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Democrats fire back at Republican health plan
By Donna Smith (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 2:18:42 PM
Democrats, who have been on
the defensive in a partisan battle
over their sweeping healthcare
overhaul, are firing back now that
Republicans are preparing an
alternative in the U.S. House of
Representatives.
House Majority Leader Steny
Hoyer told reporters that
Republicans will get a vote on
their proposal when the House
considers the Democratic-written
legislation possibly later this
week.
Hoyer, a Democrat, did not shy
away from offering his own
opinion about the Republican
bill, saying it would allow
insurance companies to sell
policies across state lines and
would “gut consumer protections
and encourage a race to the
bottom.”
Republicans argue the provision
would inject more competition
Apple Stores Will Use iPod Touches as Checkouts
By Charlie Sorrel (Wired Top
Stories)
into the market and help lower
premiums. But Hoyer said
insurers would flock to states
with the fewest consumer
protections, sell their policies at
low prices and that many
consumers would discover in the
middle of a health crisis that their
policies don’t offer adequate
protection.
Other provisions in the bill, as
outlined by House Republican
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Leader John Boehner, would
encourage insurers to “cherry
pick” and enroll the healthiest
people, Hoyer said.
The Republican proposal also
leaves out major market reforms
contained in the Democratic bill
that would bar insurers from
denying coverage to people with
pre-existing conditions or
charging more based on medical
history.
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A summary of the House
Republican proposal is to be
made available here.
Boehner argued that the
Republican plan aims to rein in
soaring insurance premiums, but
Hoyer and other Democrats say it
would do little to expand
coverage or make healthcare
more affordable.
“It doesn’t provide for insurance
availability for all Americans,”
Hoyer said. “It does little to
expand access to coverage or
address the $1,000 to $1,100
extra that every American is
paying for people who do not
have coverage and therefore add
to the uncompensated care in
hospitals.”
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Steny Hoyer is greeted by
Speaker Nancy Pelosi at
healthcare event)
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Droid, she does have
multi-touch, why are
you so cruel to Droid?
By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:34:49 AM
Rob at Phandroid found an app
that only runs under Android 2.0
with multi-touch. That’s right:
the Mororola Droid, not just the
German Milestone, has multi-
touch. The app you have to grab
is Picsay, a photo viewing app,
and it’s all right there, front and
center.
If you don’t have a Droid, who
are you thinking for the Series?
2 Top News/ World/
Is swine flu vaccine going to
Guantanamo? Define “going”
By Patricia Zengerle (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:46:56 PM
Conservative politicians and
commentators got up in arms this
week after the Pentagon said it
would send doses of hard-to-get
H1N1 swine flu vaccine to
terrorism suspects held at
Guantanamo Bay.
The White House denied it on
Tuesday, emphatically, but also
carefully — saying there is no
vaccine at the U.S. military
prison, or going there … now.
“There is no vaccine in
Guantanamo and there’s no
vaccine on the way to
Guantanamo,” White House
spokesman Robert Gibbs said
when queried about the
burgeoning controversy.
“I don’t know what the Pentagon
said. I know in asking yesterday
whether or not there was any
vaccine there or whether there
was any vaccine that was on its
way, the answer to both those
questions was no,” he said.
The H1N1 swine flu virus has
killed at least 1,000 Americans
and infected an estimated 5
million.
Many U.S. states and cities say
they have received about one-
tenth as much H1N1 vaccine as
they had expected to get by now.
Given the shortage, the vaccine is
being saved for high-risk
groups, such as very young
children and people with
underlying health conditions. In
many areas even they have been
turned away as clinics have run
short of the flu jab.
After Gibbs’ remarks, Pentagon
spokesman Bryan Whitman said
H1N1 vaccines would go to
Guantanamo detainees, but only
after they’d been offered to every
active-duty soldier, deployed
U.S. contractors and civilians,
and civilians working for the
Department of Defense.
“Because there are limitations on
supplies of H1N1 vaccine, we’ve
established priorities… But we
do have an obligation to provide
appropriate medical care to
everyone in our custody,” he
said.
Prison populations are
considered at high risk for flu.
What do you think of the
controversy?
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clinic employee with Pandemrix,
a vaccine against H1N1 influenza
at UKE clinic in Hamburg Oct.
26, REUTERS/Christian
Charisius; and A view of a
common area inside Camp IV at
the detention facility in
Guantanamo Bay Aug. 4,
REUTERS/Deborah Gembara.
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Gold prices surge as
India buys IMF reserves
By Graeme Wearden (World The dollar has lost 6.5% of its
news and comment from the value in the last five months,
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) measured against a basket of
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:22:53 AM other currencies. This has helped
to push up the price of
• G o l d h i t s n e w h i g h o n commodities priced in dollars,
International Monetary Fund sale including gold and oil.
• India diversifies reserves as The deal underlines how India's
dollar continues to weaken economy has been transformed
Gold prices surged to a new high since 1991, when a financial
of $1095.05 an ounce this crisis forced the company to take
morning following the news that a loan from the IMF – and ship
India has purchased $6.7bn its gold reserves to London as
(£4.05bn) of gold from the security.
International Monetary Fund. The IMF declined to say how
Yesterday the IMF announced it much India had paid for the gold,
had sold 200 tonnes of gold to saying only that it got "a good
the Reserve Bank of India over price". It decided two months ago
the past two weeks. Traders to sell 400 tonnes of gold this
reported that the huge sale had year, to raise money to help meet
intensified interest in gold, which its obligations. In April it
has now risen by almost 23% this promised to lend another $500bn
year. to countries that are suffering
India said it was keen to from the financial crisis.
diversify its reserves away from • Gold
t h e U S d o l l a r , w h i c h h a s • Currencies
weakened in recent months. • India
Pranab Mukherjee, India's • IMF
finance minister, said: "We have • Global economy
money to buy gold. We have • Commodities
enough foreign exchange
reserves." Graeme Wearden
Erik Nilsson, senior economist guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
at Scotia Capital, said the deal & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
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the outlook for the US dollar".
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The First Draft: Independents Day Soldier killed in

By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:26:53 AM
Afghanistan loved his
Day-after chatter focused
on how independent voters
job, says uncle
(World news and comment knew immediately what it was,"
were pivotal in helping drive from the Guardian | he said.
Republicans to victory in guardian.co.uk) Asked his thoughts on Sgt
the New Jersey and Virginia Telford's deployment to
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:18:29 AM
governor races. Afghanistan, he said: "Nobody
“The independent voter today is Sergeant Matthew Telford hailed wants their family to go out
the keystone,” a very happy as an 'inspiration' to his family there, but it's what he wanted to
chairman of the Republican for being first to join military do. It was his job."
National Committee, Michael The uncle of one of the five Ferrand said his sons served in
Steele, said on CNN. British soldiers killed by a rogue Afghanistan and Sgt Telford had
“And if you don’t have a Afghan policeman said today he been on other operational tours.
message for them, if you don’t died doing the job he loved. His nephew was inspirational in
have something to say, they’ll let William Ferrand said his the family, he added, because he
you know by going with the nephew, Sergeant Matthew was the first to join the military.
other team or staying out of it Telford, joined the Grenadier "He has made a career out of it.
Party candidate that Sarah Palin cause goes on.”
altogether. Last night they came
had endorsed. President Barack Obama is off to Guards at the age of 16. "It was He only had three years to go."
home to the GOP,” he said. After
Palin had something to say about Wisconsin today, a year after he his job and he loved doing it," he • Afghanistan
repeated TV appearances since
that on her Facebook page in a won the presidential election. told the BBC. • Military
last night’s results, Steele is
n o t e t i t l e d “ A V i c t o r y f o r We’ll be on the lookout for any Ferrand said the family, from the
holding a press conference at 10
Common Sense and Fiscal comment on this week’s election Grimsby area, had taken the news guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
a.m. badly. & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
Sanity.” outcome.
Tim Kaine, the outgoing
“I commend Doug Hoffman and What impact do you think the "My sister came round to me last this content is subject to our
governor of Virginia and
a l l t h e o t h e r u n d e r - d o g Republican wins in New Jersey night around 10pm with her Terms & Conditions| More Feeds
chairman of the Democratic
candidates who have the courage and Virginia will have going husband and gave me the news. I
National Committee, made the
to put themselves out there and forward?
TV rounds on behalf of his party
— his main message was that
run against the odds,” the former Click here for more Reuters Hoffman Defeated in NY-23
Alaska governor and Republican political coverage
Creigh Deeds, the Democrat who (Little Green Footballs) congressional district election…
vice presidential candidate wrote. Photo credit: Reuters/Lucas
lost the race to replace him in the UPDATE at 11/3/09 9:18:47
(Notice both Kaine and Palin Jackson (Leo who plays title role Submitted at 11/3/2009 8:52:10 PM
Virginia statehouse, had been an pm:
describe their losing candidates in film “Underdog” held by actor
“underdog” all along. Unless some of the late precincts Yep — Hoffman has conceded
as underdogs). Jason Lee)
Kaine also focused on (surprise, are packing a big surprise, it to Owens. So there’s the first
Palin, whose book “Going
surprise) the Democrat win for a looks like Conservative Party Democrat victory in NY-23 in
Rogue” is due out mid-month,
House of Representatives seat in candidate Doug Hoffman has more than 100 years. Nice work,
ended her note by saying: “The
New York over the Conservative been defeated by Democrat Bill Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck!
Owens in New York’s 23rd
4 Top News/ Finance/ Gadgets/ Internet News Record

Obama enjoys reservoir of public goodwill - CNN

poll
By David Morgan (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 10:28:56 AM
President Barack Obama made
history as the first black man to
be elected president of the United
States on the first Tuesday of
November 2008.
He did it with 53 percent of the
vote. And today, on the first
Tuesday of November 2009 as
voters go to the polls for a
handful of off-year elections, his
approval rating is in pretty much
the same spot: 54 percent,
according to a CNN poll.
“In nearly every demographic
category, the percent that
approve of Obama today is
within two to three points of the
percent who voted for him in
2008,” said CNN Polling
Director Keating Holland.
What does that mean? The
upshot appears to be that the first
-term Democrat has built up a
reservoir of goodwill among
Americans.
That’s a bit ironic because the
poll also found that most
Americans disapprove of his
performance on most issues.
Those would be things
like the economy and healthcare
and Afghanistan and Iraq
and unemployment and illegal
immigration and the budget
deficit.
In fact, the poll found that a
majority of Americans have a
positive view of Obama on only
three of 14 issues: the
environment, the H1N1 swine flu
pandemic and overall foreign
policy.
But six in 10 say Obama inspires
confidence in them and describe
him as a strong, honest,
trustworthy leader. Overall, he
gets the thumbs up on 11 out of
12 personal characteristics.
Did someone mention his
predecessor, George W. Bush?
Oh, yeah, fifty-seven percent see
Obama as the better president
while a third favor Bush.
People prefer Joe over Dick, too.
By 24 percentage points, the poll
said Americans consider Joe
Biden to be a better vice
president than Dick Cheney.
The CNN/Opinion Research
Corporation poll was conducted
Oct. 30 through Nov. 1 with
1,018 adult Americans
questioned by telephone. The
results have a margin of error of
3 percentage points.
Photo Credits: Reuters/Gary
Hershorn (Candidate Obama);
Reuters/Larry Downing
(President Obama)
International Prince
of Persia trailer
with new scenes
By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 3:01:52 AM
We showed you the American
trailer for the upcoming Prince of
Persia movie yesterday, and
today Walt Disney Pictures
released a new version for
international audiences. This new
cut is in English, totally different
from the US trailer and shows a
handful of new scenes from the
movie.
Prince of Persia – The Sands of
Time is directed by Mike
Newell(Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire) and is scheduled
to hit theaters in the US on May
28, 2010.
Here’s the international trailer:

Best Buy follows Amazon into the clouds

By Tom Johansmeyer the world's largest electronics box store is getting ready to fight company loyalty. That's the press the clouds originally appeared on
(BloggingStocks) retailer, but it realizes that it back (finally?). release version, of course. The BloggingStocks on Wed, 04 Nov
Submitted at 11/4/2009 8:40:00 AM
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Amazon.com (AMZN), Netflix, moving plenty of movies and online store for movies and probably should have made the
Inc. (NFLX), Blockbuster Inc 'A' other soon-to-be former DVD television shows. Best Buy CEO move several years ago.
(BBI), Best Buy (BBY), Media fare through iTunes, staking a Brian Dunn says this move will Continue reading Best Buy
World, Technology claim on a business that once expand the company's presence follows Amazon into the clouds
Best Buy(NYSE: BBY) may be belonged to Best Buy. The big in services and will bolster Best Buy follows Amazon into
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Politics aside, Al and Joe still friends Was MasterCard's Q3

By JoAnne Allen (Front Row
Washington) good or bad?
Submitted at 11/3/2009 9:10:27 PM
By Steven Mallas
(BloggingStocks)
A lot has happened since the
2000 presidential race, when two Submitted at 11/4/2009 8:20:00 AM

Senate Democrats headed their

party’s ticket in a losing
campaign for the White House.
Al Gore, the former vice
president and 2000 Democratic
presidential nominee, went on to
win a Nobel Peace Prize, an
Oscar and a Grammy after his
documentary on climate change.
His running mate, Connecticut
Senator Joe Lieberman, left the
Democratic party to become an
independent, which put him in a
position of power player in the
Senate. And now he’s a pivotal
force as the congressional
healthcare debate inches toward
resolution.
Lieberman says he’ll join
Republicans and block a final
vote on a healthcare reform bill if
it includes the public option.
Despite their political split,
Gore told MSNBC’s Rachel
Maddow on Tuesday that he and
his former running mate are still
pals.
Any regrets about the “turbo
boost” you gave to Lieberman’s
career by picking him as your
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American Express (AXP),
MasterCard Inc'A' (MA), Visa
Inc. (V)
I've said on many occasions that
I prefer MasterCard(NYSE: MA) didn't find the situation too
to Visa(NYSE: V). No, I don't disturbing. Revenues increased
mean the card products only 2%. The top line was
themselves. I mean the stocks. I inhibited by currency effects, but
believe Visa has better brand it's not like we haven't heard that
equity associated with it, and I story before. More importantly,
think it possesses a little more MasterCard posted adjusted
running mate — given that he’s prominent since then,” he added.
depth and fundamental prowess. income of $3.48 per share,
changed his political affiliation “But I would urge people to wait
However, both of these representative of a 40% increase
a n d h i s c u r r e n t s t a n c e o n until the denouement of this
companies operate on the same over the adjusted income
healthcare? Maddow asked . healthcare debate to see where it
basic economic model: collect recorded a year ago.
“The short answer is ‘No.’ We falls out because I do believe that
fees on transactions, and don't Continue reading Was
were very close friends in the (Senate Majority Leader) Harry
take on loan risk. So, both MasterCard's Q3 good or bad?
Senate. We’re still friends,” Gore Reid is going to be successful in
MasterCard and Visa do offer Was MasterCard's Q3 good or
responded before proceeding on passing it (healthcare reform)
compelling long-term investment bad? originally appeared on
to the long answer. fairly soon.”
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warming. He was one of the McNamee (Gore, Lieberman on a
report, which was released
leaders on that issue. Women’s call with party leaders Nov. 27,
Tuesday, I have to say that I
rights. On a whole range of 2000)
issues,” Gore said. “I disagree
with him on a lot of the issues
that have become more

Verizon to raise ETF to $350 on “advanced devices”

By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:45:47 AM
Don't expect to scam Verizon on
BOGO deals anymore, folks. The
carrier is raising early
termination fees on Novermber
15 to $350 for "advance devices"
only. Clearly VZW is targeting
users who were abusing the buy
one get one free BlackBerry
deals and those that figured out
that it was cheaper cancel their
current contract and pay the $175
ETF than to pay full retail for the
hot new handsets like the Droid.
6 Top News/ Finance/ Tech News/
New Jersey goes Republican too, bad Before the bell: Futures
night for Democrats
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 8:52:53 PM
No matter how they slice and
dice it, Democrat losses in the
New Jersey and Virginia
governor races are bad news for
the party of President Barack
Obama as he tries to move an
ambitious agenda forward.
Congressional Democrats are
already jittery about mid-term
elections in 2010 when the party
of a first-term president usually
loses seats. And Tuesday’s
Republican wins will only scare
them more.
Even before the New Jersey race
was called for Republican Chris
Christie over incumbent
Governor Jon Corzine,
Democrats were postulating that
this would be the race to watch
rather than the Republican win in
Virginia where Bob McDonnell
beat Democrat Creigh Deeds.
“If the Democrats have a bad
night…” James Carville,
Democratic pundit, said on CNN
after the Virginia race was called
but before the New Jersey results
were out.
“Let’s assume that the Democrats
lose New Jersey, it could have an
Next-Generation Car Dashboard Talks to the Cloud
By Eliot Van Buskirk (Wired
Top Stories)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 2:00:00 PM
rise ahead of Fed
decision
effect that people in Congress say
‘you know I’m not going to go
along with some of Obama’s
stuff, I’m really scared, we’ve
gotta be careful, we’re going into
2010.’ That could be a reaction to
that, maybe even an overreaction,
which could be a danger,”
Carville said. “That’s something
that could have some
implications.”
The White House has been
downplaying these elections
which come one year after
Obama won the presidency.
Spokesman Robert Gibbs was
telling reporters that Obama was
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concept entertainment car put
together by gadget makers,
Toyota and Atlantic records, but
not watching the returns. (Fairly
sure he’ll get the word
somehow).
What it all means will be
debated for days, weeks and
months as the 2010 mid-term
elections come closer.
What do you think? Is this a sign
of things to come?
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Angeles), Reuters/Jim Young
(sign at Corzine rally where
Obama spoke on Nov. 1)
it won't be long until production video and even ways to see out
cars also come equipped with an the front of other cars.
internet connection, four screens,
personalized radios, streaming
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Submitted at 11/4/2009 7:30:00 AM
Filed under: Before the bell,
International markets, Time
Warner (TWX), Berkshire
Hathaway (BRK.A), Market
matters, Johnson and Johnson
(JNJ), Economic data, Oil, following news that Warren
Federal Reserve, Burlington Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway
Northern Santa Fe (BNI) U.S. (NYSE: BRK.B) has decided to
stock futures climbed on buy Burlington Northern Santa
Wednesday morning, ahead of Fe (NYSE: BNI) in a deal worth
the decision by the Federal $44 billion and as Johnson &
Reserve on interest-rate and
Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced
monetary policy. This afternoon,
a 6-7% workforce reduction.
the Fed will give its outlook on
Continue reading Before the
the economy and the
bell: Futures rise ahead of Fed
corresponding policy it's taking.
decision
It is widely believed the Fed will
Before the bell: Futures rise
not raise rates. Meanwhile, more
ahead of Fed decision originally
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Virginia shakes off Obama blue,
returns to red roots
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 7:06:44 PM
Pundits always use sports
analogies for politics, we’re
thinking of trying something
different — a hair color analogy.
Virginia returned to its red roots
tonight after an impetuous
experiment last year with blue,
the state’s political color of a
generation ago.
OK maybe it doesn’t work as
well. To put it more simply, the
Republicans won the governor’s
race in Virginia. That was in
contrast to last year when Barack
Obama captured the state which
voted Democrat in a presidential
election for the first time since
1964.
After Virginia was called,
Republicans could not hide their
glee, joy, smiley faces. And they
were quick with reactions to
Republican Bob McDonnell’s
victory over Democrat Creigh
Deeds.
Republican Party Chairman
Michael Steele issued a statement
and repeatedly went on CNN
including on the “Larry King
Hoffman Accuses Dems of 'Stealing the Election'
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 1:36:15 PM
Dave Weigel reports that the
Doug Hoffman campaign is
Live” show. “It sends a clear
signal that voters have had
enough of the president’s liberal
agenda,” he said.
Then he boarded a plane for
New Jersey. Hmmm is that a
sign?
Democrats smiled and acted as if
it were no big deal. Really.
UNDERSTATED SHRUG. After
all, they said, it’s the New Jersey
governor’s race that means more
because it’s a traditionally
Democratic state. And that race
hasn’t been called yet.
Outgoing Virginia Governor
accusing the Owens camp of
bringing in the dreaded ACORN
and stealing the election.
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – At a
short press availability in his
Tim Kaine who is Democratic
Party chairman also appeared on
CNN and had this to say about
the race to fill his old job.
“Creigh was the underdog
candidate,” Kaine said. “But not
every underdog wins.”
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Gaillard (hostesses at Monte
Carlo ball), Reuters/Hyungwon
Kang (campaign signs in
Virginia)
campaign office here, NY-23
Conservative Party candidate
Doug Hoffman said that a GOTV
volunteer’s tires had been
slashed, and all but blamed
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Cramer on BloggingStocks:
Stunning elections put health
care names back in play
By Jim Cramer
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: Market matters,
Stocks to Buy, Cramer on
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• Health Insurers Don't Deserve
Vitriol
• Google's Kill Count Grows
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer
says stocks like WellPoint are
buys again because the months of
rhetoric will end.
Buy WellPoint(NYSE: WLP) (
They have to be shaking today.
Cramer's Take). Right now.
Continue reading Cramer on
That's what I thought the moment
BloggingStocks: Stunning
I saw Chris Christie's shocking
elections put health care names
triumph in my home state last
back in play
night. It was a stunning
Cramer on BloggingStocks:
referendum of the anti-jobs
Stunning elections put health care
nature of health care and how the
names back in play originally
Democrats are now being tagged
appeared on BloggingStocks on
with job losses and a health care
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thought to be as safe as Corzine's.
Democrats for the dirty trick. are doing anything they possibly
“There are reports that they’re can to steal this election away
bringing in the troops and they’re from the 23rd district.”
bringing in ACORN,” said
Hoffman. “I think the Democrats
8 World/
LIVE: New protests in Iran
By Matthew Weaver, Saeed
Kamali Dehghan (World news
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:39:00 AM
Iranian opposition movement
returns to street protests today
despite threats from security
forces, as official rallies mark
30th anniversary of the storming
of the US embassy in Tehran.
Follow live update
2.34pm:
Thousands of protesters are
shown here at the crossroads of
Valiasr Street and Motahari
Street, in Tehran. Some can be
heard chanting "no east, no west,
a national green government".
They also chant that Ayatollah
Khamenei is a killer.
2.31pm:
The BBC Persian service has
published a new collection of
photos from today's protests.
2.20pm:
"Obviously this was a well
planned effort by the government
to handle the protests," reports a
correspondent for Tehran Bureau
who said the demonstrations
were much smaller than those in
the summer.
The writer adds:
I got to Karim Khan bridge and
saw a large group of police
amassed in riot gear. Many green
-clad people were moving West,
away from Hafte Tir Square, but
they were not amassed like the
demonstrations in June. Instead,
they moved along the sidewalks.
I saw less violence than before,
and though I did see the usual old
basiji acting as self-appointed
police wherever they were, most
of them were just pissed off and
yelled back at the protesters.
1.56pm:
US and Israeli flags are seen
burning in the images of official
student's day protest, published
by Fars news. Like the images
and film of the protests it is
difficult to verify when they were
taken.
1.42pm:
Basij forces are shown beating
protesters in Tehran in this video
purportedly taken today.
1.37pm:
The reason we haven't heard
much about Mousavi is that he's
been barred from leaving his
house by the security forces,
according to the Czech-based
broadcaster Radio Farda.
Mousavi's official website
confirms that he was prevented
from joining the demonstration.
1.03pm:
At the official rally pro-regime
supporters have been burning US
flags and trampling on them, but
opposition protesters have
stamping on images of Ayatollah
Khamenei.
12.56pm:
Basij forces carrying batons can
be seen in a new collection of
photos from today from the
dissident news agency Gooya.
12.39pm:
School children have also joined
protests shouting "Death to the
dictator", according to the
opposition website Mowjcamp.
Witnesses said student were
wearing green on their way to
schools. There are also
unconfirmed reports that pupils
have been writing in green ink
today.
Teargas was thrown into a Dr
Hesabi school in Tehran,
according to an unconfirmed
report.
In the run up to today's protest
pupils in Imam Reza School in
Mashhad voted for Mousavi in
school council elections.
And in Kashan, in central Iran,
235 schools were temporarily
closed officially to combat swine
flu. The opposition see it as way
of trying to clamp down on
potential protests as there have
been few cases of the disease in
the region.
12.36pm:
Another video from outside
Tehran appears to confirm that
the protest are not confined to the
capital. It shows protesters
chanting "down with the dictator"
in the southern city of Shiraz.
12.23pm:
A 60-year-old woman returned
from the demonstrations to
describe the violent crackdown in
a call to ePersian radio, according
to this translation from blogger
Homylafayette.
I joined the demonstration early
today and moved towards 7th Tir
Square. There were so many
protesters. They must have
bought security forces from
around Iran and they were
merciless.
I've gone to all the
demonstrations and I've never
seen such violence. We started
chanting and they chased us
down a dead end. We were all
crushed together and the anti-riot
forces shot something like 5 tear
gas canisters into the alley.
I thought my time was over and
I would suffocate. Then the anti-
riot forces came into the alley
started beating us with their
batons. I was hit on the waist and
the mouth. Protesters were all
over the city today. They would
get beaten in one place, then
they'd go to another crossroads
and start chanting again.
This regime must go! It pained
me to see the young people
struck like that. I'm going to rest,
then I'll go out again, because the
protests are going to pick up
again.
12.04pm:
This would be the biggest
opposition demonstration since
the rallies in June if the reports of
the unrest are correct, the
broadcaster al Jazeera claimed.
11.56am:
Here's another picture from
Soltan.
11.27am:
Soltan, a photo-journalist contact
in Tehran, took this picture of
today's protest .
11.23am:
There are unconfirmed reports,
repeated by the Times, that those
arrested include the mother of
Neda Soltan, the student whose
shooting in June made her an
icon of the protests.
11.14am:
Internet News Record
Habiballah Peyman, a senior
member of the opposition
National Religious Party, has
been badly beaten, writes Robert
Tait, citing a report on the
reformist website Mowjcamp.
He was left with a fractured
skull after being attacked by pro-
regime vigilantes, who assaulted
him with batons and also
smashed his glasses. His wife
was also hurt in the incident,
which apparently happened in the
main demonstration
commemorating the embassy
takeover. Peyman is an
outspoken character and has
previously spent time in prison
for his views.
10.54am:
Criticising the supreme leader
Ayatollah Khamenei used to be
taboo. Now protesters are
accusing him of being a
"murderer". In this video they
also shout "his leadership is
over". It was apparently taken
today in Keshavarz, central
Tehran.
10.51am:
Barack Obama has issued a
statement on Iran. He said:
We have heard for thirty years
what the Iranian government is
against; the question, now, is
what kind of future it is for. The
American people have great
respect for the people of Iran and
their rich history. The world
continues to bear witness to their
powerful calls for justice, and
their courageous pursuit of
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universal rights. It is time for the
Iranian government to decide
whether it wants to focus on the
past, or whether it will make the
choices that will open the door to
greater opportunity, prosperity,
and justice for its people.
In this video protesters
chant"Obama, are you with us or
against us?"
10.47am:
Karoubi's son claimed teargas
was directed at his father. In an
interview with Radio Farda
Mohammad Taghi Karoubi, said:
"The official forces directly
targeted Mehdi Karoubi and fired
teargas toward him."
Video shot earlier shows
Karoubi on his way to the
demonstration. Another video
shows a closer view of him being
mobbed by supporters.
10.39am:
New video purports to show
protesters dressing bleeding head
wounds after clashes with the
security forces.
Similar scenes can be seen on
Twitpic.
10.32am:
Twenty people have been
arrested and several injured in the
southern city of Shiraz following
clashes between protesters and
the security forces, according to
the reformist website Rahesabz,
writes our former Tehran
correspondent Robert Tait.
The report also said police had
fired more than 100 shots in the
air to disperse demonstrators.
Agents in plain clothes have been
filming and photographing the
scene. Shiraz, a city for its
Persian poets and relaxed
atmosphere, was the scene of
particularly violent clashes in the
immediate aftermath of June's
disputed election.
10.27am:
Security forces mainly
paramilitary units from the
Revolutionary Guard swept
through an opposition march in
central Tehran, clubbing some
protesters and kicking and
slapping others, according to
Associated Press witnesses.
10.17am:
Riot police are seen violently
attacking protesters in this video
after about two minutes of
chanting. Protesters were
shouting slogans in praise of
Karoubi and Mousavi and were
calling for political prisoners to
be released.
10.12am:
Around 200 protesters gathered
outside the headquarters of the
official news agency IRNA, it
reported.
Opposition websites suggest that
more people were involved.
Striking photos of protests
elsewhere have been uploaded to
Twitpic.
10.01am:
Two bus loads carrying around
50 arrested protesters has been
seen near Shahid Shiroudi sport
complex in Tehran, according to
an update on the opposition
forum Balatarin.com.
The Guardian's database of those
killed and detained in the protests
is still being updated.
9.56am:
This video gives a better idea of
the scale of today's protests. The
protesters are singing a popular
Iranian song that has been
chanted several times in the past
month in protests held in the
universities, according to my
colleague Saeed.
9.51am:
A friend of a usually reliable
source on Twitter has been hit in
the eye by a plastic bullet and has
been take to hospital.
9.42am:
"Russian Embassy - nest of
spies", chant the protesters in this
clip in a twist to the official anti-
US slogan.
9.39am:
Karoubi has been roughed up by
"agitators," according to the
reformist website Mowjcamp.
His bodyguard helped him leave
the scene, it says.
There has been little word so far
about Mousavi.
9.32am:
The Guardian's middle east
editor Ian Black has filed a
backgrounder on today's protests
which is due to be published
soon. Here's a preview:
Iran-watchers and analysts at
home and abroad say today's
"nest of spies" events could be a
test of how hard the regime is
prepared to crack down again
after a period of relative calm in
recent weeks — and perhaps
provide some clues about
apparent disagreements between
hardliners and more pragmatic
elements.
Another point to watch is the
coherence of the Greens'
leadership: what is the role of
Mehdi Karoubi, another defeated
reformist candidate, and of
Mohammed Khatami, the former
president who Ahmadinejad
defeated in 2005?
9.28am:
A contact emailed the Guardian
from Tehran to report more
clashes in Ghaem Magham
Farahani street near Hafte Tir
Square. Some were covered in
blood after being shot at, the
witness said
He also confirmed that rubbish
has been set on fire in the street
to help combat teargas.
9.23am:
Today anti-regime protests are
not confined to Tehran. There
have been reports of thousands
gathering in the southern city of
Shiraz and Isfahan in central Iran,
and in this video shows a small
opposition rally in the northern
city of Rasht.
9.15am:
Protesters can be seen fleeing a
baton charge in this video,
apparently taken today from
Karimkhan bridge in central
Tehran. (You have to tilt your
head to watch it.)
9.10am:
Shouts of"down with the
dictator" were clearly audible on
state TV during live coverage of
a speech by the hardliner Haddad
Adel at the official ceremony,
according to a 12.15pm (local
time) update from the blogger
Revolutionary Road.
9.04am:
Once again news of the protests
in Tehran is spreading rapidly on
Twitter as Trendsmap
9
demonstrates.
One of the biggest trending
topics is#13aban, today's date in
the Iranian calender.
8.45am:
The first videos claiming to
show today's protests are starting
to appear on YouTube. This one
is appears to have been shot
undercover so it is difficult to get
a sense of what is going on, but
the crowd can be heard chanting
"don't be afraid, we are
altogether" and "down with the
dictator". Fires can also be seen
burning in the streets - a sign that
teargas has been used as the
smoke weakens the power of the
gas.
8.39am:
Police are wearing teargas masks
for the first time, according to an
email from a contact in Tehran.
He also reports that the security
forces are filming protesters and
that most of the government
buildings in central Tehran are
closed.
8.33am:
The usually trustworthy
opposition website Mowjcamp
claims shots have been fired in
Hafte Tir Square and that
protesters have been injured,
according to a translation from
Saeed Kamali Dehghan, who is
in London after reporting from
Tehran.
8.06am:
One of opposition leaders Mehdi
Karoubi has been seen in Hafte
Tir Square, according to ABC
reporter Lara Setrakian, citing a
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UN to call for Gaza war investigations

