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The First Draft: Democrats turn to Clinton in Senate healthcare

push
By David Morgan (Front Row Obama and Senate Democrats there.
Washington) face seems as old as human “I don’t think there is anything to
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:14:32 AM
nature: people who will be gained by opting out,” Nelson
cooperate — if they get their own said. “I would look at the ability
Former President Bill Clinton is way. of the states to opt in, so that the
due to visit Capitol Hill today to This time, a small clutch of states could make the decisions
talk healthcare reform with moderates want their own way on themselves.”
Senate Democrats and their the so-called public option, a It seems a small distinction but
independent allies. proposal to offer government may prove important. Reform
The meeting’s important because s u p p o r t e d l o w - c o s t h e a l t h advocates fear their adversaries
Democrats have yet to find the 60 coverage that is anathema to could easily defeat healthcare
votes they need to stop Senate Republicans and the insurance reform at the state level, where
Republicans from blocking industry. small numbers of health insurers
P r e s i d e n t B a r a c k O b a m a ’ s Some senators are categorical can sometimes hold a near
signature domestic issue. House about what they want. monopoly.
Democrats got their end of the For independent Sen. Joe Obama hopes to sign a
job done over the weekend by Lieberman of Connecticut — a healthcare reform bill by the end
passing landmark legislation. state long associated with of the year.
C l i n t o n ’ s p r e s i d e n c y w a s insurance interests — opposition Click here for more Reuters
overshadowed by his own failed to the public option is a moral political coverage
bid to reform the healthcare issue. “If the public option plan is V e r m o n t , s o u n d s Others are not so categorical — Photo Credits: Reuters/Chip East
system in the 1990s. But NBC i n t h e r e , a s a m a t t e r o f like Lieberman’s polar opposite: until you get to the nitty gritty. (Clinton); Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
s a i d h e c o u l d h e l p s w a y conscience, I will not allow this “It would be outrageous to me, Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska (Lincoln); Reuters/Mike Segar
Democrats wavering in the bill to come to a final vote,” he that when you have an told NBC he could back a public (Lieberman); Reuters/Chris
current debate, including Sen. said at the weekend on Fox overwhelming majority of option, but not if states have to Helgren (Sanders);
Blanche Lincoln of his home News. Americans wanting a strong make the effort to opt out. Why? Reuters/Jonathan Ernst (Nelson)
state, Arkansas. But his independent neighbor to public option, that we do not Because he doesn’t want them in
A big obstacle that Clinton, the north, Sen. Bernie Sanders of deliver that.” the system unless they want to be

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Obama admits to mistakes, but no
big ones
By Simon Denyer (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:38:24 PM
Barack Obama says he probably
makes one mistake a day, but
doesn’t think he has made any
fundamental ones in almost 10
months as president of the United
States.
Toward the end of his first term,
his predecessor George W. Bush
famously said in answer to a
question that he could not think
of any mistakes he had made — a
comment which long dogged him
as the U.S. overthrow of Saddam
Hussein in 2003 led to chaos in
Iraq.
When Obama was asked the
same question on Monday, he
was quicker on his feet.
“Oh, we make at least one
mistake a day,” he said with a
smile.
“But I will say this, I don’t think
we’ve made big mistakes,” he
told Reuters in an interview in
the Oval Office. “I don’t think
we’ve made fundamental
mistakes.”
When asked to give a few
examples of errors, Obama
regretted how his team had
handled some of the early vetting
of administration appointments, a
reference to problems with
personal taxes that knocked some
key picks out of contention.
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Cramer on BloggingStocks:
Investors are rethinking
their snap judgments
By Jim Cramer
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT),
Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco
Systems (CSCO), Dell (DELL),
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Intel
(INTC), Home Depot (HD),
Motorola (MOT), Market
matters, International Business
Machines (IBM), JPMorgan
Chase (JPM), Goldman Sachs
Group (GS), Lowe's Cos (LOW),
Cypress Semiconductor (CY),
He also mentioned regret over healthcare to a place that seven Stocks to Buy, Cramer on
h o w h e h a d “ p h r a s e d presidents have not been able to B l o g g i n g S t o c k s F r o m $47 to $44? Bad loans? Credit
c o m m e n t a r y ” o n t h e get to, I feel very good about our T h e S t r e e t . c o m N e t w o r k quality? No, not really. Nothing
c o n t r o v e r s i a l a r r e s t o f a progress.” • JPMorgan Plans to Lift Salary
like that. Why did Goldman
prominent African American Highlights from the Interview Freeze
Sachs ( GS) ( Cramer's Take) go
Harvard University scholar in For more from the interview, • Retail Therapy Is Cheaper from $192 to the $170s? Some of
Cambridge earlier this year, click on the story links below: Than Ever it was Meredith Whitney, but
when he said police had acted Obama warns of strains with there is also a sense of
stupidly and was later forced to China TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer
entitlement that makes the firm
backtrack. Obama on Iran nuclear deal says that as numerous stories are
hated, as if somehow it is too
“I mean, there are constant sort Obama on Copenhagen climate mulled over anew, the reasons for much of a pariah to invest in.
of things that I think have proven summit selling seem silly.
Continue reading Cramer on
unnecessary distractions,” he Obama says expect to sign The lack of important data today BloggingStocks: Investors are
said. START pact in December forces market participants to
rethinking their snap judgments
“But in terms of the core Obama reading Life of Pi revisit stories that got tossed out
Cramer on BloggingStocks:
decisions that we’ve made to Photo Credit:Reuters/Jim Young over the last few weeks simply Investors are rethinking their
rescue the economy, to move ( O b a m a a n s w e r s q u e s t i o n s because of earnings ennui. snap judgments originally
forward on a path for moving our during Reuters interview in Oval People are now doubling back to appeared on BloggingStocks on
troops from Iraq, on making sure Office) see what they have forgotten, or
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Abortion issue hard to avoid in healthcare debate
By Donna Smith (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:26:58 AM
Like it or not, the healthcare
debate has turned into a fracas
over abortion rights.
U.S. House Democratic leaders
had hoped to avoid just that in
their push to expand healthcare
coverage and reform the health
insurance market.
But getting the votes to pass the
historic legislation on Saturday
boiled down to settling a dispute
between pro-choice and pro-life
forces over abortion.
Abortion foes won. The House
passed an amendment restricting
the availability of insurance
policies that include elective
abortion services even though
many medical plans currently
offer such coverage.
The debate over abortion
highlights broader
questions surrounding the
government’s reach in
healthcare. Once the government
starts subsidizing insurance
premiums, it will dictate what
can and cannot be included in
that coverage.
Democrat Congressman Louis
Capps underscored that in
arguing the amendment “will
mean more women will have
their reproductive health choices
made by politicians and anti-
choice zealots in Washington,
DC, instead of by themselves and
their doctors.”
With abortion-rights supporters
vowing to strip the amendment
out of the bill as it moves through
the legislative process, the debate
now shifts over to the Senate.
Senate Democratic leaders are
struggling to build enough
support for the healthcare
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overhaul to overcome procedural
hurdles that stand in the way of
major legislation.
The biggest point of contention
has been whether the government
should offer a new health plan
option. But the abortion debate
will likely prove impossible to
avoid.
Jim Manley, spokesman for
Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid, acknowledged the issue
will come up when the Senate
takes up healthcare reform
possibly as early as next week.
“It is an issue that we are going
to have to deal with over here,”
he said. “Senator Reid will need
to talk to his caucus about how to
proceed.”
For more Reuters political news,
click here.
Photo credit: Reuters/Yuri
Gripas ( U.S. House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi following House
vote on healthcare reform
legislation)
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Google Search Is
About to Get a Lot
Better [Google]
By John Herrman (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:51:15 AM
For the last couple of months,
Google's been testing a new
search architecture called
Caffeine—a back-end upgrade,
but one that changes the results in
virtually any search. Today,
Lifehacker gets word that
Caffeine is ready to go live in
Google proper.
So what does this mean, exactly?
Well, if you believe roughly 75%
of Lifehacker's polled readers, it
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about to get more accurate,
relevant and useful. Or that we're
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Lions Gate Entertainment: Still waiting for cash flow

By Steven Mallas disappointing statement of cash Gate scored admirably, earning cash flow
(BloggingStocks) flows. Unfortunately, the 26 cents per diluted share versus Lions Gate Entertainment: Still
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:30:00 AM
company didn't do much better in losing 44 cents per diluted share waiting for cash flow originally
the second quarter. For the six- twelve months prior. appeared on BloggingStocks on
Filed under: Earnings reports, month period, Lions Gate used Earnings.com indicates that Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:30:00 EST.
General Electric (GE), Walt over $160 million for operations analysts were really Please see our terms for use of
Disney (DIS), Film, Lions Gate compared to the roughly $40 underestimating the Q2 income feeds. Read| Permalink| Email
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When I discussed Lions Gate one year ago. excited by a swing to cents per share.
Entertainment's ( LGF) first- Of course, cash flow doesn't profitability. On that count, Lions Continue reading Lions Gate
quarter results, I noted the always get the most coverage. Entertainment: Still waiting for
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Prosecutors urge throwing the book
at convicted ex-lawmaker
By Jeremy Pelofsky (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:59:28 AM
A U.S. judge on Friday will
sentence former Congressman
William “Cold Cash” Jefferson
after he was convicted on
multiple bribery and money
laundering charges. And
prosecutors want to throw the
book at him.
The former Louisiana lawmaker
faces between 27 and 33 years in
prison according to federal
sentencing guidelines and
prosecutors said that sounds good
to them. Authorities discovered
$90,000 in Jefferson’s freezer
during their investigation.
“As the defendant stands
convicted of some of the most
serious corrupt schemes
uncovered in recent history, he is
without remorse and has yet to
accept responsibility for his
actions,” according to a
memorandum filed with the court
late Friday.
“A severe sentence would send
the message to the public that
such egregious and criminal
behavior will not be tolerated in
our society,” the prosecutors
counseled. They also asked that
Jefferson, 62, immediately go to
prison for fear he would flee the
country before his appeals are
exhausted.
The ex-congressman was
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initiations: ADBE, ANN, CCE,
PIKE, RAX, RBS, WYNN ...
By Eric Buscemi weight as it believes the
(BloggingStocks)
company's core brand will
Submitted at 11/10/2009 11:30:00 AM
recover faster than originally
thought. The firm raised its target
Filed under: Analyst reports, on shares to $17 from $12.
A n a l y s t u p g r a d e s a n d • Rockwell ( ROK) was
downgrades, Analyst initiations u p g r a d e d t o n e u t r a l f r o m
Analyst upgrades: underperform at Baird.
• Taiwan Semi ( TSM) was
• Janney Montgomery upgraded raised to outperform from market
Adobe ( ADBE) to buy from perform at FBR Capital.
neutral on expectations for a • Royal Bank of Scotland ( RBS)
strong CS5 product cycle in was upgraded to buy from hold at
2010. The firm raised its target Deutsche Bank.
on shares to $43 from $33.
• Kaufman Bros. upgraded Continue reading Analyst
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convicted in August on 11 of 16 Democratic and includes most of e x p e c t a t i o n s g r o w t h w i l l Analyst upgrades, downgrades
counts of bribery, racketeering New Orleans.) accelerate in 2010. The firm and initiations: ADBE, ANN,
and money laundering. He was Jefferson acknowledged when raised its target on shares to CCE, PIKE, RAX, RBS, WYNN
accused in 2007 of soliciting he was first charged that he had $22.50 from $16. Oppenheimer . . . o r i g i n a l l y a p p e a r e d o n
millions of dollars in bribes from made mistakes in judgment that u p g r a d e d R a c k s p a c e t o BloggingStocks on Tue, 10 Nov
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Jefferson lost re-election last For more Reuters political news, • Stephens upgraded Ann Taylor
year to Republican Anh “Joseph” click here. ( ANN) to overweight from equal
Cao — yes, the lone Republican - Photo credit: Reuters/Larry
who voted for the Democrats’ Downing (Jefferson after his 10 Geeky Laws That Should Exist, But
health care reform bill that arraignment in federal court in
p a s s e d t h e H o u s e o f 2007) Don't
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Quanta Services
Maclaren rules out UK pushchair recall in safety (PWR): Infrastructure
power play
scare By Steven Halpern
By Rebecca Smithers, Sandra The company insisted the recall as that in the UK and no umbrella folding mechanism to (BloggingStocks)
Haurant (World news and would not apply to the UK or the pushchairs were being taken back adopt this practice." Submitted at 11/10/2009 11:00:00 AM
comment from the Guardian | rest of Europe and said the risk of from consumers. Maria Battle, senior director of
guardian.co.uk) injury was "non-existent" if the The interim head of trading Consumer Focus, agreed: "We Filed under: International
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:32:02 AM
pushchairs were opened and standards, David Hedger said: are calling on Maclaren to do the markets, Newsletters,
closed correctly. Its decision was "The product recall in the US is right thing and give their Commodities, Oil, Stocks to Buy,
Maclaren says risk of injury 'non backed by UK trading standards to alert people to a potential customers in the UK the same Green Stocks, Obama Picks
-existent' if pushchairs recalled in officials, who said there had been safety risk. Maclaren approached levels of protection as they have "I'm excited about Quanta
US are opened and closed only one recorded accident in the us seeking our advice on this in the US, with immediate effect. Services ( PWR), a contracting
correctly UK involving a Maclaren buggy, issue in September. Because the Our advice to consumers is to company that specializes in
The baby and toddler equipment and the product was considered pushchairs conform to EU either stop using the pushchairs building utility transmission and
manufacturer Maclaren today to conform to safety standards. regulations and there has only immediately or to use them with distribution infrastructure," says
defended its decision not to M a c l a r e n i n s i s t e d t h a t t h e been one reported injury extreme caution and care until Ian Wyatt.
organise a European recall of products fully complied with involving a Maclaren pushchair Maclaren rectifies this situation. In his Top Stock Insights, he
children's pushchairs at the centre European safety legislation. in the UK, we advised them that Despite its claim of meeting EU explains, "The current focus in
of a safety scare, despite having In a statement, Maclaren Europe a recall in this country or EU was guidance on product safety, our the U.S. of projects that improve
done so in the US. Limited said: "We wish to not a legal requirement. Any children's welfare is the most energy conservation, utilize
Consumer groups called for reassure our customers that they decision to voluntarily take important consideration. A safety renewable resources, and
British shoppers to be given the should continue to use their action in relation to such announcement and a improve air quality make Quanta
same levels of protection as existing Maclaren buggies since products would have to be made modification kit have been an excellent long-term growth
Americans, and advised parents they are safe when opened and by Maclaren, as we have no introduced in the US and this opportunity.
to boycott the models in question closed correctly. As further power to recall a product that should be mirrored in the UK." "Its customers are in the electric
if they were worried they were reassurance we have updated our conforms to safety standards." She added: "We are calling for power, gas, telecommunications,
unsafe. operating instructions and placed Jenny Driscoll, of the consumer the EU safety standards in this and cable television industries.
The company – founded in a warning label on the buggy to group Which?, said: "Maclaren area to be re-examined, as there These are stimulus spending
Britain but now US-owned – ensure that customers take care pushchairs meet all relevant is clearly something wrong when customers; i.e., big government
announced yesterday that 1m and keep children away from the British and US safety standards a product identified as posing a organizations and utilities
folding pushchairs were being buggy, when it is being folded or and have performed well in our danger to children in America is companies.
recalled after 12 children had unfolded. Our advice is that tests. However, consumers in the passed as fit for sale here." Continue reading Quanta
their fingertips cut off when they consumers should take the same US are being offered a free safety • Consumer affairs Services (PWR): Infrastructure
were caught in hinges. level of caution and care as when kit to add to their Maclaren • United States power play
All Maclaren single and double opening or closing a car door, or pushchair and we think that Quanta Services (PWR):
umbrella pushchairs in the US, any other moving part that can be British consumers should be Rebecca Smithers Sandra Infrastructure power play
including the popular Volo and found in many other baby and offered the same protection. Haurant originally appeared on
Techno models, were voluntarily toddler products." Maclaren has said that it will be guardian.co.uk© Guardian News BloggingStocks on Tue, 10 Nov
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Iraqi court rules Guardian defamed Nour al-

Maliki
By Martin Chulov (World news interfering in Iraqi internal affairs of democracy in Iraq, which he three intelligence officers, that
and comment from the The ruling overlooked the fact says are essential to nation- the Iraqi government was close to
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) that the author of the piece is an building efforts. However, Iraqi the US, and that officials attached Lenovo IdeaPad U150
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increasing authoritarianism It also trumped earlier advice routine violence in Iraq have top intelligence body, one of 18 Submitted at 11/10/2009 11:29:00 AM
An Iraqi court has ordered the provided by three independent reported being assaulted by to have risen from the ashes of
Guardian to pay the prime experts to the trial judge in security officials in recent weeks the dreaded Mukhabarat, which Just in case it had slipped your
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months after the award-winning Attempts to identify one of the April, the day the prime minister infiltrating extremist networks. inch thick enclosure, with a 11.6-
correspondent Ghaith Abdul- panel members who provided the arrived in London seeking British • Iraq inch 1366 x 768 display and
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Sesame Street: Michelle Obama celebrates show's

anniversary
By Stuart Heritage (World education and the puppets and cabbage and Elmo, De Niro gives unless Michelle Obama is a
news and comment from the the funky counting song with the possibly his best performance in classically trained vocalist, she'll
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) pinball cartoon– Sesame Street a decade. That means that a large do well do stick to speech. Nokia N900 ad
has always put a heavy emphasis number of children are going to Lesson three: Enunciate
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:42:55 AM
on its celebrity guests. It's a win- grow up thinking that Robert De Honestly, David Beckham, it's suggests a history
The first lady is appearing on win for everyone involved; Niro is one of the finest actors of bad enough that Sesame Street
Sesame Street today as the show Sesame Street gets the credibility his generation. It also means that has taught millions of British of mental illness
reaches its 40th birthday. What and publicity that comes with a a large number of children are children that the last letter of the By Nilay Patel (Engadget)
lessons can she learn from other big-name guest, and the celebrity going to be profoundly alphabet is called "zee" instead of
Submitted at 11/10/2009 10:17:00 AM
celebrity appearances? gets to gently send up their disappointed when they become "zed", but there's no need to get
See our gallery of 40 years of persona while exposing a whole old enough to watch Analyze your own back by teaching The DROID might have started
Sesame Street new generation to their hilarious That. As a sidenote, 'do your best' American kids that another word us down the road of dark sci-fi
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Brooklyn are populated by movies. That last one only really cool'. That was directed at you, outtakes idea of what any of this means --
freakishly tall canaries and their applies to Robert De Niro, but Natalie Portman. Lesson two: Ricky Gervais did, and he's and we're not too sure Nokia
severely depressed elephant still. Don't sing if you can't sing hilarious. Therefore, Michelle really wants to suggest that its
friends – is 40 years old today. So if Michelle Obama really Sesame Street has played host to Obama should, and we'll all think new flagship device is the
And how is such an important w a n t s h e r S e s a m e S t r e e t some extraordinary musical she's hilarious too. cellphone manifestation of
show going to mark such an appearance to stand out from the guests over the years – like • US television Twitchy McSanity here. You'll
important anniversary? By crowd, what lessons can she learn Stevie Wonder and Cab • Television see what we mean -- video after
unveiling a new short-form from previous guests? Time for a Calloway and Smokey Robinson • US television industry the break.
documentary clip about a canning quick history lesson: Lesson one: – but just because they can sing, • Television industry P.S.- Are we the only ones who
factory? By finally allowing Bert Do your best it doesn't mean that everyone • United States see this as a nightmarish
and Ernie to get it on? By finding Sesame Street may be primarily can. Take this clip of pre-Daily • Sesame Street dystopian remake of Pump Up
a b a c k s t r e e t d o c t o r w h o ' l l watched by children, but even Show Jon Stewart. Is he funny? The Volume? Is that just us?
prescribe Elmo the Ritalin he so t h e y k n o w a h a l f - h e a r t e d Yes. Is he intelligent? Stuart Heritage Okay.
sorely needs? No – instead celebrity appearance when they Undoubtedly. Can you get guardian.co.uk© Guardian News Continue reading Nokia N900 ad
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The Ultimate iPhone Car
Yangtze delta warned to prepare for effects of Kit: Complete remote
control via the iPhone
climate change By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
By Jonathan Watts (World apparent, from the source to the floods. China, which is particularly Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:00:55 AM
news and comment from the estuary. The report's authors – "Extreme climate events such as vulnerable to climate change
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Is there anything the iPhone
which includes many of China's storms and drought disasters will because of its large population
can’t do? Sure you can store your
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:23:41 AM leading scientists – calculated increase as climate change and relatively low economic
files, add contacts, and play
that climate change was continues to alter our planet," development," said James Leape,
Civilization Revolution on it but
Delta has been warming faster responsible for 81% of grassland said Xu Ming, the lead researcher director general of WWF
did you know you could drive
than global average for a decade, degradation near the headwaters on the report, which included International. "The report is a
your car with it?
and the impact is already being of the Yangtze on the Tibetan contributions from the China reminder that while the whole
The lads from Engineer
felt, according to WWF China plateau. By the estuary near Academy of Sciences, the China world rises to meet the challenge
Awesome rigged up a
China's most populous river Shanghai, the sea level had risen Meteorological Administration of climate change, we must
Oldsmobile Delta 88 to run
needs massive investment and by 11.5cm in the past 30 years. and other academic bodies. prepare for impacts that are
entirely by remote control and
careful planning to ease the As well as having a dire impact The study – one of the most already inevitable," he said.
then created an iPhone app so
impact of climate change, which on wildlife, particularly in comprehensive ever undertaken • Water
they could drive the sucker with a
is causing floods, droughts and wetlands, the report warned that of a major river basin – was • Climate change
few choice taps and swipes.
storms to intensify, a new report people living on the delta would cautious about the rate of glacier • Food
They also ride their car like a
(pdf) said today. have to adapt or suffer from shrinkage. • Flooding
surf board.
The Yangtze delta, which is falling harvests, lengthening Despite the rising temperatures, • Drought
The boys come from Waterloo
home to about 400 million droughts and fiercer storms. it predicted the icefields near the • Natural disasters and extreme
Labs at National Instruments so
people, has been warming far If current trends continue, it headwaters would only shrink by weather
these guys know how to bring the
faster than the global average for predicted rice production in the 11.6% between 1970 and 2060. • China
science.
more than a decade and the Yantgtze basin would decrease This is a slower rate of decline • Farming
implications for food security and by between 9% and 41% by the than previous studies. • Climate change
biodiversity will worsen without end of the 21st century, while The authors urged the authorities • Agriculture
remedial action, according to the harvest of corn and winter wheat to ease the impact on people and • Conservation
study led by WWF China. would decline even more the environment by developing
The report found that in the first p r e c i p i t o u s l y . hardier crop strains, shifting from Jonathan Watts
f i v e y e a r s o f t h i s d e c a d e , Large areas of southern China corn to rice, improving the guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
temperatures along China's are already experiencing a management of the river and & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
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degree in the 1990s. growing more frequent and "Adaptation is a must for large
The consequences are already intense, raising the risks of developing nations such as

And our costume contest winner is…

By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:11:17 AM
What do a crane game, two Iron
Men, and Wall-E have in
common? They’re all some of the
amazing costumes you guys sent
in to our First Annual Costume
Contest. You’ve all picked your
winners and it’s time to unveil
him – or her – to the world…
It was a heavily contested race
and some of you weren’t happy
with the results but Karen AKA and stay tuned for more great
Miss Firefox won our costume contests!
contest. Her mix of cleverness
and cute beat out even two Iron
Men and my personal favorite,
Wall-E. Thanks to all the entrants
E-reader Newspaper World/ Finance/ Gadgets/ 9

Brazil pledges deep emission cuts

By Tom Phillips (World news following a climate change Half of Brazil's proposed cuts anything."
and comment from the meeting in Sao Paulo yesterday. will come from a reduction in The recent emergence of
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) "We still believe that the deforestation, while the rainforest defender, Marina Silva,
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:49:32 AM responsibility belongs to the remaining 20% relates to industry
as a potential presidential
developed countries." She said and farming. candidate for next year's
Brazil will take proposals for the reductions were voluntary, "We are already an example to elections, has helped propel the
voluntary reductions of 38-42% and not binding "targets", which the world. But the fact that we environment back onto the
by 2020 to the Copenhagen she said should only be set for are going to announce a political agenda in Brazil.
climate change conference next developed countries with higher significant objective does not Rousseff, a Workers' party
month, chief of staff says emissions.
The Brazilian government is Rouseff's intervention strikes at
mean we do not know that the
responsible ones are the
minister, who is president Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva's favoured
Today is
preparing to pledge a big curb in the core of the impasse in the developed countries," Rousseff presidential candidate, is set to
its greenhouse gas emissions by global warming talks. Scientists
2020 as a "political gesture" say rich nations with long
said. travel to Copenhagen next month
Brazil's official position for the
to lead the Brazilian climate
Netflix on
aimed at pressing rich nations polluting histories, like the US,
into agreeing to large cuts in need to cut emissions by 25-40%
carbon. by 2020 on 1990 levels, but the
Copenhagen talks is expected to
be announced before this
weekend. Brazilian negotiators
change delegation.
• Copenhagen climate change
conference 2009
the PS3 day
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
The country's chief of staff, offers on the negotiating table are already expected to announce• Climate change
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:39:07 AM
Dilma Rousseff, said Brazil f a l l s h o r t o f t h i s . P o o r e r plans to cut deforestation by 80%
• Deforestation
w o u l d t a k e p r o p o s a l s f o r developing nations need, say by 2020. • Carbon emissions PS3 owners no longer have to be
voluntary reductions of 38-42% experts, to cut their emissions by Sergio Leitao, the director of • Brazil jealous of Xbox 360 owners.
by 2020 to the Copenhagen 15-30% by 2020 compared to public policies for Greenpeace Now, they too can stream Netflix
climate change summit next business-as-usual. By stepping Brasil, said that the proposed Tom Phillips goodness through their gaming
month. The reductions are from up to its side of the deal, Brazil is numbers "were good" but that the guardian.co.uk© Guardian News console of choice. That is, with a
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EU objects to Sun-Oracle deal Just pop that Netflix disc into
your PS3 to load-up the software
By Melly Alazraki Oracle's ( ORCL) acquisition of competitors in the market and and away you go. Of course you
(BloggingStocks) Sun Microsystems ( JAVA) after that "the merger is unlikely to be have to use that disc, which
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:00:00 AM
U.S. authorities have approve the anticompetitive." activates the service via Blu-ray’s
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10 World/ Finance/ Gadgets/ E-reader Newspaper

No leniency for diver convicted of Dr. Doom Nouriel

killing wife Roubini believes the
(World news and comment
from the Guardian |
guardian.co.uk)
Rico.
A jury unanimously convicted
Swain on 27 October of
one that has spent any time with
or actually knows my father
thinks he should spend one more
bubble is about to burst
murdering Shelley Tyre in what second behind bars." By Mark Fightmaster
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:08:25 AM (BloggingStocks)
authorities portrayed as a near- No eyewitnesses or DNA
A British Virgin Islands judge perfect crime. evidence linked Swain to the Submitted at 11/10/2009 10:30:00 AM

says David Swain must serve at Tyre's drowning near an isolated murder. The prosecution's case
least 25 years of a mandatory life shipwreck at a depth of 24 metres rested largely on experts who Filed under: Market matters,
sentence (80 ft) was initially ruled an testified they believed Swain Recession, Financial Crisis
A British Virgin Islands judge accident, but authorities in the wrestled his wife from behind, Dr. Doom is back. Last week,
ruled today that a former Rhode British Virgin Islands charged tore off her scuba mask and shut New York University economist
Island dive shop owner must Swain with murder after a 2006 off her air supply while they Nouriel Roubini decided to speak
serve at least 25 years of a civil trial in Rhode Island found swam near the shipwreck. out about the current economic Doom believes that the prices for
mandatory life sentence for him responsible for her death. Her mask was damaged, the recovery, warning that it cannot these risky assets have risen too
killing his wife on a Caribbean The civil jury awarded Tyre's mouthpiece of her snorkel was last. I'm not quite sure how this far and too fast compared to
scuba outing in 1999, rejecting family $3.5m (£2.1); Swain filed missing, and her fin was found blog missed my radar screen, so I macroeconomic fundamentals.
his lawyers' bid for leniency. for bankruptcy and has not paid embedded in a sandbar all signs must thank Robert J. Samuelson Continue reading Dr. Doom
Justice Indra Hariprashad- the sum. of a struggle, prosecution for bringing it to my attention Nouriel Roubini believes the
Charles said the premeditated In the criminal trial, prosecutors witnesses said. The defence yesterday. bubble is about to burst
nature of the crime bound her to argued that Swain killed Tyre to called it a weak case that lacked Roubini contends that while Dr. Doom Nouriel Roubini
deny a defence request that pursue a romance with another physical evidence and was built there was a massive rally in "all believes the bubble is about to
David Swain become eligible for woman and get his hands on his on speculative theories and sorts of risky assets" has caused burst originally appeared on
parole after 18 years in prison. wife's money. circumstantial evidence designed the dollar had weakened sharply BloggingStocks on Tue, 10 Nov
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sentence at a Balsam Ghut prison 100% in support of my father,
on Tortola, a mountainous island and his innocence," Bloom wrote
about 90 miles east of Puerto in a letter to local journalists. "No

Samsung announces its own ‘open’ mobile platform – bada

By Jeremy Kessel As Sesame Street is currently systems/platforms. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. has taken the wraps off its own,
(CrunchGear) celebrating its 40th anniversary, Darn, my hand ran out of fingers! new open mobile platform, bada.
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:55:42 AM
now seems like as good a time as Well, no matter, Samsung thinks
any for us to practice our counting...of mobile operating there is plenty room for more and
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War memorials get English Heritage Happy holidays! Google

protection giving away free Wi-Fi
By Maev Kennedy (World co-ordinated by the Imperial War in Hartington, in the Peak By Beth Gaston Moon
news and comment from the Museum. Almost all were paid District, intended to reflect the (BloggingStocks)
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) for by the public in the stone-working traditions of the Submitted at 11/10/2009 12:00:00 PM
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:58:38 AM outpouring of grief over the scale region that many men left behind
of casualties in two world wars, to join the first world war. Frank Filed under: Consumer
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English Heritage overgrown and neglected, or from local stone was not listed ginormous heart, Google (
War memorials including bronze targeted by vandals and thieves and we are delighted that it now GOOG) is giving holiday hope you'll take the opportunity
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New Spacecraft Uses Solar Wind to Propel its Sails [Space]

