Monday 30 June 2008
Mark Wahlberg Talks -- In No Uncertain Terms! -- About Possibility Of Funky Bunch Reunion, In The Movies Blog
Mark Wahlberg has very strong feelings about the possibility of a Funky Bunch reunion ...
Tuesday 24 June 2008
Jack Ingram
Artist: Jack Ingram
Genre(s):
Pop
Discography:
Live Wherever You Are
Year: 2006
Tracks: 14
The Texas-based modern-day whitey tonker Jack Ingram number one carved out a recess for himself in the parallel bars and roadhouses betwixt Dallas and Houston. By the mid-'90s later on extensive touring with his Beat Up Ford Band, he had released deuce well-received independent albums and had open for artists like Merle Haggard and Mark Chesnutt. The end of 1996 brought about a sell with Warner, which reissued his number one deuce indie albums, and in 1997 issued his major-label debut, Livin' or Dyin'. Moving to Sony's Lucky Dog label in 1999, Ingram released his twenty percent roots rock album, Hey You. Three years afterwards, he aquiline up with Lee Ann Womack's producer, Frank Liddell, for Electrical. Young Man, a digest of recordings of many of his earlier songs, and Live at Gruene Hall: Happy Happy both arrived in 2004. Springy Wherever You Are, a live transcription featuring deuce studio singles, was released in 2006 and was his first for Big Machine Records, a label operated by disk executive Scott Borchetta and fellow nation crooner Toby Keith. A arcsecond liberation from Big Machine, called This Is It, followed in 2007.
Sunday 15 June 2008
Carla Bruni tells of hard drugs and '30 lovers'
France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sings of 30 lovers and hard drugs on a new album that she insists was not inspired by her whirlwind romance and marriage to President Nicolas Sarkozy.
French newspaper Le Figaro said the distinctive melodies and bold lyrics on Bruni's album, As If Nothing Had Happened, were a new departure and make the former model's first album since she
wed Sarkozy a musical success.
"I am a child despite my 40 years and 30 lovers," Bruni sings in the song A Child.
In another song entitled You are my Drug, Bruni sings: "You are my drug. More lethal than heroin from Afghanistan and more dangerous than Colombian cocaine."
It is Bruni's third album since turning from top model to professional musician, and her first since she married Sarkozy in February.
It comes on the heels of a memoir to be published this week, in which Bruni details her whirlwind romance with President Nicolas Sarkozy, her husband of four months.
In Carla and Nicolas, the real story, Bruni praises not only her new husband's "physique," but also his "five or six brains".
According to extracts published in Le Point magazine, she also told the book's authors that she had no intention of ditching her singing career.
"I have no intention to change job. I have a function, but it is not a job," she said.
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Thursday 5 June 2008
Coby Chooses kannuu Search Technology
New Licensing Agreement Offers Consumers Easy Access to On-Device
Entertainment in Select Coby MP3 Players
NEW YORK and DALLAS, June 4 -- Coby(R) Electronics
(http://www.cobyusa.com), a leader in portable consumer electronics
products designed to fit every lifestyle, and kannuu, Inc.(TM)
(http://www.kannuu.com), the global leader in lookup technology, today
announced a strategic alliance that will deliver unprecedented user
satisfaction on future versions of select Coby MP3 players bundled with
kannuu's proprietary technology. Coby is slated to release the new units at
retail stores nationwide in Q3 2008.
In response to the rapidly expanding and competitive digital
entertainment market, this strategic partnership reinvents the portable
music experience by empowering consumers with immediate access to on-device
content. kannuu-enabled Coby devices allow the broadest range of users to
make the most of their digital collections with a state-of-the-art, easy to
use, low-cost solution, which eliminates lengthy searches or scrolls
through hundreds or possibly thousands of files.
Using kannuu's Partial Word Completion(TM) process, the user is
presented with four characters that correspond with the MP3 player's
control pad. The user inputs the desired file name by choosing from the
displayed letters with an easy to control up, down, left, right and center
selection. kannuu's indexing capabilities enable the fastest (3x faster
than iPod) and most accurate results, regardless of database size. The
user-friendly four-way default controller eliminates the need to search by
artist, track, album or genre alone. Instead, all matching results are
presented with one query alleviating the tedious "track-back" to
superfluous menus and settings. By combining browsing and searching into
one efficient "find" function, Coby users need not fumble through an A-Z
search, or be limited by an auto-complete function. kannuu delivers
error-free results and immediate access to desired content with minimal
clicks.
"kannuu is a natural partner for us to further enhance Coby's
feature-rich MP3 players," said Kenji Higa, R&D Manager, Coby Electronics.
"kannuu's technology helps deliver an effortless search experience, which
is perfectly 'in tune' with our mission to provide consumers with
affordable and easy-to-use CE products. The seamless integration of
kannuu's new software will help deliver the portable music experience with
convenience and simplicity, so users can spend more time enjoying their
favorite digital content and less time searching for it."
Fueled by the popularity of its newest line-up, Coby recently expanded
its multi-functional MP3 player offerings to include features such as
touchpads, touch screens and improved video capability. Incorporating
kannuu's industry-leading technology improves the entire
search-and-discovery experience with a precisely intuitive user interface
and accurate results from multiple field aggregation. The upcoming devices
are expected to have a needle-moving impact on customer satisfaction.
"We are excited to partner with Coby," said Sean-Michael Daley, CEO,
kannuu, Inc. "With the proliferation of digital content comes the growing
need to simplify and accelerate the time-consuming task of searching on the
go. Our unmatched lookup technology will give music fans everywhere a
better, faster and easier way of accessing their digital libraries, and we
are pleased to help Coby 'turn up the volume' for consumers."
