Love muffins, Apple’s long-awaited Worldwide Developer’s Conference is at last over, and, as expected, the next generation iPhone along with its list of features have been announced. The new iPhone will be called iPhone 3GS (the “S” stands for speed) because it is on average 2x faster than the current 3G model (the radio on the phone will now support 7.2 Mbps 3G, meaning that 3G speeds you’re now seeing on the iPhone will theoretically double, and the processor is faster) and will be available sooner than expected – June 19th!The look of the phone will stay the same, but its guts are totally different – for example, double the memory, video recording, voice control, 3.2 MP camera with autofocus, support for MMS and more. Hit the jump for the rundown of all its new features. OS 3.0 will be available to everyone starting June 17th – next week! CONTINUE READING

Update: A total of 17 bodies have been found thus far in the warm water off the northeast coast of Brazil.

The bodies of two men confirmed to be passengers on ill-fated Air France flight 447 bound for Paris from Rio De Janeiro were found. The bodies were discovered along with several items from the airplane itself, and will be transported to Brazil for forensic investigation. Also discovered Saturday were a backpack and a leather briefcase containing an airplane ticket with a reservation code, which Air France confirmed belonged to a passenger on the jet.

It is now known that the airline failed to replace a part on the airplane, as recommended by French manufacturer, Airbus. Airbus advised the airline to have the Pitot tubes replaced, mechanisms that monitor air speed. The replacement was not mandatory. CONTINUE READING

Brandy has just settled with the children of the woman who died in a car crash she was involved in in 2006. Awatef Aboudihaj’s two children will receive a total of $600,000 ($300,000 each) according to court documents filed in L.A. County Superior Court today. Aboudihaj died after her car was struck by Brandy’s Range Rover near the 405 and 101-freeway intersection.

In other news, eight days after being released from jail, rapper DMX plead guilty to attempted aggravated assault on May 22 after he verbally threatened guards at Tent City back in February while imprisoned there. He is due in court for sentencing on Monday.

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In more sad news, debris was found in the Atlantic today off the northeast coast of Brazil, about 50 miles off the plane’s trajectory path. Air France flight 447 was on an 11-hour journey from Rio De Janeiro to Paris when it failed to re-connect with traffic controllers three hours into the trip. Two debris fields were found – one was 3 miles long. Among wreckage found was an airplane seat, metal debris, an orange float, a drum and an oil spill. The four year old Airbus A330 was carrying 216 passengers – mainly of French and Brazilian nationality. There are believed to be no survivors.

Among the missing: a dancer who performed in Broadway musical Riverdance, and a 26 year-old member of Brazilian’s royal family.

Love muffins, check out these never-before seen photographs of Marilyn Monroe discovered by Life.com. The photographs depict the 24-year-old bombshell in a more innocent period in her life, right before her massive film success and emergence into pop culture history.

Note: Doesn’t Britney Spears resemble her in some of these photographs – something with the sleepy, seductive eyes. Interesting. Thoughts? More pics after the jump. CONTINUE READING

In some sad news today, an Air France Airbus A330-200 bound for Charles De Gaulle Airport from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil carrying 228 passengers likely crashed into the Atlantic, officials are saying. At approximately 4:15am Paris time, automatic distress signals were sent out from the plane indicating there were several parts of the aircraft malfunctioning. During the transmissions, there was no contact with the crew. It’s likely that the 4-year-old plane went down somewhere in the Atlantic closer to Brazil than to Africa. The jet was flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet and cruising at 521 mph, air force officials have stated.

The Airbus A330-200 has an impeccable safety record – the only blip on the radar being one aircraft that went down in 1994 during a training mission before it became commercially available.

Love muffins, our prayers go out to all families affected.