By Rory McCarthy (World council, where it is likely to be intervene first to stop that calling for an investigation that and accused Israel of placing a
news and comment from the opposed by the US and China. happening. was independent of the military. "major obstacle" in the way of
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Israel did not co-operate with Last month his report was Around 1,400 Palestinians and 13 peace talks. At a news conference
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:30:51 AM Goldstone's investigation and has endorsed by the UN Human Israelis were killed during the in Ramallah he produced figures
campaigned vigorously against Rights Council, which war. showing even with the partial
General assembly expected to his report, which it says is commissioned his work. The US The Goldstone debate comes at a Israeli settlement freeze,
back resolution endorsing u n f a i r l y b i a s e d a n d n o t opposed the council's resolution, time of deadlock between Israelis projections for construction in
Goldstone report on alleged war sufficiently critical of Hamas. while Britain and France did not and Palestinians over peace talks. 2010 and 2011 were higher than
crimes The Israeli prime minister, vote. The two sides have not met for in 2008 and 2009.
The UN general assembly is B i n y a m i n N e t a n y a h u , h a s In Israel the human rights group negotiations since December. He said given the failure to agree
expected to approve a resolution insisted he will not let any of his B'Tselem criticised Israeli Although the US had called on a two-state solution, which would
this week calling on Israel and soldiers face war crimes charges. military investigations into the Israel to halt all construction in see Israel and a Palestinian state
the Palestinians to carry out Goldstone said Israel's three- war so far. The group said it its settlements, Netanyahu has living side by side, "maybe
independent investigations into w e e k w a r i n G a z a w a s a believed that 21 investigations by refused. He has offered instead a Palestinians should refocus their
serious allegations of war crimes "deliberately disproportionate the military police had begun, but limited freeze in which work attention to the one-state solution
committed during the Gaza attack" and that its troops no charges had been brought. would continue on 3,000 homes where Muslims, Jews and
conflict last January. committed grave breaches of the Only one soldier has gone on and on public buildings as well Christians can live as equals."
A debate on a highly critical UN G e n e v a c o n v e n t i o n s w i t h trial over the conduct of the war, as on all settlements in east But he added: "I am not walking
report, written by the South " i n d i v i d u a l c r i m i n a l for stealing a credit card. Jerusalem. away … I want to resume
African judge Richard Goldstone, r e s p o n s i b i l i t y " , s u g g e s t i n g B'Tselem said it believed the The Palestinians say they will negotiations from where we left
begins today, with a vote on a soldiers could face prosecution. military was investigating cases only resume peace talks if a full them in December 2008."
resolution likely . Negotiations His report also said Palestinian in which Israeli soldiers were construction freeze is announced, • United Nations
are continuing on the resolution rocket attacks into Israel, largely accused of firing at Palestinians in line with the US road map, • Gaza
and several European countries by Hamas, were war crimes and who waved white flags, and drawn up six years ago. They • War crimes
are trying to change the wording. crimes against humanity because where they were accused of were angered when at the • Israel
"We're listening to all comments, they targeted Israeli civilians. firing flechettes, deadly sharp weekend Hillary Clinton, the US • Palestinian territories
but the draft resolution as it Goldstone has called on Israel metal darts loaded into shells, secretary of state, praised Israel's • Hamas
stands, the thrust of it, is asking and the Palestinians to start their and one case in which a white offer of a partial freeze as • Middle East
for investigation, and there is own investigations into the phosphorous shell was fired into "unprecedented". Today Clinton
unanimity on that call," said violations detailed in his report a family house killing six people. sought to placate Arab states by Rory McCarthy
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian within six months, but this has None of the investigations saying that the US did not accept guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
observer at the UN. "We'll take it yet to happen. If there were no looked at policy-making and Israeli settlements were & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
from there." inquiries, he said, the case should focused instead on "the lowest legitimate and wanted their this content is subject to our
A resolution from the general pass to the prosecutor of the echelons only". construction halted "forever". Terms & Conditions| More Feeds
assembly would not be legally international criminal court, "Those responsible for policy Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian
binding, but would be easier to although it seems likely a US will not be held accountable for chief negotiator, said the Middle
reach than one before the security veto at the security council would their actions," said B'Tselem, East faced a "critical moment"

Nov. 4, 1879: Ka-Ching! The World's First Cash Register

By John C. Abell (Wired Top The cash register was supposed owner's coin. It didn't turn out
Stories) to put an end to the practice of that way.
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Mann will testify against Mark Thatcher
By Vikram Dodd, Giles
Tremlett (World news and
comment from the Guardian |
guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:24:17 AM
he would accuse Thatcher and
Calil in a British court because he
been "under duress" during his
imprisonment.
"He would say that, wouldn't he,"
the spokesman said. "I would be
evidence to bring any charges
over the attempted coup.
Scotland Yard said it had
"monitored" Mann's trial in
Equatorial Guinea, where he
claimed that others, including
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coup as well as British citizen Britain and may reinterview volatility elevated into EPS and
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Ely Calil. Both men deny the Mann if he returns to the UK. holiday outlook originally
Mann, an ex-army officer, had had been released to the
allegations. appeared on BloggingStocks on
Detectives from its counter- been due to serve 34 years for the government of South Africa.
Thatcher pleaded guilty in a terrorism command, SO15, Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00
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colleague.
Callers to the dissident Iranian
radio station ePersian radio also
report seeing Karoubi among the
protesters, according to
translations from blogger
Homylafayette.
The website of ePersian radio
seems to be overloaded, but you
can listen in here.
8.01am:
Five protesters have been
arrested, according to Reuters. It
also gives more details of clashes
and the movements of the
security forces outside both the
US and Russian embassies.
7.57am:
Unsurprisingly the state media is
ignoring the opposition protests
and focusing instead on the
official anti-US rallies. Press TV
claims: " Tens of thousands of
people from all walks of life and
many political persuasions have
staged a rally at the site of the
former US embassy in Tehran,
better known in Iranian history as
the 'den of spies'."
7.35am:
Police fired teargas to disperse
thousands of protesters, a witness
told Reuters.
Usually reliable sources on
Twitter said there has been a
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Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:23:47 AM
There was a lousy video, but
coming from the generation that
had crushes on girls with staples
repeated use of teargas in Hafte
Tir Square in Tehran. They also
report that some protesters have
been violently beaten by the
security forces wielding batons.
Metro stations have been blocked
and there's a heavy police
presence.
7.30am
The Iranian opposition
movement has been debating new
dates to renew their street
protests since they last took to the
streets in significant numbers on
Qods day in September. They
opted for today in attempt to
hijack another official rally. It's
Students Day when Iran
celebrates the 1979 takeover of
the US embassy in Tehran with
anti-US demonstrations.
Here's some of the background:
• The defeated opposition
candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi
and Mehdi Karoubi have urged
their supporters to take to the
streets.
• Official anti-US rallies are
planned to take place outside the
US embassy.
• Tehran's police force has
warned it will"strongly confront"
any other gatherings.
• Rumours have been flying
about what may happen today.
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There's speculation that pro-
regime students plan to storm the
UK embassy, but there's also talk
that opposition protesters may do
the same to the Russian embassy.
There continues to be tough
restrictions on journalists in Iran
which means that reliable
information is difficult to obtain,
so if you are in Iran and have
news, please email me at
matthew.weaver@guardian.co.uk
or post updates or useful links in
the comments section below.
• Iran
• Protest
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
• Middle East
• Mir Hossein Mousavi
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Judge tells student he could be jailed

for urinating over war memorial
By Martin Wainwright (World of local men to fight in both drunk, the drunkest I've ever
news and comment from the world wars. been since I've been at
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) The judge told Laing, who stood university." There was no
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:53:03 AM in the dock wearing a suit with a premeditation, targeting or
poppy: "Carnage is the name of political motive involved.
Carnage firm that organised the organisation who promote In mitigation, Laing's solicitor,
Sheffield Hallam University this type of activity and some Tim Hughes, said: "He was a
drinking session is condemned in might say that somebody should young man caught up in a culture
court be standing alongside you this of drinking far too much." The
A judge hit out today at morning." Adjourning sentence first-year student's grandfather
commercially-organised drinking for social inquiry reports, he said had fought in the second world
sessions for students, as he that all options were open,
warned a teenager that he faced including jail.
jail for urinating over a war The judge said that the CCTV
war and it was "difficult to
articulate just how embarrassed
and ashamed this young man is".
Bizarre trailer for
memorial. images, later published on the
District Judge Anthony Browne Daily Mail's website, "will make
Laing, who earlier issued a
public apology, has been the Japanese erotic video
suggested that entrepreneurs most turn away in disgust, shock subject of vitriolic criticism,
f r o m t h e p r i v a t e c o m p a n y and sadness". But he took
Carnage UK should have been in account of Laing's contrition and
including a Facebook page
calling him Scum of the Earth.
game features Obama
the dock beside 19-year-old prompt guilty plea to outraging He was released on bail until a By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear) the President”, hit Japanese
Philip Laing, who admitted the public decency. sentencing hearing on 26 Submitted at 11/4/2009 4:21:31 AM
stores on October 30. The plot:
offence while hopelessly drunk. "I have no doubt whatsoever it November. Aliens brainwash the entire
Sheffield magistrates court heard was the vast quantity of alcohol • Crime The market for video and human population into thinking
that Laing, a sports technology you consumed that night that led • Alcohol computer games featuring erotic their leaders are in fact cute girls.
student at Sheffield Hallam you to behave this way," he said. • First world war content, the so-called eroge, is I’m not sure what the developers
University, had drunk a bottle of The court heard that Laing had • Second world war huge in Japan. As a lot of smaller were smoking, but I’m sure this
whisky before joining a Carnage no recollection of the incident, on • Sheffield Hallam University and independent software game will become as big as the
session laid on for students. 11 October, until the university companies are battling it out in a next Final Fantasy.
He was caught on CCTV authorities contacted him about Martin Wainwright highly competitive field, you Now some Japanese geek with
soaking a wreath of poppies at the website pictures. guardian.co.uk© Guardian News often come across a lot of bizarre too much time on his hands took
the main war memorial in the Ian Conway, prosecuting, said & Media Limited 2009 | Use of stuff (I’ve heard). School girl- or the original theme song of the
city, which suffered from heavy that Laing had admitted the this content is subject to our tentacle-themed games, for game and made his own promo
bombing in the second world offence immediately on arrest Terms & Conditions| More Feeds example, are especially popular trailer for the movie (caps
war, as well as sending thousands and told police: "I was very, very (although the bulk of the latter above). Even the pope makes an
are being shipped to a person appearance.
Music Video Auteur Sets His Sights on the Movies called Bohn Jiggs who lives in
Brooklyn/New York, as my
It’s just weird, as you can see
here:
By Melissa Maerz (Wired Top In just one year, Ray Tintori has as the producer, no less. industry contacts told me And here’s the original game
Stories) gone from "totally DIY" to recently). trailer with English voice-over,
Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:00:00 PM
YouTube cult hero to director of Another of those strange erotic which is just a little less bizarre:
a feature film, with Spike Jonze games, called “My Boyfriend Is Japan Probe via Yamatologic
14 World/ Gadgets/ Tech News/ Internet News Record

Dolly Parton. Tony Blair and

Desmond Tutu to discuss religious
beliefs on BBC
By Sam Jones (World news people from different religions books. More recently, she has
and comment from the working together. traded the simplicity of the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Parton, meanwhile, reveals how meeting house for a nun's habit
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:37:33 AM she manages to balance her and the boards of the West End
religion with her famously to play Mother Superior in the
Sheila Hancock will also feature pneumatic image. The singer, musical version of Sister Act.
in interviews with Fern Britton best known for her songs Jolene Britton, whose series of four one
Even though his modus operandi and I Will Always Love You,
is acknowledged to be fairly f e e l s s h e h a s m a n a g e d t o
unfathomable at the best of times, disprove her Tennessee preacher
-hour programmes will be shown
on BBC1 later this month, said
that there was a pattern to her
Litl Easel Webbook
few could have predicted that the grandfather's adage that "a
Almighty would recruit a trio as dancing foot and a praying knee
unlikely as Tony Blair, Dolly don't fit on the same leg".
eclectic guest list. "All the
interviewees come from very
different backgrounds but what
now official,
Parton and Archbishop Desmond Archbishop Tutu, who describes
Tutu to explain the importance of a life spent as "a prisoner of
binds them together is the fact
that, although their faith has been
unbelievably overpriced
faith. hope", jokingly confesses that he challenged, they've emerged with By Thomas Ricker (Engadget) custom "channels" like The
The former prime minister, would like to ask God: "Whose strong spiritual beliefs," she said. Submitted at 11/4/2009 7:13:00 AM
Weather Channel displayed in a
country music legend and Nobel side are you on?" • BBC "fun" and "engaging" way. You
peace laureate will appear on a For the fourth Fern Britton • Religion How much would you pay for a can even scroll between content
new BBC programme in the run- Meets ... programme, the former • Tony Blair netbook?$200 on contract? via that baby-blue scrollwheel on
up to Christmas to discuss their This Morning host will interview Maybe as much as$599 for a so- the hinge. Not enough? What
beliefs with Fern Britton. Sheila Hancock. The actor, who Sam Jones called premium model? How about the 2GB of storage, 1GB of
Blair, who left the Anglican i s a Q u a k e r , h a s l o s t t w o guardian.co.uk© Guardian News about $699 -- a price that doesn't memory, 802.11b/g WiFi,
church to become a Catholic husbands to cancer. Following & Media Limited 2009 | Use of even include the $19 remote headphone and USB 2.0 jacks?
almost two years ago, talks about the death of her second husband, this content is subject to our control? Well, what if we told Still not sold? Us neither.
his conversion and his decision to fellow actor John Thaw, she Terms & Conditions| More Feeds you that the Litl Webbook, a Gallery: Litl Easel now official,
set up a Faith Foundation to get wrote two autobiographical 1.6GHz Atom-based machine overpriced
running a proprietary web- [Via Netbook News]
Ghost Pages: A Wired.com Farewell optimized OS that pumps Litl Easel Webbook now
accelerated H.264 content at official, unbelievably overpriced
to Geocities 720p over HDMI-out, has a originally appeared on Engadget
By Matthew Shechmeister is lost as Yahoo closes the doors unique hinge that allows it to on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:13:00
(Wired Top Stories) of GeoCities. We take a look bend backwards and stand EST. Please see our terms for
back at some archived pages and upright like an easel? Sorry, no use of feeds. Read| Permalink|
Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:00:00 PM
say goodbye to an old friend. touchscreen... but that display is Email this| Comments
A piece of the internet's infancy 12.1-inches and you get Flickr
and Facebook content as well as
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100,000 Apps Now Available for the iPhone/iPod

touch [Apple] The Beatles' Catalog,
By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo) world's most popular applications CEO of Smule. "The App Store with customers and there have Now on Limited Edition
store. has given us a unique opportunity already been more than two
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:40:57 AM
"The App Store, now with over to create and grow a very billion Push Notifications sent to
USB Stick [Digital
The unofficial count of Apple's 100,000 applications available, is successful business, and we're apps available from the App Music]
approved apps had already clearly a major differentiator for looking forward to an exciting Store. Additionally, the recently By Danny Allen (Gizmodo)
t o p p e d 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , b u t n o w millions of iPhone and iPod future." introduced In App Purchase
Submitted at 11/4/2009 4:55:40 AM
Cupertino has confirmed that you touch customers around the Apple continues to improve feature for free apps means
can download over 100,000 apps world," said Philip Schiller, search and discovery with new leading developers will now be It's not iTunes, but Apple Corps
in the App Store. That's the Apple's senior vice president of features including Genius for able to offer customers the choice and EMI are finally offering a
widest selection of Booty Gongs Worldwide Product Marketing. Apps, App Store Essentials of buying content, subscriptions legit way to grab digital Beatles
( a n d o t h e r b o o t y - r e l a t e d "The iPhone SDK created the selections, sub category listings and digital services from directly tracks. This Apple-shaped stick
instrumentation) in the known first great platform for mobile and more valuable customer inside their apps. has FLAC and MP3 versions of
Universe. applications and our customers reviews. With the recently Apple ignited the personal the new CD set: all the band's
Apple Announces Over 100,000 are loving all of the amazing apps introduced iTunes® 9, it's also computer revolution in the 1970s music re-mastered in stereo.
Apps Now Available on the App our developers are creating." now easier than ever to organize with the Apple II and reinvented FLAC quality is 44.1Khz 24 bit,
Store "The App Store has forever and sync your apps right in the personal computer in the and MP3 is 320 Kbps. Only
CUPERTINO, Calif., Nov. 4 changed the mobile gaming iTunes and they will 1980s with the Macintosh. 30,000 will be made, and it goes
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — industry and continues to automatically appear on your Today, Apple continues to lead on sale November 8 for $280
Apple® today announced that improve," said Travis Boatman, iPhone or iPod touch with the the industry in innovation with its (pre-orders are now live). The
developers have created over vice president of Worldwide same layout. award-winning computers, OS X stick is $60 more than the CD
1 0 0 , 0 0 0 a p p s f o r t h e Studios, EA Mobile. "With a The release of iPhone OS 3.0 operating system and iLife and set, but die-hard fans get "all of
revolutionary App Store, the global reach of over 50 million this summer made over 100 new professional applications. Apple the re-mastered CDs' visual
largest applications store in the iPhone and iPod touch users, the features available to iPhone and is also spearheading the digital elements, including 13 mini-
world. iPhone® and iPod touch® App Store has allowed us to iPod touch users including Cut, media revolution with its iPod documentary films about the
customers in 77 countries can develop high quality EA games Copy and Paste; MMS; portable music and video players studio albums, replicated original
choose from an incredible range that have been a huge success landscape view for Mail, Text and iTunes online store, and has UK album art, rare photos and
o f a p p s i n 2 0 c a t e g o r i e s , with customers." and Notes; stereo Bluetooth; entered the mobile phone market expanded liner notes." [
including games, business, news, "With 10,000 downloads a day, shake to shuffle; parental with its revolutionary iPhone. TheBeatles.com]
sports, health, reference and worldwide customer response to controls; automatic login at Wi-
travel. App Store users have our I Am T-Pain App has Fi hot spots and Push
downloaded well over two billion e x c e e d e d o u r w i l d e s t Notifications. These new features
apps, continuing to make it the expectations," said Jeff Smith, have been incredibly popular

Tuesday Afternoon Music: Weezer, '(If You're Wondering If I

Want You To) I Want You To'
(Little Green Footballs) Weezer gets wacky in this song Store.)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:13:43 PM
from the new album with one of [Video]
the grooviest album covers ever, Raditude. (Here it is at the iTunes
16 Gadgets/ Tech News/
Apple’s 100,000 point lead
By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:29:32 AM
In this political season, why not
talk about the roughest political
argument of them all: the real
meaning of Apple’s
announcement of over 100,000
apps in the app store. Are these
apps important because, as Steve
Ballmer says, the iPhone doesn’t
handle the Internet well? Are
these apps a testament to a strong
ecosystem? Or are these apps a
testament to Apple’s marketing
might and the perception that you
just might make your millions by
selling flashlight app for the
Touch.
The announcement, which
basically says that there are over
100,000 applications available
for the iPhone and iPod Touch
with some of the true winners –
Smule’s I Am T-Pain, for
example – getting 10,000 or
more downloads a day.
Clearly the concept of an app
store is compelling. Why, then,
hasn’t this taken off in the
Windows Mobile space and why
hasn’t Anrdoid’s market truly
taken off.
The singular reason is obviously
OS age, in Microsoft’s case, and
The Price Is Wrong: 13 Overpriced
iPhone Apps
By Brian X. Chen (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:06:00 PM
From plain stupid to egregiously
OS fragmentation, in Android’s
case. We’ll ignore Symbian for
now because, well, it’s a nice
operating system but I wouldn’t
want to live there.
Microsoft’s Windows Mobile
has been around for almost a
decade. All the apps that could
have been made for it have been
made for it and, like a tired mule
team the developers just can’t
push out any more juice. Sure,
you can make plenty of cash in
the WinMo arena, but it’s all on
your own marketing dime. Apple
excels at marketing.
luxurious, these iPhone apps
make it to our list of the most
overpriced wares sold in the App
Store.
In Android’s case you have
multiple “branches” of the OS for
multiple devices. HTC and
Motorola have their own UI
tweaks and these branches for
programmers to recompile for
multiple devices. This,
obviously, is a big issue for mom
and pop shops run by a few
developers and even worse for
the 14-year-olds out there
building apps in their basements.
So Apple’s refusal to expand its
product line has finally paid off.
By creating a regimented army of
drone devices to run its
More Awesome Italian Excess From Lamborghini
By Tony Borroz (Wired Top
Stories)
marketplace they’ve ensured
absolute compatibility at the cost
of, potentially, consumer choice.
But, and I state this only to be
devil’s advocate, does this
consumer choice come with too
great a cost, namely an app
ecosystem that underperforms for
the average consumer.
The Reventón Roadster is
further proof that too much is
never enough for the boys from
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HP Envy 14 coming
soon? HP support
document seems to think
so
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:30:30 AM
HP might not be done with the
Envy line. The Envy 13 and
Envy 15 might get a sibiling if an
entry in an HP support document
is to be believed. Sitting right
along side current models are two
entries that are clearly labeled
Envy 14. Hmmm.
While I totally believe that HP
has more in store for the Envy
line, the 14-inch screen size
seems a little strange, but not out
of question for HP. After all, HP
and other PC manufacturers are
known for outing every possible
combination of hardware and
screen size rather than employing
Apple’s K.I.S.S strategy. I
expected an Envy 17 right away,
but it looks like we’ll see a 14-
incher first, although the
timetable is still in question. [
Notebook Review via Engadget]
Sant'Agata.
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Litl Webbook Banks On Cute, Overlooks Jon Gosselin &

Practical [NetBooks]
By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:34:00 AM
How did Asus, Acer and all the
other netbook manufacturers
miss such an obvious ploy? The
word " Litl Webbook" must be
the most cutely named gadget
since the "Chumby." And it's also
an interesting product in its own
right.
But I did say "interesting," not
"buyable."
The Litl Webbook is a 12-inch
netbook that can flip from laptop
to easel, making it ever so more
aesthetically pleasing while
watching movies or displaying
photos. Extra design touches like
a nob and optional remote
smooth the transition from laptop
to artsy laptop, but the Litl
Webbook is not a tablet—it lacks
those last few degrees of
flexibility, plus there's no
touchscreen.
As for the hardware specs, it's a
typical 1.6GHz Atom, 1GB
RAM and...wait...just 2GB of
flash storage? Yes. The Webbook
wants to be a cloud computing
machine that runs widgets (on
top of Linux, we assume) instead
of a full OS. So you're supposed
to store all of your precious files
somewhere else and rely on the
service's automatic software
updates.
The idea is alright, but not for
$700. At that price, you're in full-
out capacitive multitouch laptop
territory.
And you know what? Double-
checking my spelling on "Litl
Webbook" has gotten super
annoying by this point, too. Drop
the price by $300, hook a guy up
with some extra vowels, and then
we'll talk.
[ Litl via Slashgear via Netbook
Choice]
Hailey Glassman:
The Meltdown
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:01:00 PM
Wednesday night on ET: Jon
Gosselin storms out on the Mary
Hart interview with girlfriend
Hailey Glassman! But after the
plug gets pulled, is this truly the
end?
Watch the video for a sneak
peek at the rest of the explosive
sit-down – and the meltdown
with Hailey over Thanksgiving!

LaCie's Network Space 2 will assimilate your data, resistance

is futile
By Tim Stevens (Engadget) drive over USB or as a NAS, Gallery: LaCie Network Space 2
Submitted at 11/4/2009 9:04:00 AM
with UPnP, DLNA, and iTunes Continue reading LaCie's
compliance for media streaming - Network Space 2 will assimilate
It's not as compellingly styled as - but that's old hat. New is your data, resistance is futile
the Starck Mobile Hard Drive, integrated torrent support for all Filed under: Software
nor as ostentatious as the Golden o f y o u r n o n - c o p y r i g h t e d LaCie's Network Space 2 will
Disk; in fact the Network Space 2 d o w n l o a d n e e d s a n d s o m e assimilate your data, resistance is
is visually identical to the earlier enhanced eco-friendly tweaks, futile originally appeared on
N e t w o r k S p a c e , f e a t u r i n g like the ability to power itself 1TB and there's no RAID in here too far from its predecessor's Engadget on Wed, 04 Nov 2009
improvements where it counts: down at certain times of the day to protect your infos, but we're $160 mark when released before 09:04:00 EST. Please see our
on the inside. The Network Space t h e n w a k e - o n - L A N w h e n not expecting this one to stray the end of the year. terms for use of feeds. Permalink|
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18 Gadgets/ Sports/ Internet News Record

Verizon getting a little

VAIO P to join its
netbook offerings
By Tim Stevens (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 7:44:00 AM

Motorola's DROID is just a few

days away from dropping on
Verizon, but why pay $299
(minus $100 rebate) for that
when you could instead pay $299
(possibly also minus $100) for a
fully-featured definitely non-
netbook VAIO P? Yes, Sony's
Symbian Foundation teases augmented littlest ultraportable looks to be
coming to VZW, popping up on a
reality/social networking tool, says test page in a configuration with
Woot! USB
TV tuner
appealing than the other netbooks
Verizon currently has on offer for for $20
the same price. Mind you, that By Doug Aamoth
two year wireless broadband (CrunchGear)
contract won't pay for itself...
[Via GadgetMix.com]
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:45:00 AM

