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Book? What book? GOP asks Steele
By Jasmin Melvin (Front Row Washington)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 3:22:40 PM

Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele is once again at odds with his party. This time it’s for calling for active opposition of the Obama agenda. What’s wrong with that, you ask. Well, he did it in a book. A book GOP leaders knew nothing about until it hit the shelves. A c c o r d i n g t o Amazon.com, Steele’s book, “ Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda,” “throws down the gauntlet,” and makes an argument for “abandoning ‘conservatism-lite,’ returning to core conservative principles, and launching an uncompromising campaign for limited government.” The book is said to be highly critical of the party and has angered Republican congressional leaders who feel such a blueprint for the party should have included their input.

Some GOP leaders only learned of the book when Steele began promoting it in television appearances this week. To make matters worse, the book tour has been speckled with controversial remarks from Steele. On Monday, Steele appeared on Fox News Channel and said he did not believe Republicans

could win back a majority in the House in 2010. Later in the week, he told ABC News that those angry with his remarks need to “get a life.” He added, “If you don’t want me in the job, fire me. But until then, shut up. Get with the program or get out of the way.” To further fan the flames, he called out his Republican

critics while being interviewed by a St. Louis radio station. ”I hope you play this tape over and over again because these folks are the problem, not the solution. Get with the program. I’m the chairman. Deal with it,” he said. But Steele isn’t the only one in Washington getting into trouble over a book this weekend. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued an apology to President Barack Obama on Saturday after a new book on the 2008 presidential campaign revealed some private conversations including some racial remarks. The book “ Game Change” by reporters Mark Halperin and John Heileman said Reid described Obama as “lightskinned” and with “no Negro dialect.” Reid issued a public statement and called the president to apologize. Obama accepted.

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Saturday Night Music: Steely Dan, 'Cousin Dupree'
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Submitted at 1/9/2010 6:07:13 PM

Here’s a great dress rehearsal performance of “Cousin Dupree” from the album Two Against Nature. It features the exemplary Ricky Lawson on drums, and ends with what appears to be a spontaneous interview with Fagen, Becker, and hapless background singer.[Video]

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Italy: a country united by racism | Vittorio Longhi
By vittorio longhi (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 8:29:06 AM

From top politicians to organised crime and business, the persecution of migrants is big business in the land of Silvio Berlusconi "The main danger is when they walk along the streets, simply because they are the only ones without a car in Rosarno. Africans cannot report to the police because most of them have no documents and no relatives prepared to vindicate them. Therefore, they are the ideal targets". The Calabrian writer Antonello Mangano gave a good description of migrant farm workers' conditions in a book provocatively titled "Africans will save Rosarno. And maybe also Italy". He wrote it after the uprising of migrants in December 2008 in protest at the umpteenth robbery and shooting by'Ndrangheta gangs.Two Ivorians were seriously wounded and their friends from Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Eritrea and Sudan joined forces against Italian criminals, collectively reporting the attack to the authorities. "The African community represented a true

anti-mafia movement from the bottom, with courage they lifted their heads, showing a high sense of the state, much higher than our fellow citizens," wrote Mangano. And what has since happened to these brave Africans? Further exploitation, further attacks from gangs and citizens, until they had to be evacuated from Rosarno yesterday. These facts are a clear warning that more and more migrants in Italy are reaching the end of their tether, due to the hostility caused by a political and media criminalisation campaign against the clandestini. "We must be resolute against clandestine immigration," the interior minister, Roberto Maroni – a Northern League politician – keeps on repeating like a mantra. Over 300 cases of violence of this kind have been reported in the last two years, mainly against the Roma people, Romanians and Africans. Human rights organisations and trade unions expressed serious concerns until the Italian government was called upon by some European and UN bodies, such as the Council of Europe and the International Labour Organisation, to answer accusations of xenophobia and discrimination against foreign workers, either legal or illegal.

The Vatican had also condemned the rampant climate of racism nourished by irresponsible politicians. The opposition Democratic party has managed only some belated, timid criticism of these events; even the neo-fascist Gianfranco Fini, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, sounded more progressive when he proposed that migrants be allowed to vote in local elections; migrants' children born in Italy get citizenship; and the waiting period for adult citizenship be shortened. But while Fini tries to represent an alternative, democratic right, Maroni is definitely a hardliner. Under the pretext of security last May he started the policy of "push-backs", intercepting in international waters boats full of Africans hoping to reach Sicily and sending them back to Libya – even though the UN high commissioner for refugees opposed a practice that openly violates the 1951 Geneva convention on the status of refugees. Actually a large majority of those who try to enter Europe through Italy or Malta flee from conflicts and persecutions in central and eastern Africa, and push-backs leave no chance for protection claims. Indifferent to its

international obligations and to these human sufferings, the Italian government indiscriminately drives people back to a country with poor respect for any civil rights. Once they get to Tripoli, migrants are harassed and locked up in detention centres for months, years sometimes. Even worse, Italy is exchanging migrants for business opportunities. In 2008 the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, signed an agreement on colonial compensation with Muammar Gaddafi. The deal foresees a €5bn investment in infrastructure and housing over 25 years, and an increase in Libyan oil for the Italian market. With the help of Gaddafi the government might push the problem of migrants even further away: a new €10m project financed by the European commission will set up patrols along Libya's southern border in the desert, involving Italy, other EU states and the European agency Frontex. But the Italian government's hypocrisy goes further. Eritrea's president, Isaias Afewerki, is considered by the UN as one of the most brutal dictators in the world, and his regime was accused by Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, of aiding Islamic radicals linked to al-

Qaida in Somalia. But for the Italian prime minister he is just a good business partner. In what is a former Italian colony, Italian investments range from Italcantieri, a company linked to Berlusconi's family, to tourist projects on the Red Sea and textile firms that benefit from cheap and union-free labour. According to the weekly news magazine l'Espresso, in September a delegation of Afewerki's advisers met the Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini, and it seems they praised the push-back policy, as it helps to keep out their political dissidents. Wherever these Africans are now, it is doubtful if they can do much to save their own country, let alone ours. • Italy • Human rights • Immigration and asylum • Mafia • Libya • Roma vittorio longhi guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

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Togo will 'pack up and go home'
By Jonathan Wilson (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 7:45:18 AM

• Togolese government says national team should not play • Head of state sends presidential plane to collect team Togo's participation in the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola is in doubt after Emmanuel Adebayor told a French radio station his team would "pack up and go home" following Friday's terrorist attack in Cabinda. Earlier Togo's country's prime minister, -Gilbert Houngbo, said the side should not play while the goalkeeper Dodji Obilale remained in intensive care. "The head of state has decided we will return [home]," said Adebayor. "There was a meeting between players yesterday and we said we were still footballers. We all decided to do something good for the country and play to honour those who died. Unfortunately, the head of state and the country's authorities have decided otherwise. We will pack up and go home." This morning Houngbo, speaking at a press conference in the Togolese capital, Lomé, reiterated his government's

demand for the team to leave Angola. "If a team or some people present themselves under the Togolese flag, it will be a false representation," he said. Adebayor revealed a conversation he held with Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togo's head of state, this morning changed the player's minds after they had previously vowed to play on. "That's what made the difference," he said. "It was also our families and loved ones at home who called us. They told us we could continue if we wished but that it is the authorities who have the information. "Is there going to be another attack? Nobody knows. If they asked us back [home], maybe they received a call saying that the threat was not passed. We are obliged to respect that. The head of state knows what is good for our careers and our lives. "The presidential plane will pick us up. He told me that the plane had left Lomé. There are about two hours flying between Lomé and Cabinda. We will leave in two or three hours." The Togo players had voted to continue in the tournament despite an earlier decision to

withdraw as the death toll from the attack reportedly rose to three. Adebayor admitted he had wanted to play on despite fear of another attack, but accepted the authorities knew best. "This Friday at 14:30, we were all dead on that bus," he said. "We sent our last messages to our families. We called our family to say our last words. I told myself: 'If you're still there on the ground in Angola, why not [play in] the CAN?' Today, the authorities decided we should return, so we will return." Adebayor said he has spoken to members of the Ivory Coast and Ghana camps – two of Togo's Group B opponents – who appeared to back a boycott but now seem set to continue. "As captain and spokesman of Togo, I spoke with all authorities. I told them to take the measures necessary for our security. I spoke with the captain and the Ivory Coast delegation and with the Ghanaians. They expressed their support by saying they were ready to leave the competition if we did. At the end of the day, we realised that they were ready to continue. It is still a continent where a World Cup will take place in South Africa."

The Togo team's bus driver, assistant coach Amelete Abalo and press officer Stan O'Cloo were killed in the attack, which was carried out by separatist rebels. Obilale was seriously wounded and many reports suggested he had died. He was flown to a hospital in Johannesburg, where he is in intensive care. He is said to be in a "stable" condition. The Confederation of African -Football said that games will go ahead as scheduled in Cabinda tomorrow and confirmed a minute's silence will be held prior to the first round of group matches. Ivory Coast are due to face Burkina Faso and Togo were due to play Ghana. "If we speak of the dead, the competition should have been cancelled," said Adebayor. "But CAF (Confederation of African Football) have decided otherwise. We're going back and we wish good luck to those who will remain, especially to Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Ghana. "What I have told their leaders is that they may be attacked at any time in Cabinda. I hope they will be cautious." The president of the Burkinabé FA, Theodore Sawadogo, said

his team's safety had been assured and so they would remain in the tournament. "We know they have had some problems with secessionists," she said. "But we have been assured of our safety and as far as we're concerned it's all good." The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda, which claimed responsibility for the attack, said that the incident was the first in a planned wave of terrorist strikes. Issa Hayatou, the CAF president, said the Angolan prime minister, Antonio Paulo Kassoma, had promised increased security at all venues. "You came here to play football but unfortunately [three] of your brothers were killed," Hayatou said in remarks directed at the Togo team. "I feel terribly bad and short of words." • Togo • Africa Cup of Nations • Angola Jonathan Wilson guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Video: Plumb the Deep, Dark Sea With Hybrid HD-Camera Scuba Mask
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Wired.com checks out the Liquid Image dive mask with LED flashlights that illuminate the depths for an HD camera. It records 720p HD video and 5MP stills, a microSD card holds up to 900 minutes of footage and the rig can go more than 40 meters down.

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Threat of more heavy snow easing, say forecasters
By Andrew Culf (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
destined for some of the country's worst-hit areas, including Pembrokeshire in Wales, East Yorkshire, Fife, Submitted at 1/10/2010 6:31:27 AM Gloucestershire, Bradford and Met Office downgrades snow Sheffield. warnings as salt convoy eases Lord Adonis, the transport grit shortages in areas of UK secretary, defended the rationing worst-hit by sustained cold snap of grit supplies, saying it would Hopes of a respite from Britain's help keep major roads open. prolonged spell of freezing Emergency measures have been weather rose today as the Met put in place to reduce the 60,000 Office downgraded its severe tonnes used each day by councils weather warnings of more heavy across the country, with local snow. authorities forced to cut their use Further disruptive snowfall of grit salt by a quarter. The across eastern and south-eastern Highways Agency has decided England was now less likely, not to grit the hard shoulder of forecasters said. motorways. However, there was still a Adonis told Sky News: "The "moderate risk of a severe forecasts are for nine consecutive weather event" affecting parts of nights of sub-zero temperatures Wales, north east and south-east coming up. That being the case, England, with 1-2cm of snow on we would have been acting lower ground and up to 8cm on irresponsibly and local councils east-facing slopes. would have been acting There was also good news for irresponsibly if they did not plan councils facing a grit shortage properly. due to the prolonged cold snap, "By taking this step together we as a fleet of lorries began will ensure those supplies of grit delivering 12,000 extra tonnes of we have got will continue, and de-icing salt made available by we will be able to keep most of chemicals firm Ineos. the major roads open." The first convoy of 50 trucks Stocks of grit are being left the firm's depot in Runcorn, monitored closely, with the Cheshire, this morning with n a t i o n a l s i t u a t i o n t o b e another 50 scheduled to deliver r e a s s e s s e d o n T u e s d a y . more supplies tomorrow. The shadow local government The emergency salt, originally secretary, Caroline Spelman, d e s t i n e d f o r G e r m a n y , i s called the grit measures "an admission of utter failure". "The lessons of last February's extreme weather have not been learnt," she said. "The government has failed to build up a strategic Highways Agency reserve and Labour ministers have sat on their hands instead of putting measures in place to safeguard grit supplies. The government appears to be rapidly losing control of the situation." Earlier, the army was put on standby in Kent to help police and rescue authorities. People in the area have been advised not to travel unless necessary. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, in Canterbury, supplied soldiers and rescue vehicles to help with road clearing operations yesterday, while the 36 Engineer Regiment, based in Maidstone, delivered meals-on-wheels services. The temperature dipped to -16C (3F) in the Scottish Highlands overnight, but was less severe elsewhere. London was just above freezing; Manchester a shade below and Cardiff -2C. The National Grid today lifted its third gas supply warning in a week after more supplies arrived. Train passengers experienced delays and cancellations on some routes, but the Association of Train Operating Companies said most operators had returned to a fuller service this weekend, with many running their normal weekend timetables. Eurostar was running about two-thirds of its normal service from London, a spokeswoman said. The death toll from weatherrelated incidents has risen to 26. The latest victim was a 42-yearold woman in Newcastle, who was found dead in the snow yesterday. Meanwhile, police in South Yorkshire confirmed a 90year-old woman near Barnsley had frozen to death in her garden. Sporting fixtures continued to be badly affected, with today's Premier League football matches between Liverpool and Tottenham and West Ham and Wolves cancelled. Charities have called for increased cold weather fuel payments to pensioners to prevent the number of cold weather deaths soaring. • Weather • Road transport • Rail transport • Rail travel Andrew Culf guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Top Picks for 2010: AsiaInfo Holdings (ASIA)
By Steven Halpern (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 11:00:00 AM

Filed under: International markets, China, Newsletters, Stocks to Buy, best stocks for 2010 This post is part of a special report, Top Picks for 2010, the 27th annual survey in which TheStockAdvisors.com asks the nation's leading advisors for their single favorite stock for the new year. See all 80 stocks listed here. "Asian stocks are also booming as China's growth remains strong," says Mark Skousen, who chooses AsiaInfo Holdings ( ASIA) as his top pick for the coming year. In his specialty trading service, The Hedge Fund Trader, he explains, "The company is C h i n a ' s p r e m i e r telecommunications software and information technology (IT) play." Continue reading Top Picks for 2010: AsiaInfo Holdings (ASIA) Top Picks for 2010: AsiaInfo Holdings (ASIA) originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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French towns fight for their very own Doc Martin
By Lizzy Davies (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Ever since France's biggest television channel, TF1, announced it was adapting the series, Breton locals have Submitted at 1/10/2010 8:25:55 AM insisted that the Celtic links of Idyllic coastal villages in their countryside would echo the running to be location for French Cornish setting of the original. TV version of hit UK series "The location, the set and the about doctor with blood phobia landscapes are particularly well The coastal communities of suited to the story. It's a bit like Collioure and Clohars-Carnoët Ireland here, with our seascapes are better known for their a n d l a n d s c a p e s , " C l a u d e peaceful charms than the cut and Couderc, a local official, told Le thrust of ruthless commercial Parisien. "This would give us the deal-making. But in recent weeks chance to reassert the value of the villages' rural calm has been our region," he added. shattered by an unseemly battle But, for all its charms, Cloharsfor televisual stardom. Their Carnoët has a formidable rival in a i m ? T o l a n d t h e r o l e o f Collioure, a Catalan-influenced picturesque backdrop to France's port near the Spanish border with very own Doc Martin. a history of attracting artistic Clohars-Carnoët, a collection of talent. Matisse, Picasso and quaint fishing villages in western Chagall all worked there, say B r i t t a n y , b e l i e v e s i t h a s locals, and the star of Doc Martin everything producers require to à la francaise could be next. recreate the seaside atmosphere "Every year for the past 40 years of Port Wenn, the fictional our port has been the backdrop setting of ITV1's hit drama in for both cinema and television which Martin Clunes plays a films," says the mayor, Michel c u r m u d g e o n l y e x - s u r g e o n Moly. grappling with the irksome Doc Martin, which first arrived demands of general practice. on British screens in September 2004, has become a success not only at home – where the last episode of the fourth series garnered over 10m viewers – but around the world. The simple formula of a high-flying surgeon forced to become a small-town GP due to an unfortunate phobia of blood has proved easily translatable into dozens of cultures. While Australia, Finland and Venezuela have stuck with the original series, German viewers watch Doktor Martin Helling in the real-life north-eastern coastal town of Neuharlingersiel. Spaniards, meanwhile, watch Doctor Mateo cope with the culture shock of returning from New York to the fictional San Martin del Sella. The decision on which French town will be used, giving it the chance to imitate the successes of these locations – and Port Isaac, the Cornish village chosen by ITV – is expected to be taken next month ahead of filming in the spring. Pascal Wyn, director of Ego Productions, the company commissioned by TF1, has said that, although he would prefer to use the Breton location, he is waiting to hear what kind of funding is available from the regional council. "It all depends on its support," he told Ouest France. "We know the regional council has a solid policy of supporting cinematic productions. We hope it will be the same for televisual production." It is not uncommon for French television to draw on its British counterpart for inspiration. TF1 recently announced it had bought the rights to Masterchef, the cookery show, while the first French series of the X Factor debuted in the autumn. • France • The news on TV Lizzy Davies guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Shocka! Fox News Panel Destroys Nontroversy
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Here’s a welcome moment of sanity on Fox News, via Media Matters(head explodes) as commentators on the Fox Special Report show, including Charles Krauthammer, tear apart one of the latest outrageous overheated conspiracy theories — the strange tale of Executive Order 12425 and the Interpol Sovereignty Takeover That Wasn’t. They set it up with extended, fully in context recordings of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Newt Gingrich. All I can say is “ouch,” with apologies to Donald Fagen.[Video]

Seasonal Retail Hiring Up 42%
By Tom Johansmeyer (BloggingStocks)
seasonal hiring spiked 42% for the retail sector in 2009. Even though growth was modest Submitted at 1/10/2010 10:20:00 AM -- and based on the depressed F i l e d u n d e r : E m p l o y e e s , baseline set last year -- 547,400 Economic data holiday workers showed up at Despite some early concerns stores across the country to help that the action would be slow, handle the increased foot traffic small gain in sales. A year earlier, holiday hiring fell to a 22 -year low of 384,300, according to an analysis revealed to BloggingStocks by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Continue reading Seasonal Retail Hiring Up 42% Seasonal Retail Hiring Up 42% originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Sunday Mirror journalist killed in attack on Afghan convoy
By Ian Cobain (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Bastion in Helmand province. He was expected to be flown to the UK later this week. A Ministry of Defence Submitted at 1/10/2010 5:51:04 AM spokesman said: "It is with great British newspaper's defence sadness that the MoD must correspondent killed and one of c o n f i r m a n i n c i d e n t i n its photographers severely Afghanistan involving two UK injured by roadside bomb in journalists from the Sunday Ghazni province Mirror newspaper, embedded A British journalist was killed with the United States marine alongside an Afghan soldier and corps. a US marine in an attack on a "The two journalists – the military convoy in Afghanistan n e w s p a p e r ' s d e f e n c e yesterday. Several other people, correspondent, Rupert Hamer, i n c l u d i n g a B r i t i s h n e w s and photographer Philip Coburn photographer, were injured in the – were accompanying a patrol to blast. the north-west of Nawa, when R u p e r t H a m e r , d e f e n c e the vehicle in which they were correspondent of the Sunday travelling struck an improvised Mirror, died when the armoured explosive device. Despite the v e h i c l e i n w h i c h h e w a s best efforts of medics at the travelling was hit by a roadside scene, Mr Hamer died of his bomb in Ghazni province in the wounds. Mr Coburn remains in a south-east of the country. serious but stable condition. Philip Coburn, a photographer "One US marine and a member w i t h t h e s a m e n e w s p a p e r , of the Afghan national army suffered severe leg injuries and were also killed in the explosion. was being treated at a British Four US marines were left m i l i t a r y h o s p i t a l a t C a m p seriously injured." The defence secretary, Bob Ainsworth, who knew Hamer, issued a statement praising the bravery and professionalism of both journalists. "Both Rupert Hamer and Phil Coburn accompanied me on my most recent trip to Afghanistan," he said. "I got to know them well and I was impressed by their hard work and professionalism. My thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the families, friends and colleagues of both men at this extremely distressing time. "As a defence correspondent, Rupert Hamer was in regular contact with press officers at the MoD. I know they had great respect for his work and the news of his death has been met with great sadness amongst us all. In recent weeks we worked closely with Rupert on a special Christmas edition of the Sunday Mirror, containing messages for deployed personnel from their loved ones. The paper was very well received by troops on the ground and its success is testament both to Rupert's hard work and his understanding of service personnel. "The sacrifice of service personnel is well documented and rightly respected, but this news demonstrates the risks also faced by journalists who keep the public informed of events on the front line." Hamer was married with three children. His family have been informed of his death. • Afghanistan • War reporting • Journalist safety • Military • Newspapers Ian Cobain guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

This Boeing 747 Flies With a 15-Foot High Door Wide Open [Airplanes]
By Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 11:20:00 PM

This is Sofia. Like the Italian actress, it will turn heads everywhere it flies. Not because of its cleavage, but because this Boeing 747 has a 15 by 14-foot door on it, which opens to reveal a 2.5-meter telescope. The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy—which went through $500-million in modifications after two decades of engineering—has finally been tested after its construction, flying at 15,000 feet and 415km/h with the door fully open. The test was a complete success, and in 2010 they will start testing the telescope itself. [ Flight Global]

Gold Stock #4: Nevsun Resources Ltd. (NSU)
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and exploration company. The stock broke out of an inverted head-and-shoulders Submitted at 1/10/2010 12:00:00 PM pattern in 2009. In 2010, it Filed under: Commodities, should challenge its all-time high Stocks to Buy near $4, which was made in Nevsun Resources Ltd.( NSU) is April 2006. a gold and base metal mining Once that $4 level is broken, the pattern will turn into a large triangle with a target of at least $6. Please see our terms for use of Continue reading Gold Stock feeds. Permalink| Email this| #4: Nevsun Resources Ltd. Comments (NSU) Gold Stock #4: Nevsun Resources Ltd. (NSU) originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST.

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Roy Greenslade: Sunday Mirror reporter dies in Afghan bomb blast
By Roy Greenslade (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 5:53:57 AM

The Sunday Mirror's defence correspondent, Rupert Hamer, has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. The paper's photographer, Philip Coburn, was also seriously injured in the attack on an US army vehicle in which they were travelling. Hamer, 39, and Coburn, 43, were embedded with the US Marine Corps when their vehicle hit an improvised bomb near Nawa, in Helmand province. A US marine and an Afghan soldier were also killed in yesterday's blast. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was "deeply saddened by this tragic news", adding: "My heartfelt thoughts and sympathies are with the families, friends and colleagues of Rupert and Philip. "Their courage, skill and dedication to reporting from the frontline was incredibly

important and ensured that the world could see and read about our heroic troops. Their professionalism and commitment to our forces will not be forgotten." A former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, Colonel Richard Kemp, knew Hamer and said he had worked very closely with the military. He said: "He was extremely well liked and well respected as a journalist. He was fearless in his reporting. He wouldn't let anybody off the hook easily, but he also understood the way the military worked. "He had great empathy with soldiers in particular on the ground and some of the work he did for the Sunday Mirror without a shadow of a doubt helped improve the lot of the soldier who was fighting in Afghanistan and elsewhere." Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said Hamer and Coburn had accompanied him on his most recent trip to

Afghanistan. "I got to know them well and I was impressed by their hard work and professionalism," he said. Hamer was married with three children. His family have been informed of his death. Coburn's condition is said to be serious but stable. Hamer is the second foreign journalist to be killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks. Michelle Lang, 34, from Canada's Calgary Herald, died along with four Canadian soldiers in a roadside bomb attack last month. Sources: Press Association/ BBC News • Sunday Mirror • Afghanistan Roy Greenslade guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Roy Greenslade: Sunday Mirror editors pays tribute to dead reporter
By Roy Greenslade (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
and Afghanistan on many occasions." She described Coburn, the photographer seriously injured Submitted at 1/10/2010 8:15:43 AM alongside Hamer, as a Sunday Mirror editor Tina " c o n s u m m a t e a l l - r o u n d Weaver spoke today of Rupert journalist, adding: "He and Hamer, who was killed yesterday Rupert made a dedicated team, in Afghanistan, as a "fine, working together around the fearless, and skilled" reporter. world, sacrificing personal He was affectionately known in comfort countless times to record the office as Corporal Hamer, the reality of wars." she said, describing him as "a Hamer, leaves a wife, Helen, g r e g a r i o u s f i g u r e " a n d " a and three children, aged six, five wonderful friend who was and 19 months. h u g e l y p o p u l a r w i t h h i s I cannot recall any Mirror Group colleagues." journalist having been killed Hamer, who joined the paper 12 while working for its papers at years ago, was on his fifth trip to any time in the group's 100-year the Afghanistan conflict and history. during those visits, she said, he It is the first death of a British "had forged friendships with a j o u r n a l i s t o n a f o r e i g n number of the soldiers serving assignment since Terry Lloyd, out there." the ITN reporter, was killed in Weaver continued: "Rupert Iraq in March 2003. believed that the only place to • Sunday Mirror report a war was from the • Afghanistan frontline, and as our defence • War reporting correspondent he wanted to be • US military embedded with the US marines at the start of their vital surge Roy Greenslade into southern Afghanistan. guardian.co.uk© Guardian "He left on new year's eve with News & Media Limited 2010 | photographer Phil Coburn, Use of this content is subject to determined to be there from the our Terms & Conditions| More start. He was a seasoned, highly- Feeds regarded and brave journalist who had reported from both Iraq

Que Touchcreen E-Reader Packs in the Features
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Submitted at 1/9/2010 11:40:00 AM

Wired.com uses Plastic Logic's Que, a touchscreen e-reader

that's optimized for newspapers, magazines and blogs, but grabs books or websites too. It promises more features than many other e-readers on the market.

