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Good news! You can now chat with your friends using smartphone platforms such as iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Symbian.

Cnectd has launched a free beta version of their cross-platform messaging and social networking application for BlackBerry users. Through Cnectd, you can message others who use other smartphone platforms just like BlackBerry Messenger or BBM. It is also available for iPhone and Nokia devices with Symbian Series 60 feature pack 2.

Here are some of the features of Cnectd:
*Completely free to download for a limited period only.
*Allows you to images to any of your contacts.
*Upload profile picture, manage your own profile and update your status.
*Create and manage your own groups and have group chats.
*Locate friends and share your location.
*Works around the world.

Cnectd takes the normal IM experience and attempts to make it as close to using BBM as possible. The application is still in beta for all platforms, so there is more features to look forward to, and it has the potential to become a solid offering for other platforms as well.

You can download Cnected free beta version on their website. Be cnectd now!

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The Prince of Persia star, Jake Gyllenhaal, stated during an interview that he believes in “the one”. “The one” that he is referring to is his soul mate.

During his interview, Jake stated that he believes in carnation and reincarnation. He believes that it’s sometimes a daily thing, a weekly thing, where we reincarnate and become different people and change in our days, in our weeks, in our years. Jake further said “…I mean I’m not the same person I was even when we made this movie (Prince of Persia)”. He further stated “I do believe in soul mates and I think that destiny has something to do with that, yeah,”

A soul mate is the one destined for each one of us. Many people believe that there is some one out there that is for us. Jake is one of these people. He seems to hope that there is someone out there who is waiting for him. He collaborates this with destiny, where in he feels that every thing that he is encountering was meant for him.

However, today, many people doubt about it because of repeated love problems. They keep on waiting about their so called soul mate until they become tired of it. But do you know that there is a myth about soul mates? It was presented by Aristophanes in Plato’s symposium. It was stated there that humans originally consisted of four arms, four legs, and a single head made of two faces, but Zeus feared their power and split them all in half, condemning them to spend their lives searching for the other half to complete them.

If myths were true, will you search for your soul mate or wait for them as they were destined for you? This is what Jake Gyllenhaal believes in and maybe he is searching right now for his “the one”.

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The entertainment world was jolted after the judge from the Los Angeles court issued an arrest warrant for the famous Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan. The orders were issued after Lohan failed to appear before a mandatory court hearing. While the court issued immediate arrest of the young lady, the court also announced that her bail has been kept for a handsome amount of $100,000.

Lohan’s lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, furnished a statement in front of the judge that the actress was away, attending the Cannes Film Festival where her passport was stolen which prevented her from returning and appearing before the judge. While the excuse was seen widely as a lie, as TMZ.com reported that the actress has not reported her passport as stolen. Judge Marsha Revel also revoked Lohan’s probation which she had been going through following two arrests in 2007 on charges of drunken driving.

Judge Marsha Revel was heard in the court:

“Actions speak louder than words. I’ve heard the best words in the world, but the actions are far more important. She has a history of not keeping scheduled appointments.If she wanted to be here, it looks to the court that she could have been here. But right now that’s irrelevant. She was ordered to be here. … There’s really no valid excuse.”

Lohan’s Lawyer reported that she would be back by Friday evening and if she makes bail, she would be prohibited from drinking alcohol and would also be required to wear an alcohol bracelet and also go weekly drug testing.

The actress is now scheduled to appear in court Monday.

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ABC TV show Grey’s Anatomy season 6 finale (episode 23 and episode 24) will air on May 20. You can watch Grey’s Anatomy Season Finale Online Live stream!

Grey’s Anatomy is an American medical drama television series. It is about the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace-Mercy West Hospital in Seattle, Washington. The first episode of the first season, “A Hard Day’s Night” premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC. It is currently on the sixth season.

Spoiler: There is a killer on the loose so expect the finale to be thrilling, exciting and a lot of suspense.