2GB of RAM, a 160GB hard

you'll probably never get it (video) drive, and Windows 7 Home
Filed under: Laptops
Verizon getting a little VAIO P
Whoa, whoa, whoa. You can use
your computer to watch TV now?
By Tim Stevens (Engadget) reality, saying it's "not part of the P r e m i u m . S e e m i n g l y ( a n d to join its netbook offerings These machines can do anything!
Submitted at 11/4/2009 9:26:00 AM
Symbian UI Roadmap." Carry curiously) no SSD versions will originally appeared on Engadget To prove that point, Woot.com is
on, then, nothing to see after the be on offer, possibly to keep on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:44:00 selling the ATI TV Wonder USB
W h a t d o y o u d o w h e n break but a mobile Web 2.0 pipe down on costs, as the subsidized EST. Please see our terms for Digital HDTV Tuner for just $20
everyone's talking about the dream. $299 price is quite a bit lower use of feeds. Read| Permalink| plus $5 for shipping.
competition's exciting new take Continue reading Symbian than the $800 or more you'd be Email this| Comments Features include the following:
on navigation? Why, you come Foundation teases augmented looking to buy one new -- not to • USB 2.0 HDTV Tuner with
up with your exciting new angle reality/social networking tool, m e n t i o n a g o o d b i t m o r e remote control
that's way cooler than theirs then says you'll probably never get it • Included 22-inch ATSC
sit back and guffaw while high- (video) Hot 4th keeps Suns perfect, hands antenna with 45-inch coax cable
fiving your co-workers. That Filed under: Cellphones, CES • PVR software, parental
seems to be what Symbian Symbian Foundation teases Heat 1st loss controls, Windows Media Center
Foundation is attempting here, a u g m e n t e d r e a l i t y / s o c i a l By Associated Press compatibility
15 shooting and handed out a
with a teaser of a tool that would networking tool, says you'll (ESPN.com)
game-high eight assists.
let you not only easily interact probably never get it (video) For $20, this might be something
• Dwyane Wade led the Heat
with Facebook events but also originally appeared on Engadget Submitted at 11/3/2009 8:13:48 PM to pick up just to have it. This is
with 23 points, but hit just 7 of
get real-time augmented reality on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:26:00 a new-in-box product (not
Fast Facts 18 shots.
navigation straight to them. It EST. Please see our terms for refurbished, that is) and the deal
• The Suns won their seventh -- ESPN Stats & Information
looks fancy enough, but there's a use of feeds. Permalink| Email is good today only.
straight regular-season game, This content has passed through
big catch: the company has no this| Comments ATI TV Wonder USB Digital
dating back to last season. fivefilters.org.
current plans of making it a HDTV Tuner[Woot.com]
• Steve Nash led the Suns with a
season-high 30 points on 11-of-
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Verizon looking to bump early termination fee to
$350 on 'advanced' devices
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 8:42:00 AM
You know what's worse than
showing your Bitter Beer Face to
the world after you passed on
Apple's iPhone and let AT&T
enjoy the spoils? Raising your
early termination fee to
stratospheric heights. Just over a
year ago, we honestly though this
whole ETF thing was headed in
the right direction, as most of the
major carriers ( VZW included)
sought to prorate contracts in
order to lessen the charge as
one's contract drew closer to an
end. Now, however, Big Red is
evidently gearing up to pull a
180, with the slide above
showing a $350 ETF for
"advanced" devices (read:
probably anything deemed a
smartphone). The newly hiked
rate will go into effect on
November 15th, and while that
$350 will decrease by $10 per
month over the life of the
agreement, this pretty much
guarantees that you won't be
adding a line, disconnecting and
then flipping that phone on eBay.
Filed under: Cellphones
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Verizon to Double
Early Termination
Fee [Rumor]
By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:55:50 AM
Now, you can sign a new
contract with Verizon, pick any
phone and then ditch the service
for $175. But according to a
leaked doc, those days are
numbered.
Beginning 11/15, early
terminations on contracts with
unspecified "advanced device"(s)
will be subject to a fee of $350.
And while that policy might slow
ebay entrepreneurs just looking
to make a few easy bucks on a
resold Blackberry, it's
devastating to the average guy
Verizon looking to bump early who just wants to ditch his
termination fee to $350 on contract early.
'advanced' devices originally The good news, however, is that
appeared on Engadget on Wed, fee will drop by $10 every
04 Nov 2009 08:42:00 EST. month. But still, that's a $110
Please see our terms for use of termination fee in month 23 of a
feeds. Read| Permalink| Email 2-year contract...which is clearly
this| Comments absurd. [ BGR]
20 Gadgets/ Economy/
HP Envy 14 on the
horizon?
By Vladislav Savov
(Engadget)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:45:00 AM
We'll keep this short and sweet -
- the same amateur sleuths who
were responsible for revealing
the majority of HP's fall lineup
ahead of time are back again, this
time indicating a forthcoming
Envy 14 model. It doesn't take
much genius to find this
information out, mind you, as
HP's Softpaq support docs just
keep coming out ahead of official
announcements. Two Envy 14
iterations appear to be in the
works, though their
specifications remain open to
US stocks set to creep higher
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:33:50 AM
US stocks were set to creep
higher on Wednesday after rising
commodity prices and a rush of
positive corporate results
overshadowed disappointing jobs
speculation. There still shouldn't
be too much of a wait before
finding out if this will be just a
range filler or a distinctive
advancement in its own right, so
we'll leave it to you to decide
whether to delay that Envy
purchase for just a little while
longer.
[Thanks, Al]
Filed under: Laptops
HP Envy 14 on the horizon?
originally appeared on Engadget
on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:45:00
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data.
Investors will also be waiting for
the closing comments from the
Federal Reserve’s two-day policy
meeting, expected later in the
day.
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RAmos gives its T10 PMP
the RK treatment, supports
video formats galore
By Tim Stevens (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 8:18:00 AM
Good 'ol RAmos, producers of a
series of lovely PMPs and MIDs
that captivates the eye and, like a
chaste romance, will never
submit to your touch -- unless
you live in Asia or happen to
know a guy. The latest is the
T10RK, a slight upgrade to the
earlier T10, sharing the same
simple form and seemingly
lovely 4.3-inch, 800 x 480 screen
as the earlier model, but now
sporting the RK2806 chipset
found in the T11RK, allowing for
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It's Official: HTC HD2
Coming to "Major US
Carrier in Early 2010"
[Cellphones]
By Danny Allen (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:18:05 AM
With a 4.3-inch capacitive
touchscreen and 1GHz
Snapdragon processor, the HD2
is probably the best poster child
for WinMo 6.5. HTC has now
confirmed it's headed State-side,
and though no carrier was
mentioned, rumors suggest it
could be on T-Mobile.
The HD2 arrives on T-Mobile in
Europe on November 9, and Asia
decoding of more video codecs
is also getting it this week. So
than you'll know what to do with.
question: HTC HD2, Sony
No mention of price or
Ericsson XPERIA X10(1GHz
availability yet, but such
Snapdragon, 4-inch display, and
questions matter not in love.
Rachael UI on top of Android),
Filed under: Portable Audio,
or the Motorola Droid(3.7-inch
Portable Video
display and Android)…which
RAmos gives its T10 PMP the
gets your vote? Or has something
RK treatment, supports video
else caught your eye? [ HTC]
formats galore originally
appeared on Engadget on Wed,
04 Nov 2009 08:18:00 EST.
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Video: Concept Symbian Interface
Blends Augmented Reality Maps
and Social Networking [Cellphones]
By Danny Allen (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:12:00 AM
The flashy concept was shown at
the Symbian Foundation's SEE
2009 keynote last month, and
actually looks pretty cool. But is
it too little, too late?
Only LG, Nokia, Samsung and
Sony Ericsson make Symbian
phones of note—Motorola axed
its line. Samsung puts its
TouchWiz UI on top of the
dreadful S60 OS, and Sony
Ericsson will likely do the same
with its Rachael interface.
Android is taking off, and even
Nokia is looking to its Linux-
based Maemo OS for its best
stuff, like the N900. The
Symbian OS still has a big slice
of the phone market, but for how
long?
And the cool UI in this video:
The Symbian Foundation says
that it's not part of the Symbian
UI roadmap, but they hope some
of its features and effects make it
into their reference UI and/or
delivered handsets. Will you still
care? [ All About Symbian via
SlashGear]
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MySpace changes terms of use to
combat app scams
(CNET News.com) developers." that Facebook, the biggest
Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:26:00 PM
What exactly is he referring to? destination for these social
In many of the most popular (and games, already bans this stuff in
In the wake of a firestorm over profitable) games built for big theory. "Ads cannot be deceptive
just how much of social-gaming social-networking platforms like or fraudulent about any offer
c o m p a n i e s ' p r o f i t s c a n b e Facebook and MySpace, players made," the company's advertising
attributed to potentially scammy can progress faster in the game guidelines read, and adds "if an
offers and incentives, News by either buying virtual goods ad includes a price, discount, or
Corp.'s MySpace has taken a w i t h " r e a l " m o n e y , o r b y 'free' offer...the destination URL
stand (and, it could be said, taken completing offers and surveys for the ad must link to a page that
advantage of the PR opportunity) from a partner company like the clearly and accurately offers the
by coming out vocally against prominent Offerpal Media. exact deal the ad has displayed
them. Critics say that many of these (and) the ad must clearly state
"We're adding a fifth principle offers aren't actually free, and what action or set of actions is
(to our developer terms of use) unwittingly can sign users up for required to qualify for the offer."
that clarifies a specific use case expensive subscriptions or But judging by the amount of
that we feel is particularly programs. sketchiness that allegedly takes
damaging to the user experience: After a public confrontation place on the platform, it seems
promotions that include hidden between TechCrunch's Michael like advertisers aren't necessarily
renewals without specific opt-in Arrington and Offerpal CEO Anu following these guidelines.
w i l l n o t b e p e r m i t t e d , " a Shukla at last week's Virtual Whether MySpace's stance
company blog post by CEO Goods Summit event in San against them can lead to a
Owen Van Natta read. "Because Francisco, game makers like legitimate crackdown has yet to
it's our belief opt-out offers are Zynga and RockYou put out be seen.
misleading and do not have the statements saying that they're This content has passed through
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Terms of Use this week to better Could this lead to real industry
c l a r i f y t h i s f o r u s e r s a n d changes? Yes. But keep in mind
Shorthanded Pistons hand Magic first defeat
By Associated Press meetings. while Dwight Howard (eight
(ESPN.com) • Rodney Stuckey had 20 points points, five rebounds, six fouls)
and nine rebounds, with the recorded his fewest rebounds
Submitted at 11/3/2009 10:28:22 PM
rebounds being a new career since Dec. 27, 2008.
Fast Facts high. -- ESPN Stats & Information
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Bringing back Mickey Mouse's dark side
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 4:00:00 AM
In a world in which Disney
defines its brand and the content
it releases under its own name as
being aimed at the broadest
possible audience, Mickey
Mouse is known largely as a feel-
good, happy-go-lucky cartoon
character.
But that's not how Mickey was
in the early days. Back in 1928,
when he first hit the world stage,
he was a very badly behaved
mouse. And now, one of the best-
known video game designers in
the world wants to bring back a
little of bit of Mickey's dark side.
And he'll get his chance to make
that a reality. Warren Spector, the
game designer behind the Deus
Ex franchise, is working on a
new game, Disney's Epic
Mickey, which is being
positioned, in part, as a "re-
imagining" of Mickey Mouse.
Planned for a fall 2010 release,
Disney's Epic Mickey will be an
adventure-platforming game
exclusively for Nintendo's Wii.
The story is built around a world-
-crafted by the sorcerer from The
Sorcerer's Apprentice--in which a
series of forgotten Disney
creations live, and thrive. Among
those characters is Oswald, Walt
Disney's earliest cartoon star. As
the years pass and Oswald
becomes bitter at Mickey's
success, Mickey inadvertently
destroys Oswald's comfort zone
in the cartoon wasteland and he
must face the consequences of
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what he has accidentally or want to be, to look up to as a
wrought. character whose skin they want
"It's a game where we remind to inhabit for awhile, Boy, I can't
(people) that Mickey is a hero think of a better (challenge) for
who solves problems by someone who tells stories and
dynamically changing the world makes games for a living.
around him and deciding how to The logo for Disney's Epic
interact with the people and Mickey.(Credit: Disney
places and problems he Interactive Studios)
encounters in this strange new Why does Mickey need re-
world," Spector said. imagining? And why now?
In 2005, Spector formed a start- Spector: There's these
up, Junction Point, which Disney characters, like Mario and Link
bought when it commissioned (from the Zelda games) and
him to work on the Mickey Sonic, and I don't know if it's
Mouse game. "I've wanted to true, but you've got to believe
work for Disney forever," he that those characters--who are
said, "so that was not a stumbling three heads tall and cute and
point for me at all." iconic--at some level were
And because Spector is a inspired by Mickey Mouse. So
lifelong Disney fan and why shouldn't Mickey be at the
animation "freak," everything top of the gaming heap? Mickey
came together in 2007 for him deserves to be at the top of the
and his Junction Point team to game hero pyramid.
take on perhaps the best-known What are some of the things
cartoon character of all time. On you're doing to make this new
for the 21st century. Pretty much change the way people think
Tuesday, Spector talked with Mickey recognizable for
at that point, I was in. about Mickey Mouse. He's not
CNET News about the project. everyone?
What was it like to get a chance just your 8-year-old kid's best
Q: How did you get involved? Spector: I came into this with a
to re-imagine Mickey Mouse? buddy, or a character who
Warren Spector: I was out pretty good idea of who Mickey
Spector: How often do you get a teaches infants colors on
pitching a near-future science- was. I wanted to remind Mickey
chance to work with the most Mickey's Clubhouse. He's a hero
fiction game and an enormous that it's okay to be mischievous
recognizable movie star character again. In his early days, he
epic fantasy role playing game, and badly-behaved. For so many
property on Earth? That's an appealed to every body. From
and my agent suggested we talk years, he hasn't been allowed to
opportunity most people never 1928 to the mid-1930s,
to Disney. They turned things do anything remotely
get. There was pretty much no moviegoers around the world,
around and asked me if I wanted mischievous. But if you go back
way I could say no. Mickey everybody, men, women, old,
to a Mickey Mouse game, and I to those early cartoons, he was
touches everybody, and none of young, you name it. Everybody
told them no, because I don't do very badly behaved, and we've
us will ever meet a human being loved Mickey. And the
kids games and Mickey's been got to let him get back to that.
who doesn't know about this opportunity to bring him back to
kind of a kid property for a long And in his early cartoons, he was
character. that place, where he's not just an
time. But they said, No, no, we very cartoon-y, he squashed, he
What's the best-case outcome for icon on a watch or a T-shirt, but
want someone to bring Mickey to stretched. He could remove his
this game, in your fantasy? is actually a character that people
a gaming audience in a whole
Spector: The best case is to care about in a narrative context, BRINGING page 24
new way and make him a hero
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Microsoft's Mundie: IT needed to solve global woes

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:25:00 PM

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--
Scientists need the same sort of
computer breakthrough that the
spreadsheet brought to business
users decades ago, says Craig
Mundie, Microsoft's chief
research and strategy officer.
Mundie gave a speech at
Harvard University here on
Tuesday to discuss coming
"disruptions" in computing and to
argue that computer science is
fundamental to solving daunting
global problems, including
energy, environment, health care,
and education.
Without taking advantage of
advances in computing, adjacent
fields of nanotechnology and
biotechnology will not move as
fast as they could, he said. At the
same time, he lamented how
computer science is seen as "so
yesterday."
"It's stunning how much people
want to fund the fads and they
don't put any emphasis on how
core computing is," Mundie said
during questions. "I hope we can
come together and realize that we
have to invest in the future of
computing if we want a future in
all these other areas." in an effort to stir excitement in Microsoft's research can be there are still disruptive changes processors, which will enable
Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief the study of computing, with applied to energy and the on the near horizon, Mundie said. new applications. That includes
research and strategy officer both computer science students environment. "We think we understand it but in what Microsoft calls "natural
urges students to think about and people in other fields, such Computing is becoming fact it's at a time that the flux in language processing," where
coming disruptions in as medicine or material science. increasingly embedded in computing overall is as great as people can interact with
computing.(Credit: Martin Less than 100 students and everyday devices, in everything it's ever been," he said. computers in more intuitive ways
LaMonica/CNET) faculty came to the Harvard talk from phones to cars. But even The amount of computation than the familiar mouse and
The Harvard talk was one of on Tuesday where he though people are increasingly that's available will continue to
four Mundie is giving this week MICROSOFT'S page 28
demonstrated some of how familiar with digital technologies, increase with multicore
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continued from page 22
tail and use it as a sword. That
was the second thing. And the
third leap was mischievous
cartoon character made of paint.
So we talked about what we
could do if we gave Mickey
control over the stuff that he's
made of and let him paint and
then use paint thinner to remove
stuff.
Were there other things that
were essential for bringing
Mickey to this medium?
Spector: One major challenge
was finding a look for him,
especially a 3D look. With a
couple of rare exceptions,
Mickey's always been in 2D and
the animators cheated all the
time, with the way his ears work
and the way his nose fits relative
to the rest of his face. In 3D you
can't do that, so I looked at the
few previous 3D Mickeys and I
didn't feel anybody had gotten it
right. We went through probably
thousands of concepts trying to
find the right look.There are a lot
of people at Disney who care a
lot about Mickey Mouse, and so
getting a look that people could
get behind was tough. Rendering
it in 3D was tough and then
getting it to move like a cartoon
character was a huge challenge
and tons of fun, and you'll tell me
if we succeeded.
Warren Spector, lead designer
on Epic Mickey.(Credit: Disney
Interactive Studios)
How much control did you have
and how much control Disney
assert?
Spector: I was really worried
about that when I first started on
this. There are lines you don't
cross with Mickey Mouse, OK?
But the thing that surprised me
was how far out those lines were
and how obvious it is where the
lines really are.
There are people who say, 'Oh,
give Mickey a big knife and put a
gun in his hand, and then I'll like
him.' Well, come on, nobody's
going to do that. And you're not
going to make Mickey evil, you
know? And when you have an
icon, where any combination of
three circles defines Mickey
Mouse for most people on the
planet, you're not going to make
his head square. I'd say it was a
pretty easily negotiated deal,
creatively.
Talk more about where the story
idea came from?
Spector: During a meeting with
the Disney guys, they showed us
a PowerPoint with the concept of
cartoon wasteland, a world of
rejected and forgotten Disney
creativity. And the foundation
was making Mickey relevant to a
gaming audience and a modern
audience. It was funny because I
watched this presentation
thinking, Holy Cow, this is
phenomenal and the seed of an
amazing thing. And then all the
execs were saying, Oh, you don't
have to use any of that, this is
just our think tank's concept. And
I'm sitting there, going, Are you
guys crazy. That's a great idea.
Why would I not use all of that? I
just thought it was so funny
because they were trying so hard
to make it clear that I had all this
creative freedom, and I was like,
No, I don't want it, I want this as
my starting point.
Can you tell me something about
working with these famous
Disney characters that would
surprise us?
Spector: I think the thing that
surprised me the most is how
easy it is to get these characters
almost right. It's like, drawing
Mickey or any other character in
the Disney archives, they are so
well known and defined and
recognized and have such strong
personalities that getting them 90
percent right is very easy. But
that last 10 percent that just nails
them, that's really, really hard.
And that goes for how they look,
and how they act and how they
move, which is one of the
reasons why I was so proud of
my animators. I didn't tell them
to do this. They came up with
this idea on their own, of going
back to the old cartoons, and
rotoscoping them. They took the
old cartoons and took our model
and rig and then duplicated
classic 2D animation, and
composited our guy into classic
Disney 2D cartoons. When you
couldn't tell if it was our model
or the original 2D animation, that
was when I knew we had it.
Why only the Wii?
Spector: At the beginning, it was
supposed to be on all platforms. I
remember vividly how nervous I
was about that. The idea was we
were going to do a Wii port and I
was never comfortable with that
because the Wii really deserves
its own design, something that
takes advantage of what the Wii
does best. We were talking about
this one day and (Disney
Interactive Studios executive vice
president) Graham Hopper
basically said, What does it take
to ensure quality? I said, you can
never guarantee greatness, but
you need enough time and money
to be competitive and it helps if
you can focus. A single platform
would be great. And it was an
easy step from there to, Hey, we
should do a Wii exclusive.
What about the Wii "stalling?"
Does that worry you at all?
Spector: Yes and no. I've been
doing this for 20 years, and I've
had this saying, That I just need
to sell one more copy of a game
than is necessary to get my
publisher to fund my next one.
So I'm looking at this as, I've got
a responsibility to Mickey Mouse
and to Disney, and if I do
something really good,
commercial success will follow.
I've got to believe that. And once
you start talking about painting,
people's hands (on the Wii) just
immediately start moving as if
they're holding a brush. It just
totally works. I think we're on the
right platform.
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AT&T Sues Verizon
Over 'There's A Map
For That' Ad Campaign
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 12:06:12 AM
Recently, Verizon came up with
a rather clever ad campaign,
mocking the iPhone ads that
claim "there's an app for that"
with ads that showcase Verizon's
wider 3G footprint, claiming
"there's a map for that," and
showing the two services' 3G
coverage maps side by side: It
does a nice job poking fun at one
of AT&T's weaker points: its
mobile network infrastructure.
But apparently, AT&T is not
happy with the ad campaign and
has sued Verizon over those ads,
claiming that it uses an unfair
comparison. That's because the
maps only show 3G coverage,
and Verizon has significantly
greater 3G coverage. However,
AT&T feels that the map
showing its coverage implies,
falsely, that AT&T has no
coverage outside of its 3G
coverage areas. While you can
see why AT&T would make this
complaint, it does make you
wonder if it's really worth the
effort to sue. All it's really doing
is attracting a lot more attention
to the original ad, which does
accurately state that it's talking
about 3G coverage, not overall
coverage, though you can see
why some people might not
realize that AT&T's network also
includes non-3G areas.
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The difference a few years makes to open source
(CNET News.com) 2003).
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:05:00 AM
Today, SCO Group, once a high-
flier, is struggling for existence.
For those new to open source, Meanwhile, Microsoft has
whether on the business or committed another $100,000 to
development side, it's hard to Apache Software Foundation,
appreciate just how far the has started its own open-source
movement has come in the past foundation, and has embedded
few years. significant bits of open-source
In 1998, when I had my first code within its proprietary
taste of open-source software programs, among other things.
through my company's Linux, for its part, struggled to
investment in Cobalt Networks, get noticed in data centers back
virtually no one knew what open in 2003. It has since become
source was, including now- essential, mission-critical
common projects like Linux. infrastructure across the Global
Things were a little better in 2000 ranking of public
2000, when I joined a Linux start companies
-up (Lineo), but I spent much of We've come a long way.
my time working with This progress reflects itself in
prospective customers to ease the job market, where Linux-
their concerns over open-source related jobs have seen a 6 percent
licenses like the GPL. rise in 2009 alone, while
The world is open source's Windows-related jobs have
oyster. plunged by 8 percent, according
By 2004, when a group of to data from Dice.com.
friends and I founded the Open But it's also evident in
Source Business Conference, enterprises' willingness--even
there was significant, growing eagerness--to discuss open-
awareness of open source, but its source adoption plans. Virgin
adoption was still stymied by America CIO Ravi
Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt, Simhambhatla tells The Register
much of it fomented by that his need to do more with less
Microsoft ( Steve Ballmer in drove the company to adopt open
2001: "Linux is a cancer") and source and suggests that the open
the SCO Group ( lawsuit over the -source philosophy is a positive,
provenance of Linux code in disruptive force:
Our company doesn't need just
another IT team, the more and
more we get entrenched in
the...way of doing things the less
and less room we will make for
ourselves to be innovative.
In 2004, when I was trying to
find an IT executive to speak at
OSBC, it was a lost cause. No
one wanted to paint a legal bull's-
eye on themselves for SCO or
Microsoft. Today, company
executives line up to talk up how
they're differentiating through
open source.
Open source has "arrived," and
the signs are everywhere, from
the U.S. Defense Department's
efforts to boost its open-source
adoption further to patent-rich
Qualcomm's foray into open
source.
Open source is no longer a
question of "why" but rather one
of "how." It's the way the
industry does business, and the
way it does development.
No, not everyone in the industry,
all of the time. But for those of us
who have been involved in open
source for even the past five
years, it's amazing to see how
much things have changed,
which suggests they'll evolve
even further.
For some within the open-source
world, this is unwelcome news.
They defined themselves as
freedom fighters, battling the
forces of proprietary darkness.
And as far as good-and-evil
metaphors work in technology,
they were.
But as that world embraces open
source, they're largely left bereft
of bogeymen, like old soldiers
still struggling against an unseen
enemy.
Winning can be a bit
disorienting.
All the same, it's time to move
on. There are no more vampires
to slay, but simply further open-
source education to undertake.
Enterprises need open source
now, more than ever, and they're
adopting it now, more than ever.
What a long, strange trip it's
been.
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Your best 'worst'
Google Voice
transcription errors
By Jessica Dolcourt
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:54:50 PM
Last week, we shared three of
our wackiest mistranscribed
voice messages from Google
Voice and asked you to pass
along the funniest flubs from
your own in-box. Your hilarious
samples poured in through
comments and e-mails. We've
rounded up some fine specimens
of voice mail meanings that were
definitely lost in translation in
our gallery. Best 'worst' Google
Voice transcription errors--
screenshots
In defense of Google Voice,
computer-aided transcription
technology is still maturing.
While Google Voice's engine
doesn't get it right all the time--or
even most of the time in our case
--it's better than nothing. At the
very least, it produces amusing
gems like the ones in our
collection.
Scroll through the comments for
more choice voice-to-text slip-
ups and read about a fee-based
alternative visual voice mail
transcription to Google Voice,
BT's Ribbit, that promises to get
transcriptions right and doesn't
require an invitation to join.
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Microsoft gives the MSN butterfly a makeover

(CNET News.com) launch.
Submitted at 11/3/2009 8:25:00 PM
By contrast, Yahoo, perhaps Attacks On File Sharing
MSN's largest competitor, has bet
Aiming to stay relevant, the farm on the popularity of
Simply Drive People
Microsoft is introducing a new Web apps on the home page, Further Underground
look for its MSN.com home redesigning the entire Yahoo By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
page. experience with that in mind. It's
Submitted at 11/4/2009 2:53:36 AM
Although MSN gets far less still early, but since the redesign
attention than the company's went live Yahoo has seen a 20 Admittedly it's just an estimate,
Bing or Windows Live efforts, percent increase in the amount of but reports coming out of
the home page remains an time spent on the home page, it Sweden suggest that, rather than
important economic engine for With its new look, the home "We were, frankly, at a point said last week. stop file sharing, under the new
Microsoft's online business, as page has about half as many links where customers are complaining The company has decided to IPRED law, a growing number of
well as a significant source of as the previous incarnation, about the clutter," he said. scrap altogether a more radical file sharing users have simply
search traffic for Bing. focusing instead on a few Microsoft is also trying to tap overhaul that it tested in Brazil. gone further underground using
Along with redesigning the categories, such as video, news, into the popularity of social That site, geared towards Brazil's anonymizing services. Of
MSN home page, Microsoft also shopping, and search. networks, adding a column on highly social online population, course, this shouldn't surprise
gave the site's butterfly logo a The old site had dozens of text the right-hand side that lets users allowed people to share videos anyone, as plenty of people have
new look.(Credit: Microsoft) links at the top and bottom of the peek at their Windows Live, by dragging the video screen been predicting that's exactly that
"We believe it's an important p a g e f o r e v e r y t h i n g f r o m Twitter, and Facebook feeds, and onto a contact in one's social would happen for the better part
asset for Microsoft," said MSN horoscopes to white pages to a even update their status or post a network. of a decade. You would think
general manager Bob Visse. free trial of MSN's dial-up tweet. As before, users can also "It was too radical, even for that that folks in the entertainment
The site is still the top portal in Internet service. see a preview of their Hotmail in- audience," Visse said. "It's not industry might actually pay
about 25 of the 46 markets, with "It doesn't take a rocket scientist box. going to ship for a final release." attention since those predictions
about 600 million unique users to see this is a very cluttered and But it will take its time in MSN was among the Microsoft from years back have come true.
globally and 100 million in the busy site," Visse said of the j u m p i n g o n t h e W e b a p p s units hit by companywide layoffs But instead, they'd rather attack
U.S, where it trails Yahoo in existing page. bandwagon, with plans to offer earlier this year, but things have those of us who have pointed out
popularity. The company has, in the past, several Silverlight-based apps on stabilized, Visse said. why their strategy isn't working.
The redesign, which has been in tried to make changes that its the right-hand side of the "I wouldn't say we are growing At what point do they stop and
the works for months, bears quite users saw as too radical, such as a redesigned page at a later date. In h e a d c o u n t , b u t w e a r e n ' t realize that their critics actually
a bit of resemblance to the one 2007 overhaul of Hotmail that the past, MSN users have not r e d u c i n g , " h e s a i d . are giving them good advice?
that Microsoft had been testing in the company was forced to customized their pages to a large The 2009 redesign of MSN Permalink| Comments| Email
France. significantly scale back. Visse degree, and so Microsoft is going features a new logo and new look This Story
Microsoft late Tuesday began said he isn't as worried about to take a wait-and-see approach with fewer links and more videos
rolling out the new MSN home that, given that users were before it decides whether it will and images.(Credit: Microsoft)
page (click for preview), which it already complaining that the site roll out more apps than the This content has passed through
s a y s w i l l b e c o m e w i d e l y was both dated and overstuffed Windows Live, Twitter, and fivefilters.org.
available in the U.S. early in with links. Facebook apps available at
2010.
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Discount Tickets
Available To SF
Australian Radio Program On 'Piracy' What 60 MusicTech
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Minutes Should Have Done Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:03:16 PM

By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) of film and television is for that film maker, or that gone. But if I listen to a song, On December 7th in San
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:32:21 AM
something that detracts from the investor as their entire revenue. If you can listen to a song, your Francisco, there will be the next
revenue that could go back into you're looking at the analysis friend can listen to a song, SF MusicTech Summit, which is
On Monday, we wrote about that the industry and could go back across the board of the whole anyone can listen to a song, and a great event that I've been to a
that ridiculous attempt by 60 into supporting local video industry and whether it is going because intellectual property is few times before. It really does a
Minutes to do a story about stores, local cinemas and online up or whether more people are capable of being enjoyed by great job covering technology
movie piracy that was basically distribution. Theft is not justified consuming films or less people many people at the same time, it's and business models that are
one long press release for the b e c a u s e s o m e o n e i s b e i n g are consuming films, you're not subject to somewhat different impacting the music industry in a
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checked, and the reporter, Leslie important point in this debate. particular film has had the other kinds of property. The I've had some of the best
Stahl, didn't bother to push back Oscar McLaren (radio host): But opportunity to recoup its proper report goes in-depth in other conversations about the industry
on a single claim made by any of it does seem strange that I mean, revenue. areas as well, including a with folks at that event. I'll be
the (all industry insider) guests. we're told in quite apocalyptic Oscar McLaren: For the record, discussion on fair use/fair there again, taking part on a
However, Boing Boing points us terms often that the video box office sales were also at all- dealing, the history of copyright panel, and the organizers have
to a "radio documentary" on industry and the film industry is time high levels last year, (and how it's often been abused agreed to let Techdirt readers
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Australian radio the very same imagine many people would program also pushed back really had nothing to do with ordered through our site. I hope
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aired. You may notice a major revenues are in fact going up download is no different than mashup/remix culture. It's the Permalink| Comments| Email
difference in that the Australian quite steadily and have been for shoplifting: Oscar McLaren: But sort of report that a program like This Story
radio folks actually looked at the the past decade or so. many lawyers in the debate argue 60 Minutes could have -- and
facts, invited on people who Adrianne Pecotic: I think the that stealing a physical object is should have -- done, but did not.
could refute industry claims, and important thing about the losses very different to breaching Kudos to ABC radio down in
actually pushed back on claims that are being suffered by the intellectual property laws.... Australia.
by the industry: Adrianne Pecotic film industry through piracy, is Jessica Litman: The difference Permalink| Comments| Email
( f r o m a n t i - p i r a c y g r o u p that individual investors in between a song and a cookie is if This Story
AFACT): The fact that there is a individual films rely on that I eat a cookie, then you can't
level of illegitimate consumption investment in that particular film, have it because I've eaten it, it's
28 Tech/ Fashion/
MICROSOFT'S
continued from page 23
graphical user interface. An
example is Microsoft's Project
Natal, motion-sensing technology
where people can use arms and
legs to play games.
Two other big technology
changes, he said, are three-
dimensional displays and cloud
computing, where people can tap
banks of servers over the Internet
for data-intensive jobs.
High-end demos
Mundie showed Microsoft
Computational Science Studio, a
tool designed by Microsoft
Research in the U.K. to allow
scientists to run complex and
data-intensive computer
simulations.
Science Studio could be used to
project the impact of rain forest
deforestation in South America
on other regions of the world.
The tool is designed to help
experts from different disciplines
create a model around different
sources of data and visualize
simulations.
In this example, the application
tapped data centers off-site to run
simulations of how changes to
the rate of deforestation would
affect average temperatures in the
U.S.
Best of Fall: Buckle Hardware
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 1:28:57 PM
When it comes to fall’s heavy
hardware, buckles, both big and
small, top the list of chic
Generating these models is very
practical not just to scientists but
to policy makers as well, Mundie
said. "Is it better to pay the
Brazilians not to cut down trees
or to develop genetically
engineered crops that can grow in
temperatures that are five degrees
hotter?" he said. "Those are the
kind of choices that our society is
going to have to deal with."
In another demo, Mundie
showed how a researcher can
optimize output from a wind
farm. Using an 8-processor
computer with a three-
dimensional display and pen-
based input, Mundie was able to
view how different wind turbine
blade shapes affect wind flow.
Several energy technology
companies are already using IT
aggressively. The idea of the
smart grid is essentially
overlaying digital
communications and controls
onto the electricity grid. Start-up
eSolar uses embedded processors
on thousands of mirrors to track
the sun and generate the most
heat possible with its solar
concentrator.
Cloud computing opens up more
possibilities for far-reaching
accoutrements. From Phi’s corset
belt to Burberry’s hard-stomping
energy research, Mundie said.
One example is TerraPower, a
Seattle-area nuclear power
company that has attracted Bill
Gates and former Microsoft
Chief Technology Officer Nathan
Myhrvold as investors.
TerraPower is designing a
"traveling-wave nuclear reactor"
that could use the spent fuel from
traditional nuclear reactors and
make electricity from it for
decades. To speed its research,
the company is using high-end
computation, which only now is
accessible to start-up companies
because of cloud computing,
Mundie said.
"These are the types of
technologies where scientists,
engineers, and computer
scientists have to come forward,
explore them and, if we can make
them work, then of course they
represent a real discontinuity in
the quest for high-scale, zero
carbon energy sources," he said.
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Court Rules That Using Domain
Registration Privacy Services
Represents 'Material Falsification'
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) vague. While CAN SPAM
Submitted at 11/3/2009 7:55:18 PM
requires a combination of both
material falsification and intent to
Lots of people use private send spam, it does open up some
registration services for domain questions about potential legal
names, that lets them register a problems for anyone who uses
domain name while keeping their such a private registration service
own identities private. There are in a variety of lawsuits (if those
plenty of legitimate reasons to do lawsuits are in the Ninth Circuit,
so: they don't want spam or they of course). The court does seem
want to keep the identity of the to admit that this could cause
s i t e o w n e r s a n o n y m o u s . problems, but the job of the court
However, in a recent spam isn't to stop those problems, just
lawsuit, the Ninth Circuit court of to interpret the law.
appeals has said that using such a Separately, in the same lawsuit,
service is "material falsification" t h e c o u r t r u l e d t h a t t h e
o f i n f o r m a t i o n : [ P ] r i v a t e appropriate "community" for
registration is a service that judging obscenity standards in
allows registration of a domain e m a i l i s t h e " n a t i o n a l
name in a manner that conceals community" rather than the local
the actual registrant's identity community. I have enough
from the public absent a problems with the whole
subpoena. We fail to perceive "community standards" method
any vagueness on this point. of judging "obscenity" in the first
Based on the plain meaning of place (well, I have trouble with
the relevant terms discussed "obscenity" laws entirely), but if
above, private registration for the you have to have them, it does
purpose of concealing the actual seem that a national standard
r e g i s t r a n t ' s i d e n t i t y w o u l d makes more sense than a local
constitute "material falsification." standard when it comes to email
Defendants assert that many that could go to anyone in any
innocent people who privately community. As Thomas O'Toole
register without the requisite notes in his writeup, the ruling is
i n t e n t m a y b e s u b j e c t t o a bit of a mess, and should keep
investigation for violation of § First Amendment lawyers busy
1037 until their intent can be (though, the same is true of any
determined, allowing for abuse obscenity laws...).
by enforcement authorities. This Permalink| Comments| Email
may be so, but it does not make This Story
the statute unconstitutionally
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MySpace changes terms of use to Twitter translates into

combat app scams Spanish
By Caroline McCarthy clarify this for users and changes? Yes. But keep in mind By Caroline McCarthy ballena de fracaso."
(Webware.com) developers." that Facebook, the biggest (Webware.com) Unfortunately, that just doesn't
Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:26:00 PM
What exactly is he referring to? destination for these social Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:22:00 PM
have the same ring.
In many of the most popular (and games, already bans this stuff in But this is not actually the first
In the wake of a firestorm over profitable) games built for big theory. "Ads cannot be deceptive So how do you say "fail whale" time that Twitter has toyed with
just how much of social-gaming social-networking platforms like or fraudulent about any offer en español? Twitter has launched launching a non-English edition.
c o m p a n i e s ' p r o f i t s c a n b e Facebook and MySpace, players made," the company's advertising a Spanish translation, according Last year, Twitter board member
attributed to potentially scammy can progress faster in the game guidelines read, and adds "if an to a blog post Tuesday(in Joi Ito hyped up the launch of a
offers and incentives, News by either buying virtual goods ad includes a price, discount, or Spanish) by co-founder Biz standalone Twitter Japan site,
Corp.'s MySpace has taken a w i t h " r e a l " m o n e y , o r b y 'free' offer...the destination URL Stone. powered by an investment from
stand (and, it could be said, taken completing offers and surveys for the ad must link to a page that It's the first of multiple volunteer Ito's Digital Garage, that was
advantage of the PR opportunity) from a partner company like the clearly and accurately offers the -assisted translations for the notable because it was ad-
by coming out vocally against prominent Offerpal Media. exact deal the ad has displayed microblogging site, the post supported (Twitter still hasn't
them. Critics say that many of these (and) the ad must clearly state explained. A look at Twitter's rolled out ads or even said that it
"We're adding a fifth principle offers aren't actually free, and what action or set of actions is public timeline will show that it's will for sure).
(to our developer terms of use) unwittingly can sign users up for required to qualify for the offer." used in many languages across Biz Stone filled in CNET News
that clarifies a specific use case expensive subscriptions or But judging by the amount of the world, but until this point, the on the status of Twitter Japan via
that we feel is particularly programs. sketchiness that allegedly takes T w i t t e r . c o m s i t e h a s b e e n e-mail on Tuesday night: "(It's)
damaging to the user experience: After a public confrontation place on the platform, it seems English only. Now, users can go doing very well. A few of us
promotions that include hidden between TechCrunch's Michael like advertisers aren't necessarily into their settings to translate it were there a few weeks ago to
renewals without specific opt-in Arrington and Offerpal CEO Anu following these guidelines. into Spanish. launch a brand new mobile
w i l l n o t b e p e r m i t t e d , " a Shukla at last week's Virtual Whether MySpace's stance This could be key as Twitter service. We had a really fun
company blog post by CEO Goods Summit event in San against them can lead to a attempts to grow bigger overseas tweetup in Tokyo."
Owen Van Natta read. "Because Francisco, game makers like legitimate crackdown has yet to amid allegations that its traffic Twitter hasn't said what the next
it's our belief opt-out offers are Zynga and RockYou put out be seen. has plateaued. Facebook, for translations of its site will be,
misleading and do not have the statements saying that they're Originally posted at The Social example, saw significant growth though presumably they'd pick a
best interests of the users in cracking down on offers that are o v e r s e a s w h e n i t s t a r t e d language that's already spoken by
mind, we will be updating our potentially misleading. l a u n c h i n g u s e r - t r a n s l a t e d many users or one spoken in a
Terms of Use this week to better Could this lead to real industry versions of its site. region where it hopes to make
To better inform the Twittering big inroads. Or they could just be
Job data welcomed as markets await Fed masses, we have gone to the cutesy and launch in Klingon or
(Financial Times - US trouble of plugging the term " fail Pirate.
equities, oil and gold higher and slightly more than the 190,000
homepage) whale" into Google Translate to This post was updated at 10:40
forcing the dollar lower ahead of forecast by analysts, investors
see how you say it in Spanish. p.m. with comment from Biz
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:05:55 AM
an eagerly anticipated welcomed the fact it represented
announcement from the US the smallest number of job losses That didn't go too well with the Stone.
The “great correlation trade” algorithm, so we tried "whale of Originally posted at The Social
Federal Reserve. for the survey since July 2008.
crunched back into gear on failure" and came out with "la
The US-based ADP employment This content has passed through
Wednesday as markets report showed that 203,000 fivefilters.org.
successfully negotiated the day’s private sector jobs were lost in
important batch of data, pushing October. Although this was
30 Tech/ Entertainment/ Internet News Record

