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Obama brings the Olympics to the White House
By Patricia Zengerle (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:22:02 PM
President Obama deeply
disappointed his hometown
Chicago when he announced that
he would not go to Copenhagen
next month to personally make
the city’s case for hosting the
2016 Olympics, so he and first
lady Michelle Obama, who is
going in his stead, on Wednesday
brought the Olympics to the
White House instead.
Former Olympic and
paralympic athletes, Chicago
officials and local schoolchildren
attended the event on the White
House lawn, where the president
and first lady both spoke and
watched judo and gymnastic
demonstrations. The president
even joined in with some of the
athletes, earning a gentle jibe
from his wife.
“You should have seen the
president in there fencing,” she
said. “It was pathetic, but he
passed the baton really well.”
Obama said he was too busy
working on healthcare reform to
travel to Copenhagen on Oct. 2 to
lobby the International Olympic
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Committee, but offered an excuse.
“The good news is I’m sending a
more compelling superstar to
represent the city and country we
love, and that is our first lady,
Michelle Obama,” he said.
Michelle Obama is hugely
popular — her approval ratings
exceed her husband’s, which have
sunk as he works to push through
his sweeping healthcare plan —
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and it is speculated that she may
make the trip to Copenhagen with
Oprah WInfrey, the Chicago talk
show host and media magnate
who is consistently rated one of
the most popular and admired
Americans. But proponents of the
city’s bid worry they will not be
enough, as the other three finalists
are all sending their heads of state
to make their cases to the IOC.
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stories from the September issue
of Wired magazine.
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King Juan Carlos of Spain is
traveling to Denmark to argue on
behalf of Madrid. Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva is making the case for Rio.
Japan is sending its new prime
minister and its royal family for
Tokyo, backers of Chicago’s bid
note bitterly.
“U.S. organizers have Michelle
Obama and are working on Oprah
Winfrey — two of the most
popular women on the planet,” the
Chicago Tribune wrote in an
editorial.“Still, it would escape no
one’s notice if Barack Obama
took a pass on securing the
Olympics for his hometown.
“Mr. President, you need to be
there,” the newspaper wrote.
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President Barack Obama is joined
by first lady, Michelle Obama,
and Olympic gold medalist Jackie
Joyner Kersee (R) as they watch a
Judo demonstration during an
Olympic Games event on the
South Lawn of the White House
in Washington, September 16,
2009 and Obama uses a plastic
saber to show his fencing stance.
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‘Bipartisan’ US
health bill fails to
unify
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:30:22 PM
Centrist Democratic senators
introduced their long-awaited
“bipartisan” healthcare plan on
Wednesday without the public
option favoured by President
Barack Obama or the support of a
single Republican.
The $856bn 10-year bill, which
was unveiled by Max Baucus,
Democratic chairman of the
Senate finance committee, went a
long way towards meeting
Republican objections after a
summer of emotional
conservative allegations against
healthcare reform.
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Protests against Obama: race or
policy?
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 9:52:10 AM
Former President Jimmy Carter
said out loud what Democrats had
been whispering for a while, that
the protests against the country’s
first black president are tinged
with racism.
Carter’s forceful words threw
the issue into the forefront of
public debate.
“I think an overwhelming
portion of the intensely
demonstrated animosity toward
President Barack Obama is based
on the fact that he is a black man,
that he’s African American,”
Carter said in an i nterview on
NBC.
While others had raised the
issue, it wasn’t until Carter’s blunt
words that it reached a crescendo
as loud as the protests.
Carter mentioned his southern
roots in saying ”that racism
inclination still exists” in the
country and many white people
believe African Americans are not
qualified to be president.
Critics of Obama have protested
at town hall meetings around the
country, rallied in Washington,
and even yelled out on the floor of
the House of Representatives
(Congressman Joe Wilson’s “you
lie”).
Michael Steele, the first black
chairman of the Republican
National Committee, issued a
Jupiter's Magnetic Moon Generates Spectacular Light Show
By Hadley Leggett (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:01:00 PM
statement that said: “President
Carter is flat out wrong. This isn’t
about race. It is about policy.”
Steele accused Democrats of
trying to shift attention away from
the president’s unpopular
healthcare plan.
“Characterizing Americans’
disapproval of President Obama’s
policies as being based on race is
an outrage and a troubling sign
about the lengths Democrats will
go to disparage all who disagree
with them,” he said.
Obama did not respond to a
shouted question by a reporter
about Carter’s racism comments.
UPDATE: White House
spokesman Robert Gibbs says that
Scientists discover that the
auroral light shows on Jupiter are
caused in part by magnetic forces
radiating from its largest moon,
Obama doesn’t believe the
criticism is racist. “The president
does not believe that it’s based on
the color of his skin.”
Is there an objective barometer
for whether a protest is based on
racism or policy?
What do you think? Are the
protests about race or policy or
both?
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political coverage
Photo Credit: Reuters/Eric
Thayer (Carter at 2008
Democratic National
Convention), Reuters/Molly Riley
(Steele after being elected RNC
chairman in January)
Ganymede. Slight variations in
the aurora's brightness give clues
to how Ganymede is interacting
with its mother planet.
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What does Palin no show at
“Values Voter” summit say
about her 2012 intentions?
By Ed Stoddard (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:01:08 PM
Why is former Alaska governor
and Republican vice presidential
candidate Sarah Palin passing on
the summit of self-styled
conservative Christian “Values
Voters” this weekend?
It’s a question worth asking
because the annual meeting of
“Religious Right” activists has
become a “must attend” on the
political calendar of any
Republican who is serious about
running for the party’s
presidential nomination in the survey found she was ranked
next election cycle. highest among conservative
Former governors Mike leaders by conservative
Huckabee and Mitt Christian activists with 86
Romney– frequently mentioned as percent viewing her in a favorable
2012 heavyweight Republican light.
contenders — will be there. So Does her no-show suggest
will Minnesota Gov. Tim something about her political
Pawlenty, who many pundits see intentions or lack of them for
as another possible candidate for a 2012?
White House run in 2012. ((PHOTO: Sarah Palin delivers
But the moose-hunting hockey her final address as Alaska
mom who makes liberals see red governor in Fairbanks, Alaska,
remains the favorite with this J u l y 2 6 , 2 0 0 9 .
crowd. A recent Bliss Institute REUTERS/Nathaniel Wilder))
and Public Religion Research
5th-Gen iPod Nano Is No
Flip Killer
By Daniel Dumas (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 1:30:00 PM
Happiness is not a warm gun, it's
a new iPod Nano. A Nano that has
a pedometer, connects to FM
radio and (gasp!) takes video.
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Senate battle brewing: surveillance
vs privacy
By Jeremy Pelofsky (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 1:57:48 PM
A battle appeared to be emerging
in the U.S. Senate over extending
terrorism surveillance methods
versus bolstering privacy
protections.
The Obama administration
wants to extend three key
surveillance techniques adopted in
the Patriot Act law after the Sept.
11, 2001 attacks to track terrorism
suspects.
They are roving wiretaps to
track multiple communications
devices an individual may
use; access business records; and
what’s known as the “lone wolf”
provision to watch an individual
who may be hatching terror plots
but isn’t part of a bigger group.
Those three expire Dec. 31.
However, some Senate
Judiciary Committee members,
including chairman Patrick Leahy,
want to add more privacy
provisions. Any changes also
have to go through the Senate
Intelligence Committee which
could raise more hurdles.
“It was my thinking simply to
extend those three provisions until
the Patriot Act is up for
reauthorization, which is three
years hence,” Dianne Feinstein,
head of the Senate Intelligence
Committee, said during a hearing
with FBI Director Robert Mueller.
Why You Can't Get a Good Phone With Verizon
By Priya Ganapati (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:50:00 PM
“I believe Senator Leahy will
submit a bill that does some other
things as well.”
Mueller offered a staunch
defense for the techniques, noting
that the roving wiretaps were
essential since individuals can
have several cell phones at once
and switch quickly. He also said
that while the “lone wolf”
tracking had not yet been used, it
was important to have that
capability available.
Senators Richard Durbin and
Russ Feingold said in their own
statement on Tuesday that they
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White House rejects
racism claim
(BBC News | Americas | World Mr Obama has been met with
Edition) angry protests in recent weeks.
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:07:27 PM Some people have not only
protested against the president's
US President Barack Obama policies but have accused him of
does not believe current criticism tyranny and have promised to
of his policies is based on the "reclaim America".
colour of his skin, the White "Those kind of things are not
House has said. just casual outcomes of a sincere
It was responding to comments debate on whether we should have
by former President Jimmy Carter a n a t i o n a l p r o g r a m m e o n
that much of the vitriol against Mr healthcare," Mr Carter said at a
Obama's health and spending public meeting at his Carter
plans was "based on racism". Center in Atlanta.
Mr Carter said many thought an "It's deeper than that."
African-American should not be Responding to a question
president. specifically on the Congress
Congress has also witnessed an outburst by Mr Wilson, he said
outburst against Mr Obama that Mr Obama was the head of state
led to the rebuke of Republican as well as the head of government
lawmaker Joe Wilson. and - like heads of state elsewhere
Mr Wilson's son has denied any - he should be "treated with
suggestion of racism in the respect".
outburst and some conservatives Mr Wilson was rebuked on
hoped to add stronger privacy have accused the president's Tuesday in a House vote, which
protections in any extension of the supporters of playing the race said he had breached decorum.
three provisions. They also want card. He had shouted "You lie!" while
to address so-called National 'Disagreements' Mr Obama was delivering an
Security Letters which are Whatever his motives, his words address on healthcare to Congress
essentially subpoenas for personal are a brutal reminder that the last Wednesday.
records and have been used in election of Barack Obama did not Mr Wilson's eldest son, Alan,
larger numbers but have been usher in a new age of post-racial denied racism was a factor in his
harshly criticized for being politics in the US if anyone was father's outburst.
overused. naive enough to think that it "There is not a racist bone in my
For more Reuters political news, might. dad's body," he said.
click here. White House spokesman Robert Mr Wilson himself maintained
- Photo credit: Reuters/Yuri Gibbs said Mr Obama "does not that his personal apology to Mr
Gripas (Mueller testifies before believe that the criticism comes Obama should have been enough
Congress) based on the colour of his skin". to resolve the matter.
"We understand that people have Mr Obama "graciously accepted
disagreements with some of the my apology and the issue is over",
decisions that we've made and he said.
carrier is losing out to its rivals some of the extraordinary actions Print Sponsor
when it comes to attracting the that had to be undertaken by this
most-talked about phones today. administration," Mr Gibbs said.
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DeLay injures foot while dancing for Police: Mom stabs 2
TV show
By Deborah Charles (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 1:36:40 PM
Remember Tom DeLay? Well,
“The Hammer” has pounded too
hard this time.
The former House Majority
leader, who earned his nickname
for keeping lawmakers in line on
Capitol Hill, injured his foot while
practicing for his “Dancing With
the Stars” debut.
DeLay, a Republican who
resigned from Congress in 2006
after he was charged in Texas
with trying to violate campaign
finance laws, announced his
injury via Twitter.
“Old age is catching up to me,
may have a stress fracture in my
foot. no worries, it’ll take more
than that to keep me off the dance
floor,” DeLay wrote on Tuesday.
Just a couple of hours later,
DeLay eased the concerns of his
2,142 Twitter followers: ”No
stress fracture! It is a pre-stress
fracture. I live for another day.”
DeLay seems to be taking this
“Star” stuff seriously.
Cuomo subpoenas BofA board members
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:57:43 PM
Andrew Cuomo, New York
attorney-general, has issued
subpoenas to one current and four
former board members of Bank of
America, calling for them to give
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young daughters at
Calif. home (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) stable condition with multiple
Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:32:28 PM slash wounds.
Woodson said police do not
WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A have a motive.
woman who allegedly stabbed Le and her daughters were
herself and her two young staying overnight with her cousin
daughters with a knife called 911 Pham, 51, who woke up to the
to get help and report the crime sound of children screaming and
Wednesday morning, according to found the girls and their mother
an audio recording of the call. covered in blood Wednesday
"Hi, I just stabbed my daughters morning.
and myself," she breathlessly told Pham told the Los Angeles
the emergency operator on the Times that Le used a knife from
audio recording. "It's all bloody." his kitchen to stab the girls.
Police found the unconscious 5- "We don't know why this
He has set his website up as feet will be ready for the show on year-old stabbed in the chest at a happened," he told the Times in
a“fan site”– “Dancing with Monday. Westminster home. Officials say Vietnamese. "My cousin really
DeLay” – where people can sign For more Reuters political news, they found her mother, Thuy Le, loves her children. There is no
up for show updates. He has also click here. in another room, clutching her way I could have ever imagined
posted links to photos of Photo credit: REUTERS/Evan younger daughter, both covered in this could happen."
rehearsals on his Twitter page. Sisley (DeLay in Canon Office blood. Le asked to spend the night at
After his participation in the Building on Capitol Hill on June When the operator asked her his house, as she has done once
show was announced, DeLay 9, 2006, on his last day in why she sounded so calm, Le b e f o r e , a n d s l e p t w i t h h e r
mused about his possible partner. Congress), REUTERS/Marcos seemed to snap out of a daze. daughters on a spare mattress in
“Hoping its not Nancy Pelosi :),” Brindicci (couple competes "What? Oh my God, are you the living room, Pham said.
he wrote last month. in dance competition in coming?" she responded and hung Pham said his cousin had been
Let’s see if DeLay’s dancing A r g e n t i n a ) up the phone. having financial problems since
The operator called back to get she sold her massage therapy
more information, and heard a business, but they didn't usually
child screaming and people talk about money when she came
speaking Vietnamese in the over.
testimony under oath about what an attempt to determine whether background. Finally, Le's cousin, "I feel terrible that my nieces
they knew in the months leading Ken Lewis, BofA chief executive, Toan Pham, picked up the phone had to suffer so much," he said.
to BofA’s acquisition of Merrill kept them apprised of mounting and told her that Le put the knife "And to have this happen in my
Lynch, according to a source losses at Merrill and Merrill’s in the kitchen sink and police had house."
familiar with the matter. plans to pay out $3.6bn in arrived. A woman in the San Fernando
Mr Cuomo will eventually call bonuses on an accelerated basis. A 5-year-old girl was in a Valley was charged with stabbing
all 15 outside members of last Mr Lewis has already given m e d i c a l l y i n d u c e d c o m a two of her three daughters before
year’s BofA board, nine of whom sworn testimony. Wednesday evening. Officer Van cutting her own arms on Sept. 2.
have since left, the source said, in Woodson said the girl, who was Antonia Gomez had recently lost
initially on life support, has a slim her job and had a history of
chance of survival. Le, 38, and the mental illness.
other girl were hospitalized in
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Medical examiner says Yale student was suffocated (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) "At some point he may be Clark and Le were both 24 years Clark played baseball at mice, which her faculty adviser
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:02:03 PM willing to answer questions, but at old, but Clark has a muscular Branford High School, where uses in his experiments.
this point he has invoked his build that contrasts sharply to Le's longtime athletic director Artie The Le case has some parallels
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A Yale rights," Lewis said. "He has an 4-foot-11, 90-pound frame. Clark Roy remembered him as a quiet to the 1998 murder of 21-year-old
graduate student found stuffed in attorney. We couldn't question also reportedly had a troubling student who threw a mean Suzanne Jovin about 2 miles from
the wall of a research center had him if we wanted to." brush with the law in high school knuckleball. the Yale campus. The slaying is
been suffocated, the medical Clark's attorney, David after being accused of harassing a "He was a seriously good pitcher still unsolved.
examiner reported Wednesday as Dworski, said his client is girlfriend. and a good infielder," Roy said. In that case, a professor was
police awaited DNA tests on " c o m m i t t e d t o p r o c e e d i n g Until recently, Clark's family "He wasn't a typical off-the-wall named as a suspect early in the
evidence taken from a lab a p p r o p r i a t e l y w i t h t h e lived in nearby Branford, a small knucklehead kind of kid who investigation and was later fired.
technician who worked in the a u t h o r i t i e s . " H e w o u l d n o t middle-class suburb of New bounced all over the place," he He was never charged, and
building. elaborate. Haven. In September 2003, when said. authorities never presented
Police call Raymond Clark III a A police lab is expediting tests he was a senior at Branford High On her MySpace page, Clark's evidence against him.
"person of interest" in the slaying on Clark's DNA. University of School, Clark reportedly upset a fiancee, Jennifer Hromadka, calls Without mentioning Jovin's
of Annie Le. Authorities hoped to Connecticut genetics professor girlfriend so much that police Clark was a "wonderful name, Lewis referred to the case
compare DNA taken from Clark's Linda Straus Baugh says testing warned him to stay away from boyfriend." She added that she's Wednesday while defending his
hair, fingernails and saliva with can be done in days if a case gets her. not perfect, but cautioned people department's handling of Le's
more than 250 pieces of evidence top priority. The New Haven Independent not to judge her. death.
collected at the crime scene on the Clark's job as an animal- reported that when the girl tried to "Who are you to judge the life I "We don't want to be in the
Ivy League campus and from services technician at Yale would break up with Clark, he attempted live? I know I'm not perfect and I future accused of tunnel vision
Clark's Middletown, Conn., probably put him in contact with to confront her and wrote on her don't live to be, but before you and saying that we focused on one
apartment. Le, who worked for a Yale locker. start pointing fingers make sure person and only one person,"
Police served two search l a b o r a t o r y t h a t c o n d u c t e d The girlfriend and her mother your hands are clean!!" the 23- Lewis said.
warrants for DNA from Clark and experiments on mice. She was told a detective that she had been year-old wrote. Noting that "tragedy has again
for items in his apartment late part of a team researching in a sexual relationship with Clark The date of the MySpace struck Yale," Jovin's parents
Tuesday. They served two more e n z y m e s t h a t c o u l d h a v e and that he once forced her to posting is unclear. The page has released a letter to Gov. Jodi Rell
Wednesday morning, for more implications for cancer, diabetes have sex. The relationship since been taken down. pleading for more funds for the
items from the apartment and for a n d m u s c u l a r d y s t r o p h y continued after that incident, Police are not commenting on a state's forensic science lab.
Clark's Ford Mustang, Police t r e a t m e n t . according to the Independent, a possible motive. Thomas and Donna J. Jovin said
Chief James Lewis said. Clark, his fiancee, his sister and news Web site. Yale technicians like Clark help they share the agony of Le's loved
Investigators said they expect to his brother-in-law all work for The young woman did not care for the research animals used ones.
determine within days whether Yale as animal lab technicians. pursue the case, and no charges by labs around the Ivy League "We hope that the person guilty
Clark should be charged in the Le's body was found Sunday were filed. The Independent campus. They tend to rodents, of this terrible crime can be
killing. He was escorted in stuffed behind the wall of the reported that Clark was warned in mostly mice, used in experiments. apprehended quickly," they wrote,
handcuffs from his apartment and basement where lab animals are 2003 that police would pursue They also monitor breeding and "which was unfortunately not to
released early Wednesday into the kept. The Connecticut state criminal charges against him if he weaning and help with be true in the case of our
custody of his attorney, police m e d i c a l e x a m i n e r s a i d contacted the girl. paperwork. daughter."
said. Wednesday that Le died of Branford Police Lt. Geoffrey Since researchers generally try ___
Lewis said Clark and several "traumatic asphyxiation." Morgan told The Associated Press not to move animals from their Associated Press writers Susan
other people are under constant Authorities released no details on Wednesday that his department housing for testing, students and Haigh and Dave Collins in
police surveillance. He said police on how she died, but traumatic would not release the faculty conducting experiments Hartford, Conn.; Pat Eaton-Robb
expect to seek an arrest warrant asphyxiation could be consistent unsubstantiated 2003 report. often visit the building where Le in Middletown, Conn.; and news
for anyone whose DNA matches with a choke hold or some other Morgan would neither confirm was found dead, school officials researcher Rhonda Shafner in
evidence at the crime scene. form of pressure-induced nor deny the news report, citing said. New York City contributed to this
Clark is not talking to police, asphyxiation caused by a hand or cooperation with police The basement where Le's body report.
Lewis said. an object, such as a pipe. investigating the killing. was discovered houses mostly
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Ohio inmate 'traumatized' after failed execution

(AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) demonstrated that we have a The night before his scheduled difficulties finding a vein in either
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:40:23 PM problem with this particular set of execution, Broom told his brother arm to insert the drugs.
circumstances." over the phone that he was ready Authorities used a vein in his left
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The A prison log released to die. leg instead.
lawyer for an inmate whose Wednesday blamed Broom's past "He is tired of being in prison Problems accessing veins also
execution was halted after an drug use for problems finding a and having people tell him what delayed Ohio executions in 2006
unprecedented two hours said usable vein. to do everyday," according to the and 2007. Reiterating favorable
trying to put him to death again in The log indicates that prison log. In 2006, the execution of Joseph
a week could be a disaster. executioners made the Broom was sentenced to die for Clark was delayed for more than stocks: Freeport,
R o m e l l B r o o m i s s t i l l observation at 3:11 p.m., more the rape and slaying of a 14-year- an hour after the team failed to
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prolonged execution attempt and find a vein. abducting her in Cleveland in that led to changes in Ohio's By Joseph Lazzaro
is physically and emotionally "Medical team having problem September 1984 as she walked execution process. (BloggingStocks)
traumatized, his attorney, Adele maintaining an open vein due to home from a Friday night football The state also had difficulty Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:40:00 PM
Shank, said Wednesday. past drug use," said the log game with two friends. finding the veins of inmate
"It went so badly when he was reviewed by The Associated Richard Dieter, director of the Christopher Newton, whose May Filed under: Ford Motor (F),
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FBI searches home of Colorado man in terror
probe (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:22:06 PM
AURORA, Colo. – Federal
agents on Wednesday searched
the home of a suburban Denver
man identified by law
enforcement as having a possible
link to al-Qaida, carting away
several boxes of evidence.
The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task
Force went through the home of
Najibullah Zazi, as well as the
nearby residence of his aunt,
Rabia Zazi, FBI special agent
Kathleen Wright said Wednesday.
Zazi denies that he's a central
figure in a terrorism investigation
that fed fears of a possible bomb
plot and led to several police raids
in New York City on Monday.
Zazi, 24, was being interviewed
at FBI headquarters in Denver late
Wednesday but was not under
arrest, according to his attorney,
Arthur Folsom. Zazi provided
authorities a DNA sample, a
fingerprint, handwriting samples
and information about his travel
history, Folsom said.
"My client is not involved in any
terror plot," Folsom declared. "He
answered every question they
had."
The U.S. Attorney's Office in
Denver said it had no immediate
comment.
One agent wearing protective
clothing escorted a dog belonging
to the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
into Zazi's apartment. FBI agents
left Zazi's apartment with at least
six boxes. One box was labeled
"swabs," and others were marked
"fragile" and "glass."
Agents also escorted three
women and a man from the
apartment. Two of the women
covered their faces with
headscarves, and the third used a
canvas chair to shield her face.
All were driven away in an SUV.
The searches came a day after
two law enforcement officials told
The Associated Press that a joint
FBI- New York Police
Department task force had put
Zazi under surveillance because
of suspected links to al-Qaida.
The task force also feared Zazi
may be involved in a potential
plot involving homemade
hydrogen peroxide-based
explosives like those cited in an
intelligence warning issued
Monday, said the officials, who
spoke on anonymity because they
were not authorized to speak
about the investigation.
After Zazi traveled to New York
City over the weekend, FBI
agents and police officers armed
with search warrants seeking
bomb materials searched three
apartments and questioned
residents in a predominantly
Asian neighborhood in Queens.
Naiz Khan, an Afghan
immigrant who grew up with Zazi
in New York City, said the FBI
questioned him for about two
hours about Zazi, whom he said
stayed at his apartment last week.
No arrests were announced, and
the FBI and NYPD have refused
to discuss the case.
New York Police Commissioner
Raymond Kelly and FBI Director
Robert Mueller said Wednesday
there are no specific terrorist
threats to the city.
"There are no guarantees. We
live in a dangerous world," said
Kelly, who called New York the
world's best-protected city.
Monday's FBI and Homeland
Security intelligence warning,
issued to police departments
nationwide, listed clues that could
tip off police to peroxide-based
bombs, such as people with burn
marks on their hands, faces or
arms; foul odors coming from a
room or building; and large
industrial fans or multiple window
fans.
Colorado elected officials who
said they've been briefed on the
investigation have said there is no
imminent threat.
Zazi's apartment building is
very close to a toll road that runs
to Denver International Airport,
where he picks up and drops off
passengers as a driver for ABC
Airport Shuttle.
Denver city records show that
when Zazi applied for a limousine
driver license on Feb. 3, he said
he had a permanent residence
green card and had been in
Denver one month. A limousine
license was granted April 15,
indicating Zazi passed a Colorado
Bureau of Investigation
background check and a driving
record check.
On Tuesday, Folsom said Zazi
contacted him immediately after
hearing that friends' homes in
New York had been raided.
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The lawyer said Zazi drove to
New York in a rented car to take
care of a problem with the
location of a coffee cart that he co
-owns with a friend, and to visit
friends.
Zazi said he was stopped by
police on Sept. 10 on the George
Washington Bridge, which
connects New Jersey to
Manhattan, and that he consented
to a random search of his vehicle
for drugs. He was allowed to
leave.
In New York, Folsom said,
Zazi's car was towed because of a
parking violation. Police searched
both the car and a laptop inside,
Folsom said.
"They found nothing, didn't ask
him any more questions and sent
him on his way," Folsom said. "If
they had found anything, he
would be in the company of the
federal officials in New York."
Zazi's aunt said Tuesday that her
nephew recently visited the
Peshawar region of Pakistan
where she said his wife lives. Zazi
hopes to bring his wife to the
United States, the aunt said.
She said Zazi was born in
Pakistan but moved to the United
States at an early age and grew up
in Queens. He moved to Colorado
several months ago, she said.
___
Associated Press Writers
Catherine Tsai, P. Solomon Banda
and Don Mitchell in Denver and
Tom Hays in New York City
contributed to this report.
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Indians ask court to
revoke Washington
Redskins trademark
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Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:00:00 PM
Filed under: Business of sports
The Washington Redskins
football team is hearing it from all
sides lately.
Last week they were criticized -
- unfairly in my opinion-- for
suing season ticket holders who
had lost their jobs and could no
longer afford their seats.
Now a coalition of tribes --
Cheyenne and Arapaho, Oneida
of Wisconsin, Cochiti Pueblo,
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, Navajo,
Oglala Sioux and Standing Rock
Sioux -- is as king the United
States Supreme Court to revive a
challenge to the team's trademark.
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For Democrats, 60 Senators Is Magic Number for
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Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:14:06 PM
WASHINGTON The unveiling
of a compromise health care
proposal has Senate Democrats
pondering a daunting
mathematical challenge: how to
keep all 59 Democrats united and
attract at least one Republican to
pass an overhaul measure.
As many lawmakers on
Wednesday got their first detailed
look at a Finance Committee plan
that was months in the making,
senators immediately began
exploring whether the plan when
combined with elements of
another, more liberal one could
win enough senators to reach that
magic procedural number of 60.
“We have to meld a couple of
things together and see where we
are,” said Senator Christopher J.
Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut.
“I wouldn’t say today with
absolute certainty that you could
get to 60, but it would be just as
foolish to say you can’t get there
either. This is the Senate.”
In trying to reach critical mass
for legislative success, advocates
of health care overhaul face an
extremely delicate balancing act.
With the death of Senator Edward
M. Kennedy of Massachusetts,
Democrats control 59 seats,
meaning they need at least one
Republican to join them if they
are to proceed without employing
a procedural shortcut that could
cause havoc in the Senate.
And Senate Democrats have
substantial differences of their
own. More liberal members like
Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of
West Virginia and Senator
Bernard Sanders, independent of
Vermont, have been strong
advocates of a public insurance
option; many of the more centrist
Democrats have come down just
as strongly against one. Centrists
are interested in holding costs
down; progressives want to bring
more Americans under the
insurance umbrella, a push that
drives costs up.
As a result, changes intended to
bring the centrists and
conservatives in line could drive
away progressives, while any
move to draw in the more liberal
elements could end up alienating
the centrists. There is little margin
for error.
“I continue to believe that you
start at the center and then move
to collect additional support on
both ends of the political
spectrum,” said Senator Ron
Wyden, an Oregon Democrat and
health policy expert whose seat on
the Finance Committee makes
him a key player as that panel
considers the new plan from
Senator Max Baucus, the
Montana Democrat who leads the
committee.
Juggling the individual party
demands can be dizzying.
Another Finance Committee
member, Senator Bill Nelson of
Florida, is digging in against
potential Medicare cuts. Senator
Bob Casey of Pennsylvania wants
to make sure the plan does enough
for poor children, while Senator
Evan Bayh of Indiana is worried
about health costs for small
businesses and middle-class
families.
And Senator Ben Nelson of
Nebraska, typically one of the
hardest votes for Democratic
leaders to corral, is looming as a
particularly tough sell. “At the
end of the day, I want to see
everything before I commit to
anything,” said Mr. Nelson, who
added that he would have trouble
backing a bill that did not have
some Republican support.
Yet winning over just one
Republican will take
extraordinary effort, partly
because of the intense pressure
from colleagues to deny
Democrats a legislative victory.
Senator Olympia J. Snowe of
Maine, the Republican viewed as
the most likely to back the
proposal, did not endorse the plan
on Wednesday, though she is
talking to Democrats.
Other Republicans considered
potential allies under the right
circumstances have their own
reservations. Senator Susan
Collins, another Maine moderate
who has joined with Democrats in
the past, has not seen enough
emphasis on cutting health care
costs over all.
Senator George V. Voinovich of
Ohio, who is retiring and thus
may face fewer political
constraints, said he feared the
expansion of coverage for the
poor could bankrupt states. “To be
candid, I don’t know how you pay
for it,” he said.
Given the steep climb toward
60, Senate Democratic leaders
have begun to make another
argument to lawmakers. They are
pressing colleagues to vote with
the party on procedural matters
related to health care legislation
and against any filibuster a 60-
vote issue even if they intend to
oppose the measure in the end
when simple majority rules.
Senators are usually reluctant to
clear the way for a bill they might
vote against since they relinquish
their most powerful leverage, but
the message is evidently reaching
some.
“It is difficult to ask someone to
facilitate the enactment of
legislation with which they
disagree,” Mr. Bayh said. “But to
move the process forward, to
improve things, to get to the point
where you can support it
substantively, that of course I
would be willing to do.”
Even with all the policy disputes
compounded by political and
procedural hurdles, Democrats
said they still believe they can get
a bill through. But it will not be
easy.
“Do I believe there is enough
consensus around here to get a bill
done in the end? Yes,” Mr. Casey
said. “But I also believe it is going
to be a difficult couple of weeks.”
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US 'should take terror detainees'
(BBC News | Americas | World
Edition)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:13:47 PM
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Daniel Fried: "The average
Guantanamo detainee...is not a
hardened terrorist, not an
organiser"
The man officially responsible
for closing Guantanamo Bay says
more detainees could be resettled
worldwide if some were
transferred to the US.
Daniel Fried is the special
envoy for closing the detention
centre and is in charge of
persuading other countries to take
in detainees.
He says his job is miserable
because he is "cleaning up a
problem".
He also revealed he was
reprimanded by the UK over his
decision to send four detainees to
Bermuda.
Daniel Fried has one of the most
important and toughest tasks in
the US government.
In an exclusive first interview
since his appointment, Mr Fried
told the BBC about the successes
and failures of his first six months
in the job.
'Huge problem'
Ordering the closure of the
detention camps at Guantanamo
was one of US President Barack
Obama's first acts in office.
Saying it would send "an
unmistakable signal", he set his
Fed focuses on property exposure
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 1:29:01 PM
The Federal Reserve is
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behaviour of the four Uighurs has
been exemplary, which really
bolsters our contention that they
were not any kind of threat."
"These are four people who are
enjoying freedom who would
otherwise be in Guantanamo."
Mr Fried's tough job has not
been helped by the decision of
Congress to block the transfer of
any cleared detainees from
Guantanamo to the US mainland.
He says he will not criticise
Congress, but told me: "It is fair
to say, as just an objective
statement, that the US could
resettle more detainees
[worldwide], had we been willing
to take in some."
"But I also have to state that
parliamentarians in Europe and
the US have raised questions
about security - and we have to
respect those opinions."
Mr Fried said he was confident -
staff the task of closing the country. north-west China. However,
facility by 22 January 2009. Ambassador Fried is dealing Bermuda is a British overseas but would not guarantee - that the
However, predictably, it is with those who are "cleared for territory and Britain was not 22 January deadline would be
proving to be difficult. release" by a special task force or informed until the last minute. met.
Working out what to do with the by the courts. "The British government, it is "President Obama's timetable is
what we've got, we don't have
remaining detainees is "a huge Hungary is the latest country fair to say, cannot be considered
problem and a complicated one," which has agreed to take a part of the deal," Mr Fried says. Plan Bs, we're looking at that
says Mr Fried. detainee. Other nations which "This was worked out between timetable. We've got a lot of work
So far, the number being held have already done so or have t h e A m e r i c a n s a n d t h e to do, we need help getting this
there has been reduced by just 16 pledged to help include France, Bermudans. I will say that I've done, and we're going to be
- and one of those committed P o r t u g a l , S p a i n , I t a l y a n d been admonished by the British working hard at it."
suicide. There are now 226 left. B e l g i u m . government in very clear terms." "But you're not going to have
Guantanamo II. Whatever
The administration is reviewing One of Mr Fried's successes was 'No Plan Bs'
each detainee's case in order to the deal he struck with Bermuda, He defended the agreement with solution we come up with, it will
decide which prisoners should be which took four Guantanamo Bermuda, however. be one based firmly on the rule of
prosecuted, which should freed prisoners, all of them Chinese "We are very grateful to the law and transparency."
and which transferred to another Uighurs - an ethnic minority from Bermudan government and the Print Sponsor
reviewing banks’ exposure to of the wide distribution of loans banks to build a picture of how “stress test”, which has come to
commercial real estate, the and mortgage-backed securities. resilient institutions are to the evoke the audit of 19 large banks
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a risk to many institutions because will look into a cross-section of characterise the exercise as a
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Former nanny tells all about Jon DC sniper mastermind's