Portable digital entertainment continues to grow at exponential rates,
driving an industry-wide essential need for a "best-in-class" on-device
user experience. Through this new relationship, Coby and kannuu aim to
advance the portable device landscape by offering a complete, top-tier
solution designed to improve users' digital media experience.
About kannuu, Inc.
A privately funded company, kannuu unveiled its patented technology at
DEMOfall 07. kannuu distributes its application globally through strategic
licensing partnerships. Setting a new standard in defining how content is
accessed in the mobile and device environment, kannuu's patented Partial
Word Completion(TM) defines new models for how consumers interact with a
wide array of digital media and devices. Headquartered in Dallas, with
sales and marketing offices in San Francisco, the kannuu team is comprised
of individuals dedicated to providing innovation with the power of finding,
not searching.
About Coby Electronics Corporation
Headquartered in Lake Success, New York, Coby is a manufacturer of
quality consumer electronics products. Since its inception in 1990, Coby
has risen through the ranks of the consumer electronics industry. Today,
the company is redefining the way consumer electronics products are
created, enhancing its ability to lead the industry through a challenging
economy. With the understanding of its customers' needs and desires, Coby
has developed a strategy of maintaining the lowest cost structure in the
industry without compromising the quality of its products. Within the past
decade, Coby's team of inventors, engineers and designers have earned a
number of U.S. patents and design awards, with several additional patents
pending.
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Entertainment in Select Coby MP3 Players
NEW YORK and DALLAS, June 4 -- Coby(R) Electronics
(http://www.cobyusa.com), a leader in portable consumer electronics
products designed to fit every lifestyle, and kannuu, Inc.(TM)
(http://www.kannuu.com), the global leader in lookup technology, today
announced a strategic alliance that will deliver unprecedented user
satisfaction on future versions of select Coby MP3 players bundled with
kannuu's proprietary technology. Coby is slated to release the new units at
retail stores nationwide in Q3 2008.
In response to the rapidly expanding and competitive digital
entertainment market, this strategic partnership reinvents the portable
music experience by empowering consumers with immediate access to on-device
content. kannuu-enabled Coby devices allow the broadest range of users to
make the most of their digital collections with a state-of-the-art, easy to
use, low-cost solution, which eliminates lengthy searches or scrolls
through hundreds or possibly thousands of files.
Using kannuu's Partial Word Completion(TM) process, the user is
presented with four characters that correspond with the MP3 player's
control pad. The user inputs the desired file name by choosing from the
displayed letters with an easy to control up, down, left, right and center
selection. kannuu's indexing capabilities enable the fastest (3x faster
than iPod) and most accurate results, regardless of database size. The
user-friendly four-way default controller eliminates the need to search by
artist, track, album or genre alone. Instead, all matching results are
presented with one query alleviating the tedious "track-back" to
superfluous menus and settings. By combining browsing and searching into
one efficient "find" function, Coby users need not fumble through an A-Z
search, or be limited by an auto-complete function. kannuu delivers
error-free results and immediate access to desired content with minimal
clicks.
"kannuu is a natural partner for us to further enhance Coby's
feature-rich MP3 players," said Kenji Higa, R&D Manager, Coby Electronics.
"kannuu's technology helps deliver an effortless search experience, which
is perfectly 'in tune' with our mission to provide consumers with
affordable and easy-to-use CE products. The seamless integration of
kannuu's new software will help deliver the portable music experience with
convenience and simplicity, so users can spend more time enjoying their
favorite digital content and less time searching for it."
Fueled by the popularity of its newest line-up, Coby recently expanded
its multi-functional MP3 player offerings to include features such as
touchpads, touch screens and improved video capability. Incorporating
kannuu's industry-leading technology improves the entire
search-and-discovery experience with a precisely intuitive user interface
and accurate results from multiple field aggregation. The upcoming devices
are expected to have a needle-moving impact on customer satisfaction.
"We are excited to partner with Coby," said Sean-Michael Daley, CEO,
kannuu, Inc. "With the proliferation of digital content comes the growing
need to simplify and accelerate the time-consuming task of searching on the
go. Our unmatched lookup technology will give music fans everywhere a
better, faster and easier way of accessing their digital libraries, and we
are pleased to help Coby 'turn up the volume' for consumers."
Portable digital entertainment continues to grow at exponential rates,
driving an industry-wide essential need for a "best-in-class" on-device
user experience. Through this new relationship, Coby and kannuu aim to
advance the portable device landscape by offering a complete, top-tier
solution designed to improve users' digital media experience.
About kannuu, Inc.
A privately funded company, kannuu unveiled its patented technology at
DEMOfall 07. kannuu distributes its application globally through strategic
licensing partnerships. Setting a new standard in defining how content is
accessed in the mobile and device environment, kannuu's patented Partial
Word Completion(TM) defines new models for how consumers interact with a
wide array of digital media and devices. Headquartered in Dallas, with
sales and marketing offices in San Francisco, the kannuu team is comprised
of individuals dedicated to providing innovation with the power of finding,
not searching.
About Coby Electronics Corporation
Headquartered in Lake Success, New York, Coby is a manufacturer of
quality consumer electronics products. Since its inception in 1990, Coby
has risen through the ranks of the consumer electronics industry. Today,
the company is redefining the way consumer electronics products are
created, enhancing its ability to lead the industry through a challenging
economy. With the understanding of its customers' needs and desires, Coby
has developed a strategy of maintaining the lowest cost structure in the
industry without compromising the quality of its products. Within the past
decade, Coby's team of inventors, engineers and designers have earned a
number of U.S. patents and design awards, with several additional patents
pending.
See Also
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