Archive for November, 2007

Hyun Young to Debut in Japan

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Versatile entertainer Hyun Young is poised to debut in Japan by capitalizing on her shapely body.
Hyun is to release a DVD of her body-shaping techniques in Japan in spring. But prior to that she will hold a news conference at the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo to announce her debut.
A Japanese PR firm that is [...]

Vote for MXP’s website of the month contest winner.

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Hi Mxproject members,
It’s time to cast your votes for your favourite website in Mxproject’s
website of the month contest.
Click on the link below to vote for your favourite website.
http://www.mxproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2185
Deadline to vote is Nov. 30th 2007.

Lee Jung-hyun a singer in China and an actress in Korea!,

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Singer/actor Lee Jung-hyun has been a techno-warrior, Egyptian queen, marionette doll and so much more with the release of every new album. This time, she’s morphing into an Indian gal and ready to take China by storm. The title song of her first official album to be launched in China is the Chinese song, “Love [...]

BoA’s first theme song & voice over for Japanese film

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Korean singer BoA is singing the theme song for the movie “Inu to Watashi no 10 no Yakusoku,” it was revealed on Sunday. She previously provided “KEY OF HEART” for the Japanese dub of “Over the Hedge” (and also served as a voice actress for the film), but this is her first time doing the [...]

BoA Receives Young Contemporary Artist Award 2007

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

On October 18, 2007
BoA, who was hand selected by the South Korean and Japanese governments, humbly received the Young contemporary artist award given only to the most highly achieved individuals from South Korea and Japan in their 20’s and 30’s.
This excellence of honor was derived from her golden standard of achievement through hard work and [...]

Do you Feat. Utada - Neyo

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwxIBqlnbJ4&eurl=http://www.japanforum.com/forum/japanese-music/9609-utada-ft-ne-yo-%28preview%29.html
Click link to listen to the preview of utada new song.

Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Costs Them $110 Million/Year

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

http://valleywag.com/tech/google/im…ear-324927.php?
Google cofounder Sergey Brin told public radio’s Marketplace that around one percent of all Google searches go through the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button. Because the button takes users directly to the top search result, Google doesn’t get to show search ads on one percent of all its searches. That costs the company around $110 million [...]

BitTorrent site Demonoid.com downed by Canadian record industry

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

‘Your move freeloaders, eh?’
By Chris Williams → More by this author
Published Friday 9th November 2007 11:36 GMT
Popular BitTorrent site Demonoid.com has been taken offline after legal threats to its webhost by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).
A message on the Demonoid front page reads: “The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because [...]

Music biz sues Robertson again

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

EMI goes after Sideload
By Andrew Orlowski → More by this author
Published Monday 12th November 2007 16:23 GMT
MP3.com founder Michael Robertson is on the receiving end of another lawsuit - from EMI - this time against his MP3tunes.com and Sideload.com services.
Robertson told Reuters it was retaliation for a suit his Sideload.com service had filed against EMI in [...]

Gene Simmons blames college kids for ruining music biz

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

To Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails: Get off my lawn!
By Austin Modine → More by this author
Published Friday 16th November 2007 19:25 GMT
Music pirates have made a powerfully bitter enemy of Gene Simmons, bass guitarist for the 1970s band Kiss.
In a recent interview with Billboard, Simmons curmudgeonly blames “college kids” for the “mess” the record industry [...]