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The First Draft: Obama’s next diplomatic pins twin, who dies (AP)
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By David Alexander (Front Chicago is up against Madrid, Minister Yukio Hatoyama are also
Row Washington) Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo as the planning to go. symbolizes America, a new poll
Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:46:36 AM site for the Olympics. Obama’s week gets off to a finds
The Windy City has never slow start after his sessions at the 6 seconds ago 2009-09-
If you think President Barack hosted a Summer Olympics, nor United Nations and the Group of 28T09:14:01-07:00
Obama has it tough negotiating has Madrid nor Rio. 20 Summit in Pittsburgh last Cremated remains stolen
with the G20 over the global Tokyo hosted the Summer week.
economy and Iran over its nuclear Olympics in 1964. It also won the He has no public appearances
during Fla. burglary (AP)
program, take a look at his next bid for the 1940 games but was on his schedule for Monday. (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
i n t e r n a t i o n a l d i p l o m a t i c stripped of the right after the The Senate and the House of Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:04:05 AM
challenge: outbreak of its war with China. Representatives were not in
Going head-to-head with the The 1940 games were ultimately session Monday. MarcoT buzzed up: Wal-Mart
International Olympic Committee canceled due to World War II. For more Reuters political news, best symbolizes America, a new
over the venue for the 2016 The Obamas were already click here. poll finds
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Obama thinks it ought to be b e f o r e t h e W h i t e H o u s e Downing (Obama watches a girl 28T09:15:25-07:00
held in his hometown of Chicago. announced the president would on a balance beam at a White
He’s so sold on the idea that travel to Copenhagen this Friday. House event Sept. 16 promoting
he’s flying to Copenhagen Friday First lady Michelle Obama is Obama won’t be the only Chicago’s bid to host the 2016
to put in a personal appearance at part of the Chicago delegation national leader in attendance. Summer Olympics)
a meeting of the IOC — the first attending the IOC meeting to Brazilian President Luis Inacio
time a sitting U.S. president has present the case for the city to Lula da Silva, King Juan Carlos
done so. host the games. of Spain and Japanese Prime

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Washington) Konrad Ng, their two young third U.S. president — and click here.
Submitted at 9/27/2009 9:11:25 PM daughters Suhaila and Savita, and emerged to a brief cheers from Photo credit:Reuters/Mike
Michelle Obama’s mother Marian onlookers. Theiler (Obama walks with family
President Barack Obama took Robinson were along for the tour A short time later at the members down the steps of the
his family on a brisk moonlit which was completed in under an Washington Monument, about 30 Jefferson Memorial after a
monument tour Sunday evening, hour. tourists had an unexpected nighttime visit)
visiting the Jefferson Memorial Obama, in sneakers and his spent less than 10 minutes inside addition to their visit when the
and Washington Monument. familiar White Sox baseball cap, the Jefferson Memorial — which presidential entourage arrived.
Obama’s half-sister, Maya
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Lawyer: Polanski will fight extradition to the US (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) his freedom without delay," lions," said French Culture contains a table, storage who long ago identified herself,
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:07:42 AM Temime said. Minister Frederic Mitterrand. "In compartment, sink, toilet and has joined in Polanski's bid for
The lawyer said he was able to the same way that there is a television. dismissal, saying she wants the
ZURICH – Imprisoned director speak with Polanski from his generous America that we like, Family and friends can only see case to be over. She sued Polanski
Roman Polanski is in a "fighting Zurich cell and that the director there is also a scary America that Polanski for an hour each week, and reached an undisclosed
mood" and will battle U.S. was allowed to meet with his has just shown its face." but that does not include official settlement.
attempts to have him extradited wife, French actress Emmanuelle Polanski, who has dual French- visits from lawyers and consular Earlier this year, Superior Court
from Switzerland to California to Seigner. Polish citizenship, has hired Swiss diplomats, de Silva said. Judge Peter Espinoza in Los
face justice for fleeing a 1978 sex "He was shocked, dumbfounded, attorney Lorenz Erni to represent The Justice Ministry insisted Angeles dismissed Polanski's bid
charge, his lawyer said Monday. but he is in a fighting mood and him in Switzerland. Sunday that politics played no to throw out the case because the
An international tug-of-war over he is very determined to defend Polanski seems most likely to role in its arrest order for director failed to appear in court,
the 76-year-old director escalated himself," Temime said. spend several months in Polanski, who lives in France but but said there was "substantial
Monday as France and Poland Now a complicated legal detention, unless he agrees to has spent much time at a chalet in misconduct" in the handling of the
urged Switzerland to free him on process awaits all sides. While forgo any challenge to his the luxury Swiss resort of Gstaad. original case.
bail and pressed U.S. officials all France expressed hope that extradition to the United States. That has led to widespread Espinoza said he reviewed not
the way up to Secretary of State Polanski would be freed shortly, Under a 1990 accord between speculation among his friends and only legal documents, but also
Hillary Clinton on the case. Swiss officials said there would Switzerland and the U.S., even politicians in Switzerland watched the HBO documentary, "
Polanski was in his third day of be no rash decision. Washington has 60 days to submit that the neutral country was Roman Polanski: Wanted and
detention after Swiss police The Swiss Justice Ministry on a formal request for his transfer. coerced by Washington into Desired," which suggests there
arrested him Saturday on an Monday did not rule out the Rulings in a similar dispute four action. was behind-the-scenes
international warrant as he arrived possibility that Polanski, director years ago over Russia's former Temime, Polanski's lawyer, told manipulations by a now-retired
in Zurich to receive a lifetime o f s u c h c l a s s i c f i l m s a s atomic energy minister Yevgeny the daily Le Parisien that the prosecutor not assigned to the
achievement award from a film "Chinatown" and " Rosemary's Adamov confirmed that subjects filmmaker stayed in Gstaad for case.
festival. Baby," could be released on bail should be held in custody months this year. A native of France who was
Authorities in Los Angeles under very strict conditions that throughout the procedure. "He came here, but I have no taken to Poland by his parents,
consider Polanski a "convicted he doesn't flee Switzerland. The U.S. request for Polanski's idea how frequently," said Toni Polanski escaped Krakow's
felon and fugitive." The director Justice spokesman Guido transfer must first be examined by von Gruenigen, deputy mayor of Jewish ghetto as a child during
had pleaded guilty to unlawful Balmer said such an arrangement the Swiss Justice Ministry, and Saarnen, where the famously World War II and lived off the
sexual intercourse in 1977 with a is "not entirely excluded" under once approved it can be appealed discreet community is located. charity of strangers. His mother
13-year-old girl. He was sent to Swiss law and that Polanski could at a number of courts. "He kept a low profile." died at the Nazis' Auschwitz death
prison for 42 days but then the file a motion on bail. But he said The 2005 saga over Adamov's Balmer, of the Justice Ministry, camp.
judge tried to renege on the plea Switzerland's top criminal court extradition, eventually to Russia said the court theoretically could Polanski has lived for the past
bargain. On the day of his would undertake a thorough and not the U.S., took seven confine Polanski to his Gstaad three decades in France, where his
sentencing in 1978, aware the examination of evidence before months. The case also set a chalet, but noted that "up to now career has continued to flourish;
judge would sentence him to more deciding on any request, and that possible precedent for France, there has never been a case of he received a directing Oscar in
prison time, Polanski fled to would take time. which may wish to try one of its house arrest in such a situation." absentia for the 2002 movie " The
France. "This is a legal story," Balmer own nationals in a domestic court The U.S. has had an outstanding Pianist." He and Seigner have two
Polanski has told Swiss officials told The AP. "There is no room rather than in Los Angeles. warrant on Polanski since 1978, children.
that he will contest a U.S. request for political pressure." For now, Polanski is living in a but the Swiss said American He has avoided traveling to
that he be transferred to the In Paris, French Foreign Zurich cell where he receives authorities have sought the arrest countries likely to extradite him.
United States, attorney Herve Minister Bernard Kouchner said three meals a day and is allowed of the director around the world Balmer said the difference this
T e m i m e s a i d i n a n e - m a i l . he hoped Polanski could be outside for one hour of daily only since 2005. time was that authorities knew
Temime said Polanski's legal team quickly freed by the Swiss, calling exercise. Polanski has asked a U.S. when and where Polanski would
would try to prove that the U.S. the apprehension a "bit sinister." Rebecca de Silva, spokeswoman appeals court in California to arrive.
request was illegal and that the He and his Polish counterpart for the Zurich prison authorities, overturn a judges' refusal to throw Balmer also rejected any hint
Oscar-winning director should be Radek Sikorski wrote to Clinton refused to say exactly where out his case. He claims that the arrest was somehow
released from Swiss custody. and called Swiss Foreign Minister Polanski was being held for misconduct by the now-deceased aimed at winning favor with the
"Taking into account the Micheline Calmy-Rey about the security reasons, but said cells are judge who had arranged a plea U.S. after a series of bilateral
extraordinary conditions of his case. usually single or double bargain and then reneged on it.
arrest, his Swiss lawyer will seek "(Polanski was) thrown to the occupancy and that each room His victim, Samantha Geimer, LAWYER: page 6
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Homeless Ga. sex offenders directed to woods (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) living in compliance with the law. cannot take shelter in a church or moved to the woods after he behind bars without a place to
Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:53:36 AM But Ahmed Holt, manager of the curl up in a park because they are couldn't find a job and couldn't live, he was directed to the forest
state's sex offender administration barred from both. afford $60 a week for rent at an despite pleas from his wife to
MARIETTA, Ga. – A small unit, calls the camp a "last resort" Geraghty said she has found Atlanta shelter. "He knows it's allow him to live at the couple's
group of homeless sex offenders for homeless offenders who can't only one homeless shelter in the wrong." home in Swords Creek, Va.
have set up camp in a densely find another place to live that state that meets the residency Holt said the sex offenders at "I don't understand how the state
wooded area behind a suburban complies with the law. requirements for homeless sex the camp were monitored closely gets away with it," Mindy
Atlanta office park, directed there He said probation officers direct offenders. The shelter, she said, is by their probation officials, Hawkins said from her home in
by probation officers who say it's them to the outpost if other in the northwest Georgia city of adding public safety is a chief Virginia. "This is ridiculous
a place of last resort for those options fail, such as transferring Rome and has only two beds, concern. He said sex offenders at especially when he has a family, a
with nowhere else to go. to another county or state or which are often unavailable. the site are required to report once home, a support system here. It's
Nine sex offenders live in tents sending them to a relative's place The tent city is similar to one in a week and the office sends a field inhumane."
surrounding a makeshift fire pit in that meets the requirements. south Florida, where dozens of agent to the camp at least twice a Her husband has tried to make
the trees behind a towering "no Homeless shelters and halfway sex offenders moved under a week. the meager outpost feel as much
trespassing" sign, waiting out houses are often not an option, he remote bridge because it was He added two of the sex like home as possible as he waits
their probation sentences as they said, because of the restrictions among the few places that offenders at the camp have landed for his probation to end early next
face numerous living restrictions that bar them from being near complied with local ordinances. jobs and are now moving toward year.
under one of the nation's toughest children. Florida officials say the sex more permanent housing, which He wakes up each morning to
sex offender policies. Critics say it's an example of offenders found the bridge on he said is the department's "goal brew coffee on a donated gas grill
"It's kind of like a mind-game, how laws designed to keep their own, while some residents of for all the offenders residing at tied to a tree near his tent,
it's like 'Survivor,'" said William Georgia's children out of harm's the camp dispute that. this location." showers under a bag of water he
Hawkins, a 34-year-old who said way create a hazard where In Georgia, however, Holt said Some of the homeless sex fills up at the office park and then
he was directed to the campsite penniless sex offenders live state probation officers have offenders living in the woods say treks into the suburban sprawl to
two weeks ago after being largely unsupervised at the directed homeless offenders into the rugged conditions make life search for a job. At night, he
released from prison for violating government's urging. the woods. seem hopeless. prepares meals like "hobo stew"
probation by failing to register as "The state needs to find a "While having an offender "I'm living like an animal. It's rice, sausage and veggies
a sex offender in Georgia. responsible way to deal with this located in a camp area is not ideal, just bad," said Johnson, who was purchased with food stamps.
The muddy camp on the problem," said Sarah Geraghty, an the greater threat lies in homeless convicted in 2002 of child Hawkins and a few others have
outskirts of prosperous Cobb attorney with the Atlanta-based offenders that are not a specified molestation. "You can't clean up, begun preparing for winter, with
C o u n t y i s a n u n i n t e n d e d Southern Center for Human location and eventually you can't clean yourself, you can't little hope that they will find an
consequence of Georgia law, Rights who represents another absconding supervision with their do nothing. I'd rather be dead. I'm alternative place to live. They are
which bans the state's 16,000 sex m a n l i v i n g i n t h e c a m p . whereabouts unknown," he said. serious. I'd rather be dead." gathering a supply of firewood to
offenders from living, working or "Requiring people to live like Several of the sex offenders in For Hawkins, it feels like an keep a blaze going for the coming
loitering within 1,000 feet of animals in the woods is both the camp said they did a double- extension of his prison time. cold and have requested warm
schools, churches, parks and other inhumane and a terrible idea for take when their probation officers The former truck driver has clothes from their family.
spots where children gather. public safety." told them about the outpost. been on the registry since he was "You just live for the day, you
It's not the only place in Cobb The outpost also illustrates the "Even the probation officer, he convicted of attempted sexual live for the moment," said
County where offenders can live unique dilemma the law creates looked at me and said there's battery of a 12-year-old in 1991 Hawkins. "It's not living, though.
there are hundreds of other sex for homeless sex offenders, who nothing he can do," said Levertice when he was 15. He said after he It's surviving."
offenders throughout the county unlike other homeless people, Johnson, a 52-year-old who emerged from his latest stint
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Iran Conducts New Tests of Mid-Range Missiles - New York
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Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:21:09 AM
PARIS Locked in a deepening
dispute with the United States and
its allies over its nuclear program,
Iran said that its Revolutionary
Guards test-fired missiles with
sufficient range to strike Israel,
parts of Europe and American
bases in the Persian Gulf.
“Iranian missiles are able to
target any place that threatens
Iran,” a senior Revolutionary
Guard official, Abdollah Araqi,
was quoted as saying by the semi-
official Fars news agency.
The reported tests of the liquid-
fueled Shahab-3 and the solid-
fueled Sejil-2 missiles were not
the first, but they came only days
after President Obama and the
leaders of France and Britain used
the disclosure of a previously
secret nuclear plant in Iran to
threaten Tehran with a stronger
response to its efforts to enrich
uranium, including harsher
economic sanctions.
On Sunday, Iran also test-fired
three short-range missiles, with a
range of 90 to 125 miles,
according to state-run television.
The tests were reported less than
two weeks after President Obama
canceled former President George
W. Bush’s plans to station a radar
facility in the Czech Republic and
10 ground-based interceptors in
Poland to create a so-called shield
Iran test-fires long range missile
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Submitted at 9/28/2009 5:32:46 AM
against potential missile attacks
from Iran. Instead, he plans to
deploy smaller SM-3 interceptors
by 2011, first aboard ships and
later in Europe, possibly even in
Poland or the Czech Republic.
Earlier this month,
administration officials cited what
they called accumulating evidence
that Iran had made more progress
than anticipated in building short-
and medium-range missiles that
could threaten Israel and Europe
than it had in developing the
intercontinental missiles that the
Bush system was more suited to
counter.
A spokesman for the Iranian
Foreign Ministry told a news
conference that the latest missile
tests had been planned for some
time and were not linked to the
nuclear dispute, the state-run
English-language Press TV
reported.
Nonetheless, the tests came days
before the first direct contact in
decades between the United States
and Iran at international talks in
Geneva, set for Thursday.
Analysts said the launchings may
have been intended to give Iranian
negotiators the appearance of a
stronger hand at the talks.
Iran says its nuclear program is
for peaceful purposes, but many
in the West say it is seeking to
develop a nuclear weapon.
Javier Solana, the European
Union’s foreign policy chief, was
Iran on Monday said it had test-
fired a long range missile in a
move seen as provocative just
days before Tehran is due to meet
asked at a European defense
ministers’ meeting in Sweden on
Monday if he was concerned
about the missile tests.
“Everything that is done in that
context is a concern,” he said,
adding that the dispute over Iran’s
newly disclosed second
enrichment facility “has to be
resolved immediately” with the
United Nations’ International
Atomic Energy Agency.
The missile tests on Monday
were part of an effort to improve
Iran’s defenses, Press TV said.
Television stations broadcast
video of a missile being launched
from what appeared to be desert
terrain, with a plume of flame as it
streaked upward, leaving a white
trail as it crossed the sky.
Press TV said the Shahab-3 and
Sejil-2 had been fired Monday as
the third part of a military
exercise named The Great Prophet
IV. It said an “optimized” Shahab
-3 missile had a range of 800 to
1,250 miles, while the Sejil was a
two-stage missile powered by
solid fuel. Parts of western Iran lie
some 650 miles from Tel Aviv.
“Both of the projectiles
accurately hit their designated
targets,” Press TV said, without
giving details of where the
missiles landed.
The maneuvers included tests of
missiles with shorter ranges.
“Several models of medium-
range Shahab-1 and Shahab-2
Western powers.
The launch of the Shahab 3-
which was last tested in 2008 - is
part of a series of military
missiles were tested during the
military drill on Sunday night,”
Press TV said on its Web site.
It quoted the Air Force
commander of the Revolutionary
Guards, Brig. Gen. Hossein
Salami, as saying Shahab-2
missiles could hit targets between
200 miles and 450 miles from
their launch sites.
There was no indication
whether the testing of longer-
range missiles often taken in the
West as a sign of potential hostile
intent by Iran was timed to
coincide with the Jewish holiday
of Yom Kippur. They had,
however, been expected as part of
the missile tests.
In July 2008 the Revolutionary
Guards test-fired nine missiles,
including at least one that the
government in Tehran described
as having the range to reach
Israel.
Iran unveiled the Sejil missile in
a test-firing last November and
claimed also to have tested an
updated Sejil-2 in May.
The Sejil-2 is a more
sophisticated missile than the
Shahab-3, although it has a
similar range. Iran first acquired
the liquid-fueled Shahab-3 from
North Korea. The Sejil-2, experts
said, can be stored in mountains,
transported, reassembled and fired
on shorter notice, and thus could
be harder for Israel or other
nations to target.
e x e r c i s e s b y t h e e l i t e theoretically putting both Israel
Revolutionary Guards that began and US bases in the Gulf within
on Sunday. Tehran says the its reach.
missile has a range of 2,000km,
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Concern about Iranian hostility
toward Israel is matched by
frequent speculation that Israel
might launch a strike against
Iran’s nuclear facilities rather than
allow Tehran to develop nuclear
weapons. But, last weekend,
Israeli officials expressed
satisfaction at the growing
international pressure on Tehran
after the revelation that Iran had
been building an undeclared
uranium enrichment facility.
The Obama administration is
scrambling to assemble a package
of harsher economic sanctions
against Iran over its nuclear
program that could include a
cutoff of investments to the
country’s oil and gas industry and
restrictions on many more Iranian
banks than those currently
blacklisted, senior administration
officials said Sunday.
Hassan Qashqavi, the Iranian
Foreign Ministry spokesman, said
Monday that the second
enrichment facility was in a
village called Fordo, about 115
miles south of Tehran, and 60
miles from Natanz, the site of
Iran’s known enrichment plant,
The Associated Press reported.
That would place it as United
States officials have said close to
the holy city of Qum.
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Outcry over Polanski's detention
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Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:37:21 AM
Politicians and Hollywood
heavyweights have rallied behind
director Roman Polanski
following his arrest.
French foreign minister Bernard
Kouchner called the detention of
the film-maker - a French citizen -
in Switzerland a "bit sinister".
According to trade paper Screen
Daily, Hollywood mogul Harvey
Weinstein is also backing the
director.
A lawyer acting for Mr Polanski
said his client would contest the
US request for extradition.
US prosecutors want Mr
Polanski to return to be sentenced
for having sex with a 13-year-old
girl in 1977.
He pleaded guilty at the time as
part of a plea bargain but then fled
abroad.
Swiss precedent shows that the
subjects of extradition requests
are normally kept in detention.
Although the Swiss justice
ministry has said bail for Roman
Polanski cannot be excluded, if
bail is granted the conditions are
likely to be very strict indeed.
After all, Mr Polanski's record
on bail is not a good one - 31
years ago, he skipped bail in the
United States and fled to France
rather than be sentenced in a US
court.
That is the reason he is in
detention in Zurich today.
Mr Polanski, 76, is currently in
custody in a Zurich prison.
The French-born Polish director
was detained on Saturday as he
arrived in Zurich to receive a
lifetime achievement award.
"We're calling on every film-
maker we can to help fix this
terrible situation," Weinstein said.
A petition has been signed by
film-makers and actors including
Monica Bellucci and Fanny
Ardant expressing dismay at Mr
Polanski's arrest.
Culture minister Frederic
Mitterrand said President Sarkozy
was following the case "with great
attention".
Mr Mitterrand also told France-
Inter radio that he and the Polish
Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski
have written to US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, and said
there could be a decision as early
as Monday if a Swiss court
accepts bail.
And British novelist Robert
Harris described the arrest as
"disgusting treatment".
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Mr Polanski is directing a film
adaptation of his book The Ghost.
Mr Harris said the production
team were "reeling from the
news".
Oscar-winning director Andrzej
Wajda was among members of
the Polish Filmmakers
Association calling on their
website for Switzerland to
immediately release Mr Polanski
and for the US to review his case.
Mr Polanski's agent, Jeff Berg,
told BBC Radio 4's Today
programme the arrest was
"surprising because Roman for
the last 12, 15 years has lived in
Switzerland, he has a home, he
travels there, he works there".
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Los Angeles District Attorney
Steve Cooley comments on
Roman Polanski's arrest
Justice spokesman Guido
Balmer said the difference with
this particular trip was that
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buffs and friends of the arts with
its kindly and efficient co-
operation with US justice. It has
angered Poland and France".
American authorities have up to
60 days to make a formal
extradition request but Mr
Polanski could then appeal to the
Swiss courts.
In recent years, the director has
asked a US appeals court in
California to overturn a judge's
refusal to throw out his case. He
claimed misconduct by the judge,
now deceased, who had arranged
a plea bargain and then reneged
on it.
A judge dismissed his bid to
throw out the case earlier this year
because he did not appear in
person in court but said there was
"substantial misconduct" in the
handling of the original case.
Planned arrest
The director is being held under
authorities knew exactly when
and where Mr Polanski would a 2005 international alert issued
arrive. Switzerland does not by the US.
perform passport checks on Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman
arrivals from 24 other European for the Los Angeles County
countries. district attorney's office,
The Swiss Directors Association confirmed that moves to detain
a l s o c r i t i c i s e d t h e a r r e s t , the director were set in motion
describing it as "not only a last week.
grotesque farce of justice, but also "It wasn't a big secret that he was
going to be in Zurich. They had
an immense cultural scandal".
Swiss Justice Minister Eveline announced it on the internet," Ms
Widmer-Schlumpf said that Gibbons said.
because of agreements with the There had been two previous
attempts to arrest Mr Polanski
US, "when Mr Polanski arrived
we had no choice from a legal w h e n h e p l a n n e d v i s i t s t o
point of view but to arrest him". countries that have extradition
The Swiss media has rounded agreements with the US, but each
on the authorities. time he apparently learned of the
"Switzerland let a guest walk plans and did not travel, Ms
into a nasty trap. We should be Gibbons said.
ashamed," said tabloid newspaper, Mr Polanski was initially
indicted on six counts and faced
Blick.
Daily paper Le Temps said up to life in prison. He has not set
Switzerland had "shocked film
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These bids are now being run Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Mr Obama had reportedly told This factor, they add, is
like election campaigns, by hard- Lula da Silva expressed hope on IOC chief Jacques Rogge last considered the most significant US stocks climbed higher on
nosed political strategists working Monday that he would "return week that the pressure of his push weakness of both Madrid - one of Monday after two multi-billion-
out tactics for grabbing the second from Copenhagen with a victory". for healthcare reform would the few major European capitals dollar merger deals lifted investor
or even third preference votes that "This is a fight," he said in his prevent him from attending the yet to host the Games - and confidence.
will be crucial to the chances of weekly radio programme. "And if meeting. Tokyo's bids. Abbott Laboratories agreed to
any of the bidders. we don't win, we'll have to The race to host the 2016 Rio de Janeiro's successful pay $6.6bn in cash for the drugs
Strict IOC rules dictate the prepare for another one." Olympics has been described as staging of the Pan-American unit of Belgian rival Solvay,
boundaries of what is permitted, 'Inspiration' one of the closest in history. Games in 2007 and their future bringing to an end a five-month
and transgressing them could be Mr Obama, who was senator for But correspondents say hosting of the 2014 World Cup takeover battle and highlighting
fatal. Illinois and lived in Chicago Chicago, with President Obama's seemed to bolster its prospects, continued consolidation in the
Expenses-paid trips to bid cities before his election to the White overt support, could be considered but the IOC recently noted that it industry.
for voting members - with House, will be the first sitting US a slight favourite. would not be capable of providing
freebies ranging from the odd president to take on such a direct Chicago was chosen to bid for the level of security and safety
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spats over tax evasion and other issues." filmmakers, is used by police to Polanski's immediate release. Hollywood."
wealthy Americans stashing The arrest prompted angry apprehend him," says a petition "(He has) atoned for the sins of ___
money at Swiss banking giant criticism Monday from fellow circulating in France and signed his young years," Jacek Bromski, Klapper reported from Geneva.
UBS AG. filmmakers and actors across by artists including Costa Gavras, head of the Polish Filmmakers AP writers Frank Jordans in
"There was a valid arrest request Europe. Stefen Frears and Monica Association, told The AP. "He has Geneva, Elaine Ganley in Paris
and we knew when he was "It seems inadmissible ... that an Bellucci. paid for it by not being able to and Monika Scislowska in
coming. That's why he was taken international cultural evening, Oscar-winning director Andrzej enter the U.S. and in his Warsaw, Poland, contributed to
into custody," Balmer told The paying homage to one of the Wajda and other Polish professional life he has paid for it this report.
AP. "There is no link with any greatest contemporary filmmakers also appealed for by not being able to make films in
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Swiss legal battle awaits Polanski - BBC News Bank robbers