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Is MOCA's New Director New York Gallerist Jeffrey Deitch?
By Alissa Walker (Fast Company)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 12:01:16 PM

It has not been a good 12 months for Los Angeles' contemporary art museum MOCA, which bled staffers and funding in a highly publicized 2009 economic collapse. But a shuffling of leadership as well as an infusion of cash from philanthropist Eli Broad and private donors has allowed the museum to stabilize and now it's ready to name a new director. According to a rumor blowing through L.A.'s art scene over the weekend, that new director will be Jeffrey Detich, the flashy, charismatic art collector behind the legendary New York gallery Deitch Projects(top, with Yoko Ono). Deitch, who opened his gallery in 1996, has a keen eye for plucking underground artists from oblivion and propelling them to fame--he made his mark championing young artists Keith Haring and Jeff Koons and has been credited with legitimizing

street artists like Steven Powers and Ryan McGinness. He's also famous for choregraphing happenings that move far beyond bad wine and cheese cubes. A Deitch opening often classifies as downright spectacle: Stefan Sagmeister's wall of slowly-rotting bananas, a debut of Bjørk's Wanderlust video, a massive DIY film set by Michel Gondry where visitors could

make their own films a la the film Be Kind Rewind, and the annual Art Parade, which sets loose hundreds of pastie and pantyhose-wearing performance artists on the streets of Manhattan. Most recently Deitch is making headlines for a reported upcoming show where actor James Franco will be presenting artworks as his angsty General Hospital artist character.

art world celebrity with deep, powerful contacts from the industry whose very presence would draw attention to the museum experience in new and innovative ways. For Deitch, dipping his toes into L.A.'s waters would also effectively declare him the spiritual leader for a thriving local art scene filled with the skateboardervideo artist-musician hybrids that he's historically liked. According to a Los Angeles Times article, MOCA reportedly interviewed 13 people for the position, possibly including Lisa Phillips, director of the New Museum in New York, and former Tate Modern director Lars Nittve, Hiring a commercially-oriented now at Stockholm's Moderna g a l l e r i s t w o u l d b e a b o l d Museet. departure for the museum--or Representatives for MOCA and any museum. But for a museum Deitch have not responded to so plagued with financial woes, requests for confirmation but a it's not a bad idea: In addition to press conference will be held his art history degree, Deitch Monday morning at MOCA. holds an MBA from Harvard According to the L.A. Times, Business School and began his Deitch is currently in L.A. Watch career counseling Citibank this space for updates. execs on art purchases. Plus All photos via Deitch Projects MOCA would also be hiring an [ LA Weekly]

Gold Stock #3: Entree Gold Inc. (EGI)
By John Lansing (BloggingStocks)
company Entree Gold Inc.( EGI). EGI is in a very rare, bullish reverse symmetrical triangle. Submitted at 1/10/2010 10:00:00 AM This chart pattern has a failure Filed under: Commodities, rate of only 2%, which means Stocks to Buy there is a 98% chance that the reaching the top trendline around Next is exploration-stage stock will be successful in $6. Continue reading Gold Stock P e r m a l i n k | #3: Entree Gold Inc. (EGI) Comments Gold Stock #3: Entree Gold Inc. (EGI) originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Email this|

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Entourage Textbook E-Reader: A Solid Hit, but No Home Run
By Linda Tischler (Fast Company)
annotated, while the right side can be used to receive Web content including publishers Submitted at 1/9/2010 9:04:38 PM additions to the textbook. All The following is a guest post good so far. from Henry Tischler, who's Corey Podolsky, EnTourage's a t t e n d i n g C E S a n d f i l i n g VP of strategic partnerships, o c c a s i o n a l d i s p a t c h e s f o r noted "The company's partners FastCompany.com include educators, publishers, Encouraged by the success of institutions, and organizations Amazon's Kindle and others, committed to developing new EnTourage Systems, Inc, an e- and innovative technologies book company based in McLean, specifically designed to reinvent VA, unveiled its new dual-screen and rejuvenate secondary and reader at CES this week, hoping post-secondary learning..." to get an early jump on the multi- What's missing from this list? million dollar college textbook The most obvious market of all-market. It's promising, but actual consumers of the product, manufacturers still haven't found namely college and university a way to overcome the main students. For a product like this hurdle in making these gadgets to get traction, students will have appealing to students: price. to be convinced that it makes EnTourage's dual-screen device sense to buy a $500 device to functions as a large screen e- read their textbooks. They will reader, with a netbook. The left then have to purchase each side of the folding device textbook in an ebook format for displays the textbook pages, an additional average of $50 per which can be underlined and book. Most of these ebooks will of the equation. For a gadget like this to get broad acceptance, they need to make ebooks one of the college's requirements. Many institutions did just that when they required all students to own a laptop. Those that had trouble paying for it were subsidized. It did not take much for students to see that owning a laptop made sense. They could use it for their classes, download music, email their friends, etc. For ebook readers to succeed, students will need to be convinced that springing for the device is worth the cost. At CES 2010, this happy confluence of needs, costs, and markets is still a distant goal. 30% of students never bother Henry Tischler is a sociology buying any textbook at all. They professor at Framingham State typically rely on class notes and College, and the author of hope that guessing or writing "Introduction to Sociology" marginally acceptable answers (Cengage), now in its 10th will earn them a passing grade. edition. Professors and higher education institutions also need to be part

disappear from their reader after six months. No selling the book after the semester's over to try and recoup some costs. The advantage of the gadget is that all your books for each semester are on the device and are easily portable. But about

Top Picks for 2010: BMC Software (BMC)
By Steven Halpern (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 9:00:00 AM

Filed under: Newsletters, Stocks to Buy, best stocks for 2010 This post is part of a special report, Top Picks for 2010, the 27th annual survey in which TheStockAdvisors.com asks the nation's leading advisors for their single favorite stock for the new

year. See all 80 stocks listed here. Dow Theory Forecasts is one of the most venerable players in the

run corporate data centers, which house critical computer systems." Continue reading Top Picks for 2010: BMC Software (BMC) Top Picks for 2010: BMC Software (BMC) originally financial newsletter community; Editor Richard Moroney looks appeared on BloggingStocks on the service has been published to BMC Software ( BMC) as his Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST. continuously for well over five top pick for 2010. He explains, Please see our terms for use of decades. "BMC develops products that feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Online Buddy Comedy by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett Could Make You URL
By Ben Paynter (Fast Company)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 11:18:26 AM

BetOnSports CEO David Carruthers Sent to Prison for 33 Months
By Zac Bissonnette (BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 11:20:00 AM

Jason Bateman and Will Arnett are selling out-- if you can call it that anymore. The duo just announced a partnership with Ben Silverman to form a digital production company to produce shorts and commercials. Their label, ironically called DumbDumb looks doubly smart. They plan to take their quirky eye for chuckles and leverage it to make both traditional commercial spots "low-fi, lo-tech way" online shorts for companies. And their first distributor will be Yahoo. Silverman's own company, Electus, is parented by IAC, the same company that supports CollegeHumor.com, so the duo will be able to test out their

brainstorms in the same short Internet clip format. Bateman hopes the most popular might even eventually hit the big screen (think: SNL co-opting Tim Meadows in The Ladies Man, but successful).

You read that right. They're doing shorts and commercials on the Web that they hope might become feature films ... for Yahoo. Script: flipped. As we reported earlier this year, this sort of power grab is becoming de rigueur for comedic actors/Web entrepreneurs like Ashton Kutcher--those looking to control their own destiny in the shifting marketplace. It's especially attractive as launching a solo comedy site becomes a proven fail. We only hope Bateman's instincts go more Arrested Development than Hancock. [Via Gawker Via Reuters] I m a g e : http://www.flickr.com/photos/m ysticchildz// CC BY 2.0

Filed under: Law The former CEO of Internet gaming outfit BetOnSports has been sentenced to 33 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy. David Carruthers' London-based business was shut down after federal investigators linked to illegal online gambling in the United States. BetOnSports took in $1.25 billion in bets in 2004, 98% of which came from the United States. Carruthers and other executives were indicted in 2006, and he was arrested in Dallas on his way back to Costa Rica after attending the

company's annual meeting in London. Continue reading BetOnSports CEO David Carruthers Sent to Prison for 33 Months BetOnSports CEO David Carruthers Sent to Prison for 33 Months originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

Jelfin ball-shaped mouse hand-on
By Joanna Stern (Engadget)
about your mouse-woes -- that's if you've even ever had them -Submitted at 1/10/2010 9:32:00 AM but the gel covered ball is Some wanted to call the Jelfin comfortable. At first it was a bit ball-shaped mouse a crapgadget, odd to navigate our MacBook but that was until they wrapped Pro 13's desktop with a ball in their hands around the spherical hand, but we got the hang of it. mouse. We aren't saying the But while we like the feel of the Jelfin is the best mouse in the buttons, which are differentated have enough give and we had to world or that it makes you forget with raised gel lines, they don't press too hard to double click. We also aren't thrilled that its got a long white USB cord, either. Chances are you'll be better suited by a Logitech for real productivity, but we did enjoy using a ball as a mouse more than we ever could have imagined. Gallery: Jelfin mouse hands-on Jelfin ball-shaped mouse handon originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| | Email this| Comments

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CES so far
By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 1:49:14 PM

CES always seems shorter than it really is. We’ve been here in Vegas since Tuesday, reporting live on almost everything of any importance, and we’re all goofy and tired. I usually hate CES. It’s a long slog through endless halls and repetitive meetings that go over what has already been gone over. But this year was different. This year’s CES was strangely subdued yet refreshing. CE companies have stopped the genitalia-waving associated with speeds, sizes, and megapixels and have started producing products with considerably more finesse. The devices we saw were well-designed and featured a number of clever UI tricks that can turn an average iPod dock into a thoughtful device designed for a specific purpose and person. Manufacturers have figured out that numbers on products don’t sell. Features sell, and I’m talking about top-line features, not the details. Consumers have been bombarded with speeds and

"Business Class" Favi PicoProjectors Run Small, Have Linux, Will Travel [Projectors]
By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 7:00:00 AM

feeds for so long that they’re now noise. TV manufacturers, for example, have stopped fighting about screen size and have started focusing on how to convince millions of viewers to switch to a 3D-ready BluRay/TV combo. That’s going to be a tough fight and it won’t behoove them to mention very much about HDMI interoperability and refresh rate. Instead, they are creating compelling reasons to upgrade including on-screen, open widget and streaming systems as well as

cool new energy saving techniques. The products this year are touchy feelie. Say what you want about cynical manufacturers “going green” but there is a focus on design and durability over high tech. Perhaps its a reaction to the economy – there’s no R&D budget – or maybe it’s a reaction to a skittish consumer who doesn’t want throwaway tech. Regardless, I like where this is going.

I'm still not sold on picoprojectors, but obviously that fact hasn't stopped companies from continuing to make them. I even saw one on a cellphone in a commercial once—they're so mainstream, man! And now Favi has two more: Who? Right. Favi's a first-timer around here. Anyway, they have two new additions to the picoprojector space: The RIOLED-Q and the RIOLED-V, two distinct little things that focus on business use (the former) and Linux/web apps (the latter.) In the former's case, "business" translates into a bright, 2-speaker -sporting pico-projector with A/V, VGA and USB connections. There's memory

built in, although it's not said how much, and the form factor is small (note the pen), which is no surprise. The RIOLED-V is actually a netbook slash projector, featuring Linux, web apps (YouTube, Flickr and a few other ubiquitous ones like weather and email were mentioned) and wi-fi. It kind of reminded me of that MSI projector PC the CES guys spotted out in Vegas this week, albeit a smaller, half-baked version that does not look anything like a small space ship with 1080p. Both projectors are due out in February or early March. Maybe I'll come around on the whole pico-projector category by then. [ Pico-Projector Info]

Pop Culture Bluetooth Sets Take Your Calls in Style
By Wired.com Video Team (Wired Top Stories)
Wired.com dons Bluetooth headsets that sport designs inspired by movies like 'Star Trek' and 'Cheech and Chong: relevance -- like a dog licking its Up in Smoke.' Some models own genitals. have slightly less pop-culture

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Sharp goes its own way, doesn’t lose its mind promoting 3D TV (like everyone else has)
By Nicholas Deleon (CrunchGear)
still only record using red, blue, and green, and it’s quite a bit harder to explain to people why Submitted at 1/9/2010 2:01:32 PM the addition of the yellow pixel Let’s have a round of applause could be more substantial, and for Sharp, which could be the “ b e t t e r , ” t h a n W O W 3 D only TV manufacturer here that C O O L ~ ! . isn’t freaking out over 3D. (Not Other TV manufacturers? It’s all that it, too, doesn’t have 3D TVs 3D, all the time. Monkey see, on its roster, but it doesn’t treat monkey do. them as the be-all, end-all.) The beauty of 3D is that 1) it’s Instead, Sharp made the brave not new 2) it’s never been d e c i s i o n t o t r y s o m e t h i n g effective before 3) it’s riddled different, which, you’ll recall, with potential problems. The a d d s y e l l o w t o t h e u s u a l most obvious concerns people threesome of red, green, and blue who already wear glasses. (Sixty pixels. -eight percent of Americans who Now, how successful this end required vision correction wear up being, who knows? Cameras glasses, according to some Never mind that there’s not a whole lot quality 3D content out there. (Not every movie or TV show is directed by James Cameron.) It’s a quick, easy-tomarket gimmick that not a single journalist/blogger/person I’ve spoken to here has been impressed by. So yeah, I just wanted to highlight Sharp’s go-our-ownway attitude. I have no idea if it’ll work out in the end, but it’s worth noting again.

random site that I’m taking as Gospel.) Why would I want to wear a second pair of glasses on top of my regular glasses? It’s not very elegant, now is it? And then each of these TVs will

require their own glasses. That means if you own Company A’s TV but your neighbors have a TV from Company B, you won’t be able to wear your glasses while visiting their house.

Hands-on Sennheiser/Adidas 680 sports headphones
By Jimin Brelsford (CrunchGear)
dB (save the MX which peaks at 118 dB), and 16 ’s of impedance. The kevlar-reinforced cable is a Submitted at 1/9/2010 3:30:45 PM bit short, which cuts down on the We found a pair of these amount of bounce while you’re p r e v i o u s l y a n n o u n c e d running. You can add a cable Sennheiser headphones here at extension if you want, which CES and got a hands-on demo also gives you an in-line remote for you guys. with volume control and a shirt The short version: They have a c l i p . T h e h e a d p h o n e s c a n rugged, solid feel and great s u p p o s e d l y w i t h s t a n d sound quality. A bit pricey, but if temperatures of up to (or down you are an avid outdoorsman, to, in this case) -10 degrees you won’t go wrong with these. Centigrade. Unfortunately, no There are four models in the one at CES was showcasing a series. All have a reported super walk-in freezer, so I wasn’t frequency response of 18Hz – able to give these headphones a 20kHz, maximum output of 120 proper test. Nor was there a ear-canal. The “ear-fin” secures the earbuds against the inside of your ear. It works, but it’s not the most comfortable configuration. The PMX, below, is a neckband design, and in my opinion, the most secure fitting and comfortable of all four. The audio quality across all four is great all around. If you jog often, and utilize your media player while you do so, these headphones are a good investment. Provided you have the 80 to 120 bucks for them. [ Sennheiser]

sauna company, so their sweatproof claim is untested as well. The difference in the models are in the design styles. The OMX are pictured above, and go over

your ears. I wasn’t able to get a good fit with them, due to my glasses. The MX and CX in-ears are shown to the left, with only the CX actually going into your

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Razer announces Chimaera gaming headset for Xbox360
By Dave Freeman (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 1:38:39 PM

Thankfully, Razer is finally getting into the console market. In addition to the Onza controller we told you about yesterday, Razer is also launching a wireless gaming headset to use with your Xbox 360. The Chimaera definitely brings something to the table, it’s wireless of course, and supports full 5.1 sound just like your Xbox. Since this is considered to be a professional level headset, it also will allow you to daisychain several headsets together at one time so your entire team at the lan party can maintain communication. MSRP is $129.99, and they will be available worldwide. The one we saw at CES was a mock-up though, so I wouldn’t expect it soon.

From the press release: Razer Chimaera Professional Gaming Headset for Xbox 360 The Razer Chimaera Professional Gaming Headset for Xbox 360 is designed to provide sharp sound quality that optimizes the gaming experience

with crisp, roaring sound from a 5.1 Channel Virtual Surround Sound system. Although the majority of games are encoded with the full 5.1 surround sound, most gaming headsets are only equipped to offer stereo-grade sound, while the Razer Chimaera offers the full range of sound, enhancing the entire Xbox experience. A Daisy-Chain solution allows multiple Razer base stations to be connected to create a direct, private communication channel for ingame team conversations. The circumaural design of the headset allows for optimum noise isolation for long-hours of comfortable gameplay without any outside interruptions. Razer Chimaera Professional Gaming Headset for Xbox 360 COST: US $129.99; Europe €109.99

Study finds cellphone use may fend off effects of Alzheimer's disease
By Donald Melanson (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 10:33:00 AM

China Blocks Wired.com With 'Great Firewall'
(Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 2:00:00 PM

China is reportedly blocking its citizens from reading Wired.com, leaving us to wonder

if we should be honored or outraged or both.

Could cellphone radiation actually be good for you and bad for you at the same time? It might, according to a group of researchers at the University of South Florida, who say that tests on mice suggest that long-term cellphone use might actually help fend off some of the effects of Alzheimer's disease. That, as you might have suspected, is the exact opposite of what the researchers expected to find, and they say that exposure to electromagnetic waves from cellphones could both prevent some of the effects of Alzheimer's if the exposure is introduced in early adulthood, or potentially even reverse some of the impairment among those already memory-impaired. Needless to say, the tests are still in the earliest of stages, but the researchers are apparently planning on modifying the

experiment to try to speed up the results, and eventually expand it to include tests on humans. Tests on mice still found cellphones to be an impairement while driving. [Thanks, Antonio] Study finds cellphone use may fend off effects of Alzheimer's disease originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Yahoo News| Email this| Comments

Video: Lady Gaga Sketches High-Design Headphones
By Wired.com Video Team (Wired Top Stories)
Wired.com tries two new sketches by Lady Gaga, can plug headphones from Beats by Dr. into your cellphone (answer calls Dre. Heartbeats, designed from if you want to interrupt your music). We also like the price of the lightweight Solo model.

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An Entire Country Froze [Image Cache]
By Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 11:41:43 PM

New York that day, after a six hour delay (apparently, there's only one defrosting machine in I spent 48 hours stranded in Heathrow). The previous day, London Heathrow's Terminal 5 they canceled two of my flights. last Thursday. Hell on Earth. I The next day, they cancelled all witnessed about 3000 passengers flights again. As I said, got fighting for luggage, another lucky. 3000 waiting for hotel coupons, While the weather was bad, leaving before the food riots British Airways and the people at started. All because of this. the airport were worse. In fact, This is Britain completely under they were the most incompetent, the snow, from top to bottom. I most idiotic people I've ever g i v i n g n o i n f o r m a t i o n was lucky: I got the last seat on found anywhere in the planet, whatsoever, treating everyone flight BA177 on Thursday. It leaving all their customers like cattle. There was a point in was the last flight that left to unattended around 6pm and

which passengers had to step in and organize the baggage belts, because they were overflowing and jamming. At one point, there were people fighting for food in the departures area. Sad. When the guy at JFK's customs asked me if I had anything to declare, I quoted Dennis Farina in Snatch from the very deep bottom of my heart and soul: "Don't go to England." And don't ever fly British Airways. [ NASA]

Video: Go Into Battle With Your Own Star Striker Remote-Control Jet
By Wired.com Video Team (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 11:00:00 AM

Wired.com plays with the RCX4 Star Striker remote-control plane. Resembling a miniature Jedi Starfighter, this RC plane has four motors, weighs 6 ounces and uses a 3.7-volt battery.

Evertune keeps your guitar tuned forever
By Devin Coldewey (CrunchGear)
The EverTune bridge feeds your guitar strings into an adaptive spring-tensioner inside the guitar Submitted at 1/9/2010 2:15:04 PM body. As each string or tuner At the Startup Debut event posts loosens, the springs earlier on at CES, we got to compensate, maintaining exactly c h e c k o u t t h i s g r e a t , a n d the tension you set the first time practical, new guitar component you tuned the guitar, no matter called Evertune. It’s a bridge that how hard or how often you play. keeps your guitar tuned at Good for those of us who take whatever you put it at, but not an hour to tune our guitars using freaky electronics. I because we don’t know what t h o u g h t i t h a d t o i n v o l v e we’re doing at all. I am a little microservos and such, but no: suspicious, however: if it’s such Their FAQ is pretty comprehensive, though, and assures the reader that there will be no real change in tone and you can bend it like you would any other guitar. They’ve also got better pictures of the guts; I accidentally set my camera to EV-2 so they came out a little dark. And just for kicks, here’s Greg rocking out:

a simple principle and essentially has no downside, can it really have not occurred to anyone yet to create it? I mean, it is self-

evident that no one has, but I wonder if there’s a dark side to the product they’re not telling us about.

The most ridiculous cars of CES [gallery]
By Jimin Brelsford (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 4:14:12 PM

I decided to take a gander through the car audio section of

the show and was met with quite possibly some of the most grandiose automobiles I have ever been within 5 feet of. Despite the purpose of these vehicles being to showcase the audio systems these companies

can create, flashing lights and bright colors seemed to be the attention getting method of choice. Although, more often than not, I heard Soulja Boy being passed as music. Gross.

Anyway, the will tell you constructs ridiculous

image descriptions exactly why these made the most list.

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The Smallest World Map in the Planet [Photonics]
By Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 10:40:00 PM

Aircell to start in-flight video download service later this year
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
by the name Gogo Video. PC World was able to sit down with Submitted at 1/10/2010 10:02:00 AM Eric Lemond, director of product Aircell may have skipped out on management for the company, having a presence at CES this and they found that the service year, but that doesn't mean that will be a lot like the iTunes nothing is going on in the wide, Video Store in function. Users wacky world of in-flight internet. will be able to tap into their The company confirmed to us onboard WiFi in order to suck via email that it's planning a new down TV shows and film rentals, video download service for which will be available for 2010, a little something that'll go viewing up to 24 hours from the time of purchase. The files themselves will remain on the laptop (as in, this isn't just a streaming service), and while the exact launch date has yet to be nailed down, we are told that it will only be available for Windows laptops initially. Prices should range from $2 to $4 based on the programming, though we're still waiting to hear what kind content partners will be signing on. Fret not, jetsetters -the unfriendly skies are about to get a bit more bearable. Aircell to start in-flight video download service later this year originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| PC World| Email this| Comments

Behold the smallest world map, created by the Photonics Research Group of Ghent University-IMEC. Its scale is one trillionth. That's a 40,000kilometer equator reduced to 40 micrometer, half the width of a human hair. The map was embedded in a silicon photonics test chip, using a 30-step etching process. The chip has optical circuits, submicrometer scale "tiny strips of silicon called waveguides or photonic wires." These developments will allow companies to integrate optics in packages that will be a million times smaller than today's glassbased photonics. The resulting chips will allow for inexpensive integration of photonics in every technology, from consumer gadgets to medical equipment. What does that really mean? Think more inexpensive highspeed network connections—like Light Peak, non-mechanical gyroscopes, and holograms. [ Intec]

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Monsoon adds streaming, sideloading sweetness to new Volcano placeshifting box
By Richard Lawler (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 8:32:00 AM

New Details: Casey Johnson Funeral Arrangements
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 1:16:00 PM

Blazing a different path from Sling or even its own HAVA line, Monsoon's Volcano is not just an HD placeshifting device - it can play back video from attached storage devices, NAS or PCs, plus internet video from YouTube or CinemaNow. Existing remote DVR and streaming features are joined by sideloading, as it can deliver compressed recordings to compatible mobiles (Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian,

Windows Mobile) over 3G for later offline viewing. Other additions include an OS X client, MPEG-4 support plus plans for downloadable apps like Boxee and an open SDK for developers.

Pricing is set at $199 with 4GB of flash memory included or $299 with 250GB HDD. Check out a video of our quick demo of the client running on a Motorola DROID and a press release with

all the other details after the break. Gallery: Monsoon Volcano Continue reading Monsoon adds streaming, sideloading sweetness to new Volcano placeshifting box Monsoon adds streaming, sideloading sweetness to new Volcano placeshifting box originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| | Email this| Comments

ET has new details on the funeral arrangements for the late heiress Casey Johnson. A source tells us Johnson’s funeral is scheduled for Sunday at 11 a.m. at the family plot in New Jersey. A wake will be held tonight.

Feet on with Sanyo’s eneloop electric-assist bike
By Devin Coldewey (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 3:59:03 PM

So if you’re living anywhere outside the US, you’re sitting on an electric bike right now. It seems we’re the only country in which electric-assist bikes like this haven’t caught on. Maybe it’s because of our obsession with gigantic, gas-guzzling SUVs we never use for their

intended purpose. But I digress. The fact is that other countries have found electric bikes practical in pretty good volume for some time now, and we’re late to the game. But Sanyo thinks the time has come for us to zoom around in future-bikes. We got a bunch of feet-on time with the eneloop bike, and we all found it a blast to ride. Although it does have a “step-through” design that’s present on female

bikes where I’m from, it’s a decent looking thing, and will come in a carbon fiber version soon as well.

The eneloop bike adjusts its boost depending on how hard you pedal and what mode you’re in. If you google the thing, you’ll

find all the specs — battery size and all that. It’s been around for a while now but it’s just now starting to be pushed on our shores. It’ll cost you $2300 at the moment, which is pretty serious cash, but you can consider it an alternative to a scooter or used car, depending on your needs.

Conan O'Brien Breaks His Silence About the Jay Leno Rumors
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 10:02:00 AM

On Friday evening's "Tonight

Show," host Conan O'Brien cracked jokes about the NBC rescheduling rumors surrounding him and Jay Leno.

O’Brien said he wanted to address some of the talk swirling around and proceeded to mention the New York Times report

claiming that NBC plans to move him to midnight and Leno to 11:30 p.m. Then, he ran through a list of

joke-rumors, including:

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Saitek X65F 'stick Requires Only the Subtlest of Touches for a Smooth Flight [Joysticks]
By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 9:00:00 AM

today. In layman's terms, that means no moving parts. Apply subtle pressure to the Much like the multi-million 'stick, and your plane banks and dollar jet systems that inspired it, turns on a dime. the Saitek Pro Flight X65F Twist the controller for precise joystick/throttle system for PCs r u d d e r c o n t r o l , w r i t e s a r s doesn't move at all. That's right, technica, and then before you not an inch, and yet the controls k n o w i t t h e j o y s t i c k i s were compared to mind control. [ performing almost like an ars technica] extension of your hand. The X65F uses "force sensing" Dual engine control for games tech, just like military planes that support it, or lock them

together for games that don't. Saitek claims that with the X65F there are 608 possible commands

a player can issue without ever taking their hands off the controls. And while the X65F won't cost you millions, it certainly isn't cheap at $400. This is not including the optional "Saitek Pro Flight Instrument Panels" that you can bolt on the back for a crazy amount of realism. [ Saitek via ars technica]

All Dog Painters Go Somewhere [Recessionomics]
By Foster Kamer (Gawker)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 10:30:00 AM

Today in counterpoints of miserable: man commits sucide after laying off staff.

Sideline Cinq USB companion monitor hands-on
By Richard Lai (Engadget)
cable for both data and power, plus it's kosher with both Submitted at 1/10/2010 9:04:00 AM Windows and Mac. Sure, the W e d o n ' t n o r m a l l y g e t Cinq looks bulky, but at 15.6 adrenalized with LCD monitors, ounces you'd likely need some but when they get a dash of that serious lottery luck for it to cause DisplayLink magic then it's any damage. There's also a stand another story. Enter the Sideline to avoid the attachment's sticky it needs a non-glossy option. Sideline's site. Now, how about Cinq -- a 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600 tape mess on your machine -$249 and the Cinq's yours in Q3, three of these for some hardcore vibrant LCD (with SD card you can go landscape or portrait. or $199 if you pre-order from flight-sim sessions? reader) that needs just one USB The only grumble we have is that Gallery: Sideline Cinq USB companion monitor hands-on Sideline Cinq USB companion monitor hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Sideline| Email this| Comments

EverTune challenges Robot Guitar for in-tune supremacy
By Donald Melanson (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 11:32:00 AM

Gibson's Robot Guitar may have gotten off to a head start, but EverTune is here at CES with an automatic guitar tuner of its own that promises to keep your guitar

in tune forever. To do that, EverTune makes use of a simple mechanism that relies on springs to maintain the same amount of tension on each string as the tuner post loosens, which should ensure that your guitar won't go out of tune even while playing guitars can't account for). (something that other self-tuning Unfortunately, EverTune isn't

ready to announcing anything about availability (or pricing, for that matter), but it saying it will "soon be available on a wide range of electric guitars," and that it'll also be available as an installation kit through select retailers. EverTune challenges Robot

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Custom OLED Artwork Will Shame LED Picture Frames Into Extinction [Oled]
By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 8:00:00 AM

of the booth that we glimpse momentarily, as well as a number of OLED flowers. OLED displays are already Like most things OLED, none something beautiful, but this of the stuff seen here is cheap. unnamed Japanese company, Purported asking price for the spied at CES, has taken the first piece is $100,000. The technology and turned it into flowers go for a more modest s o m e t r u l y a w e - i n s p i r i n g $100 apiece. artwork. Really, it's only a matter of time The individual panels seen in before society comes around to the video actually line up to form the idea of moving OLED a flowing scene. The effect is artwork and something like this kind of cool, popping into place is sharing space in a museum only when the cameraman views with a da Vinci, don't you think? it at the right angle. There's also [ OLED Info] an elaborate fan toward the back

Today's Date Is Especially Binary [Dates]
By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 8:30:00 AM

Galileo sat-nav system back on the map, said to be 'up and running' by 2014
By Ross Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 11:03:00 AM

Conan clears up the late night shake-up rumors

Remember Galileo, Europe's proposed GPS-like satellite By Danny Gallagher (TV surrounding his show last night. navigation system? It's back in Squad) I'm sure you'll be happy to know the headlines, and according to that neither he nor Leno will the Telegraph, UK-based Surrey Submitted at 1/9/2010 6:00:00 PM have to take any last minute S a t e l l i t e T e c h n o l o g y a n d Germany's OHB System have A lot of crazy things have been maternity leave. said about NBC's efforts to Filed under: Late Night, Video, jointly secured €566 million reshuffle their late night deck. Celebrities, Reality-Free, Jay (that's $815 million in US currency) to build 14 more Thankfully, Conan O'Brien is Leno here to clear them all up. P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | | satellites. The funding continues until 2013, whereby 22 satellites The Tonight Show host Comments will be order. Full satellite addressed the rumors

Anyone feeling extra geeky today? Well you should. Today's date, when written in a six digit format (MMDDYY), is a binary number. Writes reader Eric, who tipped us off about the date earlier this morning: It just occurred to me that navigation requires 27, and ultimately the European Union today's six digit date format w a n t s 3 2 t e c h n o l o g i c a l (MMDDYY or YYMMDD) is in waypointers. Launch date? binary style. Thought this was A p p a r e n t l y 2 0 1 4 - - w e ' r e interesting and wanted to share it hopeful, but this road has been with the Gizmodo team. From what I can tell, this looks like it wrought with delays before. Galileo sat-nav system back on will be the only year it happens the map, said to be 'up and and will happen four times running' by 2014 originally (January 1st and 10th and appeared on Engadget on Sun, October 1st and 10th). 10 Jan 2010 11:03:00 EST. As you can see, this neat little Please see our terms for use of phenomenon will happen a few feeds. Permalink| | Email this| more times throughout the year. 2010: Geekiest year ever? Comments Update: As noted below, "Oct. 10th 2011 will be the last binary day of this century."

