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6 Stories You May Have Missed Today
Jan 23rd
James Franco talks about the gay rumors he faced in high school.
Hollywood comes out to support Beyonce after her lip-syncing scandal.
Plus, which A-list celebrity did Britney Spears tweet about collaborating with?
Celebuzz has compiled the top six stories of the day from around the web.
James Franco Bullied in High School for Gay Rumors
James Franco talked about being bullied over gay rumors during an interview with MTV News this week. “It wasn’t something that frightened me, like if people think that, it’s fine. I really don’t care,” he said. Watch Franco’s interview on Huffington Post.
Russell Crowe and Britney Spears Collaborating on Music?
Britney Spears joked to Russell Crowe in Twitter that the two should, “perform a Toxic/Work Song mashup 
” after the actor tweeted a photo of himself and Spears in similar wardrobes. Just Jared has more on the story.
Jennifer Lopez and LeAnn Rimes Weigh In on Beyonce’s Lip-Syncing
“Sometimes it happens,” Jennifer Lopez told Jon Stewart about Beyonce’s lip-syncing scandal. Check out Toofab to find out what else the former American Idol judge and singer LeAnn Rimes had to say.
More Stars Voice Their Opinions on Beyonce
Destiny’s Child member, Michelle Williams, was quick to defend her bandmate, Beyonce, as was Aretha Franklin, who experienced her own backlash four years ago when she was in Beyonce’s spot. Head over to Fox News for more on what they said.
Lindsay Lohan’s Lawyer Says Goodbye
TMZ reports that Shawn Holley, Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer, has officially told Lindsay Lohan that she’s done.
More Bad News for Lindsay Lohan
In other bad news for Lindsay Lohan, a story on Newser talks about Lohan’s film career being doomed after her latest film was rejected by all the major film festivals.
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Nokia to lock down access to Navifirm and early firmware images later this month
Jan 2nd
There’s some potentially bad news for Nokia users who were willing to dabble in untamed firmware releases via the company’s online repository. Navifirm, which has inadvertently offered several early glimpses of updates for Nokia hardware, will shutter open access to its firmware repository at the end of the month. Starting in February, the system will require a “Nokia Online” login for access to both application and device software downloads. The brief announcement doesn’t detail whether this would involve a standard Nokia account or something else, but it might mean fewer previews — and a slightly longer wait for subsequent (and official) Lumia updates.
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Engadget’s CES 2013 Preview: Displays
Dec 19th
With CES looming like an electrically charged storm of news and announcements, it’s time for us to give you our best bets on what you’ll see come January. During the month of December, we’ll bring you a series of CES preview posts, forecasting what you can expect when the news deluge begins. For more of what’s to come, check out our hub.
Looking for what’s going to be new in home theaters for CES 2013 is largely a good news / bad news situation. The bad news? The list of tech we’re expecting to see (Ultra HD — aka 4K / 8K, OLED, connected TV and second-screen interaction) is almost an exact mirror of the high-profile launches from last year’s show. The good news, however, is that there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic that this is the year we’ll actually see the technology become available and / or more useful in our daily lives.
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Wii U games pre-ordered from Amazon begin shipping
Nov 10th
Okay so, we’ve got some good news and some bad news for people who pre-ordered their Wii U games from Amazon. The good news, as you’ve probably guessed, is that some games are already making their way to players’ homes, as is made evident by ultra-cool Joystiq reader Jerry’s copy of Black Ops 2, seen above. Technically, this game isn’t supposed to be out until Tuesday, and that’s for consoles that exist.
The bad news, unfortunately, is that the actual Wii U itself remains locked away in an Amazon distribution center somewhere until November 18. So, while it’s awesome that your game arrived before everyone else has the chance to buy it at retail, there’s not a whole lot you can actually do with it. Smell the manual, I guess?
[Thanks, Jerry!]
Wii U games pre-ordered from Amazon begin shipping originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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MIT-created algorithm predicts likelihood of running red lights, places blame where appropriate
Dec 2nd
The bad news: Math will always judge you. The good news: It’ll still be there to judge everyone else. In a recent article published in the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, MIT‘s Professor Jonathan How and three colleagues announced they’ve created an algorithm that can predict whether an oncoming car is about to run a red light one or two seconds before a possible collision. The algorithm can compute the likelihood of a vehicle running a red light based on its rate of deceleration as it is approaching the intersection with a level of precision down to mere milliseconds. The team, which applied the algorithm to more than 15,000 vehicles during the study, used instruments that monitored vehicle speeds and locations as well as when the lights turned red. When the results were tallied, they found that they were able to correctly predict who would run a red light 85 percent of the time. In other news, MIT is working on a much simpler algorithm capable of predicting when your significant other will break up with you, the formula factoring in at least four behavioral elements from the last season of “Jersey Shore.”
