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Obama’s security tweaks unlikely to quiet political opponents By David Morgan (Front Row Washington) Submitted at 1/5/2010 7:12:15 AM

President Barack Obama will tighten airline security today in a bid to thwart any future attack like last month’s plot to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner. But will that silence his political opponents? Not likely. With congressional elections looming in November, the stakes may be too high. Take Republican Rep. Pete Hoekstra, for example. He’s running for governor of Michigan and criticizing Obama’s handling of the bomb plot in hopes of making Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, look soft on security. “If you agree that we need a governor who will stand up the Obama/Pelosi efforts to weaken our security, please make a most

generous contribution of $25, $50, $100 or even $250 to my campaign,” he said in a widely quoted letter to prospective supporters. The letter caused an u p r o a r a m o n g critics who accused Hoekstra of playing politics with national security. But the security issue seems destined to become a leading theme for Republicans in this year’s election battle for control of Congress, which they hope to turn into a referendum on Obama’s policies. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says national security is among the top issues on which his party needs to engage voters. “There are a lot of questions out there,” he told NBC’s Today show. “The inconsistency in the Obama administration’s approach to foreign policy, particularly with respect to terrorism, is a

public. Democrats could be vulnerable if the predictions of some pundits prove right. New York Times columnist David Brooks predicts that the conservative tea party movement could be transformed from a fringe entity named for the famous Boston Tea Party into a major political force opposed to Obama — if a talented leader emerges from its ranks. “The tea party movement is a concern.” “ A t s o m e p o i n t , t h i s large, fractious confederation of administration has to take Americans who are defined by responsibility for what it’s doing, what they are against,” Brooks t a k e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r i t s writes. “But it is now more d e c i s i o n s , ” S t e e l e a d d e d . popular than either major party.” Republicans lost control of Photo Credits: Reuters/Jason Congress in 2006 and the White Reed (Fiery clouds over the U.S. House in 2008. But they now Capitol); Reuters/Jeff Zelevansky hope to stage a comeback by (RNC Chairman Michael Steele); playing up perceptions, fed by Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi (Tea opinion polls, that Obama’s Party demonstrator holds an antip o l i c i e s a r e i n c r e a s i n g l y Obama sign in Parker, Texas) unpopular with the American Click here for more political coverage from Reuters

Fetish: Sneak Up on Dust Bunnies With Toshiba's Sleek, Quiet Escargot Vac By Steven Leckart (Wired Top Stories)

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Google Nexus One Liveblog [Liveblog] By Jason Chen (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:53:52 AM

Google's Nexus One: The Google Phone. It's being unveiled officially right now. We're here. Here's our liveblog page. Check in bright and early to see what's coming, and see whether the leaked pricing details are really true, and whether anything's changed since our first hands on back in December. [ Liveblog Page] Watch it live here: Live video by Ustream

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Chafee returns to political race as Giant river fish faces independent running for RI governor extinction after years of overfishing By Ros Krasny (Front Row Washington) Submitted at 1/4/2010 1:50:24 PM

Former Republican Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee says he wants to be free of the chains of party politics. And so he is running for Rhode Island governor as an independent. Chafee left the Republican Party in 2007 after losing his Senate re-election bid to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse. Chafee, a social liberal who often crossed the floor to vote with the Democrats, is now a visiting fellow at Brown University in Providence, R.I. He announced on Monday he will run for governor in a bid to replace two-term Republican Governor Don Carcieri who cannot run again in November because of term limits. “I believe that running as an independent will free me from

up. State Rep. Joe Trillo is the likely Republican candidate and state Attorney General Patrick Lynch is currently the only Democrat who has announced. Shifting party allegiances continue to have an impact on party ranks. In the southern state of Alabama, U.S. Representative Parker Griffith last month joined the Republican Party after ditching the Democrats, who currently hold the majority in Congress but are bracing to lose seats in this year’s elections. It’s only the fourth day of the the constraints that party politics election year, and plenty of time impose on candidates,” Chafee for more surprises, switches, and said. speculation… Chafee, 56, who worked as a For more Reuters political news, professional farrier for several click here years before entering politics, Photo credit: Reuters/Brian stands a chance to canter ahead Snyder (Chafee on cell phone in of the usual two-horse race in 2006) the Ocean State. The non-partisan Cook Political Report has termed the race a toss-

Zimbra buy to raise VMware's cloud ante By Matt Asay (Webware.com) Submitted at 1/4/2010 1:02:07 PM

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By Rory Carroll (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

known about the arapaima, also known as pirarucu or paiche, is based on a taxonomic review conducted over 160 years ago. Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:36:37 AM The researchers analysed nearly The arapaima, a giant Amazon all preserved museum specimens river fish that can grow longer of supposed arapaima and found and heavier than a human adult, only one specimen of Arapaima is at risk of extinction, according gigas. The others are suspected to to a new study. Overfishing and be closely related species. "Our errors in classification are new analyses indicate that there believed to have left the world's are at least four species of largest scaled freshwater fish arapaima," said Castello. "So, critically endangered. until further field surveys of A report in the Journal of appropriate areas are completed, Applied Ichthyology, a branch of we will not know if Arapaima zoology devoted to fish, said gigas is extinct or still swimming there were four sub-species of about." arapaima – not just one, as Fishermen ignore regulations previously thought – and that intended to manage stocks, he they were under severe pressure said, and there is a lack of data f r o m f i s h e r m e n . A r a p a i m a about population numbers. "The mature relatively late and need present situation may be one in specific habitats to live and which one species of arapaima is reproduce. The fish's size – it can recovering in certain areas, while grow to more than 2m and weigh unrecognised species are going over 200kg – and need to surface extinct." to breathe have left it vulnerable • Endangered species to harpoons and gill nets, said the • Fishing authors, Leandro Castello of the • Endangered habitats Woods Hole Research Centre in Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Rory Carroll Donald Stewart of the State guardian.co.uk© Guardian News University of New York. "They & Media Limited 2010 | Use of have the curse of being tasty and this content is subject to our of having to breathe air," Castello Terms & Conditions| More Feeds told the BBC. Much of what is

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Warren Buffett weighs into Kraft's battle for Cadbury

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By Graeme Wearden, Richard Wachman (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

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Cadbury on 19 January is pitched at a level that "does not destroy value for Kraft shareholders". If that happened, "we will change our vote to yes". Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:09:27 AM Kraft is proposing to pay for • Buffett opposes Kraft's plans Cadbury via a mix of shares and until cost is revealed cash. Buffett chose to make his • Cadbury investors unimpressed statement on the day that Kraft by Kraft's extra cash announced that it would sweeten Respected US investor Warren its proposed offer for the British Buffett threw a spanner into firm by adding a larger cash K r a f t ' s £ 1 0 b n b i d f o r U K component. confectionery group Cadbury The extra cash is provided by today when he revealed his Swiss food company Nestlé investment vehicle, Berkshire which is buying Kraft's frozen Hathaway, would vote against pizza business in the US and Kraft's plans to take over the firm Canada for $3.7bn (£2.3bn). until he knew what Kraft was Nestlé, the maker of Nescafe, planning to pay. KitKat and Ski yoghurts also Berkshire Hathaway, which declared today that it "does not speaks for 9.4% of Kraft said that intend to make, or participate in, it has voted "no" to Kraft's a formal offer for Cadbury". This proposal to issue up to 370m new follows discussions with the shares to help pay for Cadbury Takeover Panel, which regulates which is chaired by Roger Carr. merger activity in Britain. It is calling for other Kraft Some City experts had s h a r e h o l d e r s t o f o l l o w i t s speculated that Nestlé was example at a special meeting due gathering a war chest to unleash in February. on Cadbury, after it raised $28bn The explosive statement from ( £ 1 7 b n ) i n c a s h y e s t e r d a y Buffett said that using Kraft through the sale of its stake in an stock to pay for Cadbury when it eye-care group, Alcon. was trading at only $27 a share Kraft, led by Irene Rosenfeld, is made it a very "expensive able to offer nearly 50% of its currency" to be used in an 740p a share bid for Cadbury via acquisition. cash after the frozen pizza sale, But Berkshire Hathaway gave b u t t h e B r i t i s h f i r m ' s itself the flexibility to change its s h a r e h o l d e r s s e e m e d mind if Kraft's final offer for unimpressed. "This changes

nothing," said one. The US company said: "Kraft Foods is doing this (adding more cash) because of the desire expressed by some Cadbury security-holders to have a greater proportion of the offer in cash and because Kraft Foods shareholders have expressed a desire for Kraft Foods to be more sparing in its use of undervalued Kraft Foods shares as currency for the offer." Cadbury, though, refused to be swayed from its opposition to Kraft's bid, which is worth about £10.3bn, or 740p per Cadbury share. "Kraft has once again missed the point," said a Cadbury spokesman. "Despite this tinkering, the Kraft offer remains unchanged and derisory with less than half the consideration in cash." Shares in Cadbury fell by more than 3% on Tuesday to 779p. The panel has set today as the initial deadline for Cadbury shareholders to say whether they will support Kraft's offer. But the vast majority of investors are expected to sit tight and see whether Kraft improves its offer. Cadbury has until 15 January to release new information to bolster its defence to the takeover, while Kraft faces a deadline of 19 January if it wants to raise its offer. Other interested

parties – potentially Italian firm Ferrero or Hershey of the US– have until 23 January to launch their own bids. Jeremy Batstone-Carr, analyst at Charles Stanley, said Nestlé's decision leaves Kraft as the "overwhelming frontrunner" in the battle for Cadbury. "Nestle's decision effectively removes Ferrero and Hershey from the field as competitive forces, although we do not altogether rule out the possibility that Cadbury and Hershey might form a defensive alliance against a reinvigorated Kraft," BatstoneCarr said. He added that the fall in the value of Cadbury's shares suggested that stock market traders rate its survival prospects as "50:50". • Warren Buffett • Cadbury • Kraft • Food & drink industry • Food & drink • Mergers and acquisitions • Switzerland • United States Graeme Wearden Richard Wachman guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