(Most Popular - Google News) holiday home in the resort of out US instructions. Zurich later on Monday, together killed trying to
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:41:50 AM Gstaad where he likes to ski.
Many Swiss - especially those
"It's ridiculous and just shows
what happens when we try to
with Mr Polanski's wife
Emmanuelle Seigner, who is said blow open safe
Roman Polanski's arrest in who turned up at Zurich's film serve foreign masters," said Mr to be shocked by his arrest. (World news and comment
Zurich at the weekend has caused festival expecting to see Mr Brunner. The French culture minister has from the Guardian |
headlines around the world and Polanski receive a lifetime But despite the loud chorus of suggested France would challenge guardian.co.uk)
anger among many. achievement award - feel the disapproval, many other Swiss any attempt to extradite Mr Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:17:34 AM
But legally, Switzerland's police action ordered by the believe the events which led to Mr Polanski.
extradition agreement with the government was clumsy, even Polanski's arrest should not be The US has 60 days to serve the Building destroyed in explosion,
United States is clear. cruel. overlooked. extradition request, but even then, Belgian police say
The US had issued an "How the Swiss can invite him "What we are talking about is Mr Polanski can challenge it in Two bank robbers were killed
international arrest warrant for Mr to an official event to receive an the statutory rape of a 13-year-old the Swiss courts. after the explosive they were
Polanski. US officials apparently award, and then arrest him, I can't girl, one of the most serious It is a process which could take using to break into a safe blew up
pointed out that the film director understand it," said one visitor. crimes there is," said Christophe weeks, more likely months. the whole building, police said.
would be on Swiss soil on "It's ludicrous, ridiculous." Darbellay of the Christian Swiss precedent shows that the The explosion in Dinant, southern
Saturday, and asked the Swiss "I think it is shameful, bothering Democrats. subjects of extradition requests Belgium, destroyed half a banking
authorities to detain him. an old man like that," said "I think Mr Polanski should be are normally kept in detention. office and severely damaged the
Switzerland's Justice Minister another. "I am ashamed to be extradited to the United States as Although the Swiss justice rest.
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf did Swiss." soon as possible." ministry has said bail for Roman Police said one of the men was
not hesitate. Swiss political parties on the left But speed is unlikely to be a Polanski cannot be excluded, if buried beneath the rubble and the
"We have an agreement with the and the right have their doubts factor in this case. bail is granted the conditions are other died in hospital on Saturday
US to apprehend those wanted for too. Lawyers are already being likely to be very strict indeed. a few hours after the attempted
offences," she said. "For me this arrest is impossible wheeled into position for what is After all, Mr Polanski's record robbery. The safe was not opened.
"When we knew Mr Polanski to understand," said Ueli likely to be a long and on bail is not a good one - 31 Authorities said the vault had
was here and the US asked us to Leuenberger of the Green Party. complicated legal process. years ago he skipped bail in the built-in security to destroy the
act, it was our duty to do so." "He was an honoured guest in our Possible appeal United States and fled to France money inside if it was opened
Why now? country." Mr Polanski has now appointed rather than be sentenced in a US illegally. Even if it had been
But that does not really explain 'Foreign masters' a Swiss lawyer, whose first action court. opened, the robbery would have
why Switzerland chose this On the right, Toni Brunner of could be to appeal against the That is the reason he is in been unlikely to yield anything.
particular moment to act. the Swiss People's Party original decision to arrest him. detention in Zurich today. • Belgium
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As the Detroit Lions were
celebrating their first victory since
2007 on Sunday, Washington
Redskins fans were already
starting to lose that loving feeling.
Heres a sampling of what sports
writers from Washington papers
and beyond are saying about the
Redskins:
• Mike Wise, Washington Post:
If you lose to the worst team in
pro football, does that make you
the worst team in pro football?
When you lose to the team that
has the worst owner in football,
does that make your owner the
worst owner in football, your
general manager the worst
assembler of talent in football?
Just asking.
• Thomas Boswell, Washington
Post: For the Redskins, it's not as
bad as losing a title game 73-0.
Nowhere close. Then they were
playing for honor. But in the long
annals of the whole league, not
just the Redskins, this one is hard
to top for gall.
When you're one of the most
valuable franchises in American
sports, when you have a 70-year
tradition of great teams and Hall
of Famers, when the Lions are
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among all NFL teams the one that
you always beat up, you're not
supposed to get whipped,
especially when everyone spends
an entire week screaming, "The
Lions will beat 'em."
• Tom Knott, Washington
Times: Maybe now, with the
Redskins in their most abysmal
state since the '60s, the Wizards
and Capitals can build their fan
bases by siphoning off those
disenchanted with the football
team.
And there is a deep well of
antipathy toward the Redskins.
All the acrimony has little to do
with this version of the Redskins,
although losing to a team that had
dropped 19 games in a row is
difficult to swallow. It has a lot to
do with the Redskins going
nowhere season after season. It
has everything to do with the
Redskins winning the Super Bowl
each off-season with this or that
big-name signing and then
looking lost and uninterested in
the regular season.
So now there is the sense among
many of the faithful that enough is
enough, that nothing ever is going
to change with this once-proud
franchise so long as Dan Snyder is
the owner.
• Nate Davis, USA Today: The
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battle to an end and highlighting
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Redskins suddenly seem poised to
overtake the Lions as the NFL
team most in disarray.
The D.C. radio waves buzzed
with fans unhappy with
(Washington coach Jim) Zorn's
play calling he's sure to be asked
about the final play, when (Jason)
Campbell dumped the ball off
rather than take a shot in the end
zone for a possible game-winning
touchdown from the Lions' 36 and
the coach was being peppered
with questions about his job
security before this loss.
Campbell believes a major
course correction would be
premature.
"People can't put this all on one
person," said Campbell, who
passed for 340 yards, two
touchdowns and one interception
but did much of his damage late
trailing 19-7. "And if you're finger
-pointing, you're wrong."
(Washington DT Albert)
Haynesworth seemed to think
some wouldn't follow Campbell's
advice. "It don't matter if Joe
Gibbs was here or any all-star
coach, they're still going to point
fingers," he said.
But Lions fans can proudly
point their fingers in the air.
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I've heard that some parents are
throwing "swine flu parties" for
their kids with the intent of
exposing them to the virus now,
while it's mild, so that kids have
enough immunity to fight the
virus off. Is this a good idea?
While parents want to protect
their children from infections,
exposing them to illness is not a
prudent practice. I asked Dr.
Thomas Sandora, the director of
infection control at Children's
Hospital in Boston, to give his
advice. Here's what he had to say:
"Swine flu parties are a
dangerous gamble and a big
mistake. The novel H1N1
influenza virus is predicted to be
the predominant circulating strain
of flu in the country this winter. It
is true that infection with an
influenza virus can produce
immunity to that strain—that's the
principle by which vaccination
works. However, catching this
novel H1N1 flu virus can be
extremely dangerous. More than
500 people have died already
from the virus in the United States
alone, and although in most
healthy individuals the disease is
mild, we don't know exactly
which people will have more
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children under 5 years old, people
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sore throat) avoid contact with
others until 24 hours after the
fever goes away.
"The idea of parties designed to
expose children to infections is
not new—in the past, some people
have hosted 'chicken pox parties'
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The Navy fired on the vessel in
an effort to sink it before it drifted
into a shipping lane
The Royal Navy says it has
seized its biggest haul of cocaine,
estimating its street value at
£240m ($380m).
The Portsmouth-based frigate
HMS Iron Duke seized more than
five-and-a-half tonnes of the drug
from a 138ft fishing boat off the
coast of Colombia.
The Royal Navy and US Coast
Guard jointly intercepted the boat
after it was spotted by a navy
helicopter crew.
Armed Forces Minister Bill
Rammell praised the operation for
"damaging the trade in this vile
substance".
He said cocaine "only serves to
poison our communities".
Whitehall officials have said the
bust took place in international
waters off the north coast of
Colombia, according to BBC
security correspondent Frank
Gardner.
The 212 bales of cocaine,
weighing about 26kg each, were
seized in an area known for
trafficking.
Cdr Andrew Stacey said the
ship's crew was "delighted".
He said: "This was our third
successful drug bust in as many
months but this surpasses
anything we've had and anything
the navy had previously.
"It is the largest drugs bust by
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The United States Natural Gas
Fund LP(NYSE: UNG) resumed
issuing new shares Monday,
ending a long drought for the
exchange-traded fund (ETF).
UNG, which tracks price changes
in natural gas, hasn't issued new
creation baskets (blocks of 10,000
value, and by volume, in terms of runners of different nationalities launched in 1991 and cost £140m units) since June, thanks in part to
cocaine. It is a massive blow for had been arrested but no more to build, is also on stand-by to newly enacted position limits on
the narcotics industry." details could be revealed. t a k e p a r t i n a n t i - n a r c o t i c s the federal and exchange level.
Cdr Stacey told the BBC that He said he could not confirm for o p e r a t i o n s . While it's back to business as
the crew - along with an armed operational reasons whether The latest seizure is the third usual, traders should still proceed
helicopter and inflatable boats - intelligence had directed the Iron major counter-narcotics success with caution when it comes to this
had intercepted the boat, MV Duke to the vessel, but likened the for HMS Iron Duke off South commodity-based fund. UNG
Cristal, in a "high-speed pounce" Royal Navy's patrols to those of a America in recent months. warned late Friday that its units
on 15 September. "bobby on the beat" who notices In raids in July and August, the are still trading at a premium to its
They spent 24 hours searching it when "something's not quite warship was involved in two net asset value (NAV), which
before the drugs were found right". operations which seized cocaine could spell trouble for investors.
hidden beneath the ship's regular Another British ship, RFA Fort with an estimated street value Continue reading Call selling
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broken up with sledge hammers Navy and the US Coast Guard. Iron Duke in July 2008, during Call selling hits U.S. Natural
and metal panels had to be HMS Iron Duke's primary task, which the crew seized more than Gas Fund as new share creation
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Uzbekistan landed in Ireland on
Saturday to be resettled there.
its programme, which has
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Barack Obama's 22 January anticipated". left for diplomacy," he told CNN. Filed under: Law, Scandals
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Guantanamo Bay camp will be said we should [set a deadline] sanctions could exploit "deep perpetrator R. Allen Stanford was
"tough". because I know enough from fissures" in the Iranian regime, hospitalized Thursday following
In interviews with US TV being around this town that if you but played down the use of any an altercation with another
networks, Mr Gates said that don't put a deadline on something, military strikes against the newly- inmate. He was hospitalized in an
closing the camp was proving y o u ' l l n e v e r m o v e t h e revealed site. undisclosed location, according to expected problems because of a
more complicated than expected. b u r e a u c r a c y , " h e s a i d i n a "The reality is, there is no U.S. Marshals Service spokesman metal stint. But, he has not linked
Mr Gates played down the separate interview with ABC. military option that does anything Alfredo Perez, and is expected to the MRI to any specific condition.
importance of possibly pushing "But I also said and then if we more than buy time," he said. be released on Monday. Continue reading Stanford
the date back. find we can't get it done by that He added that Iran would have Stanford, who is 59 years old, hospitalized following prison
More than 220 inmates are in time but we have a good plan, to provide "convincing evidence" sustained only superficial wounds, fight
the camp. Some are expected to then you're in a position to say it's for its argument that its nuclear according to Perez. Given the Stanford hospitalized following
be sent to other countries, others going to take us a little longer but programme is peaceful at a limited physical damage, the prison fight originally appeared
could face military tribunals or be we are moving in the direction of meeting with the US and five reason for the extended on BloggingStocks on Mon, 28
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on Monday was the second on the Earlier, Mr Zelaya had urged his supported moves to change the German chancellor Angela
Two Honduran media station since Mr Zelaya was supporters to converge on constitution. Merkel signalled on Monday that
organisations that have been ousted in June. Tegucigalpa on Monday in what His opponents said the move she would resist pressure for
critical of the country's interim The interim government's he called a "final offensive". was unconstitutional and was radical reforms from her likely
government have been closed. decree - broadcast on national Hundreds of soldiers and riot aimed at removing the current one new coalition partners, the pro-
Troops raided Radio Globo and television - allows unauthorised police have been surrounding the -term limit on serving as business Free Democrats, and
Cholusat Sur TV hours after public meetings to be banned and embassy for the past week since president, so paving the way for would stick to a path of gradual
authorities issued a state of news media to be temporarily Mr Zelaya made a surprise return Mr Zelaya's possible re-election. change.
emergency suspending key civil closed down. to the country. He has denied this.
liberties for 45 days. "Troops assaulted the radio On Sunday, the interim A presidential election is
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Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:32:16 AM
Diplomatic war brewing as
politicians and filmmakers lobby
for release of Oscar-winning
director after arrest on 1978 US
warrant
A diplomatic war was brewing
today over the arrest of the
filmmaker Roman Polanski, who
was detained in Switzerland on a
decades-old warrant relating to
the rape of a 13-year-old girl in
1977.
France and Poland urged
Switzerland to free the 76-year-
old director on bail and said they
would be lobbying the US
government all the way up to the
secretary of state, Hillary Clinton.
Frédéric Mitterrand, the French
culture minister, said the arrest
was proof of the "frightening"
side of America.
"In the same way as there is a
generous America which we love,
there is also a certain kind of
America which is frightening, and
it is this America which has now
shown us its face," he said.
Reports this afternoon said the
director had refused to voluntarily
go to the US to face charges,
raising the prospect of a long and
drawn-out legal saga.
Despite being held in Swiss
custody for two nights, Polanski
remains "totally combative and
determined to defend himself",
one of his French lawyers said.
Hervé Temime told France Info
radio a request for bail would be
made today and that he would be
"surprised and disappointed" if
permission was not granted.
"We are going to start by
requesting he be let out of
detention, which should in theory
happen today," said Temime.
"There is no reason ... to keep
Roman Polanski in prison.
"I hope we can very quickly
bring to an end this situation
which seems to me to be totally
grotesque."
Polanski is in good spirits, his
agent said today. "His voice is
strong ... he's very anxious to get
this resolved and go home," Jeff
Berg told BBC Radio 4's Today
programme.
Berg said the film director's
arrest on a 1978 US warrant as he
arrived in Switzerland from
France was a surprise because he
has had a house in the country for
more than a decade.
"It is surprising because Roman,
for the last 12, 15 years, has lived
in Switzerland. He has a home; he
travels there; he works there," he
said.
"His presence there is well-
known, as it is through much of
Europe, so this came kind of as a
shock, given the fact that he was
invited to Zurich to receive a
lifetime achievement award."
Polanski, the director of
Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby,
had travelled to Switzerland to
accept an award at the Zurich film
festival. The event's organisers
expressed "great consternation
and shock" at his detention.
He has hired the Swiss lawyer
Lorenz Erni, of the Eschmann &
Erni firm, to fight any extradition
charges.
The Oscar-winning director
Andrzej Wajda and other Polish
filmmakers have appealed to the
US, Swiss and Polish authorities
for the Paris-born Polanski to be
freed.
Jacek Bromski, head of the
Polish Filmmakers Association,
said Polanski had spent all of
August at his house in the German
-speaking village of Gstaad, south
-west Switzerland, working on his
latest movie, The Ghost.
"Nothing happened" to him
during that time, Bromski said,
adding that in the eyes of the
public, Polanski has already
"atoned for the sins of his young
years".
Polanski has strong links with
Poland, having moved to the
country with his Jewish family as
a child shortly before the second
world war.
His mother died in a Nazi
concentration camp but he
avoided capture and spent his
youth in Poland before moving to
the west.
The director has held French
citizenship for many years and is
married to the French singer and
actor Emmanuelle Seigner.
He has spent much of his life in
France since fleeing the US in
1978 but regularly visits countries
that do not have extradition
treaties with the US.
The French president, Nicolas
Sarkozy, wants to see the director
reunited swiftly with his family,
Mitterrand said.
Polanski pleaded guilty to the
assault in 1977 but jumped bail
and fled the US the following year
to avoid a lengthy prison
sentence.
He has spent more than three
decades in exile in Paris, refusing
to return to the US even when he
won an Oscar for The Pianist in
2003.
Zurich police said he had been
detained in the city on Saturday
night at the request of the US
justice department and was in
custody awaiting extradition.
"There was a valid arrest request
and we knew when he was
coming," Guido Balmer, of the
Swiss justice ministry, said.
"That's why he was taken into
custody."
Polanski was 44 and already a
twice Oscar-nominated director
when he had sex with Samantha
Gailey, a 13-year-old model he
had hired for a photoshoot, at Jack
Nicholson's home in Los Angeles
in 1977.
He claimed the sex was
consensual, saying the girl was
"not unresponsive", but Gailey
said he drugged her with
painkillers and champagne before
carrying out a "very scary"
assault.
In recent months, Polanski's
lawyers have been seeking,
through the US courts, to have the
rape charges against him dropped
after saying new evidence had
emerged in a documentary to
show he was the victim of
"judicial misconduct" at his
original trial.
The documentary showed a
former Los Angeles deputy
district attorney admitting
discussing the case with the trial
judge while it was ongoing.
• Roman Polanski
• Switzerland
• France
• Poland
• United States
Helen Pidd Esther Addley
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Iran test-fires long-range missiles in show of Prepaying

defiance Mortgages
(Financial Sector and Stocks
By Julian Borger, Ian Black The White House reacted with the revelation last week that Iran hiding a second, covert Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
(World news and comment caution. "Of course, this is just a is secretly building an enrichment conversion plant, capable of Submitted at 9/28/2009 3:52:43 AM
from the Guardian | test, and obviously there is much plant under a mountain near the turning milled uranium ore
guardian.co.uk) work to be done before it can be holy city of Qom. known as yellowcake into Mike Konczal says that all
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:23:00 AM built and deployed. But I see it as Tehran denied there was any uranium hexafluoride gas. mortgages should be prepayable
a significant step forward in terms link between the missile tests and That form allows the most without penalty. He’s right — but
Show of defiance comes days of Iran's capacity to deliver Iran's nuclear activities. Hassan fissile isotope, uranium-235, used in fact he doesn’t go far enough.
before key talks in Geneva on weapons," CNN quoted Gary Qashqavi, a foreign ministry for power generation and As Tyler Cowen notes, it would
Tehran's uranium enrichment Samore, special assistant to the spokesman, told a news weapons, to be purified in the be even better if mortgages could
programme president on nonproliferation, as conference: "This is a military massed centrifuges of an be prepaid at a discount when
Iran has warned Israel not to saying. drill which is deterrent in nature. enrichment plant. mortgage rates rise — or property
dare attack it after Tehran David Miliband, Britain's There is no connection Western officials say there are prices fall.
defiantly test-fired long-range foreign secretary, condemned the whatsoever with the nuclear other suspect sites around Iran, The result would be a sharp rise
missiles capable of hitting targets launches but added: "This missile programme." and the Iranian government will in mortgage prepayments: you’d
across the Middle East and t e s t i s p a r t o f a n a n n u a l At the weekend, western be told it must give IAEA repay when mortgage rates rise,
beyond. provocation. It's very important officials said Iran would now inspectors access to the sites if it by repurchasing your mortgage at
"If this happens which, of that we are not distracted from the have to do far more than suspend is to escape punitive measures.In a discount, and you’d repay when
course, we do not foresee its central issue of this week ... the enrichment to avoid potentially the absence of Iranian concessions mortgage rates fall, by
ultimate result would be that it meeting on Thursday between devastating economic sanctions. on Thursday, a debate will begin refinancing. Mortgage rates in
expedites the last breath of the Iran and representatives of the "The bar is now higher," a among the six nations in the general might have to go up
Zionist regime," the Iranian international community. Iran British official said. "If you think negotiating group over what kind somewhat in order to make up for
defence minister, Ahmad Vahidi, needs to show it is serious about of it in terms of a deficit of trust, of sanctions to impose. all this new prepayment risk, but
said on state television today. obeying the international rules, no Iran's deficit has just got much The US, Britain and France are to offset that there would be
Israel, where the Yom Kippur more, no less. That is the test that bigger ... they will have to do seeking to win a consensus on significantly less default risk. And
fast, the holiest day of the Jewish counts this week." much more now to convince the "biting" sanctions, particularly on right now, when mortgage rates
year, was being observed, made Tehran claims the Shahab-3 world they do not have a weapons Iran's oil and gas sector, by the are low, is a good time to
no comment. But it has repeatedly missile can reach Israel, Egypt, programme." end of the year. implement something like this:
warned that it will not tolerate a Saudi Arabia and Turkey, as well The hunt for other nuclear sites • Iran the damage you cause to a bank
nuclear Iran. as US bases in the Gulf. in what western officials suspect • Nuclear weapons when you prepay a low-rate
Vahidi's remarks came hours Thursday's encounter between may be a complete shadow • Israel mortgage is very limited.
after the missile trials raised Iranian officials and senior nuclear programme is already • United States It’s true that prepaying at a
tensions ahead of pivotal talks on diplomats from the US, Britain, under way. • United Nations discount doesn’t work as easily in
the country's nuclear programme France, Germany, Russia and Nuclear analysts say it would Julian Borger Ian Black the heterogeneous US as it does in
in Geneva on Thursday. China, is seen as a final attempt to have been almost impossible for guardian.co.uk© Guardian the more homogenous Denmark,
I r a n i a n m e d i a s a i d t h e find a compromise on Iran's Iran to divert uranium fuel to the News & Media Limited 2009 | but there are ways around that; at
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rockets, with ranges of up to despite a succession of UN seen by the International Atomic Feeds offset their mortgage liabilities in
1,240 miles. State-funded Press security council resolutions Energy Agency (IAEA), which the broader capital markets.
TV said"the projectiles accurately calling for it to be halted. constantly monitors Isfahan. There’s got to be some way of
hit their designated targets". The stakes have been raised by They believe Iran could be doing that, and I’m not talking
Star Wars Bath Robes Are More Jawa than Jedi [Star Wars] about zero-sum games like Bob
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Philippines storm death toll rises World Bank: Dollar to

By Matthew Weaver (World
news and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
scale of the disaster, which
happened when tropical storm
Ketsana tore through the northern
"strained our response capabilities
to the limit but ultimately did not
break us".
be eclipsed
Submitted at 9/28/2009 5:11:49 AM Philppines on Saturday. Teodoro Joselito Mendoza, the governor By Heather Stewart (World increasingly be other options to
estimated that 435,000 people had of Bulacan province, north of the news and comment from the the dollar," Zoellick told an
At least 140 people have been been displaced by the storm. capital, said: "People drowned in Guardian | guardian.co.uk) audience at Johns Hopkins
killed and scores are missing after He told a press conference the their own houses." Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:02:32 AM University in Washington .
tropical storm brings worst official death toll excluded a Ronald Manlangit, a 30-year- From now on, he said,
flooding for four decades reported 95 deaths in Antipolo old resident of the Manila suburb 'The United States would be confidence in the US currency -
The Philippines called today for City, east of Manila, and in of Marikina, said: "We're back to mistaken to take for granted the and its economy - would have to
international help as it sought to Marikina City and Quezon City, zero. Suddenly, all of our dollar's place as the world's be earned. "The future for the
deal with the aftermath of a two of the northern municipalities belongings were floating. If the predominant reserve currency,' United States will depend on
tropical storm that triggered the of metropolitan Manila. Zoellick said
water rose farther, all of us in the whether and how it will address
deadliest flooding in the country Ketsana brought more than a neighbourhood would have been America must brace itself for large deficits, recover without
for 40 years. month's worth of rain in 12 hours, killed." the dollar to be usurped as the inflation that could undermine its
At least 140 people were s w a m p i n g t o w n s , s p a r k i n g Footage taken from a military world's reserve currency as US credit and currency, and overhaul
confirmed dead and another 32 l a n d s l i d e s a n d l e a v i n g helicopter yesterday showed dominance wanes in the wake of its financial system."
were missing after the weekend neighbourhoods in Manila under survivors marooned on top of half the financial crisis, World Bank Zoellick's comments came as
flooding in and around the capital, water. -submerged buses and roofs in president Robert Zoellick warns B e i j i n g l a u n c h e d t h e f i r s t
Manila. Officials fear further bad Amateur video footage showed suburban Manila. today. renminbi-denominated bond
weather could compound the cars swirling like driftwood in the Some were clinging to power Speaking ahead of the World available to outside investors, as it
situation. floodwater. Stranded passengers lines while others plodded Bank/IMF annual meetings in gradually makes its currency more
Gilbert Teodoro, the defence waited to be rescued on the roof through waist-high waters. Istanbul, Zoellick said that it was exchangeable on international
secretary, said help from foreign of one vehicle. • Philippines t i m e f o r a " r e s p o n s i b l e markets.
governments would augment The government declared a • Natural disasters and extreme globalisation", in which decision- "I expect China will inevitably
relief work already started by "state of calamity" in metropolitan weather making is more fairly shared be drawn outward," he said.
army troops, police and civilian M a n i l a a n d 2 5 s t o r m - h i t • Flooding between the old economic powers " O v e r 1 0 t o 2 0 y e a r s , t h e
volunteers. provinces, allowing officials to Matthew Weaver and fast-growing developing renminbi will evolve into a force
He said welfare agencies had use emergency funds for relief guardian.co.uk© Guardian countries such as China and India. in financial markets." Several
begun to provide food, medicine and rescue. News & Media Limited 2009 | Ever since the post-war Bretton countries, including China and
and other help to more than Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the Use of this content is subject to W o o d s a g r e e m e n t , w h i c h Russia, have repeatedly raised
115,000 people in government- president, today opened up the our Terms & Conditions| More cemented the dollar's ascendancy what they see as the problem of
run emergency shelters. presidential palace as an Feeds over sterling, Americans have excessive dollar hegemony.
It is feared the death toll could emergency centre for victims. been able to rely on borrowing • Currencies
increase significantly as rescue She said the storm and flooding cheaply from the rest of the world • Global economy
workers come to terms with the were "an extreme event" that as governments banked on the • US economy
dollar as a safe bet. But Zoellick • World Bank
'World's First' Street Named After a Twitter Millau Viaduct said the greenback's status could • United States
Account By Kevin Collins (Flickr Blog) now be under threat from the
growing strength of the Chinese
Heather Stewart
guardian.co.uk© Guardian
Submitted at 9/27/2009 12:29:41 AM
By Eliot Van Buskirk (Wired not only the Twitter account of renminbi and the euro. News & Media Limited 2009 |
Top Stories) one Arjan El Fassed; it’s also the • About Flickr "The United States would be Use of this content is subject to
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:57:00 AM name of an actual location, "@ Flickr is a revolution in photo mistaken to take for granted the our Terms & Conditions| More
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For once, you can take the "@" is now a street in a Palestinian making photo management an predominant reserve currency.
symbol at the front of a Twitter refuge camp. easy, natural and collaborative Looking forward, there will
account name literally. The process. Get comments, notes,
Twitter name "@arjanelfassed" is and tags on your photos, post to
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Obama's 'tan' - Berlusconi does it Analyst upgrades, downgrades

and initiations: AMAT, CSCO,
again GD, HOT, LIZ, RBS ...
(World news and comment Pictures show Berlusconi gazing denied ever paying for sex.
from the Guardian | at Mrs Obama's gown, instead of At yesterday's rally, Berlusconi By Eric Buscemi based on expectations for
guardian.co.uk) her face, and holding his arms out also said that the cordial (BloggingStocks) improved carrier demand,
Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:03:20 AM as if in delight at what he sees, relationship between the US and Submitted at 9/28/2009 10:30:00 AM continued U.S. momentum, and
while the US president looks on, Italy was intact. He delivered a an improved Europe.
Obama's wife Michelle also apparently not amused. backhanded compliment to the US Filed under: Analyst reports, • Applied Materials(NASDAQ:
called 'tanned' by Berlusconi in Berlusconi has been on the president when referring to A n a l y s t u p g r a d e s a n d AMAT) was upgraded to Buy
l a t e s t g a f f e a t r a l l y o f defensive over a sex scandal that Obama's use of a teleprompter in downgrades, Analyst initiations from Hold at Citigroup.
c o n s e r v a t i v e s u p p o r t e r s erupted last spring after his wife public speeches: "He's not Analyst upgrades: • Stericycle(NASDAQ: SRCL)
The Italian prime minister, complained that the 72-year-old reckless like those of us who say • Collins Stewart upgraded was upgraded to Gradually
Silvio Berlusconi, has repeated prime minister was infatuated what comes to mind. We all asked General Dynamics(NYSE: GD) to Accumulate from Hold at Soleil.
his reference to Barack Obama's w i t h y o u n g w o m e n a n d ourselves: 'Does he know what Buy from Hold as it finds the • Grupo Televisa(NYSE: TV)
"tan" – and this time made a announced she was divorcing he's doing, or is he just someone valuation compelling at current was upgraded to Neutral from Sell
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Obama's skin colour, too. Prosecutors in the southern "But he's all there, in a big way, from a better economy and better- Continue reading Analyst
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from the United States from businessman who has said he sent country, to be in trustworthy as a buying opportunity and Analyst upgrades, downgrades
"What's his name? Some tanned some 30 young women to dinners hands," Berlusconi said. e x p e c t s t h e P e n n s y l v a n i a and initiations: AMAT, CSCO,
guy. Ah, Barack Obama!" and parties at Berlusconi's Rome • Barack Obama Department of Environmental GD, HOT, LIZ, RBS ... originally
He added: "You won't believe it, palazzo and Sardinian villa. The • Michelle Obama Protection order to be resolved appeared on BloggingStocks on
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Bank of America's Gain, Taxpayers' Loss, Part 2
(Financial Sector and Stocks
Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:18:02 AM
By James Kwak
Last Wednesday I wrote a
highly critical post about the
agreement between Bank of
America ( BAC) and the
government (Treasury, the Fed,
and the FDIC) to terminate
BAC’s asset guarantee agreement
in exchange for a payment of
$425 million. I’ve learned some
more about this and I think I can
reconstruct the government’s
perspective on this issue, with the
help of someone knowledgeable
about the transaction.
A good place to start is
Schedule A of the Termination
Agreement. A few relevant facts:
• BAC requested the termination
on May 6. Note that this is the day
after the stress test results were
released, although I’m not sure
how much of a factor that was.
Apparently at this point BAC felt
comfortable going without the
guarantee. It took an additional
four months to work out the
terms, but Treasury and BAC
decided to use January 16-May 6
as the period that the guarantee
was in effect. You could argue
that the guarantee was really in
effect until the Termination
Agreement was signed, because
BAC could have changed its
mind, but I don’t think using May
6 as an end date is too
unreasonable.
• The $118 billion pool of assets
was identified in advance of the
announcement, but not down to
the level of individual securities.
Because the assets were mainly or
entirely from Merrill Lynch, the
vast majority of them were
already marked to market. One of
the things the government had to
do was verify BAC’s marks.
Another thing they had to do was
verify that the assets did not
violate any of the conditions of
EESA, the bill that governed the
usage of TARP money. This is
one reason that negotiations on
the initial deal took time.
• By May 6, the parties had
already agreed to exclude $14
billion of assets, and disagreed
about another $42 billion. For
purposes of calculation, then, they
assumed that they would have
excluded half of that $42 billion,
or another $21 billion. This
brought the “covered pool” down
to $83 billion. (This is a bit of a
fiction since the final pool was
never identified, but the only
purpose of the fiction was to
calculate the termination fee.)
If you accept those assumptions,
the calculations on Schedule A for
the Fed’s loan commitment fee
($57 million) and the foregone
dividends ($69 million) more or
less make sense. The calculation
for the warrants also seems right.
They used a strike price of $13.30
and the market price on May 6,
pro-rated for the reduction in the
asset pool from $118 billion to
$83 billion, and came up with a
warrant value of $140 million.
I have two quibbles with this so
far. The first is this practice of
using a preceding 20-day average
stock price for the exercise price.
Given that most banks are coming
to the government when their
stocks have just fallen
precipitously, this seems like a
surefire way to set your exercise
price too high. But given that this
has been standard practice since
early in the bailouts, that has
nothing to do with this deal in
particular.
The second is pro-rating the
amount of preferred stock and
warrants by the size of the asset
pool. On January 15, when they
agreed on $118 billion as the size
of the asset pool, both sides knew
that the pool had to be verified,
and they probably knew that the
pool would likely get smaller. In
that case, since they both knew
that the pool would be adjusted
when they agreed on $4 billion as
the premium, $4 billion was the
appropriate premium for the post-
adjustment pool, not the pre-
adjustment pool; the adjustment
was already priced in.* But that’s
a relatively small issue.
The big issue is that BAC and
the government pro-rated the $4
billion in preferred stock by the
effective term of the guarantee – 4
months, while the original term
was 5-10 years, depending on the
type of security. Because they
came up with a weighted average
term of 5.4 years (which I don’t
dispute) this reduced the premium
for the insurance from $4 billion
to about $230 million (pro-rating
by the size of the post-adjustment
pool brings it down to $159
million).
The government’s argument for
this is, roughly, that if you prepay
the annual premium on your
homeowner’s insurance at the
beginning of the year, but then
you sell it after four months, you
get a rebate for the last eight
months. Put another way, if $4
billion is the right price for 5.4
years’ worth of insurance, then
$230 million is the right price for
four months’ worth. (BAC’s
argument, presumably, is that
since no definitive agreement was
signed they shouldn’t have to pay
anything.)
My argument, on the other
hand, is that it’s more like buying
a homeowner’s policy when
there’s a 50% chance that your
house has asbestos (which would
increase your liability premiums).
Four months into your policy
period, you get your house
inspected and find out there’s no
asbestos. Now you can’t get a
rebate from your insurer, because
in this conceptual example the
insurer already priced in a 50%
chance of asbestos. A similar
example would be someone
buying health insurance (in the
individual market) at the moment
that he has a 50% likelihood of
having cancer. In either case,
there are two possible states of the
world, and you are buying
insurance against the bad state of
the world. When the good state
occurs, you can’t get your money
back.
Another way to think of this is
as an option. If BAC had bought
an asset guarantee for four
months, I agree that the premium
would have been a lot less than $4
billion because these assets could
take many years to deteriorate.
(However, you could also argue
that since these assets are marked
to market, their values deteriorate
as soon as expectations of default
increase; you don’t need to wait
for the actual defaults). But even
though BAC only used the
guarantee for four months, they
got more than that: they got four
months of insurance, plus an
option to buy another five years of
insurance if they found
themselves in the bad state of the
world.** If the first four months
were worth $230 million, then the
option was worth a lot more than
$230 million.
The other thing that can be said
in defense of the Termination
Economy/ 15
Agreement is that to get more, the
government would have had to go
to court to enforce a term sheet
that was largely performed but
never finalized as a definitive
agreement, and that’s not what the
government should be doing with
its time these days. I’d say that’s a
matter of opinion.
* Alternatively, perhaps the
working assumption was that as
assets got disqualified from the
pool, other assets would be added.
In that case, had things gone
badly, BAC would have been
pushing to replace the assets that
got disqualified with new assets,
and the effective coverage would
have been $118 billion. That is,
the fact that the pool only got
smaller already reflected the fact
that things got better for BAC
after January 16, not worse, and
therefore that fact should not be
used when estimating the value of
the guarantee.
** Actually, it’s more
complicated and slightly better for
BAC, because for some
reasonable amount of time (six
months?) they had short-term
insurance and they had the right to
exercise the option on long-term
insurance by signing a definitive
agreement. Furthermore, if you
accept the underlying logic of the
Termination Agreement and the
metaphor of selling your house
and getting an insurance rebate,
even after signing the definitive
agreement BAC still had the
option to terminate the agreement
and get a rebate. Refundable level
premiums make sense when the
risk of loss is uniformly
distributed and unchanging over
time; when the risk of loss
changes over time and the buyer
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Germany’s elections: A new buzz for Germany

(The Economist: News coalition to placate her SPD a proposal to expand the powers this election barely topped 40%.
analysis) partners, such as minimum wages of the domestic intelligence After four years of horse trading
Submitted at 9/27/2009 11:09:50 PM and give-aways to pensioners. agency. The two parties are closer and compromise in the grand
The course of government over on the vexed issue of nuclear coalition, the identities of both the
Germany’s elections the next four years will largely power. They may well agree to main parties had been blurred and
Sep 28th 2009 | BERLIN depend on how tensions relating allow nuclear plants to continue many of their voters were
From Economist.com Angela to such polices are resolved. operating beyond 2022, the disenchanted. The gainers were
Merkel's CDU and the liberal Ms Merkel has already ruled out deadline set by an earlier SPD- the three smaller opposition
FDP will rule Germany together implementing some of the FDP’s Green government. Mr parties: the FDP, the Greens and
THE election campaign was more radical ideas, such as
soporific but the results are loosening regulations that protect
Westerwelle is expected to the ex-communist Left Party. Own a Piece of
become foreign minister and vice- Voter turnout was a record low of
startling. The “grand coalition” of workers from dismissal. Tax chancellor. He is better known for 70.8%. Gizmodo Gallery
Germany’s two biggest parties, reform of some sort will have to his views on taxes than on how to The results mark a return to '09! [Giz Gallery 09]
the Christian Democratic Union occur. The FDP’s leader, Guido handle the relationship with more traditional politics with the
(CDU) and the left-leaning Social Westerwelle, says he will sign no Russia, what to do about Iran or two big parties in opposition to By Adrian Covert (Gizmodo)
Democratic Party (SPD), has been coalition agreement without it. how deeply Germany should be each other and a clear distinction Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:29:00 AM
voted out of office. Angela The CDU’s Bavarian sister party, involved in Afghanistan, but he is between right and left. The SPD
Merkel remains as chancellor but the Christian Social Union (CSU), unlikely to break sharply with will now have to reinvent itself. OK here's your chance to
her new governing partner will be has been pushing for a 100-day current cautious policies. In any That will mean resolving bitter permanently own a piece of the
the liberal Free Democratic Party package of tax-relief measures. case Ms Merkel will still call the internal disputes between magic that was Gizmodo Gallery
(FDP), which scored its best result But with a record federal budget shots. economic reformers such as the '09. The whizkids over at Upcycle
ever on Sunday September 27th. deficit expected for next year and The election brought about what party’s candidate, Frank-Walter Design who designed all our
The change of partners portends a a commitment to reduce structural may prove to be a lasting Steinmeier, and the party’s furniture, are putting all the pieces
sharp shift in the priorities and deficits nearly to zero by 2016, it realignment in German politics. It powerful left wing. The SPD had up for sale. The furniture is here
tone of Germany’s government. is hard to see how the government is a blow for both the ruled out governing with the Left all week for pickup.
The new “black-yellow” can offer generous tax cuts. The Volksparteien. The SPD with Party after this election. The two All the furniture was made from
government is a reincarnation of a outgoing finance minister, Peer 23% of the vote scored its worst parties will spend much of the single sheets of maple plywood,
coalition that governed Germany Steinbrück, said they had “no result in modern history and next four years groping towards a and was designed so that no
from 1983 to 1998 but with the chance”. His successor will face moves into opposition for the first relationship to make a left-leaning materials went to waste. There are
FDP now in a considerably similar constraints but will find it time in 11 years. But the CDU’s coalition possible in 2013. tables, stands, desks, display cases
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SEC Penalties Coming for Moody's, Banks to Gain from Sub