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3 Ways Educators Are Embracing Social Technology
By Greg Ferenstein (Mashable!)
brains behind the virtual language exchange, said Skype conversation gives students a Submitted at 1/10/2010 9:12:01 AM surprisingly authentic The modern American school experience. As a teacher (and faces rough challenges. Budget fluent speaker), she can only cuts have caused ballooning give her students limited 1-on-1 class sizes, many teachers attention. With Skype, every struggle with poorly motivated student has weekly access to a students, and in many schools a free personal tutor. w a r i s b e i n g w a g e d o n Perhaps the greatest benefit of distracting technologies. In using Skype is the radical response, innovative educators i n c r e a s e i n m o t i v a t i o n . A are embracing social media to whopping 85.3% of Janet’s fight back against the onslaught students kept in touch with their of problems. Technologies such digital pen-pals outside of the as Twitter and Skype offer ideal classroom through Facebook. “In solutions as inexpensive tools of the end, the best part of this team-based education. exchange was gaining a friend Pockets of experimentation are who I still today talk with on emerging all around the world, Facebook” said one student. and I hope to inspire my fellow Additionally, though some of her teachers with some stories of students enroll to simply fulfill a success. From cell phones to language requirement, many social media, below are three participants have gone on to schools that have chosen to go major in Spanish from the w i t h t h e f l o w o f p o p u l a r experience. Students who go technology to turn the tide for above and beyond mandatory education. Skype and Language assignments will be more likely Learning to remember class material and Why force students to yawn apply it when they get out into over a textbook when a real-life the working world. Mobile native speaker is only a Skype Phones c a l l a w a y ? A t M a r q u e t t e While many schools around the University, Spanish students country have declared all-out hone their foreign language skills w a r o n m o b i l e d e v i c e s , with frequent webcam chats with Wiregrass High School took a t h e i r E n g l i s h - l e a r n i n g decidedly different approach, counterparts in South America. integrating cell phones into the “I absolutely fell in love with entire educational experience. this program,” wrote one student. Students exchange questions and Professor Janet Banhidi, the answers with their teachers via students have been required to participate in group message boards, which is a poor substitute for genuine intellectual curiosity. As a solution, Leicester University in the UK turned to Twitter, hoping that the popular micro-blogging technology would encourage collaboration SMS and browse classroom outside of class. Students were blogs for additional instruction. provided with an iPod touch, M o r e o v e r , a s a n e f f i c i e n t given instructional materials, and collaborative tool, students can told they had to make a few quickly trade notes or take a academic-related tweets a day. snapshot of the blackboard for Soon, a thriving community later studying. grew, complete with @replies Like with any tool, students do and hashtags flying back-andm i s u s e t h e p r i v i l e g e , b u t forth between participants, according to the school’s tutors, and even members principal the number of cell- o u t s i d e o f t h e p r o g r a m . phone related infractions is Additionally, the study has “minuscule.” Perhaps this is become an unexpected marketing because the policy permits boon for the university. The students to use cell phones A s s o c i a t i o n f o r L e a r n i n g socially between classes, giving T e c h n o l o g y n o t e d i n i t s them a much needed digital fix n e w s l e t t e r : throughout the day. Wiregrass’s “One year ago, a Twitter search experience pairs nicely with for ‘University of Leicester’ s i m i l a r w o r k p l a c e - r e l a t e d revealed little of interest. More research which shows that giving recent searches reveal a growing employees periodic down-time volume of conversation between with the Internet actually boosts existing students, often across productivity. In the end, fighting institutional boundaries, and also pervasive technologies may just from prospective students, sap the energy of everyone commenting on perceptions of involved. Twitter the University and Higher Many universities have internal Education in general.” e-mail systems and message The university was impressed boards. But getting students to by the experiment and has begun routinely check these systems for collaborating with teachers and updates can be a chore. As a staff to extend participation college teacher myself, my throughout the campus. Leicester University joins the growing ranks of major universities, such as M.I.T., that are preparing students with technological and cooperative skills essential to real-life scientific experimentation. Conclusion As social media becomes ubiquitous, students prepared for technological collaboration will graduate with a much-needed edge on the competition. Fortunately, in these economically turbulent times, social media is a free and popular alternative to traditional instruction. More social media resources from Mashable: - 5 Tips for Building Lasting Online Friendships - Top 5 Must-Read Social Media Books - Social Media Can Change The World Through Common Ground - 5 Ways Social Media Is Changing Our Daily Lives - How Social Media is Taking the News Local - The Tao of Tweeting - Sports and Social Media: Where Opportunity and Fear Collide Images courtesy of iStockphoto, DNY59, 3bugsmom Tags: education, higher education, iPod Touch, language learning, learning, List, Lists, Mobile 2.0, Skype, students, twitter

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Free Multiplayer Android Games [3 of the Best]
By Matt Silverman (Mashable!)
chatter) pop into the chat window. A correct guess scores points for you and the sketcher, Submitted at 1/9/2010 1:39:38 PM and the answer is hidden from The pickings for multiplayer other players while the round is Android games are still slim, but still on. the beefier processing power of As the turns rotate, it will soon the Nexus One and Motorola be up to you to quickly sketch Droid hardware might push the word that appears. You can developers in the right direction. alter your brush size, choose a I n t h e m e a n t i m e , w e ’ v e color, eraser, and even clear the highlighted some interesting and board and start over if you’re on fun implementations of social the wrong track. Sweep your gaming for Android devices that finger over the canvas to draw. If you can snag from the Market a word is too hard, you can opt for free, right now. These to use one of your limited skips. o f f e r i n g s i l l u s t r a t e s o m e Sketch Online is not only fun directions in which mobile and easy to play (even over 3G, multiplayer gaming may be despite recommendations to use headed. Sketch Online WiFi), but the social aspect is Think quick-draw Pictionary in well implemented. Player a handheld chat room. Sketch profiles can contain biographic Online is a great execution of a info and multiple photos, and highly social game. there’s even a separate chat room Create a screen name, add a where players can hang out. I photo of yourself, and jump into was pleasantly surprised by how any number of game rooms m u c h g o o d - n a t u r e d b a n t e r divied by language and topic flowed in each game room, and (animals, objects, etc.) If your how much information players device has a keyboard, unpack it included in their profiles — all quickly, because the guessing is signs that a solid community is fast and furious. forming around this app. Cestos Watch as the other players draw Cestos is another unique live on the screen and do your multiplayer game. Players best to guess what the image is. control multiple marbles and Incorrect guesses (and other determine their direction and new meaning to persistent multiplayer online gaming. The game world is overlaid on a real-time view of Google Maps. Your position on the map is determined by your mobile signal or GPS, and game events (such as encountering other players, battling monsters) velocity on each turn. Once all happen in real time at your players have locked in their location. trajectories, the marbles are let There is a small radius within loose simultaneously. The goal which your character can venture is to avoid falling through pits from the comfort of your couch. and being blown up by hidden But if you want to further land mines, depending on which explore the “world,” and meet map you’re playing. other players, you’ll have to The game is easy to learn and physically get out and go there. has some good strategic depth, as As you delve a bit further into you must anticipate where your the game, you’ll uncover other opponent will shoot his marbles, methods of virtual travel, most of and aim to bombard or avoid which are connected to the ways accordingly. in which other players stake out Socially speaking, there are a territory. few options. Your marble avatar The game has a lot of depth, as is customizable (with unlockable players can explore, collect items from the game) and there items, even claim territory and is a chat lobby where you can found cities. It’s a mobile ‘friend’ players whom you plan MMORPG with an augmented to pwn regularly. The app has a reality twist that takes some lot of fans, and there are always commitment to learn, navigate, players online to compete with. and enjoy. But the payoff, Parallel Kingdom especially for future, more Parallel Kingdom, which has graphically-rich AR and location been available on Android and -based games is huge. the iPhone for some time, gives Here’s the trailer for the newest iteration of the game, “Age of Emergance.” Though the video is arguably more “epic” than the game may warrant, it illustrates a lot of Parallel Kingdom’s interesting features. Are there any other social or multiplayer games for Android that you enjoy? Are there some great multiplayer games for the iPhone that you hope to see in the Android Market soon? Share your thoughts in the comments. More Android resources from Mashable: - 3 News Apps for Android Compared - The Best Free Twitter Apps for Android - 30 Android Apps to Watch - 8 Android Apps Worth Paying For (And Some That Aren’t) - Mobile Advertising: 5 Things You Need to Know to Succeed in 2010 Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Photolyric Reviews: Android, Android Market, Google Maps, iStockphoto Tags: android, droid, games, gaming, Google, List, Lists, nexus one, social games, social gaming, social media

Wanda Sykes Breaks Her Foot
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 3:47:00 PM

Comedienne and talk-show host

Wanda Sykes has suffered a broken foot. Sykes revealed the injury to "The Insider"'s Niecy Nash. A

rep for Sykes tells "The Insider" that the star sustained the injury on Thursday night during production, but that her show

will still go on tonight. Sykes and her partner are the parents of 8-month-old twins.

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Google building a Nexus One for enterprise
(CNET News.com)
company planned all along? "This is the next phase of Android--taking the newest Once an Apple engineer, Andy versions of the product, placing Rubin went on to co-found them online, and allowing mobile computing outfits Danger consumers to purchase them and Android. He sold the former directly," says Rubin. "What to Microsoft and the latter to we've learned is that there are Google, where he is now vice m o r e e f f i c i e n t w a y s o f president of engineering. He's connecting consumers with the also the guy quarterbacking p h o n e s t h e y ' d l i k e t o development of Google's purchase...easier ways." A n d r o i d m o b i l e o p e r a t i n g Purchasing a Nexus One through system and the Nexus One-- the Google, says Rubin, is a casual smartphone with which Google process. "No one's breathing hopes to fundamentally change down your neck," he says. "No the way people buy cell phones. one's trying to upsell you." Walt Mossberg (left) interviews Interesting. Rubin mentions that A n d y R u b i n a t C E S Google is working on an 2 0 1 0 . ( C r e d i t : A l l T h i n g s D ) enterprise version of Nexus One. In conversation with All Things What's an enterprise version of Digital's Walt Mossberg Friday, Nexus One like? Does it support Rubin talked about the mobile Exchange? Rubin says it might, space, Google's plan for an but steers the conversation to enterprise version of the Nexus Gmail and other Google services. One, and its vision for the way He also notes that it might have a phones should be bought and real keyboard. sold. The Nexus One is aimed at Walt starts off by asking Rubin c o n s u m e r s w h o l o v e t h e i r about just how involved Google Google services and live in the was in the development of the "Google world," Walt notes. Yet, Nexus One. Google is encouraging Rubin replies, "We threw out developers to build new apps for crazy ideas to our partners at Android and Nexus One. How HTC, and they were pretty good do you reconcile that? Isn't there about plucking the good ones out something contradictory to of the air and building them into saying "we're an app platform, the device." we're open," and then turning Walt asks about the new around and saying "we're really a b u s i n e s s m o d e l G o o g l e ' s platform for people who love launched in concert with Nexus Google?" One. Was this something the Rubin obviously doesn't think
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have to get better at customer service," he says, adding that for launch, they are doing great. so. He stresses that an OS can't Moving on to the issue now of be successful unless people are 3G network performance, which developing for it. "It reminds me has been a very real issue at of the accessory business," he CES, especially for AT&T. says. "The most successful Rubin says Moore's Law applies phones have the most earbuds, to bandwidth--4G is on its way, car chargers, etc." and after that 5G. Walt suggests Walt wonders if Rubin is at all that the addition of new phones surprised by the size of the apps like the Nexus One and the host revolution, by the fact that there of other superphones is going to are 100,000-plus apps in the exacerbate the problem. Rubin iTunes Apps Store. says that doesn't have to happen; "I'm not surprised by it at all. if carriers were more on point This is what happens when you and did what was necessary to drop the barriers to entry," he maintain and upgrade their says, recalling how difficult it networks, dropped calls, etc., once was for developers to would not be as much of an issue distribute their apps and how as they are for some carriers easy it is today. today. This new purchasing model In his interview with Kara Google has created for the Nexus Swisher earlier, Palm CEO Jon One puts the company at the Rubinstein--a former Apple center of the experience. People engineer--said, "I don't have an who purchase the Nexus One iPhone. I've never even used think of themselves as Google one." In contrast, for those who customers. Rubin says, "What may be wondering, Andy Rubin we've done here is to offer a says he does use an iPhone. mobile platform where people "What do you expect? I'm a don't have to worry about the gadget guy." plumbing." Story Copyright (c) 2010 Walt notes reports about people AllThingsD. All rights reserved. unhappy the customer service Five Filters featured article: Google is providing for the Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Nexus One; there is only e-mail PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, customer service, and no phone Term Extraction. support. Rubin concedes that there is no phone support and that there is sometimes a threeday delay in response time. "We

Eureka Earthquake: Twitter Pics Tell the Story [PHOTOS]
By Pete Cashmore (Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 6:51:02 PM

A strong earthquake (magnitude 6.5) hit Northern California today, breaking windows and taking out power lines in some areas. The quake hit at 4:27 pm PT, with the epicenter around 25 miles from Eureka. Being a Saturday with most of the news media not at work, it was left to Twitter to tell the story, with users posting pics to photo site Twitpic almost immediately. Here are the most retweeted Twitpics from the incident, all of them from@amyeureka– her full Twitter feed paints a picture of the damage more detailed than any news outlet has achieved. Got more Twitpics of Eureka earthquake damage? Add links to them in the comments! Reviews: Twitpic, Twitter Tags: Earthquake, eureka, trending, twitpic, twitter

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Did NBA force gun suspension star to quit Twitter?
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 6:31:00 PM

It's one thing for a man to be denied his opportunity to work. It's quite another for a man to be denied his opportunity to Twitter. The microblogging site, a bastion of free, spontaneous speech, has lost one of its more amusing denizens. Perhaps you have been buried so deeply in the machinations of your new Nexus One to breathe, wipe the pizza stains from your shirt, or notice that Gilbert Arenas, the slightly waning star of the Washington Wizards, has been suspended indefinitely without pay by the NBA. The Wizards' hometown Post has described in some delicious microdetail how Arenas allegedly lost money to fellow Wizard Javaris Crittenton in a card game. Threats were allegedly made, perhaps about the debt being unpaid. Then Arenas, by his own admission (yes, on Twitter), brought four unloaded handguns into the Wizards locker room and asked Crittenton to choose one. His teammate allegedly produced his own gun, loaded it, and

chambered a bullet. What can these events have to do with Twitter? Well, Arenas is, perhaps, the most socially networked of NBA players. He was the first to have a blog, employing a sense of humor that can best be described as individual. The NBA seemed to rather like his progressive thinking and talking, even though Arenas retired from blogging in March of last year. At the time he retired from blogging, he told the AP: "It's just like the double-(edged) sword thing: Eventually your words is going to kill you." He followed this observation up with: "It's like everything I said, everybody started using it as firepower, instead of saying it's just entertainment." But then those crafty boffins created Twitter and when the microblogging site's popularity took off, Arenas couldn't resist. First, he declared that he wouldn't tweet until he had a million followers. However, the entertainer within him (he happens to be the son of a movie extra) couldn't wait for the extra 990,000 he needed to achieve his goal, so he began to use Twitter to solicit votes for the All-Star

game. Then came the gun incident. It seems, though, that firearmed did not mean forewarned for Arenas. So he began tweeting that the gun incident was just a bit of a jape. He was merely being a "goofball." The gun incident happened December 21. It wasn't until January 4 that Arenas appears to have come to terms with things such as, well, gun laws: "no im not going to jail i didn't do what they keep writing but stay away from guns..i was wrong for puttn them in my locker." The day before, he offered a joke in four separate tweets that could be considered off-color by some. He explained the joke with a follow-up tweet: "im around jokes like that all the time so i figured i can say them here if people take down there sensitivity bar a little." Among his last tweets were suggestions that Jesus was on his side, that Cleveland was colder than the heart of the press, and that before complaining about their lives, people should think about the disabled and the dead. And with that, the Gilbert Arenas Twitter page went dark. By the time the account

disappeared, he had almost 24,000 followers (still a couple million short of Shaq). Perhaps Arenas decided the medium had the same drawbacks as blogging. But it seems highly likely that, as part of his suspension, the NBA suggested rather forcefully that he shut his Twitter feed down. (We've asked the NBA, and we'll update this post if we hear word back from them.) In the meantime, perhaps it's worth considering how you would like your sports "heroes" to behave in a world that networks socially more often than it eats socially. Would you like them to be like Tiger Woods, perfect until cornered (or failing to corner)? Or would you prefer for them to use the unfiltered spontaneity of Twitter to reveal that they are just as wart-filled as, well, you? Oh, alright, perhaps in certain cases, even more wart-filled. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Google Nexus One vs. iPhone: Mashable Talks to CNN [VIDEO]
By Pete Cashmore (Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 5:29:26 PM

Mashable’s Ben Parr showed off his Google Nexus One to CNN at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, talking through the basic features and comparing the device to his iPhone. Parr explains how the Nexus One launch took the steam out of mobile launches at CES, and also gives a side-by-side comparison of the Nexus One and his iPhone. The video clip is embedded below. What do you think? Can the Google Phone challenge Apple’s domination? Tags: Ben Parr, cnn, Google, google phone, iphone, mashable, nexus one

Shark versus octopus
(Holy Kaw!)
Shark versus octopus. Guess which one wins? Sort of like what happened tonight in San Jose. More on zoology. Permalink| Leave a comment »

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HOW TO: Use Social Media to Connect with Other Entrepreneurs
By Ben Parr (Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 10:30:49 AM

business, entrepreneurship, and programming are thriving all over the place. Twitter, This post originally appeared on Facebook, and other social the American Express OPEN n e t w o r k s h a v e b e c o m e a n F o r u m , w h e r e M a s h a b l e amazing way to learn new regularly contributes articles lessons and keep in touch with about leveraging social media other entrepreneurs. a n d t e c h n o l o g y i n s m a l l If you’re looking to enrich your business. entrepreneurial journey by Starting a company is often a sharing with others, I have a few lonely and nerve wracking social media suggestions that process. One day, you’re will help: Follow Entrepreneur working at a big company with Twitter Lists tens of thousands of people and A few months ago, Twitter health benefits, and then the next launched a feature called “Lists,” day it’s just you, maybe a co- which gave users the power to founder, and a lack of steady create lists of their favorite users. income. Many have used this to create Yet you’re really not alone. Twitter lists of top entrepreneurs There are thousands of others and startup founders. making similar journeys around Following these people and the world, and even more who interacting with them is a good have not only gone down the s t e p t o w a r d s b u i l d i n g entrepreneurial path, but connections. Check out succeeded. These people are L i s t o r i o u s ’ c o l l e c t i o n o f more than happy to share their entrepreneurship Twitter lists to advice, insight, and stories — if start. Connect With Amazing you know how to find them. Entrepreneurship Communities That’s where social media tools Entrepreneurs are already come into play. Forging new gathered in a lot of great places connections has never been on the web. Finding these easier due to the increasing hidden gems of community and accessibility of people, ideas, startup enthusiasm could be just and information. W e b what you’re looking for. communities based around To start out, we suggest

work of building a relationship with fellow entrepreneurs. Use social media to find them and reach out, but be sure to take it the next step and start a longlasting conversation. More small business resources from Mashable: - HOW TO: Implement a Social checking out Hacker News(a Media Business Strategy community sharing some of the - 9 G r e a t D o c u m e n t b e s t a r t i c l e s o n s t a r t u p s , Collaboration Tools for Teams development, and human nature), - 5 New Year’s Resolutions for TheFunded(focused around SMBs raising money for your startup), - HOW TO: Choose a News and PartnerUp(helps you find Reader for Keeping Tabs on b u s i n e s s p a r t n e r s a n d c o - Your Industry founders). For more, check out a - Top Mobile Productivity Tools list of Mashable’s favorite for the Small Business entrepreneur communities. Use - 5 Advanced Social Media Social Media to Find Local Marketing Strategies for Small Events Businesses While connecting online is - 4 Ways Social Media is great, there is no substitute for Changing Business shaking hands and meeting in Image courtesy of iStockphoto, person. Luckily, social media Cimmerian Reviews: Facebook, can help you in this regard by H a c k e r N e w s , T w i t t e r , helping keep you in the loop i S t o c k p h o t o about events you’ll want to Tags: business, entrepreneur, attend. Tools like Meetup and entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, searches for Facebook Events are List, Lists, small business, social good ways to get started. Just media, social networks, trending Reach Out In the end, social media only helps make it easier to connect – you still have to do the hard

Israel Tests 'Iron Dome' Missile Shield
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 1:36:31 PM

Israel has been quietly developing an anti-missile system that really works, at least on the small scale — when you have hostile groups living right next door with no compunctions about using missiles to kill people indiscriminately: Israel says tests on Iron Dome missile shield have been a success. Israel has announced the successful testing of its Iron Dome anti-missile system, said to be capable of intercepting rockets launched by militants in Gaza and South Lebanon. The shield, which fires missiles at incoming threats that it identifies by radar, is being called a “gamechanger” in the way that Israel can conduct its defences. The system can estimate where a missile will land, targeting those that will hit populated areas while ignoring missiles heading for open ground, military experts said. Iron Dome would stop missiles with a range of between 4 and 70 kilometres (2.5 and 45 miles), spanning smaller mortar shells from Gaza to the Iranian-made Fajr rockets fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

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Apple's New Year's resolution? Get apps through approval faster
By Steven Sande (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 1/9/2010 3:00:00 PM

Consumers may not embrace 3D TV (podcast)
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 4:15:00 PM

Filed under: Apple, App Store One of the biggest gripes we heard from iPhone developers during 2009 was that it took forever for their apps to make it through the iTunes App Store approval process. Often apps would be disapproved for seemingly illogical reasons after a long wait in the approval queue, and TUAW heard from more than one developer that had just given up. iTunes Connect, the portal through which iPhone developers submit apps and check sales, was down between December 23 - 28, 2009. Since that time, TUAW has received a number of positive emails from iPhone devs that indicate that Apple has resolved to quit holding up apps in 2010. How fast are some apps making it through the process? Take developer Aaron Douglas's free Migraine Diary [ iTunes Link]; he submitted it on December 28th at 9 PM CT and received notice of the approval a 4 PM CT on the 31st of December -that's less than three days. But that's downright slow

I'm amazed that no one at these companies thought about the limitations of the current technology. How many hours does an average American clock in watching TV in a week these days, apparently 28 hours? Meanwhile a typical pair of shutter glasses will get an 80 hour battery life with two AA batteries, meaning that in addition to the expense of throwing away all of your current tech in favor of more "3D compared to what Yuri, a Whether this is due to a New ready" versions, you'll also have developer at Atomic Cactus, Year's resolution, competition to supply new batteries for these experienced: from the Android platform, or a glasses just under 3 weeks on a I'm a developer behind Atomic n e w b a c k - e n d s y s t e m f o r cycle until more energy efficient C a c t u s , w e h a v e 3 g a m e s processing apps, it's a welcome models come to market. currently in the app store, and change for iPhone developers Plus the far bigger problem is they all took approximately 2-3 and users alike. that most people already bought weeks to get approved. Today at TUAW Apple's New Year's their HDTVs, and most of those 4:00 am I submitted for approval resolution? Get apps through purchases were made in the last our latest app, which isn't exactly a p p r o v a l f a s t e r o r i g i n a l l y 2 or 3 years. They aren't going to a "fart app" (it's a pretty polished appeared on The Unofficial be happy to find out that their puzzle game with OpenFeint). Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, relatively new TVs suddenly As of 1:30 pm today, the app is 09 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST. have to be chucked for even in the app store. That's nine and a Please see our terms for use of more expensive models. half hours, folks! This is a small feeds. Really, any form of 3D tech that sampling of the many emails P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | doesn't work with the monitors we've received from developers C o m m e n t s that are already installed in the since just after Christmas. homes is a failure in my eye,

especially when you remember that most of the 3D content will NEVER be able to stand in line with Avatar, which is the only reason why a fringe group of early adaptors are even talking about this thing, so until more content aside from 3 channels and a couple 3D bluray movies come down the pipe, (a format that consumers aren't really embracing that much themselves) I'll find it hard to believe that people are going to up and make the switch Same for media conglomerates like Viacom and Universal who really just started bringing their channels to HD and have been quick to complain about the costs to do so. Many of these network's broadcasts aren't even really in HD, but are just stretched simulcasts of the SD channel. I cannot imagine that we will be Colbert Report in 3D anytime soon, since the execs will rightfully declare it a frivolous unnecessary expense. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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'Google' beats 'blog' in Word of the Decade list
(CNET News.com)
which hardly seems like a word, but who am I to question the keepers of the spoken flame? ( I know there is a fondness for Press release containing the full games among many readers, so list (PDF)) here is today's. What is your No. "It's hard to imagine life before 1 word of the last decade? Might we were Googling," American it be "divorce" or "Warcraft" or D i a l e c t S o c i e t y e x e c u t i v e perhaps even "pants," "Rush," or councilmember Ben Zimmer told "Miley"? CBSNews.com. This question is especially Might I take a moment to t i m e l y t o d a y b e c a u s e t h e quibble with Zimmer's lexicon? I American Dialect Society, which am sure you can most definitely studies the stumbling attempts of i m a g i n e l i f e b e f o r e y o u English to take hold in America, dedicated your waking hours has declared that the one most and, indeed, your name, to the important, significant, rousingly Church of Searchboxology. symbolic word of the last decade You might imagine that you is "Google." were slightly less tied to your According to CBSNews.com, laptop. You might imagine that "Google" beat out such words of some organization on the Left our bygone times as "blog." It Coast wasn't in possession of even beat out "war on terror," your date of birth, purchasing
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habits, messaging habits, massaging habits, and Lord knows what other intimate details of your inner and outer being. It's just that you don't remember. The sneaky part of this online world is not merely how it affects your everyday behavior. It's how it affects how you view (or don't view) your past. You may be surprised to learn that the top word of 2009 was deemed to be "tweet." Yes, not "recession," nor "unemployed." I wonder if the voting took place online. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

App review roundup: VoiceBand, Soulver, Doc²
By TUAW Blogger (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 1/9/2010 12:00:00 PM

Filed under: iPhone, App Review • VoiceBand: Personal music artistry gone wild I don't usually gush during App reviews. I think today I will change things up a bit. Because If you like playing with sound and music, and you like GarageBand, empty out your change purse, check... • Soulver brings a calculator scratchpad to your iPhone Acqualia's Soulver, a very cool "calculator scratchpad" (which we've covered before), has come to the iPhone [iTunes link]. Both versions allow you to enter expressions in regular mathematical...

• Doc² 3.0: iPhone word processing with Google Docs, iDisk goodness When it comes to using an iPhone as a word processor, I'm probably not the person you want to talk to. After all, I've never been a fan of writing on handheld devices -- I can type much faster on... Also of interest: • Billings Touch hits the App Store • SnapTax allows you to do your taxes on your iPhone TUAW App review roundup: VoiceBand, Soulver, Doc² originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

John Birch Society: 2009 Was a 'Record Setting Year'
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 3:27:21 PM

Or, “Why I parted ways with the right, exhibit J for ‘John Birch Society.’” 2009 JBS.org Year in Review.

There’s good news and there’s bad news as we review our online progress during 2009. But the good news borders on “great,” so why not start there? The great news is that it’s been a record setting year for The John

Birch Society online. Traffic to this website and to our partner site, TheNewAmerican.com, is up substantially. On JBS.org we’ve seen a 60 percent increase in traffic over the last 12 months. At TheNewAmerican.com,

traffic is up by a stunning 105 percent! In fact, so much has happened to make these numbers possible that it is hard to believe that it all took place in just twelve months. The progress stems from what

started out as a concerted effort to reach a new market among the younger generation that relies on online sources for news and analysis.

