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The First Draft: Missile defense, Iran and value voters

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

By Thomas Ferraro (Front Row here,” Clinton said, drawing House intern. time in 30 years and passed major similar in their rise to power.
Washington) chuckles and applause from a None of them, in their remarks, legislation, including measures to “We came out of nowhere, we
Submitted at 9/18/2009 9:04:38 AM packed crowd on Capitol Hill of a made any mention of the scandal overhaul welfare, dramatically had no plausible reason to get
few hundred people, including that rocked the nation and that boost education spending and here, we got here and were
While members of the U.S. past and present congressional tied up Congress for months. create the federal health insurance slightly confused by the
Congress angrily debated bogged- power brokers. Neither did they go near the flap program for children. experience … and couldn’t
down efforts at healthcare reform, Indeed, it was a strange scene. that caused Lott to step down as Lott revealed a key to their believe the other two were here,”
three one-time adversaries shared Clinton, Lott and Gingrich often Senate majority leader after ability to find common ground. Gingrich said.
old stories, pats on the back and engaged in front-page political making what was seen as a “We never lost our ability to Lott acknowledged hanging on
laughs. battles during the former racially insensitive remark in talk, even when I said something his office walls cartoons
Former Democratic President president’s eight years in the 2002, ending more than five years stupid — or vice versa,” Lott said. ridiculing Clinton. He said
Bill Clinton, ex-Republican White House that ended in a t the helm of the Senate. Along the way, they developed Clinton, after seeing them,
House Speaker Newt Gingrich January 2001. Instead, they focused on the a friendship. laughed and gave him another
and former Senate Republican Most notably, Gingrich and Lott good times, kidded about some “The world be amazed to know cartoon — this one of Clinton
Leader Trent got together this helped lead the failed bid in late tough times and talked about what good chemistry Trent and skillfully fending off Republican
week for the unveiling of Lott’s 1998 and early 1999 to oust productive times. Newt and I had in private,” opposition. Clinton framed and
official Senate portrait. Clinton from office for lying They noted that together they Clinton said.
“I’m still wondering why I’m about an affair with a White balanced the budget for the first Gingrich said the three were CLINTON, page 3
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CLINTON,
Politicians score big in the NFL — campaign continued from page 2
autographed it for the then Senate

contributions Republican leader.

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

immigrants’ healthcare exclusion huge concert
By Robin Emmott (Front Row promises that a new (BBC News | Americas | World of the free concert is highly
Washington) administration would lead us out Edition) symbolic.
Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:05:31 PM of the darkness and finally bring
Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:05:02 PM The headquarters of the
about immigration reform," said communist party is in Revolution
By Tim Gaynor Lorena Colin of the Mexican Havana is preparing for the Square, along with a giant metal
President Barack Obama's American Coalition for biggest open air concert since the sculpture of Che Guevara's head.
signature battle to overhaul the 1959 revolution, featuring some
Immigration Reform, a Chicago- The square was used by Fidel
United States' $2.5 trillion 15 top Latin American, Spanish Castro used to give five-hour
based pro-immigrant grassroots
healthcare industry to extend group. and Cuban performers. speeches, and is also where Pope
coverage and lower costs for "Instead, we are seeing the Hundreds of thousands of John Paul II held a historic open
Americans has met fierce force them further into the Cubans are expected to attend the air mass in 1998.
a d ministration allowing
opposition from Republicans. shadows of our society, and we undocumented immigrants to concert in Revolution Square in Our correspondent says the
But a move by Democrat relegate them to emergency room Havana.
become scapegoats and the targets concert will feature the kind of
backers to exclude 12 million care -at the highest cost to of widespread derision and hate in Colombian singer Juanes, who big-name Latin line up that the
illegal immigrants from buying taxpayers," Rep. Luis Gutierrez, the healthcare debate," she added. has organised the event, has isolated, music loving island of
health coverage and restrict the an Illinois Democrat, told a received death threats from Cuban Cuba could only dream about in
Reverend Luis Cortés, Jr.,
p a r t i c i p a t i o n o f a u t h o r i z e d conference call with reporters this meanwhile, the president of a-American opponents of the the past.
migrants has drawn the ire of U.S. week. regime in Miami.
Hispanics -- a bloc that Obama has so far been popular prominent Hispanic evangelical Among the artists taking part on
But he has won support from Sunday are Spain's Miguel Bose,
network Esperanza said he was
overwhelmingly turned out to with U.S. Hispanics. His backing disillusioned with the Democrats, dissidents within Cuba. Olga Tanon from Puerto Rico, the
vote for Obama in last year's for comprehensive immigration and warned that Hispanics voters More than 20 of Cuba's best- C u b a n p e r f o r m e r s S i l v i o
election. reform, which seeks to allow known political dissidents, in Rodriguez and Los Van Van.
would punish lawmakers who
Hispanic lawmakers and millions of illegal immigrants in denied immigrants care in the prison since 2003, issued a Are you in Havana? Are you
activists are riled by the bill good standing a chance to pay midterm Congressional elections message of support for the concert attending the concert? Send us
pushed in the U.S. Senate by fines and become citizens, helped in 2010. earlier this month. your comments and experiences
Finance Committee Chairman win him two-thirds of the Latino "All we can do at this point is W h i l e t h e c r i t i c s h a v e using the form below.
M a x B a u c u s , a M o n t a n a vote in last November's election. look at each local election, one by complained that Juanes is Send your pictures to
Democrat, which denies illegal But activists say the push to endorsing the island's communist yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them
one, and punish those individuals-
immigrants the option to buy exclude undocumented workers regardless of their party-who deny system, the dissidents say the to+44 7725 100 100. If you have
health insurance and places a five- from paying for healthcare -- even concert - which is called Peace a large file you can upload here.
rights to legal immigrants and
y e a r w a i t p e r i o d o n l e g a l for their U.S. born children -- is children, as well as the poorest in without Borders - is an Read the terms and conditions
immigrants before they can access testing support for Obama among our nation, the undocumented," he opportunity for reconciliation. At no time should you endanger
health benefits. Latinos, who make up 15 percent During a break in rehearsals, yourself or others, take any
said.
"When we effectively bar the of the population and 9 percent of Juanes said the show was about unnecessary risks or infringe any
immigrant community from the electorate. peace and tolerance, not politics. laws.
buying private insurance, we "The Latino vote was based on "It's a message of peace, not only The BBC may edit your
for Cuba. It's for the entire comments and not all emails will
Putin calls for follow-up to missile U-turn region," he said. be published. Your comments
(Financial Times - US to scrap plans for a missile its decision on Thursday, Mr He added that preparations for may be published on any BBC
homepage) defence shield in Europe as a Putin said that he wanted the US the concert had not been easy, but media worldwide.
Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:33:06 AM positive step – but he said that to support efforts by Russia, "we have all got over our fears". Print Sponsor
other US concessions should Belarus and Kazakhstan to join As the BBC's Michael Voss
Vladimir Putin, Russia’s prime follow. the World Trade Organisation. reports from Havana, the location
minister, on Friday welcomed the In his first public comments
Obama administration’s decision since the White House announced
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2 Colorado men, 1 NYC man arrested in terror probe (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:34:46 AM
DENVER – The FBI arrested a
24-year-old Colorado man on
charges of making false
statements to federal agents in an
ongoing terror investigation, and
supporting documents contend the
man admitted receiving weapons
and explosives training from al-
Qaida in Pakistan.
Najibullah Zazi of the Denver
suburb of Aurora was arrested late
Saturday after undergoing three
days of questioning by the FBI.
Zazi, a legal permanent resident
from Afghanistan, was due to
appear in federal court on
Monday.
Also arrested were Zazi's father,
Mohammed Wali Zazi, 53, in
Denver; and an associate, Ahmad
Wais Afzali, 37, of Queens, N.Y.,
the Justice Department said
Sunday. Both also were charged
with making false statements to
federal agents, a charge that
carries a penalty of eight years in
prison. Court appearances for
both also were set for Monday.
Zazi has repeatedly denied to
reporters any connection to al-
Qaida or to a purported terrorist
plot.
A senior U.S. intelligence
official in Washington told The
Associated Press Friday that Zazi
has indicated that he is directly
linked with al-Qaida. The official,
who spoke on condition of
anonymity in order to discuss
intelligence matters, said Zazi
Summers hits back at agency plan critics
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:48:21 PM
played a crucial role in an
intended terrorist attack but that it
was not immediately clear what
the targets were.
The FBI is investigating several
individuals in the United States,
Pakistan and elsewhere in an
alleged plot to detonate explosive
devices in the United States, the
Justice Department said in a
statement.
"The arrests carried out tonight
are part of an ongoing and fast-
paced investigation," said David
Kris, assistant attorney general for
national security. "It is important
to note that we have no specific
information regarding the timing,
location or target of any planned
attack."
A joint FBI- New York Police
Department task force feared Zazi
may have been involved in a
potential plot involving hydrogen
peroxide-based explosives like
those cited in an intelligence
warning issued Monday,
according to two other law
enforcement officials, who spoke
on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorized
to speak about the investigation.
Zazi denies any ties to al-Qaida or
terrorism.
At a celebration for the end of
Ramadan that drew an estimated
5,000 people to a hotel in
suburban Aurora Sunday
morning, there was suspicion and
concern over the arrest.
Taj Ashaheed, Colorado
Muslim Society spokesman, said
he was surprised that the three
Larry Summers, the top White
House economic adviser, on
Friday accused financial lobby
groups of using “death panel”
men were only charged with lying
to authorities, considering the
hype that has surrounded them.
"No one here subscribes to the
idea of terrorism. We're citizens,
too," he said. "If these things are
true, it's disturbing and troubling,
particularly to the Muslim
community."
In supporting documents filed
with the court, investigators say
Zazi admitted to FBI agents last
week that in 2008 he received
weapons and explosives training
from al-Qaida in the federally
administered tribal areas of
Pakistan.
The terror probe gathered
momentum after Zazi rented a car
and drove from Denver to New
York, crossing into Manhattan on
Sept. 10. Zazi said he went to
New York to resolve some issues
with a coffee cart he owns in
Manhattan, then flew home to
Denver. The FBI searched Zazi's
rental car and laptop during the
New York trip and listened in on
telephone conversations,
according to the affidavits.
On Monday, FBI agents and
police officers with search
warrants seeking bomb materials
searched three apartments and
questioned residents in the
Queens neighborhood where Zazi
stayed.
A Sept. 11 search of Zazi's
rental car in New York turned up
a laptop computer that contained
an image of nine pages of
handwritten notes, according to
court documents filed with the
type scare tactics to try to block
the creation of a consumer
financial protection agency.
Insisting the Obama
Top News/ Finance/
arrest warrant. Those notes
included instructions about how to
build explosives and detonators,
the affidavits state.
Zazi was asked about the notes
during FBI interviews last week
and said he knew nothing about
them, the documents said. Zazi
allegedly told federal agents that
he must have unintentionally
downloaded the notes along with
a religious book. He said he
deleted it within a few days after
realizing it discussed jihad, the
affidavit said.
However, federal agents suspect
Zazi received the notes via e-mail.
Authorities have found images
of the notes in two e-mail
accounts with similar passwords.
One of the accounts has a nine-
digit password that is identical to
the password for an e-mail
account that Zazi told
investigators this week was his,
the affidavit said.
Authorities suspect Zazi
controls both e-mail accounts that
received copies of the handwritten
notes, according to the affidavit.
An arrest warrant affidavit says
FBI agents intercepted a phone
conversation around Sept. 11 in
which Afzali, a legal permanent
resident from Afghanistan, told
Zazi that he had spoken with
authorities. "I was exposed to
something yesterday from the
authorities. And they came to ask
me about your characters. They
asked me about you guys," Afzali
told Zazi, according to the
affidavit.
administration would not be
deflected from this goal, Mr
Summers rubbished
advertisements claiming that the
9
However, Afzali allegedly lied
to authorities about that
conversation when federal agents
asked him about it Thursday,
according to the affidavit.
The department says
Mohammed Zazi, a naturalized
U.S. citizen who was interviewed
last week by the FBI, lied when
asked if he knew anyone by the
name of Afzali and said he didn't.
The FBI said it had wiretapped a
conversation between Mohammed
Zazi and Afzali during Najibullah
Zazi's visit to New York.
Wendy Aiello, a spokeswoman
for Zazi's defense team, says Zazi
and his father were taken to FBI
headquarters in Denver.
Zazi had been scheduled to go
to the Federal Building in Denver
on Saturday for a fourth straight
day of FBI questioning. However,
the meeting was canceled so Zazi
could meet with his attorney,
Aiello said.
The FBI searched Zazi's
apartment and his uncle and aunt's
home last week in suburban
Denver. Authorities have not said
what they found.
Zazi was born in Afghanistan in
1985, moved to Pakistan at age 7
and emigrated to the United States
in 1999. He returned to Pakistan
in 2007 and 2008 to visit his wife,
according to his attorney, Arthur
Folsom.
___
Associated Press writer Eileen
Sullivan in Washington, D.C.,
contributed to this report.
new agency would prevent florists
from offering credit to their
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NY governor ignores
Obama rejects Russia missile link pressure to end election
quest - The Associated
(BBC News | Americas | World clear, that probably the jobs "Russia had always been Poland to site 10 interceptors at a
Edition) picture is not going to improve paranoid about this, but George base near the Baltic Sea, and with Press
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:42:48 AM considerably and it could even get Bush was right. This wasn't a the Czech Republic to build a
a little bit worse over the next threat to them," Mr Obama said. radar station on its territory. (Most Popular - Google News)
The US president says his couple of months." - CNN's State He added that the replacement Ground-based system Under the Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:41:27 AM

decision to shelve a missile of the Union. plan would not be a threat to system proposed by former
defence plan was not dictated by • Healthcare: "About two-thirds Russia, either. president Bush, ground-based By MICHAEL GORMLEY
Russian opposition. of what we've proposed would be The US leader said it would be a defence missiles would have been (AP) – 28 minutes ago
"The Russians don't make from money that's already in the bonus if the Russians were "now sited in Poland and a radar system ALBANY, N.Y. — New York
determinations about what our healthcare system but just being willing to work more effectively to detect enemy missiles installed Gov. David Paterson isn't bowing
defence posture is," Barack spent badly. And as I said before, with us to deal with threats like at Brdy in the Czech Republic. to the latest pressure to scrap his
Obama told CBS television. this is not me making wild ballistic missiles from Iran or Iran's Shahab-3 missile is thought plans to run for the office he
"If the by-product of it is that the assertions." - CBS's Face the nuclear development in Iran". to have a maximum range of inherited 18 months ago.
R u s s i a n s f e e l a l i t t l e l e s s Nation. Writing in the New York Times 2,000km. A senior Democratic adviser
paranoid... then that's a bonus," • CIA interrogations: "I continue earlier, US Defence Secretary Sea-based system President close to Paterson said Sunday that
Mr Obama said. to believe that nobody's above the Robert Gates said the decision to Barack Obama has shelved plans the state's first black governor is
US conservatives have criticised law" - CBS's Face the Nation. drop the initial plan was a to site interceptor missiles in still planning to run and is
the decision to scrap the plan to • Race: "Are there some people "pragmatic" one, scolding those Poland. Instead the Aegis and focusing on the state's fiscal
deploy interceptor missiles in who don't like me because of my who he said provided a "devoted Standard Missile-3 systems will crisis. The adviser spoke on
Poland and a radar station in the race? I'm sure there are." - ABC's following" to missile defence be deployed on US warships condition of anonymity because
Czech Republic. This Week plans that were "unworkable, based in the Mediterranean, with he wasn't authorized to speak for
Mr Obama's predecessor, • Afghanistan: "I just want to prohibitively expensive and could mobile land-based variants to Paterson.
George W Bush, had argued that m a k e s u r e t h a t e v e r y b o d y never be practically deployed". follow by 2015. The governor's office has
the system was necessary to deal understands that you don't make "I have found since taking this Intercontinental missile ranges refused to comment since reports
with potential threats from Iran. decisions about resources before post that when it comes to missile The US has developed missile Saturday revealed that national
Moscow said it was aimed you have the strategy ready." - defence, some hold a view defence sites in California and Democratic leaders hoped to
against Russia, and has welcomed ABC's This Week. bordering on theology that regards Alaska as a deterrent to North persuade him to drop out of the
the US decision to abandon it. • North Korea: Kim Jong-il is any change of plans or any Korea, which has unsuccessfully 2010 race. That would pave the
Mr Obama's plan is to replace it "pretty healthy and in control" - cancellation of a program as tested a 10,000 km range missile way for the far more popular
with a defence system using sea CNN's State of the Union. abandonment or even breaking the Taepodong-2. Of the US's Andrew Cuomo.
and land-based interceptors. No negotiations with Moscow faith," said Mr Gates, a strategic rivals, Russia has the The Rev. Al Sharpton said
In a series of wide-ranging Questioned on the CBS's Face Republican who also served as longest range missile, the SS-18. Sunday that he spoke to the White
interviews with US television t h e N a t i o n p r o g r a m m e , M r defence secretary during George Print Sponsor House and Paterson about his
networks on Sunday, Mr Obama Obama said: "My task here was W Bush's final years as president. concern that Democrats do what
also focused on: not to negotiate with the Under the original plan, the US is best for the people of New
• The economy: "I want to be R u s s i a n s . " signed a deal in August 2008 with York. He wouldn't say whether he
was advising Paterson to drop out.
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ACORN CEO 'Outraged' by Behavior of

Employees in Prostitute Tapes - FOXNews Guns and gold
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Submitted at 9/20/2009 6:51:19 AM
Lewis initially took a defiant
tone against the criticism of her
employees in the secret
videotapes were seen offering
much of the group's community
activity. tell the story on
• Photos
organization when the tapes were
first made public by filmmaker
advice on how O'Keefe and his
partner could skirt anti-
Lewis said on "FOX News
Sunday" that the group would the economy
A Baltimore ACORN worker is James O'Keefe. But that stance prostitution and tax laws -- by name an auditor Monday. By Tom Johansmeyer
shown here in footage shot by softened as more tapes were lying about their occupation, But she skirted questions on (BloggingStocks)
f i l m m a k e r J a m e s O ' K e e f e . revealed -- so far detailing hidden claiming underage sex workers as whether ACORN should open its Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:40:00 AM
(BigGovernment.com) -camera operations at five "dependents" and using other books to Congress or change its
ACORN's top officer said separate locations across the means of deception. rare, taxable status to tax-exempt Filed under: Good news, Barrick
Sunday that she was "outraged" country. Soon after the controversy status as a way to ensure it steers Gold (ABX), Newmont Mining
by the content of hidden-camera "Any organization is not entirely erupted, Lewis released a clear of political activity. (NEM)
v i d e o t a p e s s h o w i n g h e r perfect," Lewis said on "FOX statement suggesting race was Lewis continued to suggest her When gold miners and gun-
organization's employees offering News Sunday." "I was outraged behind an attempt by conservative group was being unfairly targeted. toters lag the broader economy,
advice to undercover filmmakers by it. Everyone should be, and I critics to "destroy" ACORN. "I think Congress will be looking it's usually a good sign that
posing as a pimp and prostitute, as can understand how the Congress ACORN provides assistance to at doing an anti-ACORN conditions are on the mend. Both
she pledged to "reform" the inner was also." low-income and often minority amendment and just singling out sectors outperform when times
workings of the activist group. She said any employee "too communities. one organization," she said. were tough, but this year, their
Chief organizer Bertha Lewis s t u p i d " n o t t o a d h e r e t o Lewis claimed the tapes were Rep. Darrell Issa, ranking growth has slowed relative to the
tried to calm a growing firestorm professional standards will be "doctored" and threatened to sue Republican on the House market has a whole.
over the behavior of her group's terminated. FOX News -- which broadcast the Oversight and Government The S&P 500 index has gained
employees. Allegations of voter "Internally, let's have some tapes but did not produce them -- Reform Committee, said on "FOX 57% since March 9, 2009,
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-fund ACORN last week. Many saying it is not the "biggest issue Last week, Lewis reversed. She but they aren't keeping pace with
Democrats joined Republicans in facing the country." said ACORN would conduct an the index.
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12 Top News/ Finance/
Obama to meet Middle East leaders
(BBC News | Americas | World
Edition)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 5:31:26 PM
President Barack Obama will
meet Israeli and Palestinian
leaders on Tuesday to try to
relaunch peace talks.
Mr Obama will hold separate
talks with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and
Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas, before a joint meeting.
Efforts to restart the peace
process have so far been blocked
by disagreements over Israeli
settlements.
A senior US official told the
BBC that there was no
expectation of an announcement
after Tuesday's meetings.
He said the meetings are "clear
sign of the President's personal
commitment to this issue."
But he added that it was critical
to put the discussions "in
context".
"Nine months ago there was a
war in Gaza," he said. "The Israeli
government has only existed for
five months.
"And now these three leaders are
Microsoft to open up say on pay
(BBC News | Americas | World
Edition)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 3:51:58 AM
Software giant Microsoft is to firms to cut down on excessive
allow shareholders to vote on the pay deals for bosses.
pay of its board members,
although their votes will not be looking at legislating over the
binding.
The US firm said shareholders
would be allowed to vote on the
issue every three years, starting at would not be bound by any
going to sit down in the same
room and continue to narrow the
gaps."
Mr Netenyahu's office issued a
statement welcoming the
invitation to talks and saying they
would be held "without
preconditions", Reuters news
agency reported.
'Deep commitment'
The announcement of the
meetings, which will take place
on the sidelines of the UN
General Assembly in New York,
came after US envoy George
Mitchell's latest round of shuttle
diplomacy ended without
agreement.
The White House said the
meetings next week would
continue efforts by Mr Obama,
Mr Mitchell and Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton "to lay the
groundwork for the relaunch of
negotiations".
Mr Mitchell said Mr Obama's
desire to personally engage at this
juncture showed his "deep
commitment to comprehensive
peace".
The US envoy held a series of
meetings with Mr Netanyahu last
the 2009 annual general meeting
on 19 November.
Microsoft's move comes amid
growing pressure in the US for
Politicians in Washington are
issue.
'More dialogue'
Microsoft said that while it
week in a fresh attempt at getting
a deal on Jewish settlement
activity.
He also went to the West Bank
to talk to Mr Abbas.
Mr Mitchell was hoping for a
consensus before all sides attend
the UN General Assembly, but he
returned to the US without
reaching any agreement.
Mr Abbas and the US
administration have been
demanding a complete freeze on
Israeli construction activity.
Mr Netanyahu had previously
offered a temporary freeze for
several months, but not in East
Jerusalem or in cases where
homes have already been
approved.
He noted this week that there
had been a slowdown in
settlement construction, but that
work would continue on 2,400
units currently being built.
'New conditions'
On Saturday, both sides were
reported as blaming each other for
the lack of any agreement to
resume the peace process
following Mr Mitchell's visit.
Israeli foreign ministry
shareholder vote, if there was a
significantly "negative" call, it
would "consult directly with
shareholders to better understand
the concerns that influenced the
vote."
The US House of
Representatives approved a bill in
the summer to give shareholders
annual non-binding votes on
executive pay, but the legislation
has stalled since then.
spokesman Yossi Levi said the
Palestinian Authority was
"preventing the resumption of the
peace process by making
conditions that it has not made in
the past", AFP news agency said.
It was not reported which
conditions he was referring to.
But Mr Abbas said Israel was to
blame for not agreeing to a total
freeze in settlement building.
"The road is now blocked," he
told journalists in Cairo.
"There is no more work [for Mr
Mitchell] with the Western or
Palestinian sides because we are
complying with all our duties.
"The focus has to be on the
Israeli side."
Are you in the region? Are you
hopeful about a peace deal? You
can send us your views using the
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While the focus of politicians'
ire is the banking sector, concern
regarding excessive pay has
spread to firms in other sectors of
the economy.
"Given the interest in executive
pay, we think it makes sense to
encourage more dialogue with our
shareholders on our compensation
approach," said Brad Smith,
Microsoft general counsel.
Microsoft is not known for its
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Carlyle invests in
Chinese milk
powder maker
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:29:01 AM
Carlyle Group, the US private
equity fund, on Sunday unveiled a
substantial strategic investment in
one of China’s leading milk
powder producers, underscoring
rising foreign involvement in the
sector.
The fund has taken a 17.3 per
cent stake in Yashili, a family-
owned company based in the
southern province of Guangdong,
which specialises in infant
formula milk and is a top three
national producer.
huge pay packets, but its
executives have become
millionaires through owning
shares in the firm.
While the basic pay of chief
executive Steve Ballmer is
$665,833 (£409,000) this year, he
owns Microsoft shares worth
more than $10bn.
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Suspect in 4 Va. killings posted
violent rap songs (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 7:04:48 AM
FARMVILLE, Va. – Richard
Alden Samuel McCroskey III
rapped about the thrill of murder
in songs he posted on the Internet.
Police believe the fantasy lyrics
became a gruesome reality in a
small Virginia college town.
McCroskey, 20, was being held
Sunday in the killings of four
people who were found at a
Longwood University professor's
home near campus in Farmville,
which is about 50 miles west of
Richmond. McCroskey, of Castro
Valley, Calif., faces charges of
first-degree murder, robbery and
grand larceny of an automobile,
said Farmville police Capt. Wade
Stimpson.
The aspiring rapper in the
underground horrorcore genre,
which sets violent lyrics to hip-
hop beats, was arrested Saturday
at a Richmond airport, where
authorities believe he was trying
to catch a flight back to
California. Officers found
McCroskey asleep in the baggage
claim area.
A day earlier, authorities
discovered the bodies in the home
of Debra S. Kelley, an associate
professor of sociology and
criminal justice studies, school
spokeswoman Gina Caldwell.
Authorities have not released the
names of those killed or said how
Samsung Instinct HD to Launch Soon, Accessories Show Up at Best Buy [Instinct Hd]
By Dan Nosowitz (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 5:00:00 PM
We've been seeing little hints
they died.
McCroskey recorded songs that
spoke of death, murder and
mutilation under the name Syko
Sam. His MySpace Web page said
he has only been rapping for a
few months but has been a fan for
years of the horrorcore genre.
"You're not the first, just to let
you know. I've killed many
people and I kill them real slow.
It's the best feeling, watching their
last breath. Stabbing and stabbing
till there's nothing left,"
McCroskey sings in "My Dark
Side."
A friend who owns a small,
independent record label that
specializes in horrorcore
confirmed the site and the songs
were McCroskey's. Andres Shrim,
who owns Serial Killin Records in
New Mexico, said others
shouldn't judge McCroskey by
what they see on his Web site or
hear in his music.
Describing McCroskey as a
"great kid," Shrim said he has
known him for at least two years,
and he last saw him Sept. 12 at an
all-day music festival in South
Gate, Mich.
"You would never, ever imagine
that kid even being a suspect,"
Shrim said. "If he is found to be
guilty, I would be 100 percent
shocked."
Shrim said even though
horrorcore focuses on murder and
other morbid subjects, performers
about the Samsung Instinct HD
over the last month or two, and
now there's a little more:
Accessories have begun arriving at Best Buy. We expect the
and fans shouldn't be labeled
violent.
"People get the impression we're
these twisted, sick individuals and
we don't have hearts and we just
want to talk about murder and the
devil," said Shrim, who performs
himself under the name
SickTanicK. "But we just want to
express that other side of life."
On his Web page, McCroskey
posted videos and pictures of a
grave where a cross and miniature
American flags had been turned
upside down.
"We defiled the grave, and then
lightning struck seconds ago. I
think we were being warned," he
says in the video, laughing. In the
photos, the gravestone identifies
the person buried there as a
Marine.
McCroskey was scheduled to
appear Monday in court, when he
can either hire an attorney or have
one appointed.
Longwood, a school of about
4,500 students, did not issue an
alert after the bodies were
discovered because it happened
off campus, Caldwell said. She
said the small town was
unaccustomed to such violence.
"Not only on campus, but even
in Farmville it just doesn't
happen here," she said.
___
Potter reported from Richmond.
Top News/ Gadgets/ 13
Money pays Marquez
tribute - SkySports
(Most Popular - Google News) time. I don't overlook nobody, I
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:08:47 AM go to the gym every day, work
hard and just be the best I can be.
Floyd Mayweather paid tribute "I just want to keep fighting the
to Juan Manuel Marquez after best and take one day at a time.
giving him a 12-round beating at Floyd Mayweather's back and I'm
the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. going to make some noise in the
Mayweather returned to the ring sport of boxing."
for the first time since stopping Asked whether this this was one
Ricky Hatton in 10 rounds almost o f h i s b e s t p e r f o r m a n c e s ,
two years ago, winning almost Mayweather revealed that there is
every round against one of the much more to come bearing in
toughest fighters in the world. mind his lengthy absence from the
Marquez was dropped by a ring.
sharp left hook in the second "That was a good fight for me, I
round but remained on his feet for was a little rusty," he added. "I
the remainder of the bout, despite think when I come back I'll be a
taking numerous clean shots from lot sharper. I don't rate this was
both fists. one of my best fights, I could
And his toughness earned the have done better, a lot better. But
r e s p e c t o f t h e v i c t o r , w h o I've been off a couple of years.
extended his unbeaten record to "I can't rate myself, I always
40, with 25 wins by stoppage. want to get better, that's all I can
"Marquez is as tough as hell," say.
Mayweather said at the post fight "They say (Manny) Pacquiao is
press conference. "Tough. I hit number one, I don't have to rate
him with some shots, I'm thinking myself, I know what I can do.
he's going to go from that, but he "Pound for pound is just
kept coming back and I guess opinionated. What the fans realise
that's that Mexican warrior's heart is Mayweather was a professional
he's got. He's tough as hell. for one year, and was a champion
Respect for 10 years, six time world
"In the second round when I champion at five difference
dropped him with the hook, I classes, never won a vacant title,
thought okay, let's see if I can after two years beat who they say
finish this guy now. Couldn't, too is the number two guy, I didn't
tough, he wasn't going nowhere. rate him they did.
I've got a hell of respect for "We don't know who's next. We
Marquez. don't know."
"I came from 130 to 154 and I
face the best, we take one day at a
handset to launch within a few
days. [ Engadget]
14 Top News/ Finance/
Three Afghans held over US 'plot'
(BBC News | Americas | World
Edition)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 12:59:14 AM
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requires JavaScript to play.
Father and son are detained in
Denver,Colorado
Three men have been arrested in
connection with an alleged plot to
launch an attack in the United
States, the US Justice Department
says.
Two Afghan-born men, a father
and son, were arrested in Denver,
Colorado.
A third man, also from
Afghanistan, was later detained in
New York, the department said.
The men are accused of making
false statements related to "a
matter involving international and
domestic terrorism", the statement
said.
The FBI was investigating
several people "in the United
States, Pakistan and elsewhere,
relating to a plot to detonate
improvised explosive devices in
the United States", the Justice
Department said in court
documents related to the arrests.
US media have reported that the
investigation was focusing on a
possible plan to attack a public
area in New York.
David Kris, assistant attorney
general for national security, said
the arrests were part of "an
ongoing and fast-paced
investigation".
"It is important to note that we
have no specific information
regarding the timing, location or
target of any planned attack,"
AFP news agency quoted him as
saying.
'Not true'
The arrests followed three days
of questioning by federal
authorities of Najibullah Zazi, the
Colorado-based son.
Earlier this week officials
searched the Denver home of Mr
Zazi, a 24-year-old airport shuttle
driver.
He and his father, Mohammed
Zazi, 53, will appear in court in
Colorado on Monday. Ahmad
Wais Afzali, 37, will appear in
court in New York the same day.
In a telephone interview with
the Denver Post newspaper on
Saturday, Najibullah Zazi denied
media reports that he had
admitted any link to al-Qaeda or
involvement in terrorism.
"It's not true," Mr Zazi said. "I
have nothing to hide. It's all media
publications reporting whatever
they want. They have been
reporting all this nonsense."
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China’s vice-
president denied
promotion
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 11:18:03 PM
New questions have been raised
about the succession process in
the Chinese Communist party
after Xi Jinping, the vice-
president and President Hu
Jintao’s heir apparent, was
apparently denied an expected
promotion to the commission that
runs the country’s military.
Mr Xi’s appointment was
widely predicted during last
week’s annual meeting of the
ruling party’s central committee,
which ended on Friday evening.