Gosselin - msnbc.com execution set for
(Most Popular - Google News) We talked about it, and he had attention. A witness at one said he
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:58:36 PM told me that things were very
weird and strange and he would
was “looking around, waiting for
someone to notice him.”
November (AP)
Jon Gosselin asked that the press explain it to me, but he didn’t Another Jackson family source (Yahoo! News: U.S. News) setting of an execution date has
“please write something nice want to hurt me in the process,” said Jermaine “hoped he’d get Submitted at 9/16/2009 2:57:29 PM served as something of a "reality
about me” as he walked the red she told In Touch. some good exposure while he was check" for a death sentence that
carpet at the In Touch Weekly Gerard Butler explains Aniston in New York, and that would RICHMOND, Va. – A Virginia was imposed more than five years
VMA after party. Well, it doesn’t relationship hopefully help him get some acts judge on Wednesday set a Nov. ago.
look like his wish was granted — There’s been more than a few to show up at his tribute concert 10 execution date for John Allen "We're not bloodthirsty people.
so long as you define “nice” as reports linking Jennifer Aniston for Michael.” Muhammad, mastermind of the It's not like we can't wait for this
“things not having to do with and Gerard Butler since the two Keeping tabs: Patrick Swayze in 2 0 0 2 s n i p e r a t t a c k s i n t h e to happen," he said in a phone
other women I’ve had flings with began shooting “The Bounty” in memoriam Washington, D.C., area that left interview. "But there's a debt to
before my divorce from Kate is New York. Now that they’ve Since he was first diagnosed 10 dead. society. And it's been determined
final.” finished filming and they’re still with pancreatic cancer, a close Prince William County Circuit i n t h e r i g h t w a y n o t b y
One of the Gosselin’s former spending time together, expect the watch was kept on Patrick Judge Mary Grace O'Brien picked vigilantism that this is the action
nannies, Stephanie Santoro, says rumors to continue. Which is why Swayze’s health. That said, his a Tuesday for the execution so to be taken."
she and Jon had a relationship Gerard Butler decided to do a death still came as a surprise. But that courts would be open the day A federal appeals court last
shortly after he filed for divorce little of bit clarifying on the unlike some celebrity deaths, the before in case of any last-minute month rejected Muhammad's
from Kate in June. And although subject. more anecdotes that have been legal appeals. argument that prosecutors
it didn’t last long, Santoro tells In “Jennifer is one of the coolest told since his passing, the more Jonathan Sheldon, Muhammad's withheld critical evidence and that
Touch they became “very close.” women I’ve ever met,” Butler told nostalgic people seem to be for attorney, said Muhammad would he never should have been
“We would lie in bed and talk Us Weekly. “She’s so smart.” But the “Dirty Dancing,” “Point appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to act as his own attorney
about the future. He would say what of rumors that there’s a Break” and “Roadhouse” years. and ask Gov. Timothy M. Kaine for a portion of his trial because
how he wanted to make sure my relationship? “There’s absolutely Which is why People magazine for clemency. he was too mentally impaired.
daughter and I would always be nothing behind them. We’ve and Us Weekly will have the most Muhammad was sentenced to The attorney general's office
OK, and how he would take care become very dear friends.” successful weeks on the death for the slaying of Dean declined to comment Wednesday.
of me. There was no talk about Jermaine Jackson wants you to newsstand. Meyers, who was shot at a Cheryll Witz said she wants to
marriage, but we did talk about notice him Among the rest of the Manassas gas station during a witness the execution personally.
being together,” according to the Jermaine Jackson seemed to competition, no two other titles three-week killing spree in Her father, Jerry Taylor, was shot
interview. know very little about his sister share the same subject: Life & October 2002 that left 10 dead in and killed by Malvo on a Tucson,
If this is getting confusing — Janet’s tribute to Michael, just Style has the sisters Lohan, In Maryland, Virginia and the Ariz., golf course in March 2002
Jon was also linked to former prior to her VMA performance, Touch has Jon Gosselin’s affair District of Columbia. at Muhammad's direction.
reporter Kate Major and Hailey and sources close to Janet confirm and Star links Gerard Butler and He and his teenage accomplice, "It's definitely about justice," she
Glassman, the daughter of his that is the case. Jennifer Aniston “for real.” Lee Boyd Malvo, were also said. "The death penalty is the
wife’s plastic surgeon — Santoro “Jermaine is just doing Courtney Hazlett delivers the suspected of shootings in several only justice for him."
fits in a timeline shared with everything he can to stay in the Scoop Monday through Friday on other states, including a killing in ___
Glassman. “I don’t think he has spotlight,” said one of them. msnbc.com. Follow Scoop on Louisiana and another in Associated Press Writer
ever been apart from Hailey. … I And so it continues: Jermaine’s Twitter: @ courtneyatmsnbc. Alabama. Malvo is serving life in Matthew Barakat contributed to
know they’ve broken up before. I been spotted in several New York prison. this report from McLean, Va.
didn’t know their current status. -area Starbucks trying to drum up Meyers' brother, Robert Meyers
of Perkiomenville, Pa., said the
Twitter gives traders voice in virtual open outcry
(Financial Times - US Twitter is resurrecting in site to reconnect with global relevant discussions on Twitter, which is then picked up and
homepage) cyberspace the teeming trading counterparts. including stock trends. Traders displayed by StockTwits’ own
Submitted at 9/16/2009 12:20:13 PM pits of yesteryear as traders sign StockTwits is one of the most tweet their opinions about a stock website.
up with the the social networking popular ways for traders to track with its ticker and a dollar sign
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Patrick Swayze Made Peace With
Death, Memoir Shows - ABC News
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Submitted at 9/16/2009 12:54:05 PM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
Actor Patrick Swayze made peace
with the notion of dying from
pancreatic cancer after initially
finding his diagnosis a "cruel
joke," according to a memoir to
be published later this month.
The "Dirty Dancing" star, 57,
who lost his 20-month battle
against the disease on Monday,
wrote that fighting his cancer had
been an "emotional rollercoaster".
But in excerpts of the memoir
"The Time of My Life", released
on Wednesday, he wrote later; "I
began thinking to myself, I've had
more lifetimes than any 10 people
put together, and it's been an
amazing ride. So this is okay."
The book, which Swayze co-
wrote with his wife of 34 years,
Lisa Niemi, will be published on
September 29. Excerpts were
released to People magazine and
NBC News.
Swayze was diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer, which has only
a 5 percent, five-year survival
rate, in January 2008.
"I had been excited about the
upswing my life was on," Swayze
wrote. "Now it all seemed like a
cruel joke. I couldn't be dying -- I
had too much to live for!"
While undergoing
chemotherapy, Swayze filmed a
new TV police drama series
called "The Beast," which was
broadcast in the United States
earlier this year.
"There are days when I feel
determined to live until a cure is
found, and truly believe I can do
it," he wrote. "And there are days
when I'm so tired, I just don't
know how I can keep on going."
Atria Books publisher Judith
Curr told NBC's "Today" show
that "when he sat down to write
the book, he wanted to see if he
had lived a good life.
"He absolutely was a good
person and lived a good life,"
Curr said.
Swayze's storied career included
runs on Broadway in the plays
"Grease" and "Chicago." He also
starred in the 1990 blockbuster
"Ghost" and the 2001 movie
"Donnie Darko."
No plans have been announced
for Swayze's funeral.
(Editing by Jill Serjeant and Eric
Walsh)
Copyright 2009 Reuters News
Service. All rights reserved. This
material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten, or
redistributed.
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Deal on global imbalances sought at G20
summit
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:23:33 PM
The US administration, with
support from Europe, is seeking to
reach agreement on a new
framework for tackling global
Hilton's LBO Unwinds
(Financial Sector and Stocks
Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 12:45:52 PM
The LBO of Hilton hotels made
no sense even at the time: I
described it as crazy, adding that
the lenders (including Bear
Stearns, bless ‘em) were “taking
equity-like risk” for pretty modest
returns. So it comes as no surprise
to learn that Blackstone ( BX), the
buyer, has not only written down
its investment by half, but is also
looking to restructure Hilton’s
11
economic imbalances at next
week’s G20 summit in Pittsburgh.
The goal is to achieve both a
basic agreement on what needs to
be done to produce more balanced
global growth and a process for
ensuring that countries deliver on
their commitments.
debt.
The interesting thing here is the
way that Blackstone is planning to
do this: it essentially wants to
convert Hilton’s outstanding loans
into bonds. Which might come as
some relief to the US taxpayer:
we own a whopping $4 billion of
Hilton debt inherited as part of the
Bear Stearns bailout. If the bond
markets are frothy enough to
show appetite for Hilton debt
right now, I’d happily sell it to
them.

Twitter Traffic Triples During Video Music Awards -

MTV.com
(Most Popular - Google News) she was able to track and respond numbers were unprecedented for Music Hall — to shape the inspire during the VMAs was
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:26:25 PM to the Twitter trends in real time. Twitter. "During the VMAs, narrative of the evening. So when impressive," Sladden added. "We
Once the show wrapped, the Twitter experienced three times Kanye West bum-rushed Taylor think Twitter can be the way
Because the 2009 MTV Video T w e e t T r a c k e r w a s m a d e our average volume of tweets," Swift's acceptance speech, Katy television becomes more
Music Awards were the first of available on the VMA Web site so Twitter's Chloe Sladden said. "[It Perry, Pink and Paramore's interactive, and MTV is showing
the Twitter era, MTV had to take fans could see for themselves was] twice as many as during the Hayley Williams(among others) us the way."
a unique approach to the micro- exactly what was popping when. news surrounding Michael were able to weigh in instantly. The 2009 MTV Video Music
blogging service during the The experiment paid off, as 1.3 Jackson this past summer." The whole Twitter-centric Awards might have wrapped, but
broadcast. million VMA-related tweets were Twitter became a huge part of approach made the VMAs the party is far from over. Stay
Video blogger Justine Ezarik — unleashed between the time the the show, as the tweet volume compelling television not only tuned for behind-the-scenes
known to the Internet world as show started and when it wrapped was both instantaneous and from a performance approach, but updates, party reports and much
iJustine— came onboard to be our S u n d a y n i g h t . B y M o n d a y gigantic, but the service also also from an interactive one. "The more.
Twitter correspondent, and with m o r n i n g , t h e n u m b e r h a d allowed stars — many of whom unique level of viewer
the help of some fresh technology, ballooned to 2 million. The were actually inside Radio City engagement MTV was able to
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Yale murder victim 'asphyxiated'
(BBC News | Americas | World
Edition)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:59:38 PM
Murdered Yale University
student Annie Le was asphyxiated
by her killer, according to an
autopsy report.
Twenty-four-year-old Ms Le's
body was found on Sunday
stuffed into a wall cavity on
campus, after she was reported
missing last week.
On Monday, Connecticut's chief
medical examiner confirmed a
homicide case.
Police earlier detained and
released without charge a 24-year-
old lab technician, Raymond
Clark, described as a "person of
interest" in the case.
This does not mean that he is
legally a suspect.
Cuba presses US to end sanctions
(BBC News | Americas | World
Edition)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 2:16:40 PM
Cuba has said US President
Barack Obama is not doing
enough to end his country's 47-
year trade embargo against the
island.
Foreign Minister Bruno
Rodriguez said the policy was
"absurd" and should be lifted
without conditions.
His comments come a day after
Mr Obama renewed the sanctions
for another year.
Relations between the two
countries have eased in recent
months, with Cuban Americans
now allowed to visit relatives on
the island at any time.
Speaking at a news conference
He was taken into custody after
police obtained a warrant to
search his house in Middletown,
Connecticut.
'Targeted killing'
New Haven Police Chief James
Lewis said the DNA samples
voluntarily given by Mr Clark
would be compared with more
than 150 pieces of evidence, taken
from the scene at the Yale
medical school research building.
"We're going to narrow this
down," Mr Lewis told reporters.
"We're going to do this as quickly
as we can."
Annie Le was reported missing
last week. She had been due to get
married on the day her body was
discovered.
The authorities say repeated
searches had turned up nothing
until a sniffer dog found a body
in Havana, Mr Rodriguez said the
US sanctions were "part of the
policy of total unilateral
aggression and isolation" and
should be "lifted unilaterally".
"Obama is a president who was
elected on a platform of change -
Americans voted for him because
he promised change. Where is the
change in the blockade against
Cuba?" he said.
Bargaining tool
He also warned that Cuba was
not prepared to make any political
or policy concessions in order to
improve relations.
But the BBC's Michael Voss in
Havana said the Cubans appear
keen not to inflame the improving
relations.
Mr Rodriguez described Mr
Obama as well-intentioned and
stuffed in a deep recess within a
basement wall - in an area where
cables, pipes and ducts run
between floors.
The office of the state chief
medical examiner, Dr Wayne
Carver, said the death of Annie Le
was caused by "traumatic
asphyxia due to neck
compression."
Reports have speculated over
the exact cause of death, from
strangulation to other forms of
pressure-induced asphyxiation,
possibly by a pipe or other similar
heavy object.
Police say it was a targeted
killing and other students are not
in danger.
Ms Le's fiance is not a suspect
and has helped police with the
investigation.
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intelligent, and also reiterated
Cuba's offer to hold direct talks
with the Obama administration.
The comments were the first
official response to Mr Obama's
announcement on Tuesday that he
was extending the sanctions as it
was in America's national interest
to do so.
Under the US legislation, the
embargo can only be lifted when
Cuba is deemed to have begun a
democratic transition.
The Obama administration sees
the trade embargo as a bargaining
tool to America's only Communist
-run country towards making
political and human rights
reforms, says our correspondent.
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China in huge Venezuela
oil deal
(BBC News | Americas | World
Edition)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:55:37 PM
Venezuela has announced a
$16bn (£10bn) investment deal
with China for oil exploration in
the Orinoco river.
The move comes shortly after
Venezuela signed a similar
agreement with Russia, which is
estimated to be $20bn (£12bn).
President Hugo Chavez said the
deals would boost oil production
in Venezuela by about 900,000
barrels per day.
Investors in Venezuela's oil
industry have complained for
months that a lack of government
investment in infrastructure has
hurt production.
Multi-polar world
Speaking on state television, Mr
Chavez said the deal with China
was over three years and that the
investment would go towards
China Cracks Down On Pirated
Teaching Materials?
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 2:59:00 PM
To hear the US entertainment
industry talk about it, China
doesn't respect any intellectual
property at all. The truth, of
course, is a lot more nuanced than
that, but it's still a bit odd to read
that China is proudly cracking
down on the threat of "pirated
teaching materials," which the
government deems dangerous
because it "harm[s] the healthy
development of the country's
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developing heavy crude oil
resources in the Orinoco River
belt.
For President Chavez it is part
of a wider effort to increase his
base of bilateral partners in the oil
industry.
The socialist leader often speaks
of what he calls a "multi-polar
world" in which Latin American
countries are less dependent on
Washington.
However, US companies and
the US government are still the
mainstay of the Venezuelan
energy industry.
The Venezuelan leader will
hope that these multibillion dollar
deals, signed with countries which
are more friendly to his "21st
Century Socialist Revolution",
will give him further economic
independence from Washington.
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youth." It's unclear how cheaper
or even free teaching materials
"harm" youth, but the speculation
is that it's more about the
government not liking the content
than any real worry about
"piracy." But, these days, due to
pressure from other countries,
China doesn't mind an excuse to
pretend that it's being tough on
piracy.
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How Trafigura tried to cover up African pollution disaster

By David Leigh (World news compensation claims, and its local man to take it away in tanker consultations … there seems to be compensation case followed legal
and comment from the lawyers repeatedly threatened trucks at a cheap rate. strong prima facie evidence that attempts yesterday to prevent
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) anyone worldwide who sought to Trafigura's libel lawyers, Carter- the reported deaths and adverse publication of Trafigura
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:52:39 PM contradict its version. It launched Ruck, recently demanded the health consequences are related to documents. The compensation
a libel case against BBC Guardian deleted published the dumping." deal is likely to be confirmed
• Trafigura offers payout to Newsnight, forced an alleged articles, saying it was "gravely Trafigura's lobbyists, Bell imminently, according to Martyn
31,000 victims of toxic dumping correction from the Times, defamatory" and "untrue" to say Pottinger, claimed to be Day, a senior partner at the British
• Secret email trail exposes truth demanded the Guardian delete Trafigura's waste had been "appalled" by the report, saying it law firm Leigh Day, which has
behind £100m legal battle articles, and yesterday tried to gag dumped cheaply and could have was "premature", "inaccurate", brought one of the biggest group
• Read the emails here journalists in the Netherlands and caused deaths and serious injuries. "potentially damaging", "poorly actions in legal history, seeking
The Guardian can reveal Norway with legal threats. The Dutch paper Volkskrant and researched", and "deeply flawed". damages of £100m.
evidence today of a massive cover But the dozens of damning Norwegian TV said they were Yesterday Greenpeace launched He said today in Abidjan, where
-up by the British oil trader internal Trafigura emails which yesterday also threatened with a legal action in Amsterdam he has been negotiating the
Trafigura, in one of the worst have now come to light reveal gagging actionsTrafigura also calling for the oil firm to be settlement: "The claimants are
pollution disasters in recent how traders were told in advance launched a libel action against the prosecuted there for homicide or very pleased."
history. that their planned chemical BBC's Newsnight, complaining it grievous bodily harm. It said: Trafigura said the deal – for an
Internal emails show that operation, a cheap and dirty had been wrongly accused of "This intentional pollution … has undisclosed amount – was likely
T r a f i g u r a , w h i c h y e s t e r d a y process called "caustic washing", causing deaths, disfigurement and caused many people to suffer to be acceptable to most if not all
suddenly announced an offer to generated such dangerous wastes miscarriages, and had "suffered serious injuries and has even led of the claimants. It was based on
pay compensation to 31,000 west that it was widely outlawed in the serious damage to their to death." an acceptance that the company
African victims, was fully aware west. reputation". The BBC filed a Trafigura said it "utterly had no liability for the most
that its waste dumped in Ivory The documents reveal that the fighting defence this week, rejected" claims of a cover-up. serious deaths and injuries alleged
Coast was so toxic that it was London-based traders hoped to accusing Trafigura of knowing its "Every statement that has been in the dumping scandal. Trafigura
banned in Europe. make profits of $7m a time by chemicals were "highly toxic, made … has been made in good says it is the world's third-biggest
Thousands of west Africans buying up what they called potentially lethal and posed a faith". The firm said the autopsy private oil trader, and declared a
besieged local hospitals in 2006, "bloody cheap" cargoes of sulphur serious risk to public health". The reports were unreliable and that $440m profit last year. Its 200
and a number died, after the -contaminated Mexican gasoline. broadcaster also alleged a cover- hydrogen sulphide in the waste traders are reported to receive
dumping of hundreds of tonnes of They decided to try to process the up, saying Trafigura's denials was only there in "potential" annual bonuses of up to $1m
highly toxic oil waste around the fuel on board a tanker anchored "lack credibility and candour". form. It had never actually been each.
c o u n t r y ' s c a p i t a l , A b i d j a n . offshore, creating toxic waste they The UN human rights special released. It said the emails • Trafigura and the Probo Koala
Official local autopsy reports on called "slops". rapporteur, Professor Okechukwu contained "crude and distasteful" • Ivory Coast
12 alleged victims appeared to One trader wrote on 10 March Ibeanu, criticised Trafigura for language, but had been taken "out • Pollution
show fatal levels of the poisonous 2006: "I don't know how we potentially "stifling independent of context" and should "not be • Oil
gas hydrogen sulphide, one of the dispose of the slops and I don't reporting and public criticism" in taken literally". • Oil
waste's lethal byproducts. imply we would dump them, but a report the oil trader tried and It repeated denials that the slops David Leigh
Trafigura has been publicly for sure, there must be some way failed to prevent being published could have caused death or guardian.co.uk© Guardian
insisting for three years that its to pay someone to take them." in Geneva this week. serious injury, and were highly News & Media Limited 2009 |
waste was routine and harmless. It The resulting black, stinking, He wrote: "According to official toxic. It denied lying about the Use of this content is subject to
claims it was "absolutely not slurry was eventually dumped estimates, there were 15 deaths, composition of the slops. our Terms & Conditions| More
dangerous". around landfills in Abidjan, after 69 persons hospitalised and more A sudden public announcement Feeds
It has until now denied Trafigura paid an unqualified than 108,000 medical about the settlement offer in the

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Carter: Racism is behind anger at Obama

By Ewen MacAskill (World aggressive tone on rightwing talk professor, the White House saw it expressed support for Carter.
news and comment from the shows. as an unfortunate diversion from Mark Potok, the director of the Case-mod:
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Blog sites in the US attracted an its push on healthcare reform. team investigating hate groups,
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:48:30 PM unusually high volume of traffic
today in the aftermath of Carter's
Michael Steele, the African-
American chairman of the
said: "I think what President
Carter said is precisely what is
Stargate
Race debate ignites after Jimmy c l a i m s a n d h i g h l i g h t e d t h e
Carter claims that much of the r a w n e s s o f t h e d i v i d e .
Republican national committee,
said that playing the race card was
going on. I am not saying that
everyone involved in opposing
Pyramid HTPC
opposition to Obama has arisen Carter, interviewed by NBC to a pathetic distraction by the healthcare reform is a Klansman By Dave Freeman
because the president is black mark his 85th birthday, said: "I Democrats to shift attention away in disguise, but it is the elephant (CrunchGear)
A national debate on race that live in the south, and I've seen the from his healthcare plan. Injecting in the room." Submitted at 9/16/2009 2:30:44 PM
Barack Obama had hoped to south come a long way, and I've race into the debate divides rather His group has noted an increase
avoid was ignited today when seen the rest of the country that than unites Americans, he said. in the number of hate groups, There’s an interesting correlation
Jimmy Carter claimed that much shared the south's attitude toward "Characterising Americans' plots and racist incidents linked to between computer hobbyists and
of the opposition to the president minority groups at that time, disapproval of president Obama's Obama since he accepted the science fiction fans. That’s never
has arisen because he is black. particularly African Americans. policies as being based on race is Democratic nomination to run for more obvious then when you see
The former president said "And that racism inclination still an outrage and a troubling sign president last year. some of the custom case mods
racism had come to the surface exists. And I think it's bubbled up about the lengths Democrats will Carter's remarks came after that people produce. Case in
across the country because of a to the surface because of the go to disparage all who disagree concerns expressed by other point, today we have a Stargate
belief held by many whites that an belief among many white people, with them," Steele said. "Playing Democrats. The Congressman Goa’uld Ha’tak inspired
African American is not qualified not just in the south but around the race card shows that Henry Johnson said in a television modification. Whomever built this
to be in the White House. the country, that African Democrats are willing to deal interview on Tuesday: "I guess thing obviously spent an
"I think an overwhelming Americans are not qualified to from the bottom of the deck." we'll probably have folks putting enormous amount of time on it,
p o r t i o n o f t h e i n t e n s e l y lead this great country. It's an Wilson's son, Alan, an Iraq on white hoods and white and it really shows in their
demonstrated animosity toward abominable circumstance, and it veteran running for office in uniforms again and riding through trousers.
President Barack Obama is based grieves me and concerns me very South Carolina, denied his father's the countryside." PC modder “Gup” built this
on the fact that he is a black man, deeply." shout of "You lie" was racially A potentially incendiary project by hand, and while he
that he's African American," The Associated Press reported motivated. "There is not a racist element was introduced when a doesn’t reveal exactly how long it
Carter said. The Republican party that Carter, when asked at a bone in my dad's body," Wilson video was displayed on many took him to build it, or how much
today issued a denial, saying public meeting about Wilson's said. "He doesn't even laugh at websites showing a 17-year-old he spent, it’s truly a labor of love.
Carter was "flat-out wrong" and jibe, said: "I think it's based on distasteful jokes. I won't comment white boy being beaten up by The case opens via a motor driven
that opposition was not because of racism." on former President Carter, black teenagers on a bus in cover, and reveals a custom
Obama's skin colour but his The White House, fighting to because I don't know President Belleville, Illinois. The video was interface on an LCD monitor. It’s
policies. put out one political fire after Carter. But I know my dad, and displayed today even though the not powerhouse of a computer,
Carter, who aired his views in a another raised by Republicans and it's just not in him. police said they did not believe but obviously it’s designed as a
television interview and at a rightwing commentators, is "People can disagree - and the attack was racially motivated. HTPC and not a gaming rig.
p u b l i c m e e t i n g i n A t l a n t a , hunting for a strategy to counter appropriately disagree - on issues • Barack Obama Here’s the full spec:
Georgia, on Tuesday, is the most what it regards as bogus claims of substance, but when they make • Race issues Intel T7200 Core2Duo
senior Democrat yet to voice what about health and other issues. It the jump to race it's absolutely • US healthcare Mini-ITX Commell LV-677
many in the party have been has strenuously avoided making ludicrous. My brothers and I were • US domestic policy 2Gb DDR2
saying both in public and private race an issue and will not regard raised by our parents to respect • Obama administration 160Gb HDD
after the Republican Congressman Carter's intervention as helpful. everyone regardless of • United States Gforce 9400GT
Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" Robert Gibbs, the White House background or race." • Republicans Obviously, this is a one off
during Obama's key speech on spokesman, at the weekend The House on Tuesday voted to Ewen MacAskill design, and won’t be available at
healthcare reform in Congress, played down suggestions that rebuke Wilson for his outburst in guardian.co.uk© Guardian a retailer any time soon. I
a f t e r a n t i - g o v e r n m e n t healthcare opponents were Congress. News & Media Limited 2009 | definitely encourage you to watch
demonstrations over health that racially motivated. When, in July, The Southern Poverty Law Use of this content is subject to the video, “Gup” did a really good
have been almost exclusively Obama described as "stupid" a Centre, one of the main groups in our Terms & Conditions| More job and you can get a better idea
white, and after the increasingly police arrest of a black Harvard the US tracking hate groups, Feeds of exactly how he had to hand
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Afghans prepare for election run-off vote

By Declan Walsh (World news used to stain voters' fingers, from the political impasse with process," said a spokesman,
and comment from the Canada, the official said, on Abdullah, whose supporters have Aleem Siddiqui.
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) condition of anonymity. An exact threatened to demonstrate on the One UN insider said the
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:01:28 PM date has not been set. streets. But it would also bring a argument inside the mission
A fresh vote could pacify host of fresh difficulties. reflected a wider split. "There's a
• Majority for Karzai but EU Abdullah, who claims Karzai By the third week of October heated debate in lots of
says some ballots tainted manipulated state machinery to parts of northern Badakhshan and embassies," the insider said. "The
• British and US soldiers killed rig the election, and assuage the eastern Nuristan provinces would difference is that ours has come
by roadside bombs fears of western allies who want probably be inaccessible due to into the open." Japanese company
Afghan election officials were to avoid association with a
preparing for a possible second potentially explosive result.
heavy snowfall.
There would be a risk of further
In London, the Ministry of
Defence announced that two sells carports with
round of voting in five weeks' But a new poll would also be
time to decide Afghanistan's expensive and dangerous and
Taliban violence – in the last
round a small number of voters
British soldiers had died yesterday
after having been wounded in
solar panel roofs
controversial presidential election, would disenfranchise Afghan had their fingers chopped off after separate explosions in south By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)
even as President Hamid Karzai voters in remote northern and casting a ballot. The authorities Afghanistan. Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:41:47 PM
appeared to be cruising towards eastern provinces, which will be would also have to recruit new A soldier from 2nd Battalion
victory. partially snowbound by late staff in areas with a history of The Rifles was killed when he Solar energy is being used in a
The first full preliminary results October. proven rigging. was caught in a blast while on number of applications already,
were released giving Karzai "It could be a nightmare. On top But western countries, including foot patrol in Helmand. A second but carports are something new.
54.6% of the votes, against 27.7% of the security problem of further the US and Britain, are thought to soldier, from 2nd Royal Tank Japan-based Sankyo Tateyama
for his main challenger, Abdullah Taliban attacks, some areas will prefer an imperfect October vote Regiment, died in hospital in the Aluminium has begun selling
Abdullah. A Karzai spokesman be left out of the vote," the to a months-long political limbo UK after having been injured by carports[JP] with solar power
said it would take a "miracle" for western official said. as Afghans wait for the winter an explosion which hit his generation systems installed on
his candidate to lose. The month-long count has been snows to thaw. armoured vehicle in the north- their tops. The main idea is to
But election officials are overshadowed by allegations of "A second round next year is west of Helmand on Saturday. A attract both customers who aren’t
scrutinising 10% of ballots for fraud. The UN-backed electoral unacceptable to the international total of 216 British troops have able to install solar panels in their
possible fraud, mostly in areas complaints commission, which community. They will move hell died in Afghanistan since October homes and those who need to
where Karzai performed strongly. a d j u d i c a t e s d i s p u t e s , h a s or high water to have it this year," 2001. boost the amount of solar energy
A European Union team said that quarantined votes from 2,500 of the official said. Three US soldiers died in their houses.
up to one quarter of votes could the 26,300 polling stations. Votes A second round could be yesterday when a roadside bomb The so-called M.Shade carports
be tainted. from 83 polling stations have averted if Karzai and Abdullah hit their vehicle, bringing US can accommodate two cars
If the recount pushes Karzai's already been thrown out, in some were to strike a power-sharing deaths in Afghanistan to 22 this maximum and come with extra-
share below 50% the contest will instances where Karzai won 100% deal. But so far neither candidate month. President Barack Obama strong pillars that support the
go to a second round. A senior of the vote. looks inclined to compromise. said today there would be no weight of the solar panels on top
western official said that the The most damning assessment The fraud controversy has split quick decision on further of them. Home owners get total of
Afghan independent election came from the EU monitors, who the UN mission to Kabul. Its deployment, stressing that "my twelve solar panels (5.6×5.4m)
commission had pencilled in a run estimated that 1.5m of 5.6m votes American deputy head, Peter determination is to get this right". that provide 2,235kW per year.
-off vote for the third week of m i g h t b e t a i n t e d b y f r a u d . Galbraith, has left for New York • Afghanistan Sankyo says this is enough to
October, confounding earlier Karzai's office angrily rejected the following a dispute with his Declan Walsh cover about 50% of what a typical
predictions that a fresh poll was c l a i m , c a l l i n g i t " p a r t i a l , Norwegian boss, Kai Eide, over guardian.co.uk© Guardian household needs on a yearly basis.
impossible before the onset of the irresponsible and in contradiction how to approach the fraud issue. News & Media Limited 2009 | The M.Shade sounds definitely
harsh Afghan winter. with Afghanistan's constitution". "In any hotly contested election Use of this content is subject to like a good idea but comes at a
The IEC has ordered fresh Karzai's team is hoping their there are bound to be differences our Terms & Conditions| More pretty high price ($40,000
ballots from England and new majority will survive the recount. of opinion. But Peter and Kai Feeds excluding installation costs).
stocks of indelible ink, which is If not, a second vote would ease remain committed to the election Sankyo does sell products
What's wrong with this picture? internationally but hasn’t said
anything yet about bringing its
(Scripting News) It took me a few minutes staring sent it to a mail list I'm on. green carport to markets outside
Submitted at 9/16/2009 10:46:32 AM at it to figure it out. Japan.
With a hat-tip to David Rowland, iPhone developer, who
16 World/ Finance/ Internet News Record

Biometric ID cards for Indian Three Britons killed in

population New Zealand crash
By Randeep Ramesh (World be able to prove who he or she to protect identities," said By Aidan Jones (World news had recently arrived as visitors
news and comment from the was." Nilekani, who has also been in and comment from the from the UK. "Fatigue is likely to
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) The country's red tape is talks to create a personalised Guardian | guardian.co.uk) be a factor," he said.
Submitted at 9/16/2009 12:33:26 PM legendary: Indians have dozens of carbon account so that all Indians Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:41:53 PM Next of kin have been informed.
types of identity verification, might buy "green technologies" New Brighton is a popular
In India, Big Brother just wants ranging from electoral rolls to using a government subsidy. A three-year-old girl and two tourist destination thanks to its
to help. The country's 1.2 billion ration cards, yet almost none can Doubts have been raised over women from the UK were killed bird life and long sandy
citizens are to be issued with a be used universally. The new privacy and the complex security in a car crash in New Zealand beachfront.
biometric identity card in an system will be a national proof of needed to police such the system, yesterday. Maggie Leak, from New
attempt to improve the delivery of identity, effective for everything, as well as concerns that the The accident happened at Zealand police, told the BBC last
India's inefficient public services from welfare benefits to updating project is just too ambitious. "We around 6.20pm local time (7.20am night that conditions were clear
– a move civil liberties' activists land records. could have a hacking Olympics," BST) when their car crashed into when the crash happened.
are condemning as the act of a Nilekani said the scheme would said Guru Malladi, a partner at a power pole in New Brighton, a "It's just a suburban locality and
"surveillance society". help the poor especially. Moving Ernst & Young. coastal suburb of Christchurch on it would have been a beautiful
This month, the country began from one state to another – a Civil liberty campaigners fear New Zealand's south island. evening in Christchurch last night.
the ambitious scheme of issuing regular occurrence for poor the card could be a tool of Two women, 60 and 68, were It's spring here and it's really still
everyone with a unique identity villagers in search of work – often repression. killed in the crash alongside the light at that time. It was a
number. Within the first five years meant benefits were withdrawn Nandita Haskar, a human rights toddler. The male driver, who is beautiful still, clear evening," she
of the scheme, giant computer because proof of residence was lawyer, said: "There's already no in his 60s, is in hospital with non- said.
servers will hold the personal lacking. "This will mean maids accountability in regard to life threatening injuries, local • New Zealand
details of at least 600 million and labourers … a hundred or two violations of human and civil police said last night. Aidan Jones
people. The introduction of what hundred million people – will be rights. In this atmosphere what are It is believed one of the women guardian.co.uk© Guardian
will be one of the world's most able to access welfare benefits for the oversight mechanisms for this died at the scene while the girl News & Media Limited 2009 |
ambitious IT projects will cost an t h e f i r s t t i m e w i t h o u t a n y kind of surveillance?" and the other woman died in Use of this content is subject to
estimated £1.5bn. questioning who they are." • India hospital. our Terms & Conditions| More
The scheme is the brainchild of Eventually, cards will hold the • Human rights Detective Sergeant Andrew Feeds
Nandan Nilekani, one of India's person's name, age, and birth date, • Biometrics Fabish, of New Brighton police,
best-known software tycoons and as well as fingerprint or iris scans, Randeep Ramesh said all those travelling in the car
now head of the government's though no caste or religious guardian.co.uk© Guardian
Unique Identification Authority. identification. "We are not News & Media Limited 2009 |
"We are going to have to build profiling a billion people. This Use of this content is subject to
something on the scale of Google will provide an ID database which our Terms & Conditions| More
but it will change the country … government can access online. Feeds
every person for first time [will] There will be checks and balances

Why is the dollar so weak?

