Deep Twitter Integration Will Use in iOS 5 (Rumor)

TechCrunch has reported that Apple was looking to integrate Twitter in their next generation operating system iOS 5. It is quite interesting to see if Apple will bring twitter integration on iOS 5 or not.



With twitter integration on iOS 5, the iPhone user will able to share their photos directly to Twitter from their device possibly using the twimg.com as per the Siegler. Furthermore Grubber from Daring Fireball put some more twist on this rumors. He pointed the statement:

 “So close to the bigger story, but yet so far. Imagine what else the system could provide if your Twitter account was a system-level service.”

Now the whole thing is just nothing more than the rumors but would be great to Apple's fan if it becomes available on iOS 5.

Deep Twitter integration with iOS is something that makes sense, so much sense in fact that it’s surprising we’re only just hearing rumors about it now.

Via TechCrunch and Daring Fireball

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL MOTHERS

A nice way to make your mom feel precious is to tell her a cute and warmgreeting ” Happy Mother’s Day. Mothers Day is a special day for honoring Mothers through out the world. The Mother’s Day holds great significance for all of us. As usual, the Mothers Day 2009 will be celebrated on May 10th, 2009.

Five tips To make your Mother’s day a special one:

1. Whip up something together. Sure, it would be fun to surprise your mom with breakfast in bed or a sumptuous lunch that you and your siblings made on your own, but if your culinary skills are less than stellar, it might be a better idea to make something with your mom. She’ll like it that you’re taking interest in cooking (and it’s a good way for her to pass down some family recipes). Plus, it’s more fun—and chances are, you’ll mess up the kitchen less! Try your hand at a cute batch of cupcakes, or your mom’s tried-and-tested kitchen standbys.

2. Join your mom in a workout. Now that the age of aerobics is over, your mom probably has a cooler workout like pilates, yoga or maybe even belly dancing. Join her and work up a sweat together instead of shopping at the mall—maybe you’ll even get into her workouts. If she doesn’t work out, then challenge her to a game of badminton. If both of you are sedentary, buy her a pair of running shoes and suggest that she break them in by heading out for a run with you. Getting your mom into an active lifestyle means that you’re investing in her health so you could spend more years with her.

3. Go on a road trip. We know you love your dad too, but Mother’s Day is a day for your mom (he’ll have his turn). Kidnap your mom and go on a road trip to a place that she’ll probably enjoy (which means that a theme park probably isn’t the best place to visit).

4. Book a spa appointment. Your mom is probably constantly stressed by the never-ending pile of things she has to do every day, so a few hours of private time at the spa will definitely be a treat for her. Make it different from any other spa day by joining her in a treatment or two. Give her updates of your life over a manicure; she’ll appreciate the talk just as much as the pampering.

5. Do something meaningful. Make Mother’s Day special for other people, too. Do volunteer work with your mom. Try to find an organization that’s close to your mom’s interests, and maybe you’ll both end up volunteering for more than just a day.

Cheer India for low cost Laptop

Its really good news for all Indian because India will be the first country who is going to unveil its own low cost laptop intended for use by school children and students.

I am personally so excited with this news. The computer cost just Indian 5000 rupees that is $100. It so cheap laptop ever I heard about. It will definitely bring India to height of technology.At first it was said to be 10$ laptop which was mistranslated because transcripts of the speech, in which it was unveiled, mentioned it costing $10 (£7) but this was later corrected to $100 (£70).

A spokesman for Minister of State for Higher Education, D. Purandeswari, said on Wednesday that the price of the laptop would in fact be US$100 rather than $10.

The government did not however provide information on the specifications of the laptop, or whether the price would include a subsidy from the government.

It will great news for Indian students and those parent who want to give best gift for their children.

Presidential Inauguration Day 2009 Schedule and Live Stream Video.

The schedule of Presidential Inauguration Day 2009 has been officially announced. Its a whole entertaining environment around White house to see the 56th Presidential Inauguration- Swearing of Barack Hussain Obama as President of United States of America.

