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News: Technology

4th-Gen iPhone 'Found' in Vietnam, Contains A4 iPad Chip

4th-Gen iPhone 'Found' in Vietnam, Contains A4 iPad Chip

My Vietnamese is terrible, but this video demo is still pretty clear. What you see is a newer version of the 4G iPhone that was bought by Gizmodo. This iPhone surfaced in Vietnam, and may or may not have been bought on the black market for US$4,000. It certainly looks legit, and in a more finished ...

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News: Obituary

Doris E. Travis, Last of the Ziegfeld Girls, Dies at 106

For a quarter century, Florenz Ziegfeld auditioned hundreds of thousands of young women vying to become chorus girls, the Ziegfeld Girls, those lace and chiffon visions of glamour who were as much a part of the Jazz Age as Stutz Bearcats, the Charleston and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Doris Eaton Travis may have been the youngest Ziegfeld ...

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News: Technology

Revamped Microsoft Office Will Be Free on the Web

Microsoft has created a chimera in its new Office 2010 software, part desktop software and part Web app. This latest version of Office, which includes applications like Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, is Microsoft's long-awaited effort to modernize one of its most lucrative products and to thwart rivals like Google that are nipping at its heels ...

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News: Technology

NYU Students Aim to Invent Facebook (Again). We've Got Your Back.

NYU Students Aim to Invent Facebook (Again). We've Got Your Back.

Remember when Facebook really was a private club? In the days before we called anything a “social network?" When “sharing" and “connecting" wasn't bait for the switch of “monetizing" the stuff and nonsense of our lives? Well, four NYU students do, and they are so nostalgic for those halcyon days way back in 2004 that they ...

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News: TV / Film

With TV Everywhere, Pay-TV Industry Seeks to Fend off an Apple Invasion

Fearful that they'll suffer the same fate as the music business, television firms are racing to come up with services such as TV Everywhere, which would let paying customers view shows on any device. In the year since Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, above, introduced TV Everywhere, his grand plan has hit resistance, even from within ...

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News: TV / Film

ESPN Lands New 3-D Channel on Comcast Cable Systems

The nation's largest cable operator, Comcast Corp., has jumped on the 3-D bandwagon. Comcast is expected to announce Wednesday that it will offer ESPN 3D when it launches June 11 with coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The new network has pledged to carry a minimum of 85 live sporting events in its first year, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Ted Nash Quintet Plays Dizzy's

Ted Nash Quintet Plays Dizzy's

Ted Nash's Quintet returns to Dizzy's May 19th-23rd with an exciting anthology of music from successful recordings. Such as “Portrait in Seven Shades," “Still Evolved," “In The Loop," and “Rhyme and Reason," as well as music from a commission from the Museum of Modern Art entitled “CitiEscape." Ted will be sharing the stage with outstanding guest ...

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News: Obituary

Bob Mercer Chief Executive of 'Now That's What I Call Music!' Dies

Bob Mercer, a music industry executive who was managing director of EMI Music in Britain in the 1970s and most recently was chief executive of the “Now That's What I Call Music!" venture that releases a bestselling series of hit-single compilation albums, has died. He was 65. Mercer died of lung cancer May 5 at Cedars-Sinai ...

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News: Interview

Bassist Ryan McGuire Interviewed at AAJ

Bassist Ryan McGuire Interviewed at AAJ

Bassist Ryan McGuire, a master of classical composition, uses this skill as a strategist in the metal underground. His band Ehnahre is quite unlike any other in that field, baffling committed rock fans with its advanced theory and unstructured time signatures. Aggressive and intellectual, McGuire hits hard. But emotion and the most serious intent are at ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Red Garland

Jazz Musician of the Day: Red Garland

All About Jazz is celebrating Red Garland's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Red GarlandWho was Red Garland? Largely self-taught, Red Garland established a reputation as a solid post-bop mainstream player in the 50s, playing with many of the most famous jazz musicians of the time... more


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