The week in preview: Eye on AutoZone, ConAgra, KB Home, Research In

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“UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort” Sign #8: Light volume

By Michael Shulman

Draws 17428 Fans for $2.4 Mil Gate (BloggingStocks)

Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:00:00 AM

- 5thRound.com Filed under: Economic data

Market volume is so light that
many technicians do not see the
(Most Popular - Google News) Franklin was a tad too gracious in rise in the indices as "real." They
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:41:21 AM welcoming back Belfort to the want to see increased buying
Octagon as the former UFC light volume to confirm another
“UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort” heavyweight champ put Franklin upward leg in the rally.
Draws 17,428 Fans for $2.4 Mil on Queer Street just before the While volume may increase in
Gate end of the 1stRound. the short term, it still will be
UFC 103” width=”350 This fight card, which was c o n s i d e r e d l i g h t , a s m a n y
height=”504 /> heavily promoted to counter the investors are very cautious (and Sign #8: Light volume
I guess you can call the UFC’s Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan should be) about getting in after a o r i g i n a l l y a p p e a r e d o n
first-ever trip to Dallas, Texas a Manuel Marquez boxing pay-per- 40% rise in the markets. Without BloggingStocks on Sun, 20 Sep
smashing success as president view broadcast last evening, heavier volume, the market is 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see
Dana White announced that last produced the largest sports gate in very vulnerable to a downturn. our terms for use of feeds.
night’s UFC 103 event drew American Airlines Center history. Next: Sign #9: Short covering Permalink| Email this| Comments
17,428 fans to the American Only a 2005 Rolling Stones and money managers looking to
Airlines Center for an estimated concert produced a bigger live bank profits
live gate of $2.4 million. gate than UFC 103.
The Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation’s
Without a doubt, America’s
largest state represented big time.
Sign #10: An eerie similarity
Combative Sports division, the professed at last night’s post-fight W i t h t h e i r i m p r e s s i v e By Michael Shulman
division that handles the official presser. performance on Saturday evening, (BloggingStocks)
figures from Texas’ sanctioning UFC 103 was headlined by a White said that it was highly Submitted at 9/20/2009 1:00:00 PM
body, should have the finalized 195-pound catchweight scrap likely that Dallas has earned
figures within the next couple between former UFC champions themselves another UFC event in Filed under: Forecasts
weeks, however they shouldn’t be Vitor Belfort and Rich Franklin. 2010. The eeriest reason you should
too far off of what White be wary of a pullback in October
is the similarity between the chart
Sign #9: Short covering and money managers looking to of the rally that began March 9
and the 1937-1938 rally, which
bank profits was followed by a sharp pullback. eerie similarity
They are practically identical -- Sign #10: An eerie similarity
By Michael Shulman preparing to bank profits before seriously, check it out.
(BloggingStocks) the end of their year on Nov. 1. originally appeared on
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This will eventually impair the
The popular TV star and avowed
16 World/ Finance/
Feminists take on 'sexist' Berlusconi
By Tom Kington (World news
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:08:00 PM
A new generation of Italian
women are finding a voice after a
'summer of sleaze' in Italian
politics
Towards the end of her career as
one of Italy's most famous and
loved leading ladies, the Roman
actress Anna Magnani instructed
her make-up artist not to conceal
the lines and wrinkles on her face.
"Leave them all there," she said.
"I spent a lifetime earning them."
Magnani is now celebrated as a
role model for a new generation
of Italian feminists, galvanised by
sex scandals involving prime
minister Silvio Berlusconi, and a
daily diet of sexist imagery in the
media. Archive footage of
Magnani's bon mot appears in a
short documentary which has
become a word-of-mouth
sensation online in Italy. Il Corpo
delle Donne, or The Body of
Women, is an acid critique of the
routine sexism that pervades
commercial Italian television.
In the film Magnani's humorous
dignity is contrasted with clip
after clip featuring semi-naked
showgirls and Botoxed presenters,
all enduring programme formats
designed to reveal as much flesh
as is permissible at prime time,
with a coruscating commentary by
director Lorella Zanardo. More
than half a million viewers have
Obama to meet Netanyahu and Abbas
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 12:47:39 AM
Washington, Sept 19 - US
so far watched Il Corpo delle
Donne and last month the film
was shown and discussed on one
of the country's most popular talk
shows.
After a summer of sleaze in
which Berlusconi has been
variously accused of "frequenting
minors", sleeping with an escort
girl and holding debauched parties
at his Sardinian villa, a feminist
backlash is gaining momentum.
The target is not only Berlusconi
but the wider culture of a country
in which a prime minister could
survive such allegations.
According to Chiara Volpato, an
academic at Milan's Bicocca
University, matters hit rock
bottom when Berlusconi's lawyer
said his client would never pay for
sex with an escort because the
prime minister is merely an "end
user" of women: "The choice of
language really summed up how
far we have sunk."
This summer a group of
academics, including Volpato,
persuaded 15,000 people to sign a
petition asking the wives of world
leaders to boycott the G8
conference in Italy in protest at
the plight of women in
Berlusconi's Italy.
Female judges, senators, nuns,
historians and businesswomen
circulated two more petitions
calling for an end to sexism on
television, while the European
court of human rights will decide
if Berlusconi can be sanctioned
for sexism after two politicians,
President Barack Obama will hold
a joint meeting with Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to
Donata Gottardi and Anna Paola
Concia, complained to the court
about his "continuous and
repeated disrespectful statements
about the lives and the dignity of
women".
Last week, when journalist
Maria Laura Rodotà published an
open letter to Italian women in
Corriere della Sera calling for a
"New Feminism", she was
overwhelmed with responses. "It
was like uncorking a bottle," she
said. Protest is also emerging on
the right. An article damning
Berlusconi for promoting
beautiful young women to
political positions has been
written by academic Sofia
Ventura and published by a think-
tank run by Berlusconi's ally
Gianfranco Fini.
Times were not always so bad.
Italian women can draw
inspiration from a proud record of
winning rights in the 1970s, when
20,000 feminists would fill
Rome's streets on protest marches.
Despite fierce resistance from the
Vatican, divorce was legalised in
1974 after a referendum, and
parliament legalised abortion in
1978.
"In an Italy with no divorce,
secret abortions and huge
inequality in the home, feminism
achieved nothing short of an
earthquake," said Miriam Mafai, a
former parliamentarian and
veteran journalist who helped to
launch the Italian daily La
Repubblica in 1976.
try to restart peace talks between
the two sides, the White House
said.
The meeting – the first between
the three men – will be held in
But in recent years the Vatican
has been making up lost ground.
Abortion may be legal, but
women have reported Catholic
doctors refusing to supply even
morning-after pills. And in the
prime minister the
unreconstructed Italian male has
found a 21st-century hero.
Zanardo said that television was
playing a crucial role in
demeaning women and damaging
their self-esteem: "Eighty per cent
of Italians who watch TV use it as
their sole source of information
and 80% of the women featured
on TV are either sex objects or
mere decoration." As young girls
bred on Italian TV increasingly
dream of life as a velina, or
showgirl, their mothers are often
too tired to protest, she added.
"Between jobs and housework,
Italian women now work two
hours a day longer than the
European average."
For now, the modern feminist
revolt remains largely confined to
universities and national
newspapers. Despite the flurry of
activity, Ventura said she was
pessimistic about rank-and-file
women joining the petition-
signing intellectuals who are
mobilising: "The alarm is
sounding in universities but not
elsewhere, this is not yet a
political problem. Feminism
achieved a lot first time round, but
evidently it did not reach deep
enough."
Zanardo disagrees, claiming
New York, where the UN General
Assembly takes place next week.
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protest is growing outside
university corridors, but people do
not know where to look. "It's
happening on the internet. The
proof was when the University of
Bologna withdrew erotic images it
used in advertising after a huge
online protest."
There are other signs. A risqué
TV comedy show on a Berlusconi
channel was moved to a later time
slot after protests from a parents'
group. And when a blonde model
on Berlusconi's flagship football
programme exposed a breast
during a dance routine she was
promptly sacked. "I don't think
that would have happened in the
past," said Zanardo.
Zanardo's website is registering
complaints about lewd images on
TV and is planning courses in
schools "to help children defend
themselves from this television".
The response to Il Corpo delle
Donne, she says, has been
overwhelming: "People who
watch Italian TV all the time have
told me 'Thanks, it's the first time
I really see what is going on'."
• Italy
• Silvio Berlusconi
• Women
Tom Kington
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Ted Kennedy could still help Obama Wristwatch Camcorder

By Peter Beaumont (World Obama's plans for American the process last Thursday under Dukakis – the losing Democratic Is More Subtle, Sneaky
news and comment from the healthcare and, in a letter rules that allow for a presidential candidate in 1988. At
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) delivered to the president shortly postponement to be called three a recent public event, he was Than New iPod Nano
Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:08:40 PM after his death, wrote that the fight times before the Massachusetts jokingly introduced as "Senator [Hidden Cameras]
for a new system "was above all a senate president intervenes. But Dukakis". Dukakis himself has so
A p p o i n t m e n t w o u l d g i v e moral issue; at stake are not just with Republicans holding only far refused to discuss the By Dan Nosowitz (Gizmodo)
Democrats 60 seats, allowing t h e d e t a i l s o f p o l i c y , b u t five seats out of 40 in the local possibility, Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:15:00 PM

them to override Republican fundamental principles of social senate, the legislation's passage While Dukakis is regarded as
attempts to block legislation justice and the character of our seems guaranteed. being the frontrunner because of The iPod Nano's camcorder is
President Barack Obama's country". Democratic supporters of the his profile, Patrick has given no pretty okay, but it's just so
healthcare plans could receive a The naming of a temporary move have argued that the state indication of the other candidates obvious—what happened to the
crucial boost this week, with the senator requires Massachusetts to must fill both its US Senate seats that he is considering. days of camcorders hidden in tie-
a p p o i n t m e n t o f a n i n t e r i m change its Senate succession law when issues as important as Other names that have been so clips and eyeglasses? The
Democratic senator to take the to allow Governor Deval Patrick Obama's proposed healthcare far been mentioned include wristwatch camcorder is pretty
place of veteran Ted Kennedy, to approve the appointment – a reform – as well as other Charles Ogletree, a Harvard law sneaky and surprisingly not ugly.
who died last month. request made by Kennedy before important policies – may be voted professor, and Paul Kirk, a former The lens itself is located within
Kennedy's fellow Massachusetts his death in a letter to Patrick. on before a replacement senator chairman of the Democratic the number 2, and its 1.3MP
Democrats could appoint a A bill has already passed the can be elected in late January. National Committee. camera takes AVI video at a
"caretaker" senator as early as state house of representatives by a The move is controversial • US healthcare resolution of 352x288. Inside the
tomorrow, in advance of a full substantial majority, but the because of the way Massachusetts • Democrats watch lies 2GB of flash memory,
e l e c t i o n o n 1 9 J a n u a r y . Massachusetts senate has put off Democrats have switched views • Barack Obama which is enough for about 12
S p e c u l a t i o n w a s m o u n t i n g voting on the issue until tomorrow on the law reform proposal since • US domestic policy hours of video, and gets about 12
yesterday that former Democratic at the earliest. Governor Patrick is it was last proposed in 2004 under • Edward Kennedy hours of battery life on a single
presidential nominee and former expected to sign off on the a Republican governor, who • Republicans charge (via USB or AC). It's
state governor Michael Dukakis legislation. would have been expected to • Obama administration pretty toned-down, looking just
might occupy the vacant seat. President Obama has been appoint an interim senator from • United States about like every other trendy
As Republican opposition to taking a close personal interest in his own party. Then Democrats Peter Beaumont oversized silver wristwatch out
President Obama's policy agenda the Democrats' attempts to change voted overwhelmingly against the guardian.co.uk© Guardian there, and costs $150. [ Book of
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once again give Democrats the senator to take Kennedy's seat. opposing it – voted for it, leading Use of this content is subject to
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US Senate, allowing them to president asked him about the both sides. Feeds
override Republican attempts to issue during Kennedy's funeral, Patrick has insisted that no one
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S e n a t o r K e n n e d y w a s touch to monitor progress. January should be appointed,
passionately committed to Republicans managed to delay leading speculation to focus on

ASUS' Ion-infused Eee PC 1201n netbook emerges overseas

By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:53:00 AM
If ASUS is hoping to stick with
that "mid-October" launch date
here in North America, we'd say it
better get whatever units it has
laying around loaded up with an
English-speaking version of
Windows and onto a large vessel
destined for a US port. Still, it's of RAM, high(er) resolution Filed under: Laptops
good to see some "proof" that the panel, real man's GPU and ASUS' Ion-infused Eee PC
roadmapped Eee PC 1201n-- a 12 Windows 7 operating system 1201n netbook emerges overseas
-inch netbook with NVIDIA's Ion should help move things along. originally appeared on Engadget
technology -- is actually on Per usual, we don't expect ASUS on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:53:00
schedule for an autumn release, to confirm or deny the legitimacy EST. Please see our terms for use
even if said "proof" is a product of this slip, but if you're in the of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email
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website. Unfortunately, the on Intel's near-ancient Atom you needed to hold off just a bit.
machine is still humming along N270 processor, though the 2GB [Via NetbookItalia]
18 World/ Gadgets/ Internet News Record

Iranian TV edits out protests

By Robert Tait (World news white without crowd noise to Mousavi, the reformist who says has an avid following in Iran.
and comment from the show that technical problems Ahmadinejad cheated him of Days after the disputed election,
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) were being experienced. The victory in June. four members of Iran's national
Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:07:37 PM transmission then cut back to a "Following the self-motivated team were banned from the game
studio presenter who said that the presence of the green wave in after displaying their support for
Broadcast delayed as crowd problems had arisen because Irib Azadi stadium, Irib did not cover Mousavi by wearing green
demonstration is edited out had "sent only one camera to the live the Esteghlal-Steel Azin wristbands during a World Cup
Live television coverage of an stadium". match," it wrote. "Irib's lie about qualifying match against South
Iranian football match was Eventually the match was camera malfunction and receiving Korea. Told you zo
blacked-out because sections of shown nearly an hour late, again only black-and-white images from Last month eyebrows were
the crowd were chanting anti- without sound and with close-up inside the stadium was uncovered raised when two premier league By Devin Coldewey
government slogans and waving shots focusing solely on the pitch an hour later by the colour teams abandoned their green (CrunchGear)
green emblems in support of the and editing out the 70,000 transmission using close-up and strips and took the field against Submitted at 9/19/2009 7:27:36 PM
country's political opposition, it spectators. specially edited frames. In these each other in predominantly white
was claimed yesterday. The news website Mehr images the spectators were not outfits. The green shirts of the The Zune HD is sold out and
The premier league match described the live broadcast shown at all." women's national team were backordered all over the place.
between Esteghlal and Steel Azin failure as "unprecedented". Aziz Suspicions that the broadcast withdrawn and replaced with red Nicholas got the last one in his
took place at Tehran's Azadi Mohammadi, the head of Iran's was delayed deliberately were tops on the eve of the recent local Best Buy, and your favorite
stadium just hours after tens of premier league, blamed it on bolstered by reports from listeners Asian Games championship in online retailer is probably waiting
thousands of green-clad protesters Esteghlal's refusal to agree to a 15 who said they heard chants in Thailand. for their next shipment ( 32GB
used the state-organised Quds -minute kick-off delay to give support of Mousavi during a live The authorities are understood versions especially). Sure, it’s
Day anti-Israel demonstrations to e x t r a p r e p a r a t i o n t i m e t o radio broadcast of the game. It to be gearing up for a further probably the result of retailers
voice their opposition to the cameramen who, he said, had was the second time on Friday security crackdown this week as underestimating customer
president, M a h m o u d been under added pressure that TV bosses had been university students return for the demand, but hey, I think
Ahmadinejad, who is accused of because of the earlier coverage of blindsided by opposition protests. start of the new academic term. Microsoft will take all the sold
stealing Iran's recent election. Quds Day. However, that Hours earlier, Ahmadinejad was • Mir Hossein Mousavi outs it can get.
The game's scheduled live TV explanation was dismissed by publicly embarrassed during a live • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
c o v e r a g e w a s d i s r u p t e d club bosses who said Irib had interview when opposition chants • Iran
apparently after bosses of the state c i t e d " t e c h n i c a l p r o b l e m s " of "Ahmadi, Ahmadi, resign, Robert Tait
broadcaster, Irib, learned of the t h r o u g h o u t t h e m a t c h . resign" could clearly be heard guardian.co.uk© Guardian
presence of protesters inside the The Mizan Press website – while he was speaking. News & Media Limited 2009 |
stadium. linked to the opposition National The incident also exposed the Use of this content is subject to
According to Iranian websites, Religious party – said the real authorities' sensitivity to our Terms & Conditions| More
the match was initially broadcast reason was the presence of expressions of dissent in sporting Feeds
for a few minutes in black-and- s u p p o r t e r s o f M i r H o s s e i n arenas, especially football, which

Nintendo confirms $199 Wii for September 27?

By Paul Miller (Engadget) price, which will supposedly go corroborating sources. It's not like Filed under: Gaming
Submitted at 9/20/2009 6:10:00 AM into effect on Sunday September those multiple flyer price leaks Nintendo confirms $199 Wii for
27. Only problem is that we have are knocking anybody off the September 27? originally
It might sound confusing at first, to take Nintendojo's word for it -- trail, but we usually to hear these appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20
but it all makes sense, we not that we have any reason not things from the horse's mouth -- Sep 2009 06:10:00 EST. Please
promise. The folks at Nintendojo to, but for now we'll have to just or at least from a retailer's shelf-- see our terms for use of feeds.
were apparently on a retailer c a l l t h i s a n " u n c o n f i r m e d before we go into all-out Read| Permalink| Email this|
conference call where Nintendo confirmation" until Nintendo can the $50 price cut to a couple of celebration mode. Comments
"confirmed" the new $199 Wii summon the courage to fess up to [Via GoNintendo]
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Top 5 Google
Caster Semenya: athletics official lied Search terms of
By David Smith (World news deputy sports minister, expressed hero's in Johannesburg last month, Athletics Federations (IAAF)
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
frustration that even the
government was in the dark and
Chuene was flanked by Winnie
Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of
show that Semenya is intersex.
The teenager is said to be
the summer
Submitted at 9/20/2009 7:42:53 AM demanded that Chuene fall on his former president Nelson Mandela, shattered by the leaked results and By Tom Merritt
sword. and Julius Malema, president of receiving counselling. (Webware.com)
Leonard Chuene urged to quit "Mr Chuene has not only lied to the African National Congress The ANC yesterday joined the Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:12:00 PM
despite claiming he covered up to us at the ministry, but to the Youth League. The trio were condemnation of Chuene and his
protect 18-year-old athlete whole country, and this is not criticised for attempting to steal colleagues, describing their Last time we did top Google
South Africa's top athletics acceptable," Oosthuizen said. "We the athlete's glory while she sat management of the situation as search terms half of Hollywood
official is fighting for his political are convinced that the perpetual looking uncomfortable and saying "disgusting". Gwede Mantashe, died before we could publish.
life after admitting that he lied denial of the knowledge of these nothing. the party's secretary-general, said: Well this time, we only missed
over gender tests on runner Caster tests have fuelled the continuous Donald Lee, the shadow sports "The ANC is appalled by the the passing of Mr. Swayze and
Semenya. violation of Ms Semenya's rights minister, said recent manner in which both the IAAF Kanye West's antics. And of the
The South African government and dignity, by foreign and some developments reflected badly on and the ASA have handled the folks that passed last time, only
today led calls for Leonard local media." Madikizela-Mandela and Malema. issue. It is the NEC's [National one showed up in the rising search
Chuene to resign as president of Oosthuizen said his department "They've tried to put the blame on Executive Committee's] view that terms for the past three months.
Athletics South Africa, and the had twice requested a report from others, talking about Europeans she has been victimised and So what that all means is that I
ruling African National Congress Chuene on events before, during and turning it into a race issue. subjected to unnecessary public think you can reliably say these
described ASA's handling of the and after the championships in They're too proud and too scrutiny, thus denying her are the hottest search terms. And
affair as "disgusting". But the Berlin, but had received nothing stubborn to regret it." dignity." one of them is Turkish. Be sure to
beleaguered official remained in return. Lee, a member of the opposition But Chuene indicated that he post your answer to the trivia
defiant, insisting that he will not He added: "We do not agree Democratic Alliance, added: "All will not step down voluntarily. He question below for a chance to
"jump ship". with Mr Chuene's insistence that the parties have been criticising said: "I will face this head on. I win the football beads. And
A leaked email exchange last he lied in Ms Semenya's interest, Chuene for a long time. The ANC won't jump ship." really, only answer the question if
week forced Chuene to admit that in fact we are of the view that his are Johnny-come-latelys on this." • South Africa you have a valid email address
h e k n e w w o m e n ' s 8 0 0 m lies were to Ms Semenya's Chuene denied at the time that • World Athletics and will respond. Sound good?
c h a m p i o n S e m e n y a h a d detriment. In light of this, we now he had any reason to consider Championships Originally posted at CNET TV
undergone a gender test prior to request the membership of ASA withdrawing Semenya from the • Athletics
t h e w o r l d c h a m p i o n s h i p s , to not only take disciplinary event. Asked whether the ASA David Smith
something he had always publicly action against Mr Chuene, but to conducted tests, he said: "We did guardian.co.uk© Guardian
denied. He claimed that he kept fire him from his position as the not ... there was nothing that News & Media Limited 2009 |
t h e i n f o r m a t i o n s e c r e t t o president of ASA. If they fail to warranted us to do that." Use of this content is subject to
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privacy. risk of being led by a liar." gender tests ordered by the Feeds
Gert Oosthuizen, South Africa's When Semenya returned to a International Association of

Nintendo Conference Call Allegedly Confirms Sept. 27 Wii Price Cut

[Unconfirmed]
By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:00:00 AM
If unofficial company
confirmations are your thing, and
you've been following Nintendo's
all but certain Wii price cut, feast
on this: One Nintendo fan site
eavesdropping on a retailer call
claims the company confirmed a
$50 cut for Sept. 27.
If that sounds a bit confusing
and unconfirmed by anyone but
that particular web site, that's
because it is. Put simply, the Big
N hasn't said a peep about any of
alleged secret tree house meeting,
whose attendance list included
what we presume to be folks like
Target, Toys R Us and other
retailers who've leaked circulars
purportedly advertising a $200
Wii over the past week.
this to anyone save those at this In the end I'm inclined to agree
with Kotaku on this one: Wait for
the Tokyo Games Show, where all
will be revealed and confirmed.
Then, after such time has past, we
can all get back to predicting
when the next price cut will hit. [
Nintendojo via GoNintendo via
Kotaku]
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FCC Expected To
Obama holds Israeli-Palestinian talks Announce Support of
(World news and comment Obama's commitment to construction. Barak is due to meet Robert Net Neutrality Monday
from the Guardian | comprehensive peace. The If next week's meeting is not Gates, the US defence secretary By Ryan Singel (Wired Top
guardian.co.uk) meetings will take place in New based on a settlement freeze it on Monday. Stories)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 4:55:19 AM York on the sidelines of the UN will mark a further setback for the The Bush administration had
Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:56:00 PM
general assembly meeting. already weakened Abbas. hoped to draw Olmert and Abbas
Binyamin Netanyahu and No announcement is expected at Netanyahu wants to continue into serious talks about issues that Federal regulators next week are
M a h m o u d A b b a s w i l l h a v e the meeting of the three leaders, building about 3,000 housing had not been on the table for expected to seek to turn
separate and joint talks with US according to an administration units on the West Bank, while years, including the borders of an controversial “net neutrality”
p r e s i d e n t i n N e w Y o r k o n official. But Obama scheduled the offering to curtail other eventual Palestinian state. Abbas principles into formal rules
Tuesday meeting to show his personal construction for several months. was weakened from the start by intended to give the nation’s
President Barack Obama will commitment to making progress. Nearly half a million Israelis have an internal Palestinian division, computer users the right to use
host a meeting with Israeli prime On Friday, the possibility of moved to the West Bank and east and Olmert by his own political whatever services and devices
minister Binyamin Netanyahu and discussions was in doubt because Jerusalem since Israel captured troubles. Their meetings were they like without interference
Palestinian Authority president Mitchell failed to bridge wide the territories in the Middle East cordial but superficial. from their ISPs.
Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday in g a p s b e t w e e n I s r a e l i s a n d war in 1967, and Palestinians fear Abbas is locked in a power
an effort to lay the groundwork P a l e s t i n i a n s . the growing settlements will make struggle with the Islamist militant Red Rocks on Mars
for renewed peace negotiations. Obama has set the renewal of a viable state impossible. group Hamas, and he only has Aren't Just Rust
The meeting comes at a time Israeli-Palestinian peace talks as a Hilary Clinton, the US secretary control of the West Bank.
when US efforts are encountering major goal of his presidency, and of state, has been the most • Middle East By Hadley Leggett (Wired Top
strong resistance in the region. dispatched Mitchell to soften the forthright member of the Obama • Palestinian territories Stories)
Yesterday, the White House ground on both sides. administration in demanding a • Israel Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:49:00 PM
press secretary, Robert Gibbs, The key disputes are over Israeli stop to Israeli settlement in the • Barack Obama
said the meeting will take place settlement expansion and whether West Bank and east Jerusalem. • United States New experiments show that
immediately after Obama meets peace talks should begin where Netanyahu and his defence • Hamas Mars' red color could have formed
separately with each of the two they left off under Netanyahu's minister, Ehud Barak, are veterans guardian.co.uk© Guardian without water. A group of Danish
leaders. predecessors. of past peace talks and took office News & Media Limited 2009 | scientists have discovered that
Today, Netanyahu's office said Israel has balked at a US this year opposed to new Use of this content is subject to mechanical forces alone can turn
in a statement that the Israeli demand to freeze settlement concessions to the Palestinians. our Terms & Conditions| More a black Martian mineral into a red
leader "warmly accepts the construction in the West Bank and Abbas had begun peace talks with Feeds one, without the need for water or
invitation". east Jerusalem. Under a US- Netanyahu's scandal-tinged oxygen.
George Mitchell, a special sponsored plan from 2003, Israel predecessor, Ehud Olmert, with
envoy, said it was another sign of is required to freeze all such little to show for it.

Junk Bonds Are Still Lurking

(Financial Sector and Stocks
Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 8:32:20 AM
Let me guess - record levels of
junk bond defaults are positive for
the economy going forward?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - About
40 percent of all U.S. junk bonds
outstanding in late 2008 will
likely default by 2013 as
government aid measures end and
a wall of corporate debt comes
due, Bank of America Merrill
Lynch said on Thursday.
By contrast, the cumulative five
-year default rate was about 30
percent in the last two default
cycles, Bank of America said in a
report.
But the real damning part of
analysis isn't the front-line - it's
the last paragraph:
Many so-called distressed debt
exchanges are only postponing
defaults and will also contribute
to the second wave, the bank said.
In a distressed debt exchange,
companies buy back debt at steep
discounts, usually replacing it
with longer-maturity debt. About
40 percent of distressed debt
exchanges typically default
anyway within three years, the
bank said.
No, really? You mean that we
can't "extend and pretend" and
actually fix anything? It's all a
game to try to claim that
something that has blown up
really hasn't blown up?
Yes, that is what the bank said -
this is nothing other than a thinly-
disguised game - yet another
means of gaming the accounting
(which should be illegal, but heh,
we don't bother prosecuting stuff
like that, right?)
The better question is this: If the
economy is healing, if demand is
improving, if corporations have
seen the bottom and business
conditions are in fact improving
as final demand is rising, then
why are defaults going up?
Debt defaults when the cash
flow is inadequate to meet service
requirements. But cash flow is a
"high frequency" thing - it rises
immediately when final demand
increases.
So what is this, along with the
default rates on credit cards and
FHA mortgages telling you?
The claims of final demand
improvement are in fact false.
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Tech.view: Waste not, want not

(The Economist: Daily environmentally friendly, equivalents. As a fuel, ethanol has g r e e n h o u s e g a s ) . the feedstock to customers’ doors.
columns) economic and has all the enabling a lower energy density and Environmentalists reckon that GreenHouse has an exclusive
Submitted at 9/18/2009 12:14:43 AM technologies in place? The therefore needs more of it to do using the ethanol produced over contract to install the so-called
answer, in a word, is rubbish. the same job. Another problem is the lifetime of such a plant would MicroFueler made by E-Fuel of
Tech.view Ethanol made from waste—and that existing petrol engines cannot cut carbon emissions by 75% Los Gatos, California. The
Sep 18th 2009 used neat or as a blend in a “flex- take advantage of the much higher compared with burning the MicroFueler is the brainchild of
From Economist.com Ethanol fuel” petrol engine—is currently octane rating. Ideally, an ethanol equivalent amount of petrol. That Tom Quinn, the inventor of the
from rubbish is the latest biofuel the best deal in town. engine needs a compression ratio would be like taking 100,000 cars motion-controller that made the
OVER the past decade, biofuels Last year America produced 8.5 of 19:1 instead of the 10:1 typical off the road. Nintendo Wii such a runaway
have been a disappointment. billion gallons (32 billion litres) of petrol engines. But then it The second ethanol venture success, and ethanol scientist
There is no denying their promise: of ethanol from various sources. would no longer be a flex-fuel your correspondent has been Floyd Butterfield. The technology
clean-burning fuel that could T h e l a t e s t v e r s i o n o f t h e vehicle capable of running on impressed by recently is much solves two of the headaches that
reduce a country’s dependence on government’s Renewable Fuels petrol, ethanol or blends of both. more down-to-earth. GreenHouse have plagued ethanol production:
f o r e i g n o i l . B u t A m e r i c a ’ s Standard calls for 36 billion Belatedly, carmakers have International, a San Diego-based the reliance on corn as a feedstock
attempts to produce biofuels from gallons of biofuels to be produced begun to take flex-fuel vehicles eco-house-builder and provider of and the difficulty of distributing
corn and soyabeans—hoping to annually by 2022. Municipal more seriously. Ford, General alternative fuels for the home, is it.
replicate Brazil’s success with waste could supply at least half of Motors and Chrysler, along with a in the throes of establishing a The MicroFueler comprises a
sugar cane—have failed dismally. that in the form of ethanol for handful of German and Japanese network of ethanol filling stations 250-gallon feedstock container
All the ethanol subsidies for motor vehicles. manufacturers, are now bolstering that are literally in people’s and a separate unit holding the
Midwestern farmers ever did was As it is, petrol bought at the their ranges of petrol-powered backyards. By law, private still, fuel tank and pumping
raise food prices globally. pump already contains 5-10% vehicles that can run on blends of individuals in America are station. With its internet
M o r e o v e r w h e n a l l t h e ethanol. With lead and MTBE ethanol as well. That has created allowed to store up to 50 gallons connection, the MicroFueler calls
environmental factors were taken additives now phased out, spiking openings for a number of bright of ethanol on their premises. So GreenHouse automatically
into account, using biofuel made petrol with a small amount of sparks. far, the only people to do so have whenever it needs more feedstock
from corn or soyabeans proved to ethanol raises its octane level One of the brightest your been farmers who make ethanol to or maintenance. The equipment
be worse environmentally than enough to prevent the engine from correspondent has come across to fuel their tractors and harvesters. sells for $10,000 but tax credits in
burning an equivalent amount of “ k n o c k i n g ” u n d e r l o a d . I f date is Fulcrum BioEnergy of The refuelling station that effect halve the cost. After that,
petrol refined from oil. In some u n c h e c k e d , s u c h Pleasanton, California. Fulcrum is GreenHouse installs at people’s owners will be billed monthly for
studies, it actually increased knocking—caused by the air-fuel building a $100m plant near homes is actually a micro-refinery only the ethanol they pump into
carbon emissions by as much as mixture detonating prematurely in Reno, Nevada, to make over 10m that makes its own ethanol on the their flex-fuel vehicles. The fuel is
50% over that produced by fossil a haphazard fashion—can destroy gallons of ethanol a year from spot from organic waste. The expected to cost $1-2 a gallon,
fuels. the engine. municipal solid waste. James feedstock—mostly beer and soft depending on the volume used.
Attention has now turned to Actually, most petrol-engined Macias, the company’s boss, has drinks that have passed their best- Unfortunately, your
more benign feedstocks for cars will run happily on 20% identified 26 sites around the before date, and other waste correspondent’s two ancient
biofuels—including wood-chips e t h a n o l w i t h o u t t h e d r i v e r country with municipal rubbish containing lots of sugar—is Lotuses cannot digest the stuff.
and other forms of agricultural noticing any difference. With a supplies capable of supporting supplied free by GreenHouse. But the family kidmobile is young
waste. But most still need lots of few tweaks under the bonnet, a similar or even larger plants. Drinks firms such as Coca-Cola, enough to cope. Now, if only he
energy or expensive enzymes to petrol engine will burn 85% Together, they could produce over as well as big breweries, currently could get a couple of neighbours
work. Meanwhile, using designer ethanol or even 100% ethanol a billion gallons of ethanol pay large sums of money to have interested in sharing the cost...
bugs to tailor-make low-emission with little loss of performance. annually at roughly $1 a gallon. their waste and date-expired Back to top ^^ Readers'
fuels is still in its infancy (see “ The big plus is that it produces A scaled up version of products hauled away and comments
Bugs in the tank”, May 2nd a n y t h i n g u p t o 8 5 % l e s s Fulcrum’s Reno plant could processed for disposal. So far, The Economist welcomes your
2008). greenhouse gases, depending on produce as much as 95m gallons Chris Ursitti, GreenHouse’s views.
What, then, is the most how the ethanol was brewed. of ethanol a year—all from founder, has signed contracts for
abundant feedstock for making Unfortunately, ethanol-powered useless landfill that would 29,000 tons of liquid waste and
ethanol which does not wreak cars get 25% fewer miles to the otherwise emit copious quantities spent beer. After blending, a fleet
havoc on food supplies, is g a l l o n t h a n t h e i r p e t r o l of methane (the most potent of the company’s trucks deliver
22 Economy/ Gadgets/ Tech News/
This week's top stories [18 September 2009]
(The Economist: News
analysis)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:00:30 AM
Google books
Sep 4th 2009
From The Economist print
edition A fuss over Google's
effort to build a huge digital
library
PAUL COURANT, the dean of
libraries at the University of
Michigan, jokes that he also runs
“an orphanage”. Among the
books on his shelves are such
seminal texts as “Blunder Out of
China” and “The Appalachian
Frontier: America’s First Surge
Westward”, which are protected
by copyrights belonging to people
who cannot be found. Known as
“orphan” books, such titles are
one element of a controversial
plan by Google, the world’s
biggest internet company, to
create a vast online library.
Several years ago Google began
working with research libraries in
America to create digital copies of
their collections, parts of which it
made available online. Not long
after, a group of authors and
publishers sued the company for
breach of copyright. Now Google
and its former antagonists are
seeking judicial approval for a
deal they reached last year to
settle the class-action suit. Among
other things, this would allow the
company to scan millions of out-
of-print books, including orphan
works, without seeking
permission from individual
copyright holders. Google could
Review: 'The Age of Stupid' Gets Smart on Enviropocalypse
By Scott Thill (Wired Top
Stories)
then sell individual works or
access to its entire library,
provided it paid a share of the
proceeds to owners of the
copyrights, if they can be found.
(It has already set aside $125m to
that end.) Publishers and authors
had until September 4th to
withdraw from the agreement;
those remaining in it can ask
Google to remove their titles from
its library at any time. Next month
a federal court is due to hold a
hearing on the agreement, which
will help shape the future of the
digital publishing.
Opposition to the deal is
brewing all around the world. On
August 31st the German
government filed a submission to
the American court arguing that
the agreement, which
encompasses books by German
authors published in the United
States, would violate Germany’s
copyright law. French publishers
also claim the agreement will
contravene laws in their
homeland. They note that there
are no plans for European
representatives on the book-rights
registry that would be set up
under the deal to collect and
distribute payments due to
copyright owners. This has
heightened suspicions that
foreigners will be fleeced.
In Japan two noted writers have
filed a complaint with local
authorities about Google’s
actions. Many American firms
oppose the deal, including
Microsoft and Yahoo!, two of
Google’s big competitors, as well
Blurring the boundary between
sci-fi and documentary, Franny
Armstrong's The Age of Stupid
as Amazon, a big retailer of books
in both paper and electronic form.
Amazon argues that Congress,
rather than Google and its allies,
should decide how copyrights
should be handled in the digital
age.
Together with the Internet
Archive, a non-profit organisation
which runs a rival project to
digitise libraries’ contents, these
firms have formed a group called
the Open Book Alliance to
campaign against the agreement.
A posting on the Alliance’s
website claims that the agreement
would create a monopoly in
digital books that would
inevitably lead to fewer choices
and higher prices for consumers.
Such complaints have attracted
the attention of America’s
Department of Justice, which is
examining the agreement to see
whether it is anti-competitive. It is
due to send its findings to the
court by September 18th.
In response, Google executives
point out that the deal cannot be
opened up to other firms because
of the way class-action litigation
works in America. However, it is
a non-exclusive arrangement, so
other companies are free, in
theory, to seek a similar deal to
Google’s. But in practice few are
likely to enter this legal maze, and
go to the expense of scanning
millions of books, without any
certainty of making money.
In spite of this, Google claims
that rather than suppressing
competition in the emerging
market for electronic books, the
peers back at the present from a
climate-crisis-wracked 2055 to
lament our inaction on the mother
agreement would increase it by
offering a web-based alternative
to expensive proprietary systems
such as Amazon’s Kindle. Having
bought a book from Google,
customers would be able to read it
on any device with internet
access. Moreover, by clarifying
the copyright status of millions of
digital books, the deal would also
make it easier for firms other than
Google to strike deals to use
them.
This may explain why the
agreement is garnering support
from some unexpected quarters.
In a recent letter to the court,
lawyers for Japan’s Sony, which
also makes readers for electronic
books, argued that if the
agreement is approved it would
have “numerous and significant
pro-competitive effects”. Viviane
Reding, the European Union’s
commissioner for telecoms and
media, has publicly hailed new
business models such as
Google’s, which she thinks will
complement the EU’s Europeana
initiative to digitise Europe’s
cultural heritage. By promising to
bring many more books like “The
Appalachian Frontier” to an
exciting new digital frontier,
Google stands a fighting chance
of winning its case.
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GSM Palm Pre now
looking at 'autumn'
launch in Germany
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 10:44:00 AM
You know, we admire Palm's
patience. We knew a GSM Pre
was in the works about 8.43
minutes after its CES presser
ended in January, and we've been
waiting all this time for some
carrier in some part of the New
World to grab hold of a GSM
version of the world's first webOS
handset. If you'll recall, we last
heard that O2 Germany would be
giving its loyal users the chance to
get that very handset before the
holiday season, but now an
updated image on the site clearly
indicates that it's coming this fall.
As in, before winter. As in, within
the next few months. As in, not
nearly soon enough.
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The West and Russia: Less chilly

