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Clinton pushes for cooperation on confronting extremism

By David Alexander (Front said, like suicide bombers and led to the collapse of communism
Row Washington) those who attack girls for trying were not inevitable, they said,
Submitted at 11/8/2009 5:23:22 PM
to go to school. and did not lead to the conflict-
“In place of these new walls, we free world that many people
Secretary of State Hillary must renew the trans-Atlantic predicted.
Clinton used an awards ceremony alliance as a cornerstone of a “Challenges are endless,” said
Sunday in Berlin to push g l o b a l a r c h i t e c t u r e o f former Secretary of State Henry
European allies for greater c o o p e r a t i o n , ” s h e s a i d . Kissinger, who introduced
cooperation in confronting Clinton’s remarks come as Clinton. “Every solution of one
extremism, nuclear proliferation President Barack Obama is problem is an admission ticket to
and other challenges of the 21st facing a difficult decision on another problem.”
century. whether to deploy additional Kissinger, who served
Her remarks came as thousands troops to Afghanistan. Republican President Richard
of people crowded into the city The administration has had Nixon, said a journalist had
o n t h e e v e o f t h e 2 0 t h difficulty convincing European asked him to write a thousand-
anniversary of the collapse of the allies to shoulder a bigger role in word assessment of Democrat
Berlin Wall. the conflict, and analysts said Clinton.
“We should look to the examples C l i n t o n ’ s c a l l f o r r e n e w e d “I said, ‘What do I say after the
of the generations who brought commitment was not likely to first three words?” Kissinger
us successfully through the 20th change that. said.
century and once again together “Facing difficult pressures on “He said, ‘What are those three
chart a clear and common course A f g h a n i s t a n , t h e O b a m a words?’”
to safeguard our people and our administration marked the 20th Carnegie Endowment for involved in the Cold War “I said, ‘I like Hillary.’”
planet, defeat violent extremists anniversary of the fall of the International Peace. struggle for freedom, from the For more Reuters political news,
a n d p r e v e n t n u c l e a r Berlin Wall by revving up a “Europeans and others never United States and Germany to click here.
proliferation,” Clinton said. rhetorical trope that President found it very convincing under Poland and the former Photo credit: Reuters/Kai
“We need to form an even Bush favored –- drawing a Bush,” he added. “I suspect they Czechoslovakia. Pfaffenbach (Clinton and
stronger partnership to bring parallel between the Cold War won’t like it much better now.” U.S. and European Kissinger at Atlantic Council
down the walls of the 21st and the fight against radical The awards ceremony, held by officials reminisced about Freedom’s Challenge awards
century and to confront those Islamist terrorism,” said Tom the Atlantic Council, honored the the collapse of the Iron Curtain ceremony in Berlin)
who hide behind them,” Clinton Carothers, an analyst at the citizens of several countries on Nov. 9, 1989. The events that
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The First Draft: US media’s Fort Hood coverage
turns to militancy question
By David Morgan (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:27:02 AM
First came questions about
whether anyone missed
emotional signals that suspected
Fort Hood shooter, Army Major
Nidal Malik Hasan, was close to
cracking. Now U.S. media say
Congress wants to know if he
was also veering toward Islamist
militancy.
A preliminary review of Hasan’s
computer has revealed no
evidence of any connection to
terror groups or conspirators,
according to a report by CBS
News.
But lawmakers have asked the
CIA and other U.S. intelligence
agencies to preserve documents
on Hasan. That’s according to
ABC News, which says the
spooks believe he may have
been trying to contact U.S.-born
imam Anwar al Awlaki, who is
based in Yemen and supports
holy war against the West.
It’s not clear whether the U.S.
military knew one of its officers
was under intelligence
surveillance, ABC said.
U.S. law enforcement and
Kate Connolly reports from Berlin on the celebrations 20 years on from
the fall of the wall
By Kate Connolly (World news
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
military investigators are also
looking into associations between
Hasan and the Dar al Hijrah
Islamic Center in Falls Church,
Virginia, in early 2001, about the
same time Awlaki and two of the
Sept. 11 hijackers were there, the
Los Angeles Times reported.
The mosque is one of the biggest
in the United States and
thousands of people go there for
Twenty years after the Berlin
Wall came down, visitors to the
German capital's celebrations tell
prayer services and other events.
Witnesses at Fort Hood told
investigators that Hasan yelled
“Allahu Akbar” — Arabic for
“God is Greatest” — before
killing 13 people and wounding
another 30 last week. The 39-
year-old psychiatrist was shot
four times by police and remains
hospitalized.
It is unclear what motivated
Kate Connolly what it meant to
them Kate Connolly
Hasan and the Army’s chief of
staff, General George Casey, is
afraid the shooting spree could
cause a backlash against Muslims
in the military.
But Sen. Joe Lieberman, the
Connecticut independent who is a
hard-liner on security issues, sees
the Fort Hood melee as a possible
act of terrorism.
“We don’t know enough to say
now. But there are very, very
strong warning signs here that
Dr. Hasan had become an
Islamist extremist and, therefore,
that this was a terrorist act,”
Lieberman told Fox News over
the weekend.
Lieberman, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental
Affairs, wants the Pentagon to
launch an independent probe of
whether defense officials missed
early signs of stress and
statements that might
have expressed Islamist
sentiment.
Photo Credits: Reuters/Ho New
(Hasan); Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi
(Fort Hood); Reuters/Vivek
Prakash (Lieberman)
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Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:43:37 AM
Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and
Josh Fattal were arrested in July
as they walked through
mountainous terrain between the
Iraqi and Iranian Kurdish areas
Avatar: James
Cameron's $500 Million
Folly, In Three
Dimensions [Avatar]
By matt buchanan (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:50:46 AM
Five. Hundred. Million. Dollars.
This. According to NY Times.
The bad thing is, I've seen the
Avatar trailer in 3D. Big blue
crap in three dimensions is just
big blue crap that feels like it's
right in front of you.
In order to be profitable, it needs
to generate ticket sales of over
$250 million—only Star Trek
level. It's not a huge deal, you
know. It's just the fate of 3D
movies hanging in the balance. [
NYT via io9]
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General Casey: diversity shouldn’t Iran charges US citizens

be casualty of Fort Hood with spying
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front By Adam Gabbatt (World behalf of these three young
Row Washington) news and comment from the people and their families that the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Iranian government exercise
Submitted at 11/8/2009 9:07:47 AM
Submitted at 11/9/2009 8:03:30 AM compassion and release them so
General George Casey, the they can return home, and we
Army’s top officer, is concerned Three Americans detained after will continue to make that case."
that diversity will become a crossing border from Iraq into In September the Iranian
casualty of the Fort Hood Iran earlier this year president, Mahmoud
tragedy. Three US citizens who were Ahmadinejad, suggested the
The religious beliefs of suspect detained in Iran after crossing the release of the Americans could
Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a border from Iraq have been be linked to the release of Iranian
Muslim Army psychiatrist, have charged with espionage, the diplomats he said were being
led to speculation about motive official Irna news agency has held by US troops in Iraq.
in the shooting rampage that reported. Bauer is a freelance journalist
killed 13 people. Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, and photographer based in the
“I’m concerned that this 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, were Middle East who has reported
increased speculation could cause arrested in July as they walked from Iraq, Syria, the Darfur
a backlash against some of our through mountainous terrain region of Sudan and Yemen,
Muslim soldiers. And I’ve asked The bottom line is the military battlefields all over the world, between the Iraqi and Iranian according to his website.
our Army leaders to be on the benefits from diversity, he said. Obama said. “They are Christians Kurdish areas where the border is Free the hikers, a website set up
lookout for that,” Casey told “Our diversity, not only in our and Muslims, Jews and Hindus not clearly marked. to raise the plight of the
CNN’s “State of the Union.” Army, but in our country, is a and nonbelievers.” "The three are charged with detainees, said Fattal had been
Asked on NBC’s“Meet the strength. And as horrific as this “They reflect the diversity that espionage," the Tehran general visiting Bauer and Shourd when
Press” whether Muslim soldiers tragedy was, if our diversity makes this America. But what p r o s e c u t o r , A b b a s J a f a r i the three embarked on their trip.
are conflicted in fighting wars in becomes a casualty, I think that’s they share is a patriotism like no Dolatabadi, was quoted as The site reported on their 100th
M u s l i m c o u n t r i e s l i k e worse,” Casey said. other,” Obama said. saying. "Investigations continue day in captivity yesterday.
Afghanistan and Iraq, Casey said: President Barack Obama also Photo credit: Reuters/Jessica into the three detained Americans • Iran
“I think that’s something that we mentioned military diversity in Rinaldi (Casey at Fort Hood after in Iran." • Iraq
have to look at on an individual his Saturday radio address which shooting), Reuters/Jim Young The US secretary of state, • United States
basis. But I think we as an Army was focused on Fort Hood. (Obama leaving podium after Hillary Clinton, said Iran had no • Hillary Clinton
have to be broad enough to bring Veterans Day is a chance to r e m a r k s a b o u t F o r t H o o d reason to hold the three prisoner
in people from all walks of life.” honor Americans who served in s h o o t i n g ) and called for them to be Adam Gabbatt
released. guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
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Healthcare vote: Obama says
courageous, Palin says mess
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 11:25:15 AM
The House passage of healthcare
legislation means different things
to different folks.
For President Barack Obama it
was a “courageous vote” by
members of Congress.
Obama went to Capitol Hill
Saturday to personally press for
passage. Today he was full of
praise.
“Given the heated and often
misleading rhetoric surrounding
this legislation, I know that this
was a courageous vote for many
members of Congress,” Obama
said in the Rose Garden.
For Sarah Palin the healthcare
bill was a mess.
“We’ve got to hold on to hope,
and we’ve got to fight hard
because Congressional action
tonight just put America on a
path toward an unrecognizable
country,” Palin said on her
Facebook page.
“This out-of-control bureaucratic
Even God Runs Windows XP [Image Cache]
By matt buchanan (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:00:00 AM
Yes, that's a Windows XP error, in Ukraine was so utterly intense,
floating in the sky. No, it's not a advertisements were reflected in the sky. This one, for a church or
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More on Hassan |
Michael Tomasky
By Michael Tomasky (World entirely reasonable but was a
news and comment from the position taken more out of
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) distrust of the media than any
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:43:55 AM kind of Palestinian sympathy.
The initial media hysteria in
Okay, it's certainly starting to these instances is usually wrong.
look like Nidal Hassan held some Never forget poor Richard
extreme views and had some Jewell.
dubious connections. The Times So if Hassan was indeed an
reports this morning that he grew American-hating extremist, what
more and more opposed the US are we to make of it? Yes, I'm
wars overseas, that he tried to get well aware that some of you
out of the Army but couldn't (you think we should make of it that
can; he was wrong about this, or Barack Obama is behind it all
got bad advice) and experienced and that Hassan's actions are
some racist or religionist phase one of Obama's plot to
taunting. The Wash Post is destroy the country. But I mean
exploring a link between Hassan back here on planet Earth.
mess will be disastrous for our Louisiana below: and a Virginia imam who was a We make of it that the Army
economy, our small businesses, Embedded video from <a "leading promoter" of al-Qaida
needs more rigorous screening
and our personal liberty,” she href=”http://www.cnn.com/video and who crossed paths at one
and more thoroughgoing reviews
says. ”
point with two of the 9-11 of soldiers' states of mind.
For Congressman Anh “Joseph” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/ hijackers. Federal investigative
Anything else?
Cao, the only Republican to vote video”>CNN Video</a> sources still tell both papers that • Fort Hood shootings
for the House bill, it was “the Who do you agree with?
the operating theory right now is • US military
right decision for my district, Click here for more Reuters that he acted alone.
• United States
even though it was not the political coverage
Fair enough. If them's the facts,
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Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 years on leaders gather

By Matthew Weaver (World president Lech Walesa. and the will of the people, it She said: "This is not just a day
news and comment from the At around 6pm, Daniel would never have happened." of celebration for Germany, (but)
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Barenboim, who was in Berlin to Author Anna Funder reflects on a day of celebration for the whole
Submitted at 11/9/2009 8:02:41 AM witness the events of 1989, will life since the fall of the wall in of Europe."
conduct his Staats Kapelle
World leaders are gathering in orchestra on an outdoor stage at
this audio.
• Our interactive timeline guides
Update 3.30pm:
Today's best Zelig moment Kraft launches
Berlin today, two decades after the Brandenburg Gate.
the fall of the wall, to celebrate From 6.30pm, world leaders
you through the dates and events
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about some of the key events Brown, the French president,
finally brought about its
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Today's events to mark the 20th president, Dmitry Medvedev, Connolly, reports on today's behalf, posted a picture of the (BloggingStocks)
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Berlin Wall will range from Afterwards, the dominoes will anticipation in the city. the wall, with a caption that
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Burma claims it will release Aung Cramer on BloggingStocks:

San Suu Kyi Pelosi can't kill the health
By Mark Tran (World news
and comment from the
raised expectations of Aung San
Suu Kyi's imminent release only
exploratory talks with senior
figures in the junta, including the
care sector
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) to dash the hopes of her prime minister, Thein Sein, but By Jim Cramer
supporters at home and abroad. not Than Shwe, the general who (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 8:02:10 AM
Pro-democracy campaigners has ruled the country for the last Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:10:00 AM
Diplomat says jailed opposition cautioned against reading too 17 years. They also met Aung
leader will be allowed to organise much into the latest hints on Suu San Suu Kyi. Filed under: Market matters,
her party for elections next year Kyi's release. "They've been Obama will meet Asean leaders Abbott Laboratories (ABT),
Burma's opposition leader, Aung saying these sorts of things for a this weekend during the Asia Aetna Inc (AET), CIGNA Corp
San Suu Kyi, may soon be long time but they have never Pacific Economic Cooperation (CI), Gilead Sciences (GILD),
released so she can play a role in delivered on them," said Anna forum in Singapore, possibly Stocks to Buy, Cramer on
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Burmese diplomat has said. Burma Campaign UK. "The with Thein Sein. The last US TheStreet.com Network
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says the Senate is filled with that look threatening. But here's
whether Aung San Suu Kyi came as Min Lwin was in Manila elections, in 1990, by a landslide the rub: This bill's public option,
would be allowed to campaign or for a meeting of the Association but was blocked from power after more-savvy politicians, and the
the one that is supposed to be a
stand for election. of Southeast Asian Nations the junta in place since a 1962 upside for beaten-down names is
killer to everything health care,
Despite the conciliatory remarks, (Asean) and the US. coup refused to recognise the huge.
should affect no more than 6
t h e c o u n t r y ' s c o n s t i t u t i o n In a break with George Bush's result. Outside observers fear Nancy Pelosi has now said her
piece. The most unpopular million people over a 10-year
includes provisions that bar her policy of isolating the Burmese next year's election will be a period, according to the
from holding office and ensure regime, Barack Obama has sham to provide the veneer of Speaker of the House in the
Congressional Budget Office. In
the primacy of the government in decided on a policy of engagment credibility the regime has been history of Wall Street has gotten
order to get 60 votes in the
the military. with the junta. Last week the US looking for since 1990. her precious health care
Senate, even that may prove to be
The Nobel peace prize winner assistant secretary of state for • Aung San Suu Kyi legislation through the House
after ramming through a stimulus too powerful an option.
has spent 14 of the last 20 years east Asia, Kurt Campbell, and his Continue reading Cramer on
under house arrest. In August a deputy, Scott Marciel, became Mark Tran package that had far too little
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The healthcare vote | Michael Barnes and Noble's

Tomasky Nook already makes a
By Michael Tomasky (World
news and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
funding vote that came earlier
Saturday evening on the Stupak
amendment. After 64 Democrats
note that a slight majority of the
52-member Blue Dog coalition
voted for final passage, by 28-
splash
voted for Stupak, I'd have 24). By Tom Johansmeyer
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:30:10 AM (BloggingStocks)
thought that many of those 64 It would have been nice if Pelosi
Well, it passed. A win is a win is would go ahead and vote for the could have ginned the yea votes Submitted at 11/9/2009 8:40:00 AM

a win, I guess. If Chelsea beat final bill. up to 230 or so. It would have
Bolton by one goal in extra time, And many did. But 23 had a slight psychological effect Filed under: Competitive This product is on fire, and it
it'd show up as a win. And if Democrats voted for the Stupak on the Senate, I think. Now, strategy, Google (GOOG), still isn't even on shelves yet.
Notre Dame barely beat Navy - amendment and then went on to nervous centrist senators are still Amazon.com (AMZN), Media Mary Ellen Keating, a
oops, bad example! - you know vote against the final passage of going to be … nervous centrist World, Technology spokeswoman for Barnes &
what I mean. As long as it goes the bill. What on earth would senators. If Amazon ( AMZN) was Noble wouldn't reveal how many
in the W column, it's all right. make these 23 happy? Nothing On the other hand, at least they comfortable with its spot atop the of these devices have been pre-
But count me among those who short of the whole thing going didn't lose the vote, then extend e-reader market, it just got a ordered, but she did say,
believe that a 220-215 vote is a away, I guess. the time limit in contravention of wakeup call from Barnes & "Demand for the product in our
little underwhelming. After We'll get more into the House rules, and then threaten Noble ( BKS). The brick-and- stores and online has surpassed
picking up two House seats in substance of the abortion thing as people with familial ruination mortar book retailer's e-reader, our expectations." She also
last week's elections - the much- the week goes on. I think it was a unless they changed their the Nook, which hasn't even hit noted, "We are working hard to
discussed one in upstate New hideous amendment, but maybe it votes. Just imagine what the tea stores yet, is in pre-order nirvana meet demand for the holidays."
York, and the less-noticed won't have a terribly dramatic partiers would have done if right now. The first run for the Continue reading Barnes and
victory of John Garamendi in practical effect, as a piece in Pelosi had done that. Somehow I Nook occurred at the end of Noble's Nook already makes a
what we call the East Bay area of today's NY Times suggests. doubt they complained in 2003 October(the product was splash
San Fran/Oakland - the House But I think the vote shows that when Tom DeLay did it. introduced on October 20). These Barnes and Noble's Nook
Democrats have 40 votes to spare neither Pelosi nor the president • US Congress buyers were told the reader already makes a splash originally
on any piece of legislation. They has much purchase over the • US healthcare would ship on November 30. appeared on BloggingStocks on
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Singularity University, Day Two: Peter Diamandis Thinks Big

By Ted Greenwald (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 5:42:00 AM
After dinner on day two of and what it means. This is a guy speaker, but he’s focused on
Singularity University, Peter who radiates energy, seriousness, substantial issues and favors
Diamandis gives a fantastic and goodwill. He would have leather jackets over sharkskin
presentation about the X-Prize made a first-class motivational suits.
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Disney's 'A Christmas News Corp's MySpace
Carol': Investors not in a mistakes pile up
merry mood?
By Steven Mallas
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:30:00 AM
Filed under: General Electric
(GE), Walt Disney (DIS), Sony
Corp ADR (SNE), Film
Disney ( DIS) had high hopes
for A Christmas Carol. It was
supposed to be an unqualified
blockbuster. Unfortunately, the
film's first weekend at the box
office was nothing short of a
disaster.
Too strong? Hardly. According
to early estimates at Box Office
Mojo, Carol took in little more
than $30 million at domestic
screenings. It was wasn't
supposed to be like this. Carol
was supposed to be light-years
ahead of the competition. Sony's
( SNE) Michael Jackson's This Is
It came in second. The Men Who
Stare at Goats, distributed by
Liberty Capital Group's (
LCAPA) Overture Films, was
third. And The Fourth Kind, from
General Electric's ( GE)
iTab Mania: Wired.com Readers
Envision Apple's Tablet
By Brian X. Chen (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 9:00:00 PM
Why wait for Apple to deliver a
E-reader Newspaper
Irony: U2's 'Free'
Concert At The Berlin
Wall, Blocked By A Big
Wall
By Tom Johansmeyer By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
(BloggingStocks)
Vista, near Los Angeles
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:02:00 AM
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:30:00 AM
International Airport. The deal Dementia writes in to point out
was signed in August 2008 by the rather ironic situation of a
Filed under: Bad news, Internet,
Google (GOOG), News Corp'B' Peter Levinsohn, former "free" concert put on by the band
(NWS), Media World, president of the Fox Interactive U2, at the remains of the Berlin
Technology Media Unit. At the time, he Wall in order to celebrate the
For News Corp. ( NWS), issued a chest-puffing memo demise of the wall... but MTV
MySpace is the mistake that claiming it was "the single decided to put up a big temporary
keeps on costing. It's bad enough biggest real-estate transaction in barrier around the event so those
that Murdoch's empire paid $500 Los Angeles in the last 25 years." who didn't have free tickets could
million for the social networking Fortunately, he didn't mix the not even see the event. Yes, they
word "genius" in there at all. erected a special "wall" to block
Universal, is currently ranked, platform shortly before Facebook
Continue reading News Corp's out a free concert about The
aptly enough, in fourth place. knocked it from the premier spot
MySpace mistakes pile up Wall. As Dementia noted with
Each of the latter three pictures in the social media beauty
News Corp's MySpace mistakes the submission, "you're doing it
had a gross of somewhere pageant, but now we also know
pile up originally appeared on wrong..."
between $12 million and $14 that News Corp. has committed
BloggingStocks on Mon, 09 Nov Permalink| Comments| Email
million. To me, Carol's take $350 million to office space for
2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see This Story
didn't seem as disproportionate as MySpace that will never be used.
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Continue reading Disney's 'A than $1 million a month for
Christmas Carol': Investors not in 420,000 square feet in Playa
a merry mood?
Disney's 'A Christmas Carol':
Investors not in a merry mood?
Danish Anti-Piracy Group Withdraws
originally appeared on
BloggingStocks on Mon, 09 Nov
2009 09:30:00 EST. Please see
All Its Lawsuits Against Individuals
our terms for use of feeds. Read|
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By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) individuals were basically was virtually impossible to win a
Submitted at 11/9/2009 1:29:00 AM
winning them all(Google lawsuit against individuals for
translation of the original, found file sharing. Of course, we have
While the RIAA has backed via brokep). Basically, the courts no doubt that the industry will
down (but not stopped) lawsuits acquitted most of the individuals continue to use other means, such
touchscreen tablet if you can do it
against those accused of file accused of private file sharing, as via regulatory capture, to
first? Wired.com readers
sharing in the US, it looks like with the one exception being the continue to look for ways not to
submitted illustrations of an
the Danish anti-piracy bureau has case where the guy confessed. give consumers what they want.
Apple tablet as part of iTablet
decided to drop all of its lawsuits And, the nature of the rulings in Permalink| Comments| Email
mock-up contest.
a f t e r i t b e c a m e c l e a r t h a t the acquittals made it clear that it This Story
E-reader Newspaper
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Priceline.com earnings
Blankfein pulls a Jeff preview: A sweet deal in
Skilling in an interview Q3?
By Zac Bissonnette
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:50:00 AM
Filed under: Management,
Goldman Sachs Group (GS)
Goldman Sachs's ( GS) normally
reclusive CEO and noted
theologian Lloyd Blankfein has
been conducting an
unprecedented number of
interviewers of late to try to
bolster the company's image.
Maybe they'd be better off if he
crawled back into his shell.
In an interview with London's
Sunday Times, Mr. Blankfein
explained that Goldman Sachs is
"doing God's work."
I never thought of God as a
mortgage backed securities trader
necessarily, but that's OK.
Blankfein added that "We help
companies to grow by helping
them to raise capital. Companies
that grow create wealth. This, in
turn, allows people to have jobs
that create more growth and more
Haglöfs Laptop Drybags Have a Design Almost
as Awesome as Their Name [Laptops]
By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:40:00 AM
Maybe I'm just a sucker for
umlauts and radioactive
Finance/ Gadgets/ 9
Rock Band Voice
Engine Tricked By
Something Called a
"Musical Instrument"
[Gaming]
By Trey Thoelcke
(BloggingStocks) By John Herrman (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:21:29 AM
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: Earnings reports, On one hand, what's happening
Forecasts here is very simple: Rock Band's
Priceline.com Inc. ( PCLN), singing feature just senses pitch,
which was recently added to the not words, so it's perfectly
S&P 500, is scheduled to discuss reasonable that a flute—or indeed
its third-quarter 2009 financial almost any instrument—could do
$2.92 per share. And revenue for
results in a conference call the trick. On the other? This is
the quarter is expected to be
art.
w e a l t h . W e h a v e a s o c i a l Monday, November 9, at 4:30 23.6% higher to $693.9 million.
The musical cosmos have been
purpose." PM ET. You can catch the live Continue reading Priceline.com
tilted out of balance for quite a
Continue reading Goldman webcast of the call on the earnings preview: A sweet deal
while now, violently thrown
Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein company's website. in Q3?
askew sometime between when
pulls a Jeff Skilling in an During the three months that Priceline.com earnings preview:
the first fake guitar rolled off an
interview ended in September, Priceline A sweet deal in Q3? originally
assembly line in China and the
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd announced a partnership with appeared on BloggingStocks on
first time a child recognized the
Blankfein pulls a Jeff Skilling in Ticketmaster ( TKTM) and Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:00:00
Beatles on the radio as "that song
an interview originally appeared launched a rewards Visa card. EST. Please see our terms for
from my Xbox!" Today, as we
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Comments jumped 18.2% from a year ago to
order has been restored. [
Neatorama via Kotaku]
thresholds of orange, but these 15
and 17-inch Haglöfs Laptop
Drybags have me sold on both
their padding and Ziplock-style run about $30. [ Haglöfs via
watertight compartment. They Stilsucht via OhGizmo!]
10 Gadgets/ E-reader Newspaper

Kohl’s Black Friday ad

By Doug Aamoth
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:00:00 AM
Believe it or not, the Kohl’s
Black Friday ad actually features
a decent amount of electronics
deals. Stores open at 4AM on
Black Friday.
Here’s a list of all the electronics
deals. Doorbusters (available
from 4AM to 1PM on Black
Friday) are marked with an
asterisk.
Digital Cameras
Vivitar 10.1MP HD Digital
Camera 2.4 LCD 8X Digital
Zoom– $59.99 *
Electronics
10-50% Off Entire Stock Of The
Sharper Image Products – 10-
50% Off
2XL In-Ear Headphones iPod
Compatible– $9.99
5-Day Wireless Weather
Forecaster– $59.99
BYO 10 Lunch Bag– $9.99
BYO By Built 10 Netbook
Sleeve– $9.99
Charging Station Complete With
Power Strip – $18.99
Digital Photo Viewer 3.2 LCD,
500 Pictures, Rechargeable
Internal Battery– $24.99
Discovery Expedition
Entertainment Projector – $79.99
* iLive Home Music System–
Entire Stock of Portable Karaoke
Systems– $59.99 *
HMDX Speaker-On-The-Go –
$9.99
iHome Clock Radio– $49.99
iHome Clock Radio And Audio
System– $89.99
iHome Portable Speaker
System– $29.99 *
$79.99
Indoor/Outdoor Wireless
Speakers – $79.99 *
Negative Scanner – $59.99 *
Panimage 7 Digital Photo Frame
512MB Internal Memory AR–
$29.99 *
Robot Bank– $29.99
USB Video Camera– $39.99 *
Wooden Music Center
w/Recordable CD Player –
$179.99 *
GPS Systems
3.5 GPS Navigation System –
$69.99 *
GPS Dashboard Grip Mat–
$9.99 *
MP3 Players
2GB MP3 Player w/Video–
$24.99 *
Televisions
19 LCD HDTV w/Built-in DVD
Player – $199.99 *
Digital Labs 7 Inch Portable
LCD TV– $69.99 *
Video Games
Entire Stock of Nintendo DS
Video Games– 20%-30% Off *
Entire Stock of Nintendo Wii
Video Games– 20%-30% Off *
Entire Stock of Video Game
Accessories – 20%-50% Off *
Kohls Black Friday
Ad[BlackFriday.info]
More Black Friday deals…

Happy 5th Birthday, Firefox!