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Eureka Earthquake Caught on Video [YOUTUBE VIDEO]
By Pete Cashmore (Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 8:03:13 PM

UPDATE: A commenter suggests that this video is from an earlier earthquake in Hollister, CA, rather than this afternoon’s Eureka quake. We’re attempting to verify with the LesNews team, but for now, treat with skepticism. – By Mike Schramm (The play), and a new "Forum and Fan connections like this, and it With video cameras and camera Unofficial Apple Weblog Club" system which allows for would be interesting to see a p h o n e s b e c o m i n g n e a r l y (TUAW)) discussion about games and system that worked App Store- ubiquitous, perhaps we shouldn’t between devs and customers wide, perhaps even with current be surprised that the Eureka Submitted at 1/9/2010 2:00:00 PM right inside the app. iTunes accounts. OpenFeint and earthquake this afternoon was Filed under: Gaming, Software, Other improvements include a the other folks working on their reportedly caught on tape by at Apple, Developer, iPhone, App new geolocation leaderboard (so own social networks are doing a least one person – and it’s likely S t o r e T h e g u y s o v e r a t you can see where people are lot of interesting things already, m o r e w i l l b e u p l o a d e d t o OpenFeint have released version nabbing the high scores), and but I have to wonder what it Y o u T u b e o v e r t i m e . 2.4 of their social gaming tweaks on other social features would be like if Apple got That’s part of the change being brought about by social media: platform, and they've also like the "presence" system, involved. corralled one of the biggest which features Xbox Live-style TUAW OpenFeint announces with the tools of content creation games on the App Store into announcements when friends version 2.4, now in Fieldrunners in everyone’s hands (video using it: you can find the brand come on and offline while originally appeared on The cameras in phones, Twitter apps, new version in the popular playing. U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g mobile blogging), we’re reaching Fieldrunners app. New features It's interesting how this sort of (TUAW) on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 o f t h e s o f t w a r e i n c l u d e a sub-culture is burgeoning simply 14:00:00 EST. Please see our simplified UI, a completely i n s i d e i n d i v i d u a l g a m e s , terms for use of feeds. revamped "Discovery" section completely unofficially, on the Read| Permalink| Email this| (popular among developers for App Store. You have to wonder Comments recommending games to users, if Apple is watching any of this but good for users as well in - certainly there's a call from terms of finding new things to both devs and players for social

OpenFeint announces version 2.4, now in Fieldrunners

a point at which everyone is a reporter. As we mentioned previously, some of the first pics of the damage caused by the Eureka earthquake were posted to Twitter. Now, according to French-language news outlet@lesnews, we have an actual video of the event, taking place during the filming of a fairly ordinary scene. It was, of course, posted to YouTube. Have you seen more YouTube videos of the Northern California earthquake? Let us know in the comments. Reviews: Twitter, YouTube Tags: california, Earthquake, eureka

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Smartphone touch-screen analysis tests finger fidelity
(CNET News.com)
Eris through the paces and proved not all touch screens are created equal. T o u c h - s c r e e n c o m p a r i s o n Using only your fingers and a between the iPhone, HTC Droid drawing app, Moto shows how Eris, Motorola Droid, and Nexus you can test out the accuracy of O n e . C l i c k f o r l a r g e r your smartphone's touch screen. v e r s i o n . ( C r e d i t : M o t o The test is simple: draw some Development Labs) slow, steady lines across the M o t o D e v e l o p m e n t L a b s screen with your finger. If they're devised a simple method of smooth and straight, your touch analyzing capacitive touch screen is tracking with relative screens using drawing programs. accuracy. If they're wavy or they deserve. They put the iPhone, the Nexus jagged, your phone might not be Moto's test showed the iPhone One, the Droid, and the Droid giving your fingers the attention tracking the most accurately of
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the four, with smooth, straight lines. The Motorola Droid fared worst of the bunch, its crossing lines tracking so jaggedly that the screen looked like a jigsaw puzzle. The Eris and the Nexus One landed somewhere in between. If jagged lines are the symptoms of a subpar touch screen, Moto suggests that the affliction can be any combination of too large a sensor, too low a touch-sampling rate, or too inaccurate an algorithm. [ Moto Development

Labs- Thanks Sabrina] DIY Touchscreen Analysis from Moto Development Group on Vimeo. This story originally appeared on Gizmodo. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Rumor: Will Apple add a camera flash to the iPhone?
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))
the tens of millions for delivery during the 2010 calendar year, meaning future iPhones -- and Submitted at 1/9/2010 4:00:00 PM possibly the iPod touch -- are the F i l e d u n d e r : H a r d w a r e , most likely recipients of those Multimedia, Rumors, Apple, parts, due to their sales volume. i P h o n e , i P o d t o u c h I s n ' t Those same people say that competition wonderful? Apple Philips' Lumileds Lighting sector Insider is citing a well-placed is believed to be the front-runner source saying Apple is grabbing for Apple's business and may significant quantities of LED have already secured the design flash devices for use in the win." iPhone -- possibly for the iPod Other reports say Apple has touch as well, if Apple decides to placed an order with Omnivision add a camera to that product. Technologies for 5 megapixel "People familiar with Apple's camera sensors. The current 3.2 initiative claim the electronics megapixel Apple currently offers maker is seeking allotments of is looking a bit stale in light of 5 LED camera flash components in MP chips on some of the newer While Apple has a top selling smartphone, the competition will certainly push Apple into adding more features to keep a dominant position. Google Voice and Google Navigation anyone? TUAW Rumor: Will Apple add a camera flash to the iPhone? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Joe Carnahan's A-Team trailer hits the web
By Danny Gallagher (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 7:00:00 PM

Android phones. I wouldn't be surprised to see multi-tasking finally make it to the iPhone in an upcoming iteration as well.

Have you been itching with the nervous anticipation of a meth head over the release of the big screen remake of The A-Team? Here's a hit of naloxone. The trailer for Joe Carnahan's big screen remake of the popular action series has found its way to the web. Warning: plans may or may not come together during the actual film. Filed under: Other Drama Shows, TV on the Bigscreen, Video, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

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Rumor: Tablet set for Q2 launch, manufacturers ramp up
By Lauren Hirsch (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 1/9/2010 10:05:00 AM

Who Chatted with Me Most: Facebook App Creates 19,450 Rogue Comments?
By Pete Cashmore (Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 2:53:05 PM

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Rumors More from the rumor mill: It appears that suppliers for Apple have already begun shipping touchscreen panels and will begin shipping aluminum casings for the much-anticipatedbut-unannounced Apple "tablet" next month. This, according to Reuters, implies a Q2 product launch, right in line with what other predictions have been. Supplying the cases is AVY Precision Technology, and both TPK Solutions and Wintek Corp are supplying the touch screen panels. All companies are based out of Taiwan. TPK, through its German counterpart, Balda, was the initial supplier for the iPhone touch screen module. It's unknown whether Balda is currently involved or whether Apple went directly to TPK.

The flow of information through Apple's suppliers has always been sparse, due to Apple's stranglehold on its own product message. Competition in the Taiwanese electronic component industry is fierce, keeping individual manufacturers toeing the line with Apple. But now that components are actually shipping, it's harder to hide how things are shaping up for the as-

yet-unannounced product. TUAW Rumor: Tablet set for Q2 launch, manufacturers ramp up originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Mashable reader@jonahgrant tells us that a Facebook app called “Who Has Chatted with Me The Most?” is generating tens of thousands of spam comments on his wall, plus thousands of Facebook “likes”. The screenshots below show the extent of the issue: posts with 19,000+ comments and 3,000+ likes being posted to a Facebook wall by people the user claims aren’t even friends. Our guess: the app maker has realized that getting lots of likes and comments is a good way to push an app toward more success on Facebook, and figured out a

way to get all the app’s users leaving comments and likes without their explicit permission. Have you had trouble with the “Who Has Chatted with Me The Most?” app? Are we right or off base here? Let us know in the comments. Reviews: Facebook Tags: chat, facebook

Review: Ghost Whisperer - Dead Air
By Isabelle Carreau (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 6:36:00 PM

(S05E11) "I'm upset because I thought him to be better than this." - Delia about Ned Poor Delia got an unwanted

reality check this week when she discovered the type of radio show Ned was hosting on the campus station and what he did behind his somewhat-official girlfriend's back! While Delia tried to understand why Ned was drifting from her

and doing things that were

contrary to what she had thought him, Melinda tried to find who the ghost of the week was and make sense of why he was attacking Ned, the radio station as well as people who took part of an old radio prank. Continue reading Review: Ghost

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Re: Threats
(Little Green Footballs)
home might be warranted. Anybody got his address?” Such veiled threats are at least The Huffington Post has a piece one reason why Johnson, 56, about James Rainey’s interview relocated not long ago. He with me in the Los Angeles remains in the Los Angeles area, Times, focusing on threats I’ve but now is in a gated community. received recently: Charles The impression this gives is Johnson Got Threats After slightly misleading; a lot of Breaking With Right, Relocated. people seem to be interpreting Some conservative readers were this to mean I moved because of apparently not pleased with threats I’ve received. So to Johnson’s critique. In a profile of clarify — that’s not really true. I Johnson, the LA Times reports did not move recently just that the blogger moved into a because of receiving threats. The gated community partly due to extra security was one factor, but violent right-wing threats. As I not the only one; in other words, talked to Johnson in his office, yes, I’ve received threats, but an alert flashed on one of his two they are not the only (or even the giant computer monitors. An main) reason why I live where I angry screed targeting him on do. another website concluded: “I Another point — I haven’t only think a visit to Mr. Johnson’s g o t t e n t h r e a t s f r o m r i g h t Submitted at 1/9/2010 11:13:09 AM

wingers, either. Since Little Green Footballs began, I’ve had the privilege of being threatened by a rich panoply of unsavory humans: militant Islamists who wanted to cut my throat, neoNazis (in particular, Bill White, friend of white supremacist blogger Robert Stacy McCain) who tried to find my home address and post it on the web, and lots of random threats posted on blogs that were less specific. Since Rainey’s piece mentions one of those “veiled threats” that actually appeared while he was interviewing me, here’s a link to it. The comment in question is at Ryan Mauro’s blog, at David Horowitz’s Newsreal website. It’s been posted for three days.

Charlie Sheen Returns to Sitcom, CBS Entertainment President Reacts
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 11:33:00 AM

As Charlie Sheen returns to work on "Two and a Half Men," CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler is speaking out about the controversial headlines surrounding the star and his wife Brooke Mueller. “Right now, we are being very sensitive to the fact that this is a very personal and private matter,” Tassler said on

Saturday. “There has been no impact to the network right now.” Later, “Two and a Half Men” executive producer Chuck Lorre told us: “We put on a show last night. It went extremely well, so we are just going about our business.” He continued, “Charlie is a consummate pro. He shows up and delivers. Last night was one of our strongest shows.”

Texas teen says he didn't hire friend to kill mom (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 1:39:58 AM

Reid Apologizes for 'Negro Dialect' Comment
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 2:05:08 PM

Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s new book “ Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime,” is making plenty of waves in Washington; today Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized for remarks cited in the book, describing thencandidate Barack Obama as “ light-skinned … with no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have

one.” Journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann reported the remarks in their new book “Game Change,” which was purchased by CNN Saturday at a Washington-area bookstore. The book is slated for official release next Tuesday. “He (Reid) was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama - a ‘lightskinned’ African American ‘with

no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,’ as he said privately. Reid was convinced, in fact, that Obama’s race would help him more than hurt him in a bid for the Democratic nomination,” they write. “I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words,” Reid said in a statement to CNN. In his Saturday statement, Reid said he apologized “for offending any and all Americans, especially African Americans for my improper comments. … In a statement released by the

White House, the president accepted Reid’s apology: “Harry Reid called me today and apologized for an unfortunate comment reported today. I accepted Harry’s apology without question because I’ve known him for years, I’ve seen the passionate leadership he’s shown on issues of social justice and I know what’s in his heart. As far as I am concerned, the book is closed.”

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Five Best DVD-Ripping Tools [Hive Five]
By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
addition to stripping protections from the disc, it also has the ability to control DVD playback Submitted at 1/10/2010 9:00:00 AM speed so that DVDs played on You pay good money for your media center computers will play DVDs, but they're hardly the slower and quieter, and it allows only format you need these days. you to remove things like forced These five ripping tools ensure subtitles, warning screens, and you can back them up, keep them disc material you don't want. on your media server, and load DVD Decrypter(Windows, them on your favorite portable Free) player. Although DVD Decrypter hasn't Photo by jonasj. been updated since 2005, it still Earlier this week we asked you works on a significant number of to share your favorite DVDDVDs and has a strong ripping tool. We tallied up the following resulting from both its votes, and now we're back to original user base and new users highlight the five most popular who find it cuts through the copy tools used by Lifehacker readers protection on their current DVDs to rip, backup, and encode their protected with CSS, Macrovision DVD collections. DVD content protection, region codes, Shrink(Windows, Free) and other hindrances. DVD Shrink is a free and Now that you've had a chance to capable ripping tool that excels look over the five most popular at, as the name would imply, DVD-ripping tools as nominated shrinking DVDs. DVDs come in protections. In addition to being not just ripping media but protection removal tools built in, by Lifehacker readers, it's time to two common formats: DVD-5 current on protection schemes, it recoding it for playback on w h i c h m e a n s y o u m a y cast your vote for the tool you (4.7GB) and DVD-9 (8.5GB); boasts a large array of options computers, portable devices, and occasionally need to use a 3rd- like best: the Reauthor mode in DVD for stripping and repacking your other non-disc based systems. party stripping tool to prepare Which DVD-Ripping Tool Is Shrink helps you to ditch disc DVDs once the copy protection Handbrake can help you convert your DVD for conversion. Best?( trends) extras and strip most larger is removed. You can rip the DVDs and other MPEG-based AnyDVD(Windows, $60 per Have a favorite that wasn't DVDs down to fit into a standard entire disc, rip only the main video into MP4 and MKV files. year) featured or a tip for ripping (and less expensive) DVD-5 m o v i e , o r s p l i t i t i n t o You can tweak settings like AnyDVD is another commercial DVDs? Let's hear about it in the disc. DVD Shrink does a good pieces—among other options. video frame rate and audio codec entry in this week's Hive Five. comments. If you have an idea job handling many protection Like DVD Shrink, DVD Fab playback to your heart's content It's not cheap, with a one year for a future Hive Five send us an schemes, but hasn't been updated also supports compressing DVD- with Handbrake, and even batch license running $60—although email at tips @ lifehacker.com encode all your media at one the multi-year discounts quickly with "Hive Five" in the subject to remove some of the newest 9 discs to fit on DVD-5 discs. time to make filling up your iPod stack up—but it can boast that it line. schemes. Handbrake(Windows/Mac/Linux o r o t h e r d e v i c e r e l a t i v e l y stays on top of current protection DVD Fab(Windows, $50) p a i n l e s s . T h e o n e m a j o r and encryption schemes to DVD Fab is a commercial DVD , Free) ripper that supports the removal Handbrake is a DVD-ripping shortcoming of Handbrake is that makes sure you're never locked o f a l l c u r r e n t D V D c o p y tool with a strong emphasis on i t d o e s n ' t h a v e a n y c o p y out of your own discs. In

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This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
(Lifehacker)
released Firefox 3.5.7, a tiny update addressing a common stability issue and changing the way major updates are presented • WineBottler Turns Windows to users. Programs into Standalone OS X • Skype 4.2 Beta Makes HDApplications(Mac) Mac only: Quality Video Calls(Windows) Wine has always been popular For some head-scratching among Linux users for running reason, Skype didn't mention a Windows programs, but Wine is major upgrade to its recent available for Mac, too-and now, Windows beta when it dropped free utility WineBottler can in early December. That would "bottle" Windows programs into be the ability to make 720p, HDseparate application bundles that quality video calls if your video run as standalone Mac apps. hardware supports it. • Driver Magician Free Today • Chrome Dev Channel Updates Only, Normally $30(Windows) for All Platforms, Adds Windows: Keeping all your data Extension Support for backed up is a smart move, but Macs(Windows/Mac/Linux) what about the device drivers Windows/Mac/Linux: If you're that are sometimes hard to pin living life on the bleeding edge down after a re-install? Driver only: Getting jolted awake by T i d i e s U p Y o u r W i n d o w s of Google's Chrome browser, Magician, a free download your alarm in the middle of a Folders(Windows) Windows good news: Google just pushed today, backs up and restores your great dream is a drag. The Sleep only: Organizing the eleventy- out an update to the dev channel, C y c l e a p p w a t c h e s y o u r billion files you've got stuffed improving HTML5 audio and Windows drivers. • B o x e e B e t a O f f i c i a l l y slumbers and wakes you when into folders on your hard drive is video for all platforms, bringing Available for A l l you're lightly dozing, instead of about as much fun as watching extension and bookmark sync to Platforms(Windows/Mac/Linux/ right before you win the lottery. cheese go moldy. Freeware Macs, and more. A p p l e T V ) • Enna is an Attractive Linux u t i l i t y D i g i t a l J a n i t o r • Facebook for iPhone Gets C e n t e r automatically sorts your files by Push Notifications, Contact Windows/Mac/Linux/Apple TV: M e d i a Boxee-the XBMC media center Application(Linux) Linux only: type and puts them where you Sync(iPhone/iPod touch) iPhone: spin-off that took web video by Previously mentioned media want them. If you're a Facebook user who F i r e f o x 3 . 5 . 7 U p d a t e also happens to own an iPhone, storm-has just released its first center GeeXboX has finally • public beta into the wild. The released a stable version of their A d d r e s s e s S t a b i l i t y I s s u e , the social network's iPhone app new release comes with a new new interface, called Enna. Used T w e a k s H o w U p d a t e s is one of the best out there, and look, improved features, and a w i t h G e e X b o X o r a s a Work(Windows/Mac/Linux) today it got a little better, adding standalone application, it handles Firefox users, expect your push notifications and contact few new tricks up its sleeve. • Sleep Cycle Analyzes Your all your music, photos, videos, browser to prompt you with a syncing to your Address Book. minor update sometime in the Sleep Patterns for a Better Wake- and even ebooks-with style. Up(iPhone/iPod touch) iPhone • Digital Janitor Automatically next day or so; Mozilla has just
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Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate 1 Officially Available for Download [Downloads]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 4:45:00 PM

Windows/Mac/Linux: Mozilla just pushed out the first release candidate for the upcoming Firefox 3.6. Early adopters, start your downloads. Firefox 3.6 has been a muchdelayed release, but the release candidate means that the final release is just around the corner. The Firefox 3.6 release comes packed with Personas built-in (the no-restart theming functionality), better tools to keep plug-ins up to date, improved performance, and improvements for HTML5. (Speaking of, here's HTML5 will change the way you use the web.) Update: If you're using the common about:config hack to make your extensions compatible with the latest release, it's going to break with the new version; here's how to make your extensions work with Firefox 3.6. Firefox 3.6 RC1 is a free download for early adopters, works on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Firefox 3.6 RC 1[Mozilla]

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Make Your Own Twinkies (Without the 100-Year Shelf Life) [DIY]
By Lisa Hoover (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 8:00:00 AM

"Tweet" word of the year, "Google" word of the decade
(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 10:27:10 PM

For some (me), Twinkies are one of life's best indulgences—but the idea of ingesting something that could theoretically survive a nuclear winter is a little unnerving. Here's a preservative-free recipe for the yummy snack cakes you can feel good about. To whip these bad boys together, food web site CHOW demonstrates that all you'll need is a few common ingredients you may already have in your kitchen—eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, and vanilla. That's all there is to the cake portion of this recipe, though if

you want your treats authentically-shaped you'll need a baking pan like this. Twinkies aren't really Twinkies without the cream, of course. That's just as easy to make as the cake itself, and here's all you

need: * 4 ounces mascarpone or cream cheese, at room temperature * 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and scraped, seeds reserved (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract) * 3 large egg whites

* 2/3 cup granulated sugar The post gets into details about how to make the cream and assemble the cakes, so you'll want to check it out for more. Be sure to also glance at the comments for more ideas on how to make knock-off Twinkies, including using a buttercream frosting in place of the vanilla cream. We're always on the lookout for healthier versions of the forbidden-to-our-diet-plan food we love. Know some great recipes? Make us drool in the comments. Make Your Own Twinkies[CHOW]

The 121-year-old American Dialect Society made its pronouncements for the end of 2009, and it looks like the Web is hot in linguistic circles. Based on the criteria of accuracy, excitement, and durabilility, after an hour long deliberation, the committee of academics proclaimed “tweet” the word of the year and “Google” the word of the decade. The above Washington Post video captures some of the arguments that went into the decision. More on linguinstics. Permalink| Leave a comment »

FreeDocumentaries Catalogs Free Documentaries for Your Viewing Pleasure [Movies]
By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 2:00:00 PM

FreeDocumentaries is a large repository of documentary films that have been released by their respective copyright owners for public display. You won't be stuck watching dated old films however—the offerings are

FreeDocumentaries are recent and intriguing. One of the problems with many of the free offerings you'll find on the internet, especially in the category of full length movies, is that they're rather lacking and often filled with outdated and boring films. FreeDocumentaries is packed with recent films that are quite interesting like Adam

Road to Guantanamo, and Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me. You can browse the documentaries by topic, search by title or topic, or view films by the regions they document. Clicking on any film listing will give you a trailer, additional Curtis' The Century of the Self, information about the film, and Michael Winterbottom's The allow you to select the window

size you want to watch the film in. FreeDocumentaries is a completely free and requires no registration. Have a favorite site for watching free movies online? Let's hear about it in the c o m m e n t s . FreeDocumentaries[via WiseBread]

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DIY Folding Table Saves Space, Doubles As Picture Frame [DIY]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 4:00:00 PM

Take Dramatic Photos with a DIY DrinkingStraw Snoot [DIY]
By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)
pack—you use a snoot to tightly focus the flash into an intense area, instead of diffusing it softly Submitted at 1/9/2010 3:00:00 PM around the room. If you've ever looked a photo The raw materials are nearly with dramatic lighting in the free they're so cheap; the biggest style of old detective movies, investment you'll make is the you're likely seeing the effect of time it takes to cut up the straws a snoot—a flash-modifier that and glue/tape the whole thing directs light in a tight pattern. together (which really shouldn't You can mimic the effect with take that long). Check out the straws. tutorial at the link below for The appropriately named blog sample pictures and a step-byLightingMods has a tutorial for s t e p b u i l d g u i d e . H a v e a turning a box of drinking straws, photograph-related hack of your cardboard, and tape into a snoot own to share? Let's hear about it for your camera flash. A snoot is in the comments. DIY Black essentially the opposite of Straw Snoot Grid Part 1 and Part diffusion—we showed you how 2[LightingMods] to diffuse your flash with an old film canister and a cigarette

Don't have a lot of space for a kitchen table but would love the option of a sit-down meal from time to time? This clever picture table design is a beautiful solution—and one you could certainly do yourself. don't, it folds unobtrusively up to From the folks at Ivy Design, the wall, doubling as a picture the picture table folds down frame. They don't offer any when you need it, and when you

specific schematics (they're selling their design), but it seems like something you could figure out for your own space easily enough. The folks at DIY blog Make even highlight a similar design from a DIY furniture book from the 70's. Either way, it's a clever idea, and could be very handy in a cramped space. Picture Table[Ivy Design via Make]

CBS exec: NBC's Leno experiment didn't work - TCA Report
By Joel Keller (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 10:39:00 AM

It was a long, long, lonnnng first official TCA day yesterday, with CBS, Showtime, and the CW trotting out their newest and finest in front of the critics, followed by the epic Survivor anniversary party Bob mentioned the other day. I'll spill out some highlights during the morning. But I wanted to quickly start with CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler's very confident executive session. Why was she so confident? Shows that are often winning

their time periods helps. But she also seems to be in a "told ya so" mood about NBC and its Leno / Conan mess. In her opening remarks, for instance, she

mentioned how good the freshman slate of shows was doing on every network... except NBC. During the Q&A, she said that the other networks "fared very well during this experimental phase for NBC." Continue reading CBS exec: NBC's Leno experiment didn't work - TCA Report Filed under: Industry, Cancellations, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

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California The Founder Showcase The Founder Showcase, by Submitted at 1/9/2010 12:00:00 PM TheFunded.com, is an open We've been in a globe-trotting startup pitch and networking mood for the past two weeks event that highlights the newest here at the ReadWriteWeb cutting-edge businesses and Events Guide, adding new helps innovators gain traction conferences and seminars in among the Silicon Valley elite. L o n d o n a n d A u s t r a l i a . A s On Thursday, January 14th, 10 always, you can download the of the most promising earlyentire event calendar in iCal stage companies, as selected by format or import it into your over 13,000 registered Founders Google Calendar. You can also and CEOs on TheFunded.com, import individual events using will present to an audience of the link beside each entry. We over 300 investors, founders, and publish it every weekend, as members of the press. A panel of good a time as any to review experts will critique the pitches, your conference plans. This and an open ballot of those in events guide is a weekly feature attendance will determine the here on ReadWriteWeb. Founder Showcase Winner. Know of an event taking place ReadWriteWeb readers receive that should appear here? Let us a 10% discount when registering, know in the comments below or just use discount code "RWW". contact us. 20 January 2010: London Sponsor New Digital Revenue Streams 11 January 2010: Nashville, Seminar Tennessee Madgex and Abacus e-Media Social Fresh Nashville are hosting a free seminar that T h i s i s t h e s o c i a l m e d i a will offer advice and case studies conference that comes to you. from media organisations that Social Fresh is a one-day, case- have successfully created a direct study-rich conference targeted impact on profit margins. The for marketers. Social Fresh e v e n t i s s u p p o r t e d b y t h e Nashville will have 30-plus Association of Online Publishers speakers, including Jason Falls (AOP) and Haymarket-owned of Social Media Explorer, Gavin Brand Republic, and will feature Baker of Ruby Tuesday and John s p e a k e r s , i n c l u d i n g D a v i d Andrews of Collective Bias A r c h e r , C E O o f S c o t t i s h (formerly of Walmart). Television. ReadWriteWeb readers get a The breakfast seminar takes 15% discount with the code place at the Council Chambers, "RWW15". Law Society, 113 Chancery 14 January 2010: Palo Alto, Lane, London from 8.30-11 a.m. from the Top Fortune companies to discuss innovative strategies on how to maximise business performance through social media engagement. The event will include keynote speeches, best-practice presentations as well as interactive discussion sessions. The summit will provide excellent opportunities for you to hear international experts discuss (registration and breakfast from best practices on how to drive 8.15 a.m.). To register, book here business performance using Web o r e m a i l 2.0 and social media. Key issues [email protected]. to be discussed include: 26 January 2010: San Francisco, • How to integrate social media California programs successfully into Catalyst Conference Vator.tv, a leading platform for business strategies? entrepreneurs and innovators to • Building business momentum, b r o a d c a s t t h e m s e l v e s , a n d visibility and market growth p r o v i d e r o f n e w s a n d through social media information through VatorNews, • M e a s u r i n g s u c c e s s a n d and Girls in Tech, a social influence using metrics and network enterprise focused on analytics: what are the tools and education and empowerment of techniques influential women in technology, • Integrating viral marketing and are seeking five women-led social media into traditional startups across any stage to marketing mix p r e s e n t a t t h e C a t a l y s t • Developing and activating Conference on January 26, 2010 audiences using social media at the Commonwealth Club in c h a n n e l s s u c h a s T w i t t e r , San Francisco. 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Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over
By Marshall Kirkpatrick (ReadWriteWeb)
video below, the privacy part we transcribe is from 3:00 to 4:00. Zuckerberg: Submitted at 1/9/2010 9:25:34 PM "When I got started in my dorm F a c e b o o k f o u n d e r M a r k room at Harvard, the question a Zuckerberg told a live audience lot of people asked was 'why yesterday that if he were to w o u l d I w a n t t o p u t a n y create Facebook again today, information on the Internet at user information would by all? Why would I want to have a default be public, not private as it website?' was for years until the company "And then in the last 5 or 6 c h a n g e d d r a m a t i c a l l y i n years, blogging has taken off in a December. huge way and all these different In a six-minute interview on services that have people sharing stage with TechCrunch founder all this information. People have Michael Arrington, Zuckerberg really gotten comfortable not spent 60 seconds talking about only sharing more information Facebook's privacy policies. His and different kinds, but more s t a t e m e n t s w e r e o f m a j o r openly and with more people. importance for the world's T h a t s o c i a l n o r m i s j u s t largest social network - and his something that has evolved over arguments in favor of an about- time. face on privacy deserve close "We view it as our role in the scrutiny. system to constantly be Sponsor innovating and be updating what Zuckerberg offered roughly 8 our system is to reflect what the s e n t e n c e s i n r e s p o n s e t o current social norms are. Arrington's question about where "A lot of companies would be privacy was going on Facebook trapped by the conventions and and around the web. The their legacies of what they've question was referencing the built, doing a privacy change changes Facebook underwent doing a privacy change for 350 last month. Your name, profile million users is not the kind of picture, gender, current city, thing that a lot of companies networks, Friends List, and all would do. But we viewed that as the pages you subscribe to are a really important thing, to n o w p u b l i c l y a v a i l a b l e always keep a beginner's mind information on Facebook. This and what would we do if we means everyone on the web can were starting the company now see it; it is searchable. I'll post and we decided that these would Zuckerberg's sentences on their be the social norms now and we own first, then follow up with just went for it." That's Not a the questions they raise in my Believable Explanation mind. You can also watch the This is a radical change from the makes me wonder if Facebook's changing philosophies about privacy are just convenient stories to tell while the company shifts its strategy to exert control over the future of the web. Facebook's Different Stories First the company kept user data siloed inside its site alone, saying that a high degree of user privacy would make users comfortable enough to share more information with a smaller number of trusted people. Now that it has 350 million people signed up and connected to their friends and family in a way they never have been before - now Facebook decides that the initial, privacy-centric, contract with users is out of date. That users actually want to share openly, with the world at large, and incidentally (as Facebook's Director of Public Policy Barry Schnitt told me in December) that it's time for increased pageviews and advertising revenue, too. The Flimsy Evidence What makes Facebook think the world is becoming more public and less private? Zuckerberg cites the rise of blogging "and all these different services that have people sharing all this information." That last part must mean Twitter, right? But blogging is tiny compared to Facebook! It's made a big impact on the world, but only because it perhaps doubled or tripled the small percentage of people online who publish longform text content. Not very many people write blogs, almost everyone is on Facebook. Facebook's Barry Schnitt told us last month that he too believes the world is becoming more open and his evidence is Twitter, MySpace, comments posted to newspaper websites and the rise of Reality TV. But Facebook is bigger and is growing much faster than all of those other things. Do they really expect us to believe that the popularity of reality TV is evidence that users want their Facebook friends lists and fan pages made permanently public? Why cite those kinds phenomena as evidence that the red hot social network needs to change its ways? The company's justifications of the claim that they are reflecting broader social trends just aren't credible. A much more believable explanation is that Facebook wants user information to be made public and so they "just went for it," to use Zuckerberg's words from yesterday. (Why didn't Arrington press Zuckerberg on stage about this? The rise of blogging is evidence that Facebook needs to change its fundamental stance on privacy?) This is Very Important Facebook allows everyday people to share the minutia of their daily lives with trusted FACEBOOK'S page 37

way that Zuckerberg pounded on the importance of user privacy for years. That your information would only be visible to the people you accept as friends was fundamental to the DNA of the social network that hundreds of millions of people have joined over these past few years. Privacy control, he told me less than 2 years ago, is "the vector around which Facebook operates." I don't buy Zuckerberg's argument that Facebook is now only reflecting the changes that society is undergoing. I think Facebook itself is a major agent of social change and by acting otherwise Zuckerberg is being arrogant and condescending. Perhaps the new privacy controls will prove sufficient. Perhaps Facebook's pushing our culture away from privacy will end up being a good thing. The way the company is going about it makes me very uncomfortable, though, and some of the changes are clearly bad. It is clearly bad to no longer allow people to keep the pages they subscribe to private on Facebook. This major reversal, backed-up by superficial explanations,