By Connie Madon play in the minds of currency There is a big chess game going Continue reading Why is the
(BloggingStocks) traders. First you have the on now as to which countries will dollar so weak?
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:00:00 PM strength of a given economy. If raise interest rates first. If Europe Why is the dollar so weak?
the economy is strong, its or Canada raise rates first, their originally appeared on
Filed under: Major movement, currency becomes stronger. But currencies will strengthen against BloggingStocks on Wed, 16 Sep
International markets, Forecasts, wait a minute. Doesn't a strong the dollar. But as a consequence, 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see
Market matters, Commodities economy mean that we don't need their exports will suffer.The euro our terms for use of feeds. Read|
The world of currency trading is low interest rates any longer and is trading at $1.4722. Many Permalink| Email this| Comments
a complex affair. Why is this? that now we can raise rates? Yes will only strengthen the currency analysts expect it to go to
Let's look at some factors that that's true but higher interest rates even more. $150.00.
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Citi: Not Earning Its Way Out of

If you own bank stocks or Bailouts (Financial Sector and Stocks below Home Depot and UPS, and on is one off. Basically help

want to, pay attention Analysis from Seeking Alpha)

Submitted at 9/16/2009 12:08:15 PM
the stake in Citigroup has been
moving underwater and moving to
unload assets bigger than the side
Citigroup hit the bottom line.
He’s trying to unload, again,
asset sales and trying to down
By Ted Allrich They can come up with it “Citigroup under fire for of GE Capital and that’s the focus size, but he’s trying to gain favor
(BloggingStocks) several different ways, none of potentially selling more shares to that they’re trying to unload into with institutional investors
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:20:00 PM which help current investors. The help buy back some of the the market. So, what they’ve done owning a 10% stake in if you get
first, and easiest way, is to simply government’s stake in the bank. in the interim is they’ve been the underinvestment, institutional
Filed under: Industry, Federal sell assets and lower the total size The move to damage the already moving rapidly to down size. investor back in, maybe they’ll be
Reserve of the bank. If a bank of $1 billion battered stock with more dilution, They’ve cut off– they’ve cut out tempted by the underwater, you
There may be a new rule has capital of $70 million, it could even as the troubled institution 96,000 jobs, they’ve brought their know, book value. With Citigroup
coming from the Fed that will sell enough assets to shrink to prepares for potential loss in the employee base below 300,000, trading below book value, so, but
make banks stronger but will hurt $875 million. Then the capital fourth quarter. And that’s the least they’ve cut 23% out of their cost the institutional investor knows
i n v e s t o r s . T h e r e ' s a g o o d base stays the same at $70 million of its worries. Liz McDonald is structure. So, those costs have this, $200 billion dollars in toxic
possibility that banks will have to (assuming no gain or loss on the here with all the worries… come down by 23%. And assets. Still sitting there at
raise their "well-capitalized" sale of the assets) but the You know, I was on the phone basically, they’ve gotten the FDIC Citigroup, swapping the tangible
capital requirement from 7% to percentage of capital is now 8% with sources at the bank and also, to back its debt and the FDIC’s book value, and $1.3 trillion off
8%. The current definition of rather than 7%. Vikram Pandit will be speaking to guaranteed debt program, that’s the balance sheets and some of
"well-capitalized" is 6% but the Continue reading If you own institutional investors at a closed about $55 billion there. those items could come back on to
unofficial rate that regulators like bank stocks or want to, pay door meeting at one o’clock today But what’s going on is the Fed’s the balance sheet down the road if
to see is 7%. That means for every attention at Barclays Capital. I’ll be in on debt program is set to expire and the new accounting rule takes
asset on the books of $100, there If you own bank stocks or want that call. Here is what’s going on if the FDIC chooses to extend it, effect early next year. Banks have
is now $7 of capital to back it up. to, pay attention originally at the bank and now, the bank those fees will go up for that back been lobbying to fight that new
With the new rule, that capital appeared on BloggingStocks on understands, you know, any stop from the FDIC, so, all the rule and that will crush its capital
cushion would go to $8. That Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:20:00 EST. shares that they want to sell to pay cost cutting that Citigroup is reserve ratio and set aside more
means the FDIC would have more Please see our terms for use of back the government, will be doing right now could be undone capital. Citigroup is in a bind. It’s
protection against losses ($8 of feeds. Permalink| Email this| dilutive to existing shareholders by more expensive borrowing trying to maintain the status quo
protection is better than $7). But Comments and that’s the case for Citigroup down the road, so that is still a and a still frozen over credit
the question is: where do banks for a while. problem at Citigroup though and market and an asset market where
find the extra $1? Citigroup’s Vikram Pandit says if Vikram Pandit is racing rapidly it can’t unload. So, you know the
he’s dealing essentially with the to try to either earn his way out of 1 p.m. call will be interesting to
equivalent of a 100 year flood and the mess and you know, the last see what Vikram Pandit says.” –
Citi’s market value has dropped two quarters we saw accounting Fox Business Network 9/16/2009

picoStick USB Digital TV tuner is insanely small, but only in Europe

By Joseph L. Flatley
(Engadget)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 10:01:00 PM
It's not like we've ever felt
particularly overwhelmed by the
size or heft of the USB digital TV
tuners already on the market, but
Hauppauge's latest has us feeling
positively overwhelmed at the
thought of lugging one of those
other, nearly credit card-sized
behemoths ever again. The PCTV
Systems picoStick, launched at
PlayBite 2009 in London today, is
being billed as the world's
smallest DVB-T (Western
Europe) tuner, requires no
antenna, costs £50 (about $83)
and should be available from
Amazon.co.uk and Play.com next
week. One more pic after the
break.
[Via Richard Lai]
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Kingdom come
(The Economist: News
analysis)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:25:18 AM
Sep 16th 2009
From the Economist
Intelligence Unit ViewsWire
Uganda's president faces serious
opposition from a region that was
once the bedrock of his support
The Ugandan president, Yoweri
Museveni, who has held power
since 1986, is facing serious
opposition from a region that was
previously the bedrock of his
support.
A row with the Buganda region
over aspirations of self-
government boiled over in mid-
September. At least 15 people
died and hundreds were arrested
during two days of rioting sparked
when police stopped the Buganda
king, Ronald Mutebi, from
attending a rally in the Kayunga
district, an area where the Banyala
ethnic group is seeking to secede
from the Buganda kingdom. The
violence reflects an increasingly
fraught struggle between the
Buganda authorities and the
Ugandan government over access
to land and its concomitant power.
Of Uganda's four historical
kingdoms which were restored in
1993, Buganda is by far the most
popular among its subjects and,
from the ruling party's viewpoint,
the most dangerous threat to the
National Resistance Movement
(NRM)'s political hegemony. The
kingdom has a constitutional
monarchy, a local parliament,
regional assemblies and, crucially,
about 17% of the Ugandan
population. Relations with the
government have deteriorated
badly during the past year over
differences on a proposed lands
bill. The kingdom views the bill
as a government scheme to gain
control over its land resources
while the administration argues
that it will simply improve land
security.
The confrontation acquired
fresh impetus in August, when the
king repeated calls for the
reintroduction of "federo"--a quasi
-federal system of government
that existed before the kingdoms
were abolished in 1966. This
would give the kingdom the
ability to raise its own resources,
tax its subjects and reduce its
reliance on the central
government, but is not generally
popular outside Buganda. Thus,
while the riots were partly a show
of Buganda force, they were also
borne out of fear of the
secessionist desires of districts
such as Kayunga, which would
diminish the kingdom's influence
and reduce its overall power if
federo was restored.
These events represent a large
reversal in popularity for the
Ugandan president, Yoweri
Museveni, who has previously
enjoyed the strong backing of the
country's largest ethnic group. He
came to power with the help of
Baganda peasants that had
suffered during the Amin and
Obote regimes, and he shored up
this support by granting the wish
of traditionalists for the return of a
monarchy to the Buganda
kingdom in 1993. Since then,
most Baganda have cast their vote
for the NRM, and the party's
Buganda caucus is a substantial
force in parliament. However,
with the memory of suppression
under previous regimes fading--
Mr Museveni has ruled for 23
years--and with the allocation of
senior government positions (at
some stage the prime minister,
vice-president and finance
minister have all been Baganda)
insufficient to appease hard-line
Buganda nationalists pressing for
more autonomy, a showdown is
looming. Valuable voting block
The fracture is growing in
significance as elections are only
18 months away and the Baganda
people are the most valuable
voting block in the country. The
political atmosphere has become
increasingly febrile, with anti-
government sentiment fed by
Baganda-owned local radio
stations. Otherwise ineffectual
opposition politicians, eager to
find a vehicle to tap anti-
government public sentiment,
have allied themselves with the
Buganda cause. Meanwhile the
president is reluctant to cede
anything, aware that to do so
would make him look weak at a
time when he is already under
pressure from potential successors
in the NRM. Following the riots
the government shut down four
local radio stations supportive of
the Buganda cause, while Mr
Museveni summoned Baganda
legislators to State House and
called on the king to avoid
meddling in politics. However, it
is likely that Mr Museveni will
make more concessions to
appease the Baganda, possibly
involving some watering-down of
the lands bill coupled with an
increase in public funds directed
towards the kingdom's dilapidated
infrastructure.
Running for election in 2011 is
looking like an increasingly
daunting prospect for Mr
Museveni, who has become
accustomed to winning fairly
easily. The battle with Buganda
will remain the epicentre of
opposition to an extension of his
rule, but other factors add to his
troubles. The discovery of large
oil reserves in the kingdom of
Bunyoro (discovered oil reserves
are estimated at 2bn barrels, with
less than one-third of the oil
region explored) raised the spectre
of further ethnic unrest in August,
as representatives called for the
return of land expropriated under
colonial rule and the reservation
of political positions. Opposition
politicians branded Mr Museveni
a tribalist when his preference for
a compromise--involving ring-
fencing top political positions for
ethnic Banyoro--was leaked.
Adding to his troubles are famine
conditions in the north and west,
where his inability to bring a final
end to the brutal Lords' Resistance
Army detracts from any other
achievements there. The high
food inflation of the past two
years has led to deterioration in
living standards for most
Ugandans, and the combination of
increasing urbanisation, youthful
population and lack of jobs is
creating urban conditions
conducive to civil unrest and open
to exploitation by opposition
parties. Fighting back?
Nevertheless, Mr Museveni is
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an astute political operator and it
would be folly to write him off.
He has presided over 20 years of
stability and uninterrupted
economic growth, an immense
achievement for a country
emerging from years of misrule in
the 1980s. Some of the posturing
from Buganda would die down if
they were given assurances about
control over their land and
persuaded that a re-elected NRM
government would direct more
resources towards them,
something Mr Museveni has the
ability to do given that oil revenue
will be coming on stream during
the next presidential term. If the
Baganda are not persuaded by
this, Mr Museveni has total
control of the Ugandan army and
a Presidential Guard which is
effectively his own personal
army, while he has strengthened
his grip on the police force. The
opposition parties remain
fragmented and their ability to
harness the full backing of the
Buganda authorities to pose a
serious threat will recede as long
as cross-party bickering over
positions continues. Mr Museveni
therefore remains the favourite for
the 2011 election, but much will
depend on his ability to mollify
the Buganda in what will be a
contentious, and perhaps bloody,
process.
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War crimes in Gaza: Crimes of war

(The Economist: News international legal action not only Israel conducted the military on the credibility of the whole 575 In its formal reaction, Israel
analysis) against Israel, but also against operations,” the Goldstone -page report. Israel refused to co- declares itself “appalled” at the
Submitted at 9/16/2009 12:01:10 AM Hamas, for war crimes and mission concludes. It accuses operate with the mission report. Officials say privately they
possible crimes against humanity. Israel of “indiscriminate attacks” (although individual Israelis did had expected a tough document
War crimes in Gaza It has recommended that the that resulted in civilian deaths and testify), noting that the UN accusing the army of a
Sep 16th 2009 | JERUSALEM findings are handed to the injuries, and also, on several Human Rights Council, which disproportionate response to the
From Economist.com A UN prosecutor of the International occasions, of deliberately established it, has a long record of years of incessant but largely
mission concludes that war crimes Criminal Court (ICC) in The targeting civilians. egregious bias against the Jewish ineffective firing of rockets and
were committed in Gaza Hague and also urged the UN It also concluded, among other state. In correspondence with mortars from Gaza into Israel.
ISRAEL is reeling from the Security Council and, separately, findings, that 240 Palestinian Justice Goldstone, Israel noted They were shocked, they said,
accusations of a UN fact-finding the General Assembly, to ensure policemen were killed unlawfully, pointedly that other eminent that the mission accused Israel of
mission that it deliberately sowed that those responsible for the 99 of them in bombings on the jurists had declined to serve on deliberately targeting the
death and destruction among crimes are brought to justice. In first day of the operation, even the mission because of its Palestinian civilian population.
civilians in the Gaza Strip during particular the mission would like though some of them may have provenance. The prime minister, Binyamin
a three-week military operation to see the Security Council set up been Hamas fighters. The Israel’s government argues, too, Netanyahu, has given orders for a
ending in January. a committee of experts to monitor bombing of public buildings, that one of the mission’s four diplomatic campaign to discredit
The mission was chaired by a w h e t h e r I s r a e l a n d H a m a s including the parliament and the members, Professor Christine the report and counter the
respected South African judge, conducts domestic investigations main prison, was found to be Chinkin of the London School of mission’s effort to have Israelis
Richard Goldstone and published and, if so, to see how thorough unlawful. Israel’s warnings to Economics, had expressed charged with war crimes.
its report on Tuesday September these are. It also urges that, if the civilians to flee targeted areas “prejudgmental assertions, The Israelis dismiss the
15th. It concludes that “While the experts are not satisfied, the were described as inadequate. The including that ‘the rocket attacks mission’s ostensible
Israeli government has sought to Security Council should refer the report notes that the mission on Israel by Hamas do not amount evenhandedness in recommending
portray its operation as essentially matter to the ICC prosecutor. found no evidence of the to an armed attack entitling Israel that the Palestinians, too, be held
a response to rocket attacks in The death toll in Israel’s Palestinians firing from mosques, to rely on self-defence’.” The to account for firing rockets at
exercise of its right to self- “Operation Cast Lead”, between hospitals or UN facilities, other two mission members are Israeli civilians and for acts of
defence, the Mission considers the December 27th and January 18th, although “this might have Hina Jilani, a Pakistani jurist and brutality and repression against
plan to have been directed, at least i s p u t a t a r o u n d 1 , 4 0 0 b y occurred”. The mission also Desmond Travers, a retired Irish their own people. In the prevailing
in part, at a different target: the Palestinian sources and non- concludes that “It may be that the army officer. atmosphere at the UN, they say,
people of Gaza as a whole.” governmental aid agencies. Israel Palestinian combatants did not at Justice Goldstone, who was a this will remain a dead letter
The purpose, the mission added, estimates the toll at 1,166. Three all times adequately distinguish prosecutor at the international while the recommendations
w a s “ p u n i s h i n g t h e G a z a Israeli civilians were killed by themselves from the civilian criminal tribunals for Yugoslavia against Israel will be assiduously
population for its resilience and rocket fire into Israel, and ten population.” In addition it and Rwanda, insists that his followed up.
for its apparent support for soldiers were killed during the concluded that repression within mission had “unbiased and even- Back to top ^^ Readers'
Hamas”. It held that Israel’s fighting, four of them by “friendly Israel fosters “a political climate handed terms of reference” and comments
partial blockade of the Gaza Strip fire”. in which dissent with the functioned as a “completely The Economist welcomes your
since Hamas took power there “The data provided by non- government and its actions in the independent body.” Israeli views.
t h r e e - a n d - a - h a l f y e a r s a g o governmental sources with regard Occupied Territories is not officials wondered privately
a m o u n t e d t o c o l l e c t i v e to the percentage of civilians tolerated.” yesterday whether he had set the
punishment and violated the among those killed are generally Israeli officials argue that the tone of the report, or was swept
Geneva Conventions. consistent and raise very serious last two points are so patently along by other mission members
The mission recommends concerns with regard to the way biased that they ought to reflect and staffers.
Volvo introduces world’s least-cool electric car
By Devin Coldewey that just looks like a car, but it’s Of course, I’d still love to race you’ll have to go to one of the
(CrunchGear) still pretty uncool. Volvos are nice o n e a r o u n d t h e c o u r s e . Volvo-sponsored matches going
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:22:41 PM cars, but I wouldn’t call them cool Unfortunately they’re Europe- on.
— and putting the nose of one on only right now, and possibly even
Okay, it’s actually a golf cart a little cart takes it from not cool to actively ridiculous. Sweden-only. If you want one,
20 Economy/ Gadgets/ Internet News Record

SunTrust Seeks to De-TARP First Zune HD Commercial

(Financial Sector and Stocks
Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 1:46:22 PM
The Chief Executive Officer (
CEO) of SunTrust Banks Inc.(
STI) said on Tuesday that the
bank will repay the fund it
received for its participation in the
Troubled Asset Relief Program
(TARP) as soon as it gets the
regulator’s permission. The CEO
also added that the credit
condition of the bank is achieving
stability.
SunTrust has received $4.9
billion as part of the government's
$700 billion bailout program. The
bank now sees the bailout money
as expensive debt rather than
equity as it pays an 8% dividend
on the preferred shares it sold to
the U.S. government.
Government regulators will
probably want to see the credit
condition of the bank before
permitting it to repay the bailout
money as the stress test projected
that SunTrust's loan losses could
reach $11.8 billion under a worst-
case scenario for 2009 and 2010.
However, the CEO said that the
bank's credit condition has started
stabilizing and the loan loss
reserve growth is expected to
stabilize in the third quarter of
2009. During the second quarter
of 2009, the loan loss reserve
grew 5.3% sequentially to $2.9
billion.
SunTrust raised more than $2
billion toward Tier 1 capital in a
stock offering earlier this year.
The bank does not expect to raise
additional capital through stock
offerings to repay the bailout
money. As an alternative, the
bank intends to build capital
through earnings.
Though the management is
optimistic about the performance
of its commercial real estate
portfolio, further losses are
expected in its residential real
estate loans into 2010 as values
continue to fall. Considering its
current financial condition, we
don’t think that the capital
building would be very easy for
the company only through
earnings.
However, the repayment of
bailout money would enable
SunTrust to reduce government
involvement in its affairs. It
would also be a relief with respect
to the compulsion of high rate
preferred dividend payments.
Many of the financial
institutions that have already
repaid bailout money include
JPMorgan Chase ( JPM),
American Express( AXP),
Goldman Sachs( GS), Morgan
Stanley( MS), Capital One( COF),
BB&T Corporation( BBT) and
US Bancorp( USB) Also, banks
like Bank of America( BAC),
Wells Fargo( WFC) and
Citigroup( C) are expected to exit
from TARP over the next 12 to 18
months.
Underwhelms, Teases
[Advertising]
By Dan Nosowitz (Gizmodo) Zune ad has great visuals, a killer
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:30:00 PM soundtrack ("Lake Michigan" by
Rogue Wave) and a high
The first Zune HD commercial adorability factor. The new Zune
came out today, and it's an HD ad glosses over the killer
extremely brief look (more like a design of the device and very
list, really) at a few of the PMP's prominently (and mysteriously)
main features. I really like the features "Games," accompanied
Zune HD, but this ad doesn't get by a racing game that definitely
me excited. isn't actually available.
This is especially disappointing The ad is so short that I'm sure
not just because the Zune HD is a it's just a teaser, to be upstaged by
great device that deserves a great a legit ad soon, but seriously,
commercial but also because Microsoft: The Zune HD has a ton
Microsoft is definitely capable of of personality. Show it off. [
p u m p i n g o u t i n t e r e s t i n g , YouTube via Engadget]
memorable advertising. This older

The Flatness of Being a High-Frequency Trader

(Financial Sector and Stocks
Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 2:10:53 PM
A common claim made by the
high-frequency trading crowd is
that their funds end the day flat--
with little overnight exposure to a
given stock.
In other words, high-frequency
traders argue they always manage
to find some other sucker--I mean
trader--to layoff their positions on
before shutting down their
algorithims for the night.
It's a claim that sort of defies
logic when you consider that most
high-frequency traders compare
themselves to good old-fashioned
market makers--firms that put
their own capital at risk to make
markets in stocks. Based on that
logic, it would seem high-
frequency traders would need to
go home at night with a sizeable
exposure in certain stocks based
on trades they did with other
parties.
But a story in The Wall Street
Journal helps explain how high-
frequency traders can make this
claim and why these rapid-fire,
computer driven traders really
aren't classic market makers. The
WSJ story points out that most
rapid-fire algorthimic trading is in
highly-liquid big-cap stocks--not
less liquid small-cap stocks.
And, when you think about it, it
makes sense that high-frequency
traders generally shun small-cap
stocks in favor of bigger names.
That's becuase it's far easier to
trade in and out of stock with lots
of shares outstanding--and to do
that trading in milliseconds. In a
big-cap name, there's not only
more shares available for trading,
but more potential buyers.
Of course, it's the complete
opposite with a small-cap stock--
some of which may only trade a
few thousands a shares a day in a
handful of transactions.
The other problem with small-
caps is the potential to get stuck
with a big position at the end of
the day. The slim trading in these
stocks raises the possiblity that a
high-frequency trading firm could
end the day with a lot more
exposure than it wants.
And overnight exposure is
something a high-frequency trader
tries to minimize--otherwise
precious capital would be at risk.
In my mind this isn't market
making. It's simply adding
liquidity for liquidity sake in big-
cap names and reaping a profit
from those super-fast trades.
Is this bad? I'm still not sure but
it sounds a lot like churning. And
it's not clear it's adding anything
of benefit to the market other than
fattening the pockets of the high-
frequency trading crowd.
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Case-Mate offers $0.99

iPhone recession case...
a day after recession
ends
Declaration of Accounting By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 10:42:00 PM

Games In life, you'll quickly learn that

(Financial Sector and Stocks continues to deteriorate and even everything is about timing. And
Analysis from Seeking Alpha) if the "value" when you made the thankfully for us Earthlings, Case-
Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:21:20 AM loan originally was hyperinflated
on a bunch of hot air and willfully
AMD busts out a sub-$100 Mate seems just 24 hours off with
this one. A day after Federal
Gee, isn't this enough for -blind lending "standards" that
everyone (including in Congress)? amounted to outright fraud in the quad-core processor Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
declared that this so-called
12:29 *WELLS FARGO CITES underwriting process, thereby By Devin Coldewey playback, upscaling, and all the recessions was "very likely over,"
' E C O N O M I C S O F fueling a speculative asset bubble. (CrunchGear) stuff that were pie in the sky for the aforesaid accessory maker has
LIQUIDATING ASSETS' This, of course doesn't change Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:30:39 PM budget setups not too long ago. popped out an iPhone case for
12:29 *WELLS FARGO whether a "non-performing asset" If you’re putting together a those of us who vehemently
P R E F E R S T O H O L D is generating cash flow. AMD just revealed a processor barebones or basic system, disagree. The aptly titled iPhone
NONPERFORMERS RATHER It is not. for their “Mainstream Desktop whether it’s for your mom or as a recession case is quite possibly
THAN SELL This "strategy" is in fact nothing Platform” that will be going for spare PC for the garage, AMD the greatest thing since sliced
12:26 Wells Fargo Says Non- more than intentional, willful less than a bill. There are cheap definitely has compelling reasons bread the AirMail, and at just
Performing Assets Expected to b l i n d n e s s a n d t h a t o u r processors out there already, but to go with them. Even with their $0.99 including shipping, we
Increase "regulators" allow it is an outrage. this is a full-featured, quad-core lowest-cost components, you get a figure you'll have a tough time
Yeah. For the reason they're allowing 45nm part, not some cut-rate lot of the benefits provided by finding a better way to protect
The "economics" are that you it you can look right here: piece of garbage. Sure, the Athlon their ecosystem. your cellie. Or waste $0.99, now
have to take the market price if That's what has to happen II X4 620 isn’t going to set any There’s more information here, that we think of it.
your liquidate assets. "going forward" for those "assets" speed records, but it’s part of the but you’re more likely to find it as [Thanks, Andy]
But the government will allow to recover their "value." excellent AMD ecosystem. Paired just part of a low-end pre-built Filed under: Cellphones,
you to make something up if you Good luck Wells. with a similarly low-cost video system, or as a bargain piece at Peripherals
"hold it", even if the value card, you’ve got a really low-cost Newegg or Tigerdirect. Case-Mate offers $0.99 iPhone
machine that’s capable of HD recession case... a day after
recession ends originally appeared
This may not end well on Engadget on Wed, 16 Sep
By Zack Sheppard (Flickr Blog) Photos from starvingpilot, The 2009 22:42:00 EST. Please see
Submitted at 9/16/2009 10:30:35 AM Maclac Show, chrisbarber1610, our terms for use of feeds. Read|
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22 Gadgets/ Internet News Record

Pentax K-x leaked: 12.4 megapixels, HDR mode, 720p video

at 24FPS
By Devin Coldewey difference, and Face Detection moving subjects.
(CrunchGear) autofocus (up to 16 faces). • Capture up to 1900 shots with
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:00:36 PM • Capture widescreen HD video universally available, easy-to-find
in full 720p resolution AA lithium batteries (also
I’m sure we’ll be hearing more (1280×720) at 24 FPS cinematic compatible with AA NiMH
about this soon, but it looks like framerate, using any PENTAX rechargeable and alkaline
someone ate Pentax’s cake today 35mm lens. batteries).
by releasing some details about • Highly compact DSLR body • Expanded ISO range covers
the upcoming K-x camera, an design allows for 1 handed sensitivities from 100-12800 for
entry-level DSLR with HD video operation and comfort when extreme low light photography.
capability. There are a couple pics travelling. AA batteries? Really? Well
and all the vital statistics, but no • Powerful automatic modes, aside from that it looks pretty
samples of video or anything like including PENTAX Auto Picture cool. The HDR mode may be
that. and scene modes, ensure the useful or it may be terrible,
Here’s Pentax’s summary perfect shot in any situation, while there’s no way to tell for sure. I’ll
(there’s more at PhotoRumors): helping new photographers learn be testing out a Fujifilm camera
• High resolution 12.4 megapixel DSLR photography. • True HDR image capture speeds are possible with the with a similar type of mode, so
CMOS image sensor features • Creative processing and filter blends 3 bracketed images into a PENTAX PRIME II image maybe we can have a showdown.
sensor-shift Shake Reduction for modes produce high quality single picture with outstanding processing engine.
stabilized image and video finished images, while offering shadow, highlight, and midrange • Responsive 11 point wide
capture up to 4 stops max. the ability to explore artistic detail. angle SAFOX VIII autofocus
• Large 2.7 inch LCD features freedom through unique special • Fast 4.7 FPS capture speed and system focuses quickly and
Live View with contrast, phase effects. 1/6000 second maximum shutter accurately, and can easily track