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Filed under: International markets, Newsletters, ETF Investing, Commodities, Stocks to Buy, best stocks for 2010 This post is part of a special report, Top Picks for 2010, the 27th annual survey in which TheStockAdvisors.com asks the nation's leading advisors for their single favorite stock for the new year. See all 80 stocks listed here. "2010 will be the year that silver shines," says metals and mining specialist Gene Arensberg. In his Got Gold Report, a specialty service from The Gold Newsletter, he says, "We believe that the metal-backed exchange traded fund iShares Silver Trust ( SLV) is a safe and convenient way for most investors to gain exposure to the small, but growing-in-popularity silver market." Continue reading Top Picks for 2010: iShares Silver Trust (SLV) Top Picks for 2010: iShares Silver Trust (SLV) originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Don't sell the long election short | DD Guttenplan By DD Guttenplan (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

"too much is not enough" comes closer to wisdom than a threeweek campaign. First impressions might be fine for Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:01:45 AM speed dating – or for followers of In the US, lengthy campaign Malcolm Gladwell– but would periods don't just suit fellow y o u r e a l l y w a n t t o s e t u p election junkies – they give housekeeping with someone on everyone time to wake up to the t h e b a s i s o f a t h r e e - w e e k issues relationship? When the Guardian starts citing Even the Guardian admits that Margaret Thatcher, a prudent "in an ideal republic … the more man keeps his head down. political debate the better for us Especially if the subject is British all," just as "in principle, a long electoral politics, and the prudent campaign offers the public … man happens to be a foreigner to more chance to weigh the talents these parts, and an American to of the rival leaders." The catch, boot. My compatriots could learn of course, is that "in practice, the a lot from your politicians, world simply does not work that starting with the ability to speak way". As the immortal Homer in complete sentences (while the would say, "D'oh!" current incumbent of the White The conflict here isn't between House is a huge improvement on us airy fairy theoreticians (John his predecessor, some of our Major, Gordon Brown and me) congressmen and women could a n d t h e h o r n y - h a n d e d benefit from a week or two in practitioners of real world W e s t m i n s t e r ) a n d m o v i n g realpolitik. Because if you smartly on to the realisation that actually believe that a modernhealthcare is as much a public day election campaign "arrives good as clean air or secure swaddled in its own past, not borders (maybe David Cameron actively sought but recognised as c o u l d e x p l a i n t h i s t o o u r a necessary catharsis" I've got a Republicans on his next visit). bridge you might like to buy over So call me irresponsible, or a in Brooklyn. Such flannel is just meddling Yank if you must, but I a shell game to distract the hicks still think that when it comes to – who, at least in my country, elections, the Texas adage that need more than three weeks to

start paying attention, but who, once engaged, whether by issues or scandal or the personalities of the candidates, have a disconcerting tendency to think for themselves. Which is why when I hear complaints about the length or lack of decorum of modern political campaigns I check my wallet. US presidential elections matter so much precisely because they are the one time every four years when Americans think about politics – and when they are encouraged to think politically. The process is far from pretty, and if you want to call it managed consent I won't argue with you. But at least it has to be managed, forcing politicians to take stands on issues (gay marriage, the use of torture, boardroom bonuses) a short campaign might let them evade. That the whole spectacle also makes for great political theatre is just a bonus, though perhaps here I should disclose an interest – not just as a political journalist, and a chronic voter, but as a campaign junkie who looks forward to American presidential elections with the fervent delight that citizens of happier lands reserve for the World Cup. Still, there are good reasons for anyone

who cares about the quality of public life to welcome the prospect of a longer campaign, regardless of which party you believe would benefit from a more deliberate debate. The truth is that politicians already wage a long campaign– and have done ever since a young pollster named Patrick Caddell sent his client, the newly elected Jimmy Carter, a memo entitled "Initial Working Paper on Political Strategy" pointing out that in the modern media environment "governing with public approval requires a continuing political campaign". That was way back in December 1976, by the way, though it took a while for Caddell's insights to reach these shores. By now it's only the voters who are allowed a recess from politics – and only the pros who stand to gain by prolonging our inattention. • General election 2010 • US politics • United States DD Guttenplan guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Synchtube syncs up YouTube watching with friends By Josh Lowensohn (Webware.com)

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Continental Airlines Traffic Grows By Brent Archer (BloggingStocks) Submitted at 1/5/2010 1:20:00 PM

Filed under: Major movement, Good news, Contl Airlines'B' (CAL), Options, Technical Analysis Continental Airlines ( CAL- option chain) shares are rising today after the company said its December traffic rose 6.0 percent compared to December 2008. If you think that the stock won't fall by too much in the coming months, then now could be a good time to look at a bullish hedged trade on CAL. CAL opened this morning at $18.59. So far today the stock has hit a low of $18.42 and a high of $20.45. As of 11:45, CAL is trading at $20.24 up $2.10 (11.6%). The chart for CAL looks bullish and S&P gives CAL a positive 4 STARS (out of 5) buy ranking. Continue reading Continental Airlines Traffic Grows Continental Airlines Traffic Grows originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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WFP halts food aid in south Somalia By Xan Rice (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

operations. "The unacceptable demands and harassment of our staff have made it impossible to continue Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:07:50 AM reaching many of the most S o m a l i a ' s b e l e a g u e r e d vulnerable people in southern population received a further Somalia," said Peter Smerdon, blow today when the World Food spokesman for WFP. Programme announced it was The agency said it would suspending operations in the continue to provide assistance to south of the country owing to 1.8 million people in the capital "unprecedented and inhumane Mogadishu and elsewhere in the attacks" and threats and demands country. by a hardline Islamist group. After nearly two decades with an The WFP said that 1 million effective government, Somalia is people, nearly all of them in heavily reliant on food aid. The areas run by the al-Shabaab WFP says only 30% of the militia, would no longer receive country's needs have been met food rations. from local production in the past Besides the insecurity problems, five years. Aid is crucial to fill the Shabaab had demanded that t h e g a p a s c o m m e r c i a l l y the UN agency remove all imported food is too expensive women from their jobs and pay for many Somalis, especially $20,000 (£13,000) every six those displaced by the conflict, months for "security" in some of and access to rebel-held areas is the region's controls. When the difficult and dangerous for WFP refused, it was given a transporters. deadline of 1 January to cease At least four WFP staff have

been killed in the last 18 months, and several of the agency's offices have been attacked. The WFP said it was "deeply concerned about rising hunger and suffering" that would be caused by the suspension, and hoped the situation would be temporary. Contingency plans have been made in case of large movements out of the affected areas.The Shabaab, which is accused of having links to alQaida and shares some ideological traits with the Taliban, has only been thwarted in its attempt to overthrow Somalia's government by the presence of African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu. Until recently, the militia had allowed the WFP to work in areas it controls, and the rebels' structure and organisation even helped delivery in some areas. But recently the Shabaab began claiming that food aid was hindering local farm production.

One aid worker said it also appeared as though the militia's hierarchy had instructed each of its local administrations to collect money to sustain is operations. Late last year, in the Bay and Bakool areas, aid agencies were informed of the $40,000 annual security fee, and 10 other rules to comply with. In keeping with its radical interpretation of Islam, the Shabaab said female aid workers would only be allowed in hospital and healthcare centres. By Tom Taulli • Somalia (BloggingStocks) • United Nations Submitted at 1/5/2010 1:40:00 PM • Famine • Food Filed under: Industry, H and R • I n t e r n a t i o n a l a i d a n d Block (HRB) development The federal and state governments regulate a variety of Xan Rice industries that help with your guardian.co.uk© Guardian News money -- such as stockbrokers. & Media Limited 2010 | Use of However, when it comes to this content is subject to our preparing taxes, the licensing is Terms & Conditions| More Feeds fairly sporadic. Only a few states have requirements. Kind of scary, huh? Well, things are going to change. The IRS has announced that it will take the responsibility of urban Kenyans. In anticipation of clogging the roads. the strike bus fares rose sharply The strike was called off tonight. regulating U.S. tax preparation companies, such as H&R Block ( for those trying to return from • Kenya HRB) and Jackson Hewitt ( rural areas after the Christmas JTX). break, while tens of thousands of Xan Rice people were unable to get to guardian.co.uk© Guardian News Continue reading IRS Finally work in the major cities. & Media Limited 2010 | Use of Regulates Tax Preparers IRS Finally Regulates Tax Motorcycle taxis did a huge this content is subject to our trade, while people with private Terms & Conditions| More Feeds Preparers originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 05 Jan cars turned them into taxis, 2010 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

Bus strike chaos in Kenya By Xan Rice (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:17:26 AM

