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Obama uses V-word in Afghan speech, and we don’t mean
victory
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 7:35:51 PM
President Barack Obama uttered
it four times in his speech at
West Point about the way
forward in Afghanistan.
It was the V-word that is often
linked with the Q-word that
conjures up the ghost of a past
war that still is a raw wound in
the American psyche.
Obama charged head-on to try
and address one of the key fears
for Americans about continued
involvement in an overseas war
by saying that Vietnam, often
described as a quagmire, was not
Afghanistan.
Invoking Vietnam is usually
avoided when trying to make the
case for war. But apparently
Obama believed saying it out
loud would help convince the
American public of the need to
send 30,000 more troops to a war
Obama's Afghanistan Speech
(Little Green Footballs)
that has lasted eight years.
Obama addressed critics who
suggest Afghanistan is another
Vietnam and that the United
States should cut its losses and
rapidly withdraw. “I believe this
argument depends on a false
reading of history,” he said.
And he gave the following
reasons for why the two wars are
not alike:
“Unlike Vietnam, we are joined
by a broad coalition of 43 nations
that recognizes the legitimacy of
our action.
Unlike Vietnam, we are not
facing a broad-based popular
insurgency.
And most importantly, unlike
Vietnam, the American people
were viciously attacked from
Afghanistan, and remain a target
for those same extremists who
are plotting along its border.”
Obama gave a timetable for
starting the withdrawal of U.S.
troops from Afghanistan in July
Here’s a thread to discuss
President Obama’s speech, and
01/12/09 - 02/12/09
2011, but with a caveat that he
would be “taking into account
conditions on the ground” (a
phrase his predecessor President
George W. Bush often used in
referring to withdrawing troops
from Iraq).
That appeared to leave the door
wide open for adjusting the
here’s the full text of the
speech…
http://www.LibertyNewsprint.
timetable when the time is up.
Former CIA analyst Bruce
Riedel also used the V and Q
words in talking about Obama’s
strategy.
“This is a very bold gamble by
the president. It is a bold gamble
first of all in terms of
Afghanistan where we are in a
very difficult situation. This
president inherits a quagmire,” he
said.
“It is also a bold gamble in terms
of American domestic politics.
His own party is increasingly
divided over this war. His liberal,
Democratic base is increasingly
tired of it and his own party is
haunted by the ghost of Vietnam
right now,” Riedel said.
“Wars tend to consume
presidencies and this is now
Obama’s war.”
Did Obama convince you that
Afghanistan will not be his
Vietnam?
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(Obama speaks to cadets at West
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The First Draft: Afghanistan inspires Freudian slips about that

other battlefield - Iraq
By David Morgan (Front Row Obama plan is 2011. force largely lacking in
Washington) Republican Sen. John McCain of the martial skills and materiel
Submitted at 12/2/2009 8:12:15 AM
Arizona, long a forceful voice on that former Iraqi army officers
military policy, proved a bolder once leveled at U.S. troops with
President Barack Obama may Freudian by actually mentioning help from Islamists from al
have invoked Vietnam to banish that other battlefield by name. Qaeda in Iraq. And a similar
that ugly specter of defeat from “ I s u p p o r t t h e p r e s i d e n t ’ s strategy worked in Iraq.
his shiny new Afghan strategy. decision to have a properly Not that advocates don’t see
But a day later, Iraq seems to be resourced counterinsurgency pitfalls in Afghanistan.
the wartime nightmare dogging strategy with the addition of U.S. Army General David
two congressional veterans of the 30,000 troops, plus additional Petraeus, the architect of the Iraq
Bush wars. commitments from our allies, and surge who is credited
Vice President Joe Biden, who I’m confident that we can with pulling that country back
was a Democratic senator from succeed in Iraq and come home.” from the brink, told MSNBC that
Delaware during Rummy’s …confident that we can succeed the Obama plan is realistic.
“Shock and Awe” bombardment in Iraq… He then held forth with
of Baghdad, let the musings of The U.S. was confident of characteristic prudence: “It will
his unconscious psyche slip out success in Iraq long before the be very challenging. There will
Freudian style in an interview p r o v e r b i a l b o o t s h i t t h e be nothing easy about it. There
with ABC’s Good Morning proverbial ground. But the result has been nothing easy.
America. was harrowing — a Afghanistan is hard and it’s hard
While refuting worries among M i d d l e E a s t n a t i o n s e n t all the time and we have our eyes
critics that the Afghan strategy’s careening to the verge of all-out Iraq surge strategy are striking: a timelines, an issue hotly debated wide open about that.”
1 8 - m o n t h t i m e l i n e m i g h t civil war, with U.S. troops temporary infusion of about in Congress during the height of Click here for more Reuters
embolden the Taliban, Biden standing in the middle. 30,000 U.S. troops to impose the Iraq war. political coverage
said: “How are they emboldened Biden and McCain may not be security in the hope that political In fact, the mood seems fairly Photo Credits: Reuters/Jonathan
knowing that by the time we train worried about anything like that. reconciliation and security upbeat about the Obama plan. Ernst (McCain); Reuters/Bogdan
up the Afghanis, we’re going to UPDATE: But as Neoavatara training will gain momentum. That may be because U.S. Cristel (Biden); Reuters/Jonathan
b e g r a d u a l l y h a n d i n g o f f points out in the comment section It’s also noteworthy that Biden military assessments have long Ernst (Petraeus)
beginning in 2003?” below, the parallels between and McCain didn’t turn Freudian characterized the Taliban as a
2003 was the year of the Iraq Obama’s Afghanistan surge until the questions touched on r e l a t i v e l y w e a k , r a g - t a g
invasion. The big year for the strategy and George W. Bush’s

Apparently the writers of V have never used an iPhone in NYC

By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:00:19 AM
AT&T is just plan awful in parts
of NYC, but yet Tyler, from the
ABC show V, managed to get
reception on his iPhone high
above NYC in a gigantic
spaceship. How is that possible
when I know for a fact that the
iPhone is basically useless in
most parts of the city? Rubbish.
Maybe, just maybe, we’ll find
out in a later episode that each V
spaceship is actually part of an
evil AT&T plan, but a side effect
is that each ship actually
improves cellular reception. Most
iPhone owners would probably
welcome alien overlords if they
could actually use their phones
around New York, San Fran, LA,
Boston, and the rest of the major
US cities.
Yes, I know this is one week
behind as the episode aired last
week. But I just watched it last
night. Somehow I got one week
behind.
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Senator Leahy takes Obama to task over landmines

By David Alexander (Front Democrat, said in remarks on the and pressing concerns of our between an enemy combatant, a additional troops.
Row Washington) Senate floor. “This is not what military commanders, where U.S. soldier, a young child or a Some 260 square miles of
Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:01:51 PM
we expected from this bombs that missed their targets woman out hunting firewood for Afghan territory are
administration.” and other mistakes have turned her family. They do not belong in contaminated by landmines,
With President Barack Obama The Vermont senator, a longtime the populace against us,” he said. the arsenal of any modern according to the 2009 Landmine
poised to order more U.S. troops supporter of the 10-year-old “Can anyone imagine the United military.” Monitor, a report of the
into Afghanistan, a senior U.S. international Mine Ban Treaty, States using landmines in Leahy’s remarks came as a 10- International Campaign to Ban
s e n a t o r h a m m e r e d t h e said one argument the Pentagon Afghanistan, a country where year review conference on the Landmines, which shared the
administration Tuesday for not made for opposing the accord more civilians have been killed popular Mine Ban Treaty got Nobel Peace Prize for its work to
joining an international treaty was that it wanted to preserve its or horribly injured from mines under way in Cartagena, outlaw the weapons.
banning landmines. option to use landmines in than any other in history, a Colombia. Up to 60,000 Afghans are
“ I t h i n k t h e O b a m a Afghanistan. country which, like our coalition Later Tuesday, Obama will thought to be survivors of
administration has made a “Yet we have seen how civilian partners, is itself a party to the unveil his new Afghanistan war landmine explosions.
dramatic mistake in this area,” casualties in Afghanistan have treaty?” he asked. strategy, which is expected to
S e n a t o r P a t r i c k L e a h y , a become one of the most urgent “Landmines cannot distinguish include the deployment of 30,000 SENATOR page 4
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U.S. Supreme Court turns to question of beaches
and hot dogs
By James Vicini (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:09:11 AM
For all practical purposes, it was
like a day at the beach for the
U.S. Supreme Court on
Wednesday as the justices
considered Florida’s program to
bring in sand to save miles of
eroding shorelines.
A lawyer for six homeowners in
Florida’s Walton County argued
the program resulted in a strip of
state-owned sand between their
property and the Gulf of Mexico,
depriving them of their exclusive
beach access and violating their
rights.
The homeowners want the state
to pay them undetermined
compensation for the “taking” of
their property. But some of the
court’s liberals appeared
skeptical of the argument.
“You didn’t lose anything,”
Justice Stephen Breyer told D.
Kent Safriet, the attorney arguing
for the homeowners. “You didn’t
lose one inch. All you lost was
the right to touch the water.”
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
SENATOR
continued from page 3
Leahy noted the United States
has not used or manufactured
landmines since the 1990s.
“The United States is the most
powerful nation on earth,” Leahy
said. “We do not need these
asked whether any other
homeowners had objected to the
program.
Several of the conservative
justices, appearing sympathetic to
the homeowners, asked a number
of hypothetical questions about
what the state could do with the
new beach.
Chief Justice John Roberts
wondered whether the
indiscriminate weapons any more
than our allies who have
abandoned them.”
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click here.
Photo credit: Reuters/Joshua
homeowner would have the right
to stop the state from putting a
hot dog stand on the land.
“It’s the state’s property. If they
want to put an amusement park
on (it), they can,” Roberts later
said.
Justice Samuel Alito asked about
a city wanting to attract more
students during spring break and
creating a huge beach in front of
Roberts (Leahy, chairman of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, at a
panel hearing earlier this year);
Reuters/Jerry Lampen (Afghan
deminer works to clear mines in
Afghanistan in November)
privately owned homes.
“You could have televised spring
break beach parties in front of
somebody’s house,” Alito said.
“As a practical matter, doesn’t
that have a real effect on the
value of the property?”
Justice Breyer sought to counter
those concerns by noting various
protections under the law,
including that nobody can put
anything on the new beach that
injures or harms the homeowner.
Of the court’s nine members, the
one with the most experience
living by a Florida beach did not
participate in the arguments.
A Supreme Court spokeswoman
declined comment on why Justice
John Paul Stevens, who has a
part-time home in Fort
Lauderdale, apparently recused
himself from the case.
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Barria (tourists on a Fort
Lauderdale beach), Reuters/Brian
Snyder (hot dog cart in Rhode
Island)
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Imelda Marcos joins
race for a seat in
Philippines congress
(World news and comment
from the Guardian |
guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:57:25 AM
Imelda Marcos, former first lady
of the Philippines, has filed her
candidacy for next year's
congressional elections, joining
the country's boxing champion
and the outgoing president in the
star-studded race for the lower
house. Ferdinand Marcos's
flamboyant widow, 80, who has
fought off more than 900 civil
and criminal cases against her,
dispatched a lawyer last night to
file her nomination papers in
Illocos Norte. Marcos will be
running in the May 2010
elections against a former vice-
governor in the second district of
Batac, said Apolinario Saturnino
from the elections commission.
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• Manny Pacquiao
• Boxing
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Republican to seniors: “You’re going Tycoon's coffin
to die sooner” with healthcare reform recovered after family
By Donna Smith (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 3:26:59 PM
Republican Senator Tom Coburn
doesn’t mince words. He was
crystal clear about what he thinks
of healthcare reform being
debated in the Senate, saying to
seniors: “I have a message for
you: You’re going to die sooner.”
Senators are debating an
amendment by Republican
Senator John McCain that would
send the bill back to the Senate
Finance Committee with
instructions to strike the
Medicare cuts from the bill.
Democrats defended the
legislation saying the proposed
spending cuts would not reduce
seniors’ health benefits.
“I’d like to once and for all lay to
rest this false claim that the
pending bill is going to ‘hurt
seniors’ and it is going to hurt
providers and it’s going to be this
long parade of horribles that the
other side likes to mention,”
Senate Finance Committee
Chairman Max Baucus said.
“It is totally, patently untrue, the
No shocker: Google prefers HTML5 to
Gears
By Stephen Shankland
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:55:00 PM
pays up
claims that they are making,” he
argued.
The bill calls for more than $400
billion in spending cuts for
Medicare over 10 years. A big
chunk of the money comes from
reducing subsidies for Medicare
Advantage, which provides
health services for the elderly
through private insurers.
Baucus argued that Medicare
Google sees HTML5 as a more
logical future for Web
improvements than its own Gears
software. No surprise, given its
spending would continue to
grow, but at a slightly slower
pace. The bill also seeks to
achieve Medicare savings by
rewarding quality of care instead
of the quantity of services and
treatments.
The Senate debate is expected to
last for at least three weeks and
Republicans, who solidly oppose
the Democratic-written bill, plan
a number of amendments focused
on the Medicare spending cuts.
They argue any savings should
be used to shore up the
program’s finances not to pay for
the healthcare reform which
seeks to expand medical
coverage to millions of uninsured
people. Democrats argue the bill
will improve benefits for seniors
and improve the financial
integrity of the program.
For more Reuters coverage on
healthcare reform click here:
Photo credits: Reuters/Jonathan
Ernst (Senator Tom Coburn
during a Senate hearing)
Reuters/Hyungwon Kang
(Senator Max Baucus gestures
during a press conference)
work on the standard and dislike
for plug-ins.
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(World news and comment Tuesday.
from the Guardian | The Budapest police chief,
guardian.co.uk)
Gabor Toth, said that private
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:05:43 PM detectives hired by the family
had found the coffin last month
A coffin containing the body of in Budapest. The police were
an Austrian billionaire has been investigating whether the private
returned to his family, more than detectives, who had not informed
a year after it was stolen from a the police of the search, had
cemetery by thieves who extorted broken the law.
€100,000 (£90,000) from the Meanwhile, a Hungarian lawyer
relatives, police said today. identified as Barnabas Sz, 41,
It emerged that criminals from was in police custody suspected
Hungary and Romania were of masterminding the crime, Toth
involved in the crime, and that said.
private investigators and security The thieves had demanded €6m,
companies had been involved in said Geiger. A Hungarian man
the search for the coffin without who allegedly was hired to drive
telling the police. a truck from Austria to Hungary
"This is a large case that was with the stolen coffin was
carried out very professionally, detained by police last week.
although it involved a rather Several other suspects were still
unusual instrument – a coffin," at large, including three believed
said Ernst Geiger, Austria's to be Romanian citizens, police
organised crime chief. said.
The remains of Friedrich Karl Toth said an international
F l i c k w e r e s t o l e n f r o m a warrant had been issued for
cemetery in Velden, southern Laszlo Farago, a Romanian
Austria, in November 2008. Flick suspected of picking up a
died two years earlier at a time preliminary payment of €100,000
when Forbes magazine said he from the Flick family on July 3.
was among the 100 richest • Austria
people in the world. He owned
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White House adviser nods to bubble Serious Money:

risk in China Fortune's 25 leaders, 18
By Alister Bull (Front Row
Washington) remain
Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:26:31 PM
By Sheldon Liber
(BloggingStocks)
He was probably only trying to
be funny. But White House Submitted at 12/2/2009 1:40:00 PM

economist Austan
Goolsbee touched a raw nerve
by inferring Chinese
investors currently exhibit the
same kind of bubble mentality
that Americans displayed prior to
the collapse of the U.S.
technology stock bubble in 2000.
Goolsbee, chief economist to
Obama’s Economic Recovery
and Advisory Board, was asked
if poll findings that 72 percent of
Chinese would invest money in
technology stocks, versus 60
percent of Americans who would
put it in a bank, meant the United
States had lost its nerve on taking
risk.
“We are in a deep recession. It is
clear that that has scared people,”
Goolsbee told a panel at a
conference on innovation and the
economy sponsored by Intel
Corp. and the Aspen Institute.
“I bet in 1999 in the U.S., we’d
have had 72 percent saying
‘yeah, I want to invest in a tech
company’. Give them a few
popping bubbles, and maybe
they’ll be putting it in the bank,”
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(PEP), Intel (INTC), McDonald's
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Express (AXP), FedEx Corp you a scant picture of what is in
(FDX), General Mills (GIS), people's hearts and minds, and
Procter and Gamble (PG), that is harder to judge. Like the
Lockheed Martin (LMT), Lilly weather, no matter the
he said. sad grain of truth to that,” (Eli) (LLY), Deere and Co (DE), predictions, you may not find out
Surging U.S. technology stock Goolsbee said, referring to the Unilever ADR (UL), Serious it is raining until you are standing
prices peaked in March 2000, satirical U.S. publication. Money, Stock screen, China in it. Regardless, it should be
with the subsequent collapse Candid, but not very diplomatic. Mobile Limited (CHL), ICICI advantageous to start with good
tipping the economy into a short Obama just got back from a trip Bank (IBN) stock (pun intended) before you
recession. through Asia where he tried to This is the third screening to find take to whittlin', and that we
Analysts warn that China is ripe encourage China to do more to v a l u e a m o n g F o r t u n e ' s 2 5 have.
for a bursting bubble of its own. boost domestic spending and corporate world leaders that have Continue reading Serious
T h e c o u n t r y ’ s b e n c h m a r k allow its yuan currency to demonstrated an ability to Money: Fortune's 25 leaders, 18
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Our DIY Electric Car Gets Some Batteries

By Matthew Redd (Wired Top Anyone who’s built an EV always work out when you get electric motor to the transmission then the "fun" began.
Stories) knows you spend a lot of time them. Such was the case with the in my 1967 Volkswagen Beetle
waiting for parts and they don’t adapter plate I need to bolt an EV. I finally got it last week, and
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Obama has charted an Afghan course. Britain must lead the

way on Pakistan | Timothy Garton Ash
By Timothy Garton Ash action in Afghanistan was job in Afghanistan unfinished. speech of bringing this war "to a children whose photos we see on
(World news and comment entirely justified as a response to "Everyone's going to forget us successful conclusion", and will our front pages, the tears of little
from the Guardian | the 9/11 attacks. In Tuesday now," president Hamid Karzai doubtless have him declaring his Victoria Chant, the funeral
guardian.co.uk) night's speech at West Point, told the war reporter Christina policy a "success" in the mid- marches through Wootton
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:04:35 PM
Obama reminded us of the Lamb. term Congressional elections and Bassett?
domestic and international And so they did. Western troop again in the 2012 presidential This is a question that many
European states should not legitimacy that action initially levels crept down; the Taliban election campaign – just as, in countries face: Canada,
simply make foreign policy in enjoyed, including solidarity – came slinking back; the Karzai that same speech, he talks of Germany, France and Poland as
reaction to Washington, but look "all for one, and one for all" – regime sank into a pit of "successfully leaving Iraq to its well as Britain. To some extent
to our own vital interests from America's European and corruption. people". We should not be we do need to give a common
Obama has spoken, but we must C a n a d i a n N a t o a l l i e s , a n d What Obama now proposes is a fooled, any more than I suspect answer, because this is also about
think for ourselves. What are our e n d o r s e m e n t f r o m t h e U N mongrel policy: more than the he himself is. the solidarity of allies. Once upon
vital interests in Afghanistan and security council. The proclaimed limited counter-terrorism strategy The word "success" here a time it used to be Germany that
Pakistan? It is our vital interest to objectives were limited: hammer advocated by some; less than translates as the avoidance of was most directly threatened; the
prevent another terrorist attack al-Qaida, get Osama bin Laden, what would be needed for a failure. Beyond that, if all goes US and Britain stood by it. Now
c o m i n g f r o m , o r c l o s e l y destroy the military capability of fullblown comprehensive counter well, it means achieving those it is the US and Britain that are
connected with, violent extremist the Taliban. -insurgency campaign to have a limited counter-terrorist and more directly threatened;
Islamist groups located in If you had to point to the serious chance of success. Large counter-proliferation objectives Germany should stand by them.
Afghanistan or – now more likely moment it began to go wrong, it though the hike of 30,000 that are in our British and But the moral and political
– Pakistan. This is true for all might be on or around 16 soldiers and $30bn is, it does not European vital interest as much demands of alliance solidarity
E u r o p e a n c o u n t r i e s , b u t December 2001 when, according bring the total numbers – as they are in America's. The rest should not prevent us from
especially for Britain, with its to a recent report prepared for the military, civilian and financial – is humbug. thinking for ourselves, assessing
large minority of Pakistani Democratic majority on the close to what a comprehensive Only those who know our own national interests, and
origin. It is our vital interest to S e n a t e f o r e i g n r e l a t i o n s counter-insurgency strategy Afghanistan and Pakistan well, working out what we think the
ensure that Pakistan does not committee, Bin Laden and his would require. and travel there regularly, can policy should be – rather than
become a failed state with, in the bodyguards "walked unmolested Above all, it is strictly limited in give us an informed guess about simply reacting to whatever the
worst case, its nuclear weapons out of Tora Bora and disappeared time, with a drawdown due to the prospects of "success", thus American president of the day
f a l l i n g i n t o t h e h a n d s o f into Pakistan's unregulated tribal start in 2011, ready for the 2012 modestly defined; and even they asks us to do.
terrorists. It is, too, our vital area" – even though there was a US presidential election. Afghans will only really know after the So far as Britain is concerned,
interest to ensure the United large American military presence will therefore make their personal event. my answer is this. No one would
States does not feel abandoned around the Tora Bora caves. The calculations on the assumption Yet every citizen of a country wish to start from where we are;
by its European allies, but also precise details are still disputed, that western troops will withdraw that has troops in Afghanistan nor should we have needed to.
that it does not make the kind of but there is no doubt that Bin – albeit leaving a residual must make his or her own However, having already
disastrous blunders it made in the Laden got away to Pakistan. If he security presence – over the next political judgment on this basic expended so much blood, sweat
Islamic world during the Bush had been caught, the whole story three to five years. Five years in question: do you think it is worth and tears over a period of eight
years. could have been different. Afghan history is a very short our sons and daughters years, and being part of an
W e a r e w h e r e w e a r e i n The more fundamental blunder time. The empires come and go, continuing to risk their lives for alliance of democracies, the
Afghanistan today – that is, came a few months later, as the the clans remain. these objectives, pursued in this continued deployment of some of
teetering on the edge of failure – Bush administration stormed on There is a seemingly way? Can such a strategy justify our troops for only a few more
because of those blunders. Unlike to Iraq, which had nothing to do unavoidable political hyperbole the agony of those grieving
the Iraq war, the original military with the 9/11 attacks, leaving the that requires Obama to talk in his widows, husbands, parents and OBAMA page 12
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Iran releases British sailors

By Adam Gabbatt, James were locked for much of the this has been dealt with in a The Kingdom of Bahrain racing Oliver, one of the men being
Meikle (World news and time, their guards left it open to professional and straightforward yacht, owned by Sail Bahrain, is held, said he was "very relieved"
comment from the Guardian | let in air when they were eating way by the Iranian authorities." being towed into international at the news. He told the Press
guardian.co.uk) dinner. The sailors are believed to have waters by Iranian officials. A Association he heard the news
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:39:26 AM
The men were allowed, under been held on the Iranian island of spokesman for Sail Bahrain said from the FCO and the sailors'
escort, to check their boat, which Siri for the past week. The FCO team director Nick Crabtree will team manager.
• Yachtsmen free after week-long was damaged in the incident. said Iran would take the men to meet the freed sailors and tow the "We thought it would be over
ordeal This morning, the guards had international waters. stricken vessel to Dubai using a quickly," Young said. "This is
• Skipper says team were 'very "knocked on the door, opened the Miliband said Iranian authorities RIB (rigid inflatable boat). what we were hoping for."
well treated' door and said: 'You are free to had given "every indication" that He said the team were unsure The website of Press TV, the 24-
The British yachtsman held in go'." Smith said it "our mistake" they wanted to deal with the where in Dubai the sailors will be hour news channel funded by the
Iran described tonight how they that they had found themselves in matter in a "straightforward, arriving. Iranian government, carried a
were blindfolded by their captors disputed waters: "It was not consular" way. "The boat's still out of radio statement from Iran's Islamic
while their skipper, Olly Smith, clearly marked on our charts." "As I said yesterday, this is a contact, so we've had no update Revolution Guards Corps this
was made to sail their vessel to The men said they had had no purely consular case," Miliband as to when and where going to morning saying the sailors had
an island where they spent almost intention of upsetting anyone as said. "Obviously, there has been arrive," he said. been freed "a few hours ago".
a week. they sailed the Kingdom of a real ordeal for the young men The Kingdom Of Bahrain was "Five Britons, who have been
The men, who arrived in Dubai Bahrain yacht to Dubai for the and for their families and I am stopped as it sailed from Bahrain detained after their illegal
today after their release in the start of an offshore race last really delighted that it is over for to Dubai. entrance into the waters of the
early hours of the morning, said week. them and that we can call the Oliver Smith, 31, from Islamic republic near Siri island,
they had been "very well treated" Earlier, British sailor David matter closed. It was never a Southampton, Oliver Young, 21, were freed a few hours ago," the
by members of the Iranian B l o o m e r d e s c r i b e d h o w political matter and I welcome from Saltash, near Plymouth, IRGC reportedly said.
Revolutionary Guard. But "it was "wonderful" it was to be free the fact that they have dealt with Sam Usher, 26, from "They gave the necessary
a very tense situation" for the after he and Oliver Smith, Oliver it in this professional way. Scarborough, North Yorkshire, commitments and were freed
first couple of days, Smith told a Young, Sam Usher and Luke "I think that this is just a Luke Porter, 21, from Weston- afterwards."
press conference in Dubai this Porter were released. straightforward matter. I do not super-Mare, and Bahrain-based They had been heading to Dubai
evening. Bloomer, a Bahrain-based radio believe there is any wider radio presenter David Bloomer, to join the 360-mile Dubai-
While the Foreign Office was presenter, said the five were all significance ... it shows that understood to be in his 60s, were Muscat offshore sailing race,
engaged in quiet diplomacy to fit and healthy, adding: "If diplomacy can work." on board. which was due to start last
secure their release after their anything, we may be a bit A spokesman for Gordon Brown Luke Porter's mother, Beverly, Thursday.
boat inadvertently strayed into overweight because they were said: "It was dealt with in a quiet, told reporters the incident had • Iran
Iranian waters, the men said the feeding us so much." diplomatic way, which is entirely been a "misunderstanding". • Middle East
atmosphere grew more relaxed The foreign secretary, David right, and the result is that the "It appears now that they had
the longer they were held. Miliband, welcomed the men's yachtsmen are free." technical problems with the Adam Gabbatt James Meikle
Smith, 31, said the captors had release this morning, saying it Earlier, Iran's official Irna news boat," she said. "The boys never guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
kept all the men together in "a proved "diplomacy can work". agency said the yachtsmen were meant to be there in the first & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
perfectly reasonable room", in "I have had confirmation that freed after an interrogation by place. this content is subject to our
what may have been officers' they are now heading towards authorities found they had "Thankfully, Iran have seen it Terms & Conditions| More Feeds
quarters. It had an en-suite international waters on their way entered Iranian waters by that way."
bathroom. Though the doors to Dubai. I welcome the fact that mistake. David Young, the father of

Blue Whale Song Mystery Baffles Scientists

By Brandon Keim (Wired Top Blue whales are singing in a but scientists can't figure out
Stories) lower voice all around the world, why.
E-reader Newspaper World/ Gadgets/ 9

UK claims victory in war over EU finance rules

By Ian Traynor (World news charge of financial services in made by elected representatives appeals procedure. A contested
and comment from the Europe in the new European rather than the Commission," decision can be halted using what Did this guy just ‘beat’
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) commission. said Darling. is known as the "emergency
The City of London fears a British officials said that brake" and referred to an EU
World of Warcraft?
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:09:27 AM
regulatory attack from the new Barnier's wings had been clipped summit, where decisions would (Answer: No.)
Britain claims several lobbying French commissioner after because the commission had been be taken by consensus. "There is By Nicholas Deleon
victories as ambitious deal is France's president, Nicolas denied the power to declare a effectively a veto," said Darling. (CrunchGear)
agreed for new banking super- Sarkozy, proclaimed the English financial emergency. However, this mechanism is
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:00:17 AM
regulator "the big losers" in the debate and Lagarde admitted it had been only invoked when a crisis has
Britain has claimed victory in its prime minister Gordon Brown difficult to reach agreement. "Not been declared, meaning that in Does getting every achievement
dispute with European partners faced withering criticism for everyone was on the same normal circumstances the in World of Warcraft mean
over how the City should be allowing a French coup. wavelength," she said. "We're in European regulator can overrule you’ve “beaten” the game? I
governed as an ambitious new The British Bankers' Association the process of creating a real the British authority. Were this to wouldn’t say so, but that seems
system of market regulation w e i g h e d i n t o t h e d e b a t e , European authority." happen, said Darling, Britain to be the meme going around,
designed to head off future accusing Sarkozy of damaging Of the three new regulators, the could take the issue to the with word that a man in Taiwan
financial calamities was agreed in confidence in the EU's new board dealing with the banking European Court of Justice. "The has ticked off all but one
Brussels. institutions. "M Sarkozy must sector is to be based in London. agreement today is entirely achievements in the game.
After an escalating war of words surely recognise that he has Despite European suspicions of satisfactory to us." The character, Small
between Paris and London over undermined the EU with his freewheeling City practices, The package also still has to be Gray(according to Google
the shape of regulation, ministers statements and put a question Darling argued strongly that the endorsed by the European Translate), has 986 of the game’s
agreed a new regime, which will mark over the impartiality of his City's pre-eminence as a financial parliament, where it is already achievements. There are 986
centre around a Frankfurt-based nominated commissioner that centre was a European and not encountering criticism, before achievements in the game, but
risk assessment agency headed will not be easily dispelled," just a British asset. becoming law. sharper eyes than mine have
by the European Central Bank BBA chief executive Angela He sought cast-iron guarantees • European banks noticed that he only got to magic
a n d t h r e e n e w E u r o p e a n Knight said. that the European regulator • European Central Bank number 986 via a glitch. He’s
regulatory boards for banking, The dispute is continuing in would not be empowered to • European commission actually missing one achievement
securities and the insurance Brussels, with the British isolated overrule the FSA and take • Financial crisis called “BB King,” but he glitched
sector. but claiming to have seen off decisions compelling the • Financial Services Authority the game to give him one,
But Britain claimed it had won further French advances. government to spend taxpayers' (FSA) unearned achievement.
concessions reducing the Under the new regulatory money. • Banking The bottom line is, the guy has
likelihood of any financial impact s y s t e m , t h e E u r o p e a n The agreement, to be turned into • Europe 986 out of 986. Good for him.
on the UK government and Commission was to have enjoyed European law and implemented • European Union The beauty of this is that a new
public. sole authority for declaring a next year, expresses the intention • Alistair Darling patch, Patch 3.3, comes out in the
The chancellor, Alistair Darling, f i n a n c i a l c r i s i s i n E u r o p e . that "no decision adopted next few days, so he’ll have a
said he was satisfied with the Ministers have abandoned that impinges in any way on the fiscal Ian Traynor whole bunch of new
deal, while Christine Lagarde, the proposal and made member responsibility of member states" guardian.co.uk© Guardian News achievements to attain.
French finance minister, called states' governments responsible – meaning, in theory, that Europe & Media Limited 2009 | Use of More importantly than any of
the agreement a compromise. for deciding when a crisis is cannot dictate how a British this content is subject to our this: achievements are dumb. I
The deal follows a war of words taking place. government spends public Terms & Conditions| More Feeds don’t care for them, no sir.
over the past few days between "That [decision] is something money.
Britain and France since Michel that should be decided by In fact, EU governments can
Barnier, the former French ministers who have to answer to contest a decision made by the
agriculture minister, was put in their parliaments; it should be new regulator, invoking an
10 World/ Gadgets/ E-reader Newspaper

UN wants football tax to fund education for poor

By Ashley Seager, Owen education at the heart of Newcastle United, called on Fifa health projects," said a
Gibson (World news and international development to act on the proposal. "Football spokesman.
comment from the Guardian |
guardian.co.uk)
efforts. But Unesco wants it to is a high-pressure environment. Fifa did not reject the idea but a Next up on
back its support with cash amid But at the end of the day it's a spokesman said that since 2007 it
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:09:56 AM
fears the world will miss its sport. Education is a human right had committed at least 0.7% of Boxee: Sony
target of getting all children into – and that right is being violated its annual revenue to social
The United Nations today school by 2015. every day for millions of kids. As development initiatives, Picture’s Crackle
launches an appeal to Fifa and The Unesco proposal, which is a sport we can help to change this including education. "The real By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
five major European football backed by Sport Against Racism picture through the Better Future problems in education cannot be Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:00:57 PM
leagues, including the Premier in Ireland (Sari), has been sent to levy." solved by money alone, nor
League, to place a small levy on S e p p B l a t t e r , F i f a ' s For a country like Ghana, the solely by Fifa or the football Boxee is only days away from
sponsorship revenues that would president."This is a chance for home of Chelsea's Michael world. That is also why the 1 announcing the details about its
help get 2 million children in football to step up to the mark Essien, pictured, the English Goal campaign which Fifa upcoming hardware venture, and
poor countries into school over and make a difference to the lives Premier League's financing of supports is not about raising the good news keeps rolling.
the next five years. of some of the world's most 140,000 school places would funds or building schools or Crackle, which is a site I’ve
On the eve of the World Cup disadvantaged kids," said Brian represent a 15% decline in the education facilities, but about never heard of but is apparently a
draw in South Africa, Unesco – Kerr, a Sari board member and number of children out of collecting signatures worldwide division of Sony Pictures
the UN's culture, science and manager of the Faroe Islands. school.Italy's contribution could to put the necessary public Entertainment, is the latest video
education arm – says a "Better "Most footballers, managers, and put 82,000 children into school, pressures on donor countries, site to be available on Boxee.
Future" levy of just 0.4% on all f a n s w o u l d w e l c o m e t h i s which would fill the San Siro who need to action their – Actually, this is really good news
b r o a d c a s t a n d s p o n s o r s h i p proposal. This is a chance to stadium in Milan. In a country already made – commitments to for Boxee users. Crackle has
revenues from next year's World ensure that Africa's first World like Mali, where Lamine Sissoko education, which stand at some great shows.
Cup and the five main European Cup leaves a legacy that will be of Juventus comes from, this approximately $11bn." Okay, maybe not. Here’s the
leagues between 2010 and 2015 remembered." The proposal would represent 10% of the out- A Uefa spokesman said: "We thing. A lot of the shows listed
would raise $48m (£29m) a year echoes growing calls for a Tobin of-school population. aim at 0.7% of Uefa gross are just 5:00 long minisode’s that
between now and the following tax on all foreign exchange The contribution from Spain income which complies with the have been available on YouTube,
World Cup in 2014. trades, named after the Nobel could create 83,000 primary international standard of 0.7% of and Boxee, for years. The only
That sum would put half a prize-winning economist James school places annually – a figure GDP." shows that have full episodes are
million children in poor countries Tobin, as a way of raising just under the capacity for • United Nations 80’s and 90’s crap like V.I.P.
into school every year, of whom revenue to boost development aid Barcelona's Nou Camp stadium. • Fifa (3.8 rating on IMDb), S.W.A.T.
140,000 could be financed by the to poor countries. France could create 57,000 • European football (6.3 on IMDb), Max Steel (5.3 on
English Premier League's Kevin Watkins, director of additional school places , • Premier League IMDb). There are a few gems
contribution. Unesco's upcoming Education for equivalent to 10% of the out-of- • Children here like The Tick and News
Commercial revenues from the All global monitoring report, school population in Patrick Radio, so I guess I can’t
2010 World Cup are projected to said: "The $48m in revenues Vieira's Senegal. Ashley Seager Owen Gibson complain about the video site that
reach $850m. Annual revenues from the levy is less than many The Premier League appeared guardian.co.uk© Guardian News much because, well, the Crackle
for the major leagues in Europe of Europe's top clubs spend on a cool on the idea, however, & Media Limited 2009 | Use of brings more free videos to the
range from $1.4bn in France, to single footballer. This is a small pointing to the share of its this content is subject to our free Boxee service.
about $2bn in Spain, Italy and price to pay for giving half a revenues it already distributes to Terms & Conditions| More Feeds
Germany, and $3.5bn in England. million children each year the a range of groups and charities.
Fifa already backs the "1 goal" chance for an education that "We already redistribute 14% of
international coalition and aims could transform their lives." our revenues to a variety of good
to use the World Cup to put Chris Hughton, the manager of causes, including education and
E-reader Newspaper World/ Finance/ Gadgets/ 11

Public sector jobs protest shuts French museums

and galleries
By Lizzy Davies (World news Across France state-run collections. 13-year-old daughter the wonders
and comment from the institutions were affected and They also say that reductions in of French culture. "People come
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) unions warned the strike might state funding are leading to a from all over the world to see
JBL Creature
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:33:28 AM continue tomorrow . more aggressive form of these things." Speakers Are Back
Queues at the Louvre were "business-driven" cultural policy Some 80 million tourists visited
S o m e o f F r a n c e ' s m o s t unusually short as news spread in which profitability trumps France last year, 6 million went (Baby) [Speakers]
prestigious cultural institutions that the whole of its second floor artistic value. to the Louvre. By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
were closed today as staff went had been closed off. The Arc de "Now every time we put on an This afternoon Frédéric
Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:50:56 AM
on strike to vent their fury over Triomphe was shut, and Notre exhibition we have to think about Mitterrand, the culture minister
government plans to cut jobs and D a m e a n d t h e C h â t e a u d e how much money we can make who has been put in charge of Since the original JBL Creature
costs. Vincennes were also affected. from it," said Didier Alaime, the pushing through the controversial speakers were released seven
Unions said that around 20 President Nicolas Sarkozy plans national secretary of the CGT restructuring, met union years ago, Apple's designs have
museums, art galleries and public to trim France's state-run cultural union's culture branch. representatives for a meeting that (d)evolved into metal bricks. But
monuments had suffered either services by cutting jobs and Tourists were left bewildered by had been scheduled since before that doesn't top JBL from selling
total or partial closure as public controlling budgets, as part of the closure of some of the the industrial action. Depending the sci-fi-inspired Creature III
sector workers downed tools over wider attempts to cut public capital's leading attractions. Rob on what – if anything – he exclusively through Apple
what they described as an attempt spending. Ainsley, a journalist from offered, Alaime said, staff would channels.
to "dismantle and destabilise" But the unions have warned that London who had come over vote again tomorrowon whether The same, fluid 2.1 setup we've
France's flagship cultural sector. France's reputation as a cultural specially for the art, said: "I'm to pursue or abandon the strike. remember from the original
The Musée d'Orsay, home to the powerhouse and the world's very disappointed. I feel like I've • France Creature speakers are recaptured
world's largest collection of number one tourist destination been cheated out of it." • Museums in the $130 Creature IIIs, though
Impressionist paintings, shut its could be destroyed by the Yolanda Espinoza, from the latest edition features a more
doors after a staff vote in the changes. California, standing outside the Lizzy Davies compact subwoofer than
morning. The Musée Rodin, They claim plans to replace only Musée d'Orsay, said her family guardian.co.uk© Guardian News Creatures of yore. Does the
famed for its sculptures and half the number of retiring had missed out on "the & Media Limited 2009 | Use of design hold up all these years
exquisite gardens, was also employees as of next month opportunity of a lifetime". "We this content is subject to our later? You tell us. [ BW via
closed. The Pompidou Centre has could leave national treasures have spent a lot of money on this Terms & Conditions| More Feeds CrunchGear]
been subject to industrial action with skeletal workforces unable holiday," she said. She had been
since last week. to protect or showcase their looking forward to showing her

