Protect Your Online Finances
More people are using Web sites like Mint.com to manage their finances and as a result opening themselves up to privacy and security problems. Jason Owens, a certified security specialist, writes on his site about how he would hack in to your Mint.com account. If you're not familiar with Mint.com, it's an online financial accounts manager that lets you pay your bills, budget, chart your expenses, find ways to save and other features, and can be ...
What Your Apple Gadgets Would be Worth as Stock Today
If you're a fan or shareholder of Apple, Inc., you should check out the interesting little financial table over at Kyle Conroy's site. Take multi-sourced data, he shows, product by product, what your money would be worth today if instead of buying that Apple computer or consumer electronics gadget (iPod, etc.), you had spent the same money on stock at the same time. For example, if you had taken the $5700 that a PowerBook G3 250 ...
Dexter Star Recovered From Cancer Says Wife
If you're a fan of the hit show Dexter, about a police lab analyst who turns serial killer on other serial killers, you might be wondering what's up. I haven't seen the show airing lately and wondered maybe if it had switched channels. It seems that Michael C. Hall, aka Dexter, has been suffering from cancer -- Hodgkin's Lymphoma in particular. His wife, Jennifer Carpenter, says that he has now fully recovered from cancer and ...
Paul McCartney Piedmont Park Concert in Atlanta
Baby you can drive my car, but not to Piedmont Park. Sir Paul McCartney is performing in Atlanta's Piedmont Park today, as part of the its 20th anniversary. This will be McCartney's first outdoor concert in over 40 years, and it'll be a "green" one. That is, there'll be no parking for the event. MARTA trains will be one way to get there, but this still involves walking. Music starts at 7pm local time.
Character Actor John Quade Passes Away at 71
Actor John Quade died this past Sun Aug 9, apparently of natural of causes. The 71 year-old actor is probably best known for the villains he played in various Clint Eastwood films. He also made appearances in dozens of popular TV shows starting from Gunsmoke in 1971 to Lonesome Dove in 1993.
Michael Vick Signs With Philly Eagles
ESPN is reporting that the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles have signed Michael Vick to a two-year contract. The quarterback spent 18 months of his sentence for multiple charges related to a dogfighting ring. Vick, formerly of the Atlanta Falcons, hasn't played since 2006 and will not be fully reinstated to the NFL until week six of the 2009-10 season. His new deal offers him $1.6M for the first year and "an option for the second ...
Legendary Guitarist Les Paul Passes Away at 94
Even if you've never heard his music, you've likely heard music performed on guitars that carry musician Les Paul's name. The legendary musician created the electric guitar known as the "Les Paul." The Gibson Les Paul guitar and the the clone models it inspired has been used by many of the greatest guitarists the world over. It's thus an understatment to say that his creation defined part of the sound of American rock and roll ...
Veteran Writer/ Director/ Producer John Hughes Dies
Director/ Producer John Hughes died today of a heart attack during a morning walk. Hughes was probably best known for his "teen angst" movies (written, produced and/or directed), including Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Some Kind of Wonderful, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. He also had a hand in numerous other well known hits including the Home Alone series, Weird Science and Mr. Mom. Hughes was 59.
Model Naomi Sims Passes Away at 61
American model Naomi Sims has passed away of cancer at the age of 61. As the first African American to be on the cover of Ladies Home Journal (LHJ), some consider to also be the first African American supermodel. Her modeling career spanned the late 1960s. She appeared on the cover of LHJ in 1968 and Life magazine in 1969. After retiring from her short modeling career, she launched what became a multi-million dollar wig-making ...
Seinfeld Cast Reunion… On Curb Your Enthusiasm
The cast of the 'Seinfeld' TV sitcom are finally reuniting, but not on their own show. Instead, they'll be part of multiple episodes on Larry David's TV comedy 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'. David is of course the co-creator of the 'Seinfeld' series. Reports are that Jerry Seinfeld (who had a cameo in the Season 4 finale) will appear in an episode of Curb, followed by the rest of the 'Seinfeld' cast in four episodes. These ...
Omer Bhatti Trying to Prove He’s Michael Jackson’s Love Child?
ABC and other media outlets are reporting that Joe Jackson, father of recently deceased popstar Michael Jackson, is admitting that MJ had a love child, Omer Bhatti. (see the video below, to hear Joe Jackson.) Additional reports are that Bhatti is seeking a DNA test to prove MJ is his father, but this contradicts some reports that say he denies it. Still, Bhatti has reportedly attended various events with MJ's three official children, including the ...