Flickr betters its apps, developer Backblaze unveils

showcase online backup for
By Josh Lowensohn
(Webware.com)
also double as a shortcut to
viewing other apps made by that
same developer.
gallery feature.
These things may come in time,
but for now it's already a much
businesses
Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:15:00 PM
Flickr's new "App Garden" as better system than the previous By Don Reisinger costs $5 per computer per month
(Webware.com) for unlimited storage.
It seems like everyone has an the company calls it, is much API services page. Developers
application directory these days, more compact than the services have more of a chance to try to Submitted at 11/3/2009 12:56:00 PM
As compelling as its service
and now Flickr is no exception. directory that came before it. It convince users to give their app a might be, Backblaze is
While not offering up paid third- also adds user interaction to the spin before they ever leave the O n l i n e - b a c k u p c o m p a n y competing in a crowded space.
party services (yet), Flickr on m i x w i t h c o m m e n t s a n d site, and other Flickr users are Backblaze ( Windows| Mac) Both Mozy and Carbonite are
Tuesday unveiled a reworked favoriting.(Credit: CNET) now able to chime in and announced on Tuesday that it has doing a fine job of attracting
services section dubbed the " One area where the new app recommend it, either through the o p e n e d i t s s e r v i c e u p t o customers. But by using a flat
A p p G a r d e n " t h a t b e t t e r system has not permeated just yet new favoriting system, or in the businesses. Backblaze will rate, Backblaze is hoping to set
showcases photo tools, and the is in letting users see what apps comments. Whether Flickr charge companies a flat fee of itself apart from competing
people who have created them. their friends and contacts are decides to make some of this user $50 per computer per year. services that charge based on the
The new apps directory page using. For instance, Flickr's activity a little more public is Backblaze's service mimics amount of data that's uploaded.
manages to squeeze just about as activity feed--which gives Flickr unclear. other, more popular services like Mozy, for example, charges
many applications into a smaller users a bird's eye view of what After the jump: The before and Mozy ( Windows| Mac) and companies a standard fee of
space than the old one did. It also their friends are up to, does not after of the API services menu, Carbonite ( Windows). Users $3.95 plus $0.50 per gigabyte per
gives each app its own page show when a user has favorited and what's now the App Garden. need only to download its month for its service.
where users can add descriptive one of these tools. Users will The old API services page sits uploading software to their While online data storage is
tags and leave feedback in the only be able to see what apps on the left, while the newer, computers and create an account. becoming more commonplace, it
form of comments. In fact, these they themselves have favorited smaller App Garden page is on Once complete, Backblaze starts is still a risk. For its part,
new pages act just like Flickr from within the App Garden, and the right. Click to backing up the contents of the Backblaze said: "Backblaze goes
photo pages, including giving n o t a l o n g s i d e t h e i r p h o t o enlarge.(Credit: CNET) user's computer to its data center. to great lengths to ensure data is
registered users a way to favorite favorites. There is also no way to Originally posted at Web Backblaze backs up all files on safe and to ensure customers are
certain apps, which goes towards create collections of apps you Crawler the computer, except for the happy. While we would certainly
promoting up-and-coming apps like to share with others, as you operating system, temporary give a business a refund if data
higher up in the showcase. They can do with the recently-released files, apps, or files over 4GB in was lost (simply out of good
size. Uploading is encrypted customer service)...we don't
throughout the process and works believe anything can actually
After the Merge: All Hell Breaks with Windows PCs and Intel- cover for the value of the lost
based Macs. data."
Loose on 'Survivor: Samoa' If trouble strikes and a user loses Check out Webware's hands-on
some or all of his files, he can review: " Backblaze: Possibly
(ETonline - Breaking News) Last week, Foa Foa voted out As you can see from the clip, all simply go back to Backblaze's world's easiest online backup"
Submitted at 11/4/2009 12:02:00 AM
Elizabeth Kim, one of the tribe's hell breaks loose, and no one can site and download the required Updated at 1:15 p.m. PST with
strongest women players. But decide who should go home at files. Backblaze already has a comment from Backblaze.
With Foa Foa down to four tribe this week, it won't matter how Tribal Council. Will it be Laura, consumer-oriented service that
members, the merge finally strong the tribe is as, following Shambo or Erik? And will
happens on tonight's episode of the merge, it is every castaway someone tell Erik, who has the
"Survivor: Samoa." for themself. Immunity Idol, and could play it?
Internet News Record
Survey: Less than half of touchscreen users prefer
touchscreen
By Mike Schramm (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 11/4/2009 9:15:00 AM
Filed under: Gaming, Hardware,
Apple, iPhone, iPod touch Here's
a few interesting stats from a
survey recently conducted in
Europe. These aren't specifically
about the iPhone, but given that
smartphones relied on buttons
almost exclusively before Apple's
handheld came along (and
nowadays, everyone's bragging
about their touchscreen
technology), a temperature-
taking on what people think of
touchscreen controls is more or
less a referendum on what people
think of Apple's influence.
At least in France, Germany and
the UK, reactions are mixed.
While 38% of those surveyed say
they were planning to get a
touchscreen on their next mobile
phone, only 47% of people who
already owned a touchscreen said
they would get another one. In
other words, less than half of
touchscreen owners thought
they'd stick with the technology
on their next purchase. Apple
remains an anomaly -- both HTC
Street Chic: Paris
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 4:00:00 AM
Tech/ Fashion/ 31
Reason To Have A
Distinct Ringtone? So
You Can Find Your
Mobile Phone At The
Dump
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 9:55:00 PM
A guy in Aspen accidentally
dropped his mobile phone into
the piles of leaves he was raking
up, and scooped up the phone
and sent it off to the dump... But,
amazingly, he was reunited with
the phone by calling it and
hearing it ring in the piles and
piles of recyclables. Apparently,
it took about half an hour of
dialing/listening/sifting. Of
course, there are times when you
wonder if it wouldn't just be
and Apple have a higher amount of the controls on the iPhone are surprised at all to see future smarter to go get another phone...
of current customers planning to e x t r e m e l y i n t u i t i v e ( y o u iterations of the iPhone include Permalink| Comments| Email
stick with their touchscreen automatically know now that either a few more buttons, or, This Story
interface (with the full numbers pinching equals zooming, and so even better, a few more haptic
being released at a conference on). But as nice as touchscreen is, interface technologies.
later this month), but the fact there are a lot of functions on TUAW Survey: Less than half
remains: current touchscreen mobile phones, from adjusting of touchscreen users prefer
users aren't anywhere near 100% volume or changing music tracks touchscreen originally appeared
on living button-free forever. on a phone out of sight in your on The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Especially as a gamer, that pocket, to hitting exact button (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Nov 2009
m a k e s a l o t o f s e n s e . controls while twitch gaming, 09:15:00 EST. Please see our
Touchscreens are great for a lot that work much better with tactile terms for use of feeds.
of things -- they allow for feedback. Steve, as he always Read| Permalink| Email this|
limitless flexibility in the kinds does, made a big deal about the Comments
of interfaces on offer, and iPhone being a one-button
especially with multi-touch, a lot interface, but I wouldn't be
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iTunes 9.0.2 adds extra home screens Tweetrad.io: Listen to

to app management Twitter Search Results
By Mike Schramm (The should give you some breathing By Jennifer Van Grove
Unofficial Apple Weblog space when dealing with lots and (Mashable!)
(TUAW)) lots of apps. Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:27:41 PM
Submitted at 11/4/2009 8:30:00 AM Speaking of buffers, it would
also be nice to have a "shelf" to Here’s something fun and
Filed under: iTunes, Software store app icons on while you're amusing. We just happened upon
Update, iPhone, iPod touch It's moving them around (you can Tweetrad.io, a site that treats
funny -- when the iPhone App use the bottom 4 apps as a tweets from your Twitter
Store first opened up, the first minishelf, but that's not really searches like tunes on an old
thing I asked for next was a way enough). Maybe you could pile school radio channel, so tweets directly from our nginx web
to manage apps from directly them into different areas on a are read aloud by an automated server as they become available
within iTunes. But when that screen and then drag them in the Twitter DJ as they roll in. via the conversion process.
finally did show up, I was still way you want onto your The site is self-explanatory, as We are trying to decide if this
left unsatisfied for some reason. homescreens. Like I said, it's you can search for tweets, or app has a real use case or if it’s
I ' m n o t s u r e w h y - - a p p nicer. Don't get me wrong, I great that we do finally have an select from the pre-programmed just a fun thing. One of the ideas
management offers drag-and- appreciate that we can manage app management system in channels or trending topics, and we are thinking about is an
drop functionality with your app apps from iTunes, but it just iTunes. But my feeling is that it's listen to the tweets instead of iphone app for keeping up with
icons, and that's about the easiest seems harder than it should be. a l i t t l e t o o m u c h l i k e t h e having to waste the effort of your tweet stream on the go. We
way to organize things across the Fortunately, iTunes 9.0.2 snuck awkward iPhone-based system, actually reading them. It may would love to hear your
home screens. But for me, it still a few updates to the system under especially with large numbers of sound a little a dry in theory, but feedback.”
seems unwieldy somehow -- our radar last week -- you can apps, to be much help. in practice, it’s absolutely We think it’s both fun and
dragging icons onto full pages now put more than 176 apps in TUAW iTunes 9.0.2 adds extra hilarious. potentially practical, though we
stlll creates empty pages, and the organizer, and those will home screens to app management Curious about how this funky don’t have an amazing use case
dragging icons between screens m o v e o n t o g r a y e d - o u t originally appeared on The new Twitter service works? The or business model to serve up
is awkward to me. homescreens. You can still U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g developer posted a description of just yet. We do know, however,
I'm not an interface designer, but access them on the iPhone by (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 it on Hacker News earlier today, that if they release an iPhone app,
having more than one home using Spotlight, but those grayed- 08:30:00 EST. Please see our saying: they’ll have to compete with
screen open at a time seems like out homescreens only serve as a terms for use of feeds. “We use a distributed network of existing apps like Twuner.
it would be nice, and being able buffer to hold your overflow apps Read| Permalink| Email this| converter bots to handle the work Just in case you’re not ready to
to assign my own tags and while you're organizing them. Comments queue. Jobs are placed on the take our word on how awesome
categories to apps (combined Doesn't really help the actual queue via api calls from the it is, we made a short screencast
with an auto-sort function) seems experience of sorting apps, but it javascript client that interacts of Tweetrad.io in action. Check it
with twitter’s search api directly out below.
Cable growth leads Time Warner to boost outlook in order to avoid rate limiting of
a centralized search server. Our
Image from Ian Hayhurst on
Flickr Reviews: Flickr, Hacker
(Financial Times - US cable and films division, even as publishing division in the fourth app server is a lightweight News, Twitter
homepage) it reported a 40 per cent lower net quarter, which continued to face Sinatra service that handles job Tags: radio, tweetrad.io, twitter
Submitted at 11/4/2009 4:28:18 AM
income for the third quarter. steep declines in advertising and queueing. We stream the audio
The owner of People magazine, subscription revenue.
Time Warner raised its profit CNN and the Warner Bros movie This content has passed through
outlook for 2009 boosted by studio said it will take a $100m fivefilters.org.
better than expected results at its charge for restructuring at its
Internet News Record Tech/ 33

Do you fear when you fly? There's Dear Hulu: Stop

an app to help that. Treating Me Like A
By Steven Sande (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
available to owners of the iPhone
and iPod touch.
Virgin Atlantic President Sir
Criminal
Richard Branson provides a By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) like WiTopia is some free
Submitted at 11/3/2009 7:00:00 PM
video introduction, followed by Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:30:52 PM
anonymous proxy -- it's a pay-
Filed under: Software, Odds and video-based explanations of service that has been around for
ends, iPhone, App Store, iPod what's going on at every phase of I mentioned recently that, for ages and is used regularly for
touch Fear of flying is nothing to your flight. There's a built-in some idiotic reason, Hulu has WiFi security purposes. Many of
laugh about. Having a panic FAQ section with answers to stopped letting me view any of its its users are US-based (the
attack while on an airplane, or questions such as "What if all the content. That's because I use company is based in the US, and
not being able to even board a engines fail?", a set of relaxation WiTopia's VPN service for most of its servers are in the US
commercial flight because of exercises, and even a fear attack security reasons. It seems that as well). So, because (gasp!) a
fear, are both more common than button (at right) for those scary plenty of other WiTopia users are small group of people outside the
most people would imagine. One situations that can occur in flight. discovering this, as well, and are US might dare to catch a video
solution is to learn how to relax, Of course, the app can't be run getting annoyed. The issue is (with ads!!), all of Witopia's US
and to become knowledgeable during takeoff and landing when that Hulu wants to block people customers can't watch any
about the sights, sounds, and you're asked to "turn off all from outside the US from content at all? This is the same
feelings of flying. electronic devices," but hopefully viewing its content (for licensing ridiculous content industry
Virgin Atlantic has had an their new knowledge and prove you'll gain enough confidence reasons, even if they're pretty mindset that drives so many
amazing 98% success rate in to themselves that they can fly through using the app prior to pointless in today's world). But, people to unauthorized file
curing fear of flying though its without becoming paralyzed with your flight that you'll be able to for some bizarre reason, it's been sharing: they treat you as a
Flying Without Fear classes. panic. stay calm. decided that anyone who uses criminal first and force you to
These are seminars held any sort of VPN or proxy can't prove you're not (or sometimes,
T o r e a c h a m u c h l a r g e r [via CNET] use Hulu at all because they d o n ' t e v e n l e t y o u p r o v e
throughout the UK that provide audience, Virgin Atlantic has just TUAW Do you fear when you
flight knowledge through a Q&A released the Flying Without Fear fly? There's an app to help that. might be coming from a foreign otherwise). The problem the
session with Virgin Atlantic app [US$4.99, iTunes Link]. originally appeared on The country. I'm sitting here in industry is facing isn't due to
flight crews, followed by a While the app doesn't include a U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g California and Hulu tells me I some guy in Europe catching The
psychology session to make visit from a flight crew or a (TUAW) on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 might be illegally accessing its Colbert Report from across the
attendees aware of what makes psychologist, it's designed to 19:00:00 EST. Please see our content, so it doesn't allow it. So, sea. It comes from turning off
t h e m a f r a i d a n d p r o v i d e make the techniques that have terms for use of feeds. instead, I don't give Hulu any legitimate customers and users
techniques to combat the fear. At been so successful in Virgin Read| Permalink| Email this| additional ad views and I don't who are sick of being treated like
the end of the day, attendees are Atlantic's in-person classes Comments watch the content I wanted to crap.
taken on a short flight to try out watch. How does that help Permalink| Comments| Email
anyone? It appears to make This Story
everyone worse off. And it's not
34 Tech/ Entertainment/
iPhone Is a Horrible Phone? Well, If Victim of Worst Parking
You Look at it That Way…
By Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:19:24 AM
I’m a relatively new iPhone
owner, having had the device
since last summer. And yes, it
was partly because I waited for
Apple to iron out those little bugs
and bring the platform to
maturity.
Surprisingly enough, they did it
when it comes to surfing the web
or using one of the many
available applications, which
make the iPhone one of the best
handheld internet browsing
devices around. Add to that the
fact that it’s one of the best
multimedia players out there, and
it’s enough – for me at least – to
proudly start wearing the fanboy
badge.
But when it comes to the basics
– making phone calls – the
iPhone leaves a lot to be desired.
Cnet UK does a great job at
Cross-Country Killings Kick Off a
'CSI' Trilogy
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 12:01:00 AM
When a woman is killed in Las
Vegas and her body is dumped in
Miami, it launches an
investigation that crosses over
from "CSI: Miami" to "CSI: New
Job Ever Gets a New
Car [Video]
pinpointing nearly all of the
device’s shortcomings, giving it
the title of the “ worst phone in
the world“. Yes, none of the
issues they point out aren’t
particularly new, but from my
experience, and the experience of
many other users I spoke to,
they’re very real, and the sheer
fact that they exist over two years
after the first iPhone was
launched is not only newsworthy:
it’s unbeliavable.
Here’s a short recap of the
lengthy list of iPhone problems:
poor sound (if you don’t position
the phone at that perfect spot),
poor microphone, dropped calls,
York" and wraps on "CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation."
It is one story, but three
episodes. The only constant is
that Ray Langston ( Laurence
Fishburne) moves through all
three episodes, searching for a
young girl taken hostage as part
phone not ringing or reacting to
calls at all, and shoddy battery
life.
I don’t complain about that last
bit; it’s a powerful device, and
yes, it sucks a lot of battery juice.
But I’ve had my share of dropped
calls; calls that get cut in the
middle for no apparent reason;
iPhone getting stuck when you
try to end the call, and yes, the
worst of them all, calls not
getting through at all. Is it my
network? I doubt it; I own two
more phones, and haven’t had
nearly as many problems with
them as I do with the iPhone.
Does the iPhone really deserve
to be crowned the worst phone in
the world? Probably not; it’s a
very harsh title, but when you
look only at the phone-related
functions, there are definitely
important issues which require a
fix. Apple, please take notice.
Tags: apple, CNET, iphone
of a human trafficking operation.
"Young women are killed and
their body parts are strewn all
over the country. That is what
keeps my character on the
move," Fishburne says.
By Jennifer Van Grove
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 7:30:08 PM
Todd Jamison just happens to be
the unfortunate owner of the
crushed 2004 Hyundai Elantra
that played a starring role in a
recent viral YouTube video.
The security footage that was
posted to YouTube highlights
one of the worst parking jobs
ever caught on tape. While the
video is actually quite hilarious,
the reality is that this was a very
real incident that took place on
October 22, 2009 in an Ontario,
Canada parking lot. But one of
the victims of the accident can
thank the viral accident for his
brand new car.
The video in question, included
below, shows a BMW mounting
two parked cars at an Ontario
gym and then driving off without
so much as a courtesy note. The
original video has now amassed
upwards of 1.6 million views,
and the 62 year-old woman
driver has been arrested for
leaving the scene, but Jamison is
out one Hyundai.
Internet News Record
Not so fast, as the fine folks at
Hyundai Canada seized the
opportunity to be the heroes in
this story, and surprised Jamison
with a brand new Hyundai on
October 30, 2009. Of course they
also set out to capture the
moment on film, and that too is
on YouTube, and you can watch
it below.
While there’s no news on what
happened to the other injured car,
we’re pretty confident that
Jamison will now be able to look
back at the YouTube video that
captured his car’s crushing and
laugh.
Thanks to Phillip Jeffery for the
heads up on this great story.
Reviews: YouTube
Tags: Canada, hyundai, viral
video, worst parking job
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Apple's iTunes Affiliates site briefly subjected to image swaps

By Josh Carr (The Unofficial on the page. Since the site is The Internet moves pretty fast, image viewer that appears within post.
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) intended to let websites display a though. As I was typing this, an iframe on a branded page can TUAW Apple's iTunes Affiliates
Submitted at 11/3/2009 8:00:00 PM
custom top banner, this was 'as Apple removed the top banner cause problems; that's what the site briefly subjected to image
designed' -- at least until altogether, preventing the folks at Wired found out last swaps originally appeared on The
Filed under: Hacks, iTunes, jokesters began taking advantage. customized image display. No January, when someone took Unofficial Apple Weblog
Apple Our friends over at OS X The trick works (or at least, it more pranks for us. advantage of their image tool to (TUAW) on Tue, 03 Nov 2009
Daily passed along their story did) by taking the default URL In any case, OS X Daily pointed post a hoax "Steve Jobs had a 20:00:00 EST. Please see our
noting that Apple's site for from the web browser and out that the image issue could heart attack" news story. terms for use of feeds.
iTunes Affiliates was vulnerable replacing a few things like the allow malicious folks to redirect Props to Apple's web Read| Permalink| Email this|
to a cross-site URL trick, letting artist name, album name, album would-be Apple visitors to development team, though, for Comments
you substitute your own images thumbnail source and the image malware sites or other bad taking this down within the ten
for the ones normally displayed link. destinations. Even an innocent minutes it took me to finish the
36 Tech/ Entertainment/ Economy/ Internet News Record

AT&T not happy with Verizon ads: 'Grey's Anatomy''s $25

'There's a lawsuit for that' Million Surgery
By Mel Martin (The Unofficial spokeswoman Nancy Stark said (ETonline - Breaking News) some other kid?"
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) the ads "clearly state" that voice Submitted at 11/4/2009 12:10:00 AM
Will she do the surgery that
Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:30:00 PM
and data services are available could kill the boy, or at best give
outside 3G areas. She said the A $25 million donation to him two more months to live? Or
Filed under: Odds and ends ads were intended to tell Seattle Grace Hospital from the will she reject the money -- and
Stung by some pretty aggressive consumers about coverage for parents of one of Arizona's ( get in trouble with Richard (
advertising by Verizon, AT&T smartphones, which are used for Jessica Capshaw) patients is put James Pickens Jr.) -- and do what
has had enough and is suing the data services. in jeopardy when their child she believes is right?
communications giant for false network coverage outside of If you want to see the ad that takes a turn for the worse, and the Then Richard dumps Izzie's (
and misleading claims. areas where it offers high-speed sparked the lawsuit, click here. father insists that Arizona Katherine Heigl) medical bills on
AT&T says the ads, which show mobile services, known as 3G. [via Engadget] p e r f o r m a l i f e - t h r e a t e n i n g Alex ( Justin Chambers), because
that AT&T has poor 3G coverage But AT&T argued that its TUAW AT&T not happy with surgery on his son. The father she is still MIA and, after all, he
compared to Verizon are causing customers can "fully use their Verizon ads: 'There's a lawsuit angrily confronts her, saying, is her husband.
it to lose "incalculable market wireless devices outside of a '3G' for that' originally appeared on "Do you think I was donating all
share." coverage area and undisputedly The Unofficial Apple Weblog that money for research to save
According to the lawsuit which have coverage in areas depicted (TUAW) on Tue, 03 Nov 2009
AT&T filed in Atlanta federal by white or blank spaces on the 18:30:00 EST. Please see our Republicans
court, a recently broadcast ad m a p s u s e d i n V e r i z o n ' s terms for use of feeds.
campaign shows maps with white advertisements." Read| Permalink| Email this| capture two state
Verizon says the lawsuit has no Comments
spaces that mislead consumers
into thinking AT&T has no merit, and Verizon Wireless governorships
(Financial Times - US
Report: PayPal to unveil in-app payment service homepage)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 10:18:15 PM
By Don Reisinger purchase products from within a developers that are lured by the PayPal, is built into the social
(Webware.com) respective application. social network's size and reach. network. Republicans on Tuesday
The service, which has Sebastien de Halleux, chief With PayPal X, it seems the captured two state governorships,
Submitted at 11/3/2009 10:04:00 AM
reportedly been in limited testing, operating officer of social- online-payment company is including the unseating of the
PayPal is preparing to launch a i s e B a y ' s b e s t h o p e f o r gaming company Playfish, told trying to stay relevant in a market Democratic incumbent in New
n e w p a y m e n t s y s t e m t h a t capitalizing on the burgeoning in- the Journal that his company is that is becoming increasingly Jersey, despite energetic efforts
simplifies the process of buying app payment market, which has trying out Facebook Credits to complex (and crowded). It by President Barack Obama to
products from within an online witnessed Facebook emerge as possibly replace PayPal. He told should be interesting to see if secure him a second term.
application, The Wall Street o n e o f P a y P a l ' s s t r o n g e s t the Journal that Facebook's PayPal X can help PayPal stay Chris Christie, a former US
Journal is reporting. competitors. service "can create a lot of value relevant--and compete with attorney, defeated Democratic
According to the report, the new According to The Wall Street by reducing friction and allowing Facebook. incumbent Jon Corzine in the
service will be called PayPal X. Journal, Facebook's in-app many more people to spend New Jersey race. Earlier on
It will allow users to sign in to currency, Facebook Credits, is money." It also helps that Tuesday, Bob McDonnell beat
t h e i r P a y P a l a c c o u n t s a n d now being considered by many Facebook's system, unlike Creigh Deeds, his Democratic
rival, in Virginia.
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Microsoft Redesigns MSN, Adds Blondes, Bling & Backstabbing!

