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The First Draft: Missile defense, Iran and value voters
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by Obama that Moscow hardliners would try to exploit further. Russian Prime Minister Submitted at 9/18/2009 8:56:29 AM Vladimir Putin described it as President Barack Obama’s “correct and brave,” and followed decision to abandon a big, fixed- up Friday with a speech calling installation missile defense shield for Obama to agree to concessions in Eastern Europe is drawing on trade and technology transfer. some angry reaction abroad. The Bush administration had Conservatives in Poland, where proposed the shield to counter the Bush administration planned concerns Iran was developing a to base interceptor rockets, and long-range missile capability that the Czech Republic, where a radar could strike at the United States. installation was planned, accused The Obama administration said Washington of buckling to Iranian short- and medium-range Russian pressure. missiles were a more immediate Defense Secretary Robert Gates concern. It said it would scrap the meets Friday afternoon with his antiballistic missile shield in favor Czech counterpart, Martin Bartak, of a more mobile, versatile system as the administration works to targeting shorter-range missiles. explain its new thinking. It may U.S. newspapers were more be a hard sell. receptive to that rationale. The “Betrayal! The USA has sold us New York Times called it “a to the Russians and stabbed us in sound strategic decision” and the back,” said the Polish tabloid USA today said it marked the first Fakt. big break in foreign policy with The Czech daily Lidowe the former administration. Noviny took a similar line. Republicans charged that it “Obama gave in to the Kremlin,” amounted to a big security it said. concession to Russia, even as the Some military experts viewed administration said the decision the decision as a sign of weakness was all about Iran and not had a “national and religious duty” to confront it. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a speech looking at her aims for the U.N. General Assembly, said the missile decision was a reaction to Iran, not Russia. “We would never, never walk away from our allies,” she said. Obama meets today with Susan Rice, his ambassador to the United Nations, ahead of the General Assembly session. And the religious right begins its annual Washington gathering — the Value Voters Summit — looking for ways to rally conservative Christians against Obama’s agenda, including healthcare reform. Moscow. The announcement came ahead of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York next week and the start of direct talks in October between Iran and major powers concerned about its nuclear enrichment program. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did little Friday to allay those worries. Speaking to worshipers at Tehran University, Ahmadinejad said the Holocaust was a “lie based on an unprovable and mythical claim.” He said it was a pretext to create a Jewish state and that Iranians http://www.reuters.com/news/poli tics Photo credit: Reuters/Larry Downing (Obama discusses missile defense Thursday); Reuters/Yuri Gripas (Gates discussing missile defense Thursday)

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Clinton, Gingrich, Lott share political war stories and laughs
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here,” Clinton said, drawing chuckles and applause from a packed crowd on Capitol Hill of a Submitted at 9/18/2009 9:04:38 AM few hundred people, including While members of the U.S. past and present congressional Congress angrily debated bogged- power brokers. down efforts at healthcare reform, Indeed, it was a strange scene. three one-time adversaries shared Clinton, Lott and Gingrich often old stories, pats on the back and engaged in front-page political laughs. battles during the former Former Democratic President president’s eight years in the Bill Clinton, ex-Republican White House that ended in House Speaker Newt Gingrich January 2001. and former Senate Republican Most notably, Gingrich and Lott Leader Trent got together this helped lead the failed bid in late week for the unveiling of Lott’s 1998 and early 1999 to oust official Senate portrait. Clinton from office for lying “I’m still wondering why I’m about an affair with a White House intern. None of them, in their remarks, made any mention of the scandal that rocked the nation and that tied up Congress for months. Neither did they go near the flap that caused Lott to step down as Senate majority leader after making what was seen as a racially insensitive remark in 2002, ending more than five years a t the helm of the Senate. Instead, they focused on the good times, kidded about some tough times and talked about productive times. They noted that together they balanced the budget for the first time in 30 years and passed major legislation, including measures to overhaul welfare, dramatically boost education spending and create the federal health insurance program for children. Lott revealed a key to their ability to find common ground. “We never lost our ability to talk, even when I said something stupid — or vice versa,” Lott said. Along the way, they developed a friendship. “The world be amazed to know what good chemistry Trent and Newt and I had in private,” Clinton said. Gingrich said the three were similar in their rise to power. “We came out of nowhere, we had no plausible reason to get here, we got here and were slightly confused by the experience … and couldn’t believe the other two were here,” Gingrich said. Lott acknowledged hanging on his office walls cartoons ridiculing Clinton. He said Clinton, after seeing them, laughed and gave him another cartoon — this one of Clinton skillfully fending off Republican opposition. Clinton framed and CLINTON, page 3

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Politicians score big in the NFL — campaign contributions
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autographed it for the then Senate Republican leader. Amid the laughter there was also some heartfelt talk. Clinton told Lott, said: “When it is all said and done, all that matters is whether people are better off than when you started.” “On that score, my friend, you did pretty well,” Clinton said. Lott had a message for Congress, which has becoming increasingly partisan in recent years. “If three good ole boys from the South, like the ones you heard today, can find a way to get it done …. I know that the outstanding leaders that we have in Congress … can get it done.” Lott added, “I will be praying for you.” For more Reuters political news, click here. Photo credit: Reuters/Hyungwon Kang (Clinton, Lott pose in front of portrait of Lott.)

presidential candidate Barack Obama was the recipient of contributions from a number of Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:37:35 AM big names from the gridiron. Politicians have hit pay dirt in They included Atlanta Falcons the National Football League, tight end Tony Gonzalez, $4,600, with some teams providing far Chicago Bears Coach Lovie more fertile turf than others. Smith, $2,300, and Cincinnati The San Diego Chargers Bengals safety Roy Williams, haven’t been much of a $2,300. powerhouse on the field during On the other side of the political the past 20 years. field, Chargers coach Norv Turner But in the game of national gave $2,300 to Republican politics, the Chargers have been a presidential candidate John high-stakes participant, leading McCain. Philadelphia Eagles the league in campaign coach Andy Reid contributed the contributions during that time same amount to Mitt Romney, frame. one of McCain’s vanquished San Diego team owners, challengers for the party’s officials and players combined to presidential nomination. contribute $2.4 million to U.S. An individual can’t contribute congressional and presidential more than $2,300 to a candidate candidates since 1989, according in the primary campaign and to the Center for Responsive $2,300 in the general campaign. Politics, which tracks campaign NFL players could donate this contributions. year to one of their own. According to the center, that’s Congress, compared to $97,075 to thing to have,” said Jerry Miller, Retired Buffalo Bill and four times more than the next Republicans. the NFL’s vice president for Pittsburgh Steeler tight end Jay team, the Houston Texans, L a s t y e a r , t h e N F L , a government relations and policy. R i e m e r s m a i s r u n n i n g f o r $ 6 2 3 , 4 5 6 , f o l l o w e d b y t h e multibillion-dollar enterprise, Miller made the comment in an C o n g r e s s a s a R e p u b l i c a n . Arizona Cardinals, $337,096, and c r e a t e d a p o l i t i c a l a c t i o n interview with Capital Eye, a To see the Center’s full report Washington Redskins, $323,000. committee — Gridiron PAC. publication of the Center for and a listing of all the teams, click ADVERTISEMENT: With few exceptions, most of here. They also opened an office in Responsive Politics. the money went to Republicans. Washington, where they are better For more Reuters political news, (BloggingStocks) Miller was also quoted as saying Officials and employees at The positioned to lobby members of that the NFL lobbies on a variety click here. Submitted at 9/20/2009 10:00:00 N a t i o n a l F o o t b a l l L e a g u e , Congress as well as the White of issues that interest the league, Photo credit: Reuters/Tami however, favored Democrats. House. including labor law, gambling and C h a p p e l l ( T o n y G o n z a l e z They gave $244,798 to the celebrates score in Sept. 13 “Like any large business, a communications. members of the party that now presence in Washington is a good L a s t y e a r , D e m o c r a t i c football game) controls the White House and

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U.S. Hispanics riled over immigrants’ healthcare exclusion
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promises that a new administration would lead us out of the darkness and finally bring Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:05:31 PM about immigration reform," said By Tim Gaynor Lorena Colin of the Mexican President Barack Obama's American Coalition for signature battle to overhaul the Immigration Reform, a ChicagoUnited States' $2.5 trillion based pro-immigrant grassroots healthcare industry to extend group. coverage and lower costs for "Instead, we are seeing the force them further into the Americans has met fierce administration allowing opposition from Republicans. shadows of our society, and we undocumented immigrants to But a move by Democrat relegate them to emergency room become scapegoats and the targets backers to exclude 12 million care -at the highest cost to of widespread derision and hate in illegal immigrants from buying taxpayers," Rep. Luis Gutierrez, the healthcare debate," she added. health coverage and restrict the an Illinois Democrat, told a Reverend Luis Cortés, Jr., p a r t i c i p a t i o n o f a u t h o r i z e d conference call with reporters this meanwhile, the president of a migrants has drawn the ire of U.S. week. Obama has so far been popular prominent Hispanic evangelical Hispanics -- a bloc that network Esperanza said he was overwhelmingly turned out to with U.S. Hispanics. His backing disillusioned with the Democrats, vote for Obama in last year's for comprehensive immigration and warned that Hispanics voters reform, which seeks to allow election. would punish lawmakers who Hispanic lawmakers and millions of illegal immigrants in denied immigrants care in the activists are riled by the bill good standing a chance to pay midterm Congressional elections pushed in the U.S. Senate by fines and become citizens, helped in 2010. Finance Committee Chairman win him two-thirds of the Latino "All we can do at this point is M a x B a u c u s , a M o n t a n a vote in last November's election. look at each local election, one by But activists say the push to Democrat, which denies illegal one, and punish those individualsimmigrants the option to buy exclude undocumented workers regardless of their party-who deny from paying for healthcare -- even health insurance and places a fiverights to legal immigrants and y e a r w a i t p e r i o d o n l e g a l for their U.S. born children -- is children, as well as the poorest in immigrants before they can access testing support for Obama among our nation, the undocumented," he Latinos, who make up 15 percent health benefits. said. "When we effectively bar the of the population and 9 percent of immigrant community from the electorate. "The Latino vote was based on buying private insurance, we

Havana gears up for huge concert
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Putin calls for follow-up to missile U-turn
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Vladimir Putin, Russia’s prime minister, on Friday welcomed the Obama administration’s decision

to scrap plans for a missile defence shield in Europe as a positive step – but he said that other US concessions should follow. In his first public comments since the White House announced

of the free concert is highly symbolic. The headquarters of the Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:05:02 PM communist party is in Revolution Havana is preparing for the Square, along with a giant metal biggest open air concert since the sculpture of Che Guevara's head. 1959 revolution, featuring some The square was used by Fidel 15 top Latin American, Spanish Castro used to give five-hour and Cuban performers. speeches, and is also where Pope Hundreds of thousands of John Paul II held a historic open Cubans are expected to attend the air mass in 1998. concert in Revolution Square in Our correspondent says the Havana. concert will feature the kind of Colombian singer Juanes, who big-name Latin line up that the has organised the event, has isolated, music loving island of received death threats from Cuban Cuba could only dream about in -American opponents of the the past. regime in Miami. Among the artists taking part on But he has won support from Sunday are Spain's Miguel Bose, dissidents within Cuba. Olga Tanon from Puerto Rico, the More than 20 of Cuba's best- C u b a n p e r f o r m e r s S i l v i o known political dissidents, in Rodriguez and Los Van Van. prison since 2003, issued a Are you in Havana? Are you message of support for the concert attending the concert? Send us earlier this month. your comments and experiences W h i l e t h e c r i t i c s h a v e using the form below. complained that Juanes is Send your pictures to endorsing the island's communist [email protected] or text them system, the dissidents say the to+44 7725 100 100. If you have concert - which is called Peace a large file you can upload here. without Borders - is an Read the terms and conditions opportunity for reconciliation. At no time should you endanger During a break in rehearsals, yourself or others, take any Juanes said the show was about unnecessary risks or infringe any peace and tolerance, not politics. laws. "It's a message of peace, not only The BBC may edit your for Cuba. It's for the entire comments and not all emails will region," he said. be published. Your comments He added that preparations for may be published on any BBC its decision on Thursday, Mr Putin said that he wanted the US the concert had not been easy, but media worldwide. Print Sponsor to support efforts by Russia, "we have all got over our fears". As the BBC's Michael Voss Belarus and Kazakhstan to join the World Trade Organisation. reports from Havana, the location

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2 Colorado men, 1 NYC man arrested in terror probe (AP)
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DENVER – The FBI arrested a 24-year-old Colorado man on charges of making false statements to federal agents in an ongoing terror investigation, and supporting documents contend the man admitted receiving weapons and explosives training from alQaida in Pakistan. Najibullah Zazi of the Denver suburb of Aurora was arrested late Saturday after undergoing three days of questioning by the FBI. Zazi, a legal permanent resident from Afghanistan, was due to appear in federal court on Monday. Also arrested were Zazi's father, Mohammed Wali Zazi, 53, in Denver; and an associate, Ahmad Wais Afzali, 37, of Queens, N.Y., the Justice Department said Sunday. Both also were charged with making false statements to federal agents, a charge that carries a penalty of eight years in prison. Court appearances for both also were set for Monday. Zazi has repeatedly denied to reporters any connection to alQaida or to a purported terrorist plot. A senior U.S. intelligence official in Washington told The Associated Press Friday that Zazi has indicated that he is directly linked with al-Qaida. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss intelligence matters, said Zazi

played a crucial role in an intended terrorist attack but that it was not immediately clear what the targets were. The FBI is investigating several individuals in the United States, Pakistan and elsewhere in an alleged plot to detonate explosive devices in the United States, the Justice Department said in a statement. "The arrests carried out tonight are part of an ongoing and fastpaced investigation," said David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security. "It is important to note that we have no specific information regarding the timing, location or target of any planned attack." A joint FBI- New York Police Department task force feared Zazi may have been involved in a potential plot involving hydrogen peroxide-based explosives like those cited in an intelligence warning issued Monday, according to two other law enforcement officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the investigation. Zazi denies any ties to al-Qaida or terrorism. At a celebration for the end of Ramadan that drew an estimated 5,000 people to a hotel in suburban Aurora Sunday morning, there was suspicion and concern over the arrest. Taj Ashaheed, Colorado Muslim Society spokesman, said he was surprised that the three Larry Summers, the top White House economic adviser, on Friday accused financial lobby groups of using “death panel”

men were only charged with lying to authorities, considering the hype that has surrounded them. "No one here subscribes to the idea of terrorism. We're citizens, too," he said. "If these things are true, it's disturbing and troubling, particularly to the Muslim community." In supporting documents filed with the court, investigators say Zazi admitted to FBI agents last week that in 2008 he received weapons and explosives training from al-Qaida in the federally administered tribal areas of Pakistan. The terror probe gathered momentum after Zazi rented a car and drove from Denver to New York, crossing into Manhattan on Sept. 10. Zazi said he went to New York to resolve some issues with a coffee cart he owns in Manhattan, then flew home to Denver. The FBI searched Zazi's rental car and laptop during the New York trip and listened in on telephone conversations, according to the affidavits. On Monday, FBI agents and police officers with search warrants seeking bomb materials searched three apartments and questioned residents in the Queens neighborhood where Zazi stayed. A Sept. 11 search of Zazi's rental car in New York turned up a laptop computer that contained an image of nine pages of handwritten notes, according to court documents filed with the type scare tactics to try to block the creation of a consumer financial protection agency. Insisting the Obama

arrest warrant. Those notes included instructions about how to build explosives and detonators, the affidavits state. Zazi was asked about the notes during FBI interviews last week and said he knew nothing about them, the documents said. Zazi allegedly told federal agents that he must have unintentionally downloaded the notes along with a religious book. He said he deleted it within a few days after realizing it discussed jihad, the affidavit said. However, federal agents suspect Zazi received the notes via e-mail. Authorities have found images of the notes in two e-mail accounts with similar passwords. One of the accounts has a ninedigit password that is identical to the password for an e-mail account that Zazi told investigators this week was his, the affidavit said. Authorities suspect Zazi controls both e-mail accounts that received copies of the handwritten notes, according to the affidavit. An arrest warrant affidavit says FBI agents intercepted a phone conversation around Sept. 11 in which Afzali, a legal permanent resident from Afghanistan, told Zazi that he had spoken with authorities. "I was exposed to something yesterday from the authorities. And they came to ask me about your characters. They asked me about you guys," Afzali told Zazi, according to the affidavit. administration would not be deflected from this goal, Mr Summers rubbished advertisements claiming that the

However, Afzali allegedly lied to authorities about that conversation when federal agents asked him about it Thursday, according to the affidavit. The department says Mohammed Zazi, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was interviewed last week by the FBI, lied when asked if he knew anyone by the name of Afzali and said he didn't. The FBI said it had wiretapped a conversation between Mohammed Zazi and Afzali during Najibullah Zazi's visit to New York. Wendy Aiello, a spokeswoman for Zazi's defense team, says Zazi and his father were taken to FBI headquarters in Denver. Zazi had been scheduled to go to the Federal Building in Denver on Saturday for a fourth straight day of FBI questioning. However, the meeting was canceled so Zazi could meet with his attorney, Aiello said. The FBI searched Zazi's apartment and his uncle and aunt's home last week in suburban Denver. Authorities have not said what they found. Zazi was born in Afghanistan in 1985, moved to Pakistan at age 7 and emigrated to the United States in 1999. He returned to Pakistan in 2007 and 2008 to visit his wife, according to his attorney, Arthur Folsom. ___ Associated Press writer Eileen Sullivan in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.

Summers hits back at agency plan critics
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Obama rejects Russia missile link
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clear, that probably the jobs picture is not going to improve considerably and it could even get Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:42:48 AM a little bit worse over the next The US president says his couple of months." - CNN's State decision to shelve a missile of the Union. defence plan was not dictated by • Healthcare: "About two-thirds Russian opposition. of what we've proposed would be "The Russians don't make from money that's already in the determinations about what our healthcare system but just being defence posture is," Barack spent badly. And as I said before, Obama told CBS television. this is not me making wild "If the by-product of it is that the assertions." - CBS's Face the R u s s i a n s f e e l a l i t t l e l e s s Nation. paranoid... then that's a bonus," • CIA interrogations: "I continue Mr Obama said. to believe that nobody's above the US conservatives have criticised law" - CBS's Face the Nation. the decision to scrap the plan to • Race: "Are there some people deploy interceptor missiles in who don't like me because of my Poland and a radar station in the race? I'm sure there are." - ABC's Czech Republic. This Week Mr Obama's predecessor, • Afghanistan: "I just want to George W Bush, had argued that m a k e s u r e t h a t e v e r y b o d y the system was necessary to deal understands that you don't make with potential threats from Iran. decisions about resources before Moscow said it was aimed you have the strategy ready." against Russia, and has welcomed ABC's This Week. the US decision to abandon it. • North Korea: Kim Jong-il is Mr Obama's plan is to replace it "pretty healthy and in control" with a defence system using sea CNN's State of the Union. and land-based interceptors. No negotiations with Moscow In a series of wide-ranging Questioned on the CBS's Face interviews with US television t h e N a t i o n p r o g r a m m e , M r networks on Sunday, Mr Obama Obama said: "My task here was also focused on: not to negotiate with the • The economy: "I want to be R u s s i a n s . " "Russia had always been paranoid about this, but George Bush was right. This wasn't a threat to them," Mr Obama said. He added that the replacement plan would not be a threat to Russia, either. The US leader said it would be a bonus if the Russians were "now willing to work more effectively with us to deal with threats like ballistic missiles from Iran or nuclear development in Iran". Writing in the New York Times earlier, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said the decision to drop the initial plan was a "pragmatic" one, scolding those who he said provided a "devoted following" to missile defence plans that were "unworkable, prohibitively expensive and could never be practically deployed". "I have found since taking this post that when it comes to missile defence, some hold a view bordering on theology that regards any change of plans or any cancellation of a program as abandonment or even breaking faith," said Mr Gates, a Republican who also served as defence secretary during George W Bush's final years as president. Under the original plan, the US signed a deal in August 2008 with Poland to site 10 interceptors at a base near the Baltic Sea, and with the Czech Republic to build a radar station on its territory. Ground-based system Under the system proposed by former president Bush, ground-based defence missiles would have been sited in Poland and a radar system to detect enemy missiles installed at Brdy in the Czech Republic. Iran's Shahab-3 missile is thought to have a maximum range of 2,000km. Sea-based system President Barack Obama has shelved plans to site interceptor missiles in Poland. Instead the Aegis and Standard Missile-3 systems will be deployed on US warships based in the Mediterranean, with mobile land-based variants to follow by 2015. Intercontinental missile ranges The US has developed missile defence sites in California and Alaska as a deterrent to North Korea, which has unsuccessfully tested a 10,000 km range missile the Taepodong-2. Of the US's strategic rivals, Russia has the longest range missile, the SS-18. Print Sponsor

NY governor ignores pressure to end election quest - The Associated Press
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By MICHAEL GORMLEY (AP) – 28 minutes ago ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson isn't bowing to the latest pressure to scrap his plans to run for the office he inherited 18 months ago. A senior Democratic adviser close to Paterson said Sunday that the state's first black governor is still planning to run and is focusing on the state's fiscal crisis. The adviser spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak for Paterson. The governor's office has refused to comment since reports Saturday revealed that national Democratic leaders hoped to persuade him to drop out of the 2010 race. That would pave the way for the far more popular Andrew Cuomo. The Rev. Al Sharpton said Sunday that he spoke to the White House and Paterson about his concern that Democrats do what is best for the people of New York. He wouldn't say whether he was advising Paterson to drop out. Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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ACORN CEO 'Outraged' by Behavior of Employees in Prostitute Tapes - FOXNews
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Lewis initially took a defiant tone against the criticism of her organization when the tapes were • Photos first made public by filmmaker A Baltimore ACORN worker is James O'Keefe. But that stance shown here in footage shot by softened as more tapes were f i l m m a k e r J a m e s O ' K e e f e . revealed -- so far detailing hidden (BigGovernment.com) -camera operations at five ACORN's top officer said separate locations across the Sunday that she was "outraged" country. by the content of hidden-camera "Any organization is not entirely v i d e o t a p e s s h o w i n g h e r perfect," Lewis said on "FOX organization's employees offering News Sunday." "I was outraged advice to undercover filmmakers by it. Everyone should be, and I posing as a pimp and prostitute, as can understand how the Congress she pledged to "reform" the inner was also." workings of the activist group. She said any employee "too Chief organizer Bertha Lewis s t u p i d " n o t t o a d h e r e t o tried to calm a growing firestorm professional standards will be over the behavior of her group's terminated. employees. Allegations of voter "Internally, let's have some registration fraud and other ethical r e f o r m , " L e w i s s a i d . " I t ' s lapses have plagued ACORN for indefensible what I saw (in the years, but the videotapes were the tapes)." last straw for the group's critics -President Obama, in an as well as its long-time defenders. interview broadcast Sunday, also The videotapes, filmed by two said he favors an investigation conservative activists, led to both into ACORN. At the same time, the House and Senate voting to de he played down the controversy, -fund ACORN last week. Many saying it is not the "biggest issue Democrats joined Republicans in facing the country." voting for the measures. The ACORN fallout came after

employees in the secret videotapes were seen offering advice on how O'Keefe and his partner could skirt antiprostitution and tax laws -- by lying about their occupation, claiming underage sex workers as "dependents" and using other means of deception. Soon after the controversy erupted, Lewis released a statement suggesting race was behind an attempt by conservative critics to "destroy" ACORN. ACORN provides assistance to low-income and often minority communities. Lewis claimed the tapes were "doctored" and threatened to sue FOX News -- which broadcast the tapes but did not produce them -and others. But after Lewis claimed O'Keefe tried the same "scam" in many other locations and failed, O'Keefe continued to release more tapes in more locations showing ACORN workers giving him and his partner helpful advice. Last week, Lewis reversed. She said ACORN would conduct an internal review and put a halt on

much of the group's community activity. Lewis said on "FOX News Sunday" that the group would name an auditor Monday. But she skirted questions on whether ACORN should open its books to Congress or change its rare, taxable status to tax-exempt status as a way to ensure it steers clear of political activity. Lewis continued to suggest her group was being unfairly targeted. "I think Congress will be looking at doing an anti-ACORN amendment and just singling out one organization," she said. Rep. Darrell Issa, ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said on "FOX News Sunday" that ACORN needs to reveal more about its operation, charging that information about its many affiliates and subsidiaries is scarce. "There's no transparency in ACORN," he said.

Guns and gold tell the story on the economy
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Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:40:00 AM

Rampaging bear injures nine in Japan
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Submitted at 9/20/2009 7:01:58 AM

Cornered animal shot dead in souvenir shop A bear injured nine people at a highway service station in central Japan before being shot dead in a souvenir shop, a firefighter said today.

The black bear seriously injured four men yesterday afternoon in Nyukawa, a mountain town about 140 miles west of Tokyo, said firefighter Tomohiko Akano. The 1.3m bear first attacked people in a bus parking area and then entered a lodge where it was trapped in a souvenir shop and shot dead by a hunter, according to media reports. No one suffered life-threatening

injuries in the attack, which lasted about an hour. A photograph from the scene showed the bear mauling a prone person in the car park while a man attempted to scare it off. The service station is on a mountainous road which is open only to licensed buses and taxis during summer months. Nyukawa is frequented by tourists for its scenic views.

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Filed under: Good news, Barrick Gold (ABX), Newmont Mining (NEM) When gold miners and guntoters lag the broader economy, it's usually a good sign that conditions are on the mend. Both sectors outperform when times were tough, but this year, their growth has slowed relative to the market has a whole. The S&P 500 index has gained 57% since March 9, 2009, according to a USA Today report, while Barrick Gold(NYSE: ABX) and Newmont Mining(NYSE: NEM) are up 36% and 21%, respectively, for the same period. Smith & Wesson(NASDAQ: SWHC) is up 30%. Again, these are definitely respectable results, but they aren't keeping pace with the index. Continue reading Guns and gold tell the story on the economy Guns and gold tell the story on the economy originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Obama to meet Middle East leaders
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President Barack Obama will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday to try to relaunch peace talks. Mr Obama will hold separate talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, before a joint meeting. Efforts to restart the peace process have so far been blocked by disagreements over Israeli settlements. A senior US official told the BBC that there was no expectation of an announcement after Tuesday's meetings. He said the meetings are "clear sign of the President's personal commitment to this issue." But he added that it was critical to put the discussions "in context". "Nine months ago there was a war in Gaza," he said. "The Israeli government has only existed for five months. "And now these three leaders are

going to sit down in the same room and continue to narrow the gaps." Mr Netenyahu's office issued a statement welcoming the invitation to talks and saying they would be held "without preconditions", Reuters news agency reported. 'Deep commitment' The announcement of the meetings, which will take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, came after US envoy George Mitchell's latest round of shuttle diplomacy ended without agreement. The White House said the meetings next week would continue efforts by Mr Obama, Mr Mitchell and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "to lay the groundwork for the relaunch of negotiations". Mr Mitchell said Mr Obama's desire to personally engage at this juncture showed his "deep commitment to comprehensive peace". The US envoy held a series of meetings with Mr Netanyahu last

week in a fresh attempt at getting a deal on Jewish settlement activity. He also went to the West Bank to talk to Mr Abbas. Mr Mitchell was hoping for a consensus before all sides attend the UN General Assembly, but he returned to the US without reaching any agreement. Mr Abbas and the US administration have been demanding a complete freeze on Israeli construction activity. Mr Netanyahu had previously offered a temporary freeze for several months, but not in East Jerusalem or in cases where homes have already been approved. He noted this week that there had been a slowdown in settlement construction, but that work would continue on 2,400 units currently being built. 'New conditions' On Saturday, both sides were reported as blaming each other for the lack of any agreement to resume the peace process following Mr Mitchell's visit. Israeli foreign ministry

spokesman Yossi Levi said the Palestinian Authority was "preventing the resumption of the peace process by making conditions that it has not made in the past", AFP news agency said. It was not reported which conditions he was referring to. But Mr Abbas said Israel was to blame for not agreeing to a total freeze in settlement building. "The road is now blocked," he told journalists in Cairo. "There is no more work [for Mr Mitchell] with the Western or Palestinian sides because we are complying with all our duties. "The focus has to be on the Israeli side." Are you in the region? Are you hopeful about a peace deal? You can send us your views using the form below: The BBC may edit your comments and not all emails will be published. Your comments may be published on any BBC media worldwide. Print Sponsor

Carlyle invests in Chinese milk powder maker
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Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:29:01 AM

Carlyle Group, the US private equity fund, on Sunday unveiled a substantial strategic investment in one of China’s leading milk powder producers, underscoring rising foreign involvement in the sector. The fund has taken a 17.3 per cent stake in Yashili, a familyowned company based in the southern province of Guangdong, which specialises in infant formula milk and is a top three national producer.

Microsoft to open up say on pay
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the 2009 annual general meeting on 19 November. Microsoft's move comes amid Submitted at 9/20/2009 3:51:58 AM growing pressure in the US for Software giant Microsoft is to firms to cut down on excessive allow shareholders to vote on the pay deals for bosses. pay of its board members, Politicians in Washington are although their votes will not be looking at legislating over the binding. issue. The US firm said shareholders 'More dialogue' would be allowed to vote on the Microsoft said that while it issue every three years, starting at would not be bound by any shareholder vote, if there was a significantly "negative" call, it would "consult directly with shareholders to better understand the concerns that influenced the vote." The US House of Representatives approved a bill in the summer to give shareholders annual non-binding votes on executive pay, but the legislation has stalled since then. While the focus of politicians' ire is the banking sector, concern regarding excessive pay has spread to firms in other sectors of the economy. "Given the interest in executive pay, we think it makes sense to encourage more dialogue with our shareholders on our compensation approach," said Brad Smith, Microsoft general counsel. Microsoft is not known for its huge pay packets, but its executives have become millionaires through owning shares in the firm. While the basic pay of chief executive Steve Ballmer is $665,833 (£409,000) this year, he owns Microsoft shares worth more than $10bn. Print Sponsor

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Suspect in 4 Va. killings posted violent rap songs (AP)
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Money pays Marquez tribute - SkySports
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FARMVILLE, Va. – Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III rapped about the thrill of murder in songs he posted on the Internet. Police believe the fantasy lyrics became a gruesome reality in a small Virginia college town. McCroskey, 20, was being held Sunday in the killings of four people who were found at a Longwood University professor's home near campus in Farmville, which is about 50 miles west of Richmond. McCroskey, of Castro Valley, Calif., faces charges of first-degree murder, robbery and grand larceny of an automobile, said Farmville police Capt. Wade Stimpson. The aspiring rapper in the underground horrorcore genre, which sets violent lyrics to hiphop beats, was arrested Saturday at a Richmond airport, where authorities believe he was trying to catch a flight back to California. Officers found McCroskey asleep in the baggage claim area. A day earlier, authorities discovered the bodies in the home of Debra S. Kelley, an associate professor of sociology and criminal justice studies, school spokeswoman Gina Caldwell. Authorities have not released the names of those killed or said how

they died. McCroskey recorded songs that spoke of death, murder and mutilation under the name Syko Sam. His MySpace Web page said he has only been rapping for a few months but has been a fan for years of the horrorcore genre. "You're not the first, just to let you know. I've killed many people and I kill them real slow. It's the best feeling, watching their last breath. Stabbing and stabbing till there's nothing left," McCroskey sings in "My Dark Side." A friend who owns a small, independent record label that specializes in horrorcore confirmed the site and the songs were McCroskey's. Andres Shrim, who owns Serial Killin Records in New Mexico, said others shouldn't judge McCroskey by what they see on his Web site or hear in his music. Describing McCroskey as a "great kid," Shrim said he has known him for at least two years, and he last saw him Sept. 12 at an all-day music festival in South Gate, Mich. "You would never, ever imagine that kid even being a suspect," Shrim said. "If he is found to be guilty, I would be 100 percent shocked." Shrim said even though horrorcore focuses on murder and other morbid subjects, performers

and fans shouldn't be labeled violent. "People get the impression we're these twisted, sick individuals and we don't have hearts and we just want to talk about murder and the devil," said Shrim, who performs himself under the name SickTanicK. "But we just want to express that other side of life." On his Web page, McCroskey posted videos and pictures of a grave where a cross and miniature American flags had been turned upside down. "We defiled the grave, and then lightning struck seconds ago. I think we were being warned," he says in the video, laughing. In the photos, the gravestone identifies the person buried there as a Marine. McCroskey was scheduled to appear Monday in court, when he can either hire an attorney or have one appointed. Longwood, a school of about 4,500 students, did not issue an alert after the bodies were discovered because it happened off campus, Caldwell said. She said the small town was unaccustomed to such violence. "Not only on campus, but even in Farmville it just doesn't happen here," she said. ___ Potter reported from Richmond.

time. I don't overlook nobody, I go to the gym every day, work hard and just be the best I can be. Floyd Mayweather paid tribute "I just want to keep fighting the to Juan Manuel Marquez after best and take one day at a time. giving him a 12-round beating at Floyd Mayweather's back and I'm the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. going to make some noise in the Mayweather returned to the ring sport of boxing." for the first time since stopping Asked whether this this was one Ricky Hatton in 10 rounds almost o f h i s b e s t p e r f o r m a n c e s , two years ago, winning almost Mayweather revealed that there is every round against one of the much more to come bearing in toughest fighters in the world. mind his lengthy absence from the Marquez was dropped by a ring. sharp left hook in the second "That was a good fight for me, I round but remained on his feet for was a little rusty," he added. "I the remainder of the bout, despite think when I come back I'll be a taking numerous clean shots from lot sharper. I don't rate this was both fists. one of my best fights, I could And his toughness earned the have done better, a lot better. But r e s p e c t o f t h e v i c t o r , w h o I've been off a couple of years. extended his unbeaten record to "I can't rate myself, I always 40, with 25 wins by stoppage. want to get better, that's all I can "Marquez is as tough as hell," say. Mayweather said at the post fight "They say (Manny) Pacquiao is press conference. "Tough. I hit number one, I don't have to rate him with some shots, I'm thinking myself, I know what I can do. he's going to go from that, but he "Pound for pound is just kept coming back and I guess opinionated. What the fans realise that's that Mexican warrior's heart is Mayweather was a professional he's got. He's tough as hell. for one year, and was a champion Respect for 10 years, six time world "In the second round when I champion at five difference dropped him with the hook, I classes, never won a vacant title, thought okay, let's see if I can after two years beat who they say finish this guy now. Couldn't, too is the number two guy, I didn't tough, he wasn't going nowhere. rate him they did. I've got a hell of respect for "We don't know who's next. We Marquez. don't know." "I came from 130 to 154 and I face the best, we take one day at a handset to launch within a few days. [ Engadget]

Samsung Instinct HD to Launch Soon, Accessories Show Up at Best Buy [Instinct Hd]
By Dan Nosowitz (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 5:00:00 PM

We've been seeing little hints

about the Samsung Instinct HD over the last month or two, and now there's a little more: Accessories have begun arriving at Best Buy. We expect the

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Three Afghans held over US 'plot'
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China’s vicepresident denied promotion
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Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Father and son are detained in Denver,Colorado Three men have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to launch an attack in the United States, the US Justice Department says. Two Afghan-born men, a father and son, were arrested in Denver, Colorado. A third man, also from Afghanistan, was later detained in New York, the department said. The men are accused of making false statements related to "a matter involving international and domestic terrorism", the statement said. The FBI was investigating several people "in the United States, Pakistan and elsewhere, relating to a plot to detonate improvised explosive devices in the United States", the Justice Department said in court documents related to the arrests. US media have reported that the

investigation was focusing on a possible plan to attack a public area in New York. David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security, said the arrests were part of "an ongoing and fast-paced investigation". "It is important to note that we have no specific information regarding the timing, location or target of any planned attack," AFP news agency quoted him as saying.

'Not true' The arrests followed three days of questioning by federal authorities of Najibullah Zazi, the Colorado-based son. Earlier this week officials searched the Denver home of Mr Zazi, a 24-year-old airport shuttle driver. He and his father, Mohammed Zazi, 53, will appear in court in Colorado on Monday. Ahmad Wais Afzali, 37, will appear in court in New York the same day.

In a telephone interview with the Denver Post newspaper on Saturday, Najibullah Zazi denied media reports that he had admitted any link to al-Qaeda or involvement in terrorism. "It's not true," Mr Zazi said. "I have nothing to hide. It's all media publications reporting whatever they want. They have been reporting all this nonsense." Print Sponsor

New questions have been raised about the succession process in the Chinese Communist party after Xi Jinping, the vicepresident and President Hu Jintao’s heir apparent, was apparently denied an expected promotion to the commission that runs the country’s military. Mr Xi’s appointment was widely predicted during last week’s annual meeting of the ruling party’s central committee, which ended on Friday evening.