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This is the social media conference that comes to you. Social Fresh is a one-day, casestudy-rich conference targeted for marketers. Social Fresh Tampa will have 30+ speakers, including Chris Barger of GM, Maggie Fox of Social Media Group and John Andrews of Collective Bias (formerly of Walmart). ReadWriteWeb readers get a 15% discount with the code "RWW15". 10 February 2010: New York City Online Community Unconference East The Online Community Unconference East is a gathering of online community professionals - managers, developers, business people, tool providers, investors - to discuss experience and strategies in the development and growth of online communities. As we have found with our past events, the best source of information on all of these challenges is other knowledgeable practitioners. The event runs from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Digital Sandbox. 11 February 2010: New York City NYC Venture Capital and Angel Showcase

FundingPost is hosting a VC showcase where 20-plus VC funds and angel groups will be exhibiting their firms during a great cocktail party setting. Each fund will have their own table setup for the sole purpose of meeting great new companies. Additionally, there will be an optional pitching workshop from 2:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. The cost to participate in the workshop will be $400. This workshop includes the $125 ticket to the event, and a 1/4 page listing in the Venture Guide Magazine. This event is sponsored by Credit Suisse, and takes place at One Madison Avenue, from 69:15 p.m. 18 February 2010: Silicon Valley, California Future of Funding Active limited partners, top rated venture capitalists, and successful entrepreneurs are invited to Silicon Valley on February 18, 2010 to discuss the Future of Funding. The venture capital bubble has burst, and change is coming. Now is the time to have a constructive dialog about the future with all of the stakeholders at the table. Don't miss the opportunity to partake in this exclusive event hosted by TheFunded. Please

visit www.futureoffunding.com to see speaker and event details. ReadWriteWeb readers use the code "RWW" and get 10% off. 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 7 – 9 April 2010: Sydney, Australia

ConnectNow ConnectNow brings together international specialists and thought leaders in social media, emerging technologies and their intersection with business. Learn how the realtime web, location based services, augmented reality, ubiquitous computing and personalised services are changing marketing and communications. Understand the importance of trust in relationship marketing and what is "social currency". For more i n f o e m a i l [email protected]. 11 May 2010: San Francisco, California FinovateSpring FinovateSpring 2010 will again showcase the most cutting-edge financial and banking technology innovations to Silicon Valley and the world. With Finovate's signature mix of short, fast-paced onstage demos (no slides are allowed) from handpicked companies and intimate networking time with their executives, this conference packs a ton of unique value into a single day. Come see the cutting edge of banking and financial technology and network with hundreds of the leading financial executives,

venture capitalists, press, industry analysts, bloggers and fintech entrepreneurs. Early bird registration rates are available. 5 October 2010: New York City FinovateFall FinovateFall will return to Manhattan on Tuesday, October 5 to showcase dozens of the biggest and most innovative new ideas in financial and banking technology from established leaders and hot young companies. The Fall event is the original and largest Finovate and features a single day packed with our special blend of short, fastpaced onstage demos (no slides are allowed) and intimate networking time with top executives from the innovative demoing companies. FinovateFall is a unique chance to see the future of finance and banking before your competition and find the edge you need in today's market. Early bird registration rates are available. Download this entire events calendar in iCal format. Discuss

Go ahead, click, make my day
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Submitted at 1/10/2010 12:49:29 AM

“Go ahead…make my day.”

“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

Have you ever wondered about

the origins of these great movie lines? Now you can know. Total coverage of movies. Photo credit: Wikipedia

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How the Cathedral and the Bazaar Is Shaping the Future of Comics
By Dana Oshiro (ReadWriteWeb)
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Today's startups, entrepreneurs and investors live and die by what seem like a series of holy proverbs. "Release early, release often" is perhaps one of the most poignant phrases when considering product launch and feature scope. On this cold Saturday, we're paying homage to the origins of the concept by recognizing one of the seminal works in programming philosophy, and looking at a recent startup that's taken it to heart. Sponsor In the late nineties Eric S. Raymond presented The Cathedral and the Bazaar convincing Netscape to publish open source code. The work's premises "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" and "release early, release often" were meant to justify early releases and crowdsourcing community feedback. While his work originally made a case for open source releases, it has gone on to inspire many outside of the open source realm.

Lead by Micah Baldwin, TechStars' comic platform Graphic.ly is launching its beta version under the "release early, release often" tenet. Said Baldwin in a recent blog post, "If we are truly going to get the community involved, we need them involved early and often. We need them now." ReadWriteWeb first covered the mobile comic platform in November under its original name, TakeComics. Since then the company has rebranded as Graphic.ly, announced raising a little over a million dollars from Starz Media and appointed Baldwin as CEO. As a serial entrepreneur, Baldwin rationalizes his company's early release saying, "So many young entrepreneurs

friends and family, to easily distribute photos and videos - if you use it regularly you know get stuck in the 'What if' world how it has made a very real and try to release the perfect app. impact on families and social At Graphic.ly, we just released groups that used to communicate our Baby Beta, which frankly very infrequently. Accessible sucked. Badly. But we are social networking technology getting amazing feedback, and its changes communication between clear that it will be such a better people in a way similar to if not as intensely as the introduction product in the long term." Baldwin is using a combination of the telephone and the printing of GetSatisfaction and Zendesk press. It changes the fabric of to manage early-stage feedback. peoples' lives together. 350 Graphic.ly is also looking to million people signed up for adapt products like Google Facebook under the belief their M o d e r a t o r f o r p r o a c t i v e information could be shared just feedback in order to engage between trusted friends. Now community members in the the company says that's old engineering and product discussions. When asked about possible outcomes for the release, Baldwin replied, "The worst case scenario is that we don't engage our community properly and lose By Associated Press their trust. There is nothing more (ESPN.com) dire than lost trust. The best case Submitted at 1/10/2010 6:51:09 AM is that everyone who uses Graphic.ly sees their fingerprints Fast Facts all over it and shows it to their • The Jets won their first playoff friends proudly, saying 'I built game since beating the Chargers that. That's something I did.'" in the 2004 Wild Card round. The service's first batch of • Mark Sanchez became just the invites got out tonight, to register fourth rookie QB in NFL history for the service fill out the form to win his postseason debut, joining Shaun King ('99 Bucs), here. Discuss Ben Roethlisberger ('04 Steelers) and Joe Flacco ('08 Ravens). Sanchez and Flacco are the only ones to do it on the road. • Sanchez was an efficient 12 for 15 for 182 yards and 1 TD, good for a passer rating of 139.4.

news, that people are changing. I don't believe it. I think Facebook is just saying that because that's what it wants to be true. Whether less privacy is good or bad is another matter, the change of the contract with users based on feigned concern for users' desires is offensive and makes any further moves by Facebook suspect. See also: A Closer Look at Facebook's New Privacy Options Discuss

Rookies lead Jets past Bengals into 2nd round
• Jets rookie Shonn Greene carried 21 times for 135 yards and a TD. Greene's total was tied for the third-highest by a rookie in his postseason debut since the merger. It was also tied for the second-highest single-game total in Jets posteason history. • The Bengals have not won a playoff game since 1990 (lost three straight). That 19-year drought is the longest active streak in the NFL. • Blog thread -- ESPN Stats & Information Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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The World’s Most Notorious Dynasty – The Borgias Comes to Showtime (in 2011)
By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers)
television writer/producer Michael Hirst, who created, wrote and executive produced Submitted at 1/9/2010 5:13:56 PM SHOWTIME’s original series via Showtime release: The Tudors, will serve as FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE executive producer/writer. T H E W O R L D ’ S M O S T “Having blazed a trail with the NOTORIOUS DYNASTY – award-winning THE TUDORS, THE BORGIAS – COMES TO we wanted to continue to offer SHOWTIME our audience a period drama as Network Greenlights Epic wicked, witty, and utterly Drama Series Starring Oscar® compelling– and that’s what W inner Jeremy Irons and THE BORGIAS will be,” said Executive Produced by Academy Greenblatt. “I can guarantee Award® W inning Director Neil you’ve never seen a family quite Jordan and Veteran Film and like this before, nor could you Television W riter/Producer make up the outrageous twists Michael Hirst and turns of their epic saga if LOS ANGELES, CA, January your life depended on it. The 09, 2010 – Showtime Networks directorial mastery of Neil has ordered 10 episodes of a one- Jordan along with Michael hour drama series based on the H i r s t ’ s f l a i r f o r b r i n g i n g infamous Italian Renaissance historical dramas vividly to life family The Borgias, it was for a contemporary audience will announced today by Robert make THE BORGIAS unlike G r e e n b l a t t , P r e s i d e n t o f anything else on television.” Entertainment, Showtime THE BORGIAS will be a Networks Inc. Oscar®- winning complex, unvarnished portrait of actor Jeremy Irons will star in one of history’s’ most intriguing the epic drama series as Rodrigo and infamous dynastic families. B o r g i a , t h e c u n n i n g , The series begins as the family’s manipulative patriarch of The patriarch Rodrigo (Jeremy Borgia family who ascends to the Irons), becomes Pope, propelling highest circles of power within him, his two Machiavellian sons R e n a i s s a n c e - e r a I t a l y . Cesare and Juan, and his Additionally, Academy Award® scandalously beautiful daughter, winning director Neil Jordan ( Lucrezia, to become the most The Crying Game) will create powerful and influential family and executive produce the series of the Italian Renaissance. And as well as direct the first two all that power and influence episodes. Veteran film and eventually leads to their demise. Merchant of Venice, Lolita, and Appaloosa. Last season he appeared on Broadway in Impressionism opposite Joan Allen. He is currently nominated for a Golden Globe and SAG Award for his performance in Georgia O’Keeffe. The series will be produced as a Canadian-European Treaty coproduction in a manner similar to the production of THE TUDORS. It will go into production this spring for a debut in early 2011. ### Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL TM and FLIX®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME® TOO TM, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILYZONE® and TMC As Machiavelli once said about Elizabeth I, The Great War and X T R A . S N I a l s o o f f e r s his friends, the Borgias, “Politics the Shaping of the 20th Century), S H O W T I M E H D ® , T H E have no relation to morals.” two Golden Globe®Awards ( MOVIE CHANNEL HD TM, Jeremy Irons is one of the most Elizabeth I, Reversal of Fortune) SHOWTIME ON DEMAND celebrated film, television and and a Screen Actors Guild T M a n d T H E M O V I E stage actors of the last thirty Award® ( Elizabeth I). His list CHANNEL ON DEMAND TM. years. He has won the Academy o f m e m o r a b l e f i l m s a n d SNI also manages Smithsonian Award® ( Reversal of Fortune), television include; Brideshead N e t w o r k s , a j o i n t v e n t u r e a Tony Award® ( The Real Revisited, The Mission, Dead WORLD’S page 42 Thing), two Emmy Awards® ( R i n g e r s , B e i n g J u l i a , T h e

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Chuck Returns: How Will It Do Once The The NBC Suckage Tax Is Assessed?
By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 1:19:39 AM

Good news! It has been a long wait for a new episode of Chuck, since April 27 when it had its season two finale. When NBC made its announcements for this season last May we were going to get 13 new episodes of Chuck in a 3rd season and they were going to show up in March. But through the magic of the TV disaster that is NBC, Chuck is back sooner – and with more episodes, 19 total – than originally planned. Bad News! Sooner than planned with more episodes is good news for Chuck fans. Most of the fans won’t likely care about that happening precisely because NBC is in shambles in primetime. But discriminating TV by the Numbers readers will see it for the double-edged sword it is. Yes, the good news is that Chuck is coming back sooner and with more episodes. But the bad news is its airing on a network hardly anyone watches anymore. And yes, even fewer people are watching NBC now than when Chuck aired its season two finale last April. NBC Gave It The Best On-Air Promotion It Could In fairness to NBC, it promoted the hell out of both the two hour

Sunday premiere and the Monday premiere during the “Wild Card Saturday” NFL games that aired on NBC with lots of promotion spots, and blurbs from Al Michaels. Though at least once Michaels said to catch the two hour premiere on MONDAY (even though it’s on Sunday) causing Chuck co-creator and showrunner Josh Schwartz to wonder if Al Michaels secretly

works for FOX. Otherwise, the only thing that would’ve been better is if NBC had an NFL playoff game late Sunday afternoon to lead-in to Chuck. Unfortunately, there’s no more NFL on NBC until next fall. The Competition By airing at 9pm barring some kind of freakish triple overtime game with the late afternoon game on FOX, the two-hour

premiere is at least almost assured of not having to air against NFL playoff game. So Chuck is most likely going to face a 20th Anniversary Simpson’s special/documentary and the Cleveland Show on FOX, Desperate Housewives on ABC and Cold Case on CBS at 9pm. At 10pm the only broadcast competition will be Brothers & Sisters on ABC and a repeat of Criminal Minds on

CBS. Prediction When we last saw Chuck it was pulling a 2.4 rating with adults 18-49 and 6.12 million viewers in the 8pm hour on a Monday in the overnight Live+SD numbers. I’d love to predict a 2.6 and 7 million viewers, but because it’s NBC, I can’t. In fact, what I want to do is CHUCK page 41

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via press release: DIANE SAWYER TO ANCHOR “ABC WORLD NEWS” FROM KABUL AND REPORT “AFGHANISTAN: WHERE THINGS STAND” BEGINNING MONDAY, JANUARY 11 Coverage to Include Reporting from Bill Weir with the American Forces Fighting on the Front Lines in Afghanistan Also the Results of an E x c l u s i v e A B C News/BBC/ARD National Opinion Poll of Afghans Finds Afghans’ Hopes for the Future Have Soared; Marks Dramatic Reversal from a Year Ago Diane Sawyer will anchor “ABC World News” from Kabul and report the next installment in ABC News’ award-winning series “Afghanistan: Where Things Stand” on January 11 and 12. As a part of “Where Things Stand” coverage, Sawyer will conduct an interview with

General McChrystal and travel with him as he surveys different parts of the battlefield in Afghanistan. Coverage will also include reports on U.S. military efforts to train Afghans to take over the fight. “Good Morning America Weekend” Anchor Bill Weir and an ABC News team are embedded with U.S. forces and will report for “World News” from forward operating bases at

the heart of the conflict, covering first-hand the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. Sawyer and Weir will also file reports for “Good Morning America,” “Nightline,” ABC News Radio and ABC News Digital. This is Sawyer’s fifth trip to Afghanistan; she last reported from there in April 2007. The last installment of “Afghanistan: Where Things Stand” was

reported by Martha Raddatz in February 2009. A central component of “Afghanistan: Where Things Stand” is an exclusive, national poll of more than 1,500 Afghans sponsored by ABC News, the BBC, and the German network ARD. The survey, with field work by the Afghan Center for Socio-Economic and Opinion Research, is ABC’s fifth in Afghanistan, allowing the

network to track changes in public attitudes as they’ve evolved. This year’s results find that hopes for a better future have soared in Afghanistan, bolstered by a broad rally in support for the country’s re-elected president, improved development efforts, economic gains and a softening of criticisms of the United States and NATO. But many challenges remain: Complaints about official corruption are higher than ever, views of the United States’ performance remain weak and many Afghans still blame allied forces for civilian casualties. Results of the survey and extensive analysis from ABC News’ Polling Unit will be reported across all ABC News broadcasts and platforms and available online beginning Monday at 6:00AM at http://abcnews.go.com/PollingU nit/story?id=9511961page=1 Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Power out at Cleveland airport, flights canceled (AP)
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apply a straight 20 percent NBC suckage tax for being on NBC. NBC isn’t down by that much versus last season, but increases to Sunday Night Football have helped the overall averages some. The ratings carnage particularly for scripted one hour dramas is worse, and this will be the first Sunday in a long while where NBC has had any scripted content. The 20% suckage tax yields a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. Because it’s Chuck(and not, for instance Trauma, or Mercy) I’ll assess only a 15% NBC suckage tax. That yields a 2.0 rating with

While all the noise about Jay Leno moving back to 11:30 hasn’t done anything for The Jay Leno Show’s 10pm ratings, perhaps the noise about whether Conan will stay or go has helped with The Tonight Show at 11:30. Last night Conan crushed By Robert Seidman go,” she continues, “but if you We have high hopes for it Letterman in adults 18-49 (1.2/4 (TVbytheNumbers) would’ve asked me [over the staying on the air for a while.” r a t i n g / s h a r e v s . 0 . 8 / 3 ) i n summer whether it would end As Q notes in the comments Nielsen’s 25 local markets with Submitted at 1/9/2010 7:04:21 PM this season] I would’ve said, below, Ms. Ostroff’s comments People Meters. “I’m really pleased with the ‘Oh, probably.’ But I can’t say on Saturday don’t really line up Jimmy Fallon (0.7/3 in 18-49) show,” CW president Dawn that now.” very well with her comments last edged out Craig Feguson (0.6/3) Ostroff says. “Creatively, I think - via Ausiello Files at 12:30. summer. they’ve done a great job. And the Update: But commenter “Q”, According to my scheduling Oops? ratings are [strong] on Friday much more of a Smallville(and Five Filters featured article: info, all four shows were new night. I have to commend [the as a result Ostroff) observer than Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: last night. producers]… It’s not easy in I notes that at last summer’s PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Here’s the video of Conan season 9 to keep a show fresh. press tour executive session discussing the news/rumors: Term Extraction. And you know what I think? The Ostroff had this to say about think the producers have come Five Filters featured article: fans have really liked the show Smallville: up with some really good Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: this season. PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, I hope it’s not the last season,” storylines this season. I think the “I don’t know which way we’ll Ostroff says of Smallville. “I show has a lot of life left in it. Term Extraction.

adults 18-49 and 5.2 million. Please note that my prediction for the premiere of FlashForward was too low, and my prediction for the premiere of V was way, way, way too low. Hopefully that prediction curse will continue and will be the case with Chuck’s season three premiere as well. Half-Hourly Overnight Data Table for April 27, 2009: A look back in time to the glory days of spring 2009… Contest There is no “guess the ratings” contest for Chuck, but you can enter your guesses below for the

joy of being proved right! There is a “ How “Awesome” is Chuck?” contest involving Monday night’s episode, and I might have made the degree of difficulty to participate high enough where those who do participate will have very, very good odds of winning! Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Late Night: Conan Crushes Dave on Friday Night
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When Oprah made her tearful, but happy, announcement about the ending of The Oprah Winfrey Show, she committed to making 2010 something special. That was clearly in her mind as Oprah has reportedly booked Susan Boyle, the Scottish singing star who catapulted to fame in 2009 after appearing on Britain's Got Talent, for a sit down interview and musical interlude on Wednesday, January 14. That's right, the six million CD selling Boyle will actually be in Chicago's Harpo Studios. No satellite feed this time. Nope,

Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have said that when Lost ends, there won't be a spinoff, a sequel, or even a feature film based on the show. When it's Susan Boyle will be able to jump done, it's done. up and down on the couch just ABC never got that memo. like Tom Cruise. Or maybe she The network says that they want can bring her kitty cat, Pebbles, to keep the show going in some on the set and introduce her to way, and besides special DVDs and movies, there might also be a American audiences? Continue reading Susan Boyle spinoff TV show that features flying to Chicago just for Oprah new characters and a new plot. Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, [Insert heavy sigh here.] Haven't Music and Variety, Celebrities, they ever seen AfterMASH or The Golden Palace? Reality-Free P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | | While it's true that a spinoff can be good and successful ( we Comments talked about that yesterday), most are ill-conceived and just a

between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution. All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME® PPV. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Hannah Montana no more
By Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
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Disney records so it's not like the relationship is ending)? Was it the fact that she's getting older The Disney Channel has and before too long won't be able confirmed that this upcoming to pass for a high school student fourth season of the popular anymore? Or is she just fed up tween sitcom Hannah Montana with the role? will be the last. The final season Continue reading Hannah will have guest-stars such as Ray Montana no more Liotta and Two and a Half Men's Filed under: Celebrities, Disney? Was it Miley Cyrus' Cancellations, Reality-Free Angus T. Jones. Gee, what was the first clue that increasing star power? Was it her Permalink| Email this| | this would be the final season, singing career (which is for C o m m e n t s

Belarus says fails to agree Russian oil supply deal
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MINSK, Jan 9 - Russia and Belarus failed on Saturday to agree a new oil supply deal, the Belarussian government said, in a development that has revived fears of supply cutoffs to parts of Europe and pushed up prices.

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What's Douche of the Decade Joe Francis Up To Recently? Allegedly Involved in Casey Johnson's Last Days. [Gossip Roundup]
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What else? Joe Francis might have had something to do with Tila Tequila/ Casey Johnson. Angelie Jolie's latest production: Salt-y. Artie Lange has a gig, Lydia Hearst has a mans, Patti Smith's still punk. Presenting your Sunday Morning Gossip Roundup: • Was Joe Francis behind the video "announcing" that Tila Tequila and Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson were engaged? Possibly! Boris and Natasha-esque gossips Rush & Molloy this week found my sweet spot, as they set their moose-and-squirrel sights on two vile, vile creatures who maybe profited off of events that (intentionally or not) led to the death of Casey Johnson! Here's your money shot, Joe Francis: Some insiders believe "Girls Gone Wild" pornmeister Joe Francis was the secret architect of the sad spectacle, which they say was designed to hype Tequila's Francis-financed Web site. Lesson here: clearly, anybody who achieves fame on these levels whether inherited, or hustled, or by allegedly criminal acts (remember folks, Joe Francis has spent time in prison!)

just the most recent hiccup in the project. In August 2008, before shooting even started, Jolie replaced the movie's original star, Tom Cruise. The script was rewritten to make the main character, Edwin A. Salt, into Evelyn Salt, a CIA operative accused of being a Russian sleeper agent. The lessons, here? 1. Never become a screenwriter; you will be all but a body with warm blood in it to most of Hollywood. 2. Even Angelina Jolie has to do reshoots on her shitty movies.[ Page Six] • Jason Davis' family is trying to save him and somehow Tom Arnold got involved and became a ringer. Now Davis has hired professional sleaze-defendant Gloria Allred to take up his case, which obviously lends great amounts of credence to it. If I were a lawyer, I'd file a motion to dismiss based on the fact that Gloria Allred is in the courtroom, but, again, I didn't go has serious, serious fucking reshoots, or as the Page Six people," by which they mean, to law school. I just read the issues. Be glad you're not them. would painfully have it, "a pinch "fuckheads who don't know gossip pages. [ R & M, Second Meanwhile, the Jets dedicated of fixing." So they did reshoots nothin' about money." The Item] their game ball from last night's around New York. But the best denials come at the end of the • Sirius XM radio has noted that win to Johnson's dad, who owns part is the out-and-out denial item, but to give you a nice A r t i e L a n g e i s m o r e t h a n the Jets, and all members of the game producer Lorenzo di example of how expendable the welcome to come back to work organization wore bracelets B o n a v e n t u r a i s p l a y i n g . creative liberties that can be for them after he recovers from yesterday in memory of Casey. [ Producers like to assert that taken with creative properties his recent suicide attempt after R & M, NYDN, and NYDN] they'd never mess with the (like screenplays are), just read • The movie Angelina Jolie is integrity of the "talent," by near the top of the item, where WHAT'S page 46 working on, Salt, needed some which they mean "creative they note that: The reshoots were

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leader, and a politico sycophant who looks in one direction (up), so he needs him where he has Harry Reid somehow rose to be him: in his pocket. OH. And the Senate Majority Leader! Reid also, he doesn't need Reid to lose recently used the descriptor his incumbency, because the "negro" when talking about upcoming midterm elections President Obama. It made no don't look great for Democrats sense. He has now apologized. already, but that's to be expected. Especially because he realized That said, as someone from he's losing his office on it. Nevada, I find it funny that Reid's dumbass remark wasn't Harry Reid—or any Nevada entirely racist, it was just pretty politicians, really—have held racist, a n d — m o s t office for so long, as they all offensively—assumed that we mostly suck. Terribly. Then were all racists, too. But more again, this is the same state than anything, it was just a whose biggest populace keeps stupid thing to say. electing a guy who told a class of Reid's remarks were revealed in kids what kind of booze they a new book, "Game Change" by should be sucking down should journalists Mark Halperin and they ever be marooned on an John Heilemann about the 2008 island to be their mayor, so it's race. According to the book, really no surprise! But Reid is Reid was impressed by Obama's something else onto his own. candidacy during the primary He is, as far as DC politicos go, campaign, and privately said the a consummate fence-sitter and country was ready for a black relentless self-promoter. He's a president – particularly a "light- liberal Mormon who argues for skinned" one "with no Negro "family values," having taken dialect, unless he wanted to have p o s i t i o n s f o r a n d a g a i n s t one." abortion, for and against gay GAME CHANGE, indeed, as marriage, and for (and against!) Reid just moved the bar back for s u p p o r t i n g o r p u l l i n g o u r the complexity dumb racist shit country's military presence in people say can have on however Iraq. He's a bombastic selfmany different levels. Obama promoter, having famously has forgiven Reid, because worked to ensure his cameo in Obama doesn't need to talk about Stephen Soderbergh's Traffic, racist assholes in America any and makes sure he's at the front more than he already has. And of every photo opp he can take. also, Reid's the senate majority Reid was one of the first non-

crooked guys in the history of the Nevada Gaming Commission, and made sure to let everyone know that, and he's used that to keep getting elected by Nevadans who still have trouble identifying a Jack Mormon when they see one, even after the LDS church has

both helped build and profit from Vegas' infrastructure beyond the gaming industry. Also, Nevada's voters are patently lazy, and aren't too concerned with moral constitution of their politicos (naturally). See: Home-wrecking Republican John Ensign, America's Worst Governor Jim

"Manhandle" Gibbons, and the aforementioned Bombay Sapphire spokesperson, Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman. They're also conservative. But not conservative to the point where they're opposed to prostitution outside of Clark Country, or for that matter, Las Vegas. Basically, as opposed to the liberal sodomites you probably think they are, they just vote like fun-loving corrupt hicks. As for Reid's ability to hold office, there's that: he fits the profile perfectly, or at least, he has. But Nevada's getting sick of Reid. Las Vegas' economy took one of the biggest housing crisis hits in the country, and it has everyone there depressed and scared. The biggest project in the history of the city, City Center, had to be bailed out by Oilmen from Dubai, who also went broke. Just wait until their first quarter reports. People won't be happy, and then won't be happy again three months later. Meanwhile, Reid's popularity has been waning over the years with his rise to prominence within the Senate because Nevadans perceive him as being even more of an inaccessible starfucker than previously noted. But that's not why Reid's gonna lose. The Las Vegas Review Journal got some interestingly consistent poll HARRY page 47

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Rockonomics: The California-Prep Style Rebranding of Vampire Weekend [Pop Culture Aneurysm]
By Foster Kamer (Gawker)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 12:00:00 PM

A found-everywhere band of the last two years, Brooklyn-bred Vampire Weekend's back with a new album, and new press lines to go with it: they've transitioned from their "prep-chic" Ivy League linage image into ostensibly different "California"style brand identification. This all naturally culminates in the following Wall Street Journal headline: Vampire Weekend Goes from Columbia to California on Its New Album, "Contra" The nice thing about a band like Vampire Weekend is that they make the duties of a mostlystupid music press' job really, really easy, by giving them easy narratives to fill in. First it was "Here's a band the Ivy League enjoys!" Sample headlines: - Operation Ivy League: On Vampire Weekend's Vastly Bewildering Contra - Ivy band Vampire Weekend cuts teeth on Afro-indie debut - Vampire Weekend moves from the Ivy League to Flavor Flav - Columbia grads Vampire Weekend bypass the hype on debut album Etc, etc. For every article that didn't note that they were from the Ivy league or went to Columbia, there was certain to

be a lede in one that did. Music journalists have a hard time talking about music! Because context is important. But it'd be unfair to say that Vampire Weekend doesn't absolutely bring this upon themselves. After all, in rock, image is everything. Just ask Fucked Up or Les Savy Fav, who will never be as successful a band as Vampire Weekend, not because their music isn't mainstream ready—which, to be fair, it isn't—but because they're led by fat, hirsute guys who don't fit a specific visual appeal. But Vampire Weekend could only volley the Ivy League Press Line with their music—and with music journalists—for so long.