Millions of Kenyans were forced to find different and occasionally dangerous ways of getting to work and school – including hanging on to the sides of trains –

during a second day of strikes by commuter minibuses . Owners of "matatus", which serve as the main form of public transport in Kenya, say they were protesting at harassment and extortion by police officers. But the timing of the action, which was also tied to government attempts at regulation, angered

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Bodies of three skiers found in Switzerland (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:34:39 AM

Fresh snowfalls bring warnings of heightened risk as ski season opens The bodies of three skiers missing after an avalanche in central Switzerland were found today, increasing the death toll from the country's deadliest avalanches in more than a decade to seven. Theo Maurer, the chief instructor of Alpine Rescue Switzerland said the bodies of a Swiss woman, a Swiss man and a German man had been found in the Diemtig valley, 25 miles south of the capital, Bern. No other people had been reported missing. The victims were in a group of

off-piste skiers hit by an avalanche shortly before midday on Sunday, burying two. A second avalanche, about half an hour later, hit the rescue party. An emergency operation involving eight helicopters from the Swiss air rescue service and 100 rescuers was able to pull nine people from the snow. One man was already dead, and three others died in hospital. The earlier victims were identified as a German and three Swiss, one of whom was a rescue doctor who had flown in to help. Rescuers had been unable to search for the remaining skiers yesterday because fog and snow prevented safe access to the area by air or on foot. Experts had held out little hope the missing three people would be found alive. It was the biggest avalanche death toll in

Switzerland since February 1999, when two snow slides swept away several chalets in the canton of Valais, killing 12 people. The start of the ski season and heavy snowfall in recent days have prompted officials to warn of a heightened avalanche risk in the Swiss Alps. Elsewhere on Sunday, a Swiss man was killed and his guide injured in an avalanche near the southern ski resort of Verbier. • Switzerland • Natural disasters and extreme weather guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Open Handset Alliance adds 13 members By Chris Ziegler (Engadget)

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The Open Handset Alliance-- the raucous group of firms officially supporting and contributing to Android's development -- has added a staggering 13 new members today, including

Freescale (Moto's former chip unit) and China Telecom, China's EV-DO carrier. Developing...

Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades and Initiations: DELL, NSRGY, POT, QCOM, RIMM, UPS, V ... By Eric Buscemi (BloggingStocks) Submitted at 1/5/2010 11:30:00 AM

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Dell (DELL), Research in Motion (RIMM), United Parcel'B' (UPS), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Analyst initiations, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT) Analyst Upgrades • Baird upgraded United Parcel Service ( UPS) to outperform from neutral based on operating leverage, improving industry pricing and exposure to a cyclical recovery. The firm raised its target to $70 from $61. • JMP Securities upgraded Qualcomm ( QCOM) following positive wireless industry checks. The firm, which has a $60 target on the stock, believes Qualcomm is the best positioned wireless company to enable 3G deployments and the early ramp of 4G technology. • Credit Suisse has taken a more positive stance on the potash sector given the settlement of the

Chinese contracts and improving near-term fundamentals. The firm upgraded Potash ( POT) to outperform from neutral and raised its price target to $135 from $119. Credit Suisse also raised Intrepid Potash ( IPI) to neutral from underperform and raised its price target to $30 from $28. • Avery Dennison ( AVY) was raised to outperform from neutral at Baird. • Biogen Idec ( BIIB) was upgraded at BofA/Merrill to neutral from underperform. • RadioShack ( RSH) was upgraded to conviction buy from neutral at Goldman. Continue reading Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades and Initiations: DELL, NSRGY, POT, QCOM, RIMM, UPS, V ... Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades and Initiations: DELL, NSRGY, POT, QCOM, RIMM, UPS, V ... originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

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United Airlines Sees Flat Traffic in December

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Filed under: UAL Corp (UAUA) Monday, United Airlines ( UAUA) announced that its December traffic matched last year's traffic, but that planes were more crowded. Confused? UAUA had fewer flights this year compared to a year ago, so matching traffic from last year meant that the planes had more passengers. The air carrier announced that paying passengers flew 9.21 billion miles last month and capacity shrank to 11.24 billion available seat miles from 11.60 billion in December 2008. All this totaled up to average occupancy of 81.9%, up from 79.4% a year earlier. Average occupancy for the year increased

Filed under: International markets, Forecasts, Products and services, Industry, Competitive strategy, Market matters, to 81.2% from 80.4%. Taking Economic data, Commodities, regional operations out of the Headline news, Agriculture equation, average occupancy on The orange crop in Florida is UAUA flights came in at 83%, especially sensitive to freezing up from 79.9% in the prior year. temperatures. Cold air masses C o n t i n u e r e a d i n g U n i t e d have been flowing down through Airlines Sees Flat Traffic in the U.S. into Florida with no warm air buffers to stop them. December United Airlines Sees Flat Traffic These cold air masses are in December originally appeared scheduled to last throughout the on BloggingStocks on Tue, 05 week. Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please The Florida Citrus Mutual trade see our terms for use of feeds. association warned growers on Permalink| Email this| Comments Sunday that an overnight freeze could damage crops. It said: "We could have cold or borderline

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temperatures each night over the next week. It'll be an anxious seven days for us." Continue reading Possible Florida Freeze Drives Orange Juice Futures Limit Up Possible Florida Freeze Drives Orange Juice Futures Limit Up originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

Oh boy, you heard that right. Google's slinging its Nexus One to Verizon in the Spring for an undisclosed amount. If AT&T wasn't scared, it should be now. Developing... Verizon getting the Nexus One in Spring 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Google| Email this| Comments

Every State Sees Double-Digit Bankruptcy Growth By Tom Johansmeyer (BloggingStocks)

making it the seventh-worst on record. Data gathered by the Associated Submitted at 1/5/2010 1:00:00 PM Press from the 90 bankruptcy Filed under: Indices, Economic districts in the U.S. shows that data filings surged 32% from 2008, We're all pretty happy to put with 116,000 bankruptcies in 2009 behind us, especially those December alone. The 22% jump average. That said, the holiday who submitted the 1.4 million last month, though substantial, season may have chewed up time bankruptcy petitions last year, was at least below the annual

that people would use to file, so the apparent reprieve (if you can call a 22% increase in bankruptcies a reprieve) may not be real. Continue reading Every State Sees Double-Digit Bankruptcy Growth Every State Sees Double-Digit Bankruptcy Growth originally

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D-Link makes the Boxee Box official, still leaves us wondering By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:20:32 AM

D-Link just went official on the Boxee Box. But they still didn’t answer our only last question: the price. All they said is that it will be less than $200. Thanks, we kind of figured that along with that the device will stream media from various big-name sources like Netflix, Pandora and Last.fm. Stay tuned though, more info is likely going to drop at CES in a day or two. D-LINK DEBUTS BOXEE BOX AT CES 2010; DIRECTLY LINKS INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES TO TVs EVERYWHERE Networking pioneer and popular entertainment software create the best way to get the free entertainment the Internet has to offer with no monthly fee LAS VEGAS, CES Booth 36232, South Hall, LVCC, Jan. 5, 2010 – D-Link made lots of geeks and early adopters happy today by introducing the revolutionary Boxee Box by DLink, winner of the CES Best of Innovations award in the Home Entertainment category. The Boxee Box by D-Link reinterprets what TV should be. The Boxee Box delivers movies, TV shows, music, and photos from a user’s computer, home network, and the Internet to their HDTV with no PC needed.

Additionally, Boxee’s core social features make it easy for friends to discover new content from each other through social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and more. Internet Entertainment Boxee is a popular PC, Mac, and Linux software program that lets

users watch hundreds of thousands of popular TV shows and movies. Instead of sifting through millions of confusing Web sites, when users search on Boxee, TV shows and movies are delivered to them with the click of a remote control. Nearly a million Internet users around the

world have already downloaded Boxee to enjoy their online entertainment. The Boxee Box by D-Link takes the same popular software and offers it up as a great device — the perfect companion to a high definition TV. The Boxee Box by D-Link provides access to

more than just traditional TV content. It includes a huge library that spans the Internet, such as university courses, panel discussions, academic lectures, presentations, web-only videos and more from TED, Stanford, FORA.tv, Kid Mango, Next New Networks and others. Boxee also makes it easy for users to add their own favorite entertainment sources with simple RSS or XML feeds available for most online video. In addition to video content, Boxee users can access great music from sites like Pandora, last.fm, shoutcast, and We are Hunted as well as stunning photos from sites like flickr, Picasa and Facebook. Personal Entertainment For entertainment lovers who have built their own collections of digital media stored on their computer hard drive or home network, Boxee automatically identifies their content and downloads relevant cover art, synopses, reviews, subtitles, lyrics and more. This feature turns boring files and folders into beautiful media libraries that make it simple and appealing to navigate a collection of favorite movies, TV shows, and playlists with a simple remote. Furthermore, the Boxee Box by D-Link has extensive format D-LINK page 10

