Katy Perry 'wanted Russell Brand to file for divorce due to parents'

Katy Perry wanted Russell Brand to file the papers for their divorce to avoid upsetting her parents, it has been reported. The couple realised they had relationship problems a few months ago, but were attempting to work things out. However, despite their best efforts, both parties felt that "it just wasn't there" and decided to divorce a few weeks ago. Perry's parents are evangelical Christians,...

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Quad-core Samsung Galaxy S III

Samsung’s Galaxy lineup has been one of the most sought after smartphone lines worldwide. The Galaxy S II became the company’s fastest selling smartphone ever, selling 3 million units in just 55 days. Moreover, Samsung sold more than 30 million Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphones worldwide as of October. There is no question that consumers are interested...

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2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Convertible

Ford unveiled the 2013 Shelby GT500 at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, but only in its coupe form - an odd decision considering Chevrolet had already announced their ZL1 Convertible. However, this doesn’t mean the masses will not be privy to a GT500 Convertible; it just means that it has been delayed just a bit until the 2012 Detroit Auto Show.Changes in the exterior of the convertible GT500 will...

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Maserati hits the matte with exclusive GranTurismo S Limited Edition

We like us some matte finish here at Autoblog, but we have to admit that the usual smattering of matte black vinyl wraps leave us a bit in the dark. That's why our eyes pop just a little wider when we see a car that cuts the glare but keeps the palette. That's also why the storied brands of the Fiat group are getting top marks in our books these days. At the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, the group's...

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LG's 55-inch 'world's largest' OLED HDTV panel is official

We only have a few more days left until the festivities truly kick off at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, but LG has already tipped its hand with a press release promising the "world's largest" OLED panel for the show. We've seen smaller screens from LG before and it had already promised a 55-inch OLED HDTV for mid-2012, so this news is just another sign the company is ready to take its technology mainstream....

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Kate Middleton and Prince William Celebrate First Christmas as Royal Newlyweds

Kate Middleton opted for a burgundy coat and fascinator for her first Christmas as part of the royal family today. Duchess Catherine greeted some young fans and stood close by her husband Prince William as they arrived at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Norfolk, England. Kate and William were also joined by his brother Prince Harry, their father Prince Charles, and his wife Camilla. Unfortunately...

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Devices to Get Android 4.0 Updates in Spring 2012

2012 is going to be the year of Ice Cream Sandwich for Android users it seems, as Sony Ericsson has now committed to update many of the Xperia family smartphones to Android 4.0. It was just 2 days ago that we heard of Samsung's upgrade schedule, making it apparent other manufacturers would start laying down their plans as well. Sony Ericsson is planning on rolling these updates out in late March...

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New Kia Ray is Korea's first production Eectric Vehicle

Kia has unveiled the automaker's very first production electric vehicle. The Kia Ray EV will offer buyers a range of around 86 miles depending on driving conditions and will include a fast-charge option that should top off the cells in around 25 minutes. Otherwise, expect the 16.4 kWh lithium-ion battery pack to take around six hours to charge on a 220-volt circuit. A 50 kW electric motor provides...

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Toshiba introduces 10 inch Windows tablet in Japan

Toshiba has a few Android tablets under its belt, but the company’s latest 10 inch tablet runs Windows 7 Professional. It’s coming soon to Japan and it’s aimed at enterprise customers. The Toshiba Dynabook WT301/D has a 10.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, an Intle Atom processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 64GB solid state disk. It supports 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, and has a VGA front-facing camera...

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Nokia Belle coming soon

The all new Nokia Belle (previously Symbian Belle) user interface will soon be available for download to some existing smartphones and begin shipping with a selection of smartphones that are already on the market. Launched earlier this year with Nokia 701, Nokia 700 and Nokia 603 smartphones, the UI has received lots of positive feedback from our customers. The enhanced versions of Nokia N8, Nokia...

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Prince William and Kate Middleton Head to Buckingham Palace For a Royal Family Meal

Prince William was behind the wheel yesterday when he and his wife, Kate Middleton, visited Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace. The Queen hosts a preholiday lunch for her relatives every year, and this year, William and Kate were joined by Prince Harry, Prince Charles, and others. Later in the day, William, Kate, and Harry reunited for the Sun Military Awards. David Beckham also turned out...

