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Have you been cheated on? Are you so angry you have no clue what you should do next? Well I am going to give you a few ideas on how to get some revenge. When The Wind Blows… - If the cheater has been living with you or has some of their things at your house toss them out the window. - Grab your camera and make a video of you destroying their stuff with a giant butcher knife or large pair of scissors. - Get a permanent marker and write cheater all over their clothes. - Light a match - Key their car - Sleep with their friend - Put on your eff em dress and go to a spot you know he will be at and flaunt your goodies in his face. - Holla at their best friend to get them angry. - Bust the windows out their car. - Pour a pot of hot grits on them. - Crazy clue their private parts - Post a bunch of pictures of you getting cozy with other people on your facebook page. - Send a long letter on twitter letting the world know how you been cheated on like Mashonda did. - Upload his or her sex tape to the Internet and send a link to everyone on their friends list. - Call their job and make up a lie saying they’ve been stealing money and show up to their job yelling and cursing and throw paint on them like you’re with PETA. source -- Posted By Mogul to THE MOGUL GROUP at 2/08/2010 12:05:00 PM

Photo by Phase 5 Photography Every woman wants to feel special and what better way to make a woman feel special than treating her like a queen? Now you don’t have to drop rose pedals at her feet when she walks to make her feel like queen, but there are some things you MUST do in order to leave a woman feeling like a queen. So fellas here are some things women wish men did more. - Knowing when to say I love you. Saying I love you during the wrong time can really ruin any chance at true love. If he says it too early, it’s over. If he waits too long she may be loving someone else and we must know forget saying I love you during sex is completely against the rules. - Honesty is important to a queen. We have learned through fairy tales that you don’t lie to a queen or it’s off w/ your head. One thing men must remember is that he shouldn’t lie to his queen. A woman needs an option and she must know the truth. Many times relationships end simply because the female feels like she must snoop, pry and poke to find out what exactly is going on because something isn’t right. Tell the truth and shame the devil. - Queens bleed too, but they still are queens. When a woman is on her period rationale get thrown out the window. Aunt flow will have a man going to get olives and butter pecan ice cream at 3am while she lies on her fist because the cramps are unbearable. Not to mention that she can’t have sex, but she’s hornier than a two headed deform unicorn in heat. Translation: don’t keep asking for oral sex every night. - Writers get the goods. Women like to know they are loved and queens love to know they are loved. So be sure to send an occasional email, or text message or post it note on the fridge every now and then. - Eat her and then eat with her. Not all couples live together, even though it may seem like it. If a woman sleeps over not only should the guy spank her with his tongue she owes her a good meal. Make some pancakes, eggs and bacon and if he can’t cook the frozen kind will do. It’s truly the thought the counts, but if cooking is not your thing take her out. Bottom line is good sex can only get a guy so far while great sex will get him further, its knowing how to treat a queen that will have her going above and beyond for her king. source -- Posted By Mogul to THE MOGUL GROUP at 2/02/2010 12:01:00 PM

From the realm of sci-fi to Steve Jobs' stage: The iPad is official. What is it? What can it do? How does it work? Here's everything you need to know about Apple's newest creation, all in one place. It's almost impossible to overstate the buzz leading up to this device. Immediately after the death of the Newton, rumors began trickling out about a followup from Apple; in the last five years, speculation and scraps of evidence about an Apple tablet have been a fixture in the tech media; in the last year, the rumors were unavoidable. Today, Apple's tablet has finally arrived, and we've got the full rundown—from specs, features, content and price to what it's like to actually use one. The Hardware • Size and shape: The screen's aspect ratio makes it seem a bit squat, but this is intended to be a bi-directional tabl—err, Pad. The bezel is a little fat, but otherwise, this thing is basically a clean slab of pure display. It's just .5 inches thick, which is a hair thicker than the iPhone 3GS, and measures 9.56 x 7.47 inches. Final weigh-in is 1.5 pounds without 3G, and 1.6 with. Says Brian, who's actually held one: Imagine, if you will, a super light unibody MacBook Pro that's smaller, thinner and way, way, way lighter. Or, from a slightly different perspective, think about a bigger iPhone