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support (see below) which ensures that when users hit the play button, they get instant gratification, with no need to download codecs or drivers. Also, with built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi support, it can transfer files without delay and from longer distances within a user’s home. Social Features The Boxee Box by D-Link keeps people connected with social features to help users discover new content from friends, experts, and tastemakers. The first step to discovery is sharing, and Boxee makes this easy by letting people recommend any playing content to friends. Additionally Boxee automatically uses recommendations from a user’s Twitter and Facebook friends so they can find new content and instantly enjoy it on the big screen. Since anyone can build on top of Boxee’s open App platform, users can craft their own truly custom experience by creating or downloading plugins, add-ons, games, and more. “We are pleased to partner with Boxee and to be the first with such a ground-breaking device,” said Nick Tidd, vice president of

sales of D-Link Pan America and vice president of marketing for D -Link North America. “This powerful device with its unique form factor truly leverages Boxee’s service and is the best way for consumers to quickly access the growing volume of Internet content, organize it and stream it to their TVs and home entertainment centers.” “D-Link’s successful track record in bringing to market, awardwinning digital home networking products, and its global marketing, distribution and channel sales capabilities made them a great fit for our first hardware vendor.” stated Andrew Kippen, vice president of marketing for Boxee, “The Boxee Box by D-Link gives consumers what they want – an easy way to watch Internet or personal entertainment in their living rooms with a simple settop box that costs under $200 and has no monthly fees.” The Boxee Box by D-Link is scheduled to ship in the first half of 2010 through the company’s vast network of retail and e-tail outlets, and at D-Link’s online store, www.dlinkshop.com. Supported Codecs & Formats

Boxee can be used to play/view practically all common multimedia formats, including: VIDEO: Adobe Flash 10.1 H.264 (MKV, MOV) VC-1 WMV MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 AVI Xvid Divx PCM/LPCM VOB AUDIO: MP3 WMA WAV AIFF FLAC AAC DTS Dolby Digital Ogg Vorbis PHOTO: JPEG TIFF BMP PNG

Firefox development dilemma: Tweak or overhaul? By Stephen Shankland (Webware.com) Submitted at 1/4/2010 2:34:00 PM

Programmers are considering beefing up a version of Firefox 3.6 with some features planned for 3.7. Will that speed or slow

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Best Buy Mac optimization includes create a user account. Mmm-hmm. By Nicholas Deleon (CrunchGear) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:10:22 AM

Part Two of the ongoing Best Buy Optimization scandal. Yesterday I highlighted the Geek Squad’s PC optimization, which was silly to say the least. Today we look at their Mac optimization: it consists of creating a username. Cough. There’s no way around this, so let’s just blockquote this The Big Money post from several months ago, before this optimization business was on our radar: As even a computer novice might expect, “Mac optimization” is useless. One supposed benefit is putting the user’s name on the computer, according to Best Buy representatives I spoke to. Presumably, anyone who is buying a computer knows how to type in his or her own name, or follow the prompts to do it. Another supposed benefit: checking the Mac’s network connection. This has no value because it is done in the store, while the buyer will use the Mac with a different network at home. Yet a third step involves loading the Geek Squad’s own proprietary software on the computer to scan drives—drives

that have never been used and so don’t need to be scanned for trouble. An anti-virus program is also part of the mix, which is an insult to the virus resistance of Macs. “There’s nothing of that sort that any brand-new PC needs, and Macs less so,” Gottheil [a Technology Business Research analyst] said. “Apple requires far less configuration.” Best Buy’s hard sell on “optimization” is like peddling mythic unicorns based on the value of their horsepower. So, $40 to create a user account and scan a brand new hard drive? I cannot think of a bigger waste of money. Again, I think the actual Geek Squad guys aren’t to blame, they’re just doing what they’re told. It’s the guys above them looking to squeeze out a few more pennies. via GIZMODO~!

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Nvidia Optimus the Secret to the New MacBook Guts? [Notebooks] By matt buchanan (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:39:23 AM

Nvidia's teasing a new notebook tech called Optimus that "get[s] the performance of discrete graphics from a notebook while still delivering great battery life." Which could solve the mystery of the next MacBook guts. A brief recap: Intel's new Arrandale Core i5 processors for notebooks have integrated graphics built right into the chip, but they suck, and Nvidia's chipsets with superior integrated graphics, like the current MacBooks have, are incompatible with all of Intel's new chips. So if refreshed MacBooks were to use Intel's integrated graphics, they'd have worse graphics than the current

models. The top-end MacBook Pros have switchable graphics and have had them since the unibody debutedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;integrated GeForce 9400M to save battery life, discrete GeForce 9600 GT for more power. Nvidia's Optimus, if

it's good, seems to open a door for Apple to use straight-up discrete graphics, like older MacBook Pros (and even PowerBooks), without seriously harming the massive battery life that's a big part of the current MacBook Prosâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;maintaining

graphics performance and battery life without some kind of custom hardware arrangement. And it wouldn't be the first time Nvidia's debuted new tech with Apple, since that was exactly the case with the GeForce 9400M chipset/graphics that's in almost all of Apple's current machines, which you might also know as Ion, Nvidia's better-graphics-fornetbooks chip. My guess is that it's simply scalable performance, trading off battery and performance as efficiently as possible. Guess we'll see, and know more, in about a month, according to Nvidia. [ Nvidia]

Lexar Media Echo SE and ZE: 64GB In a Nail Drive [Memory] By Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:35:49 AM

I can't wait to get my nails over one of these absurdly small 64GB USB drives. They come in 8 to 64GB, and will continuously backup your files, no matter what you are doing. [ Crunchgear]

First Skype HD webcams from In Store Solutions detailed By Tim Stevens (Engadget) Submitted at 1/5/2010 12:42:00 PM

Remember those 720p-capable webcams we mentioned yesterday, specifically positioned to work with Skype HD? We've got the details courtesy of In Store Solutions, which is launching a trio of models, two of which are HD and feature integrated video compression

chips, so less than cutting-edge machines should be able to get their high-def on (though a 1.8GHz, dual-core processor is still recommended). They are the Freetalk Talk-7170 HD Pro and the Talk-7181 HD Pro Plus, both offering 720p sensors and H.264 video compression, the latter also packing quad cardioid microphones with a four meter range. The former gets by with

just stereo. An 800Kbps connection (both upload and

download) is needed for HD streaming, so if you're stuck on low-tier DSL you may be more interested in the Freetalk HQ Talk-7140. No specific details were given for this one, but most "high quality" Skype cameras are 2 megapixels, and at a price of just $40 this looks to be the cheapest. No MSRP mentioned for the two HD models, but you can read all about them after the

break. Continue reading First Skype HD webcams from In Store Solutions detailed First Skype HD webcams from In Store Solutions detailed originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| | Email this| Comments

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Canon’s entry-level camcorders gain HD in the form of the HFR series By Nicholas Deleon (CrunchGear)

flash memory, while the R10 has 8GB of flash, and the R100 has none, but does has an SD/SDHC Submitted at 1/5/2010 8:00:17 AM card slot to stick in whatever CES is here, even though most amount of flash you have lying of your friendly neighborhood about. CrunchGear writers are still in Other goodies: 20X optical their respective home states. zoom, simple to use HD to SD By Paul Miller (Engadget) proximity sensor, 5 megapixel personal touch (there's a picture (We’ll be arriving in Las Vegas conversion, your standard ports camera with LED flash, 3.5mm of the phone's back after the throughout the day today.) First f o r e x t e r n a l m i c s a n d Submitted at 1/5/2010 12:44:00 PM h e a d p h o n e j a c k , a n d a break). There's still no word of up for me: new camcorders from headphones, and a setting that We know, you're so surprised. multicolored LED under the price or availability, but we'll Canon. Entry-level ones, too, so makes taking short clips (2, 4, or Google's finally confirmed the trackball. There are also two mics assume that this old leak is don’t feel intimidated. You’ve 8 seconds long) so simple enough Nexus One. We've naturally onboard, one on the bottom and accurate until proven otherwise. got the HFR11, the HFR10, and a caveman can do it. Hack alert. heard all about the phone already one on the back, for the purpose Developing... the HFR100. They’re basically Prices: the HFR11 for $699, the from dubious sources, and even o f n o i s e c a n c e l l a t i o n à l a Continue reading Google's souped up, HD versions of the H F R 1 0 f o r $ 5 4 9 , a n d t h e reviewed the purported device, Motorola's CrystalTalk, and the Nexus One is official previous FS series of entry-level HFR100 for $499. Those are all but now that they've got one in phone is naturally running the Google's Nexus One is official cameras. Nothing wrong with MSRPs, of course, so it may be hand up on a stage, we suppose brand new Android 2.1. The originally appeared on Engadget HD. different than what you find at we'll have to set aside all of our phone is actually HTC branded, on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:44:00 The HFR11 is the top dog, the store. doubts. So, the nitty gritty: 3.7- unlike the pre-release versions EST. Please see our terms for coming with 32GB of built-in inch AMOLED display, 1GHz we've seen, and can be custom use of feeds. Permalink| | Email Snapdragon processor, compass, engraved with two lines of text at this| Comments GPS, accelerometer, light and the time of order, for that extra

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ESPN launching 3D network in June By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)

Pico Projector From Light Blue Optics Throws Up a 10-inch Touchscreen Laser Projection [Projector] By Kat Hannaford (Gizmodo)

3.1, the Light Touch projector has 2GB of flash memory and a microSD card slot (with support Light Blue Optics has been up to 32GB) for storing media showing off their cool projection on, and also has Wi-Fi and wares since 2004, so it's great to Bluetooth for hooking up with a hear they're close to turning that laptop or device. It supposedly "holographic laser projection has a 2 hour battery life, which t e c h n o l o g y " i n t o a v i a b l e unfortunately seems to be the product, albeit as an OEM. norm with these little projectors, The Light Touch pico projector though kudos to Light Blue throws a laser WVGA image out Optics for throwing in a bunch of to the size of 10-inches, turning other features that could make any available surface into a t h i s a c t u a l l y u s e f u l , f o r touchscreen. The angle is a pretty consumers as well as businesses decent wide throw, which means (as the pic below shows). [ Light the projector can be quite close to Blue Optics via BusinessWire] the surface. Running on Adobe Flash Lite Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:30:01 AM