By Adam Frucci (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:40:00 AM
A new spacecraft is being
launched in about a year, one
designed to travel across the solar
system. But instead of using
rockets to propel itself, it uses
sails. Sails pushed by light.
Starlight carries not only energy
but momentum. Comet tails, for
example, are the result of light
blowing dust off the comet's
core. It's not a lot of juice, but it's
enough.
The force on a solar sail is
gentle, if not feeble, but unlike a
rocket, which fires for a few
enough sail, say a mile on a side,
could reach speeds of hundreds
of thousands of miles an hour,
fast enough to traverse the solar
system in 5 years. Riding the
beam from a powerful laser, a
sail could even make the journey
minutes at most, it is constant. to another star system in 100
Over days and years a big years, that is to say, a human
lifespan.
We're pretty damned far off
from a person riding the light to
whatever planet Avatar is set on,
but it's still a pretty neat idea. [
NY Times]
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Is Choosing a Prosthesis So Different than Picking a Pair of
Glasses? [Aimee Mullins]
By Aimee Mullins (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:00:00 AM
I think technology has evolved
enough to let us be earnest about
the fact that a consumer of a
prosthetic is the same consumer
buying an iPod or glasses or a
couch for their house. You want
options.
Obviously, the role of a
prosthetic is one far more
intimate than that of a couch, and
being fitted for a prosthetic is
much more labor intensive than
just picking out eyeglasses, and
but the ideas aren't so dissimilar.
From the 1930s to as late as the
1970s, the UK National Health
Service mandated only one
"choice" for their eyeglasses –
considered solely as "medical
appliances" — and the standard
was a plastic frame formed in a
rather horrid pinkish color, an
attempt at "flesh tone," already
problematic in that
description…who's flesh tone,
exactly?
The NHS believed that people
would want discretion in their
vision correction-the social
humiliation generally thought to
be incurred by wearing glasses
meant that no one would want
their glasses to stand out. So
there was one form of glasses
made for everyone. Today, that
sounds ludicrous.
Meanwhile, no one has yet to
build a leg that does it all—I
have to change legs when I want
to wear high heels; I have to
change legs when I want to wear
different height high heels; I have
to change legs when I want to
swim, take a boxing class at the
gym, or sprint on the track. I
have 12 pair in all (though many
are housed in museums).
Until that functionality is
matched with one single
prosthetic, you want to be able to
have the fullest quality of life as
deemed by you. For some people,
it will never be important to
swim, or wear a pair of high
heels, or to have a prosthetic limb
with a cosmesis that really
replicates humanness. But for
others, those things could be very
important. For some people, like
me, some of those things are
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prosthetic opportunity and choice
for most people is due to very
limited coverage by insurance
companies. To be frank, since my
teenage years, I have pursued
each and every opportunity to be
a guinea pig, trading the use of
my body as a testing ground for
new technologies for the
privilege of using them. Not one
pair of my legs is covered by
insurance; not one pair of my
legs is considered "medically
necessary."
What is considered medically
necessary for the American
insurance standard is whatever
gets you from the bed to the
toilet. I am not kidding. No other
aspect of daily living other than
using the bathroom is considered
"necessary," which means your
basic prosthetic given to most
amputees — a stick with a rubber
foot as a leg, or a stick with a
hook on the end as an arm, has
fundamentally not changed since
WWII.
My Ossur legs are constructed of
woven carbon fiber. They've got
a shock absorber, springs, and a
important only some of the time.
split-toe foot so I can navigate
In my functional daily arsenal, I
uneven terrain with a bit better
have a general rotation between
balance-and basically there's
what I call the "Robocop" legs
nothing human-looking about
(Re-Flex VSP Legs made by
that leg. I don't mind this aspect.
Ossur) and my cosmetic, very life
I'm quite happy with this
-like legs (by Dorset
amazing construction looking
Orthopaedic).
like what it is: a good prosthetic
As if we weren't already aware
of the dire state of the American CHOOSING page 14
healthcare system, the lack of
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Why Did Samsung Just Announce Another Mobile OS?
[Samsung]
By John Herrman (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:36:03 AM
They're calling it "Bada," which
means ocean in Korean. And it's
got an SDK! After sifting
through hundreds of words of
deliberately vague press release,
this is all we really know about
Samsung's new mobile OS. Well,
almost.
Samsung is as aware as any
company of just how many
smartphones OSes there are in
the world, since they license
almost all of them, from
Windows Mobile to Symbian to
Android. Throwing another OS
into the mix seems like it might
confuse things, but at first glance,
that's exactly what it looks like
they're doing:
In order to build a rich
smartphone experience accessible
to a wider range of consumers
across the world, Samsung brings
bada, a new platform with a
variety of mobile applications
and content.
So, a new OS with an emphasis
on apps. But why the awkward
language about "smartphone
experiences" and "accessibility?"
On the project's website,
Samsung's a little more clear:
More and more people want rich
and connected application-
experiences that are currently
available only for smartphone
consumers. Samsung has
developed bada to make these
exclusive smartphone
experiences available to
everyone.
Ah! So it's probably not a full-
fledged smartphone OS, but a
feature phone OS with an SDK.
Samsung is a huge company, so
this can't be ignored, but it
doesn't mean that smartphones
are about the get more confusing.
If anything, it means that feature
phones are about to get better.
Or not at all! We won't know for
sure until Samsung stop being
cryptic for sport, or whatever it is
they're doing here. [ Samsung]
Samsung Launches Open
Mobile Platform:
Samsung bada– The Next Wave
Of The Mobile Industry
Developers get the chance to
create mobile applications
for millions of new Samsung
handsets
November 10th, 2009, Seoul,
Korea – Samsung Electronics Co.
Ltd., a leading mobile phone
provider, today announced the
launch of its own open mobile
platform, Samsung bada [bada]
in December. This new addition
to Samsung's mobile ecosystem
enables developers to create
applications for millions of new
Samsung mobile phones, and
consumers to enjoy a fun and
diverse mobile experience.
In order to build a rich
smartphone experience accessible
to a wider range of consumers
across the world, Samsung brings
bada, a new platform with a
variety of mobile applications
and content. The name ‘bada',
which means ‘ocean' in Korean,
was chosen to convey the
limitless variety of potential
applications which can be created
using the new platform. It also
alludes to Samsung's
commitment to a variety of open
platforms in the mobile industry.
Samsung bada also represents the
fresh challenges and
opportunities available to
developers, as well as the
entertainment which consumers
will enjoy once the new platform
is open.
Based on Samsung's experience
in developing previous
proprietary platforms on
Samsung mobile phones,
Samsung can create the new
platform and provide
opportunities for developers.
Samsung bada is also simple for
developers to use, meaning it's
one of the most developer-
friendly environments available,
particularly in the area of
applications using Web services.
Lastly, bada's ground-breaking
User Interface (UI) can be
transferred into a sophisticated
and attractive UI design for
developers.
Samsung will be able to expand
the range of choices for mobile
phone users to enjoy the
smartphone experiences. By
adopting Samsung bada, users
will be able to easily enjoy
various applications on their
mobile.
Samsung bada also offers an
easy-to-integrate platform for
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mobile operators so that mobile
operators can provide unique and
differentiated services to their
customers. Samsung established
its mobile application ecosystem
through the launch of Samsung
Mobile Innovator in 2008 and the
Samsung Application Seller Site
followed by Samsung
Application Store as another key
element of this offering.
Dr Hosoo Lee, Executive Vice
President and Head of Media
Solution Center at Samsung
Electronics said, "By opening
Samsung's mobileplatforms we
will be able to provide rich
mobile experiences on an
increasing number of accessible
smartphones." He added, "bada
will be Samsung's landmark,
iconic new platform that brings
an unprecedented opportunity for
operators, developers and
Samsung mobile phone users
around the world."
The official website
(www.bada.com) will open on
November 10th and will feature a
range of information on bada
including updates onproduct
launches, features, and event
notices. Samsung will also host
an official launch event for bada
in London, UK in December and
will also unveil its bada software
development kit (SDK) to
developers for the first time on
this date.
WHY page 14
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CHOOSING
continued from page 12
that enables me to move around
very well. I've embraced the sci-
fi aesthetic of the sleek black
carbon fiber, the WD-40
glistening on the shock absorber,
and I feel rather cool wearing
them. They're the prosthetic leg
version of a motorcycle jacket.
However, I am very aware that
there are some vets – mostly
female, but some male as well –
currently coming back from Iraq
and Afghanistan who aren't
exactly thrilled about looking like
the Terminator, and their
consumer desire for choice
should be respected.
My Dorset legs are designed
more for style than utility. Far
lighter than the VSPs, the
skeleton or internal frame is
made from a hollow carbon fiber
custom made tube, and like my
sports legs, the sockets are
shaped to match my residual
limbs exactly so I am able to
wear the prostheses all day
without discomfort. The carbon
is used because it has tremendous
strength and weighs very little,
approx 300gms. The frame is
then covered with a polyurethane
foam that is then sculpted both to
my specific requests and the
aesthetic imagination of the
HourTime Podcast Episode 2 – Lawsuits,
Warriors, and Why Watches are So Expensive
By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:45:28 AM
prosthetist Bob Watts, who will
ask me how I want them to look
(my last pair got a super flexed
calf muscle; it serves as a
reminder to get the rest of my
body to the gym.) Finally, the
prosthesis is sheathed in a 2mm
custom-made silicone cosmesis.
The cosmesis is a truly
astounding work of art: a Kevlar-
backed and vulcanized silicone
sleeve is built up of many thin
layers of differently colored
silicones that matches my exact
skin tone by combing through
nearly 500 color swatches of
silicone. You won't find any
standardized pinky-beige hues
here. Dorset will even map hairs
or just hair follicles (I prefer
mine smooth, thank you),
capillaries, veins, moles, and yes,
…tattoos. The Cosmesis takes a
technician 2 weeks to build and
sculpt. The result, incredible.
When traveling, I try to always
wear my Robocop legs mainly
because the shock absorber
makes traversing the airport halls
more comfortable. I can also
easily lift the legs of my yoga
pants and pop them off easily on
a plane, making air travel much
more tolerable when sitting
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few hours. An additional travel
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like the cosmetic pair I have, is
not ideal because generally
people in airports hear the word
"prosthetic" without registering
what it means. Being laced with
bits of metal, I set off the bells
and whistles and it isn't obvious
why, and it leads to a more
complicated, lengthier
interrogation and inspection for
me. Anyone who has ever raced
to make a connection in Charles
de Gaulle airport knows that
every minute counts!
I once wore my cosmetic legs
while transiting in Portugal and
(predictably) set off the metal
detector. They waived me
aside—this was right after
9/11—and in a pathetically
muddled hybrid of Spanish and
Italian, I was like "no, no, yo
tengo…" and "ho due…,"
struggling to complete the
sentence with the Latin root word
of "prosthetic." I said what I
thought sounded like a good
approximation, and I
immediately got hauled off to
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commence with the wanding, the
bomb swab, the pat down-if at
JFK they have an additional X-
ray box with a battery of 10 scans
I have to pass — they actually
know me by name now.
So I guess that means when
traveling, I do anything but try to
look like everyone else-which is
a bit different from what the UK
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Panasonic Japan to
release AVCHD-
compatible, external
DVD burner
By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:02:30 AM
Panasonic Japan announced the
VW-BN2[JP] today, an external
DVD burner that supports video
recorded in the AVCHD format.
The device allows you to burn
your AVCHD video files directly
from the camera (via USB 2.0)
onto DVD. You can also use it to
convert HD video quality into
standard quality videos.
The maximum burning speed is
8x for DVD±R, 4x for DVD±R
DL, 6x for DVD-RW, 8x for
DVD+RW and 3x for DVD-
RAM. The device is sized at
139×138.8×18mm and weighs
395g.
Panasonic plans to start selling
the burner in Japan for $290 from
December 25. No word yet on
international sales plans.
WHY
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Razer's No-Frills Abyssus Gaming Mouse Needs More Frills

[Mice]
By matt buchanan (Gizmodo) China – In Stores Now
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:03:52 AM
Worldwide –Late December
2009
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3500DPI tracking and a 1ms Mechanical dpi/polling rate
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Judge Says No Twittering From The Courtroom

By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 4:35:00 AM
There have been many debates
over whether or not it's
appropriate to blog or Twitter
from the courtroom -- in fact, just
last week I attended a short
conference at the US courthouse
in San Francisco about how the
court system is dealing with such
things. While you might
understand why it's barred for
jury members or participants in
the trial to use such things, it
does seem a bit excessive for a
judge to bar reporters from
Twittering as well, but that's
exactly what's happened. The any sense).
judge ruled that it was a form of a Permalink| Comments| Email
"broadcast," which is prohibited This Story
(why broadcasts are prohibited is
a separate topic for a separate
day, though it doesn't really make
16 Gadgets/ Tech/
Hahahaha! Blockbuster Renting
Movies on SD Cards! Hahahahaha!
From Kiosks! [Movies]
By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:20:00 AM
Oh, I hope whatever exec came
up with this idea scores a huge
bonus. Blockbuster is piloting a
new program that will load a
DRM'd movie rentals onto an SD
card from a kiosk. The future!
So say you're at the airport. You
want to rent, I dunno, some
movie that wasn't good enough to
see in the theater. You just
format a spare SD card filled
with vacation photos you'd
forgotten to back up (it doesn't
appear they give you a card, but I
could be mistaken), pop it in the
machine, select a movie, pay $4
or so, and then have the film
loaded on your card, a la ticking
UK To Require Service Providers
Monitor And Store Info On Users
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:28:00 PM
Despite lots of criticism over the
plan, UK politicians are moving
forward with demands that online
service providers store and
monitor certain types of internet
communications. While the
government will be
time bomb, with DRM.
And what can't you do with an
SD card? I mean, it plays in my
iPhone...wait...I mean my
Blackberry...wait...
compensating service providers
for some of this (your tax dollars
at work), it's still a rather large
burden on these service
providers, and raises all sorts of
privacy questions. Oh, and on
top of all of that, we've already
seen that law enforcement in the
UK is struggling to cope with the
fact that they're already
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Mini SD and Micro SD—those
are the cards that most of our
mobile devices will take (if they
take any at all)! In case no one
told you, Blockbuster, we can't
play this shit back on our digital
cameras.
(Granted, netbook owners and
some laptop owners will be able
Intel Reader reads books
to utilize the standard.)
Ah Blockbuster, you've arrived
just in time to ignore the growing
to the lazy and infirm
popularity of iTunes/Zune
Marketplace syncing, 3G
(video)
streaming and in-flight Wi-Fi all By Vladislav Savov The arrhythmic, robotic reading
while offering your service on a (Engadget) from Alice In Wonderland left us
medium less convenient than Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:59:00 AM
shaken, but what floored us was
DVD. But don't worry, I'm not the $1,499 asking price. Yes, it's
angry. You're just hurting While we're busying ourselves a customized niche device, but
yourself. [ Fast Company] with arguing about how to we reckon we could build
replace the perfectly usable book something similar for a third of
gadget, Intel is right to point out the price. Full PR and video after
t h a t p l e n t y o f p e o p l e , f o r the break.
whatever reason, can't read at all. Continue reading Intel Reader
Presenting its Reader as a reads books to the lazy and
necessity rather than luxury, Intel infirm (video)
has shown off its vision for how Filed under: Digital Cameras,
inundated with too much data. visually impaired and dyslexic Handhelds
They don't want more data, they people can obtain access to the Intel Reader reads books to the
need better data. Making service written word. Combining a text- lazy and infirm (video) originally
providers hang onto even more scanning camera with a text-to- appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10
data doesn't help the situation, it speech engine (powered by an Nov 2009 09:59:00 EST. Please
just opens up the potential for Atom inside) is certainly no bad see our terms for use of feeds.
serious privacy invasion. idea, but as the video beyond the Read| Permalink| Email this|
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ITC rules Samsung infringed Droid Does Higher Res

on four Sharp patents, bans Video Streaming With
New Qik App [Droid]
RFiDJ: the coaster-controlled import of some LCDs
By Donald Melanson demand." For its part, Sharp
By matt buchanan (Gizmodo)

HTPC switches playlists while (Engadget) simply says that the ruling has
"made it clear that ITC has
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:46:58 AM

Droid records video at an

Submitted at 11/10/2009 11:52:00 AM

you switch drinks (video) The US International Trade

consistently supported Sharp's
claim that LCD products of
impressive 720x480
resolution—it's certainly more
By Darren Murph (Engadget) louder than words, so we'll just Commission already ruled in Samsung violated Sharp's impressive than its photo
Submitted at 11/10/2009 10:41:00 AM
stop here and beg you to hop on June of this year that Samsung patents" -- Samsung, meanwhile, prowess anyway—and streaming
past the break for a memorable had infringed on one patent held says it has no plans to negotiate service Qik's the first take
You know, RFID hasn't done e n c o u n t e r w i t h by Sharp, but it's now back with with Sharp on the issue, so let's advantage of that higher
much for itself in the consumer s p l e n d i f e r o u s n e s s . another ruling that finds just hope its workaround is more resolution, allowing full res
market. To most average Joes [Via Hack a Day] Samsung violated no less than than a quick fix. streams later tonight with a beta
and Janes, the tech is really only Continue reading RFiDJ: the four LCD-related patents held by Filed under: Displays, HDTV release. [ MobileCrunch]
around for use in complex supply c o a s t e r - c o n t r o l l e d H T P C its rival. Once again, the ITC has ITC rules Samsung infringed on
chains and warehouses that switches playlists while you also barred Samsung from selling four Sharp patents, bans import
they'd rather block from their switch drinks (video) the infringing LCDs in the US of some LCDs originally
minds. Thanks to Roteno Labs, Filed under: Desktops, Home (still not clear on exactly what's appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10
we now have at least one glorious Entertainment, Media PCs affected), but Samsung seems Nov 2009 11:52:00 EST. Please
example of just how awesome RFiDJ: the coaster-controlled more than ready to comply with see our terms for use of feeds.
RFID tags truly are, as the RFiDJ HTPC switches playlists while the ruling, saying that there will Read| Permalink| Email this|
project demonstrates how tagged y o u s w i t c h d r i n k s ( v i d e o ) be "no impact on our business Comments
coasters can be used to instantly originally appeared on Engadget and our ability to meet market
switch playlists stored on an on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:41:00
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designated coaster on top of the use of feeds. Read| Permalink| 'Elf Yourself' returns with Facebook and
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new playlist is activated. We hear
that videos actually do speak
Twitter power
By Caroline McCarthy campaign has returned for the creator OfficeMax?
(Webware.com) f o u r t h y e a r i n a r o w , a n d Originally posted at The Social
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:18:00 PM
promises to infiltrate your
holiday season even more.
The goofball marketing Question: Does it do much for
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BMW Trying To
Patent Technological
Problem Solving
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

Sparkz projector / dock for Submitted at 11/10/2009 2:35:36 AM

ASUS' $1,500 Core i7- iPhone displays your videos,

Erik was the first of a bunch of
you to send in the story about
how BMW is supposedly
equipped G51J gaming empties your wallet (video) applying for a patent on a method
using technology to solve
By Joseph L. Flatley by all means hit that read link problems. You can read the
laptop gets reviewed (Engadget) and snatch one up. In the patent application for a Method
m e a n t i m e , w e ' l l c o n t e n t for Systematically Identifying
By Darren Murph (Engadget) the C2D sibling in every test, Submitted at 11/10/2009 11:04:00 AM
ourselves with watching the Technology-Based Solutions if
with graphical performance being
Submitted at 11/10/2009 12:23:00 PM If you're in the market for an video of the thing in action. It's you'd like. It's not quite as broad
nothing short of astounding. Apple handheld-friendly pico as the claim on Autoblog that it's
after the break, and it's free.
Here's hoping you held off on 'Course, the omission of a Blu-
projector, you're in luck. Sparkz Continue reading Sparkz a p a t e n t a p p l i c a t i o n o n
purchasing that Core 2 Duo G51 ray drive was somewhat of a
is a bulbous white dock that will projector / dock for iPhone "technological creative thinking,"
just a few months ago, 'cause bummer, but for just $1,499, it's
play nice with your iPhone, iPod displays your videos, empties but it is ridiculously broad. Read
ASUS has just pushed out the not like we really expected one to through the actual claims, and it's
touch, or iPod video, as well as your wallet (video)
exact same laptop with a Core i7 be included. Hit the read link for difficult to see how this deserves
your favorite A/V and VGA Filed under: Displays
within and a price tag that's $200 the full skinny, but only if you've
sources. Featuring 640 x 480 Sparkz projector / dock for a patent at all. There shouldn't be
skimpier. The G51J-A1 was got some disposable income that
resolution, a 60-inch viewing iPhone displays your videos, a monopoly on a method for how
launched alongside Windows 7, you don't mind parting with.
area, and stereo speakers, it can empties your wallet (video) you solve problems.
a n d t h e c r e w o v e r a t H o t Filed under: Laptops
be yours for the low, low price of originally appeared on Engadget Permalink| Comments| Email
Hardware managed to toss it on ASUS' $1,500 Core i7-equipped
-- $495? Well, it will charge your on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:04:00 This Story
the test bench to find out what G 5 1 J g a m i n g l a p t o p g e t s
iPhone. And it does come with a EST. Please see our terms for
kind of gains could be expected reviewed originally appeared on
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Justices Show Supreme Skepticism About Broad Business
Model Patents
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:09:00 AM
You never know how they'll
actually rule, but in hearing the
oral arguments in the Bilski case
over the patentability of business
models (and, most likely,
software), one thing became
quite clear: nearly every Supreme
Court Justice was seriously
skeptical of outlandish patent
claims. We've noted, of course,
that the Supreme Court over the
past few years has taken a
renewed interest in patent law,
pushing back time and time again
against the Federal Circuit
(CAFC), who in the 80s and 90s
seemed to take the position that
more patents was always a good
thing. Sensing that, with Bilski,
CAFC even pushed back on its
own earlier rules, and it appears
that the Supreme Court at least
agrees that the era of crazy
business model patents should
end now. The full transcript is
worth reading, but Justin Levine
did a nice job summarizing some
of the highlights in the
questioning by the Justices:
JUSTICE GINSBURG: But you
say you would say tax avoidance
methods are covered, just as the
process here is covered. So an
estate plan, tax avoidance, how to
resist a corporate takeover, how
to choose a jury, all of those are
patentable?
MR. JAKES: They are eligible
for patenting as processes,
assuming they meet the other
statutory requirements.
JUSTICE BREYER: So that
would mean that every -- every
businessman -- perhaps not
every, but every successful
businessman typically has
something. His firm wouldn't be
successful if he didn't have
anything that others didn't have.
He thinks of a new way to
organize. He thinks of a new
thing to say on the telephone. He
thinks of something. That's how
he made his money. And your
view would be -- and it's new,
too, and it's useful, made him a
fortune -- anything that helps any
businessman succeed is
patentable because we reduce it
to a number of steps, explain it in
general terms, file our
application, granted?
MR. JAKES: It is potentially
patentable, yes.
JUSTICE BREYER: You know,
I have a great, wonderful, really
original method of teaching
antitrust law, and it kept 80
percent of the students awake.
They learned things.[Audience
laughter.] It was fabulous. And I
could probably have reduced it to
a set of steps and other teachers
could have followed it. That you
are going to say is patentable,
too?
MR. JAKES: Potentially.
JUSTICE SCALIA: You know,
you mention that there are all
these -- these new areas that
didn't exist in the past because of
modern business and what-not,
but there are also areas that
existed in the past that don't exist
today. Let's take training horses.
Don't you think that -- that some
people, horse whisperers or
others, had some, you know,
some insights into the best way
to train horses? And that should
have been patentable on your
theory.
MR. JAKES: They might have,
yes.
JUSTICE SCALIA: Well, why
didn't anybody patent those
things?
MR. JAKES: I think our
economy was based on industrial
process.
JUSTICE SCALIA: It was based
on horses, for Pete's sake. You --
I would really have thought
somebody would have patented
that. Of course, these are the
same Justices that have been
pushing back on the patent world
for quite some time. What about
the newer Justices? Turns out
they were pretty skeptical as
well. There were some questions
about new Justice Sotomayor,
who had been an IP litigator at
one point, but seemed pretty
skeptical of these sorts of patents:
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: So
how do we limit it to something
that is reasonable? Meaning, if
we don't limit it to inventions or
to technology, as some amici
have, or to some tie or tether,
borrowing the Solicitor General's
phraseology, to the sciences, to
the useful arts, then why not
patent the method of speed
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dating?
MR. JAKES: Well, first of all, I
think, looking at what are useful
arts, it does exclude some things.
It does exclude the fine arts.
Speaking, literature, poems, I
think we all agree that those are
not included, and there are other
things as well. For example, a
corporation, a human being, these
are things that are not covered by
the statutory categories.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: So
why are human activities covered
by useful arts?
MR. JAKES: Human activities
are covered. Chief Justice
Roberts dug into the Bilski patent
in question, and noted how
ridiculously broad the claims
were: CHIEF JUSTICE
ROBERTS: What -- I'm looking
at your Claim 1, in Joint
Appendix page 19 to 20. How is
that not an abstract idea? You
initiate a series of transactions
between commodity providers
and commodity consumers. You
set a fixed price at the consumer
end, you set a fixed price at the
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US Subpoenaed All Visitor Logs From
Amazon debuts Kindle for PC Online News Publication; Falsely Said
(CNET News.com) decrease the size of the font and customers who own a Kindle or
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:43:50 AM
change the width of the page and Kindle DX," Ian Freed, vice Site Couldn't Tell Anyone
words per line. You can navigate president, Amazon Kindle, said By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) at an earlier time.
Kindle book buyers can now from one page to another by in a statement. "Kindle for PC is
This is hardly the first time
read their books right from their clicking on the Next or Previous also a great way for people Submitted at 11/10/2009 6:36:00 AM
we've heard about the
PCs without having to buy a Page arrows or by using the around the world to access a huge We've seen it over and over government using (and abusing)
Kindle reader. scroll wheel on your mouse. You selection from the Kindle Store again: when the government can procedures like national security
A m a z o n o n T u e s d a y m a d e can jump to a specific page, such and read the most popular books hide behind the veil of secrecy, it letters to not just demand all sorts
available its new Kindle for PC, as the cover, table of contents, or of today even if they don't yet can abuse its power. That's why of info, but also demand that the
free software that lets Kindle last page read, and bookmark a have a Kindle." we're supposed to have checks recipient not tell anyone about it.
customers read their e-books on specific location for future Amazon plans new features for and balances on power, but all Every once in a while we're able
tablet PCs, Netbooks, notebooks, reference. You can also read the next edition of Kindle for PC. too often governments figure out to hear about these situations
and other personal computers. notes and highlights created on The company said it will offer ways to get around that. The because a group like the EFF or
The software can be downloaded your Kindle device, but you can't the ability to create notes and l a t e s t e x a m p l e i s t h a t U S the ACLU pushed back and were
from the Kindle for PC page. The create them on Kindle for PC yet. highlights, search for words or attorneys issued a subpoena to able to get the US government to
quick installation sets up the People with a Windows 7 phrases in your books, and click the person hosting the news back down, but that's likely only
reader application, prompting multitouch PC can zoom in or on an image to zoom in or rotate website Indymedia, demanding a a fraction of the situations where
you to log in and register with out of a page by pinching it with it. logfile of all visitors from a this has happened. In many
your Amazon account or create a your fingers. With the launch of Kindle for particular day and ordered the others, we likely don't even know
new one. After logging in, you Amazon has also tapped its PC, Kindle books can now be w o m a n n o t t o r e v e a l t h e at all, because the recipient gave
can download books that you've Whispersync technology to read on Kindle readers, the existence of the subpoena itself. in, either because they didn't
already purchased at the Kindle automatically save and sync iPhone, the iPod Touch, and Indymedia doesn't keep its realize their legal rights, or
store or click on a link to buy bookmarks across multiple personal computers. Kindle for logfiles, so it simply had nothing because it just wasn't worth the
new ones. devices. So you can read a book the PC is compatible with to turn over, and after realizing fight. But when the government
Microsoft had demonstrated the up to a certain page on your Windows 7, Vista, and XP. A this, the government withdrew thinks that it can demand certain
Kindle for PC software at its K i n d l e d e v i c e a n d t h e n Mac version is coming soon, the request. However, the data and cloak the demand
Windows 7 launch event in New automatically jump to that same promises Amazon. requirement to stay silent about it behind a related demand for
York last month. page on your PC to resume This content has passed through still was there, and the woman secrecy, it makes it way too easy
Kindle for PC offers many of the reading where you left off. fivefilters.org. asked the EFF for help. With the for the government to abuse the
options you'll find on a Kindle "Kindle for PC is the perfect
EFF involved, the government process. It basically guarantees
reader. You can increase or c o m p a n i o n a p p l i c a t i o n f o r
f i n a l l y b a c k e d d o w n a n d no oversight, so why not ask for
a d m i t t e d t h a t t h e r e w a s way more than the law requires,
With AdMob, Google seeks absolutely no legal basis for knowing that most people won't
demanding that the woman not push back and no one will ever
mobile-ad advantage talk about the subpoena, and find out about it?
"chose not to go to court" over Permalink| Comments| Email
By Tom Krazit market, and its $750 million the matter, despite threatening to This Story
(Webware.com) purchase of AdMob would give it
Submitted at 11/9/2009 1:20:00 PM
a strong position. Nov. 10, 1983: Computer 'Virus' Is Born
Originally posted at Relevant By Kim Zetter (Wired Top A grad student demonstrates just biological virus.
The most dominant online Results Stories) how dangerous malicious code
advertising company has long
can be. For the first time, the
had its sights set on the mobile Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:00:00 PM
malware gets likened to a
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Confirmed: 10.6.2 removes Atom Google's holiday gift:

CPU support from Snow Leopard Free airport Wi-Fi
By TJ Luoma (The Unofficial work. I gave up and installed (CNET News.com) Google is spending some money
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Windows 7 on it instead -- put Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:19:00 AM
for an opportunity to give a lot of
Submitted at 11/9/2009 11:00:00 PM
down those pitchforks! people the warm fuzzies when
The removal of Atom support Google said Tuesday it will they encounter the Google brand.
Filed under: OS, Software does not necessarily indicate subsidize free wireless network And in the big picture, Google
Update, Snow Leopard A report anything about the fabled Mac access in 47 airports from now gets to show people what the
by"stellarola" quoted in OSNews "Tablet" since Apple could use until January 15--and indefinitely world might be like if there were
confirms what comments on our the ARM processor instead. Or in the airports of Burbank, Calif., more high-speed wireless
10.6.2 post suggested: 10.6.2 Apple could continue to say what and Seattle. Internet access--something the
removes support for Atom then you're likely to say that they've said, which is (roughly The promotion, in cooperation company has been aggressively
processors, most frequently Atom processors were never speaking) that the iPhone/iPod with Boingo Wireless, Advanced lobbying for in Washington, D.C.
found in "netbook" computers. really supported in the first place, touch is their netbook. Wireless Group, and Airport Many people are used to wireless
This loss of Atom support was so it's all much ado about One thing is for sure; this move Marketing Income, is the latest networking in their homes, but
spotted in earlier builds, but nothing. will do nothing to end any of effort to use free Wi-Fi to boost a it's a different matter on the road.
nobody knew until now whether Either way, I wouldn't expect the these debates, but if you are brand. Among others: Yahoo is There are downsides, though,
it'd be in or out in the final OSx86 community to pack up its u s i n g a n e t b o o k o r o t h e r sponsoring Wi-Fi in Times too. Having been to dozens of
configuration. bags and go home. I am sure that hackintosh, let me tell you what Square in New York, and Google conferences where the wireless
Is this Apple clamping down on there are several folks already at you've probably already learned: is sponsoring Internet access on Net access collapses as soon as
"hackintosh" computers, or just work to find a workaround for don't be too quick to install the Virgin America flights during the the keynote speech begins, I'm
continuing to prune code that it this latest hurdle, and I won't be latest operating system updates holidays. acutely aware that providing
doesn't need? The answer you s u r p r i s e d w h e n t h e from Apple. Among the larger participating large-scale wireless Internet
prefer likely depends on your announcement comes that they TUAW Confirmed: 10.6.2 airports are those in Houston, access is technically demanding--
previous view of Apple. have a solution. The only real removes Atom CPU support Boston, Miami, Las Vegas, and people get unhappy when a
If you think Apple is a company "blow" is to those folks who were from Snow Leopard originally Nashville, San Diego, Baltimore, promised benefit evaporates. And
desperate to keep control over its previously able to install an appeared on The Unofficial and St. Louis. A full list of the public, anonymous places such as
operating system, you point to unmodified version of OS X onto Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, airports is at Google's free airports and urban population
P s y s t a r a n d t h e o n g o i n g their netbooks. I was able to get 09 Nov 2009 23:00:00 EST. holiday Wi-Fi site. centers are great spots for
iTunes/Palm Pre compatibility 10.5.6 running on my Asus EEE Please see our terms for use of The move, though not cheap, is hackers to launch main-in-the-
battle, and this is just more wood 1 0 0 0 h a u s i n g m y r e g u l a r feeds. probably smart. Plenty of middle attacks by offering "Free
for the fire. If you think that L e o p a r d D V D a n d s o m e Read| Permalink| Email this| business travelers have a laptop Wi-Fi," so exercise caution when
Psystar is nuts for thinking it has additional drivers/kext files, but Comments and time to kill, and today's logging on to these networks.
a case against Apple and think it broke again with 10.5.7 and I consumers are increasingly likely This content has passed through
that Palm should hire its own was never able to get it or 10.6 to to be equipped with laptops, iPod fivefilters.org.
programmers to sync its devices, Touches, or other devices that
can use wireless Internet access.