Other Ratings Agencies -Prime Rally
(Financial Sector and Stocks House Committee on Oversight question. (Financial Sector and Stocks to absorb U.S. $600B of actual
Analysis from Seeking Alpha) and Government Reform. The SEC has proposed rules for Analysis from Seeking Alpha) losses on loans that have turned
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:33:33 AM Earlier, Swiss banking giant credit rating agencies to improve Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:41:27 AM sour.
UBS AG ( UBS) was ordered to credit rating practices and It is widely predicted that the
Moody’s allegedly hastened the pledge its assets or provide bonds transparency in ratings. The SEC We are witnessing a rally in the size of the write-ups will be
credit crisis earlier in the decade worth $35 million after reports has designed various measures to market for sub-prime securities revealed in Q3, which ends this
by assigning top ratings to claimed that top credit ratings stop the practice of corporations which will likely deliver a Wednesday, and are dependent on
mortgage-backed securities that a g e n c i e s h a d c o m m i t t e d a seeking to buy favorable ratings significant boost to U.S. banks’ how aggressive banks will be in
deteriorated later. Moreover, it is securities fraud by providing by negotiating fees with raters. Q3 earnings, if they choose to their use of the accounting rules
being probed by regulators insider trading information to the Although Moody’s is not book accounting gains on assets available to them..
worldwide, with several ongoing bank. UBS had entered a deal to ultimately compensated on the that caused them billions of U.S. Some bank executives believe
reviews in Europe for rating a s e l l i t s i n v e s t m e n t - g r a d e accuracy of its ratings, we believe dollars in losses during the recent that their boards and auditors may
European debt product, constant collateralized debt obligation it will face large penalties. We crisis. advise a cautious stance, pointing
proportion debt obligations (CDO) notes in 2007 with the believe that the rating agencies Savvy market observers say the out the market for "toxic" assets
(CPDOs), at a higher-than- prior knowledge that the securities are hampered by conflicts of significant rise in the price of has been thin, suggesting that the
merited AAA. were about to be downgraded. interest and the employees lack mortgage-backed securities and price increases might be short-
According to the Wall Street The proceedings revealed that independence to give a fair rating. other once- hammered debt offers lived and that a market reversal
Journal, Eric Kolchinsky, a the rating agencies Moody’s and The major credit rating agencies banks the first meaningful chance would force banks to take further
former analyst with Moody's Standard & Poor’s provided under SEC scrutiny would be to adjust up some of the value of write-downs. From an accounting
Corp. ( MCO), has accused insider information to UBS Moody’s, McGraw-Hill's( MHP) these assets. point of view, the banks must
Moody's Investor Service of r e g a r d i n g t h e i r i m p e n d i n g Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch Over the the last three months, mark-up positions if an active
issuing inflated ratings and will decision to downgrade some of Ratings. the Markit ABX index, which market develops.
make the matter public by taking the CDOs the bank was selling. Recently, Insurance regulators tracks securities backed by home We should be keenly aware that
it to U.S. Congressional The credit crunch led the have approved CMBS ratings loans such as sub-prime many institutions have sold off
investigators. securities to default only months from Realpoint LLC for mortgages issued to borrowers their "bad" assets as prices have
Moody’s issued a high rating to after they were sold and UBS commercial mortgage-backed with weak credit, has gained more risen, thus reducing the scope for
a debt security, although it was used the situation to its advantage. securities, a move aimed at than 30% as investors re- write-ups, or have hedges on
planning to downgrade assets The UBS litigation reflects a providing an alternative to the discovered their risk appetite and those positions, making it difficult
backing the securities. The negative sentiment that has built major ratings agencies. But the the U.S. government flooded the and expensive to book a gain. The
J o u r n a l s a i d t h a t M o o d y ' s up against large credit rating question still remains whether this debt markets with liquidity. fact is that the riskiest kinds of
declined to make any comment agencies for sharing furtive is enough to stop such The extent of the write-ups is bonds have rallied strongly in
b u t h a s s u s p e n d e d M r . connections with big investment malpractices. SEC will have to hard to predict because of banks’ recent months as investors have
Kolchinsky, as he refused to banks. This would certainly hurt take strict actions against these complex balance sheets and increased their risk tolerance and
cooperate with the investigation Moody’s goodwill and highlight rating agencies. uneven use of accounting rules, search the market for higher-
into the issues raised. Kolchinsky the fact that rating agencies can be but experts believe the rallying yielding assets needed to boost
is scheduled to testify on the bought. The integrity of the credit markets could pave the way their portfolio returns.
ratings firm reform before the company and its ratings are in for billions of dollars in gains. Add to that the coming launch
A partial reversal of the U.S. of U.S. government-backed
Fierce Fashions: The A-List Ladies of the Power of Women Luncheon! $1,000B+ in write downs of investment funds targeting assets
(ETonline - Breaking News) Hollywood's most sizzlin' and these powerful ladies strut their securities suffered by the financial hammered hardest by the financial
Submitted at 9/28/2009 3:00:00 AM stylish ladies descended upon the stylish stuff! system during the crisis augurs crisis (e.g. securities backed by
glittering Beverly Wilshire Hotel that the industry is recovering its residential and commercial
Anne Hathaway! Christina for Variety's first annual Power of health as the global economy and mortgages). This action has
Aguilera! Christina Applegate! Women Luncheon. Take a look as capital markets improve. In helped to drive the rally in these
addition to the write-downs, distressed securities.
banks around the world have had
18 Economy/ Gadgets/ Internet News Record

Regulation Needs to Be Netbook makers will be

Smarter, Not More Heavy- able to use any Windows 7 Britain's Mars
Rover Tested on
Handed - Niederauer version without restrictions Earth [Space]
(Financial Sector and Stocks systemic risk regulator; By Doug Aamoth nice to have some choice in the By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
Analysis from Seeking Alpha) • Bringing certain standardized (CrunchGear) matter. Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:50:00 AM
Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:55:51 AM derivatives contracts into a Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:00:00 AM According to TG Daily, a
transparent trading environment; Microsoft spokesperson said the Europe plans to launch its own
"In June, the Obama • Walking away from "over- Good then. Netbook following: rover to Mars in 2018. Here we
Administration proposed a new regulation" ideas such as a stock- manufacturers will be able to “OEMs and ODMs have the see the Britain-built "Bridget"
r e g u l a t o r y f r a m e w o r k f o r transaction tax. preload any version of Windows 7 choice to install any version of driving around some hole in the
financial markets that should have Now would be a good time to onto their machines – not just Windows on a netbook. [But] ground that sort of looks like
kicked off a vigorous debate over unfreeze some of the positive Windows 7 Starter Edition. And Starter is an entry version and Mars.
the future of financial regulation. reform proposals that have while we found out in May that doesn’t have many of the As you'll hear in this clip, the
Yet, until the President's recent become stalled in Washington, the arbitrary three-application consumer or business features. rover is testing a new imaging
Wall Street speech, the sense of D.C., Duncan says, concluding: limit had been removed from The three application limit isn’t system that promises to one-up
urgency to pursue reform seemed "We cannot claim that we have Windows 7 Starter (thereby there anymore.” that of the US-based rovers.
to be abating. Now is the time to learned the lessons from last making it virtually If you do happen to buy a Europe's system should send back
take action." year's events until we have truly indistinguishable from Windows netbook with Windows 7 Starter highly detailed 3D maps of the
So says NYSE Euronext ( responded. We are at a critical 7 Home Basic), the lack of other or Home Basic, you should be surface that one scientist
NYX) CEO Duncan Niederauer in juncture in the history of our features like not being able to able to use Microsoft’s “Anytime compared to Google street view.
an op-ed in the Wall Street financial markets. The crisis change your desktop wallpaper or Upgrade” to switch to Home These maps will be useful in
Journal. created a once-in-a-generation use some of the cooler Aero stuff Premium for around eighty bucks. everything from general
Among other things, Duncan opportunity to modernize our felt more than a bit Yes, that’s a lot of money topographical research to colonial
calls for: outdated financial regulatory underwhelming. considering netbook prices hover planning to first-person shooters. [
• Harmonizing the regulation of structure. We cannot let this Well, fear not. Microsoft has around $300 to $400 but at least BBC News via DVICE]
equities and derivatives at the opportunity pass." apparently given the green light you’ll have the option now.
SEC and CFTC; for manufacturers to go ahead and Microsoft confirms no Windows
• Appointing the Fed as the install any version of Windows 7 7 restrictions for netbooks[TG
they see fit. Granted, the added Daily]
cost of Home Premium will be
passed along to consumers but it’s

Intel's 32nm processors show off power efficiency in informal preview

By Vladislav Savov (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 10:19:00 AM
Craving for some cutting edge
tech to go with your croissant this
morning? Intel's Clarkdale and
Arrandale -- the 32nm chips that
cram the GPU and memory
controller inside the CPU package
-- have been subjected to the
discerning eye of the Hot due to the added complexity Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Hardware investigators, and have inside the chip, these might lack Intel's 32nm processors show
shown off some significantly the juice to oust Core i7 rigs, but off power efficiency in informal
reduced power usage. The entire if the laptop parts reflect similar preview originally appeared on
small form factor system you see power savings, it's difficult to Engadget on Mon, 28 Sep 2009
above, built around a Clarkdale imagine a more desirable CPU for 10:19:00 EST. Please see our
processor, clocked up an austere your next mobile computer. Hit terms for use of feeds. Read|
28W when idling, and only went the read link for some synthetic Permalink| Email this| Comments
up to around 70W under full load, out on the wattmeter beside it. benchmarks and further
which you can just about make Limited to two processing cores impressions.
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Dallas Cowboys HD scoreboard makes the Guinness Book of

World Records
By Joseph L. Flatley Jones. "We have designed
(Engadget) everything about Cowboys
Submitted at 9/28/2009 11:26:00 AM Stadium to provide an unequalled
experience for our fans, and this
Mitsubishi, mostly seen in this screen is the centerpiece of what
space with displays for your we have created for them."
living room, has finally got some Mitsubishi Electric has now
recognition for its display that been recognized by Guinness
could be your living room(a World Records five times for its
subtle yet important distinction). accomplishments, and the
Yes, that's right: the Guinness Cowboys' board is the fourth
folks are presenting the Diamond Vision screen to be
scoreboard at Cowboys Stadium honored by Guinness. The first
with the coveted World's Largest came in August 2003, for the
High-Definition Video Display World's Longest Video Display
award. Consisting of four for the Hong Kong Jockey Club
Diamond Vision LED video Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong
screens (the two main displays Kong which was installed in
measure 72 feet high by 160 feet August 2003. In March 2005,
wide while the end-zone displays GWR recognized the Diamond
are 29 feet high by 51 feet wide), Vision(R) LED display at Turner
this bad boy is suspended 90 feet Field in Atlanta as the World's
above the center of the playing Largest High-Definition
surface and might prove Television Screen, and in
something of a " punt magnet." September 2005 the Mitsubishi
To celebrate, the Engadget editors Electric video board at the Japan
are going to take another stab at Racing Association Tokyo
the Publication With The Most Racecourse was certified as the
Editors Sporting Beards Made Of video boards at Cowboys Stadium two Diamond Vision(R) end-zone E l e c t r i c ' s D i a m o n d V i s i o n World's Largest Television
Bees award. Huffington Post, it's as the World's Largest High- displays measuring 29 feet high Systems. "The Dallas Cowboys Display. In 1993, Mitsubishi
on! Full PR below. Definition Video Display. The by 51 feet wide. Weighing 600 are one of the most innovative Electric was recognized for
Show full PR text Guinness official certificate presentation tons, the screens are suspended 90 teams in the NFL, and their new designing and installing the
World Records to Recognize will take place during a pre-game feet directly over the center of the stadium reflects that. These World's Fastest Elevator - capable
Dallas Cowboys and Mitsubishi ceremony on September 28, just playing surface and stretch from scoreboards and displays are the of traveling 750 meters per
Electric Diamond Vision for prior to the Cowboys vs. Carolina nearly one 20-yard line to the realization of the Cowboys' minute (approximately 28 miles
World's Largest Video Display Panthers Monday Night Football other. commitment to their fans and the per hour) - at the Landmark
Four-Sided, High-Definition g a m e , w h i c h w i l l b e a i r e d With a total viewing area of sport. We are very proud that the Tower in Yokohama, Japan.
Screen Equivalent of 3,268 TVs n a t i o n a l l y o n E S P N . 11,393 square-feet, the Diamond Cowboys organization turned to Filed under: Displays
Hangs Above Cowboys Stadium The world's first four-sided, Vision(R) display is equal to Mitsubishi Electric to deliver their Dallas Cowboys HD scoreboard
Playing Field center-hung, high-definition video 3,268 52-inch televisions, and has vision as part of this incredible makes the Guinness Book of
CYPRESS, Calif.--(BUSINESS display in a stadium consists of 10,584,064 LED lights. project." World Records originally
WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric four Diamond Vision(R) LED "This was probably the most "We're extremely proud of our appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28
gained yet another entry in the video screens, with the two main exciting project we've ever been world-class Mitsubishi Electric Sep 2009 11:26:00 EST. Please
Guinness World Records book sideline displays measuring 72 involved with," said Mark Foster, Diamond Vision screen," said see our terms for use of feeds.
with the recognition of its feet high by 160 feet wide, and general manager of Mitsubishi Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Permalink| Email this| Comments
revolutionary Diamond Vision
20 Gadgets/ Internet News Record

Video: Project Natal hands-on goes round two with Katamari

Damacy, Space Invaders
By Ross Miller (Engadget) the system, which included comes to your living room? Video
Submitted at 9/28/2009 11:03:00 AM previous demos Ricochet and demonstration after the break.
Burnout Paradise, along with Continue reading Video: Project
Several months have passed newcomers Beautiful Katamari Natal hands-on goes round two
since our last encounter with and Space Invaders Extreme. This with Katamari Damacy, Space
P r o j e c t N a t a l , M i c r o s o f t ' s time around, things felt a bit more Invaders
controller-free, gesture-based glitchy than before, with some Filed under: Gaming
interface. Developer enthusiasm weird graphical maladies around Video: Project Natal hands-on
and rumored release dates aside, our virtual wrists and a few goes round two with Katamari
since that time there hasn't been occasions where recalibration was Damacy, Space Invaders
much in the way of new, concrete r e q u i r e d ( w h i c h i s s i m p l y originally appeared on Engadget
d e t a i l s o r a n y t i t l e accomplished by covering up the on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:03:00
announcements. That didn't stop sensor with your hand for a as the project continued. Going did note that adding Natal support EST. Please see our terms for use
Kudo Tsunoda and gang from couple seconds). Our Engadget through the menus, we spotted isn't something that's likely to be of feeds. Permalink| Email this|
coming to Tokyo Game Show to Japan correspondent Ittousai Lumines among the other games patched into existing titles. Care Comments
give the Japanese audience a taste couldn't get his hair to detect, but on the console -- Tsunoda to take another peek at what you'll
of the title. We managed to get Tsunoda inferred that it was wouldn't comment on it, but he look like when Natal eventually
ourselves some more time with something they were working on

Report: Wii video distribution service comes to North America in

2010
By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:40:32 AM
In Japan, Nintendo has been
experimenting with offering
content other than just games for
quite a while now. Japanese DS
owners have been able to
download anime movies and
digital manga for over a year. And
in May this year, Nintendo
teamed up with the world’s
biggest ad agency, Tokyo-based
Dentsu, to introduce a video
Mechanical Tumor Is the Grossest Computer Peripheral Ever [Horror]
By Adam Frucci (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:10:00 AM
This " Mechanical Tumor" plugs
into your computer, looking very
fleshy and realistic. As your
distribution service for the Wii. Viewers can choose the programs
Needless to say, this service is from within a virtual living room
Japan-only, too. But that will (see the screenshot from the
change soon. Japanese version above) and will
According to a report in the also be able to rate the content.
Nikkei (basically Japan’s answer Nintendo says so far a total of
to the Wall Street Journal) today, 800,000 households all over Japan
Nintendo plans to launch the Wii use Wii No Ma (as the channel is
video-on-demand service in called over here). It’s free, but
markets outside Japan (North Nintendo plans to offer paid
America and South Korea, for Nikkei is usually a highly reliable owners in those regions will get to content beginning this November.
example) as early as next fiscal source. see “kid-friendly” entertainment Via Nikkei[registration
year. The company itself hasn’t Content-wise, Nintendo won’t shows, cartoons, educational required, paid subscription]
confirmed the news yet, but the change much, meaning Wii programs, infomercials and ads.
computer runs, it quivers and well-made, as I guess the whole thanks.
pulses, growing as your computer point is to look like a real, [ Mio I-zawa via Pink Tentacle]
works harder. biological entity, but damn. It
The brainchild of Japanese looks like something out of a
interactive media artist Mio I- disgusting. I mean, it's certainly Cronenberg film. I'll stick to using
zawa, this thing is flat-out iStat Pro to monitor my CPU,
Internet News Record Gadgets/ 21

Picsio: Victor JVC

goes after the Flip with
new 1080p camcorder
By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)

Video: Takeshi Maeda's Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:20:13 AM

Victor JVC seems to finally have

OmniZero.9 robot transforms, realized how well the Flip sells
over in North America. The
carries creator, blows minds TomTom pushes Google company has now announced the
Picsio GC-FM1[JP], a mini
camcorder recording video at
By Tim Stevens (Engadget) competed at ROBO-ONE in a few
different categories and was services to mid-range XL
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:56:00 AM
2.03MP and shooting pictures at
captured on video doing its stuff 8MP. The Picsio offers 1080p
output at a 4:3 ratio (1,440×1080,
Teen where a kid could turn k n o c k i n g a n u n d e r - s i z e d 340S LIVE
Remember the cartoon Turbo s o l o a n d a l s o s h a m e l e s s l y
30fps). Alternatively, you can go
himself into that most desirable of competitor out of the ring. Go for a 720p, VGA or QVGA mode.
By Darren Murph (Engadget) resolution) XL 340S with Weighing just 95g, the device
'80s cars, a red Firebird? That was ahead, click on through. You Submitted at 9/28/2009 10:41:00 AM connected services, and as with m e a s u r e s 5 3 × 9 7 x 1 7 m m . I t
pretty terrible, but we promise the won't want to miss this. Garmin's latest, said services are features a 2-inch LCD screen, an
video below of a robot turning Continue reading Video: TomTom has already delivered being provided courtesy of HDMI interface, USB 2.0, and
itself into a red car is rather more Takeshi Maeda's OmniZero.9 its LIVE services to an array of its A T & T . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e 4xdigital zoom. Users can record
compelling. It's OmniZero.9, the robot transforms, carries creator, higher-end personal navigation $ 2 9 9 . 9 9 a s k i n g p r i c e o n l y video on SD or SDHC cards in
latest creation from Takeshi blows minds devices, but now the company is includes three months of LIVE; MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 and upload
Maeda who earlier brought us the Filed under: Robots pushing the Google love onto less after that, you'll be shelling out them easily to YouTube or iTunes
OmniZero.4. The ninth iteration is Video: Takeshi Maeda's expensive siblings. Er, one less $9.95 per month and hating every t h r o u g h a s p e c i a l “ m e d i a
a humanoid looking bot with OmniZero.9 robot transforms, expensive sibling. The mid-range minute of it.
wheeled shoulders and knees that carries creator, blows minds browser”.
XL 340S LIVE has just been Filed under: GPS The GC-FM1 will go on sale in
allows it to motor along the originally appeared on Engadget launched, complete with Google- TomTom pushes Google Japan within this week (street
ground. Its head also flips back to on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:56:00 powered Local Search, real-time services to mid-range XL 340S price: $220). There will be models
create a seat just big enough for EST. Please see our terms for use traffic information, real-time fuel LIVE originally appeared on in black, blue and purple. Victor
its creator, who jumps on for a of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email prices, local weather and the Engadget on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 JVC hasn’t said yet if the Picsio
short ride around the this| Comments company's own IQ Routes, which 10:41:00 EST. Please see our will ever be available outside
demonstration stage. The bot gets you from one point to another terms for use of feeds. Read| Japan (which is highly likely).
via the most efficient route Permalink| Email this| Comments Via AV Watch[JP]
possible. Essentially, this is
simply a 4.3-inch (320 x 240
22 Gadgets/ Internet News Record
Video: Why think when
you can watch this fun
Philips Lumiblade
demonstration?
By Nicholas Deleon
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:30:20 AM

There’s not too many gadgets

out there that I’d spend money on.
There’s the Zune HD, which,
while totally unreadable in direct
sunlight, is still otherwise a fine
portable media player. So that’s
one. Another one would be that
Philips Wake-up Light(though
that will have to wait till next
month; stupid Zune HD was
expensive!) I bring this up only,
and I do mean only, to segue into
a brief discussion of this here
Video: PSP Go torn down, video of the Philips Lumiblade
OLED, um, thing. Get it, Philips,
lights, OLED, etc. Very high-
owners counseled on concept.
As the crazy video shows, the
warranty violation OLEDs turn on and off based on
your position in front of them.
Neat, exactly,
By Joseph L. Flatley
(Engadget)
eschews an internal metal
framework altogether (instead Mountain Hardwear Refugium It was recently demoed at some
London design fair, along with a
Submitted at 9/28/2009 11:49:00 AM relying on the external plastic
shell to provide structural Jacket keeps you warm and your bunch of other Lumiblade items,
like those pebble-looking things.
Sure, most of you are interested integrity). But don't take our word
in the playability and durability of for it! Check out the full video
your gaming devices -- that's why below -- it's basically Hostel with
gadgets charged Yeah, not too much going on
here, just a fun video to start your
we do our extensive, award- a handheld gaming device. By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) But you also get up to 8.6 hours Monday. At ease.
winning reviews (for instance, our Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:00:52 AM of core-warming heat and nearly
Continue reading Video: PSP limitless charging capability for
latest PSP Go review is quite a Go torn down, owners counseled
page-turner). But sometimes you on warranty violation Genius! The Mountian Hardwear your gadgets.
just want to rip into a device and Refugium Jacket is simply genius. Obviously the system isn’t for
Filed under: Gaming The winter jacket has a battery everyone, but if money isn’t an
see the chips and the solder -- Video: PSP Go torn down,
that's why we're grateful that the owners counseled on warranty pack by Ardica that – get this – issue and you’re have Green Bay
kids at iFixit have provided us violation originally appeared on heats the coat and can charge your season tickets, I would think that
with a complete tear-down guide, Engadget on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 gadgets. Amazing! Too bad it’s buying this jacket is a no-brainer.
featuring step-by-step instructions 11:49:00 EST. Please see our eff’n expensive. Just think, you wouldn’t have to
and plenty of pretty pictures. terms for use of feeds. Read| The jacket without any the wear a three sweatshirts and a
Apparently, the Go owes its Permalink| Email this| Comments battery system costs $230, but snowmobiling outfit to watch the
diminutive size to the fact that it once you add on the hotness, that Packers in December.
price rises to $375. Then for [ Mountain Hardwear via
another $50, you can plug in any UrbanDaddy]
USB-powered device to charge it.
Internet News Record Gadgets/ Tech/ Tech Tips/ 23

Auto Shutdown Lets

You Schedule Tasks
Upon Download
Completion
[Downloads]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
iPhone no longer exclusive to O2 in the Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:30:00 AM
UK, heads to Orange ‘later this year’ Firefox: If you hate leaving your
This is What the Thermaltake Level 10 By Nicholas Deleon “later this year.” So for all of you computer running until you return
(CrunchGear) in the U.S. who one day hope to
Case Actually Looks Like [Case] Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:30:17 AM see the iPhone on a different
because a download needs to be
completed, Auto Shutdown will
By Jason Chen (Gizmodo) surface in the prototype for a wireless provider (like, say, shut down the computer, among
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:00:00 AM matted one in the finished version, Some pretty big iPhone news to Verizon Wireless, differences other tasks, when the download
or discovered that photoshopping share with y'all this morning: the b e t w e e n C D M A a n d G S M completes.
The image of the Level 10 we a glossy surface onto something i P h o n e w i l l n o l o n g e r b e notwithstanding), well, you now Auto Shutdown has a large list
saw back in March looked before you actually build one is a exclusive to O2 over in the UK, have a precedent. of commands for various
fantastic. Glossy, stylish and oh bad idea. becoming available on Orange operating systems. You can easily
so beautiful. But now? Now But, the basic gist is the same, tell Auto Shutdown to power
reality disappoints once again. and it's one of the first unique down your computer,
Maximum PC's hands on of the chassis we've seen come along in hibernate/sleep, or even execute
case shows that Thermaltake quite some time. [ Maximum PC] an external command—you could
either swapped out the glossy for instance, have Auto Shutdown
run the update package you're
Carpet Radio Requires Human Body To Function [Gadgets] downloading once the download
By Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo) as a radio wave conductor and about two people on it. Clearly, is complete.
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:30:00 AM tuner. However, looking at how it not the ideal scenario to tune to Auto Shutdown is free and
works on video, I can easily see any station. [ Florian Kräutli via works wherever Firefox does.
I like the Human Antenna, a some problems. Hometone] Auto Shutdown[via MakeUseOf]
carpet radio that uses your body You know, I see a comfy carpet like that and I can only think

Only Took 9 Months, But Warner Music Videos Finally Back On YouTube
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt) you) created a situation whereby even Warner's own musicians got worked out a deal to allow the with audiences was likely to have
Submitted at 9/28/2009 1:56:09 AM Warner Music videos were taken pretty pissed off at Warner -- videos back online. You have to been much greater than any
off the site(there are conflicting especially as they saw other wonder how much harm this did "harm" done from file sharing.
You may recall last December stories over who actually made musicians use YouTube to grow to Warner artists, and to the label Permalink| Comments| Email
that a spat over how much Google the call to take the videos down). their audience. It only took nine itself. I'd argue that the failure to This Story
would pay Warner Music for The end result of this was months, but it looks like Warner leverage a rather useful
hosting its videos (for free, mind basically bad for everyone -- and Music and YouTube have finally promotional platform to connect
24 Tech/ Internet News Record

Google adjusts to life with trustbusters

By Tom Krazit (Webware.com) In short, it means Google has in the U.S. and Europe of the last Walker, as might be expected,
Submitted at 9/28/2009 4:00:00 AM entered a new era where its cost 20 years has been in the direction doesn't buy that line of thinking.
of doing business has changed. of protecting consumer welfare," "The Internet is not a place where
Google's greatest challenge as it "I don't think Google wants to Walker said. "That makes it you can lock out competition," he
heads into its second decade may start imposing limits on itself," relatively easy to advise said, arguing that the barriers to
very well be innovating without said Eric Clemons, a professor at management, because the goal is entry in the Internet applications
ticking off Uncle Sam. the University of Pennsylvania's consistent with the values that market are low and that Google
The position taken by the Wharton School of Business. But (Google co-founders) Sergey could never get away with trying
Department of Justice two weeks it may not have any choice, if the (Brin) and Larry (Page) set out, to charge money for things it
ago on the Google Books search J u s t i c e D e p a r t m e n t p r o v e s which is about making the previously gave away for free,
settlement marked the second continually willing to impose such Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Internet an open place." government scrutiny or not.
time in about a year the U.S. limits on Google's behalf. No allegations like that have Walker admitted Google had a Of course, Google didn't exactly
government has taken an active Scrutinizing what it is about to been made against Google. few lessons to learn following the invent the concept of the loss
step to rein in one of the tech or might do I n s t e a d , G o o g l e h a s b e e n Justice Department's indication leader. Microsoft does something
industry's signature companies. How did Google get here, scrutinized for what it is about to that it would sue to prevent similar with its Internet strategy,
Google now is in the process of without actually being accused of do or could do, such as when it Google and Yahoo from pooling using the immense profits from
renegotiating a deal it once anything more than hubris? Just p r o p o s e d t h e p u r c h a s e o f their search advertising. Google sales of Windows and Office to
called"a historic settlement," one 10 years after its founding, and DoubleClick in 2007 ( which was has embarked on an educational allow it to lose money competing
t h a t g a v e i t s w e e p i n g a n d five years after its IPO, Google approved) or its proposal of a campaign since then, posting with Google in search and Yahoo
exclusive rights to digitize certain has evolved from scrappy start-up search advertising deal with videos featuring chief economist on portal services.
kinds of books that competitors to innovative game-changer to Yahoo (which came within hours Hal Varian explaining how Google is taking this increased
and activists feared would allow domineering titan in less time of a Justice Department lawsuit Google's ad auction process government scrutiny seriously. It
Google to gain more control of than it took to prosecute the before Google folded its hand). works and devoting more time to has built a D.C. operation from
access to digital information. Microsoft antitrust cases of the I n t h e Y a h o o c a s e , t h e projects like the Data Liberation scratch over the past few years to
Unlike the famous technology 1990s. government objected to a deal that Front, which works to make sure help lobby its case in Washington,
antitrust cases of the last century-- There's no real hard-and-fast would have put almost 90 percent Google users have simple ways to and lawyers assigned to product
IBM, AT&T, Intel, and Microsoft rule concerning when a company of the search advertising market export their data from Google teams now consider antitrust
- - G o o g l e h a s n o t d r a w n turns the page from big to too big. in the hands of a single company. should they wish to move on. This issues along with the usual
government scrutiny based on That's because it's not illegal to be It had several bones to pick with has probably helped Google in the assortment of legal concerns.
allegations of past conduct. big: what is illegal is using that the Google Books deal, which it court of public opinion, but it's And Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Rather, the focus is on what the heft to expand into other areas or called "anticompetitive" and an not clear whether government has taken a very active public
company might do or is about to f e n d o f f c h a l l e n g e s t o a a b u s e o f t h e c l a s s - a c t i o n regulators have been swayed. policy role over the last few years,
do, which should be both company's dominance. settlement process. One concern often advanced by stumping for President Obama
comforting and troubling for Microsoft, for example, was Now that it has had its hand competitors and detractors is that during his campaign in 2008 and
Google executives. prosecuted under two separate slapped twice, Google's lawyers Google can use the cash cow it serving as a technology adviser to
Such scrutiny means that almost areas of the Sherman Act, the 100 will have to advise caution among enjoys from its dominant position the administration. It's not clear
every product launch will be - y e a r - o l d l a w t h a t g o v e r n s product development executives, in the search advertising market to whether that has had any effect--
examined for signs that Google is antitrust investigations in the adding antitrust concerns to the subsidize businesses in ways that the current administration seems
abusing its dominant search U.S., said David Turetsky, co- normal practice of getting legal to other companies can't afford to much more intent on scrutinizing
position by moving to control chair of the antitrust practice at sign off on a new product or do, thereby driving everyone else big business than the Bush
other areas of the tech world. You Washington, D.C., law firm strategy. Kent Walker, Google's out of the market. Last quarter, administration--but a fair number
can double that level of scrutiny Dewey & LeBoeuf and a former general counsel, in a fine example Google generated $1.4 billion in of ex-Googlers have taken
for any potential acquisition. And deputy assistant attorney general of trying to make lemonade from cash. The Android operating positions in the administration.
it also means the company will for the Justice Department during lemons, argues that might actually system and Google Apps often Perhaps most notable is Google's
n e e d t o a g g r e s s i v e l y c o u r t its prosecution of Microsoft. It burnish Google's image before the come up in those types of former head of global public
government officials, who are was investigated for the onerous government. discussions, because there aren't policy and government affairs,
getting an earful from companies contract terms it imposed on its Kent Walker, general counsel many companies who could Andrew McLaughlin, who is now
like Microsoft, Amazon, and customers as well as its plans to for Google.(Credit: Google) afford to invest that much money deputy chief technology officer
AT&T about what a bully Google bundle Internet Explorer with "The whole shift of antitrust law in software development only to
has become. Windows, which conflict with give the product away for free. GOOGLE page 27
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A Song For Lily Allen... And A Little Conversation