The week in preview: Eye on AutoZone, ConAgra, KB Home, Research In Motion ...
By Trey Thoelcke (BloggingStocks)
Much of the focus this week will no doubt be on the FOMC meeting on interest rates and the Submitted at 9/20/2009 12:30:00 PM subsequent decision, as well as on Filed under: Earnings reports, the G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh, AutoZone Inc (AZO), ConAgra were the agenda will include F o o d s ( C A G ) , R e s e a r c h i n bonuses for bank executives Motion (RIMM), KB HOME among other things. on the earnings front as the next (KBH), Economic data Things will be fairly quiet again earnings season has yet to ramp up. However, analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters do have high hopes for a handful of companies that will release results this week. Continue reading The week in preview: Eye on AutoZone, ConAgra, KB Home, Research In Motion ... The week in preview: Eye on AutoZone, ConAgra, KB Home, Research In Motion ... originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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“UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort” Draws 17428 Fans for $2.4 Mil Gate - 5thRound.com

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Feminists take on 'sexist' Berlusconi
By Tom Kington (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:08:00 PM

A new generation of Italian women are finding a voice after a 'summer of sleaze' in Italian politics Towards the end of her career as one of Italy's most famous and loved leading ladies, the Roman actress Anna Magnani instructed her make-up artist not to conceal the lines and wrinkles on her face. "Leave them all there," she said. "I spent a lifetime earning them." Magnani is now celebrated as a role model for a new generation of Italian feminists, galvanised by sex scandals involving prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, and a daily diet of sexist imagery in the media. Archive footage of Magnani's bon mot appears in a short documentary which has become a word-of-mouth sensation online in Italy. Il Corpo delle Donne, or The Body of Women, is an acid critique of the routine sexism that pervades commercial Italian television. In the film Magnani's humorous dignity is contrasted with clip after clip featuring semi-naked showgirls and Botoxed presenters, all enduring programme formats designed to reveal as much flesh as is permissible at prime time, with a coruscating commentary by director Lorella Zanardo. More than half a million viewers have

so far watched Il Corpo delle Donne and last month the film was shown and discussed on one of the country's most popular talk shows. After a summer of sleaze in which Berlusconi has been variously accused of "frequenting minors", sleeping with an escort girl and holding debauched parties at his Sardinian villa, a feminist backlash is gaining momentum. The target is not only Berlusconi but the wider culture of a country in which a prime minister could survive such allegations. According to Chiara Volpato, an academic at Milan's Bicocca University, matters hit rock bottom when Berlusconi's lawyer said his client would never pay for sex with an escort because the prime minister is merely an "end user" of women: "The choice of language really summed up how far we have sunk." This summer a group of academics, including Volpato, persuaded 15,000 people to sign a petition asking the wives of world leaders to boycott the G8 conference in Italy in protest at the plight of women in Berlusconi's Italy. Female judges, senators, nuns, historians and businesswomen circulated two more petitions calling for an end to sexism on television, while the European court of human rights will decide if Berlusconi can be sanctioned for sexism after two politicians, President Barack Obama will hold a joint meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to

Donata Gottardi and Anna Paola Concia, complained to the court about his "continuous and repeated disrespectful statements about the lives and the dignity of women". Last week, when journalist Maria Laura Rodotà published an open letter to Italian women in Corriere della Sera calling for a "New Feminism", she was overwhelmed with responses. "It was like uncorking a bottle," she said. Protest is also emerging on the right. An article damning Berlusconi for promoting beautiful young women to political positions has been written by academic Sofia Ventura and published by a thinktank run by Berlusconi's ally Gianfranco Fini. Times were not always so bad. Italian women can draw inspiration from a proud record of winning rights in the 1970s, when 20,000 feminists would fill Rome's streets on protest marches. Despite fierce resistance from the Vatican, divorce was legalised in 1974 after a referendum, and parliament legalised abortion in 1978. "In an Italy with no divorce, secret abortions and huge inequality in the home, feminism achieved nothing short of an earthquake," said Miriam Mafai, a former parliamentarian and veteran journalist who helped to launch the Italian daily La Repubblica in 1976. try to restart peace talks between the two sides, the White House said. The meeting – the first between the three men – will be held in

But in recent years the Vatican has been making up lost ground. Abortion may be legal, but women have reported Catholic doctors refusing to supply even morning-after pills. And in the prime minister the unreconstructed Italian male has found a 21st-century hero. Zanardo said that television was playing a crucial role in demeaning women and damaging their self-esteem: "Eighty per cent of Italians who watch TV use it as their sole source of information and 80% of the women featured on TV are either sex objects or mere decoration." As young girls bred on Italian TV increasingly dream of life as a velina, or showgirl, their mothers are often too tired to protest, she added. "Between jobs and housework, Italian women now work two hours a day longer than the European average." For now, the modern feminist revolt remains largely confined to universities and national newspapers. Despite the flurry of activity, Ventura said she was pessimistic about rank-and-file women joining the petitionsigning intellectuals who are mobilising: "The alarm is sounding in universities but not elsewhere, this is not yet a political problem. Feminism achieved a lot first time round, but evidently it did not reach deep enough." Zanardo disagrees, claiming New York, where the UN General Assembly takes place next week.

protest is growing outside university corridors, but people do not know where to look. "It's happening on the internet. The proof was when the University of Bologna withdrew erotic images it used in advertising after a huge online protest." There are other signs. A risqué TV comedy show on a Berlusconi channel was moved to a later time slot after protests from a parents' group. And when a blonde model on Berlusconi's flagship football programme exposed a breast during a dance routine she was promptly sacked. "I don't think that would have happened in the past," said Zanardo. Zanardo's website is registering complaints about lewd images on TV and is planning courses in schools "to help children defend themselves from this television". The response to Il Corpo delle Donne, she says, has been overwhelming: "People who watch Italian TV all the time have told me 'Thanks, it's the first time I really see what is going on'." • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • Women Tom Kington guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Obama to meet Netanyahu and Abbas
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Ted Kennedy could still help Obama
By Peter Beaumont (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Obama's plans for American healthcare and, in a letter delivered to the president shortly after his death, wrote that the fight Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:08:40 PM for a new system "was above all a A p p o i n t m e n t w o u l d g i v e moral issue; at stake are not just Democrats 60 seats, allowing t h e d e t a i l s o f p o l i c y , b u t them to override Republican fundamental principles of social attempts to block legislation justice and the character of our President Barack Obama's country". healthcare plans could receive a The naming of a temporary crucial boost this week, with the senator requires Massachusetts to a p p o i n t m e n t o f a n i n t e r i m change its Senate succession law Democratic senator to take the to allow Governor Deval Patrick place of veteran Ted Kennedy, to approve the appointment – a who died last month. request made by Kennedy before Kennedy's fellow Massachusetts his death in a letter to Patrick. Democrats could appoint a A bill has already passed the "caretaker" senator as early as state house of representatives by a tomorrow, in advance of a full substantial majority, but the e l e c t i o n o n 1 9 J a n u a r y . Massachusetts senate has put off S p e c u l a t i o n w a s m o u n t i n g voting on the issue until tomorrow yesterday that former Democratic at the earliest. Governor Patrick is presidential nominee and former expected to sign off on the state governor Michael Dukakis legislation. might occupy the vacant seat. President Obama has been As Republican opposition to taking a close personal interest in President Obama's policy agenda the Democrats' attempts to change hardens, the appointment would the rules and allow a temporary once again give Democrats the senator to take Kennedy's seat. magic number of 60 seats in the Governor Patrick has said that the US Senate, allowing them to president asked him about the override Republican attempts to issue during Kennedy's funeral, block legislation. while his aides have remained in S e n a t o r K e n n e d y w a s touch to monitor progress. passionately committed to Republicans managed to delay the process last Thursday under rules that allow for a postponement to be called three times before the Massachusetts senate president intervenes. But with Republicans holding only five seats out of 40 in the local senate, the legislation's passage seems guaranteed. Democratic supporters of the move have argued that the state must fill both its US Senate seats when issues as important as Obama's proposed healthcare reform – as well as other important policies – may be voted on before a replacement senator can be elected in late January. The move is controversial because of the way Massachusetts Democrats have switched views on the law reform proposal since it was last proposed in 2004 under a Republican governor, who would have been expected to appoint an interim senator from his own party. Then Democrats voted overwhelmingly against the proposal while Republicans – now opposing it – voted for it, leading to allegations of hypocrisy on both sides. Patrick has insisted that no one intending to run for the seat in January should be appointed, leading speculation to focus on Dukakis – the losing Democratic presidential candidate in 1988. At a recent public event, he was jokingly introduced as "Senator Dukakis". Dukakis himself has so far refused to discuss the possibility, While Dukakis is regarded as being the frontrunner because of his profile, Patrick has given no indication of the other candidates that he is considering. Other names that have been so far been mentioned include Charles Ogletree, a Harvard law professor, and Paul Kirk, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. • US healthcare • Democrats • Barack Obama • US domestic policy • Edward Kennedy • Republicans • Obama administration • United States Peter Beaumont guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Wristwatch Camcorder Is More Subtle, Sneaky Than New iPod Nano [Hidden Cameras]
By Dan Nosowitz (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:15:00 PM

The iPod Nano's camcorder is pretty okay, but it's just so obvious—what happened to the days of camcorders hidden in tieclips and eyeglasses? The wristwatch camcorder is pretty sneaky and surprisingly not ugly. The lens itself is located within the number 2, and its 1.3MP camera takes AVI video at a resolution of 352x288. Inside the watch lies 2GB of flash memory, which is enough for about 12 hours of video, and gets about 12 hours of battery life on a single charge (via USB or AC). It's pretty toned-down, looking just about like every other trendy oversized silver wristwatch out there, and costs $150. [ Book of Joe]

ASUS' Ion-infused Eee PC 1201n netbook emerges overseas
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:53:00 AM

If ASUS is hoping to stick with that "mid-October" launch date here in North America, we'd say it better get whatever units it has laying around loaded up with an English-speaking version of Windows and onto a large vessel

destined for a US port. Still, it's good to see some "proof" that the roadmapped Eee PC 1201n-- a 12 -inch netbook with NVIDIA's Ion technology -- is actually on schedule for an autumn release, even if said "proof" is a product listing on an Asian e-tailer's website. Unfortunately, the on Intel's near-ancient Atom machine is still humming along N270 processor, though the 2GB

of RAM, high(er) resolution panel, real man's GPU and Windows 7 operating system should help move things along. Per usual, we don't expect ASUS to confirm or deny the legitimacy of this slip, but if you're in the market for an Eee, this may be all you needed to hold off just a bit. [Via NetbookItalia]

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Iranian TV edits out protests
By Robert Tait (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
white without crowd noise to show that technical problems were being experienced. The transmission then cut back to a Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:07:37 PM studio presenter who said that the Broadcast delayed as crowd problems had arisen because Irib demonstration is edited out had "sent only one camera to the Live television coverage of an stadium". Iranian football match was Eventually the match was blacked-out because sections of shown nearly an hour late, again the crowd were chanting anti- without sound and with close-up government slogans and waving shots focusing solely on the pitch green emblems in support of the and editing out the 70,000 country's political opposition, it spectators. was claimed yesterday. The news website Mehr The premier league match described the live broadcast between Esteghlal and Steel Azin failure as "unprecedented". Aziz took place at Tehran's Azadi Mohammadi, the head of Iran's stadium just hours after tens of premier league, blamed it on thousands of green-clad protesters Esteghlal's refusal to agree to a 15 used the state-organised Quds -minute kick-off delay to give Day anti-Israel demonstrations to e x t r a p r e p a r a t i o n t i m e t o voice their opposition to the cameramen who, he said, had president, M a h m o u d been under added pressure Ahmadinejad, who is accused of because of the earlier coverage of stealing Iran's recent election. Quds Day. However, that The game's scheduled live TV explanation was dismissed by c o v e r a g e w a s d i s r u p t e d club bosses who said Irib had apparently after bosses of the state c i t e d " t e c h n i c a l p r o b l e m s " broadcaster, Irib, learned of the t h r o u g h o u t t h e m a t c h . presence of protesters inside the The Mizan Press website – stadium. linked to the opposition National According to Iranian websites, Religious party – said the real the match was initially broadcast reason was the presence of for a few minutes in black-and- s u p p o r t e r s o f M i r H o s s e i n Mousavi, the reformist who says Ahmadinejad cheated him of victory in June. "Following the self-motivated presence of the green wave in Azadi stadium, Irib did not cover live the Esteghlal-Steel Azin match," it wrote. "Irib's lie about camera malfunction and receiving only black-and-white images from inside the stadium was uncovered an hour later by the colour transmission using close-up and specially edited frames. In these images the spectators were not shown at all." Suspicions that the broadcast was delayed deliberately were bolstered by reports from listeners who said they heard chants in support of Mousavi during a live radio broadcast of the game. It was the second time on Friday that TV bosses had been blindsided by opposition protests. Hours earlier, Ahmadinejad was publicly embarrassed during a live interview when opposition chants of "Ahmadi, Ahmadi, resign, resign" could clearly be heard while he was speaking. The incident also exposed the authorities' sensitivity to expressions of dissent in sporting arenas, especially football, which has an avid following in Iran. Days after the disputed election, four members of Iran's national team were banned from the game after displaying their support for Mousavi by wearing green wristbands during a World Cup qualifying match against South Korea. Last month eyebrows were raised when two premier league teams abandoned their green strips and took the field against each other in predominantly white outfits. The green shirts of the women's national team were withdrawn and replaced with red tops on the eve of the recent Asian Games championship in Thailand. The authorities are understood to be gearing up for a further security crackdown this week as university students return for the start of the new academic term. • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Iran Robert Tait guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Told you zo
By Devin Coldewey (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 7:27:36 PM

The Zune HD is sold out and backordered all over the place. Nicholas got the last one in his local Best Buy, and your favorite online retailer is probably waiting for their next shipment ( 32GB versions especially). Sure, it’s probably the result of retailers underestimating customer demand, but hey, I think Microsoft will take all the sold outs it can get.

Nintendo confirms $199 Wii for September 27?
By Paul Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 6:10:00 AM

price, which will supposedly go into effect on Sunday September 27. Only problem is that we have It might sound confusing at first, to take Nintendojo's word for it -but it all makes sense, we not that we have any reason not promise. The folks at Nintendojo to, but for now we'll have to just were apparently on a retailer c a l l t h i s a n " u n c o n f i r m e d conference call where Nintendo confirmation" until Nintendo can "confirmed" the new $199 Wii summon the courage to fess up to

the $50 price cut to a couple of

corroborating sources. It's not like those multiple flyer price leaks are knocking anybody off the trail, but we usually to hear these things from the horse's mouth -or at least from a retailer's shelf-before we go into all-out celebration mode. [Via GoNintendo]

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Caster Semenya: athletics official lied
By David Smith (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
deputy sports minister, expressed frustration that even the government was in the dark and demanded that Chuene fall on his Submitted at 9/20/2009 7:42:53 AM sword. Leonard Chuene urged to quit "Mr Chuene has not only lied to despite claiming he covered up to us at the ministry, but to the protect 18-year-old athlete whole country, and this is not South Africa's top athletics acceptable," Oosthuizen said. "We official is fighting for his political are convinced that the perpetual life after admitting that he lied denial of the knowledge of these over gender tests on runner Caster tests have fuelled the continuous Semenya. violation of Ms Semenya's rights The South African government and dignity, by foreign and some today led calls for Leonard local media." Chuene to resign as president of Oosthuizen said his department Athletics South Africa, and the had twice requested a report from ruling African National Congress Chuene on events before, during described ASA's handling of the and after the championships in affair as "disgusting". But the Berlin, but had received nothing beleaguered official remained in return. defiant, insisting that he will not He added: "We do not agree "jump ship". with Mr Chuene's insistence that A leaked email exchange last he lied in Ms Semenya's interest, week forced Chuene to admit that in fact we are of the view that his h e k n e w w o m e n ' s 8 0 0 m lies were to Ms Semenya's c h a m p i o n S e m e n y a h a d detriment. In light of this, we now undergone a gender test prior to request the membership of ASA t h e w o r l d c h a m p i o n s h i p s , to not only take disciplinary something he had always publicly action against Mr Chuene, but to denied. He claimed that he kept fire him from his position as the t h e i n f o r m a t i o n s e c r e t t o president of ASA. If they fail to safeguard the 18-year-old's do so, they will be running the privacy. risk of being led by a liar." Gert Oosthuizen, South Africa's When Semenya returned to a hero's in Johannesburg last month, Chuene was flanked by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of former president Nelson Mandela, and Julius Malema, president of the African National Congress Youth League. The trio were criticised for attempting to steal the athlete's glory while she sat looking uncomfortable and saying nothing. Donald Lee, the shadow sports minister, said recent developments reflected badly on Madikizela-Mandela and Malema. "They've tried to put the blame on others, talking about Europeans and turning it into a race issue. They're too proud and too stubborn to regret it." Lee, a member of the opposition Democratic Alliance, added: "All the parties have been criticising Chuene for a long time. The ANC are Johnny-come-latelys on this." Chuene denied at the time that he had any reason to consider withdrawing Semenya from the event. Asked whether the ASA conducted tests, he said: "We did not ... there was nothing that warranted us to do that." It has since been reported that gender tests ordered by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) show that Semenya is intersex. The teenager is said to be shattered by the leaked results and receiving counselling. The ANC yesterday joined the condemnation of Chuene and his colleagues, describing their management of the situation as "disgusting". Gwede Mantashe, the party's secretary-general, said: "The ANC is appalled by the manner in which both the IAAF and the ASA have handled the issue. It is the NEC's [National Executive Committee's] view that she has been victimised and subjected to unnecessary public scrutiny, thus denying her dignity." But Chuene indicated that he will not step down voluntarily. He said: "I will face this head on. I won't jump ship." • South Africa • World Athletics Championships • Athletics David Smith guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Top 5 Google Search terms of the summer
By Tom Merritt (Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:12:00 PM

Last time we did top Google search terms half of Hollywood died before we could publish. Well this time, we only missed the passing of Mr. Swayze and Kanye West's antics. And of the folks that passed last time, only one showed up in the rising search terms for the past three months. So what that all means is that I think you can reliably say these are the hottest search terms. And one of them is Turkish. Be sure to post your answer to the trivia question below for a chance to win the football beads. And really, only answer the question if you have a valid email address and will respond. Sound good? Originally posted at CNET TV

Nintendo Conference Call Allegedly Confirms Sept. 27 Wii Price Cut [Unconfirmed]
By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:00:00 AM

If unofficial company confirmations are your thing, and you've been following Nintendo's all but certain Wii price cut, feast on this: One Nintendo fan site

eavesdropping on a retailer call claims the company confirmed a $50 cut for Sept. 27. If that sounds a bit confusing and unconfirmed by anyone but that particular web site, that's because it is. Put simply, the Big N hasn't said a peep about any of

this to anyone save those at this

alleged secret tree house meeting, whose attendance list included what we presume to be folks like Target, Toys R Us and other retailers who've leaked circulars purportedly advertising a $200 Wii over the past week. In the end I'm inclined to agree

with Kotaku on this one: Wait for the Tokyo Games Show, where all will be revealed and confirmed. Then, after such time has past, we can all get back to predicting when the next price cut will hit. [ Nintendojo via GoNintendo via Kotaku]

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Obama holds Israeli-Palestinian talks
(World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Obama's commitment to comprehensive peace. The meetings will take place in New York on the sidelines of the UN Submitted at 9/20/2009 4:55:19 AM general assembly meeting. Binyamin Netanyahu and No announcement is expected at M a h m o u d A b b a s w i l l h a v e the meeting of the three leaders, separate and joint talks with US according to an administration p r e s i d e n t i n N e w Y o r k o n official. But Obama scheduled the Tuesday meeting to show his personal President Barack Obama will commitment to making progress. host a meeting with Israeli prime On Friday, the possibility of minister Binyamin Netanyahu and discussions was in doubt because Palestinian Authority president Mitchell failed to bridge wide Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday in g a p s b e t w e e n I s r a e l i s a n d an effort to lay the groundwork P a l e s t i n i a n s . for renewed peace negotiations. Obama has set the renewal of The meeting comes at a time Israeli-Palestinian peace talks as a when US efforts are encountering major goal of his presidency, and strong resistance in the region. dispatched Mitchell to soften the Yesterday, the White House ground on both sides. press secretary, Robert Gibbs, The key disputes are over Israeli said the meeting will take place settlement expansion and whether immediately after Obama meets peace talks should begin where separately with each of the two they left off under Netanyahu's leaders. predecessors. Today, Netanyahu's office said Israel has balked at a US in a statement that the Israeli demand to freeze settlement leader "warmly accepts the construction in the West Bank and invitation". east Jerusalem. Under a USGeorge Mitchell, a special sponsored plan from 2003, Israel envoy, said it was another sign of is required to freeze all such construction. If next week's meeting is not based on a settlement freeze it will mark a further setback for the already weakened Abbas. Netanyahu wants to continue building about 3,000 housing units on the West Bank, while offering to curtail other construction for several months. Nearly half a million Israelis have moved to the West Bank and east Jerusalem since Israel captured the territories in the Middle East war in 1967, and Palestinians fear the growing settlements will make a viable state impossible. Hilary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has been the most forthright member of the Obama administration in demanding a stop to Israeli settlement in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Netanyahu and his defence minister, Ehud Barak, are veterans of past peace talks and took office this year opposed to new concessions to the Palestinians. Abbas had begun peace talks with Netanyahu's scandal-tinged predecessor, Ehud Olmert, with little to show for it. Barak is due to meet Robert Gates, the US defence secretary on Monday. The Bush administration had hoped to draw Olmert and Abbas into serious talks about issues that had not been on the table for years, including the borders of an eventual Palestinian state. Abbas was weakened from the start by an internal Palestinian division, and Olmert by his own political troubles. Their meetings were cordial but superficial. Abbas is locked in a power struggle with the Islamist militant group Hamas, and he only has control of the West Bank. • Middle East • Palestinian territories • Israel • Barack Obama • United States • Hamas guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

FCC Expected To Announce Support of Net Neutrality Monday
By Ryan Singel (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:56:00 PM

Federal regulators next week are expected to seek to turn controversial “net neutrality” principles into formal rules intended to give the nation’s computer users the right to use whatever services and devices they like without interference from their ISPs.

Red Rocks on Mars Aren't Just Rust
By Hadley Leggett (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:49:00 PM

New experiments show that Mars' red color could have formed without water. A group of Danish scientists have discovered that mechanical forces alone can turn a black Martian mineral into a red one, without the need for water or oxygen.

Junk Bonds Are Still Lurking
(Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 8:32:20 AM

Let me guess - record levels of junk bond defaults are positive for the economy going forward? NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 40 percent of all U.S. junk bonds outstanding in late 2008 will likely default by 2013 as government aid measures end and a wall of corporate debt comes due, Bank of America Merrill

Lynch said on Thursday. By contrast, the cumulative five -year default rate was about 30 percent in the last two default cycles, Bank of America said in a report. But the real damning part of analysis isn't the front-line - it's the last paragraph: Many so-called distressed debt exchanges are only postponing defaults and will also contribute to the second wave, the bank said. In a distressed debt exchange,

companies buy back debt at steep discounts, usually replacing it with longer-maturity debt. About 40 percent of distressed debt exchanges typically default anyway within three years, the bank said. No, really? You mean that we can't "extend and pretend" and actually fix anything? It's all a game to try to claim that something that has blown up really hasn't blown up? Yes, that is what the bank said -

this is nothing other than a thinlydisguised game - yet another means of gaming the accounting (which should be illegal, but heh, we don't bother prosecuting stuff like that, right?) The better question is this: If the economy is healing, if demand is improving, if corporations have seen the bottom and business conditions are in fact improving as final demand is rising, then why are defaults going up? Debt defaults when the cash

flow is inadequate to meet service requirements. But cash flow is a "high frequency" thing - it rises immediately when final demand increases. So what is this, along with the default rates on credit cards and FHA mortgages telling you? The claims of final demand improvement are in fact false.

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Tech.view: Waste not, want not
(The Economist: Daily columns)
environmentally friendly, economic and has all the enabling technologies in place? The Submitted at 9/18/2009 12:14:43 AM answer, in a word, is rubbish. Tech.view Ethanol made from waste—and Sep 18th 2009 used neat or as a blend in a “flexFrom Economist.com Ethanol fuel” petrol engine—is currently from rubbish is the latest biofuel the best deal in town. OVER the past decade, biofuels Last year America produced 8.5 have been a disappointment. billion gallons (32 billion litres) There is no denying their promise: of ethanol from various sources. clean-burning fuel that could T h e l a t e s t v e r s i o n o f t h e reduce a country’s dependence on government’s Renewable Fuels f o r e i g n o i l . B u t A m e r i c a ’ s Standard calls for 36 billion attempts to produce biofuels from gallons of biofuels to be produced corn and soyabeans—hoping to annually by 2022. Municipal replicate Brazil’s success with waste could supply at least half of sugar cane—have failed dismally. that in the form of ethanol for All the ethanol subsidies for motor vehicles. Midwestern farmers ever did was As it is, petrol bought at the raise food prices globally. pump already contains 5-10% M o r e o v e r w h e n a l l t h e ethanol. With lead and MTBE environmental factors were taken additives now phased out, spiking into account, using biofuel made petrol with a small amount of from corn or soyabeans proved to ethanol raises its octane level be worse environmentally than enough to prevent the engine from burning an equivalent amount of “ k n o c k i n g ” u n d e r l o a d . I f petrol refined from oil. In some u n c h e c k e d , s u c h studies, it actually increased knocking—caused by the air-fuel carbon emissions by as much as mixture detonating prematurely in 50% over that produced by fossil a haphazard fashion—can destroy fuels. the engine. Attention has now turned to Actually, most petrol-engined more benign feedstocks for cars will run happily on 20% biofuels—including wood-chips e t h a n o l w i t h o u t t h e d r i v e r and other forms of agricultural noticing any difference. With a waste. But most still need lots of few tweaks under the bonnet, a energy or expensive enzymes to petrol engine will burn 85% work. Meanwhile, using designer ethanol or even 100% ethanol bugs to tailor-make low-emission with little loss of performance. fuels is still in its infancy (see “ The big plus is that it produces Bugs in the tank”, May 2nd a n y t h i n g u p t o 8 5 % l e s s 2008). greenhouse gases, depending on What, then, is the most how the ethanol was brewed. abundant feedstock for making Unfortunately, ethanol-powered ethanol which does not wreak cars get 25% fewer miles to the havoc on food supplies, is g a l l o n t h a n t h e i r p e t r o l equivalents. As a fuel, ethanol has a lower energy density and therefore needs more of it to do the same job. Another problem is that existing petrol engines cannot take advantage of the much higher octane rating. Ideally, an ethanol engine needs a compression ratio of 19:1 instead of the 10:1 typical of petrol engines. But then it would no longer be a flex-fuel vehicle capable of running on petrol, ethanol or blends of both. Belatedly, carmakers have begun to take flex-fuel vehicles more seriously. Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, along with a handful of German and Japanese manufacturers, are now bolstering their ranges of petrol-powered vehicles that can run on blends of ethanol as well. That has created openings for a number of bright sparks. One of the brightest your correspondent has come across to date is Fulcrum BioEnergy of Pleasanton, California. Fulcrum is building a $100m plant near Reno, Nevada, to make over 10m gallons of ethanol a year from municipal solid waste. James Macias, the company’s boss, has identified 26 sites around the country with municipal rubbish supplies capable of supporting similar or even larger plants. Together, they could produce over a billion gallons of ethanol annually at roughly $1 a gallon. A scaled up version of Fulcrum’s Reno plant could produce as much as 95m gallons of ethanol a year—all from useless landfill that would otherwise emit copious quantities of methane (the most potent g r e e n h o u s e g a s ) . Environmentalists reckon that using the ethanol produced over the lifetime of such a plant would cut carbon emissions by 75% compared with burning the equivalent amount of petrol. That would be like taking 100,000 cars off the road. The second ethanol venture your correspondent has been impressed by recently is much more down-to-earth. GreenHouse International, a San Diego-based eco-house-builder and provider of alternative fuels for the home, is in the throes of establishing a network of ethanol filling stations that are literally in people’s backyards. By law, private individuals in America are allowed to store up to 50 gallons of ethanol on their premises. So far, the only people to do so have been farmers who make ethanol to fuel their tractors and harvesters. The refuelling station that GreenHouse installs at people’s homes is actually a micro-refinery that makes its own ethanol on the spot from organic waste. The feedstock—mostly beer and soft drinks that have passed their bestbefore date, and other waste containing lots of sugar—is supplied free by GreenHouse. Drinks firms such as Coca-Cola, as well as big breweries, currently pay large sums of money to have their waste and date-expired products hauled away and processed for disposal. So far, Chris Ursitti, GreenHouse’s founder, has signed contracts for 29,000 tons of liquid waste and spent beer. After blending, a fleet of the company’s trucks deliver the feedstock to customers’ doors. GreenHouse has an exclusive contract to install the so-called MicroFueler made by E-Fuel of Los Gatos, California. The MicroFueler is the brainchild of Tom Quinn, the inventor of the motion-controller that made the Nintendo Wii such a runaway success, and ethanol scientist Floyd Butterfield. The technology solves two of the headaches that have plagued ethanol production: the reliance on corn as a feedstock and the difficulty of distributing it. The MicroFueler comprises a 250-gallon feedstock container and a separate unit holding the still, fuel tank and pumping station. With its internet connection, the MicroFueler calls GreenHouse automatically whenever it needs more feedstock or maintenance. The equipment sells for $10,000 but tax credits in effect halve the cost. After that, owners will be billed monthly for only the ethanol they pump into their flex-fuel vehicles. The fuel is expected to cost $1-2 a gallon, depending on the volume used. Unfortunately, your correspondent’s two ancient Lotuses cannot digest the stuff. But the family kidmobile is young enough to cope. Now, if only he could get a couple of neighbours interested in sharing the cost... Back to top ^^ Readers' comments The Economist welcomes your views.

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This week's top stories [18 September 2009]
(The Economist: News analysis)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:00:30 AM

Google books Sep 4th 2009 From The Economist print edition A fuss over Google's effort to build a huge digital library PAUL COURANT, the dean of libraries at the University of Michigan, jokes that he also runs “an orphanage”. Among the books on his shelves are such seminal texts as “Blunder Out of China” and “The Appalachian Frontier: America’s First Surge Westward”, which are protected by copyrights belonging to people who cannot be found. Known as “orphan” books, such titles are one element of a controversial plan by Google, the world’s biggest internet company, to create a vast online library. Several years ago Google began working with research libraries in America to create digital copies of their collections, parts of which it made available online. Not long after, a group of authors and publishers sued the company for breach of copyright. Now Google and its former antagonists are seeking judicial approval for a deal they reached last year to settle the class-action suit. Among other things, this would allow the company to scan millions of outof-print books, including orphan works, without seeking permission from individual copyright holders. Google could

then sell individual works or access to its entire library, provided it paid a share of the proceeds to owners of the copyrights, if they can be found. (It has already set aside $125m to that end.) Publishers and authors had until September 4th to withdraw from the agreement; those remaining in it can ask Google to remove their titles from its library at any time. Next month a federal court is due to hold a hearing on the agreement, which will help shape the future of the digital publishing. Opposition to the deal is brewing all around the world. On August 31st the German government filed a submission to the American court arguing that the agreement, which encompasses books by German authors published in the United States, would violate Germany’s copyright law. French publishers also claim the agreement will contravene laws in their homeland. They note that there are no plans for European representatives on the book-rights registry that would be set up under the deal to collect and distribute payments due to copyright owners. This has heightened suspicions that foreigners will be fleeced. In Japan two noted writers have filed a complaint with local authorities about Google’s actions. Many American firms oppose the deal, including Microsoft and Yahoo!, two of Google’s big competitors, as well Blurring the boundary between sci-fi and documentary, Franny Armstrong's The Age of Stupid

as Amazon, a big retailer of books in both paper and electronic form. Amazon argues that Congress, rather than Google and its allies, should decide how copyrights should be handled in the digital age. Together with the Internet Archive, a non-profit organisation which runs a rival project to digitise libraries’ contents, these firms have formed a group called the Open Book Alliance to campaign against the agreement. A posting on the Alliance’s website claims that the agreement would create a monopoly in digital books that would inevitably lead to fewer choices and higher prices for consumers. Such complaints have attracted the attention of America’s Department of Justice, which is examining the agreement to see whether it is anti-competitive. It is due to send its findings to the court by September 18th. In response, Google executives point out that the deal cannot be opened up to other firms because of the way class-action litigation works in America. However, it is a non-exclusive arrangement, so other companies are free, in theory, to seek a similar deal to Google’s. But in practice few are likely to enter this legal maze, and go to the expense of scanning millions of books, without any certainty of making money. In spite of this, Google claims that rather than suppressing competition in the emerging market for electronic books, the peers back at the present from a climate-crisis-wracked 2055 to lament our inaction on the mother

agreement would increase it by offering a web-based alternative to expensive proprietary systems such as Amazon’s Kindle. Having bought a book from Google, customers would be able to read it on any device with internet access. Moreover, by clarifying the copyright status of millions of digital books, the deal would also make it easier for firms other than Google to strike deals to use them. This may explain why the agreement is garnering support from some unexpected quarters. In a recent letter to the court, lawyers for Japan’s Sony, which also makes readers for electronic books, argued that if the agreement is approved it would have “numerous and significant pro-competitive effects”. Viviane Reding, the European Union’s commissioner for telecoms and media, has publicly hailed new business models such as Google’s, which she thinks will complement the EU’s Europeana initiative to digitise Europe’s cultural heritage. By promising to bring many more books like “The Appalachian Frontier” to an exciting new digital frontier, Google stands a fighting chance of winning its case. Back to top ^^ Readers' comments Readers have commented on this article (the window for new comments is now closed).

GSM Palm Pre now looking at 'autumn' launch in Germany
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 10:44:00 AM

You know, we admire Palm's patience. We knew a GSM Pre was in the works about 8.43 minutes after its CES presser ended in January, and we've been waiting all this time for some carrier in some part of the New World to grab hold of a GSM version of the world's first webOS handset. If you'll recall, we last heard that O2 Germany would be giving its loyal users the chance to get that very handset before the holiday season, but now an updated image on the site clearly indicates that it's coming this fall. As in, before winter. As in, within the next few months. As in, not nearly soon enough. [Via PreCentral] Filed under: Cellphones GSM Palm Pre now looking at 'autumn' launch in Germany originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Review: 'The Age of Stupid' Gets Smart on Enviropocalypse
By Scott Thill (Wired Top Stories)
of all earthly conflicts: The war on terra. The film opens Monday.

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The West and Russia: Less chilly
(The Economist: News analysis)
eastern Europe. Allies who took the risk to back the project, and tried to convince their sceptical Submitted at 9/18/2009 10:16:04 AM publics of its value, have been left The West and Russia exposed. The potential costs of Sep 18th 2009 Mr Obama’s move are apparent. From Economist.com A slightly But what might he get in return? warmer relationship between the For now, little that is concrete: the West and Russia hope that the gesture would help GEORGE BUSH'S planned improve relations with Russia and missile-defence system in eastern unlock a host of foreign-policy Europe was always contentious: i s s u e s , f r o m a r m s - c o n t r o l would it provoke Russia into an agreements to enhanced sanctions arms race, was the threat of against Iran and co-operation over Iranian missiles real and would Afghanistan. the proposed shield even work? President Dmitry Medvedev But President Barack Obama’s said there was no “primitive” decision to scrap it, arguably his bargain with America, but he biggest break yet with the foreign dropped a tantalising hint: “The policy of his predecessor, is fact that they are listening to us is proving controversial too. an obvious signal that we should Allies in eastern Europe and also attentively listen to our Republican critics at home have partners, our American partners.” been quick to cry treason and Yet Mr Medvedev’s may not be appeasement. “Betrayal! The the voice that matters. Vladimir USA has sold us to the Russians Putin, the Russian prime minister and stabbed us in the back,” and still the real power of the screamed one Polish tabloid, Fakt. land, suggested that he wants Senator John McCain, who lost more concessions. “I do anticipate the presidential race to Mr Obama that this correct and brave l a s t y e a r , c a l l e d t h e m o v e decision will be followed by “seriously misguided”. John others,” Mr Putin said, pointing in B o l t o n , A m e r i c a ’ s t o u g h particular to the joint bid by ambassador to the UN under Mr Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan Bush, declared: “Russia and Iran t o j o i n t h e W o r l d T r a d e are the big winners. I just think O r g a n i s a t i o n . it’s a bad day for American An early chance to gauge national security.” Russia’s response will come on In the view of Mr Obama’s October 1st, at talks in New York critics, America retreated in the between Iran and the permanent face of Russian bullying, and its members of the UN Security threats to aim nuclear missiles at Council (including America, which is seeking to engage Iran) as well as Germany. Iran has steadfastly refused to halt its nuclear-enrichment programme, which it says is to make fuel for civil reactors but which the West and others suspect is a cover to develop nuclear weapons. Russia and China have been most resistant to tightening economic sanctions against Tehran. Sanctions will not be on the agenda next month, but Western diplomats will be looking for signs of a change in Russia’s “mood music”, particularly whether it shares the same sense of urgency about the need to stop Iran’s nuclear work quickly. “What I would expect is that Russia will join us in putting maximum political and diplomatic pressure on Iran to stop Iran’s nuclear aspirations,” declared NATO’s Secretary-General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday. He said that the world may be at a “nuclear tipping point”. Iran’s unchecked enrichment work, along with North Korea’s nuclear test this year, means that many other countries could soon seek to acquire nuclear weapons. Still, the Obama administration has been at pains to say there was no bargain with Russia, and the decision to abandon Mr Bush’s missile-defence scheme was taken on its own merits. Firstly, an unspecified fresh intelligence assessment concludes that the earliest Iran could develop long-range missiles—which Mr Bush’s shield was designed to defeat—is 2018 rather than 2015 as previous reckoned. Until then, the real Iranian threat comes from hundreds of short- and mediumrange missiles. So instead of having a large radar in the Czech Republic and powerful interceptors in Poland, Mr Obama says he will reconfigure the missile shield to establish smaller radars closer to Iran (perhaps in Turkey) and to deploy smaller interceptor missiles on board Aegis warships. By 2015, more capable interceptors would be deployed at unspecified sites on land and by 2018 these would be replaced by even more capable ones that would provide coverage for all of Europe. Moreover, improvements in sensor technology and computer networks mean that the system would not need a large radar in central Europe. Instead the sensors would be mobile and dispersed on land, at sea, on aircraft and in space. Their information would be linked up by computer systems that could guide the interceptors. This, said Mr Obama, would offer “stronger, smarter and swifter defences”. Back to top ^^ Readers' comments The Economist welcomes your views.