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ESPN has long been the leader in live HDTV and the network is about to stay ahead of the curve yet again by launching its own 3D network early this summer. But this network is just a test and ESPN is only committing to it through June 2011. So if you really want your kids growing up watching live 3D events, you out. Update: Notably, they're saying better support ESPN’s effort. 2.1 is an extension of Eclair-- no The initial broadcast will be a Flan here, as far as we can tell. W o r l d C u p s o c c e r m a t c h , They've gone through the new followed later on by the Summer integrated weather and news X Games, NBA games, and apps, live wallpapers, a 3D collegic football and basketball. framework accessible by devs It seems like ESPN really doesn’t (thank goodness), and speech-to- know how this is going to pan out. There are apparently a lot of text input. a b o u t Android 2.1 gets real on the q u e s t i o n s w i n g s o f t h e N e x u s O n e how subscribers will get the originally appeared on Engadget stations, if they will have to pay a on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:45:00 premium, and if anyone besides EST. Please see our terms for sport’s nerds will really watch it. use of feeds. Permalink| | Email But props to ESPN and Disney for at least trying something new this| Comments instead of taking a backseat while some other network potentially loses a crapton of money in 3D.

Android 2.1 gets real on the wings of the Nexus One By Chris Ziegler (Engadget) Submitted at 1/5/2010 12:45:00 PM

We already knew the Nexus One would come baked to a crispy golden brown with a new cut of Android, and we've now heard several mentions of it on-stage at Google's official reveal: Android 2.1 is the real deal. HTC chief Peter Chou has specifically mentioned its 3D capabilities -something we've seen in the new Gallery app -- but we're looking forward to seeing if El Goog's got any extra tricks up its sleeve here. For what it's worth, dev documentation for 2.1 isn't yet online, but we're keeping an eye

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The Lexar Media Echo SE and ZE drives backs up your files “on the go” By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) Submitted at 1/5/2010 8:50:53 AM

iRiver Story Ereader Hits US Shores This Month; Pricing Still Marvell Plug Computer 3.0 packs in a Terrifying Mystery [IRiver] WiFi, Bluetooth and 2GHz Armada By John Herrman (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:29:00 AM

iRiver's Story eReader has taken its sweet time making a stateside appearance, and as of today, it's still not here. But it's coming! Sometime in January, to be "specific." But will it be as comically expensive as its European counterpart? Hopefully, no. But probably? Yes. The Story has reviewed fairly well, with testers citing attractive (if obviously derivative) industrial design,

ePub support and a decent screen among its strengths, but with a sky-high price tag—the equivalent to $320—more or less pulling it out of the running, especially when cheaper reader like the Kindle and Nook come with 3G and Wi-Fi, the former being excluded on the Story, and the latter not making an appearance until "early Q2," possibly at a premium. In other words, iRiver: you need to make this thing cheaper, or else it will drown. Ok! [ iRiver]

chip for miniaturized Linux bliss By Paul Miller (Engadget)

marketed as a development platform for building embedded devices, the orginal SheevaPlug's Remember the SheevaPlug? $99 pricetag has us hoping for Well, your "Linux computer the similarly good hobbyist-friendly size of a wall wart" fantasies just things here. got much more impressive. The Marvell Plug Computer 3.0 new Marvell Plug Computer packs in WiFi, Bluetooth and sports a 2GHz Armada 300 2 G H z A r m a d a c h i p f o r processor (none of that new m i n i a t u r i z e d L i n u x b l i s s Armada 610 hotness, sadly), originally appeared on Engadget WiFi, Bluetooth and a hard drive on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:41:00 of sorts (Sheeva only offered EST. Please see our terms for 512MB of flash storage). The use of feeds. Permalink| PR unit runs a few standard Linux Newswire| Email this| Comments 2.6 distros, and while it's Submitted at 1/5/2010 12:41:00 PM

So let’s say you’re “on the go” and you’re notebook dies. What do you do? I mean, you’re “on the go.” Well, you sure as hell don’t take it to Best Buy. Hopefully you have the Lexar Media Echo system in place. This little flash drive continuously backs up your files while you’re “on the go.” How clever. These flash drives are designed to stay in a USB port so that they can always back up you files. The included software takes care of all the dirty work. The difference between the two models is that the tiny ZE models are only available in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB, while the slightly larger SE models are available in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB flavors. Prices have yet to be released, but the backup solutions should be available in February here in the States, while Europe will need to wait a bit longer.

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Live from Google's Android press conference By Ross Miller (Engadget) Submitted at 1/5/2010 12:47:00 PM

We're live at Mountain View for Google's super-secret Android press conference. Sure, we've got a pretty good idea what'll be announced here (note: it's probably not multitouch capabilities on Maps), but you By Kat Hannaford (Gizmodo) proposal—one on the ground, never know, there might be a few one from a hotel room looking surprises in store. The whole Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:40:56 AM out across the scene—with the shebang is supposed to go down Well now, this certainly puts my ground camera using a Nikon in just a little bit, so stay tuned! fiance's restaurant proposal to 50mm f/1.4 lens. Dragon Stop Continue reading Live from shame. Boy Derick proposed to Motion was used to superimpose G o o g l e ' s A n d r o i d p r e s s girl Emily using a spotlight, the light writing image over the By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) also doesn’t matter that this DSLR and three nights, creating live view from the ground c o n f e r e n c e Walkman works with iTunes via a spectacular light writing camera, with the video shown a Live from Google's Android Submitted at 1/5/2010 8:20:10 AM press conference originally included software or that it can proposal. few days later to the happy appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Sony’s new Walkman A845 is output standard-def video. All the Along with several friends, two Emily. [ Derick and Emily Jan 2010 12:47:00 EST. Please as slim as four SD cards. That’s tech world cares is about is that Canon 7D cameras were used by proposal via Neatorama] see our terms for use of feeds. slim, indeed. But even at 7.2mm, Apple has a thinner iPod than D e r i c k t o c r e a t e t h e Permalink| | Email this| it’s still beat by the anorexic iPod your Walkman, Sony. This Comments nano at 6.2mm. Sorry, Sony. makes you the loser once again. That’s all we care about these Oh, and let’s not forget that the days. We’re that shallow. iPod nano can record video too. It doesn’t matter that the A845 But that’s a moo point in this By Rafe Needleman There are cleaner ways to it has blocked. has a slightly bigger 2.8-inch argument. (Webware.com) terminate your social-networking Originally posted at Rafe's Radar OLED screen or comes with accounts than to use this scriptnoise cancelling headphones. It Submitted at 1/4/2010 3:48:00 PM based site, which Facebook says

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Time For 'Israelification' Of U.S. Airports? By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

and flights were grounded after a man walked the wrong way through a screening checkpoint theodp writes"A few days ago, exit to enter the secured side of a the Toronto Star reported that terminal. Looks like we may owe s e c u r i t y e x p e r t s p o i n t t o Mr. Sela an I-told-you-so on this 'Israelification' as a possible cure one." for what ails North America's I had seen the Toronto Star security-paralyzed airports. That article when it came out, and it's is, how can we make our airports definitely worth reading. It does more like Israel's, which deal appear that the Israelis are a lot with far greater terror threat with more focused on security that far less inconvenience. 'It is works, rather than security mindboggling for us Israelis to theater -- though I don't think any look at what happens in North security system is foolproof. I do America, because we went think that there's a lot to what through this 50 years ago,' said Sela says at the end of the article Rafi Sela, president of a as to why the TSA hasn't t r a n s p o r t a t i o n s e c u r i t y followed Israel's lead:"We have a starting lightning. Scientists consultancy. Unless a more saying in Hebrew that it's much needed to prove that it was a safe sensible approach to security is easier to look for a lost key under thing to allow into their homes, adopted, Sela warned that North the light, than to look for the key and that involved visualizing American airports could be where you actually lost it, electromagnetic waves in a way crippled by needless airport because it's dark over there. that the public could understand. evacuations. As if to prove his That's exactly how (North This was one of the ways they p o i n t , N e w a r k L i b e r t y A m e r i c a n a i r p o r t s e c u r i t y did it. It just happens to look International Airport -- which is officials) act," Sela said. "You pretty awesome. [ Wired; Photo planning to unleash $160,000 can easily do what we do. You courtesy San Francisco Museum high-tech full-body scanners on don't have to replace anything. travelers to improve security -- You have to add just a little bit -of Modern Art] had to be evacuated Sunday night technology, training. But you Submitted at 1/5/2010 6:35:00 AM

What Is This? [Imagecache] By Adam Frucci (Gizmodo) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:00:00 AM

Hint: it's not from space and it's not from inside your body. But it does represent something you're totally reliant on. It's an electrograph of a brass wire gauge, made in 1900 to help show the wary public that electricity didn't come in just the form of tree-felling and fire-

have to completely change the way you go about doing airport security. And that is something that the bureaucrats have a problem with. They are very well enclosed in their own concept." As for the question on "full body scans," while not mentioned in the article, it's worth noting that Israeli airport security apparently doesn't use such machines either. I saw an interview recently with an Israeli security expert, who said that using such machines (the ones that allow screeners to effectively see travelers naked) would create a much bigger mess, as traditional and religious men would become incredibly offended at screeners seeing their wives naked. The key difference in the two systems is that the US (and most others) seem intent on scanning what you're bringing on the plane. The Israelis are a lot more interested in who you are and how you act. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

