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DON’T-MISS TV | It’s England vs. Sweden and Germany vs. Poland today at the World Cup in Germany. Throughout the tournament, FSC (Comcast digital cable channel 401) has a daily half-hour preview at 4 p.m. and “Ticket to Germany,” at 1:30 a.m.; ESPN has analysis and overview at 11 p.m. The weekend games, quarterfinals and final (July 9) are on ABC. | Joanne Ostrow
TOP RINGS | Top five ringtones downloaded to cellphones last week:
1. Koji Kondo, Super Mario Brothers theme
2. Bubba Sparxxx Featuring Ying Yang Twins & Mr. ColliPark, “Ms. New Booty”
3. Lalo Schifrin, “Mission-Impossible” theme
4. 50 Cent & Olivia, “Best Friend”
5. Rascal Flatts, “What Hurts The Most”
– billboard.com
GADGET | Many parents want to equip younger children with cellphones so they can call home, be reached and call an emergency number. The exceptionally cute and very green Migo earns a top spot for kid-friendly phones. It has four numbered buttons for dialing the four programmable phone numbers. However, some may find the parental controls too limited. |CNET.com
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Site of the week: Wondering what Spooner Oldham does when he’s not playing with Neil Young? Curious what happened to The Vapors after “Turning Japanese” in 1980? One terrific site for basic music information is allmusic.com, sibling to the extremely useful allmovie.com and allgame.com. Allmusic offers extensive biographies and discographies of almost anyone you throw at it. “Influenced By” and “Similar Artists” sections will both educate you and broaden your music collection.
Watch this Web video: So many things on the Internet fall under the category, “Don’t try this at home,” it kind of goes without saying. Seems like everybody is trying the Mentos-in-Diet-Coke trick anyway, but nobody is doing it as elaborately as the mad backyard scientists at eepybird.com/dcm1.html.
-Michael Booth