HTC Leo to Be Officially Known as HTC HD 2? [HTC Leo]
By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:10:00 AM

Ambitious Touchscreen Notebook Swims With the Fail Whale
By Christopher Null (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 4:55:00 PM

The buzz word in the portable space appears to be HD at the moment, with the latest bandwagon member being HTC and its HD 2(formerly known as the HTC Leo, maybe). The Leo—sorry, HD 2—if you'll remember, was that big and beautiful handset that was saw earlier this month. The 4.3-inch screen was impressive, but so too was HTC's ability to work around Windows Mobile's lack of support for multitouch capacitive screens, as seen in the video below: This latest reveal/leak allegedly shows that HTC had second thoughts about a mini-USB connector, as this version, if the real deal, now sports a microUSB. Battery life was rated at 1200Mha, and the name change for the phone, HD 2, was discovered while snooping around in the Bluetooth settings. [ TechBlog.gr via Mobile Tech World via Engadget]

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Public-Private Investment Problems
(Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:21:05 PM

So, like a movie monster that won’t die, PPIP is a go. Here’s The New York Times: Agency officials announced that they had reached a deal to sell $1.3 billion in mortgages from Franklin Bank, a Houston-based lender that failed last November and was taken over by the F.D.I.C. Residential Credit will put up $64 million of its own money to obtain a 50 percent stake in the venture, which will hold and manage the $1.3 billion pool of mortgages from Franklin Bank. The F.D.I.C. will own the other 50 percent stake in exchange for providing the loans as well as the bulk of the financing. Instead of taking cash for the loans, the F.D.I.C. will accept a government -guaranteed note for $727.8 million with an interest rate of 4.25 percent. Agency officials said the deal meant that investors would be paying about 70 cents on the dollar for the loan portfolio…Had the government not provided Residential Credit with the ability to borrow most of the money it needed at low interest rates, agency officials said, the investors would have probably paid about 20 cents on the dollar less than they did. So private investors have come in with $64m, to get a 50% stake in a company that purchases $1.3bn in mortgages. The Treasury provides the other $64m, while the FDIC provides 6-to-1 leverage to purchase this. The actual bid on the loan is $727m ( which isn’t $64m * 2 * 6, so I

need to investigate further). FDIC even has a a chart outlining it, which reminds me of the charts I used to make outlining the payments(I wonder if they saw them). They don’t have a chart as to what the final payments look like given the distribution of asset worth; I’ll go ahead and draw that now: They are equal on the right-hand side. Residential Credit puts up $64m, on a $727m bid for $1,300m in assets. If the assets are worth less than $727-$64 = $663m, then every additional dollar comes from me and you, the taxpayer. If the assets are

worth more than $727m, then we split the earnings with Residential Credit. So for small price of $64m, or about 8% of the bid, they get half the upside gains while only absorbing a bit of the downside loses. We are also on the hook for a lot of interest rate risk, which I’m not going to bother to quantify. This is a terrible deal – but there were other issues at stake. I remember the original PPIP debates well, and there were only two valid arguments, neither I found very convincing, to allow this giveaway to happen. Get credit flowing again The first argument is that it

Information Astute readers may ask, “why wouldn’t we just go ahead and pay the extra $64m above to get that other half of the upside. Why don’t we just ride out the loan if we are going to keep all the downside risk?” The reason PPIP was sold was that it would start to create a market price for these assets. Sophisticated hedge fund managers would come in, bid on the price of toxic assets, and then we could use that to start solving whether or not the banks in question were solvent. In addition to getting credit to flow again, getting a decent market price for assets which had frozen would be worth the taxpayer cost. So, we have a market price for toxic assets. $1.3bn is only worth $727m. Is the Rubin family and the rest of the Obama economics team going to march to Wall Street and use this to mark down the asset values of the largest banks? I’m not holding my breath. Most of the crucial actions taken to replace PPIP – replacing the accountancy rules and enacting would take banks that were the stress test – were used to otherwise healthy and allow them replace this information problem to start lending again in the with methods that produced middle of a credit crunch. We numbers that were less transparent taxpayers pay to help unload these and more friendly to the big loans onto other private markets, banks. so that the bank can start lending So we’ve just auctioned out half again. the upside of this loan while But as financeguy points out, retaining most of the downside for the bank in question, Franklin pennies, without accomplishing Bank, is dead. FDIC took it over a either of the major goals of why year ago, with its balance sheet we were interested in PPIP in the deep in the red and after losing first place. I’d like call my elected double digits in loans since 2007. official but nobody voted for this It took a huge gamble in the real bill. I seriously worry this is a e s t a t e m a r k e t , a n d i t g o t prep run for bigger bids coming destroyed. This isn’t an otherwise down the line… healthy bank with one bad asset on it.

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Counter-terrorism in Indonesia: Toppled
(The Economist: News analysis)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:19:21 AM

Counter-terrorism in Indonesia Sep 18th 2009 | JAKARTA From Economist.com A terrorist leader is killed in Indonesia INDONESIA’S police chief, General Bambang Hendarso Danuri, can probably be forgiven his air of triumphalism in confirming on Friday September 18th that officers had killed Noordin Mohammed Top, the most wanted terrorist in Indonesia, and perhaps in SouthEast Asia. The police said that fingerprint tests confirmed that they had got their man. DNA tests are expected to be released on Saturday. Three other suspected terrorists died in the same police raid that did for Mr Top and three more people were arrested. Mr Top's role in recruiting, planning, financing and leading terrorist attacks, particularly against Western targets, was substantial. At first he was happy to be part of Jemaah Islamiah(JI), the regional group affiliated to alQaeda, which rose to prominence with the deadly bombing of nightclubs in Bali in 2002, although he was not thought to have been directly involved in

that attack. Then, along with his fellow Malaysian, Azahari Husin, he broke away to form a splinter group. The leaders of JI had developed reservations about hitting Western targets because they led to arrests and community revulsion, especially because Muslims were inevitably caught up and killed in any terrorist attack in Indonesia. For their part, Mr Top, Azahari and their followers adhered to Osama bin Laden’s orthodoxy of promoting terrorism. Mr Top and Azahari led the 2003 attack on the Marriott hotel in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, the 2004 bombing of the Australian embassy and the second Bali bombing, in 2005. By then the group was calling itself “al-Qaeda for the Malay Archipelago”. After Azahari was killed in a police raid in November 2005, Mr Top became the undisputed leader. His group fell silent until July this year, when suicide bombers hit the Marriott (again) and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta. Mr Top developed an almost mythical status among his followers and pursuers as he repeatedly evaded capture. In recent years foreign investors, among others, have worried that

more bombings were likely, even though hundreds of suspects were rounded up and many were tried and convicted. As long as Mr Top was at large, more attacks were expected. The bad news for the subscribers to this argument is that, despite his death, more terrorist attacks are still a real possibility. Sidney Jones of the International Crisis Group, a think -tank, estimates any one of some half a dozen disciples could attempt to step into Mr Top’s shoes. None may have his charisma, but new leaders are sure to emerge from among the many active followers. And the numerous Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia continue to act as fertile grounds for new recruits. Unfortunately for the terrorists, however, the Indonesian police have become increasingly competent. Years of training and co-operation with the Australian and American governments have turned Detachment 88, an antiterror unit, into an effective force. The operation that ended in Mr Top’s death was an entirely a domestic one. The international reaction to the deaths of Mr Top and two of his closest associates has been

uniformly positive, praising Indonesia’s authorities. More importantly, the domestic response has been mostly enthusiastic. Mr Top’s adherence to Mr bin Laden had left him marginalised, dismissed as the violent extreme of the radical fringe in Indonesian society. Some commentators have voiced doubts that the terrorists had to be killed, but most accept the police version of events: that officers tried to capture them but this soon proved impossible. The positive reaction is partly a result of the authorities’ evenhanded approach to countering terrorism over the past seven years. Force has been used where necessary but suspects have been prosecuted rather than detained without charge. Well-publicised programmes designed to deradicalise suspects have also won the police much-needed support. The police chief has promised there will be no let up in eradicating terrorism. Right now, at least, that claim looks convincing. Back to top ^^ Readers' comments The Economist welcomes your views.

CrunchDeals: Buy one Blu-ray, get one free at Best Buy
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 8:18:58 AM

Best Buy has a nice little deal going on with Blu-ray movies right now and you already know what it is if you read the headline. But there is some good news and some bad news with the deal though. The good news is that the titles involved are quality movies. The bad news is that because they are quality, they all cost $29.99. But remember, you get two for that price. However, you might want to do some Internet price shopping first because I found that Amazon is currently selling Paul Blart: Mall Cop for only $13.49. (It’s a dumb movie, don’t buy it anyway) But I’m sure the deal is worth it for some of the titles.

HTC Leo spotted once again, friends call it "HD2"
By Paul Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 2:54:00 AM

This new Leo hotness from HTC sure is making the rounds, and we certainly can't get enough of it. Its latest appearance shows the

handset from some sexy angles, but also gives us a new tidbit to chew on: the Bluetooth menu identifies the phone as the HD2. So, is this the much-rumored successor to the Touch HD, or an We'd venture a guess, but we're absolutely gorgeous impostor?

too busy longing for that 4.3-inch capacitive LCD to care. [Via MobileTechWorld] Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds HTC Leo spotted once again, friends call it "HD2" originally

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Banco de Brasil and Santander Both The coming days: The Look to Take Advantage of ADRs week ahead
(Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg. “We are increasing the number of potential investors Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:04:40 AM to our shares.” State controlled banking Banco de Brasil has performed behemoth Banco de Brasil has w e l l t h i s y e a r , h a v i n g been involved in a three way o u t p e r f o r m e d t h e B o v e s p a battle with its private peers Itau- average by some margin. As we Unibanco ( ITUB) and Banco de have discussed in previous Bradesco ( BBD) for some time articles, the banking sector in for dominance in the growing Brazil has been going through a domestic banking sector. Having wave of consolidation & the state surpassed ITUB in the second bank has just added to its growing quarter, mainly due to lower portfolio via the acquisition of a interest rates attracting borrowers, 4 9 . 9 9 % s t a k e i n B a n c o B a n c o d e B r a s i l h a s n o w Votorantim for 4.2 billion reals announced that it is looking to ($2.3Bn) earlier this month. change its stance regarding Meanwhile, Spain's Santander ( international stockholders. STD) is now looking at a local Yesterday, a spokeswoman for IPO that should see an initial the company revealed that the r a i s i n g o f $ 2 0 0 m i l l i o n bank is now looking to double the (equivalent to 15% of current potential foreign ownership in valuation) that will be used to Bovespa traded shares from the expand its reach across the current 11% by raising its free country. At the same time, float of shares to 25%. Santander also said that it will On the same call, she also launch an ADR programme for a d v i s e d t h a t t h e b a n k h a s the local listing. appointed an advisory bank With only a single IPO so far r e g a r d s l a u n c h i n g a n A D R this year with Visa affiliate offering on the NYSE, similar to VisaNet, Brazil now has 12 its two biggest rivals, and the companies that have registered programme could be launched by since the end of July for potential the end of this year. listings. The VisaNet launch was “We are talking about two hugely oversubscribed & raised a movements that aim to improve Brazilian record of $4.5Bn in its the attractiveness of the shares,” sale, much to the benefit of Marco Geovanne Tobias da Silva, Bradesco. Much of this is fuelled by local retail interest, as the Brazilian middle classes are growing, however, there are also signs that foreign investors are looking at Brazil as the next BRIC economy to really get going, with Credit Suisse coming out with a bullish statement yesterday. “Brazil is in style for foreigners,” said Ilan Ryfer at Credit Suisse Hedging Griffo, Brazil’s biggest hedge fund. “Everyone thinks it’s a bull market again and the party’s back. Investors have short memories.” Much of the excitement around Brazilian stocks is fuelled by its BRIC partner China, as the Chinese economy starts to lift again, commodities are very much back in vogue. South Africa's Investec Asset Management is looking at Brazil and neighbours Chile and Peru to lead the way in South America, as Chinese demand for raw materials is set to grow. So Viva Brasilia !! Being a bull on emerging markets and Brazil in particular, I am looking forward to the Banco de Brasil and Santander IPOs with great interest. Disclosure : Author holds long positions in Santander & ItauUnibanco

(The Economist: News analysis)

week at the UN General Assembly. He addresses the body on Wednesday September 23rd Submitted at 9/20/2009 1:27:12 AM the day after an expected round of The coming days meetings involving Israel’s prime Sep 20th 2009 minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, From Economist.com A general and Mahmoud Abbas, president election in Germany, and other of the Palestinian Authority. Mr news Obama’s strategy for the Middle • A GENERAL election in East will no doubt come under Germany on Sunday September scrutiny in the usual annual 27th looks set to return Angela diatribe against America and the Merkel for another stint as West delivered to the UN by chancellor. But Frank-Walter Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s Steinmeier’s Social Democratic leader, on Wednesday. Party, which has ruled as part of a See article grand coalition, is hoping to • LEADERS of the G20 group of prevent her forming a new rich and developing countries take c o a l i t i o n w i t h t h e F r e e part in a two-day summit in Democratic Party after the vote. P i t t s b u r g h , P e n n s y l v a n i a , Ms Merkel's reluctance to say beginning on Thursday September what the new coalition would 24th. The host, Mr Obama, is actually stand for may encourage expected to urge his counterparts some voters to support Mr t o s t i c k w i t h c o - o r d i n a t e d Steimeier instead. stimulus measures to provide a See article continuing boost for slowly • BAN KI-MOON, taking r e c o v e r i n g e c o n o m i e s . T h e advantage of the presence of French leader, Nicolas Sarkozy, is many world leaders for the UN keen to push the idea of Tobin G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y , h o s t s a taxes. Other issues high on the summit on the environment on agenda are the regulation of the Tuesday September 22nd, as a global financial system and the part of the build up to the v e x e d q u e s t i o n o f h o w t o C o p e n h a g e n w o r l d c l i m a t e moderate bonuses handed to conference in December. Of most bankers. significance is the presence of See article China’s president, Hu Jintao, who Back to top ^^ Readers' will unveil the country’s latest comments plans for tackling global warming. The Economist welcomes your See article views. • BARACK OBAMA has a busy

Emmy Edition: Comedy Duo Spews Season Spoilers on the Clock
By Hugh Hart (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:32:00 PM

Buzz Makers of the Week!
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:02:00 AM

Spoiler alert: Don't watch the video if you want to remain in the dark about how this year's Emmynominated shows finish their

seasons. The Fine Brothers recap finales for 100 hit TV shows.

headlines this week? Click the pictures for all the key star happenings through Friday!

Which celebs made big

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Regulatory Arbitrage, the Latest Edition
(Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
because it has a lot of exposure to those assets through its huge loan, it will continue to hold capital Submitted at 9/18/2009 8:34:55 AM against those assets. So far so By James Kwak good. Gillian Tett has the latest But regulatory capital arbitrage perspective on a curious deal that is only one kind of arbitrage. For Barclays ( BCS) did earlier this ordinary accounting purposes, the week (hat tip Brad DeLong). The toxic assets are not on its balance deal goes something like this. sheet. So if they fall in value, Two former Barclays execs are B a r c l a y s w i l l n o t h a v e t o starting a fund called Protium recognize a loss – at least not until Finance. Protium has two equity Protium defaults on its loan, investors who are putting in $450 which could be as far as ten years million. Barclays is lending in the future. So the bank has the Protium $12.6 billion. Protium is same true economic exposure, but using the cash to buy $12.3 billion can pretend it isn’t there for a in what we used to call toxic long time. assets from Barclays. Protium’s Or does it have the same true 4 5 s t a f f m e m b e r s g e t a economic exposure? If things go management fee of $40 million badly, yes, since Protium will per year (presumably from the default on the loan. If things go equity investors, although that w e l l , h o w e v e r , P r o t i u m ’ s seems steep). Returns from the investors get all the upside since investments will be paid as they get the residual cash flows follows, in this order (and this is after the loan is paid off. So important): (1) fund management Barclays is left with all the fees; (2) a guaranteed 7% return downside and none of the upside. to investors; (3) repayment of the In return for giving away the Barclays loan; and (4) residual upside, they should have gotten a cash flows to the investors. good interest rate on the loan. The Barclays emphasized that it was interest rate is LIBOR + 275 bp, not participating in regulatory and I have no way of calculating arbitrage, because it is keeping the if that’s a good rate or not. But toxic assets on its balance sheet even assuming it is a good interest for regulatory purposes. That is, rate, this is what Nassim Taleb calls a nickels strategy – picking up nickels (the nice interest rate) in front of a steamroller (the risk of the assets falling in value). Finally, we have the other kind of arbitrage. Although Barclays is recognizing its exposure to Protium, Protium is a different company, and it’s not a bank. That’s important these days, and this is Tett’s main point. In particular, because it’s not a bank, British regulators can’t do anything to it. In particular, they can’t prevent Protium from paying its managers whatever they want to pay it, and they probably can’t force Protium to even tell them what its managers are making. So here we have the ultimate form of regulatory arbitrage. If you’re a bank exec worried about public exposure or, even worse, regulation of your compensation, go create a new special-purpose vehicle to manage bank assets, entice the equity investors in with a sweetheart deal, and pay yourself whatever you want. Given the size of Barclays, the shareholders won’t notice $40 million here or there, especially if it looks like it’s coming from someone else. Everyone wins.

Google making it possible to print public domain books
By Dave Freeman (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 6:00:40 AM

Google has been very much about saving out of print books by moving them into a digital format over the last seven years. This has been a part of their Google Book Search project, which involved pulling books out of libraries and scanning them in, and thus preserving them forever. Of course, some people prefer a hard copy, and now that’s going to be a possibility as well, at least at some locations. Google has teamed up with On Demand Books, makers of the $100,000 Espresso Book Machine, which enables people who own the machine to print books on site, rather then waiting for them to be printed, bound, shipped, and then delivered to book stores. Your average 300 page book with a color cover takes about four minutes, and costs about $3.00 to produce. This has huge implications, partly to the out of print book industry and partly to the end user. The out of print book industry typically charge

extremely high prices for books, which may not really be an option for them anymore. For the end user, it’ll make books that previously were impossible to find accessible, and easy to locate. Currently, there are a few sites that are up and running. The Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge Massachusetts, the University of Michigan Shapiro library, and the Blackwell Bookshop in London just to name a few. The company hopes to have about 90 machines running world wide in the next year, so keep your eyes open. The books will probably sell for about $8 each, allowing the book seller to make some money after paying for the materials and fees to Google and On Demand. This is amazing. Imagine being able to go to a major book store and have them print the book you want to order, instead of having to find it on the shelf or order it in. I for one am looking forward to it. [via CNN Technology] Thanks to Tam for the tip.

Low-voltage ASUS UL30A reviewed
By Doug Aamoth (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:15:00 AM

Pretty good marks already for the $799 ultraportable ASUS UL30A notebook, as the machine

garners a LAPTOP Editors’ Choice award for its ten-hour battery life, nice design, and adequate horsepower. Other niceties include a sizeable island keyboard, good touchpad, thickness of less than an inch. bright 13.3-inch HD screen, and a

Conversely, the four-pound weight seems a bit on the heavy side, the 0.3-megapixel webcam is an afterthought, and subpar 3D video abilities. On the whole, though, the long battery life in spite of the

relatively powerful dual-core CPU, along with the $799 price tag make the UL30A “a compelling value,” according to LAPTOP.

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I’m leading a double life: I primarily use a Mac, but I just bought a Zune HD. (WHAT THE HECK?!)
By Nicholas Deleon (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 12:00:04 PM

Get it, folks? (Also, non-shopped photo here, if you care. You probably don’t.) While waiting for our music ban to kick in (again, you’ll all be receiving letters in the mail shortly detailing when and where you’ll be expected to hand over your music-related goods), I spent Thursday thinking to myself: “You know what I really want for some reason? A Zune HD.” Seeing as though I’m strapped for cash—you saw the lengths I recently went to in order to upgrade my three-year-old iMac—spending$236.79 for the 16GB model was definitely a decision I did not take lightly. (I actually had to calculate when my next student loan payment was due before I committed to buying the device! So if you think, as some of you do for some reason, that we’re “on the take‚” I can only reply: lol.) The thing is, I primarily use a Mac, and last I checked, the Zune software—which is great, by the way, and makes iTunes look like an old dog—only works in Windows. What to do? Sure, I have Windows all set up on a separate partition, but I really only boot into it when I want to play, say, Half-Life or Deus Ex for a little bit. That is, I had no intention of switching over to Windows full-time just to be able to use a Zune HD. All that said, I’m happy (I guess) to report that using a Zune HD even though Mac OS X is my

primary operating system really isn’t that difficult. Yes, I do need to boot into Windows to use the Zune software, but with a little forethought I can keep those boots to a minimum. The result is that I continue to use my beloved Mac OS X for my everyday computing, but now own and can use effectively what could be the best looking portable media player on the market today. BORING!

So what’s my secret? I use iTunes. Yes, yes, like Chris Jericho insists, I’m a total hypocrite. Not two paragraphs ago I slagged off iTunes, but the fact is that it’s the easiest way to organize music on a Mac. (I understand that Windows users tend to hate iTunes, but I’ve never used iTunes for Windows for more than two seconds, so I can’t speak to that.) The simplest way to put it is: I let iTunes organize

all my music on the Mac partition, and then tell the Zune software to l o o k a t “/Users/nicholas/Music/iTunes/iT unes\ Media‚” for all its music needs. There’s a setting somewhere in the Zune software, something like, “Where is your music stored?” So I point it to that folder inside the Mac partition (I guess Windows 7 can read HFS+ partitions now), and then the Zune software adds it to its music

index. It’s important to keep in mind that the Zune software never copies the music from my Mac folder to Windows, but rather builds an index that it uses to organize your music. LESS BORING! “Bottom line it for me, Deleon.” (Also, it’s “Deleon,” not “DeLeon,” as Newser wrote the other day. I also don’t write for I’M page 29

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“TechGear,” and yet somehow people accuse us of being sloppy!) OK, boss: I use iTunes within Mac as I normally do, and then simply tell the Zune software to look at the resulting, totally organized iTunes folder. That’s it. What does this accomplish? For one, I can live in Mac completely as I normally do, making zero concessions or compromises, then boot into Windows occasionally to sync my music to the Zune HD. I don’t have two separate music libraries or anything, but rather the master Mac iTunes library, then the Zune software builds an index and syncs the music to the Zune HD based on said library. Is it an elegant solution? Maybe not, but it definitely works and is dead simple. What would be simpler? A Mac version of the Zune software, but I don’t see that happening any time soon. Now, all of the above makes several assumptions. The biggest one, of course, is that you have access to Windows ( maybe even Windows 7, I’m not sure about Vista or XP’s ability to read an HFS+ partition so according to that guy down there, we can thank Snow Leopard’s drivers for Windows’ ability to read HFS+ partitions, so presumably any Windows version that works with Bootcamp will be able to read your Mac partition). Those of you with a e-mail address can buy Windows 7 for only $30, so if the Zune HD even remotely interests you I’d say to seriously consider buying it. The second assumption is that, Windows in hand, you’re comfortable with installing it on your Mac and setting up Bootcamp. My guess, though, is that if you’re reading us here at CrunchGear you’re probably advanced enough to figure that out. If dual booting isn’t your thing, and don’t mind spending more money, you could simply install Windows using VM Ware or Parallels and have a Windows virtual machine at the ready for whenever you’re looking to sync your music. In my experience, after the initial Big Sync at the beginning, I rarely have to go back into the Zune software to sync; I’m not adding new albums every 30 minutes. In any event, I hope this has shown to you that it’s not so difficult to live in a predominately Mac world, and still be able to use the Zune HD. Now I’m off to play World of Warcraft till I pass out. Thank you for your time.

Limited Selection, Walled Gardens, Unskippable Ads... What's The Benefit Of TV Everywhere Again?
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 4:53:21 PM

appear to be bickering with each other over who pays for what... and who gets compensated for While Mark Cuban's insisting what. The whole thing is a recipe that TV Everywhere is brilliant, for a disaster. As Broadband it's difficult to see what the benefit Reports summarizes, "bickering is for users. We already noted that between broadcasters and TV the whole program seemed to be operators, limited selection, something of a mess with no one walled gardens and unskippable agreeing on standards, meaning ads" are the sort of things that that there might be a bunch of drive people to other options, such different ones. Oh, and then as file sharing -- which is what there's the whole plan to include TV Everywhere was supposed to way too many ads and not let prevent. users skip any of them. Permalink| Comments| Email Meanwhile, Broadband Reports This Story notes that the various players

Video: I never did think I’d see Kimbo Slice yelling at a caterpillar for Symantec, but here we are
By Nicholas Deleon (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:00:53 AM

Katherine Heigl's Hubby Sings About Their Baby
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 8:02:00 AM

Even casual fight fans know that last night was UFC 103 and Mayweather vs. Marquez. No spoilers here, of course, but I do encourage you all to, I don’t know, buy the replays or find them wherever you find things these days. While on the topic of mixed martial arts, full credit to whatever marketing company put

Katherine Heigl's musician husband Josh Kelley reportedly sang a song about their baby girl, Nancy Leigh, during a concert in Ohio on Friday night. "We adopted a baby from Korea, this ad together for Norton Anti- Kimbo Slice: how he’ll perform an “online” opinion?) virus. Yes, that’s Kimbo Slice, when he meets people who can Anyhow, considering how m e a n d m y g i r l , a n d s h e ' s a n d h e ’ s a d m o n i s h i n g a take him to the ground and work wacky commercials have become awesome, dude! This girl is the caterpillar. him. I guess we’ll find out this (see: the Geico googly eyes spots, bomb!" Kelley said during his The problem with Kimbo—and year on the Ultimate Fighter, one the old Microsoft Bill Gates/Jerry s h o w a t M i a m i U n i v e r s i t y , this is not breaking news or of only three shows I DVR (the Seinfeld spots, etc.), this one is a c c o r d i n g t o P e o p l e . c o m . The site says he played a new anything—is that he’s a jacked up others being Top Gear and Curb probably a winner. Looking only backyard brawler. He’ll destroy Your Enthusiasm). at the YouTube comments (“This s o n g a b o u t h i s d a u g h t e r , any of us in any type of fight, but As for Norton Anti-Virus, am I is perhaps the single best thing nicknamed Naleigh, with lyrics what happens when he meets a wrong in thinking those guys that has ever been created by including: "Just to see you in professional fighter who’s spent don’t have the best reputation? somebody with a vision”), yeah, it mommy's arms is all I need." the past 10 years down in Brazil Not that it’s an Evil Corporation, looks to be a hit. learning Judo and BJJ? That’s but that the software just ain’t where the intrigue lies with what it used to be? (Maybe that’s

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Bay Area Architects Seek to Re-purpose Bay Bridge as Park, Apartments [Architecture]
By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:00:00 AM

you could walk and wander and enjoy the most spectacular views of the bay," reads an excerpt from The Bay Bridge is falling down, the proposal by architects Ronald falling down, so that a bigger, Rael and Virginia San Fratello. better bridge—one less prone to The image here depicts a "tennis falling down during an court, bicycle path, and earthquake—can be erected in its o b s e r v a t i o n m o d u l e . " place. If two architects get their "Imagine housing, recreational way however, it might become and cultural facilities connected to this: a continuous, lushly planted, "Imagine housing, recreational green strip, floating above the and cultural facilities connected to water-an aerial garden, as the a continuous, lushly planted, city's newest park through which outdoor auditorium. This final image shows off the green strip, floating above the you could walk and wander and water-an aerial garden, as the enjoy the most spectacular views Bay Bridge's swimming pool and city's newest park through which of the bay." This image is an some living/recreational quarters,

as well as the green grass that would line the length of the "unwanted" bridge. One "little" caveat: In the event of a major earthquake, the Bay Bridge would probably survive, but as a result of the catastrophe would be unusable thereafter, rending all of these additions worthless. This is precisely why the idea is all but certain to be rejected (at least for this bridge, in this area, anyway). [ BLDG Blog]

Pricing Revealed for AT&T's Upcoming Line of HTC and GarminASUS Smartphones [Cellphones]
By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 7:00:00 AM

AmazonBasics: Bezos and Co. starts private-label consumer electronics line
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 12:51:00 PM

You had to see this coming. Or not. While Amazon has certainly shown an ability to do well in the consumer electronics space (ahem, Kindle anyone?), we never exactly envisioned the mammoth e-tailer to spark up its own private -label line of consumer electronics. Designed to go manoa-mano with the likes of Monoprice and other cut-rate accessories providers, AmazonBasics will -- at least initially -- offer consumers AV cables, blank DVD media other

inexpensive doodads for not much cheddar. Everything the outfit sells through this initiative will ship in frustration-free packaging, and Bezos has already committed to expanding the line "in the coming months." As expected,

these products will be eligible for free (albeit slow) shipping if you break the $25-per-order mark, and while Americans can begin ordering today, it'll be a tick before these wares trickle out to international portals. So, industry

Got a second and a few hundred bucks to spare? Great, then check out this short list of loftily priced smartphones coming to an AT&T retailer near you, sometime in October: -- are you scared yet? The first two phones are the Read- AmazonBasics HTC Tilt2 and Pure, or Touch Read- Amazon's press release Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Pro2 and Touch Diamond2, respectively. According to sources Peripherals AmazonBasics: Bezos and Co. at BGR, the 2-year subsidized starts private-label consumer price—with $50 rebate—for the e l e c t r o n i c s l i n e o r i g i n a l l y Tilt2 will be $300, while the Pure appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 will arrive at $200. Without a Sep 2009 12:51:00 EST. Please contract, the prices jump to $500 see our terms for use of feeds. and $350, respectively. The other leaked price concerns Permalink| Email this| Comments the Garmin-ASUS nüvifone G60, which weighs in at $300 after a $100 rebate. No contract? Bend over; it's $550. Again, no release dates, but a pre-Halloween arrival is likely. [ BGR]

Brad Pitt Walks Tall in Lettered Loafers
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Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:20:00 AM

X marks the spot, and BP marks the shoes! Brad Pitt walked tall in a pair of loafers adorned with his

golden initials in Spain on Friday. The sure-footed star wore his stylish shoes to the 'Inglourious

Basterds' premiere and photocall Keep checking back here for the a t t h e 5 7 t h S a n S e b a s t i a n latest star sightings! International Film Festival.

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RIP Facebook Beacon
By Pete Cashmore (Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 12:57:13 PM

NASA's Desert RATS field tests the Lunar Electric Rover on simulated 14-day mission
By Paul Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:55:00 AM

module mounted on the ATHLETE vehicle. Sounds like a real party down there! Video is NASA just took its fancy Lunar after the break. Electric Rover for a spin around [Via AutoblogGreen] the Black Point Lava Flow in Continue reading NASA's Arizona for a bit of simulated Desert RATS field tests the Lunar moon exploration. The 14 day Electric Rover on simulated 14mission had a couple of crew day mission members holed up inside the Filed under: Transportation vehicle for the duration, proving NASA's Desert RATS field tests the suitability of the vehicle for the Lunar Electric Rover on such a lengthy jaunt -- and s i m u l a t e d 1 4 - d a y m i s s i o n providing for a good amount of originally appeared on Engadget Odd Couple-esque hijinks inside, on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:55:00 to be sure. The LER also managed EST. Please see our terms for use t o t r a c k d o w n " l o s t " c r e w of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email members in a trial to test out the this| Comments navigation systems of the rover, and docked with a habitation

Facebook launched its ad platform “Beacon” in November 2007, hoping to revolutionize advertising by posting updates to your Facebook profile when you interacted with its partner sites. This week Facebook said that it has settled a class-action lawsuit against the product, agreed to shut it down completely, and will establish a $9.5 million “settlement fund” to fund initiatives related to online privacy. Recent developments make the decision much easier to take, however: Beacon paved the way for Facebook Connect, which went on to be a huge success. Shopping Habits Posted to the Web Facebook Beacon was a system that posted your activity on thirdparty websites – Blockbuster, Gamefly, Overstock.com and more – back to your Facebook profile. Privacy advocates rallied against it, however, arguing that data was being sent without the users’ explicit permission. The situation worsened after a report claimed that Beacon was collecting data from partner sites regardless of whether users were Facebook members; amid the bad press, partner sites got cold feet. One partner, Blockbuster, was sued in April 2008 over its Beacon participation. The class-

action suit against Facebook followed in August 2008. As we wrote at the time: The lawsuit claims Facebook gathered online users’ activity without asking them if they wanted that information to be posted to their profiles, which is nothing new, considering the amount of heat Facebook has taken over the entire Beacon initiative. “By the time any user was notified that Facebook was (at a minimum), an observing party to the transaction, and that Facebook was asking for an approval to publicly broadcast identifying information regarding the event, personally identifying information had already been communicated to Facebook,” the suit alleges. The suit also claims that although Facebook has made Beacon an opt-out program, it’s too difficult for users to do so, because they are forced to visit each of Beacon’s 44 affiliate Web site to do just that. To add even more fuel to the Beacon fire, the lawsuit also

claims that Facebook retrieved data on all users who had any impact on the program, regardless of whether they were Facebook users or not. “Thus, non-Facebook persons who utilized the Facebook Beacon Activated Affiliate Websites were not told that their transaction, and indeed, every transaction they engaged in upon the Website was being communicated to a third party (Facebook) with whom they had no relationship whatsoever,” the suit claims. WSJ: Decision Pending Judges’ Approval The WSJ reports that the settlement is pending approval in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, after which Beacon will be closed. For Facebook, however, there may be a silver lining to this cloud: Beacon was reborn as Facebook Connect, an extremely successful opt-in system that lets you post your web activity to your Facebook stream. [Top image credit: Radiant Core] Reviews: Facebook Tags: facebook

Will John Travolta Testify in Extortion Trial?
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Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:26:00 AM

A member of John Travolta's

legal team is speaking out to ET about whether the star will testify in the Bahamas next week at the extortion trial tied to his teenage

son Jett's death. A legal representative for actor tells ET that if Travolta is called to testify, he will testify.

