Brandcameo Exorcises Some Brands

When Brandcameo went to press on Monday morning, the number one film in the U.S. was The Last Exorcism. The box office numbers have since been revised and Takers ended up, appropriately, taking the weekend by a mere $100,000. This development doesn't change our analysis of the curious low brand count of the horror genre. It will however change the overall brand count. This means Range Rover (above) will move up a few positions in our 2010 tracker of the big screen's branded product placements and Ford's tie with Apple will, at least temporarily, be in limbo. Brandcameo numbers and tracking will be revised after this coming Labor Day weekend's new number one film. Will a number one Machete result in another Apple product placement? Or will Going the Distance live up to its name and add a different Apple product placement to our tally?American History

IFA 2010: In pictures: Elonex eTouch Android tablet

Android tablets have definitely been one of the major talking points at this year's IFA. The Samsung Tab may have been one of the headlines of the event, but that shouldn't take away from other vendors such as Elonex who are also offering new tablets at competitive price points. The Elonex eTouch will cost 150 Euros or 199 Euros for the 7-inch and 10-inch variants respectively ? there's a resistive touchscreen. However, we have to say that Elonex has been somewhat unimaginative when it comes to design ? it's a dead ringer for Apple's famous tablet. The 10-inch eTouch weighs 695g ? just 15g more than the iPad. Here the 7-inch (top) and 10-inch eTouch tablets are housed in keyboard dock accessories - there's a USB port to connect up such peripherals.The 10-inch model is most of interest ? it's sporting Android 2.1 and runs on a speedy 1GHz LNX ARM processor. That's clocked considerably higher than Viewsonic's ViewPad7 we saw the other day. There's 2GB of on board stortage and 256MB of memory, Wi-Fi plus a micro SD slot. There's also a G Sensor for orientation.Related StoriesSamsung Galaxy Tab coming to VodafoneIFA 2010: Hands on: Toshiba Folio 100 reviewIFA 2010: Hands on: Viewsonic ViewPad7 reviewIFA 2010: Hands on: Viewsonic ViewPad7 reviewIFA 2010: Hands on: Viewsonic ViewPad 100 reviewComputer Forensic

Viral Video (And Perfect Casting): Mark Cuban on "Entourage"

Of course, it makes perfect sense for Mark Cuban to appear in a very long and involved cameo as himself on the HBO original comedy series "Entourage."

Heck, the fun-loving Internet billionaire could easily slip into the pack of young Hollywood dudes on the show and seem part of the gang.Beauty

Living in DC: The Nationals? Perspective

Nationals Park / Photo by Max Cook
If you’re an outsider looking in then it?s easy to paint each resident of the greater D.C. metropolitan area with a political brush. People living in Maryland, Virginia or D.C. know the District is widely regarded as being the epicenter of the American political spectrum.
In anticipation of Glen Beck?s [...]Credit score