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Palin says not focused on 2012
By JoAnne Allen (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/16/2009 7:28:51 PM
The 2012 presidential campaign
is not on her radar screen, says
2008 Republican vice
presidential candidate Sarah
Palin. But she didn’t exactly shut
the door on the the possibility of
making a run for the White
House during her first interview
to promote her book, “Going
Rogue: An American Life.”
Palin told TV talk show host
Oprah Winfrey that right now it’s
all about the 2010 elections.
“I’m concentrating on 2010 and
making sure that we have issues
to tackle,” Palin said in the
interview taped last week and
broadcast Monday. “I don’t know
what I’m going to be doing in
2012. (Running for president is)
not on my radar screen right
now.”
The former Alaska
governor keeps the theme going
in an interview with ABC’s
Barbara Walters that begins
airing Tuesday ( ABC excerpts
released on Monday).
Asked whether she wants to be
president: “That certainly isn’t on
my radar screen right now,” Palin
tells Walters. “[But] when you
consider some of the ordinary
turning into extraordinary events
that have happened in my life, I
am not one to predict what will
happen in a few years.”
“My ambition if you will, my
desire, is to help our country in
whatever role that may be, and I
cannot predict what that will be,
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what doors would be open in the
year 2012,” she said.
Palin is popular among many
U.S. conservatives and her 12-
state campaign-style tour to
promote the book has political
insiders, once again, speculating
about whether she will launch a
bid for the 2012 Republican
presidential nomination.
A Washington Post/ABC News
poll— released on the eve of her
book release — found that 60
percent of those polled said Palin
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positive rating was 76 percent.
In a email sent by her political
action committee, SarahPAC,
Palin says she’s going to work
with like-minded conservatives
to help candidates, regardless of
party, “who will stand up for our
nation.”
The message ends with a post-
postscript: “P.P.S. Any level of
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The First Draft: Palin Phenomenon
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:03:31 AM
She’s everywhere.
We can think of no other losing
vice presidential candidate
who has captured so much media
coverage a year AFTER losing
the bid for the White House.
The Palin phenomenon
perseveres (this week anyway).
The Washington Post has TWO
columnists writing about her
today — Eugene Robinson’s“Our
Evita,” and Richard Cohen“Time
for some Palintology.”
The front page of the Post
showcases a quote from Sarah
Palin’s book “Going Rogue”
which is out in bookstores today:
“I always remind people from
outside our state that there’s
plenty of room for all Alaska’s
animals — right next to the
mashed potatoes.”
The New York Times op-ed
page carries a column from
Michael Carey of the Anchorage
Daily News in which he flips the
viewpoint to why Alaskans are
fascinated by Palin — “how a
woman who takes pride in calling
herself a homemaker from
Wasilla brought celebrity culture
to the Last Frontier.”
She’s been interviewed by
Oprah Winfrey and Barbara
Walters. CNN’s Larry King had a
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whole discussion about Palin last
night. And David Letterman has
been having fun on his late-night
show by coming up with things
that are more fun than reading
Palin’s memoir (number 61 -
getting run over by a
lawnmower).
She’s on the cover of Newsweek
magazine, but she objected to its
use of a photograph of her in
shorts that was originally taken
for a sports magazine. “The out-
of-context Newsweek approach
is sexist, and oh-so-expected by
now,” Palin writes on her
Facebook page.
Can a talk show be too far off?
“I’d probably rather write than
talk,” Palin tells Walters in an
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Her response to offers of reality Washington) Convention.
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• Sarah Palin says presidency
want to put my kids through such
V e t e r a n R e u t e r s p o l i t i c a l “not on my radar screen”
a thing. Shoot, our life has
correspondent Steve Holland is • Palin stirs controversy ahead of
become kind of a reality show.”
reading Sarah Palin’s “Going book release
Why do you think Palin is still
Rogue: An American Life” and • Hillary Clinton is open to
able to grab this amount of
sharing his thoughts on Twitter. coffee with Sarah Palin
attention?
He’s well-qualified as a reader —
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That could deal a blow to third-
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The Gate of Continuing Harmony - if Men fined for pigeon
only it were that easy
By Patricia Zengerle (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 3:00:18 AM
President Barack Obama took a
break from business during his
four-countries-in-eight-days
Asian trip on Tuesday to turn
tourist with a quick visit to
Beijing’s Forbidden City. He
seemed to relish the sightseeing
trip, which took about 45
minutes, squeezed in after
negotiating sessions with Chinese
President Hu Jintao and before a
meeting with U.S. embassy staff
and a state dinner.
The sprawling Forbidden City,
in the heart of Beijing, was built
in the 15th century and home to
China’s emperors for 500 years.
The 980-building complex was
called “Forbidden” because no
one could enter without the
emperor’s permission. Now a
museum and a UNESCO world
heritage site, it is normally
thronged with visitors, but it
lived up to its name when Obama
visited, as no one was allowed in
except his party, journalists and
lots of security.
Guided by the Forbidden City
museum director, Zheng
Xinmiao, Obama walked through
doorways and courtyards with
names like “The Gate of
tossing in Poland
Continuing Harmony,” a
soothing thought after talks on
trade policy, global warming and
denuclearization. However, he
ended the visit in a spot with a
name perhaps less benign, given
that China is the largest holder of
U.S. debt: “The Courtyard of
Loyal Obedience.”
Obama changed from a business
suit into a brown leather bomber
jacket for the outing on the
sunny, but chilly, November
afternoon.
“What a magnificent place to
visit,” he said. “It’s a testament to
the greatness of Chinese history.”
A Chinese journalist asked if he
would like to come back. “Of
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Pair made to pay £130 for
throwing birds up into the air in
Krakow's Renaissance market
Two British men have been
fined by a court in Poland for
pigeon tossing. The pair threw
the birds up into the air in
historic Krakow's Renaissance
market on October 24.
According to local reports the
stunned birds were unable to
open their wings and fell to the
ground, breaking their wings.
course,” Obama answered, “with The pigeon tossers, both aged
my girls and my wife,” referring 24, from Ulverston and Barrow-
to his daughters Sasha and Malia in-Furness in Cumbria, appeared
and first lady Michelle Obama, in court today and pleaded guilty
who are not on the trip.
Obama, who was been in
Alaska, Singapore, Shanghai and
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on Thursday morning, leaves
Beijing for South Korea on pronunciation coming at PDC
Wednesday and spends one night By Tom Krazit
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Reuters photos by Jim Young It's one thing to translate a word,
(Obama tours the Forbidden but it's another thing to know
City on Nov 17, 2009) how to correctly pronounce a
word written in an unfamiliar
character set. Google Translate
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to a charge of cruelty to animals.
Prosecutor Boguslawa
Marcinkowska said the men were
both fined 600 zlotys (£130). She
did not know whether the
pigeons survived.
She identified them as Lee
James W and Arron David P, but
did not give their last names in
line with Polish privacy law. The
Foreign Office said the consulate
in Poland was not informed of
the court hearing.
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Obama bow “sign of respect” for Shoppers going green

Japan Emperor for Christmas
By Andrew Quinn (Front Row By Tom Johansmeyer
Washington) (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/16/2009 12:26:05 PM Submitted at 11/17/2009 2:20:00 PM

President Obama has bowed his Filed under: Black Friday,

way into controversy yet again.
Pictures of the U.S. president
bowing deeply to Japanese
Emperor Akihito during a state
visit to Japan have incensed some
commentators, who say the U.S.
head of state should not lower his
head before foreign crowned
heads.
State Department spokesman Ian
Kelly, hit with questions about
the bow at a regular news
briefing, appeared stumped.
“I saw I’m sure for what it was
intended, which is a sign of
respect to the emperor. But I
don’t have anything from the
State Department on it,” Kelly
told a news briefing.
Kelly dismissed reports that
some critics have gone so far as
to call the bow a sign of treason
as “a bit extreme,” but said he
would check into exactly what
sort of protocol briefing the
president gets before meeting
foreign leaders overseas.
Obama has sparked critical
comment with a bow before —
there was some harrumphing
after Obama lowered his head
before Saudi Arabia’s King
Abdullah at a G20 meeting in
April.
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Personal finance, Headline news
No, don't expect to see
windmills and solar panels --
consumers are leaning toward a
different kind of green this
holiday season: cash. Rather than
hit their credit cards, shoppers
will only be spending money
they have (and can see and
touch). Seventy-one percent of
consumers are looking to cash
and debit cards as their primary
form of payment for holiday
shopping this year, which the
National Retail Foundation pegs
as the highest level since 2005.
This could be a problem for the
retailers.
Sure, you'd think that the
merchant fees on credit cards
make cash more attractive to the
sellers. But, Ellen Davis, a
spokesperson for the NRF, says
that most retailers have found
they can talk credit card buyers
into up-sells more easily. That
leads to a bigger basket size and
more revenue. Done successfully,
it should comfortably absorb the
impact of merchant fees. James
Roberts, a marketing professor at
Baylor University, adds that
using plastic makes consumers
more likely to buy at all, let alone
more.
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In the words of a football coach,
philosopher, father…
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:28:36 AM
At the start of Sarah Palin’s
“Going Rogue,” before the words
begin, there’s a map: “The View
from the Top of the World.”
It shows Alaska closer to the
center of the top of the world
than Washington, D.C. —
deliberate perhaps?
Then wandering through the
book, the quotes at the start of
each chapter caught our eye.
There’s the famous words from
college football coach Lou Holtz:
“I don’t believe that God put us
on earth to be ordinary.”
Greek philosopher Aristotle:
“Criticism is something we can
avoid by saying nothing, doing
nothing, being nothing.”
That is followed by chapters that
feature wise words from
Nov. 17, 1790: A Rather One-Sided Affair
By Dylan Tweney (Wired Top
Stories)
The Sega Dreamcast keeps dropping in price
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:18:40 AM
Last time Dreamcasts where
spotted for sale, the price was
north of $100, but Amazon now
basketball coach John Wooden,
Christian pastor Charles
Swindoll, humor columnist Dave
Barry and American author Mark
Twain.
The lead in for Chapter 6 is a
quote from Palin’s father, Chuck
Heath Sr.: “Sarah’s not
retreating; she’s reloading!”
What do these quotes say about
It's the birthday of August
Ferdinand Möbius, a pioneer in
topology and putative inventor of
has the system for only $79. It’s
NIB too. Ladies, this could make
a great Christmas gift for you
nerd boyfriend.
Everyone loves the Dreamcast. It
has a great selection of games
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American Electric Power:
Safety, dividend, and decent
growth are hard to beat
By Joseph Lazzaro
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 2:00:00 PM
Filed under: Stocks to Buy U.S.
electric power demand may be
sluggish, due to the recession, but
investors should view that as a
temporary phenomenon. True,
increased energy efficiency
across the U.S. economy will be
a trend for the next decade and
beyond, but relatively low-cost
Palin? electric power does not go out of 2020, translates into a bargain
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Face down the militarists and get out of Afghanistan. No
strings attached | Simon Jenkins
By Simon Jenkins (World
news and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:33:00 AM
Obama must call time on the
Afghan war. Retreat can be spun
as victory. But it can't be
conditional on impossible
objectives
Go to Washington any time in
the past eight years and ask what
influence Britain has over
America's Afghan policy. The
answer is a thumb and forefinger
joined in a simple zero. The same
was true in Iraq. Ever since Tony
Blair kowtowed to George Bush
at Crawford in April 2002,
Britain has been the patsy, the
poodle, the dumb ally in
Washington's wars of ideological
empire.
Britain's military failures in
Basra and Helmand, rescued in
both by the Americans, increased
this subservience. While French
and German governments assess
their nation's interest, Blair and
Gordon Brown have been me-too
kids on the block, panting after
Washington's every wild venture.
Despite 412 British soldiers dead,
Brown indicated in his speech on
Monday night that nothing had
changed. The torture continues.
London twitches only when
Washington kicks.
Almost nothing Brown says on
Afghanistan makes sense, and he
seems painfully aware of it. He
must say that soldiers are dying
in Helmand to make Britain's
streets safe, even when
intelligence reports say the
opposite. He must remain
obsessed with "training bases", as
if the 9/11 plotters had learned to
fly in Tora Bora. He must believe
that building an Afghan security
force and ridding Hamid Karzai's
regime of corruption can be
achieved, and that they hold the
keys to a British withdrawal. Pigs
will fly.
Brown must also know that his
Foreign Office thinks the Afghan
venture mad, and sets up its
hapless boss, David Miliband, to
repeat that counter-insurgency is
counter-terrorism. It is not. It is
counter-insurgency. To equate
the two is like the Iranian leader,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, blaming
foreign states for what is
essentially a domestic threat – in
Britain's case from a tiny fraction
of its Muslim community.
The favoured military option
said to be emerging from
Obama's agonising review of
Afghan policy is to "fall back on
the cities". This seems the only
way of marrying the military's
desperation for ever more troops
to the raw, bleeding fact that the
Afghan war is hopeless. The
killing can go on for ever, but the
war is lost.
Falling back on cities was the
last gasp of the Russians in
Afghanistan and the Americans
in Vietnam. It can work if you
are a native population ceding
countryside to an invader. But in
Afghanistan Nato is the invader.
Cede the country to the Taliban
and you cede every city market
place and street corner. It will not
work. Nato has hi-tech weapons
but it forgot to pack its rucksacks
with an old-fashioned, mark one
historian.
As for the even more desperate
idea of "talking to the local
Taliban", what do you say to a
tiger in mid-leap? Could you eat
just an arm and a leg and leave
me the rest? It is on a par with
Boris Johnson's brainless
argument that to pull out would
be to betray those who have
given their lives so far. Nobody
dares call a spade a spade. Were
Osama bin Laden given to
laughter, which I understand he
is not, he would split his sides.
The suspense of Obama's
"decision" on Afghanistan is
acquiring epic proportions. It
recalls the Delphic oracle's reply
when Croesus asked if he should
declare war on Persia. If he does,
the oracle said, "He will destroy a
mighty empire". It turned out to
be his own.
We assume Obama favours
withdrawal because, if he had
thought more troops would
defeat the Taliban, it was
criminal not to have sent them a
year ago. His decision has thus
become a trial of strength
between his view and the massed
ranks of America's
military/industrial complex, with
its $1bn-a-day interest in the
continuance of war.
If militarism wins and Obama
commences a 10-year battle over
the mountains and plains of
Afghanistan, it will spell the end
of America's status as cold war
victor and putative world
policeman. The complex will
have him trapped. The Taliban
will have him cornered, as will
Bin Laden. America's democratic
leadership will have been pitted
against American militarism – an
informal component of the
republic since the founding
fathers – and will have
capitulated. So will Britain's
compliant party leaders as they
continue to utter weekly
banalities over the coffins of
Wootton Bassett.
If, on the other hand, Obama
takes courage in both hands and
announces a withdrawal, by hook
or by crook, next year, the impact
will be dramatic. Enemies at
home will declare that America's
first black president has led his
country to defeat. But the boil
will have been lanced.
Afghanistan and its patchwork of
tribal chiefs, warlords and
Taliban commanders will have to
write "the invaders" out of their
script. Karzai must cash in the
deals of the past seven years. The
Taliban, no longer a monolith,
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would forge pacts and coalitions,
as they were doing prior to 2001.
Terrible things will happen in
many places but, as in Iraq, they
were bound to happen from the
moment the west intervened.
An American withdrawal would
force Pakistan once again to be
the power broker and guarantor
of regional stability, albeit on
new terms. The Pashtun would
lose interest in their al-Qaida
guests, who in turn would lose
their anti-American rallying cry
and seek sanctuary elsewhere.
The region would regain an
equilibrium it can never achieve
under western occupation.
Britain and America should
demilitarise the war on terror,
surely the most
counterproductive main-force
deployment in recent history.
They need no longer rely on
grand armies, popinjay generals
and crippling budgets; on
bringing death, destruction and
exile to hundreds of thousands of
foreigners in the faint belief that
this might stop a few bombs
going off back home. They
would hand that job to the
appropriate authorities; to the
police and security services.
The modalities of withdrawal
need obvious attention. Only
idiots talk of leaving "overnight",
but only idiots make departure
conditional on some
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Nick Waterlow obituary

(World news and comment significant political turmoil, Development Corporation, before travelled annually to art fairs and
from the Guardian | marked by the dismissal of settling in Sydney in 1977. exhibitions around the world.
guardian.co.uk) Gough Whitlam's Labor Many critics visited Australia for Highly respected by his peers, in
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:19:50 AM government by the governor- the first time for the 1979 2000 he was appointed chair of
general in 1975. In effect, Biennale, resulting in coverage the Sydney Biennale's
Cultural diplomat and curator of Whitlam's innovative policies on by key international art international selection
the Sydney Biennale the arts, education and magazines. The show also saw committee. He was awarded the
The loss of the art curator Nick Aboriginal rights were defeated the first exhibition of Aboriginal medal of the Order of Australia
Waterlow, who has been found by conservative forces. In art within an international in 1990. The Moto Droid’s
dead aged 68, has robbed the intellectual and cultural circles, context. Waterlow's next He curated many original Ability To Autofocus
Australian – and international – the anger that this precipitated Biennale, in 1986, was entitled exhibitions, such as Larrikins in Varies From Day To
art community of an individual became focused on the role of the Origins, Originality + Beyond, London: An Australian Presence
both pastoral and radical. Under m o n a r c h y i n p o s t c o l o n i a l and presented a groundbreaking in 1960s London (2003), and Day – No, really.
Waterlow's directorship, the A u s t r a l i a . survey of postmodernism's many held many key posts in the By Greg Kumparak
Sydney Biennale became an In such an environment, being guises. Sydney art world. But Aboriginal (CrunchGear)
international showcase for British might well have been held Waterlow's 1988 Biennale art increasingly became his
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:44:50 AM
contemporary art that challenged a g a i n s t W a t e r l o w , b u t h e coincided with the bicentennial focus, and he acted as a cultural
Australian attitudes. managed to move this cultural of white settlement in Australia. diplomat for it on many projects. Here's a weird one for you: A
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international art capital, and came to play a key role in important links between Randwick. Police are searching ability to auto-focus, which I'd
introducing Australian audiences addressing issues of national and European, American and for Waterlow's son Antony in railed in our review of the
to the European avant garde. international significance. Australian artists to be connection with their deaths. product, seemed to drastically
Waterlow recalled that the event Born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, reassessed. The centrepiece was Waterlow is survived by his improve overnight. And it did!
"caused quite a stir and it made W a t e r l o w w e n t t o H a r r o w The Aboriginal Memorial, 200 partner, Juliet Darling, and his Most assumed that Verizon and
people sit up; there were even school, in Middlesex, and studied hollow log grave posts from two sons with Romy, who died in Motorola had managed to sneak
demonstrations. Contemporary French history at the University Ramingining, in Arnhem Land in 1998. out some sort of stealth over-the-
art became a very hot item. There of Grenoble, in south-east the Northern Territory. Djon • Nicholas Anthony Ronald air update, patching the camera's
were great expectations then … I France, and Renaissance art at Mundine, then a Ramingining art Waterlow, art curator, born 30 settings on the fly. A number of
had to walk a tightrope, and they the British Institute, in Florence, adviser, had approached August 1941; died 9 November sites reported as much. Some
were a very persuasive bunch." Italy. He first travelled to Waterlow to propose the 2009 even took offense to this idea,
Like a number of key British Australia in 1965 to marry memorial. Mundine recalls that • Art declaring that such things
critics before him, such as Sir Rosemary (Romy) O'Brien, Waterlow "understood it right • Australia shouldn't be allowed without
Kenneth Clark, Bryan Robertson whom he had met the previous away", linking the concept to the their explicit permission.
and Peter Fuller, Waterlow found year in London, where she was fields of crosses at the Somme, in guardian.co.uk© Guardian News According to the folks that
A u s t r a l i a n a r t p a r t i c u l a r l y working as a teacher. They northern France, that mark the & Media Limited 2009 | Use of should know best, there was no
exciting, and he presented it in an returned to England, where graves of first world war soldiers. this content is subject to our over-the-air update at all; the
international setting: global Waterlow worked for art galleries The memorial was bought by the Terms & Conditions| More Feeds camera fixed itself, and in 24.5
" r e g i o n a l i s m " r e p l a c e d in London and Oxford. He was National Gallery of Australia, days, it'll break all over again.
"provincialism". But Australia in later appointed senior arts officer Canberra.
the 1970s was subject to f o r t h e M i l t o n K e y n e s Based in Sydney, Waterlow
8 World/ Gadgets/ Tech/ E-reader Newspaper

Stop and search of ethnic minority 10-year-olds

doubles in London NZXT releases the
By Vikram Dodd (World news London. There had been 29 safe." can therefore expect more updated Tempest
and comment from the youth homicides between Jenny Jones, a member of the activity in some areas impacting
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) January and October 2008, Metropolitan Police Authority, more on certain communities EVO gaming chassis
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:29:39 AM dropping to 11 for the same said: "Just one bad interaction than others as a result." By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
period in 2009. can colour a young person's view David Michael, a former Met Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:30:45 AM
Metropolitan Police say fewer After the election of the of police for life. This can be self detective chief inspector who is
youth murders justify a tactic Conservative mayor of London, -defeating – the police may be now chair of the Lewisham The NZXT Tempest is a great
critics say can alienate children Boris Johnson, in May 2008, the better off putting more work into police consultative group, said case. It’s, has tons of room, a
Police have doubled the number Metropolitan Police introduced schools and multi-agency work." increased use of stop and search sleek look, and amazing airflow.
of Afro-Caribbean and Asian greater use of stop and search Today police were hunting the was very disturbing. "We are all But it seems everyone’s chief
primary school children they stop powers in an attempt to halt the attackers of a 16-year-old boy reassured that there has been a complaint is that it’s very loud.
and search in London in the last increase in youth homicides. who was stabbed in the stomach decrease in youth murders but no The newly redesigned Temptest
year, figures released today Johnson had called for tough while waiting for a bus home one has presented the empirical EVO aims to solve that problem.
reveal. action and the Met responded from school. He was attacked at evidence showing the nexus with The new case is almost the same
Police say the increased use of with an operation codenamed Edmonton Green bus garage, the reduction and increased stop thing except the fans have been
the controversial powers is to Blunt 2. north London, after reports of a and search of children of tender reworked to take the noise level
tackle the carrying of weapons, The figures released today show knife fight at about 4.30pm on years." down a notch. Plus the side panel
but critics say it risks alienating that the number of youngsters Monday. In August the Guardian reported now sports a smoked look that’s
ethnic minority youngsters. aged between 10 and 17 searched In a statement on the increase in that 2,331 children aged 15 or actually quite attractive. Of
Children as young as 10 were by police rose by 49% to 185,489 stop and search, the Met said: under were stopped by Met course everything else carried
stopped 755 times from April from 123,819 in 2007-8. "The use of stop and search is a officers using anti-terrorism over from the original Temptest
2008 to March 2009, an increase Ben Bowling, the professor of powerful tool to combat youth powers. This included 58 including a bottom-mounted
of 80% on the previous year. criminology and criminal justice violence and deter the carrying children aged nine or under. PSU, E-ATX support, cable
Ethnic minority children bore at King's College, London, said: and use of weapons on our • London management, and pre-drilled for
the brunt of the increase. The "Stop and search is a blunt tool streets. This has been stepped up • Crime watercooling tubes. It’s $99 and
number of 10-year-old Asian which can do more harm than since Operation Blunt 2 and we • Police available now.
children stopped rose 130%, good, especially when it is intend to continue this activity as • Race issues
while there was a 100% increase targeted unfairly against children we believe that it prevents the
for Afro-Caribbean children, as young as 10. I'd like to see the loss of young lives. Vikram Dodd
compared to a 54% increase for evidence that London's black "We have gone to great lengths guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
white youngsters. communities support the since Operation Blunt 2 started to & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
Scotland Yard said the tactics widespread searching of 10- ensure that all our activities are this content is subject to our
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children being murdered in better way to keep our children understanding of the issues. You

Essential Firefox security add-ons Fliqz adds video SEO service

By Dennis O'Reilly No browser is unbreachable, but favor. By Don Reisinger SearchSuccess tool, which is
(Webware.com) the security add-ons available for Originally posted at Workers' (Webware.com) designed to maximize the
Mozilla's Firefox browser Edge Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:35:35 AM
performance of videos in search
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certainly put the odds in your engine rankings.
Company announces
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Pioneer of personalised genetic tests files for

bankruptcy
By Ian Sample (World news company said it would now sell Sir Alec Jeffreys, the University Frances Flinter, who chaired the
and comment from the "substantially all of its assets", of Leicester scientist who Commission's working group.
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) including its huge DNA biobank, invented DNA fingerprinting, The pressure group, GeneWatch,
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:58:34 AM which contains genetic said deCODE had an impressive said despite scientists' hopes,
information on 140,000 record for tracking down disease predicting a person's risk of
• The business has debts of I c e l a n d e r s . genes but had failed to turn the disease has proved to be more
$314m with assets of just $70m The 13-year-old firm had knowledge into lucrative drugs. complicated than thought. Bowers & Wilkins
• Firm's biobank has genetic already explored options to sell "They also put together a "Most diseases in most people do
i n f o r m a t i o n o n 1 4 0 , 0 0 0 or license some of its operations, fabulous biobank and it would be not depend much on genetic Zeppelin MM-1:
Icelanders including its drug discovery a tragedy if all that was lost," he make-up", said Helen Wallace, a Speakers Too Nice for
A pioneering biotechnology wing, after failing to restructure said. scientist at the group. "Diseases Your PC [Audio]
c o m p a n y t h a t s p e a r h e a d e d its debts or obtain more funding. One difficulty for any often run in families due to
genetic research on common In a filing to the US bankruptcy organisation hoping to take over shared lifestyles, environments By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
diseases and offered personalised court in Delaware, the company the company's biobank is that in and incomes, not because of Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:51:06 AM
medical tests has filed for listed assets worth $69.9m most cases, patients signed genes. Genetic horoscopes are
bankruptcy. (£42m) and debts totalling consent forms that require their less reliable than predictions of We have few actual specs on
The Icelandic firm, deCODE $313.9m. The sale of deCODE's DNA to be returned to doctors the weather, because biology is these Bowers & Wilkins
Genetics, was one of the first in assets must now go through an once deCODE had used it. If the complex and poorly understood". Zeppelin MM-1 USB speakers,
the world to market DNA tests auction process. Investors have data moved out of Iceland, it • Pharmaceuticals industry but if the high-end computer
for disease risk directly to the been warned that if the company would have to be made • Genetics speakers sound nearly as good as
public, and had invested heavily goes into liquidation, any return anonymous. • Biochemistry and molecular they look, we're in for a treat.
in basic research to uncover the to stockholders would be "highly DeCODE's troubles reflect biology Arriving January 2010. [
genetic origins of conditions such unlikely". growing concerns that • Drugs Ecoustics via Engadget]
as breast and prostate cancer, Rumours have circulated in personalised genetic tests for • Iceland
heart disease and diabetes. scientific journals that the British many diseases are premature. In • Credit crunch
It has been in serious financial medical charity, The Wellcome September, the government's
trouble since autumn last year Trust, has been in discussions genetics watchdog, the Human Ian Sample
when it informed investors it had with deCODE to take charge of Genetics Commission, said all guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
insufficient funds to carry on its biobank if the company closes direct-to-consumer tests should & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
trading without selling off parts down. A spokesperson for The be more tightly regulated. this content is subject to our
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I n a s t a t e m e n t t o d a y t h e comment. of doubtful value," said Dr

The third day of Peek-Mas

By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:00:17 AM
We’re giving away five Peek
Protos this week, one a day, and
we want you to ask us nicely for follow CG on Twitter and watch
one so we can give you one. the Gift Guide for more special
What I’m basically trying to say things.
is that you should respond to this real e-mail address) and also Also check the Twitter stream
post with a comment (using your today and tomorrow.
10 World/ Tech/ E-reader Newspaper
FACE
Fury at 'monkey' lyric of Arab pop continued from page 6

unachievable objective, such as • US foreign policy

star more European troops or an
operational Afghan army or
•
•
Barack Obama
Obama administration
By Jack Shenker (World news lyrics (one previous hit was community of people, and now honesty in Kabul. Defeat must be • Defence policy
and comment from the entitled Hey, Good Little Muslim some of our children are afraid to spun as victory. Retreat must be • Foreign policy
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Boy) have earned her the wrath go into school because they know covered by the smokescreen of a • David Miliband
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:37:47 AM of religious conservatives and they will be called monkeys in loya jirga or "surge, bribe and • Gordon Brown
forays into the political arena the playground." leave". But it cannot be • Military
• Black Egyptians sue and h a v e a l s o s p a r k e d d e b a t e , The row over Wehbe's song has c o n d i t i o n a l o n f a n t a s y . • US military
demand album be banned including her very public praise highlighted a growing sense of This war was never to be won, • Nato
• Row casts fresh light on racism for Hezbollah leader Hassan c o m m u n a l i d e n t i t y a m o n g any more than that in Iraq. Both • Taliban
in region Nasrallah during the 2006 Nubians in Egypt, a country were neocon nation-building • Hamid Karzai
One of the Arab world's biggest conflict between Israel and where the government has stunts that ran amok on too much • Osama bin Laden
pop stars has provoked a torrent Lebanon. traditionally promoted a very money. Three million Iraqis, • Al-Qaida
of outrage after releasing a song The latest accusations of racism monolithic brand of nationalism, including almost all Iraq's
which refers to black Egyptians came after the release of her new sometimes to the exclusion of Christians, were driven into exile. Simon Jenkins
as monkeys. song, Where is Daddy?, in which religious or ethnic minorities. T h e s a m e i s s t a r t i n g i n guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
Haifa Wehbe, an award-winning a child sings to Wehbe, "Where Despite breaking through into Afghanistan and will become a & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
Lebanese diva who has been is my teddy bear and the Nubian the cultural mainstream – several flood as Nato retreats. That this content is subject to our
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beautiful people, is now facing a Wehbe has since apologised r e g a r d e d w i t h i n E g y p t i a n the end cannot begin until the
lawsuit from Egyptian Nubians profusely for the offending lyrics, intellectual circles and Nubian invaders depart. That will happen
claiming the song has fuelled insisting they were penned by an singers such as Mohammed only when the pain outweighs the
discrimination against them and Egyptian songwriter who told her Mounir are among the most pride. The question is, how many
made some Nubian children too that "Nubian monkey" was an popular in the country – Egypt's corpses will that take?
afraid to attend school. innocent term for a popular estimated two million Nubians • Afghanistan
The row has cast fresh light on children's game. That hasn't remain largely invisible on • Iraq
the position within Egyptian stopped a group of Nubian television and film, except as
society of Nubians, who are lawyers submitting an official lampooned stereotypes. Real-time Report: Twitter still
descended from one of Africa's complaint to Egypt's public • Egypt newcomer Factery 'missed opportunity'
most ancient black civilisations prosecutor and calling for the • Race issues
a n d y e t o f t e n f a c e song to be banned. • Pop and rock Labs finds you facts for Fortune 100s
marginalisation in modern Egypt. "Everyone is upset," said Sayed By Josh Lowensohn By Don Reisinger
Wehbe, a 35-year-old model Maharous, 49, the Nubian owner Jack Shenker (Webware.com) (Webware.com)
turned actress and singer, is of a coffee shop in Cairo. Adul guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
widely regarded as the Middle Raouf Mohammed, who runs a & Media Limited 2009 | Use of Submitted at 11/17/2009 4:00:00 AM Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:17:00 AM

East's most prominent sex n e a r b y s t o r e , a g r e e d . " T o this content is subject to our A new semantic search tool
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skimpy outfits and provocative She has denigrated an entire of the need to read them. Is it too
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US Army arrests mother who failed Insider buying lifts

to turn up for Afghanistan Barnes & Noble (BKS)
By Brent Archer
deployment (BloggingStocks)
By Ed Pilkington (World news she was overburdened and unable was afraid of what would happen Submitted at 11/17/2009 1:00:00 PM

and comment from the to commit for a whole year to the child. The lawyer said that
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Filed under: Major movement, hedged trade on BKS.
looking after him. Hutchinson had been pressurised Good news, Insiders, Options, BKS opened this morning at
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:02:26 AM "This is an infant, and they to get on the flight even though Technical Analysis Barnes & $21.00. So far today the stock
require 24-hour care," Hughes she had no satisfactory Noble ( BKS- option chain) has hit a low of $20.86 and a
A 21-year-old single mother told Associated Press. "It was arrangement for his care. shares have been moving sharply high of $21.55. As of 12:30, BKS
serving with the US Army's 3rd very, very stressful, just too Sussman said: "The day before higher for the past few days and is trading at $21.43 up 93 cents
Infantry Division is facing a much for me to deal with." she was forced to deploy, they are continuing that trend today. (4.5%). The chart for BKS looks
possible court martial because The case has highlighted the told her you have a choice to Company insider and billionaire bearish and S&P gives BKS a
s h e f a i l e d t o t u r n u p f o r tensions within the US military, make, but your duty is to get on investor Ronald Burkle reported negative 2 STARS (out of 5) sell
deployment to Afghanistan, which has a policy of treating that plane. She didn't have purchasing more than 4.4 million ranking.
saying that she could not find women personnel with children anyone to take care of her child. shares of BKS in the past week Continue reading Insider buying
anyone to care for her infant son. sensitively yet is under extreme She thought they'd put her on a alone, valued at $90.2M. When a lifts Barnes & Noble (BKS)
Alexis Hutchinson, who serves pressure to maintain troop plane and take her child away." major holder makes a big Insider buying lifts Barnes &
as an army cook, was meant to numbers in Afghanistan and Iraq. An army spokesman said that purchase like that, it is often a Noble (BKS) originally appeared
have joined her division for a According to a report last month Hutchinson's deployment has sign of good things to come for on BloggingStocks on Tue, 17
flight to Kabul on 5 November, f r o m t h e g r o u p I r a q a n d been put on hold while an that stock, if only because other Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please
but failed to show up. She was A f g h a n i s t a n V e t e r a n s o f investigation is carried out. Her investors may follow his lead. If see our terms for use of feeds.
arrested and temporarily placed America, more than 212,000 child has now returned to you think that the stock won't fall Permalink| Email this| Comments
in custody while her 10-month- women have been deployed in Oakland to be with his by too much in the coming
old child Kamani was put into a the US military to the two war grandmother. months, then now could be a
daycare scheme on her military zones, making up 11% of the • US national security good time to look at a bullish
base in Savannah, Georgia. forces there. More than 120 have • US foreign policy
H u t c h i n s o n d e n i e s a n y been killed, and 600 wounded.
suggestion that she was trying to The deployments include some
• United States
• Afghanistan
Top 10 Bad Messages From
avoid deployment, insisting that 30,000 women who are, like
she was only acting out of Hutchinson, single mothers. Ed Pilkington
Good Movies
concern for her boy. She had Hutchinson's civilian attorney, guardian.co.uk© Guardian News (Wired Top Stories) and plenty of good movies that
placed him in the care of her Rai Sue Sussman, told the & Media Limited 2009 | Use of Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:08:00 AM
have messages you definitely
mother, Angelique Hughes, in Oakland Tribune that her client this content is subject to our wouldn’t want your kids to take
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couple of weeks Hughes found time of deployment because she into play when it comes to the top ten bad messages in good
messages in movies: There are (and at least somewhat geeky)
NCSE Breaks Out the Funny plenty of bad movies whose movies.
messages are perfectly benign,
(Little Green Footballs) unsuccessful science humor from ridiculous “special” version of
Submitted at 11/16/2009 5:09:39 PM
the National Center for Science Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin
Education, taking down of Species.”[Video]
Here’s some not entirely creationist Ray Comfort and his
12 Finance/ Gadgets/ E-reader Newspaper