By John Biggs (CrunchGear) There were only two browsers of they shall be scorched to the and Netscape were on the rocks that momentous occasion, let’s
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:33:00 AM
note, Netscape and Internet earth. Their tags shall blink until and it looked like the browser all tip out a little Jolt for
Explorer, and firing either up was the end of days. wars had been won. IE was the Netscape and toast to the future
Come back with me to the turn neither particularly comfortable from The Book of Mozilla, victor. In order to combat bloat of Firefox, the best browser in
of the century, circa 1996. Your or interesting. But, hidden deep 12:10 and “feature creep,” however, a the world. Best of all, the book of
humble narrator was working for b e h i n d N e t s c a p e ’ s b l a n d Pretty badass stuff, especially ragtag team of coders led by Mozilla is still being written and
campus police at Carnegie- carapace, was Mozilla. When you when most websites were Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross built any time you type
Mellon University in Pittsburgh, typed “about:mozilla” in the dedicated to kittens and something they called “Phoenix,” ‘about:mozilla’ into Firefox you
creating FileMaker databases for N e t s c a p e a d d r e s s b a r , f o r burgeoning corporate identity. I then “Firebird,” then, on get a red screen and a potent
their police reports. It wasn’t e x a m p l e , y o u g o t : was hooked instantly. This was November 9, 2004, Firefox 1.0 reminder of the early days of the
uncommon then to see DOS And the beast shall come forth the browser for me and it slowly was born. This turned into the Internet.
machines sitting beside Windows surrounded by a roiling cloud of became the browser for everyone Mozilla suite – Firefox and Happy birthday, Firefox.
95 machines and the web was a vengeance. The house of the with self-respect and a brain. Thunderbird – were born.
primitive and strange thing. unbelievers shall be razed and Fast forward to 2004: Mozilla On this, the fifth anniversary of
E-reader Newspaper Gadgets/ Tech/ 11

Sam’s Club (rumored) Black Friday ad

By Doug Aamoth HP G71 17 LED Notebook $1198.00
(CrunchGear) w/Blu-ray – $499.00 Vizio 47 1080p 240Hz LCD
Submitted at 11/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
Digital Cameras HDTV – $997.00
Olympus FE-4000 12 MegaPixel Video Games
A list of rumored items for the Camera – $98.00 PS3 120GB Bundle – $399.00
Sam’s Club Black Friday ad has Digital Media Cards Wii Active Life Bundle w/Mat –
been percolating around the web Toshiba 16GB SDHC Digital $69.00
lately. There’s no ad scan to Media Card – $24.00 Wii Family Bundle – $349.00
confirm any of this yet, but I’ll DVD Players No word on possible doorbuster
update this post once more JVC 1080p Blu-ray Player – items or when the store will open
information becomes available. $129.00 on Black Friday. I’ll update this
For now, though, here’s a list of Phillips Dual Screen Portable post when more information
the rumored electronics items: DVD Player – $99.00 becomes available.
Navigation System – $119.00 HP AIO Printer Bundle – $69.00
Blank Media Electronics Sam’s Club Black Friday
Home Theater Televisions
Blu-ray 2-Packs – $17.00 Samsung Compact SD Ad[BlackFriday.info]
Samsung 5.1 Blu-ray Home Hitachi 42 1080p LCD HDTV –
Computers Camcorder w/Bag – $149.00 More Black Friday deals…
Theater – $398.00 $598.00
Acer Aspire One 10.1 Netbook – GPS Systems
Printers Phillips 52 1080p LCD HDTV –
$197.00 Garmin Nuvi 255w GPS

Casio plans to enter the OLED game

By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear) will start operations from April to the companies, their method is
Submitted at 11/9/2009 8:00:34 AM
2010, with both companies more efficient and simpler.
involved saying they’ll focus on Casio will first transfer 600
OLED can still pretty much be manufacturing OLED panels employees to a new firm, which
considered a thing of the future, sized ten inches and smaller first will be established in February
but we’re getting closer to use the (like the one you see in the and will focus exclusively on
technology in our homes every picture). OLED development. Toppan
month. Today, Casio Computer Those OLED screens are says it will then buy 80% of all
announced[JP] it has teamed up supposed to be used in digital outstanding shares of the joint
with Tokyo-based technology cameras and cell phones by 2015. OLEDs, for example for TVs, electroluminescent compounds, venture (total capitalization: $4.5
company Toppan Printing to But Casio and Toppan also said t o o . T h e O L E D s w i l l b e whereas OLED production today million).
develop and produce OLED they will conduct R&D to m a n u f a c t u r e d u s i n g h i g h - is mainly based on low-polymer
panels. The new joint venture eventually develop bigger sized p o l y m e r - t y p e o r g a n i c organic compounds. According

Modern Warfare 2 Shows How To Piss Off Fans

By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 4:02:00 AM
william was the first of a few of
you to send in this story about
how Infinity Ward seems to have
decided to piss off a bunch of
fans of the upcoming Modern
Warfare 2 by not allowing
dedicated game servers, limiting
the number of players for PC-
based multiplayer games and
other limiting features. In one
telling quote, one of the game's
designers was asked about
whether or not a certain feature
would be enabled to allow
players to change their field of
view, and was told: We would to play it at all.
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Now, that's fair enough, but if
those fans don't want to play the
game that way, they're not going
12 Gadgets/ Politics/ E-reader Newspaper

HTC 'carefully looking'

into netbook category,
wants to add 'unique value'
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:41:00 AM
Oh, HTC-- never one to dodge
the chance to keep us on edge,
are you? Half a year after we
heard that the self-proclaimed "
quietly brilliant" company was
working on an Android netbook
with T-Mobile, HTC's own CEO
Peter Chou confessed during a
Video: Hacked Roombas recent interview that those very
wheels were still turning. During
the frenzy that was the HD2
Used to Play Pac-Man, launch, he quipped that his
company was still "carefully
Finally! [Roomba] looking into [the netbook]
category and how it can be part
By Danny Allen (Gizmodo) lights that make Pac-Man chomp of that," noting that nothing was
in the dark. [ Roomba Pac-Man official yet due to its desire to
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:08:00 AM
really add "unique value" rather
via Engadget]
It was only a matter of time, Built using our spare time, than punching out another "me-
right? Check out this setup where Roomba Pac-Man is designed to too" machine. 'Course, if Intel
a laptop player controls "Pac- s h o w c a s e t h e e x t e n s i v e really does revamp its Atom
Man" while being chased by robo U n m a n n e d A e r i a l S y s t e m lineup at CES, we'd say this is
-vacuum ghosts. And get this: it's software suite that we have
actually a demo of their developed to support our Video: The Intelligence
unmanned aerial software that personal research. It was also a
guides airborne vehicles. Squared Debate
great opportunity to use some of
That's why the red tape marking o u r s k i l l s f o r o u r o w n
(Little Green Footballs)
the maze is really only there for entertainment. As a disclaimer,
the video. The player sees a our research center, RECUV, is Submitted at 11/8/2009 6:53:42 PM
virtual representation on screen, not affiliated with the project,
Here’s the kind of brain food
and the ghost roombas use and the work done here, while
you don’t usually get from US
i n t e r n a l o d o m e t r y w i t h a utilizing some software we were
media; the BBC’s The
positioning system to find their paid to develop at CU, is the sole
Intelligence Squared Debate, in a
way around, and avoid each creation of those listed at the
five-part YouTube playlist.
other. bottom of the page. The motion: “Is the Catholic
Now they just need those LED-
just about the perfect time for the
company to come out swinging --
after all, you know you still find
yourself dreaming about the Shift
from time to time.
[Via jkOnTheRun]
Filed under: Laptops
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2009 10:41:00 EST. Please see
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church a force for good in the
world?”
Speaking for the motion,
Archbishop John Onaiyekan and
Anne Widdencombe MP.
Speaking against the motion,
Christopher Hitchens and
Stephen Fry.[Video not shown]
Nook reader turns out to
be popular, shipments
get pushed back
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:25:14 AM
It’s not fun being the coolest kid
in town as Barnes & Noble just
found out. Its hot dual-screen
Nook ebook reader was supposed
to ship on November 30th, but
that’s not going to happen. Sorry.
The good news is that buyers
should still get it before
Christmas though.
B&N is saying that the delay
was caused by higher than
expected sales numbers and the
new ship date is December 11.
The Nook is just more popular
that B&N had thought it would
be and you can totally understand
why. It comes sporting a 3G
wireless connection like the
Kindle, the same price as the
Kindle, but also the two screens
and an equally vast eBook store.
The Nook is where it’s at, kids.
E-reader Newspaper
Epson concocts world's first Gigabyte fixes iPhone
4K HTPS panel, 4K 3LCD sync issue with BIOS
projectors closer to reality update
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:09:00 AM
Oh, the beauty of progress. Just
a few months back, Epson
seemed fairly content showing
off an HTPS panel with a
WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200)
resolution, though today that very
product just seems lackluster. Up
until now, 4K x 2K projectors
were reserved strictly for
cinemas, businesses and
consumers with a) more money
than sense and b) room for a 200-
pound beamer in their basement.
The planet's first 4K-compatible
high-temperature polysilicon
(HTPS) TFT liquid crystal panel
for 3LCD projectors measures
just 1.64-inches and supports
displays with resolutions as high
as 4,096 x 2,160. Your guess is
CrunchDeals: Refurbished Logitech Harmony 890 remote for
$100
By Doug Aamoth
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 5:47:00 AM
Amazon has a pretty aggressive
deal on a refurbished Logitech
as good as ours as to when this
stuff will actually hit the market
in a functioning product, but
yesterday is as good a day as any
to start saving up.
[Via Akihabara News]
Filed under: Displays, Home
Entertainment
Epson concocts world's first 4K
HTPS panel, 4K 3LCD
projectors closer to reality
originally appeared on Engadget
on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:09:00
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Harmony 890 universal remote
control. It’s priced at $99.99,
today only, down from just under
$250 normally.
The remote controls up to 15
devices and includes both RF and infrared signals. Setup is handled
Gadgets/ Tech/ 13
Microsoft to
launch Forefront
Protection 2010
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:30:00 AM
By Vladislav Savov
(Engadget) Report offensive content:
If you believe this comment is
Submitted at 11/9/2009 8:47:00 AM
offensive or violates the CNET's
The Intel P55 Express chipset Site Terms of Use, you can report
it below (this will not
snafu that caused iPhones to lose
their syncing minds has now automatically remove the
comment). Once reported, our
been remedied -- at least by one
motherboard maker. Gigabyte staff will be notified and the
comment will be reviewed.
has issued a BIOS update making
things all hunky-dory between Select type of offense:
Offensive: Sexually explicit or
the phone and the mobo, putting
your troubles to an end. The P55 offensive language
Read- Gigabyte Beta BIOS
is Intel's latest midrange chipset download page Spam: Advertisements or
and orchestrates things for newer Read- Update fixes iPhone sync c o m m e r c i a l l i n k s
Core i5 / i7 machines. The other problem Disruptive posting: Flaming or
offending other users
two P55 purveyors, ASUS and Filed under: Cellphones,
MSI, were also caught by the D e s k t o p s Illegal activities: Promote
cracked software, or other illegal
bug, and there are anecdotal Gigabyte fixes iPhone sync issue
reports of success with an ASUS with BIOS update originally content
BIOS update, but not official appeared on Engadget on Mon, Comments(optional): Report
fixes as of yet. Given the 09 Nov 2009 08:47:00 EST. Cancel
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two companies didn't quickly Comments
follow suit. All's well that ends
well, right?
via PC or Mac and the list of only. The remote carries a 90-day
compatible devices is up over warranty direct from Logitech.
175,000 currently. There’s a built Logitech Harmony 890 Remote
-in color LCD screen and lithium Control – Refurbished[Amazon]
-ion rechargeable battery as well.
Again, this deal is good today
14 Gadgets/ Tech News/
Intel purportedly fast-tracking
Pine Trail platform, forgetting
all about N270 / N280 at CES
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:56:00 AM
Say it with us now: "freaking
finally!" The world at large
seems perfectly fine with using
Atom N270 and N280 CPUs for
the rest of eternity (judging by
the latest netbook sales figures,
anyway), but techies like us are
sick and tired of dabbling with
the same underpowered chips and
the same lackluster capabilities.
At long last, we're hearing that
Intel will supposedly officially
announce the Pine Trail platform
in late December, with a raft of
netbooks based around the new
Pineview chips hitting the CES
show floor in January. The
1.66GHz Atom N450, dual-core
1.66GHz Atom D510 and Atom
D410 are expected to be all the
rage at the show, with the
Singularity University:
Rearranging Atoms With Ralph
Merkle
By Ted Greenwald (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 5:56:00 AM
'If you rearrange the atoms in
coal, you get diamond. If you
rearrange the atoms in sand, you
get silicon. How atoms are
arranged is fundamental to all
existing N270 and N280 making
an expedited trip to the grave.
Good riddance, we say.
[Via Register Hardware]
Filed under: Laptops
Intel purportedly fast-tracking
Pine Trail platform, forgetting all
about N270 / N280 at CES
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on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:56:00
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material aspects of life,' says
Ralph Merkle, senior research
chair at the Institute for
Molecular Manufacturing. Those
words kick off day 2 at the
Singularity University Executive
Program.
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Google May Be Making
Their User Interfaces
Look Halfway Decent
[Google]
By Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:12:00 AM
Engadget got a few screenshots
of what may be the user interface
Autonomous Roombas for all Google web applications,
from Gmail to Google's search
itself. As you can see in these
do Pac-Man right images, they may adopt Google
Wave's look.
It's still not clear if these
(video) screenshots are real, but if they
are, I will be very grateful. If
By Tim Stevens (Engadget) Aerial System suite, designed for only not to make my eyes hurt
Submitted at 11/9/2009 8:13:00 AM
guidance of airborne vehicles, every time I have to open Gmail.
but we're too busy geeking out to The actual user interface won't be
We've seen mixtures of Roomba care about potential real-world much better, but at least it will
and Pac-Man before, but nothing applications of this tech. Video feel a little bit clearer and
like this. A team of developers below.
organized. Bonus points: Google
have hacked five floor-cleaning Continue reading Autonomous Wave may have found some real
bots to create a sort of OCD Roombas do Pac-Man right use, at last. [ Engadget]
version of the game, with the Pac (video)
-Man bot sucking up little white Filed under: Robots
rectangles whilst being chased by Autonomous Roombas do Pac-
robot incarnations of Inky, Pinky, Man right (video) originally
Blinky, and Clyde. But, when the appeared on Engadget on Mon,
Pac-Man vacuum finds a power 09 Nov 2009 08:13:00 EST.
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E-reader Newspaper Gadgets/ Politics/ 15

Tech Note:
Code
Frenzy
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 1:06:07 PM

Here’s a tech note, also known

as an open thread, as I delve into
the wealth of new goodies in
PHP 5. At some point after
installing our new server last
GameStop given permission year, our gracious, kind, and all-
powerful web hosting company
to break Modern Warfare 2 upgraded our version of PHP
from version 4 to version 5 —

street date but somehow I missed the memo.

By Nicholas Deleon
(CrunchGear)
stores, particularly in the The NCube: probably
northeast, had already broken the
Imagine my shock to check out a
phpinfo() command recently and
discover that LGF is running the
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:30:54 AM
-pop have all the fun, now can
the best portable
date. Can’t have li’l ol’ mom-and latest and greatest, with all those
nice new functions for JSON and
XML parsing, better object
You most certainly already we?
know this by now, but Modern What does this mean for you?
Warfare 2 is probably already You can try to call your local
Gamecube of all time orientation, etc., instead of
lumbering along with PHP 4 as I
a v a i l a b l e a t y o u r l o c a l GameStop, and see if it’s selling By Darren Murph (Engadget) drive that's just begging to be had thought.
GameStop. The release date the game early. If so, hooray. If Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:18:00 AM broken. Hit the read link for a So I’m refactoring all our code
(tomorrow, actually) was broken not, you’ll have to wait one more look at 90 grueling hours of that reads and parses JSON or
last week by various so-called agonizing day to play the game. Oh sure, we've seen a few " work, or just jump past the break XML to use the built-in (and
mom-and-pop video game stores, I’m still undecided if I’m going portable" Gamecube systems for a celebratory video. much faster) PHP 5 functions
so Activision went ahead and to get it, seeing as though World over the years, but we've yet to [Thanks, Jonathan] instead of using outdated external
started letting select GameStops o f W a r c r a f t t a k e s u p a set our eyes on anything as Continue reading The NCube: classes and libraries written for
sell the game. glorious as this. Not surprisingly, probably the best portable PHP 4.
supermajority of my gaming
GameStop, with Activision’s time. Not that any of you care, the NCube's creator is yet another Gamecube of all time So like I was sayin’, here’s yer
eventual approval, made the which I fully recognize. Ben Heck apprentice, with the Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds o p e n t h r e a d f o r a S u n d a y
decision to break the street date, case being a heavily modded The NCube: probably the best afternoon as I geek out into the
as its known, because other Datamax Kid's Delight and the portable Gamecube of all time void.
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LG's 15-inch OLED TV GE, Comcast reportedly value

now blowing minds in NBCU at $30 billion
(CNET News.com)
South Korea Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:48:00 AM
Further, the two companies have
discussed an option whereby GE
would sell off all or most of its
could end up paying less.
Other challenges remain, too.
French media giant Vivendi
By Darren Murph (Engadget) One major obstacle seems to ownership of the new company owns 20 percent of NBCU.
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:33:00 AM have been settled in Comcast's to Comcast over the next seven Vivendi has reportedly told GE
quest to buy NBC Universal from years, according to sources cited that it wants to sell its stake but
Call Daegu home? Just over in General Electric--how much to previously. Recent reports say has yet to voice approval on any
South Korea to visit and / or pay for it. that GE and Comcast have now deal of its own. A valuation of
infiltrate the DMZ? Regardless of Both companies have reportedly decided how to price the new the company's 20 percent
why you're there, you're probably agreed on a price of $30 billion entity after the deal goes into ownership is currently being
interested in picking up LG's for GE's movie and TV unit, effect so that GE faces no discussed, said the source cited
latest, which has been tempting according to sources cited problems selling off its remaining by Reuters.
our retinas since IFA. Just as Monday by Reuters and The stake. Of course, even if Vivendi
we'd heard back in late August, Wall Street Journal(subscription The valuation of NBC Universal agrees to a deal and all looks
the aforesaid firm's 15-inch required for full story). was seen as a major challenge in good, regulatory approval would
OLED TV is reportedly now on The agreement on the worth of advancing the deal, according to be required, especially since
sale in South Korea, and it's NBC Universal (NBCU) is a sources. Comcast naturally was Comcast would own a huge
packing a price tag of around 3 major step toward paving the intent on maximizing the value of chunk of national and local
million ($2,598). By our count, way to create a new, privately its own networks and minimizing media outlets. The Journal said
this is just the second major, Filed under: Displays, HDTV, h e l d c o m p a n y t h a t w o u l d the value of NBCU to limit the that people close to the talks
mass-produced OLED TV to hit Home Entertainment combine NBC's TV stations and amount of up-front cash it would believe regulatory approval could
store shelves anywhere in the LG's 15-inch OLED TV now Universal Studios with Comcast's need to invest in the new firm. take at least eight to 12 months.
world, but we're hoping to see a blowing minds in South Korea TV and cable stations. NBCU's Latest reports say that Comcast Comcast's bid for a majority
lot more action in this space originally appeared on Engadget Web properties include iVillage would inject anywhere from $4 stake in NBC Universal was first
come CES. You TV makers are on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:33:00 and the online video site Hulu, in billion to $6 billion into the new revealed in early October.
l i s t e n i n g t o o u r r e q u e s t s EST. Please see our terms for which it is a co-owner along with entity. Requests for confirmation to GE
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majority 51 percent slice of the NBCU's financial performance fivefilters.org.
new entity, with GE owning the before any finalized deal closes.
remaining 49 percent. If its performance tanks, Comcast

Cartoon: Flag for Moderation

By Rob Cottingham
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 11:40:35 AM
Those of us who manage online
communities have learned to
crowdsource a big chunk of our more nuanced than just thumbs-
work: identifying user up and thumbs-down buttons.
contributions that deserve a And so...
higher profile - and those that Sponsor
deserve to be dropped in a deep, More Noise to Signal. Discuss
But there has to be something
dark hole.
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Sam's Club Black Friday Ad Leaked, Looks
Heartbreakingly Lame [Rumor]
By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:38:27 AM
We haven't seen a full ad scan
on Sam's Club's Black Friday
sale yet, but this potentially
leaked list making the rounds
now isn't much to write home
about.
Below are only the parts of the
Balloons! Sending out a mystery message on your iPhone
By David Winograd (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/8/2009 8:30:00 PM
Filed under: iPhone, App
Review With over 100,000 apps
in the app store, it's getting
harder and harder to find
something new; most apps seem
to be 'me too' versions of
something else. Balloons! US
$2.99 [ iTunes Link] for iPhones
running OS 3.0 or better, is
something I haven't seen before,
and it's really very clever.
TUAW first got a look at an early
development version of
Balloons! back at WWDC,
including a video interview with
the developer.
Balloon mail has been used,
along with the more common
phrase message in a bottle, to
describe sending a message into
the wind or sea and hoping that
list that we could even merit
pasting. The bold items look like
the best deals.
Acer Aspire One 10.1" Netbook
- $197.00
HP G71 17" LED Notebook
w/Blu-ray - $499.00
Olympus FE-4000 12 MegaPixel
Camera - $98.00 ($30 savings)
JVC 1080p Blu-ray Player -
someone finds it and contacts
you. It's sort of non-directional
social networking with a hint of
mystery built in.
In this app, you start making a
balloon by choosing from a
variety of balloon styles. Next
you create a message that the
balloon will convey. Tap in the
middle of the screen and the
camera activates to take a picture
of what's going on in your life at
the moment. Then add a bit of
text and send the balloon out into
the world. Other users, over 900
in the first 3 days of sales, are
doing the same thing. Over 3500
balloons have been sent up from
the US, Europe, and Japan
already.
Next, you'll want to catch a
balloon. When you do, you'll see
the message from the person who
made the balloon along with a
separate flippable page from
everyone who caught the balloon,
Gadgets/ Tech/ Tech News/
Navigation System - $119.00
($10 savings)
Hitachi 42" 1080p LCD HDTV -
$598.00
Phillips 52" 1080p LCD HDTV
- $1198.00 ($50 savings)
Vizio 47" 1080p 240Hz LCD
HDTV - $997.00 (...really?)
$129.00 [ Black Friday]
Garmin Nuvi 255w GPS
York City, you can't immediately
grab the balloon in London; it
needs time to travel.
If you want to see what has
happened to your balloon, there
is a balloon tracking option that
tells you how long your balloon
has been flying and if has been
caught or not. Tap on one of your
caught balloons and you'll see all
the notes added by those that
have seen your balloon. I found
this to be a lot of fun.
There is a free, advertising-
supported version of the app [
iTunes Link] that doesn't include
the tracking option. I liked the
idea of giving out a free
appetizer, since you can get a
added something to it, and let it great idea of how Balloons!
fly again. As more people catch, works and quickly realize that the
add to, and release balloons, each best part of the app is the
balloon takes on a history and tracking option.
often has a story to tell. The graphics suit the app nicely.
The balloons don't travel Screens are very cartoonish using
randomly. If launched in New bright colors and animated
17
Nov. 9, 1963:
Dual Disasters
Stun Japan
By Daniel Dumas (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 9:00:00 PM
A mining explosion and a train
crash combine to kill more than
600 people.
clouds. I was taken by the
whimsy of this app, and can see
it being great for kids as a nudge
toward becoming interested in
geography. It's also fun, tinged
with a bit of longing for faraway
places, for everyone.
Take a look at the video in the
2nd half of this post to see it in
action.
Continue reading Balloons!
Sending out a mystery message
on your iPhone
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7 Ways to Get More Out of LinkedIn

By Sharlyn Lauby (Mashable!) flies in the face of conventional make regular updates in Then, “If you are going to seek a
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:57:28 AM
wisdom when your goal is to LinkedIn. The one space where recommendation from a co-
build relationships and you can keep your connections worker or manager, keep a few
Sharlyn Lauby is the president c o m m u n i t y . informed is the status updates things in mind. Many employers
of Internal T a l e n t Eric B. Meyer, an associate in section. have written policies against
M a n a g e m e n t ( I T M ) w h i c h the labor and employment group Lori Burke, director of human giving out anything other than
specializes in employee training o f D i l w o r t h P a x s o n L L P , resources at Neighborhood neutral job references to current
and human resources consulting. reminds us that when using a America, explains that updates and former employees. These
S h e a u t h o r s a b l o g a t professional networking site such are not only an interesting read, policies generally focus on giving
hrbartender.com. as LinkedIn, “don’t give a LinkedIn at least once a week. If but very valuable. “I’ve found recommendations, as opposed to
L i n k e d I n , w h i c h r e c e n t l y potential employer an easy someone has 1-19 then I realize new networking groups I may not seeking them. Still, as a courtesy
reached the 50 million user excuse to remove you from they probably either haven’t have thought about [via status to the person in your company
m i l e s t o n e , h a s l o n g b e e n consideration. Use a professional begun to pop the hood and look updates]. Additionally, it allows from whom you seek a
considered the social networking headshot and scrap the picture of inside or gotten past the initial me to learn what others are recommendation, just be
site for professionals. If you’re you doing a keg-stand.” threshold of their friends, family involved with or in, who they sensitive to your company’s
in business, it is basically He adds that “an employer may and past colleagues. They might may be connected to, etc. In neutral reference policy.” 5.
expected that you have a profile not discriminate when selecting be a great prospect for me to total, it widens the scope of Optimize Your Profile
there. one job applicant over another. reach out to but this might not be knowledge for me.” 4. Seek Your LinkedIn profile should
But with the more mainstream For example, an employer may the best use of my time. This Meaningful Recommendations not just be an online version of
platforms like Twitter and not base a hiring decision on combined with the profile they A terrific feature of LinkedIn is your resume, optimizing for
Facebook being used for business such things as race, religion, have listed lets me realize t h e a b i l i t y t o p r o v i d e search engines is key. The
purposes, some professionals are gender, and national origin. quickly if I am wasting my time recommendations. This is a format of your LinkedIn profile
n e g l e c t i n g t h e i r L i n k e d I n Although actually proving an with someone who has no place for your connections to might depend on whether you are
profiles. While LinkedIn is employer made a discriminatory interest or trust in LinkedIn.” comment about your work. currently employed and whether
certainly not as dynamic as other hiring decision may be difficult.” So you might say to yourself, if R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s c a n b e or not you are seeking new
social media sites, it still provides Businesses who engage in hiring small numbers in the connection thought of as beefed up thank opportunities, says Koutsis. “If
a lot of value — if you use it discrimination are the exception, department signal you’re a you cards. Instead of telling one you are looking for a new
correctly. So whether you’re not the rule. Just remember, by novice, do large numbers mean person how you feel, you’re position then you might want
new to LinkedIn or a veteran, using an avatar, you will be you’ll connect with just about telling the world that person does your profile to look more like a
here are some of the things you providing information about a n y o n e ? K o u t s i s s a y s n o t good work. resume, but maybe not so much
should consider incorporating yourself a prospective employer necessarily. “I do not believe It’s important to get good solid if I am currently employed.”
into your LinkedIn strategy. 1. may not have otherwise obtained there’s a maximum number of recommendations and Meyer Burke doesn’t mind if the full
Include a Photo Avatar on its own. 2. Build Your connections that makes someone offers some thoughts on how to content of the resume is on the
Some media reports claim that Network of Connections look like they will just connect do that. First, “think about who profile as it can be helpful when
because organizations can use While we might be inclined to with anyone. LinkedIn only knows you best. It could be a co- searching for candidates.
any criteria they want to make say quality is better than quantity, shows 500 then adds the + sign worker or manager. It could also However, it is a bonus “when I
hiring decisions, photo avatars it could be possible that the after the 500 so you never really be a client or customer for whom find networkers who have added
p r o v i d e c o m p a n i e s w i t h number of connections you have do know how many more than you just did an incredible job on more content than you might find
information they may not have says something about you. Greg 500 connections someone has a huge project. If you seek a in a resume, such as a link to
otherwise known about you K o u t s i s , c o r p o r a t e a n d until you connect with them.” 3. recommendation from a client or their portfolio.”
based on a resume alone and international channel recruiter for Use Status Updates to Your c u s t o m e r , b e p o l i t e a n d When filling out your profile,
could actually hurt you more than Aplicor LLC, says, “if someone Advantage remember to thank the person you should think about your
help. But, not including a photo has 20-50+ connections then I Once you complete your profile, w h o g i v e s y o u t h e
with a social networking profile know they probably check there aren’t a lot of places to r e c o m m e n d a t i o n . ” WAYS page 20
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Rupert Murdoch Plans To Hide His Sites From