MIT-created algorithm predicts likelihood of running red lights, places blame where appropriate originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Reminder: fossil fuels are getting scarcer, says IEA
Nov 17th
Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy
The International Energy Agency (IEA) would like to remind everyone – everyone who doesn’t think about this regularly and pretty much already knows this, anyway – that “we cannot continue to rely on insecure and environmentally unsustainable uses of energy.” Guess what those unsustainable energy uses are? Yup.
This recommendation is found in the group’s latest World Energy Outlook (WEO), which says – among other things – that, “rising transport demand & upstream costs reconfirm the end of cheap oil.” The main driver of the higher energy costs between now and 2035 are big energy demand growth in non-OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) economies. The WEO assumes that governments only offer tame efforts to stem demand and encourage renewables and that, “China consolidates its position as the world’s largest energy consumer: it consumes nearly 70% more energy than the United States by 2035, even though, by then, per capita demand in China is still less than half the level in the United States.” The expected price of a barrel of oil in 2035 is $120. Of course, if Middle East and North Africa regional investments run, “one-third lower than the $100 billion per year required, consumers could face a near-term rise in the oil price to $150/barrel.” There’s more bad news for people who want to rely on gasoline and other fossil fuels, and you can check them out here. If you dare.
Reminder: fossil fuels are getting scarcer, says IEA originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Verizon begins collecting user data for targeted ads, is kind enough to offer ‘opt-out’ escape route
Nov 17th
Verizon still wants to collect your personal information, but it’ll understand if you decide to opt out. Really, it’s cool. No hard feelings. The provider said as much yesterday, in an e-mail titled “Important notice about how Verizon Wireless uses information.” The missive, sent to all VZW customers, essentially lays out the company’s revamped privacy policy, originally unveiled last month. Under the new framework, Verizon will be able to monitor your browsing history, location, app usage, and demographic data, all in the name of targeted advertising and vaguely-titled “business and marketing reports.” The good news is that you can always opt out of the scheme, either by phone or online. The bad news is that you’ll probably have to explain the whole thing to your grandma.
Verizon begins collecting user data for targeted ads, is kind enough to offer ‘opt-out’ escape route originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Why the Super Committee Could Make or Break a Year-End Rally
Nov 14th
I don’t know what it is about the American psyche that causes us to embrace deadlines so enthusiastically, but once again, we’ve become a nation on a countdown clock. And the bad news is, it’s only going to get worse as the first Super Committee deadline approaches 10 days from now.
Until then, with the help of a ticking digital reminders on every cable news channel, we will be barraged with wall-to-wall speculation and leaked progress reports over every imaginable outcome and scenario that this hand-picked panel of budgetary barons might approve.
To make matters worse, our sudden-death budget match will be running at the same time as the one in Europe, which itself, is in overtime trying to make tough decisions needed to remain solvent. And if that weren’t enough, the U.S. economic calender is about to spring back to life again after effectively hibernating for the
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Why the Super Committee Could Make or Break a Year-End Rally
Nov 14th
I don’t know what it is about the American psyche that causes us to embrace deadlines so enthusiastically, but once again, we’ve become a nation on a countdown clock. And the bad news is, it’s only going to get worse as the first Super Committee deadline approaches 10 days from now.
Until then, with the help of a ticking digital reminders on every cable news channel, we will be barraged with wall-to-wall speculation and leaked progress reports over every imaginable outcome and scenario that this hand-picked panel of budgetary barons might approve.
To make matters worse, our sudden-death budget match will be running at the same time as the one in Europe, which itself, is in overtime trying to make tough decisions needed to remain solvent. And if that weren’t enough, the U.S. economic calender is about to spring back to life again after effectively hibernating for the
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The Terrifying, No Good, Very Bad News for the Banking Sector (The Motley Fool)
Nov 9th
The Motley Fool – I’m not much of an “I told you so” type of guy, but I can’t help it because in this case I told you so at least a handful of times.