Ponzi goes green, SEC Costco Wholesale stops

in pursuit carrying Coke
By Tom Johansmeyer By Beth Gaston Moon
(BloggingStocks) (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 1:20:00 PM Submitted at 11/17/2009 12:40:00 PM

Filed under: SEC filings, Filed under: Coca-Cola (KO),

Scandals, Green Stocks
How do you know the green
finance sector has arrived? Well,
it got its first Ponzi scheme!
Allegedly.
The SEC filed charges against
four people and two companies
in a Denver federal court on
Monday. Mantria Corp. and its
principals, Troy Wragg and
Amanada Knorr, stand accused
of running raising $122 million
from more than 300 investors in
what could be a dozen fraudulent
offers of securities. Mantria
engaged Speed of Wealth LLC,
run by Wayde and Donna
McKelvy, to dump the cash out
of their retirement plans and tap
Costco Wholesale (COST) Match Candles Make
If you are hitting Costco Lighting Each Cigarette
Wholesale ( COST) for your Feel Like Your Birthday
Monday Night Football party or
[Design]
their home equity to "invest" in Thanksgiving celebration, you
Mantria, which they said was won't be able to get those cases Costco with competitive pricing By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
offering returns ranging from of Diet Coke. The warehouse- so that we may pass along the Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:40:00 AM
17% to "hundreds of percent" style retailer, which operates value our members deserve."
every year. more than 550 locations, is no Continue reading Costco They aren't carton-lit like real
Continue reading Ponzi goes longer carrying Coca-Cola ( KO) Wholesale stops carrying Coke matches, but these match
green, SEC in pursuit products in its U.S. stores. That Costco Wholesale stops carrying candles($6 for 4 packs) are one
Ponzi goes green, SEC in pursuit means no Coke, Diet Coke, Coke originally appeared on way to up the ante on that Zippo-
o r i g i n a l l y a p p e a r e d o n Sprite, or Dasani water, among BloggingStocks on Tue, 17 Nov lighter guy we all know who
BloggingStocks on Tue, 17 Nov other products. 2009 12:40:00 EST. Please see thinks he's so cool. (The other is
2009 13:20:00 EST. Please see Evidently, the retailer and the our terms for use of feeds. lung cancer.) [ Yanko]
our terms for use of feeds. beverage giant are embroiled in a Permalink| Email this| Comments
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the Costco website indicated that
"Coca-Cola has not provided

Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks

[Hackintosh]
By Danny Allen (Gizmodo) I say almost, because there was hackintoshes, and netbooks in readers can see what sort of
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:10:00 AM
still some noticeable frame general. This is not hardware netbook you have, and if it's
dropping. But still, I could GPU acceleration (limited to worth trying.
High-Def Flash video is a stretch actually watch HD flash video Windows right now), it just For the record, my MSI Wind
on some hacktintosh netbooks, (windowed and full-screen) seems to be better CPU usage. U100 has 2GB of memory, a
but Flash 10.1 brings it into the without it stuttering like a Earlier today I also posted about 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor,
realm of possibility. I just slideshow. One issue with AnandTech's Flash 10.1 CPU- and integrated Intel 945 graphics.
installed it on my MSI Wind YouTube: the CPU pretty much utilization tests: they still noticed (Pic above is of the Dell Mini 9).
running Leopard, and damn: HD went into overload once the improvements under OS X, too.
YouTube and Vimeo videos were video was playing, and on the Firefox to wrestle back control. If you've given Flash 10.1 a try,
almost watchable. third viewing I had to Force Quit But this is good news for post a comment here so other
E-reader Newspaper
Ultimate Pocket Camcorder Comparison [Battlemodo]
By Dan Nosowitz (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:00:00 AM
Pocket camcorders are a hot
holiday gift, but due to their
nearly identical feature sets, it
can be tough to tell which is
best—so I tested seven of these
humble unitaskers to make your
decision easier. You're welcome.
Pocket camcorders (AKA mini
cams or budget cams, or
sometimes Flip cams after the
pioneer of the category) are
simple gadgets. They've got one
job to do: Shoot watchable video,
often for uploading to streaming
video sites. They're also very
close to the end of their lifespan,
with perhaps only a year or so
left before smartphones make
them obsolete, but right now
they're the easiest and cheapest
way to take quick and dirty
video. I tested seven of these
diminutive camcorders, or more
accurately six camcorders and
one capable PMP, in five
categories: Outdoor, indoor, low
light, macro, and sound.
The criteria for judging fell
mostly to smoothness of video
during motion, image sharpness,
noise, and color reproduction.
Specs like storage capacity,
screen size and battery life are
mostly the same across the board,
although overall, compared to
last year, this crop of mini cams
are faster and stronger, with
beefed up memory and HD
sensors. All save the iPod Nano
take 720p video (or better) and
add HDMI ports and more
memory to accommodate the
higher-quality footage. Yet I
wasn't really all that thrilled with
any of the camcorders—the bar
for these cams is so low you
could trip over it, and several of
them actually did. Battery life
was disappointing across the
board, as none could break two
hours of filming. Anyway, on to
the results! Results
Choosing between the Kodak
Zi8, Flip Mino HD and Flip Ultra
Gadgets/ 13
twice as thick as the Mino HD,
but even that doesn't really get
across how truly large it feels in
the hand. It's not particularly
heavy, but it is by a long shot the
thickest pocket cam here. On the
plus side, that girth hides a useful
battery—Flip includes a
rechargeable pack, but the John
Candy HD can also use two AA
batteries, which is great since
pocket cams have generally
abysmal battery life (usually
about an hour, though of course
they're often rated for double or
triple that). Replaceable, cheap
batteries are really nice, but some
will have to decide whether the
William Howard Taft HD's girth
is worth that feature. Given its
price, I think it is.
Video quality is just fine, above
average if not particularly
impressive on every test, and it,
like the Mino HD, is extremely
user-friendly. Although that
simplicity yields less flexibility
and a barebones feature set
compared to the Kodak Zi8, it's a
good distillation of the aims of
pocket camcorders, and its 100%
H D i s t r i c k y . T h e Z i 8 i s Flip Ultra HD: First Place tactile controls are a welcome
unreliable, but when it's good it's Flip's Ultra HD is the best change from the Mino HD. If
unbelievably good; the Mino HD overall choice. It's one of the you're not superficial, it's a very
is diminutive, solid and stylish, cheapest cams around (at $150, smart buy. Flip Mino HD:
but overpriced and with lousy it's $70 less than it's younger Second Place
touch controls; and the Ultra HD brother, the Mino HD), but it tied Flip's Mino HD is the best-
is a reliably good shooter with a for the highest score in our l o o k i n g a n d b e s t - f e e l i n g
low price and the best controls of lineup, and it features nice tactile camcorder I tried. Its aluminum
all, but physically unappealing controls that I much prefer to the body feels solid and expensive,
(read: fat as hell). In my opinion, s l e e k e r M i n o H D ' s t o u c h - which might be because it is—at
you should never judge a book sensitive exercise in frustration. $230, it's the priciest camcorder I
by its obese cover, so the Unfortunately, the Dom DeLuise
ULTIMATE page 14
champion is...the Flip Ultra HD! HD is upsettingly fat—about
14 Tech/ Politics/
ULTIMATE
continued from page 13
tested. But I wouldn't be
surprised if it sells the best, even
though it's not the greatest deal,
because it looks (and is) simple,
cute, and functional. I won't
rehash my review, except to say
that I hate those goddamn touch
buttons more and more every
time I use the Mino HD. They're
incredibly sensitive and I
guarantee that you will
accidentally trigger the playback
function more times than you can
count.
Besides that, it's totally
serviceable: It did well on all of
my tests, it's thoughtfully
designed and stupid-easy to use.
But it's definitely overpriced, and
I have a hard time recommending
it over its physically awkward yet
substantially cheaper older
brother, the Ultra HD, just for its
looks. Kodak Zi8: Third Place
Wider and taller than the Flip
Ultra HD, though not nearly as
fat, the Zi8 packs a 1080p sensor
and the largest and best screen of
the bunch. The controls are easy
and tactile and aside from flimsy-
feeling plastic covers over the
ports (one of mine already fell
off), the hardware is high-quality.
The Zi8 snagged the bronze
medal, because while its highs
were higher than either of the
Bad Brick Thread
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 11/16/2009 2:27:42 PM
It was the power supply brick for
Flips, its lows were lower—and
given how focused and simple
this type of gadget is, reliability
is worth more than flashing
moments of greatness.
The Zi8 absolutely rocked in two
of my tests, outdoor and macro,
with perfect color reproduction
and excellent clarity, and it even
takes pretty decent still photos
(think point-and-shoot circa 2006
quality). But the conditions need
to be just right to get the most out
of this guy—I first tried it in
1080p mode (neither of the Flips
can break 720p) and while
picture quality was amazing,
scenes with lots of motion were
pretty jerky to the point of being
distracting. But even in 720p, it
was still head-and-shoulders
above the competition—but only
in outdoor and macro testing. In
the indoor test it proved to have
difficulty focusing on objects
closer than 10 feet but farther
than 2 feet away, and low light
shooting was distinctly tinted red
and a bit dark. It wasn't unusable
in any test (unlike the similarly
uneven Creative Vado HD) and
at $180 it's fairly priced, so I'd
still recommend it—but you and
I are likely to be more forgiving
of the Zi8's flaws than, say, your
mom, who just wants a camera
the monitor. Just up and died.
The monitor itself is fine, but it
won’t be operational for a couple
the replacement brick.
of days because they had to order
that works pretty well all the
time. For her, go for a Flip. The
Rest
The Creative Vado HD scored
pretty high, only a point lower
than the bronze medalist Kodak
Zi8, but while its design is fairly
middle-of-the-road (albeit nice
and teeny), its abilities were all
over the place. It was one of the
worst in standard daytime
shooting (it has a hard time with
sunlight, a serious problem for a
pocket cam) and macro, but was
the best at indoor, and while its
low light video was a little dark,
it was the clearest and smoothest
of the lot. It also, likely due to
Creative's background in stellar-
sounding PMPs and sound cards,
boasts excellent sound quality. At
$150, it's very fairly priced, but I
can't recommend a camcorder
that mangles sunlight the way the
Vado does.
Apple's iPod Nano is the only
"camcorder" in this roundup to
peak at VGA resolution, and
aside from a surprisingly strong
macro performance, it shows. It
turned vibrant colors dull and
lifeless, washed out detail and
made everything seem darker
than it was. It can't compete with
the Zi8s and Flips of the world,
but it's still usable and incredibly
priced at $150/$180 for
8GB/16GB—if you've got a
Nano already, you probably
won't need a dedicated cam.
Convergence killed the video
star, I guess.
The JVC Picsio GC-FM1
sucked. It's spectacularly ugly
(think Ed Hardy-inspired) and
cheap-feeling, with a confusing
button layout (unforgivable in a
pocket cam) and a high price
($200, or $178 at Amazon).
Besides all that, it scored poorly
in every one of our tests. Avoid.
And finally, the worst—Aiptek's
PenCam HD. I wanted to like it, I
really did—it's got a tongue-
depressor-like design and came
with a sweet tripod that attaches
to a bicycle's handlebars—but it
bombed in almost every one of
my tests. The 1.1-inch screen is
nearly unusable and battery life
barely topped 40 minutes, so it's
definitely the loser here.
Here's a giant gallery of all 28
videos I took.
Don Nguyen assisted with this
Battlemodo.
No, not this kind of brick.
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Are these Apple's
2009 Black
Friday deals?
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:22:00 AM
According to purportedly leaked
documents on the tech rumor site
Boy Genius Report, Apple is
gearing up to offer a series of
post-Thanksgiving bargains on
products from iPods to
MacBooks.
The deal, allegedly good only on
November 27, lists "up to"
discounts of 30 percent on iPods
(excluding the Shuffle and
iPhone), 25 percent on Mac
laptops and desktops, and 15-
percent on accessories, software,
and other hardware.
The Boy Genius Report Web site
says: "One of our connects just
hit us up with some intriguing
Apple information. According to
them, what you see detailed
above is a shot of Apple's yearly
Black Friday deals. It's reported
to be something Apple will email
out shortly."
Of course, with the vague use of
"up to" and no specific products
listed, we can't be sure if these
will be good deals or not. But if
you're interested in being the first
in line to check them out, the
leaked doc also says that select
Apple stores will be opening at 6
a.m. on November 27.
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Canon EOS 7D impressions for filmmaker wannabes

By Chad Mumm (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 1:28:00 PM
Chad Mumm is our video
producer at Engadget, doing
work on The Engadget Show and
filming shorter-form stuff when
we need it. He recently acquired
the 7D for personal and work
use, and we asked him to put
together some thoughts on the
camera in terms of using it
primarily for video. You can
check out our traditional review
roundup for the 7D here.
These times are strange. Five
years ago if you walked onto the
set of a movie, TV show, or
music video -- before you got
kicked out by a strung out
production assistant -- you'd have
probably seen a bustling group of
workers huddled around a giant
camera changing out huge spools
with Kodak or Fujifilm logos on
them. The RED ONE camera
shook up the industry when it
was released two years ago and
those cans of film were replaced
with hard-drives and digital
technicians. Now, we're in the
midst of another monumental
camera shift, and it's not the 3D
revolution that everyone
predicted. Nope, in 2009 we
make our movies on DSLRs. Just
how good are they? Well, the
recently released Canon EOS 7D
may just be the new Engadget
workhorse. Read on for the
inside scoop on our ridiculously
cinematic new rig.
Gallery: Canon EOS 7D video
rig
Continue reading Canon EOS
7D impressions for filmmaker
wannabes
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filmmaker wannabes originally
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Laptop reliability survey: ASUS and Toshiba win, HP fails

By Vladislav Savov whose primary business is selling Keep it gentlemanly, okay?
(Engadget) extended warranties, but that [Via Electronista]
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:09:00 AM
shouldn't completely prejudice us Filed under: Laptops
against reaching conclusions on Laptop reliability survey: ASUS
Boy, do we have a nice slab of the basis of the presented facts. and Toshiba win, HP fails
data for you to sink your teeth Firstly, netbooks have shown originally appeared on Engadget
into today. The 3-year service themselves to be on average 20 on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:09:00
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gorgeous comparative charts, down than premium machines. In comparison chart above: here more than a quarter of all laptops
which you know you're dying to other words, you get what you ASUS and Toshiba ( rather expected to suffer a hardware
know more about. We should pay for -- shocking, right? The appropriately) share the winners' fault of some kind within three
note, however, that the service big talking point, though, will spoils, while HP languishes in years. So, does your experience
was provided by SquareTrade, inevitably be the manufacturer the ignominious last place, with corroborate / refute this info?

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16 Gadgets/ Tech/ Tech News/ Entertainment/ E-reader Newspaper
Brazilian Hacking
South Korean Attempts Fail To Break
Brazilian E-Voting, But
researchers devise a Do Improve The Process
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
safer lithium ion battery Submitted at 11/17/2009 1:09:17 AM

By Donald Melanson We pointed out recently that

(Engadget) Brazil was allowing groups of
Submitted at 11/17/2009 2:07:00 PM hackers and security experts to
hack their e-voting machines,
While some researchers are something that the e-voting
focused on making batteries that industry has always resisted
are both safer and longer-lasting, angrily. The e-voting companies
it seems like the folks at the have never been able to
Korea Atomic Energy Research adequately explain why experts
Institute (or KAERI) are simply shouldn't be able to try to hack
concerned with making 'em
really, really safe. To that end, Electrifying Landscape the machines, and all it did was
lead to more distrust over the
they've now announced that
they've managed to develop a Photography Captures Our machines. However, the Brazil
test has been concluded, and
new type of "separator" that is as to when we might actually see
said to be far more resistant to the new and improved batteries,
but KAERI has apparently
Electric World [Image Cache] there's some good news: no one
was able to crack the machines.
heat and impact than traditional By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo) However, with all the hack
footprint, though, not in that
polyethylene separators. Made already applied for the necessary attacks, officials did learn a few
we've destroyed our Earth and
from a mix of polyethylene, nano patents for the new technique. Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:20:00 AM
things are too late kind of way. things that are helping them to
-alumina and flourine-based resin [Via Fareastgizmos.com] We've all seen long exposure Or another interpretation of the improve the overall process with
that has been subjected to Filed under: Misc. Gadgets photography, allowing you to art might be, nature has a hidden the machines. It's really amazing
radiation, the new separator can South Korean researchers devise
create shapes with light. But I p o w e r t h a t w e f a i l t o that we still don't have something
s u p p o s e d l y h o l d u p t o a safer lithium ion battery don't think any of us has seen acknowledge without shiny similar happening in the US.
temperatures of 150 degrees originally appeared on Engadget anything quite like the work of lights. Permalink| Comments| Email
Celsius and "considerable outside on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:07:00 Barry Underwood, a landscape At least, those are my reads on This Story
impact," and it can apparently be EST. Please see our terms for photographer for our connected, his work (please share yours in
applied to all sorts of lithium-ion use of feeds. Read| Permalink| electric world. (More photos:)
the comments). You can see the
batteries -- including everything Email this| Comments H i s l a n d s c a p e s , w h i l e collection with your own eyes as New Movies on
from phones to laptops to electric painstakingly staged, incorporate it's on display from November
cars. Of course, there's no word man-made light with an almost 21st 2009 - January 9th 2010 at DVD & Blu-ray:
Do Speedy Math in Your Head eerie naturalness. The glowing Johansson Projects in Oakland,
elements that should jar our eyes CA. [ Johansson Projects and November 17
By How-To Wiki (Wired Top shares three secrets to how to as electrical protrusions actually B a r r y U n d e r w o o d v i a (ETonline - Breaking News)
Stories) multiply big numbers — without serve to capture nature with a B L D B L O G ] Submitted at 11/17/2009 6:30:00 AM
Submitted at 11/16/2009 5:00:00 PM
a calculator and faster than even n e w t h e s i s : a s a p l a n e t
if you had one. intrinsically altered by our
Math wizard Arthur Benjamin
E-reader Newspaper Gadgets/ Politics/ Twitter Trend/ Tech News/ 17
Master of the Universe?
Magellan debuts GPS app / car kit for iPhone and You Need a Carbonite
Han Solo Desk
iPod touch By Charlie Sorrel (Wired Top
Stories)
By Donald Melanson cradle is fully adjustable to can get the app from the App
(Engadget) accommodate a range of sleeves Store right now. Submitted at 11/17/2009 5:24:00 AM

Submitted at 11/17/2009 12:31:00 PM

or cases, and it'll of course also [Thanks, djphatjive]
charge your iPhone or iPod Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Han Solo, as everyone knows,
M a g e l l a n ' s n e w i P h o n e touch, and give it some amplified Software was frozen in carbonite at the end
navigation app won't do much for sound courtesy of the built-in Magellan debuts GPS app / car of The Empire Strikes Back.
the iPod touch on its own, but it speaker. The navigation app itself kit for iPhone and iPod touch What few know is that he was
l o o k s l i k e t h e c o m p a n y ' s also seems to be more than ready originally appeared on Engadget then installed beneath a glass-
forthcoming Premium Car Kit to challenge the competition, on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:31:00 topped desk, which is now
will in fact work just fine with with it boasting spoken street EST. Please see our terms for available for purchase.
the handheld out of the box, names, NAVTEQ maps, 3D use of feeds. Read| Permalink|
unlike TomTom's similar Car landmarks, in-app music control, or release date for the cradle just Email this| Comments
Kit. Otherwise, there aren't a pedestrian mode, and a price yet, but Magellan says it is
exactly a ton of surprises, but the tag of $79.99. No word on a price "coming soon" -- iPhone users

Self-powered diaper monitor system Huntsman: 'It's a Good

automatically detects wet diapers Time to Be in Beijing'
By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear) electricity following a chemical (Little Green Footballs) China, about the current
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:41:57 AM
reaction in the presence of urine. Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:33:09 AM
ideological fight in the GOP, he
Once this happens, the sensor kit answered, “It’s a good time to be
A research laboratory at Japan’s can transmit signals to a receiver NBC News political director in Beijing.” He seemed genuinely
Ritsumeikan University has located as far as 3 meters away. Chuck Todd is in China with a bemused by Palin-palooza, and
developed a monitoring system The university lab says their wet team covering Barack Obama’s said every time he gets sucked
for wet diapers that consists of a diaper monitoring system is still visit, and when they asked US into paying a tiny bit of attention,
self-powered sensor/transmitter in prototype mode. One possible ambassador Jon Huntsman about he throws himself back into work
and a receiver and is supposed to which was co-developed in area for improvement is to add the craziness wracking the on China issues. Do remember
assist staff in hospitals and collaboration with Seiko Epson. circuitry to the sensor system so Republican Party back in the that Huntsman, a moderate who
nursing homes in performing States, Huntsman laconically at one time was seen as a
B o t h t h e s e n s o r a n d t h e that a single system can monitor
diaper checks with elderly a c c o m p a n y i n g w i r e l e s s a group of people, for example in replied, “ It’s a good time to be in possible 2012 GOP candidate,
patients. The sensor kit has to be transmitter are powered by a built a nursing home. Beijing.” saw a local Michigan GOP
placed inside the diaper and -in battery that can generate Via Nikkei[registration required, By the way, when one of us chapter cancel an event with
sends signals to the receiver unit, paid subcription] asked ex-Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman due to his centrist
Huntsman, a Republican serving views (like his support for civil
as Obama’s ambassador to unions).

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18 Gadgets/
Sports Authority to sell the Wii
because, well, it’s an exercise device
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:30:18 AM
Next time you’re at Sports
Authority applying for a
hunting license, you could pick
up replacement Wii Remote or
even the Wii Fit as the retailer is
getting into the gaming business.
But seriously, this kind of makes
sense and has apparently been in
the works for months.
The Nintendo Wii has long been
associated with exercise. It forces
Canada gets International players to get up and actually
move. In fact, there is a whole
Kindle support, no longer feels
inferior to Trinidad and Tobago Because What We All Need Right
By Joseph L. Flatley
(Engadget)
that sound exotic and fanciful to
American ears: The Globe and
Mail and The National Post.
Now Is an App to Tell Us We're
Submitted at 11/17/2009 12:54:00 PM
Sound like something you'd like
Good news for our Canadian to get into? Yours for $250 USD
Ugly [IPhone Apps]
brethren! While the realization (roughly $265 CDN). Hit the By John Herrman (Gizmodo)
that you'd been excluded from read link to get started. Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:10:18 AM
the International Kindle may [Via Boy Genius Report]
have angered you, or frightened Filed under: Displays, Fact, maybe: Human beauty has
you, or engendered feelings of H a n d h e l d s nothing to do with subjective
shame or lust, all hope is not lost! Canada gets International Kindle judgment, and everything to do
We have just got word that support, no longer feels inferior with some obscure mathematical
Amazon has added your fine t o T r i n i d a d a n d T o b a g o equation. Fact, definitely: There
nation to the list of countries it originally appeared on Engadget is an iPhone app based on this
will now ship the beloved e- on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:54:00 theory.
reader to. And if that ain't EST. Please see our terms for Designed by giant human baby
enough, a smattering of your use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Ed Nash, above, Fit or Fugly(
native content is being offered, Email this| Comments Fit: Brit., informal: SEXXXY)
included a couple of publications
market of accessories built
around the Wii Fit. Sports
Authority might not have any
trouble selling the systems with
judges your attractiveness based
on the proportions of your face,
processed from a photo and a
little user input—to peg exactly
E-reader Newspaper
Wii Fit if they are marketed with
demo units available for shoppers
to try out. I, for one, would much
rather spend a couple hundred on
the Wii than an entry-level
treadmill or Stairmaster.
The WSJ is reporting that some
stores could get the systems as
soon as this week and Sports
Authority has been working with
Nintendo for almost six months.
This might help Nintendo push a
few more units into homes and
regain a dominate position in the
gaming console wars.
where your nose, ears, eyes and
mouth are. Does it work? As a
tool for determining objective
beauty, possibly. As a tool for
planting tiny, fertile seeds of
doubt about your attractiveness in
your subconscious (and others'!),
yeah, sure. A dollar, and you
look beautiful today. [ iTunes via
Cult of Mac]
E-reader Newspaper Gadgets/ 19

ASUS and Toshiba

winners of reliability
survey, don’t ask about HP
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) malfunction rate of the top nine
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:00:42 AM
laptop manufacturers.
Feel free to read the whole study
SquareTrade, proprietors of here, but here are the main
extended warranties, just released points.
a 3-year study that sheds some • 31% of notebooks suffer a total
light on the reliability of laptops failure rate before 3 years
a n d n e t b o o k s . T h e m a i n • Netbooks fail 20% more often
Bowers & Wilkins somehow makes
conclusion that 1 in 3 notebooks than laptops
fail within three year should • 5.8% of netbooks malfunction
come as no surprise. After all, within the first 12 months
PC speakers interesting with MM-1
they are portable computers that • Asus has the best 3-year By Darren Murph (Engadget) products with lust-worthy up there), but we should hear
get banged around. It’s the nature malfunction rate at 15.6% Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:40:00 AM
designs. Somehow or another, more when they ship in January.
of the beast. However, the study • HP has the worst 3-year the outfit responsible for the Filed under: Portable Audio
d o e s r e v e a l s o m e o t h e r malfunction rate at 25.6% Outside of factory keyboards, dirigible-inspired iPod sound Bowers & Wilkins somehow
interesting tid-bits, including a • You might want a warranty there's hardly anything more system has produced a set of makes PC speakers interesting
handy graph the shows the boring than a set of PC speakers. standard computer speakers that with MM-1 originally appeared
They're typically unsightly, add are actually rather inspiring, as on Engadget on Tue, 17 Nov
to the rat's nest of wires behind the Zeppelin MM-1 touts no 2009 11:40:00 EST. Please see
your rig and force you into a life extra subwoofer, a simple USB our terms for use of feeds. Read|
of dependency. And then there's c o n n e c t i o n a n d a n i n b u i l t Permalink| Email this| Comments
Bowers & Wilkins, a company headphone socket. There's nary a
that excels at pumping out mention of price (trust us, it'll be
20 Gadgets/ Tech/
RealView's V-Screen
for PSP review
By Tim Stevens (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 12:04:00 PM
The PSP may be a lot of things
to a lot of people, but it's not
capable of pumping out images
in 3D -- cross your eyes all you
want but nothing's going to leap
off of that LCD. We'll have to
wait for at least another iteration
of portables before we can start
expecting any miracles in that
department, but until then there's
the V-Screen! It's a big, silly-
looking attachment that pledges
to add depth to your PSP games
despite the system's distinctly
two-dimensional screen. Is it
magic? Is it sorcery? Is it
complete bull? You might be
surprised.
Gallery: RealView's V-Screen
Continue reading RealView's V-
Screen for PSP review
Filed under: Gaming
RealView's V-Screen for PSP
review originally appeared on
Engadget on Tue, 17 Nov 2009
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Chicago Tribune Columnist: Hey
You People Online With Opinions...
Get Off My Lawn!
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) voice and that's bad how exactly? "fool"? Most of my career has
Submitted at 11/17/2009 6:07:00 AM
With the advent of Twitter, been spent in radio, where call-in
Facebook, instant messaging and comments are somewhat
Reader Cannen alerts us to yet texting, now almost any fool can encouraged. The main difference
another column by yet another set up his or her broadcast hub. is that we can hang up on people.
o l d s c h o o l n e w s p a p e r g u y Then the likes of CNN, Fox Ok, let me get this straight.
whining about the fact that "the News, Oprah and even the Before you were complaining
people" now have the ability to Tribune play right into their that CNN and Fox were putting
have their voices heard. What's hands, giving them instant access these people on their shows, but
funny is that his own column to the rest of the world. I beseech then you say at least on radio you
s e e m s t o c o n t r a d i c t h i s the online editors at this paper to
statements. Don't get me wrong. I turn off the "comments" after
am also an outraged narcissist, each article. If people have
could "hang up on people." Do
you not sense the contradiction?
CNN and Fox can just as easily
but I had to work six-hour shifts opinions about something that
in Bakersfield, Calif., to earn my they've just read, let them write a
stripes as a communicator. letter to the editor. Yes, but "any
"hang up" on these people too.
So what's the difference?
Basically, it sounds like the guy
Nowadays, having a Twitter page fool" doesn't get quite the is pissed off that he's no longer
qualifies a person to give attention as, say, a fool who the only person with an opinion
commentary on CNN. I am not blasts the fact that people have a getting heard. But, of course,
interested in the take of @stinky v o i c e i n a m a j o r n a t i o n a l he's missing the point in blaming
on the Fort Hood shootings or newspaper, right? Who cares the new technology. Yes, lots of
any other current events. I am that anyone can say what they people have a voice, but most
watching CNN because I expect want. Most people don't see still don't get heard very far. The
them to gather the news, not act those complaints. You call it a folks who are getting on TV or
as a clearinghouse for any " b r o a d c a s t h u b " b u t m o s t are making their voices heard are
bonehead with a computer, a people's Twitter accounts don't because they're saying something
cable modem and a half-baked have very many followers. that resonates, whether it's stupid
opinion. Ah yes, so because That's not the issue at all. The or not. And, no, maybe they
today it's easier for people to actual complaint seems to be that didn't have to practice being a
have a voice, it's bad. Yes, and CNN and Fox and others have public moron in some small town
you used to walk to school uphill elevated a few of these folks (a first, but is that really a
both ways in the snow and tiny percentage of the overall necessity?
television was called radio and population using these tools), and Permalink| Comments| Email
had no pictures. But the world you don't like it because.... what, This Story
improves and progress comes exactly? Because they compete
along and gives more people a with you in being a public
E-reader Newspaper Tech/ 21

Viacom's General Counsel Lecture On Copyright Leaves Out

Certain Facts
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) speech -- and of all the massive something that's simply not true: quintuple counting some the resulting copy still includes
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:12:34 AM
extensions and changes in that without copyright or without numbers, while totally ignoring DRM that prevents copies. The
copyright laws over the past 200 restrictive licensing, the investors how those numbers actually help fact that he's "concerned" about
Someone once told me that hundred years, almost all have do not have an opportunity to the industry in other ways. So, the Netflix model is of no
Viacom's top lawyer, Michael served to stifle more speech than make a return. As we've shown sorry if I don't take those loss consequence whatsoever.
Fricklas, has been known to read they have encouraged. over and over again, plenty of numbers seriously, no matter McDonalds is "concerned" about
Techdirt on occasion. I have no He then trots out the industry's content creators who "free" their how "sophisticated" he thinks Burger King, but that doesn't
idea if this is true, but it still is own numbers claiming how IP have not only made a return, they are. They're not. They're give them a legal right to block
interesting to watch him give a much copyright contributes to the but have made a better return only "sophisticated" in how them from being in business.
lecture to some Yale law students economy, even though those than they did under older models misleading they are. Then he pulls out the ever
where he offers a somewhat numbers are based on a variety of that relied on copyright. But it's He does have a short discussion popular "$200 million movie"
nuanced position on copyright q u e s t i o n a b l e a s s u m p t i o n s , a sneaky trick that's often used by on RealNetworks' RealDVD myth, which I thought was a
issues (thanks to JJ for being the including the idea that all content folks in this debate. You set up offering, which he implies favorite of NBC Universal, but I
first of many to forward the covered by copyright is only this strawman argument and then enables piracy -- even as he guess Viacom is going with it
v i d e o t o u s ) , b u t w h i c h created because of copyright. knock it down, despite the fact admits he wants the functionality, now as well. It's not a myth that
repeatedly seems to leave out Along those lines, he also credits that no one ever made the where he could move a copy of a there are movies that cost $200
certain pertinent facts: He starts copyright for things like the iPod argument, and you argue that legally purchased DVD to his million. The myth is that people
out by saying that he's a strong and the Kindle, saying that no something is fact (that you can't hard drive for backup or other want movies that cost that much.
supporter of fair use, and doesn't one's buying those devices just to make a return) when it's viewing, but says his "concern" is No one watching a movie cares
like the idea of having to get look at them. This is correct -- empirically false. It's frustrating that people would do this with how much it costs. They want
licenses for creating new works - but note the trick. He did not say that this argument still gets made Netflix DVDs. He believes that good movies, no matter how
- but is concerned about the that it was content that drove the and people should really start the problem with this is that much they cost. I'm sure people
"exact copy" problem. So, i P o d a n d t h e K i n d l e , b u t calling the folks who make it out RealNetworks had to break the would like some $1 billion or
basically he's in favor of fair use copyright. He's wrong. It's whenever they state such encryption put in place by the $100 billion movies as well, but
for creating new works, but not content. Not copyright. falsehoods. studios. Notice, again, what that doesn't mean we need to
direct distribution. He notes that some say that Later, he talks about the "losses" Fricklas conveniently leaves out. grant Viacom extra special legal
He discusses copyright vs. free "unlicensed IP" might drive this from piracy, insisting that the First, he leaves out the fact that it privileges to make sure it can
speech -- and insists that there's i n n o v a t i o n , b u t h e f a v o r s findings come from a is already legal for people to make a $1 billion or $100 billion
no "tension" between the two "sustainable innovation" (as if "sophisticated" analysis, not just make backup copies of content movie profitably. People like
(despite many recent studies anyone doesn't). And then he from counting all downloads as they legally own -- but, thanks in good movies. Viacom wants to
suggesting the exact opposite). makes this odd statement:"A lost sales. Of course, these part to Hollywood lobbying, make profitable movies. We
Of course, he does a bit of a twist more sustainable innovation is numbers came from the same Hollywood itself can block that agree. But the $200 million
there, by saying that copyright is one where, if you make an study process that led to some right, simply by putting number is meaningless. There
pro-free speech because it creates i n v e s t m e n t , y o u h a v e t h e results that even the MPAA (of encryption on something and are ways to make good movies
incentive for speech. The opportunity to make a return." which Viacom is a major then saying that you can't for both less and more than $200
problem with this statement is Now, that's a great (by which we member) had to later admit were circumvent it without breaking million and there are ways to
that while that's the theory, the m e a n , u s e l e s s ) s t a t e m e n t , bogus. This is also the same the law (thank you, DMCA anti- make profitable movies even in
evidence for it is somewhat because it's obviously true. Who "sophisticated analysis" that circumvention clause). He also the face of piracy. The claim that
lacking. However, there is would ever deny that? But it's a includes ripple effects in one leaves out (conveniently) the fact piracy undermines the $200
tremendous evidence of cases s n e a k y a n d d i s i n g e n u o u s direction only, so it's actually that RealDVD doesn't actually
where copyright is used to stifle statement, because it implies double, triple, quadruple, "break" the encryption and that VIACOM'S page 25
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STUDY: Most Fortune 100 Companies Don’t Get Twitter