Google, The World Yawns
By Stan Schroeder talking right there. I don’t have to subscriber to WSJ.com, you get a
(Mashable!) explain it to you, folks: breaking paragraph and a subscription
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:30:15 AM
even or making a couple of form.”
million is not the same. It’s an I honestly can’t understand GetDeb.net Repository
The media today is widely important sentence because it what’s his plan here. If he plans
reporting an excerpt from Rupert shows that Murdoch is not only to charge for websites, why hide Makes Newer Ubuntu
Murdoch’s interview with Sky interested in making money; he’s them from the search engines? If Apps Easily Available
News Australia, in which he says interested in making obnoxious you can’t actually read the [Linux]
he plans to make News Corp amounts of money. And we’re content without paying, then
sites invisible to Google’s search supposed to pay for it. won’t be interested in anything making the content at least partly By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
engine. He then makes the argument that on the site except that tiny bit of accessible to Google and other Submitted at 11/9/2009 4:30:00 AM
While Murdoch has been on the it’s better to have quality information that made him click search engines can’t hurt? In fact,
verge of saying that for quite a audience, willing to pay for their on the link. Sometimes, the the WSJ that he mentions as an GetDeb's web site has long been
while now, this is the first time news, than having just everyone conversation will develop around example isn’t hidden from the go-to spot for Ubuntu (and
he actually uttered it. But one has coming to their sites, by which he your article, but not on your site; Google’s indexes, you can easily Debian, and Mint) users to grab
to listen to the entire interview to refers to people finding articles it may develop on Twitter or find Wall Street Journal articles the latest copies of software not
understand that Murdoch is not on one of his sites via search Digg. As a site owner, you have via Google. yet released by their official
quite clear about what, exactly, engines such as Google. to adapt to this. If you plan to just This is just one part of the quite repositories. Now GetDeb makes
he plans to do, and even if he is, “We’d rather have fewer people ditch all these visitors, claiming lengthy interview, but it all boils it even easier with a repository.
it doesn’t make much sense. coming to our websites, but they’re all worthless, you might down to this: Mr. Murdoch is not By adding GetDeb's repository
You can see the interview paying.” e n d u p w i t h a n e m p t y ready to accept any of the to your Linux system, you'll get
below, but I’ll hightlight several Fair enough. Let us know how auditorium. changes brought forth by the access to pre-compiled .deb
interesting points which show that went in a couple of years. Here’s the most important bit, in Internet and the social media packages as soon as they're
just how imprecise and confusing It proves that Murdoch is w h i c h M u r d o c h r e p l i e s t o movement. Moreover, he doesn’t available on GetDeb's site. That
Murdoch’s plans sound. sticking with the old model of whether he plans to block sites seem to understand how some means apps like the GIMP
Early in the interview he says how news and information is from being seen by search parts of it work. He’s got the graphics editor, Songbird, and
the following: disseminated, and doesn’t plan to engines: manpower to announce a war, other software that hits a major
“There are no websites, news change it. The problem is, things “I think we will. But that’s when but I’m afraid his army will be release between Ubuntu's six-
websites or blog sites anywhere don’t work the way they used to we’ll start charging. We do it fighting windmills. month release cycle are available
in the world today making any any more. Sometimes, a visitor already with the Wall Street Reviews: Digg, Facebook, to you just as soon as someone's
serious money. Some maybe will come to a news site or a blog Journal. We have a wall, but it’s Google, MySpace, Twitter nice enough to compile the
break even, or make a couple of and won’t even know where he not right to the ceiling. You can Tags: News Corp, rupert newest code.
million.” is; he might think he’s still on get the first paragraph of any m u r d o c h GetDeb's repository is free to
This is one rich media mogul Facebook or MySpace. And he story but if you’re not a paying use and install. Hit the link for
instructions on adding it to your
Singularity University, Day One: Infinite, In All Directions 9.04 or 9.10 Ubuntu system;
users of older Ubuntu systems
By Ted Greenwald (Wired Top A security guard checks my the nascent Singularity Bond movie, crowned by with c a n s t i l l g r a b p a c k a g e s a t
Stories) driver’s license as I drive into the University. Night has fallen, but strange domed buildings and G e t D e b ' s l e g a c y w e b s i t e .
Submitted at 11/8/2009 8:07:00 AM
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continued from page 18
goals for the type of networking
you hope to get done. Also,
since LinkedIn has the ability to
search any word in the content,
both Burke and Koutsis suggest
listing all relevant keywords at
the bottom of your profile if you
want to be found easier. 6. Use
Groups to Expand Your Reach
Groups are a beneficial
networking tool and a great way
to expand your network. Koutsis
says that he doesn’t look at what
groups a person belongs to when
he’s searching for candidates but
he does find potential resources
using the groups function.
However, Meyer reminds us it’s
possible to be viewed in a
negative light based upon group
membership. “For some time
now, many employers are going
beyond simply running a
criminal background check in
order to vet job applicants.
Employers may be Googling
candidates, checking out their
public postings on Facebook,
reviewing tweets on Twitter, and
scrutinizing LinkedIn profiles. In
a down economy — as in any
economy, really — employers
want to fill job openings with the
best possible candidates.”
Today’s rule of thumb should be
that anything you post in an
online profile may as well be
What, Exactly, Is a 'Cop-Killer' Gun?
By Nathan Hodge (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:26:00 AM
News reports on the Fort Hood
listed on your resume or bio. If
you belong to a LinkedIn group
that is inconsistent with the
business image you wish to
portray, then that could be a
challenge for you. Meyer shared
with me the example of
belonging to a group called “The
Deer Hunters” while applying for
a position with an animal rights
group (let’s just say, good luck
with that). 7. Consider Whether
to Link Your Profiles
Burke believes that accounts
should be kept separate. “I
believe that this strategy allows
me to keep my professional
personae separate from my
personal. Case in point was the
one time I posted a social media
article to both applications. My
Facebook family and friends
found the information of little
value to them and I believe the
same may be true in reverse.
However, I will post general
information about me (i.e.,
speaking engagements) with both
networks. In essence, it depends
on the content,” she says.
On the other hand, Lance Haun,
vice president of outreach at
MeritBuilder, explains that
LinkedIn is “a snapshot of your
life at the time you updated your
profile so including Twitter,
Facebook, or a blog helps to add
rampage say that the alleged makes the Five-Seven different
shooter, Maj. Nidal Hasan, used from other handguns?
an FN Herstal Five-Seven pistol
— described in some reports as a
'cop killer' gun. What, exactly,
living context to your profile.”
With the lines between work and
life being blurred, posting
something business related at
1:00 PM and a picture of a cat at
1:00 AM helps “bring the picture
of a person together completely.”
In the end, Koutsis asks, “if
people see no reason after
viewing your profile to connect
with you, then why did you reach
out to them in the first place?”
The most important thing we can
do is create a complete and
compelling profile. Because the
bottom line is the value
proposition you propose when
you try to connect with someone
on LinkedIn. More business
resources from Mashable:
- 5 Advanced Social Media
Marketing Strategies for Small
Business
- Top 5 Business Blogging
Mistakes and How to Avoid
Them
- 10 of the Best Social Media
Tools for Entrepreneurs
- 6 Must-Follow Steps for Selling
in Any Economy
- 5 Easy Social Media Wins for
Your Small Business
Tags: business, linkedin, Lists
Is the Magic Mouse a
dog?
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 11/8/2009 1:30:00 PM
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion,
Hardware, Peripherals, Bad
Apple For some Magic Mouse
users, the streamlined human
interface device is not only a dog,
but a dog that pees on the carpet,
smells bad, and barks
continuously. Apple support
boards are beginning to fill up
with complaints about tracking
issues and Bluetooth disconnects.
There are also complaints about
the lack of a third mouse button,
and some all-too-early hardware
failures.
I liked the Magic Mouse when I
saw it at my local Apple Store, so
I took one home for my Mac Pro.
It seemed to work for awhile, but
now it is very erratic at tracking
and speed, even when
MouseZoom is installed. Its
Bluetooth connection has
dropped several times, and it
either comes back after a long
wait or simply fails to connect
again.
When I moved back to my wired
Apple mouse, I found that I had
actually preferred the form factor
E-reader Newspaper
of the Magic Mouse, and I
missed the button-less scroll
wheel.
The Magic Mouse seems to be
working fine for many users, but
there are some hints that the little
rodents are having trouble with
some older hardware. My 2006
Intel-based Mac Pro may be one
of the computers at issue.
Apple will hopefully issue a
software update, if that is the
problem. In my case, the only
magic I'm going to see from the
Magic Mouse is when it
disappears from my desktop.
How is it going for you?
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Steve Jobs, the moral high ground, and the return to Apple
By Steven Sande (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: Steve Jobs, Apple
History Jesus Diaz over at
Gizmodo had a fascinating
exposé in a post late last week
that provided a look into some of
the thinking of Steve Jobs back
in 1997. As Diaz relates, Oracle
CEO Larry Ellison and his friend
Steve Jobs were on a beach in
Hawaii in '97 when Ellison,
under the influence of a few
margaritas, floated the idea of
buying Apple to bring Jobs back
into power at the company he had
co-founded with Steve Wozniak.
Jobs declined, although Ellison
had funding all lined up to allow
The Steve to make a hostile
takeover of the company. He told
Ellison that a takeover would
make people think he was
greedy, just wanting to make
money out of Apple. Ellison later
stated that "He (Jobs) explained
to me that with the moral high
ground, he thought he could
make decisions more easily and
more gracefully."
Diaz went on to conjecture that
it was more than decision-making
that went into Steve's refusal to
push his way back into power; it
was love. As Diaz notes,
"Steve wanted to be wanted. He
knew he was loved by the public
and the press. After all, everyone
Steve Jobs to know that he was
able to regain control of the
company through a combination
of connections, persuasion, and
his love for his company.
The rest is history. As Ellison
stated in an interview in Fortune,
"The difference between me and
Steve is that I'm willing to live
with the best the world can
provide-with Steve that's not
always good enough." That
difference explains why Apple
continues to amaze us with their
products, why Steve Jobs is so
important to the company, and
why Jobs was the hands-down
choice for Fortune's CEO of the
likes the story of a legend coming spend any money?" Decade.[via Digg]
back-to see him succeed or, Since his return to Apple, Steve TUAW Steve Jobs, the moral
better yet for Hollywood drama, Jobs has, of course, brought the high ground, and the return to
fail. More importantly, the company from the brink of Apple originally appeared on The
company was his company. He extinction into profitability and U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g
didn't have to buy it! That was recognition. Whether or not he (TUAW) on Mon, 09 Nov 2009
absolutely preposterous, he w o u l d h a v e b e e n e q u a l l y 09:00:00 EST. Please see our
probably thought at the time. He successful as a result of a hostile terms for use of feeds.
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Microsoft releases Exchange 2010, acquires Teamprise

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:45:07 AM
Microsoft made two enterprise
moves on Monday, one expected
and the other a bit of a surprise.
As promised, the company used
its TechEd event in Berlin to
release Exchange 2010, the latest
version of its e-mail and calendar
server software. Microsoft
finalized the code for the product
last month and had said it would
launch at TechEd.
Meanwhile, the company also
announced it is buying the
Teamprise technology from
SourceGear. Teamprise allows
developers using Eclipse and
those working on non-Windows
operating systems to build
applications using Microsoft's
Visual Studio product.
"We know our customers face
daily challenges with
management, collaboration and
development in heterogeneous
environments. The industry must
take steps to make
interoperability a stronger
business asset for our customers,"
senior vice president and
developer unit head S.
Somasegar said in a statement.
"With the acquisition of the
Teamprise assets, we're taking a
step forward on this journey,
providing customers with a
viable cross-platform
development solution that will
help produce business results
more quickly."
Microsoft didn't announce
financial terms of the deal, but
did say the Teamprise technology
will be integrated into Visual
Studio 2010.
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Happy Birthday, Firefox I’ve Got Nothing:

By Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
starting to appear on the web as
web developers make individual
Crowdsourced Song Created
Submitted at 11/9/2009 1:49:51 AM
choices to support a standards-
based, royalty-free approach. by YouTubers [VIDEO]
Originally an experimental Expect to see changes in the By Stan Schroeder
branch of the Mozilla project, a expectations around the licensing (Mashable!)
new web browser was launched of codecs. Submitted at 11/9/2009 4:21:20 AM
on November 9, 2004: Firefox And over the next five years
1.0. Its aim was to reduce mobile will play an increasingly Wanna make a hit song? The
Mozilla’s bloat (if you remember important role in our lives, and in ’standard’ way of doing it is
those early days, the Mozilla the future of the web. The learning to play an instrument,
Suite consisted of a web browser, decisions of users, carriers, finding a couple more musicians,
mail client, news reader, irc about that; it can be summed up governments and the people who practice, create some songs, find
client; it even had a web page in three words: privacy, video, build phones will have far- a publisher… YouTube auditions via video
c r e a t o r c a l l e d M o z i l l a and mobile. From the blog post: reaching effects on this new …or you can scrap all that and let response to pick the band, found
Composer), and it was an instant “ O v e r t h e n e x t f i v e y e a r s extension to the Internet and how the YouTube community do the the producer of the song through
hit among users and developers everyone can expect that the people will access information entire work for you. I’ve Got YouTube, and the music video is
alike. browser should take part in a few for decades to come.” Nothing is a song that’s been made up of literal interpretations
Five years later, and Firefox new areas – to act as the user Mozilla plans to celebrate this entirely crowdsourced. A of the lyrics, clapping and
holds a quarter of the browser agent it should be. Issues around milestone by throwing parties (oh youngster called Charlie singing along, by YouTubers!”
market, and while technically not data, privacy and identity loom no, not that again) around the McDonnell, together with three The resulting song and the
b e i n g t h e m o s t p o p u l a r large. You will see the values of world. The campaign is called other teenagers, have created the video, which you can see below,
(Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Mozilla’s public benefit mission “Light the World with Firefox”, project as part of BBC’s follow the “standards” for a viral
still clings to that honor), it’s reflected in our product choices and it will include shining the ChartJackers, an attempt to break hit: extremely catchy melody and
definitely the most prominent in these areas to make users safer Firefox logo in cities such as into the UK music charts a happy video with young people
browser, with thousands of and help them understand what it Paris, Tokyo, Rome and San without…well, pretty much singing along. While it’s hard to
plugins (add-ons, they’re called), means to share data with web Francisco. Find out more at everything: money, producer, predict if it’ll become a huge hit,
a busy developer community, and sites. www.spreadfirefox.com/5years/e studio, even musicians. it definitely has the ingredients,
over 330 million users. Expect to see big changes in the n-US/. Reviews: Firefox Here’s the official description of and the community to support it.
As for the future, Christopher video space. HTML5-based Tags: birthday, Firefox how the song was created: It’ll definitely be interesting to
Blizzard over a t video and open video codecs are “The lyrics of the song are made see how far can such an effort go,
hacks.mozilla.org has some idea up of YouTube comments, competing with professionally
compiled into a song by another produced songs and videos that
archive.org's S3-alike service? YouTuber. The lyrics were cost tens of thousands of dollars.
(Scripting News) archives. If this is true, I will be building released and then YouTubers Reviews: YouTube
Brewster Kahle is talking about on it. wrote a melody for the lyrics, and Tags: viral video, youtube
Submitted at 11/8/2009 9:04:55 AM
the Internet Archive making Update: It's true. Here's the tweet we picked our favourite. We held
An intriguing tweet yesterday public S3 storage (what Amazon with the scoop.
from Steven Levy of Wired rents) free on their servers.
Magazine, which, if true, could Does anyone have any more info
open huge doors for future-safe on this?
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Twitter and Penguins: How the San TUAW Review and

Francisco Zoo Uses Twitter giveaway: Blur Tripod
[VIDEO] and app for iPhone
By Ben Parr (Mashable!) out about the incident via By Steven Sande (The
Submitted at 11/8/2009 10:59:53 PM
Twitter. Oh, and don’t forget Unofficial Apple Weblog
about the two penguins huddling (TUAW))
We know there are a lot of around him. Submitted at 11/9/2009 8:00:00 AM
interesting and unique uses for Social media, once a
Twitter. We’ve seen Twitter used phenomenon localized to early Filed under: Accessories, iPhone
for customer service, tweets to adopters, has quickly spread into Way back in September, we
monitor power usage, and even nearly every channel. The fact announced that Mobile
140 character marriage proposals, that a zoo is using Twitter to Mechatronics was going to be
but we never thought about it p e n g u i n e n c o u n t e r ( v i d e o s interact with its visitors and to selling a combination of a tiny
being used to quickly respond to below), and even access to the know about what’s happening on tripod and an iPhone app called
incidents such as a kid being bit n o r m a l l y o f f - l i m i t s A v i a n its grounds in real-time is just Blur. The idea behind this combo
by an otter. Conservation Center. another amazing example of the is that the tripod can hold your
Earlier today, a group of Twitter While this is a great example of power that social tools provide iPhone more steadily than your
enthusiasts (including me) using Twitter to reach out to and us. hand can, and then the software
gathered at the San Francisco please customers, it isn’t the only Here’s Anthony’s explanation of can assist you by either taking a
Zoo for a zoo tweetup. While in way that the San Francisco Zoo how the zoo uses Twitter. Enjoy! photo after a delay or taking
most respect it was your standard (@SFZoo) utilizes Twitter. In BONUS: The Penguins of San several photos in quick it finally showed up when I
gathering of Twitter nerds with the 3 minute clip embedded Francisco Zoo succession. searched this week.
phones tweeting and Twitpics below, animal keeper Anthony We did visit a zoo. It would be a At the time, I asked Mobile Continue reading TUAW
flying, the tweetup was unique Brown discusses some of the shame if we didn’t embed at least Mechatronics to send some Review and giveaway: Blur
because of the involvement of the unique stories of how Twitter has one clip exclusively about cute samples for us to test and then Tripod and app for iPhone
zoo via Twitter. h e l p e d i m p r o v e t h e z o o , animals: give away. The tripods arrived TUAW TUAW Review and
After seeing initial tweets about including how it has helped find Reviews: Twitter very quickly, but the software giveaway: Blur Tripod and app
the upcoming event, the zoo lost phones and even how the zoo Tags: penguin, San Francisco was nowhere to be found. In my for iPhone originally appeared on
provided anybody who came to respond to a kid being bit by one Zoo, San Francisco-San Jose, quest to get review equipment The Unofficial Apple Weblog
the tweetup with a discount, a of the river otters after finding twitter, zoo out of my office and into the (TUAW) on Mon, 09 Nov 2009
hands of TUAW readers, I kept 08:00:00 EST. Please see our
Gallery: 'The Insider' in Times searching the App Store for the
app. It appears that Mobile
Mechatronics fell into the bane of
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Square iPhone developers everywhere --
slow approval of apps -- because
(ETonline - Breaking News) with a line-up of celebrity guests Insider" on TV all this week to
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:17:00 AM
for the latest entertainment news see the fireworks in Manhattan!
with opposing views! See
New pics! TV show "The exclusive behind-the-scenes pics
Insider" takes over Times Square right here, then tune in to "The
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Google may lose WSJ, News Corp
sites
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:43:00 AM
Rupert Murdoch is threatening
to pull his content from Google.
Is this a bluff?(Credit: Dan
Farber/CNET)
Rupert Murdoch, the media
tycoon who has long accused
Google of ripping off content
from his newspapers, says his
sites may soon disappear from
the search engine's listings.
Murdoch, who is chairman of
News Corp., the newspaper, TV
and Internet empire that includes
The Wall Street Journal, Hulu,
The New York Post, and 20th
Century Fox, made his comments
during an interview with Sky
News Australia.
After Murdoch accused Google,
Microsoft and others of
"stealing" his company's content,
he was asked why he just doesn't
pull his Web sites from Google's
search results.
"I think we will," Murdoch
responded. "But that's when we
start charging."
Murdoch and other News Corp.
execs have said that they intend
to charge readers and viewers. In
the past, the company's sites have
relied on advertising revenue.
Murdoch made it clear he's no
fan of the ad-supported model
("There are no news sites or blog
sites making any serious
money").
"What's the point of having
someone come occasionally who
likes a headline they see in
Google," Murdoch continued.
"The fact is there isn't enough
advertising in the world to go
around to make all the Web sites
profitable. We'd rather have
fewer people coming to our Web
sites but paying."
When asked why he would buck
the trend of offering free content,
Murdoch said: "(The public)
shouldn't have had it free. I think
we've been asleep."
Google has said that it feels
obligated to help media
companies because it needs their
content. That hasn't stopped
Murdoch and his staff from
continuing to make hostile
comments about the search
engine. What News Corp hasn't
done much of is follow up with
much action.
Is News Corp trying to scare
Google into making more
concessions? Or is News Corp
just afraid to pull the trigger?
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BREAKING: EA Acquires
Facebook Game Maker Playfish
For Up to $400 Million
By Ben Parr (Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:14:27 AM
If you needed proof that social
gaming is huge business, look no
further than today’s blockbuster
news.
Video gaming giant Electronics
Arts (EA for short) just
announced that it has acquired
company is responsible for some
the social gaming company
of the most popular games on
Playfish for a deal that could be
Facebook, MySpace, and the
worth up to $400 million. While
iPhone, including Pet Society,
there have been rumors of
Restaurant City, and Country
potential acquisition, the deal is
Story.
now official.
With EA’s financial and gaming
EA will pay $275 million in cash
muscle, we could see some
and $25 million in equity for the
amazing synergies on the console
company. In addition, if Playfish
and social gaming platforms, as
achieves certain “performance
well as greater investment in
milestones” (aka continues to
growth and development in social
grow), the price tag could go up
gaming. Reviews: Facebook,
to a full $400 million.
MySpace, pet society, video
And there’s no reason to think
Tags: acquisition, EA, electronic
Playfish won’t continue to
arts, facebook, gaming, playfish,
rapidly grow along with the
social gaming, Zynga
social gaming market. The
4 people found shot to death in
rural Texas home (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) 13 seconds ago 2009-11-
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:38:22 AM
09T08:00:02-08:00
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YouTube with all of the sizzle but

none of the Flash
By TJ Luoma (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
this link to your Bookmarks Bar:
FlashFree YouTube and you can
Anger Against Red Light
Submitted at 11/8/2009 9:15:00 PM
easily access
NeoSmart/HTML5 version.
the And Speed Cameras
Filed under: Multimedia[ Our
regular Sunday night Talkcast is
cancelled due to a sick host.
How does it work? Superbly
well. I tested it using Safari, and
watching a YouTube video
Going Mainstream
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) notes numerous other studies that
Sorry, and we'll see you next through NeoSmart had no
disagree, and digs into the details
week. -Ed.] noticeable impact on my CPU at Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:31:00 AM
of the original study to find that it
Let's face it: Flash on the Mac is your computer. Simply go to all.
A bunch of folks have submitted does not account for multiple
a dog. Actually, that's an insult to their custom web page and paste I've nearly given up hope for a
this recent Washington Post other factors. At best, the studies
dogs, which are known for the YouTube URL into the field. version of Flash for Mac that
article about the growing anger seem to indicate that red light and
running fast. Flash for Mac is I n a m o m e n t y o u w i l l b e d o e s n ' t s t i n k . U n t i l t h e n ,
and resentment towards red light speed cameras do not decrease
such a an unoptimized beast that presented with a clean window ClickToFlash and NeoSmart's
and speed cameras. We've accident rates (in one damning
you can expect it will suck up as showing you the video, as well as HTML5 YouTube are a great
posted similar articles in the past, study, a town that got rid of its
much CPU as possible, even for a download link for the MP4 combination to make your web
version. but this is one of the first times cameras so a bigger decrease in
the simplest of videos. surfing more enjoyable.
T h e y a l s o h a v e a TUAW YouTube with all of the I've seen the topic discussed in a accidents than a neighboring
My first line of defense is
major mainstream paper. The town that installed them). In the
C l i c k T o F l a s h ( w h i c h I ' v e G r e a s e m o n k e y / U s e r S c r i p t sizzle but none of the Flash
discussion basically hits on all end, it's quite clear that the
mentioned before), but the folks available which will add a link to originally appeared on The
the high points, showing that cameras are entirely about
over at NeoSmart have another all YouTube pages. That's nice, U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g
people really hate the devices and money, and have nothing to do
solution, at least for YouTube: but what I was really looking for (TUAW) on Sun, 08 Nov 2009
was a bookmarklet I could keep 21:15:00 EST. Please see our that the reason they're so popular with safety -- and it's nice to see
HTML5.
is not safety, but revenue. It also more people recognizing this
By using the newest version of in my Bookmarks Bar and just terms for use of feeds.
looks at the stats, talking about a issue.
HTML, they have devised a click on when I was on a Read| Permalink| Email this|
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mention one study claiming that This Story
directly to any MP4 decoder on so I made one. Drag (don't click!)
the cameras have decreased
accidents and fatalities, but then