In the first hour finale, Seattle Grace Hospital is struck with a crisis like no other in its history. A gunman will terrorize the hospital and some main characters will be in danger. Viewers will see Seattle Grace inundated with victims of a multi-car pile-up. One of the doctors will also be devastated by a fire in her house. In the second hour of the season six finale, Cristina and Meredith’s surgical skills are put to the ultimate test.

Watch Grey’s Anatomy Season Finale here.

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Here’s a trailer for the localized version of Ghost Trick, Capcom’s detective title for the DS. Do note that for the shipment in the US, it has been duly renamed to Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective.
 
 
 

The American actor, Kevin Costner gave $24 million for the worsening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This only proves that he is a true nature lover. He has also invested 15 years for this condition and it is considered as a novel act. He started this act while working on his film “Waterworld” that was released in 1995.

Costner is working on a technology that will help save the gulf. Officials with Ocean Therapy Solutions stated that the machine works on the principle of centrifugal force. In this case, diesel fuel and water enter the machine together and are jettisoned separately, with water on one side and diesel on the other. The machine will clean the water up to 97 percent. Costner was very happy about the machine that they had created as he stated “I just am really happy that this has come to the light of day,” However it was heart breaking for him to see what is happening in the gulf, and he stated that he and his group will face this problem as a team.

Louisiana attorney John Houghtaling said the technology was originally developed with the help of Department of Energy. He further stated, “The machines are essentially like big vacuum cleaners, which sit on barges and suck up oily water and spin it around at high speed. On one side, it spits out pure oil, which can be recovered. The other side spits out 99% pure water.”
Actor Stephen Baldwin, who is producing a documentary about the oil spill and Costner’s device, stated “It certainly is an odd thing to see a ‘Kevin Costner’ and a ‘centrifugal oil separator’ together in a place like the Gulf of Mexico, but, hey, some of the best ideas sometimes come from the strangest places.”

As an active environmentalist, Costner is actually doing a great job. He has helped the environment for many times not only in movies but in reality.

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NBC’s “The Marriage Ref” season finale will feature Demi Moore, Kelly Ripa and comedian Jim Breuer lending their words of wisdom.

“The Marriage Ref” is a TV series hosted by the comedian Tom Papa. It is first aired on NBC on February 28, 2010. The premise of the show involves real-life couples who have been having an ongoing fight. A video clip is shown to the three member celebrity panel, showing both sides of the argument. The panel shall decide and vote who they think is right.

The all-star panel, composed of Jim Breuer, Kelly Ripa and Demi Moore will assess and observe classic marital tiffs and offer their unique opinions and engaging thoughts in an effort to help host and ‘marriage ref’ Tom Papa make the ultimate decision on who is right.

Breuer first rose to be famous as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1998. On SNL, Breuer’s characters included “Goat Boy” who hosted the very fictional MTV show “Hey, remember the 80’s?” and “Got talk” skits.

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Another hospitalization for Bret? Michaels is “up, walking, talking, continuing his daily rehab and very happy to be alive,” and he hopes to make a full recovery. But what did really happen to him?

In Los Angeles California, the rockstar and “Celebrity Apprentice” cast Bret Michaels was reconfined to the hospital due to complaints of heart attack like symptoms. It is reported that the new condition is not related nor similar to the stroke or the so-called “brain attack” that he suffered few weeks ago. Although it was called by the doctor to be a “warning stroke” , reports say that it is a kind of a patent foramen ovale of the heart. “Foramen ovale” is an opening in the heart present in prenatal periods and is supposed to close after the early hours of neonatal period or after birth when the blood flow direction in the heart reverses. There are infants whose foramen ovale won’t close, a kind of a disease called PDA, causing a mixing of oxygenated and unoxygenated blood in the heart therefore decreases the efficiency of the tissue oxygenation. It was called a warning stoke most probably since a deacrease in oxygenation in originating from the heart follows a decrease in oxygenation in the brain. Before the actual stroke happened, pain over the chest, numbness and weakness over the left or right arm with radiation to the jaw may be experienced.