In an car accident? There's an app for that

By Tom Johansmeyer Bott & Co found a new question be used to help the afflicted accident? There's an app for that
(BloggingStocks) to which the answer is: "There's collect information about the In an car accident? There's an
Submitted at 12/2/2009 2:20:00 PM
an app for that." The Car application to connect to the law accident, including vehicles and app for that originally appeared
Accident Assistant is the firm's firm's 24-hour accident help location. And, you can even take on BloggingStocks on Wed, 02
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), latest contribution to humanity system. pictures of the accident and Dec 2009 14:20:00 EST. Please
iPhone, Technology and is available for download As the ol' infomercial guys love gather info from witnesses. It's see our terms for use of feeds.
Leave it to the lawyers to build a from Apple's ( AAPL) iTunes to say, "But, wait! There's more!" like having a lawyer in your Read| Permalink| Email this|
better mousetrap with an iPhone. environment. If you're in a car The Car Accident Assistant can phone! Comments
In the United Kingdom, solicitors a c c i d e n t , y o u c a n u s e t h e Continue reading In an car
12 Finance/ Gadgets/ E-reader Newspaper
OBAMA
continued from page 7

years is just about justified – but
only on two conditions. The first
is that Obama's military and
civilian surge really is a case of
"advancing the better to retreat".
Let us harbour no illusions that
we shall turn Afghanistan into a
fundamentally different kind of
place. If for the next decade, with
a residual security presence, we
can stop it again becoming a safe
haven and breeding ground for
terrorists, that will be the
avoidance of complete failure (in
politician-speak: success).
The second condition is even
more important. It is that we in
Britain develop a comprehensive,
long-term, non-military policy
for helping Pakistan to save itself
from a descent into chaos,
violence and the triumph of
extremism. (In his blog on the
Foreign Office website, David
Miliband writes approvingly
about the idea of a Marshall Plan
for Pakistan.) In doing this,
British citizens of Pakistani
origin, many of whom have
intense connections to their other
motherland, should be regarded
not just as a security threat
(which a very small radicalised
minority clearly are) but as a
source of understanding and a
huge potential asset. Having
drafted this policy, we should
work with our European partners
and American allies to refine and
implement it, as Washington asks
us to implement its chosen
strategy in Afghanistan. For
Pakistan, not Afghanistan, is the
bigger danger today. No one is
better placed than Britain to craft
a policy to help it.
• Afghanistan
• Middle East
• Barack Obama
• US foreign policy
Timothy Garton Ash
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Palm Pixi gets an
upgrade to WebOS 1.3.2,
fixes “Security Issues”
By Greg Kumparak
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:16:39 AM
Just a few weeks after launch, it
looks like the Pixi is already
hoggin' all the update-love. Early
today, Palm pushed WebOS 1.3.2
out to Pixi owners, leaving Pre managed to dig up the patch
notes and find out what was goin'
owners wondering when they'd
get theirs. Palm's not making a on.
big fuss about this update, but we

Twitter cofounder looks to strike gold again with Square

By Tom Taulli want a piece of the action. devices.
(BloggingStocks) And one of the newest players is Continue reading Twitter
Submitted at 12/2/2009 3:20:00 PM
Square. In fact, the mastermind cofounder looks to strike gold
of this new venture is also the again with Square
Filed under: Next big thing, c o f o u n d e r o f t h e w i l d l y Twitter cofounder looks to strike
Small business Even during a s u c c e s s f u l T w i t t e r ( w h i c h gold again with Square originally
t o u g h r e c e s s i o n , p a y m e n t recently raised capital at a $1 appeared on BloggingStocks on
companies -- like Visa ( V), billion valuation). Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:20:00
MasterCard ( MA) and eBay's ( Simply put, Square allows you connects to a mobile device, such l o w e r t h a n t r a d i t i o n a l EST. Please see our terms for
EBAY) PayPal -- have continued to accept credit cards by using a as Apple's ( AAPL) iPhone. alternatives. There's even talk use of feeds. Permalink| Email
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surprise that other companies magnetic card reader -- that

It Took This Long To Make iPhone Icon Pillows? [Pillows]

By Sean Fallon (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:20:00 AM
I thought we saw every kind of
nerdy pillow imaginable but, for
some reason, iPhone icons
slipped under the radar despite
being well represented as
coasters and paperclips. Finally,
someone has delivered.
And that someone just happens
to be Etsy user iconpillow. gadgets and naps—including
Actually, he has quite a few Facebook and Firefox. [ Etsy via
pillow designs outside of iPhone Geeky Gadgets]
icons that might make a great gift
for someone who enjoys both
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GameStop (GME) drops Aflac's uptrend

on Wal-Mart (WMT) continues
By Joseph Lazzaro
price cuts (BloggingStocks)
By Brent Archer Submitted at 12/2/2009 3:00:00 PM

(BloggingStocks)
Filed under: AFLAC Inc (AFL),
Submitted at 12/2/2009 1:20:00 PM Stocks to Buy Steady as she the spring, and it's been off to the
Duct Tape Hoodie Is
has hit a high of $23.36 and a
goes, with Aflac ( AFL), to races ever since. Aflac is one of Basically Geek Chain
Filed under: Major movement, low of $21.36. As of 12:55, GME borrow a Star Trek phrase, and
Bad news, Industry, Wal-Mart is trading at $21.56, down $2.28 ( the largest sellers of Mail...Err, Geekier
that's why I'm reiterating my buy supplemental insurance in the
(WMT), Options, Technical -9.6%). The chart for GME looks rating for the company, first Chain Mail [Fashion]
U.S. and is a major cancer-
Analysis GameStop ( GME- bullish and S&P gives GME a recommended on May 28, 2009 By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
insurance company in Japan (14
option chain) stock is trading positive 5 STARS (out of 5) at a price of $36.07. If you
million policies).
lower today after retail giant Wal strong buy ranking. bought AFL in May, you're up
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:00:00 AM
Continue reading Aflac's uptrend
-Mart ( WMT) announced price Continue reading GameStop about 30%. Duct tape, Man's greatest micro
(GME) drops on Wal-Mart continues
cuts on many top 2009 video After a slow start, institutional engineering accomplishment. It's
Aflac's uptrend continues
games and a $50 Gift Card with a (WMT) price cuts investors in mid-2010 finally strong, waterproof and it glows
GameStop (GME) drops on Wal originally appeared on
Nintendo Wii console purchase. noticed that not every insurer like some magical metal shark
BloggingStocks on Wed, 02 Dec
If you think this stock won't be - M a r t ( W M T ) p r i c e c u t s w o u l d b e w i p e d - o u t b y skin alloy. Why aren't we
2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see
rising too far in the coming o r i g i n a l l y a p p e a r e d o n collateralized debt obligations wearing this stuff?
our terms for use of feeds.
months, then it could be a good BloggingStocks on Wed, 02 Dec and bad bonds. Aflac boasts Over at Instructables, one young
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time to look at a bearish hedged 2009 13:20:00 EST. Please see primarily high-quality corporate visionary has shared his
play on GME. our terms for use of feeds.
debt, Wall Street realized this in technique for weaving a hoodie
This morning, GME opened at Permalink| Email this| Comments from these godly adhesive strips.
$23.09. So far today the stock He says the resulting garment is
quite warm and impervious to
Why was Fritz Henderson made CEO in the first rain. And, if we might add, it's
quite handy if you ever need to
half-assedly fix something and
place? you're too lazy to grab a roll of
tape. [ Instructables]
By Zac Bissonnette turnaround. place?
(BloggingStocks) What went wrong? The New Why was Fritz Henderson made
Submitted at 12/2/2009 2:00:00 PM
York Times reports that "if G.M. CEO in the first place? originally
was to truly reinvent itself - as appeared on BloggingStocks on
Filed under: General Motors the company promised in Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:00:00
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most observers -- he'd only been that the 25-year veteran of G.M.
in power since March and by was too tied to the company's its decades-long slide."
most accounts, had been making past mistakes to bring a fresh Continue reading Why was Fritz
progress in executing a approach that could help reverse Henderson made CEO in the first
14 Finance/ Gadgets/ Tech News/ E-reader Newspaper

Apple iPhone coming to T

-Mobile instead of
Verizon Wireless in 2010?
By Brian White
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 2:40:00 PM

Filed under: Rumors, Products

and services, Apple Inc (AAPL)
Apple's ( AAPL) iPhone has been
the biggest feather in the cap of
U.S. partner AT&T ( T), which went to another wireless carrier?
has recruited millions of new Continue reading Apple iPhone
wireless customers every quarter coming to T-Mobile instead of
just based on the iPhone handset Verizon Wireless in 2010?
alone. Without it, AT&T could Apple iPhone coming to T-
have slipped far behind larger Mobile instead of Verizon
rival Verizon Wireless in the last
few years. In part due to the
iPhone's incredible success,
Wireless in 2010? originally
appeared on BloggingStocks on
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:40:00
AT&T and Verizon drop lawsuits,
Verizon Wireless had to buy rival
Alltel earlier this year just to
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make nice for the holidays
keep up (and surpass) AT&T's Email this| Comments By Nilay Patel (Engadget) out over service quality and to push back, we suppose, and it
wireless subscriber numbers. But Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:55:00 AM
pricing, like they should have makes Verizon's current whining
what would happen if the iPhone been doing all along. Or AT&T over Sprint's "Most Dependable
Well well, maybe we can all get c a n j u s t m a k e s o m e m o r e 3G Network" claims part of a
High-Tech, Armored Off- along after all: AT&T and n o n s e n s i c a l L u k e W i l s o n
Verizon just dropped their c o m m e r c i a l s , w h a t e v s .
larger, lamer pattern. We've
included a shot of the case after
Roader Key to Afghan Surge v a r i o u s a d v e r t i s i n g - r e l a t e d Update: Whoa, so this is crazy.
lawsuits against each other. We We just checked out the other
the break, check it out.
Continue reading AT&T and
By Nathan Hodge (Wired Top why the Pentagon is in the c a n ' t s a y w e ' r e s u r p r i s e d , suit that was dismissed, and it Verizon drop lawsuits, make nice
Stories) middle of a crash program to considering AT&T lost its turns out that Verizon actually for the holidays
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:07:00 AM
build and ship to Afghanistan a request to have Verizon's ads sued AT&T back in July, but not AT&T and Verizon drop
new generation of bomb- pulled down for the holidays -- for any damages -- instead, Big lawsuits, make nice for the
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Afghanistan are important, sure. equipped with everything from further would have have simply its various "Most Reliable 3G Engadget on Wed, 02 Dec 2009
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With an Eye to the Future, Try Raw Photos Today

[Photography]
By CNET (Gizmodo) wedding, you might want them with some kind of software. But
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:36:34 AM
for later. here are some of the first
I've included below some advantages I found shooting raw.
If you enjoy photography, don't samples of a noisy image shot in Some professionals with lots of
make the mistake I did. near-darkness at ISO 25,600 experience and time to set up
Using my then-new SLR in 2005 from my SLR. They may not shots get everything right. For
a n d 2 0 0 6 , I p h o t o g r a p h e d convince you that shooting raw is the rest of us, shots often are
everything from my new son to a miracle cure for photo quality, overexposed or underexposed.
otherworldly canyons we visited but they do illustrate some One of the main advantages of
in Utah. The only problem: the differences with the camera's shooting raw is better flexibility
photos were taken only in JPEG J P E G a n d t h a t t h e r a w - to correct such problems—in part
format. processing software isn't standing because of that better color depth
JPEG is fine as far as it goes, still. than JPEG affords.
and indeed for most folks it will Raw? What's that mean anyway? "Shooting in raw is usually more
suffice. But having rediscovered But first, a little background. forgiving than just shooting jpeg
my enjoyment of photography in What exactly are raw images? files, so should you make a
the digital era, I wish I'd used the A digital camera's image sensor mistake when capturing an image
raw image format that comes is a grid of pixels that captures you have a better opportunity
with SLRs and higher-end light from a scene. Cameras can can produce raw images, as can a yore, digital cameras can make a with a RAW file to go back and
compact cameras. interpret this image, processing it variety of higher-end compact snap judgment whether a shot is correct any mistakes," said
My initial regret was from the in various ways to produce a cameras such as Panasonic's LX3 being taken under yellowish Richard Pelkowski, product
realization that raw photos, JPEG. A raw file, though, is the and GF1, Canon's S90 and G11, incandescent light, under white manager of digital SLRs for
although taking up about three unprocessed data from the image and Olympus' E-P1 and E-P2. sunlight, or in bluish shade, then Olympus Imaging America. "We
times the storage space as a JPEG sensor. However, there's no raw Raw files vary from JPEG in try to correct the image so white typically encourage our Olympus
and requiring manual processing, standard; each digital camera has several ways. Here are some of looks white. This processing consumers to shoot in both raw
offer higher quality and more its own, usually proprietary, raw the nitty-gritty details. change is baked into a JPEG p l u s J P E G m o d e s o t h e y
flexibility. But what I've come to format, though they're sometimes Let's start at the individual pixel. i m a g e , b u t i t ' s j u s t a immediately have both a JPEG
understand since then is a second related. Each one you see on a computer recommendation in a raw shot. file you can easily share and use
advantage of raw: because Although cameras can produce screen has a mixture of three Finally, each color in a JPEG instantly and a more forgiving
processing software improves JPEGs, a subset of the image- colors of light: red, green, and pixel is stored with an 8-bit raw file that you can go back to
over time, raw photos in effect editing industry serves those who blue. But with most cameras' value, providing 256 steps later for post processing."
can get better with age. shoot raw. Options include image sensors, each pixel between, the darkest and lightest Take the example of Jonathan
For that reason, I've begun Adobe Systems' Photoshop and captures only one of those colors. green, red, or blue. With raw, Machen, an artist I know in
recommending friends who show Photoshop Lightroom, Apple's A process called demosaicing most cameras today record 12 or Boulder, Colo., who embraced
s o m e e n t h u s i a s m f o r Aperture, DxO Labs' Optics Pro, converts this checkerboard-like 14 bits per color, providing 8,192 raw as he moved from point-and-
photography that they should Phase One's Capture One, and a arrangement of colors, called a or 16,384 levels, respectively. shoot cameras to an SLR.
think about shooting important handful of others. Bayer pattern, so each pixel in What does raw get you? "While I strive to understand my
events in raw format alongside The variety of proprietary the final image gets all three The big drawbacks of raw camera completely and hope to
JPEG. You don't have to mess formats means these applications colors instead of just one. images are that the files are larger take images that approximate the
with the raw files today, but if it's must be constantly updated for Another difference is in white and that you can't share them
a n i m p o r t a n t e v e n t l i k e a the newest cameras. All SLRs balance. Unlike film cameras of easily until you've edited them WITH page 16
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balance of light that my eye sees,
it's not always possible,
especially in fast-moving family
situations. I love to take pictures
of the kids in unusual lighting
and compositional situations, but
it can be a distracting
combination trying to watch them
and trying to take a good
picture," he said. Case in point: at
dinner in a restaurant recently, a
kid-friendly lap dog appeared,
but Machen's camera was set
wrong.
"I got the shot, but the image was
almost black," he said. "Later,
editing the raw file, I brought it
back to a place that brought a
smile to my face as well as that
of my wife."
Even if you don't make mistakes,
raw images offer more flexibility
in editing to bring out details
otherwise lost in murky shadows
or bright highlights. This is the
particular ability I wish I had for
shots of my newborn son held
under bright heat lamps and of a
twisty narrow canyon in both sun
and shade.
Adjustable white balance is
another nicety. On many
occasions I've fixed the colors of
conference speakers whose faces
were turned to yellow putty by
stage lights or of a friend's
darling daughter whose position
in the shade made her look like
an ice queen in the making.
Computers also get more power
to compensate for lens
shortcomings or reduce the
sensor noise that speckles
images, said Cyrille de la
Chesnais, director of sales and
marketing for photography at the
Paris-based DxO Labs. "Optical
corrections and noise removal are
much more precise and effective
on raw files than on JPEG files,"
he said.
Many cameras let you adjust
noise reduction levels when you
take the photo—but again, with a
JPEG, your choice is baked
permanently into the image.
Moore's Law and the subtler
promise of raw
Here's where I hadn't appreciated
raw's advantages: computers get
faster.
Demosaicing is a complicated
process that benefits from more
computing horsepower, and
unlike many computing tasks, it
happens to be one that can easily
benefit from multicore
processors.
When you take a photo with
your camera, it uses a relatively
feeble image-processing chip to
produce the JPEG. It's
remarkable to me how well those
chips can perform the task, but
even with the best quality on the
market today, your camera will
only have one chance to make
that JPEG.
But if you're converting a raw
image with software, you not
only get more computing
horsepower than a camera offers,
you get algorithms that are
updated.
"You can revisit this digital
negative and reprocess it as
technology improves," said Tom
Hogarty, Adobe's product
manager for Lightroom.
Hogarty likens the situation to
what he saw looking at prints in a
museum by the famed landscape
photographer Ansel Adams.
"You could tell the earlier prints
didn't stand out. They didn't have
same kind of depth that the later
prints did. The printing
technology and chemicals were
getting better," Hogarty said.
"Imagine if all you had was
original print and you couldn't
improve it going forward."
DxO Optics Pro 6, released in
November, and the beta version
of Lightroom 3, introduced in
October, both are designed to
extract a better image from the
raw data. De la Chesnais said
DxO Optics Pro improves noise
reduction so that one F-stop's
worth of noise can be fixed. That
means that if you previously
were happy shooting photos at
ISO 800, you could push your
camera to ISO 1600 for better
low-light performance, for
example.
Noise reduction is a complicated
problem. In addition to getting
rid of the color and brightness
variations from pixel to pixel,
lower-frequency noise patterns
often lead to blotches of red or
blue that span many pixels. Good
noise reduction preserves original
colors and fine details and doesn't
give the image a smeary
watercolor-painting look up
close.
Another software matter:
software can take its best guess
what sort of editing settings to
apply. In my experience, that's a
good starting point if not always
a good final result, but I expect
improvements here, too, just as
cameras are generally getting
better at automatically gauging
the right exposure, focus, and
other settings.
Is raw for everyone?
No, but I think it's for more
people than use it today.
If you're just uploading photos
of your smiling friends to
Facebook, chances are the core
value of the image easily
transcends a little pesky noise or
skewed colors. Robert Balousek,
from the San Francisco Bay
Area, shoots raw—but mostly
because Adobe Lightroom
corrects some defective pixels in
his SLR image sensor.
"Auto-fix is a gamble," he said.
"I don't apply it to all photos, just
ones that I would like to use but
are a little off. Sometimes it does
what I want, but more often than
not I tweak a few knobs until it
looks how I expect. I don't claim
to be an expert, I just know what
seems right to me."
If you're a bit more serious,
though raw could be worth
sampling. Give it a serious
thought if you're an experimental
students, a tourist who wants to
compile memories in a photo
book, a photo enthusiast sharing
shots on Flickr, or a parent
printing poster-size prints of your
children.
I believe software will ease
today's manual pains of handling
raw photos. Aperture and
Lightroom have made it easier to
process large numbers of shots,
though there's plenty of work to
be done. Automatic adjustments
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will steadily improve, and
perhaps Windows will get the
better built-in support Mac OS X
has so people looking at a folder
full of raw files see thumbnail
images rather than a list of
filenames with generic icons.
It's true raw shots take up more
space on your flash card, hard
drive, and backups. But storage is
cheap these days with 1.5
terabyte hard drives costing less
than $100 and 8GB SD memory
cards costing about $20. Today's
large image files will look
gradually more ordinary as
storage technology gets roomier.
Standardization could help
One big change that could help
raw catch on is standardization of
the file formats. Today's
profusion of formats ensures that
operating systems or editing
software have a hard time
keeping up. The most promising
avenue here is Adobe's Digital
Negative format, which the
company controlled for years but
more has submitted to the
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) as a
proposed standard.
DNG has been improved to
address a number of earlier
shortcomings, for example by
adding profiles that can mirror
camera tonal settings such as
neutral, landscape, or portrait.
Another more recent example are
"opcodes" that can register lens
settings used to so software can
automatically correct optical
problems such as vignetting or
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Sprint to Humans: We Know Where You Are,
and So Do the Police [Privacy]
By John Herrman (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:59:48 AM
In the last year alone, Sprint
turned over users' GPS data to
authorities 8 million times. While
that number is misleadingly
high—this could translate to
under a thousand individual
users—it's still terrifying. But
wait, it gets even better!
There are convincing arguments
to be made for law enforcement
agencies' access to location data,
like in missing person cases,
kidnappings or maybe fugitive
situations. It just seems like it
ought to be a little more mediated
than this:
[At the Intelligence Support
Systems for Lawful Interception,
Criminal Investigations and
Intelligence Gathering
conference] Sprint Nextel's
electronic surveillance manager
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continued from page 16
barrel distortion. DNG already
could gracefully accommodate
metadata such as copyright
notices or editing instructions,
and it for those worried about
how well a specific raw format is
converted into a generic format,
the DNG can house the original
raw file, too.
Pentax is the most prominent
company to build DNG support
into its cameras, but SLR leaders
Paul Taylor described an
automated system that law
enforcement could use to easily
look up subscriber whereabouts.
They can submit a request for a
particular user's location up to
every three minutes, for a period
of 60 days, which accounts for
Nikon and Canon still don't.
Hogarty hopes the
standardization process will
improve its prospects.
"I believe the gating factor in
camera manufacturer adoption is
the fact it is a format controlled
by Adobe," Hogarty said.
"Clearly it's not available in the
majority of cameras shipped in
the world today. That's why we're
pursuing the ISO standard, so
the 8 million figure. What else
does Sprint collect about you, for
sharing?
Sprint keeps 24 months worth of
URL history for some devices
and that's not even because of
law enforcement. "It's because
marketing wants to rifle through
other companies can feel
comfortable with the standard
format."
Ultimately, Hogarty believes
raw usage will spread more
widely
"If you look at images shot by the
mainstream market, they need the
most latitude in editing and
correction capabilities. They're
not as passionate about getting
the perfect image," Hogarty said.
the data," [Taylor] said.
The marketing data retention
sounds like the kind of thing you
might unknowingly sign off on in
some kind of unintelligible user
agreement, and the location stuff
could conceivably be used only
in palatable ways (if you broadly
consider warranted wiretapping
palatable) but they're both
reminders that your telco—no,
this isn't just Sprint's
issue—knows a lot about you.
Or, more to the point, that the
average cellphone user has no
idea how much data their
wireless provider is collecting (or
can collect) from them, and
specifically, how it's used.
Queasy yet? No worries! There's
a pharmacy two blocks to the
west, and one block to the south.
And they have your favorite pills.
[ PCWorld]
"I think they'd be able to take that
raw product to a finished product
that would make them happier."
I suspect it'll be a long time
before raw processing is simple
enough that mainstream
snapshooters will embrace raw.
But the trajectory is clear: the
technology is improving.
So if you care about your shots
and have a camera that'll do it,
set it to shoot raw+JPEG next
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Games Workshop Goes
After Its Biggest Fans
With Takedown Order
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 5:49:32 AM
dave blevins points us to the
unfortunate news that game
publisher Games Workshop
seems to be attacking its biggest
fans by ordering the super
popular site BoardGameGeek to
takedown all fan-made player
aids. Basically, the biggest fans
of Game Workshop's games have
been helping make those games
better, including "scenarios, rules
summaries, inventory manifests,
scans to help replace worn
pieces." Basically increasing the
value of those games so that it's
easier to play them and easier to
keep playing them. And, in
response, Games Workshop
sends out its lawyers? How does
that possibly make any sense at
all?
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time you're photographing
something important. You may
not want to mess with the raw
shots today, but why curtail your
options if you don't have to?
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CNET
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Adafruit Industries
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universal remote (video)
By Darren Murph (Engadget) app itself is completely free to your iPhone and iPod touch into
Submitted at 12/2/2009 2:27:00 PM
download, though it's the $188 bona fide universal remote
base station that really makes the (video)
Apple's ' Remote' application magic happen; your handheld RedEye turns your iPhone and
was a good start, but we've talks to said dock via WiFi, and if iPod touch into bona fide
known for some time now that you've got an AV device, home universal remote (video)
the platform was capable of far, automation system or pretty originally appeared on Engadget
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Video: Wii Remote

Engadget's Holiday Gift
Guide: Smartphones
By Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 2:54:00 PM
controls MAME on
iPhone, our collective
heart skips a beat
By Greg Kumparak
(CrunchGear)
and Droid all coming to market
in the past few months, there's
never been a better time to be a
Large Hadron Collider Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:45:50 AM

A few weeks back, the Internet

Welcome to the Engadget smartphone lover, buyer, or -- in
Holiday Gift Guide! The team this case -- giver. Of course, in
h e r e i s w e l l a w a r e o f t h e the States, giving a phone as a
heartbreaking difficulties of the gift isn't the easiest thing in the
seasonal shopping experience, world since you've got contracts
and we want to help you sort to worry about, but it can be done
through the trash and come up -- even if you've got to drag the
with the treasures this year. lucky recipient kicking and
Below is today's bevy of hand screaming into the store and hold
curated picks, and you can head their hand to the dotted line. So
back to the Gift Guide hub to see let's get to it, shall we?
the rest of the product guides as Continue reading Engadget's
they're added throughout the Holiday Gift Guide: Smartphones
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with a Wii remote over
By Laura June (Engadget) no long-term damage seems to
Bluetooth. This was part of the
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have occurred. The trouble-prone
"BTStack" project, which is
Large Hadron Collider is
In an increasingly unsurprising e x p e c t e d t o r e s u m e f u l l a i m i n g t o a d d a b u n c h o f
turn of events, the Large Hadron operations sometime later today, Bluetooth protocols to the iPhone
Collider suffered a major power and is currently operating on that it doesn't otherwise support.
failure this morning, knocking limited power from a backup Once in place, however, its the
the machine and its website out s u p p l y . R e g a r d l e s s , t h e homebrew developer's job to
of service. The failure occurred unfortunate event is sure to m a k e u s e o f t h e n e w
in an 18,000-volt power line in resurrect that zany Higgs boson functionality - and make use of it
Meyrin, Geneva where the LHC time-travelling theory. they have. They very much have.
is housed beneath the ground, Large Hadron Collider grinds to
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has the complete email
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calling for strong federal privacy arguing that the self-regulation
laws and guidelines to regulate approach industry fights for just
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Google Ending Unlimited Free Access To
Subscription News [Google]
By Sean Fallon (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:17:00 AM
The days of bypassing
subscription fees on Google
News appear to be numbered
now that Google has updated
their First Click Free program.
Publishers can now limit access
to five articles per day before
readers are routed to payment
pages.
Previously, publishers had to
make a choice between making
their content less discoverable on
Google or allowing unlimited
access to subscription content via
Google News. Naturally, many
Motorola Sholes Tablet detailed, sounds as tasty as we'd hoped
By Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:49:00 PM
Knowing what we now know of
the Droid-- codename Sholes --
the mere mental image of that "
Sholes Tablet" that we've been
hearing about for a while brings
us to our geeky knees. Taiwanese
forum Mobile01 seems to have
details on just what the Sholes
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Power Plants
By Alexis Madrigal (Wired Top
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Submitted at 12/2/2009 7:42:00 AM
This week, a Google
representative let slip that the
company plans to move beyond
supporting green-energy
research, and will participate in
building power plants.
next few months, so enjoy those
Droids and Milestones while you
can, yeah?
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Animated musical Star UK Man Jailed

Trek lamp
By Doug Aamoth
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:30:00 AM
Ah, perfect. Use your Star Trek
cologne to woo the ladies and
then wow the ones you bring
home with this $100 Star Trek
bedside lamp from Hammacher
Schlemmer.
Pop open a couple of juice
boxes, light some candles, and
then fire up the old lamp to let
Shatner’s voice and the Star Trek
theme accompany all 2-3 minutes
of awkward, lanky lovemaking.
Per the product description:
This is the lamp that plays the
iconic Star Trek theme song,
including the entirety of the
famous prologue: “Space… the
final frontier…” spoken by
William Shatner. As the music
plays, an 8 die-cast replica of the
Starship Enterprise has authentic
details like Bussard intake
collectors and a sensor array
platform that are illuminated by Thanko announces not
four color-changing LEDs. The
shade has an image of the NCC-
1701 flying at warp speed
through the Final Frontier.
Set phasers to FUN!
The Animated Musical Starship By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)
Enterprise Lamp[Hammacher
Schlemmer]
For Refusing To
Decrypt His Files
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 1:53:07 AM
Two years ago, a US judge ruled
that a guy with an encrypted hard
drive did not have to hand over
his encryption key to the police,
as it would be a violation of the
5th Amendment (the right not to
self-incriminate). The argument
there is that the encryption key is
a form of "speech." This is quite
a reasonable ruling -- but it
appears that over in the UK they
view encryption keys quite
differently. Last year, we wrote
about a UK court ruling
one but two USB- interpreting the Regulation of
Investigatory Powers Act 2000
(RIPA) to mean that people could
powered, heated slippers
be required to hand over
encryption keys, since encryption
or Mac OS will work). Price: $23 keys were not "speech" but an
per pair. object that could be demanded.
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:30:57 AM

Starship Enterprise rotates on the
the base of the lamp. The
Strange Triangular Snowflakes
Explained
By Laura Sanders (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 7:48:00 AM
Scientists finally have an
Then there are the Hot Room Unfortunately, this has now
It’s Thanko time again. The Shoes. I am not really sure what resulted in a schizophrenic man
Tokyo-based company, famous the difference to the Hot Slippers being jailed for refusing to
for gadgets like the USB- is function-wise, as these shoes decrypt his files. As many are
powered boob warmer, the USB are supposed to keep your feet noting, this seems to be an abuse
eye warmer or the USB gloves, is warm via USB power, too. Price: of law enforcement, as the
now offering not one[JP] but $23 (available in M or L).
explanation for weird, triangular two[JP] USB-powered, heated purpose of the RIPA law was
Thanko already sells both supposed to be about stopping
snowflakes, which are more slippers – just in time for winter. versions on their Japanese
common than they should be I can’t decide which one is website. As the company closed organized crime and terrorism,
statistically and have baffled uglier, but maybe you can. their English store recently, not dumping the mentally ill in
scientists for 100 years. prison.
First, we have the Hot Slippers you’ll need to contact import Permalink| Comments| Email
(pictured above). They are specialists such as the Japan This Story
available in brown or grey and Trend Shop or Geek Stuff 4 U to
get the power they need to keep get a pair.
your feet warm through the USB
port of your computer (Windows
22 Gadgets/ Politics/
Kingston 40GB
SSDNow review
By Ben Drawbaugh
(Engadget)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:31:00 PM
From the moment that we heard
of the the new 40GB Kingston
SSD, we couldn't help but get our
hopes up. Who knows if (or more
likely, when) SSD drives will
ever completely replace spinning
platters with all the digital media
people collect today, so rather
than stretching your budget and
compressing your media in order
to stuff everything onto a 256GB
solid state drive, we dug the idea
of snagging a small (and
affordable) SSD for boot /
application operations and
utilizing a spacious HDD for
archival. Not to mention --
regardless of how fast a disk is --
two are almost always better than
one. If you're interested in
rigging up a similar setup, hop on
past the break to have a look at
our impressions.
Gallery: Kingston 40GB
SSDNow Review
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Three New JVC Everio Camcorders,
Still Remember What They Are,
iPod Nano Users? [Camcorders]
By Kat Hannaford (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:22:29 AM
I've always been fond of JVC
Everio camcorders, but with the
latest round of pocketcams
grabbing attention for far too
long, it's about time we reverted
back to a model with a decent
sensor.
The GZ-MG980, GZ-MS230
and the GZ-MS210 have been
announced for the Japanese
market under the Victor JVC
branding, with US pricing and
availability expected to be
confirmed at CES.
With a 10.7-megapixel, 1/6-inch
E-reader Newspaper
We Got
Mail!
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:01:23 PM
Lots and lots of mail. So much
that there’s no way I can respond
to all of it, so I’m posting this to
thank everyone who sent
supportive comments today.
In a rather amazing turnabout,
the supportive emails
outnumbered the hate mail by
almost two to one. Apparently,
there are quite a few
conservatives out there who are
equally disgusted with the
craziness on their side, and quite
CCD sensor, the video on the GZ a few liberals who miss having
-M980 isn't quite full HD at just opponents who aren’t insane.
720 x 480 resolution, though the Me? Call me independent, and I
39x (F1.8 - 4.3) optical zoom and won’t be unhappy. I have bones
80GB HDD are pretty decent. An to pick with both sides, and big
SD/SDHC slot rounds it off. issues with the extremists on both
Measuring in with similar specs, sides. And if you’re a politician,
t h e G Z - M S 2 3 0 m i s s e s t h e you need to prove to me that you
generous 80GB capacity of the deserve my support, because it’s
former model, with just 8GB not a given just because you’re
instead. The GZ-MS210 is the on “my team.”
most basic of the three, with no Boring politics aside, I thank
internal memory—just two you all again for the supportive
S D / S D H C s l o t s . J a p a n e s e comments.
conversions pit these three at And server hamster-wrangler
$690, $515 and $460 each. [ Stinky Beaumont thanks you for
CrunchGear] your PayPal donations, with
which he will buy energy bars,
water, new shoes, and
methamphetamine for the
hamsters.
Just kidding about the
methamphetamine. Or maybe
not.
E-reader Newspaper Tech/ 23

Warner Music's Royalty Statements: Works Of Fiction

By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) five years across their three we get paid 50% of the income make a $10,000 mistake in accounting system that can track
Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:09:00 AM
Warner albums. You really from all the tracks on one album, Warner's favor, and then mocked (let alone accurately count) the
should read the whole thing, as but only 35.7143% of the income Quirk for even caring about such most basic information that it is
For years we've all heard the it's quite detailed about how the from all the tracks on another? a measly sum. contractually obligated to both
stories about how bad the major major labels view most bands on Why did 29 plays of a track on Now, when it came to digital track and report. It also should
labels are at accounting for t h e i r r o s t e r . B a c k t o m y the late, lamented MusicMatch revenue, for most artists, Warner highlight, for any bands who still
royalties they owe bands. There r i d i c u l o u s W a r n e r B r o s . earn a total of 63 cents when apparently doesn't even bother to actually think signing a major
have certainly been a large statement. As I flipped through 1,016 plays of the exact same tell artists what their digital record label contract makes
number of lawsuits from artists its ten pages (seriously, it took track on MySpace earned only 23 royalties are. They're sense, how little regard major
claiming that this rather opaque ten pages to detail the $62.47 of cents?) he eventually got to the unrecouped, so it doesn't matter labels like Warner Music Group
accounting system is used to hide income), I realized that Warner heart of the matter: :"We don't in the minds of Warner execs. actually have for most of the
money from musicians, with wasn't being evil, just careless normally do this for unrecouped Quirk, by nature of also being an artists on their label. As Quirk
various multi-platinum selling a n d u n c o n c e r n e d - - a n bands," he said. "But, I was told industry exec was able to (thanks notes in discussing the $10,000
musicians claiming they never impression I confirmed a few you'd asked." As you hopefully to a chance meeting at a error: When I caught this
saw a dime of royalties from their days later when I spoke to a guy know, with a major record label, conference and 13 months of mistake, and brought it to the
albums, thanks to major label in their Royalties and Licensing the band gets an advance to waiting) get Warner to agree to attention of someone with the
accounting. This is, of course, department I am going to call record the album. From then on, detail his digital earnings. But, power to correct it, he wasn't just
rather amazing in this day and Danny. the label no longer pays the band because the band is unlikely to befuddled by my anger -- he
age where technology allows for I asked Danny why there were anything. Even though the band pay off the nearly $400,000 in laughed at it. "$10,000 is
amazingly accurate accounting no royalties at all listed from accrues royalties on albums sold, "unrecouped" advance money, nothing!" he chuckled.
practices -- even for massively iTunes, and he said, "Huh. There those royalties simply go towards basically Warner did a slipshod If you're like most people --
complex operations. But, then are no domestic downloads on repaying the advance. Most label job of it all. What this tells you especially people in unrecouped
again, these are the major labels here at all. Only streams. And it bands never fully repay the is that Warner either has no bands -- "nothing" is not a word
we're talking about, and they're has international downloads, but advance, and are thus considered serious accounting system to you ever use in conjunction with
often proud of their technical no international streams. I have "unrecouped." This does not track this sort of thing or has a figure like "$10,000," but he
cluelessness. no idea why." I asked Danny why mean (as record label defenders mastered the art of obfuscating seemed oblivious to that. "It's a
Still, it's quite interesting to see a the statement only seemed to list will claim) that such bands were everything and purposely acting rounding error. It happens all the
blog post, sent in by Quentin tracks from two of the three money losers for the label. The like their accounting department time. Why are you so worked
Hartman and written by the albums Warner had released -- an labels still take their own hefty is run by six-year-olds. I'm not up?" So, perhaps, the next time
singer for the band Too Much entire album was missing. He cut from any album sales. They sure which is scarier. that Warner Music claims that it
Joy, Tim Quirk. Quirk is in an said they could only report back just also hang onto the tiny Now, Quirk is reasonably clear deserves$22,500 for a "pirated"
interesting position. Having been what the digital services had fraction of album sales that are that he's just as likely to attribute song, someone will point out that
a moderately successful major provided to them, and the officially designated for the all of this to a combination of according to Warner Music's own
label artist who is now an services must not have reported actual musicians. indifference and incompetence accountants, such numbers are
e x e c u t i v e a t d i g i t a l m u s i c any activity for those other Basically, what Quirk notes, is than to malice -- and there's really just a "rounding error" and
company Rhapsody, he's seen songs. When I suggested that that whether through malice or nothing to indicate otherwise. there's no need to pay them.
different sides of the business -- seemed unlikely -- that having indifference (or a combination of But, you do have to ask how Somehow, I get the feeling that
and in his must-read blog post, he every track from two albums both), the general major label seriously anyone can take any of Warner Music will take a
details the absolute fiction that is listed by over a dozen different attitude towards "unrecouped" the ridiculous numbers that different view on such numbers
a royalty statement from Warner services, but zero tracks from a bands is that the accounting is Warner Music Group or the about then.
Music Group-- leading to the flat third album listed by any seemed meaningless, so they don't even RIAA toss around concerning the Permalink| Comments| Email
-out false claim that Too Much more like an error on Warner's bother. That means they make music industry and "losses" due This Story
Joy earned a grand total of side, he said he'd look into it. As massive mistakes -- such as the to "piracy" and such, when it
$62.47 in digital royalties over I asked more questions (Why do time Warner just happened to can't even put together an
24 Tech/ Tech News/ Entertainment/ E-reader Newspaper

Author Sherman Alexie's Rants On Colbert Against Ebooks,

Piracy And 'Open Source Culture'
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) download an unauthorized copy making money off their music). Second, as for the claim that it statement is who it's coming
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:23:00 AM
of the book (and Alexie is And then later in the interview, will harm the biggest name from. Alexie is most well-known
fooling himself if he thinks they he points out that one of the parts authors most of all, Alexie might for his writing about modern
On last night's Colbert Report, don't exist). How can not giving he enjoyed most about being a want to talk to Paulo Coehlo. Native American life -- and
author Sherman Alexie spent people what they're asking for published author was doing live Coehlo is the guy who quietly set Native Americans aren't exactly
most of the interview ranting and are willing to pay for be a performances and readings of his up operations to"pirate" his own known for their strong believe in
against digital books and how smart business model? works. In other words, he book and saw the sales of his artistic ownership. In fact, much
"piracy" was destroying the book He compares the book business already does what he claims physical books increase of the understanding of so-called
business. The whole thing was t o t h e m u s i c b u s i n e s s , happened to the music industry. massively. Oh, and the book he "gift economies," which are
odd not just because of how saying:"When the music industry So why is he so worried about chose to offer up via BitTorrent, sometimes (though not always
uninformed it was, but also went digital, somewhere between piracy? That's not clear at all. The Alchemist is one of the best accurately) used to describe the
because he seemed to contradict 75 and 95% of music is pirated. He also seems rather uninformed selling books of all time. open source world are actually
himself multiple times. I haven't Nobody makes money off their about how file sharing has helped Stephen King and James based on Native American gift
read any of Alexie's books, but if music any more. Everything is some authors. I'd be really Patterson, by the way, do not giving culture of tribes in the
his logic is so twisted, it's about live shows now." First of worried if I were Stephen King have any books on that list -- Pacific Northwest, which is
difficult to think that his books all, it wasn't the industry that or James Patterson or a really big though, to be fair, if you combine where Alexie is from.
are worth reading: He starts out went digital. Music went online best seller that when their books all of their books, King has sold Colbert actually does a good job
by insisting that he won't put his way before the industry even become completely digitized, more than Coehlo, and Patterson pushing back on this, in his usual
book on the Kindle or any digital realized it, and one of the main how easy it's going to be to pirate seems to be in a similar ballpark, self-mocking manner, pointing
book format because he's afraid reasons that the piracy rates are them. Where to start....? First, probably selling slightly more out that sharing helps get the
of piracy -- but that makes no as high as they are (and his Alexie doesn't seem to than Coehlo, but both have word out there, and the only
sense at all. By not giving numbers are industry figures that understand how book file sharing published many more books. reason he's so famous is because
readers what they want, he's aren't reliable at all) was because happens. It's not because the Then, really strangely, he attacks of how easily his content is
actually encouraging more the industry held back for so long industry digitizes the books, but "open source culture": With the shared via TV. Without that, he
piracy. There are probably in giving people what they because others digitize those "open source culture" on the notes, he'd have to just go door to
plenty of people actively willing wanted: which is exactly what books, and, yes, they're most internet, the idea of ownership -- door shouting at people. To
to buy ebook versions of his Alexie is now doing! likely already available on file of artistic ownership -- goes which Alexie responds: "I'm a
book, and his response is that As for his claim that no one sharing networks, whether those away. Now, beyond this just fan of door to door shouting at
because of piracy, he won't offer makes money off their music any authors released them in ebook being flat out wrong about what people." Good luck with that.
it to them. How does this help? more, that's obviously silly. He form or not. It's not the official "open source" means or what Permalink| Comments| Email
Those people now have more admits that they now make their ebook they're sharing in most "open source culture" is, what's This Story
incentive to actually go and money from live shows (which is cases anyway. the most bizarre thing about this