Inauguration Timeline for January 20 2009 is as follow:

9:00 a.m. VIPs begin arriving, including former presidents, governors, members of the House of Representatives, U.S. senators and cabinet designees
9:45 a.m. Platform seating begins
11:03 a.m. Former presidents announced and seated
11:12 a.m. Biden family announced and seated
11:14 a.m. Obama family announced and seated
11:16 a.m. Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Cheney announced and seated
11:18 a.m. Mrs. Obama and Dr. Biden announced and seated
11:20 a.m. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney announced and seated
11:22 a.m. Vice President-elect Joe Biden announced and seated
11:25 a.m. President-elect Barack Obama announced and seated
11:30 a.m. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) delivers opening remarks
11:34 a.m. Sen. Feinstein introduces Pastor Rick Warren
11:35 a.m. Invocation by Pastor Rick Warren
11:37 a.m. Sen. Feinstein introduces Aretha Franklin
11:38 a.m. Aretha Franklin sings My Country ’Tis of Thee
11:42 a.m. Sen. Feinstein introduces Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah)
11:44 a.m. Sen. Bennett introduces U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens
11:46 a.m. Vice Presidential Oath administered by Associate Justice Stevens
11:47 a.m. Sen. Feinstein introduces performers
11:48 a.m. Yo-Yo Ma, Anthony McGill, Gabriela Montero, Itzhak Perlman, performing “Air and Simple Gifts” by John Williams
11:53 a.m. Sen. Feinstein introduces U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts
11:54 a.m. Chief Justice and President-elect Barack Obama move to podium
11:56 a.m. The Presidential Oath is administered.
11:57 a.m. Herald Trumpets perform and the U.S. Marine Corps Band plays “Hail to the Chief.” A 21-gun salute follows.
11:58 a.m. Sen. Feinstein introduces the president
12:01 p.m. Inaugural address
12:21 p.m. Sen. Feinstein introduces poet Elizabeth Alexander
12:27 p.m. Benediction given by the Rev. Joseph Lowery
12:31 p.m. Presidential party departs from platform
12:32 p.m. Departure ceremony
12:36 p.m. President and Mrs. Bush depart from the east plaza in helicopter
12:52 p.m. President’s Room signing ceremony
1:05 p.m. Statuary Hall luncheon
2:32 p.m. Review of the troops
2:36 p.m. President and Mrs. Obama, and Vice President and Dr. Biden leave with parade

You can watch Obama Inauguration Live Stream online via CNN and other news sites.I was able to get a live stream code for the Inauguration which means you can watch the Inauguration via this blog through live video feeds. Please bear in mind that you need a good internet connection to get smooth free Obama Inauguration live stream.


President Barack Obama Inauguration Video

Golden Globe 2009 is for Slumdog Millionaire.

The winner of Golden Globe 2009 announced.The Golden Globe 2009 bring happiness to the crew of Slumdog Millionaire with four top notch award.

Slumdog Millionaire has been awarded for best motion picture in drama with best director, screenplay and original score. Other winners of this this award are as follow:



Film Winners:

Best Motion Picture (Drama): Slumdog Millionaire
Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical): Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Actor (Drama): Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actor (Comedy or Musical): Colin Farrell, In Bruges
Best Actress (Drama): Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Best Actress (Comedy or Musical): Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Animated Feature Film: Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Score: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Song: “The Wrestler,” The Wrestler by Bruce Springsteen

Television Winners:

Best Drama: Mad Men
Best Comedy: 30 Rock
Best Actor (Drama): Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Best Actress (Drama): Anna Paquin, True Blood
Best Actor (Comedy): Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Best Actress (Comedy): Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Best Miniseries or TV Movie: John Adams
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Paul Giamatti, John Adams
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Laura Linney, John Adams
Best Supporting Actor: Tom Wilkinson, John Adams
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, Recount

NASA Releases Graphical Report About Columbia Disaster

An exhaustive NASA review of the Shuttle Columbia disaster revealed troubling details that the agency hopes will improve equipment and protocols for future space crews.

