Nintendo DSi with larger screens coming this year to Japan?

(Engadget)

The Nintendo DSi in its current form is just about to round its first Japanese birthday on November 1st, and if Nikkei has anything to say about it, the two-screener’s all set for an oncoming growth spurt. According to a report from the publication, who has a good track record on Nintendo reports thus far, [...]

U2’s Bono disappointed with latest album sales

(The Guardian)
By Sean Michaels
The U2 frontman believes No Line On the Horizon is ‘a bit challenging for people who have grown up on a diet of pop stars’

U2’s Bono and Adam Clayton … ‘What is rock‘n’roll in this changing world?’
Despite having sold 1m copies of their latest album, U2 are disappointed with sales of No [...]

Should parents try to influence their children’s taste in music?

(The Guardian)
By Alexis Petridis
Pop and rock should should be something that divides generations, but I can’t help but be drawn to the experience of sharing music with my kids

Alexis Petridis’s daughter listens to Madonna again and again. And Again.
In today’s Guardian, I wrote a piece about the perils of trying to introduce your children to [...]

Nima Gorji & S.M.A.L.L

DJs Nima Gorji & S.M.A.L.L is coming to town to shake up Halloween.

It’s All About Hope and Opportunity in China

Earlier in the year while a few of my interns were inbetween assignments, I tasked them to get out of the office and do some street interviews. Now, executing street interviews was nothing new for them, but instead of taking out a video camera and asking questions to our typical targets, I wanted to push them outside their boundries and speak to people whom they were more likely to walk right past on their way to work.

Big in Asia: China’s Hottest Male Stars

Living in a foreign country, it’s easy to fall out of touch with pop culture back home. New music videos come out weekly, up and coming stars make new films, slang evolves quickly, leaving those of us abroad out of touch. Unless you speak Chinese, it can be hard to become familiar with Chinese pop culture, and many expats would rather steer clear of the pop-lite-pap that dominates the airwaves, and overblown romances and staid military dramas that clog the TV channels and theaters. Still, popular culture can be a fantastic way to learn Chinese, about China, and connect with friends and acquaintances.

Riddim Halloween Edition

Mikey DEE and Friends fire out some blood-curdling bass at RIDDIMs HALOWEEN (FETISH FANCY DRESS) special, this time featuring the ghoulish beats of Taiwans best export, DJ @llen.

When the Entrepreneurial Spirit Needs Exorcism

“They(Chinese companies)’re afraid of losing control of the business. They don’t know how to let the business work without them. They don’t know how to simply advise the managers they hired to do the job: they always step in.”

Bordering on Danger:A Sino-Indian boundary dispute risks flaring up

It has often been taken for granted that China and India will rise simultaneously and peacefully in the 21st century.

4 US troops die in Afghan chopper collisio

Four American troops were killed and two injured Monday when two helicopters collided in southern Afghanistan.