Pleasant Bridgewater, a former to commit extortion and aiding to senator, and Tarino Lightbourne, attempted extortion. an ambulance driver, have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy

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20+ Mac Apps to Increase Your Productivity
By Christina Warren (Mashable!)
of the strongest (verified against an informal poll of my Twitter followers): Submitted at 9/19/2009 3:45:54 PM Things($49.95) — Cultured Years ago, one of the criticisms Code’s Things was easily the top lobbed at the Mac platform was choice on my Twitter followers’ that when it comes to software, lists of “best Mac productivity there just isn’t much out there. app.” Not only is the interface Any Mac user will know that gorgeous (it won a 2009 Apple that stopped being true a long Design Award), the app is both time ago, but in the last five or six simple and powerful. years especially, the Mac as a Not only can you manage all platform has undergone a sort of your tasks on the desktop, the software renaissance. Not only are fantastic Things iPhone app is a the big mainstream programs great way to keep track of your available for the Mac (with the tasks while on the go, as well as a exception of games, where fantastic portable task manager Windows still consistently rules and to-do list. the roost), but independent The Hit List($49.95) — After software developers have put out Things, The Hit List won my some of the most spectacular impromptu Twitter poll. Like s o f t w a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r a n y things, The Hit List is elegant, but platform — much of it only powerful. If you participated in available for the Mac. MacHeist this year, you got a I’m always trying to juggle lots copy of The Hit List, and as a task of different projects and looking -manager, this is one of my for the best ways to make my time favorites. It syncs with iCal, and my work as efficient as makes it easy to add lists and possible, so I love productivity tasks, as well as attaching and applications. I don’t quite have a organizing notes onto certain GTD obsession, but I’m close. items, and it has an interface that For the Mac addicts and is uncluttered and easy to use. newcomers alike, I’ve compiled The Hit List doesn’t have an twenty of my favorite Mac iPhone app, though one is in the productivity applications. This list works. is by no-means exhaustive, so OmniFocus($79.95) — chime in with your favorites in the OmniFocus has been around for a comments! Task Management long time, so of the three One of the most common types applications, it’s probably the of productivity applications is the most feature-rich. As a result, it task manager. This is an app that also has the biggest learning curve can do anything from storing — but if you are a strict GTDnotes, integrating your calendar devotee, it might just be the app and to-do lists and popping up for you. You can assign tasks via r e m i n d e r s a n d l i n k i n g e-mail and OmniFocus will watch information. For many users your inbox and automatically add seeking productivity bliss, the tasks you send yourself to your task management app is their OmniFocus inbox. productivity hub. The Mac has OmniFocus syncs with iCal and some great options, but here are 3 a l s o h a s a g r e a t i P h o n e that works both independently and in conjunction with the original application. Yojimbo($39) — Yojimbo 2.0 was recently released and the application has gained some new features, but it remains pretty much the same tried and true information organizer. Drag information into Yojimbo and tag it — it’s searchable in Spotlight, you can find it in Yojimbo, and if you want to take the information or files out of Yojimbo, you just drag it out. Calendars and Address Books Although Google integration for calendars and address book entries is built-into Mac OS X Leopard and improved with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, managing your calendars and address books across systems (or keeping them updated both in Google and on your Mac) can still be a challenge. For instance, when you sync Google calendars with your Mac, many times they are only readonly, and you only have the option to sync five calendars at a time — a real bummer if you have lots and lots of calendars. Additionally, the systems don’t always work together as well as they should. Fortunately, there are a couple of great Mac apps that do the trick. BusyCal($40) — The successor in many ways to the fantastic BusySync, BusyCal is like iCal on steroids (BusyMac calls it “iCal Pro”). BusyCal lets you share your iCal calendars across a LAN (great for business users) and also lets you sync with Google Calendar (including the ability to edit Google Calendar events), without Google/Apple’s 5 calendar limitation and with the ability to sync with more than one device. If you just use OS X and you want to sync a calendar with both your iPhone and say a BlackBerry or another phone, you can’t — BusyCal lets you do this sort of syncing. You also get the option to add weather reports, notes, graphics and other media into your iCal view. Very, very nice. Spanning Sync($25 one-year subscription, $65 to buy) — Spanning Sync does much of what BusySync does, but with the addition of Google Address book syncing too. OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard can be set to sync with your Google Address book, but as a former BlackBerry user, I quickly found the problem with this: if you are using another mobile phone (or want to sync multiple Google accounts), the whole thing breaks. Spanning Sync also works really well with Google Apps and makes sharing with multiple Google Apps users a breeze. If you want an easy way to do overthe-air syncing with your mobile phone, iPhone and other computers, Spanning Sync is something you should definitely check out. Twitter/Chat/IM Many of us spend much of our day communicating with colleagues over Twitter, IM or in apps like Campfire: here are some of my favorite productivity apps for communication. Tweetdeck(Free) — Even if Adobe Air does have its pitfalls for Mac users (high memory usage, high crash-rate for apps), Tweetdeck is one of the most powerful Twitter apps for the power Twitter user. Granted, for 20+ page 33

application for syncing, creating and managing tasks on the go. All three of these apps offer a free-trial period, so play around with them and then choose what works best for your workflow. Information Organizers Shawn Blanc calls these kinds of applications “anything buckets” and I have to agree. Although you can use information organizers as task managers, they really excel at collecting and collating lots of different types of information for different projects. So, you can have a way to store all the files associated with a project, all the pictures and the contact information of your coworkers, all in a way that is taggable and searchable. Bento($49) — Bento is from the FileMaker, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, Inc., so the interface and features of Bento naturally match and work with those of native Mac applications. Bento describes itself as a personal database program, and that’s true. You can attach e-mail content directly to a Bento box, just by dragging and dropping, it automatically syncs and can integrate with your iCal and CalDAV calendars. You can also use it with Excel spreadsheets to view and search items and terms more easily. What’s more, there’s an excellent Bento iPhone app

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some people, Twitter is actually a productivity killer, but if you rely on keeping up with social media news and trends for your job, Twitter is essential, and Tweetdeck is definitely powerful. Twitterrific(Free, $14.95 adfree) — One of the very first Twitter clients, Twitterrific’s icon is still often associated with Twitter itself. Twitterrific is available in a free ad-supported version or in an ad-free version for $14.95. Although the feature set is a bit sparse in comparison to some of the newer apps, this is still one of the sexiest OS X apps and it is a great option for users who want to keep up, but don’t want to have their lives overtaken with Twitter. Tweetie(Free, $19.95 ad-free) — The iPhone app was so popular, Atebits was bombarded with requests to make a Mac Twitter client. The result: Tweetie for Mac is one of the best Twitter apps for the user who wants something that doesn’t overtake their screen, but still provides options like search, multiple account support and the ability to follow/unfollow in app. Propane($20) — 37Signals’ Campfire is a great way for groups to communicate. Think of it as an always-on chatroom, with the ability to share files, search through transcripts, create subrooms and directly address users. It’s fantastic, and like all 37Signals apps, designed to run in the browser. However, if you are a heavy Campfire user, you know that sometimes the browser option isn’t always best. You’re forced to dedicate a certain size of a window to Campfire, you have to always have a browser window open (which can be bad when installing apps that insist all browsers be closed — I’m looking at you Adobe!), plus if your browser crashes, your Campfire session goes with it and you have to re-login. For any Mac user who uses Campfire on a daily basis, I highly recommend Propane. More than just a single-site browser, it’s a well designed app that makes searching, adding in files, viewing files and using Campfire a joy. You can set your Growl settings for certain alerts or extended alerts, you can drag and drop images or videos directly from Safari into Propane and adding other files is just as easy. Text Tools Text-expansion was built into Mac OS X Snow Leopard but at a very low level. Full fledged-text expansion applications make it much easier to type more in less time. Don’t believe me? Read David Pogue’s text-expansion workflow to see a totally hardcore implementation. TextExpander($29) — TextExpander is one of the big names in the text-expansion space, and for good reason — it’s scriptable, adaptable and compact. Many of the features in TextExpander are also available in the other programs, but one standout is built-in scripts for bit.ly and digg short urls. Just copy a link, type in “/bitly” and voila, the shortened version of the URL in your clipboard is inserted. This is great when working with Twitter applications. The recently launched TextExpander Touch brings your expansions to your iPhone or iPod touch. Typinator($29) — Typinator is very similar to TextExpander and is also scriptable to attach certain commands to certain programs. You can also add snippet-libraries for CSS, HTML and auto-correct rules for even more productivity. TypeIt4Me($27) — TypeIt4Me has been around since 1989 (!) and even has an iPhone app. It has lots of great-looking features and a long legacy. Of the three, TypeIt4Me is the only one that can use Mac OS X’s built-in autocorrect (though the other two have auto-correct snippet libraries). Working With the Web These are some of my favorite productivity apps when working with the web. Evernote(Free, Premium $5 month/$45 a year) — Because it is cross-platform in nature and available on a slew of mobile devices, Evernote is a very popular service. You can store photos, notes, bookmarks, sketches, video files, voice notes, pretty much anything you want, and then pull those notes up from the web, or an app on your Mac or PC or on your phone. LittleSnapper($35) — Admittedly, this app is more for people who take tons and tons of screenshots or need to grab images from elements of a web page. Because I take so many screenshots or web shots a week, LittleSnapper is a lifesaver to me. It’s basically like iPhoto for your screen snaps, so you can collect and tag shots from your desktop or from the web, crop them, and add annotations in the app, and then export them out to be used on the web, or upload them to Realmac’s Ember service. What I love about LittleSnapper is that I can select specific DOM elements from a webpage. This is great when you just want to get a certain snippet of the page. It’s also great because you can open your snaps directly in Photoshop or whatever image editor you use, for additional refinements. The Ember service is great for users who like to share their collections or images all over the web. 1Password($39.95) — One of the first applications I install on any new Mac (or after any fresh install) is 1Password. Quite simply, my life is better because of this app. It stores all your passwords across web browsers, makes it easy to create tough, secure passwords and then you can just login by selecting “fill with 1Password” from the context menu of your favorite web browser. My passwords used to always be the same, which is dumb — 1Password makes it easy to not only create new passwords that are secure, but to keep them in a secure database for the times I inevitably forget what they are. 1Password is about to launch its PasswordAnywhere feature so you can access your passwords securely from across the web, no matter what type of computer you are using. 1Password can also store you software licenses, which is a nice touch. Application Launchers So you have Finder, you have the OS X Dock, but what if you want to quickly launch a certain app with just a few key commands? What if you want to automatically search Google with just the flick of a wrist? For that, you need an application launcher. Quicksilver(Free) — Quicksilver is an app that is near and dear to many Mac productivity geeks’ hearts. Unfortunately, the app is also more or less abandonware (yes, yes, it’s open source now, but so little has been done to keep it updated, or more importantly to keep the add-ons that made it so great updated, that it’s basically dead). Still, for users on Tiger (or Leopard without many needs for add-ons, Snow Leopard support is iffy at best), this is the app for you. The array of plugins developed for Quicksilver over the years is one of the reasons so many users still cite this as one of their top productivity apps. The developer of Quicksilver is now working on the Google Quick Search Box for Google, so maybe we’ll see a return of sorts in the future. LaunchBar($35) — Until then, Leopard and Snow Leopard users with the need for a good Quicksilver-like utility need to take a look at LaunchBar. With LaunchBar 5 (still in beta, but nearing release), the app has become everything Quicksilver was, and more. Easy application launching, a built-in clipboard history, the ability to perform calculations from the Quicksilver bar, the ability to search google, open web pages and more — all from your keyboard. Carpal tunnel be damned, LaunchBar is awesome! Miscellaneous Here are a couple of tools to round-out your productivity toolkit. Dropbox(Basic 2GB account Free, 50GB account, $10 a month, 100GB account $20 a month) — Dropbox is one of those deceptively simple concepts that just gets better the more you use it. You sign up for a free 2GB storage account that you can access across machines and with other users. What makes Dropbox 20+ page 39

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Fun ways to transform your face online
By Don Reisinger (Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 6:00:00 AM

If you have a picture of yourself, why not put it to good use? With the help of some online resources, you can do all kinds of neat things to it. You can even put it on greeting cards, avatars for your Twitter profile, and more. If you're planning to put your picture to use, do it with these sites. Say cheese BeFunky BeFunky is a neat way to create pictures that you typically don't find on the Web. When you first make your way to the free site, you'll be able to choose the kind of effect it will apply to your picture. I was really impressed by the number of options it offered. Everything from stenciling to creating an Andy Warhol-like picture was included in the options. BeFunky gives you the option to upload a picture from your computer or take a snapshot from your Webcam. When you're satisfied with the design, you can add artwork behind your image, include some text, and more. My picture took just a few seconds to create. And thanks to some nice share options, syndicating it to sites like Facebook and MySpace was quick and easy. Not bad for a free service. BeFunky lets you do interesting things to pictures.(Credit: Screenshot by Caroline McCarthy/CNET) FACEinHOLE If you're the kind of person who goes to an area fair and sticks your head in a picture hole, you'll love FACEinHOLE. To use FACEinHOLE, you'll

need to register for the site. From there, you can pick a "scenario" that ranges from Halloween costumes to movies and television. You can also create your own scenario to put your portrait into. In essence, FACEinHOLE shows you a picture and lets you

prominent services in this space. And with so many features, it's also one of the best products you'll use. After you create an account on JibJab, you have the option of putting your face into the several videos and e-cards you can send to friends through the site. A paid account costing $9.99 per year allows you to track video views, schedule an e-mail to be sent at a later time, and more, but I think a free account is sufficient for most users. Finding free clips to personalize is difficult on JibJab. For the most part, you'll be forced to pay the company's fee just to create a video. But once you do find a free option, you'll find that the pictureuploading process takes just seconds. From there, you'll be presented with several customization features that make it easy to fit your head into the video. After you're done, you can preview the video and send it to recipients. I was really impressed by how well JibJab kept my face in the picture. Check it out. JibJab lets you easily adjust your head.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) MagMyPic MagMyPic is so simple that it's a must-see for anyone who wants to create something unique. MagMyPic is a simple site: upload a picture, pick a magazine cover to put the picture in, and modify it to get it to fit perfectly FACEinHOLE allows you to you're all set. You can also edit in the face hole. I tried it out on share your image across the Web. your picture to make it fit several images. For the most part, You can even put it on a shirt. It'll properly in the frame. MagMyPic the uploading process was quick run you $19.99 to do that. features five pages worth of and easy. But as I started editing FACEinHOLE makes it difficult magazine covers on everything the image, I found it difficult to to place your photo in the right from marriage to sports. accurately place my face in the spot.(Credit: Screenshot by Don When I uploaded a picture of hole. It took away from the Reisinger/CNET) service. That said, I did like that JibJab JibJab is one of the most FUN page 39

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LogMeIn can control some PCs, even when off
By Rafe Needleman (Webware.com)
packets. The technology is getting built into motherboards using the Q45 Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:00:00 AM support chipset. Only a few During a recent talk with corporate desktops use this LogMeIn CEO Michael Simon, I technology, in particular HP's DC learned about the company's new 7900 and Lenovo's ThinkCentre LogMeIn Central dashboard for M58 lines. IT managers, designed to help Simon told me that the them keep tabs on thousands of technology does not provide a computers at a time. wide-open backdoor. There are I also heard about the new security protocols. The user has to version of virtual network service agree to use the technology, and Hamachi, which makes it a like all LogMeIn remote-control competitor to standard (and products, remote access isn't e x p e n s i v e ) v i r t u a l p r i v a t e - possible unless the computer's networking products in the owner agrees to it. And in many enterprise. ways, it is similar to current We chuckled a bit about the remote-access products that rely v e r s i o n o f L o g M e I n t h a t ' s on " Wake-on-LAN" packets to embedded in the dashboard of power up a PC so it can then be some Ford F150 pickup trucks, so c o n t r o l l e d r e m o t e l y . T h e their owners can remotely control difference here is of degree. their office PCs. And I heard And I don't worry about this in about a LogMeIn technology, just the enterprise. If you're using a now reaching the market, that computer provided to you by your e n a b l e s n o t j u s t r e m o t e company, it is owned by your diagnostics of computers but also company, not you. If your access to data on the hard drives employer want to get your data or of PCs that are turned completely mess with your work, it does not off. Gulp. need a tool like this to do so. This That last technology, part of technology just gives IT pros Intel's VPro system architecture, more capabilities, and it sounds has just started to ship in a few like a very useful tool. new PCs. It's designed for Even for home users, in most corporate networks so that support cases, this won't be a problem, personnel can get into a machine-- mostly because VPro PCs aren't to run a backup, for example-- marketed to home users. But regardless of whether it's running assuming that they were, the VPro Windows, has crashed into a blue protocols still specify that the user screen, or has been shut down. As must consent to remote access long as the PC is plugged into the each time someone wants to use w a l l a n d t o a n E t h e r n e t it. connection, the computer, even So let's say Dell sells me a though in an off state, will computer, and it crashes. I am continue to draw a small amount happy to have Dell customer of power (about 4 watts) while it support see what's going on monitors the network for control during a phone call. It might save this capability come with remote access turned off in the BIOS by default. But chances are that crimes over VPro, if any are committed, will be against people who simply don't know that this everyone the annoyance and kind of access is possible. Other LogMeIn representatives expense of a repair visit or the need to ship the computer back to also took pains to remind me that this capability can be used to fight Dell for examination. Michael Simon, LogMeIn's crime as well: a computer that had CEO(Credit: R a f e been stolen could be remotely wiped of data, for example, even Needleman/CNET) What I am concerned about are if it's powered down. Also, there VPro home computers for which are no consumer desktops yet remote control is preconfigured with this BIOS-level support for by a seller. A machine sold by an remote access. I have been a big fan of unscrupulous builder. A used LogMeIn's free remote-control computer sold via eBay or Craigslist by someone bent on product for years, and I have identity theft. The opportunities never heard of any security for crime here are just too great to breaches due to a technical issue with the company's products. ignore. A n d i t ' s L o g M e I n ' s Furthermore, I congratulate exceptionally robust connection Simon for landing this deal with technology that makes it all the Intel. Nice move. But I think that more so. Unlike Wake-on-LAN my relationship with this capable technologies and other remote- maker of remote-access and control products, LogMeIn is very network utility services just got good at connecting to a computer, more complicated. I am going to no matter how far away it is on try very hard to avoid VPro the Internet or how deep behind p r o d u c t s , i f t h e y s t a r t t o firewalls it is. It's robust--and proliferate in the consumer secure in the hands of its users-- market. Alternatives include switching but it's a scary tool, if the wrong to AMD-powered computers or people get into it. Simon did say that perhaps this unplugging a VPro PC when not technology needs a protocol that using it, which would be a specifies that whenever it's used, ridiculous hassle. I know it seems whether it's been configured for crazy and paranoid, but if "off" unattended access or not, it "drops d o e s n ' t r e a l l y m e a n " o f f " a receipt on the desktop" so the anymore, we do have to be more computer's owner can see it when careful. Originally posted at Rafe's he or she turns the machine on. Radar That's a start. I'd recommend disabling this feature entirely. And to be fair, computers with

By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:34:00 PM

Mark Glaser, from PBS's MediaShift invited me and NY Times columnist David Carr to have a back-and-forth debate over email, concerning business models for newspapers -specifically questioning whether micropayments or a paywall of some kind makes sense. Carr supports some sort of "user pays" model for content, whereas I tend to think the idea would backfire badly. PBS has published the two part debate here: • Part I, where we disagree about what people will pay for, and talk a bit about newspaper economics (they're bad...). • Part II, where we continue to go back and forth, but eventually reach a bit of common ground in the middle (no, really!) There's probably not that much surprising to folks around here if you read this site regularly, but it was a fun debate. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

Tops & Flops: A Week in Fashion!
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Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:01:00 AM

This week had its share of fashion finds and outfits that should have been left behind. Whose looks were second rate, and which were super great? You rate!

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DOJ: Google's book settlement needs rewrite
By Tom Krazit (Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:20:00 PM

The U.S. Department of Justice late Friday urged the court overseeing Google's book search settlement with authors and publishers to reject the settlement in its current form, although it strongly hinted that the parties are flexible on certain provisions. "As presently drafted, the Proposed Settlement does not meet the legal standards this Court must apply," the DOJ said in a 32-page filing ( click for PDF) with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. "This Court should reject the Proposed Settlement in its current form and encourage the parties to continue negotiations to modify it so as to comply with Rule 23 (a federal law governing class-action settlements) and the copyright and antitrust laws." After Google was sued in 2005 for digitizing out-of-print yet copyright protected books by several groups representing authors and publishers, the parties settled out of court in October 2008. That deal granted Google sweeping rights to scan and display out-of-print books. Ever since the settlement was announced, opposition has mounted to what one University of California at Berkeley professor recently called"the largest copyright licensing deal in U.S. history." Opponents claim that Google and the plaintiffs overstepped their bounds in assigning the company the sole right to make digital copies of out

-of-print books that are still protected by copyright law. "The Proposed Settlement is one of the most far-reaching class action settlements of which the United States is aware; it should not be a surprise that the parties did not anticipate all of the difficult legal issues such an ambitious undertaking might raise," the DOJ wrote in its filing. The DOJ has been looking into antitrust concerns stemming from the fact that Google and the nonprofit Books Rights Registry set up to handle payments to authors would have sole control over the pricing of institutional subscriptions to the digital library. But in its filing, it also raised questions about whether the settlement complies with Rule 23 of the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure as well as copyright law in general. "In the view of the United States, each category of objection is serious in isolation, and, taken together, raise cause for concern." Still, the DOJ noted that a digital library of books holds important benefits for society, a point that has been repeatedly raised by Google's supporters, who argue that it would improve access to knowledge. It would appear that the DOJ, however, would prefer Congress settle the thorny issues of copyright laws that apply to orphan works--books whose rightholders cannot be located but which can be scanned by Google under the agreement-rather than making policy through legal settlements. "As a threshold matter, the

settlement, which is consistent with the concerns voiced with the Court by hundreds and hundreds of other parties," the Open Book Alliance said in a statement. "This is a major agreement, and it is entirely appropriate for DOJ to look at a deal of this magnitude," said Ed Black, president and CEO of the c e n t r a l d i f f i c u l t y t h a t t h e Computer & Communications Proposed Settlement seeks to Industry Association, which has overcome - the inaccessibility of supported the settlement. "They many works due to the lack of are doing their job scrutinizing the clarity about copyright ownership competition aspects of this and copyright status - is a matter settlement." And Consumer Watchdog, a of public, not merely private, concern. A global disposition of s t r i d e n t o p p o n e n t o f t h e t h e r i g h t s t o m i l l i o n s o f settlement, also found something copyrighted works is typically the to like in the DOJ's filing: Consumer Watchdog supports kind of policy change implemented through legislation, digitization and digital libraries in not through a private judicial a robust competitive market open to all organizations, both forsettlement," the DOJ wrote. Reaction to the DOJ's filing profit and non-profit, that offer allowed parties from all sides of fundamental privacy guarantees to users. But a single entity cannot this issue to claim victory. "The Department of Justice's be allowed to build a digital filing recognizes the value the library based on a monopolistic s e t t l e m e n t c a n p r o v i d e b y advantage when its answer to unlocking access to millions of s e r i o u s q u e s t i o n s f r o m b o o k s i n t h e U . S . W e a r e responsible critics boils down to: considering the points raised by "Trust us. Our motto is 'Don't be the Department and look forward evil.'" Google will learn whether it has to addressing them as the court proceedings continue," Google earned that trust from Judge Denny Chin on October 7 in New said Friday in a statement. The Internet Archive, perhaps Y o r k . T h a t i s , u n l e s s t h e Google's most vocal opponent in settlement is modified in the this matter, was likewise pleased. coming weeks, in which case we "Despite Google's vigorous efforts could be looking at several more to convince them otherwise, the weeks of debate. Originally posted at Relevant Department of Justice recognizes that there are significant problems Results with terms of the proposed

Using iWork as an image editor
By Sang Tang (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 9/19/2009 1:30:00 PM

Filed under: Software, Tips and tricks, iWork I recently noted the imageediting functionality of Preview.app, which can act as a "good enough" image editor for many that don't have access to Photoshop. While it's difficult to argue with the free price tag, Preview is not without its limitations. Fortunately, many of these limitations are unlocked if you happen to own Apple's iWork suite, which in its own right can serve as an image editor for the budget-minded.Read on to see how to use iWork in this unconventional way. Continue reading Using iWork as an image editor TUAW Using iWork as an image editor originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Facebook Beacon has poked its last
By Caroline McCarthy (Webware.com)
plaintiffs' lawyers. "We look forward to the creation of the foundation and its work to Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:58:00 PM educate Internet users on how best It's finally over for Beacon, the to control their privacy; engage in ill-fated advertising program that safe social-networking practices; the social network initially and, generally, enjoy themselves launched with splashy Madison more online by having knowledge Avenue fanfare nearly two years that gives them a greater sense of ago. control," a statement from The social network has settled a Facebook representative Barry year-old class action lawsuit that Schnitt read. "We fully expect the targeted the social network's foundation to team with other a l l e g e d f a i l u r e t o p r o v i d e leading online-safety and privacy adequate information and privacy experts and organizations that controls to users with regard to have been working diligently in Beacon, which shared information these fields." about users' information on thirdThe suit was filed in August party partner sites in Facebook 2008 on behalf of 20 plaintiffs, news feeds. most of whom were Texas One of the terms of the residents. Named as defendants settlement? Any last vestiges of were Facebook, along with Beacon, which failed to gain current and former Beacon traction amid a barrage of p a r t i c i p a n t s B l o c k b u s t e r , negative press stemming largely Fandango (owned by Comcast), from advocacy groups like Overstock.com, STA Travel, MoveOn.org, will be shut down Zappos, Hotwire (owned by completely. InterActiveCorp), and GameFly. Also as part of the settlement, Another, earlier Beacon-related which is still pending approval lawsuit had been filed against from a judge, a $9.5 million Blockbuster several months "settlement fund" has been e a r l i e r , c l a i m i n g t h a t i t s e s t a b l i s h e d t o s e t u p a n participation in the advertising independent foundation to "fund program violated the Video projects and initiatives that Privacy Protection Act of 1987. promote the cause of online Facebook was not named as a privacy, safety, and security," defendant in that suit. according to a release. Up to a Shortly after the negative buzz third of that fund, however, can about Beacon started, Facebook potentially be recovered by the began tweaking and modifying the program to allow more user control over the feature. But it was too late: advocacy groups claimed that it still wasn't enough, some existing partners pulled out, and others were likely deterred from participating because of the unsavory implications. Surprisingly, a "small number of customers" were still using it; Facebook will work to transition them out of it. Facebook's experiments in social-media advertising turned instead to "engagement ads," which have come under some scrutiny themselves, and the "fan pages" that it encourages brands, organizations, and celebrities to create. The irony behind Friday's news is that the thinking behind Beacon ultimately evolved into the phenomenally successful Facebook Connect, the universal log-in standard that, among other things, shares third-party activity on members' Facebook profiles. The privacy controls on Connect are clearer and more extensive, but perhaps more crucial to Facebook Connect's success has been the fact that it's been marketed as a utility for ordinary members rather than an advertising tool for paying clients. It's free for third-party sites to implement, and with only a few exceptions, sites working with Facebook Connect code it in through the social network's application programming interface, or API, rather than ink a formal partnership. And offering Facebook users the chance to register and log in to external sites without separate usernames and passwords gives Facebook Connect's marketing a slant of user convenience--and security, as some Web users may be more comfortable hitting a "Connect with Facebook" button than registering for an account with a new Web service. "We learned a great deal from the Beacon experience," the statement from Facebook's Schnitt read. "For one, it underscored how critical it is to provide extensive user control over how information is shared. We also learned how to effectively communicate changes that we make to the user experience. The introduction of Facebook Connect --a product that gives users significant control over how they extend their Facebook identity on the Web and share experiences back to friends on Facebook--is an example of this." Originally posted at The Social

Cable Lobbyists Side With MPAA On Getting Permission To Break Your TV
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:01:39 PM

As Hollywood keeps asking for permission from the FCC to break your TV with Selectable Output Control, it's picked up an unsurprising ally. Cable companies. NCTA, the lobbying group that represents the cable industry has come out in favor of the request, claiming that it will let them offer movies earlier. This is a myth that they want regulators to believe. The MPAA and cable companies could offer up movies whenever they want. They just don't want people to record them, because they want to introduce yet another annoying window. So, they declare that they need to break your TV and DVR from recording. Hopefully, the FCC knows better than to break TVs and piss off so many people just because Hollywood is upset some people will want to record movies. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

Diamonds are an Emmy Star's Best Friend
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:00:00 AM

Martin Katz has jewels like no other, and the stars flocked to the celebrity jeweler's house in Beverly Hills to honor the Emmys

and the launch of his new red carpet Everlon Diamond Knot Collection! "You know, diamonds go with everything," says Debra Messing. "It makes everybody look prettier." She then rubs her

shoulders and says, "Goosebumps everywhere, and I admit it: diamonds do that to me." "Dexter" star Jennifer Carpenter observes, "The Emmys are like a rollercoaster. You get on early in the week and start putting your

dress together and your shoes together, and nothing's actually done until you have the diamonds – it's the perfect finishing touch. It's when you really feel done."

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Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for the Better
By Ben Parr (Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:05:21 AM

UPDATE: for a different view, see Retweets Revisited: Commenting on Retweets is Important – One month ago, Twitter announced Project Retweet, Twitter’s plan to officially support the popular act of retweeting as a feature. Currently, users reshare interesting tweets using the RT syntax (e.g. “RT@mashable“). What Twitter intends to do is formalize the process by making retweets a core feature and displaying retweeters underneath the original Tweet. The upcoming change has sparked a heated debate. Some, like Mashable guest writer Dan Zarrella, are heavily against it, while Twitter’s leadership and others believe it will improve the user experience. So who’s right? While I cannot foretell the future, I will say this: the current system is broken. The retweeting syntax is all over the place, and it is almost certainly scaring off potential new users to Twitter. A streamlined, cleaner, universal system fixes that problem. That’s why Twitter needed to initiate project retweet, and that is why it will change Twitter for the better. Pros: Cleaner and More

Efficient Let me start with this: the current retweet syntax is all over the place. While most people use the “RT @username” syntax, many others add the RT at the end of their tweets while others utilize “via @username” instead. This is a practice that is confusing new users and turning them off to Twitter. Just imagine if you stepped into a restaurant and they all talked in strange lingo that you half understood. Would you stay? Now what if that lingo kept changing? I mean, if you got this mess the first time you visited, you’d be turned off too: The new retweet feature is constant throughout all of Twitter. It looks the same and works the same no matter who is retweeting or even what app you use. It clearly labels who retweeted the post without any acronyms that new users don’t understand. While there are many pros to the new retweet feature (easier to count retweets, easier to see who retweeted you, easier to see what you’ve retweeted, provides more credit to the original twitterer), the biggest one is that it just looks better and works the same no matter who you are. Less confusion is essential to Twitter’s business. Cons: A Lack of Commenting This efficiency and design though does come at a cost. That

The plan is to get the [retweeting feature] launched, learn from user engagement, and iterate as necessary. This is something most smart social media companies do with feature launches. Twitter hopes that Project Retweet will vastly increase retweeting and resharing, because cost is the customization of it’s actually a small percentage of users that retweet currently. retweets. While Dan Zarrella and other In the current iteration of the retweet feature, you will be heavy retweeters have legitimate unable to comment. This is a big issues with the new retweeting problem for many heavy sharers. system, this feature isn’t being We like to provide context and built for them. It’s being built for commentary on what we are the new user who gets turned off sharing, especially if it is a friend by all the confusion and by the or a worthy cause that we are casual user that benefits from a simpler and more streamlined retweeting: I don’t disagree with the retweeting option. Twitter is better off if more assertion that we are killing part of the conversation. But that people retweet, and Twitter is doesn’t mean that Twitter won’t better off with more users being implement commenting in future engaged. The new retweeting iterations. It also means that system fixes both of these retweets will be cleaner, as there problems. It will take several was no standard for commentary iterations until Twitter gets either. The Reality: The Current Project Retweet exactly right, but it was right to do something about System Is Broken While most readers of Mashable the current retweeting system. It probably retweet on a regular will make Twitter a richer and basis, the truth is that very few more engaging experience for its people retweet currently. This is a millions of users. Reviews: subject I discussed in-depth with Mashable, Twitter Tags: Project Retweet, twitter Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone during my last visit to Twitter’s offices. Here’s what I wrote back then:

Apple store is down
By Chris Rawson (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 9/20/2009 3:02:00 AM

Filed under: Retail, Internet, Apple The online Apple store is currently down. Considering it's the middle of the weekend for folks in the Western Hemisphere, and considering that we haven't heard much in the way of rumors concerning new products or product updates, this is more than likely just a maintenance update. We'll be monitoring the store's status and try to determine what, if anything, has changed when it comes back up. Thanks to the many readers who sent this in. TUAW Apple store is down originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

A Soiree worth attending
By blogeditor1 (Material Interest on Men.style.com)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:47:43 AM

Fashion week's over (you can head over to our coverage for the complete details), and, to be honest, we're a little sad to see it

go. As a fond farewell, here's one

last show we didn't review: MATTHEW SCHNEIER Photo: Soiree, Agent Provocateur's new Courtesy of Agent Provocateur line of "couture" lingerie. Click here for a slideshow>

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my puppy to the service, I was surprised by just how quickly I was able to get the desired magazine cover ready. I uploaded the image in seconds, moved it where I wanted it to be, and picked a cover. That's it. From there, I was given the option of saving it to my desktop, sharing it on Twitter or Facebook, and embedding it into a blog. I really liked MagMyPic. Even better, it's free. That's my dog on the cover of a magazine.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) Simpsonize Me Simpsonize Me is a site that any "Simpsons" fan should check out. It takes your portrait and turns into a Simpsons -like character. Simpsonize Me, which is a free service that's operated by Burger King, takes no time to get your portrait ready to be Simpsonized. In my experience, my photo was ready to go within about 40 seconds. From there, you need to choose your gender, age, dress style, facial hair, and hair style. The tool then pumps out a depiction of your picture based on the information you provided. I was a little disappointed with my Simpsons' portrait. I'm not convinced that it accurately reflected the picture I uploaded. That said, the post-upload options it featured did help me customize the portrait a bit. Still, it would have been nice if it were a bit more accurate. I should also note that the site is buggy. It took me three tries just to get it to work. Simpsonize Me turns you into a Simpsons character.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) TalkingPhoto PQDVD's TalkingPhoto is a unique service that's designed to get a chuckle out of someone. After you upload a photo to TalkingPhoto, you need to arrange the six points on the right spot to ensure the service works as planned. Once complete, you can set the animation in motion. You'll see your portrait with a voice that says over a dozen different things, depending on the script you pick. You can choose between holiday songs, a Mother's Day greeting, and more. Once you're happy with your animation, it's "published." You can then send it to the desired recipients for free. TalkingPhoto is an interesting service. Getting a photo ready for the animation takes just a few seconds, but once it runs, it tends to be a little off unless you have an image that directly faces the camera. The points also need to be correct. If not, it won't work so well. In my case, my image was just a little too far off for it to work perfectly. It wasn't a major issue, but it did detract somewhat from the service. After you upload a photo to TalkingPhoto, you need to arrange the six points on the right spot to ensure the service works as planned.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) My top 3 1. JibJab: It's one of the oldest services in this roundup, but it's also the best service in this roundup. Check it out. 2. MagMyPic: MagMyPic is such a unique service, it deserves a top spot. 3. BeFunky: With so many neat ways to transform a picture, BeFunky is worth trying out.

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so brilliant — and better than other disk-storage services — is that it is integrated perfectly with the OS X Finder. You can easily add a file or folder to your Dropbox account and make changes to your Dropbox files locally and watch as they instantly update online. One of my favorite uses for Dropbox is with my encrypted 1Password keychain. This way, I can share my 1Password files with my Mac mini in the living room and on my MacBook in my office, without having to manually sync anything. The file is in a shared dropbox between those two computers so changes on one automatically update on the other. Xmarks(Free) — Formerly known as Foxmarks, Xmarks is a wonderful way to keep your browser bookmarks in sync and updated across both browsers and computers. A plugin is available for Firefox and Internet Explorer, and a special preference pane is available for Safari. What I like about Xmarks is that I can assign different browser profiles and usage profiles. So if I have some bookmarks I only want to sync with Firefox, I can do that — if I want some bookmarks only to sync on work-related machines, I can do that. It’s a brilliant way to keep your bookmarks managed. Freedom(Free) — Sometimes the Internet is more of a distraction than it is a productivity aid. For those times, the best solution is just to unplug. Freedom will turn off your Mac’s networking card for up to 8 hours, so you can get what you need to get done done, without the distraction of Facebook, Twitter and the latest viral videos. Obviously, as a web writer, this doesn’t really work for me during the work week, but it’s great for when I’m on a deadline — like trying to finish an article of 20+ Mac productivity tools! Your Favorites I’ve only scratched the service with Mac productivity apps, what are some of your favorites? Let us know in the comments! Reviews: 1Password, Dropbox, Evernote, Facebook, Firefox, Google, Internet Explorer, LittleSnapper, Safari, The Hit List, TweetDeck, Twitter, Twitterrific, Xmarks, adobe AIR, iPhone, tweetie Tags: GTD, mac, mac os x, productivity

Oregon: You Have To Pay Us To Explain The Laws To You
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:57:38 PM

attention generated when some people uploaded copies of certain Oregon laws. Yes, it seems While all federal documents in positively ridiculous that the state the US are under the public might claim copyright over the domain, state governments don't laws people are expected to always follow that rule, and the follow. The state claimed that it state of Oregon has a history of was just complaining about the trying to lock up its documents. fact that the laws were scanned L a s t y e a r , t h e r e w a s s o m e from its own book, with its own

notes and page numbers -- and that it wouldn't complain if people had just copied the law. But that's a weak excuse, and the state backed down later. However, Oregon is back in the news on a similar issue, as Slashdot points us to the news that a professor is challenging the state's attorney general to sue him

after he scanned and posted a state -produced guide to using publicrecords laws. You would think, again, that the state would want such a document spread as widely as possible, as it would better help Oregonians understand the law. But the state claims it needs to sell the book for $25 to cover production costs. That doesn't

seem like much of an excuse. The fact that the state needs to produce a guide to understand its own laws seems troubling enough. Then locking them down with a copyright claim just makes it that much worse. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

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Retweets Revisited: Commenting on Friday Favorite: Retweets is Important SpamSieve 2.76
By Pete Cashmore (Mashable!)
communication beforehand: as Project Retweet approaches, Twitter could allay those fears Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:36:52 AM simply by communicating the Mashable’s own Ben Parr looks changes more clearly. at Project Retweet today, To be sure, social network users concluding that Twitter’s plan to tend to react badly to change: overhaul its retweeting every change Facebook makes functionality will, on balance, be seems to result in a backlash, a good thing. Parr is highly some large enough to merit a informed on the topic, having essential. For instance, you might letter of apology from the site’s tracked Project Retweet since its want to retweet something you founder. And yet each of these inception…and yet I feel he disagree with, adding a disclaimer changes has allowed Facebook to undervalues one important aspect at the end that you think the accelerate its growth yet further of retweets: commenting. opinion is interesting but flawed. (with the exception, perhaps, of To be clear, Twitter has not You might want to add new the soon-to-be-shuttered Beacon fully explained its plan for information. You might want to project). If Facebook had listened retweets: that may be part of the personalize the Tweet as a means to its most vocal users, it would problem. We may still be able to of self-expression. still be a social network accessible use the “RT” as we already do, To devalue commenting on only to college students. a n d t h u s c o n t i n u e t o a d d retweets also devalues all these Twitter certainly shouldn’t shy commentary at the end of the legitimate uses. The screenshot away from improving things: it retweet (sidenote: this somewhat released (below) shows no way to could never move forward that defeats the aim of simplifying add such commentary. way. And Parr is correct: retweets retweets). But I’d argue that Lessons from #fixreplies: Keep are a user-created feature that commenting is such an intrinsic the Community Informed deserve to become a core part of part of retweets that native To sideline such a key feature the service. Twitter’s situation, support would be preferable: an (commenting on retweets) when then, is both a blessing and a additional field, perhaps, after it’s heavily used could result in curse: its users feel deeply submitting the retweet. a#fixreplies-style backlash: when committed to the service and Parr’s coverage suggests that’s Twitter attempted to change the would like to have a say in its not the plan for the first iteration, way @replies worked without development. and developers using the new API properly communicating this to Twitter needs to tread carefully, tell us there’s no way to edit the users, the result was not pretty. and keep its users informed every retweet being submitted. Use Notably, the problem there was s t e p o f t h e w a y . R e v i e w s : Cases for Comments on RTs not so much Twitter’s removal of F a c e b o o k , T w i t t e r There are numerous cases where a feature, but rather a lack of Tags: retweets, twitter commenting is important, even

By David Winograd (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 9/18/2009 5:00:00 PM

One More Thing...
By blogeditor1 (Material Interest on Men.style.com)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:31:00 PM

that night. Guess those forties he served at his store opening weren't just for show. STAFF Photo: Josh Peskowitz

Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Friday Favorite My Friday favorite is SpamSieve. We have mentioned it a few times previously, but since it has recently been updated to version 2.76 I wanted to sing its praises again. It's the best way I've found to deal with spam. Using Bayesian filtering, SpamSieve installs as a plug-in to your mail client and lets you mark messages as spam. As you do, it builds a a corpus file of rules telling determining what is spam and what isn't. The more messages you mark, or train, the more accurate SpamSieve gets. I've been using it since November of 2003 and after years of training, it's so accurate that it rarely fails to catch an errant spam encrusted message. When it does, using either a keystroke sequence or a pulldown menu from your Mail client you can train it as spam. At the start, it's quite labor intensive since you have to mark a few hundred messages for it to really start working, but it pays dividends. After a while, you'll have a personalized set of inclusion/exclusion rules that gets better over time. To give you an idea, yesterday I received 307 emails. Out of those SpamSieve

correctly marked and moved over 30 messages and missed only 2 that needed training. This is a shot of my corpus screen showing how many messages have been filtered and how many words were read resulting in messages being regarded as spam or good. Yes, over 15,000 messages is a big number, but by being cumulative, SpamSieve gets more and more accurate over time. SpamSieve allows you to import or export the corpus file so if you get a new computer, or decide to use a different email client, you lose nothing. Continue reading Friday Favorite: SpamSieve 2.76 TUAW Friday Favorite: SpamSieve 2.76 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Spotted after our "In the Closet" rations for Rogan Gregory's shoot at the Smile yesterday: birthday party, hosted by the café

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Your Google docs: Soon in search results? Paul Graham: Content Really Was Just A Way To Mark Up Paper
By Zoë Slocum (Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 6:31:00 PM

Users of Google Docs and Spreadsheets accustomed to By Michael Masnick (Techdirt) model. The reason they make less word probably require different p u b l i c l y p u b l i s h i n g t h e i r money now is that people don't words written by different people. documents might want to rethink Submitted at 9/18/2009 7:28:00 PM need as much paper. He goes on Good stuff and worth reading the exactly how publicly available YCombinator creator Paul to explore how this applies to whole thing, though I think he they want to them to be. Google on Thursday wrote in a Graham is the latest "deep music, movies, books, newspapers m i s s e s o n e k e y i m p o r t a n t blog post that "in about two thinker" to grasp the deeper and software. From there, he ingredient. If you take a step back economic meaning of infinite comes to the same conclusion and look at the overall economics weeks, we will be launching a goods: they can't be sold. In fact, many of us have been discussing of such markets, you quickly change for published docs. The Graham recognizes that there's for years: What happens to realize how much bigger they get change will allow published docs n e v e r b e e n a r e a l c o n t e n t publishing if you can't sell when you free the content from that are linked to from a public business. It's always been about content? You have two choices: the constraints and scarcity of Web site to be crawled and selling the scarcity: Almost every give it away and make money physical media. This is the hardest indexed, which means they can form of publishing has been from it indirectly, or find ways to part for some people to see, at appear in search results you see organized as if the medium was embody it in things people will times, but the key to recognizing on Google.com and other search what they were selling, and the pay for. it is realizing that the content engines...This is a very exciting content was irrelevant. Book The first is probably the future itself is a resource, rather than a change as your published docs publishers, for example, set prices of most current media. Give final product, and you've just linked to from public websites based on the cost of producing music away and make money increased the availability and will reach a much wider audience and distributing books. They treat from concerts and t-shirts. Publish massively decreased the cost of of people." "Marie" of Google was quick to the words printed in the book the articles for free and make money that resource -- and you can then same way a textile manufacturer from one of a dozen permutations use it (for free!) to make many note that the crawling for search treats the patterns printed on its of advertising. Both publishers other things more valuable. That, results "only applies to docs fabrics. and investors are down on in a nutshell, is the most exciting which you explicitly publish using Economically, the print media advertising at the moment, but it part about freeing up digital the 'Publish as Web page' or 'Publish/embed' option, and which are in the business of marking up has more potential than they content. paper. We can all imagine an old- realize. Permalink| Comments| Email are linked to from a publicly crawled Web page" (documents style editor getting a scoop and I'm not claiming that potential This Story for which users choose only to saying "this will sell a lot of will be realized by the existing "allow anyone with the link to papers!" Cross out that final S and players. The optimal ways to view" will not get crawled, she you're describing their business make money from the written wrote, adding that users can unpublish documents they wish to remain uncrawled). By ELLE.com (ELLE News —Janna Johnson, Beauty Some users of the search giant's Blog) suite of online productivity Jacobs' spring 2010 shows this Assistant Photos (top: Marc by Marc Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:25:23 PM past week, oversize bows with an '80s vibe (hello, side pony) will be Jacobs; bottom: Milly): Imaxtree Blame it on Blair Waldorf-: all the rage come warm weather. Follow ELLE on Twitter. Bows aren¹t going anywhere. In Rosie the Riveter would be proud. fact, they¹re getting bigger. As seen at Milly and Marc by Marc

Spotted: Blair Waldorf Bows on the Runways

applications expressed concerns about the plan, suggesting better labeling of potentially crawlable documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. For example, how would you know definitively if a publicly crawled Web page has linked to your published document? Is the only way to ensure that your published document does not ultimately show up in search results to actually unpublish it? As noted by The Register, "Google Apps master view does not tell you which docs are publicly published and which aren't." While it may well be obvious to most users how publicly available their Google documents are--and many of those published documents may well be intended to be as publicly available as possible--this seems to be another area where Google needs to find the right balance between transparency and data accessibility.