At Giz Gallery '09: Brammo Enertia Electric Motorcycles [Giz Gallery

09]
By Adrian Covert (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:40:00 PM
Motorcycles are cool. But I'll
venture further out and say that
Electric Motorcycles are even
better because like in Tron, are
silent and require no gas. That's
why we'll have the all-electric
Brammo Enertia Motorcycle at
Giz Gallery '09.
Brammo's wonderbike runs off
six lithium phosphate batteries
and reaches a top speed of 50 Times: 9-? - Live Musical Performance
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BlackBerry Tour mired by trackball problems, Verizon losing

patience?
By Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 8:19:00 PM
You might remember our
complaint that the Tour's trackball
seemed a bit too recessed-- and
while we're not ready to connect
the dots just yet, this does seem
rather convenient. Some research
investment dude is reporting that
the phone requires frequent
trackball cleanings -- which users
aren't taking to heart, assuming
they know it needs to be done in
the first place -- and a lack of
maintenance quickly leads to
stuck trackballs. From there, it
doesn't take a wild imagination to
believe that the phone is quickly
sent back to the Sprint or Verizon
shop from whence it came, and
therein lies the problem: rumor
has it that Sprint's seeing fully 50
percent of Tours brought back,
and they're estimating that quality
control measures totaling a 2 to 3
percent boost in production costs
would bring that stat way down.
A trackball that's too recessed
seems like more of a design issue
than a "quality control" one to us,
but who knows -- maybe they can
get it fixed without rearchitecting
the whole phone. For what it's
worth, we've gotten an official
statement from Sprint:"We
experienced a small percentage of
early production BlackBerry Tour
smartphones with trackball issues.
As soon as the issue was
identified, we worked closely
with our partners at RIM to
resolve the problem quickly. We
recommend any customer
experiencing issues with the
trackball on their BlackBerry
Tour smartphone visit a Sprint
Service & Repair Center."
The "early production" part of
that leads us to believe this might
already be fixed on the assembly
line, in which case new buyers
shouldn't feel bad about marching
into the store -- Verizon's
allegedly threatening to give more
love for the Sholes if the problem
doesn't go away, but considering
that BlackBerrys and Android
devices don't really play in the
same space yet, that's a pretty
meaningless threat as far as your
average business user's
concerned.
[Via Electronista]
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Pentax K-X DSLR Leaks, Due to Launch
Tomorrow [Unconfirmed]
By Dan Nosowitz (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:20:00 PM
Photorumors has a few pictures
and a complete list of specs for
Pentax's K-X DSLR, which they
claim is going to set to launch
tomorrow. Looks like it'll pack a
12.4MP CMOS sensor, 720p
video and 2.7-inch LCD.
The key features:
• High resolution 12.4 megapixel
CMOS image sensor features
sensor-shift Shake Reduction for
stabilized image and video
capture up to 4 stops max.
• Large 2.7 inch LCD features
Live View with contrast, phase
difference, and Face Detection
autofocus (up to 16 faces).
• Capture widescreen HD video
in full 720p resolution
(1280×720) at 24 FPS cinematic
framerate, using any PENTAX
35mm lens.
• Highly compact DSLR body
design allows for 1 handed
operation and comfort when
Microsoft Marketplace to Include Remote Kill Switch with Apps
[Windows Mobile]
By Rosa Golijan (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:30:00 PM
There's word that if an app is
unapproved and removed from
Marketplace for Mobile,
Microsoft's version of Apple's
App Store, then it will also be
removed from all users' devices.
No information on whether that
includes refunds for paid apps.
According to Boy Genius
Report and PPC Geeks,
"Microsoft has confirmed the
travelling.
• Powerful automatic modes,
including PENTAX Auto Picture
and scene modes, ensure the
perfect shot in any situation, while
helping new photographers learn
DSLR photography.
• Creative processing and filter
modes produce high quality
finished images, while offering
existence of a ‘ kill switch' for
apps." The current explanation is
that if at any point in time an
application is unapproved and
removed from the store, it'll also
go bye-bye from your headset.
the ability to explore artistic
freedom through unique special
effects.
• True HDR image capture
blends 3 bracketed images into a
single picture with outstanding
shadow, highlight, and midrange
detail.
• Fast 4.7 FPS capture speed and
1/6000 second maximum shutter
This is a bit disconcerting when process. Like letting us keep the
we think about some of the things apps we download. [ PPC Geeks
we've seen with Apple and what via Boy Genius Report]
we know about Google.
Hopefully Microsoft will play
nice and have a reasonable
speeds are possible with the
PENTAX PRIME II image
processing engine.
• Responsive 11 point wide
angle SAFOX VIII autofocus
system focuses quickly and
accurately, and can easily track
moving subjects.
• Capture up to 1900 shots with
universally available, easy-to-find
AA lithium batteries (also
compatible with AA NiMH
rechargeable and alkaline
batteries).
• Expanded ISO range covers
sensitivities from 100-12800 for
extreme low light photography.
It looks pretty nice, if all this is
true (and it certainly looks
realistic), but we'll have to wait
until tomorrow to get
confirmation and most
importantly, price. [ Photorumors
via Engadget]
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The Jay Leno Show
Has Super Targeted
Online Ads [PIC]
By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:56:08 PM
Generally speaking, online ads
are fairly easy to tune out. That’s
why their becoming bigger, more
interactive, and social.
They’re also becoming
incredibly well-targeted. This ad
for The Jay Leno Show caught
our attention this evening while
browsing Yahoo Sports.
It’s a countdown to when the
show begins, which, is interesting
because in order for it to work
properly, it needs to know what
time zone I’m in. And, it works –
those of us on the east coast all
saw a correct countdown.
Mind you, it’s not an incredible
technological feat, but it is smart
advertising. There are plenty of
ads for TV shows that remind you
to tune in at 10pm ET/7pm PT,
but an actual countdown when the
show is minutes from airing is a
much stronger call to action.
Another small leap forward from
the days of “punch the monkey”
advertising.
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Make your own ringtones online
By Don Reisinger
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 1:46:02 PM
Although iPhone owners have an
easy time getting ringtones for
their devices through Apple's
iTunes store, the rest of the
market can't easily find unique
ringtones for their phones.
As someone who has suffered
from that issue, I decided to take a
look at several ringtone-creation
services. Check them out to see if
one will do what you need.
Make some ringtones
Audiko: I'm a stickler for good
design on the Web. I think it's one
of the most important elements of
any site. And that's precisely why
I didn't like Audiko at first glance.
It's ugly. But once I actually used
Audiko, my opinion changed
quickly.
Audiko is like many of the
services in this roundup. You can
upload an MP3 file, pick your
favorite 30-second span, and have
the site create a ringtone for you.
Once it's ready, you can have it
sent to your phone. The site
supports messages to phones on
most major carriers. You can also
opt to download the MP3 file to
your computer. The whole
process is free.
But the most compelling feature
Audiko boasts is the ability to
take a clip from a YouTube video.
The site allows you to input the
video's link. It then downloads it,
analyzes the audio, and lets you
choose which part of it you want
to be your ringtone. It was a great
feature. And like the other
uploads on the site, it took no time
to create the desired clip.
Audiko helps you find the
portion of a song you
want.(Credit: Screenshot by Don
Reisinger/CNET)
Mobile17: Mobile17's design is
great. The amount of content you
can access is outstanding. But
unfortunately, it takes too long to
get the ringtone.
When you first get to Mobile17,
you have the option of
downloading popular songs that
users have recently turned into
ringtones. To do so, the site links
you to Amazon's MP3 Store. If
you already have an MP3 that you
want to turn into a ringtone, you
can upload the track and pick the
portion of the song you want. It's
after that that Mobile17 breaks
down a little.
To get your ringtone, Mobile17
requires you to register for the
site. Once complete, you'll find
that it takes a long time to get
your ringtone sent to your phone.
In fact, when I picked a clip in a
song I wanted, the site told me
that it would take 43 minutes to
get it. That was the single issue
with Mobile17, but it was a big
one. At least the site is free and it
works with your iPhone.
Mobile 17 will help you pick
the clip you want.(Credit:
Screenshot by Don
Reisinger/CNET)
Myxer: Myxer is a fine site if
you're looking to find ringtones
that you can quickly send to your
phone. It has a slew of ringtones
worth checking out.
If you're looking to create your
own ringtones, it does a pretty
nice job at that, too. When you get
to the site, you'll find an option to
make a ringtone. Simply upload
an MP3 file, choose the portion of
the song you want to turn into a
ringtone, and you're all set. Myxer
doesn't take nearly as long as
Mobile17 to send a song to your
phone. Even better, most of the
tracks you can download are free.
The "premium" tracks--mostly
new, popular songs--cost between
$0.49 and $2.99 per download. If
you create your own ringtone, you
won't need to pay anything.
Myxer helps you find the right
part of your song.(Credit:
Screenshot by Don
Reisinger/CNET)
PocketFuzz: PocketFuzz is a
nice site that's designed
specifically for artists who want
to make a few extra bucks by
selling their songs as ringtones.
But it also features a ringtone-
creation tool that will let you
make your own ringtone for
$0.99.
PocketFuzz makes it easy to
create a ringtone. Whether you're
creating your own from a file on
your computer or you want to find
the right portion of a song you
love, PocketFuzz's ringtone-
creation tool uses sliders to make
it happen. I created a few
ringtones and, in every case, it
was a quick process.
One thing to keep in mind
before you use PocketFuzz is that
you'll be paying quite a bit to have
a ringtone. You'll pay $0.99 to
$2.99 per ringtone. It's not overly
expensive, but since some
services in this roundup are free,
you might find a better deal
elsewhere.
PocketFuzz lets you pick any
part of a song for your
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ringtone.(Credit: Screenshot by
Don Reisinger/CNET)
ToneBee: ToneBee features the
best design of any site in this
roundup. Its song-upload applet is
second to none.
When you get to ToneBee,
you'll notice that the site doesn't
have all the extra bells and
whistles you'll find on a site like
Myxer. Instead, ToneBee makes it
easy for you to upload a song
once you've registered for the site.
Simply find the song you want,
upload it, play it, and pick the clip
you want for your ringtone. The
whole process took less than a
couple minutes in my experience,
and it was one of the fastest
services here.
ToneBee will send your newly
created ringtone to your phone via
text message. The service is free,
but like the other tools in this
roundup, you'll be forced to pay
standard text messaging rates that
will apply to the download.
ToneBee has a nice tool for
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At TechCrunch50, sexy yields to sensible
By Caroline McCarthy
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:28:00 PM
Outside the TechCrunch 50
conference in San Francisco
earlier this week.(Credit: Josh
Lowensohn / CNET)
SAN FRANCISCO--At some
point during the TechCrunch50
conference it became evident that
the Web 2.0 floodgates are no
longer open.
Maybe it was when conference
co-organizer Jason Calacanis
asked one of the panels of judges
what they'd thought of a round of
pitches from just-launched social-
networking start-ups like inbox
aggregator Threadsy and photo-
sharing iPhone app Clixtr. Sean
Parker, the Napster co-founder
and former Facebook exec who
will be portrayed as a "Silicon
Valley bad boy" in the film
adaptation of Ben Mezrich's dot-
com scandal tome "The
Accidental Billionaires," leaned
his elbows on the onstage table,
slouched, and declared, "I'm a
little bit bored with social media."
Maybe it was when the
TechCrunch50 conference
winners were finally announced
and the grand prize went not to a
slick and shiny app filled with
Ajax interfaces and social-media
mashups, but to RedBeacon, a
mundane-looking local services
start-up that aims to offer an
alternative to Craigslist and the
Yellow Pages if you're looking for
somebody to paint your house or
cater a party.
Or maybe it was when several
Facebook execs took the stage to
announce, among other things,
that the social network--the
subject of perpetual hand-
wringing over how it would
possibly make money--achieved a
cash-flow positive status for the
first time in the second quarter of
this year, earlier than its 2010
goal.
Web 2.0 has grown up, after
three years of investment, start-
ups, and media hype, and it
couldn't have been more evident
at TechCrunch50, a two-day
parade of start-up launches that
sometimes feels less like a
conference and more like a
fraternity reunion. By this point
just about everybody knows just
about everybody else; the launch
demos were just as likely to come
from established industry players
as from hopeful young
newcomers.
Not so long ago, the Web start-
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some restraint. There was plenty
of excitement over AnyClip, a
new database site that indexes and
deep-tags short clips from movies,
but the judges rightfully expressed
concerns over the difficulty of
wrangling with copyrights and
content owners.
It's a far cry from the days
when, even in the post-Napster
era, millions of dollars were
pumped into music- and video-
sharing start-ups that weren't
prepared to deal with the
intricacies of big media. And
likewise, VC dollars were once
flooding into start-ups that hoped
to be the biggest social network in
the world. The economy put a
damper on this, for sure, but so
did the increasing dominance of
the likes of Google, Facebook,
and to a lesser extent Twitter and
Digg. The big news in venture
capital on the Web these days is
Twitter's alleged billion-dollar
valuation and Facebook's
employee stock trading, not in a
huge rush of investors heading for
up landscape was dotted with concepts, not creating something the next big thing on the Web--
dozens of small companies with a off-the-wall new. ToyBots, a new which is exciting nonetheless,
legitimate shot at getting huge. As Web-connected toy company, because it wasn't all that long ago
recently as last year, it wouldn't takes the kiddie Webkinz craze that these companies were just as
have been entirely ludicrous for from a few years ago and infuses small as those presenting onstage
an ambitious entrepreneur to take it with the thinking behind at TechCrunch50.
the stage at TechCrunch50 and "hackable" household gadget For now, if we want genuine,
announce that he or she was Chumby. Winner RedBeacon, as holy-crap excitement in the tech
hoping to build a new start-up into well as used-car marketplace industry, perhaps we should be
the next Facebook. But the big M o t a a n d j o b - h u n t s i t e looking at hardware, green tech,
guys have gotten bigger, and L o c a l B a c o n , a l l p i t c h e d edgy mobile innovations like
everything in comparison appears themselves as better options than augmented reality, or perhaps
to be niche, peripheral tools. traversing the Craigslist jungle. even enterprise technology.
Innovation on the Web these iMo and Spawn Player are both TechCrunch50 seemed to have the
days comes in the form of fine- add-ons for gamers, the former an right idea by devoting a category
tuned features and tweaks, not big iPhone controller app and the of pitches to new hardware
a n d l o f t y n e w s c h e m e s . latter a Slingbox-like place- companies--but the judges, whose
TechCrunch50's lineup showed shifter. backgrounds were in Web and
that while there are very And when something popped up software investments, admitted
promising ideas out there, the new at TechCrunch50 that was pretty
stuff is about improving existing darn original, it was met with TECHCRUNCH50, page 31
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Want Healthcare Reform That Works? Get Rid Of
Patents
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 1:39:00 PM
Economist David Levine (author
of the book Against Intellectual
Monopoly) has a column up at the
Huffington Post, where he
explains why abolishing pharma
patents would be a great way to
reform healthcare. He runs
through many of the arguments
against such a move, and explains
why they don't make much sense:
But, perhaps, without all those
extra monopoly profits we
wouldn't have such great new
products? The fact is there aren't
so many great new products - a
well known fact among health
economists is that while big
pharma's spending has soared the
last decade, as patent control has
tightened, drug discovery has
plummeted. Pharmaceutical
innovation is not lower in Europe,
despite of big pharma's lower
monopoly profits. While the
market for pharmaceuticals is now
largely a global one, so local rules
may not be so important, this was
less true in the past. Historically,
before pharmaceutical patents
were introduced in Italy in 1978,
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continued from page 25
creating ringtones.(Credit:
Screenshot by Don
Reisinger/CNET)
ToneMine: ToneMine is the
most unique service in this
roundup. And although it might
not appeal to those who want to
get a ringtone quickly, it's ideal
for those who want more control
over their ringtones.
that country accounted for about
8% of new pharmaceutical
discoveries worldwide. After the
industry was strangled by patents,
that percentage dropped to
practically zero. Switzerland, a
powerhouse in the world drug
industry, introduced
pharmaceutical patents at about
the same time. While
Switzerland's fall has not been as
dramatic as Italy's, it too is much
less of a powerhouse today than it
was before 1977.
Patents do not seem to lead to
the innovation their proponents
claim. The list of examples goes
on and on: the discovery of the
one-dose HIV cocktail that
replaced the complicated multi-
pill regime? That took place in
India a country that at that time
did not allow pharmaceutical
patents. Of the fifteen great
medical milestones recently
identified by the British Medical
Journal - only two were patented
or could be attributed to the
"incentive" that patents
supposedly provide. Numerous
technical studies by economists of
the effect of stronger patents on
innovation have failed to find any
ToneMine provides a mixer that
lets you create a ringtone from
provided sounds. You can also
upload a track and add in sounds
over the tracks to improve the
ringtone. I uploaded a slow song
and added a club-like beat behind
the track. It totally transformed
the ringtone.
When you create your ringtone,
consistent increase. Put it plainly:
while the social gains from
abolishing patents on drugs are
obvious and computable, the
losses are dubious and, on the
basis of empirical evidence,
probably nil.
Pharmaceutical patents and the
resulting monopolies have many
other corrosive effects, over and
above raising the prices of
prescription drugs.
Pharmaceutical companies spend
far more money promoting their
products than on R&D. Some of
the giants spend as much as four
times on marketing as they do on
research and development. How
do these companies market their
products? Most of the money goes
to "scientifically convincing" the
medical profession to prescribe
patented products. How? Well, for
example, by inviting doctors and
their families to week-long
conferences in exclusive resorts,
where two hours are for a
marketing presentation (the
"medical symposium") and the
rest for (all-included) leisure. A
spectacular - but hardly unique -
example of the level of corruption
is the conviction of Pfizer for
you can share it with the
ToneMine community. If you
think it's ready for your phone,
simply input your phone number
and the ringtone will be sent to
your device. Aside from standard
carrier rates, ToneMine is free. I
really liked ToneMine. Check it
out.
ToneMine features a mixer to
encouraging doctors to bill the
government for drugs they were
provided for free. These practices
not only raise the cost of drugs,
but corrode trust in the medical
profession. He also goes on to
suggest some other ways to lower
the costs of "drug development,"
as well. There's probably not
much new in there if you've read
his book, but it's a good,
straightforward description of the
problem with pharma patents.
While the writing is a bit flippant,
if you go through the related
chapter in Levine's book, and then
start reading some of the other
source material and studies, it's all
backed up quite strongly. There's
almost no evidence that patents do
anything to promote more drug
discovery -- and plenty to suggest
it makes medicines significantly
more expensive. Ditching pharma
patents would make a much more
efficient market in drugs that
would end up saving a lot of lives.
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help you improve your
ringtones.(Credit: Screenshot by
Don Reisinger/CNET)
My top three
1. ToneMine: With the most
customization of any service in
this roundup, ToneMine is an
ideal ringtone-creation tool.
2. Audiko: Being able to add
YouTube videos to the site is a
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Overstock Told That
'Browserwrap'
Agreement Is
Unenforceable
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:49:32 PM
It's still not entirely clear what
online agreements are actually
enforceable and which aren't.
We've seen cases go both ways,
with a recent ruling even noting
that terms that are a hyperlink
away, rather than on the
agreement page itself, may be
enforceable. But the latest case,
involving online retailer
Overstock went in the other
direction. A court found that
Overstock's arbitration
requirement was unenforceable,
because, as "browserwrap," the
user was not adequately notified.
Eventually, it seems that
someone's going to have to make
it clear what sorts of online terms
are actually enforceable (if any).
Until then, we're going to see a lot
more lawsuits like this one.
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nice feature you shouldn't
overlook.
3. Myxer: With such a nice
selection of tracks, Myxer's
ringtone service is worth checking
out.
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Skype founders file copyright suit
against Skype
By Michelle Meyers
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:16:00 PM
Updated at 5:10 p.m. PDT with
eBay comment.
Joltid, a peer-to-peer software
company established by Skype's
founders, filed a copyright suit
against Skype Wednesday
alleging Joltid's technology is
being infringed on by Skype users
"in the United States at least
100,000 times each day."
Just the latest in an ongoing
license dispute between the
popular VoIP service and its
developers, the lawsuit, filed in
Northern California U.S. District
Court, seeks an injunction and
damages, which Joltid
"reasonably believes are amassing
at a rate of $75 million daily,"
according to the suit.
Also listed as defendants are
Skype's current owner eBay, as
well as investors in a consortium
that earlier this month signed a
deal with eBay to acquire a 65
percent stake in Skype, with eBay
retaining 35 percent.
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copyrights," a company
spokesman said in a statement.
"Joltid will vigorously enforce its
copyrights and other intellectual
property rights in all of the
technologies it has innovated."
"Their allegations and claims are
without merit and are founded on
fundamental legal and factual
errors," eBay spokesman John
Pluhowski said in a statement.
The lawsuit has the potential to
at least complicate the ongoing
sale of Skype. In the past,
however, eBay has said it's
working on its own software to
replace what it gets from Joltid.
In 2006, eBay bought Skype for
$2.6 billion, but co-founders
Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom
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the software after learning that
Skype had allegedly acquired
unauthorized versions of the
source code, made unauthorized
modifications, and disclosed the
software to third persons,
according to the lawsuit.
The two companies have been
involved in a separate lawsuit in
the U.K. over that license
termination, but the case isn't set
to go to trial until June 2010.
Referring to that suit, eBay's SEC
filing regarding the sale of Skype
says "consummation of the deal
was subject to 'no settlement of
the pending litigation with Joltid
Limited having been effected
without the consent of the Buyer
(subject to certain limitations).'"
The other defendants in the suit
filed Wednesday are Silver Lake
Partners, Index Ventures
Management, Michaelangelo
Volpi, Andreessen Horowitz, and
the Canada Pension Plan
Investment Board. This lawsuit
was first reported Wednesday by
The Wall Street Journal.
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Mandates To Buy
American Should Be More
Carefully Considered
By Insight Community country. But the problem is that in
(Techdirt) not paying attention to the actual
impact, and pretending that there
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:08:32 PM
are no "unintended
For this Insight Community consequences," a Buy American
case, we're looking for insights on clause can be detrimental to
q u e s t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g " B u y America in the long run. That
American" policies. Read below doesn't seem particularly patriotic.
for details. The Innovation Movement is an
We all know that the economy e f f o r t b y t h e C o n s u m e r
is in tough shape these days, and Electronics Association to make
(as always happens in such more people aware of important
s i t u a t i o n s ) t h e r e ' s o f t e n a policy issues, and to make sure
misguided push to put up trade that Congress actually takes
barriers to try to force people to relevant data into account, rather
"Buy American." Of course, time than just focusing on the patriotic
and time again, such trade barriers headline while ignoring the
have proven to actually do unpatriotic results.
tremendous harm to Americans, In this Insight Community
rather than help them. We're Conversation, we're looking for
already seeing this with friendly thoughtful and well-written
trading partners like Canada discussions on the pros and cons
threatening to retaliate. That of a "Buy American" clause for
retaliation harms American jobs US policies. The best results will
m u c h m o r e t h a n a n y j o b s be used as posts on the Innovation
"gained" from such protectionist Movement website.
barriers (as pointed out by the non This is a case from the Insight
-partisan and highly respected Community, a powerful new
Peterson Institute). On top of that, m a r k e t p l a c e t h a t c o n n e c t s
by adding barriers on goods that c o m p a n i e s w i t h i n t e l l i g e n t
Americans want, the end result is communities like Techdirt. Click
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New 'Pub Finder' app helps you find Make Phone Calls on
a Guinness
By Chris Ullrich (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 9/16/2009 1:30:00 PM
Filed under: Software, iPhone,
iPod nano, App Review Some of
us here at TUAW have been
known to hoist a pint or two of a
frosty beverage now and again.
When doing so there's quite a few
selections from which to choose
to satisfy that urge for something
cold and refreshing. One choice
often made by me personally is
Guinness. But what if I want a
Guinness after a long day but
can't figure out where to go and
get one? Fortunately, there's an
app for that: the Guinness Pub
Finder.
To commemorate the 250th
anniversary of Guinness on
September 24th they have created
a new iPhone and iPod Touch app
that will, according to the
company, allow "consumers of
legal drinking age across the US
(to) join the celebration and more
easily raise a toast with friends in
the future." Which, of course,
sounds great unless you happen to
live in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana,
Kentucky, Montana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Texas or West
Virginia where the app is
Delta Burke Sues Liza Minnelli on 'Drop Dead Diva'!
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:53:00 PM
"Drop Dead Diva" is the story of
a beautiful-but-vapid model who
has a fatal car accident and is
reincarnated into the body of a
recently deceased attorney -- Jane
Twitter With @Call
current location. It then provides
name, address and telephone
number of the pub chosen, access
to directions, and an email setup
to invite friends to join.
o. Know Your Pint - provides a
tutorial on the 6 Steps to Creating
the Perfect Pint, and also includes
a ruler that can be used to
measure your pint's head.
o. Fun Extras - includes
animated screensavers, a
countdown clock to the "Arthur's
Day" celebrations and a live feed
of the latest news regarding the
Guinness 250th Anniversary
celebration
o. Responsible Drinking -
Provides consumers with the
DRINKiQ resource which shares
important facts about alcohol to
aid responsible choices.
The app is US$1.99 in the
iTunes store and its available
now.
forbidden by law from working. TUAW New 'Pub Finder' app
Yeah, I don't get it either. helps you find a Guinness
Even if you can use this app for originally appeared on The
its intended purpose, it actually U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g
isn't just about helping you find a (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Sep 2009
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o. Locate a Pint - uses GPS to C o m m e n t s
locate the consumer and the pubs
serving Guinness nearest to their
( Brooke Elliott) -- who just 110 pounds and passed out all the we do think it could create funky
happens to be plus size. This time, that's why this is an situations where you receive
week, Delta Burke and Liza important show," Delta tells ET. phone calls from Twitterers you
Minnelli guest star as two psychic Delta is deadly serious about don’t really want to talk to. In
sisters suing each other over their weight and image, so she jumped
competing businesses. at the opportunity to appear on the
"I've spent my life being told Lifetime TV series.
you are too fat, even if I weighed
Tech/ Entertainment
By Jennifer Van Grove
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:12:25 PM
Web-based phone service
JAJAH has just released their
Twitter calling feature
JAJAH@Call in beta, giving
participating members the ability
to call each other, free of charge,
by way of Twitter.
The calling service works when
a member tweets “@call
@twittername.” The tweet will
cause both phones to ring, and the
Twitterers will be connected
without the service sharing either
telephone number.
JAJAH@Call also works
independent of the platform you
use, so whether you use the web,
a destkop client, or a mobile
application when tweeting, the
tweet-to-call service should work
without hiccup.
Though pretty unique,
JAJAH@Call has some
interesting conditions associated
with the service, none more
interesting than the 2 minute talk
time limitation, which the
company considers the verbal
equivalent of a tweet. Also, in
order to work, both parties —
caller and recipient — need to be
members of the JAJAH@Call
service.
We’re quite intrigued by the
voice-over-Twitter idea, though
29
some instances, this could be a
great way to immediately contact
someone you need to reach on a
pressing matter, but in others, it
could turn into a big if not
awkward distraction.
We can just envision the
uncomfortable greetings now.
Hello, I’m so and so, and I follow
you on Twitter, my Twitter name
is XXXX. Do you want to go out
on a date sometime? Or, say for
instance, you’re in the middle of a
sentence and reach the 2 minute
limit and you’re both cut off from
each other. One saving grace is
that calls can only be made to
people who follow you, which
means should a particular caller
annoy you, you can unfollow
them on Twitter to prevent future
voice communication.
We have to give it to JAJAH for
pushing the Twitter envelope and
are looking forward to giving the
service a try. Let us know your
take on voice-over-Twitter in the
comments.
Phone image from Balakov on
Flickr Reviews: Flickr, Twitter
Tags: jajah, jajah@call, twitter
phone calls, voip
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Live Traffic comes to Mobile Twitter to raise funding

Navigator at $1 billion valuation?
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial Traffic Live, will be available as By Don Reisinger
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) an in-app purchase for US$19.99 (Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:00:00 PM for the first 4 weeks it is offered, Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:39:00 PM
then it will cost $24.99 as a one
Filed under: Software, iPhone, time purchase with no other Twitter is attempting to raise
App Store It's coming! Navigon, month to month service fees. funding at a $1 billion valuation,
maker of the iPhone Mobile The software, which will run according to a TechCrunch post
Navigator app [ iTunes link], will inside the $89.99 Mobile Wednesday.
announce a live traffic feature Navigator software, requires The blog cited unnamed sources
tomorrow that will be rolled out iPhone OS version 3.0 or greater. claiming that Twitter CEO Evan
next month. The update is only Navigon has been very Williams announced the valuation That could have a major impact
for the North American version of aggressive with this product, in a recent meeting. According to on its valuation, regardless of the
the software. raising the bar every couple of TechCrunch's sources, Twitter figure.
Our readers have absolutely weeks with some substantial free plans to raise about $50 million That said, Twitter co-founder
lusted after this feature for iPhone updates, and now some significant during the financing round. The Biz Stone said in an interview
navigation, and now, after already optional services. It will be company has already raised about with VentureBeat last month that
adding text to speech in an update interesting to see how Tom-Tom $55 million in funding. his company will implement a
earlier this month, Navigon has and some of the other navigation Twitter hasn't immediately revenue model by the end of the
pulled ahead of the pack again. providers respond. The AT&T responded to requests for year. He wouldn't dig too deep
According to the company: Navigator[ iTunes link] app comment. into details, but he did say it
The system 'uses real-time sensors and conventional traffic already includes real time traffic, In February, Twitter co-founder would incorporate paid accounts
speed data from over one million messages coming through a radio but it is available only with a Biz Stone announced in a blog for businesses that want to use the
drivers across North America network. In addition, the system $9.99 a month subscription fee. post that his company raised platform for marketing and
including commercial fleets such includes historic traffic data to TUAW Live Traffic comes to approximately $35 million in a customer relations.
as trucks and taxis but also regular assist with the prediction of road Mobile Navigator originally Series C round of funding led by But just how those paid
drivers with a GPS system. So if conditions when calculating a appeared on The Unofficial Apple Benchmark and Institutional accounts will impact Twitter's
for example several vehicles on a route. This includes information Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Sep Venture Partners. At the time, it growing user base is up for
road report slow speed, the system about traffic conditions on certain 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see was reported that Twitter's debate. Will companies go
r e c o g n i z e s c o n g e s t i o n a n d h o l i d a y s o r y e a r l y e v e n t s , our terms for use of feeds. valuation for the round was about elsewhere to promote their
provides an alternate and faster allowing the driver to avoid Read| Permalink| Email this| $250 million. Assuming that both brands? Will they pay Twitter's
route. taking routes that traditionally are Comments reports are true, Twitter is fees? All that can impact the
The feature also uses an congested on a regular basis. contending that it's now worth company's real value.
intelligent fusion of information Navigon has announced that the four times as much as it was just So as Twitter possibly heads
from traffic cameras, speed traffic info, which they call seven months ago. into another round of funding, it's
Of course, determining the real important to remember that
Video: Mary J. Blige Lights Up New York City value of a company is a subjective
practice. And most times, those
valuations are fluid numbers that
(ETonline - Breaking News) excitement about headlining the organization she co-founded. are easily changed. It's also
figures change rapidly as important to note that so far,
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:00:00 PM Entertainment Tonight Emmy Blige co-created FFAWN economic factors impact the
party sponsored by People beginning in 2007 in an effort to Twitter hasn't confirmed that $1
company's operation. billion valuation. So maintain
Grammy Award-winning artist magazine. use her personal story and success Twitter, which has yet to turn a
Mary J. Blige on Wednesday The vocal powerhouse flipped to inspire women to reach their some skepticism, as we do, until
profit, still hasn't implemented a we hear from Twitter.
illuminated the iconic, world- on the switch at the lighting individual potential. profit-making business model.
famous Empire State Building to ceremony in honor of the
honor a special cause dear to her Foundation For the Advancement
heart. Plus, she dishes about her of Women Now(FFAWN), an
Internet News Record Tech/ 31

Around The Globe, Entertainment It just works. Usually.