that's been built with unibody construction. • The screen: The tablet's multitouch screen measures in at 9.7 inches, meaning that it's got a significantly smaller footprint than the smallest MacBook, but a much larger screen than the iPhone. (That's 9.7 inches diagonal, from screen corner to screen corner.) The screen's resolution is a dense 1024 x 768. Here's what it looks like in photos, and on video: • The guts: It's a half-inch thick—just a hair thicker than the iPhone, for reference—and weighs 1.5 pounds. It's powered by a 1GHz Apple ARM A4 chip, and has 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of flash storage. From the looks of it, Apple finally got some use out of that PA Semi purchase, and built their own mobile processor, but that's no totally clear yet. It's also loaded with 802.11 n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, a 30-pin iPod connector, a speaker, a microphone, an accelerometer and a compass. Video output runs through and iPhone-type composite adapter at up to 576p and through a dock-to-VGA adapter at up to 1024 x 768. No HDMI, no DVI—not even a Mini DisplayPort. 3G is optional, and costs more, not less. Along with 3G, the upgraded models include A-GPS. (More on this below) Oh, and there isn't a rear-facing camera, nor is there a front-facing camera. This tablet is totally camera-less, which seems a bit odd. • The battery: Apple's making some bold claims about battery life: ten hours for constant use, with a one-month standby rating. Ten hours of constant use includes video viewing, so you could conceivable watch about six feature films before this thing dies. • How you hold it: You can hold it two different ways, and the software will adapt to both. Portrait mode seems like the primay mode, a la the iPhone while landscape mode—better for movies and perhaps magazine content—is a secondary mode. The Apple decal is oriented for portrait mode, so basically, just get ready for a whole bunch of HEY IT'S A GIANT IPHONE!! jokes. Connectivity Some models have Wi-Fi exclusively, while some have 3G as well. It's with AT&T, and costs either $15 a month for 250MB of data, or $30 for unlimited data. With the plan, you get access to AT&T's Wi-Fi hotspots as well. Best of all, it's a prepaid service—no contract. You can activate it from the iPad any time, and cancel whenever you want. This sounds like a fantastic deal, until you consider how it's probably going to brutalize AT&T's already terrible 3G coverage. The iPad itself is unlocked, so you can conceivably use it with any Micro SIM card . But what the hell is a Micro SIM card? For one, it's not the same kind of SIM that's in your iPhone, so don't expect to just pop that in and surf for free. It's a totally different standard, and the iPad's the only device that uses it right now. Even if, say, T-Mobile released a Micro SIM card, the iPad can't connect to its 1700MHz 3G network. The Software • The OS: The operating system on the tablet is based on iPhone OS, which is in turn loosely based on OS X. In other words, it's got the same guts as the iPhone, as well as a somewhat similar interface. What this means in practical terms is that the UI is modal; you can only display one app at a time, and there aren't windows, per se. There's a new set of standard UI tools as well, including a pull-down menu, situated at the top left of most apps. • The homescreen: It's like a mixture between the iPhone and OS X: it uses the iPhone launcher/apps metaphor, but has an OS X-style shiny dock. It feels very spread out compared to the iPhone's homescreen, though I suspect this is necessary to keep things from getting too overwhelming. For our full walkthrough of the new OS, check here. • The keyboard: Input comes by way of an onscreen keyboard, almost exactly like the iPhone's. Typing on it is apparently a "dream," because it's "almost lifesize". Steve wasn't typing with his thumbs, but with his fingers, as if it were an actual laptop keyboard. Navigation throughout the rest of the OS is optimized for one hand, though. • The browser: The browser is essential an upscaled version of Safari Mobile, with a familiar, finger-friendly title bar and not much else. It rotates by command of the accelerometer. From the looks of it, it doesn't have Flash support, but we'll have to confirm. UPDATE: Yup, none at all. You can get away with that kind of thing on the iPhone, sort of, but on a 10-inch tablet it's a glaring omission. • Email: Mail again takes its visual cues from the iPhone, but with a lot more decoration: you can preview your mailbox from any message with a pull-down menu, and preview any message from within the mailbox, with a pop-up window. • Music: The music player is even more hybridized, styled like a mix between the iPhone's iPod interface and full-fledged desktop iTunes. Interestingly, Cover Flow seems to have more or less died off. • Maps: This one may be the most direct conversion from the iPhone, with a very similar interface through