(The Economist: News eastern Europe. Allies who took which is seeking to engage Iran) that the earliest Iran could
analysis) the risk to back the project, and as well as Germany. Iran has develop long-range
Submitted at 9/18/2009 10:16:04 AM tried to convince their sceptical steadfastly refused to halt its missiles—which Mr Bush’s shield
publics of its value, have been left nuclear-enrichment programme, was designed to defeat—is 2018
The West and Russia exposed. The potential costs of which it says is to make fuel for rather than 2015 as previous
Sep 18th 2009 Mr Obama’s move are apparent. civil reactors but which the West reckoned. Until then, the real
From Economist.com A slightly But what might he get in return? and others suspect is a cover to Iranian threat comes from
warmer relationship between the For now, little that is concrete: the develop nuclear weapons. Russia hundreds of short- and medium-
West and Russia hope that the gesture would help and China have been most range missiles. HTC Leo to Be
GEORGE BUSH'S planned improve relations with Russia and resistant to tightening economic So instead of having a large
missile-defence system in eastern unlock a host of foreign-policy sanctions against Tehran. radar in the Czech Republic and Officially Known as
Europe was always contentious: i s s u e s , f r o m a r m s - c o n t r o l Sanctions will not be on the powerful interceptors in Poland, HTC HD 2? [HTC Leo]
would it provoke Russia into an agreements to enhanced sanctions agenda next month, but Western Mr Obama says he will
arms race, was the threat of against Iran and co-operation over diplomats will be looking for reconfigure the missile shield to By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo)
Iranian missiles real and would Afghanistan. signs of a change in Russia’s establish smaller radars closer to Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:10:00 AM
the proposed shield even work? President Dmitry Medvedev “mood music”, particularly Iran (perhaps in Turkey) and to
But President Barack Obama’s said there was no “primitive” whether it shares the same sense deploy smaller interceptor The buzz word in the portable
decision to scrap it, arguably his bargain with America, but he of urgency about the need to stop missiles on board Aegis warships. space appears to be HD at the
biggest break yet with the foreign dropped a tantalising hint: “The Iran’s nuclear work quickly. By 2015, more capable moment, with the latest
policy of his predecessor, is fact that they are listening to us is “What I would expect is that interceptors would be deployed at bandwagon member being HTC
proving controversial too. an obvious signal that we should Russia will join us in putting unspecified sites on land and by and its HD 2(formerly known as
Allies in eastern Europe and also attentively listen to our maximum political and diplomatic 2018 these would be replaced by the HTC Leo, maybe).
Republican critics at home have partners, our American partners.” pressure on Iran to stop Iran’s even more capable ones that The Leo—sorry, HD 2—if
been quick to cry treason and Yet Mr Medvedev’s may not be nuclear aspirations,” declared would provide coverage for all of you'll remember, was that big and
appeasement. “Betrayal! The the voice that matters. Vladimir NATO’s Secretary-General, Europe. Moreover, improvements beautiful handset that was saw
USA has sold us to the Russians Putin, the Russian prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on in sensor technology and earlier this month. The 4.3-inch
and stabbed us in the back,” and still the real power of the Friday. He said that the world computer networks mean that the screen was impressive, but so too
screamed one Polish tabloid, Fakt. land, suggested that he wants may be at a “nuclear tipping system would not need a large was HTC's ability to work around
Senator John McCain, who lost more concessions. “I do anticipate point”. Iran’s unchecked radar in central Europe. Instead Windows Mobile's lack of support
the presidential race to Mr Obama that this correct and brave enrichment work, along with the sensors would be mobile and for multitouch capacitive screens,
l a s t y e a r , c a l l e d t h e m o v e decision will be followed by North Korea’s nuclear test this dispersed on land, at sea, on as seen in the video below:
“seriously misguided”. John others,” Mr Putin said, pointing in year, means that many other aircraft and in space. Their This latest reveal/leak allegedly
B o l t o n , A m e r i c a ’ s t o u g h particular to the joint bid by countries could soon seek to information would be linked up shows that HTC had second
ambassador to the UN under Mr Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan acquire nuclear weapons. by computer systems that could thoughts about a mini-USB
Bush, declared: “Russia and Iran t o j o i n t h e W o r l d T r a d e Still, the Obama administration guide the interceptors. This, said connector, as this version, if the
are the big winners. I just think O r g a n i s a t i o n . has been at pains to say there was Mr Obama, would offer “stronger, real deal, now sports a micro-
it’s a bad day for American An early chance to gauge no bargain with Russia, and the smarter and swifter defences”. USB.
national security.” Russia’s response will come on decision to abandon Mr Bush’s Back to top ^^ Readers' Battery life was rated at
In the view of Mr Obama’s October 1st, at talks in New York missile-defence scheme was taken comments 1200Mha, and the name change
critics, America retreated in the between Iran and the permanent on its own merits. The Economist welcomes your for the phone, HD 2, was
face of Russian bullying, and its members of the UN Security Firstly, an unspecified fresh views. discovered while snooping around
threats to aim nuclear missiles at Council (including America, intelligence assessment concludes in the Bluetooth settings. [
TechBlog.gr via Mobile Tech
Ambitious Touchscreen Notebook Swims With the Fail Whale World via Engadget]
By Christopher Null (Wired Top The T400S tries so hard to be a display ultimately doom the
Stories) touchscreen-enabled notebook. device.
Submitted at 9/18/2009 4:55:00 PM But its high price, low
performance, and unresponsive
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Public-Private Investment Problems
(Financial Sector and Stocks
Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:21:05 PM
So, like a movie monster that
won’t die, PPIP is a go. Here’s
The New York Times:
Agency officials announced that
they had reached a deal to sell
$1.3 billion in mortgages from
Franklin Bank, a Houston-based
lender that failed last November
and was taken over by the
F.D.I.C.
Residential Credit will put up
$64 million of its own money to
obtain a 50 percent stake in the
venture, which will hold and
manage the $1.3 billion pool of
mortgages from Franklin Bank.
The F.D.I.C. will own the other
50 percent stake in exchange for
providing the loans as well as the
bulk of the financing. Instead of
taking cash for the loans, the
F.D.I.C. will accept a government
-guaranteed note for $727.8
million with an interest rate of
4.25 percent.
Agency officials said the deal
meant that investors would be
paying about 70 cents on the
dollar for the loan portfolio…Had
the government not provided
Residential Credit with the ability
to borrow most of the money it
needed at low interest rates,
agency officials said, the investors
would have probably paid about
20 cents on the dollar less than
they did.
So private investors have come
in with $64m, to get a 50% stake
in a company that purchases
$1.3bn in mortgages. The
Treasury provides the other $64m,
while the FDIC provides 6-to-1
leverage to purchase this. The
actual bid on the loan is $727m (
which isn’t $64m * 2 * 6, so I
need to investigate further).
FDIC even has a a chart
outlining it, which reminds me of
the charts I used to make outlining
the payments(I wonder if they
saw them).
They don’t have a chart as to
what the final payments look like
given the distribution of asset
worth; I’ll go ahead and draw that
now:
They are equal on the right-hand
side. Residential Credit puts up
$64m, on a $727m bid for
$1,300m in assets. If the assets are
worth less than $727-$64 =
$663m, then every additional
dollar comes from me and you,
the taxpayer. If the assets are
worth more than $727m, then we
split the earnings with Residential
Credit.
So for small price of $64m, or
about 8% of the bid, they get half
the upside gains while only
absorbing a bit of the downside
loses. We are also on the hook for
a lot of interest rate risk, which
I’m not going to bother to
quantify. This is a terrible deal –
but there were other issues at
stake. I remember the original
PPIP debates well, and there were
only two valid arguments, neither
I found very convincing, to allow
this giveaway to happen.
Get credit flowing again
The first argument is that it
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Information
Astute readers may ask, “why
wouldn’t we just go ahead and
pay the extra $64m above to get
that other half of the upside. Why
don’t we just ride out the loan if
we are going to keep all the
downside risk?” The reason PPIP
was sold was that it would start to
create a market price for these
assets. Sophisticated hedge fund
managers would come in, bid on
the price of toxic assets, and then
we could use that to start solving
whether or not the banks in
question were solvent. In addition
to getting credit to flow again,
getting a decent market price for
assets which had frozen would be
worth the taxpayer cost.
So, we have a market price for
toxic assets. $1.3bn is only worth
$727m. Is the Rubin family and
the rest of the Obama economics
team going to march to Wall
Street and use this to mark down
the asset values of the largest
banks? I’m not holding my breath.
Most of the crucial actions taken
to replace PPIP – replacing the
accountancy rules and enacting
would take banks that were the stress test – were used to
otherwise healthy and allow them replace this information problem
to start lending again in the with methods that produced
middle of a credit crunch. We numbers that were less transparent
taxpayers pay to help unload these and more friendly to the big
loans onto other private markets, banks.
so that the bank can start lending So we’ve just auctioned out half
again. the upside of this loan while
But as financeguy points out, retaining most of the downside for
the bank in question, Franklin pennies, without accomplishing
Bank, is dead. FDIC took it over a either of the major goals of why
year ago, with its balance sheet we were interested in PPIP in the
deep in the red and after losing first place. I’d like call my elected
double digits in loans since 2007. official but nobody voted for this
It took a huge gamble in the real bill. I seriously worry this is a
e s t a t e m a r k e t , a n d i t g o t prep run for bigger bids coming
destroyed. This isn’t an otherwise down the line…
healthy bank with one bad asset
on it.
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Counter-terrorism in Indonesia: Toppled
(The Economist: News
analysis)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:19:21 AM
Counter-terrorism in Indonesia
Sep 18th 2009 | JAKARTA
From Economist.com A terrorist
leader is killed in Indonesia
INDONESIA’S police chief,
General Bambang Hendarso
Danuri, can probably be forgiven
his air of triumphalism in
confirming on Friday September
18th that officers had killed
Noordin Mohammed Top, the
most wanted terrorist in
Indonesia, and perhaps in South-
East Asia. The police said that
fingerprint tests confirmed that
they had got their man. DNA tests
are expected to be released on
Saturday. Three other suspected
terrorists died in the same police
raid that did for Mr Top and three
more people were arrested. Mr
Top's role in recruiting, planning,
financing and leading terrorist
attacks, particularly against
Western targets, was substantial.
At first he was happy to be part
of Jemaah Islamiah(JI), the
regional group affiliated to al-
Qaeda, which rose to prominence
with the deadly bombing of
nightclubs in Bali in 2002,
although he was not thought to
have been directly involved in
HTC Leo spotted once again, friends call it "HD2"
By Paul Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 2:54:00 AM
This new Leo hotness from HTC
sure is making the rounds, and we
certainly can't get enough of it. Its
latest appearance shows the
that attack. Then, along with his
fellow Malaysian, Azahari Husin,
he broke away to form a splinter
group. The leaders of JI had
developed reservations about
hitting Western targets because
they led to arrests and community
revulsion, especially because
Muslims were inevitably caught
up and killed in any terrorist
attack in Indonesia. For their part,
Mr Top, Azahari and their
followers adhered to Osama bin
Laden’s orthodoxy of promoting
terrorism.
Mr Top and Azahari led the
2003 attack on the Marriott hotel
in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital,
the 2004 bombing of the
Australian embassy and the
second Bali bombing, in 2005. By
then the group was calling itself
“al-Qaeda for the Malay
Archipelago”. After Azahari was
killed in a police raid in
November 2005, Mr Top became
the undisputed leader. His group
fell silent until July this year,
when suicide bombers hit the
Marriott (again) and Ritz-Carlton
hotels in Jakarta.
Mr Top developed an almost
mythical status among his
followers and pursuers as he
repeatedly evaded capture. In
recent years foreign investors,
among others, have worried that
handset from some sexy angles,
but also gives us a new tidbit to
chew on: the Bluetooth menu
identifies the phone as the HD2.
So, is this the much-rumored
successor to the Touch HD, or an We'd venture a guess, but we're
absolutely gorgeous impostor?
more bombings were likely, even
though hundreds of suspects were
rounded up and many were tried
and convicted. As long as Mr Top
was at large, more attacks were
expected.
The bad news for the
subscribers to this argument is
that, despite his death, more
terrorist attacks are still a real
possibility. Sidney Jones of the
International Crisis Group, a think
-tank, estimates any one of some
half a dozen disciples could
attempt to step into Mr Top’s
shoes. None may have his
charisma, but new leaders are sure
to emerge from among the many
active followers. And the
numerous Islamic boarding
schools in Indonesia continue to
act as fertile grounds for new
recruits.
Unfortunately for the terrorists,
however, the Indonesian police
have become increasingly
competent. Years of training and
co-operation with the Australian
and American governments have
turned Detachment 88, an anti-
terror unit, into an effective force.
The operation that ended in Mr
Top’s death was an entirely a
domestic one.
The international reaction to the
deaths of Mr Top and two of his
closest associates has been
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uniformly positive, praising
Indonesia’s authorities. More
importantly, the domestic
response has been mostly
enthusiastic. Mr Top’s adherence
to Mr bin Laden had left him
marginalised, dismissed as the
violent extreme of the radical
fringe in Indonesian society.
Some commentators have voiced
doubts that the terrorists had to be
killed, but most accept the police
version of events: that officers
tried to capture them but this soon
proved impossible.
The positive reaction is partly a
result of the authorities’ even-
handed approach to countering
terrorism over the past seven
years. Force has been used where
necessary but suspects have been
prosecuted rather than detained
without charge. Well-publicised
programmes designed to
deradicalise suspects have also
won the police much-needed
support. The police chief has
promised there will be no let up in
eradicating terrorism. Right now,
at least, that claim looks
convincing.
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CrunchDeals: Buy
one Blu-ray, get one
free at Best Buy
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 8:18:58 AM
Best Buy has a nice little deal
going on with Blu-ray movies
right now and you already know
what it is if you read the headline.
But there is some good news and
some bad news with the deal
though.
The good news is that the titles
involved are quality movies. The
bad news is that because they are
quality, they all cost $29.99. But
remember, you get two for that
price. However, you might want
to do some Internet price
shopping first because I found
that Amazon is currently selling
Paul Blart: Mall Cop for only
$13.49. (It’s a dumb movie, don’t
buy it anyway) But I’m sure the
deal is worth it for some of the
titles.
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Banco de Brasil and Santander Both The coming days: The

Look to Take Advantage of ADRs week ahead
(Financial Sector and Stocks said in a telephone interview with Much of this is fuelled by local (The Economist: News week at the UN General
Analysis from Seeking Alpha) Bloomberg. “We are increasing retail interest, as the Brazilian analysis) Assembly. He addresses the body
Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:04:40 AM the number of potential investors middle classes are growing, Submitted at 9/20/2009 1:27:12 AM on Wednesday September 23rd
to our shares.” however, there are also signs that the day after an expected round of
State controlled banking Banco de Brasil has performed foreign investors are looking at The coming days meetings involving Israel’s prime
behemoth Banco de Brasil has w e l l t h i s y e a r , h a v i n g Brazil as the next BRIC economy Sep 20th 2009 minister, Binyamin Netanyahu,
been involved in a three way o u t p e r f o r m e d t h e B o v e s p a to really get going, with Credit From Economist.com A general and Mahmoud Abbas, president
battle with its private peers Itau- average by some margin. As we Suisse coming out with a bullish election in Germany, and other of the Palestinian Authority. Mr
Unibanco ( ITUB) and Banco de have discussed in previous statement yesterday. news Obama’s strategy for the Middle
Bradesco ( BBD) for some time articles, the banking sector in “Brazil is in style for • A GENERAL election in East will no doubt come under
for dominance in the growing Brazil has been going through a foreigners,” said Ilan Ryfer at Germany on Sunday September scrutiny in the usual annual
domestic banking sector. Having wave of consolidation & the state Credit Suisse Hedging Griffo, 27th looks set to return Angela diatribe against America and the
surpassed ITUB in the second bank has just added to its growing Brazil’s biggest hedge fund. Merkel for another stint as West delivered to the UN by
quarter, mainly due to lower portfolio via the acquisition of a “Everyone thinks it’s a bull chancellor. But Frank-Walter Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s
interest rates attracting borrowers, 4 9 . 9 9 % s t a k e i n B a n c o market again and the party’s back. Steinmeier’s Social Democratic leader, on Wednesday.
B a n c o d e B r a s i l h a s n o w Votorantim for 4.2 billion reals Investors have short memories.” Party, which has ruled as part of a See article
announced that it is looking to ($2.3Bn) earlier this month. Much of the excitement around grand coalition, is hoping to • LEADERS of the G20 group of
change its stance regarding Meanwhile, Spain's Santander ( Brazilian stocks is fuelled by its prevent her forming a new rich and developing countries take
international stockholders. STD) is now looking at a local BRIC partner China, as the c o a l i t i o n w i t h t h e F r e e part in a two-day summit in
Yesterday, a spokeswoman for IPO that should see an initial Chinese economy starts to lift Democratic Party after the vote. P i t t s b u r g h , P e n n s y l v a n i a ,
the company revealed that the r a i s i n g o f $ 2 0 0 m i l l i o n again, commodities are very much Ms Merkel's reluctance to say beginning on Thursday September
bank is now looking to double the (equivalent to 15% of current back in vogue. South Africa's what the new coalition would 24th. The host, Mr Obama, is
potential foreign ownership in valuation) that will be used to Investec Asset Management is actually stand for may encourage expected to urge his counterparts
Bovespa traded shares from the expand its reach across the looking at Brazil and neighbours some voters to support Mr t o s t i c k w i t h c o - o r d i n a t e d
current 11% by raising its free country. At the same time, Chile and Peru to lead the way in Steimeier instead. stimulus measures to provide a
float of shares to 25%. Santander also said that it will South America, as Chinese See article continuing boost for slowly
On the same call, she also launch an ADR programme for demand for raw materials is set to • BAN KI-MOON, taking r e c o v e r i n g e c o n o m i e s . T h e
a d v i s e d t h a t t h e b a n k h a s the local listing. grow. advantage of the presence of French leader, Nicolas Sarkozy, is
appointed an advisory bank With only a single IPO so far So Viva Brasilia !! Being a bull many world leaders for the UN keen to push the idea of Tobin
r e g a r d s l a u n c h i n g a n A D R this year with Visa affiliate on emerging markets and Brazil G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y , h o s t s a taxes. Other issues high on the
offering on the NYSE, similar to VisaNet, Brazil now has 12 in particular, I am looking summit on the environment on agenda are the regulation of the
its two biggest rivals, and the companies that have registered forward to the Banco de Brasil Tuesday September 22nd, as a global financial system and the
programme could be launched by since the end of July for potential and Santander IPOs with great part of the build up to the v e x e d q u e s t i o n o f h o w t o
the end of this year. listings. The VisaNet launch was interest. C o p e n h a g e n w o r l d c l i m a t e moderate bonuses handed to
“We are talking about two hugely oversubscribed & raised a Disclosure : Author holds long conference in December. Of most bankers.
movements that aim to improve Brazilian record of $4.5Bn in its positions in Santander & Itau- significance is the presence of See article
the attractiveness of the shares,” sale, much to the benefit of Unibanco China’s president, Hu Jintao, who Back to top ^^ Readers'
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Regulatory Arbitrage, the Latest Google making it

Edition possible to print public
(Financial Sector and Stocks because it has a lot of exposure to calls a nickels strategy – picking
Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 8:34:55 AM
those assets through its huge loan,
it will continue to hold capital
up nickels (the nice interest rate)
in front of a steamroller (the risk
domain books
against those assets. So far so of the assets falling in value). By Dave Freeman
By James Kwak good. Finally, we have the other kind (CrunchGear)
Gillian Tett has the latest But regulatory capital arbitrage of arbitrage. Although Barclays is Submitted at 9/19/2009 6:00:40 AM
perspective on a curious deal that is only one kind of arbitrage. For recognizing its exposure to extremely high prices for books,
Barclays ( BCS) did earlier this ordinary accounting purposes, the Protium, Protium is a different Google has been very much which may not really be an option
week (hat tip Brad DeLong). The toxic assets are not on its balance company, and it’s not a bank. about saving out of print books by for them anymore. For the end
deal goes something like this. sheet. So if they fall in value, That’s important these days, and moving them into a digital format user, it’ll make books that
Two former Barclays execs are B a r c l a y s w i l l n o t h a v e t o this is Tett’s main point. In over the last seven years. This has previously were impossible to
starting a fund called Protium recognize a loss – at least not until particular, because it’s not a bank, been a part of their Google Book find accessible, and easy to locate.
Finance. Protium has two equity Protium defaults on its loan, British regulators can’t do Search project, which involved Currently, there are a few sites
investors who are putting in $450 which could be as far as ten years anything to it. In particular, they pulling books out of libraries and that are up and running. The
million. Barclays is lending in the future. So the bank has the can’t prevent Protium from scanning them in, and thus Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge
Protium $12.6 billion. Protium is same true economic exposure, but paying its managers whatever preserving them forever. Of Massachusetts, the University of
using the cash to buy $12.3 billion can pretend it isn’t there for a they want to pay it, and they course, some people prefer a hard Michigan Shapiro library, and the
in what we used to call toxic long time. probably can’t force Protium to copy, and now that’s going to be a Blackwell Bookshop in London
assets from Barclays. Protium’s Or does it have the same true even tell them what its managers possibility as well, at least at just to name a few. The company
4 5 s t a f f m e m b e r s g e t a economic exposure? If things go are making. some locations. hopes to have about 90 machines
management fee of $40 million badly, yes, since Protium will So here we have the ultimate Google has teamed up with On running world wide in the next
per year (presumably from the default on the loan. If things go form of regulatory arbitrage. If Demand Books, makers of the year, so keep your eyes open. The
equity investors, although that w e l l , h o w e v e r , P r o t i u m ’ s you’re a bank exec worried about $100,000 Espresso Book books will probably sell for about
seems steep). Returns from the investors get all the upside since public exposure or, even worse, Machine, which enables people $8 each, allowing the book seller
investments will be paid as they get the residual cash flows regulation of your compensation, who own the machine to print to make some money after paying
follows, in this order (and this is after the loan is paid off. So go create a new special-purpose books on site, rather then waiting for the materials and fees to
important): (1) fund management Barclays is left with all the vehicle to manage bank assets, for them to be printed, bound, Google and On Demand.
fees; (2) a guaranteed 7% return downside and none of the upside. entice the equity investors in with shipped, and then delivered to This is amazing. Imagine being
to investors; (3) repayment of the In return for giving away the a sweetheart deal, and pay book stores. Your average 300 able to go to a major book store
Barclays loan; and (4) residual upside, they should have gotten a yourself whatever you want. page book with a color cover and have them print the book you
cash flows to the investors. good interest rate on the loan. The Given the size of Barclays, the takes about four minutes, and want to order, instead of having to
Barclays emphasized that it was interest rate is LIBOR + 275 bp, shareholders won’t notice $40 costs about $3.00 to produce. find it on the shelf or order it in. I
not participating in regulatory and I have no way of calculating million here or there, especially if This has huge implications, for one am looking forward to it.
arbitrage, because it is keeping the if that’s a good rate or not. But it looks like it’s coming from partly to the out of print book [via CNN Technology] Thanks
toxic assets on its balance sheet even assuming it is a good interest someone else. Everyone wins. industry and partly to the end to Tam for the tip.
for regulatory purposes. That is, rate, this is what Nassim Taleb user. The out of print book
industry typically charge

Low-voltage ASUS UL30A reviewed

By Doug Aamoth
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:15:00 AM
Pretty good marks already for
the $799 ultraportable ASUS
UL30A notebook, as the machine
garners a LAPTOP Editors’ Conversely, the four-pound relatively powerful dual-core
Choice award for its ten-hour weight seems a bit on the heavy CPU, along with the $799 price
battery life, nice design, and side, the 0.3-megapixel webcam is tag make the UL30A “a
adequate horsepower. an afterthought, and subpar 3D compelling value,” according to
Other niceties include a sizeable video abilities. LAPTOP.
island keyboard, good touchpad, thickness of less than an inch. On the whole, though, the long
bright 13.3-inch HD screen, and a battery life in spite of the
28 Gadgets/ Internet News Record

I’m leading a double life: I primarily use a Mac, but I just

bought a Zune HD. (WHAT THE HECK?!)
By Nicholas Deleon
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 12:00:04 PM

Get it, folks? (Also, non-shopped

photo here, if you care. You
probably don’t.)
While waiting for our music ban
to kick in (again, you’ll all be
receiving letters in the mail
shortly detailing when and where
you’ll be expected to hand over
your music-related goods), I spent
Thursday thinking to myself:
“You know what I really want for
some reason? A Zune HD.”
Seeing as though I’m strapped for
cash—you saw the lengths I
recently went to in order to
upgrade my three-year-old
iMac—spending$236.79 for the
16GB model was definitely a
decision I did not take lightly. (I
actually had to calculate when my
next student loan payment was
due before I committed to buying
the device! So if you think, as
some of you do for some reason,
that we’re “on the take‚” I can
only reply: lol.) The thing is, I
primarily use a Mac, and last I
checked, the Zune
software—which is great, by the
way, and makes iTunes look like
an old dog—only works in primary operating system really So what’s my secret? I use all my music on the Mac partition, index. It’s important to keep in
Windows. What to do? Sure, I isn’t that difficult. Yes, I do need iTunes. Yes, yes, like Chris and then tell the Zune software to mind that the Zune software never
have Windows all set up on a to boot into Windows to use the Jericho insists, I’m a total l o o k a t copies the music from my Mac
separate partition, but I really only Zune software, but with a little hypocrite. Not two paragraphs “/Users/nicholas/Music/iTunes/iT folder to Windows, but rather
boot into it when I want to play, forethought I can keep those boots ago I slagged off iTunes, but the unes\ Media‚” for all its music builds an index that it uses to
say, Half-Life or Deus Ex for a to a minimum. The result is that I fact is that it’s the easiest way to needs. There’s a setting organize your music.
little bit. That is, I had no continue to use my beloved Mac organize music on a Mac. (I somewhere in the Zune software, LESS BORING!
intention of switching over to OS X for my everyday understand that Windows users something like, “Where is your “Bottom line it for me, Deleon.”
Windows full-time just to be able computing, but now own and can tend to hate iTunes, but I’ve never music stored?” So I point it to that (Also, it’s “Deleon,” not
to use a Zune HD. use effectively what could be the used iTunes for Windows for folder inside the Mac partition (I “DeLeon,” as Newser wrote the
All that said, I’m happy (I best looking portable media more than two seconds, so I can’t guess Windows 7 can read HFS+ other day. I also don’t write for
guess) to report that using a Zune player on the market today. speak to that.) The simplest way partitions now), and then the Zune
HD even though Mac OS X is my BORING! to put it is: I let iTunes organize software adds it to its music
I’M page 29
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I’M
continued from page 28
“TechGear,” and yet somehow
people accuse us of being
sloppy!) OK, boss: I use iTunes
within Mac as I normally do, and
then simply tell the Zune software
to look at the resulting, totally
organized iTunes folder. That’s it.
What does this accomplish? For
one, I can live in Mac completely
as I normally do, making zero
concessions or compromises, then
boot into Windows occasionally
to sync my music to the Zune HD.
I don’t have two separate music
libraries or anything, but rather
the master Mac iTunes library,
then the Zune software builds an
index and syncs the music to the
Zune HD based on said library. Is
it an elegant solution? Maybe not,
but it definitely works and is dead
simple. What would be simpler?
A Mac version of the Zune
software, but I don’t see that
happening any time soon.
Video: I never did think I’d see Kimbo Slice
Now, all of the above makes
several assumptions. The biggest
one, of course, is that you have
access to Windows ( maybe even
Windows 7, I’m not sure about
Vista or XP’s ability to read an
HFS+ partition so according to
that guy down there, we can thank
Snow Leopard’s drivers for
Windows’ ability to read HFS+
partitions, so presumably any
Windows version that works with
Bootcamp will be able to read
your Mac partition). Those of you
with a e-mail address can buy
Windows 7 for only $30, so if the
Zune HD even remotely interests
you I’d say to seriously consider
buying it. The second assumption
is that, Windows in hand, you’re
comfortable with installing it on
your Mac and setting up
Bootcamp. My guess, though, is
that if you’re reading us here at
CrunchGear you’re probably
advanced enough to figure that
out. If dual booting isn’t your
thing, and don’t mind spending
more money, you could simply
install Windows using VM Ware
or Parallels and have a Windows
virtual machine at the ready for
whenever you’re looking to sync
your music. In my experience,
after the initial Big Sync at the
beginning, I rarely have to go
back into the Zune software to
sync; I’m not adding new albums
every 30 minutes.
In any event, I hope this has
shown to you that it’s not so
difficult to live in a predominately
Mac world, and still be able to use
the Zune HD. Now I’m off to play
World of Warcraft till I pass out.
Thank you for your time.
Gadgets/ Tech/ Entertainment 29
Limited Selection, Walled Gardens,
Unskippable Ads... What's The
Benefit Of TV Everywhere Again?
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt) appear to be bickering with each
Submitted at 9/18/2009 4:53:21 PM other over who pays for what...
and who gets compensated for
While Mark Cuban's insisting what. The whole thing is a recipe
that TV Everywhere is brilliant, for a disaster. As Broadband
it's difficult to see what the benefit Reports summarizes, "bickering
is for users. We already noted that between broadcasters and TV
the whole program seemed to be operators, limited selection,
something of a mess with no one walled gardens and unskippable
agreeing on standards, meaning ads" are the sort of things that
that there might be a bunch of drive people to other options, such
different ones. Oh, and then as file sharing -- which is what
there's the whole plan to include TV Everywhere was supposed to
way too many ads and not let prevent.
users skip any of them. Permalink| Comments| Email
Meanwhile, Broadband Reports This Story
notes that the various players
Katherine Heigl's
Hubby Sings About
Their Baby
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 8:02:00 AM

yelling at a caterpillar for Symantec, but here we Katherine Heigl's musician

are
By Nicholas Deleon
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:00:53 AM
Even casual fight fans know that
last night was UFC 103 and
Mayweather vs. Marquez. No
spoilers here, of course, but I do
encourage you all to, I don’t
know, buy the replays or find
them wherever you find things
these days. While on the topic of
mixed martial arts, full credit to
whatever marketing company put
husband Josh Kelley reportedly
sang a song about their baby girl,
Nancy Leigh, during a concert in
Ohio on Friday night.
this ad together for Norton Anti- Kimbo Slice: how he’ll perform an “online” opinion?) "We adopted a baby from Korea,
virus. Yes, that’s Kimbo Slice, when he meets people who can Anyhow, considering how m e a n d m y g i r l , a n d s h e ' s
a n d h e ’ s a d m o n i s h i n g a take him to the ground and work wacky commercials have become awesome, dude! This girl is the
caterpillar. him. I guess we’ll find out this (see: the Geico googly eyes spots, bomb!" Kelley said during his
The problem with Kimbo—and year on the Ultimate Fighter, one the old Microsoft Bill Gates/Jerry s h o w a t M i a m i U n i v e r s i t y ,
this is not breaking news or of only three shows I DVR (the Seinfeld spots, etc.), this one is a c c o r d i n g t o P e o p l e . c o m .
anything—is that he’s a jacked up others being Top Gear and Curb probably a winner. Looking only The site says he played a new
backyard brawler. He’ll destroy Your Enthusiasm). at the YouTube comments (“This s o n g a b o u t h i s d a u g h t e r ,
any of us in any type of fight, but As for Norton Anti-Virus, am I is perhaps the single best thing nicknamed Naleigh, with lyrics
what happens when he meets a wrong in thinking those guys that has ever been created by including: "Just to see you in
professional fighter who’s spent don’t have the best reputation? somebody with a vision”), yeah, it mommy's arms is all I need."
the past 10 years down in Brazil Not that it’s an Evil Corporation, looks to be a hit.
learning Judo and BJJ? That’s but that the software just ain’t
where the intrigue lies with what it used to be? (Maybe that’s
30 Gadgets/ Entertainment Internet News Record

Bay Area Architects Seek to Re-purpose Bay

Bridge as Park, Apartments [Architecture]
By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo) you could walk and wander and as well as the green grass that
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:00:00 AM enjoy the most spectacular views would line the length of the
of the bay," reads an excerpt from "unwanted" bridge. One "little"
The Bay Bridge is falling down, the proposal by architects Ronald caveat: In the event of a major
falling down, so that a bigger, Rael and Virginia San Fratello. earthquake, the Bay Bridge would
better bridge—one less prone to The image here depicts a "tennis probably survive, but as a result
falling down during an court, bicycle path, and of the catastrophe would be
earthquake—can be erected in its o b s e r v a t i o n m o d u l e . " unusable thereafter, rending all of
place. If two architects get their "Imagine housing, recreational these additions worthless. This is Pricing Revealed for
way however, it might become and cultural facilities connected to precisely why the idea is all but AT&T's Upcoming Line
this: a continuous, lushly planted, certain to be rejected (at least for of HTC and Garmin-
"Imagine housing, recreational green strip, floating above the this bridge, in this area, anyway).
and cultural facilities connected to water-an aerial garden, as the [ BLDG Blog] ASUS Smartphones
a continuous, lushly planted, city's newest park through which outdoor auditorium. [Cellphones]
green strip, floating above the you could walk and wander and This final image shows off the
water-an aerial garden, as the enjoy the most spectacular views Bay Bridge's swimming pool and By Jack Loftus (Gizmodo)
city's newest park through which of the bay." This image is an some living/recreational quarters, Submitted at 9/20/2009 7:00:00 AM

AmazonBasics: Bezos and Co. starts private-label
consumer electronics line
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 12:51:00 PM
You had to see this coming. Or
not. While Amazon has certainly
shown an ability to do well in the
consumer electronics space
(ahem, Kindle anyone?), we never
exactly envisioned the mammoth
e-tailer to spark up its own private
-label line of consumer
electronics. Designed to go mano-
a-mano with the likes of
Monoprice and other cut-rate
accessories providers,
AmazonBasics will -- at least
initially -- offer consumers AV
cables, blank DVD media other
inexpensive doodads for not much
cheddar. Everything the outfit
sells through this initiative will
ship in frustration-free packaging,
and Bezos has already committed
to expanding the line "in the
coming months." As expected,
these products will be eligible for
free (albeit slow) shipping if you
break the $25-per-order mark, and
while Americans can begin
ordering today, it'll be a tick
before these wares trickle out to
international portals. So, industry
Got a second and a few hundred
bucks to spare? Great, then check
out this short list of loftily priced
smartphones coming to an AT&T
retailer near you, sometime in
-- are you scared yet? October:
Read- AmazonBasics The first two phones are the
Read- Amazon's press release HTC Tilt2 and Pure, or Touch
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Pro2 and Touch Diamond2,
Peripherals respectively. According to sources
AmazonBasics: Bezos and Co. at BGR, the 2-year subsidized
starts private-label consumer price—with $50 rebate—for the
e l e c t r o n i c s l i n e o r i g i n a l l y Tilt2 will be $300, while the Pure
appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 will arrive at $200. Without a
Sep 2009 12:51:00 EST. Please contract, the prices jump to $500
see our terms for use of feeds. and $350, respectively.
Permalink| Email this| Comments The other leaked price concerns
the Garmin-ASUS nüvifone G60,
which weighs in at $300 after a
$100 rebate. No contract? Bend
over; it's $550. Again, no release
dates, but a pre-Halloween arrival
is likely. [ BGR]

Brad Pitt Walks Tall in Lettered Loafers

(ETonline - Breaking News) X marks the spot, and BP marks golden initials in Spain on Friday. Basterds' premiere and photocall Keep checking back here for the
Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:20:00 AM the shoes! Brad Pitt walked tall in The sure-footed star wore his a t t h e 5 7 t h S a n S e b a s t i a n latest star sightings!
a pair of loafers adorned with his stylish shoes to the 'Inglourious International Film Festival.
Internet News Record
RIP Facebook Beacon
By Pete Cashmore
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 12:57:13 PM
Facebook launched its ad
platform “Beacon” in November
2007, hoping to revolutionize
advertising by posting updates to
your Facebook profile when you
interacted with its partner sites.
This week Facebook said that it
has settled a class-action lawsuit
against the product, agreed to shut
it down completely, and will
NASA's Desert RATS field establish a $9.5 million
“settlement fund” to fund
initiatives related to online
tests the Lunar Electric Rover privacy.
Recent developments make the
on simulated 14-day mission decision much easier to take,
however: Beacon paved the way
By Paul Miller (Engadget) module mounted on the for Facebook Connect, which
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:55:00 AM ATHLETE vehicle. Sounds like a went on to be a huge success.
real party down there! Video is Shopping Habits Posted to the
NASA just took its fancy Lunar after the break. Web
Electric Rover for a spin around [Via AutoblogGreen] Facebook Beacon was a system
the Black Point Lava Flow in Continue reading NASA's that posted your activity on third-
Arizona for a bit of simulated Desert RATS field tests the Lunar party websites – Blockbuster,
moon exploration. The 14 day Electric Rover on simulated 14- Gamefly, Overstock.com and
mission had a couple of crew day mission more – back to your Facebook
members holed up inside the Filed under: Transportation profile. Privacy advocates rallied
vehicle for the duration, proving NASA's Desert RATS field tests against it, however, arguing that
the suitability of the vehicle for the Lunar Electric Rover on data was being sent without the
such a lengthy jaunt -- and s i m u l a t e d 1 4 - d a y m i s s i o n users’ explicit permission. The
providing for a good amount of originally appeared on Engadget situation worsened after a report
Odd Couple-esque hijinks inside, on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:55:00 claimed that Beacon was
to be sure. The LER also managed EST. Please see our terms for use collecting data from partner sites
t o t r a c k d o w n " l o s t " c r e w of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email regardless of whether users were
members in a trial to test out the this| Comments Facebook members; amid the bad
navigation systems of the rover, press, partner sites got cold feet.
and docked with a habitation One partner, Blockbuster, was
sued in April 2008 over its
Beacon participation. The class-
Will John Travolta Testify in Extortion Trial?
(ETonline - Breaking News) legal team is speaking out to ET son Jett's death.
Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:26:00 AM about whether the star will testify A legal representative for actor
in the Bahamas next week at the tells ET that if Travolta is called
A member of John Travolta's extortion trial tied to his teenage to testify, he will testify.
Gadgets/ Tech/ Entertainment
action suit against Facebook
followed in August 2008.
As we wrote at the time:
The lawsuit claims Facebook
gathered online users’ activity
without asking them if they
wanted that information to be
posted to their profiles, which is
nothing new, considering the
amount of heat Facebook has
taken over the entire Beacon
initiative.
“By the time any user was
notified that Facebook was (at a
minimum), an observing party to
the transaction, and that Facebook
was asking for an approval to
publicly broadcast identifying
information regarding the event,
personally identifying information
had already been communicated
to Facebook,” the suit alleges.
The suit also claims that
although Facebook has made
Beacon an opt-out program, it’s
too difficult for users to do so,
because they are forced to visit
each of Beacon’s 44 affiliate Web
site to do just that.
To add even more fuel to the
Beacon fire, the lawsuit also
Pleasant Bridgewater, a former to commit extortion and aiding to
senator, and Tarino Lightbourne, attempted extortion.
an ambulance driver, have
pleaded not guilty to conspiracy
31
claims that Facebook retrieved
data on all users who had any
impact on the program, regardless
of whether they were Facebook
users or not.
“Thus, non-Facebook persons
who utilized the Facebook Beacon
Activated Affiliate Websites were
not told that their transaction, and
indeed, every transaction they
engaged in upon the Website was
being communicated to a third
party (Facebook) with whom they
had no relationship whatsoever,”
the suit claims. WSJ: Decision
Pending Judges’ Approval
The WSJ reports that the
settlement is pending approval in
the U.S. District Court of the
Northern District of California,
after which Beacon will be closed.
For Facebook, however, there
may be a silver lining to this
cloud: Beacon was reborn as
Facebook Connect, an extremely
successful opt-in system that lets
you post your web activity to your
Facebook stream.
[Top image credit: Radiant Core]
Reviews: Facebook
Tags: facebook
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20+ Mac Apps to Increase Your Productivity