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Toyota and Tesla will become partners to produce electric vehicles at New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. in Fremont, Calif., a plant that Toyota last year ruled too inefficient to keep open.

Tesla will acquire the now-closed NUMMI property and employ 1,000 people building unspecified electric vehicles in a partnership with the world’s largest automaker, the companies announced today in Palo Alto, Calif.

Toyota will invest $50 million in the small California-based electric sports maker in exchange for Tesla’s common stock when the EV company completes its planned initial public offering.

Speaking at the announcement, Toyota President Akio Toyoda said he admired the entrepreneurial spirit at Tesla and hoped the venture will teach Toyota about quick decision-making and flexibility.

“Decades ago,” Toyoda said, “Toyota was also born as a venture business. By partnering with Tesla, my hope is that all Toyota employees will recall that venture business spirit, and take on the challenges of the future.”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his company would spend “a couple of hundred million dollars” preparing NUMMI for the project.

NUMMI, a former joint venture between Toyota and General Motors, closed earlier this year amid a storm of criticism from the plant’s UAW work force.

Musk said the negotiations to acquire the closed plant concluded yesterday.

He said that Tesla’s next model, a Model S that will debut in 2012, will only account for about 20,000 units a year, but said other models will follow off of the Model S platform.

“We’re going to be occupying a little corner,” Musk said.

He said that eventually the project would account for 10,000 jobs, including supplier jobs.

Tesla’s Model S is being made possible thanks to a $465 million low-interest loan from the U.S. Department of Energy. Until that product appears, Tesla is marketing a two-seat electric sports car that retails for more than $100,000.

Tesla has said that the Model S will sell for closer to $40,000.

Until now, Toyota has expressed little interest in electric cars. The Japanese automaker has staked considerable research and marketing investment on its popular hybrid-drive vehicles, including the Prius and hybrid Camry.

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Biking champion Lance Armstrong crashed today during the Tour of California cycling race Thursday.

During the race, a rider in the main group skidded on some gravel and fell, causing others, including 7-time Tour De France champion, Lance Armstrong to crash.

Armstrong was evaluated by Race doctor Ramin Modabber and Team doctor Dag Van Elslande in the Team bus. Armstrong suffered an inch-long gash below his left eye and a severe bruise on his left elbow. Doctors have administered eight stitches below his left eye. Then, Armstrong was taken to Bakersfield Memorial Hospital for precautionary X-rays. He is negative for broken bones.

There were allegations that Lance Armstrong was doping before the crash happened. But he denied the accusations. Armstong was disappointed for not finishing the race. He even tried to resume riding but soon gave up due to his injuries.

“It was a shame to have to abandon early and not be able to help Levi to another victory,” Armstrong said in a statement. “It was one of those crashes that put a bunch of us down.”

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iamtheky sends in the story of a UC San Diego Professor, Ricardo Dominguez, whose focus of research is “electronic civil disobedience,” (for which he received tenure and a fellowship from his university), but who is now potentially facing discipline or even criminal charges from the university for staging a “virtual sit-in” to protest budget cuts. It certainly raises questions about the line between telling people to visit a website and a hack attack to take down a website. It’s difficult to see how just telling people to go to a website should ever qualify as any kind of attack, but the University is said to be contemplating criminal charges.

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Dennis C. Blair will resign Friday as the US Director of National Intelligence after a term damaged by the failures of U.S. spy agencies to detect insurgencies.

Retired U.S. Navy admiral Dennis C. Blair leaves his office 16 months after President Barack Obama surprisingly appointed him as Director of National Intelligence. Blair was offered to resign after a private phone conversation with President Obama on Thursday.

According to ABC News, President Obama has been holding serious conversations about Blair’s resignation and has interviewed candidates to replace him.

Dennis Blair had been charged with carrying out Obama’s campaign pledge to move the country away from controversial programs such as CIA’s use of harsh interrogation methods. He also make public comments that revealed his disappointment with the way the intelligence community works.

Officials said Blair was asked to step down because the dissatisfaction President Obama and the National Security Staff had with Blair’s ability to share intelligence in a tight, coherent and timely way. They were dissappointed with Blair as the principal intelligence adviser to the president.