and through. It includes Street View, too. • Photos: The photo library app looks a lot like iPhoto, only adapted for multitouch finger input. • Video: YouTube is available by way of an app, iPhone-style, which can play videos in 720p HD. iTunes video content plays back in a dedicated app, just like on the iPhone, and can also play back in HD. Movie codec support is otherwise the same as the iPhone, which is to say pretty limited. • Calendar and contacts: The calendar app is desktop-like, until you open organizer mode, where it looks like a literal organizer. It's beautiful, and dare I say a bit Courier-like. Apps • iPhone apps: This thing runs them! The iPad runs iPhone apps right out of the App Store, with no modification, but they're either relegated to the center of the screen or in "pixel double" mode, which just blows them up crudely. Any apps you've purchased for your iPhone can be synced, for free, to your iPad. • New apps: The iPhone app SDK has already been expanded for tablet development, including a whole new set of UI elements and expanded resolution support. The raw iPhone app compatibility is just a temporary measure, it seems—any developer who wants their app to run on the tablet will develop for the tablet. Some of the early examples of adapted apps, like Brushes, are spectacular. More on the SDK here. Apple's pushing gaming on this thing right out of the box, demoing everything from FPS N.O.V.A to Need for Speed. It's presumably running these games at HD, so the rendering power in this thing is no joke. • Ebooks: Apple's also opened an ebook store to accompany the iPad, in the mold of iTunes. It's called iBooks. It offers books in ePub format, and makes reading on a Kindle seem about as stodgy as, you know, paper. To be clear, though, this is just Apple's solution—unless they're explicitly banned from the iPad, you should be able to download your Kindle app as well. This store doesn't sell magazines or newspapers, which'll be relegated to regular app status. At this point, whether or not the tablet helps them out is in their hands. • iWork: Apple' also designed a whole new iWork suite just for the tablet, which implies that this thing is as much for media creation as it is for consumption. There's a new version of Keynote designed just for the iPad, as well as new version of Pages, (word processor), and Numbers, which is the spreadsheet app. Here's what Keynote looks like: The interfaces are obviously designed strictly for touch input, but from the looks of it can handle every function that the old, mouse-centric version could, plus a few more. And man, they're so much prettier. Each app costs $10, and you can get them all for $30. Accessories Right away, Apple's offering three main official accessories: a book-style case, a regular dock and a keyboard dock. (Ha!) The book cover doubles as a stand, so you can prop the iPad up in a few different ways. The keyboard dock hooks up with the iPad when it's in portrait mode, so you can type longer documents, charge, or both. The iPad will also support Apple's Bluetooth keyboards. The iPad's only really got one accessory port, and it takes an iPod dock connector. Apple's solution for this? Adapters! So many adapters. There's a Dock Connector to VGA adapter, a USB camera adapter (which gives you one plain USB connection, though it apparently only works for importing photos), a USB SD adapter, and a USB power adapter, which lets you charge by AC or USB, not unlike the iPhone charger. What It's Like to Use It's hefty. Substantial. Easy to grip. Fast. Beautiful. Rigid. Starkly designed. The glass is a little rubbery but it could be my sweaty hands. And it's fasssstttt. Brian's detailed impressions in our hands on, right here. Price and Release Date The iPad ships worldwide in 60 days, but only in Wi-Fi versions. The 3G version will be another 30 days after that. Here are the prices: Without 3G: • $499: 16GB • $599: 32GB • $699: 64GB With 3G: • $629: 16GB • $729: 32GB • $829: 64GB Apple will ship all the iPads in 60 days—the end of March—to America, and just the Wi-Fi models internationally. It'll be another 30 days beyond that for 3G models to be available outside our shores; Apple says they're still working on carrier deals. 3G comes by way of AT&T, who's offering the service without contract, for $15 a month (250MB of data) or $30 a month (unlimited). That's why, unlike the iPhone, the iPad is actually cheaper off-contract. source Related articles by ZemantaApple Reveals iPad Tablet (neublack.com)Apple iPad: the wait is over - but is it future of media or oversized phone? (guardian.co.uk)Apple's new iPad tablet is the computer I've always wanted. (slate.com)iPad, iPass (gubatron.com)Thoughts on the iPad - Just Push the Buy Button, Says Apple (jkontherun.com)Apple's iPad: Is it a game-changer? (brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com)Finally, Apple launches the iPad (mrgadget.com.au)Summary Box: Apple offers details on highly anticipated iPad tablet (taragana.com)What you need to know about the Apple iPad (trueslant.com)iPad Details and Specifications - All You Want To Know About the Apple Tablet (techie-buzz.com)"iPad can run all iPhone apps unmodified, new iPhone SDK out today lets developers tweak apps for iPad use" and related posts (engadget.com)"Apple Announcement: Steve Jobs Introduces iPad Tablet (Video)" and related posts (tv.popcrunch.com)"Apple announces iPad" and related posts (coolest-gadgets.com)"Mark Penn: State of the Union Scorecard" and related posts (huffingtonpost.com)"CBS Defends Tebow Super Bowl Abortion Ad" and related posts (popcrunch.com) -- Posted By Mogul to THE MOGUL GROUP at 1/28/2010 09:25:00 AM

