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The rumor mill is ablaze with reports of another Britney Spears pregnancy.Now The National Enquirer is reporting that the pop tart was indeed knocked up once again back in January and without a clue as to who fathered the children. The arsenal of five potential baby daddies included: Mario Lopez, ex-BF Issac Cohen, dancer Blake McGrath, ex-J.R Rotem, and now ex-husband Kevin Federline.Britney’s secret pregnancy, which mysteriously ended during a January excursion to her homestate of Louisiana, occured while she and K-Fed were trying to reconcile. *When Britney announced her pregnancy, Kev refused to believe he had fathered the unborn child.*“They got together when Kevin came to see the boys. They had drinks and toasted her birthday. Britney was acting really sweet and seduced him, but Kevin quickly regretted it.”*“Britney was pregnant in January. She told Kevin about it, hoping that he’d say he wanted to reconcile, instead he said: ‘So. It’s not mine.”*“Kevin knew Britney was with other men and at the same time having sex with him to try to win him back,” says the Enquirer’s source.“Kevin couldn’t get over Britney’s filing for divorce so publicly and refused to reconcile.”The Enquirer mole claims Kev’s callous reaction to the news of Brit’s pregnancy drove her to get high:*“As a result, Britney started using drugs and alcohol to mask her pain.”*source: Britney Spears Secret Pregnancy; Five Potential Fathers Including Kevin Federline (http://www.popcrunch.com/britney-spears-secret-pregnancy-five-potential-fathers-including-kevin-federline/)mods: I know this is a slight branch off the post I put up last night, however I thought it may warrant it’s own thread.please merge if necessary.As for Britney: :eek3:

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Nintendo’s as cagey as tech companies come, but the WSJ is reporting on a recent and unusual high level, high impact strategy presentation where in top ‘Tendo execs revealed what’s described as a change in its current business model: using its foothold in the video game market to sell casual gamers and non-gamers products focused more on utilitarian functions. You know, boring stuff — like, stuff that’s not games. What they want to sell Nintendo wouldn’t specifically say, but they’re focusing first on the flagship portable, the DS, rolling out what the WSJ describes as “features [that] will be useful in places like train stations, amusement parks or museums and [that] could be accessed wirelessly,” as well as a new “television-programming feature for the Japanese market. to check television listings, run searches by keyword and genre, and highlight each family member’s favorite programs.” Maybe this pseudo-DVR like functionality will somehow play into their forthcoming 1seg tuner, but precisely how the rest of this completely underwhelming and disappointing news will manifest itself is currently up to one’s imagination — something Nintendo’s apparently lost. We have heard, though, they might be getting back into the playing card business, and possibly in keeping with that vertical integration, opening up a string of Nintendo themed casinos. Not a bad business to be in. [Warning: subscription required]

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Ellen DeGeneres promises to liven up the Deal or No Deal proceedings when she makes a guest appearance on the hit NBC game show. But unlike past guests, like Donald “The Banker” Trump and Celine “Open Da Case!” Dion, the canine-regifter will join the show’s Pyramid of Hot Briefcasemodels. TVGuide.com reports:

That’s right: DeGeneres will be one of the 26 briefcase-toting, elegant, sparkly dress-wearing women who may or may not be holding the million-dollar bag.

Will DeGeneres really wear a dress? “Ellen knows our show and knows the kind of sparkly, sequined dresses our spokesmodels wear, and she’s agreed to be [one of them],” Hansen says a bit cryptically. “Ellen won’t do anything she’s not comfortable with.” Then again, Hansen says, “Who doesn’t want to see Ellen in a dress?”

We doubt the staunch anti-frockist will conform to the show’s thigh-length hem standards; instead, expect a platform adorned with some of the shapeliest velvet tuxedos gameshowdom has ever seen, followed by a torrential waterworks session, as Ellen and her model friends learn the $1 million cash prize awarded the contestant will go towards realizing a lifelong dream of opening a kill-free chicken sanctuary.

• Exclusive: Ellen, Office Accountants Make a Deal [TVGuide.com]

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Filed under: Desktops, Features, Laptops

We’ve been poring over Leopard since getting our copy, and no doubt about it, there’s just way too much to say. The number of fixes, updates, and new features in this release is astounding. Granted, many aren’t major (and some aren’t even easily immediately noticeable), but the marquee apps like Spaces and Time Machine are instantly indispensable, while the finer details (like revamped Bluetooth and network connections preferences) leave little to be desired. Looking at Leopard’s gestalt, it’s plain to see that this by far the best version of OS X to date.

Read on for a long list of changes, updates, additions, and impressions, and don’t forget to check out the gallery.

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Guitarist Carlos Santana and his wife of 34 years are divorcing, according to documents filed in Marin County Superior Court.Deborah Santana, who in her 2005 memoir, “Space Between the Stars,” described her husband as being unfaithful, moved to dissolve their marriage on Oct. 19, citing irreconcilable differences.Carlos Santana’s publicist, Michael Jensen, said the case is “a private matter and there is no comment.”The musician has said he knew he made mistakes in his marriage.”I sincerely apologized to her and to my kids when I wasn’t in my right mind and did something hurtful. It has helped me become more humble and to try harder to be the man she wants me to be,” Carlos Santana said after the memoir was published.The Santanas have been business partners as well as spouses. Together, they created the Milagro Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports underprivileged children.Earlier this year, they announced plans to create three Mexican restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area named Maria, Maria after one of Carlos Santana’s Grammy-winning singles.The couple have three children, ages 17, 22 and 23.source: Carlos Santana, wife getting divorced - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_en_ce/people_santana)

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We had a hunch that this spat between HP and Acer wouldn’t just fade away into the sunset, and sure enough, HP is on the receiving end of the latest scuffle. Most recently, Acer has filed patent counterclaims against HP in the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin and with the US International Trade Commission, alleging that HP “infringed on patents related to personal computers, servers and peripheral devices.” Unfortunately, that’s about the extent of it, but Acer did go on to state that it would “take all necessary steps to protect and enforce its patented technologies.” If the gloves weren’t already off, we’d say they are now.

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