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Kirk follows in Kennedy’s footsteps on healthcare, without the

roar
By Thomas Ferraro (Front within reach,” said Kirk, who for bipartisanship, there’s no sign
Row Washington) was appointed by the of it in sweeping Democratic
Submitted at 10/27/2009 1:20:42 PM
Massachusetts governor to fill healthcare legislation that
Kennedy’s seat until a successor includes a government-run public
If Ted Kennedy were alive, he can be elected in a special option to compete with private
would have been proud. election in January. Kennedy insurers.
He also would have likely been died of brain cancer in August. If no Republican backs it, Senate
counting votes. During nearly a half century in Democrats will all have to help
And even raising his thunderous the Senate, Kennedy was known clear the way for it to become
voice. as the “Liberal Lion” who roared law.
On Capitol Hill on Tuesday, in pushing legislation to help the At this point, Democrats figure
K e n n e d y ’ s t e m p o r a r y needy. they are a few votes short of 60,
replacement in the U.S. Senate Kirk, a former chairman of the but are hopeful of hitting it once
echoed the fallen lawmaker’s call Democratic party, did not roar. the vote is taken.
for Democrats and Republicans Instead, he spoke softly, almost Kennedy’s name is certain to
to work together and finally in a monotone. But like Kennedy, again be invoked before the roll
overhaul the U.S. healthcare he made his case. call begins, likely next month.
system. “At this moment — when Click here for more Reuters
In his first Senate speech since America’s families are imperiled political coverage
being sworn in last month, Paul by economic hardship and us.” should not be about one party Photo credit: Reuters/Kevin
Kirk said: “Of all the issues on uncertainty, it provides them no Kirk was quickly seated to reaching 60 votes; it should be Lamarque (Senator Kennedy at
which he led the Senate and our comfort to see the United States replace Kennedy so Democrats, about 100 Senators reaching out National Press Club in 2007),
nation, the one Ted Kennedy Senate so politically polarized if they stick together, would to each other to reform a health Reuters/Molly Riley (Senator
called the cause of his life was over an issue that should be retain the 60 votes needed in the care system so that it better Paul Kirk listens to testimony at
the battle for affordable, quality bringing us together on their 100-member Senate to clear reflects the true values and hearing in September)
health care.” behalf,” Kirk said. “These crises Republican procedural hurdles. character of our nation.”
“After decades of falling short of should not be dividing this But Kirk said, “This debate Despite the Kennedyesque call
the mark … (it) is at long last chamber, they should be uniting
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Protest resignation over Afghan plans puts Obama team on

edge
By Sue Pleming (Front Row foreign service officer, he was also appealed to him not to quit.
Washington) serving as the senior civilian Asked whether there could now
Submitted at 10/27/2009 1:47:05 PM
representative in Afghanistan’s be a rush of other resignations —
Zabul province. as happened during the Iraq war
O n M o n d a y , t h e S t a t e Just as President Barack Obama when disaffected foreign service
Department sent out its no. 2 is reviewing his approach in officers quit in protest of U.S.
official to tout how it was Afghanistan, Hoh said he had strategy — U.S. officials said
managing to get U.S. civilians “doubts and reservations” not they did not think that would
out into the field in Afghanistan, only about the current but happen.
with nearly 1,000 expected to be also future strategy in the eight- “There is a tendency to conflate
in place by year-end. year war. this with the resignations during
A day later, it was in damage “I fail to see the value or the the Iraq invasion, but this is
control mode after the worth in continued U.S. really not the case. Not to
r e s i g n a t i o n o f o n e o f i t s casualties or expenditures of diminish this guy’s views, but…I
star foreign service officers was resources in support of the don’t sense a groundswell of
plastered on the front page of The Afghan government in what is, resignations. The response to
Washington Post and on the truly, a 35-year old civil war,” serve in Afghanistan is so much
Internet. said Hoh in his resignation letter bigger than it was in Iraq,” said
In an emotionally-charged four- to the State Department’s human was mortgaging its economy on a have a future which presents an one official.
page letter dated September 10, resources director. war which would drag on for alternative to the negative vision
This was certainly the message
foreign service officer Matthew In language that must make the years. of the Taliban,” said Kelly.
from Deputy Secretary of State
Hoh said he was quitting because State Department cringe, Hoh State Department spokesman Ian The White House was
Jacob Lew on Monday who said
he had lost confidence in the war said the United States was no Kelly said Hoh had been a noncommittal in its response to
there were more applications than
effort and whether it was worth more than a “supporting actor” in “valued member” of the team in the letter. “I think the president jobs for posts in Afghanistan.
the blood spilled there. Afghanistan and that the has seen the story. I don’t believe
a tragedy and that the U.S. Well now there is an opening in
Hoh’s letter is notable because presence had only served to department respected his opinion. the president has seen the letter,”
Zabul province to fill….
he was seen as just the kind of further destabilize the country as “We take his opinion seriously said White House spokesman
Photo credit: Reuters/Goran
person the State Department well as its neighbor Pakistan. but we continue to believe that Robert Gibbs.
Tomasevic (Afghan policeman
wants in Afghanistan. A former “I find specious the reasons we we are on track to achieve the State Department officials said patrols village in Zabul province
Marine and then Department of ask for bloodshed and sacrifice goals that have been laid out for there had been a lot of arm-
in 2008), Reuters/Jim Young
Defense civilian, he served in from our young men and women us. Those are to improve Afghan twisting to try and get Hoh to
(State Department building in
Iraq from 2004 to 2007. On a one in Afghanistan,” he said. governance and provide security stay and that the special
Washington)
-year contract with the State Excusing the “tone” of his letter, for the people of Afghanistan and representative to Afghanistan and
Department as a non-career he argued that the United States help to rebuild their country and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, had

Robot of the Day: The Boston Dynamics Pet Man

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Submitted at 10/27/2009 11:27:47 AM
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Palin’s financial disclosure: $1.25 mln advance for “Going

Rogue”
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front July 3 and left her post on July Letterman.
Row Washington) 26. During that time, she Other gifts included a $2,666
Submitted at 10/27/2009 3:21:00 PM
received a state salary of $73,000 “Nu Skin skincare” package,
and perdiem payments of $1,664.70 for air transportation
The following is reported by $6,370.80, according to her to a pair of remote Alaska
Yereth Rosen in Anchorage, financial disclosure report. villages, courtesy of evangelist
Alaska. Palin also reported taking out an Franklin Graham and his
Former Alaska Governor Sarah unspecified home loan from Samaritan’s Purse organization,
Palin got a $1.25 million advance Wells Fargo Bank to pay for $1,000 from Republican patron
from HarperCollins for her soon- “ l e g a l f e e s t o f i g h t f a l s e Fred Malek to attend the Alfalfa
to-be-released memoir“Going allegations while governor,” Dinner in Washington in January
Rogue.” according to her handwritten and $2,000 from the Candie’s
Palin listed the advance, which explanation. Foundation for Todd to travel to
she received while still governor, And she reported that she has set New York to attend an
in the 2009 financial disclosure up a marketing business, called abstinence-promotion event with
form filed Monday with the Pie Spy LLC, with headquarters daughter Bristol.
A l a s k a P u b l i c O f f i c e s at the office of her Anchorage UPDATE: The $1.25 million
Commission. See the form on attorney. book advance reported in her
The Anchorage Daily News Web Palin’s husband Todd was paid financial disclosure form is likely
site. $34,086.14 during that period by only a portion of the full advance
“The Governor has complied BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. in she received for the book, with
with Alaska disclosure law by wages for his job as a North some media reports estimating
her filing yesterday. Now, as a Slope oil-production manager. valuable gifts received by Palin County Right to Life dinner and the total advance could be as
private citizen, her business H e r e s i g n e d t h a t p o s i t i o n and members of her family attend associated events. She, much as $7 million.
d e a l i n g s , i n c l u d i n g h e r effective Sept. 18, according to during her last seven months in Todd and daughter Willow Click here for more Reuters
p u b l i s h i n g a g r e e m e n t , a r e BP. office, including out-of-state received Yankees tickets worth political coverage
confidential,” Palin Todd Palin also earned trips. She reported receiving $4,250 from former New York Photo credit: Reuters/Nathaniel
spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton $32,260.35 during the period $6,885 from her political action Mayor Rudy Giuliani, part of her Wilder (Palin shares a laugh at
said in an email. from his commercial fishing committee, SarahPAC, to travel June trip to New York that governor’s picnic in Alaska in
The report covers Palin’s last o p e r a t i o n i n B r i s t o l B a y , with her husband to Indiana to produced a now-famous feud July)
seven months as governor. She a c c o r d i n g t o t h e r e p o r t . appear at the Vanderburgh with television host David
announced her resignation on The report also lists numerous

The Storm2 is now availble for masochists

By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:28:33 AM
In case you haven’t been paying
attention around here the last few
weeks, the BlackBerry Storm2 is
now available for purchase. That
is, of course, if you really want to
spend $279 and then mail-in a
$100 rebate for a mediocre
phone. Personally I can think of a
dozen and a half phones I would VZW phone to have, not the
rather have at that price point. Storm2.
What you really should do is
what a week or two until the
Motorola Droid hits. That’s the
4 Top News/ Finance/ Tech News/
FBI translation troubles appear in Danish
terrorism case
By Jeremy Pelofsky (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 2:28:17 PM
It was just yesterday that the
Justice Department’s Inspector
General Glenn Fine issued a
scathing report about how the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
was behind in its efforts to
translate foreign language
documents and audio recordings
in terrorism and criminal
investigations.
And now a day later, it became
public that an ongoing
investigation apparently has been
impacted by those troubles — a
plot by two men to attack a
newspaper in Denmark over its
publication of cartoons of the
Prophet Mohammed including
one in which he is wearing a
turban with a bomb in it.
Cramer on BloggingStocks: SAP isn't everything
By Jim Cramer
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:50:00 AM
Filed under: Market matters,
Nokia Corp. (NOK), Oracle Corp
(ORCL), salesforce.com inc
(CRM), Cramer on
BloggingStocks From
TheStreet.com Network
• SAP Slashes Sales Forecast,
Shares Slide
U.S. authorities arrested the two
Chicago area men earlier this
month and unsealed the
complaints against them on
Tuesday that detailed how they
communicated over email and by
telephone to develop the plot.
In those documents, however, an
FBI agent acknowledged that the
translations from Urdu to English
had not yet been finalized (and
some of them dated back to late
2008).
“While translators have
attempted to transcribe the
foreign language conversations
accurately, to the extent that
quotations from these
communications are included,
these are preliminary, not final
translations,” the affidavits said.
The Justice Department
inspector general report said that
the FBI had lost 3 percent of its
• May the Salesforce Be With
You
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer
says taking down all of software
on the back of this outlook is a
mistake.
And on the fifth down day, we
decided that SAP's (NYSE: SAP)
( Cramer's Take) butt getting
kicked means the industry is
faltering? This is the thought that
translators since 2005, falling to
1,298, and it was taking an
average of 19 months to hire new
ones. Additionally, millions of
foreign language electronic files
went through my head when I
saw SAP's disappointing news
have gone unread and scores of
hours of recorded conversations
had not been heard, including
some involving top priority
terrorism cases.
While the authorities stressed
that an attack was not imminent
in the Danish case, it provided a
glimpse into the real-time
challenges the FBI is facing
when suspects speak a foreign
language.
Click here for more Reuters
political coverage.
- Reuters/Lars Helsinghof
(Muslims prayed at the Town
Hall Square in Copenhagen after
a Danish newspaper apologized
for publishing cartoons about the
Prophet Mohammed.)
and its alibi that business is
weak. That's why it stumbled. Of
course, SAP's comments
immediately took all of Europe
down. Nobody said, "Hey, maybe
it is SAP's fault because Oracle's
(NASDAQ: ORCL) ( Cramer's
Take) kicking their butt." No one
said, "Sure it is weak, because in
the end Salesforce.com(NYSE:
CRM) ( Cramer's Take) got a
better mousetrap."
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Schwarzenegger Lays
An NSFW Easter Egg
On Lawmakers
By Kim Zetter (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 5:59:00 AM
California Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger is tired of
signing bills that don't address his
causes. So when another
unworthy bill crossed his desk
recently for signing —
addressing funding issues for the
Port of San Francisco — the guv
vetoed it and sent lawmakers a
little note saying why. Only the
note said a little more than
lawmakers were expecting.
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The First Draft: Obama Decision
Time On Afghanistan?
By Deborah Zabarenko (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:36:25 AM
The latest violence in
Afghanistan may raise the
drumbeat in Washington for a
decision from President Barack
Obama on whether to send more
U.S. forces.
He’ll make remarks today at a
Congressional Gold Medal
Ceremony, and could address the
matter there. Plenty of other
topics are on the front burner,
though, including healthcare
reform and overhauling financial
regulation, to name just two.
Senator John McCain, Obama’s
Republican presidential rival in
2008, said the decision on
sending more troops to
Afghanistan should come soon.
McCain told CBS television’s
“Early Show”: “Overwhelmingly
the military establishment and
those who have had the
experience of our success in Iraq
know that the people there don’t
want the Taliban back … and
they want an environment of
security. And we watch this
situation continue to deteriorate
while this long protracted process
of decision-making goes on.
We’re not operating in a vacuum.
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By Scott Thill (Wired Top
Stories)
The president of the United
States needs to make this
decision and soon. Our allies are
nervous and our military
leadership is becoming
frustrated.”
Afghanistan is clearly not the
only focus of U.S. foreign policy
concern. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton is in Pakistan,
pledging a fresh start in U.S.-
Pakistani relations. Clinton’s visit
came as a car bomb killed over
80 people in a crowded market.
Back in Washington, the
struggle continues to get doses of
swine flu vaccine to those most at
risk. One top U.S. health official
From suspenseful classics and
offal cook-offs to truly terrifying
documentaries, the internet has
says the government may end up
throwing away unused doses of
the vaccine if people can’t get it
fast enough.
And it’s raining. Again. Still.
One bright note: U.S. consumer
confidence is on the rise for the
first time since 2007.
Click here for more Reuters
political coverage.
Photo credit: REUTERS/Ahmad
Masood (Security forces around
an international guest-house in
Kabul after an attack by Taliban
militants, October 28, 2009)
you covered when it comes to
scary stuff to assault your
eyeballs.
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United Technologies knows
the development of emerging
markets has only just begun
By Joseph Lazzaro
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:00:00 AM
Technologies shares this summer,
Filed under: United
but now it appears the D/Cs will
Technologies (UTX) The jet age
not be as large, which removes a
is starting to re-assert itself,
potential revenue cloud.
which is why I'm Reiterating my
Continue reading United
Buy rating for United
Technologies knows the
Technologies(NYSE: UTX), first
development of emerging
recommended on February 13,
markets has only just begun
2009 at a price of $47.09. If you
United Technologies knows the
bought UTX in February, you're
development of emerging
up about 35%.
markets has only just begun
The projected 3-4% FY2010
originally appeared on
revenue growth for UTX is
BloggingStocks on Wed, 28 Oct
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order deferments/cancellations,
and that did weigh on United
Silence! The Last of the Giant
Radio Telescopes Is Listening
By Jim Merithew (Wired Top Observatory in West Virginia
Stories) may be the last of its kind ever
Submitted at 10/27/2009 5:00:00 PM
built, as radio astronomy turns to
arrays of smaller telescopes. This
Take a tour of the world's largest one is big enough to fit a football
fully steerable telescope. The stadium in its dish.
Great Big Telescope at the
National Radio Astronomy
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Poll: Support up for troop increase in Visa charges through
Afghanistan
By JoAnne Allen (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 7:54:43 PM
Public support for sending more
U.S. troops to Afghanistan is on
the rise, according to an
NBC/Wall Street Journal poll
released on Tuesday. The poll
finds 47 percent of Americans
favor boosting the troop level in
Afghanistan, compared to 43
percent who are opposed to the
idea.
An NBC/WSJ poll in September
found 51 percent opposed to a
troop increase, while 44 percent
supported it.
Other recent opinion polls have
shown lagging public support for
the war and members of
President Barack Obama’s own
Democratic Party are divided
over whether to send more
troops.
Right now, there are 65,000
U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan as
part of a 100,000 strong NATO-
led force. The size of the U.S.
contingent is expected to reach
68,000 later this year.
Obama is considering whether to
send up to 40,000 more troops.
His decision is expected any day
Tool: Hot Shot Thermal Imager for Law Enforcement
By Bob Parks (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 5:00:00 PM
Q4 estimates, but future
cash flow is the story
now. Former Vice President Dick
Cheney and other critics say he’s
taking too long to reach a
decision. Cheney accused Obama
of“dithering” over a strategy
review and said he needed to
send more troops right away.
If the poll is accurate, a majority
of Americans don’t mind the
time Obama is taking to review
the U.S. strategy in the eight-year
-old war. The NBC/Wall Street
Journal poll found 58 percent of
respondents support delaying a
decision until after Afghanistan’s
runoff presidential election on
Police can spot a person in TacSight handheld camera.
complete darkness and find
hidden objects in the light of day,
thanks to the sensor on the
Nov. 7, when U.S. officials may
have a better handle on Kabul’s
political situation.
The NBC/Wall Street Journal
poll of 1,009 adults was
conducted Oct. 22-25 and has an
overall margin of error of plus or
minus 3.1 percentage points.
Click here for more Reuters
political news.
Photo Credit: Reuters/ Omar
Sobhani (U.S. troops on patrol in
Kandahar city 10/26/09)
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Submitted at 10/28/2009 8:30:00 AM
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Patent Not Worth Much Failing Is A Big Success
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A young inventor sets out to In Silicon Valley, failure isn’t an
mechanize cotton production and option. It’s mandatory.
get rich. He gets it half right.
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UN workers die in Kabul attack

By Jon Boone (World news on an exclusive hotel favoured by They confirmed the accounts of presidential elections, which are situation became clearer.
and comment from the foreigners sent guests fleeing into other witnesses who saw some of due to go into a second round on Yesterday, Kabul was hit by at
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) secure underground bunkers. the guesthouse residents climb 7 November. least two rocket attacks, with
Submitted at 10/28/2009 5:05:38 AM Large sections of Kabul were over the rooftops of the building Such a clear attack on UN staff loud explosions audible across
closed off to traffic by police as to escape. in Kabul is unprecedented and the city.
Taliban militants storm Kabul security forces warned that the Some jumped down from high has long been the nightmare One rocket landed inside the five
guesthouse, killing 12 people threat to the capital remained ledges and one woman was heard scenario for the organisation, -star Serena Hotel founded by the
including six UN workers high. screaming in pain after which has thousands of staff in Aga Khan, although it was not
The Taliban today brought their Reports indicated that militants, apparently breaking her leg in a the city. clear whether it was the intended
insurgency to the heart of the some of them dressed in police fall. A western diplomat said the UN target for what are inaccurate
Afghan capital, Kabul, storming uniforms, remained at large. Helicopters hovered overhead and many foreign aid charities weapons.
a g u e s t h o u s e u s e d b y U N Kai Eide, the head of the UN during the attack as the would have to reassess how The hotel was the scene of one
employees and killing 12 people, mission in Kabul, described the neighbourhood, home to many staff they would continue of the worst attacks on a foreign
including six UN workers, in a attack as "a very dark day for the foreigners, diplomats and senior to keep there. target in January 2008 when
two-hour fight with security UN in Afghanistan". members of the Afghan "[The Taliban] have always kept suicide bombers broke into the
forces. The assault on the UN-approved establishment, filled with counter this card in reserve and the fact compound and killed six people.
Terrified guests were seen guesthouse, in one of Kabul's -terrorism police and emergency that they have now chosen to Another rocket landed in a park
r u n n i n g f r o m t h e B e k h t a r most expensive neighbourhoods, workers. play it is very worrying," he said. close to the hotel, which is near
guesthouse during the early began in the early hours of the The interior ministry said "The question will be whether the presidential palace and
morning attack, some screaming morning when gunmen shot and Afghan police had killed three of this is a pinpoint attack to make a several other government
for help and others jumping from killed the Afghan guards on the the gunmen. political point or the start of a buildings.
upper floors as flames engulfed front gate. Several unconfirmed reports campaign." The palace denied reports that a
part of the three-storey building. By 9am local time, fire crews suggested suicide bombers were The UN implemented its "white third rocket had come down
The US embassy in Kabul were trying to deal with a blaze involved, with one detonating his city" lockdown, which confines inside the compound in which
confirmed that at least one of the that sent black smoke billowing explosives inside the compound all its staff to their guesthouses Hamid Karzai has his home and
dead was an American. A UN over central Kabul. and another shot by security and bans any movement around office.
spokesman said six employees Security guards from a nearby forces. the city until further notice. • Afghanistan
had been killed and about nine office block said the attackers Such so-called "swarm attacks" Several UN agencies told staff to • United Nations
other people injured. were dressed in police uniforms are becoming a favoured tactic have on hand their emergency • Taliban
The Taliban claimed the assault and were dropped off at their with militants in both travel suitcases in case of a • Global terrorism
was part of a strategy to disrupt destination in an official green Afghanistan and Pakistan. general evacuation. UN workers
the re-run of the presidential Afghan national police truck. The UN refused to give details are expected to have a suitcase Jon Boone
election. A spokesman said "We saw four guys with AK-47s of the nationalities of those ready at all times. guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
militants had taken UN staff attack the front gate," one said. involved or confirm claims that While the UN decides whether & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
hostage, a claim denied by "When they were inside we heard some of the guesthouse residents to keep staff in Kabl, some aid this content is subject to our
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Move to break deadlock on Israeli settlements

By Rory McCarthy (World even to explore if the Palestinians are stopped," he said. many years. It lies at the heart of Many others spoke, but none
news and comment from the might one day compromise over One Voice had hoped to use the the Geneva Initiative, a among them said land swaps
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) them in peace talks. meeting to open a debate among prominent, informal peace plan might ever be successful.
Submitted at 10/28/2009 2:46:10 AM But there is little appetite in Palestinians. It followed another drawn up by Israelis and Samer Makhlouf, the head of
Salfit for any such concession. meeting in the Israeli town of Palestinians. One Voice Palestine, tried to
One Voice hopes to open debate M u n i r A b b u s h i , t h e l o c a l Sderot, near Gaza, in which But on the ground in towns like assuage the crowd. "We are just
among Palestinians about land governor, told an audience of his Palestinian rocket fire was Salfit, even talk of the idea of giving you the terms that are used
exchange, but finds resistance at town's residents that he was discussed, and came before a land swaps is anathema. It and then you choose whatever
West Bank meeting strongly opposed to settlements. meeting in Jerusalem today, to reveals how vast the gap is you want," he said. "These terms
There are few more pressing "Talking about peace while we debate the future of the city. between the top Palestinian have been put on the table in
issues for the Palestinians of have settlements is impossible," "What we are really trying to do negotiators and the people on negotiations by our Palestinian
Salfit, living deep in the rocky he said. is create a debate so people have whose behalf they are Authority."
hills of the occupied West Bank, "Our choice is peace and a two- choices to take to any future negotiating. He said polling conducted by
than the remarkable expansion of state solution. We don't have any agreement," John Lyndon, an The first member of the audience One Voice suggested most
the Israeli settlements around ambitions to take all of historic Irishman who heads One Voice to speak, Khamis Hamad, a Israelis and Palestinians wanted a
them. Palestine, we just want the West Europe, said. "If you continue to retired teacher, earned applause two-state solution and that nearly
Sitting along a broad hilltop Bank and Gaza and to live negotiate along a completely when he dismissed the sign as half the Palestinian population
range above them is Ariel, one of peacefully." separate track to what people are "criminal" and "forbidden". "We would accept some kind of land
the largest and oldest settlements He said a "small state" of debating, then it's all for nothing all know that the people of Salfit swap as a border adjustment, in
in the West Bank, and one that "limited zones" surrounded by because people aren't prepared to are being prevented from living which some settlements would
Israel is intent on retaining in any Israeli settlements, which in the accept it." on their land. We don't need remain under Israeli control.
future peace agreement with the West Bank increasingly feels like Hanging on the wall in a speeches or conferences. We "We don't give you solutions. It
Palestinians. Dotted on the a very real possibility, was conference room in the need a solution," he said. is for you to discuss everything,"
nearby hills are more settlements unacceptable. There were already governor's headquarters, was an "Settlements have to disappear. he said.
carving a deep swath through the 17 separate settlements in his apparently innocuous sign in We should not exchange land." • Palestinian territories
area that reaches nearly 15 miles governorate, he said. Arabic with the title of the talk: Fathi Bouzayeh, 50, a former • Israel
into the territory. Isam Baker, a Palestinian "A debate on the final status mayor of the nearby town of Kifl • Middle East
At a time when Middle East settlement expert, told the issues of settlements and land Haris, called for non-violent
peace seems ever more distant, audience he too opposed all swaps." demonstrations against the Rory McCarthy
with Israeli and Palestinian settlements, which he argued The idea of land swaps, in which settlements and the settler-only guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
leaders still far from engaging in were an Israeli policy to control Israel would retain some roads that crisscross the & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
d i r e c t t a l k s , a g r a s s r o o t s as much land as possible. "It is settlements and in exchange give surrounding land. "This is my this content is subject to our
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came to Salfit hoping to start a national strategy. We have to to the Palestinians, has been it to Israel. We should say to the
constructive debate about the stop all negotiations with Israel discussed in negotiations and by Ariel settlers: 'This is my land
impact of the settlements, and completely until the settlements peace industry thinktanks for and you can't use it.'"

Opera 10.01 Update Adds Security and Stability [Updates]

By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:10:00 AM
Windows/Mac/Linux: Opera's
released a 10.01 update for its
speedy little browser, fixing a
bunch of little niggling problems,
boosting its security, and
otherwise improving the red-
hued app.
Like Firefox, Opera has already
released a beta of Opera 10.1, what's changed in the changelog,
with the Unite media server and grab a copy at the link below.
installed, but 10. 0 1 is a fixed Opera Web Browser
release for the main, stable
branch of Opera. You can see
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UN to condemn US embargo on Cuba

By Rory Carroll (World news more, needs to be done," said 179 in 2004, 182 in 2005 and 184 suggested the embargo was not
and comment from the Sarah Stephens, director of the in 2007. the main culprit. "It is not a
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Centre for Democracy in the Even US allies such as Britain, question of yelling 'fatherland or
Submitted at 10/28/2009 4:41:55 AM Americas. "Not because the UN Australia and Colombia side death, down with imperialism,
says so, but because our country against the superpower, saying its the blockade is hurting us', but
General assembly expected to needs to embrace the world not Cuba policy is a cold war working hard and overcoming MyCE launches
push Obama to build on recent as we found it in 1959 – or in anachronism given US trade with poor organisation."
thaw in US-Cuba relations 2008 – but as it exists today." undemocratic states such as No country could indefinitely community-driven
The UN general assembly is In the name of squeezing China and Vietnam. One spend more than it earned, he gadgets review and news
expected to overwhelmingly Havana's communist authorities, European ambassador called the said. "Within the conditions of site
condemn the US economic the embargo bans Cuban imports, embargo "demented". our imperfect socialism, due to
embargo against Cuba today, greatly restricts US exports and Havana is poised to claim a our own shortcomings, two plus By Robin Wauters
adding pressure on the Obama deters foreign firms from doing propaganda windfall from today's two often adds up to three." (CrunchGear)
administration to abandon its 47- business with the island. Cuba, vote. Rogelio Polanco, its The government has loosened Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:14:59 AM
year-old policy. 90 miles off Florida, says the ambassador to Venezuela, told a controls over farming and
The majority of the assembly is measures amount to a blockade seminar in Caracas that abolished near-universal Launching in beta today is
due to approve a resolution and economic warfare. international solidarity was subsidies such as free lunches. MyCE, a community-driven
d e m a n d i n g a n e n d t o t h e As a senator, Obama opposed needed to rein in a global bully. The next to go may be the network that aims to cross
embargo. The annual diplomatic the embargo but hardened his "The US's economic and military monthly ration book, the libretto, swords with the CNETs and
ritual has extra resonance this position when running for power, even if diminished, which gives everyone a basket of GDGTs of this world when it
year because of Washington's president, not least because he remains hegemonic," he said. rice, beans and some chicken. comes to building places on the
slight thaw with Havana. needed the votes of anti-Castro Fidel Castro has long blamed the Volker Skierka, a Fidel Web people gather to share news,
Last year 185 members voted to Cuban exiles in Florida. In office embargo for the island's biographer, said there may be reviews and knowledge about
end the embargo, with only Israel he has let Congress take the lead impoverishment but since his marginal improvements but that consumer electronics and
and Palau siding with the US. in easing restrictions while brother Raul took over the the former president was holding gadgets. The site is a new venture
Micronesia and the Marshall saying the embargo will remain presidency last year there has back further change. "These steps from Amsterdam, The
Islands abstained. until Havana releases political been greater official recognition are not radical and fundamental. Netherlands-based RankOne
The White House has made prisoners and improves human of the shortcomings of socialist The danger is that minor success Media. Actually, it's not entirely
c a u t i o u s o p e n i n g s t o R a u l rights. central planning. will be overwhelmed by the new. MyCE is in fact the
Castro's government – such as " T h e U S r e a l i s e s t h a t t h e The infrastructure creaks, the failure of reforms," he said. rebranded version of
easing travel restrictions for embargo is an outmoded policy average monthly wage hovers • Cuba CDFreaks.com, an online
Cuban Americans – but has but Obama is not ready to do the under $20 and there are chronic • United Nations community founded in 2007
maintained crippling trade and hard work required to remove it shortages of basic goods such as • US foreign policy focused solely on optical storage
financial controls first imposed entirely, which means that US fruit, vegetables, meat, soap, • Fidel Castro devices. The existing community,
by the Kennedy administration in policy will continue to consist of shampoo and toilet paper. • Barack Obama which the company claims
1962. piecemeal changes," said Dan Agriculture is a disaster – state- • United States currently amounts to about 3.5
Mainstream US thinktanks say Erikson, author of The Cuba run collectives barely function, million unique monthly visitors,
Obama's reforms are timid and Wars and an analyst at the Inter- meaning most food is imported – Rory Carroll will be integrated and rolled over
fail to reset a relationship that American Dialogue thinktank. and industry fares little better. guardian.co.uk© Guardian News to the new platform it is debuting
soured soon after Fidel Castro's The UN general assembly's The island's trade deficit jumped & Media Limited 2009 | Use of today.
revolutionaries overthrew the US opposition to the embargo has to $11.4bn last year, up 65%, this content is subject to our
-backed dictator Fulgencio risen steadily since 1992, when forcing debt rescheduling and Terms & Conditions| More Feeds
Batista 50 years ago. 59 countries voted in favour of talk of default.
"This is a start, but more, much the resolution. The figure was In a recent speech Raul Castro
10 World/ Gadgets/ Economy/ Internet News Record