More time needed for revised Google Books deal

By Tom Krazit After a meeting late last week deadline for a revised settlement.
(Webware.com) with the Justice Department, the Originally posted at Relevant
parties realize they need more time. Monday was to be the Results
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Is Murdoch's Move Against Google Congressional

Really About Twitter And caricatures on the App
Facebook? Store: The nays have it
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) However, even given all of that, other sites to dig deeper. Taking By Michael Rose (The
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:58:00 AM
I'm not sure I buy Mark Cuban's News Corp. sites out of the Unofficial Apple Weblog
explanation for Rupert Murdoch picture doesn't help at all. And, (TUAW))
I'm a big believer in the idea and his plan to stop Google from finally, while I keep hearing Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:00:00 AM
that"earned media" or "earned indexing his sites. Cuban says about sites getting so much more
links" are increasingly important that it's all about this recognition traffic from such passed links Filed under: iPhone, App Store
online. That's the idea that that such earned links are these days, I can say with Let's face it, America: if you're
growing numbers of people are becoming so important these authority that on Techdirt, they're looking for "obscene,
relying on news links that are days, and Murdoch realizes that still a tiny fraction of the traffic pornographic or defamatory"
being passed to them via friends links from Twitter and Facebook we get from Google. content, you can pretty much
on social networks like Twitter are growing in value, whereas So, yes, directly passed links count on the US Congress to
a n d F a c e b o o k . I t ' s a b o u t links from Google have little from friends or colleagues are satisfy your jones. Put those
recognizing that more and more value. To be honest, I'd be valuable and important, but it's a representatives into cartoon
often news stories "find people" surprised if Murdoch had thought part of a wider ecosystem of bobble-head form, however, and
rather than the other way around. through it that carefully, but more news sharing that Google News stack them up with contact and
That is, people are increasingly to the point, I'm not sure I believe and other aggregators are most district info in a handy-dandy
getting links from friends, the full premise. Yes, those links certainly a large part of. Saying iPhone app... well, that's just not things that are funny.
acquaintances and colleagues, are valuable, but they need to that blocking Google News cricket, according to the App On some level it's unsurprising
rather than going searching for start somewhere, and one of the makes sense because of things Store review team. that an app filled with
the news. And those "earned" ways they start is from news like Twitter and Facebook Cartoonist & MAD magazine congressional bobbleheads is
links or "passed links" are quite junkies using aggregators like ignores how Google News plays contributor Tom Richmond was finding it a bit of a slog getting
valuable because friends are Google News to find the news into those links even being on commissioned to produce said through review; that's a lot of
more likely to trust and pay and start passing them around. Twitter and Facebook. caricatures for the iPhone app in potential angry phone calls for
attention to what is personally Blocking that starting process Permalink| Comments| Email question, and unfortunately Apple to take.
sent to them, rather than what's makes little sense. On top of This Story they've run afoul of clause 3.3.14 [That's Dennis Kucinich over
just on the front page of a news that, even when I'm passed a link, of the developer agreement, the there.]
site. I'll often use Google News or 'Apple's reasonable judgment' TUAW Congressional
rule regarding potentially caricatures on the App Store: The
Hundreds of Facebook objectionable content. Richmond
is scratching his head trying to
nays have it originally appeared
on The Unofficial Apple Weblog
groups hijacked figure out what about his
caricatures could possibly be
(TUAW) on Tue, 10 Nov 2009
07:00:00 EST. Please see our
By Don Reisinger considered reasonably offensive, terms for use of feeds.
(Webware.com) compared to some of the other Read| Permalink| Email this|
Submitted at 11/10/2009 6:08:00 AM
Info that insists it wants only to fine entertainment apps already Comments
teach users a lesson about social gracing iPhones worldwide. Still,
Facebook groups that have lost media. it's at least consistent with
administrators are being hijacked Apple's previous rejections of
by a group called Control Your
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Microsoft pulls Windows 7 download tool

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:32:00 AM
Microsoft has halted distribution
of its Windows 7 USB/DVD
Download tool after questions
were raised whether the software
utility makes improper use of
open-source code. The tool is
designed to help owners of
Windows XP-based Netbooks get
Windows 7 onto their
machines.(Credit: Microsoft)
Microsoft has halted distribution
of a tool aimed at making it
easier to put Windows 7 on
Netbooks amid allegations that
the utility makes improper use of
open-source code.
The software maker said on
Tuesday that it has pulled down
the Windows USB/DVD Tool
while it investigates the issue,
which was raised last week by
Windows blogger Rafael Rivera
on his Within Windows blog.
In his blog post, Rivera said
Microsoft appears to use code
that is licensed under the GPL
open-source license without
providing back its modifications,
among other issues.
Microsoft confirmed it has
launched a review of the matter
and taken the utility off its online
Microsoft Store until that inquiry
has been completed.
"Microsoft is looking into this
issue and is taking down the
(Windows 7 updating) tool from
the Microsoft Store site until its
review is complete," the
Microsoft had been exploring for
months different ways of trying
to help users of Windows XP-
based Netbooks move to
Windows 7. The tool, which was
released last month alongside
Windows 7, allows users to take
a downloadable copy of the
operating system and create a
bootable drive.
The issue is also a thorn in
Microsoft's efforts to show that it
can play nice with the open-
source community. As ZDNet
company said in a statement. blogger Mary Jo Foley notes, this
"We apologize to our customers isn't the first time Microsoft has
for any inconvenience." been accused of misusing GPL
Though somewhat arcane, the code.
utility is important because it This content has passed through
solves a technical challenge in fivefilters.org.
upgrading the operating system
on Netbooks and other PCs
without an optical drive.

Intel Celeron chip anchors $249 Acer Windows 7 laptop

(CNET News.com) Best Buy said it will start selling sometimes more than one laptop only 512K of cache. The Atom's
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:12:00 AM
on Wednesday the $249 Acer per person," he said, referring to performance is also hampered by
laptop--the retailer's lowest- Netbooks, which are marketed as fundamental design constraints: it
Best Buy is set to launch its advertised-price laptop ever. The a companion device to a higher- is built for power efficiency not
lowest-advertised-price laptop to laptop comes with an Intel end PC. speed.
date--an Acer model based on Celeron processor, 15.4-inch At the core of the low-cost Acer Netbooks continue to be the
Intel's venerable Celeron chip. screen, 2GB memory, a 160GB laptop is an Intel Celeron most popular low-cost laptop
Acer laptop(Credit: Best Buy) hard drive, and Windows 7 Processor 900--not an Intel Atom category, however. Best Buy lists
Thought Netbooks were as low Premium. chip, which is standard fare for dozens of Netbooks on its Web
as a laptop's price can go? Currently, the lowest-priced sub-$300 Netbooks. The Celeron site from Hewlett-Packard, Asus,
Another category of ultra-low- laptop listed on Best Buy's Web is a faster design than Atom: the Samsung, Gateway, Nokia,
cost laptops has quietly emerged. site is an Acer Aspire with an Why the proliferation of low- 900 series packs 1MB cache of Lenovo, and Toshiba, among
These aren't small or ultra-thin or Advanced Micro Devices Athlon cost laptops? "It's gone from one cache memory and is rated at others.
frugal with power consumption. Processor (model: AS5532-553). PC per household to one PC per 2.20GHz. This content has passed through
There's nothing remarkable about On Tuesday, it was selling for person," said Justin Barber, a By comparison, the Z550 Atom fivefilters.org.
these laptops--except price. $329. Best Buy spokesman. "And is rated at 2.0GHz and integrates
24 Tech/ E-reader Newspaper

Does the new Kindle have better contrast?

(CNET News.com) the Kindle 2, which Amazon we're hoping Amazon will clarify
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:01:00 AM
calls "Kindle Wireless Reading the contrast question for us (if it
Device (6" Display, Global does, we'll update this post),
Contrasting contrasts: The Wireless, Latest Generation)," we especially with Barnes & Noble's
Kindle on the right is the new noticed that the text appeared Nook shipping within the month.
global-wireless model.(Credit: darker on this model than on the In the meantime, you can read
Sarah Tew/CNET) older Sprint-powered Kindle 2. our full review of the AT&T-
When the Kindle 2 was first It's not a huge difference but it's powered Kindle and if you
released, we reported on the definitely noticeable (see photo happen to have compared this
small controversy over how dark above). model with the Sprint-powered
the text and images appeared on While that's a good thing, we're Kindle and noticed a difference
the screen compared to the not sure when Amazon made the between the black levels, please
original Kindle. Held side by t r a n s i t i o n t o t h e s l i g h t l y post a comment.
side, the original appeared to improved screen. It very well version. Alas, repeated emails to When the initial controversy This content has passed through
have better contrast and the text could have showed up on later an Amazon PR spokeperson have flared up, some Kindle owners fivefilters.org.
appeared slightly darker--and revs of the Sprint-powered gone unanswered, so we haven't wondered whether a firmware
slightly easier to read. Kindle or it may have appeared been able to get official word upgrade would remedy the
Well, when we reviewed the with the introduction of the from the company on what it did- contrast issue. We still don't
new AT&T-powered version of international AT&T-powered -or didn't do--to the screen. know the answer to that, but

Nvidia CEO loves Apple, possesses mysterious alien device

By Mike Schramm (The that SITTING ON THE TABLE announcement. It could be a room, we might have licked it
Unofficial Apple Weblog in front of him? OK, it's probably prototype, it could be another then and there to claim it as our
(TUAW)) not definitely not an Apple tablet tablet we're just not recognizing, own.
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:00:00 AM (yet), as there's no clear Apple or yes, Hwang could have just Thanks to Nemanja for the tip.
logo on it, but man that's a nice thrown it down on the table TUAW Nvidia CEO loves
Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, looking tablet device, and even during the interview, and Apple, possesses mysterious
Graphic Design Talk about Engadget says they have no idea Shufflegazine could have just alien device originally appeared
burying the lead -- Shufflegazine what it is. completely missed it. [ They on The Unofficial Apple Weblog
did a piece on Nvidia CEO Jen- The thing is, this picture just didn't.-Ed.] (TUAW) on Tue, 10 Nov 2009
Hsun Hwang during a visit to appeared with Shufflegazine's Though if that last one is true, 08:00:00 EST. Please see our
Dubai recently, in which he talks piece, and while Hwang did go we have no idea how it terms for use of feeds.
about how much he and his on and on about how much he happened. How do you cover Read| Permalink| Email this|
family love their Macs, and loves Apple stuff (and yes, the Apple and their gadgets and Comments
Apple's machines add value, and two companies have a long about that tablet or anything like avoid being drawn to that tablet.
in his house it's just "Mac, Mac, h i s t o r y o f s h a r i n g s o m e it in the piece, no hint of any It's so... thin and well-designed.
Mac," and OH MY GOD, what is hardware), there's not word one other hardware or partnership We'll be honest, if we were in the

Twitter, LinkedIn team up for self-promotion free-for-all

By Caroline McCarthy Partnership means that status to broadcast their own brands.
(Webware.com) messages can be interchangeable Originally posted at The Social
between the two: great for all those marketers who use the two
E-reader Newspaper
Shacking up: iPhone sales plan at
RadioShack sparks rally
By Michael Rose (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:30:00 PM
Filed under: Retail, iPhone It's
been in the rumor mix for well
over a year now, first popping up
in connection with the iPhones-at
-Walmart & Best Buy deal, but
now the cat is out of the bag and
rummaging around in the shelves
full of diodes, UHF antennas and
talking robots: late last Friday,
RadioShack announced that it
would begin selling the iPhone in
a few NYC and Dallas stores in
time for the holiday shopping
rush, with wider availability to
begin in 2010.
While the addition of another
retail outlet to the mix of stores
(including AT&T and Apple's
own operations) that carry the
iPhone may not do a whole lot
for general availability of the
device -- frankly, if you can't find
Administration Finally Releasing Some Info On Telco
Immunity Lobbying
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 12:25:25 AM
After many attempts to block or
delay the release of info on who
an iPhone 3GS near where you
are, you can get one online in a
jiffy -- it certainly did a lot for
RadioShack's investors. The
stock was up over 14% on the
first trading day since the
announcement, with analysts
lobbied the federal government
last year for telco immunity in
lawsuits involving the fed's
warrantless wiretapping program,
the government has finally
suggesting that the presence of
the iPhone may help to drive up
in-store traffic for the Shack
during the busy holiday season
and year-round.
Let's think about that for a
second. Just having the iPhone in
the shop for shoppers to fondle,
nuzzle and take home as their
very own is considered, in the
eyes of the market, a material
advantage for an electronics
chain with nearly 5,000 US
stores.
You've come a long way, baby.
TUAW Shacking up: iPhone
sales plan at RadioShack sparks
rally originally appeared on The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW) on Mon, 09 Nov 2009
21:30:00 EST. Please see our
terms for use of feeds.
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Comments
agreed to hand over some of the
information requested. Of
course, since the administration
had already won a longer delay,
and only some of the info is
Google’s Holiday Gift:
Free Wi-Fi at Airports
By Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 6:51:10 AM
Here’s a nice holiday gift from
Google(which may point to a
service further ahead): the
company will provide free Wi-Fi
on airports across USA from now
through January 15, 2010.
Google has worked with Boingo
Wireless, Advanced Wireless
Group, Airport Marketing
Income and other companies to
provide this free service. It is
currently available at 47 airports,
including Las Vegas, San Jose,
Boston, Baltimore, Burbank,
Houston, Indianapolis, Seattle,
Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando,
St. Louis and Charlotte. It gets
even better for residents of
Seattle and Burbank, where
airports will now offer airport-
wide free Wi-Fi indefinitely.
It’s a cool gift, but Google also
gives you the option to make
someone else happy, too; once
you log in to one of the Wi-Fi
networks, you’ll have the option
being revealed, I'm guessing that
there isn't much surprising in
what's being released -- though it
makes you wonder why the
administration went to such
Tech/ 25
to donate to Engineers Without
Borders, the One Economy
Corporation or the Climate
Savers Computing Initiative.
Additionally, Google will match
the donations made across all the
networks up to $250,000. Finally,
the airport network that generates
the highest amount per passenger
by January 1, 2010 will receive
$15,000 to donate to the local
nonprofit of their choice.
This initiative comes on the
heels of another similar holiday
gift; recently, Virgin America
and Google started offering free
in-flight Wi-Fi for passengers.
This option will be also be
available up to January 15, 2010.
You can find more info about
this initiative, as well as a full list
of participating airports, over at
www.freeholidaywifi.com.
Reviews: Google
Tags: Google, trending, wi-fi
lengths to hide it.
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JUSTICES
Taptu: Real-Time Social Search On continued from page 19

Your Mobile
By Jennifer Van Grove
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 6:02:14 AM
Taptu, which already focuses on
mobile-friendly search with their
iPhone app and mobile interface,
has just announced a partnership
with real-time search engine
OneRiot.
The partnership gives Taptu
access to OneRiot’s API, which
has already been implemented in
the mobile search experience.
Now mobile searchers have the
ability to search and discover
trending topics, with real-time
results, from across the web on
their mobile devices.
Taptu’s iPhone app will soon be
updated to reflect results from
OneRiot’s API as well.
Right now mobile users have a
myriad of options when it comes
to accessing “real-time” Twitter
search results and trending topics
on the iPhone. Taptu’s enhanced
mobile search, however, isn’t
limited to just Twitter search and
is mobile OS independent, which
means most mobile users can
now have access to near real-time
social search results, or an
instantaneous look at content
that’s amassing buzz.
other end, and that's it. watch for in the decision. Will
I mean, I could patent a process
where I do the same thing. I
they set up a new "test" for
patentability? Will they exclude
Taptu’s real-time offering initiate a series of transactions certain areas (business models?
appears to be one of the first in with sellers. I initiate a series of software?) from patent coverage?
t h e m o b i l e s e a r c h s p a c e . transactions with buyers. I buy Will they come out with a very
However, since Google is taking low and sell high. That's my narrow ruling that just focuses on
measures to speed up their online patent for maximizing wealth. Bilski's patent and leave the
search results with Google Social I don't see how that's different bigger questions for another day?
Search and their search deal with than your claim number 1. He That's where things will get
Twitter, we have every reason to went on to point out that some of interesting. But, at the very least,
believe that they’re working on a what the patent seems to cover it seems likely that the worst case
faster, more social, mobile search has been around since the 17th scenario of saying a patent like
experience as well. century (history buff, Bilski's is valid is quite unlikely
We’ve included screenshots of apparently). Anyway, you never to be the end result.
the refreshed Taptu mobile know how the Justices will Permalink| Comments| Email
search experience below. actually rule -- and there are big This Story
Image courtesy of iStockphoto, questions well beyond just
DSGpro. Reviews: Google, "allow/don't allow" that will be
Twitter, iStockphoto the really important thing to
Tags: mobile search, OneRiot,
taptu

British carrier O2 to unlock out-of-contract iPhones

By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial we will allow O2 customers to June of this year. certainly not the only one
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) unlock their iPhones, although of That's good news for users in complaining about coverage.
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:00:00 PM
course they will still need to Britain and makes me wish the [Via Wired]
honour any outstanding contract same were true in the US. While TUAW British carrier O2 to
Filed under: Internet Tools, period they have. At the end of I love my iPhone, AT&T often unlock out-of-contract iPhones
iPhone In an interview with their contract period, they are ruins the experience with originally appeared on The
Times Online, Matthew Key, entirely free to move to another dropped calls and "fewer bars in Unofficial Apple Weblog
head of O2, shared his company's operator...." more places." The thing is (TUAW) on Mon, 09 Nov 2009
plans to allow users of out-of- Of course, this hinges on other flawless on Wi-Fi; hit-or-miss via 21:00:00 EST. Please see our
contract iPhones to switch to carries -- namely Vodafone and 3G. A part of that is likely due to terms for use of feeds.
other providers: Orange -- ending O2's my location (my neighborhood Read| Permalink| Email this|
"Once the iPhone becomes exclusivity. Both Vodafone and selling the iPhone next year. O2 makes that town in Deliverance Comments
available on other UK networks, Orange are scheduled to start first announced UK pricing in resemble Gotham), but I'm
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Yahoo Gives Out Free Wi-Fi Too (in Sneak peek: Tech Note:
Xobni e-mail app
Times Square) for BlackBerry Code Frenzy
By Jennifer Van Grove
(Mashable!)
web, but to use Yahoo as their
starting point for browsing. The
By Jessica Dolcourt
(Webware.com) Continued
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:50:48 AM
company has even created a Submitted at 11/9/2009 5:08:00 PM
(Little Green Footballs)
specialized start page with news Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:21:49 PM
‘Tis the season for free Wi-Fi. and content tailored to Times Xobni demoed its upcoming e-
Earlier this morning we reported Square denizens. mail app at BlackBerry As I mentioned yesterday, I
that Google has started offering Unfortunately, the timing of Developer Conference. recently discovered that the LGF
free Wi-Fi to holiday travelers at Google’s announcement Originally posted at The server was running PHP 5, not
US airports starting now and somewhat outshines the Yahoo Download Blog PHP 4 as I thought, and I’ve been
extending through January 15th. T h e W i - F i f r o m Y a h o o news, but we certainly expect like a geek in a gadget store ever
That’s in addition to their free in- promotion, which you can use travelers and residents to jump at since.
flight Wi-Fi holiday promotion from your laptop or mobile the opportunity to use the free Wi For years, the RSS news and
with Virgin America. device, kicked off this morning at -Fi. Whether or not they will blog feeds in our left sidebar
Interestingly enough, however, 8am EST and will continue prolong their relationship with were driven by a PHP 4 class
today also happens to be the start throughout all of 2010. Yahoo once they leave Times called Magpie RSS, but now I’ve
of a major free Wi-Fi campaign We think the promotion is a Square, remains to be seen. rewritten the LGF code to use
from Yahoo, who has partnered smart play by the company, Reviews: Google PHP 5’s native SimpleXML
with the Times Square Alliance which hopes to see the 500,000 Tags: free wifi, times square, functions.
to offer visitors and locals alike daily visitors to the Time Square Yahoo The RSS format was pretty
free Wi-Fi in Times Square, New area use their internet-enabled straightforward, but ATOM feeds
York. devices to not only access the required a little more geekage,
because to do it right you have to
REPORT: Droid Sells 100,000 Units at Launch properly handle an XML feature
called “namespacing” while
parsing the feed. The PHP
By Christina Warren As with anything else, the proof weekend of release.
(Mashable!) will be in the numbers. How well It will be interesting to see how SimpleXML documentation is
did the Droid sell its first the Droid continues to sell in the rather … ahem … sparse on
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:40:50 AM
weekend out? Bloomberg reports coming weeks — especially with exactly how to do this, but this
Last week, the much hyped that analysts are estimating that the holiday shopping season just article at IBM’s developerWorks
Motorola Droid made its debut 100,000 units went out the door. starting to take off. was very helpful: SimpleXML
on the Verizon network. Armed According to the report, that Did you buy a Verizon Droid processing with PHP. And this
with a slick ad campaign and means that about half of the this weekend? What do you think comment at the PHP website
generally strong reviews, the 200,000 phones that Verizon of the new phone? Let us know! showed me how to auto-detect
smartphone — which runs on stocked in its stores and sales weekends for both the Disclosure: Motorola is currently whether an XML file is RSS or
Google’s Android platform — is authorized retailers were sold iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS. a sponsor of Mashable’s Open ATOM.
taking direct aim at the iPhone over the weekend. That’s a solid The last phone dubbed a Web Awards. And now, we return to our
and might just be the first viable launch, and certainly nothing to potential iPhone-killer — the Tags: android, droid, motorola regularly scheduled open thread.
competitor to Apple’s throne of scoff at, but it certainly can’t Palm Pre — sold between 45,000 droid, smartphone, verizon droid
awesome. compete with the 1 million plus and 100,000 units in its first
28 Tech/ Politics/ Tech News/ E-reader Newspaper

SNL Tops Hulu’s Elf Yourself Returns for The Fall of

One Wall
Weekly “Movers & 2009 With Easy Twitter (Little Green Footballs)

Shakers” List and Facebook Sharing Submitted at 11/9/2009 2:12:31 PM

On the anniversary of the

By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:39:50 AM
Unlike YouTube, Hulu doesn’t
show you the number of times a
given video has been viewed.
Although the site does have a “
Most Popular” section, Hulu
recently started offering a bit
more insight into viewing trends
by distributing “Movers &
Shakers” charts (via email) that
lists the most popular videos,
shows, clips, movie trailers, and
search terms over a given week.
Perhaps most interesting of the
bunch is the “most popular
show” category, a combination of
clips and full episodes that tells
you what has moved up and
down in the past week (versus
the other data, which can more or
less be easily found on the site),
serving as a TV ratings of sorts
for the Web (minus CBS, the
only network not involved with
By Christina Warren collapse of the East German
(Mashable!) police state, Commentary has a
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:18:02 AM great piece by Peter Wehner on
the meaning of The Fall of One
Way back in 2006, OfficeMax Wall.
introduced Elf Yourself to the It turns out that in the contest
world, and it’s been a viral hit between freedom and
ever since. Last year alone, 35 totalitarianism, freedom does
the venture). million of virtual greeting cards pretty well.
I n t h i s w e e k ’ s r a n k i n g s , were sent out. with the results, you can order
Saturday Night Live – hosted by The site, which lets you affix merchandise featuring the elfin
Taylor Swift– moved up into the your head (or even your boss’s version of yourself. You can also The Spider Awards:
#1 slot for TV shows, not head) to a dancing elf body is pay $4.99 to keep a copy of the Wired.com's Arachnid
surprising given that clips from back again, and this year, in video for playing back after the
the show currently dominate the addition to adding some new holidays or for transfer to an Hall of Fame
site’s “most popular” section. dances, Elf Yourself is also iPhone. By Hadley Leggett (Wired Top
SNL is followed by The Office, integrating with Facebook and Since “Hip-Hop Elves” is one of Stories)
Family Guy, and The Daily Twitter. the new dances, we had to try it Submitted at 11/9/2009 5:11:00 PM
Show. You can now tweet a link to out. You can see the results
Here’s a sampling of the lists: your Elfish-creations on Twitter, below: Wired.com rounds up the
Interested in Hulu’s weekly post them to your Facebook wall, Have you “Elfed Yourself” yet biggest, baddest, weirdest,
show rankings? Let us know and or e-mail or embed the videos this year? Let us know! Reviews: fiercest, cutest and cuddliest
w e ’ l l k e e p t h e m c o m i n g ! onto your own website. You can Facebook, Twitter spiders in the world. With
Reviews: Hulu also sign-in with Facebook Tags: elf yourself, officemax, excellent photos.
Tags: hulu, video Connect and use your Facebook viral marketing
photos in the “Elfing” process.
If you are particularly happy

Anita Dunn to Step Down

(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:50:43 AM
White House Communications
Director Anita Dunn, who’s been
leading the Obama
administration’s charge against
Fox News (and was promptly
smeared as a commie
sympathizer by Glenn Beck), will
be stepping down at the end of
the month.
This move has nothing to do
with the Fox News issues,
however — she was planning to
leave from the beginning.
White House communications
director Anita Dunn will step
down from her post at the end of
the month and Dan Pfeiffer, her
deputy, will take over, according
to sources familiar with the
move.
Dunn, a longtime Democratic
media consultant, took over the as a consultant to the White
job on an interim basis earlier House on the communications
this year when Ellen Moran and strategic matters.
abruptly left the post to take a job
at the Commerce Department.
Dunn will return to Squier Knapp
Dunn, the consulting firm where
she is a partner, but will remain
E-reader Newspaper Tech/ Politics/ Tech Tips/ 29

Nokia N900 Now Shazam offers paid app,

Shipping downscales free version
By Stan Schroeder By Megan Lavey (The Google's Better Search,
(Mashable!) Unofficial Apple Weblog Caffeine, Going
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/10/2009 2:51:44 AM Primetime [Search
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:00:00 PM
A promise of a full-fledged Engines]
personal computer in the body of Filed under: iPhone VentureBeat By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
a cellphone is always exciting. reports that Shazam [ iTunes
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:00:00 AM
We all want it; we’re not quite Link], an app that's long been a
sure what to do with it, but if favorite among several TUAW Reader Brian came across a new
someone could pull it off, it’d be 800 × 480 pixel resolution and a staffers, is now offering a paid notice from Google this morning,
a geek’s dream come true. 5 megapixel camera. But will it v e r s i o n . T h e $ 5 S h a z a m in place of the Caffeine search
Nokia has been trying to do just all be wrapped in an easy-to-use Encore(link opens iTunes) offers architecture upgrade that
that ever since they launched package, or will the end product faster, unlimited tagging of Google's been letting users test
their Communicator series, but only be interested to the hardcore music. A new mode designed for out. It indicates that Google is
with Nokia N900 they’re taking a tech crowd? your car will tag whatever music starting to take its improved
slightly different approach, Well, we’re about to find out, as is playing over the radio if you search database fully online.
choosing Maemo 5– a Nokia N900 begins shipping. The have your iPhone or iPod Touch Here's the text of Google's
customized Debian distribution – first batch of devices goes to hooked up to a car adapter. There "error" page for Caffeine, as of
to be the operating system. preorder buyers, but we should are also recommendations based [Via Macworld]
There’s no doubt that Nokia see it on store shelves in Europe, off existing tags, the ability to TUAW Shazam offers paid app, this morning:
N900 can do a lot; it sports the the Middle-East, Russia and search Shazam's database, and d o w n s c a l e s f r e e v e r s i o n Based on the success we've seen,
powerful ARM Cortex A8 North America soon, for the price more. originally appeared on The we believe Caffeine is ready for a
processor, 256 MB of dedicated of about 500 Euros SIM-free This new feature set does come U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g larger audience. Soon we will
RAM, 32 GB of storage (which (about 750 dollars). at a cost to new users of the (TUAW) on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 activate Caffeine more widely,
can be further expanded via Tags: N900, Nokia 18:00:00 EST. Please see our beginning with one data center.
Shazam free app. New users can This sandbox is no longer
microSD memory cards), a 3.5 terms for use of feeds.
now only tag five pieces of music
inch resistive touchscreen with a Read| Read| Permalink| Email necessary and has been retired,
per month. The VentureBeat but we appreciate the testing and
this| Comments
article adds that existing users of positive input that webmasters
the free app can still tag with no and publishers have given.
limits. There's nothing new to Google's
looks or functionality with
Westboro Baptist Cult Pickets Obama Girls' School Caffeine, but, generally, our
editors and readers have found
(Little Green Footballs) school attended by the Obama Sidwell Friends, the school improved search results. Having
Submitted at 11/9/2009 12:51:41 PM
children. attended by Sasha and Malia Caffeine start to propogate
Westboro Baptist Church, the Obama. around Google's servers seems
The Westboro Baptist Church fringe-of-the-fringe anti-gay One of the cultists posted a like a general win. Thank
cult is notorious for their ultra- group famous for protesting at photo on Twitter. you![Google]
fundamentalist anti-gay stunts, military funerals and claiming
but this one crosses another line that God is punishing the country homosexuality, was spotted this
for them — as they picket a f o r i t s t o l e r a n c e o f morning protesting outside
30 Tech/ Tech Tips/ Tech News/ Economy/ Twitter Trend/ E-reader Newspaper

Wireless Keyboard Make Yourself Save Money with

Update 2.0 now Automated Text Messages [Mind
available Hacks]
By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 11/10/2009 5:30:00 AM

Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:00:00 PM

Filed under: Hardware,
Software, Software Update
Earlier today, Apple released
Wireless Keyboard Update 2.0,
which adds support for some nice
features like using the function
keys for display brightness,
Dashboard, Spaces, iTunes
playback control and speaker
volume. To install the update,
first turn on and pair your
keyboard and then run Software
Update. It's just under 11MB.
Note that Mac OS X 10.5.8 is
required before installing this
update; for Mac OS X 10.6 users,
this support is included in the
Mac OS X 10.6.2 update.
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
By twitter:@yamifuu_
(TweetMeme)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 6:59:58 AM
If your parents sent you regular
SMS messages about your long-
term savings goals, you'd
probably save more money, even
with the therapy bills. That's
because economists believe
Let us know how the update regular, positive reinforcement
goes for you! via cellphone can actually boost
TUAW Wireless Keyboard your will to save money.
U p d a t e 2 . 0 n o w a v a i l a b l e Four economists teamed up with
originally appeared on The local banks in the Philippines,
U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g Peru, and Bolivia, sending
(TUAW) on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 r e g u l a r t e x t m e s s a g e s t o
22:00:00 EST. Please see our customers who had just opened
terms for use of feeds. up a savings account. Some were attention, says Dartmouth about what you're saving for,
Read| Permalink| Email this| sent with negative warnings College economics professor then have those "events" sent to
Comments about not having savings, which Jonathan Zinman, one of the your phone. Or use an online to-
did little good for customers' study's four authors. do service with SMS reminders.
balances. Those that mentioned How can you keep yourself There are a lot of ways to get it
specific goals customers gave similarly reminded of your done—what matters most is
when setting up the accounts, savings goals? Online account knowing what you care about
http://bit.ly/2TV2II however, increased savings by an aggregators like Mint and enough to make you skip the
0 c o m m e n t s S o u r c e : average of 16 percent. Wesabe offer regular balance coffee run and pocket the cash
www.youtube.com The study challenges the idea updates via email or SMS. You instead. Text Messages: Bad 4
that people don't save because could set up a Google, Yahoo, or G r m r , G o o d f o r
they lack self-control. Instead, other web-based calendar and Savings[WSJ.com via Consumer
people may not be paying enough stuff it with specific reminders Reports]

Taser Wars: The Real Dangers of Loose Triggers
By Frederik Joelving (Wired
Top Stories)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 5:00:00 PM
The controversy surrounding the
use of Tasers by law enforcement
grows with each death or
seemingly abusive use. And
while doctors are concerned
about potentially lethal effect
Tasers can have on the heart and
brain, the company argues that
Tasers are relatively safe, and
less lethal than alternative
weapons such as guns and
batons.
Barclays and HSBC upbeat on bad loans
(Financial Times - US Published: November 10 2009
homepage)
07:57 | Last updated: November
10 2009 10:00
Submitted at 11/10/2009 2:00:52 AM
This content has passed through
Barclays and HSBC upbeat on fivefilters.org.
bad loans
By Adam Jones
E-reader Newspaper
Write a Reconsideration Letter to
Overcome Credit Card Denial
[Credit]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:05:00 AM
It sounds impossible, but some
credit card issuers will actually
reject customers. If you applied
for a card with just the right
perks and got rejected, the Frugal
Travel Guy blog suggests writing
a "reconsideration letter" that
worked for him.
Actually, the letter worked for
Frugal Travel Guy's son-in-law,
who was applying for a particular
card and denied due to a "lack of
credit" and whatever hoodoo the
issuer uses to determine credit
risk. The letter that got the issuer
to change its mind is posted in
full at the link, but here's the nut
of it:
My wife and I are both
Kindle for PC Ships, Hints At
Future Color Kindle
By Charlie Sorrel (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:07:00 AM
Kindle fans now have one more Either way, since when did
place they can read their e-books: Kindle books start to get color
A PC. But the thing that intrigues pictures?
us are the promo pictures from
Amazon which shows a book
employed full time as
professionals and have an annual
income in excess of
$___________.
Although our past credit is
limited, you can see from our
credit report, we have never
missed a payment or been late. I
know, as I checked my credit
score just before applying for
your card to insure it's accuracy. I
note the current credit score is
with color illustrations. This may
mean a color Kindle is on its
way, or that Amazon is simply
future-proofing its Kindle books.
745 which is better than over
55% of the public and is
considered good credit by the
credit reporting agency.
We are not heavy users of credit
and never plan to be, but have
heard from many sources that
your card is the best rewards card
on the market today, and we
believe we are responsible credit
risks and deserve a chance with
your card.
Hit the link for a full read on
why a letter might work, and
other things to consider writing
about. If you've turned around
your own card rejection, share
your own tips in the comments.
I'm Proud of Me Today a
Successful Reconsideration
Letter[Frugal Travel Guy via
Consumerist]
Tech Tips/ Tech News/
Panda Cloud Antivirus
Available for Download
[Downloads]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 6:15:00 AM
Windows: Panda Cloud, the
constantly updated, cloud-run
antivirus app that promises
almost real-time protection from
burgeoning web threats, is out of
beta and available for a free
download.
As the How-To Geek detailed in
his beta write-up, Panda does
most of its computing, file-
checking, and threat updating on
its servers, leaving a very light
and agile app presence on your
system. It caches its threat
database offline with a minimal
bit of hard drive space, and the
interface is far from cluttered, as
you see above. In general, it's a
31
very polite anti-virus app, and if
the Geek considers it worth
mentioning, well—he's far from
calmly objective on the topic of
anti-virus apps, so consider it a
recommendation.
During the beta process, Panda
appears to have focused on
tightening up CPU and memory
usage even more, as well as
fixing the "stuck" errors
encountered by some users. If
you're already running a beta,
Panda recommends uninstalling
that, and installing the 1.0 final.
Panda Cloud Antivirus is a free
download for home users and
educational groups on Windows
systems only. Panda Cloud
Antivirus[via Download Squad]
32 Tech Tips/ Tech News/
Make Milk Foam in Your Microwave for
Gourmet Froth at Home [Coffee]
By Sarah Rae Trover
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:30:00 AM
Wish you could get a good froth
on your coffee but don't want to
shell out for a frother? Cooking
weblog The Kitchn details how
to make your own gourmet froth
at home with your microwave
and a mason jar.
You can save a ton and still
make amazing coffee at home,
but if you miss the finer elements
of your coffee shop brew—like,
say, a good, frothy foam—you're
not out of luck.
The Kitchn walks us through the
process of heating and shaking
your filled mason jar, to create
maximum foam.
• Find a jar with a lid and fill it
Kindle for PC Beta Brings E-Books to Bigger
Screens [Downloads]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 5:05:00 AM
Windows: Amazon has released
a Windows application, Kindle
for PC, that tells you everything
in its name. It syncs with other
Kindle devices, offers color
pictures, font size control, and
other controls for reading on your
computer.
Amazon seems to be pitching
Kindle for PC as a supplement to,
with as much milk as you
normally like in your coffee (or
other hot beverage!). The milk
should fill the jar no more than
half way to allow room for the
foam.
• Shake the jar with the lid on as
not a substitute for, a standard
Kindle experience. Kindle for PC
doesn't offer blogs, newspaper, or
magazine subscriptions, and the
interface doesn't offer much over
and the heat from the microwave
will help stabilize it.
• Pour the milk into your coffee
using a spoon to hold back the
foam. Then scoop the foam on
top!
Although the milk will add that
soft, creamy texture you've come
to expect from your favorite local
coffee shop, it won't have the
sweet tang that's usually a bi-
product of the more traditional
steaming method. While you're
hard as you can until the milk has making the most of your at-home
become frothy and doubled in coffee shop, read up on making
size. This takes us about 30 other coffee shop addictions at
seconds. home to maximize your out of
• Take the lid off and microwave pocket spending. How to Make
Milk Foam (Without a Frother or
for another 30 seconds. The foam
will rise to the top of the milk a Machine!)[The Kitchn]
along with the joys of reading
through free sample chapters for
any and every book.
Kindle for PC is a free download
for Windows XP, Vista, and 7
systems only. A Mac version is
"coming soon," according to
Amazon. Kindle for PC[Amazon
the Kindle device it sprung from. via Resource Shelf]
That said, those without
iPhone/ipod Touch or Kindle
devices might be eager to try out
the instant-on e-book experience,
E-reader Newspaper
Brazilian Blackout
Traced to Sooty
Insulators, Not Hackers
By Marcelo Soares (Wired
Top Stories)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 3:15:00 PM
The CBS newsmagazine 60
Minutes breaks the remarkable
news that a massive 2007
electrical blackout in Brazil was
caused by computer hackers. But
the electric utility involved
denies a hack attack. It should
know -- it was fined over $3
million for failing to maintain the
high-voltage insulators that
actually caused the blackout.
Confirmed: Snow
Leopard Update Kills
Atom Hackintoshes
By Charlie Sorrel (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 5:50:00 AM
Just as we feared, the latest
update to Snow Leopard, version
10.6.2, drops support for the Intel
Atom processor. This means that
anyone with a “hackintosh” who
tries to update to the latest
operating system version will see
their computer die, going no
further than the gray Apple logo
on startup.
E-reader Newspaper Tech Tips/ Apple/ Entertainment/ 33

KnowEm Checks Username Availability Across Madonna Strikes

300+ Social Sites [Social Networking]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 6:30:00 AM
If you're particular about your
username and want to have a
unified personal usernam or
company identity across all the
social networks and services
you'll be using, KnowEm make
checking availability simple.
Like previously reviewed
NameChk KnowEm checks to
see if usernams are available.
While KnowEm is distinctly
geared towards business users
who are trying to control their
brand name—they have paid
packages where they will register
and maintain your brand on X
number of social sites for Y
number of dollars—it's just as
useful for a casual user and has
more than twice as many entries
as Namechk.
Plug in the username you want
to use and hit "Check This
music, news and more. Even if
you're not really looking for a
unified username the massive
chart of social networks is
interesting to browse if you're
looking for somewhere new to
hang out online. Using KnowEm
to search for username
availability is free the only cost is
incurred if you pay KnowEm to
register and tend your username
on multiple sites.
Have a favorite tool for checking
Category" for each category you or managing your identity
wish to check. You can check online? Let's hear about it in the
sites in categories like blogging, c o m m e n t s . K n o w E m [ v i a
bookmarking, business, MakeUseOf]
community, design,
entertainment, health,
information, microblogging,
a Pose for Dolce
& Gabbana
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:45:00 AM
Ciao Bella! Madonna is the new
face of fashion for Italian brand
Dolce & Gabbana!
The global superstar will
showcase the designers'
spring/summer 2010 collection in
an upcoming ad campaign. She's
already struck a pose for the ad
photos in a studio in Brooklyn
last week, according to the
house's online magazine Swide.
Madonna has known designers
Stefano Gabbana and Domenico
Dolce since the nineties and had
D&G design her costumes for her
1993 tour, The Girlie Show.