Cormac McCarthy's Typewriter Hits New Pictures: Tiger Woods' Damaged

The Road
By Charlie Sorrel (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 6:01:00 AM
Cormac McCarthy, author of
cheery favorites such as The
Road and Blood Meridian, is
SUV
(ETonline - Breaking News) ET has obtained the all-new his accident early last Friday
about to trade in the typewriter he
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:00:00 AM
pictures of the damaged SUV morning.
used to write them, and maybe
Tiger Woods was driving during
five million words.
E-reader Newspaper Tech/ Politics/ 25

RedEye gives you a universal iPhone remote for 2010: A

your home entertainment center
By Brett Terpstra (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 12/2/2009 2:00:00 PM
Spaced
base unit has a fairly good IR
range, but no built-in options for
extending it. A repeater may be
and reliable at this point. I think
it would be well-served by a
desktop-based application that
Odyssey
(Little Green Footballs)
required in some circumstances, could upload directly to the base
especially if your equipment is unit. That would allow the user to Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:32:10 AM

Filed under: Hardware, Reviews, behind closed cabinet doors. The build a remote/activity much
The moronic convergence of
App Review device has built-in Wi-Fi faster than is possible with the
2010 will feature the two loony
T h i n k F l o o d h a s r e l e a s e d broadcast, and can connect to iPhone, and decrease frustration
superstars of the far right: Palin,
RedEye, their universal remote your iPhone/iPod right out of the significantly.
Bachmann to headline Tea Party
add-on for iPhone and iPod box. You get better performance I'm not saying the RedEye isn't
assignable buttons. Activities worth $188. It's a great universal convention.
touch. The RedEye remote is a (and easier configuration),
also have optional startup and remote system, and as far as I can (CNN) – Sarah Palin will be the
combination of hardware and however, by modifying the setup
shutdown macros, so devices can tell, it's the only device of its type main attraction at what’s being
software that turns your iPhone to use an existing Wi-Fi signal in
be turned on or off, inputs can be available for the iPhone/iPod billed as the “First National Tea
into a truly universal remote your home. Multiple units can be
set, volume controlled, etc. when touch ( UIRemote seems to be Party Convention.”
control for IR-based devices. I used to cover additional rooms
starting or stopping an Activity. dead?). It just needs some Tea Party Nation announced
received an advance unit to take and control them all from a single
Control panels can be built by construction refinement, and Wednesday that last year’s
for a spin, and tested it out with i P h o n e / i P o d , a n d m u l t i p l e
a d d i n g b u t t o n s , a s s i g n i n g maybe some software usability Republican vice presidential
my (modest) home theater setup iPhones/iPods can connect to a
commands and icons to them and tweaks. If you've got an iPhone candidate will serve as keynote
and an iPhone 3GS. single RedEye unit.
dragging them around to create or an iPod touch, a lot of remotes speaker for the conference,
T h e R e d E y e h a r d w a r e i s Configurations are stored in the
your own remote. Ready-to-go on your coffee table, and a little scheduled to take place in
retailing at $188US. I mention u n i t i t s e l f , s o s o f t w a r e
templates are included for many time to spend with the initial Nashville, Tennessee February 4-
this early because the price point modifications made on one
devices/activities. 6. A representative for Palin has
affected my perception of the iPhone/iPod are available to any setup, RedEye is really a very
Ignoring my concerns about cost-effective solution. For more confirmed the former Alaska
product quite a bit. From the other iPhone/iPod.
hardware quality for a bit, the information (and ordering info), governor’s speaking role at the
packaging to the construction of The RedEye software [ iTunes
f u n c t i o n a l i t y o f t h e take a look at the RedEye site. gathering.
the unit, it doesn't really feel like link] is a free download on the
hardware/software combination TUAW RedEye gives you a The group also announced that
high-end hardware -- not the way App Store. It detects RedEye
is quite impressive. The premise universal iPhone remote for your Rep. Michele Bachmann will be
my Harmony 1000 remote does. units on the current network, and
is simple -- turn commands sent home entertainment center speaking at the gathering as well.
Granted, it's still almost half the allows you to add multiple
over Wi-Fi into infrared signals - originally appeared on The The Minnesota Republican has
cost of the Harmony 1000 and rooms, IR devices, commands
- but the possibilities are endless. U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g become a hero among many in
less than half of the 1100, but the and activities. Devices are easy to
The large touch screen of the (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 the conservative movement. A
lightweight, plastic unit just add from an extensive list, and
iPhone/iPod touch rivals that of 14:00:00 EST. Please see our representative for Bachmann
doesn't pull off the aesthetics or most devices have commands
the Harmony 1000/1100 or terms for use of feeds. confirms her speaking role.
feel of a $200 piece of hardware. p r e s e t s a v a i l a b l e . N e w
The hardware portion of the commands can be learned at any Pronto remotes. It lacks any Read| Permalink| Email this|
RedEye is an IR-blaster with a time by capturing the control hardware buttons, of course, but Comments
built-in charging dock for the signal from an existing remote. provides custom configurations
iPhone/iPod touch. It creates a Activities combine commands limited only by screen space. The
bridge between Wi-Fi (from the for multiple IR devices into a software setup is not as simple as
iPhone/iPod) and IR devices. The s i n g l e c o n t r o l p a n e l w i t h I'd like, but the app itself is stable
26 Tech/ Politics/ E-reader Newspaper
The Comment
Free Content Undermines Democracy? That Killed Global
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) are more and more forums to
Submitted at 12/2/2009 7:50:43 AM
help with that -- such as Warming (Not)
Wikileaks, combined with the (Little Green Footballs)
A journalism professor by the ability to self publish or more
name of Tim Luckhurst is easily contact those with a larger Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:56:28 PM

claiming that newspaper audience. As the phony scandal dubbed

paywalls are needed to preserve • Putting up a paywall will (with mind-numbing banality)
democracy, and that free content somehow fund more journalism. “Climategate” continues to
online undermines democracy. Again, remains to be seen, but descend into a black hole of ever-
We've heard this argument there's little evidence to support widening stupidity, one of the
before, and it makes no more this claim. There are numerous claims currently making the hot
sense now than when it was first competing offerings providing rounds of the right wing blogs is
raised. The basic argument is news in the marketplace today. that one tiny bit of source code
that free content online isn't There is little indication that from the stolen CRU files
bringing in enough revenue to enough people are interested in contains one comment that
pay reporters, thus newspapers paying directly for news to the proves the evil scientists made it
are going under and firing level it would take to support all up!
reporters. Thus, with fewer news operations. Combine that Tim Lambert absolutely destroys
reporters, there are fewer people with the decrease in ad revenue this idiotic claim here, in a post
to watch the government and (the real source of revenue for aptly titled: Quote mining code.
therefore corruption runs most news organizations) from Bottom line: The code in
rampant. Or something like that. the cost of the newsprint and futures to ridiculous levels made cutting off a large chunk of an
question was neither false nor
Of course, there are so many delivery. Newspapers have sense. audience, and it seems likely that deceptive … and it was not even
fallacies wrapped up in this always made their money on • W i t h o u t o l d s c h o o l these paywalls will actually serve used in the final resulting graph.
argument, it's difficult to even advertising and classifieds (a n e w s p a p e r s , g o v e r n m e n t to decrease overall revenue over
Read Tim’s post for the pathetic
know where to start (though, one form of advertising). corruption is not well covered. the long term rather than increase details. But one prediction is easy
w o u l d h a v e h o p e d t h a t a • Free content online is why This one remains to be seen, but it. It's not clear how that helps
to make — his debunking will be
journalism professor would have newspapers are in trouble. there is growing evidence that it, anyone.
ignored by the deniers, and “The
done the decent thing and Again, not true. In most cases, too, is not true. The power of the Comment That Killed Global
checked into these things a bit the publications that are in internet has made it such that On the whole, if one were to
Warming” will enter the lexicon
more carefully before writing a trouble are in that position many more people can hold our grade this professor's analysis,
of anti-science, to be recycled
silly opinion piece based on a b e c a u s e t h e y t o o k o u t governments accountable by you'd have to give him a failing
over and over and over and …
variety of myths): tremendous amounts of debt. gaining a voice and speaking out grade for basing an argument on
• Newspapers need readers to Most newspapers are actually against corruption or corruptive o u t r i g h t f a l s e h o o d s a n d
pay to survive. Not true. Not still profitable on an operational influences. It's not fixing the u n s u p p o r t e d s t a t e m e n t s .
even close to true. First, basis, but aren't making enough problem entirely, but then again, Permalink| Comments| Email
newspapers have almost never to repay the debt. The problem neither did newspapers. The fact This Story
made money from subscription was poor management thinking is that it's much easier now to call
fees or newsstand purchases. in believing that leveraging their attention to corruption, and there
Those fees rarely even covered
E-reader Newspaper
Entertainment Giants Looking At
The Future... And See Cable?
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 3:48:38 AM
We've discussed in the past why
we think that the cable
companies' "TV Everywhere"
strategy is destined to fail. If you
don't recall, it's the way the cable
companies are looking to respond
to the rise of competition in the
form of Hulu, Netflix, Redbox,
Boxee and others -- not by
offering something more
compelling, but by putting up a
giant wall around content and
forcing you to keep your cable
subscription (which fewer and
fewer people seem to want) if
you want to access TV shows
online. Reid Rosefelt has a nice
rant explaining why this won't
work, pointing out (quite
accurately) that all those
competitors are winning because
they deliver what people want,
and locking things up doesn't
make customers want cable any
more: Why do we enjoy free-
with-ads sites like Hulu and
Crackle? THEY HAVE FEWER
ADS! And we can watch what
we want whenever we want to.
What do we like about Netflix?
For a fraction of the cost of cable,
Gold soars past $1,200 to new record high
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:03:07 PM
Gold soars past $1,200 to new
it gives you DVDs by mail plus
the ability watch a lot of movies
instantly, either on your
computer or with their many
compatible set-top boxes.
What do people like about
Redbox. One buck! Pick it up
and return it to the supermarket!
What do we like about cable?
Ummm, cable is a monopoly.
You only get one store. You may
only want a pair of socks and a
shirt, but you are forced to buy a
Yankee cap (even if you are a
Mets or a Sox fan), cufflinks,
perfume, towels, ladies
underwear, two ties, a bedspread,
low-slung hip-hop shorts, and a
lamp. The kicker is that the price
goes up all the time and the
Calvin Klein shirt you actually
came to buy costs extra. And of
course LOTS AND LOTS OF
ADS!
It's not that we don't like cable
any more--we've always hated it!
But the key insight in the piece is
how this, combined with
Comcast's attempt to buy NBC
Universal, show the backwards
thinking of industry execs:
There's one tiny hitch though.
Every single TV show and movie
from NBC and Universal is
record high
By Jamie Chisholm, Global
Markets Commentator
Published: December 2 2009
07:07 | Last updated: December 2
available for free to anybody who
has ten seconds to look for them.
So what exactly is Comcast
locking up? This isn't 1995, you
know. Either you just shrug your
shoulders about file-sharing or
you start offering some
alternatives that have benefits
that people are willing to pay for
like Hulu, Netflix, Redbox, and
iTunes. Or maybe you work a
little and come up with
something new? Bill Maher said
recently that the Republicans
looked into the future and saw...
radio. These entertainment giants
are looking into the future and
they see... cable. Bingo. It's yet
another case of execs looking to
lock up content and block value,
rather than providing additional
value to users. It's people
thinking about the way things
used to work and trying to
recreate it with a digital facelift,
rather than looking to actually
take advantage of what the new
technology enables. That's only
a snippet of Reid's analysis, so go
read the whole thing.
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Digg Makes it Easier to
Get Dugg
By Christina Warren
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:42:52 AM
Digg has announced that it is
revamping its API so that
developers can create more
feature-rich applications for the
social content-sharing site and
write/contribute data using
OAuth. The new API will also let
developers write tools that give
users the ability to Digg, bury or
comment on stories.
Digg has also updated its API
documentation with a focus on
usability and interaction, giving
developers more freedom to
create apps for the platform. To
show off the new API, Digg has
created a few reference apps.
These include:
An updated toolbar for Firefox
that includes the ability to Digg
URLS without having to come
back to site every time ( yes!).
The new toolbar is also more
customizable, and has been
revamped for better UI and
usability. You will be able to
read the details here soon and
download the source code from
Github.
Digg has also created a
streamlined version of its site
called DiggLite(which will be
live soon). DiggLite includes a
stream of the most popular
stories — which can be Dugg or
buried remotely — and it can
organize stories by top-level
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categories. Developers can use
DiggLite as a framework for
creating a new Digg app. You
will be able to download the
source code from Github
presently.
Digg says that the ability to
create applications that can write
data will initially only be
available to a limited number of
beta testers. Eventually, however,
the site will extend this feature to
all developers.
In the last year, Digg has faced
some tough criticism over the
DiggBar and other initiatives, so
it’s great to see that the API is
becoming more usable for
developers.
I firmly believe that having an
API isn’t enough; the interface
needs to actually be valuable to
the developer (and in turn, the
end-user). Allowing write-access
and giving developers more
control is a step in the right
direction for Digg.
What Digg-related apps would
you like to see hit the Web?
Reviews: Digg, Firefox
Tags: api, digg, diggbar, digglite
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Sony Pictures Bringing Online Video Psystar's Mac clones all

to Boxee
By Christina Warren
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 8:03:05 AM
Boxee, the media center with a
social twist, will be launching its
public beta on December 7—
which is great news for those of
us who have been using the
service since the very early alpha
days on our Apple TVs or Macs.
Even before Boxee enters its
official beta, the service will
continue to expand its content-
partner offerings. In October,
Anime portal Crunchyroll joined
Boxee, and today another
commercial partner joins the mix:
an entertainment source called
Crackle.
Crackle is a division of Sony
Pictures Entertainment and has a
great backlog of movies, TV
shows and original content. The
partnership between the two
content sources will garner
Boxee 49 different TV show
miniepisodes and 37 original
Web shows.
The miniepisodes are 5-minute
condensed episodes of shows like
Voltron, Who’s the Boss?,
Rescue Me, Diff’rent Strokes and
sold out
one of my personal favorites,
Married With Children. Sony
offers some of these same
condensed episodes to services
like Hulu and On-Demand cable
offerings.
Crackle also has a ton of really
funny, super-high quality original
Web shows. I suggest the
animated series A Priest, Rabbi
and Minister walk into a Bar,
which is laugh-out-loud funny
(and very, very wrong).
Disruptive Technology For the
Living Room
Boxee is available for Mac,
Windows and Ubuntu Linux
systems, as well as on Apple TV,
and pretty soon the service will
be getting its own dedicated
hardware device— mock-ups of
which will be on display at the
big Boxee unveiling on
December 7.
Because Boxee is disruptive
technology, we seen a range of
reactions from content partners
over the last 14 months or so:
They either embrace the service
or run from it. Some partners
have recognized Boxee’s
potential, others (like Hulu) have
fought to try to pull content from
the service. The fact that Crackle,
which is backed by a very large
media content group, is coming
to Boxee speaks volumes.
It’s one thing for media
companies to make deals with
portals under the assumption that
people will be watching from
their computer, but Boxee is
designed to be used from the
living room (although you can
use it from a computer or laptop
without a problem). In partnering
with Boxee, Crackle is making a
bold (and shrewd move). We
hope to see more companies and
content providers take notice of
these events when contemplating
their own digital strategies.
Reviews: Boxee, Crackle, Hulu,
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Tags: boxee, crackle,
crackle.com
By Aron Trimble (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:00:00 PM
Filed under: Apple Corporate It
didn't take long, but it seems that
sometime in the night, following
Francisco.
their agreement with Apple,
Even though another major
Psystar has mysteriously run out
chapter in the Apple v. Psystar
of stock on all of their Mac battle has come to a close, it
clones. Apparently their
looks like Apple has some more
settlement with Apple on the
work to do in Florida in order to
order of $2,000,000USD has
stamp out the Rebel fires and
caused them to accept defeat.
finally squash this little bug of a
Given that they only sold 768 company. Remember that Psystar
clones over the course of the past
is suing Apple in its native state
two years, I don't imagine the
Florida and in this case the issue
inability to sell their hardware
of Rebel's legality/legitimacy is
will have much of an impact on
likely to come up.
their financial statements. Psystar may be circling the
Down but not out, however,
drain, but they're not done
Psystar is still selling its Rebel
kicking yet.
EFI product which is used to
TUAW Psystar's Mac clones all
circumvent OS X's EFI
sold out originally appeared on
requirements for installation. In The Unofficial Apple Weblog
other words, it aims to make it
(TUAW) on Wed, 02 Dec 2009
dead simple to install Snow
12:00:00 EST. Please see our
Leopard on any PC. Psystar's
terms for use of feeds.
basis for continuing to sell Rebel
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What You Missed Last Night: Colbert on Jesus and ET

By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 1:00:00 PM
If you haven't heard, the Vatican
says that the possible existence of
aliens doesn't hurt Christianity.
Last night, Stephen Colbert
talked about it.
I like how Colbert can do a little
funny rant on a topic but then get
a serious guest to discuss the
topic and bring up some very
interesting ideas. And like most
Colbert rants, it somehow
manages to get other pop culture
references in, including Jabba
The Hut, the ShamWow, and
James Cameron.
[Watch clips and episodes of The
Colbert Repor t and other shows
at SlashControl.]
Filed under: Late Night, Video,
Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
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Yahoo’s Newest
Strategy: Lots and Lots
Yet Another Nobel Prize Winner of Facebook
By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
Says That Intellectual Property Is Submitted at 12/2/2009 7:35:28 AM

With more than 350 million

Harming Science users, Facebook is winning the
social networking race by a
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) rather than promote it: drugs are hoarding of it, and fears where landslide. But another area
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:32:52 AM
"evergreened" when patents are things are heading now that they’re winning big (in large part
on the verge of running out -- knowledge is so often locked up: due to that growth) is in portable feeds by using their Facebook
We've discussed in the past how companies buy up the patents of For science to continue to identity, where their Facebook account on Yahoo. Like any
Noble Prize winning economists potential rivals in order to flourish, it is necessary that the Connect platform competes with Connect-powered service, Yahoo
have been worried about the prevent them being turned into knowledge it generates be made offerings from Google, Twitter benefits by that activity being
impact of intellectual property products. Moreover, the prices freely and widely available. IP and MySpace. shared back on the Facebook
laws, and how at least one Nobel c h a r g e d , e s p e c i a l l y f o r rights have the tendency to stifle Today, Facebook is getting a news feed, which in turn drives
Prize winning physicist is p h a r m a c e u t i c a l s , a r e o f t e n access to knowledge and the free massive new partner for Connect: traffic to Yahoo.
warning that strict intellectual grossly in excess of those exchange of ideas that is essential Yahoo. The#2 search engine, This is a no-brainer for Yahoo,
property laws are harming required to cover costs and make t o s c i e n c e . S o , f a r f r o m which is also one of the world’s who has been trying for years to
science and innovation. Now we reasonable profits. He goes on to stimulating innovation and the m o s t v i s i t e d W e b s i t e s , make its services more social on
can add a Nobel Prize winning attack the massive growth in dissemination of the benefits of announced that it will be rolling its own. Now, they’ll start to see
biologist to the list (his Nobel things like gene patents, which science, IP all too often hampers o u t F a c e b o o k C o n n e c t o n some of the benefits that smaller
was for medicine). Sir John has resulted in: "research on scientific progress and restricts numerous Yahoo properties that publishers have seen from
Sulston has written up a column certain genes [being] largely access to its products. We keep in the aggregate represent tens of Facebook Connect (more
for The Guardian explaining how restricted to the companies that hearing more and more people millions of users worldwide. comments, extra traffic from
i n t e l l e c t u a l p r o p e r t y i s hold the patents, and tests w h o r e c o g n i z e a l l o f t h i s Yahoo says that Connect will be Facebook, etc.) on a massive
"shackling" science: The myth is involving them are marketed at speaking out against what is integrated on its Mail, News, scale. The new features are
that IP rights are as important as prohibitive prices. We believe happening. But the politicians Sports, and Finance sites, as well expected to launch next year.
our rights in castles, cars and that this poses a very real danger only seem to listen to the lawyers as Flickr, allowing users to do Reviews: Facebook, Flickr, news
corn oil. IP is supposedly to the development of science for and the lobbyists who have every things like leave comments, share Tags: facebook, Yahoo
intended to encourage inventors the public good." He points to incentive to ignore the reality news stories, and view friends’
and the investment needed to the long history of how scientific around them. How do we change
bring their products to the clinic a d v a n c e h a s c o m e f r o m that?
and marketplace. In reality, collaboration and the sharing of Permalink| Comments| Email
patents often suppress invention knowledge, rather than the This Story
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Spring Design Nook injunction denied, but battle's still on

(CNET News.com) for a preliminary injunction, but the bookseller pushed that date
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:17:00 AM
states that a halt to sales could back, telling preorder customers
still be appropriate if the plaintiff they could expect shipment by
Start-up Spring Design has been ultimately prevails. The court December 11.
denied an injunction to halt also says it will expedite the pre- And Sunday, Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble from selling its trial process to accommodate said that it won't feature the
Nook e-reader, according to court Spring's request for an early Nook in stores for sale or
documents. hearing. demonstration until later than
The company had requested the Barnes & Noble does not expected because the bookseller
i n j u n c t i o n , i n a d d i t i o n t o comment on litigation as a matter is making it a priority to deliver
monetary damages, as part of a o f p o l i c y , a c o m p a n y the high-demand $259 Nook to
recent lawsuit filed in federal spokeswoman said Wednesday. customers who ordered the
court in San Jose, Calif. The suit CNET has contacted Spring device before November 20.
charges that the bookseller Design for a comment and is Spring Design's Alex (left) and
misappropriated Spring Design waiting to hear back. Barnes & Noble's Nook. (Note:
trade secrets in the design of its The Nook, like Spring Design's the images are not to scale.)
Nook, which launched October Alex (which has yet to be Noble, which showed interest in sort. (Via Engadget)
20, the day after Spring Design released), combines a color touch the product and gave no When Barnes & Noble officially This content has passed through
announced its Alex e-book screen with an e-ink display, and indication it was working on a entered the e-reader market in fivefilters.org.
reader. both readers use the Android similar device. late October, customers placing
The court's decision (PDF), operating system. In its lawsuit, So sales of the Nook will move early preorders were told they
based on a Monday hearing, Spring Design said it showed its forward for now, though not could expect the Nook to ship by
denies Spring Design's request plans for the Alex to Barnes & without hitches of a non-legal the end of November. However,

Mac 101: Building a bootable diagnostic and repair flash drive

By David Winograd (The some diagnostic and repair Continue reading Mac 101:
Unofficial Apple Weblog utilities. Building a bootable diagnostic
(TUAW)) This is not meant to replace or in and repair flash drive
Submitted at 12/2/2009 3:00:00 PM any way affect backing up your TUAW Mac 101: Building a
hard drive. Time Machine makes bootable diagnostic and repair
Filed under: Troubleshooting, it so easy that not having a flash drive originally appeared on
Mac 101 More Mac 101, our tips backup plan is just silly... but so The Unofficial Apple Weblog
and tricks for novice Mac users. much for the disclaimer. (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Dec 2009
It's a good idea to have a To make a diagnostic and repair 15:00:00 EST. Please see our
strategy in place in case of flash drive, I'd suggest buying an terms for use of feeds.
emergencies. If your hard drive 8 GB flash drive, which can be Read| Permalink| Email this|
tosses you errors, behaves badly had for around US $20 these the flash drive. In doing so, you the flash drive a name. Then Comments
or doesn't even appear, what to d a y s . W h e n y o u g e t i t , i t have a number of choices. With click on Erase on the bottom
do? If programs crash at random, probably won't be formatted for your flash drive highlighted click right side of the screen and in a
you need to be ready. You can your Macintosh, so plug it in and on Erase and choose Mac OS few seconds your flash drive will
prepare for this by creating a r u n D i s k U t i l i t y ( i n Extended (Journaled) and give be ready for an operating system.
bootable flash drive containing /Applications/Utilities) to format
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Tiger Woods and the Destruction of Personal Privacy

By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!) But Tiger goes on to bring up accident.
Submitted at 12/2/2009 8:04:44 AM
what is perhaps a more Of course, as the world’s first
interesting issue about the world billion-dollar athlete, Tiger could
For the past six days, much of we live in. The extremely private conceivably be deemed a
the world has been riveted by the superstar goes on to write, company and brand, but
fallout from the Thanksgiving car “Although I am a well-known nonetheless, as a man, it’s his
accident of Tiger Woods. The person and have made my career right to remain private and accept
story has been driven in large as a professional athlete, I have the consequences, whether
part by the online tabloid media been dismayed to realize the full they’re lost endorsements or
and the all-knowing eyes of extent of what tabloid scrutiny unforgiving fans. That right was
TMZ, who has speculated about really means.” seemingly stripped away from
the athlete’s marriage, affairs, Continuing, Tiger writes: him by the “we deserve to know
and perhaps even prescription “But no matter how intense everything about everything”
drug use before taking the wheel. curiosity about public figures can culture we now live in.
As it turns out, much of what be, there is an important and deep As a sports fan, a social media
TMZ’s been reporting appears to principle at stake which is the connoisseur and a man, today is a
be true, as this morning Woods right to some simple, human family. Personal sins should not transparency from companies, sad day.
issued a statement on his Web measure of privacy. I realize require press releases and brands and even public figures Tags: social media, tiger woods,
site, acknowledging wrongdoings there are some who don’t share problems within a family thanks to social media, it’s not trending
and writing, “I have let my my view on that. But for me, the shouldn’t have to mean public our God-given right to know
family down and I regret those virtue of privacy is one that must confessions.” what Tiger does in his personal
transgressions with all of my be protected in matters that are Tiger’s right. While we’ve life, as many seemed to think it
heart.” intimate and within one’s own come to expect a certain level of was in the days following his

Song Summoner and sequel coming to iPhone

By Mike Schramm (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:30:00 AM
Filed under: Gaming, Software,
iPhone, App Store I actually did
buy Song Summoner, the
strange, out-of-nowhere tactics
RPG from Square Enix that was
made for the iPod last year. Yes,
that's right it was made for the
iPod -- at a time when everyone
was waiting to see pro apps on
the iPhone and the iPod touch,
Square released a game
controlled with a click wheel that
used your iPod's songs as
characters in a tactical RPG. And
now, we've heard that Song
Summoner is returning-- this
time as a touchscreen based
iPhone app.
to Apple's dropping support of
clickwheel games (which makes
sense, given the App Store's
popularity). It'll be in the App
Store on December 3rd. No price
listed yet, but there will be a lite
version to try as well.
TUAW Song Summoner and
sequel coming to iPhone
originally appeared on The
I have to say -- especially if you import into the game, and then it U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g
like Square Enix RPGs in the becomes a character with specific (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Dec 2009
style of Final Fantasy Tactics, stats), it's definitely worth a look. 11:30:00 EST. Please see our
and you're intrigued by the "song A n d f o r S o n g S u m m o n e r terms for use of feeds.
conversion" engine (you choose a completists, the game comes with Read| Permalink| Email this|
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Intel hopes 48-core chip will solve new challenges
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:14:00 AM
Intel's 48-core Single-chip Cloud
C o m p u t e r ( S C C )
processor(Credit: Intel)
SAN FRANCISCO--Pushing
several steps farther in the
multicore direction, Intel on
Wednesday demonstrated a fully
programmable 48-core processor
it thinks will pave the way for
massive data computers powerful
enough to do more of what
humans can.
The 1.3-billion transistor
processor, called Single-chip
Cloud Computer (SCC) is
successor generation to the 80-
core "Polaris" processor that
Intel's Tera-scale research project
produced in 2007. Unlike that
precursor, though, the second-
generation model is able to run
the standard software of Intel's
x86 chips such as its Pentium and
Core models.
The cores themselves aren't
terribly powerful--more like
lower-end Atom processors than
Intel's flagship Nehalem models,
Intel Chief Technology Officer
Justin Rattner said at a press
event here. But collectively they
Archer looks awesome
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 1:30:00 PM
Is it too early to name Archer as
one of my favorite shows of
2010? It's hard to judge
Tech/ TV/ 33
Shield alums
to reunite on
Lie to Me
By Jonathan Toomey (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 2:01:00 PM
Despite the fact that FX's late
drama The Shield has only been
pack a lot of power, he said, and and will demand as a result very high-core count processors like off the air for a little over a year,
Intel has ambitious goals in mind ( p o w e r f u l ) c o m p u t i n g the SCC?" it looks like the gritty cop
for the overall project. capability." The chipmaker found only one drama's cast just can't get enough
Intel CTO Justin Rattner holds a Intel is working with companies flaw with the chip so far and has of each other -- a handful of them
wafer made of Intel's 48-core facing large-scale computing booted Windows and Linux on will be staging a mini- Shield
experimental SCC chips.(Credit: challenges that today require SCC systems. The company reunion on Lie to Me this coming
S c r e e n s h o t b y S t e p h e n thousands of networked servers. demonstrated computers using spring.
Shankland/CNET) That's very much a here-and-now the processor running Microsoft's According to the press release
"The machine will be capable of problem compared to the more Visual Studio on Windows and from Fox, former Shield cast
understanding the world around sci-fi challenges of computer other tasks at the event. members Catherine Dent
them much as humans do," vision. This content has passed through (Danny), Kenny Johnson (Lem),
Rattner said. "They will see and Intel's idea with the SCC and its fivefilters.org. David Marciano (Billings),
hear and probably speak and do a ilk, Rattner said: "Could you Benito Martinez (Aceveda),
number of other things that replace a rack full of equipment Cathy Cahlin Ryan (Corinne),
resemble human-like capabilities, today with one or a number of and David Rees Snell (Ronnie)
will all be featured in the
episode, entitled "Pied Piper."
Continue reading Shield alums
to reunite on Lie to Me
s o m e t i m e s h o w g o o d a n I like spy shows and movies awesome Filed under: Other Drama
animated show is going to be, but anyway, and this animated, Filed under: Video, Animation, Shows, Programming, Casting,
if Jonathan's review of the pilot modern take looks really funny. Reality-Free Reality-Free, Lie to Me
and the video clips below for It debuts on FX on January 14 at Permalink| Email this| | Permalink| Email this| |
Archer are any indication, it's 10 p.m. Comments Comments
going to be all kinds of awesome. Continue reading Archer looks
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Airport diversion: Adrenaline Golf
Online
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:30:00 PM
Filed under: Gaming, iPhone,
iPod touch, App Review I think
the iPhone really solves the
'sitting at the airport with hours
to kill' problem quite well. As
iPhone owners, we know we can
browse the web, catch up on
email or the news, even check to
see why your flight is late.
I have another suggestion. Give
Adrenaline Golf Online[ iTunes
link] a try. It is one of the few
games that really harnesses the
power of 3GS graphics, but look
quite good if you are on older
hardware, and it works fine on an
iPod touch too.
The game is basically miniature
golf, with a pretty accurate
physics engine. There are 72
courses in 3 different game
modes. You can play online with
golfers all over the world, or just
play by your lonesome.
There are 4 different playing
environments for 18 courses,
which is how you get a total of
72. There is beach, forest, lava,
and night. The animation and
rendering of water and reflections
is really stunning. The game play
is challenging, and I easily blew
an hour working through a
E-reader Newspaper
AT&T and Verizon
mutually drop lawsuits,
customers rejoice
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 12/2/2009 1:00:00 PM
Filed under: Odds and ends,
iPhone Both companies were
looking pretty stupid, with half-
baked attack ads and claims,
counter claims and lawsuits that
get lawyers rich and customers
wondering if the money might be
better spent.
Anyway, the Wall Street Journal
and others are reporting that:
couple of the courses. have time on your hands I AT&T Inc. (T) on Wednesday
All the courses have 3 difficulty suggest giving this game a try. I dismissed its lawsuit against
levels, and have interesting think it is especially good for Verizon Wireless and its recent
challenges in getting your ball in p e o p l e w h o l i k e p o o l a n d "There's A Map For That"
the hole past a series of animated m i n i a t u r e g o l f . campaign. OK AT&T. How about using
obstacles. Here's a gallery of some screen AT&T had already suffered a that found money to improve
I'm not really a big game person, shots: legal setback when a judge your network and customer
but I was instantly hooked by Gallery: Screen shots from rejected its request to pull the ads service? Come on. You can do it.
Adrenaline Golf. If I have any Adrenaline Golf Online last month, which the Dallas TUAW AT&T and Verizon
criticism it is that it is hard to TUAW Airport diversion: carrier argued inaccurately mutually drop lawsuits,
predict how a particular hole will A d r e n a l i n e G o l f O n l i n e suggested inferior network customers rejoice originally
play and how far the ball will originally appeared on The coverage. The court ruled that appeared on The Unofficial
roll. Eventually I got the hang of U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g Verizon Wireless's ads, which Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed,
it. (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 s h o w e d m a p s c o m p a r i n g 02 Dec 2009 13:00:00 EST.
It might seem a little pricey at 12:30:00 EST. Please see our coverage, clearly talked about Please see our terms for use of
U.S. $4.99, but I think the effort terms for use of feeds. third-generation, or 3G, feeds.
involved in making this game Read| Read| Permalink| Email c o v e r a g e . Read| Permalink| Email this|
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the higher tariff. Verizon has dismissed a similar
If you're stuck at an airport or lawsuit against AT&T.
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Apple looking to sell iPod AT&T Drops Lawsuit
touch-based EasyPay Against Verizon and its Smooth Jazz
checkout system to others? Coverage Slamming Ads Christmas
By Joachim Bean (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 12/2/2009 2:30:00 PM
Filed under: Accessories, Retail,
Rumors, Apple, iPod touch
Apple has recently moved away
from the old Windows Mobile-
based EasyPay point-of-sale
systems formerly used at the
Apple Stores to a new iPod touch
-based system. Now, Apple may
be looking to sell the new system
to other retailers. ifoAppleStore
is reporting that Apple has
received many inquires from
people interested in purchasing
this new system for their own
use.
The system consists of an iPod
touch outfitted with an accessory
case that has a built-in barcode
scanner, magnetic card reader,
and battery. The device also uses
a Pogo stylus for capturing
customer signatures. The iPod
touch runs a custom application
that handles all the aspects of the
sale.
James Lipton wants you to think before you text
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:00:00 AM
I'm not sure the host of Inside
The Actors Studio is the best
Tech/ TV/ Entertainment/ 35
A Dave Koz
(ETonline - Breaking News)
By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:03:49 AM
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:35:00 AM
The ongoing war of words Saxophonist Dave Koz is
between Verizon and AT&T has bringing good cheer and smooth
jazz to all this December,
come to an end — in the
celebrating the 12th anniversary
courtroom, anyway. According
of his Dave Koz & Friends: A
to CNET, AT&T has dropped the
Smooth Jazz Christmas Tour, and
lawsuit it filed last month against
case, as Verizon’s current batch the six-time Grammy nominee
Verizon that claimed ads
of ads clearly indicate that the has announced his final show.
comparing the respective
Sales of the system outside of
coverage maps of each carrier map comparison is based on 3G Read on for details…
Apple retail outlets still remains
were misleading. coverage. But worse than that, Presented by 94.7 The Wave
only a possibility, but Apple is
As anyone that watches much the telecom giant has a big radio station, the concert will
reported to be compiling a list of
TV can attest, the ads continue in p e r c e p t i o n p r o b l e m a t t h e take place on December 23 at the
customers who might be
full force, with Verizon airing a moment. A new Consumer G i b s o n A m p h i t h e a t r e a t
interested in purchasing it. If
seemingly unending array of R e p o r t s s t u d y p u b l i s h e d Universal City Walk in Los
demand grows, this Apple-
commercials slamming AT&T’s yesterday indicated that AT&T Angeles, with a portion of the
developed tool could be sold to
coverage, and AT&T responding h a d t h e l o w e s t c u s t o m e r proceeds benefiting the Los
many other retailers.
with its own ads attacking s a t i s f a c t i o n a m o n g m a j o r Angeles Regional Food Bank.
TUAW Apple looking to sell
Verizon’s weaknesses and wireless carriers in the US. The concert represents a reunion
iPod touch-based EasyPay
spinning the coverage story in a H o w d o e s A T & T f i x t h e of the original quintet, with Rick
checkout system to others?
more positive light. problem? In the long run, the Braun, David Benoit, Peter White
originally appeared on The
Here’s one of Verizon’s recent only option seems to be simply to and Brenda Russell joining Dave
Unofficial Apple Weblog
ads that ran over this past improve its service, which is on the 22-date tour, which
(TUAW) on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 launched just last week.
weekend: much easier said than done.
14:30:00 EST. Please see our
AT&T didn’t seemingly have Tags: advertising, att, verizon
terms for use of feeds.
much of a leg to stand on in this
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person to get kids to stop texting I mean, "give it a ponder?" Do Commercials, Celebrities, Reality
naughty words and/or pictures, kids really talk like that today? -Free
though I guess this ad is as much Maybe British kids. Permalink| Email this| |
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36 Tech/ TV/ Entertainment/
Facebook Death Threat Another news tweak for
Leads to Arrest in Google
Columbia
By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:32:14 AM
The perpetrator of death threats
against the son of Columbian
president Alvaro Uribe on
Facebook has been identified and
arrested, thanks to help from
Facebook and the FBI. Police say
they placed the subject under
arrest Wednesday on the outskirts
of Bogota, although his name has
not yet been released.
The man reportedly posted a
very unambiguous death threat
against the Columbian
president’s son back in July of
this year, with a Facebook
message reading, “I promise to
kill Jeronimo Alberto Uribe, son
of Alvaro Uribe.” With help from
the American FBI, Columbian
intelligence were able to
determine the IP address of the
computer used to post the threat.
Columbian police say he’ll be
charged with incitement to
Matt Houston might be coming to DVD next year
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 3:10:00 PM
It's funny how shows you didn't
think would ever be released are
suddenly released on DVD. Case
in point: Matt Houston, the series
commit crime.
It’s not the first arrest made
possible by Facebook, whose IP-
harnessing power can work both
ways. It’s a stark reminder that
you’re probably not as
anonymous as you think on the
Internet.
Do you think we’ll see more
criminal cases mediated by
Facebook and other social
networks in the coming years?
[Image courtesy of
davidsonscott15] Reviews:
Facebook
Tags: Alvaro Uribe, arrest,
Columbia, death threat, facebook,
FBI
from the early '80s that starred
Lee Horsley as a Texas-born
private eye. Yes, his last name
was Houston and he was born in
Texas. It's always great when
your last name is also the name
of a city in your state. Maybe the
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:49:00 AM
Following modifications to its
"First Click Free" policy that
gives Google News users access
to some content that would
otherwise be behind a pay wall,
Google has released an additional
tweak that lets publishers decide
whether they want their sites to
show up in Google News,
Google Web search, both, or
neither.
Previously, if a publisher wanted
to request inclusion in one or the
other, but not both, sending a
request to Google was required.
This now automates the process.
These updates to Google's news
indexing come at a time when
media outlets are once again
show didn't trust viewers enough
pointing fingers at the search
giant as a revenue suck--and in
response, Google insists it's good
for publishers because it drives
traffic. News Corp. CEO Rupert
Murdoch has made concrete
threats that he will pull his
publications' content from
Google and is reported to be in
talks with Microsoft to strike an
exclusive deal on its Bing search
engine.
By offering more flexible
options for choosing where
exactly news outlets want their
content to appear, Google comes
across as friendlier and less
authoritative--at least on the
surface.
This content has passed through
fivefilters.org.
to know that even though he lives
in Los Angeles HE'S A
COWBOY.
TVShowsOnDVD is reporting
that the show is going to come
out on DVD some time in 2010.
Continue reading Matt Houston
E-reader Newspaper
The Hills : Comic
Book Adventures in
Finale Land [Recaps]
By Brian Moylan (Gawker)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:04:21 PM
Sadly another season of this
show has come and gone. Like
most episodes, nothing happened,
but the plot still seemed to
progress. That's why we
translated the action into serial
comic form. It's later, the same
day...
And there were still so many
questions to answer: Will Brody
and Jayde stay together? Is Heidi
pregnant with Spencer's devil
spawn? Will Kristin get together
with Justin Bobby? Does
Audrina actually have something
to do? What ever happened to
drunk Holly? Did Stacie the
Bartender drink her under the
table permanently? Stop
wondering, you silly goose, and
get your answers in bite-sized
illustrated form!
might be coming to DVD next
year
Filed under: Other Drama
Shows, TV on DVD, Reality-
Free
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Gen. McChrystal Praises Obama's Kate Hudson: A-Rod