Family of missing yacht Britons 'keeping fingers

crossed'
By Sam Jones, Caroline pilots had seen a yacht towing a the case. Paul Chandler's sister, Jill
Davies (World news and skiff – a small open boat – 200 "We remain extremely concerned Marshment, from
comment from the Guardian | miles south-east of the Somalian for their safety," a spokeswoman Gloucestershire, told BBC Radio
guardian.co.uk) port of Harardhere, which is a said. "We have passed details of Kent that the couple had been Samsung's 30-inch
Submitted at 10/28/2009 4:30:36 AM
known pirate haven. their yacht to all international living on the boat "on and off" AMOLED TV: 3D
Despite the reports, the partners in the region, including for the last three years.
Paul and Rachel Chandler feared Chandlers' family said they were the EU and Nato operations "Every holiday they'd go on the Without the Dizziness
kidnapped by pirates as they trying to remain optimistic. commanded by the UK. boat, they lived on it," she said. (Still Needs Silly
sailed from the Seychelles to "We haven't heard anything since "They have begun searching for "They called it home when they Glasses) [Oled]
Tanzania last night," said Rachel the yacht with the assets they rented out their house.
The family of the British couple Chandler's brother Stephen have available in the area." "They are experienced sailors. By Danny Allen (Gizmodo)
feared to have been kidnapped by Collett. "There's no evidence that The spokeswoman said They are very strong people – I'm Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:24:38 AM
pirates off the coast of Somalia it [the yacht seen towing the Seychelles coastguard officials sure they are going to be able to
have said they are "keeping their skiff] is the vessel. We're just were continuing a search and cope. They are resourceful as Another of the treats on show at
fingers crossed" and are not keeping our fingers crossed. rescue mission. well, they will put on a brave FPD 2009 is Samsung's
"grossly over-worried". "It may still be that they're sailing On Wednesday of last week the face. It [abduction by pirates] is AMOLED 3D TV prototype. The
There has been no word from across the Indian Ocean. We're Chandlers wrote that they were not 100% confirmed, but I think 240Hz panel is just 2.5-mm
Paul and Rachel Chandler since not grossly over-worried at the leaving the Seychelles, in the we all know that's what has thick, has a million-to-1 contrast,
Friday when coastguards picked moment." Indian Ocean, and heading for happened." and Samsung claims its latest
up a distress signal from their A spokeswoman for the Tanzania, more than 500 miles Asked whether the Chandlers shutter-glasses technology
yacht, the Lynn Rival. Seychelles coastguard said there away. had any money for a ransom, she reduces the dizziness often
The couple, aged 58 and 55 from had been no developments in the "We probably won't have satellite said: "All their money is literally associated with 3D.
Tunbridge Wells in Kent, were search overnight. phone coverage until we're fairly sunk in that boat as far as I know No word on when it'll become a
sailing from the Seychelles The last message on the close to the African coast, so we ... they haven't got wealth, they real product, but it's bound to be
towards Tanzania when contact Chandlers' travel blog was posted may be out of touch for some are just an ordinary couple pricey. A reminder, too, that of
was lost. on Friday morning and read: time." enjoying early retirement." all the 3D TV systems we've
Their route would have taken "Please ring Sarah." It is thought The EU Somalia naval force said • Piracy at sea tested so far, Panasonic's active
them through Somali waters that the message was to Rachel seven suspected pirates had been • Somalia shutter-glasses and 103-inch 3D
are notorious for pirate attacks on Chandler's sister. detained in the Indian Ocean in Plasma concept produced less
ships and, more recently, yachts. The Foreign and Commonwealth an operation unrelated to the Sam Jones Caroline Davies flickering than 3D systems from
A man has since called the Office said it was continuing Chandlers' disappearance. guardian.co.uk© Guardian News Sony and JVC. Oh, and here's
Reuters news agency claiming "urgent" investigations into He said the arrests were made & Media Limited 2009 | Use of what Panasonic's final glasses
his group captured the Chandlers. reports that the Chandlers had after a French fishing vessel was this content is subject to our design looks like. Yep, until we
The EU naval force in Somalian been kidnapped but was unable attacked 350 nautical miles east Terms & Conditions| More Feeds see 3D TVs that don't need
waters reported that helicopter to say for sure whether this was of Mogadishu. glasses, we're all gonna look like
dorks. At least it'll be in the
Draft law would extend Fed powers comfort of our own lounge
(Financial Times - US Draft law would extend Fed Aline van Duyn and Francesco 2009 00:00 rooms. [ Samsung Korea]
homepage) powers Guerrera in New York This content has passed through
Submitted at 10/27/2009 5:00:08 PM
B y T o m B r a i t h w a i t e i n Published: October 28 2009 fivefilters.org.
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Internet News Record
Dozens killed in Pakistan explosion
By Declan Walsh (World news
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:45:15 AM
Dozens killed as terrorist strike
in Peshawar coincides with visit
to Islamabad by US secretary of
state
The deadliest Taliban bombing
in two years ripped through a
women's market in the Pakistani
city of Peshawar today, killing
almost 90 people.
The attack happened as the US
secretary of state, Hillary
Clinton, began a three-day visit
to Pakistan.
The blast ripped through
cosmetics stalls and clothes shops
in Peshawar's old city, filling the
narrow streets with burning
debris and trapping dozens of
victims under wreckage and
charred roof beams. A two-storey
building collapsed as firefighters
doused it with water.
Television footage showed
wounded people sitting amid
debris as others attempted to
rescue survivors and get them to
hospital.
A spokesman for the Lady
Olympus China confirms the E-P2 Micro Four Thirds camera
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:00:36 AM
There was a rumor a few weeks
ago that Olympus was going to
launch another Micro Four
Thirds camera before the end of
Reading hospital said it had
received the bodies of 87 victims,
many of them women and
children. Provincial officials said
over 200 people were injured.
The city commissioner, Azam
Khan, said the explosion was
caused by a car bomb. "It's a very
cowardly act," he added.
In Islamabad, two hours to the
south, Clinton told Pakistanis that
the US stood "shoulder to
shoulder" with them - rhetoric
that echoed Tony Blair's words
after the 11 September 2001
attacks.
"This fight is not Pakistan's alone
... this is our struggle as well,"
Clinton told a press conference.
Standing beside her, Pakistan's
foreign minister, Shah Mehmood
Qureshi, said the fight against
militancy had entered a "critical
phase".
There was no immediate claim
of responsibility for the Peshawar
blast, but the most likely culprits
were Taliban militants reacting to
a major army assault on their
South Waziristan stronghold.
Almost 300 Pakistanis have been
killed in an unprecedented spree
of militant violence over the past
the year dubbed the E-P2. This
guy was suppose to have a
rangefinder and hopefully be
done up in the same retro fashion
as the E-P1. Well, it looks like
the camera will indeed be
announced soon according to this
three weeks, including bombings,
gun attacks and targeted
assassinations in Islamabad,
Peshawar and Lahore.
The army said a further 200
people, mostly militants, had
been killed in heavy fighting in
the mountains of South
Waziristan.
Peshawar has borne the brunt of
the violence. A suicide attack on
another marketplace on 9
October killed at least 53 people,
while an attack on a police
station a week later killed another
13.
Clinton flew into Islamabad for a
visit intended to repair battered
relations between the two
countries.
Anti-Americanism in Pakistan is
at a new high, even among the
educated elite.
Earlier this month, the army
vigorously objected to a $7.5bn
(£4.6bn) package that it
described as a tool of interference
in the country's affairs.
Clinton said the US was turning
a "new page" in the decades-old
relationship to include more than
just security-related issues.
"Our relationship goes far
somewhat official leak.
beyond security... the terrorists
can destroy but they cannot
build. That is where we have an
advantage," she said, pledging
funds to rebuild the dilapidated
electricity infrastructure that has
led to large-scale power rationing
in recent years.
The US has for years pressed
Pakistan to hunt al-Qaida
militants hiding in its tribal belt.
Earlier, Clinton admitted
relations between the two
countries had developed a lot of
"scar tissue" and said: "We also
recognise that it's imperative that
we broaden our engagement with
Pakistan."
• Pakistan
• Taliban
• Global terrorism
• US foreign policy
• United States
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Photorumors found that
Olympus China’s website has the
model number listed there for the
whole world to see, which seems
to confirm that the event
Olympus had scheduled for
October 31 will probably be the
World/ Gadgets/ 11
Google Redefines GPS
Navigation Landscape:
Google Maps
Navigation For Android
2.0
By Michael Arrington
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:12:47 AM
If you weren’t sure about
switching to an Android phone in
the near future, this might put
you over the edge. Google Maps
Navigation is an absolutely killer
app. And it is only available for
Android 2.0 phones. Today is
Droid day, and for the most part
Google is taking a backseat and
letting their partners get most of
the attention. But Droid is the
first Android phone to run
Android 2.0, and Google Maps
Navigation is clearly the early
trophy app for those devices.
Features, video and image gallery
below:
E-P2 announcement. Let’s just
hope this guy has the same goods
as the original model but a
slightly lower price.
12 World/ Gadgets/ Politics/
Sarkozy spends £250,000 of EU budget on
shower
(World news and comment
from the Guardian |
guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:31:53 AM
Audit slams 'opaque' accounting
as French EU presidency found
to have spent £160m on events
and refurbishment
French financial watchdogs
slammed Nicolas Sarkozy for
spending £160m during his
country's six-month stint in
charge of the EU – including
£250,000 on a personal
presidential shower that he never
used.
The vast expense is set out in a
report blaming poor management
and a lack of transparency by the
president's staff.
Costs soared because so many of
the EU-related events were
organised at the last minute, said
the report.
On one occasion Sarkozy
triggered the cancellation of an
entire EU event he was due to
host in Evian, because he wanted
to sleep in his own bed at the
Élysée palace. By then, hundreds
Sears Black Friday Ad Leaks: Boatloads of Cheap HDTVs
[Black Friday]
By Adam Frucci (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:28:44 AM
The Sears Black Friday ad has
of journalists, EU officials and
national delegations had either
already arrived in Evian or were
on their way.
A flood of complaints prompted
compensation payments – adding
more to the eventual presidential
bill.
The total for Sarkozy's time at
the helm of the EU is set out in
figures published by the French
national audit office.
Every government likes to
showcase its country when
holding the EU presidency,
which at present rotates from
country to country every six
months. National funds are
topped up with EU budget
support to organise summits,
informal ministerial meetings and
EU-related promotional events,
conferences and policy
programmes. Funding is shared
between national and regional
authorities and the EU budget.
For one three-day event alone,
Sarkozy sanctioned an elaborate
upgrade of the Grand Palace in
Paris for an EU-Mediterranean
summit – one of his pet
just leaked, and man do they
have a lot of HDTVs on sale,
including a 40-inch 1080p
Samsung for $599 and a similar Sony model for $664. And about
initiatives to mark his turn at the
EU helm.
The event was one of his final
EU presidency flourishes last
July, and involved hundreds of
workmen and millions of pounds.
"The Grand Palace had to be
completely refitted for the
occasion. Five hundred
technicians were mobilised every
day, including 300 at night," said
the report. Spending included
nearly £1m for one dinner for
more than 40 government leaders
and heads of state who attended
the event.
Nearly £300,000 was spent
building a conference podium,
nearly £200,000 upgrading the
gardens and grounds, and a total
bill for the Sarkozy shower of
almost £250,000.
The audit report said the cost
soared because of the
complications of installing a state
-of-the-art shower to the
president's specifications in a
listed building.
The president never used it –
instead going back to the Élysée
palace during the three-day
summit to freshen up. The
shower has since been
dismantled.
Other spending on the summit
included £90,000 for a carpet.
In all there were about 500
presidency-related events during
the six months, but Jean Arthuis,
the head of the French senate
finance committee, said not all of
them were essential, and not all
contributed to French success in
its EU presidency.
He described French EU
presidential accounting as
"opaque", saying it was hard to
establish who paid for what.
Figures show that previous
French EU presidencies were
much cheaper – £12m in 1995,
and £54m in 2000.
• Nicolas Sarkozy
• European Union
• France
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a dozen more.
Here are the first few pages with
all of the TVs and other
electronics doorbusters. Follow
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Gingrich Says It's a
'Purge,' Malkin Says
'Stone the Left Wing
Saboteurs!'
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 12:30:08 PM
Newt Gingrich says
conservatives and right wingers
are engaged in a “ purge.”
“This idea that we’re suddenly
going to establish litmus tests and
all across the country we’re
going to purge the party of
anybody who doesn’t agree with
us 100 percent; that guarantees
Obama’s reelection, that
guarantees Pelosi as Speaker-for-
life,” he told Fox News last
night.
Gingrich called Scozzafava a
“liberal Republican” for her
support of gay marriage and
abortion rights. But he defended
those positions as in-step with
her district and her predecessor,
former Rep. John McHugh (R-
N.Y.), who was tapped to be
President Barack Obama’s Army
Secretary.
Michelle Malkin gets right to the
point, and replies, Yes, Newt, the
GOP should be “purged” of left-
wing saboteurs.
this link for the full shebang: [
Black Friday 2009]
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Why another GMAC

bailout is (especially)
Analyst upgrades, downgrades and bad for America
By Zac Bissonnette
initiations: ADM, CIEN, INTC, (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 10:10:00 AM

MOT, TGT, TXN ... Filed under: Scandals The Wall

Street Journal reports
By Trey Thoelcke • AK Steel(NYSE: AKS) was share gains. Target was raised to (subscription required) that
(BloggingStocks) upgraded to Buy from Hold at $29 from $27. GMAC Financial Services
Submitted at 10/28/2009 10:30:00 AM
Citigroup as it believes the • B a r r e t t B u s i n e s s Inc.(NYSE: GKM) is seeking a
company's Q3 results were solid Services(NASDAQ: BBSI) was third round of bailout funds from
Filed under: Analyst upgrades and the China steel market is upgraded to Buy from Hold at the Treasury Department ranging
things that you can possibly do.
and downgrades, Intel (INTC), stabilizing. The firm raised its Roth Capital as the firm thinks from $2.8 billion to $5.6 billion.
Continue reading Why another
Target Corp. (TGT), Archer- target to $21 from $17. the company will benefit from a This is, the WSJ writes, "a stark GMAC bailout is (especially) bad
D a n i e l s - M i d l a n d ( A D M ) , • Ceradyne(NASDAQ: CRDN) labor market recovery next year. reminder of how some battered
for America
Analyst initiations was upgraded at Wells Fargo to Roth notes that the stock's financial firms remain dependent Why another GMAC bailout is
Analyst upgrades: M a r k e t P e r f o r m f r o m valuation has lagged behind most on government lifelines." (especially) bad for America
• Target(NYSE: TGT) was Underperform. The firm thinks of its peers in recent months and Here's what is so incredibly so
originally appeared on
upgraded two ratings to Buy that earnings expectations for the it set an $18 target. screwd up about this: GMAC BloggingStocks on Wed, 28 Oct
from Sell at Citigroup, and it company have now reached more provides financing for car buyers. 2009 10:10:00 EST. Please see
raised its price estimate on shares reasonable levels, limiting risk. Continue reading Analyst Any personal finance expert will our terms for use of feeds. Read|
to $61 from $44. The firm sees • F o r m F a c t o r ( N A S D A Q : u p g r a d e s , d o w n g r a d e s a n d tell you that borrowing money to Permalink| Email this| Comments
significant earnings upside as the F O R M ) w a s u p g r a d e d t o initiations: ADM, CIEN, INTC, buy a car is one of the dumbest
company's same-store sales O u t p e r f o r m f r o m M a r k e t MOT, TGT, TXN ...
improve and finds the valuation Perform at FBR Capital ahead of Analyst upgrades, downgrades
attractive at current levels. the company's Q3 results due to and initiations: ADM, CIEN,
• Motorola(NYSE: MOT) was v a l u a t i o n a s i t v i e w s t h e INTC, MOT, TGT, TXN ...
Real or Rumor: Jonas
upgraded to Outperform from risk/reward on shares compelling. o r i g i n a l l y a p p e a r e d o n
Sector Perform at RBC Capital The firm raised its price target to BloggingStocks on Wed, 28 Oct
citing valuation, new product $25 from $19.
Brothers Breakup?
2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see (ETonline - Breaking News) saying that while it's true Nick
launches, and expectations that • Texas Instruments(NYSE: our terms for use of feeds. Jonas is working on a side
the Mobile Devices division will TXN) was upgraded at Goldman Permalink| Email this| Comments Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:18:00 AM project, their family trio is not
be profitable. The price target is to Buy from Neutral, citing 2H10 Rumors are circulating that the going separate ways.
$11. margin expansion and analog Jonas Brothers are breaking up. "We plan to make music together
Real or rumor? ET knows! for as long as we can," the
The bros spoke out to their fans brothers write.
in a blog posted Wednesday
14 Finance/ Gadgets/ TV/
Microsoft's Windows 7
will help popularize the
PC touchscreen JVC joins the sub-$200
By Brian White
(BloggingStocks) Blu-ray player game
with ultrathin XV-BP11
Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:30:00 AM
Filed under: Products and
services, Launches, Microsoft
(MSFT) Microsoft
Corp.'s(NASDAQ: MSFT)
Windows 7 operating system was
released last week to great
reviews -- unlike the company's
previous effort, Vista. But what
most analysts may not realize is
that this is not just another "point
and click" effort for Microsoft --
the company wants computer
users to get used to touchscreens
instead of keyboards and mice.
Windows 7 was built with this in
mind, although most don't realize
it.
Continue reading Microsoft's
Microsoft temporarily suspends Sky Player for Xbox 360
By Joseph L. Flatley
(Engadget)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:52:00 AM
"Very fast," "a dream,"
"fantastic." It looks like you can
add "on hiatus" to the list of
superlatives -- at least for the
time being. That boffo Sky
Windows 7 will help popularize
the PC touchscreen
Microsoft's Windows 7 will help
popularize the PC touchscreen
originally appeared on
BloggingStocks on Wed, 28 Oct
2009 09:30:00 EST. Please see
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Player that Microsoft debuted for
the Xbox 360? "Suspended."
Why, you ask? "Due to an
unforeseen technical issue."
Luckily for Britons and ex-pats,
the £15 monthly service should
resume tomorrow, barring any
further technical issues. In the avatar above will be stuck
meantime, it looks like the poor watching Benny Hill on Netflix
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 8:59:00 AM
Sub-$200 Blu-ray players
certainly aren't new-- heck, some
guys have been doing it since the
year 2008-- but you'll never catch
us kvetching about a little more
competition. JVC has today
introduced (in the briefest way
possible, might we add) its
newest Blu-ray player just ten
months after deciding to play the
BD game here in the States. The
ultrathin (and "now available")
XV-BP11 should slide into just
about any AV rack, bringing Blu-
ray / DVD playback, AVCHD
support, HDMI 1.3, a USB
socket and compatibility with a
slew of audio formats. Curiously
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Here's Fred
Flintstone, like you've
never seen him before
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 10:30:00 AM
This is a rather interesting video.
It's a stop-motion depiction of
The Flintstones, from the 2001
Cartoon Network movie
Flintstones on the Rocks.
Specifically, it's a dream
enough, the outfit doesn't bother sequence that features Fred
to mention if this thing is Profile Flintstone bowling and saving
2.0, but we're guessing (read: another woman (not Wilma). All
hoping) that it wouldn't do the Flintstones sounds are here,
something as ludicrous as charge all made to look like one of those
two bills for a Profile 1.1 deck in holiday specials we see every
late 2009. Then again, we've seen year. Love the music too.
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Motorola Droid Hits Verizon on November 6th for $200
[Motorola]
By John Herrman (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:50:57 AM
It'd have been difficult to leak
Motorola's new Android piece
any harder—we've already seen
the hardware, the software, and
even a review—but now we
know for sure sure: It's coming to
Verizon on the 6th, for $200.
First off, Verizon's just
confirmed that Droid is a family
of phones, and that while this
phone is the cornerstone, we
should expect more. ( AHEM).
This is the only one they're
announcing now, so anyway:
$200 is iPhone 3GS money, so
it's good to hear that the specs are
top-notch. It's got a 3.7inch
screen at 480x854 pixels, a
Cortex A8 processor, a 16GB SD
card included, Bluetooth, GPS, a
5-megapixel camera and of
course, the slide-out keyboard
with d-pad. Right, we mostly
knew this, so what's new? Well,
there's a dock! Ok!
But the software's the real story
here, and it's even better than we
expected. With a new contacts
app, multi-resolution support, a
better camera app, and SMS
searching , Android 2.0 is front
and center, and the Droid will
wear it proudly; this is a "Google
Experience" device, so don't
expect Motoblur here—which
given the social networking
integration in 2.0, and the
refreshed interface, is probably
for the best. Verizon wouldn't say
whether or not the Android 2.0
would be a Droid exclusive,
refusing to confirm that it is, but
also refusing to confirm that it
isn't. Given that the marketing
push for this phone is apparently
the biggest in Verizon history,
and how weirdly opaque
Google's 2.0 release has been so
far, I wouldn't doubt that former,
at least for a few months.
And remember that Google turn-
by-turn nav app rumor? It's
totally true. The voice-activated
navigation feature will be free,
which means if its any good at
all, it could conceivably vaporize
the entire nav app industry in a
matter of months. Google Maps
will also have a few new layers
on Droid, with Wikipedia, transit
and traffic overlays. Google
Maps With Navigation will
replace the trenchant VZ
Navigation, which won't get an
Android port. Verizon Visual
Voicemail and MyVerizon
services will hit Android
eventually, but they're gonna take
a little time.
Preorders are open now at
Verizon's website, but just so you
Gadgets/ 15
know—Verizon's $200 price is
after a mail-in rebate, and a
particularly weird one:
Customers will receive the
rebate in the form of a debit card;
upon receipt, customers may use
the card as cash anywhere debit
cards are accepted.
Seriously, guys, stop.
Verizon Wireless DROID By
Motorola: World's First
Smartphone with Android™ 2.0
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. – High-
speed Web browsing, voice-
activated search, customizable
large screen, access to thousands
of Android applications and
hundreds of widgets and the best
3G mobile network in the
country: DROID by Motorola
arrives on Nov. 6.
Verizon Wireless, the company
with the nation's largest wireless
3G broadband network, and
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), a
pioneer in the mobile industry,
today unveiled DROID by
Motorola, the first smartphone
powered by Android™ 2.0.
DROID by Motorola features the
brainpower and breakneck speed
of a modern smartphone,
designed to outperform where
other smartphones fall short.
"We're proud to work with
Verizon Wireless and Google™
on the first smartphone to feature
Android 2.0," said Sanjay Jha, co
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Droid drops November 6 for $199 with contract
By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:04:31 AM
Verizon just confirmed that the
Moto Droid will arrive next week
for $199 with a new, 2-year
contract and $100 mail-in rebate.
Customers will need a voice plan
starting at $39 and a web and
email plan for $29 per month.
See our full Droid coverage here
and look for a full hands-on later
today.
HELLO HUMANS: DROID BY
MOTOROLA ARRIVES NEXT
WEEK
Verizon Wireless DROID By
Motorola: World’s First
Smartphone with Android™ 2.0
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. – High-
speed Web browsing, voice-
activated search, customizable
large screen, access to thousands
of Android applications and
hundreds of widgets and the best
3G mobile network in the
country: DROID by Motorola
arrives on Nov. 6.
Verizon Wireless, the company
with the nation’s largest wireless
3G broadband network, and
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), a
pioneer in the mobile industry,
today unveiled DROID by
Motorola, the first smartphone
powered by Android™ 2.0.
DROID by Motorola features the
brainpower and breakneck speed
of a modern smartphone,
designed to outperform where
other smartphones fall short.
“We’re proud to work with
Verizon Wireless and Google™
on the first smartphone to feature
Android 2.0,” said Sanjay Jha, co
-chief executive officer of
Motorola and chief executive
officer of Motorola Mobile
Devices. “DROID by Motorola
delivers a rich consumer
experience with warp-speed Web
browsing, a mammoth screen,
and Motorola’s expertise in
design and voice quality.
Combined with Android’s open,
flexible graphical user interface
and the power of Verizon
Wireless’ 3G network, DROID is
a smartphone that simply doesn’t
compromise.”
“This is an exciting
announcement for Verizon
Wireless, as the DROID by
Motorola is the first device that
we are bringing to market under
our ground-breaking strategic
partnership with Google,” said
John Stratton, executive vice
president and chief marketing
officer for Verizon Wireless.
“DROID by Motorola gives
customers a lifestyle device with
access to more than 12,000
applications that will help them
stay in touch, up to date and
entertained, using the best 3G
network in the country.”
DROID by Motorola has a solid
exterior, intelligent interior and is
one of the thinnest full-
QWERTY slider phones
available. It is a no-fuss, high-
tech, location-aware, voice-
recognizing, over-the-air
updating, multi-tasking machine
– and it is available just in time
for holiday wish lists.
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available on Android Market™. (Beta): DROID is the first device
Toggle back and forth between with Google Maps Navigation,
up to six applications at a time to providing turn-by-turn voice
juggle the universe and your guidance as a free feature of
apps. Google Maps. It’s powered by
· Perform Google Search™ Google and connected to the
at the speed of sound: Simply tell Internet. Use voice shortcuts and
DROID what you’re looking for simply say “Navigate to [your
using voice-activated search, and destination],” and you’ll be on
it will serve up Google search your way. See live traffic, use
results based on your location. If Street View or satellite imagery
you want more, simply type what to view your route, and get
you’re looking for into the search access to the most recent maps
bar on the home screen and and business information from
DROID will also search content Google Maps without ever
on your phone, such as apps and needing to update your device.
contacts, and the Web. Pre-loaded Applications and
· Capture moments: Snap Enhancements to Google Mobile
digital camera-quality photos Services:
With DROID by Motorola, you with a 5 megapixel camera · Google Maps: With layers
can: loaded with the works, such as a in Google Maps, view
· Zip through the Web: dual-LED flash, AutoFocus and geographic information, such as
Access the Internet at 3G speeds image stabilization, or capture My Maps, Wikipedia, and transit
via the nation’s largest and most your friend’s antics in 16 million lines, right on the map.
reliable 3G network or from any colors with DVD-quality video · Gmail: Multiple accounts
Wi-Fi hotspot. The multi- capture and playback. Store it all support and undo for common
window HTML browser with a on the included 16 GB memory operations.
massive processor delivers the card, so you always have it on · YouTube™: One-touch
Web the way you expect. hand. recording and playback from
· See it all in cinema-style: · Multi-task like a master: homescreen widget or app, one-
View the Web, e-mail, Google Keep tabs on all your messages touch sharing with friends, and
Maps™, videos and more in with integrated Gmail™ and the ability to view your own
widescreen on a brilliant 3.7” Exchange e-mail pushed directly uploaded videos and high-
high-resolution screen. Boasting to you, but don’t let them get in resolution videos.
a width of 854 pixels to reduce your way. With the handy · Google Talk™: Easily
the need for side-to-side panning Android notification panel, go switch between chats, search
and more than 400,000 pixels straight to the message or simply your chat history, and preview
total, DROID has more than ignore it, and get back to the task pictures and videos sent by links.
t w i c e t h a t o f t h e l e a d i n g at hand. And, a smart dictionary · Android Market: Browse
competitor. learns as you type and and download applications
· Run multiple applications automatically includes your created by third-party developers.
at once: Customize your DROID contacts. · Calendar: Ability to see
with thousands of applications · Get where you need to go
DROID page 19
a n d h u n d r e d s o f w i d g e t s with Google Maps Navigation
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Sears Black Friday ad

By Doug Aamoth
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:30:00 AM

We have another early entry into

the wonderful world of leaked
Black Friday ads with Sears
opening at 4:00 AM on Friday
morning and offering a pretty
enticing list of door busters
(available until noon) and other
sale items to satisfy the rabid
consumer in everyone.
Products include the following
(door busters are marked with an
asterisk):
Digital Cameras
Canon 980IS 12.1MP Digital
Camera – $279.99
Canon Powershot SD780 IS
12.1MP Digital Camera –
$179.99
Canon Rebelx XS Digital SLR
Camera & Canon EF 75-300MM Camera – $89.99 Digital Media Cards Sony Blu-ray Disc Player – $4.99
Telephoto Zoom Lens – $669.98 Nikon Coolpix 12MP Digital Sandisk 2GB SD Card – $5.99 BDPS360 – $149.99 Sony Wireless Headphones –
Disney Pix Micro Digital Camera – $149.99 SanDisk 4GB Memory Cards Or Sony DVD Player DVP-SR200P $29.99
Cameras Designed For Just For Nikon COOLPIX L20 Digital Flash Drive – $8.99 * – $34.99 GPS Systems
Kids – $9.99 * Camera – $99.99 * Sandisk 8GB SDHC Card – Sylvania 7 Portable DVD Player Garmin Nuvi 205 GPS – $89.99
Fuji J29 10MP 3X Zoom 2.7 Olmpus FE-4000 12MP Digital $14.99 #5757149/SDVD7015-BLUE *
LCD Digital Camera Bundle – Camera – $99.99 Sony 2GB Memory Stick PRO AR – $49.99 * Magellan RoadMate 1220 GPS –
$89.99 * Samsung C10 SD 1200 Digital Due – $12.99 Electronics $89.99
GE A1250 Digital Camera Zoom 10X Optical Zoom 2.7 DVD Players AT&T DECT 6.0 Cordless Magellan RoadMate 1440 GPS –
#0387779 – $69.99 * LCD Camcorder – $149.99 * Curtis DVD Player AR – $17.99 Phone System w/4 Handsets – $119.99 *
Hi Pro Camera Kits Samsung Compact Full HD * $59.99 TomTom One 130 GPS – $79.99
#0354381/80 – 50% Off * Camcorder – $399.99 GPX 8 Portabe DVD Player Coby 7 Digital Photo Frame – TomTom XL325S – $99.99
Jazz T20 4X Digtal Zoom 1.5 Samsung SL40 12.2MP Digital PD808BU – $79.99 $29.99 * Home Theater
L C D C a m c o r d e r Camera – $79.99 GPX DVD/CD Boom Box 7 Coby 8 Digital Frame – $49.99 Panasonic Blu-Ray Home
#0339539/39540 – $19.99 * Sony 4GB Camcorder – $249.99 LCD Display #5710084/BD707B iHome Portable iPod/MP3 Theater System #5798529/SC-
Jazz T55 Camcorder #0339538 – Sony 60GB Hard Disk Drive – $99.99 * Speaker System – $9.99 BT200 – $399.99 *
$49.99 * Camcorder – $299.99 Magnavox DVD Player With Karaoke CP398 – $29.99 RCA 5.1 Channel 250 Watt
Kodak CD80 10.2MP, #x Zoom Sony Cyber-Shot 10.1MP VCR #5757168/DV225MG9 AR Kodak 7 Digital Frame – $49.99 Home Theater System RTD317 –
Digital Camera 2.4 LCD 2GB Digital Camera – $99.99 – $49.99 * Pandigital 10 Digital Photo
Card And Case – $79.99 * Sony Cyper-Shot 10.1MP Samsung Blu-ray Disc Player Frame – $69.99 *
Kodak M1063 10.3MP Digital SEARS page 19
Digital Camera – $249.99 BD-P1600-A – $149.99 Sony E10 Ear Buds Headphones
18 Tech Tips/
MOTOROLA
continued from page 15
-chief executive officer of
Motorola and chief executive
officer of Motorola Mobile
Devices. "DROID by Motorola
delivers a rich consumer
experience with warp-speed Web
browsing, a mammoth screen,
and Motorola's expertise in
design and voice quality.
Combined with Android's open,
flexible graphical user interface
and the power of Verizon
Wireless' 3G network, DROID is
a smartphone that simply doesn't
compromise."
"This is an exciting
announcement for Verizon
Wireless, as the DROID by
Motorola is the first device that
we are bringing to market under
our ground-breaking strategic
partnership with Google," said
John Stratton, executive vice
president and chief marketing
officer for Verizon Wireless.
"DROID by Motorola gives
customers a lifestyle device with
access to more than 12,000
applications that will help them
stay in touch, up to date and
entertained, using the best 3G
network in the country."
DROID by Motorola has a solid
exterior, intelligent interior and is
one of the thinnest full-
QWERTY slider phones
How Do You Like Windows 7 So Far? [Snap Judgment]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 5:00:00 PM
By now, a good portion of you
planning to upgrade to Windows
available. It is a no-fuss, high-
tech, location-aware, voice-
recognizing, over-the-air
updating, multi-tasking machine
– and it is available just in time
for holiday wish lists.
With DROID by Motorola, you
can:
· Zip through the Web: Access
the Internet at 3G speeds via the
nation's largest and most reliable
3G network or from any Wi-Fi
hotspot. The multi-window
HTML browser with a massive
processor delivers the Web the
way you expect.
· See it all in cinema-style: View
the Web, e-mail, Google
Maps™, videos and more in
widescreen on a brilliant 3.7"
high-resolution screen. Boasting
a width of 854 pixels to reduce
the need for side-to-side panning
and more than 400,000 pixels
total, DROID has more than
twice that of the leading
competitor.
· Run multiple applications at
once: Customize your DROID
with thousands of applications
and hundreds of widgets
available on Android Market™.
Toggle back and forth between
up to six applications at a time to
juggle the universe and your
apps.
7 have probably made the
upgrade, so after a few days of
dedicated use, we're wondering:
How do you like it so far?
How Do You Like Windows 7 So Far?( polling)
· Perform Google Search™ at the
speed of sound: Simply tell
DROID what you're looking for
using voice-activated search, and
it will serve up Google search
results based on your location. If
you want more, simply type what
you're looking for into the search
bar on the home screen and
DROID will also search content
on your phone, such as apps and
contacts, and the Web.
· Capture moments: Snap digital
camera-quality photos with a 5
megapixel camera loaded with
the works, such as a dual-LED
flash, AutoFocus and image
stabilization, or capture your
friend's antics in 16 million
colors with DVD-quality video
capture and playback. Store it all
on the included 16 GB memory
card, so you always have it on
hand.
· Multi-task like a master: Keep
tabs on all your messages with
integrated Gmail™ and
Exchange e-mail pushed directly
to you, but don't let them get in
your way. With the handy
Android notification panel, go
straight to the message or simply
ignore it, and get back to the task
at hand. And, a smart dictionary
learns as you type and
automatically includes your
contacts.
· Get where you need to go with
Google Maps Navigation (Beta):
DROID is the first device with
Google Maps Navigation,
providing turn-by-turn voice
guidance as a free feature of
Google Maps. It's powered by
Google and connected to the
Internet. Use voice shortcuts and
simply say "Navigate to [your
destination]," and you'll be on
your way. See live traffic, use
Street View or satellite imagery
to view your route, and get
access to the most recent maps
and business information from
Google Maps without ever
needing to update your device.
Pre-loaded Applications and
Enhancements to Google Mobile
Services:
· Google Maps: With layers in
Google Maps, view geographic
information, such as My Maps,
Wikipedia, and transit lines, right
on the map.
· Gmail: Multiple accounts
support and undo for common
operations.
· YouTube™: One-touch
recording and playback from
homescreen widget or app, one-
touch sharing with friends, and
the ability to view your own
uploaded videos and high-
Still don't feel like you're enough
up to speed to make the call?
Take a stroll through our
complete guide to Windows 7 to
catch up. As for your Windows 7
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resolution videos.
· Google Talk™: Easily switch
between chats, search your chat
history, and preview pictures and
videos sent by links.
· Android Market: Browse and
download applications created by
third-party developers.
· Calendar: Ability to see who
has R.S.V.P.'d to your meeting
invitations.
· Amazon MP3 Store: Download
the latest tracks over the air.
· Verizon Wireless Visual Voice
Mail: Delete, reply and forward
voice mail messages without
having to listen to prior messages
or voice instructions.
Pricing and Availability:
· DROID by Motorola will be
available in the United States
exclusively at Verizon Wireless
Communications Stores and
online on Friday, Nov. 6, for
$199.99 with a new two-year
customer agreement after a $100
mail-in rebate. Customers will
receive the rebate in the form of a
debit card; upon receipt,
customers may use the card as
cash anywhere debit cards are
accepted.
feelings so far, give us the details
in the comments.
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SEARS
continued from page 17
$99.99
Samsung 5.1 Channel 1000 Watt
Single Disc DVD Home Theater
System #5798659/HT-Z320 –
$197.99 *
Samsung Blu-ray Home Theater
System HT-BD1250 – $397.99
Sony Bravia 5.1 Channel 1000
Watt Integrated Home Theater
System DAV-HDX589 –
$329.99
MP3 Players
GPX 4GB MP3/4 Player –
$32.99
iH4 iHome Alarm Clock For
iPod #5792408/18 – $29.99 *
Mach Speed MP3 Player
#5782229 – $24.99 *
RCA 1GB Sport MP3 Player
#5731060 – $13.99 *
Televisions
AOC 32 Full HD LDC TV –
$379.99
Audiovox Under Cabinet
Kitchen 7 LCD DVD Clock
Radio – $179.99
Eviant 7 Hand Held TV –
$89.99
LG 55 LCD HDTV 55LH40 –
$1499.99
Panasonic 42 Class Plasma
DROID
continued from page 16
who has R.S.V.P.’d to your
meeting invitations.
· Amazon MP3 Store:
Download the latest tracks over
the air.
· Verizon Wireless Visual
Voice Mail: Delete, reply and
forward voice mail messages
without having to listen to prior
messages or voice instructions.
HDTV #5775529/TC-P42S1 –
$649.99 *
Panasonic 54 Plasma HDTV TC
-P54G10 – $1499.99
Proscan 40 Class LCD HDTV
#5771379/40LC45Q – $539.99 *
Samsung 22 Class LCD HDTV
#5772015/LN22B350 – $249.99
* $664.99 *
Samsung 40 Class 1080p LCD
HDTV #5771409/LN40B500 –
$599.99 *
Samsung 40 LED HDTV
UN40B6000 – $1399.99
Samsung 42 Plasma HDTV
PN42B400 – $549.99
Samsung 46 1080P Class LCD
HDTV #5771419/LN46B500 –
$899.99 *
Samsung 46 Class LCD HDTV
#5771079/LN46B650 – $1309.99
* Zenith 42 Class Plasma HDTV
Samsung 46 LED HDTV
UN46B6000 – $1599.99
Samsung 50 Class Plasma
HDTV #5775129/PN50B430 –
$699.99 *
Samsung 50 Plasma HDTV
PN50B530 – $899.99
Samsung 55 LED HDTV
UN55B6000 – $2469.99
Pricing and Availability:
· DROID by Motorola will
be available in the United States
exclusively at Verizon Wireless
Communications Stores and
online on Friday, Nov. 6, for
$199.99 with a new two-year
customer agreement after a $100
mail-in rebate. Customers will
receive the rebate in the form of a
Sharp 19 Class LCD HDTV
#5772149/LC19SB27UT –
$179.99 *
Sony 32 Class LCD HDTV
#5771459/KDL-32L504 –
$379.99 *
Sony 40 Class LCD HDTV
#5771439/KDL40S504 –
Sony 46 Class LCD HDTV
#5771449/KDL-46S504 –
$854.99 *
Sony 46 LCD HDTV
KDL46V5100 – $1239.99
Sony 52 LCD HDTV
KDL52V5100 – $1599.99
Toshiba 40 1080P Class LCD
HDTV #5771438/40RV525U/R
– $589.99 *
VIZIO 32 ECO HDTV VO320E
– $349.99
#5775849/Z42PO2 – $499.99 *
Video Games
2-Pack Wii or DS Games –
$14.99 *
2-Pack Xbox-360 Games or PS3
Games – $24.99 *
3-Pack PS2 Games – $9.99 *
Biggest Loser (Wii) – $29.99
Facebreak (Xbox 360) – $14.99
debit card; upon receipt,
customers may use the card as
cash anywhere debit cards are
accepted.
· Experience the all-new
DROID by Motorola at
www.droiddoes.com.
· To get the most from
DROID by Motorola
smartphone, customers will need
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'Survivor''s Galu
Guitar Hero World Tour For
Tribe Reels From the
PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 – Loss of Its Leader
$49.99 *
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Halo ODST (Xbox 360) –
$39.99 Submitted at 10/28/2009 3:30:00 AM
Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360) –
With the loss of Russell Swan to
$39.99
a medical emergency on
Nerf Racing Wheel Wii – $9.99
"Survivor: Samoa," Galu
Nintendo DS Games – $19.99 *
struggles to elect a new leader to
Nintendo DS Games – $29.99 *
replace him.
Nintendo Wii w/Nerf Racing
"The events of today have only
Wheel – $199.99
intensified the rivalry between
Playstation 3 120GB – $299.99
the two tribes," Jeff Probst said at
PS3 Blu-Ray Remote – $24.99
the last Tribal Council. "Foa Foa
TNA Impact (PS3) – $14.99
believes it had a moral victory
Various Video Games – $14.99
and can turn this game around.
or Under
Galu believes that even though
Xbox 360 Elite Bundle –
they lost Russell, they can
$299.99
continue to dominate."
Xbox Live 12 Month Gold Card
The men of Galu also hatch a
– $49.99
plan to keep them in the game.
Check out the entire list and ad
They bring Shambo into their
scan over at BlackFriday.info.
confidence in a plan to put a
More Black Friday deals…
puppet regime in power, hoping
to forestall a blossoming female
alliance.
to subscribe to a Nationwide and services, visit a Verizon
voice plan and an Email and Web Wireless Communications Store,
for Smartphone plan. call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to
Nationwide voice plans begin at www.verizonwireless.com.
$39.99 for monthly access for
450 minutes and an Email and
Web for Smartphone plan is
$29.99 for monthly access.
· For additional information
on Verizon Wireless products
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Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Ass-Kicking, Turn-by-Turn