Apple Releases OS X 10.6.2 Update

By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 3:07:41 PM
The second minor incremental
update for OS X Snow Leopard
was released today, and it
contains the usual expected bug
fixes. It is also is said to contain
built-in support for Apple’s new
Magic Mouse, and may or may
not remove support for Intel
Atom processors. If you happen
to be using a hackintosh and can
confirm or deny whether or not
the latest update breaks your
system, please comment below
and let us know.
You can download the update
via Software Update now, or get
it directly from the Apple
Support site. Here’s Apple’s
rather lengthy description of the
update, including major bug
fixes:
The 10.6.2 Update is
recommended for all users
running Mac OS X Snow
Leopard and includes general
operating system fixes that
enhance the stability,
compatibility, and security of
your Mac, including fixes for:
• an issue that might cause your
system to logout unexpectedly
• a graphics distortion in Safari
Top Sites
• Spotlight search results not
showing Exchange contacts
• a problem that prevented
authenticating as an
administrative user
• issues when using NTFS and
WebDAV file servers
• the reliability of menu extras
• an issue with the 4-finger
swipe gesture
• an issue that causes Mail to
quit unexpectedly when setting
up an Exchange server
• Address Book becoming
unresponsive when editing
• a problem adding images to
contacts in Address Book
• an issue that prevented opening
files downloaded from the
Internet
• Safari plug-in reliability
• general reliability
improvements for iWork, iLife,
Aperture, Final Cut Studio,
MobileMe, and iDisk
• an issue that caused data to be
deleted when using a guest
account
For detailed information on this
update, please visit this website:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3
874.
For information on the security
content of this update, please
v i s i t :
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1
222.
34 Tech News/ E-reader Newspaper

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Blackberry Developer Conference: It's All about the Apps

By Sarah Perez already available on many other themes and widgets using the
(ReadWriteWeb) smartphones today, most notably, new Blackberry Theme Studio
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:16:32 AM
the iPhone. In some cases, the 5.0. Apps, Apps, Apps!
Blackberry APIs even offer In addition to the RIM-specific
At yesterday's Blackberry something the iPhone doesn't announcements, a number of
Developer Conference, several such as is the case with the companies also used the
companies announced major payments service which allows Developer Conference as the
updates to their applications and you to pay for apps on your next launching pad for new
services designed for Blackberry mobile phone bill. Blackberry applications and
smartphones. From Blackberry The location services include a related announcements.
maker Research in Motion (RIM) geo-location API that will use Ebay, for example, unveiled a
c a m e n e w g e o l o c a t i o n , cell tower triangulation as a brand-new mobile app that lets
advertising and push services in backup for when GPS fails, you search for items, view
addition to other developer tools. m a k i n g l o c a t i o n - b a s e d descriptions and photos, bid,
Meanwhile, companies like applications more reliable. There watch items, and more. It will
Loopt, eBay, Xobni, and others are also services for determining also tap into Blackberry's now
took the opportunity to show off your phone's location on a map open Push services API to deliver
t h e i r l a t e s t B l a c k b e r r y and another that helps estimate real-time alerts as to when you're
applications as well. travel time for driving directions. outbid on an auction.
Sponsor It's obvious to see how these Considering that the company
RIM Woos Developers types of services could help build has already generated $400
With all the news from the n e w a n d u s e f u l m o b i l e million this year using eBay's
event, one thing was clear: RIM applications for the Blackberry. iPhone application, this new
desperately wants developers to Also revealed was the new minded corporate Blackberry and tools they already know and Blackberry app should be a big
build for Blackberry and is now Blackberry Advertising Service, u s e r s w h o a r e o f t e n m o r e use. Java developers will get a hit among mobile users when it
actively enticing them with a an offering designed to help interested in getting things done new GUI builder that lets them launches next month.
slew of new offerings designed to developers generate revenue than they are with playing create mobile interfaces using a The popular location-based
win them over. from their mobile applications. mindless games. WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is- social networking service called
O n e o f t h e b i g g e s t Through partnerships with ad That being said, the game- what-you-get) editor with drag- Loopt also revealed a major
announcements made yesterday networks, developers can easily playing crowd isn't being ignored and-drop capabilities. Adobe update for Blackberry which
involved the launch of new integrate mobile advertising either. Also announced was developers will be able to use the includes something the iPhone
APIs(application programming within their apps and track the support for OpenGL ES, a c o m p a n y ' s F l a s h P l a t f o r m can't offer due to the nature of the
interfaces) for third-party ad's effectiveness with an graphics API for 3D games. technology and Adobe Creative device: it runs in the background
developers. The APIs offered included analytics package. It's While this doesn't quite put the Suite tools to build rich, mobile to continually update your
i n c l u d e a n e w a d v e r t i s i n g even possible for these ads to Blackberry on par with what's apps as well. This is another area location in real-time. This is one
service, a payments service, access the phone's core features. available for iPhone, it's a move where Apple falls short - Flash of the iPhone's biggest flaws
location services, and the general For example, you'll be able to t h a t ' s d e s i g n e d t o k e e p still doesn't work on the iPhone. according to critics, since so
availability of Blackberry's own initiate a phone call from an ad or Blackberry at least somewhat Instead Flash developers have to many mobile applications take
Push service, which had never add a calendar entry from an ad. competitive in the field of mobile use special Adobe software to a d v a n t a g e o f a l w a y s - o n
before been made available to That's an innovation that many gaming. convert apps written in Flash to a connectivity to track your
outside developers. What this other mobile handhelds are not Other announcements included format that's iPhone-compatible. location for the benefit of
means is that developers now yet offering. These types of n e w s u p p o r t f o r m o b i l e Also, designers can now use specific mobile apps. In Loopt's
h a v e t h e t o o l s t o b u i l d interactions should have a clear developers looking to build A d o b e P h o t o s h o p a n d
applications that rival those appeal to the many business- BLACKBERRY page 38
applications with the languages Dreamweaver to build both
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Twitter, LinkedIn Cut Deal - We're Still Waiting for the Big
Announcement
By Marshall Kirkpatrick to drive. offer a clear path to their data by to have relationships with Twitter
(ReadWriteWeb) In the announcement video outside partners. tell us things like "We won't
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:00:01 PM
recorded by LinkedIn's Reid LinkedIn partners with next to describe our relationship with
Hoffman and Twitter's Biz Stone, no one. Only large, established Twitter to you and neither will
Twitter and LinkedIn are both talked about how Twitter is organizations like Business anyone else who has one." That's
announcing a deal tonight that great for business. What did they Week, the New York Times and charming. It's unclear whether
will allow LinkedIn users to mean, though? They meant it's a now Twitter get access to anyone but Google and Bing
publish status updates to their marketing platform, a way to get LinkedIn data. Other services all have access to all the Twitter
Twitter profiles and pull in some your message out further, etc. If What could this look like? It around the web will tell you data.
or all Twitter updates to their you have something you want to could look like an option to view stories about reaching out to Twitter investor and real-time
LinkedIn accounts. say to everyone on LinkedIn, the employer and job title of LinkedIn for API access and web guru John Borthwick told us
Wait a minute...the two social why not say it on Twitter too? anyone you see on Twitter or getting the cold shoulder. in another conversation today
media companies with some of But is business just about through a 3rd party Twitter We wrote about this concern that he believes Twitter is just in
the most valuable, interesting broadcasting your marketing interface. It could look like three weeks ago (" LinkedIn Hits its early days as a company, that
data on the web made a deal and message? What about the Twitter opening up its fire hose 50 Million Users; Still a Roach there's nothing mysterious going
what do we get? Spammy listening part of doing business, for unfettered 3rd party analysis Motel") and the company told us on. "I'm hoping there will be a
Twitter streams clouding up our thoughtful analysis, responding and development - then you'd see then and today that big changes click-thru EULA[End User
LinkedIn feeds and an occasional to actionable information and social graph and content analysis are coming to its API soon. Licensing Agreement] to the
uptight Tweet on Twitter that m a r k e t conditions? done that gave a big boost to the That's great. That's something to firehose [someday]," he wrote.
was born inside LinkedIn? We're C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h y o u r User Experience on LinkedIn. look forward to, if cautiously. (Emphasis added.)
still waiting for the meaty customers and business partners? ("This LinkedIn user has been We're years into the LinkedIn That sounds good.
announcements everyone says Twitter is arguably better for conversing with friends on Platform today and there's only a So everybody's working on the
are coming someday soon - that listening than it is for broadcast Twitter who were talking about s e l e c t f e w p a r t n e r s d o i n g wide-open web that so many of
Twitter and LinkedIn are open and conversion of marketing 'mobile,' 'Wisconsin' and 'gaming' a n y t h i n g t h e r e s o f a r . us want to see? Standards and
for business. messages. This kind of cross- over the last 2 weeks.") Likewise, Twitter is fabulously APIs and open platforms to
Sponsor posting deal falls short of the Whatever the case may be, both open with its data in some ways facilitate a new era of innovation
I don't mean to be too grouchy, huge potential latent in the data occupational data (LinkedIn) and (on a per-item basis) - but it's are right around the corner?
but this looks like just one more both of these companies control social messaging data (Twitter) leaving a substantial number of Sounds great. For now though
sweetheart Silicon Valley deal and instead appeals to the craven are rich green fields for mashups outside developers frustrated what we get is a little cross-
that has limited imagination and broadcast-model of marketing. and analysis- but these two because they can't get their hands network message broadcasting.
represents a lost opportunity for Challenging that broadcast-model companies are holding back the on the full feed of Twitter data Hopefully it's just the beginning.
the kind of innovation everyone is where many people believe tide of innovation by refusing to (the fire hose) to analyze. Discuss
expects these kinds of companies social media derives its meaning. Startup companies that do appear

Relive the fall of the Berlin Wall

By Danny Gallagher (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:02:00 AM
Something astonishing happened
20 years ago this week: the
Berlin Wall came tumbling
down.
Now thanks to the magic of the
Internet's never ending series of
tubes, you can relive that
shocking and happy day when
the wall finally fell. Former NBC
Nightly News anchor Tom
Brokaw went to the former site of
the oppressive cement figure over Filed under: News, Video,
the weekend and filed a brief Reality-Free
interview with Meet the Press' Permalink| Email this| |
David Gregory last Sunday on C o m m e n t s
the momentous anniversary.
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sidebar plugin, Minggl allows businesses depend on. The

Facebook you to post status updates across
six major social networks
service is available at a low cost
(accounts start at $4.95 per
By Richard MacManus number 1 with 32.6%, Yahoo is (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, month) and backs up your
(ReadWriteWeb) close behind at 29.7%. MSN is Flickr, Digg and Delicious) but, important company data (Gmail,
Submitted at 11/10/2009 1:00:38 AM
still well used at 11.9%. We were unlike other broadcast services, Google Docs, Basecamp, Zoho),
most surprised that AOL is now also allows you to check your plus your entire database for
Digital marketing company only 7.9%. These statistics show inboxes, notifications and public services like Flickr, Twitter and
Razorfish has just launched its that Yahoo remains a force updates from friends on those even WordPress. (Disclosure:
third annual FEED survey of among mainstream consumers, n e t w o r k s . A d d a G o o g l e Backupify is a ReadWriteWeb
1,000 "connected consumers." whereas AOL is slipping further Sidewiki-style annotation service sponsor and a client of mine.)
The survey is focused on online behind. and you've got a pretty useful These applications, programs
consumer behavior. This year We reported last week that tool that you won't have to and platforms only skim the
Facebook and Twitter feature s m a r t p h o n e s h a v e a l m o s t change your habits much to use. surface. I'm sure you have
prominently. 40% of respondents overtaken 'feature phones' as the 10. Backupify favorites of your own. Please
"friended" brands on Facebook, respondents have "friended" a c e l l p h o n e s o f c h o i c e f o r Whether you're dabbling in share them in the comments for
while 25% reported following brand on Facebook - a whopping consumers. Razorfish's survey social media for your business, your fellow readers and help
brands on Twitter. What's more, 40%. Considering that Facebook shows that 56% of connected conducting full-scale sales calls make this post a one-stop shop
Razorfish found that consumers is a social network that started consumers now use a smartphone via Twitter or Facebook or for killer small-business tools.
access brands on Twitter and out as a way for college kids to - i.e. one that has email and web running everything you do Jason Falls is a social-media
Facebook mainly for deals and network, this is a statistic that capabilities. through project management consultant based in Louisville,
promotions. will make companies and As with the ChangeWave software like Google Docs, Zoho Kentucky. He blogs regularly at
Of those who follow a brand on organizations take note. If you R e s e a r c h s u r v e y r e c e n t l y , or Basecamp, you'd probably get SocialMediaExplorer.com. He is
Twitter, nearly 44% reported that want brand recognition on the R a z o r f i s h p u t s B l a c k b e r r y mighty frustrated if one of those also chief evangelist for
access to exclusive deals is the Web, according to these statistics (29.5%) ahead of Apple's iPhone services went down and lost your Backupify.com, a ReadWriteWeb
main reason. On Facebook or there's a very good chance that (20.1%). data. Backupify.com serves as a sponsor. Discuss
MySpace, 37% said that access to Facebook is a place you want to Another illuminating statistic is daily or weekly (you decide)
exclusive deals or offers was be. the number of people who now backup service for a variety of
their main reason for friending A smaller percentage follow a get their news from Twitter and social media and Web 2.0
brands. services that many small
brand on Facebook for exclusive Facebook. While nearly 80% of
Sponsor deals or offers (36.9%) - but still r e s p o n d e n t s s t i l l a c c e s s
Over 1/4 of respondents reported a majority.
having followed a brand on Is this "connected consumer" get news from Facebook and
"traditional news web sites," 33% GOP ex-candidate leaves NY
Twitter, which is encouraging crowd mainstream? Well, about 19.5% from Twitter. Only 27.3%
news for companies wanting to 62% of the respondents still use get news from "alternative news
Assembly leadership job (AP)
u s e T w i t t e r t o p r o m o t e I n t e r n e t E x p l o r e r a s t h e i r web sites" - but which we (Yahoo! News: U.S. News) Pakistan (AP)
themselves. 9 seconds ago 2009-11-
browser, with 30% on Firefox. presume they mean blogs. Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:12:15 AM 10T09:45:05-08:00
43.5% reported following a So yes, they are. Overall, these figures from
brand to get "exclusive deals or It's interesting then to look at Razorfish show that Facebook luckly419 buzzed up: Bomb kills This content has passed through
offerings," which again is a what are the homepages of these and Twitter are now major places 24, wounds over 100 in NW fivefilters.org.
statistic that companies should people. for brands to be; as well as online
take note of. While Google is unsurprisingly sites where consumers get at least
An even higher percentage of some of their news. Discuss
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Taptu and OneRiot Launch Real- continued from page 35

case, the app knows where you technology which returns results
time Mobile Search are in order to show you nearby
friends and local businesses
which you can rate. It even offers
ranked based on frequency and
freshness of your
communication. The application
By Sarah Perez slower - painfully slow at times -
(ReadWriteWeb) often taking hours on end to mobile coupons for the retailers will be made available sometime
feature the news that had already and restaurants in your vicinity. early next year.
Submitted at 11/10/2009 5:52:20 AM
been buzzing on Twitter for half Finally, Xobni, the Outlook The Blackberry Developer
Specialized mobile search a day. email search plugin that Conference continues until
engine Taptu and real-time That said, Digg and other social discovers social connections in Thursday, so stay tuned for even
search service OneRiot have news sharing sites can sometimes your inbox, revealed their new more news over the coming days.
teamed up to launch a new real- complete with search box and unearth news that had been Blackberry application, too. As Discuss
time search engine for mobile. verticals for searching just the overlooked by major media with the desktop software, Xobni
With the touch-friendly interface web, images, and now, "buzz." outlets, especially when focused for Blackberry will let you find
provided by Taptu, you can now Previously, the site included o n a p a r t i c u l a r n i c h e l i k e contacts in your address book
perform searches from your verticals for music and video technology. For example, just quickly using Xobni Rank
mobile phone and receive real- searches too, but those have think of how many stories you
time results from sites like seemingly been done away with read on someone's personal blog
Twitter and Digg. In addition, in an effort to simplify the o r R e d d i t a n d n e v e r s a w
Mya Awarded First
you can browse through the interface. anywhere else on the web. By
trending topics to see what recent The new "buzz" section is where tracking niche websites like these
events are currently being buzzed you can find the real-time results. as well as Facebook, MySpace,
Perfect Score of Season
about.
Sponsor
Here you'll find content pulled Bebo, social bookmarking sites
from sites like Twitter, Digg, like Delicious and StumbleUpon,
on 'Dancing with the Stars'
According to the company's other social sharing sites and the microblogs and URL-shortening (ETonline - Breaking News) and when a judge named Len[
press release, this joint venture company's own panel of users services, Oneriot can discover Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:36:00 AM
Goodman] comes around and
has created "the first ever real- w h o h a v e d o w n l o a d e d t h e links that may have otherwise gives you a 10 for the first time, I
time search for mobile." That's OneRiot toolbar and are sharing gone unnoticed. With the support of her mother was going to faint."
not entirely true - after all, you their web-browsing data in Taptu's new mobile search in the audience, Mya and partner Calling partner Joanna
can visit search.twitter.com from anonymous aggregate. engine interface currently works Dmitri Chaplin were awarded Krupa"Super Krupa" for her
any mobile device with a web While Twitter is clearly a source on major touch-enabled devices one of the highest honors on futuristic comic book character
browser. Plus, there are tons of of breaking news, we've always including the iPhone, iPod touch, "Dancing with the Stars," the first inspired outfit, Derek Hough
mobile Twitter applications that found it a bit odd that OneRiot G1, Nokia N97 and 5800, and the perfect 30 of the season. ET's praised her commitment, saying,
have search features built in includes Digg in its "real-time" BlackBerry Storm 1. The Taptu special correspondent Marie "A sign of a true champ is
and/or feature a list of Twitter's search engine. We've never iPhone application will also be O s m o n d s p o k e w i t h t h e somebody that goes through a
trending topics. However, this thought of Digg as anything near updated soon to include the scoreboard toppers, as well as the struggle, doesn't do quite well,
new search service does appear real-time - in fact, it pales in additional functionality. You can four other remaining couples. but then can pick themselves
to be the first ever dedicated comparison to Twitter when it test the new service yourself The Grammy-winner felt like back up, sink or swim, and she
m o b i l e s e a r c h e n g i n e f o r comes to the speed with which starting at 9 AM EST by pointing she was living in a dream telling swam, [and] did a great job in the
accessing the real-time web. information spreads. With the y o u r m o b i l e b r o w s e r t o ET, "When you're in rehearsals, Paso and really proved that she
Using the OneRiot API, Taptu's immediacy possible on today's w w w . t a p t u . c o m . D i s c u s s yes, you think about a 30, but deserves to be here."
new homepage presents a mobile web, sites like Digg seem much more importantly, you think
-friendly search engine interface about giving a great performance
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Happy Birthday to Firefox: O2 UK to Officially

Everybody Dance! Unlock iPhones Following
By Jolie O'Dell
(ReadWriteWeb)
websites, more open video
codecs and improvements to
Competitor Launch
Submitted at 11/9/2009 11:14:43 PM
mobile browsing. By Darrell Etherington
Over at the Mozilla blog, the (TheAppleBlog)
Hey, Firefox, kids who were company's flack Melissa Shapiro Submitted at 11/9/2009 11:19:08 AM
freshmen in college when you shares some interesting stats.
started now have pointless Since Mozilla's auspicious one- O2 just announced what seems
internships in big cities and million-downloads-in-four-days like a fairly magnanimous
colossal amounts of student debt. start, she writes, "that number has gesture on its part today, in
Congratulations! You're swelled to over 330 million users preparation for the launch of the
officially old by Internet worldwide; almost a quarter of iPhone on other UK carriers and
standards. interesting post on the rise of Internet users worldwide choose the end of iPhone exclusivity in
You've hit the one billion modern web browsing, the Firefox. Today, Firefox ships in that country. That should mean
downloads mark and captured a triumph of standards in web more than 70 languages and that O2 customers who want to
truly significant percentage of development, the hackable offers users more than 7,000 add- take their business elsewhere can we will allow O2 customers to
Internet browser users. And goodness that is browser UI ons to help customize their have their phones unlocked as unlock their iPhones, although of
you've got a hardcore community customization, user generated browsing experience." early as tomorrow, since Nov. 10 course they will still need to
of open-source developers and content and geeky stuff like RSS, In fact, some websites report that is the stated launch date for honor any outstanding contract
fans who contribute to the APIs, and JSON nearly half their visitors are Orange UK’s iPhone offerings. period they have. At the end of
thousands of extensions, plugins, He concludes, "Mozilla has been Firefox users. WordPress founder The news, which comes via The their contract period, they are
and skins that make the user at the heart of many of the issues Matt Mullenweg writes that iPhone Blog, is a promising sign entirely free to move to another
experience so customizable. But of the Internet over the last five Firefox users represent nearly 46 for all iPhone users. If Apple is at operator — though naturally we
most importantly, you helped years. We've vastly improved the percent of Wordpress' blog stats all a party to the decision to hope they won’t want to!
pave the way for the creation and b r o w s i n g e x p e r i e n c e f o r as opposed to Internet Explorer allow unlocking of its devices in It isn’t clear how the unlocking
mainstream proliferation of a hundreds of millions of people users, who comprise around 39 countries where the iPhone is procedure will actually work.
b u n c h o f n i f t y a l t e r n a t i v e a r o u n d t h e w o r l d . W e ' v e percent. "This is the first time available on multiple networks, Will users have to physically
browsers and provided impetus managed to keep Microsoft I've ever seen Firefox pass IE in then hope exists for countries like visit an O2 store, or can it be
for aggressive improvements to honest and forced them to release market share for a mainstream Canada, too, where the iPhone done over the phone using iTunes
Microsoft's Internet Explorer. newer versions of their browsers. audience like WordPress.com recently became available on Bell at home? Whatever the method,
Sponsor Firefox's presence was a large has," said Mullenweg. and Telus, as well as Rogers, the O2 is doing the right thing by
Here's a happy little video on factor in Apple being able to ship Firefox is sharing its official, original carrier. providing its customers a choice,
how liberating and revolutionary a browser to its user base as the worldwide celebration with users O2 CEO Matthew Key describes which is a good faith gesture
the Firefox experience is for Mac came back to the market. everywhere via their special in an interview with the Times which should end up building
Internet users: We've made it possible for third anniversary site, where folks can Online how customers will be customer loyalty and avoiding
Moving forward from the party browser vendors like share pics and videos from their able to unlock, though that won’t resentment. No word yet on
motivational fanfare, Mozilla Google to enter the market." F i r e f o x p a r t i e s o r s u b m i t relieve them of their contractual whether or not other UK carriers
evangelist Christopher Blizzard He noted that future releases of commemorative poster designs. obligations: will be offering the same service
at the Hacks.Mozilla.Org blog Firefox with deal with issues Discuss Once the iPhone becomes for their iPhone devices.
h a s a r a t h e r i n - d e p t h a n d such as users' sharing data with available on other UK networks,
40 Tech News/ TV/ Popular News/ E-reader Newspaper

NetSuite and InsideView Partner to Review: Xavier

Create 'Social ERP' Renegade Angel
By Alex Williams
(ReadWriteWeb)
satisfaction
• Integrate social profile
information to engage job
Seasons 1 and 2
c a n d i d a t e s a c r o s s m u l t i p l e By Nick Zaino (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:52:13 AM

A growing debate in Enterprise channels, including Facebook, Submitted at 11/10/2009 10:00:00 AM

2.0 circles focuses on what value enterprises. Inside View coins LinkedIn and Twitter;
new technologies have for people itself as a Sales 2.0 leader, On an Adult Swim schedule
who do back office functions. "bringing intelligence gained InsideView for NetSuite was where every show is strange in
Questions persist about how from social media and traditional built using NetSuite's SuiteCloud some way, Xavier may be the
Enterprise 2.0 technologies are editorial sources to the enterprise development platform. Additonal strangest of the bunch. The title
built into the processes of every to increase sales productivity and NetSuite partners are planning to character is a hairy birdman with
day work and what upside they velocity." build their own integrations, a beak and legs with knees that
really have. NetSuite users will have access which the company says may bend the wrong way. And a
In that regard, it's interesting to to information from a wide mean more social components snake hand. And a loincloth. And
note the partnership announced variety of traditional information into the NetSuite environment. two different colored eyes. And
today between NetSuite and sources and real-time social Currently, NetSuite users may six nipples (I could go on, but...)
InsideView to bring in real-time networks. The structured and see information that others are He talks like a surfer dude,
information from across the unstructured information is collecting by subscribing via an mashing up new age double talk
social Web into such departments aggregated and filtered by RSS feed. Further integration with double entendre, inhabiting graphics, pushes you off kilter.
as accounts payable and human InsideView. It flows directly into could be the potential addition of a sort of alternate, SIMS-like It's an overused description to say
resources. The partnership will the application and is filtered for activity streams for sharing earth and killing or damaging something looks like a cartoon on
bring InsideView's insights from the particular office function such intelligence. irreparably all he seeks to help.
acid, but if ever a show actually
across social sites such as as accounts payable. NetSuite This is an unfolding trend which The effect of this only intensifies deserved the description, it's
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and says this is the first time a social we believe will create a more when you watch a lot of episodes Xavier.
G o o g l e B l o g S e a r c h i n t o c o m p o n e n t h a s b e e n b u i l t measured look at how Enterprise of Xavier in one sitting, which is Continue reading Review:
N e t S u i t e ' s C R M a n d E R P natively into its application. 2.0 applications fit with back what you can do with the new X Xavier Renegade Angel Seasons
offerings which will help to Some of the benefits the two o f f i c e f u n c t i o n s . I t a l s o avier: Renegade Angel Seasons 1 1 and 2
create what it calls a'Social ERP' c o m p a n i e s s e e w i t h t h e represents another example of and 2 DVD. In its usual dose of Filed under: Other Comedy
system. integration: h o w b u s i n e s s i n t e l l i g e n c e fifteen minutes per episode, it's Shows, OpEd, Adult Swim,
Sponsor • Better understanding of applications from companies like odd. Watch it for two hours, you Reality-Free
NetSuite is a Software-as-a- customers and partners to assess IBM will begin to compete in this start to see spots. Even the Permalink| Email this| |
Service provider that provides a p a y m e n t r i s k a n d i m p r o v e realm as more efforts continue to animation, which stresses the Comments
cloud computing platform to help c o l l e c t i o n p r o c e s s e s meld structured and unstructured b r i g h t c o l o r s a n d b l o c k y
manage software suites. Its • The ability to better use the information. Discuss movement of computer generated
c u s t o m e r s a r e m i d - s i z e d buzz about suppliers and brand
companies and divisions of large reputation and level of customer

Letterman scheme suspect asks court to drop case (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) Shevonne buzzed up: Obama 6 seconds ago 2009-11- fivefilters.org.
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:40:05 AM
pressed into role as healer, 1 0 T 0 9 : 4 4 : 2 3 - 0 8 : 0 0
inevitably (AP) This content has passed through
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Taylor Lautner
MacBook vs. MacBook Pro: Which Should You Addresses the
Relationship Question
Buy? (ETonline - Breaking News)
By Charles Moore 20 percent higher price. 20 integrated NVIDIA GeForce Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:47:00 AM
(TheAppleBlog) Percent Higher Price — 20 MacBook Pro in his comparison, 9400M graphics chipset (which
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:26:26 AM
Percent More Value? noting that at 5.5 pounds, the should be more than adequate if In 'The Twilight Saga: New
Personally, I think these factors unibody 15-incher is not a whole you’re not into high-end graphics Moon,' Taylor Lautner's
AppleGazette’s Kevin Whipps do add up to 20 percent more real lot heavier than the 13 MacBook or video, or serious gaming) that character comes into his own as
addresses the quandary over how value and then some, although and MacBook Pro units at 4.7lb. annexes up to 256MB of your werewolf Jacob Black -- and ET
to choose between a MacBook Kevin has a point about the two and 4.5lb. respectively, and system RAM for video support. has the 411 directly from Taylor
and a MacBook Pro, noting that machines being pretty much offers much more expansive A No-Brainer on what to expect in the highly
it used to be that if you wanted a clones when it comes to core screen real estate at its 1440 x Personally, while I find the new anticipated 'Twilight' sequel!
13-inch Mac laptop (excluding computing power. For example, 900 resolution. Being a former polycarbonate unibody MacBook Taylor, who is rumored to be
the MacBook Air), the only it now appears that even Apple’s 17 PowerBook user who recently very attractive — a quantum dating country superstar Taylor
o p t i o n w a s t h e o r i g i n a l nominal 4GB maximum RAM switched from the big, old improvement over the old, iBook Swift, answers the question on
MacBook. Now with a 13-inch upgrade spec for the MacBook is ‘Book’s 1440 x 900 display to an -esque MacBook form factor — everyone's mind -- is he single?
aluminum MacBook Pro on the completely arbitrary. OWC is aluminum unibody MacBook’s my recommendation remains if He also gives fans a peek into
market, the decision has become offering 8GB memory upgrade more cramped 1280 x 800 13.3 you can somehow scratch up the what they're in for when the
more complex. kits for the plastic unibody screen, I have to agree, and the extra $200, the base 2.26GB shape-shifting special effects in
Kevin allows that the 13 MacBook. latest $1,699 entry-level 15 Pro is MacBook Pro 13 represents the 'New Moon' are revealed.
MacBook Pro doesn’t give you a The MacBook comes with a especially price-enticing. zenith of value and power for the The 17-year-old bulked up for
lot more value for your dollar, 250GB hard drive, which is more However, note well that if you money that Apple has ever the part, gaining 30 pounds in
comparatively. I beg to differ, but than respectable for standard need the heavy-duty graphics offered in a portable computer, order to play a growing Jacob,
there’s a large element of equipment, especially since the support provided by the discrete and if you’re willing to go with who discovers that he has some
s u b j e c t i v i t y i n a n y s u c h 13 MacBook Pro’s base $1,199 NVIDIA 9600M GT GPU with an Apple Certified Refurbished mysterious new powers in 'New
judgment, with many variables model comes with a more modest 256MB of dedicated VRAM, unit, the Apple Store currently Moon.' Meanwhile, Jacob also
such as how much you value 1 6 0 G B d r i v e . W i t h t h e you’re still going to have to pony has them available for the same becomes a major part of his pal
FireWire support (some of us a MacBook, 320GB and 500GB up $1,999 for the middle-model $999 price as the new plastic Bella Swan's ( Kristen Stewart)
lot), how important a SD Card drives are BTO options, but that 2.66GHz 15 Pro. The $1,699 unit M a c B o o k , w i t h t h e s a m e life as she deals with a separation
slot is to your needs, and whether bumps the price to MacBook Pro is essentially identical in power w a r r a n t y a n d A p p l e C a r e from her vampire love Edward
the premium look, fit, finish, and levels. The Case for the 15 to the high-end $1,499 13 e l i g i b i l i t y . Cullen ( Rob Pattinson).
durability of the Pro’s aluminum MacBook Pro MacBook Pro, and has only the For me, it’s a no-brainer.
unibody construction justifies the Kevin actually includes the 15

Review: Gossip Girl - They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?