The space shuttle Columbia broke apart in flames 39 miles in the air as it streaked over Texas at 12,500 miles an hour toward its landing strip in Florida, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, killing all seven astronauts, six Americans and an Israeli.


A new NASA report released today details the chaotic final minutes of Columbia, which disintegrated over Texas on Feb. 1, 2003. The point of the 400-page analysis is to figure out how to make NASA's next spaceship more survivable. The report targeted problems with the spacesuits, restraints and helmets of the Columbia crew.

Many of the details about the astronauts' deaths have been known — they died either from lack of oxygen during pressure loss or from hitting something as the spacecraft tumbled and broke up.

However, the new report paints a more detailed picture of the final moments of the Columbia crew than the broader investigation into the accident five years ago.

Video of Graphical Detail:



Source: TBO.com

Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony divorce in February?

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are apparently ending their 8-year marriage, even though they renewed their wedding vows just three months ago.

According to the source,they have been having marital problems since the arrival of their twins Max & Emme in February.

The source explained: “Marc and Jennifer are planning on announcing their divorce right after Marc’s show at Madison Square Garden on 14th February.



“Jennifer is planning on joining Marc onstage for a surprise duet. Things haven’t been right for a while now, and they thought it would be a bittersweet farewell.

“They’re definitely planning a clean break in February.”

Jennifer is said to resent Marc’s attitude to their children and his attempts to reinvent her as a Latin star while a source close to Marc added: “Marc’s ready to move on. The fighting has been too much for him to handle lately.”

A spokesperson for the couple declined to comment on the rumours. Lopez, who recently gave birth to twins, sparked marriage trouble rumors when she arrived looking smoking at The Curious Case of Benjamin Button L.A. premiere, sans her wedding ring. Rumor has it, Marc doesn't let her go out looking too hot.

Iraqi Shoes reach to Whitehouse

"This is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog. This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq,"

Shoes hit by Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi to American President Bush as he gave his speech in Baghdad during his surprise visit is now popular news over the world. According to the timesonline.co.uk, the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President Bush during his farewell visit to Baghdad was hailed a hero in the Arab world as thousands marched to demand his release.

About 20 people have protested the war in Iraq by tossing shoes at a fellow demonstrator wearing a prison uniform and mask of President George W. Bush outside the White House.

The group yelled, "This is a goodbye kiss from the people of America!" They also arranged along a curb about 120 pairs of shoes tagged with the names of Iraqis who have died as a result of the war.

By the way there's more news. A sixty year Saudi man Hassan Mohammad Makhafa of Aseer (south west of Saudi Arabia) has offered $10 million for the shoes of Iraqi journalist/shoe thrower Muntadar Al Zaidi. He's prepared to sell all his properties - which would be going to his sons - to purchase the shoes, which he describes as a "medal of freedom."

Shoes thrown to Bush Video:



Code Pink Does "Shoe-In" at White House Rally:







Finally, I personally think this is best Christmas gift for American President Bush and here we demands for release of Muntazer al-Zaydi.

PlayStation Home launching tomorrow: December 11th

PlayStation Home (also marketed and referred to simply as Home) is a community-based service for the PlayStation Network which has been in development since early 2005.

PlayStation Home allows users to create an avatar for their PlayStation 3 console. This avatar will get their own virtual apartment space (called a "HomeSpace"), which can then be adorned with items users can receive in several different ways.

Now, new version of Home is going to released on December 11, 2008 along with the launch of the product's open beta.The final release will take place sometime before the end of the year.

According to Playstation Blog:

Today we announced that PlayStation Home will enter into open beta, and will be available to everyone tomorrow. This milestone represents the very beginning of a long journey together, as PlayStation Home is an ever evolving, always changing, organic experience — full of new friends to meet, new events to enjoy, and new content to explore.