Mobile App [Apps]
By Brian Lam (Gizmodo) services like the Bay Area's disappear. It's not for us to worry
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:00:01 AM
Caltrans department's highway about until there's no more GPS
cameras, but also data from competition except Google, and
Google's free turn-by-turn cellphones using Google Maps. we're dependent on their pace of
navigation for Maps is the news • It's free, and there are no ads. progress, but no competition is a
this morning and even in Beta, There's nothing like it in the App bad thing. And it's a little strange
they got a lot right. It has Google store that's less than $50 bucks a that Google's search money is
Maps tech, like street and year. going to pay for a free map app
satellite view and search-driven • M a p s c a c h e a l o n g y o u r that is competitive with stuff that
voice controls. Here's what you intended route, so even if your costs $100 a year from full time
need to know. connection dies along the way GPS makers like TomTom.
• It's android OS 2.0 only for the route will still show you what Unfair is the word that comes to
now. And will be available when you need to see, and voice mind. But I can't say I don't want
devices like that ship. (Google synthesis of street names still this App.
demo'd the app to us on a Droid, works, too. • The data on the map, like
FWIW.) Other platform support • Like most cloud map services, traffic, satellite view and points
will be announced "by carriers you'll never need to update your of interest, are called layers.
and phone makers" when they're map data. Google said it would be easy for
ready, but Google implied they • It has satellite view, which is them to add more layer, so its
are working closely with Apple super cool for context on the ostensibly possible to add things
now on it. street, but also, it has streetview. like Google Latitude support, and
• Addresses are input by both text Streetview images come up, other neat tricks. Maybe they'll
and voice (using the same tech as overlayed with arrows, when open up an API for it.
in the iPhone's Google mobile you're supposed to turn. Or at • There's a landscape and portrait
app). But the app can take things your final destination. Since you click on the traffic icon, the radius that moves long your path. mode, as well as a big-icon UI
l i k e b u s i n e s s n a m e s a n d streetview images have metadata map zooms out to show • You can go to a navigation for dashboard usage.
restaurant types as well as soft on direction faced and position, congestion points along your point by simply holding onto a A visual tour of Google Maps
queries like "that museum that G o o g l e M a p s N a v i g a t i o n route. point on the map. Navigation:
has the king tut exhibit" and intelligently draws the arrows • There's no multiple route • You can bookmark locations as
r e t u r n a l i s t o f s u g g e s t e d where you're supposed to go. selection to help you plan a day's icons on your Android phone's
locations Sort of. drive of many locations. But you home page.
• The traffic data, as on Google • Traffic icon is simple — green, can search for locations (gas, • If Google sells this in the app
Maps, is driven by multiple yellow and red according to flow eateries) along your route, and store for zero dollars, those
sources. Typically, this means of traffic, with time to arrival those results will show up on the millions of bucks Apple makes
data from local road authority numbers next to the symbol. If map as long as they're within a off of GPS app sales will likely
New US home sales fall 3.6%
(Financial Times - US Sales of new homes in the US for existing and foreclosed rebounded in September after in the US.
homepage) unexpectedly fell in September houses. s l u m p i n g t h e p r i o r m o n t h , This content has passed through
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buyers were tempted by bargains orders for durable goods manufacturing activity is stirring
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Google adds free turn-by-turn navigation, car dock UI to

Android 2.0 (video)
By Ross Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 10:00:00 AM
Those nat service providers'
fears were actually quite
justified. Google today unveiled
Maps Navigation (beta, of
course), an extremely upgraded
version of its current Maps
software that'll be free and, from
what we understand, available by
default on all Android 2.0
devices. All the usual Maps
features are present, including the
ability to search by name of
business and have it suggest the
closest matches, both
semantically and geographically,
and traffic data. We're also now
looking at turn-by-turn
navigation, female robotic voice
and all, and integration with
satellite and street view, the latter
of which will be able to show
you what lane you need to be in
when exiting the highway, for
example. Instead of just
searching nearby, it'll also now
search along the route for when
you're looking for upcoming gas
stations or fast food joints that
won't take you too far off your
beaten path. Select addresses can
be added to the Android home
screen as their own icons, and
given the limits of living in the
cloud, trips and their respective
visual feeds will be cached just in
case you hit dead spots along the
way. Still no multitouch, but as
VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra
noted at a press conference,
there's nothing stopping a
company like HTC from adding
that feature à la Sense UI.
In addition to demonstrating the
basic navigational functions,
Gundotra also showcased a new
user interface that appears when
the device hooked up into a car
dock, one that is intended for use
"at an arm's length away."
Essentially, it means much larger
iconography and a convenient
"voice search" option front and
center. We later got confirmation
from a Google product manager
that car dock detection was
definitively a hardware-based
feature, which we take to mean
Android devices currently on the
market won't necessarily have the
same convenience. If Android
2.0 takes off how Google (and
Verizon!) hope it does,
companies like TomTom and
Garmin are going to seriously
need to worry about their bottom
line. Watch Gundotra
demonstrate the app after the
break.
Gallery: Google Maps
Navigation beta press shots
Gallery: Google Maps
Navigation beta / car dock
presentation
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Losing Net Neutrality: The Worst Case Scenario [Net

Neutrality]
By John Herrman (Gizmodo) explaining why the IT dude at the company's channel packages. so crazy, does it? Click here for
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:13:59 AM
office wears that " All Packets Replace content provider fees the full version. [ Reddit via
are Created Equal" shirt to work with new network backbone Crunchgear]
It's alarmist, over-the-top pro- every Thursday: because tiered charges, and cable packages with
net-neutrality propaganda, sure, ISPs are scary. outright, check out your cable traffic or website packages, and
but this chart goes a long way to And before you dismiss the chart hey, look, shit—this doesn't seem
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Motorola DROID official on Verizon: $199 on contract,
coming November 6th (video)
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 10:23:00 AM
We knew good and well this
thing was coming sometime in
November, and now Verizon
Wireless has made it official: the
Motorola DROID will hit Big
Red on November 6th for $199
on contract (after a $100 mail-in
rebate). Naturally, the DROID
itself is just the first of what
could be many Android-laced
phones coming to the carrier, and
Verizon Wireless CMO John
MSI's Wind Top AE2220 all-in-one PC brings
21.6-inch multitouch panel, Win7
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:18:00 AM
MSI's Wind Top line seems to
be expanding at a breakneck
pace, and the latest entry is
actually worth bending over
backwards to get a look at.
Boasting a 21.6-inch multitouch
display (1,920 x 1,080 native
resolution), the all-in-one desktop
also features Windows 7 Home
Premium, 4GB of DDR2
memory, a 640GB hard drive,
NVIDIA's GeForce 9300
Brussels backs Rock restructuring
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Stratton even stated that the
phone "is wide open" -- pretty
big words from a company like
VZW. Android 2.0 will be front
and center, along with Visual
Voicemail, a 3.7-inch display
(854 x 480 resolution), 5
megapixel camera (with dual-
LED flash), a bundled 16GB
memory card and a beta version
of Google Maps Navigation(!).
For those wondering, yeah -- the
DROID is the first phone to offer
that, which transforms Google
Maps into a turn-by-turn routing
integrated graphics set (or Ion, if
you please), an HDMI output, a
bundled wireless keyboard /
mouse and your choice of a
2.2GHz Core 2 Duo T6600 or
Brussels backs Rock
restructuring
By Sharlene Goff, Retail
system that'll have your 3G, WiFi, voice-activated search
dedicated TomTom / Garmin and over-the-air Amazon MP3
trembling in fear. There's also a downloads. With all that, who
slide-out QWERTY keyboard, needs the iPhone, right Ivan?
order right now at Amazon, with
the cheapest pegged at $659.99
and the most pricey at $899.99.
[Via Engadget Korea]
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Read- Amazon pre-order page
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DROID official on Verizon:
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November 6th (video)
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New Pics: Tyra
Transforms the
'America's Next Top
Model' Hopefuls
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 12:00:00 AM
Tyra Banks flies the six
remaining "America's Next Top
Model" competitors -- Jennifer
An, Nicole Fox, Laura
Kirkpatrick, Sundai Love,
Brittany Markert and Erin
Wagner-- to Maui, where she
surprises them by transforming
them into bi-racial models.
"America's Next Top Model" airs
tonight at 8 p.m. on The CW.
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Symbian Horizon app
store launched, dev
program detailed
By Joseph L. Flatley
(Engadget)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:36:00 AM
Mobile World Congress came
and went all those months ago
without an app store for Symbian
freaks, but you know what?
That's OK -- Rome wasn't built in
a day, y'know. Besides, all that is
changing now that the Symbian
Foundation has announced that
Horizon, the publishing program
/ mobile marketplace, is up and
running as we speak. Currently
the home of fifty award winning
downloads (including
Bubblewrap!) users can look
forward to "thousands of
applications in 2010." What are
you waiting for? Hit that read
link to get started -- but not
before you peep the PR to see
how you too can begin
developing for the platform. It's
after the break.
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Horizon app store launched, dev
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Songs Used In
Promotions Get A Ton
Of Sales... So Why Does
The Music Industry Try
To Make It Harder?
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 9:40:00 PM
Ethorad was the first of a few to
write in pointing to an article
over at the BBC, highlighting
how old songs are finding new
life and new sales after showing
up in a commercial -- or being
used on TV during a popular
event. In other words, getting
your music more widely heard
leads to more ways to make
Amazon Chops Garmin Nuvifone money. That, of course, should
be obvious. And yet, why is it
G60 Price By Two Thirds In the that so many in the industry are
trying to make it so much harder
First Month [Garmin] to get music heard by putting up
By John Herrman (Gizmodo) works, there's a $5/month charge tollbooths at every stop? You
have the RIAA/Soundexchange
Submitted at 10/28/2009 5:43:19 AM
for basic services like weather,
traffic and local events, the working overtime to put an
additional tax on radio play and
Our recommended price for the battery life is horrendous, and the
N u v i f o n e G 6 0 w a s d e a t h , OS acts like a navigation unit you have ASCAP/BMI trying to
get fees for everything, from the
payable by the handset, not the f i r m w a r e w i t h t u m o r o u s
prospective buyer. Until that can telecommunications outgrowth. 30 second previews online to
ringtones. Of course, the more
be arranged, though, Amazon's And oh god, that price: $300 with
plunging$200 discount(on a $300 an AT&T contract, which is you put a toll on such things, the
less the songs are used, the less
phone!) will have to do. about how much it'd cost you to
To recap the only review we've b u y o n e i P h o n e 3 G w i t h they're promoted and the less
opportunity there is to increase
ever written that didn't even have TomTom and Navigon apps.
a "Good" section, the Nuvifone So yeah, a price drop was all but sales. It's really amazing
was a failure in about every way inevitable, but it's heartening to sometimes that these big
t h a t t h e o n c e - h o t h a n d s e t see it happen this soon, even if organizations don't seem to
could've been: It's crashy, it's got not by Garmin's hand. Next stop: comprehend the basic idea of a
a clunky resistive screen, the 0. [ Amazon via Engadget] "promotion" and how that helps
browser is really, really tough to sales.
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Hands-on: Google Voice's new voice mail service
By Jessica Dolcourt
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 5:03:32 PM
Setting up Google Voice voice
mail online.(Credit: Screenshot
by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)
On Tuesday, Google took
another step toward bringing
Google Voice to the masses,
fulfilling the wishes of those who
are curious enough to try
Google's brand of visual voice
mail, but either too jealous of
their mobile number to give it up
for a Google Voice number, or
too weary to go through the
hassle of training family and
friends on a new number.
Google now lets you access
some key features in the Google
Voice service using the number
you've always had, and no longer
forces you to sign up for a new
Google Voice phone number.
How? Google Voice can now
take advantage of what's called
conditional call forwarding. I
tried out the new feature today
with success, and have some tips
to share.
With Google Voice in charge of
your missed calls, callers are
directed to your Google Voice in-
box instead of to the voice mail
box that your carrier operates.
There, friends can leave a
message after hearing the
greeting you recorded online.
You, for your part, can listen to
messages online or from your
phone--in any order you'd like.
As promised, set-up was easy for
this existing Google Voice user.
In the Settings menu, under the
Phone tab, click "Activate
Google voice mail for this
phone" next to any phone that
you've associated with your
account. Then, select your carrier
(US-only for now) and dial the
string of numbers and symbols
you see into your phone. Then
dial the number. This sets up call
forwarding. While many high-
end feature phones and
smartphones do have separate
menu settings for call
forwarding, Google's method of
entering the forwarding code is
faster and removes the
guesswork.
New users have slightly more set
-up involved. You'll first choose
if you want to use your own
number or sign up for a new
Google Voice account. Then
you'll need to enter your Google
Account credentials or register an
account before setting up your
phone.
Using the conditional
forwarding service is brainless--
whomever calls you hears your
Google Voice recording, which
you can set up online. You may
want to tinker in the settings to
forward calls straight to voice
mail, or else you could annoy
callers with a full ring-through to
your mobile voice mail and
another ring through to the
recorded number. However,
leave the setting in its default
mode and friends may be able to
track you down on other numbers
associated with your Google
Voice number--if you use
Google's number and not your
own mobile number.
Forwarding options can cut the
time it takes for a caller to get to
voice mail, or maybe track you
down.(Credit: Screenshot by
Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)
To send a call straight to voice
mail, go to the Phone tab in the
Settings menu of your online
Google Voice account. Click
Edit, then click to see advanced
settings. At the bottom is a call
forwarding option that you can
switch to send straight to your
recording.
Using Google's call forwarding
is an obvious draw for new users,
but existing Google Voice users
can also benefit. Turning on
voice mail for associated phone
joins voice messages left on your
cell phone to the Google Voice
messages in your in-box online if
a friend slips up and calls the old
number instead of the new
Google Voice number.
New users opting to keep their
number should know that they'll
lose access to some key Google
Voice features--including call
forwarding to multiple cell
phones and landlines, call
screening, call recording, call
blocking, and conference calling.
Google doesn't allowing
upgrading from an account that
uses your own phone to a Google
voice number yet, but being able
to make the switch is in Google's
plans. So is the ability to one day
port over your own mobile
number to Google Voice's full-
fledged service.
There are two other points new
users should know. First, Google
isn't the only service offering free
visual voice mail with custom
recordings and online
management. You Mail has been
doing this for some time, and it
also has native in-box
applications for smartphones like
BlackBerry and iPhone. Plus, it's
already generally available,
whereas Google Voice is invite-
only. Google will undoubtedly
get native management apps for
mobile phones in the future, and
will scale its service for the giddy
multitudes, but if you're not
ready to take the plunge with a
Google Voice number now, you
can still shop around.
Google Voice's machine
transcription is inconsistent at
best.(Credit: Screenshot by
Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)
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Second, Google Voice for both
types of users employs machine
transcription to turn your voice
messages into text. The upside is
that machine transcription is free.
The downside is that it is
inconsistent at best and useless at
worst. It has typically
misrecognized most names
(including mine), slang, or fast-
paced speech. Read-outs are
often nonsensical. While Google
acknowledges the imperfections,
the company also maintains that
in most cases you can make out a
message's gist. My experience
has been opposite.
Users who want more reliable
human transcription can
subscribe to a premium service
like the one YouMail has. Voice-
to-text transcription is a premium
service that Google will also
likely incorporate once Google
Voice is truly off the ground, but
for now the machine transcription
remains for me an amusement
rather than a help. Having said
that, poor voice-to-text is not at
all a dealbreaker for using
Google Voice as a whole.
Google Voice is currently
available in the US to closed beta
users, and to those who receive
invites from friends already using
the service.
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Download Blog
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Stalqer mobile social app finds friends in new ways

By Rafe Needleman Internet gateway data, which can town.(Credit: Stalqer) app. Johnson said clarity and experiment with location
(Webware.com) be used to locate the phone. It Unfortunately, Facebook data is transparency are critical for the reporting. Thus, he thinks, the
Submitted at 10/27/2009 9:00:00 PM
only works when the phone is often wrong, and Stalqer doesn't app, which is why it's called company is leaving clever
connected via Wi-Fi, not GSM. It yet divine location data from Stalqer. "We want people to location-based mobile apps to
Stalqer locates even friends who also doesn't get data from the content posted in wall messages know what it is," he said. "The small start-ups like his.
don't use the service.(Credit: phone's GPS sensor, but it's a or on Twitter. Johnson says it key to privacy is telling people Taking a page from Twitter and
Stalqer) clever hack on the way to the will do that eventually. He says what you're doing and letting perhaps Tim Berners-Lee,
The developers of the iPhone creation of more robust location that the data is about 70 percent them control it." Johnson dismisses talk of
app GasBag, which helps iPhone reporting features. accurate at the moment but that Users running the reporting app monetizing the service at this
users find the cheapest gas for Competing mobile social apps "I think it will be enough. As can turn it on or off, control the early stage. "We want to build an
their cars, are working on a new require the app (Foursquare, long as it's interesting it's all that granularity of its reports, and Internet treasure," he says. He
mobile friend locator service, Loopt) or site (Latitude) to be matters." Accuracy will go up as report different levels of data to has ideas for revenues but wants
Stalqer. This clever and aptly open for the user's location to be people join the service. different groups. Close friends to focus on growth. He says he's
n a m e d s e r v i c e h a s t w o reported. Or they require a phone But the point is to have the app might be able to see what street built a successful business based
technologies that are unique, as t h a t s u p p o r t s b a c k g r o u n d report on locations of people who address you're at, for example, on free apps before, and he can
far as I know, to help it get processing, like an Android aren't using it. Creepy, yes, but as but family members only which do it again.
around two of the big problems device. Johnson described it, Stalqer city. (Johnson said he studied When it's available, I'll try this
found in other friend locators like CEO Mick Johnson told me doesn't actually break privacy FireEagle). Staqler admits that app but mostly only to see where
Foursquare, Loopt, and Google's there is another company that has settings or report data that isn't there will be problems--as I told my friends and contacts are and
Latitude. this idea, but nobody has yet otherwise available to its users. him, while people will do doubt to report where I am when I'm on
Problem 1: On the mobile released a product based on it. Stalqer mashes up what you can appreciate the capability to turn business trips or at conferences. I
platform that matters, the iPhone, Problem 2: Your friends aren't see with your Facebook login off location reporting before they think I'm too old to be
there's no way to do real-time on your friend-location service. with your phone's contact list to walk into the strip club, chances comfortable having my iPhone
l o c a t i o n r e p o r t i n g w i t h o u t The existing friend-finder apps see if you have permission to are they'll already be drunk and tell everyone I know where I am
running an app all the time, and are lonely places. So you can go contact someone. It assumes that will forget. Domestic hilarity will all the time. Johnson, at 29,
t h e i P h o n e d o e s n ' t a l l o w to a big event, look your buddies if you have the person's e-mail ensue. doesn't feel the way I do. We'll
background processes. And even in the eye, look down at your address on your phone they're a Johnson said all social networks see what real consumers feel.
if it did, it would draw down the phone, and not see them. Stalqer bonafide contact of yours and it will become mobile social Certainly Stalqer solves some of
battery. The Stalqer solution is to takes data from your friends' lets you track and contact them networks and that location the most interesting problems in
create a dummy e-mail account F a c e b o o k l o c a t i o n s i n from within Staqler. This is how reporting must be a big part of mobile social networking, and
that pings the Stalqer servers combination with the live data this app creates a "good viral their feature sets. He said I'm eager to see it released.
whenever the phone polls for from other Stalqer subscribers to chain," as Johnson puts it, and Facebook is perhaps too big to Originally posted at Rafe's Radar
mail, which is, by default, every give you a pretty comprehensive how it could spread. innovate in this area--not too big
15 minutes. map of everyone you know. Staqler won't work if it freaks to be creative, but too big to
When the phone hits the Stalqer You can configure the app to tell users out, so managing privacy handle the user firestorm that
e-mail servers, it sends along you when a friend comes to well is clearly a big part of the would erupt if it started to

Joe Jackson Star Unveiled at Screening of 'This is It'

(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 1:18:00 AM
Joe Jackson received a Brenden
Celebrity Star on Tuesday night
prior to screening Michael
Jackson's 'This is It' at the Palms
Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
He told ET, "I think it's a
fantastic thing to be able to
accept a star. I accept it because
of my son."
Joe's star, engraved with "Joseph
Jackson & Family," will be
placed next to Michael's star. The
Jackson father said this
arrangement is "a very special
privilege." He thinks Michael
would "be proud" of his father's
accomplishment.
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Japanese Prosecutors
Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn Still Want To Blame
Developer Of File
By Tom Krazit Navigation view.(Credit: developers. The process smartphone applications provide
(Webware.com) Google) involving Apple is slightly this type of navigation service, Sharing Program For
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:00:00 AM
Companies in the cell phone different from the usual App and companies like Garmin and Copyright Infringement
navigation industry have seen Store submission process, TomTom are also working to
Don't try this on game day, but this day coming for quite some because Maps is a built-in iPhone embed Web-delivered data into By Users
the new Google Maps Navigation t i m e . R i g h t n o w , t h e b e t a application, he said. their on-dash and built-in By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
application will show you how to application only works on phones The application works like any navigation systems. Submitted at 10/28/2009 3:40:23 AM
take a spin past Boston's Fenway that will use the Android 2.0 navigation system that you may But the price for Google Maps
Park.(Credit: Google) software, which is scheduled to have used, but it combines Navigation--free--will be tough We were happy earlier this
You can almost hear the portable be available very soon with the Google Search and Google Maps to beat. Expect to see ads pop up month to learn that the Osaka
navigation industry swearing expected arrival of Motorola's functions that are normally only at a later date, although they High Court had overturned a
already. Droid phone on Verizon's available on the desktop and won't be present at launch. lower court ruling, against the
Google is announcing plans n e t w o r k . brings them to the smartphone. Google doesn't plan to open- creator of the popular Japanese
Wednesday to release a new Google's Vic Gundotra appeared Perhaps the most interesting and source the application but does file sharing service, Winny. The
Android application called to demonstrate the application on useful feature comes from plan to make it free on Android lower court had found the guy
Google Maps Navigation. When the Droid: he wouldn't confirm it, Google Street View, allowing 2.0 phones, and implied that the guilty of copyright infringement,
combined with a GPS-equipped but it was a shiny black Android Google to provide a Street View application would be free for despite having just developed the
mobile phone running Android 2.0 phone running on Verizon's image at every turn that the other partners as they cut deals to software, not having used it to
2.0, it provides turn-by-turn network and bearing Motorola's application suggests during your use the application. That could infringe on copyrights. The
directions powered by Google stamp, so we're probably not journey. dramatically reduce the cost of higher court got it right,
Maps and a slick user interface going too far out on a limb here. ( As with other navigation developing navigation services, recognizing that just because the
that combines features such as Update, 7:24 a.m. PDT: Says applications, users can search for undercutting the established software could be used for
voice recognition and Google Google's Wednesday morning gas stations or restaurants along industry with a product that copyright infringement does not
Street View. Google Maps press release: "The first phone to the way, and get real-time traffic consumers already know very mean that the developer is
Navigation, like seemingly have Google Maps Navigation information. Google also well: there are 50 million active automatically guilty of copyright
everything that emerges from and Android 2.0 is the Droid developed a unique "arms- users of Google Mobile Maps, infringement. Unfortunately,
Google, will be free. from Verizon.") length" user interface that Gundotra said. Japanese prosecutors didn't
"Mobile platforms--Android and However, Google is working automatically pops up when the Google is not sure whether recognize the common sense and
others--are so powerful now that with Apple on bringing it to the software detects that it has been Google Maps Navigation will basic logic of such a ruling and
you can build client apps that can iPhone, and it's not ruling out placed into a dashboard holder, work on older Android phones are now appealing the case to the
do magical things connected to licensing the software to makers with bigger buttons and links to that will get upgraded to Android Supreme Court in Japan.
the cloud," said Google CEO of portable navigation devices voice controls front and center. 2.0. That depends on the carrier Hopefully, the Supreme Court
Eric Schmidt in a briefing for used in cars throughout the Obviously, Google is not the and phone maker, Gundotra said. agrees with the Osaka high court,
r e p o r t e r s a t G o o g l e ' s world, said Gundotra, vice first to offer a combination of Originally posted at Relevant but either way, this seems like a
h e a d q u a r t e r s o n T u e s d a y . president of engineering at turn-by-turn maps and Web Results massive waste of time and
The standard Google Maps G o o g l e f o r m o b i l e a n d services. Many different resources.
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Google Maps Navigation takes a mobile turn

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:00:00 AM

Don't try this on game day, but

the new Google Maps Navigation
application will show you how to
take a spin past Boston's Fenway
Park.(Credit: Google)
You can almost hear the portable
navigation industry swearing
already.
Google is announcing plans
Wednesday to release a new
Android application called
Google Maps Navigation. When
combined with a GPS-equipped
mobile phone running Android
2.0, it provides turn-by-turn
directions powered by Google
Maps and a slick user interface
that combines features such as
voice recognition and Google
Street View. Google Maps
Navigation, like seemingly
everything that emerges from
Google, will be free.
"Mobile platforms--Android and
others--are so powerful now that
you can build client apps that can expected arrival of Motorola's from Verizon.") The application works like any gas stations or restaurants along
do magical things connected to Droid phone on Verizon's However, Google is working navigation system that you may the way, and get real-time traffic
the cloud," said Google CEO network. with Apple on bringing it to the have used, but it combines information. Google also
Eric Schmidt in a briefing for Google's Vic Gundotra appeared iPhone, and it's not ruling out Google Search and Google Maps developed a unique "arms-
reporters at Google's to demonstrate the application on licensing the software to makers functions that are normally only length" user interface that
headquarters on Tuesday. the Droid: he wouldn't confirm it, of portable navigation devices available on the desktop and automatically pops up when the
The standard Google Maps but it was a shiny black Android used in cars throughout the brings them to the smartphone. software detects that it has been
Navigation view.(Credit: Google) 2.0 phone running on Verizon's world, said Gundotra, vice Perhaps the most interesting and placed into a dashboard holder,
Companies in the cell phone network and bearing Motorola's president of engineering at useful feature comes from with bigger buttons and links to
navigation industry have seen stamp, so we're probably not Google for mobile and Google Street View, allowing voice controls front and center.
this day coming for quite some going too far out on a limb here. ( developers. The process Google to provide a Street View Obviously, Google is not the
time. Right now, the beta Update, 7:24 a.m. PDT: Says involving Apple is slightly image at every turn that the first to offer a combination of
application only works on phones Google's Wednesday morning different from the usual App application suggests during your turn-by-turn maps and Web
that will use the Android 2.0 press release: "The first phone to Store submission process, journey. services. Many different
software, which is scheduled to have Google Maps Navigation because Maps is a built-in iPhone As with other navigation
be available very soon with the GOOGLE page 31
and Android 2.0 is the Droid application, he said. applications, users can search for
28 Tech/
App store or app sore?
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:30:00 AM
One App Store to rule them
all?(Credit: Apple)
Apple has an app store, of
course. So does Microsoft.
Google has two, one for Android
and now one for Wave. In fact,
it's hard to find anyone who
doesn't have an app store these
days.
We're swimming in app stores.
Or drowning.
I'm serious. At the Symbian
conference in London on
Tuesday, I attended a panel that
was overrun with app stores.
Nokia, Symbian, GetJar, Sony
Ericsson, Handmark, and
Handango were all promoting
their respective app stores, each
talking about how great theirs is.
They're probably right. They
probably are all great. But how
am I, as a lay consumer, going to
figure out which one to use?
More particularly, how will
developers decide which
platforms to target?
After all, everyone wants to be a
platform these days. Does that
mean that no one is?
Developers may be spoiled for
choice, but "choice" in this case
may not be what they want.
Developers need to feed their
families and will follow the
money. Money is more easily
made when choice is manageable
(which is a euphemism for
"limited").
This means we'll see plenty of
application developers remain
with Apple (though it's debatable
whether the iPhone is the land of
milk and honey for anyone but
Apple), but we'll also continue to
see a stampede to Google
Android.
At present, every other mobile
platform is playing for third
place, but this could change:
Symbian, as a foundation, is in a
good position to launch an
effective challenge to both Apple
and Google if it can get its
marketing and execution right.
Outside of mobile, it's unclear
what role app stores will play.
It's nice that Google Wave is
getting an app store, but it's just
one more "forge" among many.
Every vendor (my employer,
included) seems to feel an
irresistible urge to create a
forge/app store where third-party
developers can "add value" to
their "platforms."
Do we really need these? Or do
we need more general
repositories like Google Code
and SourceForge?
I wish I had a definitive answer.
I'm just not sure that these
competing app stores do anything
more than appeal to vendor
vanity, and they could end up
causing customer confusion.
As a consumer, I don't want to
have to think about sorting
among competing app stores. I
just want applications.
Presumably, if I use a Sony
Ericsson phone, I'll automatically
find myself within its app store
(unless my wireless provider
doesn't slot me into its app store
first, that is). But if that's the
case, what's the point of making a
big deal over a glorified catalog
of applications that work with my
given device/software/etc.?
It strikes me that app stores, like
the cloud, are simply a way to
dress up old ideas. If they help to
organize potential buyers and
sellers of software, great. But I
still think I'd prefer meta-
repositories of applications,
similar to SourceForge, than
individual application
repositories for every single
device or piece of software that I
happen to buy.
How about you?
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Mozilla releases
SeaMonkey 2.0
(CNET News.com) to subscribe to RSS and Atom
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:37:30 AM
feeds the browser discovers on
Web pages.
P i n e f o r t h e N e t s c a p e The browser is faster at running
Communicator days with unified Web-based JavaScript programs
browser and e-mail software but and supports a variety of modern
want something more current? Firefox features coming with the
Mozilla on Tuesday released HTML5 standard.
SeaMonkey 2.0, which combines Browser tabs can be reopened
Firefox and Thunderbird. after being closed, and tabs are
The new version is rebuilt with reloaded if the browser crashes.
Firefox 3.5.4 and is more closely The user interface for handling
aligned with the standalone add-ons, passwords, forms,
browser. "SeaMonkey is now cookies, and downloads have
much closer to Firefox as far as been overhauled.
user profiles, add-ons, and The Mac OS X theme fits in
functionality of user interface better with the look of Leopard
e l e m e n t s a r e c o n c e r n e d , " and Snow Leopard, the previous
according to the release notes. and current versions of the Apple
Among other changes: operating system.
Retrieving e-mail using the Several older operating systems
IMAP (Internet Message Access a r e n o l o n g e r s u p p o r t e d :
Protocol) protocol is faster, and Windows 95, 98, Me, and NT 4
for new IMAP accounts, mail is as well as Mac OS X 10.2
synchronized by default with the (Jaguar) and 10.3 (Panther).
local computer. The software is available as a
The Mozilla Lightning calendar d o w n l o a d f o r M a c O S X ,
plug-in for Thunderbird can be Windows, and Linux in 18
used. languages.
E-mail accounts, folders, and This content has passed through
messages can be viewed in tabs. fivefilters.org.
People can use the mail module
Internet News Record
Appboy: Social Network for Mobile Mozilla releases
App Lovers SeaMonkey 2.0
By Christina Warren
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 9:40:41 PM
This post is part of Mashable’s
Spark of Genius series, which
highlights a unique feature of
startups. If you would like to
have your startup considered for
inclusion, please see the details
here. The series is made possible
by Microsoft BizSpark.
Name: Appboy
Quick Pitch: Social network for
mobile app developers and users.
Personal appstore. Add, share,
comment, vote, socialize, submit
app ideas, and get discovered.
Genius Idea: Appboy bills itself
as a social network for mobile
app developers and users. It lists
apps for various mobile
platforms (iPhone, BlackBerry,
Android and Palm Pre) and users
can comment and rate apps and
create their own custom app
stores. Developer can add their
own apps to the store for
additional promotion and users
can submit ideas for future
applications.
Users can create their own
custom app stores that contain
apps they like and earn a 5%
commission based on app sales
Pakistan bomb kills more than 90 people
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 2:53:17 AM
that originate from their stores.
For developers, Appboy offers
another avenue of promoting
your product and gaining more
attention.
The app-idea feature is pretty
intriguing. The idea is that users
submit app ideas and the
community votes on what ideas it
likes. The best ideas will be made
into actual apps (though it isn’t
clear who will take on the
development task or how that
task will be funded) and will win
$250. It’s sort of like Threadless
for mobile apps.
Having another avenue to find
and rate mobile applications is
always helpful — especially as
app stores become larger and
harder to navigate. Appboy’s
focus on multiple platforms and
the way it tries to encourage
interaction from both users and
developers shows the promise of
a cool mobile app community.
More than 90 people were killed
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Hillary Clinton, US secretary of
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By Stephen Shankland People can use the mail module
(Webware.com) to subscribe to RSS and Atom
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:37:30 AM
feeds the browser discovers on
Web pages.
P i n e f o r t h e N e t s c a p e The browser is faster at running
Communicator days with unified Web-based JavaScript programs
browser and e-mail software but and supports a variety of modern
want something more current? Firefox features coming with the
Mozilla on Tuesday released HTML5 standard.
SeaMonkey 2.0, which combines Browser tabs can be reopened
Firefox and Thunderbird. after being closed, and tabs are
The new version is rebuilt with reloaded if the browser crashes.
Firefox 3.5.4 and is more closely The user interface for handling
aligned with the standalone add-ons, passwords, forms,
browser. "SeaMonkey is now cookies, and downloads have
much closer to Firefox as far as been overhauled.
user profiles, add-ons, and The Mac OS X theme fits in
functionality of user interface better with the look of Leopard
e l e m e n t s a r e c o n c e r n e d , " and Snow Leopard, the previous
according to the release notes. and current versions of the Apple
Among other changes: operating system.
Retrieving e-mail using the Several older operating systems
IMAP (Internet Message Access a r e n o l o n g e r s u p p o r t e d :
Protocol) protocol is faster, and Windows 95, 98, Me, and NT 4
for new IMAP accounts, mail is as well as Mac OS X 10.2
synchronized by default with the (Jaguar) and 10.3 (Panther).
local computer. The software is available as a
The Mozilla Lightning calendar d o w n l o a d f o r M a c O S X ,
plug-in for Thunderbird can be Windows, and Linux in 18
used. languages.
E-mail accounts, folders, and Originally posted at Deep Tech
messages can be viewed in tabs.
crowded market in the troubled fivefilters.org.
border city, may have been a
suicide attack.
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Get your social notifications on the
cheap with Boxcar
By Brett Kelly (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 10/28/2009 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: iPhone, App Store,
App Review Since the arrival of
the Push Notifications feature in
iPhone OS 3.0, all manner of
apps have added support for it.
Games, task management
applications, you name it --
they're all more than happy to
make your phone beep at you in
the middle of the night and
prompt your spouse to kindly
insist that you silence that
infernal device. Or so I've heard.
It seems like a no-brainer to me
that this type of functionality
would exist among the throngs of
social networking applications. If
the game where you flick the
thing while the music is playing
can tell me when I've got a new
challenger from the Far East,
why can't my favorite Twitter
client let me know when I've got
a new direct message? Sadly,
most of the apps in the store (as
far as I know) haven't
implemented this functionality
yet. I realize that it has some
sporadic adoption, but certainly
not the universal support that I
personally expected.
Enter Boxcar[ iTunes Link].
This little free app has existed in
the store for months now and has
received some very nice reviews,
and for good reason. I've been a
faithful user of this app for many
moons and I find it pretty
indispensable. Here's how it
works:
When you install the app (which
is free at the time of this writing),
you can choose to enable a single
service for notification -- Twitter,
Facebook or an email account. It
will poll the selected service at a
short interval and send you a
standard push notification
message if there are any updates.
In the case of Twitter, you can
configure it to open one of
several supported Twitter client
apps. If you want to enable
additional services, you can do so
through the in-app purchase
mechanism, and most options
cost $.99US.
I'm a big fan of Boxcar and use
it for Twitter and Facebook. It's
one of those free applications
that's actually worth more than
what you're paying for it -- a
quality that's becoming
increasingly rare among free
iPhone apps these days! Version
2.1 was just released a few days
ago and includes several new
features like support for
Facebook Mail and better
accessibility.
Pick up Boxcar now for free
from the App Store.
TUAW Get your social
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That's Rich: China
Accuses Google Of
Censorship
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) violate Chinese authors'
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:31:00 AM
copyrights. Of course, that claim
is a bit amusing as well, given
China, of course, is famous for China's general attitude towards
m a s s i v e c e n s o r s h i p o f t h e copyright over the last couple of
internet. Google, on the other decades... but that's another story.
hand, is well known for fighting Google claims that it did no
censorship in many cases. Even censorship at all, and that there
in China, where it was required was an automated block put on
to block some searches, Google the site via its StopBadware
tried to take as permissive an service, which makes sense.
approach as possible, even letting G o o g l e h a s l o n g u s e d
users know when a site was StopBadware to try to protect
being blocked (yes, this was users from malware sites, and the
quite controversial, but the service does sometimes make
company did more than many errors. While it seems unlikely
other search engines). So, it does that Google would purposely
seem a bit surprising to see a block the report, that doesn't
headline claiming that China is make it any less strange for a
accusing Google of censorship. Chinese government publication
Isn't that backwards? to accuse Google of censorship.
It isn't "China" so much as it's Given the government's happy
the Chinese Communist Party's embrace of censorship, how does
main newspaper (so, basically, it have any sort of moral claim
the paper of record from the here?
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book searching project might
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SAP earnings rise as sales sink Surprise: Sequoia To