By Isabelle Carreau (TV scenes stole the show. irresponsible." In the same letter, Humphreys, Don't They?
Squad) The Parents Television Council they mention that by airing this Filed under: OpEd, Episode
Submitted at 11/10/2009 11:38:00 AM
(PTC) tried to get the network scene, the network is, in a way, Reviews, Reality-Free, Gossip
not to air this week's episode of letting young kids know that they Girl
(S03E09) "Nobody puts Jenny in Gossip Girl due to the threesome should take part in such sexual Permalink| Email this| |
a corner." - Gossip Girl scene it included. In a letter sent behaviors. Comments
Even if this was Jenny's episode, out to the network, the PTC the episode is "reckless and Continue reading Review:
the much talked about threesome claims The CW's decision to air Gossip Girl - They Shoot
42 Apple/ TV/ Popular News/ E-reader Newspaper

Some iPhone Coders Padding CBS picking up Shit My

Resumés With Lies Dad Says from Twitter
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
inquiries before going ahead and
hiring the coding company
making the false claims. Other
account
Submitted at 11/9/2009 11:11:23 AM
people might not be so discerning By Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
According to a report by the and cautious. Submitted at 11/10/2009 10:41:00 AM

Silicon Alley Insider, if you’re Another developer, Sugar Cube,

looking to hire an iPhone dev, Inc. operating out of San CBS has picked up a new
it’s probably best to make sure Francisco, only discovered that comedy based on the ramblings
you do a thorough background others were taking credit for its of someone's father from a
or early thirty-something is
check before you do. Some work when prospective clients Twitter account called Shit My
forced to live back with his
coders have been claiming credit noted that they’d already seen the Dad Says. The title will likely
parents. His father would be a
for work they didn’t do, and are screenshots included in Sugar change when it gets to the small pessimistic Larry David or Ricky
using the false accolades to try category. According to Ars C u b e ’ s p i t c h m a t e r i a l s i n screen. Will & Grace creators
Gervais character, saying
and wrestle more work from Technica, TapBots partner Paul p a c k a g e s f r o m o t h e r David Kohan and Max
awkward things all the time to
unsuspecting companies and Haddad recently received a development firms. Apparently, Mutchnick are behind it so it has
humorous effect. I think the only
individuals looking to cash in on surprising inquiry from a client Sugar Cube had been trying to some legs.
trick would be to tone down the
the App Store phenomenon. about his program: secure referral relationships with The creator of the Twitter profanity, or perhaps just use
S o m e o f t h e l i e s b e i n g This prospective client wasn’t some other firms, and in so doing account, Justin Halpern, has
bleeping.
perpetrated are coming from looking to hire TapBots for any had sent around a sampler become an Internet star. Actually,
This is why I have to start a
firms that look otherwise legit. development work, they were p a c k a g e . S o m e o f t h e s e this is the second Twitter account
Twitter account.
Lots of offshore development looking for confirmation that a c o m p a n i e s w e r e t h e n to get a sitcom, the first being
Filed under: Programming,
companies are cashing in on the development firm out of India redistributing the materials as TextsFromLastNight (which is OpEd, Pickups and Renewals,
trend by providing low-cost did the coding on ConvertBot, a their own. being produced by Sony TV and
Reality-Free
alternatives to in-house or popular TapBots application. The It’s a disturbing trend, but one to Adam Sandler's people).
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domestic U.S. solutions, and client had found Trucid, the be expected with something like Based on the sample tweets, I
Comments
some of those are taking serious supposed coders of ConvertBot, the App Store, which many see can see this actually working as a
heat for what appear to be bald- on the Rentacoder.com website, a as an opportunity to cash in sitcom where a twenty-something
faced lies. v i r t u a l c o r k b o a r d w h e r e quickly and easily. As the
One of the more high-profile c o m p a n i e s c a n h a n g t h e i r industry matures, expect to see
Prosecutors: SC trio
apps involved in the scam is business cards. Trucid quoted a this sort of thing become less and promised unrealistic
TapBots‘ popular iPhone unit sum of $2,400 for an application less common, but until then,
c o n v e r s i o n a p p l i c a t i o n , similar to ConvertBot. The only check and double-check any returns (AP)
ConvertBot. ConvertBot’s design problem? TapBots designs and claims that seem to good to be (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
and intuitive interface have writes all of its applications true. Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:21:08 AM
earned it praise from both the entirely in house.
press and iPhone users, and it At least the company in this case E buzzed up: Va. gov clears way
remains a popular app in its was smart enough to make some for execution of sniper (AP)
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Jailbreakers: First iPhone Worm
Discovered, Features Rick Astley
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 11:16:09 AM
The first iPhone worm has been
discovered. It comes to us via
Australia, and appears to be
limited to that country for now,
although it has the potential to
spread. It also stars Rick Astley,
so to speak. The work changes
the iPhone’s wallpaper to an
image of the 1980s pop singer,
who’s enjoyed a recent
resurgence thanks to the Rick-
rolling Internet phenomenon.
The worm has the ability to
break into jailbroken iPhones
only. Even if you’ve jailbroken,
you still aren’t vulnerable unless
you’ve also installed SSH, and
not changed the default password
after doing so. As a result, only a
small fraction of the larger
iPhone community is probably
susceptible to the “ikee virus,” as
it is called in its own source code.
Still, it shows that as the
platform matures and becomes
more widespread, it also becomes
the target of more malicious
attacks. Most hackers, like any
businesspeople, are interested in
the bottom line, and part of that
involves targeting the largest
Global equity markets set sights on year highs
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:09:31 AM
group of people possible. With
millions of users worldwide, the
iPhone is definitely an appealing
mark. ikee’s creator, a hacker
calling himself “ikex,” cites a
different explanation for this
particular worm’s creation:
Why?: Boredom, because i
found it so stupid the fact that on
my initial scan of my 3G optus
range i found 27 hosts running
SSH daemons, i could access 26
of them with root:alpine. Doesn’t
anyone RTFM anymore?
In the case of this worm, which
only changes the background
wallpaper to the Astley photo
with the slogan, “ikee is never
going to give you up” across the
top, Graham Cluley of
SophosLabs suggests it’s really
Global equity markets set sights
on year highs
By Jamie Chisholm, Global
Markets Commentator
only an experiment:
The source code is littered with
comments from the author
suggesting the worm has been
written as an experiment. One of
the comments berates affected
users for not following
instructions when installing SSH,
because if they had changed the
default password the worm
would not have been able to
infect them.
While not dangerous in and of
itself (it actually sort of provides
a service by reminding users to
take precautions), it could open
the door for similar programs
with less innocuous payloads.
Hopefully, jailbreak users will
learn from the experience and be
prepared if someone more
sinister tries to do the same thing
again.
It’ll be interesting to see whether
Apple latches onto this as a
means to further decry the evils
of jailbreak. If it leads to more
serious exploits, it definitely
would constitute a good reason to
stay on the straight and narrow.
In either case, expect to see more
security concerns surrounding the
iPhone as it continues its
commercial success.
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TV Squad Ten: Cartoon
women who should have
Playboy centerfolds
By Danny Gallagher (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 11:05:00 AM
Marge Simpson's spread in
Playboy was a groundbreaking
moment for cartoon women
everywhere. Her sensual skin
pics paved new ground for the
"feminine-animated."
She told the world that the
women of animation aren't just
vehicles for humor or straight
characters to set up punchlines
for the males on the paper. She
helped us realize they have
thoughts, feelings, emotions and
yes, even urges that make them righteously awesome.
unique, infinitely interesting and Continue reading TV Squad
utterly fascinating. They are, as Ten: Cartoon women who should
Dr. Frasier Crane so eloquently have Playboy centerfolds
put it, "like a fine wine: always Filed under: Other Comedy
intoxicated, ever surprising and Shows, Animation, Commercials,
only getting better with age." Children, TV Squad Lists,
And so, for the cause of gender Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten
equality and female Permalink| Email this| |
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FOX hits a network high this fall with five weekly wins
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:38:28 AM
via FOX:
NATIONAL NIELSEN
RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF
NOVEMBER 2 – 8, 2009
FOX HITS A NETWORK
HIGH THIS FALL WITH FIVE
WEEKLY WINS!
Last week FOX achieved its fifth
weekly win this season, which
stands as the most fourth quarter
weekly wins in the network’s
history. FOX ranks No. 1 for the
season with a 3.7/10 rating
among Adults 18-49, maintaining
its +16% lead for a second week
– the highest fourth quarter lead
by any network in six years.
FOX struck out the competition
last week with a strong finish to
the 2009 WORLD SERIES, a
winning performance from its
Saturday COPS and
AMERICA’S MOST WANTED
lineup, and a healthy turnout for
variety special FAMILY GUY
PRESENTS: SETH AND
ALEX’S ALMOST LIVE
COMEDY SHOW. FOX won
the week with an impressive
3.6/10 among Adults 18-49,
beating its closest competitor by
+24% — a full seven-tenths of a
rating point.
On Monday night, FOX again
drew a huge audience with
WORLD SERIES GAME 5
posting a 5.3/14 among Adults
18-49 and outperforming Game 5
of last year’s series by +33%
among Adults 18-49 and +30%
E-reader Newspaper
• FOX’s 8-10p animation block
has shown significant
increases when compared with
last year’s programming during
the same time period, making
gains of +21% among Adults 18-
49, +25% among Adults 18-34
and +16% in Total Viewers.
09/10 FOX Dramas: Live + 7 in
Adults 18-49
Comparing Live+Same Day vs.
Live + 7 ratings (now available
through 10/25/09), FOX’s
dramas have shown significant
increases among Adults 18-49
including:
09/10 Season thru 10/25
Live+Same Day Adults 18-49
Live + 7 Adults 18-49 %
Change
House
5.8/14
7.0/17 +21%
Lie to Me
2.9/7
in Total Viewers. FOX substantially Adults 25-54 and all key female 3.4/8
• FOX won the night among outperformed last year’s series by demos. +17%
Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, +41% among Adults 18-49 and • Back-to-back episodes of Glee
Adults 25-54, Teens, Total +43% in Total Viewers. COPS each ranked No. 1 in 3.3/9
Viewers, and virtually all key • FOX’s 2009 WORLD SERIES their respective half hours among
demos. is the highest rated World Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, 4.1/10 +24%
• GAME 5 was the highest rated Series in five years among Adults Adults 25-54 and all key Bones
Game 5 in six years among 18-49 and Total Viewers, since women demos. 2.9/8
Adults 18-49 and Total the 2004 series. 3.6/10
Viewers. • GAME 6 won the night among On Sunday night, FOX’s +24%
Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, animation domination was Fringe
Wednesday night featured the Adults 25-54, Teens, Total brought to life with the addition 2.4/6
deciding WORLD SERIES Viewers and all key demos. of the special FAMILY GUY 3.3/8
GAME 6, which delivered a PRESENTS: SETH & ALEX’S +38%
whopping 7.4/20 among Adults On Saturday, FOX ranked No. 1 A L M O S T L I V E C O M E D Y Dollhouse
18-49 with 22.3 million viewers. for the night on a total primetime SHOW, which achieved a solid
• The 2009 WORLD SERIES on basis among Adults 18-49, 3.4/8 among Adults 18-49. FOX page 45
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0.9/3 FOX had 6 of the Top 20 all key demos. last year’s 2008 Series (Rays & among Total Viewers (9.6 vs. 9.4
1.4/4 programs among Adults 18-34: WORLD SERIES GAME 5 Phillies) by +41% among Adults Mil).
+56% FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 6 delivered a 5.3/14 among Adults 18-49 (6.2/17 vs. 4.4/12) and Compared to FOX’s Fall’08
09/10 FOX Dramas: Live +7 in(No. 2), FAMILY GUY (No. 4), 18-49 and substantially +43% in Total Viewers (19.4 Mil time period performance with
Total Viewers FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 5 outperformed FOX’s World vs. 13.6 Mil.) regular programming, BONES is
Comparing Live+ Same Day vs.(No. 5), FAMILY GUY SUN 8p Series Game 5 last year (Rays & FOX’s 2009 WORLD SERIES up +65% among Adults 18-49
Live + 7 ratings (now available
(No. 7), SETH MACFARLANE Phillies, Monday 10/27/08) is the highest rated World Series (2.8/8 vs. 1.7/5), +35% among
through 10/25/09), FOX’s SP SUN 8:30p (No. 9) and THE among Adults 18-49 (+33%, in five years among Adults 18-49 Adults 18-34 (2.3/8 vs. 1.7/5)
dramas have shown significantCLEVELAND SHOW SUN 5.3/14 vs. 4.0/10) and in Total and Total Viewers (since 2004, and +140% among Total Viewers
increases among Total Viewers9:30p (No. 10). Viewers (+30%, 17.1 Mil vs. Cardinals & Red Sox). (9.6 vs. 4.0 Mil).
including: FOX had 6 of the Top 20 13.2 Mil.) FOX’s WORLD SERIES BONES ranked No. 2 in the 8p
09/10 Season thru 10/25 programs among Teens: FOX FOX’s WORLD SERIES GAME 6 (Phillies & Yankees) hour among Adults 18-49 and
Live+Same Day P2+ (Mil.) WORLD SERIES GAME 6 (No. GAME 5 is the highest rated won the night among Adults 18- No. 5 in Adults 18-34.
Live + 7 P2+ (Mil.) %
2), FAMILY GUY (No. 3), THE Game 5 in six years among 49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, FRINGE also returned after a
Change CLEVELAND SHOW SUN Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers Adults 25-54, Teens and all key two week hiatus to post a 1.7/4
House 9:30p (No. 4), SETH (since 10/23/03, Yankees & demos. among Adults 18-49 and so far
14.7 MACFARLANE SP SUN 8:30p Marlins). TUESDAY FOX posted the highest rated this season shows substantial
17.1(No. 5 tie), FAMILY GUY SUN 8:00-10:00 SO YOU THINK Wednesday night on any network gains compared to FOX’s regular
+16% 8:00P (No. 5 tie) and FOX YOU CAN DANCE:(A18?49: among Adults 18-49 and Total programming in the time period
Lie to Me WORLD SERIES GAME 5 (No. 2.4/6, 6.1 Mil Total Viewers) Viewers since the American Idol last Fall, increasing +21% among
7.9 7). The SO YOU THINK YOU finale on FOX (5/20/09). Adults 18-49 (2.3/6 vs. 1.9/5)
9.1 FOX had 2 of the Top 20 CAN DANCE performance show THURSDAY and +40% in Total Viewers (6.0
+15% programs in Total Viewers: FOX posted a 2.4/6 among Adults 18- 8:00-9:00 BONES:(A18?49: vs. 4.3 Mil.)
Glee WORLD SERIES GAME 6 (No. 49, on par with its prior Tuesday 2.6/7, 8.7 Mil Total Viewers) FRINGE ranked No. 4 in the 9p
7.2 1), and FOX WORLD SERIES average (2.5/6), while up +3% in 8 : 0 0 - 9 : 0 0 hour among Adults 18-49 and
8.8 +22% GAME 5 (No. 4). Total Viewers (6.1 vs. 5.9 Mil.) FRINGE:(A18?49: 1.7/4, 4.9 Mil Adults 18-34.
Bones Week 10/12/09-10/18/09: FOX won the night among Total Viewers) FOX ranked No. 4 for the night
9.8 Live+7 Women 18-34 and ranked No. 4 8:00-10:00 FOX in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-
11.7 NIGHTLY AND PROGRAM among Adults 18-49, No. 2 in PRIME:(A18?49: 2.1/6, 6.8 Mil 34.
+19% HIGHLIGHTS - NOVEMBER 2 Adults 18-34 and No. 3 in Teens. Total Viewers) FRIDAY
Fringe – 8, 2009 WEDNESDAY So far this season FOX’s 8:00-9:00 HOUSE
6.3 MONDAY 7:54-11:53 WORLD SERIES Thursday night outperforms its (R):(A18?49: 1.2/4, 4.0 Mil Total
7:53-11:28 WORLD SERIES G A M E 6 Thursday average last Fall Viewers)
8.2 +30% G A M E 5 (PHILLIES&YANKEES) (excluding sports) by +39% 8:00-9:00 BONES
Dollhouse (YANKEES&PHILLIES) (S):(A18?49: 7.4/20, 22.3 Mil among Adults 18-49 (2.5/7 vs. (RP):(A18?49: 1.2/4, 4.0 Mil
2.2 (S):(A18?49: 5.3/14, 17.1 Mil Total Viewers) 1.8/5) and +77% in Total Total Viewers)
3.1 +41% Total Viewers) 8:00-11:00 FOX Viewers (7.8 vs. 4.4 Mil.) 8:00-10:00 FOX
Program Rankers 8:00-11:00 FOX PRIME:(A18?49: 7.3/20, 22.7 After two weeks off the air, PRIME:(A18?49: 1.2/4, 4.0 Mil
FOX had 4 of the Top 20 PRIME:(A18?49: 5.2/14, 17.2 Mil Total Viewers) BONES came back to a 2.6/7 Total Viewers)
programs among Adults 18-49: Mil Total Viewers) The deciding WORLD SERIES among Adults 18-49 and so far An encore HOUSE posted a
FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 6 FOX’s WORLD SERIES GAME 6 delivered a 7.4/20 this Fall outperforms its 1.2/4 among Adults 18-49 and
(No. 2), FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 5 (Yankees & Phillies) among Adults 18-49 with 22.3 Thursday average last season by ranked No. 4 among Adults 18-
GAME 5 (No. 3), FAMILY won the night among Adults 18- Mil Total Viewers. +4% among Adults 18-49 (2.8/8 49 and Adults 18-34 and No. 1
GUY (No. 10) and FAMILY 49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, The 2009 WORLD SERIES on vs. 2.7/8), +10% among Adults FOX page 46
GUY SUN 8p (No. 13). Adults 25-54, Teens and virtually FOX substantially outperformed 18-34 (2.3/8 vs. 2.1/7) and +2%
46 TV/ Entertainment/
FOX
continued from page 45
among Teens. At 9p, a BONES
repeat delivered a 1.2/4 among
Adults 18-49 and ranked No. 3
among Adults 18-49, No. 4
among Adults 18-34 and No. 2
among Teens.
FOX ranked No. 4 for the night
in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34
and No. 1 among Teens.
SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 COPS:(A18?49:
1.6/6, 4.8 Mil Total Viewers)
8:30-9:00 COPS 2
(R):(A18?49: 1.9/6, 5.6 Mil Total
Viewers)
9:00-10:00 AMW:(A18?49:
1.8/6, 5.6 Mil Total Viewers)
8:00-10:00 FOX
PRIME:(A18?49: 1.8/6, 5.4 Mil
Total Viewers)
COPS at 8p and COPS 2 at 830p
each ranked No. 1 in their
respective half hours among
Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34,
Adults 25-54 and all key women
demos.
At 9p, AMERICA’S MOST
WANTED ranked No. 2 in its
hour among Adults 18-49 and
No. 1 among Adults 25-54 and
all key women demos.
FOX ranked No. 1 for the night
on a total primetime basis among
Surprise! Average TV Viewing Per Day Continues To Rise
By Bill Gorman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:15:13 AM
Reports of the demise of
television watching continue to
be premature. People may be
spending time watching video
E-reader Newspaper
'NCIS'' Action-
Adults 18-49, Adults 25-54 and
all key women demos.
+21% among Adults 18-49
(4.0/10 vs. 3.3/8), +25% among
CLEVELAND SHOW did a
3.2/8 among Adults 18-49 and
Packed
SUNDAY
7:00-7:15 BROTHERS
Adults 18-34 (5.0/14 vs. 4.0/11)
and +16% in Total Viewers (8.1
ranked No. 3 in the 9:30p half
hour among Adults 18-49 and
Barroom Brawl
(B):(A18?49: 0.7/2, 1.7 Mil Total vs. 7.0 Mil.) No. 2 in Adults 18-34 and Teens. (ETonline - Breaking News)
Viewers) At 8p a special FAMILY GUY At 7:30p AMERICAN DAD did Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:19:00 AM
7:15-7:29 BROTHERS did a 3.7/9 among Adults 18-49 a 2.0/5 among Adults 18-49 and
(P):(A18?49: 1.4/4, 3.4 Mil Total and ranked No. 2 in the time ranked No. 3 in the half hour in Bottles fly, chairs are smashed
Viewers) period among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-49 (tie) and No. 2 in and men get kicked in places that
7:29-7:59 AMERICAN No. 1 among Adults 18-34 and Adults 18-34 (tie) and Teens. send them to their knees in the
DAD (S):(A18?49: 2.0/5, 4.1 Mil Teens. FOX ranked No. 4 for the night upcoming Christmas episode of
Total Viewers) At 8:30p a special FAMILY among Adults 18-49 and No. 2 "NCIS." It won't air until
7:59-8:31 FAMILY GUY GUY PRESENTS: SETH & among Adults 18-34 and Teens. December, but ET has a sneak
(S):(A18?49: 3.7/9, 7.3 Mil Total ALEX’S ALMOST LIVE NOVEMBER 2 – 8, 2009 peek at how the brawl was shot
Viewers) COMEDY SHOW did a 3.4/8 TOTAL PRIMETIME with series stars Michael
8:31-9:00 SETH among Adults 18-49 and ranked ADULTS 18?49 Weatherly, who plays Special
MCFARLANE VARIETY No. 2 in its half hour among ADULTS 18?34 Agent Anthony DiNozzo, and
SHOW (S):(A18?49: 3.4/8, 6.7 Adults 18-49 (tie), Adults 18-34 VIEWERS (Mil) Cote de Pablo as Ziva David.
Mil Total Viewers) and Teens. FOX 3.6/10 FOX "This man puts his hand on
9:00-9:30 FAMILY At 9p FAMILY GUY posted a 3.3/10 FOX 10.7 [Ziva's] shoulder. She doesn't
GUY:(A18?49: 4.1/10, 8.0 Mil 4.1/10 among Adults 18-49. For ABC 2.7/7 ABC like it when people touch her.
Total Viewers) the 09/10 season FAMILY GUY 2.2/7 ABC 9.3 She goes off. I thought it was
9:30-10:00 CLEVELAND has out-delivered its Fall’08 CBS 2.9/8 CBS mostly her fight, but what goes
(S):(A18?49: 3.2/8, 6.4 Mil Total average by +21% among Adults 2.1/6 CBS 11.1 on involves DiNozzo and trying
Viewers) 18-49 (4.6/11 vs. 3.8/9), +23% NBC 2.8/8 NBC to survive," Cote tells ET.
7:00-10:00 FOX among Adults 18-34 (5.8/15 vs. 2.4/7 NBC 8.2 Even though Ziva knows how to
PRIME:(A18?49: 2.9/7, 5.9 Mil 4.7/12) and +17% in Total This content has passed through defend herself -- as a former
Total Viewers) Viewers (9.0 vs. 7.7 Mil.) fivefilters.org. Mossad agent, she knows a form
FOX’s 8-10p animation block FAMILY GUY ranked No. 3 in of martial arts known as Krav
shows significant increases the half hour among Adults 18- Maga -- DiNozzo jumps into the
compared to FOX’s 8-10p 49 and No. 2 in Adults 18-34 and fight.
average with regular Teens.
programming last Fall, gaining At 9:30p a special THE
online, downloading torrents, front of the TV, up four minutes the period since 1991.
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Fox Sports en Espanol Hits Ratings Home Run

With 2009 World Series Coverage
By Bill Gorman “The only thing more exciting for P18-49 in primetime than its next World Series; championship
(TVbytheNumbers) us than this memorable Fall closest competitor. boxing and UFC® and mixed-
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:05:26 AM
Classic is the fact that our loyal This marked the ninth martial arts across four
fans consistently tuned in to Fox consecutive year that Fox Sports compelling media platforms.
via press release: Sports en Espanol for the best en Espanol has offered live, With more than 1,600 hours of
Fox Sports en Espanol Hits live coverage of the Series,” said
Ratings Home Run With 2009 D a v i d S t e r n b e r g , G e n e r a l
exclusive Spanish-language
coverage of the MLB postseason.
live and exclusive programming,
a robust web site brimming with
Review: Lie
World Series Coverage Manager of Fox Sports en
N e t w o r k S t r i k e s O u t Espanol. “This clearly validates
In addition, as part of a seven-
year partnership with Fox
streaming video and portable
content from FSE Movil, we are
to Me - Lack
Competition across All Key our mission of providing the
Demographics during MLB Post- most important sporting events,
Season with the best analysis, of any
Broadcasting Company that runs
through the 2013 season, the
network will continue to offer
and will continue to be the first
name in the U.S. Hispanic sports
space.
of Candor
By Jonathan Toomey (TV
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 Hispanic sports network.” live and exclusive Spanish- Fox Sports en Espanol is Squad)
/PRNewswire/ — Fox Sports en The results were strong for language coverage of distributed by Fox Cable
Submitted at 11/10/2009 11:59:00 AM
Espanol, the country’s leading FSE’s advertisers, as well, with approximately 26 MLB regular- Networks Group and operated by
Spanish-language sports media the network over-delivering season games each year plus the Fox Pan American Sports LLC, ( S02E06)"You work here. I
p l a t f o r m , s t r u c k o u t t h e across all demographics and annual All-Star Game. an international sports know everything." - Lightman
competition with its coverage of surpassing its three-year World About Fox Sports en Espanol programming and production Looks like we've got a bit of a
the recently concluded 2009 Series average. Ratings for Reaching more than 14 million entity jointly owned by HM trend going on here. Just a few
Major League Baseball World coverage of the entire Major cable and satellite households in Capital Partners, LLC and News weeks ago, we got a glimpse into
Series. The network’s number League post season was up the country, of which over 5 Corporation’s ( NASDAQ:NWS) Cal's seedy criminal past and
one program during the ratings dramatically over last year, with million are U.S. Hispanic ( NASDAQ:NWSA) Fox Sports now we got a taste of what
bonanza was Game Six of the t h e A m e r i c a n L e a g u e Households, Fox Sports en International. For more Reynolds was up to before he
World Series (Yankees vs. Championship Series drawing a Espanol is the leader in Spanish- information, visit Fox Sports en became the FBI liaison to The
P h i l l i e s , 1 1 / 4 / 0 9 ) , w h i c h total Hispanic household rating language sports media. We Espanol online at Lightman Group.
delivered 261,000 Hispanics in of .92 for P18-49 and 1.24 for feature premier soccer foxsportsla.msn.com. As enjoyable as a one-off case
the key P18-49 demographic. men, vs. last year’s .39 and .44 programming with exclusive Source: Fox Sports en Espanol on Lie to Me can be, it's way
Overall, Fox Sports en Espanol respectively. Overall, Fox Sports coverage of the top leagues and This content has passed through more interesting when Cal starts
finished with a 3.43 (1.74 P18- e n E s p a n o l m a i n t a i n e d i t s tournaments in Latin America fivefilters.org. using his talent on the people
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up 81% in total households vs. its sports network in the ratings for Major League Baseball regular There's more than enough
World Series coverage from the second week in a row, season, All-Star Game, American material to mine here and
2008, and 240% over 2007. averaging 73% more Hispanic League Championship Series and hopefully there's more of this in
the future.
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48 TV/ Entertainment/
What's On Tonight: 30 For 30, Nova, 90210,
World Series of Poker
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 12:30:00 PM
• At 8, ABC has a new V, then a
new Dancing with the Stars and
In The Spotlight with Robin
Roberts.
• CBS has a new NCIS at 8,
followed by new episodes of
NCIS: Los Angeles and The
Good Wife.
• NBC has a new, two-hour
Biggest Loser at 8, followed by a
new Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has a new, two-hour So
You Think You Can Dance at 8.
• The CW has new episodes of
90210 and Melrose Place.
• There's a new Nova on PBS at
8.
• ESPN has a new 30 For 30 at
8, followed by the two-hour
season finale of The World
NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 'New Moon' Love
Reveals Secret Cancer Battle Triangle Ignites in City
(ETonline - Breaking News)
of Lights
Submitted at 11/10/2009 5:28:00 AM
Basketball superstar Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar announced this
morning that he has a rare form
of cancer.
The all-star player, who has also
had numerous television and
Series of Poker.
• History Channel has a new f o l l o w e d b y a n e w E C W . Programming, Celebrities, Talk
episode of The Universe at 9. • At 10, FX has a new Sons of Show, What To Watch Tonight,
• Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs Anarchy.
at 9, then a new Ghost Lab.
• Cartoon Network has a new 10.
Stoked at 9.
• Also at 9: Syfy has two new Chopped at 10.
movie roles, was diagnosed last
year with a rare type of blood
cancer known as Philadelphia
chromosome-positive chronic
myeloid leukemia. He has not
spoken about his battle publicly
until now, and hopes to inspire
others as new treatments are
available to patients with the
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• Bravo has a new Tabatha's
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• MTV has a new episode of The brightest young stars came
Hills at 10, followed by a new together to shine at the Hamilton
episode o f The City. Behind the Camera Awards in
Hollywood. The awards
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'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' screen love triangles!
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Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Jacob Black return to the big
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Final World Series Games Give Fox Sources: Cleveland Browns

likely to go with Brady Quinn to
One More Big Week start instead of Derek Anderson
By Bill Gorman
(TVbytheNumbers) By Adam Schefter "I know where I'm headed, but
(ESPN.com) we'll talk about that on
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:42:03 AM
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:38:27 AM
Wednesday," Mangini said
The 2009 World Series finished during his news conference. "I
with the best ratings since 2004, The Browns are not making an haven't talked to the quarterbacks
and the final games boosted Fox official announcement regarding about it yet, so that's part of it."
to another weekly ratings win in their quarterback situation until Mangini's secrecy is nothing
all the main the adult demo Wednesday. But two sources said new. He didn't announce Quinn
groups for the seventh week of the team likely will name Brady as his starter for the season
the primetime season ending Quinn the starting quarterback opener until an hour before
November 8, 2009. They had for Monday night's game at kickoff.
particularly large margins of Baltimore against the Ravens. It may not matter who runs
victory in adults 18-34 and 18- Quinn started Cleveland's first Cleveland's inept offense. The
49, but just got by CBS in adults three games before coach Eric Browns have scored just five
25-54. Mangini switched to Derek offensive touchdowns -- two
With a big Cowboys/Eagles Anderson for the fourth game fewer than the New Orleans
Sunday Night Football game, against the Cincinnati Bengals. d e f e n s e . T h e S a i n t s h a v e
NBC’s ratings were elevated You can see past week’s MyNetworkTV ratings averages AFC North blog outscored the Browns 303-78. It's
from last week’s embarrassment broadcast network primetime a r e n o t b e i n g r e p o r t e d b y ESPN.com's James Walker as if the Browns are playing
and they edged ABC for third weekly TV ratings results here. Nielsen, since they are no longer writes about all things AFC another sport.
place in the important adults 18- Each rating point is a percentage classed as a network but are now North in his division blog. And as the never-ending saga
49 demo. Even with the World of the US TV population in that a “programming service”. • Blog network: NFL Nation drags on, the Browns returned
Series, CBS was able to sneak demographic group and equals: Nielsen TV Ratings Data: Anderson, who actually replaced from a bizarre bye week that
p a s t F o x f o r t o p a v e r a g e 2.90 million viewers, 1.32 ©2009 The Nielsen Company. Quinn halfway through Game 3 - included general manager George
viewership. million adults 18-49, 0.68 million All Rights Reserved. - coincidentally, also against the Kokinis' mysterious dismissal
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was typical in our weekly Sadly, we will no longer be interceptions in a 30-6 loss to the One week after Kokinis was
network ratings posts prior to h a v i n g a T i n y N e t w o r k Chicago Bears. relieved of his duties, the team
July, 2009. Showdown! since Anderson has thrown two h a s y e t t o e x p l a i n t h e
touchdown passes and nine circumstances surrounding his
Oracle rejects Brussels antitrust claims interceptions while going 1-4 as a departure after just nine months
starter. He is ranked last in the on the job.
(Financial Times - US confirmed that it had received an Commission’s position, pointing league in quarterback rating, and Adam Schefter is ESPN's NFL
homepage) official objection from Brussels to further lengthy delays even if a has a passer rating of only 3.1 in Insider. Information from The
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of Sun Microsystems. finally cleared. On Monday, Mangini said he report.
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Nielsen Ratings notes for Monday’sOne Tree Hill Expect Caffeine

after the holidays
and Gossip Girl By twitter:@vashonme
(TweetMeme)
By Robert Seidman 21% in adults 18-34 (1.7/5), 19%
(TVbytheNumbers) in women 18-49 (1.9/4), 20% in Submitted at 11/10/2009 6:48:45 AM

Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:34:14 AM

Since like a bonehead I initially
forgot to include Gossip Girl in
the data table for Monday’s
overnight report, I figured I
would just post these ratings
notes separately. This is not a
press release from the CW, rather
just an FYI on the night, though
some/all of it might wind up
issued in a release later:
ONE TREE HILL: matched
season highs in total viewers
(2.67mil) and women 18-49
(1.8/4) and delivered 2nd best of
the season in adults 18-34 (1.6/4-
tie), women 18-34 (2.5/6), adults
18-49 (1.2/3-tie).
ONE TREE HILL was up vs.
last week by 9% in women 18-
34, 7% in adults 18-34, 13% in
women 18-49, 9% in adults 18-
49 and 15% in total viewers.
GOSSIP GIRL improved by
double-digits over last week:
17% in women 18-34 (2.7/7),
adults 18-49 (1.2/3) and 17% in
total viewers (2.31mil). GG was
on par with its season average in
adults 18-34 and adults 18-49,
and above its season average in
total viewers.
GG built on OTH by 8% in
women 18-34, 6% in adults 18-
34 and 6% in women 18-49.
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The Count: Can Colts, Saints Go 16-0?