By Vadim Lavrusik display personality, tone or voice complaints and questions from effectively make use of the
(Mashable!) on their account pages,” customers on Twitter. The platform.
Submitted at 11/17/2009 6:08:28 AM
according to the report, which Result: A Low Following When these companies do take a
judged personality based on Because so many of these look at their strategy and use of
In August we reported that a w h e t h e r a n a c c o u n t w a s companies aren’t using Twitter social media, they need to realize
large number of Fortune 100 identified with a personality who effectively, if at all, it makes that the key element missing is
c o m p a n i e s h a v e e m b r a c e d posted on behalf of the company sense that 68 percent of the conversation. Twitter, and social
Twitter, but how well are they or if it was a “faceless” brand accounts had fewer 1,000 media in general, is about two-
actually using it? A study account. followers. This seems to indicate way communication, which is
released today(PDF) by Weber However, 32 percent did have The most popular use of Twitter that the accounts do not provide something that all companies
Shandwick says the answer is not personalities that were associated from companies using it, is as a much value, which can come need to realize as they constantly
very well, and that the majority with their accounts, which might newsfeed or for developing brand from a dialogue with followers, a evaluate and tweak their social
of Fortune 100 companies don’t be a better approach to creating awareness. But companies seem service the account provides media use. Companies should
really get Twitter. Though 73 of an account that is engaging and not to understand how to use the ( s u c h a s c o u p o n c o d e s o r also reconsider whether to use a
100 companies had at least one p e r s o n a b l e f o r c o n s u m e r s . service to increase sales or they customer service), and the quality person that is identified with an
registered Twitter account (up P e r s o n a l i t y c a n a l s o b e don’t believe that it’s possible. of information being shared. account, which could improve
from 54 reported in an unrelated demonstrated on Twitter via the Though Dell(33 on Fortune 100 In fact, the study found that half their engagement and build a
study released in August), the writing of the actual tweets. The list) has used Twitter to sell of the accounts did not score well personable brand.
majority of them weren’t using content itself can have a voice millions of dollars worth of on engagement metrics used by Mashable’s Twitter Guide Book
Twitter effectively to engage without the page being identified products, only 16 percent of Twitalyzer, which looks at offers a comprehensive resource
their followers, weren’t tweeting with a specific person, but having Fortune 100 accounts used number of links, hashtags, on how to effectively use Twitter.
often, and didn’t display any a name associated with an Twitter for sales, special Twitter retweets and references. Being More business resources from
personality in their tweets, account adds a more human offers, coupons or other special engaged and active on Twitter Mashable:
according to the study. element that acts similar to a offers. usually translates to more - Why Social Media Is Vital to
O n e m a j o r r e s u l t o f t h i s spokesperson representing a Another effective use for followers because it gives an Corporate Social Responsibility
ineffective use seems to be low company. b u s i n e s s e s h a s b e e n u s i n g account more exposure and - HOW TO: Measure Social
engagement from followers. Out Though tweeting sparingly can Twitter for customer service. For chances of being retweeted and Media ROI
of the 540 total Twitter accounts be a good thing, 76 percent of the example, Best Buy (56 on seen by other users (assuming the - 5 Important Web Video
r e g i s t e r e d b y F o r t u n e 1 0 0 accounts had fewer than 500 Fortune 100) u s e s information is valuable). What’s Lessons for Small Business
companies, 50 percent of the tweets posted. If the companies its@Twelpforce for customer the Prescription? Owners
accounts had fewer than 500 w e r e t r u l y e n g a g i n g t h e i r service and has some 14,000 Because the analysis was - Top 5 Must-Read Social Media
followers and another 15 percent followers and customers, the followers. However, only 9 conducted between August 28 Books
weren’t being used at all. number would likely be much percent of the Fortune 100 and September 4, 2009, it’s - HOW TO: Use Twitter
L a c k i n g P e r s o n a l i t y a n d higher, though certainly could accounts use Twitter for this possible that some companies Hashtags for Business
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The majority of the accounts account had been active. Also, these companies are steering in their approach to Twitter Reviews: Mashable, Twitter
from Fortune 100 companies had fewer tweets sometimes means away from customer service within the last couple of months. Tags: business, fortune 100,
no personality, but instead less exposure in the wider because to do it effectively, they One thing is for sure, however: a study, trending, twitter
focused on brand only. Out of the Twitterverse. Missed Business would need additional staff dramatic shift needs to happen
540 accounts, 53 percent “did not Opportunities s p e c i f i c a l l y t o r e s p o n d t o for most of these companies to
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Verizon to AT&T: Stop whining; start investing
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:43:15 AM
Verizon Wireless said AT&T is
suing the wireless operator not
because its recent ads are untrue,
but because the truth hurts.
In the opening paragraph of its
legal rebuttal to a lawsuit filed
earlier this month by AT&T,
which claims that Verizon is
misleading customers by
suggesting that subscribers
cannot access wireless Internet
services throughout its network,
Verizon very plainly surmised its
argument: "AT&T did not file
this lawsuit because Verizon's
'There's A Map For That'
advertisements are untrue; AT&T
sued because Verizon's ads are
true and the truth hurts."
The rebuttal filed on Monday in
a Georgia district court was in
response to two complaints
AT&T filed with the court asking
that the Verizon advertisements
be pulled from the airwaves.
AT&T has called the claims in
the advertisement "false" and
"misleading." And the company
claims it has caused "irreparable
harm" to AT&T's wireless
business.
Verizon spokespeople have
responded to the press on these
claims. But now the company has
filed its official response to the
Review: 'Assassin's Creed II' Is the Ultimate Killer App
By Chris Kohler (Wired Top
Stories)
court in a 53-page document that
lays out the company's defense.
Verizon argues its
advertisements are simply
pointing out the fact that AT&T
has not invested enough in
upgrading its network to handle
the tidal wave of data traffic
experienced by the release of the
Apple iPhone, which AT&T sells
exclusively in the U.S. Verizon
says that it is simply highlighting
what many AT&T iPhone
customers have already
recognized.
"In the final analysis," Verizon
said in its filing. "AT&T seeks
emergency relief because
Verizon's side- by-side, apples-to
-apples comparison of its own 3G
coverage with AT&T's confirms
what the marketplace has been
saying for months: AT&T failed
to invest adequately in the
necessary infrastructure to
expand its 3G coverage to
support its growth in smartphone
business, and the usefulness of its
service to smartphone users has
suffered accordingly. AT&T may
not like the message that the ads
send, but this Court should reject
its efforts to silence the
messenger."
Verizon's initial advertisement,
which began airing on TV
November 3, shows two maps
with red-and-white splotches
A top-to-bottom update of the
15th-century cloak-and-dagger
game delivers, at last, on the
indicating 3G wireless coverage.
The white area indicates no 3G
coverage, and the red indicates
areas where 3G service is
available. In the ad, Verizon
shows an AT&T map that has
lots of white spaces, whereas the
Verizon map is almost covered in
red.
AT&T claims the ad is
misleading because it implies that
AT&T customers can't use their
phones and cannot access the
mobile Internet in areas where
the carrier does not offer 3G
wireless coverage. The truth is
that AT&T customers can use
their phones and they are able to
access the wireless Net using the
company's slower EDGE
network.
Verizon has modified its ad
slightly to indicate that the map
applies only to 3G coverage and
not regular 2.5G service, which is
adequate for making voice calls
and connecting to the wireless
Internet at slower speeds.
In its filing, Verizon argues that
its ads refer explicitly and solely
to AT&T's 3G network coverage.
And therefore the advertisements
should be evaluated on that basis.
Verizon claims that it is a fact
that its 3G wireless network
covers five times more
geographic area than AT&T's 3G
network. And because this is an
promise of the original. The
beautiful and addictive sequel
expertly blends a fascinating
Tech/ Tech Tips/ Tech News/ 23
The Pirate Bay Tracker
Officially Shutting
Down for Good
undisputable fact, the company
should be able to use this in its [BitTorrent]
advertisements.
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Verizon pointed to AT&T's own
advertisement claims that it Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:30:00 AM
operates the nation's fastest 3G
The Pirate Bay, the largest, most
wireless network.
popular BitTorrent tracker on the
"Despite the far smaller size of
internet, has faced seriously
its 3G network, AT&T has spent
troubled times this year, and
tens of millions of dollars making
today, the site's operators
its 3G network, which it dubs the
announce that they're officially
"Nation's Fastest 3G Network,"
shutting down their tracker for
the centerpiece of its national
good. They're putting a positive
advertising since at least the
spin on things to all-things-
summer of 2008," Verizon
BitTorrent weblog
argued. "AT&T now is
TorrentFreak—talking about
attempting to silence Verizon's
trackerless solutions that haven't
ads that include maps graphically
really seen a ton of adoption just
depicting the geographic reach of
yet from users (though
AT&T's 3G network as
trackerless solutions are
compared to Verizon's own 3G
supported by most popular
network because AT&T does not
BitTorrent clients)—but their
like the truthful picture painted
tracker's demise will certainly
by that comparison."
mark the end of an era. The site's
But AT&T still asserts that the
still operational for magnet links,
advertisements Verizon is
but The Pirate Bay tracker (with
running are misleading.
.torrent file downloads) as you
"We filed the lawsuit because
knew it is on its way to Davy
Verizon's ads mislead customers
Jones' locker, and so on with
into thinking that AT&T does not
pirate-speak references. [
offer wireless service in the vast
TorrentFreak]
majority of the country," said
Mark Siegel, a spokesman for
AT&T. "We look forward to
presenting our case."
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TUAW Interview: Fake Steve Jobs How Microsoft

By Kent Pribbernow (The model (also known as a "close shackling iPhone to this single
Blew It With
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
follower" strategy) doesn't work
anymore. For 20 or 25 years this
carrier?
FSJ: If it is the last thing I do, I
Windows Mobile
company just waited for others to will get us off AT&T. By By Brian X. Chen (Wired Top
Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:00:00 AM
innovate, then copied the Grabthar's hammer, by the sons
Stories)
Filed under: Humor, Cult of innovation and sold it for less - of Worvan, this shall be done. Submitted at 11/16/2009 9:45:00 PM
Mac, TUAW Interview We got a and this worked great for them. Look for news on this early next
chance to sit down (virtually) But this stopped working right year. TUAW: Moving on to Microsoft's Windows Mobile
with the unofficial version of around 2000 or so. The rest of Google. With the introduction of has lost nearly a third of its
everyone's favorite iCEO, via his the world just moves too fast Android 2.0 and increasing smartphone marketshare since
alter ego & consigliere Dan now. Look, they're still trying to product introductions like the 2008. Yet Microsoft has been in
Lyons. Fake Steve's perspective catch Google in search, and recent Verizon Droid, Google is the mobile OS space longer than
is always unique and sometimes they've got what -- one percent slowly gaining traction in the anyone else. Here's what the
astonishing; read on. market share? Same thing for market. How badly do you want software giant did wrong.
TUAW: Fake Steve, thanks for Zune, right? to drive hat pins into Eric
taking time out of your busy Well, keep fighting the good Schmidt's testicles? MIT Robot Rides
schedule to speak with me. fight on that one, you morons. As TUAW: Their mobile strategy FSJ: Well, very badly, except
has fallen flat on its face. that Eric Schmidt does not have
Before we begin this, I'd like to for the stores, well, they look
Windows Mobile, now renamed testicles. Lot of people don't
Shotgun to Make
start off by saying that, on behalf nice enough, since they copied
of everyone, it is wonderful to ours. But in terms of how well Windows Phone, is clearly way know that. But if he did have Us Happier Drivers
see you in good health and back they'll do? Come on. Their stores behind OSX iPhone. Windows them, yes, I would want to harm
Mobile 6.5 is a stopgap measure them. A lot. The guy sat here in By Chuck Squatriglia (Wired
at the helm of Apple. Phil are a joke and they've arrived too Top Stories)
Schiller did a fine job in your late. The whole point of being a at best. Windows Mobile 7 is our board meetings and listened
absence, but the man has no stage close follower is you have to another year away from shipping to all of our product plans and Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:27:00 AM

presence. And Tim Cook's follow closely. We opened our on devices. And with the recent then just stole all of our ideas. I
Danger debacle, the future looks mean he sat here -- right here -- Audi and the Massachusetts
droning voice could put even first store in 2001 and we've got Institute of Technology envision
sugar-fed hyperactive children to something like four thousand of bleak for Microsoft. Do they t a l k i n g t o m e , a s k i n g m e
stand a snowball's chance in hell questions. I'm sorry. This just a future where robots riding
sleep -- what a snoozer. them in the United States alone. I shotgun makes us happier, safer
First question: Let's talk about know you're going to tell me I'm of ever competing with you? Do gets me really upset. Sniff. Can
you even care? drivers and create a 'symbiotic
Microsoft. The company recently a bit off on that number, and, we move on? relationship' between car and
released its newest operating well, maybe so. But I still say FSJ: Wait a minute. Microsoft Continue reading TUAW
makes mobile phone software? I Interview: Fake Steve Jobs driver.
system, Windows 7, and with it we've got four thousand stores
an experimental chain of branded and if I say it enough times, didn't know that. Are you TUAW TUAW Interview: Fake
retail stores that largely copy people will believe me. Anyway, serious? Steve Jobs originally appeared on
Apple's own concept, right down the other thing Microsoft seems TUAW: Speaking of companies The Unofficial Apple Weblog
to the inclusion of in-store not to understand is that it's not that are universally despised. (TUAW) on Tue, 17 Nov 2009
support centers, called Guru bars. enough just to open a store -- you Your contract with AT&T, as the 07:00:00 EST. Please see our
Your thoughts? need to have something cool to exclusive carrier for the iPhone, terms for use of feeds.
FSJ: Microsoft still hasn't put in that store. That might be a is due to expire soon. Tell me Read| Permalink| Email this|
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million movie, which is some
sort of "necessity," is simply not
supported.
On top of that, he tosses out the
debunked claim that if something
is "free" it means it's devalued.
That's simply not true, no matter
how many times people repeat it.
If it were true, and the content
had no value, no one would want
it. Value and price are two
separate things.
Then, he discusses the "Kanye
West" MTV Video Awards
"Imma let you finish..." example,
by talking about how Viacom
used various filtering tools to pull
that clip off of various
"unlicensed" user uploaded video
sites. But he also talks about
how they drove people to use the
official Viacom clip, which
allowed them to "participate in
the benefit" of the video. Now,
that's interesting, and it's great
that they put their own clips up
and made them embeddable.
But, again, it's important to note
what he left out. In forcing
everyone to view the content
through Viacom directly, it also
increased Viacom's own cost in
terms of bandwidth. The
Review: House - Teamwork
By Jane Boursaw (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 2:06:00 PM
(S06E07) "I'm living my life. For
the first time, I'm not going to
change that because of how it
might affect him -- or you." --
Cuddy to Wilson, who asked her
advantage of letting others help
host and distribute the content is
that it actually eases that cost.
His discussion on kicking people
off the internet via a "three
strikes" mechanism is getting
much of the attention on other
sites, because he mentions,
totally in passing, that suing
users "feels like bullying." This
may sound like a big deal -- and
certainly some other sites (and
industry lawyers) are making it
out like a big revelation, but it's
not. The movie industry has
never sued individuals for such
things -- only the recording
industry has. And even way back
in the Jack Valenti days, he
talked about why he didn't like
the idea of suing individuals. So,
this isn't a shift in positioning at
all. Rather, it's a repeat of the
new silly strategy of some in the
industry to try to pretend that
kicking people off the internet
is"consumer relief." Not quite.
Shooting someone in the leg
instead of the head is certainly
"better," but I doubt that the
person shot in the leg considers it
"relief."
Oh yes, he also fails to explain
what she sees in Lucas
I just want to shove House and
Cuddy into a room together and
let them figure out their
relationship. It's clear that even
though she's trying to be happy in
her current relationship, she just no matter how much she declares
can't get House out of her head,
how any of that will make more
people buy.
Towards the end of that
discussion, though, he makes
another interesting statement,
saying that: "there's no way to
deal with this problem other than
to move viewing into licensed
contexts." Except, that's not true.
There are other ways. It's called
setting up a business model
where people actually do have a
reason to buy things, whether
they view the content in a
licensed or unlicensed manner. I
recognize he's on the legal side,
rather than the business side, but
the idea that the "only" way to
deal with piracy is to attack it,
rather than embrace it, is a
position that the industry long
ago should have learned was a
mistake.
His final point is discussing how
DRM "enables new business
models," and he more or less
dismisses criticism of DRM as
really just being criticism of
"bad" DRM (of which there is
plenty). However, what struck
me, was how none of the "new
business models" he described
actually required DRM at all.
You could do them all in some
way entirely without DRM. All
the DRM does is add restrictions.
Of course, rather than adding
restrictions, why doesn't the
industry focus on employing new
business models that give users
more and make them want to
buy, rather than trying to enforce
artificial limitations?
On the whole, it is an interesting
video, and well worth watching,
but it conveniently misstates or
leaves out important facts
throughout. Unfortunately, the
Q&A session that follows the
presentation wasn't included, so I
have no idea if any of the
students challenged some of his
assertions or pointed out some of
the points that he left out.
Anyway, maybe we can hope that
Fricklas is, in fact, an occasional
reader here and can stop by to
address those questions and
omissions.
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that she has or is going to.
I feel for her, because once they
end up getting together -- if they
don't by the time the series ends,
I'll be ticked -- she'll have a long
road ahead of her. Or not. People
change. There's a good heart
beating inside House's damaged
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Zach Galifianakis
interviews Conan and
Andy (between two
ferns)
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 2:03:00 PM
Conan O'Brien is a better
interviewee than interviewer, as
this "Between Two Ferns"
interview with Zach Galifianakis
shows. He and Andy Richter sat
down to chat with Galifianakis at
FunnyorDie.com and they touch
on everything from The Tonight
Show to whether or not Conan
touches himself while watching
himself. It seems to be all
scripted but it's funny (not die).
There's a surprise guest star too.
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Celebrities, Reality-Free
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- Teamwork
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Apple giving huge discounts on Black Friday? No
way!
By Steven Sande (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/17/2009 2:00:00 PM
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion,
Retail, Rumors, Holidays The
boy geniuses over at Boy Genius
Report are getting a lot of hits out
of a story they ran late yesterday.
Apparently, one of their contacts
tipped them to a "shot of Apple's
yearly Black Friday deals" that is
"reported to be something Apple
will email out shortly." The email
(seen at right, pasted with an
editorial comment from yours
truly) shows alleged discounts of
up to 30% on all iPods
(excluding iPhone or iPod
shuffle), up to 25% on all Macs,
and up to 15% on all accessories,
Apple software, and Apple
hardware. This will only happen
on November 27th and
apparently "select" Apple stores
will open at 6 AM.
Well, most of us here at TUAW
are pretty sure this is a fake. A
compelling fake, mind you, but
an utter fabrication. Why?
First reason -- Apple almost
never discounts their products,
other than selling refurbished
equipment on the cheap. That's
part of the reason that the
company is so successful and has
the highest margins in the
personal electronics and
computing world. Discounts of
"up to 25% on all Macs" are an
Apple fanboy's most exciting
dream (next to the iTablet, of
course), but we doubt if the
Cupertino Kids would discount
anything more than 5%.
Reason two -- Apple Stores are,
for the most part, hugely popular
anyway. Apple doesn't need to
drag in customers on Black
Friday by enticing them with
wicked discounts. Let's face it,
most of the Apple Stores are
going to be packed on November
27th, so why would Apple want
to create traffic jams and general
hysteria by doing something like
this? Hell, most of the Apple
retail employees would probably
quit during Black Friday, leaving
the company in the lurch for the
rest of the holiday season.
Number three -- Historical
precedence shows that Apple
usually provides discounts on
Black Friday, but not as big as
BGR is indicating. In 2006,
Apple provided free shipping to
shoppers at the online store. Last
year, Best Buy discounted up to
US$150 on Macs and Apple
matched that, but there was no
steenkin' 25% discount.
And finally, reason number four
-- Apple's probably not going to
send out anything with that much
blank space at the top of it.
They're too picky about design.
They don't want someone to have
to scroll down through an email
to read the discounts, even if
there is an Apple logo floating
around at the top of the email.
How sure are we that this isn't
going to happen? Well, if it
actually happens the way Boy
Genius Report says it will, I'll
wear a Boy Genius Report
baseball cap (provided by BGR,
of course) for four hours at
Macworld Expo 2010 and give
you guys some free advertising.
TUAW readers -- what do you
think about the discounts? Are
they going to happen or not?
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Burn Notice returns
January 28th, to be
paired with White Collar
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:11:26 AM
BURN NOTICE -- Pictured: (l-
r) Sharon Gless as Madeline,
Bruce Campbell as Sam, Jeffrey
Donovan as Michael Westen,
Gabrielle Anwar as Fiona -- USA
Network Photo: Glenn Watson
The Futon Critic reports that
USA Network’s Burn Notice will
return with the second half of its
third season on Thursday January
28, 2010 at 9pm and that it will
be paired with the second half of
the freshman season of White
Collar, which will air at 10pm.
White Collar finishes its first half
-season on December 4.
Psych is expected to return on
Friday January 29 at 10pm with
the second half of its fourth
season.
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Nasty Old People, Give It Away And Yes, Gartner Is Free To

Pray And Releasing Movies For File Pick Which Companies
Sharing Fit In Its Magic Quadrant
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) which really aren't business theaters around the world. So, By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Gartner notes that this language
models at all. While it works compared to that situation, things Submitted at 11/17/2009 4:07:09 AM
appears not in the MQ Report but
Submitted at 11/16/2009 9:48:00 PM
sometimes, it's pretty much a actually look better than the on its website and that the
We were just talking about some crapshoot, and never strikes me alternative. Whatever you might think of language describes Gartner's
indie filmmakers who were as a real business model. So, on On top of that, while this Gartner's research and its silly research services generally rather
happy with the extra attention the whole, I'm not too surprised particular movie may have been a "magic quadrant" system, I don't than the MQ Report in
they've been getting from having that it didn't bring in much more net loss, she could use it for think anyone could reasonably particular.... More to the point,
t h e i r m o v i e " l e a k e d " o n than 20% of its budget in 2 marketing herself. She can go question that it was just Gartner's the terms 'objective, defensible,
B i t T o r r e n t , a n d weeks (though some compare it around and show the movie to opinion. Yet, a few months ago, and credible' do not imply the
ChurchHatesTucker alerts us to to blockbuster movies that can others, and perhaps use that to we wrote about a company, ZL, assertion of factual information.
another story of filmmakers often make about the same % of get funding for a larger scale that was so upset that Gartner put Gartner argues convincingly that
embracing file sharing. This one their budgets in the early going. project or another film that's it in its niche quadrant, rather even if its self-description did
is actually from a few weeks ago, However, if we compare this released with a bit more of a than the desired "magic refer to the statements within the
but a Swedish filmmaker made a situation to what would have complete business model. Nasty quadrant," that it sued. We didn't MQ Report, its 'sophisticated
low budget indie film called happened otherwise(i.e., if the Old People becomes marketing expect the lawsuit to get very far readers' -- corporate and
Nasty Old People and released it movie were not released this and a promotion for Hanna (similar lawsuits over how government executives and
under a Creative Commons way) the situation becomes a Skold. It has to be better resume Google ranks companies have professionals -- would not infer
license, along with a request for little more interesting. This was a filler for a filmmaker to talk been tossed pretty quickly). And, that Gartner's rankings were
donations. The link is to very low budget indie film that about tens of thousands of people indeed, a judge appears to have anything other than opinion."
Metafilter where there's an likely would not have received downloading and watching your found little worthwhile in ZL's Still, the judge gave ZL an
interesting discussion about any distribution at all. At best, film than just going in cold lawsuit, quickly dismissing all of opportunity to amend the
whether or not the experiment is the filmmaker perhaps could saying you want to make a film. the arguments, and noting that complaint, and the statement
a "success" or a "failure." It's a have self-printed DVDs, and And, in fact, she's already hard at Gartner is free to have its own from the company indicates that
bit of a mixed bag, as at the time would have been lucky to have work on a new film script, with damn opinion, no matter how it's planning to try to come up
of the discussion, the filmmaker sold a dozen or two. She could many people who became fans of much others (or the subjects of with some other ridiculous
had made back 20% of the film's have tried to enter it into various Nasty Old People following that opinion) might argument against Gartner.
budget and there were questions film festivals, but that's quite along and interested in seeing disagree:"Finally, ZL argues that Maybe it should just focus on
if it would get much higher. difficult, and even then there's a what the new script is like. So, Gartner's representation that it satisfying what its customers
Thus, it was easy for some to pretty good chance that the as a marketing tool, it sure seems provides 'highly discerning want, and stop worrying about
quickly call it a clear failure. movie doesn't end up actually like giving this movie away has research that is objective, what some analyst at Gartner has
Of course, it's not really that making any money. Yet, in this been quite useful. defensible, and credible to help to say.
simple. First, I've said for years case, she not only made money Permalink| Comments| Email [customers] do their job better' Permalink| Comments| Email
that I'm no fan of "give it away from donations, but the film is This Story implies that its Reports contain This Story
and pray" business models, getting picked up and shown in objective assertions of fact.
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Lawyers Write Law, And Then Are 5 apps for Thanksgiving

The Only Ones To Make Millions (and not a turkey in the
Directly Off Of It bunch!)
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) districts that favor minority Hispanics, who make up about a By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:55:00 AM
groups, so they are not excluded third of local voters, have been Apple Weblog (TUAW))
from local elections. Here's how shortchanged. Of course, there Submitted at 11/17/2009 12:00:00 PM
It's difficult not to become even t h e A P d e s c r i b e s i t : T h e are many reasons why the exact
more cynical when you read C a l i f o r n i a s t a t u t e t a r g e t s makeup of a governing board Filed under: Software, iPhone,
stories like the following one. c o m m o n l y u s e d " a t - l a r g e " might not match the exact Holidays, iPod touch Here in the
Sent in by Eric Goldman, it's elections -- those in which percentage of the population USA we're preparing to celebrate
about a state law in California candidates run citywide or across (including the simple fact that Thanksgiving. The typical
that was mainly written by two an entire school district. Avila most people vote on issues, not celebration includes a turkey cooking software and even a
lawyers: Joaquin Avila, a law said that method can result in the ethnicity of the people they'redinner, family and football on dedicated television network.
professor from Seattle, and discrimination because whatever voting for). But, even if there television (and perhaps a drunken iPhone users can download
Robert Rubin, the "legal director" group constitutes the majority of was a problem it seems highly uncle or two). Before you set up Turkey Recipes [ iTunes link] for
for the Lawyers' Committee for voters can dominate the ballot questionable that the two lawyers the folding card table for the $0.99 and pick from 27 recipes.
Civil Rights of the San Francisco box and block minorities from who wrote the bill are now kids, check out these iPhone/iPod Once you've selected the one you
B a y A r e a . S o , h e r e ' s t h e winning representation. As a profiting tremendously from it touch apps meant to make the like (or added your own), you're
interesting thing: since this state remedy, the law empowers state and appear to be the only ones day more enjoyable. a click away from generating a
law has been put in place (seven courts to create smaller election who do so. Thanksgiving Jokes shopping list. Back in the
years ago), the only lawsuits have districts favoring minority It's stories like this one that Serving the "perfect" dinner kitchen, flick through the easy-to
b e e n b r o u g h t b y R u b i n ' s candidates. make us so nervous about so while dealing with annoying -read instructions (just wipe your
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made themselves over $4 million communities said they never of law they create: it may sound tension with corny jokes, finished product to the included
with a few more lawsuits pending h e a r d c o m p l a i n t s o f v o t e r good (who's going to argue courtesy of Thanksgiving Jokes [ photo. Just don't be too hard on
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(again, all from either Avila or stepped forward. In one case, the actual law appears to have been based on Dustin Kirk's Stacks Continue reading 5 apps for
Rubin's committee). Tulare Local Healthcare District, nothing more than a way for platform, which puts flash cards Thanksgiving (and not a turkey
What a great deal: write a law, now known as Tulare Regional these lawyers to go around on your iPhone or iPod touch. in the bunch!)
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use the law to make millions. though its five-member disrupting communities and available from math to trivia: (and not a turkey in the bunch!)
As for the law itself, it was a law governing board is a rainbow of schoolboards, and sending their nearly 13,000 in total. Dustin originally appeared on The
that apparently very few people diversity -- two emigres from taxpayer money to these lawyers. breaks from academia with Unofficial Apple Weblog
were asking for -- requiring that India, a Hispanic, a black and a Permalink| Comments| Email Thanksgiving Jokes and focuses (TUAW) on Tue, 17 Nov 2009
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China’s Share of the App Store:
Really Tiny
By Christina Warren
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:03:43 AM
At the end of October, the
iPhone finally came to China,
albeit without WiFi. China
represents a huge area of
potential not just for the iPhone,
but for the smartphone market in
general.
The biggest area of growth in the
smartphone market — and a key
part of iPhone’s success — are
mobile applications. So how are
iPhone app sales looking in
China, a nation where most
software is counterfeit and where
there are strict rules on what
types of communication is
allowed to take place? The Wall
Street Journal has looked into the
issue and published estimates of
the early results.
China already has an estimated 2
million iPhones in circulation,
but most of them are not running
on the iPhone’s official carrier,
China Unicom, but are jailbroken
and more likely to run pirated
applications. Still, the legitimate
Sneak Peek: The Mentalist
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 1:03:00 PM
CBS is promoting this
Thursday's episode of The
app market is growing. Chinese
mobile application company
9thQ estimates that $1 million
worth of legitimate iPhone apps
have been sold so far this year —
and that the market could reach
$6 million next year.
That’s small potatoes in the
grand scheme of things —
AdMob says the App Store sells
$200 million in apps every
month, but for a country like
China where the iPhone on an
official carrier is new — and the
concept of paying for software is
uncommon — that shows
potential. Other Chinese based
mobile app companies cite WiFi
and lower prices as factors that
will contribute to the growth in
China’s mobile app market.
Still, mobile app developers in
Mentalist as "the episode you've
been waiting for." Not sure about
that, but this preview below does
seem rather intense. Three people
are murdered in the CBI office
China are already jumping on the
platform. Both Chinese-specific
companies and ports of Western
apps are already starting to
appear. Additionally, some
Chinese developers are seeing
their apps find success outside of
China — in English-speaking
countries and other parts of the
world.
One of the biggest hurdles in the
legitimate app market is
localization. The majority of apps
still have English instructions,
are priced in Chinese dollars and
don’t have Chinese specific UI
features. In contrast, pirated apps
are available in Chinese and with
detailed Chinese instructions.
It’s clear that building a
booming app ecosystem in China
is not going to be as easy as it has
been in other parts of the world,
but the potential for success
certainly exists.
What do you think about the
future of mobile applications and
app stores in China? Let us
know! Reviews: App Store
Tags: app store, china, iphone
and Red John might be involved?
Yikes.
[Watch clips and episodes of The
Mentalist and other shows at
SlashControl.]
Verizon to AT&T- 'The
Truth Hurts'
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: Odds and ends,
iPhone Verizon isn't fazed by the
AT&T legal claims that the
Verizon ads attacking poor
coverage are false and
misleading. Our sister site
Engadget broke the story of the
Verizon response to the suit and
you can read the it here.
Verizon isn't pulling any
punches and says " AT&T did
not file this lawsuit because
Verizon's "There's A Map For
That" advertisements are untrue;
AT&T sued because Verizon's
ads are true and the truth hurts."
Then to drive home the point:
" In the final analysis, AT&T
seeks emergency relief because
Verizon's side-by-side, apples-to-
apples comparison of its own 3G
coverage with AT&T's confirms
what the marketplace has been
saying for months: AT&T failed
to invest adequately in the
necessary infrastructure to
expand its 3G coverage to
support its growth in smartphone
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The Mentalist
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business, and the usefulness of its
service to smartphone users has
suffered accordingly."
Ouch!
This latest salvo follows AT&T
sending a message to customers
complaining about the Verizon
ads and telling customers their
coverage is great, that they sell
more smartphones than Verizon
and that the AT&T 3G network
is faster. So there.
Well AT&T, your move. It's
great for the lawyers, and
actually, we admit we just love
the spectacle.
TUAW Verizon to AT&T- 'The
Truth Hurts' originally appeared
on The Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW) on Tue, 17 Nov 2009
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Twitter’s Newest Desktop Client:
Seesmic for Windows Launches
By Ben Parr (Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:41:02 AM
Among Twitter desktop apps,
Seesmic and TweetDeck are the
two biggest, built using Adobe
AIR, which allows them to work
on multiple operating systems.
However, AIR has limitations,
since it essentially helps port rich
Internet applications onto the
desktop. Adding plug-ins and
drag-and-drop functionality are
just two examples.
That functionality is about to
come to Seesmic though, and its
moves today could change the
dynamics of the Twitter app race.
The company has just announced
the launch of Seesmic for
Windows on the stage of the
Microsoft Professional
Developers Conference. This is
no Adobe AIR App: this is a
fully-functional desktop program
that utilizes some of the best
features of Windows 7. It is
available by request at
Julianne Hough Reveals Her
'Dancing with the Stars' Fate
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:01:00 AM
ET hast he latest...
As the current season of "No, not next season," she tells
"Dancing with the Stars" heats up Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM
and comes to a close next week, radio show of whether she'd be
E-reader Newspaper
Verizon Fires Back at
AT&T: “The Truth
can drag-and-drop users into lists
and other parts of the app, it uses
less memory, and it utilizes
Hurts”
several Windows 7 features (e.g. By Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
location sensor).
Seesmic seems intent on Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:23:40 AM
becoming the Twitter app of
choice for third party developers. About a month ago, Verizon
It makes sense: the strategy started running ads that mocked
worked very well for Twitter AT&T’s 3G coverage and,
Seesmic.com
needless to say, AT&T didn’t
Seesmic for Windows, whose itself. Still, it does divide the
take it well, responding with a like the truthful picture painted
preview will be available today, company’s attention, especially
is a project that has been in the as its competitor TweetDeck has lawsuit and a request to have the by that comparison.”
ads pulled immediately. Last When it comes to mobile
works for months. The goal was a popular iPhone app out on the
week, they publicly called the coverage, the situation is never
to allow outside developers to m a r k e t . T h e r e i s a l s o n o
ads“blatantly false and black and white. Each company
more easily integrate their indication if or when a Mac
misleading.” has its own data, almost
products with Seesmic. The version will be released.
Windows version does that We’re going to play with Now, Verizon’s responded, inevitably skewed to paint a
basically saying that AT&T better picture for them. It’ll be
through a plug-in system that’s Seesmic for Windows and give
doesn’t have a problem with interesting to see how the court
similar to what you’d find in you our assessment. In the
them, but with the truth. From will decide on this one, but when
F i r e f o x . T w e e t m e m e a n d meantime, let us know what you
the court filing: it comes to AT&T’s 3G
MrTweet, for example, should be think in the comments. Reviews:
available as plug-ins by the final Firefox, Seesmic, TweetDeck, “AT&T did not file this lawsuit coverage, we’ve heard
Tweetmeme, Twitter because Verizon’s “There’s A complaints from actual users, and
launch.
Tags: seesmic, tweetdeck, Map For That” advertisements lots of them. Check out the ads
Seesmic for Windows also
are untrue; AT&T sued because that caused all this fuss below,
boasts some new features and twitter, twitter app
Verizon’s ads are true and the and tell us if you think they’re
improvements from its AIR
counterpart. Specifically, you truth hurts… AT&T now is truthful or not in the comments:
attempting to silence Verizon’s There’s a Map for That
ads that include maps graphically
depicting the geographic reach of
AT&T’s 3G network as
Misfit Toys
Reviews: the complaints
Tags: att, verizon
compared to Verizon’s own 3G
network because AT&T does not
fan favorite Julianne Hough back on the show. And when
reveals whether she's ready to
pressed to reveal whether she'd
return or if she's taking another return the season after that she
season off. coyly replied, "We're going to
cross that bridge when we get to
it."
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The Trouble With