Afghanistan Decision and I Are Not in That
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:00:44 PM
will work toward improved
security for Afghanistan and the
transfer of responsibility to
concerted commitment of the
international community will
prevail in bringing real change to
Place Yet
Here’s the statement just Afghan security forces as rapidly Afghanistan — a secure and (ETonline - Breaking News) "It's unfair to talk about
released by the senior NATO as conditions allow. In the stable environment that allows Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:45:00 AM
somebody else, especially when
commander in Afghanistan, meantime, our Afghan partners for effective governance, you're not in that place yet to be
General Stanley McChrystal: need the support of Coalition improved economic opportunity Kate Hudson tackles single discussing those things."
“ T h e A f g h a n i s t a n - P a k i s t a n forces while we grow and and the freedom of every Afghan motherhood, the tabloids and Of course, she's used to tabloid
review led by the President has develop the capacity of the to choose how they live. dating in the new issue of speculation and rumors. "If I
provided me with a clear military Afghan army and police. That “We face many challenges in Harper's Bazaar. walk out on the street with any
mission and the resources to will be the main focus of our Afghanistan, but our efforts are O n h e r r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h man, I'm dating him. I've been
accomplish our task. The clarity, campaign in the months ahead. sustained by one unassailable Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, dating two of my best friends
commitment and resolve outlined “The 42 other nations of the reality: neither the Afghan people Kate is hesitant to define their from high school who are like
in the President’s address are Coalition will benefit from a nor the international community status. "I have a child, and there girls to me," she muses. "I'm not
critical steps toward bringing strengthened U.S. commitment, want Afghanistan to remain a are people involved," she says. going to hide going to breakfast."
security to Afghanistan and as success in Afghanistan must sanctuary for terror and violence. Inside the Grammy
eliminating terrorist safe havens be an international, integrated The coalition is encouraged by
that threaten regional and global civil-military effort – from our President Obama’s commitment Nomination Concert
security. security and training capacity to and we remain resolute to Preps with LL Cool J
“ T h e N A T O I n t e r n a t i o n a l the governance and economic empowering the Afghan people
Security Assistance Force (ISAF) development assistance that to reject the insurgency and build (ETonline - Breaking News)
objective is equally clear: We sustains long-term stability. The their own future.” Submitted at 12/2/2009 8:52:00 AM

Freepers Respond to 'Hate Speech' Criticism By LL Cool J hosts this year's

Grammy Nomination Concert at
Club Nokia in Downtown Los
Spewing Hate Speech Angeles, and he's giving ET the
inside scoop on what to expect!
(Little Green Footballs) at Free Republic, the site where barkingmoonbat; bds; bigot; jumpedtheshark; lbtg; lgf; In addition to hosting the party,
Submitted at 12/1/2009 5:03:56 PM
thousands of people gleefully bipolar; cair; charlesjohnson; lgf2point0; lickedthepitcher; LL will perform along with the
cheered and applauded the cjwldslouthsownmom; coopted; littlegreenfagbots; Black Eyed Peas, Sugarland,
Well, the right wing blogosphere murder of Dr. George Tiller: crappedthebed; creationism; littlegreenfootballs; obamunist; Maxwell and Nick Jonas & The
has responded to my post about Why I Parted Ways With The cultureofcorruption; perverts; quisling; rathergate; Administration. Plus, the
their almost universal hate speech R i g h t ( L G F B l a m e s F r e e dncbrownshirts; drankthekoolaid; religiousfaggot; religiousfaggots; nominations for the 52nd annual
and ugly ranting with … a deluge R e p u b l i c ) . evolution; fakebutaccurate; seeya; sellout; snivellingliberal; Grammy Awards will be
of hate speech and ugly ranting. I won’t quote the comments, but freerepublic; frinthenews; sodomhusseinobama; thehorror; announced.
You can easily find numerous let’s just examine the tags they gaystapo; globalwarmingscare; traitor; truther; whocares The Grammy Nomination
examples just by taking a short put on their post about LGF, shall goodriddance; homobama; Aren’t they cute? Concert airs live Wednesday
cruise around the right wing we? homofascists; homosexual; night at 9/8c on CBS. The
sites, but probably the best one is 0bangs1whimper; antichristian; homosexualagenda; hysteria; Grammy Awards themselves air
January 31 on CBS.
38 Tech Tips/ E-reader Newspaper

The Human's Guide to Running Google Chrome OS [Chrome

Os]
By Gina Trapani (Lifehacker) on Google's list of approved
Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:00:00 AM
hardware. Testing Method 2:
Boot Chromium OS from a USB
Two weeks ago Google released Drive
the source code of their A virtual machine is just that—
upcoming Chrome OS operating virtual—and you want to see the
system, and thanks to some fast real thing. You can run
and hard-working developers, Chromium OS natively on your
you don't have to be a coder to computer from a USB stick if
try it out. you've got the right hardware.
While Google's official word is What you'll need: To boot
that you have to build Chromium Chromium OS natively, you'll
OS from source to try it out on need a netbook or laptop known
your computer, several to work with Chromium
developers have released OS(note: that list isn't exactly
installable builds that save you complete, so your mileage may
the trouble. Let's take a look at vary if you try gear that's not
how to take Chromium OS out listed), a 1 gigabyte USB drive,
for a spin without typing make or and the bootable USB image.
build. Setting Expectations: Meet Download the "Diet" Chromium
Your New Bicycle OS for a 1 gigabyte USB drive
Before you get started, you here. (Thanks to Hexxeh for
Mac-lover John Gruber predicts your internet connection or Linux/Ubuntu as shown.
should know that Chrome OS (or
that Chrome OS will be the keyboard will work, this is the Then, use the vmdk file you offering these!)
in this early development stage,
operating system on your way to go. downloaded from gdgt as the Note that the USB stick method
Chromium OS) is an operating does NOT work on Macs. (See
secondary computer; he says that What you'll need: First you'll virtual boot disk.
system that essentially consists
Google's betting that instead of need software that can run virtual For a detailed step-by-step below.) Also, a Chromium live
ONLY of a browser. You can't
two cars, you just need a car and machine images; I'd recommend screenshot tour, check out The CD is not available because it
install applications or twiddle
a bicycle. Meet what might you go with the free, cross- How-To Geek's guide on how to needs to write to the disk;
with settings—Chromium OS therefore, a writable USB stick is
someday become your new platform VirtualBox. Secondly, run Chrome OS in VirtualBox.
feels like it's just Google Chrome
bicycle. Testing Method 1: Run you'll need to download the The disadvantage of this method the way to go.
with no layer between it and your
Chromium OS as a Virtual prefab Chromium OS virtual disk is that Chromium OS won't be as How to boot it: The USB build
computer. It's a neat idea, but
Machine image. For the price of a free site fast as the operating system is developer Hexxeh describes how
kind of disappointing for
The easiest, surefire way to try registration, you can download a designed to be, because it's to prepare your USB drive for
software geeks who like lots of
out Chromium OS without even working virtual machine from running in a virtual machine—in booting on Windows:
settings. It acts just like a regular Download Image Writer for
rebooting your computer is gdgt.com. other words, you won't get to see
old browser with not too many W indows and extract the
running it as a virtual machine. If How to boot it: If you've used Chrome OS's amazing boot time
innovations, except that it's
you've got a Mac or an VirtualBox before, firing up or snappy responsiveness. The program. Launch the program,
lightning fast. For more on
incompatible PC and you just Chromium OS in it isn't much a d v a n t a g e o f t h i s m e t h o d , a n d s e l e c t t h e i m a g e (
Chrome OS's backstory, see our
want to see what Chromium different than any other operating however, is that your internet chromiumos.img) and your USB
first glimpse at Google Chrome
looks like without having to system. When you create the new connection, keyboard, and mouse
OS. HUMAN'S page 39
restart or worry whether or not image, set the OS Type to will work whether or not they're
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drive letter from the drop down
box. Click "Write". The install
image will then be copied to the
drive. Once it's done, close the
program and you can then boot
from the USB drive.
Mac users can prepare the USB
drive as well, but remember,
Macs cannot boot into Chromium
OS from the USB drive. Linux
users, here's how you can install
the image to the USB drive.
Now that your USB drive is
bootable, shut down your
computer, insert the drive, and
start your computer. As it's
booting, hit the boot menu key
and set your computer to boot
from the USB drive. (The boot
menu key and method for setting
the boot drive to the USB stick
varies from computer to
computer; check your user
manual or Google your model to
see how to do it.)
When your computer starts up
for the first time, if you're using
Hexxeh's build, the username and
password are both facepunch.
Normally these login details will
be your Google account
Documents: Tiger Woods' Crash
Report
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:40:00 AM
ET has obtained the crash report
of Tiger Woods' one-car accident
that occurred early last Friday
morning, Nov. 27.
username and password, but if
your machine is not yet
connected to the internet,
facepunch it is. If all goes well,
your keyboard, mouse, and
wireless or Ethernet adapter will
work with Chromium OS and
you'll be in the cloud in seconds.
If not, check this hardware
compatibility list for more info
about what might or might not
work with your computer.
For an alternative to Hexxeh's
USB build, check out the handy
torrent with instructions from
MakeUseOf.com. (Note that the
default login username and
password is different than
Hexxeh's build in the
MakeUseOf.com build.)
If you've got an ASUS Eee PC
and you've already downloaded
the virtual image in the first
method, you can turn that into a
bootable USB stick as well.
Here's how to create a USB stick
from the virtual image and boot
up your Eee from it.
If you're already running Ubuntu
Linux (Karmic Koala) on your
laptop and you can't get
The reports cites that the pro
golfer hit a fire hydrant in the
front lawn of his estate before the
front of his vehicle collided with
a tree. The report includes a
diagram of the accident.
Florida police announced on
Tech Tips/ Entertainment/ 39
Chromium OS to work with your
Wi-Fi card, Linux user Lee
Briggs explains how you can
patch the USB build with your
current drivers.
The main advantage to testing
Chromium OS using a bootable
drive is you'll get the native
experience with the speed and
responsiveness of a real
computer. The disadvantage is
that your current hardware might
not work with Chromium OS. GroceryWiz Is a Full-
What's your favorite method for
test-driving Chromium OS? Was
it worth the time? Are you using
Featured, Grocery-List-
it regularly? Let us know what
you think in the comments.
Making Webapp [Groceries]
Gina Trapani, Lifehacker's By Sarah Rae Trover notes for each ingredient, in case
founding editor, looks forward to
(Lifehacker) you need a reminder as to why
Chrome OS's official release. Her Submitted at 12/2/2009 8:30:00 AM
you need it—or what dish it's
weekly feature, Smarterware, destined for. The whole thing
appears every Wednesday on It's easy to forget things grocery prints out in an easy to read list
Lifehacker. Subscribe to the shopping once you're bumping that's divided by category to
Smarterware tag feed to get new e l b o w s w i t h t h e m a s s e s . ensure you don't leave something
installments in your newsreader. GroceryWiz is an easy to use, behind, before leaving a certain
fully customizable webapp that section of the store.
keeps your weekly grocery needs Sign up is free, and the site also
in check. offers freebie offers and coupons,
(Click the image above for a though those features require a
closer look.) bit more of your time than a few
GroceryWiz is a quick and easy off the cuff edits to stay on top of
tool for adding grocery items to a your daily or weekly shopping
virtual and printable list to make list. If this seems a little over the
your trips to the grocery store top for your needs, you can
easier and more productive. It always try using a basic template
keeps track of your weekly t o s t r e a m l i n e y o u r o w n
purchases and saves your lists handwritten lists, or try shopping
Tuesday that they had closed the
from week to week to help every two weeks to save money
investigation into Woods'
identify frequent purchases you and make things a little more
accident and said they had issued
may have left off before you hit routine. GroceryWiz
the pro golfer a moving violation
the print button. You can add
for careless driving. This could
mean a $164 fine and up to four
points on Woods' license.
40 Tech Tips/ Entertainment/
Craigslist Car Research Extension Makes Used-
Car Shopping Easier [Downloads]
By Sarah Rae Trover
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:00:00 AM
Craigslist is a great resource
when you're searching for a deal
on a vehicle, but it can also be
time consuming. This Craigslist-
centric Firefox extension displays
consumer reviews, pricing info,
and similar vehicles to make
searching as painless as possible.
(Click above to enlarge)
We've purchased vehicles from
Craigslist several times in the
past, and there's always a certain
amount of extra internet
searching that goes on. When
you find what seems like a deal,
you're sure to look up Blue Book
pricing, consumer reviews, and
check up on safety information.
The new "Craigslist Car Buy
Research Firefox Extension"
(longest name ever) is a simple
install that provides all of that
available information at the top
of each page so you can quickly
determine whether sifting
through the posted ad is worth
your time.
We road tested it on several
different ads in our area and it
did its duty when it came to
notifying us of cars that had been
in accidents before we got our
hopes up on finding a real deal; it
also alerted us to pricing that was
likely too good to be true,
suggesting inquiries to make
about its condition. In all, the
extension aims to round up the
following information on each
car classified:
• Gives estimated price from
multiple sources. Also provides
links for further research.
• Factory car recalls for the car
model.
• Consumer reviews, this is the
real gem.
• Car reliability information. It
shows the msn autos page
focused at reliability section.
This shows what kinda engine
problems occur in that particular
car. Other info is also there but
reliability info is most useful on
that page. Takes like 2 sec to get
idea of how reliable that car
model is.
• Scans the posting and shows a
highlighted message on top
informing about:- accident car,
rebuilt car, moving sale, one
owner, suggests buyer to ask if
the car was involved in an
accident.
• Lists similar
(year/make/model) ads from
craigslist on top. This gives the
idea of going price and the
supply/demand.
• If there is a phone number in
the post then it makes it easy to
do a search of the phone number
on Craigslist to find out if the ad
poster has posted any other ads.
This sometimes help in
determining if its moving sale or
[an] ad by a reseller etc.
Give it a go to see how else this
add-on can make your Craigslist
searching a little easier. Craigslist
Car Buy Research is a free
download, works wherever
Firefox does. Craigslist Car Buy
Research Firefox
Extension[Mozilla Add-ons]
E-reader Newspaper
Is it a Celebrity
Lookalike or
the Real Deal?
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:41:00 AM
"I Get That A Lot" is back for a
second go-round, featuring
celebrities tricking everyday
people in a case of supposed
"mistaken identity." Working
ordinary jobs, these celebrities
confuse customers who can't
decide if it's the actual celebrity
or an astonishing look-alike.
Celeb participants include Paris
Hilton, Rachael Ray, Gene
Simmons, Tony Hawk and Julie
Chen. "I Get That a Lot" will air
Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. on
CBS.
How Do You Handle
Email Misfires?
[Ask The Readers]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:30:00 AM
The New York Times'
Gadgetwise Blog dives into the
subject of email misfires,
discussing what you should do
HOW page 41
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HOW
continued from page 40

when someone mistakenly sends fires as long as you're not

you an email meant for someone ignoring something serious.
else. We're wondering what you Seems fair enough, right? I'm not
would do—whether you're the sure I know one person who
sender or receiver. hasn't received the occasional
For her part, Gadgetwise's Jenna email from that friend, coworker,
Wortham suggests the following or family member who has an
when you've received an email email address off by one initial.
by error: I'd ignored mine until two days
It's hard enough to field the ago when my email alter-ego's
deluge of daily e-mail messages mother wrote an email asking if
from colleagues, significant he was all right. At that point, a
others and friends without the quick and simple, "Hi, I believe
added headache of dealing with a you've got the wrong email. I
surplus of correspondence from hope everything's all right,"
strangers passing along chain e- should suffice.
letters or inquiring about their Your thoughts? How do you
bacon-of-the-month order status. deal with email misfires (whether
But your level of obligation you did the firing or you just
Quicksilver Releases Update, depends on both the nature of the
note and where it was sent.
received the misfire)? Share your
suggestions in the comments.
"If the message is ‘I am in a life Ethics of E-mail Misfires and
Improves Performance [Downloads] threatening situation….' it's one
thing," said [founder of
Facebook Complications[NYT
via Gizmodo]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker) homepage, but the changelog on speed is always a tough call, so Cc:Betty's Michael] Cerda. "If
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:30:00 AM
software download site let's hear how the new release it's ‘what's the best basketball to
MacUpdate lists a ton of changes, feels to you in the comments. buy' it's another."
Mac OS X only: Universal including claims of performance Update: As some readers have Basically, Wortham suggests
application launcher and then boosts: pointed out, this build seems to that it's okay to ignore email mis-
some Quicksilver has a pretty Default compiler changed to have come from the active
shaky future, so we were both Clang, Apple's and the Open
surprised and thrilled to find a Source community's next gen
development of Quicksilver that's
going on over at GitHub. It's
Pentagon races to save air tanker
new release of Quicksilver compiler. By doing that a 20 to
boasting, among other things, 40% increase in runtime speed
great to see that users are actively
developing the open-sourced app.
contest
improved performance. was gained while managing a Quicksilver is a free, open- (Financial Times - US Robert Gates, US defence
Rather than simply bringing catalog library with approx. 13k source download for Mac OS X homepage) secretary, told the US Senate
Quicksilver up to spec with Snow items. Quicksilver also feels a lot only. If you're new to Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:42:39 AM
armed services committee on
L e o p a r d ( l i k e t h e l a s t snappier too. Quicksilver, check out our Wednesday that he believed
m a i n t e n a n c e r e l e a s e ) , Not bad for an application that's beginner's guide. Quicksilver The Pentagon was scrambling on “both of the principal competitors
Quicksilver 1.0 Beta 57 actually not really in active development 1.0b57[MacUpdate via Wednesday to save a multibillion are highly qualified and we
comes complete with some fixes anymore (and whose creator is Macworld] dollar contest to replace the US would like to see competition
and improvements. For whatever busy working on Chrome OS). Air Force’s ageing fleet of air continue in this process”.
reason, the release isn't currently I'll venture to say that the new refuelling tankers after Northrop This content has passed through
available on the Quicksilver build does feel a touch faster, but Grumman and EADS in effect fivefilters.org.
withdrew their joint bid.
42 Tech Tips/ Entertainment/
Find Subtitles for Movies and Shows at AnySubs
[Subtitles]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:00:00 AM
Don't let a lack of subtitles
detract from your enjoyment of a
movie or television show. Visit
AnySubs and grab a set of
subtitles.
The most obvious reason for
using subtitles is understanding a
movie or show filmed in a
language you don't speak.
Another great use is for
understanding soft spoken
dialogue without having to crank
up the volume—I discovered the
AeroWorks Reskins Your Windows 7 Taskbar
Without Patching [Downloads]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:00:00 PM
Windows: If you want to mess
around with reskinning your
Windows 7 or Vista taskbar
without having to muck around
with patches, AeroWorks is a no-
fuss method for skinning the
taskbar without modification to
your system.
AeroWorks swaps out the
taskbar background and special
effects with those of the seven
value of this while trying to
watch LOST without the shifts
from soft whispering to giant
explosions waking up the entire
house.
Anysubs catalogs subtitles in
included skins. You can combine
your own images and special
effects by clicking on the Choose
Base and Choose FX buttons in
the upper right hand corner.
It doesn't patch or modify your
E-reader Newspaper
If you'd like to permanently
embed subtitles into a movie you
can use previously reviewed
DivXLand Media Subtitler to so
do and for more information
New York State Senate
about subtitles and applications Votes Down Gay
you can use to work with Marriage [Gay
subtitles, check out how to add Marriage]
subtitles to any movie or
television show. By Pareene (Gawker)
Have a favorite subtitle search Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:12:45 PM
multiple languages for popular engine or tool? Let's hear about it
movies and television shows. i n t h e c o m m e n t s b e l o w . The good news: the New York
You can use the service for free A n y S u b s [ v i a M a k e U s e O f ] State Senate had an actual up-and
without registration—which is -down floor vote on a
only required for uploading controversial and important issue.
subtitles, not downloading them. Bad news: they voted down Gay
Marriage. So nice work,
everyone.
The Democrats have a one-seat
majority, so, of course, the bill
went down 38-24. Not a single
Republican supported it.
close the application to revert the Meanwhile, Washington DC's
taskbar to its default state. city council embarrassed all of us
AeroWorks is freeware and by overwhelmingly approving
requires Windows Vista or gay marriage
higher. Have a favorite tool for
skinning Windows? Let's hear
about it in the comments.
AeroWorks[via Download
Squad]
system beyond changing the
appears of the taskbar while the
application is running. If you
don't like the changes you can
undo them within the program
and try a new skin or simply
E-reader Newspaper
Top 10 Semantic Web Products of 2009
By Richard MacManus
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:30:00 AM
2009 has seen a lot of Semantic
Web and structured data activity.
Much of it has been driven by
Linked Data, a W3C project
which gained momentum this
year. According to Sir Tim
Berners-Lee, the inventor of the
Web, Linked Data is a sea
change akin to the invention of
the WWW itself. We've gone
from a Web of documents to a
Web of data.
The 10 products we've picked
out for this end-of-year review
are ones that have done
interesting things with data.
Connecting to other data,
building new applications with
data, sharing data, and more.
These 10 products may not be the
type of Semantic Web apps that
the W3C envisaged in the 90s,
but that no longer seems to
matter. What's important is that
the Web is becoming more
meaningful - more semantic.
Sponsor
This is the third in our series of
top products of 2009:
• Top 10 Mobile Web Products
of 2009
• Top 10 Consumer Web Apps
of 2009
• Top 10 Semantic Web
Products of 2009
Google Search Options and Rich
Snippets
In May, Google announced two
significant additions to its search
product: Search Options and
Rich Snippets. The two features
notably extended Google's core
search product and the 'rich
snippets' part in particular was
based around structured content.
Rich snippets extract and show
useful information from web
pages. Google is using structured
data open standards such as
microformats and RDFa to power
the rich snippets feature. It is
inviting publishers to mark up
their HTML (webmasters can
find more details here).
Feedly
Feedly describes itself as
"magazine-like startpage." When
it launched in August 2008, we
labeled it just "an alternative
interface for Google Reader."
However with the launch of
Feedly Mini, a mini bar that
hovers at the bottom of the screen
as you surf through blogs on the
web, the service has become a
much more inclusive blog
reading companion.
Feedly Mini integrates Twitter,
FriendFeed, Google Search,
Mozilla's Ubiquity, and more. A
number of our writers love this
tool - Sarah Perez went so far as
to call it "a must-have tool" for
anyone who uses services like
Twitter and FriendFeed.
Apture
Apture is a Javascript plug-in for
publishers that adds contextual
information to links, via pop-ups
which display when users hover
over or click on them.
In our February review, we came
away impressed by Apture due to
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post. Open Calais 4.0 and interconnected with semantic
In January Thomson Reuters metadata, letting music fans
released their most significant explore connections between
update yet to the Calais web artists that they may have not
service and open API: Calais 4.0. known existed.
Calais is a toolkit of products that The backend of this BBC project
enables publishers to incorporate comes from the Linked Data
semantic functionality within world - specifically MusicBrainz,
their properties - enabling them an open content music
to categorize content as people, "metadatabase" that lists
places, companies, facts, events, information for over 400,000
and more. artists.
the amount of multimedia that Calais 4.0 went beyond Glue
can be packed into such a little m e t a t a g g i n g a n d e n a b l e d Once just a browser add-on that
p o p - u p . A l s o t h e e n d - u s e r publishers to integrate their allowed users to surf smarter
experience is sophisticated - content with Linked Data assets across several verticals,
readers on washingtonpost.com from Wikipedia, GeoNames, the AdaptiveBlue's Glue is now a site
and other sites that use Apture I n t e r n e t M o v i e D a t a b a s e -centric product that acts as both
can see rich, relevant, contextual (IMDB), Shopping.com and a hub and a spoke of the social
c o n t e n t f r o m t h e l i k e s o f others. Calais 4.0 also let web.
Wikipedia, YouTube and Flickr publishers share semantic As we wrote in October, Glue's
without leaving the host site. metadata about their content with technology is based on a user's
Zemanta "content consumers" such as browsing across common sites
Zemanta is a real-time semantic s e a r c h e n g i n e s , n e w s such as Amazon, Wikipedia and
analysis tool that plugs into your aggregators, related stories YouTube. Those visits and any
b l o g g i n g s o f t w a r e . A s w e recommendation services and interactions (comments, "likes,"
explained in April, Zemanta more etc.) feed back to Glue to
offers bloggers relevant links, Next page: Semantic Web apps 6 automatically create a taste
photos and other assets to include -10 BBC's Semantic Music profile and a web of affinity with
in their blog posts. Zemanta's Project other users. The idea is to
API is also being used by The BBC has long been a major recommend items or content
startups. Over 2009, the company experimental force in the Web across categories including
has continued to iterate and ecosystem, backed with large music, books and movies.
impress. For example in October dollops of British taxpayer Freebase
Zemanta released a new engine funding and an equally large Freebase is an open,
and API. measure of British geek talent. semantically marked up database
Zemanta is open source and The BBC Music Beta project of information. It looks similar to
standards-based. It works well caught our eye earlier this year. Wikipedia, but Freebase is all
w i t h t h e r e s t o f t h e t e c h It's an ongoing effort by the BBC about structured data and what
c o m m u n i t y a n d h a s s o m e to build semantically linked and you can do with it. Freebase has
interesting tools for supporting annotated web pages about artists been one of the more hyped
non-profit organizations. who are played on BBC radio companies in the Semantic Web,
Note: We compared Zemanta to stations. Within these pages,
TOP page 47
Apture in an August analysis collections of data are enhanced
44 Tech News/
How Facebook's New Privacy Changes Will Affect You
By Sarah Perez
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 7:27:14 AM
In a late night post on
Facebook's company blog, CEO
Mark Zuckerberg announced a
round of upcoming changes that
will affect all users of the social
network. Specifically, the
changes focus on new privacy
controls for information sharing.
For those who have been
following Facebook closely, the
announcement doesn't deliver
any new information, it only
confirms some previously
discussed plans. However, for
Facebook's user base, now 350
million strong, the updates
represent a major overhaul as to
how privacy is handled on the
site.
Sponsor
Change #1: No More Regional
Networks
Over the years, Facebook has
grown from a tightly closed
social network designed for
connecting college students to an
entirely open network which
anyone and everyone can join. At
first, Facebook's privacy model
revolved around "networks" -
communities for your school,
your region, or your company.
"This worked well when
Facebook was mostly used by
students," Zuckerberg writes,
"since it made sense that a
student might want to share
content with their fellow
students." Over time, the
company added more networks,
E-reader Newspaper
including some for entire above, is that many of the or you're not. Whether that's a
countries. But now, thanks to privacy settings are buried in a photo or video doesn't really
Facebook's ever-growing series of complex menus. Even if matter to most. However, these
popularity, these "regional" you can find the Privacy Page, are just guesses, mind you - until
networks have grown so large the drop-down boxes and their the update goes live, there's no
through a mechanism dubbed the
that some have millions of lists of choices stump average way to tell what will and will not
"Publisher Privacy Control."
members. users who aren't sure what a be changed. How the Transition
Simply put, this change adds a
The problem with networks of setting like "my networks and Will Occur
new feature to the publisher box
this size when it comes to privacy friends" really means. Although not mentioned by
on Facebook - aka the status
is that people who had opted in to To make privacy simpler, name in Zuckerberg's blog post,
update box. From here, Facebook
sharing content with their Facebook's controls will be the July post mentioned a new
users post their status, upload
network (via the setting share changed to permit sharing with "Transition Tool" that would be
photos and videos, and share
with my "networks and friends") three groups: "only friends," rolled out to users to aid them in
links. At the moment, when you
were inadvertently be sharing "friends of friends," or configuring the new settings.
click the "Share" button, who
personal updates with far more "everyone." In addition, the This is likely what Zuckerberg
sees that content is governed by
people than they intended to. To Privacy Page itself will be was referring to when he noted
settings tucked away under a
address this issue, Facebook simplified to combine some that "we'll suggest settings for
cavalcade of menus (Settings ->
demoted cities and regions from settings which currently overlap. you..." With the Transition Tool,
Privacy Settings -> Profile ->
being considered networks This, too, was announced in July. users are prompted to pick from
Status and Links.)
although the information still Although neither post details different privacy level options
With the the upcoming Publisher
exists in user profiles, listed specifically what settings will be like "open," "recommended," or
Control functionality, already in
under "Current City" and/or combined, a quick glance at the "limited." According to the
beta testing, a new button
"Current Region." Privacy Page allows for some recent post, the recommended
featuring an image of lock will
This update isn't exactly news - speculation. Perhaps the "basic settings will be based on your
appear beneath the status update
the company revealed their plans info" and "personal info" boxes current level of privacy but you'll
box. Click on this button and
to remove regional networks will become one? There really be able to read through the other
you'll be able to choose precisely
back in July of this year. isn't that much distinction options to make changes if you
who is allowed to see that update
Zuckerberg's mentioning of this between the two, despite what so desire.
or other piece of content
update seems to be more of a their names imply. For example, Beginning with a small group of
("everyone," "friends," "friends
confirmation that indeed, this "basic" information includes users, Facebook has been testing
of friends," etc.)
process is underway, than any what many consider "personal" six different versions of this tool
Change #3: A Simplified
sort of major announcement information such as birthday, to determine what works best.
Privacy Page
about a new direction for hometown, and religious views. Based on feedback from the
Facebook's granular privacy
Facebook. Change #2: Control Meanwhile, the so-called group, the testing tool will be
controls have always been sort of
Who Sees Each Piece of "personal" information setting refined to a final version before
a blessing and curse for the social
Individual Content You Add or controls more innocuous content all the changes are made
network. Although savvy users
Upload like favorite books and movie. available to the entire network.
could drill down into each
A second privacy update The "Photos Tagged of You" and However, since the recent post
individual setting and adjust it to
involves Facebook's plans to the "Videos Tagged of You" made no mention of a timeline
their needs, the majority of the
allow its users more control over settings also seem like worthy for these changes, the implication
site's users don't even know
individual pieces of content contenders for combination. It is that these new updates are not
where these settings are, much
uploaded or added to the social seems that you're either okay going live just yet. Instead, the
less how to change them or to
network. This control will be with people seeing content
what. The problem, as noted HOW page 46
implemented on a per-post basis you've been tagged in by others
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MOG $5 Service Launches: Spotify Is Going Down

By Dana Oshiro that. Now you're taking a more I'm lazy. I just like that I can albums and reviews. Users can
(ReadWriteWeb) active role. Do you want to type anything I want to listen to also play music through the
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:00:00 AM
comment on that? into the search bar and stream blogging network if they choose
There's two types of bloggers on radio. I like to listen to Miles to discover music via the
MOG's $5 all-you-can-eat our network, there are those that Davis radio or Tom Waits radio reviews.
streaming music subscription use MOG.com as a platform and and I don't even move the Playlists: Users can add any
service has finally launched. take advantage of our tools and discovery slider over. searchable track to their personal
Although we interviewed CEO there are the 3rd party bloggers Click through for a complete list library or to a custom playlist.
David Hyman in mid October, (1,000 top music bloggers) that of MOG All Access features and You can also search for an artist
the music industry has changed are on our network but use their more screenshots and add entire albums or artist
considerably in the last two own tools. Platform bloggers will MOG All Access Features collections as one big playlist. In
months. Imeem sold to MySpace see music playlists seamlessly While MOG offers your basic addition to being able to listen to
for a song, and competitor integrate through the MOG You'll see that in the first three web service with a pop-out your own playlists, you can also
Spotify is rumored to be delaying service - you'll notice that months of 2010. player and the ability to save to listen to featured community
a United States launch as it whenever you go to review a While you've remarked that your streaming library or playlists and playlists created by
refuses to enter North America song, it's already pre-embedded freemium models are not playlists, it also offers a number artists. For instance, if you're in
with a paid-only version. We in the post. Whereas 3rd party sustainable, a few of your of unique features: the mood for an artist-curated
spoke to MOG CEO David bloggers will get the VIP service competitors have scratched their Discovery Bar: Users move a experience, TV on the Radio
Hyman to find out his thoughts for free and be able to use heads on how you'd make a $5- s l i d e r a c r o s s a gives you a "Radio on the
on the industry and why his embedding tools to become part per-month service sustainable discovery/recommendation bar to Internet" playlist while DJ
service is different from his of our affiliate program. with this mobile component. Can listen to similar artists. The top of Shadow offers his "Hyphy" mix.
competitors. You've got some great discovery you comment? the slider offers music from just You can also share your own
Sponsor tools. Between all your discovery Our mobile service will be at a your searched artist, and the other playlist with others by making it
How has Spotify's delay and features and a mobile app that slightly higher rate - under $15 end of the spectrum offers all public. Users upload a photo that
Imeem's acquisition affected your caches playlists on the horizon, but more than $5. I wish I could new recommendations. represents their mix, and add
service? why would anyone want to buy a charge $5 for everything but the Voting and Radio: Users can tracks either through the website
We've just been watching from track through your site? Are labels charge me more than that. also vote music up and down in a or via the player.
the sidelines waiting for the stars downloads really necessary We noticed you're featuring Pandora-like fashion and listen to Social: Similar to Facebook, user
to align to launch a service that's anymore? video content on the blogs. music in "radio"-mode activity is shown in a feed and
sustainable. Anyone in ad- Well, it's important to download Spotify's Daniel Ek once (continuous play), or simply friends can watch each other
supported music has had a hard a song if you're listening on a suggested that streaming media listen to their playlists. depending on user privacy
time, including free radio. The device that can't sync. But services can stream anything, Reviews: Users can also search settings. You can also track your
freemium services have to offer honestly, we're betting that including video. Have you got for lyrics and info through the favorite MOG-users and music
their subscriptions at at least $15 consumption in the cloud is the any plans to incorporate video player, and MOG will push them bloggers. In the past you could
per month to offset the cost of future. One problem subscription into the service? back to the MOG blog network. see when your favorite blogger
their free service. We're the first music services have faced is lack You'll likely see some video From here you can rate songs was posting, but now you can
personal radio service where you of portability. Today, with the content featured next year, but with the song pre-linked in your also build playlists around that
can play radio, jump to an album power of smart phones, playlist the amount of video we have posts, and add your favorite post. Users can also push their
on demand and offer it all online caching and 3G there's a lot more compared to music files in tiny. concert memory, videos and playlist choices and blog entries
without client installation. you can do. We've only got about 1 or 2 images. Review pages also show out to Facebook and Twitter.
In the past MOG allowed Your mobile app is supposed to videos per album and that's for the top listeners of a particular To check out the service for
bloggers to link to music through offer offline caching of playlists. the really popular artists. artist ,and like other music fan yourself register for it at
the blogging network, and you When will that appear on the And finally, what are your services, you can scroll through
weren't really responsible for scene? MOG page 46
favorite features in the site? artist bios, news, photos, songs,
46 Tech News/ Entertainment/ E-reader Newspaper
MOG
Google Rolls Out New Format for Image Results continued from page 45

mog.com. Discuss
By Sarah Perez search, and the other specialized announcement of their own - for
(ReadWriteWeb) engines linked from the top of example, how they were planning
Submitted at 12/2/2009 5:55:44 AM
Google's homepage. With on adding Twitter to their results,
universal search, you only have too. And when Bing announced
According to an announcement to refer to one set search results u s e r s g i v e u p o n a n o n - Visual Search, Google posted to
on the Official Google Blog, the page to see all the relevant p r o d u c t i v e s e a r c h . F o r g e t their blog about a Google HTV: Tiger Woods'
search engine giant is rolling out information on a particular topic. refining queries, they just go Experiment called "Fast Flip"
a new format for their universal The page serves as the jumping elsewhere or stop their search which lets you visually peruse
Alleged Mistress
image results. Set to go live over off point for whatever knowledge entirely!). G o o g l e print articles online. Caught in Pap Frenzy
the next 24 hours, the updated you're after - whether that's a Announcement's Timing Aimed There's no doubt that the timing
format will now feature one photo, a video, the latest news, or (ETonline - Breaking News)
to Deflate Interest in Bing of this latest, albeit minor, news
larger image alongside multiple j u s t g o o d o l ' f a s h i o n e d It's also notable that Google is a b o u t I m a g e S e a r c h Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:10:00 AM

smaller images. Because of this i n f o r m a t i o n .
new layout, you'll be able to see The updated image search
"more pictures than before," results represent a minor change
writes Google Software Engineer to Google's interface and one that
Alex Petcherski in the blog post. many mainstream users may not
Sponsor
have even noticed. But every
The New Image Results little tweak that Google makes is
To be clear, this update is for only done after extensive testing.
universal image results only - not In this case, the update allows for
Google Image search itself. one more image to appear in the
"Universal" results refer to the universal image results box. One
search results you receive when image may not seem like a major
doing a traditional search on improvement, but it could mean
www.google.com. Introduced the difference between a user
back in 2007, the term refers to clicking through to see more or
the combined search results from abandoning their Google Search
multiple verticals, including altogether. (You would be
image search, news, video surprised how quickly some
HOW
continued from page 44
announcing this change around improvements has to do at least
HTV is on the scene as the
the same time as Microsoft plans partially with the upcoming Bing alleged mistress of Tiger Woods
to make another announcement announcement. Clearly, we have
is spotted arriving at Gloria
regarding updated features for entered a new era of "search Allred's Law Office in Los
Bing, the company's new search wars." As angel investor Ron
Angeles.
engine. Since its launch earlier Conway noted earlier this fall at
Rachel Uchitel-- who calls her
this year, the Bing Search Team the TC50 conference, this time rumored affair with the sports
at Microsoft has been busy war is a good thing: "I think the
star "ridiculous" -- pushes
rolling out updates that have h u g e w i n n e r h e r e w i l l b e through the pap frenzy as she
included things like a revamped consumers because competition
makes her way into the building.
mobile search, improvements to breeds innovation, and this nice Later, she's spotted leaving
maps, integration with math little battle between Google and
Spago. Watch the video to see
engine Wolfram Alpha, Twitter M i c r o s o f t i s f a n t a s t i c f o r how her attorney distracts the
integration, and a new visual c o n s u m e r s . "
photogs -- with cookies!
search interface. As most of these Disclosure: Sarah Perez also
announcements were made, f r e e l a n c e s f o r M i c r o s o f t ' s
G o o g l e w o u l d m a k e a n Channel 10. She is not a
Microsoft employee. Discuss

post was merely setting the stage
for what's to come. Why
Facebook Cares About Privacy
It's good to see Facebook taking
the issue of privacy seriously.
Although it's easy to blame the
user for over-sharing and then
having to deal with harsh
consequences like job loss or
even, remarkably, the loss of
health-care benefits by sharing
some items too publicly, at the
end of the day, affected users will
not blame themselves, they will
blame Facebook. And those
reading these "social network
horror stories" in the media could
ultimately become too afraid to
post to the site, leading to a less
active user base, or worse - users
deleting their accounts.
Privacy issues are bad news for
Facebook, just as they were bad
news for MySpace back when
they were king. For years, there
were so many news stories about
sexual predators on MySpace that
eventually the public perception
of MySpace was that the network
wasn't very safe. Instead of going
that route and allowing the media network Facebook has become.
stories about Facebook blunders Discuss
to control the network's public
image, these privacy changes are
designed to preempt the missteps
and mistakes the not-so-savvy
user base may make by making
Facebook privacy simpler and
more refined while also more
representative of the large
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continued from page 43
leading to some skepticism that
the product is too much like
Wikipedia and offers nothing
much new. Our verdict at the end
of 2008 was that Freebase was
still lots of work to do, in terms
of usability and useful data.
However over 2009 Freebase
has continued to build out its
ambitious vision. It recently
announced the publication of its
10 millionth topic, up from 4
million a year ago. While it's
obviously still working on its
user experience for the consumer
audience, Freebase continues to
get the respect of Semantic Web
and Linked Data aficionados.
DBpedia
DBpedia is not a commercial
product, but it's one of the largest
sources of Linked Data on the
Web - so we think it deserves to
be recognized in our top 10.
Essentially, DBpedia extracts
structured information from
Wikipedia and makes that data
available on the Web.
At the present time, DBpedia has
European corporate defaults to stay high
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:23:40 AM
The number of European
companies defaulting on their
debts is set to continue to run at
more than twice the historic
average rate until 2011, with up
to 75 companies with junk credit
more than 2.9 million "things" -
including at least 282,000
persons, 339,000 places, 88,000
music albums, 44,000 films,
15,000 video games, 119,000
organizations, 130,000 species
and 4400 diseases.
Data.gov
The trend towards opening up
government data has been a
significant one during 2009. The
inventor of the Web, Tim Berners
-Lee, is currently helping the
British government to do this-
using Linked Data. It's a subject
he's very passionate about, as we
discovered when we interviewed
him in June.
The Obama administration has
had a mixed record so far in
terms of opening up government
data, however the launch of
Data.gov in May was a positive
step in 2009. It was announced
by the Chief Information Officer
(CIO) of the United States, Vivek
Kundra, and it aims to "increase
public access to high value,
machine readable datasets
ratings at risk of default.
Standard & Poor’s said on rate to be between 8.7 to 11.1 per February. The navigation menu
Wednesday that while the annual cent next year, with 55 to 75 has moved to the right, for
default rate is likely to have western European companies example, and clicking on a
peaked at 13.1 per cent in the with sub-investment grade credit headline now opens the article in
third quarter of 2009, the slow ratings at risk of default in 2010. a pop-up window that is nicely
pace of economic recovery is This content has passed through integrated with the rest of the
likely to be insufficient to save fivefilters.org.
many highly leveraged and
poorly performing companies.
Tech News/ Economy/ 47
New York Times Launches
generated by the Executive
Branch of the Federal Times Skimmer: A New Way
Government." Although we
found Data.gov to be too limited
an offering, it's a start.
to Read the Paper Online
By Frederic Lardinois
Those are our picks for the top (ReadWriteWeb)
Semantic Web (or structured
data) products of 2009. Let us Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:54:18 AM
know in the comments if you
The New York Times just
disagree with our choices, or
launched a new way to read the
think we missed something
paper's stories online. With
important.
Times Skimmer, which first
ReadWriteWeb's Best Of Lists application - especially if you use
launched as a prototype
for 2009: an application like Fluid or Prism
application earlier this year, the
• Top 10 Mobile Web Products to pack it into a standalone app.
New York Times is trying to
of 2009 One nice feature of the app is
bring the feeling and serendipity
• Top 10 Consumer Web Apps that it smartly rearranges stories
of reading the physical
of 2009 according to the size of the
newspaper to its online presence.
• Top 10 Semantic Web browser window. Times
Users can choose from seven
Products of 2009 Skimmer also features keyboard
different layouts. Most of these
shortcuts.
are based on a grid-based design,
Discuss Times Skimmer features a
though some also mimic the feel
separate section for blogs, as well
of an RSS reader with stories
as a section for collections of
organized in chronological order,
articles about special topics, e.g.
or ranked according to the the
swine flu, credit crisis and bacon.
recommendations of the New
According to Denise Warren,
York Times' editorial team.
senior vice president and chief
Sponsor
advertising officer at the New
Besides the different layout
options, the New York Times York Times Media Group and
made some major changes to the general manager of
NYTimes.com, Times Skimmer
They are forecasting the default prototype we looked at in
is meant to give "online readers
another way to view the latest
news and updates in a choice of
formats that best suit their
preferences."
Disclosure: ReadWriteWeb has
application. an existing syndication
The app feels somewhat similar arrangement with The New York
to the paid Times Reader Times. Discuss
48 Tech News/ Economy/ E-reader Newspaper