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Radio Lab Canadian Appeals Court Says Linking To A Site Is Not Defamation
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Way back in 2007, we wrote about a Canadian business man/politician, Wayne Crookes, who was suing a bunch of websites, including Google, Yahoo, MySpace and Wikipedia, because he was upset about what some people had posted about him on those sites, claiming it was defamatory. We found it odd that he was suing these companies, rather than the individuals who supposedly posted defamatory material (oddly, many of the stories that he claimed were defamatory were about him supposedly filing defamation lawsuits!). In some cases, it reached ridiculous levels, such as the fact that the same guy also

sued Jon Newton, the operator of P2Pnet.net for merely linking to text that Crookes considered defamatory. It was troubling enough to sue a company that was hosting a conversation where someone may have said something defamatory, but to take it to another level, where someone merely linking to the actual text as a part of reporting on it was also accused of defamation could have a serious chilling effect on free speech and open communications in Canada. Luckily, last year, a Canadian court found that merely linking to potentially defamatory content is not defamatory. Apparently that ruling was appealed... and the appeals court has agreed that linking to defamatory content is not, itself,

defamatory. This is a big win for free expression in Canada. The case could still be appealed, and some are noting that the appeals court ruling still had some problems. There was a dissenting judge who seemed to think that because people may have clicked on the link, just putting up a link was the equivalent of publishing the content on the other side of the link (yikes!). That last link also discusses some other serious problems with libel law in Canada (similar in some ways to the problems in the UK), which is in desperate need of a modern update. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

Once in a while you come across a gem like the Radio Lab podcast. I listened in delight a few nights ago when an episode about death aired on KQED. An hour of philosophical and scientific stories about death, a subject we all must spend a fair amount of time thinking and dreaming about. A couple of examples. The three stages of death: 1. Your body dies. 2. It's buried or cremated. 3. Your name is spoken for the last time. They postulate that your soul is in limbo until you reach stage 3. For most people that day is the day you're joined in death by your last loved one. And this makes the point that fame, which so many peope seek, may not be such a great thing. After you reach stage 2, you have no influence on how your name is

used. The poor farmer whose property was turned into a college after he died, and was named after him, now must wait until the college closes. And that might not happen for quite a while. The next idea is about a dead language, Latin. What does it sound like? No one knows, because the last native Latin speaker died centuries ago. But think about pottery. It's spun on a wheel while wet. Maybe, just maybe while it's being spun, the grooves faintly record people speaking around the potter. So a Roman vase might be an ancient phonograph record and contain echoes of long-dead Latinspeakers. These ideas aren't useful but they touch something inside me that I like. Bravo!

CoPilot Live smooths the rough edges in nav app with new update
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Improvements from the last version include: • The ability to dial a POI (point Submitted at 9/19/2009 5:00:00 PM of interest) Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, • Improved GPS performance iPhone, App Store, App Review I • A full QWERTY keyboard (the took a look at CoPilot Live[ last version was alphabetical) iTunes link] almost exactly a The app also offers real time month ago, and it was a pretty traffic information, gas prices, and good, inexpensive nav program, something called live local search. but it had quite a few rough edges. Those features are an extra Those rough edges aren't so purchase of $19.99 and I did not maps look fine. The 'voice' was rough now, and the app is have those services for my test. certainly competitive at a price of As in my previous drive around, clear, and directions were concise. Although the company claims US$34.99. GPS acquisition was rapid. The maps were updated for this release, there seemed to be a lot missing in my neck of the woods, and reports from users of the new version are not positive in that regard. As I tried to navigate to my house, CoPilot Live could find the street but not any house numbers, even though my street has had houses on it for at least a decade. Continue reading for more about the CoPilot Live update. Continue reading CoPilot Live smooths the rough edges in nav app with new update TUAW CoPilot Live smooths the rough edges in nav app with new update originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Last.fm and MySpace Blocked in Turkey?
By Pete Cashmore (Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 2:22:15 PM

Music site Last.fm and social network MySpace are the latest sites to be added to Turkey’s block list, according to a Turkish blog and Twitter reports. Web users in Turkey are already By Joachim Bean (The and managing your app details, p r e v e n t e d f r o m a c c e s s i n g Unofficial Apple Weblog among other things There's really YouTube; Facebook, meanwhile, (TUAW)) not much new, but you maybe seems unaffected by Internet able to find stuff easier now filters. Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:00:00 AM instead of looking through large Turkish blog WebRazzi reports Filed under: App Store, SDK As PDF App Store guides. on its English site: part of Apple's efforts to make the If you're one of those Access to MySpace and Last.fm ins-and-outs of the App Store developers who feels lost around i s b a n n e d b y [ a ] T u r k i s h more clear to everyone, Apple has iTunes Connect, you'll probably c o u r t … t h i s b a n m a y b e a just Introduced the App Store want to look over the guides in consequence of a case filed by Resource Center. Apple states this this new site. Anyways, if you're a T u r k i s h U n i o n o f M u s i c new site is "a single destination registered iPhone developer, Producers (MÜYAP) in order to where you can find everything check out this new site, you just protect music rights. f r o m h o w t o p r e p a r e f o r might learn something, maybe. Just to remind, YouTube is submitting your app to managing TUAW Apple introduces the banned in Turkey for over a year your app once it been posted to App Store Resource Center and the case hasn’t been able to the App Store." originally appeared on The be resolved between both parties Basically, this new site offers an U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g easy way for developers to read (TUAW) on Sat, 19 Sep 2009 over and learn the many different 10:00:00 EST. Please see our policies and details about the App terms for use of feeds. Store. It covers app submission, Read| Permalink| Email this| the App Store approval process Comments

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Flickr is hiring
By Matthew Rothenberg (Flickr Blog)
since then. We believe the “web site bans” have a big negative effect on Turkish economy while Turkey has 7th largest and most engaged online audience in Europe with its 27 million Internet users. As comScore stated in the report published in May 2009, internet users in Turkey spend more time online and consume more pages than users in other European countries. Are you based in Turkey and unable to access these sites? Let us know in the comments. [Image credit: James Cridland]
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Flickr is growing, and we’re looking for a few talented geeks to join our panda-wrangling, daily -deploying, shard-juggling squad, based in downtown San Francisco. Flickr has openings for PHP and Front-end Engineers, an Engineering Manager, a MySQL DBA, Product Managers and a Designer. If you think that you’ve got the chops, hop over to our jobs page for information on how to apply. Photo by revdancatt. (cross-posted from the awesomely nerdtastic code.flickr blog)

Take a stroll down memory lane
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))
me? Web Designer Depot has collected ads that go way back to the Apple II, and it's a fun trip. I Submitted at 9/18/2009 4:00:00 PM remember most of these ads, as I Filed under: Apple Corporate, first started with Apple after I Cult of Mac, Apple Most Mac dumped a TRS-80 for an Apple II users know the ads that Apple way back around 1977 or so. produces are really good and very Some of the ads look a bit dated effective at getting a message of course, but Apple always had That, of course, continues today. across. It's pretty much been that great copy and a decidedly nonThose who remember these way from the start. Don't believe institutional bent to their message. products will get a kick out of seeing the ads again. Those who don't are sure to find them an interesting window into the corporate mind of Apple. If, by the way, you haven't had your fill of Apple advertising history, saunter on over to the Mothership gallery and look at even more Apple stuff. TUAW Take a stroll down memory lane originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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iPhone App Ported to Zune HD in 12 Hours [Video]
By Pete Cashmore (Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 3:20:36 PM

How to: Follow Hundreds of Tech Analysts on Twitter With 3 Clicks
By Marshall Kirkpatrick (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 7:54:17 PM

A development team claims to have ported an iPhone game to the Zune HD in 12 hours, and posted a YouTube video of the ported app this week. Developer Foundation42 proclaimed in a tweet: “From #iPhone game to #ZuneHD game in 12 hours using #MonoTouch and #XNA”. The game, WordMonger, is a word puzzle that’s yet to be released. The developers write of the achievement: This is our game WordMonger that we are making for iPhone and Zune HD. We built it over the last few weeks using the new MonoTouch toolkit on the Mac. Yesterday we ported it to the Zune HD in 12 hours! We are really hoping that Microsoft can

provide a way to publish third party games on the Zune app store soon. With a bit of luck we should have the iPhone version out by thanksgiving! You read that right: the iPhone app isn’t ready for release yet and they can’t get it into the Zune app store. Still, the feat deserves some geek cred, does it not? Hat-tip: Redmond-Pie Tags: iphone, zune

I may be a scruffy, untrained blogger but I can still appreciate the work of traditional professional technology analysts. SageCircle is an analyst analyst firm, they track the analyst industry. Their emails and podcasts are an inspiration - dense with information and loads of fun. (If you like that kind of thing.) SageCircle has been maintaining a list of tech analysts with Twitter accounts and the list is now up to 724 active users. It's a cool list and I thought it would be a good thing to put into TweepML, a wonderful Twitter group-creation service we reviewed earlier this month. The link for following all the analysts is below. Sponsor Visit this link and you'll find the first 500 analysts on the list. Scroll down to the very bottom of the page, enter your Twitter username and password and click follow. Of course you could also deselect people you'd rather not

follow, or deselect all and just follow the ones you know or look interesting. Then at the top of the page you'll see a bit.ly link to part 2. With three clicks of your mouse you can add the daily minute wisdom of 724 tech analysts to your life. It takes awhile for the system to add all of your new friends, and at one point I got a message that my Twitter account was temporarily suspended - but that didn't turn out to be true. That said, open this magic box of wisdom at your own risk. Think this sounds like a bad idea? Not if you believe that online noise is good for you or you know how to use the secret weapon of the social web, effective and strategic creation of groups. Thanks a bunch to Carter L u s h e r o f SageCircle,@carterlusher, for building and maintaining this list. Want to do something to help, yourself? Go create a new Twitter

account, follow all these people, then follow these instructions to create an OPML file of all the analysts' feeds using Dave Winer's tool for that. Then, upload that OPML file to Google Reader and you'll be able to search through the history of these analysts' tweets, in some cases as far as 2 or 3 years back! Then post that OPML file somewhere, or send it to me, so I can share it with everyone else reading this. What would you do with 724 new analyst friends on Twitter? I'm going to spend some time with a text file of all the usernames and a Tweetdeck column. It sure would be nice if Tweetdeck supported bulk import and export of groups. In an interview yesterday, in preparation for the ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit, John Borthwick of Betaworks(a Tweetdeck investor) said that interoperability and innovation based on groups are something the team is working on. I think this group of analysts on Twitter is just one of many examples of value that can be derived from group creation. Discuss

Screencasts of Twine's Facelift; Does It Live Up to the Hype?
By Jolie O'Dell (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 4:00:44 PM

We've chronicled semantic web service Twine's birth, checkered youth, and recent woes in terms of traffic waning and criticism waxing. We've been given screencasts of

the new version of this knowledge management application screencasts of both the consumerand developer-facing facets of the site. Take a look, and let us know if the new Twine lives up to expectations. This new version, we are told, will be live by the The consumer product promises end of the year. to supplant keyword search by Sponsor

treating the web like a huge database, with filtering capabilities that allow users to pare down search results to only the most relevant, applicable, and useful links. Developers and other techies can check out this screencast exploring Twine's collaboratively authored ontologies:

The Twine folks see the new version as a realization of Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the semantic web. So what do ReadWriteWeb readers think; is the new Twine worth the wait? Does it live up to the hype? Leave your expert comments below. Discuss

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ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 20 September 2009
By Andrew Lobo (ReadWriteWeb)
market performer for visionary investors, entrepreneurs, and industry influencers alike. Submitted at 9/20/2009 10:00:00 AM ReadWriteWeb readers pay only This is an exciting week for us $1996. Save $500 off the standard here at ReadWriteWeb. We just fee by registering before August r e c e n t l y a n n o u n c e d t h e 15th. ReadWrite Real-Time Web 22 September 2009: London Summit, which is gearing up to be Realising the Benefits of Web an excellent event on the state of 2.0 in Financial Services the real-time Web and the If you are responsible for challenges ahead. See the details m a r k e t i n g , c o m p l i a n c e , e on it and all of the other great b u s i n e s s , customer events lined up below. You can communications, or internal download the calendar in iCal communications at a financial format or import it into your institution, you won't want to miss Google Calendar. You can also this series of events: import individual events using the The UK's first conference link beside each entry. This events focusing specifically on Web 2.0 guide is a weekly feature here on in Financial Services: ReadWriteWeb. We publish it • What is happening now? every weekend, as good a time as C u r r e n t a p p l i c a t i o n s a n d any to review your conference experiences of social media in the plans. financial services market; Know of an event taking place • Hear how social networking is that should appear here? Let us changing the approach of firms to know in the comments below or marketing, PR, and customer contact us. interaction; Sponsor • Explore opportunities to 21 – 23 September: San Diego, enhance internal communications, California process improvement, and DEMOfall 09 Conference compliance; DEMOfall 09 promises to • Understand the developing showcase the most comprehensive legal and regulatory framework portfolio of credible emerging for Web 2.0; technologies, vetted by • Identify the next steps for V e n t u r e B e a t f o u n d e r M a t t social media in financial services. Marshall and leading technology ReadWriteWeb readers get a analyst Chris Shipley. Alpha 20% discount. Use the code Pitch, a new DEMO program, KM6298RRWEB. puts you in front of the most 22 – 23 September 2009: promising entrepreneurs with Singapore products in the alpha, prototype, Social Networking World and development stages of their Forum — Asia life cycles. These are pre-revenue This two-day conference hosted companies that have no more than by the Social Networking World one round of seed funding and are Forum - Asia features key ready for your investment dollars. speakers from social networking DEMO is the launch pad of publishers, advertising agencies, emerging technology and a true i n d u s t r y a n a l y s t s , s o f t w a r e Update: Call for submissions of stories and videos is now open. In this documentary, filmmaker Tan Siok Siok peels away the hype and explores the human dimensions of how lives connect and intersect, and then are affected and changed, as result of encounters on Twitter. Twittamentary is created in the open spirit of the Web. Twitter users are invite to contribute ideas and videos to the film. When the film is completed, it will be d e v e l o p e r s a n d e q u i p m e n t released online under a creative manufacturers, pay-TV and commons license. In other words, network service providers, mobile you are both the contributor and operators, and more. the audience. • Joint exhibition combining The 24-hour storytelling event social networking and mobile on 30 September 2009 shares the social networking formats videos submitted up till then in a • Evening networking reception round-the-clock marathon in • Discount for early booking which participants get to watch (expires August 21st) the videos online, rate and • Free pass for exhibition only comment on them, and tweet 22 – 23 September 2009: about them. Melbourne, Australia 2 October 2009: Seattle, Marketing Now! Washington On September 22-23 a ExpressionEngine Roadshow movement of highly engaged, The ExpressionEngine passionate thought leaders and R o a d s h o w i s a t r a v e l i n g professionals will gather in conference designed to bring Melbourne to demonstrate the together experts and users to learn p o w e r o f s o c i a l m e d i a f o r ExpressionEngine techniques and business today. Marketing Now! share insider tips. Now in its brings together the best of the best second year, and second city, the in new marketing innovation in 2009 conference will be a full day two intensive days of interactive event. The show runs from 8:00 training designed to empower a am to 6:00 pm, with breakfast new generation of change agents before, a party after, and lunch in and business leaders. Marketing between, all included in the price Now! will change the way you o f a d m i s s i o n . think about communications by Follow@eeroadshow on Twitter equipping you with the tools and for the latest details. insight to foster advocacy and 2 October 2009: New York City community for your business. Hadoop World Follow Marketing Now on Facebook, Google, and Yahoo! Twitter for conference updates. introduced the world to Hadoop, 30 September 2009: on Twitter the open-source technology that Twittamentary simultaneously combines storage and processing for large-scale data. Now, all sorts of companies in a number of different verticals are using Hadoop. And they're all going to be in New York City on October 2nd for Hadoop World. All the Hadoop rock stars will be there, including Hadoop project creator Doug Cutting. Amazon, Facebook, IBM, and Yahoo!, to name a few companies, are sponsoring the event. In addition to the above listed, Visa, JPMorganChase, China Mobile, and many others will be giving talks about their use of Hadoop. ReadWriteWeb readers get 25% off the regular ticket price. Register here. 8 October 2009: San Diego Mobile Application Stores conference As a partner seminar of Intenational CTIA WIRELESS I.T. and Entertainment, the Mobile Application Stores conference will focus on the tremendous opportunities in the mobile apps stores eco-system. The event is designed to give a complete understanding of how to capitalize on this exploding market. Participants will discuss strategy and deployment in application stores such as Apple (iPhone), Google (Android), RIM (Blackberry), Nokia (Ovi), Palm Pre, and Microsoft, as well as other emerging application stores. To learn more, visit www.mobileapplicationstores.co m o r w r i t e t o [email protected]. 15 October 2009: Mountain View, California The ReadWrite Real-Time Web READWRITEWEB page 48

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Weekly Wrapup: The ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit
By Richard MacManus (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 6:00:00 AM

In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we announce our first event: The ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit on October 15th in Mountain View, California. It's a 1-day event that will bring together some of the smartest minds doing real-time work for an industry-changing, face-to-face conversation. Also this week we look at which 'light blogging' service is the most popular, tell you how to fix your Facebook privacy settings, analyze web tech VC trends in August, and more. We also check in on our two new c h a n n e l s : ReadWriteEnterprise(devoted to 'enterprise 2.0' trends and p r o d u c t s ) a n d ReadWriteStart(dedicated to profiling startups and entrepreneurs). Sponsor Subscribe to Weekly Wrapup You can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapup by RSS or by email(form below). RWW Weekly Wrap-up Email Subscription form: Announcing the ReadWrite Real -Time Web Summit ReadWriteWeb is pleased to announce our very first event, The ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit on October 15th in Mountain View, California. It's a 1-day event that will bring together some of the smartest minds doing real-time work for an industry-changing, face-to-face conversation. In conjunction with the Summit, we'll be releasing our second

original premium research report in October. Registration is now open for the The ReadWrite RealTime Web Summit, we hope to see you there! Web Trends ReadWriteWeb's Top 5 Web Trends of 2009 Last week we ran a series of posts outlining the 5 biggest Internet trends of this year: Structured Data, Real-Time Web, Personalization, Mobile Web / Augmented Reality, Internet of Things. Effectively this was ReadWriteWeb's State of the Web 2009. We've now compiled the main points into a single presentation, available on Slideshare and embedded below. You can view the presentation in full screen by clicking the "full" button at the bottom of the presentation. You can also download the presentation as a Powerpoint file. All of the links in the presentation are clickable, should you wish to explore a certain topic more. • Structured Data • The Real-Time Web • Personalization • Mobile Web & Augmented Reality • Internet of Things World's Largest Paid Blogging Platform Goes Real-Time Typepad, the SixApart-owned paid blogging service believed to be larger than any other online, announced this week that every one of its blogs will now make updates available in real time. A fast-growing number of sites around the web are now flying the real-time banner, so blogging could steal a little thunder back from immediacy-rich social networks like Facebook and Twitter. The Dirty Little Secret About

the "Wisdom of the Crowds" There is No Crowd Recent research by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) professor Vassilis Kostakos pokes a big hole in the prevailing wisdom that the "wisdom of crowds" is a trustworthy force on today's web. The findings showed that a small group of users accounted for a large number of ratings. In other words, small but powerful groups can easily distort what the "crowd" really thinks. VC Series A Web Tech Deals in August This week was the anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, which triggered the financial meltdown. That was when ReadWriteWeb started tracking Series A deals in Web technology. Executive summary for August: down from July, with seed deals very weak. Analysis: decadent Europeans are not the only ones who take holidays in August. Read on for details. SEE MORE WEB TRENDS COVERAGE IN OUR TRENDS CATEGORY A Word from Our Sponsors We'd like to thank ReadWriteWeb's sponsors, without whom we couldn't bring you all these stories every week! • Mashery is the leading provider of API management services. • Domain.ME, the official registry for all .ME Domains. • Codero, Dedicated Hosting with Backup & Managed Services. • Groupsite.com, How Groups

Make Things Happen. • Crowd Science gives you detailed visitor demographics. • hakia is a semantic search engine. • Rackspace provides dedicated server hosting. • Aplus provides web hosting services for small business hosting needs. • MediaTemple provides hosting for RWW. • SixApart provides our publishing software MT4. ReadWriteEnterprise Our channel devoted to 'enterprise 2.0' and using social software inside organizations. Adobe Acquires Omniture: It's All About the Revenue Model Adobe is looking to stall falling sales and profit by entering into a new market: analytics. But rather looking to R&D, Adobe is instead coughing up $1.8 billion for analytics leader Omniture. This is the largest acquisition by Adobe since the purchase of Macromedia for $3 billion in 2005. The acquisition has puzzled many, since Adobe and Omniture products really have no natural cooperation. There have been comments about the measurement capabilities that Omniture will give to content built with Adobe products. But in the end the entire deal revolves around two words: recurring revenue. ReadWriteStart Our channel ReadWriteStart, sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark, is dedicated to profiling startups and entrepreneurs. Going Viral in 6 Questions, Part One: Spymaster Many web apps claim virality; very few actually find it. In a new series exploring the anatomy of truly viral apps, our first specimen is Spymaster, the Twitter- and

Facebook-based social game that exploded with tens of thousands of users within hours of the creators throwing up a simple page and absolutely no media coverage. From creating addiction to managing site traffic, read on to learn how they did it and what they're doing next. SEE MORE STARTUPS COVERAGE IN OUR READWRITESTART CHANNEL Web Products Poll: Which Light Blogging Service Do You Use? This week we reported that Posterous, a popular minimalist blogging service, had added the ability for its users to import their Tumblr content. Tumblr is a competing 'light blogging' service - the market leader in fact. Other similar services include Soup.io, Noovo, Vox, Profilactic and even Wordpress.com and Blogger.com are used for this purpose (although they're more used for long-form blogging). Which service do you use the most for 'light blogging' (i.e. sharing content and media)?( answers) 5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook When the President of the United States warns schoolchildren to watch what they say and do on Facebook, you know that we've got a problem. People everywhere are mindlessly over-sharing on the world's largest social network, without a second thought as to who's reading their posts or what effect it could have on them further down the road. But what can be done? It's not like you can just quit Facebook, WEEKLY page 49

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Tweet a "Thank You" to the Companies That Make ReadWriteWeb Possible
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.Me is a true phenomenon among TLDs. With its unforgettable meaning and limitless word combination possibilities, .Me gives a truly personal tone to your domain name. If you are looking for a name that speaks for itself .Me is your best choice. Let .Me speak for your online business or personal blog. .Me potential is enormous and it simply asks for you to be creative and coin the name that suits you best. If you have a great, original idea for a domain name, register .Me before it's taken. To check out other ideas, explore the world of .Me. Thank Domain.ME on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible. Codero Codero is a former division of Aplus.net. Codero became a separate entity focusing on dedicated and managed hosting solutions after the acquisition of Aplus.net's shared hosting, web design, and domain registration services by Hostopia. "Codero" stands for collaboration, engagement, focus, reliability, and flexibility. It means a more secure computing experience for email, shopping, and data transfer. Codero is a dedicated and managed hosting company focused on the real needs of today's small and mid-sized businesses. The company believes in supporting robust websites, storefronts and online communities that will grow and adapt. Faroo Faroo is a peer-to-peer Web TWEET page 49

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Summit Our month of special coverage on the real-time Web culminates with ReadWriteWeb's very first event: the ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit, a day-long event of conversations about the real-time Web, including its current state and its pressing challenges and greatest opportunities. Topics will include: • The potential and pitfalls of real-time for social networking, media, financial services, humanitarian work and political advocacy. • How will ubiquitous real-time information delivery change the web in the future? What will it make possible? How will it change user expectations? • How can real-time information overload be dealt with, technically and culturally? • How can small organizations use the real-time web to challenge market incumbents? How can market incumbents continue to thrive in a real-time environment?• Early-bird registration ends this Tuesday! 22 October 2009: London, England Cloud Computing World Forum The Cloud Computing World Forum is the perfect event for professionals to learn and discuss the future development and integration of cloud services. This one-day conference will provide a focused platform for the global cloud computing industry. The Cloud Computing World Forum is the place to meet all the key decision makers from all of the cloud service providers in one place. Show highlights include: • Hear from leading case studies on how to integrate cloud computing into working practices, • Learn from the key players offering services in the cloud, • Benefit from pre-show online meeting planner, • Evening networking reception. 23 October 2009: Durham, North Carolina The Social Media Business Forum The Social Media Business Forum will feature national and local speakers from marketing companies, technology companies, and social networks discussing ways in which business communications have changed because of social media. Sessions will look at internal and external communications methods for both B2B and B2C companies and provide actionable takeaway items for attendees to immediately implement in their businesses. The forum targets business owners, executives, business communicators, key organizational stake holders, and anyone interested in gaining practical knowledge about social media. Early bird registration is $125 until September 18, and $250 thereafter. 4 – 5 November 2009: Raleigh, North Carolina Internet Summit 2009 Internet Summit '09 will feature over 75 speakers, including representatives of major Internet brands such as Twitter, Pandora, Google, Salesforce.com, Digg, Technorati, CBS Interactive, Huffington Post, Blogger, Tree.com, and many more. Topics will include social media, blogging, real time, mobile, video, search, online advertising, e-commerce, analytics, the cloud, and more. Join over 1200 entrepreneurs, senior marketers, and executives in the conversation about the future of the industry and how to capitalize on the shifting dynamics of the Internet and tap into its unlimited business potential. 9 – 10 November 2009: Santa Clara, California Social Networking World Forum — California This event taking place at the Santa Clara Convention Center actually consists of three conferences: two days dedicated to social networking, one day dedicated to enterprise social media, and one day dedicated to social TV. Key speakers include social networking publishers, advertising agencies, industry analysts, software developers and equipment manufacturers, pay-TV and network service providers, mobile operators, and more. • Joint exhibition combining social networking and enterprise social media formats • Pre-show online meeting planner for delegates • Discount for early booking (expires September 25th) • Free pass for exhibition only 10 – 13 November 2009: Las Vegas PubCon Vegas PubCon Las Vegas is a multitrack educational conference hosted by SearchEngineWorld & WebmasterWorld. PubCon events are for thought leaders and professionals in search engine and Internet marketing to gather and to share best practices in the design, development, promotion and marketing of their Internet businesses and brands. PubCon London 2009 is a social networking event. 11 – 12 November 2009: Denver, Colorado Defrag 2009 Conference As online data is growing and fragmenting at an exponential pace, individuals, groups and organizations are struggling to discover, assemble, organize, act on and gather feedback from that data. In the largest sense, we're all looking to augment the pace at which we achieve insights on raw data -- to accelerate the "A-ha" moment. Defrag explores the intersection of topics like: • Business intelligence • Business process management • Social computing and analytics • Next-level discovery • Enterprise 2.0 • Next-gen email • The semantic Web 1 – 3 December 2009: London, England Online Information & IMS 2009 Online Information and IMS together create the largest event dedicated to the information industry. Consisting of an exhibition delivering over 9,000 visitors from 70 countries, a conference and a show-floor seminar program, the event provides an annual meeting place for the global information industry. Online Information is once again set to play host to thousands of information professionals, information end-users and publishers from around the globe, meeting suppliers of online content, e-publishing, and library management solutions. IMS provides a forum for IT, business, and information management professionals to find unlimited, relevant advice, educational content and compare solutions under one roof. Attend IMS and meet suppliers of content management, search solutions, and Web 2.0 technologies. 15 – 16 March 2010: London, England 2nd Annual Social Networking World Forum — London The 2nd Annual Social Networking World Forum takes place at the Olympia Conference Centre in London. The two-day event features four dedicated conference streams: • Social Networking World Forum • Enterprise social media • Social TV World Forum • Mobile Social Networking Forum The event features key speakers from global brands, organizations, social networking publishers and developers, pioneering social media leaders, top agencies, content producers, and more. • Full workshop program within exhibition area • Evening networking reception • Pre-show online meeting planner for delegates • Free pass for exhibition only Download this entire events calendar in iCal format. Discuss

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search engine that has no centralized index and crawler. Each web page visited by users is automatically included into the distributed index. Search results are ranked based on distributed usage statistics of Web pages visited by Faroo users, which leads to more democratic, usercentric ranking. Faroo protects the privacy of users by encrypting search queries and anonymizing its distributed architecture. The decentralized peer-to-peer architecture scales with Internet growth and requires no infrastructure or operational cost. Thank Faroo on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible. Groupsite Groupsite.com is a self-serve platform for creating social collaboration communities called Groupsites. Groupsites combine the most useful features of social networking and collaboration tools enabling groups large and small to communicate, share and network. Groupsites are currently in use by more than 30,000 groups as user communities, intranets, member communities, team workgroups and social networks. Each Groupsite can be branded and customized and includes discussion forums, calendaring, file sharing, member profiles (professional or social), activity feeds and full-featured sub-groups among other groupcentric features. Sign up and create a free Groupsite in minutes. Thank Groupsite on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible. Our Gracious Hosts and Blogging Software ReadWriteWeb is hosted by Media Temple and is published using SixApart's Movable Type. If you've ever wondered what ReadWriteWeb looks like behind the scenes, or if you've never seen the Movable Type publishing interface - that's it on the left. We recently upgraded to MT 4.23, which is the latest version. We got onto this release as soon as it was available - in fact our contacts at Six Apart emailed the actual code to us before it was up on their website. That's customer service for you! Thank Media Temple and SixApart on Twitter for making ReadWriteWeb possible. The companies above pay our rents or mortgages and we appreciate it. We hope you'll stop by their sites and see what they've got to offer. Have you got a smart company that could use some more visits by the sophisticated readers of a blog like ReadWriteWeb's? Drop us a line and let's talk. Thanks to all our sponsors and our readers for your support! Discuss

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right? No - and you don't have to either. You just need to take a few precautions. Google Acquires reCAPTCHA to Fight Spam and Improve Google Books OCR Google announced this week that it has acquired reCAPTCHA, one of the leading providers of CPATCHAs, the hard-to-read puzzles you often have to solve before you can sign up for a new web service. Google is looking at reCAPTCHA as a way to improve the optical character recognition (OCR) software it uses for large scale text scanning projects like Google Books and the Google News Archive Search. Making Search Prettier: Bing Launches Visual Search Since Microsoft launched Bing, the company has been trying to position it as a 'decision engine' and not just as another search engine. This week, Microsoft took another step in this direction with the launch of Visual Search in Bing. For a growing number of searches, instead of giving users a list of 10 blue links, Bing will now give users the option to visualize the search results on a 3D grid with icons or photos. SEE MORE WEB PRODUCTS COVERAGE IN OUR PRODUCTS CATEGORY That's a wrap for another week! Enjoy your weekend everyone. Discuss

Lazyfeed Implements RSSCloud/PubSubHubBub for "Real Real Time"
By Jolie O'Dell (ReadWriteWeb)
"Now some content from as recent as several seconds ago is being notified through Lazyfeed." Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:03:33 PM Sponsor In an email today, Lazyfeed Lazyfeed is a feed reader cofounder and CEO Ethan Gahng intended for the ever-growing informed us that the RSS reader is m a r k e t o f , a s w e w r o t e now supporting both RSSCloud previously, "those of us who are and PubSubHubBub protocols, too lazy for RSS feeds but still in allowing for real-time integration t h e m a r k e t f o r r e a l - t i m e , of Wordpress, Blogger, Typepad, personalized blog searches." and Feedburner content. Internally, we've found the site "Our internal tests show that the incredibly useful. "To be frank, service has actually become it's been so useful in churning up significantly faster," Gahng wrote. news items that I've been hesitant Wordpress blogs. Additional implementation of PubSubHubBub allows for realtime content from Atom feeds, to discuss it publicly," Marshall including Typepad blogs, Blogger Kirkpatrick wrote in a recent post. blogs, and Feedburner content. "It Just a few days ago, we wrote is now really like an instant about Lazyfeed's announcing messenger, " wrote Gahng in a support for RSSCloud. Lazyfeed blog post. Gahng went on to discuss the was the first feed reader after RSSCloud creator Dave Winer's issue of real-time Feedburner own software called River2 to content, saying, "It seems that support the new protocol, which Feedburner itself is not real-time. added a real-time element to RSS Right now, all content from feeds from, among other sources, Feedburner-hosted blogs is not being collected in real time. It seems that the feed is updated several minutes after the actual post is published. He further suggested a "relay of two real-time notifications" between a blog and the Feedburner server through either of the real-time feed protocols. Discuss

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Five Best Time-Tracking Applications [Hive Five]
By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:00:00 AM

Where does the time go? Whether you need to know for billing purposes or just want a better idea of how your work day is split up, you can always answer that question with a good timetracking application. Photo by judepic. Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite timetracking tool, and now we're back with the five most popular timetracking applications to help you track the time you spend on projects and tasks of every size. Whether you're an old veteran of time tracking and are curious to see alternatives to your current system, or you're new to the premise and curious to see what kind of apps people use, we've got five solid tools to showcase. Klok(All platforms with Adobe AIR, Free) Built with Adobe AIR, Klok is a lightweight and cross-platform tracking solution. You can create a hierarchy of projects and subprojects in the task-management sidebar and then track the time spent on each by dragging and dropping them into the workflow for the day. While you can delve into the details of each block of time, simple adjustments like expanding the amount of time you've worked on a project is as easy as grabbing the edge of the block with your mouse and tugging it down. Manic Time(Windows, Free) One area of resistance many

people have to using time tracking software is a fear that they'll waste too much time actually plugging information into the system. Manic Time alleviates that fear by actively tracking what you're doing on your computer to make tagging and analyzing your daily work flow simple. Your day is represented by three time lines: Activity (either on the computer or off), Applications (which were open), and Tags (your personal annotations to your work flow). Mousing over any of the three time lines gives you additional data about that moment on the time line and you can always pull up the statistics window to see your work patterns over time.

