Los Angeles (CNN) — Legendary pop singer Whitney Houston was found dead Saturday at a Beverly Hills, California, hotel, officials said. She was 48.

The entertainer, whose incredible talent was discovered at an early age, was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. (6:55 p.m. ET) at the Beverly Hilton hotel despite resuscitation efforts, a police spokesman said.

Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said there were “no obvious signs of criminal intent” and that the cause of her death is being investigated.

Houston’s bodyguard found her body, said Courtney Barnes, publicist for hip-hop artist Ray J, who was dating the pop diva.

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The world has witnessed an unprecedented day of protests against ACTA. Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in dozens of cities around the globe to protect what is left of the freedom of expression on the internet.

Protesters from over 200 European cities consolidated their efforts to hold rallies across Europe. The controversial ACTA treaty was signed by the majority of European countries and now there is a battle to dissuade parliaments from ratifying the agreement.

Massive strikes took place in Germany with organizers saying that a total of some 100,000 people have gathered in many cities across the country, including Berlin, Hanover, Hamburg, and Cologne. Just the previous day Germany put on hold its joining the ACTA treaty after its Justice Ministry decided to wait until the issue is discussed in the European parliament.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook is set to hit the stage in the first week of March to unveil a new iPad.

According to AllThingsD’s sources, Apple will be boasting the heir to the iPad 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, which has become Apple’s favorite big announcement venue.

Although the specs of the iPad 3 have yet to be released, sources revealed that the third generation tablet will share the same form as the iPad 2 that we have all grown to love, but it will pack more punch.

According to AllThingsD, the iPad 3 will be “running a much faster chip, sporting an improved graphics processing unit,” and will feature a 2048x 1536 “Retina Display.”

Many iFreaks are anticipating the iPad presentation as this will be the first time Tim Cook will be revealing an iPad product since he inherited the CEO title back in October of 2011.

Buzz on the Internet is alleging the new product will have a different camera module and has many Apple lovers hoping to see an upgrade in the camera department.

According to InformationWeek.com, “these hardware improvements all sound about right, the biggest missing piece of the puzzle is 4G broadband support.”

With AT&T and Verizon Wireless budding LTE 4G networks, the very thought of an iPad on a 4G network has many consumers drooling over the possibilities.

Even though this will mark Tim Cook’s second giant media event since the release of the iPhone 4s, this will be a highly scrutinized follow up to last year’s iPad presentation which was delivered by Steve Jobs.

Even though Steve Jobs’ shoes are big shoes to fill, many Apple lovers believe the iPad 3 will make them fall in love with Apple all over again.

The iPad 3 is expected to hit stores two weeks after its debut.