By Michael Masnick (Techdirt) And yet, with Ms. Allen raise reasonable questions. I don't numerous factual errors in Ms. downloads (or kicking people off
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:02:00 AM shutting down the blog, and shut down and hide when Allen's earlier responses. the internet) doesn't make people
claiming it was because of someone brings up points that So, yes, I'm going to post this pay up. This is a point we've been
A l l w e e k e n d , I ' v e b e e n "abuse," some people have started weren't addressed. Ms. Allen video, because I think it's great raising for ages, and no one ever
inundated via email, Twitter, the accusing me of "bullying" Ms. kicked this whole thing off and (and catchy) and because I think it responds. The industry seems to
submission page and more, from Allen. An IP lawyer in our claimed she was just trying to does further the conversation, just think that magically people will
p e o p l e a l l p o i n t i n g m e t o comments insists that I am start a discussion. And we not in the direction that Ms. Allen start paying. And yet, there's no
musician Dan Bull's brilliant somehow bullying her in simply responded, by pointing out the intended. It's from a fan of Ms. evidence of that whatsoever.
musical "open letter" to Lily Allen asking questions. One recording inconsistencies in her position. Allen's work, and is endearing, The second point is sarcastic,
in response to the whole kerfuffle industry lawyer accused me of That wasn't an attack. Plenty of not attacking. It's entertaining. It's but is really a good one. Dan Bull
last week concerning Lily Allen's "leading" my "internet army" of people who first jump into a free... and it got me to go and buy jokes that using the same logic of
decision to speak out against "hackers" to "attack" any artist debate on copyright or file sharing Dan Bull's first album, even people who think that stopping
m u s i c i a n s w h o s a i d t h e y who agreed with Allen ( what?!?). don't fully understand the issues -- though he's offering it up for free, piracy (as if that's possible) will
disagreed with plans to kick file T h e n t h e r e w a s t h e m a j o r and the best way to help them get too. Ms. Allen wanted a make people buy more music,
sharers off the internet. I wasn't publication that claimed that past those initial misconceptions conversation and she claims she perhaps we should ban CDs,
sure if it was worth posting, Techdirt was upset about Allen is to ask important questions, and wanted more new music. Well, because (according to this logic)
because I began to feel like some copying our blog post and that we highlight how the issue is a lot here's both in one shot: This isn't "then people would have to pay to
might view it as piling on -- and had "suddenly discovered the more complex than it may appear "abuse." This isn't an "attack." see bands for real." There's a huge
the purpose here was never to power of copyright." Apparently at first blush. The fact that Ms. This is, as all of my posts on this disconnect here. The people who
drag anyone down or abuse reading comprehension isn't a Allen was distributing others' subject have been, an attempt to think that blocking activity online
anyone. I thought I had been clear strong point there, seeing as we copyrighted music on her own, get Ms. Allen to actually think (and, remember, study after study
about that in each and every one made no copyright claim at all, and used that to help build her through these issues and answer after study has shown that
of my posts -- and, for the most were happy that she copied our popularity -- while now claiming some questions which it appears "pirates" end up spending a lot
part, all of the conversations and post, and merely used it as a that the same activity by others she has not considered. If more on music) will drive more of
discussions I'd seen on the topic teaching moment to show why was destroying the opportunity for reaching her by song is the way to some other buying activity have
were quite reasonable and fair. everything wasn't nearly as clear new artists made little sense -- and do it, then that would be no sense of economic history.
My posts never attacked Ms. cut as Ms. Allen believed. the double standard seemed worth wonderful. However, I fear that Taking away what fans want to
Allen, but tried to raise the level Suddenly, just because Ms. Allen calling out. And, despite her she's decided to declare victory do doesn't drive them to paying
of discourse, asking her to cried "abuse," despite no evidence deleting her blog, some actually and walk away, rather than you more money. It drives them
respond to certain questions-- and o f a n y a c t u a l a b u s e , h e r saved many of the comments on address any of the points raised. towards others who actually treat
at the same time highlight how supporters started assuming that it her blog. And, again, they don't While lots of people have fans right. Like Dan Bull.
her position was, in fact, a bit must be me who was doing the show "abuse," but thoughtful, picked up on various aspects of Permalink| Comments| Email
hypocritical, seeing as she had "abusing." reasoned argument along these the song, the two points that I This Story
been doing many of the same The whole thing has become lines -- none of which Ms. Allen think are most relevant are
t h i n g s t h a t s h e s a i d w e r e rather insane, frankly. But I'm not has responded to as of yet. That pointing out that downloads don't
destroying the industry. afraid to respond to folks who post, by the way, also highlights equal sales, so stopping
26 Tech/ Entertainment/ Internet News Record

HOW TO: Gather Feedback With Social Media Found Footage:

By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!) that lets you create virtually any purpose, letting you pose a "I fell in love at
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:10:52 AM type of form – from open-ended
questions, to polls with radio
question to your connections and
get feedback. On the flip side, the Apple Store"
This post originally appeared on buttons, to multiple choice – and answering questions from other By Steven Sande (The
the American Express OPEN then embed it on your website or users is a great way to build new Unofficial Apple Weblog
Forum, where Mashable regularly blog with cut and paste code. relationships on the site. (TUAW))
contributes articles about Then, through your WuFoo Gather Feedback Responsibly Submitted at 9/28/2009 11:30:00 AM
leveraging social media and account, you can get real-time While the social web makes
technology in small business. reports on the results, as well as gathering feedback and Filed under: Humor, Video,
One of the best uses of social add or update poll questions on specifically for Twitter too. Set up conducting market research Odds and ends, Apple, Found
media for business is being able to the fly. The service offers a free your question, login with your exceptionally efficient and low- Footage, Music
monitor your brand. Services like edition that includes up to 3 Twitter username and password, cost, it’s important to remember Here's an earworm for you; hip-
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company, while third-party more responses. Add a Poll to functionality, and has a built-in based feedback programs should video (above) at the landmark
applications like TweetDeck and Your Facebook Page o p t i o n t h a t a l l o w s p o l l be designed such that they give Apple Store Fifth Avenue.
Seesmic Desktop allow you to get If your brand has a Facebook respondents to retweet your poll you the information you need The song manages to not only
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are far more methodical ways to If you’ve already set up a allows for “video responses,” so - 4 Ways Social Media is these slobs
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others low-cost – that can be a through an app like WuFoo you a response in the same way they’d - HOW TO: Use Twitter and I'm Steve Jobs"
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a part of websites. But now, there specifically for Twitter that are excellent place to get feedback for TweetDeck, Twitter, YouTube, video. There's no word on
are ways to create them and worth checking out. your business. Its LinkedIn iStockphoto whether or not Apple is going to
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TUAW Found Footage: "I fell
Report: Key Evidence Possibly Destroyed in Travolta Extortion Case in love at the Apple Store"
(ETonline - Breaking News) As reported earlier, a man and a t h e p a r a m e d i c w h o t r e a t e d B r i d g e w a t e r - - w h o w a s a originally appeared on The
Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:52:00 AM woman are being prosecuted in Travolta's late son Jett, 16, Bahamian senator prior to being U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g
the trial for allegedly attempting threatened to go public with arrested for extortion -- allegedly (TUAW) on Mon, 28 Sep 2009
New reports say key evidence to extort $25 million from the confidential information unless destroyed evidence by setting it 11:30:00 EST. Please see our
may have been destroyed in the actor. The trial began last Tuesday the actor paid him. ablaze, according to People.com. terms for use of feeds.
John Travolta extortion case. and prosecutors are alleging that The woman in the case, Pleasant Read| Permalink| Email this|
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GOOGLE
continued from page 24
for Internet policy under federal
CTO Aneesh Chopra.
The case against Google
Wharton's Clemons think
Google's antitrust issues start with
its bread-and-butter business.
Google, he believes, could be
taken to task if the Justice
Department thinks about Google's
search business as a distribution
channel, rather than advertising-
based.
Clemons' argument is that
Google controls so much of the
information that is presented to
Internet users through both search
results and search advertising that
it creates a disincentive for
companies to do anything that
runs afoul of Google. As of
August, according to ComScore,
Google held 64.6 percent of the
U.S. search market, compared to
Yahoo's 19.3 percent and
Microsoft's 9.3 percent.
It also means, according to
Clemons, that Google's practice of
allowing companies to purchase
ad keywords bearing their
competitors' trademarks forces
companies to overpay for ad
keywords they arguably own and
can deceive the Web searcher if a
competitor's ad is placed among
the prominent search ads
Orange UK getting iPhone 3G and 3GS "later this year"
By Victor Agreda, Jr. (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 9/28/2009 10:30:00 AM
Filed under: iPhone In yet
another "so logical it's gonna
happen" rumors-come-true, O2
will no longer enjoy the
exclusivity it has enjoyed for two
years and Orange UK will begin
accompanying a search for the
original company's trademark.
Lawsuits over this practice are
pending, and could potentially
add another headache for
Google's lawyers down the road.
"Monetization of misdirection
frequently takes the form of
charging companies for keywords
and threatening to divert their
customers to a competitor if they
fail to pay adequately for
keywords that the customer is
likely to use in searches for the
companies' products; that is,
misdirection works best when it is
threatened rather than actually
imposed, and when companies
actually do pay the fees demanded
for their keywords," Clemons
wrote as a guest author on
TechCrunch in March.
Not surprisingly, it's a
controversial and perhaps extreme
view; Clemons was taken to task
by several search industry
veterans including Search Engine
Land's Danny Sullivan regarding
two articles he guest wrote for
TechCrunch espousing that view.
"Search advertising is one of the
most powerful forms of
advertising precisely because it
does not misdirect searchers, nor
interrupt them but instead
offering the latest 2 versions of
the iPhone "later this year,"
according to the BBC. O2 will
continue selling the iPhone (along
with the Palm Pre) and there isn't
expected to be much price
difference between the two. All of
this is occurring while Orange
makes plans to merge its network
with T-Mobile, which would
make it the UK's largest mobile
provides answers that they seek,"
Sullivan wrote in response to one
of Clemons' articles.
There's no indication the Justice
Department is looking seriously at
this argument, but it's an example
of the kind of opposition Google
can expect to face if it remains the
dominant player in the search
market.
In Google we trust?
Google is an unlikely robber
baron. The company's public
image is carefully crafted to seem
warm, open, friendly, and
respectful. No doubt, Google
execs have learned from their
competitor's mistakes: Microsoft
continues to be haunted by what
some saw as the company's
arrogant and condescending
performance during its own
antitrust defense.
"They (Google) seem to be able
to move forward with energy and
creativity despite whatever
antitrust issues they've
encountered," Turetsky said.
However, Jeff Jarvis, author of
the book "What Would Google
Do?", believes there is a
disconnect between how Google
sees itself and how a growing
portion of the public sees Google.
"Google thinks (it's)
service provider.
Here's to competition -- now if
Snuffleupagus--big but cuddly
and good--and just doesn't realize
that some people see it as a
potential bully and so it has to act
accordingly. With size comes
responsibility," he wrote in a blog
post last week.
Few deny Google's important
contributions to advancing the
story of the Internet. Even
Google's fiercest critics of the
book search settlement agree that
a digital library would be a
tremendous asset to the world,
and that few other companies,
organizations or governments
seem willing to invest the time,
effort, and money into such a
product.
But Google, simply because of
its success in becoming
synonymous with "discover
information on the Internet,"
makes people uneasy about
granting it a further lock on
information. And with the number
of companies with a serious
chance of challenging it in the
search market set to dwindle to
one, that uneasiness is not going
away.
Originally posted at Relevant
Results
we could get some of that sweet
choice in the US of A. If you are
an Orange customer or potential
Orange customer wanting an
iPhone, they have a page for you
here.
Thanks to everyone who sent
this in.
[via BBC and Engadget]
TUAW Orange UK getting
iPhone 3G and 3GS "later this
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Lorne Michaels goes
easy on Jenny Slate
for SNL f-bomb
By Joel Keller (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 11:10:00 AM
For those who missed it (or
weren't on the east coast) on
Saturday night, new SNL er Jenny
Slate managed to do something in
her first-ever sketch that hadn't
been accomplished on the show in
28 years: she let loose with an f-
bomb.
In the sketch, Slate and Kristin
Wiig play biker chicks, and
instead of saying "friggin'" or
"freakin'" or any of the other
substitutes they were supposed to
use, Slate actually uttered the
words "and I fuckin' love you for
that." See the video below. The
look on her face after she just
realizes what she did is even more
priceless than the f-bomb itself:
Continue reading Lorne
Michaels goes easy on Jenny
Slate for SNL f-bomb
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday
Night Live, Reality-Free
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'Dancing with the Stars''
Ownership Or License: The Difference Matters Donny Osmond: I Am
Going to Dance Like a
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt) happens with physical goods. copyright law. Basically, the court Section 117, it's inconsistent with
Submitted at 9/28/2009 5:59:33 AM That's why, for example, we have just decided that it didn't like what the law in other areasâthe courts Teenager
a right to first sale, allowing you the guy did, and thus it used and Congress have long rejected
Those who rely on copyright like to resell a book. The copyright copyright law to shut him down, efforts by copyright and patent (ETonline - Breaking News)
to do a neat little trick at times. holder cannot claim that you only though it used rather tortured owners to impose all kinds of post Submitted at 9/28/2009 12:30:00 AM

When it's convenient, they like to "licensed" the book, rather than reasoning. This sets an incredibly -sale use restrictions on books,
claim that what they're offering is bought it, so you are, in fact, bad precedent and seems entirely patented machines, and compact Even though Donny Osmond did
no different than a physical good. allowed to resell it. But the law at odds with the purpose of discs. Why should software be well -- finishing second in
In such situations, if you make a isn't entirely clear on all aspects of copyright law itself. different? Just as with those other combined judges' scores on last
copy, they claim that you "stole" this, and software "licensing" is The case is now being appealed, copyrighted works, if you bought Monday's "Dancing with the
it, and that it's "no different" that one key area where there are some and Public Knowledge has filed the disc that the software comes Stars"' men's competition -- he
walking into a store and taking problems. an amicus brief while the EFF on outright (as opposed to leasing says his sister Marie is keeping
something off the shelf without A few years back, Blizzard sued explains what's at stake: it, for example), you should get the sibling rivalry going!
paying for it. Yet, at other times, the maker of a bot, the Glider bot Ownership matters, because the privileges of an owner (i.e., "After it was all over, Marie
if you point out the sorts of by MDY, claiming that the otherwise Blizzard and other the right to resell and the right to turned to me, really excited about
restrictions that would lead to -- software violated its copyright. software vendors can wipe away make copies and adaptations as everything, and she said, 'I'm still
such as no control over the Now, even many who are against important consumer rights with necessary to use software). a better dancer than you,'" Donny
product post-sale -- suddenly they abuses of copyright, emotionally legalese contained in license In short, Blizzard's legal tells ET, who is exclusively with
change their tune. You didn't buy started to side with Blizzard here, agreements. For example, in arguments here are all about using him at his Las Vegas rehearsal
t h e p r o d u c t , y o u m e r e l y due to what the bot allowed: it Section 117 of the Copyright Act, copyright law to take away with partner Kym Johnson. He
"licensed" it, and thus they could effectively allowed cheating, by Congress gave owners of consumers' rights in the software adds, "Thanks, Marie. I really
post sale restrictions on things. If automating many repetitive tasks, computer software the right to use they purchased. Hopefully, the appreciate that."
you buy a chair, and then build a to let users "level up" more their legitimately purchased Appeals Court recognizes this. At 51 years old, Donny says his
replica yourself, that's perfectly quickly. But, if you get past that software without having to rely on Copyright owners shouldn't be biggest competition is 21-year-old
legal. But copyright holders claim element, the case has important permissions in license able to play a quantum game of Aaron Carter and 30-year-old
that's not the case when it comes implications for copyright law, agreements. Blizzard and other calling something "owned" when Joanna Krupa.
to products covered by copyright - and whether or not the software software vendors are arguing that it suits them or "licensed" at other
- because they insist that it's you buy is really purchased... or customers are not owners, but times when it suits them.
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copyright holders to extend the guy actually did with the bot This "owner-versus-licensee"
copyright's power beyond what software appears to violate trick is not just an end-run on

Apple App Store hits 2 billion downloads, 85,000 apps

By Don Reisinger
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:16:00 AM
Apple announced Monday that
over 2 billion apps have been
downloaded from its App Store
since the e-commerce shop's
launch in July 2008. The company
also said that there are now more
than 85,000 apps available.
More numbers: There are
currently 50 million iPhone and
iPod Touch customers, as well as
over 125,000 developers in
Apple's iPhone Developer
Program. All that has combined to
make the company's App Store
the world's largest applications
store, Apple claims.
"The rate of App Store
downloads continues to accelerate
with users downloading a
staggering two billion apps in just
over a year, including more than
half a billion apps this quarter
alone," Apple CEO Steve Jobs
said in a statement. "The App
Store has reinvented what you can
do with a mobile handheld device,
and our users are clearly loving
it."
At a rock-n-roll-themed event
earlier this month, Apple reported
that the store had over 75,000
applications and accommodated
1.8 billion downloads. In other
words, in about three weeks' time,
it has added over 10,000 apps and
users have downloaded an
additional 200 million
applications.
Among those thousands of new
apps recently added, one stands
out for apparently pushing the
borders of what Apple allows in
its store: the first app featuring
images and videos of bikini-clad
adult film stars.
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Is It So Wrong To Admit That
Journalists Have Opinions Too?
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:31:00 AM
There was a big kerfuffle in the
journalism world over the
weekend, as it was revealed late
Friday that the Washington Post
had rushed out new "social media
guidelines" leading one editor to
delete his Twitter account, and
another to joke that under the new
guidelines, his Twitter account
would only discuss "the weather
and dessert recipes." This isn't the
first time news organizations have
generated attention for coming up
with restrictive social media
guidelines. And, of course, one of
the more ridiculous aspects of all
of this was that the Washington
Post didn't reveal what those
guidelines are, leading to a ton of
speculation and leaving it to a
competing news organization to
publish the actual guidelines. A
big part of the problem here was
the lack of transparency from the
Washington Post in the first
place...
While we're on the subject, the
whole thing seems based on this
platonic ideal of journalism that
involves the objective, unbiased
reporter. The guidelines basically
Scarlett Johansson on Joining the 'Boys' Club' of 'Iron
Man 2'
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 12:25:00 AM
The much anticipated 'Iron Man
2' sequel is in production and ET
is with the newest actress to the
series, Scarlett Johansson, who
talks about being the fresh face to
tell reporters and editors that they
shouldn't say anything that
suggests they actually have an
opinion on something, and the
editor who deleted his
Twitterstream did so because it
expressed an opinion on certain
news events. But, it's time we got
over this. Just because people
pretend to be objective, it doesn't
make them objective. Just because
reporters claim to be unbiased, it
doesn't make them unbiased.
Yes, it's great to strive to be as
fair and impartial as possible. It's
important to present as much as is
reasonable as possible. But the
bias is there. Pretending it isn't is
ridiculous -- and, at times,
damaging. It's what leads
reporters to go overboard in trying
to "present both sides of the story"
even if one side is completely
ridiculous. Reporters have too
much trouble saying "wait, that's
wrong." They just present what
was said and move on, without
ever digging into the truth. In the
quest for impartiality, they've
actually gotten away from
providing accuracy and honesty.
I'd much rather have reporters
clearly state their bias and
opinion, and then let others argue
the male-dominated film.
Produced by Jon Favreau and
starring Robert Downey, Jr.,
Johansson joined the 'Iron Man 2'
crew to play the comic book
character Black Widow, also
known as Natasha Romanoff.
"You're dealing with some
the points out.
And, of course, reporters and
editors have always had opinions.
It's why they have an editorial
page, after all. But, even more
important, it's bias and opinion
that goes into determining what
story makes the front page, or the
middle page or gets spiked. It's
about how the "facts" of the story
are presented. There's bias
everywhere. Asking reporters to
bite their tongue and not actually
say what they think doesn't negate
the bias, and it doesn't help
readers/viewers/listeners get any
closer to what's real. It's just a
way of avoiding responsibility,
avoiding the community, and
avoiding doing a good job. In the
meantime, as newer publications
(mostly online) do away with the
ridiculous idea that a party can be
fully impartial, the community of
people who consume and share
and spread and make and
comment on the news are going
there. Because that's where "the
news" is best presented.
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sensitive men here," the actress
tells Mark Steines of the cast and
crew. "I mean as much as they're
guys'-guys, I think Jon is a big
softy and Robert certainly
embraces his theatrical side."
Tech/ Entertainment/
VLC 1.0.2 includes 64-
bit Mac port and
security fixes
By TJ Luoma (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 9/28/2009 12:00:00 PM
Filed under: Multimedia,
Software, Video, Open Source
VideoLAN's popular cross-
platform open source media
player VLC 1.0.2 is now available
with an important security update.
The rest of the release notes are
rather terse and nerdy:
"BEWARE: this release is not
compatible with Tiger. This
version introduces many fixes,
notably for SSA decoding, v4l2,
MacOS interface, ogg/theora,
x264 modules and security issues.
It also introduces the port to
64bits for Mac OS platform and 2
new languages (Kazakh and
Croatian)."
I'm not sure what "Mac OS
interface" fixes were included (the
app looks the same to me, but
perhaps it refers to minor fixes
rather than major changes), but
two things probably jumped out to
you: the first is that the app is not
compatible with Tiger, although
this is not new with 1.0.2
(downloads for older versions of
Mac OS X are still available).
The second is the "big" news:
VLC is now 64-bit. Again, this is
not a change that end-users are
likely to notice, but if you have
been following news about Snow
Leopard you know that 64-bit has
gotten a lot of emphasis, and it's
great to see VLC is keeping up.
Someone recently asked why I
29
would use VLC on the Mac when
I had QuickTime Player or
Apple's built-in DVD app. My
answer was two-fold and simple: I
use it because when I want to
watch DVDs I can press
command+D (to open the DVD),
press enter, and VLC
automatically takes me to the
main menu of the DVD, skipping
all the ads and previews and other
nonsense that the movie
companies try to force you to
watch every single time you put in
a DVD. The other big reason I use
VLC is because is has an option
(under the "Video" menu item)
called "Float on Top" which, as
you would expect, keeps the video
window above other windows. I
was disappointed to see that even
QuickTime Player X does not
offer a similar feature.
VLC may not be beautiful to
look at, and its advanced
preferences are enough to make a
normal person go cross-eyed with
confusion, but it is a video
playback workhorse, especially
when paired with the US$3
iPhone remote control app(iTunes
link).
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bit Mac port and security fixes
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New Zealand iPhone GPS ban Palm Pre: Watch Out

