LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Watch out Britney, Octomom and Paris! Shows spoofing your fame are piling up faster than celebrity magazines in a hair salon, and they include a stage musical and animated TV programs.”Popzilla,” the latest show to declare open season on Hollywood celebrities and their reality TV kissing cousins, will premiere on cable television’s MTV on Monday.The acerbic newcomers are putting a new twist on the public appetite for celebrity news. Nearly 55 million Americans visited an entertainment news site in May, digital tracking firm comScore said.”Popzilla” was conceived to match the fast-paced, often raunchy celebrity TV news…
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Spoof shows turn tables on celebrity obsession
Business
Tripura cheers Somdev’s Davis Cup victory
On September 21, 2009, Biscuits broke, people danced in the streets and boxes of candy was passed around – it was time to party in Agartala on Monday as residents cheered the tennis sensation and local hero Somdev Devvarman victory in South Africa, which took India to the world group Davis Cup for the first time in 11 years.Sports fans across age, welcomed Somdev sensational victory over South African Rik De Voest in singles play-off in Johannesburg on Sunday. Somdev Devvarman Pravanjan father, a former Commissioner of Income Tax, said: “We are very proud of him. He took a very…
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Eee PC NAS
Hack a Day reader [The_Glu] shared with us a project of his. He used an Eee PC 701 he had lying around with a broken LCD, along with three 1TB SATA drives to create a custom NAS server for his house. The server features a number of other interesting components, including USB2SATA converters to connect the hard drives, as well as a 2 line LCD to display RAID information and server status. The entire project is wrapped up in a custom made Plexiglas enclosure with case fans to keep the whole thing cool. While this may not be the first…
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What You Should Know Before Buying a Digital Camera
Digital images are created by light being focused onto semiconductors. The popularity of digital cameras has been closely linked with the increasing popularity of personal computing, both in terms of making advances features possible and how people prefer their pictures. Digital photography allows a paperless age, where people often prefer to store, view, and share images over the computer instead of printing them physically.
Talk to those you know who own digital cameras before buying one. Friends and family can offer the best advice, and tell you which brands and models they favor or are disinclined towards. You can make…
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Know More About How To Choose an Ebook Reader
The advent of the digital age has definitely made this world a more convenient place to live in. For instance, even the most avid reader would balk at the thought of bringing his favorite books with him wherever he goes. But with an electronic book reader, you don’t only bring your top five books, you get to take the whole library with you. It doesn’t matter if you’re traveling or just having a cup of coffee at the nearby caf, your books go with you everywhere. However, owning an ebook reader could cost you a few hundred dollars, and if…
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Searching For A Fantastic Present? Try A Remote Controlled Toy
When you enjoy spoiling your son or nephew or cousin, you will want to get some wonderful radio controlled toys for his birthday. These are forever treasured gifts and are lots of fun. No matter what age the boy is, even if they are 18, they will always love a radio controlled toy.
When it comes to remote controlled toys, there are many things that you will be able to choose from. Now, we all know about remote controlled cars, but they have been around for many years, and almost every boy in the world has one of those.
This…
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How To Save Money On Your Life Insurance
Life insurance, also known as life assurance and term assurance can be confusing and complicated, which is why we have put together this money saving top tips to help you find the right life insurance policy for your needs and save money in the process. If you were to die, taking out life insurance can help make sure that your family can cope with any financial burden you might leave behind such as replacing your income, paying the mortgage, paying for childcare etc. Getting the best life insurance quote for your needs is important and according from moneyfacts.co.uk these money…
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How to choose the right insurance policy
With the increasingly uncertain times, what with terrorist attacks and tumultuous financial markets, getting an insurance cover for you and your family has become imperative. However, many of us do not take decisions because of it being such a big ball of wax.Choosing the right kind of insurance cover not only determines the care that we receive should our health take a wrong turn, but it can be the wild card in your financial plan.There are many benefits of an insurance cover; however, topping the list of benefits is the financial support that a family gets in the event of…
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How To Choose The Best Life Insurance?
If that’s the only life insurance you carry on yourself, then you’re relying on that policy to support your family in the event of your death. The policy might be a sufficient amount to see your family through. First, the size of the policy you need depends on several factors. For example, your life insurance will probably need to cover the costs of your funeral and burial. (Unless you have a Pre-Paid Funeral Plan, that is.) Any doctor and hospital bills that may be incurred during the illness or injury that led up to your death would need to be…
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Firefox master password recovery tool
It’s great in this day and age that browsers can remember our passwords for us, allowing us cross-site security without the hassle of memorizing a million different random passwords. It’s great, that is, until we forget our master password. Fret not, though; there is a solution. The folks over at Lifehacker show us how to use FireMaster to recover forgotten or misplaced Firefox master passwords. Perhaps a better solution is to just store those tricky passwords where nobody will find them.
Internet
The Domain Name Game
You probably know that a domain name is a name given to awebsite or email account. Because IP addresses mark individualcomputers, the domain name is usually much easier to remember asit can be a catchy phrase or an on target description of whatthe website has to offer. In this day and age, the game ofdomain name selection is heated and often times a demandingfield. What does an effective domain name get you, anyway? You may ask yourself why is it so very important to have a gooddomain name for your website. Besides being the best way toattract your customers, it…
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How To Create Your First Facebook Page Advertisement
This is Day 12 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here.
So you’ve listened to my sales pitch about Facebook advertising and you’ve taken the time to define your company’s target market. Hopefully this wasn’t the first time that you’ve defined your target market, otherwise you are in serious trouble So the first thing you want to do is head over to the ads creation page. If you haven’t already created your page then you most definitely want to have it set up by now since we will be integrating our…