Hulu... Too Many
Competing Interests
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Boxee certainly suggested the
Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:31:00 AM
problem was at a different level
than with Hulu management.
N e a r l y a y e a r a g o , w e But... with Hulu having most of
questioned whether or not Hulu its ownership from legacy
could survive. It's not that we industries, combined with having
don't think the product is well s o m a n y d i f f e r e n t p l a y e r s
done or well liked. Other than involved in the ownership, it
the annoying regional restrictions shouldn't come as a surprise at all
which pisses off lots of people, that the company is now coming
the overall service is quite nice. under pressure to do things
The problem is that there are just (subscriptions, limits, etc.) that
iMac benchmarks and review say it's way too many conflicts to deal will certainly kill off whatever
with. The company is owned, in good has been done. And, since
large part, by the networks, and some of the pressure is actually
a beast that's leading to all sorts of coming from the cable guys as
pressure and complaints about well (who view Hulu as a huge
By Mike Schramm (The even the Mac Pro. In fact, in the matching up to the Mac Pros how ads are sold and whether or threat), this will only get worse
Unofficial Apple Weblog second comparison, when pitted sitting in the lower atmosphere. not there should be a subscription i f , a s i s w i d e l y e x p e c t e d ,
(TUAW)) up against the single CPU Mac Good stuff. I'm not personally in service. From what I've heard, Comcast completes its purchase
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:00:00 AM P r o , t h e i M a c i s v i r t u a l l y the market for a new computer, the folks at Hulu understand of NBC Universal.
identical. Not only is it slightly but man -- if I was ready to spend quite well how an internet-age Permalink| Comments| Email
F i l e d u n d e r : D e s k t o p s , cheaper depending on options, $2000 on a quality machine, it's company should act. The This Story
Hardware, iMac People have had but you get that nice monitor for tough to consider anything else a c o m p a n y ' s r a t h e r h o n e s t
their chances to put their grubby free. better purchase than the new explanation for its fight with
hands on those "incredible" Electronista has a much more iMac.
iMacs that got released a few qualitative analysis, but they still TUAW iMac benchmarks and
weeks ago, and the results are in. love the new machine. Their review say it's a beast originally
And they're great, apparently. "biggest" problem (aside from appeared on The Unofficial
Movie Star vs. TV Star:
First up, MacRumors has a the usual complaints about the Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue,
collection of a few sets of glossy screen and a lack of easy- 17 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST. Who Wore It Best?
b e n c h m a r k s o n t h e n e w to-reach ports) seems to be just Please see our terms for use of (ETonline - Breaking News) Stroup's red hot dresses, to 'Star
machines, and the Core i7 the size of it. The 27" iMac is a feeds. Trek' leading lady Zoe Saldana
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:30:00 AM
processor(a $200 upgrade from big machine no matter how thin it Read| Permalink| Email this| and "Big Love" actress Chloe
the still very powerful Core i5) gets. But they agree: with the i7 Comments It's a fashion face-off for style- Sevigny's all-out bra-out, see
especially kicks up the speed to a in there and all of the extra savvy celebs! From 'Public which stars are working the red
place where it's competing with options, the iMac is a monster, Enemies' star Marion Cotillard carpet in a similar fashion.
and "90210" actress Jessica
32 Tech/ Popular News/
Internet Explorer 9 not coming at
PDC
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:21:00 AM
LOS ANGELES--Although
Microsoft intends to talk a bit
about its plans for the future of
Internet Explorer this week, the
company won't offer preview
code of its next browser, CNET
News has learned.
The software maker is also not
planning to announce a move to
the WebKit engine, as some had
speculated.
Ray Ozzie, speaking Tuesday at
Microsoft's Professional
Developers Conference in Los
Angeles.(Credit: Ina
Fried/CNET)
In his opening keynote at the
Professional Developers
Conference on Tuesday, Chief
Software Architect Ray Ozzie
pledged that Microsoft will make
Internet Explorer the absolute
best Windows browser, but did
not offer further details.
Warrant: Mo. sex abuse case
could include slayings (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:11:10 AM
James W buzzed up: Army
suicides to top 2008, but progress
Microsoft is expected to talk
more about its browser plans as
part of Wednesday's keynote
speech. During that talk, he is
expected to talk about some--but
not all--of its "focus areas" for
the next browser version, a
Microsoft representative told
CNET News.
The latest version of IE 8 was
released in March and is also
reported (AP)
8 seconds ago 2009-11-
17T11:25:23-08:00
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fivefilters.org.
built into Windows 7. Despite the
new release, though, Microsoft
faces intense competition from
Firefox as well as from Google
and Apple.
In addition, Microsoft has
struggled to get Internet Explorer
users to move past IE 6.
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Google Translate now
helps with
pronunciation
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:08:25 AM
You'll still have to figure out
what all the accents mean, but
Google now provides a phonetic
spelling of translated
words.(Credit: Google)
Google made several
improvements to Google
Translate Monday, such as the
ability to translate words written
with unique character sets with
their phonetic spelling.
Google has been steadily adding
languages to Google Translate
over the last couple of years, but
if the language used a completely
unfamiliar character set--such as
the Roman-character based
languages like English or
Spanish versus Chinese
characters--the service was only
useful for those trying to write in
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the language. Now Google
Translate will help those trying to
translate English into Chinese for
speaking purposes by providing a
phonetic version of the
translation in Roman characters.
Those trying to translate English
into Hebrew, Arabic, or Persian
will have to wait for the phonetic
option, but Google has also
added a feature that lets an
English (or any other language)
speaker phonetically spell out a
word in Arabic, Persian, or Hindi
and get a translation of that word
in its native character set. And
for those trying to translate other
languages into English, Google
has added a link that produces a
audio version of the word or
phrase in English.
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'Dancing with the
Google’s AdMob YouTube Lets Anyone Stars' Celebs React to
Possible Last Dances
Launches Interactive Create Their Own (ETonline - Breaking News)

Video Ads on iPhone iReport Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:29:00 AM

"Dancing with the Stars" is down

By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!) By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
to the wire with only four
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:25:38 AM Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:04:24 AM celebrities left dancing. ET's
Mary Hart attended the show
Video ads on the iPhone are If you watch CNN, you’ve
with friend Marie Osmond, who
about to get a lot more like video probably seen iReports – videos
spoke with the contestants after
ads on the Web: highly submitted by users around the
their performances.
interactive and hard to just skip world about news events via the
According to the company, the "I joke about it but it really was
over. AdMob, the company that company’s citizen journalism
ads are optimized based on your c i t i z e n j o u r n a l i s t s t o g e t your fault," Donny Osmond tells
Google just announced it was website. The site played a key
connection, so you’ll likely get a exposure, and YouTube to even his sister when she mentions the
buying for $750 million, has role in helping the network
higher quality streaming ad if mistakes he made in the first
launched an interactive video obtain footage during the Iran further strengthen its lead in
you’re on 3G as opposed to online video. The company dance. Donny says he's
format for ads running on the election crisis.
EDGE. notes that ABC News, The determined to make it into the top
Apple device. Now, YouTube is letting anyone
Overall, it’s certainly not the three like Marie did. "That's my
Much like some of the more launch their own iReport-type Washington Post, and San
least invasive ad format we’ve Francisco Chronicle are among main motivation. Put me in the
complex campaigns you now see site through a program they’re
finals so she doesn't throw it in
on sites like YouTube and seen, though it follows trends calling YouTube Direct, which the organizations already using
we’re seeing on the Web with ads my face for the rest of my life,"
MySpace, the ads let users watch they describe as “a new tool that the platform. You can bet a lot
becoming bigger and harder to m o r e o u t f i t s – o n l i n e a n d he jokes with his sister.
video and perform a number of allows media organizations to
avoid. On the other hand, at least Kelly Osbourne said she made
actions, like view additional request, review and rebroadcast traditional – will be looking into
t h e y ’ r e a d d i n g i n t e r a c t i v e up part of her rumba dance
videos, learn more about the ad, YouTube clips directly from ways to use it now that it’s live.
components that make the ads Y o u T u b e ’ s p r o v i d e d t h e because she forgot the steps she
or respond directly, like by YouTube users.”
buying an app. more engaging than a straight up The potential for this is clearly following demo of how it works: rehearsed. "I did everything I
wanted to do and more."
The ads load before an app commercial. Reviews: MySpace, pretty massive, as it allows news Reviews: YouTube
starts. In the example provided Tap Tap Revenge, YouTube organizations to expand their Tags: citizen journalism, video,
by AdMob, the game Tap Tap Tags: admob, advertising, coverage (on YouTube’s dime), youtube
Revenge is preceded by an ad for Google, iphone, Mobile 2.0
Madden ’10 by Electronic Arts.

Updated:Power Outage = Nielsen Ratings Delays

By Robert Seidman final national numbers this Update (10:15a PT): everything out another update at 4pm
(TVbytheNumbers) afternoon. If the fast nationals is still delayed. Nielsen sent a ET/1pm PT.
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:38:21 AM
wind up getting published before note to its clients saying the This content has passed through
the final numbers, we’ll post a cause was a power outage in its fivefilters.org.
Nielsen suffered some kind of regular overnight report. Oldsmar data center this
power outage last night and as a This will cause some delays with morning. Everything is back up
result we’re told there will not be the normal weekly ratings and running and Nielsen will
any Fast Nationals this morning, information as well. begin to flow again, but we’ll process the data as soon as
instead they will just publish We’re not sure when data will keep you updated. possible. Nielsen expects to send
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Rumor: Apple to release
concierge app
By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:00:00 AM
Filed under: Retail, Rumors,
Software, App Store The Genius
Bar is a popular feature of
Apple's retail stores. Shoppers
can schedule appointments with
the resident Geniuses to request
repairs, ask for help and so on.
The tough part can be getting an
appointment, as they fill up fast.
AppleInsider is reporting that
Apple will release a concierge
app meant to make that process
easier.
They say that the app will let
users schedule appointments with
both the Genius Bar and One-To-
One and monitor their place in
line. No other information was
available. Recently, Apple added
a service that lets people pick up
Macs and iPods ordered online
from retail stores, complete with
gift wrapping.
We'll keep an eye on the App
AP source: NYC papers' circulation offices raided (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:15:04 AM
Store and let you know when this
app lands.
TUAW Rumor: Apple to release
concierge app originally
appeared on The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue,
17 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST.
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Grackle68k: a Classic
Mac OS Twitter app
By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 11/17/2009 1:00:00 PM
Filed under: Software, Internet
Tools It's always nice to own the
latest and greatest Apple
hardware, but some of us still use
vintage machines. I've got a G3
All-In-One on my workbench
that displays iFixIt PDFs while I
work. I'll admit that I've wanted
to tweet from that machine from
a dedicated app, and now I can.
Grackle68k is a Twitter
application for OS 9 through
System 6. Yes, System 6! It's
quite bare bones and low on bells
and whistles, but it works. You'll
have to enter your credentials
18 seconds ago 2009-11-
17T11:25:48-08:00
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'New Moon''s
Kristen Stewart: I
Am Not an Icon
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:13:00 AM
'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
star Kristen Stewart spoke to
Ryan Seacrest, the host of " On
Air with Ryan Seacrest," about
playing Bella. Here is what she
had to say.
"I so see why they are obsessed,"
she says of fans of the 'Twilight'
franchise. "It is so weird to get
the question: What is it like to be
such an icon? I am not an icon. I
am playing a character that is an
e v e r y t i m e y o u l a u n c h icon. I really like her and love
G r a c k l e 6 8 k u n l e s s y o u ' r e her. I think she is a good
comfortable using ResEdit (if representation for these chicks."
you're using this app, you likely Kristen goes on to explain what
are). it is about Bella that she likes: "I
I played with this briefly on ny think she has an undeniable
G3 and had fun. If you've also presence that every single girl
got a basement full of legacy has. It is innately female, even if
Macs, give this a try. If only I you are weird, a little awkward
still had that Powerbook 150... and self-deprecating. Bella very
TUAW Grackle68k: a Classic much owns the fact that she is
Mac OS Twitter app originally different. She makes a lot of
appeared on The Unofficial mistakes that she owns as well.
Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, She is not ashamed of herself and
17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST. I think that is pretty cool."
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Kirstie Alley's 'Cheers'
Google Sites Just Got a Co-Stars Comment on
Her Upcoming Reality
Whole Lot Prettier Show
By Stan Schroeder (ETonline - Breaking News)
(Mashable!) Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:58:00 AM

Submitted at 11/17/2009 6:29:21 AM

Google Sites, a service that lets
you create and collaborate on a
simple webpage, as well as
embed documents, photos, videos
into it, was visually a bland
affair…until now.
Google has created a template
gallery for Sites; when you create
a new site, you can now select a
template which you can further
customize according to your
needs. Available templates cover
a wide selection of specific
needs; you’ll find one for
schools, weddings, churches,
families, clubs, restaurants,
projects and more.
Furthermore, the template
Fiesta Movement | The 2011 Ford
Fiesta: Votes | FiestaMovement.com
By twitter:@ScottMonty
(TweetMeme)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:20:11 AM
Please RT: Vote for your
gallery is public, and anyone can
contribute. Given Google’s
popularity, and the fact that
Google Sites is a free service, we
expect the gallery to be populated
with dozens of great looking
templates soon. Directions for
adding a template to the gallery
are here; you can also see an
overview of Google Sites
Templates in a video below.
Reviews: Google
Tags: Google sites, templates
f a v o r i t e F i e s t a A g e n t o n Live. You should be prompted to Netflix integration). Still, if
http://bit.ly/KscBU #fiestafav apply the update, after which you've got a 360, it's certainly a
#fiestamovement
0 c o m m e n t s S o u r c e : features. The Last.fm addition is 2009 Fall Update[Xbox via
fiestamovement.com
ET has the latest...
ET was on hand as "Cheers" co-
stars Kelsey Grammer and Ted
Danson reunited in Los Angeles
at a star-studded event Monday
night, where they dished on their
Xbox Dashboard Update Brings former co-star Kirstie Alley's
Last.fm, Facebook, Twitter, and upcoming reality show.
"I'll bet it'll be great," Danson
Zune Video to Your TV [Updates] told ET of Kirstie's upcoming
show. "She is fearless ... her
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker) but the Facebook and Twitter brand of insanity is brilliant.
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:30:00 AM
integration looks pretty solid Good for her I wish her all the
(and let's face it, Twitter and success."
The annual fall update for the Facebook are both determined to Meanwhile, Grammer didn't
Xbox 360 dashboard is here, find a home on every single think he was fit to give Kirstie
bringing with it support for electronic device you own). The tips. "I wouldn't even hazard
Last.fm radio, Facebook and Zune marketplace integration advice on such a venture!" he
Twitter integration, and HD seems like a decent option for said.
streaming through Zune's online instant-streaming HD video
marketplace. rentals, though the selection
To grab the update, just fire up doesn't look that impressive at
your Xbox and sign into Xbox the moment (we still prefer the
you'll have access to all the new worthwhile update. Xbox.com
probably the most exciting Gizmodo]
update for most of our readers,

Sarah Palin: Levi Johnston Doesn't Have Anything on Me

(ETonline - Breaking News) former vice presidential made by Levi Johnston that her Early Show" last month that that that he would say such a
candidate Sarah Palin continues
Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:25:00 AM
marriage is on the rocks and that Palin had called Trig, who is thing and that's not true," she
to promote her book, sitting she called her youngest child afflicted with Down syndrome, tells Walters, who aired her
Following her interview with down with Barbara Walters to set Trig a derogatory term. "retarded." interview with Palin on "Good
Oprah Winfrey on Monday, the record straight about claims Johnston, 19, claimed on "The "That's heartbreaking to know Morning America."
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ADL Special Report: A Year of Growing

Animosity
(Little Green Footballs) trample on individual freedoms an increase in anti-government gone so far as to make
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:06:12 AM
and civil liberties, due to some extremists and the potential for a comparisons between Hitler and
sinister agenda, and they see his rise of violent anti-government Obama and to promote the idea
The Anti-Defamation League economic and social policies as acts. that the president is dangerous.
has released a detailed report on manifestations of this agenda. In The ADL is right on target when The whole thing is very much
the increasing anger and hostility p a r t i c u l a r a n t i - g o v e r n m e n t they identify Glenn Beck as one worth reading, so here are direct Pedro Martinez
among the right wing, singling activists used the issue of health
o u t m a n y o f t h e s a m e care reform as a rallying point,
of the primary mainstream media
promoters of extremist ideologies
links to all of the report’s
sections:
Plans to Pitch the
personalities and issues on which a c c u s i n g O b a m a a n d h i s and conspiracy theory paranoia: Index / Summary Entire 2010 Season
LGF has been focusing recently. administration of dark designs The most important mainstream Introduction
This is the index page with r a n g i n g f r o m “ s o c i a l i z e d By Knox Bardeen (FanHouse)
media figure who has repeatedly Part One: Anger in the
summaries of the main points: medicine” to “death panels,” helped to stoke the fires of anti- Mainstream Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:00:00 AM

Rage Grows in America: Anti- e v e n w h e n t h e O b a m a government anger is right-wing The Tea Parties
Government Conspiracies. administration had not come out media host Glenn Beck, who has The Town Hall Meeting by Knox Bardeen
Since the election of Barack with a specific health care reform Filed under: Phillies, NL East
a TV show on FOX News and a Disruptions
Obama as president, a current of plan. Some even compared the Pedro Martinez couldn't find a
popular syndicated radio show. A Building Anger
anti-government hostility has O b a m a a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ’ s suitable employment opportunity
While other conservative media The “Birther” Movement
swept across the United States, intentions to Nazi eugenics prior to the 2009 Major League
hosts, such as Rush Limbaugh The Influence of the Mainstream
creating a climate of fervor and programs. and Sean Hannity, routinely Media Baseball season, so he sat out
activism with manifestations Some of these assertions are until the Phillies came knocking
attack Obama and his Part Two: Anger on the Fringes
ranging from incivility in public motivated by prejudice, but more in July. The 38-year-old pitcher
administration, typically on Alex Jones, the Conspiracy King
forums to acts of intimidation common is an intense strain of started nine games, posting a
partisan grounds, they have Conspiracy Theories Imagine
and violence. record of 5-1 with a 3.63 ERA
anti-government distrust and usually [But not always… --ed.] Government Plots
What characterizes this anti- anger, colored by a streak of dismissed or refused to give a Conspiracy Theories Prompting and helped the Phillies make a
government hostility is a shared p a r a n o i a a n d b e l i e f i n championship run that fell just a
platform to the conspiracy Action: The Iowa National Guard
belief that Obama and his conspiracies. These sentiments little short.
theorists and anti-government Conspiracy Theories Prompting
administration actually pose a are present both in mainstream Through his agent, Fern Cuza,
extremists. This has not been the Action: Richard Poplawski
threat to the future of the United and “grass-roots” movements as who spoke to FOXSports.com,
case with Glenn Beck. Beck and Resisting the Government
States. Some accuse Obama of w e l l a s i n e x t r e m e a n t i - his guests have made a habit of The Oath Keepers the three-time Cy Young Award-
plotting to bring socialism to the government movements such as a winner has made it clear that he
demonizing President Obama and The Three Percenters
United States, while others claim resurgent militia movement. would like to pitch in 2010. And
promoting conspiracy theories The Resurgence of the Militia
he will bring about Nazism or Ultimately, this anti-government Martinez wants to pitch the entire
about his administration. Movement
fascism. All believe that Obama anger, if it continues to grow in season this time.
On a number of his TV and
and his administration will intensity and scope, may result in radio programs, Beck has even Pedro Martinez Plans to Pitch
the Entire 2010 Season originally
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Build a Cheap But Powerful Boxee Media Center [Media
Center]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:10:00 AM
Adam thinks XBMC is the best
media center around, but I roll
with Boxee for its awesome
streaming web content. Here's
how I turned a relatively cheap
yet powerful home theater PC
into a DIY Boxee Box for my
HDTV.
Why go with Boxee? A few
reasons, really: it's free to
download, it's got a ton of great
applications and add-ins, and it
was, like XMBC, built with a big
-screen interface in mind. When I
was done installing it on top of a
basic Ubuntu desktop, I had a
system that could easily handle
720p and even (with some very
easy overclocking) 1080p video
files, run Hulu streams in full
screen with very little glitching,
and let me show off Flickr
streams, Facebook photos,
Pandora or Last.fm music, to
name just a few of many content
streams.
Plus, with Ubuntu installed and
set up, you can easily run any
other Linux app on your
TV—like Hulu Desktop, a huge-
screen Firefox, or whatever you
can imagine.
You could, of course, wait for
the first official Boxee Box to be
unveiled in December, then
shipped sometime later. This
way, however, you get a
seriously powerful HTPC that
can run most any media center,
and tears up HD video streams
while doing so.
Many thanks to the fine posters
at the Boxee and Ubuntu forums,
where I found needed help and
inspiration. This ASRock how-to,
and wake-on-LAN tutorial, in
particular, were lifesavers. What
You'll Need
• we'll only need a USB keyboard The USB drive should be at least words. Plug in an ethernet cable
• ASRock Ion 330: Like Adam's
pick of the Acer Aspire Revo, my
HTPC comes with an NVIDIA
ION graphics chip that can
handle meaty HD video and
export through an HDMI cable.
My similarly sleek and (mostly)
quiet-running system costs $350,
$150 more than Adam's ($160 if
you absolutely must have it in
white), but it's beefier: 2GB of
Tech Tips/ 37
Setting up Ubuntu is something
I've done many times, and it's just
as easy on this system. Here's the
quick walk-through: Install
Ubuntu From a Thumb Drive or
CD
Ubuntu, like XBMC, can run
entirely off a thumb drive, or be
installed to a hard drive. We're
going for the latter option here.
1. Create your Ubuntu
installation media:
The fastest and quickest
installation is to put the Ubuntu
9.04 desktop ISO you
downloaded on a thumb drive
using the free Unetbootin tool on
a Windows or Linux system.
You can also have Unetbootin
RAM (up to 4GB supported), a set-up ASRock in a bit. automatically download Ubuntu
dual-core Intel Atom 330 CPU • Ubuntu 9.04: You'll want the 9.04 for you, or burn the ISO to a
that runs at 1.6 GHz out of the "PC Desktop CD" ISO image, CD or DVD, but thumb drive
box, but can be overclocked to which you can download directly installations are much faster and
2.2 GHz from a simple BIOS or through BitTorrent. Boxee will don't require wasting a disc.
switch, a 320 GB hard drive, and soon update to support Ubuntu 2. Set up your ASRock
a DVD-RW drive. Unlike his 9.10, the most current release, but Take the unit out of its box, and
Revo, my ASRock doesn't come for what you're using it for, you'll find a location for it where it can
w i t h U S B p e r i p h e r a l s o r hardly notice. breathe and exhaust a little—not
Windows XP, but, then again, • A thumb drive or blank CD: flush against a corner, in other
and mouse for a little bit with this 1GB in size, and formatted to straight from your router (or Wi-
project. FAT 32 for easy compatibility. Fi bridge), and connect it to your
• USB keyboard and mouse: For • An IR receiver and Windows TV via an HDMI cable. You'll
the Ubuntu installation process Media Center remote: Just like also need to plug in a USB
a n d B I O S t w e a k s . A f t e r Adam, I'd go with this cheap keyboard and mouse to get
everything's set up, you'll be able receiver+remote solution, though through the initial setup. Make
to control everything via remote anything that claims Media sure all the connects are snug and
screen access, SSH terminal, or Center compatibility will be not stretched, then plug in your
your infrared remote. much easier to set up with Linux USB thumb drive, or power it on
• Boxee for Ubuntu Linux: We'll and Boxee.
detail how to install it in our just- BUILD page 38
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and insert your CD/DVD.
3. Install Ubuntu
Make sure your TV is switched
to the HDMI source your
ASRock box is plugged into.
After you power on the ASRock,
hit F11 immediately on your
keyboard to open the boot
options, then select your USB
drive.
You'll be launched into Ubuntu's
setup screen. Choose your
language, then select the "Install
Ubuntu" option. You'll launch
into a bare-bones Ubuntu desktop
and then into the installer
application. Most U.S. users can
hit Next through the first three
language/location/keyboard
screens. When it comes time to
partition your system's hard
drive, though, I'd recommend
splitting it into three parts: One
for the Ubuntu system, one for a
swap partition, and another
NTFS-formatted drive for your
media. Why NTFS? It makes
sharing media from your HTPC
box to Windows computers
easier, and it can hold gigantic
files—like the kind of high-
resolution videos you'll be
viewing. If media sharing isn't a
concern for you, go ahead and
tell Ubuntu to use your whole
hard disk.
Otherwise, choose the "Specify
Partitions Manually," click on the
big, unallocated space in the next
screen, and hit "Add" at the
bottom. Set up Ubuntu's own
partition like so:
Hit "OK," then create another
partition, about 2 GB, or 2,000
MiB in size, and choose "Linux
swap" under the "Use As"
heading. Finally, add one more
partition by hitting "Add,"
choose NTFS as its format, and
have it use all the rest of your
space.
Click through the rest of the
setup process, wait for it to finish
installing, then reboot your
computer and remove your
thumb drive or CD when asked
to do so. Setting up Ubuntu
When your system boots up next
time, you'll get a menu asking
which system you want to boot
into, with a 10-second timer
before it heads to default (which
we'll fix soon). Log in with the
username and password you gave
during setup—something else
we'll get to optimizing.
One quick little command we
have to run before getting started:
Hit Alt+F2, check the "Run in
Terminal" box, then enter this
line and hit Run:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver
keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-
keys CEC06767
That authenticates a repository
with some necessary graphics
drivers to install software on this
system.
Now, down to the real business.
Head to the System menu in the
upper-left corner, mouse over the
Administration sub-menu, then
choose Software Sources. On the
first tab, check off the
"Proprietary drivers for devices"
and "Software restricted ..."
options. Head to the Updates tab,
and check the unchecked items.
Finally, head to the "Third-Party
Software" tab.
We're going to add in three lines
to this list by hitting the "Add"
button at bottom-left and pasting
in this text. The first is Boxee's
Ubuntu repository for Ubuntu
9.04, and the other two are a
Ubuntu repository for the
NVIDIA ION chipset inside our
HTPC, known as "VDPAU"
hardware. Here's all the lines in
one spot:
deb http://apt.boxee.tv jaunty
main
d e b trailing in the "Latest Version"
http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-
vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
d e b - s r c
http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-
vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Hit Close, and agree to Reload
your software list when
prompted. Now head up to
System->Administration and
select Update Manager. You'll
get a list of everything that needs
updating, and it might be rather
long.
Install the updates, then make a
cup of coffee or tea while you're
waiting. When you get back, you
should be updated and ready to
actually install some new stuff.
Installing Video Drivers and
Boxee
Let's do this. Head to System-
>Administration, then select
Synaptic Package Manager. Click
the "Search" button at the top
right, and in the dialog that pops
up, change the "Look in:" to
"Maintainer," and search for
"Snider."
In the results that come back,
check off these packages to
install. There might be newer
versions of them to try out, but I
know these work with this
system, on this version of
Ubuntu, running this version of
Boxee:
• nvidia-glx-185
• libxine1, libxine1-x
Back at the Synaptic main
screen, hit "Search" again,
change the "Look in:" to Name,
and search for mplayer. Check
off the version with "+svn2009"
column for installation. Search
again for boxee, then check to
install it. If you're looking to use
an infrared remote, also search
out and install the lirc package
and whatever dependencies it
asks for. Ubuntu's own wiki
offers a guide to getting set up
with LIRC.
Finally, hit "Apply" in the top
toolbar to install all these things
on your system. Convenient
Tweaks
Once Synaptic is done installing
those goodies (or while it's
running, if it's taking a while),
head to the System-
>Administration menu again, and
open Login Window. Head over
to the Security tab, and enable
timed and automatic login for
your username:
Assuming you don't expect a
burglar to break into your house,
fire up your HTPC and start
watching your Blu-Ray rip of
"Up," you should be fine with
these options. They free you
from needing a keyboard or
mouse to get into Ubuntu, and
automatically log you in when
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resuming from a suspend.
Next up, let's speed up that boot-
up process with a quick GRUB
menu edit. Hit Alt+F2, and enter
this command:
gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
In the editor that pops up, head
down just a bit to the "## timout
sec" section, and change the
value there to 0. Just one section
down, remove the "#" from in
front of "hiddenmenu," if it's
there.
Two quick fixes, to make HDMI
audio work perfectly for both
Ubuntu and Boxee. First up,
follow this Boxee forum poster's
instructions to set up a .asoundrc
file that tells Ubuntu how to route
its sound. Next, open up a
terminal (Applications-
>Accessories->Terminal), type in
alsamixer and hit enter.
Hit your right arrow key over to
where you see the columns for
"IEC958," and be sure none of
them read "MM," or muted. If
they do, hit "M" to unmute them.
Hit the escape key when you're
done.
Your second-to-last tweak
makes Boxee run right at start-
up. Head to System-
>Preferences, choose "Startup
Applications," and hit "Add."
Give it a name like, oh, Boxee,
and make the command
/opt/boxee/run-boxee-desktop.
Hit OK on that screen, then close
out your Startup Applications.
Now, for the final piece: Remote
desktop access from any other
computer on your network. Head
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Gadget and Gear Deals of the Day [Dealhacker]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:00:00 AM
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Tiger Woods
Chucks Driver
Into Gallery
By Ryan Wilson (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:00:00 AM
by Ryan Wilson
Filed under: Golf Tiger Woods
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Sunday, and for his troubles he
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mustard yellow jacket. And
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the Australian Open last
December, Woods made it
through four rounds without
having to smash anybody's
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to the System->Preferences
menu, select Remote Desktop,
and configure your system to
accept remote desktop
connections, with a password for
safety.
If you're the geeky type who
knows how to remotely
administer a system by SSH
command line, be sure to install
the openssh-server package in
your Boxee box.
Finally, if you're using a
Microsoft Media Center remote
with your Boxee box, and you've
plugged in your USB IR
Receiver, you should be good to
go in Boxee—it automatically
works with the Media Center
setup. If you're using something
different, like a Hauppage
remote, this guide might point
you in the right direction. Myself,
I mainly use the free Boxee
Remote applications found in
both the Android Market and
Sahara cocaine plane crash probed
(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 4:51:59 AM
The UN is investigating the
crash in the Sahara desert of a
cargo plane, which is thought to
have been carrying cocaine from
Venezuela.
Alexandre Schmidt from the UN
drugs agency told the BBC that
the plane could have carried up to
10 tonnes of cocaine, which has
not been found.
West Africa has become a major
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Apple App Store to control directly drop files into it over
Boxee and type in text with little SFTP, give it more video feeds,
fuss. Running Boxee and other tweaks we've covered
Reboot your system, and you in our Apple TV/Boxee guide,
should shoot through Ubuntu's and in Adam's XBMC guide(the
boot-up process, arriving straight latter mostly for the SFTP guide).
at Boxee's log in screen. If you want to actually use your
The only major tweak you'll Ubuntu desktop on your TV, just
need to make is to Boxee's audio exit out of Boxee from the log-in
setup. Head to the Settings menu screen or the main menu That's
in the lower-left corner, then to just my own little
Hardware, and then to the audio Ubuntu/Boxee/HTPC setup, but I
tab. Set your settings to look like think it works quite nice.
those on the left, or, in text form: Anything I download can be
Digital transferred and played, and any
Off broadcast shows I miss can be
Off caught on Hulu, CBS, PBS, or
default any of Boxee's other great apps.
default Got a killer media center setup of
From there on out, Boxee should your own to share? Tell us about
be your multimedia workhorse. it, and link it, in the comments.
You can suspend it and wake it
up with the power button (or a Google Translate Adds As-You
wake-on-LAN tool, as detailed at
the Ubuntu Forums). You can -Type Translations, Phonetic
use it to download torrents,
Pronunciation [Languages]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
translating to Arabic, Persian or
Hindi, there's also an option to
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:00:00 AM
transit point for Latin American Mr Schmidt said the plane was type out the way words sound
cocaine. then burnt, leaving little evidence Google Translate added a few and have Google guess at what
But Mr Schmidt said the size of for investigators. features to its main web home, word you're trying to enter when
the plane which crashed in Mali, No bodies were found at the including instant translations as you lack the specific keyboard.
near Gao, came as "a complete crash site and it is not known you type. What's really helpful is Google runs down its latest
surprise". what happened to the unloaded a bit more tucked away: phonetic improvements in this quick video
He said that the engine numbers shipment pronunciations for non-Roman overview:
were being checked to confirm Most cocaine is transported from alphabets, like Chinese, and text- What features would make
the type of plane and whether it Latin America to West Africa by to-speech pronunciations for Translate more helpful for the
had originated in Venezuela. small planes or boats, before translating to English. way you use it? Share the
The plane, made by Boeing, being trafficked on to Europe. Heading to a country with an suggestions in the comments. A
seems to have encountered Print Sponsor alphabet nothing like yours is n e w l o o k f o r G o o g l e
problems after taking off from a This content has passed through intimidating, so Google's Roman- Translate[Official Google Blog
remote air strip 15km from Gao fivefilters.org. ized pronunciation guides are via Download Squad]
and was ditched in the desert. certainly helpful. For those
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Run Kindle for PC in Linux with WINE [Linux