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:54:56 AM
chief financial officer, said in a
statement.
Revenues did decline, dropping
expected mainly because of a
particularly challenging
environment in the emerging
Open Source Evoting
SAP saw a 12 percent gain in to 2.5 billion euros from 2.8
earnings for its third quarter but a billion euros in the third quarter
9 percent drop in sales, the of 2008. Software sales took the
markets and Japan," said Brandt.
To stem the tide, SAP is now
focusing on making deals that are
Code
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) surprised a lot of people by
company reported Wednesday. largest hit, sinking 31 percent to smaller and longer term. announcing plans for a new e-
Submitted at 10/28/2009 5:50:00 AM
The software maker also expects 525 million euros from 763 "Despite the continued tough voting system which will have
a larger sales decline for the full m i l l i o n e u r o s a y e a r a g o . spending environment, we are Sequoia Voting Systems had open source e-voting software
year, news that sent its shares Revenue from SAP services fell pleased to see further progress in been one of the "big three" e- included. The code will be
tumbling more than 7 percent in 3 percent. the evolution of our volume voting providers, along with released to the public next month.
morning trading. The outlook for the full year has business as a result of smaller Diebold (Premiere) and ES&S. This is definitely a big (and
For the quarter ended September also gone sour. The company deals," said SAP CEO Leo A l l t h r e e c o m p a n i e s w e r e surprising) step forward. The
30, SAP earned 435 million now expects 2009 sales for both Apotheker in a statement. "In notorious for massive amounts of W i r e d l i n k a b o v e t r i e s t o
euros ($643 million) versus 389 software and services to drop by addition, we are driving more secrecy and many, many, many speculate why -- but I'd argue the
million euros in 2008's third between 6 percent and 8 percent, multiyear agreements, where reports of faulty machines with m o s t o b v i o u s r e a s o n ( n o t
quarter. The company attributed larger than the 4 percent to 6 customers buy and consume weak security. Sequoia's biggest mentioned in that article) is that
the earnings gain to better profit percent forecast earlier this year. software over many periods, problem -- which showed up in S e q u o i a ' s t w o l a r g e s t
margins due to cost cuts and a Like many of its competitors, which we believe is a positive election after election after c o m p e t i t o r s , E S & S a n d
more favorite tax rate (21 percent SAP is experiencing sluggish transition for both SAP and our election after election-- was that Diebold/Premiere merged last
versus 31.9 percent a year ago) demand globally for software and customers." it seemed to count the votes month, suddenly making Sequoia
from acquisition-related items. services. In January, SAP had predicted differently every time. That a much smaller player in the
"We are pleased to report another "While we are seeing signs of that 2009 would be a challenging seems like a rather big flaw. The space (I believe it was already the
quarter of increasing margins stabilization in the general year, forcing it to further cut c o m p a n y a l s o t h r e a t e n e d number three player...). Going
despite a decline in revenues. environment, the market remains costs and trim jobs. computer security expert Ed open source isn't just a way to
This demonstrates our continued difficult. Third-quarter software This content has passed through Felten after the State of New improve its code and improve
success in maintaining tight cost and software-related service fivefilters.org. Jersey asked him to look at trust in the machines, but also a
controls," Werner Brandt, SAP's revenues came in lower than we Sequoia's code. way to stand out against a much
Just last week there were reports larger competitor.
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GOOGLE
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smartphone applications provide
this type of navigation service,
and companies like Garmin and
TomTom are also working to
embed Web-delivered data into
their on-dash and built-in
navigation systems.
But the price for Google Maps
Navigation--free--will be tough
to beat. Expect to see ads pop up
at a later date, although they
won't be present at launch.
Google doesn't plan to open-
source the application but does
plan to make it free on Android
2.0 phones, and implied that the
application would be free for
other partners as they cut deals to
use the application. That could
dramatically reduce the cost of
developing navigation services,
undercutting the established
industry with a product that
consumers already know very
well: there are 50 million active and phone maker, Gundotra said.
users of Google Mobile Maps, This content has passed through
Gundotra said. fivefilters.org.
Google is not sure whether
Google Maps Navigation will
work on older Android phones
that will get upgraded to Android
2.0. That depends on the carrier
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Making The 'Significant Objects' Google makes Similar

Project... Even More Significant Images part of image
By Michael Ho (Techdirt)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 11:32:00 PM
proceeds from its eBay auction--
which has a current bid (and
profit) of about $20.
into the creative minds of its
readership. Okay, the drawback
is that the submission judging
search
Back in July, we commented on This contest is brilliant in that it process is actually not a trivial By Josh Lowensohn Screenshot by Josh
(Webware.com) Lowensohn/CNET)
the Significant Objects project not only highlights the concept task, especially when there are
where 100 authors are writing up that every product is a bundle of more than a handful of entries Submitted at 10/27/2009 5:27:00 PM
Google continues to host a
100 stories involving 100 various scarce and infinite goods, but it (and more than a couple judges). dedicated Similar Images search
trinkets -- and then selling those also demonstrates that content Even Google hasn't exactly Google on Tuesday announced page that provides identical
stories along with the associated can be used to engage with an figured out how to judge its own that its similar-images feature is results to what's now found in the
items on eBay for a tidy profit. a u d i e n c e a s a f o r m o f Project 10 100 contest. now a standard part of the standard version of Google
(The project originally struck me entertaining advertising. For the However, the search giant c o m p a n y ' s i m a g e s e a r c h Images search. This is likely to
as an experiment to see if the one price of a bauble and some opened up the judging to let technology. remain, as has been the case for
red paperclip stunt could be mass editorial judging, Slate connected anyone vote on winners to help The feature was originally sites of other Google Labs
produced in some way as a with its fans and gathered a bit of narrow down the selection. (And launched in late April, alongside graduates, such as Google
sustainable publishing business.) demographic information on its there are other examples of the visual-news timeline, as a Transit(now a part of Maps) and
Now, just a few months later, readers who sent in a story crowdsourced judging processes way for users to find images that Google Suggest.
Slate has teamed up with the ( s u b m i s s i o n s h a d t o b e like Threadless's tshirt designs.) share certain visual similarities Google has also created a
Significant Objects folks with a accompanied by an email address So I envision the next generation with those in Google Images standalone Google Product Ideas
contest for Slate readers to and location). Imagine if Slate of advertising contests reaching search results. This means that page to grab user feedback for
submit their own 500-word had instead put a banner ad on its out to audiences, calling upon you could do a search for "ice other features or changes to the
stories about a cheap tchotchke -- website with a form to fill out for more volunteers, and trying more cube" and very quickly fork out image search service. This
a BBQ sauce jar bought at a thrift p e r s o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n , t h e and more creative campaigns to Google's results between images operates the same way as other
store for $0.75. The contest response rate for that would produce scarce goods out of thin of the frozen chunks of water and product idea pages by letting
attracted over 600 stories to be likely be much much lower. But air. the popular West Coast rapper, users suggest new ideas to
j u d g e d b y S l a t e a n d t h e with this contest, the cost of the Permalink| Comments| Email all without having to change your Google's engineers, as well as
Significant Objects founders, and BBQ jar was negligible, and This Story original search term. giving others the chance to vote
the winner gets the honor of Slate editors spent their time Which 'ice cube' did you mean? ideas up or down.
being picked as well as the reading stories and got a peek Google's image search can now Originally posted at Web
offer suggestions for images that Crawler
may be similar.(Credit:

Watch NASA’s Second Attempt to Launch Ares I-X Rocket

Live
By Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 5:28:55 AM
Yesterday, NASA was supposed
to launch their $445 million
rocket prototype, Ares I-X, but weather isn’t cooperating, but the follow the latest developments
the launch was delayed due to launch might still happen if regarding the mission on the
bad weather conditions. NASA’s experts conclude that official NASA page.
Today, NASA is poised for a the conditions are safe enough. Tags: Ares, launch, NASA
second attempt, with the launch You can watch the launch
EDT. Just like yesterday, the
window being 8 a.m. to noon attempt over at NASA TV and
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Virtual goods resellers on the rise

(CNET News.com) of three sellers sold in-game provides a means for all players
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:01:00 AM
currency in the last 12 months, to generate money. He also said
earning a median of $22. that more players would buy and
Gamers are not just making P l a y S p a n , a p r o v i d e r o f sell digital items if they were
purchases to enhance their m o n e t i z a t i o n a n d p a y m e n t confident it was safe and within
gaming experience but also solutions for games and virtual the game's terms of service.
selling virtual assets to other worlds and sponsor of the Virtual good resellers(Credit:
p l a y e r s , a c c o r d i n g t o n e w research, considers that to be PlaySpan/VGMarket)
research from video game market good news as its platform enables I'm not terribly surprised that
research firm VGMarket. game developers to provide people who purchase in-game
Sales of virtual goods are player to player marketplaces for currency in free-to-play games
expected to reach $1 billion this their players. In addition, the end up looking for a way to cash-
year and already generate near $4 PlaySpan Marketplace currently out of the game at some point--
billion annually in China. But provides a secondary market for even at pennies on the dollar,
there are some challenges, IMVU players to buy and sell provided they are real pennies
primarily the fact that once you goods as well. and not metaphysical
convert your real money to One out of two sellers made a median earning being $98, or perceived, to all players by manifestations.
virtual cash you can't readily get sale in a social network game nearly double that on social associating a real world dollar This content has passed through
the dough back out. over the last 12 months and networks. value on their playing time, game fivefilters.org.
The research revealed that in- earned a median of $50, while Eric Hartness, chief marketing accounts, and digital items.
game currency is the most one out of four sellers made a officer at PlaySpan, told me that Hartness believes that the
frequently sold digital good from sale in a free-to-play game over the secondary market is a boon secondary market increases
player to player and that two out the last 12 months, with their for games, adding value, real and primary market sales because it

Metallica Revenge: Tapulous takes revenge to the next level

By Josh Carr (The Unofficial semi-cool in my kids' eyes for mode with five rails in landscape. • Enter Sandman
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) another six months until the next There has never been a Tap Tap • One
Submitted at 10/27/2009 6:00:00 PM
thing comes out." Revenge game with five rails. I'm • Seek & Destroy
But we think that this is a little scared to even try it. • All Nightmare Long
Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, b i t m o r e t h a n j u s t a c o o l The band has also created a • Master of Puppets
App Review, Music The Tap Tap marketing scheme... it actually contest for those of us who
Revenge empire just became has some brand new features purchase this application. You TUAW Metallica Revenge:
more credible... at least to the never before seen in a Tap Tap can win everything from cool Tapulous takes revenge to the
M e t a l l i c a f a n s o u t t h e r e . Revenge game. It's the first game Metallica gear to the grand prize next level originally appeared on
Metallica Revenge[iTunes Link] in the archive to include a of a trip to meet and greet The Unofficial Apple Weblog
sells for $4.99, but it is not out to Bluetooth Battle mode. In this Metallica at a show in Vegas on (TUAW) on Tue, 27 Oct 2009
make lots of money -- not mode, two devices connect over December 5th. 18:00:00 EST. Please see our
according to the Associated Press Bluetooth to play note for note Here's the track list: terms for use of feeds.
interview with the band's against each other while • For Whom the Bell Tolls Read| Permalink| Email this|
drummer, Lars Ulrich. Ulrich obtaining power ups that you can most difficult Tap Tap Revenge • Fuel Comments
explains that the application itself toss at your opponent to distract yet. It has a Hard mode with four • King Nothing
is really just for fun and that "it's them and move ahead in points. rails in landscape and an Extreme • Sad But True
one more thing that'll keep me Tapulous touts this game as the • Some Kind of Monster
34 Tech/ Internet News Record

Facebook’s ‘Reconnect’ Strategy is

Brilliant
By Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 3:02:54 AM
Recently, in addition to giving
you suggestions to which friends
you might add to your profile,
Facebook also started enticing
users to reconnect and engage
less active users. The campaign
has partly backfired, as some of
the recommendations were dead
people and ex-lovers, but I still
think it’s brilliant, and a good
sign that Facebook has a clear
strategy laid out for the future.
Facebook currently has a
problem that plagues only the
biggest online services out there,
but a serious one nevertheless:
it’s getting too big. Its growth
hasn’t been spectacular in the last
couple of months like it once
was, but one has to wonder if it’s
simply nearing the natural limit
for that type of service. Once
you’ve conquered a huge portion
of domestic (US) users, and
international users, where do you
Embracing Traffic From
Those Darn Aggregators
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) the NYTimes digital boss Martin
Submitted at 10/28/2009 1:22:29 AM
Nisenholtz complaining about
this activity just last week.
W i t h t h e n e w e f f o r t b y But, of course, all this sort of
turn to? this latest strategy is also newspaper folks who are unable activity does is bring in tons of
Existing users. Facebook’s working well on my end. I see to come up with a business traffic. The Huffington Post gets
algorithms, while still not suggestions for friends I already model to blame news aggregators an awful lot of traffic and a link
perfectly tuned, recognize that have; I’m interested in why with big time executives from from the site drives traffic.
s o m e u s e r s a r e n ’ t u s i n g Facebook’s suggesting them; I go media companies insisting that Marshall Kirkpatrick, from
Facebook regularly, and entice check out why they haven’t been aggregators "steal" from them by RWW, noted that the single
their friends to reconnect with active; in the end, I really did sending them traffic, it's time to HuffPo link drove 10,000 page
them; write on their wall, send reconnect with some of them. brush away that myth. Take, for views in just four hours, and
them photos, and the like. It’s the So, instead of simply waiting for example, the excellent tech/social b a s i c a l l y b e g g e d H u f f P o
perfect campaign. If a company someone to utter that dreadful media blog ReadWriteWeb, who to"steal" more content like that.
sends you an email that says sentence: “ Facebook has a lot of recently had an article about Eric Indeed, it's still really difficult to
“hey, you’ve been inactive, but users, but how many are active?,” Schmidt's predictions for what understand why mainstream
why not give our service another F a c e b o o k i s w o r k i n g o n the web will look like in five publications are so up in arms
go,” you’ll probably disregard it. reengaging their inactive users, years. Soon afterwards, the over other sites helping to
But if a friend posts a photo of recognizing that they’re just as Huffington Post "aggregated" promote their articles and send
you or some of your friends, and valuable as new users. Smart that story and posted the opening them traffic -- even to the point
the only place you can get it is thinking. If they manage to tweak on its own site with a link to the of looking to pass laws to stop
Facebook, you’re far more likely their algorithms and stop gross full article. For over a year now, such activity.
to log in – and get hooked – once errors from happening, that is. we've been hearing mainstream Permalink| Comments| Email
again. Reviews: Facebook publications complain about this This Story
I’m an active Facebook user, and Tags: facebook, reconnect sort of thing by the HuffPo, with

Asked about selling search, Barry Diller says yes

By Tom Krazit Ask.com could be on the block, with Nascar, Ask.com has failed "And, it is unlikely that we would Yahoo's Web sites. That
(Webware.com) judging by the comments of the to make much headway against be the consolidator." government scrutiny could make
Submitted at 10/27/2009 5:36:00 PM
CEO of its parent company. the great powers of search in Search consolidation is already it more difficult for IAC to sell
Reuters reported on IAC's third- Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. in full swing in 2009, with the Ask.com to Google or Microsoft,
Ask.com could soon be up for quarter earnings conference call "We've been asked a lot whether government reviewing a pending assuming they would be
sale, judging by the comments of Tuesday, where CEO Barry we're open to consolidating deal between Microsoft and interested.
IAC CEO Barry Diller.(Credit: Diller all but opened the bidding transactions in the area of search. Yahoo that would see Microsoft Originally posted at Relevant
S c r e e n s h o t b y T o m for the struggling search engine. The answer is yes," Diller was installed as the exclusive Results
Krazit/CNET) Despite a novel promotional deal quoted by Reuters as saying. provider of search technology on
Internet News Record Tech/ 35

App Store Stories: One man's app. San Francisco Bay Bridge
Three corporations. Lyrics 2 against Shut Down, TwitPic
the world. Captures Accident
By Jennifer Van Grove
By Erica Sadun (The (Mashable!)
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW)) Submitted at 10/27/2009 7:56:40 PM

Submitted at 10/28/2009 8:00:00 AM

San Francisco’s famous Bay
Bridge is being shut down by the
Filed under: Features, Apple,
California Highway Patrol in
App Store, App Review
both directions. According to the
When Joris Kluivers(@kluivers
San Francisco Chronicle, “pieces
on Twitter) set out to write his
of the cantilever section section side of the span.
Lyrics app for iPhone, he never
fell during the late-afternoon Authorities have not said how
intended to personally take on
commute.” long the closure will last.”
Apple, Sony, and Gracenote.
Interestingly enough, Twitter While this is certainly not the
Kluivers, a student at the Vrije
was first on the scene, as the first time that a Twitter user
Universiteit in Amsterdam, was
commuter Joe Marshall (@larfo) tweeted breaking news before
just trying to get his foot in the
snapped this Twitpic of the Bay mainstream media outlets —
App Store door, not go toe-to-toe
Bridge debris. The image, taken there’s plenty of incidents like
with three media behemoths. The
about two hours ago, clearly the Jakarta bombings and
story of how he ended up
depicts the San Francisco Bay Hudson plane crash to reference
navigating through the corporate
Bridge with what appears to be — it certainly serves as another
bulwarks to eventually
cables down and bridge mass telling example of the power of
successfully publish his latest
weeks after. Stories: One man's app. Three spewed everywhere. Twitter as a communication
release, Lyrics 2 ( iTunes Link),
The Chronicle reports: platform.
with the blessings of all three Kluivers built the application corporations. Lyrics 2 against the
around the LyricsWiki database. world. “A chunk of steel lay in the Image from wallyg on Flickr
companies, no less, makes quite
the App Store saga. Featuring over 700,000 songs, TUAW App Store Stories: One middle of the far left lane of the Reviews: Flickr, Twitter
upper deck and an object that Tags: bay bridge, San Francisco-
The initial version of Lyrics was the wiki provided easy access to man's app. Three corporations.
a much-desired resource. It was Lyrics 2 against the world. appeared to be a cable was on a San Jose, twitpic
simple. Kluivers collaborated
Ryder truck dangling from the
with Moop.me, a programming exactly that access to a vast originally appeared on The
cooperative, to build his library of songs that caused the U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g
application. Published this past first of Kluiver's corporate (TUAW) on Wed, 28 Oct 2009
M a y , L y r i c s w a s t h e f i r s t challenges. Apple insisted on 08:00:00 EST. Please see our
application on the App Store to censoring his lyrics. terms for use of feeds.
allow users to find and display Read on to learn more about Read| Permalink| Email this|
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The App Store City of Los Angeles
unofficially breaks Goes Google for $7.2
100,000 approved apps Million
By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 10/27/2009 7:00:00 PM
Filed under: Apple Corporate,
Software, App Store It's another
milestone (unofficially) met, as
Apple has passed the 100,000
threshold of approved apps in the
App Store, according to App
Shopper. If you're unfamiliar
with App Shopper, they list all of
the apps that are in the store,
tracking updates and price
changes. As of this writing,
they're listing 101,847 apps
approved for sale and 93,118
actually available. We imagine
Apple will make an
announcement when the latter
number officially hits 100,000.
Just last month, Apple
announced that there were
upwards of 85,000 apps available
for purchase with sales figures in
the billions -- 2 billion apps sold
in fact, though there's no word on
the mix of paid vs. free.
Hollywood A-Listers 'Remember the Time' at
Michael Jackson's 'This is It' Premiere in LA
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 3:45:00 AM
Stars celebrated the life and
Internet News Record
Apple posts Wireless
By Jennifer Van Grove Mouse Update for
(Mashable!)
the Magic Mouse
Submitted at 10/27/2009 6:21:55 PM
By Joachim Bean (The
It looks like those Going Google Unofficial Apple Weblog
billboards are actually good for (TUAW))
something, as the Los Angeles’ Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:00:00 AM
city council has just unanimously
approved a Google Apps deal Filed under: Peripherals,
worth $7.2 million. there be a security breach. Software Update
According to CNET, LA would If the deal does go through it If you just happen to have a
become one of the largest would be quite the coup for Magic Mouse, and are wanting to
Despite the (often significant) government agencies, outside the Google and their Going Google use its Multi-Touch features,
bumps in the road, the App Store District of Columbia, to make the campaign. With both the US there's now a Wireless Mouse
c o n t i n u e s t o g r o w a t a n switch to using hosted Google Government supporting the Update available from Apple that
incredible pace. email and application services. initiative and the city of Los lets you do so in Mac OS X. You
T U A W T h e A p p S t o r e However, security concerns over Angeles joining the Google team, still probably can't find a Magic
unofficially breaks 100,000 storing information in the cloud Google is building up an arsenal Mouse around unless you buy an
a p p r o v e d a p p s o r i g i n a l l y did factor into the process and of large and impressive iMac, but if you happen to have
appeared on The Unofficial have yet to be 100% aleviated. customers that should make it one or want to prepare for when
Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, Apparently the deal hinges easier to attract more top dollar you get one, you can go ahead
27 Oct 2009 19:00:00 EST. a r o u n d a n a g r e e m e n t w i t h enterprise clients. and download this update before
Please see our terms for use of Computer Sciences Corp, a Image from Peter Kaminski on you get it.
feeds. contractor who would need to Flickr Reviews: Flickr, Google This Update is available for
Read| Permalink| Email this| agree to pay a penalty should Tags: going google, Los Angeles Snow Leopard or Leopard, and
Comments can be downloaded from the
Apple Support Downloads page.
TUAW Apple posts Wireless
Mouse Update for the Magic
Mouse originally appeared on
The Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW) on Wed, 28 Oct 2009
09:00:00 EST. Please see our
terms for use of feeds.
music of Michael Jackson at the concert that was to take place this Read| Permalink| Email this|
Los Angeles premiere of his film summer. 'This is It' is not in both Comments
'This is It.' The movie features conventional movie theaters, as
rehearsals for his anticipated well as IMAX.
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Apple posts DIY info Michael Jackson’s This

for new iMac memory Is It Dominates Online
installation Ticket Sales
By Ken Ray (The Unofficial By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!)
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 10/27/2009 5:01:30 PM

Submitted at 10/27/2009 8:00:00 PM

Filed under: iMac If you're
looking to do a DIY memory
upgrade on your brand-spanking
new iMac, Apple's more than
happy to tell you how. The
Cupertino company has posted
info in the Support section of its
Would-be do it yourselfers can
search Apple's site for support
document HT3918. Godspeed -
This week marks the premiere of
Michael Jackson’s This Is It, a
documentary about the late
singer’s final months.
If you’re one of the fans getting
your ticket early online, you’re
not alone: according to Deadline
Hollywood, This Is It has
Connecting Cognos and
Lotus With Data,
Mashups and Social
Interaction
By Alex Williams
Are still fresh and a few other (ReadWriteWeb)
well-performing films in theaters
now, commanding 3/5 of online Submitted at 10/27/2009 11:35:36 PM

website telling people who aren't
afraid to pop the hood on the new
21.5" and 27" iMacs what kind of
memory modules the new
machines use and how to install
or replace memory modules
themselves.
While it's not the public's first
look inside the machines, Apple
lets the world know that the iMac
(Late 2009) has four SDRAM
slots, where to find them, and
what types of modules will and
won't fit happily inside.
Nuclear Power and Climate Change
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 3:34:43 PM
Associated Press writer H. Josef
Hebert has an interesting piece
about the importance of nuclear
power in the debate over global
warming, not just as a technical
means to generate power without
CO2 emissions, but as a political
and Godcaution - to you.
[via Softpedia]
TUAW Apple posts DIY info
for new iMac memory
installation originally appeared
on The Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW) on Tue, 27 Oct 2009
20:00:00 EST. Please see our
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Comments
bargaining chip.
The industry’s long-standing
campaign to rebrand itself as
green is gaining footing as part of
the effort to curtail greenhouse
gases.
Nuclear power still faces
daunting challenges, including
the fate of highly radioactive
reactor waste. Reactors remain a
accounted for a whopping 61% ticket sales is definitely pretty
At the IBM Information on
of all online ticket sales this impressive.
Demand conference, we asked
week. Of those buying, almost What are your plans to watch
Robert Ashe to sketch how he
half reported developing a This Is It, if any? Let us know in
sees integration between the
renewed interest in the artist’s the comments.
company's business intelligence
work after his death in June. [ Image courtesy of Kadix on
and collaboration technologies.
On the other hand, it opens this Flickr.] Reviews: Flickr
What he shows is how business
week without too much Tags: Film, michael jackson,
intelligence applications and
blockbuster release competition. Movies, This Is It
Lotus products could connect
But with Where the Wild Things business users through mashups
and social interactions.
Ashe is a general manager at
IBM who leads the company's
Business Intelligence and
Performance Management
efforts. He was CEO at Cognos
before the company was acquired
tempting target for terrorists, It’s something the nuclear by IBM in 2007.
requiring ever vigilant security industry has hammered away at Sponsor
measures. in advertising and in lobbying on [Disclosure: IBM paid for a plane
But 104 power reactors in 31 Capitol Hill for nearly a decade. ticket and hotel room for Alex
states provide one-fifth of the Only recently, however, has the Williams to attend the IBM
nation’s electricity. They also are message begun to resonate I n f o r m a t i o n O n D e m a n d
p r o d u c i n g 7 0 p e r c e n t o f among both industry supporters C o n f e r e n c e . ] D i s c u s s
essentially carbon-free power and and skeptics.
are devoid of greenhouse gas
emissions.
38 Politics/ Tech Tips/ Internet News Record

Hot Air Comments of the Day

(Little Green Footballs) […] elections. forced our hand.
Submitted at 10/27/2009 5:47:10 PM
“Are there anymore options out It’s quite obvious what the The Democrats by no means
there to fix this mess?” majority of people in this country have a monopoly on useless sub-
All I can say is, “Yikes.” It’s Think George Washington. Yes, want … and “health care” isn’t human garbage leftsts.
secession and revolution time there are options. one of them. Washington isn’t […]
(not necessarily in that order) in […] listening, Washington doesn’t No he won’t learn. But that’s Plex Updates with Apple
the Hot Air commentspace Yup, Texas secession — the want to listen. They just want us fine. He can die a slave on his
tonight, in a thread about Harry ultimate opt-out. to shut up and keep giving them knees. I am willing to die on my Remote Fix for Snow
Reid’s push for the “public […] our money. feet as a patriot so that his kids, Leopard [Updates]
option:” “Are there anymore options out Washington fears the left. They who I think more of than he does, By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Texas can opt out by seceding. there to fix this mess?” will never listen to us until they can possibly enjoy freedom from
[…] Submitted at 10/28/2009 4:30:00 AM
Not really. fear us more. the oppressive nanny state.
And the rest of the sane states – The SCOTUS should rule it un- […] […] Ask anyone who runs the eye-
[…] Constitutional, which it clearly is, If you have to over come a veto The American creed will not die catching Plex media center on
If they do, I’m so there. but they won’t. as well, you will need 72-75 – it cannot – but it seems that it their Mac about Snow Leopard,
[…] – The Precedent could be found Republican seats. might not be in the US that it will and you might see them wince. A
That’s the only move left. This ineligible, thrown out of office, That’s never going to happen. continue. If these bills don’t get new update fixes that painful
feral government will not be and have everything he signed This thing has to be defeated killed … Apple Remote incompatibility,
domesticated, again. It has rendered null and void (though before it goes in. Failing that, the […] and also improves audio for those
reverted to an utterly savage state I’m not sure about that last part) only remaining option will be The parasitic blue states will without 5.1 sound systems.
of nature and will never return. … but it won’t (see above) secession. elect the public option and the The most important fix in Plex
[…] – Secession […] red states will opt out. The left 0.8.3 is the successful integration
I am SO ready for secession. No That’s really about it. Sad. But for this little weasel to attach his has now achieved exactly what it of a Candelair driver to prevent
taxation without representation, these are the sorts of situations name to the Public Option is the set out to do. They will reward the Apple Remote from
and they don’t represent us at all that a feral government produces. final nail in his coffin…. their nanny state Marxist/leftist launching iTunes, FrontRow, and
anymore. Other than the above, the Of course, it is the final nail in constituents and the parasitic other apps while a user's simply
[…] American creed will die, with the coffin of this country if this underclass for faithfully voting trying to navigate their Plex
In the new United Maoist States only American conservatives left load of crap passes too…. for Democrats. We should take it media center. Also worth noting,
of America, Texas will be our to carry it as a belief that they, […] one step further and completely thought, is a "Mixdown Volume
Taiwan. alone in the world, espouse, And if this thing passes, it’s on redistribute the land mass and Boost" that makes dialogue and
Long live the Republic. without a land in which to Mr. Rightisleft. other resources so the two other audio more audible in films
[…] practice it and without the ability Millions feel just like me, and different and irreconcilable with 5.1 sound playing over
Secession. Now, that’s a public to live by the framework set I’d sooner die a patriot, than a ideologies can go their separate standard stereo speakers.
option I’m hoping Texas soon down by the founding documents slave. And even if every one of ways never again to meet. The There's a few other goodies
will decide to take. and the traditions established by us is killed… I will have left can then build their ideal included in Plex's latest release,
Think of it as the ultimate opt- American culture. considered it an honor to be dead Marxist state and the rest of us including a sophisticated
out. […] amongst other like minded heros. can rebuild the greatest sleep/shutdown timer, that media
[…] It does seem like our options are Secession and civil war are democracy and free market center fans should check out.
So builds this historical flash getting fewer. After the last alternatives to this, and by god if system ever known … and the Plex is a free download for Mac
point. election I don’t really have that those are the only options left… sooner the better. OS X systems only. Plex 0.8.3:
[…] much faith in the election so be it, the democrats forced our I repeat, “Yikes.” Let it Snow (Leopard)![Plex via
Maybe it is time the non Marxist process, and the communists in hand. PC World]
states considered “opting out” of t h e W h i t e H o u s e w i l l d o […]
the “union”. everything they can to rig Check that… the lefteists have
Internet News Record Politics/ Tech News/ 39

Anti-Abortion Activists Sell Intel Helps Joyent Become the

Extremist Items to Defend Scott
Roeder
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 10:18:18 AM
The more extreme anti-choice
activists give themselves
permission to do almost anything
in the name of God. The latest
example — an eBay auction of
memorabilia from the violent
fringe: Online auction to raise
funds in Scott Roeder case.
An Army of God manual. A
prison cookbook compiled by a
woman doing time for abortion
clinic bombings and arsons. An
autographed bullhorn.
These are among the items that
Neo-Confederates Ride to Blogger
abortion foes plan to auction on
eBay and other Web sites in a
fundraiser for Scott Roeder, the
Kansas City man charged with
killing Wichita abortion doctor
George Tiller.
“This is unique,” said Regina
Dinwiddie, a Kansas City anti-
abortion activist who will sign
the bullhorn. “Nobody’s ever
done this before. The goal is that
everybody makes money for
Scott Roeder’s defense.” …
Among items that will go on the
auction block, Dinwiddie said,
are three drawings she received
in the mail Wednesday from
First Cloud Cloud Computing
Service to Launch in China
By Alex Williams
(ReadWriteWeb) officials decided to embrace a
Roeder. Two drawings were done
by another inmate at his Submitted at 10/28/2009 3:31:00 AM cloud computing service. We are
direction, but Roeder seeing a whole new level of
With some help from Intel, innovation in application
autographed all of them.
Joyent is announcing it is the first development that stems from the
“They’re wonderful pencil art
cloud computing service to availability of cloud computing
drawings,” she said. “They werelaunch in mainland China. services. Companies are
done in jail.”
Joyent is working with Intel and embracing cloud computing
One is a sketch of David and
the Qinhuangdao Economic and services in North America and
Goliath. “It has David with a
Technology Development Zone elsewhere for its simplicity,
slingshot in one hand and the
(QETDZ) to bring its scaling and elasticity. With a
head of Goliath in his other hand
infrastructure cloud computing cloud computing infrastructure,
and the name ‘Tiller’ on
service to the Chinese market. China will be well-positioned to
Goliath’s forehead,” she said.
The Joyent service is already experience significant innovation
“On the corpse on the ground, it
being promoted with a localized in its technology development
says ‘child-murdering industry.’
version of its web site. In today's announcement, Intel
” Sponsor cited Joyent's infrastructure as a
Joyent is a San Francisco based measure for its support. Joyent's
cloud computing service that infrastructure is based on the
launched in 2004. They are one
of the pioneers of the cloud
Intel Xeon processor.
The QETDZ is one of China's

Robert Stacy McCain's Rescue computing world. They were one

of the first to offer Infrastructure-
as-a-Service(IaaS) offerings.
first state-level economic and
technological development
zones. It is heavily focused on
(Little Green Footballs) white supremacist weirdo with n o d e s o f c o n s e r v a t i v e They now offer all three layers of
connections to various neo-Nazi commentary that have either the Cloud Stack - IaaS, Platform technology development. They
Submitted at 10/27/2009 9:11:03 AM
movements and a penchant for defended McCain and attacked a s a S e r v i c e ( P A A S ) a n d have coined the name of the
White supremacist blogger flamboyant metaphors – you his detractors or provided him region as "Data Valley."
Software as a Service(SaaS). Joyent is immediately launching
Robert Stacy McCain’s neo- fellows have some powerful new with an outlet for his relatively
The China deal is a major coup its base public cloud product. It
Confederate friends ride to his allies! well-written bullshit. for Joyent, which competes with plans to expand its product line
defense: League of the South The folks at League of the South Barrett Brown links to a post last
giants like Amazon Web in China over the next two
Denounces Myself, Charles – the nation’s most prominent night at the League of the South’s
Services. Joyent prides itself on quarters. Discuss
Johnson for Picking on Racist. consortium of degenerate, pro- blog (called, oddly enough,
being a self-funded company.
There’s a bit of good news for Confederacy, anti-American “Rebellion”), in which I’m
It is interesting that QETDZ
those various conservative traitors – have just now thrown in identified as a dangerous Neocon
commentators who’ve been their hoods with the good people pro-war left-globalist secular
defending Robert Stacy McCain at American Spectator, Hot Air, revolutionary manipulator.
i n t h e w a k e o f m o u n t i n g Protein Wisdom, The Pirate’s
evidence that he’s a degenerate Cove, and all of those other
40 Tech News/ Tech Tips/ Internet News Record