Nintendo Shuts Down Fan-Made Zelda Movie By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

made film based on the immensely popular classic video Submitted at 1/5/2010 4:48:05 AM game The Legend of Zelda. techflaws.org was the first of a Apparently the fan-made film few to point out that Nintendo, took a few years to produce, but for some bizarre reason, decided once it was done, it was released to completely shut down a fan and even shown in a few theaters

before Nintendo flipped out and broke out the lawyers. The moviemakers caved and as a "concession" the movie was allowed to be shown online but only through the end of last year. I'm at a loss to see how this

makes any sense for Nintendo at all. Here were a bunch of fans who were helping to promote Nintendo games for free, by putting a ton of work and effort into it. And Nintendo's response is to shut them down? In what

world does it make sense to stomp out your fans putting in so much time and effort to help promote your work? Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

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Live coverage of Google's Android phone announcement (CNET News.com) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:08:00 AM

Outside the Google press event Tuesday morning.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google's first consumer phone has arrived. You've read all the exhaustive coverage of Google's Nexus One phone over the last month. The Android-based device emerged at a company holiday party and has been the talk of the smartphone industry ever since. And at an event here at its headquarters Tuesday, Google is unveiling the Nexus One and announcing a plan to sell it directly to consumers. Refresh this page for live coverage of the event, which is expected to last about 90 minutes. 9:52 a.m.: We're awaiting the start of Google's Android event here in Building 43 at Google's headquarters in Mountain View. The event is expected to start in about 10 minutes, and the requisite pounding get-excited music is blaring inside a large conference room. There are maybe 100 people crammed into the room, and Google executives Vic Gundotra and Andy Rubin have already been spotted. 10:06 a.m.: Mike Nelson, a PR representative for Google, kicks things off by promising a series of short presentations. Mario Queiroz of Google has been leading Google's efforts in this

area, and he starts off the presentation. 10:07 a.m.: Queiroz reviews the development of the Open Handset Alliance, which was

launched in 2007 along with the introduction of the Android software. Thirteen additional members have joined the OHA as of Tuesday, he said, including

China Telecom and Freescale. came out, the OHA wanted to get Next came the first Android a thinner device than the G1, phone in 2008, the G1 on T- which had a funky hinged Mobile's network. LIVE page 19 10:09 a.m.: Shortly after that

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4 Steps for Effective Online Networking By Alexandra Levit (Mashable!)

looking beyond your company and immediate circle so that your networking has lifelong Submitted at 1/5/2010 7:31:24 AM continuity. To that end, seek out Alexandra Levit is the author of a n d j o i n p r o f e s s i o n a l “New Job, New You: A Guide to organizations that you have a Reinventing Yourself in a Bright genuine interest in and attend at New Career.” Learn more at least one activity a month. At the www.newjobnewyou.com. same time, habitually ask your A popular misconception is that contacts if they know anyone networking is about getting a job who might be a good person for or landing a client. In reality, y o u t o m e e t . A t i t s c o r e , networking is about establishing networking should be fun. If you relationships that provide you seek out people who care about with valuable feedback and allow the same things you do, you’ll you to make educated decisions. enjoy networking and won’t view Business networking is key to it as a chore. gaining information, increasing Social media sites — especially your visibility in your field, and the big ones like Facebook and establishing personal connections LinkedIn — are a networker’s that will help you move forward dream. LinkedIn in particular in your career. The rise of social a l l o w s y o u t o e s t a b l i s h a media hasn’t changed the fact professional network consisting that successful human beings get of your connections and your even further ahead based on the c o n n e c t i o n s ’ c o n n e c t i o n s , strength of their networks. In automatically linking you to fact, social media gives you the thousands of people in your power to connect with people industry and related ones. It’s a who you would never have the painless means to create new opportunity to converse with in relationships and get introduced the physical world. to advantageous contacts through Let’s look at some networking people you already know. best practices, along with a few Jason Alba, the author of I’m on ways you can use the various LinkedIn — Now What??? social media sites to engage with recommends joining relevant previously inaccessible people LinkedIn groups to expand your and get the attention of those who s e a r c h v i s i b i l i t y , a n d are too busy to return your phone complementing a LinkedIn group calls or e-mails. 1. Look for with a Google or Yahoo! group. Ways to Expand Your Networks He also suggests using the In an era where the average Answers feature to ask a question person will have more than a and invite your network to dozen jobs in their career, you respond. Questions typically need to ensure that you’re range from knowledge-based

issues (e.g. Does anyone know a good web-based survey tool?), to help in finding a job (e.g. Do you know of firms that employ environmental engineers in the San Francisco area?). Asking a question once a month provides an opportunity to probe your contacts in a creative way. Choose the “best answer” to bolster the reputation of the person who provided it, and thank everyone personally who participated. In turn, if someone asks a question that you can answer intelligently, do so, as this increases your visibility in the broader LinkedIn community. Whether you’re on LinkedIn or another social network in which you engage with professionals, make it easy for potential contacts to search for you by incorporating keywords into your profile (e.g. database programmer, Linux expert). Also, include a link to your professional profiles as part of your e-mail signature line so people can click on them and learn more about you. Within your profiles, include the URLs of articles you’ve written, organizations you belong to, and events where you’re speaking. 2.

Know What You Want, and What You Can Offer Many people dislike networking because they think asking a veritable stranger for help is an imposition. As it’s human nature to want to help someone, I think you’ll find that most people will be receptive, provided you approach them the right way. Whether you’re meeting people online or offline, you should prepare for networking conversations in advance by considering what you need from the contact. Make sure your planned request is reasonable, considering you barely know the person. Using an example from my own life, asking for 30 minutes of advice on the book publishing industry works a lot better than asking me to refer you to my agent. Rachel Solar-Tuttle and Diane Danielson, the authors of Table Talk, say that because networking is a collaboration, every time you ask for something or meet with a potential contact, you should think about how you can help her in return. Follow your contacts’ work carefully so that you can glean insights about how you might assist them. One caveat for this step and the next one: Do not try to impress contacts by promising something you might not be able to deliver, such as a client engagement or an introduction to someone you might not be able to get a hold of. High level individuals often use LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and

their blogs to publicly express what they’re working on, and the business problems that are vexing them. Pay attention to the questions they’re asking and provide helpful resources and information in the form of comments or LinkedIn Answers. If they’re in the midst of launching a new product or initiative, help them spread the word. Giving freely of your own knowledge and support is the best way to launch a one-on-one relationship that will eventually pay major dividends. 3. Contact the Person Privately Once you’ve gotten to know the person a bit, it’s time to get more personal. Send a warm-up message to re-introduce yourself and cite recent activities of theirs that you may have followed. Try for a more intimate angle (for example, you can comment that you have a child who’s the same age, or that you also enjoy skiing and recently tried a terrific new resort in Colorado). I, for example, got the following DM on Twitter recently. Legalbear must know that I’m a wanna-be environmentalist who adores the Caribbean. When approaching a potential contact, be friendly, respectful and brief, and be very clear about your request. Always keep in mind that the person is doing you a favor. If you’re connecting online and he says he’s in the middle of something, ask if you STEPS page 21

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keyboard. The result was the MyTouch3G, but Google wasn't satisfied, Queiroz said. The company decided to work on the performance of the Android platform and added CDMA support to be compatible with carriers like Verizon or Sprint. The Droid was the result of that effort. 10:11 a.m.:"We're very proud of this work," Queiroz said. From 1 device a year ago, there are 20 Android devices in 48 countries as of today. Four major software releases were produced in 2009, and an all-important compatibility test suite was developed in hopes of avoiding fragmentation, the bane of many a mobile developer in the past. 10:14 a.m.: Queiroz is running through the goals of the Android platform. Google and its partners wanted to release the software under a developer-friendly license and help hardware makers reduce the cost of building a phone: Android is free. In addition, Android "enables true always-on applications to be running in the background," he says, in the morning's first shot at the iPhone. It probably won't be the last. 10:15 a.m.: Indeed, the second shot was next: Android was designed to be an open platform with an open marketplace. Anyone who has followed the development of the iPhone knows that Apple's App Store is somewhat less than open. 10:17 a.m.: Now, for the next step in Android's evolution.