By Mel Martin (The Unofficial
Industry Pisses Off Fans Promoting Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:00:00 PM

Content Filed under: Analysis / Opinion,

Software, Software Update, Bad
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt) hours every day uploading He admits that he is not current Apple, Snow Leopard The latest
Submitted at 9/16/2009 12:23:38 PM content. He focuses on old on copyright law, but believes festival of issues with Snow
archival material: Israeli music removal of the content from the Leopard alongside a round of
You would think that the various which is now considered classic. Internet is proof of narrow- people unhappy with the latest
entertainment industry rights "I do it out of love and I have no mindedness. iPhone update both suggest that
organizations around the world commercial interests," he says. "Perhaps exposure to this Apple might need to work a little
would recognize how badly " T h e i d e a b e h i n d t h i s i s m a t e r i a l i n f a c t i n c r e a s e s harder on pre-release testing.
attacking consumers has failed ideological, romantic, to expose demand," he says. "YouTube is Leopard was released. I'm not
One thing Microsoft does rather alone in this, but not everyone has
and wouldn't continue to do it in older cultural material, to make it no substitute for purchasing music well is gets a lot of people testing
e v e r y o t h e r c o u n t r y , b u t accessible to as many people as in higher quality formats; it software releases in extended the problem.
apparently common sense travels possible. In most cases it is not simply provokes nostalgia. This public betas. Of course that didn't Most of the people I know had
a lot slower than unauthorized readily available anywhere else." work is a community service." go so well for Vista, which was a flawless upgrades, and of course
content these days. Roni Evron For example, he has uploaded You have to wonder if the recent mess for many people, but it here at TUAW we are more likely
alerts us to how a bunch of Israeli the contents of singer-songwriter Israeli ruling that found that the seems to have gone better for to hear about problems, which is
YouTube users are pissed off after Matti Caspi's first album from r i g h t s o f u s e r s s h o u l d b e Windows 7. also true of the Apple forums
rights holder Unicell convinced 1974, and material from the "Siba respected, and that copyright where people are able to report
Apple, secretive as always, the smallest or the largest bugs.
YouTube to pull down a bunch of L'mesiba" ("Excuse for a Party") claims should only be dealt with if doesn't get really wide testing of
content and close user accounts, television program, which aired they were "especially severe, new software builds, and when Therefore, from my perspective
even for content that just isn't on the Channel One from 1984- wrongs committed in aggravated those updates finally get released it's hard to say for certain if things
available anywhere else: One of 1990. circumstances," will come into t h e r e s e e m s t o b e a n e v e r are slipping away from Apple
the more prominent Israeli users Most of the responses he gets, play in these sorts of situations. increasing, ever louder response quality control, but it's starting to
of YouTube is 40-year-old Guy, according to Guy, are from former Permalink| Comments| Email from customers that things aren't look that way. Apple was quick to
who has been operating his own Israelis who live abroad; they are This Story release 10.6.1, which was a good
going swimmingly. effort, but it is not quieting down
homepage there for three years. enthusiastic and ask him to add Snow Leopard was supposed to
Guy says that he spends about two more material. the roar of users who don't think
be a cleanup of Leopard, but it that this latest release of Snow
TECHCRUNCH50, appears that some people are Leopard 'just works.' What's your
continued from page 26 having lots of issues. In my own perception? Does Apple have
case, some fonts were pretty some work to do?
that this wasn't their area of who, in fact, did more or less simply don't need another news messed up, and Keychain was
expertise. leave Twitter for FriendFeed, aggregator, another discovery jumbled pretty badly. The fixes in TUAW It just works. Usually.
There were blunt words for which had impressive technology engine, another question-and- both cases weren't onerous, but originally appeared on The
some of the companies at but little mainstream appeal when answer service, another blogging they were nasty enough that it Unofficial Apple Weblog
TechCrunch50, especially Facebook purchased it this platform, or heaven forbid, made me wonder how thoroughly (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Sep 2009
community-based sites that summer. another social network. This is the release had been tested. I still 17:00:00 EST. Please see our
require a critical mass of users to The next big game-changer in good. It's a sign of industry don't hear new mail sounds from terms for use of feeds.
stay afloat; judges seemed social media might be out there maturation. Read| Permalink| Email this|
MobileMe, a problem that has Comments
skeptical that the social-media already, and we haven't even seen And it's certainly not a bad thing been going on at least since
fever of the past few years can it coming yet. But watching more that Silicon Valley's elite finally
still pack enough of a punch. than four dozen start-up pitches in seem to be catching on to that.
"Why would I leave Twitter for a row made it pretty clear that Originally posted at The Social
this?" asked Robert Scoble of one most of the biggest splashes of
start-up--the same Robert Scoble Web 2.0 have come and gone: we
32 Tech/ Internet News Record

What will they think of next? A real Poynt registers 1 million

keyboard for the iPhone
By Steven Sande (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 9/16/2009 2:30:00 PM
Filed under: Accessories,
Hardware, Peripherals, Odds and
ends, iPhone If there's one gripe I
hear about the iPhone, it's that it
doesn't have a "real keyboard."
Sure, you can tap with one or two
fingers (or thumbs) pretty quickly
on the virtual keyboard, but it just
doesn't have that nice tactile
feedback that you get with, say, a
BlackBerry keyboard.
Mobile Mechatronics, the same
people who are bringing you the
Blur Tripod mentioned on TUAW
earlier today, will be officially
announcing their iTwinge snap-on
keyboard for the iPhone
tomorrow. This is a cool little
unit, at a price of US$29.99, that
is likely to be very popular with
the BlackBerry set. The iTwinge
BlackBerry app
downloads
snaps onto the bottom of the
iPhone, then allows you to use the
keyboard for thumb or finger
typing into any iPhone app that
would normally use the virtual
keyboard.
While you wouldn't want to
keep the keyboard attached to
your iPhone all the time -- it
covers up almost half of the
screen -- it would be perfect for
those situations where you aren't
near a laptop or desktop computer
but still want to be productive. I'd
love to have one of these to use
with our blogging system so I
could blog and edit from
anywhere.
Mobile Mechatronics has begun
taking pre-orders for the iTwinge,
with shipping expected to begin
on November 19th. I just wonder
if the name has something to do
with carpal tunnel syndrome or "
BlackBerry Thumb" that you can
get from overusing thumb
keyboards...
TUAW What will they think of
next? A real keyboard for the
iPhone originally appeared on The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW) on Wed, 16 Sep 2009
14:30:00 EST. Please see our
terms for use of feeds.
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Comments
By Don Reisinger owners, but the company was
(Webware.com) quick to point out in a statement
that a version for the iPhone is on
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:27:00 PM
its way. A previous
Multiplied Media's local-search announcement from the company
BlackBerry app Poynt hit the 1 said that it would be made
million-download mark this week. available toward the end of the
Poynt, which is similar to Yelp's year.
local app for the iPhone, provides Although a million downloads
users with a series of local-search is a milestone for any developer, a
tools to help them find certain level of measured
establishments in and around their excitement should go along with
area. They simply need to search t h i s a n n o u n c e m e n t . T h e
for a specific location, and Poynt BlackBerry App World isn't
will display contact information Apple's App Store. There are far
and plot its position on a map. fewer applications. And as a
The app even provides directions BlackBerry owner that uses
on how to get there. Poynt, I can say that although the
Unlike many of the local-search product works well, there aren't
services currently available on many other viable alternatives to
mobile devices, Poynt also boasts make me want to switch.
people-search features, allowing Poynt's real battle might begin
users to find folks in their area. when the company takes on Yelp
So far, Poynt's application is and the others on the iPhone.
only available for BlackBerry

Real-Time Top 40: What Twitter Users Are Listening to Right Now
By Jennifer Van Grove yet to see trending tracks. Until Real-Time Top 40 instantly music store, with customers able
(Mashable!) now. updates based on tweet activity, to download DRM free tracks at
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:40:08 PM Vodafone has just launched which means that you can tweet “49p per track and £7.99 per
Real-Time Top 40, to answer the with the artist and track you’re album” to their mobile phones.
Twitter’s trending topics play an question, what are you listening listening to and directly affect the Image courtesy of iStockphoto,
important role in the Twitter to? The automatically updating dynamically updating chart. simonx. Reviews: Twitter,
ecosystem by highlighting the top 40 music chart (designed for The Vodafone venture goes iStockphoto
most popular subjects that people the UK) is based on your tweeting hand-in-hand with marketing the Tags: music, real-time, top 40,
are tweeting about in real-time. behaviors, and provides a nifty telecommunications company’s twitter, vodafone
We’ve seen plenty of different look at the most popular artists vote for and buy tracks, and cell phone service. According to
real-time search engines play with and songs being talked about. The influence music trends. the site, all the tracks in the top 40
and tweak this concept, but we’ve site also provides a quick way to found can also be found in their
Internet News Record Tech/ Tech News/ 33

Bing Is Now the Fastest Obama Calls Kanye a Jackass:

Growing Search Engine There’s Video Too
By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!) By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!) WorkSnug: Augmented
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:41:42 PM
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:59:32 PM
Reality for Coffee Shop
According to a Nielsen report Just when you think this story is Web Workers
this week, Microsoft’s new Bing over … there’s now video of
search engine is growing faster President Obama calling Kanye By Marshall Kirkpatrick
than any of its search competitors West a “jackass.” The clip first (ReadWriteWeb)
in the top 10. appeared earlier today on Politico, Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:43:33 PM

Last time we looked, Bing was who then pulled it, writing that
sitting at around 9.4% of the an enormous marketing campaign, they “felt upon reflection that it Walking down the street,
search market in July, but but also surely to some of the was more respectful to a fellow looking for a place to open your
Nielsen’s new numbers confirm innovations Microsoft is bringing news-gathering operation to take laptop and work? Before you
“Kanye West” remains a top commit to buying a cup of coffee
the search engine’s continued to the table with Bing. The it down.” trending topic on Twitter and new at the first spot you come across,
growth through the month of recently launched visual search CNN, however, felt otherwise,
parodies continue to pop up, so m a y b e y o u ' d l i k e a l i t t l e
August, up to 10.7% of the total feature is arguably flat out better and decided to air it on their much so that our top 10 list may Augmented Reality tour of the
market. for browsing certain types of network. This all of course stems be quickly becoming out of date. closest options and reviews of
The rankings for the top 11 information, and social sharing of from the off-the-record “jackass” In any event, here’s Obama their power outlet, noise level and
engines are shown above, search results will soon be coming comment that was leaked on calling Kanye a “jackass” in c o f f e e q u a l i t y ! A u g m e n t e d
revealing Bing’s impressive to Bing as well for an interesting Twitter by an ABC News reporter living color:
growth rate at about 22% month- new twist. on Monday, following West’s Reality (AR) applications place
Reviews: Twitter layers of data on top of our view
over-month. Compare this to the Have you used Bing? What’s outburst at the VMAs on Sunday Tags: barack obama, kanye o f t h e p h y s i c a l w o r l d a n d
rest of the pack, none of whom your impression of the new search night. TMZ was able to obtain west, video
breaks more than a 3% increase engine so far? Reviews: Bing audio of the episode yesterday. WorkSnug has built an AR app
(Yahoo and Comcast are both Tags: bing, market share, Is this the final chapter in just for coffee shop web workers.
losing share). microsoft, Search, social search, Kanyegate? Perhaps, although The app isn't available yet but is
The growth is thanks in part to visual search coming to the iPhone, presumably
when Apple offers the full support
Free iPhone Keynote and PowerPoint templates help get you for AR that countless developers
are waiting for. WorkSnug seems
very handy and it's a good
from thought to finish example of a one-off AR app that
could serve people well outside
By Sang Tang (The Unofficial about the most awesome iPhone other UI elements. the full AR platforms like Layar
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) app that, to your surprise, no one TUAW Free iPhone Keynote and Wikitude- but the simple fact
Submitted at 9/16/2009 9:00:00 PM has thought of yet. Instead of and PowerPoint templates help of the matter is that it's just plain
waking up in a deep sweat and get you from thought to finish cool.
Filed under: iWork, Developer, scribbling said ideas on paper, originally appeared on The
iPhone Sponsor
you could dream them up on Unofficial Apple Weblog Discuss
Mockapp.com has created both Keynote. (TUAW) on Wed, 16 Sep 2009
Keynote and PowerPoint After mapping out your concept 21:00:00 EST. Please see our
templates of iPhone UI elements, on Keynote, you could then pitch terms for use of feeds.
and has made them available as i t t o o t h e r s i n a K e y n o t e alerts, the iPhone keyboard, arrow Read| Permalink| Email this|
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dream in the middle of the night PowerPoint templates include
34 Tech News/ Internet News Record

Filtering the Real-Time Web Rumor: Google In Talks

By Marshall Kirkpatrick
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:30:33 PM
where possible, assigning
categories and embedding within
content structures and
to Acquire Brightcove
The massive flow of information
delivered by the emerging real-
navigational systems. Then the
social challenge becomes making
it accessible (search, browse, and
for $500-$700 Million
time web has some important categorization) and making it By Frederic Lardinois
inherent value, but building added socially interesting (lists, (ReadWriteWeb)
value through intelligent rankings, votes, etc)." Submitted at 9/16/2009 12:11:00 PM
extraction of information from resembles what we're hearing Chan's full post goes into
that flow is the next step that from others we're talking to - greater detail about both the value According to a tweet by Mark
Glaser from PBS's MediaShift, While Google could obviously
online services are beginning to filtering to add value is going to of the whole stream and what offer the same kind of services
take. Social interaction design be key. filtering could look like. Google is in talks with the white-
label Internet video provider Brightcove currently offers on its
specialist Andrian Chan explored We're big believers in the value Chris Messina told us own YouTube platform,
what this might look like in an of the full, noisy flow as well- but something similar in an interview Brightcove and wants to acquire
the company for up to $700 Brightcove has already locked in
excellent article today titled the value latent in filtering is just today. "The river of news model most of the customers that Google
Activity Streams: Content and as important. doesn't have the handles regular million. Brightcove's customers
include a large variety of large would also be competing for.
Flow that we'd like to highlight as "We can easily imagine a wide people can grasp," he said. "It Also, while YouTube was
our Real-Time Web Article of the range of activities that are needs to be delivered in a way enterprises such as the New York
Times, Showtime, Universal designed as a consumer platform
Day. currently page or site-based being that respects your time, enhances (even as Google is slowly moving
"I think there are two distinct handled instead by the stream," the content or makes it easier to Music, AMC, AOL, and the
Weather Channel. If this rumors to featuring more commercial
trends at work here," Chan writes. Chan wrote today."Invitations, consume the content. My mom content on the site), Brightcove
"One, the popularity and adoption meeting requests, buying and w o u l d l i k e i P h o n e p u s h turns out to be true, this
acquisition would easily turn has set up a platform that gives
of the stream as a form of social selling, questions/answers -- these notifications of pictures of me, for enterprise customers the
conversation. And the other, the a n d m u c h m o r e c o u l d b e example, so she could comment in Google into the dominant
commercial Web video provider. flexibility and metrics they need.
c o n v e r s i o n o f r e a l t i m e transacted by means of messages reply immediately. I hope this In the end, though, if this rumor is
information into value that can be 'off the page' and extracted or information can be made more Sponsor
While Brightcove started out as true, Google is most likely more
consumed outside the stream. Or sorted out of streams by smart actionable." interested in Brightcove's
to put it another way, the value of clients or aggregators. Analytics How do you picture services a consumer video service, the
company's half-hearted attempts customer base than in its
being in the flow, and of watching companies will have a gold mine applying or enabling filtering to technology.
it from the river's edge." of relationship data to scrape and add value to the flow of the real- at convincing consumers to host
their videos on Brightcove.TV We asked both Google and
Sponsor visualize, for example, for use by time web? Maybe you're a service Brightcove for a comment about
I n p r e p e r a t i o n f o r o u r those who want to see how provider working on this and came to an end when Brightcove
shut down that site in November this rumor and will update the
forthcoming ReadWrite Real- influencers reach their audiences, m a y b e y o u ' r e a post when/if we hear from them.
Time Web Summit on October around what topics, how quickly, consumer/participant excited 2007. Last November, Brightcove
also shut down its free Brightcove Update: as Dan Rayburn points
15th and the publication of a with what redistribution, and so about the possibilities. Let us out in the comments below and on
major research report on the topic, on." know in comments, and if you can Network, which featured content
from roughly 40,000 publishing his blog, Brightcove's setup
we're highlighting one great " T h e p r i m a r y g o a l s o f we'd love for you to join us for requires its customers to use third-
article on the topic each day and interaction models used around face-to-face conversations like partners.
This June, Brightcove's CEO party content-delivery networks
briefing key companies working the flow involve separating this at the ReadWrite Real-Time like Limelight to stream their
in this space. Chan's articulation content from the conversational Web Summit. Discuss Jeremy Allaire told Sillicon Alley
Insider that the company was now videos. If Google really acquires
of the things made possible by stream, extracting meta data Brightcove, this could turn out to
systems that filter the flow closely profitable and that he expected the
company to see a 50% revenue be a problem, as it would keep
growth in 2009. Is Google Buying Google from being able to use
Brightcove's Tech or Its YouTube's (cheap) infrastructure.
Customers? Discuss
Internet News Record Tech News/ Entertainment 35

5 Apps Tap the Internet's Infinite On Twitter: What's

Playlist Valuation Got to Do
By Eliot Van Buskirk (Wired Wired Simple profile pages services other than imeem and
Top Stories)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:00:00 PM
facilitate playlist-sharing. Reports
recently played songs to
YouTube. Playlist appears on
profile page and RSS feed.
With Revenue?
FriendFeed, RSS, or just your Tired Only one playlist per user. By Dana Oshiro
It used to be you needed a profile. Shuffle function. Spotify (ReadWriteWeb)
ginormous hard drive to build and Tired Bare-bones user profiles A P2P streaming architecture Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:09:22 PM
s t o r e y o u r d i g i t a l m u s i c limit social utility. lets users in supported countries
collection. But now that most Muziic create collections from a massive While it's unlikely that Twitter
songs exist somewhere in the Developed by high schooler in-house music archive. CEO Evan Williams was wearing
cloud—on YouTube, one-stop David Nelson with help from his Wired Fast, free playback a Dr. Evil costume when he
streaming sites like imeem, or dad, this upstart accesses the through an efficient interface that delivered the news, he had the
blog aggregators like Hype songs on YouTube via an iTunes- rivals iTunes. Smooth, robust pleasure of announcing his
Machine—services have emerged like interface. streaming. Live tech support. $14 company's $1 billion dollar
that help you squeeze the Internet Wired Makes the music on per month removes ads. valuation today at an all hands
for any track you need. Wherever YouTube feel local. Sharing Tired Currently restricted to meeting. According to
music lives, you can now play, feature helps you add your own Europe (a US rollout is being TechCrunch, the company has
collect, and share it without MP3s to the cloud. negotiated). Requires software raised a $50 million dollar
downloading any audio files. Tired Requires Windows XP or installation. funding round and the money will
None of these sites is pitch- Vista. Seizure-inducing design. be in the bank shortly. Given the trackers, emergency alert services,
Twones news feeds and brand monitoring
perfect, and their fidelity isn't as Catalog limited to what's on Prefer to use iTunes or other fact that Twitter turned down an
high as your meticulously YouTube. Special software offer to be purchased by tools. As the infrastructure and
downloadable software for your search have improved, Twitter has
encoded lossless library. But in i n s t a l l a t i o n n e c e s s a r y . local playback? Twones has you Facebook earlier in the year, it
these lean times, free jams are appears the two are about to become the go-to site for real time
Songza covered. It also tracks your media. But can the company make
sounding better by the minute. 5 Songza wraps the music of activity on multiple online tango.
Sites That Tap the Music in the imeem and YouTube in a sweet, Sponsor a Facebook-like leap?
services and offline players In late May, Facebook had a
Cloud simple Web interface, the work of through a single Web interface. Yesterday Facebook announced
Fizy reaching the 300 million user valuation of$10 billion dollars
Scott Robbin and Aza Wired Small-fry sites can sign based on a $200 million
This Turkish site compiles R a s k i n — w h o s e f a t h e r , J e f up to be included in the search, mark. The company's success has
audio from around the Net into a R a s k i n , s i r e d t h e A p p l e been credited to its ability to investment from Digital Sky
theoretically giving you access to Technologies. And like Twitter,
database from which you can M a c i n t o s h . a wider variety of tracks. transform from a basic life
curate your own playlists. It's fast streaming service into a platform. while we've seen huge traffic
Wired With a click, Play, Share, Tired Limited playback on the numbers, Facebook only
as blazes (for now, anyway) and Rate, and Add to Playlist tools site itself. After Twitter rejected the
boasts a fat catalog. company's acquisition offer, it yesterday announced becoming
unfold like a clover. Can use cash-flow positive. If Twitter is
was no coincidence that real time
Jennifer Aniston Sings About Her 'Crush' updates, friend following and attempting to become the "pulse
of the planet" as suggested by the
improved activity streams were
(ETonline - Breaking News) out a song! obliged, singing the classic "I’ve incorporated into Facebook's widely criticized leak of the
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:46:00 PM In an impromptu part of the Got a Crush on You," only after redesign. This new round of company's internal documents,
interview, Ellen asked Jennifer telling the audience: "Let me tell funding suggests that Twitter is then perhaps $1 billion dollars
Jennifer Aniston appeared on about an upcoming role that will you something people -- they taking a page out of the Facebook isn't entirely off. Does Twitter
Wednesday's "The Ellen require the actress to sing, and promised they would not do this playbook and attempting to have the assets to warrant such a
DeGeneres Show," where she then challenged her to take the to me!" increase its abilities as a platform. high valuation, or are we looking
opened up about turning 40, joked mic. In the past, ReadWriteWeb has at the makings of a speculative
about her love life -- and belted A visibly surprised Jennifer looked at Twitter's platform investment disaster? Let us know
potential. The service has already your thoughts in the comments
been used to create meme below. Discuss
36 Tech News/ Tech Tips/ Tech Blog Internet News Record

Is this a Joke? eBay and Verizon win

Privacy Award
By Dana Oshiro sharing crackdowns, in recent
(ReadWriteWeb) years the company has come
under fire for its own privacy
Submitted at 9/16/2009 8:34:24 PM

In a surprise announcement,
offenses. In early 2009, the
company was ordered by the FCC
Ditch Your Cellphone
eBay, and Verizon have been
awarded the top titles of "Most
to stop its aggressive marketing
practices. When customers were
Contract with Attention to the
Trusted Companies for Privacy"
by the Ponemon Institute and
TRUSTe. According to a recent
porting from phone to cable
services Verizon was illegally Fine Print [Cellphones]
using proprietary client By Azadeh Ensha (Lifehacker) current one. Alternatively (and
survey, these companies were information in its last chance to potentially less effectively and
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:00:00 PM
shown to offer clear privacy retain fleeing customers. kind of shady), you can resort to
statements, customer-friendly Meanwhile, in March the Being locked into a less-than- bombarding customer service
notices, great access to company was widely criticized in favorable cellphone contract w i t h c a l l s d e t a i l i n g y o u r
i n f o r m a t i o n , s o l i d c o o k i e partner TOM Online. Not only the blogosphere for its efforts to doesn't necessarily mean you can't dissatisfaction with their service.
management and sound data was the company discovered to be share customer info with affiliates worm your way out. If more It's not the method we'd suggest.
sharing practices. While the filtering out and saving politically through an overly complicated 45 conventional methods like trading Check out the above video for
companies may excel on paper, charged messages containing day opt-out campaign. The out of a contract don't do the trick, other last ditch effort ways to rid
it's hard to believe these are the words like "Dalai Lama" and information to be shared with video site Howcast offers other yourself of your phone contract. If
top privacy-related companies "Tibet", but a security breech affiliates included services more extreme ways to duck out. you prefer more fool proof tactics,
based on public sentiment alone. allowed others to gain access to p u r c h a s e d ( i n c l u d i n g c a l l Among their suggestions is to check out previously mentioned
It appears that the Ponemon those messages on TOM's servers. records), billing info and location take advantage of the "material cellphone swapping services
Institute's expert panel and the A Citizen Lab report entitled info. adverse change" clause in your Celltrade and Flipswap. How to
6,486 US consumers surveyed Breeching Trust went so far as to Although eBay and Verizon do contract. In laymen terms, this Get Out of Your Cellphone
h a v e l o s t t h e i r l o n g t e r m accuse TOM Online of complying have their merits as service means looking for even the Contract for Free[Howcast via
memories. to government surveillance. While providers, they hardly deserve to
some of these actions may be receive today's accolades. It looks slightest change to your original Consumerist]
Sponsor signed contract, then using that as
When it comes to privacy, eBay considered necessary to offer as if these announcements are collateral to get out of your
h a s h a d i t s f a i r s h a r e o f services in a foreign country, US more about rewarding privacy
controversies. Despite the fact privacy advocates are adamant policies rather than practices.
that it recently announced plans to against all those who comply with Photo Credit: Rob Pongsajapan
sell the majority of Skype, it was the "Great Firewall of China". Discuss
under eBay that the internet While Verizon was one of the
telephony company admitted to a first companies brave enough to
privacy breech by its Chinese stand up against the RIAA's file

Do you have a cloud-enabled feed?

(Scripting News) there that are now cloud-enabled, wing or right, it doesn't matter -- together now. So if you know of
actually a few million.
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:10:42 PM what matters is that they are some, either post a link as a
If you know of any especially interesting and that they're real- comment here or send me an
It's been over a week since interesting ones, news-oriented time. email with a link to the email
Wordpress shipped their plug-in feeds that are frequently updated - I'm looking for feeds to include address in the right margin on
that added rssCloud capability. - they could be pro or amateur, in the default set of the next scripting.com.
There are a bunch of feeds out bloggers or BigPubs, commercial, academic or open source, left- release of River2 which is coming
Internet News Record Tech Tips/ TV 37

From the Tips Box: Two-Dollar Bills, Neater Writing, and Car
Stereo Codes [From The Tips Box]
By Dustin Luck (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:00:00 PM
Lifehacker readers share tips for
quickly becoming a "regular",
improving your writing on
unlined paper, and unlocking your
car stereo.
Don't like the gallery layout?
Click here to view everything on
one page.
About the Tips Box: Every day
we receive boatloads of great
reader tips in our inbox, but for
various reasons—maybe they're a
bit too niche, maybe we couldn't
find a good way to present it, or
maybe we just couldn't fit it
in—the tip didn't make the front
page. From the Tips Box is where
we round up some of our favorites
for your buffet-style consumption.
Got a tip of your own to share?
Add it in the comments or email it
to tips at lifehacker.com.
Use Two-Dollar Bills to Be
Remembered
Brian shares a way to help
restaurant servers remember you:
Next time you go to the bank,
ask for two-dollar bills in place of
your normal cash-back fare. The
next time you eat out or enjoy a
happy-hour with friends, you can
pay a normal, standard tip
amount, but pay it with Thomas
Jeffersons. You might be the
"Two-Dollar-Bill Guy," but that
also means you're no longer
"Anonymous Customer Number
Three-Hundred."
Just make sure—whatever you
do—don't be "Cheap Tipper Guy,
Who Now Gets Spitty Food."
Recover Your Car Stereo
Security Code
Photo by Ubi Desperare Nescio.
Colin wrote in with a tip for
recovering a car stereo security
code:
The car I'd bought second hand
recently had the battery
disconnected during repair work.
As a result the car radio required a
security code to be
entered—which I didn't have. A
quick call to the original
showroom service department,
where they often record the code
before servicing, saved paying an
independent person to decode it.
Use a Clipboard to Write More
Neatly
Photo by In Veritas Lux.
Jake tells us how to write neater
by writing smaller:
If I am writing on a notepad for
a task list or whatever, I will tear
off the sheet I am writing on,
make sure the first sheet on the
notepad is a blank one, and then
put the torn off sheet on top of the
notepad, and clip it with my
clipboard so that the lines from
the blank sheet underneath come
through halfway between the lines
on the page I'm writing on. This
lets me see a 'fake' line that I can
use for the tops of my letters and
helps me keep my handwriting
from getting out of control (too
big).
You could also put a sheet of
lined paper behind a blank piece
of paper to keep your writing
lined up.
Enable Streaming Audio
Recording in Windows Vista
Jaime lets us know where to go
in Vista to allow recording
whatever is playing through your
speakers:
Vista blocks the WaveOutMix
by default. So using a program
like Audacity you can't record
streaming audio like I'm able to
using XP. The simple fix is going
to the control panel. Click sounds,
then go to the Recording tab.
Right click and check show
disabled devices. Now the
WaveOutMix shows and all you
have to do is enable it. Now you
can use any recording device to
record what is playing back on
your computer.
Cut Brownies with a Plastic
Knife
Photo by jessicafm.
Renee offers a tip for cutting
brownies:
This works for homemade
brownies or store-bought,
especially warm and right out of
the oven: Use a plastic knife. If
you order take-out enough, save a
knife and keep it handy for
brownie emergencies.
Apparently, the brownies don't
stick as much to the plastic, so
you get better looking brownies
that aren't shredded on the edges.

What songs are on your Glee wish list?

By Hemal Jhaveri (TV Squad) As soon as it was over, I promptly show tunes I loved from back are on your Glee wish list?
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:03:00 PM ditched them to head upstairs and when I was a high school drama Filed under: Music and Variety,
watch the pilot on Hulu. I am dork. Reality-Free, Glee
After missing the premiere hooked, people! So, Glee fans, what's on your Permalink| Email this| |
episode of Glee when it aired in And now, after seeing their song wish list? My top five are Comments
May, I watched the DVR'd season version of "Don't Stop Believin'," my favorite pop songs, plus all the after the jump.
premiere with friends last night. I want to see Glee versions of all Continue reading What songs
38 Tech Tips/
Print and Fold Your Own Customizable iPhone
Case [DIY]
By Rosa Golijan (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 2:00:00 PM
With this printable iPhone case
pattern, you can fold your very
own customizable case. Just trace
the printout on the material of
your choice (I'm demonstrating it
with a nice, soft felt case) and
fold. No glue, stitches, or staples
required.
Inspiration for this DIY case
came from the Case-Mate's
cardboard recession cases. [via
Gizmodo] Getting the Pattern
First things first: You need the
pattern to make this case. You can
find it right here in PDF format.
You can either print your DIY
case straight onto the material
you'll use (if your printer can
handle it) or you can use ordinary
paper to make a traceable pattern.
Since felt doesn't fit all that nicely
in my printer, I'm printing the
pattern to paper first, then tracing
to the felt.
Tracing the Pattern
I chose to use a stiff felt fabric
for my case and traced the cut out
pattern onto the material. Easy
peasy and only takes a few extra
moments. Think back to the
kindergarten days as solid lines
mean "cut" and dotted lines
scream "fold me, " so take care of
where you cut.
Folding It Up
When folding this case there are
just two things to keep in mind:
the back flap with the slots goes
on the outside and you'll fold the
long top flap last. Every other fold
Internet News Record
Remains of the Day:
Google Uses You to
Read Books Edition [For
What It's Worth]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:00:00 PM
Google acquires reCaptcha, the
coolest human-assisted book-
digitizing technology on the
planet, CNET helps you use the
Zune with your Mac, and Opera
Turbo gets a good workout.
• Teaching computers to read:
Google acquires reCAPTCHA In
an effort to boost their book-
reading and -digitizing abilities,
Google purchases reCaptcha, my
favorite ingenious technology of
the decade. [Official Google
Blog]
• How Good is Opera Turbo?
When you're browsing the
internet on a slow connection,
Opera Turbo aims to keep your
browsing fast. Cybernet News
can be done in whatever order you What Were We Thinking? case stays in one piece and keeps takes a look at how well it works.
favor. Why on earth would you want your phone pretty safe without [Cybernet]
Have Some Fun with Shapes to use a case like this? Maybe any sticky stuff. (I did some very • Dark Grid Mod for iTunes 9 If
The whole point of a DIY case you're cheap, maybe you want scientific testing involving you miss the dark background
is to have something unique and something different from what throwing my poor Mario-encased grid of album view in iTunes 9,
fun. So go wild with your case. you can buy in the store, or maybe iPhone across the room repeatedly this tweaker brings it back... in
Cut out patterns and stick them on you really want a Dora the (and gently!) Only one out of OS X.
with some super glue or liquid Explorer iPhone case and can't fifteen tosses resulted in the • Use the Zune HD with a Mac
stitches find it. No matter what your phone slipping out of the case. Got a Zune but no Windows OS
Mario was hiding on The Age. reasons, this project is quick and Reasonably comparable to a non- to sync that bad boy to? CNET
Grab Your Crayons! requires nothing except a printer, DIY case.) looks at how to overcome that
If you chose to fold your case your material of choice, some If you decide to try this project problem. [CNET]
from paper or (much better) card scissors, and imagination. and like the result, snap a picture
stock, then you can have some fun The angry wallpaper is a part of and send it over to tips at
with crayons or markers. Heck, Jesus Diaz's collection. lifehacker.com with the subject of
you could make a new case each The only reason you'd need glue "Fold-it-Yourself Case," We'd
day and use the back for your to for this project is if you decide to love to see what you come up
do list. stick on some decorations. The with.
Internet News Record Tech Tips/ Tech Reviews 39

Skype founders file

copyright suit against
Skype
(CNET News.com) at least complicate the ongoing
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:16:00 PM sale of Skype. In the past,
however, eBay has said it's
Updated at 5:10 p.m. PDT with working on its own software to
eBay comment. replace what it gets from Joltid.
Joltid, a peer-to-peer software In 2006, eBay bought Skype for
company established by Skype's $2.6 billion, but co-founders
founders, filed a copyright suit Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom
a g a i n s t S k y p e W e d n e s d a y retained the rights to Skype's key
alleging Joltid's technology is peer-to-peer technology--Global
being infringed on by Skype users Index Software--via the Joltid
"in the United States at least company they formed.
100,000 times each day." Joltid terminated its license for
Just the latest in an ongoing the software after learning that
license dispute between the Skype had allegedly acquired
popular VoIP service and its unauthorized versions of the
developers, the lawsuit, filed in source code, made unauthorized
Northern California U.S. District modifications, and disclosed the
Zune Desktop Player Updates to 4.0 Court, seeks an injunction and s o f t w a r e t o t h i r d p e r s o n s ,
d a m a g e s , w h i c h J o l t i d according to the lawsuit.
"reasonably believes are amassing The two companies have been
[Downloads] at a rate of $75 million daily," involved in a separate lawsuit in
according to the suit. the U.K. over that license
Also listed as defendants are termination, but the case isn't set
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker) rich graphical interface. (Though • The Smart DJ feature can
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:30:00 PM iTunes album views have headed generate related playlists starting Skype's current owner eBay, as to go to trial until June 2010.
in this direction, too.) It's a from any song on your computer well as investors in a consortium Referring to that suit, eBay's SEC
Windows only: Microsoft's Zune refreshing way to look at music, and some music from the Zune that earlier this month signed a filing regarding the sale of Skype
HD was released yesterday and it even though after playing with it, Marketplace. (Think of it like deal with eBay to acquire a 65 says "consummation of the deal
looks great, but whether you've I'm not sure I really like it better. Genius in iTunes.) percent stake in Skype, with eBay was subject to 'no settlement of
got the latest Zune, an older It seems better suited for a • A n e x p a n d e d Z u n e retaining 35 percent. the pending litigation with Joltid
model, or just like the Zune t e l e v i s i o n a n d r e m o t e t h a n Marketplace includes more HD "Skype has infringed Joltid's Limited having been effected
desktop player, Zune 4.0 brings monitor and mouse, and the way movies and TV shows. c o p y r i g h t s , " a c o m p a n y without the consent of the Buyer
new features and an improved the new Quickplay page reacts to Zune 4.0 is a free download, spokesman said in a statement. (subject to certain limitations).'"
look to desktop music players. my mouse movements takes some Windows only. If you're a die- "Joltid will vigorously enforce its The other defendants in the suit
The Zune player sets itself apart getting used to. That said, it does hard Zune user (for better or copyrights and other intellectual filed Wednesday are Silver Lake
from iTunes in one important way look very nice. The update has worse, no one at Lifehacker HQ property rights in all of the P a r t n e r s , I n d e x V e n t u r e s
(not including the whole iPod vs. also added: is, even though the Zune HD technologies it has innovated." Management, Michaelangelo
Zune support). As the Zune • A new Quickplay page gives looks really nice), give us your "Their allegations and claims are Volpi, Andreessen Horowitz, and
marketing folks put it: "Browse you "instant access to the stuff thoughts on the 4.0 update in the without merit and are founded on t h e C a n a d a P e n s i o n P l a n
music, not spreadsheets." That is y o u c a r e a b o u t m o s t w i t h comments. Zune 4.0 fundamental legal and factual Investment Board. This lawsuit
to say, the Zune player doesn't shortcuts to favorites, recently errors," eBay spokesman John was first reported Wednesday by
have the all-business text columns downloaded or played music, and Pluhowski said in a statement. The Wall Street Journal.
like iTunes, focusing instead on a more." The lawsuit has the potential to
40 Tech Reviews TV Internet News Record