Facebook U.S. Visits Increase 194% Over Past

Year; Tagged is Beating Twitter?
By Sarah Perez you the impression that Twitter's last year and 1.84% this past Google Images Adds
(ReadWriteWeb) popularity is through the roof. month.
After all, they posted an increase Even worse, when calculating Similar Search Function
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:53:23 AM
of over 1000 percentage points. the time spent on the social [Image Search]
N e w d a t a r e l e a s e d f r o m But the truth is, their percentage that force users to sign up for networking sites, Tagged has By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Experian Hitwise reconfirms of visits still remains relatively accounts in order to see shared shown an increase there as well. Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:00:00 AM
what we've known for some time: low. Only 1.84% of visits to photos from other users, even They're up from 23 minutes in
Facebook is killing the other s o c i a l n e t w o r k i n g s i t e s i n going so far as to guilt-trip September of 2008 to 25 minutes The same day that GazoPa's
social networks. Nowhere is that September were to Twitter, recipients into signing up with in September 2009. Meanwhile, similar image search graduates
more true than here in the U.S. bringing them in at #4 on the messages that read:"If you don't Twitter is showing a decrease from beta, Google upgrades its
where they found that the visits chart. What? Tagged Beats click, [the person] may think you from 36 minutes to just under 16 own Google Labs similar search
to the site have increased 194% Twitter? said no :(". minutes year-over-year, a loss of experiment to a full-fledged
from September of last year to Facebook and MySpace beat As despicable as these tactics 56%. Google Images feature. A "Find
September 2009. However, it's Twitter out for the top two spots, are, they've helped Tagged grow Although Hitwise focuses on similar images" link under
Twitter that's seen the largest but you may be surprised to see and remain profitable. ComScore U.S. traffic only, these findings certain pictures pulls off the trick.
year-over-year increase in visits - who came in at #3: Tagged. Yes, reported the site had 32 million go against everything we've From a cursory few searches,
during that same time period, Tagged, the social networking visitors in April of this year, up heard about Twitter and its Google's own similar image
they're up 1170%. But one of the site that's best known for getting from 14 million the prior year. popularity - in fact, they seem to search seems to perform a bit a
oddest findings being reported is busted in an email invite scam is And once there, the visitors are confirm that there may be more bit more accurately when it
how the social network known as beating out Twitter. staying engaged, generating over media hype surrounding the comes to hunting down real-life
Tagged is beating out Twitter for Although we like to think that 5 billion pageviews during that microblogging network than images that look like other
the number three spot in terms of spammy marketing tactics don't month. there is actual engagement captured images. You can't
visits. pay off, it seems that for Tagged Believe it or not, the company is among its users. upload or draw your image basis,
Sponsor they have. Their aggressive still growing according to the It would be interesting to as with GazoPa, but then you get
MySpace Declines, Facebook methods in the past involved Hitwise data, albeit at a slower compare the number of users greater results filtering with
and Twitter Grow having new registrants add their rate than it did a couple of years each network has with the visits, Google as well—exact
According to Experian, nearly contact lists to the service which ago when it was adding more but that would be hard to do dimensions, color saturation, file
59% of all the social networking Tagged then used to send out users per day than MySpace. In since Twitter refuses to release type, and more.
visits were visits to Facebook "invites" to everyone in the user's September of 2008, the site t h o s e s o r t s o f s t a t i s t i c s . Both sites are worth keeping
w h i l e o n l y 3 0 % w e r e t o address book. The worst part is r e c e i v e d 1 . 6 2 % o f s o c i a l Meanwhile, we're left wondering bookmarked if you're often
MySpace - a 55% decrease in that the invites looked as if they networking visits and this if Hitwise has had some sort of digging around for something
market share over the past year in came from the individual users September, they received 2.38%. massive system glitch in their just a little different than what
terms of visits for the one-time w h e n r e a l l y , m o s t w e r e Although those numbers are system or if we've just seen proof you're working with. Similar
king of social networks. completely unaware anything had small, they're still larger than of how Twitter's supposed Images graduates from Google
Looking at just the year-over- been sent out. Tagged has also Twitter's who came in at 0.15% popularity is just all talk. Discuss Labs[Official Google Blog via
year percent change may give been known to send out emails SearchEngineWatch.com]
Internet News Record Tech News/ Sports/ Tech Tips/ 41

Salmon Protocol for Distributed, Real-Time ISO Downloads and

Content Expands with Open-Source Project Fixes for Windows 7
Student Download
By Jolie O'Dell Web Summit, we had a session new comments, it would send the
(ReadWriteWeb) about Salmon, a protocol for re- new comments to the site which [Windows 7]
Submitted at 10/27/2009 9:23:27 PM
aggregated distributed is lacking the full conversation. If By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
conversations around web multiple downstream destinations
Submitted at 10/28/2009 5:30:00 AM
The Internet is a mess these content. I was hoping for some are designated, the Salmon
days. feedback and to generate some Protocol will also populate these A friend of mine, and many
Conversations are distributed interest, and I was overwhelmed multiple sites." commenters here and elsewhere,
and fragmented; a blog post's by the positive reactions." In this way, Salmon reflects the had issues receiving,
comments will almost surely After the Summit, Panzer chose the salmon to be published along a i m s o f s u c h c o m m e n t i n g downloading, or simply
appear on a number of sites other to expand Salmon's presence to with other comments on the services as Disqus and JS-Kit's executing the$30 "student"
t h a n t h e a u t h o r ' s b l o g . include an open-source project source's web page. Note that Echo, both of which attempt to Windows 7 upgrade. Microsoft
C o n s i d e r i n g f a c t o r s f r o m and a Google groups-powered sources are not obligated to gather and push distributed data has admitted some issues, and
Facebook shares, likes, and posts mailing list. actually publish the salmon - they around blog content. now offers tools for getting your
to comments on Google Reader In order to increase the visibility may moderate them, spam block Right now, the project site upgrade done.
or even content curators such as o f a g g r e g a t e d c o n t e n t a n d them, aggregate, or analyze them contains the Python/Google Assuming you've picked up your
Hacker News, site owners have interactions to the original source instead. However, if the source AppEngine source code for the license from a valid .edu address,
found it increasingly difficult of web content, content creators does publish the salmon in a Salmon demo. Writes Panzer, "I you can burn the ISO image
over the past year or so to can include a Salmon link in RSS comment feed, it has to maintain also intend to host the actual spec below to disk and execute the
efficiently and effectively collect or Atom feeds. Readers or certain fields to make the text there for the moment, along upgrade on an XP or Vista
a l l t h e s e n t i m e n t s , m e d i a , aggregators then realize the feed protocol work end-to-end." w i t h the reference system. The executable file
entities, and data associated with i s S a l m o n - e n a b l e d a n d In an influential blog post, Louis i m p l e m e n t a t i o n c o d e , a n d linked below that can convert the
any given piece of content. remembers the URL. When a Gray writes, "PubSubHubbub develop both in parallel based on previous installation program
S a l m o n i s a p r o t o c o l t h a t user comments to the feed item, essentially works as a middle- discussions on the mailing list." you've received into a bootable
addresses this specific issue, and the aggregator then posts a man conduit, taking information Interested developers are DVD or USB image. And
engineer John Panzer has begun version of the comment to the from a data's source passing encouraged to join the mailing Microsoft and its Digital River
an open-source project to help endpoint. Panzer and others cite a l o n g c h a n g e d d a t a t o list and contribute to the partner offer full instructions on
unify the conversations of the real-time notification protocol downstream destination sites. c o n v e r s a t i o n . D i s c u s s pulling off both such procedures
synaptic web. PubSubHubbub as the ideal push The proposed Salmon Protocol at the top link. Upgrade
Sponsor mechanism for this process. would similarly watch both Instructions[Microsoft/Digital
Wrote Panzer on his blog, "A According to the protocol source and destination sites for River]
few days ago at the Real Time summary, "The usual result is for comments, and upon discovering ISO file[Direct ISO link]
Bootable DVD/USB
Lakers get rings, raise banner, defeat Clippers creator[Direct .exe link]
By Associated Press 11 seasons to win its season with 33 points, the third time he Green (1991) as the only Lakers
(ESPN.com) opener. has scored 30 or more in an to reach those numbers in a
Submitted at 10/28/2009 4:39:00 AM
• The Lakers beat the Clippers opener. season opener since 1986-87.
for the 9th straight time. • Andrew Bynum added 26 -- ESPN Stats & Information
Fast Fact • The Lakers have also won nine points and 13 rebounds, joining This content has passed through
• Los Angeles became the ninth of their last 11 season openers. Lamar Odom (2006), Shaquille fivefilters.org.
defending champion in the last • Kobe Bryant led all scorers O'Neal (1999, 2001) and A.C.
42 Tech News/ Internet News Record

How to Capitalize and Profit from Health and Sex Education:

Systemic Failure HealthCentral and 5min
By Dana Oshiro
(ReadWriteWeb)
idea aggregator for businesses.
Says Becker, "There's value to
Video Partnership
Submitted at 10/27/2009 8:45:00 PM
perpetuating failure. As By Dana Oshiro
entrepreneurs need to believe that (ReadWriteWeb)
Fear of failure rarely keeps serial our successes will be at the end Submitted at 10/27/2009 10:01:00 PM
entrepreneurs down. In fact, said of this trajectory of failures, and
Marc Pincus, CEO of Zynga at we're not the only ones Some conversations are best
today's FailCon event, "As capitalizing on it" illustrated by educated strangers.
entrepreneurs and programmers Becker went on to argue that Instead of listening to my mother
we're used to failing aren't we? If bloggers and entrepreneurs were drone on awkwardly about oral
you look at it as A/B testing until just as tied to the cycle of failure contraceptives, breast network partners. As of this
you get the perfect product, then as Get Satisfaction. examinations and what she evening HealthCentral will
it's not an issue. It's important to direction. When the bubble burst, "Entrepreneurs need us to fail, deemed "special lady time", I become a network partner with
l e a r n f r o m i t . . . O t h e r w i s e , Muller was free to start Get otherwise there'd be no new wish I could have saved us both access to the content matching
honestly, why change a f@#king Satisfaction with co-founder companies to fund. Bloggers the embarrassment and consulted technology, content from 5min's
thing if you're not going to Lane Becker. Although you need us to fail. They need it to a health-related video site. health category and streaming
measure the impact?" wouldn't normally relate their write at least two blog posts - one Instructional video platform 5min video advertising.
Sponsor company with failure, Get when we start and one when we is teaming up with HealthCentral HealthCentral plans on
While Pincus is doing well with Satisfaction offers startups an finish." to create just that. HealthCentral's exclusively selling video ad
Zynga, he first saw failure with opportunity to fail publicly via a While Get Satisfaction's vast network of sites like Foodfit, space to pharmaceutical and over
Tribe. Despite the fact that Tribe Q&A-style platform. presentation put failure into a MyBreastCancerNetwork.com -the-counter drug companies. In
is still considered one of the first Says Muller, "Companies used new context, the message was an and WellSphere will gain new March, Nielsen released a
social networking sites, the to get away with failing quietly. upbeat one. The systemic failure video content via 5min's reported that drug-related ad
founder has since learned that if Now it's amplified, it's even that happens due to poor market matching system. spending had been cut back by
you're going to fail, "fail fast" SEOed. Good companies know conditions, poor social sentiment Sponsor almost $1 billion dollars since
and do it with clear success that one of the best ways to or new technologies displacing Earlier this month 2007. While it's tough to say if
metrics in place. c o n v e r t p e o p l e i n t o l o y a l old ones is a necessity. Without a ReadWriteWeb covered 5min's spending has decreased due to a
A n o t h e r s t a r t u p t h a t h a s customers is to make amends for willingness to take risks and fail, partnership with major lifestyle shift from TV to more affordable
managed to leverage failure for a failure." experimentation and new TV network Scripps. 5min is web-based placements, 5min and
success is customer service In March, ReadWriteWeb found innovations would cease to exist. sharing Scripps content from HealthCentral are about to find
platform Get Satisfaction. On a that after customers complained For most of us, that's the reason sites like HGTV, the Food out.
personal front, co-founder Thor a b o u t a c o m p a n y o n G e t we're in the technology industry Network and the DIY Network Discuss
Muller failed in raising too much S a t i s f a c t i o n , t h e y o f t e n to begin with. and matching it to relevant 5min
money at a time when his then immediately offered solutions to Photo Credits: Rebecca Reeve
c o m p a n y T r a p e z o l a c k e d fix it. We named it the leading and Firefly the Great Discuss
Internet News Record Tech Tips/ Apple/ 43

VMware Fusion 3 for Mac Now

Available
By Darrell Etherington machines is also greatly reduced,
(TheAppleBlog) so in general, you should
Submitted at 10/27/2009 9:27:39 AM
experience much snappier
performance.
VMware Fusion 3 for Mac is Finally, a lot of improvements
now available. That’s right, new have been made to VMware
virtualization software for your Fusion’s Mac Unity mode, which
Mac, conveniently timed for the makes the virtualization
release of Windows 7. Actually, experience much more integrated
it’s very likely the release of than it is in its default, windowed
VMware’s latest iteration of its with some of your gaming needs, configuration. The list of new
AccidentSketch Helps You OS virtualization software, especially if you’re into older features is long, but some
Fusion 3, got its release date MMOs that don’t have a native highlights include the ability to
Create Detailed Accident precisely because of Microsoft’s Mac client.
street date for its latest operating
search for Windows apps like
VMware’s sales tactics for Mac ones, assigning the new

Reports [Driving] system, because Fusion 3 is Fusion 3 also focus on recent always-on Applications menu to
specially designed to support switchers who are having trouble a hotkey of your choosing,
adjusting to their new and a c c e s s i n g r e c e n t l y o p e n e d
By Jason Fitzpatrick even assign information to parties Windows 7.
(Lifehacker) involved like the license plate Fusion 3 comes just over a year unfamiliar environment on a documents using Windows apps,
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:30:00 AM
numbers of the cars in the after VMware released Fusion 2, Mac. For example, the improved full Exposé and Dock Exposé
accident. in September 2008. A year is a Migration Assistant helps you support for all Windows apps,
Accidents happen to even the Once you create a diagram you long time in the life cycle of a copy your entire PC onto a and 3D gaming/1080p video
most cautious drivers. If you find can also generate a text-based piece of software, and in the case virtual machine on your new Mac playback while in Unity mode.
yourself in one, AccidentSketch report to fill in details that can't of Fusion, the lapsed time hardware quickly and easily Fusion 3 retails for $79.99, but if
is a simple web-based tool that be easily conveyed by the between versions shows in the using an Ethernet connection. you’re upgrading from Fusion 1
can help you draw up a picture picture. When you're done you've numerous improvements made to VMware goes as far as to say it or 2, you qualify for a special
and generate a report to give to got a tidy accident sketch and the program that allows you to works “just like” Apple’s own price of $39.99, or $59.99 with a
your insurance company. report to submit to the interested run another OS on a virtualized Migration Assistant for setting up subscription that includes major
AccidentSketch uses a simple parties. The service is free and machine inside of OS X. o r r e s t o r i n g a M a c - b a s e d version upgrades for the next 12
template system. Cars, road requires no registration. As mentioned above, Fusion 3 c o m p u t e r . months. Judging by the last
segments, signs, pedestrians, and Have a handy tool and tidbit for goes out of its way to make sure T h e r e ’ s a l s o a l o t o f upgrade schedule which saw
more all snap to the grid and in d e a l i n g w i t h i n s u r a n c e your Windows 7 virtualization improvements under the hood, Fusion 3’s release falling one
the case of small objects like companies and life after a fender- experience is as seamless as including a new 64-bit native month outside that bubble, that
signs can be moved from there. bender? Let's hear about them it possible. That includes things core engine for Macs that can subscription option isn’t looking
You can change the colors of i n the c o m m e n t s . like support for Windows Aero, handle it. That means that Snow all that appealing. If you’re
things, zoom in and out to get as AccidentSketch[via MakeUseOf] Flip 3D and Windows Aero Peek Leopard users will be getting the picking it up, let us know how
close or wide as you need, and visualization effects, and the most bang for their buck with the you find it.
ability to run OpenGL 2.1 and latest version. Memory usage on
DirectX 9.0c, which should help a l l V i s t a a n d W i n d o w s 7
44 Apple/
Complete Guide to Apple Certification and Training
By Dave Greenbaum
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 10:30:53 AM
Although I’ve been supporting
Macs since they came out in
1984 (when I was in high
school), I haven’t received any
“formal” training. It has mostly
been learning by doing, reading
the occasional book and now of
course, TheAppleBlog. Does
formal certification really make a
difference as a technician? You
tell me.
Recently I got into an argument
with a vendor that somehow
thought a technician who first
started repairing Macs sixth
months ago trumped my 25 years
experience. Did certification
make this person a better
technician? Having done quite a
bit of hiring myself, I’ve too
often found that certification only
verifies your ability to take a test
and may not have bearing in the
real world.
Now that the market has
changed and everyone seems to
be competing for scarce
resources, perhaps a certification
would be an additional edge?
What’s the business strategy for
independent Mac technicians
wanting more? The answer took
a lot of research — even Apple
wasn’t able to answer my
questions — so learn from my
journey.
Credit goes to both Brian Best of
BestMacs and Doug Hanley of
MacTEK Training, because
without them I wouldn’t
understand the alphabet soup of
ACSP, ACMT, ACTC, ACSA,
AASP, ACN and more. Didn’t
we all become Mac users to
avoid mysterious terms? As
many of you know, the ease of
the Apple user interface is
equalled only by the frustration
of trying to understand Apple’s
certifications programs. Figuring
out this path was much harder
than any video game I’ve ever
played, but a “game” may be the
best metaphor to describe the
process. The Game
You begin the “game” as a
general Mac user. The three
worlds you’ll generally see in the
game are IT, Pro Apps, and
Sales. As an IT person maybe
you have skills, maybe you don’t.
Nothing stops you from simply
repairing Macs on your own,
unless you do things that
specifically void the warranty
and you get caught doing so. You
do not need permission per se
from Apple to work on Macs.
Many folks are happy at this
level collecting coins one by one,
but you can’t proceed any further
unless you get a certification —
the key that unlocks the next
level in the game.
The first certification most go
for is Apple Certified Support
Professional (ACSP) which used
to be known as an Apple
Certified Help Desk Specialist
(ACHDS). This certifies your
ability to understand the
operating system and is earned
based on the OS version.
Therefore, you are an Apple
Internet News Record
source says not all certifications You can focus on repair and
are valid, so beware). Keeping service, or you can focus on
with the video game analogy, the server or advanced software
ACN is like an entire new area of administration (many folks will
the video game you want to do both). I will discuss the server
explore, but the boss that must be administration certifications and
defeated first is Apple, and your the hardware services
weapon is a certification! certifications. You can think of
After getting a certification you each of these as two separate
can then apply to join the ACN. worlds in the game. You can
The application fee is $60 and the choose one or the other, or
actual fee to join is $395 as a sole explore them both.
proprietor. The full requirements The first level server
are here. You’ll get lots of administration certification is
benefits such as product another 4-letter acronym: ACTC:
Certified Support Professional in discounts as well as the ability to Apple Certified Technical
10.5 (or soon 10.6). Each OS network with other Macintosh Coordinator. In addition to
requires certification, but your consultants. As an ACN, Apple passing the test for ACSP, you’ll
certification does not expire. store employees may hand out face the Server Essentials test.
Therefore, if you are a ACHDS your card to customers in the This extends your workstation
in 10.3, you can call yourself store. Now your business can abilities to servers. An even
certified without understanding really expand as every Apple higher level of certification
10.5 at all. Your can take the test store customer is a potential within the server realm is an
without training (many do), self- customer for you. ACSA — Apple Certified
s t u d y v i a m a t e r i a l s f r o m ACN membership is great and Systems Administrator. For the
Peachpit, or attend an instructor- many stay at this level of the ACSA, you’ll need to pass four
lead course at an Apple “game” using the ACN tests: Server Essentials, Directory
Authorized Training Center membership as a multiplier for Services, Deployment, and
(AATC). MacTek is one of those their income. However, you still Mobility and Security for 10.6
centers. You’ll take the test at a can’t do hardware repairs under (or Advanced System
Prometric testing center and pay warranty nor order Apple parts. Administration for 10.5).
around $200. The test takes about As with the video game, you’re Apple also offers the ACMA
90 minutes or so and you get the stuck at this level unless you (Apple Certified Media
results immediately. Apple explore further and try to defeat Administrator) which includes
Consultants Network the next boss. Apple always Server Essentials, Xsan, Final
While certification is the means, controls the rules. Accept it as Cut Server and as an option,
the end you may be reaching for part of the game. Fail to accept it Support Essentials, Deployment,
is the ability to join the Apple and you’ll get slapped back to the Directory Services, or Final Cut
Consultants Network(ACN). beginning of the game quicker Level 1. Other certifications are
Joining the ACN requires any than you can click the home not necessarily IT related and are
Apple certification, such as the button. Server Administration software-focused. That’s a realm
ACSP discussed above, or any Certification I’m not exploring as we chose
number of other certifications From this point, you have a
(described below, though one couple directions you can go. COMPLETE page 45
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COMPLETE
continued from page 44
the IT track at the beginning of
the game. Hardware Repair
Certification
Moving on from server
administration to actual Apple
hardware repair, the primary
certification you will earn is the
Apple Certified Macintosh
Technician (ACMT), formerly
the Apple Certified Portable
Technician (ACPT) and Apple
Certified Desktop Technician
(ACDT). This certification means
you are theoretically qualified to
do warranty repairs on Apple
Macintosh equipment. The skills
required for ACMT are those of
hardware repair and software
troubleshooting. You don’t need
an ACSP to be an ACMT, but
many people earn both. The
educational process for hardware
repair is more intense and it’s
less likely you’ll pass the test
without some training. At this
level, you can also go to an
AATC and pay about $4,800 for
both the hardware and software
aspects of the course, or your can
purchase self-study materials
from Apple called “ Apple Care
Technician Training” for $299.
Apple Authorized Service
Provider
Similar to how passing the
ACSP allows you to join the
Apple Consultants Network,
Celtics open season with win vs. new-look Cavs
By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 10:29:28 PM
Fast Fact
passing the ACMT allows you to
enter the realm of an Apple
Authorized Service Provider
(AASP). You may not
automatically become one
though, and only AASP’s get
reimbursement from Apple for
warranty work. However, being
an ACMT is very helpful if you
want to get a job as an AASP.
You may also apply to do
warranty repairs for your larger
organization of over 50 Macs via
the Self-Service program. If you
want to advance to being able to
do warranty repairs for anyone,
you’ll face that same boss again,
Apple. Note that becoming an
ACMT will not necessarily earn
you any more money than an
ACSA or ACTC. Facing the next
boss may be too expensive and
too restricting, but if you do want
the next level, read on.
Getting to that AASP level is
really the final level of the game.
You’ll need to have an ACMT on
staff and follow stricter
requirements than joining the
Apple Consultants Network.
Generally you’ll need a real store
front and not be a one-person
operation. Apple grants
exceptions (doesn’t every game
have cheat codes?), but don’t
count on it. Once you have your
AASP you can be listed with
• The Celtics won on opening
night for the third straight year
and for the second straight season
against the Cavaliers.
• The victory snapped Boston's
Apple as a service provider and
get reimbursed for warranty
repairs.
So I’ve loaded the game and
pressed Start. Is certification
worth it? What about ACN or
AASP? Which training should I
go for? Is instructor lead training
worth it? Any training vendors
willing to sponsor me? What
about the self-study programs?
Share with me your experiences
in the game and let’s develop a
definitive guide including “cheat
codes.” Apple-authorized
Organizations
ACN (Apple Consultants
Network)
What it is: Network on Apple
professionals, receives discounts
and assistance from Apple, and
can be referred from Apple retail
stores.
Requirements: Any certification.
AASP (Apple Authorized
Service Provider)
What is it: Business that is
permitted to do Apple warranty
repairs for reimbursement and
order parts from Apple.
Requirements: Have an Apple
Certified Macintosh Technician
on staff, among other
requirements. Certifications
Apple Certified Support
Professional: Basic
understanding of the client Mac
eight-game losing streak at
Cleveland.
• The Cavs were defeated in their
first home game this season.
Cleveland's first home loss last
operating system and
troubleshooting.
Apple Certified Technical
Coordinator: Deeper
understanding of the Mac OS,
including the Mac OS X Server
and Server Essentials.
Apple Certified Systems
Administrator: Even greater
technical understanding of the
Mac OS X Server, including
passing tests on Server
Essentials, Directory Services,
Deployment, and Mobility and
Security.
Apple Certified Media
Administrator: This is a sister
track of the “Apple Certified
Systems Administrator” with a
focus on the needs of media
management, and includes
training in XSan or Final Cut.
Apple Certified Macintosh
Technician: You can do Apple
hardware repairs, both in and out
of warranty. Required to start (or
get a job with) an Apple
Authorized Service Provider, or
self-service your large
organization.
season came in its 24th home
game (Feb. 8 vs. Lakers).
• LeBron James set a career high
for points scored on opening
night with 38.
TV/ Sports/ 45
Lucky's back ... Jonathan
Jackson's terrific return
to General Hospital
By Allison Waldman (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 8:03:00 AM
Tuesday was Jonathan Jackson's
first day back on General
Hospital in the role of Lucky
Spencer. It's a role he originated
(as a youngster), coming onto the
show in 1993 when Luke and
Laura -- Anthony Geary and
Genie Francis -- made their much
-heralded return. Jonathan stayed
on General Hospital till 1999,
winning three Daytime Emmys in
his tenure, and basically stamped
the character as his own. That's
why when he decided to return
now, it's been a big deal.
Continue reading Lucky's back
... Jonathan Jackson's terrific
return to General Hospital
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46 Apple/ TV/
5 More Ways to Become a Mac
Minimalist
By David Klein
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 8:24:13 AM
My first post on becoming a
minimalist with your Mac had
great feedback, so I’m back with
another round of tips to keep
your digital workspace as simple
as possible. Reduce Finder
Window Clutter
Right click on the top of any
finder window and select
“Customize Toolbar…” Drag out
any items you don’t need. For
example, I have no idea what to
do with that Action menu.
Another thing to try is to right-
click on the top of the window
again and select “Text Only.”
This should simplify all of your
Finder windows. Browsers
Safari
Hide Tab bar. Hide Bookmarks
bar. Customize your toolbar and
remove all unnecessary buttons.
Firefox
Turn off “Always show the tab
bar.” Hide Bookmarks bar.
Customize your toolbar by only
showing text.
Stainless
Stainless is an extremely simple
to use web browser. Some might
view its limitations as
disappointing whereas I see them
as a means to provide a non-
distracting browsing experience.
Tabs and a tiny bookmarking
sidebar. That’s it. The company
maintains a Twitter account to
discuss development progress.
Give it a download and let me
know what you think. By the
way, the above screenshot is the
default appearance. Really Clean
Out Your Dock
Why do you still have such a full
dock when all of your
applications are only a few
keystrokes away? Applications
like Google Quick Search Box,
Launchbar, Quicksilver and even
Spotlight are available to help
relieve your dock and still
increase your productivity. I
know some of you have tried
these tools and just forgot to use
them. That happened to me as
well. It takes time to create the
habit. Need to open Photoshop?
Command + Space, “pho”,
Enter. Now that I’m hooked on
Quicksilver I can’t remember
what it was like before.
Helvetica Takeover
Looking for a way to refresh
your online applications? Do you
like Helvetica? Even if you are
unsure, you should check out the
following Helvetica tweaks to
your favorite online tools.
Detailed installation instructions
are available at each of the
websites.
G M a i l :
http://www.josefrichter.com/helv
etimail
Google Reader:
http://helvetireader.com
Google Calendar:
http://www.iamadtaylor.com/helv
etical
T w i t t e r :
http://www.josefrichter.com/helv
etwitter Full disclosure
In my first round of minimalism
tips there was one part lacking
further explanation. I had
Tweetie open but there was no
Tweetie window. Why? I use a
Mimo Monitor. It is somewhat
contradictory to recommend
purchasing hardware and adding
something to your work
environment in a minimalism
discussion. However, for $129 it
is a simple way to move your
task list, Twitter app, buddy list,
or Adobe windows off screen.
Below you can see a Mimo
Monitor next to my 24 iMac.
What are some of the ways you
keep your Mac minimal?
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Barry Levinson urges
TV to take back
Saturday night
By Allison Waldman (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 10:00:00 AM
For the longest time, I've
kvetched about the fact that the
television industry has stopped
programming for Saturday night.
For years, Saturday was a great
night of television. I remember
M*A*S*H and The Mary Tyler
Moore Show, not to mention
networks' strategy.
guilty pleasures like The Facts of
"I don't think the answer is to
Life and Dr. Quinn, Medicine
retreat," he told the New York
Woman. Even NBC's thrillogy,
Daily News. "When you give up
The Pretender and Profiler were
fun. All those shows were Saturday night, you open the
door for people to go somewhere
Saturday night hits (some bigger
else. Basically, they're shrinking
than others).
their own audience."
Well, I'm not alone in missing
Continue reading Barry
Saturday TV; Oscar-winner
Barry Levinson feels the same. Levinson urges TV to take back
Saturday night
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He knows the business pretty
well and he's confused by the
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Kindle Software Coming to the Mac
By Liam Cassidy
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 12:18:57 PM
The competition is really heating
up in the e-reader market. Hot on
the heels of Barnes & Noble’s
newly-released Nook reader,
Amazon last week announced its
Kindle branded e-book reader
software for the PC. With it,
users will be able to read their
electronic books on their Kindle
and on their desktop PC, too.
And, before we started feeling
like we’d been left out of the
party, an Amazon spokesperson
confirmed the company is also
developing a version of the
software for the Mac.
Actually, a beta version of the
PC software is already available,
but the Mac version is still very
much under wraps. Writing in the
Fast Company blog, Chris
Dannen reports, “An Amazon
spokesperson told me late
Thursday: ‘Yes, we are working
on a Kindle app for Mac.’”
The software will work in a
similar fashion to the existing
Kindle iPhone app (which is
currently available only in
America). A Kindle owner will
be able to read and automatically
sync their books across devices.
So for example, a user can read a
few chapters on their computer
screen before heading out of the
house. In their doctor’s waiting
room they reach for their Kindle,
the Whispersync network would
have automatically synced the
Kindle with their desktop
computer, allowing them to pick
up reading right where they left
off that morning.
Will customers be excited about
reading on their desktop? I don’t
think so. The form factor of most
desktop machines doesn’t make
for a very comfortable book-
reading experience. But the
upcoming touch-enabled
netbooks that take advantage of
the touch functionality in
Windows 7 offer a far more
compelling form factor. A Mac-
compatible version of the
software is more exciting,
however, if we imagine it
running on Apple’s impending
Tablet.
The tablet will most likely offer
e-books and other “print” content
via the iTunes store, but it’s also
just as likely Apple’s e-books
won’t use the same file format as
Amazon’s proprietary AZW,
which is the default format used
by the Kindle today. Being able
to run the Kindle software on the
tablet means Kindle customers
will potentially enjoy the best of
both worlds on a single device.
And even if they ultimately stop
using their Kindle and the Kindle
online store, their investment in
Amazon’s platform will not be
wasted… that’s assuming Apple
will allow the Kindle software to
be installed on its Tablet.
Sure, a Kindle reader app is
already available on the iPhone,
complete with the ability to
purchase new titles. But the
iPhone (well, more specifically,
iTunes) doesn’t yet offer a
serious selection of e-books and
electronic publications like
magazines, periodicals or comic
books. But once Apple has taken
its first significant steps in the e-
book market, will it forbid third-
party apps from offering similar
functionality on the same device?
I’d like to say Apple wouldn’t be
so silly or shortsighted. But then
I think about the high drama
surrounding the ill-fated Google
Voice app for the iPhone …and
suddenly I’m a lot less certain.
Apple/ TV/ 47
TV Squad Ten: TV's
biggest rule breakers
By Allison Waldman (TV California Bureau of
Squad) Investigation -- Patrick Jane
Submitted at 10/28/2009 10:56:00 AM
would be compelled to uphold
the rules and regulations of the
Rules are meant to be broken... department. However, Jane is a
especially for these ten television free spirit when it comes to office
characters. For them, the rest of protocol. He does his own thing.
the world has one standard to live For instance, bugging the office
by and they have another. It of a CBI higher-up is definitely
makes them interesting and fun not kosher. Jane doesn't care; he
to watch... you just wouldn't did it anyway and will probably
necessarily want to be the person get away with it.
having to deal with them because Continue reading TV Squad
t h e y c o u l d d r i v e y o u t o Ten: TV's biggest rule breakers
distraction. Here's my ten pack of Filed under: OpEd, House, How
characters who live in a world of I Met Your Mother, The Office,
their own, according to no rules 30 Rock, Dexter, Reality-Free,
except their own. From the not- Mad Men, The Mentalist, TV
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Apple Issues Magic Mouse Update, HGTV Delivers Highest

But Where Are the Mice October Prime Time
Themselves? Ratings Ever
By Robert Seidman 25% over October 2008 for
By Darrell Etherington them for sale when you ask. As I (TVbytheNumbers)
(TheAppleBlog) prime time and household
mentioned above, the Toronto
impressions increased by 16%
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:42:24 AM
Eaton Centre Apple store Submitted at 10/27/2009 11:59:38 PM
over October 2008. Among key
employee seemed to think it had
via press release: demos, P25-54 and W25-54
Last week, Apple announced the to do with Apple getting the
HGTV Delivers Highest October impressions each saw a 12% gain
Magic Mouse, which is its new necessary software out so that it
Prime Time Ratings Ever over October 2008 levels.
standard pointing device, wasn’t selling unsupported
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. [For About HGTV
complete with Bluetooth hardware, but they hadn’t even
Immediate Release – October 27, HGTV, America’s leader in
connectivity and multitouch received a shipment yet — they
2009] HGTV continued its strong home and lifestyle programming,
gesture support. I promptly called weren’t just holding off on actual
s h o w i n g i n O c t o b e r 2 0 0 9 , is distributed to more than 98
my local Apple store, and a staff sales.
delivering the highest ever million U.S. households and is
member told me they weren’t in Is it just me, or is this the most
October prime time rating (M-Su o n e o f c a b l e ’ s t o p - r a t e d
stock and to try back again later what other special features could poorly executed product launch
8P-11P) among households with networks. HGTV’s website,
in the week. I did, and again, no they be talking about? The Snow Apple’s had since the iPhone 3G
a 1.0 according to Nielsen Media HGTV.com, is the nation’s
luck. It’s now been over a week, Leopard driver is nearly double a n d i P h o n e O S 2 . 0 w e r e
Research. HGTV also delivered leading online home-and-garden
and no stores seem to have the size of the Leopard one, at introduced? It seems like the
64MB vs. 36MB. Both have to Magic Mouse was rushed out to its highest ever October prime destination, which attracts an
stocked them yet.
time rating among P18-49 with a average of more than 4 million
One staff member at the flagship be downloaded from Apple’s meet a deadline that centered
0.4 and M25-49 with a 0.3. unique visitors per month.
Toronto store said that the delay support site, and won’t show up a r o u n d t h e i M a c a n d n e w
During the month of October This content has passed through
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2 0 0 9 ( 9 / 2 8 / 0 9 - 1 0 / 2 5 / 0 9 ) , fivefilters.org.
incompatibility, and that the mice actually have the Magic Mouse despite the fact that the software
household ratings improved by
would be available following an already. backend wasn’t actually ready for
update release from Apple. Late Which brings me to my second release.
yesterday, we received said point: Does anyone actually have The resulting delay could affect
update, which makes the Magic the Magic Mouse already? I sales. I know my initial fervor
Spotted: Chic Leopard-
Mouse compatible with Mac OS m e a n , b e s i d e s t h o s e e a r l y about the Magic Mouse has been
X Leopard, includes a driver for adopters of the new iMac model, tempered now that I’ve been able
10.6.1. OS X 10.6.2, which is with which it ships. I know for a to think about it. My current
Print Pieces
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
coming soon, and is said to fact us TAB staffers are finding it pointing device needs are more Blog)
support it out of the box. hard to get our hands on one than met, and unlike with the
Both the 10.5.8 and 10.6.1 (short of trying out the store iPhone, delayed availability is Submitted at 10/27/2009 8:38:10 AM

update descriptions say nothing display models), both through weakening my desire to own a
The fall runways were filled
beyond that they allow you to Apple’s brick-and-mortar retail M a g i c M o u s e , r a t h e r t h a n
with animal-print
“take advantage of your Magic stores and its online counterpart. s t r e n g t h e n i n g i t .
everything—from bodysuits and $155.
Mouse special features.” They All Apple stores seem to have bags to shoes and coats. Here,
d o n ’ t e v e n e x p l i c i t l y s a y them on display, but I’ve yet to —Violet Moon Gaynor
Joe Zee selects his favorite Follow ELLE on Twitter.
anything about multitouch, but run across one that actually has
spotted styles, starting at just
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Apple Says “The Holiday Lineup is

