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Earlier this month, one of the biggest sensations at this year’s Teen Choice Awards was Miley Cyrus, the 16-year-old singer, songwriter and actress that Disney catapulted to international stardom. Miley graced the stage to hand and receive awards, and she also performed “Party in the USA,” one of he... |
21 August 2009
08:34 GMT |
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At the Teen Choice Awards 2009, Disney star Miley Cyrus performed “Party in the USA,” together with a crew of dancers and props like an ice cream pushcart and a glittery trailer. On the pushcart, there was a pole that the singer grabbed onto as one of her dancers were pushing her around the stage, which h... |
12 August 2009
07:46 GMT |
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The Mariah Carey vs. Eminem beef has been raging for months and, by the looks of things, it is nowhere even close to ending now. The “Butterfly” diva performed on America’s Got Talent that husband Nick Cannon hosts, and Cannon did not miss out on the opportunity of taking a stand in the bitter dispu... |
7 August 2009
09:31 GMT |
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Contrary to what rumors said as to Rihanna taking to the stage to make her musical comeback in the aftermath of the Chris Brown February incident, the singer will only return to live performing – now officially – on September 14. Jay Leno himself has announced the trio that will make up the musical guest ... |
7 August 2009
07:15 GMT |
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The need to squeeze every last drop of performance out of a specific system running Windows is even more stringent when it comes down to server infrastructures compared to client machines. Fortunately enough, the Redmond company is providing the necessary resources for customers to leverage all the horsepower that Wi... |
29 July 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Heidi Montag, now going by the name of Heidi Pratt after marrying longtime fiancé Spencer Pratt, star of the MTV reality show “The Hills,” is finally getting her big break in the music industry. After several attempts to make herself heard musically, the blonde will perform at the Miss Universe 200... |
24 July 2009
03:08 GMT |
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Strategy Analytics has recently made public a report that describes the performance of the newly released Palm Pre, called “Mobile Device User Evaluation: Palm Pre.” According to the research firm, the handset can perform very well when it comes to the multitasking functionality it packs, at least this is... |
10 July 2009
04:37 GMT |
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The Nokia N97 is the latest flagship model the Finnish mobile phone maker has delivered to the market, and, though it hasn't been on the shelves for too long, it is expected to perform better than other high-end devices available. According to Mike Loughran, general manager for Nokia UK, the company's Nseri... |
9 July 2009
05:19 GMT |
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Nvidia's Tegra computer-on-a-chip has already been reported to come to the market in a series of smartphones during the ongoing year, and now Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia, confirms this again. Although no specific details have been given, Nvidia's CEO states loud and clear in an interview with Mobinaute th... |
7 July 2009
06:07 GMT |
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It seems that AT&T decided that its PCD Quickfire 3G messaging device could be safely used by its customers, and a version of the handheld is back on the company's website available for purchase. And since the handset has been pulled down due to overheating problems, the company decided to have it on sale for a ... |
23 June 2009
02:22 GMT |
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IBM is one of the biggest names in the high-performance server market and the Armonk, New York-based company continues to pave its way to new performance breakthroughs as it announced a new performance record for its recently released EXP12S System Storage, featuring Solid State Drive Technology. According to the com... |
9 June 2009
06:11 GMT |
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Clearly, fans must remember the high controversial and much derided performance Britney Spears put on at the 2007 MTV Music Awards. It was supposed to be the night that would have brought her back into the spotlight after a several-year break, the performance that would remind the entire world that she was the Prince... |
5 June 2009
06:07 GMT |
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When Eminem took the stage at this year’s MTV Movie Awards, it was as he had never been away: the energetic performance he put on and the extremely warm public response combined to make his return to the stage one of the hottest moments of the awards ceremony. The rapper performed a medley of “We Made You... |
1 June 2009
09:27 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, it may be that longer, high-pressure aptitude tests do not necessarily imply people will get lower grades than in shorter ones. If any, chances are that the people taking the test will actually score better, as the brain finds its working rhythm, and starts tackling the issues at ... |
1 June 2009
06:57 GMT |
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Susan Boyle, the biggest underdog sensation ever to be revealed via a talent competition – Britain’s Got Talent, in this case – is having a very hard time coping with the massive pressure coming with instant fame. The Scottish spinster, who is anything but celebrity material, is so stressed out and ... |
29 May 2009
04:33 GMT |
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The much-expected performance of “Hairy Angel” Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent finally took place and, as millions of fans over the world were waiting for, it did not disappoint in the least bit. A visibly nervous Susan took the stage last night to perform “Memory” from “Cats&r... |
25 May 2009
04:24 GMT |
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While bitterly disputing the interview that ran in Ladies’ Home Journal, Paula Abdul has taken the time out to perform for the first time ever on the American Idol stage – and show the world that she still has what it takes to put on an incendiary performance. Paula performed her latest single, “I&r... |
8 May 2009
09:33 GMT |
