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#Tech: Japan Starts Wi-Fi Dispensing Vending Machines

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December 28, 2011
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Tokyo-based beverage company Asahi Soft Drinks took the wraps off a vending machine [JP] that not only offers drinks but also sends out Wi-Fi signals within a 50m radius.

The Wi-Fi will be available for free, is accessible with multiple devices, without registration, and for anyone to use (meaning users won’t have to buy any drinks to go online through the machine). It’s possible to use the web for about 30 minutes before the machine cuts you off (re-connecting is possible, however).

After logging in, users will see various location-specific information on the home screen, for example on local stores, or sightseeing spots.

Starting in 2012, Asahi will set up 1,000 of the vending machines in five different regions in Japan (Tokyo, Sendai, Chubu, Kinki, and Fukuoka) in the first year. The plan is to roll out a total of 10,000 units in the next five years.

Asahi is currently operating 250,000 vending machines all over Japan.

Weekend @ The Box Office: December 23-25, 2011

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December 26, 2011
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Title / Weekend Gross (in millions $$$)

  1. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol $26.5 m
  2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows $17.8 m
  3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $13.3 m
  4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) $13 m
  5. The Adventures fo Tintin $9.1 m
  6. We bought a Zoo $7.8 m
  7. New Year’s Eve $3 m
  8. Arthur Christmas $2.7 m
  9. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt 1 $2 m
  10. Hugo $2 m

Hip Hop Album Sales: Week ending 12/18/2011

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December 21, 2011
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#7. Drake – Take Care – 77,000 (1,044,000)

#14. Rihanna – Talk That Talk – 54,000 (373,000)

#21. LMFAO – Sorry For Party Rocking – 40,000 (401,000)

#23. Mary J. Blige – My Life II: The Journey Continues 39,000 (309,000)

#26. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa – Mac & Devin Go To High School Soundtrack 38,000 (39,000)

#37. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV – 29,000 (1,826,000)

#49. Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch The Throne – 22,000 (1,166,000)

#61. The Roots – undun – 18,000 (67,000)

#78. J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story – 14,000 (463,000)

#87. Wale – Ambition – 13,000 (293,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.

Feds Impersonate Hip Hop label seize $7.2 million in drugs, Arrest 70 In Sting Operation

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December 20, 2011
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Source: Washington Post

A year long investigation by Washington, D.C. police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has resulted in the seizure of 161 weapons and $7.2 million in drugs. The crazy thing is that they pulled this off by posing as a fictional rap label.

The team operated out of the “Manic Enterprises” studio, which was run by fictional rapper “Richie Valdez” (D.C. Police Sgt. Dale Sutherland) and located inside of a Northeast DC rowhouse. The “studio” opened in November of 2010, and featured normal studio equipment, as well as some addition technology-hidden audio and video gear.

According to authorities, many of the 70 suspects admitted they would kill police or innocent people if they deemed it necessary. Naturally, that didn’t sit well with the undercovers. Also, if you’re wondering what that $7 million in drugs consisted of, it included 80 pounds of meth, 21 pounds of coke, 1.25 gallons of PCP and 24 pounds of marijuana, heroin and ecstasy.

In addition to recovering the weapons-which included a rocket launcher-and drugs, a trip to Atlanta during the investigation yielded a connection to the Mexican Drug Cartel “La Familia,” who allegedly introduced the feds to a Georgia gun supplier.

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Google invests $94 Million into Solar Energy

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December 20, 2011
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Google announced a major investment in four solar photovoltaic (PV) projects Tuesday, bringing the company’s portfolio of clean energy projects to almost $1 billion.

The latest investment of $94 million is the first money the search giant has put toward generating energy into the U.S. grid. Past projects brought solar panels to 10,000 homeowners through the rooftop installations.

“We believe investing in the renewable energy sector makes business sense and hope clean energy projects continue to attract new sources of capital to help the world move towards a more sustainable energy future,” Axel Martinez, assistant treasure of Google Treasury, wrote in a blog post.

The best states in the U.S. for solar power energy are Nevada, Arizona, California, Texas and New Mexico.

AT&T drops T-Mobile merger Plans

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December 20, 2011
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AT&T on Monday ended its pursuit of T-Mobile, bowing to government opposition to the $39 billion deal that would have created the nation’s biggest mobile provider of phone and Internet service.

The companies agreed to end last-ditch negotiations to restructure their merger and win over leery antitrust officials. As a penalty, AT&T will hand to T-Mobile’s parent, Deutsche Telekom, $4 billion worth of cash and other assets.

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Weekend @ Box Office: December 16-18

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December 19, 2011
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Title / Weekend Gross (in million $$$)

  1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows  $39.6 m
  2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked  $23.2 m
  3. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol  $12.7 m
  4. New Year’s Eve  $7.3 m
  5. The Sitter  $4.6 m

Baracka Flacka Flames – I Run The Military

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December 19, 2011
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R.I.P. Kim Jong Il (1942-2011)

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December 18, 2011
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PYONGYANG, North Korea — Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died of fatigue. He was 69.

Kim’s death was announced Monday by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 but appeared relatively vigorous in photos and video from recent trips to China and Russia and in numerous trips around the country carefully documented by state media.

The leader, reputed to have had a taste for designer sunglasses, cigars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, was believed to have had diabetes and heart disease.  Kim Jong Il was the biggest consumer of Hennessy  spending $700,000 p/year on cognac.

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$1 Million 24-Carat Gold Rolls Royce

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December 17, 2011
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According to The Daily Mail, an Italian fashion design house has created a gold-covered remake of  The Rolls Royce Ghost model costing more than $1 million.

The Fenice Milano ‘Diva’ has been spray painted in 24-carat gold and the company is so proud of it they have described the model as a ‘true.masterpiece.’

It is fitted with the same 6-litre twin-turbocharged engine of the Ghost, giving the saloon more than 560bhp and a top speed of 155mph.

The interior has biscuit leather and 24-carat gold throughout.

The standard Ghost costs $220,000 but the Diva is now for sale at $1.05million. Read More

DMC Teaching Physical Fitness

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December 16, 2011
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Darryl McDaniels of legendary rap group Run DMC talks about Camp Felix which he co-founded with Sheila Jaffe to give foster kids in New York City a place to get away in the summer and being physically active.

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Forbes Top Earning Women in Music 2011

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December 15, 2011
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“Forbes” 2011 list of The Top-Earning Women in Music
1. Lady Gaga, 90-million-dollars
2. Taylor Swift, 45-million-dollars
3. Katy Perry, 44-million-dollars
4. Beyonce Knowles, 35-million-dollars
5. Rihanna, 29-million-dollars
6. Pink, 22-million-dollars
7. Carrie Underwood, 20-million-dollars
8. Celine Dion, 19-million-dollars
9. Adele, 18-million-dollars
10. TIE – Britney Spears, Alicia Keys, ten-million-dollars