Set,” Nothing More, Nothing less
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 12:31:18 PM
Sometimes, like today for
instance, I think Apple’s PR
department is given only one
mandate: to confuse and titillate.
Why today especially? They just
contacted Gizmodo to notify
them that while Gizmodo has
Phil Schiller saying there won’t
be any new Apple products this
year…the actual quote is “the
holiday lineup is set.”
So Apple seems to have gone
out of its way to make sure that
Giz doesn’t go around
paraphrasing execs when the blog
should be reporting exact quotes,
even though Jesus Diaz, who
penned the article, never claimed
what we get in terms of holiday
offerings from Cupertino.
Following the article’s
publication, Apple contacted Giz
advantage of consumer
anticipation and to give
developers a head start. The
iPhone is a case in point. It
would make sense that an Apple
tablet, which is rumored to have
more in common with the iPhone
than with a Mac, would get
similar treatment.
Of course, Cupertino is and
always has been a master of
media manipulation, so the
possibility also exists that this
was just a well-placed PR stunt to
convince people to keep the
rumor mill going until the new
Review: Sons of
year. Despite all of its secrecy,
Apple is very much aware that Anarchy - Potlatch
much of its success depends on By Danny Gallagher (TV not a badly written
public perception, and on the Squad)
Schwarzenegger movie with a
effect of tech and mainstream thrown together twist ending
media on that perception.
Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:28:00 AM

it was a direct quote in the first
place. Weird? Yes. Cause for
speculation? Yes.
The trouble started with a media
briefing between Apple and
Gizmodo Editorial Director Brian
Lam about the recent
introduction of the redesigned
iMac, MacBook, and Magic
Mouse. Jesus Diaz today posted
an article on Giz in which he
attempted to quell further product
speculation about the holiday
season by paraphrasing Schiller’s
assertion that what we see now is
directly and gave them the text of
the actual quote as “The holiday
lineup is set.” The difference
between the two statements
appears to be minimal, unless
you consider that announcing
new products and offering them
for sale are two different things
entirely.
While Apple isn’t generally the
type of company that tells
everyone about something new
long before they can get their
hands on it, it does occasionally
make an exception to take
Clarifying the quote costs Apple
nothing, stirs up the pot that had
threatened to rest quietly until the
new year, and takes attention
away from Windows 7.
Apple may yet reveal a new
wonder device before the New
Year, but I’m guessing the PR
department actually just didn’t
want there to be a definitive
“final word” out there on product
announcements losing them at
least two months of valuable time
in the spotlight.
(cough, Total Recall, cough).
"Pull the trigger man. That's the Jax is more of an enemy of
only way this leather is coming himself. He might have good
off my back." - Jax to Alvarez, intentions at heart, but his moves
the head of the Mayans who are nowhere near his brain.
orders him to give up his club Maybe his loyalty to his family
jacket runs deeper than he ever
Jax is supposed to be the hero of imagined. Logic and family
t h i s l i t t l e m o d e r n d a y hardly make a decent cocktail.
Shakesperian epic, but he's Anyone with a brother-in-law can
starting to look more and more tell you that.
like the enemy in each episode. Continue reading Review: Sons
I don't mean that he'll be the one of Anarchy - Potlatch
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scheming the whole time behind Reality-Free, Sons of Anarchy
SAMCRO's back with the white Permalink| Email this| |
power. This is a well-crafted, C o m m e n t s
slow paced, high caliber drama,
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Sons of Anarchy creator likes Chuck, Glee and Jay Leno;

explains why most scripted network dramas suck
By Robert Seidman For the most part, you have a the creatives DO THEIR in town. And it’s obvious become the simpleton champions
(TVbytheNumbers) collection of young, half-bright FUCKING JOB. All those savvy Conan’s “younger” humor works of prime-time. And then we’ll all
Submitted at 10/28/2009 2:22:00 AM
development executives who executives have been replaced way better in the later hour. The be pitching gameshow ideas to
wouldn’t know a good story idea with accounting personnel. And bigger concern is the potential Lord Zucker and the suit-
Anyone who is a fan of Sons of if it set itself on fire and fucked when a network is inspired dangerous trend that NBC is monkeys of the dark empire. But
Anarch y will not be at all their mothers while singing enough to hire a creative leader setting by putting Jay in the 10 until then, let’s back off Jay and
surprised to find that creator and “ C h e y e n n e A n t h e m ” f r o m — Reilly, Ligori — they never pm spot. As Peter Tolan said, beat the right piñata. I won’t say
executive produce Kurt Sutter Leftoverture. So they do what give them a chance to flourish. “…NBC is raising the white who that is, but I guarantee you,
can write a little bit. He’s a great most chimpanzees do — they ape It’s a fucked up system that has flag”, essentially giving up on when he splits open, they’ll be
blogger, too. Even if you’re not and throw shit. Developing created hours upon hours of scripted dramas. And why is gold bullion and Universal stock
a fan of SOA, if you’re a fan of shows based on what they think dreck. that? For all the reason I’ve options pouring out of his ass.
TV you will find some of his people want to see. Churning out I’m sure that will strike a chord mentioned in the previous blog Particularly the bit about “we are
posts very interesting. clones of semi-successful shows. with almost everyone who reads — to succeed in dramas you need the ones who created…” rings
Last week when the media Looking for a “hook” to market. this blog (except perhaps for the employees who are intelligent, true for me, and he’s right, it is a
focused on Sons of Anarchy It’s never about the story or suits and the one guy who patient and creatively nurturing. trend that isn’t going away. It’s
beating The Jay Leno Show with characters. That would demand chronically complains about Instead of fixing their system, all part of the exact same trend
adults 18-49, I was a little irked. I talent, patience and an open Glee). A few days later, Sutter NBC is creating a new one. An that caused the media coverage to
understand why that was the mind. Commodities that have wrote a more thoughtful post easier one. A cheaper one. One focus on the failure of The Jay
story, but it bothered me because long up and deserted ABC, NBC, about his feelings on Jay Leno in that doesn’t demand talent. One Leno Show rather than the
rather than it being a story about CBS, FOX and the CW. a post titled “ It Ain’t Jay’s that can be run by suit-monkeys success of Sons of Anarchy.
the success of SOA, it was a (There are some exceptions. Fault“: and accountants. That’s the core That’s because in the attention
story about the failure of Jay Chuck and Glee are all I can But my beef — and I think this fear we are all experiencing. We economy “Jay Leno: Loser!” will
Leno and NBC. think of right now. In fact, that is true for a good chunk of the realize that public consumption is attract far more eyeballs than
The coverage got Sutter a bit might be it… oh, and Lost, I love creative community — was never changing. We are the ones who “Awww shucks, look how well
fired up and led to a couple of Lost) with Jay. Leno’s an artist created Jon and Kate, TMZ and Sons of Anarchy is doing!”
blog posts. The first one was on Gone are the days of the TV looking for a good gig like the the gangsta paparazzi. We are Though I included some choice
the topic of why most scripted visionary. Bochco, Kelley, rest of us. The truth is, NBC the ones veraciously consuming excerpts, I couldn’t capture all
network shows suck(if you’re Fontana, Sorkin, Milch, Wells, should have NEVER bumped rag-mags and reality TV. Losing the goodness without copying the
easily offended by colorful Wolf. These guys had fucking him out of the 11:30 spot. No five hours of episodic television entire posts. For those too lazy
language, leave now!): balls. They stood up to network one bumped out Carson. Why is the result of that trend. And to scroll back up for the links:
It’s not an issue of scripted show fears and contradicting marketing Jay? His ratings were solid, he we all know it ain’t going away. Why Most Network Scripted
vs. non-scripted shows. It’s a strategies and pushed their vision had a loyal following and he was It’s growing. Dramas Suck and It Ain’t Jay’s
question of process. The reason forward. The result was great constantly doing what he could to At the end of the day, NBC’s Fault.
most network scripted dramas TV. It was great because the keep his show fresh — dude is new system may work and the This content has passed through
suck is because of the process. networks were smarter, they let one of the hardest working cats once last-place buffoons could fivefilters.org.
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Yankees-Phillies World Series: How High Will The Ratings

Go?
By Bill Gorman Bedeviled by rain delays (and million.
(TVbytheNumbers) the Tampa Bay Rays), the 2008 Full World Series Ratings Data,
Submitted at 10/28/2009 12:51:10 AM
World Series had the lowest 1968-2008:
average viewership ever (13.6 *While there were six telecasts
There hasn’t been a seven game million). Barring a 4 game sweep for the 2008 series, there were
World Series since 2002, the p l u s s o m e t h i n g e l s e only five games. The sixth
longest drought in at least the last extraordinary, the 2009 World telecast was the completion of
40 years. A seven game series Series featuring the New York game five which was suspended
involving the New York Yankees Yankees and the Philadelphia due to rain.
would be great news for FOX. Phillies should easily beat those Copyright © 2009 The Nielsen
At this point FOX would ratings. The last time the Company. All Rights Reserved.
probably gladly settle for a six Yankees were in the World level. Anything shorter than average viewership to break 20 This content has passed through
game series. There hasn’t been a S e r i e s ( 2 0 0 3 ) t h e a v e r a g e seven games and I think that 17 million, it requires the Yankees fivefilters.org.
series even that long since 2003, viewership topped 20 million. I million average looks like a or the Red Sox. Although in
the last time the Yankees were in think a seven game series this reasonable target. 2000, even the Yankees couldn’t
the World Series. year could test the 20 million In this century, for World Series pull an all NY matchup above 20

Cable Ratings: Syfy top 10 – Stargate Universe still on par

with Stargate Atlantis ratings
By Robert Seidman January. with 813,000 adults 18-34.
(TVbytheNumbers) Here’s last week’s top ten (in But Stargate Universe DID rank
Submitted at 10/27/2009 9:52:25 PM
terms of viewers) shows for with Adults 25-54
Syfy: It was #41 with 1.224 million
Alright all you Stargate Universe I know what you’re thinking as adults 25-54. That was still
bashers (I caught up yesterday, you slap your foreheads: “I can’t behind the 9pm Ghost
it’s growing on me…kinda) and believe I missed “Flu Bird Hunters(#16, 1.896 million),
alienated Stargate Atlantis fans Horror” and “Timber Falls!” Destination Truth(#32, 1.267
who are rooting for Stargate What does the future hold for million) and even the 8pm Ghost
Universe to fail: it’s doing just as SGU? Time will tell. Hunters(#39, 1.241 million).
well as SGA did last year One thing we don’t have to Sanctuary did not rank in any of
(actually better). Though this guess at is this: Ghost Hunters shows with adults 18-49 last 9pm episode on 10/21). It’s not the top 50 age demographic
episode was down, it was the isn’t going anywhere. It was the week. It was #15 out of all ad- as popular with adults 18-34, but rankings we saw.
same as the Live+SD ratings for only show on Syfy to rank in the supported cable shows with it still made the top 50 (again the This content has passed through
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Hopeful Smallville
producers plan for a
The League -- An early season, not series finale
look
By Jonathan Toomey (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:01:00 AM
Fantasy football is a tricky thing.
You either love it or you hate it
and that largely depends on
whether you're good or bad at it.
For the most part, the same can
be said about FX's newest
comedy The League. When it's
good, it is good, but when it's
bad... well, you get the picture.
The show, which premieres
tomorrow night, Thursday 10/29,
at 10:30 p.m. after It's Always
Sunny in Philadelphia, is FX's
first solid attempt to produce a
lasting companion piece to
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'Without Bias':
Basketball Career Cut
Short Still Resonates
Today
By Michael David Smith
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:00:00 AM
by Michael David Smith
Filed under: ESPN
Len Bias has now been dead
longer than he was alive, and yet
his life and death don't feel like
an old story in Without Bias, the
documentary that will debut on
ESPN on Tuesday. Instead, the
story of Bias, who died of a
cocaine overdose at age 22 less
than 48 hours after being drafted
by the Boston Celtics, feels like
something that is still unfolding.
More Reviews: Muhammad and
Larry| Trump Killed USFL?
Baltimore Marching Band| The
Gretzky Trade
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
season finale and not a series
finale. We have our fingers
crossed. The fans have just been
'Without Bias': Basketball Career
Cut Short Still Resonates Today
Sunny and, given some of its Submitted at 10/27/2009 8:32:52 PM originally appeared on Fanhouse
predecessors (like Starved or amazing. Nobody knew what was Backporch on Wed, 28 Oct 2009
Testees), it'd be easy to write The TVGuide.com’s Natalie Abrams going to happen when we moved 09:00:00 EST . Please see our
League off. But, like a two- has been stringing Smallville fans to Friday night and the fact that terms for use of feeds.
minute drill that gradually picks on Twitter along so long now fans showed up and have been Permalink| Email this| Linking
up steam, The League might that it seemed like she’d been enjoying the show, it’s meant Blogs| Comments
actually go... all... the... way. doing it since season five! But, everything to us and I know it’s
O K - - n o m o r e f o o t b a l l finally she posted her Q&A with meant a lot to the studio and the
metaphors. Smallville executive producer network. I think that’s given us a
Continue reading The League -- Kelly Souders and thankfully she much better chance of coming
An early look did sneak in a question about the back for Season 10. We’re
Filed under: Other Comedy prospects for a tenth season: hopeful.
Shows, Sports, OpEd, It's Always TVGuide.com: What are the read the whole interview
Sunny in Philadelphia, Early prospects of a 10th season right This content has passed through
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P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | | ho. We are planning to break a
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Can LeBron Plus Shaq Equal Title for Cleveland?
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 7:49:49 AM
It’s easy for NBA fans to feel
optimistic on opening night. A
retooled roster and a top-notch
draft pick can transform a sorry
team into a playoff contender,
maybe even a champion. Well,
maybe not Blake Griffin and the
Los Angeles Clippers just yet.
Associated Press LeBron James
and Shaquille O’Neal wonder
whether James might run four
lengths of the court in the time it
takes O’Neal to run one.
When commissioner David
Stern crowns the new champion
in June, however, don’t be
surprised if the winner comes
from a small, elite pool that
includes the Boston Celtics, the
2008 champions, or last year’s
champs, the Los Angeles Lakers.
Two teams with less history on
their side but high hopes are
Cleveland and Portland. The
Cavs hope that acquiring
Shaquille O’Neal can bring
LeBron James a championship
before his possible departure
after the season, while the Trail
Blazers hope another year of
experience pays off for Greg
Oden.
Four strong contenders are in
action Tuesday night, including
the Celtics and the Cavaliers in
Cleveland. (League previews are
available from Yahoo, Sports
Illustrated and ESPN.)
The Providence Journal’s Robert
Lee writes that anything short of
a championship would be
considered a disappointment for
the Celtics.
In the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Bill Livingston wonders whether
O’Neal’s arrival will bring the
Cavs their first NBA title. If
history is a guide, perhaps so, the
Plain Dealer’s Mary Schmitt
Boyer writes.
In the Western Conference, the
Los Angeles Lakers could be a
good bet to repeat if they remain
healthy this season, Mike
Bresnahan writes in the Los
Angeles Times.
In Portland’s Oregonian, John
Canzano says the Trail Blazers
will be only as good as Oden
plays.
As for the sad-sack Clippers,
Kevin Arnovitz writes on
TrueHoop that Griffin, a rookie
forward, won’t play until around
Christmas after fracturing his left
kneecap on a dunk in a preseason
game. The Los Angeles Daily
News’s Frank Burlison says that
a healthy Griffin and three key
acquisitions should make the
Clippers a better team.
Writing for the New York
Times, Buzz Bissinger wants
commissioner David Stern to
scrap the age limit.
Also off the court, the Journal’s
David Biderman finds that NBA
teams are tightening their belts in
surprising ways in a tough
economy.* * *
The Washington Redskins’
many faults already are well-
documented. Their 27-17 loss to
Philadelphia on Monday Night
Football was bad, but their
prognosis for the rest of the
season looks worse, if that’s
possible. At 2-5, the Redskins
look done. A bye gives them an
extra week to mull over the
stench of another brutal loss, one
in which quarterback Jason
Campbell was sacked six times,
fumbled once and threw an
interception. After the week off,
Washington will face Atlanta,
Denver, Dallas, Philadelphia and
New Orleans — winning teams,
all of them — before playing a
winnable game against Oakland.
But even that isn’t a a sure win
— Oakland did just beat the
Eagles.
“It’s one thing for the local
franchise to get its comeuppance
after living off of yellowed
newspaper clippings for so long,
to be chided for lousy
management, to see some of their
last-hope legions give away
tickets,” Mike Wise writes in the
Washington Post. “It’s quite
another for the entire country to
see this meltdown of monstrous
proportion.”
Unfortunately for Washington
fans, those watching see no hope
on the horizon. “There’s no easy
fix, no ‘gotcha!’ answer,” Post
colleague Michael Wilbon writes.
“The owner isn’t going to solve
this overnight. Neither will the
executive vice president of
football operations, the head
coach, the Bingo-caller-turned-
play-caller, the screamers on
sports talk radio nor the
columnists in this newspaper. An
extra set of eyes isn’t going to
immediately clean up this mess,
nor is outside interference or an
owner’s fat wallet.”
In the Philadelphia Inquirer, Phil
Sheridan says the hard work is
just beginning for the Eagles.
“Now comes the meat of the
schedule: back-to-back home
games against the New York
Giants and Dallas Cowboys,
followed by road games in San
Diego and Chicago. Down the
line, there will be games against
Atlanta and Denver, plus road
games against the Giants and
Cowboys,” Sheridan writes. “The
Eagles needed to be 5-1 going
into this. They are 4-2 because of
that abomination in Oakland last
weekend.”
In the Philadelphia Daily News,
Paul Domowitch cautions fans
not to read too much into the
Eagles’ win.* * *
Kansas City is another NFL
disaster zone. The 1-6 Chiefs are
in the news because running back
Larry Johnson tweeted some
unfavorable comments about his
coach, Todd Haley, after
Sunday’s humiliating 37-7 loss to
San Diego: “My father played for
coach from ‘rememeber the
titans’. Our coach played golf.
My father played with redskins
briefley. Our coach. Nuthn.”
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Other tweets and comments to
reporters crossed the line into
homophobia. Still, the Kansas
City Star’s Jason Whitlock thinks
Johnson is a necessary distraction
for Haley and general manager
Scott Pioli in what’s going to be
another long season. Sports
Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski
disagrees, saying Johnson’s
anger will bring his downfall.* *
*
Wednesday’s Daily Fix will be
chock-full of links setting up the
World Series between the New
York Yankees and the
Philadelphia Phillies. For today,
the Fix will focus on the news
that Mark McGwire will become
batting coach for the St. Louis
Cardinals. You might remember
McGwire, who battled
allegations, never proven, that he
used illegal performance-
enhancing drugs to boost home-
run numbers during what once
looked like a Hall of Fame
career. Then there was his
embarrassing testimony on
Capitol Hill, when he repeated
the famous mantra, “I’m not here
to talk about the past.”
You might think there’s outrage
over his hiring, but you won’t
find it from the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch’s Bernie Miklasz. The
columnist does, however, have
reservations. “If you want to
disqualify McGwire from
working at a batting cage because
he almost certainly used steroids
in a playing career that ended in
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A World Series Battle Between the Haves and Have-Mores

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) Cleveland Indians should be of the World Series. has raged over whether the hit
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:38:54 AM
pitching for the Cleveland Be sure to come back here was clean or dirty. At the New
Indians, not for teams better able Wednesday evening, as Jonah York Times’s Slap Shot hockey
It’s definitely not small-market to compensate them,” Sheridan Keri and Matthew Futterman live blog (video included), Stu Hackel
teams taking the field Wednesday writes. “The Yankees have blog Game 1. You can also see wonders why the NHL doesn’t
night for Game 1 of the World always had the advantage. When all of the Journal’s coverage of mete out more severe punishment
Series. Nor is it the Freeway they win, as they did in the the Yankees, Phillies and World for dangerous hits to the head.* *
Series or the nostalgic Yankees- 1990s, the temptation is to throw Series at our new topics pages.* *
Dodgers series many fans had up your hands at the unfairness now, and of course, he will be ** Vikings quarterback Brett Favre
rooted for. European Pressphoto of it all. When they fail to win one of the biggest storylines After the Los Angeles Lakers returns to Green Bay on Sunday
Agency The Phillies’ Pedro Feliz the title, as they’ve done for when the games begin. Will he celebrated their 2009 NBA to face the Packers, the team he
tries in vain to keep his bat warm much of this decade, it’s fun to continue his torrid streak and lift championship with another led for 16 seasons, including the
and dry during his team’s mock them for trying to buy a this team to a championship banner at Staples Center and 1997 Super Bowl title. The hype
workout at Yankees Stadium on championship.” against the Phillies? Or will he shiny, diamond-studded rings surrounding the game may reach
Tuesday. This series is more than about struggle at the plate as the Tuesday night, they began the levels slightly above-average. In
Which doesn’t mean Phillies- pitching. Much of the focus will Yankees again fail to win their new season with a 99-92 victory the teams’ first meeting in
Y a n k e e s c a n ’ t b e l o n g o r be on the Yanks’ Alex Rodriguez 27th title?” over the Los Angeles Clippers. Minnesota in Week 4, Favre’s
compelling, pitting the upper- and the Phillies’ Ryan Howard, The spotlight will also shine on Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with Vikings scored a 30-23 victory.
class Phillies with their$111 two stars posting lofty postseason managers Joe Girardi and Charlie 33 points. In the Los Angeles At CityPages, Judd Spicer says
million payroll and the tycoon- numbers. “It’s a dream scenario Manuel. In the Chicago Tribune, Daily News, Ramona Shelburne not to expect Packer fans to cheer
class Yankees and their$208 for MLB, not only because of the Phil Rogers and Dan McGrath notes the team is focused on Favre. “For Lambeau to embrace
million roster. Philadelphia’s two players’ name recognition, write about how the Yanks’ repeating, hoping their only their folk hero Favre — Packer
mission: defeat the favorites and but because neither one seems to Girardi honed his work ethic over offseason acquisition, Ron fans would only look like
repeat as champions, becoming be close to cooling off at the the years. In the Boston Globe, Artest, plays a big role. suckers,” Spicer writes.
the first National League team to plate,” Christian Red writes in Peter Abraham describes how In Cleveland, Shaquille O’Neal Still with the NFL, too many
do so since the Cincinnati Reds the New York Daily News. Manuel has fit in perfectly with faces enormous pressure to bring lousy teams are costing sports
in 1976. The bulky, powerful Howard the Phillies. the Cavaliers their first book millions of dollars thanks to
The series opens with a great wasn’t keen on becoming a one- A few other worthy clicks: In the championship. O’Neal scored blowout after blowout this
pitching matchup: the Phillies’ dimensional player later in his Los Angeles Times, Bill Shaikin just 10 in his debut, a 95-89 loss season, Dan Wetzel writes at
Cliff Lee and the Yankees’ CC career, so he began altering his argues for expanded replay; the to Boston, but the Cleveland Yahoo Sports.
Sabathia, former Cleveland diet in the past year, Yahoo New York Times’s Dave Plain Dealer’s Terry Pluto – Tip of the Fix cap to reader
teammates having outstanding Sports’s Jeff Passan writes, with Anderson remembers the Yanks’ advises fans that it’s only one Don Hartline.
postseasons with minuscule solid results. sweep of Philadelphia in 1950; game and not worth panicking Found a good column from the
ERAs. If the series goes the limit, All eyes will be on Rodriguez, the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Bill over.* * * world of sports? Don’t keep it to
Lee and Sabathia could get three who hopes to earn his first World Lyon talks to a Whiz Kid from David Booth of the Florida yourself — write to us at
starts apiece. Series title. “Rodriguez is no that ‘50 Phillies team; and the Panthers becomes the latest NHL dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll
That’s fine for Phillie and different than the Jeters or the Orlando Sentinel’s George Diaz player sidelined by a vicious hit consider your find for inclusion
Yankee fans, but the Philadelphia Posadas on this team, since no says Tampa Bay’s trip to the to the head. On Saturday, in the Daily Fix. You can email
Inquirer’s Phil Sheridan says the one who plays this game on the World Series last year defied Philadelphia’s Mike Richards Garey at ris84rap@gmail.com.
payroll disparity between the highest level hasnt pushed economics of modern baseball. steamrolled Booth just after
haves and the have-nots is themselves to reach this stage,” Finally, Yahoo’s Tim Brown has Booth made a pass in the
hurting baseball. “Two men who the Star-Ledger’s Steve Politi a position-by-position breakdown offensive zone. Booth had to be
won Cy Young awards for the writes. “He is in the World Series removed on a stretcher. Debate
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Man charged in murder of UConn Huskies' Jasper
Howard
By ESPN.com news services
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 4:11:31 PM
Arrests Made In Jasper Howard
Murder Arrests Made In Jasper
Howard Murder
STORRS, Conn. -- Police on
Tuesday announced a man has
been charged with murder in the
stabbing death of a Connecticut
football player outside a school-
sanctioned dance, but his defense
attorney says he was just trying
to break up a fight.
John William Lomax III, 21, is
scheduled to appear in court
Wednesday on charges of murder
and conspiracy to commit assault
in the Oct. 18 death of Jasper
Howard, police said. His bond
was set at $2 million.
Police also arrested two other
people in connection with the
fight that led to Howard's death.
Hakim Muhammad, 20, was
charged with conspiracy to
commit assault and Jamal Todd,
21, faces a felony charge of
falsely reporting an incident and
a misdemeanor charge of reckless
endangerment for pulling a fire
alarm that emptied the dance
early that Sunday morning.
Lomax III
None of those arrested is a
UConn student. Lomax and
Muhammad live in Bloomfield,
about 30 miles from campus.
Todd lives in Hartford.
Police have said that Howard
was stabbed once in the abdomen
during an altercation that erupted
after the dance was evacuated.
Several other football players
were with him, but none has been
charged and coach Randy Edsall
said he hasn't heard that any
football player was involved in
anything other than "verbal
jostling."
Muhammad
Lomax wasn't present when the
argument started and doesn't
know what it was about, but tried
to break up the fight and didn't
stab anyone, said his attorney,
Deron Freeman.
"He was just partying," Freeman
said. "Often people from out of
town go to the UConn campus to
party."
Lomax, a Bloomfield High
School graduate who works in
information technology, goes by
the nickname "Pooda." He last
logged into his MySpace page in
March, when he listed his
occupation as "taking care of my
daughter."
Todd
On his Facebook page, Lomax's
friends include Muhammad and
21-year-old Johnny Hood of
Hartford, who was arrested
shortly after the stabbing and
faces charges of breach of peace
and interfering with police. He
was pointed out to police by
Brian Parker, another UConn
football player who suffered
minor injuries in the attack.
Police would not discuss
evidence or a motive during a
news conference Tuesday. More
than 40 investigators conducted
more than 200 interviews and
"have not stopped working,"
UConn police chief Robert Hudd
said.
State police, who searched storm
drains and a local pond over the
weekend, said dog teams, a dive
team and forensics experts
contributed to the investigation.
“ "It is a little closure, but the late 1970s and early ’80s,
It is a little closure, but the
reality is my teammate's still not
here with us.”-- UConn running
back Jordan Todman
Freeman said he was first told
that Lomax would be charged in
connection with the fight, but not
with murder.
"I'm surprised," Freeman said.
"I'm curious to find out what
evidence they had to secure an
arrest warrant for murder. ...
From all the evidence I've heard,
he was not involved in the
stabbing."
UConn president Michael Hogan
said in a message to students and
staff: "Nothing can replace the
void in our hearts left by his
death. Yet, I know that many of
you will feel reassured by today's
news."
Howard, a starting cornerback
whose nickname was Jazz, died
hours after helping his team to a
homecoming game win over
Louisville.
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CAN
continued from page 53
2001, or because he made a fool
of himself in testimony before
Congress, that’s fine,” Miklasz
The entire UConn team attended opines. “But if we outlaw
his funeral Monday in Miami, McGwire, we’d better take a pen
where Howard was eulogized by and cross out hundreds of names
coach Randy Edsall as "the of players who competed during
ultimate son, he was the ultimate the Steroids Era. They can’t
brother. He was the ultimate work, either.”
teammate. He was the ultimate Miklasz’s Post-Dispatch
friend. They didn't come any c o l l e a g u e B r y a n B u r w e l l
better than Jazz." implores McGwire to discuss his
UConn football players said they past.* * *
were happy that an arrest was Bill Rodgers and Alberto Salazar
made, but that it was of little were fixtures on the New York
comfort. Marathon winners’ podium in the
reality is my teammate's still not inspiring thousands of people to
here with us," said running back take up running. In the New York
Jordan Todman. Times, Liz Robbins recounts that
Several players said Tuesday era, a different, more innocent
they had never heard of Lomax, one for the race, which included
and don't know how Lomax and children as young as eight
Howard crossed paths. running the course.
"I know that his mother is very – Tip of the Fix cap to reader
excited that someone is being Don Hartline.
charged with this crime. That's Found a good column from the
all I've been really thinking world of sports? Don’t keep it to
about, just how his family is yourself — write to us at
doing," said defensive tackle dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll
Kendall Reyes. consider your find for inclusion
Greg Lloyd, a junior linebacker, in the Daily Fix. You can email
said they are relieved that Garey at ris84rap@gmail.com.
someone is being held
accountable for Howard's death.
"I wish only that it didn't happen
at all so at least I can have my
teammate back," he said. "It's
unreal grief for the family, unreal
grief for his friends -- it's just a
shame."
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The Count: Postseason Rivera Even Better Than

Regular-Season Version
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) average, on-base percentage and common situations). If Rivera
Submitted at 10/27/2009 2:43:40 PM
slugging percentage don’t differ enters in that situation and gets
much from his impressive regular three outs and the save, then he
When the World Series begins - s e a s o n n u m b e r s i n t h o s e gets credit for the difference
on Wednesday, three New York categories — an accomplishment, between one — since the
Yankees who have been with the given the higher level of playoff probability of a win is one once
club since it won four out of five pitching, but not a huge one. the team has won — and the
titles from 1996 to 2000 will Similarly, Jeter’s longtime winning probability when he
have a chance to add to their teammate Jorge Posada ranks in
postseason records. But only one the top 10 in many categories
playoff series; in 14 of them, he
didn’t yield a single earned run.
entered. Since he tends to pitch at
the end of games, when one run Shop Naeem
has truly lifted his game to even though his playoff numbers In just six of his 84 postseason or one out has a bigger effect on
outstanding levels in the playoffs. have been much worse than his
Reuters Mariano Rivera has r e g u l a r - s e a s o n o n e s . ( A n d
appearances has he had a net
negative win probability added,
win probability, an effective
performance counts more for him
Khan at
raised his game again this erstwhile playoff “ choker” Alex
postseason, delivering an MVP- Rodriguez has, with two monster
which in plainer terms means that
in 78 of his 84 appearances he’s
per inning than for, say, a starting
pitcher. Home
worthy performance in the playoff series this fall, lifted his increased the Yankees’ chance of That’s reflected in the numbers By ELLE.com (ELLE News
ALCS. career postseason rate stats in winning the game. Rivera truly for the ALCS. Rivera appeared in Blog)
Derek Jeter holds the postseason line with his regular-season ups his game in the playoffs, five games, yielding one run in
Submitted at 10/28/2009 5:40:00 AM
records for runs, hits, singles and ones.) giving the Yankees a big bullpen seven innings while preventing
total bases and ranks third in Similarly, among pitchers, Andy edge over their opponent, the all five baserunners he inherited Get a head-start on holiday
home runs, fourth in runs batted Pettitte’s lead in wins and No. 3 Philadelphia Phillies. from scoring. That contributed a dressing courtesy of Naeem
in, and sixth in walks and stolen r a n k i n g i n s t r i k e o u t s i s a A note on win probability added: total of 0.88 win to the team, Kahn. Starting today, the
b a s e s . B u t t h a t ’ s m o r e a reflection of his longevity. He It tends to reward relief pitchers, including 0.71 in Games 2 and 3 designer of high-glamour gowns
reflection of his tremendous also leads in hits, home runs and particularly those who pitch in alone. (The Yankees lost Game and separates will launch his first
number of opportunities, thanks earned runs allowed. the most crucial moments of the 3, but that wasn’t Rivera’s fault.) -ever line for HSN. What to
to holding down the starting But closer Mariano Rivera’s lead game. The measure is based on CC Sabathia, who was named expect: party-perfect sequin-
shortstop job, and a spot near the in saves isn’t illusory. Rivera also calculating the probability of a MVP of the ALCS for his encrusted dresses, jackets, and
top of the lineup, for a team that leads the all-time standings with team winning a game in every winning starts in Games 1 and 4, skirts, along with sleek black
will play in its 28th postseason a 0.77 ERA, which is barely one- situation — for instance, the contributed just 0.66 win in those trousers and tops. The entire
series since 1996, an era with third of his stellar regular-season home team leads by one run at games. And Rodriguez, also collection is available in size 2-
m o r e p l a y o f f r o u n d s a n d average, despite facing tougher the start of the ninth inning — by touted as a candidate, contributed 24, and will range in price from
therefore more opportunities. lineups in the postseason. He’s computing how many times just 0.53 win. $59 to $499
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Brett Favre's 1996 Green Bay Four Scouting Keys to

Packers teammates: 2009 Minnesota World Series
By Frankie Piliere (FanHouse)
Vikings not better than us Submitted at 10/28/2009 12:45:00 AM