The New Season of 'The Real
Twitter and Facebook Housewives of Orange County'!
By Ben Parr (Mashable!) will be staggered over weeks, not
hours. Still, we’re fans of what (ETonline - Breaking News) their fill of the pumped-up drama
Submitted at 11/4/2009 12:03:05 AM
Microsoft has created. They Submitted at 11/4/2009 3:49:00 AM
from Tamra, Lynne, Vicki,
Earlier tonight, Microsoft couldn’t leave it in the form of Gretchen, and new housewife,
unveiled the redesign to its the cluttered mess it is currently Don't you wish they all could be Alexis, the 32-year-old mom-of-
MSN.com web portal. The new and expect to keep relevant. California girls? Then you are in three with the rockin' bod! Some
look is far more minimalistic MSN.com is still one of the luck because the sun-loving, Cali more big changes are in store for
than its predecessor, increases its world’s most visited websites in girls of "The Real Housewives of the girls this season as they bid
integration with Bing, and adds a the world (80-100 million U.S. Orange County" are back and farewell to longtime housewife
social layer to the aging (but still MSN: visitors per month alone, better than ever! Jeana Keough.
highly popular) Internet gateway. The new design has far less according to Compete), so any The pampered O.C. princesses Tune in to Bravo Thursday,
A preview of the new MSN.com clutter and far more aesthetic change to it is huge and could are on the prowl for steamy Nov. 5 at 10 p.m. to see how the
can be found here. appeal. It focuses on video, shift the balance of the web in suburban drama on the fifth gals duke it out SoCal style!
The best way to explain the new importing your social media Bing’s favor. We’ll have to wait season premiere of Bravo's hit
changes to the Microsoft start s t r e a m s , a n d l o c a l i z e d and see what effect, if any, this show. Fans of the show will get
page is to show you a before and customization. Even the iconic change has on either MSN or
after comparison. First, here’s MSN butterfly got upgraded. It Bing’s traffic numbers. Reviews:
the before shot, as MSN.com is dramatically different than the Bing
stands today: current MSN, which is probably Tags: bing, facebook, microsoft,
And here is the new, redesign why the rollout of this update msn, twitter

A look at Apple's iPod touch-based EasyPay

Get your thinking
system caps on, MacHeist
By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial given AppleInsider an exclusive It looks like a clever device. If
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) look at the thing, and it's pretty you see one in the store (or if you 4 is about to begin
cool (that is, if retail hardware is use one), tell us what you can.
Submitted at 11/4/2009 2:30:00 AM By Kevin Harter (The
your bag). It's an iPod touch with [Via The Apple Blog] Unofficial Apple Weblog
Filed under: Hardware, Retail, a magnetic stripe reader, a TUAW A look at Apple's iPod (TUAW))
iPod touch Last week, we learned barcode scanner and Apple's touch-based EasyPay system
that Apple would be revamping proprietary payment-processing originally appeared on The Submitted at 11/4/2009 7:45:00 AM

some US retail stores, including a software. The iPod rests inside Unofficial Apple Weblog
new iPod touch-based point-of- what AppleInsider calls a "slip- (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Filed under: Software, Deals
sale (POS) system. A new on shell" that plugs into the dock the devices to accept purchases Software bundles seem to be all
02:30:00 EST. Please see our
scanner accessory allows Apple connector; it includes its own made with credit cards, debit the rage nowadays, but in my
terms for use of feeds.
to replace the old Windows CE- b a t t e r y t o p o w e r t h e t w o cards and cash; they can even humble opinion, MacHeist is still
Read| Permalink| Email this|
based sales handhelds. scanning peripherals. make returns and activate a new Comments the best. It doesn't just lump a
Gary Allen of ifoAppleStore has Apple Store employees will use iPhone. bunch of apps together for
GET page 38
38 Tech/ Tech Tips/
Apple Holds Entire
Beatles Catalog. No,
Not That Apple.
By Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 2:50:42 AM
Although it made us remember
the decades long legal dispute
between Apple Inc. and Apple
Corps, settled in February 2007.,
this apple doesn’t have anything
to do with Apple, the computer
company (although we reckon
that Apple Inc. won’t be
particularly fond of this release).
We’re talking about a limited
edition USB containing
remastered Beatles songs and
other goodies, shaped like an
apple. There will only be 30,000
of these, so if you want one, line
up for the release date on
December 7 (December 8 in
North America).
Here’s what the package
contains: “re-mastered audio for
The Beatles’ 14 stereo titles, as
GET
continued from page 37
special price, but instead, it turns
getting a discount into a game.
As a recent Mac switcher, I was
utterly confused by MacHeist 3,
the first edition in which I
participated. Someone told me to
check out the MacHeist bundle,
so I went to the web site to see
what applications it contained.
But the site didn't tell me. It soon
Internet News Record
Motorola Droid’s New
“Stealth” Commercial
[Video] Flickr Opens an App
By Ben Parr (Mashable!)
Garden Full of Photo
Submitted at 11/3/2009 11:24:52 PM
Tools [Photos]
Ever since Motorola revealed its
new Droid phone through its By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Droid Does campaign, the buzz Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:30:00 AM
surrounding the Google Android-
based smartphone has been There are a whole lot of mobile,
accelerating. Whether it’s the desktop, and helper apps tied to
well as all of the re-mastered promise of a worthy competitor the jets, the falling bomb-like Flickr. The team at the photo
CDs’ visual elements, including to the iPhone or just the nifty c a p s u l e s , o r t h e a p p a r e n t sharing service decided to make
13 mini-documentary films about commercials, something has been sentience of Droid, but it’s those apps easier to find and
the studio albums, replicated feeding the Droid hype machine. probably best for you to take a install by opening a free "App
original UK album art, rare Now the Droid campaign is look for yourselves and for you Garden" to everyone.
photos and expanded liner about to add another head- to be your own judge. Let us Like you might expect, the App
notes.” scratching, eye-popping know what you think of the Garden is an uncluttered, keen-
When you plug the USB into commercial to its line-up. The commercial in the comments. looking showcase for the efforts
your computer, a Flash interface minute-long spot, obtained by Disclosure: Motorola is currently of Flickr-happy developers and
will pop up for easy navigation. Boy Genius Report, continues to a sponsor of Mashable’s Open companies that have made it easy
to download and upload photos
It’s compatible with PC and Mac, play off themes from the Droid Web Awards.
and if the price of 279 bucks Does commercial, but takes its Tags: android, droid, Google, t o t h e s e r v i c e f r o m m a n y
sounds OK to you, you can message to apocalyptic levels M o t o r o l a , m o t o r o l a d r o i d , platforms. Apps are tagged by
preorder it here. (no, really). trending, verizon, verizon droid developers, making it fairly easy
While we could try to explain to find, say, a desktop Mac
Tags: apple, Beatles
uploader or Android-based tool.
To help users stumble across
great apps, Flickr has also started
tagging photos with the tools
became clear that I was going to the way), as there are always 07:45:00 EST. Please see our they were uploaded with, with a
have to work for my software! some real gems to be found. terms for use of feeds. link back to that app in the
The whole idea, if you're not Continue reading Get your Read| Permalink| Email this| Garden. Share some of your
familiar with MacHeist, is that thinking caps on, MacHeist 4 is Comments favorite Flickr app finds in the
you need to complete a series of about to begin comments, and read up on
challenges, labeled "heists," in TUAW Get your thinking caps Flickr's API if you're interested in
order to get free software. Yes, on, MacHeist 4 is about to begin developing an app yourself. The
free. As in what lunches aren't. originally appeared on The App Garden[Flickr via Flickr
And the software isn't anything to Unofficial Apple Weblog Blog]
sneeze at (neither are lunches, by (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Nov 2009
Internet News Record Tech/ Politics/ Tech Tips/ 39

PayPal’s President on Stuck in the Middle of

the Future of PayPal the Political Goo
(Little Green Footballs)
[Video Interview] Submitted at 11/3/2009 7:10:11 PM
liberal enemies and to organize
hateful anti-Obama rallies.
Although there is a groundswell
By Ben Parr (Mashable!) Hot Air may have put me in their of far right tea party and Beck- How Do You Like
Submitted at 11/4/2009 12:34:52 AM “Left Channels,” but Think inspired candidates running for
Progress still categorizes me as a o f f i c e i n 2 0 1 0 , v e r y f e w Ubuntu 9.10 So
PayPal has been rather busy
recently. Yesterday at the PayPal
“conservative” blogger: Think R e p u b l i c a n s r u n n i n g f o r
P r o g r e s s » D o u g H o f f m a n Congress or Governor have
Far? [Reader Poll]
Innovate 09 conference, the eBay Praises Glenn Beck As His signed the 9/12 pledge. Noting By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
subsidiary launched PayPal X, its ‘Mentor’. that he signed a document Submitted at 11/4/2009 4:30:00 AM
platform for third party Conservative blogger Charles pledging his “sacred honor” to
developers to integrate payment Johnson of the site Little Green uphold Beck’s list of values and Karmic Koala has been out for
services into their own apps. It performed a short interview Footballs reported yesterday that principles, Johnson aptly deems the better part of a week, so
also addressed its growing global discussing the new APIs, the Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Hoffman “The Glenn Beck everyone's been able to check out
base by adding support for new ideas he has heard from attending Party candidate in the NY-23 candidate.” what's new and complain about
currencies, bringing the total d e v e l o p e r s , a n d m o s t special election, signed a pledge Right-wing bloggers have been wireless drivers. Now that you've
supported up to 24. importantly, where he believes to uphold Glenn Beck’s 9/12 apoplectic at Johnson for daring tried it out, what do you think of
With so much happening over at PayPal will be a year and five Project principles in Congress. to observe the fact that Hoffman the Linux OS?
PayPal, we thought it would be years from now. He even put up The signed pledge is available has been bowing to an extremist How Do You Like Ubuntu 9.10,
a p p r o p r i a t e t o g e t s o m e with my two “last questions.” online, and Hoffman touts his like Beck. They have written that Karmic Koala, So Far?( trends)
additional details on the new (I’m sorry about that, Scott!) endorsement from the 9/12 Johnson must “hate America” If you answered "Other," or
PayPal X platform, as well as The full video interview is organization on his website. Like a n d i s “ i n f u s e d w i t h you've got a few key gripes about
find out more about the direction below: the lobbyist-planned tea parties, D e r a n g e m e n t S y n d r o m e . ” the free operating system, tell us
that PayPal is going. That’s why Tags: ebay, interview, paypal, the 9/12 Project is a creation of what's imperfect about it, and
I pulled aside Scott Thompson, Scott Thompson Beck, used to go after Beck’s what's greatly improved, in the
the President of PayPal, and comments. If you're feeling up
for the comparison, here's what
Far Right Activists on the Rise our readers thought of Windows
7 after a few days of use.
(Little Green Footballs) the reelection of Barack Obama Conservatives and tea party efforts pushed GOP nominee
Submitted at 11/3/2009 9:40:21 AM
with their extreme rhetoric and activists had already set their Dede Scozzafava to drop out of
agenda: Uncivil War: sights on some of the GOP’s top the race and helped Conservative
Politico has a piece on the rise of Conservatives to challenge a Senate recruits — a list that Party nominee Doug Hoffman
what they’re calling dozen GOP candidates. includes Gov. Charlie Crist in surge into the lead on the eve of
“conservatives,” but what I In what could be a nightmare Florida, former Rep. Rob Election Day, has generated more
would call the “far right” — the scenario for Republican Party Simmons in Connecticut and money and enthusiasm than
surging tea party-spawned officials, conservative activists Rep. Mark Kirk in Illinois, organizers ever imagined.
candidates who are going to are gearing up to challenge among others.
make life miserable for the leading GOP candidates in more But their success in Tuesday’s
Republican Party (not that they than a dozen key House and upstate New York special
don’t deserve it), and guarantee Senate races in 2010. election, where grass-roots
40 Politics/ Tech Tips/ Economy/ Internet News Record

Police Called to NY-23 OmniDiskSweeper Helps You Easily

Polling Places Reclaim Disk Space [Downloads]
(Little Green Footballs) voters,” said O’Neill, a St. By Whitson Gordon
Submitted at 11/3/2009 11:37:14 AM
Lawrence native who has been (Lifehacker)
running the party’s GOTV effort Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:00:00 PM
The New York Daily News is for Bill Owens in NY-23.
reporting disturbances at some “ A p p a r e n t l y , t h e r e ’ s s o m e
Mac only: We've all experienced
polling stations, apparently from w o m a n c l a i m i n g t o b e a full hard drives, but divining
anti-abortion “activists” who c o m m i s s i o n e r , ” O ’ N e i l l where all your hard drive space
support Doug Hoffman: Police continued. “Commissioner of has gone is never easy. Freeware
Called To NY-23 Polling Sites. what, I don’t know. She’s from program OmniDiskSweeper
I just got off the phone with Texas, I think, and she won’t easily shows you which files and
f o r m e r s t a t e D e m o c r a t i c leave.” folders are taking up space so
Chairwoman June O’Neill, who “This is not the way we roll in you can free it up.
informed me the police had been the North Country.” We've featured a few disk space
called to at least two polling sites utilities for Mac already, most
O’Neill also said she had
in St. Lawrence County due to received anecdotal reports of notably previously mentioned
o v e r z e a l o u s e l e c t i o n e e r i n g problems at polling sites in
GrandPerspective and Disk
(O’Neill called it “voter G o u v e r n e u r , w h i c h i s Inventory X, but
intimidation”) by Doug Hoffman A s s e m b l y w o m a n D e d e OmniDiskSweeper is different.
supporters.“We’ve gotten reports Scozzafava’s hometown. But she There are no graphical
that people are standing there, couldn’t immediately confirm representations, no multiple
covered with Hoffman stickers this. windows to sort through, just an
and yelling anti-choice stuff at organized list of the biggest will also let you know if something that is fast and simple,
folders on your hard drive. something is a system file or you can't go wrong with
German unions to strike When you first start it up, you
choose which disk you want it to
folder, so you don't delete
anything important.
OmniDiskSweeper. And, along
with many other utilities offered
scan, and when it's done it shows
over GM U-turn you a column view of every
accessible folder and file on that
It's a bit simpler than the
aforementioned utilities, but it's
also a bit faster. In the end,
by The Omni Group,
OmniDiskSweeper is now free,
so there's no reason not to give it
(Financial Times - US g o v e r n m e n t a n d u n i o n s drive, organized and color coded
homepage) vociferously denounced the by size. You can delete the space choosing the best tool for the job a whirl.
move, while workers in the UK -eating files and folders right all depends on what you need; if OmniDiskSweeper is a free
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:16:52 AM
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German unions will start a series Russian prime minister Vladimir recalculate the sizes right then type, perhaps Disk Inventory X is OmniDiskSweeper[via A Whole
of warning strikes on Thursday in Putin said Magna and Sberbank – and there for you. (Note: If you for you. If you need a more in- Lotta Nothing]
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abandon its sale to Canada’s the situation, according to a immediately deleted.) The app choice. But if you want
Magna and Sberbank of Russia. spokesman.
GM’s surprise step late on This content has passed through
Tuesday caused a schism across fivefilters.org.
Europe as the German
Internet News Record
What's Your Main
Operating System?
[Reader Poll]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:00:00 PM
Windows 7 has only been out for
about two weeks now, but
statistics web site StatCounter
reports that Windows 7's OS
market share reached roughly
three percent by the end of
October. So what operating
system are you using?
We already know that a good 70
percent of Lifehacker readers
using Windows have likely
already upgraded to Windows 7
(or so you said before its launch),
so now we're just checking back
in to to see how our crowd of
early adopters match up to the
entire OS ecosystem in general.
(Hell, in May, 35 percent of our
Windows users were already
using Windows 7 as their
primary OS.) I'm using the same
OS splits StatCounter uses (XP,
Vista, Win7, OS X, and Linux),
since presumably it's the most
accurate separations in terms of
significant popularity. So:
What's Your Main Operating
System?( answers)
Give us the details for why
you're using your operating
s y s t e m o f c h o i c e i n t h e By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
comments. Top 5 Operating Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:00:00 PM
Systems from W42 to
W44[StatCounter via Mashable] Unlock your iPhone for non-
Remains of the Day: iPhone
Carrier Unlocking Edition
[For What It's Worth]
AT&T carriers, take a look at 60
Minutes' film industry
propaganda, and try out Firefox
3.6 beta without losing your
stable 3.5 installation.
• blacksn0w is live Blackra1n
jailbreaks your iPhone 3.1.2 on
Windows or Mac, and now
there's blacksn0w, a tool to
unlock your 3.1.2 iPhone 3G or
3GS for other carriers with ease.
[via Gizmodo]
• 60 Minutes Puts Forth
Laughable, Factually Incorrect
MPAA Propaganda On Movie
Piracy Remember how VCRs
destroyed the film industry? Oh
wait. [Techdirt]
• Mozilla Firefox, Portable
Edition 3.6 Beta 1 Want to try
out Firefox 3.6 beta but don't
want to lose your stable Firefox
3.5 installation? Grab the
portable release. [PortableApps]
• X11 Chrome Reportedly
Outperforms Windows and Mac
Versions Apparently Linux may
actually be the fastest OS for the
Chrome browser—which kind of
makes sense, since Chrome OS
will be based on a Linux kernel.
[Slashdot]
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Gmail Prematurely
Marking Some
Messages as Read
[Inboxes]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:10:00 AM
Bloggers, Twitter users, and
TechCrunch are reporting that
certain Gmail accounts are
marking incoming messages as
"read" upon delivery, leaving
inboxes apparently, falsely
empty. Google's Apps Dashboard
isn't reporting any problems as of
this post, but a blogger reports
the problem as IMAP-related,
and offers this advice for IMAP
users: " ... set the PEEK mode to
TRUE if you get an (e)mail's
BODY from Gmail." If you've
experienced this issue yourself,
and maybe verified a fix for it,
share it with your fellow Gmail
users in the comments.
42 Tech Tips/ Tech News/ Entertainment/ Internet News Record

Yammer Goes Deep: 50,000

Networks Up and Running
By Alex Williams application. But Yammer says
(ReadWriteWeb) with the average about 25 to 50 they get feedback from clients
Submitted at 11/3/2009 11:45:56 PM people per network. He declined who want the Yammer service to
to provide details about the go deeper. They prefer Yammer's
Yammer came to the market number of paying clients but said singular focus.
w i t h o n e o f t h e f i r s t they are showing revenues. But if For Yammer, that means deeper
microblogging services. In the you did the math, it could be active directory integration and
span of their existence, a number extrapolated that Yammer has fits into enterprise SaaS
of companies launched their own 1.25 to 2.5 million customers. applications around sales and
versions of an activity stream. Hoe many of those are paying for customer service use cases. That
But Yammer looks like they have the Yammer service? would make sense. Applications
the customers to prove they have You look around the Enterprise of all varieties are integrating
a hold on their sector of the 2.0 conference and it becomes into Salesforce.com. For
market. apparent that microblogging is Yammer, Sharepoint integration
Sponsor the hot feature for companies on makes sense, too. By acting as a
Allmyapps Bulk-Installs Your At today's Enterprise 2.0 the exhibit floor.
conference, Yammer announced A few of these companies started
one point product, a company
like Yammer can be flexible in
Favorite Apps to Make System that 50,000 networks have been as wiki providers. They added
established with its service. We microblogging, which helped
where it integrates.
Here's an interview with
Rebuilding Less Painful [Installation] asked Yammer's Steve Apfelberg diversify their products. It's a Apfelberg and a demo of the
By Jason Fitzpatrick what the size of these networks strategy that works when larger Yammer service:
You don't have to install
(Lifehacker) look like. He said they run from a c l i e n t s w a n t a n a l l - i n - o n e Discuss
immediately after building your
few people to a few thousand,
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:30:00 AM
list, you can save your list for
later installation. Check out the
Windows/Linux: One of the v i d e o b e l o w t o s e e h o w
most irritating things about A l l m y a p p s w o r k s :
Two More Celebs Sent Packing on
reinstalling your operating For another great time-saving
system is installing all the non- bulk installation tool, check out
O S a p p l i c a t i o n s y o u l o v e . previously reviewed Ninite. Have
'Dancing with the Stars'
(ETonline - Breaking News) Anna Demidova were the first way passed Aaron Carter and
Allmyapps lets you select all a way to get your favorite apps
duo booted on Tuesday night Karina Smirnoff's jive in an
your favorite apps and roll them installed quickly? Let's hear Submitted at 11/3/2009 10:00:00 PM
after receiving the lowest elimination dance-off. But the
into a bulk installer to make about it in the comments.
NFL great Michael Irvin and combined total of judges' scores judges, despite giving both duos
rebuilding easy. Appmyapps is a free web-based "Iron Chef America" host Mark and viewer votes. The former rave reviews, unanimously voted
At Allmyapps you can browse service and provides bulk-
Dacascos became the next two football star thanked his fans and to keep Aaron and Karina
over a hundred of popular installation on both Windows and celebs to get ousted on "Dancing Anna. around.
applications in a dozen categories Ubuntu Linux. Allmyapps[via
with the Stars"! Then, Mark and Lacey
t o b u i l d a m a s t e r l i s t o f MakeUseOf]
Michael and his pro partner Schwimmer tried to cha cha their
applications you want to install.
Internet News Record
Amazon Turns Twitter into a Marketplace - Are You
Concerned?
By Sarah Perez
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:20:28 AM
Last night, Amazon sent out
emails to their Amazon
Associates members touting the
latest addition to the company's
affiliate program: a new feature
called "Share with Twitter."
According to the email,
participants can generate
"tweetable" links to any Amazon
product after first logging into
their Associates account. By
clicking on the "Share with
Twitter" button from any
Amazon product details page,
members are delivered to the
Twitter.com website. Here, a
shortened link and a bit of auto-
populated text are automatically
filled in for them in Twitter's
"What are you doing?" text box.
The included text can be edited to
say whatever they want before
posting or they can choose to just
post as is. After updating Twitter,
any person who clicks through on
the link and makes a purchase
will earn the participant referral
fees payable through the
Associates program.
Sponsor
Amazon Associates is Amazon's
affiliate program whose original
purpose was to help website
owners generate links and banner
advertisements which they could
embed on their sites in order to
generate additional income. The
links could be text, images, or
combinations of both while the
banners were always full-color
ads branded with Amazon.com's
logo. For the most part, these
sorts of advertisements are
relatively easy to spot on
participating blogs and websites.
Save for the image links, which
are just a picture of a product,
everything else is clearly some
sort of standard ad referring you
to a particular product or service
provided by Amazon.
The new Twitter links, however,
are a whole new story. If an
Amazon Associates member
takes the time to re-write the text
into their own words, there's
virtually no way to know by
looking at the post that the
Twitter update is actually an ad.
Is Amazon Spamming Twitter?
In the past, several legitimate
companies have diluted the
Twitter stream with promotions
and contests encouraging Twitter
users to "tweet to win" so to
speak, by pasting in some sort of
marketing message into the
"What are you doing?" box or by
appending a promotional hashtag
to their everyday messages. But
unlike these company-run
Twitter promotions, there's not a
hashtag to use or any specific
wording that has to be tweeted in
order to participate in the
Amazon Affiliate program. All
anyone has to do is tweet links
along with the message of their
choosing.
Because Amazon's marketplace
is extensive in terms of the
products it sells, there's a wide
variety of things which can be
promoted. No matter what a
Twitterer's particular interest is:
music, politics, technology, etc.,
there's bound to be hundreds of
things that could be mentioned in
their Twitter stream without the
posts appearing to be an ad. In
fact, there's a good possibility
that they would have been talking
about these products anyway
throughout the course of the
day...they just couldn't have
made any money off of them
until now. Hidden
Advertisements
The problem with this sort of
"hidden" advertising, though, is
exactly that: it's hidden. This is
the internet's version of "product
placement" - subtle advertising in
plain sight yet never clearly
identified as such. Was your
favorite TV star using a
Macbook? Was he drinking a
Coke? Already commonplace in
Hollywood, these almost
subliminal advertising messages
permeate our consciousness
every time we turn on the TV.
Now that same sort of hidden ad
will soon show up in the Twitter
streams of your favorite tweeters.
Soon they'll start promoting a
great book they just read, a DVD
they liked, or one of a million
other things pulled out of
Amazon's vast inventory. None
of it will sound out of place given
the types of informal
conversations that take place on
Twitter every day. You won't
even know that they're
advertising to you until you click
through on the link and find
yourself on an Amazon.com
webpage - and even then, you
may not be sure. Was that a
referral or were they genuinely
just linking to the Amazon
website to be helpful?
Will the FTC Step In?
Another question this raises, at
least here in the U.S., is whether
or not the FTC will get involved.
Having recently taken steps to
make sure that bloggers were
properly disclosing freebies or
payments received by companies
whose products were being
reviewed on their sites, one has
to wonder if they'll now be
tempted to monitor the
undisclosed advertising that's
about to explode on Twitter.
Amazon could have avoided the
potential threat of government
involvement (not to mention the
accusations that they're
"spamming Twitter") by
generating their links using their
own proprietary URL-shortening
system, something like
amzn.com or amz.com for
example. That would clearly
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identify the tweets' purpose. But
instead, they opted to make their
links with the URL shortener
bit.ly, the one that Twitter itself
uses by default. This makes the
Amazon links indistinguishable
at a glance from any other
shortened link posted to Twitter.
There's no way to tell if a tweet is
an ad unless the Twitter user left
Amazon's auto-generated text in
place. Of course, no one is going
to use that text except the laziest
of Twitter spammers - people
you're already avoiding. Tell
Amazon What You Think with
#AMZNSOT
Today, many Twitter users are
coming out against this new type
of Twitter-fueled advertising,
registering their complaints via
tweets marked with
the#AMZNSOT hashtag, the
official tag used to give Amazon
feedback about the system. These
users are already branding this
new effort spam, saying things
like:"Amazon now gives you
cash for spamming on Twitter?
Oh, swell," as Twitter user
TwitBin says."Does this just
mean more Twitter spam as
people try to make money?" asks
NickHerbert. But there are just as
many Twitter users saying nice
things about the new system too,
calling it "cool," "awesome,"
"sweet," and even claiming it
"rocks."
AMAZON page 45
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U.S/International Copyright Treaty Leaked, Trouble Ahead for
ISPs & Users
By Jolie O'Dell
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 11:12:55 PM
According to once-secret, now-
leaked sections of the new,
plurilateral Anti-Counterfeiting
Trade Agreement, global Internet
users and ISPs might be in for a
world of hurt in the near future.
A U.S.-drafted chapter on
Internet use would require ISPs
to police user-generated content,
to cut off Internet access for
copyright violators, and to
remove content that is accused of
copyright violation without any
proof of actual violation. The
chapter also completely prohibits
DRM workarounds, even for
archiving or retrieving one's own
work. Read on for details and
implications.
Sponsor
The U.S. drafted this chapter
under the strictest measures to
ensure secrecy. Only 42 specific
persons - such as representatives
of Google, Intel, Verizon, Time
Warner, Sony, News Corp, eBay,
the MPAA, and the RIAA - were
given access to the document
under nondisclosure agreements:
a corporate cabal hand-selected
to help review the text of the
final agreement. The politicians
involved in creating the
document are also heavily funded
by entertainment, media, and IP
corporations such as Sony, Time
Warner, News Corp, and Disney.
As with other sections of the
treaty, portions of this element
have been leaked online. As it
stands, the leaks suggest Internet
users around the world are
headed for a new regime of IP
enforcement - a culture of
invasive searches, minimal
privacy, guilt until innocence is
proven, and measures that would
kill our normative behaviors of
file-sharing, free software, media
downloading, creative remixing,
and even certain civil liberties.
Allegedly modeled on sections
of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade
Agreement, the treaty would
require ISPs to police user
activity for possible copyright
violation, and ISPs would be held
responsible for any infringing
content being uploaded or
downloaded. This all spells a
huge boon to the established
entertainment industry and a
huge burder for ISPs.
"In order for ISPs to qualify for a
safe harbor," writes Michael
Geist, who has published the
substance of the leaked material,
"they would be required establish
policies to deter unauthorized
storage and transmission of IP
infringing content. Provisions...
include policies to terminate
subscribers in appropriate
circumstances." That means a
three-strikes rule would apply to
anyone who was accused of
violating copyright in any way;
ISPs would be required to
terminate the user's account after
three complaints from the content
owner. For something as
culturally accepted as
downloading music, a user's
entire household could be cut off
from the Internet and access to
information, communication,
personal account management, et
cetera.
Geist continues, "Notice-and-
takedown, which is not currently
the law in Canada nor a
requirement under WIPO, would
also be an ACTA requirement."
In other words, whether or not a
piece of content or media violates
copyright would be arbitrary; the
content would be removed by the
ISP as soon as a takedown notice
was issued. The takedown would
be enforced regardless of
considerations such as fair use.
This policy, which mirrors the
DMCA, would be enforced for
all nations participating in the
treaty.
Finally, the treaty includes a ban
on circumventing DRM and
other copyright-protecting
measures in hardware and
software, as well as a ban on the
manufacture, import and
distribution of circumvention
tools. Again, this ban is
irrespective of circumstance or
content ownership and is
inflexible.
Our friends at the Electronic
Frontier Foundation, arbiters of
freer use of copyrighted material,
have this to say: U.S. negotiators
are seeking policies that will
harm the U.S. technology
industry and citizens across the
globe. Three Strikes/ Graduated
Response is the top priority of
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the entertainment industry... The
ACTA text appears to leave the
door open for major changes to
the existing national Internet
intermediary liability regimes
that have been the global status
quo since the mid 1990s, and
which have underpinned both
tremendous Internet innovation,
and citizens' online freedom of
expression and the rich world of
user generated content that we
take for granted today.
European citizens should also be
concerned and indignant. As
reported, the ACTA Internet
provisions would also appear to
be inconsistent with the EU
eCommerce Directive and
existing national law...
Are international treaties
governing Internet content and
intellectual property even
necessary? Insofar as they fly in
the face of normative cultural
practices and contradict or
tighten existing national laws, we
find these suggested measures
inflexible and unrealistic. But
whether they become reality and
shape the landscape of the
Internet-to-come remains to be
seen. Discuss
Internet News Record
The New MSN: Will More White Space and
Local News Make You Visit It?
By Frederic Lardinois
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 9:01:00 PM
Microsoft just announced a
radical redesign of its MSN
homepage. Today's MSN
homepage for the US market is a
busy mix of ads, hundreds of
links and some customizable
local news and weather widgets.
The redesign, which is MSN's
first major redesign since 2004,
puts a new emphasis on search,
local news, video and integration
with social networks. The new
page features more white space, a
tabbed design and a new MSN
logo.
Sponsor
In the US, MSN is one of the top
5 most visited sites on the net
with about 100 million visitors
per month. According to
Microsoft, the MSN homepage is
the #1 homepage in 26 markets.
This is the first major redesign of
MSN since Microsoft introduced
the current look in 2004.
The company plans to roll this
redesign out slowly over the next
few weeks - though all users will
be able to switch to the new site
through a link on the old
homepage.
Fewer Links - Less Clutter
To make the site less busy,
Microsoft has reduced the
number of links by 50%. In the
old design, the categories were
organized in dozens of boxes.
This gave the page a very busy
look. Microsoft now uses tabs
that give the site a more modern
look and which also reduce
clutter.
The new MSN puts a lot of
emphasis on search. The new
new homepage doesn't just
feature a Bing search box on the
top. The new MSN has another
search box at the bottom of the
page and Microsoft also
integrated Bing shopping and
travel search in other sections of
the site. MSN Users Don't Want
Customization
When we talked to Lisa Gurry,
Microsoft's senior director of
MSN, she told us that only a very
small number of MSN's users
actually wanted to spend a lot of
time customizing the site.
Because of this, the MSN team
decided to automate this
customization as much as
possible through a reverse IP
lookup. Through this, the
homepage automatically displays
local news and weather reports
based on a user's location. Those
users who want to customize
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continued from page 43
You can give Amazon your two
cents as well by updating Twitter
with your thoughts and including
interesting if the MSN team just the #AMZNSOT hashtag along
added a few features. MSN is with your message.
obviously trying to attract Whether you think the new
mainstream users who don't Amazon Twitter integration is
follow thousands of Twitter good or bad, there's no doubt that
u s e r s , b u t e v e n t h e m o s t it will be a major game changer
for Twitter. Blurring the lines
t h e i r M S N e x p e r i e n c e mainstream Twitter user expects
to see a reply button in a Twitter between conversation and ads,
extensively can continue to use
client. AOL's homepage allows people seem to think that
the MyMSN homepage. Flawed
Amazon has either created
Execution: Facebook and Twitter users to reply right from the
Twitter widget. Local News something of genius or has
Integration
The new site now puts a lot of ruined Twitter as we know it. No
Microsoft also added some new
one seems to be undecided when
social networking functionality to emphasis on local news. The new
local edition features extended it comes their feelings about this
the MSN homepage. Users can
weather reports, movie times, issue. The question is now:
now track updates from their
which side will end up being in
friends on Twitter, Facebook and concerts, restaurant reviews and
information about local gas the majority? Discuss
Windows Live. MSN's users can
also send status updates right prices. For restaurant reviews,
f r o m t h e M S N h o m e p a g e . Microsoft takes users to Bing's
According to Microsoft, 52% of local search.
MSN users are on Facebook and Radical Change
14% are on Twitter. The new design is a radical
A few key features are missing departure from the old MSN and
from the Twitter integration, some users who were accustomed
though. There is no character to the old site will surely feel
count, for example, and no easy disoriented when they wake up to
way to shrink URLs. There is the new design.
also no way to see or send direct Among the large homepages like
messages or @replies. Yahoo and AOL, the new MSN
While the Facebook widget at now sports the most modern
least features a 'comment' link, look. This is not a highly
users are still taken to Facebook's customizable, Netvibes-style
own site to write their comments. homepage, but MSN's users
Overall, the social network aren't asking for this. Discuss
integration could be a lot more
46 Tech News/ Internet News Record

Flickr Sprouts App Garden: Five Cool Apps We Discovered

By Jolie O'Dell
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 1:28:05 AM

Flickr, the ever-more-popular

photo-sharing service, has a five-
year history of apps built on its
API. From the interesting to the
useful to the pretty to the
downright silly, these
applications make up a colorful
and varied ecosystem around the
service itself.
Flickr has organized these third-
party apps into a " garden,"
complete with user favorites,
tags, descriptions, and
screenshots. The App Garden
represents a significant evolution
from the former "services"
section on the user side, and the
revamp includes new features for
developers, who can now use the
Garden as a tool to help users
discover their products. Read on link to a website, set screenshots, user's blog, Delicious, or email. Suggestify until the photo owner certain tags. Flickriver Surfaces
for details and a few spotlighted and add tags. When you're ready, Flickr For Busy People Speeds approves or rejects the Interesting Photos
Flickr apps we thought were fun. change the privacy setting to Up Skimming suggestion. If approved, the This app is focused on
Sponsor public. That will make your app This delightful time-saver shows photo is geotagged and the user delivering a seamless, quick
As Flickr software engineer visible to other users and allow it a compact grid of photos who suggested the geotag is viewing experience with minimal
Mikhail Pachenko wrote on the to show up in searches." uploaded from a user's contacts credited with a special tag on the visual distraction. Users can
Flickr developer blog,"We've Now, for end users, here are a during given time periods photo. Flogr Turns Flickr Pics choose to check out interesting
tried to make things as simple few apps we picked from the between 30 minutes and 8 hours Into Photo Blogs photos filtered by user or by
and straight-forward as possible" Garden that we think you might prior to the current time. Below Flogr is a PHP/MySQL-powered group. They can search for
for developers. On a new Apps like. Bubblr Makes Comics each user's avatar is the number photoblog interface that displays photos or simply browse to
By Me page, devs will find their Make comic strips from your or of photos uploaded, and the a main photo page with EXIF discover the most interesting
apps are kept private until the others' Flickr photos with this avatars can be clicked to display data and Flickr comments, a photos on a given day. Flickriver
creator decides to go public with fun, simple application from (or hide) an array of thumbnails customizable thumbnails page of also includes a keyboard-
the product. Barcelona-based shop to quick digestion of the day's a user's recent pictures, a operated slideshow mode. Better
"When you click on one of your Pimpampum. The app allows pics. Suggestify Geotags Photos slideshow component, a tag still, Flickriver offers a dynamic
apps," Pachenko continued, "you users to search for photos by user This app lets users geotag other cloud, and an about page badge for bloggers to showcase
will be taken to the owner view or by tag, string the pics into users' Flickr photos by showing the Flickr user's profile. their images. Discuss
of your app page. This page is strips, and add captions, thought suggesting a location to the Users can also determine which
where you tell the world about bubbles, and speech bubbles. photo's owner. That geotag photos are displayed by telling
your app - provide a description, FLICKR page 47
Creations can be shared via a information is stored with Flogr to only include images with
Internet News Record
CubeTree: Drilling Comments Down
to the Cell in a Spreadsheet
By Alex Williams
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 2:07:00 AM
Tech News/ Sports/ TV/ 47
FLICKR Florida Fans Strike Back
continued from page 46
on YouTube, Say
Georgia Started Cheap
Shots
such as picture of whiteboards By Michael David Smith
from meetings. (FanHouse)
Groups: Formed when a user
World Series Game
the new breed of players in the Submitted at 11/4/2009 9:45:00 AM