considered, then overturned for Falling Prices
By Chris Rawson (The Ministry's position: By Christina Warren
Unofficial Apple Weblog It is not the intent of the rule to (Mashable!)
(TUAW)) make it illegal for motorists to use Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:46:56 AM
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:15:00 AM the satellite navigation or music
functions of their cell phones, If you’ve been interested in
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, provided these are mounted in the buying the Palm Pre, now might
Wireless, Odds and ends, iPhone vehicle and are manipulated be the time to take the plunge.
A few days ago, I learned of a infrequently. Both Wal-Mart and Amazon.com
new law coming out in Australia The rule has been clarified to are offering the phone for much
that's set to ban cell phone GPS keep its focus where it should be: less than Sprint’s after-rebate
usage while driving. I criticized on discouraging motorists from price. Wal-Mart or Sprint before taking
the Aussie government's approach using handheld cellphones to talk At Amazon, you can score the the plunge. What Do Lower
and noted that while New Zealand or text while driving. Palm Pre for $99.99 with a two- Prices Indicate?
had a similar forthcoming law, at I've got to say, I'm pretty year contract. Wal-Mart will get Retailers are allowed to set their
least NZ's government was shocked by this ruling for two you an even lower price — own phone prices (this is why
sensible enough not to pursue the the iPhone as an iPod hooked to reasons: that it came out so $79.99 with a two year contract Best Buy was able to offer the
cell phone usage ban to the same the car stereo! quickly (less than a day after the — but you’ll need to send in a instant $100 mail-in-rebate on the
extent seen in Australia's case. This out-of-the-blue recast of first article claiming the GPS ban $100 mail-in-rebate. Sprint’s price Pre when it launched in June),
Sadly, for most of Monday the the law had many Kiwi iPhone would go into effect), and that it is $150 after $100 mail-in-rebate, because they get money from the
NZ government had me eating users fuming, including me, and c a m e d o w n o n t h e s i d e o f two-year contract required. carrier for each new sign-up that
crow, because they temporarily iPhonewzealand set up an online common sense. It's not often that Read the Fine Print often far exceeds whatever margin
decided to emulate the Aussie petition protesting this law. I any government does something If you are interested in the Wal- might be on the phone itself.
rules and amend the new cell didn't expect an online petition to that puts a smile on my face, but it Mart deal, be sure to read the fine Lower prices might indicate that
phone usage law: according to have much (if any) impact, so I definitely happened today. print. Not only do you need to new revisions of the Pre are in the
New Zealand's Transport really hoped some more TUAW New Zealand iPhone mail in a rebate for the $100, you works (maybe a higher capacity
Ministry, after November 1, New organized, legitimate form of G P S b a n c o n s i d e r e d , t h e n need to enclose a copy of your model) and retailers want to clear
Zealand would ban all use of protest formed before this law overturned originally appeared on fourth month carrier bill, and it out the inventory. It could also
cellular phones other than using took effect. The Unofficial Apple Weblog needs to show that you’ve made indicate that the Pre isn’t selling
the phone as a hands-free headset I was very pleasantly surprised (TUAW) on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 the payment and that there is no as well as expected.
to make calls. This would have to learn that common sense walks 09:15:00 EST. Please see our outstanding balance. So basically, Palm announced its next webOS
included using the iPhone as a the halls of the NZ government, terms for use of feeds. you’ll need to wait four months based phone, the Palm Pixi earlier
GPS, and could even potentially as the Ministry of Transport's Read| Permalink| Email this| before even sending in the this month and it should hit Sprint
have been interpreted to ban using Press Secretary has clarified the Comments paperwork. $80 is still a deal, but stores before the holidays. Maybe
if it were me, I’d pay the $20 retailers are just trying to clear
New Video of Khloe Kardashian’s extra and just get it at some stock of the Pre to make
Amazon.com.
Wedding: Here Comes the Bride Both offers are for new
room for the Pixi and its many
different colors and styles.
(ETonline - Breaking News) LA Lakers player Lamar Odom contracts only. If you are an So smartphone shoppers, do the
Submitted at 9/28/2009 3:20:00 AM scored a slam dunk on Sunday existing Sprint customer, your new deals on the Palm Pre make it
when he wed the reality TV star. best bet is to deal directly with more attractive or are you going
Khloe Kardashian's wedding Watch the video to see the Sprint to get the lowest possible to hold out for a Pixi? Palm Pre
may have been Sunday's hottest newlyweds walk passed our price. You may be able to take owners, what are your favorite
red carpet affair. ET was at the camera and click here for more advantage of these offers if you aspects of the phone?
entrance as all the celeb guests Kardashian-Odom wedding are adding the phone as a new line Tags: deals, Palm Pixi, Palm
arrived for her special day and we coverage. of service to your existing Sprint Pre, webOS
even caught a glimpse of the account, but check with Amazon,
beautiful bride and her groom.
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Change the behavior of the iTunes
zoom button in 9
By TJ Luoma (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 9/28/2009 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: iTunes, Terminal
Tips For me, one of the most
welcome new features of iTunes 9
was the restoration of sanity to the
way that iTunes responded to the
zoom button. I had long been
irritated by the non-standard
behavior iTunes had displayed,
brazenly flaunting the accepted
practice of how the zoom button
worked by toggling the mini
player on and off, instead of
zooming the window like a well-
behaved Mac app.
Never once in all my years of
using iTunes have I wanted to use
the mini player. Whenever I tried
to zoom the app and the mini
player appeared, it would be
quickly followed by muttering
and grumbling. So you can
imagine my joy and bliss at
discovering that iTunes 9 finally
validated what I had known all
along. The zoom button was
supposed to act a certain way, and
if you want to do something
Nokia acquires 'social atlas' service Dopplr
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:59:57 AM
Nokia announced Monday that it
has acquired "social atlas" service
Dopplr for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition isn't much of a
surprise. Last week, reports
surfaced claiming the deal was
already done, but neither Dopplr
nor Nokia would confirm it at the
time. Those same reports
suggested that Nokia would
different than the standard, then
you ought to use the option/alt
key.
I celebrated this change. I called
friends I had not spoken with in
ages to tell them about it. I wrote
a sonnet to the proper use of the
zoom button. A party was
planned. Ok, maybe not all of
that, but I was pleased with the
change.
Then iTunes 9.0.1 came out and
ruined everything. Yes, I said
everything! No, you're the one
who's overly emotionally attached
to a relatively minor UI issue!
Well, apparently I'm not the
only only one. Over on
Twitter@zadr and@siracusa
reported that you could revert
iTunes 9.0.1 to iTunes 9.0's
behavior through a command in
Terminal.app:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes
zoom-to-window -bool YES
acquire Dopplr for $15 million to
$22 million, but the official
announcement did not mention an
acquisition price.
Neither Dopplr nor Nokia
immediately responded to request
for comment.
Dopplr allows users to create
trips and share them with friends.
The service also provides users
with help on each leg of their trip,
providing tips and advice on
hotels and restaurants. Aside from
This tip was then "retweeted"
about 50 times and ended up on
MacOSXHints.com which is
where I first saw it, moments
before breaking out into song and
dance.
If you would prefer not to get
into Terminal.app, you can get the
9.0 standard zoom behavior in
9.0.1 (and presumably later
versions as well) by holding down
the alt/option key when clicking
the zoom button.
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the iTunes zoom button in 9
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a Web site, Dopplr is available as
an iPhone app. It's also integrated
into social services such as Flickr
and Twitter.
Nokia said that it doesn't plan to
alter Dopplr. In a statement
announcing the acquisition, Nokia
said that "the acquisition does not
change the current Dopplr
service." Dopplr founder Marko
Ahtisaari echoed that sentiment.
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NBA Social Media
Policy: No In-Game
Tweeting
By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:55:33 AM
With so many athletes taking to
Twitter and other social media
tools, we’ve been closely
monitoring how the professional
sports leagues have been
responding.
The NFL recently reinforced its
reputation as the “No Fun
League” by banning all social
media activity by players, their
representatives, and team
personnel both during and 90 official policy to come out to
minutes before and after games. make a final ruling, but from what
With the NBA season set to tip we know so far, it looks like the
off next month, ESPN reports that NBA is being reasonable here.
the league is set to reveal its own So far, social media has been a
policy, which is described by their great thing for the league: from
sources as “very minimal.” Shaq being one of the first
Not surprisingly, in-game megastars to join Twitter to Allen
tweeting is expected to be banned. Iverson announcing where he was
Beyond that though, it seems as if signing with a tweet, fans are
most other social media activity more connected than ever to their
will be allowed, though treated favorite athletes heading into this
much like other forms of media season. Hopefully, the NBA
communication. realizes a good thing and allows it
For example, players and to keep blossoming.
coaches that take to social media
to criticize officials can still
See Also: How the NBA is
Using Social Media
expect to receive fines from the Images courtesy of iStockphoto,
league. However, ESPN reports Viorika, LUGO Reviews:
that individual teams will still iStockphoto
have discretion to add their own Tags: NBA, social media,
rules on top of those imposed by sports, twitter
the NBA. We’ll wait for the
32 Tech/
TUAW Talkcast live tonight at 10pm Eastern
By Mike Schramm (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 9/27/2009 12:30:00 PM
Filed under: Hardware, Retail,
Rumors, Software, iMac, Apple
Our weekly talkcast returns to
the virtual airwaves this evening
over on Talkshoe, so if you're
around on a Sunday night, and
want to tune in and talk Apple
with a crew of TUAW bloggers
and readers, you're in luck. We'll
start up at around 10pm Eastern
this evening, and we'll be talking
about the biggest stories in the
province of Applevania, including
the "new" features of Gmail push
and MMS on the iPhone(and how
neither one really works as it
Nokia acquires 'social atlas'
service Dopplr
By Don Reisinger
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:59:57 AM
Nokia announced Monday that it
has acquired "social atlas" service
Dopplr for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition isn't much of a
surprise. Last week, reports
surfaced claiming the deal was
already done, but neither Dopplr
nor Nokia would confirm it at the
time. Those same reports
suggested that Nokia would
acquire Dopplr for $15 million to
$22 million, but the official
announcement did not mention an
acquisition price.
Neither Dopplr nor Nokia
immediately responded to request
for comment.
probably should), as well as the
ongoing rumors of new iMacs and
the tough topic of how to actually
install apps on Mac OS X.
Should be a lot of fun --
definitely tune in if you can make
it. To participate on TalkShoe,
Dopplr allows users to create
trips and share them with friends.
The service also provides users
with help on each leg of their trip,
providing tips and advice on
hotels and restaurants. Aside from
a Web site, Dopplr is available as
an iPhone app. It's also integrated
into social services such as Flickr
and Twitter.
Nokia said that it doesn't plan to
alter Dopplr. In a statement
announcing the acquisition, Nokia
said that "the acquisition does not
change the current Dopplr
service." Dopplr founder Marko
Ahtisaari echoed that sentiment.
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client, or you can try out the Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 27 Sep (Mashable!)
classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see Submitted at 9/28/2009 12:54:32 AM
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just click the"TalkShoe Web" doodles, as they call them, are
button on our profile page at 10
stuff of legend. Recently,
however, Google has started
changing logos more often,
2 Billion Apps Downloaded pointing out to various events,
people, and causes about once per
From the Apple App Store week.
After the recent mysterious
By Stan Schroeder series of logos and tweets, which
(Mashable!) turned out to be a tribute to H.G.
Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:35:14 AM Wells, the current Google logo is
an obvious tribute to Chinese
When it comes to big numbers, philosopher Confucius, who was
Apple is never shy. And they’ve born on 28th of September, 551
got every reason to be proud BC. Besides being a philosopher,
about their App Store figures; reformer, and a generally smart
before the iPhone, smartphone dude, Confucius was especially
manufacturers cared little about well known for his sayings; you
third party applications; now, revenue, as many of them are free, can find a nice list of them here.
they’re a huge market. And but the ratio of free to paid apps is But this is not the only new
Apple’s App Store just hit another now looking pretty good; for Google doodle in the past 24
important milestone: 2 billion example, AdMob’s estimate is hours; a couple of hours ago,
downloaded apps. that 1 in every 4 downloaded apps Google was spelled with two l’s
Here’s some more numbers for on the iPhone has been paid for. ( G o o g l l e ) i n t h e l o g o i n
you: over 50 million iPhone and Now take into account those celebration of the company’s
iPod touch users can now choose blooming iPhone sales, and you’ll eleventh birthday, which falls on
between more than 85,000 apps, find that Apple, indeed, has a lot 27th of September. Reviews:
c r e a t e d b y o v e r 1 2 5 , 0 0 0 to be happy about. Reviews: Google
developers. iPhone Tags: confucius, Google, logo
Of course, those 2 billion apps Tags: apps, iphone, smartphone
don’t directly translate into
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District Attorney Wants To
Appeal Lori Drew Ruling
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 3:56:58 AM
This is incredible. Apparently
the US prosecutor in the bogus
Lori Drew case, which the judge
finally tossed out in August is
looking to appeal the decision. It's
up to the US Solicitor General as
to whether or not that actually
happens, but just the fact that the
prosecutor is still pushing this
case is ridiculous. It was clearly
an attempt to twist a law
(unauthorized computer access)
well beyond what it was meant to
2 Billion Downloads Later, Apple's App Store is
Still Going Strong
By Frederic Lardinois
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:41:18 AM
Apple today announced that a
total of 2 billion apps have now
been downloaded from the App
Store. There are now over 85,000
apps in the store, up from 65,000
on July 14, and the number of
developers has grown from
100,000 in July to around 125,000
today. Every day, iPhone and
iPod touch users now download
close to 6.6 million apps every
day and this number continues to
grow.
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Travel Social Network Dopplr
Acquired by Nokia
By Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 4:19:03 AM
Dopplr has just published on
their official blog that they’ve
been acquired by Nokia for an
undisclosed amount. We’ve Turn a Soap Dish into
covered Dopplr back when
cover in an attempt to bring Drew they’ve received early stage
a BlackBerry Cradle
up on charges because people funding. The service will not change, [DIY Creations]
didn't like the end result of what To see what Dopplr is about, Dopplr will remain integrated
happened, even though she didn't check out one of the locations in with services such as Flickr or
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
break the law. The judge tossed it its database. It lets you connect Twitter, but if you’re worried, you Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:00:00 AM
out because of how ridiculous it with other users who’ve visited or can copy the data from your
was. Also, apparently the cases are currently visiting the same The ergonomics of BlackBerrys
account. Reviews: Dopplr, Flickr, make them difficult to fit into a
that the prosecutor relied on in locations, and find out info about Twitter
pushing the original case have accommodation, food, sights to stand-up dock or charging cradle,
Tags: acquisition, dopplr, flickr, as evidenced by scant appearance
now been rejected as well, making see, and other points of interest. Nokia, twitter
the argument even more tenuous. What does it mean for the end in our roundup of nine non-
What a waste of time for a US user? Nothing bad, claims Dopplr. iPhone docks. Modified soap
prosecutor. dishes, however, make for a nice
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This Story One crafty BlackBerry owner
looked at a 99-cent Molger
bamboo soap dish and thought its
shape and size made for a nice fit
with his phone. With a bit of
sticky velcro, Hrishikesh modified
his desk to keep a charger plug off
the ground and keep the nicely
wood-matched cradle in place
Sponsor we depend on data from third- when his phone wasn't present
The App Store is obviously one party services like AdMob for this and charging. The soap dish can,
of Apple's most important assets information. According to of course, hold phones other than
in the mobile market. While AdMob, iPod touch and iPhone BlackBerry models, but its wide
Microsoft's Zune HD, for users are more likely to buy apps base seems like a very good fit.
example, is getting a lot of than users of any other mobile Bamboo blackberry cradle[IKEA
favorable reviews, the absence of platform and are also more likely Hacker via Lifehacker AU]
an application ecosystem makes it to interact with mobile ads.
a far less compelling product than For developers, no matter the
Apple's more expensive iPod programs are fart apps and single- grumblings about the App Store
touch product line. On the iPhone book eBook apps. approval process, the App Store is
side of things, competitors like It would be nice if Apple gave simply the largest and most
Windows Mobile, Android, and us a better breakdown of the kinds lucrative marketplace for their
Nokia also have nothing to offer of apps it actually delivers (free work right now. Discuss
that comes close to matching vs. paid, games vs. utilities, etc.).
Apple's App Store - even if we This kind of transparency is
assume that a lot of these 85,000 obviously not in Apple's DNA, so
34 Tech News/
Netflix Everywhere: Sorry Cable, You're History
By Daniel Roth (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 9/27/2009 5:00:00 PM
It had taken the better part of a
decade, but Reed Hastings was
finally ready to unveil the device
he thought would upend the
entertainment industry. The
gadget looked as unassuming as
the original iPod—a sleek black
box, about the size of a paperback
novel, with a few jacks in
back—and Hastings, CEO of
Netflix, believed its impact would
be just as massive. Called the
Netflix Player, it would allow
most of his company's regular
DVD-by-mail subscribers to
stream unlimited movies and TV
shows from Netflix's library
directly to their television—at no
extra charge.
The potential was enormous:
Although Netflix initially could
offer only about 10,000 titles,
Hastings planned to one day
deliver the entire recorded output
of Hollywood, instantly and in
high definition, to any screen,
anywhere. Like many tech
romantics, he had harbored
visions of using the Internet to
rout around cable companies and
network programmers for years.
Even back when he formed
Netflix in 1997, Hastings
predicted a day when he would
deliver video over the Net rather
than through the mail. (There was
a reason he called the company
Netflix and not, say, DVDs by
Mail.) Now, in mid-December
2007, the launch of the player was
just weeks away. Promotional ads
were being shot, and internal beta
testers were thrilled.
But Hastings wasn't celebrating.
Instead, he felt queasy. For weeks,
he had tried to ignore the nagging
doubts he had about the Netflix
Player. Consumers' living rooms
were already full of
gadgets—from DVD players to
set-top boxes. Was a dedicated
Netflix device really the best way
to bring about his video-on-
demand revolution? So on a
Friday morning, he asked the six
members of his senior
management team to meet him in
the amphitheater in Netflix's Los
Gatos offices, near San Jose. He
leaned up against the stage and
asked the unthinkable: Should he
kill the player?
Three days later, at an all-
company meeting in the same
amphitheater, Hastings announced
that there would be no Netflix
Player. Instead, he would spin off
the device, letting developer
Anthony Wood take the
technology and his 19-person
team to a small company Wood
had founded years earlier called
Roku. But Netflix, which had
already begun streaming movies
to users' PCs, was hardly giving
up on the idea of streaming them
to televisions as well. Instead, the
company would take a more
stealthy—and potentially even
more ambitious—approach.
Rather than design its own
product, it would embed its
streaming-video service into
existing devices: TVs, DVD
players, game consoles, laptops,
even smartphones. Netflix
wouldn't be a hardware company;
it would be a services firm. The
crowd was stunned. In half an
hour, Hastings had completely
reinvented Netflix's strategy.
Today, nearly 3 million users
access Netflix's instant streaming
service, watching an estimated 5
million movies and TV shows
every week on their PCs or living
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SquarePants, The IT Crowd, or cancel their cable subscription,"
Lost whenever they like. They can Roku's Wood says.
watch recent releases like WALL- Whether Hastings cops to it or
E and Pineapple Express. In other not, that day could be coming
words, they can get unlimited soon. That's why, for Hastings to
access to the kinds of fully accomplish his vision, he'll
programming that previously have to go up against some of the
required a cable subscription. most powerful incumbents in
(One visitor to the Netflix blog media: the cable companies and
was particularly pleased to see content providers that have
that they could stream old successfully stymied or co-opted
episodes of Dora the Explorer: all previous entrepreneurial
"We couldn't cancel cable until efforts. So far, Hastings has
more kids' shows were available avoided the wrath of the giants by
to watch instantly. Thanks for building his Netflix service
saving us another $400/year.") surreptitiously, slowly amassing
Netflix has taken the boldest step his library of streaming content
yet toward a world in which and giving viewers new ways to
consumers, not programmers, access it. And now, even if the
room sets. They get it through determine not only what they cable and content companies do
R o k u ' s p l a y e r , w h i c h w a s watch but when, where, and how. take him on, it may be too late.
successfully launched in May The dream of routing around Hastings' Trojan horse—Netflix's
2008. (The Roku now also offers cable companies just may be in software, embedded on myriad
more than 45,000 movies and TV sight. consumer devices—is already in
shows on demand through You'll never hear Hastings point place.
Amazon.com and, since August, that out, however. Unlike many in It is odd, in an era when the
live and archived Major League the tech world, he's a quiet Internet seems able to worm its
Baseball games.) They get it disrupter, sabotaging business way into every part of life, that
through their X b o x models silently and irretrievably. nearly all of us still watch
360s—Microsoft added Netflix to His first hit was to the DVD television the old-fashioned way,
its Xbox Live service last fall. business. Netflix, which lets piped over cable or beamed in by
They get it through LG and subscribers hold on to movies for satellite and available only in
Samsung Blu-ray players. They as long as they like, was cheaper, bloated packages of channels
get it through their TiVos and new easier, and more convenient for programmed by network
flatscreen TVs. By the end of consumers than building film executives. Breaking out of this
2009, nearly 10 million Netflix- l i b r a r i e s ; D V D s a l e s h a v e system requires more patience,
equipped gadgets will be hanging plummeted as Netflix has grown. money, and technical expertise
o n w a l l s a n d s i t t i n g i n And while his streaming service than the average couch potato is
e n t e r t a i n m e n t c e n t e r s . A n d would seem to present a similar willing or able to expend: Plunk
Hastings says this is just the t h r e a t t o c a b l e c o m p a n i e s , an expensive streaming device or
beginning: "It's possible that Hastings argues that their real PC tower in the living room, wire
within a few years, nearly all challenge comes from the Internet up a connection to the TV, and
Internet-connected consumer in general, not just Netflix. "I install the Boxee app or program a
electronics devices will include mean, will people disconnect their BitTorrent RSS feed to get the
Netflix." cable over time?" He shrugs. content. Watching live shows in
And the devices won't just be "Potentially." Hastings may real time requires an even more
streaming remaindered basic- undersell the impact of his elaborate work-around. Cable
cable or art-house fare: Already, service, but some of his partners companies have made some feints
Netflix customers can call up just don't share his gift for diplomacy.
about any episode of SpongeBob "Our goal is to have everyone
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toward giving subscribers more
control over what they watch, but
most of their efforts have been
lackluster. Verizon's FiOS TV
offers access to a few user-
generated Web sites; Comcast and
Time Warner Cable are rolling
out services that let subscribers
stream cable channels to their
PCs.
The set-top box has proven to
be a closed and well-guarded
fortress against a world of clouds
and openness. The cable and
satellite industries, and their
partners in Hollywood, work
strenuously to keep it that way.
It's easy to see why: Those little
boxes bankroll their business.
While the cable companies offer
telephone and broadband, TV
subscriptions still account for
about 60 percent of their revenue.
About a third of those fees get
funneled to cable networks like
Disney and Discovery, where they
account for at least half of their
revenue. Another chunk of
subscription revenue goes to
movie studios, which make more
than $1 billion a year charging
premium channels like HBO for
the right to air their films. Even
broadcast networks like ABC and
NBC, which don't make any
money from cable bills, would
still prefer that the content they
make available online not be
viewed on a TV set, because they
can't sell as many ads for their
Web versions. Fox crams 18
commercials into every Sunday
night airing of The Simpsons,
earning 54 cents per viewer. But,
according to research firm
Sanford C. Bernstein, Fox airs
just three commercials for the
same show on Hulu—a site it co-
owns with NBC Universal and
Disney—earning a measly 18
cents per viewer. Netflix CEO
Reed Hastings.
Photo: Robert Maxwell
The man who would overturn
this decades-old system is an
unlikely revolutionary. Hastings
carries himself with a laconic
modesty that contradicts an
ambitious and restless mind. He
has the deep tan of a dedicated
snowboarder and a salt-and-
pepper goatee that gives him a
casual, approachable air. A quiet,
hands-off leader, he sets the tone
and objectives and lets his
employees figure out how to
execute them. His main directive
is that everyone act like an adult:
Netflix has no vacation policy
(take as much as you need, when
you need it), pay is flexible (stock
or cash, your choice), and though
firings are unusually common,
severance checks are unusually
generous. Hastings is comfortable
creating his own rules for how to
run a business; you don't see any
management tomes in his office.
In fact, he doesn't even have an
office. The CEO prefers to stroll
around, a ThinkPad in hand,
pitching camp in an empty
conference room or huddling in
an engineer's cubicle to
whiteboard some formula.
One recent morning, Hastings
gathered a group of seven newly
hired Netflixers in a sunny
conference room on the roof of
the company's headquarters. He
does this once a month and, as
always, kicks off the discussion
by asking everyone to talk about
the best movie they've seen in the
past few weeks. He picks Jimmy
Carter Man From Plains: "Five
minutes in, I was hooked. The
filmmaker did a good job making
him not boring." The talk flows
easily, but the goal is bigger than
making everyone comfortable;
he's reinforcing the idea that
Netflix culture revolves around
serving up content.
Since starting the company in
1997, Hastings' goal has always
been the same: to deliver the right
content in the fastest and most
economical way. Obsessed with
designing the perfect algorithm
for helping viewers discover new
movies, he has packed the place
with mathematicians and
engineers. They test everything,
from the recommendations engine
to the Web site's design. But if
Hastings uses geeky number-
crunching to help customers find
their movies, his process of
delivering them has been
decidedly low tech: sending
DVDs in red envelopes via the US
Postal Service, which costs him
roughly a quarter of his $1.4
billion in annual revenue.
Hastings has wanted to move
beyond the silver discs for years,
but his early attempts to deliver
movies over the Net were slow
and kludgy. In 2000, his engineers
came up with a service that took
16 hours to download a two-hour
movie. Hastings killed the project
and disbanded the team. In 2003,
a new group of engineers built a
small, TV-connected Linux PC
that could pull in movies. It cost
$300 and took two hours to
download a film. Again he
wielded his ax. Hastings'
decisions may have seemed
coldhearted, but ultimately they
were proven correct. Other
competitors like Akimbo brought
similar boxes to market—and
failed.
It wasn't until 2006 that he tried
again. By this time, the long-
download problem had been
solved by widespread adoption of
broadband among consumers.
Meanwhile, the spread of
YouTube had gotten users used to
the idea of streaming content
rather than downloading and
saving it. So Hastings put together
another team of engineers, who
developed a way to navigate
unreliable home networks,
allowing bitrates to shift
midstream to maintain the best
picture quality with the least
amount of buffering.
But the technology was the easy
part. Once Hastings decided not to
release his own player, he
encountered a different challenge:
finding devices beyond Roku that
would agree to host Netflix's
streaming service. One of the first
companies he turned to was
Microsoft. Practically since
releasing its Xbox in 2001, the
company had dreamed of making
the console into more than just a
gaming machine for teenage boys.
It offered more than 17,000
movies and TV shows over Xbox
Live, but consumers mostly
ignored them; apparently they still
saw the console as a Halo delivery
device. Providing unlimited
access to Netflix's streaming
library could change that.
Microsoft executives were won
over, but even they were surprised
at the service's success: Within
three months of the late 2008
launch, more than 1 million
people had signed on, a huge
percentage of whom had never
touched an Xbox before. "There's
a w h o l e
demographic—women—that we
now pick up," says Robbie Bach,
president of Microsoft's
entertainment and devices
division. "They always thought of
Xbox as a hardcore gaming
machine. It belonged in the kid's
bedroom or the den or some place
where 'my husband cocooned
when he wanted to play games.'
Now its front and center in the
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house because everyone wants to
stream a movie."
Since then, a full Netflix
pandemic has broken out.
Microsoft incorporated the service
into its Windows Media Center
software, meaning anyone with
Vista can stream Netflix to their
TV. Hastings inked deals with
Sony and Samsung to put the
service into Bravia TVs and Blu-
ray players, respectively. The
service started showing up in TVs
made by Vizio, the largest seller
of LCD televisions in the country.
And Broadcom began baking the
software into some of its
flatscreen chips, making it easy
for any TV maker to offer sets pre
-loaded with Netflix. (As an extra
incentive, Netflix pays
manufacturers a bounty for any
new subscribers that sign up via
their products.) Investment bank
Piper Jaffray estimates that 25
percent of Netflix's 2.4 million
new subscribers this year will
come through one of the
streaming devices.
With the device makers on
board, Hastings had an even
tougher task. He needed more and
better content. The interface could
be the slickest around, but nobody
would tune to Netflix's service if
it only had back-catalog flicks and
old TV shows. In other words,
Netflix needed Hollywood.
Despite having run a movie-
distribution company, Hastings
was far from a Hollywood insider.
Netflix simply bought DVDs like
any other customer (albeit one
with a major movie jones),
occasionally striking special
revenue-sharing deals for certain
titles. The studios couldn't do
much: A section of the US
copyright law known as the First
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Sale Doctrine states that, as long
as you own it, you can basically
do whatever you want with a
physical disc. As one studio exec
says, "We don't have a choice. We
were backed into the business
model."
But with online streaming,
Netflix has no such advantage.
The First Sale Doctrine gives
Netflix the right to do what it
wants with the disc, not the
movie. Netflix suddenly needed to
craft more-complicated licensing
deals. Push too hard or offer the
wrong incentives and the studios
could block Netflix from getting
good content; acquiesce too easily
and Hollywood would happily
impose intolerable rules
regulating when a movie could be
shown, on what platform, and for
what price. Part of Netflix's
promise is that it offers, like cable
and broadcast TV, all-you-can-eat
content. If the company bargained
away that feature, its service
would become just another pay-
per-view platform.
To woo Hollywood, Hastings
turned to Ted Sarandos, who
oversees a staff of 75 at Netflix's
Beverly Hills beachhead.
Sarandos, a former executive at a
video distribution company,
serves as translator between the
geeks and the studio executives.
"There's a lot about the
entertainment industry that drives
Silicon Valley insane," Sarandos
says. "Just the way things work,
the politics of it, the pace of it."
Sarandos asked his team to use
their data-mining skills to help
him find deals. While other video
providers might ask studios for a
sack full of sure things—new
releases by big-name
stars—Netflix's engineers could
dig through their queue and
review databases to find sleeper
hits that its users actually wanted
to watch but that studios might be
willing to license for a pittance.
Earlier this year, for instance,
Netflix jumped at the chance to
stream a French film called Tell
No One. The movie pulled in just
$6 million at the US box office,
but enough subscribers added it to
their rental queues that Netflix
was able to calculate an estimate
of how popular the film would be.
Almost immediately after Netflix
started streaming it, Tell No One
became the fourth-most-watched
piece of content. "We have the
rental history and the queue
insight that enables us to go after
things that other people may not
be really even hunting," Sarandos
says.
Unearthing overlooked gems is
great, but Netflix's service will
never take off until it can offer up
its share of blockbusters. To get
those titles, the company needed
some way to hack the so-called
windowing system, the
complicated schedule that governs
which distributors can show what
films and in what format. First,
national and international
theatrical distributors pay to show
a film in their theaters. Next,
there's the DVD and pay-per-view
windows. Then there's the
combined $1.7 billion a year that
channels like HBO, Starz, and
Showtime spend to secure the
exclusive rights to show movies
to subscribers. (Each studio
usually signs with just one pay
channel; all Warner Bros. movies
appear only on HBO, while
Sony's go to Starz.) After a few
months, the pay-TV networks
hand off their rights to
broadcasters and ad-supported
cable stations. A few years later,
the premium channels get the
films back, giving them exclusive
rights to air them. The windowing
system can keep films locked up
for years; Disney's National
Treasure: Book of Secrets came
out in 2007 and is spoken for until
2016. Unless Hastings and
Sarandos could find a way around
the windowing system, it would
be a challenge to show any major
movies that had been released in
the recent past.
Then they discovered a
loophole: Why couldn't Starz sell
Netflix the right to air its movies,
just as it did with Comcast? Starz
had the pay-TV rights to newer
titles, exactly what Netflix lacked.
Netflix had nearly 9 million (now
almost 11 million) subscribers; if
it were a cable company, it would
be number three, bigger than
Cablevision and Charter
combined. "We looked at our
contract rights and saw that they
were an aggregator of content just
like the other distributors," says
Starz CEO Robert Clasen.
Anthony Wood created the Roku
media streamer while working at
Netflix.
Photo: Robert Maxwell
In October 2008, the two
companies announced a deal that
would add 2,500 fresh titles to
Netflix's service. The studios were
stunned. "This is the last thing
you want," moaned one studio
executive. "More eyeballs with no
incremental revenue."
Hastings' window probably
won't stay open forever. Unhappy
studios or cable companies could
easily renegotiate their contract
with Starz to discourage it from
working with Netflix. Still, the
deal kicked off what Hastings
hopes will be an unstoppable
virtuous cycle. If Netflix can use
the Starz offerings to sign up
more subscribers, those
subscription fees will generate
more revenue. And with more
revenue, Netflix can afford to pay
more studios for rights to more
films—which will draw in still
more subscribers. And so on.
Ultimately, if Netflix can grow
and maintain a big enough library
by working directly with the
studios, it won't need the likes of
Starz. Sure, it could potentially
overturn the way Hollywood has
done business, but as long as the
studios are getting paid, why
should they mind? "Think of all
things in Hollywood as 'money
talks,'" Hastings says. "If we can
generate enough money for
studios, we can get any content
we want."
As Hastings chips away at
Hollywood, he's also moving as
fast as possible to cement
Netflix's presence in the next
generation of home entertainment
devices. He knows he has limited
time before the rest of the movie-
distribution industry realizes what
has hit it. "We had DVD by mail
mostly to ourselves for five years
before Blockbuster attacked," he
says. "And then they gave us hell
for five years. So, as great as
things are going now, I'm like,
remember, hell will return."
It could come from anywhere.
Maybe one day the studios decide
they don't need Netflix and start
dealing directly with device
manufacturers. Or they could just
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jack up the fees they charge
Netflix. Amazon or Apple could
emerge as a tough competitor.
Cable behemoths could use their
power to block Netflix's access to
content, or they could try to put
together their own Netflix-like
services. ("There is no reason why
this isn't something we can
compete with," says Peter Stern,
chief strategy officer of Time
Warner Cable.)
There are a million different
ways for Netflix to fail. But that
has always been the case. Netflix
should have failed already, taken
down by Blockbuster or Wal-
Mart, kneecapped by Hollywood,
made irrelevant by BitTorrent or
iTunes. Yet time and again, the
company has not only survived
but quietly thrived—on the
strength of its unique algorithms
and its relentless focus on getting
customers content they didn't
even know they wanted.
Speaking to his new hires,
Hastings lets slip a rare glimpse of
immodesty. "When people
connect with a movie, it really
makes them happy, and that's
fundamentally what we're trying
to do," he says. "Today you love
one out of three movies that you
watch. If we can raise that to two
out of three, we can completely
transform the market and increase
human happiness." He makes it
all sound so easy—never mind the
powerful competitors. Ultimately,
the key to film nirvana, whether
delivered by DVD or streamed
over the Internet, can be as simple
as cracking an equation.
Senior writer Daniel Roth(
daniel_roth@wired.com) wrote
about reforming Wall Street in
issue 17.03.
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Submitted at 9/28/2009 3:52:06 AM
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50 Real-Time Web Startups
These companies are listed in
alphabetical order. Once again,
please use the comments section
to add other startups that should
be on our radar. You can also of
course voice your agreement or
disagreement about our choices!
AllVoices; Breaking News,
Current Events, Latest News and
World Events.
bit.ly(betaworks); URL
redirection service with real-time
link tracking.
BoilingPage; Find popular
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(ETonline - Breaking News)
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President Barack Obama and his
webpages among people in real
time.
Cleartext; Enterprise Messaging
Software as a Service.
Cliqset; Merging, Organizing
and Sharing Social Information.
Cluuz; Web search engine
featuring semantic cluster graphs,
image extraction, and tag clouds.
Collecta; monitors the update
streams of news sites, popular
blogs and social media.
CrowdEye; Real-time Social
Search.
Daylife; A point & click tool to
create dynamic content portals.
Faroo; Real Time Search.
FirstRain; search-driven
research.
Fwix; a local news site designed
to show you the most recent and
relevant information in your area.
Google; adding real-time web to
search.
HighNote; Search, track and
share the real-time web.
Insttant; Real Time People
Generated News.
Isode; Messaging and Directory
Server Software.
itpints; Real-time web search
engine.
Jive Software; Social Business
Software (SBS).
JS-Kit ECHO; next generation
commenting system.
Kaazing; Enterprise Gateway
extends real-time messaging and
live data delivery to the Web.
Lexalytics; Sentiment and Text
Analysis.
beautiful wife, First Lady
Michelle, dazzled at the annual
Congressional Black Caucus
Phoenix Awards ceremony in
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lifestream from Facebook &
multiple Twitter accounts.
Shareaholic; An extension to
share and bookmark web-pages
on popular social sharing and
bookmarking services.
Liaise; an email add-on that Superfeedr; Real-time feed
analyzes the free-text contents of parsing in the cloud for web-
your emails as you write them.
MicroPlaza; Popular topics and
developers. Todoist Anywhere
Surf Canyon; Free Browser Add
news from the Twitter public -On for Real-Time Personalized Turns Gmail Messages,
timeline. Search. Web Sites Into Tasks
oneriot; real-time search engine. Sysomos; Business Intelligence
PBworks; Collaboration, for Social Media. [To-do Lists]
Intranet, Extranet, Project
Management.
Thoora; delivering the news By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
attracting the most buzz and Submitted at 9/28/2009 5:30:00 AM
PeopleBrowsr; Social Search, discussion.
Sentiment and Conversation TIBCO; business integration Web-based to-do manager
Mining Dashboard. and process management software Todoist already integrates with
Perpetually; keep up to date on company that enables real-time Gmail forwards and opens from
your competitors. business. Launchy, but a "Todoist
PostRank; Discover the best Topsy; search engine powered Anywhere" bookmarklet makes
blogs, find and follow topic by tweets. the service easy to integrate with
experts and influencers. tr.im; URL shortening. Gmail labels or individual
Present.ly; a micro-blogging Tumblr; light blogging service. messages, as detailed in this
communication tool for your Tweetdeck; desktop Twitter video.
company. client. As noted in the video, you can
Radian6; Social Media Twitter; micro-blogging. sign up directly from the pop-
Monitoring, Measurement and Vayusphere; an enterprise open bookmarklet, and clicking
Engagement. software company dedicated to the bookmarklet while an email
Real-Time Innovations; Real- the acceleration of a corporation's message or search/tag results page
time messaging middleware and time critical and frequently used gives Todoist a little special
design expertise. business processes. context for your tasks and sub-
reddit; User-generated news WebTrends; Enterprise tasks. Got another tool to integrate
links. Customer Intelligence. Todoist, or another task manager,
Scoopler; real-time search Wowd; a tool for finding with your Gmail? We'd love to
engine. popular information, in real-time. hear about it in the comments.
Scout Labs; web-based Yauba; Privacy safe, real-time Todoist Anywhere[Todoist]
application that finds signals in search engine.
the noise of social media. Discuss
Seesmic; manage your
Washington D.C. -- ET has the
pics!
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A New Venue for Indie Films: Your
iPhone
By Sarah Perez
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:30:49 AM
Did you see the latest Jude Law
movie? The film, a murder
mystery from art house director
Sally Potter takes place in
Manhattan's fashion world and
features other famous actors
including Dame Judi Dench,
Steve Buscemi, John Leguizamo,
and Dianne Wiest. "Rage," as the
film is called, isn't all that
remarkable in and of itself, but the
way it's being distributed is: via
mobile phones. Choosing to forgo
the typical theatrical release,
Potter went an entirely different
route for her new indie flick: Rage
premiered exclusively on the
iPhone.
Sponsor
Released last week through the
iPhone/iPod Touch mobile
application Babelgum(iTunes
link), the film represents the first
ever attempt to distribute a feature
film for free by way of mobile
phones. In fact, the mobile
platform didn't just serve as the
place for the film to make its
debut - it was the primary
distribution channel as well. The
only theatrical showings of the
movie were two red-carpet events
- one at New York's The Box
theater and another in London,
Terrell Owens Rips Rodney Harrison
By Michael David Smith
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:47:00 AM
by Michael David Smith
Filed under: Bills, NFL Media
both of which took place last
week.
Not only does the film embrace
the mobile as the core piece of its
release pattern - a pattern which
also includes simultaneous
launches on DVD and the web - it
embraces the mobile platform as a
way to tell the story, too. Instead
of offering up a large video
download, Rage was released in
seven parts throughout the week
through the streaming media
application, Babelgum, which has
now climbed to #16 on the list of
top free Entertainment-based
iPhone apps.
The film's style is also well
suited to the mobile with a
minimalist look and feel where
the story is told through
exclusively through close-up
interviews of fourteen people who
witnessed an event at a New York
fashion show. There are no
nuanced details or special effects
here - it's a perfect fit for a mobile
audience who often half-watches
videos while killing time or
driving to work.
According to filmmaker Potter,
this experimental distribution for
her new movie is actually an
attempt to fight the digital piracy
problem faced by the movie
industry today. And yes, she's
doing it by by offering up her film
for free...albeit in a way that
Watch Buffalo Bills wide receiver
Terrell Owens took to Twitter to
lash out at former Patriots safety
and current NBC analyst Rodney
Harrison Sunday night,
responding to Harrison ripping him on television by making
ensures the film can only be
viewed, not recorded. However,
after watching the iPhone release,
those interested in owning the
movie can immediately purchase
a DVD which includes 21 unused
scenes by way of the film's online
site for $24.95. That, too,
represents, a major change to the
usual release pattern for films.
Typically, the movie-DVD release
window involves several months
of waiting where the only way to
watch the movie is through illegal
means such as using the peer-to-
peer technology known as
BitTorrent.
Will this rethinking of movie
distribution pay off? It's too soon
to tell, but industry insiders are
watching with deep curiosity. Jim
Shomos, an Australian writer-
producer known for mobile video
series, for example, thinks using
the mobile platform is a more
direct way of getting the film to
the target market - that is, people
under 35.
Others are more skeptical. After
all, does anyone really want to
watch a full-length film on their
mobile phone? Oh that's right,
they do. Apple's iTunes store is
proof of that. Now if we could
only get studios to release really
good films this way... Discuss
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More Proof: Facebook for the Rich,
MySpace for the Poor
By Sarah Perez
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:21:47 AM
Oh how the mighty have fallen.
The one time king of social
networks, MySpace, now has the
honor of being the site where the
less affluent members of the
online population stake their
claims by way of bedazzled
profiles overrun with auto-playing
videos and songs. Meanwhile, the
upscale, financially solvent users
have moved on - and by moved
on, we mean to Facebook, of
course. At least those are the
findings of the latest social
networking study done by
American consumer behavior
analysis firm Nielsen Claritas.
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By no means is this the first
time that the demographics of
today's social networks have been
scrutinized and analyzed by
researchers, nor is it the first time
that they've come to this same
conclusion. Earlier this summer,
for example, Anderson Analytics
looked into this same topic,
studying trends among social
networking users on Facebook,
MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
They found that Facebook users
tend to be better off financially,
while MySpace users' income was
the lowest out of the four
networks studied.
Those claims are now being
further backed up by the Nielsen
study, which, in addition to noting
the financial discrepancies, also
discovered that many social
networking users tend to be
urbanites, especially those
engaged in blogging and tweeting.
The study examined seven of
the most popular social
networking and blogging sites
including Facebook, MySpace,
Blogger, Twitter, WordPress,
ClassmatesOnline, and LinkedIn.
Through the Claritas product,
Nielsen segments their online
panel of 200,000+ participants
into demographically and
behaviorally distinct groups
which include everything from
"Young Digerati" to
"Heartlanders." After doing so,
they found a notable difference
between the two top social
networking sites, Facebook and
MySpace.
According to the research, the
top third of lifestyle segments
relative to affluence (aka the
"richest" users) are 25% more
likely to use Facebook than those
in the lower third. The bottom
third segments related to affluence
(aka the "poorest") are 37% more
likely to use MySpace. Also of
note, Facebook users are more
likely to use LinkedIn, a site for
professional business networking,
and again, another factor which
points towards the differences in
demographics between the two
social networks.
Besides confirming the income
discrepancies between MySpace
and Facebook, Nielsen also
discovered that those involved in
blogging and tweeting tend to live
in more urban areas such as New
York, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, and Chicago. The 12
"Urban" lifestyle groups tracked
by the company are more likely to
use Blogger, WordPress, and
Twitter than the 22 "Town and
Rural" segments. However, there
was no mention of these groups
being more affluent, just more
urban. Discuss
Cartoon: The Worm Has
Turned
By Rob Cottingham
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/27/2009 12:10:27 PM
Last week's flurry of Twitter DM
spam from hacked or phished shows that that isn't a perfect
solution either.
accounts wasn't the first instance
of that and won't be the last. Apparently there's no substitute
for ruthlessly and constantly
As long as people are willing to
trust their Twitter log-in policing your own feed,
thoroughly investigating services
information to third parties - and
don't look carefully at URLs before you sign up for them,
double-checking the URL every
before they log into websites - and
time you are about to enter info
as long as a small number of bad
actors want to pee in the social into a form, and regularly purging
your OAuth settings of services
media swimming pool, this kind
you no longer use.
of thing will continue happening.
Sponsor Also, to be safe, change your
password regularly... you don't
And it's not just the log-in-here-
have to be obsessive about it:
and-we-will-steal-your-
password.com's of the world you every three hours or so should be
enough. And because erring on
have to worry about. Legitimate
the side of caution is always a
third-party services whose
security isn't up to snuff could be good idea, fake your own suicide
and change your identity at least
compromised, and your
once a year.
credentials could be stolen from
them. Twitter's use of OAuth is a And you thought Twitter was
going to be fun? Slacker.
big step forward... although the
More Noise to Signal. Discuss
rash of Mobster World spam