Many of the devices discussed before were developed in concert with partners, with Google donating engineering talents. "But we want to continue to do more. One of the questions we asked ourselves a while ago was, 'what if we worked more closely with partners to bring devices to market to showcase the great software technology we're working on at Google?'" Google's Mario Queiroz holding the new Nexus One smartphone.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) "And we've done that," Queiroz said. "Today we're announcing the Nexus One." 10:18 a.m.: The phone's name is no surprise to anyone who has been reading tech news over the past month. Queiroz calls it a "super phone." Google plans to demonstrate the phone later today. The phone was designed in close partnership with HTC, Queiroz said. He brings up Peter Chou, the CEO of HTC, to talk about how the phone was developed. 10:20 a.m.: Chou starts off by remembering two years ago when Google announced the Android platform with HTC and others. HTC made the G1, the first Android phone, and with the Nexus One has developed seven Android phones. 10:22 a.m.: The phone has a 3.7inch AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) display, and a fast processor. "It pushes forward what phones are capable of today," Chou said. He

steps away from the stage and Queiroz comes back on. 10:32 a.m.: Now we're going to dive into the software of the device. Erick Tseng, senior product manager for the project, is going to lead the demonstrations. But first, the hardware. Peter Chou, CEO of HTC, holds up the phone.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) 10:25 a.m.: As Chou explained, it has a 3.7-inch AMOLED display. The processor is Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor running at 1GHz. The trackball on the device is both a trackball for navigation and a notification LED: when you get an e-mail, it will pulse. Same thing for phone calls. And the phone has both a light sensor and a proximity sensor, along with a compass, GPS, and accelerometer. 10:28 a.m.: The phone is 11.5 millimeters thick and weighs 130 grams. That's about as thick as a pencil and weighs as much as a small Swiss Army knife. It has a 5-megapixel camera with a flash, and can take video, with oneclick uploads to YouTube. The Nexus One has stereo Bluetooth and the standard headphone jack. It also has a first for Android: noise cancellation features. Google calls it "active noise suppression." Front of device(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) Back of device(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) 10:29 a.m.: Google's brand is

prominently displayed on the back of the phone, with a much smaller HTC brand at the bottom. You can also personally engrave your own message in a little silver band on the back. 10:30 a.m.: Now for the software on the phone, which could be the key differentiator for the Nexus One against other Android phones. However, on a base level, it's running Android 2.1, the latest OS version that is also running on the Droid. That means it has the Google Maps for Navigation Apps and easy Facebook connections, same as the Droid. 10:32 a.m.: Of course, there are new things that appear to be exclusive to the Nexus One, at least for now. The home screen can currently be personalized with widgets, and Google has added new home screen panels, up to five, that allow you to add shortcuts onto the screen. You can flick the screen left or right to move to the new screen. Google developed a News and Weather widget for the phone, with interesting additions such as temperature predictions for upcoming hours of the day. 10:34 a.m.: The Nexus One has something called Live Wallpapers. That's the background image behind the home screen, and the Nexus One can let you set moving images behind the applications and widgets on the home screen. Tseng demonstrates how you can tap the moving image of a pond to actually create your own

ripples in the water. A n d r o i d L i v e Wallpapers(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) 10:38 a.m.: One theme for the Nexus One is media. "What you really have is a mini computer sitting in your pocket, and we wanted to push the 3D capabilities of these chipsets to their limits." Photos and videos stored in the phone can be stored in a new gallery application, which lets you organize and view photos in 3D: tipping the phone triggers the accelerometer to "dip" the photos, so they appear to be on a 3D angle. Photos are also organized around the day they were taken. New gallery feature(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) New gallery feature with accelerometer.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) 10:40 a.m.: The new feature they are going to highlight is around voice. Voice recognition is getting better and better, Tseng said, and Google wanted to make Android's voice recognition better with this phone. Google offers search by voice and voice commands on advanced Android phones like the Droid already. The new feature is the ability to use speech to enter text into every text field in the device using your voice. 10:42 a.m.: Tseng demonstrates Gmail dictation. He records a short demonstration that accurately translates the speech LIVE page 28

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A group of companies at the Consumer Electronics Show plan to show off a networked home energy management system for reducing consumer energy bills. The demonstration will include network-aware appliances from Whirlpool, a two-way thermostat from Lennox, and a touch-screen central control point made by OpenPeak. Energy retailer Direct Energy plans to test out the combination with about 40 homes in the Houston area in an effort to entice consumers to use tools to ratchet down their home energy use. Best Buy's Geek Squad will do installation of the home network system. The Direct Energy home energy management pilot will use OpenPeak's OpenFrame touchscreen display as a central control point and real-time energy use display.(Credit: Open Peak) Adjusting how appliances are run can save $30 to $50 per year per appliance, according to Warwick Stirling, Whirlpool's global director of energy and sustainability. Jobs can be programmed to run at night, or

multiple heavy loads, such as charging an electric car and running a dishwasher, can be prioritized to take advantage of off-peak rates, he said. Through the OpenPeak device, consumers can control appliances as well as heating and cooling. It will also display real-time energy use and act as central hub for a wireless home network. Direct Energy plans to gather energy data and provide recommendations on how consumers can cut energy use, said David Dollihite, vice

president of product development at the company. "We don't want to give people technology to manage energy but try to integrate energy management into their existing lifestyle with things they actually enjoy doing," he said. For example, Direct Energy could recommend a thermostat change which a consumer could quickly act on without sacrificing overall comfort. The company chose the Houston area in part because it has already begun a roll-out of smart meters

which can communicate information from the meter into the home. But Dollihite and Stirling said that the system can use an Internet connection to gather energy information if a smart meter is not installed. Once information is available on Direct Energy's servers, consumers can access the data from multiple points, such as a PC, TV, or smartphone. Dollihite said it's still not clear what sorts of companies will emerge as providers of energy conservation services, which have had very limited uptake by consumers in the past. He predicted that service plans will evolve as cell phone plans have, where consumers have a choice between paying upfront for equipment or a monthly fee for ongoing energy conservation services. "This is the beginning of an energy ecosystem, which we hope is an attractive platform for other market participants to build to with ancillary services," he said. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Air Force Completes Killer Micro-Drone Project By David Hambling (Wired Top Stories)

It was to be the ultimate assassination robot: a tiny, armed drone that U.S. special forces

could use to terminate "highvalue targets." According to military documents, that covert

2008 project is now complete, but what exactly happened with it?

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Loony demagogue Glenn Beck went on a tear today, ranting about all the mean things people have said about him, and I enjoyed hearing him say this quote from yours truly so much I had to save the clip to YouTube. Repeated thrice for three times the wonderfulness. Come on! You couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t write comedy like this.[Video]

Blogger's Twitter Account Implicated in TSA Leak Case By Ryan Singel (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 1/4/2010 6:00:00 PM

A TSA agent who subpoenaed a blogger for information on who leaked an airport screening order composed a Twitter message to attempt to nab the leaker, according to a source. The blogger published it, raising questions about the ethical obligations of bloggers.

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can talk at another time, and be conscious of his time commitments. If your request involves a conversation and you’re located in the same geographic location, it can’t hurt to try for an in-person meeting. When you sit down with your contact, offer to pay any expenses associated with the meeting, and remember to send him a thank you note afterward. Even if you feel like the relationship is going somewhere, you should still manage your expectations. It’s unlikely that any a brand new contact will offer anything concrete like a job offer. Remember that your goal should be to gain valuable insights or information in the short-term and a meaningful professional relationship in the long-term. 4. Follow Up Regularly It’s your responsibility to keep the lines of communication open. Did your contact give you any advice or suggest a course of action? If so, touch base every so often to remind her who you are and keep her apprised of your

progress. Keep on top of her career moves and make sure she stays informed of yours. Invite her to get together again, and during the holiday season, send her a card with a nice note. I get hundreds of e-mails every day, but this one from Laura Strauss stood out as an effective follow-up, because it was kind, non-intrusive, specific, and action-oriented: Conclusion I hope these ideas make networking go down a little easier for you. One word of caution, though. Having these tactics in your back pocket does not give you permission to stalk important people. In fact, the more personal the level of interaction, the greater potential for abuse, so you must proceed with caution. Apply the 3/6 rule of networking, in which you contact someone no more than three times in a six week period. If the person or organization does not engage back within that time frame, then move on. There are plenty of valuable contacts who will be open to your overtures.

Elusive Supermassive Black Hole Mergers Finally Found By Lisa Grossman (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 1/5/2010 4:33:00 AM

Astronomers have found 33 pairs of supermassive black holes dancing around each other in the

process of merging into one, even bigger black hole. The absence of these observations had been a problem for theories about how galaxies grow.

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New Zealand Decides To Spy On An Awful Lot Of Your Online Activity By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

Mills said the new capabilities are required because criminals were using new technologies to The EFF alerts us to what appear communicate, and that people t o b e r a t h e r d r a c o n i a n who weren't committing criminal surveillance powers given to law offences had little to fear. Of enforcement in New Zealand to course, that statement makes no m o n i t o r a l l s o r t s o f sense. Just because criminals are communications: In preparation, using a new technology to technicians have been installing communicate it doesn't mean you specialist spying devices and should have a built in backdoor software inside all telephone to monitor all of it. I believe exchanges, internet companies some criminals have used paper a n d e v e n f i b r e - o p t i c d a t a to write each other notes. Should networks between cities and we force all pads to have carbon towns, providing police and spy paper for making a copy of every agencies with the capability to note taken? As for the "if you're monitor almost a l l not doing anything wrong, you communications. have nothing to fear" statement, Police and SIS must still obtain that's been debunked so many an interception warrant naming a times, it's not even worth going person or place they want to there. Yet, if we must, would monitor but, compared to the P o l i c e A s s o c i a t i o n V i c e phone taps of the past, a single President Stuart Mills object to a warrant now covers phone, email video camera being placed in and all internet activity. every room in his house, It can even monitor a person's recorded 24/7 and kept on file. location by detecting their mobile We promise that no one will look phone; all of this occurring at it without a warrant. He a l m o s t i n s t a n t a n e o u s l y . shouldn't object, right, because Apparently, New Zealand is he's not doing anything wrong at looking to help boost the market home, so he has little to fear. for encryption technology. In the Right? meantime, defenders of this law Permalink| Comments| Email throw out all the clichés: Police This Story association vice-president Stuart Submitted at 1/5/2010 7:58:00 AM