Watch Out This video:

The 2009 Golden Globe nominees and video

The 2009 Golden Globe nominations will take place at The Beverly Hilton in California any moment from now.

The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which will highlight both television and motion picture achievements, will be hosted by Brooke Shields, Elizabeth Banks, Terrence Howard, Rainn Wilson and Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Jorge Camara.

Check out this video clip of the Golden Globe nominations for 2009, announced during the December 11 Today show:



The 2009 Golden Globe Awards nominations were announced this morning - the nominees for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards include:

Best TV Drama
Dexter
House
In Treatment
Mad Men
True Blood

Best Performance, Actress - TV Drama
Sally Field, Brothers and Sisters
Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: SVU
January Jones, Mad Men
Anna Paquin, True Blood
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Best Performance, Actor - TV Drama
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors

Best TV Series, Comedy
30 Rock
Californication
Entourage
The Office
Weeds

Best Performance, Actress - TV Comedy
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds

Best Performance, Actor - TV Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Kevin Connolly, Entourage
David Duchovny, Californication
Tony Shalboub, Monk

Best Performance, Supporting Actress TV
Eileen Atkins, Cranford
Laura Dern, Recount
Melissa George, In Treatment
Rachel Griffiths, Brothers and Sisters
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment

Best Performance, Supporting Actor TV
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Denis Leary, Recount
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Blair Underwood, In Treatment
Tom Wilkinson, John Adams

Best Actor, Comedy Movie
Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell, In Bruges
James Franco, Pineapple Express
Brendon Gleason, In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey

Best Supporting Actor, Film
Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Actor, Drama Film
Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture, Comedy
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Actress, Drama
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

Best Actress, Comedy Film
Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best Motion Picture - Drama
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Feature Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E


The 2009 Golden Globe Award winners will be announced on January 11, 2009.

Laura Bush Kill a Guy: It's a true fact

It’s a sad story, but also completely true: First Lady Laura Bush did kill a guy, although a very long time ago.

According to inquisitr.com:

In 1963 when then 17, Laura Bush ran a stop sign in a crash that killed a friend in another car. Some reports say it was her then boyfriend in the other car. The police report was released in 2000, and noted that Laura wasn’t charged with a crime for the death.

According to Bush's spokesperson

It was a very tragic accident that deeply affected the families and was very painful for all involved, including the community at large. To this day, Mrs. Bush remains unable to talk about it.

The dead guy is not other than her class-mate Michael Dutton Douglas. Even after killing, she wasn’t charged for this. It was all because rich got even better treatment in Texas back in 63.

Watch out the clip of family Guy:

Hajj pilgrimage 2008

A sea of Muslim pilgrims has arrived in Saudi Arabia from all corners of the world to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage.


Saturday is really big day for Muslims, as it is the start of a religious festival called the Hajj. It's one of the five most important things in Islam, called the pillars.Millions of Muslims are heading to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to pray and take part in the Hajj.Every Muslim is expected to go to Mecca to take part in the Hajj at least once in their life, as long as they are healthy and can afford to get there.The journey to Mecca is called a pilgrimage. Pilgrims have to carry out a number of tasks during their journey to Mecca.The final one of the tasks is getting to something called the Kaaba, which is represented by a giant cube in the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca.

Here are some pictures from the Hajj:

The Army-Navy Game

The Army-Navy Game is an annual college football game generally played on the first Saturday in December.

It pits the football teams of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York (Army), and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland (Navy), against one another.