For nearly a decade the tech world was in a frenzy over Apple’s then rumored tablet. Almost every year leading up to the final tablet unveiling was met with top analysts making release date predictions which later turned out to be completely wrong. However, in 2009 the rumors began to pick up steam reaching a boiling point. Every source pointed towards a impending tablet release and every website claimed to have insider information about the device. It seemed as though everyone in the gadget world was talking about the tablet, even though Apple themselves never made a single mention. Finally on January 18th Apple sent out invitations to those in tech media about an event they were holding on Jan. 27th which stated “Come see our latest creation”. The invitation announcement was met with feverish excitement and anticipation for what Apple was going to unveil. For years tech enthusiast waited for the announcement day, and it finally came. The Apple event was the Championship Game for gadgets, the Super Bowl for the computer world, the World Series for the tech community, and Apple finally gave the people what they wanted, the iPad. Apple’s iPad is a tablet/slate computer that measures 1/2 inches, weighs 1.5 pounds and is capable of browsing the web, playing videos, reading digital books and more. It features a 9.7 inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display, 1GHz Apple A4 chip, 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 30-pin connector, speaker, microphone, accelerometer and a compass. But it lacks a camera or multitasking comparable to Mac OS X. The iPad allows you to run your iPhone/iPod Touch apps, but also comes with specific apps made just for the device. iPads come in two models, Wifi only and Wifi+ 3G. The Wifi only model starts at $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB and $699 for 64GB. Those built with 3G are priced higher with $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB and $829 for 64GB. 3G service is available through AT&T with data plans of 250MB for $14.99 and unlimited for $29.99, both of which are contract free. The Wifi only models will be available for purchase in 60 days, while the 3G versions will be available in about 3 months. Although the iPhone and iPod Touch were major successes, will Apple’s long awaited iPad tablet live up to the hype? I guess we’ll have to wait and see. So, are you getting one? You can get a closer look at Apple’s iPad in the video below source Related articles by ZemantaApple iPad Official Debut! Looks Like a Giant iPod Touch (geekpinoy.com)Apple's IPad is Born (trueslant.com)Apple Launches the iPad (shoppingblog.com)iPad will ship with 802.11n Wi-Fi, 3G optional (tuaw.com)Apple Unveils iPad Tablet (computeractive.co.uk)Apple's IPad is Born (littlegreenfootballs.com)The Apple iPad - What You Need to Know (jkontherun.com)Summary: Apple puts an end to tablet rumors with iPad (macworld.com)@ iPad Launch: First Impressions Leave Us Wondering How Do You Hold It? (paidcontent.org)Apple unveils iPad tablet computer (cbc.ca)"iPad can run all iPhone apps unmodified, new iPhone SDK out today lets developers tweak apps for iPad use" and related posts (engadget.com)"The Complete Apple iPad in 60 Seconds!" and related posts (therawfeed.com)"Live blogging set for State of the Union address" and related posts (rturner229.blogspot.com)"Apple announces e-book store" and related posts (crunchgear.com)"Tim Tebow Airs It Out" and related posts (redstate.com) -- Posted By Mogul to THE MOGUL GROUP at 1/27/2010 09:39:00 PM