By Christina Warren of the strongest (verified against that works both independently and ability to sync with more than one
(Mashable!) an informal poll of my Twitter in conjunction with the original device. If you just use OS X and
Submitted at 9/19/2009 3:45:54 PM followers): application. you want to sync a calendar with
Things($49.95) — Cultured Yojimbo($39) — Yojimbo 2.0 both your iPhone and say a
Years ago, one of the criticisms Code’s Things was easily the top was recently released and the BlackBerry or another phone, you
lobbed at the Mac platform was choice on my Twitter followers’ application has gained some new can’t — BusyCal lets you do this
that when it comes to software, lists of “best Mac productivity features, but it remains pretty sort of syncing.
there just isn’t much out there. app.” Not only is the interface much the same tried and true You also get the option to add
Any Mac user will know that gorgeous (it won a 2009 Apple information organizer. Drag weather reports, notes, graphics
that stopped being true a long Design Award), the app is both information into Yojimbo and tag and other media into your iCal
time ago, but in the last five or six simple and powerful. application for syncing, creating it — it’s searchable in Spotlight, view. Very, very nice.
years especially, the Mac as a Not only can you manage all and managing tasks on the go. you can find it in Yojimbo, and if Spanning Sync($25 one-year
platform has undergone a sort of your tasks on the desktop, the All three of these apps offer a you want to take the information subscription, $65 to buy) —
software renaissance. Not only are fantastic Things iPhone app is a free-trial period, so play around or files out of Yojimbo, you just Spanning Sync does much of
the big mainstream programs great way to keep track of your with them and then choose what drag it out. Calendars and Address what BusySync does, but with the
available for the Mac (with the tasks while on the go, as well as a works best for your workflow. Books addition of Google Address book
exception of games, where fantastic portable task manager Information Organizers Although Google integration for syncing too. OS X Leopard and
Windows still consistently rules and to-do list. Shawn Blanc calls these kinds calendars and address book Snow Leopard can be set to sync
the roost), but independent The Hit List($49.95) — After of applications “anything entries is built-into Mac OS X with your Google Address book,
software developers have put out Things, The Hit List won my buckets” and I have to agree. Leopard and improved with Mac but as a former BlackBerry user, I
some of the most spectacular impromptu Twitter poll. Like Although you can use information OS X Snow Leopard, managing quickly found the problem with
s o f t w a r e a v a i l a b l e f o r a n y things, The Hit List is elegant, but organizers as task managers, they your calendars and address books this: if you are using another
platform — much of it only powerful. If you participated in really excel at collecting and across systems (or keeping them mobile phone (or want to sync
available for the Mac. MacHeist this year, you got a collating lots of different types of updated both in Google and on multiple Google accounts), the
I’m always trying to juggle lots copy of The Hit List, and as a task information for different projects. your Mac) can still be a challenge. whole thing breaks.
of different projects and looking -manager, this is one of my So, you can have a way to store For instance, when you sync Spanning Sync also works
for the best ways to make my time favorites. It syncs with iCal, all the files associated with a Google calendars with your Mac, really well with Google Apps and
and my work as efficient as makes it easy to add lists and project, all the pictures and the many times they are only read- makes sharing with multiple
possible, so I love productivity tasks, as well as attaching and contact information of your co- only, and you only have the Google Apps users a breeze. If
applications. I don’t quite have a organizing notes onto certain workers, all in a way that is option to sync five calendars at a you want an easy way to do over-
GTD obsession, but I’m close. items, and it has an interface that taggable and searchable. time — a real bummer if you have the-air syncing with your mobile
For the Mac addicts and is uncluttered and easy to use. Bento($49) — Bento is from the lots and lots of calendars. phone, iPhone and other
newcomers alike, I’ve compiled The Hit List doesn’t have an FileMaker, which is a wholly Additionally, the systems don’t computers, Spanning Sync is
twenty of my favorite Mac iPhone app, though one is in the owned subsidiary of Apple, Inc., always work together as well as something you should definitely
productivity applications. This list works. so the interface and features of they should. check out. Twitter/Chat/IM
is by no-means exhaustive, so OmniFocus($79.95) — Bento naturally match and work Fortunately, there are a couple Many of us spend much of our
chime in with your favorites in the OmniFocus has been around for a with those of native Mac of great Mac apps that do the day communicating with
comments! Task Management long time, so of the three applications. Bento describes trick. colleagues over Twitter, IM or in
One of the most common types applications, it’s probably the itself as a personal database BusyCal($40) — The successor apps like Campfire: here are some
of productivity applications is the most feature-rich. As a result, it program, and that’s true. in many ways to the fantastic of my favorite productivity apps
task manager. This is an app that also has the biggest learning curve You can attach e-mail content BusySync, BusyCal is like iCal on for communication.
can do anything from storing — but if you are a strict GTD- directly to a Bento box, just by steroids (BusyMac calls it “iCal Tweetdeck(Free) — Even if
notes, integrating your calendar devotee, it might just be the app dragging and dropping, it Pro”). BusyCal lets you share Adobe Air does have its pitfalls
and to-do lists and popping up for you. You can assign tasks via automatically syncs and can your iCal calendars across a LAN for Mac users (high memory
r e m i n d e r s a n d l i n k i n g e-mail and OmniFocus will watch integrate with your iCal and (great for business users) and also usage, high crash-rate for apps),
information. For many users your inbox and automatically add CalDAV calendars. You can also lets you sync with Google Tweetdeck is one of the most
seeking productivity bliss, the tasks you send yourself to your use it with Excel spreadsheets to Calendar (including the ability to powerful Twitter apps for the
task management app is their OmniFocus inbox. view and search items and terms edit Google Calendar events), power Twitter user. Granted, for
productivity hub. The Mac has OmniFocus syncs with iCal and more easily. What’s more, there’s without Google/Apple’s 5
some great options, but here are 3 a l s o h a s a g r e a t i P h o n e an excellent Bento iPhone app calendar limitation and with the 20+ page 33
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some people, Twitter is actually a
productivity killer, but if you rely
on keeping up with social media
news and trends for your job,
Twitter is essential, and
Tweetdeck is definitely powerful.
Twitterrific(Free, $14.95 ad-
free) — One of the very first
Twitter clients, Twitterrific’s icon
is still often associated with
Twitter itself. Twitterrific is
available in a free ad-supported
version or in an ad-free version
for $14.95. Although the feature
set is a bit sparse in comparison to
some of the newer apps, this is
still one of the sexiest OS X apps
and it is a great option for users
who want to keep up, but don’t
want to have their lives overtaken
with Twitter.
Tweetie(Free, $19.95 ad-free)
— The iPhone app was so
popular, Atebits was bombarded
with requests to make a Mac
Twitter client. The result: Tweetie
for Mac is one of the best Twitter
apps for the user who wants
something that doesn’t overtake
their screen, but still provides
options like search, multiple
account support and the ability to
follow/unfollow in app.
Propane($20) — 37Signals’
Campfire is a great way for
groups to communicate. Think of
it as an always-on chatroom, with
the ability to share files, search
through transcripts, create sub-
rooms and directly address users.
It’s fantastic, and like all
37Signals apps, designed to run in
the browser.
However, if you are a heavy
Campfire user, you know that
sometimes the browser option
isn’t always best. You’re forced to
dedicate a certain size of a
window to Campfire, you have to
always have a browser window
open (which can be bad when
installing apps that insist all
browsers be closed — I’m
looking at you Adobe!), plus if
your browser crashes, your
Campfire session goes with it and
you have to re-login.
For any Mac user who uses
Campfire on a daily basis, I
highly recommend Propane. More
than just a single-site browser, it’s
a well designed app that makes
searching, adding in files, viewing
files and using Campfire a joy.
You can set your Growl settings
for certain alerts or extended
alerts, you can drag and drop
images or videos directly from
Safari into Propane and adding
other files is just as easy. Text
Tools
Text-expansion was built into
Mac OS X Snow Leopard but at a
very low level. Full fledged-text
expansion applications make it
much easier to type more in less
time. Don’t believe me? Read
David Pogue’s text-expansion
workflow to see a totally hardcore
implementation.
TextExpander($29) —
TextExpander is one of the big
names in the text-expansion
space, and for good reason — it’s
scriptable, adaptable and compact.
Many of the features in
TextExpander are also available
in the other programs, but one
standout is built-in scripts for
bit.ly and digg short urls. Just
copy a link, type in “/bitly” and
voila, the shortened version of the
URL in your clipboard is inserted.
This is great when working with
Twitter applications.
The recently launched
TextExpander Touch brings your
expansions to your iPhone or iPod
touch.
Typinator($29) — Typinator is
very similar to TextExpander and
is also scriptable to attach certain
commands to certain programs.
You can also add snippet-libraries
for CSS, HTML and auto-correct
rules for even more productivity.
TypeIt4Me($27) — TypeIt4Me
has been around since 1989 (!)
and even has an iPhone app. It has
lots of great-looking features and
a long legacy. Of the three,
TypeIt4Me is the only one that
can use Mac OS X’s built-in auto-
correct (though the other two have
auto-correct snippet libraries).
Working With the Web
These are some of my favorite
productivity apps when working
with the web.
Evernote(Free, Premium $5
month/$45 a year) — Because it
is cross-platform in nature and
available on a slew of mobile
devices, Evernote is a very
popular service. You can store
photos, notes, bookmarks,
sketches, video files, voice notes,
pretty much anything you want,
and then pull those notes up from
the web, or an app on your Mac or
PC or on your phone.
LittleSnapper($35) —
Admittedly, this app is more for
people who take tons and tons of
screenshots or need to grab
images from elements of a web
page. Because I take so many
screenshots or web shots a week,
LittleSnapper is a lifesaver to me.
It’s basically like iPhoto for your
screen snaps, so you can collect
and tag shots from your desktop
or from the web, crop them, and
add annotations in the app, and
then export them out to be used
on the web, or upload them to
Realmac’s Ember service.
What I love about LittleSnapper
is that I can select specific DOM
elements from a webpage. This is
great when you just want to get a
certain snippet of the page. It’s
also great because you can open
your snaps directly in Photoshop
or whatever image editor you use,
for additional refinements.
The Ember service is great for
users who like to share their
collections or images all over the
web.
1Password($39.95) — One of
the first applications I install on
any new Mac (or after any fresh
install) is 1Password. Quite
simply, my life is better because
of this app. It stores all your
passwords across web browsers,
makes it easy to create tough,
secure passwords and then you
can just login by selecting “fill
with 1Password” from the context
menu of your favorite web
browser.
My passwords used to always
be the same, which is dumb —
1Password makes it easy to not
only create new passwords that
are secure, but to keep them in a
secure database for the times I
inevitably forget what they are.
1Password is about to launch its
PasswordAnywhere feature so
you can access your passwords
securely from across the web, no
matter what type of computer you
are using.
1Password can also store you
software licenses, which is a nice
touch. Application Launchers
So you have Finder, you have
the OS X Dock, but what if you
want to quickly launch a certain
app with just a few key
commands? What if you want to
automatically search Google with
just the flick of a wrist? For that,
you need an application launcher.
Quicksilver(Free) —
Quicksilver is an app that is near
and dear to many Mac
productivity geeks’ hearts.
Unfortunately, the app is also
more or less abandonware (yes,
yes, it’s open source now, but so
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little has been done to keep it
updated, or more importantly to
keep the add-ons that made it so
great updated, that it’s basically
dead). Still, for users on Tiger (or
Leopard without many needs for
add-ons, Snow Leopard support is
iffy at best), this is the app for
you. The array of plugins
developed for Quicksilver over
the years is one of the reasons so
many users still cite this as one of
their top productivity apps.
The developer of Quicksilver is
now working on the Google
Quick Search Box for Google, so
maybe we’ll see a return of sorts
in the future.
LaunchBar($35) — Until then,
Leopard and Snow Leopard users
with the need for a good
Quicksilver-like utility need to
take a look at LaunchBar. With
LaunchBar 5 (still in beta, but
nearing release), the app has
become everything Quicksilver
was, and more. Easy application
launching, a built-in clipboard
history, the ability to perform
calculations from the Quicksilver
bar, the ability to search google,
open web pages and more — all
from your keyboard.
Carpal tunnel be damned,
LaunchBar is awesome!
Miscellaneous
Here are a couple of tools to
round-out your productivity
toolkit.
Dropbox(Basic 2GB account
Free, 50GB account, $10 a month,
100GB account $20 a month) —
Dropbox is one of those
deceptively simple concepts that
just gets better the more you use
it. You sign up for a free 2GB
storage account that you can
access across machines and with
other users. What makes Dropbox
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Fun ways to transform your face online
By Don Reisinger
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 6:00:00 AM
If you have a picture of yourself,
why not put it to good use? With
the help of some online resources,
you can do all kinds of neat things
to it. You can even put it on
greeting cards, avatars for your
Twitter profile, and more.
If you're planning to put your
picture to use, do it with these
sites.
Say cheese
BeFunky BeFunky is a neat way
to create pictures that you
typically don't find on the Web.
When you first make your way
to the free site, you'll be able to
choose the kind of effect it will
apply to your picture. I was really
impressed by the number of
options it offered. Everything
from stenciling to creating an
Andy Warhol-like picture was
included in the options.
BeFunky gives you the option to
upload a picture from your
computer or take a snapshot from
your Webcam. When you're
satisfied with the design, you can
add artwork behind your image,
include some text, and more. My
picture took just a few seconds to
create. And thanks to some nice
share options, syndicating it to
sites like Facebook and MySpace
was quick and easy. Not bad for a
free service.
BeFunky lets you do interesting
things to pictures.(Credit:
Screenshot by Caroline
McCarthy/CNET)
FACEinHOLE If you're the
kind of person who goes to an
area fair and sticks your head in a
picture hole, you'll love
FACEinHOLE.
To use FACEinHOLE, you'll
need to register for the site. From
there, you can pick a "scenario"
that ranges from Halloween
costumes to movies and
television. You can also create
your own scenario to put your
portrait into.
In essence, FACEinHOLE
shows you a picture and lets you
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prominent services in this space.
And with so many features, it's
also one of the best products
you'll use.
After you create an account on
JibJab, you have the option of
putting your face into the several
videos and e-cards you can send
to friends through the site. A paid
account costing $9.99 per year
allows you to track video views,
schedule an e-mail to be sent at a
later time, and more, but I think a
free account is sufficient for most
users.
Finding free clips to personalize
is difficult on JibJab. For the most
part, you'll be forced to pay the
company's fee just to create a
video. But once you do find a free
option, you'll find that the picture-
uploading process takes just
seconds. From there, you'll be
presented with several
customization features that make
it easy to fit your head into the
video. After you're done, you can
preview the video and send it to
recipients. I was really impressed
by how well JibJab kept my face
in the picture. Check it out.
JibJab lets you easily adjust
your head.(Credit: Screenshot by
Don Reisinger/CNET)
MagMyPic MagMyPic is so
simple that it's a must-see for
anyone who wants to create
something unique.
MagMyPic is a simple site:
upload a picture, pick a magazine
cover to put the picture in, and
modify it to get it to fit perfectly FACEinHOLE allows you to you're all set. You can also edit
in the face hole. I tried it out on share your image across the Web. your picture to make it fit
several images. For the most part, You can even put it on a shirt. It'll properly in the frame. MagMyPic
the uploading process was quick run you $19.99 to do that. features five pages worth of
and easy. But as I started editing FACEinHOLE makes it difficult magazine covers on everything
the image, I found it difficult to to place your photo in the right from marriage to sports.
accurately place my face in the spot.(Credit: Screenshot by Don When I uploaded a picture of
hole. It took away from the Reisinger/CNET)
service. That said, I did like that JibJab JibJab is one of the most
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LogMeIn can control some PCs, even when off My Debate With The
By Rafe Needleman packets. this capability come with remote
(Webware.com) The technology is getting built access turned off in the BIOS by NY Times' David Carr
Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:00:00 AM into motherboards using the Q45 default. But chances are that Over Journalism
support chipset. Only a few crimes over VPro, if any are
During a recent talk with corporate desktops use this committed, will be against people Business Models
LogMeIn CEO Michael Simon, I technology, in particular HP's DC who simply don't know that this By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
learned about the company's new 7900 and Lenovo's ThinkCentre everyone the annoyance and kind of access is possible. Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:34:00 PM
LogMeIn Central dashboard for M58 lines. expense of a repair visit or the Other LogMeIn representatives
IT managers, designed to help Simon told me that the need to ship the computer back to also took pains to remind me that Mark Glaser, from PBS's
them keep tabs on thousands of technology does not provide a Dell for examination. this capability can be used to fight MediaShift invited me and NY
computers at a time. wide-open backdoor. There are Michael Simon, LogMeIn's crime as well: a computer that had Times columnist David Carr to
I also heard about the new security protocols. The user has to CEO(Credit: R a f e been stolen could be remotely have a back-and-forth debate over
version of virtual network service agree to use the technology, and Needleman/CNET) wiped of data, for example, even email, concerning business
Hamachi, which makes it a like all LogMeIn remote-control What I am concerned about are if it's powered down. Also, there models for newspapers --
competitor to standard (and products, remote access isn't VPro home computers for which are no consumer desktops yet specifically questioning whether
e x p e n s i v e ) v i r t u a l p r i v a t e - possible unless the computer's remote control is preconfigured with this BIOS-level support for micropayments or a paywall of
networking products in the owner agrees to it. And in many by a seller. A machine sold by an remote access. some kind makes sense. Carr
enterprise. ways, it is similar to current unscrupulous builder. A used I have been a big fan of supports some sort of "user pays"
We chuckled a bit about the remote-access products that rely computer sold via eBay or LogMeIn's free remote-control model for content, whereas I tend
v e r s i o n o f L o g M e I n t h a t ' s on " Wake-on-LAN" packets to Craigslist by someone bent on product for years, and I have to think the idea would backfire
embedded in the dashboard of power up a PC so it can then be identity theft. The opportunities never heard of any security badly. PBS has published the two
some Ford F150 pickup trucks, so c o n t r o l l e d r e m o t e l y . T h e for crime here are just too great to breaches due to a technical issue part debate here:
their owners can remotely control difference here is of degree. ignore. with the company's products. • Part I, where we disagree about
their office PCs. And I heard And I don't worry about this in A n d i t ' s L o g M e I n ' s Furthermore, I congratulate what people will pay for, and talk
about a LogMeIn technology, just the enterprise. If you're using a exceptionally robust connection Simon for landing this deal with a bit about newspaper economics
now reaching the market, that computer provided to you by your technology that makes it all the Intel. Nice move. But I think that (they're bad...).
e n a b l e s n o t j u s t r e m o t e company, it is owned by your more so. Unlike Wake-on-LAN my relationship with this capable • Part II, where we continue to
diagnostics of computers but also company, not you. If your technologies and other remote- maker of remote-access and go back and forth, but eventually
access to data on the hard drives employer want to get your data or control products, LogMeIn is very network utility services just got reach a bit of common ground in
of PCs that are turned completely mess with your work, it does not good at connecting to a computer, more complicated. I am going to the middle (no, really!)
off. Gulp. need a tool like this to do so. This no matter how far away it is on try very hard to avoid VPro There's probably not that much
That last technology, part of technology just gives IT pros the Internet or how deep behind p r o d u c t s , i f t h e y s t a r t t o surprising to folks around here if
Intel's VPro system architecture, more capabilities, and it sounds firewalls it is. It's robust--and proliferate in the consumer you read this site regularly, but it
has just started to ship in a few like a very useful tool. secure in the hands of its users-- market. was a fun debate.
new PCs. It's designed for Even for home users, in most but it's a scary tool, if the wrong Alternatives include switching Permalink| Comments| Email
corporate networks so that support cases, this won't be a problem, people get into it. to AMD-powered computers or This Story
personnel can get into a machine-- mostly because VPro PCs aren't Simon did say that perhaps this unplugging a VPro PC when not
to run a backup, for example-- marketed to home users. But technology needs a protocol that using it, which would be a
regardless of whether it's running assuming that they were, the VPro specifies that whenever it's used, ridiculous hassle. I know it seems
Windows, has crashed into a blue protocols still specify that the user whether it's been configured for crazy and paranoid, but if "off"
screen, or has been shut down. As must consent to remote access unattended access or not, it "drops d o e s n ' t r e a l l y m e a n " o f f "
long as the PC is plugged into the each time someone wants to use a receipt on the desktop" so the anymore, we do have to be more
w a l l a n d t o a n E t h e r n e t it. computer's owner can see it when careful.
connection, the computer, even So let's say Dell sells me a he or she turns the machine on. Originally posted at Rafe's
though in an off state, will computer, and it crashes. I am That's a start. I'd recommend Radar
continue to draw a small amount happy to have Dell customer disabling this feature entirely.
of power (about 4 watts) while it support see what's going on And to be fair, computers with
monitors the network for control during a phone call. It might save
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DOJ: Google's book settlement needs rewrite
By Tom Krazit (Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:20:00 PM
The U.S. Department of Justice
late Friday urged the court
overseeing Google's book search
settlement with authors and
publishers to reject the settlement
in its current form, although it
strongly hinted that the parties are
flexible on certain provisions.
"As presently drafted, the
Proposed Settlement does not
meet the legal standards this
Court must apply," the DOJ said
in a 32-page filing ( click for
PDF) with the U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of New
York. "This Court should reject
the Proposed Settlement in its
current form and encourage the
parties to continue negotiations to
modify it so as to comply with
Rule 23 (a federal law governing
class-action settlements) and the
copyright and antitrust laws."
After Google was sued in 2005
for digitizing out-of-print yet
copyright protected books by
several groups representing
authors and publishers, the parties
settled out of court in October
2008. That deal granted Google
sweeping rights to scan and
display out-of-print books. Ever
since the settlement was
announced, opposition has
mounted to what one University
of California at Berkeley
professor recently called"the
largest copyright licensing deal in
U.S. history." Opponents claim
that Google and the plaintiffs
overstepped their bounds in
assigning the company the sole
right to make digital copies of out
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-of-print books that are still
protected by copyright law.
"The Proposed Settlement is one
of the most far-reaching class
action settlements of which the
United States is aware; it should
not be a surprise that the parties
did not anticipate all of the
difficult legal issues such an
ambitious undertaking might
raise," the DOJ wrote in its filing.
The DOJ has been looking into
antitrust concerns stemming from
the fact that Google and the
nonprofit Books Rights Registry
set up to handle payments to
authors would have sole control
over the pricing of institutional
subscriptions to the digital library.
But in its filing, it also raised
questions about whether the
settlement complies with Rule 23
of the Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure as well as copyright
law in general. "In the view of the
United States, each category of
objection is serious in isolation,
and, taken together, raise cause
for concern."
Still, the DOJ noted that a
digital library of books holds
important benefits for society, a
point that has been repeatedly
raised by Google's supporters,
who argue that it would improve
access to knowledge. It would
appear that the DOJ, however,
would prefer Congress settle the
thorny issues of copyright laws
that apply to orphan works--books
whose rightholders cannot be
located but which can be scanned
by Google under the agreement--
rather than making policy through
legal settlements.
"As a threshold matter, the
This week had its share of
fashion finds and outfits that
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settlement, which is consistent
with the concerns voiced with the
Court by hundreds and hundreds
of other parties," the Open Book
Alliance said in a statement.
Using iWork as
"This is a major agreement, and
it is entirely appropriate for DOJ
an image editor
to look at a deal of this By Sang Tang (The Unofficial
magnitude," said Ed Black, Apple Weblog (TUAW))
president and CEO of the Submitted at 9/19/2009 1:30:00 PM
c e n t r a l d i f f i c u l t y t h a t t h e Computer & Communications
Proposed Settlement seeks to Industry Association, which has Filed under: Software, Tips and
overcome - the inaccessibility of supported the settlement. "They tricks, iWork
many works due to the lack of are doing their job scrutinizing the I recently noted the image-
clarity about copyright ownership competition aspects of this editing functionality of
and copyright status - is a matter settlement." Preview.app, which can act as a
of public, not merely private, And Consumer Watchdog, a "good enough" image editor for
concern. A global disposition of s t r i d e n t o p p o n e n t o f t h e many that don't have access to
t h e r i g h t s t o m i l l i o n s o f settlement, also found something Photoshop. While it's difficult to
copyrighted works is typically the to like in the DOJ's filing: argue with the free price tag,
kind of policy change Consumer Watchdog supports Preview is not without its
implemented through legislation, digitization and digital libraries in limitations. Fortunately, many of
not through a private judicial a robust competitive market open these limitations are unlocked if
settlement," the DOJ wrote. to all organizations, both for- you happen to own Apple's iWork
Reaction to the DOJ's filing profit and non-profit, that offer suite, which in its own right can
allowed parties from all sides of fundamental privacy guarantees to serve as an image editor for the
this issue to claim victory. users. But a single entity cannot budget-minded.Read on to see
"The Department of Justice's be allowed to build a digital how to use iWork in this
filing recognizes the value the library based on a monopolistic unconventional way.
s e t t l e m e n t c a n p r o v i d e b y advantage when its answer to Continue reading Using iWork
unlocking access to millions of s e r i o u s q u e s t i o n s f r o m as an image editor
b o o k s i n t h e U . S . W e a r e responsible critics boils down to: TUAW Using iWork as an
considering the points raised by "Trust us. Our motto is 'Don't be image editor originally appeared
the Department and look forward evil.'" on The Unofficial Apple Weblog
to addressing them as the court Google will learn whether it has (TUAW) on Sat, 19 Sep 2009
proceedings continue," Google earned that trust from Judge 13:30:00 EST. Please see our
said Friday in a statement. Denny Chin on October 7 in New terms for use of feeds.
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Facebook Beacon has poked its last Cable Lobbyists Side

By Caroline McCarthy plaintiffs' lawyers. advertising tool for paying clients.
(Webware.com) "We look forward to the creation It's free for third-party sites to With MPAA On Getting
Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:58:00 PM of the foundation and its work to implement, and with only a few Permission To Break
educate Internet users on how best exceptions, sites working with
It's finally over for Beacon, the to control their privacy; engage in Facebook Connect code it in Your TV
ill-fated advertising program that safe social-networking practices; the program to allow more user through the social network's By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
the social network initially and, generally, enjoy themselves control over the feature. But it application programming Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:01:39 PM
launched with splashy Madison more online by having knowledge was too late: advocacy groups interface, or API, rather than ink a
Avenue fanfare nearly two years that gives them a greater sense of claimed that it still wasn't enough, formal partnership. As Hollywood keeps asking for
ago. control," a statement from some existing partners pulled out, And offering Facebook users permission from the FCC to break
The social network has settled a Facebook representative Barry and others were likely deterred the chance to register and log in to your TV with Selectable Output
year-old class action lawsuit that Schnitt read. "We fully expect the from participating because of the external sites without separate Control, it's picked up an
targeted the social network's foundation to team with other unsavory implications. usernames and passwords gives unsurprising ally. Cable
a l l e g e d f a i l u r e t o p r o v i d e leading online-safety and privacy Surprisingly, a "small number of Facebook Connect's marketing a companies. NCTA, the lobbying
adequate information and privacy experts and organizations that customers" were still using it; slant of user convenience--and group that represents the cable
controls to users with regard to have been working diligently in Facebook will work to transition security, as some Web users may industry has come out in favor of
Beacon, which shared information these fields." them out of it. be more comfortable hitting a the request, claiming that it will
about users' information on third- The suit was filed in August Facebook's experiments in "Connect with Facebook" button let them offer movies earlier. This
party partner sites in Facebook 2008 on behalf of 20 plaintiffs, social-media advertising turned than registering for an account is a myth that they want regulators
news feeds. most of whom were Texas instead to "engagement ads," with a new Web service. to believe. The MPAA and cable
One of the terms of the residents. Named as defendants which have come under some "We learned a great deal from companies could offer up movies
settlement? Any last vestiges of were Facebook, along with scrutiny themselves, and the "fan the Beacon experience," the whenever they want. They just
Beacon, which failed to gain current and former Beacon pages" that it encourages brands, statement from Facebook's Schnitt don't want people to record them,
traction amid a barrage of p a r t i c i p a n t s B l o c k b u s t e r , organizations, and celebrities to read. "For one, it underscored because they want to introduce
negative press stemming largely Fandango (owned by Comcast), create. how critical it is to provide yet another annoying window. So,
from advocacy groups like Overstock.com, STA Travel, The irony behind Friday's news extensive user control over how they declare that they need to
MoveOn.org, will be shut down Zappos, Hotwire (owned by is that the thinking behind Beacon information is shared. We also break your TV and DVR from
completely. InterActiveCorp), and GameFly. ultimately evolved into the learned how to effectively recording. Hopefully, the FCC
Also as part of the settlement, Another, earlier Beacon-related phenomenally successful communicate changes that we knows better than to break TVs
which is still pending approval lawsuit had been filed against Facebook Connect, the universal make to the user experience. The and piss off so many people just
from a judge, a $9.5 million Blockbuster several months log-in standard that, among other introduction of Facebook Connect because Hollywood is upset some
"settlement fund" has been e a r l i e r , c l a i m i n g t h a t i t s things, shares third-party activity --a product that gives users people will want to record
e s t a b l i s h e d t o s e t u p a n participation in the advertising on members' Facebook profiles. significant control over how they movies.
independent foundation to "fund program violated the Video The privacy controls on extend their Facebook identity on Permalink| Comments| Email
projects and initiatives that Privacy Protection Act of 1987. Connect are clearer and more the Web and share experiences This Story
promote the cause of online Facebook was not named as a extensive, but perhaps more back to friends on Facebook--is
privacy, safety, and security," defendant in that suit. crucial to Facebook Connect's an example of this."
according to a release. Up to a Shortly after the negative buzz success has been the fact that it's Originally posted at The Social
third of that fund, however, can about Beacon started, Facebook been marketed as a utility for
potentially be recovered by the began tweaking and modifying ordinary members rather than an
Diamonds are an Emmy Star's Best Friend
(ETonline - Breaking News) and the launch of his new red shoulders and says, "Goosebumps dress together and your shoes
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:00:00 AM carpet Everlon Diamond Knot everywhere, and I admit it: together, and nothing's actually
Collection! diamonds do that to me." done until you have the diamonds
Martin Katz has jewels like no "You know, diamonds go with "Dexter" star Jennifer Carpenter – it's the perfect finishing touch.
other, and the stars flocked to the everything," says Debra Messing. observes, "The Emmys are like a It's when you really feel done."
celebrity jeweler's house in "It makes everybody look rollercoaster. You get on early in
Beverly Hills to honor the Emmys prettier." She then rubs her the week and start putting your
38 Tech/ Fashion
Project Retweet: Why It Will Change Twitter for
the Better
By Ben Parr (Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:05:21 AM
UPDATE: for a different view,
see Retweets Revisited:
Commenting on Retweets is
Important
– “via @username” instead.
One month ago, Twitter
announced Project Retweet,
Twitter’s plan to officially support
the popular act of retweeting as a
feature. Currently, users reshare
interesting tweets using the RT
syntax (e.g. “RT@mashable“).
What Twitter intends to do is
formalize the process by making
retweets a core feature and
displaying retweeters underneath
the original Tweet.
The upcoming change has
sparked a heated debate. Some,
like Mashable guest writer Dan
Zarrella, are heavily against it,
while Twitter’s leadership and
others believe it will improve the
user experience.
So who’s right? While I cannot
foretell the future, I will say this:
the current system is broken. The
retweeting syntax is all over the
place, and it is almost certainly
scaring off potential new users to
Twitter. A streamlined, cleaner,
universal system fixes that
problem. That’s why Twitter
needed to initiate project retweet,
and that is why it will change
Twitter for the better.
Pros: Cleaner and More
A Soiree worth attending
By blogeditor1 (Material
Interest on Men.style.com)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:47:43 AM
Efficient
Let me start with this: the
current retweet syntax is all over
the place. While most people use
the “RT @username” syntax,
many others add the RT at the end
of their tweets while others utilize
This is a practice that is
confusing new users and turning
them off to Twitter. Just imagine
if you stepped into a restaurant
and they all talked in strange lingo
that you half understood. Would
you stay? Now what if that lingo
kept changing? I mean, if you got
this mess the first time you
visited, you’d be turned off too:
The new retweet feature is
constant throughout all of Twitter.
It looks the same and works the
same no matter who is retweeting
or even what app you use. It
clearly labels who retweeted the
post without any acronyms that
new users don’t understand.
While there are many pros to
the new retweet feature (easier to
count retweets, easier to see who
retweeted you, easier to see what
you’ve retweeted, provides more
credit to the original twitterer), the
biggest one is that it just looks
better and works the same no
matter who you are. Less
confusion is essential to Twitter’s
business. Cons: A Lack of
Commenting
This efficiency and design
though does come at a cost. That
Fashion week's over (you can
head over to our coverage for the
complete details), and, to be
honest, we're a little sad to see it
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The plan is to get the
[retweeting feature] launched,
learn from user engagement, and
iterate as necessary. This is
something most smart social
media companies do with feature
launches.
Twitter hopes that Project
Retweet will vastly increase
retweeting and resharing, because
Apple store is
cost is the customization of it’s actually a small percentage of
retweets. users that retweet currently.
down
In the current iteration of the While Dan Zarrella and other By Chris Rawson (The
retweet feature, you will be heavy retweeters have legitimate Unofficial Apple Weblog
unable to comment. This is a big issues with the new retweeting (TUAW))
problem for many heavy sharers. system, this feature isn’t being Submitted at 9/20/2009 3:02:00 AM
We like to provide context and built for them. It’s being built for
commentary on what we are the new user who gets turned off Filed under: Retail, Internet,
sharing, especially if it is a friend by all the confusion and by the Apple The online Apple store is
or a worthy cause that we are casual user that benefits from a currently down. Considering it's
retweeting: simpler and more streamlined the middle of the weekend for
I don’t disagree with the retweeting option. folks in the Western Hemisphere,
assertion that we are killing part Twitter is better off if more and considering that we haven't
of the conversation. But that people retweet, and Twitter is heard much in the way of rumors
doesn’t mean that Twitter won’t better off with more users being concerning new products or
implement commenting in future engaged. The new retweeting product updates, this is more than
iterations. It also means that system fixes both of these likely just a maintenance update.
retweets will be cleaner, as there problems. It will take several We'll be monitoring the store's
was no standard for commentary iterations until Twitter gets status and try to determine what,
either. The Reality: The Current Project Retweet exactly right, but if anything, has changed when it
System Is Broken it was right to do something about comes back up.
While most readers of Mashable the current retweeting system. It Thanks to the many readers who
probably retweet on a regular will make Twitter a richer and sent this in.
basis, the truth is that very few more engaging experience for its TUAW Apple store is down
people retweet currently. This is a millions of users. Reviews: originally appeared on The
subject I discussed in-depth with Mashable, Twitter Unofficial Apple Weblog
Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Tags: Project Retweet, twitter (TUAW) on Sun, 20 Sep 2009
during my last visit to Twitter’s 03:02:00 EST. Please see our
offices. Here’s what I wrote back terms for use of feeds.
then: Read| Permalink| Email this|
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line of "couture" lingerie.
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my puppy to the service, I was
surprised by just how quickly I
was able to get the desired
magazine cover ready. I uploaded
the image in seconds, moved it
where I wanted it to be, and
picked a cover. That's it. From
there, I was given the option of
saving it to my desktop, sharing it
on Twitter or Facebook, and
embedding it into a blog. I really
liked MagMyPic. Even better, it's
free.
That's my dog on the cover of a
magazine.(Credit: Screenshot by
Don Reisinger/CNET)
Simpsonize Me Simpsonize Me
is a site that any "Simpsons" fan
should check out. It takes your
portrait and turns into a Simpsons
-like character.
Simpsonize Me, which is a free
service that's operated by Burger
King, takes no time to get your
portrait ready to be Simpsonized.
In my experience, my photo was
ready to go within about 40
seconds. From there, you need to
choose your gender, age, dress
style, facial hair, and hair style.
The tool then pumps out a
depiction of your picture based on
the information you provided.
I was a little disappointed with
my Simpsons' portrait. I'm not
convinced that it accurately
reflected the picture I uploaded.
That said, the post-upload options
it featured did help me customize
the portrait a bit. Still, it would
have been nice if it were a bit
more accurate. I should also note
that the site is buggy. It took me
three tries just to get it to work.
Simpsonize Me turns you into a
Simpsons character.(Credit:
Screenshot by Don
Reisinger/CNET)
TalkingPhoto PQDVD's
TalkingPhoto is a unique service
that's designed to get a chuckle
out of someone.
After you upload a photo to
TalkingPhoto, you need to
arrange the six points on the right
spot to ensure the service works
as planned. Once complete, you
can set the animation in motion.
You'll see your portrait with a
voice that says over a dozen
different things, depending on the
script you pick. You can choose
between holiday songs, a Mother's
Day greeting, and more. Once
you're happy with your animation,
it's "published." You can then
send it to the desired recipients for
free.
TalkingPhoto is an interesting
service. Getting a photo ready for
the animation takes just a few
seconds, but once it runs, it tends
to be a little off unless you have
an image that directly faces the
camera. The points also need to
be correct. If not, it won't work so
well. In my case, my image was
just a little too far off for it to
work perfectly. It wasn't a major
issue, but it did detract somewhat
from the service.
After you upload a photo to
TalkingPhoto, you need to
arrange the six points on the right
spot to ensure the service works
as planned.(Credit: Screenshot by
Don Reisinger/CNET)
My top 3
1. JibJab: It's one of the oldest
services in this roundup, but it's
also the best service in this
roundup. Check it out.
2. MagMyPic: MagMyPic is
such a unique service, it deserves
a top spot.
3. BeFunky: With so many neat
ways to transform a picture,
BeFunky is worth trying out.
20+
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so brilliant — and better than
other disk-storage services — is
that it is integrated perfectly with
the OS X Finder. You can easily
add a file or folder to your
Dropbox account and make
changes to your Dropbox files
locally and watch as they instantly
update online.
One of my favorite uses for
Dropbox is with my encrypted
1Password keychain. This way, I
can share my 1Password files
with my Mac mini in the living
room and on my MacBook in my
office, without having to
manually sync anything. The file
is in a shared dropbox between
those two computers so changes
on one automatically update on
the other.
Xmarks(Free) — Formerly
known as Foxmarks, Xmarks is a
wonderful way to keep your
browser bookmarks in sync and
updated across both browsers and
computers. A plugin is available
for Firefox and Internet Explorer,
and a special preference pane is
available for Safari.
What I like about Xmarks is that
I can assign different browser
profiles and usage profiles. So if I
have some bookmarks I only want
to sync with Firefox, I can do that
— if I want some bookmarks only
to sync on work-related machines,
Tech/ 39
I can do that. It’s a brilliant way
to keep your bookmarks managed.
Freedom(Free) — Sometimes
the Internet is more of a
distraction than it is a productivity
aid. For those times, the best
solution is just to unplug.
Freedom will turn off your Mac’s
networking card for up to 8 hours,
so you can get what you need to
get done done, without the
distraction of Facebook, Twitter
and the latest viral videos.
Obviously, as a web writer, this
doesn’t really work for me during
the work week, but it’s great for
when I’m on a deadline — like
trying to finish an article of 20+
Mac productivity tools! Your
Favorites I’ve only scratched the
service with Mac productivity
apps, what are some of your
favorites? Let us know in the
comments!
Reviews: 1Password, Dropbox,
Evernote, Facebook, Firefox,
Google, Internet Explorer,
LittleSnapper, Safari, The Hit
List, TweetDeck, Twitter,
Twitterrific, Xmarks, adobe AIR,
iPhone, tweetie
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productivity