Worm Hits Jailbroken iPhones; Apple Plans

Jailbreak Crackdown [Security]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:00:00 AM
A number of jailbroken iPhone
owners in Australia have found
their lock screen wallpaper
replaced by Rick Astley, as the
first real worm spreads itself
around. That's just one more
reason any jailbreaker should
change their root password
immediately. Meanwhile, PC
World points out that Apple is
looking to hire either a new or
replacement leader for team
working on boot-up,
cryptography, partitioning,
security threats, and other areas
that seem to have a fairly strong
anti-jailbreaking theme in
common. [ Sophos via Gizmodo]
26 Tech/ Entertainment/ E-reader Newspaper

Get a Quirky Beamer for your iPhone (hint: it's not a car)
By Steven Sande (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: Accessories, iPhone
TUAW has introduced several
Quirky projects to you in the
past. Quirky is a community of
folks who come up with really
cool ideas, and then the best of
the ideas are fine-tuned by the
folks who run the site and
readied for manufacturing. Once
a minimum number of customers
commit to buy the product, it is
put into production.
While looking at the headline for
Brenthaven: The best computer backpack I've
ever seen
By David Winograd (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
this post, you might think that
we're talking about an oddly-
painted BMW, but the Quirky
Beamer is actually a case for the
iPhone. Not just any case, mind
you, but one with a built-in bright
LED light that can act as a real
flashlight or provide illumination
for your nighttime photos.
Compatible with the iPhone 3G
and 3GS, the Beamer uses
replaceable lithium coin cell
batteries to provide up to 10
hours of illumination without
chewing up your phone's
batteries. Pressing the button on
the case once turns on the light
for 10 seconds, enough to find
the usual backpack -- around $75
-- but I thought it would be worth
your keys or take a picture of
your buds. To turn the light on
for an indefinite amount of time,
press the button twice. A third
press turns it back off.
Quirky won't produce the
Beamer until 500 commitments
at $32.00 are received on the site.
As of 9 PM on Sunday night, 106
people had committed to the
come with a lifetime warranty.
Continue reading Brenthaven:
product. If you're looking for a
way to flash your friends and not
get arrested, the Quirky Beamer
might just be the answer.
[Thanks for the tip, Chris T.]
TUAW Get a Quirky Beamer for
your iPhone (hint: it's not a car)
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Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW) on Mon, 09 Nov 2009
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'The Insider'
Invades Times
Square in New York
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 5:18:00 AM

(TUAW)) it since I lugged around my The best computer backpack I've TV show "The Insider" hopped
Submitted at 11/8/2009 5:00:00 PM PowerBook nearly every day and ever seen coasts this week, traveling east
it looked like the Brenthaven TUAW Brenthaven: The best from their home studio in
F i l e d u n d e r : A c c e s s o r i e s , provided better padding than the computer backpack I've ever seen Hollywood. Host Lara Spencer
Reviews The TUAW gang have competition. originally appeared on The and correspondent Chris Jacobs
been searching for great holiday Since then, the backpack has Unofficial Apple Weblog are taking over the New York
gift ideas and I think I've found housed a succession of three 17" (TUAW) on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 landmark of Times Square. Guest
one that's been right under my PowerBooks and MacBook Pros 17:00:00 EST. Please see our panelists, such as the headline
nose for five years. under very heavy use. The terms for use of feeds. making Jon Gosselin and Levi
When I bought my brand new amazing part is that outside of Permalink| Email this| Johnston, along with Niecy Nash
PowerBook G4 17" in 2004, I being a bit dusty, it's in just as no sign of wear and/or tear Comments and Star Jones, join "The Insider"
s p l u r g e d a n d b o u g h t a good shape as the day I bought it. whatsoever. And if there was, or in the Big Apple. Tune in to "The
Brenthaven backpack for it. Back No frayed stitching, no stuck ever will be, all Brenthaven bags Insider" all this week to get your
then it cost a good deal more than zippers, no torn dividers. There is latest entertainment news with
opposing views from the heart of
Manhattan.
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Gigabyte Fixes
Windows 7/iPhone Sync
Issues
By Christina Warren
(Mashable!) Yast Tracks and Logs
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:29:33 AM
Time Spent on Projects
Verizon's iPhone insults Last week we posted about
syncing issues some Windows 7
and Tasks [Time
Tracking]
have only just begun users were having with their
iPhones.
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
(CNET News.com) Oakley Originals/Flickr) The problem seems to revolve Submitted at 11/8/2009 3:00:00 PM
One can never have enough around the Intel P55 Express will be out soon. Although this
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:01:05 AM
buckets of does in this complex chipset, which is apparently not problem only affected a small If you're looking for a simple
It seems as if Verizon Droid's life. And it is refreshing to see reporting or outputting the right portion of users (users of a time-tracking tool with visuals
avowedly male positioning will someone spending $100 million amount of power needed for the specific chipset and the 64-bit that are easy to read at a glance,
now include finger-pointing, high in an attempt to take on the prom iPhone to complete a sync. version of Windows 7), we’re Yast fits the bill.
-pitched taunts, and echoes of "na queen of cell phones. Engadget reports that sure those that are affected have Yast can track multiple projects
-na-nana-na". However, these ads heap motherboard maker Gigabyte has solutions on the way. and tasks each with their own
After revealing that Verizon has pressure on the Droid to perform issued a BIOS update, solving Have you had any issues with color code. The week-at-a-glance
placed the iPhone on the Island as a phone and, indeed, as an the problem on those machines. Windows 7 and iPhone view is great for seeing how
of Misfit Toys, Ad Age is item to be seen with. ASUS and MSI, two other synching? Let us know! projects are unfolding over the
reporting that in the next Droid Functionality can only take one motherboard makers who have Reviews: Windows 7 week. You can generate reports
ad, the iPhone will be the subject so far. Somehow, I recall General also had problems with their P55 Tags: gigabyte, iphone, itunes, and save them to your computer
of another touching description. Motors being the brand of boards and iPhone syncing p55, Windows 7 and invite other people to see
Apparently, the ad says the supposed functionality. And that haven’t released any official your projects. The other notable
Droid "swaps semi-functional, didn't quite, well, function for the updates, but we expect that they advantage of Yast is inviting
giggling-brat-vanity for a bare company as things turned out. people to view and collaborate
knuckle bucket of does." This content has passed through based on on the individual
Oh, yes, the Droid is flexing its fivefilters.org. project, not the entire tracking
youthful muscles.(Credit: CC calendar—your coworkers will
never know that you've spent 39
Disney Channel Orders Second Season of Jonas hours in October organizing your
Pokemon collection.
By Bill Gorman second season of the pop stars’ middle of next year. Yast is free and requires
(TVbytheNumbers) comedy series “Jonas” and has via THR.com. registration. Have a time-tracking
Submitted at 11/8/2009 10:48:08 PM
tapped new executive producers: This content has passed through tool or service you love? Let's
showrunner Lester Lewis and fivefilters.org. hear about it in the comments.
The Jonas Brothers are keepers director Paul Hoen. Thanks, Mark! Yast
at Disney Channel. [...] “Jonas” is slated to begin in
The cable channel has ordered a Production on Season 2 of February for a premiere in the
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And Now, Tulipa 'Ayaan' Dancing in the Street

(Little Green Footballs) crossing of Tulipa ‘Gavota’ x a (ETonline - Breaking News) While the dancers showed off
Submitted at 11/8/2009 3:23:42 PM
sport of Tulipa ‘Gander’s their fancy footwork, Stevie
Submitted at 11/9/2009 4:00:00 AM
Rhapsody’. Wonder danced his fingers across
If you were wondering what The new deep purple tulip joins "Dancing with the Stars" pro the piano, playing the holiday
Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s been up to a group of tulips known in dancers Cheryl Burke and Tony classic "That's What Christmas
lately, the Dutch flower bulb Holland as “black” tulips. The Dovolani were dancing down Means to Me." Daughter Aisha
sector just named a tulip after legendary quest of Dutch Main St. USA in Disneyland. M o r r i s a n d M i n n i e M o u s e
her: Tulip named after activist hybridizers to create a truly black The duo was joined by Anika accompanied him for the carol.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali. ‘Ayaan’.” Mr. Thijs Leenders, tulip goes back centuries. Many Noni Rose, who voices the Both performances will be
NEW YORK, November 6, president of the North American experts consider Tulipa ‘Ayaan’ character Tiana in Disney's featured in the 2009 Christmas
2 0 0 9 : I n a c e r e m o n y o n F l o w e r B u l b W h o l e s a l e r s one of the finest and most upcoming animated film 'The Day Parade, which will be
November 4 at the Metropolitan Association represented the successful results of this quest. Princess and the Frog.' The broadcast on ABC on December
Museum of Art the Dutch flower Dutch bulb sector in the event. The selection of the flower to be performers were filming a New 25. Selena Gomez also got in the
bulb sector named a tulip after Also in attendance was Mr. Wim named in her honor was made by Orleans themed musical routine holiday spirit this weekend.
A y a a n H i r s i A l i ‘ A y a a n ’ i n Pijbes, director of Amsterdam’s Ms. Hirsi Ali herself. on Sunday.
recognition of Ms. Hirsi Ali’s Rijksmuseum. … Upon receipt of the signed
defense of freedom and human Tulipa ‘Ayaan’ is a dark christening certificate, the tulip
rights for Muslim women. maroon/brown/purple Triumph will be entered into the Classified
Ms. Hirsi Ali, a feminist, author, tulip hybridized by Ms. Lydia List and International Register of
activist and former member of Boots, of Lybo Hybridizing, Tulip Names, maintained by the
the Dutch parliament completed Hem, NL. Ms Boots is one of Royal Dutch Bulb Growers
the traditional naming ceremony few women working in the male A s s o c i a t i o n ( K A V B ) i n
by drizzling champagne over the d o m i n a t e d w o r l d o f t u l i p Hillegom, the Netherlands.
bulbs and declaring, “From now hybridizing. The hybrid is a
on this Tulip has the name

YouTube XL Supersizes YouTube for Your TV [YouTube]

By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:30:00 AM
Many people are sporting
HTPCs these days—media
computers hooked up to their
televisions—but some sites are
designed like you're sitting at
your computer desk not on your
living room couch. YouTube XL
makes YouTube couch-friendly.
YouTube XL presents common fonts and buttons when trying to
YouTube options in a large use YouTube in a living room
display format for easy setup, YouTube XL is a great
navigation without having to read way to access YouTube in a
a tiny font 20 feet across your couch-friendly format.
living room. You can quickly Have another great site or tool
navigate to spotlighted, top rated, for accessing streaming video on
and most viewed categories. from the comfort of your living
Clicking on "More..." also gives You can also set the next video the current one ends and filter out room? Let's hear about it in the
you quick access to rising videos, in your search results or viewing content not suitable for minors. If comments. YouTube XL[via
most favorites, most discussed, category to start playing when you've been annoyed by the tiny AskTheAdmin]
and more.
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Selling Homes and Scrapbooking: A Compact and
Organized Office [Featured Workspace]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 4:00:00 PM
What do you do when you've got
a limited amount of space and
you want to pack in work and
play? You maximize your storage
space and organize carefully like
in today's featured workspace.
Lifehacker reader GrayDrakeFX
put together a home office for his
wife who—as anyone who
scrapbooks or is married to a
scrapbooker knows—had quite a
lot of stuff to organize and store.
He writes:
Built for a Realtor who is also
quite the amazing artist, this
workspace had to have a dual
personality.
The goal here was to transform a
spare bedroom into my wife's
office and creative suite. As a
Create a Simple DIY E-Commerce Site [Selling]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 5:30:00 AM
Got a product or service to sell?
If you're not looking for a total
design and setup package, but
just want to get selling, Ars
Technica walks through the setup
of a PayPal-based site for a small
business.
As Jacqui Cheng notes, PayPal
won't provide you with search-
friendly, clean-looking design
realtor she needed a space for her
business and as a creative genius
she needed a space for her
creativity to flow too. So we put
together this dual discipline
workspace that while small really
works.
There are some interesting uses
and expertly managed inventory
system, but can take the grunt
work out of simple cart-based,
fixed-price commerce with credit
cards. It need not be a whole side
business you're setting up—even
having a whole bunch of goods
around your house to pass off
might make it worth setting up a
quick web site with a bit more w h i l e y o u ' r e i n c h a r g e o f
cachet than eBay or Craigslist. explaining why someone would
The security and credit card buy from you.
processing is handled by PayPal,
excellent use of available space
and keeps a large volume of tools
stowed away and neatly
organized while keeping them
accessible to the person working
in the space. Check out the
pictures below for additional
information and the link to his
Flickr pool for photo notes.
If you have a workspace of your
own to show off, throw the
pictures on your Flickr account
and add it to the Lifehacker
Workspace Show and Tell Pool.
Include some details about your
setup and why it works for you,
of IKEA items to maximize
and you just might see it featured
space and you will notice there is
on the front page of Lifehacker.
not much wall space left :)
Selling Homes and
While minimalism is all the rage
Scrapbooking: A Compact and
in workspace design, sometimes
Organized Office[Lifehacker
you simply need to have the
Workspace Show and Tell Pool]
space to store all your stuff.
Today's workspace makes
Hit the link for the very helpful
run-through. Got an equally easy
system for an e-commerce site?
If your job doesn't involve
sending out endless amounts of
email about it, tell us in the
comments. How to set up an e-
commerce site using PayPal to
process[Ars Technica]
Tech Tips/ TV/ 29
Review: Bored to
Death - Take a
Dive (season finale)
By Jonathan Toomey (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 10:01:00 PM
( S01E08)"You think we learned
anything tonight?" - Jonathan
I'll tell you what I learned --
Bored to Death has a lot of
potential. All season long, I've
gone from loving to hating to
loving this show, and with the
season finale now come and
gone, there's a real opportunity
here for Bored to Death to
become HBO's next break-out hit
when it returns. All the pieces are
in place and it probably could
have blown up this season had
there not been so many episodes
where the show tried to find its
footing. Is it a detective show?
Or is it about three friends in the
publishing world trying to make
their mark? Or is it both?
Continue reading Review: Bored
to Death - Take a Dive (season
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Life360 Protects Your Family &

Property Via Web, Mobile, & More
By Jolie O'Dell access all their Life360 services
(ReadWriteWeb) from their phones. Right now,
Submitted at 11/8/2009 9:18:19 PM
Android devices are supported,
with a BlackBerry app coming
Life360 is often described as an emergency contacts; a thorough, soon and an iPhone app stuck in
"OnStar for life," providing its web-enabled ID service that App Store purgatory.
users with tools to track and gives first responders instant Another "coming soon" service
protect people and things through access to critical information; a we thought was cool - and also
Photoshop.com Mobile a variety of interfaces. service for cataloging and excellent Cheaters fodder - is a
T h e c o m p a n y o f f e r s I R L tracking valuable items via coded GPS-enabled tracking dongle that

Fixes Photos on
Smartphones [Downloads]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) concerned about making a bad
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:00:00 AM
choice, you can upload any pic to
a Photoshop.com account first.
i P h o n e / A n d r o i d / W i n d o w s The iPhone version has a few
Mobile: Photoshop.com, the e f f e c t s a n d p r e - s e t c o l o r
online home of Adobe's market- changes—along with multi-touch
l e a d i n g i m a g e e d i t o r , h a s functionality, of course—and the
released a native photo editor and Android version features a non-
photo uploader for Android multi-touch straightening tool,
phones, and it's a fairly versatile but the two are basically the same
solution for fixing or offloading app in different shells. All
images while you're out and versions are fairly robust for
about. mobile editing apps, and do a
On Android phones, photos can good job of correcting the most
be cropped, rotated, resized, and notable failings of mobile lenses.
adjusted for saturation, exposure, Photoshop.com Mobile is a free
and tint, as well as have a soft download for iPhones, Android,
focus or black & white effect or Windows Mobile devices.
applied. Multiple effects can be P h o t o s h o p . c o m M o b i l e [ v i a
undone and re-done, and if you're D o w n l o a d S q u a d ]
s e r v i c e s s u c h a s c h i l d tags; and identity protection can be thrown in a bag, duct-
identification paraphernalia, services. taped to the underside of a car,
medical IDs, and credit and The mobile tracking feature - tossed onto a pet's collar, stapled
identity protection; but they also w h i c h g o t t h e c o m p a n y a to a child - you name it. Life360
have a cool suite of features that $ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n v e s t m e n t f r o m founder Chris Hulls told us in an
revolve around Internet and Google - allows users to locate email that he hopes to roll out the
mobile tracking of people, family members using the web hardware within the next six
objects, and even pets. Their i n t e r f a c e o r t h e m o b i l e months. "There will be an
Android application for tracking application. Custom privacy additional fee, probably in the
and securely messaging people settings allow users to find loved neighborhood of $100 for the
even netted them a seed round ones in an emergency, check device and $10 per month for
from Google their locations, see their statuses, each tracked person," he said.
Sponsor a n d r e t r a c e t h e i r p r e v i o u s Some other GPS- and mobile-
The concept for the company, locations. While the company enabled features Hulls plans to
which was founded in the wake states this will not make family release within the next year are a
of Hurricane Katrina, revolves members feel stalked, we see this Curfew 2.0 app, a check-in
around disaster preparedness and app as Cheaters fodder as well as system for "distributed" families
emergency messaging. Currently, a great way to keep track of the to touch base, and customized
the available features include an ones you care about most during alerts for emergency notifications
emergency messenger that uses times of crisis. in a user's specific location.
email, web, SMS, and phone to The Android app allows users to Discuss
get messages through to

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New iPhone Worm: How Worried Should We Be?

By Sarah Perez Australia, iKee was created to users. To begin with, they're future attacks on their devices
(ReadWriteWeb) highlight the iPhone's poor relatively tech-savvy to have even if they had become a victim
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:24:32 AM
security. Apparently unrepentant managed to jailbreak their phones of one of these recent hacks. At
about his creation, Towns has to begin with - a process which the very least, they're now aware
Numerous reports have surfaced made no attempt to hide his involves using downloadable of the issue and can follow the
over the weekend regarding the identity, posting on internet software tools that unlock straightforward instructions
first iPhone worm spotted in the forums and on his Twitter page Apple's control mechanisms on available on the web that explain
wild. The worm, known as iKee, about his hack. He even cheekily the device. While not overly how to change the root password
only affects modified handsets tweets a response to a post on complex, most mainstream so it's no longer the default. More
also known as " jailbroken" security firm's Sophos blog iPhone users won't bother to take Dangerous than the iPhone
devices. These devices have been where the writer had sought out this action, content with the Worm: Dishonest Developers
hacked by their owners to allow the hacker's identity via Google iTunes App Store and its 100,000 Despite all the media hoopla
f o r t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n o f searches:"You know man if you
While this particular worm or so available applications.
over this "first iPhone worm," it's
unapproved, third-party programs wanted my number you could
appears to be localized to And then there is the fact that the
not something that most iPhone
that aren't allowed in the iTunes have asked." And he wasn't
Australia, it could have spread to attacks don't even affect all
owners will have to worry about.
App Store. kidding - Towns has been other countries and eventually, jailbroken iPhone owners - they What's more concerning are the
Currently, the worm doesn't happily responding to media
worldwide. It also comes directly only affect those who have also
claims that a supposedly
appear to be all that malicious - it requests via his Twitter account.
on the heels of another similar installed a program called SSH
legitimate iPhone development
simply changes the phone's For example, he told ABC News
attack on jailbroken devices. on their devices. The program
firm has been collecting
background image to a photo of that he had personally infected
Only last week, a Dutch hacker allows users to access the
personally identifiable
singer Rick Astley, the man 100 iPhones with the worm.
broke into jailbroken iPhones and iPhone's filesystem with the information from the users of its
whose song "Never Gonna Give From those phones, he explained,
then displayed a message on the username of "root" and password
App Store-approved iPhone
You Up" has become a well- the worm will then try to spread
comprised devices demanding a of "alpine." Since few SSH users
games which have been installed
known internet meme called " to other devices.
ransom of 5 Euros. This attack had bothered to change this root
over 20 million times. According
rickrolling," a joke where users Perhaps the reason for his
was also made possible through password, that left their phones
to a suit filed in the U.S. District
are tricked into clicking links that transparency has to do with the
the same vulnerability that the open to attack. Court in Northern California, the
r e d i r e c t t h e m t o A s t l e y ' s relatively harmless nature of the Still, how many people are we firm, Storm8, has been using a a
iKee worm uses.
YouTube video. attack. The worm just changes talking about here? And what backdoor method which allowed
Graham Cluley of Sophos
Despite the relatively innocuous the iPhone wallpaper on the sort of iPhone user are they? them to collect the phone
predicts that other hackers will be
nature of this particular attack, it affected devices. However, as the Although exact numbers of numbers of anyone who had
tempted to write their own code
may be the precursor to future S o p h o s ' p o s t p o i n t s o u t , jailbreakers are unknown, mobile installed their applications. This
now that they've seen what's
attacks of a more malicious " a c c e s s i n g s o m e o n e e l s e ' s analytics firm Pinch Media wouldn't be the first time that an
possible. In addition, some
nature. But how dangerous will computing device and changing recently revealed data showing iPhone developer has done this,
hackers may be more malicious
these attacks be to the iPhone- their data without permission is there are at least 4 million of either. Apple actually provides an
with their creations than what
owning population as a whole? Is an offence in many countries." these jailbroken devices in the easy way for developers to tap
we've seen so far. But Who is
there really a need for concern? While that may be true, it's clear iPhone ecosystem. It's not known into this information, if they so
Really Being Affected?
Sponsor that Towns feels as if he's almost
However, even if the attacks how many of these users have
desire.
About the iKee Worm doing a public service by
escalate, the fact of the matter is also installed SSH.
If anything, this is the real threat
According to the hacker, 21-year exposing a security vulnerability
that the potential victims are a For the most part, it's likely that
that the media should be focused
-old Ashley Towns, a student that many jailbroken iPhones
minor subset of Apple iPhone those who have done so are
on, not the iPhone worm. Discuss
living in New South Wales, face. More Hacks Expected? knowledgeable enough to prevent
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5 Years On: ReadWriteWeb's 2004 Interview With Tim

O'Reilly
By Richard MacManus software lock-in would survive in However, I said that "the other juggernaut it now is, he did
(ReadWriteWeb) web 2.0? side of that coin [...] is the "data accurately predict that data lock-
Submitted at 11/9/2009 1:53:59 AM
O'Reilly argued that Microsoft lock-in" of users, where users in would become a major issue:
would have to change: "I think may not necessarily have control "I believe that data lock-in of
Five years ago I interviewed tech that the business of Microsoft, over their content." I asked various kinds is going to be one
publisher Tim O'Reilly about a the company of Microsoft, is O'Reilly if that was something of the key tools of business
new term that his company had going to continue to succeed. But comes in... Apple and Web 2.0 for users to be concerned about? advantage in the internet era. I
just coined: Web 2.0. The first I think the business model of At the inaugural 2004 Web 2.0 O'Reilly replied, in November think that as companies realize
Web 2.0 conference had been Microsoft is going to have to Conference, Apple was a no- 2004, that "there are companies this, they will figure out how to
held the previous month, October change." show. In talking about Apple's that are trying to use data lock-in be evil - so to speak (to use
2 0 0 4 , a n d O ' R e i l l y h a d This has turned out to be the position in the Web industry back as a competitive tool - and there Google's terminology) - and I
graciously agreed to give an case. Over the past 5 years, then, O'Reilly said that "Apple is will eventually be a recognition predict that we will in fact have
interview to yours truly - "an Microsoft has slowly rolled out a in a position they've been in a lot that this is a problem." some major battles in that area."
unknown blogger from New "software plus services" strategy of times before. They're like This has indeed happened - and Conclusion
Zealand," as I put it back then. under the catch-all phrase 'Live.' Moses showing the way to the data lock-in is nowhere more of a It is remarkable how much can
The interview ran in a 3-part While the Windows OS and promised land, but they don't problem than on the world's most change in the Web industry in
series (see also part 2 and part 3) desktop software such as Office actually go there." popular social network circa five years. Back in 2004,
and covered Web 2.0, new continue to be Microsoft's Although Apple never did open 2009, Facebook. Over the past Facebook was a baby and Twitter
business models, social software mainstay products, some of the u p , a s O ' R e i l l y f o r e s a w , few years we at ReadWriteWeb wasn't even a glint in the
and eBooks. functionality gradually moved nevertheless they went on to have written many articles about milkman's eye. Among the big
I've always been a big believer into the cloud - e.g. syncing over create the most successful new F a c e b o o k ' s ' w a l l e d g a r d e n ' companies of that time, Apple
in learning from history as we devices. Vista, the current gadget of the past decade: the approach to user data. Users can't hadn't yet given birth to the
look to the future. So let's re-visit generation of Windows, began iPhone. Apple also created a t a k e t h e i r p e r s o n a l d a t a revolutionary iPhone and
this interview from five years ago t h a t t r a n s i t i o n . I n 2 0 0 9 , thriving iPhone app ecosystem. elsewhere. What's more, there Microsoft was entering its mid-
and see how prescient the father Microsoft is even taking steps to So in the case of the Mobile have been bungled attempts to life crisis.
of Web 2.0 was. put Office online. Web, Moses (a.k.a. Steve Jobs) use that data for commercial On reflection, Tim O'Reilly did
Sponsor With the benefit of hindsight, I actually did lead us to the means. extremely well in his 2004
Microsoft and Web 2.0 think O'Reilly nailed it in 2004 promised land! Remember that Facebook had predictions - considering how
In 2004 the leading Web 2.0 with this statement: "Microsoft Facebook and Data Lock-in just launched in February 2004 fast the Internet evolves. And I'm
companies were Google, Yahoo! will continue to dominate on the In 2004 I noted that "a lot of and was confined to some still grateful to him for giving an
and Amazon. But what of the PC, but the PC is going to be a what Web 2.0 is about is users selected American Universities interview to an unknown New
dominant software company of smaller and smaller part of the producing content and not just (Harvard to Stanford, Columbia Zealand blogger. How times
t h e p r e v i o u s g e n e r a t i o n , entire business." consuming it." I pointed to and Yale). It had yet to reach the change...
Microsoft? I asked Tim O'Reilly The Mobile Web, for one, has O'Reilly's own example at the 1 million users mark. While Image credits: Niall Kennedy;
back in November 2004 whether taken attention away from time: Amazon compared to the O'Reilly couldn't have known Shht!; Alex Eckford Discuss
Microsoft's core strategy of Microsoft. Which is where Apple B a r n e s & N o b l e w e b s i t e . that Facebook would turn into the

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Did Google Steal Sidewiki From a Startup?