By Brian X. Chen Apple’s got a lot planned for its Wednesday press event. While the invitation — “come see our latest creation” — is broad and vague, it’s fairly obvious that the biggest news will be the widely anticipated tablet. It’s about time. Tech observers have been anticipating an Apple tablet for several years, churning out report after report of rumors and speculation. And Apple has been considering tablet designs since at least 1983. Now, perfectionist CEO Steve Jobs finally seems satisfied enough with the product to show it off in public. But that’s not the only thing the company is likely to announce. Updates to the MacBook line and the iPhone OS are also likely to be on the ticket. Here’s our guide to what you can realistically expect. And if you don’t care to read our predictions, just stay tuned for the Jan. 27 event. We’ll be providing live blog and news coverage here on Gadget Lab and on Twitter: follow @bxchen and @GadgetLab for real-time news nuggets. The Apple Tablet Multiple independent reports have described the tablet’s appearance as a 10- to 11-inch iPhone or iPod Touch. (AppleInsider’s sources describe the tablet as “a first-generation iPhone that’s met its match with a rolling pin.”) The tablet, many have reported, will serve as a slate-like substitute for magazines, newspapers and books, while also offering the general-purpose functions seen in the iPhone, such as gaming, viewing photos, web surfing and using apps. A recent report from The Wall Street Journal adds that Apple will market the tablet as a product that can be shared among multiple people at home or in classrooms, thanks to its bigger screen. A few reports have claimed the tablet will sport a 10-inch OLED touchscreen, which would be great for reading books. But there aren’t many of these displays on the market, and they would also cost Apple about $400 apiece. A 10-inch LCD touchscreen, on the other hand, would cost Apple $60 — much more in line with the expected $1,000 price tag. The true mystery about the tablet lies in its software and user interface. Simply expanding the iPhone OS to fit a larger screen can’t be the whole story. We expect a tablet interface that strives to appeal to everyone, like the iPhone OS does with its 3.5-inch screen, SpringBoard user interface and fingertip-sized icons. The ergonomics of text entry will especially be challenging on a device that size. People briefed on the product say it will incorporate a virtual keyboard. But if the tablet is going to serve as an alternative to a notebook or netbook, an ordinary virtual QWERTY isn’t going to cut it. We’re predicting Apple will incorporate new multitouch gestures, and maybe even the accelerometer, to trigger functions of the traditional QWERTY keyboard. Imagine if pressing two fingers down anywhere triggered the Shift key, for example. And to add a wild guess, we think Apple will expand on the voice-recognition feature seen in the iPhone 3GS, to augment text entry. Still, no one outside Apple’s tablet team has a solid idea of what the tablet’s interface will be like. The only minuscule clue is a quote from a recently departed Apple employee who told New York Times’ Nick Bilton, “You will be very surprised how you interact with the new tablet.” If it’s taken Apple this long to figure it out, I’m sure we will be. But we do expect the tablet’s operating system to share some of the same DNA as the iPhone OS. Indeed, the iPhone reportedly contains some elements of an older, shelved Apple tablet project. What could it be called? Internet sleuthers at MacRumors.com have found evidence suggesting Apple is interested in the names iSlate, MagicSlate, iGuide and iPad. Apple has apparently filed for trademarks for each of those names. Apple not only filed for the iSlate trademark; the company also procured ownership of the domain iSlate.com, making this the most likely candidate. As for when the tablet will ship, WSJ published the most credible report to date claiming Apple has plans to ship the device in March. Price tag? All we’ve heard are guesses from analysts, some who claim the tablet will cost as much as $1,000 including carrier subsidy. We estimate the tablet should cost between $700 and $1,000, placing it somewhere in between an iPhone and a MacBook. There are a few scant rumors claiming the tablet will be carried by Verizon, but none seems substantive enough to bet money on. There’s too little information out there about the carrier to make any reasonable predictions. In summary: - A 10- to 11-inch tablet, - somewhat resembling the iPhone hardware, - running a substantially expanded version of the iPhone OS, - probably called iSlate, - with a new, non-QWERTY interface, - possibly available in two versions, LCD and OLED, - with Wi-Fi and 3G data connections. iPhone OS 4.0, iLife 2010 Fox News’ Clayton Morris had a scoop citing anonymous Apple employees who claim iPhone OS 4.0 and iLife 2010 will be announced at the event. I’m a believer. The tablet will likely have a beefed-up version of the iPhone OS with all the newest features. So given the logic that the tablet OS is ready to be announced, iPhone OS 4.0 should be ready for a preview as well. But a preview would probably be it, just so Apple can begin seeding betas to developers to prepare their iPhone apps for 4.0. As for iLife 2010, Apple has announced almost all of its iLife suites during January of years past. I believe we’ll see an iLife launch only because it would be consistent. Jobs likes to pepper up press events with small announcements leading up to the major “One more thing,” so iLife and iPhone OS 4.0 will probably be the first to be announced. MacBook Pro Upgrades — Maybe An Intel