Category: Celebrities

At one time, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was a die-hard BlackBerry devotee. But when his little piggies started hurting from pounding the crap out of the device, he decided to switch to the iPhone. And he's still not happy. In a post made on his Facebook page yesterday (now removed), Zuckerberg complained that, just one week after making the switch, he'd already been forced to buy four ...

We find Rod Blagojevich fascinating. Maybe it's his complete cluelessness, or, perhaps it's his used-car salesman personality and winning head of "hair." But, more likely, it's because his ego is big enough to be seen from space. That's why we're more than just a little disappointed to hear that Judge James B. Zagel has banned the former Illinois governor from Tweeting in the courtroom. The ...

With E3 taking place in Los Angeles next week, you can expect a flood of gaming news and announcements in the coming days. According to Engadget, Activision has gotten an early start by confirming a fall launch date for 'DJ Hero 2.' The game (pre-orders available now) will showcase beats from hip-hop mainstays Dr. Dre and Kanye West, hard-rockers Metallica, pop-megastar Lady Gaga and over 80 ...

Share We're flooded by PR pitches, with various announcements of gadgets and gizmos a-plenty, hoozits and whatzits galore, from celebrity endorsements to industry ratings, and every now and again, info on "Brexting." But today, we received news of a collaboration so mind-blowing, self-referential, and fairly awesome that we have to post it. Nothing says World Cup Soccer like 'Star Wars,' so ...

NHL legend Wayne Gretzky is making a comeback, but, this time, it's in video games. According to Joystiq, Gretzky is endorsing EA's 'NHL Slapshot' game for the Nintendo Wii, and that means he's also supporting the latest in a long line of weird Wii peripherals -- a plastic hockey stick. The scaled-down stick comes packaged with the game, which features Gretzky on the cover and as a playable ...

Don't get it twisted. We have love for Puff Daddy. (Although not nearly enough to keep up with all these name changes. We knew Ol' Dirty Bastard, and you, sir, are no Ol' Dirty Bastard.) Undeniably, we have fond memories of the era when his pre-'Godzilla Soundtrack' summer jams dominated the airwaves. But, if we can't forgive the man behind one of rap's greatest groups and one of rap's greatest ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/05/24/yahoo-ceo-carol-bartz-tells-michael-arrington-to-f-ck-off/'; Michael Arrington is almost as famous for founding TechCrunch as he is for irritating people. The attorney-turned-high-power blogger has a tendency to say what's on his mind, without putting careful thought into the phrasing of his opinions. During an interview at today's TechCrunch ...

When it comes to modern day auteurs, David Lynch is easily one of the most visionary, having directed such modern classics as 'Blue Velvet' and 'Mulholland Drive.' This week, Lynch adds speaker design to his already varied artistic repertoire (which has included painting, furniture design and collaborating with Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse on their 'Dark Night of the Soul' album). Lynch's ...

Share In case you missed Patrick Jean's brilliant short film 'Pixels,' let us remind you. Last month, Jean released the two-minute video, which whimsically imagines that characters from 8-bit video games like 'Tetris' and 'Donkey Kong' invade New York and eventually destroy the earth. The seamless graphics and Eighties nostalgia were a huge hit online, as 'Pixels' received over a million views ...

Well, that certainly didn't take long. Just two weeks after he decided to embrace Twitter as a means to further his revolutionary agenda, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has already laid claim to the vaunted title of Most Popular Venezuelan Tweeter, effectively cementing his status as the most awesome person in the world. With over 237,000 people following his every tweet, Chavez and his ...

Last week on her talk show, Ellen Degeneres took aim at Apple during a skit about the iPhone. It's marginally funny, in that Ellen way, but it seems to have gotten a decent amount of laughs from the crowd. One person who didn't laugh, though, was Steve Jobs. Turns out, Apple reps contacted Degeneres after the piece ran and voiced their disapproval over her segment, which they claimed had made ...

The Webbys are where viral video creators and Web entrepreneurs get to rub elbows with the likes of Al Gore and Isabella Rossellini. The winners of the 2010 Webby Awards, which will be held on June 14th, have already been announced, and we can't say we're surprised by many of the choices. Roger Ebert will be receiving an award for "raising the bar for online journalism," and the committee ...

First Lady Michelle Obama knows how to do a lot of things. She's a product of Princeton and Harvard, a mother of two, and an outspoken advocate for organic produce. To many, she's the very embodiment of the Super-Mom ideal. It turns out, though, that when it comes to smartphones, MObama's something of a... n00b. As CNN's Ed Henry writes, "I handed the first lady my iPhone, but it quickly became ...

Today, Steve Jobs mounted one of his more blatant assaults on Adobe's Flash in a letter posted on the Apple Web site. The letter seeks to explain Apple's position against allowing Flash on the iPhone and iPad, painting the conflict as one of ideology and battery performance rather than a business dispute. Unfortunately, it's hard to take Jobs' argument in favor of open standards seriously since ...

Frustrated with referees, the Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard did what any young NBA superstar would do -- vent on his blog. But the NBA retaliated by hitting him where it hurts. According to an Associated Press report, Howard was fined $35,000 Wednesday for criticizing referees in a post on his personal blog. Howard was in chronic foul trouble during his team's recent series against the Charlotte ...