By Jolie O'Dell but Reframe It had the further generated content shows that
(ReadWriteWeb) advantage of a stellar advisory there is growing demand for
Submitted at 11/9/2009 12:09:18 AM
board. allowing users to contribute to
Fast-forwarding to this fall, the Web," a Google rep wrote to
Web annotation is a sexy and Google launched Sidewiki in eWEEK in a measured but
increasingly crowded space in the September, almost a full year definite dismissal of Reframe It's
market. As in any such pool, the after the debut of Reframe It. claims. Legend of the Seeker
a m o u n t o f e l b o w - r u b b i n g Looking at these demo videos Certainly, Google has been
b e t w e e n i n d i v i d u a l s a n d back-to-back, the similarities are
According to eWEEK, Fishkin
talking and thinking about
fans, sorry, but it will be
claims that one of his board a while before the
similarity between products can obvious: annotation for years. And its end
members, Terry Winograd, sat in
lead to suspicion of theft. For an in-depth side-by-side on a Google meeting in July product has many differences ratings are available
Annotation startup Reframe It, a comparison of both apps, see from others on the market. And
2008 and told a top Google exec By Robert Seidman
14-person team, claims that Google Watch's post on the the market has a few notable
to take a look at Reframe It. The (TVbytheNumbers)
G o o g l e ' s h o t n e w p r o d u c t subject. The basic conclusion is competitors aside from Reframe
as-yet unnamed Googler said the
Sidewiki crosses the line between that the products look similar It, all of which Google probably Submitted at 11/8/2009 10:48:01 AM
startup looked interesting and
competitive innovation and IP enough that Google's source code explored in due diligence
that the info would be passed I know the fans of Legend of the
infringement. And with a few had better be drastically different processes. But if and when these
along. Seeker are very interested to
Googlers caught with their hands from Reframe It's if they are to two products face off in court,
In the months that followed, at know how the season two
in Reframe It's cookie jar, there avoid a major lawsuit. attorneys will be arguing whether
least six Reframe It accounts premiere did. But because of the
might be some validity to this But if we had a nickel for every the Google product - which, if
were registered to Google way syndication works (different
claim. time we spotted disgraceful only because it came after
employees, which would allow areas air the show at different
Sponsor similarities between web Reframe It's version, is without
engineers "plenty of time to times) there are no overnight
We first came across Reframe It products, we'd be... Well, never question a knockoff - is in actual
explore every nook and cranny of ratings for syndicated shows.
about a year ago when it first mind what we'd be doing with violation of Reframe It's patents.
our functionality," said Fishkin. I expect we might see some
launched. The company's product that stack o' nickels. Here's the And since Reframe It's patent
But the real kicker is Google's ratings information (ratings
allowed users to "basically write interesting part: Reframe It CEO application is still pending, they
alleged attempt to hire Reframe It points) in a few days. But we
comments into the margins of the Bobby Fishkin, who claims his can amend the language to
co-founder and lead engineer Ben will not likely see the viewer
Internet" and was in heavy company has neither the time nor include Sidewiki's UX,
Taitelbaum just days before averages for the premiere episode
competition with services such as the resources to take on tech technology, etc.
Sidewiki launched. until Tuesday, November 17
Diigo and SocialBrowse. When behemoth and pop culture darling The situation is, indeed, fraught
And what was the official since syndicated show numbers
Reframe It added Twitter and Google, told eWEEK that there with drama. Run-of-the-mill,
Google response to these reports? take a week longer to produce
F a c e b o o k i n t e g r a t i o n a n d were several attempts to learn workaday, tech IP drama. And
"The variety of existing products than the numbers for broadcast
received an official nod from and assimilate his startup's we look forward to following up
in this space and the increasing and cable shows.
Mozilla this past spring, Diigo technology and interface, right on these reports accordingly.
number of sites that enable user We will post whatever
remained as a serious competitor, down to the icon designs. Discuss
information we see, as soon as
we see it. I’m sorry there isn’t
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Noticings: Geotagging Photo Game A social namespace

(Scripting News)
Powered by Flickr API Submitted at 11/8/2009 9:15:38 AM
the user's web page.
xSocial:userStatuses -- the
number of status messages from
By Jolie O'Dell version of Flickr or Twitpic. A few days ago I added OPML the user.
(ReadWriteWeb) So, with all the other photo- export to listbrowser.org. xSocial:userFollows -- the
Submitted at 11/8/2009 3:07:38 PM
sharing services out there, why Today I want to extend that number of people the user
states, "a game of noticing the choose Flickr to build a game support to include information follows.
We recently told you about the world around you." around? It's question of scale, from the social network about xSocial:userFollowedBy -- the
Flickr App garden and gave a list Sponsor according to the site. "We know each user. In this case, the social number of people who follow the
of five interesting apps we found "Many of us are moving so fast other photo-sharing services are network is Twitter. I could see user.
using this new section of the site. through the urban landscape we available, but we're on Flickr, so situations where this namespace xSocial:userProfileImageUrl --
One app we didn't find - and one don't take in the things around are our friends, and it really does might be used to present the address of the user's "avatar"
that brilliantly appropriates the us," the site reads. have the best location API for the information from status.net or image.
Flickr API in a delightful, "Noticings is a game you play by sort of thing we want to do." Facebook, when they support xSocial:userScreenName -- the
infectious user experience - is going a bit slower and having a At the moment, the game seems lists, as Twitter has. name the user goes by in the
Noticings. Part game, part look around you. It doesn't to have a small user base and a I'm going to use the name network.
geotagging app, part photoblog, require you change your behavior largely international one - which xSocial. The "x" could stand for Caveats and disclaimers:
Noticings asks users to upload significantly or interrupt your means this game is wide open for one of two things: 1. XML or 2. 1. Think of Twitter as
geotagged photos of interesting r o u t i n e . Y o u j u s t t a k e early-adopting Yankees to go Experimental, in the spirit of establishing the precedent here.
artifacts to Flickr. Users tag the photographs of things that you Team America all over the place! MIME types that are considered When in doubt each of these
photos "noticings;" those photos think are interesting or things you Also, anything that gets geeks experimental or ad hoc, or elements is defined by the way
are then imported, analyzed, and see. You'll get points for just outside gets our vote. What do proposals of future standards, and Twitter uses them.
scored, with extra points being noticing things, and you might our readers think? Let us know in have an "x" in front of their 2. Twitter keeps other
awarded for those who post every get bonuses for interesting the comments, and be sure to names. In other words, I'm doing information with each user, this
day in a given week, who post coincidences." include a link to your Noticings this because someone has to go is just the list of information that
photos of lost objects, or who We find the concept charming, a profile if you're playing already. first, and maybe someone already I include, now, in the OPML
post the first pic from a certain less boozy version of Foursquare, Discuss has, so this is my way of asking that's generated by
neighborhood. It is, as the site a more friendly-competitive for comments (or, more likely, listbrowser.org. I may add or
flames). remove data in the future, or use
Video: 'Twilight''s Taylor Lautner Here's a list of elements that may
appear in documents that use the
a different namespace. If it
changes, I will hopefully

Muscles Up! namespace.

(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 12:09:00 AM
Werewolf hunk Taylor Lautner
shows off his beefed-up physique
on the December cover of Men's
Health and ET's got a behind-the-
scenes peek at his photo shoot for
the mag.
xSocial:userId -- a string of
characters that identifies a user.
remember to include a comment
under this post.
3. Here's an example of a file
Taylor packed on 30 pounds of third 'Twilight' film, 'Eclipse,' xSocial:userName -- the user's that illustrates.
muscle in a year to convincingly expected out June 30, 2010. "My name. 4. The usual disclaimers apply,
d e p i c t J a c o b B l a c k ' s character continues to grow," he xSocial:userDescription -- a including but not limited to: A.
transformation into an almighty tells Men's Health, "so I'd like to string of characters describing the It's even worse than it appears. B.
werewolf in 'The Twilight Saga: pack on at least a few more lean user. I make shitty software. C. I am
New Moon,' which arrives Nov. pounds." xSocial:userLocation -- a string, not a lawyer. D. My mother loves
20. the location of the user. me.
And the star says he plans on xSocial:userUrl -- the address of
bulking up even more for the
E-reader Newspaper
Will the Cloud Lead Me Away From the Mac?
By Alfredo Padilla
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:24:52 AM
There’s no doubt that cloud
computing is a growing trend.
All you have to look at is the
popularity of netbooks to see that
many people nowadays will be
quite happy with a computing
device that gives them access to
the web, and not much else.
I’m certainly part of this trend,
as I write this story I have the
following web-based applications
open on my Mac:
• Twitter
• Google Reader
• Evernote
• Google Calendar
• Remember The Milk
• Gmail
• Facebook
• WordPress
• Socialcast
• Lexulous
What surprises me isn’t how
many web apps I’m accessing,
but how few native Mac
applications I am using to access
these services. I am using
Tweetie to access Twitter,
Evernote has it’s own native Mac
application and I use BusyCal to
access Google Calendar. Apart
from that, all of these web
services are being accessed either
via Safari (Facebook and
Lexulous), or via Site Specific
Browsers(SSBs), which means
I’m using the naked, if you will,
web interface for the application.
Two years ago I never would
have done this. I actually wrote a
whole blog post, on a now
defunct blog, about how I
eschewed web-based applications
in favor of native Mac apps
because I wanted a Mac-like
experience. As such I used
Mail.app to get my email,
NetNewsWire for RSS feeds,
Omni Focus for tasks, etc.
Nowadays I use web-based apps
for all those functions.
There were several factors that
led me to this place. First of all
web based apps have become
better in terms of user
experience, in some cases even
exceeding, in my opinion, the
user experience of the native Mac
alternative, for example Gmail
versus Mail. Although Google’s
web apps aren’t particularly
pretty, they are well thought out,
and some other web apps are
almost elegant, like Remember
the Milk.
The iPhone has also been a
driving force towards web-based
applications because they are
more likely to offer the ability to
easily synchronize over the air.
For example, I would love to use
Things as my main task manager,
but the simple reality is that I
never remember to go through
the rigamarole of synchronizing
via Wi-Fi. If I can’t sync over the
air with my iPhone, then I don’t
want to use it on my Mac.
Probably the most important
driving force, however, has been
features. Google Reader is an
excellent example of this. I
recently went over several native
Google Reader clients for the
Mac, but despite this range of
choices, I’m still using a site
specific browser to access
Google Reader. Why? Because
none of these applications offer
the feature set that the actual
website does, and I actually use
all of those features. I’ve faced
similar problems with native Mac
apps that purport to give you
access to Facebook or
WordPress.
The reality is that many web
applications have reached the
point of complexity that building
a third-party client for them
becomes very difficult, especially
on the desktop where users will
Apple/ Entertainment/ 37
John Travolta
Breaks Silence
demand feature parity, or
something close to it. Unless a after Death of Son
company is building their own
(ETonline - Breaking News)
client, such as Evernote, or the
service is exceedingly simple, Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:00:00 AM
such as Twitter, desktop clients
Nearly a year after the death of
are constantly going to be
their 16-year-old son Jett, John
playing a losing game of catchup.
Travolta and his wife Kelly
What all this means for users
Preston say they are still
like myself is that more and more
struggling to cope with the
of my computing experience is
tragedy.
moving away from the Mac and
"We've been working very hard
to the web(subscription
every day as a family to heal,"
required). I love the Mac, I love
Travolta tells USA Today. Jett
the combination of stability,
passed away in January after
elegance, ease of use and power
suffering from a seizure at the
Apple’s computers offer me, but
family's Grand Bahamas home.
I have to admit that I’m taking
"We have our own way of doing
less advantage of the platform
it, and it has been helping."
than I have in the past, and unless
Preston tells the newspaper their
something drastic changes, that
family has been receiving an
trend is only going to continue.
"outpouring of love from, really,
Apple doesn’t seem to be
worldwide. It's been our friends,
making aggressive moves
our family, our church. We
towards building better support
partake in spiritual counseling
for web applications into the
pretty much daily."
operating system, and this may
be a dangerous mistake.
Someday in the not to distant
future something approaching
100 percent of the average user’s
computing is going to move
online, and when that happens
Apple may find itself flat footed
in a new world, and I may find
myself looking for a computing
platform better suited for my
actual use.
38 Apple/ Tech Blog/ E-reader Newspaper

Rumor Has It: Verizon iPhone in Q3 2010

By Charles Jade
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 2:51:31 PM
Even as Verizon continues
attacking AT&T’s comparatively
poor network with new ads, and
by proxy the iPhone, the latest
rumor has Apple developing a
“worldmode” iPhone capable of
running on any network.
The three holiday-themed ads, “
Blue Christmas,” “ Elves,” and “
Misfit Toys,” each highlight the
weakness of AT&T’s 3G
wireless coverage, but the latter
most directly and hilariously
attacks the iPhone. Paying
homage to the Rankin/Bass
animated classic Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer, a familiar-
looking device shows up on the
Island of Misfit Toys, the place
where defective toys are exiled.
When the misfits ask why such a
great toy that can download apps
and browse the web is there, the
familiar lackluster coverage map
pops up.
The message of each
commercial is the same: bad
networks ruin even a great
phone. AppleInsider is now
reporting that perhaps Apple
feels the same way, and is
preparing to do something about
it.
Based on a report from research
firm OTR Global “citing sources
in the Taiwan handset supply
chain,” the hybrid iPhone will
use a new chip from Qualcomm
allowing it to function on both
CDMA and GSM networks. The
hybrid iPhone will be available in
the third quarter of 2010, which
makes sense, as previous
which turned out to be false, at
least at the time. However, there
is another possibility besides a
smaller iPhone, that being a
smaller iPhone.
What seems more likely at this
stage of iPhone development, a
major redesign of the existing
model or the addition of an
iPhone nano? Looking back at
the history of the iPod would
suggest the latter. Following
Palm’s lead with its second
webOS phone, the Pixi, Apple
could even leave out Wi-Fi to
further differentiate the iPhone
reporting puts the end of AT&T’s nano from the iPhone. Actually, a
exclusivity agreement in 2010. smartphone without Wi-Fi in
U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h i n g s s t o p 2009 would belong on the Island
m a k i n g s e n s e r i g h t t h e r e . of Misfit Toys, so scratch that,
The research note also states the but a “free” iPhone nano under
new iPhone has a 2.8 screen, contract would undoubtedly find
compared to 3.5 for current its way under many a tree this
iPhones. AppleInsider notes year.
rumors from last year about an
iPhone with a smaller screen,

Paul Carr's piece is rubbish (and disgusting)

(Scripting News) Anyway... something horrible too. Imagine, footed, Mac users, high school for flow, it's dishonest, but it's
Submitted at 11/8/2009 3:08:58 PM
Carr's piece is rubbish, and just not trying to help or comfort her dropouts, veterans, or whatever. also fairly harmless. But Carr is
this once I'll take the bait. as she bled to death in front of So we could conclude that doing something different. He's
This is how TechCrunch works. Of course what the nurse at the him. Okay, let's concede he was a everything negative anyone ever using people's pain not just for
They write something stupid, hospital did, according to his citizen journalist (whatever that said about Christians was true, his own self-glorification but also
then people write rebuttals account, was horrible. Let's say, is), but then humor me and and homosexuals and British to build flow to attract more ads
explaining how it's stupid, for the sake of argument, that in assume he was British too. people. and money. It's two levels of
building flow and page rank. It's addition to being a "citizen Or suppose the nurse and the This is Logic 101 and Carr failed disgusting.
the same method John Dvorak journalist" she was also a British guy in Iran were both it. And since he's bright, assume See also: Killing Straw Men.
explains in an interview I did citizen. homosexual. Or both were he failed it on purpose. Why?
with him at the Apple Store in Of course, the movie-taker Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Refer to the Dvorak explanation.
San Francisco a couple of years shooting the end of the life of the recovering alchoholics, ex-cons, This is what press people do.
ago. beautiful Iranian protestor did single parents, only children, flat- When Dvorak teases Mac people
E-reader Newspaper
Critical Update Issued for Apple TV
By Charles Jade
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 8:08:01 AM
Ten days after updating the
Apple TV’s software to version
3.0, Apple has released version
3.0.1 along with an alarming
warning about users’ content
“temporarily” disappearing.
From the uninformative and
unintentionally hilarious support
document, if you are running
Apple TV 3.0 and “all of your
movies, TV shows, and songs
appear to be missing” or “all of
your movies, TV shows, and
songs appear to be present,” you
should update to version 3.0.1
immediately.
Apple/ Tech Blog/ 39
Coolest thing my father
did
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 5:56:48 PM
There's a meme going around
about fathers and the coolest
things they did when you were
growing up.
Since Father's Day on October 3,
I guess I've been reflecting on
this stuff more than usual, and I
have a story prepared. But first,
my father actually had an opinion
about this, he told a story that
embarassed me about how he
taught me to kiss. But I'm sure I
thought it was cool when I was a
toddler. Kids go for that kind of
stuff. But the word we're looking
for is "cool" and from my point
of view, as an adult, here's the
Oy.
Well, my dad comes in, and
instead of giving me shit, he tells
In a letter to unlucky Apple TV Forum and found 10,000 page coolest thing my dad did.
off Cotter. He says why don't you
users, the Apple TV team (at views for the missing content Probably 1970 or 71. I was more
leave the kids alone. My chin
least those that still have jobs) discussion, as well as continuing than a bit of a rebellious
dropped to the floor. I couldn't
gave instructions for updating. complaints after updating to the teenager. So one day I got
believe my eyes and ears. I
• Reboot your Apple TV (unplug latest version. Reported problems suspended from high school for
thought I had moved to a
the power cord and plug it back include the Apple TV no longer bringing a bottle of wine to
different planet. The Dean
in) syncing with iTunes, surround school. I was drinking with some
thought so too, he was
• Select Settings > General from sound problems, new purchases friends in the yard before home
speechless. (He and I were
the main menu not showing up, as well as room when the Dean of
enemies, I was, as you might
• Select Update Software performance issues. Discipline, Joey Cotter, comes
imagine, and a major
• Select Download and Install It appears Apple’s “hobby,” as walking out, takes the bottle,
troublemaker. He thought he had
the Apple TV has been described escorts me to his office and calls
me, but heh he no he didn't.)
After a restart, the problem of by company executives, could my father to come get me. My
So that has to be the coolest
disappearing content should be use a little more developer dad drives to the Bronx from
thing. On the drive home we
solved. That’s the good news. attention, not to mention a Queens, and I thought for sure
talked about baseball and the
The bad news is there are still a purpose besides being an iTunes I'm really going to catch it now,
weather, and he never punished
number of problems with the 3.x Store kiosk. cause not only was I drinking
me for taking the wine.
software. wine in school, but it was his
Update: Cotter died in Y2K.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt at Apple wine. I had stolen it from him.
2.0 beat me to the Apple Support
40 TV/ E-reader Newspaper

TV Guide Network and TV Land Acquire Exclusive Joint

Basic Cable Rights to Curb Your Enthusiasm
By Robert Seidman recently garnered tremendous “Curb Your Enthusiasm” will air About TV Guide Network prime time programming
(TVbytheNumbers) buzz and fan-following during its on TV Guide Network for a multi TV Guide Network is the true destination designed for people in
Submitted at 11/8/2009 10:05:15 PM
current season which features a -year run starting February 2010. entertainment insider and the their mid-forties and the
long-awaited “Seinfeld” reunion TV Land will begin airing the only network that celebrates exclusive home to the premieres
TV GUIDE NETWORK AND 11 years after the show’s finale. series in TV Land PRIME Hollywood, its stars and the of the network’s original
T V L A N D A C Q U I R E Airing now on HBO, the seventh immediately following TV Guide shows that fans adore. programming, contemporary
EXCLUSIVE JOINT BASIC s e a s o n o f “ C u r b Y o u r Network’s term. Committed to buzz-worthy, television series acquisitions and
CABLE RIGHTS TO AWARD- Enthusiasm” stars members of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” stars breakout programming and a movies. TV Land PRIME is part
WINNING HBO COMEDY the famed “Seinfeld” cast, who Larry David as himself in an rich, multi-platform viewing of TV Land, a network dedicated
S E R I E S “ C U R B Y O U R recreate their sitcom characters unsparing but tongue-in-cheek experience, TV Guide Network is to presenting the best in
ENTHUSIASM” and also play themselves during depiction of his life. Shot in a seen in more than 80 million entertainment on all platforms for
Networks Jointly Acquire Multi- the show. verite style and featuring homes nationwide and online at consumers in their 40s and 50s.
Platform Rights to the Hit “‘Acquiring a series of this celebrities playing themselves, TVGuide.com, a one-stop fan Consisting of original
Comedy Series Produced By and caliber truly underscores our the episodes are improvised by destination serving 21 million programming, acquired shows,
Starring “Seinfeld” Co-Creator commitment to defining TV the actors from an outline created unique users per month. TV hit movies and full-service Web
Larry David Guide Network as a destination by David. The series also stars Guide Network is home to some site, TV Land is now seen in over
LOS ANGELES (November 9, for some of the best shows on Cheryl Hines as David’s wife of America’s fan-favorite series 93 million U.S. homes.
2009) TV Land and TV Guide television,” said Ryan O’Hara, Cheryl, Jeff Garlin as David’s including “Curb Your About MTV Networks
Network today announced that President of TV Guide Network manager Jeff and Susie Essman Enthusiasm,” “Ugly Betty” and MTV Networks, a division of
they will jointly acquire basic and TVGuide.com. “‘Curb Your as Jeff’s wife Susie. The show “American Idol Rewind.” The Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is
cable rights to “Curb Your Enthusiasm’ is our second major was nominated for four Emmys network also takes fans behind- one of the world’s leading
Enthusiasm,” the award-winning acquisition this year and it will in 2008, including Outstanding the-scenes of Hollywood with creators of entertainment content,
HBO comedy series produced by become another key building Comedy Series. It won the original programming that with brands that engage and
and starring “Seinfeld” co-creator block in our programming line- Golden Globe in the Best delivers the latest news on connect diverse audiences across
Larry David. One of the most up for 2010 and beyond.” Television Series – Musical or entertainment and pop culture, as television, online, mobile, games,
g r o u n d - b r e a k i n g s h o w s o n “We are excited to bring ‘Curb Comedy category in 2002. In well as live coverage of the virtual worlds and consumer
t e l e v i s i o n , “ C u r b Y o u r Your Enthusiasm to TV Land 2003, Robert B. Weide won a industry’s biggest events such as products. The company’s
Enthusiasm” has never before PRIME,” stated Larry W. Jones, directing Emmys for his work on the Red Carpet at the Academy portfolio spans more than 150
b e e n s e e n o n b a s i c c a b l e president, TV Land. “Curb Your the series. The series has also Awards and Primetime Emmy television channels and 400
television and for the first time Enthusiasm’ is one of the most received awards from the Writers Awards. TV Guide Network, digital media properties
ever, this irreverent comedy clever, witty and groundbreaking Guild of America, Directors TVGuide.com and the TV Guide worldwide, and includes MTV,
series will be delivered to shows on television and we’re Guild of America, Banff brand are owned by Lionsgate VH1, CMT, Logo, Harmonix,
millions of new viewers by TV excited to have it join our roster Television Festival, American (NYSE: LGF), the leading next- Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick
Guide Network and TV Land. In of top-quality sitcoms. The Film Institute and Monte Carlo generation studio and producer of Jr., TeenNick, AddictingGames,
addition, both networks will irreverent way ‘Curb’ uses Television Festival, among award-winning series “Mad Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL,
a c q u i r e c e r t a i n b r o a d b a n d , characters to illuminate real-life others. “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Men” and “Weeds,” and One SPIKE, TV Land, Atom,
wireless and video-on-demand situations fit perfectly with our is executive produced by Larry Equity Partners, the private GameTrailers and Xfire.
rights, bringing “Curb Your s t r a t e g y o f d e l i v e r i n g David, Jeff Garlin, Gavin Polone, equity arm of JPMorgan Chase. This content has passed through
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for fans to enjoy. life stage and attitudes of people Schaffer, Tim Gibbons and Erin Land
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” has in their 40s.” O’Malley. TV Land PRIME is TV Land’s
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Stargate Universe producer Brad Wright talks back to critics,

talks smack about ABC’s V ratings
By Robert Seidman right that V will go back to just me, this idea that people who
(TVbytheNumbers) being a letter in the alphabet, but have issues with “SGU” just
Submitted at 11/8/2009 4:32:42 PM
to make that comment after the aren’t smart enough to appreciate
stellar ratings V pulled in its qualities such as complexity and
In her review of the premiere of premiere still is a bit surprising to ambiguity.
ABC’s V, Chicago Tribune TV me. Mo felt compelled to respond I and many other viewers get
critic Maureen Ryan made to Brad’s comment. what the show is going for.
references to similar genre shows Mo notes that many people who We’re not failing to understand
that had debuted this fall, were eagerly anticipating SGU its intentions. We think “SGU”
including Stargate Universe. Her have given up on it. For now, is, in many key respects, falling
c o m m e n t s w e r e n ’ t e x a c t l y that describes me perfectly. I’ve short of its own goals.
f l a t t e r i n g w h i c h l e d S G U given up as well, but if I hear it’s Amen! I added the emphasis
executive producer Brad Wright turned a corner, I will definitely above because we see that theme
to leave a comment on her blog, check it out again. I watched play out so much on our site that
where among other things he every episode of SG1 and SGA “people just aren’t smart enough
said: ever made and I wanted to like to understand” made the “ Fan
[…] fortunately there are enough SGU, but didn’t. For me, it’s want to read Mo’s article. promulgated by some of the Excuse Bingo Cards”
viewers and reviewers who think like they’ve used none of what I There’s just too much in the show’s defenders — that people This content has passed through
SGU is neither boring, poorly loved about Stargate: SG1 and article you’ll want to read to post who don’t like “Stargate fivefilters.org.
plotted, or sexist to keep us on used many of the things I didn’t it all here. So go read it. But Mo Universe” just don’t get it. I am
the air long after “V” is just a love about the later seasons of struck a chord with this nugget: stunned some of the
letter in the alphabet again.” Battlestar Galactica. If there’s anything I have a condescending attitudes I’ve
Talk about putting the V in People who have been following problem with, it’s an idea seen. It’s frankly laughable to
ratings enVy! Wright might be Stargate Universe closely will