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BlackBerry PlayBook Shipment Hijacked,

This is as entertaining a story as much as it's down right depressing if you're an RIM lover/staffer. A truck loaded up with 5,200 BlackBerry PlayBooks was on its way to Ontario, Canada via Plainfield, Indiana. The heist took place when the driver for the truck made a stop to eat and shower only to find after his return that the truck was gone! The local police are working with the FBI Interstate...

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Green Technology Expected to Rescue The Economy

A rising number of entrepreneurs are delving into a sea of green – a wave of opportunities in the green technology industry that have the potential of producing millions of green jobs. Although the world’s richest people cannot be expected to rescue the economy as the world gets ready to turn the corner into a new year, experts say green business leaders do have the potential of paving the way...

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The World's Most Expensive Car Crashes

This car crash may top the list of the next television show: The World's Most Expensive Car Crashes. Occurring in Japan, the crash contained eight Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes, a Lamborghini, and two other vehicles. The whopping total of vehicle damage was $3.85 million, making it one of the most more expensive car crashes in history. Nobody was seriously injured in the accident, but the road...

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Kanye West Wants Kim Kardashian

Looks like Kanye West has his eye on the newly single Kim Kardashian. According to sources there was love in the air at the after-party for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch The Throne” concert in Los Angeles Tuesday night. All the celebrities swarmed to the after-party at the Beverly Hills estate and West was not shy about showing his affection towards Kim. “Kanye was eating Kim up like she was a piece...

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A Smaller iPad for Family

There is an iPod Family with the iPod touch, classic, nano and shuffle. There is an iPhone Family with the Low Tier: iPhone 3GS (8GB) Mid Tier: iPhone 4 (8GB) High Tier: iPhone 4S (16GB, 32GB and 64GB) 2012 will mark the year of the iPad Family more than likely with a: Low Tier: 7.85” iPad mini Mid-Tier: iPad 2 High Tier: iPad 3 If the iPad mini can hit a sweet spot of $199 in its basic configuration,...

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Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T 4G LTE

AT&T will be bringing the Samsung Galaxy Note stateside early next year as the SGH-I717, we've learned. Like the international version of the phone, GT-N7000, AT&T's Note will be highlighted by a huge 5.3-inch screen with a 1280x800 resolution. However, I717 will incorporate at least two important differences as well. First, and pretty predictably, the Galaxy Note on AT&T will be...

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Britney Spears Engaged to Boyfriend

Wedding bells will be ringing once again for Britney Spears as she accepted a proposal for marriage from her former manager, Jason Trawick. The two have been boyfriend and girlfriend for more than a year, and Trawick confirmed to “Access Hollywood” that he proposed to her on Thursday. Mr. Trawick told “Access Hollywood” that he got down on one knee to pop the question to the pop star. The two...

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Kate Middleton has landed atop Britain's Best Dressed Women list

Earning recognition for her chic style sense, Kate Middleton has landed atop Britain's Best Dressed Women list, compiled by the UK version of Harper's Bazaar. Following an impressive year of iconic fashion moments, the Duchess of Cambridge was awarded the honor by an elite crop on industry insiders, including Roksanda Ilincic, Philip Treacy, Antonio Berardi and the mag's editors, Kim Hersov and...

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Samsung's Transparent Video Display

Samsung;s flexible display screen is not expected to hit the markets until 2012, but the manufacturer is showing off how they intend to transform our lives. The video is a concept video just how far fetch is wait to be seen. If Samsung can pull off this amazing video display it may just revolutionize everything around us. Think about how good life will be with transparent, flexible screens and...

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Sony Ericsson will be Rebranded as "Sony" by Mid-2012.

Last October 2011, Sony announced that they'll buy-out Ericsson's share for EUR 1.05 billion and will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony, now it will rebrand it's smartphone and it'll drop the Ericsson from the company name and just be called "Sony". In a comment made by Sony's Vice President Kristian Tear at Times of India. A lot of planning goes into getting the branding right but we...