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) his probabilities on rankings of The Patriots kept playing their It’s unclear what Dungy’s former
Submitted at 11/9/2009 3:11:58 PM
every team in the league derived stars in 2007, then struggled in assistant, Jim Caldwell, would do
from various attributes, such as their first two playoff games now that he’s in the top spot.
A field-goal miss and a crucial fumble rates and yards per play, before losing the Super Bowl to When 2005’s Dungy-coached
fumble recovery for a touchdown and on each team’s remaining the New York Giants, a heavy Colts lost after starting 13-0, it
late in their games helped schedule. The Colts arguably underdog. The Colts, on the other was with all their top skill players
Indianapolis and New Orleans, have the slightly tougher road. hand, are known for resting playing the whole game. They
respectively, improve to 8-0. B o t h t e a m s p l a y t h e N e w players and playing below their were vanquished by the San
How likely are the Colts and England Patriots. The Colts also The entire St. Louis Rams best late in the season — though Diego Chargers, then
Saints to match the 2007 New face the Baltimore Ravens and starting lineup could get food that reputation isn’t entirely quarterbacked by current Saints
England Patriots by finishing 8- Denver Broncos, while the poisoning before Sunday and it deserved. Over the last six years, signal-caller Drew Brees. This
0 ? G e t t y I m a g e s R o b e r t Saints’ other tough matchup is wouldn’t change the Saints’ they’ve won 81% of their games time, Brees and Peyton Manning
Meachem’s TD helped the Saints the Dallas Cowboys. status as heavy favorites, but an before December and 71% of may meet for the first time this
come back to beat Carolina and These calculations, of course, i n j u r y t o N e w O r l e a n s games afterward, not a huge drop season as quarterbacks of 18-0
remain undefeated. can’t account for surprises later quarterback Drew Brees could -off. Only in 2006 did the Colts teams in the Super Bowl. But
Brian Burke of NFL Advanced in the season that change team have an impact. have a losing record from Dec. 1 don’t bet on it — Burke’s
Stats says their respective strength. Since the Colts and Another unknown is whether the to the end of the regular season, calculations say there’s a one-in-
probabilities are 14% and 23% Saints are already at the top of teams would continue playing at and that year they won four 30 chance the two teams will
(meaning there’s about a one in the league, the status quo is f u l l s t r e n g t h o n c e t h e y playoff games and the Super enter the playoffs undefeated.
three chance of one of them beneficial to them and surprises presumably sew up home-field Bowl. The Colts’ coach during
finishing undefeated). He bases are more likely to hurt than help. advantage until the Super Bowl. those seasons was Tony Dungy.
E-reader Newspaper
Does Iverson Prefer the Beach to the Bench?
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:48:48 AM
We know some things about
Allen Iverson: he’s the smallest
player ever to win the NBA Most
Valuable Player Award, he’s one
of the defining scorers of his
generation, and he is probably the
most potent pound-for-pound
point-producer in league history.
Getty Images Allen Iverson,
pictured during the happiest
moment of his Memphis tenure
so far.
But at the moment, Iverson’s
basketball future is unknown —
after declining due to back and
ego injuries after a trade to
Detroit last season, he pouted
over playing time in Memphis
before leaving the team Saturday
to deal with “personal business.”
He lasted just three games there,
and may not return to the
Grizzlies, or any other NBA
team. The last year-plus has been
one big comedown for the future
Hall of Famer, and this could
well be the end of what has been
an astonishing NBA career.
Astonishing, that is, but not
surprising. Iverson has been clear
in the past that he doesn’t see
himself as a bench player, yet
Memphis coach Lionel Hollins
cast him in that role anyway.
“The Grizzlies brought in Allen
Iverson and then chased him into
the sunset because he acted like
— ready for it? — Allen
Iverson!” Geoff Calkins writes in
the Memphis Commercial
Appeal. “Whoever would have
thought it? The nerve of the guy!
Yes, Iverson has confirmed to the
world he is all about Iverson. But
what part of the world didn’t
know that already?” MLive’s
Patrick Hayes wonders if the
Grizzlies were straight with
Iverson about what his role
would be.
In the Philadelphia Daily News,
Phil Jasner bemoans Iverson’s
inability to adapt to the demands
of others, and to the role for
which he now seems best suited.
“He could have emerged as a
dynamic sixth man,” Jasner
writes. “He could have added
years to his career. He could have
written a couple of additional
chapters to his legacy. He chose
not to do that.”* * *
Tomorrow’s Fix will tackle head
-on the sad news that Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar has leukemia. In
the meantime, what better place
to turn than the SI Vault, for this
1966 Frank Deford piece on a
soon-to-be-revolutionary young
man named Lew Alcindor about
to play his first varsity game at
UCLA.* * *
It’s a feeling few of us have ever
known firsthand — to take a
handoff from a quarterback and
barrel forward, through and
around a half-dozen gigantic
opponents toward the end zone.
It’s not hard to see how the
elation felt in pulling that off
could transform an ordinary
person into someone with an
oversized sense of infallibility.
It’s probably too late to
psychoanalyze Larry Johnson.
Sports/ 51
running back will receive another — who followed the loss by
chance with his team. Blount had proclaiming, oddly, that he
been suspended by Ducks coach “never, ever change[s]” —
Chip Kelly for the year after appeared to have been pretty
punching a Boise State player soundly out-coached by Navy’s
and igniting a brawl after Ken Niumatalolo. “Speculation
Oregon’s first game of the season about coach Charlie Weis’
— on the same day that Johnson position on the imaginary bun
The two-time Pro Bowl pick, was denied his sixth or seventh warmer will come from all the
who was one of the NFL’s chance by the Chiefs. The Ducks directions,” the South Bend
dominant rushers just a few years w i l l r e i n s t a t e B l o u n t f o r Tribune’s Al Lesar writes. “With
ago, was released amid a cloud of Saturday’s game against Arizona Pittsburgh, Connecticut and
acrimony and recrimination by State. Stanford left, and a best-case
the moribund Kansas City Chiefs At Fox Sports, Pete Fiutak scenario of the Gator Bowl as the
Monday. (Sports Illustrated’s Joe delivers the dudgeon n’ scold prize for winning out, motivation
Posnanski already peeked inside routine one expects in cases like has sailed away. It’s a season
Johnson’s head ably.) Even t h i s . B u t i n t h e P o r t l a n d that’s sinking fast.”
considering Johnson’s brushes Oregonian, John Canzano — All of which leaves Notre Dame
with the law and ritual flouting of who tore into Blount and the fans with little left to look
what is generally accepted as non Oregon football program after the forward to but … grandiose next-
-butthead behavior, it’s still initial incident (check this Fix for head-coach scenarios? “Start
stunning how so talented a proof) — takes a longer view. naming specific coaching
player’s star could’ve fallen so “We live in a society that too prospects to Irish fans, though,
quickly. often lowers [standards] for and delusions of grandeur return
“Johnson was a man concerned people who can run fast and in full bloom,” Yahoo’s Doug
with his legacy. He wanted to jump high and entertain us with Gillett writes. “Posters at the
break records,” the Kansas City their athleticism,” Canzano message board ND Nation can’t
Star’s Kent Babb writes. “He writes. “Blount, who has been seem to decide where to focus
wanted to leave his mark. He suspended three times in 18 their hubristic presumption —
studied the game and identified months at Oregon, is either going the idea that Urban Meyer would
the great ones, hoping someday to join the ranks of sad souls who automatically drop everything
to do what they did and be as blew one final opportunity to get and leave Florida for South Bend
unforgettable as they were. it right. Or he’s going to use this if the Irish showed even a hint of
Instead, hell be remembered not as a springboard to take himself interest, or the idea that Notre
as a great running back, but somewhere greater.”* * * Dame might actually be too good
rather as a troubled one whose That Charlie Weis is the coach at for a coach who only suspended
terrific skills and immeasurable the fading-but-still-famous brand his star linebacker for a half for
talent never caught up with his that is Notre Dame explains the eye-gouging.”* * *
bad decisions and overflowing outsized amount of attention he’s College basketball’s regular
emotions.”* * * been given, but Fighting Irish season is off to a quiet start, with
Babb’s last sentence seemed to fans are having a more difficult good teams tuning up against less
loom as a possible career epitaph time explaining the team’s loss to -good teams and interesting
for University of Oregon’s Navy on Saturday.
DOES page 55
LeGarrette Blount. But this It doesn’t help things that Weis
52 Sports/
Kansas City Chiefs release troubled running back Larry
Johnson
By ESPN.com news services
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 5:23:23 PM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Given
good blocking and a fresh start,
Larry Johnson might still be the
power-running Pro Bowler who
had back-to-back 1,700-yard
seasons for Kansas City.
Are you listening, Seattle? What
do you think, Indianapolis?
Chicago? Houston?
Or he might be a declining
malcontent who'll only cost
money and cause trouble.
To that, every coach and general
manager in the NFL is listening.
The Chiefs released Johnson on
Monday, the day he was due
back from his second suspension
in the past 12 months.
“ another team that isn't interested
A part of him is excited and a
part of him is very regretful.
There's a lot of feelings going on
right now.”-- Peter Schaffer,
Johnson's agent
Any team with a faltering
running game is bound to be
tempted by Johnson, despite his
baggage and his age (he turns 30
on Nov. 19).
"Any player that's available, we
look at," said Bears coach Lovie
Smith. "That's been our standard
policy throughout. That'll be the
case with Larry."
Houston coach Gary Kubiak
agreed.
"When a name like that comes on
the free agent market like today,
we'll obviously go back and take
a look at him just like any other
player," Kubiak said. "Obviously,
he's been a good player in this
league and I'm sure he'll get a lot
of interest from a lot of people."
The Seahawks have the league's
30th-ranked rushing offense.
Starter Julius Jones has sputtered.
And last week, Seattle released
ineffective backup Edgerrin
James, the NFL's active rushing
leader.
Yet coach Jim Mora doesn't
sound interested in Johnson.
When asked if he was interested
in adding a veteran running back,
Mora said "No. ... Right now,
we'll just stick with what we've
got."
The Washington Redskins are
in Johnson, a league source told
ESPN.com's Matt Mosley on
Monday night.
Johnson has been high
maintenance since the Chiefs
drafted him in the first round out
of Penn State in 2003. Unhappy
because he thought he was going
to be taken by the Pittsburgh
Steelers, Johnson brooded while
playing behind Pro Bowler Priest
Holmes. He even prompted then-
coach Dick Vermeil to say it was
time for him "to take the diapers
off."
His last brush with controversy
came two weeks ago when he
posted on his Twitter account a
gay slur, insulted followers and
questioned the competence of
head coach Todd Haley.
On The Field, Steady Decline
Since compiling nearly 2,200
yards from scrimmage in 2006,
Larry Johnson has seen his total
yardage decline significantly
each season. His yards from
scrimmage per game since '06:
He was suspended for two
weeks, but Haley said the final
decision to cast him aside was
not made until early Monday.
"We decided it was in the best
interests of the Kansas City
Chiefs organization to move
forward at this time," he said.
Behind a poor offensive line this
year, Johnson has averaged a
paltry 2.7 yards for the Chiefs (1-
7) and appeared not to have the
quickness and punishing power
that enabled him to rush for more
than 1,700 yards in Pro Bowl
seasons in 2005 and '06.
Can he still be effective?
"I don't think I'll answer that
because he's no longer on this
team," Haley said.
Since rushing for a team-record
1,789 yards on an NFL-record
416 carries in 2006, Johnson has
never been quite the same.
In 2008, then-coach Herm
Edwards benched him for three
straight games for violating team
rules and NFL commissioner
Roger Goodell suspended him a
fourth game for violating the
league's player conduct policy.
Johnson was later sentenced to
two years' probation after
pleading guilty to two counts of
disturbing the peace. One woman
accused him of throwing a drink
on her and another said he had
pushed her head at a Kansas City
night spot.
After his huge year in 2006,
Johnson stayed away from
training camp, demanding more
money and he got it, a six-year
deal worth $45 million, including
$19 million guaranteed.
But hampered by a foot injury,
he wound up with only 559 yards
and three touchdowns. In 2008,
he ran for 874 yards as the Chiefs
sank to 2-14. Still, Johnson was
only 75 yards away from
breaking Holmes' team rushing
record.
"A part of him is excited and a
part of him is very regretful," his
agent, Peter Schaffer, told The
Associated Press. "There's a lot
of feelings going on right now.
It's analogous to breaking up with
a girlfriend. Maybe you saw it
coming, but it still hurts when it
happens."
Haley declined to say if
Johnson's low production had
any bearing on his release or
whether the Chiefs' biggest
concern were the slurs and the
public criticism of his coach.
"It wouldn't be fair of me to try to
comment on that in any way
other than to say the totality of
the situation was factored in --
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what we felt was best for the
Kansas City Chiefs," Haley said.
In April, a special master ruled
that in pleading guilty to
disturbing the peace, Johnson had
violated terms of his contract and
the Chiefs could release him
without having to pay about $3.5
million. In what now must be
viewed as a huge mistake, they
opted to keep him on the roster.
"Every decision we've made here
... has been what we thought was
best for the football team," Haley
said. "Some of those decisions
might appear real good at times,
and some of them might appear
real bad at times."
Getting benched for three games
last year and suspended by the
league for one cost him big. And
this year he lost another
$315,000 for the gay slurs and
tweeting. Last week, an online
fan petition was started asking
the Chiefs not to let Johnson
become the team's all-time
leading rusher -- a record Smith
said Johnson had been looking
forward to.
"He wanted to get the record, I
know that," said running back
Kolby Smith, who saw his first
action Sunday after undergoing
knee surgery last year.
"Whenever someone has a
chance to break a record, it
means a lot to them."
Johnson winds up his Chiefs
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How the Fall of the Wall Rocked Sports

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) former East Germany (and later institutionalized doping and
Submitted at 11/9/2009 11:46:19 AM
the Soviet bloc), the end of East massive corruption that defined
Germany also made a notable the GDR’s national athletic
To the extent that your Fixer impact in the world of sports. A program remains shocking.
remembers the Cold War at all, few terrific articles that didn’t fit “About 10,000 East German
it’s through the big, dumb into this morning’s Daily Fix athletes were subjected to a
cultural stuff that registered with bear this out. mandatory, state-run system of
his then-elementary school-aged In part, the fall of the Berlin doping that produced dozens of
self: that “Rambo” sequel in W a l l r e s o n a t e d e s p e c i a l l y escape from East Germany. “The Olympic gold medals,” Bob Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
w h i c h S l y S t a l l o n e f i g h t s dramatically in the sports world Baltic Sea was an area many used Cohn writes in the Washington
alongside the mujahideen in because East Germany defined in their attempts to flee East Times. “It also caused an ethical Reveals He Has Rare
Afghanistan against a sadistic itself, to a great degree, through Germany, and guards were scandal of global proportions, Form of Leukemia
Russian colonel; the Sting song its excellence in international always on the alert as a result,” widespread moral outrage and
about Russians loving their athletic competition. At Al By Will Brinson (FanHouse)
Boelz writes. “Mitbauer studied dire health issues that remain to
children, too; the cinematic Jazeera online (seriously), Paul the guards’ habits for a week and this day. Other communist Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:20:00 AM
human-rights violation that is “ Rhys tells the fascinating story of learned that they turned off the countries sent a sizable number
Red Dawn.” Associated Press G e r m a n t r a c k s t a r H e i k e search lights shortly once an hour of chemically altered athletes into by Will Brinson
This Nov. 10, 1989, file photo Drechsler, who won Olympic Filed under: Lakers, NBA Media
to allow them to cool. On August competition, but East Germany
shows Berliners singing and medals for both East Germany Watch, NBA Rumors During an
17, around 9 p.m., he grabbed his was where the practice not only
dancing on top of the Berlin wall (in 1988) and unified Germany, interview with the Associated
chance and dove into the water. w a s c o m m o n p l a c e , b u t
to celebrate the opening of East- and was elected to the communist Press on Monday, NBA legend
As the lights were turned back institutionalized and, in most
West German borders. German Democratic Republic’s on, he went under water again cases, mandatory.” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar revealed
But the fall of the Berlin Wall, Volkskammer legislature when that he is being treated for a rare
and swam 25 kilometers (15.5 — Tip of the Fix cap to fellow
20 years ago today, was clearly she was just 19. Fixer Garey Ris. form of leukemia.
miles).”
different, and I understood it Drechsler succeeded within the Kareem apparently learned of
As the first and most memorable Found a good column from the
even then. I was 11 years old at system in the GDR, but the the diagnosis nearly a year ago,
of the dominoes to fall in world of sports? Don’t keep it to
the time, but very aware that oppressiveness of the East Communism’s collapse, the yourself — write to us at but held off on making the news
something (or everything) was G e r m a n p o l i c e s t a t e w a s public until now.
Berlin Wall remains a striking dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll
changing, if only from watching intolerable for many others. In "The word 'leukemia' is a very
symbol of changing times. The consider your find for inclusion
my parents’ response to the news Deutsche Welle, Marcus Neu frightening word," he said in a
athletic globalization of the post- in the Daily Fix. You can email
footage. While the most notable Boelz relates the story of Axel phone interview from New York.
Cold War era has changed the David at droth11@gmail.com.
changes brought about by the Mitbauer, a member of the face of sports around the world, "In many instances, it's a killer
Wall’s fall were obviously in the GDR’s national swimming team and it's something that you have
and seemingly gives the story a
lives of the millions living in the who staged an unbelievable to deal with in a very serious and
happy ending. But the
determined way if you're going to
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reveals
career with 5,996 yards rushing
and 55 touchdowns. He also
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Dante's Inferno demo
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar receiving treatment for rare burning up Xbox 360
and PS3 next month
form of leukemia By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
By Associated Press Novartis, which makes a drug Jabbar heard was the word Among the people he regularly Submitted at 11/10/2009 11:30:00 AM
(ESPN.com) that treats the illness. "leukemia." talks to about his condition is his
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:39:27 AM
Citing the way Los Angeles "I was scared," he said. "I son, a third-year medical student Though Visceral Games' video
Lakers teammate Magic Johnson thought it was all the same. I at the University of California, game adaptation of the classic
NEW YORK -- Kareem Abdul- brought awareness to HIV, Abdul thought it could mean I have a San Francisco. parable known as Dante's
Jabbar is being treated for a rare -Jabbar said he wants to do the month to live." The six-time NBA MVP intends Inferno(which, fun fact, was
form of leukemia, and the same for his form of blood "That was my first question," he to post updates to his Facebook actually a book adaptation of Bill
b a s k e t b a l l g r e a t s a i d h i s cancer, which can be fatal if left said. "Was I going to make it?" and Twitter accounts and stay and Ted's Bogus Journey) won't
p r o g n o s i s i s e n c o u r a g i n g . untreated. A longtime student in martial connected through see the light of day until next
The NBA's all-time leading "I've never been a person to share arts, Abdul-Jabbar said he took www.CMLearth.com, a Web site February, we'll be getting our
s c o r e r w a s d i a g n o s e d l a s t my private life. But I can help the approach of a samurai -- to for those afflicted by the disease. dirty, sin-soaked hands on a
December with chronic myeloid save lives," he said in a midtown face death without fear. About 5,000 cases of CML are demo for the game in December.
leukemia, he told The Associated Manhattan conference room. "It's "I had my face on," he said. expected to be diagnosed in the In 'The Gates of Hell,' players
Press on Monday. incumbent on someone like me to Instead, doctors told him CML United States this year, the will be able to traverse the entire
The 62-year-old Abdul-Jabbar talk about this." was treatable with proper Leukemia & Lymphoma Society first level of the game, taking
said his doctor didn't give any Abdul-Jabbar became concerned medication and monitoring. said. More than 22,000 people them from the surface world to
guarantees, but informed him: last year after feeling odd Abdul-Jabbar is a special are living in the U.S. with the the titular portcullis, where they
"You have a very good chance to sensations. He went for tests at assistant with the Lakers and said disease. must battle (and presumably kill)
live your life out and not have to UCLA, where he dominated he hasn't had to cut back his level The disease tends to initially be Death himself.
make any drastic changes to your college basketball in the late of activity of coaching, change diagnosed in people in their mid- We imagine the game gets much
lifestyle." 1960s, winning three straight his regimen or adjust his diet. to late 60s, and usually affects easier after, you know, there's no
“ NCAA championships from 1967 "I'm able to sneak out for Thai men more than women. more Death.
I've never been a person to share to 1969. food," he said. "I want to spread the word," Dante's Inferno demo burning up
my private life. But I can help "I was getting hot flashes and "There is hope. This condition Abdul-Jabbar said. Xbox 360 and PS3 next month
save lives. It's incumbent on sweats on a regular basis," he can be treated. You can still live Copyright 2009 by The originally appeared on Joystiq on
someone like me to talk about said. "That's not normal, even for a productive, full life," he said. Associated Press Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST.
this.”-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar my age." "I'm living proof I can make it." This content has passed through Please see our terms for use of
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Developers deem piracy a problem, not a threat in survey

By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 12:00:00 PM
Troubling news for pirates
worried about their fearsome
image today: In a recent survey
of TIGA members, a majority of
developers say that while piracy
is a problem, it's not necessarily a
fatal one to their business. While
90 percent of those polled think
the issue is getting worse, only
60 percent call it a low threat
with a mere 10 percent saying it
represents a significant danger to
their survival.
What are the other 90 percent
worried about? Well, getting
caught between Mega Shark and
Giant Octopus, naturally.
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games probably still some weeks
away. North Carolina at least
picked an intriguing patsy in
Isiah Thomas-coached Florida
International, and the Zeke-led
Golden Panthers kept things
somewhat closer than expected.
Which, you know, is good for
them, but still led to a 16-point
loss.
Instead of watching highlights
from blowouts, you should read
Steve Yanda’s excellent, in-depth
profile of the University of
Maryland’s mercurial
Venezuelan point guard, Greivis
Vasquez. Vasquez’s batty
charisma and Yanda’s
understated writing and terrific
reporting places this story among
the most entertaining your Fixer
has come across in awhile.* * *
Manny Pacquiao and Miguel
Cotto are not the only big
Andre Agassi should give back his titles, Marat Safin says
By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 7:08:33 AM
PARIS -- Former No. 1-ranked
Marat Safin believes that Andre
Agassi should give his tennis
titles back after confessing he
tested positive for a banned
substance during his career and
lied about it to the ATP.
“ Safin, who plans to retire this
If he is as fair play as he says he
is, he has to go to the end. You
personalities involved in
Saturday’s mega-hyped
welterweight championship bout.
Pacquiao is trained by Freddie
Roach, and the unique
relationship between the two
idiosyncratic, defiantly
individualistic boxing greats is
the subject of a terrific piece by
Greg Bishop in the New York
Times. “If the boxer is the most
recognizable person in a country
of more than 90 million, the
trainer ranks third behind the
president, Gloria Macapagal-
Arroyo,” Bishop writes. “Locals
have tried to set Roach up with
potential brides. He causes traffic
jams when buses stop so
passengers can get his autograph.
The trainer finds all this amusing,
but as Pacquiaos popularity has
grown, so too has his power, and
that has altered the dynamic of
know, the ATP has a bank
account and he can give the
money back if he wants.”-- Marat
Safin, former world No. 1
Agassi admitted in his
autobiography "Open" that he
used crystal meth in 1997 and
failed a drug test, a result he says
was thrown out after he lied by
saying he "unwittingly" took the
substance.
month, said in an interview with
L'Equipe newspaper on Tuesday
their relationship.”
In USA Today, Bob Velin
discusses the differences between
Roach and Cotto trainer Joe
Santiago, and how those
divergent approaches could
impact the fight.
— Tip of the Fix cap to readers
Brendan Flynn and Fred
Sternburg and fellow Fixer Garey
Ris.
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that Agassi should "give his
titles, his money and his Grand
Slam titles" back.
"I'm not defending the ATP, but
what he said put it in a delicate
position," Safin said. "The ATP
allowed him to win a lot of
tournaments, a lot of money. It
kept his secret. Why does he
need to be so cruel with it?"
Agassi, who retired in 2006,
won 60 titles, including eight
Grand Slams, during his career.
He recently told The Associated
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Largely financed by drug
Nine soldiers have been killed trafficking, the Farc has been
and four wounded in a clash with fighting a guerrilla war against
left-wing rebels in south-west Colombia's government since
Colombia, military officials say. 1964.
The troops came under mortar According to Colombian media,
attack from about 100 rebels some 30 rebels were killed in the
while they were patrolling, a fighting around Corinto.
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his lies because he couldn't live "Me, I don't need money," he
with it anymore. said. "The question is: Why did
"If he is as fair play as he says he he do this? What is done is done.
is, he has to go to the end," Safin Does he hope to sell more books?
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Zach Collaros of No. 5 Cincinnati Proposal eyes removing

Bearcats to start at quarterback vs. Fed powers
(Financial Times - US Senate banking committee,
West Virginia Mountaineers homepage)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:33:42 AM
presented a vision for regulatory
reform that is more radical than
By ESPN.com news services forearm, "is not there yet." cleared to play late last week. He proposed by the Obama
(ESPN.com) "Zach has raised the bar," Kelly has been fitted with a brace for A key Senate committee on administration and will usher into
told the station. his left, non-throwing arm and Tuesday proposed a sweeping the open a behind-the-scenes
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:39:54 AM
Collaros threw for 480 yards, the was potentially in line to start overhaul of the US regulatory struggle involving banks,
Zach Collaros will start at second-best passing performance Friday night against West architecture that removes powers policymakers and regulators.
quarterback for No. 5 Cincinnati in Cincinnati's history, and set a Virginia (No. 21 BCS, No. 20 from the Federal Reserve and This content has passed through
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coach Brian Kelly told WEBN- yards as he led the clinching Kelly said Monday that Pike regulator.
FM in Cincinnati. drive of the Bearcats' 47-45 win would be the starter if he were Chris Dodd, chairman of the
Big East blog over Connecticut on Saturday. fully healthy. MediaDailyNews:
ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Collaros has won three games Information from ESPN.com's
writes about all things Big East in for the Bearcats (9-0, 5-0 Big Brian Bennett was used in this Twitter Feed Becomes
his conference blog. East) since taking over for the report. CBS 'Dad' Show
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Tony Pike, who is recovering Heisman Trophy candidate

from surgery to his non-throwing before he got hurt, was medically CBS has ordered a script for a
domestic comedy based on a
Twitter feed "Shit My Dad Says,"
For Andre Agassi, Truth Is Everything reports Variety. The feed was
launched in August after Justin
By Jay Mariotti (FanHouse) years after his sin -- when it came clean nonetheless about his Halpern, an editor with
Submitted at 11/10/2009 12:45:00 AM
would have been far more recreational drug problem, unlike Maxim.com, moved back home
convenient to keep living the lie - the high-profile baseball stars with is parents. The 29-year-old
by Jay Mariotti - that he failed a drug test and whose performance-enhancing then began feeds of his father,
Filed under: Tennis So what do deceived the ATP by writing a crimes have been revealed in 73. "Will & Grace" creators Max
people want from their heroes, letter claiming he "unwittingly'' investigations and exposés. Mutchnick and David Kohan will
a n y w a y : a f t e r - t h e - f a c t used crystal meth. For Andre Agassi, Truth Is executive produce. The feed has
transparency or the perpetuation The admission, in an Everything originally appeared more than 700,000 followers.
of fraud? Here we are, still autobiography called Open,' is on Fanhouse - Jay Mariotti on The show will be retitled "Dad
wading through the slime of the crippling to Agassi's reputation Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:45:00 EST Says."
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MediaDailyNews: New
Red Sox Make No Ryan Clark, but Name: Radio Television
Digital News
Decisions on Martinez, Same Steel Curtain Association
By Nancy Gay (FanHouse) (MediaPost | Media News)
Wakefield, Varitek Submitted at 11/10/2009 1:55:00 AM Submitted at 11/10/2009 6:51:52 AM

By Andrew Johnson by Nancy Gay Embracing the new digital

(FanHouse) realities, the Radio-Television
Filed under: Broncos, Steelers
Submitted at 11/9/2009 11:43:00 PM DENVER -- Pittsburgh Steelers News Directors Association --
safety Ryan Clark wasn't happy the RTDNA -- has a new name:
by Andrew Johnson with coach Mike Tomlin's the Radio Television Digital
Filed under: Red Sox, MLB decision to deactivate him for News Association: the RTDNA.
Transactions The Red Sox made Monday night's key AFC It remains the world's largest
a flurry of contract decisions on showdown against the Denver organization for TV and radio
to 6-2, made the call to keep
Monday as they hurtle headlong Broncos. So his team tried to journalists, both here and abroad.
Clark in street clothes, mindful of
into the Hot Stove season. alleviate some of the conflict The current chairman is Stacey
the defensive back's previous
Boston picked up its 2010 option and the heart and soul of two C l a r k m a y h a v e f e l t a s a Woelfel, an associate professor at
medical emergency in the altitude
on Victor Martinez, and declined championship teams, has seen his s p e c t a t o r . the Missouri School of
in Denver two years ago. Clark
options on longtime catcher and production dip over the last few The Steelers defense forced Journalism and news director of
has a rare form of sickle-cell trait
c a p t a i n J a s o n V a r i t e k a n d seasons. three Kyle Orton interceptions KOMU, in Columbia, MO.
that is aggravated by altitude.
knuckleball pitcher Tim The Red Sox declined a $5 and Clark's replacement at free This content has passed through
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Curtain originally appeared on
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Fanhouse NFL Blog on Tue, 10
a low average annual value. he picks up his $3 million player picks 48 yards for a second- Nov 2009 01:55:00 EST . Please
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Blake Lively’s Customizable Fall Topper

By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 5:33:00 AM
For a day of shopping in New
York City, Gossip Girl star Blake
Lively sported the most wearable
leather biker jacket I've seen in a
while (the Acne topper comes in
brown and black). The genius
Wear sans-fur on sunny yet cool look.
November afternoons and, for —Violet Moon Gayno r
chilly December evenings, throw Follow ELLE on Twitter.
on the cozy collar for a chic yet
lies in the detachable fur collar. totally temperature-appropriate
58 Sports/ Twitter Trend/
Isiah Thomas' Shot at
Redemption
By Terence Moore
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 12:30:00 AM
by Terence Moore
Filed under: Florida
International CHAPEL HILL,
N.C. -- The universally popular
bashing of Isiah Thomas is
justified, but only to a point.
Whatever the case, it continued
on Monday night at the Dean E.
Smith Center, where it was
mostly harmless and often
humorous.
Ailing mothers have a tendency
to soften hard souls.
So, for the first time since just
shy of forever, Thomas walked
into a basketball arena as
somebody that many wished to
hug instead of choke. That's
because hours before he made his
debut as a college basketball
coach for Florida International
University against North
Carolina (yes, that North
Carolina), Mary Thomas was in a
Chicago hospital preparing to
Steve Nash Goes 20-20, Suns Go to 7-1
By Brett Pollakoff (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:53:00 PM
by Brett Pollakoff
Filed under: 76ers, Suns Be
honest: you didn't think that after
eight games were played in this
young NBA season that we'd be
talking about the Phoenix Suns as
have her 86-year-old heart
repaired.
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one of the best teams in the
league. But after Monday night's
come-from-behind win in
Philadelphia to finish a five-game
road trip at 4-1, that's exactly
where we find ourselves.
Behind 21 points and 20 assists
from Steve Nash-- his seventh 20
-assist game in his career and his
Big Ben, Steelers Strike
in Second Half
By Nancy Gay (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 2:40:00 AM
by Nancy Gay
Filed under: Broncos, Steelers
DENVER -- Maybe it took two
quarters of getting acclimated to
the Denver altitude, or perhaps
the rust of a bye week left the
Pittsburgh Steelers a bit sluggish
out of the gate Monday night.
But when the Steelers' defense
and quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger hit the field re-
energized in the second half of
what became a lopsided AFC
battle against the Broncos, they
hardly let the home team touch
the football.
Roethlisberger threw three
second-half touchdowns, the
Steelers defense forced two of
Kyle Orton's three interceptions,
and Pittsburgh played its most
complete 30 minutes of football
second of this season -- the Suns
came from eight points down in
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The Onion reveals Modern