contest promoted by e-mail appeared to leak upcoming MacBook Pros equipped with the newest Intel chips. Intel had sent e-mails to members of its Intel Retail Edge program, promoting a chance to win two MacBook Pros equipped with Intel’s new Core i5 processors during January, according to a report by MacRumors. However, Intel soon after retracted the promotion, saying it was a mistake and that HP notebooks would be given away for the contest instead. I found this move suspicious, because the promotion had been sent in multiple languages to members in the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain. Seems odd that it would have gotten so far if the product weren’t even real. Plus, MacBook Pros are due for a refresh. Apple last upgraded the MacBook Pro in June 2009, and typically the company refreshes notebooks every six or seven months. Therefore, my gut tells me Intel realized it accidentally leaked the MacBook Pros and then moved to undo the slip. I believe there’s a good chance MacBook Pros will be announced at next week’s event. iTunes Upgrade I haven’t seen any rumors of Apple introducing a new version of iTunes, but I assume it would have to, in order to launch the tablet. That’s because the tablet alone won’t be compelling unless it creates avenues for new content that can be used on the tablet, such as e-books, newspapers and magazines. Expect Apple to preview a new version of iTunes, perhaps 9.1, that would add new content sections to the iTunes Store. We’ll most realistically see a new e-book section demonstrated in iTunes, as Apple has reportedly been in talks with HarperCollins Publishers to make e-books for the tablet. source Related articles by ZemantaWhat to Expect From Apple's Tablet Unveiling (wired.com)"Apple Tablet will be the Most important Thing I have ever Done": Steve Jobs (taragana.com)Rumors explode about what to expect from Apple next week (arstechnica.com)Steve Ballmer Signs a Macbook - How About the Apple Tablet? (cloudave.com)Anticipating the Apple Tablet: When journalism becomes fanfiction (techcrunch.com)What Would Jobs Do? (livedigitally.com)Apple's Tablet Related Information Disclosed (taragana.com)The Apple Guessing Game Gets Going (cbsnews.com)Enabling additional multi-touch gestures on the Apple Magic Mouse (geekology.co.za)The Exhaustive Guide to Apple Tablet Rumors [Apple] (gizmodo.com)"Saints to face Colts in Super Bowl" and related posts (palmettoscoop.com)"Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Are NOT Dunzo!" and related posts (pinkisthenewblog.com)"Breaking: HMMMMMMM: Ethiopian Airliner "Crashes" Right After Take Off from Beirut" and related posts (astuteblogger.blogspot.com)"Osama bin Laden Tape Emerges Taking Responsibility for Christmas Day al Qaeda Bombing Attempt" and related posts (scaredmonkeys.com) -- Posted By Mogul to THE MOGUL GROUP at 1/26/2010 11:19:00 AM

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by Kelly Hodgkins on January 21st, 2010 The Wall Street Journal has chimed in with its assessment of the Apple tablet and has described the many ways Steve Jobs is supposedly aiming to reshape how we read books, browse newspapers, play games and consume TV with Apple’s new tablet device. Long a stronghold, Apple is reportedly courting the educational market and has developed this tablet with electronic textbook technology which will presumably take the e-book reading experience a step beyond the current Kindle-experience. The Apple tablet may also reportedly fill the gap that exists for newspapers who have been clamoring for a digital distribution channel that offers a better overall experience than what is provided by a 6 inch e-ink device. Apple is rumored to be in talks with The New York Times, Conde Nast Publications, HarperCollins and News Corp in this endeavor. Hit the jump for Apple’s rumored plans for television and gaming on its tablet device. Anyone who has owned a 9 to 10-inch slate device knows that it hit the sweet spot for casual movie or television watching and Apple may try to capitilize on the feature by bringing a “Best of TV” subscription-based TV service to the tablet. Rumors suggest that Apple has been negotiating with CBS and Disney which owns ABC to bring four to six shows per channel to the tablet. As was the case with the iPod touch, Apple is also thought to be collaborating with Electronic Arts to showcase the gaming capabilities of its tablet device. Other features potentially include virtual sticky notes, facial recognition technology that recognizes each user presumably to deliver user-specific content, and , of course, a virtual onscreen keyboard. Details on how Apple is going to integrate these diverse services into the tablet is sparse but at least some of the content may be accessible from iTunes which may be moved to a cloud-based infrastructure following Apple’s purchase of Lala. The other unknown is the wireless connectivity which is needed for such a device. Rumors are hot and heavy that