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Nokia X2-02 – Dual SIM music marvel, Crazy about music, internet and apps

Nokia launches the Nokia X2-02, a great music phone with Easy Swap Dual SIM, allowing you to easily manage your costs while staying connected to your friends and family.  With an internal FM antenna, MP3 player, dedicated music keys, recording capability, an in-built loudspeaker for music playback, and 32GB of memory space, the Nokia X2-02 lets you store and play thousands of...

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Optimize your blog’s with RSS feed

Your RSS Feed is sometimes the only way your visitors experience what you have to offer on a regular basis. It serves to inform and entertain, but is also an essential tool for driving traffic back to your website and improving your overall search-engine ranking. If all your feed does is show a poorly formatted excerpt of your posts, the hundreds of visitors who are not hitting your main site...

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Yamaha shows retro lightweight 125cc

Yamaha's press conference at the Tokyo Motor Show today was a genuine sign of the times. Four brand new world premiers were shown. The largest internal combustion engine amongst them was a 250cc model with fat tires designed to go anywhere - the SUV of motorcycles was the claim. There was also a three-wheeled electric commuter, a fold-up electric pedal-assist bicycle and, wait for it, an 80 km/l...

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Sources close to Microsoft have informed TNW that the public Windows 8 beta will be released in late February of 2012.

The timing of the public beta launch has been the subject of much debate in the technology community. It is expected that Windows 8 will be released in 2012, but the exact expected date for the completion and shipping of the forthcoming operating system remains undisclosed. However, knowing the release time frame of the beta itself allows us to better project when the work should be done on...

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Top Android MP3 Players for 2011

With the large holiday season ahead, shoppers are looking for great buys and even better, quality built products. Since Apple released the iPod Touch, manufacturers have followed in their footsteps to create devices that will interest buyers, minus the monthly data costs. Since the Apple’s release, companies have engulfed the MP3 player market as one of the most popular touch screen players....

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How to Root Samsung Galaxy Note and Install CWM Recovery

You now have the Galaxy note and the first thing that comes to your mind is to root it, and the next thing is to install Recovery like Clockworkmod. We found the easiest method that can root and install Clockworkmod Recovery at the same. Requirements: Samsung Galaxy Note USB Data Cable Computer ROOTING ONLY: First Download this file Doomlord_v3_root-zergrush-busybox-su_2.zip Then Extract it to...

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2012 Subaru BRZ finally bows

It's finally arrived: Subaru's version of the long-in-gestation Toyobaru has just said hello to the world at the Tokyo Motor Show. In case you've been in Witness Protection for the past two weeks, we'll recap the major specs: 2,689 pounds, 200 horsepower and 151 pound-feet from the direct-injected 2.0-liter boxer engine, six-speed manual and automatic transmissions on offer and a lower center of...

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Kris Humphries: I Was Kim's Reality Show Pawn

Sources very close to Kris Humphries tell ... Kris is gunning for an annulment based on fraud because he feels "he was just slotted in the plot line of Kim Kardashian's latest headline and newest business venture." We're told Kris believes Kim never intended to stay married to him, but needed a groom to fuel ratings for her show.  One source says, "Once they were finished taping, she just...

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Jennifer Lopez's New Guy Meets Her Kids, Max and Emme!

Jennifer Lopez enjoyed a getaway to the Hawaiian island of Kauai last week with her boyfriend, Casper Smart, and her children, Max and Emme Anthony. During their six-night stay, the new couple explored the island by helicopter and hung out at their resort. J Lo wore a bikini for one sweet afternoon of sharing PDA with Casper by their pool. It seems Casper also got along well with J Lo's 3-year-old...

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Miley Cyrus: California Pizza Kitchen Cutie

Filling up on some tasty food, Miley Cyrus was spotted grabbing a bite to eat at California Pizza Kitchen in Studio City, CA on Thursday afternoon (December 1). Clad in a short black dress with black tights, the former "Hannah Montana" star toted a bottle of Fiji Water as she exited the local eatery after finishing up her Italian lunch. Meanwhile, Miss Cyrus took to Twitter...

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