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Here’s the latest version of ant512’s handy GUI library for creating user interfaces for DS homebrews, Woopsi. Find out what’s the new changes in version 0.99 after the jump.
 
 
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A study showed that there is a link between Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome. On the other hand, scientists are now developing an eye test that can be useful for people because it can detect Alzheimer’s disease.

A research proposed last January 15, in London, U.K that a simple eye test could detect the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease early in life, thus early treatment can be given. Now a research was again conducted and the new five year study, which is published in Journal pLos One, looked at the links between dementia and cataracts in people with Down’s syndrome. Dr Lee Goldstein, of Boston University’s Alzheimer’s disease Centre stated that “People with Down’s syndrome develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s-type dementia often by the age of 30. This is because they have an extra copy of a key Alzheimer’s gene that leads to increased amyloid-beta accumulation in the brain. We discovered that this same protein starts to accumulate very early in the lens of the eye, even in children.”

The researchers discovered and supposed that the same protein could be found in the eyes of people without Down’s syndrome who are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The results were striking as stated by Dr David Hunt, an Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital Boston and Vice Chairman.

How can the eye test detect Alzheimer’s disease? In the research that was proposed earlier in London, the researchers stated that the test involves applying eye drops or injection and then clicking a photograph of the eye with an infra-red camera. A chemical marker is then used to highlight the nerve cell damage. How ever, with the results of the recent study, the scientists say they are developing an eye scanner to measure amyloid beta in the lens.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia among old people. It is very serious since it affects the ability of the person to perform daily activities. Down syndrome also affects the person mentally and knowing now that they have connection, it is a good thing that they are planning for ways in preventing it, like the use of Eye test.

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Chevrolet will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Corvette’s participation at Le Mans on Saturday (May 22) with some special events at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca’s American Le Mans Series race.

Corvettes have a rich history in Northern California. They raced through the streets of Pebble Beach on temporary circuits until sports-car racing found a permanent home with the construction of Laguna Seca Raceway in 1957.

Legends such as John Fitch, Dick Thompson, Dick Guldstrand and Bob Bondurant solidified their reputations in Corvette race cars. Chevrolet will salute this rich racing history with a Corvette Legends of Le Mans display at Mazda Raceway, and drivers Thompson and Guldstrand will attend the event.

Chevy has built a 2011 Corvette Z06 painted in the traditional white and blue American racing colors carried by the Corvettes 50 years ago. This one-of-a-kind Corvette Z06 (VIN 0001) will be sold at auction later this year to benefit the National Corvette Museum.

Fans will be able to participate in driver autograph sessions, tech talks and a Q&A with the Corvette Legends of Le Mans. Additionally, a collection of vintage and contemporary Corvette race cars will be on hand, spanning half a century of motorsports history.

The six-hour Mazda Raceway event on Saturday will start at 2:30 p.m. PT and will be televised by CBS Sports on May 29 at 1:30 p.m. ET.

Le Mans takes place June 12-13.

To read more visit the AutoWeek ALMS racing news and reports section.

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McLaren announced 35 markets where it will sell the Formula-One-inspired MP4-12C on Friday, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto.

Ten markets in the North America will sell the ultra-light, high-performance sports car starting in the spring of 2011.

Other global markets include London, Monaco, Paris, Frankfurt, Kuwait and Johannesburg.

McLaren will reveal its first 23 retailers when it shows the MP4-12C at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. Another 12 will be added throughout the year.

The North American market will get 300-400 of the 1,000 cars to be made in 2011. It packs an estimated 592 hp.