Tate Forcier OK to play for Michigan Wolverines with sore shoulder

By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:07:36 AM
ANN ARBOR, Mich. --
Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez
says quarterback Tate Forcier's
sore right shoulder will not
prevent him from playing
Michigan State this week.
Big Ten blog
ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
writes about all things Big Ten in
his conference blog.
• Blog network:
College Football Nation
Rodriguez plans to limit Forcier
in Monday's practice. He says the
freshman is expected to be cleared
to work out with the 23rd-ranked
Wolverines on Tuesday.
Forcier injured his throwing
shoulder in Saturday's 36-33 win
over Indiana, making the game-
winning throw late in the fourth
quarter after he was hurt earlier in
the game.
Michigan (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten)
will play its first road game this
season Saturday at Spartan
Stadium against Michigan State (1
-3, 0-1).
Copyright 2009 by The
Associated Press
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Turn Your Windows 7 PC Into a Wireless
Hotspot [Windows 7]
By The How-To Geek
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:00:00 AM
Everybody's got a wireless
network at home, but if you've
ever wanted to get your iPod
touch, iPhone, or other wireless
device connected but all you've
got is a wired network at work,
school, or elsewhere, Windows 7
makes this process trivial.
Not using Windows 7 yet? You
can accomplish the same thing in
Windows Vista, XP, and even OS
X—the Windows Vista method is
almost identical to Windows 7,
but XP requires a few more steps.
Before we begin, you should
make sure that you've got a laptop
or desktop with a wireless card
that isn't currently connected—if
your laptop is connected to the
wired network, your wireless card
should be free, and we can use it
to allow access to the internet.
Note that you have to be plugged
into a wired connection in order to
share the connection wirelessly
with others. Readers should also
note that this won't work on
(some) work networks that use
group policies to enforce TPS
report cover sheet boredom and
prevent you from having any fun
at all.
You'll want to start out by
heading into the Network and
2-on-1: Predictions We'll Probably Regret
By Adam Gretz (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 10:00:00 AM
by Adam Gretz
Filed under: NHL Fans
Every Monday during the
season two of our hockey writers
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Apple App Store hits
2 billion downloads,
85,000 apps
(CNET News.com)
way you can quickly switch back Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:16:00 AM
and forth between connections
with just a few clicks. Apple announced Monday that
The last step is enabling over 2 billion apps have been
connection sharing through your downloaded from its App Store
regular network card, which will since the e-commerce shop's
allow anybody connected to your launch in July 2008. The company
ad hoc wireless to use your also said that there are now more
internet connection. To do so, than 85,000 apps available.
you'll want to head into the More numbers: There are
Network and Sharing Center, currently 50 million iPhone and
click the "Change adapter iPod Touch customers, as well as
settings" link on the left, and then over 125,000 developers in
find your network connection in Apple's iPhone Developer
the list—it's very important that Program. All that has combined to
you only enable internet make the company's App Store
connection sharing on the adapter the world's largest applications
that is actually connected to the store, Apple claims.
Sharing Center through the WEP is extremely easy to crack, internet. In this case, my internet "The rate of App Store
Control Panel, or you can quickly and you'll want to make sure to access at work goes through my downloads continues to accelerate
get to it by right-clicking on the use at least a decent sized key Local Area Connection, so I've with users downloading a
network icon in the system tray. even for WPA2. The really enabled it there. staggering two billion apps in just
Once you are there, find the link important option on this page is to At this point, you should be able over a year, including more than
for "Set up a new connection or remember to check the box for to connect any wireless device to half a billion apps this quarter
network". "Save this network". your new ad hoc network and alone," Apple CEO Steve Jobs
You'll be prompted with a At this point your ad hoc access the internet, or even share said in a statement. "The App
wizard that allows you to connect network should be running and files directly with your laptop. Store has reinvented what you can
to VPNs, dial-up, or create a new ready to start connecting your Have you been able to do with a mobile handheld device,
ad hoc wireless network, which is devices, but you'll want to hold successfully get your wireless and our users are clearly loving
what we want to do. You can off just a minute. device connected to your PC? Tell it."
easily use an ad hoc network to You'll notice that the ad hoc us about your experience in the At a rock-n-roll-themed event
share files back and forth between networks that you create get comments. earlier this month, Apple reported
two computers, but today we'll be added to the quick-select wireless The How-To Geek is having fun that the store had over 75,000
using it for sharing the internet network list-when you disconnect downloading apps to his iPod applications and accommodated
connection. from your ad hoc network—it's Touch while sitting at his desk at 1.8 billion downloads. In other
You'll need to give your t h e s a m e a s s t o p p i n g i t . work. His geeky articles can be words, in about three weeks' time,
network a name and choose some Connecting to the network is the found daily here on Lifehacker, it has added over 10,000 apps and
security options—remember that same as starting it back up; this How-To Geek, and Twitter. users have downloaded an
additional 200 million
applications.
will debate one topic. It's the 2-on EST . Please see our terms for use Among those thousands of new
-1. This week Adam Gretz and of feeds. apps recently added, one stands
Chrisopher Botta go back and Permalink| Email this| Linking out for apparently pushing the
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2-on-1: Predictions We'll appeared on Fanhouse NHL Blog images and videos of bikini-clad
Probably Regret originally on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:00:00 adult film stars.
42 Tech Tips/ TV/ Internet News Record

Entourage:
Scared Straight
By Jonathan Toomey (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 11:59:00 AM

Try Out an Unofficial, Tap and Hold to Prevent

( S06E11)"E, I've had most of
this town, so it was bound to
happen that our trees would
But Working, "Chrome iPhone Photo Rotation dabble in the same forest at some
point." - Drama
One down and one to go in
OS" [Downloads] [Tricks] Entourage's sixth season - a
season I should point out that
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Google Chrome inside, along with By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) somewhere on the screen with a started off incredibly strong and
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:00:00 AM a pre-built Flash plug-in. Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:00:00 AM finger to keep the photo rotated in ended up flopping around like a
You can grab an ISO image to that way, regardless of how you dead fish after those first few
Windows/Mac/Linux: The install Chrome OS to your disk, If you've ever shown off your tilt your screen. With the 3.0 and stellar eps. However, last week's
official, actually-made-by-Google but most folks will probably want iPhone's photo collection to later firmwares, you'll probably installment, " Berried Alive,"
Chrome OS won't hit netbooks to try out one of the virtual friends, you know that trying to get a little "Copy" bubble prompt redeemed much of what had been
until late 2010, but you can try out images, pre-built and ready for give everyone a good view often over your finger, but it's worth the bad and for the most part, "Scared
a custom-built Linux distribution VirtualBox or VMware. Our results in an annoying battle minor annoyance to avoid the Straight" continued that trend.
that's somewhat stripped down beginner's guide to VirtualBox against sensitive accelerometers. bigger annoyance of "Oh, wait, With that in mind, there's at
and puts Google's browser at the should get beginners started on Try using your thumb to lock wrong way ... wait, no, it should least a little excitement going in to
center of everything. Windows or Linux machines with iPhone photos in place. be ... Can you see it, Tom?" next week's finale because we
"Chrome OS" was built using Virtualbox. The direct download iPhone app maker Bjango This works on iPod touch really don't know what's going to
SUSE Studio, a distribution and wasn't working as of this post, but reveals this little tidbit in a blog models as well, of course, but happen on a few fronts.
virtual appliance builder spawned a BitTorrent link posted in the p o s t m e a n t f o r d e v e l o p e r s doesn't seem to work in Safari. Continue reading Entourage:
from the OpenSUSE Linux Downloads section of Chrome OS w o r k i n g on t h e i r Tell us if you've found another Scared Straight
distribution. It loads up with a was fairly speedy. landscape/portrait layouts, but it's app the "finger lock" works well Filed under: OpEd, Entourage,
Chrome icon, uses built-in " C h r o m e O S " i s a f r e e a good tip for use in regular with. Testing landscape app Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
webapp links to Google Calendar, download, runs as a bootable ISO applications, Photos included. interfaces[Bjango Blog via Just Permalink| Email this| |
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OpenOffice, just in case you need this early stab at a fan-made
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Intel's Lynnfield mysteries solved
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:01:00 AM
The mysteries of the Lynnfield
and Jasper Forest die photos
(from last week's post titled "
Investigating Intel's Lynnfield
mysteries") were all cleared up at
the Intel Developer Forum last
week, and as expected, there was
nothing sinister going on--just
some confusion in Intel's graphics
arts department.
With the help of the always-
helpful George Alfs of Intel's
press relations department and
Intel vice president Mooly
Eden(general manager of Intel's
PC Client Group), we got
everything straightened out.
Literally!
Here's the die photo of Intel's
Lynnfield chip from my previous
post:
Die photo of the Core i5/Core i7
processor code-named Lynnfield,
with labels.(Credit: Intel)
This is the newest (shipping)
part based on the Nehalem
microarchitecture, differing from
the earlier Bloomfield by the
addition of an on-die PCI Express
controller. Both chips are made in
Intel's 45nm process technology.
According to Eden, the
Lynnfield chip design is shared
with several other Intel chips that
will be on the market soon,
including the Core i7 Mobile
processor code-named Clarksfield
Sorting the Sunday Pile: Eric Mangini Has Already Lost His Team
By Ryan Wilson (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:30:00 AM
by Ryan Wilson
Filed under: Browns, NFL Fans
Sorting the Sunday Pile looks
back at the NFL weekend that
and a server processor code-
named Jasper Forest.
Here's Clarksfield in a new
photo that was used in many Intel
presentations at IDF:
Die photo of the Core i7 Mobile
processor code-named
Clarksfield.(Credit: Intel)
Like the Jasper Forest image in
that earlier post, this Clarksfield
photo is a mirror image of the
Lynnfield shot. (The remaining
difference in rotation is
inconsequential, since the
direction of "up" is just a matter
was. It's also an unofficial Jim
Zorn blog.
Maybe Browns owner Randy
Lerner was a tad premature to hire
Eric Mangini 15 minutes after
giving Romeo Crennel the boot.
That seemed to be the consensus at the time and the sentiment was
Tech Reviews/ Sports/ 43
surprised by this decision given
that Clarksfield and Lynnfield are
likely to sell many millions of
units, but it's a reasonable
explanation.
The Jasper Forest chip, on the
other hand, has all of this circuitry
present and active: three memory
channels, a QPI port, and even
some features not found (or at
least not enabled) on the PC parts
such as hardware acceleration for
RAID 5 and RAID 6 storage and
support for PCIe-based clustering.
Some interesting IDF
presentations went into detail on
how Jasper Forest can be used in
embedded systems such as storage
controllers and high-speed
network routers.
As we learned at the Linley
Tech Processor Conference earlier
this month, Intel has seen strong
demand for Nehalem-based chips
of convention.) All of the images the Clarksfield or Lynnfield in networking gear. With its
at IDF were consistent, so it's variants. This makes good sense, higher level of integration than
pretty clear the older Lynnfield since if there's nothing there but previous Nehalem server chips
p i c t u r e w a s j u s t r e v e r s e d blank silicon, a manufacturing such as the Xeon 5500 series,
somehow before it was labeled. defect in that area can't kill the Jasper Forest will be an even
It's easier to see in the chip. better fit for these systems.
Clarksfield photo that a portion of Alfs went on to say that Intel My only remaining question
the chip, a narrow vertical strip at chose not to create a new layout about Intel's publicity images
the top left corner, has no for the chip, even though it could relates to the photo on Mooly
circuitry on it. Alfs explained to have been smaller without QPI or Eden's biography page. I suspect
m e t h a t t h e Q u i c k P a t h the third memory channel (also it may be Photoshopped, since
Interconnect (QPI) I/O circuitry in unused but fully present on the I've never seen Mooly looking
this area was simply deleted from chip), because the costs of the that somber in real life...
the chip when it was taped out, effort just wouldn't have been
since it wasn't going to be used in worth the savings. I'm a little
reinforced after watching Mangini Team originally appeared on
lead the Browns to three losses, Fanhouse NFL Blog on Mon, 28
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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey Apple taps second