So now it's "Here's a band trying to shed their Ivy League identity in Golden State culture!" And it's hard to be sure exactly what California-chic is, suffice to say that Vampire Weekend—a band who's first album was often predicated on imagery of the east coast and days spent on campus at Columbia—are trying to embody it. Places very far from California like to use the image of a sunsoaked republic of beauty ("California Pizza Kitchen," for example) to transport their patrons to, uh, the brick pizza ovens and complex Cobb Salads of California. Same with Hollister, a store owned by Abercrombie & Fitch, which is

on it. The self-awareness is undeniable: Koenig has a theory that his most ardent detractors – "mostly," he guesses, "white, college-educated critics" – are just using Vampire Weekend for some easy point-scoring. "They don't often get the chance to be activists, so when they see us come along, it provides them with a brilliantly simple opportunity to be activists: 'This is an outrage! These people are exploitative!' Of course people should be on guard for exploitation, but ..." Their argument has one tiny flaw, also in the business of selling a Koenig suggests: "They're regional style (see: East Coast attacking a version of us that doesn't actually exist – the myth Wealth). Examples of Prep Chic: Boat of Vampire Weekend." Shoes, Polo Vests, Cable-Knit But as far as manifesting an Sweaters (like you'd find at image goes, they're making it too Abercrombie & Fitch or J- easy on writers. Two paragraphs Crew), Paul Simon comparisons. earlier: Examples of California Chic: "The way I look at it is: it's my Skate Shoes, California T-Shirts God-given right to wear a cricket ( like you'd find at Hollister or sweater just as it is my right to Pacific Sunwear), Dick Dale wear a [Ralph Lauren] Polo shirt," asserts Koenig at a comparisons. But how conscious is this effort Chinese restaurant the day after on the part of the band? Well, the skate-park siege and an hour their new album does have a before another out-of-town gig, song called "California English," this one mercifully indoors. a n d t h e y w e r e s h o w n o n A New Yorker writer goes with t o — w h e r e Pitchfork playing it while lead t h e m else?—California for their singer Ezra Koenig wore a TShirt with a picture of California ROCKONOMICS: page 48

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some dumbasses speculated that Lange would be let go. Let go? A guy who tries to kill himself can go back on the air and you think they're gonna let him go? No, they're going to get him back on the air, so he can give his exclusive story to XM, aqnd they can pick up some extra ears. Though I doubt that was the exact process, that'd be a little too cynical. It was probably like, "What? You're gonna try to fire a guy who just tried to kill himself?" The better question is whether or not Joe Buck will invite him back, now. [ Page Six] • A-Rod wants his non-centaur lover who isn't Kate Hudson to grow out her hindquarters. He's been taking her to the gym quite a bit. [ R & M, Third Item] • Jessica Biel is getting medieval up Mt. Kilimanjaro, SON. [ People] • My former "intern" Lydia Hearst is I guess hooking up with Ryan Cabrera who is a hedgehog -haired pop star thing that from what I can gather is a second-rate Gavin DeGraw? Lydia, if we tried to teach you three things at BlackBook, it was 1. The mail goes out at six. 2. Bad taste is a fireable offense. Tanuki Tavern? Bar 675? GIRL. You could've only done worse in that neighborhood had you hit up

Paradou. Next time: Standard Grill, then Brass Monkey. Don't pass go. 3. For you, Ben Barna > All other men. At the very least, he'll tell you not to go to 675. [ Page Six] • Apparently, Ruskie godzillionare Roman Abramovich maybe paid for Beyonce to play for Libyan shithead and alleged wifebeater Hannibal al-Gaddafi, and not Gaddafi, himself. Which makes no difference, to me. You? [ R & M, Fourth Item] • Lots of people who have penises and other various things put inside of them are in Las Vegas right now, and some of them had dinner next to Whitney Port of The City. Naturally, they were all at the Palms. Is there no accounting for TASTE, people? For fuck's sake. [ Page Six] • Corey Feldman was in the neighborhood, too. [ TMZ] • Some chick made out with some dude from Twilight. [ R & M, Second Item] • Patti Smith told a publicist to fuck off. PUNK. But really, this is the third time in two months Patti Smith has been in Page Six, at least. So either her and her publicist hate each other or her publicist is just really that good. Either way: FUCKIN' PUNK. [ Page Six]

• A member of the perpetually losing New Jersey Nets was an asshole to everyone at Mansion/M2, which is funny on five different levels, but especially that he showed up, threw a bucket of ice at a busboy's head, got kicked out, tried to go back in, got kicked out again, escorted around the corner by some huge-ass bouncers you do not want to fuck with, and THEN came back a few nights later, called a waitress a bitch or something, and got kicked out again. That's not even the best part, which is the denial by his agent: Williams' CAA agent Leon Rose denied any trouble: "Sean says there was not an altercation." A Nets spokesman had no comment. My guy got kicked out of a club...twice? NOOOOOO. Related, all reps and publicists are full of shit. [ R & M] • You don't have a good criminal trial until Martin Bashir is deposed, apparently. [ Page Six] • Dennis Rodman got kicked out of a restaurant for being too drunk on the same day his Celebrity Rehab appeared. Artful. [ TMZ] • Have you ever had a haircut at Warren-Tricomi? No? It's because you're broke, you poor

motherfucker. Anyway, Joel Warren got the name of his boat tattooed across his chest because he caught a 500-pound blue marlin. In related news, I got the name of my dick—Col. Sanders—tattooed across my forehead because I realized it was twelve-feet long. And no, there aren't any pictures of it. Obviously. And quite frankly, I'm insulted you'd ask. [ Page Six] • Mel Gibson ensured 300 Mexican prisoners would be moved out of the way for his next movie, Once Upon a Time in Sugartits. No, come on, it's not actually called that. [ TMZ] • What's with all these good celebrities going to mediocre restaurants? Phillip Seymore Hoffman and Matt Dillion went to Barbounia? Guys. Come on. Then again, when you're an actor on that level, you can afford to go to overpriced shitty restaurants, I guess? Also, both of their agencies are in the neighborhood, so maybe their reps were footing the bill. I need some way to rationalize this. Other sightings: Rudy Giuliani was smoking meth a cigar at the Carnegie Club and OH. Look who's hanging out with Kid Rock at the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas for his big VIP bash:-

Mario Lopez- David SpadeCarmen Electra- Kara DioGuard....and Douche of the Decade and Alleged Rapist Joe Francis. Hope they all went to go get decontaminated. OH, and if you see Joe Francis, please let us know what he's up to, because I have a feeling that his tag page is gonna need to be a whole lot larger around these parts over the next few months. [ Page Six] As always, thank you for your continued support of Gawker Weekends while we doing some cleaning up around here! Altarcations are coming at you later today, as is your typical weekend nonsense fun. Let's find out who stopped Newark for love! And apparently, there are people more annoying than Jonathan Safran Foer and his merry band of veggie villains. Can you guess who? Oh yes: meateaters. More later. For now! How 'bout an Eels double-dose to start your morning? You know what I like about the Eels? I have no idea where they're from. See how that works? Happy Sunday, guys!

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numbers, which show Reid's lowest approval ratings ever. That's not all! The poll also took a snapshot of how Reid would do against three potential GOP opponents. In each case — as in past ReviewJournal surveys — it showed the senator would lose with only four in 10 voters supporting him. The potential match-ups would look like this: • Sue Lowden, former Nevada Republican Party chairwoman, would get 50 percent of the vote to Reid's 40 percent with 10 percent undecided. • Danny Tarkanian, a businessman and former UNLV basketball star, would gain 49 percent of the vote to Reid's 41 percent. • And Sharron Angle, a Wait, Danny who? • Danny Tarkanian, a businessman and former UNLV basketball star, WOAH. Do you mean Danny Tarkanian, the son of championship UNLV basketball

coach Jerry "Tark the Shark" Tarkanian, who, despite disgracing the team with corruption and bribery allegations and leaving UNLV steeped in a reputation for player/administration misconduct for years to come, still has a column/blog in a Las Vegas newspaper? Do you mean Danny Tarkanian, whose mom Lois Tarkanian still sits on City Council after all these years of being elected solely on the premise that she was Jerry's wife? Yeah! That Danny Tarkanian. The Tarks are an old-school Vegas family whose patriarch brought more glory to Las Vegas with that UNLV National Championship (despite it being marred in cheating allegations!) than anyone else in the history of that city since Bugsy Siegel and Jack Entratter! They're considered old-school, and if Vegas (and Nevada) wants anything right now, it's a return to the Good Old Days when they

still felt like they ran shit (i.e. were making money, their own money, not someone else's money, which, with all the foreign investment in Vegas that bombed, is a rather valid concern). Problem is, Danny's already ran for election twice and lost, once for Secretary of State against the son of much-liked governor Bob Miller, Ross, the other time in an election he claims was crooked, which he actually won a settlement for. But that's okay, because even though he's clearly not the brightest bulb in the room, and is kind of a jock, he's aiming for Reid's serious vulnerabilities: Senator Reid claims his seniority justifies his re-election. Remember that even though he wrote the massive "stimulus" bill , Nevada ranks dead last among all 50 states in stimulus education dollars according to www.recovery.org – We are also third from last in transportation infrastructure spending and are experiencing the highest

unemployment in our history. So Harry Reid is going to be unseated by Tark the Shark's son, and this is the start of it, because (A) Tark the Shark is Vegas Royalty, (B) Harry Reid said one of the dumbest things the Senate Majority Leader has said in recent memory, and (C) The People of Vegas enjoy politicians who're both just crooked enough for them and who don't leave them for the greener pastures of political celebrity, which Reid did. Nicely done. *Makes "shark-eating" sign by clapping both hyperextended arms.** * Actually, it'll probably be Sue Lowden, but as Vegas is a betting town, you'd probably get the best odds on Tark, at the Bally's Sporting Book, just like one dependably could whenever his dad was coaching basketball. Go Rebels.

Wherein Nikki Finke and Hollywood Have a Laugh at the Expense of the Homeless [Recessionomics]
By Foster Kamer (Gawker)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 1:15:00 PM

O HAI HOMELESS PPL! So sad and homeless. : ( Instead of taking our BigDick Hollywood Money to subsidize programs moving them into jobs/homes, we'll move $100 under-the-table for them to hold signs of our shitty movies! "Genius!" : ) [ DHD]

It's No More Mr. Nice Spy When 'Chuck' Returns!
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 2:40:00 AM

in his brain, Chuck can now "flash" on all the information stored in his mind and put it to "Chuck" has some slick new practical use -- which means he moves when the series returns to can become a kung fu fighter. the NBC lineup tonight at 9 p.m. "For two years, I kind of sat on With the new Intersect installed the sidelines and watched Adam

Baldwin and Yvonne Strahovski- Casey [ Adam Baldwin] and Sarah [ Yvonne Strahovski] respectively -- kick bad guys' butts and was very jealous of that. Not that Chuck should have been able to do it at that point.

He was much better at running away or screaming like a little girl. But now that he has this new Intersect and the abilities that come with that, he is able to kind of lend a hand in the kick butt-ery, if you will."

This season exec producer Josh Schwartz has lined up some great guest stars to play villains, including Armand Assante, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vinnie Jones.

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profile. A California T-Shirt worn while playing a song with the word "California" in the title. Talk, talk, talk about Calfifornia: As a band, how do you reach a consensus on California as a theme for your album? Ezra Koenig: Originally I threw it out there as an idea that I had. But when you have a theme that's as vague and general as California you don't need consensus, because you can take that idea and run with it. Even when you come up with some guiding principal, you still don't know where it's going to take you. Oh, really? Not so much. That place is called "The Bank," as California's an image that sells

well with all kinds of consumers everywhere. Just ask the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose Californication revitalized their careers. Regionalism and brandings are a staple of pop music. Whether a conscious decision or not, and the quality of the album aside— which I happened to think is actually pretty high—it's hard not to see a few things *pop* out: 1. The short distance between the branding of mega pop stars and the branding of "indie" rock bands like Vampire Weekend. 2. That both are selling lifestyle choices as much as they are their art, and that it's a conscious effort all around. And 3. How easily music writers

play into it. I'd wait for the New York Times to write their Vampire Weekend profile so they can do the same thing they keep doing with other Styles pieces ( excessive redundancy), but there's always the slim chance that Jon Caramanica could show up and save the day. Then again, $50 if the Times can go without mentioning California, Columbia, Paul Simon, or the Ivy League in the first two grafs. Any takers? Didn't think so.

Texas Teen Denies He Hired Friend to Kill Mom
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 2:17:26 AM

HOUSTON A 17-year-old who Houston police say admitted hiring a friend to kill his mother is denying involvement in the stabbing death. Police say Danish Minhas told investigators he hired 18-yearold Nur J. Mohamed to kill his mother because she was too controlling. Police say both teens confessed. But Minhas tells the Houston Chronicle in a jailhouse interview that he gave the statement to police "out of

necessity" and points the finger at Mohamed alone. Mohamed declined to be interviewed. Minhas called police Nov. 25 to say he found his 43-year-old mother fatally stabbed. Police say Danish Minhas objected to rules that included having to be home by a certain hour and having to do chores. Minhas tells the newspaper he misses his mother. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Are You Sure Susan Sarandon Isn't Schtupping the Ping Pong Kid? [Rumormonger]
By Foster Kamer (Gawker)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 6:45:00 PM

Your Best Shot 2009: Ferris Wheels
By Cris Stoddard (Flickr Blog)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 5:34:56 PM

Adrian thinks Susan Sarandon left Tim Robbins for Ping Pong Entrepreneur Jonathan Bricklin.. Susan Sarandon says she didn't. Adrian thinks there's truth in her SNL Digital Short. Sarandon's Mom is even surprised. But... this NYT feature strikes a fairly suspicious note. It's on the Ping Pong place.

Sarandon, who was out drinking with Bricklin around New Year's Eve—AS FRIENDS, maybe—gets quoted. And the quote they pulled for the slide? Dressed in plaid and a visored cap, Susan Sarandon, Spin's most prominent investor, looked like nothing so much as a newsboy. But it seems Ms. Sarandon has loftier ambitions. Surveying the something to do in my old age." hall, she remarked with a smile, I really like Susan Sarandon so I " T h i s p l a c e w i l l g i v e m e have nothing to add here, suffice

to say that if I ever see some f o o s b a l l / d a r t s expert/shuffleboard champion sleazing on any girlfriend of mine, I will not hesitate to take them and their bar-born hobbies out. Nothing, just "Take them out." Snakes! All of 'em. [ Photo via Elizabeth Lipmann at the NYT]

• About Flickr Flickr is a revolution in photo storage, sharing and organization, making photo management an easy, natural and collaborative process. Get comments, notes, and tags on your photos, post to any blog, share and more! Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Pete Carroll Flees as Troy Burns
By Jay Mariotti (Fanhouse Main)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 1:05:00 PM

Filed under: NCAA Football LOS ANGELES -- You've seen Pete Carroll race down the Coliseum sideline like a lunatic, a blur in his cardinal-red jacket and silver-fox hair. Well, this time, he just kept running, through the tunnel and out Figueroa Street all the way to the airport, fleeing the stench of scandal and the malaise of rare failure in his USC football program. For years, he has been the face of southern California as much as any movie star or rocker or rapper, including those who've stood on his sideline during By Foster Kamer (Gawker) Michael van Poppel, who heads practices and games, celebrities up the BNO team/Twitter feed. awestruck by the Carroll-built Submitted at 1/9/2010 5:00:00 PM This is like Usain Bolt telling m y s t i q u e . B u t t h e p u b l i c As of right now, major networks you to stop dragging ass. relations messes and alleged and newspapers are failing to C r o w d s o u r c e y ! ( T h a n k s , improprieties kept piling up -report what's being noted on B u c k y ) . from whether Reggie Bush was Twitter as a giant fucking Trenchant! given cash, gifts and a rent-free e a r t h q u a k e t h a t j u s t h i t Accessible! somewhere around Humboldt Uhh, sure! County. But Twitter users sure Did you see any good Tweets seem to know what's up. about the Earthquake? Let me (Holy Kaw!) Brian Stetler at the New York know! Twitter tends to bring out Submitted at 1/9/2010 11:07:00 PM Times found some solid pictures the most exciting/fanatical in As CES, the mother of all off of Twitter of the 'quake. people during emergencies, and Good lookin' out! it's great fun to watch, and it'll be electronics shows, comes to a S o m e o f o u r f a v o r i t e even better one they're all high close, analysts are starting to ask whether 3D television could be observations so far! again. the answer to the struggling The media is sloooooooow says electronics manufacturer Industry experts are pinning 2010 as the year 3D enters home entertainment, expecting 3.4

6.5 Earthquake May Have Hit California's 'Napa Valley of Weed' Particularly Hard [Breaking (earth) News]

home for his parents to why Joe McKnight was driving a Land Rover owned by a local businessman who has a Web site r e g i s t e r e d a s "www.4joemcknight.com.'' And when the continuing red flags were accompanied by four losses last season, including a 55-21 pounding by Stanford and a 4720 thumping by Oregon, the Trojans' reign as a college superpower wobbled like no time

in the Carroll era. So rather than risk probation, a downfall in prestige and the new reality that Stanford's Jim Harbaugh and Oregon's Chip Kelly are the new coaching guns of the Pac-10 Conference, Carroll took a slick little escape hatch Saturday, one he insisted he'd never seek. He caught the first flight out to the NFL, where the Seattle Seahawks were more than happy to give him a fiveyear, $32.5 million deal to help clean up a team that has won nine games in two years and regressed quickly in Jim Mora Jr.'s lone season as coach. With Los Angeles still years away from gaining a pro franchise, Seattle seems the ideal West Coast fit for Carroll, who can be an instant hero with merely a degree of success while proving he can make it in the pros after being fired as a head coach by New England and the New York Jets.

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Reuters The Cowboys’ Miles Austin gets past the Eagles’ Sean Jones to score a second-quarter touchdown. The Journal provides minute-byminute analysis of the Dallas Cowboys’ 34-14 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in tonight’s NFL wild-card round playoff game in Arlington, Texas. Guest blogger Jonah Keri offers commentary on the game and the NBC telecast. 6:04 pm | Pregame | by Jonah Keri Twice this season, the Dallas Cowboys have faced the big-play attack of the Philadelphia Eagles. Both times, they shut it down. Last week's 24-0 Eagles wipeout at the hands of the Cowboys raised questions about the team's attack, along with the annual bout of doubt in Philly over Donovan McNabb's biggame chops. That game became a vicious cycle for the Eagles. Unable to establish the run early, Philly aired the ball out, hoping to connect with big-play receiver DeSean Jackson. As the Cowboys built their lead, Philly shifted to comeback mode, shifting even more to the pass. From there, all Dallas' pass rushers needed to do was pin their ears back and go after McNabb, with ample secondary coverage behind them creating ample opportunities for sack

dances. Meanwhile, Jekyll-andHyde quarterback Tony Romo put up the kind of tantalizing performance that prompts the Cowboys to stick with him: 24 for 34, 311 yards passing and two touchdowns. But all for all those struggles, look for Philly to go back to the well again in tonight's first-round playoff match-up with Dallas. ESPN's Matt Mosley notes that the Eagles lead the league with 16 touchdown passes of 20 yards or more. Jackson has the kind of breakaway speed that makes him a threat to score every time he touches the ball, while tight end Brent Celek has grown into one of the top tight ends in the game. Expect a more balanced attack from the Cowboys, with thunder-and-lightning combo

Marion Barber and Felix Jones likely to combine for 25-plus carries in support of Miles Austin, Jason Witten and the rest of Dallas' aerial attack. One key match-up to watch: Philly's tackles against Dallas bookend pass rushers DeMarcus Ware and Anthony Spencer. Whichever team gets the best of that battle stands a great chance to win tonight. 8:06 pm | Pregame | by Jonah Keri The more you hear Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth raving about the Cowboys and ripping the Eagles, the more you hear critics writing the Eagles off for their ghastly performance last week, the more you hear analysts playing up the supposed importance of momentum...the

more I wish gambling was legal in this country, and if so, that I could wager on the Eagles. Beware the recency effect. 8:10 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri Michaels notes that Marc Colombo's back after missing seven games due to injury. Something to watch. Meanwhile, Cowboys start the game with a false-start penalty, and a short run by Barber. 8:12 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri Mentioned Jones and Barber in the intro, but Tashard Choice is the best third RB in the league, makes another key play, catching a pass out of the flat for a big third down on third and 7. 8:13 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri

11:58 left: And another first down, this one as Roy Williams gets open in space. Asante Samuel stopped Williams for a short gain on his first catch, but the veteran WR got the upper hand there, as the Cowboys moved him off the corner and across the middle. 8:13 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri And there's Choice again, gains a first down. Cowboys call the Wildcat, Kyle Kosier pulls, nails a lead block, and Choice scampers for eight. 8:15 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri 10:02 left: Wow, the Eagles look lost on defense now. Romo fakes a screen to the right, NFL page 51

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throws back left to Jones, who turns the corner, burns down the sideline, and gains 30. Just like that, it's first and 10 Cowboys at Philly's 14 yard-line. 8:17 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri 8:22 left: Oh, crushing penalty! Cowboys execute a beautiful fake toss sweep left, WR screen right to Kevin Ogletree, who zooms down to the 1. But Ed Hochuli's Gun Show calls offensive pass-interference on Jason Witten, second straight penalty on Witten, a big one. 8:19 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri ...and if you do believe in momentum, the Eagles send a jailbreak after Romo on second and 23, and sack him for a 9yard loss. From a seemingly unstoppable drive, two penalties and a sack and the Cowboys aren't even in field-goal range anymore. Gigantic swing there. 8:21 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri 7:18 left: McNabb throws a low, incomplete pass to start Philly's drive. Plus ca change... 8:24 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri 6:34 left: McNabb pressured, throws a ball right into Bradie James' arms, Eagles catch a break that it's not intercepted and returned for a touchdown. Hard to look worse on two passes than McNabb just did. Three and out, Cowboys get the ball back. 8:25 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri

Cowboys killed the Eagles twice on their first drive using fakes and misdirection plays, same as they did last week. Eagles need to defend that or Dallas will run it all night. 8:27 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri 6:02 left: Felix Jones just ran through a hole the size of Oklahoma for a 20-yard gain right up the middle. And the Eagles come back the very next play, disguise their defense, and get a sack on a bootleg. What a wildly inconsistent defense. 8:29 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri 3:42 left: Was all set to rip the Cowboys for punting from the Eagles' 34 after their drive stalled. But Mat McBriar just executed a terrific punt with backspin, downed at the 3. Ninety-seven yards to go for ol' scatter-armed McNabb. 8:32 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri 3:02 left: McNabb throws a ball way over Celek's head. But Dallas bails out the Eagles with a blow-to-the-head penalty. Why the Cowboys would ever commit a penalty is beyond me. McNabb is wilder than Rick Vaughn right now. 8:35 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri 1:37 left: Eagles do a decent job blocking the Cowboys' pass rush for a couple seconds, but McNabb holds the ball way too long. Jailbreak ensues, McNabb

thrown to the ground and called for intentional grounding. Brutal. Eagles to punt again. 8:38 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri 1:17 left: Romo to Witten for six yards. And since I have nothing to add, I'll just note that Witten's jersey is one of the top 10 bestsellers, according to the league. That is...wacky. 8:40 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri END OF FIRST QUARTER: Facing third and 3, the Cowboys get whistled for another false start. The Cowboys should be up about 10-0 now. Instead, because of penalties, it's scoreless, and the Cowboys face third and long as we head to the second quarter. 8:43 pm | Second quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri Romo quick slant to Miles Austin, 12 yards and a first down. Austin completely turned his man around, slick play. 8:44 pm | Second quarter, 0-0 | by Jonah Keri 14:15 left: Austin makes an even bigger impact on the next play, without even making a catch. Burns his man, Sheldon Brown comes over and runs into Austin, pass interference in the end zone. First and goal Cowboys at the 1. 8:46 pm | Second quarter, 7-0 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 14:09 left: Romo play-fakes, tight end John Phillips blocks down on one player, than another, then snatches a Romo bullet for the touchdown.

Phillips is a rookie out of Virginia. Before this game: 7 career catches, 0 TDs. XP makes it 7-0 Cowboys. 8:48 pm | Second quarter, 7-0 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 14:05 left: Gotta love it when a football player named Macho Harris gets rocked on a kick return by a 190-pound WR. 8:51 pm | Second quarter, 7-7 tie | by Jonah Keri 13:30 left: Holy multiple expletives. Michael Vick(!) fakes a hand-off, fakes a QB run, slings it to Maclin for a 76-yard touchdown. WOW. 7-7 tie. Umm...quarterback controversy? McNabb obviously isn't going anywhere, but he's looked awful, and Vick's QB rating is 158.3. 8:54 pm | Second quarter, 7-7 tie | by Jonah Keri And this game has now completely turned. Romo overthrows his receiver by two feet, intercepted and returned deep into Cowboys territory. Wade Phillips is challenging. Even if it's overturned, though, that's not a good sign for Romo. 8:56 pm | Second quarter, 7-7 tie | by Jonah Keri 13:02 left: Pass ruled incomplete, no INT. Big break for Dallas. 8:58 pm | Second quarter, 7-7 tie | by Jonah Keri Felix Jones with a big burst through the left side for a first down. Tack on 15 more for a personal-foul facemask. From the Eagles owning the ball inside

Dallas' 20, the Cowboys are now out near midfield. 9:02 pm | Second quarter, 7-7 tie | by Jonah Keri 11:30 left: Crayton across the middle for 18. The Eagles are having trouble defensing those in routes, and Romo loves to throw that pass. 9:03 pm | Second quarter, 7-7 tie | by Jonah Keri And on the very next play, Romo throws the ball a foot behind and a foot over Miles Austin. Peyton Manning vs. Dan Marino this game is not. 9:05 pm | Second quarter, 7-7 tie | by Jonah Keri 10:03 left: Pro Bowler turned mega free-agent pickup Asante Samuel gets completely smoked by Roy Williams, falls down in coverage, 20-yard gain. 9:05 pm | Second quarter, 7-7 tie | by Jonah Keri Romo to Witten, complete down to the 1. Collinsworth is absolutely right: The Eagles' safety play has been awful this season with Brian Dawkins gone. And Macho Harris and Sheldon Brown both hurt in this game. This could pose a major problem for Philly. 9:07 pm | Second quarter, 14-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 9:14 left: From a would-be interception to an 85-yard drive for a TD. Choice dives in for the 1-yard score. 14-7 Cowboys. 9:09 pm | Second quarter, 14-7 NFL page 52

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Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 9:14 left: @ fb_outsiders brings up a good point on Twitter: Witten roasted the Eagles in two games last year too, and Dawkins is well past his prime. The Eagles didn't just need to replace Dawkins at safety -they needed to upgrade. They did not. 9:11 pm | Second quarter, 14-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 9:07 left: Pass interference by the Cowboys bails McNabb out again. First down Eagles. These penalties are getting ridiculous -only thing keeping Philly in the game. 9:13 pm | Second quarter, 14-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 7:59 left: Hey, guess what? Incomplete McNabb pass, time to punt. 9:14 pm | Second quarter, 14-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 7:37 left: Crayton fields Sav Rocca's punt at the 10, guns by the first wave of Cowboys defenders. Great open-field hit by Rocca knocks Crayton out at the Dallas 45, saves a touchdown. 9:17 pm | Second quarter, 14-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 6:19 left: Romo throws another slant to Austin, Sheldon Brown's burned again. No safeties behind the corners, Austin zooms for 36. The Eagles need to think about some blitzes and aggressive defensive plays, because their secondary can't cover anybody Dallas sends out on a route. 9:19 pm | Second quarter, 14-7

Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 5:43 left: Romo calls the slant. Roy Williams snags it, runs to the 6. Victimized: Sheldon Brown. Again. 9:20 pm | Second quarter, 14-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 4:40 left: Romo 11/16, 166 yards, 1 TD. McNabb 1/5, 2 yards. 9:23 pm | Second quarter, 17-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 3:44 left: Cowboys had a touchdown on another fake/misdirection play, but Roy Williams falls down at the 7. Romo then overthrows Williams in the end zone. Suisham boots the chip-shot field goal, 17-7 Cowboys. 9:25 pm | SEcond quarter, 17-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 3:31 left: The Eagles might want to think about running the ball a bit. McNabb has been beyond useless. 9:27 pm | Second quarter, 17-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 3:19 left: Vick comes into the game, and promptly blows that idea to bits. Handoff gets fumbled, Cowboys ball. Vick's been in the game for two plays: 76-yard TD, fumble. 9:31 pm | Second quarter, 24-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 1:55 left: Third and goal, Romo throws to the right flat for Austin, who corrals it and sprints in for the 6-yard touchdown to blow the game open. 24-7 Cowboys. 9:33 pm | Second quarter, 24-7