Curb Your Enthusiasm will be on TV Guide and TV Land

By Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:33:00 AM
Curb Your Enthusiasm reruns
are coming to basic cable. First
they will be shown on the TV
Guide Channel next year (doesn't
everybody get that channel? I
thought it was just a guide to
what's on television. They have
shows?) and then TV Land in that I recall. There is some adult lines even funnier.
2013. Any event that brings subject matter, but nothing basic Filed under: Programming,
Larry David's sense of humor to cable hasn't seen before. Hey, if OpEd, Curb Your Enthusiasm,
the masses can only be a good The Sopranos can make it to Pickups and Renewals, Reality-
thing (Who had the idea for the basic cable then Larry David Free
humor in awkward situations should have no problem. Permalink| Email this| |
first, Larry or Ricky Gervais?). Given Susie Essman's Comments
Mind you, the show's language vocabulary on the series, she may
is somewhat racy for basic cable. and there. At least there's no have every third word bleeped.
There will be some bleeping here prevalent nudity in any episode That could possibly make her
42 TV/
Paul Mooney's TV history from
Black Is the New White
By Nick Zaino (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:03:00 AM
Paul Mooney is well known to
stand-up comedians for his own
work and for writing for his
longtime friend, Richard Pryor.
Outside of that, though, his name
recognition gets a little fuzzier.
So for TV comedy fans,
Mooney's new memoir, Black Is
the New White, provides some
great behind-the-scenes moments
they should probably know.
There are a lot of heartfelt
stories about Richard Pryor and
Mooney's own personal life, but
there is a lot of fun TV trivia, as
well. Mooney talks about getting
forced onstage by a couple of
friends to do his first solo stand-
up spot in the early 60s in San
Francisco. Mooney is drunk and
nervous, and winds up doing the
act of a comic named Ronnie
Schell, who would later co-star
with Jim Nabors on Gomer Pyle,
U.S.M.C. Mooney admits
Review: Curb Your Enthusiasm - Officer Krupke
By Jonathan Toomey (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 8:06:00 AM
( S07E08)"Some guy told me to
go 'f*ck my face' once. He went
to jail." - Officer Krupke
With the Seinfeld reunion
coming up quickly (next week's
Mooney talks about Pryor's
meltdown on The Richard Pryor
Show(which featured future stars
like Robin Williams, Sandra
Bernhard, and John
Witherspoon), territory that has
been covered before, but not
from the perspective of a friend
like Mooney. And Mooney
devotes a bit of time to In Living
Color, which adopted his concept
for Homey the Clown and the
catch phrase, "Homey don't play
that." Earlier in his career,
Mooney was also a dancer on a
show called Dance Party, a sort
of west coast version of
American Bandstand. It would be
interesting to see those old tapes.
Continue reading Paul Mooney's
whenever he catches the show in
TV history from Black Is the
reruns, he feels a little guilty.
New White
Readers also get to see Mooney
Filed under: Other Comedy
and Pryor trying to write for
Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Sanford and Son, a gig that only
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Comments
Predictably, they were a bit too
explosive for network TV.
episode is "The Table Read")
things kicked into high gear last
night on Curb-- especially when
it came to the role of Amanda,
George Costanza's ex-wife.
It came down to Cheryl and a
busy, very popular actress named
Virgina Sloane (played by bat, that creates a huge conflict
Elisabeth Shue). Right off the since Larry assured Cheryl that
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Laura Wright is staying
with General Hospital
By Allison Waldman (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:02:00 AM
There's a lot to be happy about if
you're a fan of General Hospital.
There's been some very good
news from the soap. Things like
James Franco's guest role and the
return of the original Lucky,
Jonathan Jackson. And Steve
Burton has committed to playing
Jason for a while longer.
And now comes some news
that's downright reassuring.
Laura Wright has re-signed a
four year deal with GH. She
Twittered the news to her fans.
Four years! optimist and I choose to see this
To me, this means that not only as a positive sign.
can we count on the character of
Continue reading Laura Wright
Carly being around for a long
is staying with General Hospital
time to come -- and played by the
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime,
same actress who has the most
Celebrities, Reality-Free
tenure in the part -- but also that
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GH will likely be around for four
Comments
more years. Oh, sure, there's
nothing guaranteed, but I'm an
she had the role. But beyond that, Krupke
there were a lot of issues with Filed under: OpEd, Curb Your
how "Officer Krupke" played out Enthusiasm, Episode Reviews,
in terms of conflict. Curb works Reality-Free
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forced and manufactured.
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Rob Pattinson on 'New
Why I’m not watching Glee Moon': I'm Afraid of
Commitment Like
By Julia (TVbytheNumbers) Now, if the show presented
Submitted at 11/8/2009 3:28:05 PM
everyone, male and female, in Edward
similar lights, that would be
(ETonline - Breaking News)
I like quirky shows. I do. And I another story. But the males on
wanted to like Glee. I even sort the show are all innocent, good Submitted at 11/9/2009 12:05:00 AM

of liked the pilot last season. I people. Every lying, scheming

didn’t love it, but I liked it well
enough to commit to trying it in
the fall. When it returned, I hated
it. Oh, there are certain charming
aspects, and of the three episodes
I’ve watched since the fall
premiere there have been
moments that make me really
want to like the show. But there’s
something about it that just rubs
me the wrong way. I finally
figured out what it is: This is one
of the most misogynistic shows
on TV right now.
Every single female on the show
Review: Mad Men - Shut the Door, Have a Seat
is lying, scheming, manipulative
or just downright evil. The only
exception is Emma, who is crazy,
instead. Females are treated
pretty poorly on TV in general,
but I can’t think of any other
show where there is not at least
In ET's continuing series of
woman, is lying and scheming to
interviews with the stars of 'The
a man. Not the other way around.
Twilight Saga: New Moon,' Rob
So while there are reasons to
Pattinson tells all about how he is
enjoy the show, I’m glad I’ve
similar to his character in the
pinpointed the reason why I
film.
can’t. It’s a much more
In 'New Moon,' Rob plays
definitively answer to give to
vampire Edward Cullen, who is
people who ask why I’m not
one female who is presented in a forced to make a heartbreaking
watching than just, “Half the
more positive light. Even choice regarding his human love,
time, it makes me want to throw
Dollhouse, which people love to played by Kristen Stewart, in
my TV out the window for some
accuse of misogyny, doesn’t order to try to protect her.
reason.”
present the whole female In real life, Rob says that he is
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manipulative. Edward. He also opens up about
his extreme degree of fame, and
whether in his opinion, he lives
up to the fans' perception of him.

(season finale)
By Allison Waldman (TV feet and he's be holding on, changed and, perhaps, all has
Squad) trying to right himself and his been righted. More after the
Submitted at 11/9/2009 12:01:00 AM
life. He's tried with Betty. He's jump.
tried for Sally and Bobby and Continue reading Review: Mad
(S03E13) It's a cold Friday, Gene -- at least as much as Don Men - Shut the Door, Have a
D e c e m b e r 1 3 , 1 9 6 3 . T h e is able to try. Seat (season finale)
President's been killed and the With Conrad Hilton he's never Filed under: OpEd, Episode
world as Don Draper knows it been on a level playing field, and Reviews, Reality-Free, Mad Men
has pretty much fallen apart. For from the moment he was forced Permalink| Email this| |
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has been shifting under Don's Cooper has not been his domain this season finale, all was
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John Travolta and Kelly Colts still perfect after missed FG in final
Preston's Daughter Makes second
Acting Debut in 'Old Dogs'
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 12:04:00 AM
Ella Bleu Travolta is following
in the footsteps of John Travolta
and Kelly Preston when she
shares the screen with her famous
parents in 'Old Dogs.'
She told ET she was "so excited
when I heard they were going to
be in it too."
Her proud papa called her a
"pro." Co-star Robin Williams
also praised the young actress,
saying, "She's got the chops. She
grew up around it…She comes
from great stock."
By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 4:53:38 AM
Fast Facts
• The Colts won their 17th
straight, which is tied for the
third-longest win streak in NFL
history.
• Peyton Manning attempted 40
passes in the first half (10 in the
second) to become the first QB
since Rich Gannon in 2002 to
throw at least 40 passes in the
first half.
• Matt Schaub threw for 300-plus
yards for the 10th time in his
career, however his teams are 5-5
in those contests.
• Andre Johnson caught 10
passes for 103 yards. It was his
ninth game with at least 10
receptions and 100 yards since
2008 (most in NFL).
• The Colts extended their win
streak at home to 10 straight and
have won 14 of 15 all-time
games against the Texans.
• Rapid Reaction
-- ESPN Stats & Information
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TCU Horned Frogs rise to No. 4 in latest BCS standings

By ESPN.com (ESPN.com) Florida is first for the fourth have any shot of reaching the title the compilation of six computer team ahead of an 11-1 Georgia
Submitted at 11/8/2009 4:31:02 PM
straight week, and Alabama and game. rankings used by the BCS. Tech or a 12-1 Alabama if their
Texas switched spots for the The Horned Frogs (.8620) Cincinnati is fifth in the two polls only loss is to Florida," Palm
NEW YORK -- All those second week in a row. moved up two spots and are just and third in the computer ratings, said.
blowouts have carried TCU to The Gators and Crimson Tide ahead of Cincinnati (.8579) and while Boise State is sixth across The Horned Frogs and Broncos
unprecedented heights in the have clinched their respective Boise State (.8125). Each is 9-0 the board. are also competing to earn the
BCS standings, giving the divisions in the Southeastern with three games left. BCS analyst Jerry Palm said one automatic bid that non-
Horned Frogs hope -- however Conference and will meet Dec. 5 TCU has been rising by racking TCU, even if the teams in front automatic bid conferences can
slim -- of becoming the first BCS in the league championship up lopsided victories. The of it lose and the Frogs keep earn by finishing in the top 12 of
buster to break into the national game. One of them is all but Horned Frogs have won their last winning, still could have a hard the final standings.
championship game. guaranteed a spot in the BCS title four games by an average score time getting into the BCS title TCU plays Mountain West
TCU took over fourth place in game on Jan. 7 in Pasadena, of 44-8. game. Conference rival No. 16 Utah on
the Bowl Championship Series Calif., if they can get through the Meanwhile, Boise State has Cincinnati from the Big East has Saturday. A win there for the
standings Sunday behind Florida, next month without a loss. played close games against Tulsa a tougher schedule down the Horned Frogs could provide even
Alabama and Texas. It's the The same goes for Texas, which and Louisiana Tech in the last stretch and could pass the Horned more separation between them
highest BCS ranking ever for a has three regular-season games month, two teams with losing Frogs. Plus, there's no guarantee and Boise State, which does not
team from a conference without a n d p o s s i b l y t h e B i g 1 2 records. Cincinnati struggled to that in the end a one-loss team have another ranked team on its
an automatic bid to the big- c h a m p i o n s h i p r e m a i n i n g . put away Connecticut in a wild would not get more support from schedule.
money bowl games. No potential The other undefeated teams -- 47-45 victory on Saturday night. poll voters than TCU. This content has passed through
BCS buster had ever done better TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State TCU is ranked fourth in both the "If they have to vote for No. 2 are fivefilters.org.
than sixth in the BCS standings. -- need the top three to stumble to Harris and coaches' polls, and in they going to vote for a TCU
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Tony Dungy says Philadelphia Memphis Grizzlies owner Michael

Heisley: Allen Iverson 'would tell
Eagles QB Michael Vick could end me' if mulling retirement
up playing with Buffalo Bills By ESPN.com news services
(ESPN.com)
disappointed. I feel bad because I
don't think that's the way he
should go out."
By Associated Press stay there. If they don't, there are season. Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:56:53 AM
(ESPN.com) s o m e t e a m s l o o k i n g f o r "Me and Tony talked about my Iverson has played in three
quarterbacks: Cleveland, St. position in the future, whether Memphis Grizzlies owner games since returning from a
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:00:41 AM
Louis and Washington. I'm here or whether I'm there," Michael Heisley has shot down hamstring injury, averaging 12.3
NEW YORK -- Tony Dungy "But I think a dark horse is Vick said. "We talked about it, the idea that Allen Iverson is points, 3.7 assists and 22.3
s a y s M i c h a e l V i c k c o u l d Buffalo. They talked originally. but the primary goal is to help mulling retirement as he takes an minutes. But he has expressed
potentially wind up in Buffalo, There was some communication this team win the Super Bowl." indefinite leave of absence for a displeasure over coming off the
w h i c h h e s a y s p r e v i o u s l y there. I think that could be a good Vick has completed 2 of 6 personal matter. bench thus far this season.
d i s c u s s e d s i g n i n g t h e spot." passes for 6 yards and rushed 12 Frustration stemming from his "It's something that I never did in
quarterback. Vick has not been the weapon times for 27 yards, mostly out of reserve role combined with the my life, so obviously it's a big
Dungy has served as an adviser for the Eagles some expected and the wildcat formation. stress related to a recent family adjustment," he said last week.
to Vick since the Super Bowl- he was in for only two plays in He said he usually talks to issue has caused Iverson to "I'm so tired of discussing that,
winning coach retired from the their 20-16 loss to the Dallas Dungy at least once a week and consider hanging up his jersey talking about that, every single
Colts after last season. Now a Cowboys on Sunday night. Vick receives "great advice" from his for good, The Commercial day. It's just not something that I
commentator for NBC, Dungy said his focus is on helping the mentor. Vick, who has talked to Appeal of Memphis reported want to discuss."
confirmed during the pregame Eagles win a Super Bowl and not churches and schools about the Monday morning. Iverson has also acknowledged
s h o w S u n d a y n i g h t b e f o r e where he'll play next year. poor life choices he's made, has But Heisley said there was no he had become a distraction.
Philadelphia hosted Dallas that "It's what I thought it would be," enjoyed his second chance in indication of such consideration "When I hear anything about the
the Bills and Vick "talked Vick said. "I knew I couldn't Philadelphia. by the 34-year-old guard, and the Memphis Grizzlies, I don't hear
originally" when Vick was come in and do anything that "It's been great," he said. "Every owner told the newspaper that "if you guys talk about anything
searching for a team after serving would disrupt the rhythm of the day I wake up and I just thank he was going to retire, he'd tell other than the situation with me
18 months in federal prison for offense and what we had going God I have another opportunity me first." coming off the bench," he said
running a dogfighting ring. on here. I knew I was going to to play football and put on a TrueHoop: A.I. Out? Friday. "I mean, there's got to be
The Eagles signed Vick to a $1.6 have to be patient." uniform. That's what I'm thankful Allen Iverson isn't thrilled about something else with this team to
million contract for 2009, with a Bills starter Trent Edwards for." coming off the bench for the talk about besides that. But I
team option for the second year struggled this season before C o p y r i g h t 2 0 0 9 b y T h e Grizzlies. But does that mean his guess that sells a lot better than
at $5.2 million. But he has played sustaining a concussion. Ryan A s s o c i a t e d P r e s s time in Memphis is over? Blog anything else when it comes to
sparingly. Fitzpatrick, a career backup, has This content has passed through Iverson returned to his home in this team."
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about this year," Dungy said. "It's of the lineup. Heisley's permission. Associated Press was used in this
technically up to Philadelphia. If Vick didn't want to talk about "I expect him to come back," report.
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Kansas City Chiefs release troubled Witness Says Orlando

running back Larry Johnson
By ESPN.com news services
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:55:51 AM
In a tersely worded statement
Monday, the Kansas City Chiefs
announced that embattled
running back Larry Johnson has
been released.
Johnson on Sunday served a one
-game suspension for making gay
slurs. He was 75 yards from
breaking Priest Holmes' franchise
record (6,070) for career rushing
yards.
The Chiefs suspended Johnson
without pay through Sunday, the
team's bye week, after he
questioned coach Todd Haley's
qualifications on his Twitter
account and twice used a
homosexual slur in an exchange
with one of his Twitter followers.
Last Monday, Kansas City
reached a settlement with
Johnson through his agent,
reducing the amount of pay
Johnson would lose by half, to
$315,000.
The Chiefs initially cleared
Johnson to return to the team's
facility and participate in team
activities beginning Monday. He
apologized for his remarks last
week, and his agent said his
client had learned from the entire
experience.
Last week, an online petition
started by Chiefs fans asked
general manager Scott Pioli to
deactivate Johnson and keep him
on the sideline so he could not
pass Holmes' team rushing record
or join the team's Ring of Honor
at Arrowhead Stadium.
Johnson was one of the best
running backs in the NFL in
2005 and '06, running for more
than 1,700 yards each season and
earning Pro Bowl honors. In
2007, he signed a five-year
contract extension that
guaranteed him about $19
million.
Information from The
Associated Press was used in this
report.
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Office Shooting Lasted 1
Minute
(FOXNews.com) SLIDESHOW: Orlando Office
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:15:11 AM
Shooting
Rodriguez has been charged
ORLANDO, Fla. A man who with first-degree murder.
was in an Orlando office when a Orlando Police Chief Val
former employee came in and Demings says more charges are
started shooting says the ordeal expected.
that left one dead and five injured An attorney for Rodriguez has
lasted about a minute. portrayed the 40-year-old as a
Mark Davidson, a vice president mentally ill man who fell victim
at the engineering firm Reynolds, t o c o u n t l e s s p e r s o n a l a n d
Smith and Hills, said Monday f i n a n c i a l p r o b l e m s .
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Hermida Could Pay Off Big for Red Sox

By Frankie Piliere (FanHouse) past the World Series. Some key shipped to Boston. For the price
Submitted at 11/9/2009 12:49:00 AM
players have already been locked of a pair of young lefties, the Red
up and some high upside trades Sox took a gamble that may
by Frankie Piliere have already gone down. What prove very worthy.
Filed under: Angels, Brewers, do these moves mean for each Hermida Could Pay Off Big for
Marlins, Red Sox, Twins, White club involved and how will the Red Sox originally appeared on
Sox, MLB Transactions, Scout's players dealt respond to their new Fanhouse MLB Blog on Mon, 09
Eye View In Advanced Scouting, homes? Just as significant, how Nov 2009 00:49:00 EST . Please
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Angels, each move had a distinct
impact. Perhaps the most
Blogs| Comments Tony Romo
It hasn't taken long for the Hot J.J. Hardy swap, to Bobby
Stove to get heated up as we roll Abreu's new deal with the
interesting of these, however,
was Jeremy Hermida being
Leads Key Win
By Kevin Blackistone
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 2:20:00 AM
by Kevin Blackistone
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Filed under: NFL, NFL Analysis appearance.

PHILADELPHIA -- In the wee
hours of Monday morning, with a
blue Cowboys' baseball cap
pulled down snug on his noggin
and a short sleeve T-shirt worn
over a long sleeve one, Tony
Romo looked like the boyish
character we've come to see him
as. He looked more like some
guy who just finished playing a
pick-up football game between
fraternities rather than the multi-
million-dollar NFL quarterback
for Jerry Jones' Cowboys that
Brian Leetch: Pride of
"If you keep the mental discipline
..." Romo explained in a quite
deliberate and thoughtful
the Rangers
By Christopher Botta
delivery, "keep getting better, (FanHouse)
keep learning what they're doing
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:00:00 AM
... you can do some good things."
Older, Wiser Tony Romo Leads by Christopher Botta Luc Robitaille:
Key Win originally appeared on Filed under: Rangers, NHL Hall
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Square Garden is in the lower Steal
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he's been for a number of years magical play of Brian Leetch, The Hockey Hall of Fame Class
now. by Adam Gretz
who enters the Hockey Hall of of '09: Filed under: Kings, Penguins,
But when Romo started to talk Fame on Monday. Steve Yzerman| Brian Leetch |
about what he'd accomplished, he Rangers, Red Wings, NHL Hall
In this press box sit men and Brett Hull of Fame
sounded wise beyond his women, some who have been to Luc Robitaille| Lou Lamoriello It doesn't matter how good your
thousands of games, some Brian Leetch: Pride of the team's front office is, the NHL
perhaps new to the hockey beat. Rangers originally appeared on draft can still be a complete shot
Either way, it can often be a Fanhouse NHL Blog on Mon, 09 in the dark in which the most
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when his artistry made those four ability to skate at an NHL level
can end up scoring over 600
Steve Yzerman: Most Gracious Superstar goals and tallying nearly 1,400
points in a 19-year career -- kind
By Susan Slusser (FanHouse) behavior. Steve Yzerman | Brian Leetch| of like Luc Robitaille.
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:00:00 AM
The longtime Red Wings Brett Hull The Hockey Hall of Fame Class
captain, and a three-time Stanley Luc Robitaille| Lou Lamoriello of '09:
by Susan Slusser Cup winner as a player, enters Steve Yzerman: Most Gracious Steve Yzerman| Brian Leetch|
Filed under: Red Wings, NHL the Hall of Fame as a winner on Superstar originally appeared on Brett Hull
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Brett Hull: Bulldog,
Blues and Beyond
By Bruce Ciskie (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:00:00 AM
by Bruce Ciskie
Filed under: Blues, Stars, Red
Wings, NHL Hall of Fame,
College Hockey In 1984, a kid
with a famous name and loads of
potential in his game showed up
on the campus of the University
of Minnesota Duluth. The
Calgary Flames had drafted the
kid, but they knew he wasn't
ready to play.
After two years at UMD, Brett
Hull -- son of the great Bobby
Hull -- was ready to tear up the
NHL. Boy, did he ever do that.
Turns out Hull was quite the
impact player at every level he
ever played at. He finished his
career as the only player to ever
score 50 goals in college hockey,
the minors, and the NHL.
The Hockey Hall of Fame Class
of '09:
Steve Yzerman| Brian Leetch|
Second season of Xbox Live's 1 vs 100 starts Nov. 19
By David Hinkle (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:30:00 AM
If you've been missing your
trivia fix on Xbox Live, you
should be happy to learn that
Microsoft has dated the second
season of its Xbox Live quiz-'em-
up, 1 vs 100. Expect the game to
Brett Hull
Luc Robitaille| Lou Lamoriello
Brett Hull: Bulldog, Blues and
Beyond originally appeared on
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return on November 19 at 5:00
PDT, where it'll dish out another
14 weeks' worth of questions --
and this time around, your chance
to be The One or a part of The
Mob will be determined by one
thing: score.
Multiple-choice maniacs will be
able to play the new season of 1
Manny Pacquiao
FanHouse Live Chat,
Monday 2 PM ET
By Michael David Smith
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:24:00 AM
by Michael David Smith
Filed under: FanHouse
Exclusive, Media Watch Manny
Pacquiao will fight Miguel Cotto
on Saturday night (HBO pay-per-
view at 9 PM ET), but he'll be
taking a few minutes out of his
preparations to chat live with
FanHouse readers on Monday. If
you want to ask Pacquiao a
question, you can ask it during
our live chat, or submit it in
advance to me on Twitter
@MichaelDavSmith.
The live chat begins below at
2PM ET on Monday.
vs 100 on a daily basis through
themed Extended Play sessions
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E-reader Newspaper
Small Plane
Crashes in Florida
Everglades
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Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:19:58 AM
Rescue crews haven't been able
to locate any survivors from a
small plane crash in the Florida
Everglades.
According to the Broward
County Sheriff's Office, alert
drivers on Interstate 75 called
dispatchers Sunday night to
report the low-flying aircraft.
One caller thought the plane
crashed, while other drivers said
it appeared to disappear.
Crews located the crash site
Sunday night. Authorities say it
appears the single-engine
airplane nose-dived into the
Everglades.
Homicide detectives are
expected to be on the scene
Monday to continue their
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The Best of Big Download:

November 2 - 8
By Joystiq Staff (Joystiq) • Interviews: We had interviews • Playing For Free: Our weekly
Submitted at 11/8/2009 11:30:00 PM
with the CEO of the gaming PC look at online free-to-play games
maker Maingear and the lead has our opinion on CrimeCraft
The first full week of November d e s i g n e r b e h i n d S h a t t e r e d
2009 kept us at Big Download on H o r i z o n .
our toes with a ton of news, • Serious Sam HD Preview: We
which recently turned into a free-
to-play game.
• Freeware Friday: Don't turn out
Final Fantasy XIII
downloads, and special features. go hands-on with a near final
As usual, we take some time to v e r s i o n o f C r o t e a m ' s F P S
smell the roses and look back at r e m a k e .
the lights. This week's column on
free PC games checks out the
super-spooky Au Sable.
announcement possibly
the past week. Please, won't you • Mac Monday: Our look at Mac
join us? -based games checks out two
• Contest: You still have some
time to win one of three Steam
due on Nov. 13
Exclusive features titles: T rapped: The Abduction download codes for Shattered By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) Thirteenth."
and Harvest: Massive Encounter. Horizon. Submitted at 11/8/2009 7:30:00 PM
The nature of this
• Unreal Development Kit: We • Boot Disk: Our look at retro "announcement" is still up in the
were all over the release of Epic games checks out the classic Continue reading The Best of "A Henchmen Inventor Tent air, though our money's on an
Games' free version of Unreal space strategy title Master of Big Download: November 2 - 8 Unto." official North American release
Engine 3 with a feature on the Orion II. The Best of Big Download: Before reading on, why not try date for the super-anticipated
UDK itself and interviews with • Big Ideas: Our regular look at November 2 - 8 originally to solve that puzzle for yourself? RPG. Though, considering the
the teams behind the first two game themes examines what appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 08 It's an anagram, which means speed at which the series is
free UDK games; Whizzle and people's perceptions are on Nov 2009 23:30:00 EST. Please you can mess the letters about to growing now, we wouldn't be
The Ball. beauty in a game. see our terms for use of feeds. spell a secret message. Here's a surprised if Squeenix went ahead
• Reviews: We give our final • All You Need To Know: Our Read| Permalink| Email this| hint: It was posted by Square and dropped the Final Fantasy
v e r d i c t s f o r B o r d e r l a n d s , 411 feature gives you everything Comments Enix as a tease for Final Fantasy XV bomb on us.
Torchlight, AI War: Fleet you need to know about XIII, meaning it probably has Final Fantasy XIII
Command and Shattered Horizon Blizzard's upcoming Diablo III. something to do with that game. announcement possibly due on
What's that? "A Chevron Non- Nov. 13 originally appeared on
Deal activity lifts Wall Street nineteenth Mutt?" We suppose Joystiq on Sun, 08 Nov 2009
(Financial Times - US that's a pretty good guess, but 19:30:00 EST. Please see our
Wall Street confidence on rose 1.1 per cent to 10,129.60
homepage) unfortunately, it's the wrongest terms for use of feeds.
Monday, lifting US stocks higher and was touching fresh highs for
thing ever. A Final Fan-site Read| Permalink| Email this|
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Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 26 - Nov. 1: Away we Go

edition
By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) place the PSP Go into our weekly - Wii: 28,888 2,971 (11.46%)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 9:30:00 PM
line-up. The system's one-day - DS Lite: 6,902 352 (5.37%)
sales of 29,109 garnered it a - Xbox 360: 6,047 1,577
It was almost one year ago to the somewhat disappointing fourth- (35.28%)
day when we last added a p l a c e f i n i s h - - w h i l e - PS2: 1,966 15 (0.77%)
participant to the Japanese sales simultaneously, the sales totals of [Source: Media Create]
charts, leading to a mathematical every other console (save for the See: The attractive archives
anomaly which'sploded our DSi) increased, reversing a recent Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 26
living quarters. Luckily, we downward trend for the region. - Nov. 1: Away we Go edition
learned from our mistakes, and Our theory on why this occurred originally appeared on Joystiq on
have remembered not to add is simple: Upon seeing the digital Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:30:00 EST.
today's newcomer to our Excel distribution-based future our Please see our terms for use of
spreadsheet, preserving the world has in store, Japanese Also, an action game featuring sales surge. Like, a little. feeds.
integrity of our apartment and, gamers began to hoard the an attractive, gun-toting witch - DSi: 37,517 4,682 (11.10%) Permalink| Email this|
more importantly, the space-time t a n g i b l e m e d i a - r e a d i n g whose clothes frequently - PS3: 36,061 6,084 (20.30%) Comments
continuum. platforms, which will disappear was released. That - PSP: 34,911 2,046 (6.23%)
Not that we require number- undoubtedly become priceless might have contributed to the - PSP Go: 29,109 (New Entry!)
crunching software to accurately relics in the coming years.