What do you think of

the changes on Wheel of
Fortune and Jeopardy?
EBay, Yahoo, Facebook among Top 10 most By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)

trusted companies - study

Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:08:00 PM

The new seasons of both Wheel

(CNET News.com) list of the most trustworthy brands. That's what we're trying to they've had issues and come a of Fortune and Jeopardy started
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:16:00 PM companies, Kevin Bankston, a get at," Hodge said. "The idea long way on privacy," he said. this week, and while most of the
senior staff attorney at the behind this research is to promote In assessing the level of games are exactly the same, both
EBay is the most trusted Electronic Frontier Foundation, consumer education about privacy trustworthiness of the popular shows debuted a couple of new
company in terms of privacy and told CNET News. and to promote adoption of best brands, Truste staff looked at 40 things that might have hardcore
Yahoo and Facebook are among "They really ought to do one practices by companies... We criteria, Hodges said. The criteria game show fans talking.
the Top 10, according to a new ranking for the poll and a separate understand consumers are included things like whether a First, WOF. They're in Las
report released on Wednesday. o n e f o r t h e a c t u a l p r i v a c y probably going to name company: has a clear, readability Vegas this week, and the game
Following eBay is Verizon, the evaluation," Bankston wrote on companies they trust and there and easy to find privacy hasn't changed except for one
U.S. Postal Service, WebMD, F a c e b o o k . " B l e n d i n g t h e m may not be a clear correlation statement; provides adequate thing: they've gotten rid of the
I B M , P r o c t e r & G a m b l e , together makes these rankings with privacy." access to account information; "Free Spin" card! This doesn't
Nationwide and Intuit, with rather useless, IMHO." Regardless, Hodge and Larry uses cookies and discloses that to have the same impact as Darrin
Yahoo and Facebook in the ninth Basically, privacy practices Ponemon, founder of the institute users; shares data with other being replaced on Bewitched or
and tenth spots, the study from the were analyzed and ranked only that bears his name, said the companies and affiliates; has a William Petersen leaving CSI, but
Ponemon Institute and Truste for a list of 23 companies that companies on the list deserved data retention policy; has a chief when you take something away
says. were highly rated in a survey of recognition. privacy officer; whether they from hardcore game show fans,
Here are the list of the most more than 6,000 U.S. consumers "None of these companies is disclose a user's e-mail during they can get pretty rowdy. I don't
trusted companies in privacy, earlier this year, according to doing badly at privacy," said password reset; and whether they know if that will happen here
according to a study by the Truste spokeswoman Carolyn Hodge. "We're talking about the use Web beacons. since "Free Spin" has been
P o n e m o n I n s t i t u t e a n d Hodge. The Top 20 from that best companies out there." In addition, representatives from replaced by a "Free Play" space
T r u s t e . ( C r e d i t : P o n e m o n survey were analyzed and that "Clearly there can be variance the Ponemon Institute called on the wheel. If you land on this
Institute/Truste) included 23 companies because of between perception and reality," companies without identifying spot, you get to do anything you
It was Facebook's debut on the several ties, she said. Ponemon said. But, he noted, themselves and asked questions want: choose a consonant, ask for
list, as well as the first time a So, the latest study most Verizon recently adopted a new about privacy practices to see how a vowel, etc, and if you're wrong
telecommunications company and a c c u r a t e l y r e f l e c t s w h i c h more consumer-friendly privacy well their customer service it's OK, you don't lose your turn.
a government operation cracked companies were deemed to have policy, eBay does a good job on representatives respond to Continue reading What do you
the top three. the best privacy practices among a data security and Facebook has consumer inquiries about that. think of the changes on Wheel of
While the list ranks the most list of companies that consumers made great improvements lately Here is the list of the most Fortune and Jeopardy?
trusted companies based on perceive as being trustworthy. on user privacy. trusted companies from December Filed under: OpEd, Game
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Phone calling coming to Twitter TAB Welcomes:

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:46:00 PM
use and is expected to work on
any Twitter-enabled device, from
PCs to smart phones.
board is unknown at this point, of
course. And given that neither the
Facebook nor the Twitter voice
Alfredo Padilla
Twitter users on Thursday will, One important element of the services are being provided by the By Alfredo Padilla
for the first time, be able to make service is that users can keep their social networks themselves means (TheAppleBlog)
voice calls directly to each other phone numbers private, yet be that some users will choose not to Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:34:03 PM
t h r o u g h t h e m i c r o b l o g g i n g able to have voice chats with just get involved for fear of privacy,
service. about anyone on Twitter. To be stability or other concerns. Where to begin? I didn’t always
A new third-party offering from sure, since the calls are initiated Still, if these third-party services aspire to write about technology,
Jajah known as Jajah@call is by one person, the recipient may end up being successful, it would but my complete lack of interest
expected to go into beta Thursday well not be online, or may choose be natural to expect that Facebook in a real social life got me noticed
morning that will allow Twitter to ignore the call if they don't and Twitter may decide they need on a discussion forum about three
users to initiate a two-way voice want to talk. to step up and directly embed years ago and led to a job offer.
chat with other users by typing There are currently several such technologies into their I’ve been slaving over a keyboard
"@call @username"--where applications that allow users to offerings. And there is a precedent ever since.
"username" is someone's Twitter create voice-to-text Twitter posts- for such a move. After Vivox I became a Mac user just before
ID--into any Twitter client. -known as tweets--but it does not began offering Second Life users that, purchasing the first
During the beta period, the appear that anyone has yet made it a third-party voice solution, the generation Intel Macbook. I’ve
company said, the calls will be p o s s i b l e t o i n i t i a t e v o i c e virtual world's publisher, Linden never looked back, and just
limited to two minutes, but the communications directly between Lab, decided it needed to take recently upgraded to the new 13-
company will evaluate that length Twitter users. advantage of the technology. inch Macbook Pro (which I love).
during beta. However, it sees the Coming on the heels of the Today, thanks to a formal I also picked up an iPhone when it and wife). I also love baseball, Go
two minute period--after which announcement earlier this week partnership, Vivox's voice service was first released and have Mariners! I just moved to South
the call will end--as "the verbal that Facebook users will now be is formally integrated into Second upgraded every year, although I America and am improving my
equivalent of a tweet." able to communicate with each Life. have to admit that I’m not happy Spanish skills and exploring my
According to Jajah, an Internet other via voice--using a third- And while it may be some time with Apple’s app store policies new home.
communications provider with party application from Vivox--it's before such a thing happens with and have strongly considered I’m very excited to be writing
tens of millions of users, the clear that there is a strong interest, either Facebook or Twitter, or any switching to an Android or S60 for TheAppleBlog. When it was
service will allow a user to place a among service providers, at least, other major social network, one device. time to look for a new gig I
call to any other user, so long as in taking leading social networks would have to think that it's only a My favorite Mac programs started by asking those sites that I
the second person follows the first b e y o n d s t r i c t l y t e x t matter of time. include 1Password, Fluid and loved reading the most, and
on Twitter and both have Jajah communications. Whether large iBank. On the iPhone side I’m imagine my surprise when my
accounts. The service is free to numbers of users choose to get on partial to Kindle, Fieldrunners and number one choice was willing to
Byline(iTunes links). I have an take on silly old me? I’ve always
Peter, Paul & Mary Singer Passes Away absolute obsession about to-do been impressed by the high
applications and have tried them quality of writing on this site and
(ETonline - Breaking News) Wednesday. She had suffered all on both the Mac and the
from leukemia for a number of I hope I can continue that
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:49:00 PM iPhone. tradition.
years. Aside from Technology and
Mary Travers of the famous Peter, Paul and Mary were If you want to learn more about
Apple, I love hiking, reading and me (lord help you) find me on
1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and known for their rendition of "If I spending time with my family
Mary has passed away, the band’s Had a Hammer," as well as songs Twitter@ AlfredoJPadilla.
(which consists of a beagle, cat
publicist tells the Associated such as "Lemon Tree," "Leaving
Press. She was 72. on a Jet Plane" and "Puff (The
According to the group's Magic Dragon).”
publicist, Travers died at a
Connecticut hospital on
42 Tech Reviews Tech Blog Entertainment Internet News Record

I need a Domain Name

Server with a REST
interface
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:41:29 PM

Here's what I need:

Can autism really be detected by 1. A server I can use to manage

hosts for a domain that I own that
am currently not using. I have
voice alone? many. I will pick one.
2. Ideally I don't even want to
run the server myself. Someone
(CNET News.com) several types of language delays categorizes the 16-hour audio from the community of people
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:17:00 PM and disorders, says the kit works stream into sound types, such as who read this blog who are
for children as young as 24 child, parent, or television. The interested in distributed realtime
LenaBaby, a home device that months. child clips are then further message systems and want to play
records 16 hours of audio from a "Roughly speaking, autistic dissected, and analyzed for the a role in its development. This record name. Not A or MX maybe
toddler's shirt pocket, appears to children vocalize differently from phonological composition of each project will not use a lot of TXT. The value is the address of
predict autism in children as other children," Dongxin Xu, sound, as well as how it is bandwidth or server resources. It's their RSS 2.0 feed. So
young as 24 months with 91 manager of software and language c l u s t e r e d a n d p a i r e d . T h e primarily for development. The george.loose.ly would be the
percent accuracy.(Credit: Lena e n g i n e e r i n g a t t h e L e n a resulting data is then compared other users will be geeks like you name of George Matesky's
Foundation) F o u n d a t i o n , t e l l s M I T ' s w i t h t h e d a t a c o m p i l e d o n and me. realtime feed. If you want to
The Lena Foundation, whose T e c h n o l o g y R e v i e w . children who are considered 3. The server must have a REST follow him, you wouldn't have to
new autism-screening tool hit the Analyzing a child's vocal normal, autistic, or delayed. interface. I need at least one call. use his feed address you'd use
market in September, claims that patterns to screen for autism isn't The 91 percent accuracy is high, It takes three parameters (that I george.loose.ly. The client would
parents who use the Lena System new. The three factors that seem and while Lena researchers can think of, there may need to be just do a DNS lookup to find him.
are now able to determine with 91 to set the Lena System apart from c o n t i n u e t o f i n e - t u n e t h e i r more). The three parameters are: 4. If no one is willing to operate
percent accuracy whether their traditional screening methods are software to push that rate even name of sub-domain (something the server, then I'll operate it. It
child is developing normally, has portability (the recording device is higher, I remain somewhat like george), record name (I'll must be something that runs on
autism, or has unassociated small); amount of data (16-hour skeptical that voice alone can explain below) and the value. The EC2.
language delays. recordings); and the software determine whether a child is same call can be used to change 5. I need it soon. I want to start
The home kit, which includes a L e n a u s e s t o a n a l y z e t h e autistic. It is often suggested that the value. Probably should send a developing a prototype.
digital audio recorder, an outfit to r e c o r d i n g s p a r e n t s m a i l i n Einstein didn't speak until he was string that's a MD5 hash of all the Tomorrow? Friday? Please, no
hold the recorder, and a dutifully each month. at least 3, if not 4 or 5; I have to parameters plus my password. later than Monday. It seems like a
questionnaire about the child's According to Jeffrey Richards, a wonder how a 16-hour recording Something like that. You can tell fairly easy thing to do.
development thus far, costs $699. s t a t i s t i c i a n a n d d a t a b a s e of Einstein at 24 months would be me what it should be, but nothing Anyway that's the idea.
The foundation, which develops t e c h n i c i a n f o r t h e L e n a interpreted by Lena software. too fancy. Comments welcome of course.
technology for the screening of Foundation, the software first The record name is a DNS
Jennifer Lopez Dazzles the Nation's Capital
(ETonline - Breaking News) Washington D.C. on Wednesday. issue of education in the Hispanic
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:42:00 PM J. Lo and hubby Marc Anthony community and legislation for
met with Speaker of the House college affordability that the
Jennifer Lopez appeared before Nancy Pelosi and members of the House is considering.
members of Congress in a pale Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
pink, curve-hugging stunner in They reportedly discussed the
Internet News Record Apple 43

Retro Gaming Roundup: 40 iPhone Games to Take You Back

in Time
By Andrew Bednarz Price:$4.99 iTunes Price:$5.99
(TheAppleBlog) Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Adventures Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
Submitted at 9/16/2009 9:11:26 AM iTunes The classic point and click iTunes
Missile Command adventure games let you guide Flight of the Amazon Queen
There are few iPhone games that Release Year: 1980 your character around a scene, Release Year: 1995
I will immediately buy. Most of Original Platform: Arcade interacting with computer Original Platform: Amiga, PC
the ones I do, however, are the Price:$4.99 characters and objects by either Price:$4.99
classic games I played as a Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, entering text or clicking on action Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
teenager. iTunes words. Sierra and Lucas Arts were iTunes
The iPhone/iPod touch is more PAC-MAN the kings of this genre until the Shooters
than powerful enough to handle Release Year: 1980 3D graphics revolution when they The memories of borrowing my
these games and it seems that Original Platform: Arcade seemed to die out. Myst took a school’s greyscale brief-case
there are many people like me Price:$5.99 different take on the genre while sized 386 for the weekend to play
who are keen to experience these Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, InfoGames was one of the the shareware version of
classics again. So, here’s a iTunes original companies where text Wolfenstein 3D are still with me.
roundup of modern ports of Ms. PAC-MAN adventures all started (Frotz is an It started a new era of gaming can
classic games. Only official ports Release Year: 1981 open source interpretor of text now be fondly relived on the
of classic games are detailed here Original Platform: Arcade adventure games and includes the iPhone. Duke Nukem 3D is
— clones and the like do exist but Price:$5.99 M.I.T version of Zork). Zork another old favorite, athough ID
I had to draw a line in the sand. Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, (available in Frotz) was clearly the leader. Wolf 3D
I’ve also included links to iTunes Release Year: 1977 Release Year: 1992
Wikipedia for those interested in Galaga Original Platform: DEC PDP-10 Original Platform: PC
the history of the games. Classic Release Year: 1981 Price: Free Price:$1.99
Arcaders Original Platform: Arcade Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
The Video Arcade is where Price:$4.99 iTunes iTunes
mainstream gaming began, and Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Mystery House Duke Nukem 3D
there are plenty of original ports iTunes Original Platform: Arcade Release Year: 1980 Release Year: 1996
from this era to re-live your youth Frogger Price:$1.99 Original Platform: Apple II Original Platform: PC
shoving coins into cabinets. I’d Release Year: 1981 Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Price:$5.99 Price:$2.99
still like to see BubbleBobble Original Platform: Arcade iTunes Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
make an appearance here to Price:$1.99 Space Ace iTunes iTunes
completely satisfy my urges. Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Release Year: 1984 Secret of Monkey Island Platformers
Space Invaders iTunes Original Platform: Arcade Release Year: 1990 While the original jump’n'run
Release Year: 1978 Dig Dug Price:$4.99 Original Platform: Atari ST, platformer Super Mario Bros isn’t
Original Platform: Arcade Release Year: 1982 Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Macintosh and PC available (yet?), Sega’s main
Price:$4.99 Original Platform: Arcade iTunes Price:$7.99 competition Sonic The Hedgehog
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Price:$4.99 Time Crisis Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, is, as well as other classic
iTunes Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Release Year: 1995 iTunes variations of platform games
Super Breakout iTunes Original Platform: Arcade Simon The Sorcerer (including hack’n’slash
Release Year: 1978 Pole Position Price:$5.99 Release Year: 1993 platformers like Golden Axe).
Original Platform: Arcade Release Year: 1982 Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Original Platform: PC Golden Axe
Price:$1.99 Original Platform: Arcade iTunes Price:$4.99 Release Year: 1989
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Price:$2.99 Alpine Racer Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Original Platform: Arcade
iTunes Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Release Year: 1995 iTunes Consoles (Sega System 16)
Centipede iTunes Original Platform: Arcade Myst Price:$4.99
Release Year: 1980 Q*Bert Price:$1.99 Release Year: 1993
Original Platform: Arcade Release Year: 1982 Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, Original Platform: Mac RETRO page 45
44 Apple Picture Fashion Internet News Record

iTunes UI: Deconstructing 8 to 9

By Chris Ryan (TheAppleBlog) “adding to shopping cart” versus specific episodes. When syncing
Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:31:25 AM buying with Amazon’s licensed 1- photos, users can take advantage
Click technology. Added is an of the iPhoto ‘09 Faces and Places
The one thing many people did option to use the full window aspect to sync photos of particular
not expect with a new version of when browsing the iTunes Store. people or a particular place. Many
iTunes was that Apple would use iTunes 9 Store Preferences of these areas also provide a
the opportunity to cause dissent iTunes 8 Store Preferences search field, making it easier to
among its fanbase by introducing Browsing Content quickly narrow down and select
another new user interface. Some Browsing content within iTunes the specific content you’re
classify the new styling as has also received a refresh. While looking for. Happy Birthday,
“ n e e d e d ” a n d “ e l e g a n t a n d browsing music in List Mode, the
r e f i n e d ” w h i l e o t h e r s h a v e artists have been grouped along
Syncing TV Shows
Syncing Ringtones
Moo! Yay,
resorted to a variety of hacks to the left, making it easier to narrow
return to the UI of yesteryear. down your selection rather
Syncing iTunes U
Syncing Music
PhotoJoJo!
We’ve gone through every quickly. them a more glossy, shiny three Syncing Photos By Tara Kirchner (Flickr Blog)
corner of iTunes we could find iTunes 9 Music List Mode dimensional look. The toolbar has The biggest feature in the Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:18:57 PM
and dug up all of the major When browsing in Grid View, also been realigned, removing the redesigned sync options is the
changes in the interface. Here’s the first thing you will notice is ‘View’ label and moving the ability to organize your iPhone The wonderful people at Moo
what we found. Welcome to that the dark black background is ‘Search’ label instead the Search and iPod touch apps directly are celebrating their 3rd birthday!
iTunes 9 gone and now albums are field. The information area has within iTunes. Check the ones Woo hoo, Moo! They’re giving
The first thing many noticed is scattered amongst an off white also been updated, providing you wish to add, highlight to away 10,000 packs of Moo
that iTunes 9 now launches with a background. Badged content, such more useful information during select them and drag them to business cards for free (you’ll pay
Welcome to iTunes screen, as Podcasts, TV Shows, iTunes U syncing and downloading of whichever home screen you shipping). You’ll get 50 cards in a
offering quick links to videos and Movies feature blue badges content from the iTunes Store desire. Selecting multiple apps is pack, and each card will have a
showcasing some of iTunes instead of the original red. Gone (such as time remaining). a cinch and moving them between Moo watermark and discount
features. Similar to apps like from this view are the tabs to sort iTunes 9 also brings about many home screens is equally easy. code for your friend. Hurry!
iPhoto and iWeb, users can content within an area (such as refreshed icons, including many Syncing Apps Everything Else We also wanted to extend a
disable this by ticking a checkbox. Music) by Albums, Artists, of the icons in the sidebar. Upon a user’s first visit to a hearty congrats to Amit and Kelly
iTunes Preferences Genres and Composers. This can Specifically, playlist icons have section, such as creating a new at PhotoJojo. Their beautiful book
iTunes Preferences also featured be re-enabled via the View menu. gotten the most attention, while Playlist, or visiting the Podcast is available now, chock-full of
a few notable changes, ITunes 9 Podcasts TVs, Movies, Audiobooks, and area, they are greeted with a new great photo projects.
specifically adding support for Cover Flow view is pretty much Applications have seen slight UI that discusses how that C’mon people! Make something
grouping iTunes U content. the same, with the refining of the refreshes as well. particular concept works. with your photos!
iTunes 9 General Preferences “full screen” icon. Syncing iTunes 9 New Playlist Photo by JKonig and
iTunes 8 General Preferences iTunes 9 CoverFlow Syncing is by far the area that While this overview is fairly acappella05.
Parental Control also received a The iTunes 9 Equalizer also received the most attention in this exhaustive, there are likely many
new icon (matching the icon in received a refresh, styling the revision. Specifically, users now other features that users will
Snow Leopard) as well as some control knobs with blue accents. have the ability to sync content continue to discover. If there’s
slight rewording. iTunes 9 Equalizer more selectively. When choosing one we’ve missed, please use the
iTunes 9 Parental Controls iTunes 8 Equalizer Icons & a TV show, for instance, they can comments to let us know!
iTunes 8 Parental Controls Buttons sync specific seasons or specific
Removed from iTunes 9 are Buttons and displays in iTunes 9 episodes. When syncing a
references in the Store section to have been overhauled to give podcast, they can choose to sync

Tom Ford, coming soon to a theater near you

By blogeditor1 (Material Not bad for the first one out of actor honors at the Venice Film movie out in NYC and L.A. [via Variety] COREY
Interest on Men.style.com) the gate: Ford's debut film, A Festival—has been picked up for before the year's end for Oscar S E Y M O U R
Submitted at 9/16/2009 11:03:12 AM Single Man—just a few days after distribution by the brothers qualification, but if you can't wait
lead Colin Firth took home best Weinstein. They're rushing the that long, here's the trailer.
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continued from page 43
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Rick Dangerous
Release Year: 1989
Original Platforms: Amiga,
Amstrad CPC, Atari ST,
Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum,
DOS
Price:$1.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Sonic the Hedgehog
Release Year: 1991
Original Platform: Sega Mega
Drive / Genesis
Price:$5.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Streets of Rage
Release Year: 1991
Original Platform: Sega
MegaDrive / Genesis
Price:$4.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Flashback
Release Year: 1992
Original Platform: Amiga
Price:$4.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Super Methane Bros
HGTV: Antonio Ballatore's house is kind of a dump
By Mike Moody (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:03:00 PM
A lot of you made your feelings
heard about Antonio Ballatore
winning this season of Design
Star by commenting on a post I
wrote earlier this week. The
scruffy and tattooed LA. designer
has tons of fans (just check out his
Facebook page), but a lot of
HGTV watchers couldn't warm up
to his unconventional designs and
slacker dude persona.
Release Year: 1993
Original Platform: Amiga
Price:$0.99
Links: Webpage, iTunes
Strategy / Simulation
Sim City and Civilisation are
two of the most well known and
loved strategy simulation games
and of course they make a
showing in this list. Personally I’d
love to see the old Bullfrog
Amiga classics PowerMonger and
Populous appear on the App Store
too. Archon
Release Year: 1983
Original Platform: Atari
Price:$2.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Sim City
Release Year: 1988
Original Platforms: Amiga, Mac
Price:$4.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Civilization
Release Year: 1991
Original Platform: PC
Price:$4.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Puzzlers and Others
Me? I'm a fan. The guy is
obviously talented. I like his edgy
designs and his laid back
everyman attitude. His new show,
The Antonio Project, will
definitely be something different
for HGTV. It won't be for
everybody, but it'll be refreshing
to see a guy like Antonio host a
show on a cable network mostly
populated by dull yuppie types.
The HGTV Web site has a former set designer will have to
preview of this Sunday's premiere redesign his own home in five
of The Antonio Project. The days. By the looks of his house,
From the original puzzle game
Tetris, to early classics like
Bomberman. Rogue
Release Year: Early 1980s
Original Platform: UNIX
Price: Free
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Bomberman
Release Year: 1983
Original Platform: MSX, NEC
PC-8801, NEC PC-6001, Sharp
MZ-700, FM-7, ZX Spectrum
Price:$7.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Tetris
Release Year: 1984
Original Platform: PC
Price:$4.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Boulderdash
Release Year: 1984
Original Platform: Atari
400/800, Apple II, MSX, ZX
Spectrum, Commodore 64,
ColecoVision
Price:$4.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Crystal Quest
TV Sports 45
Release Year: 1987
Original Platform: Apple Mac
Price:$0.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes
Pinball Dreams
Release Year: 1992
Original Platform: Amiga
Price:$4.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage,
iTunes Crying for Argentina:
Pinball Fantasies
Release Year: 1992 What Weepy del Potro
Original Platform: Amiga Really Said at US Open
Price:$6.99
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, By Greg Couch (FanHouse)
iTunes Submitted at 9/16/2009 8:24:00 PM
Worms
Release Year: 1994 by Greg Couch
Original Platform: Amiga Filed under: U.S. Open Dick
Price:$4.99 Enberg is just the poor sap in this
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, whole thing. But Juan Martin del
iTunes Potro beat Roger Federer to win
Vay the U.S. Open Monday, becoming
Release Year: 1994 just the second South American
Original Platform: Sega CD man to win it. And the first,
Price:$4.99 Guillermo Vilas, was in the stands
Links: Wikipedia, Webpage, to celebrate. And throughout the
iTunes match, a huge Spanish-speaking
crowd sang O ... lay, Olay, Olay,
Olay ...
And then del Potro politely and
with great humility spoke to the
crowd in English, a language he
doesn't speak particularly well
yet, or comfortably. Then, he
the network is doing Antonio a a s k e d E n b e r g , t h e C B S
favor. The place looks like a announcer, if he could say a few
crime scene or an abandoned strip words in Spanish. More: CBS
mall. Head after the jump to see a Defends Enberg
pic. Crying for Argentina: What
Continue reading HGTV: Weepy del Potro Really Said at
Antonio Ballatore's house is kind US Open originally appeared on
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Name That Cat: What Breed Should

OS 10.7 Be?
By Charles Moore
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 11:00:44 AM
OS X Liger?
Now that Snow Leopard is on
the prowl, thoughts turn to what
Mac OS 10.7 might be called.
When it was announced that
Mac OS 10.6 would be christened
“Snow Leopard,” there was some
speculation that Apple was
running out of big cat names for
its OS X versions. OS X 10.1 was
Puma, 10.2 Jaguar, 10.3 Panther,
10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard, and
10.6 is Snow Leopard.
More likely is that Apple
wanted to emphasize that 10.6
would not be a major new features
upgrade (hence the relatively
modest price of $29.95), but
rather pretty much a code-
slimming and streamlining
Jaguarundi, anyone?).
One cat name I like is Cougar,
although an objection might be
that it’s a synonym for Puma,
which has already been used for
OS 10.1, but then so is Panther in
its North American context. The
largest wild cat species on this
verified.
Perhaps the most likely not-yet-
used for an OS X version would
be Cheetah, with the positive
association of being the fastest
animal on the planet. Running flat
out, the fastest horses might hit
about 43 miles per hour, while a
cheetah can touch 70 MPH in
short bursts. Earlier this month a
cheetah named Sarah, whose
home is the Cincinnati Zoo &
Botanical Garden, broke the
world cheetah speed record in the
100-meter dash, covering the
distance in 6.16 seconds — .06
seconds off the previous record
set in 2001 by a cheetah living in FX quietly plans sneak-peek
South Africa.
Other Mac OS name candidates
would be Ocelot, a primarily
of animated Archer
By Jonathan Toomey (TV in Archer's six eps suddenly
South and Central American cat
that also ranges into Mexico and Squad) became impossible. So the plan
has changed. Instead of pairing
as far north as Texas, and the Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:25:00 PM

revision of OS 10.5 Leopard, with
Power PC support excised. That
would make a name somewhat
similar to OS 10.5 logical
(although the Snow Leopard is
actually a completely different
species from Leopard).
There’s no danger of Apple
running out of cat names anytime
soon. According to one wild cat
species resource site, there are 36
distinct species of non-domestic
cats, although some are
concededly so obscure that they
wouldn’t be suitable for an
operating system moniker (
continent is variously known as
Cougar, Puma, Mountain Lion,
Panther, Painter, and Catamount
plus reportedly several dozen
other less-widely used names that
have been recorded across North
and South America.
If Apple wanted a particularly
exotic variant, they might
consider Eastern Cougar,
referencing cats some contend
still range in small numbers east
of the Mississippi River in the
U.S., and Canada — an assertion
that remains to be scientifically
medium-sized North American
Lynx and Bobcat. There’s
Wildcat too, a name used by
Grumman for a World War II
vintage naval fighter aircraft, and
of course “the king of beasts” —
Lion, which for some reason
hasn’t been used on an OS X
version yet.
Still plenty of cat names to
chose from. What’s your
preference for OS 10.7?
Photo courtesy of allwest44.
Archer with Sunny mid-season,
When FX initially picked up six FX plans to launch its fantasy-
episodes of its first foray into football themed sitcom The
animated comedy, the plan for League instead. However, if you
Archer was to pair it with It's were looking forward to seeing
Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Archer, I've got some good news.
Since that greenlight, two things Continue reading FX quietly
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CK and Don Cheadle). Second, Animation, Adult Swim, It's
and more importantly, according Always Sunny in Philadelphia,
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Rumor Has It: New iMacs and MacBooks

Coming Just in Time for Windows 7
By Darrell Etherington The iMac is also well behind its
(TheAppleBlog) PC counterparts in terms of
Submitted at 9/16/2009 8:18:03 AM internal specs, so the prediction
that it could see the introduction UFC Fight Night
Apple beat Microsoft to market
in terms of new operating systems
of Core i5 or i7 processors is
probably not too far off base. We
19 Chat
(although “new” doesn’t really may also see Apple’s first move By Ariel Helwani (FanHouse)
apply in the case of either 10.6 or away from NVIDIA’s GeForce Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:15:00 PM
Windows 7), but that means 9400M as the fallout from GPU-
Microsoft will have the spotlight gate continues. Expect any by Ariel Helwani
uncontested when it launches internal hardware changes to Filed under: UFC
Windows 7 on Oct. 22. That’s specifically compliment user While watching tonight's UFC
why one research firm, Wedge experience with the new Snow Fight Night 19 telecast on Spike,
Partners, is predicting new Leopard operating system. come chat with the MMA
MacBook and iMac hardware in While some point to the FanHouse crew about all the
the coming weeks. significance of the recent iPod action from Oklahoma City. Will
A significant hardware upgrade event as evidence that Apple this be Roger Huerta's final UFC
on Apple’s core lineup of iMac would not make another major fight? Can Nate Diaz snap his
desktops and the lone MacBook announcement so closely on its losing streak? Will Carlos Condit
notebook would indeed go a long heels, it was only last year that pick up his first UFC victory
way towards stealing the wind Apple’s “Let’s Rock” iPod and against newcomer Jake
from Microsoft’s sails. Especially me at the beginning of September has been in play since August of music special event in September Ellenberger?
if it prices the new models lower, that new iMacs were definitely on 2007, and the white plastic was followed immediately in The live chat starts below at 8
as the same research firm suggests the horizon, and that retail MacBook case goes back to May October with its major notebook PM ET.
it may. management was being prepared 2 0 0 6 . T h e s p e c i f i c d e s i g n event, at which it introduced the More Coverage: Fight Night
Normally, I don’t have much for a major launch of the updated predictions made by Wedge new unibody MacBook and Results| Fighter Has Seizure
patience for the ramblings of computers. partners stand little chance of MacBook Pro design. Clearly, it’s UFC Fight Night 19 Chat
those soothsayers in the so-called No mention was made of the being accurate, but a new look historically possible, and Apple originally appeared on Fanhouse
“analyst” line of work, but this MacBook, but it, like the iMacs, would definitely be in order. has seen the financial sense it MMA Blog on Wed, 16 Sep 2009
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No-Huddle Notebook: Texans Head in Wrong Direction