Warfare 3, most 'realistic'
military experience yet
EA trims its 2010 lineup, focuses on By Alexander Sliwinski
(Joystiq)
home sickness and "filling out
paperwork." Check out the full

high-profit games Submitted at 11/10/2009 12:30:00 PM

The Onion has the WORLD

report after the break. We're so
bummed we weren't invited to
the reveal junket, which had
By Alexander Sliwinski Develop picked up on the we want, but EA's accountants,
(Joystiq) EXCLUSIVE first details of journalists sleeping in the
executive going on to say that EA stockholders and surviving
M o d e r n W a r f a r e 3 , w h i c h Pentagon and being briefed in
Submitted at 11/10/2009 10:05:00 AM
has a "core slate" that it will employees probably prefer the
developer Infinity Ward is "the war room" (which actually
"iterate on an either annual or bi- security.
As the mushroom cloud still annual basis ... all of them are Source-- EA slashes release slate apparently putting the "final h a s a s i g n : " N o F i g h t i n g
hangs in the air after Electronic selling or have sold in their most in half [MCV] touches on." There's so much A l l o w e d ! " ) .
Art's devastating quarterly report, recent edition two million units Source-- EA going cold on new scrumptious information in the Continue reading The Onion
which also brought with it 1,500 or more." He continued that any IP [Develop] Onion report, it's almost like the reveals Modern Warfare 3, most
layoffs, the publisher plans to game that can't be expected to be respected media source made the 'realistic' military experience yet
EA trims its 2010 lineup,
focus on games that are sure bets. a "very high profit contributor focuses on high-profit games whole thing up. The Onion reveals Modern
MCV notes EA CEO John and high unit seller" is out from originally appeared on Joystiq on Modern Warfare 3 will blow W a r f a r e 3 , m o s t ' r e a l i s t i c '
Riccitiello's statement, made "this point going forward." What Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:05:00 EST. away its predecessor in the military experience yet originally
during an investor conference a difference a year makes. realism department, being the appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 10
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Resident Evil 4:
Mobile Edition
ported to Zeebo
By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 10:30:00 AM

Zeebo, the 3G console available

in countries like Brazil, Russia
and China, reminds us that right
Users report Modern Sega Europe announces
after food, water and shelter,
access to Resident Evil 4 should
be a top priority for all
Warfare 2 Trophies Bayonetta special developing nations. It was
revealed yesterday that Capcom

misfiring edition
will use the MascotCapsule
eruption engine to port the well-
received mobile version of RE 4
By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) trouble rewarding Trophies to its
players. The problem seems to be By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) January 8. to the platform.
Submitted at 11/10/2009 11:00:00 AM
with a pre-launch patch which, Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:30:00 AM
Sega of America has yet to You know, it's funny, we know
"Oh, man -- it was so awesome. for some reason or other, disables announce a special edition of Resident Evil 4 was a classic, but
First multiplayer match I get into, the game's unlockable incentives. Sega of Europe revealed a new Bayonetta, but we won't be we never expected it to become
and I get like, a 200 kill streak. It A fix for the issue has been offering for PAL gamers who are shocked when the company does the new Tetris-- ported to every
was in this weird airport lobby discovered by a few fan sites, but way into Bayonetta, but not so decide to pick up the extra money s y s t e m i m a g i n a b l e . W h i c h
level, and everyone else must we've contacted Infinity Ward to way into Bayonetta that they're generated by such a release. reminds us: Shinji Mikami, be
have had really bad lag or see when we can expect a more already buying the crazy five- S e g a E u r o p e a n n o u n c e s forewarned: You're probably
something, because they didn't official solution to surface. disc soundtrack from Japan. The B a y o n e t t a s p e c i a l e d i t i o n going to have to grow a beard.
move much -- but still! It was the Users report Modern Warfare 2 Bayonetta special edition, originally appeared on Joystiq on Resident Evil 4: Mobile Edition
coolest thing I've ever done, and I Trophies misfiring originally announced for release in the UK, Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:30:00 EST. ported to Zeebo originally
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Photographer Andrea Tese Donates to ArtWalk
NY
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 3:39:10 PM
Next Tuesday, in SoHo’s sleek
and spacious Skylight Studio, the
Coalition for the Homeless will
hold its annual ArtWalk NY
fundraiser. Part auction, part
exhibition, part platform to
honor, this year, legendary
painter and printmaker Pat Steir,
ArtWalk is a night that brings
together art admirers young and
seasoned, artists low and high-
profile, and though not related to
its cause, a reliably dazzling mix
of the city’s most fashionable.
The art on display at ArtWalk
will include all mediums from
photography to sculpture to
drawings and will represent,
according to head of PR for the
event, Bettina Prentice, “a wide
range of artists, from young,
Monsters of Folk at Beacon Theater
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 3:50:44 PM
Like "best of" albums and movie
soundtracks, supergroups are
usually relegated with shame to
the cheesy back section of my
CD collection (if I even buy
those albums at all). But for
Monsters of Folk, the sum is
fresh voices like Andrea Tese to
real titans of the industry like
Ross Bleckner.”
Fortunately, fresh voiced
Andrea, a Georgetown educated
fine art and fashion
photographer, gave me the
skinny on her donated piece (“it’s
actually as impressive as the
individual parts: Mike Mogis, M.
Ward, Conor Oberst and Jim
James, complete a lineup – and
not to mention a sound— in the
tradition of the Traveling
Wilburys. I checked them out last
night at NYC's Beacon Theater
for a raucous 3 hour set that
featured Oberst standing on drum with his feet as with his fingers.
sets and James dancing equally In addition to tunes from their
from a series whose endeavor is
to capture the aftermath of an
experience”), what type of
camera she used to capture the
image (“my Mamiya, a medium-
format film camera”) and why
this year she decided for the first
time to get involved with the
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Tese says, laughing. “Somehow,
it seemed appropriate.”
Johanna Cox, Junior Editor
The lenswoman and her
donation: Tese’s portrait and her
to-be-auctioned photograph, from
her ongoing series, After
For more information on
ArtWalk NY (which is hosted,
once again, by actors Richard
Gere, Carey Lowell and Alec
Baldwin), or to purchase tickets
to the 11/17 event, click here.
Photos: Courtesy of LLR
Consulting
self-titled album, the band also that from the nosebleed section I
let loose a few tracks from their couldn't stop thinking that Oberst
individual repertoires, including a looked an awful lot like that mop
hauntingly beautiful -topped, obnoxious dude from
rendition of My Morning Bravo's Million Dollar Listing.
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Dsquared2's Starring
Role in Britney's Latest
Video
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog) Solange’s New Jewelry
Submitted at 11/9/2009 4:34:02 PM Collection Hits the
As the world knows, Britney Silver Screen With
Spears debuted her newest Thandie Newton
Luella and Santa, Your single, "3", on October
30th. But, while the song is no-
doubt hot, we’re obsessing over
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)

Holiday Dream Team her footwear. Glammed out in

Dsquared2's ultra-sexy heels,
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We're entranced by Solange

By ELLE.com (ELLE News collaborated to curate their Britney first shows off a pair of
Blog) Azagury-Partridge's new crop of
holiday windows and select her c r e a m - a n d - b l a c k o p e n - t o e fantastic jewels. In keeping with
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:21:04 AM
favorite goodies for the season of booties with ruffles and ribbon the London-based designer's
giving. At Luella's Liberty detail that— lucky you— are wickedly clever imagination
Last night it was Christmas in Grotto, the designer had all of her c u r r e n t l y b e i n g s o l d o n
comes 'Stoned', a collection of
London, or at least it felt like it picks laid out on a table, which Zappos.com for $911.00. Later in
rings, earrings, necklaces, and
anyway, as Liberty Department included D.L & Co scented the video Britney can be seen brand. She also had them create a
bracelets that play on the word's
Store opened its first-ever candles, scarves by Swash, and dancing in a black leather bootie large portion of the costumes and
many meanings. There's the
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Afghan Bangle featuring a gold
in fake snow and evergreen trees, Confectionary Co., but the best that are for sale exclusively at Circus tour. If what we’ve seen
narcotic poppy pod; a green
filled to the brim with all the of the bunch was the finger- David Lawrence in Seattle, so far is any indication, the fruits
enamel ring topped with a gold
little tidbits needed to make the puppet set of famed British Washington (206-622-2544). of the Britney + DSquared2
fruit pit called 'Cherry Stone'; and
holidays special, replete with a designers: tiny caricatures of After her video for “3,” it looks labors look bountiful.
a Gorgon pendant representing
the most authentic Santa (even Giles Deacon, Dame Viv, Paul like a new fashion-meets-music — Kyle Anderson, Senior
Medusa's power to turn foes to
his beard was real), posing for Smith, Christopher Kane, and of love affair has formed, for this Accessories Editor
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Ft. Hood Suspect
Warned of Muslim
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The Army psychiatrist suspected
of killing 13 people at Fort Hood
reportedly warned senior Army
physicians in 2007 that the

US trio 'on Iran spying charge' military should allow Muslim

soldiers to be released as
(BBC News | Americas | linked with that of Iranians held Dolatabadi. detained on 4 November after conscientious objectors instead of
World Edition) by the US. No formal request for "The three Americans arrested anti-government protests that fighting in wars to avoid "adverse
Submitted at 11/9/2009 12:27:41 PM
a prisoner exchange has ever near the border of Iran and Iraq coincided with an official rally to events."
been publicised. are facing charges of spying and mark 30 years since the storming According to The Washington
Three young Americans detained T h e r e m a y a l s o b e s o m e the inquiry is continuing," Irna of the US embassy. Post, Major Nidal Malik Hasan
in Iran over alleged illegal entry hardliners in Tehran who want to quoted him as saying. "This person said he was a w a s s u p p o s e d t o m a k e a
are to be charged with espionage, use the case to prevent any The prosecutor said that an journalist though there were presentation on a medical topic
Iranian state news agency Irna warming of relations. opinion on the case would be factors in his case which did not during his senior year as a
says. Hillary Clinton has insisted that given "in the not too distant support it," Irna quoted the psychiatric resident at Walter
Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and the trio are not guilty of anything. future". p r o s e c u t o r a s s a y i n g . " A Reed Medical Center.
Joshua Fattal have been held by But her tone was relatively In a statement, the Americans' journalist should have a permit. Instead, Hasan lectured his
Iranian authorities since the end conciliatory. She requested their families described the spying Inquiries are continuing." supervisors and two dozen
of July. release, not demanded it, and allegations as "entirely at odds Iran has tightened reporting rules mental health staff members on
The trio are thought to have called on the Iranian government with the people Shane, Sarah and since protests flared in the days Islam, homicide bombings and
crossed a poorly marked border to exercise "compassion". Josh are and with anything that following a disputed presidential t h r e a t s t h e m i l i t a r y c o u l d
by mistake while hiking in Iraq's Her moderate language suggests Iran can have learned about them election in June. encounter from Muslims
Kurdish region. that, once again, Washington since they were detained". Opposition supporters say the conflicted about fighting against
The US urged Iran to free the does not want the issue of Swiss diplomats were allowed to elections were rigged to ensure other Muslims in Iraq and
group, while their relatives called Americans held in Iranian prisons meet the trio, who are in their 20s the re-election of President Afghanistan.
the allegations against them to dominate relations between the and 30s, in late September for the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. A source who attended the
"untrue". two countries. first time since their arrest. At least 30 protesters have been presentation told the paper, "It
Speaking in Berlin, US Secretary The three Americans were T h e S w i s s g o v e r n m e n t killed in clashes since the was really strange. The senior
of State Hillary Clinton said that seized by Iranian border guards represents US interests in Iran, elections. Thousands have been doctors looked really upset."
there was "no evidence to support on 31 July near the town of with whom the US has no formal a r r e s t e d , a n d s o m e 2 0 0 The Powerpoint, entitled, "The
any charge whatsoever". Marivan. Their relatives say they diplomatic relations. opposition activists remain Koranic World View As It
A White House spokesman later accidentally strayed into Iran Dane held behind bars. Three have been Relates to Muslims in the U.S.
called the group "innocent young while hiking. In other comments, the general sentenced to death. Military," consisted of 50 slides,
people who should be released". According to the state news prosecutor said that the case of a Print Sponsor according to a copy obtained by
'Charges of spying' agency, the move to charge them Danish man arrested earlier this This content has passed through the Post.
President Ahmadinejad hinted in was announced by general month was being investigated. fivefilters.org. "It's getting harder and harder for
September that their fate was p r o s e c u t o r A b b a s J a f a r i Niels Krogsgaard, 31, was Muslims in the service to morally

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justify being in a military that
seems constantly engaged against
fellow Muslims," Hasan said in
the presentation.
Under a slide titled "Comments,"
he wrote: "If Muslim groups can
convince Muslims that they are
fighting for God against
injustices of the 'infidels'; ie:
enemies of Islam, then Muslims
can become a potent adversary
ie: suicide bombing, etc." [sic]
The last bullet point on that page
reads simply: "We love death
more then [sic] you love life!"
On the final slide, labeled
"Recommendation," Hasan
wrote: "Department of Defense
should allow Muslims [sic]
Soldiers the option of being
released as 'Conscientious
objectors' to increase troop
morale and decrease adverse
events."
An Army spokesman told the
Post Monday night he was
unaware of the presentation, and
a Walter Reed spokesman
declined comment.
A classmate of Hasan,
meanwhile, told FoxNews.com
that the warning signs were all
there — the justification of
homicide bombings; spewing anti
-American hatred; efforts to
reach out to Al Qaeda — but that
the military treated Hasan with
kid gloves, even after giving him
a poor performance review.
And though he was on the radar
screen of at least one U.S.
intelligence agency, no action
was taken that might have
prevented the Army psychiatrist
from allegedly gunning down 13
people and wounding 29 others
in the Fort Hood massacre last
week.
"There were definitely clear
indications that Hasan's loyalties
were not with America," Lt. Col.
Val Finnell, Hasan's classmate at
the Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences
in Bethesda, Md. He and Hasan
were students in the school's
public health master's degree
program from 2007-2008.
"The issue here is that there's a
political correctness climate in
the military. They don't want to
say anything because it would be
considered questioning
somebody's religious belief, or
they're afraid of an equal
opportunity lawsuit.
"I want to be clear that this
wasn't about anyone questioning
his religious views. It is different
when you are a civilian than
when you are a military officer,"
said Finnell, who is a physician
at the Los Angeles Air Force
Base.
"When you are in the military
and you start making comments
that are seditious, when you say
you believe something other than
your oath of office — someone
needed to say why is this guy
saying this stuff.
"He was a lightning rod. He
made his views known and he
was very vocal, he had extremely
radical jihadist views," Finnell
said. "When you're a military
officer you take an oath to defend
against all enemies foreign and
domestic.
"They should've confronted him
— our professors, officers — but
they were too concerned about
being politically correct."
Finnell said the warning signs
were clear to many, not just
classmates. Faculty members,
including many high-ranking
military officers, witnessed
firsthand his anti-Americanism,
he said.
Finnell recalled Hasan telling his
classmates and professors, "I'm a
Muslim first and I hold the
Shariah, the Islamic Law, before
the United States Constitution."
He recalled one time when his
classmates were giving
presentations in an environmental
health class on topics like soil
and water contamination and the
effects of mold. When it was
Hasan's turn, he said, he got up in
front of the class and began to
speak about his chosen topic, "Is
the War on Terror a war on
Islam?"
Finnell says he raised his hand.
"I asked the professor, "What
does this topic have to do with
environmental health?"
"When he was challenged on his
views, Hasan became visibly
upset. He became sweaty, he was
emotional."
But despite questioning from the
other students, Finnell said, the
professor allowed Hasan to
continue. He said Hasan's anti-
American vitriol continued for
two years as he worked toward
his degree in public health.
There were even more warning
signs that might have alerted the
Army in recent months:
— In the days and weeks before
the shooting, Hasan voiced his
objections to Muslims fighting
the war on terror to members of
his mosque, the Islamic
Community of Greater Killeen.
Congregants at the mosque said
he voiced his objections to
Muslims serving in the U.S.
military and to his impending
deployment to Afghanistan.
— Over the summer, Hasan's
comments led Osman Danquah,
co-founder of the mosque, to
recommend that it deny Hasan's
request to become a lay Muslim
leader at Fort Hood, the
Associated Press reported.
— In the months before
Thursday's shooting Hasan tried
reaching out to people associated
with Al Qaeda — and did so
under the watchful eye of at least
one U.S. intelligence agency. An
intelligence official told
FOXNews.com that "Hasan was
on our radar for months."
On Sunday Sen. Joe Lieberman
announced his intention to lead a
congressional investigation into
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the Fort Hood murders, saying
there were "strong warning
signs" that Hasan was an
"Islamic extremist."
"The U.S. Army has to have zero
tolerance. He should have been
gone," said Lieberman, who is
chairman of the Senate
Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental
Affairs.
In interviews Sunday, Army
Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey
stressed that it was too early in
the investigation to know
whether these warnings signs
could have spared the lives of the
13 killed, dismissing earlier
reports about such signs as
"speculation" based on
anecdotes. "I don't want to say
that we missed it," he said.
Finnell said that once Hasan was
identified as the suspect in
Thursday's massacre, he reached
out to the Army to tell them
about his experiences with
Hasan.
This time, he said, "They
listened."
Fox News' Jana Winter
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Ida Makes Landfall in Alabama With Heavy Rain for DC sniper's
(FOXNews.com) Salvador that killed at least 130 Monday in downtown Mobile, In north Georgia, which saw
Submitted at 11/10/2009 4:16:33 AM
people. Near New Orleans, a 70- about 40 miles northwest of Gulf historic flooding in September, execution (AP)
year-old man was feared Shores, with many stores and forecasters said up to 4 more (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
GULF SHORES, Ala. Tropical drowned Monday when trying to restaurants closing early. Stiff inches could soak the already-
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:13:01 AM
Storm Ida came ashore near help two fishermen whose boat winds with gusts up to 50 mph saturated ground.
Mobile Bay in southern Alabama h a d b r o k e n d o w n i n t h e and sheets of rain made driving Two Chevron Corp. workers RICHMOND, Va. – Gov. Tim
early Tuesday with top sustained Mississippi River, said Maj. John hazardous, and many residents weren't injured but had to be Kaine denied clemency Tuesday
winds around 45 mph. Marie, a Plaquemines Parish opted to stay off the roads, rescued from an oil rig about 80 for sniper John Allen
The U.S. National Hurricane Sheriff's spokesman. A wave although few said they were miles south of New Orleans that Muhammad, clearing the way for
Center in Miami said Ida's center knocked him into the water. leaving town. was in danger of toppling as Ida him to be executed for the attacks
first touched land on Dauphin Ida had been the third hurricane Doris Moorman, who was churned up high seas. that terrorized the nation's capital
Island and was headed for the of this year's Atlantic season, managing the Red Cross shelter There were no mandatory region for three weeks in 2002.
Alabama mainland later Tuesday which ends Dec. 1, but was the in Pascagoula, Mississippi, said evacuations, but authorities in Muhammad is set to die by
morning. only one to threaten the U.S. she staffed a similar shelter last coastal areas encouraged people injection Tuesday night at
Ida was moving northeast about Rain will move well inland year during Hurricane Gustav near the water or in mobile Greensville Correctional Center
9 mph. before the further-weakened that housed more than 500 homes to seek shelter. Many in Jarratt. His attorneys had asked
Tropical storm warnings were storm comes ashore, said U.S. people. She said she's concerned schools closed, and several cruise Kaine to commute his sentence to
out across Louisiana, Mississippi, N a t i o n a l H u r r i c a n e C e n t e r residents weren't taking the threat ships were delayed as the U.S. life in prison because they say he
Alabama and Florida, where hurricane specialist Robbie Berg. seriously, perhaps letting their Coast Guard closed Gulf Coast is mentally ill. The U.S. Supreme
governors declared states of Rainfall could be up to 8 inches Gustav experience lull them into ports. Court turned down his final
emergency. in some areas, with most of the a false sense of security. In Louisiana and Mississippi, appeal.
Maps, forecasts, radar and more coast getting between 3 and 6 "That doesn't necessarily mean officials were concerned about "I find no compelling reason to
at MyFoxHurricane.com inches. it's going to be fine this time," hundreds of people still living in set aside the sentence that was
In Gulf Shores along the coast, Still, few people evacuated or she said. federally issued trailers and recommended by the jury and
some streets were flooded and sought refuge along Alabama's Forecasters predicted Ida's storm mobile homes after hurricanes then imposed and affirmed by the
the city was under a 10 p.m. coast. Officials said fewer than surge could raise water levels 3 Katrina and Rita in 2005. courts," Kaine, who is known for
curfew Monday night. 70 people were in shelters that to 5 feet above normal. In This content has passed through carefully considering death
A low-pressure system that opened in Mobile and Baldwin Pensacola, Florida, the streets fivefilters.org. penalty cases, said in a statement.
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role in attracting earlier triggered of 565,000. The Gulf was rough and building VA. page 66
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2 More Victims Identified in Accused Ohio Serial Killer Case

(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 6:26:54 AM
CLEVELAND Two more
families received word that their
loved ones remains were among
the bodies discovered at the
Cleveland home of accused serial
killer Anthony Sowell, Fox 8
Cleveland reported.
Janice Webb, 48, who vanished
in June, was revealed to be one of
the victims.
"We're just devastated that she
had to die in that manner, and
we've been looking for her and
putting fliers out since she's been
missing this summer, and it's just
devastating to hear she was one
of the victims up there," Frances
Webb, Janice Webb's sister, told
Fox 8.
"Right now I'm thinking about
her son and just to support each
other to get through this
situation," said Frances Webb.
Kim Yvette Smith, 44, was also
identified among the remains at
Sowell's Cleveland home, police
said.
Smith was last seen in January,
but she was not reported missing
until last week.
Smith's name is the latest to be
added to the list of victims whose
remains were found at the house.
Tonia Carmichael, Telacia
Fortson, Tishana Culver, Nancy
Cobbs, Amelda "Amy" Hunter,
Crystal Dozier, Michelle Mason
and Janice Webb have also been
identified, police told Fox 8.
"It just boggles the mind to even
think that anything like this could
happen in this time," said Frances
Webb.
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Obama to visit Fort Hood victims
(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:33:22 AM
US President Barack Obama is
due to attend a memorial service
in Texas for the 13 people who
died in a shooting at an army
base last week.
Mr Obama will first meet
privately with the families of
those killed, as well as some of
the 29 people injured.
Maj Nidal Malik Hasan, who is
suspected of being behind the
Fort Hood massacre, was shot
and remains in hospital.
US intelligence authorities have
said they knew Maj Hasan had
been in contact with a cleric
sympathetic to al-Qaeda.
An FBI-led task force
monitoring the e-mail of Yemen-
based Anwar al-Awlaki said he
had communicated with Maj
Hasan - a US-born Muslim and
army psychiatrist - on 10 to 20
occasions.
However, it was decided that
further investigation was not
needed, as the content of the
messages did not advocate or
threaten violence.
Meanwhile, the Senate
Homeland Security Committee
has confirmed it will hold an
inquiry into the shootings.
On Monday, Mr Obama said he
wanted to visit Fort Hood, the
largest US military base in the
world, "to personally express the
incredible heartbreak that we all
feel for the loss of these young
men and women".
He told ABC News that the
authorities would "take whatever
steps are necessary to make sure
that something like this doesn't
happen again".
Several other senior US officials
will also attend the ceremony at
Fort Hood, including Defence
Secretary Robert Gates and
Texas Governor Rick Perry.
'Warning signs'
Maj Hasan is recovering from
gunshot wounds at a military
hospital and will be charged in a
military court over the Fort Hood
shootings - he has declined to be
interviewed by investigators.
His motives remain unknown.
Some reports have indicated he
was unhappy about his imminent
deployment to Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, the Senate
Homeland Security Committee
announced it would hold a full
investigation into the attacks,
starting with a public hearing
next week.
Senator Joe Lieberman, who
chairs the committee, said the
"murderous attack should be
examined from every angle to
make sure nothing like this
occurs again".
He said investigators would seek
to determine Maj Hasan's
motives and "whether the
government missed warning
signs that should have led to
expulsion, and what lessons we
can learn to prevent such future
attacks".
Mr Lieberman said the
authorities would "do no favour"
to Muslims serving in the US
army by "ignoring real evidence"
that Maj Hasan may have held
violent extremist views.
FBI Director Robert Mueller has
ordered a review of how the
agency dealt with information
about Maj Hasan.
A senior Republican on the
House of Representatives
Intelligence Committee has
called on all the US intelligence
agencies to preserve the
information they have on Maj
Hasan.
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"Accordingly, I decline to
intervene."
Muhammad was sentenced to
death for killing Dean Harold
Meyers at a Manassas gas station
during a three-week spree that
left 10 dead across Maryland,
Virginia and Washington, D.C.
He and his teenage accomplice,
Lee Boyd Malvo, also were
suspected of fatal shootings in
other states, including Louisiana,
Alabama and Arizona.
The motive for the shootings
remains murky. Malvo said
Muhammad wanted to use the
plot to extort $10 million from
the government to set up a camp
in Canada where homeless
children would be trained as
terrorists. But Muhammad's ex-
wife has said she believes the
attacks were a smoke screen for
his plan to kill her and regain
custody of their three children.
For the families of those killed,
the day is a long time coming.
Cheryll Witz is one of several
victims' relatives who were going
to watch the execution. Malvo
confessed that, at Muhammad's
direction, he shot her father, Jerry
Taylor, on a Tucson, Ariz., golf
course in March 2002.
"He basically watched my dad
breathe his last breath," she said.
"Why shouldn't I watch his last
breath?"
The shootings terrorized the
Washington region, with victims
gunned down while doing
everyday chores like shopping or
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pumping gas. People stayed
indoors. Those who had to go
outside weaved as they walked or
bobbed their heads to make
themselves less of a target.
The terror ended on Oct. 24,
2002, when police captured
Muhammad and Malvo as they
slept at a Maryland rest stop in a
car they had outfitted so a shooter
could hide in the trunk and fire
through a hole in the body of the
vehicle. Malvo is serving a life
sentence in Virginia.
Death penalty opponents
planned vigils across the state,
and some were headed for Jarratt,
about an hour south of
Richmond, for the execution.
Beth Panilaitis, executive
director of Virginians for
Alternatives to the Death Penalty,
said those who planned to protest
understand the fear that gripped
the community, and the nation,
during the attacks.
"The greater metro area and the
citizens of Virginia have been
safe from this crime for seven
years," Panilaitis said.
"Incarceration has worked and
life without the possibility of
parole has and will continue to
keep the people of Virginia safe."
___
Associated Press Writer Bob
Lewis contributed to this report.
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US hiker's mother: Iran espionage
claim is false (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:37:22 AM
MINNEAPOLIS – The mother
of one of three U.S. hikers
accused of espionage by Iranian
authorities said Tuesday her son
would "fall on the floor
laughing" at the suggestion he is
a spy.
Cindy Hickey of Pine City,
Minn., told The Associated Press
that the hikers' families are trying
to avoid getting pulled into the
tense relationship between the
U.S. and Iran and only want to
keep stressing the innocence of
their loved ones. Hickey's son, 27
-year-old Shane Bauer, was taken
into custody near the Iraqi border
in late July along with Sarah
Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27.
Their families say the three
friends, all graduates of the
University of California,
Berkeley, were simply on a hike.
But a senior Iranian prosecutor
on Monday accused them of
espionage, the first signal that
Tehran intends to put them on
trial. That has raised concerns the
three could be used as bargaining
chips during deadlocked
negotiations between Washington
and Tehran over Iran's nuclear
program.
"I'm really trying to keep that out
of my focus, personally," Hickey
said of U.S.-Iran tension. "I have
to set myself on the goal here of
getting our kids freed, and not be
distracted by the politics."
White House Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs said the three were
innocent hikers and should be
released. U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton called the spying
charges baseless.
Fattal's mother, Laura, told the
AP on Tuesday that the families
remain optimistic their loved
ones will be cleared.
"We are just waiting for the
Iranian authorities to think about
the case and realize that our kids
are totally innocent," she said.
"We believe there has been no
interrogation for a month now."
Laura Fattal, who lives in the
Philadelphia suburb of Elkins
Park, declined to say whether she
thought the hikers were being
used as political pawns. She
reiterated that the trio did not
intend to enter Iran, noting that
Shourd planned to return to her
teaching job in Damascus, Syria,
the following week.
The families have had no direct
interaction with the hikers, but
they have been able to pass
several messages back and forth
through Swiss diplomats who
have been allowed to meet twice
with the hikers. Hickey said the
three sent back word that they
appreciate expressions of support
from the U.S., including a series
of vigils around the country and
an online petition. They learned
of the support from the
diplomats, she said.
Hickey said Bauer, a freelance
journalist who has filed
dispatches from numerous global
hotspots, is interested not in
politics but rather the plight of
the poor and suffering
worldwide.
"There's no question in my mind
that this is just a very false
accusation," Hickey said. "These
are peaceful people. This
accusation is entirely at odds
with the people that Shane, Sarah
and Josh are."
___
Associated Press Writer Patrick
Walters in Philadelphia
contributed to this report.
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National mourning in El
Salvador
(BBC News | Americas | caused by a low pressure system
World Edition) in the Pacific, which was linked
Submitted at 11/10/2009 4:43:44 AM
indirectly to Hurricane Ida.
Ida, which passed the country
Three days of national mourning three days ago, was downgraded
have begun in El Salvador to a tropical storm as it crossed
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Washington sniper faces execution
(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 9:20:47 AM
The man behind the 2002 sniper
attacks in and around
Washington DC will be put to
death later, after a last-ditch
appeal was thrown out.
John Allen Muhammad's
lawyers say he is mentally ill, but
Virginia Governor Tim Kaine
rejected a plea for clemency.
On Monday, the US Supreme
Court quashed an appeal for a
stay of execution.
Muhammad, 48, will face a
lethal injection for the murder of
Dean Harold Meyers, one of 10
people killed during the attacks.
Muhammad's accomplice, Lee
Boyd Malvo, who was 17 at the
time of the shootings, is serving a
life sentence in jail.
The pair killed 10 people during
three weeks of attacks in
Maryland, Washington and
Virginia.
Muhammad is due to be put to
death at the Greensville
Correctional Center in Jarratt,
Virginia.
But his legal team has criticised
the ruling, saying ex-soldier
Muhammad suffered from Gulf
War Syndrome.
Lawyer Jonathan Sheldon told
the BBC's World Today: "A
psychiatrist examined him and
said he's paranoid and psychotic
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D.C. Sniper
Mastermind Set
to Be Executed
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 4:49:45 AM
RICHMOND, Virginia
Virginia's governor has denied
clemency for sniper mastermind
John Allen Muhammad, clearing
the way for his Tuesday
execution.
Muhammad was sentenced to
death for killing Dean Harold
Meyers in 2002 at a Manassas,
Virginia, gas station during a
spree that left 10 dead across
Maryland, Virginia and
Washington, D.C.
Muhammad is set to die by
injection at Greensville
Correctional Center in Jarratt.
and delusional and gave many single round and from a distance. Muhammad's execution.
His attorneys have asked Kaine
examples." After three weeks, he was Malvo said he shot her father,
to commute his sentence to life in
Mr Sheldon also said brain scans arrested at a truck stop, along Jerry Taylor - at Muhammad's
prison because they say he is
of Muhammad had revealed with Malvo. direction - on an Arizona golf
mentally ill. The U.S. Supreme
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Court turned down Muhammad's
schizophrenia. requires JavaScript to play. "He basically watched my dad
final appeal Monday.
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Lee Boyd Malvo, also were
T h e s h o o t i n g s l e f t t h e while sniper was on the loose agency.
suspected of fatal shootings in
Washington area gripped by fear, Prosecutors say Muhammad has "Why shouldn't I watch his last
other states, including Louisiana,
with victims attacked while never shown remorse. breath?"
Alabama and Arizona.
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victims' relatives who were going
A s k i l l e d m a r k s m a n , Louisiana, Alabama and Arizona.
to watch the execution. Malvo
Muhammad picked off his targets Cheryll Witz is one of several
confessed that, at Muhammad's
using a sniper rifle, always with a victims' relatives going to watch
direction, he shot her father, Jerry
Taylor, on a Tucson, Arizona,
golf course in March 2002.
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Gunman in Custody After Hostage continued from page 68