Check out their video tutorials to see Manic Time in action. SlimTimer(Web-Based, Free) SlimTimer is a web-based tracking solution. Once you've signed up for a free account, you can begin creating new tasks you want to track. You track those tasks by flagging time you spend on them in the little pop-out time manager you see in the screenshot above or by keeping the SlimTimer web site open. You can add tags to your tasks in the management section of the SlimTimer site as well as share tasks with coworkers. If you're concerned about using a webbased tracker and losing control of or flat out losing your data, you

not you're meeting those goals. RescueTime takes a different approach from most time-tracking tools, so we'd definitely recommend reading their FAQ file for additional insight into how they handle time tracking. Project Hamster(Linux, Free) Hamster is a simple timetracking tool for Linux-based systems. You enter tasks as they occur, and then you can categorize and sort them. When you're done with a given task, you simply tell Hamster to stop tracking it. You can also set up a reminder system that will remind you to record what your current activity is every X number of minutes. One of the more interesting features of Hamster is the ability to shift how your day is defined. If you're a night owl and do most of your work after hours, Hamster won't slice your "day" in half at midnight just because the can export your time-tracking data clock says it's a new day. Now that you've had a chance to or even have SlimTimer email look over the candidates for best you a backup once a week. RescueTime(Windows/Mac, time-tracking application, it's time to log your vote: Free) Which Time-Tracking RescueTime aims to be the least intrusive time-tracker you'll use. Application is Best?( answers) Have experience with some of Rather than have you log each individual activity you do in a the applications in this week's journal-style system, RescueTime Hive? Can't believe your favorite monitors the web sites you visit wasn't included? Sound off in the and the applications you use. You comments. can set goals in RescueTime based on a variety of factors, like how much time you want to spend doing certain tasks or how much time you want to dedicate to certain projects. RescueTime analyzes your computer usage and reports back to you on whether or

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This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
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• Google Chrome 3 Brings More Speed and Features to the Stable Release(Windows) Chrome turned one year old just a couple weeks back, and as a belated celebration, the folks at Google have just pushed out a brand new stable release in the form of Google Chrome 3. • Don't Panic! Hides Windows From Onlookers(Windows) Have some windows you might need to stash in a hurry? Don't want your boss to catch you goofing off? Everyone needs a break now and then and Don't Panic! will help you keep your breaks discreet. • Zune Desktop Player Updates to 4.0(Windows) Microsoft's Zune HD was released yesterday and it looks great, but whether you've got the latest Zune, an older model, or just like the Zune desktop player, Zune 4.0 brings new features and an improved look to desktop music players. • Helvetimail Gives a Minimal F a c e l i f t t o Gmail(Firefox/Chrome/Opera/Saf ari/IE) Gmail's already got several great themes, but if you've never been satisfied with Gmail's clutter, the Helvetimail user script transforms Gmail into a Helvetica

-based, stripped-down interface. • Google Earth 5.1 Speeds Up Y o u r W o r l d Browsing(Windows/Mac/Linux) Google Earth, the software package that lets you play Superman and find food and other spots of interest from thousands of feet overhead, has released a 5.1 version that skims the globe a bit more smoothly. • SimplyIcon Makes Icon Creation a Snap(Windows) If you

actually bothers to ask your permission before using your PC. • Silence of the Foxes Creates C u s t o m F i r e f o x Installations(Windows) If you hate installing all your Firefox extensions, plugins, and custom tweaks when you do fresh system installation, Silence of the Foxes will build you a custom and silent Firefox installation. • Hotspot Shield 1.3 Works with H u l u A g a i n . . . Sometimes(Windows/Mac) Hotspot Shield is a lot of people's go-to application for accessing U.S.-only content, including the popular video site Hulu—until Hulu blocked the app from working, that is. The latest update hopes to work with Hulu yet again. • Layar Brings Semi-Augmented Reality to Your Android don't want to spend time micro- Phone(Android)"Augmented designing an icon and you've Reality" is a buzz phrase gaining already got a source image, a lot of notice lately. Free SimplyIcon makes creating your Android app Layar, one of the buttons and icons a drag-and-drop first full-featured AR apps for matter. Android, layers helpful, location• Digsby Sees the Light, specific data on top of whatever R e m o v e s ( S o m e ) B u n d l e d you're looking at through your Crapware(Windows) It's been a device's camera. month since we showed you how Digsby was using your PC to make money, and today they've responded with a new version that

Turn Your Camera Phone into a PoliceStyle Dash Cam [DIY]
By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:00:00 PM

Gallery-o-rama!
By Heather Champ (Flickr Blog)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 9:04:59 AM

Just five days later, the Flickrverse is 25,000 galleries richer. We’ve been adding daily

to Galleries/Explore and here are few of our recent favourites: We’ve also seen a few unique galleries that use the layout to tell a greater story: Galleries? If you missed Monday’s launch, check out the

If you’ve created a gallery that you’d like to share, please do so in this discussion topic in Flickr Central. FlickrBlog announcement and be sure to read our galleries FAQs.

Whatever your motivation for wanting to have a dash-cam, this simple hack will help you capture your road travels with a carmounted camera. Tim Cox wanted to turn his iPhone into a Cops-style dash cam. He decided to take the simplest approach possible and simply cut a hole in his windshield-mounted iPhone holder that matched up to the camera on the iPhone. Now when his phone is mounted into the holder, he has a nice view of the road through its videwfinder—almost as if he were recording from the perspective of his rear-view mirror. Check out the video below to see it in action. Although this particular mountmodder used an iPhone, you could use just about any camera phone, so long as you selected the proper case and mount for an unobstructed camera view. Want better quality footage than your cameraphone can offer? Check out how to turn a sponge into a dashboard mount for a video camera. DIY Cops Dash Cam[via Make]

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Use Zip Ties to Better Secure Pegboards [Clever Uses]
By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 2:00:00 PM

He has a million followers
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:02:19 PM

Last week we shared a commercial solution for securing your loose pegboard pegs. We're back to share a cheaper and more effective solution, courtesy of an industrious reader. Kim disliked Peg Locks, the product we highlighted last week, because they take up two holes on each side of the peg you're trying to secure, and they never seemed to stay put for his. When he put up new peg boards in his workspace, he decided to use zip ties instead. You can loop them through a single hole and they hold the peg in place with a rocksolid grip. The downside of course is that you need to have access to the

back of the pegboard to use zip ties to secure the organization pegs. Kim overcame this problem by mounting his pegboards in a hinged frame. Most of the time he never needs to access the back, but when some rearranging is needed, he simply flips the whole thing up like a garage door and has access to the back where the

zip ties are locked. Check out the link below to see more photos of his setup and additional information. Have a clever workspace hack? Let's hear about it in the comments. A Better Approach to Pegboard[Kim Pallister]

Scott Simon is on the SUL and boasts in the first sentence of the description of his interview with Clay Shirky that he has nearly 1 million followers. "Host Scott Simon has nearly 1 million followers on Twitter." Scott Simon is an expert on Twitter because he has nearly 1 million followers. He actually has 1,022,105 followers and follows 56. I once replied to him on Twitter because he said something dorky about blogs on his NPR show. He said that people talk lovingly about their newspaper, it's "my paper," but no one says "my blog." I told him that I have a blog and I'm proud of it, and I've never had a newspaper. I give money to

NPR every year, but I wonder why. He's one of the smartest people there, and as you can see, he'd not that smart. But I do love Radio Lab. They're on Twitter too. They don't have a million followers. Thanks!

Sound Sleeping Helps You Mix Custom Sleep Tracks [Relaxation]
By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 3:00:00 PM

If you're looking for soothing tracks to help your sleep or fill your work space, Sound Sleeping offers you the ability to mix your own custom track. We introduced you to Sound Sleeping back in 2006. Since then they've revamped their sound mixer to include some additional

source sounds and abilities. You can mix five different sounds including outdoor sounds like rain, ocean surf, and crickets chirping, as well as man-made sounds like drums and bonfires. Each source sound can be panned left and right and adjusted in volume. With some careful sound selection, you can make some interesting effects. The screenshot sitting on a beach with ocean to above shows the positioning for a o n e s i d e a n d a d r u m loop that recreates the effect of session/bonfire to the other. [ fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] General Electric's pending decision to retain total or partial ownership of NBC Universal could hinge on radical changes to its weakest

If you're more interested in relaxing and less interested in fiddling with the tuner, there are quite a few premixed tracks available for download at reasonable prices. Know of a great place online to find soothing sounds? Share the nerve-calming wealth in the comments. Thanks Rick! Sound Sleeping

Camouflage Your Scanner as a Book [DIY]
If your scanner doesn't By Jason Fitzpatrick really go withCAMOUFLAGE page 53 not your office décor, why

MediaDailyNews: Wounded Peacock: GE Debates Selling, Spinning NBCU
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Submitted at 9/18/2009 1:59:39 PM

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camouflage it to look like something else? Here's a great example of spending very little to give your workspace a unique look. One crafty DIY'er with a decidedly steampunk bent used an old leather satchel, a scanner he already had, and some hardware bits and pieces to give his scanner a finished look, successfully camouflaging it to look like an old tome. You may not want to go for quite the antique look he did, but if you do, you'll definitely want to pay attention to the little details of his build. The realistic "gilding" on the edges of the pages is actually a gold satin ribbon. Check out the link below for additional pictures and information, and if you've done your own camouflaging job on some office equipment, we'd love to hear about it in the comments. The Opti-Transcripticon: Flatbed Scanner Mod[via Coolest Gadgets]

Right now on Cinematical
By Kona Gallagher (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:00:00 AM

The folks at our sister site Cinematical are working hard to give you news and reviews of the best -- and worst -- the silver screen has to offer. Here are some of their musings on the latest blockbusters, indies, and everything in between: • The $3.50 surcharge for 3-D movies is annoying enough. I absolutely do not need designer 3-

Jennifer's Body and see what they think. • Food dropping from the sky just seems really gross to me, so D glasses. • Elisabeth Rappe talks about the I'm not sure how interested I am dangerous allure of follwing in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. celebrities on Twitter. • Luke Skywalker is a white• Jennifer's Body doesn't look great, but I so badly want it to be. trash hero? Interesting. Filed under: Site I don't know why, but something about teenage horror movies Announcements, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | really appeals to me. You can read Cinematical's review of Comments

Intel and Apple--future rivals?
(CNET News.com)
device makers, and tablets (from HP? Dell?). Just so happens that Apple is As Intel readies its most potent d o i n g a n a l o g o u s c h i p chip yet for small devices, Apple d e v e l o p m e n t . W h e n A p p l e may already be using competing acquired chip design firm P.A. technology. Semi in March 2008 it got a team A p p l e i P h o n e 3 G S of very capable engineers that, p r o c e s s o r ( C r e d i t : i F i x i t ) almost certainly, are designing One of the themes of the silicon for future iPhones, iPods, upcoming Intel Developer Forum and tablets. (starting Tuesday) will be the chip But it's really not even giant's foray into the smartphone necessary to speculate about the and mobile Internet device (MID) future. The Apple chip has markets. Intel's current Atom chip already arrived (see photo). Some is fine for Netbooks but has had analysts believe that the Applelittle impact on MIDs and zero branded chip in the iPhone is a impact on smartphones, where it fairly unique design and that is simply too power hungry to be Apple is simply using Samsung as usable. a chip "foundry" or manufacturer. Enter Moorestown. A much That would mean Apple is already more power efficient Atom chip, competing with Intel's Atom, not due by 2010, that should find its to mention the host of ARM chip way into high-end LG suppliers such as Texas smartphones, MIDs from Asian Instruments and Qualcomm.
Submitted at 9/20/2009 4:00:00 AM

is already a MID/media player.) Make the screen even bigger (8 to 10 inches), give it more compute and graphics horsepower, and add a few more software and hardware bells and whistles, and you theoretically have a nextgeneration Apple tablet. Those are all markets where Intel's Moorestown (and, later, Medfield) will compete. Apple has a current market capitalization of about $165 billion (Intel's is about $110 And where might Apple supply billion). Two heavyweights with its own silicon in the future? two competing visions of small Beyond the iPhone--where Intel devices. Will one of the big clearly has nothing to offer battlegrounds of the future be currently--there's the expected Apple tablets versus Intel-based emerging tablet and MID markets. tablets? Or--perish the thought-Make the iPod touch's screen a an Apple Netbook using an Apple few inches bigger diagonally, add chip instead of an Intel Atom? It's a few more features and you tantalizing to speculate. theoretically have a MID. (Some, And 2010 is just around the of course, will argue that the iPod corner. It should be an interesting

year for fresh new device designs and equally interesting competition between two computer industry Goliaths. Note: Here's the official Intel description of Moorestown: "Intel's second-generation MID platform, which consists of a System on Chip (codenamed 'Lincroft') that integrates a 45nm Intel Atom processor core, graphics, video and memory controller. The platform also includes an input/output (I/O) hub, codenamed 'Langwell,' that includes a range of I/O blocks and supports wireless solutions. (See: CNET Reporters Roundtable discussion of IDF and other Intel topics.)

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LogMeIn can control some PCs, even when off
(CNET News.com)
support chipset. Only a few corporate desktops use this technology, in particular HP's DC During a recent talk with 7900 and Lenovo's ThinkCentre LogMeIn CEO Michael Simon, I M58 lines. learned about the company's new Simon told me that the LogMeIn Central dashboard for technology does not provide a IT managers, designed to help wide-open backdoor. There are them keep tabs on thousands of security protocols. The user has to computers at a time. agree to use the technology, and I also heard about the new like all LogMeIn remote-control version of virtual network service products, remote access isn't Hamachi, which makes it a possible unless the computer's competitor to standard (and owner agrees to it. And in many e x p e n s i v e ) v i r t u a l p r i v a t e - ways, it is similar to current networking products in the remote-access products that rely enterprise. on " Wake-on-LAN" packets to We chuckled a bit about the power up a PC so it can then be version of LogMeIn that's controlled remotely. The embedded in the dashboard of difference here is of degree. some Ford F150 pickup trucks, so And I don't worry about this in their owners can remotely control the enterprise. If you're using a their office PCs. And I heard computer provided to you by your about a LogMeIn technology, just company, it is owned by your now reaching the market, that company, not you. If your e n a b l e s n o t j u s t r e m o t e employer want to get your data or diagnostics of computers but also mess with your work, it does not access to data on the hard drives need a tool like this to do so. This of PCs that are turned completely technology just gives IT pros off. Gulp. more capabilities, and it sounds That last technology, part of like a very useful tool. Intel's VPro system architecture, Even for home users, in most has just started to ship in a few cases, this won't be a problem, new PCs. It's designed for mostly because VPro PCs aren't corporate networks so that support marketed to home users. But personnel can get into a machine-- assuming that they were, the VPro to run a backup, for example-- protocols still specify that the user regardless of whether it's running must consent to remote access Windows, has crashed into a blue each time someone wants to use screen, or has been shut down. As it. long as the PC is plugged into the So let's say Dell sells me a w a l l a n d t o a n E t h e r n e t computer, and it crashes. I am connection, the computer, even happy to have Dell customer though in an off state, will support see what's going on continue to draw a small amount during a phone call. It might save of power (about 4 watts) while it everyone the annoyance and monitors the network for control expense of a repair visit or the packets. need to ship the computer back to The technology is getting built Dell for examination. into motherboards using the Q45 Michael Simon, LogMeIn's
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That's a start. I'd recommend disabling this feature entirely. And to be fair, computers with this capability come with remote access turned off in the BIOS by default. But chances are that crimes over VPro, if any are committed, will be against people who simply don't know that this kind of access is possible. Other LogMeIn representatives also took pains to remind me that this capability can be used to fight crime as well: a computer that had been stolen could be remotely wiped of data, for example, even CEO(Credit: R a f e if it's powered down. Also, there are no consumer desktops yet Needleman/CNET) What I am concerned about are with this BIOS-level support for VPro home computers for which remote access. I have been a big fan of remote control is preconfigured LogMeIn's free remote-control by a seller. A machine sold by an unscrupulous builder. A used product for years, and I have computer sold via eBay or never heard of any security Craigslist by someone bent on breaches due to a technical issue identity theft. The opportunities with the company's products. for crime here are just too great to Furthermore, I congratulate Simon for landing this deal with ignore. A n d i t ' s L o g M e I n ' s Intel. Nice move. But I think that exceptionally robust connection my relationship with this capable technology that makes it all the maker of remote-access and more so. Unlike Wake-on-LAN network utility services just got technologies and other remote- more complicated. I am going to control products, LogMeIn is very try very hard to avoid VPro good at connecting to a computer, p r o d u c t s , i f t h e y s t a r t t o no matter how far away it is on proliferate in the consumer the Internet or how deep behind market. Alternatives include switching firewalls it is. It's robust--and to AMD-powered computers or secure in the hands of its users-but it's a scary tool, if the wrong unplugging a VPro PC when not using it, which would be a people get into it. Simon did say that perhaps this ridiculous hassle. I know it seems technology needs a protocol that crazy and paranoid, but if "off" specifies that whenever it's used, d o e s n ' t r e a l l y m e a n " o f f " whether it's been configured for anymore, we do have to be more unattended access or not, it "drops careful. a receipt on the desktop" so the computer's owner can see it when he or she turns the machine on.

Spoilers Anonymous
By Isabelle Carreau (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:00:00 AM

This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our tips form or by emailing us at tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such. This week we have spoilers for: 24, Castle, CSI: Miami, Desperate Housewives, Dollhouse, Fringe, Grey's Anatomy, House, How I Met Your Mother, Law & Order: CI, Lost, Smallville and Ugly Betty. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!) Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

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Jammie Thomas lawyers file suit against Scribd
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:27:00 AM

A legal complaint seeking class action status filed in Houston on Friday accuses social-publishing site Scribd of egregious copyright infringement. Joe Sibley (left) and law partner Kiwi Camara.(Credit: Camara & Sibley law firm) Scribd managers have "built a technology that's broken barriers to copyright infringement on a global scale and in the process have also built one of the largest readerships in the world," the attorneys representing the class wrote in the complaint. "The company shamelessly profits from the stolen copyrighted works of innumerable authors." While this may sound like a generic copyright case, there's one interesting side note. The attorneys that filed the lawsuit are at the head of Camara & Sibley, the Houston-based firm defending Jammie Thomas-Rasset against copyright claims made by the music industry. Joe Sibley and Kiwi Camara have made names for themselves largely by representing ThomasRasset, the Minnesota woman accused by the music industry of copyright violations. In June, a jury found her liable for willful copyright infringement and ordered her to pay$1.9 million in

damages. Thomas-Rasset has asked for a new trial. In an interview for a story published in July, Sibley said he and Camara could see themselves working for copyright owners, if they believed in the issue. He told me that they weren't locked into any legal dogma and would take cases based on their merits. It's not unusual for lawyers to argue both sides of copyright issues. In their complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the lawyers wrote that plaintiff Elaine Scott, a book author, found on Scribd in July an unauthorized copy of one of her titles, " Stocks and Bonds: Profits and Losses, A Quick Look at Financial Markets." They claim Katerinia-Kissling) meets its match in flowy, voluminous pants. Photo by Kelly Stuart Think you are Street Chic? E-

that the book had been downloaded more than 100 times from Scribd, which her attorneys called the "YouTube for documents." Neither Scott nor Scribd representatives were immediately available for comment. The class purports to represent "every author who owns a valid registered copyright in a work infringed by Scribd." Camara & Sibley said the number of infringing material on Scribd was known only to that company but predicted that the size of the class could be huge. They did note that Scribd has said it would remove infringing documents when notified by a copyright owner, as is required by

the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. San Francisco-based Scribd also has created an automated filtering system designed to prevent the publishing on its system of unauthorized works, once identified, from being uploaded again. Camara & Sibley say very clearly what they think of Scribd's business model. "Under the aegis of selfpromoting misinterpretations of federal statutes," the lawyers wrote in their complaint, "the West Coast technology industry has produced a number of start-up firms premised on the notion that commercial copyright infringement is not illegal, unless and until the injured party discovers and complains of the infringing activity, and (the) infringer fails to respond to such complaints." Camara & Sibley added to the complaint, "Apparently (the West Coast start-ups) believe any business may misappropriate and then publish intellectual property, as long as it ceases to use a stolen work when an author complains...Many millions of dollars have been invested in this business plan."

Circumnavigation for Good
By Phil King (Flickr Blog)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 12:54:01 AM

Street Chic: New York
By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 8:13:40 AM

appear in ELLE.com's Street Chic Daily. Follow ELLE on Twitter. mail us your photo and you could

Flickr member James Bowthorpe, a.k.a GlobeCycle, is about to complete the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth on a freakin’ bicycle. He started on March 29th, 2009 with the goal of raising £1.8 million for research into the causes of Parkinson’s Disease. Starting and ending in London, England, James will have ridden over 18,000 miles in about 150 days. Back in August he increased his daily mileage from 120 to 150 miles per day (!!!), putting him on track to break the current world record by nearly four weeks. He’s been busy geotagging, so you can see a map of his photos all the way around the world. He’ll be arriving back in London this Saturday afternoon. If you’re in London, you can meet him at the Roehampton Gate Cafe in Richmond Park at 4pm GMT and ride with him to the Hyde Park bandstand. If you go, take some photos and tag them with GlobeCycle. All photos from GlobeCycle.

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When a computer decides you must choke to death
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:27:45 AM

Wes Welker out for New England Patriots' showdown against New York Jets
By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:37:40 AM

Perhaps you are skeptical about the notion that computers will, one day, actually control us. Perhaps you might imagine yourself to be a little dependent on your digital friend but not to the degree that it tells you what to do. Perhaps, however, you have never stayed at the Hotel Monte Mulini on Croatia's Adriatic Coast. Please allow me to explain. I am currently in Rovinj, Croatia, home of the Weekend Media Festival. The festival has speakers from companies such as Google, MTV, and Nokia and, well, there was this one speech Saturday titled, "Why advertise when you can Twitter?" given by a bald chap you might know. Rovinj is one of the most beautiful secrets in all the world, a place of such breathtaking charm and beauty that you simple do not want to leave. And the organizers put the speakers up at the aforementioned hotel, which seems to have dedicated itself to computerized logic. You don't have to put your key card into a slot to enter your room. No, you wave it at a control panel and your door opens like that of the haunted castle in a horror movie. In your room, there is another control panel that switches lights on and off and generally monitors the look and feel of your environment, including what temperature you are allowed to enjoy. Rovinj, home of the Weekend

Media Festival.(Credit: CC Akk Rus/Flickr) It seems as if the computer has decided that you will only enjoy temperatures of 21 degrees centigrade (70 degrees Fahrenheit) or higher. I don't know about you, but I like things to be a little cold indoors when it's hot outside, so I asked the nice man at reception whether I had misunderstood something about the control panel. What, indeed, did I have to do to make the room colder? Ah, he told me, the computer system would like me to agree that 21 degrees is the optimum temperature. But he promised to reprogram it specially so that my

One of quarterback Tom Brady's main targets will miss New England's matchup Sunday against the rival New York Jets. AFC East blog ESPN.com's Tim Graham writes about all things AFC East in his division blog. • Blog network: NFL Nation Wide receiver Wes Welker is out with a knee injury. Welker was listed as questionable on the Patriots' injury report Friday after being limited all week, but was expected to play against the Jets. He was limited in practice before the game against the Bills, but was able to play. In Week 1's Patriots victory over the Buffalo Bills, Welker had 12 catches for 93 yards. In two seasons with the Patriots, room could be colder. But as I write this Sunday, it's Welker has 223 receptions and 11 I skipped back to my room and been three days. My computerized touchdowns. pressed the "down" button on the control panel still drifts between With Welker out, that likely a i r c o n c o n t r o l . N o t h i n g . 21.4 degrees centigrade and 21.7 means that rookie Julian Edelman Computers take some time to degrees centigrade and there is a steps into his place. Edelman, a reprogram, don't they? I sat in little crustiness around my mouth seventh-round draft choice out of hope. And, well, a little sweat. after three days of hot, dry, Kent State, did not play in the I went to bed, believing I would conditioned air. season-opener. be waking to a cooler As I walk to the bathroom, I Joey Galloway also was environment. Still nothing. So the find myself bowing to the control expected to see an increased role following morning, it was back to panel, hoping that, somehow, it in Welker's absence. reception. will agree to make things cooler. I Information from "Oh, the computer is still not also find myself thinking whether ESPNBoston.com's Mike Reiss allowing you?" said the man at the man on reception is human and The Associated Press was t h e d e s k . " I w i l l s p e a k t o and whether there is such a person used in this report. maintenance." as the maintenance man at all. Did I detect the sort of raised Is this the beginning of the end? eyebrow on his head that said: Or the end of the beginning? "You, sir, don't realize who's calling the shots here"? Perhaps.

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Your Google docs: Soon in search results?
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 6:31:00 PM

Matt Cassel to Start For Kansas City
By Adam Gretz (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:55:00 AM

Users of Google Docs and Spreadsheets accustomed to publicly publishing their documents might want to rethink exactly how publicly available they want to them to be. Google on Thursday wrote in a blog post that "in about two weeks, we will be launching a change for published docs. The change will allow published docs that are linked to from a public Web site to be crawled and indexed, which means they can appear in search results you see on Google.com and other search engines...This is a very exciting change as your published docs linked to from public websites will reach a much wider audience

of people." "Marie" of Google was quick to note that the crawling for search results "only applies to docs which you explicitly publish using the 'Publish as Web page' or 'Publish/embed' option, and which are linked to from a publicly crawled Web page" (documents for which users choose only to "allow anyone with the link to view" will not get crawled, she wrote, adding that users can unpublish documents they wish to remain uncrawled). Some users of the search giant's suite of online productivity applications expressed concerns about the plan, suggesting better labeling of potentially crawlable documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. For example, how would you know definitively if a

publicly crawled Web page has linked to your published document? Is the only way to ensure that your published document does not ultimately show up in search results to actually unpublish it? As noted by The Register, "Google Apps master view does not tell you which docs are publicly published and which aren't." While it may well be obvious to most users how publicly available their Google documents are--and many of those published documents may well be intended to be as publicly available as possible--this seems to be another area where Google needs to find the right balance between transparency and data accessibility.

by Adam Gretz Filed under: Chiefs, Raiders, NFL Injuries After missing Kansas City's season opening loss in Baltimore with an MCL injury suffered in the preseason, Matt Cassel is expected to make his Chiefs debut on Sunday against the Oakland Raiders, according to Jason LaCanfora of the NFL Network. Cassel was the big offseason addition in Kansas City, coming over in a trade that sent a secondround draft pick to the New England after the Patriots designated the 27-year-old signalcaller as their franchise player. The Chiefs then signed him to a

long-term contract extension in July reportedly worth over $60 million. More Coverage: Wes Welker Out for Patriots Matt Cassel to Start For Kansas City originally appeared on Fanhouse NFL Blog on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:55:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments

App Review: Ramp Champ
By Chris Ryan (TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 1:00:06 PM

games, based on the idea of flicking balls at targets of varying points. Right out of the proverbial Arcade bowling style games are box, users can play a variety of very popular. In the real world, mini-games, including ones set in skee-ball is probably the most a c l o w n e n v i r o n m e n t , a n recognized of these. In the iPhone underwater environment, an world there have been several a r c a d e - s t y l e o u t e r s p a c e who have risen to the challenge, e n v i r o n m e n t o r , f o r A p p l e but Ramp Champ, the newest fanboys out there, a classic “Icon game from The Iconfactory and Garden” style setting. Unlike DSMediaLabs, brings a very t r a d i t i o n a l s k e e - b a l l , e a c h interesting and addictive twist to environment has multiple targets this genre. of varying weight as well as Boasting an interface designed hidden easter eggs. by The Iconfactory(and awardEach mini-game rewards great winning designer Louie Mantia), gameplay by providing tickets, Ramp Champ takes traditional like a traditional arcade. A “loot” skee-ball and throws it down in a section showcases a page of series of four stylized arcade prizes per each environment,

allowing users to trade in tickets for a very diverse collection of prizes. Each mini-game also provides for three goals and awards players with collectible trophies upon completing those

goals. The game also supports in app purchasing of additional environments, including an Adventure Pack which adds ninja and tiki island themed levels as well as a Challenge Pack which adds fantasy and dental themed levels. These additional in app purchases are 99 cents and also include additional goals and prizes. Ramp Champ is a very fun and addicting game and perfect for long term gameplay or just when you have a few minutes to spare. The original soundtrack and amazing graphics make this a definite must have. Ramp Champ is $1.99 and available on the App

Store. P.S. Among the easter eggs you might find in this game is everyone’s favorite dogcow, Clarus. When playing The Icon Garden level, knock over all of the icons and then one of the two differently colored flowers in the second wave. If you’ve played Ramp Champ, tell me what you think! Read our latest analysis piece, " Can the News Industry Move Beyond Its Napster Phase?" Only on GigaOM Pro.

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Weekly App Store Picks: September 19, 2009
By Olly Farshi (TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 11:04:29 AM

can check out some of the videos, uploaded directly from the app to YouTube, or even try out It’s the end of another week and mpChange, an excellent little site so it’s time for me to scour the that uses the same technology to latest releases in the App Store for mess with your face in a variety the hottest new iPhone apps. As of utterly weird ways. ever, I’ve selected four hot picks Pajatzo(99 cents) released in the last seven days for If you’re a regular reader, you’ll you to check out. know how I regularly indulge in This week I’ve plucked our p a c h i n k o - b a s e d f u n o n m y picks from across the globe. iPhone. It all started several Hailing from Japan, my top pick months ago with Rockchinko, a this week is Brain Controller. pachinko game that introduces I’ve also checked out Finland’s rockabilly and bullet-time to the Pajatzo, France’s Adrenaline Golf mix. and Germany’s Vinyl DJ. Brain As a newcomer to Finland, I Controller($2.99) couldn’t help but notice pajazzo Created by the apparently machines in a few of my favorite twisted minds at Motion Portrait haunts. Pajazzo is the Finnish I n c . o v e r i n J a p a n , B r a i n equivalent of pachinko. Played by Controller might not be the most shooting a coin into the machine, u s e f u l a p p t o a d d t o y o u r your coin will ricochet around collection but, it may well be the before hopefully scoring a jackpot strangest. If you’re looking to and earning you a modest return drop some jaws and raise some on your investment. eyebrows while showing off your As pajazzo’s success never iPhone, this is the app for you. quite reached the epic proportions After shooting a photo of your of its Japanese counterpart, and friend, the app will work its truly seeing as most machines are now i m p r e s s i v e m a g i c o n y o u r dusty disused relics, Pajatzo for u n s u s p e c t i n g c o h o r t . B r a i n iPhone might be your only chance Controller creates a Men In Black to try out this addictive Finnish -style video, featuring a small classic. Adrenaline Golf(99 cents) alien emerging from your friend’s From the folks behind cranium before delivering a Adrenaline Golf and Adrenaline personalized message. Poker is the imaginatively titled Those that still need convincing Adrenaline Golf. Eurocenter,

based in France, specialize in developing online games for iPhone. In fact, looking at their back catalogue, all of their releases feature an online component. While Eurocenter’s Poker wasn’t the most effective online poker game for iPhone (my pick would be Zynga’s excellent Live Poker), they’ve managed to create something solid and fun with Adrenaline Golf. Online multiplayer matches are mixed up with trampolines, bumpers and even cannons. Particularly surprising is Adrenaline Golf’s price. For just a buck iPhone 3GS owners get a true taster of the fledgling device’s graphical prowess. The details are delicious, from shimmering tropical waters to glowing night-time torches. Vinyl

DJ(99 cents) This week’s final pick comes to us from Germany. Developed by Armin Heinrich, Vinyl DJ is strictly for iPhone-owning audiophiles who long for the golden days of music, when the closest thing to the iTunes Music Store was wandering down to your local record shop and sifting through never ending racks of dusty vinyl. Vinyl was kicked to the curb though, sidelined for streamlined, portable and, most importantly, digital formats. Even though the benefits of digital are hard to ignore, there are some who claim that our new-fangled devices are lacking a certain je ne sais quoi. And that’s where Vinyl DJ comes in. This app brings back that vintage vibe with a variety of effects including dust, crackle, scratch, mechanical noise and, of course, that all important record deck hum. That’s all the picks for this week. I’ll be back in seven days with a fresh selection of App Store recommendations. In the meantime, what apps have you been using this week? Read our latest analysis piece, " Can the News Industry Move Beyond Its Napster Phase?" Only on GigaOM Pro.

Matt Cassel ready to go for Kansas City Chiefs against Oakland Raiders
By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:51:08 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Matt Cassel era is ready to begin with the Kansas City Chiefs. AFC West blog ESPN.com's Bill Williamson writes about all things AFC West in his division blog. • Blog network: NFL Nation Cassel, who injured his left knee in a preseason game Aug. 29 and sat out the season opener at Baltimore, is starting at quarterback against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. Cassel's left knee was still braced this week in practice, but the slight limp he had last week was not evident. Cassel signed a six-year contract for a guaranteed $28 million after coming from New England in a trade. Brodie Croyle started in Cassel's place in the 38-24 loss to the Ravens and hit 16 of 24 passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns. Information from ESPN's Adam Schefter and The Associated Press was used in this report.

USC drops to No. 12, Washington into Top 25
By Associated Press (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:55:32 AM

NEW YORK -- Southern California dropped nine spots and out of the top 10 in The Associated Press college football poll and Washington moved into

the rankings for the first time in six years. A day after the Huskies upset the Trojans on a late field goal, USC fell from No. 3 to No. 12 on Sunday. The Trojans became the second preseason top-five team to lose in the first three weeks of the season.

Preseason No. 3 Oklahoma lost its opener to BYU. No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Texas have held firm to their spots all season. No. 3 Alabama and No. 4 Mississippi each moved up a spot this week. Penn State remained No. 5. BYU dropped the farthest, 12

spots to 19th after a 54-28 home loss to Florida State, which moved back into the rankings. Washington is No. 24. Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press

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Apple’s Untapped Marketing Tool: Price
By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:00:14 AM

Apple’s advertising is clever, visually attractive, hip, and funny. It does a great job of showing off what its products can do, and how your life could change as a result. What Apple ads don’t talk about is money. As someone who’s already more than willing to part with my little disposable income in order to nab Apple gear, I’m fine with that. But what about everyone else? There are no doubt reasons Apple doesn’t talk about price. I’ll mention a few of them later on in this post. The thing is, especially at the low end of its product line, Apple stands to gain a lot by trumpeting its price tags to the masses. Why People Are Switching In the past three months, I’ve seen three friends buy their first Mac computer. None of them purchased the 13-inch MacBook Pro that Apple has been so lauded for online and by the tech journalism community. Instead, all three bought either a Mac mini or a white plastic MacBook, and all three did so because these

machines represent the lowest cost of entry into Apple’s Mac lineup. That’s great news for Apple. Its low-end computers are doing their job, and bringing people in who otherwise might not have looked at a Mac. The problem is that none of those three people would’ve considered a Mac if I hadn’t recommended them. The reason? They all perceived Macs as too expensive. I know this evidence is anecdotal at best, and doesn’t mean this is the case for the general computer-buying population, but everyday I meet people who just weren’t aware that there existed such a thing as a Mac that costs less than $1,500 or $1,600. Some used to use them for work in the eighties, when it would cost you $1,800 to get one for home use, but speak with fond longing about the user experience they remember. When I tell these people that they can get back into Mac for as little as $600, they are completely flabbergasted. As in, never even conceived such a thing was possible, totally unaware. To me, that means that Apple isn’t doing its job right on the marketing side

willing to pay for a quality of things. Of course, word of product that sets them apart. mouth is probably part of the “Think Different” really means company’s marketing plan, but “Buy Different.” Getting Past w h y d e p e n d o n i n d i v i d u a l Taboos The fact is, Apple’s changed its evangelists like me to spread pricing info when televised media pricing policy to target new is so much more efficient? The growth and new demographics, and it should change its marketing Great Unmentionable Apple has some very good strategy to be more in line with reasons not to talk about price. those new sales goals. A Mac For one, they can’t beat PC mini commercial, done with all manufacturers in that area. There the usual Apple visual appeal, will always be a cheaper PC with with a simple “Starting at $599 at better specs on paper out there. the end would do wonders for But talking to PC users, that isn’t raising consumer awareness as big of an issue as I thought it regarding pricing without diluting was. People who remember Macs the strong brand Cupertino’s from times past don’t care that worked so hard to establish. You can talk about features and you could get a better spec’d PC for the same price or better as the reliability till you’re blue in the Mac mini. They care that Macs face, but if you want priceare so affordable as compared to conscious consumers to listen, their precursors from 20 years you’ve also got to talk about cost. If Apple really wants to convert ago. Another reason Apple might not new pricing structure into an want to talk about price is that it exponential increase in sales, it would be inconsistent with its would do well to make sure b r a n d i n g t o d a t e . A p p l e ’ s people know about it. Read our computer products are targeted at newest report, " Telco Strategies a demographic that doesn’t list for Over-the-Top Video." Only on price as its top priority. The GigaOM Pro. average Apple consumer is financially comfortable, and

Street Chic: New York
By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:00:00 AM

Sweet meets tough, in Byrdie Bell’s delicate dress and leather vest. Photo by Kelly Stuart Think you are Street Chic? Email us your photo and you could appear in ELLE.com's Street Chic Daily. Follow ELLE on Twitter.

The RSS channel-level image
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 9:45:07 AM

A heads-up on something that's going to prove useful down the road, something you might want to start thinking about now. Credit for this observation goes to the brilliant Frenchman, JY Stervinou.

One of the things about Twitter that really works are the 48-by-48 images they call avatars. They quickly become symbols for the person. When someone changes their avatar it's surprisingly important. I changed mine from King Kong to Don Quixote and people started treating me better. Not kidding. People really want

me to use my face, but it bothers me to look at my face all the time. When I figure out how to have two views of myself, one for me and one for everyone else... Anyway. If we're going to bootstrap a Twitter-like network outside of Twitter we're going to need those avatars. And luckily there's a very

nice place to put them, the RSS element. It's as if when Netscape spec'd RSS 0.91 they knew that 10 years later we'd need this. The only problem is that most RSS images aren't 48-by-48 (of course) and most of them aren't square. That's what you might start thinking about, creating a square graphic that looks good.

Since many people and organizations are crafting Twitter versions of themselves, this should be a relatively easy thing to do. BTW, I include the Twitter avatars in the cloud-enabled feeds I maintain for all the people I follow. Here's an illustration.