By ESPN.com news services Packers teammates acknowledge beat us at home, absolutely by Frankie Piliere
(ESPN.com) the Vikings' strengths, they nobody." Filed under: Phillies, Yankees,
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:32:10 AM
believe their team was better. And former Packers left tackle MLB Playoffs, World Series,
"To say that the team he's on Ken Ruettgers said the '96 Scout's Eye View In Advanced
Earlier this season, Brett Favre now, after seven games, is better Packers were so good that he Scouting, MLB FanHouse's
s a i d t h i s o f o f t h e 2 0 0 9 than the '96 team -- that's just knew as early as spring workouts professional talent evaluator
Minnesota Vikings: "Physically, preposterous. Not only did we that he was playing on a team breaks down the playoffs from a
and from a talent level, this is the have the No. 1 defense in 1996, with the potential to be special, scouting perspective.
best team I've ever been on." but we had No. 1 special teams," according to the report. Unless you are a fan with a
Favre's teammates from the 1996 former safety LeRoy Butler said, "No doubt there was great talent rooting interest in this World
Green Bay Packers team that according to the report. "I bleed on that 1996 team," Ruettgers Series, it's nearly impossible to
won the Super Bowl would beg green and gold so much. I don't said, according to the report. "In not appreciate how good of a
to differ. want somebody to beat my the spring, during workouts, I matchup this World Series is.
As Favre prepares to return to team." came home and told my wife: Both the Phillies and Yankees
Lambeau Field for the first time Mark Chmura, a tight end on the 'This team is going to the Super have dominant aces they can rely
as the member of the rival '96 team, said he went through Bowl.' It's just that feeling you on, sluggers that pound the ball this. So, where are those holes
Vikings, members of the 1996 the rosters position by position get when you're around guys who with the best of them, and each team can exploit and what
Packers told the Milwaukee and could not find an advantage are all putting their own egos on tenacious hitters who seem to will it take for them to come out
Journal Sentinel that as good as for the Vikings. "And it all starts the backburner and coming make every at-bat an epic battle. on top? More: FanHouse
the Vikings are, they don't stack with Brett -- Brett's not as good together for what's best for the In such an even matchup, it's Predictions| Schedule| Full
up to a team that featured a as he was," he said, according to team. We had some teams that difficult to find glaring edges for Coverage
dominant Reggie White on the report. were talented in the past, but either club, and that is where Four Scouting Keys to World
defense and the league MVP at "I mean, you're talking about the there was no team where it was advanced scouting can come into Series originally appeared on
quarterback -- Brett Favre. No. 1 defense in the league at like, 'Wow, we're going this play. Knowing how to pitch a Fanhouse MLB Blog on Wed, 28
NFC North blog that time, maybe one of the best year.' " certain dangerous hitter in order Oct 2009 00:45:00 EST . Please
ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert writes defenses ever to play the game," The 1996 Packers went 13-3 in to neutralize him or what to look see our terms for use of feeds.
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• Blog network: Favre is still a good quarterback, Super Bowl XXXI, earning the potentially tight series such as
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58 Sports/ Fashion/
Jamie McCourt to demand Dodger
CEO job back
By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:50:43 AM
LOS ANGELES -- Jamie
McCourt will head to court
Wednesday to ask a judge to
reinstate her as the Dodgers' chief
executive, a week after her team-
owner husband fired her.
Jamie McCourt on Tuesday filed
for divorce from Frank McCourt
after 30 years of marriage, citing
irreconcilable differences, but
Wednesday's hearing in Los
Angeles Superior Court will
center on her bid to get back her
$2 million-a-year job.
Frank McCourt fired his wife as
the team's chief executive last
week after the Dodgers were
eliminated from the playoffs by
the Philadelphia Phillies.
In a declaration, Jamie McCourt
claims her husband plotted to
boot her from the team's front
office as a way to "humiliate and
ostracize" her. She said she was
excluded from management
Erdem and Smythson Join Forces
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 1:25:54 PM
Who doesn't love a good
collaboration? This time it's
between Erdem, hot-London
label of the moment, and
decisions and had lodged a
workplace harassment complaint
with team attorneys.
"Frank has no right to purport to
terminate me. We are co-owners
of the Dodgers," she said. "Not
only has Frank publicly held us
out as co-owners of the franchise,
he has also admitted this fact in
front of our estate planning
counsel."
Frank McCourt's attorney
Marshall Grossman said he plans
on filing documents Wednesday
that spell out why Jamie
McCourt was fired.
Among them -- an inappropriate
relationship with a subordinate,
failure to abide by corporate
policy and insubordination.
Grossman refused to elaborate.
Jamie McCourt's lawyer Bert
Fields declined to comment about
the relationship.
Jamie McCourt's filing states she
is seeking reinstatement as the
team's CEO as well as access to
perks including travel by private
jet, stays at five-star resorts and
Smythson, the classic English
luxury leather and stationary
brand. Erdem Moralioglu has
taken his florals and hand-
sketches to Smythson stationary
and the result is a line of limited-
edition notebooks and datebooks
that are leather-bound and lined
use of the Dodgers owners' suite.
She wants $321,000 a month in
spousal support if reinstated to
her former position. If not, she
believes she should be paid
nearly $488,000 per month.
The dispute comes as the
Dodgers enter a busy offseason
and could be a distraction when
spring training arrives in
February.
The team has the most potential
players eligible for free agency
with 16, including Manny
Ramirez, who must decide if he
will exercise his $20 million
option for next season and return.
Manager Joe Torre is headed into
the final season of his three-year
contract and Ned Colletti was
recently given a long-term
contract extension as general
manager.
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Agassi's Admission
Falls in Gray Zone
By Greg Couch (FanHouse)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 12:20:00 AM
by Greg Couch
Filed under: Media Watch Image
is everything. That what's Andre
Agassi told us from the start. It
has been the headline to his
career, his life.
He went from the punk kid, all
image and no substance, to the
grown man philanthropist,
creating, running and also raising
funds for a charter school for
disadvantaged kids.
He grew up so well, cleaned up
so nicely, and won a
humanitarian award in September
at the U.S. Open. Now he comes drug.
back with this: Why, Andre? Why did you do
Agassi writes in his it? Why did you feel the need to
autobiography that he regularly say it? What happens to your
used crystal meth on tour in 1997 image now?
when he was 27 years old. He Agassi's Admission Falls in
failed the tennis tour's drug test, Gray Zone originally appeared on
and then lied his way out of it by Fanhouse Tennis on Wed, 28 Oct
saying he had accidentally taken 2009 00:20:00 EST . Please see
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actually visited the country. "I
was channeling what I dreamed it
would be like," he said.
The collection is available online
and in stores. How quickly can
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Zebra Report: Simmer,
'Stealer' Haters
By Matt Snyder (FanHouse)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:00:00 AM
by Matt Snyder
Filed under: Steelers, Vikings,
NFL Referees Zebra Report is
FanHouse's analysis of actual
NFL rules and how they are to be
applied ... because most fans
think they could do a better job
than the NFL officials, yet
Lakers Pick Up Their definitely could not. Click here
for an introduction as to how we
Rings -- And a Win do things.
Of all the complaints about
officiating, I think the most
By Brett Pollakoff (FanHouse) there, as the quality of the maddening is how people who
Submitted at 10/28/2009 1:23:00 AM
opening night opponent (or lack hate the Pittsburgh Steelers-- so,
thereof) made it easy on the a really, really large contingent --
by Brett Pollakoff
defending champs and a yawner like to label them the "Stealers"
Filed under: Clippers, Lakers
for those in attendance. The and proclaim they always get the
LOS ANGELES -- An excited, r e s u l t w a s a l a c k l u s t e r , calls. This past weekend was a
c a p a c i t y c r o w d a n x i o u s l y comfortable 99-92 win for the
awaited the final chance to Lakers in their first game of the
celebrate last season's NBA 2009-10 NBA season.
Championship with its beloved Lakers Pick Up Their Rings --
California Authorities Hunt for Missing
Lakers. The team held a ring And a Win originally appeared
ceremony, before unveiling their on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Wed,
Family
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It was an exciting start to the Blogs| Comments Authorities say they are
night, but the excitement ended searching for a family of four
who have been missing for more
than a week.
The El Dorado County Sheriff's
Office says Sarah Jean Smith and
her boyfriend Jason James
McClellan were last seen Oct. 20
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MediaDailyNews:
Gotham, Ad Council
Push New Heart PSA
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 8:16:06 AM
Gotham,a unit of IPG, and the
Ad Council have launched a wide
scale PSA campaign on behalf of
the American Heart Association.
The "Hands-Only CPR"
campaign promotes a more
updated method of CPR, vs
traditional mouth to mouth. The
great example, as the Steelers campaign tagline is: "Hands Can
took down the Vikings fair-and- Do Incredible Things," backed by
square, but some people just can't a s i t e a t
seem to grasp the concept. www.handsonlyCPR.org.
Zebra Report: Simmer, 'Stealer' Gotham created the PSA TV
Haters originally appeared on spot, Web/viral, print, radio and
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Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST . Please week; a Web video component
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with 7-year-old Joshua Bargus have plans for a trip.
and 1-year-old Kylie Jean Jus. Smith is 28 years old and
The sheriff's office says the McClellan is 40. The family is
couple had gone to pick up the from the Georgetown area,
boy with the 1-year-old in the northeast of Sacramento.
car, and they haven't been heard Authorities say there are no
from since. signs that foul play was involved
A relative reported them missing but the family could be at risk.
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Redskins Ban Signs

From FedEx Field For
Safety Reasons
By Ryan Wilson (FanHouse)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 10:00:00 AM

by Ryan Wilson
Filed under: NFL I'm beginning
to think that Redskins owner Dan
Snyder might be making things
worse between the fans and the
team. Throwing millions at over-
the-hill players is one thing, but
putting unreasonable in-stadium
restrictions on the tens of
thousands of supporters who
battle beltway traffic to endure
three hours of what now passes
for football ... well, let's just say
the persecuted are mobilizing.
In the wake of the team's latest
loss -- a 27-17 Monday night
matchup with the Eagles that the
'Skins never had a chance of
winning -- comes reports that a
few fans were ejected from
FedEx Field for wielding anti-
Snyder signs.
Redskins Ban Signs From FedEx
Field For Safety Reasons
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Of Wolf and Tap Tap Revenge:
Metallica on iPhone
By David Hinkle (Joystiq) The new edition also sports game themed around the band,
Submitted at 10/28/2009 4:00:00 AM
some added functionality over its the title also has other features
regular ol' boring Tap Tap that allow one to stalk be more in
T a p u l o u s , a c o m p a n y Revenge counterparts: Aside tune (sorry!) with the band's
specializing in games for the from the usual career mode, current activities -- including a
iPhone, has added another to its there's now a more fast-paced news ticker and a live message
r a n k s : T a p T a p R e v e n g e : arcade mode where players are board.
Metallica. The game is available "challenged with bombs and Tap Tap Revenge:
right now in the App Store and other special objects" and a new Metallica($4.99)
f u s e s t h e b a n d w i t h t h e Bluetooth battle mode that lets Of Wolf and Tap Tap Revenge:
established Tap Tap Revenge players challenge others -- Metallica on iPhone originally
experience, allowing gamers to g r a n t e d y o u ' r e w i t h i n t h e appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28
poke their iPhone through some appropriate distance of each other Oct 2009 04:00:00 EST. Please
of the band's most famous ditties -- to see who's the better iPhone- see our terms for use of feeds.
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Ex-AMD head drawn into Galleon probe

(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 11:29:21 PM
Hector Ruiz, former chief
executive officer of chipmaker
AMD, has become the most
senior technology industry
executive to be drawn into the
insider-trading scandal that has
engulfed US hedge fund Galleon.
A complaint filed by the US
attorney in Manhattan earlier this
month alleged that an unnamed
AMD executive had passed
inside information about the
company to Danielle Chiesi, a
former analyst at another hedge
fund, New Castle Partners. Ms
Chiesi was charged with trading
on non-public information but,
through her lawyer, has denied
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Uruguay
coalition back
in power
(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 5:35:53 PM

Netflix details PS3 disc The governing left-wing

distribution for November, coalition in Uruguay has won a
parliamentary majority for a
'confident' it'll have ample supply second mandate after a general
election on Sunday.
By Alexander Sliwinski sometime in November Preliminary results indicate that
(Joystiq) announcing that the discs have Beneath a Steel Sky Remastered the Frente Amplio (Broad Front)
shipped. Customers should coalition got 16 senators out of a
Submitted at 10/28/2009 9:30:00 AM
receive the red envelope in about nears 20K sold; Revolution total of 30 in the higher chamber
of parliament.
Netflix is confident that it will the same time it usually takes for
have ample supply in November a Netflix shipment to reach them. expects 100K lifetime sales It also obtained 50 deputies of
the 99 in the lower house.
for every PS3 user who requests He expressed that "there's no VIP
By David Hinkle (Joystiq) Apple model (cheap, easy to use The Electoral Commission is
a disc for its recently announced list or special circumstance list,"
and easier to purchase content still counting postal votes but
streaming service. Speaking with so everyone should be receiving Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:00:00 AM
t h a n i t i s t o p i r a t e ) a n d analysts say they will not affect
Joystiq, Netflix Vice President of it around the same time.
The modern jazzification ( Revolution's ability to exploit its the final result.
Corporate Communications Steve Continue reading Netflix details
totally not a made-up word) of own games "in a way that you Final results will be logged on
Swasey wouldn't disclose the P S 3 d i s c d i s t r i b u t i o n f o r
retro adventure title Beneath a could never do at a mainstream Saturday.
number of reservations the November, 'confident' it'll have
Steel Sky has been a fairly publisher." He also says that The Broad Front failed to get a
company has received for the ample supply
lucrative move on Revolution daily sacrifices to the almighty clear majority for its presidential
free PS3 Netflix disc since the Netflix details PS3 disc Software's part, as managing Lord Kromdor certainly didn't candidate in elections also held
company announced the program distribution for November,
director Charles Cecil says (via hurt.*
on Monday, but did emphasize, 'confident' it'll have ample supply on Sunday.
GI.biz) iPhone remake Beneath a *Yes, we made up that last one, Jose Mujica won 47.5% of the
"We're confident we've produced originally appeared on Joystiq on
Steel Sky Remastered is on track s i l l y . R e v o l u t i o n w o r s h i p s votes, and will face a run-off on
enough discs." Distribution Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:30:00 EST.
to sell 20,000 copies in its first Cthulhu, duh!
centers apparently already have Please see our terms for use of 29 November against the
month -- and that's not including Beneath a Steel Sky Remastered conservative former President,
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Dogs in
costumes
By Heather Champ (Flickr

Science makes Air Use a real guitar to play

Blog)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 7:03:47 AM

Guitar Hero a reality Rock Band 2 AND get

My favourite time of year.
What’s better than a dog in a
By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) It's not specifically a game costume? How about two, with
controller, and Activision won't one riding the other? Check out
Submitted at 10/28/2009 10:00:00 AM
be shipping electrodes to stores
University of Washington Ph.D. a n y t i m e s o o n . T h i s i s a
punched while doing so! the photo bottom right for the
result.
s t u d e n t S c o t t S a p o n a s presentation for the Association By Ben Gilbert (Joystiq) find after the break. You see, Photos from{SNS
demonstrated his muscle- for Computer Machinery's Submitted at 10/28/2009 5:00:00 AM
rather than strum on the strings P h o t o g r a p h y } , E l l e n J o ,
movement interface for computer Symposium on User Interface of his guitar, the punching gloves s e r e n a . p h o t o g r a p h y ,
systems, by using it to control a Software and Technology-- the Normally when people mod real (punching him, mind you) j e f f d i l l o n p h o t o g r a p h y ,
familiar application: Guitar Hero. Guitar Hero thing just makes for instruments for use in music- approximate a strum for him. n u t m e g k n i t t e r , and
The system appears to guess an impressive show. rhythm games like Rock Band That means that every time he minicoopergirl06. Check out
finger movements by reading the [Via Kotaku] and Guitar Hero, they don't pushes a note, he gets punched. more fabulousness in the Dogs in
signals from muscles in the Continue reading Science makes intentionally include the ability It's like penance! Costumes group pool.
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hold frets simply by touching a Joystiq on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 seemed only natural. On his get punched while doing so!
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Stella McCartney and

Her Illusion Lace Ladies
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog) genie-pant jumpsuit that was a
variation on Kate Bosworth’s
Submitted at 10/27/2009 1:34:36 PM
column gown that was a variation
As has long been the case with on look 35, which featured in its
Fans hail
red carpet regulars like Versace, skirt the illusion lace panels seen
Dior, and Armani, as soon as in the top half of Olivia Wilde’s
Jackson
S t e l l a M c C a r t n e y ’ s F W 0 9 dress.
collection hit the runway last No wonder Stella has such a concert movie
March, you just knew you’d be l o y a l f o l l o w i n g — w h a t h e r (BBC News | Americas |
God of War III demo seeing them again soon on the friends and clients want, she
backs of many a slim, eco- seems to give them. And with
conscious actress. dazzling results.
World Edition)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 3:42:57 AM

included on District 9 What’s interesting, though, is Illusion lace takes over (left to
how nearly all of Stella’s designs right): Kate Bosworth in May,
Please turn on JavaScript. Media
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from this particular collection Liv Tyler in May, Jennifer
Blu-ray have made their public debut not Morrison in September, Naomi
in their original runway form but Watts in September, and Olivia
Fans in London give their
reaction to the film
By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) 3 are united in that they're both in heavily tweaked variations Wilde this past Saturday. FANS page 64
Submitted at 10/28/2009 10:30:00 AM
things that people presumably thereof. Take Naomi Watts’ Photos: WireImage
want to see, it strikes us as odd
If you're interested in checking that this rather random collection
out God of War 3 early, but don't is the first Blu-ray/game demo
want to play the first two God of p a i r i n g f o r S C E A . T h e
Vionnet Calls it a Comeback
By ELLE.com (ELLE News Mulligan was seen in a piece by
Wars again, Sony corporate Watchmen movie and game Blog) the house at the premiere of An
synergy has a solution for you! actually related to one another in
Education. And both women
The Blu-Ray release of District 9, some way, and they came on Submitted at 10/27/2009 12:39:11 PM
looked stunning, with a capital S,
due December 29 (a bit later than separate discs.
As of late, and almost out of clad in the draped bias-cut
the God of War Collection), will God of War III demo included
nowhere it seems, stars have been gowns.
include a playable demo of God on District 9 Blu-ray originally
spotted wearing the wares of the Much more in line with the
of War 3. Once you've played appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28
fabled house of Vionnet. A few original aesthetic of the house,
through the demo, a making-of Oct 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please
years ago, Barneys hosted a giant think layers of draping on the
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brand and its then-designer giant retailers like Selfridges and
Sophia Kokosalaki, and people Harrods are stocking the line.
waited with bated breath to see silence. —Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin
the resurrection of such an Now, all of sudden, Hillary Photo: Getty Images
historic fashion house. There was Swank was spotted at the Follow ELLE on Twitter.
all of this excitement and hoopla, premiere of Amelia in Vionnet
and then there was practically and British starlet Carey
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Michael Jackson's concert
documentary, This Is It, has been
warmly received by the late
singer's fans after its worldwide
premiere.
The movie was pieced together
from 100 hours of footage shot at
rehearsals for the star's ill-fated
comeback shows.
Fan Darryn Wade, in Los
Angeles, said: "Judging by that
film, it would have been the best
show of all time."
But Kasian Daley, 17, at the
London premiere, said: "It's an
easy way for them to make
money off his name."
And Mustapha Duggash, 18,
from Nigeria, also at the London
screening, said: "I believe it's a
nice tribute but the main
motivation is the money."
Jackson's brothers attended the
screening in Los Angeles and
simultaneous premieres were
held in 18 other cities.
At that premiere, fan Ed Rahmen
said the movie proved the
concerts at London's O2 Arena
would have been "the best thing
he had ever done".
"It was like a film on stage. It
was better than any of his early
stuff. It was Jackson brought to
this time and age."
Neda Allin added: "You can see
he was a bit ill, or he didn't look
right, but the movie was
brilliant."
David Montalvo, who saw the
film in New York, said: "I loved
seeing him in action again. It's
like you were able to see Michael
again for the last time, so it was a
good chance to say goodbye to
him."
Marilyn Morrison, also in New
York, said the footage was
"excellent".
She added: "Just seeing all the
moves, his original moves, just
seeing him doing them again.
Just wonderful."
'Very positive'
The Los Angeles premiere took
place across the road from the
Staples Center, the site of
Jackson's rehearsals and, later,
his public memorial service.
The Jackson brothers were
joined at the screening by stars
including Will Smith, Jennifer
Lopez, Paris Hilton, Katy Perry,
Jennifer Love Hewitt and
Motown Records founder Berry
Gordy Jr.
Jermaine Jackson said he
thought the film was "very
positive, very entertaining" and it
had made him feel "really, really
proud".
Jackie Jackson, meanwhile, said:
"It's amazing to see him up there
doing his thing.
"To see him up there doing his
performance like that has brought
a lot of tears to my eyes, sitting
there watching him. Because I
love him so much."
And Marlon Jackson said seeing
the film had given him "closure".
He added: "It was a moment
where I just felt his spirit inside
of me. And that made me feel
good."
Speaking on website Twitter,
Jackson's close friend Elizabeth
Taylor called it "the single most
brilliant piece of filmmaking I
have ever seen".
"I wept from pure joy at his God-
given gift. There will never, ever
be the likes of him again.
"We have this piece of film to
remind us forever and ever that
once there was such a man. God
kissed him."
Fan protests
In London, stars including Peter
Andre, Spice Girl Mel B and boy
band JLS attended the screening
at Leicester Square.
Rapper Chipmunk said the film
was "absolutely amazing".
He added: "It's given me the
package of what his tour could
have been if he was still alive."
Some fans protested outside the
screenings, saying the film
covers up Jackson's declining
health.
The dedicated fans, who have set
up a campaign called This Is Not
It, are accusing concert promoter
AEG Live of putting too much
pressure on the star during the
build up to his 50-date run at
London's O2 Arena.
A spokesman for AEG declined
to comment.
Jackson, who died on June 25
aged 50, had spent the previous
four months rehearsing in Los
Angeles.
More than 800,000 tickets had
been sold for the concerts, with
organisers promising one of the
"most expensive and technically
advanced" live shows ever.
He was just two weeks away
from the opening night at the
time of his death, which
authorities in Los Angeles ruled a
homicide.
This Is It has now been released
to cinemas for a limited two-
week run. The first public
screening in London began at
0400GMT, with fans queuing
through the night to see it.
By the weekend, it will be
shown in 110 countries, with
distributor Sony putting 15,000
prints into circulation.
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Media: Barbara Cipolla
Joins OMD as CMO
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 10/27/2009 10:51:55 PM
Barbara Cipolla, former U.S.
president at MediaCom, has
joined OMD Worldwide in the
new post of chief marketing
officer. Cipolla left MediaCom
in July after a two-year stint at
the shop.
She will report to OMD
Worldwide CEO Mainardo de
Nardis, whom she has known
since they both worked at
Mediaedge:cia from 2000-06. At
MEC, Cipolla was credited with
helping the agency win key
accounts such as Cingular,
Energizer and Paramount.
Cipolla is one of several senior
GroupM media agency veterans
to join Omnicom media shops
this year. Earlier this month,
Steve Piluso, managing director
of Mindshare Entertainment,
joined OMD sibling shop PHD as
managing partner, East.
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Families of Americans
Lawyers want admitted al-Qaida member released Held in Iran: Videos
Prove Innocence
(AP) (FOXNews.com)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) United States and their ability to Al-Marri has admitted that he whatever decision Mihm makes Submitted at 10/27/2009 2:20:26 AM

Submitted at 10/28/2009 1:27:20 AM

inflict mass casualties. He agreed trained in al-Qaida camps and is likely to be appealed because
to the mission knowing that it stayed in al-Qaida safe houses in of the affect it could have on The families of three Americans
Defense attorneys for an al- would be in furtherance of that Pakistan between 1998 and 2001, future cases. detained in Iran say newly
Qaida sleeper agent plan to argue agenda." learning how to handle weapons Stephen Ellmann, a dean at the released videos prove their loved
at his sentencing this week that Al-Marri's attorneys say the and communicate by phone and e New York Law School and critic ones were on vacation and had
his five years spent locked up judge who will preside over -mail using code. of military trials held at no hidden motives when they
without charge was enough Wednesday and Thursday's He also acknowledged having Guantanamo, said al-Marri's crossed into the country from
punishment and he should be s e n t e n c i n g h e a r i n g s h o u l d regular contact with Khalid admission that he was an al- Iraq.
immediately released. consider the years al-Marri spent Sheikh Mohammed, the man who Qaida member gives prosecutors Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd,
Former Bradley University locked up without charge, much the government said was the a basis for seeking the maximum 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, have been
student Ali al-Marri, a 44-year- of it in a U.S. Navy brig in South mastermind behind the Sept. 11 sentence. detained in Iran since July 31.
old native of Qatar, pleaded Carolina. Those years and cruel attacks, and with Mustafa Ahmad "The underlying rationale for Their families say they entered
guilty in May to one count of treatment — including sensory al-Hawsawi, who allegedly military detention remains, even the Islamic Republic accidentally
conspiring to provide material d e p r i v a t i o n , l e n g t h y helped the Sept. 11 hijackers with if military detention wasn't while hiking in a scenic area of
support or resources to a foreign interrogations and threats to harm money and Western-style appropriate or constitutional, that northern Iraq.
terrorist organization. He will be his family — amount to a clothing. he might return to the battlefield The families, who have had no
sentenced this week in a federal sentence "beyond what our In 2003, President Bush declared or the terrorist struggle," Ellmann contact with the detainees,
court in Peoria, Ill. nation stands for and tolerates as al-Marri an enemy combatant, wrote in an e-mail. "And that's a released videos shot of them
Prosecutors have recommended a matter of respect for the law," one of three held on U.S. soil reason to seek the maximum dancing and singing before they
the maximum 15 years behind they said in court documents. since the 2001 attacks. possible sentence." were captured by Iranian
bars, and the judge's decision "We're arguing that, that warrants After the U.S. Supreme Court But one of al-Marri's brothers authorities.
could have far-reaching effects. a lower sentence," attorney agreed in December 2008 to said this week that al-Marri's "These kids were on vacation.
The United States still holds Lawrence Lustberg said in an consider al-Marri's challenge of relatives — who live in Saudi They were just traveling; they
more than 200 people without interview Monday. "The best his enemy combatant status, Arabia — are optimistic that were having a good time,"
charge at Guantanamo Bay. If possible outcome would be that President Barack Obama ordered they'll see him soon. Shourd's mother, Nora Shourd,
convicted, those detainees also the court would conclude that no him surrendered to civilian "What he has been in for is more said in a phone interview
could argue that their time in additional term is necessary." authorities in Peoria, where than enough," Mohammed al- Monday.
custody should be considered at Judge Michael Mihm can't Bradley University is located and Marri said in a telephone SLIDESHOW: American Hikers
sentencing. directly credit al-Marri for time where al-Marri was indicted. interview. "They are waiting for Detained in Iran
Prosecutors have declined to spent locked up before he was University of Illinois law this moment, for him to be Iranian Foreign Minister
comment before the sentencing. charged, but he can give him a professor Steven Beckett believes released." Manouchehr Mottaki said last
But in court documents, they light sentence, Lustberg said, that Lustberg has a tough case to This content has passed through week that investigators are still
wrote that al-Marri "was fully even as little as the months he make. He said judges in Illinois' fivefilters.org. questioning the three and that
aware of the nature of al Qaeda's has spent behind bars since he Central District usually follow their fate rests with judicial
violent philosophy against the was charged. federal sentencing guidelines and authorities. Bauer, Shourd and
Fattal have been visited by Swiss
diplomats, who oversee U.S.
interests in Iran.

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Man charged with killing UConn football player
(AP)
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Submitted at 10/28/2009 4:33:19 AM
STORRS, Conn. – The lawyer
for a 21-year-old man charged
with killing University of
Connecticut football player
Jasper Howard says his client
was trying to break up a fight and
was not involved in the stabbing
that took the starting cornerback's
life.
John William Lomax III is
charged with murder and
conspiracy to commit assault in
connection with Howard's death
outside a school-sanctioned
dance on Oct. 18. He is being
held in lieu of $2 million bond.
Lomax's lawyer, Deron
Freeman, said he was first told
Lomax would be charged in
connection with the fight during
which Howard was stabbed, but
not with murder.
"I'm surprised," Freeman said.
"I'm curious to find out what
evidence they had to secure an
arrest warrant for murder. ...
From all the evidence I've heard,
he was not involved in the
stabbing."
Lomax wasn't present when the
argument started and doesn't
know what it was about, but tried
to break up the fight and didn't
stab anyone, Freeman said.
Another man, Hakim
Muhammad, 20, was charged
with conspiracy to commit
assault. Both live in Bloomfield,
around 30 miles from the UConn
campus, and are scheduled to
make their first court appearances
Wednesday morning.
Neither suspect is expected to
enter a plea, and both cases are
expected to be transferred to a
court that handles serious crimes.
A third man, Jamal Todd, 21, of
Hartford, was arrested Tuesday
on a felony charge of falsely
reporting an incident and
misdemeanor reckless
endangerment for allegedly
pulling a fire alarm that emptied
the dance early that Sunday
morning. He is free after posting
a $5,000 bond and is due in court
next month.
None of those arrested is a
UConn student.
Police have said Howard was
stabbed during a fight that started
after the dance was evacuated.
Several other football players
were with him, but none have
been charged. UConn football
coach Randy Edsall said he hasn't
heard that any player was
involved in anything other than
"verbal jostling."
The case files have been sealed
because the investigation is
continuing, and police have not
provided any details about the
fight.
Lomax, a Bloomfield High
School graduate who works in
information technology, goes by
the nickname Pooda. He last
logged into his MySpace page in
March, when he listed his
occupation as "taking care of my
daughter."
On his Facebook page, Lomax's
friends include Muhammad and
21-year-old Johnny Hood of
Hartford, who was arrested last
week and faces charges of breach
of peace and interfering with
police.
Police would not discuss
evidence or a motive during a
news conference Tuesday.
Investigators conducted more
than 200 interviews and "have
not stopped working," UConn
police chief Robert Hudd said.
Howard, whose nickname was
Jazz, died hours after helping his
team to a homecoming game win
over Louisville. He was 20.
The entire UConn football team
attended his funeral Monday in
Miami. Players said they were
happy that an arrest was made,
but that it was of little comfort.
"It is a little closure, but the
reality is my teammate's still not
here with us," said running back
Jordan Todman.
Several players said Tuesday
that they had never heard of
Lomax and don't know how he
and Howard crossed paths.
"I know that his mother is very
excited that someone is being
charged with this crime. That's
all I've been really thinking
about, just how his family is
doing," said defensive tackle
Kendall Reyes.
Greg Lloyd, a junior linebacker,
said the team is relieved that
someone is being held
accountable for Howard's death.
"I wish only that it didn't happen
at all so at least I can have my
teammate back," he said. "It's
unreal grief for the family, unreal
grief for his friends — it's just a
shame."
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Collins contributed to this report.
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CHICAGO – One of two
Chicago men accused of plotting
terrorist attacks against a Danish
newspaper that caused
widespread protests by printing
cartoons depicting the Prophet
Muhammad was scheduled to
appear in court Wednesday.
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48,
helped arrange David Coleman
Headley's travel to Denmark in
January and July to conduct
surveillance on possible targets,
including the Copenhagen and
Aarhus offices of the Jyllands-
Posten newspaper, prosecutors
said in criminal complaints filed
Tuesday in U.S. District Court in
Chicago.
The newspaper published twelve
cartoons depicting the Prophet
Muhammad in 2005. One cartoon
showed Muhammad wearing a
bomb-shaped turban. Any
depiction of the prophet, even a
favorable one, is forbidden by
Islamic law as likely to lead to
idolatry.
Headley described his plans for
the attacks to contacts in Pakistan
as "the Mickey Mouse project,"
according to the FBI.
Rana was scheduled to appear
before U.S. Magistrate Judge
Nan Nolan for a bond hearing
Wednesday morning. Headley's
bond hearing is set for Dec. 4
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Wayward Northwest Pilots Grounded After

Losing Licenses
(FOXNews.com) of time and place last Wednesday with ATC clearances or homes of the pilots were not
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:23:07 AM
night. instructions while engaged in air immediately returned Tuesday
Flight 188 was out of carrier operations is extremely night.
WASHINGTON The two communication for more than an reckless." One passenger, Lonnie Heidtke
Northwest Airlines pilots who hour during the incident despite A similar letter was sent to Cole. of Chippewa Falls, Wis., said he
overshot their Minneapolis repeated attempts by air traffic The pilots said they realized they thought it was a stiff penalty for
destination by 150 miles are controllers in two states to reach had overshot their destination the pilots.
grounded indefinitely unless the the airliner, the FAA said in a when a flight attendant contacted "I feel that the FAA pulling their
National Transportation Safety s t a t e m e n t . N o r t h w e s t ' s them on the aircraft's intercom. license seems a little severe, I
Board grants them a reprieve. dispatchers also tried eight times By then, they were over guess. But at the same time, I
T h e F e d e r a l A v i a t i o n to contact the pilots, without Wisconsin at 37,000 feet. They think they should not be flying
Administration said Tuesday that response, the agency said. turned the Airbus A320 with its airplanes at least for a while so
it had revoked the licenses of the The pilots violated numerous 144 passengers around and they have an opportunity to think
pilots of Northwest flight 188 — federal regulations, including landed safely in Minneapolis. about this."
Timothy Cheney of Gig Harbor, failing to comply with air traffic The pilots union at Delta Air Cole and Cheney said they both
Wash., the captain, and Richard c o n t r o l i n s t r u c t i o n s a n d Lines, which acquired Northwest had their laptops out while the
Cole of Salem, Ore., the first clearances and operating their last year, declined to comment. first officer, who had more
officer. aircraft carelessly and recklessly, Earlier, the union had cautioned experience with scheduling,
The pilots have 10 days to the agency said. against a rush to judgment. The instructed the captain on monthly
appeal to the three-member "You engaged in conduct that put pilots told investigators who flight crew scheduling. They said
National Transportation Safety your passengers and your crew in interviewed them on Sunday that they weren't listening to the radio
Board, the same agency that serious jeopardy," FAA regional they had no previous accidents or or watching cockpit flight
investigates air crashes and counsel Eddie Thomas wrote safety incidents. displays during that period. The
makes safety recommendations. Cheney in a letter accompanying Delta spokesman Anthony Black plane's radio was also still tuned
If an appeal fails, they can apply the revocation order. "NW188 said in a statement late Tuesday: to the frequency used by Denver
for a new license after one year. was without communication with "The pilots in command of controllers after the San Diego-to
S L I D E S H O W : N o r t h w e s t any air traffic control facility and Northwest Flight 188 remain -Minneapolis flight had flown
Airlines Plane Mystery with its company dispatcher for a suspended until the conclusion of beyond their reach.
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Tough commute likely
S.F. Bay Bridge Shut Down After Rod Collapse after Bay Bridge rod
(FOXNews.com) Rapid Transit District, later, he said. engineering professor at the snaps (AP)
meanwhile, said extra trains The bridge was closed last University of California,
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:02:27 AM
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
would run during the morning month over the holiday weekend Berkeley who has spent 20 years
SAN FRANCISCO The San commute. while long-planned earthquake studying the Bay Bridge, called Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:43:10 AM

Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge The rod that fell Tuesday was safety upgrades were being made the initial crack a "warning sign"
has been closed indefinitely after erected last month during an SAN FRANCISCO – The San
to the bridge. When the crack of potentially bigger safety issues
a rod installed during last month's emergency repair job. It was Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
was discovered, state with the bridge.
emergency repairs snapped, holding in place a saddle-like cap has been closed indefinitely after
transportation officials initially "The repair they were doing was
causing a traffic nightmare for that had been installed over a a rod installed during last month's
feared it would prevent them really a Band-Aid," said Astaneh-
the 26,000 motorists who cross cracked link discovered over the emergency repairs snapped,
from reopening the span in time Asl, who criticized Caltrans at
the landmark span every day. causing a traffic nightmare for
Labor Day weekend. for the start of the work week. the time for rushing to reopen the
Engineers on Wednesday will the 280,000 motorists who cross
When the rod apparently But the unexpected work only bridge. "The Band-Aid broke, in
evaluate the damage caused when snapped at about 5:30 p.m., it the landmark span every day.
ended up taking a few extra essence."
the rod and metal brace fell into brought down with it a steel Engineers on Wednesday will
hours. Astaneh-Asl said the failure of
t h e 7 3 - y e a r - o l d b r i d g e ' s patch roughly 3 feet long, evaluate the damage caused when
California Department of the repair job demonstrates the
westbound lanes during Tuesday authorities said. the rod and metal brace fell into
Transportation, or Caltrans, need for a longer-term solution.
evening's rush hour. the 73-year-old bridge's
"If you look at the totality of the officials had nothing to say The bridge's age and design make
At least two vehicles — a car circumstances — you've got the westbound lanes during Tuesday
Tuesday about what might have it susceptible to collapse,
and a small truck — either were 5:30 commute, you have a 5,000- evening's rush hour.
caused the repair job to fail. The especially if commercial tractor-
struck by or ran into the fallen pound piece of steel falling out of At least two vehicles — a car
department issued a brief trailers are allowed to continue
rod, said California Highway the sky. We are so fortunate that and a small truck — either were
statement saying only that using it, he said.
P a t r o l O f f i c e r P e t e r V a n no one was injured or killed," struck by or ran into the fallen
"structural engineers and "I think Caltrans is putting public
Eckhardt, but no injuries were CHP Sgt. Trent Cross told rod, said California Highway
inspectors are onsite to assess the relations ahead of public safety,"
reported. Patrol Officer Peter Van
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A spokesman for the Bay Area lanes of the upper deck an hour Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, a civil

Afghan bombs kill eight US troops

(BBC News | Americas |
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Submitted at 10/27/2009 11:49:54 AM
Eight US soldiers have been
killed in bomb attacks in
southern Afghanistan, say Nato-
led forces.
An Afghan civilian was also
killed in what were called
"multiple complex IED attacks" -
or improvised bombs.
The deaths make October the
deadliest month for American
forces in the eight-year war in
Afghanistan.
On Monday, 11 soldiers were
among 14 Americans killed in
multiple air crashes. In total, 55
US troops have died in October,
the Pentagon says.
Americans are still waiting to
hear whether the president is
planning to increase troop levels.
And this incident will contribute
to the perception that the
situation there is deteriorating,
not improving.
The use of improvised explosive
devices in these attacks seems to
be part of a trend towards fewer
conventional direct-fire
engagements and more guerrilla-
style attacks. It looks like these
tactics are migrating from Iraq to
Afghanistan, where we are seeing
the Taliban increasingly using
roadside bombs to attack
coalition forces.
Like many deaths in
Afghanistan, Tuesday's
bloodshed was blamed on the
improvised explosive devices
(IEDs) that pose the biggest
threat to foreign forces operating
in the country.
"Additionally, several service
members were wounded in these
incidents and were transported to
a regional medical facility for
treatment," said a statement from
the International Security
Assistance Force (Isaf).
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5 in Custody in Girl's Homecoming Testimony in Anna