"He basically watched my dad about an hour south of

Situation at N.Y. School breathe his last breath," she said.
"Why shouldn't I watch his last
Richmond, for the execution.
Beth Panilaitis, executive
(FOXNews.com) handcuffed suspect was led to an flying overhead. She said the area breath?" director of Virginians for
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:00:07 AM
ambulance, where he was around the school has a lot of The shootings terrorized the Alternatives to the Death Penalty,
checked by paramedics. woods and "a lot of places to Washington region, with victims said those who planned to protest
A gunman is in custody Tuesday MyFoxNY.com said the man hide." gunned down while doing understand the fear that gripped
after reportedly taking the suspected of holding the principal Bill Moore, a resident of the area everyday chores like shopping or the community, and the nation,
principal hostage at an upstate hostage has a son in the military who lives a few miles away from pumping gas. People stayed during the attacks.
New York high school, a town and is upset with the government. the school, said he watched about indoors. Those who had to go "The greater metro area and the
official told Fox News. Eyewitnesses said they saw 14 police cars drive by his home outside weaved as they walked or citizens of Virginia have been
A state government official said students led out of the school beginning about 8:30 a.m. bobbed their heads to make safe from this crime for seven
the suspect surrendered to police s i n g l e - f i l e b y p o l i c e , "We've been counting them as themselves less of a target. years," Panilaitis said.
Tuesday morning after holding a M y F o x N Y . c o m r e p o r t e d . they go by because normally for The terror ended on Oct. 24, "Incarceration has worked and
school administrator at Stissing During the standoff, Pulver told an accident you might have two 2002, when police captured life without the possibility of
Mountain High School in Pine a cable network that police were or three cars," he told local Muhammad and Malvo as they parole has and will continue to
Plains, The Associated Press n e g o t i a t i n g w i t h t h e a d u l t reporters. slept at a Maryland rest stop in a keep the people of Virginia safe."
reported. The suspect is a former gunman and said the situation The standoff was over before car they had outfitted so a shooter Click here for more from
student, said the official, who was contained to one room. 10:30 a.m. could hide in the trunk and fire MyFoxDC.com.
isn't authorized to speak publicly. Dutchess County Sheriff's Pine Plains is about 90 miles through a hole in the body of the This content has passed through
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standoff with police, according to only that the school was on says the school has about 500 sentence in Virginia.
Pine Plains Town Supervisor l o c k d o w n b e c a u s e o f a n students and 100 staff members. Death penalty opponents
Gregg Pulver. He said the "incident" but wouldn't elaborate. Roads were shut down in the planned vigils across the state,
suspected gunman is in his 40s. State and local police were on the area, according to and some were headed for Jarratt,
The students are said to be safe scene and surrounded the school, MyFoxNY.com.
after police placed the campus on he said. The Associated Press
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Business.view: Battle of the trustbusters

(The Economist: Daily
columns)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 12:24:54 AM
Business.view
Nov 10th 2009
From Economist.com The
European Commission again
objects to a deal approved by
America’s Department of Justice
ONCE every few years, it seems,
the European Commission likes
to flex its muscles by going head
to head with the toughest, most
uncompromising American chief
executive it can find. In 2001 it
took on the legendary
prizefighter “Neutron Jack”
Welch of General Electric. Now
it has come out swinging against
Oracle’s martial-arts grandmaster
Larry Ellison. (As the old joke
goes: “What’s the difference
between God and Larry Ellison?
God doesn’t think he’s Larry
Ellison.”)
Now, as then, the battleground is
antitrust law. And once again it is
not just the American bosses who
are feeling the pain of a left-hook
from Brussels—so too is
America’s Department of Justice,
which has approved a merger
only for its counterparts in the
European Commission to object
to it. In 2001 the European
trustbusters opposed GE’s $42
billion acquisition of
Honeywell—a deal already given
the thumbs-up by America’s
antitrust officials. On November
9th the commission issued a
“statement of objections” (see
article) to Oracle’s planned $7.4
billion acquisition of Sun
Microsystems, which the
Department of Justice approved
in August.
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The department reacted to the
European Commission's move by
issuing a statement insisting that
the merger was “unlikely to be
anticompetitive”. Calling this an
“unusual” step, the commission's
spokesman sniffed that he could
not recall his department ever
commenting on an ongoing
investigation in another
jurisdiction.
Eight years ago Mr Welch
displayed all the diplomatic
subtlety that Europeans have
come to expect of Americans,
telling the commission that he
would not compromise on the
terms of the deal, so they could
take it or leave it. As a result,
when the commission showed it
was willing to be as intransigent
as Mr Welch, the merger was
abandoned. It is generally
reckoned that if GE had offered a
few concessions it could have got
approval on terms that would not,
in fact, have cut “the heart out of
the strategic rationale of our
deal”, as Mr Welch put it.
So far Mr Ellison shows no sign
of having learned any lessons
from Mr Welch’s futile
stubbornness. His giant software
firm said it will “vigorously
oppose” the commission’s ruling,
which it said revealed a
“profound misunderstanding of
both database competition and
open-source dynamics.” But
Europe’s competition
commissioner, Neelie Kroes, has
amply demonstrated of late that
she is no soft touch, by imposing
tough penalties on several big
bailed-out banks and intervening
in Germany’s plan to aid a
proposed buy-out of General
Motors’ European division
(which contributed to GM’s
decision to call off the sale).
Nationalistic Americans will no
doubt protest, as they did in the
GE-Honeywell case, that officials
across the water have no business
interfering in a marriage between
two consenting American
companies. However, as both
Oracle and Sun are firms with
global reach, as in the earlier
case, the European Commission
is quite within its rights to take a
stand. The best way for the
companies to respond is not to
question the commission’s
jurisdiction, but to question its
economic analysis.
The striking similarities between
the two proposed mergers extend
beyond the nationalities involved.
In each case an industry leader
was seeking to acquire a firm in a
weak competitive position,
fighting for survival. And in each
case the commission claimed that
the merger would reduce
competition, increase
monopolistic power, and thus
lead to higher prices—whereas
America’s trustbusters felt that
neither deal would significantly
reduce competition.
In the GE-Honeywell case,
Mario Monti, Europe’s
competition commissioner at the
time, deployed a largely untested
economic theory of “bundling”.
The merger, he argued, would let
GE dominate the market for new
aircraft by bundling together
packages that included GE’s jet
engines and Honeywell’s
electronics, and do so on terms
that competitors, which sold only
engines or electronics, might not
be able to match. The solution, he
thought, was for GE to sell part
of its highly profitable aircraft-
leasing business. Few economists
outside the pay of the European
Commission agreed.
This time the commission is
claiming that the merger of
Oracle and Sun will significantly
reduce competition in the
database business, resulting in
higher prices. Again, this seems a
stretch. There is a good choice of
database providers, including
many that are open-source, the
department notes. And it is in
Oracle’s interests to continue to
offer MySQL, an open-source
database owned by Sun, as a free
product in the hope of convincing
advanced users to buy its more
powerful, proprietary database
software.
For multinational firms, this
disagreement between European
and American trustbusters could
create renewed uncertainty about
the direction of global antitrust
policy. The collapse of the
merger of GE and Honeywell
prompted a concerted effort by
regulators on both sides of the
Atlantic to co-ordinate antitrust
enforcement. Will their
differences over Oracle and Sun
mark the start of a damaging new
schism?
Maybe. But just as likely is that
this disagreement will prompt
another transatlantic
reconciliation—and that it will be
along European lines. The
Obama administration has made
it clear that it intends to take a
hard line on antitrust
enforcement. Some experts think
this will involve a more
European approach, which they
characterise as focusing on
protecting particular competitors
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rather than protecting
competition. Christine Varney,
Mr Obama's antitrust chief,
disputes this, saying that she
merely intends to change the
department's reputation as a soft
touch on competition, acquired
under George Bush.
Still, American and European
trustbusters have already teamed
up to go after Intel. And after the
Department of Justice threw the
first punches against Google,
Europe is starting to follow suit
in its pursuit of the internet-
search giant. Having taken on
grizzled bare-knuckle fighters
like Messrs Welch and Ellison,
the trustbusters in Brussels are
hardly going to be scared of the
callow youths who founded
Google.
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Oracle and Sun Microsystems: Too close to Sun IEA warns

(The Economist: News
analysis)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 12:06:06 AM
objections filtered out the justice
department backed up its ruling
by issuing a statement arguing
nearly 50%. Sun is the owner of
MySQL, the most widely used
“open-source” database software,
database competition and open
source dynamics. It is well
understood by those
on climate
Oracle and Sun Microsystems
Nov 10th 2009
that the deal does not raise any
antitrust concerns. “After
conducting a careful
which already competes with
Oracle’s products and could
become more of a threat in the
knowledgeable about open
source software that because
MySQL is open source, it cannot
change
(Financial Times - US
From Economist.com Europe’s investigation of the proposed future. Neelie Kroes, Europe’s be controlled by anyone. That is homepage)
regulators object to Oracle’s transaction between Oracle and competition commissioner, spoke the whole point of open source.”
Submitted at 11/10/2009 3:09:48 AM
a t t e m p t s t o b u y S u n Sun, the department’s antitrust of her “serious concerns” that the It is too early to tell how this
Microsystems division concluded that the deal would reduce choice and stand-off will end. The fact that The International Energy
FOR a brief period expectations m e r g e r i s u n l i k e l y t o b e lead to higher prices. the commission has issued a Agency warned today that the
had been high that trustbusters on anticompetitive”, insisted Molly It does not help that Oracle statement of objections does not world’s use of fossil fuels will
both sides of the Atlantic would Boast, one of the division's seems in no mood to mean that it will inevitably block have to peak by 2020 if it is to
s t a r t p l a y i n g i n t u n e . T h e lawyers. But she did attempt to compromise. A meeting in the deal. Similarly, Oracle may escape a dangerous spike in
E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o n ' s limit the damage to the newly October between Safra Catz, agree to spin off MySQL after global temperatures.
regulators have customarily taken warming relations between Oracle's president, and Ms Kroes all—the remedy most likely to Fatih Birol, the IEA’s chief
a far more activist approach to trustbusters on both sides of the did not dispel her fears of the satisfy the commission in this economist, said at the launch of
competition policy than their Atlantic. She added that the American firm’s unwillingness to case—to resolve the problem the agency’s annual flagship
American counterparts. A few department and the commission make concessions. Ms Kroes let speedily. As long as Sun remains World Energy Outlook: “This
months ago, Barack Obama’s “have a strong and positive it be known that during the in limbo, it is losing business to would be a revolution. This
administration let it be known relationship on competition meeting she had expressed “her rivals such as Dell, HP and IBM. revolution could only take place
that it would act with more policy matters…The antitrust disappointment that Oracle had Last week Sun reported that if there is a financial signal to the
vigilance particularly with regard division will continue to work failed to produce, despite revenues in the quarter ending in energy industry.” He added: “We
to antitrust issues related to c o n s t r u c t i v e l y w i t h t h e repeated requests, either hard September fell by 25%. And if need a deal in Copenhagen. We
information technology. But this [commission] and competition evidence that there were no the case drags on for too long, need a signal for the energy
apparent meeting of minds has authorities in other jurisdictions”. competition problems or a Sun may sink behind the horizon industry. Without that, nothing
proved illusory. It emerged on Nevertheless, it is unclear how a proposal for a remedy to the for good. will move.”
Monday November 9th that the transatlantic row can be avoided competition problems identified Read Business.view for more Better energy efficiency, rapid
c o m m i s s i o n h a s o f f i c i a l l y along the lines of the spat in by the commission”. analysis of the news growth in renewable energy, and
objected to the proposed $7.4 2001, when a planned merger Even though the commission has Back to top ^^ Readers' increased use of nuclear power
b i l l i o n p u r c h a s e o f S u n between General Electric and now made official its objections comments will be critical to move the world
Microsystems, a troubled maker Honeywell caused a stink. The to the merger, Oracle is unlikely The Economist welcomes your away from fossil fuels, the IEA
of computer hardware, by Oracle, commission worries that a union to cave in. On the contrary, it views. believes. A second revolution
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had given its approval to the tie- the world’s biggest seller of Objections”, the firm wrote in a hybrids or electric by 2030.
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targets, will be responsible for
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more than a quarter of the
emissions reductions the IEA
says is needed to avoid the worst
climate change risk.
In industrialised countries the
price of carbon will need to reach
$50 a tonne by 2020 and $110 by
2030. In developing countries the
price of carbon would need to
reach $30 a tonne by 2020 and
$50 by 2030.
Developing countries will need
to invest $200bn annually to
move away from fossil fuels, the
IEA believes. Mr Birol said:
“The OECD should co-finance
some of the projects in the non-
OECD on top of the mitigation
OECD countries should do at
home.”
The IEA brushed off as
groundless an article in the
Guardian newspaper, which
quotes anonymous sources
saying the IEA was pushed by
US officials to downplay the risk
that the world was running out of
oil.
Nobuo Tanaka, executive
director of the IEA, said:; “I
think that article is just
groundless. We are very much a
neutral agency and we are proud
of our analysis. We have always
been saying investment is
necessary.”
In fact, the IEA last year
undertook the most
comprehensive global study of
oil field production decline rates
and today warned that the world
would have to find “four new
Saudi Arabias” - the country with
the world’s biggest oil resources,
with production capacity of about
12.5m barrels per day - to
overcome the production decline
from old fields over the next 21
years. Like many in the energy
industry, the IEA maintains that
the world has plenty of oil and
natural gas reserves, but that
access to those reserves is
constrained by politics and
countries erecting investment
barriers. It adds that the recent
drop in the oil price to around
$80 a day today from $147 a
barrel last July, has reduced
investments. The IEA warns that
a quick world economic recovery
and lack of environmental
policies that reduce oil demand,
would create a supply crunch by
the middle of the next decade.
Mr Birol said: “The era of cheap
oil is over. We said it last year
and continued to say it
throughout the year even though
oil went to $30 a barrel [at the
end of 2008 and start of 2009].”
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e-readers: Nook demand
high (Detroit Free Press)
(Yahoo! News Search Results This is good news for Barnes &
for e-readers) Noble, who is the first big player
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in the e-reader market to
challenge Amazon's popular
Posted November 10, 2009 - 3 Kindle.
a.m. The increased competition will
The Nook (Barnes & Noble) surely be good for consumers,
BY MARK W. SMITH too. The Kindle's price has been
FREE PRESS WEB EDITOR dropped a few times this year in
Readers and gadget addicts will anticipation of the Nook and
have to wait just a little bit longer other readers.
to get their hands on the Nook Another e-reader expected to
Barnes & Noble's yet-to-be- enter the market soon is the Que
released e-reader. from Plastic Logic.
The company told the Wall Contact MARK W. SMITH:
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TV Board: A Baker's Doesn't - Or, Dueling Paddles: a Canoe

Paddle Report (CPR)
(MediaPost | Media News) more affluent E & I network This past summer, Canoe network and broadcast network footprints be more enticing than
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:45:12 AM
inventory. Ventures announced that it would sales people and the national the national play. Will ad dollars
"Why?" I queried the ABC head launch an EBIF enabled Request sales operator teams representing migrate from local cable to
In 1976, Larry Fried, my boss at of sales. for Interaction (RFI) application cablers and satcasters) coordinate national media given its
full service advertising agency "In order to be more competitive (interactive banner overlay over their efforts (proposals, pricing advanced interactive TV
BBDO, offered me a promotion with each other," he responded. video) by mid-fall. I don't and reportage) to the ad proposition, ease of entry and
to Director of National Radio for "Each salesman will have to remember if that was a simple agencies? scalability.
the media department. Three work harder for your business to voting or polling foray over Each sales force targets a Back in the '70s, when the head
perks, exclaimed he: "lots of free get the best price possible," he content or the commercial different member of the media- of ABC Network Radio sales
meals, a plethora of tickets -- punctuated. couponing retrieval. Rumors buying community: the local attempted to rationalize the
[which I didn't realize meant A pause. were circulating that Turner cable sales people, the local company's new competitive
coordination for all departmental "But don't both salespeople Broadcasting's TruTV would be buyer and/or digital team; the stance by having two salesmen
and executive agency requests] report directly to you?" the first to launch the app in 3 national cable and broadcast sales vie for my budget, the ruse
and lastly [although 'Director' "They do," he nodded. million homes and TBS siblings people, the national TV buyers unraveled when the arbiter of
would be embossed on my Wikipedia defines a Baker's would initially view from the and/or digital team; and the pricing and deliverables turned
business card] your status dozen, also known as a long bleachers. In the wake of the national sales operator teams, the out miraculously to be the same
internally is still one of an dozen and a long measure, as 13, Community Addressable national and local buyers coupled for both salespeople -- a financial
assistant national TV buyer." My one more than a proper dozen. Messaging (CAM) mishap the with agency media planners, and wizard behind the curtain
a n n u a l s a l a r y w a s $ 8 , 5 0 0 This English statute instituted waters have been still. Little of possibly the digital team. When manipulating inventory pricing to
supporting a New York City during the reign of Henry III Canoe's intentions have surfaced. all of these agency stakeholders better serve his corporation. I
rental. How could I refuse? (1216-1272) helped bakers avoid Last week following CTAM's compare internal notes -- given think that Canoe Ventures and
Within months of my promotion s e v e r e p u n i s h m e n t f o r snow bound annual event, lack of familiarity to the partners must navigate carefully
ABC Radio Networks, one of the shortchanging customers. To industry trade publication proposition it could be a real as they enter the realm of what
most powerful radio group in the guard against the punishment of MultiChannelNews published an possibility -- will they discover a could be conceived as dueling
country, modified its sales losing a hand to an axe, a baker article, "EBIF Landscape, deliverable uniformity or paddles and avoid the shoals of
s t r a t e g y f r o m h a v i n g o n e would give 13 for the price of 12 Revisited", in which the reporter, disparate elements that compete discontent. I look forward to
salesperson representing its four to avoid short measure on the Leslie Ellis, stated: "The word for ad dollars (marketshare, hearing the soundtrack.
networks (ABC-Contemporary, basis that one of the 13 could be from Comcast: 11 million set CPMs, guarantees). Will the This content has passed through
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and ABC-Information) to an ad some way, leaving the baker with year-end; loads more next year." network pricing models be more
agency to two. The plan: one the original legal dozen. Question: How will the different or less expensive than the local
salesman would rep the younger It has become a universal constituencies representing the operator deployments -- where
networks (FM and C); while their measure. A standard ubiquitously EBIF applications (local cable comparables exist. Will
sibling would sling the older accepted. and telco sales people, cable individual cable operator
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MediaDailyNews: Media X: Choke. Gag. Repeat.
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:13:57 AM
This week, I invite you all to
join me in beating the snot out of
the pretenders in old and new
media who think they know the
communications business.
Let's start with the fools who use
the Ad Age and Adweek online
comment boards to shill for their
own shops or enterprises. As in,
" G r e a t s t o r y ,
Bob/Barbara/Elie/Jonah. Check
o u t m y
blog/agency/consultancy/sandwic
h t r u c k a t
www.imabottomfeeder.com."
What a schmuckapalooza.
Whining is also a popular ad
poster pastime. I'm particularly
irked by the fury that erupts on
the boards over agency reviews.
It's not like this hasn't been a
problem for 50 years already.
Advertising's challenges are
existential, yet industry discourse
is dominated by tantrum-
throwing toddlers who attack a
smart guy like Joe Jaffe because
he had the temerity to suggest in
a column that agencies stop
moaning about how unfair the
review process is and actually
grow a pair.
What part of "shut the hell up
and do something about it" is so
hard to activate?
Some questions just don't have
answers, I guess.
Here's a concept: Do better
work.
Jesus, I need a six-pack of
Drank, a gram of indica, a fifth of
Patron, some quality porn and a
really long nap.
All right, let's move on to the
next group of people who should
be dipped in cat shit and locked
in a cage with a starving pit bull:
mainstream media ad reporters.
General-interest media believe
advertising stopped in 1990.
They call media shops ad
agencies. They eschew
chronicling the history-bending
changes in communications --
because they think those are
technology or entertainment
stories -- for an approach that
was dated when Steve Urkel was
a cultural touchstone.
With some exceptions (Vranica,
Elliott), when the general outlets
cover advertising, the results are
ripoffs of TV commercial critics,
like Garfield and Lippert. Take
my local rag, the Los Angeles
Times, which is currently
running an advertising column
written by Dan Neil ... its
automotive writer.
Neil won a Pulitzer, so he's no
slouch. But how does driving
vehicles at high speeds on
country roads during press
junkets qualify someone to write
about advertising?
It doesn't. (In today's column, he
wrote about Chia pet Obama.)
And of course, it's a Garfield-
type column. But even Garfield
doesn't just write about TV spots
anymore. He also looks at
consumer behavior, emerging
media, the new digital world and
other deep-thinking, big
communications picture subjects,
especially when he has a book to
plug.
Lippert? Not so much. I think
she's a sucker for a pretty face,
which is probably why she
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defended Alex Bogusky's new
book this week -- after Neil
slammed it, apparently because
it's recycled bullshit that gives
agencies all the credit and short
shrifts the client's role.
Wow. Stop the presses.
This is ironic, considering all the
crap we seniors have to take
about analog versus digital,
because if Dougherty or Lazarus
were alive (look it up, children),
you damn well know they'd be
examining bigger issues than the
latest TV spot.
People, you buy media. You
should be ripping them a new
one about their coverage of your
business. Or maybe you're
comfortable with the fact that
Donny Deutsch is the media's
idea of an industry thought
leader?
Because if that's the case, there's
a starving pit bull I'd like you to
meet.
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TV Watch: Flood Of DVDs Yields E-Readers Up Close: Getting

Cheaper Prices: Can TV Learn From to know the Sony Readers,
Part 2 (O'Reilly Media)
This? (Yahoo! News Search Results
for e-readers)
(MediaPost | Media News) "challenging." No kidding. step will be to turn NBC into a
Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:30:58 AM
Studios can take solace from the cable network -- finally Submitted at 11/10/2009 8:00:37 AM
fact that this slowdown is just in benefitting from the dual revenue
An expanding array of media online DVD sales. But there is stream of affiliate fees and William Stanek here, continuing
and entertainment choices should already trouble brewing in other advertising revenues cable with the in-depth look at e-
mean lower prices for consumers, areas, such as DVD rentals from networks have long enjoyed. readers and e-books. In my
though some TV networks and the likes of kiosk DVD retailer That might work - much to the earlier blog entries, I introduced
cable operators might have you Redbox, which rents movies for demise of TV stations. EPDs, discussed how the
think otherwise. $1 each. But when it comes to digital technology works, and delved
But if you are the DVD market, These trends are the opposite of media platforms, perhaps TV briefly into ways they're being
the laws of supply and demand what's happening with TV ads networks should be sure viewers used. Now, I'm examining the
still work. and theatrical content. TV ad will indeed pay extra fees for the Sony Reader as a case study in
It's not enough that sales of prices continue to be high likes of "CSI" or "Desperate how e-readers work. My hope is
DVD have been slowing over the relative to the recent past, while Housewives" or "30 Rock." that if you are better informed,
last year; now there is a pricing sales of individual box office Many consumers are already you can decide whether an e-
war among big retailers -- tickets for films still grow (which complaining there is limited time reader is right for you. And who
Walmart.com, Target.com and has helped the continued record- to get to all their knows, an e-reader may just
Amazon.com. All are heavily breaking U.S. box office results). media/entertainment choices. replace your MP3 player as your
d i s c o u n t i n g a n u m b e r o f Owners of premium TV and film Start charging for some of it? favorite device. However, the higher the
upcoming fourth-quarter DVD c o n t e n t a n d t h e i r c a b l e So back to the Sony Reader compression the more image data
Consumers will then do what
releases to just $10, including distributors sense their content discussion of the PRS 505 and that is lost and the lower the
they always do -- head to the
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood may be more valuable, so they're the PRS-700... quality. Related files end with the
discount bins and sales racks.
Prince," "Star Trek" and "Night l o o k i n g t o a d d f e e s f r o m In addition to being able to .jpg or .jpeg extension.
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Smithsonian." figures in documents, the Sony File (GIF) format is best used
revenue.
A Wal-Mart executive says this If Comcast somehow retains PRS-505 and the PRS-700 can be with low resolution to moderate
holiday season is going to be NBC, many are guessing its first used to display graphics as either resolution graphics as well as
stand-alone images or with graphics that have lots of
slideshows. The supported text. Related files end with the
formats are: .gif extension. By reducing the
Bitmap This file format is used colors in the color palette and
with screen captures and other using options such as dithering,
bitmapped files. Related files end GIF images can be squeezed into
with the .bmp extension. smaller size files.
JPEG The Joint Pictures Expert PNG The Portable Network
Group (JPEG) format supports Graphics (PNG) format supports
high-resolution graphics and lossless compression ensuring
compression. Compression
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images can be squeezed into
smaller files without reducing
quality. Related files end with the
.png extension.
These graphic formats are the
popular formats used on the
World Wide Web. GIF is a good
format to use with standard
graphics or graphics containing
text. JPEG is a good format to
use for high-resolution graphics
and pictures. PNG is a good
format to use to squeeze high-
quality graphics into smaller size
files. The least efficient of these
file formats is BMP. Typically
BMP files are much larger than
the same files converted to GIF,
JPEG, or PNG.
Audio playback is a great extra
feature of the reader. You can
play unsecured audio files in the
following formats:
MP3 The MPEG Layer 3 audio
encoding (MP3) format is a
quality audio format. Related
files end with the .mp3 extension.
The reader supports MP3 files
with a bit rate of 32 kilobits-per-
second (kbps) to 320 kbps and a
sampling frequency of 22.05
kilohertz (kHz) or 44.1 kHz.
AAC The Advanced Audio
Coding (AAC) format is a quality
audio format. Related files end
with the .mp4, .m4a, .mov or .qt
file extension. The reader
supports AAC files with a bit rate
of 40 kbps to 320 kbps and a
sampling frequency of 24.0 kHz,
44.1 kHz or 48.0 kHz.
As an interesting aside, AAC
files are also referred to as MP4
files. Although MP3 is the audio
format most everyone recognizes,
AAC actually is nearly as widely
used as AAC is the default
format for the Apple iPod. AAC
is one of several audio coding
formats defined by the
International Standards
Organization (ISO) for MPEG.
AAC was first specified as
MPEG-2 AAC, and then
enhanced and extended within
MPEG-4. Apple's popular iTunes
music service uses the AAC
format.
AAC uses a perceptual coding
technique to compress digital
audio files. AAC is similar to
MP3, but offers a number of
advantages designed to improve
audio quality, including higher-
efficiency compression and better
handling of audio frequencies
above 16 kHz. The improved
efficiency of AAC files makes
AAC a better choice than MP3.
With bits rates, the higher the bit
rate, the higher the audio quality
and the larger the file size. Bit
rates on the low end of the scale
are suitable for voice-only
recordings, such as spoken-word
audio books while higher bits
rates are better suited to music.
For example, a bit rate of 128
kbps provide fair quality for
music while a bit rate of 192
kbps provides good quality for
music.
As an interesting aside, the
sampling frequency determines
the number of times per second
the music waveforms are
captured digitally. The higher the
sampling frequency, the higher
the quality and the larger the file
size. A sampling frequency of
44.1 kHz provides CD quality
audio. A sampling frequency of
48.0 kHz provides studio quality
audio.
With MP3, a 60-minute audio
CD encoded at 128 kbps uses
about 57 MB while the same CD
encoded at 192 kbps uses about
86 MB. When converting audio,
don't choose a bit rate or
sampling frequency that is higher
than the bit rate or sampling
frequency used to store the audio
originally. You'll waste space and
won't get fidelity improvements.
E-reader Newspaper
Because audio playback is
separate from the display features
for reading, you can play audio
while you display pages of a
book. On the bottom of the
reader, you'll find a headphone
jack that you use to connect
headphones and a two-way
volume button for adjusting the
volume up or down when you are
playing audio through
headphones.
Cool tip: When you are playing
audio, you can mute the sound by
pressing and holding either edge
of the volume button. To restore
the sound, simply press the
volume button again in either
direction.
Thank you for reading! Hope
you'll take a look at my new book
Windows 7: The Definitive
Guide.
William R. Stanek
williamstanek at aol dot com
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E-Readers Will Take Off for Holiday Shoppers -
but in 2010 (Cellular-News.com)
(Yahoo! News Search Results
for e-readers)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 3:51:51 AM
2009 is likely to be remembered
as a watershed year in the
evolution of
e-books and e-readers with
several milestones and product
launches standing out
as catalysts for change in the
market, according to Gartner.
However, Gartner
said that while the number of
electronic readers sold is likely to
increase in
2009, it expects 2010 to be the
year when e-book readers really
become popular
consumer electronic devices,
culminating in e-reader "mania"
for the
2010 holiday season.
"With the entry of new players,
such as Barnes and Noble, into
the e-reader
market and an increase in
models from Amazon and Sony,
consumers began to have
choices in single-purpose e-
reading devices in 2009," said
Allen Weiner,
research vice president at
Gartner. "Among the product
differentiation points
are support for E Ink's electronic
paper technology, support for
further book
formats, and the ability of some
devices to allow consumers to
purchase content
wirelessly and to synchronize
content across devices."
Mr. Weiner said that while fixed
devices - those built solely for
reading,
such as Amazon's Kindle and
Sony's family of devices - get
most of the
attention, book applications on
smartphones are an important
component of
publishers' digital strategy.
However, Gartner believes that it
is too early
in the evolution of the e-reading
market to know whether
smartphones will become
powerful stand-alone devices for
reading books or whether they
will complement
other devices, such as fixed
readers.
"Book applications for
smartphones have the potential to
become a bridge to
other devices such as tablet
readers and netbooks," said Mr.
Weiner. "Apple,
for example, could migrate the
more than 500 book applications
in the iTunes
store to a tablet device and
Google, which recently
announced a browser-based
e-reader, could offer applications
for Android-based devices of
various form
factors."
There are a number of hurdles
that need to be overcome before e
-readers can
become more mainstream, such
as e-books needing a wider
variety of retail
channels, ranging from big box
retailers and wireless carrier
outlets to
lifestyle stores such as
Brookstone. More publishers
must also be seen buying
into e-readers. For example,
there has been news about the
success of e-book
sales of Dan Brown's "The Lost
Symbol"; however other noted
authors
such as John Grisham and J.K.
Rowling do not have their works
available as
e-books.
Gartner said that price will also
play a leading role in the future
success
of e-readers. At the moment it
appears that $199 will be the
lowest price for
fully featured e-reading devices
for the 2009 shopping season, but
Gartner
analysts said that prices will
need to drop closer to $99 to gain
significant
consumer traction.
Longer-term, Mr. Weiner
believes that the future is bright
for e-readers and
advised publishers to be bullish
in the digital distribution of e-
books,
newspapers and magazines. "It's
the perfect time for a trial and to
establish relationships with
others in the value-chain - that is
service
providers and digital warehouses
- that can be positioned to assist
in a rapid
deployment if the market takes
off earlier than anticipated," he
said.
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New Multimedia Device
Joins Parade of E-
Readers (Enterprise
Security Today)
(Yahoo! News Search Results
for e-readers)
Submitted at 11/10/2009 12:09:50 AM
The e-reader market is getting
yet another entry, with a report
that Creative Labs is unveiling a
tablet. The device, called a
Mediabook, was shown at the
Singapore-based company's
general meeting last week.
Although Creative hasn't made
an official announcement, news
reports indicate that the
Mediabook has a touchscreen,
Internet connectivity, slots for
SD memory cards, text-to-speech
capability, and is based on the
company's Zii technology.
Kindle 'Just Another Electronic
Device'
There was no word on the
Mediabook's launch date, but the
e-reader category is already
beginning to have more than a
few entries. There's the best
known, Amazon's Kindle, as well
as Sony's recently updated e-
readers and the newly released
nook from Barnes & Noble,
among others.
There are also reports that
tiremaker Bridgestone is
developing a flexible e-book
reader, although so far it's only a
prototype. And there have been
many reports that Apple is
preparing to enter the market
early next year with its own
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tablet e-reader.
Creative Labs' fan site
Epizenter.net originated the
Mediabook report, and quotes
Willie Png, vice president of
strategic business, as
downplaying the Kindle as "just
another electronic device which
displays books in text." By
contrast, Png told the site, the
Mediabook will allow the merger
of "videos, pictures, text and
services into one device that
supports a media-rich
experience."
Epizenter also reports that
Creative is in discussion with a
variety of publishers about
providing content.
LCD or Electrophoretic?
There was also no word on what
kind of screen the Mediabook
would use. Sarah Rotman Epps,
an analyst with industry research
firm Forrester, pointed out that,
while LCD screens are good for
video and graphics,
electrophoretic screens have
higher contrast and make reading
text easier.
She noted that E Ink, a company
based in Cambridge, Mass., "now
has about 100 percent market
share" in electrophoretic screens,
but that will change next year as
competition heats up.
In general, she said, 2010 is
shaping up to be "an interesting
year for the e-reader space" with
new tablets and dual-screen
readers emerging. But Epps
pointed out that, right now, most
of the announcements are
reaching the industry, not
consumers.
For the consumer, she said, the e
-reader category is still largely
the Kindle, but a few
developments could make big
differences. She said one would
be if Apple decides to make e-
publications a big category on
iTunes, in which case "Apple
would become a major player
overnight."
The other development, she said,
is if BlackBerry maker Research
in Motion or another smartphone
maker decides to release a double
-screen device, with both a LCD
E-reader Newspaper
and an E Ink display.
Ross Rubin, director of industry
analysis for consumer technology
at NPD Group, noted that
Google's open-source operating
system, Android, is increasingly
showing up on these devices. He
pointed out that Barnes &
Noble's nook is Android-based,
as is Creative's recently released
Zii Egg, which features 1080p
high-definition video and is
described by Creative as a
"StemCell Computer."
Rubin noted that several of
Creative's Android-based
devices, like those based on Zii
technology, have been more
focused toward developers and
not yet released to a mass market
in the U.S.
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