Cowboys | by Jonah Keri Tony Romo just patted referee Ed Hochuli on the butt after that touchdown pass. That was fun. 9:37 pm | Second quarter, 24-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 1:01 left: Finally, FINALLY there's a vintage Donovan McNabb play. He seems to do better when he's scrambling frantically. Escapes the rush, completes it to Avant, 18 yards and a first down. 9:38 pm | SEcond quarter, 24-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 51 seconds left: Oh my. Leonard Weaver, the man who fumbled the Vick handoff, catches a short pass up the middle...and fumbles again on a strip. Not a good second quarter for the Pro Bowl fullback. Cowboys with a chance to nearly ice the game before halftime. 9:41 pm | Second quarter, 24-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 42 seconds left: Eagles stop the Cowboys twice to set up third and long...and Samuel commits an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty. Fifteen yards, first down. Sooo...how 'bout them Phillies? 9:45 pm | Second quarter, 24-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 21 seconds left: Romo scrambles, runs for his life, lofts a ball up for Tashard Choice. Choice blatantly pushes off right in front of the ref...and it's ruled defensive pass interference. First down Cowboys at the Philly 40. 9:51 pm | Halftime, 27-7

Cowboys | by Jonah Keri HALFTIME: 27-7 Cowboys, after Suisham boots a 48-yarder. Second-half food for thought... Reader Thomas Donnelly writes: Should the Eagles bring in Vick for the second half? McNabb has definitely looked awful, Thomas. But the Eagles' offensive line has been pretty terrible too. Although one could argue that McNabb actually does better when he's forced to scramble and freelance. Of course the bigger implication of pulling McNabb now would be a QB controversy all offseason. There's certainly less drama involved if you sink or swim with the guy that brought you here. 10:13 pm | Third quarter, 27-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 13:01 left: Eagles start the second half with another threeand-out, as McNabb's pass is deflected at the line. It might not have to be Vick, but clearly the Eagles need to do something different. Nothing's working on offense. 10:15 pm | Third quarter, 27-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 11:26 left: Look for the Cowboys to go run-heavy, despite the success of Dallas' passing game. They're going to run the clock in the second half. Two runs and an incomplete pass, and the Cowboys will punt it right back. 10:17 pm | Third quarter, 27-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 11:08 left: After DeSean

Jackson goes catchless in the first half, McNabb throws a bomb down the middle to Jackson on the post, incomplete. And here's why you like having Collinsworth as the color commentator. He quickly notes that Maclin ran a shallow crossing route on the play, which released his man to run back and turn double coverage on Jackson into triple coverage. Good pickup there. 10:19 pm | Third quarter, 27-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 9:46 left: Spencer gets right in McNabb's face, and gets the second batted pass for the Cowboys in the past few minutes. The Eagles come back with a run on second and 15...and finally break one. Philly has just completely abandoned the run the past two weeks, but McCoy just breezed for 14. Let's see if they start to mix plays a little more, despite the big deficit. 10:23 pm | Third quarter, 27-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 8:08 left: Good coverage by the Cowboys' secondary, McNabb's forced to hold the ball too long, sack for the Cowboys. Time to punt again. First and 10 Cowboys from their own 11, time's slipping away. 10:25 pm | Third quarter, 27-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 6:58 left: Cowboys try that dangerous WR bubble screen NFL page 54

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Sources: USC Trojans' Pete Carroll, Seattle Seahawks reach agreement on coaching contract
By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 8:12:33 AM

Schefter: Carroll, Seahawks Latest Schefter: Carroll, Seahawks Latest VIDEO PLAYLIST • Schefter: Carroll, Seahawks Latest Schefter: Carroll, Seahawks Latest • Shelley Smith: Carroll Leaving Makes Sense Shelley Smith: Carroll Leaving Makes Sense • Musburger On Carroll's Legacy Musburger On Carroll's Legacy Pete Carroll has reached an agreement in principle with the Seahawks on a deal to be their next head coach, multiple NFL sources confirmed to ESPN's Adam Schefter early Saturday morning. A Seahawks spokesman confirmed Saturday night that team CEO Tod Leiweke will fly to Los Angeles on Sunday to interview Carroll for the coaching position and that the talks could last into Monday morning. Carroll was expected to be introduced by the Seahawks as early as Monday, after the team interviewed Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier on Saturday morning. According to the sources, Frazier met with the Seahawks in

Minneapolis, satisfying the Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview a minority candidate for head coaching and senior football operations hires. Leiweke told Frazier before the interview Carroll did not have Seattle's job. Frazier had been unwilling to talk with the Seahawks about the vacancy if Carroll had been promised full control of the Seahawks. Multiple sources indicated to ESPN he had been. Miller: Hurdles Assured For USC Search There's a big issue in advance of USC's pursuing candidates to replace Pete Carroll, writes ESPN.com's Ted Miller. Who will be in charge of the search? Blog • Blog network: College Football Nation Even so, on Saturday Carroll personally called John Wooten, chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, the organization designed to ensure that teams abide by the Rooney Rule, to assure him that he had no deal with Seattle. "He said, 'I wouldn't try to be disruptive to what you're trying to do, and I support what you're trying to do,' " Wooten said Saturday night. "He said, 'I feel comfortable at USC, and if the deal isn't what I want it to be, I'll just stay right here at Southern Cal. But I need to talk to Seattle

to clear up any issues.' He said he never would get into any arrangement that would cause controversy or undermine the Fritz Pollard Alliance. As long as I've known Pete Carroll over the years, he's been honest. I take him at his word." NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, asked about the Seahawks coaching search on the field before the Jets-Bengals playoff game Saturday in Cincinnati, told ESPN's Rachel Nichols he believed the Seahawks' interview with Frazier was in earnest. Goodell said Seattle had fulfilled not only the letter but the spirit of the Rooney Rule, saying there was "no done deal" between Carroll and Seattle as of Saturday morning. Wooten repeated Goodell's sentiments Sunday morning, endorsing the hire and saying the Seahawks have complied with the minority-interview requirements and that he would welcome Carroll back to the NFL. On Friday, Jim Mora became the first Seahawks coach to be let go after one season, when the team finished 5-11. Seattle also contacted the agent for Chargers defensive coordinator Ron Rivera, but as of Saturday morning, nothing had been set up. An interview with Rivera also would have satisfied

the Rooney Rule. But the bottom line is, Carroll's agreement with Seattle is "100 percent done," one NFL source close to the situation told Schefter. Sando: Why Pete Carroll? Here's Why ESPN.com's Mike Sando answers five key questions as the Seahawks stand poised to introduce Pete Carroll as their next coach. Blog • Blog network: NFL Nation On Saturday afternoon, The Associated Press reported a league official with direct knowledge of the coaching search had denied a deal was in place, saying the Seahawks and Carroll were only in "discussions." In a text message to ESPN's Chris Mortensen on Friday, Carroll said, "You know I haven't responded to a NFL question in two years." But a league source told Mortensen that Carroll was trying to persuade USC offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates to join him in Seattle -- as opposed to Bates pursuing the same position with the Chicago Bears. Carroll is no stranger to the NFL, having served as the head coach for the Patriots from 1997 to 1999 and for the Jets in 1994. He was Jets defensive coordinator from 1990 to 1993 after stints as the defensive backs

coach for the Vikings(1985-89) and Bills(1984). Even before the deal had been agreed to in principle, the ripple effect from Carroll's pending move had reached his USC coaching staff and beyond, to the high school players who had assumed they would be playing next year for Carroll. A source on the USC coaching staff told ESPN's Shelley Smith that before the news broke, they had a meeting set for Monday at 5 p.m. ET to prepare for the offseason. Now it looks "like that meeting will be Pete's last," the source said. The source said at least one assistant coach has been contacted by another team, but many others haven't been contacted because "their status is up in the air." At the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio on Friday, USC's incoming freshman class began frantically calling USC's assistant coaches. For the rest of the day, not a single USC assistant returned a phone call, according to sources at the game who spoke with ESPN's Schefter. NFL Insider Adam Schefter Check out Schefter's Insider blog for more NFL coverage and analysis. SOURCES: page 55

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again, but Mike Patterson drops back to make a good open-field tackle. Chance to stop the Cowboys on three-and-out and get the ball back here. 10:30 pm | Third quarter, 27-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 6:09 left: Patrick Crayton runs a short route left, wide open for an 8-yard gain and a first down. The Eagles just look like a beaten team. 10:34 pm | Third quarter, 34-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 5:33 left: The Eagles have been blitzing all game, and it's cost them with big holes in the secondary. This time it comes back to bite them in the running game. Felix Jones run through a big hole on the right side untouched, cuts back...and he's gone. 73 yards, longest TD run in Cowboys postseason history. 34-7 Cowboys. 10:37 pm | Third quarter, 34-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 5:09 left: Mike Jenkins apparently thinks the game is over. Picks off an errant McNabb pass, wrapped up on the runback, and...laterals?! Eagles recover, get the ball back. That was odd. 10:38 pm | Third quarter, 34-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri ESPN.com's Bill Simmons on Twitter: " sportsguy33:"What number do you think Donovan McNabb is gonna wear on the Raiders next season?" 10:39 pm | Third quarter, 34-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 4:07 left: Really nice play by

Cowboys safety Gerald Sensabaugh. Brent Celek gets loose deep, but Sensabaugh flies over and tips it away at the last second, saving a TD. 10:40 pm | Third quarter, 34-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 3:42 left: Eagles for for it on fourth and 2. No one in the backfield to pick up the blitz, McNabb fires it out of Maclin's reach. Dallas takes over on downs. 10:43 pm | Third quarter, 34-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 2:39 left: Romo scrambling, gets smushed by bruising D-lineman Juqua Parker. Getting close to time to pull the starters here; this game's done. 10:44 pm | Third quarter, 34-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 40 seconds left: Two straight catches for Maclin, the second one for a big gain. And then Maclin gets in Ken Hamlin's face and stiffarms him. Lucky for the Eagles they didn't get dinged for 15 yards. Eagles have to be pretty frustrated at this point. 10:46 pm | Third quarter, 34-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri END OF THIRD QUARTER: It's a Brian Westbrook sighting. McNabb remembers he has running backs on his team, throws a dump-off to Westbrook, who scampers for 27 yards to end the quarter. Might've thought of this two hours ago. 10:50 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 14:33 left: Vick comes in on first and goal, play-action and a

throw to the left, same play as the Eagles' only TD. Incomplete this time. 10:52 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-7 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 14:28 left: Simple four-man rush, and Ware beats Jason Peters anyway for the sack. We mentioned the Eagles' tackles vs. Ware and Spencer, that whoever wins that battle likely wins the game. Advantage: Cowboys (though they've also pummeled Philly in many other areas). 10:55 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 13:30 left: Really dumb illegalhands-to-the-face penalty on third down at the end of a McNabb scramble gets the Eagles a gift first and goal. Next play: McNabb to Jackson for the 4-yard TD. 34-14 Cowboys. 10:59 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 12:38 left: Cowboys go to the Wildcat on second and 1, stopped for no gain. Chance for the Eagles to force a three-andout right after the TD. 11:01 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 11:57 left: Good call by the Cowboys, fake fullback dive and a pitch to the right. Jones runs for seven yards and a first down. 11:02 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 9:23 left: Choice gets around the left edge for another Cowboys first down at their 40. Austin then catches a quick hook for seven. Dallas is moving the ball

well, staying aggressive. 11:07 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 5:18 left: Austin catches a quick pass at the line of scrimmage and nearly runs the entire 13 yards on third and 13 for the first down. Tremendous receiver, has to be one of the five fastest in the league. Cowboys will punt, but they killed more than seven minutes on that drive to clinch the game. 11:10 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 5:04 left: Bradie James, already having a big game with a forced fumble and a near-interception, dumps McNabb at the 2 for the sack. 11:12 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 3:54 left: And that's why DeMarcus Ware is one of the best pass rushers in the NFL. Runs wide around Peters, sprints after McNabb, dives and whacks the ball out of the QB's hands. Fumble recovered at the 22. Dallas ball. 11:16 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 3:33 left: Yup, even in a game that has nothing to do with him, the announcers start talking about Brett Favre. 11:19 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 3:05 left: Well here's one record set in this game: 228 combined penalty yards. Ugly. 11:23 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 2:00 left: Cowboys stopped on

third and long. They'll punt when play resumes, giving the Eagles one last possession before Philly's misery ends. 11:24 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri Well sure NBC...if you're going to use fifth-tier music promos from The Offspring, I'll watch Chuck. 11:26 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 1:00 left: McNabb to Maclin on a deep out for the first down. McNabb wants to tack on one more TD pass in his last minute of existence as an Eagle. 11:27 pm | Fourth quarter, 34-14 Cowboys | by Jonah Keri 45 seconds left: Jackson tries a double-move on Newman, McNabb throws in a pumpfake...no dice. Newman saves a TD by knocking the ball away at the last second. 11:34 pm | Final, Cowboys 3414 | by Jonah Keri 34-14 Cowboys, FINAL: Cowboys stop Philly on fouth down, and that's the ballgame. Just a complete domination by the Cowboys. In some ways, it could have been worse. The Cowboys committed a bunch of bad first-half penalties, messed up a couple of would-be interceptions and made some other mistakes. But they also blew away the overmatched Eagles. The ramifications could be big for Philly. How long do they stick with McNabb? Is that NFL page 55

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• Blog network: NFL Nation By Saturday afternoon, some calls had been returned. But witnesses said players such as All-American receiver Kyle Prater and running back Dillon Baxter could not figure out what was unfolding with Carroll. Baxter had verbally committed to USC as a high school freshman and never looked at another school. But now that Carroll is expected to leave USC, other schools already have begun contacting players scheduled to enroll there in the fall. Prater said on NBC's broadcast Saturday of the All-American Bowl that he had spoken to

Trojans passing game coordinator/receivers coach John Morton and he would discuss things further with his family and advisers before making a decision on enrolling at USC. Prater said he was scheduled to fly to Los Angeles to sign with the team and enroll in classes starting Monday but would postpone the trip. Meanwhile, the Seahawks' search for a new general manager also is under way. Giants director of college scouting Marc Ross will interview for the position Wednesday, according to Wooten.

Wooten's group agreed to allow the interview after being given assurances Carroll would not have full control of Seattle's organization, but control over the 53-man roster. Information from ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter and The Associated Press was used in this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

the last game Westbrook plays as an Eagle? Will they blow up their wounded secondary? For the Cowboys, Minnesota awaits next week. Look for a high-scoring game, and 984 mentions of Brett Favre just having fun out there.

Cowboys top Eagles for 1st playoff win since '96
By Associated Press (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 6:49:26 AM

Mayweather's Blow Hits Below the Belt
By Kevin Blackistone (Fanhouse Main)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 4:03:00 PM

Filed under: Boxing It's been 17 years since Floyd Mayweather Jr. made his first imprint on the boxing world. It was at the 1993 National Golden Gloves Championships in Little Rock, Ark. He was 16 and won his weight class. Mayweather weighed 106 pounds then. Less than two years later in January 1995, a kid who unbeknownst to any of us then would become Mayweather's most stubborn nemesis, Manny Pacquiao, made a professional

debut as a boxer in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. He was 16 and won a four-round decision against someone named Edmund Enting Ignacio. Pacquiao weighed 106 pounds then.

How about that? Mayweather and Pacquiao were both 106pound, 16-year-old pugilists. But to hear Mayweather's camp tell it -- as led by Mayweather's loquacious father, Floyd Mayweather Sr. -- Mayweather

Fast Facts • The Cowboys beat the Eagles for the third time this season and will face the Vikings in the divisional round. The Cowboys are 2-0 all-time when facing the Vikings on the road in the divisional round. • It was the Cowboys first playoff win since 1996, when they beat the Vikings in the wild card round, only to go on to lose to the Panthers in the divisional round. • Felix Jones rushed 16 times for 148 yards, the third-highest J r . b a s i c a l l y h a s b e e n a rushing total in Cowboys playoff welterweight all of his life while history behind performances by Pacquiao has been hiding in a Tony Dorsett and Emmitt Smith. trainer's room hooked up to an • Tony Romo got his first playoff intravenous feed of steroids to win after losing his first two inflate his body over the years. appearances, going 23 for 35 for If ever there was a case of the 244 yards and two touchdowns. pot calling the kettle black, it is • Wade Phillips got his first Mayweather's camp accusing career postseason win in his fifth Pacquiao of being a steroids g a m e . H e h a d l o s t g a m e s cheat, a charge that has cast a previously with the Broncos, f i g h t b e t w e e n t h e t w o - - Bills and Cowboys. something steeped in so much • Blog thread anticipation that it would be the -- ESPN Stats & Information richest prizefight in history -- Five Filters featured article: into a sea of uncertainty. Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Sources: Carolina Panthers Atlanta's Woodson grant coach John Fox Offers Some Advice to chance to opt out of 2010 Orlando's Van Gundy
By Adam Schefter (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 8:25:49 AM

There's a reason Panthers coach John Fox continues to be connected to head coach openings. Last month, the Panthers took the highly unusual step of giving Fox the right to void the last year on his contract, according to two NFL sources. NFL Insider Adam Schefter Check out Schefter's Insider blog for more NFL coverage and analysis. • Blog network: NFL Nation Of course, the only way Fox would do it were if he had a job and contract waiting that made it worth leaving Carolina. Washington didn't provide it,

Cleveland never opened, Buffalo still is searching for a new head coach and Fox appears unwilling to go there, and Seattle is destined to hire Pete Carroll. Should another attractive opening fail to materialize this offseason, Fox could wait a year, coach out his contract, and become a free agent next year. Some people around the league have suggested that, in time, with the support Fox enjoys in New York, he could be a potential successor for Giants coach Tom Coughlin. Adam Schefter is ESPN's NFL Insider. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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NFL PLayoffs Diary: Ravens at Patriots
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 7:30:50 AM

Filed under: Hawks, Magic, NBA Coaches ORLANDO -There are a lot of reasons why the Atlanta Hawks are on pace to surpass their previous season's victory total for the fifth consecutive year. The biggest reason might be a philosophy that Coach Mike Woodson brought from Day 1 of the 2004-05 season when the Hawks hit bottom with only 13 victories. "I said from the start, I'm not here to teach effort. If I have to teach you effort, I don't want you in a Hawks uniform,'' Woodson said Saturday before his team played the Magic in Orlando with the top spot in the Southeast Division at stake. "That's not my job. If you can't give me the effort I want, you shouldn't be here. You won't be here.''

Associated Press Julian Edelman (11) will start for New England in place of the injured Wes Welker, who had 123 catches during the regular season. The patience of management, The Journal provides minute-bythe gradual drafting of key minute analysis of today’s NFL players, the signing of free agent wild-card round playoff game as Joe Johnson, and the trade this the New England Patriots host summer for Jamaal Crawford all t h e B a l t i m o r e R a v e n s i n have contributed to the gradual Foxborough, Massachusetts. rise. Yet Woodson still believes Guest blogger Steve Kornacki that demanding nothing less than offers commentary on the game a complete effort has been key, and the CBS telecast. Feel free to even in this era of obscenely- email Steve with questions or high paid players often lacking comments before or during the m o t i v a t i o n i n a n 8 2 - g a m e game, which kicks off around 1 season. p.m. ET.

Sources: Kurt Warner of Arizona Cardinals expected to retire
By Adam Schefter (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 8:46:20 AM

Arizona's next loss could mark the last time that quarterback Kurt Warner plays in an NFL

game. He always could change his mind, but this likely will be the 38-year-old Warner's final NFL season, according to sources close to the quarterback. NFC West blog

ESPN.com's Mike Sando writes about all things NFC West in his division blog. • Blog network: NFL Nation Warner has been voted to five Pro Bowls, won two NFL MVP awards, one Super Bowl and

became the second quarterback in history to throw more than 100 touchdown passes for two NFL franchises. Earlier this season, Warner suffered a concussion that raised questions about his future.

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Vince Carter May Move Into Sixth-Man Role
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Submitted at 1/9/2010 4:17:00 PM

J-E-T-S, Fluke, Fluke, Fluke?
By Terence Moore (Fanhouse Main)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 2:28:00 PM

Filed under: Magic ORLANDO -- No one really believes that J.J. Redick is a better player than Vince Carter. But he might be a better fit now for the Orlando Magic. It took the absence of Carter the seven-time All-Star who missed the game with a bruised shoulder - to snap the defending Eastern Conference champions back to life Saturday night, ending their longest losing streak in the past three seasons. It was Saturday's victory that now has Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy seriously contemplating a lineup change that would include using Carter in reserve, a dramatic role change for one of the league's most popular players.

Filed under: NFL Playoffs, NFL Analysis CINCINNATI -- Come on, now. Regarding the rest of the NFL playoffs, how can you take the New York Jets seriously? You can't. The operative word here is "fluke." "Nobody is set (in the lineup) if Either that, or "lucky," and I you're losing,'' Van Gundy said. know what you're thinking. "You can only take losing for so Sometimes, "lucky" and "fluke" long, then you do what you have will get you far in sports -to do.'' Miracle Mets, North Carolina After dropping four consecutive State over Phi Slamma Jama, games to teams with losing blah, blah, blah. records, the Magic slapped down It's just that these Jets haven't the Atlanta Hawks, who were a n y t h i n g c l o s e t o a R o n challenging them for the lead in Swoboda or a Jim Valvano, but the Southeast Division. they do have a Joe Namath (as in

Left 4 Dead 2 goes free-to-play on Xbox Live next weekend
By Ben Gilbert (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 11:30:00 AM

Behind Improving Sanchez, Jets Growing Up Fast
By Thomas George (Fanhouse Main)
been for four quarters. This time, Mark Sanchez was trying to catch Bengals coach Marvin Submitted at 1/9/2010 2:23:00 PM Lewis before Lewis exited Filed under: Bengals, Jets, NFL through a Paul Brown Stadium Analysis CINCINNATI -- He tunnel. Naturally, he caught gripped the football and started Lewis in the end zone, a place sprinting down the field, moving where he had helped lead the Jets fast and nimble, ball tightly three times. against him and tell him it was secured, head up, target in site, "I just wanted to thank him for an honor to do so, just like I have under control, just like he had the opportunity to compete

If you've been sitting around on your hands waiting for the next free opportunity to play Left 4 Dead 2 on Xbox Live with your the guy who predicted that his friends, well, we think you're a underrated Jets would shock the bit strange and should likely find Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl a better habit. That being said, III). The Broadway Joe for these you'll be happy to hear that the Jets is their coach, Rex Ryan, game will be free-to-play for all because he likes to run his Xbox Live members (even you mouth. He even told reporters lower class Silver folks) next last week that these Jets are the weekend, starting promptly at team to beat along the way to 12:00PM ET on Friday, January 15, and finishing up on Monday this Super Bowl. the 18th (also at noon, as confirmed to CVG by Microsoft). We can't imagine that those of you still holding out will be convinced of an Xbox Live Gold account's worth after against every coach I played just one weekend, but it certainly against this year,'' the rookie can't hurt, now can it? Gallery: Left 4 Dead 2 Sanchez said. Left 4 Dead 2 goes free-to-play And the football? on Xbox Live next weekend "It's right there,'' he said, pointing into his locker's top originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST. shelf. For Sanchez, it might as well Please see our terms for use of feeds. have been a ball of gold. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Cowboys Lift Playoff Curse in Big Way
By Nancy Gay (Fanhouse Main)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 5:26:00 PM

Filed under: Cowboys, Eagles, NFL Playoffs, NFL Analysis IRVING, Texas -- The December Drought has given way to the January Jugular for the surging Dallas Cowboys, who bull-rushed their way to an opening-round NFL playoff victory Saturday night for the first time since 1996. In a big way. The third game in nine weeks against rival and antagonist Philadelphia became a longoverdue playoff charm for Dallas, and the NFC East champions utilized every bit of

successful reconnaissance from their two previous victories over the Eagles to whip them into final submission, 34-14. And so, a seemingly unforeseen chain of events has unfolded.

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is ogling technodoodads
By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 11:30:00 PM

Togo attack fails to derail start of Africa cup
(Financial Times - US homepage)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 6:01:05 AM

Angola was on Sunday set to press ahead with plans to hold the African Nations soccer tournament, although Togo appeared likely to withdraw from the tournament following a gun attack by terrorists on the team bus. The violence in the northern province of Cabinda though has

people's batteries for them! That sounds like the basis for a profitable business. As our loyal accountants already Below are our seven favorite know, we've got a terrible, webcomics from this past week. insatiable thirst for new pieces of Check them out, and vote for proved embarrassing for a technology. As such, going to your favorite in the poll after the government that was hoping the Consumer Electronics Show jump. If we missed out on any successful staging of the games – is like getting a visit from the notable strips, make sure you due to begin on Sunday with a Ghost of Bankruptcy Yet To drop a link in the comments match between Angola and Mali Come. A transparent laptop? section! Fanboyonetta(The Great in Luanda - would demonstrate Y e s , p l e a s e . A h a n d - h e l d , the extent of newly won stability h y d r o g e n - p o w e r e d b a t t e r y I n d o o r s ) and prosperity, following three charger? We'll take four. Where Your Heart Will Go On(Digital will we get the money? We're Unrest) decades of civil war. Five Filters featured article: not worrying about that right A Review of the Preview(Penny Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: n o w . M a y b e w e ' l l c h a r g e Arcade) PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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31 places to go in 2010
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Submitted at 1/9/2010 10:53:15 PM

Project Natal focus on 'brand-new experiences' not 'little Natal components'
By Christopher Grant (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 9:30:00 PM

told Joystiq, "Our focus is on most if not all them will fall into that category of completely With the news that Project Natal unique, brand-new experiences w o u l d o f f l o a d t h e i m a g e for Natal." processing to the Xbox console - "We're going to manage the as opposed to handling those portfolio very carefully and our duties in hardware on the device focus is going to be on bringing itself - and consume as much as completely brand new original 1 0 to 15 percent of the console's experiences to the market when overall "computing resources," we launch Natal," Greenberg we became concerned that the said. "We're not looking at just potential for "supplemental" adding little Natal components to input in core games would be games, we're looking at how do blunted. When asked what we actually bring an entirely new percentage of the Project Natal- category of controller-free games enabled games in development and entertainment to the market would be Natal-exclusive as so I think that's where we will opposed to Natal-enhanced titles, continue to focus." Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg But that doesn't mean that other

developers aren't able to supplement their game's input with Natal controls. After the release this holiday, "developers will have that out there at their fingertips if they want to enable those features," Greenberg told us. "But I can't speak to what that means from a game development standpoint. As far as I'm aware, there's no real sacrifice." But Greenberg wasn't just talking up "new games" and "new ways to navigate" the console, but Microsoft is mysteriously promising "new entertainment-like experiences that will be enabled" because of the new interface. With the "focus" on "controller-

free games" and not just adding "little Natal components to games" we're left wondering how Peter Molyneux's Fable 3which he confirmed will have Natal support- will implement that support. With a 2010 launch for both Fable 3 and Project Natal, we expect it will be one of the device's bellwether games. Project Natal focus on 'brandnew experiences' not 'little Natal components' originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

After reading those 10 tips to slash travel costs, you can use your newfound money-saving expertise to travel to one of the NYT’s“31 places to go in 2010.” This list is definitely worth a read, since most of the destinations are not often considered top travel destinations. Example? How about the first five as a taste: 1. Sri Lanka 2. Patagonia Wine Country 3. Seoul 4. Mysore 5. Copenhagen See the full list. More on travel. Permalink| Leave a comment »

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Greenberg: 'millions of Natals in consumer's homes this holiday'
By Christopher Grant (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 8:30:00 PM

Discussing specifics of the company's forthcoming Project Natal, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg told Joystiq, "We think that there will be millions of Natals in consumer's homes this holiday." To put that number into context, Microsoft sold 2.3m Xbox 360 consoles and Nintendo sold 1.7m copies of Wii Fit with bundled Balance Board in the US during the months of November and December, 2008. "Millions" of Natal units in a single holiday season is certainly

an ambitious goal and one usually out of reach of most video game peripherals; however, Project Natal will be released with more than a year of hype behind it, not unlike the highly anticipated Wii Fit. With more than 39 million Xboxes worldwide, there's certainly a large enough platform footprint, and Greenberg (re)assures us that Project Natal will work on every Xbox 360 released to date, whether a hard drive is present or not. "As far as I'm aware, there is no requirement for a hard drive," Greenberg said. There is a 50mb software

"It's kind of like the digital TV conversion you know, [subsidizing] the box," Greenberg said. "We did that with the New Xbox Experience because it did require some space and so we feel like now we're in an environment where we feel like we're fine." Greenberg: 'millions of Natals in consumer's homes this holiday' originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:30:00 EST. package that powers some of G r e e n b e r g a s s u a g e d o u r Please see our terms for use of Natal's magic, which raises concerns, reminding us of feeds. concerns that original Xbox 360 Microsoft's NXE outreach, Permalink| Email this| Arcade units wouldn't have the offering a free 512mb Memory C o m m e n t s storage availability to use Natal. Unit or a discounted hard drive.

