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Style Watch — The actor, who had a history of cardiac problems, also had an enlarged heart, the coroner tells Judy Haim

Ars Technica — Green Day: Rock Band has a release date, so you can finally exhale. The game is coming to the PlayStation, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii on June 8, for $59.99 on the two high-definition systems and $49.99 on the Nintendo Wii. ~ The game features 47 Green Day songs, vocal harmonizing for multiple singers, and you'll have the ability to export every song to Rock Band or Rock Band 2 for an additional $10. Joystiq is reporting that if you preorder the game from GameStop, you'll be able to export the songs to your hard drive for free. ...More A $69.99 special edition version of the game will include the ability to export the songs as well, and will include previously released Green Day tracks from the Rock Band Store. ~ The story mode of the game will take you through Green Day's career, with images to unlock and videos to watch. For the hardcore Green Day fan this should be a day-one purchase. For everyone else? We're just going to have to take a look at how much Green Day we need in our rhythm games. ~ Harmonix has also announced Rock Band 3 for release this year, but has yet to provide any details. ~ Read the comments on this post ...Less

Daily Kos — Glenn Beck tells his radio audience about an amazing conversation he had with a Fox News executive. The key quote: ~ I was in this meeting and I pulled one of the guys out, he’s a vice president of Fox. And I said, "When I first started working with you — let’s have a frank conversation here — you thought I was nuts." ~ And he smiled and he said, "No, I would say I just thought you were on the cutting edge." ~ And I said, "okay, alright, sure." I said. ~ "Now?" ...More he said, "Glenn, everything you’re talking about is coming. Everything you’re talking about — everything you’ve been talking about for the last year and a half. It’s all here now. And what you’re saying is coming, I don’t see any other way."Beck went on to say that the executive told him "we have to convince the audience that this is really truly true." ~ So what is the "this" that the Fox executive wants Beck to convince people is true? None other than Beck's crazy theories like his week-long special from last August claiming that "America is burning to the ground." ~ If you didn't see it, it was a perfect encapsulation of Beck's lunacy...lunacy that apparently Fox execs want him to convince his audience is "really truly true." ~ ~ Beck's big problem is that his fantasies aren't grounded in reality. At some point, his bubble will burst -- things that aren't sustainable just aren't sustainable. Don't ask me...ask Morton Downey, Jr . All bad things come to an end. ...Less

Style Watch — "I didn't mind it," she says of locking lips with her costar in The Runaways

The Next Web — As relations between Google and the China become even more strained, Microsoft have reached a deal with Motorola that will see Bing search and mapping tools featured on phones that run the Android mobile operating system. ~ Motorola are set to launch a new range of Android powered handsets aimed at reversing their fortunes in China and will seek to reduce their reliance on Google by offering handset owners search alternatives. ~ With this in mind, Motorola have also announced a similar deal where they will let Chinese consumers ...More choose to search using the country’s market leading Baidu Inc. ~ Motorola said the partnership with Microsoft means that a Bing bookmark and search widget will be loaded on cell phones, starting in the coming weeks with phones in China. ~ Motorola handsets roll out Bing integration in the first quarter of 2010, coming with a Bing bookmark pre-loaded inside the mobile browser and a widget that allows users to search from their homescreen. ~ Currently the deal only extends to China but the partnership is said to be global, so we could see Bing coming to handsets in other countries soon. ~ [Source - ZDNet ] ...Less

The Next Web — As relations between Google and the China become even more strained, Microsoft have reached a deal with Motorola that will see Bing search and mapping tools featured on phones that run the Android mobile operating system. ~ Motorola are set to launch a new range of Android powered handsets aimed at reversing their fortunes in China and will seek to reduce their reliance on Google by offering handset owners search alternatives. ~ With this in mind, Motorola have also announced a similar deal where they will let Chinese consumers ...More choose to search using the country’s market leading Baidu Inc. ~ Motorola said the partnership with Microsoft means that a Bing bookmark and search widget will be loaded on cell phones, starting in the coming weeks with phones in China. ~ Motorola handsets roll out Bing integration in the first quarter of 2010, coming with a Bing bookmark pre-loaded inside the mobile browser and a widget that allows users to search from their homescreen. ~ Currently the deal only extends to China but the partnership is said to be global, so we could see Bing coming to handsets in other countries soon. ~ [Source - ZDNet ] ...Less

CNET News — A Verizon Wireless exec told the Wall Street Journal that it will have a 4G wireless handset on the market within three to six months of launching its 4G LTE network.

Style Watch — The reality-show star's hair has experienced as many ups and downs as Kate herself - and what's next?

CNN — House Republicans agreed Thursday to adopt a ban on congressional earmarks in spending bills for next year, upping the ante with Democrats in the political battle over fiscal responsibility and pork barrel spending.

CNET News — At GDC 2010, InstantAction follows rival OnLive in announcing a service that lets gamers quickly rent or buy console games over the Internet.