For the UK's best Modern Warfare 2 deal, head to the grocery
store
By JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 9:30:00 AM
Grocery stores aren't typically
known for great video game
deals -- we can't remember any
notable supermarket game
purchases since our local
Albertson's cleared out its NES
rentals. But Sainsbury
supermarkets in the UK have an
offer worth noting: the retailer them last week.
has cut the price of Modern For the UK's best Modern
Warfare 2 to just £26 ($43.76), Warfare 2 deal, head to the
an amazing £29 off the regular grocery store originally appeared
price. on Joystiq on Mon, 09 Nov 2009
Tesco is also offering a big price 09:30:00 EST. Please see our
cut on Modern Warfare 2: it's terms for use of feeds.
£25 with the purchase of another are open all the time anyway, Sainsbury's locations. Unless Read| Permalink| Email this|
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China car sales

surge on
stimulus steps
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 1:29:05 AM

SHANGHAI, Nov 9 - China’s

passenger cars sales in October
surged 75.8 per cent from a year
NintendoWare Weekly: Excitebike earlier, official data showed,
extending the explosive growth
World Rally, Electroplankton, in recent months as government
incentive policies continued to
Wii Fit Plus claims top Cybernoid, and more lure customers.
By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) Continue reading NintendoWare A total of 946,400 passenger
spot in UK sales chart, Submitted at 11/9/2009 11:00:00 AM
Weekly: Excitebike World Rally, cars were sold in October, up
Electroplankton, Cybernoid, and sharply from 538,500 units sold a
It's a very exciting day for more year earlier, but slightly lower
Dragon Age debuts in fifth Nintendo downloads, thanks to NintendoWare Weekly: that 1.02m units sold in
one very thrilling two-wheeler. E x c i t e b i k e W o r l d R a l l y , S e p t e m b e r , t h e C h i n a
By Alexander Sliwinski have a stronger showing in the
(Joystiq) But Excitebike World Rally is far Electroplankton, Cybernoid, and Association of Automobile
US, though we'll have to wait for
from the only offering this week. more originally appeared on Manufacturers said on Monday.
the NPD results to see if it lands
Submitted at 11/9/2009 10:01:00 AM In fact, there are multiple games Joystiq on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 “Autumn is usually the best auto
in the top ten.
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Time premiered at the 22nd spot, Permalink| Email this| (Financial Times - US 717p a share, after the US food recovered later in the session to
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Gulf Coast preps as Ida weakens to tropical storm UK change of

heart on banking
(AP) tax plan
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) Earlier, heavy rain in Ida's wake around New Orleans and in Management Agency. Officials (Financial Times - US
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:20:34 AM
triggered flooding and landslides Alabama also canceled classes "do not want anybody to be homepage)
in El Salvador that killed 124 Monday. caught off guard."
Submitted at 11/8/2009 11:20:26 AM
PENSACOLA, Fla. – Schools people. One mudslide covered Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal There were no mandatory
closed, residents of low-lying the town of Verapaz, about 30 declared a state of emergency as evacuations in Alabama, but Gordon Brown, the British
areas sought shelter and Florida's miles outside the capital, San a precaution Sunday, and the schools were closed in Baldwin prime minister, rapidly
governor declared a state of Salvador, before dawn Sunday. National Guard was on high alert County on the eastern side of backpedalled from his proposal
emergency Monday as a late- In the U.S., there were no there. Mobile Bay, and the county was for a financial transactions tax on
season tropical storm churned immediate plans for mandatory Nearly 1,400 Louisiana residents opening a shelter. Sunday after a chorus of criticism
toward the Gulf Coast. evacuations, but authorities in are still living in federally issued In the Florida Panhandle, of his plan set out in a speech on
After a quiet storm season, some coastal areas were opening trailers and mobile homes after residents in Bay County and Saturday to a meeting of global
residents took the year's first shelters and encouraging people hurricanes Katrina and Rita; Panama City were being advised finance ministers.
serious threat in stride. near the water or in mobile nearly 360 units remained in to secure boats and prepare for The US led a backlash against
"Even though we're telling homes to leave. Mississippi. storm surges that could reach 2-3 the“Tobin tax” on financial
everybody to be prepared, my gut Monday morning, Ida was "FEMA stresses that those in feet. Heavy rain, wind and transactions after Mr Brown took
tells me it probably won't be that located about 185 miles south- temporary (housing) units should possible flooding was also a Group of 20 finance ministers’
bad," said Steve Arndt, director southeast of the mouth of the not take chances," Federal expected. meeting by surprise with his
of Bay Point Marina Co. in Mississippi River and about 285 Emergency Management Agency "You really don't know until it proposal at the gathering in St
Panama City, Fla. miles south-southwest of spokesman Andrew Thomas said. gets close how you're going to be Andrews, Scotland.
Ida started out as the third Pensacola. It was moving north- "Leave the unit behind and affected by it," said Brad This content has passed through
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season, which ends Dec. 1, but it Officials were encouraging that will better withstand tropical chief of emergency services.
weakened to a tropical storm residents to prepare for potential weather systems and the Ida was not expected to pack the
M o n d a y m o r n i n g , w i t h gusts of 60 mph by removing tree associated winds." wallop seen in 2008 when
maximum sustained winds near limbs that could damage their Mississippi authorities warned hurricanes Gustav and Ike pelted
70 mph. The U.S. National homes and securing or bringing residents to be vigilant. They the Gulf Coast back-to-back.
Hurricane Center said it was not in any trash cans, grills, potted were monitoring conditions to ___
expected to strengthen again plants or patio furniture. see whether any evacuations of Associated Press writers Suzette
before making landfall along the Residents of Pensacola Beach, lower-lying areas or school Laboy in Miami and Becky
Gulf Coast sometime Tuesday Fla., and nearby Perdido Key closures would be necessary. Bohrer in New Orleans.
morning. were encouraged to leave, as "It is likely we will at least be hit This content has passed through
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extended more than 200 miles live in mobile homes, and school flooding in our coastal counties,"
across Louisiana, Mississippi, was canceled in the area Monday said Jeff Rent, a spokesman for
Alabama and Florida. and Tuesday. Some schools the Mississippi Emergency
E-reader Newspaper
Resolute Fort Hood soldiers ready for return (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:23:06 AM
FORT HOOD, Texas – Pvt.
Joseph Foster took a bullet in the
leg during the Fort Hood
shooting rampage. He pauses
when he's asked about the
mayhem, then credits a stout
heritage with bringing him
through the ordeal and leaving
him eager for his scheduled
January deployment to
Afghanistan.
"I'm Irish. It hit the bone and
bounced out," Foster, of Ogden,
Utah, said Sunday of the bullet
that tore into his left hip. His wife
is uneasy about the deployment,
but the 21-year-old Foster is
resolute. "I'm a soldier. It's my
job."
Across Fort Hood, signs point to
a post on the mend after the
shooting spree Thursday that
killed 13 and wounded 29.
Accused gunman Maj. Nidal
Malik Hasan, shot in the torso by
civilian police to end the
rampage, was in critical but
stable condition and breathing on
his own at an Army hospital in
San Antonio.
Authorities continue to refer to
Hasan, 39, as the only suspect in
the shootings but they won't say
when charges would be filed and
have said they have not
determined a motive.
Sixteen victims remained
hospitalized with gunshot
wounds, and seven were in
intensive care.
Even as the community took
time to mourn the victims at
worship services on and off the
post Sunday, Fort Hood
spokesman Col. John Rossi said
the country's largest military
installation was moving forward
with the business of soldiering.
The processing center where
Hasan allegedly opened fire
remains a crime scene, but the
activities that went on there were
relocated, with the goal of soon
reopening the center.
"There's a lot of routine activity
still happening. You'll hear
cannon fire and artillery fire,"
Rossi said. "Soldiers in units are
still trying to execute the
missions we have been tasked
with."
President Barack Obama will
attend a memorial service
Tuesday honoring victims of the
attack, amid growing suggestions
that Hasan's superior officers
may have missed signs that he
was embracing an increasingly
extremist view of Islamic
ideology.
Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday
he wants Congress to determine
whether the shootings constitute
a terrorist attack and whether
warning signs were missed. A
day earlier, classmates who
participated in a 2007-2008
master's program at a military
college told The Associated Press
that they complained to faculty
during the program about what
they considered to be Hasan's
anti-American views, which
included his giving a presentation
that justified suicide bombing
and telling classmates that
Islamic law trumped the U.S.
Constitution.
"If Hasan was showing signs,
saying to people that he had
become an Islamist extremist, the
U.S. Army has to have zero
tolerance," Lieberman, an
independent from Connecticut,
said on " Fox News Sunday."
"He should have been gone."
Army Chief of Staff George
Casey warned Sunday against
reaching conclusions about the
suspected shooter's motives until
investigators have fully explored
the attack. "I think the
Popular News/ Economy/
speculation (on Hasan's Islamic
roots) could potentially heighten
backlash against some of our
Muslim soldiers," he said on
ABC's "This Week."
Sgt. 1st Class Frank Minnie was
in the processing center Monday
and Wednesday, getting some
health tests and immunizations in
preparation for his deployment.
The mass shooting happened
Thursday, but Minnie said Fort
Hood soldiers have the attitude
that "the mission still goes on."
"Everybody's going to grieve a
little bit. It hurts a lot because it's
one of your battle buddies, and
someone lost a mom, dad,
brother or sister," said Minnie,
37, who served in Iraq in 2006.
"But it doesn't change my
perspective of going to war. I've
got a job to do."
___
Associated Press writers Allen
Breed and Jeff Carlton in Fort
Hood and Pamela Hess, Devlin
Barrett, Richard Lardner and
Jessica Gresko in Washington
contributed to this report.
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Murdoch hints
he will sue
BBC
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 4:38:58 AM
Rupert Murdoch indicated on
Monday that News Corporation
would sue the BBC over breach
of copyright for “stealing”
material from his newspapers
round the world.
Mr Murdoch, interviewed on
Sky News Australia, was asked
how he would be able to instigate
his proposal to charge for
newspaper websites such as The
Times in the UK or The
Australian when the BBC and
ABC produced free news content
on their sites.
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Around the Net In
Ida Weakens to Tropical Storm, Gulf Still on Media: Fox News
Pushes Live Web Video
Warning Effort
(FOXNews.com) extended more than 200 miles were people farther inland who "It is likely we will at least be hit (MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:23:53 AM
across Louisiana, Mississippi, live in mobile homes, and school with strong winds and some Submitted at 11/8/2009 6:52:26 PM
Alabama and Florida. was canceled in the area Monday flooding in our coastal counties,"
PENSACOLA, Fla. Schools Earlier, heavy rain in Ida's wake and Tuesday. Some schools said Jeff Rent, a spokesman for With Strategy Room, a Web
closed, residents of low-lying triggered flooding and landslides around New Orleans and in the Mississippi Emergency video "network" that produces
areas sought shelter and Florida's in El Salvador that killed 124 Alabama also canceled classes Management Agency. Officials eight hours of live programming
governor declared a state of people. One mudslide covered Monday. "do not want anybody to be each weekday, Fox News is
emergency Monday as a late- the town of Verapaz, about 30 Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal caught off guard." trying to catch up in the digital
season tropical storm churned miles outside the capital, San declared a state of emergency as There were no mandatory world. This past September,
toward the Gulf Coast. Salvador, before dawn Sunday. a precaution Sunday, and the evacuations in Alabama, but FoxNews.com's audience had
After a quiet storm season, In the U.S., there were no National Guard was on high alert schools were closed in Baldwin nearly doubled, but it still trailed
residents took the year's first immediate plans for mandatory there. County on the eastern side of rival CNN by over 8 million
serious threat in stride. evacuations, but authorities in Nearly 1,400 Louisiana residents Mobile Bay, and the county was users.
Maps, forecasts, radar and more some coastal areas were opening are still living in federally issued opening a shelter. Born as a wall-to-wall political
at MyFoxHurricane.com shelters and encouraging people trailers and mobile homes after In the Florida Panhandle, channel during the presidential
"Even though we're telling near the water or in mobile hurricanes Katrina and Rita; residents in Bay County and race, Strategy Room is an
everybody to be prepared, my gut homes to leave. nearly 360 units remained in Panama City were being advised experiment that clicked. Live
tells me it probably won't be that Monday morning, Ida was Mississippi. to secure boats and prepare for Web video has been fairly
bad," said Steve Arndt, director located about 185 miles south- "FEMA stresses that those in storm surges that could reach 2-3 limited, but Strategy Room has a
of Bay Point Marina Co. in southeast of the mouth of the temporary (housing) units should feet. Heavy rain, wind and fully programmed lineup,
Panama City, Fla. Mississippi River and about 285 not take chances," Federal possible flooding was also including a regular entertainment
Ida started out as the third m i l e s s o u t h - s o u t h w e s t o f Emergency Management Agency expected. show, a health series and a
hurricane of this year's Atlantic Pensacola. It was moving north- spokesman Andrew Thomas said. "You really don't know until it business hour. In September,
season, which ends Dec. 1, but it northwest near 17 mph. "Leave the unit behind and gets close how you're going to be Strategy Room averaged 28,000
weakened to a tropical storm Officials were encouraging evacuate to a permanent structure affected by it," said Brad viewers per day, with viewership
M o n d a y m o r n i n g , w i t h residents to prepare for potential that will better withstand tropical Monroe, Bay County's deputy spiking around midday.
maximum sustained winds near gusts of 60 mph by removing tree weather systems and the chief of emergency services. Next up: A new live chat
70 mph. The U.S. National limbs that could damage their associated winds." Ida was not expected to pack the functionality that producers can
Hurricane Center said it was not homes and securing or bringing Mississippi authorities warned wallop seen in 2008 when turn on and off. Also, producers
expected to strengthen again in any trash cans, grills, potted residents to be vigilant. They hurricanes Gustav and Ike pelted will soon be able to post episodes
before making landfall along the plants or patio furniture. were monitoring conditions to the Gulf Coast back-to-back. and short highlights of shows
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Transit moving again in Philly after 6-day strike
(AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:57:43 AM
PHILADELPHIA – Trolleys,
subways and buses were running
again Monday and riders were
trickling back to the city's transit
system after an early-morning
contract agreement ended a
crippling six-day strike.
Commuters awoke to news that
the strike was over and that
service would be restored in time
for the morning rush. Many had
been hitching rides, driving or
taking regional rail lines as they
struggled to get to work for
nearly a week.
Teddy Stansbury, 62, of
northeast Philadelphia, was glad
to be back on the subway,
heading to work at his job at the
naval yard in south Philadelphia.
But he said he was frustrated by
the strike, saying all it did was
hurt people who were trying to
get to work and school.
"I really feel they shouldn't be
allowed to go on strike," said
Stansbury, who had been
hitching rides from co-workers
and noted that the strike mostly
hurt poor and working-class
commuters. "At the end of it all,
who really suffers?"
About 5,000 workers for
Transport Workers Local 234
walked off the job early Nov. 3
in a dispute centered around
pension benefits.
Transit officials said they
expected the system to be close
to fully operational for the
Monday morning commute.
SEPTA spokesman Richard
Maloney said that all bus,
subway and trolley lines were
running as of 6 a.m., with service
at about 80 percent of normal.
The city's two main subway lines
were up and running by 4 a.m.,
Maloney said.
"This was a team effort, and
that's what it takes to get a deal
done," Mayor Michael Nutter
said, crediting the intervention of
Gov. Ed Rendell and U.S. Rep.
Robert Brady, D-Pa.
Willie Brown, president of the
Transport Workers Local 234,
said a ratification vote will likely
be held in about a week and a
half, and he expects members to
approve the contract.
That's good news for thousands
of riders who use SEPTA in
Philadelphia every day.
Issiaga Sylla, 27, of west
Philadelphia, was taking the bus
to a regional rail line early
Monday so he could get to his
job at a retail store in the suburbs.
Sylla had been getting up early
so he could find other ways to get
to the regional rail — whose lines
were still running because their
workers are represented by a
different union.
"It's not easy," he said, adding
that he was relieved the strike
was over.
Rendell and Brady had
announced a tentative agreement
late Friday, but it fell apart
Saturday over the union's call for
an independent audit of the
pension fund and assurance that
members would not be affected if
the company's costs increased
with possible passage of a
national health reform plan.
The governor said changes to the
language regarding national
health care and another change
on dental benefits cleared the
way for a deal. On the union's
call for a forensic audit of
pension funds, the governor said
the union's two members on the
pension fund's advisory board
could call for such an audit "so
that became a non-issue."
Popular News/ Media/
The union had threatened to
strike while the World Series was
in town, but negotiators
continued bargaining after
Rendell threatened consequences
if that happened. The union went
on strike early Tuesday, hours
after the series between the
Phillies and Yankees shifted back
to New York.
The regional rail system, while
still running, had problems of its
own as riders flocked to it as an
alternative during the strike.
A railcar heading downtown
caught fire Wednesday, causing
delays and confusion but no
serious injuries.
On Thursday, a train struck and
killed a rail worker, stranding
hundreds of riders during the
morning rush hour. The agency
said neither accident was related
to increased volume due to the
strike.
___
Associated Press Writer Patrick
Walters contributed to this report.
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Media: Condand#233;
Nast Hires Crisis Expert
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 6:54:41 PM
Condé Nast Nast executives
have tapped Washington, D.C.-
based crisis manager and media
coach Michael Sheehan to
improve the company's image.
Sheehan is known for coaching
Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, AIG
and JP Morgan. Lucky publisher
Gina Sanders used Sheehan when
she launched Teen Vogue.
Help is needed because morale
at Condé is hitting an all-time
low. After the closure six
magazines and hundreds of
layoffs, the publisher's glitzy
image has also taken a drubbing
on Madison Avenue.
Meanwhile, cutbacks are picking
up on the newspaper side of
Condé's parent company
Advance Publications. The Staten
Island Advance, one of the
company's first papers, is looking
for another 40-plus volunteers to
take severance packages before
year's end.
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Scores die in El Salvador floods
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World Edition)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:07:01 AM
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The torrential rain triggered
landslips and mudslides
At least 124 people have been
killed in El Salvador by flooding
and landslides following days of
heavy rain, the government says.
President Mauricio Funes has
declared a national emergency,
describing the damage as
"incalculable".
The capital San Salvador and
central San Vicente province
were hardest hit.
Mud and boulders buried homes
and cars in the small town of
Verapaz, where rescuers dug into
the night - some with their bare
hands - to find survivors.
The BBC's weather centre says
the disastrous rains were mainly
caused by a low pressure system
in the Pacific, which was linked
indirectly to Hurricane Ida,
which passed the country three
days ago.
Ida was downgraded to a tropical
storm as it crossed the Gulf of
Mexico on Monday.
Nonetheless, storm warnings
remain in place along the Gulf
Coast of the US, from
Mississippi to Florida.
Massive rockslides
Soldiers joined residents of
Verapaz, a town with a
population of about 3,000 some
50km (30 miles) outside San
Salvador, to dig through the mud
with shovels under a persistent
drizzle, the Associated Press
reported.
Emergency services said about
300 homes had been destroyed in
the town, which was hit by
massive rockslides from the
Chichontepec volcano.
AP earlier quoted Red Cross
spokesman Carlos Lopez
Mendoza as saying 60 people
there were missing.
E-reader Newspaper
"The images that we have seen
today are of a devastated
country," President Funes said on
local television.
Our correspondent says that this
is easily the biggest crisis the
government of Mr Funes has had
to face since coming to office
five months ago.
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was not broken down by location daily La Prensa Grafica, Juan laws.
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in San Salvador and San Vicente that San Vicente had been may be published, displaying
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"It was terrible," said Manuel Other badly affected areas were below.
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town was destroyed. Cuscatlan, he said. comments and not all emails will
"The rocks came down on top of About 7,000 people are living in be published. Your comments
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Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Frequented Local Kraft in

Strip Club Cadbury
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:04:42 AM
of the alleged killer from that
offered by his imam and family
members, who have described
[Friday] on TV, I jumped out of
bed, I knew it was him."
Jenner, 31, said Hasan was
all about an 8-minute drive from
the Army base.
"I like it here because no one I
takeover bid
(BBC News | Americas |
KILLEEN, Texas The Army him as a devout Muslim, and one dressed casually both nights he work with is here," she said World Edition)
psychiatrist authorities say killed who had difficulty finding a wife came to the club - in jeans and a Hasan replied.
Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:54:49 AM
13 people and wounded 29 others who would wear a head scarf and T-shirt the first night and then Starz is smaller than most of the
at the Fort Hood Army Base would pray five times a day. wearing a baseball cap the next. other clubs, has only about 10 US food company Kraft has
Thursday was a recent and Starz is a strip club located just She recalled that he arrived at dancers and caters to a louder launched a £9.8bn ($16.4bn)
frequent customer at a local strip down the road from the main gate about 6:30 p.m. and stayed until crowd. Jenner said Army medics hostile bid for UK confectioner
club, employees of the club told entrance to the Fort Hood Base. 2 a.m. She said he brought in a generally don't hang out at the Cadbury.
FoxNews.com exclusively. It does not serve alcohol, but six pack of light beer, took only a club. Cadbury said it had
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came customers bring their own beer few sips from one can and gave "He wasnt too loud like some of "emphatically rejected" the new
into the Starz strip club not far and liquor and buy ice buckets the rest to the strippers. our other customers, or sleazy. offer, which is being put directly
from the base at least three times and mixers at the club. "He preferred the blondes," said He didn't try to take any of us to its shareholders.
in the past month, the club's Hasan sat at a table in the back Jenner, whose hair was dyed home and he was respectful," she Kraft said it would offer 300p in
general manager, Matthew Jones, corner of the club, to the left of blond at the time. "He said he said. "I think he mostly came cash and 0.2589 new Kraft shares
t o l d F o x N e w s . c o m . A r m y the stage on which strippers was a medic and that he was here to kill some time and just for each Cadbury share, the same
investigators building their case dance around a pole, employees being deployed soon, but mostly relax. He stood out here because terms as it proposed in
against Hasan plan to interview said. he wanted to ask us questions." he was much more reserved than September.
Jones soon. Jennifer Jenner, who works at "He asked us why we were our other customers. As Kraft shares have dropped in
"The last time he was here, I Starz using the stage name Paige, working at the strip club, if we "I just can't believe that he's the value since then, the bid is now
remember checking his military said Hasan bought a lap dance liked the lifestyle, if we had any one who killed all those people. worth less than the original
ID at the door, and he paid his from her two nights in a row. She kids," she said. "It was right You know, he tipped every girl £10.2bn approach.
$15 cover and stayed for six or said he paid $50 for a dance before Halloween so he asked as she came off the stage after In a statement Cadbury chairman
seven hours," Jones, 37, said. lasting three songs in one of the what our kids were dressing up her dance. He was a really good Roger Carr called the offer
FULL COVERAGE: Fort Hood club's private rooms on Oct. 29 as. He just wanted to know a lot tipper." "derisory".
Tragedy and Oct. 30. about us." Click here for more from "Kraft's offer does not come
SLIDESHOW: Deadly Shooting "I remembered his face because it Jenner said she asked Hasan MyFoxDFW.com. remotely close to reflecting the
at Fort Hood. was the first lap dance I [gave] to why he liked coming to Starz This content has passed through
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paints a starkly different portrait she said. "When I saw his face half a dozen other clubs nearby,

Around the Net In Media: Fox To Add E-commerce To DVDs

(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 6:56:10 PM
Fox is hoping to boost the value
of its upcoming DVDs with
FoxPop, which makes its debut
Dec. 1. With a free downloadable
app for Mac, PC or iPhone, users
can get a constant barrage of
facts, photos, games and trivia
questions on a second screen
related to the movie they are
watching on the first screen.
FoxPop is the result of a
partnership with Spot411. It
works by "listening" to the audio
of the movie and, within a few
seconds, syncing to the exact
moment in the movie. Fox isn't
charging extra for FoxPopized
movies, but believes it will make
money with e-commerce and This content has passed through
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example, an iTunes purchase
function allows users who hear a
song they like while watching a
movie, to buy the music with a
click.
58 Popular News/ E-reader Newspaper

Senate may probe army shooting Chavez steps up

(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
'Rants'
Mr Lierberman said that if Maj
Hasan had shown signs of
focusing on Maj Hasan's religion
could "heighten the backlash"
against all Muslims in the
Colombia war talk
Submitted at 11/8/2009 9:03:03 AM
becoming an Islamist radical, the military. (BBC News | Americas | fears of a possible spark on the
World Edition) border which could lead to
S e n i o r U S S e n a t o r J o e army should have discharged Reports suggested that Maj
Lieberman says he plans to open him. Hasan, who was due to be sent to Submitted at 11/8/2009 6:08:42 PM
further violence.
a congressional investigation into The Associated Press news Afghanistan, had been Frozen ties
last week's deadly shooting at a agency reports that some of Maj increasingly unhappy in the Venezuelan President Hugo In response to Mr Chavez's
Texas army base. Hasan's colleagues had expressed army. Chavez has urged his armed comments, Colombian President
Mr Lieberman, who chairs the concern about his growing anger His cousin told US media last forces to be prepared for possible A l v a r o U r i b e s a i d h i s
S e n a t e H o m e l a n d S e c u r i t y over the US wars in Iraq and week that he had been opposed to w a r w i t h C o l o m b i a a m i d government would seek help
Committee, told Fox TV that he Afghanistan. his imminent deployment, growing diplomatic and border from the UN Security Council
wanted to find out whether it was Another army psychiatrist, Val describing it as his "worst tensions. and also the Organization of
a terrorist attack. Finnell, told AP he had nightmare". He said the best way to avoid American States.
Nidal Malik Hasan, a Muslim c o m p l a i n e d t o a r m y Mr Hasan's cousin also said the war was to prepare for it. In "Colombia has not made nor will
army major, is suspected of administrators about what he gunman had been battling racial response, Colombia said it would it make any bellicose move
killing 13 people. considered Maj Hasan's "anti- harassment because of his seek UN help. toward the international
Mr Lieberman also said he American" rants. "Middle Eastern ethnicity." Venezuela blames the tension community, even less so toward
hoped to determine whether the "In retrospect, I'm not surprised Maj Hasan was born in the US with its neighbour on closer fellow Latin American nations,"
army missed signs that Maj he did it," Mr Finnell said of the of Palestinian parents and has military ties between Colombia a statement by Mr Uribe said.
Hasan harboured extreme views. shootings. been described as a devout and the US. Ties between Colombia and
T h e 3 9 - y e a r - o l d a r m y Investigators are still looking Muslim. Colombia says US forces are Venezuela have been frozen
psychiatrist opened fire at the into the motive of the attack. Print Sponsor there to help in the fight against since July when Bogota said it
Fort Hood base on Thursday. But Army Chief of Staff George This content has passed through rebels and drug traffickers. would let the US army use its
Besides those killed, 29 people C a s e y w a r n e d a g a i n s t fivefilters.org. "Let's not waste a day on our military bases for anti-drugs
were wounded. speculation. main aim: to prepare for war and operations.
Maj Hasan was shot by a police He told ABC's This Week to help the people prepare for The agreement has caused alarm
officer and remains in a coma. programme on Sunday that war, because it is everyone's among some of Colombia's
responsibility," Mr Chavez said neighbours, who object to an
KRAFT during his TV and radio show increased US military presence in
continued from page 57 Alo, Presidente. the region.
true value of our company, and questioned Cadbury's continued to stand 0.5% lower on the day at Mr Chavez has also ordered When news of the deal first
involves the unattractive prospect ability to stand alone. 754p. 15,000 troops to the border, broke in August, Mr Chavez
of the absorption of Cadbury into "We believe that our proposal Many investors had expected citing increased violence by warned that "winds of war" were
a low growth conglomerate offers the best immediate and Kraft to increase its offer to Colombian paramilitary groups. blowing across the continent.
business model," he continued. long-term value for Cadbury's tempt the board to back the The BBC's Jeremy McDermott Print Sponsor
'Long-term' value shareholders and for the proposal. in Bogota, Colombia, says that This content has passed through
Under Takeover Panel rules, company itself compared with Weekend reports had said that normally such declarations would fivefilters.org.
Kraft had until 1700 GMT on any other option currently some Cadbury shareholders not cause alarm, but because of
Monday to make a new offer or it available, including Cadbury thought 820p a share would be a the current tensions there are
would have been blocked from remaining independent," she said. "starting point" for discussions
making an approach for six Shares in Cadbury, which had with Kraft.
months. been more than 1% higher in
Kraft chairman Irene Rosenfeld Monday morning trade, then fell KRAFT page 59
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US trio 'on Iran spying charge' Health-care reform in