Hands-on: iGUGU Gamecore, 'the most powerful TV videogame console'
By Christopher Grant (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/9/2010 10:30:00 PM

Magazine says truthfully, that it has "Better graphics than Xbox and PlayStation 3." iCLICKCLICK to enlarge Of course, all of these T h e n o n - e x i s t e n t E r g o s prestigious (and not real) outlets Magazine says it has "1000s of are talking about the same free online games." The not-a- groundbreaking product: the real-site Arknet Gaming writes, iGUGU Gamecore or, as you curiously in the past tense, that it may better know it, "the most "... Unleashed the real power of p o w e r f u l T V v i d e o g a m e your PC videogames." The not- console." After being blown in-Google Hardzone Online away by the announcement Reviews confusingly calls it "... video(mostly from the hot air) the broken link between PC and we simply had to stop by TV." Lastly, the generic (and iGUGU's booth at CES and unknown to this writer) Gamers experience this revolutionary

technology for ourselves. You can imagine our delight hearing the same hyperbole mumbled by the booth's announcer (who, conspicuously, had his back to

the crowd the entire time) and seeing it in the form of the above quotes on the product's box. Gallery: iGUGU Gamecore CES 2010

Continue reading Hands-on: iGUGU Gamecore, 'the most powerful TV videogame console' Hands-on: iGUGU Gamecore, 'the most powerful TV videogame console' originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Dark Void Zero not DSiware exclusive; blasting onto iPhone and PC 'soon'
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Capcom's aggressive digital distribution strategy has led to major releases on everything from WiiWare to Xbox Live Arcade to PlayStation Network to Windows to iPhone, but there's been one notable absence: DSiware. Nintendo's underpromoted service hasn't had the support of a major release, so its easy to understand why Capcom targeted the platform with Dark Void Zero, the "8-bit" tie-in game due for release later this month. But while Capcom has found great success on the console platforms - including its 8-bit Mega Man 9they don't have any plans to release Zero there. However, they do have plans for some other platforms. "We are actually going to be releasing on iPhone and PC, can't say exactly when but I'll say 'soon,'" a Capcom producer told Joystiq. "Xbox Live, PSN, I don't know yet. I would love to do it on those consoles." And there you have it: If you want to try and

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play a "very hard" game (her words) on your iPhone, with no physical buttons, you're welcome to do that "soon." We'll stick to the DSiware and PC releases, we think. Dark Void Zero not DSiware exclusive; blasting onto iPhone and PC 'soon' originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Oh, my heart goes pitter-patter. The New York Times has put together a hygenic guide to antigerm devices for travelers. My favorite? By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) waste recycling. Microsoft, Germ Guardian. An 11-inch which fell from 15th place to wand that uses ultraviolet C light Submitted at 1/10/2010 12:30:00 AM 17th since last year, lost points to zap viruses and bacteria when We were really hoping that for not following the statutes set waved over an airline seat, hotel Nintendo and Microsoft could by the "Restriction of Hazardous b e d s p r e a d a n d o t h e r d i r t y rally after their near-bottom S u b s t a n c e s i n e l e c t r o n i c s s u r f a c e s . C o s t : $ 5 9 . 9 9 f i n i s h e s i n f o r m e r a n n u a l directive." Sony did relatively See The New York Times for iterations of Greenpeace's green well in most categories, but also other germ gadgets. business practice rankings -- lost a few points for its e-waste More gadgets. after all, we bet they're pretty management. You know what Permalink| Leave a comment » sick of getting beat by Nokia. this means, right? Greenpeace is (Ewwww!) Unfortunately, this o b v i o u s l y j u s t a s h a d o w l a t e s t " G u i d e t o G r e e n e r organization for PS3 fanboys. Electronics" report(.pdf link) We knew it all along! looks a lot like all the previous Greenpeace calls out Nintendo, ones: Nintendo finished dead M i c r o s o f t i n ' G r e e n e r last, and Microsoft finished not Electronics' report originally far behind. Sony, on the other appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 10 hand, finished a bit closer to the Jan 2010 00:30:00 EST. Please middle of the road. see our terms for use of feeds. Nintendo gets bashed for its Read| Permalink| Email this| increased greenhouse emissions Comments and for failing to control its e-

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FRESNO, California A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California Saturday afternoon, damaging buildings, knocking out power in several coastal communities and leaving a trail of broken windows and dishes south of the Oregon border. The powerful quake hit at about 4:27 p.m. PST about 22 miles from Ferndale, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Residents of an apartment building in Eureka were evacuated, and an office building and two other commercial structures were declared unsafe for occupancy, according to Humboldt County spokesman Phil Smith-Hanes. "Our initial reports were that, though this was a pretty decent quake, we survived it well," Smith-Hanes said, adding that damage assessents would continue on Sunday across the county. Authorities said no major injuries have been reported. But several people received minor cuts and scrapes from broken glass at the Bayshore Mall in Eureka, and an elderly person fell and broke a hip, authorities said. "We're mostly getting reports of bumps, bruises and hits on the head," said Laurie Watson Stone, a spokeswoman for St. Joseph Hospital, a 146-bed hospital in

Eureka. "The emergency room is busy, but we haven't heard of any major injuries." Amanda Nichols, a dispatcher for Eureka Police Department, said she received a report that an infant was struck in the head with some flying debris at the mall. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. spokesman J.D. Guidi said power outages were widespread across most of Humboldt County, affecting about 25,000 customers. Nearly 10,000 remained without power some five hours after the quake, and some could remain without power through Sunday, said PG&E spokeswoman Janna Morris. No damage was done to the company's former nuclear power plant outside Eureka, Morris said. Several traffic lights fell and numerous residents reported water, gas and sewer leaks, Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services spokeswoman Jo Wattle said. "People have chimneys down, and we're hearing about minor property damage and lots of glassware broken," Wattle said. "People are really shaken up. It was shaking pretty good, then it had a big jolt to it at the end." According to the USGS, the quake hit at a depth of nearly 10 miles. At least nine aftershocks of magnitude-3.0 or above followed in the hours after the quake, the biggest registering at

6:21 p.m. PST at a magnitude of 4.5. Police in Ferndale said the earthquake caused stucco to fall off City Hall and broke shop windows, strewing the historic downtown streets with glass shards. "I thought a tire had blown off my truck because it was so hard to keep control of the vehicle," Officer Lindsey Frank said. "Power lines were swaying, and I could see people in the fields trying to keep their balance." Eureka city spokesman Gary Bird said because the earthquake hit shortly before dark, only the city's old town received thorough surveys for damage. Authorities there found fallen bricks and parapets that had fallen off old structures, causing damage to adjacent buildings, he said. "There are some frayed nerves, but I think we've come through this pretty well for the magnitude of earthquake we've had," Bird said. Televisions tumbled and objects were knocked off walls in Arcata, a small town that's home to Humboldt State University, one resident said. "The whole town is kind of freaked out right now," said Judd Starks, the kitchen manager at a bar and restaurant known as The Alibi. "All the power is out, people are out walking around." The quake was felt as far south as Capitola in central California, and as far north as central Oregon, USGS geophysicist

Richard Buckmaster said. It struck about 270 miles north of San Francisco in an area where earthquakes ranging from 7.0 to 7.3 have struck periodically since the 1800s, causing damage and injuries. In 1964 a tsunami generated by a great 9.2-magnitude earthquake near Anchorage, Alaska, washed away 11 people in Crescent City, 80 miles to the north of Arcata. There is a small chance — 5 to 10 percent — of another magnitude-6.5 temblor or larger hitting the area over the next week, but the odds dramatically decrease as time passes, the USGS said. There's also a 78 percent chance of a strong and potentially damaging aftershock magnitude5 or larger over the same period. The earthquake probabilities are based on statistical observations of past earthquakes in California and are not predictions, the USGS said. California is one of the world's most seismically active regions. More than 300 faults crisscross the state, which sits atop two of Earth's major tectonic plates, the Pacific and North American plates. About 10,000 quakes each year rattle Southern California alone, although most of them are too small to be felt. The damage created by an earthquake depends greatly on where it hits. A 7.1 quake — much stronger than Saturday's 6.5 temblor — hit the Mojave Desert in 1999 but caused only a

few injuries and no deaths. By contrast the 1994 Northridge earthquake under Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley was magnitude 6.7. It killed 72 people, injured more than 9,000 and caused $25 billion in damage in the metropolitan area. And the magnitude-7.1 quake in October 1989 struck just before the third game of the World Series at Candlestick Park. The quake, centered in the Santa Cruz Mountains on the San Andreas fault, caused nearly $3 billion in damage. Dan Bowermaster of San Francisco was with relatives in Eureka when Saturday's quake hit, moving the refrigerator in his cousins' home about 3 feet. He said he had been in several moderate and large quakes throughout California but had never felt anything as strong as this one. "It was extremely unsettling, it was shaking in kind of a circular way," he said. Sandra Hall, owner of Antiques and Goodies in Eureka, said furniture fell over, nearly all her lamps broke and the handful of customers in her store got a big scare. She said it was the most dramatic quake in the 30 years the store has been open. "We'll be having a sale on broken china for those who like to do mosaics," she said. Click here for more from the 6.5-MAGNITUDE page 63

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"Our initial reports were that, though this was a pretty decent quake, we survived it well," EUREKA, Calif. – A powerful Smith-Hanes said, adding that offshore earthquake that struck damage assessments would near the Northern California continue Sunday across the coast left a hodgepodge of debris county. for communities to sort through Sandra Hall, owner of Antiques Sunday but spared residents any and Goodies, said furniture fell serious injury. over, nearly all her lamps broke The 6.5 magnitude temblor hit and the handful of customers in late Saturday afternoon and was her store got a big scare. She said centered in the Pacific about 22 it was the most dramatic quake miles west of Ferndale. It was in the 30 years the Eureka store felt in towns more than 300 has been open. m i l e s s o u t h i n t o c e n t r a l "We'll be having a sale on California and as far north as broken china for those who like c e n t r a l O r e g o n , t h e U . S . to do mosaics," she said. Geological Survey said. Ferndale More than a dozen aftershocks, is about 240 miles north of San s o m e w i t h m a g n i t u d e s a s Francisco. powerful as 4.5, rumbled for Dozens of people suffered several hours after the initial minor injuries and thousands lost quake, which had a depth of power. nearly 10 miles. In Eureka, north of Ferndale, Authorities on Saturday said no r e s i d e n t s o f a n a p a r t m e n t major injuries were reported. But building were evacuated, and an several people received minor office building and two other cuts and scrapes from broken commercial structures in the glass at the Bayshore Mall in town of about 26,000 people Eureka, and an elderly person w e r e d e c l a r e d u n s a f e f o r fell and broke a hip, authorities o c c u p a n c y , a c c o r d i n g t o said. Humboldt County spokesman "We're mostly getting reports of Phil Smith-Hanes. bumps, bruises and hits on the

head," said Laurie Watson Stone, a spokeswoman for St. Joseph Hospital, a 146-bed hospital in Eureka. "The emergency room is busy, but we haven't heard of any major injuries." Amanda Nichols, a dispatcher for Eureka Police Department, said she received a report that an infant was struck in the head with some flying debris at the mall. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. spokesman J.D. Guidi said power outages were widespread across most of Humboldt County, affecting about 25,000 customers. Nearly 10,000 remained without power some five hours after the quake, and some could remain without power through Sunday, said PG&E spokeswoman Janna Morris. No damage was done to the company's former nuclear power plant outside Eureka, Morris said. Several traffic lights fell and numerous residents reported water, gas and sewer leaks, Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services spokeswoman Jo Wattle said.

"People have chimneys down, and we're hearing about minor property damage and lots of glassware broken," Wattle said. "People are really shaken up. It was shaking pretty good, then it had a big jolt to it at the end." Police in Ferndale, a town of about 1,500 residents, said the earthquake caused stucco to fall off City Hall and broke shop windows, strewing the historic downtown streets with glass shards. "I thought a tire had blown off my truck because it was so hard to keep control of the vehicle," Officer Lindsey Frank said. "Power lines were swaying, and I could see people in the fields trying to keep their balance." Eureka city spokesman Gary Bird said because the earthquake hit shortly before dark, only the city's old town received thorough surveys for damage. Authorities there found fallen bricks and parapets that had fallen off old structures, causing damage to adjacent buildings, he said. "There are some frayed nerves, but I think we've come through this pretty well for the magnitude of earthquake we've had," Bird

said. Televisions tumbled and objects were knocked off walls in Arcata, a small town that's home to Humboldt State University, one resident said. "The whole town is kind of freaked out right now," said Judd Starks, the kitchen manager at a bar and restaurant known as The Alibi. California is one of the world's most seismically active regions. More than 300 faults crisscross the state, which sits atop two of Earth's major tectonic plates, the Pacific and North American plates. About 10,000 quakes each year rattle Southern California alone, although most of them are too small to be felt. ___ Associated Press writers Tim Reiterman in San Francisco, Garance Burke in Fresno, Calif., Andrew Dalton and Alicia Chang in Los Angeles and Bob Christie in Phoenix contributed to this story. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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China’s exports rise as economy picks up
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China’s exports rose in December for the first time in 14 months in an important sign of

the strength of the Chinese economy that will support the case for the appreciation of the renminbi. Exports climbed 17.7 per cent last month from a year earlier and imports shot up 55.9 per

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Cold stuns Floridians, causes deaths elsewhere (AP)
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In suburban Atlanta, which has seen an unusually long stretch of Submitted at 1/10/2010 1:41:49 AM low temperatures, two teens died ORLANDO, Fla. – Mark and Saturday after falling through the Barbara Willard were at home in ice on a partially frozen pond. Wickford, England two weeks The surviving teen was in fair a g o c h e c k i n g t h e w e a t h e r condition at Gwinnett Medical forecast on the Internet before C e n t e r , s a i d h o s p i t a l packing for their trip to Orlando s p o k e s w o m a n A n d r e a — sunny and 70 degrees. Wehrmann. On Saturday afternoon they had The two boys who died were in the hoods on their brand new the frigid water for nearly an coats pulled tight around their hour before rescuers could reach heads as the walked down the them, said Gwinnett County Fire International Drive tourist strip. and Emergency Services Capt. The weather: 35 degrees and Tommy Rutledge. He said the cloudy with a chance of icy rain three, ages 13 to 15, were or even snow. playing and sliding on the semi"The good news is two days after frozen pond when the ice broke. w e g o h o m e w e ' r e o f f t o Just the day before, Rutledge Jamaica," said Mark Willard. said the department issued a The bad news is they paid in warning that that local ponds, advance for theme park tickets lakes and streams might look and instead spent more time at more icy than normal, but they shopping malls buying winter still aren't solid enough to be clothing — a few hundred safe. "Even though it looks dollars worth, he said. inviting, it's a very dangerous Across Florida, the weather was thing," he said. freakishly cold for a state that's a In other parts of the country, the winter respite for so many. There weather was less unusual for were snow flurries spotted in winter, but still harsh. several parts of the state, as far In Vermont, state police said a south as Naples on the gulf snowmobiling accident on a coast. In Miami, the temperature partially frozen lake killed three was forecast to drop just below people Saturday, including a 3f r e e z i n g o v e r n i g h t a n d year-old girl. threatened to break the record for Police say three snowmobiles low temperatures in the city. carrying a total of six people went through ice on Lake Dunmore near Salisbury at around noon Saturday. Killed were: 50-year-old Kevin Flynn, of Whiting; 24-year-old Carrie Flynn, of Whiting; and 3-yearold Bryanna Popp. An ice jam along the Mississippi River prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning for southwest Illinois and northeast Missouri. The weather service said the river was near the 16-foot flood stage in Hannibal, Mo., on Saturday. And the ferry that serves as the only connection between western Kentucky and eastern Missouri was shut down Saturday afternoon because of ice in the harbor and Mississippi River. Kentucky Department of Transportation spokesman Keith Todd said with temperatures expected to remain below freezing, operations for the Dorena-Hickman Ferry would be evaluated daily to decide when the crossing can resume. Amtrak said some trains between Chicago and Denver and between St. Paul, Minn., and Seattle wouldn't operate Saturday and Sunday because of cold, high winds and drifting snow. As the arctic cold began to ease in some parts of the nation, residents in northern Florida were under a hard freeze warning with temperatures expected to drop to 20 or below overnight. In the Florida Keys, a tropical paradise where people usually pay attention to the heat index, a term more often reserved for Northerners was being used: wind chill. Gusts were predicted to make the air feel like the upper 20s. For Alfonso Idiaquez, the weather brought back flashbacks to the life he left behind in Cleveland seven years ago. "It feels like we're living in Ohio," said Idiaquez, 43, of Kissimmee. "My son was laughing. He said, 'We need to buy shovels for the snow.'" Marion White was not laughing. She was shivering uncontrollably from head to toe as she and her family walked down Orlando's International Drive. "It ruined our holiday," said White, 46, of Dublin, Ireland. "It's absolutely dreadful." ___ Associated Press writer Suzette Laboy in Miami contributed to this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

NYC man charged with getting alQaida training (AP)
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NEW YORK – A New York City man under investigation for his links to a terror suspect pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges that he flew to Pakistan to get military training from alQaida. Adis Medunjanin entered the plea during a swift arraignment at a federal court in Brooklyn. He faces counts of receiving military training from a foreign terrorist organization and conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country. The 25-year-old was one of two Queens men arrested early Friday in connection with the investigation of Najibullah Zazi, a Colorado airport driver who pleaded not guilty last year to supporting terrorism. The indictment made public by prosecutors on Saturday provided scant details on the accusations against Medunjanin, who was born in Bosnia but is a U.S. citizen. It said the charges were related to a trip he made to Pakistan in August of 2008. Prosecutors have said that Zazi, Medunjanin and a third man, Zarein Ahmedzay, traveled there together that summer. All three attended high school together NYC page 65

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US Senate leader in Obama apology
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described as somebody whose encouragement of Mr Obama was "unequivocal". Submitted at 1/9/2010 4:54:29 PM "He was wowed by Obama's The US Senate majority leader, oratorical gifts and believed that Harry Reid, has apologised for t h e c o u n t r y w a s r e a d y t o private comments he made about embrace a black presidential Barack Obama before the 2008 candidate, especially one such as presidential election. Obama - a 'light-skinned' African He is quoted in a new book as American 'with no Negro dialect, saying Mr Obama could win unless he wanted to have one,' as since he was a "light-skinned" he said privately," the authors African-American "with no wrote. Negro dialect", unless he wanted "Reid was convinced, in fact, one. that Obama's race would help The Democrat said he now him more than hurt him in a bid regretted "using such a poor for the Democratic nomination." choice of words" and apologised Mr Reid waited to formally to any Americans offended. endorse President Obama until P r e s i d e n t O b a m a q u i c k l y after the tough presidential accepted the apology and said primary battle against Hillary "the book is closed". Clinton ended. Correspondents say Mr Reid, After the extract was published 71, is facing a difficult re- by The Atlantic magazine on election battle in his home state Friday, the senator confirmed he of Nevada in November's mid- had made the remarks and term elections. apologised. 'Improper comments' "I deeply regret using such a In a new book published about poor choice of words. I sincerely t h e p r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t i o n apologise for offending any and campaign by journalists Mark all Americans, especially African Halperin and John Heileman, -Americans for my improper Game Change, the senator is c o m m e n t s , " h e s a i d i n a statement. "I was a proud and enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama during the campaign and have worked as hard as I can to advance President Obama's legislative agenda. Moreover, throughout my career... I have worked hard to advance issues important to the AfricanAmerican community." Mr Obama later issued a statement accepting the apology. "Harry Reid called me today and apologized for an unfortunate comment reported today. I accepted Harry's apology without question because I've known him for years, I've seen the passionate leadership he's shown on issues of social justice and I know what's in his heart," he said. "As far as I am concerned, the book is closed." Print Sponsor Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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and lived for years in the same Queens neighborhood. Zazi has been under arrest since September, charged with getting explosives training from alQaida and later hatching a foiled scheme to attack targets in New York with homemade bombs. The new indictment did not directly tie Medunjanin to the New York plot — what Attorney General Eric Holder has called one of the most serious terrorism cases since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Outside court, defense attorney Robert C. Gottlieb told reporters that his client's not guilty plea was "emphatic." He accused authorities of holding and interrogating Medunjanin for two days without letting him see his family or a lawyer. "The questioning was illegal," Gottlieb said. Prosecutors declined to comment. Ahmedzay pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he lied to the FBI during the probe about places he visited during the 2008 trip. He was taken into custody early Friday morning while working a late-night shift driving a cab in Manhattan. Ahmedzay, 24, and Medunjanin were first publicly linked to the investigation in September, when the FBI raided their homes shortly before Zazi's arrest. FBI agents had Medunjanin under surveillance, but apparently did not intend to

arrest him when they went to his Queens apartment Thursday afternoon to seize his passport. Once that happened, authorities say he became upset and took off in his car. A law enforcement official confirmed reports that Medunjanin then phoned 911 and ranted in Arabic, "We love death more than you love life," before purposely ramming his car into another vehicle and fleeing on foot. The official was not authorized to discuss the arrest and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. After being captured and treated for minor injuries, federal investigators took him into custody. There were no signs of injury Saturday when he appeared in court wearing a black hooded winter jacket and entered his plea in a firm voice. Gottlieb suggested that the car incident had been overblown, saying, "Let's see what the evidence is." Medunjanin was ordered held without bail until a hearing Thursday. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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'NY bomb plotter' denies charges
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charge of making a false statement to the FBI about where exactly he had travelled in Submitted at 1/9/2010 12:52:54 PM Pakistan and Afghanistan. A Bosnian-born man arrested in All three men attended high New York in connection with an school together in New York and alleged plot to bomb the city has lived for years in the same city pleaded not guilty to conspiracy neighbourhood of Queens. to commit murder abroad. Investigators allege that they Adis Medunjanin, 25, who was travelled to Pakistan together in arrested on Friday by the FBI, August 2008 and attended an alalso denied being trained by al- Qaeda training camp. Qaeda. Both men arrested on Friday He and a friend are said to be were reported to have been associates of an Afghan-born questioned by investigators last Colorado man, Najibullah Zazi, year. accused of planning an attack on Print Sponsor city commuters. Five Filters featured article: Zarein Ahmedzay, of Afghan Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: origin, was also detained on PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Friday. Term Extraction. He pleaded not guilty to a

The coming days: The week ahead
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MediaDailyNews: CBS' Tassler: Broadcasters Gain From NBC's Late-Night Debacle
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Tassler, president of CBS Entertainment, said the results of NBC's putting "The Jay Leno PASADENA, CALIF. -- Major Show" at 10 p.m. proved that r e v e r b e r a t i o n s o f N B C ' s some old tenets of the TV potential plan -- to perhaps business still exist. juggle its 10 p.m. and late-night " U l t i m a t e l y , t h e r e i s n o programming again -- has had substitute for developing great competing network executives shows with great talent," she offering some critical analysis. says. "Through it all, we have to During CBS' part of Television Critics Association tour, Nina MEDIADAILYNEWS: page 67

The coming days Jan 10th 2010 From Economist.com New figures show Chinese exports growing, and other news of the coming days • FIGURES due out on Monday January 11th are expected to show that China’s exports in December were higher than a year ago, after 13 months of year -on-year declines. China’s exports fell by around 17% in 2009 as a whole, but other countries’ slumped by even more. Foreigners insist that the main reason for China’s growing market share is that the government has kept its currency weak. But lower incomes encouraged consumers to switch to the sort of cheaper goods that China produces, and the elimination of global textile quotas in January 2009 allowed China to increase its slice of that market. • A DECISION on the issue of gay marriage in America takes a step towards the Supreme Court on Monday January 11th. A federal court will consider a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of California's voter-approved ban against same -sex marriage. Proposition 8, a ballot-box initiative passed in November 2008, ended California’s short stint as a state

that allowed same-sex marriages. The trial will be the first to consider whether bans on gay marriage violate federal civil rights and anti-discrimination laws. Elsewhere, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Iowa, Vermont and Connecticut have all legalised gay weddings and Washington, DC, may well do so soon. • A COURT in Nigeria begins hearings on Thursday January 14th on three lawsuits which claim that the country’s president, Umaru Yar’Adua, has breached the constitution by staying in power despite having spent the past six weeks in a hospital overseas. The government’s political opponents have been calling for concrete evidence that the ailing president is still fit enough to rule. Goodluck Jonathan, the country’s vice-president, says that he has spoken on the phone recently to Mr Yar’Adua but has declined to share the content of their chat. The prolonged absence of the president of the most populous country in Africa is raising concerns of a power vacuum. • UKRAINIANS go to the polls on Sunday January 17th for the first round of a presidential election that is almost certain to see the departure of the incumbent, Viktor Yushchenko, who swept to power in the “orange revolution” in 2004-05. None of the 18 candidates is

expected to win the first round outright so a second round is likely between Yulia Tymoshenko, the prime minister and former orange ally of Mr Yushchenko, and Viktor Yanukovich, a former prime minister who was the loser last time. Both Ms Tymoshenko and Mr Yanukovich are promising reforms to deal with corruption and economic woes but Ukraine’s voters will be sceptical that either is capable of disinterestedly amending a constitution that makes decisions in Ukraine so hard to reach. • THE presidential candidate of Chile’s conservative opposition, Sebastián Piñera, will contest a run-off vote on Sunday January 17th against Eduardo Frei, a Christian Democrat from the ruling centre-left Concertación coalition. With 44% of the vote Mr Piñera enters the poll with a 14-point lead from the first round. This will be hard to reverse for his rival, possibly overturning a stable political divide that has seen almost 60% of voters backing the centre-left and some 40% the right since the end of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Back to top ^^ Readers' comments The Economist welcomes your views. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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realize ABC, CBS and Fox have fared very well during this experiential phase of NBC. It allowed us to get a bigger piece of the ad revenue at 10 p.m." "The unfortunate thing was that our creative community was somewhat bruised by this," says Tassler. "A lot of people were put out of work." She refers to the collateral damage of NBC's "Leno" decision, which took five hours a week of scripted and other programs out of the hands of TV producers. Tassler notes that NBC's sudden change of philosophy isn't new. "We hearken back to NBC's grand proclamation that at 8 a.m. it was over -- that they were going to have a whole different strategy," she says. "What I have the most problem with is for a company to turn and say this is a reflection on the whole network business -- I think it's misguided. Our business is thriving right now with hit shows, as is ABC, as is

Fox. At the end of the day, it was an experiment that didn't work." In regard to future network business, Tassler says CBS will probably produce about as many pilots next year as it has done in recent seasons. In explaining CBS' decision to run the new reality show "Undercover Boss" after the Super Bowl next month -- which is typically a major launch vehicle for any program -Tassler says it is a throwback to earlier times. "Fifteen years ago, this spot was used to launch new programming," says Tassler. "In the last 10 to 15 years, it was used as a platform to get greater exposure for existing shows." "Undercover Boss" has produced about six shows so far, she says. "There is tone and quality of the show that is a great fit. It is aspirational. It is a feel-good program. Everyone watching the Super Bowl -- whether you are eight or 80 -- can enjoy the

program." Although Friday- night programming has generally had lower ratings -- and lower viewership than other nights of the week -- CBS is still committed to scheduling the night. Although the Friday night CBS program "Numb3rs" production schedule was cut this year, she says it is still a strong candidate to return next year. Tassler says overall costs -- mostly to accommodate the new "high class" show "Miami Medical" from Jerry Bruckheimer -- were the reason for fewer "Numb3rs" episodes. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

MediaDailyNews: 'Boss' Gets New CEOs, Companies To Profile
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reveal any specific details regarding other CEOs who will go undercover. He did say, as PASADENA, CALIF. -- CBS' with Waste Management, that new reality series "Undercover none of the companies would B o s s " w i l l a d d s o m e n e w have a media-buying deal for companies to its lineup -- 7-11, CBS programming attached to White Castle, Hooters and their participation. Churchill Downs -- it was Lambert said future shows will revealed at the TV Critics primarily target consumerAssociation meeting. oriented marketers viewers are "Boss" gets its start in a plum familiar with -- in particular, after-Super Bowl time slot in restaurant chains, retail stores F e b r u a r y , w i t h W a s t e and entertainment companies. Management as the initial But selection also depends on the featured company. type of dramatic elements a The story surrounds real-life company offers. CEO Larry O'Donnell, who goes "With Waste Management, it undercover working at various was literally about the boss jobs as he attempts to learn about getting his hands dirty," says employee issues and rectify Lambert. problem areas. Lambert says a company CEO O'Donnell says while the also needs to have a certain sense company advertised on CBS in of daring in submitting to the the past, it has no media-buying reality show -- especially in agreement in connection with the finding faults in the company. show. A company spokesman "The reassuring thing is that you said Waste Management has can fix it," he says. "You can done corporate advertising on look good fixing the problem." Sunday morning news shows and Five Filters featured article: PGA golf events -- programming Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: that CBS airs. PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Stephen Lambert, the executive Term Extraction. producer of "Boss," did not