Oregon: You Have To Pay Us To Explain The Laws To You

By Michael Masnick (Techdirt) attention generated when some notes and page numbers -- and after he scanned and posted a state seem like much of an excuse. The
Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:57:38 PM people uploaded copies of certain that it wouldn't complain if people -produced guide to using public- fact that the state needs to produce
Oregon laws. Yes, it seems had just copied the law. But that's records laws. You would think, a guide to understand its own laws
While all federal documents in positively ridiculous that the state a weak excuse, and the state again, that the state would want seems troubling enough. Then
the US are under the public might claim copyright over the backed down later. such a document spread as widely locking them down with a
domain, state governments don't laws people are expected to However, Oregon is back in the as possible, as it would better help copyright claim just makes it that
always follow that rule, and the follow. The state claimed that it news on a similar issue, as Oregonians understand the law. much worse.
state of Oregon has a history of was just complaining about the Slashdot points us to the news that But the state claims it needs to Permalink| Comments| Email
trying to lock up its documents. fact that the laws were scanned a professor is challenging the sell the book for $25 to cover This Story
L a s t y e a r , t h e r e w a s s o m e from its own book, with its own state's attorney general to sue him production costs. That doesn't
40 Tech/ Fashion Internet News Record

Retweets Revisited: Commenting on Friday Favorite:

Retweets is Important SpamSieve 2.76
By Pete Cashmore communication beforehand: as By David Winograd (The
(Mashable!) Project Retweet approaches, Unofficial Apple Weblog
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:36:52 AM Twitter could allay those fears (TUAW))
simply by communicating the Submitted at 9/18/2009 5:00:00 PM
Mashable’s own Ben Parr looks changes more clearly.
at Project Retweet today, To be sure, social network users Filed under: Software, Cool
concluding that Twitter’s plan to tend to react badly to change: tools, Friday Favorite My Friday
overhaul its retweeting every change Facebook makes favorite is SpamSieve. We have
functionality will, on balance, be seems to result in a backlash, mentioned it a few times
a good thing. Parr is highly some large enough to merit a previously, but since it has
informed on the topic, having essential. For instance, you might letter of apology from the site’s recently been updated to version
tracked Project Retweet since its want to retweet something you founder. And yet each of these 2.76 I wanted to sing its praises
inception…and yet I feel he disagree with, adding a disclaimer changes has allowed Facebook to again. It's the best way I've found
undervalues one important aspect at the end that you think the accelerate its growth yet further to deal with spam.
of retweets: commenting. opinion is interesting but flawed. (with the exception, perhaps, of Using Bayesian filtering, correctly marked and moved over
To be clear, Twitter has not You might want to add new the soon-to-be-shuttered Beacon SpamSieve installs as a plug-in to 30 messages and missed only 2
fully explained its plan for information. You might want to project). If Facebook had listened your mail client and lets you mark that needed training.
retweets: that may be part of the personalize the Tweet as a means to its most vocal users, it would messages as spam. As you do, it This is a shot of my corpus
problem. We may still be able to of self-expression. still be a social network accessible builds a a corpus file of rules screen showing how many
use the “RT” as we already do, To devalue commenting on only to college students. telling determining what is spam messages have been filtered and
a n d t h u s c o n t i n u e t o a d d retweets also devalues all these Twitter certainly shouldn’t shy and what isn't. The more how many words were read
commentary at the end of the legitimate uses. The screenshot away from improving things: it messages you mark, or train, the resulting in messages being
retweet (sidenote: this somewhat released (below) shows no way to could never move forward that more accurate SpamSieve gets. regarded as spam or good. Yes,
defeats the aim of simplifying add such commentary. way. And Parr is correct: retweets I've been using it since November over 15,000 messages is a big
retweets). But I’d argue that Lessons from #fixreplies: Keep are a user-created feature that of 2003 and after years of number, but by being cumulative,
commenting is such an intrinsic the Community Informed deserve to become a core part of training, it's so accurate that it SpamSieve gets more and more
part of retweets that native To sideline such a key feature the service. Twitter’s situation, rarely fails to catch an errant spam accurate over time. SpamSieve
support would be preferable: an (commenting on retweets) when then, is both a blessing and a encrusted message. When it does, allows you to import or export the
additional field, perhaps, after it’s heavily used could result in curse: its users feel deeply using either a keystroke sequence corpus file so if you get a new
submitting the retweet. a#fixreplies-style backlash: when committed to the service and or a pulldown menu from your computer, or decide to use a
Parr’s coverage suggests that’s Twitter attempted to change the would like to have a say in its Mail client you can train it as different email client, you lose
not the plan for the first iteration, way @replies worked without development. spam. nothing.
and developers using the new API properly communicating this to Twitter needs to tread carefully, At the start, it's quite labor Continue reading Friday
tell us there’s no way to edit the users, the result was not pretty. and keep its users informed every intensive since you have to mark a Favorite: SpamSieve 2.76
retweet being submitted. Use Notably, the problem there was s t e p o f t h e w a y . R e v i e w s : few hundred messages for it to TUAW Friday Favorite:
Cases for Comments on RTs not so much Twitter’s removal of F a c e b o o k , T w i t t e r really start working, but it pays SpamSieve 2.76 originally
There are numerous cases where a feature, but rather a lack of Tags: retweets, twitter dividends. After a while, you'll appeared on The Unofficial Apple
commenting is important, even have a personalized set of Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 18 Sep
inclusion/exclusion rules that gets 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see
One More Thing... better over time. To give you an our terms for use of feeds.
By blogeditor1 (Material that night. Guess those forties he idea, yesterday I received 307 Read| Permalink| Email this|
Interest on Men.style.com) served at his store opening weren't emails. Out of those SpamSieve Comments
Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:31:00 PM just for show. STAFF Photo: Josh
Peskowitz
Spotted after our "In the Closet" rations for Rogan Gregory's
shoot at the Smile yesterday: birthday party, hosted by the café
Internet News Record Tech/ Fashion 41

Your Google docs: Soon

in search results?
By Zoë Slocum
Paul Graham: Content Really Was (Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 6:31:00 PM

Just A Way To Mark Up Paper Users of Google Docs and

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

Linking To A Site Is Not Defamation
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 5:42:00 PM
Way back in 2007, we wrote
about a Canadian business
man/politician, Wayne Crookes,
who was suing a bunch of
websites, including Google,
Yahoo, MySpace and Wikipedia,
because he was upset about what
some people had posted about
him on those sites, claiming it was
defamatory. We found it odd that
he was suing these companies,
rather than the individuals who
supposedly posted defamatory
material (oddly, many of the
stories that he claimed were
defamatory were about him
supposedly filing defamation
lawsuits!). In some cases, it
reached ridiculous levels, such as
the fact that the same guy also
sued Jon Newton, the operator of
P2Pnet.net for merely linking to
text that Crookes considered
defamatory.
It was troubling enough to sue a
company that was hosting a
conversation where someone may
have said something defamatory,
but to take it to another level,
where someone merely linking to
the actual text as a part of
reporting on it was also accused
of defamation could have a
serious chilling effect on free
speech and open communications
in Canada. Luckily, last year, a
Canadian court found that merely
linking to potentially defamatory
content is not defamatory.
Apparently that ruling was
appealed... and the appeals court
has agreed that linking to
defamatory content is not, itself,
defamatory. This is a big win for
free expression in Canada. The
case could still be appealed, and
some are noting that the appeals
court ruling still had some
problems. There was a dissenting
judge who seemed to think that
because people may have clicked
on the link, just putting up a link
was the equivalent of publishing
the content on the other side of
the link (yikes!). That last link
also discusses some other serious
problems with libel law in Canada
(similar in some ways to the
problems in the UK), which is in
desperate need of a modern
update.
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This Story
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 7:27:57 AM
Once in a while you come across
a gem like the Radio Lab podcast.
I listened in delight a few nights
ago when an episode about death
aired on KQED. An hour of
philosophical and scientific
stories about death, a subject we
all must spend a fair amount of
time thinking and dreaming about.
A couple of examples.
The three stages of death: 1.
Your body dies. 2. It's buried or
cremated. 3. Your name is spoken
for the last time. They postulate
that your soul is in limbo until
you reach stage 3. For most
people that day is the day you're
joined in death by your last loved
one. And this makes the point that
fame, which so many peope seek,
may not be such a great thing.
After you reach stage 2, you have
no influence on how your name is
used. The poor farmer whose
property was turned into a college
after he died, and was named after
him, now must wait until the
college closes. And that might not
happen for quite a while.
The next idea is about a dead
language, Latin. What does it
sound like? No one knows,
because the last native Latin
speaker died centuries ago. But
think about pottery. It's spun on a
wheel while wet. Maybe, just
maybe while it's being spun, the
grooves faintly record people
speaking around the potter. So a
Roman vase might be an ancient
phonograph record and contain
echoes of long-dead Latin-
speakers.
These ideas aren't useful but
they touch something inside me
that I like.
Bravo!

CoPilot Live smooths the rough edges in nav app with new
update
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial Improvements from the last maps were updated for this app with new update
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) version include: release, there seemed to be a lot TUAW CoPilot Live smooths
Submitted at 9/19/2009 5:00:00 PM • The ability to dial a POI (point missing in my neck of the woods, the rough edges in nav app with
of interest) and reports from users of the new new update originally appeared on
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, • Improved GPS performance version are not positive in that The Unofficial Apple Weblog
iPhone, App Store, App Review I • A full QWERTY keyboard (the regard. As I tried to navigate to (TUAW) on Sat, 19 Sep 2009
took a look at CoPilot Live[ last version was alphabetical) my house, CoPilot Live could find 17:00:00 EST. Please see our
iTunes link] almost exactly a The app also offers real time the street but not any house terms for use of feeds.
month ago, and it was a pretty traffic information, gas prices, and numbers, even though my street Read| Permalink| Email this|
good, inexpensive nav program, something called live local search. has had houses on it for at least a Comments
but it had quite a few rough edges. Those features are an extra decade. Continue reading for
Those rough edges aren't so purchase of $19.99 and I did not more about the CoPilot Live
rough now, and the app is have those services for my test. maps look fine. The 'voice' was update.
certainly competitive at a price of As in my previous drive around, clear, and directions were concise. Continue reading CoPilot Live
US$34.99. GPS acquisition was rapid. The Although the company claims smooths the rough edges in nav
Internet News Record Tech/ Picture 43

Last.fm and MySpace

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

Music site Last.fm and social

Apple introduces the App network MySpace are the latest
sites to be added to Turkey’s
block list, according to a Turkish
Flickr is hiring
By Matthew Rothenberg (Flickr
Store Resource Center blog and Twitter reports. Web
users in Turkey are already
since then. We believe the “web
Blog)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 3:35:29 PM
By Joachim Bean (The and managing your app details, p r e v e n t e d f r o m a c c e s s i n g
Unofficial Apple Weblog among other things There's really YouTube; Facebook, meanwhile, site bans” have a big negative Flickr is growing, and we’re
(TUAW)) not much new, but you maybe seems unaffected by Internet effect on Turkish economy while looking for a few talented geeks
able to find stuff easier now filters. Turkey has 7th largest and most to join our panda-wrangling, daily
Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:00:00 AM
instead of looking through large Turkish blog WebRazzi reports engaged online audience in -deploying, shard-juggling squad,
Filed under: App Store, SDK As PDF App Store guides. on its English site: Europe with its 27 million based in downtown San
part of Apple's efforts to make the If you're one of those Access to MySpace and Last.fm Internet users. As comScore Francisco.
ins-and-outs of the App Store developers who feels lost around i s b a n n e d b y [ a ] T u r k i s h stated in the report published in Flickr has openings for PHP and
more clear to everyone, Apple has iTunes Connect, you'll probably c o u r t … t h i s b a n m a y b e a May 2009, internet users in Front-end Engineers, an
just Introduced the App Store want to look over the guides in consequence of a case filed by Turkey spend more time online Engineering Manager, a MySQL
Resource Center. Apple states this this new site. Anyways, if you're a T u r k i s h U n i o n o f M u s i c and consume more pages than DBA, Product Managers and a
new site is "a single destination registered iPhone developer, Producers (MÜYAP) in order to users in other European countries. Designer.
where you can find everything check out this new site, you just protect music rights. Are you based in Turkey and If you think that you’ve got the
f r o m h o w t o p r e p a r e f o r might learn something, maybe. Just to remind, YouTube is unable to access these sites? Let chops, hop over to our jobs page
submitting your app to managing TUAW Apple introduces the banned in Turkey for over a year us know in the comments. for information on how to apply.
your app once it been posted to App Store Resource Center and the case hasn’t been able to [Image credit: James Cridland] Photo by revdancatt.
the App Store." originally appeared on The be resolved between both parties (cross-posted from the
Basically, this new site offers an U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g awesomely nerdtastic code.flickr
easy way for developers to read (TUAW) on Sat, 19 Sep 2009 blog)
over and learn the many different 10:00:00 EST. Please see our
policies and details about the App terms for use of feeds.
Store. It covers app submission, Read| Permalink| Email this|
the App Store approval process Comments

Take a stroll down memory lane

By Mel Martin (The Unofficial me? Web Designer Depot has products will get a kick out of memory lane originally appeared
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) collected ads that go way back to seeing the ads again. Those who on The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Submitted at 9/18/2009 4:00:00 PM the Apple II, and it's a fun trip. I don't are sure to find them an (TUAW) on Fri, 18 Sep 2009
remember most of these ads, as I interesting window into the 16:00:00 EST. Please see our
Filed under: Apple Corporate, first started with Apple after I corporate mind of Apple. terms for use of feeds.
Cult of Mac, Apple Most Mac dumped a TRS-80 for an Apple II If, by the way, you haven't had Read| Permalink| Email this|
users know the ads that Apple way back around 1977 or so. your fill of Apple advertising Comments
produces are really good and very Some of the ads look a bit dated history, saunter on over to the
effective at getting a message of course, but Apple always had That, of course, continues today. Mothership gallery and look at
across. It's pretty much been that great copy and a decidedly non- Those who remember these even more Apple stuff.
way from the start. Don't believe institutional bent to their message. TUAW Take a stroll down
44 Tech/ Tech News/
iPhone App Ported to Zune
HD in 12 Hours [Video]
By Pete Cashmore
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 3:20:36 PM
A development team claims to
have ported an iPhone game to the
Zune HD in 12 hours, and posted
a YouTube video of the ported
app this week.
Developer Foundation42
proclaimed in a tweet: “From
#iPhone game to #ZuneHD game
in 12 hours using #MonoTouch
and #XNA”. The game,
WordMonger, is a word puzzle
that’s yet to be released.
The developers write of the
achievement:
This is our game WordMonger
that we are making for iPhone and
Zune HD. We built it over the last
few weeks using the new
MonoTouch toolkit on the Mac.
Yesterday we ported it to the
Zune HD in 12 hours! We are
really hoping that Microsoft can
Screencasts of Twine's Facelift; Does It Live Up to the Hype?
By Jolie O'Dell
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 4:00:44 PM
We've chronicled semantic web
service Twine's birth, checkered
youth, and recent woes in terms of
traffic waning and criticism
waxing.
We've been given screencasts of
provide a way to publish third
party games on the Zune app store
soon.
With a bit of luck we should
have the iPhone version out by
thanksgiving!
You read that right: the iPhone
app isn’t ready for release yet and
they can’t get it into the Zune app
store. Still, the feat deserves some
geek cred, does it not?
Hat-tip: Redmond-Pie
Tags: iphone, zune
the new version of this knowledge
management application -
screencasts of both the consumer-
and developer-facing facets of the
site. Take a look, and let us know
if the new Twine lives up to
expectations. This new version,
we are told, will be live by the
The consumer product promises
end of the year. to supplant keyword search by
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How to: Follow Hundreds of Tech
Analysts on Twitter With 3 Clicks
By Marshall Kirkpatrick
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 7:54:17 PM
I may be a scruffy, untrained
blogger but I can still appreciate
the work of traditional
professional technology analysts.
SageCircle is an analyst analyst
firm, they track the analyst
industry. Their emails and
podcasts are an inspiration - dense
with information and loads of fun.
(If you like that kind of thing.)
SageCircle has been
maintaining a list of tech analysts
with Twitter accounts and the list
is now up to 724 active users. It's
a cool list and I thought it would
be a good thing to put into
TweepML, a wonderful Twitter
group-creation service we
reviewed earlier this month. The
link for following all the analysts
is below.
Sponsor
Visit this link and you'll find the
first 500 analysts on the list.
Scroll down to the very bottom of
the page, enter your Twitter
username and password and click
follow. Of course you could also
deselect people you'd rather not
follow, or deselect all and just
follow the ones you know or look
interesting.
Then at the top of the page
you'll see a bit.ly link to part 2.
With three clicks of your mouse
you can add the daily minute
wisdom of 724 tech analysts to
your life. It takes awhile for the
system to add all of your new
friends, and at one point I got a
message that my Twitter account
was temporarily suspended - but
that didn't turn out to be true. That
said, open this magic box of
wisdom at your own risk.
Think this sounds like a bad
idea? Not if you believe that
online noise is good for you or
you know how to use the secret
weapon of the social web,
effective and strategic creation of
groups.
Thanks a bunch to Carter
L u s h e r o f
SageCircle,@carterlusher, for
building and maintaining this list.
Want to do something to help,
yourself? Go create a new Twitter
treating the web like a huge
database, with filtering
capabilities that allow users to
pare down search results to only
the most relevant, applicable, and
useful links.
Developers and other techies
can check out this screencast
exploring Twine's collaboratively
authored ontologies:
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account, follow all these people,
then follow these instructions to
create an OPML file of all the
analysts' feeds using Dave
Winer's tool for that. Then, upload
that OPML file to Google Reader
and you'll be able to search
through the history of these
analysts' tweets, in some cases as
far as 2 or 3 years back! Then post
that OPML file somewhere, or
send it to me, so I can share it
with everyone else reading this.
What would you do with 724
new analyst friends on Twitter?
I'm going to spend some time
with a text file of all the
usernames and a Tweetdeck
column. It sure would be nice if
Tweetdeck supported bulk import
and export of groups.
In an interview yesterday, in
preparation for the ReadWrite
Real-Time Web Summit, John
Borthwick of Betaworks(a
Tweetdeck investor) said that
interoperability and innovation
based on groups are something
the team is working on. I think
this group of analysts on Twitter
is just one of many examples of
value that can be derived from
group creation. Discuss
The Twine folks see the new
version as a realization of Tim
Berners-Lee's vision of the
semantic web. So what do
ReadWriteWeb readers think; is
the new Twine worth the wait?
Does it live up to the hype? Leave
your expert comments below.
Discuss
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ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 20 September 2009

By Andrew Lobo market performer for visionary Update: Call for submissions of and processing for large-scale
(ReadWriteWeb) investors, entrepreneurs, and stories and videos is now open. In data. Now, all sorts of companies
Submitted at 9/20/2009 10:00:00 AM industry influencers alike. this documentary, filmmaker Tan in a number of different verticals
ReadWriteWeb readers pay only Siok Siok peels away the hype are using Hadoop.
This is an exciting week for us $1996. Save $500 off the standard and explores the human And they're all going to be in
here at ReadWriteWeb. We just fee by registering before August dimensions of how lives connect New York City on October 2nd
r e c e n t l y a n n o u n c e d t h e 15th. and intersect, and then are for Hadoop World. All the
ReadWrite Real-Time Web 22 September 2009: London affected and changed, as result of Hadoop rock stars will be there,
Summit, which is gearing up to be Realising the Benefits of Web encounters on Twitter. including Hadoop project creator
an excellent event on the state of 2.0 in Financial Services Twittamentary is created in the Doug Cutting. Amazon,
the real-time Web and the If you are responsible for open spirit of the Web. Twitter Facebook, IBM, and Yahoo!, to
challenges ahead. See the details m a r k e t i n g , c o m p l i a n c e , e - users are invite to contribute ideas name a few companies, are
on it and all of the other great b u s i n e s s , customer and videos to the film. When the sponsoring the event. In addition
events lined up below. You can communications, or internal film is completed, it will be to the above listed, Visa,
download the calendar in iCal communications at a financial d e v e l o p e r s a n d e q u i p m e n t released online under a creative JPMorganChase, China Mobile,
format or import it into your institution, you won't want to miss manufacturers, pay-TV and commons license. In other words, and many others will be giving
Google Calendar. You can also this series of events: network service providers, mobile you are both the contributor and talks about their use of Hadoop.
import individual events using the The UK's first conference operators, and more. the audience. ReadWriteWeb readers get 25%
link beside each entry. This events focusing specifically on Web 2.0 • Joint exhibition combining The 24-hour storytelling event off the regular ticket price.
guide is a weekly feature here on in Financial Services: social networking and mobile on 30 September 2009 shares the Register here.
ReadWriteWeb. We publish it • What is happening now? social networking formats videos submitted up till then in a 8 October 2009: San Diego
every weekend, as good a time as C u r r e n t a p p l i c a t i o n s a n d • Evening networking reception round-the-clock marathon in Mobile Application Stores
any to review your conference experiences of social media in the • Discount for early booking which participants get to watch conference
plans. financial services market; (expires August 21st) the videos online, rate and As a partner seminar of
Know of an event taking place • Hear how social networking is • Free pass for exhibition only comment on them, and tweet Intenational CTIA WIRELESS
that should appear here? Let us changing the approach of firms to 22 – 23 September 2009: about them. I.T. and Entertainment, the
know in the comments below or marketing, PR, and customer Melbourne, Australia 2 October 2009: Seattle, Mobile Application Stores
contact us. interaction; Marketing Now! Washington conference will focus on the
Sponsor • Explore opportunities to On September 22-23 a ExpressionEngine Roadshow tremendous opportunities in the
21 – 23 September: San Diego, enhance internal communications, movement of highly engaged, The ExpressionEngine mobile apps stores eco-system.
California process improvement, and passionate thought leaders and R o a d s h o w i s a t r a v e l i n g The event is designed to give a
DEMOfall 09 Conference compliance; professionals will gather in conference designed to bring complete understanding of how to
DEMOfall 09 promises to • Understand the developing Melbourne to demonstrate the together experts and users to learn capitalize on this exploding
showcase the most comprehensive legal and regulatory framework p o w e r o f s o c i a l m e d i a f o r ExpressionEngine techniques and market.
portfolio of credible emerging for Web 2.0; business today. Marketing Now! share insider tips. Now in its Participants will discuss strategy
technologies, vetted by • Identify the next steps for brings together the best of the best second year, and second city, the and deployment in application
V e n t u r e B e a t f o u n d e r M a t t social media in financial services. in new marketing innovation in 2009 conference will be a full day stores such as Apple (iPhone),
Marshall and leading technology ReadWriteWeb readers get a two intensive days of interactive event. The show runs from 8:00 Google (Android), RIM
analyst Chris Shipley. Alpha 20% discount. Use the code training designed to empower a am to 6:00 pm, with breakfast (Blackberry), Nokia (Ovi), Palm
Pitch, a new DEMO program, KM6298RRWEB. new generation of change agents before, a party after, and lunch in Pre, and Microsoft, as well as
puts you in front of the most 22 – 23 September 2009: and business leaders. Marketing between, all included in the price other emerging application stores.
promising entrepreneurs with Singapore Now! will change the way you o f a d m i s s i o n . To learn more, visit
products in the alpha, prototype, Social Networking World think about communications by Follow@eeroadshow on Twitter www.mobileapplicationstores.co
and development stages of their Forum — Asia equipping you with the tools and for the latest details. m o r w r i t e t o
life cycles. These are pre-revenue This two-day conference hosted insight to foster advocacy and 2 October 2009: New York City events@nextvisionmedia.com.
companies that have no more than by the Social Networking World community for your business. Hadoop World 15 October 2009: Mountain
one round of seed funding and are Forum - Asia features key Follow Marketing Now on Facebook, Google, and Yahoo! View, California
ready for your investment dollars. speakers from social networking Twitter for conference updates. introduced the world to Hadoop, The ReadWrite Real-Time Web
DEMO is the launch pad of publishers, advertising agencies, 30 September 2009: on Twitter the open-source technology that
emerging technology and a true i n d u s t r y a n a l y s t s , s o f t w a r e Twittamentary simultaneously combines storage READWRITEWEB page 48
46 Tech News/
Weekly Wrapup: The ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit
By Richard MacManus
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 6:00:00 AM
In this edition of the Weekly
Wrapup - our newsletter
summarizing the top stories of the
week - we announce our first
event: The ReadWrite Real-Time
Web Summit on October 15th in
Mountain View, California. It's a
1-day event that will bring
together some of the smartest
minds doing real-time work for an
industry-changing, face-to-face
conversation. Also this week we
look at which 'light blogging'
service is the most popular, tell
you how to fix your Facebook
privacy settings, analyze web tech
VC trends in August, and more.
We also check in on our two new
c h a n n e l s :
ReadWriteEnterprise(devoted to
'enterprise 2.0' trends and
p r o d u c t s ) a n d
ReadWriteStart(dedicated to
profiling startups and
entrepreneurs).
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-Time Web Summit
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ReadWrite Real-Time Web
Summit on October 15th in
Mountain View, California. It's a
1-day event that will bring
together some of the smartest
minds doing real-time work for an
industry-changing, face-to-face
conversation.
In conjunction with the Summit,
we'll be releasing our second
original premium research report
in October. Registration is now
open for the The ReadWrite Real-
Time Web Summit, we hope to
see you there! Web Trends
ReadWriteWeb's Top 5 Web
Trends of 2009
Last week we ran a series of
posts outlining the 5 biggest
Internet trends of this year:
Structured Data, Real-Time Web,
Personalization, Mobile Web /
Augmented Reality, Internet of
Things. Effectively this was
ReadWriteWeb's State of the Web
2009.
We've now compiled the main
points into a single presentation,
available on Slideshare and
embedded below. You can view
the presentation in full screen by
clicking the "full" button at the
bottom of the presentation. You
can also download the
presentation as a Powerpoint file.
All of the links in the presentation
are clickable, should you wish to
explore a certain topic more.
• Structured Data
• The Real-Time Web
• Personalization
• Mobile Web & Augmented
Reality
• Internet of Things
World's Largest Paid Blogging
Platform Goes Real-Time
Typepad, the SixApart-owned
paid blogging service believed to
be larger than any other online,
announced this week that every
one of its blogs will now make
updates available in real time. A
fast-growing number of sites
around the web are now flying the
real-time banner, so blogging
could steal a little thunder back
from immediacy-rich social
networks like Facebook and
Twitter.
The Dirty Little Secret About
the "Wisdom of the Crowds" -
There is No Crowd
Recent research by Carnegie
Mellon University (CMU)
professor Vassilis Kostakos pokes
a big hole in the prevailing
wisdom that the "wisdom of
crowds" is a trustworthy force on
today's web. The findings showed
that a small group of users
accounted for a large number of
ratings. In other words, small but
powerful groups can easily distort
what the "crowd" really thinks.
VC Series A Web Tech Deals in
August
This week was the anniversary
of the Lehman Brothers collapse,
which triggered the financial
meltdown. That was when
ReadWriteWeb started tracking
Series A deals in Web technology.
Executive summary for August:
down from July, with seed deals
very weak. Analysis: decadent
Europeans are not the only ones
who take holidays in August.
Read on for details.
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Adobe Acquires Omniture: It's
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Adobe is looking to stall falling
sales and profit by entering into a
new market: analytics. But rather
looking to R&D, Adobe is instead
coughing up $1.8 billion for
analytics leader Omniture. This is
the largest acquisition by Adobe
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The acquisition has puzzled
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Going Viral in 6 Questions, Part
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truly viral apps, our first specimen
is Spymaster, the Twitter- and
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exploded with tens of thousands
of users within hours of the
creators throwing up a simple
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competing 'light blogging' service
- the market leader in fact. Other
similar services include Soup.io,
Noovo, Vox, Profilactic and even
Wordpress.com and Blogger.com
are used for this purpose
(although they're more used for
long-form blogging).
Which service do you use the
most for 'light blogging' (i.e.
sharing content and media)?(
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5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and
Private!) on Facebook
When the President of the
United States warns
schoolchildren to watch what they
say and do on Facebook, you
know that we've got a problem.
People everywhere are mindlessly
over-sharing on the world's
largest social network, without a
second thought as to who's
reading their posts or what effect
it could have on them further
down the road.
But what can be done? It's not
like you can just quit Facebook,
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Google announced this week
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Lazyfeed Implements RSSCloud/PubSubHubBub for "Real

Real Time"
By Jolie O'Dell "Now some content from as Wordpress blogs. being collected in real time. It
(ReadWriteWeb) recent as several seconds ago is Additional implementation of seems that the feed is updated
Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:03:33 PM being notified through Lazyfeed." PubSubHubBub allows for real- several minutes after the actual
Sponsor time content from Atom feeds, post is published.
In an email today, Lazyfeed Lazyfeed is a feed reader to discuss it publicly," Marshall including Typepad blogs, Blogger He further suggested a "relay of
cofounder and CEO Ethan Gahng intended for the ever-growing Kirkpatrick wrote in a recent post. blogs, and Feedburner content. "It two real-time notifications"
informed us that the RSS reader is m a r k e t o f , a s w e w r o t e Just a few days ago, we wrote is now really like an instant between a blog and the
now supporting both RSSCloud previously, "those of us who are about Lazyfeed's announcing messenger, " wrote Gahng in a Feedburner server through either
and PubSubHubBub protocols, too lazy for RSS feeds but still in support for RSSCloud. Lazyfeed blog post. of the real-time feed protocols.
allowing for real-time integration t h e m a r k e t f o r r e a l - t i m e , was the first feed reader after Gahng went on to discuss the Discuss
of Wordpress, Blogger, Typepad, personalized blog searches." RSSCloud creator Dave Winer's issue of real-time Feedburner
and Feedburner content. Internally, we've found the site own software called River2 to content, saying, "It seems that
"Our internal tests show that the incredibly useful. "To be frank, support the new protocol, which Feedburner itself is not real-time.
service has actually become it's been so useful in churning up added a real-time element to RSS Right now, all content from
significantly faster," Gahng wrote. news items that I've been hesitant feeds from, among other sources, Feedburner-hosted blogs is not
50 Tech Tips/
Five Best Time-Tracking Applications [Hive Five]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:00:00 AM
Where does the time go?
Whether you need to know for
billing purposes or just want a
better idea of how your work day
is split up, you can always answer
that question with a good time-
tracking application.
Photo by judepic.
Earlier this week we asked you
to share your favorite time-
tracking tool, and now we're back
with the five most popular time-
tracking applications to help you
track the time you spend on
projects and tasks of every size.
Whether you're an old veteran of
time tracking and are curious to
see alternatives to your current
system, or you're new to the
premise and curious to see what
kind of apps people use, we've got
five solid tools to showcase.
Klok(All platforms with Adobe
AIR, Free)
Built with Adobe AIR, Klok is a
lightweight and cross-platform
tracking solution. You can create
a hierarchy of projects and sub-
projects in the task-management
sidebar and then track the time
spent on each by dragging and
dropping them into the workflow
for the day. While you can delve
into the details of each block of
time, simple adjustments like
expanding the amount of time
you've worked on a project is as
easy as grabbing the edge of the
block with your mouse and
tugging it down.
Manic Time(Windows, Free)
One area of resistance many
people have to using time tracking
software is a fear that they'll waste
too much time actually plugging
information into the system.
Manic Time alleviates that fear by
actively tracking what you're
doing on your computer to make
tagging and analyzing your daily
work flow simple. Your day is
represented by three time lines:
Activity (either on the computer
or off), Applications (which were
open), and Tags (your personal
annotations to your work flow).
Mousing over any of the three
time lines gives you additional
data about that moment on the
time line and you can always pull
up the statistics window to see
your work patterns over time.
Check out their video tutorials to
see Manic Time in action.
SlimTimer(Web-Based, Free)
SlimTimer is a web-based
tracking solution. Once you've
signed up for a free account, you
can begin creating new tasks you
want to track. You track those
tasks by flagging time you spend
on them in the little pop-out time
manager you see in the screenshot
above or by keeping the
SlimTimer web site open. You
can add tags to your tasks in the
management section of the
SlimTimer site as well as share
tasks with coworkers. If you're
concerned about using a web-
based tracker and losing control
of or flat out losing your data, you
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not you're meeting those goals.
RescueTime takes a different
approach from most time-tracking
tools, so we'd definitely
recommend reading their FAQ
file for additional insight into how
they handle time tracking.
Project Hamster(Linux, Free)
Hamster is a simple time-
tracking tool for Linux-based
systems. You enter tasks as they
occur, and then you can
categorize and sort them. When
you're done with a given task, you
simply tell Hamster to stop
tracking it. You can also set up a
reminder system that will remind
you to record what your current
activity is every X number of
minutes. One of the more
interesting features of Hamster is
the ability to shift how your day is
defined. If you're a night owl and
do most of your work after hours,
Hamster won't slice your "day" in
half at midnight just because the
can export your time-tracking data clock says it's a new day.
or even have SlimTimer email Now that you've had a chance to
you a backup once a week. look over the candidates for best
RescueTime(Windows/Mac, time-tracking application, it's time
Free) to log your vote:
RescueTime aims to be the least Which Time-Tracking
intrusive time-tracker you'll use. Application is Best?( answers)
Rather than have you log each Have experience with some of
individual activity you do in a the applications in this week's
journal-style system, RescueTime Hive? Can't believe your favorite
monitors the web sites you visit wasn't included? Sound off in the
and the applications you use. You comments.
can set goals in RescueTime
based on a variety of factors, like
how much time you want to spend
doing certain tasks or how much
time you want to dedicate to
certain projects. RescueTime
analyzes your computer usage and
reports back to you on whether or
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This Week's Top Downloads