Enterprise 2.0 space that is wants control over who has 5 Delivers Another
CubeTree is launching a new defined by conversation more access to information. Groups by Michael David Smith
s e r v i c e t o d a y t h a t m a k e s than content. may be public, private or Home Run For FOX Filed under: Florida, Georgia
documents into items that can extended to partners, customers By Robert Seidman Florida linebacker Brandon
Like a number of the new
support comments, adding a new players, CubeTree leverages and other parties outside the (TVbytheNumbers) Spikes committed one of the
dimension to how users can activity streams. organization. dirtiest plays of the year on
Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:15:44 PM
interact with spreadsheets, slides The company focuses on three Feeds: Collection of activities Saturday when he tried to gouge
on a presentation and other main components: about the things that interests the WORLD SERIES DELIVERS the eyes of Georgia running back
content. user. This may be the people, the ANOTHER HOME RUN FOR Washaun Ealey, and after video
Profiles: Users create a profile
"Social documents," is what that drills down to where the groups or topics the user follows. FOX of eye poke was seen by
CubeTree calls the ability for person sits in the office, who is in These all appear in an activity 2009 Game 5 Ranks as Highest- hundreds of thousands of people
users to comment on documents. the next cube and other detailed stream where users may Rated and Most-Watched Game on YouTube, Spikes was
T h e c o m p a n y , w h i c h i s information that gives a picture comment on what appears. 5 Since 2003 suspended for the first half of
exhibiting at Enterprise 2.0, is of their work day. It reflects their Here's a demonstration of the Phillies Force World Series Florida's next game. But now
one of the new players to the activity stream; where they have "social document" features that Game Six for First Time Since Florida fans have struck back
collaboration space. CubeTree is launching today: with a YouTube of their own that
commented; wiki pages they are
Sponsor Discuss WORLD page 48 they say shows it was Georgia
editing and other information
CubeTree considers itself one of that made the game dirty.
Florida Fans Strike Back on

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WORLD
continued from page 47
2003
2009 WORLD SERIES GAME
5 HIGHLIGHTS
The Phillies’ 8-6 victory over the
Yankees in Game 5 last night
sends the World Series to a sixth
game for the first time since
2003. The five-year gap between
World Series lasting at least six
games is the longest in baseball
history.
Game 5 of the 105 th WORLD
SERIES earned a 10.6/16
average household rating/share,
with an average audience of 17.1
million viewers on FOX, ranking
as the highest-rated and most-
watched Game 5 since 2003
(13.2/21, 19.9 mill.), including
decisive Game 5s in 2008 and
2006. Last night’s Yankees-
Phillies game rated +10% higher
than the two-night average of last
year’s Rays-Phillies Game 5
(9.6/14), and +8% higher in
average audience (15.8 mill.).
Last year’s game was started on a
Monday night, suspended due to
inclement weather after six-
innings, and completed the
following Wednesday.
Last night’s game averaged a
10.6/16 with 17.2 million
CBS orders a bit more Accidentally on Purpose
By Allison Waldman (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 9:02:00 AM
CBS Monday night comedies
have been doing pretty well so
far this season, as far as the
ratings are concerned. The Big
viewers in prime time, giving
FOX another easy household
ratings win over the competition.
FOX’s 10.6/16 was +14% better
than ABC’s second-place 9.3/14.
CBS was next at a 7.2/11 with
NBC a distant fourth at a 3.5/5,
failing to generate even a third of
FOX’s delivery. ESPN’s
Monday Night Football rounded
out the toughest night of
competition that this World
Series has or will face. ESPN’s
Falcons-Saints game earned a
7.7/13 nationally (12.4 million),
which is +5% better than the
7.3/11 they posted last year for
Colts-Titans opposite Game 5 a
year ago.
FOX continues to enjoy its best
fourth quarter performance in
history. Last night’s 5.2 rating in
prime time among Adults 18-49
allowed FOX to increase its
season-to-date average to 3.8
among Adults 18-49, expanding
FOX’s lead over second-place
CBS (3.2) to +19%, FOX’s
biggest season-to-date lead ever
in fourth quarter and the biggest
for any network in six years.
The Phillies’ 6-1 lead in the third
inning dampened ratings growth
Bang Theory is challenging Two
and a Half Men for top Nielsens
for a sitcom; How I Met Your
Mother is doing as well or better
than last year, and the new kid on
the block, Jenna Elfman in
Accidentally on Purpose, has
benefited by being smackdab in
throughout prime time to about
half of what it has been for the
Series’ more competitive games.
Last night’s game posted 9.6/15
at 8:00 PM ET and grew to
11.1/18 at 10:30 PM ET, a +16%
gain during the prime-time
window. To compare, Games 1
and 2 last week grew by an
average of +31% from 8:00 to
10:30. Clearly the early
offensive outburst had a negative
impact on interest. The rating for
last night’s game peaked after
11:00 PM ET at 11.6/20 (18.6
million) as the Yankees mounted
a late rally and brought the tying
run to the plate with two outs in
the ninth only to fall short.
- PHILADELPHIA topped all
markets, as they have for every
game of this Series, with a
41.0/56. NEW YORK notched a
28.7/42.
2009 WORLD SERIES-TO-
DATE
The first five games of the 2009
Fall Classic have averaged a
11.4/19 household rating/share,
18.7 million viewers and a 6.0
among Adults 18-49. In
households, this year’s Series is
up +36% in rating over last year
the middle of all that established
(8.4/14) and +38% in audience
(13.6 million), and is the highest-
rated and most-watched World
Series since the Red Sox snapped
their 86-year championship
drought in 2004 (15.8/26, 25.4
million). If we compare the first
five games of the World Series to
top-rated season-to-date
primetime shows, the World
Series would rank No. 2 in
households. Excluding the
competing markets and Hartford,
which is in close proximity to
NYC, the top-rated neutral
markets to date are: West Palm
Beach (14.0/21), Las Vegas
(14.0/22), Tampa (13.5/22) and
Buffalo (13.4/21). The neutral
markets posting the biggest
percentage increase year-to-year
are: Raleigh (12.3 vs. 5.8,
+112%), Buffalo (13.4 vs. 6.9,
+94%) and Pittsburgh (8.5 vs.
5.2, +63%).
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comic success.
CBS has ordered five additional
episodes of Accidentally on
Purpose. It's not a ringing
endorsement, but it does give the
show a chance to improve on
what it's done thus far.
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Steve Martin and
Alec Baldwin to
host 82nd Oscars
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:21:48 PM
via ABC press release:
STEVE MARTIN AND ALEC
BALDWIN TO HOST OSCAR
SHOW,
SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 ON
ABC
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd
Academy Awards®, Oscar
telecast producers Bill Mechanic
and Adam Shankman announced
today.
“We think the team of Steve and
Alec are the perfect pair of hosts
for the Oscars,” said Shankman
and Mechanic. “Steve will bring
the experience of having hosted
the show in the past and Alec
will be a completely fresh
personality for this event.”
“I am happy to co-host the
Oscars with my enemy, Alec
Baldwin,” said Martin.
STEVE page 49
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continued from page 48
“I don’t play the banjo, but I’m
thrilled to be hosting the Oscars –
it’s the opportunity of a lifetime,”
said Baldwin.
Martin hosted the 73rd and 75th
Academy Awards shows, earning
an Emmy nomination for the first
stint. He has also served as a
presenter on the show several
times, most recently at the
ceremony in February when he
appeared with Tina Fey. He is
currently touring with the
bluegrass band Steep Canyon
Rangers in support of his latest
album, “The Crow: New Songs
for the Five String Banjo.” In
1977 and 1978 Martin won
Grammys for Best Comedy
Recording. He earned a third
Grammy in 2001 in the Best
Country Instrumental
Performance category. In 2007
Martin earned a Kennedy Center
Honor.
Baldwin was nominated for an
Academy Award in 2003 for his
supporting role in “The Cooler.”
That year also marked his most
recent appearance as a presenter
on the show. Baldwin currently
stars as Jack Donaghy on the
comedy “30 Rock,” a role for
which he has won two Emmys
(in 2008 and 2009). He earned a
Tony nomination in 1992 for his
performance in “A Streetcar
Named Desire.”
Academy Awards for
outstanding film achievements of
2009 will be presented on
Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the
Kodak Theatre at Hollywood &
Highland Center®, and televised
live by the ABC Television
Network. The Oscar presentation
also will be televised live in more
than 200 countries worldwide.
ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences is the world’s
preeminent movie-related
organization, with a membership
of more than 6,000 of the most
accomplished men and women
working in cinema. In addition to
the annual Academy Awards – in
which the members vote to select
the nominees and winners – the
Academy presents a diverse year-
round slate of public programs,
exhibitions and events; provides
financial support to a wide range
of other movie-related
organizations and endeavors; acts
as a neutral advocate in the
advancement of motion picture
technology; and, through its
Margaret Herrick Library and
Academy Film Archive, collects,
preserves, restores and provides
access to movies and items
related to their history. Through
these and other activities the
Academy serves students,
historians, the entertainment
industry and people everywhere
who love movies.
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Syndicated Ratings Top 25: Most
Syndies down due to MLB playoffs,
Wheel of Fortune remains a beast
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 8:55:16 PM
For the week ending October 25,
most syndicated show were down
from the previous week due to
competition from Major League
Baseball League Championship
Series, and also a drop off in the
number of average people
watching TV. Below is the table
of top syndicated shows for the
week ending October 25, 2009.
For context and additional
numbers, check out Broadcasting
& Cable’s write-up on the week.
Please note that the syndicated
weekly results are delayed versus
normal reporting. While we get
the broadcast and cable ratings
for the prior Monday-Sunday
period every Tuesday, there is an
extra week of lag time with the
syndicated ratings and these
numbers are not for last week,
but for the week before last. So
while Friday Night Smackdown!
is now counted as a syndicated
show and we are seeing the
numbers again, they are delayed.
The numbers below are for
Friday October 23, not October
30.
Top 25 Syndicated Shows for
the week ending October 25,
2009:
-
TV/ 49
Please note that the #s for
Monday Night Football are the
total number both for the ESPN
airings and the local markets
where the games are syndicated
to one of the local affiliates (a
rule to ensure the markets
playing the game can watch
them, even if they don’t have
ESPN). As a result Monday
Night Football will be at the top
of the syndicated lists until
football season is over. It’s sort
of bogus, but since I can’t break
the syndicated portion out, I’m
just reporting it as Nielsen does,
but you can figure most of the
viewing is actually directly on
ESPN.
For syndicated shows which air
on multiple days, the viewership
shown is the average of all
telecasts.
BUENA VISTA items are
syndicated packages of old
Disney movies. For more
information click here.
DAD = Disney ABC Domestic
Television, SPT= Sony Pictures
Television, 2/T=Twentieth
Television, ESP = ESPN, CTD =
CBS Television Distribution.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data:
©2009 The Nielsen Company.
All Rights Reserved.
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Fox Up Sharply vs. Last Fall, Stretches Youth Demo Leads

After 6 Weeks
By Bill Gorman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:00:20 AM

Season To Date Ratings

As good as Fox’s luck was with
the baseball ALCS games, their
luck with the World Series might
turn out much better. If the
Phillies can win Wednesday, and
force a game 7, Fox might hold
onto the adults 18-49 and 18-34
leads for the rest of the season
(it’s a given they’ll take them
when American Idol appears,
regardless). A huge week of
baseball and football(through
November 1, 2009) stretched Season press continues harping on million adults 18-49, 0.68 million comparison.
Fox’s lead in adults 18-49 and 18 Fox’s improvement vs. last fall NBC’s ratings drop from last adults 18-34 and 1.24 million Note that the chart includes
-34, and closed a bit of the gap in all the main adult demo groups season (with good reason!), adults 25-54. RATINGS not VIEWERSHIP as
with CBS in adults 25-54. CBS is continues to grow. Only the CW there’s still nary a whisper about Sadly, we will no longer be was typical in our weekly
well ahead average viewership is ahead in any demo group, but ABC’s declines which continue having a Tiny Network network ratings posts prior to
and I don’t think even a seven they should be well ahead of last just behind NBC’s. CBS is now Showdown! since July, 2009.
game World Series can close that season across the board down in all the main adult demo MyNetworkTV ratings averages Nielsen TV Ratings Data:
gap in a week. considering their automatic boost groups vs. last season, but not are no longer being reported by ©2009 The Nielsen Company.
You can see past week’s to their seasonal ratings averages nearly as much as ABC and Nielsen, since they are no longer All Rights Reserved.
broadcast network primetime just by dumping Sunday nights. NBC. classed as a network but are now This content has passed through
season to date average TV ratings Compared to last season, the Each rating point is a percentage a “programming service”. And fivefilters.org.
results here. CW’s current situation has got to of the US TV population in that we are no longer seeing
Ratings Increase / Decrease: be a disappointment. demographic group and equals: Univision season to date averages
2009-10 Season vs. 2008-9 And while the entertainment 2.90 million viewers, 1.32 for last season, so I cannot do a

The best of WoW.com: October 27 - November 3, 2009

By Mike Schramm (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 3:00:00 AM
That right there's a big ugly frost
dragon named Sindragosa, and
with the newest patch headed to
the World of Warcraft(we expect
it sometime this December), we'll on our weekly roundup after the appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04
be bringing her down. It won't be break. Nov 2009 03:00:00 EST. Please
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Review: Dexter - If I Had a Hammer
By Danny Gallagher (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:20:00 AM
(S04E06) "We both have
skeletons, which means we both
get a closet to keep them in." -
Dexter on him and Arthur
Mitchell, the Trinity Killer
Now that Dexter and his faithful
followers have discovered
Trinity's true identity as a family
raising, student teaching, hymn
congregation leading all around
nice guy, it's made him twice as
creepy. The fact that he can turn
such a blind eye towards causing
so much painful mayhem and in
the blink of that eye pretend that
Review: V - Pilot (series premiere)
By Jason Hughes (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 1:30:00 AM
(S01E01) We were promised a
modern re-imagining of the
classic '80s V mini-series, and
that's exactly what we got. Gone
were the allusions to World War
II Nazism and the treatment of
Jews in Europe. Instead, we're
offered allusions to the war we've
been fighting for eight years
now.
I wasn't sure how they could
modify the storylines from the
series I remembered to accurately
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on his weakened prey. I'm sure
part of him feels the need to put
this man out of our misery and
avenge the attack on his sister,
but now he sees him as a mentor,
a role model, a zen-like Yoda The Sims
who can teach him how to
strengthen his mask while he's transformed into
doing the bidding of his "Dark
Passenger." But will this moment a horror movie
of philosophy for madmen drag By Alexander Sliwinski
things down to a screeching halt? (Joystiq)
everything is all rainbows and walking around in his skin, both Continue reading Review:
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:00:00 AM
jellybeans twists my spine into a figuratively and (I sure hope not) Dexter - If I Had a Hammer
monkey fist. John Lithgow has literally. Filed under: Dexter, Episode "They won't let me pee, they
not only reached into the bloody Now that Dexter is on the hunt, Reviews, Reality-Free won't let me sleep, they won't let
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but he's done a marvelous job of back and less willing to pounce C o m m e n t s Ah yes, the life of a Sim. Not so
funny when one sees what life
would be like if our actions were
controlled by the unholy
Plumbob (which is itself
seen the original, and he was controlled by little Damian Van
absolutely riveted. Everything I Horne of 999 Wisteria Lane). We
loved about V back then is here, understand that CollegeHumor
and there's so much more to get was trying to be funny in its The
excited about. I always thought V Sims movie clip, but it actually
should be an ongoing series, and e n c a p s u l a t e s t h e p a i n a n d
even though we eventually got suffering of every Sim murdered
one, I think this time they've by sadistic teenage girls around
finally got it right. the world. Watch the full clip
Continue reading Review: V - after the break. Save a Sim.
find parallels to our war on fears that's kept the original Pilot (series premiere) Continue reading The Sims
terrorism, and the terrorist series fresh in our minds for 26 Filed under: OpEd, Episode transformed into a horror movie
movements themselves, but they years now. Reviews, Reality-Free, V The Sims transformed into a
did. And they did it all while Even better, I watched this with P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | | horror movie originally appeared
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Review: The Biggest
Loser - Week Eight
By Jason Hughes (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 2:00:00 AM
(S08E07) As promised,
absolutely everything Biggest
Loser was transported to our
nation's capitol, Washington DC,
for the week. The contestants had
to deal with vacation eating,
exercising, and even their
challenges and the weigh-in
happened surrounded by national
monuments.
It was a pretty exciting thing for
our contestants, and even Bob
and Jillian were somewhat in awe
of the majesty of where they
were. The episode wasn't as
emotionally gripping as it's been
the last few weeks, but I think a
lot of that has to do with the
distractions of everything that
was going on this week.
It's hard to have an emotional
breakthrough when you're away
from the comfort of the Ranch
and the Biggest Loser Gym, and
James Franco goes from movies to soap to 30 Rock
By Allison Waldman (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 9:28:00 AM
Wouldn't you love to know
who's giving actor James Franco
career advice these days? I'm not
knocking him or her, but I'd love
to figure out the strategy. Or
all the trappings that have come
to make these contestants feel at
home. So I found myself worried
as to what would happen after a
week of chaos when these guys
got up on that scale.
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maybe this is just Franco being
Franco (like Manny being
Manny, for you baseball fans out
there)?
James has just started filming his
two-month arc on General
Hospital-- check out the first pic
(right) -- and now Michael
Ausiello reports that James
I'm glad to see Betty
Draper get a backbone
By Jane Boursaw (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 8:02:00 AM
The assassination of JFK on
Sunday's episode of Mad Men
may have been the catalyst for
Betty Draper's "awakening," but
it's been a long time coming.
Here comes my rant: I, for one,
am sick and tired of seeing the
women in this show get walked
all over! I know it's the way
things were back then, but the
times they are a changin', so I'm
hoping we'll get to see more
women stand up and take charge
of their lives.
I was cheering when Betty stood
up to her lying, cheating, skank
of a husband Don and told him
she didn't love him anymore.
Bonus points for driving off to
meet your lover, Betty.
Hopefully, he won't cheat on you.
Now if Joan would leave her
loser fiance who raped her at the
Franco will do a guest spot on 30
office and then went about his
business like nothing happened --
that'd be the icing on this
women's movement cake. I'd say
that she and Roger Sterling
belong together, but she's too
good for him.
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Rock.
How's that for a career trajectory
-- from box office bonanza (
Spider-Man) to Oscar feature (
Milk) to daytime soap ( General
Hospital) to Emmy-winning
sitcom ( 30 Rock). He's like a
human pinball machine looking
for a perfect score!
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To Jon Gosselin’s (and
Gossip Girl’s) ratings
chagrin, Kate (and TLC)
doesn’t need him
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 10:21:30 PM
While still way,way off the
record-breaking ratings of Jon &
Kate Plus 8’s season premiere in
May that averaged 9.8 million, la
familia Gosselin, or at least Kate
Gosselin, have rebounded from
ratings lows. The viewer
numbers have doubled in recent
weeks from the lows where the
Gosselins were averaging less
than 2 million viewers.
Monday night’s special, Kate:
JON page 53
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goes from movies to soap to 30
Rock
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JON
continued from page 52

Her Story averaged nearly 3.8 Maybe Gossip Girl should be

million viewers and a 1.7 adults looking to stunt-cast Jon
18-49 rating. Gosselin:
In head-to-head competition at -
9pm on Monday night, Kate: Her All ratings are Live viewing plus
Story dominated The CW’s same day DVR viewing
Gossip Girl in most ratings This content has passed through
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extraordinaire “ Travis Yanan”
noted, Kate and TLC hit The
CW’s Gossip Girl where it hurts:
with CW’s target demo of
Women 18-34.

'The Biggest Loser: Second Chances'

Review: Californication Scoreboard (ETonline - Breaking News) 6 306 296 292 285 278 270 262
- Glass Houses Submitted at 11/3/2009 10:01:00 PM
wk
7
253**** Abby Rike 247 232 221
216 213 208 204 201***** Rudy
By Danny Gallagher (TV in the back of my brain, but it How did your faves rank on the wk Pauls 442
Squad) w a s y a n k e d i n t o m y "The Biggest Loser" scale 8 414 400 388 377 369
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:00:00 AM
consciousness by Becca and her tonight? wk 355 341 332**** Dina Mercado
snooty, drugged-up pal Chelsea. Here's "The Biggest Loser" 9 wk- 253 245 237 234 229 223 218
(S03E06) "L.A. is no place to Both of them are really starting to weigh-in 411 up to Nov. 3, 2009: 10 wk- ****** Mo DeWalt 355 336 327
raise a daughter...or a dad." - piss me off. They are vapid, - Strt. 11 wk- 326 318 312******* Tracey
Hank to Karen whiny and annoying. In other Wt. 12 Sean Algaier Yukich 238* 228 217 213 206
If I ever procreate and God w o r d s , t h e y a r e p e r f e c t wk 444 422 411 405********--* 202 197 194**** Liz Young 267
curses me by turning said C a l i f o r n i a n s . 1 Antoine Dove 257 247 243 240 232 228 221
offspring into a female teenager, Continue reading Review: wk 367 349 341 330********--* 218**** Danny Cahill 430 406
the last place I would raise her is Californication - Glass Houses 2 Amanda Arlauskas 250 244 240 394 390 282 372
Los Angeles. In fact, I would get Filed under: Other Comedy wk 235 230 224 218 214 207**** 357 345 333**** Julio Gomez
as far away from that cesspool of Shows, Episode Reviews, Reality 3 Rebecca Meyer 279 261 255 248 407
pretentiousness and greed as -Free wk 244 237 232 223 219**** Daniel 394 375 364*********
possible; its literal polar opposite, Permalink| Email this| | 4 Wright 312 300 293 287 287 276 Alexandra White 309
in fact. That's right, I'd actually C o m m e n t s wk 277 272 261**** Shay Sorrells 296***********-
raise her in the Indian Ocean. 5 476 459 443 437 432 416 411
The idea had always been hidden wk 402 393**** Allen Smith 325
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Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini struggles with ouster of

GM
By ESPN.com news services most of his news conference the Cleveland Plain Dealer first "He wants it to happen now. He voice that explains the
(ESPN.com) politely deflecting questions reported Monday night that cares deeply." decisions."
Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:58:34 PM
about why the decision was Kokinis was ushered out of the Ernie Accorsi, former general Mangini said he would not be
made. Berea facility by security around manager of the New York resistant to the Browns giving
What's Next For Cleveland? He was asked if there were legal lunchtime Monday. Giants, Baltimore Colts and final personnel decisions to
What's Next For Cleveland? reasons why he couldn't address In a statement, the Browns said: Browns, is being sought by someone else in the future.
BEREA, Ohio -- Cleveland Kokinis' exit. "Cleveland Browns general Lerner as a consultant, a league "My goal is to win and my goal
Browns coach Eric Mangini is "There's really a variety of manager George Kokinis is no source said. Accorsi could not be is to improve," he said. "There's
not offering any details about the reasons," he said, "and I'll just longer actively involved with the reached for comment. Accorsi never opposition to someone that
team's unexplained dismissal of leave it at that." organization. In response to has served in a consulting can help us achieve that goal.
his friend, general manager Mangini deflected several rumors and reports that Kokinis capacity on numerous occasions That's true here. It was true in
George Kokinis. questions about Kokinis' stunning was escorted out of the building for teams and has an alliance New York with the Jets."
Kokinis was on the job for less departure. The team has not said today, the Browns deny those with former Browns quarterback For now, Kokinis' parting is just
than a year when he was relieved if he was fired or resigned. reports. In the interest of Bernie Kosar, who was hired by more of the same for the Browns.
of his duties Monday. The Kokinis was hired in January, protecting the parties involved Lerner as a consultant on Oct. 17. "It doesn't affect me," tight end
Browns, who have a bye this two weeks after Mangini became we will withhold further Lerner told the Plain Dealer and Steve Heiden said. "I can speak
week, went about their business Cleveland's coach. He previously comment." Akron Beacon-Journal on for myself on this because I've
Tuesday as rumors swirled about worked with the coach under Bill Lerner told the media after Sunday he would like to bring in been here a while and I've seen
Kokinis, the events that led up to Belichick in Cleveland in the Sunday's loss to Chicago that a "strong, credible, serious some changes. I can't control
his departure and who -- or if -- 1990s. changes were coming. Lerner leader" to help run his team. anything that goes on anywhere
anyone will replace him. Team and league sources told was not available for comment Lerner did not expand on who else besides at this locker. That's
"Anytime a decision like this is ESPN's Chris Mortensen and Tuesday. A team spokesman said that person might be or if that the truth and that's all I'm trying
made it is difficult personally and Adam Schefter that Kokinis there was no immediate plans for person currently worked for the to do.
professionally," Mangini said. refused to resign when pressed Lerner to address the media. Browns. "I'm in my bubble and I'm
"George is a friend of mine and I by owner Randy Lerner, who Lerner did spend two hours "The highest priority that I have staying there."
respect him and I wish his family then persisted in seeking a meeting with two disgruntled is a strong, credible, serious Information from The
well. I can tell you that for a dismissal "for cause," citing season-ticket holders, who have leader within the building to Associated Press, ESPN senior
variety of reasons things didn't Kokinis for failing to meet the been urging Cleveland fans to guide decisions in a far more NFL analyst Chris Mortensen
work out. You never go into a specific standards as dictated by stay out of their seats for the conspicuous, open transparent and ESPN NFL Insider Adam
situation like this with the his contract. The team's security Nov. 16 kickoff against way," Lerner said Sunday, Schefter was used in this report.
intention of it not working out. and legal department were Baltimore in protest of the team's according to the Plain Dealer. "I This content has passed through
"We felt that, organizationally, reviewing phone records to build futility. "Dawg Pound Mike" can maybe defend decisions by fivefilters.org.
this was the best decision in order its case against Kokinis, a team Randall said Lerner was open to saying I've sought advice and I've
to move forward." source said. their ideas and gave them a few brought people in, and we've
That was about as deep as Multiple media reports initially of his own. gone to see people -- and I think
Mangini would venture into the reported Kokinis had been fired. "He's trying to get the Browns on my highest priority is to have a
Kokinis matter. Mangini spent Television station WKYC and the right track," Randall said. stable figure that represents the
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The Count: Manuel May Have Overused Lee in Game 5

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) That jump later in the game is than Utley’s five homers in any Sheehan writes in Baseball
Submitted at 11/3/2009 2:21:28 PM
typical of all major-league postseason series (Reggie Prospectus.
pitchers, who this year saw their Jackson had five for the Yankees Elsewhere in baseball analysis:
I t m a y h a v e l o o k e d l i k e OPS rise by 81 points the third in the 1977 World Series, and J.C. Bradbury says A.J.
Philadelphia Phillies manager time through the lineup compared Ken Griffey, Jr. had five in the Burnett’s rough start in Game 5
Charlie Manuel sent Cliff Lee out to the first time. Some of that 1995 AL division series against vindicates Manuel’s position not
to pitch the eighth inning, despite reflects that pitchers are less the Yankees). Utley will have at to pitch Lee on three days’ rest.
his ace’s workload of 103 pitches likely than other batters to bat least one more game to set a new But in four regular-season career
through the first seven. But three times or more, but the jump as good a pitcher as the one who mark. starts with three days’ rest,
Manuel was also answering was still 68 points in the AL, started the game — and that a For the game, Utley contributed Burnett had been extremely
Yankees fans’ chants of “we d e s p i t e t h e p r e s e n c e o f a fresh Lee, good to go through the nearly a quarter of a win, effective. And overall, starting
want Pedro” a little early, if not designated hitter. And these Yankees lineup twice in a according to win probability pitchers with three days’ rest
on purpose. By that point in the numbers may understate the possible Game 7, would be far added, though the first four have shown little fall-off in
game, as Lee faced the Yankees’ effect as pitchers tire and batters more valuable. games were practically a wash performance in the postseason.
lineup for the fourth time in the g e t u s e d t o t h e i r s t u f f . Thanks to the Phillies’ thanks to his duds in the Phillies’ Meanwhile, if even more
game, he could be expected to Presumably starting pitchers who productive bats, Lee won his losses in Games 2 and 3. That attention is paid to pitch counts
pitch about as well as the 38-year didn’t make it that far through the fourth postseason game in four might make it tough for Utley to and days of rest, and MLB run-
-old Martinez, who is slated to lineup had, on average, worst starts and was named by Fox as win the series MVP award if the scoring remains high compared
start Game 6 on Wednesday in stuff than those who did — the player of the game. But “a Phillies lose, as some have to historic averages, we may not
the Bronx. Reuters Did Cliff Lee a s s u m i n g m a n a g e r s w e r e pitcher who gives up five runs is suggested he might. Lee has see many more 300-game
throw too many pitches in Game watching their pitches and not the nobody’s idea of a hero,” contributed 0.6 win in his two winners.
5 against the Yankees? box score. ESPN’s Rob Neyer notes. Neyer games, and Alex Rodriguez, Tommy Bennett examines the
In his career, Lee has been very Lee ended up yielding three runs nominates Chase Utley, who hit Johnny Damon and Hideki fate of the excellent starting
effective when facing opposing in that eighth inning before two home runs to build his total Matsui each have contributed pitchers on the last team to beat
lineups the first two times. He’s giving way to Chan Ho Park, for the series to five, and his about as much in win probability the Yankees in the World Series:
held opponents making their first who this year yielded an OPS of career World Series total to seven as Utley. Not so for Yankees the 2003 Florida Marlins. One of
plate appearance of the game to just .650 for batters facing him — a new record for a second captain Derek Jeter, whose bat them, Burnett, helped beat the
a n o n - b a s e - p l u s - s l u g g i n g for the first time in a game. Since baseman, in just 10 games. Utley has actually cost the Yankees Yankees again last night, this
percentage of .706, and those Lee would be a valuable asset in and teammate Jayson Werth each overall, thanks largely to his time while wearing pinstripes.
m a k i n g t h e i r s e c o n d p l a t e Game 7, it would have been have two multi-home-run games ninth inning double play on Going into last night’s game,
appearance to .713. But by the sensible to lift him earlier — as this postseason. Phillies batters Monday. Rodriguez’s fine play in how surprising would a Phillies
third time through the lineup or early as the fourth inning, by one have the last five multi-homer the series and throughout the series win have been? Less
later, Lee yields an OPS of .780 analysis. But Manuel couldn’t postseason games, and six of the postseason could be “the stake in surprising than a home run in any
— similar to Martinez’s overall see that the guy in Lee’s uniform last eight. No one has hit more the heart” for the notion that A- given Barry Bonds at bat during
OPS-against of .789 this year. was no longer, by the 8th inning, Rod can’t hit in the clutch, Joe his record-setting career.
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Around the Net In
Syracuse loses exhibition stunner vs. Division II Media: Bloomberg To
Build Out
Le Moyne 'BusinessWeek'
By Associated Press It was just one of those days for mentally. They really have got to Wes Johnson, in his first season (MediaPost | Media News)
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Wes Johnson, who led Syracuse we've been looking at in from this and move in the right Bloomberg intends to make
ESPNEWS Highlight Of The with 34 points, hit a 3 from the practice." direction." BusinessWeek bigger, glossier
Night ESPNEWS Highlight Of left corner to put Syracuse ahead Ekperigin had 20 points and 11 "It's just embarrassing the way and more international. Chief
The Night 79-78 with 22 seconds left. rebounds, Damani Corbin had 11 we played," said Rautins, born content officer Norman
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Then Christopher Johnson points and five assists and Kevin and raised in Syracuse. "It's Pearlstine promised his staff
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Laurence Ekperigin hooted and pointer of the game, which came Moyne, which outscored our fans. It wasn't luck that they double the story count and
hollered as they skipped off Jim from the left side after Syracuse's Syracuse 42-30 in the paint. won. They came out and beat us expand its global coverage.
Boeheim Court, huge smiles K r i s J o s e p h b a c k e d o f f Andy Rautins had 13 points and fair and square." As for the Web, Bloomberg
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Around the Net In Media: 'Vibe' is Back-With Chris Brown Cover

