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Samsung External Hard Drive Packs Michael Jackson’s “This Is It”
Can hard drives be a little morbid? Samsung has announced a new version of its S2 Portable external hard drive, pre-loaded with the Michael Jackson film "This Is It."
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Michael Jackson’s name has been used to sell a great many things, from Pepsi to Suzuki scooters…and now electronics giant Samsung wants to get into the game—albeit a tad late—announcing a new version of its Samsung S2 Portable hard drive pre-loaded with the Michael Jackson movieThis Is It chronicling the rehearsals and preparation for Michael Jackson final tour…which never happened due to the star’s unexpected death.
“We are excited to present this movie starring Michael Jackson, the greatest entertainer of all time, pre-loaded on the Samsung S2 Portable,” said Samsung Electronics storage marketing VP H.S. Lee, in a statement.
The pre-loaded drives will launch in Europe on February 22, 2010, with availability in other markets still to be determined. The drive will offer 500 GB of storage capacity—minus space taken by the movie, of course—and runs off bus power on a USB 2.0 interface.
The drive will also ship with Samsung’s standard Windows-only features an utilities, including Auto Backup and optional SecretZone encryption. Samsung hasn’t announced pricing for the special edition of the drive; the movie-free versions of the drive currently retail for less than $100.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/comput...hard-drive-packs-michael-jacksons-this-is-it/
JACKSON STATUE WOWS FANS AT STONE FAIR
A 12-foot granite statue of MICHAEL JACKSON will be winging its way to the King of Pop's former Neverland Ranch home in California if Indian fans have their way.
The black granite likeness was painstakingly carved from one rock and has become the star attraction at Stona 2010, the ninth international stonemasonry fair in Bengaluru, India.
And the creators of the impressive sculpture - a Chennai-based granite firm - have written to the Jackson family and offered to cover the freight charges to ship the statue to Santa Barbara.
The piece reportedly took six craftsmen 45 days to make.
Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, who is involved in the attempt to put the statue on permanent display at Neverland Ranch, tells WENN, "Black granite is generally brittle and it was a real challenge to chisel it into shape, especially the eyes and face.
"It should be of no surprise that this piece was crafted in India because Michael Jackson had a very special place with India and Hinduism. Michael reportedly learned how to meditate and he was vegetarian.
"According to reports, he was reading India's first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's poems during the last days of his life."
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/jackson-statue-wows-fans-at-stone-fair_1131299
1991 - Janet Jackson's album "Rythm Nation 1814" was at #12 in the U.S. It was the albums 72nd week in the Top 20.
Can hard drives be a little morbid? Samsung has announced a new version of its S2 Portable external hard drive, pre-loaded with the Michael Jackson film "This Is It."
http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hdds.jpg
Michael Jackson’s name has been used to sell a great many things, from Pepsi to Suzuki scooters…and now electronics giant Samsung wants to get into the game—albeit a tad late—announcing a new version of its Samsung S2 Portable hard drive pre-loaded with the Michael Jackson movieThis Is It chronicling the rehearsals and preparation for Michael Jackson final tour…which never happened due to the star’s unexpected death.
“We are excited to present this movie starring Michael Jackson, the greatest entertainer of all time, pre-loaded on the Samsung S2 Portable,” said Samsung Electronics storage marketing VP H.S. Lee, in a statement.
The pre-loaded drives will launch in Europe on February 22, 2010, with availability in other markets still to be determined. The drive will offer 500 GB of storage capacity—minus space taken by the movie, of course—and runs off bus power on a USB 2.0 interface.
The drive will also ship with Samsung’s standard Windows-only features an utilities, including Auto Backup and optional SecretZone encryption. Samsung hasn’t announced pricing for the special edition of the drive; the movie-free versions of the drive currently retail for less than $100.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/comput...hard-drive-packs-michael-jacksons-this-is-it/
JACKSON STATUE WOWS FANS AT STONE FAIR
A 12-foot granite statue of MICHAEL JACKSON will be winging its way to the King of Pop's former Neverland Ranch home in California if Indian fans have their way.
The black granite likeness was painstakingly carved from one rock and has become the star attraction at Stona 2010, the ninth international stonemasonry fair in Bengaluru, India.
And the creators of the impressive sculpture - a Chennai-based granite firm - have written to the Jackson family and offered to cover the freight charges to ship the statue to Santa Barbara.
The piece reportedly took six craftsmen 45 days to make.
Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, who is involved in the attempt to put the statue on permanent display at Neverland Ranch, tells WENN, "Black granite is generally brittle and it was a real challenge to chisel it into shape, especially the eyes and face.
"It should be of no surprise that this piece was crafted in India because Michael Jackson had a very special place with India and Hinduism. Michael reportedly learned how to meditate and he was vegetarian.
"According to reports, he was reading India's first Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's poems during the last days of his life."
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/jackson-statue-wows-fans-at-stone-fair_1131299
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1991 - Janet Jackson's album "Rythm Nation 1814" was at #12 in the U.S. It was the albums 72nd week in the Top 20.