Farewell, dear Walkman..

Sony To Stop Producing The Walkman – Time to retire those tapes. Sony has said that it’s stopping production of the Walkman, due to lackluster sales of the outdated music player. According to the company, the last round of the portable cassette player was produced in Japan in April, and once that batch sells out, the Walkman is history. That’s sad. I still remember My First Walkman. [pcmag]

Why The US Has Turned Against Obama – Why have American voters gone so sour on Barack Obama’s Democratic party? It’s a question that must puzzle many who welcomed Obama’s election two years ago and saw him leading America and the world into broad, sunlit uplands. But now it appears that Obama’s party is about to take what George W Bush called a “thumping” in the mid-term elections on November 2. It looks to be quite a fall.. [telegraph]

Celebrities Rake In Up To R350,000 A Month On Twitter – Celebs are raking in up to £32,000 a month to plug products on Twitter. Rappers 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg have earned more than £3,000 each for a single message on the social networking site. Brit Arnie Gollov-Sing, 38, has signed 5,000 names to promote products such as Coke and Microsoft in America and plans to launch the service in the UK. [thesun]

Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican Reggae Artist, Dead At 59 – Gregory Isaacs, 59, the Jamaican-born reggae singer who was known as the “cool ruler” for his smooth, romantic singing style and who popularized the reggae subgenre known as lover’s rock, died of lung cancer Oct. 25 at his home in London.Unlike so-called roots rock singers Bob Marley and Burning Spear, who popularized songs that reflected world politics and the Rastafarian culture, Mr. Isaacs was best known for his love songs, many of which he wrote. [washingtonpost]

Geffen Edges Out Ellison To Seize Control Of World’s Sixth Largest Yacht – Music mogul David Geffen is now the sole owner of Rising Sun, the world’s sixth largest yacht, having seized control from co-owner Larry Ellison. Originally commissioned by the Oracle billionaire from Germany’s Lürssen shipyard in 2004, the 456 ft. megayacht cost about $250 million to build. After gaining possession of the craft, Geffen has sent the boat back to Lurssen for some much-needed modifications while Ellison prepares to take delivery of a much smaller 298-ft. superyacht. [luxist]

Italian Seaside Town Puts Forward Miniskirt Ban – A seaside city in Italy is planning to ban miniskirts and other revealing clothing to improve what the mayor calls standards of public decency. Castellammare di Stabia is trying to be the latest location in Italy to make use of new powers to crack down on what is deemed to be anti-social behaviour. Mayor Luigi Bobbio said the regulations would help “restore urban decorum and facilitate better civil co-existence”. Yawn. [bbc]

Justin Bieber To Launch Unisex Fragrance – Justin Bieber is taking the beauty world by storm. Two weeks after announcing plans to launch a nail polish line, the 16-year-old singer is getting ready to debut his first unisex fragrance, My World. The “Baby” singer paired with Etoile Nation Beauty to create wristbands and dog tags infused with the scent, which will hit Wal-Mart stores on November 26. Goodness, if there was ever a reason to stop Walmart coming to SA.. [usmagazine]

Police Investigate Burglary Of Virtual Facebook Home – Now the hunt is on for the thief – even though the property they broke into was a virtual home, designed for a virtual pet and decorated with virtual paintings and furniture. Still, the hacker cannot be accused of being a cat burglar – the only thing left in the seven-room online flat was its ‘resident’, Blue Cat. Ms Letizia spent about £88 kitting out the home for the Facebook game Pet Society, played by 12million people each month. Shame. [metro]

Mel Gibson Is Very Angry That He Was Kicked Off The Hangover – Mel Gibson is furious at producers of “The Hangover Part II” for booting him from the flick, sources say. Gibson’s minor role as a Bangkok tattoo artist was seen as a comeback for his tattered career, but producers were quick to cut him loose when cast members objected to working with him. A source close to Gibson told us, “He doesn’t understand why Mike Tyson, a drug user who turned his life around, was given a chance while Mel was kicked to the curb. [nypost]

Chile Miners Play Football Against The President And Rescuers – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera awarded the 33 rescued miners national medals on Monday, but the bigger event of the day was a friendly soccer game with Pinera, several miners and even some of the rescuers. The miners formed Team Hope, playing against Team Operation Rescue, which included Pinera. The final score was 3-2 for Operation Rescue. [msnbc]

Spanish Prostitutes Ordered To Wear Reflective Vests – Women touting for customers on a rural highway outside Els Alamus near Lleida in Catalonia have been told to don the yellow fluorescent bibs or pay fines of 40 euros (£36) under road traffic laws. Police claim the sex workers on the LL-11 road are not being specifically targeted because of what they do but because they posed a danger to drivers. Fair enough. [telegraph]

Michael Jackson Tops Dead Celebrity Earners – Michael Jackson’s sudden death sparked an outpouring of grief around the world, but fans also opened their wallets to make him this year’s top-earning dead celebrity with $275 million, Forbes said on Monday. Jackson raked in more than the combined total of the other 12 celebrities on the list, Forbes magazine said. He was ranked third on last year’s list with $90 million. [vancouversun]

Photographer and Videographer Brawl at Wedding Using Cameras as Weapons – The source of the fight is not clear, but when cameramen get fed up about something at this wedding it’s their expensive equipment that suffers the most when it’s hurled around. Watch the violence and trashed electronics inside. [gizmodo]

Tiger Woods’ Mistress Discusses Sex With Golfer In New Book – The first tell-all from one of Woods’ many bedroom conquests claims the “largely endowed” golfer liked three-way sex with women, fantasized about men and was stuck in a marriage to an uncaring gold digger. “He liked to watch girl-on-girl, and the girls would occasionally join us,” Loredana Jolie dishes in “The Real Diary: Lessons from the Good Time Girl to Champion.” Classy. [newyorkpost]

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