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Milestone: 20th Anniversary of Portable Mac Era
By Charles Moore (TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:00:29 AM

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the original release of the Macintosh Portable — the first truly untethered Mac, thanks to its internal battery. There’s a quote attributed to Steve Jobs: “Do not trust a computer that you cannot lift.” The original compact desktop Macs were offered with an optional carrying case, and some pioneer Mac-users did lug them around, but analogous to the tiny Mac mini today, they couldn’t be considered truly portable due to the necessity of a wall-current umbilical. The Mac Portable development project was launched in 1986, not long before Steve Jobs’ departure from Apple, and the product was first released for sale on September 20, 1989. It was featured on the cover of the November 1989 edition of MacUser magazine, which called it “by far the most complex piece of machinery devised by sale by Apple computer.” While it incorporated a laptopstyle foldable form factor with a front-mounted carry handle/lockdown lever, the Mac Portable weighed only about a

pound less than contemporaneous Mac Compact desktops — a hefty 16 pounds, due partly to it having a robust lead-acid battery. It wasn’t cheap either, selling for a likewise heavyweight $6,500 — or $7,300 with an optional hard drive. Internally, the Mac Portable had a 16MHz Motorola 68HC000 processor chip, an internal 1.4MB 3.5-inch floppy drive, a 40MB 3.5 hard drive, and a whopping 1MB

of RAM, expandable to 9MB but unfortunately in an oddball 30ns SRAM card (one slot) module format. The monitor screen was a crisp 9.8 1-bit active matrix, 640×400, LCD — initially without backlighting — and there was also a video output port for driving an external monitor. The upside of that heavy lead-acid battery was a very respectable five-to-10 hour charge life. Also included were an ADB

port for a keyboard and mouse, DIN-8 serial ports for printer and modem connections, and a DB-25 SCSI connector. An internal modem was optional. An interesting trivia note is that the Portable was the first Mac to ship with a pre-formatted hard drive and a pre-installed operating system. Apple added a backlight to the Macintosh Portable in February 1991 and also increased the standard RAM to 2MB or 4MB, changed the RAM ceiling to 8MB, and replaced the expensive SRAM chips with less-expensive pseudo-SRAM, although the pseudo-SRAM and backlighting reduced battery life. The Mac Portable was replaced by the PowerBook models 100, 140, and 170 in October 1991 — the 100 slimmed down to five pounds — launching the modern laptop computer era with a form factor essentially the same as the one still dominant today. However, the Portable gets credit for pioneering the batterypowered Mac concept. Happy Anniversary! Read our latest analysis piece, " Can the News Industry Move Beyond Its Napster Phase?" Only on GigaOM Pro.

Street Chic: New York
By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 1:00:00 PM

Take a cue from Ramya Drongola’s edgy layering and fierce sandal-boots. Photo by Kelly Stuart Think you are Street Chic? Email us your photo and you could appear in ELLE.com's Street Chic Daily. Follow ELLE on Twitter.

Starting Five: Peavy Wins in Sox Debut
By Jeff Fletcher (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 6:00:00 AM

previous day's baseball action with a quick nod to what is ahead. You Oughta Know ... by Jeff Fletcher That the White Sox may be out Filed under: Angels, Brewers, of the playoff race, but Jake D o d g e r s , G i a n t s , P h i l l i e s , Peavy still gave them something Rangers, White Sox, Starting Five to get excited about. Peavy made debut, pitching five effective Starting Five is our wrapup of the his much-anticipated White Sox

innings to beat the Royals. Peavy gave up three runs and his command was shaky, but he consistently threw his fastball in the low 90s. He threw 73 pitches, only 20 in his last two innings. More Coverage: Scoreboard| Standings| Statistics

Starting Five: Peavy Wins in Sox Debut originally appeared on Fanhouse MLB Blog on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments

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iTunes U: Learning Wherever You Are
By Chris Ryan (TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 9:00:17 AM

Windows 7 Takes Pricing Cue From Snow Leopard
By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 7:59:43 AM

iTunes U(iTunes Link), part of the iTunes Store, is an amazing venue for top-notch educational content from the world’s greatest universities, institutions, museums and other public educational foundations. From language lessons to audiobooks to lectures and more, iTunes U is a great place for those who love to learn. With the release of iTunes 9, Apple has put an even bigger spotlight on this great content by featuring it prominently inside the application. When iTunes U first launched, many of the top universities, such as Stanford, Cambridge and Carnegie Mellon, jumped onboard to provide engaging content. As the original institutions first began producing content for the free service, some implemented their content as podcasts that would download into the “Podcasts” section of iTunes whereas others would implement their content so it would download in the “Music” section. Furthermore, as more engaging content was added to the service, it became problematic to keep this content organized. Some universities would automatically create playlists for their content, and others would just create multiple podcasts. iTunes 9 attempts to solve this disarray by providing a specific iTunes U section inside the application and a specific iTunes U tab for iPods and iPhones to sync the content. This allows users to specifically choose which content they wish to sync, by a

Snow Leopard is selling like hotcakes. It’s selling much better than Tiger, and a lot better than Leopard, too. If I had to hazard a guess, I’d say those strong sales numbers had something to do with price. Microsoft appears to think so, too. For a limited time, Microsoft is offering students the opportunity to grab one Windows 7 upgrade to either the Home Premium or Professional versions of the upcoming operating system for only $29.99, the same price that the single-user version of Snow Leopard retails for. That’s $90 cheaper than the Home Premium upgrade costs at particular topic from an iTunes U Due to the flexibility that Apple regular retail prices, and $170 off content provider, or a specific gives institutions in organizing the price of the Professional “episode” within that topic. The and presenting their content, version. There is a catch, though. iTunes Store redesign itself also navigating all of this directly from You need to have a valid student prominently features iTunes U an iPod or iPhone can be a bit e m a i l a d d r e s s f r o m a U . S . content accessible via a button daunting, though. educational institution (college or across the top navigation bar. As mentioned earlier, iTunes U university) in order to qualify. Though this section of iTunes still content is completely free and AppleInsider claims that there physically resembles the iTunes currently features over 200,000 are similar deals in place in the Store pre-version 9, Apple is in educational audio and video titles UK, Australia, Canada, France, the process of updating it to match available for download, even Germany, Korea and Mexico, the look and feel of the rest of the including content on how to get though I could only find a redesigned store. started creating your own iPhone “Coming Soon” notice when I The 3.0 Software Update for the applications. It’s a great resource tried to change the country using a iPhone and iPod touch also brings to further your learning whether drop down menu at the top of the about a specific section for iTunes you’re at home or on the go. order page. Entering a valid U in the mobile iTunes store. Read our latest analysis piece, " Canadian university email address Much like traditional podcasts, Career Opportunities in the also got me nowhere. users can browse this section to NewNet." Only on GigaOM Pro. view top downloaded content or content organized by category.

Microsoft is very much aware that Apple’s student market share is one of the company’s most consistent strengths, despite recent incursions by low-cost netbook machines into that demographic. This deep discounting, and the accompanying 741.com microsite on which it can be found show that Redmond is willing to go to great lengths to try to recapture some of the youth market. If you’re planning on taking advantage of this deal using yours or a relative’s student email address to install Windows 7 on your Boot Camp partition, remember that the deal only applies to upgrades, not full versions, so you’ll already need either Vista or XP installed for it to work. Read our latest analysis piece, " Are Blades Really the Future of Server Sales?" Only on GigaOM Pro.

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Google, open communities, patents
(Scripting News)
license, and perhaps we should have one in the RSS community. Submitted at 9/18/2009 5:34:32 AM But in both cases these licenses When Google patents ideas that would be hard or impossible to have been openly discussed and enforce. I don't believe the GPL i m p l e m e n t e d i n t h e R S S has ever been tested in court. And community, and then doesn't in the case of open formats and u n d e r s t a n d w h y t h i s r a i s e s protocols, who knows if such objections -- well, I'd say we have restrictions would even be legal. had a failure to communicate. At But clearly the "norms" part of the least. argument is stronger than the I'm thinking about the patent legal one. If Google wants to be that Google was granted on part of the RSS community, it September 15 that covers reading should be respectful of it. That lists for feeds. They say it covers means not using their size and other things, and that's probably legal resources to take what's true, and if so -- if they had to good about our work, foreclose it, patent something they should sell it as their own, and control have stuck to the new stuff. And I others' use of it (which is the point think there's a good argument that of a patent). they should follow the All of this adds up to nothing if conventions of the community Google's lawyers are like lawyers and not patent their innovations, everywhere, and they probably rather contribute them in the same are. And if all their talk about f a s h i o n t h a t o t h e r s h a d being supportive of open source is contributed their good ideas. just talk. But, on the chance that It's as if Google ran Linux they're serious about wanting to servers and used the fact in their work with and support open marketing (no problem). Then communities of developers, there five years later it turns out they are pragmatic reasons why they had forked the Linux code base should be respectful and careful. (which is permitted) and was And they have not been either. marketing it under their own This isn't all about Google... brand name (okay) and had not The rest of us could have taken checked their improvements back steps to prevent this problem. And into the community (there's the we still can head off similar problem). This would be a problems in the future. violation of the norms of the 1. There is an idea out their community. True, it would also be called peer-to-patent. The USPTO a violation of the open source ran a pilot project that just ended. Seems like a good idea. Basically the patent applications are published before they are granted, giving experts a chance to comment on the novelty of the work, thus providing guidance to the examiner. 2. I've long argued that there must be a parallel patent system, a good one, that works more or less the same way as the USPTO's process with one important difference. At the end of the process the public owns the invention. The creator is given full credit for his or her work, which often is all they want. But a careful document is generated that creates a hole within which there will never be patents. Every one of these unpatents acts to combat the bad kind of patents. (This idea has already been widely discussed.) 3. And perhaps there should be cash awards for those unpatents, to create commercial incentives to produce novel ideas. That would go a long ways to counter the (imho invalid) argument that patents spawn innovation. I think quite the opposite. Most patents in my area are like Google's reading list patent. Filed after-the-fact by a big company, claiming the ideas of engineers working outside of large companies.

DNS progress, another wish for a miracle
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:20:47 AM

MediaDailyNews: 'Chuggington' Airs On Disney In 2010
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 10:45:40 AM

Maureen Taxter, in charge of U.S. consumer products at London-based children's

entertainment company Ludorum, is developing a U.S. program around "Chuggington," a CGI animated series for preschoolers set to air on Playhouse Disney in spring 2010, reports Adweek. The

show was created by the "Bob the Builder" team and has debuted in 150 countries to date. It will also have a Web platform that compliments the TV series.

There seems to be much progress on the DNS project I asked for a couple of days ago. Two or three developers seem to be approaching the point of deploying and the APIs probably are pretty close. I hope that when they surface we can try to get the APIs into agreement. The differences appear to be cosmetic. There's another project I'd like to wish into existence. I fell in love with the realtime API implemented by FriendFeed. Very simple, clever, reliable, functional, a kind of no-brainer that I wish more APIs were. The only problem was it only worked with FriendFeed, which is cool because there are a lot of interesting people there, but it got even more interesting when they released the back-end server, Tornado, as open source. This is good for two reasons: 1. It's really good interesting technology, and 2. It doesn't come from Google, it comes from Facebook, one of their rivals. Diversify is always a good strategy in the financial markets and in the tech world too. Anyway here's what I wish for. I'd like someone to show up in the rssCloud communithy with a Tornado server running that either is an instance of rssCloud(preferable) or is connected to an instance (i.e. receiving notifications). I'd then

like to hook River2 up to this server through a persistent realtime connection so that it can be notified of updates through a NAT and firewall. Then of course I'd write up a Howto explaining how I did it, ask for feedback and hope that people create more software that interops. How about it? Anyone up for making some history?? PS: I wasn't really a Deadhead, but I have lots of friends who are, and I admire much of the spririt of the community. One of the things they invented was this idea of needing a miracle. It comes from a John Perry Barlow/Bob Weir song. People talk about wanting "miracle tickets" -- that is, a ticket that gets you into something for free, like a Dead show. But the concept applies to airlines, baseball games, movies, private parties, you name it. It also applies to new Internet bootstraps. To get something like rssCloud booted, like Barlow and Weir, I need a miracle -- ever-ee day!

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What's On Tonight: College Football, Robin Hood, The Dish
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:02:00 PM

ABC still intends to finish Defying Gravity's run ... eventually
By Jason Hughes (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:00:00 AM

MediaDailyNews: 'Star Tribune' To Exit Bankrupcy, 'SF Chronicle' Lays Off
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:09:26 PM

• At 7:45, ESPN has College Football, Georgia vs. Arkansas. • Also at 7:45, ESPN2 has College Football, West Virginia vs. Auburn. • At 8, ABC has College Football, Texas vs. Texas Tech. • FOX has a new Cops at 8. • Nickelodeon has a new iCarly at 8, followed by a new True Jackson, VP. • At 9, FOX has a new America's Most Wanted. • CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show at 9. • BBC America has a new Robin Hood at 9. • Lifetime has the movie Georgia O'Keeffe at 9. • Comedy Central has the movie Still Waiting at 9. • WE has a new episode of The Locator at 9. • At 9:30, Biography has a new Ghostly Adventures. • At 10, CBS has a new 48 Hours Mystery. • Style has a new episode of The Dish at 10.

I thought Defying Gravity was over. Kona wasn't sure, but had little hope. The internet ran with it and there were unsubstantiated reports that ABC would never air the final five episodes. It was frustrating because it ended just before the big reveal as to what the "beta" entity was. So it looked like it would be another chapter in the long list of television shows that ended on a maddening cliffhanger. I don't know what those episodes have in store, or if they provide better closure than what we have now, but ABC felt it was important enough to curb the • At 12:30 AM, Cartoon rumors by putting out a statement Network has two new episodes of that they fully intend to air those Bleach. last Defying Gravity episodes. Check your local TV listings for They just aren't sure when. more. DG was too sci-fi for the Filed under: Programming, audience they were hoping for What To Watch Tonight, RealityFree Permalink| Email this| | Comments

with the " Grey's Anatomy in space" tag. There wasn't enough sci-fi for the hardcore science fiction base. At least those of us who toughed it out might get some closure. Filed under: Other SciFi/Supernatural Shows, Programming, Cancellations, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

A federal bankruptcy judge OK's the Star Tribune's reorganization plan, per the Minneapolis newspaper, to exit bankruptcy on or about Sept. 28. The nation's 14th-largest daily newspaper will emerge with new owners, lower costs and reduced debt. Separately, the San Francisco Chronicle laid off five editorial staffers, which brings the total to 11 jobs cut this month. Early cuts this year eliminated 150 Newspaper Guild jobs from the troubled daily.

Sacha Baron Cohen will guest voice on The Simpsons
By Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 5:03:00 PM

Practically every other celebrity on Earth has been a guest voice on The Simpsons. Hell, then even managed to land the reclusive author Alan Moore for a comic book-themed episode. Now, Borat and Bruno star Sacha Baron

Cohen will be lending his voice to an episode of the animated series. Supposedly, Cohen will play an "angry but funny" tour guide that helps them while the family tours Israel with their church group. For such a low income family, the Simpsons sure get to tour a lot of Cohen will not be playing any different countries. Homer even of his trademark characters, and went up into space at one point.

that's probably for the best. They Filed under: OpEd, The were getting a little stale anyway. Simpsons, Celebrities, Casting, Perhaps he could invent a new Reality-Free character (or at least a character Permalink| Email this| | voice) for this appearance. Comments In other facts about the episode, Homer gets Jerusalem complex while visiting and thinks he's God. And to the Fox network, he is.

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Just watch this: Sam the cooking guy is great!
By Allison Waldman (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 1:01:00 PM

Florida Gators cite 'panic level' over recent flu outbreak
By Associated Press (ESPN.com)
isolations this week. He was most concerned with Demps, the team's starting running back, because he's on the front end of the flu. Hernandez and Cunningham were getting over their symptoms, Meyer said. On the injury front, Meyer said linebacker Brandon Spikes will be placed in a protective boot. Spikes missed most of the second half of Saturday's game because of tendinitis in his Achilles' tendon. The team's defensive captain limped off the field early in the game, got his left ankle taped and tried to return. But Spikes ended up getting pulled and replaced by Dustin Doe. Meyer said Spikes struggled through practice this week and had to be fitted with orthotics. "It's a pain issue," Meyer said. "It's not a structural issue. It's not a pull, it's a tendon strain of the Achilles' tendon." Receiver Deonte Thompson(hamstring) also missed the game, but should return against Kentucky. Receiver Riley Cooper pinched a nerve on the first series but stayed in the game. Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press

campus last week.' My gosh." Meyer said team doctors and his training staff were doing Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:57:18 AM Recently, I was channel surfing everything they could to prevent and I stopped on a show called GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The an outbreak. Hand sanitizers were Just Cook This! With Sam the Florida Gators' flu bug is cause everywhere, and prevention Cooking Guy. The fact that it was for alarm, at least for coach Urban checklists were posted all around on FitTV nearly made me move Meyer and his staff. the training facility. on (to me a healthy cooking show Running back Jeff Demps, tight "We're trying the best we can, is oxymoronic!), but this guy e n d A a r o n H e r n a n d e z a n d but it's real," Meyer said. "We go Sam, the cooking guy, kept me which turned into a food program d e f e n s i v e e n d J e r m a i n e to the extremes. They get a tuned in. Well, I can now say instead. FitTV, which is part of Cunningham were isolated in the separate dorm room for them. without equivocation, Just Cook Discovery, probably bought the days leading up to Saturday's They get a separate hotel room for This! is my new favorite food show because they liked Sam. game against Tennessee. them. They put them right on show and I'm in love with Sam. And that's the beauty of the show. Although Meyer did not say any whatever the flu stuff is. Our Sam is actually not a formally Continue reading Just watch of the players had swine flu, he guys, our team doctors, they're on trained chef or a caterer turned this: Sam the cooking guy is c e r t a i n l y w a s w o r r i e d t h e it as fast as you can get on it." cook or a restaurateur or any of great! devastating virus could hit his top Demps, Cunningham and the other types that have made Hernandez all played against the Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, -ranked team. their way to TV. I looked him up OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free SEC blog Volunteers, but none of them and Sam Zein was a regular Joe, ESPN.com's Chris Low writes seemed to play up to par. Permalink| Email this| | working for a pharmaceutical Comments about all things SEC in his Demps, who had a 101-degree company, who dumped it all to conference blog. temperature, ran four times for 31 make a TV show about travel, • Blog network: yards and a touchdown. College Football Nation Hernandez caught four passes for "It is a panic level of proportion 26 yards. And Cunningham I've never seen before," Meyer finished with one tackle. said Sunday, a day after his team's Meyer said Sunday that Demps 23-13 victory. "That's coming probably shouldn't have played. from me. You hear about, I think, "Jeff did not look right, Aaron Wisconsin had 40 players. Ole Hernandez didn't play like Aaron Miss had 20 players. My wife, Hernandez, and Jermaine didn't with her great insight, said, 'Do play like Jermaine. They were you realize the swine flu and beat up pretty good," he said. everything is hitting the Florida Meyer said there could more

NFL Week 2 Live Tweet
By Michael David Smith (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 12:15:00 PM

by Michael David Smith Filed under: NFL Live Blogging Wes Welker's status is out, and ditto for Donovan McNabb, and

so the Patriots and Eagles will be without key offensive players as they prepare to take on the Jets and Saints in two of the biggest games for NFL Week 2. Those are among the many situations I'll be monitoring as I take you through the full NFL TV schedule

for this second Sunday of the

2009 season. If you want regular updates on all of Sunday's NFL action, I'll be sitting in my den watching NFL Sunday Ticket on three different TVs, and I'll keep you posted on everything that happens if you follow along below or follow me

on Twitter @MichaelDavSmith. NFL Week 2 Live Tweet originally appeared on Fanhouse NFL Blog on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:15:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments

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College Football Diary: No. 1 Florida 23, Tennessee 13
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:00:11 AM

The Journal provides minute-byminute analysis of today’s 23-13 victory by top-ranked Florida over Tennessee from Gainesville, Florida. Guest blogger Pete McEntegart offers commentary on the game — the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams — and the CBS telecast. Reuters Jeffery Demps scores Florida’s final touchdown in the top-ranked Gators’ win over Tennessee. 6:46: Kiffin couldn’t resist leaving the field before telling Tracy Wolfson, “We’ll see them next year.” Nothing like throwing down the gauntlet for a game 12 months away. Next year, of course, the Gators won’t have Tebow at QB. The Vols will also have someone other than Crompton, another senior. Both changes are likely good news for the Vols. I hate to pile on Crompton, but it was clear that the Vols didn’t trust him to throw down the field. Even while sticking mostly to safe throws, he still tossed two INTs and now has seven on the season. The rest of the Vols actually played No. 1 Florida toe-to-toe. The UT defense lived up to its billing and, in perhaps the biggest surprise, the Vols ran the ball effectively even though UF knew they were coming. If Kiffin can recruit himself a stud QB, it’s not hard to picture the Vols competing for the SEC title in relatively short order. Florida, of course, is the favorite for not just this year’s SEC title but the national crown. The Gators didn’t do much today to burnish that image. Still, while those tuning in for a blowout were

disappointed, a win’s a win, especially against one’s archrival. For Florida, anyway, it’ll have to do for now. 6:33: Tebow takes a knee and we’ve gone FINAL. 23-13 Florida. 6:29: Crompton pump-fakes and goes deep … but it’s intercepted by safety Ahmad Black. Danielson inexplicably says, “That doesn’t hurt them.” Well, it doesn’t help the Vols either, does it Gary? There are less than two minutes left and the Vols trail by 10. Earlier in the game, sure, going deep on a hitch-and-go on fourth down that results in a pick is no huge loss. It would be worth the gamble, and the INT with no return isn’t much different than a punt. But come on, that was UT’s last gasp. Sure, the INT isn’t any worse than an incompletion, and is actually better from the perspective of field position since it was fourth down. But it certainly didn’t help the Vols get back in the game. 6:26: UT calls timeout facing a fourth-and-six. Strange play by Crompton on third down. He avoided a sack by shrugging off a defender who came in clean, but then seemed to panic and heaved the ball out of bounds, a good 30 yards from any receiver. Somehow he wasn’t flagged for intentional grounding. Hey, at least he showed a strong arm. 6:25: Fumble! Ooh, but it rolls out of bounds. Still UT ball. Third -and-six near midfield, just over two minutes left. 6:22: Two Hardesty carries pick up a first down, but now we’re down around five minutes left. Then Crompton finds a running back on a swing pass for a short

gain. Come on, Lane. You’ve talked the talk, now walk the walk and throw the dang ball downfield! Then again, he’s not 40 yet, so Mike Gundy might say Lane’s *not* a man. 6:18: Tebow is sacked on thirdand-five. Wow, this UT defense is impressive. Gators must punt. Chas Henry gets a very favorable roll on a 56-yard boot. UT starts just outside its 20 trailing by 10. Crompton is going to have to throw if the Vols want a real victory, not just a moral one. (The latter is in the bag, frankly.) 6:12: Touchdown, Tennessee! Hardesty breaks several tackles before turning on the jets from about 17 yards out. The XP cuts the deficit to 23-13 with 8:11 left. Vols are hanging in, which is especially impressive considering their QB is posing absolutely no downfield threat. 6:10: The freshman Brown busts a nice one up the middle for 13 yards. First down at the UF 20. Vols have something cooking. 6:09: On third and long, Crompton finds Brown on a screen for a long gainer. That’s UT’s initial first down this half. Vols aren’t dead yet. But in the words of Miracle Max, they’re still mostly dead. 6:07: Hold the presses — Tebow fumbles inside the 10. UT’s Dennis Rogan recovers and returns it out near the 40. The would-be blowout will have to

wait some more, and maybe forever. 6:04: Gators call timeout facing a second-and-6 from the UT 18. CBS’ Gary Danielson just joked that Florida needs to save its timeouts to “rub it in” at the end of the game. That, of course, is what the Gators did last season in a blowout victory over Georgia. Still 23-6 Florida but Gators looking to make it more. 11:54 left. 6:01: Chris Rainey, another speedy UF back, breaks free for 11. First down at the UT 29. Vols defense doesn’t have much fight left. Can you blame them? 5:56: Things didn’t improve much on second and third down. Crompton misfired on a deep throw and then threw it away on third. Vols will punt to the dangerous Brandon James. The Swamp smells blood. Oops, that’s sharks, not Gators. Never mind. FOURTH QUARTER 5:52: End of third quarter, 23-6 Florida. Crompton actually fell down on that first-down play, tripping over one of his linemen, and was lucky to get the ball to the tailback Bryce Brown before he hit the turf. Not pretty. The teams will change sides with UT facing a second down and about 12. How about a screen pass? 5:48: Touchdown! The sprinter Demps scampers for the score on first down. XP is good and it’s 236 with :07 left in the third quarter. Does UT have any answer? Will Crompton ever throw the ball again? Stay tuned! 5:47: Tebow picks up a thirdand-three with another keeper up the middle. First and goal at the 6. 5:41: Tebow finds his roommate, WR Riley Cooper, for 11 yards and a first down on the

UT 31. Then he finds Cooper again for 9. Second and short. Given Crompton’s struggles, you have to figure a UF TD here would loom especially large. As in insurmountable. UT must have heard me because Kiffin calls timeout. 16-6 with 1:57 left in the third. 5:38: Man! Tebow just made a remarkable scramble for the first down on third and long. It looked like he was dead to rights in the backfield, but he shrugged off one tackler, ran around a second and lunged for the imaginary line. The Vols defense has to be getting a bit tired, and maybe dispirited. 5:34: Gators force a three-andout and will start on their 32. Vols faced a first-and-25 after a penalty and ran the ball three straight times for minimal gains. Wow, they don’t trust Crompton at all. You can hang with a top team for a while like that if you have a great defense, as UT does, but it’s hard to imagine winning the game. Take the training wheels off! 5:28: Sturgis hits his third FG for Florida, this one from 35 yards out. It’s 16-6 UF with 9:33 to go in the third. Wow, the UT defense looks terrific. But you have to wonder how long they can hold on if Crompton scares his own coaches more than the Florida defense. 5:23: Just saw something I don’t know if I’ve ever seen — the same song was used on two consecutive, completely unrelated commercials. It was “Bad to the Bone” by George Thorogood and The Destroyers. It was used in a Brett Favre ad for Wrangler and a promo for CBS’ “Survivor.” I COLLEGE page 66

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hope all the Destroyers are cashing in and not just George. Meanwhile, UF faces secondand-13 from the UT 26 after some solid runs, including another scamper by Tebow. 5:20: Crompton throws downfield on third down and … it’s picked! By Joe Haden. Hmmm, maybe that’s why the Vols have been babying Crompton so far. It’s his sixth INT of the short season. Hopefully Kiffin won’t tell Crompton he’ll be “pumping gas” if he throws another. 5:17: Second half kicks off. UT runs a reverse on the return and will start on its own 38. Will the Vols open up the offense after intermission or continue to play (very) close to the vest? THIRD QUARTER 4:55: Halftime, 13-6 Florida. UT indeed plays it safe and lets the clock run out. Verne Lundquist just said that Tracy Wolfson tried to interview Kiffin at the half, but “he outran her.” Well, he *is* still a young guy. Maybe he was running back to the locker room to write up some new trash talk, considering how well his team (especially the defense) backed him up in the first half. Florida leads, yes, but the Vol Nation has to feel pretty good right about now. 4:52: Sturgis adds a 29-yard FG for the Gators. 13-6 Florida with 51 seconds left in the half. No blowout here. But will the Vols take a chance and push for the potential tying score in the final minute of the first half? Depends on the field position, but I suspect no. 4:49: The CBS ticker just called UT’s last mentor “Coach Flumer” in a preview for an SEC show on CBS College Sports. Having your name misspelled by your own employer — ouch. 4:47: Tight-end screen to Aaron Hernandez picks up 21 and the first down. Hey, if you’re having trouble keeping rushers off your QB, why not lure them in for the screen? Good call, good execution. 4:45: Gators call TO facing a third-and-14 after Tebow was sacked on second down. That’s one sack and one intentionalgrounding call forced by the tough Vols D. 4:43: Speedster Jeff Demps takes the option pitch and breaks off big yardage. Berry has to run over to save the TD. Gators move into UT territory at the 42. 4:39: Florida’s defense stiffens, forces short field goal by UT’s Lincoln. 10-6 Florida with 5:58 left in the half. Vols couldn’t get any closer than that first-and-goal from the 4. A note on Berry’s pick: It was the 13th of his career. In fact the junior’s just 15 INT return yards from the NCAA record of 502 yards by Terrell Buckley of Florida State. Alas that last one won’t get him any closer and, in fact, will kill Berry’s return-perpick average. Not that he’ll complain. 4:37: Hardesty gets loose down to the 4. First and goal for the Vols. Hardesty already has 11 carries for 65 yards. 4:35: Interception! Berry picks off Tebow in the left flat on a low pass. Very athletic play. The refs take a look at it, but it stands. UT has ball on Florida 21 after first major break of the game. 4:29: Vols dial up another screen pass on third down, but this time Florida CB Joe Harden blows up Montario Hardesty to force a punt. Chas Henry Chad Cunningham (it just doesn’t seem like Tennessee without a Colquitt punting; there’s been one since 2000) boots it into the end zone. Gators open from their 20 when we come back. 4:26: Screen pass to Bryce Brown for 11 yards and a first down. Another short pass to fullback Kevin Cooper in the right flat picks up another first down. Ball at midfield. Vols doing a good job giving Crompton safe throws — protecting him, frankly — yet still moving the ball. 4:22: Tebow plows in for the score. XP is good and it’s 10-3 Florida with 12:48 to play in the half. Is Tebow the best shortyardage runner in the nation? He’s certainly the best one who also performs offseason circumcisions. SECOND QUARTER 4:11: On third-and-long, Tebow finds WR David Nelson in the left flat for the first down to the 26. And that’s it for the first quarter. UF ball when we come back. Score is tied at 3. Not much of a blowout so far, huh? 4:08: On the first play after the kickoff, Emmanuel Moody rips off 20-plus yards off right tackle after Tebow puts the ball in his stomach on the zone-read play. Gators in UT territory in a hurry. 4:04: Tie ballgame, 3-3, 3:00 left in the first. Daniel Lincoln knocks in a FG from 24 yards to cap an impressive — and timeconsuming — drive for UT. The Vols kept it on the ground for all but one play but still moved the ball effectively. I didn’t think the Vols could line it up and run right at the Gators like that. 4:00: Two more Hardesty runs result in yet another first down. Ball on the UF 11. 3:59: Crompton sneaks for the first down. 3:56: UT calls timeout on thirdand-inches from the UF 25. 7:09 left in the first. 3:54: Swing pass from Crompton to Gerald Jones to the right side picks up another first down. The Vols might have something going here. 3:52: On third-and-12, the Vols trip up the Gators D by running the ball out wide. Montario Hardesty picks up 19 yards and UT’s initial first down out to the 45. 3:47: 3-0, Florida, 11:34 left in the first quarter. Caleb Sturgis hits a 36-yarder for the Gators. The UT defense held tough after being put in a very difficult position after the opening kickoff. Seven offensive plays netted 11 yards. Now let’s see if the UT offense can get anything going. 3:41: On fourth and a long two, Tebow pounds it ahead for the first down. The guy is definitely a hoss. Ball at the UT 19. 3:38: Great start for the Gators. Ace return-man Brandon James (who has returned punts for TDs the last two seasons against UT) took the opening kickoff past midfield. Toss in a 15-yard facemask penalty on the tackle and Florida will start at the UT 30. FIRST QUARTER 3:35, part two: Here’s what Kiffin just told CBS’ Tracy Wolfson about the reception he’s gotten so far in Gainesville: “People have really welcomed us.” Maybe Lane’s not sure what “welcome” means. 3:35: Now that kickoff is almost here, lets talk a bit about the matchup on the field — remember that? The Gators, you probably know. No. 1 Florida is led by former Heisman winner and allaround swell guy Tim Tebow, a bruising run-pass QB who has already inserted his name in the discussion of the greatest college players of all time. On defense, the Gators return all 11 starters from a unit that throttled highpowered Oklahoma in the BCS championship game. Tennessee may be a huge underdog today (by about four TDs), but thats not due to its D. Even in last years 5-7 debacle that cost Philip Fulmer his job, the Vols tied for third in the nation in total defense. Thats where they are again through two games this season, now led by legendary NFL defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, aka Lanes daddy. Look for All-American safety Eric Berry to be all over the field. Offensively, though, the Vols can be a mess. Error-prone senior QB Jonathan Crompton threw three INTs in last weeks 19-15 loss to UCLA and thus far hasnt come close to living up to his billing as a ballyhooed recruit. True freshman tailback Bryce Brown (arguably the No. 1 recruit in the nation this year) will get his cracks, but there might not be much room. If the Vols offense cant get untracked, or worse yet turns the ball over repeatedly, even the staunchest defense wont be able to hold up against Tebow and Company forever. 3:30 p.m. ET: For those who havent spent the past nine months tracking the many, many words that have emanated from Kiffins mouth, here are some highlights: – He reportedly told recruit Alshon Jeffrey that hed end up pumping gas if he signed with South Carolina, which Jeffrey did. (Kiffin has denied saying it.) – He tweaked Alabama coach COLLEGE page 69

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The Fix Picks the NFL: Week 2
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picked against anyone. This game is recommended for masochists, shut-ins and people who own After a Week 1 loss, coaches Clinton Portis in fantasy football. sometimes grasp at clichés, such Only those people. DR as “It’s only one game,” “I saw Pick: David: Washington, lots of positives out there to build Garey: Washington, Al Toonie: on,” or “We’re not as bad as the Washington scoreboard showed.” Reuters Seattle at San Francisco (-1): Quarterback Marc Bulger has Last year, San Francisco’s offense been with the Rams through their was run by Certified Mad Genius slide to the bottom of the NFL. Mike Martz, and it looked it. Maybe they’re not, but this half Tight ends took end-arounds; the of the Daily Fix was brutal — 10 offense ran 20 straight passing games under.500 against the plays while nursing a lead; that spread on the NFL’s Kickoff sort of thing. It didn’t work, Weekend. How the heck does that naturally, but the Niners won at happen? David Roth, the better Arizona in Week 1 despite the half, was just one win away from equally abject failure of Jimmy a .500 start, while Al Toonie, the Raye’s more straightforward Lucky Canadian Two-Dollar scheme due to something they Coin, managed to get half its didn’t have last year — a very g a m e s c o r r e c t . P r e t t y impressive defense. Seattle won embarrassing, eh, losing to a in Week 1, too, but that was coin? because they were playing the In Week 2, 10 games have lines Rams. Don’t get Martzian on this of 3.5 points or fewer, so there’s a one — the Niners look better, and good chance many games will be they’re at home. DR settled late and by a field goal. Pick: David: San Francisco, Not that you should take that to Garey: Seattle, Al Toonie: San the bank. Francisco Week 1 recap: Al Toonie, the Tampa Bay at Buffalo (-5): Lucky Canadian Two-Dollar C o n f e s s i o n : i n a p r e v i o u s Coin: 8-8, David Roth: 7-9, Garey previewing gig, I chose the Bills Ris: 3-13. — oft-injured, star-crossed, stuck SUNDAY’S GAMES in a rustbound post-industrial St. Louis at Washington (-10): Thunderdome of a city — as a These little preview things are s y m b o l o f h a r d s c r a b b l e short — roughly 5,000 words too overachieving. (Check out this short for your picker to try to lay compare-and-contrast with the out just how things got so terrible s e e m i n g l y i n e v i t a b l e 2 0 0 7 in St. Louis. Honestly, even at Patriots.) That was years ago, and 5,000 words, the whole thing Buffalo’s struggles since have would just be, “and then, like, come to seem less and less like everyone got all hurt and [Marc] cruel iniquity than simple BillsBulger all of a sudden was terrible ness. They’re far better than and somehow, 2-14 rephrased in Tampa Bay, which has taken its different ways. The long story roster back to year zero in a postshort, then — the Rams are Gruden purge. But the Bills are terrible, and really shouldn’t be the Bills — not an emblem of
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anything so much as a very flawed NFL team — and could lose to anyone. Well, almost anyone. Have you seen the Bucs? DR Pick: David: Buffalo, Garey: Tampa Bay, Al Toonie: Buffalo Pittsburgh (-1) at Chicago: Despite the absence of Bears LB Brian Urlacher and Steelers S Troy Polamalu, defense will likely still be the name of the game in this one. Both teams boast deep, talented defensive units that should be fine without their injured stars. Only one team, though, has a quarterback who spent the last week feeling good about his Week 1 showing. While Jay Cutler is surely better than he looked in Week 1 — most quarterbacks are, and even the Chicago papers are lashing back at the probably premature backlash— it remains tough to pick him against Pittsburgh’s peerless, if Polamalu-less, D. DR Pick: David: Pittsburgh, Garey: Pittsburgh, Al Toonie: Pittsburgh Cleveland at Denver (-3): If you find yourself choosing between this game between two flubintensive clubs and, say, going for a walk well, it’s your life and your choice, but sunshine is awesome. If the prospect of even mild cardiovascular exertion is a turnoff, you could still turn the TV off and ponder whether Denver’s “miracle” Week 1 win over Cincinnati still counts as a

miracle considering that it was a Week 1 win against Cincinnati. While the Browns seem marginally the more talented team, this game is as good an advertisement for reading a book as anything on the schedule this week. DR Pick: David: Cleveland, Garey: Denver, Al Toonie: Cleveland Baltimore (-3) at San Diego: Chalk it up to the quasi-mystic wisdom and peerless instincts of someone who was correct nearly half the time last week, but these teams seem both pretty good and pretty similar to me. Both eked out Week 1 wins against teams that (again: ineffable reasons, sterling instincts, etc.) don’t seem very good, but the Chargers lost half their starting O-line and possibly RB LaDainian Tomlinson in a comeback win over the flubby Raiders. Baltimore just kind of feels better, but if you trust the effable over the ineffable, remember that San Diego is running its offensive second-teamers out there against Baltimore’s defense. DR Pick: David: Baltimore, Garey: Baltimore, Al Toonie: Baltimore New York Giants at Dallas (-3): Your predictor will freely cop to some anti-Cowboy bias, but it’s easier to pull for the Giants given that this is the home opener at the hilariously gaudy — even J.R. Ewing was like, “dude, this is a bit much” — new Cowboys Stadium. It’s easier to be biased considering that the Giants looked solid in Week 1, and that their one defensive weakness — a gimpy secondary — isn’t likely to be exploited by a just-OK Dallas receiving corps. The Cowboys are good at a lot of things: rushing the passer, creative offensive

schemes, having a loathsome owner. But the Giants just seem better. DR Pick: David: N.Y. Giants, Garey: N.Y. Giants, Al Toonie: N.Y. Giants Carolina at Atlanta (-6.5): After Jake Delhomme’s disastrous opening game — five turnovers — and Josh McCown’s injury in their 28-point loss, the Panthers signed A.J. Feeley, who put in a long day earlier this week to learn the playbook. Boy, that should bring a lot of confidence to Panthers fans. While Carolina has won five of the past eight meetings, the Falcons routed the Panthers by 17 last season at the Georgia Dome. Expect more of the same. GR Pick: David: Atlanta, Garey: Atlanta, Al Toonie: Carolina Minnesota (-10) at Detroit: The Vikes have dominated this rivalry, winning 13 of the past 14 for a 63 -30-2 edge. Grizzled Green Bay New York Jets Minnesota veteran Brett Favre, making his record 271st consecutive start, has won 13 of his past 15 starts against the Lions. Rookie Detroit QB Matthew Stafford calls Favre a role model. Don’t be surprised if Favre shows the kid a thing or two, and the Lions absorb their 19th straight loss. GR Pick: David: Minnesota, Garey: Minnesota, Al Toonie: Detroit Cincinnati at Green Bay (-9.5): The Bengals should be smarting from their inexplicable lastsecond loss to Denver, but not receiver Chad Ochocinco, who plans a Lambeau Leap if he scores Sunday. To earn that, he’ll have to beat All-Pro corner Al Harris. It’ll have more impact if the Bengals FIX page 70