invested in Foursquare iPhone partner in U.K.
(CNET News.com) Union Square Ventures, which may have been what set into (CNET News.com) analyst Carolina Milanesi said.
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:33:00 AM participated in Twitter's Series A motion some erroneous rumors Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:44:00 AM "It's something we expected,
and B rounds but sat out on the this month that Twitter itself given how Apple moved away
Twitter just closed a massive most recent one. AllThingD's would be relocating to New York. Orange will carry the iPhone in from exclusivity deals in all the
funding round that reportedly has Peter Kafka speculates that a $100 Twitter's definitely hunting for the U.K. in the fourth quarter of other countries except the U.K.,
given it a billion-dollar valuation. million funding round may have new office space to house its this year, the operator announced Germany, and U.S.," Milanesi
Meanwhile, co-founder and been out of the question for Union rapidly growing workforce, we Monday. said. "Apple will get a larger
chairman Jack Dorsey is making Square, which specializes in early hear, but it's staying in its home The move marks the end of footprint in the U.K., which is
investments of his own: he's one -stage investments. city of San Francisco. c o m p e t i t o r O 2 ' s l u c r a t i v e their biggest market outside the
of the undisclosed angel investors Jack Dorsey, meanwhile, was But back to Foursquare. What's exclusivity on Apple's handset in U.S."
i n g e o l o c a t i o n s t a r t - u p Twitter's inaugural CEO, but interesting is that Twitter's this country, and comes days after Milanesi predicted that Orange
Foursquare, quite a few sources stepped down in favor of fellow application program interface O2 announced the release details will offer similar iPhone tariff
have told CNET News. co-founder Evan Williams, a (API) will soon expand to include for the rival Palm Pre smartphone, pricing to that available on O2
News of the New York-based more seasoned tech industry geolocation data, something that on which it has U.K. exclusivity. and will rely instead on
Foursquare's venture round, led veteran, about a year ago. Dorsey could potentially make it compete Orange did not say exactly "differentiated offerings on
by Union Square Ventures, leaked remains an important face of the with the core business of when it will begin to carry the services" to set it apart from its
earlier this month via an SEC company even as he works on his Foursquare--a tiny start-up that iPhone. When O2 launched its rival. O2 has various tariffs for
filing. A source with knowledge next company, reportedly a was basically built from the ashes iPhones in November 2007, it did the iPhone--for example, a 44.05-
of the deal's terms said that about mobile payment gadget start-up of ill-fated Google acquisition not specify the duration of its pound-per-month ($70 per month)
$200,000 of that $1.35 million in code-named "Squirrel." Dodgeball and launched this year exclusivity deal with Apple, other tariff on a 24-month contract
funding was taken up by the angel A source with knowledge of at the South by Southwest than to describe it as "multiyear." gives the user the iPhone 3GS for
investors, including Dorsey, but New York's start-up scene says Interactive Festival. Dorsey's T h e m o s t c o n s e r v a t i v e free.
that there are quite a few hats in that Squirrel's real name will investment is obviously personal, understanding of "multiyear" as The Gartner analyst also said
the ring so none of them has a actually be "Square." No relation not on behalf of Twitter, but now "two-year" indicates that the O2 would be likely to position the
particularly huge stake in the to Foursquare. We think. (Dorsey he's got a stake in both companies' earliest Orange could start Pre as an alternative to the iPhone
company. wasn't immediately available for success. stocking the handset is November for "people who want a similar
Foursquare's executives have comment.) UPDATE at 8:26 a.m. PT: This 9. experience but with a QWERTY
chosen to keep the names on the Side note: Squirrel, or Square, post was updated to clarify that All currently available versions keyboard."
list quiet. or whatever its final name is, may the name of Dorsey's new start-up of the iPhone--the 8GB 3G, the Orange and T-Mobile are
Twitter and Foursquare already be headquartered in New York may be "Square." 16GB 3GS, and the 32GB 3GS-- currently in talks regarding a
have an investor in common: rather than the Bay Area. That will be offered by Orange, a merger, which is scheduled for
spokesperson for the company mid-2010. A spokesperson for T-
TGS 2009: New Final Fantasy XIII trailer is heavy on said. The France Telecom-owned Mobile said Monday that the two
operator has not given details of o p e r a t o r s a r e r e m a i n i n g
story, light on English pricing. Orange sells the iPhone in "standalone operations" for now,
By Xav de Matos (Joystiq) Sadly, the entire trailer is in XIII trailer is heavy on story, light 28 countries and territories and that the Deutsche Telekom-
Submitted at 9/28/2009 10:00:00 AM Square Enix's native tongue -- on English originally appeared on worldwide. owned carrier has no plans to
unsurprising since the trailer Joystiq on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 The end of O2's iPhone stock the iPhone.
Square Enix has finally released comes straight from the TGS 10:00:00 EST. Please see our exclusivity in the U.K. confirms David Meyer of ZDNet UK
its TGS 2009 trailer for the hotly 2009 show floor. Know what's terms for use of feeds. rumors that had been circulating reported from London.
anticipated Final Fantasy XIII. In going on? Sound off in the Permalink| Email this| in recent months, and "fits in with
it, players can watch nearly seven comments. Comments O2 getting the Palm Pre," Gartner
full minutes of the game's story. TGS 2009: New Final Fantasy
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iPhone Roundup: 10 Jewish Apps for the New Year
By Dave Greenbaum
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:00:39 AM
For some readers, it’s the start of
the year 5770. The High Holidays
are over and meeting your
spiritual goals is fresh on your
mind. There is an extensive
amount of Jewish-themed iPhone
apps available. Even if you aren’t
Jewish, these apps highlight some
of the great features of the iPhone
3.x software and the GPS and
compass functions. Religions such
as Judaism have rituals based on
time, location and direction, and
even if you aren’t Jewish, you
might find some of these apps
interesting for their ability to take
advantage of all the iPhone has to
offer, as well as providing a
glimpse into another culture.
Kosher($4.99)
Apps like Yelp help you find
the best restaurants nearby via
your GPS, but if you keep kosher,
you want slightly different
information about a restaurant.
First, obviously, is if they are
kosher, but the Kosher App also
includes reviews from users of the
website Shamash.org as well as
the certification authority used to
determine if the place was kosher
(some authorities are accepted
more widely than others). The
application can also work without
an internet connection since the
database is downloaded during
setup. The app also contains the
blessings for the meal, although
the average user of Kosher
probably already knows them.
Kosher Cookbook($4.99)
There are lots of recipe apps out
there, but the average app doesn’t
consider the restrictions on types
and combinations of food kosher
cooking requires. Similar to other
applications, Kosher Cookbook
has a large database of recipes and
allows you to create custom
shopping lists and meal plans. I
liked the organization of the
recipes in such a way that the
kosher home would approach it:
dairy, meat and parve.
Additionally the virtual “shelf” of
cookbooks contains the secular
categories as well, such as
appetizers, breakfast and dessert.
For anyone who keeps a kosher
kitchen, or wants to cook for
kosher guests, this cookbook will
steer you clear of ingredients and
combinations that would be
inappropriate.
KosherMe($6.99)
Originally this started out
including just the blessing over
food (hence the KosherMe title).
Unique to most of the Jewish
applications is the fact that
prayers and information are also
in Hebrew and until recently the
iPhone didn’t support Hebrew.
Most other applications simply
render the Hebrew as an image.
KosherMe actually renders it like
text and allows you to choose
Hebrew, English, or transliterated
Hebrew (Hebrew words “sounded
out” for those that read English
but not Hebrew). The newest
version expanded to practically all
common Jewish prayers and I use
it to enhance my spirituality. See
a beautiful rainbow and don’t
know a prayer for it? There’s an
Apple/ 45
lite version includes a Zmanim Mizrach(99 cents)
app for that. which uses the GPS to tell you the During many Jewish prayers in
iBlessing(99 cents) proper prayer times for your America, you must pray pointing
If you just want the blessings c u r r e n t l o c a t i o n ( p u s h East, towards Jerusalem. Mizrach,
over food and not sure which one notifications coming?!), a Luach which means “east” in Hebrew,
to say, or how to say it, iBlessing to tell you the current Hebrew uses the 3GS compass feature to
is for you. For only 99 cents, it date and upcoming Hebrew accurately and elegantly tell you
tells you all the proper blessings events, and a public misheberach where east is (technically, slightly
for food as well as washing hands prayer list. southeast). Sure, you can use the
and grace after meals. Instead of Synagogues(99 cents) actual compass, but it isn’t as
showing you the text, it says the So you only go to synagogue pretty. Mizrach will accurately
blessing for you in Hebrew and in twice a year and aren’t sure how direct you towards Jerusalem no
English and gives you time to to get there? Synagogue uses your matter where in the world you
repeat each word. If you can’t GPS coordinates to find the might be praying.
read Hebrew at all, this is great. closest synagogue. Maps is Shabbat Clock (Talking
Bonus prayers include the Shema ineffective for this search because Version)(99 cents)
and Modeh Ani. Unfortunately, it pulls up day schools and other One of the restrictions of a
even with iPhone sound turned places affiliated with synagogue, traditional Jewish Sabbath is the
off, it plays introduction music but not houses of worship. inability to use electronics such as
which can be disconcerting if you Additionally, Synagogue tells you an alarm clock. Generally, you
only want the blessing. the religious affiliation of the can set the alarm clock in
Siddur($9.99), Siddur Lite(99 s y n a g o g u e (Reform, advance, but you can’t snooze the
cents) Conservative, and so on) as well alarm because that would be using
In sharp contrast to KosherMe is as the rabbi’s name, the website, electronics. You can’t even wake
Siddur. Siddur is, pardon my and the number of households in up the phone from sleep because
cross-cultural reference, the whole the congregation (in case you that would be “using” the phone.
enchilada. Not only does it want a smaller or larger one to Shabbat Clock keeps it’s app open
contain practically every common attend). and prevents the iPhone from
prayer and blessing a Jew would Shabbat Shalom(Free) going to sleep (make sure it’s
need, but it subdivides those What time does Shabbat start? plugged in). At the appointed
prayers into the various cultural What time is it over? What’s the time, it will play an alarm for up
backgrounds such as Ashkenazik Torah portion for the week. This to a minute. It will even
and Sephardic. The folks at Rusty application I use more than any automatically call someone if
Brick really went all out to make other to answer these questions. you’d like.
this program the center of your Since many of my friends are For those so inclined, an iPhone
iPhone Jewish life. On the basic observant Jews and do not answer might be your must trusted tool in
level, Siddur includes the morning the phone on Shabbat, being able the synagogue next to your siddur.
and evening services as well as to see what the start and end times Just please put it on vibrate during
most major blessings in all the for Shabbat where either I live or services! Subscribe to GigaOM
Nusuch. Unlike KosherMe, there they live is very helpful. You can Pro and gain access to our
is no English transliteration or add multiple locations so I know Webinar, " Biggest Opportunities
transliterated Hebrew. You have not only when I can call local in the Smart Grid," on Oct. 7,
to know what you’re saying. people, but when I can call 2009.
Siddur Lite stops there. The non- observant friends and family
living out-of-state.
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Intel’s Light Peak was Apple’s Idea
By Liam Cassidy
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:25:08 AM
Last week at the IDF 2009
Conference in San Francisco,
Intel unveiled a new next-
generation data transfer
technology dubbed Light Peak.
It’s basically an optical subsystem
comprised of lasers, modules and
probably the odd Flux Capacitor
here and there. The outcome is
transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps.
(By comparison, the upcoming
USB 3.0 standard will provide
maximum throughput of ‘only’
3Gbps. So-called “Hi-Speed”
USB 2.0, in case you’re not yet
impressed enough, manages a
measly 480Mbps.)
Furthermore, Intel says the
technology can support multiple
devices on the same port
simultaneously, without the need
for adapters or extension dongles,
and maintain data parity at cable
lengths up to one hundred meters.
Wow.
So it’s heart warming to know
that Apple originally devised the
concept for Light Peak. Engadget
reports that Steve Jobs presented
the idea to Intel’s Paul Otellini
back in 2007. Apple was
interested in developing an
insanely high-speed interoperable
standard capable of shifting huge
amounts of data and, “…replace
the multitudinous connector types
with a single connector (FireWire,
USB, Display interface).”
Speed Demon
Street Chic: Milan Fashion Week
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 4:00:00 AM
She's on top of the world in sky-
The blistering super-speed of
Light Peak makes it ideal for
driving bandwidth-intensive
devices and peripherals on the
desktop — say, multiple HD
panels — but the real world
benefits to ordinary consumers
(after all, most end-users do not
have high-end desktop hardware)
would obviously lie in handheld
integration. Because the
technology supports multiple
devices on the same port, it means
a portable device could potentially
do-away with the tradition of
providing several different I/O
ports. Doesn’t this sound typically
Apple? Say goodbye to Ethernet,
USB, Mini DV, FireWire, optical
audio in/out, HDMI and so on.
Light Peak offers to replace them
all with a single, super high-
bandwidth alternative. Fewer
ports means fewer components
and smaller, thinner devices
requiring less power. Presumably,
they would be cheaper to
manufacture, passing those
savings down to the customers in
the shape of lower prices. That
said, I wouldn’t expect Apple to
factor that into its premium
pricing philosophy. Apple’s not
exactly known for its low, low
prices.
So what does it all mean in
practical, everyday terms that, you
know, matter to ordinary people?
Well, right now, it means almost
nothing since the technology is
still in the developement stage.
According to Engadget’s Joshua
Topolsky, Apple intends to
high platform ankle boots.
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introduce the new standard (yep,
it’s not just a new toy, it’s a whole
new standard) in late 2010.
Beyond that, 2011 might see low-
power variations appear in
handheld devices.
The concept behind Light Peak
is typically Apple. It offers a real,
practical — and aesthetically
pleasing — solution to the age old
problem of cable-mess while
introducing impressive new
technology to the industry.
Jonathan Ive and Steve Jobs are, it
seems, almost pathologically
opposed to seeing buttons, ports
and other bits and pieces on their
devices. In fact, Ive said of the
MacBook’s redesign; “We’ve
refined and refined every detail in
the service of the user, just to get
rid of complexity. If something
doesn’t need to be there, it’s not
there. I don’t know how we could
make something any more
essential, any simpler…”
And for ultimate minimalism,
look no further than the iPhone. It
wouldn’t surprise me in the
slightest if Ive and Jobs
considered a zero-button design at
one point in the iPhone’s R&D
infancy.
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According to Engadget, the
roadmap for Light Peak, as it
stood in 2007, “…includes Light
Peak being introduced to the
iPhone / iPod platform to serve as
a gateway for multimedia and
networking outputs.”
Light Peak would offer an
incredible data transfer platform
to replace the USB standard used
with all iPods and iPhones today.
Imagine transferring an HD movie
from iTunes to a device in mere
seconds, or your entire iTunes
music library in about a minute.
And there’s no reason why OEMs
can’t build Light Peak right into
their chipsets and motherboards,
allowing for ever-higher bus
speeds.
Apple was smart going to Intel
with the proposal for Light Peak.
Introducing a new toy is relatively
easy, but introducing a whole new
platform is much harder. By
handing the task to Intel, Apple
can ensure this new standard
makes its way into more hardware
than Apple products alone.
USB 3.0 has been a long, long
time coming, and many OEM’s
are, presumably, invested in long-
term licensing deals which allow
them to build USB support into
their products. At launch, Light
Peak would be an expensive new
platform (those licenses won’t be
cheap!) that initially only Intel’s
first-tier partners might support
(Engadget tips the hat toward
Sony as a possible early-adopter).
Most OEMs will likely “wait and
see” if the technology proves
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stable, reliable and economical in
the long run. But at least they will
consider it. They might not give it
any attention at all if it were to
appear as an Apple-only
technology.
And goodness only knows if
we’re about to see the start of
another format war, pitted
between USB 3.0 and Light Peak
1.0. One More Thing
Engadget adds that Intel has
plans for a new low-power Atom
chip, due to launch next year, that
will be positioned to compete
with chips currently found in
mobile devices such as iPhones,
netbooks and set top boxes. Says
Engadget, “The indication we’ve
been given is that that product
(coupled with the Light Peak
standard) could provide the basis
for some “big” MID news in
2010.”
I’m gonna watch the evolution
of Light Peak carefully, and I
think you should, too. Sure, it
doesn’t (yet) promise the wireless
goodness of the more mature and
proven USB 3.0 standard, which,
at the very least, won’t require
end users replace all their
peripherals with Light Peak-
enabled alternatives. But it does
offer the kind of wideband, high-
speed convergence our
increasingly interconnected
devices cry-out for. Subscribe to
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EU Says iPhones Will Be Pulled, If
Proven Dangerous
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:00:20 AM
The European Union isn’t taking
reports of potentially dangerous
iPhone malfunctions lightly. EU
Commissioner for Consumer
Protection Meglena Kuneva
issued a warning today that
iPhones will be pulled from store
shelves if it turns out recent
screen explosions are hardware-
based problems.
Kuneva says the issue is now in
the hands of independent labs
checking to see if it is in fact
something integral to the devices
that’s led to the incidents. Apple
maintains that the problems are
freak exceptions, and seems to
have suggested to the EU
Commission investigating the
matter that users overheating
lithium ion batteries is what’s to
blame.
For those not up to date, iPhone
owners have reported several
separate exploding screen
incidents in a number of different
countries, including EU member
states. The similarity of the
accounts and the behavior of the
devices up to and including the
actual explosions themselves, in
addition to the mounting number
of incidents reported, led the EU’s
Commissioner for Consumer
Protection to mount a full-scale
investigation into the matter.
Apple’s line has always been
that the problems are due to user
abuse, not something wrong with
the devices themselves. Claims by
Commission members that Apple
is specifically citing overheated
lithium ion batteries is the closest
the company has come to pointing
out a specific cause for the
incidents.
Commissioner Kuneva also
discussed what information she
needs to act, and cited another
case in which a product was
proven dangerous and removed
from market:
We need to have 100 percent
certainty from one member state
that these goods are dangerous. If
I receive from the French
authorities information that they
are dangerous, I will act in the
interests of the consumer. I will
ask my network for a recall of the
product as we did with the Italian
(Senseo) coffee machines. There,
it was proven that they burned the
hands of consumers.
If confirmation comes from any
member state investigating the
matter in which one of the
incidents occurred, a group which
includes Britain and Germany in
addition to France, the EU will
stop the sale of the iPhone across
all member countries. This won’t
directly affects sales in other
international markets, like the
U.S., but other countries may be
prompted to impose bans of their
own following the EU’s findings.
There is little Apple can do at
this point besides await the
commission’s decision, since any
admission of a hardware defect on
its part would lead to a product
recall and a cessation of sales
anyway. Better to wait and see
what independent lab testing
shows, and have its hand forced in
a worst case scenario. Subscribe
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Opportunities in the Smart Grid,"
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What's On Tonight: How I
Met Your Mother, National
Parks, Lie To Me, Trauma
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 12:16:00 PM
• TV Land has an Andy Griffith
Show marathon all night.
• WE has a Golden Girls
marathon all night.
• At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour
Dancing with the Stars, followed
by a new Castle.
• CBS has a new How I Met
Your Mother at 8, then new
episodes of Accidentally on
Purpose, Two and a Half Men,
The Big Bang Theory, and CSI:
Miami.
• NBC has a new Heroes at 8,
followed by the series premiere of
Trauma and a new Jay Leno
Show. Plus 8 at 9.
• FOX has a new House at 8, • At 10, A&E has a new
then the season premiere of Lie Hoarders.
To Me. • TLC has a new Ultimate Cake-
• The CW has new episodes of Off at 10.
One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl. Check your local TV listings for
• PBS has the series premiere of more.
The National Parks: America's After the jump, the late night
Best Idea at 8. talk shows.
• There's a new Lincoln Heights Continue reading What's On
on ABC Family at 8, then a new Tonight: How I Met Your Mother,
Greek. National Parks, Lie To Me,
• Also at 8: Nickelodeon has a Trauma
new Glenn Martin, DDS. Filed under: Late Night,
• At 8:30, ESPN has a new Programming, Celebrities, Talk
Monday Night Football, the Show, What To Watch Tonight,
Panthers vs. the Cowboys. Reality-Free
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Permalink| Email this| |
Night RAW. Comments
• TLC has a new Jon & Kate
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Bored to Death boasts an
impressive cast - are you
watching?
By Jane Boursaw (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 11:35:00 AM
I've caught the first two episodes
of HBO's Bored to Death, and
while I'm not totally in love with
the show (yet), the cast is
impressive enough to keep me
coming back for more.
The three main characters are
Jonathan Ames (Jason
Schwartzman), a struggling writer
who leads a double life as a
p r i v a t e d e t e c t i v e ; G e o r g e like a can't-miss TV series. Let's Incredible Hulk episode as a kid,
Christopher (Ted Danson), the
editor of Edition magazine and first two episodes, and will tune in second Hulk isn't anywhere near
Jonathan's sometimes employer for more to see where it goes.
(and pot supplier); and Ray
Hueston (Zach Galifianakis), a
talented cartoonist who's
Jonathan's best friend.
There's plenty of street creds in
the other players, too, including
Kristen Wiig, Jenny Slate,
Heather Burns, Olivia Thirlby,
and Trieste Kelly Dunn. Based on
Talking truth with Tim Roth of Lie to Me
By Jonathan Toomey (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 10:02:00 AM
Lie to Me is not a show that
grew on me last season. When it
first premiered earlier this year, I
didn't even bother watching it. I
tend to shy away from mid-season
replacements to begin with and
something about seeing Tim Roth
speaking in his normal British
Death of the Swamp Thing
By Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:02:00 AM
A television obituary has slipped
through the cracks. Dick Durock
has passed away. Who is Dick
Durock, you ask? Why, he played
the title character in the Swamp
Thing movie written and directed
by Wes Craven and its subsequent
poor follow-up, as well as the
television series based on the
movies. Also, he played an evil
Hulk in The Incredible Hulk
television series and was a
stuntman on various television
all of these folks, as well as the
quirky film noir vibe, it seems shows including Star Trek.
I remember watching that
put it this way: I've enjoyed the
and my first thought was "that
Anyone else watching Bored to as muscular as the first." Still, in
Death? his prime Dick Durock could have
Filed under: Other Comedy undoubtedly kicked my ass.
Shows, Programming, OpEd, Just to prove how tough Dick
Durock was ... I don't know many
Reality-Free
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Comments
accent in promos for the show
seemed weird to me.
Then summer arrived, TV
viewing options started to
dwindle, and suddenly Lie to Me
became a viable option. I watched
the pilot, was mildly amused, and
then dropped it for over a month
before I looked at another
episode. At first, it wasn't that about it, it's good to know that I
great, and now that I've had the wasn't alone in thinking that.
opportunity to speak to Roth Continue reading Talking truth
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Oklahoma Sooners' Sam
Bradford making
progress with shoulder
rehab
By ESPN.com news services
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:54:35 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY --
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said
Monday that Heisman Trophy-
winning quarterback Sam
Bradford is progressing in his
rehab from a sprained shoulder,
but a decision on whether he'll
play against No. 17 Miami won't
pancreatic cancer. Usually, that be made until later in the week.
takes you out in a hurry. If you Big 12 blog
could stand up to Lou Ferrigno, ESPN.com's Tim Griffin writes
pancreatic cancer was in for one about all things Big 12 in his
hell of a fight. conference blog.
[Watch clips and free episodes • Blog network:
of Swamp Thing at SlashControl]
College Football Nation
Filed under: OpEd, Obituaries, Bradford has missed eighth-
Reality-Free
ranked Oklahoma's last two
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Comments his right (throwing) shoulder.
Bradford visited noted expert Dr.
James Andrews in Alabama over
the weekend to get an additional
opinion on how his recovery is
going, Stoops said.
Stoops said he is not trying to be
evasive about Bradford's status
with Tim Roth of Lie to Me and will probably announce
Filed under: Other Drama whether Bradford will play when
Shows, Interviews, Celebrities, that decision is made. The coach
Pickups and Renewals, Early said he expects to have a decision
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NFL Diary: New York Jets 24, Tennessee Titans 17
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 9/27/2009 7:54:27 AM
The Journal provides minute-by-
minute analysis of the New York
Jets’ 24-17 victory over the
Tennessee Titans at Giants
Stadium in East Rutherford, New
Jersey. Journal staffer Peter
Sanders offers commentary on the
game and the CBS telecast.
Associated Press Jets
quarterback Mark Sanchez threw
for two touchdowns and ran for
another.
Well, after a sharp start, a shaky
middle and a solid end, Mark
Sanchez lives up to the hype and
is rolling behind his solid O-line
and his nasty defense. The Titans
weren’t as bad as you’d think an 0
-3 team would be, but they
couldn’t get it done even with a
solid group of parts (Chris
Johnson, Nate Washington,
Kenny Britt, Justin Gage and
LenDale White) that couldn’t
quite equal a winning sum.
I liked how fast the game
moved and it’s one of most
penalty-free NFL games in recent
memory (I think the officials
threw more accidental flags than
actual penalties).
On the question of uniforms,
probably best if the Titans stow
those Oilers duds for another
decade or so, lest the memory of
years of dismal Houston
franchises truly come home to
haunt them. As for the Jets,
dressing like the Steelers seems to
do good things for them. Maybe
they should stick with that look.
4:06: Jets are taking knees. Rex
Ryan looks strikingly like Notre
Dame’s Charlie Weis from the
side. Sanchez is the first rookie
QB since 1970 to start 3-0. First
Jets 3-0 start since 2004 and they
win 24-17.
4:05: Kenny Britt couldn’t
salvage a long pass from Collins
on a third and 23 situation. Titans
go for it on fourth. Collins airs it
out and there was no one there.
The Oilers are just about out of
gas.
4:01: Titans OT Michael Roos
had somewhere to be way before
the snap. So he went. David
Harris just sacked Collins. Hard
on the blindside. Two-minute
warning coming up.
3:58: Titans are out of timeouts.
Ryan Mouton is waiting to field
the punt. He looks nervous. Or he
might be thinking about meeting
Dierdorf and Gumbel in a dark
alley after the game. They keep
mentioning that he went to
college in Hawaii. Mouton isn’t a
factor as the 23-yard punt takes a
Titans’ bounce. 2:52 left and they
start at the Jets 35. Chris Johnson
gets a good first-down run.
3:57: Jeff Fisher is on his
headset asking if Warren Moon is
available.
3:54: The swarming Jets
defense forces another
questionable throw by Collins.
Result: Jets LB David Harris
intercepts, giving Sanchez a few
yards to work with. Jets take over
at their own 33. 3:50 to play.
3:51: A high throw off of
Chansi Stuckey’s hands lands in
Titans safety Chris Hope’s
waiting hands….Collins starts
from his own 35 and has six
minutes to get back into the lead.
Jets fans are making noise now.
My dog is asleep. It takes a lot
more noise to wake her.
3:49: All this punting, it’s like
watching tennis. Back and forth
and back and forth. But Jim
Leonhard whips out a 37-yard put
return, which puts the Jets on the
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up 24-17 with 11:30 to play. holding, even though it appeared
Meantime, the NY Giants also Leon Washington got facemasked
have 24 points on the board at before throwing a nice reception
Tampa Bay, but haven’t had to to Mark Sanchez.
work nearly as hard. The Bucs 3:15: Here comes the Titans
have zero. punting unit again after the Jets
3:31: Say goodbye to a timeout, put up another solid defensive
Coach Fisher. Old Jerricho was series. Jets will take the ball on
inbounds and now Sanchez will the Titans’ 42 yard line with 3:20
Titans’ 39 yard line with seven try to push the Jets back into the left in the quarter.
minutes left to play. end zone and get some distance 3:13: Breaking News! The
3:46: Ryan Mouton handles this on the Titans’ 17 points. hapless Detroit Lions are leading
fair catch and Kerry Collins is 3:28: Sanchez just hooks up the Washington Redskins 13-7
back in the game at his own 30 with Cotchery on a bigtime NFL with 4:00 left in the third quarter.
after a tepid series by the Jets. play. Play is being challenged as Don’t hold your breath or get your
Again, Johnson has nowhere to it appears Jerricho might have hopes up but…..I’m not even
go. I keep thinking the Jets are the b e e n o u t - o f - b o u n d s a t t h e gonna say it. Go Lions!
Steelers and this is some random Tennessee 14. Either way, a 46- 3:09: Sanchez spirals a nice pass
Madden “historical” game that no yard pass. to Jerricho Cotchery to set up first
one ever plays but is installed on 3:24: Titans tailback Chris -and-goal from the 8 with 5:30
the game anyway. Johnson has 14 minutes left to left in the third quarter. Two plays
3:41: Jets defense makes a break off a huge run and live up to later it’s a laser-fired pass to
tough stand and Collins can’t get his hype coming into this game. Cotchery and Sanchez is looking
anything going, so they punt it But so far, he seems to have no solid again as the Jets retake the
away and the Jets take it again answer for the Jets front line. lead 21-17.
from the 20 with 9:52 left. Up the Titans forced to punt from their 3:06: I’ve decided it’s the rain.
road in Foxborough, Mass., the own 10 and Jets will take it out The Titans are absolutely
Patriots are trying to avenge last from their own 40-yard line. Jets jamming up the Jets offense,
week’s loss to the Jets, leading the up by four with 13:30 left in the which again just kicked from deep
Atlanta Falcons 19-10 with 10:55 game. in their territory. But lo!!!! It is
left in the game. The Lions are FOURTH QUARTER the rain, my friends, that caused
still holding off the Redskins, 13- 3:21: End of the third quarter Ryan Mouton to bungle the catch
7 with 9:10 left. and Titans kick returner Ryan and the Jets recover the ball at the
3:40: Thirty-yard gain by Chris Mouton is taking his lumps. He Tennessee 20-something….it’s
Johnson and into Jets territory. A just went right and the punt the third Titans’ turnover and
little bright spot for the running landed way left. Dierdorf and Sanchez gets another chance to
back. But the Jets were ready for Gumbel are piling on and he’s take the lead.
him on the next play, allowing definitely not helping the Titans’ 3:01: Kerry Collins got harassed
only two. cause. by the Jets D-line on that series.
3:37:“And that mustache wasn’t Also, a few commenters are It’s rainy, the officials keep
there last week. It looks like Mr. a s k i n g a b o u t t h e u n i f o r m s . throwing flags when there are no
Sanchez is taking a mustache out They’re the throwback uniforms penalties and the Titans punt it
for a test drive this week,” says that celebrate the 50th year of the into the end zone. Jets will take
Dan Dierdorf. old American Footbal League over on their own 20. Now, my
3:34: Sanchez escapes a near- (AFL). So, today, the Jets are favorite commercial is on. Tony
certain sack and tries to get Tony actually the N.Y. Titans and the Stewart’s Burger King ad.
Richardson in the corner of the Tennessee Titans are the Houston Anything with Erik Estrada
end zone but he pulls it down out Oilers. Hard to keep it straight. (Estrada!!) gets my vote.
of bounds. Jets settle for a 30-yard 3:19: Well, the wackiest play of
field goal from Jay Feely and are the game just got called back on NFL page 50
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2:58: Right about now, I’m
craving an over-priced plastic cup
of beer, a hot dog, nachos and
maybe some sort of Chipwich.
Stadium food. Instead. I’m eating
a banana with peanut butter from
my kitchen.
2:56: Mark Sanchez’s day
started brightly. But it’s gotten
dimmer and dimmer. He’s sacked
on second and 8, but at least he
protected the football. On third
down, a quick outlet pass to
Jerricho Cochtery and it’s gonna
be three-and-out. Jets punt and
Titans call for a fair catch on their
own 46-yard line.
2:53: Leon Washington runs
very fast. But he only makes it to
the 20 with the kickoff before he
hits a wall of Titans. Jets take
over and try to regain the lead.
2:50: Nate Washington just
grabbed a touchdown pass
without any interference from Jets
cornerback Dwight Lowery, who
wasn’t even looking for Collins’
pass. Extra point is good and now
it’s the Titans with a 17-14 lead at
the start of the third quarter.
2:48: Collins finds Alge
Crumpler wide open where he
makes the catch and suddenly, it’s
first and goal from the 8. Chris
Johnson slipped on the first-down
carry and goes down at the line of
scrimmage.
2:46: Third and 8 appears to be
a problem for the Titans. Twice
the whistle blows. And twice the
officials say it’s on them. Jeff
Fisher looks a bit goofy in his
Oilers sweatshirt. Once the play
gets off, Collins nails WR Kenny
Britt with a laser pass into double
coverage. First down at the Jets
33.
2:43: And we’re back..the Jets
kick it out of bounds, which
moves the ball up to the 40-yard
line where Collins will attempt to
take the lead.
THIRD QUARTER
2:33: Halftime and there is a
huge indentation in my couch. I’m
going to get a bit of L.A. sun, but
before I do, let’s discuss. Jets and
Sanchez came out strong and
sharp, putting a quick 14 points
up. But the Titans regrouped and
their defense got their act together
during the second quarter. Mark
Sanchez started to show his
rookie status, losing the ball
without contact twice and
throwing one or two ugly passes
that could have been intercepted.
For the Titans, Kerry Collins and
Chris Johnson have shown
enough flashes of brilliance to
keep the Titans in a game where
the Jets were only favored by one
point. I’m listening to a handful of
highly paid former NFL players
(and Bill Cowher) guffaw over
the plays going on around the
NFL….
2:26: Rob Bironas hits the 38-
yard field goal with little
difficulty. Titans went 60 yards in
under two minutes and it’s now a
14-10 game with Jets holding
onto the lead heading into
halftime.
2:24: Collins takes a delay-of-
game with 27 seconds left as the
play-clock expires. Dierdorf can’t
believe that Collins made such a
bonehead move. I tend to agree.
And when the ball finally gets
snapped, Collins is sacked by
Shaun Ellis and Bryan Thomas.
Collins held onto the ball
somehow. And it’s third and 18
from the Jets 28.
2:21: Alge Crumpler comes on
the scene and grabs a nice pass
from Collins. First down and
getting into easy field-goal range.
Now it’s allergy commercials and
something about how the Las
Vegas housing crisis caused a
serial killer to use vacant homes
or something on CSI.
2:18: Titans rookie Kenny Britt
had to buy 40 tickets for his
family members to attend the
game, Gumbel says. He, Johnson
and Nate Washington are bright
spots for sure.
2:13: The refs are all standing
over the pile as Sanchez just
dropped the ball while he was
pulling back to pass. The scrum
falls on it and, lucky for the Jets,
they recover. Sanchez isn’t used
to playing with a wet ball as it
wasn’t really on the menu at USC.
It’s fourth and 9 and the Jets punt
it away and it rolls into the end
zone. 1:54 left in the half and
Titans take it at their own 20.
2:11: Kerry Collins, on the
move, forced into a bad pass to
Chris Johnson, but it lands in the
hands of Jets safety Eric Smith.
Johnson and Smith go at it a bit
on the ground but it’s Jets’ ball.
They take over around the 50 with
3:30 left in the half. Two
turnovers for each QB in the first
half so far. And Chris Johnson,
who’s averaged 127 yards a game
so far this season, has been held to
just 25.
2:09: Nothing doing for the Jets
even as Jerricho Cotchery catches
a nice Sanchez pass out of
bounds. Jets punt it and Titans
take a fair catch at their own 24.
It’s 14-7 and the Jets’ early
offensive momentum has stalled a
bit.
2:07: Fourth-and-7 and they
went for it. The Journal had a
good story this week about the
efficacy of going for it on fourth
down. Good reading. Collins
overthrows Nate Washington.
And the Jets will take it over at
their own 35 with about 4:45 left
in the half.
2:04: Kerry Collins threads two
tough passes to march the Titans
into Jets territory. A nice pass to
rookie Kenny Britt, out of
Rutgers. But Chris Johnson
doesn’t get much traction on the
ground to start the new set of
downs.
2:01: I hate the Ford F-150
commericals. Not because
somebody had to painstakingly
draw the silly old-west-style
animation but because they
modified the worst line in movie
history: “With great power comes
great responsibility” to “With
great power comes great fuel
economy.” For that sin alone, I’ll
never buy a Ford truck.
2:00: Sanchez throws a slippery
and ugly pass that wasthisclose to
getting picked off. Jets punt it
away and the Titans will take over
around midfield.
1:56: Leon Washington gets
nothing on the kickoff return. Jets
take it from their own 27. How
much do these vintage uniforms
cost? Just thinking about how
much cheddar they dole out for
old-school helmets that will never
see a game again, say nothing of
the jerseys and pants. Also, I like
Gumbel and Dierdorf today: very
straightforward without a lot of
the hyperbole we get on some
other channels…..
1:52: And then White gets
dropped for a 2-yard loss. Now
Gumbel and Dierdorf are
confused about what that play was
d e s i g n e d t o d o .
And……….finally. White powers
his way through the Jets’ defense
and becomes the first to score an
offensive TD against New York
this season…kick is good and it’s
14-7 Jets with 9:24 left in the half.
1:50: LenDale White gets his
first carry as the Titans bring in
the sturdy tailback to push
towards the end zone on first
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down. He takes it again on second
down and it’s third and two from
the Jets’ 7. White gets it a third
time and makes it to about the
three…and it’s first and goal.
1:48: Nate Washington peels off
a nice gain for the Titans on a
pass from Collins. The Titans are
deep inside the red zone and the
Jets take a timeout to regroup.
1:47: The OTHER 2-0 New
York team is leading the Tampa
Bay Bucs 14-0. Must be
something in those Gatorade
coolers this year in New York.
1:46: Chris Johnson finally
breaks free and gives the Titans a
first down. Seeing if they can get
something going from the Jets 30.
SECOND QUARTER
1:43: So the first quarter ends
much like it began: The Jets have
the ball. Sanchez’s first play of
the quarter almost gets picked off
and it’s third and three. Uh-Oh!
Sanchez gets the ball knocked out
of his hand by Tony Brown while
he’s in the pocket and the Titans
recover. Rookie move, as they
say.
1:42: I wonder how much the
makers of “Guitar Hero 5 had to
pay Hugh Hefner to sit in his robe
for 10 seconds surrounded by two
girls playing guitars and say “Two
for one, what a deal!”
1:38: Titans DB Vincent Fuller
gets crunched making the play
after Brad Smith catches a first-
down pass from Sanchez for a Jets
first down. TV timeout as Fuller
regains his wits and trainers check
various body parts.
1:35: Kerry Collins overthrows
it — unless he was aiming for the
sidelines — and the boys in the
booth announce that the head
referee is 60 years old. And he
looks like a cornerback. I think he
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looks more like a safety, but
whatever. Collins gets the throw
off to Justin Gage just before he
gets sacked. However, the Jets
defense knocks it down…..Titans
punt it and Jets will take over at
their own 45-yard line.
1:34: I just noticed the refs are
wearing very goofy orange-and-
white striped shirts. This is
suddenly very distracting.
1:31: Alas, I blogged too soon.
The Jets punt and it’s almost
blocked. Titans will take it over
around their own 15 with about
two minutes left in the first
quarter. Jets still up 14-0.
1:28: Sanchez again connects on
third down. 4-of-4 on first downs
today, they say. Hits Jerricho
Cotchery, who makes the catch
and holds onto the ball for the
first down. Looks like the
beginnings of another march
downfield.
1:27: CBS just showed a quick
clip of Michael Vick’s return to
the NFL with the Philadelphia
Eagles. He gets hit hard for a sack
against Kansas City before the
Eagles go on to score.
1:25: A quick three-and-out and
the Jets call for a fair catch on the
punt deep inside their own
territory. The Sanchise will take
the field again.
1:23: Titans’ first offensive play
sees them lose about two yards
after star running back Chris
Johnson gets stuffed. But the
second-down play sees him
connect to Justin Gage for a nice
little gain. Kerry Collins is 36,
we’re told, and he still has some
“zip” to his pass. This is
demonstrably true.
1:22: The E-Trade baby
commercial is on. It’s not LOL
funny, but more like crack-a-faint
-smile funny. Talking babies.
1:20: Titans put a new rookie in
the backfield–Jason McCourty–to
field the kickoff. He holds onto
the ball and Tennessee will take it
from its own 25. It’s Kerry
Collins’ turn to see if he can catch
up.
1:17: A ridiculous fake by
Sanchez fools the Titans into
collapsing onto the fake run by
Thomas Jones. Sanchez then
hides the ball, lofts it up and over
the pile and finds Ben Hartsock
all by his lonesome in the end
zone. Touchdown and the extra
point is good. Jets lead 14-0
halfway through the first quarter.
The Titans offense has yet to take
a snap.
1:16: Jets driving it back
towards the end zone as they get a
quick first down on the first series
after the Titans’ fumble. It’s first
and goal.
1:13: A Titans’ fumble on the
kickoff return and the Jets recover
the ball on the Titans’ 19-yard
line! It’s a ballgame.
1:10: Wow. Risky move by
Sanchez…faced with the Titans’
blitz, he bolted for the end zone
and put his helmet down against
Michael Griffin, the Titans
safety, to grind out the last yard.
He puts the ball over the line and
it’s ruled a TD before it gets
knocked out of his hand! Extra
point is good and just like that it’s
7-0 Jets.
1:06: Sanchez is moving the Jets
steadily up the field, with nice
work by Jerricho Cotchery and
they’re inside the red zone against
an Oilers/Titans defense that
seems porous to start.
1:04: Leon Washington gets the
carry and the first down.
Sanchez’s first play was a short
gain on a screen as he was under
pressure.
1:02: And Jets will
receive….and the kick is off.
Leon Washington takes it from a
yard deep in the end zone and gets
up to about his own 27 yard
line..Sanchez takes the field.
FIRST QUARTER
1:02: So let me get this
straight…the Jets are the Titans
today and the Titans are the
Oilers? And there’s no green on
the field…
12:53 p.m. ET: Greg Gumbel
and Dan Dierdorf open things up.
Its drizzling at the Meadowlands
and both teams are wearing
vintage jerseys, harking back to
the 50th anniversary of the AFL.
This is going to confuse me. The
Jets are in indigo-blue and gold
N.Y. Titans uniforms and the
Titans are in powder-blue and
white Houston Oilers vintage
uniforms.
Pregame: First, a confession. I
will not be enjoying this game
from the raucous bleachers (or
even the press box) at Giants
Stadium or in a Nashville sports
bar. Instead, through the magic of
the Internet and the lightning-fast
signals of CBS Corp., I will be
able to track this game from the
comfort of my couch in sunny Los
Angeles.
That should not diminish,
however, your reading
experience, or the AFC
showdown between the unbeaten
New York Jets and the winless
Tennessee Titans. Jets coach Rex
Ryan last week successfully fired
up the faithful (and the players);
his fans turned out noisy and his
players turned out stingy in
holding the New England Patriots
to a measly three field goals in
New Yorks 16-9 victory.
Doubtful that he employed the
robo-call to season ticket holders
for the Titans visit to East
Rutherford.
Coming off that victory, all eyes
again are on rookie quarterback
Mark The Sanchise Sanchez, who
had a spot of tendonitis in his
right knee after last Sundays game
but will make the start again for
New York.
Sanchez is backed up by a
defense that has allowed a NFL-
leading average of only 241 yards
in its first two games, even as the
Jets’ offensive production hasnt
been all that spectacular (seventh
in rushing, 19th in passing and
13th in total yards).
The Titans are coming off two a
field goal wudda tied it losses to
the Pittsburgh Steelers and the
Houston Texans and are hoping to
shake that monkey off their back,
lest they fall to 0-3 and remain
trapped in the cellar of the AFC
South.
The past week hasnt been all
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that kind to the Titans as
defensive tackle Jason Jones was
fined $5,000 by the NFL for
scrapping on the Texans sideline
during last Sundays game, while
ex-wide receiver David Givens is
looking for $25 million from the
Titans in a lawsuit that alleges the
team knee about Givens hinky
knee but never told him about it.
The Titans declined to talk about
the lawsuit and Jones and head
coach Jeff Fisher disputed the
NFLs assertion that Jones threw a
punch.
Fisher also spent the week
auditioning punters after Craig
Hentrich strained his left calf
during the loss to the Texans.
Veteran QB Kerry Collins will get
the start against the Jets but the
playmaker is expected to be
second-year running back Chris
Johnson, who has already rolled
up 254 yards this season and had
two touchdowns versus the
Texans (Former Man of Troy
LenDale Whitethe underrated
tailback during the Reign of
Reggie at USCwill also get at
least a few touches from Collins).
Ryan himself told reporters at the
teams media briefing on Friday
that Johnson might be the fastest
running back hes ever done seen.
My regular duties involve
writing about commercial
airplanes, so allow me to borrow
from there for a minute: I invite
you to sit back, relax and enjoy
the ride as we see if the Jets are a
for real 3-0 team or if the Titans
can bring some heat and crawl out
of their early-season hole.
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Phil Mickelson wins Tour Championship; Tiger Woods takes