(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 7:26:19 PM
Vibe magazine is coming back
from the dead on Dec. 8 with a
buzzworthy cover subject: Chris
Brown. In June, Brown pleaded
guilty to assaulting fellow
performer Rihanna.
Vibe will return to print with a
wider editorial focus
encompassing not only music
but fashion, politics, culture, arts
and sports. At the same time, the
new print product will take a
backseat to the companion web
site. "Vibe.com is really the hub.
That's where everything needs to
go back to," says editor in chief
Jermaine Hall.
The old Vibe died last June, but
two months later InterMedia
Partners, the private equity fund,
stepped in and bought the brand's
assets. Now the print edition is
coming back with a reduced
frequency, four issues next year
compared with the 10 once
planned for 2009, and a smaller
paid circulation guarantee,
300,000 now compared to
600,000 at shutdown.
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Georgia running back Washaun Ealey
says Florida linebacker Brandon
Spikes shouldn't be suspended
By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 2:11:03 PM
ATHENS, Ga. -- A most
unlikely person came to the
defense of Florida linebacker
Brandon Spikes, who was
suspended for half a game for
apparently trying to gouge the
eyes of Georgia running back
Washaun Ealey.
Ealey said Tuesday he doesn't
believe Spikes should have been
suspended.
In fact, Ealey seemed surprised
the play from Saturday's game
drew so much attention. SEC
blog
ESPN.com's Chris Low writes
about all things SEC in his
conference blog.
• Blog network:
College Football Nation
Florida coach Urban Meyer on
Monday suspended Spikes for
the first half of this week's game
against Vanderbilt after the
defensive captain stuck his hand
in Ealey's helmet and appeared to
try to stick his fingers in Ealey's
eyes.
Ealey says he doesn't agree with
those who have said the
suspension was not stiff enough.
"That really didn't matter to me,"
Ealey said of the suspension.
"That's their decision. He
shouldn't, I think, get suspended
at all. We were just out there
playing football."
Ealey said he had his eyes closed
when Spikes stuck his hand in his
helmet and he wasn't hurt.
"He really didn't gouge my eyes,"
Ealey said. "He really didn't get a
chance to get close to my eyes."
The freshman said he believes
similar incidents happen all the
time.
"I'm pretty sure it goes on back
and forth," he said. "We probably
do it and other teams do too. It's
all football. We're just out there
trying to have fun."
Top-ranked Florida beat Georgia
41-17. The Bulldogs play
Tennessee Tech on Saturday.
On Monday, Spikes issued an
apology.
"I accept responsibility for my
actions and I accept the
consequences of my actions,"
Spikes said. "I would like to
apologize to my team and the
coaching staff and Washaun
Ealey. Football is a very physical
and emotional game, but there is
no excuse for my actions."
The Southeastern Conference
issued a statement on Monday
saying it reviewed and accepted
the discipline handed down by
Florida.
Meyer said he believed Spikes
retaliated after getting his helmet
ripped off and eye poked earlier
in the game.
Georgia coach Mark Richt said
Spikes' "helmet went flying off ...
and there was one time he got hit
with his helmet off."
"It was totally unintentional,"
Richt said. "They were totally
just playing ball. That might have
got him bent out of shape. I don't
know about all of that."
Ealey carried 17 times for 70
yards against the Gators.
"It was just a lot of emotion in
the game," he said. "We were out
there fighting. It was a big rivalry
game. Everybody was just out
there talking trash back and forth.
... We were just out there playing
football and having fun."
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Older, Wiser, Better?
Pedro vs. Pettitte
By Jeff Fletcher (FanHouse) turn to the 37-year-old Pettitte,
Submitted at 11/3/2009 11:00:00 PM
while the Phillies will lean on 38-
year-old Martinez to try to force
by Jeff Fletcher a Game 7. The matchup would
Filed under: Phillies, Yankees, have plenty of drama because of
World Series the situation in the series, but it
NEW YORK -- Pedro Martinez certainly has an added bit of
and Andy Pettitte both used the texture because of what could be
same word to describe how they the final major league game for
felt about getting the assignment either or both of these iconic
to pitch Game 6 of the World pitchers. More Coverage: Playoff
Series: "Blessed." Pulse| Phillies Take Game 5|
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Flames' Swine Flu Fantasy Football Cut-N-

Clinic Not Piggish, Just Go: Chris Chambers
Celeb Reality Resurfaces in Kansas City
By Knox Bardeen (FanHouse)
By Christopher Botta
(FanHouse) Submitted at 11/3/2009 11:30:00 PM

Submitted at 11/3/2009 11:30:00 PM by Knox Bardeen

by Christopher Botta
Filed under: Flames, NHL
Filed under: NFL Sleepers, NFL
Waiver Wire, NFL Start 'Em Sit
Battle for Big
Injuries, NHL Media Watch
Don't blame the Calgary Flames
'Em Cut-N-Go is Fantasy
Football FanHouse's weekday East Gets
roundup of the NFL news with
for swiping swine flu shots for
their players, coaches, staff asked for treatment. Why a squad
fantasy football impact.
Cinderella had her glass slipper
where Chambers could have gone
and actually produced. The
Even Bigger
members and their families. from Alberta Health provided the By Brett McMurphy
and some enterprising receiver-needy Chiefs are one of (FanHouse)
Blame the culture of celebrity. Flames with their own clinic is
restaurateur decided many years those few places.
Since most hockey players are something the agency will have
ago that chicken wings and beer Fantasy Football Cut-N-Go: Submitted at 11/4/2009 8:00:00 AM
big stars north of the border, to explain. One suggestion for
went great together. It doesn't Chris Chambers Resurfaces in
blame Canada. Blame Alberta the investigators: start with the by Brett McMurphy
happen often -- when two things Kansas City originally appeared
Health Services, the agency team's head physician. Those Filed under: Big East NEW
come together to create a perfect on Fanhouse Fantasy Football on
responsible. docs tend to be deeply connected. YORK -- Last season, Pittsburgh
fit. When it does happen, you Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:30:00 EST
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Former Top Recruit Scott Quits Colorado

By Terrance Harris Colorado over Texas and program. Fanhouse NCAA Football Blog
(FanHouse) Southern California two years Hawkins said in a released on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:25:00
Submitted at 11/3/2009 10:25:00 PM
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seemed like a sign of positive conditioning clouded a two-year closer to his Ventura, Calif.,
things to come in Boulder, Colo., career. Scott, easily the biggest home.
when Parade All-American and most high-profile recruit of informed the coaching staff Former Top Recruit Scott Quits
running back Darrell Scott chose Dan Hawkins' Colorado tenure, Tuesday that he is leaving the Colorado originally appeared on
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Some Chin Music for
Chase Utley?
By Matt Snyder (FanHouse)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 9:10:00 AM
by Matt Snyder
Filed under: Phillies, Yankees,
AL East, NL East, World Series
Phillies second baseman Chase
Utley is having quite the World
Series. The perennial All-Star is
hitting .333 with 5 home runs, 8
RBI and a disgusting 1.651 OPS.
Needless to say, he's as locked in
as anyone in the series. Four of
those round-trippers came in the
two Phillies victories (two in
each), which illustrates the point
that it is paramount for the
Yankees to stop him in order to
win Game 6. Doing so is easier
said than done, but former
Yankees pitcher and World
Amazon ranks Call of Duty-est towns in America, large dining
utensils in the lead
By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 2:00:00 AM
Grand Forks, North Dakota is a
small city with a population just
over 51,000 -- a large portion of
which are students at the
University of North Dakota --
that's tucked within a much larger
rural portion of the state. It's not
the first city to come to mind
when you think of prestigious
national honors in the technology
Series Champion David Wells
has an idea: a little old fashioned
"chin music."
Some Chin Music for Chase
Utley? originally appeared on
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sector. However, according to
online retailer Amazon, which
has been vigilantly tracking the
geographic location of Modern
Warfare 2 pre-orderers, it's
currently the Call of Duty-est
town in America.
Amazon will continue to rank
American cities based on per
capita Modern Warfare 2 pre-
orders until the game is released,
and has agreed to ship a $5,000
gift card to a charity of its
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hazards of playing in the biggest
and baddest basketball league in
the land.
"You can go from first to 10th in
this league in one season,"
Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin
told FanHouse. "Pittsburgh went
to the Elite Eight last year and
they're picked to finish ninth in
the league this year.
"Not only is it hard to climb in
this league, it's just as easy to
fall."
choosing which serves the
winning town. We hope Grand
Forks manages to hold its top
position in the rankings, if only
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Grand Forks: We've Got a Pretty
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CBS bringing Diagnosis Free Wallace & Gromit
Murder, some other stuff episode and more for
to gaming platforms 20th anniversary of series
By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:00:00 AM
CBS announced today that it's
bringing a wide array of its TV
programming to the video game
world, mainly via the PC, Wii
and DS. As you can see after the
break, the company revealed
equally insipid-sounding game
versions of Survivor, Hollywood
Squares, The Amazing Race, and
Criminal Minds, but we don't see
how we're supposed to care about
any of it when it was also
revealed that a Diagnosis Murder
game is in the works.
We're assuming it's a Visceral-
developed "dark" take on the DM
mythos, with a Gothic Dr. Mark
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Media: Steve Martin,
Alec Baldwin To Host
Oscars
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 7:27:41 PM
It's history: Steve Martin and
Alec Baldwin are joining forces
to co-host the 82nd Annual
Academy Awards. The only time
two hosts have shared the same
locale on Oscar night was at the
first ceremony in 1929, presided
over by Douglas Fairbanks and
William C. DeMille.
As a solo act, Martin hosted the
Oscars in 2001 and 2003, earning
an Emmy nomination for his
first turn at bat. Although
Baldwin hasn't hosted the show,
he has appeared as a presenter,
By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) Live Arcade, taking orders for a most recently in 2004.
Sloan walking a demonic version Submitted at 11/4/2009 9:15:00 AM C o l l e c t o r ' s D V D , a n d Martin and Baldwin have had
of Los Angeles, solving murder participating in a charity drive plenty of practice with live TV,
mysteries with a caduceus- T o c e l e b r a t e t h e 2 0 t h with the Wallace& Gromit leading the list of repeat hosts on
shaped staff dipped in angel anniversary of the Wallace & Children's Foundation and Penny NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
blood. We assume this because Gromit series, Telltale Games is Arcade (to which your full- And of course, there is the
we laid out the design doc pretty offering Episode III of its season purchase will contribute). inevitable banter between the two
clearly in our letters, and we can't Wallace & Gromit's Grand The discount and free game will wits, which is supposed to drum
fathom why CBS would want to Adventures series, Muzzled!, for only be available until November up anticipation for the awards
disappoint us. free! If you've been curious about 8. show. Says Martin, "I am happy
Continue reading CBS bringing how polite bumbling and cheese Free Wallace & Gromit episode to co-host the Oscars with my
Diagnosis Murder, some other l u s t t r a n s l a t e i n t o g a m e and more for 20th anniversary of enemy Alec Baldwin." Baldwin
stuff to gaming platforms mechanics, now's your chance to series originally appeared on volleys back, "I don't play the
CBS bringing Diagnosis Murder, find out. Joystiq on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 banjo, but I'm thrilled to be
some other stuff to gaming The company is also marking the 09:15:00 EST. Please see our hosting the Oscars."
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Deal to see EA music
licensed for TV
commercials, movie trailers
By Alexander Sliwinski
(Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 4:00:00 AM
Electronic Arts has signed on the
dotted line for Extreme Music to
represent its catalog of 2,000
original pieces of music for five
years. Variety reports that
Extreme will place the
publisher's owned music in
things like television
commercials, movie trailers and
anything else that Extreme sees
fit -- and to which EA agrees.
EA has obtained original pieces
of music over the years from
many A-list Hollywood
composers, as the publisher has
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Rumor: Car punching
returns in Super Street
Fighter IV
By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 9:45:00 AM
While Street Fighter may be the
perfect symbol of man's
inhumanity to man, we always
considered SFII's bonus stage
(which used the punching of a
car as a John Henry-esque
metaphor for the struggle to
maintain humanity in the face of
an industrial age) as the more
poignant symbolism. Capcom
barrels.
appears to agree, as some new
Famitsu scans seem to indicate
Rumor: Car punching returns in
Super Street Fighter IV originally
sought to blend the realms of that the car-punching bonus stage appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04
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armed forces ad suddenly makes
except that it's fun to smash
you want to play Battlefield,
you'll know why.
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“Who Shot Rock & Roll" Opens at Designer David Koma

Brooklyn Museum on X-Factor
By ELLE.com (ELLE News is the intimacy of the subjects. By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog) I’m still haunted by Ian Tilton’s Blog)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:16:10 PM
photograph of Kurt Cobain Submitted at 11/3/2009 1:30:04 PM
having a backstage-breakdown
This weekend I went to the moments after a performance: It's impossible not to write about
Brooklyn Museum to see the new Cobain is collapsed on the floor, this— everyone here in London
exhibit “Who Shot Rock & Roll: fists clenched, face distorted with has something to say regarding
A Photographic History, 1955 to anguish. Some of my other Cheryl Cole wearing the David
the Present.” The show’s goal is favorites are a second portrait of Koma dress on X-Factor. X-
to recognize those photographers John Lennon taken by Richard Factor is our version of American
who documented rock Avedon, in which Lennon’s eyes Idol and part of Simon Cowell's
music—the artists who have hypnotize with their tranquility, media empire (he is also a judge
contributed some of the most 105 photographers that make for and Don Hunstein’s shot of Bob on the show) and mega-stars like
iconic and recognizable images a colorful and narrative journey Dylan walking with his girlfriend Whitney Houston and Beyonce
in the world. For example, Bob into the life of rock stars, d o w n a s n o w y s t r e e t i n have performed on its stage.
Gruen’s hugely popular image of legends, and gods. Six genres of G r e e n w i c h V i l l a g e . David graduated last year from
J o h n L e n n o n w e a r i n g t h e photographs are featured: behind The exhibit is open through the MA Fashion course at Central
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shirt, which in the exhibit is the beginning of their careers, B r o o k l y n M u s e u m . classmate of Michael van der
displayed alongside a contact live performances, crowds and — Angela Bliumis, Editorial Ham's and one year ahead of me)
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By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 2:46:22 PM
As a self-diagnosed Gleek (it’s
truly a disease; I even dressed as
a slushie-clutching Rachel Berry
for Halloween), you can imagine
my shortness of breath when I
found Glee: The Music, Vol. 1 in
my inbox today. It’s the first
installment from the hit high-
school-musical-gone-awry FOX
show and includes covers of
Kanye West’s “Gold Digger,”
Journey’s “Don’t Stop
Believin’,” and even Kristin
Chenoweth singing Cabaret’s
“Maybe This Time” during her Assistant
appearance on the show. Kristin, Follow ELLE on Twitter.
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musical show of our time?
Someone cool me down with a
grape slushie. Volume 2 hits
December 8.
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Pretty New Things to Counter the Cold
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:03:18 PM
Cold weather always sounds like
a great idea until it actually
arrives, and then inevitably,
we’re all complaining about how
quickly the summer passed us by.
Thankfully, pretty clothes and
accessories have a way of dulling
the pain of dry skin, holiday
weight-gain, and exorbitant
electric bills. Given that Geithner
hasn’t found a way to reverse that
whole recession situation,
however, few if any of us are
Christian Louboutin Celebrates Barbie
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 11/3/2009 9:54:26 AM
"Barbie is such an icon, how
could I resist a collaboration?"
asked Christian Louboutin,
regarding his latest fashion fling
with the reigning queen of plastic
beauty. She has been celebrating
her fiftieth all over the world,
from an epic show during New
York Fashion Week to her very
own windows at Colette in Paris,
and she's still celebrating her half
buying anything new—especially
if the purchase in question can’t
pull double-duty at work and at
play. To their credit, designers hi
and lo have listened and designed
accordingly, coming up with an
-centenarian year in style.
Louboutin has customized three
different Barbies, each inspired
by a different iconic diva, like
Marilyn Monroe or Nefertiti, but
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with items like these (clockwise
from top left): cutout turtleneck
by Narciso Rodriguez, zip-up
neck warmer by General Idea,
studded driving gloves by 3.1
Phillip Lim, sweatshirt jacket by
Helmut Lang, silk skinny pant by
Vince, shaped collar coat by
Republicans
Martin Grant, and buckled
‘Maribel’ bootie by Loeffler win key US
Randall
even more expanded middle
ground between casual and
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Victory speeches: Bob
McDonnell, Chris Christie and
in tissue. The shoe designer and
Michael Bloomberg
the doll even posed for a
Republicans have scored
calendar.
victories in two key US elections
So? Is that enough to get you
for governor, one year after
thinking of perfect holiday
Barack Obama was voted in as
gifting? If so, head over to Net-a
president.
-Porter on December 7th, where
In Virginia, Republican
you can purchase the doll-
candidate Bob McDonnell won
calendar-shoe set for a mere 100
by a comfortable margin, while
pounds.
of course it wouldn't be right if another, Chris Christie, ousted
—Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin
she only came with one pair of the Democrat governor in New
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pairs of the little Loubs, each in In New York, independent
their little box delicately wrapped Mayor Michael Bloomberg
narrowly won a third term over
Democrat challenger Bill
Thompson.
But Democrats won a
traditionally Republican House
seat in New York.
Correspondents say the
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GM U-turn
General Motors' (GM) decision
to hang on to its European car
unit Opel, including Vauxhall,
was welcomed in the UK but met
with anger in Germany.
Unite union chief Tony
Woodley, a former Vauxhall
worker, hailed the news as a
"fantastic decision".
But unions in Germany said
workers would begin walk-outs
from Thursday in protest at GM's
decision.
The German government, which
had backed the sale of Opel,
demanded GM repayment of a
1.5bn euro ($2.2bn; £1.3bn) loan.
"General Motors' behaviour
shows the ugly face of turbo-
capitalism," said Juergen
Ruettgers, premier of the state of
North Rhine-Westphalia, where
there are fears that the Opel plant
in Bochum could face closure.
'Totally unacceptable'
General Motor's (GM) decision
to keep Opel and Vauxhall rather
than sell the two marques to
Canadian parts maker Magna and
Russian Sberbank, seems logical.
GM never really wanted to get
rid of its European operations,
fearing it would hamper its
global competitiveness, in
particular in Russia - which is
expected to emerge as Europe's
largest market over the next few
decades.
But the American automotive
giant was forced to agree to sell
Opel and Vauxhall ahead of
bankruptcy proceedings during
the spring, as US taxpayers were
loath to also bail out GM's
foreign operations.
In Europe, Germany in particular
had been prepared to dig deep
into its pockets to ensure Opel's
survival in the run-up to a general
election in September.
Opel still needs large cash
injections, though whether
Germany will still be willing to
deliver them now that election
has been won is another matter -
not least since any funds injected
by European taxpayers at this
point would help bolster a GM
majority-owned by US taxpayers.
The German government has
also responded angrily.
"We will get back taxpayers'
money," German Economy
Minister Rainer Bruederle said.
Mr Bruederle is attending a
government meeting on
Wednesday to discuss GM's
decision and press it to reveal its
new plans as soon as possible.
"The behaviour of General
Motors towards Germany is
totally unacceptable," he said.
"General Motors alone is
responsible for this development.
Only yesterday the workers
signalled that they were prepared
to consider wage sacrifice as a
solution. It's up to General
Motors to go back to the
workers."
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German leaders and labour
unions had favoured the deal as
the best way to save German jobs
as it included a guarantee that no
German factory would be closed.
German strike action
Industrial union IG Metall said
workers at Opel's four German
plants would halt work - so-
called "warning strikes" - on
Thursday. Other plants in Europe
would follow on Friday, it said.
Opel employs a total of 54,000
workers across Europe, with
25,000 based in Germany.
In the UK, its Vauxhall brand
employs 5,500 people across two
plants in Luton and Ellesmere
Port.
The decision to sell Opel to
Magna had been controversial
because of the German
The German government had government's offer of the 4.5bn
provided the 1.5bn-euro bridging euros in loans.
loan to Opel to keep it afloat The European Commission
during the long, drawn out warned last month that Berlin's
negotiations over the past few offer of this aid may breach
months to find a buyer. European competition rules,
GM first said in March that it although the German government
wanted to offload Opel, which i m m e d i a t e l y d e n i e d a n y
includes Vauxhall, when the US w r o n g d o i n g .
f i r m e n t e r e d a p e r i o d o f But on Tuesday the US giant
bankruptcy protection that said it had now decided not to
eventually saw it emerge with the sell the business because of "an
US government as its biggest improving business environment
shareholder. for GM over the past few
After months of negotiations, months", and would now be
GM finally agreed to sell the seeking aid for Opel from all the
brands to Canadian car parts European states where it has
maker Magna in September, with operations, including Germany.
the German government pledging The BBC's Berlin correspondent
Magna 3bn euros in loan Steve Rosenberg said the
guarantees on top of the existing
bridging loan. GERMAN page 69
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gubernatorial defeats are a
setback for Mr Obama, who had
campaigned in both states for his
party's candidates, as he tries to
reform healthcare, pass a climate
change bill and rally support for
his handling of the war in
Afghanistan.
In reality the Virginia and New
Jersey polls were not simply a
referendum on Mr Obama.
Exit polls in both states showed
a small majority still approved of
how he is running the country.
It is the economy that seems to
have been the main concern - that
and a host of parochial and even
personality issues.
All in all it looked like a good
night for Republicans - except
there was a sting in the tail.
It came in upstate New York's
23rd congressional district,
which has been in Republican
hands for more than a century.
Last night it voted Democrat
thanks largely to a bitter row
within Republican ranks.
It was hardly a good night for
President Obama. But it could
have been much worse.
While local issues have been
paramount in these races,
Republicans said the momentum
was now behind them ahead of
next year's crucial mid-term
elections.
Meanwhile in Maine, voters in a
referendum rejected a same-sex
marriage law passed by state
lawmakers earlier this year.
The law was put on hold when
conservatives launched a petition
to repeal it.
In New Jersey, the incumbent
Democratic Governor Jon
Corzine had fought a bitter
campaign against his Republican
rival Chris Christie, not only
attacking him over his ties to
former President George W Bush
and his views on abortion and
healthcare, but also poking fun at
his weight.
Mr Christie was ahead with
about 50% of the vote when Mr
Corzine conceded.
Mr Obama had thrown his
weight behind Governor Corzine,
repeatedly travelling to New
Jersey to back the former
Goldman Sachs chief executive
on the campaign trail.
'Warning shot'
But Democrats played down
Tuesday's gubernatorial defeats.
"These races turned on local and
state issues... and despite what
some will certainly claim, the
results are not predictive of the
future or reflective of the national
mood," said Democratic Party
chairman Tim Kaine.
However, the Republicans said it
was a "warning shot" to the
White House.
"[Voters] are tired of the
spending, tired of the waste and
tired of the over-reach they see
coming out of Washington," said
House deputy Republican leader
Eric Cantor.
In Virginia, Democratic party
candidate Creigh Deeds lost in a
landslide to his Republican rival,
former attorney general Bob
McDonnell.
Only last year President Obama
became the first Democratic
candidate to carry the state since
1964, although its last two
governors have been Democrats.
But independent voters who
supported the president in the
2008 election seem to have
switched their support to the
Republican party candidate in
this race.
In other results:
• Democrat Bill Owens won the
House of Representatives seat for
New York state's 23rd
congressional district, defeating
Conservative Party candidate
Doug Hoffman
• California Lt Gov John
Garamendi won a special election
to a Northern California
congressional seat, keeping the
district in Democratic hands
• In New York city, independent
Mayor Michael Bloomberg won
a closer-than-expected race for a
third term. With nearly all votes
in, he had beaten Democrat Bill
Thompson by 51% to 46%
• In Atlanta, councillor Mary
Norwood could become the city's
first white mayor in a generation
if she wins a December run-off
against Georgia Senator Kasim
Reed, after neither received more
than half the votes cast
Mayoral elections were also held
in Houston, Boston, Detroit and
Pittsburgh.
Tuesday's results are being pored
over for clues as to how the two
main parties will fare in the 2010
mid-terms.
The entire House of
Representatives, about a third of
the Senate and two-thirds of
governors faces the vote next
year.
Independents have expressed
reservations about the president's
healthcare efforts and the federal
deficit under his leadership.
Tuesday's elections provided the
first tangible evidence that
Republicans can win
[independents'] support with the
right kind of candidates and the
right messages. That is an
ominous development for
Democrats if it continues
unabated into next year.
The Washington Post's Dan Balz
says Mr Obama may be losing
the vital support of independent
voters.
The Republican victories set the
stage for [the party] to raise
money, recruit candidates and
ride the excitement of an
energised base heading into next
year's mid-terms. But a
Democratic victory in upstate
New York - after an ideologically
pitched battle between moderates
and conservatives over how best
to lead Republicans back to
power - signalled the Republican
Party faces continued upheaval.
Adam Nagourney in the New
York Times says Republican
infighting could hamper hopes of
an opposition comeback next
year.
In the short term, the off-year
results will surely colour
perceptions within the
Washington Beltway, as Obama
and the Democratic-run Congress
strive to pass landmark
healthcare reform legislation,
then turn to a major bill to fight
global warming. The outcome is
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unlikely to make things easier for
the White House and its allies.
The Los Angeles Times predicts
choppy waters ahead for the
White House.
Perhaps most striking were
economic views. Voters who
expressed the highest levels of
economic discontent heavily
favoured the Republican
candidates in both states -
underscoring the challenge
Obama and his party may face in
2010 if economic attitudes don't
improve.
ABC News analyst Gary Langer
says it's the economy, stupid.
The votes tonight are anti-
incumbent votes in protest at
economic crisis and the slow
pace of recovery. And they are
not, it seems to me, some
national referendum on Obama's
first nine months. In fact,
Obama's approval ratings in both
Virginia and New Jersey are
respectable and strong, with
unemployment headed to 10%.
Andrew Sullivan in The Atlantic
says it was not a referendum on
Obama.
Did you vote in any of the
elections on Tuesday? What do
you think of the election results?
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GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, NJ (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) Garamendi, also a Democrat, standing to a certain degree and over independents and swing recession, were clearly a factor,
Submitted at 11/4/2009 3:33:23 AM
won a special election to a vacant suggested potential problems voters. Republicans swept all with voter attitudes shaped to
congressional seat, Ohio voters ahead as he seeks to achieve his three statewide Virginia offices some degree by how people feel
WASHINGTON – Independents approved casinos and a slew of policy goals, protect Democratic up for election: governor, about the state of their nation —
who swept Barack Obama to a cities selected mayors, including majorities in Congress and lieutenant governor and attorney and their place in it.
historic 2008 victory broke big New York, which gave Michael expand his party's grip on general. And, voter attitudes —
for Republicans on Tuesday as Bloomberg a third term. governors' seats next fall. "Bob McDonnell's victory gives particularly among independents
the GOP wrested political control The outcomes of Virginia and Interviews with voters leaving Republicans tremendous — could bode ill for Democrats
from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey were sure to feed polling stations in both states momentum heading into 2010," in moderate districts and in swing
New Jersey, a troubling sign for discussion about the state of the were filled with reasons for declared Haley Barbour, states like Ohio, Colorado and
the president and his party electorate, the status of the Democrats to be concerned and chairman of the Republican Nevada, should they remain
h e a d i n g i n t o a n i m p o r t a n t diverse coalition that sent Obama for Republicans to be optimistic, Governors Association. "His unchanged when the party seeks
midterm election year. to the White House and the limits particularly about independents focus on ideas and pocketbook to defend its turf next fall. In
Conservative Republican Bob of the president's influence — on — the crown jewel of elections issues will serve as a model for 2010, most governors, a third of
McDonnell's victory in the the party's base of support and on because they often determine Republicans running next year." the Senate and all members in the
Virginia governor's race over moderate current lawmakers he outcomes. Said Tim Kaine, the Democratic House will be on ballots.
Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and needs to advance his legislative Independents were a critical part National Committee chairman It's also difficult to separate
moderate Republican Chris priorities. Obama's victory in Virginia, New and the term-limited Virginia Obama from the outcomes after
Christie's ouster of unpopular His signature issue of health care Jersey and across the country. governor: "We are disappointed." he devoted a significant chunk of
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine reform was dealt a blow hours But after more than a year of In both states, the surveys also time working to persuade voters
was a double-barreled triumph before polls closed when Senate recession, they fled from suggested the Democrats had to elect Deeds in Virginia and re-
for a party looking to rebuild Democratic leader Harry Reid Democrats in the two states, difficulty turning out their base, elect Corzine in New Jersey.
after being booted from power in signaled that Congress may not where the economy trumped all. including the large numbers of More than four in 10 voters in
national elections in 2006 and complete health care legislation The Associated Press exit polls first-time minority and youth Virginia said their view of
2008. this year, missing Obama's showed that nearly a third of voters whom Obama attracted. Obama factored into their choice
Elsewhere on Tuesday, Maine deadline and pushing debate into voters in Virginia described The Virginia electorate was on Tuesday, and those voters
voters rejected a state law that a congressional election year. themselves as independents, and whiter in 2009 than it was in roughly split between expressing
would allow same-sex couples to Democrats in swing-voting states nearly as many in New Jersey 2008, when blacks and Hispanics support and opposition for the
wed. If supporters had prevailed, and moderate-to-conservative did. They preferred McDonnell voted in droves to elect the president. People who said they
it would have marked the first districts may be less willing to by almost a 2-1 margin over country's first black president. disapprove of Obama's job
time that the electorate in any back Obama on issues like health Deeds in Virginia, and Christie Democratic victories in both performance voted
state endorsed gay marriage. care after Virginia and New over Corzine by a similar margin. Virginia, a new swing state, and overwhelmingly Republican, and
And Democrat Bill Owens Jersey showed there are limits to Last year, independents split New Jersey, a Democratic those who approve of the
captured a GOP-held vacant 23rd how much he can protect his rank between Obama and Republican stronghold, in 2005 preceded big president favored Deeds, the
Congressional District seat in and file from fallout back home. John McCain in both states. Democratic years nationally in Democrat.
N e w Y o r k i n a r a c e t h a t The president had personally In Virginia, McDonnell won by 2006 and 2008. The Obama factor was similar in
highlighted fissures in the campaigned for Deeds and big margins in rapidly growing, Tuesday's impact on Obama's New Jersey, though there were
Republican Party and illustrated Corzine, seeking to ensure that far-flung Washington, D.C., popularity and on the 2010 slightly more voters who said the
hurdles the GOP could face in independents and base voters suburbs — places like Loudoun elections could easily be president did not factor into their
c a p i t a l i z i n g o n a n y v o t e r alike turned out even if he wasn't and Prince William counties— overstated. Voters are often choice.
discontent with Obama and on the ballot — and voters still that Republicans historically focused on local issues and local This content has passed through
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Defeat in Maine a harsh blow to gay-marriage drive (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) less-than-expected margin in the At issue in the referendum was a the loss in Maine should prompt edge went to the campaign in
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:14:00 AM
state's biggest city, Portland. law passed by Maine's gay-rights leaders to reconsider defense of gay marriage, Protect
"The institution of marriage has Legislature last spring that would their state-by-state strategy on Maine Equality. It raised $4
The stars seemed aligned for been preserved in Maine and have allowed gays to wed. The marriage and shift instead to million, compared with $2.5
supporters of gay marriage. They across the nation," declared law was put on hold after lobbying for changes on the million for Stand for Marriage
had Maine's governor, legislative Frank Schubert, chief organizer conservatives launched a petition federal level that expand Maine.
leaders and major newspapers on for the winning side. drive to repeal it. recognition of same-sex couples. Stand for Marriage based many
their side, plus a huge edge in Attention will now turn to other Five other states have legalized In Maine, gay-marriage of its campaign ads on claims —
campaign funding. So losing a states, including California— gay marriage — starting with supporters conceded early disputed by state officials — that
landmark referendum was a w h e r e S c h u b e r t w a s a n Massachusetts in 2004, and Wednesday. the new law would mean
devastating blow, for activists in instrumental strategist a year ago followed by Vermont, New "We're in this for the long haul," "homosexual marriage" would be
Maine and nationwide. in the successful campaign to Hampshire, Connecticut and said Jesse Connolly, manager of taught in public schools. That
In an election that had been overturn cost-ordered same-sex Iowa— but all did so through the pro-gay marriage campaign. was the same theme used to
billed for weeks as too close to marriage. legislation or court rulings, not "For next week, and next month, persuade Californians to reject
call, Maine's often unpredictable Gay-rights activists have been by popular vote. In contrast, and next year — until all Maine gay marriage.
voters repealed a state law planning to go back to the ballot constitutional amendments families are treated equally. Elsewhere on Tuesday, voters in
Tuesday that would have allowed in California, either in 2010 or banning gay marriage have been Because in the end, this has Washington state voted on
same-sex couples to wed. Gay 2012, in another attempt to approved in all 30 states where always been about love and whether to uphold or overturn a
marriage has now lost in all 31 legalize gay marriage. But the they have been on the ballot. family and that will always be recently expanded domestic
states in which it has been put to Maine result was not the victory Brown said "out-of-touch something worth fighting for. partnership law that entitles same
a popular vote — a trend that the they had been hoping for to fire legislators" are a principal reason A similar note was sounded by -sex couples to the same state-
g a y - r i g h t s m o v e m e n t h a d up their troops. same-sex marriage has taken hold Democratic Gov. John Baldacci, granted rights as heterosexual
believed it could end in Maine. Brian Brown of the National in New England. who signed the bill into law last married couples. With half the
"Today's heartbreaking defeat Organization for Marriage, a "What we're saying is give us a May and spoke out in defense of precincts reporting, that race was
unfortunately shows that lies and conservative group that steered chance to take our message to the the law. too close to call.
fear can still win at the ballot substantial funds to fight gay people and let the people decide," "If we don't get to the top of the In Kalamazoo, Mich., voters
box," said Rea Carey, executive marriage in both California and he said. He also suggested that mountain tonight, we've made a approved a measure that bars
director of the National Gay and Maine, was elated by Tuesday's the outcome in Maine will give significant stride. And we're discrimination based on sexual
Lesbian Task Force. result, saying it shows that "that pause to lawmakers in New York going to get there," he said late orientation.
With 87 percent of the precincts even in a New England state, if and New Jersey, where gay- Tuesday. "We will get to the top This content has passed through
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53 percent of the vote. They their say, they're going to protect Richard Socarides, who was an Both sides in Maine drew
prevailed in many of Maine's far- and defend the commonsense adviser on gay-rights issues in volunteers and contributions
flung small towns and lost by a definition of marriage." the Clinton administration, said from out of state, but the money
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3 College Softball
No bond for rapist who had 10 bodies at Ohio Players Found Dead
home (AP) in Their Vehicle
(FOXNews.com)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) are expanding their search of a between a sausage store and One of those in the crowd,
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convicted rapist's neighborhood another house in an inner-city Antoinnette Dudley, 29, lives a
and his neatly kept home, where neighborhood of aging homes, few houses away. She said she Three North Dakota college
CLEVELAND – A rapist who 10 bodies have been found in the some boarded up and abandoned. could smell a terrible odor like softball players believed to have
lived at a Cleveland house where basement, buried in the backyard, Police searched vacant homes something was dead all summer. been on a stargazing trip were
10 bodies were found has been in an upstairs living room and in within a quarter-mile Tuesday, She said she saw Sowell only a found dead inside a Jeep after
ordered held without bond. a crawl space. looking for more bodies. Police few times, mainly drinking beer signals from their last desperate
Anthony Sowell appeared In addition to the four latest Chief Michael McGrath ordered while he sat on his porch. phone calls helped lead
Wednesday before Municipal bodies they found buried in the the search expanded another "I didn't think he was that sick," authorities to a rural farm pond.
Court Judge Ronald Adrine (AY' backyard of Anthony Sowell's quarter mile and said firefighters she said. The vehicle was found
- d r e e n ) o n f i v e c o u n t s o f home on Tuesday, authorities also will search in the walls and As a registered sex offender, submerged in only about 12 feet
aggravated murder. found a skull wrapped in paper floors of Sowell's home on Sowell was required to check in of water. The cause of the deaths
The 50-year-old Sowell looked inside a bucket in the basement. Wednesday. regularly at the sheriff's office. was not immediately known
s t r a i g h t a t t h e j u d g e a s a Sowell, 50, a registered sex "It appears that this man had an Officers didn't have the right to Tuesday when the bodies were
prosecutor asked that he be held offender, was charged Tuesday insatiable appetite that he had to enter his house, but they would discovered. Investigators were
without bond and described him with five counts of aggravated fill," McGrath said. stop by to make sure he was scheduled to hold a news
as an "incredibly dangerous murder and, in a Sept. 22 attack The Cuyahoga County coroner there. Their most recent visit was conference Wednesday morning.
threat to the public." that led to the search of his home, hasn't identified any of the bodies Sept. 22, just hours before the Autopsies were planned.
Sowell has been in jail since last with rape, felonious assault and but is trying to do so through woman reported being raped. Police Lt. Rod Banyai said he
week after police recovered the kidnapping. He wasn't at the DNA and dental records. The six For the past few years, Sowell's believed the women were inside
bodies of six women from his house when police arrived found last week were black, and neighbors thought the foul smell the Jeep when they called for
home. Thursday but was arrested five were strangled. enveloping their street corner had help late Sunday night, but he did
Authorities dug up four more Saturday blocks from his home. "What kind of man was this?" been coming from a brick not know whether the vehicle
bodies Tuesday and found a skull Sowell is scheduled to make his wondered Regina Woodland, building where workers churned was under water when the calls
in his basement. first court appearance who lives about two blocks out sausage and head cheese. It were made.
Police plan to resume a search of Wednesday on the charges. away. "He couldn't have been got so bad that the owners of "At this time, foul play is not
t h e h o u s e W e d n e s d a y a n d Police, asked if Sowell was human." Ray's Sausage replaced their suspected," Banyai said Tuesday
expand their search of vacant cooperating, said Tuesday night A crowd of around 100 people sewer line and grease traps. night. Investigators were working
homes in the neighborhood. that he had asked for an attorney. milled about and chatted near the This content has passed through to determine whether the vehicle
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS Court records didn't indicate who home Tuesday evening. A short fivefilters.org. had any defects or whether
UPDATE. Check back soon for was representing him. while later, around 50 people alcohol was involved, he said.
further information. AP's earlier Investigators worked late into joined hands and put their arms The victims were Kyrstin
story is below. the evening Tuesday searching around each other in the middle Gemar, 22, of San Diego; Afton
CLEVELAND (AP) — Police the Sowell property, squeezed of the street and prayed aloud. Williamson, 20, of Lake
Elsinore, Calif.; and Ashley
Neufeld, 21, of Brandon,
Manitoba.
The Dickinson State University
students were believed to be in
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decision was a "huge

