We’ve all been waiting to see what ASUS’s Eee PC desktop would turn out to look like, and HotHardware is claiming these shots are the real deal. Yeah, we know, it’s a bit reminiscent of a certain motion-sensing game console, but besides these kind of grainy photos we’ve still got almost nothing to go by. Yet!

Chris Brown denied he and fellow singer Rihanna were in a relationship at Saturday’s Kids Choice Awards, saying they are just friends. Do you think the heartthrob’s revelation is the truth, or just a clever public relations ploy?

Rapper could be ordered to perform 1,500 hours of community service. On Thursday afternoon (March 27), T.I. pleaded guilty to several federal weapons charges, as part of a plea deal that could send the rapper to prison for a year. U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell Jr. will first need to sign off on the plea bargain. When sentenced a year from now, the 27-year-old rapper (born Clifford Harris) could be ordered to perform 1,500 hours of community service, which he would serve by talking to youth groups across the U.S., and about 12 months behind bars. In addition, T.I. could be sentenced to three years’ supervised release, including a year of home detention. He could also be ordered to pay a $100,000 fine. “While I’m not looking forward to being incarcerated, I have a long road of redemption to travel,” T.I. told reporters outside the courtroom, according to The Associated Press. “I am dedicated and committed to that. I’m looking forward to turning this negative time in my life into a positive. I’d like to thank God for blessing me with a second chance in life and success. I realize I completely violated the law, and I take it very seriously.” According to the terms of the plea deal, T.I.’s prison term could be increased or reduced, depending on his fulfillment of its terms. The deal says T.I.’s message to the youth groups he’ll speak to should focus on the pitfalls of guns, gangs and drugs. Harris, who was dressed in a gray suit at the hearing, may face even stiffer prison time — several more years — if he finds himself in trouble with the law again. T.I. was arrested back in October, mere hours before he was to headline the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta. The rapper was charged with possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon. If he were found guilty without a plea bargain, he would face a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count. T.I. initially pleaded not guilty to the charges and has been under house arrest since his release on $3 million bond October 26. He was allowed to leave his house to attend church services on Easter Sunday.

LOS ANGELES — Heath Ledger’s frenzied reinvention of the Joker had fans and colleagues buzzing. His dreadful clown face was seen online by millions, and stood as the goosebump-raising image upon which nearly all early marketing of “The Dark Knight” hinged. All this, while Ledger was still alive. Now the Batman archfiend stands as Ledger’s next-to-last performance. And while it’s not the first, “The Dark Knight” has already emerged as arguably the biggest movie featuring a posthumous role in Hollywood history. Major stars including James Dean, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Spencer Tracy and Will Rogers had high-profile films released after they died. The deaths of others — notably Bruce Lee and his son Brandon — created an eerie allure that heightened interest in their final films. Yet none had the magnitude of a comic-book franchise with an illustrious 70-year history, and movies in those eras did not arrive with the fanfare of today. Certainly none had the advance word of a delirious, demented turn by an actor completely reimagining of one of Hollywood’s greatest villains. “It was punk, it was `A Clockwork Orange, it was druggie. It was this kind of fantastic, anarchic look to him. This character who had absolutely no rules whatsoever,” said Christian Bale, who returns as rich guy Bruce Wayne and his crime-fighting alter-ego Batman. “That’s not like any Joker I’ve ever seen before, what I saw Heath do.” As the sequel to 2005 blockbuster “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight” already was one of this year’s most-anticipated films. Opening July 18, the film’s must-see status has only risen since Ledger died of an accidental prescription drug overdose Jan. 22. “More people will come to see it because of his death,” said Bill Ramey, founder of the fan Web site Batman-on-Film.com. “No doubt some people may be apprehensive about seeing it because there may be a little ghoulish factor about it. But I’m betting that more people now kind of look at it as a tribute to him, and the biggest tribute you could give someone is to go see it and enjoy his performance.”

SAN FRANCISCO — At first listen, the grainy high-pitched warble doesn’t sound like much, but scientists say the French recording from 1860 is the oldest known recorded human voice. The 10-second clip of a woman singing “Au Clair de la Lune,” taken from a so-called phonautogram, was recently discovered by audio historian David Giovannoni. The recording predates Thomas Edison’s “Mary had a little lamb” — previously credited as the oldest recorded voice — by 17 years. The tune was captured using a phonautograph, a device created by Parisian inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville that created visual recordings of sound waves. Using a needle that moved in response to sound, the phonautograph etched sound waves into paper coated with soot from an oil lamp. Giovannoni and his research partner, Patrick Feaster, began looking for phonautograms last year and in December discovered two of Scott’s — from 1857 and 1859 — in France’s patent office. Using high-resolution optical scanning equipment, Giovannoni collected images of the phonautograms that he brought back to the United States.

Bon Jovi guitarist arrested for drunken driving.. Rocker Richie Sambora could face child-endangerment charges for allegedly driving drunk with his 10-year-old daughter in the car when he was busted the other night, according to TMZ.com. Sambora, who is divorced from young Ava’s mom, Heather Locklear, was pulled over by the cops in Laguna Beach, Calif., just before 11 p.m. Tuesday after police spotted his black Hummer driving erratically down the road. In addition to Ava, another juvenile was also in the car as well as an adult woman, said police. After failing numerous field-sobriety tests, Sambora was arrested for DUI and taken to the station where he agreed to take a blood-alcohol test. He was released on his own recognizance about 4 a.m. yesterday. Sambora, who is scheduled to appear in court May 7, had not been charged with child endangerment as of yesterday evening but sources tell TMZ the police are “actively investigating” the matter. Police sources added that Locklear was called after Sambora’s arrest and that she authorized the woman in the car to drive her daughter home. Sambora spent a stint in rehab last year following his father’s death from lung cancer and his breakup with galpal Denise Richards. “I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together,” he said during a “Today” show appearance at the time. “I’m still in therapy and stuff like that, but it’s good. I’m great. I feel fine.”

A tired but still somehow upbeat Chikezie Eze (pronounced eh-Zeh, not “easy”!) talked to TV writers on Thursday about his decision to follow his heart with his song selection, about his good fortune to make the top 10, about why everyone seems to hate those cheesy group numbers on elimination nights, and something about running off diving boards.…

The home of Kory McFarren is pictured on Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Ness City, Kan., where the man’s girlfriend was found in the bathroom having stayed there for long enough for her to become stuck to the toilet. McFarren, 37, remains hospitalized and in pain from medical procedures, family members said Wednesday.