Bing Maps Beta Launches with Digg's New Read/Write API

Twitter Integration and Better Launches Today: Will Make
Content Sharing Easier
Streetview By Frederic Lardinois
(ReadWriteWeb)
By Dana Oshiro gallery. Some of the maps
(ReadWriteWeb) featured by the company include: Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:20:48 AM

Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:11:00 PM

1. Twitter: Users can get real-
time event updates and tweets Later today, Digg will open up
At Microsoft's San Francisco from the originating location. 2. its rumored read/write API. Up
campus this morning, a room full Local Lens: Microsoft indexes until now, developers could only
of tech journalists were treated to local blogs to form hyperlocal read data from Digg. With the
their first glimpse of Bing Maps routes and event feeds. Says the new API, web and desktop apps
Beta. When Microsoft talked company, "It's an entirely new will also be able to contribute
about it's efforts towards internationally available. w a y t o c o n s u m e l o c a l data to Digg. This will allow
geospatial projects, many were Photosynths Microsoft has crowdsourced information - developers to write desktop and
skeptical but it looks like the already begun incorporating something 72% of customers do web applications that enable difficult. Competing with the
search giant has delivered. Photosynths or user generated routinely on the web." 3. What's users to, for example, interact Real-Time Web
Sponsor d a t a o n t o i t s m a p s . T h e s e Nearby: If you already know with Digg without having to go As our own Sarah Perez pointed
Bing Maps is built on Silverlight Photosynths can be viewed from where your meeting is, Bing to the site. Digg will use the out earlier this year, a full
and offers 3 different viewing the Streetside perspective and Maps offers users a chance to OAuth protocol to authorize read/write API would allow Digg
dimensions. The most interesting, offer users a chance to drill down search nearby restaurants and applications. According to to compete with the real-time
the 3D Streetside (street view), for more information on a services. The company combines Forbes' Taylor Buley, however, Web. To do this, Digg doesn't
offers seamless stitched imagery particular point of interest. There public data from sites like Yelp the writable API will not allow really need to enable users to
for 100 major cities at this time. are already multiple points within and Citysearch and allows users users to submit stories remotely. submit stories remotely. What
As for bird's eye view, the N e w Y o r k ' s M e t r o p o l i t a n to gain rich data for their location Sponsor Digg really needs is a way to get
mapping service has data on Museum of Art. App Gallery -based searches. Discuss Buley spoke to Digg's lead API more users to vote for stories
about 95% of the US. And Microsoft has already seeded the developer Jeff Hodson, who more often.
finally, the aerial perspective is beginnings of its map app acknowledged that there are still Currently, it can take hours - and
a few obstacles that stand in the sometimes days - before a story
US may revise Afghan withdrawal date way of remote submissions. The
two main roadblocks are
appears on Digg, while services
like Tweetmeme can pick up
(Financial Times - US a security handover to the US objectives for Afghanistan duplicate detection and captchas.
homepage) trends and breaking news stories
Afghan government. and achievable within the Digg currently makes users jump on Twitter within minutes. To
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:03:07 AM
Pressed on Wednesday by timespan the president had set through a few hoops before they pick up speed, Digg needs to get
Republicans sceptical about out. can submit a story. This ensures its voting mechanism into more
The US has said that it may fixing a timeline for withdrawal, This content has passed through that the submission pipeline on places - and the new API would
rethink its plan to begin Robert Gates, defence secretary, fivefilters.org. Digg remains relatively free of allow the company to do just
withdrawing troops from said that the strategy unveiled by duplicate entries and spam. that. Discuss
Afghanistan by July 2011 if President Barack Obama on Implementing these safety
conditions on the ground prevent Tuesday was narrower than past measures in the API will be
E-reader Newspaper Apple/ 49

Fiat’s 500C the Makings of an Apple iCar

By Charles Moore him much longer than that to the Centro Stile Fiat design
(TheAppleBlog) come up with the G.M. iCar.” center using an IT industry-esque
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:30:10 AM
Fiat Chrysler a More Logical “open-source approach,”
iCar Partner continually evolving on the basis
Back in 2007, the Mac web Steve Jobs of course has had of input from users and
rumor mill was abuzz for a while other challenges to contend with enthusiasts. Environmentally
about a reported September over the past year, but the ideal Friendly and Uber-Cool
meeting in California between of an Apple iCar still tantalizes The Fiat 500, available with a
Steve Jobs and Volkswagen CEO some of us crossover auto-buff variety of what the company says
W i n t e r k o r n o v e r p o s s i b l y Mac and gadget fans. I think a are “environmentally friendly
integrating the iPod, iPhone, and rather more promising candidate engines,” has reconfirmed its
other Apple products into an for an Apple automotive venture status as an Italian style icon,
automobile — with blogosphere joint partner would be Chrysler, winning more than 30 awards,
speculation about possibly even rather than GM or VW. and with upwards of 11 million
an Apple/VW joint venture Why? Well for one thing, internet users visiting its website.
“iCar” project. Chrysler is now controlled by Fiat affirms that is sees the
However, by late November, the Italy’s Fiat S.p.A., currently in Cinquecento to be a “platform
G e r m a n s i t e C a p i t a l w a s the hunt to re-enter the U.S. upon which Fiat Automobiles is
reporting ( Google translation) automobile market after a nearly strategic management at Milan’s reporting that at least four Fiat building a whole family of cars
that Apple/VW discussions, two-decade absence, building the Bocconi University’s business 500 versions will be gracing with advanced technology and
a l t h o u g h c o n f i r m e d b y brand from the ground up, as it school, observing, “The showrooms here for the 2011 high attention to detail.” It’s not
Volkswagen, had ground to a were, and the CEO of both challenge for Fiat Chrysler is to model year, including hatchback, at all an extravagant stretch to
halt. Steve Jobs as Auto Exec.? companies, Sergio Marchionne, move away from popular convertible, wagon, and sporty- imagine that an iCar version of
Fast-forward two years. It’s an is reportedly a big fan of the products and into ‘pop’ products, hatch versions. Why not a fifth, the Fiat 500C could quite
understatement to say that the Apple business model. full of cool environmental “iCar” version? harmoniously be included in that
automobile industry has been Last June, TIME magazine noted technology and on the right side The Fiat 500 seems to me an vision.
turned on its head by the global that, “Since he took over as chief of history. In that sense, it’s the ideal base for an iCar treatment. A Cinquecento-based, Apple co-
recession. Apple, however, is executive of Italy’s Fiat in 2004, same bet as Steve Jobs’. That’s Unveiled at the 2009 Geneva branded iCar would have both
doing considerably better, which the chain-smoking Canadian- why Marchionne uses that Motor Show, the new Fiat 500C the timely characteristics of small
has led to speculation as to what Italian has used Apple as a metaphor.” Why Not an iCar version is like the VW New size and light environmental
Steve Jobs would do were he model, focusing on the way Version Too? Beetle, the BMW Mini, and footprint, which, combined with
running an auto-making firm — Steve Jobs transformed it from an But what if it became more than arguably even the Ford Mustang, the uber-cool Apple “i-factor”
say beleaguered General Motors. also-ran computer company into a metaphor? I say this because a retro-interpretation of an that could at least conceivably
Last fall the New York Times’ a g l o b a l i c o n o f c o o l . H e the iconic Fiat 500C automotive icon from the ’50s or make it the iPhone/iPod/iMac of
T h o m a s F r i e d m a n m u s e d , encourages Fiat managers to take (“Cinquecento”), which has been ’60s, in this instance the original the automobile world. Perhaps
“Somebody ought to call Steve a close look at Apple’s branding a rip-roaring sales hit in Europe 1957 fabric roof Fiat 500, but I’m wildly fantasizing, but it
Jobs, who doesn’t need to be prowess and even asks them to and elsewhere (currently sold in with thoroughly modern sounds like a workable plan to
bribed to do innovation, and ask benchmark their activities against 59 markets), is expected to mechanicals and engineering me.
him if he’d like to do national the company.” anchor the brand’s re-entry into under the classic-appearing skin.
service and run a car company The TIME piece also cited Carlo the North American car market, Fiat notes that the new
for a year. I’d bet it wouldn’t take Alberto Carnevale, professor of with Road & Track magazine Cinquecento was developed by
50 Apple/ Sports/ E-reader Newspaper

True Visual Voicemail: PhoneTag, Google Voice

and AT&T’s New Voicemail to Text Service
By Dave Greenbaum maker of well-known
(TheAppleBlog) transcription software Dragon
Submitted at 12/2/2009 8:47:24 AM
Naturally Speaking, provides the
transcription services. Because NHL FanHouse Live
In case you didn’t realize it, Nuance is a well-known provider Chat: Suspensions, The
listening to voicemail is a of voice to text services, I suspect
colossal waste of time. Humans
Visual Voicemail. service. If you can get an invite,
it will be much better than Legend of Corey Perry
PhoneTag costs $30 a month the entire service is free and it
read much faster than they can Google Voice’s option. While I By Adam Gretz (FanHouse)
(free 1 week trial and other also provides transcription of
listen, so AT&T’s entry into the haven’t tried the service, AT&T
pricing plans available) for v o i c e m a i l s . Similar to Submitted at 12/2/2009 1:20:00 PM
Voicemail to Text field is claims you can still use your
unlimited transcriptions and you PhoneTag, you’ll need to forward
welcome, but it’s a bit late to the existing voicemail system and by Adam Gretz
can forward any number of your busy or no answer calls to
party. Other services have been similar to PhoneTag and Filed under: NHL Fans, NHL
phones to their service for Google’s phone number.
quietly providing this for years; GoogleVoice, makes it easy to Live Blogging
t r a n s c r i p t i o n a n d t h e The transcriptions Google Voice
some less expensive and some archive old messages. Obviously, It's that time again, and this
transcriptions go to any number provides border on the ridiculous
more expensive. PhoneTag the service will only work with week in our NHL FanHouse live
of phones you specify. For and I found the service too
Personally, I’ve been a your AT&T phone. chat we'll be talking about the
example, I have multiple phone unreliable for serious business
PhoneTag(formerly Simulscribe) I’ll stick with PhoneTag due to suspension of Washington
numbers for my business and use. Forwarding the messages to
subscriber since June 2007 and the quality of its transcriptions Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin,
they all forward to that same multiple phones was difficult and
love the service. PhoneTag and the flexbility of working with the under-the-radar point streak
unified voicemail. When I’m out archiving the messages to my
replaces your carrier’s voicemail multiple phone systems. AT&T’s (now up to 19 consecutive
o f t o w n o r o t h e r w i s e computer required manual
service with its own. PhoneTag service is an attractive option for games) that Anaheim's Corey
inaccessible, the transcriptions go download of each message.
will text and/or email you a those that don’t need all of Perry is riding and anything else
to one of my technicians. Best of PhoneTag was simply a more
transcription of your phone PhoneTag’s features. you want to talk about in the
all, since the voicemails come in elegant and scalable solution
messages along with optionally Now iPhone customers have world of hockey.
as attachments, I can save every when compared to Google Voice.
attaching an electronic copy of three options in three different Please stop by and join us,
voicemail I’ve ever received right However being free, Google
the voicemail in a variety of price ranges to avoid listening to starting at 2 PM ET.
to my computer for daily backup. Voice makes a great way to find
formats. voicemail messages and get NHL FanHouse Live Chat:
The transcriptions are nearly out if a voicemail to text service
iPhone users who use PhoneTag “true” visual voicemail; Suspensions, The Legend of
flawless, especially if you upload is right for you. AT&T’s New
will lose the ability to use voicemails they can read and see Corey Perry originally appeared
your contacts to the system so Service
AT&T’s Visual Voicemail, since without putting their phone up to on Fanhouse NHL Blog on Wed,
you can help it recognize proper AT&T’s new service costs $9.99
PhoneTag supersedes the built-in their ear. 02 Dec 2009 13:20:00 EST .
names. Google Voice per month — priced squarely in
voicemail. Because I can read all Why are you still actually Please see our terms for use of
On the other end of the spectrum the middle between PhoneTag
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Ravensword: Why Birds and Blades Don’t Mix
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 3:00:04 PM
Chillingo’s Ravensword ($6.99,
iTunes link) is being touted as a
Morrowind-type experience for
the iPhone. That’s a lot to live up
to. A full-fledged action RPG on
my diminutive Apple portable
seems like a dream come true, if
it can actually hold a candle to its
console counterparts. That’s a big
if.
The iPhone faces control issues
and what seems like a natural
reticence towards developing
lengthy, in-depth game
experiences on the iPhone. I say
natural because most users still
game only casually on the device,
since that’s what a phone lends
itself to. So does Ravensword
manage to pull off an in-depth
action RPG gaming experience?
Read on to find out. Graphics and
Audio
At least superficially,
Ravensword looks like the
console and PC games from
which it so clearly takes its
inspiration. By default, you
operate your character from a
third-person perspective, and you
can switch to first-person. That’s
a standard borrowed from the
Morrowind series, among others.
It’s a little jarring to see some of
the visual effects the game has in
Apple/ 51
forest creatures. Otherwise, you
just hit the attack button like it’s
going out of style. Also, you die
a lot early on, since the game
design is unbalanced. Plot
It’s a bad sign when the first
thing I have to say about a
game’s plot design is to question
whether or not it actually has
one. To be fair, there is a story
lurking somewhere in the
background, about a kingdom in
denial and a king who’s been
missing for three years.
Presumably, you’re meant to find
out exactly what’s up with all of
that nonsense at some point, but
after spending quite a bit of time
killing rats and warthogs, I just
wasn’t convinced that finding out
would be worth it. Verdict
I was perhaps too excited to pick
up Ravensword, since it seemed
to have a lot of promise as an
store. For example, everyone’s If you’ve ever played any kind get experience, or you die and action RPG for the iPhone, but
eyes are plastered open all the o f R P G b e f o r e , t h e g a m e wake up in town. If you kill even if you aren’t expecting
time, and look painted on and mechanics of Ravensword will be enough critters, you gain a level, much, I’d definitely take a pass
terrifying. Every time your familiar to you. Basically, you and your stats are increased by a on this offering from Chillingo.
character wakes up after having run around killing monsters and pre-determined amount. No level Dungeon Hunter is a much better
fallen in battle, I have to suppress get experience for doing so. In customization, no skill selection, experience, and if you’re looking
a little scream. most cases, the RPG mechanics nothing. To make matters worse, for a Morrowind clone, I’d
Ravensword’s soundtrack and are a little more structured and y o u d o n ’ t c h o o s e a suggest just waiting a few
e f f e c t s s o u n d a l i t t l e p r e - complex than that. In most cases. class/race/gender etc., so you’re months since I’m sure Gameloft
packaged and stock, but they In Ravensword they are not. stuck as a human warrior whether will get to copying it, too, in due
don’t really hurt the experience, As soon as you venture out you like it or not. course.
and you can always flick the beyond the city walls, bad guys Nor is combat challenging. The
silent switch is the soundtrack appear, and you hit them with most you can do is switch
becomes too repetitive, as it did whatever you happen to be between your bow and your
for me. Gameplay wielding, then they die and you sword when killing animals and
52 Apple/ Fashion/ Game/
Rejected App Gets Special Approval From Steve
Jobs Himself
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:34:10 PM
If there’s one thing you can
count on about Apple’s App
Store review policy, it’s that the
process will be consistently
inconsistent. Today, an app
launches that was originally
rejected for known and
acknowledged use of private
APIs, despite the fact that
developers haven’t modified the
app in any way since its
rejection.
Knocking Live Video, the app in
question, makes use of Apple’s
forbidden private APIs to enable
live video streaming over Wi-Fi
and 3G for the first time on the
platform. Apple has made clear
its policy on the use of private
APIs, most recently via the
introduction of an automated
layer of the review process for
app submissions that
automatically checks all code for
the presence of unauthorized API
usage.
Knocking’s usage of live
streaming video is very
Street Chic: New York
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 4:00:00 AM
A structured jacket and bandage
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emails personally on occasion, so
it was at least worth a shot.
Meehan’s plea was not about self
-interest, but instead focused on Cobra Command now
appealing to Jobs as a lifelong on iPhone, and you
Apple user who wanted to create
a better experience for other could win a copy!
members of the community. By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)
The Monday following Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:00:00 PM
Meehan’s email, which was sent
on a Saturday night in late For those of you who haven't
November, he was contacted by already tired of our slavish
an unnamed Apple executive devotion to lesser-known FMV
who informed him that the app’s shooters, we have some great
rejection had been reversed, and news: The helicopter action of
particular, as Ars Technica notification. Once answered, you that the decision to allow it into Cobra Command has finally
explains, something which may can then stream live video the App Store had come “directly made its way to the App Store.
have had something to do with it directly to them. An iPhone 3GS from the top.” It is now available Now you could just buy it for
being approved while other apps or iPhone 3G is required to for free in the App Store. $4.99 and be a better person for
like Qik haven’t been able to transmit video, but other iPhones Hopefully this means that Apple owning this odd little anomaly of
break down the streaming wall: and iPod touches can receive and is at least considering expanding a game, but since you're special
Knocking Live Video uses an view the stream via WiFi. the pool of publicly available and dear to us we'd like to just
interesting take on streaming The app was initially rejected A P I s . A c c e s s t o t h e l i v e give it to you for free.
video. Unlike Qik, which is a b o u t a m o n t h a g o f o r streaming video API would allow We've already given five away
designed to stream video to unauthorized use of the private a lot of applications that have to our beloved Facebook fans
multiple clients, Knocking APIs, but Knocking development been shelved to see the light of (just one example of why you
streams from one iPhone to Brian Meehan decided not to just day. It proves one thing at least: should already be our fan), but
another. (…) You simply launch take the refusal lying down. Apple is listening to the iPhone head over and join up right now
the app and “knock” another Instead, he went straight to the development community, even and there should be a fresh batch
iPhone user with Knocking Live top, contacting Steve Jobs though it may not always appear of codes waiting just for you.
Video installed. That user will directly via email. Jobs has been that way. Cobra Command now on
receive the “knock” via push known to actually respond to iPhone, and you could win a
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TV, YouTube and iTunes: Change in Get Chrome for OS X
the Wind
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:24:27 AM
Would you buy a show on
iTunes that you could stream at
any time to YouTube? The way
that most people answer that
question could be crucial to the
fortunes of both Apple and
Google in the coming months.
Google is apparently following
up on its plan to offer streamed
movie releases for rent with
another to do essentially the same
thing for current television
shows.
As Ryan at NewTeeVee reports,
Google is in the process of
convincing the TV industry to
allow it to stream the kind of
new, copyright-protected content
that now gets pulled down for a
reasonable fee, say multiple
sources close to the issue.
Streaming vs. Downloading
The idea would be to do what
iTunes already does, which is
offer commercial-free first-run
TV shows to users for the price
of around $1.99 per episode, on
or around the first day of their
airing. The difference, of course,
would be that unlike Amazon and
Web giants oppose copyright amendments
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 8:50:56 AM
Early With Chromium
Nightlies
Apple’s download-and-watch
services, YouTube would be
sticking to its existing streaming
video formula, so users couldn’t
keep the files on their computers
for later viewing. There’s no
official word on whether or not
users would be able to go back
and stream shows after the initial
viewing, but I doubt TV content
providers would agree to such
terms.
YouTube execs think that isn’t
necessarily a game-ender, but
they acknowledge that it is a
problem:
Executives at YouTube and TV
insist that the disparity is simply
a perception problem and cite
studies showing that most people
who download TV episodes only
watch them once, anyway. But
that’s a tough sell.
I know I’d rather have
something I can store and
potentially rewatch, even if I
never actually do. A lifetime
Four of the world’s largest
internet companies have urged
Lord Mandelson to drop plans to
allow ministers to change UK
subscription arrangement might
make me more comfortable, but
the opportunities for misuse on
the consumer side are too great
for the television industry to take
that risk. YouTube Mobile
Support
The key factor in whether or not
YouTube’s TV efforts will be
successful, though, lies not with
the way it delivers the content,
but the places it delivers said
content to. YouTube is accessible
on any number of platforms and
devices, including computers,
Blu-Ray players, video game
consoles, televisions, and cell
phones.
If mobile content usage trends
are any indication, the last
delivery route will be the most
significant going forward. If
YouTube TV rentals extend to
YouTube’s mobile apps on
Android and iPhone devices, I
foresee users more than willing
to accept the trade-off of not
having any downloaded content
in exchange for quick and easy
instant accessibility anywhere
they have a data connection.
copyright law without needing
primary legislation.
Google, Yahoo, Facebook and
Ebay have written a joint letter to
By Jon Buys (TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:00:57 PM
Google’s Chrome browser is
fast, small, and “nearly” perfect.
Using the same Webkit rendering
engine as Safari, and its own
custom V8 javascript engine,
Chrome has been blowing away
the competition on Windows for
over a year. Google is finally
nearing a release for the Mac, but
since the browser is open source,
you can get almost everything
from Chrome in the Chromium
Nightlies. These builds are
separate from the official Google
Chrome developers preview, they
are in-development versions of
Chrome, and are updated almost
every night.
I’ve been using the Chromium
builds off and on for months, and
have recently switched back to it
as my primary browser.
Chromium reminds me of when
Firefox first spun off of Mozilla.
It was then, as Chromium is now,
small, bare-bones, devoid of
feature bloat, and fast.
the business secretary expressing
their “grave concerns” at the
clause in the Digital Economy
bill, which has its second reading
Apple/ Economy/ 53
Unfortunately. the Nightlies are
not the easiest thing in the world
to find, and Chromium doesn’t
update itself when a new build is
available. So, I used a little
Automator and shell script action
to build this tiny app that will
download the latest version of
Chromium to your Downloads
folder. If you’ve got Growl
installed it will also send Growl
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NFL On FOX National Game Is

Rumor Has It: iTunes LP Authoring Television’s No. 1 Show; On Pace
and Submission Coming to iDVD For Most-Watched Season In History
By Darrell Etherington cite any specific examples. The By Robert Seidman million) and +31% and +33%
(TheAppleBlog) Report itself has a fairly good (TVbytheNumbers) better, respectively, than NBC’s
Submitted at 12/2/2009 8:32:11 AM
track record regarding Apple- Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:51:43 AM
Sunday Night Football (11.8,
related rumors, and this one in 19.5 million).
When Apple revealed its particular isn’t that far-fetched or via FOX Sports: Last Sunday (11/30), the NFL on
documents and templates hard to believe. NFL ON FOX NATIONAL FOX National Game, led by the
detailing the process of creating There’s still no word on a time GAME IS TELEVISION’S No.1 C h i c a g o B e a r s - M i n n e s o t a
iTunes LP and Extras for small line for the release of iLife ‘10, SHOW Vikings contest, averaged a solid
studios and indie artists to take but if past practice is any S u n d a y ’ s N a t i o n a l G a m e , 14.3/26 household rating/share,
advantage of, it also noted that indication, pricing for an upgrade Driven by Bears-Vikings, Is No. with 23.6 million viewers to rank
for the time being, submission for existing ‘09 users will be 1 Show of Week for Sixth Time as the highest-rated and most
would be manual, but that somewhere around the $79 mark NFL on FOX on Pace for Most- watched program of the week on
automated electronic submission f o r A p p l e ’ s s t a n d b y D V D — which is not a very high Watched Season in History all networks for the sixth time
was on its way. A new report a u t h o r i n g p r o g r a m : barrier of entry for access to The NFL on FOX National this season in as many tries.
suggests the vehicle of delivery We’ve been informed that Apple iTunes LP authoring and creation Game ranks as the highest-rated Complete NFL season to date
for that submission could be none plans to completely redo their tools, meaning that anyone who and most-watched NFL game and ratings and audience figures are
other than Apple’s own iDVD iDVD application (in addition to can get their music in the iTunes is the No. 1 program in all of available through Week 11 and
media authoring program, part of others in iLife 2010), and besides Store should be able to create television across all key male and t h e N F L o n F O X r e m a i n s
the iLife suite. iDVD not being refreshed in a enhanced content. It’s a win-win, a d u l t d e m o s t h i s s e a s o n , squarely on pace for its most-
The new ability would be part of pretty long time, one of the since Apple gets to flesh out its according to figures released watched season in history. FOX
a major update to the program, r e a s o n s a p p e a r s t o b e t h e enhanced content library, and today by Nielsen Media is averaging an 11.6/24
which in turn would be one of a inclusion of iTunes LP creation. artists get to expand their oeuvre Research. household rating/share and 19.1
series of updates planned across This will allow artists (indie and and provide more incentive to The FOX National Game is million viewers, up +13% and
the iLife catalog for the 2010 major) to create a custom iTunes paying customers. averaging an outstanding 15.4/29 +16% respectively over last
version of the software bundle. LP and submit it directly to No word yet on whether iTunes household rating/share and 26.0 year’s 10.3/22 and 16.4 million.
iDVD hasn’t had a significant A p p l e r i g h t f r o m t h e n e w Extras authoring and submission million viewers through six This season’s average audience
refresh in quite a while, and application that will be a part of w i l l a l s o b e i n c l u d e d . broadcasts, up +11% over last of 19.1 million is FOX’s biggest
honestly, even the title of the iLife 2010. Considering that iDVD was year’s season-to-date rating ever by a comfortable margin.
a p p l i c a t i o n s h o w s i t s a g e . BGR goes on to say that the designed at least partially with (13.9/27) and up +16% in FOX’s second-best season on
Perhaps a rename will be in order rumor, while unconfirmed, home movie DVD enhancement average audience (22.5 million). record is 1995’s 17.3 million
as it transitions to a means of comes from an industry source in mind, I’d say there’s a very FOX’s 15.4 rating and 26.0 through Week 11.
digital publication. that has been fairly reliable in strong possibility we’ll see Extras million viewers is +19% and This content has passed through
Boy Genius Report is the source past instances, though it doesn’t support, too. +21% better, respectively, than fivefilters.org.
of the rumors about the transition CBS’s National Game (12.9, 21.4

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WPP Group's Ogilvy & Mather
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Cartoon Network, truTV, Adult Swim, TBS, and TNT ratings

notes
By Robert Seidman 48%. truTV scored superb growth for Ranking #1 for young adult solid November ’09 delivery
(TVbytheNumbers) The network’s Sunday night the month compared to a year delivery among all ad-supported gains among adults 18-34
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:47:44 AM
family movie franchise ago, with adults 18-34 up 22%, basic cable across November delivery (1,025,000 – up 9%) and
Flicks(Sundays, 7-9 p.m.) also adults 18-49 up 13%, adults 25- 2009—adults 18-34, adults 18-24 men 18-34 delivery (647,000 –
via Turner: earned considerable improvement 54 up 5%, men 18-34 up 11%, and men 18-24—Adult Swim’s up 15%). Adults 18-49 average
Cartoon Network compared to its performance last men 18-49 up 17% and men 25- average total day delivery of delivery (1,478,000) also
Cartoon Network’s Nov. 25 (7- November. Kids 6-11 average 54 up 8%. adults 18-34 (457,000) increased improved by 19% and men 18-49
8:30 p.m.) presentation of the r a t i n g s ( 2 . 9 ) a n d d e l i v e r y truTV ranked among ad- by 7% and ratings (0.7) by 17%, delivery (910,000) improved by
o r i g i n a l l i v e - a c t i o n / C G I - (716,000) both jumped by 19%. supported cable’s Top 10 compared to the same time 22%.
animated movie Ben 10: Alien Kids 2-11 average ratings (2.5) networks for November in total period last year. Additionally, TBS
Swarm earned both broadcast and grew by 14% and delivery day delivery of men 25-54 average monthly adults 18-49 In its first three weeks on TBS,
cable television’s#1 telecast (1,016,000) by 11%. And kids 9- (194,000). delivery (642,000) improved by Lopez Tonight averaged 1.4
ranking of the day among ALL 14 average ratings (2.5) and truTV’s median age for 17% compared to November million viewers; 1 million
kids and boys demos—kids and delivery (609,000) both advanced November was three years ’08. November results also note households; 482,000 adults 18-
boys 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14. by 32%. younger (45) than the same time that Adults Swim programs 34; and 870,000 adults 18-49.
Scoring triple-digit delivery and Additionally, Friday night period last year. accounted for 12 of the top 50 • Among both adults 18-34 and
ratings gains vs. the 2008 time telecasts of Batman: The Brave Premieres of truTV’s smash hit telecasts of the month on ad- 18-49, the first three weeks of
period, the film delivered & the Bold(7:30 p.m.) in series Operation Repo continued supported basic cable with adults Lopez Tonight outdelivered the
4,018,000 viewers age 2+. The November attracted more older to deliver amazing results in 18-34. season-to-date averages for The
telecast now ranks as Cartoon kids audiences vs. the same time November, with the fifth-season Among the late-night network’s Colbert Report, The Late Late
Network’s #2 most-watched period last year—kids 9-14 premiere on Nov. 9 garnering original programming, The Show with Craig Ferguson, Late
original movie premiere in its 17- ratings (1.9) increased by 12% truTV’s biggest audience ever for Venture Bros.(Sunday, 12 Night with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy
year history, just behind last and delivery (452,000) by 9%, a series telecast, with 2.2 million midnight) earned double-digit Kimmel Live and Last Call with
September’s Scooby-Doo! The and boys 9-14 ratings (2.9) viewers and 1.6 million delivery increases across the Carson Daly. In addition, Lopez
Mystery Begins. increased by 7% and delivery households. In addition, the board—adults 18-34 average Tonight has outdelivered the
Among Cartoon Network’s (357,000) by 8%. show ranks as cable’s #2 delivery (906,000) increased by season-to-date average for Late
stand-out original programming, truTV entertainment program in the 40%, while adults 18-24 average Show with David Letterman and
November ’09 presentations of With 11 months of the year Monday 10 p.m. timeslot in delivery (502,000) increased by The Wanda Sykes Show among
the live-action Destroy Build complete, TRU-TV on track to delivery of viewers (1,929,000); 20%. Similarly, men 18-34 adults 18-34.
Destroy(Wednesdays, 8 p.m.) deliver the highest yearly ratings adults 18-49 (1,040,000); adults delivery (642,000) improved by
earned solid ratings and delivery in its history. The network took 25-54 (972,000); men 18-34 35% and men 18-24 delivery
gains among kids 6-11, kids 9-14 another step toward achieving (273,000); men 18-49 (581,000); (351,000) improved by 4%. • Lopez Tonight has delivered
and boys 9-14. Across the month that goal by chalking up its most- and men 25-54 (566,000). Metalocalypse(Sunday, 12:30 outstanding growth for TBS in
compared to November ‘08, watched November ever in Also contributing to truTV’s a.m.) also earned solid increases, the 11 p.m. hour, with viewers up
average kids 6-11 ratings (2.2) delivery of key demos, including strong November were two new with adults 18-34 delivery 33%, households up 27% and
g r e w b y 5 % a n d d e l i v e r y adults 18-34 (236,000); adults 18 series: It Only Hurts When I (633,000) jumping by 22% and adults 18-34 up 30% and adults
(539,000) by 3%, kids 9-14 -49 (537,000); adults 25-54 Laugh(1.3 million viewers; adults 18-24 delivery (367,000) 18-49 up 34% when compared to
r a t i n g s ( 1 . 9 ) a n d d e l i v e r y (542,000); men 18-34 (118,000); 671,000 adults 18-49) and Full by 3%. the same time period for the four
(467,000) both grew by 36%, and men 18-49 (298,000); men 25-54 Throttle Saloon(1.2 million Ad-supported cable’s top-rated weeks leading up to the premiere.
boys 9-14 ratings (3.1) and (302,000); and women 18-34 viewers; 714,000 adults 18-49). #1 comedy, Family
delivery (382,000) both grew by (118,000). Adult Swim Guy(Monday, 11 p.m.) scored CARTOON page 58
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Syfy Breaks Viewership Records again; Best

November in History
By Robert Seidman Women 18-49, Women 25-54, • 1,349,000 P2+ (up +2%) December 8, at 9:30PM
(TVbytheNumbers) Men 18-34, Men 18-49 and Men (ET/PT)
25-54. Online, Syfy.com continued its • Season five finale of Ghost
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:49:24 AM
Fueled by the July 7 rebrand, sizzling year-long growth. The Hunters Wednesday, December PixelJunk Shooter
via press release: Syfy has scored its most watched
SYFY BREAKS VIEWERSHIP five month stretch ever (July-
site reached its best November
ever, hitting highs in all key
16, at 9PM (ET/PT),
followed by the last episode of
to whet your skills
R E C O R D S F O R T H I R D November) in total viewers.
STRAIGHT RATINGS PERIOD In Fourth Quarter to date, Syfy
metrics for the third straight
month:
Ghost Hunters Academy’s rookie
season Wednesday, December
on December 10
B E S T N O V E M B E R I N is currently the #4 basic cable • 16, at 10PM (ET/PT) By Andrew Yoon (Joystiq)
HISTORY AMONG ALL KEY entertainment network in Adults • 3.6 million uniques Submitted at 12/2/2009 1:31:00 PM
DEMOS INCLUDING TOTAL 25-54 (782,000, +8%) and #5 • 5.6 million visits
VIEWERS, ADULTS 18-34, among Adults 18-49 (707,000, • 31.5 million page views Syfy is a media destination for Q-Games' latest entry in its PSN
ADULTS 18-49 AND ADULTS +12%), as well as rising 16% in • 5.4 million video streams imagination-based entertainment. PixelJunk series will arrive on
25-54 Adults 18-34. • SCI FI Wire delivered 3.5 With year round acclaimed PlayStation Network worldwide
FUELED BY THE JULY 7 Driven by Ghost Hunters, million page views, which is the original series, events, next Thursday, December 10.
R E B R A N D , F R O M J U L Y - Stargate Universe, Sanctuary and best month ever for the blockbuster movies, classic Shooter follows the legacy of
NOVEMBER SYFY SCORES f r e s h m a n G h o s t H u n t e r s second month in a row. science fiction and fantasy previous PixelJunk games, by
M O S T - W A T C H E D F I V E Academy, the record-setting programming, a dynamic Web adding a modern twist to old-
MONTH STRETCH November performance featured: site ( www. Syfy.com), and a school gameplay. In Shooter's
EVER IN TOTAL VIEWERS • 266,000 Adults 18-34 (+6% Syfy closes out its historic 2009 portfolio of adjacent business ( case, the twist happens to be
In Fourth Quarter to Date, Ranks vs. Nov 08) with a diverse array of original Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a realistic liquid physics, as players
#4 in Adults 25-54 and #5 in • 663,000 Adults 18-49 programming in December, passport to limitless possibilities. manipulate the flow of water,
Adults 18-49 (+5%) highlighted by: Originally launched in 1992 as lava and ice.
New York, NY – December 2, • 743,000 Adults 25-54 • SCI FI Channel, and currently in Like Monsters and Eden before
2009 – For the third consecutive (+3%) • Conclusion of Stargate 95 million homes, Syfy is a it, PixelJunk Shooter is expected
ratings period (following Third • 121,000 Women 18-34 Universe’s fall season Friday, network of NBC Universal, one to cost $10 or the foreign
Quarter and October), Syfy (+9%) December 4, at 9PM (ET/PT) of the world’s leading media and currency equivalent.
shattered viewership records by • 318,000 Women 18-49 • Four hour movie event entertainment companies. ( Syfy. Gallery: PixelJunk Shooter
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World Television Debut of The Dog