Winner of Game Upto 2007:

Army	Ties	Navy
(49)	(7)	(52)
1891 1899 1901 1902 1903 1904 1908 1913 1914 1915 1916 1922 1924 1925 1927 1930 1931 1932 1933 1935 1937 1938 1944 1945 1946 1947 1949 1953 1955 1958 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1977 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 2001	1905 1923 1926 1948 1956 1965 1981	1890 1892 1893 1900 1906 1907 1910 1911 1912 1919 1920 1921 1934 1936 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1950 1951 1952 1954 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1967 1970 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1985 1989 1991 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Today is 6th December and the battle between them rise again at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Navy is continuing their winning streak for 6 years and also prepared to win today. One more important thing US president George W. Bush to attend this game today. Its a really interesting for Army-Navy game's fan. Honored at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Barbara Walters Most Fascinating People

Barbara Walters 10 Most Fascinating People Obama Most Fascinating To Walters

On Thursday night, Barbara Walters waved her magic wand over pop culture deeming the "10 Most Fascinating People of 2008." Walters dishes, “All of our subjects have reached extraordinary milestones in their personal lives or careers this year.”

"Her 10 Most Fascinating" list were:

• Actor Will Smith,
• Actress and Singer Miley Cyrus,
• Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps,
• Alaska Governor Sarah Palin,
• Actor Tom Cruise,
• "The Pregnant Man" Thomas Beatie,
• Actress Tina Fey,
• Actor Frank Langella,
• Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh
• Us President Obama.

The big surprise wasn't actually a shocker at all."President-elect Barack Obama was chosen as the "Most Fascinating Person of 2008" in Barbara Walters' annual special.

Koobface Virus in Facebook: Beware

Facebook's 120 million users are being targeted by a virus dubbed "Koobface" that uses the social network's messaging system to infect PCs, then tries to gather sensitive information such as credit card numbers.


According to McAfee:


Koobface spreads by sending notes to friends of someone whose PC has been infected. The messages, with subject headers like, "You look just awesome in this new movie," direct recipients to a website where they are asked to download what it claims is an update of Adobe Systems Inc's Flash player.

If they download the software, users end up with an infected computer, which then takes users to contaminated sites when they try to use search engines from Google, Yahoo, MSN and Live.com


According to an Article:


The Koobface e-mails have a subject like "You look so amazing funny on our new video," and contain a link to a YouTube-like video site that appears to contain a movie clip (see image). The video, however, doesn't play, and the website then asks the user to update his or her video software by downloading a file. It's that file that contains the malicious code.



Richard Larmer, chief executive of RLM Public Relations in New York, said he threw out his PC after it became infected by Koobface, which downloaded malicious software onto his PC. It was really bad. It destroyed my computer," he said.

Facebook has posted limited instructions about how to remove the virus on its security page: In essence, users should install one of several available anti-virus programs, and be sure to change your Facebook password here.

Windows Vista SP2 dowload here

Windows Update to deliver the Service Pack 2 beta for Windows Vista

Windows Vista SP2 Beta will be available for Technet and MSDN subscribers to download via those sites on Dec 2nd and then will be available for public download on the public TechNet and MSDN sites on December 4th. Microsoft is expected to ship Windows Vista SP2 finally in the first half of 2009.

Download torrent: Microsoft.Windows.Vista.SP2.Update.32Bit.Build.6002.16497-WinBet.4485188.TPB.torrent

If you don't have access to MSDN and TechNet, then download this .bat file. Running it will allow you to download SP2 beta through Microsoft Windows Update.

Download: Windows Vista SP2

Features inside Vista SP2;

Emerging Hardware Support

• SP2 contains Blue tooth 2.1 feature pack supporting the most recent specification for Blue tooth technology
• Ability to record data on Blu-Ray media,
• Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) Wi-Fi Configuration to Windows Vista SP2,
• exFAT file system now supports UTC timestamps, which enables correct file synchronization across time zones.
• SP2 provides support for new form factors, such as ICCD/CCID.
• New form factor support –example USB form factor as opposed to PCMCIA.
• Support for the new VIA 64-bit CPU

Security

• SP2 includes all previously released security updates, and builds on the proven security benefits of Windows Vista
• Secure Development Lifecycle process updates, where we identify the root cause of each security bulletin and improve our internal tools to eliminate code patterns that could lead to future vulnerabilities
• Reliability
• SP2 addresses previously released reliability updates, as well as addressing crashes, caused by Microsoft code, discovered since the launch of SP1