[Download Roundup]
(Lifehacker) great themes, but if you've never C u s t o m F i r e f o x
Submitted at 9/19/2009 5:00:00 PM been satisfied with Gmail's Installations(Windows) If you
clutter, the Helvetimail user script hate installing all your Firefox
• Google Chrome 3 Brings More transforms Gmail into a Helvetica extensions, plugins, and custom
Speed and Features to the Stable -based, stripped-down interface. tweaks when you do fresh system
Release(Windows) Chrome • Google Earth 5.1 Speeds Up installation, Silence of the Foxes
turned one year old just a couple Y o u r W o r l d will build you a custom and silent
weeks back, and as a belated Browsing(Windows/Mac/Linux) Firefox installation.
celebration, the folks at Google Google Earth, the software • Hotspot Shield 1.3 Works with
have just pushed out a brand new package that lets you play H u l u A g a i n . . .
stable release in the form of Superman and find food and other Sometimes(Windows/Mac)
Google Chrome 3. spots of interest from thousands
• Don't Panic! Hides Windows of feet overhead, has released a
Hotspot Shield is a lot of people's
go-to application for accessing Sound Sleeping Helps You
From Onlookers(Windows) Have 5.1 version that skims the globe a U.S.-only content, including the
some windows you might need to bit more smoothly.
stash in a hurry? Don't want your • SimplyIcon Makes Icon
popular video site Hulu—until
Hulu blocked the app from
Mix Custom Sleep Tracks
boss to catch you goofing off? Creation a Snap(Windows) If you
Everyone needs a break now and don't want to spend time micro-
working, that is. The latest update
hopes to work with Hulu yet
[Relaxation]
then and Don't Panic! will help designing an icon and you've again. By Jason Fitzpatrick volume. With some careful sound
you keep your breaks discreet. already got a source image, • Layar Brings Semi-Augmented (Lifehacker) selection, you can make some
• Zune Desktop Player Updates SimplyIcon makes creating your Reality to Your Android Submitted at 9/19/2009 3:00:00 PM interesting effects. The screenshot
to 4.0(Windows) Microsoft's buttons and icons a drag-and-drop Phone(Android)"Augmented above shows the positioning for a
Zune HD was released yesterday matter. Reality" is a buzz phrase gaining If you're looking for soothing loop that recreates the effect of
and it looks great, but whether • Digsby Sees the Light, a lot of notice lately. Free tracks to help your sleep or fill sitting on a beach with ocean to
you've got the latest Zune, an R e m o v e s ( S o m e ) B u n d l e d Android app Layar, one of the your work space, Sound Sleeping o n e s i d e a n d a d r u m
older model, or just like the Zune Crapware(Windows) It's been a first full-featured AR apps for offers you the ability to mix your session/bonfire to the other.
desktop player, Zune 4.0 brings month since we showed you how Android, layers helpful, location- own custom track. If you're more interested in
new features and an improved Digsby was using your PC to specific data on top of whatever We introduced you to Sound relaxing and less interested in
look to desktop music players. make money, and today they've you're looking at through your Sleeping back in 2006. Since then fiddling with the tuner, there are
• Helvetimail Gives a Minimal responded with a new version that device's camera. they've revamped their sound quite a few premixed tracks
F a c e l i f t t o actually bothers to ask your mixer to include some additional a v a i l a b l e f o r d o w n l o a d a t
Gmail(Firefox/Chrome/Opera/Saf permission before using your PC. source sounds and abilities. reasonable prices.
ari/IE) Gmail's already got several • Silence of the Foxes Creates You can mix five different Know of a great place online to
sounds including outdoor sounds find soothing sounds? Share the
like rain, ocean surf, and crickets nerve-calming wealth in the
chirping, as well as man-made comments. Thanks Rick! Sound
sounds like drums and bonfires. Sleeping
Each source sound can be panned
left and right and adjusted in
52 Tech Tips/ Tech Blog Picture
Use Zip Ties to Better Secure Pegboards
[Clever Uses]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 2:00:00 PM
Last week we shared a
commercial solution for securing
your loose pegboard pegs. We're
back to share a cheaper and more
effective solution, courtesy of an
industrious reader.
Kim disliked Peg Locks, the
product we highlighted last week,
because they take up two holes on
each side of the peg you're trying
to secure, and they never seemed
to stay put for his. When he put
up new peg boards in his
workspace, he decided to use zip
ties instead. You can loop them
through a single hole and they
hold the peg in place with a rock-
solid grip.
The downside of course is that
you need to have access to the
Turn Your Camera Phone into a Police-Style Dash Cam [DIY]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:00:00 PM
Whatever your motivation for
wanting to have a dash-cam, this
simple hack will help you capture
your road travels with a car-
mounted camera.
Tim Cox wanted to turn his
iPhone into a Cops-style dash
cam. He decided to take the
Gallery-o-rama!
By Heather Champ (Flickr
Blog)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 9:04:59 AM
Just five days later, the
Flickrverse is 25,000 galleries
back of the pegboard to use zip
ties to secure the organization
pegs. Kim overcame this problem
by mounting his pegboards in a
hinged frame. Most of the time he
never needs to access the back,
but when some rearranging is
needed, he simply flips the whole
thing up like a garage door and
has access to the back where the
simplest approach possible and
simply cut a hole in his
windshield-mounted iPhone
holder that matched up to the
camera on the iPhone.
Now when his phone is
mounted into the holder, he has a
nice view of the road through its
videwfinder—almost as if he were
recording from the perspective of
his rear-view mirror. Check out modder used an iPhone, you could
the video below to see it in action. use just about any camera phone,
richer. We’ve been adding daily
to Galleries/Explore and here are
few of our recent favourites:
We’ve also seen a few unique
galleries that use the layout to tell
a greater story:
zip ties are locked. Check out the
link below to see more photos of
his setup and additional
information.
Have a clever workspace hack?
Let's hear about it in the
comments. A Better Approach to
Pegboard[Kim Pallister]
Although this particular mount-
Galleries? If you missed
Monday’s launch, check out the
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He has a million followers
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 6:02:19 PM
Scott Simon is on the SUL and
boasts in the first sentence of the
description of his interview with
Clay Shirky that he has nearly 1
million followers.
"Host Scott Simon has nearly 1
million followers on Twitter."
Scott Simon is an expert on
Twitter because he has nearly 1
million followers.
He actually has 1,022,105
followers and follows 56.
I once replied to him on Twitter
because he said something dorky NPR every year, but I wonder
about blogs on his NPR show. He why. He's one of the smartest
said that people talk lovingly people there, and as you can see,
about their newspaper, it's "my he'd not that smart.
paper," but no one says "my But I do love Radio Lab.
blog." They're on Twitter too. They don't
I told him that I have a blog and have a million followers. Thanks!
I'm proud of it, and I've never had
a newspaper. I give money to
so long as you selected the proper
case and mount for an
unobstructed camera view. Want
better quality footage than your
cameraphone can offer? Check
out how to turn a sponge into a
dashboard mount for a video
camera. DIY Cops Dash Cam[via
Make]
FlickrBlog announcement and be
sure to read our galleries FAQs.
If you’ve created a gallery that
you’d like to share, please do so
in this discussion topic in Flickr
Central.
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Camouflage Your Scanner as a
Book [DIY]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:00:00 AM
If your scanner doesn't really go
with your office décor, why not
camouflage it to look like
something else? Here's a great
example of spending very little to
give your workspace a unique
look.
One crafty DIY'er with a
decidedly steampunk bent used an
old leather satchel, a scanner he
already had, and some hardware
bits and pieces to give his scanner
a finished look, successfully
camouflaging it to look like an old
Street Chic: New York
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 8:13:40 AM
A sleek tailored jacket (on Anna
Intel and Apple--future rivals?
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 4:00:00 AM
As Intel readies its most potent
chip yet for small devices, Apple
may already be using competing
technology.
Apple iPhone 3GS
processor(Credit: iFixit)
One of the themes of the
upcoming Intel Developer Forum
(starting Tuesday) will be the chip
giant's foray into the smartphone
and mobile Internet device (MID)
markets. Intel's current Atom chip
is fine for Netbooks but has had
little impact on MIDs and zero
impact on smartphones, where it
is simply too power hungry to be
usable.
Enter Moorestown. A much
more power efficient Atom chip,
due by 2010, that should find its
way into high-end LG
tome. smartphones, MIDs from Asian
You may not want to go for device makers, and tablets (from
quite the antique look he did, but HP? Dell?).
if you do, you'll definitely want to Just so happens that Apple is
pay attention to the little details of d o i n g a n a l o g o u s c h i p
his build. The realistic "gilding" d e v e l o p m e n t . W h e n A p p l e
on the edges of the pages is acquired chip design firm P.A.
actually a gold satin ribbon. Semi in March 2008 it got a team
Check out the link below for of very capable engineers that,
a d d i t i o n a l p i c t u r e s a n d almost certainly, are designing
information, and if you've done silicon for future iPhones, iPods,
your own camouflaging job on and tablets.
some office equipment, we'd love But it's really not even
to hear about it in the comments. necessary to speculate about the
The Opti-Transcripticon: Flatbed future. The Apple chip has
S c a n n e r M o d [ v i a C o o l e s t already arrived (see photo). Some
Gadgets] analysts believe that the Apple-
Katerinia-Kissling) meets its
match in flowy, voluminous
pants.
Photo by Kelly Stuart mail us your photo and you could
Think you are Street Chic? E-
Tech Tips/ Tech Reviews Fashion
branded chip in the iPhone is a
fairly unique design and that
Apple is simply using Samsung as
a chip "foundry" or manufacturer.
That would mean Apple is already
competing with Intel's Atom, not
to mention the host of ARM chip
suppliers such as Texas
Instruments and Qualcomm.
And where might Apple supply
its own silicon in the future?
Beyond the iPhone--where Intel
clearly has nothing to offer
currently--there's the expected
emerging tablet and MID markets.
Make the iPod touch's screen a
few inches bigger diagonally, add
a few more features and you
theoretically have a MID. (Some,
of course, will argue that the iPod
is already a MID/media player.)
Make the screen even bigger (8 to
10 inches), give it more compute
and graphics horsepower, and add
a few more software and
hardware bells and whistles, and
you theoretically have a next-
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generation Apple tablet.
Those are all markets where
Intel's Moorestown (and, later,
Medfield) will compete.
Apple has a current market
capitalization of about $165
billion (Intel's is about $110
billion). Two heavyweights with
two competing visions of small
devices. Will one of the big
battlegrounds of the future be
Apple tablets versus Intel-based
tablets? Or--perish the thought--
an Apple Netbook using an Apple
chip instead of an Intel Atom? It's
tantalizing to speculate.
And 2010 is just around the
corner. It should be an interesting
year for fresh new device designs
and equally interesting
competition between two
computer industry Goliaths.
Note: Here's the official Intel
description of Moorestown:
"Intel's second-generation MID
platform, which consists of a
System on Chip (codenamed
'Lincroft') that integrates a 45nm
Intel Atom processor core,
graphics, video and memory
controller. The platform also
includes an input/output (I/O)
hub, codenamed 'Langwell,' that
includes a range of I/O blocks and
supports wireless solutions.
(See: CNET Reporters
Roundtable discussion of IDF and
other Intel topics.)
54 Tech Reviews TV Internet News Record

LogMeIn can control some PCs, even when off

(CNET News.com) support chipset. Only a few That's a start. I'd recommend
corporate desktops use this disabling this feature entirely.
Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:00:00 AM
technology, in particular HP's DC
During a recent talk with 7900 and Lenovo's ThinkCentre
And to be fair, computers with
this capability come with remote
Right now on
LogMeIn CEO Michael Simon, I M58 lines.
learned about the company's new Simon told me that the
access turned off in the BIOS by
default. But chances are that
Cinematical
LogMeIn Central dashboard for technology does not provide a crimes over VPro, if any are By Kona Gallagher (TV Squad)
IT managers, designed to help wide-open backdoor. There are committed, will be against people Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:00:00 AM
them keep tabs on thousands of security protocols. The user has to who simply don't know that this
computers at a time. agree to use the technology, and kind of access is possible. The folks at our sister site
I also heard about the new like all LogMeIn remote-control Other LogMeIn representatives Cinematical are working hard to
version of virtual network service products, remote access isn't also took pains to remind me that give you news and reviews of the
Hamachi, which makes it a possible unless the computer's this capability can be used to fight best -- and worst -- the silver
competitor to standard (and owner agrees to it. And in many crime as well: a computer that had screen has to offer. Here are some
e x p e n s i v e ) v i r t u a l p r i v a t e - ways, it is similar to current been stolen could be remotely of their musings on the latest
networking products in the remote-access products that rely wiped of data, for example, even blockbusters, indies, and
enterprise. on " Wake-on-LAN" packets to everything in between:
We chuckled a bit about the power up a PC so it can then be CEO(Credit: R a f e if it's powered down. Also, there • The $3.50 surcharge for 3-D
Needleman/CNET) are no consumer desktops yet
version of LogMeIn that's controlled remotely. The movies is annoying enough. I
embedded in the dashboard of difference here is of degree. What I am concerned about are with this BIOS-level support for absolutely do not need designer 3-
some Ford F150 pickup trucks, so VPro home computers for which remote access. D glasses.
And I don't worry about this in remote control is preconfigured I have been a big fan of
their owners can remotely control the enterprise. If you're using a LogMeIn's free remote-control • Elisabeth Rappe talks about the
their office PCs. And I heard computer provided to you by your by a seller. A machine sold by an dangerous allure of follwing
about a LogMeIn technology, just company, it is owned by your unscrupulous builder. A used product for years, and I have celebrities on Twitter.
now reaching the market, that company, not you. If your computer sold via eBay or never heard of any security • Jennifer's Body doesn't look
e n a b l e s n o t j u s t r e m o t e employer want to get your data or Craigslist by someone bent on breaches due to a technical issue great, but I so badly want it to be.
diagnostics of computers but also mess with your work, it does not identity theft. The opportunities with the company's products. I don't know why, but something
access to data on the hard drives need a tool like this to do so. This for crime here are just too great to Furthermore, I congratulate about teenage horror movies
ignore. Simon for landing this deal with
of PCs that are turned completely technology just gives IT pros really appeals to me. You can
off. Gulp. A n d i t ' s L o g M e I n ' s Intel. Nice move. But I think that read Cinematical's review of
more capabilities, and it sounds exceptionally robust connection my relationship with this capable
That last technology, part of like a very useful tool. Jennifer's Body and see what they
Intel's VPro system architecture, technology that makes it all the maker of remote-access and think.
Even for home users, in most more so. Unlike Wake-on-LAN network utility services just got
has just started to ship in a few cases, this won't be a problem, • Food dropping from the sky
new PCs. It's designed for mostly because VPro PCs aren't technologies and other remote- more complicated. I am going to just seems really gross to me, so
corporate networks so that support marketed to home users. But control products, LogMeIn is very try very hard to avoid VPro I'm not sure how interested I am
personnel can get into a machine-- assuming that they were, the VPro good at connecting to a computer, p r o d u c t s , i f t h e y s t a r t t o in Cloudy With a Chance of
to run a backup, for example-- protocols still specify that the user no matter how far away it is on proliferate in the consumer Meatballs.
regardless of whether it's running must consent to remote access the Internet or how deep behind market. • Luke Skywalker is a white-
firewalls it is. It's robust--and Alternatives include switching
Windows, has crashed into a blue each time someone wants to use to AMD-powered computers or trash hero? Interesting.
screen, or has been shut down. As it. secure in the hands of its users-- Filed under: Site
long as the PC is plugged into the but it's a scary tool, if the wrong unplugging a VPro PC when not Announcements, Reality-Free
So let's say Dell sells me a people get into it. using it, which would be a
w a l l a n d t o a n E t h e r n e t computer, and it crashes. I am Permalink| Email this| |
connection, the computer, even happy to have Dell customer Simon did say that perhaps this ridiculous hassle. I know it seems Comments
though in an off state, will support see what's going on technology needs a protocol that crazy and paranoid, but if "off"
continue to draw a small amount during a phone call. It might save specifies that whenever it's used, d o e s n ' t r e a l l y m e a n " o f f "
of power (about 4 watts) while it everyone the annoyance and whether it's been configured for anymore, we do have to be more
monitors the network for control expense of a repair visit or the unattended access or not, it "drops careful.
packets. a receipt on the desktop" so the
need to ship the computer back to computer's owner can see it when
The technology is getting built Dell for examination.
into motherboards using the Q45 he or she turns the machine on.
Michael Simon, LogMeIn's
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Jammie Thomas lawyers file suit against Scribd
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:27:00 AM
A legal complaint seeking class
action status filed in Houston on
Friday accuses social-publishing
site Scribd of egregious copyright
infringement.
Joe Sibley (left) and law partner
Kiwi Camara.(Credit: Camara &
Sibley law firm)
Scribd managers have "built a
technology that's broken barriers
to copyright infringement on a
global scale and in the process
have also built one of the largest
readerships in the world," the
attorneys representing the class
wrote in the complaint. "The
company shamelessly profits from
the stolen copyrighted works of
innumerable authors."
While this may sound like a
generic copyright case, there's one
interesting side note. The
attorneys that filed the lawsuit are
at the head of Camara & Sibley,
the Houston-based firm defending
Jammie Thomas-Rasset against
copyright claims made by the
music industry.
Joe Sibley and Kiwi Camara
have made names for themselves
largely by representing Thomas-
Rasset, the Minnesota woman
accused by the music industry of
copyright violations. In June, a
jury found her liable for willful
copyright infringement and
ordered her to pay$1.9 million in
USC drops to No. 12, Washington into Top 25
By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:55:32 AM
NEW YORK -- Southern
California dropped nine spots and
out of the top 10 in The
damages. Thomas-Rasset has
asked for a new trial.
In an interview for a story
published in July, Sibley said he
and Camara could see themselves
working for copyright owners, if
they believed in the issue. He told
me that they weren't locked into
any legal dogma and would take
cases based on their merits. It's
not unusual for lawyers to argue
both sides of copyright issues.
In their complaint, filed in U.S.
District Court for the Southern
District of Texas, the lawyers
wrote that plaintiff Elaine Scott, a
book author, found on Scribd in
July an unauthorized copy of one
of her titles, " Stocks and Bonds:
Profits and Losses, A Quick Look
at Financial Markets." They claim
Associated Press college football
poll and Washington moved into
the rankings for the first time in
six years.
A day after the Huskies upset
the Trojans on a late field goal,
USC fell from No. 3 to No. 12 on
that the book had been
downloaded more than 100 times
from Scribd, which her attorneys
called the "YouTube for
documents."
Neither Scott nor Scribd
representatives were immediately
available for comment.
The class purports to represent
"every author who owns a valid
registered copyright in a work
infringed by Scribd." Camara &
Sibley said the number of
infringing material on Scribd was
known only to that company but
predicted that the size of the class
could be huge.
They did note that Scribd has
said it would remove infringing
documents when notified by a
copyright owner, as is required by
Sunday.
The Trojans became the second
preseason top-five team to lose in
the first three weeks of the season.
Preseason No. 3 Oklahoma lost its
opener to BYU.
No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Texas
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the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act. San Francisco-based Scribd
also has created an automated
filtering system designed to
prevent the publishing on its
system of unauthorized works,
once identified, from being
uploaded again.
Camara & Sibley say very
clearly what they think of Scribd's
business model.
"Under the aegis of self-
promoting misinterpretations of
federal statutes," the lawyers
wrote in their complaint, "the
West Coast technology industry
has produced a number of start-up
firms premised on the notion that
commercial copyright
infringement is not illegal, unless
and until the injured party
discovers and complains of the
infringing activity, and (the)
infringer fails to respond to such
complaints."
Camara & Sibley added to the
complaint, "Apparently (the West
Coast start-ups) believe any
business may misappropriate and
then publish intellectual property,
as long as it ceases to use a stolen
work when an author
complains...Many millions of
dollars have been invested in this
business plan."
have held firm to their spots all
season. No. 3 Alabama and No. 4
Mississippi each moved up a spot
this week. Penn State remained
No. 5.
BYU dropped the farthest, 12
spots to 19th after a 54-28 home
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Spoilers
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Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:00:00 AM
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loss to Florida State, which
moved back into the rankings.
Washington is No. 24.
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56 Tech Reviews Picture
When a computer decides you must choke to
death
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:27:45 AM
Perhaps you are skeptical about
the notion that computers will,
one day, actually control us.
Perhaps you might imagine
yourself to be a little dependent
on your digital friend but not to
the degree that it tells you what to
do.
Perhaps, however, you have
never stayed at the Hotel Monte
Mulini on Croatia's Adriatic
Coast. Please allow me to explain.
I am currently in Rovinj,
Croatia, home of the Weekend
Media Festival. The festival has
speakers from companies such as
Google, MTV, and Nokia and,
well, there was this one speech
Saturday titled, "Why advertise
when you can Twitter?" given by
a bald chap you might know.
Rovinj is one of the most
beautiful secrets in all the world, a
place of such breathtaking charm
and beauty that you simple do not
want to leave. And the organizers
put the speakers up at the
aforementioned hotel, which
seems to have dedicated itself to
computerized logic.
You don't have to put your key
card into a slot to enter your
room. No, you wave it at a control
panel and your door opens like
that of the haunted castle in a
horror movie.
In your room, there is another
control panel that switches lights
on and off and generally monitors
the look and feel of your
environment, including what
temperature you are allowed to
enjoy.
Rovinj, home of the Weekend
Media Festival.(Credit: CC Akk
Rus/Flickr)
It seems as if the computer has
decided that you will only enjoy
temperatures of 21 degrees
centigrade (70 degrees
Fahrenheit) or higher.
I don't know about you, but I
like things to be a little cold
indoors when it's hot outside, so I
asked the nice man at reception
whether I had misunderstood
something about the control
panel. What, indeed, did I have to
do to make the room colder?
Ah, he told me, the computer
system would like me to agree
that 21 degrees is the optimum
temperature. But he promised to
reprogram it specially so that my
Internet News Record
Circumnavigation
for Good
By Phil King (Flickr Blog)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 12:54:01 AM
Flickr member James
Bowthorpe, a.k.a GlobeCycle, is
about to complete the fastest
circumnavigation of the Earth on
a freakin’ bicycle. He started on
March 29th, 2009 with the goal of
raising £1.8 million for research
into the causes of Parkinson’s
Disease. Starting and ending in
London, England, James will have
ridden over 18,000 miles in about
150 days. Back in August he
increased his daily mileage from
120 to 150 miles per day (!!!),
room could be colder. But as I write this Sunday, it's putting him on track to break the
I skipped back to my room and been three days. My computerized current world record by nearly
pressed the "down" button on the control panel still drifts between four weeks. He’s been busy
a i r c o n c o n t r o l . N o t h i n g . 21.4 degrees centigrade and 21.7 geotagging, so you can see a map
Computers take some time to degrees centigrade and there is a of his photos all the way around
reprogram, don't they? I sat in little crustiness around my mouth the world.
hope. And, well, a little sweat. after three days of hot, dry, He’ll be arriving back in
I went to bed, believing I would conditioned air. London this Saturday afternoon.
be waking to a cooler As I walk to the bathroom, I If you’re in London, you can meet
environment. Still nothing. So the find myself bowing to the control him at the Roehampton Gate Cafe
following morning, it was back to panel, hoping that, somehow, it in Richmond Park at 4pm GMT
reception. will agree to make things cooler. I and ride with him to the Hyde
"Oh, the computer is still not also find myself thinking whether Park bandstand. If you go, take
allowing you?" said the man at the man on reception is human some photos and tag them with
t h e d e s k . " I w i l l s p e a k t o and whether there is such a person GlobeCycle.
maintenance." as the maintenance man at all. All photos from GlobeCycle.
Did I detect the sort of raised Is this the beginning of the end?
eyebrow on his head that said: Or the end of the beginning?
"You, sir, don't realize who's
calling the shots here"? Perhaps.
Internet News Record Tech Reviews Apple Sports 57

Your Google docs: Soon in search
results?
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 6:31:00 PM
Users of Google Docs and
Spreadsheets accustomed to
publicly publishing their
documents might want to rethink
exactly how publicly available
they want to them to be.
Google on Thursday wrote in a
blog post that "in about two
weeks, we will be launching a
change for published docs. The
change will allow published docs
that are linked to from a public
Web site to be crawled and
indexed, which means they can
appear in search results you see
on Google.com and other search
engines...This is a very exciting
change as your published docs
linked to from public websites
will reach a much wider audience
of people."
"Marie" of Google was quick to
note that the crawling for search
results "only applies to docs
which you explicitly publish using
the 'Publish as Web page' or
'Publish/embed' option, and which
are linked to from a publicly
crawled Web page" (documents
for which users choose only to
"allow anyone with the link to
view" will not get crawled, she
wrote, adding that users can
unpublish documents they wish to
remain uncrawled).
Some users of the search giant's
suite of online productivity
applications expressed concerns
about the plan, suggesting better
labeling of potentially crawlable
documents, spreadsheets, and
presentations. For example, how
would you know definitively if a
publicly crawled Web page has
linked to your published
document? Is the only way to
ensure that your published
document does not ultimately
show up in search results to
actually unpublish it?
As noted by The Register,
"Google Apps master view does
not tell you which docs are
publicly published and which
aren't." While it may well be
obvious to most users how
publicly available their Google
documents are--and many of those
published documents may well be
intended to be as publicly
available as possible--this seems
to be another area where Google
needs to find the right balance
between transparency and data
accessibility.
Matt Cassel to Start For Kansas
City
By Adam Gretz (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:55:00 AM
by Adam Gretz
Filed under: Chiefs, Raiders,
NFL Injuries After missing
Kansas City's season opening loss
in Baltimore with an MCL injury
suffered in the preseason, Matt
Cassel is expected to make his
Chiefs debut on Sunday against long-term contract extension in
July reportedly worth over $60
the Oakland Raiders, according to
Jason LaCanfora of the NFL million. More Coverage: Wes
Welker Out for Patriots
Network.
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App Review: Ramp Champ

By Chris Ryan (TheAppleBlog) games, based on the idea of goals. Store.
Submitted at 9/18/2009 1:00:06 PM flicking balls at targets of varying The game also supports in app P.S. Among the easter eggs you
points. Right out of the proverbial purchasing of additional might find in this game is
Arcade bowling style games are box, users can play a variety of environments, including an everyone’s favorite dogcow,
very popular. In the real world, mini-games, including ones set in Adventure Pack which adds ninja Clarus. When playing The Icon
skee-ball is probably the most a c l o w n e n v i r o n m e n t , a n and tiki island themed levels as Garden level, knock over all of
recognized of these. In the iPhone underwater environment, an well as a Challenge Pack which the icons and then one of the two
world there have been several a r c a d e - s t y l e o u t e r s p a c e adds fantasy and dental themed differently colored flowers in the
who have risen to the challenge, e n v i r o n m e n t o r , f o r A p p l e levels. These additional in app second wave. If you’ve played
but Ramp Champ, the newest fanboys out there, a classic “Icon purchases are 99 cents and also Ramp Champ, tell me what you
game from The Iconfactory and Garden” style setting. Unlike include additional goals and think!
DSMediaLabs, brings a very t r a d i t i o n a l s k e e - b a l l , e a c h prizes. Read our latest analysis piece, "
interesting and addictive twist to environment has multiple targets Ramp Champ is a very fun and Can the News Industry Move
this genre. of varying weight as well as addicting game and perfect for Beyond Its Napster Phase?" Only
Boasting an interface designed hidden easter eggs. allowing users to trade in tickets long term gameplay or just when on GigaOM Pro.
by The Iconfactory(and award- Each mini-game rewards great for a very diverse collection of you have a few minutes to spare.
winning designer Louie Mantia), gameplay by providing tickets, prizes. Each mini-game also The original soundtrack and
Ramp Champ takes traditional like a traditional arcade. A “loot” provides for three goals and amazing graphics make this a
skee-ball and throws it down in a section showcases a page of awards players with collectible definite must have. Ramp Champ
series of four stylized arcade prizes per each environment, trophies upon completing those is $1.99 and available on the App
58 Apple Sports Internet News Record
Matt Cassel ready to go
Weekly App Store Picks: September 19, 2009 for Kansas City Chiefs
against Oakland Raiders
By Olly Farshi (TheAppleBlog) can check out some of the videos, DJ(99 cents)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 11:04:29 AM uploaded directly from the app to This week’s final pick comes to By ESPN.com news services
YouTube, or even try out us from Germany. Developed by (ESPN.com)
It’s the end of another week and mpChange, an excellent little site Armin Heinrich, Vinyl DJ is Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:51:08 AM
so it’s time for me to scour the that uses the same technology to strictly for iPhone-owning
latest releases in the App Store for mess with your face in a variety audiophiles who long for the KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The
the hottest new iPhone apps. As of utterly weird ways. golden days of music, when the Matt Cassel era is ready to begin
ever, I’ve selected four hot picks Pajatzo(99 cents) closest thing to the iTunes Music with the Kansas City Chiefs.
released in the last seven days for If you’re a regular reader, you’ll Store was wandering down to AFC West blog
you to check out. know how I regularly indulge in your local record shop and sifting ESPN.com's Bill Williamson
This week I’ve plucked our p a c h i n k o - b a s e d f u n o n m y through never ending racks of writes about all things AFC West
picks from across the globe. iPhone. It all started several dusty vinyl. in his division blog.
Hailing from Japan, my top pick months ago with Rockchinko, a Vinyl was kicked to the curb • Blog network: NFL Nation
this week is Brain Controller. pachinko game that introduces though, sidelined for streamlined, Cassel, who injured his left knee
I’ve also checked out Finland’s rockabilly and bullet-time to the based in France, specialize in portable and, most importantly, in a preseason game Aug. 29 and
Pajatzo, France’s Adrenaline Golf mix. developing online games for digital formats. Even though the sat out the season opener at
and Germany’s Vinyl DJ. Brain As a newcomer to Finland, I iPhone. In fact, looking at their benefits of digital are hard to Baltimore, is starting at
Controller($2.99) couldn’t help but notice pajazzo back catalogue, all of their ignore, there are some who claim quarterback against the Oakland
Created by the apparently machines in a few of my favorite releases feature an online that our new-fangled devices are Raiders on Sunday.
twisted minds at Motion Portrait haunts. Pajazzo is the Finnish component. lacking a certain je ne sais quoi. Cassel's left knee was still
I n c . o v e r i n J a p a n , B r a i n equivalent of pachinko. Played by While Eurocenter’s Poker And that’s where Vinyl DJ braced this week in practice, but
Controller might not be the most shooting a coin into the machine, wasn’t the most effective online comes in. This app brings back the slight limp he had last week
u s e f u l a p p t o a d d t o y o u r your coin will ricochet around poker game for iPhone (my pick that vintage vibe with a variety of was not evident.
collection but, it may well be the before hopefully scoring a jackpot would be Zynga’s excellent Live effects including dust, crackle, Cassel signed a six-year
strangest. If you’re looking to and earning you a modest return Poker), they’ve managed to create scratch, mechanical noise and, of contract for a guaranteed $28
drop some jaws and raise some on your investment. something solid and fun with course, that all important record million after coming from New
eyebrows while showing off your As pajazzo’s success never Adrenaline Golf. Online deck hum. England in a trade.
iPhone, this is the app for you. quite reached the epic proportions multiplayer matches are mixed up That’s all the picks for this Brodie Croyle started in Cassel's
After shooting a photo of your of its Japanese counterpart, and with trampolines, bumpers and week. I’ll be back in seven days place in the 38-24 loss to the
friend, the app will work its truly seeing as most machines are now even cannons. with a fresh selection of App Ravens and hit 16 of 24 passes for
i m p r e s s i v e m a g i c o n y o u r dusty disused relics, Pajatzo for Particularly surprising is Store recommendations. 177 yards and two touchdowns.
u n s u s p e c t i n g c o h o r t . B r a i n iPhone might be your only chance Adrenaline Golf’s price. For just a In the meantime, what apps Information from ESPN's Adam
Controller creates a Men In Black to try out this addictive Finnish buck iPhone 3GS owners get a have you been using this week? Schefter and The Associated Press
-style video, featuring a small classic. Adrenaline Golf(99 cents) true taster of the fledgling Read our latest analysis piece, " was used in this report.
alien emerging from your friend’s From the folks behind device’s graphical prowess. The Can the News Industry Move
cranium before delivering a Adrenaline Golf and Adrenaline details are delicious, from Beyond Its Napster Phase?" Only
personalized message. Poker is the imaginatively titled shimmering tropical waters to on GigaOM Pro.
Those that still need convincing Adrenaline Golf. Eurocenter, glowing night-time torches. Vinyl

Vitor Belfort's KO Win Could Vault Him to Title Match With Anderson Silva
By Mike Chiappetta
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 2:30:00 AM
by Mike Chiappetta
Filed under: UFC
DALLAS - While Rich Franklin
will likely never say it, he didn't
want a fight in September, let
alone one against Vitor Belfort. round TKO over the ex-UFC Anderson Silva originally
Franklin would have preferred middleweight champion in front appeared on Fanhouse MMA
some time off, but the need for a of 17,428 at the American Blog on Sun, 20 Sep 2009
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Belfort's considerable skills - cost the UFC with a shocking first- Vault Him to Title Match With
Internet News Record Apple Tech Blog Fashion 59

Apple’s Untapped Marketing Tool: Price

By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:00:14 AM
Apple’s advertising is clever,
visually attractive, hip, and funny.
It does a great job of showing off
what its products can do, and how
your life could change as a result.
What Apple ads don’t talk about
is money. As someone who’s
already more than willing to part
with my little disposable income
in order to nab Apple gear, I’m
fine with that. But what about
everyone else?
There are no doubt reasons
Apple doesn’t talk about price. I’ll
mention a few of them later on in
this post. The thing is, especially
at the low end of its product line,
Apple stands to gain a lot by
trumpeting its price tags to the
masses. Why People Are
Switching
In the past three months, I’ve
seen three friends buy their first
Mac computer. None of them
purchased the 13-inch MacBook
Pro that Apple has been so lauded
for online and by the tech
journalism community. Instead,
all three bought either a Mac mini
or a white plastic MacBook, and
all three did so because these
machines represent the lowest
cost of entry into Apple’s Mac
lineup.
That’s great news for Apple. Its
low-end computers are doing their
job, and bringing people in who
otherwise might not have looked
at a Mac. The problem is that
none of those three people
would’ve considered a Mac if I
hadn’t recommended them. The
reason? They all perceived Macs
as too expensive.
I know this evidence is
anecdotal at best, and doesn’t
mean this is the case for the
general computer-buying
population, but everyday I meet
people who just weren’t aware
that there existed such a thing as a
Mac that costs less than $1,500 or
$1,600. Some used to use them
for work in the eighties, when it
would cost you $1,800 to get one
for home use, but speak with fond
longing about the user experience
they remember.
When I tell these people that
they can get back into Mac for as
little as $600, they are completely
flabbergasted. As in, never even
conceived such a thing was
possible, totally unaware. To me,
that means that Apple isn’t doing
its job right on the marketing side
willing to pay for a quality
of things. Of course, word of product that sets them apart.
mouth is probably part of the “Think Different” really means
company’s marketing plan, but “Buy Different.” Getting Past
w h y d e p e n d o n i n d i v i d u a l Taboos
evangelists like me to spread The fact is, Apple’s changed its
pricing info when televised media pricing policy to target new
is so much more efficient? The growth and new demographics,
Great Unmentionable and it should change its marketing
Apple has some very good strategy to be more in line with
reasons not to talk about price. those new sales goals. A Mac
For one, they can’t beat PC mini commercial, done with all
manufacturers in that area. There the usual Apple visual appeal,
will always be a cheaper PC with with a simple “Starting at $599 at
better specs on paper out there. the end would do wonders for
But talking to PC users, that isn’t raising consumer awareness
as big of an issue as I thought it regarding pricing without diluting
was. People who remember Macs the strong brand Cupertino’s
from times past don’t care that worked so hard to establish.
you could get a better spec’d PC You can talk about features and Street Chic: New York
for the same price or better as the reliability till you’re blue in the By ELLE.com (ELLE News
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are so affordable as compared to conscious consumers to listen, Submitted at 9/19/2009 1:00:00 PM
their precursors from 20 years you’ve also got to talk about cost.
ago. If Apple really wants to convert Take a cue from Ramya
Another reason Apple might not new pricing structure into an Drongola’s edgy layering and
want to talk about price is that it exponential increase in sales, it fierce sandal-boots.
would be inconsistent with its would do well to make sure Photo by Kelly Stuart
b r a n d i n g t o d a t e . A p p l e ’ s people know about it. Read our Think you are Street Chic? E-
computer products are targeted at newest report, " Telco Strategies mail us your photo and you could
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financially comfortable, and

The RSS channel-level image

(Scripting News)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 9:45:07 AM
A heads-up on something that's
going to prove useful down the
road, something you might want
to start thinking about now. Credit
for this observation goes to the
brilliant Frenchman, JY
Stervinou.
One of the things about Twitter
that really works are the 48-by-48
images they call avatars. They
quickly become symbols for the
person. When someone changes
their avatar it's surprisingly
important. I changed mine from
King Kong to Don Quixote and
people started treating me better.
Not kidding. People really want
me to use my face, but it bothers
me to look at my face all the time.
When I figure out how to have
two views of myself, one for me
and one for everyone else...
Anyway.
If we're going to bootstrap a
Twitter-like network outside of
Twitter we're going to need those
avatars. And luckily there's a very
nice place to put them, the RSS
element. It's as if when Netscape
spec'd RSS 0.91 they knew that
10 years later we'd need this.
The only problem is that most
RSS images aren't 48-by-48 (of
course) and most of them aren't
square. That's what you might
start thinking about, creating a
square graphic that looks good.
Since many people and
organizations are crafting Twitter
versions of themselves, this
should be a relatively easy thing
to do.
BTW, I include the Twitter
avatars in the cloud-enabled feeds
I maintain for all the people I
follow. Here's an illustration.
60 Apple Sports Fashion Internet News Record

Milestone: 20th Anniversary of Portable Mac Era

By Charles Moore
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:00:29 AM
Today marks the 20th
anniversary of the original release
of the Macintosh Portable — the
first truly untethered Mac, thanks
to its internal battery.
There’s a quote attributed to
Steve Jobs: “Do not trust a
computer that you cannot lift.”
The original compact desktop
Macs were offered with an
optional carrying case, and some
pioneer Mac-users did lug them
around, but analogous to the tiny
Mac mini today, they couldn’t be
considered truly portable due to
the necessity of a wall-current
umbilical.
The Mac Portable development
project was launched in 1986, not
long before Steve Jobs’ departure
from Apple, and the product was
first released for sale on
September 20, 1989. It was
featured on the cover of the
November 1989 edition of
MacUser magazine, which called
it “by far the most complex piece
of machinery devised by sale by
Apple computer.”
While it incorporated a laptop-
style foldable form factor with a
front-mounted carry
handle/lockdown lever, the Mac
Portable weighed only about a
pound less than contemporaneous
Mac Compact desktops — a hefty
16 pounds, due partly to it having
a robust lead-acid battery. It
wasn’t cheap either, selling for a
likewise heavyweight $6,500 —
or $7,300 with an optional hard
drive.
Internally, the Mac Portable had
a 16MHz Motorola 68HC000
processor chip, an internal 1.4MB
3.5-inch floppy drive, a 40MB 3.5
hard drive, and a whopping 1MB
of RAM, expandable to 9MB but
unfortunately in an oddball 30ns
SRAM card (one slot) module
format. The monitor screen was a
crisp 9.8 1-bit active matrix,
640×400, LCD — initially
without backlighting — and there
was also a video output port for
driving an external monitor. The
upside of that heavy lead-acid
battery was a very respectable
five-to-10 hour charge life.
Also included were an ADB
port for a keyboard and mouse,
DIN-8 serial ports for printer and
modem connections, and a DB-25
SCSI connector. An internal
modem was optional. An
interesting trivia note is that the
Portable was the first Mac to ship
with a pre-formatted hard drive
and a pre-installed operating
system.
Apple added a backlight to the
Macintosh Portable in February
1991 and also increased the
standard RAM to 2MB or 4MB,
changed the RAM ceiling to
8MB, and replaced the expensive
SRAM chips with less-expensive
pseudo-SRAM, although the
pseudo-SRAM and backlighting
reduced battery life. Street Chic: New York
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the 100 slimmed down to five
pounds — launching the modern Sweet meets tough, in Byrdie
laptop computer era with a form Bell’s delicate dress and leather
factor essentially the same as the vest.
one still dominant today. Photo by Kelly Stuart
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Starting Five: Peavy Wins in Sox Debut