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Mayweather almost certainly will be the faster fighter, De La Hoya explained that a fighter with a You’d think 21 months without a good jab, which Marquez has, f i g h t w o u l d m a k e F l o y d often can neutralize speed,” Mayweather Jr., the recently ESPN’s Dan Rafael writes. “The unretired welterweight, a decided jab is one of the reasons De La underdog Saturday in his 12- Hoya cites as to why he thinks round bout against Juan Manuel Marquez will pull the upset.” Marquez in Las Vegas. And you’d The Newark Star-Ledger’s Jerry be wrong. Mayweather is a 4-1 Izenberg, who has covered boxing favorite to defeat Marquez at the for over 50 years, delves deeper MGM Grand Garden Arena. into the return-from-retirement Mayweather, who hasn’t fought angle and also looks at the since December 2007, will risk s o m e t i m e s - t u m u l t u o u s his undefeated record in 39 fights relationship between Floyd Jr. and when he faces the current WBO his father. and WBA lightweight champion. At Queensbury Rules, Tim A F P / G e t t y I m a g e s F l o y d Starks writes that it will be tough Mayweather Jr. is the favorite t o e x p l o i t M a y w e a t h e r ’ s going into tomorrow night’s fight weaknesses, and Starks has the against Juan Manuel Marquez. keys to the fight, too. If Mayweather is worried about Finally, the Orange County rust, he’s not showing it. He’s Register’s Carlos Arias blogs also not the first boxer to come about boxing going head-to-head out of retirement. Many have had Saturday against UFC 103 in successful returns, Yahoo Sports’s Dallas.* * * Kevin Iole writes, including Sugar Formula One is in turmoil. In R a y L e o n a r d , S u g a r R a y last September’s Singapore Grand Robinson, George Foreman and Prix, Nelson Piquet Jr. was Mike Tyson, and, of course, The ordered to have an “accident” that Greatest. “Muhammad Ali had his would allow teammate Fernando boxing license suspended because Alonso to win. Piquet Jr. — he’s he refused induction into the the son of the three-time F1 military,” Iole writes. “He was off champion — complied, and for 43 months and returned to Alonso was victorious. But Piquet fight Jerry Quarry, a highly Jr. turned informant after being regarded heavyweight. Ali was as fired this summer because of poor sharp as ever, cut Quarry to results on the F1 circuit for ribbons and stopped him in the Renault. In the Times of London, third.” Simon Barnes calls it the worst Marquez, the Mexican fighter act of cheating not just in racing whose 50 wins include 37 by but in the history of sport. “This is knockout, isn’t given much no run-of-the-mill piece of chance of beating Mayweather. skullduggery,” Barnes writes. But Marquez promoter Oscar De “The Renault team’s crime was La Hoya is a believer. “Although not an act of cheating as mere

losing streak against Georgia Tech, the Miami Herald’s Edwin Pope sees a tough challenge ahead. “This Miami looks like one fine team. It might be great. But there’s still a heap of proving to do,” Pope writes. “It cannot be said often enough that UM will have to be more than just fine to fraudulence. Rather, it was make its way through the next two cheating as a potentially lethal games of the killer start of the act; as potential murder, if you season — FSU and Tech down now, but Virginia Tech in like.” Writing for the Telegraph, Blacksburg and Oklahoma still David Coulthard isn’t upset by the s t a n d i n g i n t h e w a y o f a revelation or that Lewis Hamilton miraculous early escape from won the F1 title last year by a disaster by the Hurricanes. UM point. But the scandal raises an has to be spectacular. Thursday important point. “What the night, it was just that.” There’s no shame in losing to a Renault scandal has done, though, is spark a very interesting debate top-20 team, Jeff Schultz writes, regarding team orders and the but the Yellow Jackets’ season ‘bending of rules’ within the could be in jeopardy. “At 2-1, the season is not over. It’s just sport,” Coulthard writes. While many F1 fans aren’t significantly in question,” Schultz happy to see their sport sullied by blogs in the Atlanta Journalrecent events, the Guardian’s Constitution. “Yes, the Jackets Richard Williams turns back the were playing their third game in clock to praise former English 13 days. But that doesn’t explain driver Stirling Moss, whom he coming out so flat, mentally and writes “ represented everything physically.”* * * Zack Greinke is one of the few that is enthralling and worthwhile bright spots on a Kansas City about motor racing.”* * * So far, so good for Miami in the Royals team playing out the string young college-football season. in September — again. Greinke The Hurricanes followed up a 38- earned his 14th win against eight 34 win over Florida State with a losses Thursday in the Royals’ 933-17 shellacking Thursday of 2 rout of Detroit. He’s also got a Georgia Tech. Although Tech sparkling 2.14 ERA. At Yahoo c a m e i n r a n k e d 1 4 t h t o Sports, Jeff Passan laments that Hurricanes’ 20th, Miami was the Greinke likely has no shot at dominant team, rolling to a 17-3 winning the AL’s Cy Young halftime lead on two Jacory award this season. “Greinke has [14] victories. Harris touchdown passes. As impressive as the Canes Ugly, yes,” Passan writes. “He were in ending their four-game also has an earned-run average twice as good as his league’s.

Really. Fourteen pitchers have done that since baseball started handing out the Cy Young in 1956, and this is supposed to be the part where it says all 14 won the award — only that’s not true because of said voters. Four didn’t. Four pitchers posted historically good seasons and somehow wound up second or third. And it’s any wonder there’s skepticism.”* * * It’s hard to resist a story about golf’s growing allure in the world’s most populous nation with the wonderfully punny headline “ All the tees in China: The Chinese go golf crazy.”* * * The NHL lost one of its best voices when longtime Boston Bruins announcer Fred Cusick died Tuesday at age 90. For this Fixer, many a winter night was spent listening to Cusick’s WBZ broadcasts. The consummate play -by-play man was the voice of authority for the Bruins, Stu Hackel wrote in this 1994 piece for Sports Illustrated, and was instrumental in getting their games on television. If you’ve never heard Cusick, there’s nothing quite like hearing him shout with joy,“Score! Bobby Orr!”. – Tip of the Fix cap to Tariq Engineer and fellow Fixer David Roth. Found a good column from the world of sports? Don’t keep it to yourself — write to us at [email protected] and we’ll consider your find for inclusion in the Daily Fix. You can email Garey at.

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Nick Saban and Tide fans by bragging that he had swiped Bamas supposed top recruiter, assistant Lance Thompson. – He taunted LSU after signing away former Ole Miss head coach and Louisiana native Ed Orgeron, another ace recruiter, despite an offer from his homestate Tigers for more money. For good measure, Kiffin and the Vols plucked longtime LSU verbal commitment Janzen Jackson out of Lake Charles, La., after urging Jackson to keep his flip-flop on the down low (i.e. continue to tell the media and LSU coaches he would be a Tiger until he signed on the dotted line for UT). Jackson is already starting at free safety. – He insulted the town of Pahokee, Fla. — a recruiting hotbed — in explaining why he directed 2009 signee NuKeese Richardson to fax his signing papers to UT from a secret location other than the school. Kiffin essentially said that Pahokee officials were in the tank for the home-state Gators and would prevent Richardson from signing with the Vols: Someone at the school was going to screw it up. The fax machine wouldnt work, or they wouldve changed the signatures. All the things that go on in Pahokee. Of course, many UT fans figure that any coach who can get under his opponents skin so reliably must be doing something right. Kiffins shoot-from-the-hip rep also seems to speak to one of his most important constituencies: stud recruits. Remember that most five-star players have been the Big Man on Campus most of their lives; many can relate to someone who swaggers more than he walks. Vols fans will likely give Kiffin a few seasons to see if he can indeed deliver the blue-chip talent in bulk (and so far he and his staff have done quite well on that front) and help coach them to championships, or at least championship contention. Unless, that is, Kiffin and his big mouth start to rub his bosses the wrong way in a hurry, as in Oakland. It should be a fascinating ride regardless. Pregame: For months, todays date has been circled on calendars throughout SEC Country like a scheduled holiday. Call it Kiffins Comeuppance. That would be Lane Kiffin, the Wonder Boy head coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers. Fresh off a miserable 5-15 stint as Oakland Raiders coach, the brash 34-year-old landed the UT job in December and almost immediately began talking super-sized smack. Plenty of it was pointed at Urban Meyer and his defending national champion Florida Gators, who just happen to be UTs fiercest rival. Among Kiffins more notable gems were when he publicly (and incorrectly) accused Meyer of cheating, and when he said he looked forward to singing Rocky Top all night long after we beat Florida next year. Thus the carcrash interest in todays FloridaTennessee game in UFs feared Swamp. Will Meyers Gators make Kiffin and the Vols pay bigtime for his intemperate words by pouring it on remorselessly? Kiffin has been such an equalopportunity offender that many SEC fanbases find themselves in the odd position of actually rooting for Florida, at least for today. Considering Meyer has his own reputation for arrogance (UF fans would call it the earned selfconfidence of two national titles in three years) and a demonstrated willingness to run up the score or otherwise rub in an easy victory (see the late timeouts in last years Georgia game), thats pretty remarkable. For his part, Kiffins latest cover story is that his many stir-the-pot taunts were a calculated effort to get the Vols some national notoriety. In that case, mission accomplished. Still, I have a funny feeling that Meyer and the Gators arent willing to forgive and forget. As to whether Kiffin has the horses to prevent a revenge-fueled beatdown or, dare we say it, even launch a fairly remarkable upset, well find out soon enough.

Toys R Us offers action figure and $20 gift card with ODST purchase
By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 1:00:00 PM

Fantasy Football Tailgate: Week 2 Edition
By R.J. White (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:30:00 AM

Sunday morning to answer your last-minute questions. We'll also be updating you throughout the by R.J. White morning as to the important Filed under: Fantasy Football s c r a t c h e s a n d g a m e - t i m e Tailgate, Expert Chats We had a decisions that could affect your great first Tailgate chat last fantasy lineups. And when all that S u n d a y , w i t h s e v e r a l o f is done, then we get to watch FanHouse's old friends stoppin' by some football. What could be to talk fantasy football. They'll be better than that? back, and if you missed the first Join us at 10:30 AM ET, and week of the season, no worry. stay with us through the first We'll be here today and every kickoff. We'll try and defend our

rankings, we'll help you set your lineups, and we'll hand out some trade advice. See you there!

If our late-night review of Halo 3: ODST filled you with an unbridled desire to purchase the noir-filled shooter, Toys R Us will have quite the deal on the game's launch day. Those willing to travel to the giraffe-approved retailer this Tuesday are eligible to receive an ODST action figure and a $20 gift card with their purchase of the title. We suggest spending the complimentary Geoffrey Bucks on another action figure to keep your lil' trooper company as you spend the next few weeks exploring New Mombasa. Make sure you don't purchase any Master Chief action figures, though. There's no reason to give the poor guy an inferiority complex. Gallery: Halo 3: ODST Player Updates| Position Rankings| Sleepers| Start 'Em/Sit Campaign Toys R Us offers action figure 'Em| Long Shots Fantasy Football Tailgate: Week and $20 gift card with ODST 2 Edition originally appeared on purchase originally appeared on Fanhouse Fantasy Football on Joystiq on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EST . 13:00:00 EST. Please see our Please see our terms for use of terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| feeds. Permalink| Email this| Linking Comments Blogs| Comments

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continue their winning ways against the Pack, having won all three of their meetings (two in the preseason) since 2005. Green Bay has had only one winning record at home in the past five years (71, 2007). GR Pick: David: Green Bay, Garey: Green Bay, Al Toonie: Cincinnati Arizona at Jacksonville (-3): Jaguars fans aren’t sold on their team’s chances, so there’s a good possibility all their home games will be blacked out this season. What they might miss Sunday is a victory: The Jags have won 12 of their past 14 against NFC foes. For the Cards, penalties and turnovers were their downfall last weekend. GR Pick: David: Arizona, Garey: Jacksonville, Al Toonie: Jacksonville Oakland at Kansas City (-3): Normally a game between old AFL rivals is reason enough to watch, but K.C. and Oakland haven’t been very good in recent years. Sure, you don’t have to think back 40 years to the days of Lamonica and Dawson to know that the Chiefs and Raiders have been relevant. It just seems that long. Inexplicably, the Raiders have won their past two games at Arrowhead Stadium. After Sunday’s game the Chiefs face four straight games against NFC East teams, ratcheting up the importance of a victory over the Raiders. GR Pick: David: Oakland, Garey: Kansas City, Al Toonie: Oakland New England (-3.5) at N.Y. Jets: Beating Houston is one thing, but the Jets would love to end their eight-game home losing streak against the Pats, a team with three Super Bowls since 2002. Free safety Kerry Rhodes is intent on changing the Jets’ fortunes. It’ll be tough with rookie QB Mark Sanchez facing a team with Tom Brady at the helm. Brady has 18 straight wins as a starter. GR Pick: David: N.Y. Jets, Garey: New England, Al Toonie: New England New Orleans at Philadelphia (1): Obviously, Saints QB Drew Brees won’t throw six TD passes every week — will he? — but the Eagles could be in trouble if he’s almost as prolific as he was in Week 1. Brees has 14 300-yard games in his past 21 starts. New Orleans was only 2-6 on the road last season. The Eagles’ success might depend on whether Donovan McNabb (rib) is healthy. But don’t expect rushing to dominate their attack. GR Pick: David: Philadelphia, Garey: New Orleans, Al Toonie: New Orleans Houston at Tennessee (-6.5): The ex-Houston Oilers have covered nine straight September games. The margins have gotten bigger in each of the Titans’ past four home wins over Houston: 3, 6, 8 and 19. In Houston, cornerback Dunta Robinson, the Texans’ franchise player, was fined $25,000 for writing “Pay me, Rick” on the heels of his shoes as a message to GM Rick Smith to cough up more dough when they finally agree on a new deal. Uh, Dunta’s making$10 million this season, hardly Burger King wages. Either way, he’s probably doing some solesearching (he might need new shoes) or some soul-searching (checking out his motives) this week. GR Pick: David: Tennessee, Garey: Tennessee, Al Toonie: Tennessee MONDAY’S GAME Indianapolis (-3) at Miami: Wow, tough one. Indy is depleted (the receiving corps is now Reggie Wayne and four raffle winners), still can’t run the ball, and faces, in noodle-armed wonder Chad Pennington, a passer who has traditionally vexed them. Miami is easy to like (if you can forget that they’re run by sadistic manatee Bill Parcells), but has been judicious to a fault with the (awesome) Wildcat offense and the O-line got worked by Atlanta in Week 1. This is the pick I’m least sure about, but Miami was lame enough last week that I’ll pick the flawed visitors over the flawed home team. DR Pick: David: Indianapolis, Garey: Indianapolis, Al Toonie: Miami

Zombie Apocalypse plaguing XBLA and PSN next week
By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:30:00 PM

Baseball Brunch: Angels Become Patients For Dr. Abreu's Lessons
By Ed Price (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 10:00:00 AM

by Ed Price Filed under: Angels, Blue Jays, Diamondbacks, Mariners, Rays, Red Sox, Reds, Twins, Yankees, Baseball Brunch Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch. Bobby Abreu's influence has its limitations. Vladimir Guerrero is still going

to swing at everything. But besides his fine season -- 89 runs scored, 96 RBI, .823 OPS -Abreu seems to have passed on his patience at the plate to the rest of his Angels teammates. "He's got the younger players understanding patience isn't a bad thing," Chone Figgins told FanHouse. "It's not about not being aggressive, but being 1-1 and hitting, or 1-2, or 2-2. patient, getting a pitch to hit. "It's not something simple to do, There's nothing wrong with being but I think we did a good job of it

in spring training and have tried to bring it into the season and have so far done a good job." Baseball Brunch: Angels Become Patients For Dr. Abreu's Lessons originally appeared on Fanhouse MLB Blog on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments

Though it may lack the evercatchy soundtrack of another recently released, undead-centric twin stick shooter, we're still pretty pumped for Nihilistic Software's Zombie Apocalypse. Imagine our rapture when a recent news post on the developer's blog revealed that the title will be landing on XBLA and PSN next Wednesday and Thursday (respectively) for 800($10). If you lack imagination, we'll clue you in -- our rapture was immeasurable. Not only does this seem like the perfect training manual for the actual, inevitable zombocalypse, but it's a great refresher course on undead genocide before the year's more substantial zombie-action game comes out. Zombie Apocalypse plaguing XBLA and PSN next week originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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The Count: It’s Fourth and Long. Go QB Kevin Kolb to start for Philadelphia Eagles with For It?
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Sports Illustrated visited Little Rock for a story this week about a very unconventional football coach. Kevin Kelley of Pulaski Academy doesn’t carry a punter nor a placekicker on his roster, and doesn’t return punts. His team goes for it on nearly all fourth downs. “The average punt in high school nets you 30 yards, but we convert around half our fourth downs, so it doesn’t make sense to give up the ball,” Kelley told SI. “Besides, if your offense knows it has four downs instead of three, it totally changes the game. I don’t believe in punting and really can’t ever see doing it again.” Getty Images Should NFL teams cut this play from their playbooks? As support for the coach’s analysis, SI cited a 2005 paper demonstrating that NFL coaches should be going for it a whole lot more on fourth down than they do, and attributed coaches’ eagerness to punt when the numbers suggest otherwise to “incentive to err on the side of

conservatism. No coach gets fired or ripped on talk radio for punting on fourth-and-four. Most do when they go for it and fail.” Applying a successful highschool strategy to the pros is questionable, though. Stefan Fatsis, the former Wall Street Journal sportswriter and former Broncos training-camp kicker — for a book about the experience — agreed that coaches should punt less on fourth down But he added, “I wouldn’t extrapolate from a single high-school team for a simple reason: The field is the same size as in the NFL, but the abilities of high-school punters and placekickers don’t come near matching their professional counterparts.” For this reason, punting, field goals and booming kickoffs — as

opposed to Kelley’s preferred onside kicks — carry more reward and less risk in the NFL than in high school. Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders agreed that the extreme strategy “makes more sense for high schools.” NFL stats vindicate this position. The fourth-down conversion rate was 53% around the league last year, similar to Pulaski’s success rate. But the average punt netted 39.5 yards, significantly more than highschool kicks, as estimated by Kelley. Wayne Winston, professor of decision sciences at Indiana University and an analyst of NFL stats, estimated the fourth-down conversion rate teams would need to achieve in order to make it worthwhile to go for it on fourthand-five at various positions on the field. An average offensive team that nets an average of 40 yards per punt would have to have a 64% chance of converting on fourth down to go for it from its own 25-yard line. But a team averaging 30 net yards per punt would need just a 48% chance of converting to eschew the kick.

Donovan McNabb hurting
By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)

and four interceptions. Garcia knows what could happen among Eagles fans if Kolb Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:51:05 AM gets off to a slow start. Saints-Eagles Pregame Report Garcia was an instant favorite Saints-Eagles Pregame Report here during his first stint when he PHILADELPHIA -- Kevin Kolb led the Eagles to the NFC East will start for the Philadelphia title subbing for an injured Eagles on Sunday against the McNabb. New Orleans Saints as Donovan Kolb has been told he's earned McNabb isn't ready to play the chance to start and finish because of a fractured rib. Sunday's game. But there are no McNabb will not dress for the guarantees he'll get a second start. game. Jeff Garcia is the backup, With Garcia and Vick lurking if and the Eagles will have no third McNabb can't go next week quarterback. In an emergency, against the Kansas City Chiefs, Brian Westbrook or DeSean the pressure is on Kolb to play Jackson would play quarterback well and win. for Philadelphia. McNabb cracked a single rib Kolb has never thrown a TD when he was crunched by several pass in eight career games. defenders on his 3-yard NFC East blog touchdown run in the third quarter ESPN.com's Matt Mosley writes of last week's win at Carolina. He about all things NFC East in his didn't immediately get up after the division blog. touchdown, and was attended to • Blog network: NFL Nation by Eagles trainers before A strange scenario played out eventually leaving the field on his this week at Eagles practice, own. where McNabb, Garcia and Kolb was 7-for-11 for 23 yards Michael Vick mingled in the and sacked twice once he took background while Kolb ran the over for McNabb. offense. Information from ESPN's Sal Three quarterbacks with a Paolantonio, Adam Schefter and combined 12 Pro Bowls and six The Associated Press was used in NFC title games have been this report. reduced to cheerleaders for Kolb and his 167 career yards passing

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Manchester United Wins 7Goal Thriller Over Manchester City
By Michael Cardillo (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:30:00 AM

Datebook: 9.18.09
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Submitted at 9/18/2009 4:55:00 AM

by Michael Cardillo Filed under: European Soccer, English Premier League There are times when the marketing aces at the Barclay's Premier League home office must get a little tired of constantly telling anyone who will listen that the league is the greatest in the world. Surely partisans in Barcelona and Madrid would argue otherwise. However smug these assertions might come off, the Premier League did get another amazing game to add to its resume and worldwide popularity in the form of Manchester United's lastminute 4-3 derby victory over Manchester City at Old Trafford. As far as a 90-minute soccer game goes, it's hard to ask for more than anything than this match because it had pretty much everything. More EPL Coverage: FanHouse

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is pirate-talkin'
By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 11:30:00 PM

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Scribbling(Brawl in the Family) A Rupee for your Thoughts(Digital Unrest) Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day, Penny Arcade (by Tiny Kitten e v e r y o n e ! W e h o p e y o u ' v e Teeth)(Penny Arcade - Guest celebrated appropriately -- by Strip) discussing the benefits of IP Caring is Sharing(Nerf NOW) blocking software and remote Scribblenauts(xkcd) relay points for worry-free torrent Tried to Make Me Go to distribution. Just kidding! Piracy ReSTART(Virtual Shackles) is illegal. If you do it, your mom New Sonic Game!!!(GG Guys) will get brutalized by a SWAT Continue reading Weekly team, you'll be attacked by push Webcomic Wrapup is piratebroom-wielding inmates, and talkin' Klingons will make disparaging Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is comments about your illicit pirate-talkin' originally appeared behavior. Trust us on this one. on Joystiq on Sat, 19 Sep 2009 Below are our seven favorite 23:30:00 EST. Please see our (piracy-free) webcomics from this terms for use of feeds. past week. Vote for your favorite Permalink| Email this| in the poll after the jump, and tell C o m m e n t s us what strips we may have missed in the comments section!

Five things worth knowing today - And just as soon as one ends, another begins. Say hello to London Fashion Week, starting today. - Meanwhile, back in the U.S., the 52nd annual Monterey Jazz Festival kicks off in California, bringing together more than 500 musicians for a three-day blowout. - If you're a die-hard Megan Fox obsessive, you probably don't need us to tell you that her Sapphic-leaning cheerleading horror flick Jennifer's Body opens in theaters today. If you're not, well, why not exactly? Have you met this girl? - Speaking of highbrow entertainment, today in 1851, The New York Times was first published. - And today in 1939, comedian, Christopher Guest stalwart, and all-around supporting actor extraordinaire Fred Willard was born. Can he carry a movie? Well, not that we know of. (Studio execs: Give the guy a chance!) But a few good minutes from him can make dreck watchable, and the good stuff—like Waiting for Guffman, below—great. MATTHEW SCHNEIER

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Review: Halo 3: ODST
By James Ransom-Wiley (Joystiq)
Halo: Reach beta when it becomes available at an unspecified date next year. ODST Submitted at 9/20/2009 12:00:00 AM was ultimately set at the standard, Enter"The Green Box." The full-game price of $60. That's question we've all been asking when folks got skeptical. ourselves: Is Halo 3: ODST worth So how's your money being $60? If you want the answer, this spent? is your review: $30+$10+$10+ The Remainder= In hindsight, announcing what Halo 3: ODST was then"Halo 3: Recon" as a Gallery: Review: Halo 3: ODST " v a l u e - o r i e n t e d " e x p a n s i o n (New Screenshots) appears to have been a crucial Continue reading Review: Halo first misstep for Microsoft and 3: ODST Bungie along the road to Review: Halo 3: ODST marketing what is now Halo 3: originally appeared on Joystiq on ODST. In time, the so-called Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST. expansion grew to include a Please see our terms for use of complete campaign with 4-player feeds. support; Firefight, a separate coPermalink| Email this| o p m u l t i p l a y e r m o d e ; a Comments comprehensive version of Halo 3 multiplayer; and access to the

Hands-on: Music GunGun!
By Andrew Yoon (Joystiq)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:30:00 AM

familiar to anyone who's played Ouendan or Elite Beat Agents on the DS. Circular targets will It's Ouendan meets Time Crisis. appear on the screen, and players Wait, you need more than that? will have to hit the targets in sync While not technically a new with the beat of the song. As in arcade game, this rhythm/light most other music games, players gun shooter was one of our are judged on how closely they favorite things from this year's match the beat, and successive Amusement Machine Show. (It hits will increase the combo was also conveniently located meter. next to Elevator Action Death Continue reading Hands-on: Parade.) Music GunGun! has you Music GunGun! aiming at the screen with a Hands-on: Music GunGun! colorful (but rather standard) originally appeared on Joystiq on plastic light gun. Instead of the Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EST. usual shooter fare, your targets Please see our terms for use of will be the most adorable, um, feeds. things ever. (They're not quite Permalink| Email this| animals, fruits, nor vegetables.) C o m m e n t s The basics of the game will be

Probably the best footwear line out of Vietnam you'll see today
By blogeditor1 (Material Interest on Men.style.com)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 9:22:51 AM

We liked what we saw of the new Thorocraft footwear line that's been making the blog rounds this morning, so we called over to designer Alex James to hear some more about his fledgling line. His designs put new twists on standard shapes: a desert boot with slit detail; a more traditional ankle boot in bright cherry leather; and our favorite, the woven Ross lace-up (above), which recalls the Jeffrey Campbell huaraches we spotted at Loden Dager's Spring show. James doesn't have formal cobbler's training but created his line after studying shoemaking during an extended stay in Vietnam, where it's still produced. That provenance may help explain that affordable price: The Ross will retail for $160 when it hits stores on both coasts in February. thorocraft.com MATTHEW SCHNEIER Photo: Courtesy of Thorocraft

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Kherington Payne and Kay Panabaker Primp for Fame’s Premiere
picked out a dress—a flowy number from Ports 1961 in a Up For Ever HD Elixer, following palette of burnt-orange and Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:05:10 PM with primer, foundation, and eggplant-purple. Carranza decided Fame, Kevin Tancharoen’s Temptu Retouch powder. She to complement these colors with r e v a m p e d v e r s i o n o f A l a n then created contour under the n a t u r a l p e a c h a n d b r o w n Parker’s Oscar-winning ode to cheekbones with Guerlain bronzer hues—and play up Panabaker’s teen ambition, hits theaters next in Brunette, and added color to green peepers with a soft cat-eye week. Yesterday, I accompanied the cheeks with Lorac blush in shape. She enhanced the eyes t w o o f i t s s t u n n i n g s t a r s , Exposed. For the eyes, she patted with a gold powder shimmer from Kherington Payne and Kay Sephora Universal Beige shadow Sephora, adding a hint of peach Panabaker, to NYC’s Kenneth on the browbone “to give it a shadow, and two deep brown Salon at the Waldorf Astoria, polished highlight without being shades at the corners. She lined By Andrew Yoon (Joystiq) the game may look like your an where they consulted Sephora s h i m m e r y ” a n d u s e d b l a c k the eyes with Make Up For Ever ordinary light gun game from makeup artists Christine Egashira shadow on the lid. Finally, she Aquawear waterproof liner and Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:00:00 AM afar, Elevator Action makes use and Jennie Carranza about looks lined and shaded Payne’s lips then a layer of YSL liquid liner, There were a few new arcade of a unique cabinet that features for the much-anticipated movie’s with Givenchy liner, and blended winged our for a sultry effect. games made playable at the closing elevator doors, up and r e d c a r p e t p r e m i e r e o n Kat Von D’s Hellbent red lipstick Lips were kept a subtle nude with a burgundy shade for depth. shade with Givenchy liner, Bare Amusement Machine Show in down floor buttons and yes, even W e d n e s d a y . Japan this weekend, but only one awkward moments of silence as Though Payne had yet to find a “I didn’t think I was a red-lip kind Essentials gloss, and Benefit truly commanded our attention. you wait for the elevator to reach dress, she cited Megan Fox as a of girl, but I absolutely love it,” lipstick in Lady's Choice. No, we're not talking about Cho its next destination. Awesome! source of s a r t o r i a l said Payne. Stay tuned to find out whether Panabaker, who said she wanted the actresses stick with these Chabudai Gaeshi, that crazy game Continue reading Hands-on: inspiration—which prompted where you hit a tea table. Instead, Elevator Action Death Parade Egashira to suggest a bold red lip to keep her look “dramatic, looks for Wednesday's premiere! it was Elevator Action Death Hands-on: Elevator Action and smoky eye. She began by sophisticated, and elegant, but not —Erin Clements Parade that stole our hearts. Death Parade originally appeared hydrating Payne’s skin with Make trashy or sexy,” had already Follow ELLE on Twitter. Now, you might be thinking: " on Joystiq on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 Elevator Action Death Parade? 08:00:00 EST. Please see our I'm already sold on that name terms for use of feeds. alone!" But trust us, this TaitoPermalink| Email this| developed arcade cabinet truly C o m m e n t s delivers on its namesake: elevator action and death parades. While

By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog)

Hands-on: Elevator Action Death Parade

This Just In: Moore & Giles at Blackbird
By blogeditor1 (Material Interest on Men.style.com)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 7:56:41 AM

The wand'ring spirit's taken hold of designers of late—from the hoofing impulse we clocked in our Fall Trend Reports to Steven

Alan's recent get-outta-Dodge (and, admittedly, into a pretty nice country estate) video for his Spring 2010 collection. Of course, if you're hitting the road, you'll need a good bag, like the Moore & Giles overnighters now in at bison leather, but that's no cause Blackbird. They're accented in for alarm. The early wanderers

may have shot a few too many of the noble buffalo, but as we understand it, their numbers are doing just fine now. Overnight, $552, and Weekender, $615, available at Blackbird; to order, call (866) 500 - 2 5 2 4 o r e - m a i l

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Beauty Obsessions: How I Survived Fashion Week
By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:50:08 PM

shampoo is the best of the best. Spray it on roots, wait a few After 19 trips backstage (at such minutes and brush out for freshshows as Marc by Marc Jacobs again hair. Topshop Leather Jacket and Proenza Schouler) and nearly Although backstage is often 60 interviews with the industry's top makeup artists, hairstylists, c r o w d e d a n d h o t , w i t h t h e and manicurists, I survived my temperature dipping into the low first New York Fashion Week. 60s a jacket was necessary. Enter Here's what got me through the the Topshop Leather Mix Biker Jacket. It¹s perfect over dresses or exciting seven days: Apple iPhone 3GS What doesn¹t paired with jeans and isn¹t bulky, this Godsend gadget do? From so it easily tucked into my bag. Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer in recording interviews to snapping video and photo and navigating Raisin Lip balm meets sheer color. A directions, the apple iPhone was, swipe of this made me look put By stylemens (GQ: The hands down, a lifesaver. Klorane Extra-Gentle Dry together, but not fussy. Editors) -—Janna Johnson, Beauty Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:02:17 PM Shampoo with Oat Milk Great for early morning call Assistant Image courtesy of Klorane What you need to watch, times and pre-party (hello, Lady Follow ELLE on Twitter. download, listen to, and check out Gaga) pick-me-ups, this dry in the next 72 hours. MEDIADAILYNEWS Tour the new Cowboys stadium. continued from page 75 Sunday’s Cowboys versus Giants KOMO's site before the AccuScore bills its data as game officially marks the opening hometown Seahawks faced off beneficial to fantasy sports of Cowboys Stadium, the $1.3 against San Francisco would have enthusiasts. billion monolith of steel and glass seen a projection that the local Fisher sportscasters could use the courtesy of franchise owner Jerry NFL team would lose 21.4 to projections as a way to close a Jones. Place your bets on who'll 20.1. Its quarterback, Matt report. On Sept. 18, the 11 p.m. be the first punter to hit the video Hasselbeck, was to have thrown sports report on KVAL in Eugene, scoreboard—at 90 feet high (five f o r 2 3 4 . 8 y a r d s a n d 1 . 5 Ore. might have offered the feet above NFL requirements) the touchdowns. forecast that the University of odds will likely be in your favor. Portland Trailblazers fans will Oregon football team would slip Join the gang. Crack addiction, have to wait until the NBA season by Utah the day after -- 26.5 to i n c e s t , a b o r t i o n , a n d c h i l d to get AccuScore's take on their 25. molestation—these are just a few team at KATU.com. A Fisher spokesman said the of the patently-offensive themes Troy McGuire, vice president of company may opt to run the waved about like a drunk uncle's the Fisher Interactive Network, prognostications on a ticker unlicensed handgun in the FX said the service can "add value for during a sportscast. And KVAL sitcom It's Always Sunny In our online users and sponsors as it may use them as a featured Philadelphia, which kicked off produces 'sticky' content -- the component of its weekly "Inside kind that attracts and keeps users the Pac" program that covers the on the site, which is ideal for advertisers." MEDIADAILYNEWS: page 76

MediaDailyNews: Game Time: Fisher Launches AccuScore
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Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:05:54 AM

The GQ Punch List

Fisher Communications, which runs the ABC affiliates in Seattle and Portland, has signed a deal for a service that forecasts how local sports teams will do in their next game. Through a licensing season five this week. If you need arrangement with Los Angelesa primer, get Season 4 off iTunes. Pardon their name, but not their based AccuScore, the stations music. Slaraffenland, a Danish g a i n a c c e s s t o i t s d e t a i l e d indie band we’ve been digging p r o j e c t i o n s d e r i v e d f r o m lately, is the perfect way to usher c o m p u t e r s i m u l a t i o n s . Initially, the Fisher stations have in the cooler months: It’s earlyRadiohead with a kick of free- added a "Game Forecasts" section form jazz, cool without shouting, to their companion Web sites, and addictive in that slow-burning w h e r e u s e r s c a n v i e w kind of way—the sort of rumbles prognostications for all events in that stay with you after a listen or all major sports leagues and top two. Check out their latest album, college conferences. Fisher stations are also We’re on Your Side, which came considering using them on-air, out on Wednesday. Here's one of perhaps via a ticker during the our favorite tracks. Go heckle David Cross. Mock sports portion of a newscast or as the Alvin and the Chipmunks star grist for sports reports. The on Monday when he does stand- precise and oft-entertaining up at The Wiltern in L.A. Likely projections -- which go so far as victims of ridicule will include to use decimal points -- cover not groupies "with dreaded arm-pit only the score, but how individual hair," his rabbis, Bill O’Reilly, players might perform. "We want and personal punching bag Jim to make sure we're exact and it's up to the consumer to round it up Belushi. or round it down," an AccuScore spokesman said. In Seattle, fans visiting MEDIADAILYNEWS: page 75

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MediaDailyNews: Upfront: Worse Than Expected, Blame Less Inventory
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Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:10:03 AM

MEDIADAILYNEWS continued from page 75
Pac-10 conference. (Oregon and Oregon State are members.). Five-year-old AccuScore provides data to a run of stations, including the ABC affiliate in Dallas and Fox outlet in Detroit, which have used its projections on -air. Terms of its deal with Fisher -- which has 13 full-power stations, including the CBS outlets in Boise and Bakersfield, Calif. -- were not disclosed. AccuScore "forecasts the future of sports, just like the weather forecast predicts the weather," said AccuScore CEO Jason Manasse. While running 10,000 simulations to project a game's results, statistics from past years, coaching tendencies and the expected weather conditions are all run through the computer. AccuScore has deals with the New York Post, which runs its projections online, and The Wall Street Journal, which does so in its print edition. It also has linked with a run of sports Internet sites; a subscription service is available on its Web site.

only about 5% over upfront levels -- a modest figure. Lower upfront sellout levels With a nod to Mark Twain, could increase supply and lower reports of a deathly upfront may pricing further, although no top be greatly under-exaggerated. In a media company executive has comprehensive report, Credit given an indication that the Suisse indicates that the market's current scatter market is less than year-over-year decline may be robust. more precipitous than previously suffered notably, with a 12% Credit Suisse says broadcast volume drop across the industry CPMs dropped in the 4% to 5% predicted. Any calamity, of course, would to about $6.7 billion. range in the upfront. The Big Lower demand played a role in Four, the report adds, are girding be for the networks. It looked to both markets, with advertisers' for ratings declines, making be a buyer's market. Credit Suisse says total volume c o n c e r n s a b o u t c o m m i t t i n g guarantees based on ratings for broadcasters dropped 22% -- dollars for the longer term. But falling about 3% to 4%. to $7.2 billion. Brick by brick, the the primary driver, the report Cable networks saw an average Big Four each saw dollars fall s a y s , i s n e t w o r k s s e l l i n g 5% CPM drop, while selling 10% considerably less inventory than a less inventory as a group. between 18% and 24%. ABC and CBS each took in $1.9 year ago. The upfront is not necessarily an Overall, Fox sold 75%, with indicator of future results. But billion -- both down 24%, NBC at 71%. ABC came in at Credit Suisse used its estimates to according to the Wall Street firm. NBC saw a 21% drop to $1.5 68% and CBS at 65%, according project revenues for broadcast billion, while Fox was down 18% to the report. networks to be down 5.7% in Networks are betting on the 2010, while cable as an industry to $1.6 billion. The CW dropped scatter market to yield an overall would increase 2.7%. 17% to $300 million. Cable, meanwhile, apparently revenue increase. Credit Suisse had a greater firewall -- but still projects pricing there to be up