ABC’s Scrubs Opens as Tuesday’s Who Saved Christmas is the Season’s
#1 TV Show with Hard-to-Reach No. 1 Cable Movie in Total Viewers
By Robert Seidman
Men 18-34 (TVbytheNumbers)
starring Dean Cain, Elisa
Donovan and Mario Lopez as the
voice of “Zeus”, became the
By Robert Seidman lead-in at 9:00 p.m. (+33% – since its ABC premiere on Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:54:50 AM
season’s most-watched cable
(TVbytheNumbers) 2.0/5 vs. 1.5/4) against stiff January 6, 2009. via press release: movie in Total Viewers(4.0
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:07:27 PM
established competition, ABC’s World Television Debut of “The million – tie), ranking No. 1 in its
season premiere of “Scrubs” A note about increasing DVR Dog Who Saved Christmas,” time period versus all cable, and
via ABC press release: finished No. 1 in its half-hour penetration and year-to-year S t a r r i n g D e a n C a i n , E l i s a as Sunday’s No. 1 scripted cable
December 2, 2009 among hard-to-reach Men 18-34, rating comparisons: Year-to-year Donovan and Mario Lopez, is the telecast.
Q u i c k T a k e f o r T u e s d a y , besting second-place NBC’s rating comparisons based on the Season’s No. 1 Cable Movie in • From 8:00 – 10:00 p.m., “The
December 1, 2009 “Biggest Loser” by 11%(2.1/7 Live + Same Day data stream are Total Viewers Dog Who Saved Christmas”
(Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day vs. 1.9/6). In addition, the ABC distorted by the level of DVR “ T h e D o g W h o S a v e d stood as cable’s No. 1 program in
Ratings) comedy earned second place in p e n e t r a t i o n i n t h e N i e l s e n Christmas” is Cable’s No. 1 Total Viewers(4.0 million), and
O p p o s i t e E s t a b l i s h e d the half-hour with Men 18- sample, which has jumped up to Program in its Time Period cable’s No. 2 scripted program in
Competition, ABC’s “Scrubs” 49(2.0/6). more than 33% currently, from in Total Viewers, and the No. 1 Adults 18-49(1.4 million) and
Opener Surges from its Lead “Scrubs” (9:30-10:00 p.m.) 28% at the same point in 2008. Scripted Cable Telecast of the Women 18-49(844,000).
With Young Adults and Wins its Building on its lead-in among More viewers are watching Day
Half-Hour Over NBC’s “Loser” Adults 18-34 and key Men (M18- shows on their own timetables, “ T h e D o g W h o S a v e d
in Men 18-34 34/M18-49), a second episode of which may not be reflected in the Christmas” Ranks as Cable’s No. • “The Dog Who Saved
Building on its Lead-in Among “Scrubs” also won its half-hour overnight next day numbers. The 2 Scripted Telecast Christmas” surpassed year-ago
Key Demos, “Scrubs” at 9:30pm among hard-to-reach Men 18-34, only truly valid year-to-year in its Time Period in Adults 18- time period averages(11/30/08),
Wins by defeating NBC’s “Loser” by an comparison would be one based 49 and Women 18-49 increasing by 14% in Total
28% in Men 18-34 and Stands as even wider margin of 28%(2.3/7 on the Live + 7 Day metric, once “ T h e D o g W h o S a v e d Viewers(4.0 million vs. 3.5
the Night’s No. 1 TV Show with vs. 1.8/6). In fact ABC’s back-to those stats are released by Christmas” Exceeds Year-Ago million, by 8% in Adults 18-
Young Men -back episodes of “Scrubs” Nielsen. Time Period Levels in Key 49(1.4 million vs. 1.3 million)
At 9:30pm, “Scrubs” Matches finished as the Top 2 TV shows Source: Nielsen Media Research Demos and by 5% in Women 18-
t h e S e r i e s ’ H i g h e s t - R a t e d on Tuesday night with Men 18- (Fast Affiliate, Live + Same Day “ T h e D o g W h o S a v e d 49(844,000 vs. 801,000).
Telecast 34. Ratings), 12/1/09. Christmas” (Sunday, 11/29/09,
In Men 18-34 and Men 18-49 This content has passed through 8:00-10:00 p.m.) This content has passed through
Since its ABC Premiere in • At 9:30 p.m. among Men 18- fivefilters.org. In its television premiere, “ The fivefilters.org.
January 2008 49(2.3/7) and Men 18- Dog Who Saved Christmas,”
“Scrubs” (9:00-9:30 p.m.) 49(2.1/6),“Scrubs” matched the
Surging from its Adult 18-49 series’ highest-rated telecast
58 TV/ Fashion/ E-reader Newspaper
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What's On Tonight: Rudolph, The continued from page 55

vs. 1,642,000), while delivery of

Middle, Ghost Hunters, Lawman
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:16:00 PM
• At 7, ABC Family has Pixar
Short Films(repeated at 9).
• At 8, CBS has Rudolph The
Red-Nosed Reindeer, followed
by The Grammy Nominations
Concert Live.
• NBC has Christmas in
Rockefeller Center at 8.
• FOX has a new So You Think
You Can Dance at 8, then a new
Glee.
• Cartoon Network has a new
Destroy Build Destroy at 8.
• Hallmark has The Christmas
Choir at 8, followed by I'll Be
Home For Christmas.
• BBC Amercia has the season
premiere of Ramsay's Kitchen
Nightmares at 8, then the season
finale of Mary Queen of Shops.
• At 8:30, ABC has a new
episode of The Middle.
• At 9, DirectTV 101 has a new
Friday Night Lights.
• Discovery has a new
Mythbusters.
• NBC has a new Jay Leno Show
at 10.
• TBS has a new Tyler Perry's
House of Payne at 10, followed
by a new Tyler Perry's Meet the
Browns.
• FX has a new Nip/Tuck at 10.
• Travel Channel has a new Man
vs. Food at 10.
• Current has a new Vanguard at
10.
• Also at 10: Bravo has a new
Top Chef: Las Vegas, then the
• A&E has the season premiere series premiere of Launch My
Dog The Bounty Hunter at 9, Line.
then the series premiere of
Steven Seagal: Lawman(two Check your local TV listings for
episodes). more.
• Food Network has a new After the jump, the late night
Throwdown with Bobby Flay at talk shows.
9. Continue reading What's On
• Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters Tonight: Rudolph, The Middle,
at 9, followed by a new Ghost Ghost Hunters, Lawman
Hunters Academy. Filed under: Late Night,
• F i n e L i v i n g h a s a n e w Programming, Celebrities, Talk
Whatever, Martha at 9. Show, What To Watch Tonight,
• There's a new Inside the NFL Reality-Free
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• At 10, ABC has a new C o m m e n t s
Eastwick.
• A continuing hit with
multicultural viewers, Lopez
Tonight’s audience is 32%
Hispanic and 26% African-
American.
The hit series Tyler Perry’s Meet
the Browns enjoyed an
outstanding November, ranking
as ad-supported cable’s #1
comedy series in delivery of total
viewers (2.7 million), adults 18-
49 (1.3 million) and adults 25-54
(1.3 million).
TNT
Through the first month of the
2009-10 NBA regular season,
TNT continues to experience the
most-watched NBA regular
season in Turner’s 26 years of
NBA coverage. Through 12
games, the network is averaging
a 1.4 national household rating,
up 27% over the first 12 games
of the 2008-09 NBA season (1.1
national household rating). In
addition, delivery of total viewers
is up 27% (2,082,000
households is up 24% (
1,568,000 vs. 1,265,000).
The network has also seen
significant increases in key
demos including:
• Adults 18-34: +28% 691,000
in 2009 vs. 538,000 in 2008
• Adults 18-49: +20%
1,162,000 vs. 966,000
• Adults 25-54:
+22% 1,035,000 vs. 845,000
• Men 18-34: +31% 516,000
vs. 394,000
• Men 18-49: +24% 836,000
vs. 674,000
• Men 25-54: +29% 746,000
vs. 580,000
Source: Nielsen Media
Research, Live + Same Day data.
NBA Regular Season on TNT
through 1 st 4 weeks, 11/04/1994
through 11/26/09.
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Gucci and UNICEF Spread Holiday Cheer Around the Globe

By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 3:41:53 PM
Joy to the world! Gucci, in
collaboration with UNICEF, has
released a limited-edition
collection of adorably exotic, sub-Saharan orphan.) Based on carrot-nose snowman. Hurry to a
animal-print bags and key chains Snowman in Africa, a new Gucci store before the little guy
with proceeds to benefit children illustrated book by Michael melts.
affected by HIV/AIDS. (Twenty- Roberts, the accessories line —Whitney Vargas
five percent of the purchase price features colorful cartoon
of each piece—available through health care and clean water for a elephants, monkeys, snakes in
December 31—will go to support the grass, and, yes, one fluffy,
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Caveman Billionaire Got U Now,

Gurl [Recessionomics]
By Hamilton Nolan (Gawker)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:27:06 AM

The Way We Live Now:

Caveman billionaire style. Here's
the difference between a normal
billionaire and a recession-era
cavemen billionaire: All caveman
billionaire needs is a nice
woman, rich hockey teams, and a
job at the W hotel.
Two brothers so poor they're
living in a cave outside Budapest
Kurt Sutter unofficially just found out that their "long lost
grandmother" may have left them
confirms third season of a fortune worth more than $6
billion. How you like them now,
ladies? "If all of this works out, it
billionaire, I was just a caveman.
Before I was a caveman
I was a caveman billionaire, I
owned a hockey team in Canada

Sons of Anarchy will certainly make up for the life

we have had until now . . . No
billionaire, I was one of 11,000
people applying for 400 jobs at
the W Hotel. Before I was a
but sold out before currency
fluctuation would have put me
well in the red.
By Jonathan Toomey (TV Trioblidi," had one helluva women would look at us living in
Squad) caveman billionaire, I was a Before I was a caveman
cliffhanger. Beyond that, Sutter's a cave," one brother said. bankrupt Texas oysterman. billionaire, I was... me.
Submitted at 12/2/2009 2:30:00 PM
interview with Sepinwall also Ooooo, but everything changes Before I was a caveman Gurl U no I can buy U mad
served as a nice post-mortem of when $6 billion comes in the billionaire, I couldn't even sell clothes now. Gurl this caveman
As if there were any doubt. the season and he offered plenty picture, eh? Gurl U no U rong. my used clothes for cash. Before billionaire wanna holla at U.
In an interview with the New of info on where season three is Before I was a caveman
Jersey Star-Ledger' s TV critic likely headed. Spoilers after the
Alan Sepinwall, Sons of Anarchy jump, so read on at your own
creator and executive producer risk.
Kurt Sutter has unofficially Continue reading Kurt Sutter
confirmed that the show will unofficially confirms third season
indeed be back for a third season. of Sons of Anarchy
It's just a matter of FX finalizing Filed under: Pickups and
some contracts and getting all its Renewals, Reality-Free, Sons of
"financial ducks in a row." Sutter Anarchy
said he had been assured the Permalink| Email this| |
show would be back though. C o m m e n t s
Good thing, too, since last
night's season two finale, "Na
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The City : Subhuman Resources [Recaps]

By Brian Moylan (Gawker) who I work with really sucks. brushing her hair out of her face One of the biggest challenges for
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:38:29 AM
Especially Olivia Palermo. Make and scowling—a look that should any PR agency is keeping the
sure you get that right, it's P-A-L- another guy, and no one wants to be familiar to anyone who knows stable of young communications
Due to an unfortunate run in E-R-M-O. And yes, I said she talk to me at parties. Without this her. "And the worst part is, you majors in check. Between all the
with an Elle magazine intern we sucks. I hate her. I almost quit job, I have absolutely nothing. can't talk to her. Whenever I swag, the nights out in New
were unable to watch The City my job because of her." When Olivia put that in jeopardy, confront her about something, York, and the boy drama, it can
last night. However there is one The feud between the socialite I had to fight back." she is either too stupid or too be more difficult that pleasing
intrepid reporter who can not be a n d t h e P R s t a r b e c o m e She explains that at the Today stoned to care and just doesn't get clients and getting them good
kept down, and she was there to noticeably public when they were show, Elle creative director Joe the message. Unless it's news media placement. To find out
fill us in. heard bitching at each other in Zee asked Palermo about the about a sample sale or the how to do it the right way, we
She's Not the Bad Guy: Erin the background of a recent Today prices and designers of the opening of a new bottle service talked to Kelly Cutrone, the
Kaplan Clears Her Name show segment. dresses he was about to talk club, she just can't retain any saucy boss at People's Revolution
by Betsey Morgenstern "I knew something was amiss about on air. Since Kaplan vetoed information. She is completely PR and the star of the new reality
PRWeek.com when I got all the looks together Palermo's looks and inserted her useless. I told Joe Zee that it was show Kell on Earth, which starts
H a v e y o u h e a r d o f E l l e to go to the studio and there was own, Palermo had no clue what either her or me." in February on Bravo.
magazine? Well, of course you nothing that Olivia and I had was going out, and out of spite, And what did Joe Zee say? "Erin "I can't stand these fucking girls,"
have since it's been a knockout pulled the week before," said an wouldn't brief Joe. He had a short is a consummate professional," Cutrone screams in her office,
on the newstands for years as Elle magazine intern named Bryn flub on the air with Hoda Kotb, Zee says from his Midtown pushing her hair back and
well as the main prize for who asked her last name not be but was able to recover. Good office. "She is great at her job bugging her eyes out that signals
winners of America's Next Top used because she does not talk to thing Mr. Zee was on his A and I trust her implicitly. I like she is about to go off on one of
Model and P r o j e c t fake reporters. "Erin told me that game. Olivia a lot—mostly because her famous, expletive-laden
Runway(before the magazine she went and redid all the looks. After they show, Kaplan and Zee she's pretty. But I am not a tirades. "They come in here and
was kicked to the curb for She really has it out for Olivia. I tried to confront Palermo about guidance counselor, I don't want they think that they know
Seventeen and Marie Claire). just don't want to get fired. But, what happened. "I'm sorry, but I to be deciding who wins in a everything and they can do
Still, the reason it was there in yeah, I'm totally scared of Erin." did a whole afternoon of hard fight between Erin and Olivia." whatever the fuck they want. I've
the first place is due to Erin And that is with good reason. work before going home to do Now that the ultimatum has been been doing this for decades. I
Kaplan, the young PR maven Not only is she in charge of bong hits and then attend a placed—Kaplan says that she started this whole company on
who has taken the magazine getting the magazine's name out Twilight screening," Palermo even awkwardly stormed out of my own. They better learn some
world by storm by turning the there, but also, apparently, in says. "Erin never thinks I do Zee's office!—who is going to hit fucking respect and learn it
magazine brand into something overseeing the duties of junior anything right. She has horrible the road and who is going to quick."
that even Anna Wintour must e d i t o r s , a v e r y d i f f e r e n t style, can't dress, is poor, and stay? "Well, let's just say that the Most recently she has had
respect. responsibility for someone who doesn't respect me. She makes it magazine needs PR more than it completely opposite experiences
But with the increased publicity specializes in communications. impossible for me to do my job. does socialites, but sometimes with Whitney Port, an aspiring
for the publication comes an "Look, I'm not a fashion editor And have you seen what she socialites are what brings the designer, and Roxy Carmichael
increased profile for Kaplan, who and I never claim to be," Kaplan wears? She shouldn't be picking PR," Kaplin says cryptically Olin, a girl who seems to have no
some think is only a tan and a set said after her third vanilla cake out clothes at all. But she is giving her signature sly smile. skills, no drive, and doesn't do
of SUV keys away from being with chocolate frosting. "But impossible. Until she shows me No matter what, we have a much of anything. Still, Kelly
the next Lizzie Grubman. Olivia Palermo is so bad at her some respect, we can't work feeling that Kaplan will end up sees something of herself in Olin.
"Really, I'm not that bad," Erin job that I had to step in and do together." on top. "That is what really pisses me the
told me during a recent interview something or else my segment Kaplan was more than happy to You Say You Want a fuck off," she says. "She's just
outside of Magnolia bakery, would be ruined and Elle would respond to her comments. "Of Revolution: Kelly Cutrone Talks like me. She's brash, an outsider,
where we indulged in sweet look stupid. I can not have that course I don't respect her, she about the Help likes to wear black, isn't afraid of
treats and threw pebbles at happening. I have no social life, doesn't know what the fuck she's by Betsey Morgenstern
tourists. "It's just that everyone my last boyfriend dumped me for CITY page 62
doing!" Kaplan screamed while PRWeek.com
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How the Climate Change Summit Will Be Spun [Lies]
By Pareene (Gawker)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:49:33 AM
Whatever happens at the UN
climate change summit in
Copenhagen next week, we can
be sure of one result: the entire
event will be hijacked by bad
actors spreading lies that will
become conventional wisdom.
Ahead of the conference,
Americans generally support
some sort of agreement on
emissions, with a plurality
hoping congress ratifies a
binding treaty. Ahead of the
health care debate, Americans
broadly supported health care
reform, too.
The wheels of disinformation are
already spinning. Lou Dobbs
went fucking nuts on his radio
show today while talking with
complete loon Jim Inhofe. The
idea of the President attempting
to win support for international
emissions reductions by
promising that the US will
attempt to meet similar targets
drove Dobbs over the edge.
DOBBS: Who the hell does this
president think he is?
INHOFE: I don't know, because
you can't do that. And I think it's
certainly disingenuous to mislead
countries into thinking that a
president … You know, this is
not a kingdom. He's not able to
do that.
DOBBS: Not yet!
If there's one thing repressive,
autocratic monarchs are known
for, it's attempting to cede their
nation's sovereignty to a world
government, or something.
Inhofe, of course, believes that
global warming is a great big
hoax. And here he is commenting
on Obama's trip:
"I suspect President Obama is
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climate ‘consensus'-revelations
that cast doubt over the entire
global warming enterprise.
Right. Those emails. Those
fucking emails. You can argue
that the emails reveal improper
behavior (if you suspect a casual
reference to "throwing out the
peer-review process" is actual
proof of any sort of wrong-doing)
but there's actually not anything
in any of the emails that suggests
that anyone manufactured any
data, at all.
But it doesn't matter. The
"story," in its easy-to-digest
form, is that secret emails prove
climate scientists made up global
warming.
Naomi Klein's recent Harper's
story on the 2001 UN conference
on racism was, you know, typical
Naomi Klein-in- Harper's stuff
(long), but it did brilliantly
illustrate how these lies endure:
they start with a modicum of
truth and then, through enough
repetition and distortion, they
become ingrained "knowledge"
that is wholly wrong.
That conference, popularly
referred to as Durban, was
supposed to be about Africa. But
ahead of the conference, a few
Islamic countries asked to
include anti-Israel language that
also downplayed the Holocaust.
That language never had a
making the trip to Copenhagen in due in large part to the fact cap- chance of making it into a final
order to ‘save' the climate and-trade legislation in the UN document, but it gave the
conference," Sen. Inhofe said. Senate is dying on the vine, and, Bush administration a convenient
"Yet no amount of lofty rhetoric as important, recent revelations excuse to avoid a conference that
o r p r o m i s e s o f f u t u r e of leading climate scientists who
commitments can save it. This is appear to have manufactured the HOW page 62
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CITY
continued from page 60
what people think. But then she
just fucking sits there. And when
she's not sitting there, she's
making things difficult for
everyone and pretending like she
knows more than she does. Yes,
she may be like me, but I know
when the dresses should be
ordered. I know how to set up a
photo shoot. I know what a look
book is. She just knows how to
get drunk and dance on
banquettes."
Asked to defend herself Olin
says that she doesn't really need
Cutrone. "You know, my parents
are rich, so I only do this for fun
and so I can hang out with my
friend Whitney," she says in her
voice that is a strange mix of a
drawl and a rasp. "Maybe that's
why I don't give a fuck what
Kelly thinks. But yes, she can
yell, and that keeps people in
check."
Olin tells a story where she
recently went into Cutrone's
office to ask why she was being
left out of a meeting between
Port and the buyers of Bergdorf
Goodman. Olin has nothing to do
with the line whatsoever and
knows nothing about retail,
marketing, fashion, or
merchandising, but for some
reason thought it was a good idea
to stand by Whitney at her
meeting. "Kelly totally snapped
on me," Olin cackles. "She was
going on and on, spouting all this
jargon, and all I could do was get
up and leave."
Cutrone is still worked up about
the meeting. "I got Whitney, who
I love and adore, a meeting with
the big shots at Bergdorf Fucking
Goodman, the most important
department store in the world,"
she rants. "We're talking Linda
Fargo, Ginny Hersey-Lambert,
Sunni Spencer. These are people
that will make or break her
career. And she wants to take her
little sour-faced drinking buddy?
Get real! I was so pissed I didn't
even go to the meeting. Let those
bimbos fend for themselves."
For what it's worth, Port seemed
to think the meeting went well.
"They said some nice things, and
they looked at my clothes. I don't
really know what I'm doing," she
purred while twirling her hair on
her finger.
Cutrone disagrees. "Went well?
It was a fucking disaster," she
screams. "We're talking Marc
Jacobs 1993 grunge line for Perry
Ellis disaster. They hated it. She
wasn't ready at all. Some of her
dresses had crap all over them.
And then she had that
chucklehead Roxy there
undermining her. She only has
one shot left and that's a fashion
show I'm putting together for
her."
That's right. Cutrone may be a
fierce disciplinarian and makes
her stances known, but she has
"the old ball and chain" with her
employees, as she calls it. If they
go down, she goes down with
them. She also helps to raise
them up by giving them as many
opportunities as they can in the
industry. She is including Port in
a group show she is organizing
for fashion week in the spring.
"She said something about it
being not a baby step of faith but
a leap of faith and if I don't do it,
she'll slit my throat and fire
Roxy," Port cooed. "I'm not quite
sure what is going on, but she
says it's a big deal so she must be
right."
While Kelly certainly has this
whole thing under wraps, the
biggest lesson she has to teach is
never hire anyone as smart as the
boss.
HOW
continued from page 61
they didn't want to participate in
in the first place. Then the
offending language was
removed, a nice little document
about how bad racism is was
produced, and everyone was
happy.
Moreover, Southwick was quite
right: after he left, all of the
offending language was excised
in the final round of negotiations.
Which is why, in a detail
conveniently excluded by
Durban's critics, Israeli foreign
minister Shimon Peres praised
the Durban Declaration at the
time as "an accomplishment of
the fi rst order for Israel" and "a
painful comedown for the Arab
League."
Then, in the post-9/11
recollection of Jewish politicians
in America and the right-wing
press in Israel, the conference
suddenly became an Israel-
bashing antisemitic festival of
hatred. The genuine anti-
semitism on display by some
protesters and the legimitate
criticisms of Israel's security and
citizenship policies were
conflated, and "Durban" became
both a dirty word and a rousing
reminder that threats to the
Jewish people were real and
pervasive. The story of what
happened at Durban spun out of
control, with right-wing
academics and journalists
publishing dozens of stories
repeating and exaggerating the
myths.
But the worst distortions were in
Bayefsky's bellowing full-page
E-reader Newspaper
ads, which appeared in the
Washington Times, the New
York Sun, and other papers, and
were signed by a long list of
notables including Harvard law
professor Alan Dershowitz,
orientalist Bernard Lewis, former
New York mayor Ed Koch, and
Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel. In
big bold letters the ads claimed
that the final Durban Declaration
stated "That ISRAEL, and ONLY
ISRAEL, is guilty of racism."
Never mind that nowhere in the
document was Israel accused, let
alone convicted, of racism.
Yes, right. It all got so ridiculous
that a spokesman for Israel's
foreign minister said the
conference's final report called
Israel "the most racist state on
Earth. When a BBC interviewer
read him the actual Durban
Declaration, which, of course,
did not say any such thing, he
was baffled: "even though I don't
have the text in front of me, I
remember quite precisely some
quotes that were completely
contrary to those that you've just
quoted. So we must be speaking
about two different documents."
Indeed!
Obama avoided Durban 2,
because it was already too
poisoned. Here's hoping he can
bring a truthful version of what
happens at Copenhagen home
with him, but we're not holding
our breath.
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The Disruption Is Coming from
Inside the Building [Print Is Dead]
By Ryan Tate (Gawker)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:34:08 AM
Layoffs at the fast-shrinking San
Francisco Chronicle have freed
up a lot of office space in the
newspaper's headquarters. So
naturally the Chronicle is now
subleasing to a guy who severely
undercut its business model in
the first place. Spooky.
Jack Dorsey is no longer a day-
to-day executive at Twitter, but
he used to be CEO of the
microblogging service and is
widely credited with coming up
with the idea for brokering 140-
character status updates. Those
updates, in turn, now carry a
large amount of local news and
commentary of which papers like
the Chronicle, which is losing
circulation and money most
months, were once the main
2 Military Men Found Stabbed to Death,
Suspect in Custody
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:53:25 PM
EVANS MILLS, N.Y.
Authorities say two men found
murdered in an apartment just
outside Fort Drum were members
of the U.S. military assigned to
the Army post, and a third
service member suspected of
killing them is in custody in
another state.
suppliers.
Which is why it's more than a
touch ironic that Dorsey is
leasing space in the Chronicle
building for his new credit-card
processing startup Square.
Joining him will be two tech
"incubators" that promise to
nurture technology as disruptive
as Twitter. This is sort of like
The Jefferson County Sheriff's
Department says 20-year-old
Waide James and 23-year-old
Diego Valbuena each had
multiple stab wounds. Autopsies
are scheduled Wednesday.
Police aren't releasing where the
suspect is being held.
The victims' hometowns, ranks
and units also aren't being
released yet by police or officials
at Fort Drum, the 10th Mountain
renting space inside your body
for one of those creatures from
Alien. It will explode out of your
stomach and devour you
someday. Look out, Chronicle!
[ via BayNewser]
(Pic by Esther Dyson)
Division's home base in northern
New York.
The bodies were found Tuesday
morning in an apartment complex
housing mostly military families
in Evans Mills, near the main
entrance to the post.
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No. 86 South Africa
Gets the Easy Road
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 8:21:34 AM
In anticipation of the World
Cup draw, its hard not to the
examine the group of teams in
the best pot and realize very
quickly that one of them does not
go with the others. The outlier
would be host South Africa,
which is in the same group as the
top seven teams in the world and
therefore wont play them in the
first round even though it is
currently ranked 86 th in world.
Getty Images Kirsten
Nematandani
In other words, South Africa not
only received automatic
admission into the tournament
but also gets the easiest possible
ride into the elimination phase of
the tournament. (Imagine North
Dakota State getting a one seed
in the NCAA mens basketball
tournament and opening in Fargo
and you get the idea).
In an interview in Cape Town
earlier today, Kirsten
Nematandani, president of the
South Africa Football
Association, defended the
preferential treatment of his
team, known as Bafana Bafana.
We put a lot into this event and
now it is our chance to get a lot
out of it, Nematandani said. We
have had to expend a lot, not just
money, but also energy and time
on behalf of the people of this
country. And so this is what we
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get. Indeed, this is standard
treatment for a host country - the
U.S. got the same boost when it
hosted the Cup in 1994.
Its been an awful few months for
Bafana Bafana since it made it to
the semifinal of the
Confederations Cup in June.
The team lost eight of nine games
through October when it rehired
World Cup-winning coach
Carlos Alberto Parreira, who led
Brazil to the title in 1994 and is
known for both his tactical and
motivational skills.
Indeed, the South African squad
may be anything but a walkover.
Playing the host nation in front of
80,000 screaming fans will not
be a picnic even if Bafana
Bafana lacks the major
international star that several of
the other African nations feature.
When our 11 goes onto the field,
anything can happen because we
will be playing 12 or even 13
against the opponent,
Nematandani said. For any
nation, going up against a team
with 13 players is going to be
terrifying.
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Tiger Woods issues Web statement: 'I am far short of perfect'

By ESPN.com news services far short of perfect. I am dealing which I must stick to that who calls himself "Tiger," asks the media since the incident, and
(ESPN.com) with my behavior and personal principle even though it's Grubbs to take her name off her has only issued statements on his
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:22:56 AM
failings behind closed doors with difficult. phone. Web site.
my family. Those feelings should "I will strive to be a better person "My wife went through my Sunday, Woods released a
Reilly Shocked By Public b e s h a r e d b y u s a l o n e . ” - - and the husband and father that phone," the man's voice said. statement saying, in part:
Admission Reilly Shocked By Statement by Tiger Woods my family deserves. For all of "And, uh, may be calling you." "Although I understand there is
P u b l i c A d m i s s i o n V I D E O "Although I am a well-known those who have supported me The call ends with the man curiosity, the many false,
PLAYLIST person and have made my career over the years, I offer my saying: "You gotta do this for unfounded and malicious rumors
• Reilly Shocked By Public as a professional athlete, I have profound apology." me. Huge. Quickly." that are currently circulating
Admission Reilly Shocked By been dismayed to realize the full The Web site posting came ESPN could not confirm Woods about my family and me are
Public Admission extent of what tabloid scrutiny hours after US Weekly magazine was the caller. irresponsible. The only person
• Woods Posts Apology Woods really means. For the last week, put Woods on its cover, released Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, responsible for the accident is
Posts Apology my family and I have been Wednesday, alleging he had a did not immediately return an e- me. My wife, Elin, acted
• Corporate Impact On Tiger hounded to expose intimate two-plus-year affair with a Los mail requesting comment. courageously when she saw I was
Woods Corporate Impact On details of our personal lives. The Angeles cocktail waitress. It also When asked whether US Weekly hurt and in trouble. She was the
Tiger Woods stories in particular that physical comes a week after the National paid Grubbs for her story, first person to help me. Any other
violence played any role in the Enquirer reported that Woods spokeswoman Cheryl Crowley assertion is absolutely false."
Tiger Woods, charged with car accident were utterly false had an affair with a New York said, "As a policy, we do not Woods has remained at home in
careless driving and fined $164 and malicious. Elin has always VIP host -- a charge the woman comment on obtaining stories or the exclusive gated community of
by Florida authorities on Tuesday done more to support our family strongly denies -- and less than a photo transactions." MSNBC Isleworth, while some of the
and squarely in the crosshairs of and shown more grace than week after he was involved in a reported that "rumors" are world's top golfers were in
the celebrity and tabloid media, anyone could possibly expect. car accident. Grubbs could have been paid Southern California preparing for
issued a statement Wednesday "But no matter how intense The US Weekly report claims $100,000 for her story. the start of a tournament he hosts.
apologizing for actions he did not curiosity about public figures can that Jaimee Grubbs has more Grubbs was recently part of the Woods, citing injuries from the
specify. be, there is an important and deep than 300 text messages from VH1 cable channel reality series crash, issued a statement Monday
"I have let my family down and I principle at stake which is the Woods, and the US Weekly Web "Tool Academy." saying he would not attend or
regret those transgressions with right to some simple, human site posted a voice mail Grubbs Several of Woods' sponsors told play in the Chevron World
all of my heart," Woods said on measure of privacy. I realize says is Woods calling her last CNNMoney.com Wednesday Challenge.
his Web site. "I have not been there are some who don't share week and asking to change the ID that they still are in business with Tuesday, the Florida Highway
true to my values and the my view on that. But for me, the on her phone so that his wife Woods. Nike, Gatorade, EA Patrol said it "is not pursuing
behavior my family deserves. I virtue of privacy is one that must wouldn't recognize it. Sports and Gillette all said that criminal charges in this matter
am not without faults and I am be protected in matters that are Grubbs says she met Woods at a their relationship with Woods nor is there any testimony or
far short of perfect. I am dealing intimate and within one's own Las Vegas nightclub the week remains as it was before the other evidence to support any
with my behavior and personal family. Personal sins should not after the 2007 Masters -- two announcement. additional charges of any kind
failings behind closed doors with r e q u i r e p r e s s r e l e a s e s a n d months before Woods' wife, Elin Woods was involved in a one- other than the charge of careless
my family. Those feelings should p r o b l e m s w i t h i n a f a m i l y Nordegren, gave birth to their car traffic accident on Friday. He driving," according to department
be shared by us alone. shouldn't have to mean public first child. hit a fire hydrant and a tree in his spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes.
“ confessions. Wednesday morning, the Cadillac SUV. The Florida "Despite the celebrity status of
I have let my family down and I "Whatever regrets I have about magazine published what it said Highway Patrol investigated the Mr. Woods, the Florida Highway
regret those transgressions with letting my family down have was a voice mail provided by case, but closed the investigation Patrol has completed its
all of my heart. I have not been been shared with and felt by us Grubbs that she said was left by on Tuesday, saying Woods investigation in the same
true to my values and the alone. I have given this a lot of Woods on Nov. 24, three days would be cited and fined. professional manner it strives to
behavior my family deserves. I reflection and thought and I before his early morning car But that hasn't stopped tabloid
am not without faults and I am believe that there is a point at TIGER page 67
crash. In the voice mail, a man, rumors. Woods hasn't met with
E-reader Newspaper
Bowden’s FSU Exit Is Almost Too Quiet
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 7:33:51 AM
Bobby Bowden’s 44-year
coaching career has one game
remaining before he retires. No
longer a football powerhouse,
Florida State forced the issue
with Bowden, who paced the
Seminoles sidelines for 34 years,
earning a remarkable 14 straight
top-five finishes and two national
championships. Jimbo Fisher is
FSU’s coach in waiting.
Associated Press Bobby Bowden
celebrated after beating Nebraska
in the 1994 Orange Bowl, but
really, had he done enough in his
34 years in Tallahassee to leave
on his own terms?
The past decade hasn’t been kind
to Bowden, who can claim just
one top-10 finish since winning
the national championship in
1999. Including this year’s 6-6
mark, Bowden’s gone 37-27 over
the past five seasons. Still, the
way his retirement was
announced Tuesday — by
videotape and a prepared news
release — was weird for such a
beloved, respected coach.
“Hard to believe that the most
media-friendly coach in the
history of sports never even
showed up to address the media,”
Mike Bianchi writes in the
Orlando Sentinel. “And neither
did FSU President T.K.
Wetherell. Nor FSU athletic
director Randy Spetman. What a
surreal, strange, somber day.”
Ray McNulty of Treasure Coast
Newspapers says Bowden
deserved to choose when to
leave. “He didn’t ask for another
five years. He didn’t ask for
another two. He wanted next
season,” McNulty writes. “That’s
all. And Florida State should’ve
given it to him, even if it turned
out to be nothing more than a
farewell tour.”
Sports Illustrated’s Ted Staple
says FSU made a mistake by not
explaining Bowden’s ouster.
Instead of focusing on Bowden’s
messy exit, ESPN’s Ivan Maisel
remembers the qualities Bowden
brought to college football. “He
leads without intimidation and
measures his words by the
gross,” Maisel writes. “He treats
football as a serious business but
always saw a bigger picture. He
once wrote that his priorities in
life are: God, Family, Others,
Football.”
The Florida Times-Union’s
Garry Smits sees unanswered
questions surrounding Bowden’s
departure.
Finally, the Washington
Examiner’s James Irwin lists his
top five Bobby Bowden games.*
**
North Carolina’s date with
Michigan State on Tuesday
ended the same way the national
basketball title game did in April:
with a Tar Heel victory over the
Spartans. Despite losing Tyler
Hansbrough, Ty Lawson and
Wayne Ellington to the NBA
after last season, this year’s
North Carolina team was able to
hold off a late Spartans rally for a
89-82 win. ESPN’s Dana O’Neil
says a balanced effort paid off for
Carolina.
Sports Illustrated’s Luke Winn
says the Spartans’ defensive
shortcomings must be
addressed.* * *
Alex Ovechkin’s take-no-
prisoners approach and goal-
scoring wizardry make him one
of the most dynamic players in
the NHL. His brash play has also
gotten the Washington Capitals
superstar suspended for two
games for his reckless knee-on-
knee hit on Carolina’s Tim
Gleason on Monday. Ovechkin
was injured on the play, but not
seriously. In the Washington
Post, Thomas Boswell warns
Ovechkin to slow down a little.
“So, Ovechkin’s knee will get
better, just like the shoulder
injury that sidelined him six
games earlier this season,”
Boswell writes. “Are these just
warning shots from Mother
Nature? What’s clear is, at 24,
Ovie is no longer indestructible,
even if he thinks he is.”* * *
FIFA, soccer’s governing body,
meets Wednesday and could
decide whether to add another
referee or to use video replay at
next summer’s World Cup in
South Africa. The impetus for
this emergency meeting was
France’s controversial aggregate
victory over Ireland last month in
which Thierry Henry’s handball
goal should have been disallowed
but was missed by the referee.
That goal kept Ireland from
qualifying for the World Cup.
MirrorFootball’s Oliver Holt says
soccer could learn a lot from the
NFL’s use of instant replay.
The Independent’s Daniel
McDonnell says many questions
remain after the Nov. 18 incident.
Although incidents of racism in
soccer are waning, work still
needs to be done to eradicate it,
the Times of London’s George
Caulkin writes.
Be sure to follow the Journal’s
Matthew Futterman the rest of
the week as he reports from the
FIFA meetings in Cape Town,
South Africa. This morning he
focuses on the setup of the World
Cup draw to be announced
Friday.* * *
By now you’ve heard about the
record $82,500 fine against
Serena Williams for her profanity
-laced tirade against a line judge
at last year’s U.S. Open. A fiery
competitor, Williams could face
a U.S. Open suspension if she
has another outburst. The
Telegraph’s Mark Hodgkinson
wonders what someone has to
say to be suspended from a
Grand Slam tournament.* * *
Fans have always had a love-
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hate relationship with
announcers, but most would
agree that Chip Caray had a
horrendous, error-prone
postseason broadcasting for
Turner Sports. Caray and Turner
parted company Monday even
though he had three years
remaining on his contract, David
O’Brien writes in the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution.
Meanwhile, Tommy Henrich,
the oldest surviving member of
the Yankees, died on Tuesday at
age 96. In the New York Times,
Richard Goldstein remembers the
right-fielder known as “Old
Reliable.”* * *
Pithy quotes add spice to a great,
absorbing read. Unfortunately,
not all athletes are easily
quotable. Perhaps a sportswriter,
seeing promise in a quote that’s
too wordy or too convoluted,
improves it for publication. Is
that the right thing to do? While
the National Sports Journalism
Center’s Dave Kindred argues for
cleaning up an athlete’s quote,
others disagree.
– Tip of the Fix cap to reader
Don Hartline and fellow Fixer
David Roth.
Found a good column from the
world of sports? Don’t keep it to
yourself — write to us at
dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll
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Allen Iverson accepts Philadelphia 76ers' contract offer

