:11:20 -0400

We learned yesterday that Netflix is partnering with legendary low-budget filmmaker Roger Corman to produce online miniseries Splatter. And viewers get to vote on which characters live or die on the episodes, which premiere Oct. 29, Nov. 6, and, Nov. 13.

Rap Maps: Plotting Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind' on Google

Tyler Gray — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:21:50 -0400

Inspired by the recent map of rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Posse On Broadway," we decided to plot the points in the virtual tour within a more current hip-hop hit: Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind, from his most recent album, Blueprint 3.

Paranormal Activity Tears a Page From the Blair Witch Playbook

Tyler Gray — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:15:23 -0400

Before the producers of the ultra-low-budget pants-wetter Paranormal Activity launched a Web campaign asking moviegoers to demand to see the film in their towns, they communed with the producers of the mother of all virally marketed indie horror flicks: Haxan Films, makers of The Blair Witch Project.

Fast Feed: @TracyMorgan?

Tyler Gray — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:58:42 -0400

Twitter's good. It'd be great if Tracy Morgan, who already speaks in Tweets, joined. Twacy.org founder Hugh Dornbush wants to petition the 30 Rock star to do just that. He's also using the hilarious concept to virally promote his mobile celebrity stalking app, omgicu. Here's Hugh...

Will Fans Pay Public Enemy to Make a New Album or Just Buy Old Hits on CD?

Tyler Gray — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:53:16 -0400

At every step of their music industry and lyrical innovation, the hip-hop group Public Enemy has been a magnet for irony.

MP3s Drive the Music Biz Into Multiple Personality Spin

Kit Eaton — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:06:47 -0400

Ah, the music biz--source of fun for the masses, and craziness for businesspeople. We all know about the first part of that, but the second bit's been highlighted by some odd news this week, hinging on MP3s.

Brand Yourself and 4 Other Tips for Success From The Sartorialist

Fast Company staff — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:15:05 -0400

Starting in September of 2005, Scott Schuman became The Sartorialist, a fashion blogger with a lot more up his tailored coat sleeves than street shots of pretty people. He has created a thriving street style blog, not only accrediting himself as a guy with a great eye for fashion, but as a world-recognized photographer, and as a brand. This August, he released a compilation book of his photos aptly titled, The Sartorialist.

Recession: High price vacations reverberate Travel One International products and services be in demand

FELIX MELENDEZ — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:24:31 -0400

There were many people whom cancelled their vacations for many reasons. The economy,

layoffs as well as unemployment increase. Though, many of them agree that going vacations is

expensive, specially in downturn economy. No matter how cheap or expensive it could be there

are vacations available at rates you can afford.

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Yahoo Still Working on Search--What About Bing?

Kit Eaton — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:03:03 -0400

There we were just thinking Microsoft had sewn-up Yahoo's search-engine powers by licensing Bing to it, and now it looks like Yahoo's still polishing its search powers all on its own anyway. What the heck is going on?

Seven Signs of Our Times Online

Chris Dannen — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:20:56 -0400

This isn't your usual August. With enough political issues smoldering to fill a decade of American history, the vacation month has turned into a morass of issues that boggles the mind. Here are seven articles that went viral this week, attempting to answer one simple question: What the hell is going on in America?

No Good Options

Fancy Doing a Startup? YCombinator Has a Business Plan for You

Kit Eaton — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:13:35 -0400

The venture capital scene is going a bit topsy turvy at the moment, but now YCombinator, which provides seed funding for startups, is turning the whole concept of funding on its head: They are giving out ideas and looking for entrepreneuers to turn them into businesses.

Free Personal Finance Software

Tom Black — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:08:55 -0400

Given the current state of the global economy, now is probably a great time for you to consider organizing your household budget and maybe even your investments with some personal finance management software. Personal finance software reviews covering Quicken, Microsoft Money, moneyStrans, TaxCut and many other personal finance software titles. Includes financial software for your PDA such as Pocket Quicken, SplashMoney, Spb Finance and more.

100th Anniversary of First Lincoln Penny

Fast Company Calendar — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:00:00 -0400

The first U.S. penny -- pure copper and featuring a woman with flowing hair -- was minted in 1792. But it wasn't until 1909, a century after Lincoln's birth, that the 16th prez's image made it to the coin. Now, to mark Honest Abe's 100th year on the one-cent piece, the U.S.

Why Overhead Isn’t Evil in the Non-Profit World

Nancy Lublin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:00:00 -0400

Every industry has a bogeyman. Farmers fear Mother Nature. Celebrities hate (yet love) the paparazzi. Big pharma worries about hurting babies -- a jury loves nothing more than punitive damages for sick kids. In the not-for-profit world, we worry about babies too, but really, we think about overhead.

What's IBM's $100 Million Cell Phone Investment For?

Kit Eaton — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:34:17 -0400

IBM's just announced that it's pulled together $100 million to invest in future cell phone tech. It will be used to improve things like cell-phone security, user interface functionality, and business use of cell phones. But, when you get right down to it, what is Big Blue trying to do?

Discover How to Beat Full Rates on Vacations

FELIX MELENDEZ — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:29:47 -0400

Summer is coming, so high season vacations time as well. Despite the inconveniences we are facing on you would notice the people are traveling. Just take a look at airports, cruises and recreational parks as Disney World. May be you would be thinking what are they doing to keep going vacations during hard times. It seems there is no crisis affecting them.

Nine Trillion Dollars in Debt

Rooftop Comedy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:00:11 -0400