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Who doesn’t know the ‘Hustle and Flow’ star Terrence Howard and his girlfriend, Michelle Ghent-Howard, 33, a commercial production worker? The said affair had been public but the marriage did not get publicized not until this Monday. It was reported that the star “quietly wed” his girlfriend Michelle Ghent-Howard in a small ceremony almost four months ago, last January of 2010.
“To come here and be with my wife, it’s the best feeling in the world,” Howard uttered while promoting his forthcoming biopic “Winnie” where he is starring as Nelson Mandela. He let his marital status known to the public during an interview with Anderson Cooper at the Cannes Film Festival.
The truth about the recent marriage was that the 4 month old newlyweds exchanged vows at a very lovely and intimate wedding ceremony at Los Angeles. This happed after five years of post marriage break up with Lori Mccomma, his ex wife for thirteen years, bearing three kids namely Aubrey, Heaven and Hunter.
As to why it was kept secret temporarily, we don not know their reasons. But as of today, the couple is seen proud of being with each other as husband and wife.

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Toyota Motor Corp. and electric sports car maker Tesla Motors Inc. are teaming up to co-produce electric vehicles in California, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

The project was expected to be announced Thursday at a press conference being called by Tesla executives in Palo Alto, Calif., where the company is headquartered.

The newspaper attributed information about the Toyota-Tesla link-up to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Tesla has been producing low-volume electric sports cars that sell for more than $100,000, using bodies supplied by Lotus Engineering. Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy provided Tesla with a low-interest loan of $465 million to support a plan to produce a mass-market electric family sedan called the Model S.

The company is preparing to construct a factory to produce the Model S. Last year, Tesla hired former Toyota executive Gilbert Passin to head up its new manufacturing operations.

Toyota has so far steered clear of electric cars, unlike rival Nissan Motor Co., which will launch the electric Leaf sedan in the United States this year. Toyota’s efforts have centered heavily on hybrid-drive vehicles, including the Prius, which use both an electric motor and a gasoline engine for power.

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How can I get a donated car? Here is the top 3 ways on how to get a donated car and where to get a free donated car from charity. Getting a free donated car may sounds very hard but this is possible. There are many charities collect donated cars and give away these cars to people who really need it. For people who donated their car, they are eligible to get a tax deduction rather than they sell it if the car price is not worth much. In this case, there are many donated cars waiting to give away to people who really need it.

How can I get a donated car

Here we shared you 3 easy steps to get a free donated car. You will be able to get a free donated car if you follow these steps and go through some reputable charities.

Step 1 Know your qualification to get a free donated car

First of all, you will have to know if you are qualified to get a free car. People who are qualified usually are widow, single parent, victims of natural disasters, the working poor, families with handicapped members, military families, disabled people, or whoever really need a transport but can’t afford any cars even cars under 500 dollars. However, you still can try to apply for a donated car if you are not sure about your qualification.

Step 2 Apply for a donated car

What you need to do is to prepare all related document that is needed by organizations or charities that deal with car donations. The organization will usually give a list of what they need in order to approve your application and give you a car. These documents usually are your address, monthly salary information, and reasons of why you need a donated car.

Step 3 Wait for the news

Once you have sent your application, wait for the good news! Do not always think how can I get a donated car and overlook some car dealers that actually make profit from “donated cars”. Some car dealer take in free cars, sell these cars through auction for a profit and only give away small percentage of the profit to charities.

Where to get a donated car

Here are top 5 best places to get a free donated car. You can simply go through the website, follow the steps and wait for your car!

Online Car Donation. You can apply for a donated car online easily. There are many websites provide online car donation. They accept cars from people who want to donate it, and gift these cars to people who need it, for example, the medically needy.

1-800Charity Cars. The organization in Florida that provide donated cars to struggling families, families transitioning from public assistance to work or individual that need a car. You can simply send your application to www.FREECharityCars.org. Whoever get high vote will go home with a car.

Church. There are some church members donate their car to nonprofit organization every year. Therefore, church is a good place to look for donated car.

Cars4Christmas. It is a nonprofit organization in Belton city, Missouri. It provides free transportation to individuals who do not own any transport.

Will Companies. There are many people who handover their cars to Will companies by putting the car as “gift” to give away. This has created an opportunities for the needy to look for a donated cars from Will companies. That’s the top 5 ways of where and how can I get a donated car.

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