By Associated Press him to Brett Favre, a guy who "I told him I would like for him Iverson would get another look
(ESPN.com) people think is too old to play to start, and that's where it sort of at his former teams after playing
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:16:07 AM
and he's almost having an MVP ended," Jordan said. "And he was Denver. The Sixers, who have
year," Jordan said. "That's off the really like a kid at Christmas. not won a playoff series since
Iverson Returns To The Sixers top of my head. When I woke up That's how he sort of explained it 2003, play at home Dec. 9
Iverson Returns To The Sixers this morning, I said, 'Maybe he to me. He's really excited and against Detroit.
PHILADELPHIA -- Dust off the can be that.' It's not a big maybe. we're looking forward to it." Iverson was the No. 1 overall
No. 3 jersey. Allen Iverson is I think he can be that." come to Philadelphia." Iverson's last game with pick in the 1996 draft, but his 10
with the Philadelphia 76ers The 34-year-old Iverson “ Philadelphia was Dec. 6, 2006, in turbulent seasons in Philadelphia
again. announced his retirement last I told him I would like for him to Chicago. He refused to play the were marred by rants about
Iverson signed a free-agent week after a stint with the start, and that's where it sort of fourth quarter and was banished practice, run-ins with former
contract with Philadelphia on Memphis Grizzlies. The 10-time ended. And he was really like a from the team two days later. He coach Larry Brown, arrests and a
Wednesday, three years after All-Star was NBA MVP in 2001, kid at Christmas. That's how he was eventually traded to Denver failed rap career.
their acrimonious split led to his when he led the Sixers to the sort of explained it to me. He's as part of the Andre Miller deal, In one infamous blowup at the
trade and seemingly ended any NBA finals. really excited and we're looking and bounced to Detroit before end of the 2002 season, he
chance of his return. Iverson's "We had, at times, a rocky road forward to it.”-- 76ers coach landing in Memphis. repeated the word "practice"
brief retirement is over and he's with Allen Iverson, but we also Eddie Jordan "Certainly, the way it left off, it's nearly 20 times during a
expected to make his debut had a fantastic run with Allen," In 10 seasons with the Sixers, surprising," Luukko said. rambling monologue.
Monday at home against Denver. Peter Luukko, COO of Comcast- Iverson posted the highest Rose said he wasn't surprised "Times change, situations
The Sixers needed a replacement Spectacor, which owns the 76ers scoring average in team history both sides put their bitter parting change," Luukko said. "The best
once they lost starting point and Flyers, told The Associated (28.1), was second on the points behind them. way was to make this a
guard Lou Williams, who's Press. "The expectations with list (19,583) and holds the record "It was a good situation that basketball decision. Don't get
expected to miss eight weeks Allen have changed dramatically. for 3-pointers (877). He was a made sense for them," Rose said. personal with it."
after jaw surgery. Williams, who We're not looking for Allen to seven-time All-Star, won four "Allen has always had an affinity Iverson has a career average of
averaged 17.4 points and 5.1 individually lead this team the scoring titles and two All-Star for the city of Philadelphia, the 27 points in 889 games over 14
assists, broke his jaw in a loss to way he has in the past." game MVPs. fans, the memories of playing seasons, and is tied for the fifth-
Washington on Nov. 24. Iverson was offered a one-year, "He's like a rock star," Stefanski here. He's always talked about highest scoring average in NBA
Question And Answer non-guaranteed contract said. the opportunity to come back." history. He ranks third among
Is the return of Allen Iverson to Tuesday, according to a person The Sixers (5-13) had lost seven The 6-foot Iverson played three active players.
the 76ers a good move or a bad who spoke to The Associated straight entering Wednesday games this season with Memphis "It's a great challenge, and I think
move? Our experts debate the Press on condition of anonymity night's game at Oklahoma City before taking a leave of absence it's a motivational aspect to it,
Answer's return to the City of because the talks were private. and need Iverson to spark to attend to personal matters. He too," Jordan said. "Guys are
Brotherly Love. Roundtable The Sixers would owe just under sagging ticket sales. The Sixers was waived after the two sides going to be jacked up. He's a
Iverson, his agent and business $650,000 if they guarantee his a r e 2 9 t h i n t h e N B A i n agreed to part ways. winner, he's an assassin on the
manager met with team president contract for the remainder of the attendance. The New York Knicks floor and that sort of thing is
Ed Stefanski, coach Eddie Jordan season on Jan. 10. Luukko said Iverson's deal was considered signing Iverson after contagious."
and two other members of the "The whole situation wasn't "absolutely, strictly a basketball he cleared waivers, before Copyright 2009 by The
organization Monday to talk about the contract and the decision." deciding he would take too much Associated Press
about returning. money," Iverson's agent, Leon Jordan said Iverson will likely playing time from younger This content has passed through
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TCU's Gary Patterson signs extension through
2016, supports bowl system
By Richard Durrett
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:58:23 AM
PTI Debate: Texas or TCU in
Title Game? PTI Debate: Texas
or TCU in Title Game? VIDEO
PLAYLIST
• PTI Debate: Texas or TCU in
Title Game? PTI Debate: Texas
or TCU in Title Game?
• Patterson On TCU's
Undefeated Season Patterson On
TCU's Undefeated Season
FORT WORTH, Texas -- On a
day when Gary Patterson
received a contract extension
through 2016, the TCU coach
stated that the Horned Frogs can
win a national championship
despite not being in a BCS
conference.
And he believes they can do so
without a playoff system.
Patterson, whose contract
includes salary increases for his
assistants, maintains that he's in
favor of the bowl games and not
a playoff system.
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complete each traffic
investigation."
After consulting with the local
prosecutor's office, investigators
also decided there was
insufficient evidence to issue a
subpoena that would have given
them access to records from his
"Is it easier to win one game for a
championship? Or to have to win
four?" Patterson asked. "If you
have a playoff, you practice and
get on a plane and play. And if
you lose, it's over. If you go to a
bowl game, you're there seven
days and the kids can enjoy a
place and get rewarded."
Patterson noted there's still a
chance his 12-0 team -- TCU's
first undefeated squad since 1938
-- could play for a national title
this season. For that to happen,
No. 4 TCU would need Nebraska
to upset No. 3 Texas in the Big
12 championship Saturday at
Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.
Then, the Horned Frogs would
need the BCS formula to work in
their favor.
"We had a vision nine years ago
of reaching a BCS bowl and
going to a national
championship," said Patterson,
who is 85-27 after completing his
ninth season. "A lot of people
laughed and shook their heads
and said, 'Well, that's nice.' We're
now crossing that threshold.
hospital visit after the crash,
Montes said.
Reached in Sweden by The
Associated Press on Wednesday,
Woods' father-in-law, Thomas
Nordegren, said: "I don't want to
comment on this whatsoever."
Woods is also on the cover of
"We feel like we're very blessed.
I do not feel like our work is
done. We still have a mountain to
climb, a championship to win."
Patterson, who has led TCU to
five 11-win seasons in the past
seven years, believes that playing
for a national title is as much
about reputation as anything.
"You have to show that you can
play with everybody
consistently," he said. "You have
to establish you can do it every
year."
Last season, TCU finished No. 7
in The Associated Press and USA
Today polls, the highest-ranked
two-loss team in the nation. If the
Frogs win a BCS bowl this
season, they could begin 2010 in
the top five.
That means fewer teams to
leapfrog on the way to a possible
BCS national championship
berth. TCU started this season
17th in both polls.
Patterson said even though TCU
is not in a BCS conference, the
program is gaining national
respect and is proving it can play
the January issue of Golf Digest,
a magazine he's had a long-
standing relationship with. In a
photo illustration, he's pictured
with President Barack Obama.
The issue offers "10 things
Obama could learn from Tiger --
and vice versa" according to a
in the big games.
"Ninety percent of the teams [in
the BCS] don't have an
opportunity to win a national
championship," Patterson said.
"It's the same 10 teams. We've
now gone to a BCS over 80
percent of the Big 12, 80 percent
of the SEC, 80 percent of the Big
Ten. We've achieved something
that all those other teams talk
about because they are part of a
conference that can get there.
We've now jumped over a hurdle
by going to a BCS game."
Patterson quickly said a BCS
bowl wasn't official, as bowl
pairings will be announced
Sunday.
"We're going into houses and
everyone knows about TCU,"
Patterson said. "The only thing
that was held over our heads was
we couldn't play in a BCS game
or play for a national
championship."
Patterson believes strongly that
isn't the case anymore.
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Golf Digest news release.
A magazine spokeswoman said
Tuesday that the issue was
printed before the car crash
involving Woods.
Information from The
Associated Press is included in
this report.
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Sources: Florida
defensive coordinator
Charlie Strong is
Louisville's top
candidate
By Pat Forde (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:39:55 AM
Florida defensive coordinator
Charlie Strong has emerged as
the leading candidate for the
Louisville head-coaching job,
multiple sources have told
ESPN.com.
Big East blog
ESPN.com's Brian Bennett
writes about all things Big East in
his conference blog.
• Blog network:
College Football Nation
Cardinals athletic director Tom
Jurich has had no contact yet
with Strong, sources said. Jurich
told his counterpart at Florida,
Jeremy Foley, that he will not
interfere with the Gators'
preparations for the SEC
championship game Saturday
against Alabama. However,
shortly after that game is over,
Jurich is expected to contact
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Ron Artest of Los Angeles Lakers
says he drank booze at halftime of
NBA games
By ESPN.com news services
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:50:36 AM
Ron Artest, the often-
controversial Los Angeles Lakers
forward, told a magazine
interviewer he used to drink
alcohol at halftime of NBA
games.
“ the rest of the 2004-05 season,
I used to drink Hennessy ... at
halftime," Artest says in the
interview, which hits newsstands
this week. "I [kept it] in my
locker. I'd just walk to the liquor
store and get it.”-- Ron Artest to
The Sporting News
"I used to drink Hennessy ... at
halftime," Artest said in an
interview with the Sporting
News, which is publishing the
story in its Dec. 7 issue. "I [kept
it] in my locker. I'd just walk to
the liquor store and get it."
Hennessy is a French cognac.
Artest said he drank when he
Britney Spears Does it Again
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:17:19 AM
Britney Spears has had a
triumphant year. The pop
princess has spent the last 12
played for the Chicago Bulls,
where he played for his first three
seasons (1999-2002). He has
since played for Indiana,
Sacramento, Houston and the
Lakers.
He was a member of the Pacers
when he was involved in a fight
in Detroit that spilled over into
the stands. He was suspended for
which turned out to be 73 games.
Artest told the Sporting News
that the brawl "wasn't my fault. ...
I don't see anything I could have
done different."
Artest told the Sporting News
that he has tamed his admittedly
wild lifestyle, but still likes to
"party and I have fun."
TrueHoop: More on Artest
Is anybody really surprised
about Ron Artest's admissions in
a Sporting News story? True
Hoop's Henry Abbott has some
thoughts. Blog
"When I was a 19-year-old
months performing in sold out
shows all over the world, and
topping the charts with her latest
album, Circus. Her on-stage
looks, designed by DSquared2,
reveal the star’s playfully sexy, i s c l a s s i c B r i t n e y — c o t t o n
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Strong, and an interview could last year's national championship
take place as early as Sunday.
Jurich is expected to spend time
this week traveling to do research
unit was ninth in total defense
and fourth in scoring defense.
Strong has carte blanche from
on other prospective candidates
for the job, but Strong is the clear
head coach Urban Meyer to run
the defense; after the Gators held
father, whew. I was a single f r o n t - r u n n e r a c c o r d i n g t o LSU to three points earlier this
pimp! I was wild," he told the m u l t i p l e s o u r c e s . season in Baton Rouge, Meyer
magazine. "A lot of marijuana Others who have expressed referred all questions about the
and alcohol -- even before [that interest in the Louisville job defensive game plan to his
age]. ... I [still] party and I have include Central Michigan coach coordinator. He has also been a
fun, but not like I used to. I used B u t c h J o n e s a n d f o r m e r vital part of Meyer's recruiting
to drink every night and party Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer. machine in the state of Florida
every night." Sources said Fulmer had a and around the South.
He also criticized NBA referee telephone discussion with Jurich If Jurich hires Strong, it would
Joey Crawford, who was on the Tuesday to discuss the job, but he be a departure from his previous
floor for two games of the 2009 i s n o t c o n s i d e r e d a p r i m e two head coaches -- Bobby
N B A W e s t e r n C o n f e r e n c e candidate for the position. Petrino and the freshly fired
semifinals. In Game 2, Artest The fact that Strong has not been Steve Kragthorpe both have
was ejected after an altercation hired as a head coach yet has offensive backgrounds.
with Kobe Bryant. In Game 7, been an enduring mystery to Pat Forde is a senior writer for
Crawford also officiated, and the many college football observers - ESPN.com. He can be reached at
Lakers won 89-70 to close out - and an enduring frustration to ESPN4D@aol.com.
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Rockets? Kobe Bryant is on the Strong's current Florida defense
floor,' " Artest said, according to leads the nation in fewest yards
the Sporting News. and points allowed per game, and
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U.S. Close to World Report: Kalika Moquin
Cup Seed, Faces Tough Is Third Woman Linked
Draw on Friday to Tiger Woods
By Brian Straus (FanHouse)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:00:00 AM
by Brian Straus
Filed under: FIFA World Cup,
US Soccer, U.S. Men's National
Team FIFA's World Cup
organizing committee met
Wednesday in some smoke-filled
room in Cape Town and, in
between bites of caviar and
peeled grapes and just after
confirming the delivery of a
lifetime supply of Coca-Cola
products to Jack Warner's
compound in Trinidad,
announced the procedures and
seeding for Friday's World Cup
draw (Noon, ESPN2).
The decision to base the eight
top seeds (including the host) on
FIFA's monthly soda-sponsored
national team rankings, ignoring
past World Cup performance,
means the U.S. came
tantalizingly close to landing in
the first pot -- closer than any of
us may have expected when
seeding was mentioned as a
motivation following October's
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Reward Offered in
Search for Missing
Fla. Lottery Winner
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 5:42:01 AM
By Will Brinson (FanHouse) LAKELAND, Fla. A $5,000
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:00:00 PM
reward is being offered in the
search for a missing Florida
by Will Brinson Lottery winner from Polk
Filed under: Sports Media, County.
Current Events, Golf Kalika Abraham Shakespeare won $31
Moquin is a nightclub manager in million in 2006. The 43-year-old
Las Vegas and the third woman was last seen in the Lakeland
allegedly linked to golfer Tiger area in early April.
Woods. The reward was announced
draw with Costa Rica. If FIFA This is according to a New York comment one way or another" Tuesday by the Polk County
and Coke want to promote their Daily News article that cites a and claiming that she preferred to Sheriff's Office.
ranking, all the better for the source claiming that Moquin can remain "focused on her job." Spokeswoman Donna Wood had
Americans, who probably always confirm the extramarital affair More coverage: Grubbs' Alleged previously said that perhaps
will be higher than they deserve. with Woods. They cited "an Voicemail From Tiger| Ravenous Shakespeare does not want to be
B u t t h e p o t s a n n o u n c e d insider" as its source. "They've Media Storm Engulfs Tiger, Us| found, but authorities still need to
Wednesday were anything but a hooked up a bunch of times," Tiger Talk of Tournament| Full ask for the public's help in
favor. The road to next summer's Life & Style's unnamed source Tiger Coverage locating him.
second round will be treacherous. said. Report: Kalika Moquin Is Third In April 2007, Shakespeare was
More Coverage: Final Seeds "Tiger told Kalika that married Woman Linked to Tiger Woods sued by a co-worker who alleged
Revealed for Draw life isn't all it's built up to be. He originally appeared on Fanhouse that Shakespeare had stolen the
U.S. Close to World Cup Seed, said he wasn't happy in his Backporch on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 tickets from him.
Faces Tough Draw on Friday marriage or his home life and that 12:00:00 EST . Please see our Authorities say Shakespeare
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Artest Used to Drink Allen Iverson Signs

Alcohol at Halftime With 76ers
By Matt Moore (FanHouse) By Will Brinson (FanHouse)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 1:40:00 PM Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:01:00 AM

by Matt Moore by Will Brinson

Filed under: Bulls, Lakers The
fact that Ron Artest says
outlandish stuff is not really
noteworthy. For the man called
"Crazy Pills" to actually say
something which shocks the
NBA world means it's pretty far
out there. He'd have to say
something which strikes right at
concerns over safety, or respect
for the game, or substance abuse
...
Filed under: 76ers Allen Iverson
is returning "home," as the
Philadelphia 76ers announced via
their team website Wednesday
Vince Young
morning that they have signed
the future Hall of Famer and Better QB for
stands and hit some guy?), his longtime Philly favorite to a one-
immaturity as a player, and his year deal.
career in a place where he has
always been considered a sports Chris Johnson
role on the Lakers. But the big Team President Ed Stefanski idol. By Michael David Smith
gun is his admission that during said in a news release that the The 34-year-old Iverson is (FanHouse)
halftime of games when he was team believed "Allen was the expected to make his Sixers
with the Bulls between 1999 and best available free agent guard to debut Monday against Denver. Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:45:00 AM

And look! He managed all three!
In an interview being published
this week by Sporting News
Magazine, Artest discusses a
number of things including the
Malice at the Palace (which he
says he doesn't know what he
could have done differently- Ron,
we have a suggestion. How's
about deciding not to run into the
2002, he would drink alcohol. help" after the injury to Lou Allen Iverson Signs With 76ers by Michael David Smith
Hennessy, to be exact. Williams, who will miss up to originally appeared on Fanhouse Filed under: Titans For most of
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Final Seeds Revealed for World Cup Draw

By Michael Cardillo World Cup feels a lot like a late- the actual draw -- FIFA shed a Fanhouse Soccer Blog on Wed,
(FanHouse) night lottery drawing, where the little light on the process by 02 Dec 2009 10:58:00 EST .
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:58:00 AM
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I n t e r n a t i o n a l S o c c e r , literally pull the names of the 32 Italy, Germany, England and the
International, Soccer Posts participating countries out of four Netherlands in "Pot 1."
There's a good reason that the pots to determine the eight, four- tournament in South Africa. Final Seeds Revealed for World
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biggest shocks of this 2009
season, two members of the
previously 0-6 Tennessee Titans
are starting to get some MVP
talk.
Both quarterback Vince Young,
who has led the Titans to a 5-0
record after Kerry Collins led
them to that 0-6 start, and
running back Chris Johnson, who
just completed the most
productive rushing month in NFL
history, are now legitimate MVP
candidates.
ECA members cry foul over auto-renewal cancellation hassles
By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 1:00:00 PM
In an attempt to bolster its ranks
with thrifty members of the
gaming community, the
Entertainment Consumers
Association recently partnered
with a few online retailers to
offer its members some nice
deals on video games, including a
pretty sweet discount on
purchases from Amazon. To
accompany these offers, the ECA
had its own spectacular deal: One
free year of membership, which
would normally cost $19.99. All
applicants had to do was provide
their credit card information, sign
up and enjoy the discounts that
were being passed along to ECA
members.
Sadly, this is where the idyllic
tale begins to go south. Shortly
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after the ECA began offering the
free year of membership, the
Amazon offer mysteriously
disappeared. This drew the ire of
the group's new members, but
would be quickly forgotten when
the option to cancel the auto-
renewal of the membership fee,
through the ECA's website, also
vanished without a trace. An
ECA forum moderator explained
the option only appeared "for
some browsers, but it wasn't
intended to be there, wasn't a
working option and was removed
as soon as we became aware."
Now, users who were drawn in
by these discounts can only
cancel their memberships (and
subsequent annual $20 fees) by
sending a letter directly to the
ECA's accounting department
(the address is posted after the
jump). What's worse, those who
canceled their auto-renewal plans
with the temporarily available
online option could still be
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locked into the annual fee, if the
moderator's claim that it "wasn't
a working option" is accurate.
We've contacted the ECA to find
out if anything is being done to
inform these honorable, due-
paying members that they're still,
you know, due-paying members.
[Thanks to everyone who sent
this in!]
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EA's Riccitiello predicts

fewer titles per year, harder
push for digital distribution
By Alexander Sliwinski
New Medal of Honor promises 'most (Joystiq)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 3:00:00 PM
and distribution. Riccitiello
believes packaged games like
Madden NFL will always have a
authentic modern war experience' [ EndSights]
following, but that digital
distribution will account for half
Having already implemented the industry in 2010, up from 40
By Ludwig Kietzmann on missions no one else can You can bear witness to the
(Joystiq) handle," and not described as an game's full unveiling during major layoffs for a second year in percent. He states that EA's
oddly militant member of ZZ Spike TV's 2009 Video Game a row, EA CEO John Riccitiello "goal" for the publisher's digital
Submitted at 12/2/2009 12:35:00 PM
Top. EA claims that "Tier 1 Awards on Saturday, December needs to start cutting more nitty- distribution operation is to
Click to enlarge Operators from the US Special 12 at 8:00PM PT. You can gritty costs. Following up on become "as important as, and
S h r u g g i n g o f f y e a r s o f Operations Community" have witness beard in the gallery previous statements about cutting over time maybe more important
m e d i o c r i t y a n d p a r t i a l l y been involved since the earliest below. the number of releases per year, t h a n , o u r p a c k a g e d g o o d s
descriptive subtitles, EA's newly s t a g e s o f t h e g a m e ' s Gallery: Medal of Honor (2010) the executive tells Reuters that b u s i n e s s . "
announced Medal of Honor d e v e l o p m e n t . New Medal of Honor promises the company will have 40 EA's Riccitiello predicts fewer
reboot will thrust players into a The publisher seems intent on 'most authentic modern war releases in the next fiscal year, titles per year, harder push for
modern milieu: Afghanistan. Set throwing the gauntlet down in the experience' originally appeared but that around 30 releases a year digital distribution originally
for release in 2010 on PC, modern war arena (do they still on Joystiq on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 "wouldn't shock [him] at some appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 02
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the use gauntlets?), promising a "best 12:35:00 EST. Please see our point in the future." Focusing on Dec 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please
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directly under the National component developed by the costs is by cutting down on its
Command Authority who takes Battlefield veterans at DICE. packaged goods manufacturing
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Silent Hill's Akira
Yamaoka officially
leaves Konami
By Richard Mitchell (Joystiq)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 1:58:00 PM
That eerie, oppressive sound you
hear is that of a million Silent
Hill soundtracks being played in
memoriam of Akira Yamaoka.
Original Sound Version has
confirmed Yamaoka's departure
from Konami, a rumor that began
circulating yesterday. Yamaoka
is known primarily for his work
on the characteristic soundscapes
of Konami's Silent Hill series,
including the upcoming Silent
Hill: Shattered Memories. In fact,
the man has composed the
soundtrack for every game in the
series (with the exception of the
GBA spinoff, Silent Hill Play
Novel). He has also served as a
producer on the series since
Silent Hill 3.
Exactly where the composer
plans to go from here is
unknown, though OSV claims to
be preparing an interview with
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Converse Gets
Inspi(RED)
With New Kicks
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Rumor: Sun sets on Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:04:18 PM
In recognition of World AIDS
Yamaoka in "the coming days." 'Edge of Twilight'
In the meantime, we plan to let By Alexander Sliwinski
Day, Converse has once again
partnered up with JoinRED to
c o n t a c t e d t o d a y , p u b l i s h e r bring us a new twist on their
his music lull us into a nervous, (Joystiq) SouthPeak Games offered, "No oldie but favorite-y Chuck Taylor
nightmare-ridden sleep.
Submitted at 12/2/2009 2:30:00 PM
comment." If the rumor is true, sneaker. The RED Leather Jacket
[Via Hell Descent] don't be too sad about missing (j acket because of its zipper
Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka
Little-known " steampunk out on Fuzzyeyes' God of War- detailing down front and back) is
o f f i c i a l l y l e a v e s K o n a m i f a n t a s y " g a m e E d g e o f inspired title. After all, the a limited edition, more than a
originally appeared on Joystiq on Twilight(hey, Tim Langdell, original Ghost of Sparta will star little ‘80s-inspired hi-top, 5% of
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:58:00 that's your cue) has apparently in a new installment early next whose retail price of $200 goes
EST. Please see our terms for gone over the horizon and into year -- and there's always Dante's directly to The Global Fund to
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oblivion. Kotaku cites sources at Inferno.
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Studios (which may have shut Rumor: Sun sets on 'Edge of First produced in 1917, the now
down) that claim the game Twilight' originally appeared on famous shoe didn’t get its
ceased development months ago. Joystiq on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 familiar moniker until six years
The title was supposed to release 14:30:00 EST. Please see our later when high school basketball
this year on PC, PS3 and Xbox terms for use of feeds. player Chuck Taylor went to
360. Read| Permalink| Email this| Converse, asked for a job, and
The last we'd seen of Edge of Comments began making suggestions on
Twilight was a Japanese trailer how his favorite footwear could
released in late 2008. When be made even better. This year,
the company’s 101st, there are so
many varying styles of—not to
mention, designer collaborations
with—the original, it’s hard to
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The Perfect Holiday

Gift: Tateossian Zodiac
Bracelet
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 7:57:26 AM

This is it, the holiday gift that

will fit any recipient, any budget,
and will likely be loved by all
who receive it. It's Tateossian's
Zodiac bracelet. In an effort to
create something personal while
staying on current jewelry trends,
designer Robert Tateossian
infused the simplicity of an
adjustable waxed cord with the
sturdiness of silver to create an
item that's as classic as it stylish.
"Men are increasingly wearing
very thin bracelets around their
wrists, usually on the same arm
as their watch, so I wanted to
incorporate an element of silver
bracelet, incorporating semi
precious stones like onyx and
amethyst and other metals like 18
carat rose gold. And though it is
technically a men's piece, it looks
just as chic (and is just as loved)
by the ladies. Best of all, it won't
break the bank, as the cost is only
in the neighborhood of $100.
Check out tateossian.com to

Send Letters from Lanvin in it and make it very personal,"

By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:50:03 AM
They’ve already got Carla Bruni
and Colette, and now the French
have something else we don’t: a
pair of Alber Elbaz designed
postage stamps. In celebration of
Lanvin’s 120th anniversary, the
fashion house has teamed up with
La Poste (the French USPS) to
produce the prettiest .90€ and
.56€ ways to send your
handwritten sentiments, starting
early next year. The stamps,
which feature original prints of
Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz’s
well-loved whimsical cartoons,
are only the first for-sale item to
come out of the unique
collaboration; later next year,
expect to see limited edition
ceramic hearts as well as pencils,
notebooks, and other such letter-
writing accoutrements. The only
catch? Until the e-commerce
store is up and running on the La
Poste’s website (their latest news
update is over three months old,
said the designer, "I thought this
order.
—Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin
Follow ELLE on Twitter.
mind you), you’ll have to travel is the way to do it, to make it
personal, by having your zodiac." Become our Facebook fan!
to Paris, specifically the post
office on Rue des Mathurins, the In January, Tateossian plans to
only location at which Lanvin’s unveil in variations of the Zodiac
most affordable designs are to be
sold.
—Johanna Cox, Junior Editor
Elbaz and his pretty draw-rings
Photos: WireImage and
Phil@Poste
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keep track of them all.
Fortunately, if you’re looking
for a pair that gets you from here
to there and benefits those in
need, all you have to do is click
on over to Converse and pick
these up. Or, head over to
JoinRED to see Converse’s entire
selection of charitable sneaks.
—Johanna Cox, Junior Editor
Warrant: Blood found in Yale murder suspect's home (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:36:36 AM
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Police
found blood on the kitchen floor
of the home of a Yale University
lab technician charged with
killing a Yale graduate student
days before her wedding,
according to search warrant
affidavits released Wednesday.
Raymond Clark III sent e-mails
to 24-year-old Annie Le "in the
recent past," the affidavits said.
Her e-mail address was found in
a laboratory locker labeled
"Ray," the documents said.
The warrants do not indicate the
source of the blood found in
Clark's apartment. Le's body was
found stuffed behind a research
lab wall in September on the day
she was supposed to get married
on Long Island. Autopsy results
show Le was strangled, but the
motive remains unclear.
Clark has not yet entered a plea.
For your next ‘80s party, or just
to kick around downtown:
Converse’s RED Leather Jacket
hi-top
Photo: Converse.com
His public defender, Joe Lopez,
did not immediately return a
phone call Wednesday.
The affidavits show that police
searched for evidence in Clark's
home, two cars that he used and
numerous lockers in the
laboratory building where Le's
body was found.
The suspect "has gone to great
lengths to conceal evidence in
multiple locations in unusual
places," the affidavits said.
Two days before Clark was
arrested, investigators said they
found blood "in plain view" on
the kitchen floor near the
entrance to his apartment.
Authorities took plastic door
panels and carpeting with "blood-
like stains" from the Taurus in
which Clark was riding in the
hours after Le's disappearance.
Investigators found a white rag,
tweezers, scissors, a screwdriver
and several plastic tubes in a
clogged drain pipe in the building
where Le's body was found, the
affidavits said.
Portions of the affidavits
released Wednesday were
blacked out.
Police had previously revealed
that they discovered other items
linking Clark to Le's death,
including a green-ink pen under
Le's body with her blood and
Clark's DNA. Police have said
Clark signed into the secure
building with a green pen on
Sept. 8, the day Le disappeared.
They had also said DNA from
Le and Clark was on a bloody
sock found hidden in a ceiling.
Elsewhere in the building, they
found a pair of work boots
labeled "Ray-C" that had blood-
like stains on them, and a
hospital scrub shirt with blood-
like stains that was similar to the
shirt Clark wore that day, police
had previously said.
In arrest warrant affidavits
released last month, Clark told
investigators that he never
socialized with Le or had contact
with her outside of work. He told
investigators that he knew Le for
about four months, according to
court papers.
Clark told police that Le left the
building 15 minutes before him,
carrying her notebook and two
bags of mouse food. An
extensive search of the crime
scene failed to locate Le's
notebook or her shoes.
Court papers previously released
describe a bloody crime scene
and Clark's efforts to scrub
floors.
Investigators say Clark tried to
hide a box of "Wipe-Alls" that
later was found to have traces of
Le's blood.
Clark was also seen by
investigators scrubbing floors
with SOS pads and cleaning
solution even though the floor
appeared to be clean, according
to the affidavit. He was also
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spotted "on the floor" inside Le's
lab scrubbing under a sink with a
brush or cleansing pad, the
affidavit said.
Investigators uncovered "a
possible medium velocity blood-
like spray pattern" on the wall
that tested positive for blood and
showed apparent efforts to clean
the blood off the wall.
The blood at the scene suggests
there was a struggle, experts said,
noting the scratches on Clark's
body and the surgical gloves Le
was wearing that left her thumb
exposed.
___
Associated Press Writer John
Christoffersen in Hartford,
Conn., contributed to this report.
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More charges likely in Wash. police killing (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:51:26 AM
SEATTLE – With an ex-convict
suspected in the coffee-shop
ambush killings of four police
officers now dead, authorities
focused on pursuing those who
may have helped him escape and
stay on the lam for two days
amid a frantic manhunt.
Prosecutors were expected
Wednesday to charge Maurice
Clemmons' alleged getaway
driver, Darcus D. Allen,
according to Pierce County
sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer.
Authorities accuse Allen, a
convicted murderer who served
time in an Arkansas prison with
Clemmons, of being the getaway
driver for Clemmons as he fled
the scene of the shootings at
coffee shop in Parkland early
Sunday.
Two women accused of giving
Clemmons first aid and rides also
may be charged Wednesday in
Tacoma, Troyer said.
He said Clemmons' aunt,
Letricia Nelson, was arrested
Tuesday evening in Pacific,
northest of Tacoma, for allegedly
giving first aid to Clemmons,
helping him change clothes and
making arrangements to get him
to other locations. Arrested
around the same time in Des
Moines, Wash., was Quiana
Maylea Williams, an
acquaintance of Clemmons. Both
women are being held in the
Pierce County jail.
Three other people appeared
Tuesday in Pierce County
Superior Court. Two brothers,
Eddie Lee Davis and Douglas
Edward Davis, are charged with
rendering criminal assistance. A
third man, Clemmons' half-
brother Rickey Hinton, was
ordered held pending charges.
Clemmons, 37, was shot to death
early Tuesday by a Seattle police
officer.
His death ended two days of fear
across the Seattle-Tacoma area
and a huge manhunt. Dozens of
police officers milled around at
the scene afterward, some
solemnly shaking hands and
patting each other on the back.
Officer Benjamin Kelly had
spotted a stolen car, its hood up
and engine running, on a south
Seattle street and pulled over to
check it out. As the patrolman sat
in his cruiser, a burly man with a
large mole on his cheek came up
from behind, Assistant Seattle
Police Chief Jim Pugel said.
The officer turned, stepped
outside his car and recognized
the most wanted man in the
Pacific Northwest. Clemmons
was shot by the patrolman after
Clemmons made a move for a
gun he had taken from one of the
slain officers, police said.
"Good thing he wasn't able to get
the gun out here or we might
have had a different ending to
this whole thing," Pierce County
sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer
said. "The officer in Seattle did a
good job of making sure he went
home safe."
Clemmons eluded capture thanks
to family and friends who
provided him with shelter, cell
phones, cash and first aid for the
severe wound he suffered when
one of the dying officers in
Sunday morning's Pierce County
coffee-shop rampage got off a
shot, police said. Six to seven of
those associates were being
arrested.
Among them, police said, was
Allen, who served in prison with
Clemmons in Arkansas and is
accused of driving the getaway
truck after the coffee shop
rampage; the Davis brothers,
accused of traveling with
Clemmons as he eluded police;
and a woman who allegedly
bandaged him up and gave him a
lift part way to Seattle.
It wasn't immediately known if
she or Allen had attorneys; the
other two have pleaded not
guilty.
"Some are friends, some are
acquaintances, some are partners
in crime, some are relatives. Now
they're all partners in crime,"
Troyer said.
Troyer said paramedics were
stunned that Clemmons lived as
long as he did with the bullet
wound.
It was not entirely clear where
Clemmons was while on the run.
But authorities believe he visited
locations in Seattle, Pacific and
Auburn in the hours after the
ambush in the Tacoma suburb of
Parkland, according to Pierce
County documents filed in the
case against Eddie Lee Davis,
one of those charged with
rendering assistance.
On Sunday, Clemmons briefly
took refuge at a house in Seattle's
well-to-do Leschi neighborhood,
slipping away before police
surrounded the home in an all-
night siege that ended when
SWAT officers stormed the place
and realized he wasn't there.
Before Clemmons arrived at the
Seattle house, a woman described
by police as a friend bought
medical supplies for him and
helped treat the gunshot wound.
Clemmons also washed and dried
a load of laundry at her house,
according to court documents.
Clemmons has a violent, erratic
past, and authorities in
Washington state and Arkansas
— where then- Gov. Mike
Huckabee in 2000 commuted his
108-year prison sentence for
armed robbery and other offenses
— are facing tough questions
about why an apparently violent
and deranged man was out on the
street.
In a statement posted on the
conservative Newsmax.com Web
site, Huckabee said: "I take full
responsibility for my actions of
nine years ago. I acted on the
facts presented to me in 2000. If I
could have possibly known what
Clemmons would do nine years
later, I obviously would have
made a different decision. But if
the same file was presented to me
today, I would have likely made
the same decision."
Court documents say police first
suspected Clemmons after
finding an abandoned pickup
E-reader Newspaper
truck registered to a business
address of his. A truck matching
that description was seen fleeing
the ambush scene by the baristas
who witnessed the start of the
attack.
"The only motive that we have is
he decided he was going to go
kill police officers," Troyer said.
Investigators also reported that
Clemmons told others the night
before the shooting that he was
going to kill police and they
should watch the news, but they
wrote it off as "crazy-talk."
At the time of his arrest in
Washington state earlier this
year, investigators said
Clemmons had visions that he
was Jesus Christ and that the
world was on the verge of the
apocalypse.
He also told the officer that
President Obama and LeBron
James are his brothers and Oprah
Winfrey is his sister, and referred
to himself as "the beast,"
according to court papers
obtained by The News Tribune of
Tacoma.
A psychological evaluation in
October found he was a risk to
public safety, but not enough of
one to justify committing him,
the newspaper reported.
___
Contributing to this report were
Rachel La Corte in Olympia,
Curt Woodward in Tacoma,
Donna Blankinship, Manuel
Valdes and George Tibbits in
Seattle, Jill Zeman Bleed in Little
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Getaway Driver, Others to Be Charged in Cop Shootings
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 8:57:52 AM
SEATTLE With an ex-convict
suspected in the coffee-shop
ambush killings of four police
officers now dead, authorities
focused on pursuing those who
may have helped him escape and
stay on the lam for two days
amid a frantic manhunt.
Prosecutors were expected
Wednesday to charge Maurice
Clemmons' alleged getaway
driver, Darcus D. Allen,
according to Pierce County
sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer.
Authorities accused Allen, who
served time in an Arkansas
prison with Clemmons, of
helping him flee the scene of the
shootings at the coffee shop in
Parkland early Sunday.
Two women accused of giving
Clemmons first aid and rides also
may be charged Wednesday in
Tacoma.
SLIDESHOW: Deadly
Lakewood Police Shooting
Three other people appeared
Tuesday in Pierce County
Superior Court. Two brothers,
Eddie Lee Davis and Douglas
Edward Davis, are charged with
rendering criminal assistance. A
third man, Clemmons' half-
brother Rickey Hinton, was
ordered held pending charges.
Clemmons, 37, was shot to death
early Tuesday by a Seattle police
officer.
His death ended two days of fear
across the Seattle-Tacoma area
and a huge manhunt. Dozens of
police officers milled around at
the scene afterward, some
solemnly shaking hands and
patting each other on the back.
Officer Benjamin Kelly had
spotted a stolen car, its hood up
and engine running, on a south
Seattle street and pulled over to
check it out. As the patrolman sat
in his cruiser, a burly man with a
large mole on his cheek came up
from behind, Assistant Seattle
Police Chief Jim Pugel said.
The officer turned, stepped
outside his car and recognized
the most wanted man in the
Pacific Northwest. Clemmons
was shot by the patrolman after
Clemmons made a move for a
gun he had taken from one of the
slain officers, police said.
"Good thing he wasn't able to get
the gun out here or we might
have had a different ending to
this whole thing," Pierce County
sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer
said. "The officer in Seattle did a
good job of making sure he went
home safe."
Clemmons eluded capture thanks
to family and friends who
provided him with shelter, cell
phones, cash and first aid for the
severe wound he suffered when
one of the dying officers in
Sunday morning's Pierce County
coffee-shop rampage got off a
shot, police said. Six to seven of
those associates were being
arrested.
Among them, police said, was
Allen, a convicted murderer who
served in prison with Clemmons
in Arkansas and is accused of
driving the getaway truck after
the coffee shop rampage; two
men who later traveled with
Clemmons as he eluded police;
and Clemmons' sister, who
bandaged him up and gave him a
lift part way to Seattle.
It wasn't immediately known if
she or Allen had attorneys; the
other two have pleaded not
guilty.
"Some are friends, some are
acquaintances, some are partners
in crime, some are relatives. Now
they're all partners in crime,"
Troyer said.
Troyer said paramedics were
stunned that Clemmons lived as
long as he did with the bullet
wound.
It was not entirely clear where
Clemmons was while on the run.
But authorities believe he visited
locations in Seattle, Pacific and
Auburn in the hours after the
ambush in the Tacoma suburb of
Parkland, according to Pierce
County documents filed in the
case against Eddie Lee Davis,
one of those charged with
rendering assistance.
On Sunday, Clemmons briefly
took refuge at a house in Seattle's
well-to-do Leschi neighborhood,
slipping away before police
surrounded the home in an all-
night siege that ended when
SWAT officers stormed the place
and realized he wasn't there.
Before Clemmons arrived at the
Seattle house, a woman described
by police as a friend bought
medical supplies for him and
helped treat the gunshot wound.
Clemmons also washed and dried
a load of laundry at her house,
according to court documents.
Clemmons has a violent, erratic
past, and authorities in
Washington state and Arkansas
— where then-Gov. Mike
Huckabee in 2000 commuted his
108-year prison sentence for
armed robbery and other offenses
— are facing tough questions
about why an apparently violent
and deranged man was out on the
street.
In a statement posted on the
conservative Newsmax.com Web
site, Huckabee said: "I take full
responsibility for my actions of
nine years ago. I acted on the
facts presented to me in 2000. If I
could have possibly known what
Clemmons would do nine years
later, I obviously would have
made a different decision. But if
the same file was presented to me
today, I would have likely made
the same decision."
Court documents say police first
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suspected Clemmons after
finding an abandoned pickup
truck registered to a business
address of his. A truck matching
that description was seen fleeing
the ambush scene by the baristas
who witnessed the start of the
attack.
"The only motive that we have is
he decided he was going to go
kill police officers," Troyer said.
Investigators also reported that
Clemmons told others the night
before the shooting that he was
going to kill police and they
should watch the news, but they
wrote it off as "crazy-talk."
At the time of his arrest in
Washington state earlier this
year, investigators said
Clemmons had visions that he
was Jesus Christ and that the
world was on the verge of the
apocalypse.
He also told the officer that
President Obama and LeBron
James are his brothers and Oprah
Winfrey is his sister, and referred
to himself as "the beast,"
according to court papers
obtained by The News Tribune of
Tacoma.
A psychological evaluation in
October found he was a risk to
public safety, but not enough of
one to justify committing him,
the newspaper reported.
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Taliban defiant over Obama surge

(BBC News | Americas | opposition to the eight-year-old
World Edition) war.
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:28:26 AM
Gen Stanley McChrystal, the US
commander in Afghanistan, who
Please turn on JavaScript. Media had asked for 40,000 extra
requires JavaScript to play. troops, welcomed Mr Obama's
Taliban commander warns US speech, saying he had been given
The Taliban say they will step "a clear military mission" and the
up their fight in Afghanistan, necessary resources.
after pledges by the US and its The reinforcements will take the
allies to send large total number of US troops in
reinforcements to the country. Afghanistan to more than
A Taliban commander told the 100,000.
BBC that if more US troops The BBC's Aleem Maqbool in
came, more would die. Kandahar says that Gen
US President Barack Obama, McChrystal's message is that the
announcing a long-awaited president's announcement is not
strategy on Tuesday, said another just about troop numbers but
30,000 American troops would about a new clarity in the US
be deployed quickly in mission there.
Afghanistan. He told troops that the success of
Defence Secretary Robert Gates their operation would be judged
told the US Congress that a staging area for resurgent forces. t h a n t h r e e m o n t h s o f not on how many militants were
curbing the Taliban was essential militant groups on the offensive A Taliban commander, who did deliberations and 10 top-level killed but how many Afghans
for regional security. in Pakistan." not give his name but is part of meetings with advisers. were given new opportunities
Speaking to the Senate Armed He said the first of the new US the ruling council in Wardak In his speech at the West Point and gave up their support for the
Services Committee, Mr Gates troops could hit the ground in province, told the BBC there military academy in New York, insurgency, our correspondent
stressed that the US goal in Afghanistan in two to three could be no peace talks until all he said US forces lacked "the full says.
Afghanistan and Pakistan was to weeks. f o r e i g n t r o o p s h a d l e f t support they need to effectively Gen McChrystal also backed Mr
defeat the al-Qaeda network - "Beginning to transfer security Afghanistan. train and partner with Afghan Obama's estimate that enough
and to do that, the Taliban must responsibility to the Afghans in He said: "Obama is sending security forces and better secure progress would have been made
be pushed back. summer 2011 is critical - and, in more troops to Afghanistan and the population". by 2011 for the withdrawal of
Please turn on JavaScript. Media my view achievable," he said. that means more Americans will "I have determined that it is in A m e r i c a n f o r c e s t o b e g i n ,
requires JavaScript to play. Senator John McCain, the senior die. With just a handful of our vital national interest to send although he warned of further
President Obama on the troop Republican on the committee, resources we can cause them an additional 30,000 US troops to casualties to come.
surge said he backed Mr Obama's even more casualties and deaths." Afghanistan," he told cadets. Some 32,000 other foreign
"Failure in Afghanistan would decision to deploy more troops The commander claimed that "After 18 months, our troops will troops are also serving in
mean a Taliban takeover of but not the announcement of an foreign forces, not the Taliban, begin to come home." Afghanistan. Nato Secretary
much, if not most, of the country " a r b i t r a r y d a t e " f o r t h e i r w e r e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r m o s t 'Common fight' General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
and likely a renewed civil war," w i t h d r a w a l . Afghan civilian deaths, but the Rising violence - more than 900 urged members to do more.
he said. 'More casualties' opposite is true, the BBC's Ian U S s o l d i e r s h a v e d i e d i n He told reporters on Wednesday
"Taliban-ruled areas could in The Taliban expressed defiance Pannell in Kabul says. Afghanistan - and August's that 5,000 extra troops would be
short order become, once again, a in the face of Mr Obama's M r O b a m a r e a c h e d h i s discredited elections in the
sanctuary for al-Qaeda as well as commitment to send additional deployment decision after more country have fanned domestic TALIBAN page 79
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sent in 2010, and "probably" a