FedEx Cup
By Associated Press which he won six times and was "I'm sure I would probably be than Tiger. Mickelson led the Confident as ever from his
(ESPN.com) no worse than second in nine of more happy tomorrow than I am field by converting 19 of 47 birdie putting tips from former PGA
Submitted at 9/27/2009 8:21:30 PM his 17 tournaments. right now, because you're in the attempts. champion Dave Stockton,
"I like the way today went," moment trying to win this event," "I knew it was close, put it that Mickelson rolled in consecutive
ESPNews Highlight Of The Mickelson said. "I was two back Woods said. "Winning takes care way," Stricker said of the FedEx birdie putts of 15 feet on No. 3
Night ESPNews Highlight Of The of him, I beat him by three. He of everything. But when you're in Cup race. "Whatever. I played my and 30 feet on No. 4, then pulled
Night gets the $10 million check, and I the moment out there, I'm trying hardest." into a share of the lead with a
ATLANTA -- Phil Mickelson get $1 million. I've got no to win a golf tournament. I'm • Sean O'Hair stayed within pitching wedge that caught the lip
had the smaller check and felt like problem with that. I just love trying to beat Phil, he's trying to range of Mickelson until he took a at No. 8 for a tap-in birdie.
the biggest winner. Tiger Woods holding this finally." beat me ... we're all there, and it bogey on the 17th hole and wound Mickelson played the final 20
was congratulated after he He motioned toward the crystal was just a great leaderboard." up with a 69, alone in third. holes of the Tour Championship
finished second in the Tour trophy of the Tour Championship, It was a great finish to a FedEx "I was feeling the nerves a little without a bogey.
Championship. which has not belonged to him Cup that was compelling to the bit out there, which was great to Woods only cared about the
Sunday was the ninth time that since he won in 2000 at East Lake very end. feel," O'Hair said. "I just didn't get Tour Championship, believing the
golf's two biggest stars finished 1- by again rallying in the final Three other players had a it done." FedEx Cup would take care of
2 in a tournament. round to beat Woods. chance to capture the big prize Mickelson's only hope for the itself. When he captured the cup
Never have they shared the Mickelson finished at 9-under along the back nine at East Lake. FedEx Cup was for Woods to two years ago under a different
spotlight, each going home with a 271 and earned $1.35 million. He • Kenny Perry had a two-shot finish eighth or worse, a remote points system, he won the final
trophy that was meaningful in its also collected $3 million for being lead to start the final round and possibility until Woods made his two events, including a seven-shot
own way. second in the FedEx Cup. It was doubled it after two holes, only to first birdie of the final round at win at East Lake.
Mickelson capped off a his third victory of the year, the implode with poor tee shots, bad No. 15, then ended a bizarre "It feels certainly not like it did a
tumultuous summer at home with 37th of his career and it pushed chips and missed putts that led to drought with a 35-foot birdie on couple of years ago when I won
a spectacular rally at East Lake, him back to No. 2 in the world a 74. the 16th. It was his first one-putt the tournament," Woods said.
closing with a 5-under 65 to go ranking. • As it became clear Mickelson birdie in 24 holes. "That felt a little bit better."
from four shots behind to a three- "It means a lot to finish the year was headed toward victory, Steve Woods wasn't paying a lick of Despite a one-shot lead through
shot victory, his first since his o f f o n s u c h a g o o d n o t e , " Stricker only needed to finish attention to the FedEx Cup, only 36 holes at East Lake, Woods
wife and mother were diagnosed Mickelson said. "We've been ahead of Woods. He was in that other trophy. struggled on the greens Saturday
with breast cancer in the spring. through a lot, and I'm very proud position until he found mud on his "All I know is I was three and and with the rest of his game in
Harig: Pressing Forward of my wife and my mom on the ball in the 16th fairway, sailed the four back, I just needed to push, the final round. Except for his two
A crucial putting tip proved to fight that they've been through. green and made consecutive needed a run or two or three -putt birdie on the par-5 15th, he
b e t h e d i f f e r e n c e i n P h i l We're in good shape. Although bogeys to shoot 69. birdies to get me right back in the had only four birdie putts inside
Mickelson's victory at the Tour day-to-day is tough, and it's not Tiger vs. Phil ball game," Woods said. 20 feet and missed them all.
Championship. And Lefty's got easy for them, we're fortunate that Tiger Woods and Phil "Unfortunately, that run didn't "Phil played well. He did the
his caddie to thank for pointing our long-term outlook is good." Mickelson played fairly even happen until 15. And that's a little things he needed to do this week,"
him in the right direction. Bob Woods stood on the 18th green from tee to green. They had late." Woods said. "Unfortunately, I
Harig with his biggest rival, perturbed similar stats in greens in Mickelson seized control with a didn't putt well and consequently,
Woods made two late birdies, by his inability to make putts regulation (Woods: 68.0 percent, 31 on the front nine, and his lone I didn't push him. Phil ran off and
not enough to put any heat on inside 20 feet, trying to remind Mickelson: 65.3 percent), birdie on the back came from a got away from us."
Mickelson, but to secure the himself that he had a remarkable scrambling (69.6, 68.6). Where chip-in out of a nasty lie behind Copyright 2009 by The
FedEx Cup and its $10 million season coming off major knee Phil won the tournament was his the 16th green that essentially Associated Press
bonus. It finished a season in surgery. ability to make more long putts secured his victory.
Internet News Record Sports/ 53

Never Has 1-2 Felt So Sweet

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) finally over. The Lions won a ranked 10th — its highest ever. had six victories. For CBS
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:41:22 AM game. I swear.” The Journal’s Darren Everson Sports’s Steve Elling,
Colleague Drew Sharp writes wonders whether these two Mickelson’s win over his biggest
Since their last winning season that the victory was sweet programs can overcome media rival could be a good sign for next
in 2000, the Detroit Lions have especially for Jeff Backus and bias and play for the national title. season.* * *
been a model of mediocrity across Dominic Raiola because “They’ve Yahoo Sports’s Jason King writes October baseball is back in New
sports, losing 99 games while been imprisoned the longest.” that the Hurricanes aren’t ready to York. After the Yankees missed
winning only 32. Which probably In the Detroit News, Bob be reclaim their spot among the playoffs last season, they
means most NFL fans couldn’t Wojnowski isn’t putting too much college football’s elite after their regrouped and earned home field
understand the way that 32nd into this win except the relief it out of purgatory for a very long 31-7 loss at Virginia Tech. In the for the playoffs with their 100th
victory feels in Michigan this brings to a downtrodden city. time.” The Pittsburgh Post- Los Angeles Times, Chris win, 4-2 over the Boston Red Sox.
morning. It ended the Lions’ 19- The flip side of the game is the Gazette’s Gene Collier calls this Dufresne says Cal’s 42-3 The Yanks’ division title is all the
g a m e l o s i n g s t r e a k , w h i c h anger coming out of Washington. Steeler loss “ easily the worst” of shellacking by Oregon isn’t a more impressive after they started
included the NFL’s first 0-16 The Post’s Mike Wise predicts the Mike Tomlin era. great way to head into this week’s 0-8 against Boston before rallying
season. Associated Press For their that the Redskins are about to In Philadelphia, all eyes were on game against USC. And in the to split the season series 9-9. A
next trick, the Lions will attempt reach their nadir, and colleague Michael Vick, who took 10 snaps Allentown Morning Call, Jeff big reason is Alex Rodriguez.
something called a “winning Thomas Boswell writes that while at quarterback and did nothing Schuler says starting the season “The Yankees were 13-15 when
streak.” this loss isn’t in the same category eventful in the Eagles’ 34-14 rout with cupcakes didn’t help the Rodriguez was disabled, and are
In front of only 40,896 fans, as the 73-0 loss to the Chicago of Kansas City. Kevin Kolb Nittany Lions. 87-41 since, Joel Sherman writes
their smallest home crowd in 20 Bears in the 1940 title game, “ remains the main backup behind Finally, Tim Tebow’s in the New York Post. “It is no
years, the Lions upended the this one is hard to top for gall.” the injured Donovan McNabb, but concussion in Florida’s win over accident.”
Washington Redskins 19-14 and In Minnesota, Brett Favre was how Philadelphia keeps Vick Kentucky will prompt the NCAA While there’s much joy in cities
improved to 1-2 in 2009. It’s too up to his old tricks in his first happy will be interesting to watch, to further investigate the rule such as New York, Los Angeles
early to know whether this is just home game as a Viking. The 40- CBS Sports’s Clark Judge writes. surrounding blatant personal and Philadelphia, the Los Angeles
a blip in another disastrous year-old quarterback hit receiver And rookie quarterback Mark fouls, CBS Sports’s Dennis Dodd Times’s Bill Shaikin wonders
season, but rookie quarterback Greg Lewis in the back of the end Sanchez improved to 3-0 in the writes.* * * whether the parity of recent
Matthew Stafford and new head zone with two seconds left in Jets’ 24-17 win over Tennessee, a In the end, the PGA Tour’s seasons is giving way to the
coach Jim Schwartz and the rest Minnesota’s 27-24 victory over victory that Newsday’s Bob much-criticized “playoff” at least financial heavyweights sucking
of the Lions could celebrate, at San Francisco. “This is what it Glauber calls “ a massive step involved its best players. Phil up all the playoff slots.
least for a day. means to be Brett Favre,” Jim forward.”* * * Mickelson won this weekend’s – Tip of the Fix cap to reader
“You should have seen it,” S o u h a n e n t h u s e s i n t h e Weekend upsets in college Tour Championship, while Tiger Don Hartline.
Mitch Albom writes in the Detroit Minneapolis Star-Tribune. “This football mean upheaval in the Woods won the FedEx Cup and Found a good column from the
Free Press. “After 644 losing is what it means to have Brett Associated Press top 25. No. 5, $10 million. Mickelson has had a world of sports? Don’t keep it to
days, 21 losing months, 18 losing Favre. This is what it means to Penn State, No. 6 Cal and No. 9 difficult year, what with his wife yourself — write to us at
Sundays, one losing Thursday, watch Brett Favre.” Miami all lost by double-digit and his mother both fighting dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll
four starting quarterbacks, one In other games, Cincinnati margins. Add in Mississippi’s loss breast cancer. Mickelson’s victory consider your find for inclusion in
fired coach, one tar-and-feathered defeated Pittsburgh 23-20, leading Thursday and four of the top 10 included Sunday’s 5-under 65, the Daily Fix. You can email
team president and a million bad the Enquirer’s Paul Daugherty to teams were losers. (Only the top which fueled his rally from four Garey at ris84rap@gmail.com.
jokes about Detroit futility — posit that maybe the Bengals’ win three spots remained unchanged.) strokes down. Woods returned to
after all that, the gun sounded on “broke down some unseen, yet Two benefactors are Boise State, the Tour after successful knee
this last weekend of September, ever-present, psychic barrier that the new No. 5, and Cincinnati, surgery and, while he didn’t win
and our long, local nightmare was has blocked this franchises path any majors this season, he still
54 Sports/ Internet News Record

Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow

discharged, returns home Sunday
By Associated Press The top-ranked Gators (4-0) are going to be John Brantley. He change under Brantley. The
(ESPN.com) off next week, then play at LSU does a great job. He knows how to Gators, second in the nation in
Submitted at 9/28/2009 9:11:33 AM on Oct. 10. It might be several manage this offense.”-- Associate rushing (307.5 yards a game),
days, maybe longer, before head coach and would probably become more of a
Pat Forde's Big Men On Campus Tebow's status becomes clearer defensive coordinator Charlie passing team. Of course, they
Pat Forde's Big Men On Campus for what could be the toughest Strong, need to get their receivers healthy
VIDEO PLAYLIST game on the defending national on Florida's backup QB to make that happen. Deonte
• Pat Forde's Big Men On champions' schedule. He started vomiting -- a Thompson(hamstring) has missed Mike Swick vs. Dan
Campus Pat Forde's Big Men On It would be even tougher common symptom of concussions the last two games, and Cooper Hardy in Works for
Campus without Tebow, the 2007 -- and was carted off the field. was one of four starters who took
• Tebow Concussion Serious Heisman Trophy winner and the About a dozen Gators fans a separate plane to Lexington
Title Shot Against GSP
Issue Tebow Concussion Serious heart and soul of the Gators. showed up at the hospital after the because of respiratory and By Mike Chiappetta
Issue But his return home was game, standing outside in the rain congestion issues. (FanHouse)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida w e l c o m e n e w s f o r F l o r i d a and wishing the best for Tebow. Tebow was on that flight, too. Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:30:00 AM
quarterback Tim Tebow is back players, coaches and fans who The injury ended what had been So his day started and ended with
home after spending the night in watched Tebow lay motionless on another impressive performance health concerns. by Mike Chiappetta
the hospital with a concussion. the field at Commonwealth from the senior. He ran for 123 If Tebow wasn't feeling well, it Filed under: UFC, FanHouse
How long before he plays again is Stadium. yards and two touchdowns, and didn't show. The Gators scored 31 Exclusive The UFC is targeting a
now the big question facing the "Everyone is concerned about threw for 103 yards and a score -- points in the first quarter and had Mike Swick- Dan Hardy matchup
Gators. Tim, and our thoughts and our numbers that seemed unimportant the game in hand when Tebow got to determine the top contender to
Tebow was released from a prayers are with him and his the second he hit the turf. knocked out. Georges St. Pierre's welterweight
Lexington, Ky., hospital Sunday family," said associate head coach Backup John Brantley replaced Meyer probably will face championship, company president
morning, about 12 hours after and defensive coordinator Charlie Tebow and completed 4 of 6 questions about why he still had Dana White confirmed to
sustaining a concussion in the Strong, who filled in for Meyer on passes for 30 yards, including an his superstar on the field in a FanHouse in a text message.
Gators' 41-7 victory at Kentucky. the head coach's television show 8-yard TD pass to Riley Cooper in lopsided game, especially Swick (14-2) had been
He was held for precautionary Sunday. the fourth. considering Tebow had missed scheduled to face off with Martin
reasons and test. The Gators were leading 31-7 in If Tebow isn't able to play two days of practice because of a Kampmann at UFC 103 for the
"Tim is doing fine this morning," the third quarter and were driving against the Tigers, Brantley would respiratory illness. right to face St. Pierre, but
said coach Urban Meyer, who deep in Kentucky territory when make his first career start. But the Gators sputtered in the suffered a concussion in training
stayed behind with Tebow. "His defensive end Taylor Wyndham The 6-foot-3 sophomore from second quarter against Kentucky about two weeks before the fight.
CT scans came back and indicated came unblocked off the right end Ocala has completed 73 percent and struggled in the passing game The UFC brought in Paul Daley to
that Tim suffered a concussion. and sacked Tebow. As Tebow fell of his passes for 232 yards, with last week against Tennessee. And replace him, and the debuting Brit
Our medical and athletic training backward, his helmet struck four touchdowns and one pulling Tebow is always tough upset Kampmann with a first-
staff will continue to monitor him teammate Marcus Gilbert's leg, interception, this season. because he wants to play every round TKO, shaking up the title
to determine how much rest and v i o l e n t l y b e n d i n g h i s n e c k Although Brantley has played down. Typically, the bruising 245 picture.
recovery he needs. We will have f o r w a r d . mostly in mop-up duty, Meyer's -pound quarterback jumps to his Mike Swick vs. Dan Hardy in
additional information and Teammates and trainers rushed plan all along was to get him feet after big hits -- some even Works for Title Shot Against GSP
updates this week." to Tebow's side, but several meaningful snaps every game. harder than Wyndham's sack. originally appeared on Fanhouse
SEC blog minutes passed before the Now, they could really count. "He's a tough nut," Meyer said MMA Blog on Mon, 28 Sep 2009
ESPN.com's Chris Low writes quarterback sat up with help and The Gators say they have nothing after the game. "We think he's 06:30:00 EST . Please see our
about all things SEC in his then slowly made his way off the but confidence in Brantley. going to be fine." terms for use of feeds.
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College Football Nation his parents came down from the Strong said. "He does a great job. to get himself together."
Tebow flew back to Gainesville stands to join him. He knows how to manage this Copyright 2009 by The
with Meyer and his family “ offense." Associated Press
Sunday afternoon. If you look at our future, it's Certainly, the offense would
Internet News Record Sports/ 55

President Barack Obama will go to Denmark for

Olympics pitch
By Associated Press make presentations to the IOC our delegation in Copenhagen," Pound said recently.
(ESPN.com) during Friday's session. They will Mayor Richard M. Daley said in a Obama is also mobilizing his
Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:39:35 AM discuss why Chicago is best to statement. "Who better to share administration on behalf of
host the 2016 Summer Games, with members of the International Chicago's bid. Senior adviser
WASHINGTON -- President and how the United States is eager Olympic Committee the Jarrett, Education Secretary Arne
Barack Obama will travel to to bring the world together to commitment and enthusiasm Duncan and Transportation
Denmark this week to support celebrate the ideals of the Chicago has for the Olympic and Secretary Ray LaHood, will also
Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic movement." Paralympic Movement than the be joining the president and first
Tracy McGrady Is
Summer Olympics. While in Denmark, the President and First Lady." lady in Copenhagen. All are from Coming to Wreck Your
Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser statement said, Obama and his The president had held off on Illinois. Rockets Predictions
to the president, told The wife also will meet with Queen announcing a trip to Copenhagen, They join a Chicago contingent
Associated Press on Monday Margrethe and the president will saying his first priority was the already packed with more star By Tom Ziller (FanHouse)
morning that Obama will leave meet with Prime Minister Lars ongoing debate in Washington power than a Hollywood red Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:33:00 AM
Thursday and join his wife, Loekke Rasmussen of Denmark. over health care reform. carpet.
Michelle, in Copenhagen, where Obama, who represented Illinois But aides said the president The first lady is one of the few by Tom Ziller
they'll make the pitch to the in the U.S. Senate after serving in determined that his trip wouldn't people who rivals her husband in Filed under: Rockets, NBA
International Olympic Committee. the Illinois Legislature, is a take away from that process. The visibility, and she'll be joined by Injuries Not only has Tracy
Obama would be the first U.S. longtime supporter of Chicago's legislation is a signature piece of talk show host Oprah Winfrey, McGrady recovered quickly from
president to take on such a direct bid. his domestic policy agenda and who trails only Angelina Jolie on microfracture surgery, he has
role in lobbying for an Olympics Michelle Obama is a native of negotiations on Capitol Hill have Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 list, recovered so quickly he might not
event. the city and he considers it his been contentious. a ranking of the rich and famous' miss the first practice of the 2009-
The International Olympic adopted home town. Obama But with heads of state most powerful. 10 season. Jonathan Feigen of the
Committee is meeting in recently sent letters to selected representing Rio and Madrid Chicago is also bringing 14 Houston Chronicle reports that
Copenhagen to select a host city IOC members promising a already scheduled to attend the Olympic and two Paralympic gold McGrady will be in Houston
for the 2016 Summer Games. "spectacular Olympic experience IOC meeting Friday, Chicago's medalists, including Michael ready for practice Tuesday. Mac
Chicago faces tough competition for one and all." bid organizers had hoped Obama Johnson, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, had microfracture surgery last
from Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and "President Obama and First would make an in-person appeal. Nadia Comaneci and Nastia February. Recovery typically
Tokyo. Lady Michelle Obama symbolize "I don't think there's an IOC Liukin. takes upward of a year, and
The IOC is scheduled to decide the hope, opportunity and member on the planet that Copyright 2009 by The certainly more than eight months.
the site on Friday. inspiration that makes Chicago wouldn't love to meet your Associated Press Tracy McGrady Is Coming to
The White House later formally great, and we are honored to have president. He's a transformational Wreck Your Rockets Predictions
announced the trip, saying that two of our city's most figure in the world today," originally appeared on Fanhouse
Obama and his wife "will both accomplished residents leading longtime IOC member Dick NBA Blog on Mon, 28 Sep 2009
08:33:00 EST . Please see our
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here are five coaches likely to again can thrive. If Dunleavy and
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Gran Turismo 5 international release likely early 2010

By Andrew Yoon (Joystiq) befuddling list of features that sink of features, Yamauchi teased,
Submitted at 9/28/2009 11:00:00 AM should ship on the disc next year. "we have much more planned."
GT Mode will return with all the Considering it's been five years
Sony announced a March release features of classic GT games, like since the release of Gran Turismo
for Gran Turismo 5 at Tokyo the garage, the car dealer, the 4 on PS2, fans of the franchise are
Game Show last week, a release tuning shop, and license tests. expecting only the best, if not
window that was specifically However, more exciting are the more.
targeted for the Japanese market. new features, such as a brand-new Gallery: Gran Turismo 5
However, don't expect a surprise physics model that includes Gran Turismo 5 international
2009 release (sorry Amazon!). "I damage and deformation for all release likely early 2010
don't think it's going to be that "normal" cars. Hybrid and electric originally appeared on Joystiq on
different for US and Europe," cars are going to be added to the Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EST.
Polyphony Digital head Kazunori livery, too, with over 950 cars Please see our terms for use of
Yamauchi told journalists at a available on the disc. There will feeds.
GT5 event last week. "Marketing also be over 70 variations of over will be online photo albums and expanded with a brand new UI, Permalink| Email this|
is still discussing their issues," 20 locations to race through. online replay albums as well; with progressive downloading (so you C o m m e n t s
which is the reason why a specific The online features have been the ability to export replays to can watch the video content while
date hasn't been pegged yet for expanded to include both text and YouTube. Gran Turismo TV, the it downloads), and the ability to
those markets. voice chat, with support for video service introduced in Gran export these videos to PSP. While
Yamauchi then went on to list a lobbies and private rooms. There Turismo 5 Prologue will also be this may seem like the kitchen

TGS 2009: Interview: Gran Turismo 5's
Kazunori Yamauchi
By Andrew Yoon (Joystiq)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 12:19:00 PM
During Tokyo Game Show last
week we crashed Polyphony
Digital's studio and chatted up
Kazunori Yamauchi about ... Gran
Turismo 6? Wait -- what? Just
watch the interview.
Selected excerpts below:
Joystiq: Are there any plans to
bring Gran Turismo PSP's"Party
Mode" to GT5?
Yamauchi: I'm glad you noticed
that. What we really worked hard
to make the PSP portable fun and
interesting is in those types of
details. Obviously, these are ideas
we worked hard on and they will
be carried over in some form into
GT5.
In Gran Turismo, with its ten
years of history, the people that
who good at playing the game are
really, really good at playing the
game. Of course, there are a lot of
first-time players that want to get
into the game, and it was a major
theme for us to develop the game
so it would be easier for them to
get into it. With the party races
and these game modes we've
developed for the PSP, we've
come to one solution for that
aspect.
Continue reading TGS 2009:
Interview: Gran Turismo 5's
Kazunori Yamauchi
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Media Brands Bring Licensing
Dollars Home
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 9/27/2009 9:01:17 PM
More media-branded consumer
goods are squaring off against
similar products from rival media
brands. Martha Stewart Living
Omnimedia is offering a major
home and outdoor line in Home
Depot next January. Kmart and
Sears stores sell more than 700
home products from Hearst
Magazines' Country Living. And
Meredith's Better Homes and
Gardens line at Wal-Mart has
doubled to about 1,000 products
since last year.
The deals can also be fruitful for
media companies, which don't
have to bear the costs of
manufacturing products or
running stores. That means
potentially high margins. Last
year, for example, Martha Stewart
Living Omnimedia collected
almost $33 million in operating
income from merchandising,
compared with just $6 million
from publishing.
But the practice can be risky,
with the biggest risks coming
from well-established rivals or
cheaper competitors in a price-
sensitive category, such as home
cleaning products.
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NintendoWare Weekly:
Dragon Quest Wars,
Arkanoid Plus, Altered
Beast
Rumor: Alpha Protocol By David Hinkle (Joystiq)

delayed, possibly until 2010 Rumor: Super Street Fighter Submitted at 9/28/2009 11:21:00 AM

Welcome to another Monday, a

By Alexander Sliwinski made any change). day when most of us with jobs or
Entertainment is forwarding all IV unveiling tomorrow
(Joystiq) Developer Obsidian school must go back to that place
Submitted at 9/28/2009 10:30:00 AM we just love to spend most of our
requests for comment to Sega By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) If legit, these screens reveal the time each week. That is, unless
It appears Sega's Alpha Protocol which, in traditional Sega fashion, Submitted at 9/28/2009 11:51:00 AM existence of the oft-rumored you're one of the lucky few who
is going to suffer a delay, the means all requests for comment Super Street Fighter IV-- a retail just sit around waiting for the Wii
precise length of which is the have been met with the Sega Wall Capcom recently launched one game (or perhaps just a DLC and DSi shops to update.
topic in question. The last official of Silence[TM]. We'll update as of the most nebulous video game expansion) that will add at least If you fall into the latter group,
word we heard from the publisher soon as somebody decides to say teaser sites in recent history, two Street Fighter regulars to the we'd just like to thank you for
was Alpha Protocol was to be something. Remember, the hinting at an update for Street F game: Juri and T. Hawk(seen waking up this early to check out
released October 6(that's next company line from Sega is that ighter IV. All said site displays is above). These screens look like what's available for download
week!), a release date that has Alpha Protocol is supposed to hit a short video clip of what we the real deal, but details from the today on the Wii and DSi. It's nice
seemed unlikely for quite some store shelves next week. believe is the music video for A- source are scant. of you to do so considering you
time as numerous retailers have Rumor: Alpha Protocol delayed, ha's "Take On Me" spliced Stay tuned -- an official don't have any obligation to be up
long since shifted that date to late possibly until 2010 originally together with footage of some sort announcement is expected within before noon. Boy, that must be
October. The latest release date appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 28 of fluorescent fluid swirling lazily the next 24 hours. nice. So head past the break and
change causing questions is that Sep 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please down a toilet drain. Also, a date Rumor: Super Street Fighter IV see what's available already!
mega-retailer GameStop has see our terms for use of feeds. and time: "2009.09.29. 17:00 unveiling tomorrow originally Continue reading NintendoWare
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Amazon Canada also showing a Fortunately, French site JV247 see our terms for use of feeds. NintendoWare Weekly: Dragon
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58 Media
Research Brief: The I's Have It
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 6:15:45 AM
According to a recent Compete
Smartphone Intelligence survey,
with insights into how consumers
are using their iPhones and other
"smart" devices, smartphone
owners agree on their favorite
types of applications;
entertainment, games, music,
social networking and weather are
the most popular across platforms.
The survey data shows that
smartphone owners prefer
personal and social apps to
business applications and are
relatively open to targeted ads.
iPhone owners, more so than
other smartphone users, were
more likely to spend money on
apps., while 83% of all
smartphone users preferred apps
$5 or below. Key findings
include:
• 73% of Blackberry owners
have downloaded 5 or fewer
applications; in contrast, 72% of
iPhone owners have downloaded
10 or more applications
• Facebook is hot among
iPhone owners: 71% of iPhone
users report accessing Facebook
from their mobile device, 37%
listed Facebook as one of their top
three most utilized apps and 18%
claim it's their favorite app.
• 30% of all smartphone
owners are either comfortable or
very comfortable receiving
targeted marketing on their device
• Despite Twitter's ever-
increasing mobile popularity, 85%
of smartphone owners still prefer
to access the site from the
computer, while 26% of iPhone
users tweet from their device,
only 15% of Palm owners and
10% of Blackberry devotees
report accessing Twitter on the go
• Of the smartphone owners
who do access Twitter via their
phones, 41% use the application
to keep track of what their friends
are doing, 32% use the service to
keep up with current events and
19% tweet from their handset to
build a fan base or promote their
company
• Nearly half of smartphone
owners are receptive to location-
based targeted ad offers at
restaurants and offers to save and
pursue at their leisure, and 45%
would use mobile grocery
coupons
Danielle Nohe, director of
telecommunications and media
for Compete, notes that "... the
iPhone has taken an early lead in
getting owners to adopt app
functionality and make popular
applications a part of their daily
lives... once users are hooked,
they're very unlikely to give up
their device... "
Facebook is the most heavily
trafficked social networking site
among smartphone owners, says
the report, and iPhone users are
twice as likely to use the mobile
Facebook app as their Palm
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Media: '60 Minutes'
Tries to Change with the
counterparts. In fact, iPhone 3
owners are the most active mobile Source: Compete, September Times
social networkers, with the 2009
highest percentage of respondents Despite Twitter's ever- (MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 9/27/2009 9:02:38 PM
reporting mobile use of Facebook, increasing mobile popularity, 85%
MySpace and Twitter and from of smartphone owners still prefer
their mobile devices. to access the site from the A generational shift is happening
Accounts Holders With Social computer: at "60 Minutes," which began its
Networking Websites and • 26% of iPhone users tweet 42nd season last night. Steve
Accessed from Smartphone(% of from their device Kroft, 64, the longest serving of
Respondents) • 15% of Palm owners access the full-time correspondents, has
Social Site Twitter on their smartphone emerged as the face of the
Smartphone Type • 10% of Blackberry owners program. For the most-watched
Facebook report accessing Twitter on the go news program on TV, this is also
MySpace Of the smartphone owners who the first season without creator
Classmates.com do access Twitter via their Don Hewitt, who passed away last
Twitter phones: month at age 86 and had been a
Linkedin • 41% use the application to lively presence in the newsroom.
IPhone keep track of what their friends In an attempt to lure a younger
71% are doing audience, a batch of new
22 • 32% use the service to keep contributors has been added,
4 up with current events bringing the number of reporters
26 • 19% tweet from their to 10. Producers also plan to make
5 handset to build a fan base or Afghanistan a major focus on the
Blackberry promote their company program this season, challenging
44 Impulse and leisure purchases conventional wisdom that the
19 tend to be offers that make the public has tired of the war. In
3 best candidates for marketers addition, producers have added a
10 trying to reach networked boom camera in the studio to zoo
4 consumers rather than big, highly ms in on the correspondents as
Palm considered ones. Nearly half of they introduce their pieces, as a
33 smartphone owners are receptive modern flourish.
17 to location-based offers at Despite its age, the show seems
5 restaurants and offers to save and to be going strong. Last season its
15 pursue at their leisure, and 45% audience was up 10% from the
1 would use mobile grocery year before, the biggest in seven
Total coupons. years. Competitors, such as
45 To learn more about NBC's "Dateline," largely pursue
19 Smartphone Intelligence please crime stories and celebrity
4 visit Compete here. interviews and get only about half
15 that audience. Apparently, "60
Minutes" fervent embrace of hard
news has made it singular -- and
the most sought-after news
platform in television.
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Renews With Donovan, Multi-
Branding In One Easy TV Character Year Deal Includes iDesk
Package (MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 9/28/2009 7:30:59 AM
Earlier this year, Interpublic's
Mediabrands unit signed a new
long-term agreement with
(MediaPost | Media News) The aim here: to get sometimes Starbucks, not Central Perk, and
shy Hispanic-American homes to i n t e r a c t e d w i t h S t a r b u c k s Donovan Data Systems, the Donovan, following a protracted
Submitted at 9/28/2009 8:15:42 AM
comply with the Census reports, employees in many episodes? dominant provider of back-office review that evaluated several
Product placement deals in especially with the agency's big TV producers and branded m e d i a b u y i n g s y s t e m s f o r other media buying processing
scripted TV shows are fairly report it does every decade, next entertainment executives talk advertising agencies, this morning systems providers, including
c o m m o n p l a c e . B u t e a c h year being 2010. about the problem of being announced it has signed a new, MediaBank.
individual brand typically gets Would it seem like one big TV inorganic with some brands and m u l t i - y e a r a g r e e m e n t w i t h Terms of the new Omnicom
just fleeting notices -- perhaps in commercial, one big infomercial? situations. The real issue is when Omnicom Media Group. The deal, deal were not disclosed, but
just one episode in a given season. One executives for the Telemundo no brands exist where something which includes Donovan's new Donovan said it covered all of
(Reality TV is something else. deal says the aim is not to make it should. That seems inorganic. iDesk digital ad campaign O m n i c o m M e d i a G r o u p ' s
Don't get me started). look like a "Discovery Channel "Diablo" and U.S Census Bureau management, and BrandOcean businesses in the United States,
But how about a brand documentary." doesn't want to be preachy. workflow systems, is the second Canada, Germany, Ireland and the
placement that is in every single But what if this kind of activity Maybe Beltran will turn bad and major agency holding company United Kingdom.
episode of a scripted TV series? made it into a English-language start taking money under the renewal struck by Donovan this
Overkill, you say? TV series? What about the size of table. year.
When that brand is attached to a that product placement fee? What No doubt she'll have some
specific ongoing character, it's a if that Kevin James's character in character flaws, but that's life.
bit different. Take Telemundo's "King of Queens" was really an Viewers can deal with it -- and
soap opera "Más Sabe el Diablo" employee of UPS or Fedex? maybe more Hispanic-Americans
("The Devil Knows Best"), where How about if in "Ugly Betty," m i g h t c o n s i d e r a n s w e r i n g
a down-on-her-luck character, the magazine where everyone questions from Census workers in
Perla Beltrán, takes a job as worked was really "Vogue" or the future.
recruiter for the United States "Glamour"? What if the "Friends"
Census Bureau. gang really hung out in a