Japanese Import Model / TV Hostess Eri Moriyama

Eri Moriyama was born in Eri Moriyama was born on 23 September 1980, in Tokyo, Japan. She went over to America to learn English and found herself centerfold in the Asian-American import car scene.

She was first found on Soul Train and was working as a spokesmodel for Pepsi from 2003 through 2004. Other than modeling, She hosts a couple of Japanese TV shows.(NHK American Music Award, Nippon TV The Wide, TV Tokyo and Then The Music Starts)

Open federation for Google Talk

Posted by Mike Jazayeri, Product Manager, Google Talk

We've just announced open federation for the Google Talk service. What does that mean, you might be wondering. No, it has nothing to do with Star Trek. "Open federation" is technical jargon for when people on different services can talk to each other. For example, email is a federated system. You might have a .edu address and I have a Gmail address, but you and I can still exchange email. The same for the phone: there's nothing that prevents Cingular users from talking to Sprint users.

Unfortunately, this is not the case with many IM and Internet voice calling services today. You can only talk to people on the particular service you have an account on (so you need an account on every service to talk to everybody, which is pretty cumbersome). With open federation, you get to choose your service provider and you can talk to people on any other federated service (and vice versa).

In addition to the Google Talk service, many other companies, universities, and corporations support open federation today. This means you can now talk to millions of users around the world all with a single account on the service provider of your choice.

We think this is pretty exciting -- though perhaps not as exciting as something Star Trek-related -- and we hope it will bring us one step closer to making IM and Internet voice calling as ubiquitous as email.

Pick of the Week #3: Cute Japanese Idol Mihiro Taniguchi

Pick of the week #3 is cute Japanese Idol Mihiro Taniguchi. This 1.53m cutie was born in Tokyo on 19 May 1982.

MTV Asia VJ/Supermodel Denise Keller

Denise Lorraine Keller was born in Singapore on March 24, 1982. Her exotic Eurasian beauty is due to her German (father) and Chinese (mother) parentage. She was educated at the German school in Singapore.

At age 13, she was discovered in a shopping mall by a modeling scout and soon signed with a leading modeling agency. Having already achieved great success as a model throughout most of Asia, Keller became Singapore's representative in Ford's Supermodel of the World finals in 2000, for which she won the title.

Throughout her modeling career, she has been the face of countless TV & print commercial campaigns all over the world. Among the various TV shows she has hosted was the Ford Supermodel Singapore Finals in 2001.

By 2002, she has modeled everywhere from New York to Hong Kong to Tokyo. And in that year, she got her biggest break yet when she was selected among thousands of hopefuls to be the female VJ for MTV Asia.

Weekend Photo: Hot Japanese Idol Mayuko Iwasa

Hot Japanese Idol Mayuko Iwasa wearing the popular number 7.

Popular Korean Actress Han Chae-young

Han Chae-young was born on 13 September 1980 and is aptly named the “Barbie Doll” of Korea.

Today, it’s not just her looks that have got people talking. Instead, the actress is garnering rave reviews for her work in the television drama, “Always Cheerful Choonhyang"!

A present-day version of the historical movie, "Chunhyang," critics doubted the series would succeed. But the work has proved a favorite among young adults. Han was at the core of this success, playing a fun-loving, free-spirited young woman.

Your Google homepage, to go

Posted by Abhijit Kalamkar, Software Engineer

Anyone who's ever tried to browse the web on their cell phone knows that it isn't always the best user experience. That's why I'm excited to tell you about Google Mobile Personalized Home. We've designed a way for you to view the things that you really care about, from your Gmail inbox to news headlines, weather, stock quotes, and feeds (Atom or RSS). The interface is optimized for small screens, and we've arranged things so you don't have to click on a bunch of links to locate what you're after -– your personalized content appears on top, right where it should be. Give it a try, and let us know how you like it.