It’s that time of year again, when the brash culture of Silicon Valley crashes into the two hour lunch European startup crowd at the Le Web conference in Paris on December 9-10. It’s chaotic and sometimes combative, but it’s also one of the best startup events in the world. And this year TechCrunch Europe is partnering with Le Web to put on a 20-company startup competition . [...more]
When Kristen Stewart walked onstage at the VMAs last night alongside costars Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, an awkward hush fell over the audience, all mouths agape in horror, as Kristen’s mullet-free head was revealed. Soon the silence was filled with whispers as the realization swept the crowd that everybody’s favorite damsel in distress had chopped her mullet and in it’s place, the emo-cut of a 14-year-old boy.? Okay fine, that might be a bit of an over-exaggeration but we guarantee that every single person there was thinking the same thing: Could this new ‘do be even fuglier than the mullet? Not so... [...more]
We’re happy to show off our new TechCrunch50 logo this morning. The old logo, which is below, was getting a little stale. The logo was created by DESIGN about TOWN , who worked with us over the last few weeks on a number of concepts [...more]
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Bobby Knight will be inducted into the Indiana University Hall of Fame, less than 10 years after he was given the boot for yelling at kids. That should be a fun ceremony, huh [...more]
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Justin Duchscherer has been on rehab since March with a hip injury. Now, he's shut down for the rest of the year with "a very treatable form of clinical depression." The treatment is "not playing for the A's." [ SF Chronicle ] [...more]
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Yes. Yes, he did. He doesn't think they are the second-best team in the country, but they have the "best chance" to run the table and face Florida for all the marbles. [...more]
Raise your hand if you're shocked. Those adorable kids from Twilight took over the Teen Choice Awards last night, winning eleven out of the twelve categories they were nominated in. The Vampire romance won for choice drama, romance, liplock, rumble, soundtrack, drama actress for Kristen Stewart, choice hottie and drama actor for Robert Pattinson, villain for Cam Gigandet, fresh face female for Ashley Greene and fresh face male for Taylor Lautner.? While accepting his award, Taylor teased the audience, saying "We'll see you guys in theaters November 20." Make sure to check out all the action in our photo gallery and don't forget to... [...more]
A veritable Mount Rushmore of pop music assembled on the stage of Good Morning America's concert series on Friday morning, as American Idol alumnae David Cook, Adam Lambert and Kris Allen joined musical forces to shock and awe the audience. As Cook and his band tore into the Fleetwood Mac classic "Little Lies," the Idol winner and runner-up joined him onstage to raise the roof. [...more]
The chances of me being genuinely amazed at something I see a Belgian tech company achieve are rather slim. But occasionally, it happens [...more]
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Next month, Sony will give us one more morsel (or maybe two! or three!) of information about the PS3 motion controller , announced at E3. This'll be the third such motion controller info-dribble since the initial announcement, though this one, to be delivered by the company's head of developer services at the Develop conference in England, promises " much more detail on Sony's new motion controller debuted at E3." Given the audience, I wouldn't expect a price. I'm with Kotaku on this one: just give it a proper name already. [...more]
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