Home few thousand in addition.
"This is our fight together," he
said. "We must finish it
(FOXNews.com) searched for evidence in Clark's Clark's DNA. Police have said floors.
Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:34:57 AM
home, two cars that he used and Clark signed into the secure Investigators say Clark tried to t o g e t h e r . "
n u m e r o u s l o c k e r s i n t h e building with a green pen on hide a box of "Wipe-Alls" that The UN envoy to Afghanistan,
NEW HAVEN, Conn Police laboratory building where Le's Sept. 8, the day Le disappeared. later was found to have traces of Kai Eide, told the BBC he did not
found blood on the kitchen floor body was found. They had also said DNA from Le's blood. believe the announcement from
of the home of a Yale University The suspect "has gone to great Le and Clark was on a bloody C l a r k w a s a l s o s e e n b y Washington amounted to an exit
lab technician charged with lengths to conceal evidence in sock found hidden in a ceiling. investigators scrubbing floors strategy because a long-term
killing a Yale graduate student multiple locations in unusual Elsewhere in the building, they with SOS pads and cleaning commitment remained.
d a y s b e f o r e h e r w e d d i n g , places," the affidavits said. found a pair of work boots solution even though the floor He stressed the need to
according to search warrant Two days before Clark was labeled "Ray-C" that had blood- appeared to be clean, according strengthen Afghan institutions at
affidavits released Wednesday. arrested, investigators said they like stains on them, and a to the affidavit. He was also a l o c a l l e v e l a n d b u i l d a
Raymond Clark III sent e-mails found blood "in plain view" on hospital scrub shirt with blood- spotted "on the floor" inside Le's s u s t a i n a b l e e c o n o m y .
to 24-year-old Annie Le "in the the kitchen floor near the like stains that was similar to the lab scrubbing under a sink with a The Afghan government said it
recent past," the affidavits said. e n t r a n c e t o h i s a p a r t m e n t . shirt Clark wore that day, police brush or cleansing pad, the supported the new US strategy.
Her e-mail address was found in Authorities took plastic door had previously said. affidavit said. Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar
a laboratory locker labeled panels and carpeting with "blood- In arrest warrant affidavits Investigators uncovered "a S panta said that with
"Ray," the documents said. like stains" from the Taurus in released last month, Clark told possible medium velocity blood- international help, Afghanistan's
The warrants do not indicate the which Clark was riding in the investigators that he never like spray pattern" on the wall armed forces would be able to
source of the blood found in hours after Le's disappearance. socialized with Le or had contact that tested positive for blood and start taking responsibility for
Clark's apartment. Le's body was Investigators found a white rag, with her outside of work. He told showed apparent efforts to clean security in 18 months.
found stuffed behind a research tweezers, scissors, a screwdriver investigators that he knew Le for the blood off the wall. Print Sponsor
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day. Autopsy results show Le where Le's body was found, the Clark told police that Le left the noting the scratches on Clark's
was strangled, but the motive affidavits said. building 15 minutes before him, body and the surgical gloves Le
remains unclear. Portions of the affidavits carrying her notebook and two was wearing that left her thumb
Clark has not yet entered a plea. r e l e a s e d W e d n e s d a y w e r e b a g s o f m o u s e f o o d . A n exposed.
His public defender, Joe Lopez, b l a c k e d o u t . extensive search of the crime This content has passed through
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phone call Wednesday. that they discovered other items notebook or her shoes.
SLIDESHOW: Yale Graduate linking Clark to Le's death, Court papers previously released
Student Murdered including a green-ink pen under describe a bloody crime scene
The affidavits show that police Le's body with her blood and and Clark's efforts to scrub
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Tiger Woods says he let family down, regrets
'transgressions' (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:16:48 AM
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. –
Tiger Woods said he let his
family down with
"transgressions" he regrets "with
all of my heart," and that he will
deal with his personal life behind
closed doors.
His statement Wednesday
follows a cover story in Us
Weekly magazine that reports a
Los Angeles cocktail waitress
claims she had a 31-month affair
with the world's No. 1 golfer.
"I have not been true to my
values and the behavior my
family deserves," Woods said on
his Web site. "I am not without
faults and I am far short of
perfect. I am dealing with my
behavior and personal failings
behind closed doors with my
family. Those feelings should be
shared by us alone."
Woods did not offer details of
any alleged relationship.
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Submitted at 12/2/2009 8:55:11 AM
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"I have let my family down and I
regret those transgressions with
all of my heart," he said.
"I will strive to be a better person
and the husband and father that
my family deserves," Woods
said. "For all of those who have
supported me over the years, I
offer my profound apology."
The cocktail waitress, Jaimee
Grubbs, told the magazine she
met Woods at a Las Vegas
nightclub the week after the 2007
Masters — two months before
Woods' wife, Elin, gave birth to
their first child. Grubbs claims to
have proof in 300 text messages.
About three hours before Woods'
statement, the magazine
published what it said was a
voicemail — provided by Grubbs
— that Woods left on her phone
on Nov. 24, three days before his
middle-of-the-night car crash
outside his home in Florida.
Woods has been subjected to
more media headlines during the
last week than when he first won
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through his Web site, although
this was his longest posting.
"Although I am a well-known
person and have made my career
as a professional athlete, I have
been dismayed to realize the full
extent of what tabloid scrutiny
really means," Woods said. "For
the last week, my family and I
have been hounded to expose
intimate details of our personal
lives."
And he continued to say
accounts that physical violence
played a role in his Friday
morning car crash were "utterly
false and malicious."
"Elin has always done more to
support our family and shown
more grace than anyone could
possibly expect," he wrote.
His statement came one day after
the Florida Highway Patrol
closed its investigation into the
accident — without Woods ever
works. Last night, I saw Kevin’s
photograph of the full moon over
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was charged with careless Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:57:22 AM
driving, which carries a $164 fine
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The
and four points on his driving
Dixie Chicks can't be sued for
record.
libel by the stepfather of one of
The story soon shifted from a three 8-year-old boys killed in
patrol investigation to sordid
Arkansas 15 years ago because
allegations into his personal life.
singer Natalie Maines based her
In the voicemail released by the
statements on legal documents
magazine, a man says to Grubbs:
she believed were true, a federal
"Hey, it's, uh, it's Tiger. I need judge ruled.
you to do me a huge favor. Um,
The band was sued by Terry
can you please, uh, take your
Hobbs, whose stepson Stevie
name off your phone. My wife
Branch, was one of three 8-year-
went through my phone. And, uh,
old boys slain in 1993. Hobbs
may be calling you. If you can, claimed Maines accused him of
please take your name off that
the killings in a letter posted on
and, um, and what do you call it
the band's Web site and in
just have it as a number on the
comments she made at a Little
voicemail, just have it as your
Rock rally in 2007 in support of
telephone number. That's it, OK. the three men convicted in the
You gotta do this for me. Huge.
deaths.
Quickly. All right. Bye."
Maines, who's from Lubbock,
The Associated Press could not
Texas, had become convinced
confirm Woods was the caller.
that Damien Echols, Jason
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Woods admits letting family down
(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:56:46 AM
Golf star Tiger Woods has
apologised to his family, amid
continuing speculation about his
private life following a car crash
last week.
"I have let my family down and I
regret those transgressions with
all of my heart," he said in a
statement, without elaborating
further.
"I have not been true to my
values and the behaviour my
family deserves."
Woods was found bleeding and
semi-conscious after his car hit a
tree and fire hydrant outside his
Florida home.
He was charged with careless
driving, which carries a $164
(£98) fine and four points on his
driving record.
'Personal sins'
The 14-time major champion has
been married to his Swedish wife
Elin for five years and has two
young children.
He denied rumours that physical
violence played any role in the
incident, saying they were
"utterly false and malicious".
In his statement, he also said:
"Personal sins should not require
press releases and problems
within a family shouldn't have to
mean public confessions.
"I will strive to be a better person
and the husband and father that
my family deserves."
His statement follows a story in
a US gossip magazine in which a
Los Angeles cocktail waitress
claims to have had a 31-month
affair with Woods.
Us Weekly magazine posted
online an audio clip of what was
purported to be Tiger Woods
begging the 24-year-old woman
to take her name off her
voicemail greeting in order to
hide their affair. The caller's
identity has not been verified.
'Closed doors'
In his statement, Woods also
appealed for privacy for his
family.
"Although I am a well-known
person and have made my career
as a professional athlete, I have
been dismayed to realise the full
extent of what tabloid scrutiny
really means," he said in the
statement.
"I am dealing with my behaviour
and personal failings behind
closed doors with my family.
Those feelings should be shared
by us alone."
The golfer also offered a
"profound apology" to his
supporters.
Woods has become an
international sporting icon since
winning his first major in 1997 at
the age of 21.
The 33-year-old American, who
is just four short of equalling
Jack Nicklaus's record of 18
major victories, is regarded as
one of the world's all-time great
golfers.
He has been fiercely protective
of his personal life, and his clean-
cut image has helped him amass
a fortune through product
endorsements and appearance
fees.
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Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley,
known as the West Memphis
Three, were innocent after
watching documentaries on the
case. Her letter seeking donations
for the trio's legal defense fund
mentioned a DNA test that found
a hair belonging to Hobbs on a
shoelace used to bind one of the
murdered boys.
"I am confident that you will see
the DNA evidence is irrefutable
and that these three men did not
get the kind of trial that is
promised to us — as Americans,"
Maines' letter said.
Echols was sentenced to death
for the killings, while Baldwin
and Misskelley were sentenced to
life in prison. Courts have
repeatedly rejected their appeals
for a new trial.
Hobbs' lawsuit claimed the letter
"when taken as a whole, accused
(Hobbs) of committing the
murder of Steve Branch,
Christopher Byers and Michael
Moore."
The lawsuit, filed in November
2008, claimed Maines' comments
were "malicious, libelous,
slanderous and false" and sought
damages.
But U.S. District Judge Brian
Miller ruled Tuesday that Hobbs
couldn't establish " actual malice"
— that Maines knew the
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statements were false or that she
made them with " reckless
disregard" of the truth.
Miller noted Maines rejected
changes to the letter she posted
on the Web site because she
didn't want to stray from
information she'd received from
the West Memphis Three's
attorneys.
"All of the legal stuff is copied
directly from the court filing and
legal papers that were written by
the defense team," Maines wrote
to an e-mail to her manager,
which was included in the court
record. "I don't want to put any of
that in my own words."
Miller also pointed out that
Hobbs has spoken publicly about
the DNA test.
"Hobbs admits that he wanted the
public to know that if the victims
had his hair on them, it was
because the boys played with
Stevie pretty regularly, not
because Hobbs committed the
murders," Miller's order said.
Hobbs' attorney, Cody Hiland,
didn't immediately return a call
for comment Wednesday, nor did
an attorney for Maines.
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Congress to debate Zelaya return Man charged with mass

(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
As well as Brazil, several other
nations, including Argentina and
Venezuela, have refused to
in the 2005 election, has pledged
to form a unity government and
seek dialogue.
Ohio murder
Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:29:21 AM
recognise the vote, arguing it was Mr Lobo, who is due to take (BBC News | Americas | of whom were raped, and
World Edition) murdering 11 more."
Congress in Honduras is due to h e l d u n d e r a n i l l e g i t i m a t e office on 27 January, also urged
debate whether ousted President g o v e r n m e n t . the international community to Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:52:00 PM
Most appear to have been poor
M a n u e l Z e l a y a s h o u l d b e The US cautiously welcomed the "understand the Honduran reality black women with drug
restored to office to serve out his p o l l s , a n d P e r u , P a n a m a , and stop punishing the country". A former US marine has been addictions.
term which ends in January. Colombia and Costa Rica also Mr Zelaya was forced into exile charged with 11 murders after the 'Vulnerable'
Mr Zelaya, who was ousted in voiced their support. on 28 June after trying to hold a remains of 10 bodies and a The case has prompted calls for
June, has told the BBC that he 'Honduran reality' vote on whether a constituent separate skull were found in his Cleveland police to respond
will refuse reinstatement because On Monday, Mr Zelaya said the assembly should be set up to look Ohio home. faster and devote more resources
he does not want "to legitimise a election of Mr Lobo as the next at rewriting the constitution. Anthony Sowell is also charged to missing-person cases.
coup". president had served only to His critics said the vote, which with kidnapping, rape and Human remains were found in
Conservative politician Porfirio intensify the political crisis. was ruled illegal by the Supreme abusing a corpse, among other his home following a complaint
Lobo won Sunday's presidential Speaking to BBC Mundo from Court, aimed to remove the indictments. to police by a 36-year-old who
elections, which were condemned inside the Brazilian embassy current one-term limit on serving Prosecutors are seeking the said she was attacked by him.
by Mr Zelaya. where he took refuge in as president and pave the way for death penalty for the 50-year-old He has already pleaded not
Regional reaction to the election September, he said: "Will the his possible re-election. if he is found guilty. guilty to charges of rape,
has been split. elections change the military Mr Zelaya has repeatedly denied Mr Sowell has denied carrying kidnapping, attempted murder
"We can't pretend nothing leadership that conducted the this and pointed out that it would out the attacks and killing the and felonious assault in relation
happened," Brazilian President coup that ousted me? It remains have been impossible to change women in Cleveland. to that attack.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on the same. Will the elections the constitution before his term in Mr Sowell is also alleged to Mr Mason said investigators are
Tuesday. change the composition of the office was up. have attacked a further three examining whether the former
"If this state of affairs is allowed Supreme Court that issued an Print Sponsor women on three separate US marine was connected to
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serious risk in Latin and Central without due cause? It remains the fivefilters.org. Prosecutor Bill Mason said that He said the 11 victims were, in
America," he was quoted as same," Mr Zelaya said. the suspect lured vulnerable general, strangled.
saying by the Associated Press. Mr Lobo, who lost to Mr Zelaya women to his home before Mr Sowell had already been
attacking them, Associated Press charged with five counts of
reported. aggravated murder.
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Peru human fat killings 'a lie'
(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 7:53:52 PM
Peru's police chief has
suspended a top investigator for
saying he had caught a gang who
were murdering people to sell
their fat.
Last month, top organised crime
investigator Felix Murga said
police had arrested four suspects
who confessed to murdering up
to 60 people.
He said they were selling their
fat for thousands of dollars a
litre.
But the macabre tale now
appears to be nothing more than a
tall story - or a big fat lie.
'Sold-on'
In an extraordinary press
conference, police showed two
bottles of what they said was
human fat and a photo of a
decapitated head.
Mr Murga told journalists how
four suspects had confessed to
Ohio Sex Offender's Old Home
Searched for More Bodies
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:39:24 PM
CLEVELAND A home outside
Cleveland where a suspected
serial killer once lived was
searched by FBI agents and
cadaver dogs Wednesday for any
remains in addition to the 10
female bodies and skull found at
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TV Watch: Jay Leno's
gruesome murders reviving an
Andean legend about the
Pishtacos - mythical killers who
claimed the fat was sold for
thousands of dollars in the
European black market supplying
Real 10 p.m. Debut
murdered people on lonely roads
to collect their fat.
But two weeks later a complete
the cosmetics industry, but could
not confirm any sales.
Medical experts dismissed this
Starts This Month
(MediaPost | Media News) general overall declines in their
lack of evidence showed the theory, saying human fat had no late local newscasts that run right
Submitted at 12/2/2009 10:30:39 AM
police account to be more fiction monetary value and injecting it after Leno's show ends.
that fact. from one person to another Jay Leno, now step up to the The DVR issue has always been
As a result Peru's chief of police, would be potentially life- mike! a double-edged sword for TV
Miguel Hidalgo, announced Mr threatening. The real worth of your show to networks.
Murga would be put on indefinite Some anthropologists say the NBC will finally get its true test. On the one hand, the time
leave from his job for sullying police's story deliberately played That is: Will you be getting better shifting hurts their scheduling,
the reputation of his unit. on an old Peruvian myth to ratings now that everyone else is their financial arrangements with
Initial doubts were compounded explain crimes which the police in reruns? advertisers. But on the other, they
when police from the region had failed to investigate fully. Part of the logic of putting on get paid for that extra viewing --
where the crimes were alleged to Other observers say this story "The Jay Leno Show" at 10 p.m. in part any way, through C3
have taken place said they knew was just one of many was that viewers with no new guarantee advertiser deals that
nothing about a gang of embellished or invented news network programming in periods include commercial ratings plus
murderers killing people for their stories used as a smokescreen like December, March, and the three days of DVR playback.
fat. which are intended to distract the summer months, would turn to For many cynics, NBC has been
They were only able to general public from the real Leno because of his fresher, up to no good for some time, and,
corroborate one of the dozens of issues facing Peru. DVR-proof programming. with Leno, could be getting its
alleged disappearances in a Print Sponsor Turns out the highest-rated TV just desserts in time for
region where drug-trafficking This content has passed through shows at 10 p.m. on the Christmas -- or in time for a
and violence is rife. fivefilters.org. broadcast networks is whatever is preliminary closing of the deal to
Mr Murga and the head of the on your DVR machine. Or at sell NBC Universal to Comcast.
anti-kidnapping unit had also least that's the case for about a But it depends on your point of
third of the country that has view -- just like that Bud Light
DVRs.
Good news for Leno is that in
commercial. Nicer critics say
NBC is a network run by profit
recent weeks his ratings have margins (Too light!). Meaner
stabilized -- or have gone up
slightly -- versus earlier outings.
foes say NBC is a network run
into the ground. (Too heavy!).
his more recent home nearby. said. Any improved ratings will help Critics probably won't get the
Agents led two search dogs The current owners, who aren't soothe ever-louder grumblings reference anyway: They are too
around the East Cleveland connected to the Sowell family, from NBC station affiliates -- busy fast-forwarding through
property where Anthony Sowell, have cooperated, Wilson said. who already had a rough year, commercials.
50, lived before going to prison Police in East Cleveland began with lower local TV ad revenues. This content has passed through
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rape. The search inside and slayings from 1988 and 1989
o u t s i d e t h e h o u s e d i d n ' t after Sowell was arrested and his
immediately turn up remains,
FBI spokesman Scott Wilson OHIO page 84
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continued from page 83
background in East Cleveland
emerged.
The tree-lined street has a mix of
older homes, some well-kept and
some in need of repair. The
house where Sowell once lived
sat empty in recent years before it
was renovated.
Only a handful of residents are
still around from the time he
lived in the neighborhood, which
is just 4 miles north of the
Cleveland neighborhood where
the bodies were found at Sowell's
latest home.
That property was searched for
three weeks after police who
went to arrest him Oct. 29 on a
sexual assault allegation found
MediaDailyNews: Olympics Use 'Best' Social
Media To Reach Younger Demos
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:12:06 AM
In advance of the Vancouver
Winter Games, Olympic
organizers have launched a
global social-media promotion
looking to build interest among a
younger set. In conjunction with
YouTube, participants are
encouraged to upload videos to
the site showing themselves one-
upping well-known Olympians.
But the lighthearted battles are
outside the athletes' métiers.
the first of 10 bodies and a skull
in the home or buried in the yard.
Sowell has been charged with 11
counts of aggravated murder and
could face the death penalty if
convicted. Sowell faces
arraignment Thursday on an 85-
count indictment returned
Tuesday by a Cuyahoga County
grand jury.
FBI agents also participated in
the search of his Cleveland home,
into which he moved with family
members four years ago after
finishing his prison term. The
FBI used thermal imaging
devices to check for composting
materials or graves.
Authorities have said Sowell
U.S. ski great Lindsey Vonn
challenges people to name
"hello" in as many languages as
possible in 30 seconds -- she can
do nine. American snowboarder
Lindsey Jacobellis thinks she can
hula hoop longer.
The challenges aren't limited to
Winter Olympians, with
swimmer Michael Phelps and
tennis player Rafael Nadal
involved. Athletes from a slew of
countries are participating.
The contests could have some
benefits for marketers.
lured vulnerable women —
typically homeless or living alone
and with drug or alcohol
addictions — to his home and
attacked them.
Of the 11 alleged victims, all
black women, 10 have been
identified. The remains of 10
women and a skull were found in
his home and buried in the yard.
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Participants aren't allowed to use
any products in their videos
except ones peddled by
worldwide Olympic sponsors,
such as McDonald's, Samsung
and Visa. (No word on how
usage may impact the selection
of winners; prizes include a trip
to Vancouver.)
"The Best of Us Challenge," now
receiving some online promotion,
is a joint effort between the
International Olympic Committee
and YouTube. It is available via
the IOC's YouTube channel and
General
Motors:
Fritzkrieg
(The Economist: News
analysis)
Submitted at 12/2/2009 5:23:20 AM
General Motors
Dec 2nd 2009 | LOS ANGELES
From The Economist print
edition General Motors has
ditched its chief executive after
just eight months on the job
FRITZ Henderson was due to
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elsewhere.
The IOC states: the challenge
was "created in part because of a
resolution from the recent
Olympic Congress that the
Olympic Movement should
actively engage the next
generation of Olympic fans
through digital media."
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The Afghan
surge:
Obama’s war
(The Economist: News
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Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:37:47 PM
The Afghan surge
Dec 2nd 2009 |
WASHINGTON, DC
From Economist.com The
American president’s new plan
for Afghanistan is roughly what
the generals ordered
AMERICA will win in
Afghanistan, said Barack Obama
on December 1st. He told an
audience at West Point, a military
academy, “our cause is just, our
resolve unwavering. We will go
forward with the confidence that
right makes might”. Yet he made
it clear that his patience is
limited. At a time when many
Americans are out of work and
struggling to pay the bills, he
promised that “America has no
interest in fighting an endless war
in Afghanistan.”
President Obama outlined a
three-pronged strategy for
“disrupting, dismantling, and
defeating” al-Qaeda and the
“ruthless, repressive and radical”
Taliban. The first prong will be a
military surge. He promised to
send 30,000 more troops early
next year, to join the 68,000
Americans and 39,000 other
NATO forces already in
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deliver a speech at the Los
Angeles Motor Show on
Wednesday December 2nd, to
give an update on General
Motors’ progress since its spell in
bankruptcy this summer. Instead
his place had to be taken by Bob
Lutz, a former GM executive in
his late 70s but recently recalled
from retirement to supervise the
company’s marketing. The silver-
haired showman tried to talk up
GM’s prospects, but what his
audience really wanted to know
was why it had suddenly lost its
second boss this year.
The short answer is that GM’s
independent directors had
decided that Mr Henderson, who
had spent almost his entire career
at the firm, was not the man to
get it out of the mire it had sunk
into over the decades. Both Ford
and Chrysler, GM’s two big
American rivals, have installed
outsiders to lead dramatic
overhauls. Moreover, GM’s new
chairman, Edward Whitacre—put
there by the government, which
now owns a majority stake in the
firm—has his own ideas about
the way forward, and has taken
over as interim chief executive.
Mr Henderson took charge in
March after the government, in
exchange for a bail-out,
demanded the head of Rick
Wagoner, who had presided over
the decline of what had been for
decades the world’s leading car
manufacturer. On his brief watch
the brisk Mr Henderson delivered
some progress, broking deals
with bondholders and the United
Auto Workers union that helped
pave the way for the company to
emerge from bankruptcy early
last summer and start planning
for an initial public offering of
shares in the reborn GM.
But three things then went
wrong. Mr Henderson had set
great store on slimming the car
company down to four brands:
Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and
Buick. Chevys were to be the
volume products, alongside
slightly grander Buicks, luxury
Cadillacs and the SUVs of GMC.
Hummer, Saab, Saturn and
Opel/Vauxhall were to be sold
off. But the sale of Hummer has
yet to be concluded while the
deals to sell the other three have
all come to grief. The consortium
of Swedish and Chinese firms
that had agreed to take over Saab
dropped out last month, two
months after the sale of Saturn to
Roger Penske, a car retailer, fell
through. A month ago the board
threw out the Opel/Vauxhall deal
Mr Henderson had arranged to
sell the European end of the
company to a combination of
Magna, a big Austro-Canadian
partsmaker, and Sberbank, a
Russian state-owned bank.
The outcome of the
Opel/Vauxhall sell-off was
messy. GM had never really liked
the structure of the deal, backed
by German government aid,
which would have left it with a
35% stake in a potential rival. It
was particularly anxious about
losing know-how in small cars
that it is counting on to spur its
recovery in America and that it
had feared would find its way to
Russian carmakers. The
restructuring plan had been
skewed by the German
government’s desire to preserve
German jobs, even at the expense
of more efficient workers
elsewhere. Once the European
Commission forced the German
government to extend its offer of
aid to other restructuring
schemes, GM decided—against
the wishes of Mr Henderson—to
pull out and attempt to revive
Opel/Vauxhall itself. The final
blow for Mr Henderson was
GM’s disappointingly slow
recovery in sales in America. It
was recently overtaken by Ford,
which had avoided bankruptcy.
GM insists Mr Whitacre has no
long-term designs on the top job.
But he obviously has firm views
on its strategy. He recently
expressed unease about Mr
Henderson’s emphasis on
retrenchment rather than on re-
establishing GM as a driving
force in the business. Mr
Whitacre made his reputation
running one of the small telecom
firms that emerged from the
break-up of American Telephone
and Telegraph (AT&T). He
swallowed up a string of other
“Baby Bells” before crowning his
achievement by buying the
remains of the parent firm and
renaming his company AT&T.
The taciturn Texan, known as
“Big Ed”, seems to want to
repeat his success by
rehabilitating another fallen
colossus of American industry.
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Afghanistan. NATO allies will
also send reinforcements. This is
about 10,000 less than requested
by his commander in
Afghanistan, General Stanley
McChrystal, but some of the
difference will be made up by
greater contributions from NATO
allies. The new force will be
large enough to seize back the
initiative from the Taliban, he
predicted, by killing insurgents
and protecting population
centres.
Mr Obama faced a tricky
balancing act of signalling
resolve to the Taliban and while
telling Americans that
Afghanistan is not an open ended
commitment. To do this he said
that as the country becomes safer,
America will bolster the Afghan
government, and train and equip
the local army and police. “After
18 months, our troops will begin
to come home,” he said (in time
for his re-election campaign). But
Mr Obama did not say how many
would come home, or how
quickly. That will depend on the
circumstances on the ground—ie,
whether the Afghan state is
strong enough to defend itself.
The second prong of Mr
Obama’s strategy is to make the
civilian parts of the Afghan state
less dysfunctional. American aid
will support ministries, governors
and local leaders who fight
corruption and “deliver for the
people”, he pledged. It will seek
to boost agriculture, which
affects ordinary Afghans directly.
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Mr Obama said he expected
incompetent and crooked
officials to be held to account. He
offered only faint praise for the
Afghan president, Hamid Karzai,
saying that his inauguration
speech (after a crooked election)
“sent the right message about
moving in a new direction”. He
reminded Afghans that America
has “no interest in occupying
your country,” which is
something of an understatement.
Mr Obama’s third strategic
prong is to work with the
Pakistani government to crush
the Taliban in Pakistan. This is a
ticklish operation. The Pakistani
government is anxious to crush
the Pakistani Taliban (who want
to overthrow it), but is less
motivated to crush the Afghan
Taliban (who are using the wild
mountainous tribal regions of
Pakistan as a safe haven from
which to attack Afghanistan). Mr
Obama promised hefty aid and
military support to Pakistan. He
gave few details as to how he
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woman to go. For example, with
Fitness magazine, the focus is
about healthy lifestyle, giving
examples on exercises [and]
healthy diet. You can go online
and get 100 exercises to do with
the medicine ball. You're not
going to get 100 exercises in the
magazine, nor would you expect
that
The reading experience is an
escape. It's a sit-back and enjoy,
and the editor does a great job of
would make the alliance work
better, but he promised that
“America will remain a strong
supporter of Pakistan’s security
and prosperity long after the guns
have fallen silent.”
The speech was intended to
convince both friends and
enemies in Afghanistan that Mr
Obama will not let the country
fail. “If the Taliban think they
can wait us out,” said a senior
White House official, “they’re
misjudging the president’s
approach.” Meanwhile, to rally
wavering support for the war at
home, Mr Obama reminded
Americans of the attacks of
September 11th 2001 and raised
the dreadful prospect of
Pakistan’s nuclear weapons
falling into terrorists’ hands.
Perhaps that will be enough. Mr
Obama’s hawkish critics will
continue to berate him for, as
they see it, dithering and
projecting an air of weakness that
emboldens America’s enemies.
Doves will continue to demand
bringing you the topline of
everything -- but you can go
online and get more.
Making that combination
[work], I think, is the challenge
for magazines. And who knows
what is going to happen down the
line with the actual printed
magazine. The e-readers and the
electronic readers I think are
definitely an option for the
future. It will just be a matter of
is the technology advanced
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that he pull out straight away.
TV Board: Media
Michael Moore, a polemicist,
asked this week if the president
has “drunk [George W.] Bush’s
Insights QandA With
Kool-Aid?”
Congress will surely bankroll Mr
Meredith's Britta Ware
Obama’s new strategy. (MediaPost | Media News) digital media has been a game-
Republicans will back it because Submitted at 12/2/2009 9:45:55 AM
changer in this area. Consumers
they want to win the war, and are looking online for quicker
even dovish Democrats will be Britta Ware, vice president, means of getting information. So
reluctant to thwart a Democratic research solutions for Meredith that's been the game-changer.
president. As a sop to the doves, Corporation, offers a fresh Magazines are adapting to how
Mr Obama insisted that perspective on the magazine the consumer -- in Meredith's
America’s commitment to m a r k e t p l a c e a n d h o w case, the women -- who are
Afghanistan will not be open- psychographic research can be looking for information. So it's a
ended, “because the nation that I used to effectively target female matter of trying to understand
am most interested in building is readers and Web visitors. Her how to reach her in the way she
our own.” interview spans a range of topics wants to be reached.
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comments how print and research are through a lot of changes. Some
The Economist welcomes your evolving, media mix modeling, have adapted well and some have
views. d a t a m a t c h i n g , t r e n d s a n d adapted not as well. At Meredith,
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Meredith's custom readership three things that will never go
community and its Gamma away. So we are giving content
women segmentation. to a woman in a format that she
Direct links to the full interview has expressed a real interest in
v i d e o s c a n b e f o u n d a t getting.
http://weislermedia.blogspot.com I think there are other categories
/2009/11/q-interview-with-britta- that had to change or adapt more
ware-meredith.html Here is an d r a m a t i c a l l y - f i n a n c e ,
enough to meet the consumer excerpt from the interview: entertainment, business - where
demand for that comfortable, sit- Charlene Weisler: You've been the expectation of getting news
back, reading-escape experience. in print, in magazines, for a immediately has increased and is
CW: Britta, what are you number of years. You've seen being delivered through the
working on now? some tremendous change. What internet, so they have had to
BW: I am working on a lot of do you think has precipitated that change a little bit more.
different things. Accountability is c h a n g e , a n d h o w a r e y o u Not to say that the magazines
one of the huge focuses of a d a p t i n g t o i t ? here at Meredith aren't going
r e s e a r c h t o d a y . W i t h t h e Britta Ware: That is the question t h r o u g h c h a n g e s - - t h e y
economy [shift] and even before, that is on everyone's mouth these absolutely are. It's a matter of
everyone wants to be sure that days - what's happening. It's making a different place for the
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MediaDailyNews: Shaw Leaves TV
Biz With Marketplace Intact
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Submitted at 12/2/2009 11:11:50 AM
Mike Shaw, the outgoing
president of advertising sales of
ABC Television Network, is
leaving during a historically high
TV marketplace period -- similar
to one he came in on.
The history this time is around
first-quarter 2010 options, he
says.
"It's the highest in the history of
the business," he says. "Virtually
nothing has been canceled." It's
all part of the current resurgence
of the TV business in the scatter
market that started in September
and looks to be continuing well
into 2010.
TV advertisers typically can
cancel up to 25% of their first-
quarter upfront buys. The
industry average has been that
advertisers return 3% to 5% of
upfront commitments. Shaw
wouldn't disclose specifics, but
media buyers concur that many
TV marketers are keeping
virtually all their upfront deals
intact.
"The balance in the marketplace
has been more or less restored,"
he notes. Shaw notes cost per
thousand program pricing hikes
are 20% to 25% or more over
deals made during the upfront
market. "I wish I had more GRPs
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they know where their dollars are [with] a magazine, by the nature
going and what value they are
providing - what is the return of
of the way it is read, it takes a
period of time for the whole
head of advertising sales Marvin this investment. So I spent a lot audience to accumulate. Putting
Goldsmith, who just led ABC of time working in that area. all the grps in the first week in
through a record setting upfront I recently delivered a paper with the models was illustrating no
market, which garnered ABC the a colleague from MediaVest, impact on sales. So the magazine
largest take of any network and David Shiffman, on media mix would have a big grp but the
h e f t y d o u b l e - d i g i t p e r c e n t modeling and accountability.... sales would plod along. So they
increases in program pricing. The W h a t i s t h e i s s u e w i t h think that magazines aren't
rise was on the back of a strong accountability in magazines? We working.
debut season of "Who Wants To often hear, 'Oh, magazines don't [In] this paper [what] we did was
Be a Millionaire." work in the model,' and what to interview a number of
Concerning Shaw's 10-year does that really mean? So we modeling companies to
history as the head of ABC undertook a project where we determine what their best
tried to understand what exactly practices were and how they felt
[gross ratings points] to sell," he advertising sales, he says the time
is right to leave. "We have a does that mean and can we about magazines. The good news
says.
change it. was that all the modeling
Such stats came after an equally great team in place," he says.
And what turns out is that in companies would say, 'If we had
historical slow-moving, weak- He'll now be an advisor for ABC,
working on special projects for magazines, the way the media better input that would be great -
selling, upfront market where
mix models work is that they are that would help in the models.'
pricing rollbacks of 2% to 10% marketing and ABC's stations
all based on sales. Sales are So it turns out MRI is able to
and more were typical for many affiliates.
R e g a r d i n g h i s s o m e t i m e s reported on a weekly basis, so deliver accumulated grps by
networks.
models put media inputs that are DMA, so that kind of data is
In anticipation of this weakness, outspoken opinions over specific
relevant to those weeks. [With] much more of a replicate of what
TV networks sold less than usual media issues, Shaw says much
was choreographed with his television, obviously, you can put is happening in the real world....
commercial supplies -- around
in weekly grps, and in other This content has passed through
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inventory -- postponing sale of instance, his push for marketers
to pay for more DVR playback of levels and demographic and
extra commercial avails until the
current scatter selling period. network viewed shows -- up to geographic -- but with magazines
it was very limited on the inputs.
Strong ad results have extended seven days.
"I was the voice of the message," So what we are finding is that
to ABC online digital player,
says Shaw, where inventory has he says. "But I wasn't always the
been in nearly sell-out mode for vision. Our team, our company,
the last two years. Much of this, came up with it. I couldn't be
he says, has to do with limited more proud. The company has
supply of inventory ABC sells been fantastic."
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2000, Shaw took over for then-
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Americans See Protectionism, Tax Cuts as Ways to Create

Jobs
(All Gallup Headlines)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:00:00 PM

PRINCETON, NJ -- As
President Obama holds a jobs
summit Thursday to discuss ways
to address the problem of
growing unemployment in the
United States, Americans' top
prescriptions for creating more
jobs are to keep manufacturing
jobs in the U.S. (18%), lower
taxes (14%), provide more help
to small businesses (12%), and
create more infrastructure work
(10%).
The results are from an open-
ended question asked in a USA
Today/Gallup poll conducted
Nov. 20-22, 2009. Additional
tactics cited by at least 4% of
Americans include reducing
government regulations on
business (7%), creating more
green jobs (6%), providing more
federal stimulus funding (4%),
and implementing more pro-"buy
American" policies (4%)."The
main factor in public perceptions
of a jobs recovery also appears to
be politics."
These ideas are strongly related
to partisanship. Democrats are
somewhat more likely than taxes and reducing government will get worse while slightly better" -- 14% vs. 6%, 8% -- saying now is a good time
Republicans to focus on keeping regulation. more, 35%, say it will get better, respectively. to find a quality job. In this
manufacturing jobs in the U.S. The Jobs Outlook Over the Next and 36% think it will stay the These perceptions overlay context, maintaining the current
and creating certain types of jobs Year same. At the extremes of this Americans' fundamentally bad jobs climate could be perceived
(infrastructure work and green Americans offer mixed forecasts spectrum, however, more than views of where the job market as a negative forecast.
jobs). Republicans are for what will happen to the U.S. twice as many Americans foresee currently stands. In mid- The main factor in public
significantly more likely than job market over the next year. the job market getting "a lot November, Gallup found a record
Democrats to favor lowering Twenty-eight percent predict it worse" as say it will get "a lot -low percentage of Americans -- AMERICANS page 89
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perceptions of a jobs recovery
also appears to be politics -- a
finding that suggests Americans
consider their jobs outlook to be
a referendum on the Obama
administration's economic
policies. Republicans and
independents are more likely to
believe the job market will get
worse, rather than better, over the
next year, while an outright
majority of Democrats say it will
get better.
Gallup finds little differentiation
in these views by gender and
income. There are only slight
differences by educational
background, region and age, with
college graduates, Easterners,
and younger adults (aged 18 to
34) showing the most optimism.
On balance, most of the major
demographic groups (aside from
political ones) believe the job
market is more likely to improve
than to get worse over the next
year, but by fairly slim margins.
Bottom Line
With the official unemployment
figure now topping 10%
nationwide, a lack of jobs
threatens to send the American
economy into a deeper recession
at a time when other aspects of
the economy are struggling to
recover. Americans' top
prescriptions for creating more
jobs are instituting greater
protections for U.S.
manufacturing, lowering taxes,
helping out small businesses, and
creating more infrastructure
work. Democrats largely favor
more government involvement in
terms of protectionism, stimulus
spending, and shovel-ready jobs.
Republicans tend to favor a free-
enterprise approach, exemplified
by lowering taxes and reducing
government regulation.
Just over a third of Americans
predict the job market won't
change much in the next year --
not a particularly positive
sentiment given the current
climate. Of the remainder who
believe the job market will
change, most -- 43% of all
Americans -- foresee fairly small
changes (either improvement or
decline). However, a combined
20% believe it will change a lot,
with most of these saying the
problems will deepen rather than
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Survey Methods
Results are based on telephone
interviews with 1,017 national
adults, aged 18 and older,
conducted Nov. 20-22, 2009. For
results based on the total sample
of national adults, one can say
with 95% confidence that the
maximum margin of sampling
error is ±4 percentage points.
Interviews are conducted with
respondents on land-line
telephones (for respondents with
a land-line telephone) and
cellular phones (for respondents
who are cell-phone only).
In addition to sampling error,
question wording and practical
difficulties in conducting surveys
can introduce error or bias into
the findings of public opinion
polls.
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