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Catherine Schwartz (AKA Cat) is one of the foremost tech experts in the country. She is widely known for her electric commentary on the hottest gadgets and how to use them. As The HiTechMommy and eBay Gadget and Toy Director, Schwartz educates consumers on the wide breadth and depth of consumer electronics and toys in an approachable way. As the tech go-to-girl, Schwartz developed new high-tech ...

If it weren't for the Internet and YouTube, Dutch rock sensation Racoon would probably never be as popular as they are in the U.S. After more than 200,000 views of their video for "Close Your Eyes" on YouTube, the band was picked up by not just a label, but by the Dutch Government. Yes, a joint project of Buma Cultuur and the Dutch Rock & Pop Institute have teamed up to market Racoon in the ...

If you thought infectious pop from Floridian boy bands was a thing of the past, think again. We caught up with David "D'Lo" Perez from pop act Cnote as he and the band get ready to release their self-titled album on September 25. Cnote hails from Orlando, Florida, where they have created a bit of a pop renaissance since their 1999 debut Different Kind of Love hit the charts with infectious ...

Much to the delight of fans, daytime TV actors tend to stay on shows a long time, but actor James Reynolds's 22 years of playing Commissioner Abe Carver on 'Days of Our Lives' is a record. The Emmy-winning Reynolds has logged more hours on television than any other African-American actor on any show, much less a soap. Of course, all that time on the away from home on the set means he's ...

Perhaps the most famous rock groupie of all time, Pamela Des Barres in the 1960s and 1970s had affairs with everyone from Mick Jagger and Keith Moon to Jim Morrison, went on tour with Led Zeppelin, and even played in a band created by Frank Zappa (the GTOs). Nowadays, she's more of a writer, having penned 'I'm With the Band' a few years back. Her new book, 'Let's Spend the Night Together,' ...

What do you get when you combine Mötley Crüe's 'Kickstart My Heart' with a helping of non-stop violence so epic, it's nearly laughable? You get the amazing trailer for 'Shoot 'Em Up,' an action flick that also features funnyman Paul Giamatti, the beautiful Monica Bellucci and serious actor-cum-action staple Clive Owen. All of this balanced ever so carefully on what appears to be a ...

As a longtime veteran of sitcom scriptwriting and telenovela directing, Joe Menendez knows a thing or two about technology (computers, cameras), so it's no surprise that he was pretty much at one with his BlackBerry while directing his new film, the all-Spanish-language 'Ladron Que Roba a Ladron," which means, literally, "Thief Who Steals from Thief." That's right, it's a new-Spangled heist ...

The Switched Questionnaire: Alan Alda Whether he's on TV (M*A*S*H, The West Wing), in a movie (an Oscar-winning performance in The Aviator), or writing books (his upcoming tome, 'Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself,' is out September 4), Alan Alda is one of the busiest men in show business. To pull all this off, he makes full use of the latest tech supplies, from laptops and iPods ...

The Switched Questionnaire: Darren Hayes Not a lot of artists have made the switch from old world of music-label-driven marketing and promotion for CDs to the new world of self-released albums, track giveaways, and MySpace pages, but Darren Hayes, the former lead singer of late-'90s dance-pop duo Savage Garden, has entered the world of Music Web 2.0 with flying colors. In the months before ...

Did you know Eddie Money was, at one time, training to be a police officer in the early 1970s? Yup. Before writing "Two Tickets to Paradise," Money was going to be a New York City cop just like his dad. We all know Eddie Money as the rocker who sprinkled the '70s and '80s with plenty of top-ten hits. Turns out Eddie Money is no stranger to tech, either -- he's addicted to his cell phone and is ...

You may not know Jesse Harris, but you've probably heard his music. The singer-songwriter is best known for his songs, which have been recorded by everyone from Norah Jones and Pat Metheny to Madeleine Peyroux. Now, a star-studded list of music luminaries -- everyone from Willie Nelson and Cat Power to Bright Eyes and Feist -- is paying tribute to this artist on the soundtrack for 'The Hottest ...

The Switched Questionnaire Corey Reynolds got his start in the original Broadway production of 'Hairspray' (on which the new eponymous movie is based) and now plays that straight-talking, buttoned-down LAPD detective David Gabriel (along with Emmy-nominated Kyra Sedgwick) in TNT's critically-acclaimed summer series, 'The Closer.' Though he calls himself 'old school,' Reynolds impressed us ...

Versatile actor Parker Posey is best known for her hilarious turns in Christopher Guest's semi-improvised ensemble comedies such as Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration. In Zoe Cassavetes's debut feature, 'Broken English,' Posey gets a little more serious, playing a lonely New Yorker who finds love on a break in Paris. Though she's obviously not into ...

Sandra is one of those virtuosos who does a lot of everything all the time, so asking her about her road gadgets was a natural notion. Coming off her recent CD release, 'Everything Bad & Beautiful,' Sandra is now touring in support of her album in a show called 'Plan B From Outer Space.' When she's not recording albums or going on cruises with Rosie O'Donnell (yes, she's doing that, too), ...

She may have started writing such saucy bestsellers as 'The Bitch,' 'The Stud' and 'Hollywood Wives' on a typewriter, but Jackie Collins wrote her latest tome, 'Drop Dead Beautiful' (out June 26), on a computer. Since she travels all the time promoting her books, and, no doubt, getting ideas for her next novel, Collins is rarely without her laptop or cell phone. Here she shares her gadget ...