Hilts Pleads Guilty

Paris Hilton Pleads Guilty – Paris Hilton was in a Las Vegas court bright and early this morning to plead guilty to misdemeanor drug possession and obstructing an officer (and there didn’t appear to be any fingernail messages for the judge).In exchange, the judge ordered her to pay $2,000 in fines, complete 200 hours of community service and complete an “intensive” substance abuse program, reports TMZ. She will also be on probation for one year. [usatoday]

Apple Drops $29 Bar On Face Recognition Software Company – Polar Rose, a Malmö, Sweden startup which built a very interesting facial recognition programme which hooked into Facebook photos, has been bought by Apple, according to Swedish media.The 15-person company was previously majority owned by Danish private equity fund Nordic Venture Partners, and it now appears Apple has taking over the entire shareholding. Neither Apple nor the company is commenting. [techcrunch]

Top Gun Actress Marries Lesbian Girlfriend – Kelly McGillis (not looking great), who stole Tom Cruise’s heart in Top Gun and Harrison Ford’s in Witness, joined Melanie Leis in a civil union in New Jersey. The twice-divorced actress announced she was a lesbian just last year although it had long been known in show business circles. McGillis, who has two children, met Leis when she worked as a bartender at a Key West, Florida restaurant the actress owned with her then-husband Fred Tillman. Stunning! [radar]

OMG Guy Clickjacking Attack Spreads Virally On Facebook [Warning] – A new Facebook clickjacking attack is on the loose today, affecting thousands of users and spreading like wildfire through their status updates. The scam comes in the form of a status update containing a link with the words: “OMG This GUY Went A Little To Far WITH His Revenge On His EX Girlfriend.” That’s when everything goes mental. [mashable]

Zuma Not Scared To Scold Malema – And there we have it. Finally. After all that daily buildup in the ‘traditional’ media. All that speculation and the ongoing soap opera, further fueling the naysayers with more garbage to spew into the ears of the fools who waste their time listening. And what happened when yet another ‘day of reckoning’ finally came? That’s right, Zuma tuned Malema and Malema sat quiet, like a little child. And that my friends, is all you need to know for now. [mail&guardian]

New Supercars Set For Paris Debut – Lotus and Maserati have released the first images of their latest supercars due to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show. The British Group Lotus brand said yesterday that that the new Elite will redefine “modern classic” when it is released in spring 2014, priced around £115,000. Its 5.0 liter V8 gas engine can deliver a top speed of 315 km/h and a 0-100 km/h time of between 3.5 and 3.7 seconds. [luxuo]

Welsh Teen Wins America’s Perfect Teen Beauty Pageant. Yanks Furious – Anysha Panesar beat 30 rivals to win the contest while she was on holiday in Florida. But the 16-year-old’s victory left some contestants and their parents furious at the snub to home-grown girls. ‘Some people did say I shouldn’t have won because I’m British,’ said Anysha. ‘But I think they just said it because they didn’t win.’ [metro]

Nefertiti Had The World’s First Facelift – Her name is synonymous with beauty; and unlike history’s other renowned women, such as Helen of Troy, we don’t have to take the classical historians’ word for it. Nefertiti’s reputation rests on hard evidence – an exquisite bust of the ancient Egyptian queen that survived for more than 3,000 years. Now researchers have discovered that the bust, one of the world’s most famous objects, was given the ancient equivalent of a Photoshop airbrushing. Nice one! [independent]

Donald Trump Cut Out Of Wall Street 2 – The real-estate mogul was one of many prominent locals who filmed cameos for “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” which premieres tomorrow, but The Donald’s big scene was left on the cutting-room floor. “It’ll be on the DVD,” director Oliver Stone says. “I only cut it because it was distracting. He was at the end of the movie and all of sudden, ‘Hey, there’s Donald Trump!’ Hmm, I smell a rat. [nypost]

How The iPhone Helped A Blind Person See Colour – Most iPhone users probably aren’t even aware of VoiceOver, a powerful screen reader built into every iPhone (and Macs, too). But what’s special about its implementation on the iPhone is that it is gesture based—one tap selects and reads an item; a double tap “touches” it; and a three finger flick is used to scroll. Just quietly enjoy this story. [gizmodo]

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder Gets Married – Less than a year after popping the question, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder wed his longtime girlfriend Jill McCormick in Hawaii on Saturday.The couple exchanged “I dos” in front of about 70 guests including Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn and beachside rocker Jack Johnson. Weird, the S-train didn’t mention a thing when we shot GQ. [spinner]

Anna Kournikova 3D Bikini Pictures – Okay, just a sampling of 3-D, but a whole lot of Anna Kournikova, the original gangster of tennis hotties from the former Eastern Bloc, featured in these Anna Kournikova bikini pictures from our friends at Maxim in their October edition. Anna Kournikova still holds her own against the latest crop of grass-court sexy bombs, keeping that athletic bikini body nice and, well, athletic and bikini-ish. Now, go get your glasses and enjoy. [egotastic]

Facebook Founder Opens Up – Zuckerberg’s ultimate goal is to create, and dominate, a different kind of Internet. Google and other search engines may index the Web, but, he says, “most of the information that we care about is things that are in our heads, right? And that’s not out there to be indexed, right?” Check out this interview – very interesting. [newyorker]

Lost your camera at that Kings of Neon party at Caprice? – Again? OneDayOnly to the rescue. Only today, they’ll get you a Nikon 12mp, 5x zoom pocket cam for, well, almost for free actually. These guys make it look so simple. Are they for real? My source claims that they’re working on some hand-crafted, wine-barrel-oak cheese-platters tomorrow. Very-nice. [onedayonly]

Braai Day Practice Run At 2oceansvibe Radio – I tell you, the God’s are shining down on us. Not only are we able to celebrate Braai Day three days before the actual day, but we have even managed to secure the world’s most famous Braai Master, Jan Braai, to do the honours! Thats right, we will be braaiiing this morning, live on air (and webcam) as we enjoy some fresh boerrie rolls and beers from SPAR and Tops at the Cape Quarter Lifestyle Village! Tune in. [2oceansviberadio]

[thanks charlie]