Tip]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:00:00 AM

Reader Gene told us that Kindle

Monster Hunter
for PC is "more important than
people realize." That's because
pillow will give
the desktop app runs almost
seamlessly in Linux with one
you nightmares
By JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
WINE tweak, making Kindle a
great little laptop or netbook Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:30:00 AM

reading option.
To install Kindle for PC on your Capcom's Monster Hunter Furu
Furu Pillow is officially the most
Linux system, make sure you've
terrifying pillow we've seen
got WINE installed. Most major
today. What appears in the games
distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora,
as a winged, eyeless
openSUSE) offer WINE in one
of their repositories, or have wyvern(called Khezu outside of
Japan) has been transmuted into a
versions custom-made for them.
you for your username and Kindle for PC in your virtual correctly. tube with a lamprey mouth. That
Need more help? We've
password, even though you can't Windows drive, which is at You can now send books and you put on your bed. And look at
previously written up a guide to
see the fields; you can quit the C:\Program Files\Amazon\Kindle sample chapters from Amazon's when you wake up. We suppose
installing and running WINE,
app and fix that, or just type in for PC\KindleForPC.exe by Kindle store to your PC. If you've it would be better used as an
which should help you get
your username, hit Tab, then default. Hit OK, select already installed Kindle for PC in accent pillow on a couch or
through.
your password, and then quit. KindleForPC.exe back in the a Windows machine and tied it to something, especially if you don't
With WINE installed, download
Head to your system's menu and Wine configuration window, and your account, be sure to send want anyone to use your couch
the Kindle for PC installer, then
then to the WINE folder, and hit change the "Windows Version" your Kindle items to your Linux- ever.
double-click on the .exe file you
"Configure WINE"—if you don't drop-down at the bottom to based reader (which was "Kindle Japanese Monster Hunter fans
downloaded. WINE will pick it
see it, just run winecfg from a Windows 98. Head back to your for PC 2" in my case). Got a will be able to bring this
up and install it in its virtual C:/
terminal or Alt+F2 prompt. In the WINE menu, run Kindle for PC, clever use of the faux-Kindle in abomination into their lives, in
drive. The one issue you'll
"Applications" tab, hit "Add and now all your controls and Linux? Tell us about it in the white or red, on January 29, for
encounter is that Kindle will
Application," then navigate to buttons should be showing up comments. Thanks, Gene! ¥9,240 ($103.52).
automatically start up and ask
[Via Andriasang]
Monster Hunter pillow will give
Street Chic: New York you nightmares originally
appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 17
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STUDY: Most Fortune
Reflective Roadway Tape Lights Your Bike Day 100 Companies Don't
Get Twitter
or Night for Cheap [DIY] By twitter:@mashable
(TweetMeme)
By Sarah Rae Trover started to apply it to my bike
(Lifehacker) which just so happens to be a 7 Submitted at 11/17/2009 5:08:36 AM

Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:30:00 AM

Bike lover Scott was in need of
some safety modifications for his
bike. Rather than go with the
regular old reflectors, Scott
enlisted the help of his local
traffic office for a free and
seriously reflective alternative.
Bike modification weblog Bike
Hacks showcased Scott's
ingenious idea of heading to his
local traffic office for the leftover
scraps from the cutting of road
signs. What is normally thrown
away looks to be a great safety
upgrade to his set of wheels.
Read about the free reflective
street sign material and went
down to my local traffic office
(which happens to be about a
quarter mile from my house –
perfect). The lady working at the
month old single speed Globe
that I couldn't be more pleased
with.
Although we're unsure if the
traffic department nearest you is
as willing to hand out their
leftovers, we might suggest
telling them they're for the
modification of your bike so you
don't look like a vandal ready to
graffiti up the town. If stickers
front was very helpful and even aren't your idea of a good time,
went to the back right then and try making your own mini bike
there. She emerged with a large light to make yourself visible to
box of white and yellow scraps others you share the road with.
that were mostly large rectangles, I l l u m i n a t e d B i k e F o r
easily over 10sq ft in total! Just F r e e [ B i k e H a c k s ]
In August we reported that a
large number of Fortune 100
companies have embraced
Twitter, but how well are they
actually using it? A study
released today (PDF) by Weber
Shandwick says the answer is not
very well, and that the majority
of Fortune 100 companies don’t
really get Twitter. Though 73 of
100 companies had at least one
registered Twitter account (up
from 54 reported in an
unrelated…
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Rackspace Adds More Cloud-Based Services, Moves Down

the Collaboration Path
By Alex Williams services provider. Some of the features that are part primary function is to back up
(ReadWriteWeb) Sponsor of Cloud Drive include: Windows or Linux data.
Submitted at 11/17/2009 4:00:23 AM
Pat Mathews, president of email • Synchronized folders across Bot Cloud Drive and Rackspace
and apps for Rackspace said this part of the roadmap and will one or more computers. Server Backup are powered by
Rackspace is launching a new is exactly what is happening. become a critical service for • Syncronized version control to Jungle Disk, which Rackspace
service called " Cloud Drive," "We are definitely moving down customers as they move their m a k e s u r e c o l l e a g u e s a r e acquired last year.
that allows businesses to store, the collaboration path with Cloud files to the cloud. It's a focal working with the most recent Rackspace Cloud Drive costs $4
share and back up files in the Drive," Mathews sad. r e a s o n w h y c o l l a b o r a t i o n files. per user, per month. Rackspace
Rackspace cloud. In reality, Rackspace is providers like Box.net put a • Automatic data backups in the Server Backup costs $5 per
Rackspace is one of the world's following a natural progression. h e a v y p r e m i u m o n s e a r c h . event of a hardware failure. server, per month.
largest hosting companies but With the ability to move IT to the Customers need the capability. Discuss
with more services being offered cloud, Rackspace will have to Without it, the information can Complementing Cloud Drive is
in the cloud, it is starting to look deepen its collaboration service. end up in folders without ever Rackspace Server Backup, which
like it is also establishing a For instance, search is not a part being touched again. backs up applications and
presence as a collaboration of the current offering. But it is protects file server data. Its
E-reader Newspaper
See Adobe AIR 2's Best New Features Demoed in 9 Sample
Apps
By Sarah Perez
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 6:05:08 AM
Today Adobe released new beta
versions of the company's Flash
Player and AIR. The Flash Player
10.1 technology now includes
HTTP streaming and hardware
decoding of H.264 video. The
company plans to bring the
updated Flash Player to mobile
devices too, starting with the
Palm Pre and then completing
versions for other major
smartphones by the first half of
2010 (with the notable exception
of the iPhone, of course).
However, out of the two
updates, it's Adobe AIR 2 that
received the biggest overhaul.
The new runtime allows
developers to create entirely new
types of applications that simply
weren't possible using AIR 1.
What sort of apps are those?
Adobe's gallery of sample apps
should give you some ideas of
what's to come.
Sponsor
1. Mass Storage Detection
In Adobe AIR 2, apps can now
detect when a mass storage
device has been inserted into the
computer. That means the app
can "see" your USB flash drives,
external drives, and even some
digital cameras. For example,
developers could build an app
that recognizes when your Flip
camera is plugged in and lets you
automatically upload videos to
YouTube.
To demo this capability, Adobe
has released FileTile, a sample
app that does just this (minus the
video uploading). FileTile
recognizes external devices and
lets you see the files and open
them with their default
application.
Download Installer| Source 2.
Native Process API
The native process API allows
developers to better integrate
their AIR apps with existing code
libraries or extend their apps
using native code. With the new
native process API, this can now
be done without compromising
the cross-platform capabilities of
AIR which allows it to run on
Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Developers using this new
functionality can now deploy
their apps with operating-specific
installers like .exe, .dmg, .rpm,
and .deb instead of an .air
installer file.
To demonstrate the native
process API, Adobe released
SearchCentral, an application that
taps into Mac OS X's Spotlight
feature for desktop searches. It
also lets you do web searches on
Google and Wikipedia.
Installer| Source| How to
Here's a video explaining in
more detail how the native API
works:
3. Microphone Data Access
Like it sounds, the microphone
data access feature lets you
acquire the sound data from a
computer's microphone without
the need of a server. For
example, a developer could build
a note-taking application that lets
users record audio clips even
when they're offline.
To get started, a simple app
called Microphone is now
available which does recording
and playback with variable
playback speeds supported.
Download Installer| Source|
How to 4. Drag-and-Drop
Support for Remote Files
The new "file promises" feature
of AIR 2 lets you drag remote
files out of an AIR application. A
file promise, as described by
Adobe's Christian Cantrell, is
"what you put on the clipboard
when you want the user to be
able to drag and drop files that do
not yet exist, or that exist
elsewhere (not locally on your
machine)." It's a promise to
deliver a file at some point, but
not an actual file.
For example, an app could
generate a CSV file but only
when a user tries to drag and
drop the file. It could also refer to
files on a remote server, like an
FTP server. When a user grabs
that remote file and pulls it into
the AIR app, the app could then
download the data. It even
supports files accessible via a
URL like those hosted on Google
Sites.
Unfortunately, this feature is
Windows and Mac only.
A sample app called S3E
provides a graphical front-end to
your Amazon S3 account to
demonstrate this feature.
Download Installer| Source|
How to 5. Peer-to-Peer
Networking Capabilities
Adobe AIR 2 also adds support
for new networking capabilities
including UDP, secure sockets
and peer-to-peer. To demonstrate
the possibilities, Adobe released
KeePIPE, a javascript app that
lets users on the same network
share files using peer-to-peer
technology. It also lets VMWare
users transfer files between a
virtual machine and a host
computer.
Download Installer| Source|
Read me 6. Multi-Touch
Perhaps the most exciting
enhancement in AIR 2 and in
Flash Player 10.1 are the new
multi-touch APIs. In Windows 7,
AIR apps can respond to multi-
touch and in both Windows 7 and
Mac OS X Snow Leopard, they
can respond to gestures.
Tech News/ 43
In this video (below), Adobe's
Kevin Lynch demos a multi-
touch app on an HP TouchSmart
computer:
Obviously, Adobe is excited
about this new feature, too,
because they've released not one
but four sample applications that
demonstrate multi-touch in
action:
• GeoTest: Lets you move
images around the screen using a
built-in physics engine.
Download Installer| Source
• PhotoPhysics: A multi-touch
app with a built-in physics
engine. Download Installer|
Source
• SpriteFract: A multi-touch app
with a built-in physics engine
that demonstrates a mouse-
compatible, direct-manipulation
interface. It also uses
PixelBender to asynchronously
process a large amount of
geometry data. Download
Installer| Source
• TouchTest: Lets you drag,
scale, and rotate images on the
screen. Download Installer|
Source
Other Features
Other features in Adobe AIR 2
include the following (courtesy
of Rob Christensen):
• A new API lets you open
documents with its default
application
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Online Petition Demands Apple Approve iPhone Apps

By Sarah Perez iTunes library. Unlike the DJ beginning of the September. having just launched today in the
(ReadWriteWeb) applications already available in word from the company itself, That's 8 weeks in limbo which is App Store. Are the others far
Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:37:12 AM
the App Store, these new apps let there's no way to be sure. The insane. The developers of the behind? Did the petition catch
users mix their own tracks while Petition apps are now facing serious Apple's eye or is this just a
Three iPhone application o f f e r i n g f e a t u r e s l i k e Although the developers troubles because a lot was coincidence? We'll have to stay
developers are cited in an online s i m u l t a n e o u s p l a y b a c k o f themselves aren't behind the invested into the production of tuned to the other developers'
petition which asks Apple to multiple tracks, pitch, fade, online petition, they've been the apps. Moreover, Apple websites and Twitter accounts to
approve their apps, all of which tempo, and more. Other DJ frustrated for some time doesn't specify any reasons for know for sure. Fans Care, Too
have been sitting in limbo for applications, on the other hand, regarding the delay. For example, such delays. There's simply no Regardless of what happens,
months on end. The developers only let users mix loops that have a posting on the Sonorasaurus information about what is going though, it's an interesting
are awaiting word about their no rights associated with them. blog reads: on. This is all really weird and development to see fans getting
new DJ applications which let The rights issue may be one of "We have been waiting about 3 absolutely unfair. involved in complaining to Apple
users mix loops of their own the problems causing the delays. months now with no word on if Later, the petition writer adds instead of just the developers
iTunes tracks stored in their It's highly likely that the labels we are approved and when we that they had become aware of a themselves. Although we've
iPhone or iPod Touch's music don't want their artists' songs to can release. It is nice to see other third application, DJ Player, already seen high-profile pull-
library. be used in this way without some people taking issue with Apple's which was also waiting approval. outs from notable Apple
In this case, it's speculated that sort of controls in place - if they system and their interest in Similar Apps Already Approved developers like Joe Hewitt who
the holdup either has to do with deem to allow this type of getting DJ apps on the platform. What's really strange about this created the iPhone's Facebook
rights issues surrounding the interaction at all. If that's the So to whomever thought to current delay, writes a blogger on application and Rogue Amoeba's
music or possibly the way the case, though, the developers include us in their petition: Sonorasaurus.com(the app from Paul Kafasis who quit after a
apps in question access the music simply want Apple to tell them Thank you." Pajamahouse Studios), is that three-and-a-half month delay in
library. But without word from so. The petition itself isn't a kindly- there are applications which have app approval, we've rarely heard
Apple, the developers can't be Another explanation for the worded plea for Apple's attention already been approved by Apple complaints from users outside the
sure. The delays have angered delay may have to do with either, but an angry letter that offer similar features as their tech blogosphere demanding the
fans, too, one of whom created Apple's current ban on dual demanding that attention instead: new app. For example, the same. Could this mean "regular"
the petition in hopes of forcing access to the iPhone's music There are more than 20 million Quixpin DJ uses the same mixing folks are now becoming aware of
Apple's hand. library via third-party of iPhone and iPod Touch users feature, Deadmau5 Mix uses the Apple's issues too? Possibly. The
Update: One of the applications applications. In order to work in the world, but there is no same packaged songs feature, 272 people who have signed the
was just approved. Click through around this ban, the developers decent DJ MP3 application on and Air Sharing uses the same petition aren't all Apple
for more info. came up with an alternative iPhone/iPod Touch. Why? file uploading via HTTP feature. developers or tech pundits.
Sponsor method which involves Because Apple doesn't approve And Musicsoft Arts already has They're just people who want
Why the Delay? transferring music over Wi-Fi any of them! At least two quality an app called the DJ Spooky The these apps approved.
The three developers mentioned instead. Of course, Apple may DJ MP3 applications - Touch DJ Secret Song which uses the same Hat tip to iLounge for pointing
in the fan-posted petition include see this "workaround" as just a (www.amidio.com) and codebase as the yet-to-be- to this petition. Discuss
Amidio, Pajamahouse Studios, loophole allowing the developers S o n o r a s a u r u s approved DJ Player application.
and Musicsoft Arts. All three to break the rules while not (www.sonorasaurus.com) are UPDATE: Oddly enough, of the
have created DJ applications technically violating any of held "in review" since the three apps in question, Amidio's
which tap into a users' own Apple's edicts. But again, without application was approved first,

This Microsoft store is trying too hard

By twitter:@crunchgear This is embarrassing. Not only the employees are trying to be b a s t a r d i z a t i o n o f I m p r o v www.crunchgear.com
(TweetMeme) are the Microsoft Stores a clear spontaneous and stir up customer Anywhere.
copy of Apple Stores, but now reactions with a weird 0 comments Source:
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2 Charged at
Factery Labs Makes Other Search Engines Look Alabama Club After
Incomplete Nudity Complaints
(FOXNews.com)
By Marshall Kirkpatrick has cancer - over and over again. members of congress. One tab in
(ReadWriteWeb) Compare that with the Factery the app is a search for your Submitted at 11/16/2009 10:47:35 PM

Submitted at 11/17/2009 4:10:38 AM

results page - I don't even need to congressperson in the news. DOTHAN, Ala. Houston
click through if I don't want to, I Unfortunately, the page excerpts County officials say the manager
Most text excerpts that appear on feel like I got a great overview of demand analysis of text behind give no indication why the and a dancer of a newly opened
search results pages aren't very the story just from my search any set of links. That's what politician you searched for club were arrested after the
useful. Imagine if instead your page. Perhaps that's a problem - differentiates it from other real- appeared in that news story - just sheriff's office received
search engine showed a list of for a publishing industry that time search engines like OneRiot, that their name did, somewhere. complaints about nudity.
clear sentences summarizing the already says it's scared of search which also analyzes the text of That search is powered by a Houston County Sheriff's Capt.
contents of each link on that engines - but as a reader it sure pages linked to on networks like Yahoo API, probably BOSS, but Antonio Gonzalez said deputies
search result page. That's what a isn't my problem, it's great. Why Twitter and offers an API to it's not any fun to use at all. How arrested 39-year-old Michael
new service called Factery Labs would I want Google News to display real-time search results unsatisfying, I thought, when I Gene Cox of Lynn Haven, Fla.,
aims to provide for any service tell me where I can go to find on other sites. Competitor could have a list of key facts at the club near Madrid on
that utilizes the API it's launching information if someone else will Collecta analyzes Twitter streams concerning my search query in Saturday night and charged him
today. just give me the information? in real time and offers an XMPP the list of links that the search with running a business that
You give Factery a list of links The company's test demo API to push new search results brought back. But that was allowed too much nudity.
and a keyword and it will build searches Twitter and Yahoo Boss live to any page. yesterday, and Factery is just The Dothan Eagle says
an index of all the facts asserted - neither search is as exciting as Factery is a different kind of launching today. detectives charged Cox with a
in those links about your topic of I'd hoped 100% of the time, but animal, though. It's more like a The possibilities are truly felony violation of the anti-
interest, delivered in XML or it's often remarkably good. smart search inside any other endless. That's probably why obscenity act.
JSON format. The service can F a c t e r y i s a l s o t e s t i n g a n search. It doesn't even have to be Ron Conway, one of the leading Cox was released from the
run on top of a search engine but interesting integration with search, though. The company i n v e s t o r s i n t h e r e a l - t i m e county Jail after he posted a
could also be used in any number Silverlight stream reader Sobees, talks a lot about how they make e c o n o m y , j o i n e d o t h e r s i n $2,500 bond.
of other ways. I've been feeling in which linked pages from mobile reading more efficient by investing in the company. With Gonzalez says detectives also
unsatisfied with other search T w i t t e r o r F a c e b o o k a r e pulling the salient information up $1.2 million in the bank, Factery charged a dancer, 33-year-old
engines all day since seeing a annotated with automatically to the surface of a page, instead is a modest developer play with a Cynthia Elaine Best of
Factery demo Monday morning. extracted highlights via Factery. of requiring mobile readers to whole lot of potential. Cottondale, Fla. with felony
Sponsor I expect a whole lot of load multiple pages. Give Factery's API a try and let possession of cocaine. She also
After building that "fact index," companies are going to at least I thought of five or six different us know what you think. It's free was released after posting a
Factery ranks the links submitted try this API out and I'm excited ways I'd like to use it just while to use; the company says it may $2,500 bond.
by the quality and density of facts to see the results. talking to the company on the start inserting "sponsored facts" This content has passed through
related to query on the page. How This is Unlike Other Real- phone. (I'm not going to share (isn't that an interesting phrase) fivefilters.org.
Compare the search results page Time Search Services those here, either. I think some into results later but things like
on Google News for "Paul Allen" Factery is talking a lot about its c o u l d o f f e r a n i m p o r t a n t business model and to a lesser
to the information that Factery ability to analyze links shared competitive advantage.) I'd Love degree de-duplication are still
extracts from links being shared over Twitter, but that's probably to See This Work Everywhere works in progress. I sure do love
on Twitter about Paul Allen. The just because Twitter is easy for Yesterday I was testing a new this idea. Discuss
Google News page tells you people to understand. The fact is, Android app from the Sunlight
nothing, except that Paul Allen the service can perform on- Foundation that lets you track
46 Tech News/
Seesmic Goes Native: Launches
Windows-Only Twitter Client
By Frederic Lardinois
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:30:44 AM
At Microsoft's Professional
Developer Conference, Seesmic's
founder and CEO Loic Le Meur
just announced that the company
will release a native Windows
version of its popular Twitter
client later today. Seesmic
developed this client on top
of.NET. As Le Meur told us
yesterday, the new client will be
faster and use significantly less
memory than the current AIR
client. In addition, Seesmic will
now also feature a Firefox-like
plugin infrastructure that will
allow developers to extend the
application through a new, built-
in API.
Sponsor
As usual, Seesmic will first
make this new Seesmic for
Windows client available to
members of its Team Seesmic
beta test community. Signing up
for Team Seesmic is easy and
you will immediately get access
to all of Seesmic's public beta
products.
Le Meur told us that a native
Windows client was something
feel is similar to the AIR app, the
Windows client also features
vertical tabs in the sidebar that
allow users to quickly switch
between different views (all,
that Seesmic's users had been
accounts, userlists and searches).
requesting for quite a while. The
Plugins for Seesmic
Seesmic team worked on this
For developers, of course, the
new client for the last few
new plugin infrastructure also
months, though the company
means that they can now offer
managed to keep this
their services directly in a Twitter
development under wraps and
client. The current version
today's release comes as a
already showcases plugins from
surprise. While there are quite a
TweetMeme and MrTweet.
few good native Twitter clients
According to Le Meur, this will
for OSX, the most popular
also allow other Twitter-like
Twitter clients on Windows are
services to build their own
currently AIR apps. Features
plugins and build their own
Being a native client, Seesmic
columns in Seesmic without
can now also make use of some
having to establish a formal
of Windows' built-in features like
relationship with the company. In
a system-wide spellchecker or
a few weeks, Seesmic will launch
Windows 7's location services.
a plugin gallery to showcase
While Twitter hasn't launched it's
these extensions. What About the
location API yet, Seesmic will
AIR App?
now be able to tab into this data
Seesmic will continue to develop
quickly.
its Adobe AIR client for the time
The new client will also allow
being, though chances are that
users to drag and drop their
the company is also looking at
friends' avatars into user lists.
developing a native Mac client.
Just like the current beta version
Discuss
of its AIR app, Seesmic for
Windows will support Twitter's
userlists and while the look and
E-reader Newspaper
Betaworks, Cuban
Invest in Real-Time
Transformer Superfeedr
By Marshall Kirkpatrick
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:55:01 AM
Superfeedr, a service that
transforms a wide variety of
feeds into normalized XMPP or
Pubsubhubbub format,
announced a seed round of
"We do something stupid so you
funding from some very high-
don't have to," is a slogan used
profile backers this morning.
on the Superfeedr website.
Betaworks, backers of Twitter,
If there's a downside to using the
Bit.ly, Tweetdeck, Twitterfeed,
service it's reliance on a third
Tumblr and more, and Mark
party for critical syndication
Cuban, have invested in
functionality. Superfeedr
Superfeedr's parent company
experienced an outage for several
Notifixious.
hours earlier this month.
Superfeedr offers services to
Genestoux blogged about the
both publishers and subscribers,
problem and eventual solution on
current marque users include
the company blog.
SixApart, Adobe, Twitterfeed
Genestoux says he plans to build
and Posterous. Notifixious
out hardware and personnel with
founder Julien Genestoux first
the backing. These relationships
met Betaworks CEO John
will also facilitate important
Borthwick at our event last
introductions to potential
month, the ReadWrite Real-Time
customers and offer big
Web Summit.
validation of the Superfeedr
Sponsor
service.
Superfeedr is one of a number of Superfeedr is one of ten
real-time as a service providers, companies profiled in the case
related if different competitors studies section of the
include Notify.me and Kaazing. forthcoming ReadWriteWeb
These services offer developers research report on the state of the
plug-and-play real-time real-time web market, which will
publishing and subscription, be published later this month and
allowing them to instead focus on can be pre-ordered here. Discuss
building the features they can
offer the most unique value from.
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Google Scholar Gets Smarter: Now
Features Legal Opinions
By Frederic Lardinois
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:36:48 AM
Google just announced that it
now features legal opinions in
Google Scholar. Starting today,
Google Scholar will feature the
full text of legal opinions from
US federal and state district,
appellate and supreme courts.
Through this, users can now
easily find the text of Roe v.
Wade or Brown v. Board of
Education, for example. Google
Scholar also lists other legal
opinions and journals that cited
these opinions. In addition, users
can also do standard keyword
searches to find legal documents.
Sponsor
Users can easily restrict searches
SEE
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• Global error handling
• Enhanced printing support,
including vector printing support
on Mac and new APIs to query
the local machine for a list of
printers or print without a dialog
box.
• WebKit in AIR 2 is now based
on the version shipped with
Safari 4.0.3 which includes
support for JavaScript profiling,
SquirrelFish Extreme JavaScript
engine performs 50% faster using
to opinions from federal courts or
courts in certain states. In
addition to finding the case and
legal opinion, Google Scholar
also displays related documents
in a sidebar, as well as a list of
cases where a certain opinion
was cited. Google's Anurag
Acharya also notes that a lot of
these opinions are surprisingly
readable.
As Google points out in the
announcement, finding these
legal opinions has typically been
difficult. Now, the company
makes it very easy to find any
legal opinion about Napster, for
example. Google notes that it
hopes that access to this
SunSpider tests, CSS3 Module
support (2D transformations,
transitions, animations, gradients,
zoom and WebKit CSS
selectors), styling scrollbars via
CSS and Canvas enhancements.
• IPv6 format addresses can now
be used with all APIs that accept
an IP string as input.
• Increased maximum size of
NativeWindow: AIR 2 apps can
have a window size of 4095 x
4095 where before the maximum
information will allow regular
citizens to "learn more about the
laws that govern us all."
It's interesting to see that Google
continues to add more and more
public data to its repositories.
Just last week, Google added data
from the World Bank to its
search results. Earlier this year,
Google also started to include
data from the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics and the U.S.
Census Bureau's Population
Division. Google didn't go as far
as integrating these legal
opinions on its search results
page yet - though for searches for
Roe v. Wade or Miranda v.
Arizona, these results could
really enhance the current search
results. Discuss
was 2880 x 2880.
• DNS lookup
• Network interface enumeration
• Database transaction
savepoints
• Screen reader support in
Windows
• IME API and IME text input
enhancement
• Smaller runtime installer sizes
• More efficient CPU usage and
reduced memory size
Tech News/ Popular News/
New York Newspaper
Offices Raided in Corruption
Probe
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 11/16/2009 10:31:53 PM
NEW YORK A law
enforcement official says the
New York Police Department
raided circulation offices at some
of the nation's largest newspapers
as part of a union corruption
probe.
The official says the offices of
The New York Times, the New
York Post, El Diario and the
Daily News of New York were
raided Tuesday.
The official spoke to The
Associated Press on the condition
Adobe AIR 2 is available for
download here on Adobe Labs.
You can send Adobe feedback
here or participate on the user-to-
user forums here. Discuss
47
of anonymity because the
investigation is ongoing.
The official says the newspaper
delivery system around the city is
under investigation and the news
organizations are not involved.
The 1,600-member union that
delivers papers was previously
accused by the Manhattan district
attorney's office of being run by
the mob.
Calls to the four newspapers
weren't immediately returned
Tuesday.
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TweetDeck for iPhone Gets Facebook Integration
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:20:48 AM
The iPhone isn’t capable of true
multitasking if you’re running a
legit, non-jailbroken device, so
you can’t do something like, say,
have Facebook and Twitter open
at the same time. Thanks to the
latest update, though, for
TweetDeck for the iPhone(free,
iTunes link), you can experience
most of the advantages of that
hypothetical situation using only
one app.
The newest version of
TweetDeck for iPhone has lots of
new features, but by far the most
significant is the ability to add
columns that show updates from
your Facebook friends (and
MySpace, too, if you’re a
musician or a 13 year-old who
somehow got transported to the
future from the year 2000). You
can read updates, yes, but you
can also do wall posts, comment
on things, and update your own
status, all without leaving the
app.
You can even “Like” someone’s
status update from the zoomed in
view. Really, if you use
Chinese court rules against Microsoft
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:37:10 AM
A Chinese court has ruled that
Microsoft infringed a Chinese
software maker’s intellectual
Facebook the way I do these days
(never opening the inbox,
browsing the news and live feeds
like they were slightly broken
Twitter feeds and occasionally
doing a wall post or two if
something catches my eye that
needs direct address. My Inbox
has become a wasteland of lost
and unread missives, and I rarely
look at event or other invitations,
property rights in a surprise
decision that has renewed worries
among foreign patent experts
about China’s management of
IPR disputes.
Microsoft’s use of two Chinese
fonts developed by Zhongyi
unless prompted to do so in real
life or on Twitter.
When you hit the compose
button, you’re taken to the usual
window, but now at the top you
can opt to post your status update
to one, some, or all of the
accounts associated with your
TweetDeck installation. It’s very
handy if you want to post an
update across more than one
Electronic, a Beijing-based
software company, was not
covered by a licence agreement
between the two, the Beijing No
1 Intermediary People’s Court
said in a verdict, and therefore
infringed Zhongyi’s intellectual
Twitter account, or if you’d like
to selectively push some of your
Twitter updates to your Facebook
without using an extra plugin and
the #fb tag, for instance.
Other new features include
landscape keyboard support (via
a button, not the accelerometer,
which is actually better in my
opinion), 12seconds.tv
integration for 3GS video
tweeting, and an option to save
draft tweets you’re working on.
Should give you a chance to
rethink that disparaging comment
about your workplace you’re
thinking about posting. Bit.ly
URL shortening with click
tracking is also a new feature, as
is the ability to add a column
devoted exclusively to trending
topics.
It’s a good update, but I still
don’t think it can replace Tweetie
2 as my primary client. If I was a
social media manager at a
company in charge of
maintaining multiple Twitter
streams for different lines of
business, TweetDeck would be
my go-to application, but as it
stands, it’s just more meat than I
can generally chew.
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UBS outlines
ambitious plans for
return to growth
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:29:10 AM
UBS outlined a bold set of
growth targets on Tuesday,
including ambitions to generate
SFr15bn ($14.8bn) of pre-tax
profits within three to five years,
as the troubled Swiss bank
sought to take back the initiative
after weeks of bad news
encompassing regulatory fines
and deep losses.
UBS’s new profit target equates
to a 15-20 per cent return on
equity, which is towards the
higher end of what rival banks
are expected to achieve and
would mark a dramatic
turnround.
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Apple’s App Store
Approval Process Now
Includes an Automated
Layer
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
App Store developers
APPLE’S page 49now have
Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:32:20 AM
more to contend with than just
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APPLE’S
Apple’s Black Friday Sales Leaked continued from page 48