By Jeff Fletcher (FanHouse) previous day's baseball action innings to beat the Royals. Starting Five: Peavy Wins in
Submitted at 9/20/2009 6:00:00 AM with a quick nod to what is ahead. Peavy gave up three runs and Sox Debut originally appeared on
You Oughta Know ... his command was shaky, but he Fanhouse MLB Blog on Sun, 20
by Jeff Fletcher That the White Sox may be out consistently threw his fastball in Sep 2009 06:00:00 EST . Please
Filed under: Angels, Brewers, of the playoff race, but Jake the low 90s. He threw 73 pitches, see our terms for use of feeds.
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iTunes U: Learning Wherever You Windows 7 Takes

Are
By Chris Ryan (TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 9:00:17 AM
iTunes U(iTunes Link), part of
the iTunes Store, is an amazing
venue for top-notch educational
content from the world’s greatest
universities, institutions, museums
and other public educational
foundations. From language
lessons to audiobooks to lectures
and more, iTunes U is a great
place for those who love to learn.
With the release of iTunes 9,
Apple has put an even bigger
spotlight on this great content by
featuring it prominently inside the
application.
When iTunes U first launched,
many of the top universities, such
as Stanford, Cambridge and
Carnegie Mellon, jumped onboard
to provide engaging content. As
the original institutions first began
producing content for the free
service, some implemented their
content as podcasts that would
download into the “Podcasts”
section of iTunes whereas others
would implement their content so
it would download in the “Music”
section. Furthermore, as more
engaging content was added to the
service, it became problematic to
keep this content organized. Some
universities would automatically
create playlists for their content,
and others would just create
multiple podcasts.
iTunes 9 attempts to solve this
disarray by providing a specific
iTunes U section inside the
application and a specific iTunes
U tab for iPods and iPhones to
sync the content. This allows
users to specifically choose which
content they wish to sync, by a
Pricing Cue From Snow
Leopard
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 7:59:43 AM
Snow Leopard is selling like
hotcakes. It’s selling much better
than Tiger, and a lot better than
Leopard, too. If I had to hazard a
guess, I’d say those strong sales
numbers had something to do
with price. Microsoft appears to
think so, too.
For a limited time, Microsoft is
offering students the opportunity
to grab one Windows 7 upgrade to
either the Home Premium or
Professional versions of the
upcoming operating system for
only $29.99, the same price that
the single-user version of Snow
Leopard retails for.
That’s $90 cheaper than the
Home Premium upgrade costs at
particular topic from an iTunes U Due to the flexibility that Apple regular retail prices, and $170 off
content provider, or a specific gives institutions in organizing the price of the Professional
“episode” within that topic. The and presenting their content, version. There is a catch, though.
iTunes Store redesign itself also navigating all of this directly from You need to have a valid student
prominently features iTunes U an iPod or iPhone can be a bit e m a i l a d d r e s s f r o m a U . S .
content accessible via a button daunting, though. educational institution (college or
across the top navigation bar. As mentioned earlier, iTunes U university) in order to qualify.
Though this section of iTunes still content is completely free and AppleInsider claims that there
physically resembles the iTunes currently features over 200,000 are similar deals in place in the
Store pre-version 9, Apple is in educational audio and video titles UK, Australia, Canada, France,
the process of updating it to match available for download, even Germany, Korea and Mexico,
the look and feel of the rest of the including content on how to get though I could only find a
redesigned store. started creating your own iPhone “Coming Soon” notice when I
The 3.0 Software Update for the applications. It’s a great resource tried to change the country using a
iPhone and iPod touch also brings to further your learning whether drop down menu at the top of the
about a specific section for iTunes you’re at home or on the go. order page. Entering a valid
U in the mobile iTunes store. Read our latest analysis piece, " Canadian university email address
Much like traditional podcasts, Career Opportunities in the also got me nowhere.
users can browse this section to NewNet." Only on GigaOM Pro.
view top downloaded content or
content organized by category.
Microsoft is very much aware
that Apple’s student market share
is one of the company’s most
consistent strengths, despite
recent incursions by low-cost
netbook machines into that
demographic. This deep
discounting, and the
accompanying 741.com micro-
site on which it can be found
show that Redmond is willing to
go to great lengths to try to
recapture some of the youth
market.
If you’re planning on taking
advantage of this deal using yours
or a relative’s student email
address to install Windows 7 on
your Boot Camp partition,
remember that the deal only
applies to upgrades, not full
versions, so you’ll already need
either Vista or XP installed for it
to work. Read our latest analysis
piece, " Are Blades Really the
Future of Server Sales?" Only on
GigaOM Pro.
62 Tech Blog Media Internet News Record

Google, open communities, patents DNS progress, another

(Scripting News)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 5:34:32 AM
license, and perhaps we should
have one in the RSS community.
But in both cases these licenses
Seems like a good idea. Basically
the patent applications are
published before they are granted,
wish for a miracle
When Google patents ideas that would be hard or impossible to giving experts a chance to (Scripting News)
have been openly discussed and enforce. I don't believe the GPL comment on the novelty of the Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:20:47 AM
i m p l e m e n t e d i n t h e R S S has ever been tested in court. And work, thus providing guidance to
community, and then doesn't in the case of open formats and the examiner. There seems to be much
u n d e r s t a n d w h y t h i s r a i s e s protocols, who knows if such 2. I've long argued that there progress on the DNS project I
objections -- well, I'd say we have restrictions would even be legal. must be a parallel patent system, a asked for a couple of days ago.
had a failure to communicate. At But clearly the "norms" part of the good one, that works more or less Two or three developers seem to
least. argument is stronger than the the same way as the USPTO's be approaching the point of
I'm thinking about the patent legal one. If Google wants to be process with one important deploying and the APIs probably
that Google was granted on part of the RSS community, it difference. At the end of the are pretty close. I hope that when
September 15 that covers reading should be respectful of it. That process the public owns the they surface we can try to get the
lists for feeds. They say it covers means not using their size and invention. The creator is given APIs into agreement. The
other things, and that's probably legal resources to take what's full credit for his or her work, differences appear to be cosmetic.
true, and if so -- if they had to good about our work, foreclose it, which often is all they want. But a There's another project I'd like
patent something they should sell it as their own, and control careful document is generated that to wish into existence. like to hook River2 up to this
have stuck to the new stuff. And I others' use of it (which is the point creates a hole within which there I fell in love with the realtime server through a persistent
think there's a good argument that of a patent). will never be patents. Every one API implemented by FriendFeed. realtime connection so that it can
they should follow the All of this adds up to nothing if of these unpatents acts to combat Very simple, clever, reliable, be notified of updates through a
conventions of the community Google's lawyers are like lawyers the bad kind of patents. (This idea functional, a kind of no-brainer NAT and firewall. Then of course
and not patent their innovations, everywhere, and they probably has already been widely that I wish more APIs were. The I'd write up a Howto explaining
rather contribute them in the same are. And if all their talk about discussed.) only problem was it only worked how I did it, ask for feedback and
f a s h i o n t h a t o t h e r s h a d being supportive of open source is 3. And perhaps there should be with FriendFeed, which is cool hope that people create more
contributed their good ideas. just talk. But, on the chance that cash awards for those unpatents, because there are a lot of software that interops.
It's as if Google ran Linux they're serious about wanting to to create commercial incentives to interesting people there, but it got How about it? Anyone up for
servers and used the fact in their work with and support open produce novel ideas. That would even more interesting when they making some history??
marketing (no problem). Then communities of developers, there go a long ways to counter the released the back-end server, PS: I wasn't really a Deadhead,
five years later it turns out they are pragmatic reasons why they (imho invalid) argument that Tornado, as open source. but I have lots of friends who are,
had forked the Linux code base should be respectful and careful. patents spawn innovation. I think This is good for two reasons: 1. and I admire much of the spririt of
(which is permitted) and was And they have not been either. quite the opposite. Most patents in It's really good interesting the community. One of the things
marketing it under their own This isn't all about Google... my area are like Google's reading technology, and 2. It doesn't come they invented was this idea of
brand name (okay) and had not The rest of us could have taken list patent. Filed after-the-fact by from Google, it comes from needing a miracle. It comes from
checked their improvements back steps to prevent this problem. And a big company, claiming the ideas Facebook, one of their rivals. a John Perry Barlow/Bob Weir
into the community (there's the we still can head off similar of engineers working outside of Diversify is always a good song. People talk about wanting
problem). This would be a problems in the future. large companies. strategy in the financial markets "miracle tickets" -- that is, a ticket
violation of the norms of the 1. There is an idea out their and in the tech world too. that gets you into something for
community. True, it would also be called peer-to-patent. The USPTO Anyway here's what I wish for. free, like a Dead show. But the
a violation of the open source ran a pilot project that just ended. I'd like someone to show up in the concept applies to airlines,
rssCloud communithy with a baseball games, movies, private
MediaDailyNews: 'Chuggington' Airs On Disney In 2010 Tornado server running that either parties, you name it. It also
is an instance of applies to new Internet bootstraps.
(MediaPost | Media News) entertainment company Ludorum, show was created by the "Bob the
rssCloud(preferable) or is To get something like rssCloud
Submitted at 9/18/2009 10:45:40 AM is developing a U.S. program Builder" team and has debuted in booted, like Barlow and Weir, I
around "Chuggington," a CGI 150 countries to date. It will also connected to an instance (i.e.
receiving notifications). I'd then need a miracle -- ever-ee day!
Maureen Taxter, in charge of animated series for preschoolers have a Web platform that
U.S. consumer products at set to air on Playhouse Disney in compliments the TV series.
London-based children's spring 2010, reports Adweek. The
Internet News Record
What's On Tonight: College
Football, Robin Hood, The
Dish
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 4:02:00 PM
• At 7:45, ESPN has College
Football, Georgia vs. Arkansas.
• Also at 7:45, ESPN2 has
College Football, West Virginia
vs. Auburn.
• At 8, ABC has College
Football, Texas vs. Texas Tech.
• FOX has a new Cops at 8.
• Nickelodeon has a new iCarly
at 8, followed by a new True
Jackson, VP.
• At 9, FOX has a new America's
Most Wanted.
• CNBC has a new Suze Orman
Show at 9.
• BBC America has a new Robin
Hood at 9.
• Lifetime has the movie Georgia
O'Keeffe at 9.
• Comedy Central has the movie
Still Waiting at 9.
• WE has a new episode of The
Locator at 9.
• At 9:30, Biography has a new
Ghostly Adventures.
• At 10, CBS has a new 48
Hours Mystery.
• Style has a new episode of The
Dish at 10.
Sacha Baron Cohen will guest voice on The Simpsons
By Brad Trechak (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 5:03:00 PM
Practically every other celebrity
on Earth has been a guest voice
on The Simpsons. Hell, then even
managed to land the reclusive
author Alan Moore for a comic
book-themed episode. Now, Borat
and Bruno star Sacha Baron
ABC still intends to finish
Defying Gravity's run ...
eventually
By Jason Hughes (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:00:00 AM
I thought Defying Gravity was
over. Kona wasn't sure, but had
little hope. The internet ran with it
and there were unsubstantiated
reports that ABC would never air
the final five episodes. It was
frustrating because it ended just
before the big reveal as to what
the "beta" entity was. So it looked
like it would be another chapter in
the long list of television shows
that ended on a maddening
cliffhanger.
I don't know what those
episodes have in store, or if they
provide better closure than what
we have now, but ABC felt it was
important enough to curb the
• At 12:30 AM, Cartoon rumors by putting out a statement
Network has two new episodes of that they fully intend to air those
Bleach. last Defying Gravity episodes.
Check your local TV listings for They just aren't sure when.
more. DG was too sci-fi for the
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Cohen will be lending his voice to
an episode of the animated series.
Supposedly, Cohen will play an
"angry but funny" tour guide that
helps them while the family tours
Israel with their church group. For
such a low income family, the
Simpsons sure get to tour a lot of Cohen will not be playing any
different countries. Homer even of his trademark characters, and
went up into space at one point.
TV Media 63
MediaDailyNews: 'Star
Tribune' To Exit
Bankrupcy, 'SF
Chronicle' Lays Off
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:09:26 PM
A federal bankruptcy judge OK's
the Star Tribune's reorganization
plan, per the Minneapolis
newspaper, to exit bankruptcy on
or about Sept. 28. The nation's
14th-largest daily newspaper will
emerge with new owners, lower
costs and reduced debt.
Separately, the San Francisco
Chronicle laid off five editorial
staffers, which brings the total to
11 jobs cut this month. Early cuts
this year eliminated 150
with the " Grey's Anatomy in
space" tag. There wasn't enough Newspaper Guild jobs from the
troubled daily.
sci-fi for the hardcore science
fiction base. At least those of us
who toughed it out might get
some closure.
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were getting a little stale anyway. Simpsons, Celebrities, Casting,
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In other facts about the episode,
Homer gets Jerusalem complex
while visiting and thinks he's
God. And to the Fox network, he
is.
64 TV Sports Game Media Internet News Record

Just watch this: Sam the
cooking guy is great!
By Allison Waldman (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 9/19/2009 1:01:00 PM
Recently, I was channel surfing
and I stopped on a show called
Just Cook This! With Sam the
Cooking Guy. The fact that it was
on FitTV nearly made me move
on (to me a healthy cooking show
is oxymoronic!), but this guy
Sam, the cooking guy, kept me
tuned in. Well, I can now say
without equivocation, Just Cook
This! is my new favorite food
show and I'm in love with Sam.
Sam is actually not a formally
trained chef or a caterer turned
cook or a restaurateur or any of
the other types that have made
their way to TV. I looked him up
and Sam Zein was a regular Joe,
working for a pharmaceutical
company, who dumped it all to
make a TV show about travel,
MediaDailyNews: Wounded Peacock: GE
Debates Selling, Spinning NBCU
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 1:59:39 PM
[ fivefilters.org: unable to
retrieve full-text content] General
Electric's pending decision to
retain total or partial ownership of
which turned into a food program
instead. FitTV, which is part of
Discovery, probably bought the
show because they liked Sam.
And that's the beauty of the show.
Continue reading Just watch
this: Sam the cooking guy is
great!
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NBC Universal could hinge on
radical changes to its weakest
financial links, including its ad-
dependent NBC broadcast
network and TV stations.
Florida Gators cite 'panic level' over
recent flu outbreak
By Associated Press campus last week.' My gosh." isolations this week. He was most
(ESPN.com) Meyer said team doctors and his concerned with Demps, the team's
Submitted at 9/20/2009 9:57:18 AM training staff were doing starting running back, because
everything they could to prevent he's on the front end of the flu.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The an outbreak. Hand sanitizers were Hernandez and Cunningham were
Florida Gators' flu bug is cause everywhere, and prevention getting over their symptoms,
for alarm, at least for coach Urban checklists were posted all around Meyer said.
Meyer and his staff. the training facility. On the injury front, Meyer said
Running back Jeff Demps, tight "We're trying the best we can, linebacker Brandon Spikes will be
e n d A a r o n H e r n a n d e z a n d but it's real," Meyer said. "We go placed in a protective boot. Spikes
d e f e n s i v e e n d J e r m a i n e to the extremes. They get a missed most of the second half of
Cunningham were isolated in the separate dorm room for them. Saturday's game because of
days leading up to Saturday's They get a separate hotel room for tendinitis in his Achilles' tendon.
game against Tennessee. them. They put them right on The team's defensive captain
Although Meyer did not say any whatever the flu stuff is. Our limped off the field early in the
of the players had swine flu, he guys, our team doctors, they're on game, got his left ankle taped and
c e r t a i n l y w a s w o r r i e d t h e it as fast as you can get on it." tried to return. But Spikes ended
devastating virus could hit his top Demps, Cunningham and up getting pulled and replaced by
-ranked team. Hernandez all played against the Dustin Doe. Meyer said Spikes
SEC blog Volunteers, but none of them struggled through practice this
ESPN.com's Chris Low writes seemed to play up to par. week and had to be fitted with
about all things SEC in his Demps, who had a 101-degree orthotics.
conference blog. temperature, ran four times for 31 "It's a pain issue," Meyer said.
• Blog network: yards and a touchdown. "It's not a structural issue. It's not
College Football Nation Hernandez caught four passes for a pull, it's a tendon strain of the
"It is a panic level of proportion 26 yards. And Cunningham Achilles' tendon."
I've never seen before," Meyer finished with one tackle. Receiver Deonte
said Sunday, a day after his team's Meyer said Sunday that Demps Thompson(hamstring) also missed
23-13 victory. "That's coming probably shouldn't have played.
the game, but should return
from me. You hear about, I think, "Jeff did not look right, Aaron against Kentucky. Receiver Riley
Wisconsin had 40 players. Ole Hernandez didn't play like Aaron
Cooper pinched a nerve on the
Miss had 20 players. My wife, Hernandez, and Jermaine didn't first series but stayed in the game.
with her great insight, said, 'Do play like Jermaine. They were
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College Football Diary: No. 1 Florida 23, Tennessee 13
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Submitted at 9/19/2009 9:00:11 AM
The Journal provides minute-by-
minute analysis of today’s 23-13
victory by top-ranked Florida over
Tennessee from Gainesville,
Florida. Guest blogger Pete
McEntegart offers commentary on
the game — the Southeastern
Conference opener for both teams
— and the CBS telecast. Reuters
Jeffery Demps scores Florida’s
final touchdown in the top-ranked
Gators’ win over Tennessee.
6:46: Kiffin couldn’t resist
leaving the field before telling
Tracy Wolfson, “We’ll see them
next year.” Nothing like throwing
down the gauntlet for a game 12
months away. Next year, of
course, the Gators won’t have
Tebow at QB. The Vols will also
have someone other than
Crompton, another senior. Both
changes are likely good news for
the Vols.
I hate to pile on Crompton, but
it was clear that the Vols didn’t
trust him to throw down the field.
Even while sticking mostly to safe
throws, he still tossed two INTs
and now has seven on the season.
The rest of the Vols actually
played No. 1 Florida toe-to-toe.
The UT defense lived up to its
billing and, in perhaps the biggest
surprise, the Vols ran the ball
effectively even though UF knew
they were coming.
If Kiffin can recruit himself a
stud QB, it’s not hard to picture
the Vols competing for the SEC
title in relatively short order.
Florida, of course, is the favorite
for not just this year’s SEC title
but the national crown. The
Gators didn’t do much today to
burnish that image. Still, while
those tuning in for a blowout were
disappointed, a win’s a win,
especially against one’s archrival.
For Florida, anyway, it’ll have to
do for now.
6:33: Tebow takes a knee and
we’ve gone FINAL. 23-13
Florida.
6:29: Crompton pump-fakes and
goes deep … but it’s intercepted
by safety Ahmad Black.
Danielson inexplicably says,
“That doesn’t hurt them.” Well, it
doesn’t help the Vols either, does
it Gary? There are less than two
minutes left and the Vols trail by
10. Earlier in the game, sure,
going deep on a hitch-and-go on
fourth down that results in a pick
is no huge loss. It would be worth
the gamble, and the INT with no
return isn’t much different than a
punt.
But come on, that was UT’s last
gasp. Sure, the INT isn’t any
worse than an incompletion, and
is actually better from the
perspective of field position since
it was fourth down. But it
certainly didn’t help the Vols get
back in the game.
6:26: UT calls timeout facing a
fourth-and-six. Strange play by
Crompton on third down. He
avoided a sack by shrugging off a
defender who came in clean, but
then seemed to panic and heaved
the ball out of bounds, a good 30
yards from any receiver.
Somehow he wasn’t flagged for
intentional grounding. Hey, at
least he showed a strong arm.
6:25: Fumble! Ooh, but it rolls
out of bounds. Still UT ball. Third
-and-six near midfield, just over
two minutes left.
6:22: Two Hardesty carries pick
up a first down, but now we’re
down around five minutes left.
Then Crompton finds a running
back on a swing pass for a short
gain. Come on, Lane. You’ve
talked the talk, now walk the walk
and throw the dang ball
downfield! Then again, he’s not
40 yet, so Mike Gundy might say
Lane’s *not* a man.
6:18: Tebow is sacked on third-
and-five. Wow, this UT defense is
impressive. Gators must punt.
Chas Henry gets a very favorable
roll on a 56-yard boot. UT starts
just outside its 20 trailing by 10.
Crompton is going to have to
throw if the Vols want a real
victory, not just a moral one. (The
latter is in the bag, frankly.)
6:12: Touchdown, Tennessee!
Hardesty breaks several tackles
before turning on the jets from
about 17 yards out. The XP cuts
the deficit to 23-13 with 8:11 left.
Vols are hanging in, which is
especially impressive considering
their QB is posing absolutely no
downfield threat.
6:10: The freshman Brown
busts a nice one up the middle for
13 yards. First down at the UF 20.
Vols have something cooking.
6:09: On third and long,
Crompton finds Brown on a
screen for a long gainer. That’s
UT’s initial first down this half.
Vols aren’t dead yet. But in the
words of Miracle Max, they’re
still mostly dead.
6:07: Hold the presses —
Tebow fumbles inside the 10.
UT’s Dennis Rogan recovers and
returns it out near the 40. The
would-be blowout will have to
wait some more, and maybe
forever.
6:04: Gators call timeout facing
a second-and-6 from the UT 18.
CBS’ Gary Danielson just joked
that Florida needs to save its
timeouts to “rub it in” at the end
of the game. That, of course, is
what the Gators did last season in
a blowout victory over Georgia.
Still 23-6 Florida but Gators
looking to make it more. 11:54
left.
6:01: Chris Rainey, another
speedy UF back, breaks free for
11. First down at the UT 29. Vols
defense doesn’t have much fight
left. Can you blame them?
5:56: Things didn’t improve
much on second and third down.
Crompton misfired on a deep
throw and then threw it away on
third. Vols will punt to the
dangerous Brandon James. The
Swamp smells blood. Oops, that’s
sharks, not Gators. Never mind.
FOURTH QUARTER
5:52: End of third quarter, 23-6
Florida. Crompton actually fell
down on that first-down play,
tripping over one of his linemen,
and was lucky to get the ball to
the tailback Bryce Brown before
he hit the turf. Not pretty. The
teams will change sides with UT
facing a second down and about
12. How about a screen pass?
5:48: Touchdown! The sprinter
Demps scampers for the score on
first down. XP is good and it’s 23-
6 with :07 left in the third quarter.
Does UT have any answer? Will
Crompton ever throw the ball
again? Stay tuned!
5:47: Tebow picks up a third-
and-three with another keeper up
the middle. First and goal at the 6.
5:41: Tebow finds his
roommate, WR Riley Cooper, for
11 yards and a first down on the
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UT 31. Then he finds Cooper
again for 9. Second and short.
Given Crompton’s struggles, you
have to figure a UF TD here
would loom especially large. As
in insurmountable. UT must have
heard me because Kiffin calls
timeout. 16-6 with 1:57 left in the
third.
5:38: Man! Tebow just made a
remarkable scramble for the first
down on third and long. It looked
like he was dead to rights in the
backfield, but he shrugged off one
tackler, ran around a second and
lunged for the imaginary line. The
Vols defense has to be getting a
bit tired, and maybe dispirited.
5:34: Gators force a three-and-
out and will start on their 32. Vols
faced a first-and-25 after a penalty
and ran the ball three straight
times for minimal gains. Wow,
they don’t trust Crompton at all.
You can hang with a top team for
a while like that if you have a
great defense, as UT does, but it’s
hard to imagine winning the
game. Take the training wheels
off!
5:28: Sturgis hits his third FG
for Florida, this one from 35 yards
out. It’s 16-6 UF with 9:33 to go
in the third. Wow, the UT defense
looks terrific. But you have to
wonder how long they can hold
on if Crompton scares his own
coaches more than the Florida
defense.
5:23: Just saw something I don’t
know if I’ve ever seen — the
same song was used on two
consecutive, completely unrelated
commercials. It was “Bad to the
Bone” by George Thorogood and
The Destroyers. It was used in a
Brett Favre ad for Wrangler and a
promo for CBS’ “Survivor.” I
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hope all the Destroyers are
cashing in and not just George.
Meanwhile, UF faces second-
and-13 from the UT 26 after some
solid runs, including another
scamper by Tebow.
5:20: Crompton throws
downfield on third down and …
it’s picked! By Joe Haden.
Hmmm, maybe that’s why the
Vols have been babying
Crompton so far. It’s his sixth
INT of the short season.
Hopefully Kiffin won’t tell
Crompton he’ll be “pumping gas”
if he throws another.
5:17: Second half kicks off. UT
runs a reverse on the return and
will start on its own 38. Will the
Vols open up the offense after
intermission or continue to play
(very) close to the vest?
THIRD QUARTER
4:55: Halftime, 13-6 Florida.
UT indeed plays it safe and lets
the clock run out. Verne
Lundquist just said that Tracy
Wolfson tried to interview Kiffin
at the half, but “he outran her.”
Well, he *is* still a young guy.
Maybe he was running back to the
locker room to write up some new
trash talk, considering how well
his team (especially the defense)
backed him up in the first half.
Florida leads, yes, but the Vol
Nation has to feel pretty good
right about now.
4:52: Sturgis adds a 29-yard FG
for the Gators. 13-6 Florida with
51 seconds left in the half. No
blowout here. But will the Vols
take a chance and push for the
potential tying score in the final
minute of the first half? Depends
on the field position, but I suspect
no.
4:49: The CBS ticker just called
UT’s last mentor “Coach Flumer”
in a preview for an SEC show on
CBS College Sports. Having your
name misspelled by your own
employer — ouch.
4:47: Tight-end screen to Aaron
Hernandez picks up 21 and the
first down. Hey, if you’re having
trouble keeping rushers off your
QB, why not lure them in for the
screen? Good call, good
execution.
4:45: Gators call TO facing a
third-and-14 after Tebow was
sacked on second down. That’s
one sack and one intentional-
grounding call forced by the
tough Vols D.
4:43: Speedster Jeff Demps
takes the option pitch and breaks
off big yardage. Berry has to run
over to save the TD. Gators move
into UT territory at the 42.
4:39: Florida’s defense stiffens,
forces short field goal by UT’s
Lincoln. 10-6 Florida with 5:58
left in the half. Vols couldn’t get
any closer than that first-and-goal
from the 4.
A note on Berry’s pick: It was
the 13th of his career. In fact the
junior’s just 15 INT return yards
from the NCAA record of 502
yards by Terrell Buckley of
Florida State. Alas that last one
won’t get him any closer and, in
fact, will kill Berry’s return-per-
pick average. Not that he’ll
complain.
4:37: Hardesty gets loose down
to the 4. First and goal for the
Vols. Hardesty already has 11
carries for 65 yards.
4:35: Interception! Berry picks
off Tebow in the left flat on a low
pass. Very athletic play. The refs
take a look at it, but it stands. UT
has ball on Florida 21 after first
major break of the game.
4:29: Vols dial up another
screen pass on third down, but
this time Florida CB Joe Harden
blows up Montario Hardesty to
force a punt. Chas Henry Chad
Cunningham (it just doesn’t seem
like Tennessee without a Colquitt
punting; there’s been one since
2000) boots it into the end zone.
Gators open from their 20 when
we come back.
4:26: Screen pass to Bryce
Brown for 11 yards and a first
down. Another short pass to
fullback Kevin Cooper in the right
flat picks up another first down.
Ball at midfield. Vols doing a
good job giving Crompton safe
throws — protecting him, frankly
— yet still moving the ball.
4:22: Tebow plows in for the
score. XP is good and it’s 10-3
Florida with 12:48 to play in the
half. Is Tebow the best short-
yardage runner in the nation?
He’s certainly the best one who
also performs offseason
circumcisions.
SECOND QUARTER
4:11: On third-and-long, Tebow
finds WR David Nelson in the left
flat for the first down to the 26.
And that’s it for the first quarter.
UF ball when we come back.
Score is tied at 3. Not much of a
blowout so far, huh?
4:08: On the first play after the
kickoff, Emmanuel Moody rips
off 20-plus yards off right tackle
after Tebow puts the ball in his
stomach on the zone-read play.
Gators in UT territory in a hurry.
4:04: Tie ballgame, 3-3, 3:00
left in the first. Daniel Lincoln
knocks in a FG from 24 yards to
cap an impressive — and time-
consuming — drive for UT. The
Vols kept it on the ground for all
but one play but still moved the
ball effectively. I didn’t think the
Vols could line it up and run right
at the Gators like that.
4:00: Two more Hardesty runs
result in yet another first down.
Ball on the UF 11.
3:59: Crompton sneaks for the
first down.
3:56: UT calls timeout on third-
and-inches from the UF 25. 7:09
left in the first.
3:54: Swing pass from
Crompton to Gerald Jones to the
right side picks up another first
down. The Vols might have
something going here.
3:52: On third-and-12, the Vols
trip up the Gators D by running
the ball out wide. Montario
Hardesty picks up 19 yards and
UT’s initial first down out to the
45.
3:47: 3-0, Florida, 11:34 left in
the first quarter. Caleb Sturgis hits
a 36-yarder for the Gators. The
UT defense held tough after being
put in a very difficult position
after the opening kickoff. Seven
offensive plays netted 11 yards.
Now let’s see if the UT offense
can get anything going.
3:41: On fourth and a long two,
Tebow pounds it ahead for the
first down. The guy is definitely a
hoss. Ball at the UT 19.
3:38: Great start for the Gators.
Ace return-man Brandon James
(who has returned punts for TDs
the last two seasons against UT)
took the opening kickoff past
midfield. Toss in a 15-yard
facemask penalty on the tackle
and Florida will start at the UT
30.
FIRST QUARTER
3:35, part two: Here’s what
Kiffin just told CBS’ Tracy
Wolfson about the reception he’s
gotten so far in Gainesville:
“People have really welcomed
us.” Maybe Lane’s not sure what
“welcome” means.
3:35: Now that kickoff is almost
here, lets talk a bit about the
matchup on the field — remember
that? The Gators, you probably
know. No. 1 Florida is led by
former Heisman winner and all-
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bruising run-pass QB who has
already inserted his name in the
discussion of the greatest college
players of all time. On defense,
the Gators return all 11 starters
from a unit that throttled high-
powered Oklahoma in the BCS
championship game.
Tennessee may be a huge
underdog today (by about four
TDs), but thats not due to its D.
Even in last years 5-7 debacle that
cost Philip Fulmer his job, the
Vols tied for third in the nation in
total defense. Thats where they
are again through two games this
season, now led by legendary
NFL defensive coordinator Monte
Kiffin, aka Lanes daddy. Look for
All-American safety Eric Berry to
be all over the field. Offensively,
though, the Vols can be a mess.
Error-prone senior QB Jonathan
Crompton threw three INTs in last
weeks 19-15 loss to UCLA and
thus far hasnt come close to living
up to his billing as a ballyhooed
recruit. True freshman tailback
Bryce Brown (arguably the No. 1
recruit in the nation this year) will
get his cracks, but there might not
be much room. If the Vols offense
cant get untracked, or worse yet
turns the ball over repeatedly,
even the staunchest defense wont
be able to hold up against Tebow
and Company forever.
3:30 p.m. ET: For those who
havent spent the past nine months
tracking the many, many words
that have emanated from Kiffins
mouth, here are some highlights:
– He reportedly told recruit
Alshon Jeffrey that hed end up
pumping gas if he signed with
South Carolina, which Jeffrey did.
(Kiffin has denied saying it.)
– He tweaked Alabama coach
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The Fix Picks the NFL: Week 2

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) picked against anyone. This game miracle considering that it was a schemes, having a loathsome
Submitted at 9/18/2009 12:18:13 PM is recommended for masochists, Week 1 win against Cincinnati. owner. But the Giants just seem
shut-ins and people who own While the Browns seem better. DR
After a Week 1 loss, coaches Clinton Portis in fantasy football. marginally the more talented Pick: David: N.Y. Giants,
sometimes grasp at clichés, such Only those people. DR team, this game is as good an Garey: N.Y. Giants, Al Toonie:
as “It’s only one game,” “I saw Pick: David: Washington, advertisement for reading a book N.Y. Giants
lots of positives out there to build Garey: Washington, Al Toonie: as anything on the schedule this Carolina at Atlanta (-6.5): After
on,” or “We’re not as bad as the Washington week. DR Jake Delhomme’s disastrous
scoreboard showed.” Reuters Seattle at San Francisco (-1): Pick: David: Cleveland, Garey: opening game — five turnovers
Quarterback Marc Bulger has Last year, San Francisco’s offense anything so much as a very Denver, Al Toonie: Cleveland — and Josh McCown’s injury in
been with the Rams through their was run by Certified Mad Genius flawed NFL team — and could Baltimore (-3) at San Diego: their 28-point loss, the Panthers
slide to the bottom of the NFL. Mike Martz, and it looked it. lose to anyone. Well, almost Chalk it up to the quasi-mystic signed A.J. Feeley, who put in a
Maybe they’re not, but this half Tight ends took end-arounds; the anyone. Have you seen the Bucs? wisdom and peerless instincts of long day earlier this week to learn
of the Daily Fix was brutal — 10 offense ran 20 straight passing DR someone who was correct nearly the playbook. Boy, that should
games under.500 against the plays while nursing a lead; that Pick: David: Buffalo, Garey: half the time last week, but these bring a lot of confidence to
spread on the NFL’s Kickoff sort of thing. It didn’t work, Tampa Bay, Al Toonie: Buffalo teams seem both pretty good and Panthers fans. While Carolina has
Weekend. How the heck does that naturally, but the Niners won at Pittsburgh (-1) at Chicago: pretty similar to me. Both eked won five of the past eight
happen? David Roth, the better Arizona in Week 1 despite the Despite the absence of Bears LB out Week 1 wins against teams meetings, the Falcons routed the
half, was just one win away from equally abject failure of Jimmy Brian Urlacher and Steelers S that (again: ineffable reasons, Panthers by 17 last season at the
a .500 start, while Al Toonie, the Raye’s more straightforward Troy Polamalu, defense will sterling instincts, etc.) don’t seem Georgia Dome. Expect more of
Lucky Canadian Two-Dollar scheme due to something they likely still be the name of the very good, but the Chargers lost the same. GR
Coin, managed to get half its didn’t have last year — a very game in this one. Both teams half their starting O-line and Pick: David: Atlanta, Garey:
g a m e s c o r r e c t . P r e t t y impressive defense. Seattle won boast deep, talented defensive possibly RB LaDainian Atlanta, Al Toonie: Carolina
embarrassing, eh, losing to a in Week 1, too, but that was units that should be fine without Tomlinson in a comeback win Minnesota (-10) at Detroit: The
coin? because they were playing the their injured stars. Only one team, over the flubby Raiders. Vikes have dominated this rivalry,
In Week 2, 10 games have lines Rams. Don’t get Martzian on this though, has a quarterback who Baltimore just kind of feels better, winning 13 of the past 14 for a 63
of 3.5 points or fewer, so there’s a one — the Niners look better, and spent the last week feeling good but if you trust the effable over -30-2 edge. Grizzled Green Bay
good chance many games will be they’re at home. DR about his Week 1 showing. While the ineffable, remember that San New York Jets Minnesota veteran
settled late and by a field goal. Pick: David: San Francisco, Jay Cutler is surely better than he Diego is running its offensive Brett Favre, making his record
Not that you should take that to Garey: Seattle, Al Toonie: San looked in Week 1 — most second-teamers out there against 271st consecutive start, has won
the bank. Francisco quarterbacks are, and even the Baltimore’s defense. DR 13 of his past 15 starts against the
Week 1 recap: Al Toonie, the Tampa Bay at Buffalo (-5): Chicago papers are lashing back Pick: David: Baltimore, Garey: Lions. Rookie Detroit QB
Lucky Canadian Two-Dollar C o n f e s s i o n : i n a p r e v i o u s at the probably premature Baltimore, Al Toonie: Baltimore Matthew Stafford calls Favre a
Coin: 8-8, David Roth: 7-9, Garey previewing gig, I chose the Bills backlash— it remains tough to New York Giants at Dallas (-3): role model. Don’t be surprised if
Ris: 3-13. — oft-injured, star-crossed, stuck pick him against Pittsburgh’s Your predictor will freely cop to Favre shows the kid a thing or
SUNDAY’S GAMES in a rustbound post-industrial peerless, if Polamalu-less, D. DR some anti-Cowboy bias, but it’s two, and the Lions absorb their
St. Louis at Washington (-10): Thunderdome of a city — as a Pick: David: Pittsburgh, Garey: easier to pull for the Giants given 19th straight loss. GR
These little preview things are s y m b o l o f h a r d s c r a b b l e Pittsburgh, Al Toonie: Pittsburgh that this is the home opener at the Pick: David: Minnesota, Garey:
short — roughly 5,000 words too overachieving. (Check out this Cleveland at Denver (-3): If you hilariously gaudy — even J.R. Minnesota, Al Toonie: Detroit
short for your picker to try to lay compare-and-contrast with the find yourself choosing between Ewing was like, “dude, this is a Cincinnati at Green Bay (-9.5):
out just how things got so terrible s e e m i n g l y i n e v i t a b l e 2 0 0 7 this game between two flub- bit much” — new Cowboys The Bengals should be smarting
in St. Louis. Honestly, even at Patriots.) That was years ago, and intensive clubs and, say, going for Stadium. It’s easier to be biased from their inexplicable last-
5,000 words, the whole thing Buffalo’s struggles since have a walk well, it’s your life and considering that the Giants looked second loss to Denver, but not
would just be, “and then, like, come to seem less and less like your choice, but sunshine is solid in Week 1, and that their one receiver Chad Ochocinco, who
everyone got all hurt and [Marc] cruel iniquity than simple Bills- awesome. If the prospect of even defensive weakness — a gimpy plans a Lambeau Leap if he scores
Bulger all of a sudden was terrible ness. They’re far better than mild cardiovascular exertion is a secondary — isn’t likely to be Sunday. To earn that, he’ll have to
and somehow, 2-14 rephrased in Tampa Bay, which has taken its turnoff, you could still turn the exploited by a just-OK Dallas beat All-Pro corner Al Harris. It’ll
different ways. The long story roster back to year zero in a post- TV off and ponder whether receiving corps. The Cowboys are have more impact if the Bengals
short, then — the Rams are Gruden purge. But the Bills are Denver’s “miracle” Week 1 win good at a lot of things: rushing the
terrible, and really shouldn’t be the Bills — not an emblem of over Cincinnati still counts as a passer, creative offensive FIX page 70
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Time Away Not Hurting Mayweather in Bettors’ Eyes

