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Neelie Kroes, the commission's hard-nosed Competition Commissioner for the last five years, will be assigned to a new job when her term in the antitrust office expires in January. The EC, which is the law enforcement body of the European Union, is due to make a decision on whether to ...

Late Night Music Lineups Can't make it to any shows this week? Check out live music on the tube... Late Show with David Letterman Mon, November 30 - Weezer (Repeat) Tue, December 1 - Carrie Underwood (Repeat) Wed, December 2 - The Cribs (Repeat) ...

Pitchfork writers regularly appear on ABC's World News Webcast to chat about notable albums they've recently reviewed. Previously, we saw Tom Breihan on Girls' Album, Marc Hogan on Neon Indian's Psychic Chasms, Pitchfork Managing Editor Mark Richardson ...

Photo by Dan McMahon In his 2005 book Blink, Malcolm Gladwell included an entire chapter about global pop polyglot Kenna, a sure bet for massive pop stardom who nonetheless failed to become a massive pop star. Kenna might not be a household name, but hey, he appears on ...

PhD economist Dean Baker makes an interesting point in a new essay:The big talk in Washington these days is "helping homeowners". Unfortunately, what passes for help to homeowners in the capitol might look more like handing out money to banks anywhere ...

There’s a mayjah catfight brewing between two of the hottest socialites on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. These days, the drama on The CW’s cult favorite Gossip Girl hangs around long after the cameras have stopped rolling, TV industry tattles tell Hollywood Life.com. Word is 16-year-old beauty Taylor Momsen is green ...

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB TAKES FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM INTO OWN HANDS Beat The Devil's Tattoo Due March 9, 2010 via Own Abstract Dragon/Vagrant Records Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is revving up to unleash their fifth studio album, Beat The Devil's Tattoo, ...

Matisyahu JamBase Tour Journal: Volume 4 "Search For Truth" For Volume 4 of our Matisyahu Tour Journal, we search for something deeper while on the road. This segment takes us through the streets of Lexington, KY and northward to Myrtle Beach, SC for live footage and audio throughout. ...

"The idea that something is uncool because it's old or foreign has left the collective consciousness." -- Cool old foreigner Brian Eno, from an essay about how if everything has its own sub-genre, nothing is uncool. (via Prospect, via ...

Live music on T.V. this week:Monday, November 30:CBS: Late Night With David Letterman: WeezerABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Death Cab for Cutie (rerun)NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Cold War Kids (rerun)Tuesday, December 1: CBS: Late Late Show ...

-- On December 8, Jack White's Third Man Records will release two new singles on 7" vinyl and iTunes download. The first, the British folk-blues duo Smoke Fairies' "Gastown" b/w "The River Song", comes produced ...

SPOON ANNOUNCE FIRST DATES OF 2010 TOUR, TRANSFERENCE RELEASE DATE MOVED UP TO JANUARY 19 Spoon Spoon has announced the first six dates of an extensive world tour in support of the band's seventh album, Transference, now due out in the U.S. on Merge ...

GROOVE ARMADA SET TO RELEASE BLACK LIGHT FEBRUARY 23, 2010 Groove Armada Andy Cato and Tom Findlay, better known together as Groove Armada, will release their sixth studio album, Black Light, February 23, 2010 in the U.S. The album, which features an impressive ...

We here at UnderstandingMarketing.com hate to pile on to all the talk surrounding Tiger Woods and his “accident” that occurred during the Thanksgiving holiday. But since it could potentially be small business PR help and a case study that entrepreneurs can learn from, we’ll have no choice but to join ...

We here at UnderstandingMarketing.com hate to pile on to all the talk surrounding Tiger Woods and his “accident” that occurred during the Thanksgiving holiday. But since it could potentially be small business PR help and a case study that entrepreneurs can learn from, we’ll have no choice but to join ...

Transmedia Dec. 7 will launch Glide OS 4.0, a fresh version of the company's Web operating system for computers. Glide OS 4.0 is a browser plug-in that sits in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer, allowing users to access their computer applications. Glide OS 4.0 also ...

NASA is prepping what will be the last major component to be added to the International Space Station in February. The Tranquility node will provide additional room for crew members and come with an attached cupola offering views from six windows on the sides and one on top. ...

Starent Networks, which Cisco Systems wants to buy for $2.9 billion, settles one of several lawsuits seeking to block the sale. Starent agreed to provide more information to shareholders in exchange for the suit being dropped. There are more lawsuits that have been filed involving the proposed sale. Starent would ...

Cleveland Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore has enlisted the help of investigators with Major League Baseball to halt further publication of a set of steamy snaps he says were stolen from his girlfriend’s e-mail account and posted online, The Associated Press said Monday. In a series of humiliating pictures — which ...

After initially refusing to comment, IBM gives in and confirms reports that it is acquiring Guardium. The acquisition brings Guardium's database activity monitoring and data security capabilities into IBM's software portfolio. - IBM officials confirmed Nov. 30 that the company has acquired Guardium for its database security and activity ...