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Lady GaGa can put on quite a show, it has often been said but, undoubtedly, no one knows that better than one of her female backup dancers. During a performance for the Party 105 radio station in New York, the singer got so ahead with herself with the dance moves that she accidentally hit a dancer and busted three of... |
1 April 2009
10:29 GMT |
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Microsoft revealed that the performance enhancements delivered via an update to Outlook 2007 would be integrated into the second service pack for the email client. At the end of the past month, the Redmond company made available for download the February Cumulative Update for Outlook 2007 boasting a massive boost in ... |
16 March 2009
08:56 GMT |
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An update is available for download, which will introduce nothing short of a massive performance boost for Outlook 2007. Mark Garcia - Unified Communications product specialist revealed that the February Cumulative Update for Outlook 2007 would bring to the table “a massive world of performance difference&rdquo... |
26 February 2009
08:35 GMT |
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Last night at the Brit Awards, the Girls Aloud got their first award of the kind. On the same special occasion, the girls toned down their enthusiasm a bit to announce they had been asked to perform and were doing everything in their power to do so at the wedding of dying reality star Jade Goody over the weekend. Jad... |
19 February 2009
10:33 GMT |
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Not long ago, multi-award winning actor Joaquin Phoenix announced that he would no longer be pursuing a career in movies, opting instead for one in music. Since then, much has been heard of said crossover but, even so, nothing is yet official. However, that is not stopping all sorts of reports from surfacing, one of ... |
22 January 2009
11:03 GMT |
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Multi-award winning actor Joaquin Phoenix has retired from acting and is now seeking to make a name for himself in the music industry. As we already reported yesterday, it seems that his genre of choice is none other than rap, with Sean Combs / Diddy as his mentor. It turns out that this was truly the case as, over t... |
18 January 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Speculation of Beyonce performing at the Presidential Inauguration came at an end yesterday, when a spokesperson confirmed that, indeed, she would be the first artist to sing to President Obama. The song was, however, meant to be a surprise – a detail that Beyonce was probably not aware of, as she has just reve... |
17 January 2009
05:07 GMT |
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“Good girl gone bad” is the tagline that sold her most recent album so well but, when she really has to, Rihanna too knows how to be a good girl. The Associated Press is reporting that, in order to still be able to hold the February 13 gig in Malaysia, the singer has decided to obey the official rules and... |
7 January 2009
10:42 GMT |
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No stranger to getting paid exorbitant amounts of money for her talent, Mariah Carey has reportedly set another record this New Year’s Eve. According to several media outlets, the songbird rang in the new year by cashing in a whopping $1 million for a performance consisting of just four tracks.“The 38-yea... |
7 January 2009
09:46 GMT |
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Since October last year, when her former brother-in-law murdered her mother, brother and young nephew, acclaimed singer and actress Jennifer Hudson has refused to make any public appearances. Away from the eyes of the media, the former “American Idol” rejects mourns – but reports have it that she mi... |
5 January 2009
04:08 GMT |
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From startup to the way it handles hardware resources available, power consumption and applications, Windows 7 has been applauded as delivering a level of performance superior to that of Windows Vista, even as early as pre-Beta Build 6801. As far as performance goes, the RTM of Windows Vista left much to be desired, ... |
28 November 2008
17:01 GMT |
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Information is of utmost importance especially when it comes to computers and their flawless functioning. PCs thrive on it but when data comes in too large amounts, this can spell trouble for the “muscles” behind the “brains”. If the hardware resources are clogged up, the software environment ... |
24 November 2008
07:01 GMT |
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Most computer users like to keep a close eye on the performance of their systems and try to optimize them in order to get the best out of their PC or laptop. The default tools provided by the Windows OS are often insufficient to supervise each running process or service, to diagnose running applications and, perhaps ... |
6 November 2008
08:31 GMT |
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Ever since Intel launched its highly anticipated X18-M and X25-M Solid State Drives in early September, the company has constantly claimed that its new flash-based storage product were specifically designed to boost the performance of current solid state drives, which are known for not delivering the expected perform... |
21 October 2008
03:54 GMT |
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VIA, a company that has recently revealed rather gloomy sales results for last month, has demonstrated today that the cryptographic performance of its Nano processor proves to be the most power efficient on the market, thanks to its dedicated VIA PadLock Security Engine, a solution that is integrated directly into th... |
14 October 2008
08:42 GMT |
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Poor performance was one of the sins associated with Windows Vista RTM, especially in comparison to Windows XP throughout 2007. In this context, the Service Pack 1 for the operating system was long overdue as Microsoft faced what it seemed to be an ever increasing wave of criticism because of the sluggish pace at whi... |
9 October 2008
13:11 GMT |
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If Windows Vista has taught Microsoft anything, and it did, it is that poor performance or even the perception of poor performance from a user experience perspective can kill a product just as much as lack of driver support and software and hardware incompatibilities. This is why with Windows 7 Microsoft is preparing... |