Performance

• Resume performance when Wi-Fi connection is no longer available after resume from sleep
• Inclusion of Windows Search 4 for improved indexing performance, improved relevancy in search, broader indexing scenario inclusion, as well as new Group Policy integration for Windows Search
• Improvements to the RSS feeds sidebar gadget to improve update performance and responsiveness,

Application Compatibility

• Previously released Application Compatibility updates are included in Windows Vista SP2.
• Spysweeper and ZoneAlarm now working with POP3 email accounts

Administration and Support Improvements

• Customers installing .net framework 3.5 service pack 1 will notice shorter download and installation times with Vista service pack 2 or Windows 2008 service pack 2 already installed,
• Service Pack Clean up tool (Compcln.exe): This tool helps restore the hard disk space by permanently deleting the previous versions of the files (RTM & SP1) that are being serviced by Service Pack 2.
• Single installer for both Vista & Server 2008
• Ability to detect an incompatible driver and block service pack installation or warn users of any loss of functionality
• Better error handling and providing more descriptive error messages where possible
• Better manageability through logging in system event log
• Componentization for Serviceability of the installer

Some Specific Fixes/Additions Include:

• Inclusion of Hyper-V
• Event logging support in SPC
• DNS Server now listens over ISATAP address
• Fixes DRM issues from WMP upgrades
• Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless
• Reduction of resources required for sidebar gadgets
• Improved power settings for WS08

Source: Microsoft

Please note that the new build is 16497. The build which was leaked in October was 16489.

The 2009 Grammy Nominees Revealed

We see Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne and others getting this year’s nods.

On Wednesday night (December 3), in much-hyped live concert on CBS, the nominees for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards revealed. And the nominees are as follows:

Rihanna:

• NOMINATION: Best Dance Recording for "Disturbia" and Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for "If I Never See Your Face Again" with Maroon 5

Beyonce:

• NOMINATION: Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Me, Myself and I"

Madonna:

• NOMINATION: Best Dance Recording for "Give It 2 Me" and Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for "4 Minutes" with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland

Alicia Keys:

• NOMINATION: Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Superwoman" and Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for "Lesson Learned" with John Mayer

Leona Lewis:

• NOMINATION: Record of the Year for "Bleeding Heart" and Best Pop Vocal Album for Spirit

Duffy:

• NOMINATIONS: Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Mercy" and Best Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry

Jordin Sparks:

• NOMINATION: Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for "No Air" with Chris Brown

Katy Perry:

• NOMINATION: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "I Kissed a Girl"

Sheryl Crow:

• NOMINATION: Best Pop Vocal Album for Detours

Britney tops Yahoo searches

She did it again: Britney Spears was the most popular search term on Yahoo for the fourth year in a row - her seventh time topping the list.

Spears bested World Wrestling Entertainment, Barack Obama, Miley Cyrus and the online game "RuneScape" as the five most-searched terms if 2008, the Web portal and search company announced Monday, a day before the singer release her new album "Circus."

Jessica Alba, the anime series "Naruto", Lindsay Lohan, Angelina Jolie and "American Idol" rounded out the top 10 list. To compile their year-end review, Yahoo editors analyze search queries based on "absolute volume and growth versus previous periods, to see which themes and trends bubble to the surface." Users and their search queries remain anonymous.

Top 10 Searches:

1. Britney Spears
2. WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)
3. Barack Obama
4. Miley Cyrus
5. "RuneScape"
6. Jesicca Alba
7. "Naruto"
8. Lindslay Lohan
9. Angelina Jolie
10. American Idol

Spears also continues to be a rating draw on television, too. The Saturday' episode of British talent show "The X Factor", which featured an appearance by Spears, attracted 13.6 million viewers, the show's biggest audience, The guardian reported Monday. Ratings for the Sunday premiere of Spears' MYV special, "Britney: For the Record", weren't yet available.

Source: Local Newspaper