By Calvin Watkins (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:30:00 PM
by Calvin Watkins
Filed under: Texans, NFL
Notebook If the Houston Texans
want to be taken seriously in the
NFL, they have to earn a wild-
card berth or win the AFC South
this season.
But on Sunday against the Jets, and wide receiver Andre Johnson NFL Blog on Wed, 16 Sep 2009
the Texans looked terrible. had four catches for 35 yards. 18:30:00 EST . Please see our
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Matt Schaub, who insists he's week then they visit the Titans.
healthy, completed just 18 of 33 Running back Steve Slaton No-Huddle Notebook: Texans
passes for 166 yards. The Texans averaged just 1.9 yards per carry Head in Wrong Direction
had no offensive touchdowns. originally appeared on Fanhouse
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What's On Tonight: Crash Course, The Beautiful

Life, Top Chef, Black Gold
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:04:00 PM
• ESPN2 has WNBA Basketball
Playoffs all night.
• At 8, ABC has a new Wipeout,
followed by new episodes of
Crash Course and Primetime: The
Outsiders.
• NBC has a new, two-hour
America's Got Talent at 8, then a
new Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has a new So You Think
You Can Dance at 8, followed by
a new Glee.
• The CW has a new America's
Next Top Model at 8, then the
series premiere of The Beautiful
Life.
• There's a new Live From
Lincoln Center on PBS at 8, with
the New York Philharmonic.
• Spike has a new, two-hour
UFC Fight Night at 8, followed
by a new Ultimate Fighter.
• Cartoon Network has a new
Bobb'e Says at 8, then a new
Dude, What Would Happen?
• At 9, TBS has two new
episodes of Tyler Perry's Meet the
Browns.
• Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters
at 9, followed by a new
• Bravo has a new Top Chef: Las
Vegas at 10.
• MTV has a new Real World at
10.
• Travel Channel has a new Man
vs. Food at 10.
• TruTV has a new Black Gold
at 10.
• Also at 10: Food Network has a
new Dinner: Impossible.
Check your local TV listings for
more.
After the jump, the late night
talk shows.
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Kansas City Chiefs' Matt Cassel looks better in practice

By Associated Press Baltimore, would be listed as today." There are certain times that things questionable.
(ESPN.com) questionable. Cassel's left knee was still take. But the player is doing "Brandon has done everything
Submitted at 9/16/2009 1:13:47 PM AFC West blog braced, but the slight limp he had everything under his power to be over the weekend and yesterday
ESPN.com's Bill Williamson last week was not evident. ready, which is usually a good to get himself back on the field,"
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Matt writes about all things AFC West Haley declined to assess how thing." Haley said. "He's made progress
Cassel appeared to be running in his division blog. much progress has been made by Fullback Mike Cox said he had from last week. It will be an
more briskly in practice • Blog network: NFL Nation his quarterback, who signed a six- no idea who might start at evaluation on him also."
Wednesday morning, creating "No. 7 [Cassel], as I felt he year contract for a guaranteed $28 quarterback. Brodie Croyle started in Cassel's
h o p e K a n s a s C i t y ' s N o . 1 would, he moved around a little million after coming from New "It's always nice having No. 7 place in the 38-24 loss to the
quarterback might start Sunday better than he did at the end of the England in a trade. out there and having his knee Ravens and hit 16 of 24 passes for
against the Oakland Raiders. week," said Haley. "Again, this is "I haven't talked to the doctors. looking better," he said. 177 yards and two touchdowns.
Coach Todd Haley said Cassel, going to be an evaluation deal But to my eye, he was improved Brandon Flowers, the Chiefs' Copyright 2009 by The
who injured his left knee in a with him. He did not participate in some from last week," Haley said. No. 1 cornerback who missed the Associated Press
preseason game Aug. 29 and sat the entire practice, so he'll go on "There are medical issues opener with a shoulder injury, was
o u t t h e s e a s o n o p e n e r a t the injury report as questionable involved when an injury occurs. also practicing but listed as
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A Unique Brand of Broke Baseball in Texas
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 9:16:38 AM
The Texas Rangers enter
Wednesday’s action 5.5 games
behind the Boston Red Sox in the
American League Wild Card race,
but miles ahead of even the most
optimistic preseason expectations.
The Rangers’ 80 wins (over 144
games) already puts them ahead
of their season total from 2008.
The Rangers’ next victory will
guarantee them their highest win
tally since 2004. But while Texas
has been one of the season’s most
striking stories, there’s a unhappy
subplot to this tale. Despite their
on-field success, the Rangers are
an economic mess, and essentially
in receivership. Getty Images If
only there were some brash,
sports-loving, super-rich guy in
the Dallas area to help the
Rangers and their owner, Tom
Hicks (right).
“Owner Tom Hicks essentially
has lost fiscal control of the team,
which has had to borrow at least
$15 million from major league
baseball,” the Fort Worth Star-
Telegram’s Jim Reeves reported
Saturday. “MLB is making many
of the calls regarding Rangers’
moves, including the one that cost
them the ability to sign No. 1 draft
pick Matt Purke.” The report led
to speculation that the Rangers
might shut down starting pitcher
Kevin Millwood — who is 4 1/3
innings shy of triggering a $12
million option for next season —
in the heat of a pennant race due
to the unwillingness of the team’s
de facto owners to absorb that
cost. What is going on here?
Millwood’s case is complicated,
as Evan Grant writes in D
Magazine, by the fact that the
veteran starter has been terrible
lately. “From a business
perspective, the choice would be
an easy one: Sit him down and
avoid saddling the club with a big
and unnecessary salary for 2010,”
Grant writes. “But, now, the issue
has become more complicated
because it might just be in the best
interest of the Rangers’ 2009
season.”
That the debate is even
happening at all is a testament to
just how strange things have
become. Team president Nolan
Ryan engineered an amazing
turnaround of the team’s culture
in general and pitching staff in
particular. Gary Thorne lauded
the team’s stepped-up
conditioning in USA Today,
while ESPN’s Tim Keown wrote
an in-depth feature on the team’s
new attitude. But Ryan doesn’t
have an actual contract, and is
operating under a handshake
agreement with Hicks. And while
the team’s television ratings and
attendance are up, the sense
persists — witness the Montreal
Expos comparisons in this post by
Cory Dunlap of Dallas Sports
Fans — that the team’s newly
found success is tenuous.
In Forbes, Mike Ozanian argues
that Congress needs to investigate
what’s going on with the team.
No, seriously. It’s that bad.* * *
Daisuke Matsuzaka’s
unconventional approach and
unusual pitches made him a
smashing success in 2007 and
helped him win 18 games in 2008.
In those years, he was better than
most pitchers in the game. This
year, Dice-K put up an 8.23 ERA
for the Red Sox through June 19,
which — by the numbers, at least
— made him worse than just
about any starter in baseball. The
Red Sox shut him down and had
him work his way back up
through the minor leagues in a
series of rehab starts, and there
were questions about whether
he’d be able to help the team
again this year, or possibly ever.
Those questions were answered,
in the short term, on Wednesday
night, when a commanding
Matsuzaka fired six shutout
innings against the Los Angeles
Angels in his first big-league start
since June.
“He was Dice-K, which means
he was unlike anyone else,” the
Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan writes.
“Pitching from behind on the
count doesn’t faze him, any more
than pitching ahead of the count
emboldens him. First-pitch strike,
no first-pitch strike, it didn’t
matter. He was in charge,
continually coming up with the
right pitch for the occasion.”
The Red Sox would have some
truly intimidating postseason
pitching depth with a dialed-in
Dice-K slotting in at the back of
the rotation, Danny Knobler
writes at CBS Sports. “This is a
guy who has started seven
postseason games the last two
Octobers, with the Red Sox
winning six of them,” Knobler
writes. “This is a guy who was
named the Most Valuable Player
in the World Baseball Classic —
both of them. And this, right now,
is the Red Sox’s fourth starter
come playoff time.”* * *
Saturday’s clash between
Florida and Tennessee is the
week’s most anticipated college-
football game, and justifiably so.
But Yahoo’s Matt Hinton argues
that the matchup between Oregon
and Utah may actually wind up
being the weekend’s most
important contest — if not in the
BCS race, at least because it could
be a make-or-break game for two
suddenly shaky-seeming
programs.
“The winner still has a chance
(with apologies to Dennis Green)
to be who it thought it was,
moving on into their respective
conference schedules with visions
of the top-20 and possibly a
darkhorse BCS bid intact,” Hinton
writes. “At the very least, this
kind of win assures them of some
respectability. The loser slinks
away virtually guaranteed of
landing in a second or third-tier
bowl game, with the added
uncertainty of losing one of the
key, winnable games that can
make the entire season.” Hinton
may be overstating things
somewhat, as it’s still September.
In the Washington Post, Steve
Yanda reports on a very serious
early-season challenge facing all
college teams this season. That
would be swine flu, which is
currently sweeping campuses and
has already sickened scores of
players in different major-college
locker rooms.* * *
Yes, there is a long history of
Jewish boxing champions. It just
happened to unfold in the three
decades before World War II. The
ring has been the property of
various ethnicities in the decades
since, but Russian-born, Brooklyn
-based middleweight Yuri
Foreman, who will fight for the
WBA super welterweight title on
the undercard of November’s
Sports 49
Manny Pacquiao/Miguel Cotto
match, is a self-styled throwback,
and the subject of a nice profile
by the Newark Star-Ledger’s
Jerry Izenberg.
“There is so much more to
Foreman’s story than his long-
shot chances,” Izenberg writes.
“Never (David vs. Goliath doesn’t
count) has a potential rabbi taken
a week off Talmud study to come
to a place where victory goes not
necessarily to the guy who can
quote the Psalms but to the guy
with the strongest left hook.
Welcome to the strange odyssey
of a bicycle-riding, yeshiva-
shaped Jew who breaks every
stereotype you ever heard about
his ethnicity.”* * *
Close your eyes and imagine the
basement of an NFL defensive
back. Do you see a game room? A
THX-equipped home theater? A
shrine-like collection of that
player’s lifetime of football
memorabilia? There are surely
many such cellars in the NFL, but
they’re worlds away from the
basement-bound personal project
of Baltimore Ravens cornerback
Domonique Foxworth, who has
used the millions he has made in
the NFL to fund a personal
museum of memorabilia from the
American civil-rights movement.
Surprising? Maybe, but so is
Foxworth. In the New York
Times, Alan Schwarz profiles the
speedy young star, who comes
across as one of the most self-
aware, self-effacing and
intelligent athletes to come down
the pike in quite awhile.* * *
Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily
News spent 37 years of his life
covering the Cincinnati Reds,
which is a half-dozen more years
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NCAA president Myles Brand dies from pancreatic cancer

By ESPN.com news services Adams, who worked closely with performing in the classroom. NCAA membership. He probably
(ESPN.com) Brand. "I believe Myles will be Those initiatives earned praise did that better than most any of
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:58:36 PM remembered as a person who from university administrators his predecessors."
helped us refocus on the student and others. Brand also helped secure an
NCAA President Brand Dies At i n s t u d e n t - a t h l e t e a n d h i s "This was a man who understood unprecedented agreement to keep
67 NCAA President Brand Dies academic reforms will long the importance of higher Indianapolis in the regular Final
At 67 outlive him." education, as well as the benefit Four rotation through 2039 and
INDIANAPOLIS -- Myles Brand gained national attention of athletics participation as part of got the NCAA involved in
Brand, who fired Bob Knight as in May 2000 when he put Knight growing "arms race" in college the educational experience," helping design the city's new
Indiana University basketball on a zero-tolerance policy after a s p o r t s , s a y i n g t h a t s c h o o l NCAA executive vice president Lucas Oil Stadium.
coach and went on to become former player alleged the hugely presidents faced tough challenges Bernard Franklin said in a "I believe Myles provided a
N C A A p r e s i d e n t , d i e d successful but hotheaded coach with celebrity coaches and statement. "He did not waver great deal of wise leadership to
Wednesday of pancreatic cancer. had choked him during a practice suggesting the emphasis on from that as a tenet of NCAA the NCAA and that his
He was 67. years earlier. w i n n i n g c h a m p i o n s h i p s operations." achievements in the academic
The first former university Four months after that endangered the real mission of Brand also helped the NCAA area were very significant,"
president to run college sports' announcement, freshman Kent universities. embrace the 21st century, starting former Pac-10 commissioner Tom
largest governing body, Brand H a r v e y a c c u s e d K n i g h t o f "This is a sad moment for the his own podcast and adding Hansen said. "I regret very much
worked to change the perception grabbing him, and Brand did what Big Ten and the NCAA as a videos to the NCAA Web site. He his passing and that we'll be
that wins supersede academics fans considered unthinkable -- he w h o l e , " s a i d B i g T e n routinely contradicted the myth of deprived of his leadership in the
and earned accolades for his fired the coach who won three commissioner James E. Delany the "dumb jock" by citing figures future. I thought he did a
efforts. national championships in said in a statement. "Myles Brand s h o w i n g s t u d e n t - a t h l e t e s tremendous job."
Brand broke the news that he B l o o m i n g t o n . was a tremendous leader at graduated at a higher rate than Before taking over at Indiana,
had cancer in January at the Knight later moved on to Texas Indiana University and an active their fellow students. Brand spent five years as
NCAA convention and continued Tech, stepping aside for his son, change agent in spotlighting "Myles Brand was a kind man, president at the University of
to handle the organization's day-to Pat Knight, in February 2008. academic improvement as the an inspiring leader and a driving Oregon. He also held
- d a y o p e r a t i o n s , d e s p i t e Texas Tech spokesman Randy N C A A p r e s i d e n t . H e m a d e force for academic and athletic administrative posts at Ohio State
undergoing treatment. NCAA Farley said Bob Knight left tremendous progress in moving p r o g r e s s , " E S P N P r e s i d e n t and led the philosophy
officials, who announced his L u b b o c k o n T u e s d a y a n d t h e N C A A c l o s e r t o i t s George Bodenheimer said in a departments at the University of
death, were not ready to say who wouldn't be back until next educational roots and transformed s t a t e m e n t . " H e d i s p l a y e d Arizona and Illinois-Chicago after
would replace Brand or when they month. it into an organization concerned tremendous courage and dignity starting his career as a professor at
may begin searching for a "Just because he fired us doesn't about the student component of in his battle, and he will be the University of Pittsburgh.
successor. mean we want anything bad to the student-athlete." missed. Our thoughts and prayers Brand earned his bachelor's
Forde: Brand transformed happen," Pat Knight said. "That's In October 2002, Brand was are with his family." degree in philosophy at
NCAA shocking. I don't wish death upon hired to lead the NCAA and used Some early critics believed he Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
From April 2009: What is done anybody. That's sad, no matter that position to move his agenda didn't know enough about sports in Troy, N.Y., in 1964 and
at the highly secretive NCAA is who it is." forward. to run the NCAA, but later received a doctorate in philosophy
not always well-known. What we Indiana students protested at the After his term began in January conceded Brand listened more to at the University of Rochester in
do know is this -- the late Myles time of the firing, gathering in 2003, Brand pushed for tougher coaches and athletes than previous 1967. He is survived by his wife
Brand transformed the academic front of Brand's home, even eligibility standards for incoming NCAA chiefs. and a son.
expectations of student-athletes. hanging Brand in effigy, but his freshmen and current students. "He worked very closely through Information from The
Story decision gave Brand a platform to Eventually, the NCAA adopted the National Association of Associated Press was used in this
"Myles Brand's passing is a great address the problems he saw in two new academic measures, the Basketball Coaches to really, not report.
personal loss of a dear friend and college sports. Academic Progress Report and only listen, but hear what the
an even greater loss to the NCAA During a January 2001 speech at the Graduation Success Rate -- coaches' concerns were," former
and collegiate athletics," said the National Press Club in calculations that provide real-time Kentucky athletic director C.M.
G e o r g i a p r e s i d e n t M i c h a e l Washington, Brand criticized the statistics on how athletes are Newton said. "He took that to the
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Donovan McNabb of Philadelphia Eagles being continued from page 49
than your Fixer has spent

held out of practice breathing. That tenure earned

McCoy, who will retire at the end
of this baseball season, a berth in
By Associated Press last three seasons. He is 24-for-45 I think he could go out there with time you move." the writer’s wing of the Baseball
(ESPN.com) for 167 yards, no touchdowns and very little practice and perform at Kolb's most meaningful playing Hall of Fame, and he will be
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:02:07 PM four interceptions in eight career a high level." time came last season when Reid honored in a pregame ceremony
games. He was 7-for-11 for 23 Garcia, picked up by the Eagles benched McNabb at halftime of a before Wednesday’s Reds game.
McNabb Watches Practice yards and sacked twice once he on Tuesday, would be Kolb's loss at Baltimore. Reid thought In the Daily News, Tom
McNabb Watches Practice took over for the injured McNabb backup. He will be the No. 3 Kolb gave the team a better Archdeacon pens an appreciation
PHILADELPHIA -- Donovan in a win against the Carolina emergency quarterback if chance to win a game it of his colleague, while McCoy
McNabb was a causal bystander Panthers. McNabb starts. desperately needed to maintain its himself delivers a column that
at Philadelphia Eagles practice. "I've gotten opportunities and Michael Vick and Garcia will slim playoff hopes. thanks former Reds infielder
Wearing black sweatpants, an haven't done the best job with share snaps running the scout Kolb was 10-for-23 for 73 yards Aaron Boone for a pep talk that
Eagles cap and his red No. 5 them," Kolb said. "No excuses." team this week. Vick is not and two interceptions, including prolonged the writer’s career.
jersey, McNabb looked more like That's a small sample size to eligible to play until next week one returned an NFL-record 108 — Tip of the Fix cap to reader
a fan on a football Sunday than determine whether Kolb can against the Kansas City Chiefs. yards for a touchdown by Ed Fred Sternburg.
their starting quarterback. handle the responsibilities of the McNabb, Garcia and Vick have Reed. Found a good column from the
Unlike those Philly die-hards, No. 1 job if McNabb is out combined for 12 Pro Bowls. The Eagles were down 22-7 and world of sports? Don’t keep it to
McNabb hopes to be playing Sunday and beyond. "This is [Kolb's] opportunity to had a second down inside the 1 yourself — write to us at
instead of watching against the The unknown is what makes present to the rest of the league with just under eight minutes left dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll
New Orleans Saints. Eagles fans jittery entering what he's all about," Garcia said. when Kolb threw the costly pick consider your find for inclusion in
McNabb, who has a cracked rib, Sunday. Kolb may start the game, "Hopefully he takes advantage of to Reed. the Daily Fix. You can email
could not practice Wednesday and but there are no guarantees he'll all of that." That was all for Kolb. McNabb David at droth11@gmail.com.
likely won't all week. So third- be around for the finish. McNabb cracked a single rib returned to the starting lineup the
year reserve Kevin Kolb took Kolb, a second-round pick in when he was crunched by several next game.
snaps with the first-team offense 2007, has been waiting for this defenders on his 3-yard "I think I pressed too much,"
in preparation for possibly the moment since draft day. touchdown run in the third quarter Kolb said. "I felt like I had to
first start of his NFL career. "You get to run the huddle the of last week's win at Carolina. He show everybody right now, 'Hey,
Coach Andy Reid made it clear way you want to," Kolb said. "All didn't immediately get up after the I'm ready.' And you just press and Jorge Posada, Jesse
on Wednesday: Kolb is the starter these things have been going
if McNabb can't play. NFC East through my head for two years.
touchdown and was attended to
by Eagles trainers before
you can't press as a quarterback."
Win and play well and the job is
Carlson suspended
blog I'll try not to change too much
ESPN.com's Matt Mosley writes because you want to the same
eventually leaving the field on his Kolb's however long is McNabb for brawl
own. is out.
about all things NFC East in his continuity, but you want to put Reid said McNabb's ribs need to Throw interceptions and lose, By ESPN.com news services
division blog. your own little twist on things." get "sticky" -- or, not move up and fans will clamor for Vick or (ESPN.com)
• Blog network: NFL Nation There's still a chance that Kolb and down -- before he should Garcia to start Week 3 against the Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:53:25 PM

"I think between myself and the could return to his usual role as play. Chiefs.
coaches and the players, we all McNabb's understudy. Reid said Running back Brian Westbrook, Kolb's been in Philly long Posada Suspended, Fined For
have a lot of confidence that he'll McNabb was making progress who missed a game last season enough to know those are his Role In Brawl Posada Suspended,
go out, given the chance, and and it was too early to rule him with a broken rib, said McNabb's options. Fined For Role In Brawl
perform very, very well," Reid out. ability to play could depend on "Because I haven't had much NEW YORK -- Yankees
said. "I know how Donovan's wired how much pain he can tolerate. success, it's totally fair and I look catcher Jorge Posada and Toronto
That means former Pro Bowl and he's a tough guy," Reid said. "He might be able to take a little forward to the challenge," he said. pitcher Jesse Carlson were
QB Jeff Garcia is simply here as "I've got to make sure that myself bit more pain than I can," Copyright 2009 by The suspended for three games each
insurance -- for now. and the doctors and trainers Westbrook said. "It's painful when Associated Press and fined Wednesday by Major
Kolb hasn't impressed anyone in evaluate that as we get closer. If you get hit, when you breathe, League Baseball for their roles in
his limited playing time over the he were OK'd to play and felt OK, when you run. It's painful every a bench-clearing brawl.
The pair were cited for

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"aggressive and inappropriate
actions" by MLB vice president
Bob Watson and started serving
the penalties immediately, a day
after they tangled.
Yankees utilityman Shelley
Duncan was suspended for three
games and appealed, delaying the
start of any discipline.
Toronto manager Cito Gaston
said Carlson was fined $3,000 and
that Blue Jays catcher Rod
Barajas was docked $1,000.
Posada was fined $2,500, and
Yankees hitting coach Kevin
Long and pitcher Edwar Ramirez
also were fined.
Posada and Carlson were
initially given four-game
suspensions that were reduced to
three when they agreed not to
appeal.
The New York Daily News first
reported the Posada penalty.
After a pair of Toronto players
were hit by pitches Tuesday night,
Carlson threw a fastball behind
Posada in the eighth inning of the
Blue Jays' 10-4 win. Moments
later, Posada bumped Carlson
after scoring a run, and the
dugouts and bullpens emptied.
Jay Cutler Accountable, Vows to Improve
By Matt Snyder (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 10:10:00 PM
by Matt Snyder
Filed under: Chicago Bears,
NFC North, NFL Quarterbacks
One of the many knocks the "I
Hate Jay Cutler" fan club have
been spewing about him recently -
- in addition to labeling him an
interception machine -- is the
accusation that he always blames
things on his teammates or past, but it's not this year. We
coaches and never believes can't be sure if Cutler decided to
anything is his fault. change, if he was never really
Even before the suspension,
Posada was not in the starting
lineup for the series finale
because of a stiff neck, which
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said
was sustained in the fight.
"That is part of baseball, but
that's a part of baseball that I don't
like," Girardi said. "No pun
intended, but it's a black eye for
baseball to me whenever there's a
fight or an incident like that
because, you know, someone can
really get hurt and you can
jeopardize someone's career. ..
They've been protecting players
for years. It's an ugly part of the
game, but I think it's important for
a team standpoint that you know
you have each other's back. That's
very important, and that will
never change."
Girardi said he did not get hit by
a fist from Toronto infielder John
McDonald as he lunged into the
scrum. McDonald and Girardi
spoke about it before batting
practice.
"He was quite disturbed that his
name was mentioned in that sort
of situation. He's a peacemaker,"
Girardi said. "I got elbowed
Maybe that was the case in the
accidentally by one of my own
players."
Said McDonald: "I just wanted
to let him know that the only
reason why I was out on the field
was to help make sure nobody got
hurt."
Posada was not available in the
clubhouse before Wednesday's
game and Duncan said he had not
yet been informed of any
discipline.
Gaston understood the penalty
against Carlson, who was left with
a large red knot on the left side of
his forehead.
"I'm not upset with it. It's got to
be done," he said. "It's always too
many days, but what are you
going to do?"
Umpire Jim Joyce said after the
fight that Posada's elbow shove of
Carlson was "very
unsportsmanlike" and a "cheap
shot."
"The intensity that we love in
Jorgy, sometimes these are the
types of things that happen,"
Girardi said. "But I love his heart.
I love his intensity and I wouldn't
want to take that away from him."
Girardi spoke with Yankees
lacking as much accountability as
advertised or if someone on the
Bears coaching staff read him the
riot act after his dismal debut.
Regardless, he sounds pretty
accountable and respectful to his
teammates.
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Serena COUNT:
reliever Mark Melancon, who hit
Aaron Hill with a pitch in the
eighth inning. That led to Carlson
throwing behind Posada in the
bottom half.
"I am concerned about Mark
because it's happened a couple
times and I know he feels
extremely bad about it," Girardi
said. "Pitchers don't have
Nintendo controllers in their
pocket."
Melancon has hit four batters
this year. He throw a pitch over
the head of Boston's Dustin
Pedroia on Aug. 6, then hit him.
He said he didn't intend to hit
Hill and that he's had a problem
with his arm lagging on his two-
seam fastball.
"I don't think I've ever walked
this many people in my life, let
along hit these many people. It's
been tough for me to swallow,"
said Melancon, who has walked
10 in 16 1-3 innings.
Information from The
Associated Press was used in this
report.
The Count: Clijsters,
Not a Tantrum,
Decided Semifinal
Williamspage lost53her U.S.
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Lost Planet film will
have 'completely
different' story, Inafune
on board
By David Hinkle (Joystiq)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 8:30:00 PM
It's been a while since we last
heard about the Lost Planet
movie, but G4 managed to get a
couple of words about the flick
out of Capcom's Jun Takeuchi
back at Gamescom. The film
likely won't reference Lost Planet
2, according to Takeuchi, who
also noted that "as the story line
goes, the movie is completely
different from the game." Well, as
long as they don't turn it into
something about a planet that
everyone knows intimately, we
won't mind (and neither will EA's
Alain Tascan).
Takeuchi also confirmed the
involvement of Capcom veteran
and Mega Man creator, Keiji
Inafune. The extent of his role in
the production is still unknown,
but we'll sleep a bit easier
knowing that Inafune is there to
help make sure none of that 200
million goes to waste.
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Open semifinal match Saturday to
Kim Clijsters because of a
questionable foot-fault call and
the over-the-top outburst by
Williams the call provoked,
historians should check with
Harvard University statistician
Carl Morris. Based on his quick-
and-dirty calculations, the whole
episode cost Williams about 8%
of the match; her own play cost
the rest. Getty Images Without
tantrums from her opponent, no
one disputed whether Kim
Clijsters won her final match or
had it handed to her.
To arrive at that figure, Morris
couldn’t rely on the win-
probability calculators that are
available for other sports such as
baseball, which could have told
him what percent of the time a
player down a set and 5-6, 15-30,
on a second serve goes on to win.
So he looked at Williams’s
success on her own serve in the
match. She had won 37% of her
points on her second serve —
which is what she hit in play
when the foot fault was called —
and had won 54% of all her
service points. The lineswoman
called the foot fault when
Williams was serving at 15-30,
with Clijsters leading 6-5 in the
second set and having won the
first set. So Clijsters was just two
points from winning the match.
Without the foot-fault call,
Williams would have had a 37%
chance of winning the point to
push the score to 30-30 — which
is effectively the same as deuce.
Had Williams lost the point, a
scenario with a probability of
63%, she then would have had to
win the next two. Since her
chance of winning each of those
points was 54%, her overall
probability of falling behind by 15
-40, then saving two match points
to reach deuce, was 19%. Add
that to 37% — her chance of
reaching 30-30 — and Williams
had a 56% chance of forcing
deuce. From there, because of
Williams’s 54% winning
probability on points on her serve,
she would have had a 59% chance
of winning the game. Multiplying
both probabilities, since first
Williams would have to force 30-
30 or deuce and then she’d have
to win from that situation, she had
slightly less than a one in three
chance of winning the game.
That would have forced a
second-set tiebreaker, which
Williams would have needed to
win to force a decisive third set.
Assuming the players were evenly
matched, Williams would have
had a one in four chance of doing
both, so without the foot fault she
had less than a one in 12 chance
of winning the match — or about
8%. That’s how much the foot
fault call plus her outburst cost
her. Suppose the call had been
made but Williams hadn’t yelled
at the lineswoman. Then she
would have had less than a 3%
chance of winning the match.
Morris acknowledges that these
assumptions vastly simplify the
situation. For instance, he doesn’t
take into account that Clijsters
had the upper hand to that point,
and therefore could have been a
better than 50% bet to win the
tiebreaker or a third set.
Conversely, it’s certainly possible
that if Williams had forced the
tiebreaker, she would have raised
her level of play. The last eight
times before the Clijsters match
that Williams had dropped the
first set of a match and reached 5-
5 in the second set, she’d won a
remarkable seven times.
“Even though we’ll never know
how to compute the ‘actual’
probability of who would have
won, we can realize that
Clijsters’s position was quite
advantageous and that she
probably would have won even
without that abrupt ending,”
Morris said. “Kim Clijsters
deserves to be remembered for
her great performance in that
match, and not for its ending. She
went on to win the finals and the
championship, so her great
tournament should stand foremost
in peoples’ minds.”
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Why the Grudges? MJ Being
Himself
By Jay Mariotti (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 10:11:00 PM
by Jay Mariotti
Filed under: NBA What, you
expected him to suddenly morph
into Meryl Streep or Beyonce or
Barack Obama, gracious and
classy in victory? Michael Jordan
was a basketball killer. He thrived
on humiliating those who even
remotely doubted him, be it a
player or coach or someone such
as me. I won't forget standing in a
parking lot by a gym on Chicago's
west side, watching his neck veins
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Beatles: Rock Band sales exceeding expectations, Viacom says

By Justin McElroy (Joystiq) top expectations men on the job. matter is that even in our crummy says originally appeared on
Submitted at 9/16/2009 8:00:00 PM If we had been asked for our economy, it's the $250 version of Joystiq on Wed, 16 Sep 2009
expectations of a game featuring the game -- bundled with all the 20:00:00 EST. Please see our
When Viacom's CEO, Philippe the most popular band of all time, instruments -- that's performing so terms for use of feeds.
Dauman, says that The Beatles: we would have simply pointed well that Dauman says he expects Read| Permalink| Email this|
Rock Band sales have "exceeded toward www.mythirdyacht.com a sellout by November. Comments
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NFL fines New York Jets, Eric

Mangini in Brett Favre injury report
case
By Associated Press "My focus is on our preparations for injury reports.
(ESPN.com) for the Broncos." "That was true there [in New
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:54:29 PM Hiding injuries could affect an York]. It's true here," Mangini
opponent's preparation and the said. "It'll be true every week of
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The NFL has stepped up policing such the season and that's how we
NFL assessed $125,000 in fines to practices. Commissioner Roger approach it."
the New York Jets and former Goodell said Monday that the Favre led the Jets to an 8-3 start
c o a c h E r i c M a n g i n i o n case would be an opportunity for and first place in the AFC East.
Wednesday for violating the the league to stress that all teams
league's rules on injury reporting must abide by the injury report
But he threw nine interceptions
down the stretch and the team lost 'iGame Family' iPod dock for
with former quarterback Brett rules.
Favre last season. Last week, Tannenbaum
four of its last five, missing the
playoffs. TV: includes Wiimote-esque
The Jets failed to place Favre, admitted the Jets should have He retired after the season and
now with the Minnesota Vikings, listed Favre as "probable" on their
on the injury report during the injury reports. That came a day
was later released by the Jets.
Favre came out of retirement --
controller, games
final month of last season even after Favre said he thought he was By Alexander Sliwinski titles for the console, which will
for the second time -- last month (Joystiq) then be sold at "official iGame
though he had a torn biceps hurting the Jets because of the and signed with Minnesota.
tendon. Submitted at 9/16/2009 9:00:00 PM retailers." We're currently
injury and discussed it with the Favre told reporters last week he checking with the company to see
The league announced it had coaches and the front office. He may not be able to play all 16 Click to iEnhance
fined the Jets $75,000 and said he would have been willing how much it plans to sell the
games with the Vikings, even Elonex's iGame Family is a TV device for and how integrated the
Mangini and Jets general manager to sit out, even though that would after the biceps tendon was dock for the iPhone/iPod Touch wand is with non-iGame software.
Mike Tannenbaum $25,000 have ended his streak of surgically repaired. He said he's (and other iPod devices) that
apiece. Mangini now coaches the consecutive starts, which now Gallery: iGame Family
playing with a torn rotator cuff comes with six games and a 'iGame Family' iPod dock for
Cleveland Browns. stands at 270 games. and suggested he might have a remote inspired by Nintendo's Wii TV: includes Wiimote-esque
"We have been fully cooperative Tannenbaum said the team cracked rib. console. The games include controller, games originally
with the league throughout this didn't list Favre on the report Favre completed 14-of-21 tennis, bowling, ping pong, darts, appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 16
investigation and respect their because the injury wasn't severe passes for 110 yards and a "firecracker" and "trampoline." Sep 2009 21:00:00 EST. Please
decision," the Jets said in a enough to require daily treatment touchdown in the Vikings' season- The dock also allows users to play see our terms for use of feeds.
statement. and there was never any doubt opening 34-20 win over Mangini's their iPod's music and videos
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"I have worked with the league for the mistake. Associated Press recruit developers to create more
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closed," he said in a statement. abided by the league's guidelines

