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Idols Take Twitter and Facebook Questions on Larry King Live
In case you missed it, we have a new American Idol! Although I couldn't bring myself to choose between the top two (they were both so good), I think this was one of the best seasons I've seen in a long time. To add to the recent Idol mania (there were over 100 million finale votes cast by phone and text this year), the top ten Idols will be appearing in a two part Larry King Live special (airing tonight at 9:00 p.m.
Daily Tech: Apple Gearing Up For Billion Mark in App Downloads
- Wowaweewah! In just under one year, Apple has just about reached its one billionth app served via the iTunes app store. Apple plans to give away a $10,000 iTunes gift card, a MacBook Pro, a Time Capsule, and an iPod Touch to the lucky billionth app customer.
Daily Tech: Microsoft Debuts New Arc Mouse Colors
- Arriving later this month are Microsoft's Arc Mice in four new colors that will cost $50 each.— CrunchGear
- If your Gmail wasn't working this morning, it may have been a result of the outage , which made Gmail unavailable to a small percentage of users. — BBC News
- There's now an official American Idol iPhone and iPod Touch application, which costs $1.99 and offers exclusive video, news, and the AI blog post you can find online. — CNET News
- Learn five easy ways to make over your home office and make it a well-designed space.
Simon Cowell Calls AI Contestant a Silicon Valley Geek
The other night, during Season Eight auditions on American Idol, Simon Cowell — who never has difficulty conjuring up an opinion — took aim at contestant Anoop Desai. Although he got four thumbs up on his vocals, Cowell was unimpressed with his attire, "It looks like you just came out of a meeting with Bill Gates or something," he said. I loved the tech talking!
Daily Tech: Nintendo DSi to Land in US April 4 For $180
- The DSi we've been waiting for will be available in the US starting April 4 for around $180. — Gizmodo
- Wowzas. AT&T sent text messages to approximately 75 million of its customers to let them know about the season premiere of American Idol.
David Cook Makes Sure His MacBook Pro Gets Safely Stowed
I had a kid come up to me once at an airport to tell me that the handle on my guitar (Guitar Hero guitar, that is) could pop down for easier transportation. So I'm wondering if American Idol winner David Cook has a mini guitar hiding in that backpack — I mean, we did see him shake his groove thang during a game of GH, so I guess he potentially could. But then again, I know how much he travels with his real guitar.
Guitar Hero On Tour With American Idols
If you're secretly longing to grab a seat for the American Idols Live! tour this year then you may now have a good excuse to go without being made fun of by your friends: they'll let you tinker around with the new Guitar Hero World Tour system, and then compete during a special "half-time" competition between Idols and fans.
Since Guitar Hero has already made friends with the Idol franchise, enlisting the top two Davids to star in their hilarious Risky Business commercials, it's only natural that they would take them on tour as a cool opening band.
Did You Use Text Messages to Send American Idol Votes?
With season seven of American Idol wrapping up last week (congrats David Cook!), I was completely shocked that a whopping 97 million votes were cast last Tuesday night. From that 97 million, a record-breaking 78 million were generated from text messages through votes, trivia contests, and other SMS content.
When AT&T polled 416 users about their texting and Idol habits, 51 percent said they text more frequently during the Idol season than other times, while 22 percent said they first learned how to text by voting for singers.
Men Without Pants! American Idol Busts a Guitar Hero Move
Watching these Guitar Hero spots with David Cook and David Archuleta each re-enacting the famous depantsed-Tom Cruise scene in Risky Business with the video game, it's pretty obvious why Cook was crowned American Idol. He really commits in this clip, ruling the lip-synced song, and showing off all his moves. I'm sure Simon would agree.
Idol Fan? Download the American Idol Desktop Widget
Have you been keeping up with the latest season of American Idol? Already obsessed like me? If you ever miss an episode, or just want to keep up with the latest news, I recommend downloading the American Idol widget (for Mac users only).
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