the fickle tastes of the humans forcing developers to stick with

Early Apple has reviewing
submissions. Now, submissions
the public APIs, Apple is trying
to ensure that some stability
By Darrell Etherington would result in a $500 discount also go through an automated exists for end-users who depend
(TheAppleBlog) on the Core i5 27-inch iMac, or a filter that determines whether or on the hundred thousand apps or
Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:36:57 AM
$250 discount on the entry-level not the app is obeying the rules so available now in the App
MacBook. Compare that to a and not using any of Apple’s Store.
If you’re planning your holiday $101 discount on the MacBook private APIs, which is a no-no, Despite being technically fair,
shopping but want to get a good last year, and a $101 discount on according to the developer the move feels a little unfair to
grasp of the budget available to the top model iMac. agreement. developers, since Apple hasn’t
you in advance, it helps to know The teaser image leaked by BGR The news comes via a exactly been consistent about
what kind of deals you’re going is fairly convincing, in that it conversation that occurred enforcing the rules regarding
to get. Luckily, Apple’s Black does seem to use design cues and between developers on Twitter. private APIs up till now. One
Friday discounts have been aesthetics currently favored by Craig Hockenberry, best known reason could have been that
leaked early, so you can factor in Apple in its marketing materials, for Twitterific, guessed that the spotting their use just isn’t that
those price reductions while but it’s hard not to be skeptical in App Store now contains a easy, which the computer filter
you’re figuring out how pinched the face of sound business sense mechanism to check submitted now rectifies. But it seems clear
you’re going to be financially — considering Apple’s previous code against proper framework that Apple also looked the other
come January. Apple hardware Black Friday discounts, and the use, and John Gruber responded way in at least a couple of cases
Boy Genius Report got the early fact that last time I checked, it that Apple has in fact recently when it suited it to do so, like
tip-off, from an anonymous The sales seem to be available in really wasn’t in a position to need begun to do just that. with Google’s mobile search app,
source. It comes in the form of Apple retail stores only, since the to offer big price cuts to bolster The specific function of the new hence my suggestion that this has
what looks like a flyer image, poster also states that “Select sales. automated component is to check more to do with reducing
detailing some pretty significant Apple stores open at 6 am,” and a If these do prove true, I’ve been submissions for private API calls. workload using a non-arbitrary
discounts on all things Apple, line at the bottom advertises the putting a new Time Capsule or If it finds any, the app is rejected filter than anything else.
basically. They’re deep enough new availability of in-store gift- Airport Extreme purchase on the outright. Presumably, such a While the introduction of an
that you’d probably do well to wrapping. Last year we saw back burner for quite some time check would be run at the automated layer does, on the
hold off any Mac or iPod-related online Black Friday discounts, now, and that 15 percent off is beginning of the review process, surface, seem to guarantee a level
purchase for at least another 10 though, so it’s possible we’ll see nothing to sneeze at, given thereby cutting down a lot on the of fairness, it also probably isn’t
days just in case. them again. Apple’s usual reluctance to offer number of submissions that must very encouraging to developers,
Here’s what we’re looking at, if If these deals do indeed come to any kind of price cut at all. be reviewed by actual human who now essentially face a
the rumors prove true: beings. In other words, it’s a firewall before they gain access
pass, they would be pretty Anyone else planning on making
• Up to 30 percent off all iPods s i g n i f i c a n t c o m p a r e d w i t h a purchase if these discounts volume compensation strategy on to individuals they can actually
(excluding iPhone and iPod previous Black Friday sales by really do apply? Something you Apple’s part. talk to about what’s wrong with
shuffle) It’s also technically fair, since their submission. Expect more
the Mac maker. Twenty-five w o u l d n ’ t b u y o t h e r w i s e ,
• Up to 25 percent off all Macs Apple has said all along that headaches for the App Store team
percent off of all Macs is a very p e r h a p s ?
• Up to 15 percent off all good discount, for example, and private APIs are off-limits. The as the fallout for the
accessories, Apple software and published reason being that implementation of this measure.
Apple can’t confirm that said
APIs will remain stable from
release to release of the iPhone
OS, meaning that something
based on them might break every
time an update rolls out. By
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Lazard names
MTV Networks Acquires Exclusive Television Kenneth Jacobs as
Wasserstein successor
Rights to Michael Jackson’s This is It (Financial Times - US
By Robert Seidman Jackson. The arrangement also June, 2009, the film is produced The deal was brokered by Sony homepage)
(TVbytheNumbers) extends to Viacom’s BET with the full support of the Estate Pictures Television and Ben Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:51:37 AM
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:15:32 AM
Networks, including its newest of Michael Jackson and drawn Zurier, Executive Vice President,
channel, Centric. Channels and from more than one hundred Program Strategy, VH1, VH1 Lazard has picked veteran
via press release: premiere dates will be announced hours of behind the scenes Classic & Palladia for MTV dealmaker Kenneth Jacobs to be
MTV NETWORKS ACQUIRES at a later time. footage, featuring Jackson Networks. MTV Networks will its new chief executive to replace
EXCLUSIVE TELEVISION “The film is a true testament to rehearsing numerous songs for also collaborate with Sony Bruce Wasserstein, whose
RIGHTS Michael’s musical genius, the show. Audiences are given a Pictures Entertainment in unexpected death last month had
TO C R I T I C A L L Y passion and commitment to his privileged and private look at marketing the DVD release of the raised questions about whether
ACCLAIMED CONCERT FILM c r a f t , ” s a i d V a n T o f f l e r , Jackson as he was never before film in early 2010. the investment bank could
MICHAEL JACKSON’S THIS President of the MTV Networks seen. In raw and candid detail, About MTV Networks maintain its recent momentum.
IS IT Music Group. “Michael Jackson Michael Jackson’s This Is It is MTV Networks, a division of Mr Jacobs, who headed Lazard’s
NEW YORK, NY, November has always been inextricably tied the last documentation of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is North American business with a
17, 2009 – MTV Networks (a to our viewers as they witnessed Michael Jackson at work, one of the world’s leading low-key leadership style, had
division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, his evolution from a talented capturing the singer, dancer, creators of entertainment content, been an early candidate to
V I A . B ) , h a s a c q u i r e d t h e performer to a global icon who filmmaker, architect, creative with brands that engage and succeed Mr Wasserstein, the
exclusive United States television redefined music. Now, with this genius and great artist at work. connect diverse audiences across legendary dealmaker who
rights to air one of the most film, we can help give his fans a Kenny Ortega, who was both television, online, mobile, games, wrested control of the firm earlier
anticipated films of the year — c h a n c e t o s e e h i s f i n a l Michael Jackson’s creative virtual worlds and consumer this decade and launched its
Michael Jackson’s This Is It. performance.” partner for the concert tour and products. The company’s initial public offering.
The critically acclaimed and THIS IS IT, premiered the director of the stage show portfolio spans more than 150 This content has passed through
commercially successful film nationwide on October 28, serves as the film’s director, and television channels and 400 fivefilters.org.
becomes available to MTV earning the #1 box office spot for Randy Phillips, Kenny Ortega digital media properties
N e t w o r k s i n 2 0 1 1 , a n d the weekend and offering and Paul Gongaware are worldwide, and includes MTV,
continuing through the entire six- Jackson fans and music lovers producers. Executive producers VH1, CMT, Logo, Harmonix,
year network window. The deal everywhere a rare, behind-the- are John Branca and John Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick
includes all domestic channels scenes look at the performer as McClain. The film is being Jr., TeenNick, AddictingGames,
under the MTV Networks he developed, created and distributed worldwide by Sony Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL,
umbrella, including MTV, VH1, rehearsed for his sold-out, Pictures Releasing. One of the SPIKE, TV Land, Atom,
VH1 Classic and Palladia and historic comeback concerts that best reviewed film of the year, GameTrailers and Xfire.
rounds out the music networks’ would have kicked off this past Michael Jackson’s This Is It has This content has passed through
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Cast Versions of
US urges China to strengthen renminbi “Endless Love”, “I’ll
(Financial Times - US strengthen its currency as Mr Obama made his comments pressing international issues. Stand By You,”
homepage) tensions over exchange rates and after a three-hour meeting on This content has passed through “Crush,” “Lean on Me,”
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Submitted at 11/17/2009 6:51:08 AM
orchestrated show of co- President Hu Jintao, during and others featured on
President Barack Obama on operation between Washington which both leaders pledged to Wednesday’s
via pressCAST Glee
release:page 51
Tuesday urged China to and Beijing. work together on a long list of CAST VERSIONS OF
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CAST
continued from page 50
“ENDLESS LOVE,” “I’LL
STAND BY YOU,” “CRUSH,”
“(YOU’RE) HAVING MY
BABY” AND “LEAN ON ME”
AND CAST MASH-UP OF
“DON’T STAND SO CLOSE
TO ME/YOUNG GIRL,”
AMONG SONGS FEATURED
IN “GLEE” WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 18, ON FOX
Columbia Records and
Twentieth Century Fox
Television today released select
songs on iTunes featured in this
week’s episode of GLEE,
including cast versions of Diana
Ross and Lionel Richie’s
“Endless Love,” The Pretenders’
“I’ll Stand By You,” Jennifer
Paige’s “Crush,” Paul Anka’s
“(You’re) Having My Baby” and
Bill Withers’ “Lean On Me,” as
well as a cast mash-up of The
Police’s “Don’t Stand So Close
To Me” with Gary Puckett and
the Union Gap’s “Young Girl.”
In this week’s all-new episode,
airing Wednesday, Nov. 18(9:00-
10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX,
WILL (Matthew Morrison) splits
the Glee Club into pairs to sing
Colin Quinn remembers Ken Ober in his special way
By Danny Gallagher (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 2:28:00 PM
The sudden and shocking of
passing of TV writer, producer
and host Ken Ober turned a lot of
heads. Here's one of Ober's head
(ahem) getting turned, for a
their favorite ballad, but when
one kid gets sick, he’s forced to
step in and winds up in a sticky
situation. Meanwhile, FINN
(Cory Monteith) and QUINN
(Dianna Agron) have to face the
music when dinner with her
parents (guest stars Gregg Henry
and Charlotte Ross) goes awry.
In addition to these new songs,
cast versions of Ike & Tina
Turner’s “Proud Mary,”
“Defying Gravity” from
Broadway’s “Wicked,” Billy
Idol’s “Dancing With Myself,”
Young MC’s “Bust A Move,”
Neil Diamond’s “Sweet
Caroline,” Sisqo’s “Thong
Song,” Jill Scott’s “Hate On
Me,” The Supremes’ “You Keep
Me Hangin’ On,” Jordin Sparks
and Chris Brown’s “No Air,”
Avril Lavigne’s “Keep Holding
On,” Queen’s “Somebody To
Love,” Heart’s “Alone,”
Journey’s “Don’t Stop
Believin’,” “Maybe This Time”
from “Cabaret,” Céline Dion’s
“Taking Chances,” Rihanna’s
“Take A Bow,” Carrie
Underwood’s “Last Name,”
change.
Collin Quinn, Ober's longtime
friend and Remote Control co-
host, posted a hilarious picture on
his Twitter page of himself, Ober
and the uber-cute Kari Wuhrer on
the set of their equally hilarious
game show.
I'm tempted to let Bob use this
Jazmine Sullivan’s “Bust Your
Windows,” Kanye West’s “Gold
Digger,” REO Speedwagon’s
“Can’t Fight This Feeling,” Salt-
N-Pepa’s “Push It” and Duffy’s
“Mercy,” as well as mash-ups of
Bon Jovi’s “It’s My Life” with
Usher’s “Confessions Part II”
and Beyoncé’s “Halo” with
Katrina and the Waves’
“Walking on Sunshine,” are also
available for purchase via all
digital service providers.
“Glee: The Music, Volume 1,”
which features music heard in the
first season of the series, is
currently available for purchase.
Released on November 3, the
album sold in excess of 113,000
units in its first week alone and
garnered an astounding No. 4
spot on the Billboard Top 200
Album Chart. And for fans who
just can’t get enough of GLEE’s
high-spirited music, “Glee: The
Music, Volume 2” hits stores on
Tuesday, Dec. 8.
GLEE, the genre-defying new
musical comedy series, follows
an optimistic teacher who –
against all odds and a malicious
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cheerleading coach – attempts to
save McKinley High’s Glee Club
from obscurity while helping a
group of aspiring underdogs
realize their true star potential.
Starring Dianna Agron, Chris
Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane
Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin
McHale, Lea Michele, Cory
Monteith, Matthew Morrison,
wfh
Amber Riley, Mark Salling and
Jenna Ushkowitz, GLEE is
produced by Ryan Murphy
(working
Television in association with 20
th Century Fox Television. Ryan
from home)
Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian By Zack Sheppard (Flickr
Brennan are co-creators of the Blog)
series. Murphy, Falchuk and Submitted at 11/16/2009 12:55:58 PM
Dante Di Loreto serve as
executive producers, while Ian Working from home today?
Brennan serves as co-executive Show them how it’s done in the
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What's On Tonight: Merry
Madagascar, 90210, Sherri, The
Good Wife
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 12:21:00 PM
• At 8, ABC has a new V, then
new episodes of Dancing with
the Stars and The Forgotten.
• CBS has a new NCIS at 8,
followed by new episodes of
NCIS: Los Angeles and The
Good Wife.
• NBC has Merry Madagascar at
8, then new episodes of The
Biggest Loser and The Jay Leno
Show.
• FOX has a new, two-hour So
You Think You Can Dance.
• The CW has a new 90210 at 8,
followed by a new Melrose
Place.
• PBS has a new Nova at 8, then
a new Frontline.
• AMC has the finale of The
CBS's Sunday flip-flop: Cold Case for Three Rivers
By Allison Waldman (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:50:00 AM
Sundays have always been a
good night for CBS. It's been a
good day for years, thanks to the
NFL. Traditionally, the football
games bleed right into prime
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Friends reunion update: it
probably won't happen (but
not because of the actors)
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
• Bravo has a new Tabatha's
Submitted at 11/17/2009 1:30:00 PM
Salon Makeover at 10.
• MTV has a new episode of The So this is the 9,327th article that
Hills at 10, followed by a new has been written about a possible
episode of The City. Friends reunion. A lot of fans
• Also at 10: A&E has a new would like to see one but it seems
Parking Wars. that there have always been one
or two holdouts that are
Check your local TV listings for preventing a reunion from taking
more. place. But those holdouts might
Prisoner at 8. After the jump, the late night not be the actors themselves.
• At 9, Syfy has two new favorite shows, but I'm
talk shows. Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe) tells US
episodes of Scare Tactics. wondering how they could do a
Continue reading What's On that a reunion, whether on TV or
• Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs reunion. Would it be the same
Tonight: Merry Madagascar, on the big-screen, will probably
at 9, followed by a new Ghost without the old set (Monica and
90210, Sherri, The Good Wife n e v e r h a p p e n b e c a u s e t h e
Lab. Chandler bought a house and
F i l e d u n d e r : L a t e N i g h t , creators (Marta Kauffmann and
• BBC America has a new Joey moved out to L.A.
Programming, Celebrities, Talk David Crane) don't think it's a
Dragon's Den at 9. to...well...star in a short-lived
Show, What To Watch Tonight, good idea. Kudrow isn't sure how
• At 10, FX has a new Sons of sitcom)? They'd have to get
Reality-Free a reunion would work anyway,
Anarchy. Central Perk in there somehow.
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Heather-riffic: What Will Locklear’s Return Mean
For Melrose Place Ratings?
By Bill Gorman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:40:31 AM
Heather Locklear returns to
Melrose Place tonight to reprise
her role as Amanda Woodward.
What will she do for the ratings?
More importantly, what does she
need to do to save the show?
Here are last week’s final
numbers for Melrose Place:
- 1.275 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
- 0.8/2 A18-34
- 1.2/3 W18-34
For the season to date, the CW is
averaging a 1.2 rating for adults
The Count: The Gutsy Call Belichick Didn’t Make
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 11/16/2009 2:28:12 PM
Much of the sports media is
questioning New England
Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s
decision to go for a first down
with a six-point lead and 2:08 to
play against the Indianapolis
Colts on Sunday night. But
another gusty call Belichick
could have made but didn’t could
have cost the Pats. Associated
Press After Kevin Faulk failed to
gain the first down, should the
Pats defense have hurried up a
Colts TD?
Twice Pats defenders tackled
Joseph Addai at the one-yard
18-49 and a 1.5 rating for adults
18-34 (sadly, we don’t have a
season average for women 18-
34).
With Melrose Place currently
averaging a 0.73 rating for adults
line. The first time, there were
about 75 seconds left on the
clock. The second time, there
were 36. By the time the Colts
scored the go-ahead touchdown
and extra point, just 16 seconds
remained, and that proved too
little time for Tom Brady to lead
a drive to set up an attempt for a
game-winning field goal.
Allowing an opponent to score
and seize the lead is even more
unconventional than going for it
on fourth-and-two from your
own 29-yard line. But it may
have been the best bet for the
Pats to retain a chance to win, as
some posters at PatsFans.com
argued. Once Addai made it to
TV/ Sports/ 53
week’s rating is only 53% of the
CW season average. That 0.8
rating needs to increase by
almost 70% to put it in a range
that would signal renewal.
For all her star power, I just
Has Weis Run
don’t see increases like that being
sustainable. For tonight’s
Out of Chances
episode, I’ll guess a 1.2 rating for
adults 18-49, a 1.2 rating for
at Notre Dame?
adults 18-34, and a 1.5 rating for (WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
women 18-34, trending Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:33:00 AM
downward sharply next week.
18-49 (including a single repeat), You can track my weekly That annual rite of recent
I think Heather would need to prognostications on Melrose Novembers, the Notre Dame
increase the show’s 18-49 rating Place’s chances in the CW’s Survival Watch, is in full swing.
to a 1.1 to make it odds on for Renew / Cancel Index. Associated Press Charlie Weis,
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above-average offenses — which three-yard line, they’re better off
make both an Indy TD and a Pats not letting him score.”
FG more likely — and letting Further reading: A decision in
Addai score on that first run the 1998 Super Bowl to let the
would have added two winning points score was blasted
percentage points to New at the time. If you still can’t get
England’s probability of over Belichick’s fourth-down
winning. call, here’s statistical analysis on
the one-yard line, a go-ahead The problem is, this would have whether it was the right call from
touchdown seemed like a given, t a k e n s o m e v e r y n u a n c e d Mike Harris, Wayne Winston,
so, this line of reasoning goes, coaching from Belichick, and Brian Burke, zeusfootball and
better to get the TD over with s i m i l a r t h i n k i n g f r o m h i s Chase Stuart. And you can debate
and get the ball back. tacklers. “Can players make such the call with fellow Journal
Chuck Bower o f a split decision on a binary readers here.
zeusfootball.com ran the numbers situation: ‘Either I stop him
for league-average teams and exactly at the 1 yard line or let
found differently — tackling him score?’ ” Bower wrote in an
Addai was the right move. But email. “For example, if they
plug in the Colts’ and Pats’ could have tackled him at the
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seen here after his team’s loss
Saturday at Pittsburgh, has
almost perfected his post-game
grimace.
Expectations are always high in
South Bend, and the Fighting
Irish haven’t lived up to them
under Charlie Weis, whose fifth
season there could be his last.
Given recent history, his
dismissal won’t be a surprise.
Bob Davie lasted five years,
George O’Leary resigned without
even coaching a game after it was
discovered he had embellished
his résumé and Tyrone
Willingham survived only three
seasons. The Irish’s last national
title came in 1988.
One reason why Weis’s future
looks dicey: Notre Dame has
suffered losses to Navy twice in
the past three years, including a
23-21 upset two weeks ago. Then
there was last week’s 27-22 loss
to Pittsburgh.
“Charlie’s the guy who’s going
to take the fall,” Dan
Shaughnessy writes at Sports
Illustrated. “… The Pitt defeat
means that Charlie’s teams have
lost eight straight against top 10
competition. Weis’ 2007 team
might have been the worst Notre
Dame team ever. Last year’s
home loss to Syracuse
represented the Irish’s first-ever
loss to an eight-loss team. Fifteen
losses in two seasons (2007,
2008) is a Notre Dame record.
Weis is 1-10 lifetime against top
10 teams and he has the same
record (35-25) that got Davie
fired.”
The Chicago Tribune’s David
Haugh argues against bringing
Weis back for a sixth season,
saying Weis is more suited to the
pro game than to the college
game.
Of course if the Irish banish
Weis, the question becomes who
would next want to enter a place
with so much pressure.
FanHouse’s Terrance Harris says
enticing Bob Stoops from
Oklahoma is highly unlikely for a
number of reasons.
Finally, while it might be
another season to forget in South
Bend, it’s also been a forgettable
season for college football in
general, the Washington Post’s
John Feinstein writes.* * *
Two days later there’s still much
chattering over New England
coach Bill Belichick’s decision to
gamble on fourth-and-two late in
the fourth quarter of Sunday’s
game at Indianapolis. The risk
failed, and the Colts scored a
touchdown to steal the game. Not
everyone thinks Belichick made a
bad choice to go for it deep in his
own territory. Sports Illustrated’s
Joe Posnanski says the Patriots’
best chance was to go for it on
fourth down. Not so, the
Washington Post’s Michael
Wilbon blogs. The Journal’s Carl
Bialik focuses on a different
gutsy call Belichick could have
made but didn’t. At Yahoo
Sports, Dan Wetzel says the head
linesman, not Belichick, made a
bad call on that pivotal play.
If you couldn’t stomach
Baltimore’s 16-0 shutout of
Cleveland on Monday night,
ESPN’s James Walker recaps a
game that featured “the hopeful
vs. the hopeless.”* * *
It was an impressive and
memorable debut for Kentucky’s
John Wall. His 15-foot jumper at
the buzzer saved the Wildcats in
their too-close-for-comfort 72-70
victory over huge underdog
Miami (Ohio) on Monday night.
The Lexington Herald-Leader’s
Mark Story says Wall lived up to
the hype.* * *
Baseball has retired Jackie
Robinson’s No. 42. Hockey has
retired Wayne Gretzky’s No. 99.
Now LeBron James wants the
NBA to retire No. 23 to honor
Michael Jordan’s career and
contributions to the game. James
is already willing to switch from
23 to 6, the number he’s worn for
the U.S. Olympic team. The
Chicago Tribune’s Rick
Morrissey disagrees. “There’s a
very good chance another player
will come along soon to make us
think Jordan is the second-best
player in NBA history,”
Morrissey writes. “Some people
believe that player already is here
— James. Or maybe Kobe
Bryant. Or, who knows, maybe
Bucks rookie guard Brandon
Jennings, who dropped 55 points
on Golden State on Saturday.”
There’s no such player in New
York, however (except one of
those guys visits). While the
Knicks are a hopeless 1-9
already, New York magazine’s
Will Leitch thinks true fans can
endure another tumultuous
season.* * *
Something’s definitely not
working when, less than two
years into a four-year contract, a
soccer manager is sacked, as they
like to say in Europe. That’s what
transpired Monday when
Scotland fired George Burley. It
was bad enough that Scotland
failed to qualify for the 2010
World Cup in South Africa. But
losses in a couple of recent
friendly matches precipitated
Burley’s ouster. In the Scotsman,
Ross Malcolm says Burley was
destined to fail.* * *
Mornings, circa 1989: Make
coffee, grab sports section of
newspaper, read game stories,
devour box scores.
Mornings, 2009: Make coffee,
power up computer, seek
interesting sports reads. Game
stories and box scores? That’s so
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last night.
Game stories are a throwback to
another era, certainly, but that
doesn’t mean they can’t be
relevant for today’s sports fan.
The National Sports Journalism
Center’s Jason Fry, a Fix
alumnus, makes a passionate plea
for a reinvented game story. His
colleague Dave Kindred says it’s
wrong to say game stories are
unnecessary because “Everyone
Already Knows What
Happened.” We don’t.
Readers who aren’t getting
information from newspapers
likely are going to the Internet. In
the New York Times, Noam
Cohen discovers that ESPN
columnist Bill Simmons is
among the best-known sports
columnists, and his success has
come despite most of his work
not appearing in print.
– Tip of the Fix cap to reader
Don Hartline and fellow Fixer
David Roth.
Found a good column from the
world of sports? Don’t keep it to
yourself — write to us at
dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll
consider your find for inclusion
in the Daily Fix. You can email
Garey at ris84rap@gmail.com.
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Cincinnati Bengals sign Larry
Johnson
By ESPN.com news services
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:34:19 AM
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Former Kansas City Chiefs
running back Larry Johnson
signed a one-year contract
Tuesday morning with the
Cincinnati Bengals.
Mike and Mike in the Morning
ESPN.com senior NFL analyst
John Clayton weighs in on the
Browns, Larry Johnson, Bill
Belichick's decision to go for it
on fourth down against the Colts
and the four coaches who could
Footprints in the Snow: Cubs
By Matt Snyder (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:00:00 AM
by Matt Snyder
Filed under: Cubs, NL Central
Footprints in the Snow is
FanHouse's look at the paths to
be forged by MLB teams this
winter as they look ahead to
2010.
Considering the Cubs were
probably the most disappointing
be fired after just one season on
the job.
More Podcasts »
Because NFL veteran contracts
are guaranteed at the start of the
regular season, Johnson will
collect $4 million from the
Chiefs and earn an additional
$255,290 from the Bengals, the
veteran minimum for the
remainder of this season.
Money was not an issue for
Johnson to sign with the Bengals.
It was the opportunity to continue
playing this season that
convinced him to sign.
Johnson flew to Cincinnati on
Monday to meet with the
Bengals. Coach Marvin Lewis
has told Johnson, who was
released by the Chiefs, that he
would be fourth on the team's
depth chart at running back.
Starter Cedric Benson, who
strained a hip muscle in Sunday's
win in Pittsburgh that left the
team in baseball in 2009, they
definitely have their work cut out
for them this offseason in order
to return to being a legitimate
contender. I guess Cubs fans
should take solace in the fact that
a winning season was considered
a colossal failure -- after all, they
have had a winning record in
three consecutive seasons for the
first time since the Nixon
administration now. It's simply a
Bengals (7-2) in control of the
AFC North, is expected to
practice on a limited basis this
week. Lewis said there's a chance
he could play Sunday in
Oakland.
The Chiefs released Johnson last
Monday, the day he was due
back from his second (two-week)
suspension in the past 12 months.
His last brush with controversy
occurred two weeks ago, when
he posted on his Twitter account
a gay slur, insulted followers and
questioned the competence of
Chiefs coach Todd Haley.
John Clayton is a senior NFL
writer for ESPN.com.
Information from ESPN NFL
Insider Adam Schefter and The
Associated Press was used in this
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sign that the bar has been raised
in Wrigleyville. No longer
Notre Dame Fighting Irish coach Charlie
Weis says he doesn't believe a decision has
been made yet on whether he'll be back
By ESPN.com news services
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:53:01 AM
Will Weis Coach Irish In 2010?
Will Weis Coach Irish In 2010?
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre
Dame coach Charlie Weis says
he doesn't believe a decision has
been made yet on whether he will
be back with the Fighting Irish in
2010.
Weis said at his weekly news
conference Tuesday that he
thinks he'd know if a decision has
been made. Athletic director Jack
Swarbrick has said he will
evaluate the program after the
season.
The Irish (6-4) have lost two
straight games, to Navy and
Pittsburgh. With two games left
in his fifth season as coach, Weis
has the same 35-25 overall
coaching record that got Bob
content to play "lovable losers,"
Lou Piniella's Cubs are
determined to win it all. New
owner and lifelong Cubs fan Tom
Ricketts has guaranteed the Cubs
will win a World Series under his
watch.
After altering the best Cubs team
since 1945, general manager Jim
Hendry has to find a way to get
some of that magic back in 2010.
He'll have to start by unloading
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Davie fired eight years ago, and
the same .583 winning
percentage that got Tyrone
Willingham fired five years ago.
Weis said he won't reflect on the
season until after the final game.
His job security remains a
popular topic nationally.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma coach
Bob Stoops denied a report that
he has told "confidants" he'd be
interested in coaching Notre
Dame if the job opened up.
"That's some guy making
something up. I'm not answering
stuff like that," Stoops said after
practice Monday. "There's not
even a job up there at Notre
Dame. That's ridiculous."
Information from The
Associated Press and ESPN
college football reporter Joe
Schad was used in this report.
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career. More Footprints in the
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Pat Barry: From Rice to Pittsburgh Steelers
Riches safety Troy Polamalu
By Ray Hui (FanHouse)
questionable 'at best'
Submitted at 11/17/2009 1:50:00 PM
by Ray Hui
Filed under: UFC, FanHouse
Exclusive UFC heavyweight Pat
Barry earned a $120,000 bonus
on top of his $14,000 fight purse
for his victory last month at UFC
104 in Los Angeles. A dramatic
increase in wealth and
recognition, especially for
someone who, a week prior, had
nothing to his name, was eating
rice and ketchup, and was still
hopelessly awaiting acceptance
from a former mentor.
Barry improved his MMA
record to 5-1 by stopping former
training partner Antoni Hardonk
in the second round with
punches. For Barry, who has
been competing since 2002, it
took much more than a single
training camp and enduring two
accidental eye pokes and leg
kicks during the fight for his big
payday.
"People think it took seven-and-a
-half minutes to make all this
money," Barry told FanHouse. "It
took seven years to make this.
Seesmic Launches Native Twitter Client For Windows
By twitter:@TechCrunch
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Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:44:22 AM
Today brings good news for PC
This wasn't seven-and-a-half
minutes of work. This is seven
years straight -- no family, not
around my friends, not married, I
got no kids. It's just me on the
grind, chasing the dream. It took
seven years to finally make a
payday."
Pat Barry: From Rice to Riches
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users everywhere. Seesmic is
launching a native desktop client
for Windows. Seesmic’s founder
and CEO Loic Le Meur made the
announcement today at
By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:25:04 AM
PITTSBURGH -- Steelers star
safety Troy Polamalu hasn't been
ruled out of Sunday's game at
Kansas City despite injuring his
left knee for the second time this
season, though coach Mike
Tomlin says he is questionable
"at best."
AFC North blog
ESPN.com's James Walker
writes about all things AFC
North in his division blog.
• Blog network: NFL Nation
Polamalu, a five-time Pro Bowl
player, missed four games earlier
this season with a medial
collateral ligament tear. He
strained the posterior cruciate
ligament while tackling running
Microsoft’s Professional
Developer Conference in Los
Angeles. Le Meur says that
providing a desktop client that
was native for Windows was of
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Cartoon Network's 'Ben
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Cartoon Network has a deal with
back Cedric Benson on Kids Foot Locker that has the
Cincinnati's first possessionretailer plugging the latest movie
Sunday and did not return. in the "Ben 10" franchise, while
The latest injury is not as bad as
the network will look to drive
initially feared, Tomlin said,
traffic to the stores.
because it did not affect the Through Dec. 6, customers that
previously injured ligament. purchase a pair of the iconic
However, it seems likely the Converse Chuck Taylor shoes
Steelers won't rush back one of
will receive a poster for the "Ben
the NFL's most versatile 10: Alien Swarm" film that airs
defensive players and will sit him
Nov. 25 on Cartoon.
out at least a week. As part of the arrangement, the
Polamalu missed five games network will air spots backing
with knee and rib injuries in 2007
Converse and the retailer, while
but played every game last tune-in signage will appear in
season as the Steelers won the
300 stores.
Super Bowl. John O'Hara, general sales
Copyright 2009 by The manager at Cartoon Network,
Associated Press states: "It's a strategic marketing
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immersive experience."
The "Ben 10" animated
franchise has been on Cartoon
since a pilot in late 2005; a
successor series airs on Fridays
in prime time. The first series-
related film aired in 2007.
Besides the Foot Locker link,
Cartoon is promoting the latest
live action film's debut in theaters
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suspended for four games for receptions are a school record. Award overwhelmingly Tuesday. Verlander was third with the an issue for many companies. For
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AL Cy Young Award: Kansas City Royals' Zack Greinke

By Ed Price (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 2:01:00 PM
by Ed Price
Filed under: Royals, MLB
Awards With his American
League-best 2.16 ERA, Royals
right-hander Zack Greinke
became the first starter to win the
AL Cy Young Award with fewer
than 18 wins. relatively low win total was due originally appeared on Fanhouse
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Fantasy Football Waiver Alex Ovechkin Set to
Chat, 6 PM ET Make Grand Return
By R.J. White (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:30:00 AM
by R.J. White
Filed under: Expert Chats If you
ever picked a week to be on top
of your waiver game, it would be
this one. The list of wounded
players stretches almost as long
as a TD pass against the
Redskins: Ronnie Brown,
Michael Turner, Cedric Benson,
Julius Jones, Brian Westbrook,
and on it goes. You probably
won't be able to snag Brown's
backup -- after all, Ricky
Williams was a top-12 back
heading into Week 10 -- but what
should you do about the other
situations?
Come join us at 6 PM ET, and
we'll help set your waiver claim
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also help with any other fantasy
Review: Assassin's Creed 2
By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 12:00:00 PM
Just for a second, think about the
pitch meeting for the first
Assassin's Creed.
"Well, he's an assassin, right?
But he doesn't have guns or
anything, instead, he's got knives
and parkour. Oh, and the game
takes place in 12th Century
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Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:40:00 AM Gearbox: Borderlands
by Christopher Botta fastest-selling new IP
Filed under: Capitals NEW
YORK -- Washington Capitals
of 2009
superstar Alexander Ovechkin By James Ransom-Wiley
will make his return to the lineup (Joystiq)
on Tuesday night in Madision Submitted at 11/17/2009 1:30:00 PM
football questions you may have. Square Garden against the New two assists. In his last five games
I'll dole out one piece of advice York Rangers. at Madison Square Garden -- Gearbox has declared that
right now: don't pick up Larry Ovechkin, who is still tied for including last year's playoffs -- Borderlands, the studio's original
Johnson. Seriously, just forget the NHL lead in goals with 14, Ovechkin has four goals and four RPG-FPS ("RPS") hybrid, is the
about him. missed six games over the last 15 assists. current leader in the annual
Fantasy Football Waiver Chat, 6 days with what the Capitals Alex Ovechkin Set to Make undercard, the race to fastest-
PM ET originally appeared on termed an "upper body strain." Grand Return originally appeared selling new IP of the year. While
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Jerusalem. Can we have millions a mere proof of concept.
of dollars now?" Continue reading Review:
When you think about what a Assassin's Creed 2
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familiar franchises that dominate either title during their launch

the monthly sales charts. What
better hook to land a publisher
when pitching a sequel?
Going by not entirely public
NPD sales figures (in North
America), Gearbox has
determined that Borderlands had
the most launch-week sales of
any new IP in 2009. The only
other title that could contest that
would be Prototype, which
enjoyed greater sales on the
Xbox 360 platform (but just by
1,900 units) than did Borderlands
when comparing the two games'
respective launch months (419.9k
vs. 418k units). However,
Nintendo's Fils-Aime: 'effectively Prototyp e, which released June
9, was available at retail for 11
months (both were released on
Xbox 360, PS3 and PC), it's
reasonable to assume that
Borderlands is the fast-selling
new IP (during a launch week), if
not the best-selling one in
combined platform sales for a
launch month in 2009.
So, congratulations! But watch
out for Dragon Age: Origins-- we
hear it's fast, too.
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m o n t h t h a n w a s
Borderlands(October 20). While
on Wii we don't know total sales of

By Ben Gilbert (Joystiq) about the subject. marketed against our installed
Submitted at 11/17/2009 12:30:00 PM
When questioned as to why base, will sell. Period. End of
major titles like Grand Theft story."
Despite slow to non-existent Auto IV and Assassin's Creed 2 It would appear then that Boom
sales for several high-profile aren't headed to his company's Blox, The Conduit, No More
third-party Nintendo Wii titles, console, he explains it as a Heroes, and a mess of other third
the company's US head, Reggie measure of long lead times rather -party titles, had some truly
Fils-Aime, still believes that third than technological inability. ineffective marketing by Reggie's
-party publishers on Nintendo's "Typically decisions are being standards.
console can be successful. made two years prior ... and so Nintendo's Fils-Aime:
Speaking with Kotaku, Fils-Aime the decisions two years ago were 'effectively marketed' third-party
s a y s h e ' s " e x t r e m e l y that those types of games would titles can sell on Wii originally
disappointed" with the lack of not be effective on the platform." appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 17
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Guess This
Part, Win a
Sucker Punch hiring network Hackers create dueling Tool
By Vin Marshall (Popular
programmer, adding online Science - New Technology,

support to next game

New Super Mario Bros. Science News, The Future
Now)