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) Mayweather almost certainly will losing streak against Georgia Really. Fourteen pitchers have
Submitted at 9/18/2009 8:49:43 AM be the faster fighter, De La Hoya Tech, the Miami Herald’s Edwin done that since baseball started
explained that a fighter with a Pope sees a tough challenge handing out the Cy Young in
You’d think 21 months without a good jab, which Marquez has, ahead. “This Miami looks like one 1956, and this is supposed to be
f i g h t w o u l d m a k e F l o y d often can neutralize speed,” fine team. It might be great. But the part where it says all 14 won
Mayweather Jr., the recently ESPN’s Dan Rafael writes. “The there’s still a heap of proving to the award — only that’s not true
unretired welterweight, a decided jab is one of the reasons De La do,” Pope writes. “It cannot be because of said voters. Four
underdog Saturday in his 12- Hoya cites as to why he thinks said often enough that UM will didn’t. Four pitchers posted
round bout against Juan Manuel Marquez will pull the upset.” have to be more than just fine to historically good seasons and
Marquez in Las Vegas. And you’d The Newark Star-Ledger’s Jerry fraudulence. Rather, it was make its way through the next two somehow wound up second or
be wrong. Mayweather is a 4-1 Izenberg, who has covered boxing cheating as a potentially lethal games of the killer start of the third. And it’s any wonder there’s
favorite to defeat Marquez at the for over 50 years, delves deeper act; as potential murder, if you season — FSU and Tech down skepticism.”* * *
MGM Grand Garden Arena. into the return-from-retirement like.” now, but Virginia Tech in It’s hard to resist a story about
Mayweather, who hasn’t fought angle and also looks at the Writing for the Telegraph, Blacksburg and Oklahoma still golf’s growing allure in the
since December 2007, will risk s o m e t i m e s - t u m u l t u o u s David Coulthard isn’t upset by the s t a n d i n g i n t h e w a y o f a world’s most populous nation
his undefeated record in 39 fights relationship between Floyd Jr. and revelation or that Lewis Hamilton miraculous early escape from with the wonderfully punny
when he faces the current WBO his father. won the F1 title last year by a disaster by the Hurricanes. UM headline “ All the tees in China:
and WBA lightweight champion. At Queensbury Rules, Tim point. But the scandal raises an has to be spectacular. Thursday The Chinese go golf crazy.”* * *
A F P / G e t t y I m a g e s F l o y d Starks writes that it will be tough important point. “What the night, it was just that.” The NHL lost one of its best
Mayweather Jr. is the favorite t o e x p l o i t M a y w e a t h e r ’ s Renault scandal has done, though, There’s no shame in losing to a voices when longtime Boston
going into tomorrow night’s fight weaknesses, and Starks has the is spark a very interesting debate top-20 team, Jeff Schultz writes, Bruins announcer Fred Cusick
against Juan Manuel Marquez. keys to the fight, too. regarding team orders and the but the Yellow Jackets’ season died Tuesday at age 90. For this
If Mayweather is worried about Finally, the Orange County ‘bending of rules’ within the could be in jeopardy. “At 2-1, the Fixer, many a winter night was
rust, he’s not showing it. He’s Register’s Carlos Arias blogs sport,” Coulthard writes. season is not over. It’s just spent listening to Cusick’s WBZ
also not the first boxer to come about boxing going head-to-head While many F1 fans aren’t significantly in question,” Schultz broadcasts. The consummate play
out of retirement. Many have had Saturday against UFC 103 in happy to see their sport sullied by blogs in the Atlanta Journal- -by-play man was the voice of
successful returns, Yahoo Sports’s Dallas.* * * recent events, the Guardian’s Constitution. “Yes, the Jackets authority for the Bruins, Stu
Kevin Iole writes, including Sugar Formula One is in turmoil. In Richard Williams turns back the were playing their third game in Hackel wrote in this 1994 piece
R a y L e o n a r d , S u g a r R a y last September’s Singapore Grand clock to praise former English 13 days. But that doesn’t explain for Sports Illustrated, and was
Robinson, George Foreman and Prix, Nelson Piquet Jr. was driver Stirling Moss, whom he coming out so flat, mentally and instrumental in getting their
Mike Tyson, and, of course, The ordered to have an “accident” that writes “ represented everything physically.”* * * games on television. If you’ve
Greatest. “Muhammad Ali had his would allow teammate Fernando that is enthralling and worthwhile Zack Greinke is one of the few never heard Cusick, there’s
boxing license suspended because Alonso to win. Piquet Jr. — he’s about motor racing.”* * * bright spots on a Kansas City nothing quite like hearing him
he refused induction into the the son of the three-time F1 So far, so good for Miami in the Royals team playing out the string shout with joy,“Score! Bobby
military,” Iole writes. “He was off champion — complied, and young college-football season. in September — again. Greinke Orr!”.
for 43 months and returned to Alonso was victorious. But Piquet The Hurricanes followed up a 38- earned his 14th win against eight – Tip of the Fix cap to Tariq
fight Jerry Quarry, a highly Jr. turned informant after being 34 win over Florida State with a losses Thursday in the Royals’ 9- Engineer and fellow Fixer David
regarded heavyweight. Ali was as fired this summer because of poor 33-17 shellacking Thursday of 2 rout of Detroit. He’s also got a Roth.
sharp as ever, cut Quarry to results on the F1 circuit for Georgia Tech. Although Tech sparkling 2.14 ERA. At Yahoo Found a good column from the
ribbons and stopped him in the Renault. In the Times of London, c a m e i n r a n k e d 1 4 t h t o Sports, Jeff Passan laments that world of sports? Don’t keep it to
third.” Simon Barnes calls it the worst Hurricanes’ 20th, Miami was the Greinke likely has no shot at yourself — write to us at
Marquez, the Mexican fighter act of cheating not just in racing dominant team, rolling to a 17-3 winning the AL’s Cy Young dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll
whose 50 wins include 37 by but in the history of sport. “This is halftime lead on two Jacory award this season. consider your find for inclusion in
knockout, isn’t given much no run-of-the-mill piece of Harris touchdown passes. “Greinke has [14] victories. the Daily Fix. You can email
chance of beating Mayweather. skullduggery,” Barnes writes. As impressive as the Canes Ugly, yes,” Passan writes. “He Garey at.
But Marquez promoter Oscar De “The Renault team’s crime was were in ending their four-game also has an earned-run average
La Hoya is a believer. “Although not an act of cheating as mere twice as good as his league’s.
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Nick Saban and Tide fans by signing with the Vols: Someone at Pregame: For months, todays Kiffin has been such an equal-
bragging that he had swiped the school was going to screw it date has been circled on calendars opportunity offender that many
Bamas supposed top recruiter, up. The fax machine wouldnt throughout SEC Country like a SEC fanbases find themselves in
assistant Lance Thompson. work, or they wouldve changed scheduled holiday. Call it Kiffins the odd position of actually
– He taunted LSU after signing the signatures. All the things that Comeuppance. rooting for Florida, at least for
away former Ole Miss head coach go on in Pahokee. That would be Lane Kiffin, the today. Considering Meyer has his
and Louisiana native Ed Orgeron, Of course, many UT fans figure Wonder Boy head coach of the own reputation for arrogance (UF
another ace recruiter, despite an that any coach who can get under University of Tennessee fans would call it the earned self- Zombie Apocalypse
offer from his homestate Tigers his opponents skin so reliably Volunteers. Fresh off a miserable confidence of two national titles
for more money. For good must be doing something right. 5-15 stint as Oakland Raiders in three years) and a demonstrated plaguing XBLA and
measure, Kiffin and the Vols
plucked longtime LSU verbal
Kiffins shoot-from-the-hip rep
also seems to speak to one of his
coach, the brash 34-year-old
landed the UT job in December
willingness to run up the score or
otherwise rub in an easy victory
PSN next week
commitment Janzen Jackson out most important constituencies: and almost immediately began (see the late timeouts in last years By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
of Lake Charles, La., after urging stud recruits. Remember that most talking super-sized smack. Plenty Georgia game), thats pretty Submitted at 9/19/2009 10:30:00 PM
Jackson to keep his flip-flop on five-star players have been the of it was pointed at Urban Meyer remarkable.
the down low (i.e. continue to tell Big Man on Campus most of their and his defending national For his part, Kiffins latest cover Though it may lack the ever-
the media and LSU coaches he lives; many can relate to someone champion Florida Gators, who story is that his many stir-the-pot catchy soundtrack of another
would be a Tiger until he signed who swaggers more than he just happen to be UTs fiercest taunts were a calculated effort to recently released, undead-centric
on the dotted line for UT). walks. rival. get the Vols some national twin stick shooter, we're still
Jackson is already starting at free Vols fans will likely give Kiffin Among Kiffins more notable notoriety. In that case, mission pretty pumped for Nihilistic
safety. a few seasons to see if he can gems were when he publicly (and accomplished. Still, I have a Software's Zombie Apocalypse.
– He insulted the town of indeed deliver the blue-chip talent incorrectly) accused Meyer of funny feeling that Meyer and the Imagine our rapture when a recent
Pahokee, Fla. — a recruiting in bulk (and so far he and his staff cheating, and when he said he Gators arent willing to forgive news post on the developer's blog
hotbed — in explaining why he have done quite well on that front) looked forward to singing Rocky and forget. As to whether Kiffin revealed that the title will be
directed 2009 signee NuKeese and help coach them to Top all night long after we beat has the horses to prevent a landing on XBLA and PSN next
Richardson to fax his signing championships, or at least Florida next year. Thus the car- revenge-fueled beatdown or, dare Wednesday and Thursday
papers to UT from a secret championship contention. Unless, crash interest in todays Florida- we say it, even launch a fairly (respectively) for 800($10). If you
location other than the school. that is, Kiffin and his big mouth Tennessee game in UFs feared remarkable upset, well find out lack imagination, we'll clue you in
Kiffin essentially said that start to rub his bosses the wrong Swamp. Will Meyers Gators soon enough. -- our rapture was immeasurable.
Pahokee officials were in the tank way in a hurry, as in Oakland. It make Kiffin and the Vols pay big- Not only does this seem like the
for the home-state Gators and should be a fascinating ride time for his intemperate words by perfect training manual for the
would prevent Richardson from regardless. pouring it on remorselessly? actual, inevitable zombocalypse,
but it's a great refresher course on
undead genocide before the year's
Wes Welker out for New England Patriots' showdown more substantial zombie-action
game comes out.
against New York Jets Zombie Apocalypse plaguing
XBLA and PSN next week
By ESPN.com news services division blog. able to play. Kent State, did not play in the originally appeared on Joystiq on
(ESPN.com) • Blog network: NFL Nation In Week 1's Patriots victory season-opener. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:30:00 EST.
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against the rival New York Jets. limited all week, but was expected With Welker out, that likely and The Associated Press was
AFC East blog to play against the Jets. He was means that rookie Julian Edelman used in this report.
ESPN.com's Tim Graham writes limited in practice before the steps into his place. Edelman, a
about all things AFC East in his game against the Bills, but was seventh-round draft choice out of
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continue their winning ways
against the Pack, having won all
three of their meetings (two in the
preseason) since 2005. Green Bay
has had only one winning record
at home in the past five years (7-
1, 2007). GR
Pick: David: Green Bay, Garey:
Green Bay, Al Toonie: Cincinnati
Arizona at Jacksonville (-3):
Jaguars fans aren’t sold on their
team’s chances, so there’s a good
possibility all their home games
will be blacked out this season.
What they might miss Sunday is a
victory: The Jags have won 12 of
their past 14 against NFC foes.
For the Cards, penalties and
turnovers were their downfall last
weekend. GR
Pick: David: Arizona, Garey:
Jacksonville, Al Toonie:
Jacksonville
Oakland at Kansas City (-3):
Normally a game between old
AFL rivals is reason enough to
watch, but K.C. and Oakland
haven’t been very good in recent
years. Sure, you don’t have to
think back 40 years to the days of
Lamonica and Dawson to know
Baseball Brunch: Angels Become Patients For Dr. Abreu's
Lessons
By Ed Price (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 10:00:00 AM
by Ed Price
Filed under: Angels, Blue Jays,
Diamondbacks, Mariners, Rays,
Red Sox, Reds, Twins, Yankees,
Baseball Brunch Every Sunday,
MLB FanHouse empties out its
notebook in Baseball Brunch.
Bobby Abreu's influence has its
limitations.
Vladimir Guerrero is still going
that the Chiefs and Raiders have
been relevant. It just seems that
long. Inexplicably, the Raiders
have won their past two games at
Arrowhead Stadium. After
Sunday’s game the Chiefs face
four straight games against NFC
East teams, ratcheting up the
importance of a victory over the
Raiders. GR
Pick: David: Oakland, Garey:
Kansas City, Al Toonie: Oakland
New England (-3.5) at N.Y.
Jets: Beating Houston is one
thing, but the Jets would love to
end their eight-game home losing
streak against the Pats, a team
with three Super Bowls since
2002. Free safety Kerry Rhodes is
intent on changing the Jets’
fortunes. It’ll be tough with rookie
QB Mark Sanchez facing a team
with Tom Brady at the helm.
Brady has 18 straight wins as a
starter. GR
Pick: David: N.Y. Jets, Garey:
New England, Al Toonie: New
England
New Orleans at Philadelphia (-
1): Obviously, Saints QB Drew
Brees won’t throw six TD passes
to swing at everything.
But besides his fine season -- 89
runs scored, 96 RBI, .823 OPS --
Abreu seems to have passed on
his patience at the plate to the rest
of his Angels teammates.
"He's got the younger players
understanding patience isn't a bad
thing," Chone Figgins told
FanHouse. "It's not about not
being aggressive, but being 1-1 and hitting, or 1-2, or 2-2.
patient, getting a pitch to hit.
There's nothing wrong with being but I think we did a good job of it
every week — will he? — but the
Eagles could be in trouble if he’s
almost as prolific as he was in
Week 1. Brees has 14 300-yard
games in his past 21 starts. New
Orleans was only 2-6 on the road
last season. The Eagles’ success
might depend on whether
Donovan McNabb (rib) is healthy.
But don’t expect rushing to
dominate their attack. GR
Pick: David: Philadelphia,
Garey: New Orleans, Al Toonie:
New Orleans
Houston at Tennessee (-6.5):
The ex-Houston Oilers have
covered nine straight September
games. The margins have gotten
bigger in each of the Titans’ past
four home wins over Houston: 3,
6, 8 and 19. In Houston,
cornerback Dunta Robinson, the
Texans’ franchise player, was
fined $25,000 for writing “Pay
me, Rick” on the heels of his
shoes as a message to GM Rick
Smith to cough up more dough
when they finally agree on a new
deal. Uh, Dunta’s making$10
million this season, hardly Burger
King wages. Either way, he’s
"It's not something simple to do,
probably doing some sole-
searching (he might need new
shoes) or some soul-searching
(checking out his motives) this
week. GR
Pick: David: Tennessee, Garey:
Tennessee, Al Toonie: Tennessee
MONDAY’S GAME
Indianapolis (-3) at Miami:
Wow, tough one. Indy is depleted
(the receiving corps is now
Reggie Wayne and four raffle
winners), still can’t run the ball,
and faces, in noodle-armed
wonder Chad Pennington, a
passer who has traditionally vexed
them. Miami is easy to like (if you
can forget that they’re run by
sadistic manatee Bill Parcells),
but has been judicious to a fault
with the (awesome) Wildcat
offense and the O-line got worked
by Atlanta in Week 1. This is the
pick I’m least sure about, but
Miami was lame enough last
week that I’ll pick the flawed
visitors over the flawed home
team. DR
Pick: David: Indianapolis,
Garey: Indianapolis, Al Toonie:
Miami
in spring training and have tried to
bring it into the season and have
so far done a good job."
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Submitted at 9/18/2009 4:55:00 AM
Five things worth knowing today
- And just as soon as one ends,
another begins. Say hello to
London Fashion Week, starting
today.
- Meanwhile, back in the U.S.,
the 52nd annual Monterey Jazz
Festival kicks off in California,
bringing together more than 500
musicians for a three-day
blowout.
- If you're a die-hard Megan Fox
obsessive, you probably don't
need us to tell you that her
Sapphic-leaning cheerleading
horror flick Jennifer's Body opens
in theaters today. If you're not,
well, why not exactly? Have you
met this girl?
- Speaking of highbrow
entertainment, today in 1851, The
New York Times was first
published.
- And today in 1939, comedian,
Christopher Guest stalwart, and
all-around supporting actor
extraordinaire Fred Willard was
born. Can he carry a movie? Well,
not that we know of. (Studio
execs: Give the guy a chance!)
But a few good minutes from him
can make dreck watchable, and
the good stuff—like Waiting for
Guffman, below—great.
MATTHEW SCHNEIER
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The Count: It’s Fourth and Long. Go QB Kevin Kolb to start for
For It?
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:24:30 PM
Sports Illustrated visited Little
Rock for a story this week about a
very unconventional football
coach. Kevin Kelley of Pulaski
Academy doesn’t carry a punter
nor a placekicker on his roster,
and doesn’t return punts. His team
goes for it on nearly all fourth
downs. “The average punt in high
school nets you 30 yards, but we
convert around half our fourth
downs, so it doesn’t make sense
to give up the ball,” Kelley told
SI. “Besides, if your offense
knows it has four downs instead
of three, it totally changes the
game. I don’t believe in punting
and really can’t ever see doing it
again.” Getty Images Should NFL
teams cut this play from their
playbooks?
As support for the coach’s
analysis, SI cited a 2005 paper
demonstrating that NFL coaches
should be going for it a whole lot
more on fourth down than they
do, and attributed coaches’
eagerness to punt when the
numbers suggest otherwise to
“incentive to err on the side of
Fantasy Football Tailgate: Week 2 Edition
By R.J. White (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:30:00 AM
by R.J. White
Filed under: Fantasy Football
Tailgate, Expert Chats We had a
great first Tailgate chat last
Sunday, with several of
FanHouse's old friends stoppin' by
to talk fantasy football. They'll be
back, and if you missed the first
Philadelphia Eagles with
conservatism. No coach gets fired
or ripped on talk radio for punting
on fourth-and-four. Most do when
they go for it and fail.”
Applying a successful high-
school strategy to the pros is
questionable, though. Stefan
Fatsis, the former Wall Street
Journal sportswriter and former
Broncos training-camp kicker —
for a book about the experience
— agreed that coaches should
punt less on fourth down But he
added, “I wouldn’t extrapolate
from a single high-school team
for a simple reason: The field is
the same size as in the NFL, but
the abilities of high-school
punters and placekickers don’t
come near matching their
professional counterparts.” For
this reason, punting, field goals
and booming kickoffs — as
week of the season, no worry.
We'll be here today and every
opposed to Kelley’s preferred
onside kicks — carry more
reward and less risk in the NFL
than in high school. Aaron Schatz
of Football Outsiders agreed that
the extreme strategy “makes more
sense for high schools.”
NFL stats vindicate this
position. The fourth-down
conversion rate was 53% around
the league last year, similar to
Pulaski’s success rate. But the
average punt netted 39.5 yards,
significantly more than high-
school kicks, as estimated by
Kelley.
Wayne Winston, professor of
decision sciences at Indiana
University and an analyst of NFL
stats, estimated the fourth-down
conversion rate teams would need
to achieve in order to make it
worthwhile to go for it on fourth-
and-five at various positions on
the field. An average offensive
team that nets an average of 40
yards per punt would have to have
a 64% chance of converting on
fourth down to go for it from its
own 25-yard line. But a team
averaging 30 net yards per punt
would need just a 48% chance of
converting to eschew the kick.
Sunday morning to answer your
last-minute questions. We'll also
be updating you throughout the
morning as to the important
scratches and game-time
decisions that could affect your
fantasy lineups. And when all that
is done, then we get to watch
some football. What could be
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Donovan McNabb hurting
By ESPN.com news services and four interceptions.
(ESPN.com) Garcia knows what could
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:51:05 AM happen among Eagles fans if Kolb
gets off to a slow start.
Saints-Eagles Pregame Report Garcia was an instant favorite
Saints-Eagles Pregame Report here during his first stint when he
PHILADELPHIA -- Kevin Kolb led the Eagles to the NFC East
will start for the Philadelphia title subbing for an injured
Eagles on Sunday against the McNabb.
New Orleans Saints as Donovan Kolb has been told he's earned
McNabb isn't ready to play the chance to start and finish
because of a fractured rib. Sunday's game. But there are no
McNabb will not dress for the guarantees he'll get a second start.
game. Jeff Garcia is the backup, With Garcia and Vick lurking if
and the Eagles will have no third McNabb can't go next week
quarterback. In an emergency, against the Kansas City Chiefs,
Brian Westbrook or DeSean the pressure is on Kolb to play
Jackson would play quarterback well and win.
for Philadelphia. McNabb cracked a single rib
Kolb has never thrown a TD when he was crunched by several
pass in eight career games. defenders on his 3-yard
NFC East blog touchdown run in the third quarter
ESPN.com's Matt Mosley writes of last week's win at Carolina. He
about all things NFC East in his didn't immediately get up after the
division blog. touchdown, and was attended to
• Blog network: NFL Nation by Eagles trainers before
A strange scenario played out eventually leaving the field on his
this week at Eagles practice, own.
where McNabb, Garcia and Kolb was 7-for-11 for 23 yards
Michael Vick mingled in the and sacked twice once he took
background while Kolb ran the over for McNabb.
offense. Information from ESPN's Sal
Three quarterbacks with a Paolantonio, Adam Schefter and
combined 12 Pro Bowls and six The Associated Press was used in
NFC title games have been this report.
reduced to cheerleaders for Kolb
and his 167 career yards passing
72 Sports Game
Manchester United Wins 7-
Goal Thriller Over Manchester
City
By Michael Cardillo
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:30:00 AM
by Michael Cardillo
Filed under: European Soccer,
English Premier League There are
times when the marketing aces at
the Barclay's Premier League
home office must get a little tired
of constantly telling anyone who
will listen that the league is the
greatest in the world. Surely
partisans in Barcelona and Madrid
would argue otherwise.
However smug these assertions
might come off, the Premier
League did get another amazing
game to add to its resume and
worldwide popularity in the form
of Manchester United's last-
minute 4-3 derby victory over
Manchester City at Old Trafford.
As far as a 90-minute soccer game
goes, it's hard to ask for more than
anything than this match because
it had pretty much everything.
More EPL Coverage: FanHouse
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Review: Halo 3: ODST Probably the best

footwear line out of
By James Ransom-Wiley
(Joystiq)
Halo: Reach beta when it
becomes available at an
Hands-on: Music GunGun! Vietnam you'll see today
unspecified date next year. ODST By Andrew Yoon (Joystiq) familiar to anyone who's played
Submitted at 9/20/2009 12:00:00 AM
Ouendan or Elite Beat Agents on By blogeditor1 (Material
was ultimately set at the standard, Submitted at 9/20/2009 11:30:00 AM
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Enter"The Green Box." The full-game price of $60. That's the DS. Circular targets will
question we've all been asking when folks got skeptical. It's Ouendan meets Time Crisis. appear on the screen, and players Submitted at 9/18/2009 9:22:51 AM

ourselves: Is Halo 3: ODST worth So how's your money being Wait, you need more than that? will have to hit the targets in sync
While not technically a new with the beat of the song. As in We liked what we saw of the
$60? If you want the answer, this spent? new Thorocraft footwear line
is your review: $30+$10+$10+ The Remainder= arcade game, this rhythm/light most other music games, players
gun shooter was one of our are judged on how closely they that's been making the blog
In hindsight, announcing what Halo 3: ODST rounds this morning, so we called
was then"Halo 3: Recon" as a Gallery: Review: Halo 3: ODST favorite things from this year's match the beat, and successive
Amusement Machine Show. (It hits will increase the combo over to designer Alex James to
" v a l u e - o r i e n t e d " e x p a n s i o n (New Screenshots) hear some more about his
appears to have been a crucial Continue reading Review: Halo was also conveniently located meter.
next to Elevator Action Death Continue reading Hands-on: fledgling line. His designs put
first misstep for Microsoft and 3: ODST new twists on standard shapes: a
Bungie along the road to Review: Halo 3: ODST Parade.) Music GunGun! has you Music GunGun!
aiming at the screen with a Hands-on: Music GunGun! desert boot with slit detail; a more
marketing what is now Halo 3: originally appeared on Joystiq on traditional ankle boot in bright
ODST. In time, the so-called Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST. colorful (but rather standard) originally appeared on Joystiq on
plastic light gun. Instead of the Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EST. cherry leather; and our favorite,
expansion grew to include a Please see our terms for use of the woven Ross lace-up (above),
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comprehensive version of Halo 3 James doesn't have formal
multiplayer; and access to the The basics of the game will be
cobbler's training but created his
line after studying shoemaking
during an extended stay in
Vietnam, where it's still produced.
That provenance may help explain
that affordable price: The Ross
will retail for $160 when it hits
stores on both coasts in February.
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Kherington Payne and Kay

Panabaker Primp for Fame’s
Premiere
By ELLE.com (ELLE News picked out a dress—a flowy
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with primer, foundation, and eggplant-purple. Carranza decided
Fame, Kevin Tancharoen’s Temptu Retouch powder. She to complement these colors with
r e v a m p e d v e r s i o n o f A l a n then created contour under the n a t u r a l p e a c h a n d b r o w n
Parker’s Oscar-winning ode to cheekbones with Guerlain bronzer hues—and play up Panabaker’s
teen ambition, hits theaters next in Brunette, and added color to green peepers with a soft cat-eye
week. Yesterday, I accompanied the cheeks with Lorac blush in shape. She enhanced the eyes
Hands-on: Elevator Action t w o o f i t s s t u n n i n g s t a r s , Exposed. For the eyes, she patted with a gold powder shimmer from
Kherington Payne and Kay Sephora Universal Beige shadow Sephora, adding a hint of peach
Death Parade Panabaker, to NYC’s Kenneth on the browbone “to give it a shadow, and two deep brown
Salon at the Waldorf Astoria, polished highlight without being shades at the corners. She lined
By Andrew Yoon (Joystiq) the game may look like your an where they consulted Sephora s h i m m e r y ” a n d u s e d b l a c k the eyes with Make Up For Ever
Submitted at 9/20/2009 8:00:00 AM ordinary light gun game from makeup artists Christine Egashira shadow on the lid. Finally, she Aquawear waterproof liner and
afar, Elevator Action makes use and Jennie Carranza about looks lined and shaded Payne’s lips then a layer of YSL liquid liner,
There were a few new arcade of a unique cabinet that features for the much-anticipated movie’s with Givenchy liner, and blended winged our for a sultry effect.
games made playable at the closing elevator doors, up and r e d c a r p e t p r e m i e r e o n Kat Von D’s Hellbent red lipstick Lips were kept a subtle nude
Amusement Machine Show in down floor buttons and yes, even W e d n e s d a y . with a burgundy shade for depth. shade with Givenchy liner, Bare
Japan this weekend, but only one awkward moments of silence as Though Payne had yet to find a “I didn’t think I was a red-lip kind Essentials gloss, and Benefit
truly commanded our attention. you wait for the elevator to reach dress, she cited Megan Fox as a of girl, but I absolutely love it,” lipstick in Lady's Choice.
No, we're not talking about Cho its next destination. Awesome! source of s a r t o r i a l said Payne. Stay tuned to find out whether
Chabudai Gaeshi, that crazy game Continue reading Hands-on: inspiration—which prompted Panabaker, who said she wanted the actresses stick with these
where you hit a tea table. Instead, Elevator Action Death Parade Egashira to suggest a bold red lip to keep her look “dramatic, looks for Wednesday's premiere!
it was Elevator Action Death Hands-on: Elevator Action and smoky eye. She began by sophisticated, and elegant, but not —Erin Clements
Parade that stole our hearts. Death Parade originally appeared hydrating Payne’s skin with Make trashy or sexy,” had already Follow ELLE on Twitter.
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Spray it on roots, wait a few
After 19 trips backstage (at such minutes and brush out for fresh- MediaDailyNews:
shows as Marc by Marc Jacobs again hair. Game Time: Fisher
and Proenza Schouler) and nearly Topshop Leather Jacket
60 interviews with the industry's Although backstage is often Launches AccuScore
top makeup artists, hairstylists, c r o w d e d a n d h o t , w i t h t h e
and manicurists, I survived my temperature dipping into the low (MediaPost | Media News)
first New York Fashion Week. 60s a jacket was necessary. Enter Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:05:54 AM

Here's what got me through the the Topshop Leather Mix Biker
exciting seven days: Jacket. It¹s perfect over dresses or Fisher Communications, which
Apple iPhone 3GS What doesn¹t paired with jeans and isn¹t bulky, runs the ABC affiliates in Seattle
this Godsend gadget do? From so it easily tucked into my bag. and Portland, has signed a deal for
recording interviews to snapping Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer in a service that forecasts how local
video and photo and navigating Raisin
directions, the apple iPhone was, Lip balm meets sheer color. A
swipe
The GQ Punch List
of this made me look put By stylemens (GQ: The
sports teams will do in their next
game.
Through a licensing
hands down, a lifesaver. season five this week. If you need
Klorane Extra-Gentle Dry together, but not fussy. Editors) a primer, get Season 4 off iTunes. arrangement with Los Angeles-
Shampoo with Oat Milk -—Janna Johnson, Beauty Submitted at 9/18/2009 2:02:17 PM Pardon their name, but not their based AccuScore, the stations
Great for early morning call Assistant music. Slaraffenland, a Danish g a i n a c c e s s t o i t s d e t a i l e d
times and pre-party (hello, Lady Image courtesy of Klorane What you need to watch, indie band we’ve been digging p r o j e c t i o n s d e r i v e d f r o m
Gaga) pick-me-ups, this dry Follow ELLE on Twitter. download, listen to, and check out lately, is the perfect way to usher c o m p u t e r s i m u l a t i o n s .
in the next 72 hours. in the cooler months: It’s early- Initially, the Fisher stations have
MEDIADAILYNEWS Tour the new Cowboys stadium. Radiohead with a kick of free- added a "Game Forecasts" section
form jazz, cool without shouting, to their companion Web sites,
continued from page 75
Sunday’s Cowboys versus Giants
KOMO's site before the AccuScore bills its data as game officially marks the opening and addictive in that slow-burning w h e r e u s e r s c a n v i e w
hometown Seahawks faced off beneficial to fantasy sports of Cowboys Stadium, the $1.3 kind of way—the sort of rumbles prognostications for all events in
against San Francisco would have enthusiasts. billion monolith of steel and glass that stay with you after a listen or all major sports leagues and top
seen a projection that the local Fisher sportscasters could use the courtesy of franchise owner Jerry two. Check out their latest album, college conferences.
NFL team would lose 21.4 to projections as a way to close a Jones. Place your bets on who'll We’re on Your Side, which came Fisher stations are also
20.1. Its quarterback, Matt report. On Sept. 18, the 11 p.m. be the first punter to hit the video out on Wednesday. Here's one of considering using them on-air,
Hasselbeck, was to have thrown sports report on KVAL in Eugene, scoreboard—at 90 feet high (five our favorite tracks. perhaps via a ticker during the
f o r 2 3 4 . 8 y a r d s a n d 1 . 5 Ore. might have offered the feet above NFL requirements) the Go heckle David Cross. Mock sports portion of a newscast or as
touchdowns. forecast that the University of odds will likely be in your favor. the Alvin and the Chipmunks star grist for sports reports. The
Portland Trailblazers fans will Oregon football team would slip Join the gang. Crack addiction, on Monday when he does stand- precise and oft-entertaining
have to wait until the NBA season by Utah the day after -- 26.5 to i n c e s t , a b o r t i o n , a n d c h i l d up at The Wiltern in L.A. Likely projections -- which go so far as
to get AccuScore's take on their 25. molestation—these are just a few victims of ridicule will include to use decimal points -- cover not
team at KATU.com. A Fisher spokesman said the of the patently-offensive themes groupies "with dreaded arm-pit only the score, but how individual
Troy McGuire, vice president of company may opt to run the waved about like a drunk uncle's hair," his rabbis, Bill O’Reilly, players might perform. "We want
the Fisher Interactive Network, prognostications on a ticker unlicensed handgun in the FX and personal punching bag Jim to make sure we're exact and it's
said the service can "add value for during a sportscast. And KVAL sitcom It's Always Sunny In Belushi. up to the consumer to round it up
our online users and sponsors as it may use them as a featured Philadelphia, which kicked off or round it down," an AccuScore
produces 'sticky' content -- the component of its weekly "Inside spokesman said.
kind that attracts and keeps users the Pac" program that covers the In Seattle, fans visiting
on the site, which is ideal for
advertisers." MEDIADAILYNEWS: page 76 MEDIADAILYNEWS: page 75
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Pac-10 conference. (Oregon and While running 10,000

Than Expected, Blame Less Oregon State are members.).

Five-year-old AccuScore
provides data to a run of stations,
simulations to project a game's
results, statistics from past years,
coaching tendencies and the

Inventory including the ABC affiliate in

Dallas and Fox outlet in Detroit,
which have used its projections on
expected weather conditions are
all run through the computer.
AccuScore has deals with the
(MediaPost | Media News) only about 5% over upfront levels -air. Terms of its deal with Fisher New York Post, which runs its
Submitted at 9/18/2009 11:10:03 AM -- a modest figure. -- which has 13 full-power projections online, and The Wall
Lower upfront sellout levels stations, including the CBS Street Journal, which does so in
With a nod to Mark Twain, could increase supply and lower outlets in Boise and Bakersfield, its print edition. It also has linked
reports of a deathly upfront may pricing further, although no top Calif. -- were not disclosed. with a run of sports Internet sites;
be greatly under-exaggerated. In a media company executive has AccuScore "forecasts the future a subscription service is available
comprehensive report, Credit given an indication that the of sports, just like the weather on its Web site.
Suisse indicates that the market's current scatter market is less than forecast predicts the weather,"
year-over-year decline may be robust. said AccuScore CEO Jason
more precipitous than previously suffered notably, with a 12% Credit Suisse says broadcast Manasse.
predicted. volume drop across the industry CPMs dropped in the 4% to 5%
Any calamity, of course, would to about $6.7 billion. range in the upfront. The Big
be for the networks. It looked to Lower demand played a role in Four, the report adds, are girding
be a buyer's market. both markets, with advertisers' for ratings declines, making
Credit Suisse says total volume c o n c e r n s a b o u t c o m m i t t i n g guarantees based on ratings
for broadcasters dropped 22% -- dollars for the longer term. But falling about 3% to 4%.
to $7.2 billion. Brick by brick, the the primary driver, the report Cable networks saw an average
Big Four each saw dollars fall s a y s , i s n e t w o r k s s e l l i n g 5% CPM drop, while selling 10%
between 18% and 24%. considerably less inventory than a less inventory as a group.
ABC and CBS each took in $1.9 year ago. The upfront is not necessarily an
billion -- both down 24%, Overall, Fox sold 75%, with indicator of future results. But
according to the Wall Street firm. NBC at 71%. ABC came in at Credit Suisse used its estimates to
NBC saw a 21% drop to $1.5 68% and CBS at 65%, according project revenues for broadcast
billion, while Fox was down 18% to the report. networks to be down 5.7% in
to $1.6 billion. The CW dropped Networks are betting on the 2010, while cable as an industry
17% to $300 million. scatter market to yield an overall would increase 2.7%.
Cable, meanwhile, apparently revenue increase. Credit Suisse
had a greater firewall -- but still projects pricing there to be up