Dance Gang Rape Nicole Smith hearing to
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 8:24:55 AM
the presence of others. People
came by, saw what was
happening and failed to report it."
with cell phone cameras,
according to KTVU.com.
The victim had consumed a large
resume (AP)
Five suspects were in custody More coverage at KTVU.com. amount of alcohol by the time the (Yahoo! News: U.S. News) to keep a lid on it with
early Wednesday in northern The Tuesday night arrests assault began, police said. When Submitted at 10/28/2009 1:20:42 AM
methadone," Gagne said.
California in the gang rape, include a teenager from San officers arrived at the scene, they When Smith fell and fractured
robbery and beating of a 15-year- Pablo; a 21-year-old Richmond found the girl semi-conscious LOS ANGELES – Testimony is two ribs, "Dr. Kapoor prescribed
old girl outside her high school man identified as Salvadore near a picnic table. She is scheduled to resume Wednesday large amounts of Dilaudid, the
homecoming dance, KTVU.com Rodriguez and a teenager from hospitalized with non-life- in the hearing to determine strongest opiate available," said
reported. Pinole who surrendered to police threatening injuries. whether Anna Nicole Smith's Gagne.
Authorities in Richmond, Calif., after they went to his home with Authorities stepped up their doctors and boyfriend should Smith had requested Dilaudid
said they arrested two adults and a search warrant earlier in the investigation Tuesday night, stand trial on charges they before and failed to get it, Gagne
t h r e e j u v e n i l e s a n d w e r e day, KTVU.com said. sending a SWAT team out with illegally funneled drugs to the said.
searching for others believed to Two others were arrested arrest warrants. More arrests are Playboy model. By the end of September,
be involved in the alcohol-fueled Monday: 19-year-old Richmond coming, Gagan said. Testimony Tuesday focused on Kapoor wrote that he was
attack Friday night in a secluded High School dropout Manuel "That list will increase, I expect, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, who is "tapering off" Smith's Dilaudid,
courtyard on the grounds of Ortega, who was booked on as we get people in custody, as charged along with psychiatrist but the dosages he prescribed
Richmond High School. $800,000 bail, and a 15-year-old they tell us what other people did Kristine Eroshevich and Smith's a c t u a l l y i n c r e a s e d , G a g n e
Evidence suggests there may male freshman. and what they saw," he told boyfriend-lawyer Howard K. t e s t i f i e d .
have been up to 10 assailants, The victim, who police say has KTVU.com. Stern. Kapoor eventually had a 45-
Richmond Police Lt. Mark been helping in the investigation, The victim had been verbally All have pleaded not guilty. minute meeting with Smith and
Gagan told KTVU.com, and the left the high school homecoming abused by her classmates in the Smith died of an accidental Stern and tried to refer her to an
assault was likely witnessed by dance about 9:30 p.m. Friday and past, a student told the station. o v e r d o s e o f a t l e a s t n i n e addiction specialist, but she
as many as a dozen people — was heading to meet her father “They used to make fun of her medications at a Florida hotel in refused, Gagne said.
some of whom laughed and for a ride home when a classmate because she had a crush on a boy February 2007. In 2005, Gagne said, Kapoor
snapped photos of the rape on invited her to join a group in class,” said Richmond High Pain management doctor James prescribed numerous sedatives
cell phone cameras but did drinking in the courtyard. senior Susan Meas. “And they Gagne said Kapoor was feeding for Smith in substantial amounts.
nothing to stop it. Shortly afterward, the girl was used to make fun of her because Smith's addiction to prescription She was under his care when she
"She was raped, beaten, robbed allegedly robbed, beaten and of the jeans she wore and stuff. medications by excessively checked into a hospital to
and dehumanized by several gang-raped for more than two She had to barge out of class prescribing opiates, including withdraw from the sedatives
suspects who were obviously OK hours before police intervened. crying one day." methadone and Dilaudid, which during her pregnancy in 2006.
enough with it to behave that way Investigators believe the attack The Associated Press is nicknamed "hospital heroin," However, the day she was
in each other's presence," Gagan not only was watched by up to 12 contributed to this report. a n d s e d a t i v e s k n o w n a s released, Kapoor began writing
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treating Smith when he took over "They're excessive. They're
the practice of another doctor in without medical basis, and they
April 2004. Kapoor took up the fly in the face of treatments"
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Mottaki gave no other details on
the case. But his comments
suggested that formal charges
could still be possible against the
Americans, although Iranian
President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said in an interview
with The Associated Press last
month that he could ask the
judiciary to "take a look at the
case with maximum leniency."
One of the videos, posted on
YouTube Tuesday, shows Fattal
performing an impromptu rap
song — "Yo, it's hot/It's 'cos I'm
in Iraq." — against a backdrop of
the Iraqi city of Irbil.
A second video shows Fattal,
Bauer and Shourd dancing in an
unfinished cinder block building.
Click here to see the video of
Fattal rapping.
Click here to see video of the
three American prisoners dancing
days before their arrest.
"It's obvious they're on vacation.
This makes it real clear that they
were there having fun," said
Bauer's mother, Cindy Hickey,
who lives in Minnesota. "This is
a carefree attitude and not an
attitude of someone that was
meaning to do harm."
Laura Fattal said the videos
showed her son looking well and
fit — "on top of his game."
But it was hearing his voice that
really affected her.
"It took me aback," Fattal said. "I
said, 'That's really Josh. And I
really haven't heard from him.'
When you hear a voice, that pulls
at your heartstrings."
As for his rapping ability, Fattal
said, "Of course I think he's
adorable."
More importantly, she said, the
two videos show "the harmless
nature of all three of them."
Fattal, who lives in Elkins Park,
Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia,
said she and the other two
mothers traveled to the Iranian
mission to the U.N. in New York
on Oct. 15 to deliver a petition
signed by more than 2,500
people asking that the hikers be
released.
Iranian authorities have had
nearly three months to question
the hikers, Fattal said.
"I can't imagine what else they're
expecting to hear," she said.
The videos were made two days
before the hikers were detained.
They were shot by Shon
Meckfessel, a fourth American
on the trip who did not go hiking
with the others because he was
feeling ill.
Shourd, Bauer and Fattal are
friends who all graduated from
the University of California,
Berkeley. Bauer had been living
in Damascus, Syria, with Shourd,
his girlfriend. Fattal went to visit
them after traveling overseas on a
teaching fellowship with the
International Honors Program.
Watching the videos has been
bittersweet, Hickey said.
"It was kind of fun to see that
they were having fun and they
were being kids," she said. "But
it also made me really wonder
why they're still being held. It
made me miss Shane even more."
Nora Shourd, who lives in
Oakland, said she's watched the
videos "50 times already."
"It's wonderful to see them. It's
wonderful to see Sarah dancing
and they're really having a good
time," she said. "But then I feel
the opposite, which is — Why in
the world are they sitting in a jail
in Iran?"
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Increased use
Submitted at 10/28/2009 3:20:04 AM
Mr Alston raised the issue in a
The US has been warned that its r e p o r t t o t h e U N G e n e r a l
use of drones to target suspected A s s e m b l y ' s h u m a n r i g h t s
terrorists in Afghanistan and c o m m i t t e e o n T u e s d a y .
Pakistan may violate At a news conference
international law. afterwards, he said he had
UN human rights investigator become increasingly concerned
Philip Alston said the US should at the increase in their use since
explain the legal basis for June, particularly in Afghanistan
attacking individuals with the and Pakistan.
remote-controlled aircraft. The US told the UN in June that
He said the CIA had to show it has a legal framework to
accountability to international respond to unlawful killings. It
l a w s w h i c h b a n a r b i t r a r y also said the UN Human Rights
executions. Council and the General
Drones have killed about 600 Assembly have no role in relation
people in north-west Pakistan to killings during an armed
since August 2008. conflict.
Mr Alston, the UN Special But Mr Alston described that
Rapporteur on Extrajudicial response as "simply untenable".
Executions, told the BBC: "My Mr Alston's warning came as US
concern is that these drones, President Barack Obama reviews
t h e s e P r e d a t o r s , a r e b e i n g US strategy in the Afghan
operated in a framework which campaign.
may well violate international The senior US military
h u m a n i t a r i a n l a w a n d commander in Afghanistan, Gen
international human rights law. Stanley McChrystal, has asked
"The onus is really on the for at least 40,000 more troops
government of the United States there.
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before U.S. Magistrate Judge
Arlander Keys. Both men were in
custody.
Danish authorities said there
could be more arrests.
Headley and Rana attended
school together in Pakistan, the
FBI said in court papers.
According to U.S. prosecutors,
Headley visited the newspaper's
Copenhagen offices in January
and told employees he
represented Rana's business, First
World Immigration Services, and
that the business was considering
opening offices in Denmark and
might buy advertising.
While in Denmark, Headley
asked Rana to watch for a follow-
up e-mail from an advertising
representative from the paper and
to ask First World's Toronto and
New York offices to "remember"
him in case the newspaper called,
prosecutors said. They said Rana
corresponded with a newspaper
representative and posed as
Headley.
Prosecutors said Headley told
FBI agents after his Oct. 3 arrest
at Chicago's O'Hare International
Airport that the initial plan called
for attacks on the newspaper's
offices, but that he later proposed
just killing the paper's former
cultural editor and the cartoonist
behind the drawings, which
caused outrage throughout the
Muslim world.
Headley, a U.S. citizen who
changed his name from Daood
Gilani in 2006, is charged with
conspiracy to commit terrorist
acts involving murder and
maiming outside the United
States. He could be sentenced to
life in prison if convicted. He
was arrested as he boarded a
flight to Philadelphia, the first leg
of a trip to Pakistan.
Headley and Rana are both
charged with conspiracy to
provide material support to a
foreign terrorism conspiracy,
which carries a maximum
sentence of 15 years in prison.
Rana, who is a Canadian citizen,
was arrested Oct. 18 in his home.
Rana's attorney, Patrick Blegen,
said that his client "is a well
respected businessman in the
Chicagoland community."
"He adamantly denies the
charges and eagerly awaits his
opportunity to contest them in
court and to clear his and his
family's name," Blegen said. "We
would ask that the community
respect the fact that these are
merely allegations and not
proof."
Headley's attorney, John Theis,
said he had no comment.
Jakob Scharf, the head of the
Danish Security and Intelligence
Service, or PET, called the
alleged plot "serious" but said
investigators didn't believe an
attack was imminent. He said the
alleged plotters considered
various options, including using
handguns and explosives, and
that investigators seized footage
of sites around Denmark ranging
from the newspaper's offices to
Copenhagen's main train station.
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Tareen in Chicago contributed to
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Military spokesmen said there
had been two attacks on
patrolling vehicles in the volatile
south of the country - one which
killed seven soldiers and the
Afghan civilian, and a second
attack that killed one soldier.
But few other details were given,
pending the notification of the
soldiers' next-of-kin.
Also on Tuesday, the remains of
three US crew were recovered
from a US reconnaissance plane
that disappeared on 13 October in
Nuristan province in
mountainous north-eastern
Afghanistan.
Nato said the incident remained
under investigation, but hostile
action was not believed to be the
cause of the crash.
Troops pressure
On Tuesday, the Washington
Post newspaper reported that a
senior US diplomat in
Afghanistan had resigned, saying
he had "lost understanding of and
confidence in the strategic
purposes of the United States'
presence in Afghanistan".
State department employee
Matthew Hoh, who was posted to
Zabul province, said that the
insurgency in some parts of
Afghanistan arrived only after the
71
US troops did.
US President Barack Obama is
currently undertaking a review of
American strategy in
Afghanistan.
He is under pressure to reinforce
the US military presence by tens
of thousands of US troops - but
many Americans are likely to
oppose such a course in light of
October's succession of deadly
incidents, says the BBC's
Andrew North in Afghanistan.
Mr Obama vowed on Monday
that he would not rush the
"solemn decision" to send more
troops into battle, amid
accusations by critics that he is
dithering.
Tuesday's attacks also come
amid heightened tension in
Afghanistan in the run-up to the
second round of a presidential
election marred by widespread
fraud in favour of incumbent
President Hamid Karzai.
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it will remain closed indefinitely.
A spokesman for the Bay Area
Rapid Transit District,
meanwhile, said extra trains
would run during the morning
commute.
The rod that fell Tuesday was
erected last month during an
emergency repair job. It was
holding in place a saddle-like cap
that had been installed over a
cracked link discovered over the
Labor Day weekend.
When the rod apparently
snapped at about 5:30 p.m., it
brought down with it a steel
patch roughly 3 feet long,
authorities said.
"If you look at the totality of the
circumstances — you've got the
5:30 commute, you have a 5,000-
pound piece of steel falling out of
the sky. We are so fortunate that
no one was injured or killed,"
CHP Sgt. Trent Cross told
KTVU-TV.
Officers managed to clear the
Oakland-bound traffic from the
lower deck of the bridge by 8
p.m. but were still clearing cars
from the few remaining open
lanes of the upper deck an hour
later, he said.
The bridge was closed last
month over the holiday weekend
for long-planned earthquake
safety upgrades. When the crack
was discovered, state
transportation officials initially
feared it would prevent them
from reopening the span in time
for the start of the work week.
But the unexpected work only
ended up taking a few extra
hours.
California Department of
Transportation, or Caltrans,
officials had nothing to say
Tuesday about what might have
caused the failure. The
department issued a brief
statement saying only that "
structural engineers and
inspectors are onsite to assess the
damage and will make a
determination as to how long
repairs will take.
"At this time, the bridge is closed
until further notice," the
statement said.
Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, a civil
engineering professor at the
University of California,
Berkeley, who has spent 20 years
studying the Bay Bridge, called
the initial crack a "warning sign"
of potentially bigger safety issues
with the bridge.
"The repair they were doing was
really a Band-Aid," said Astaneh-
Asl, who criticized Caltrans at
the time for rushing to reopen the
bridge.
Astaneh-Asl said the failure of
the repair job demonstrates the
need for a longer-term solution.
The bridge's age and design make
it susceptible to collapse,
especially if commercial tractor-
trailers are allowed to continue
using it, he said.
"I think Caltrans is putting public
relations ahead of public safety,"
he said.
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number of motorists who cross
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Submitted at 10/27/2009 6:14:12 PM
US Defence Secretary Robert
Gates has called for a lasting
dialogue with China's military
after meeting a top Chinese
general at the Pentagon.
A Pentagon spokesman said Mr
Gates told China's Gen Xu
Caihou the two sides should
"break the on-again, off-again
cycle" in their military
relationship.
The talks marked the highest
bilateral military contact since
2006.
Last year, Beijing halted military
dialogue with Washington to
protest against US arms sales to
Taiwan.
China has also criticised US
surveillance of waters off the
Chinese coast.
'Obstacles'
"There is a need to break the on-
again-off-again cycle of our
military-to-military relationship,"
said Pentagon spokesman Geoff
Morrell, briefing reporters on Mr
Gates' talks with Gen Xu, vice-
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chairman of the People's
Liberation Army Central Military
Commission.
In the past, there had been
progress "and then there will be a
hiccup that will cause there to be
a suspension" in military co-
operation, Mr Morell said.
The spokesman described the
talks as "productive", adding that
Mr Gates accepted Gen Xu's
invitation to visit China.
Meanwhile, US officials - who
were speaking on the condition
of anonymity - said Gen Xu was
open to boosting military co-
operation, but reiterated
"obstacles" to deepening ties,
such as the presence of US
surveillance ships off China's
coast.
Speaking earlier this week, Gen
Xu said that China did not want
"hegemony" or an arms race.
Washington has repeatedly
urged China to be more open
about its rapidly rising military
spending.
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Business.view: Cash for votes Green.view:

(The Economist: Daily
columns)
furious corporate lobbying.
On October 26th, however, came
a glimmer of hope for those who
been the centre of a notable
corporate scandal a few years ago
(under previous management).
friendly to management at the
expense of shareholders. They
see Delaware’s pre-eminence in
Freaking
Submitted at 10/27/2009 3:04:25 AM

Business.view
want shareholders to have a
proper say on who sits on the
Cynical folk may suspect that
HealthSouth’s new bylaw is
company registrations as the
outcome of a race to the
out
Oct 27th 2009 boards of the firms they own. partly intended to draw a line regulatory bottom. Indeed, it can (The Economist: Daily
From Economist.com A glimmer The directors of HealthSouth, under the firm’s past scandals. be argued that this was the cause columns)
of hope for corporate-governance which runs a chain of hospitals They may also fear that it is not of the weak corporate governance Submitted at 10/27/2009 12:30:23 AM
reform and clinics, approved a change in as reforming as it looks; and that that contributed mightily to the
A M E R I C A ’ S s y s t e m o f its bylaws that will oblige it to its backers hope to discourage the spectacular business failures of Green.view
elections for the boards of reimburse shareholders who SEC from reviving its plans to recent years, both on Main Street Oct 27th 2009
companies has long been a sort mount a proxy contest for the impose tougher reforms by and Wall Street. From Economist.com The
of Potemkin village: impressive, expense involved—provided that giving the appearance that boards Larry Summers, Barack controversy over
until you lean on it. Yes, there is their candidate achieves at least are reforming themselves. Obama’s chief economic adviser SuperFreakonomics
one share, one vote. But only 40% of the vote. It is the first big Having to get 40% of votes and a former treasury secretary, FOOLS rush in where
candidates proposed by the American company to offer such before being reimbursed is a high has said that one of the key climatologists fear to tread. That,
incumbent board make it on to reimbursement, and it has led threshold. The result may be that principles of regulatory reform at least, is what critics are saying
the ballot that the firm sends to some activist shareholders to outside candidates will seek after the recent crisis is that no about a book called “
shareholders. Other candidates declare the start of an important election only if they are almost firm should be able to choose its SuperFreakonomics”, which was
c a n s e e k v o t e s o n l y b y new trend. Bob Monks, a veteran certain to win—in other words, own regulator. He gave no published on October 20th. Its
circulating “proxies” of their own c a m p a i g n e r o n c o r p o r a t e that little will change. indication that this principle authors are self-proclaimed
t o s h a r e h o l d e r s , a t t h e governance, says the move is But those who hope it is the start should apply to choosing which “rogue economist” Steven Levitt,
candidates’ own expense. The very important, not just because of a positive trend can point to a set of state laws a firm subjects of the University of Chicago, and
cost of this is usually enough to it reduces the financial risk for recent change in corporate law in itself to through its choice of his swashbuckling sidekick
deter them, allowing the official outsiders seeking election to the state of Delaware, which took incorporation. Yet maybe that Stephen Dubner, a journalist. The
slate of directors to retain their b o a r d s b u t b e c a u s e , i n effect on August 1st, to make it should be a priority. Rather than internet is now alight with
lucrative boardroom sinecures acknowledging that companies easier to introduce such hoping that barely adequate controversy about a chapter in
uncontested—even if only a tiny have a responsibility to facilitate reimbursement bylaws. This is voluntary reforms at scandal-hit the book that examines climate
proportion of shareholders open contests, it “establishes a important because a large companies will start a trend, how change.
actually vote for them. principle barely dreamed of.” proportion of American firms are about a federal law of The book is a sequel to “
Several efforts to make it easier It is hoped that this principle will incorporated in Delaware. incorporation which establishes a Freakonomics”. This newspaper,
for shareholders to nominate now be adopted widely. Having To some, this highlights the firm principle that outsiders must among many others, gave that
directors have been frustrated by narrowly failed to secure similar strength of America’s system of be given a fair shot at company work a glowing review as an
lobbying from corporate turkeys bylaw changes this year at Dell state (rather than federal) boards? unconventional look into the
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proposals to ease outsiders’ companies at least in 2010. governance triumphs. Critics, unusual, everyday situations to
access to proxies. Earlier Yet there are reasons for however, think that company provide an objective view of the
attempts to bring reforms failed pessimism. HealthSouth is hardly bosses are able to steer firms to
in 2003 and 2007, again due to a representative firm, having GREEN.VIEW: page 75
incorporate in states that are
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Restructuring ING: Breaking up
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Submitted at 10/27/2009 3:36:09 AM
Restructuring ING
Oct 27th 2009
From Economist.com A
dramatic restructuring for ING.
Which big European bank is
next?
IF ICELAND is the place that
has suffered most from the
banking crisis, the Benelux
countries can make a justifiable
claim to second place. After the
calamitous sale of ABN AMRO
and the subsequent
dismemberment of Fortis, ING,
the biggest bank in the
Netherlands, announced on
Monday October 26th that it was
splitting itself up. The bank will
sell its insurance businesses,
divest the American arm of its
ING Direct online-banking unit
and carve out some bits of its
Dutch retail activities. By the
time the restructuring is done, in
2013, the bank’s balance sheet
will be 45% smaller than it was
in September 2008.
That isn’t all. The bank also
announced plans for a €7.5
billion ($11.2 billion) rights issue
to help repay half the money that
the Dutch government injected
into ING in October last year.
Investors reacted with dismay to
the prospect of dilution and the
uncertainty of the planned
restructuring, sending the bank’s
shares down sharply on Monday.
Other equity investors were
spooked, too, as they digested the
wider implications of the
announcement. For shareholders
in other banks that have received
state aid, the biggest concerns
surrounded the European
Commission’s role in ING’s
break-up. The Dutch bank has its
own reasons to act. The rights
issue can largely be explained by
ING’s desire to start escaping
government investment. The
break-up is consistent with a
“back to basics” plan announced
in April by Jan Hommen, ING’s
chief executive, that promised to
simplify and shrink the
institution. Splitting banking and
insurance should rid ING of a
conglomerate discount. Its shares
have historically traded at a 30%
discount to bank and insurance
indices.
Even so, the plan signals that the
Commission’s competition
watchdogs, with which ING
worked closely to develop its
restructuring proposal, are taking
a heavily interventionist
approach to banks that got state
aid. The scale of the break-up
went further than many expected.
The Commission also levied an
additional fee on ING for its
participation in a risk-transfer
scheme with the Dutch
government, to be paid out of the
proceeds from the rights issue.
ING promised not to make any
acquisitions that would slow
down the repayment of
government capital. And it also
pledged not to take price-leading
positions in retail and
commercial banking. Markets are
betting that institutions such as
Lloyds Banking Group and
Royal Bank of Scotland in
Britain, and KBC of Belgium,
will be forced into punitive
restructuring agreements: shares
in all three slid sharply after the
announcement.
Aside from the muscularity of
the Commission, there are two
other trends that ING’s
announcement highlights. The
first is that the “bancassurance”
model of combining banking and
insurance in a single institution is
now squarely out of fashion. To
underline the point, Standard
Life, an insurer, announced the
sale of its banking arm to
Barclays, on the same day. A
focus by investors and regulators
on the simplicity and size of
institutions is one explanation.
Another is the realisation that the
diversification benefits afforded
by having insurance and banking
businesses can be more apparent
than real. A more robust
approach to consumer protection
may also make it harder to cross-
sell insurance products to
banking customers.
ING’s break-up also reinforces a
tendency among many retail
institutions to focus more on their
core markets. There are
exceptions to this rule, of course,
Spain’s Santander notable among
them. But by the time ING’s
restructuring is complete it will
have gone back from being an
aspiring global player to a
European bank with a strong core
in Belgium and the Netherlands.
That retrenchment reflects
structural pressures as well as the
decisions of competition officials
in Brussels. These are the need to
have strong market shares to
achieve cost savings in an
environment of more subdued
growth, the increased emphasis
on deposits as a funding source
and continuing uncertainty over
the regulatory infrastructure for
cross-border banks. ING is being
forced down a road it may well
have travelled anyway.
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Murder in Kabul
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Submitted at 10/28/2009 2:03:04 AM
Terror in Afghanistan
Oct 28th 2009
From Economist.com The
Taliban kill several UN staff in
Afghanistan, ahead of a
presidential election
THE murder of at least six
foreign, civilian, UN staff in a
private guest house in Kabul, and
a near-simultaneous rocket attack
on the city’s most prestigious
hotel, on Wednesday October
28th, are reminders of the
apparently expanding reach of
Taliban insurgents in
Afghanistan. At least three
suicide attackers, wearing
explosives and carrying grenades
and automatic weapons, made
their way into the Bekhtar guest
house, reportedly by posing as
policemen. Frequented by
foreigners, the guest house is in a
central area of Kabul that had
previously been considered
relatively secure. Guards and the
intruders exchanged gunfire,
guests were killed (and nine more
were injured), as well as four
Afghans. Three attackers were
eventually shot dead.
A Taliban spokesman promptly
claimed responsibility for the
murders, saying that they were
“just a start” of an assault on
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self-interests of self-interested
parties. Readers felt they
understood the world a little
better as they learned why most
drug dealers live at home, for
example (the profits go to gang
leaders). Crunch the numbers, the
book insisted, and it all makes
sense.
In “Superfreakonomics” the
ethos is largely
unchanged—readers stand to
learn, among other things, why a
prostitute is like a department-
store Santa (demand for
prostitutes turns out to be
surprisingly seasonal). But the
final chapter tackles the climate-
change debate, and its arguments
had people up in arms even
before the book was published.
Climate-change commentators of
both the professional and the
armchair variety have taken
exception to a number of the
chapter’s opening assertions. A
great deal of debate focuses on
whether the authors misquoted
the scientists they consulted.
But what concerns your
correspondent about this chapter
is that it spends most of its time
describing an apparently cheap,
simple solution to climate
change: a clever idea fermented
in a small set of laboratories at
Intellectual Ventures, a firm run
by Nathan Myhrvold, who was
once Microsoft’s chief
technology officer. The scheme
was originally the brainchild of a
Russian climate scientist, Mikhail
Budyko, in the 1970s. It involves
pumping sulphur dioxide into the
upper atmosphere. There, it will
form sulphates that reflect a
fraction of the incident sunlight,
resulting in a net reduction in
global temperatures. Such
deliberate efforts to modify the
climate to reverse global
warming are called
“geoengineering”.
The authors go to great lengths
to describe how rogue thinkers at
Intellectual Ventures hope to
build a hose into the
sky(suspended by large helium
balloons) that spews sulphur
dioxide constantly into the
atmosphere. They call it
“fiendishly simple and startlingly
cheap”. Dealing with climate
change, they argue, might be
much cheaper and simpler than
everyone seems to think—the
type of counter-intuitive
conclusion for which they have
become known in other fields.
But the chapter marks a
significant departure from the
Freakonomists’ modus operandi:
it contains little in the way of
economics, other than a brief
discussion of externalities and the
observation that the hose system
would be much cheaper than
building an entirely new low-
carbon energy infrastructure for
the world. The casual reader is
left pondering why it has not
already been deployed.
What is troublesome is not just
that the idea, like other
geoengineering schemes, is
untested on any appreciable
scale. Nor is it merely that
temperature mitigation of this
sort does nothing to deal with
rises in atmospheric carbon
dioxide that would also lead to
acidification of the oceans and
loss of biodiversity. It is not even
that there are good reasons to
believe that sulphur dioxide
dispersed in the stratosphere
could drastically disrupt rainfall
patterns in ways that could no
better be modelled with existing
knowledge than next month’s
cloud cover.
Far more insidious than all these
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concerns is the implicit assertion
that the authors have cracked the
hidden economic forces at work
in the climate-change debate, and
the explicit suggestion that this
one technological solution is the
silver bullet that could solve the
climate calamity. The Union of
Concerned Scientists has already
issued a statement debunking the
book’s claims, and debate about
the merits of this one idea among
many will rage on in the
blogosphere.
With “Freakonomics”, the
authors made pop economists of
everyone, to the general good. To
give the sequel’s readers this
distorted lens through which to
view climate change and its
solution is to do readers a grave
disservice.
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“anyone engaged” in the process
of preparing for a run-off
presidential election that is
scheduled for November 7th. The
head of the UN mission, Kai
Eide, responded to the worst
single attack on his staff in the
country by vowing to remain
“committed to Afghanistan”. But
the Taliban may hope that a
bloody enough assault on UN
workers might yet provoke the
organisation either to reduce its
activities in the country or to
consider withdrawal, as happened
in Iraq in 2003 after 22 staff were
killed by bombers at its
headquarters in Baghdad.
After a deeply fraudulent first-
round presidential election in
August, and amid rising casualty
figures for western armies
engaged in Afghanistan, foreign
governments are increasingly
hesitant about committing to
prolong and expand military
engagement in the country.
Barack Obama is reviewing
military strategy and considering
whether to deploy as many as
40,000 extra soldiers to fight a
war that is becoming more
unpopular in America (and
elsewhere). October has proved
to be the bloodiest month so far
for American soldiers in
Afghanistan since the invasion in
2001, with 53 soldiers killed by
October 27th.
Mr Obama is unlikely to
announce a decision on strategy
until after the election. By then, it
is hoped, Hamid Karzai, the
president and likely winner, can
be more credibly presented as a
legitimate partner for outsiders.
Stark evidence of ballot stuffing
and other manipulation in Mr
Karzai’s favour during the
presidential election in August,
suggest that many—perhaps
most—Afghans do not see him as
a credible leader. Nor was Mr
Karzai’s position bolstered by a
claim this week, by the New
York Times, suggesting that the
president’s brother, who is
suspected of involvement in the
country’s opium trade, has also
been getting regular payments
from the CIA. Ahmed Wali
Karzai reportedly denied the
allegations.
The Taliban are most likely to
attempt more attacks in the
coming ten days in an effort to
encourage outsiders to waver
further. By attacking the UN (and
if the assailants indeed posed as
policemen, by the method
employed) the Afghan Taliban
have followed an approach taken
by Pakistani militants across the
border, who assaulted an office
of the World Food Programme
earlier this month, killing five
UN workers. Also on Wednesday
Pakistan’s Taliban detonated a
car bomb in a packed market in
the north-western city of
Peshawar, killing at least 87
civilians and injuring at least 200.
That assault appears timed to
coincide with the arrival in
Pakistan of America’s secretary
of state, Hillary Clinton, although
it may equally be seen as a
response to the Pakistani army’s
offensive in South Waziristan, a
Pakistani-Taliban heartland.
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MediaDailyNews: Interpublic Reports
Organic Slide: Advertiser Sentiment Has
'Stabilized," But Remains 'Cautious'
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 7:00:21 AM
Interpublic, the parent of
Mediabrands, and media shops
such as Initiative and Universal
McCann, this morning reported
one of the worst results for the
third quarter of any of the major
agency holding companies.
Citing the continuing impact of
the global economic recession,
Interpublic said its organic
revenues fell 14.2% during the
third-quarter of 2009,
contributing an 11.8% decrease
for the first nine months of 2009.
Interpublic did not offer any
guidance on when its results
might improve, but Chairman-
CEO Michael Roth said, "Client
sentiment has stabilized, but
remains cautious, which makes it
difficult to predict what growth
will look like in 2010. As a
result, we are aligning our cost
base against conservative top line
assumptions and are positioned
to deliver significantly improved
profitability next year. This will
allow us to fully capitalize on an
advertising recovery and to see
Interpublic achieve long-term
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success."
Interpublic's results follow those
of other major agency holding
companies, which also reported
their worst results so far this year
for the third quarter, though
Publicis Chairman-CEO Maurice
Levy earlier this week said it
appeared that the ad economy
had bottomed out this summer,
and that the rate of erosion is
subsiding for the industry.
In anticipation of Interpublic's
relatively weak results, the
equities research team at Deutsch
Bank nonetheless issued a report
Monday reaffirming its "buy"
recommendation for Interpublic
stock, citing, "exceptional
revenue recovery/margin upside
opportunity for patient investors.
"While near-term data points are
not good and Interpublic is no
quick fix, we think business
momentum is improving along
with the economic outlook,
which positions that company to
bridge the margin gap with the
peers as the ad market recovers,"
the analysts wrote.
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Research Brief: Probing GenY'ers

(MediaPost | Media News) premium ice cream chain Cold Best Buy most consumers in other • Talking on phone (11%)
Submitted at 10/28/2009 6:15:37 AM
Stone Creamery. Burger King demographic groups, will make • Visiting social networks
Among retailers and quick- Source: JD Power & Associates, environmentally friendly choices (9%)
The J.D. Power and Associates service restaurants, the brands October 2009 only if brands and companies • Reading magazines (7%)
2009 Teens and Early Careerist that receive the greatest volumes Overall, the brands that generate make it convenient for them to do • Visiting non social network
r e p o r t s a y s t h a t o n l i n e of online discussion among early the greatest volumes of so. sites (6%)
conversation analysis of two careerists, relative to volumes discussion among early careerists The Participatory Marketing
subsets of Millenials finds that among social media users in relative to other age groups are Network, almost concurrently, Additional findings from the
they are concerned about the other age groups, are as follows. American Idol, Google, Twitter, looked at the communications behavioral study include:
current economic environment, Social Media Top Brand Yahoo! and YouTube. channels most influential on the • Average time spent on
and are becoming particularly Discussion Activity Among Compared with social media GenY/Millenial group. This social networks per month is 33
value-conscious and focused on Careerists users overall, early careerists are GenY behavior study, with the hours, compared to 31 hours
finding employers that offer Rank much more concerned about the Pace University's Lubin School for email, dispite the disparate
stability and long term growth Retailers state of the economy, influencing of Business' IDM Lab, looked at media coverage given to
opportunities. Quick-Service Restaurants online conversations that indicate time spent and preference for Facebook and other social
These two important subsets of 1 a strong degree of visiting social networks, networks
Generation Y (born during the Anthropologie disillusionment among the group. reading/writing email, texting, • Texting remains an
1980s and early 1990s): teens Arby's And, the finds that although early talking on the phone, watching important communications tool
ages 14 to 18, and early careerists 2 careerists consider job-hopping a TV, reading magazines and for Gen Y with the average
ages 22 to 29, display markedly Bath & Body Works necessity for moving forward in a surfing the web (non social number of text messages per
different views, opinions and Cold Stone Creamery career, they strongly desire long- media sites). month exceeding 740
behaviors from the other, and 3 term stability and security within While Gen Y do indeed spend • Gen Y spend more time
have the potential to attain the Old Navy their chosen professions. considerable time on social emailing, texting and social
greatest spending power of any Subway Chance Parker, vice president networks, when asked what they networking online than
previous generation. 4 and general manager of the Web would least like to give up for talking on the phone, watching
The brands that generate the Victoria's Secret Intelligence Division at J.D. one week, only nine percent said TV or reading magazines
h i g h e s t v o l u m e s o f o n l i n e Taco Bell Power and Associates, calls this a social networks while 26% said • Interest in mobile marketing
discussion among early 5 "quarter-life crisis." He says "... email and 26% said texting. remains low among Gen Y, with
careerists, relative to other age Forever21 many are in the process of Michael Della Penna, PMN co- only one in five now receiving
groups, indicate the increasing Panera Bread reevaluating their educational, founder and Executive Chairman, targeted promotional messages
popularity of value brands, which 6 career and lifestyle choices." says "... as long as email remains and only 4% planning to do so in
are competing with trendy brands Urban Outfitters When it comes to purchasing the collection point for social the future
for share of mind. For example, Dunkin' Donuts environmentally friendly networking updates, including
among retailers, value brand Old 7 products, the two poles of Gen Y alerts around new followers, For more information about the
Navy closely follows trendy H&M exhibit considerably different discussion updates and friend careerist report, please visit
brands Anthropologie and Bath Wendy's attitudes. While teens indicate requests, it will remain a JDPower here, and for more
& Body Works in terms of 8 that they will not pay more for powerful force in marketing and information about the Generation
positive discussion volumes Gap green products, but they are our lives." Y and Social Networks study,
among early careerists. Among Starbucks considerably less likely to Activities least likely to be please go here..
quick-service restaurants, fast 9 consider products that they do "given up for a week:" This content has passed through
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of positive discussion, along with 10 about the environment, but like • TV (15%)
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MediaDailyNews: Comcast Lets 'Yellow Pages

TV' Do The Clicking
(MediaPost | Media News) in. The FourthWall system is
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propelled by the EBIF (Enhanced
TV Binary Interchange Format)
An arm of the Comcast Media platform that enables set-top
Center has begun pitching a boxes to serve a range of iTV
"Yellow Pages on TV" functions, including advertising.
application to cable operators to "Yellow Pages on TV" has
offer on their local systems. The Internet-like functionality; it
interactive-TV system allows offers advertisers an opportunity
one's fingers to do the walking -- to track effectiveness with data
with a remote control. on the number of click-throughs
The function, among other their listings receive.
capabilities, allows a viewer to FourthWall Media, formerly
scroll through lists of business they have been in the Yellow pay for a banner ad to appear on Biap, develops iTV applications,
types or search by company Pages for years and could be the screen whenever search including eBay on TV and a
name -- then access contact info. attracted to a local-search-on-TV results for vehicle dealers come fantasy football offering known
A viewer can also click a "call opportunity. up. Or it could offer viewers a as TV Widgets. It also offers an
me" button initiating a call to a "In a mid-size market, there are library of videos of every model e x t e n s i v e i T V a d v e r t i s i n g
business, which immediately tens of thousands of Yellow it sells. support system tabbed as Ad
calls back. Pages advertisers and hundreds C o m p a n i e s c a n p a y f o r Widgets.
A business, too, looking for of TV advertisers, so it creates placement, so their listing comes Peters said the company could
more attention could post a video t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y f o r up in a more prominent spot. A have labeled its system "Local
about its services. nontraditional advertisers," said florist might pony up to appear Search," hut opted to employ the
The group within the CMC Patrick Peters, executive vice on the "first screen" that appears. Yellow Pages moniker because
behind the HITS AxIS service is president at FourthWall Media, "Yellow Pages on TV" has had of its resonance.
looking to encourage operators in which developed "Yellow Pages limited availability on cable "When you say 'Yellow Pages on
mid-size markets to offer the on TV" and has turned to systems so far. A SureWest TV,' everybody knows what that
platform, billing it as a way to C o m c a s t t o h e l p b o o s t system in Kansas City offers it; means," he said. "It really
expand an advertiser base. That's d e p l o y m e n t . OneLink does so in San Juan; leverages the 100-plus year-old
a potential benefit as the cable A listing can cost as little as $8 a and Time Warner Cable has it in habit that has been created."
spot business suffers. month. Or, there might be a so- several DMAs. This content has passed through
For example, plumbers and lawn called Cadillac option at up to CMC has relationships with a fivefilters.org.
services may not run TV ads, but $5,000. Here, a car dealer might slew of operators that may buy