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James Johnson is the associate editor at Inquisitr.com where he spends his time investigating and covering trend setting, eye-opening, hard hitting and fun news stories of the day. James is also a veteran of the new media reporting industry where he has worked for the last 6 years. You can find James on Google+, Twitter and Facebook You can also email him at [James@inquisitr.com]

Novac Djokovic Defeats Rafael Nadal, Wins Monte Carlo Masters

Novac Djokovich Wins at Monte Carlo

Novak Djokovic has defeated Rafael Nadal to claim the crown at the 2012 Monte Carlo Masters. The win marks the first time in nine years that the Monte Carlo Masters has been handed to someone other than Rafael Nadal. Djokovic claimed the win with a finals record of 6-2, 7-6 (1). After the game, Djokovic… Read more »

$15 Million iPhone 5 Now Available For Sale

iPhone 15 Million Dollars

England-based Stuart Hughes is selling a brand new iPhone 5 for the bargain basement price of just $15 million. The phone was built with a gold case and then encrusted with diamonds to give it that “I just spent way too much on this phone” look. So what exactly does $15 million get you from… Read more »

Florida Sues BP Three Years After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Florida Sues BP Over Oil Spill

On the third anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast, the state of Florida has filed a lawsuit against the oil company and cement contractor Halliburton. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill infected a 1,100 mile swath of area along beaches and marshlands. The spill, according to Florida officials, led to a massive… Read more »

Apple Storing Siri Data For Two Years

Apple Siri Storing Data

Apple is storing Siri data for up to two years, according to Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller. Wired recently wrote an expose on the ambiguity of Siri’s privacy policies after ACLU lawyer Nicole Ozer questioned Apple’s Siri data practices. Muller says Apple fully anonymizes the data it receives and only collects voice clips so it can… Read more »

Microsoft’s Next Gen Xbox Might Be Announced May 21

Microsoft New Xbox 720 Rumors

Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox gaming console could be announced at an event on May 21. News of the potential Xbox reveal was scooped by Windows blogger Paul Thurrott and delivered to the team at The Verge. Microsoft had originally planned to reveal the Xbox 720 (potential name) in April but decided to push back the big… Read more »

Hemlock Grove Debuts On Netflix

Hemlock Grove

Hemlock Grove, the new Netflix exclusive TV series from Eli Roth, has launched for your viewing pleasure. Just as the video subscription service did with the series House Of Cards, the entire season of Hemlock Grove is available for immediate viewing. The first season of Hemlock Grove features 13 episodes. If you are already a… Read more »

Archos Debuts Google Android Smartphone Line

Archos Google Android Smartphone

Archos has made the leap from Android Tablets to Google Android-based smartphones. The company on Friday debuted three new entry, mid, and high-end smartphones. The new Android-based devices include the Archos 35 Carbon ($99.99), Archos 50 Platinum ($219.99), and Archos 53 Platinum ($249.99). Archos plans to launch all three smartphones in Europe sometime in May…. Read more »

LG Curved OLED TV’s Will Start Shipping In Second Half Of 2013

LG Curved OLED TV

The LG curved OLED TV revolution is upon us! The electronics manufacturer showed off its new EA9800 TV at CES 2013, and now it will begin selling the televisions in the second half of 2013. LG has not yet provided an exact release date for its new curve OLED TV displays. Speaking about his company’s… Read more »

Sprint Wireless Rolls Out 4G LTE In 21 New Markets

Sprint Wireless 4G LTE New Markets

Sprint Wireless on Thursday announced the roll out of 4G LTE technology in 21 new markets. According to Sprint, the company is now offering service in areas that include Los Angeles, Contra Costa County, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; and Memphis, Tennessee. In celebration of the new 4G LTE locations, Sprint Wireless is offering… Read more »

Pirate Bay Co-Founder Charges With Hacking, Fraud

Pirate Bay CoFounder Charged Again

Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been charged with hacking into a bank, his government’s taxing agency, and several other companies. Warg was officially charged on Tuesday by Swedish prosecutors. In a statement regarding the charges, Swedish prosecutor Henrik Olin said: “A large amount of data from companies and agencies was taken during the… Read more »

Apple Shares Slip To 2011 Numbers

Apple Shares Fall

Apple shares have dipped to 2011 numbers after losing $20 in value during early morning Wednesday trading. The company’s shares are now sitting close to the $400 mark on the NASDAQ exchange. At one point during trading, Apple shares dipped below $400 to hit a two year low of $399.58. While the exact cause of… Read more »

Ghost In The Radar

Ghose Radar

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Amazon Expanding Android Appstore With International Launches

Amazon Appstore

Amazon is extending its Android Appstore to nearly 200 countries in the next several months. On Wednesday, the retail giant announced that app developers can now begin submitting their applications for distributions in the new locations. Amazon is also allowing developers to register their productions for international distribution. As Amazon’s App Store expands, developers who… Read more »

Darth Vader ‘Choke Victim’ Richard LeParmentier Dies

Richard LeParmentier passes away at 66

Richard LaParmentier, the actor who was force-choked by Darth Vader in the original Star Wars franchise, has passed away at 66-years-old. While LaParmentier appeared in more than 50 films and TV shows during his long Hollywood career, it was his turn as Admiral Motti, commander of the Death Star, that brought him the most attention…. Read more »

Apple Building Chipsets In Orlando? Company’s Job Posting Points To Florida

Apple Orlando CPU Development

Is Apple about to launch a chip development facility in Orlando, Florida? That appears to be the company’s motives following several recent job postings. The jobs mosta surround the developments and testing of processors. In one job ad, Apple seeks a “GPU Csim/Reference Model Engineer” who would specialize in “modeling GPU hardware.” The job listing… Read more »

Facebook Video Ads Coming To News Feeds

Facebook Video Ads

Are you ready for Facebook video ads to start appearing in your news feed? We have known for months that the social giant was prepping the ads, and a new report now suggests they are almost ready for primetime. According to the report, Facebook is in talks with various agencies who would become responsible for… Read more »

60 Cases Of Bird Flu In Humans Now Reported In China

H7N9 Bird Flu

Chinese officials are now reporting two new cases of people infected with a rare strain of bird flu. Those reports take the number of infected H7N9 sufferers to 60. State media on Sunday night reported that two people in Shanghai have died from the rare flu strain. To date, 13 deaths have been linked to… Read more »