Coldplay To Give Away Violet Hill As Free Download
April 28, 2008
Coldplay is giving away a freebie to fans in order to generate some advance word for their 4th studio album, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, due to be released on June 12th in the UK and June 17 in North America.
The single Violet Hill will be available as a free download for a week at www.coldplay.com, beginning on April 29 at 12:15.
And that’s not the only gift for the public in store from Coldplay — the band will also be giving two free massive concerts in London and New York to celebrate the launch as well.
The first concert will take place at London’s Brixton Academy on June 16 followed by New York’s Madison Square Garden one week later on June 23.
Report: Asus Has Atom-based Eee PC, 10-inch Display On The Way
April 22, 2008
If you’re a fan of the ASUS Eee PC, the linux-based subnotebook co-designed by Intel, you’ll be pleased to know that some new tweaks are on the agenda for the little guy.
Jerry Shen, president of Asustek Computer, has gone on the record stating that the company intends to launch new Eee PCs which will be based on Intel’s Atom processor platform in June, according to a new report by DigiTimes.
According to their sources, Asutek has ordered 2.5-3 million Atom processors from Intel, while Dell has 300,000-500,000 ordered.
Later in the year, new models with a larger 10-inch display will also be unveiled.
Of course, it’s mighty hard find one a budget Eee PC at the moment, since half of the overall worldwide demand has been from Europe. The company’s battery shortages have made it where Asus has only been able to satisfy 40% of the European demand.
Shen has stated that a complete recovery should happen by the end of the third quarter.
Kathleen Turner Apologizes To Nic Cage For False Allegations
April 5, 2008
Kathleen Turner and Nic Cage played lovebirds in Francis Ford Coppola’s Peggy Sue Got Married, but there was apparently no love lost when Cage recently sued the actress for libel.
In Turner’s autobiography, Send Yourself Roses, she claimed that her costar had not only been arrested twice for drunk driving at the time, but had also purloined a chihuahua.
He sued. She apologized.
“Through me the defendants sincerely apologise to the claimant for the distress and embarrassment the book and published extracts have caused. They accept that the allegations are false and ought never to have been published,” her Solicitor Jane Phillips said to the court.
She will be paying for his legal costs and will be making a large donation to the National Adult Protective Services Foundation under the terms of their agreement.