the tablet will feature a Qualcomm chipset that may support Verizon Wireless EV-DO. Qualcomm also makes the Gobi chipset which includes GSM/HSDPA in addition to CDMA/EV-DO connectivity so the tablet may not be a carrier-specific device. Anyone else going to be glued to their computer next Wednesday to see how these rumors pan out and what other surprises Apple may have up its sleeve? source Read Tags: Apple, Electronic Arts, Gaming, newspapers, tablet, textbooks, wall street journal Related articles by ZemantaThe Apple Guessing Game Gets Going (cbsnews.com)Report: Apple tablet is a shared media device (news.cnet.com)The Apple Tablet Brings New Life to Old Media (inquisitr.com)Report: Apple looks to repackage content for tablet (sfgate.com)When Your Competition Gets Bought by Apple: The Melodeo Story (xconomy.com) -- Posted By Mogul to THE MOGUL GROUP at 1/22/2010 11:18:00 AM

Photo By Pudge Photos “Being with an insanely jealous person is like being in the room with a dead mammoth.” Mike Nichols. An overprotective relationship can seem like you are serving a jail term where you get to have sex at least once a week. One day while walking out of my apt in NC, I saw this girl whom I haven’t seen since the day I moved in, she was walking super fast, I later found out she was sneaking out of the house to escape her alcoholic boyfriend who beat her up and kept her tied down with the baby. She would have done anything I wanted her to do, just for the experience of being free that night. I didn’t take her up on her offer, although something deep down inside wanted to, because she was beautiful. But, for the year I never seen her I wonder if she knew she was in a toxic relationship. Here are some signs you’re with an overprotective lover: Mr. Telephone Man: - Does your lover check your phone? If so you might be with an overprotective person. Trust is the key to this post, and in a relationship trust is vital to having some sort of freedom in order to keep your sanity. No one wants to have their interaction with someone policed. Now granted people are grimy in general, and a friend of the opposite sex, can be a lover without you knowing. Will Forte wrote “Steve was incredibly nice, but in a way someone might be nice when they are sleeping with your girlfriend” You just never know, but at the end of the day freedom is needed and being the phone police is not the way to do it. - Does your lover call you a bit too much? One of my followers on twitter told me her ex boyfriend called her every 5 minutes when she wasn’t around him. He would count her rings and he’d know if she was on the phone or not. Crazy right? “he would be like y r u ignoring me when your on the phone? Im like how do you know? “b/c ur phone only rang for 37 sec’s” WTF” ~ AlwaysConvinced If you’re not able to enjoy a night away from your lover, then it’s a clear sign you need to end that relationship, it’s just not healthy. - Playing phone games. I had an ex-girlfriend who some how got the number to my new girlfriend, and one night while chilling at my girlfriends house my phone run, I answered the phone and all I heard was breathing, a few minutes later my girl’s phone wrung and again all she heard was breathing. Come to find out it was my ex girl calling both of us to listen to the background noise to see if we were in the same place. If you’re playing games like this, then you might just need to move on, and if someone else is playing this weird stalker type game, then you need to make it clear to them that it’s over and not leave anything open for a future cashing in of a coochie coupon. Somebody’s Watching Me: - Overprotective lovers seem to have a team of people to help them be a stalker. I can’t tell you he many times I’ve heard women say “My man will know he has people following me” granted I shouldn’t have been trying to temp any young woman to cheat, but an overprotective relationship will cause women to start looking for options. You never know what this crazy lover is telling their friends, they could paint a picture of their lover being the worst person in the world when in turn it’s their antics which is causing a person to stray. My boy Napps126 had a similar situation “yep! Had her people watching me in the club and going on other people myspace pages to see the pictures we took 2gether…Lmao!” - Ayo Technology: With the popularity of social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook it’s almost like a stalkers dream come true. It’s so easy to hop from page to page trying to read deeper into a flirtacious comment, or an extra sexy picture posted on a webpage. If you have to check comments in order to figure out if your lover is cheating, then you need to end that relationship asap. There are a million other signs of an overprotective lover, but these are the most common. What are some other ways overprotective lovers keep tabs on their significant other? source -- Posted By Mogul to THE MOGUL GROUP at 1/20/2010 03:30:00 PM