4 September 2008
04:36 GMT |
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A 15-second boot time is the target Microsoft is aiming for with the evolution of Windows 7's startup performance. The software giant in fact spared no resources for the next major iteration of the Windows client, and has an entire team focusing exclusively on the performance associated with the startup process.... |
1 September 2008
03:33 GMT |
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Attempting to avoid the rather sluggish experience that has become inherently associated with Windows Vista RTM, Microsoft promised, through the voice of Steven Sinofsky, that Windows 7 would not set a single “bit” out of Redmond until it would meet a set of performance criteria. The Senior Vice Pres... |
29 August 2008
11:25 GMT |
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Service Pack 1 was nothing short of a panacea for Windows Vista, and in this context it now falls on Windows 7 to wash away all the sins of the current version of Windows. Vista RTM managed to hit a consistent amount of speed-bumps from software and hardware incompatibility to lack of support and to poor performance.... |
28 August 2008
13:34 GMT |
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Microsoft is indeed starting to deliver an increasing volume of details related to the upcoming Windows 7 client and Windows 7 Server releases, but the end of 2009/ the debut of 2010 is still not even on the horizon, and neither are the next iterations of the Windows platforms. And with Windows XP available only on u... |
19 August 2008
12:16 GMT |
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Perceived or real, performance was one of the speed bumps hit by Windows Vista RTM following general availability on January 30, 2007. Microsoft is indeed tackling this issue on the consumer-side in terms of perceptions with initiatives such as the Mojave Experiment, but has actually addressed it heads on with the re... |
30 July 2008
04:38 GMT |
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Service Pack 1 was designed from the get go to tackle the big Windows Vista RTM performance issues, revealed Brad Marrs, senior program manager Windows client performance team (video here via Edge). In this regard, SP1 was not built as a global evolution of the latest Windows client in terms of performance, but was s... |
28 July 2008
07:00 GMT |
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A reliability and performance update is available for download for Windows Vista Service Pack 1. This specific release targets all Windows Vista editions, provided that they have the first service pack integrated. The update comes with the promise of improving the performance and reliability of the gold version of Vi... |
25 June 2008
03:17 GMT |
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Microsoft insisted to put Windows Vista at least on par, if not on a superior level compared to Windows XP in terms of performance throughout 2007, in a strategy that proved little efficient even though it also spanned to Vista SP1 and XP SP3. For Windows 7 and Windows 8, the Redmond company has changed tactics somew... |
21 May 2008
10:32 GMT |
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Forget about Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Even though the first service pack for the latest Windows client was made available to the general public just two months ago, it is already old news. Moreover, Microsoft has alternatives in place designed as a veritable plan B to Vista SP1. Throughout 2007, the Redmond comp... |
15 May 2008
10:22 GMT |
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Pete Doherty is currently locked up in a West London jail which has the ridiculously resounding name of "Wormwood Scrubs", and where he is said to be receiving the star treatment - that is, enjoying a series of privileges other inmates work hard to achieve. However, since this is Doherty we're talking about, no ... |
15 April 2008
05:49 GMT |
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The latest evolution of the Vista vs. XP vs. Mac OS X face-off involves the 64-bit version of the first service pack for Windows Vista, the 32-bit variant of XP SP2 Professional and the 64-bit Mac OS X. The comparison, because the tests cannot be referred to as a benchmarking per se, has been provided by Keith Combs,... |
14 April 2008
12:14 GMT |
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Even from the beta development milestones of Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1, Microsoft has applauded the delivery of a superior level of performance when compared with the predecessor server operating system to come out of Redmond, Windows Server 2003. In fact, as Microsoft slowly transitioned its entire server i... |
18 February 2008
06:23 GMT |
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM is without a doubt in sight. But the fact that the service pack's availability is contouring on the immediate horizon, and is now but a month away, provides little comfort for the users of Windows Vista RTM. With the general release of Vista SP1 RTM pushed back to mid-March, Micr... |
14 February 2008
10:57 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering a way for users of Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista to enjoy a consistent boost in performance of the instant messaging client. After it was announced at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas the last year, Yahoo Messenger for Vista took approximately a whole year to com... |
28 January 2008
03:29 GMT |
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According to Microsoft, one reason to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Refresh and test drive it is the added performance. While inviting the comparison between Vista and Windows XP SP2, the Redmond company has managed to come short. In its own Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 benchmark put ... |
15 January 2008
10:46 GMT |
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Want a taste of the new level of reliability and performance that Service Pack 1 will deliver to Windows Vista in the first quarter of 2008? Well, thanks to the Windows Update infrastructure Vista, users are able to access in advance a slice of Vista SP1. The fact of the matter is that Microsoft is delivering a previ... |
17 December 2007
12:05 GMT |
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