Scarlett Johansson to Star as Black Widow in Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2, the sequel to the hit 2008 film Iron Man - starring Robert Downey, Jr., in the lead role - will have Scarlett Johansson as the Russian spy Black Widow. Johansson had to undergo a tough workout regimen and a low-carb diet just to be able to fit into the Black Widow character's tight, revealing outfit. What hasn't been revealed is whether Black Widow is a villainess or heroine. Also in the cast of ...
Olivia Wilde: Our PopStar Hottie of the Week
It seems that every week there's a new PopStar Hottie that all the guys are drooling over. Starting this week, PopSofa will crown a new PopStar Hottie each week by monitoring online activity and search trends.
Popsofa Movie Highlights - Jun 2008
It's blockbuster movie season for 2008 and there are a lot of biggies being released this year. Here are some of the highlights for June, listed in approximate order of release. Click on the IMDB link for more information. You Don't Mess With the Zohan. Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rob Schneider, Kevin Nealon, Robert Smigel. Action, Comedy. Kung Fu Panda. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, Michael ...
Popsofa Entertainment Lounge - Tues May 13, 2008
Here's a rundown of entertainment tidbits for Tues May 13, 2008. Remy Ma faces eight years in jail for shooting a former associate last year. The quarrel was over $3,000 that went missing from her purse. She had initially faced up to 25 years, and prosecutors asked for thirteen years. Her lawyers plan to appeal. [via Village Voice] Iron Man beats out Speed Racer to take #1 in the box office two weekends in a row. ...
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- If you're old enough to remember Kodak film cameras, you're old enough to remember the company's "Kodak moment" concept, which has now been redefined as social sharing. The company appears to be trying to adapt to the disappearance of film cameras by suggesting that a Kodak moment now happens when you share pics and video with friends, family co-workers and strangers, whether it's through email, or social media. The idea of redefining this pop culture concept is of course to sell digital image products such as cameras and picture frames. read...
- It's not bad enough thieves are grabbing iPads from shoppers hands, scammers are also using the popularity of Apple's new mobile computing device to fool people into revealing personal data or exposing their computers to viruses and other malware. So watch out for email messages that claim you need to follow their instructions in upgrading your iPad's software -- something Apple would not send. Also watch for ads claiming you can get a free iPad for filling out a profile. While some might be legitimate, most probably are not. read...
- A 20 year-old man was arrested on charges that the stole an iPad from a 59-year old man, William Jordan. Jordan, who wade the Apple iPad purchase as a favor to a friend, also lost part of a pinky finger when the thief pulled the white Apple shopping bag so hard out of his hands that the bone was exposed. Doctors amputated part of the pinky. read...
- Rocker Brett Michaels is the latest celebrity suffering from a serious illness. Michaels was rushed to ICU on Thurdsay for a brain hemorrhage, but is now being reported as stabilized. Chances of survival are low in such cases, so we're hoping he pulls through. read...
- It appears that despite rumors everywhere, turn-by-turn Google navigation is not coming to the iPhone, despite being added to a variety of other mobile devices recently. read...
- When Apple engineer Gray Powell lost what's said to be a prototype of the company's next-generation iPhone smartphone while celebrating his birthday drinking beer in a bar, he became a subject of ridicule. The phone was found, sold to tech site Gizmodo (which police are investigating), taken apart and photographed and analyzed. Powell could have lost his job, but he hasn't. What's more, the German Lufthansa Airlines has offered to fly him free to Munich to drink beer. read...
- Could it be that Apple, Inc., will be offering a digital camera with the next generation of their culture-changing iPod media players. Apparently two such iPod prototypes showed up on eBay earlier, selling for just over US$100. They've apparently now been been removed from listing. read...
- A source close to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reportedly confirmed on Jolie's behalf that she is pregnant. I suppose it's hard to deny it anymore when you look like this. Now if there are any babies that deserve $6M for exclusive photos upon birth, it's the children of two of the most beautiful people on Earth - namely Jolie and Pitt, not Jennifer Lopez. What's more, if they get offered the money and accept it, they're likely to donate it to one of their charity efforts. read...
- Um, what? Has hottie Kate Hudson been seeing Justin Timberlake for a year? The same Justin Timberlake that's supposedly about to propose to equally hot Jessica Biel? Say it ain't so. How does an untalented, middle of the road short pop idiot like Timberlake get two hotties? Oh yeah, cat fight time!! read...
- OK Magazine reports that Nicole Richie's post-birthing slimming secret is the Spanx undergarments she's been wearing. (You know, the hose replacement profiled on Oprah?) But I maintain that the real secret is the mad partying that she and baby-daddy Joel Madden have been doing. I mean, who the hell has a baby and then goes out and parties all hours of the night shortly afterwards? Doesn't Nicole feel any maternal instinct? And she was doing so well, gifting other mothers, holding showers, participating in a charity that she and Joel had started. read...