By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) will have some form of online

mode.
Wii level editors Submitted at 11/16/2009 1:30:51 PM

Since we inaugurated Guess

Submitted at 11/17/2009 1:00:00 PM By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) must reiterate, these are This Tool, you've all proven way
We know, we know -- that's a
Normally, we wouldn't write a whole lot of assumptions. Still, Submitted at 11/17/2009 2:00:00 PM
awesome, and we appreciate the too hard to stump, so for this
story simply stating that a we're sticking to the old adage of efforts of hobbyists everywhere week's contest, we're mixing it up
Well, that didn't take long. On who immediately make games a bit and giving you a mystery
developer's next, unannounced "when you assume, you make an
the very day that New Super better with their work. Check out part rather than a tool.
title will include some form of a s s o f y o u a n d m e , b u t
Mario Bros. Wii was released in example videos of both (with Again, the first to tell us in the
online multiplayer support -- sometimes, you can totally
North America, hackers Virus s o m e N S F W l a n g u a g e i n comments what it is we're
h o w e v e r , b a s e d o n t h e predict things before they happen
and Vash released Tanooki, a annotations) after the break. looking at here with the highest
c l i f f h a n g e r e n d i n g f r o m by simply making an educated
program that allows users to [Via Gemaga] level of precision will win a
InFamous(and the apparent re- guess." We'll contact someone
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casting of Cole MacGrath's voice over at Sucker Punch to try and
of the game's existing locales. dueling New Super Mario Bros. Good luck!
actor) it would be completely help our chances.
Coder Treeki also announced Wii level editors UPDATE: It seems as if our use
logical to assume that Sucker [Via CVG]
Reggie!, yet another level editor Hackers create dueling New of the word "part" was
Punch is working on a sequel to Sucker Punch hiring network
for New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Super Mario Bros. Wii level misleading here. Think part as in
its electrified superhero sim. programmer, adding online
Whichever wins, everybody editors originally appeared on "part used in the making of stuff"
Therefore, one might also assume support to next game originally
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Activision pulled MW2 'No
Russian' scene in Russia on Vivienne Westwood
advice of 'local counsel'
By Alexander Sliwinski
Presents Anglomania
(Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:00:00 AM
Activision has confirmed that it
decided to remove the
controversial"No Russian" scene
from Russian versions of Modern
Warfare 2, noting that there was
no influence from the Russian
government to do so. In a
statement to Eurogamer, the
publisher explained that Russia
does not have a formal ratings
board and that the company
decided to block the scene "after
seeking the advice of local
counsel."
The publisher's statement went
on to explain that the console
versions of the game had never
been released in the region and
that the alteration would only
affect the PC version, which was
released on November 10 --
which wasn't too long before
hackers turned their attention to
the other things that had been
removed from the popular
shooter.
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Saks Fifth
Avenue's Flashy
By ELLE.com (ELLE News backstage, and parked herself
Blog) with her husband to watch the
show.
Dress Sneakers
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:30:16 AM
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
The affair started with a cocktail
In the true rebellious style that is reception, followed by the Blog)
V i v i e n n e W e s t w o o d , t h e Anglomania collection, and Submitted at 11/16/2009 3:35:05 PM
d e s i g n e r p r e s e n t e d h e r ended with a live acoustic set by
Nobody has shown more
Anglomania collection last night up-and-comer Dionne Bromfield.
dedication to the dress sneaker
at the Selfridge's car park, sans Why all the fanfare? Because
over the past year than Saks Fifth
Fashion Week, making it clear Anglomania is expanding their
Avenue. Climb to the sixth floor
that Dame Viv still walks to the space at Selfridge's and also
of Manhattan's retail behemoth,
beat of her own drum. because it's the 100th anniversary
and you'll see a king's ransom in
The collection was attended by of the department store, both of
gold, silver, patent and snakeskin
more than five hundred well- w h i c h d e f i n i t e l y c a l l f o r
kicks lining the walls of the
wishers and fans who included c e l e b r a t i o n .
foyer. It's a colorful pick-me-up
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, British —Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin
from the graying autumn
singer Little Boots, and a bevy of Tracey Emin and Vivenne
outside—a literal flash of retail
loyal Selfridge's customers, who Westwood
therapy. And this season, it's
w e r e i n v i t e d t o e n j o y t h e Photo: Ian West
spectacle. Dame Viv took a back Follow ELLE on Twitter. about to get flashier.
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Style Wars: Coming to a
City Near You
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 11/16/2009 2:48:12 PM
Style Wars, House of Diehl’s
nightlife-meets- Project Runway
DIY fashion competition, is
making its way through a five-
city tour that kicked off in Miami
November 4th. The sartorial
smackdown, which challenges
emerging designers to create
couture pieces out of recycled
materials, sashayed into New
York nightspot Don Hill’s last
week; contestants faced off
before judges Jenny Shimizu,
Rebecca Weinberg, and Elettra
Stella McCartney’s Rossellini, while LCD
Soundsystem’s Nancy Wang
deejayed. Click through to see
Sexy and Sweaty New video footage from the evening
(top honors went to Dominique
Auxilly), and visit
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By ELLE.com (ELLE News streets below. Once on ground
Blog) level, I plan on keeping my heart the Black Eyed Peas' Taboo, a
Submitted at 11/17/2009 5:44:00 AM
rate up by jogging down to the virtuoso in dressing up streetwear
Adidas store where I’ll outfit if ever there was one. The
After a long hiatus from working myself in sleek leggings, boxy- sneakers—in gold and black
out, my lazy bones just got a jolt yet-shrunken jackets, and second- metallics with exposed zippers
of energy thanks to Stella skin zip-back tanks, just like and lush lining—are definite
McCartney’s new videos for her Anouck. For an easier way to get attention-grabbers. But let's face
spring 2010 Adidas collection. your hands on the current it, if the shoes don't grab you,
The 5-part series (which shows collection, click here. then Taboo might just do it
model Anouck Lepère sexily —Violet Moon Gaynor himself. So just go pick up a pair,
sweat through cycling, running, Anouck Lepère looking sexy and because you do not want to piss
yoga, and even a triathlon) makes s w e a t y i n o n e o f S t e l l a off a Black Eyed Pea. If you
me want to sprint down the 45- McCartney's chic Adidas videos
flights of stairs that separate the Follow ELLE on Twitter
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houseofdiehl.com for information
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and San Francisco (November
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New mammogram
advice raises questions,
concerns (AP)
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Submitted at 11/17/2009 6:24:41 AM
NEW YORK – For many
women, getting a mammogram is
already one of life's more
stressful experiences.
Now, women in their 40s have
the added anxiety of trying to
figure out if they should even be
getting one at all.
A government task force said
Monday that most women don't
need mammograms in their 40s
and should get one every two
years starting at 50 — a stunning
reversal and a break with the
American Cancer Society's long-
standing position. What's more,
the panel said breast self-exams
do no good, and women shouldn't
be taught to do them.
The news seemed destined to
leave many deeply confused
about whose advice to follow.
"I've never had a scare, but isn't it
better to be safe than sorry?"
asked Beth Rosenthal, 41, sitting
in a San Francisco cafe on
Monday afternoon with her
friend and their small children.
"I've heard of a lot of women in
their 40s, and even 30s, who've
gotten breast cancer. It just
doesn't seem right to wait until
50."
Her friend agreed. "I don't think
I'll wait," said Leslie David-
Jones, also 41, shaking her head.
For most of the past two
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decades, the American Cancer
Society has been recommending
annual mammograms beginning
at 40, and it reiterated that
position on Monday. "This is one
screening test I recommend
unequivocally, and would
recommend to any woman 40
and over," the society's chief
medical officer, Dr. Otis
Brawley, said in a statement.
But the U.S. Preventive Services
Task Force, a government panel
of doctors and scientists,
concluded that such early and
frequent screenings often lead to
false alarms and unneeded
biopsies, without substantially
improving women's odds of
survival.
"The benefits are less and the
harms are greater when screening
starts in the 40s," said Dr. Diana
Petitti, vice chair of the panel.
Breast cancer survivors who
were diagnosed at a young age
were among the more vocal
critics of the new guidelines.
"This sure seems like a big step
backwards to me," said Debbie
Hayes, who was diagnosed with
Stage 2 breast cancer at age 33
after finding a lump during a self-
exam. A mammogram,
ultrasound, biopsy and finally a
mastectomy and chemotherapy
followed.
"People are being diagnosed even
in their early 20s," said Hayes,
now 53 and a volunteer
coordinator for the Chicago-
based Breast Cancer Network of
Strength. "Mammograms are a
key element of that."
But another breast cancer
survivor thought the new
guidelines sounded about right
— even though she was
diagnosed at age 37, two years
ago.
"They seem pretty sensible to
me," said Claire Mayne, of San
Francisco. "The death rate is not
going down because of the earlier
mammograms. I'd feel
comfortable telling a friend to
wait until she was 50."
Mayne was more doubtful,
though, about the advice on self-
exams; that's how she found her
own cancer.
Most women in their 40s
interviewed for this article said
they planned to stick with the old
m a m m o g r a p h y
recommendations, at least for
now.
"I have two young children," said
Amber Smart, a 47-year-old
mother in Agoura Hills, Calif.
"There's a lot of years left that
they need me." She's been having
mammograms every six months,
since she was 44, to make sure
that certain dense areas of her
breasts aren't cancer.
"I think it's kind of sad that
they're basically saying, 'We can't
afford to pay for the few people
who may have it in their 40s, so a
few people are going to die,'"
Smart said.
Judy Finley, a flight attendant
from Dallas, called the new
recommendations "a terrible
idea," and said she was especially
worried that insurance companies
might "pick up on this and quit
paying for mammograms from
40 to 50."
"I think it would be really sad,"
said Finley, who was walking
through the Crown Center mall in
Kansas City, Mo. "And I don't
know how the U.S. government
or a panel of government
officials can think they know
better than the American Cancer
Society."
But there were those who saw
the new guidelines as potentially
a relief, a development that could
save women from endless stress,
false positives and perhaps
needless procedures.
"I can't tell you how many
friends I have who've gone
through severe worries from false
scares," said Maren Waxenberg,
a Manhattan mother. "At least
three of them have had biopsies.
And it turned out to be nothing."
Waxenberg herself, 46, has not
yet had a mammogram. "I'm not
concerned at this age," she said.
"I plan to do it, but there's no
sense of urgency."
The new guidelines are for the
general population, not those at
high risk of breast cancer because
of family history or gene
mutations.
They say:
_Most women in their 40s should
not routinely get mammograms.
_Women 50 to 74 should get a
mammogram every other year
until they turn 75, after which the
risks and benefits are unknown.
(The task force's previous
guidelines had no upper limit and
called for exams every year or
two.)
_The value of breast exams by
doctors is unknown. And breast
self-exams are of no value.
Medical groups such as the
cancer society have been backing
off promoting breast self-exams
in recent years. Decades ago, the
practice was so heavily promoted
that organizations distributed
cards to be hung in the shower
demonstrating the circular
motion women should use to feel
for lumps.
As for mammography, the
panel's new recommendations are
more in line with international
guidelines, which call for
screening to start at age 50; the
World Health Organization
recommends the test every two
years, and Britain says every
three years.
They were sharply challenged by
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the cancer society on Monday.
"The task force advice is based
on its conclusion that screening
1,300 women in their 50s to save
one life is worth it, but that
screening 1,900 women in their
40s to save a life is not, Brawley
wrote.
That stance "is essentially telling
women that mammography at
age 40 to 49 saves lives, just not
enough of them," he added.
But Dr. Amy Abernethy of the
Duke Comprehensive Cancer
Center agreed with the task
force's changes.
"Overall, I think it really took
courage for them to do this," she
said. "It does ask us as doctors to
change what we do and how we
communicate with patients.
That's no small undertaking."
__
Associated Press writers
Marilynn Marchione in
Milwaukee, Stephanie Nano in
New York, Evelyn Nieves in San
Francisco and Heather
Hollingsworth in Kansas City,
Mo., contributed to this story.
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Led by China, carbon pollution up despite economy (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 11:15:09 AM
WASHINGTON – Pollution
typically declines during a
recession. Not this time.
Despite a global economic
slump, worldwide carbon dioxide
pollution jumped 2 percent last
year, most of the increase coming
from China, according to a study
published online Tuesday.
"The growth in emissions since
2000 is almost entirely driven by
the growth in China," said study
lead author Corinne Le Quere of
the University of East Anglia.
"It's China and India and all the
developing countries together."
Carbon dioxide emissions, the
chief man-made greenhouse gas,
come from the burning of coal,
oil, natural gas, and also from the
production of cement, which is a
significant pollution factor in
China. Worldwide emissions rose
671 million more tons from 2007
to 2008. Nearly three-quarters of
that increase came from China.
The numbers are from the U.S.
Department of Energy's Oak
Ridge National Laboratory and
published in the journal Nature
Geoscience.
According to the study, the 2008
emissions increase was smaller
than normal for this decade.
Annual global pollution growth
has averaged 3.6 percent. This
year, scientists are forecasting a
nearly 3 percent reduction,
despite China because of the
massive economic slowdown in
most of the world and in the
United States.
The U.S. is still the biggest per
capita major producer of man-
made greenhouse gases, spewing
about 20 tons of carbon dioxide
per person per year. The world
average is 5.3 tons and China is
at 5.8 tons
Last year, the U.S. emissions fell
by 3 percent, a reduction of
nearly 192 million tons of carbon
dioxide. Overall European Union
emissions dropped by 1 percent.
The U.S. is still the No. 2 biggest
carbon polluter overall, emitting
more than the next four largest
polluting countries combined:
India, Russia, Japan and
Germany. China has been No. 1,
since pushing past the United
States in 2006.
The world remains on a
dangerous path, despite the
recession, scientists said.
"There's a very clear gap between
the path we are on and the path
we should be on if the goal is to
limit global warming to 2 degrees
(1.3 degrees Celsius)," said Le
Quere, who also works for the
British Antarctic Survey.
The world has spewed 715.3
trillion tons of industrial carbon
dioxide since 1982, which is the
same amount civilization
produced in all the previous
years, said study co-author Gregg
Marland of the Oak Ridge
National Lab.
Outside scientists said the study
was thorough and the results
sobering.
"Basically these numbers are
screaming out at decision makers
that whatever they are doing now
is not working," said University
of Victoria climate scientist
Andrew Weaver, who wasn't
involved in the study.
The report comes as countries
from around the world prepare
for a December U.N. conference
on reducing carbon emissions.
Prime Minister Lars Loekke
Rasmussen of Denmark, who
will host the conference in
Copenhagen, said Tuesday that
President Barack Obama
supported his proposal for a
sweeping political deal that
would include commitments by
industrial countries to reduce
carbon emissions and to provide
funds for less developed
countries to fight the effects of
global warming.
Obama, who was in China, said
after a meeting with President Hu
Jintao Tuesday that he wanted an
all-encompassing agreement in
Copenhagen, even if it falls short
of a legal treaty. And he said he
wants something "that has
immediate operational effect."
Le Quere said the numbers point
specifically to developing world
as the cause for the most recent
growth.
China is opening up new coal-
fired power plants at a breakneck
pace and carbon dioxide
emissions in that country have
doubled since 2001.
Not all the emission increases in
China and other developing
countries come from new power
plants. About one-quarter of the
emissions growth is because
western countries, like the United
States, buy more manufactured
products from those countries, Le
Quere and Marland said.
"We're shipping our emissions
offshore," Marland said.
Other countries beside China to
increase their carbon dioxide
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emissions by more than 5 million
tons in 2008 were India, Russia,
Saudi Arabia, Brazil, South
Africa, South Korea, Indonesia,
Iran, Poland, Mexico, Canada
and the Netherlands.
The paper also raised concerns
because it shows that the
percentage of carbon dioxide
emissions that hang in the air —
compared to those sucked into
the oceans and forests — is
growing.
Fifty years ago, only 40 percent
of carbon dioxide emissions
stayed in the air. Now in this
decade it's up to 45 percent, Le
Quere said.
That steady rise is alarming
because the more carbon dioxide
in the air, the warmer it gets, and
the warmer it gets, the higher
percentage of carbon dioxide
stays in the air, Le Quere said.
It's a feedback loop that is not
good news for global warming,
she said.
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China and US 'to work together'
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President Hu: "Our two
countries need to oppose and
reject protectionism"
The presidents of China and the
US have agreed to work together
to tackle some of the world's
most pressing problems.
On climate change, Barack
Obama said both sides agreed on
the need for a comprehensive
global deal in Copenhagen next
month, not a political statement.
Mr Obama and Hu Jintao also
agreed to push for North Korea
to re-enter stalled talks on its
nuclear programme.
But underlying tensions were
referred to, with Hu Jintao calling
for joint opposition to trade
protectionism.
The two leaders held two hours
of talks in Beijing's Great Hall of
the People, on the edge of
Tiananmen Square.
Both leaders then held a joint
media event at which they read
out statements, but took no
questions from listening
journalists.
Mr Obama came to China for his
first visit as president
emphasising that China was now
a major player on the world stage
- and he turned to that point again
in Beijing.
"The major challenges of the 21st
Century from climate change to
nuclear proliferation to economic
recovery are challenges that
touch both our nations, and
challenges that neither of our
nations can solve by acting
alone," he said.
With world leaders meeting in
Copenhagen next month to
discuss how to tackle global
warming, climate change is
perhaps the most pressing issue
to resolve.
Mr Obama appeared to raise
hopes that a deal could be struck
in Copenhagen.
"Our aim there is not a partial
accord or a political declaration,
but rather an accord that covers
all of the issues in the
negotiations and one that has
immediate operational effect,"
said Mr Obama.
The comment seemed to be at
odds with a much less ambitious
statement from world leaders,
including Mr Obama and Mr Hu,
on Saturday at the Asia-Pacific
Economic Co-operation (Apec)
forum.
Tibet tension
Standing next to President Hu,
Mr Obama also took up a theme
that has previously proved
contentious between the two
countries.
He said China should resume
talks with representatives of
Tibet's exiled leader the Dalai
Lama to resolve differences over
the Himalayan region.
China says the Dalai Lama is
trying to split Tibet from the rest
of the country and last year said
previous talks had achieved
nothing.
President Hu said China and the
US would hold talks about
human rights and religious
freedom.
But, in an indication of China's
rising power and influence, he
said the two counties should now
treat each other as equals.
"We will continue to act in a
spirit of equality, mutual respect
and non-interference in each
other's internal affairs," said Mr
Hu, who spoke first at the media
event.
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He added that "trade friction",
which has recently increased
between China and the United
States, should be resolved on an
"equal footing".
"I stressed to President Obama
that under the current
circumstances our two countries
need to oppose all kinds of trade
protectionism even more
strongly," he said.
Later in the day, Mr Obama met
the chairman of China's
parliament, Wu Bangguo, and
attended a state banquet.
The US leader, who is not being
accompanied by his family on the
tour of China, is also fitting in
visits to the Forbidden City and
the Great Wall of China.
Mr Obama earlier visited Japan
and Singapore on what is his first
visit to Asia as US president. He
is scheduled to fly to South
Korea after leaving China on
Wednesday.
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Woman Accused of Helping Kidnap Palin says 2012 run not
Smart Pleads Guilty on radar
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 11/16/2009 10:43:08 PM
SALT LAKE CITY A woman
charged in the 2002 kidnapping
of Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty
Tuesday as part of a deal with
federal prosecutors and asked
Smart to forgive her for all the
pain she had caused.
Wanda Eileen Barzee apologized
in court, saying she was
"humbled as I realize how much
Elizabeth Smart has been
victimized and the role that I
played in it."
"I am so sorry, Elizabeth, for all
the pain and suffering I have
caused you and your family,"
Barzee, 64, said. "It is my hope
that you will be able to find it in
your heart to forgive me."
Smart, now 22 and preparing to
serve a mission in Paris for The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints, was not in court. But
her father, Ed Smart, made a
statement there.
"I just hope that Wanda realizes
what she did and that it was
absolutely wrong and absolutely
horrible," he said.
SLIDESHOW: The Elizabeth
Smart Saga
Barzee, who wore a black skirt
and black flats, pleaded guilty to
charges of kidnapping and
unlawful transportation of a
minor in U.S. District Court in
Salt Lake City.
Sentencing for Barzee was set
for May 19.
She could have faced a life
sentence for the kidnapping
charge and up to 15 years for the
other count. However, under the
plea deal, she is expected to
receive 15 years in prison, with
credit for about six years already
served.
Barzee will be returned to the
Utah State Hospital until her
sentencing. She also will plead
guilty in state court under the
plea deal to one count of
conspiracy to commit aggravated
kidnapping and will cooperate in
the case against her estranged
husband, Brian David Mitchell.
Smart was 14 when she was
taken at knifepoint from the
bedroom of her Salt Lake City
home, sparking a search that
riveted the nation. Nine months
later, in March 2003, Barzee and
Mitchell were arrested after they
were spotted walking on a
suburban street with Smart.
Barzee's role in the abduction
has garnered less attention than
Mitchell's.
At a hearing last month, Smart
said that within hours of the
abduction, Mitchell took her as a
polygamous wife and then raped
her. Smart said Barzee washed
the teen's feet and dressed her in
robes before the ceremony.
Barzee often became upset over
Mitchell's relationship with
Smart, but that sentiment would
never last, Smart said.
A 10-day competency hearing in
Mitchell's case is set to begin
Nov. 30 in federal court.
Mitchell, 55, and Barzee were
indicted on federal charges in
March 2008.
Mitchell, a one-time itinerant
street preacher, is accused of
taking Smart as a wife in order to
fulfill a religious prophecy
included in a 27-page manifesto
he wrote called "The Book of
Immanuel David Isaiah."
Smart said she was raped daily
by Mitchell throughout her nine
months of captivity. She said he
threatened to harm her if she ever
tried to escape.
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(BBC News | Americas | screen right now."
World Edition) 'Heartbreaking'
Submitted at 11/16/2009 5:04:48 PM
The BBC's Paul Adams in
Washington says some
Former US vice-presidential conservative Republicans wish
candidate Sarah Palin has said a Mrs Palin would run for the
run for the White House in 2012 White House in 2012, believing
is "not on my radar screen right that she, more than anyone,
now". embodies the values they cherish.
In an interview with US TV talk But our correspondent adds
show hostess Oprah Winfrey, the other Republicans regard the
former Alaska governor also did prospect with undisguised horror,
not rule out one day standing for believing the former governor of
president. Alaska would simply lead the
Mrs Palin, who quit as the party into oblivion.
governor of Alaska this year, is Mrs Palin also said she was
currently on a media tour to upset at the behaviour of her
launch her memoirs. grandson's father, Levi Johnston.
She remains extremely popular Mr Johnston, who fathered the
a m o n g m a n y A m e r i c a n child out of wedlock with Mrs
conservatives. Palin's daughter Bristol, is to be a
Mrs Palin was appearing on the model for Playgirl magazine.
talk show to promote her 413- Mrs Palin said she found it "a bit
page autobiography, "Going heartbreaking to see the road that
Rogue: An American Life". he is on right now".
Asked about a White House run In her autobiography, Mrs Palin
in 2012, she said she was describes tensions during the
focusing her efforts on mid-term Republican campaign when she
elections next year in which stood as Senator John McCain's
Republicans hope to make Republican running mate.
i n r o a d s i n t o D e m o c r a t i c She says she was left with an
majorities in Congress. expenses bill of $50,000
"I'm concentrating on 2010 and (£30,000) when the Republicans
making sure that we have issues lost, although Mr McCain's office
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Woman pleads guilty to charges in
Smart kidnapping (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:56:38 AM
SALT LAKE CITY – A woman
charged in the 2002 kidnapping
of Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty
Tuesday as part of a deal with
federal prosecutors and asked
Smart to forgive her for all the
pain she had caused.
Wanda Eileen Barzee apologized
in court, saying she was
"humbled as I realize how much
Elizabeth Smart has been
victimized and the role that I
played in it."
"I am so sorry, Elizabeth, for all
the pain and suffering I have
caused you and your family,"
Barzee, 64, said. "It is my hope
that you will be able to find it in
your heart to forgive me."
Smart, now 22 and preparing to
serve a mission in Paris for The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints, was not in court. But
her father, Ed Smart, made a
statement there.
"I just hope that Wanda realizes
what she did and that it was
absolutely wrong and absolutely
horrible," he said.
Barzee, who wore a black skirt
and black flats, pleaded guilty to
charges of kidnapping and
unlawful transportation of a
minor in U.S. District Court in
Salt Lake City.
Sentencing for Barzee was set
for May 19.
She could have faced a life
sentence for the kidnapping
charge and up to 15 years for the
other count. However, under the
plea deal, she is expected to
receive 15 years in prison, with
credit for about six years already
served.
Barzee will be returned to the
Utah State Hospital until her
sentencing. She also will plead
guilty in state court under the
plea deal to one count of
conspiracy to commit aggravated
kidnapping and will cooperate in
the case against her estranged
husband, Brian David Mitchell.
Smart was 14 when she was
taken at knifepoint from the
bedroom of her Salt Lake City
home, sparking a search that
riveted the nation. Nine months
later, in March 2003, Barzee and
Mitchell were arrested after they
were spotted walking on a
suburban street with Smart.
Barzee's role in the abduction
has garnered less attention than
Mitchell's.
At a hearing last month, Smart
said that within hours of the
abduction, Mitchell took her as a
polygamous wife and then raped
her. Smart said Barzee washed
the teen's feet and dressed her in
robes before the ceremony.
Barzee often became upset over
Mitchell's relationship with
Smart, but that sentiment would
never last, Smart said.
A 10-day competency hearing in
Mitchell's case is set to begin
Nov. 30 in federal court.
Mitchell, 55, and Barzee were
indicted on federal charges in
March 2008.
Mitchell, a one-time itinerant
street preacher, is accused of
taking Smart as a wife in order to
fulfill a religious prophecy
included in a 27-page manifesto
he wrote called "The Book of
Immanuel David Isaiah."
Smart said she was raped daily
by Mitchell throughout her nine
months of captivity. She said he
threatened to harm her if she ever
tried to escape.
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Man Arrested in
Murders of Reality TV
Prostitute, 3 Others
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:17:06 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY A suspect
in the killing of four people in
Oklahoma City, including a
prostitute featured in the HBO
reality series "Cathouse," turned
himself in to authorities on
Tuesday, police said.
An arrest warrant was issued
earlier for David Allen Tyner, 28,
of Locust Grove, on six murder
complaints, because authorities
say two of the victims — 22-year
olds Brooke Phillips and
Milagrous Barrerra — both were
pregnant.
Tyner has not been formally
charged with any crime.
Phillips and Barrerra both died
from gunshot wounds, police Sgt.
Gary Knight said.
Phillips had worked at the
Moonlite BunnyRanch, a legal
brothel near Carson City, Nev.
that is featured in the HBO
series.
The identities of the other two
victims have not been released.
Firefighters discovered the four
bodies Nov. 9 in a burning home
on the city's southwest side.
Knight said police have not
determined a motive in the
killings, but said Tuesday
investigators believe there was
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more than one suspect.
"We don't believe he acted
alone," Knight said. "We've
identified the one suspect, but
that doesn't yet tell us what his
motive is for doing this."
Tyner surrendered to the Mayes
County Sheriff's Office and is
expected to be returned to
Oklahoma County later Tuesday,
Knight said. He said he does not
know if Tyner has hired an
attorney.
Efforts to identify the victims
has been slow because all four
bodies were badly burned,
Knight said.
"Often times these investigations
are like a big puzzle to solve, and
certainly that can present a
challenge, but not a challenge
that we can't overcome," he said.
Police interviewed 31-year-old
Jose Fernando Fierro, who rented
the home and was the only
person to survive the fire, but
said he is not a suspect, said his
attorney, Shawn Jefferson.
Jefferson said Fierro was lucky
to escape, but declined to discuss
details of what Fierro told police
or other aspects of the
investigation.
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Reports: Army to Investigate Hasan's Chile denies Peru

Career spying claims
(FOXNews.com) can we do to stop it from intelligence related to Hasan and (BBC News | Americas | On Monday, he accused Chile of
Submitted at 11/17/2009 5:05:37 AM
happening again," an anonymous whether the information was World Edition) acting like a tinpot republic and
Army official told the Post. properly shared and acted upon Submitted at 11/17/2009 12:32:29 AM
of offending Peruvian
WASHINGTON The Army The doctors who oversaw within government agencies. sovereignty.
w i l l c o n d u c t a n i n t e r n a l Hasan's medical training had The Senate Homeland Security The Chilean government has The Chileans say Peru's response
investigation to examine whether discussed at a meeting concerns and Governmental Affairs held talks with its ambassador to is over the top and have urged
it missed warning signs about about Hasan's overly zealous Committee on Thursday will Peru amid an escalating spying restraint.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man religious views and strange hold its first public hearing about scandal between the two South The spying scandal is the latest
accused of killing 13 people in behavior months before the the incident. Obama on Saturday American neighbours. in a long line of diplomatic spats
the Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort attack, a military official told The urged Congress to hold off on After the talks in Santiago, Chile between the two countries.
Hood, Texas, two newspapers Associated Press last week. any investigation, pleading for reiterated its position that it had They have been mired in a
reported Monday. Hasan also was characterized as a lawmakers to "resist the nothing to do with the scandal. border dispute since the late 19th
Citing anonymous officials, The mediocre student and lazy temptation to turn this tragic Peru has arrested one of its own Century when Chile defeated
Wall Street Journal said the worker, but the doctors saw no event into the political theater." air force officers, Victor Ariza Peru in the War of the Pacific
probe would focus on Hasan's six evidence that he was violent or a Lt. Col. Richard Spiegel, an Mendoza, and accused him of and annexed some of its land.
years at Washington's Walter threat. The military official spoke Army spokesman, would not passing secret information to the They also disagree on their
Reed Medical Center, where he on condition of anonymity confirm the Army probe but told Chilean military. maritime border, and are
worked as a psychiatrist before because the official was not the Journal: "We're going to take It has demanded a full currently seeking a resolution in
he was transferred to the Fort authorized to speak publicly a hard look at ourselves and the investigation from the Chilean the International Court of Justice
Hood army post in July. about the meeting. non-criminal aspects of this case. government. in The Hague.
The Washington Post reported The FBI learned late last year of We are still developing what that After the spying scandal erupted Tensions were further strained
that Gen. George W. Casey Jr., Hasan's repeated contact with a hard look is going to look like." at the weekend, Peruvian following a military exercise
the Army's chief of staff, is radical Muslim cleric in Yemen This content has passed through President Alan Garcia cancelled a staged by Chile last month near
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Buffett reveals new TV Board: Whose EBIF Is It

investments Anyway: The Chrysalis and The
(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
revealed that it had nearly
doubled its stake in Wal-Mart,
the world's largest retailer.
Butterfly
Submitted at 11/16/2009 11:11:06 PM
While Nestle, Exxon and Wal- (MediaPost | Media News) EBIF deployment: the distributors and researchers; as
US billionaire Warren Buffett's Mart are all household names, Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:00:12 AM
chrysalized EBIF-enabled, an well as a plethora of definitions
investment firm has revealed new their shares have lagged the application housed in the set top adding to the cacophony of set
stakes in Nestle and Exxon broader US stock market in The math just doesn't seem to box waiting for the cable top box reportage... to name a
Mobil. recent months. add up: headend to ignite out of few.
Berkshire Hathaway said it held Mr Buffett is known for buying Comcast announces EBIF dormancy; and the EBIF active: In our ever-morphing media-
3.4 million American depositary even when economic conditions deployment in 11 million lit up, broken free of its cocoon centric universe constantly
receipts - which represents shares are weak, and one of his sayings households by year's end to be furiously pursued by the birthing new, exciting and
in foreign companies - of Nestle, is: "It is far better to buy a + media community for its enabling fantastical applications, I think it
worth $144.7m. wonderful company at a fair Canoe launches its RFI visual enhancement. Which are is imperative that we, as a
It also reported owning 1.28 price than a fair company at a application with TruTV in 3 the EBIFers talking about: the community, ask -- may I be so
million shares in the oil giant wonderful price." million homes without fanfare chrysalis or the butterfly. bold, demand -- clarity and
Exxon Mobil, valued at $87.6m. The SEC filing also showed that + Other technologists in hopes of transparency of new deployments
Stock picks by Mr Buffett are Berkshire Hathaway had reduced Time Warner, Cablevision, Cox attaining more rarefied heights of in order to better comprehend
watched closely as he is its stakes in oil company and Charter remain mum on consumer, advertiser, agency, and evaluate so that these new
considered to be one of the ConocoPhillips and credit ratings EBIF-ing but I would imagine distributor and contenter's apps can take flight and have the
world's greatest investors. agency Moody's. have generously injected the engagement also seemed to rely opportunity to be appreciated as
The disclosures were made in a Print Sponsor common denominated on varying terminologies to majestic Monarchs and not
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Business.view: Start-up nations