(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 11/9/2009 6:43:23 AM
appealed for their release.
"We believe strongly that there is
no evidence to support any
are facing charges of spying and
the inquiry is continuing," Irna
quoted him as saying.
America: Claiming a
Three young Americans detained said.
charge whatsoever," Mrs Clinton

in Iran over alleged illegal entry She urged Tehran to free the
The prosecutor said that an
opinion on the case would be
given "in the not too distant
victory
(The Economist: News election next year. After securing
are to be charged with espionage, group, calling on the authorities future". analysis) the lone Republican's support,
Iranian state news agency Irna to "exercise compassion". Swiss diplomats were allowed to Steny Hoyer, the Democrat's
Submitted at 11/8/2009 5:46:38 PM
says. 'Charges of spying' meet the trio, who are in their 20s majority leader, jokingly declared
Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and The three Americans were and 30s, in late September for the [ fivefilters.org: unable to that there had been “a bipartisan
Joshua Fattal have been held by seized by Iranian border guards first time since their arrest. retrieve full-text content] vote”.
Iranian authorities since the end on 31 July. Their relatives say The Swiss government A bill to reform health care Success in the House, however,
of July. they accidentally strayed into represents US interests in Iran, squeaks through the House. The is just one part of a long process.
The trio are thought to have Iran while hiking. with whom the US has no formal action moves to the Senate Senators must next debate their
crossed a poorly marked border According to the state news diplomatic relations. THE House of Representatives own health-care proposals, which
by mistake while hiking in Iraq's agency, the move was announced Print Sponsor narrowly passed a health-care bill could be brought to the Senate
Kurdish region. by general prosecutor Abbas This content has passed through on Saturday November 7th, a big floor before the end of this
Speaking in Berlin, US Secretary Jafari Dolatabadi. fivefilters.org. step for those who want to month. If they manage to pass a
o f S t a t e H i l l a r y C l i n t o n "The three Americans arrested reform America's $2.5 trillion bill then differences between the
c o n d e m n e d t h e n e w s a n d near the border of Iran and Iraq health-care system. Barack House and Senate versions would
KRAFT Obama spent part of his Saturday need to be hammered out before
continued from page 58 making a rare visit to Capitol Hill a final act is sent to the president
Shares in Cadbury have risen Bassett's. t o p r e s s s o m e h e s i t a t i n g to sign. Nevertheless, the House
about 30% since late August. It spun off its drinks division as Democrats into giving their b i l l m a r k s a s t e p t o w a r d s
Cadbury has 50,000 private a separate business last year. support, although in the end the A m e r i c a g e t t i n g t h e m o s t
shareholders. The largest is US Kraft's brands include Kenco tally of 220-215 in favour of the significant piece of health-care
investment management firm and Maxwell House coffee, Oreo legislation, with 39 Democrats legislation through Congress
Franklin Resources, which owns biscuits, Jacobs, Terry's voting against, was a tight since Medicare in 1965, creating
just over 8%. Legal & General Chocolate Orange and Toblerone, margin. The bill picked up the near-universal coverage for
holds 5.2% of the firm. as well as cheese products such support of just one Republican, health insurance. Veterans of past
Kraft will have 60 days from the as Philadelphia and Dairylea. J o s e p h C a o , a f i r s t - t e r m health-care battles are delighted.
posting of its offer document to Print Sponsor congressman from New Orleans ...
gain shareholder's support for the This content has passed through who faces a tough battle for re-
bid unless a competitor enters the fivefilters.org.
frame.
As well as Dairy Milk, Cadbury
also owns the Green & Black's
chocolate brand, Halls lozenges,
Trident and Dentyne gum brands
and liquorice allsorts maker
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Research Brief: Radio Dominant Audio Device

(MediaPost | Media News) effect on radio consumption. Audio Sources by Location(% of the highest reach among those among those who listen to radio
Submitted at 11/9/2009 5:15:20 AM
Radio was found to have a higher Minutes) with higher levels of
reach (82%) among those who % of Minutes Listened education and income Broadcast radio reaches those
According to a Nielsen analysis listen to portable audio devices, Source • Approximately 12% of aged 18-34 at rates equivalent to
of a media study conducted by compared to the average reach Own Home study participants listened to the general adult population, with
t h e C o u n c i l f o r R e s e a r c h for all audio consumers. Car MP3s and iPods for an average 79.2% of younger adults listening
Excellence, 77% of adults are Jeff Haley, President and CEO Work of 69 minutes per day, yet to broadcast radio for an average
reached by broadcast radio on a of the Radio Advertising Bureau Broadcast radio eight-in-ten of these individuals of 104 minutes a day among
daily basis, second only to (RAB), concludes that "... this... 46.4% also listened to broadcast listeners. On average, individuals
television at 95%. The study observational study of today's 74.2% radio for an average of 97 spend almost identical amounts
f o u n d t h a t W e b / I n t e r n e t consumer proves that the primary 53.8% minutes per day of time during weekdays
(excluding email) reached 64%, source of new music is the Satellite radio • 90% of adults are exposed to (454 minutes) as they do on
newspaper 35%, and magazines radio." 7.2 some form of audio media on weekends (458 minutes) using
27%. Another key takeaway from the 5.5 a daily basis, with one of the five key media
And, in a deeper analysis of reports is that broadcast radio is 12.3 broadcast radio having by far sources.
audio media titled "How U.S. the dominant form of audio CDs/Tapes the largest share of listening time And, among key "advertising-
Adults Use Radio and Other media at home, work, and in the 20.6 based" media platforms:
Forms of Audio," Nielsen found car. Exposure to audio listening 16.2 Considering Portable Audio • Live television had the
that: falls into four tiers in terms of 4.0 Devices: highest reach and daily usage
• 90% of consumers listen to level of usage among listeners: Digital audio stored • MP3 and iPod players among users (95.3%, 331
some form of audio media per • Broadcast & satellite radio 8.8 averaged only 8 minutes of minutes)
day (79.1% daily reach; 122 5.0 listening per day among the • B r o a d c a s t radio
• The 77% who listen to minutes daily use among users) Digital audio streamed entire observed sample, with just (77.3% reach, 109 minutes)
broadcast radio surpass the 37% • CDs and tapes (37.1% daily 6.7 u n d e r 9 0 % o f t h e s a m p l e • Web/Internet [excluding use
who listen to CDs and tapes reach; 72 minutes) - not listening a t a l l . of email] (63.7%, 77 minutes)
and the 12% who listen to • Portable audio 12.6 • Among listeners of portable • Newspapers (34.6%, 41
portable audio devices. [ipods/MP3 players] ( 11.6% Portable audio audio devices (11.6%), the minutes)
• Almost 80% of those aged daily reach; 69minutes), digital 8.6 h i g h e s t r e a c h w a s a m o n g • Magazines (26.5%, 22
18 to 34 listening to broadcast audio stored on a computer such 3.6 t h o s e a g e d 1 8 t o 3 4 y e a r s minutes)
radio in an average day. as music files downloaded or 1.6 (20.8%), singles (18.5%), and
transferred to and played on a Other audio those who tend to be more For additional information from
While the recent emergence of computer (10.4% daily 1.7 technology-savvy (18.2%) Nielsen, and to access the PDF
portable audio devices like the reach; 65 minutes average use), 10.6 • Among those who also file of the study, please go here.
iPod and other MP3 players was and digital audio streamed on Source: The Nielsen Company, listened to portable audio devices This content has passed through
considered a threat to traditional a computer (9.3% daily reach; October 2009 such as MP3 players or iPods, fivefilters.org.
forms of audio, this study's 67 minutes) Other findings highlighted in the broadcast radio had a daily reach
evidence suggests that the new • Audio on mobile phones ( report include: of 81.6% reach and 97
technology has had a positive • Audio media exposure has minutes of average listening time
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MediaDailyNews: Clear Channel Doubles LibreDigital Provides

Up On Integrated Marketing Team, Taps AllAccess to Content
Reichig To Oversee Outdoor Assets (Information Today)
(MediaPost | Media News) Prior to joining Clear Channel, was sold to Time Warner and
Reichig had been principal of In- integrated into its Turner (Yahoo! News Search Results
Submitted at 11/9/2009 4:16:23 AM
Focus Media Consulting, Broadcasting System unit. for e-readers)
In another hire of a top media developing sales strategies for Reichig also has extensive Submitted at 11/9/2009 7:10:50 AM ability to have a broad selection
sales and marketing executive, key clients including Weather experience in research and of cheap content makes a
Clear Channel has recruited Channel, Rainbow Media and marketing for broadcast TV and LibreDigital Provides AllAccess difference to them." While
Debbie Reichig as senior vice Current Media. Prior to that, she online media, having worked in to Content Amazon dominates the e-reader
president-business development served as senior vice president- senior roles at iVillage, Comedy by Nancy Davis Kho market with its proprietary
and marketing of its Clear market development at NBC Central, the Network Television Posted On November 9, 2009 format-Forrester estimates it
Channel Outdoor Holdings unit. U n i v e r s a l , d i r e c t i n g t h e Association, AGB, Lifetime There's no question that e- controls nearly 60% of e-reader
Reichig, who has a long track integrated media sales marketing Television, and Blair/Telerep. readers are garnering huge market share-newer entrants are
record for leveraging innovative division across all assets and But this is her first role explicitly interest from consumers and seeking to make it as easy as
research measuring the ROI, or instituting mechanisms for developing out-of-home media, enterprise users alike. But a possible for readers to access
return-on-investment, of media e n h a n c e d marketing which increasingly is taking on niggling problem remains for content across devices, hewing to
buys for advertisers and agencies communications across the auspices of other electronic mobile readers-how to untether the EPUB standards for flexible
w i l l b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r organization. media outlets as it integrates content from the device on which delivery formats.
developing sales strategies and But Reichig is perhaps best digital technologies and screens. it's read. At the recent Internet L i b r e D i g i t a l (
research related to it. She reports known for her role as senior vice "I worked in both cable and Librarian conference in www.libredigital.com) is one
to Rocky Sisson, executive vice president-sales strategy at Court online when they were nascent Monterey, Calif., Britt Mueller, player in the e-reader market
president-sales and marketing. TV, where she developed industries and although outdoor director of library services at trying to offer maximum format
Reichig's appointment comes innovative research initiatives to is one of, if not the oldest ad QUALCOMM, found that flexibility to readers. The Austin,
just months after Clear Channel measure the ROI of advertising platform, I see a great many employee interest was high Texas-based company, which has
hired another high-profile media buys on the cable channel. parallels," Reichig tells during a recent pilot program for offered publishers digital
m a r k e t i n g e x e c u t i v e , J o h n Among other things, she created MediaDailyNews. "Outdoor is e-reader loans. But she was warehousing and e-distribution
Partilla, 44, to serve as executive an ROI Council in which ad poised to explode on the frustrated by the lack of material solutions since 1999, recently
vice president and president of a g e n c y e x e c u t i v e s a n d marketplace with new digital available to her users. "We are showcased a new "AllAccess"
global media sales of the parent advertisers directed innovative, capabilities, new metrics and talking to vendors about the fact content delivery platform at the
c o m p a n y , C l e a r C h a n n e l primary research on media newly defined value. I am that content will drive usage [of Texas Book Festival (TBF;
Communications, indicating that advertising effectiveness, and she treating it as a new ad platform mobile devices]. We need www.texasbookfestival.org). The
the company remains committed also helped strike some of the and expect it to see similar levels materials that can be used, TBF, an annual event drawing
t o a n a g g r e s s i v e s a l e s first upfront advertising sales of growth." untethered, on any device." more than 200 authors and more
development marketing strategy. deals based on guarantees of This content has passed through That preference for untethered, than 35,000 book lovers,
Partilla had previously been head ROI, as opposed to conventional fivefilters.org. open access formats will be a provided a peek at the technology
of Time Warner's Global Media ratings delivery. major decision factor driving that company officials expect to
Group. Reichig left Court TV when it device adoption patterns as e- launch in 2Q 2010 to allow
readers move mainstream, publishers, resellers, and authors
according to Forrester analyst to give readers access to ebooks
Sarah Rotman Epps. "Content
choice really matters for LIBREDIGITAL page 63
consumers," Epps says. "The
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E-Readers Up Close: Getting to know the Sony Readers, Part 1

(O'Reilly Media)
(Yahoo! News Search Results available. Others include unsecured.
for e-readers) Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & • EPUB This file format is used
Submitted at 11/9/2009 8:00:37 AM
Noble's Nook. with files created for the e-
Sony offers several versions of publishing standard. Related files
William Stanek here, taking an this device, including the PRS- end with the .epub extension and
up close look at e-readers. First 505 and the PRS-700. The PRS- can be secured or unsecured.
up, the Sony e-readers. 505 was introduced in 2007 and • PDF This file format is used
Sony unveiled its first reader the PRS-700 was introduced in with files created for Adobe
device in January 2006 and the 2008. Both devices have their Acrobat. Related files end with
device became available in early strengths. the .pdf extension and can be
2007. The Sony Reader, like all The PRS-505 and the PRS-700 secured or unsecured.
currently available e-readers, has h a v e a 6 - i n c h s c r e e n t h a t • Text This file format is used
a black-and-white active matrix provides a resolution of 600x800 with files containing plain text.
EPD display. As with other pixels--or approximately 170 Related files end with the .txt
devices and E Ink itself, the Sony pixels per inch. High contrast and extension.
Reader has evolved through high resolution, with a near 180º • RTF This file format is used
several generations of products. viewing angle ensures easy with rich-text formatted files.
T h e o r i g i n a l S o n y R e a d e r reading in variety of lighting Related files end with the .rtf
supported 4 grayscale levels and conditions. With eight levels of extension.
was able to switch the display at gray, the screen provides good • DOC, DOCX These file
a typical rate of 1.2 seconds. This display for charts, illustrations formats are used with Microsoft
meant that the device typically and other types of graphics. Word. If Microsoft Word is
displayed the next page in an e- (Readers with 8 levels of gray installed on your computer, your
book in 1.2 seconds. scale are second generation. .doc or .docx documents are
Second generation Sony Reader Readers with 16 levels of gray converted automatically to RTF
models support 8 grayscale levels scale are third generation.) when you transfer them to the
or higher and are able to more Turning the page in an e-book Sony Reader using the Sony E-
rapidly switch the display. The takes about a second and the Book Library software.
typical display switch rate is 40% battery supports approximately Secured files have digital right
faster than the original reader at 7,500 continuous page turns on a management (DRM) applied to
.74 seconds or less. This means single charge. This number of protect the intellectual property
that the device typically displays page turns per battery charge is rights of the copyright holder.
the next page in an e-book in .74 fairly typical for 1st and 2nd Unsecured files do not have
seconds or less. Additionally, as generation e-readers. Like most e DRM applied. The Sony Reader
t h e P R S - 7 0 0 h a s a f a s t e r -readers, the Sony readers run the only supports DRM protected
processor than the PRS-505, the Linux operating system and use a PDF and EPUB files if Adobe
PRS-700 is able to more quickly USB 2.0 interface. Using a Digital Editions 1.5 or later is
transfer media to the reader. You • BBeB This file format is used
render the page for the display. standard USB cable, you can installed and authorized on your
can use the reader to view files in with digital books and
The Sony Portable Reader connect the reader to your a variety of document formats. publications. Related files end computer. Additionally, with the
System (PRS) is one of the most computer and then use the Sony Document file types supported with the .lrf and .lrx file
a d v a n c e d r e a d e r d e v i c e s E-Book Library software to E-READERS page 65
by the reader include: extensions and can be secured or
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continued from page 61
on nearly any device. Regardless
of where they are reading,
AllAccess' platform formats the
content such that the presentation
is optimized for each device, and
licensing and provisioning are all
handled in the background.
Visitors to the TBF website are
able to use AllAccess to
download The Story of Edgar
Sawtelle by author David
Wroblewski to their iPhone,
Kindle, Sony Reader, a web
browser, or desktop. Bob
Carlton, vice president of
marketing for LibreDigital, says
that the consumer reaction to
AllAccess' technology at the
festival was encouraging. "We
were heartened by the number of
ebook readers saying ‘this is
what we needed.' They are
realizing that prior to this, they
didn't own the content they
downloaded; they were only
renting it on a specific platform."
Carlton sees user expectations
for e-readers evolving rapidly
through 2010; indeed, according
to a July 2009 Forrester report
titled "Who Will Buy an
eReader?" the mainstream
audience now coming on board
with e-readers includes more
female users and less tech-savvy
people who read voraciously than
the early adopters. Carlton says
his company's use case research
suggests that the mainstream
reading public will want to read
the same content across platforms
during the course of a single day.
"They may start a book during
the commute on a laptop, switch
to an iPhone while waiting in the
carpool, and finish it sitting at a
desktop computer screen while
waiting on hold," Carlton says,
an experience that publishers can
offer readers via AllAccess
technology.
Sarah Wendell, who blogs about
romance novels as Smart Bitch
Sarah at the Smart Bitches,
Trashy Books blog (
www.smartbitchestrashybooks.co
m), points out that the
accessibility and portability of
the AllAccess approach is hugely
appealing to women readers, who
not only comprise the biggest
percentage of fiction readers
(romance fiction alone generated
$1.37 billion in U.S. sales in
2008) but tend to read in small
chunks of time. "Women are the
biggest multitaskers around. The
danger to publishing isn't that
readers will choose something
else to read if they can't access a
particular book. It's that they'll
choose something else to do
entirely," Wendell says.
For LibreDigital, AllAccess
represents an evolution in the
services it has provided to
publishers over the past decade.
Six of the top 10 book publishers
use Digital Warehouse,
LibreDigital's solution for
storing, accessing, distributing,
and repurposing published
content and for tracking its data;
and BookBrowse, a technology
that replicates the offline
experience of book buying by
allowing readers to flip through
the pages of a book.
Additionally, 175 periodicals
including newspapers,
magazines, and trade journals are
using LibreDigital's iBrowse to
provide a digital replica of the
classic news reading experience.
Those existing relationships with
publishers will come in handy as
LibreDigital pursues digital
distribution arrangements. The
company says it is in discussions
with a number of publishers
about piloting the AllAccess
platform during 1Q 2010.
Regarding how the service will
be priced, Carlton expects that,
much like the music industry has
done in differentiating price
points by distribution channel,
LibreDigital's flexible digital
access will be bundled as a part
of the publisher's overall pricing
structure. "We think some will
bundle it as part of their content
access fee, while others will use
the flexible delivery format to
add value to their traditional
models."
The AllAccess announcement
does highlight a further blurring
of the lines between digital
distributors, publishers, retailers,
and authors. While LibreDigital
has worked primarily with
publishers in the past, it's not
hard to imagine authors drawn to
the freedom that the AllAccess
platform would give them in
distributing their works directly
to readers. As Forrester's Epps
points out, "The AllAccess
announcement is interesting
because it shows that new
entrants are coming from
adjacent markets." She believes
this shows just how vulnerable
bricks and mortar competitors
such as Barnes & Noble and
Borders are to new market
entrants.
But Carlton takes pains to point
out that his company is a strong
partner of Barnes & Noble,
indeed powering part of its site
with LibreDigital technology. "In
this emerging ecosystem there
are spaces where companies
compete, and other spaces where
they are partners. The majority of
ebook reading happens on
laptops and netbooks, not on
devices. Retailers like the fact
that AllAccess gives them
freedom of choice."
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Taiwan Firm Positioned
for E-Reader Takeoff
(New York Times)
(Yahoo! News Search Results
for e-readers)
Submitted at 11/8/2009 12:14:05 PM
TAIPEI — With the market for
electronic book readers set to
take off, things are looking up for
a little-known Taiwanese
company that will probably
supply most of the “e-paper” they
use.
The company, Prime View
International, said this summer
that it would pay about $215
million to acquire E-Ink, which
owns the technology for
displaying text in the most
popular readers, including
Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s
Reader.
Prime View, often referred to as
P.V.I., recently sweetened its
offer and says it hopes to close
the deal by the end of the year. It
already manufactures e-reader
display modules for the Kindle
and the Reader.
“E-Ink is by far the leader” in the
field, said John Chen, director of
the display technology center at
ITRI, a government-financed
technology incubator in Taiwan.
“P.V.I. is going to strengthen its
leadership in the next year or
two, before anyone else can catch
up.”
Demand for e-paper is expected
to rise, with Amazon expanding
the availability of the Kindle to
Europe and the U.S. book retailer
TAIWAN page 65
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New Multimedia Device Joins Parade of E-

Readers (Enterprise Security Today)
(Yahoo! News Search Results There are also reports that an analyst with industry research overnight."
for e-readers) tiremaker Bridgestone is firm Forrester, pointed out that, The other development, she said,
Submitted at 11/9/2009 12:08:50 AM
developing a flexible e-book while LCD screens are good for is if BlackBerry maker Research
reader, although so far it's only a video and graphics, in Motion or another smartphone
The e-reader market is getting prototype. And there have been electrophoretic screens have maker decides to release a double
yet another entry, with a report many reports that Apple is higher contrast and make reading -screen device, with both a LCD
that Creative Labs is unveiling a preparing to enter the market text easier. and an E Ink display.
tablet. The device, called a early next year with its own She noted that E Ink, a company Ross Rubin, director of industry
Mediabook, was shown at the tablet e-reader. based in Cambridge, Mass., "now analysis for consumer technology
Singapore-based company's Creative Labs' fan site has about 100 percent market at NPD Group, noted that
general meeting last week. Epizenter.net originated the share" in electrophoretic screens, Google's open-source operating
Although Creative hasn't made Mediabook report, and quotes but that will change next year as system, Android, is increasingly
an official announcement, news Willie Png, vice president of competition heats up. showing up on these devices. He
reports indicate that the s t r a t e g i c b u s i n e s s , a s In general, she said, 2010 is pointed out that Barnes &
Mediabook has a touchscreen, downplaying the Kindle as "just shaping up to be "an interesting Noble's nook is Android-based,
Internet connectivity, slots for another electronic device which year for the e-reader space" with as is Creative's recently released
SD memory cards, text-to-speech displays books in text." By new tablets and dual-screen Zii Egg, which features 1080p
capability, and is based on the contrast, Png told the site, the readers emerging. But Epps high-definition video and is
company's Zii technology. Mediabook will allow the merger pointed out that, right now, most described by Creative as a
Kindle 'Just Another Electronic of "videos, pictures, text and of the announcements are "StemCell Computer."
Device' services into one device that reaching the industry, not Rubin noted that several of
There was no word on the s u p p o r t s a m e d i a - r i c h consumers. Creative's Android-based
Mediabook's launch date, but the e x p e r i e n c e . " For the consumer, she said, the e devices, like those based on Zii
e-reader category is already Epizenter also reports that -reader category is still largely technology, have been more
beginning to have more than a Creative is in discussion with a the Kindle, but a few focused toward developers and
few entries. There's the best variety of publishers about developments could make big not yet released to a mass market
known, Amazon's Kindle, as well providing content. differences. She said one would in the U.S.
as Sony's recently updated e- LCD or Electrophoretic? be if Apple decides to make e- This content has passed through
readers and the newly released There was also no word on what publications a big category on fivefilters.org.
nook from Barnes & Noble, kind of screen the Mediabook iTunes, in which case "Apple
among others. would use. Sarah Rotman Epps, would become a major player
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continued from page 63
Barnes & Noble creating its own
e-reader to compete with
Amazon and Sony.
The availability of more content
and the ability to download
material wirelessly has fueled
demand for the devices.
DisplaySearch, a market
researcher based in Austin,
Texas, forecasts the global
market for e-paper, including e-
paper used in e-books, to hit $5.9
billion by 2015, from $400
million this year.
This is not the first time Prime
View has jumped into a growing
market early. It became the first
Taiwanese maker of flat-panel
screens in 1994. Ten years later,
in a crowded market dominated
by the likes of Samsung and LG
Display, it decided to focus on
specialty products like custom
displays for medical devices.
In 2005, it acquired Philips
Electronics’ e-paper display unit,
in an early bet on the industry.
“All the big companies like
Samsung weren’t so interested in
this market,” said David Hsieh,
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PRS-505, you must be using the
latest firmware release to use all
of these formats.
The Sony Reader supports
display of PDF in both normal
and "reflowed" modes. In the
reflowed modes, the reader takes
the original content and reflows it
at an alternate font size of your
choosing. The result is
surprisingly good and most
documents reflow almost
president of DisplaySearch’s
Taiwan branch. “So Prime View
found a good niche.”
It was also a good fit considering
Prime View’s pedigree. The
company is a subsidiary of Yuen
Foong Yu Group, a Taiwanese
paper and pulp company. The
group started making toilet paper
and paperboard as early as 1939
and began producing coated
paper in the 1950s with Japanese
technology, according to its Web
site.
Now, one of Taiwan’s first mass
producers of paper looks set,
through a subsidiary, to become
the world’s first mass producer of
e-paper.
Analysts say Prime View’s
production capacity, which
includes factories in South Korea
it acquired in 2007, make it the
only e-paper company with the
scale to meet booming global
demand. And the ownership of E
-Ink will mean they have no
intellectual property issues to
overcome and can make e-paper
“from head to toe,” Mr. Hsieh
perfectly. However, the more
complex the content, the less
satisfactory the result.
To ensure the highest quality,
BBeB, PDF and EPUB should be
your formats of choice whenever
possible. BBeB, PDF and EPUB
support font styles (bold, italics,
underline, etc), advanced layout,
tables, charts, graphs,
illustrations, and more. The Sony
Reader works well with these file
said.
The company has its critics. Jeff
Pu, an expert on the flat-panel
industry in Taiwan, says Prime
View has too much exposure in
conventional liquid crystal
displays. Prime View says that
about half of its business
concerns e-paper products.
A demand dip could be
punishing, said Mr. Pu, who
currently analyzes the mobile
industry at Fubon Securities in
Taipei. For example, he said,
Prime View executives told
analysts in April that its Korean
factories were operating at 30
percent of capacity in the first
quarter of this year, and that 65
percent was “break-even level.”
Mr. Pu also sees a price war
coming, as AU Optronics, LG
Display and others enter the e-
paper market. AU Optronics has
the most promising e-paper
technology after E-Ink, the
“microcups” technology owned
by its subsidiary Sipix. Prime
View will have to cut its prices
after it loses its first-mover
formats.
RTF is a lower quality
alternative for when you cannot
use BBeB, PDF or EPUB but
want to preserve some of the
layout features of the document,
such as font styles (bold, italics,
underline, etc), basic layout and
tables. Use the Text format to
format a document as plain text
and preserve only the most basic
formatting elements.
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advantage, Mr. Pu said.
For now, Prime View is
shrugging off such predictions. A
company spokesman, Stephen
Chen, conceded that capacity was
low at the company’s Korean
factories early this year but said
that was because of the unusually
bad economic downturn.
Mr. Chen said the company did
not plan to license the E-ink
technology to others and declined
to comment on whether it might
make its own e-reader.
“So far, for mass production and
quality, E-Ink is the first priority
for customers,” Mr. Chen said.
“So I think we’ll keep the leading
edge for some time — a few
years is certain.”
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