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HTC beats Apple to 3G
High Tech Computer announced the HTC Touch Diamond on Tuesday, a smartphone running Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and with a touch screen designed for one-handed use. The new handset is the next generation of HTC's popular Touch smartphone, which has sold over 3 million units in the 10 months since its launch. The Touch Diamond updates the series to 3G (third generation ...
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Bringiton Partners With Nokia N-Gage on Play Us
Bringiton has partnered with Nokia's N-Gage mobile gaming platform on a global scale for their groundbreaking youth series Play Us, announced today by Martin Gisselman, President of Bringiton.
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Biography
D.J. Sweeney has been a vocalist her whole life, first singing with her musician father, later choosing jazz as her favorite genre. D.J. brings her own unique style to her audiences. The repertoire she has chosen brings back some of the songs we all know and love.
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Police disperse house party crowd
Officers are called to a teenager's house party believed to have been advertised on the internet.
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Muti to head Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CHICAGO, May 6 (UPI) -- Conductor Riccardo Muti has been appointed the 10th music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra association announced.
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Celebrities flock to Met gala
Dozens of stars helped New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrate the Costume Institute's new exhibit Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy.Attending the gala Monday night were Beyonce, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, David and Victoria Beckham, Giorgio Armani, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, and Scarlett Johansson, the New York Daily News reported. Mary J. Blige, ...
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Earth, Wind & Fire Come to Casino Rama
Legendary funk disco band Earth, Wind and Fire is still going at it with a North American tour this summer.
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XM Launches Second Annual 'XMKiDS Traveling Roadshow' National Initiative Benefiting Children's Miracle Network
XM Satellite Radio announced today the second annual XMKiDS Traveling Roadshow cross-country initiative to help Wal-Mart & Sam's Club raise $10 million in May for Children's Miracle Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children at hospitals across North America.
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A 'Superhero' gala and a bash for Clooney
George Clooney celebrated his 47th birthday as the opening of the "Superheroes" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was feted with superheroic celebrity scale.
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New Orleans Jazz festival, a celebration of local memory
Jazzfest, which took place from April 25 through Sunday, revolved around familiar songs, distinctive rituals and the time-tested recipes of its justly celebrated food vendors.
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Gates says big changes in store for Internet in next decade
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said there will be a vast shift in Internet technology over the next decade as he met Tuesday with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. "We're approaching the second decade of (the) digital age," the software mogul and philanthropist told Lee at the start of their meeting at the presidential Blue House, according to a media pool report. "The Internet has been ...
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Middle school students compete in Tripp
The Tripp-Delmont schools hosted the 54th annual Tripp music contest May 2. Nine schools participated, bringing more than 500 entries to the school. Bon Homme took instrumental students for the first time in more than 18 years.
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Dull plot, but musicians carry the day - Review of "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story," by Matthew Heiti (see video)
For video click HERE. The sensational drama of the lives and deaths of famous musicians has seen a recent resurgence in Hollywood cinema - Ray Charles ("Ray"), Johnny Cash ("Walk the Line") and Kurt Cobain ("Last Days") are just a few artists who have enjoyed big-screen [...]
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The Firm Partners with The Popular Entertainment Group to Manage Singer/Actress Jamia's Career
LOS ANGELES----Talent management group The Firm announced today that it is joining forces with The Popular Entertainment Group, manager of 11-year-old multi-hyphenate Jamia Nash, to oversee Jamia's exploding career.
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HTC unveils latest iPhone rival
Daniel Robinson, IT Week , Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 14:03:00 HTC Touch Diamond boasts sleek user interface and impressive spec HTC has unveiled its latest mobile device, the HTC Touch Diamond, which the company said delivers an entirely new mobile Internet experience and also introduces a novel 3D user interface.... > Read the full article
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SUMMER CAMPS
The Police Athletic League Summer Camp will include field trips while still teaching basic academic skills. Camp PAL will be headquartered at the Peck Gym.
Fernandina Beach News-Leader |
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Girdwood Forest Fair cancelled
ANCHORAGE - Organizers have canceled the Girdwood Forest Fair because they say rowdy crowds have turned it into a three-day party.
Juneau Empire |
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Le Meridien’s Strategy to Remake the Hotel
Le Meridien reinvents the art of the hotel experience. read more
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'In 2008, Vista will make mobile internet fun.'
...that's what HTC head Peter Chou said this morning after introducing the Diamond Touch, a slick piece of smartphone that exudes all the right iPhone notes. The one-touch phone, of course, is worth talking about: • Windows Mobile 6.1 • VGA Screen • Quad-band HSDPA...
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Great Wolf tops analysts' expectations; CEO to step down
Madison-based Great Wolf Resorts on Tuesday reported that its first quarter earnings handily topped analysts' expectations, while CEO John Emery will be resigning. The indoor waterpark resort company said in a news release that Emery is leaving the company "to pursue an opportunity in the private equity sector which will allow him to spend the majority of his time at his home in Virginia after ...
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Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School Presents The Little Prince
Students from the CCVS Drama and Vocal Departments are busy rehearsing The Little Prince. With the music of Rick Cummins and lyrics by John Scoullar this gentle musical allows audiences to experience the innocent beauty and profound wisdom of this literary classic.
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A touch of gold from famed flautist
SHARON Bezaly has been described as God's gift to the flute and as a flautist virtually without peer in the world today. Extravagant praise indeed, but the Israeli virtuoso has fully justified a reputation that glows as brightly as the 24-carat gold flute on which she performs.
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DEMO Alumni Continue to Innovate and Receive Industry Accolades
Over the past 17 years more than 2000 companies have launched at DEMO conferences which are known as a prestigious launch pad to introduce new and cutting-edge technology. In April many of the DEMO alumni around the world continued to innovate with expanded product offerings, partnerships and critical business milestones.
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DVDs: 'I'm Not There'
'I'm Not There' By turns maddening, vaguely illuminating and surreal, I'm Not There accomplishes exactly what it sets out to. Which is to say, if you're hoping for some definitive truths about the life and music of Bob Dylan, you haven't been paying attention to either the man or his art. Director Todd Haynes' chaotic, apocryphal labor of love is nothing if not ambitious, employing six ...
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Symposium Productions Corp. Announces IMORTAL, Music Portal
NEW YORK, May 6, 2008 -- Symposium Productions Corp. today announced that its recent acquisition, FEED Networks LLC, will be developing IMORTAL, a music portal that is designed to help both up-and-coming and established artists find new fans, improve efficiencies and maximize revenue streams.
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