(The Economist: Daily
columns)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 1:21:43 AM
Business.view
Nov 17th 2009
From The Economist print
edition A drive to turn the whole
world into entrepreneurs
AN OPPOSITION is supposed
to oppose, of course—but
Britain’s Conservative Party,
poised on the brink of power, is
sending an odd message by
pledging to scrap the country’s
annual Enterprise Week, which
began this year on November
16th. Apparently, this is because
Gordon Brown, the prime
minister, is a well-known
supporter of the week, and the
Conservatives believe that every
week should be Enterprise Week.
“We need a focus on enterprise
and entrepreneurship 52 weeks of
the year,” according to Mark
Prisk, a party spokesman.
Well, certainly, you can have too
many days, weeks or years
dedicated to some cause or other.
But Enterprise Week has proved
such a success since its launch in
2004 that 86 other countries have
adopted it, and it has been
transformed into Global
Entrepreneurship Week. It is
prompting a global debate about
how to increase the spread and
impact of entrepreneurship that,
given the lacklustre state of many
economies—not least
Britain’s—could scarcely be
more timely.
According to the British
Enterprise Week’s website,
Britain has nearly 3,000 events
designed to inspire and educate
young and aspiring
entrepreneurs, from a workshop
on “Growing Your Business” in
Ipswich to a “Could You Be A
Million Maker?” contest in
Blackpool, in which school and
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The Republicans: She'll be back continued from page 69

college students create their own

(The Economist: News her family. Mrs Palin has also spectacular intervention in the that most members of Congress mini-enterprises. In second place
analysis) given an acerbic narrative of how recent congressional election in should be re-elected in 2010, a when it comes to such activities
Submitted at 11/16/2009 9:59:47 PM
she was “mishandled” by Mr upstate New York by rejecting similar level of animosity that is America, where as well as
McCain's advisers, whom she the official Republican and existed before the ground- talking up entrepreneurship at
The Republicans says tried to hide her away from backing a third-party shaking mid-terms in 1994 and home the government is now
Nov 17th 2009 the spotlight. Mr McCain has conservative candidate. He came 2006. Gallup now gives the encouraging its promotion
From Economist.com Sarah diplomatically called the book “a within a whisker of winning, but Republicans an advantage of around the world as part of its
Palin and the state of the good account” of the campaign, the normally safe Republican 48% to 44% over the Democrats foreign policy. To coincide with
Republican Party but he has not responded to Mrs district was taken by the in a generic congressional ballot. the week of activities the OECD
EVER since Abraham Lincoln Palin's claim that she was not Democrats. More worrying for the has published its latest
made a virtue of log cabins, repaid a $50,000 fee for vetting Mrs Palin's stance of “no more Democrats is a big drop in compendium of statistics on the
crafting the right autobiography her background. 'politics as usual'” has fired up support from independent voters; state of entrepreneurship, now
has been an essential task for Reviews of her book are divided conservative activists. Moderate they favoured a generic expanded to 23 countries,
anyone seeking high office in along predictable lines. The New Republican candidates in next Republican candidate by 52% to including for the first time an
America. On Monday November York Times calls it “erratic” and year's primaries for the mid-term 30% in Gallup's poll. emerging-market country, Brazil.
16th Sarah Palin, ex-governor of characterises the author as “a elections are nervous that they, Most Americans, including a Across the sample, micro-firms,
A l a s k a a n d f a i l e d v i c e - former beauty queen with a too, could be subject to a missive sizeable portion of Republicans, which employ ten people or less,
presidential candidate in 2008, George W. Bush-like aptitude for from Mrs Palin’s Facebook page. still think that Mrs Palin is too make up about three-quarters of
m a d e a n e a g e r l y a w a i t e d mangling the English language”. The Washington Post reports that inexperienced to lead the all firms. They account for 20-
appearance on the Oprah Winfrey By contrast the Wall Street the front-runner for the party's country. But for now, some 30% of all jobs (compared with
show, as part of the launch of her Journal gushes that she comes nomination in Illinois's Senate Republicans are pleased she is 30-40% for big firms, with more
biography. That book, “Going across as “a prodigious worker race is seeking her approval. In creating interest in the party than 50 employees).
Rogue”, is already topping the capable of mastering complicated other Senate elections, notably again, as Rudy Giuliani put it. Birth and death rates for small
bestseller charts, as readers rush i s s u e s ” a n d i s n o t “ t h e California and Florida, the When Ms Winfrey asked if she firms are surprisingly constant
t o r e a d a b o u t g o s s i p a n d prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue “establishment” Republican is was thinking about 2012, Mrs over time, though they vary
infighting during last year’s o f t h e p o p u l a r l i b e r a l facing a well-organised Palin coyly replied that she was between countries. Brazil, for
presidential campaign and to size i m a g i n a t i o n ” . conservative opponent in the concentrating on 2010 and the example, has relatively high rates
up Mrs Palin herself. Mrs Palin has not faded into the primary. mid-terms. But she added: “It's of birth and death. Both birth and
On television on Monday Mrs Alaskan sunset since she stepped It is unclear how far Mrs Palin's nice not to be handled…to go death rates in every country are
Palin talked about her time as down abruptly as governor in ambitions stretch, but she is where I want to go”. far higher in services than
John McCain's running mate. She July. Since then she has become positioning herself as a coupon- Back to top ^^ Readers' manufacturing, presumably
recalled an awkward series of central to the debate about the clipping hockey mom at a time comments because manufacturing requires
unflattering television interviews future of the Republican Party. when Americans are glum and The Economist welcomes your much more capital.
with Katie Couric, in which Mrs She moulds herself as an anti- Republican fortunes are rising. A views. Their potential for growth is
Palin struggled to answer simple establishment conservative in the recent Pew survey found strong This content has passed through what excites policymakers most
questions about international Reagan tradition, as do many anti-incumbent sentiment among fivefilters.org. about small entrepreneurial firms.
affairs, calling the occasion a Republicans with no office in voters, with two-thirds The proportion of high-growth
“gotcha” moment. She added that Washington, DC, and she is expressing dissatisfaction with firms (defined as those starting
the media had no understanding keenly attuned to activist disquiet the way things are going in with at least ten employees that
of ordinary people like her and within the party. She made a America and only 34% saying had 20% annual growth in
employees or turnover over at
least three years) also varies
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Green.view: The rise of slime
(The Economist: Daily
columns)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 2:07:15 AM
Green.view
Nov 17th 2009
From Economist.com Warmer
water is exacerbating problems in
the oceans
THE fishermen of Kokongi,
Japan, have seen record hauls this
year. They are not, however, very
happy. Their nets are trapping
jellyfish: giant, gelatinous,
wobbly and worthless. Jellyfish
were once rare along these
shores, but are now an almost
annual occurrence.
It is the same story in many
other parts of the world. Jellyfish
are blamed for damaging fishing,
shutting down power and
desalination plants, and upsetting
swimmers.
There is one man, though, who
may be justified in saying “I told
you so”. His name is Jeremy
Jackson of the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography, in San Diego,
and for the past decade he has
been touring the world giving a
depressing presentation he calls
the “Brave New Ocean”.
Dr Jackson is a commanding
presence in any room, with his
long, white ponytail and booming
voice. The story he has been
telling is quite simple, that the
world’s oceans are undergoing a
profound shift because of
overfishing, habitat destruction
and warming. The effects is seen
in the rise of jellyfish, and also in
algal blooms and “blobs”,
something he describes as “the
rise of slime”.
Indeed, a report recently
identified increases in marine
mucilage, a seasonal
phenomenon consisting of a
gelatinous mess of decomposing
sea animals, plants, faeces and
anything else that has become
entrapped in the slime. Mucilage
forms when decomposing
material fails to sink rapidly to
the bottom of the sea. In certain
circumstances it can spread over
hundreds of kilometres.
It isn’t new. Strands of the stuff
were first reported off the coast
of Italy in 1729, when it was
dubbed mare sporco(dirty sea) by
fishermen whose nets were
clogged by the foul-smelling
mucus, and it has popped up
from time to time since then. But
a study by Roberto Danovaro of
the Polytechnic University of
Marche, in Italy, and his
colleagues shows that, like the
jellyfish, it is more frequent these
days—appearing more often in
the past 20 years than in the
previous 200.
Mucilages are also found in
more places and are larger, what
was once known only in the
Adriatic Sea now pops up in the
Aegean and the Tyrrhenian, too.
Some strands have stretched up
to 200 kilometres (120
miles)—and, because they are
forming earlier in the summer
they are persisting longer in the
year.
The study, published in
September in the Public Library
of Science, suggests the cause is
higher surface temperatures that
are the result of global warming.
Dr Danovaro says that recent
studies have suggested similar
globs could be forming in the
North Sea and off the coast of
Australia.
The rise of slime, though, is not
attributable just to climate
change. Overfishing is also to
blame. Removing fish that would
normally eat the young stages of
organisms such as jellyfish has
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seen populations of these
gelatinous giants balloon. Then
there are regions of the coast
where nutrient run-off is so bad
that large portions of the oceans
are dubbed “dead zones”: low
oxygen regions where algal
blooms are common. Dr Jackson
argues that the oceans are
becoming dominated by
microbes, toxic algal blooms,
jellyfish and disease.
Yet these are not insoluble
problems. Strategies to reduce
overfishing and marine-habitat
destruction, or nutrient run-off
into the ocean, are not beyond the
wit of man. Dealing with the
problem of ocean warming,
which is linked to climate
change, is harder but not
impossible. There was a time
when people believed that the
ocean’s bounty was unlimited.
Man’s hubris has caught up with
him and now people must clean
up the mess.
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widely between countries.
Bulgaria led the way in 2006
with high-growth firms making
up over 8% of all firms,
compared with 5-6% in America
and barely 1% in Romania.
Happily, almost everywhere,
there are more jobs created each
year by new businesses starting
up than are lost at firms closing
down—the clearest evidence
there is of the value of an
entrepreneurial culture.
The OECD says the economic
crisis has had a big impact on
entrepreneurship. The number of
new start-ups fell in most
countries, starting in 2007 in
America and Britain, and
spreading almost everywhere else
subsequently, to less than the
prevailing level in 2005 in
several cases. Likewise, the
number of firms closing rose
sharply in 2008-09, as the
economic downturn bit.
Encouragingly, over the past
decade most OECD countries
have greatly reduced
impediments to entrepreneurship
(by making regulations clearer
and reducing the bureaucracy
involved in starting a business).
Britain is particularly nurturing.
As for people’s interest in
becoming entrepreneurs (or at
least the OECD’s proxy, their
enthusiasm for self-employment),
America still does better than the
European Union, with Belgium at
the bottom of the pile.
Most countries have a positive
view of entrepreneurs as job
creators, though opinions differ
more on whether the wealth they
create is of benefit to all (the
Czechs are especially sceptical).
Iceland has the most positive
view of entrepreneurs—but the
OECD data on this is from 2007,
before its economy imploded. It
will be interesting to see in next
year’s report how the crash has
affected Icelanders’ opinions.
Those are the hard data. But
some of the most encouraging
aspects of Global
Entrepreneurship Week are the
more qualitative assessments
from countries not hitherto
known for their thriving
entrepreneurial scene. For
instance, Ahmad Humeid, a
Jordanian entrepreneur and
blogger reporting on a Global
Entrepreneurship Week event in
Amman, notes that “there were
zero boring government officials.
There was no mindless ‘invest in
Jordan’ talk. Just a series of great
speakers.”
In the early 2000s the country’s
dominant business event was the
Jordan ICT Forum, he continues.
Jordan also attracted the World
Economic Forum. “But this new
wave of entrepreneurial talk is
different. It’s no longer giant
corporations doing the talking
(think of Intel, Cisco and
Microsoft). All talk is about open
source, collaboration, innovation
and creating something out of
nothing. Real start-up people
sharing their stories. Very cool.”
Indeed.
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Advertisers: The Message
In And Out Of Your Mouth
(MediaPost | Media News) Food makers turning a blind eye
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:00:10 AM
to what's going on in the TV
world should get another optical
You may believe that poor examination.
people are the thinnest people Here's another secret: It isn't
around, especially when little necessarily about the quality of
money equals less food. For the food -- it's about quantity, as
really indigent -- especially in well. Tons of whole-wheat, sugar
non-developed countries -- this -free, gluten-free, preservative-
can still be the case. free (and yes, maybe taste-free)
But for those richer countries food can still make people
(especially the U.S.), the modern overweight.
developed world yields heavier If the world expects food
humans. That's what 21h century balance in citizens, this balance
food manufacturing can do for should show itself on TV. This
you: fast-food is cash-easy. would mean kids' programmers
The downside is always about should be required to run one
health -- especially among our sugary juice box ad directly
younger citizens. In this regard, followed by a Bally's Fitness ad.
a couple of Congressional For every cheese -aden snack,
representatives want to start up there should be a commercial
more legislation to curtail food with images of someone riding a
marketing to kids on TV shows. bike or running.
Advertising supporters are It's a mixed message but a good
already calling this -- what else? - one: energy in, energy out. U.S.
- a violation of free speech. As consumers need balance. So do
u s u a l , t h o u g h , m a r k e t i n g kids' TV programmers and their
executives aren't focusing on the sponsors.
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MediaDailyNews: NBC, Cox: How Wireless E-Readers

Dynamic Ad Inserts Add Value Stack Up (paidContent.org
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:59:54 AM
through Cox's MyPrimetime, a
category of its overall On
insertion have been proven, and
there is significant value for the
via Yahoo! Finance)
Demand service, which provides entire cable and advertising (Yahoo! News Search Results larger-format Kindle DX gets
Cox and NBC started another access to network shows starting ecosystem, something we expect for e-readers) long-anticipated competition
test where TV commercials of the day after they air. to confirm during the current trial Submitted at 11/16/2009 2:50:56 PM
from Plastic Logic. Here is a look
traditional TV will resemble During the trial, up to four ads with NBC Universal," said David at each of the six e-readers,
those on the Internet -- and/or promos in both programs Porter, vice president of When Amazon (NasdaqGS: including my take on the devices.
commercials will be continually are refreshed several times per advertising product development AMZN- News) introduced the We've also set up two charts, one
refreshed with no fast-forwarding week, including ads at the for Cox Media, the ad-selling second-gen Kindle earlier this for the larger-format devices and
function. beginning of the program as well division of Cox year, it had no competition in the one for the paperback-size e-
The trial, which was originally as ads within the program. Communications, which wireless e-reader category. By readers, where you can see all the
conceived months ago, is represents 23 U.S. markets. the holidays, it will be competing specs of competing devices in
working with a large, unnamed This is the second such test of Recently, Cox announced it was head on for consumers with the one place, to make it easier to
advertiser for Cox video on Cox's "dynamic ad insertion" adding "The Office", "30 Rock," Daily Edition from Sony (NYSE: compare and contrast.
demand service in its Phoenix system. A trial earlier this year "Community," "Parks and SNE- News), the unfortunately In the paperback-size category,
area system. Two NBC shows was done in Kansas. It tested Recreation," "Mercy" and named DR8000SG from IREX the Nook is supposed to start
are in the test: NBC's "The dynamic ad insertion with Cox- "Heroes" to its on-demand Technologies, and a surprise shipping Nov. 30 but the pre-
Office" and USA Network's owned Travel Channel for its service. entrant, the Nook from Barnes &
"Monk." video-on-demand content. This content has passed through Noble (NYSE: BKS- News). HOW page 74
Both shows are available "The capabilities for dynamic ad fivefilters.org. Early next year, meanwhile, the
PocketBook™ E-
MediaDailyNews: Star Power: Celeb Readers Roll Out in
USA through Official
Endorsements Click With Younger Demos Partner, Brain Plaza Int’l
(PRWeb)
(MediaPost | Media News) 35-54 years old are moved only improve a brand's awareness, Right now, the study says 65%
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:12:06 AM
14% of the time by celebrity help define its personality and believe too many products are (Yahoo! News Search Results
endorsers. That number is generate interest. promoted by celebrities in their for e-readers)
While the overall impact of steeper, 11%, for those 55 plus. Despite its most positive aspects, country. Just about a third, 29%,
Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:10:38 AM
celebrity endorsement may be on Perhaps the biggest push for the study says marketers should of respondents in the global study
the decline, young consumers are those marketers looking to hire a be cautious. say celebrity endorsements New Electronic Readers Come
moved more than others to buy big visible endorser comes via Damian Thompson, global head influence their purchasing to the USA: PocketBook™,
products with stars attached to it. word-of-mouth marketing. The of consumer insight at decisions. Leader of East European E-
A new worldwide report by survey said 18-34ers are 50% Mediaedge: cia, said: "It appears This content has passed through Reader Markets is Launched by
Mediaedge: cia says 30% of 18- more likely than their older that interest in celebrity culture fivefilters.org. its Official US Distributor. 5”
34 year-olds would try a product counterparts to recommend a has peaked in some countries, and 6” E-Ink Models are
promoted by a celebrity. Older celebrity-endorsed product to and marketers need to be more A v a i l a b l e a t
c o n s u m e r s a r e m u c h m o r e others. Additionally, 35% strategic in their use of celebrity www.PocketBookReader.com
resistant. Conversely, consumers believe celebrity endorsements endorsements."
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The Best E-Readers Compared (Blogcritics.org)
(Yahoo! News Search Results
for e-readers)
Submitted at 11/16/2009 6:02:18 PM
In the following article I will
attempt to unearth the facts about
the several different “e-readers”
out there and decide which is
best. Items of consideration for
each device will include
price/value and functional specs
such as display, content
download/purchase ease, and
others. Hopefully this will take
away some confusion
surrounding the differences
between all the different e-
readers out there.
Amazon Kindle
The Kindle was released in
November of 2007 and was the
forerunner in the electronic
reader industry. The Kindle was
so popular that it sold out within
five and a half hours of its
release. A big draw for the
Kindle was its ability to purchase
and download content wirelessly.
The network connection was
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order deliveries are already
backed up well into December, as
demand outstrips immediate
availability. Of course, we don't
know how many units actually
are being sold, but so far the
hype is working. That makes the
job harder for Sony, which at
least has the branding and retail
heft.
But IREX doesn't even have
that. What it does have is a retail
provided by Amazon at no cost
to the user. For the sake of
keeping things current, we will
look at the newest offerings from
Amazon: Kindle 2 International
and Kindle DX.
Kindle 2 International version
was released in October of 2009
after considerable requests for
accessibility in foreign countries.
relationship with Best Buy and,
at some point, marketing
visibility from wireless partner
Verizon (NYSE: VZ- News). On
my last check at Best Buy, I
could see the tag and the space
set aside, along with a price tag
of $449—$50 higher than the
company says it's supposed to be.
Getting shelf space in a major big
box chain: good. Getting a tiny
corner in the Techno Wonder
The K2I uses the AT&T wireless
3G network instead of the Sprint
network. The 3G coverage is
available in over 100 countries
worldwide. The K2I is a light
10.2 ounces and a super-slim
0.36 inches thick. The display on
the K2I uses 16-level grayscale
on a six-inch screen. Not much of
a vibrant display, but certainly
display with Sharper Image
gadgets while Sony has a full
kiosk a few feet away: not so
good.
The Kindle DX is it for those
who want a textbook-size
wireless e-reader this year. The
Que is the mirage of e-books for
now. I actually tried a version of
it months ago but have been told
not to think of it as the final. It
will be sleek, though, and people
gets the jobs done. The K2I can
hold about 1,500 non-illustrated
books in its 2GB internal
memory and has an improved
battery life from the Kindle 1.
The Kindle 2 International has a
price tag of $259.00.
The DX is basically a souped-up
version of the Kindle 2. The DX
has 4GB of memory, offering
available capacity for about
3,500 non-illustrated books.
Instead of the tiny six-inch
display, the DX offers a much
larger 9.7-inch “e-ink” display,
also with 16-level grayscale. The
DX has the ability to change the
orientation of your content from
portrait to landscape by just
flipping the device on its side
thanks to the added
accelerometer. The Kindle DX is
currently $489.00.
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who have the luxury of time (as
well as money given how much
higher these run) may want to
wait at least until early Janurary,
when more details are due at
CES.
These aren't the only e-readers
around or the only ones in the
pipeline (Spring Design is suing
Barnes & Noble claiming the
Nook copies its Alex dual-screen
device) but this is the category
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New Electronic Readers Come
to the USA: PocketBook™,
Leader of East European E-
Reader Markets is Launched by
its Official US Distributor. 5”
and 6” E-Ink Models are
A v a i l a b l e a t
www.PocketBookReader.com
(PRWEB) November 17, 2009 --
Western Graphics Inc, Ukrainian
producer of PocketBook™ e-
book readers appointed its
official partner in the United
States: Brain Plaza International,
a New York based company,
specializing in marketing East
European brands, will be
POCKETBOOK™ page 75
moving the needle on e-books
and this should be the crack-
through season. Not the time
when e-readers become
ubiquitous—that will have to
wait for prices to come down
closer to $150—but when the e-
reader moves from "what is it" to
"I might want it." Forrester
recently pushed its 2009 sales
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Staten Island, NY ( PRWEB)
November 17, 2009 -- Western
Graphics Inc, Ukrainian producer
of PocketBook™ e-book readers
appointed its official partner in
the United States: Brain Plaza
International, a New York based
company, specializing in
marketing East European brands,
will be importing and distributing
PocketBook™ in the US.
PocketBook 301+ and
PocketBook 360°are two models,
available for sale at
www.PocketBookReader.com.
PocketBook 301+ is a classic e-
reader with 6” Vizplex display,
512 Mb of internal memory,
expandable to 32 Gbs with SD
memory cards. It runs on Linux
and supports practically all
existing e-book formats
(including epub, fb2 and prc)
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importing and distributing
PocketBook™ in the US.
PocketBook 301+ and
PocketBook 360°are two models,
available for sale at
www.PocketBookReader.com.
PocketBook 301+ is a classic e-
reader with 6” Vizplex display,
512 Mb of internal memory,
expandable to 32 Gbs with SD
memory cards. It runs on Linux
and supports practically all
existing e-book formats
(including epub, fb2 and prc)
plus mp-3 music playback. Price
at company’s website: $275.
PocketBook 360°, a new PB
model, features 5” display with G
-sensor, allowing automatic
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could be very appealing for non- Wall Street continues to soar,
only-English readers in such with the Dow Jones surging well
past 10,000, Gallup's economic
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was consistent with recent
readings from Gallup's Economic
Confidence Index. Now,
economic confidence on Main
Street continues to languish even
as the stock market continues to
soar. Although the dollar's
plunging value seems to be a
strong positive for Wall Street, it
exhibits no such benefits in the
average consumer's perceptions.
In this regard, unemployment
appears to be a growing concern
for many Americans. The recent
government report of a double-
digit unemployment rate and the
increasing recognition that nearly
one in five Americans is
unemployed or underemployed
may have helped increase the
public's focus on jobs. At the
same time, Gallup's Job Creation
Index shows that the job situation
facing most Americans on Main
Street has not gotten better --
while the rate of layoffs seems to
have stabilized, new job creation
has not improved. Further, many
employers are cutting the hours
and the wages of their
employees.
In turn, a lack of consumer
optimism combined with a
dismal job outlook cannot spell
good things for consumer
spending and retailers this
holiday season. Gallup's
Christmas spending surveys
show Americans in November
saying they plan to spend $638
on Christmas gifts, down from
$740 in October. This is not as
sharp a decline as was true
between these two months last
year -- a plunge inspired by the
financial crisis -- but the resulting
spending level is close to the
intended spending average for
November and December last
year. This suggests Christmas
spending this season may be as
anemic as it was last year during
the depths of the recession and
the financial crisis.
The reality is that average daily
spending overall, including
Christmas gifts, needs to show an
increase of 30% to 40% from its
current level of around $65 just
to match readings from Gallup's
Consumer Spending measure of
$90+ during last year's Christmas
season -- a spending level higher
than Gallup has found for any
week so far in 2009. This may be
possible if consumers have been
holding back on their spending
and plan to let go for the
holidays. The huge sums
investors are making on Wall
Street could also help some high-
end retailers. Still, consumers
face tighter credit and a much
higher unemployment rate this
Christmas -- not to mention
reduced inventories and the
related possibility that this year's
holiday sales may not be as good
as last year's.
It would be helpful if a little of
the unbridled optimism on Wall
Street could spread to Main
Street and the job market. That
would be the best holiday gift not
only for the nation's consumers
and retailers but also for the
American economy.
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consumer perceptions of the
economy and consumer spending
results are based on random half-
samples of approximately 500
national adults, aged 18 and
older, each day. The Gallup job
creation and job loss results are
based on a random half sample of
approximately 250 current full-
and part-time employees each
day. Results from the week of
Nov. 9-15, 2009, are based on
telephone interviews with 3,458
adults for the consumer
perceptions and spending
questions. For these results, one
can say with 95% confidence that
the maximum margin of
sampling error is ±2 percentage
points. Results for the job
creation and job loss questions
are based on interviews with
1,921 employees, with a
maximum margin of error of ±3
percentage points.
Interviews are conducted with
respondents on land-line
telephones and cellular phones.
In addition to sampling error,
question wording and practical
difficulties in conducting surveys
can introduce error or bias into
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The Pied
Piper of
Mucus
(Popular Science - New
Technology, Science News,
The Future Now)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:06:06 AM
Sandy Hawkins’s simple Lung
Flute cleans sick lungs
The plastic tube Sandy Hawkins
hands me looks more like a toy
horn than a medical device.
Blowing into it, he tells me, will
do wonders for my chest cold. I
glance at the dozen or so people
enjoying their mid-afternoon
Starbucks and give it a few
skeptical puffs.
The idea for the horn came one
night in 1985. Hawkins, an
acoustics engineer, and his
colleagues began brainstorming
how they could use sound to
mess with various bodily
functions. They joked about what
frequency a toilet would need to
vibrate at to force an
uncontrollable bowel movement
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and, slightly more seriously, a
way to dislodge goo in sick
people’s lungs. Months later,
Hawkins was reminded of that
discussion when he learned that
chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), a group of lung
diseases that includes
emphysema and chronic
bronchitis, makes breathing
tough for 10 million people, and
causes 127,000 deaths in the U.S.
every year. “It’s the number-four
cause of death in the U.S.,” he
says. “I thought, ‘Yeah, I should
do something about this.’ ”
In healthy lungs, hairlike cilia on
the bronchial walls wiggle in
unison to ferry mucus up the
trachea and into the mouth,
where it can be swallowed or spit
out. Patients with COPD,
however, secrete more mucus
than the cilia can remove, and
thick gobs of the stuff build up in
the lungs, making them a
breeding ground for bacteria that
can lead to pneumonia. Vigorous
coughing can help dislodge it,
but many sufferers require drugs
to open their airways; some need
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help from oxygen tanks.
Annually, the combined cost of
treatment totals upward of $27
billion.
Hawkins began building an
electronic sound machine that
would produce waves of 16
hertz—the same frequency at
which the cilia move—to help
break up the mucus. Generating a
hum of such a low frequency
normally requires van-size
subwoofers, and so he spent 15
years honing and shrinking the
speakers. Then one day as he was
testing a mouthpiece filter for his
machine, he noticed that blowing
through it sent a slight vibration
into his chest. Within five
seconds, he sketched out the
Lung Flute to amplify the effect.
Blowing into the tube flaps a reed
-thin sheet of plastic, which
vibrates the chest and shakes the
mucus until it’s thin and mobile
enough for the cilia to usher it up
your throat. “I felt so stupid
because the answer was so
simple,” Hawkins says.
Today, doctors in Japan use the
$40 Lung Flute as a tool to
collect sputum from patients
suspected of carrying
tuberculosis, and in Europe and
Canada it’s used to help test
phlegm for lung cancer. Clinical
trials in the U.S. have shown that
it is at least as effective as current
COPD treatments. At press time,
Hawkins expected the device to
receive FDA approval any day,
and says the reusable device
could also provide home relief
for patients with cystic fibrosis,
influenza and asthma.
As Hawkins tells me all this, I
notice that my cough has become
more productive, and although he
deserves my congratulations, I
can’t stick around to chat.
Instead, I head outside and march
to a storm drain to resolve the
situation. —Corey Binns
Video: Lung Flautist Bjorn
Carey shows us how to play
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"Time Traveling" Web
Browser Let's You
Search Like It's 1999
By Clay Dillow (Popular "When?" About Time Travel
Science - New Technology, Google's Replacement for HTTP
Science News, The Future Protocol to Make Web Browsing
Now) Twice as Fast Tags Technology,
Submitted at 11/17/2009 7:17:44 AM
Clay Dillow, browsers,
computers, GeoCities, Internet,
While the rest of the Web-savvy search, time travel, web, web
world fawns over breakthroughs browsers, world wide web One
i n r e a l - t i m e s e a r c h a n d of HTTP's central functions is
pontificates on the future of content negotiation, during which
social networking, Los Alamos a URL can send various types of
National Labs is looking to the data to a browser depending on
past. A team there is developing what the browser asks for (this is
a "time traveling" Web browsing why a Web server will often send
technology, dubbed Memento, a Spanish version of a site to
that will allow users to find old someone in Spain and an English
versions of Web pages without version to someone in the UK).
trolling old archives. Memento simply adds a new
Current archival resources, like query layer to the its request from
the Wayback Machine, can a server, asking it to call up a
search for old, cached pages of specific time and date as well.
Web sites, but a search for a Using a server with built-in
particular URL brings up little Memento -- so far the Los
more than a list of cached dates Alamos team has developed a
the user must sort through to plug-in for Firefox as well as a
(maybe) find what he or she is version with Memento built-in --
looking for. Like an online gull- users simply select a date and
winged Delorean, Memento will time from a drop-down box and
take you directly to the web page go to the URL as they normally
you want at the historical time would. The browser goes straight
a n d d a t e y o u s p e c i f y , b y to the archived page for the date
h a r n e s s i n g t h e c o n t e n t and time specified, no archive
negotiation feature of Hypertext wandering required. Naturally,
Transfer Protocol -- HTTP -- the f o r M e m e n t o t o b e m o s t
s y s t e m t h a t s e r v e s a s t h e effective, site-owners will need
infrastructure for the entire Web. to keep more detailed archives
Related Articles The Physics of with more time-stamped pages.
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New Jaguar Supercomputer Outruns IBM's
Roadrunner as World's Fastest
By Jeremy Hsu (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 11/16/2009 2:15:51 PM
Meanwhile, China edges into the
top five, and the Department of
Energy plans a thousandfold
speed increase by 2018
A supercomputer known as
Jaguar has finally bested IBM's
Roadrunner supercomputer in the
biannual TOP500 list, but
researchers have already begun
looking into exascale
supercomputers that consist of
100 million cores and run 1,000
times faster than Jaguar.
Computerworld reports that the
U.S. Department of Energy has
begun holding workshops on the
new supercomputers to run high-
res climate models, develop
smart grids and aid fusion energy
design.
The current supercomputer race
measures success in one
quadrillion calculations per
second, or one petaflop.
Roadrunner has dominated the
list since it became the world's
first petaflop supercomputer in
2008, and has tackled everything
from dark matter to HIV family
tree modeling at the same time.
But a repartitioning of the system
dropped is performance from
1.105 petaflops per second to just
1.04 petaflop/s, and allowed the
Cray XT5 supercomputer at the
Department of Energy's Oak
Ridge laboratory to seize the lead
with a performance of 1..75
petaflop/s.
Another Cray XT5
supercomputer known as Kraken
grabbed third place with a
processing speed of 832
teraflop/s (trillions of
calculations per second). IBM's
BlueGene/P supercomputer in
Germany took fourth place with
825.5 teraflop/s.
China's new Tianhe-1
supercomputer, whose name
translates as "River in the Sky,"
rounded up the top-five list. The
Chinese supercomputer at the
National Super Computer Center
in Tianjin, China currently
tackles issues such as oil
exploration and simulating
aircraft designs. Several
companies may also count
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Spanish Scientists Mod
Optical Mouse Into
Counterfeit Coin
Detector
By Stuart Fox (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 10:58:17 AM
Counterfeiting is as old as
money itself, with the history of
currency including a millennia-
long arms race between mints
themselves winners in this and the forgers that copy them.
supercomputer race. IBM and While governments have finally
Hewlett-Packard claimed 186 crafted paper money so intricate
and 210 systems of the top 500, that counterfeiting isn't a major
and Intel processors power 402 problem, detecting counterfeit
of the 500 systems. coins remains a challenge. Now,
As for national geek pride, the Spanish scientists have modified
U.S. maintains a healthy lead, a regular optical computer mouse
with 277 out of the 500 systems. to create a cheap and easy device
The UK leads Europe in this for sniffing out phony Euro
category, with Germany and coins.
France tied for second. China The device utilizes the sensor on
also holds dominance over the the mouse to detect the minute
Asian share, followed by Japan details etched into the surface of
and India. the coin. The user loads a coin
into the detector, which then
references the coin against a
database of legit currency. The
sensor can detect even the
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ALMA Telescope Takes Its First Sub-Millimeter

Measurements of Space
By Clay Dillow (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 11/17/2009 9:31:45 AM
The radical radiotelescope is
online
News from high in the Chilean
Andes this morning: the ALMA
observatory in Chile, the largest,
most ambitious ground-based
astronomy tool ever created,
made its first measurements
today from its overlook 17,400
above sea level. The
interferometric measurements of
radio signals, or "fringes," from a
distant quasar at sub-millimeter
wavelengths prove that ALMA
isn't just hype, boasting
unprecedented sensitivity and
resolution.
And that's using just two of the
eventual 66 antennas making up
the array.
The Atacama Large
Millimeter/submillimeter Array
is currently under construction on
the Chajnantor plateau in
northern Chile's Atacama desert,
with completion slated for 2012.
When all 66 antennas are
working in synch, researchers
believe ALMA will revolutionize
the way we see the universe,
probing deep into some of the
first galaxies to form after the
Big Bang and observing planets
in mid-formation around young
stars.
That's not to mention that she's
one beautiful radio telescope. For
a more extensive look at ALMA's
trip up to the Atacama, check out
our image gallery, or check out
the galleries at the NRAO.
[ BBC, NRAO]

Doctors Equip Yorkshire Man With Cyborg Sphincter

By Stuart Fox (Popular colon. years. "Because of the remote
Science - New Technology, "The operation changed my life control I can lead a normal life
Science News, The Future and gave me back my pride and again," Galvin said.
Now) confidence," Galvin told the Armed with his new sense of
Submitted at 11/17/2009 8:47:08 AM
Daily Telegraph. confidence, all Galvin has to do
After he spent a short time with now to steal Steve Austin's crown
Meet Ged Galvin, the Steve a colostomy bag, the doctors is fight Sasquatch.
Austin of colorectal surgery. surgically removed muscle from [ Daily Telegraph, via
After a car crash in which Galvin Galvin's leg, fashioned it into an Geekologie]
almost died, surgeons at Royal ersatz sphincter, and surgically indignity of a colostomy bag. He the electrodes. Now he can do his
London Hospital realized they implanted electrodes into the new controls his functions with a business at his leisure, although
could rebuild his crushed organs. m u s c l e r i n g . D o c t o r s t h e n small remote control, about the the muscles and electrodes will
Stronger. Faster. They had the installed the device in Galvin. size of a cell phone, that operates need replacement every five
technology to give him a cyborg Now, Galvin is free from the
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slightest mistakes on the holder.

engraved map of Europe on the However, this discovery also
back of every Euro coin, making raises another interesting point:
it easy to detect all but the most Who the hell counterfeits coins?
perfect facsimiles. That seems really heavy, and
The mouse modification is cheap paying for everything in change
and easy, and the researchers is a surefire way to arouse
who invented it say the same suspicion.
technique can be applied to [via EurekAlert]
webcams, too. So far, the device
is only designed to analyze 2-
Euro coins, the currency that
makes up 79 percent of all
counterfeit coins in Europe, but
expanding the range would only
require updating the database,
and making a different sized coin