This Just In: Keds x Opening Ceremony

By blogeditor1 (Material Keds. The brand worked with much. OC's piled detail on detail, $65, available at
Interest on Men.style.com) Richard Chai to make the from nautical laces to a mod-ish openingceremony.us MATTHEW
Submitted at 9/16/2009 1:03:11 PM zippered pairs he showed on the yellow footbed to red bandana- S C H N E I E R Photo:
runway, and now Opening printed lining for maximum o p e n i n g c e r e m o n y . u s
Not sure exactly when it Ceremony has rolled out their effect. And somehow, oddly—it
h a p p e n e d , b u t s u d d e n l y , own collaboration with the shape is classic; the look, not so works. Too much, in this case,
everywhere you look, there are historic American brand. The turns out to be just enough.
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Metareview: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

By Alexander Sliwinski and a cornucopia of familiar and bunch of dorky Marvel Universe
(Joystiq) new characters make this a very trivia questions in a row. I just
Submitted at 9/16/2009 10:00:00 PM friendly Alliance." hope that for the next Marvel
• IGN( 77/100): "I'd be remiss if Ultimate Alliance(or whatever
W h i l e M a r v e l ' s U l t i m a t e I didn't mention that the trivia they call it, maybe Ultimate
Alliance of heroes doesn't appear game and mission simulator are Marvel Amalgamation or
to BIFF POW much new ground back and welcome distractions, something), either Raven returns
in Activision's new sequel, but they're presented in the same as the developer, or Vicarious
reviews describe the game as a way as the original game. It Visions learns from its missteps
solid effort that's likely to appeal eventually gets to the point where and crafts a better game."
to fans of the original outing. you have to scratch your head and Gallery: Marvel Ultimate
Even better, it features the return wonder why this game took three Alliance 2
of any comic book lover's greatest years to produce when it's so Metareview: Marvel Ultimate
n e m e s i s : t h e M a r v e l t r i v i a similar to the last one." Alliance 2 originally appeared on
minigame. • Gamespot( 75/100): "Not only Joystiq on Wed, 16 Sep 2009
• GameDaily( 80/100): " Marvel will the campaign last you around benefit from the kind of fun, even if you don't know Iron 22:00:00 EST. Please see our
Ultimate Alliance 2 may seem 15 hours or so, but the branching refinement you would look for in Man from Iron Fist." terms for use of feeds.
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A great storyline, satisfying beat- Alliance 2 may not take the series the-top action fans of the original game and take out robots together.
em-up action, nifty Fusion attacks in a big and bold new direction, or would expect. And it's just good And I still smile when I answer a

5TH Cell: Scribblenauts' scandalous-looking 'sambo' item is a

misunderstanding
By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) explained that "sambo" is used in potentially slightly embarrassing
Submitted at 9/16/2009 10:30:00 PM the game as an alternate term for art/word pairing in the game
"fig leaf gourd," an ingredient in seems a lot more likely to us than
Reader Zachary spotted a rather the Ecuadorian dish fanesca. endemic racism expressed
unfortunate term in Scribblenauts "Sambo" is the local term for the through antiquated epithets.
entirely by accident: " sambo," gourd. As for the watermelon-like Slaczka told us he didn't even
which summons ... a watermelon. appearance? "We reuse art," he know "sambo" (the slur, not the
We thought there was no way said. "Fig leaf gourd looks a lot gourd) until tonight.
5TH Cell would intentionally hide like a watermelon. It's just an 5TH Cell: Scribblenauts'
racist, or even racially charged, alternative name in a giant list of scandalous-looking 'sambo' item
imagery in its game, so we tens of thousands of names." is a misunderstanding originally
contacted creative director Slaczka noted, offering appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 16
Jeremiah Slaczka to figure out evidence to the contrary of calls "Brandon," the in-game course black in real life. He also Sep 2009 22:30:00 EST. Please
what happened. of racism, that many of the human representation of a 5TH Cell mentioned Isaiah, a major see our terms for use of feeds.
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u n f o r t u n a t e a c c i d e n t . H e dancer, manifest as black, as does words for the database), who is of We must admit, a random,
56 Fashion
Model Hot Seat: Regina
Feoktistova
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:42:12 PM
Spotted at: Michael Kors
Birthplace: Russia
Age: 19
Fashion Week Hair Saver:“I use
shampoo and conditioner and a
different leave-in spray every
time—I have a lot of stuff! My
hair gets really damaged during
Fashion Week. When it’s all over
I have to cut it two or three
inches.”
Fresh-Faced Secret:“I use
Shiseido’s face wash and
moisturizer—I don’t remember
the names of them—and I also use
a Dior eye cream.”
Best Backstage Pastime:“I play
games on my phone! Usually card
games. Poker is my favorite. I
play on pokerstar.com. It’s my
favorite place to play!”
Fashion Week Survival Must-
Jimmy Choo menswear: better in
execution than theory
By blogeditor1 (Material
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Have:"Red Bull."
Favorite Part About Fashion
Week:“I like hanging out with my
friends and the designers. It’s so
fun, you know? Because you’re
always meeting new people.”
Least Favorite Part About
Fashion Week:“Too many
appointments at one time! I’m
always rushing. Sometimes I
wake up at six o’clock and I don’t
get home until two o’clock in the
morning.”
Stay-Fit Secret:“I bike along the
West Side Highway in New York
City, where I live. When the
weather is cold, I go to the gym.”
Post-Fashion Week Plans:“I’m
going to go on vacation. I don’t
know where, but maybe the
Dominican Republic. Someplace
close to New York.”
—Emily Hebert
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We'll drink to Black Fleece's new scent
By blogeditor1 (Material which smells, as you might came swathed in the material.
Interest on Men.style.com) expect, a lot like pepper. If this $125, available at
Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:45:53 AM Black Fleece man is drinking, he's brooksbrothers.com
sipping a vodka-and-grapefruit PLUS: While at Black Fleece,
Brooks Brothers' new Black Greyhound: Sharp notes of the we also had a chance to preview
Fleece cologne, according to citrus fruit abound, with a not Browne's Spring 2010 footwear
d e s i g n e r T h o m B r o w n e , i s unwelcome edge of ginger. for the line. No big surprises
"evocative of that man sitting in a And speaking of gray—hounds here—shoes like the double-soled
library or parlor, smoking and and otherwise—the package wingtip brogue (below) are
drinking whiskey." Why, these deserves special attention (above). collection standards. But for
are a few of our favorite things! The flacon comes tricked out in a Spring, the brogue got a tune-up
We put it to the test to see if it box filled with die-cut gray felted- in an appealing new cream color.
stacks up. The results: yes and no. flannel textiles—a cool, creative MATTHEW SCHNEIER
Library? No. Smoking? No. touch, and a nod to both Browne's Photos: Elissa Wiehn; Josh
Whiskey? No—there's bourbon preferred fabric and Geoffrey Peskowitz
mentioned in the parfumeur's Beene's landmark Grey Flannel
précis, but it's bourbon pepper, fragrance. Beene's bottle, too,
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Let's face it, the sight of a Jimmy
Choo label isn't exactly going to
send guys racing into the stores.
But these new leaked photos of
Choo's menswear line for H&M,
the brand's first, might. The
clothes (a well-cut blazer and
leather jacket, some knits and
tees, jeans, and, of course, a few
shoes and boots) are cleanly
Street Chic: New York Fashion Week
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 3:30:00 PM
Who: Madison Stephens
What: Grunge meets glam with
designed and appealingly
uncomplicated.
Prices not announced, available
November 13; hm.com/us
[via Hypebeast] COREY
SEYMOUR Photos:
hypebeast.com
a luxe vest and rugged boots.
Wear: Zara vest, Fry boots, appear in ELLE.com's Street Chic
Topshop top, American Apparel Daily.
leggings, Michael Kors bag
Photo by Kelly Stuart
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Street Chic: New York Fashion Week
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:30:00 PM
Who: Vika Gazinskaya
What: Turquoise pumps add a
splash of color to a black
ensemble.
Street Chic: New York Fashion Week
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 6:00:00 PM
Who: Lauren Ale
What: Up your style quotient
with high-waisted jeans and leg-
lengthening platforms.
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Wear: Stella McCartney bag,
dress from own line
Photo by Kelly Stuart
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mail us your photo and you could
appear in ELLE.com's Street Chic
Daily.
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Wear: Marc Jacobs pants, YSL
heels
Photo by Kelly Stuart
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mail us your photo and you could
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Street Chic: New York
Fashion Week
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 5:00:00 PM
Voluminous vintage pants, on
Petra Koivisto, require a
formfitting top.
Photo by Kelly Stuart
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Swayze In Excelsis: A Remembrance
By stylemens (GQ: The
Editors)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 11:43:48 AM
Some say the greatness lay in the
oxymoronic premise of its hero:
Dalton, "legendary bouncer." (The
idea being that when he walked
into a bar, any bar, he was known,
and every head turned, because,
yeah, he was *THAT GOOD*.) A
legendary bouncer who, still more
oxymoronically, came with a
philosophy degree from NYU and
a penchant for such Zen
pronouncements as "Pain don't
hurt" and "Nobody ever wins a
fight." A legendary bouncer who,
like Bono or Sting or Attila,
needed no surname.
Some say the greatness lay in its
villain, the evil small-town
overlord, Brad Wesley (Ben
Gazzara), who dressed like Tom
Wolfe and whose pastimes
included frightening horses with
his helicopter and smiling
beatifically as his minions
screamed monster trucks over the
merchandise of uncooperative
local car salesmen.
Some say its greatness lay in the
screenplay. To wit:
AWED FEMALE BARFLY:
You got a name?
DALTON: Yeah.
Or:
DALTON: If somebody gets in
your face and calls you a
c o c k s u c k e r … b e
*nice*…remember that it's a job.
It's nothing personal.
TRAINEE BOUNCER: Being
called a cocksucker isn't personal?
DALTON: No. It's two nouns
combined to elicit a prescribed
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howl, "Your ass is MINE, boy!"
before having at him. A movie in
which heterosexual sex was either
punishing (the remarkably
unpleasant sequence in which
Swayze belied his assertion that
pain don't hurt by pummel-
fucking Kelly Lynch against a
rough-hewn stone wall) or
punished (the scene in which
Swayze came upon a bouncer dog
-humping what the man had
dubbed his "Saturday night thing"
in the broom closet and fired him
for it). A movie in which one of
Wesley's boys got Dalton in a
seemingly unbreakable headlock
and hissed, "I used to fuck guys
like you in PRISON!" A movie in
which Dalton, after breaking the
prison-fucker's headlock and
ripping his neck out, swivel-
kicked him into a lake—and was
response. the eyeballs after closing," into a clearly sporting an erection (or at
TRAINEE BOUNCER: What if safe and happy place. But in the least a cod piece) as he did so.
somebody calls my mama a end, the element that made Patrick What's that, you say? Top Gun
whore? Swayze's Road House truly great is the homoerotically superior
DALTON: Is she? was the homoeroticism that film? Granted, that film, like
Or: throbbed with third-rail intensity Road House, was uncircumspect
HOT MEDIC: Do you always through its every cel. Here it is: in its glorification of oiled male
carry your medical records around R o a d H o u s e w a s — a n d torsi. (The famous volleyball
with you? remains—the most leeringly, scene, soundtracked by Kenny
DALTON: Saves time. queasily, triumphantly gay action Loggins' piping-high yawpings
HOT MEDIC:…What [is your film of all time. about "playin' with the boys!")
degree] in? This was a movie in which But in the prolonged sequence in
DALTON: Philosophy…man's ostensibly straight men greedily which Swayze—his rippling,
search for faith. That sort of shit. eyed Dalton from head to toe and hairless, oiled torso glistening in
***** proclaimed, "I heard you had balls dawn light—performed slow-mo
There was greatness in each of big enough to come in a DUMP t'ai chi while Ben Gazarra
these elements, yes there was, and TRUCK!" and "I've always watched smirkingly, lovingly,
in the very notion of a kind of Jedi wanted to *try* you" and "I through binoculars, Road House
bouncer brought from out of town thought you'd be…*bigger*" and achieved something Top Gun
to turn a wretched hive of scum "I see you've found my trophy never could: pure creaminess.—
and villainy like the Double room...the only thing that's andrew corsello
Deuce bar, "where they sweep up missing is your ASS!"—and then
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The Bill Clinton Tapes
By stylemens (GQ: The
Editors)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 1:30:08 PM
A Q&A with Taylor Branch,
author of 'The Clinton Tapes'
It has been nearly forty years
since three young Democratic
activists named Bill Clinton,
Hillary Rodham, and Taylor
Branch moved into a small
apartment together in Austin,
Texas, to wage a presidential
campaign for George McGovern.
In the decades since, the Clintons
have taken that political fire to the
center of American political life,
while Branch has chosen a quieter
course, writing three definitive
volumes on the life of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. and winning both
the Pulitzer Prize and a
MacArthur “genius” grant. Yet at
the height of Bill Clinton’s
ascent—for the full eight years of
the presidency—the historian and
the politician reunited for a secret
project, hidden from even
Clinton’s closest aides. Meeting
late at night and sometimes
through the night, Clinton and
Branch embarked on a series of
seventy-nine conversations about
politics, the presidents, the
Whitewater investigation, and
yes, even Monica—recording
every word for posterity. Acutely
aware that their tapes could be
subpoenaed at any moment and
desperate to avoid making them
public, Clinton squirreled away
the cassettes in his sock drawer
and has never spoken of them nor
made them public. But this
month, Branch releases a 670-
page mammoth tome, The Clinton
Tapes, that mines those
conversations and delves into
Clinton’s presidency and state of
mind through a tumultuous and
historic eight years. Branch sat
down on the sprawling porch of
his Victorian home in Baltimore
to discuss the project, the
experience, and the book.— WIL
S. HYLTON
Let’s start in the fall of 1992.
Out of nowhere, the president-
elect calls you up and invites you
to a dinner party at Katherine
Graham’s house. What happened?
It was bizarre. When we were
kids, we were buddies down in
Texas, trying to get McGovern
elected. We lived together, but I
hadn’t seen him in twenty years,
and I had no idea why he asked
me to dinner. I had kind of
reprocessed him out of my
friendship, into being a politician.
This is a guy who’s run off to run
for Congress in Arkansas, when
all the rest of us were very
alienated, and had this pile-driver
political career, and so I had
reprogrammed him away from
somebody that you could know as
a regular person. This is a
president of the United States! He
may just be all greed and
selfishness. I was definitely
tamping down my expectations.
Had you been a supporter in the
campaign?
No! I thought his “forgotten
middle class” sounded like
Nixon’s “silent majority.” It was a
formula—part of being a member
of this species called “politician.”
But within twenty seconds, I
completely reconnected with him.
He just knocked me over
intellectually. He comes up and
out of the blue asks me all these
questions about historic
preservation, saying, “I read your
footnotes, and I want to make sure
there are things like that for
historians in fifty years.” Even if I
hadn’t known him, even if it had
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on what a tremendous
commitment that meant for him.
Because the only time he could fit
me in was when he was tired.
There were stunning moments; I
would be talking to him late at
night and his eyes would go up,
just roll back in his head. He
would fall asleep in the middle of
a sentence.
At the end of each session,
sometimes late at night or even
early the next morning, you would
drive home to Baltimore and talk
into a tape recorder the whole
time. It must have been
exhausting for you as well.
I would do those dictations until
I dropped. I would sit here outside
the house and dictate notes until I
fell asleep in the truck. Because I
felt that it was a significant
experience that I should preserve.
But on the tapes, there are a few
times where it’s amazing: I would
yawn involuntarily four times a
minute! Because my workday on
the King books always started at
five in the morning, and
sometimes I wouldn’t know I was
going to go down to the White
House until six at night. They
been Richard Nixon or George W. working all night, then being would call up and say, “Can you
Bush, I would have been floored onstage with no seat or anything, come down at eight?” And I’d
that he was thinking about that just crouched down. And after the scramble and go down there, have
already. This guy who hadn’t parade, he said, “Come on, let’s this session with him, and it’d be
even taken office yet is thinking go to the White House!” So it was two o’clock in the morning, and
about raw material for historians just the three of us walking in, he I’d be driving and dictating, then
fifty years later. and Hillary and me! I mean, he wake up the next morning again.
Within weeks, you were swept literally didn’t know where the But having that drive home to
u p i n a w h i r l w i n d w i t h Lincoln Bedroom was. We were Baltimore for dictation was a
him—staying up all night to write wandering around, poking in forced habit that turned out to be
the inaugural address, being closets. very good.
onstage during the ceremony, and How did you decide to begin The level of detail in your
then actually entering the White recording interviews for history? conversations is overwhelming.
House for the first time with Bill He was angling to get me to You discuss the most minute
and Hillary. move into the White House as foreign-policy details, political
The day before, I thought I was house historian. But I responded calculations. Did you need to
going down to hear a final reading more to the notion of preserving
of the inaugural and wound up his thoughts. I only realized later
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expand your reading habits to
keep up with him?
Not really, because I actually
didn’t know a lot of that stuff! I
would just set a subject out there
and say, “This seems to be a
significant topic.” I didn’t know
the background and the
parameters; he would explain
those. And sometimes I would set
a subject out there and he would
give me what was already in The
New York Times. Sometimes he
would say, “We’re going to
appeal. End of story.” And we’d
move on.
The Bill Clinton in this book is
very different than the version we
came to know in the press. You
describe a guy who was steadfast
and idealistic, very different from
the wishy-washy, flip-flopping
caricature who let Dick Morris
tell him what to do.
It was almost like a credential
for old liberals to look down on
Clinton, because if you looked
down on Clinton, you could say,
“He’s betrayed liberalism,” but
you didn’t have to uphold
anything yourself. All you had to
do was talk about what a shit he
was or what a sellout he was and
you could get this cheap
credential.
Meanwhile, you’re seeing this
guy whose face is red with
allergies, he’s so tired that his
eyes are rolling back in his
head.… He’s the last fighting
baby boomer.
Well, yeah. For example, I
admire Obama greatly, but if you
compare Clinton and Obama on
the National Rifle Association,
Obama said, “It’s not worth it.”
Right from the get-go. “You can’t
win.” And Clinton was going after
the NRA and assault weapons and
cop-killer bullets the whole time.
And he paid for it, and maybe it
was a mistake, because it certainly
hurt him in the 1994
congressional elections. But he
did stick to his guns, as it were.
He took risks. On
Haiti—restoring Aristide. I would
hear him say it: “This is going to
hurt my presidency.” Or, “I could
go down the tubes for this.”
In all the Kennedy and Johnson
tapes you’ve listened to, do you
hear the same resolve?
In some ways, Kennedy was
just the opposite. People would
idealize him, but then on the
tapes, you hear him trying to kill
Castro and all this other stuff. It’s
disillusioning. And Johnson does
the Civil Rights bill, but then he
does the Vietnam War—and you
hear them saying essentially, “We
know this is not going to work,
but we’re going to do it anyway.”
Then Nixon promises to end the
war, and four years later the war
is still going. Then you have
Watergate. So it was kind of like
we had this post–World War II
optimism about politics that was
yanked out of our generation by
hard experience. In some ways,
Hillary and I were more typical of
our generation than Bill. We were
bruised and disillusioned with
politics. We had more in common
with each other politically than
either of us had with Bill. He
seemed to be on automatic pilot:
“I’m going to run for office!” At
the time, I didn’t connect that to
idealism. I connected it to
ambition. The notion that it came
from a sense of idealism didn’t
rear up for me until I was able to
watch him in the White House,
seeing why he would do things.
How did you contain that for
eight years, listening to people say
the opposite about him?
I couldn’t communicate with
people, because I felt like I was in
a different galaxy. I just dropped
out. I didn’t see a way of fighting
it that didn’t endanger the project.
I couldn’t challenge my friend [
Washington Post critic] Jon
Yardley, who would sit around
and bitch and moan about
Clinton: “He’s no good, he
doesn’t care about anything, he
doesn’t believe in anything.” I
couldn’t say, “Jon, I know that’s
not true.” I couldn’t start that
conversation, because the only
way I could combat it would be to
say, “I’ve been around Clinton a
lot, and my experience is totally
different.” And then some story
would come out that he had these
tapes, and they would get
subpoenaed. So I just basically
had to be quiet and not talk to
people.
There are several parallels
between Clinton and Martin
Luther King—both are southern,
same generation, men of faith,
orators. But then there’s adultery.
How did you process that?
Very painfully. I can’t say I’ve
got any great answers. I think
King got something good out of
it, in a perverse way. He was
driven to seek penance by public
sacrifice for private failings. He
would preach about the mystery
of evil: Why could we not cast out
this demon? But you know, with
Clinton, I just had this assumption
that when you hear all this, some
of it’s true. I assumed that he had
resolved to make it true no longer.
Which is pretty much what King
did. He resolved openly to his
aides, “There’s too much at stake
here. I’ve got to stop this.” And
some of the greatest regret in
King’s life was that he couldn’t
do it. With Clinton, what he said
was that it was a real lapse of
feeling sorry for himself. He said
it had to do with politics. Now,
most people think that these
compulsions have to do with more
fundamental human things. I
don’t know whether that’s true.
All I know is that he said it
happened when he thought he was
doing a good job and got sucker
punched. I didn’t read the
Lewinsky stuff until I was
working on the book. It was so
tawdry. It was depressing to me.
It’s fervid and tormented and
brief. There were two bookends to
it: He had these trysts with her
during the shutdown and then
banished her to the Pentagon or
wherever the hell she went, and
then she came back in that period
right after the ’96 election, when
he thought [the Whitewater
investigation] was going to go
away and it didn’t. He says he
was feeling sorry for himself
because of what was going on in
politics, and that he just lost it.
That’s what he said.
Was he a Lothario in 1972?
No, and I was sharing an
apartment with he and Hillary. I
had just separated from my wife,
had virtually no social life, and
they were all over each other. The
only story was that we were
having a hard time getting this
woman politician to endorse
McGovern, and the McGovern
campaign sent in a guy who had
worked for Jack Kennedy. So he
met her, and came back and said,
“She just needs to get laid. I know
just the guy.” We were stunned.
And then we realized he was
serious! He went to the phone to
call this guy in Boston and bring
him down to Texas! And Clinton
took the phone from him and said,
“We’re not gonna do that, and if
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you do that, we’re leaving.” I
didn’t do anything. I was
paralyzed. And in retrospect, if
Clinton was cynical about
women, I would think he would
have been more like that guy.
Now, maybe he developed it later.
I really don’t know.
It was interesting to read your
descriptions of Bill and Hillary.
Halfway through the
impeachment trial, the doorman at
the White House refused to let
you in because they were making
out in a hallway.
Well, that only happened once. I
don’t know if their relationship is
romantic, but it’s not cold.
Sometimes when I tell people that
they finish each other’s sentences,
people say, “That’s because it’s a
power alliance.” Like a medieval
marriage between the prince of
Spain and the queen of Austria.
But there’s warmth there. There’s
communion. They would hold
hands. How much eroticism is in
there, I have no idea. But it was
striking.
Have you shown them the
book?
I just took two copies up to
Chappaqua last week. Hillary has
it in Africa now, and he’s been off
on this North Korea thing. But he
did call. He’s called a couple of
times to fuss about things. But he
has enormous tolerance for honest
criticism. I think he can take it
raw, as long as he doesn’t detect
that it’s done for malice. I was
trying to show him the way he
really is, and I think he respects
that.
wil s. hylton is a gq
correspondent.
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GQ Hits ATP New York Media: Universities Try
a Different Media
By stylemens (GQ: The backstage fist-pumping in delight
Editors) during their 45-minute set of acid- Strategy
Submitted at 9/16/2009 8:46:49 AM rock goodness. Take a look at
their performance of "New Age" (MediaPost | Media News)
Yes, festivals like Coachella, for more proof. Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:58:58 PM

Bonnaroo, and SXSW attract The rest of the evening,

legions of fans and some of Wayfarer-wearing cool kids ate About three dozen of the nation's
music's biggest names year after free Ninja Turtle ice cream bars, top universities will start feeding
year. But there's something to be drank Bud, and played table news about their scientific
said for New York's yearly three- tennis in anticipation of one of the discoveries directly to top news
day All Tomorrow's Party festival's headlining acts, Animal sites on the Internet, rather than
festival, which holds a couple Collective, who started promptly going through traditional media
thousand folks rather than the on schedule at 12:15. Their show, outlets. Princeton, Yale, Duke, the
150,000 that packed into this mostly songs from their most University of Chicago, Stanford
year's Coachella. Held in the recent Merriweather Post Pavilion and UC-Berkeley are among the
Catskills (about two hours from album, was no different than their schools that are participating.
Manhattan) at Monticello's others, in that it was, simply put, The universities have essentially
Kutschers Country Club—a the kind of experience that formed their own nonprofit wire
kitschy, '70s-style joint complete reminds you why you're service, called Futurity, to provide
with an indoor pool, a lake, and compelled to see live music in the articles to Web sites such as
multiple bars—ATP New York first place. There are no Yahoo News, Google News,
gathers indie rock's biggest wallflowers. No crossed-arms. No MySpace and Twitter. Yahoo will
heavyweights and most promising posturing. Just bands of folks, include Futurity content with
newcomers to play shows in arms in the air, moving like other news items from sources
banquet halls so intimate they feel there's no tomorrow to some of like The Associated Press, New
a little like the coolest prom ever. the noisiest, mind-rattlingly good York Times and San Jose
We stopped by on Saturday to music you could hope for. And Mercury News. Google has
witness the fuss first-hand and it around 1:30, as glowsticks similarly said it will capture the
was an all-out sensory overload. predates his Illinois success. Criterion screenings of cultish streamed through the air during Futurity content for its news
The day was ushered in by the Instead of rocking out with a full film classics If… and Paris, their final song, "Fireworks," we, section.
crooning of indie heartthrob orchestra and that massive set of Texas, and performances by dead tired and sufficiently drunk, "Independent, objective
Sufjan Stevens—he of the wings he's infamous for, he Black Dice, the Melvins, and one gave a few last hollers before coverage of what we are doing
admittedly impossible vow to delivered a restrained, mostly of our latest favorites around the loading out and heading home for has been declining at major news
release an album inspired by acoustic set with the help of three office, Sleepy Sun, whose debut some shut eye. organizations, which no longer
every state and likely the most bandmates, all dressed in over- album Embrace we urge you to A few days later, our ears are have the resources," says Lisa
earnest act on the hipster- sized tie-dye tees from a local gift download right now. It's moody, still ringing a little, but we're all Lapin, communications executive
endorsed music scene—who shop. sexy, slightly ominous, and totally the better for it. And we'll be at Stanford. In many cases,
nursed a room full of hangovers In the afternoon and early worth the $7.92 iTunes will down for it again this time next reporters covering medicine,
from the previous night's Feelies evening, attendees took breaks charge you, but don't just take our year, if the party's still on.— space and environmental issues
and Drones performances with the f r o m t h e i r m i d - d a y n a p s , word for it. Wayne Coyne from andrew richdale have taken buyouts or been laid
entirety of his Seven Swans, a afternoon swims, and lakeside The Flaming Lips—who curated off at newspapers and TV outlets
banjo-strummin' folk album that b e e r s t o c h e c k o u t o n - s i t e t h e t h r e e - d a y e v e n t — s t o o d across the nation, she notes.
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MediaDailyNews: Bewkes: C3
Metric Motivates 'TV Everywhere'
Advertisers
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 4:22:00 PM
The potential to measure online
video using the C3 metric could
drive advertiser interest in the
"TV Everywhere" initiative, Time
Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said
Wednesday.
Time Warner has been a leader
in building interest by
programmers and operators in
offering people free access to TV
episodes online, if those
individuals can prove they also
pay an operator for TV service.
Nielsen said last week it is
developing a system to produce a
C3 rating for the online streaming
of a show. It would then add that
figure to a show's TV
performance and get a combined,
single C3 rating for the two
platforms.
Nielsen is aiming for a 2011
launch date. C3 covers
commercial viewing over a three-
day period and is the dominant
Around the Net In Media: 'WSJ' to Launch Online Video News
Hub
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:57:29 PM
Today, The Wall Street Journal
is unveiling The News Hub, a live
video series, which will be
streamed every weekday at 8:30
a.m. and 4:00 p.m. It will run
across the company's digital
currency in the national TV
market.
Bewkes suggested the added
ratings from online viewing
would yield more ad dollars for
networks. "The economic model
stays and grows," he said at an
investor event. Networks bent on
asking cable and satellite
operators for payment to offer
their shows on the Web via "TV
Everywhere" are misguided, he
believes. "They're not the ones
creating any expense to provide
that convenience."
One challenge "TV
Everywhere" may face is a
"putting-the-genie-back-in-the-
bottle" construct as some
network, including WSJ.com,
Barrons.com, Marketwatch.com,
Dow Jones Newswires and
AllThingsD.com.
The morning edition of the
video series is being hosted by
Journal economic reporter Kelly
Evans and focuses on the day's
key economic news. The
consumers may balk at having to
go through extra steps to access
programming online that has been
an easy process before.
There is some irony in Time
Warner pushing a plan that could
curtail online TV viewing. Its
TNT and TBS networks have
been aggressive in making full
episode of shows, such as "The
Closer" and "My Boys," available
online gratis.
Now, the two channels are
participating in a "TV
Everywhere"-type trial run by
Comcast and expected to be a part
of others.
"Customers love it," Bewkes
said referring to trials, one of
which included shows from Time
Warner's HBO.
Separately, Bewkes said the
company's cable programming
portfolio faces a "challenging and
difficult" advertising environment
for Cartoon Network and other
kids' programming.
afternoon edition is hosted by
Dow Jones Newswires columnist
Simon Constable and WSJ.com
staffer Kelsey Hubbard and
covers business news.
The Journal is competing for
online eyeballs with CNBC and
several other fledgling live series.
For example, last February,
Around the Net In Media: 'Sun-
Times' Union Says 'No' to Cuts,
Sale in Jeopardy
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:56:05 PM
Unionized workers in the
Chicago Sun-Times' newsroom
have rejected demands for three-
year, 15% pay cuts and
elimination of seniority rules. The
move puts at risk a planned sale
of the struggling newspaper to an
investment group.
Chicago banker Jim Tyree says
that without concessions from the
paper's 18 unions, he will not bid
for the paper in a bankruptcy
auction. The paper's owner Sun-
Times Media Group has told
employees that nonunion workers
sibling Fox Business Network
introduced a one-hour daily Web
series. Dow Jones executives say
they are betting on their
company's journalistic reputation
to help the new series stand out.
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will take a steep pay cut and that
union members should agree to
similar cuts. Sun-Times Media
Chairman Jeremy Halbreich has
told union workers that a union
rejection will mean the end of the
company.
But the Chicago unions are not
alone. On Monday, workers at the
company's Post-Tribune of
Northwest Indiana rejected the
concessions proposal 17-1. Union
members at the company's Lake
County News-Sun in Waukegan,
Ill., voted 12-4 Wednesday to also
reject the package.
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Snares Private-Equity
Bids
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Submitted at 9/16/2009 7:51:26 PM
Private equity firms Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts & Co., Thomas H.
Lee Partners, and Providence
Equity are bidding separately for
Cox Enterprises' Travel Channel.
They join media companies
Scripps Networks Interactive and
News Corp. in the auction, which
is expected to fetch $600 million
to $700 million, say insiders.
NBC Universal is no longer
participating.
At least two of the private
equity firms are in discussions
with Discovery Communications
to use it for services such as
selling advertising and negotiating
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network-carry fees should they
win control of Travel Channel.
Privately held Cox is selling a
65% stake in the channel as part
of an auction being handled by
Goldman Sachs. The channel is
known for programs such as
"Anthony Bourdain: No
Reservations."