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) Manitoba. The bodies of the leading searchers to the vehicle. strong. embarrassment" for Germany's
Submitted at 11/4/2009 5:58:08 AM
women and Neufeld's dog were He said it wasn't clear if "That's what she would want, and recently re-elected Chancellor
found inside the SUV after emergency crews might have we have so much support here Angela Merkel.
DICKINSON, N.D. – Three signals from their last desperate been able to reach the women (on campus)," she said. "We "Her government had lobbied
college softball players found phone calls late Sunday helped had they called 911 instead of know how much Ashley loved hard in support of the Canadian
dead after their sport utility lead authorities to the farm. their friends. this school. I would just like car parts supplier. The governor
vehicle went into a pond on a Police Lt. Rod Banyai said "There could have probably been everybody to remember Ashley's of the state of Hesse, where Opel
North Dakota farm during a authorities do not expect autopsy some location formed out of that smile and personality." has its headquarters, also said he
stargazing trip likely drove results for a week or two. The (Sunday night) but if it would The 2,700-student university was 'shocked and angry'."
straight into the water in the dark, autopsies will help determine the have been timely enough, I don't listed Gemar as a senior business Russian Prime Minister Vladmir
authorities said Wednesday. exact cause of death and whether know," he said. major who played third base on Putin also waded into the row,
Stark County Sheriff Clarence the women were under the University President Richard the softball team. Neufeld was a saying he was "surprised" by the
Tuhy said the women's SUV was influence of drugs or alcohol. McCallum said classes were senior outfielder working on a decision.
found resting on its wheels Authorities have said there is no canceled Wednesday and a psychology degree, and State-owned Sberbank, the
Tuesday in about 10 feet of water indication they were. The North memorial service was being Williamson, a junior, was a country's largest lender, was to
hidden by tall grass, with the Dakota Highway Patrol also will planned on campus Thursday. pitcher majoring in psychology have backed the Magna takeover.
doors and windows closed. examine the 1997 Jeep Cherokee "It is times like this that we with a minor in coaching. "According to our information
"When you're not familiar with to determine if the vehicle realize our sense of humanity and "I'm sure it will be difficult for the Magna-Sberbank consortium
an area like that it would have malfunctioned, Banyai said. our sense of connection," he said. quite a while. But we know that is intending to carry out
been very easy to drive into," The students were believed to be Family members of the women they'll be there with us. They discussions with General Motors
Tuhy said. in the Jeep when two of their planned to visit the site on would want us to play," softball very soon and carry out a deep
The sheriff said the Dickinson friends received telephone calls Wednesday northwest of teammate Jessica Huseby of legal analysis of the situation,"
State University students were on late Sunday before the lines Dickinson, a city of 16,000 Hamilton, Mont., said after the Mr Putin's spokesman added.
private property. He stopped q u i c k l y w e n t d e a d . P o l i c e people that is about 100 miles prayer service. "We just know 'We know them'
s h o r t o f s a y i n g t h e y w e r e described the first as a "very west of Bismarck. they're going to be the 10th, 11th However, some workers arriving
trespassing. scratchy" call for help in which Gemar's father, Lenny, said and 12th players on the field with this morning at Ellesmere Port,
No foul play is suspected in the one of the students said they were Tuesday night after a prayer us." where they make the Astra
deaths of Kyrstin Gemar, 22, of near water. service on campus that "it's the This content has passed through model, were less than
San Diego; Afton Williamson, Tuhy said the calls, which worst day of my life." fivefilters.org.
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Ashley Neufeld, 21, of Brandon, cell phone towers, were critical in said her family was trying to be

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unknown, but it was possibly an smoke also billowed from the packed train, and he saw other going to start making the hike."
electrical fire, said Richard train, which was heading east passengers kicking out the Rafferty esimated that it would
P H I L A D E L P H I A – A Maloney, a spokesman for from the Overbrook station in removable emergency windows. take about an hour to walk to his
Philadelphia commuter train S o u t h e a s t e r n P e n n s y l v a n i a West Philadelphia toward the Once outside the train, he took a workplace.
c a u g h t f i r e W e d n e s d a y , Transportation Authority. He did Amtrak station in Center City. picture of the front of it with "It started to smoke while were
complicating the morning rush not elaborate. William Rafferty, 27, of flames and smoke. stopped at the (Overbrook)
already hampered by the city's Flames could be seen shooting Pottstown, a lab technician at "I already texted in the photos to station," said paralegal Laura
transit strike. Officials said no from the front of the SEPTA Children's Hospital of my boss. I said 'This was my STRIKE-CROWDED page 71
injuries were reported. regional train shortly after 7 a.m. Philadelphia, said he had to calm train,'" he said. "He said he'll see
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the white 1997 Jeep Cherokee
when two of their friends
received telephone calls late
Sunday night. But the lines
quickly went dead.
Police described the first as a
"very scratchy" call for help in
which one of the Dickinson State
University students said they
were near a lake and water.
Gemar's father Lenny told Fox
News on Tuesday that new
information from Verizon helped
investigators narrow their search.
"There were calls made from two
different girls to two different
girls," Kyrstin Gemar's father
Lenny told Fox News. "It was
very apparent from both calls that
there was some kind of an
emergency."
Banyai said the pond where the
women were found was a couple
miles off a road on a farm
northwest of Dickinson, a city of
16,000 people. It's about 100
miles west of Bismarck and 60
miles east of the Montana state
line.
Banyai said "pings" — signals
sent between cell phones and
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enthusiastic about the latest twist
in the saga over GM's European
operations.
"Hopefully it's good news but
there are no guarantees," one
employee told the BBC.
"Whoever was going to own us,
there's still going to be cutbacks."
Business Secretary Lord
Mandelson he was keen for "very
early discussions" with GM over
provider towers — from the
women's phone calls helped
narrow the search area. Searchers
found vehicle tracks leading into
the pond Tuesday afternoon.
"After that was located, the plane
flew over the top and it could see
that there was a white object in
the water," Banyai said.
The vehicle was pulled from the
pond about two hours later.
Gemar's father, Lenny, had said
it was not uncommon for his
daughter and her friends to go
stargazing on the spur of the
moment. Tuesday night, Lenny
Gemar was among those who
attended a prayer service inside a
packed Dickinson State student
center ballroom.
"It's the worst day of my life. A
parent shouldn't be burying a
child. Kyrstin had such a bright
future ahead of her," he said.
Neufeld's mother, Bev Neufeld,
said her family was trying to be
strong.
"That's what she would want, and
we have so much support here
(on campus)," Bev Neufeld said.
"We know how much Ashley
how their plans affect its British
workers.
"I have always said that if the
right long-term sustainable
solution is identified, then the
government would be willing to
support this," Lord Mandelson
said.
Mr Woodley told the BBC that
GM's news was an "incredible
turnaround".
loved this school. I would just
like everybody to remember
Ashley's smile and personality."
The 2,700-student university
listed Gemar as a senior business
major who played third base on
the softball team. Neufeld was a
senior outfielder working on a
psychology degree, and
Williamson, a junior, was a
pitcher majoring in psychology
with a minor in coaching.
"I'm sure it will be difficult for
quite a while. But we know that
they'll be there with us. They
would want us to play," softball
teammate Jessica Huseby of
Hamilton, Mont., said at the
prayer service. "We just know
they're going to be the 10th, 11th
and 12th players on the field with
us."
The Associated Press
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"The decision is in my view a
fantastic decision and the right
decision for General Motors
themselves," he said.
"There's no logic in breaking up
the company. I believe it is the
right decision in spite of a good
deal that we'd struck with
Magna."
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Kurt Campbell, will visit Tokyo
Plans for a Washington meeting for talks on Thursday, the State
this week between Japanese Department has said.
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada US Defence Secretary Robert
and US Secretary of State Hillary Gates was recently in Tokyo
Clinton have been dropped. urging Japan to honour a 2006
Japan's government said the agreement on relocating a US
talks had been cancelled because a i r b a s e t o a n o t h e r p a r t o f
of an inability to co-ordinate O k i n a w a .
schedules. During his election campaign,
The meeting had been planned to new Prime Minister Yukio
take place before US President Hatoyama said he wanted a more
Barack Obama visits Tokyo next equal security relationship with
week. the US - and promised a more
Ties between the countries have "autonomous" foreign strategy.
been strained by a row over a US The US has been Japan's key
military base on Japan's Okinawa security ally since the end of
island. World War II, and there are
"The visit this time was cancelled currently some 47,000 American
as the Japanese side could not co- troops in the country, most of
ordinate the timing amid various them on Okinawa. Their presence
scheduling demands such as provides Japan with a security
p a r l i a m e n t a r y s e s s i o n s , " guarantee.
Hirofumi Hirano, the chief Another sticking point between
cabinet secretary, told reporters. the US and Japan is the new
"I don't think it will affect government's decision to end an
relations between Japan and the Indian Ocean refuelling mission
U n i t e d S t a t e s , " t h e t o p in support of the war effort in
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Bryans, 37, and conductors soon
told everyone to move to one of
the rear cars. She eventually
moved all of the way to the final
car and got out when the train
stopped and was evacuated.
"You could smell something, but
I thought it was the brakes," said
Cynthia Reid, 55, who works in a
community college financial aid
office and was in the second car
on her commute from Thorndale
in Chester County. Black smoke
began pouring out soon after the
train pulled out of the station, she
said.
"I don't understand why we even
left the station," Reid said. "I
have no idea how I'm getting in
to work today."
The sudden strike called early
Tuesday by Transport Workers
Union Local 234 all but crippled
the agency, which averages more
than 928,000 trips each weekday.
The transit agency's largest union
walked away from negotiations
on a new contract over
disagreements on wage, pension
and health care issues.
Regional rail service is still
operating because their workers
are represented by a different
union, but trains have been
delayed as they experienced
larger-than-normal crowds.
Union workers, who earn an
average of $52,000 a year, are
seeking an annual 4 percent wage
hike and want to keep the current
1 percent contribution they make
toward the cost of health care
coverage. Their contract expired
in March.
SEPTA was offering an 11.5
percent wage increase over five
years, with a $1,250 signing
bonus in the first year, and
increases in workers' pensions,
Maloney said.
The strike also affects buses that
serve the suburbs in Bucks,
Montgomery and Chester
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have been found has been
charged with five counts of
aggravated murder, US police
say.
Anthony Sowell, 50, was also
charged with rape, assault and
kidnapping, police spokesman Lt
Thomas Stacho said.
Mr Sowell, a registered sex
offender, is due in court on
Wednesday.
Police said on Tuesday they had
possibly found another four
bodies and a skull on the
property. The bodies of six
women were found there last
week.
Police Chief Michael McGrath
said the latest bodies were found
buried in the back garden of the
house, in the city of Cleveland,
and the skull was in a bucket in
the basement.
Addressing a news conference,
he said detectives were searching
the home and backyard for
further evidence.
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says the nondescript wooden
house on a residential street is
slowly giving up its secrets.
Our correspondent says people
living nearby held a vigil outside
the house this week, in memory
of those found so far.
Some clutched photographs of
women who have gone missing
from the area in recent years.
Mr Sowell - who spent 15 years
in prison for a 1989 rape - was
arrested on Saturday not far from
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for his party. This time the
American elections Republican, Bob McDonnell,
Nov 4th 2009 trounced the Democrat, Creigh
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punish Barack Obama and the northern corners of the state,
Democrats in two states, but offer which form part of Washington's
solace in New York suburbs and are vital to
A Y E A R a f t e r w i n n i n g Democratic chances in statewide
America's presidential election, contests, the Republican did even
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Loudoun county by 61% to 39%
for example. In the much deeper-
blue state of New Jersey, the loss
was narrower for the Democrats.
Chris Christie, the Republican,
won with 49% of the vote,
defeating Jon Corzine, the
incumbent governor, who picked
up around 45%.
There were also various mayoral
contests on Tuesday November
3rd. In New York Michael
Bloomberg won a third term, but
by a much narrower margin of
victory than had been expected.
Mary Norwood led the field in
Atlanta but faces a run-off on
December 1st, which if she wins
will make her the first female
white mayor in the historically
black city. And in Houston
Annise Parker picked up 31% of
the vote and faces Gene Locke in
a run-off on December 12th,
which if Ms Parker wins would
make her the first openly gay
person to be elected to the
mayor's office in Texas's largest
city.
The biggest drama of the night
came from upstate New York
where the Democrats won a
special election to fill a vacancy
in a congressional district. The
election, in a Republican
stronghold, attracted attention
because of the intervention of
national conservative figures,
such as Sarah Palin, who urged
party members to reject the
official Republican candidate,
whom they described as too
moderate, and instead support a
candidate from a rival
Conservative party. The
Republican candidate pulled out
of the race on October 31st and
then backed the Democrat, Bill
Owens, who was declared the
victor on Tuesday.
The significance, if any, of these
off-year elections will now be
debated. The Republican wins
will boost party morale and make
Mr Obama seem a little bit more
mortal. Mr Obama's supporters
point out that the governors
elections were flavoured by
distinctly local issues. Yet in
Virginia exit polls indicated that
almost a quarter of respondents
said they had used their vote to
register disapproval with the
president (18% voted to express
support for Mr Obama). The
races clearly show an electoral
limit to Mr Obama's star appeal.
The Democratic loss in Virginia
had been predicted for weeks, if
not months. But in New Jersey
the race had tightened
considerably and Mr Obama
attended two rallies for Mr
Corzine over the weekend in an
attempt to enthuse the
Democratic faithful. His efforts
came to naught.
Two broad points have emerged
from this election night. The first
is that the Democrats are now
considered to own the
economy—trying to blame
George Bush for the country's
economic ills, as Mr Obama tried
to do in New Jersey, will not
wash with swing voters. In
Virginia, moderates and
independents warmed to Mr
McDonnell's themes of reduced
taxes. The economy will
doubtlessly improve before next
year's mid-term elections, but Mr
Obama's ambitions for
government spending trouble
many centrists.
The other point is that Sarah
Palin’s broadside against the
Republican candidate in upstate
New York has established her
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beyond doubt as the leading
player in Republican politics,
much to the chagrin of party
grandees. There is nothing new
about conservative insurrection
in the party. The contest in New
York is somewhat reminiscent of
Pat Buchanan's rebellion against
the party establishment in the
New Hampshire primary in 1992,
except that conservatives have
ditched their pitchforks for
iPhones. But the danger for the
Republicans remains the same
now as then; the pursuit of an
ideologically pure conservatism
will turn away moderates and
independents. The Republicans
lost the 1992 presidential
election, and they lost the 23rd
congressional district in upstate
New York on Tuesday.
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Research Brief: Social Media Retail Ads Offer
Online Holiday Shopping Incentives
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 6:15:47 AM
According to results of
Shop.org's eHoliday Study,
conducted by BIGresearch,
47.1% of retailers surveyed will
be increasing their use of social
media this holiday season. 60.3%
of retailers said they have added
or improved their Facebook page,
and 58.7% their Twitter pages
this year. 65.6% have added or
enhanced blogs and RSS feeds.
In addition, to provide consumers
with an extra incentive to start
shopping, 34.3% of retailers say
they will offer holiday deals
earlier this year.
Shoppers will see changes in
retail marketing and promotions
this holiday season in response to
economic uncertainty. Free
shipping offers will abound this
holiday season:
• 79.4% of online retailers
will offer free shipping with
conditions* at some point
during the holiday season
• 57.4% also plan to offer free
shipping without conditions
• 35.7% said their budgets for
free shipping are higher than last
year
• 30.0% said free shipping
offers will start earlier than a year
ago
Scott Silverman, Executive
Director of Shop.org, says
"Retailers... have created
promotions and incentives to
help Americans save money this
holiday season... combining new
initiatives with tried-and-true
tactics to make their companies
stand out."
Online retailers are also
compensating for the economy
by making operational changes to
help them protect their profits.
According to the survey, 41.4%
of retailers have scaled back on
inventory levels and 22.9% have
hired fewer people in their stores.
According to the survey, 45.8%
of online retailers expect their
holiday sales to increase at least
15% over last year, while 33.9%
expect sales to grow up to 14%.
As a testament to the economy
and the maturity of online retail,
just one in five online retailers
expects sales to be flat or decline.
In addition to a strong focus on
sales and free shipping, many
online retailers have revamped
their websites this holiday season
to make it easier for people to
shop. According to the survey,
many retailers have added or
revamped their sites' :
• Shopping cart (45.2%)
• Search capabilities (44.3%)
• Suggested items (42.9%)
• Customer ratings and
reviews (40.6%)
• Featured sale pages (37.1%)
Largely due to the convenience
of the web, 26.7% of online
shoppers said they plan to spend
a larger portion of their holiday
budget online this year. Reasons
behind why people will spend
more online range from the
ability to shop at all hours of the
day, to shoppers feeling it is
easier to compare prices, to
Americans' insatiable appetite for
free shipping. Others said they
will spend more online because
it's simply more convenient for
them, they don't want to fight
crowds in stores, or because it's
easier to find items.
Of the 5.7% of people who plan
to spend less of their holiday
budget online:
• 22.8% said that they'll pull
back due to expensive shipping
charges
• 12.5% say they like to see
or handle items before they buy
• 10.8% prefer a store
experience
A fraction of shoppers said they
hesitated to shop online due to
concerns about security (1.1%),
credit card theft (0.6%), privacy
(0.1%) or concerns about
retailers tracking online activity
(0.1%).
Phil Rist, Executive Vice
President, Strategic Initiatives,
BIGresearch, said "...many
people will start their holiday
shopping online to find deals,
search customer reviews to select
products, and get gift ideas... "
According to the survey, 67.3%
of shoppers will use a credit card
for some online purchases this
holiday season, and 35.6% will
also use a debit card, while
33.9% will use PayPal for
purchases. In addition, 11.5% of
shoppers plan to use a gift card or
gift certificate to pay for holiday
items online this year.
For additional information,
please visit the National Retail
Federation here.
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MediaDailyNews: Cross
-Media Analytics Can
Better Assess
Campaigns
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 11/4/2009 4:30:03 AM
Media departments are no place
for guessing. With millions --
even tens or hundreds of millions
-- at stake, clients want hard data
showing that their budgets are
being well spent.
Yet for too long, media
executives have been forced to
rely on indirect information to
judge a campaign's post-buy
effectiveness. If sales or
awareness goes up, things must
be working -- even though
dozens of non-advertising factors
affect such measurements. If all
GRP goals are fulfilled, the ad
spend is a success -- even though
it only proves people saw the ads.
To be sure, all these metrics are
important. But to complete the
picture, it's critical to look at
what advertising is meant to
impact: consumer behavior. And
thanks to cross-media analytics
tools, reliable measures finally
exist to calculate true payback of
media investments.
In the new world of media
analytics, online and offline data
are married to create an
amazingly accurate picture of
what a campaign is
accomplishing. Everything from
site analytics to competitive
media buys, ad server stats to
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CRM, store sales information to
traditional ratings results, is
integrated with the agency's
media purchase data to create
multi-source insight into
campaign effectiveness.
Dedicated analytics products
now exist that let researchers and
planners not only evaluate
campaigns post-buy but monitor
them as they unfold using near
real-time data. What's more, the
same information can be used to
model alternatives, demo
hypothetical buys, and make
changes midstream if a campaign
isn't reaching objectives.
Because they are a direct
measure of consumer interest,
Web analytics play a key role in
the new cross-analytics
paradigm.
But it's not enough to look solely
at the client's Web site activity;
additional measures need to be
included. As many as 10 to 20
discrete data sources may be
needed to generate the insights
necessary to make effective
changes. Additionally, in order
to evaluate and determine the
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year for the e-reader space" with
new tablets and dual-screen
readers emerging. But Epps
pointed out that, right now, most
of the announcements are
reaching the industry, not
consumers.
For the consumer, she said, the e
-reader category is still largely
the Kindle, but a few
developments could make big
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drivers of consumer activity additional revenue. Efficiencies
within the media mix, advertisers
need access to granular data
are further gained by being able
to measure lead flow and predict
Joins Parade of E-Readers
across disparate systems to
formulate a perspective on
future revenue generation as the
leads flow through the (Enterprise Security Today)
creative and messaging conversion process. That's the (Yahoo! News Search Results Creative Labs' fan site
effectiveness. kind of results clients hunger for for e-readers) Epizenter.net originated the
Advertisers are already -- and agencies can now reliably
Submitted at 11/4/2009 12:08:50 AM
Mediabook report, and quotes
benefiting from online/offline generate with the right Willie Png, vice president of
data integration. In one case, a technology solutions. The e-reader market is getting s t r a t e g i c b u s i n e s s , a s
major healthcare services Today's multi-source analytical
yet another entry, with a report downplaying the Kindle as "just
provider was looking for a way tools also provide much needed that Creative Labs is unveiling a another electronic device which
to reduce its cost of obtaining objectivity and credibility fortablet. The device, called a displays books in text." By
qualified leads through its media personnel. Instead of Mediabook, was shown at the contrast, Png told the site, the
advertising. Its target was $100 planners analyzing media buys --
Singapore-based company's Mediabook will allow the merger
per lead; by obtaining real-time a potential conflict of interest --
general meeting last week. of "videos, pictures, text and
visibility into its campaign these comprehensive, exhaustive Although Creative hasn't made services into one device that
performance and making a fact- solutions are neutral in stance. In
an official announcement, news s u p p o r t s a m e d i a - r i c h
based, strategic shift from the end, all anyone wants is the
reports indicate that the e x p e r i e n c e . "
national TV to its best- simple truth about how well a Mediabook has a touchscreen, Epizenter also reports that
performing DMAs, the advertiser campaign is performing, or Internet connectivity, slots for Creative is in discussion with a
decreased its cost-per-lead by whether a shift in strategy is SD memory cards, text-to-speech variety of publishers about
21% in the first month, from warranted. Advanced cross- capability, and is based on the providing content.
$112 to $89. Moreover, it media analytics can finally company's Zii technology. LCD or Electrophoretic?
maintained an average 13% provide both. Kindle 'Just Another Electronic There was also no word on what
decrease in each of the next four This content has passed through
Device' kind of screen the Mediabook
months. fivefilters.org. There was no word on the would use. Sarah Rotman Epps,
Together, the cost-per-lead Mediabook's launch date, but the an analyst with industry research
improvement, combined with a e-reader category is already firm Forrester, pointed out that,
more effective local television beginning to have more than a while LCD screens are good for
buy, produced millions in few entries. There's the best v i d e o a n d g r a p h i c s ,
known, Amazon's Kindle, as well electrophoretic screens have
as Sony's recently updated e- higher contrast and make reading
readers and the newly released text easier.
differences. She said one would and an E Ink display. nook from Barnes & Noble, She noted that E Ink, a company
be if Apple decides to make e- Ross Rubin, director of industry among others. based in Cambridge, Mass., "now
publications a big category on analysis for consumer technology There are also reports that has about 100 percent market
iTunes, in which case "Apple at NPD Group, noted that t i r e m a k e r B r i d g e s t o n e i s share" in electrophoretic screens,
would become a major player Google's open-source operating developing a flexible e-book but that will change next year as
overnight." system, Android, is increasingly reader, although so far it's only a competition heats up.
The other development, she said, showing up on these devices. He prototype. And there have been In general, she said, 2010 is
is if BlackBerry maker Research pointed out that Barnes & many reports that Apple is shaping up to be "an interesting
in Motion or another smartphone Noble's nook is Android-based, preparing to enter the market
maker decides to release a double NEW page 76 early next year with its own NEW page 75
-screen device, with both a LCD tablet e-reader.
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as is Creative's recently released not yet released to a mass market

Zii Egg, which features 1080p in the U.S.
high-definition video and is This content has passed through
described by Creative as a fivefilters.org.
"StemCell Computer."
Rubin noted that several of
Creative's Android-based
devices, like those based on Zii
technology, have been more
focused toward developers and