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Lexar midrange pro memory cards reach 32GB (CNET News.com)

advantage of the faster rates. The CompactFlash format these days is found only on SLRs; even Lexar's new 32GB card can many of those come these days transfer data at 300X rates, or with the more common SD 45GB per second.(Credit: Lexar) format. In that area, Lexar also Lexar said Tuesday it's increased on Tuesday announced its the capacity of its midrange Professional 133x SDHC professional CompactFlash memory card with a write speed memory cards with a 300X rating of Class 10, or 20MB per transfer speed to 32GB. second. The SDHC format tops Lexar, which competes chiefly out at 32GB, but the consortium with Sandisk for the attentions of 16GB and 32GB versions of its behind the format has anointed a photographers who need both 233X (35MBps) models that you successor called SDXC. high capacity and high transfer can expect will be a notch or two Also on Tuesday, Lexar speeds, has been fleshing out its cheaper. announced flash USB drive CF cards that can transfer data Sandisk is a step ahead of Lexar models it bills as good for faster by virtue of the UDMA right now, offering a 64GB card backup. The Echo SE will ship (Ultra Direct Memory Access) with a 600X transfer speed. But a with 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB interface technology. Lexar single one will cost at least $620- capacities, and the Echo ZE will already announced in October a - t h e c o s t o f a c o m p l e t e ship with capacities of 8GB, 32GB card and a transfer speed respectable SLR and lens--so 16GB, and 32GB capacities. of 600X(90MBps), but the 300X obviously this class of products is They'll be available in the United (45MBps) card should do fine for for a pretty demanding customer. States in February and in some those who don't need quite that Bear in mind also that only parts of Europe in 2010, Lexar data transfer speed. dedicated card readers today can said, but didn't release pricing. Lexar didn't announce pricing, come close to the full data Five Filters featured article: but I found the 300X 32GB card transfer rates when copying Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: at B&H Photo for $168. The photos to a computer, and that PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, company also announced two n o t a l l c a m e r a s c a n t a k e Term Extraction. other professional-grade cards, Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:02:06 AM

Japanese Photographer Bends Electricity to His Will By Jon J. Eilenberg (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 1/4/2010 5:00:00 PM

Award-winning photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto sends up to

40,000 volts of electricity through film to a metal table. The process captures furry whorls that call to mind vascular systems and geologic features.

Skype Coming to HDTVs for Video Calls from the Couch By Jennifer Van Grove (Mashable!) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:01:10 AM

In addition to seeing proof of the 3D TV concept at CES, we’re also going to see TVs from Panasonic and LG Electronics that incorporate Skype into the family and living room experience. At this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, Skype is announcing partnerships with LG and Panasonic, both of which will offer Skype-enabled HDTVs in 2010. Video calls over Skype will be made possible on new 2010 Panasonic VIERA CASTenabled HDTVs that will be arriving in stores in the spring. LG Electronics will be debuting its own Skype-enabled sets at CES, with its line expected to appear in mid-2010 as well. Both manufacturers will also be selling webcams — as separate accessories to be plugged into TV sets — optimized for family room Skype experiences. The webcams will support 720p HD and boast enhanced microphones and optics capable of picking up sound and video from users who are couch-distance from their TV sets. Skype on your HDTV will be a

similar experience to the Skype experience you already know on your PC, so voice and video calls to other Skype users will be free, and you can pay extra for calls to landline and mobile phones. The migration of Skype from your PC to your mobile device and now to your TV seems natural. It’s also the next logical step in the Internet-enabled TV movement, and provides an experience that is arguably more entertaining and appealing to consumers than current functions supported by Internet-enabled sets. In preparation for the big unveiling, Skype has set up a consumer-friendly information site as well as a Twitter account (@skypeonyourtv). Should you be attending CES, you can catch demonstrations of the new Skype -enabled HDTVs at the Panasonic and LG booths. Tags: CES, CES 2010, HDTV, LG, Panasonic, Skype, tv

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Krist Novoselic, Nirvana cofounder and basist, on Tuesday jumped into the white hot onlinepiracy debate on the side of copyright owners and U2 frontman, Bono. Krist Novoselic defends Bono and calls those who ridiculed U2's lead singer a lynch mob.(Credit: Seattle Weekly) "I love Twitter and it's disappointing to see the service manifest itself as a lynch mob," Novoselic wrote in blog post titled 'Why I agree with Bono' that appeared on Seattleweekly.com. "Bono is the latest in a line of good people who get trashed in the continuing file-sharing controversy." Novoselic is referring to Bono's op-ed piece that appeared in The New York Times over the weekend. Bono came out strong against file sharing and blasted Internet Service providers, companies such as AT&T, Comcast, and Cox Communications, for allegedly

looking the other way as unauthorized music and film files pours through their pipes. On Monday, Bono's name appeared twice among the 10 top Twitter trends as angry Twitter-rites ridiculed U2's lead singer. Novoselic joined late rock legend, Kurt Cobain, to form Nirvana, a lineup that eventually included Dave Grohl, now of the Foo Fighters. Novoselic writes what appears to be a regular blog for Seattle Weekly, an alternative publication. Novoselic's argues that

businesses, including Web services, can't sustain themselves for very long without being compensated for content. The lack of profits will then discourage investment. "Content needs to be worth something if anybody is going to care about it," Novoselic wrote. "Free content will ultimately resemble, well, free content. Look at it from a venture capitalist's perspective: Somebody bet big bucks on a film like Avatar. They invested many millions to develop cuttingedge motion-picture technology that would dazzle enough people to make their money back and then some. "Now imagine Avatar in context of the YouTube model," he continued, "a shaky camcorder with hand-held G.I. Joe and Barbie dolls. Which would you pay for?" Check out the story here. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Video: Assembling the Score for 'God of War III' By Wired.com Video Department (Wired Top Stories)

Recorded at Skywalker Sound and remotely in Prague, the God of War III videogame score is one of Sony's biggest

productions. Watch how it was pieced together.

MySpace Replaces All iMeem Playlists With Ads -- Doesn't Ask Permission By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

with an advertisement. Many sites that included iMeem playlists were non-commercial, With MySpace buying up some and sneaking ads into them could of iMeem's assets (and leaving potentially impact other issues. many musicians with little hope As we were recently discussing, of getting paid what they're Vimeo says that you can't post its owed), one of the big complaints videos to sites with ads (even was that all of iMeem's public though it seems to ignore most playlists simply disappeared people who do). But what if you overnight. This was particularly had Vimeo videos on a site that obnoxious, because plenty of also had an iMeem playlist? people had relied on iMeem for Suddenly that site has "gone legal music streaming of playlists commercial" with ads, even they had put together. It appears though the owner of the site that last week MySpace decided might not even realize it. to add insult to injury and quietly As many people are claiming started replacing all iMeem that streaming services like playlists with giant ads. I just Spotify and the now-Applechecked the one iMeem playlist I owned Lala are "the future of had created on a different blog, music," including their ability to and, sure enough, in its place was post streamable playlists, it's a giant flash ad for Beyonce w o r t h r e m e m b e r i n g w h a t ringtones. happened in this instance. It's This should be a warning for certainly making me think twice anyone using any third party about ever using a third party app widget maker for placing content for streaming content, knowing on your site. You're basically that they might just replace it giving others control over what with an ad down the road. they display on your site, but it's Permalink| Comments| Email particularly obnoxious to replace This Story something like a music playlist Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:22:00 AM

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BetterTouchTool makes multi-touch Will Apple buy mobile ad company Quattro infinitely more useful, for free By Brett Terpstra (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 1/5/2010 12:00:00 PM

Filed under: Software, Cool tools We recently covered a utility called MagicPrefs that adds a hatful of new and configurable multi-touch gestures to your Magic Mouse. Well, there's another free utility called BetterTouchTool that works with both trackpads and Magic Mice, providing a huge number of gestures and infinite possibilities for configuration. BetterTouchTool is a fork of the MultiClutch project, built for Snow Leopard and expanding the feature set greatly. It's the work of Andreas Hegenberg (also the author of SecondBar), and it's come a long way since the first alpha version I tested a while back. Aside from improved stability, the interface is one of the elements that's come the farthest.

It's now quite easy to start adding gestures such as 'Three Finger Swipe Down' and 'Four Finger Click,' and assign them to predefined actions like 'Show Desktop' or 'Open Finder.' You can also assign any shortcut key you like, or assign a gesture to launch any application ... meaning you can make just about anything happen. BetterTouchTool also has actions available that control window sizing and movement, ala SizeUp, but with gestures. Groups of gestures can be assigned to specific applications,

Jan. 5, 1943: G.W. Carver Bites the Dust He Enriched By Randy Alfred (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 1/4/2010 9:00:00 PM

The son of a slave saves

agriculture in the old Confederacy. The South shall raise again.

or made global. The latest version includes presets (which you can switch between), import, and export. Separate gestures are available for the trackpad and the Magic Mouse, and the new "Live View" feature makes it very easy to gain precise control over sensitivity settings and to test out gestures. BetterTouchTool is free, and is likely to remain that way, according to the author. It's still got the occasional glitch, but development is rapid and it's improving and expanding almost daily. If you've got a MacBook or MacBook Pro with a multi-touch trackpad, a Magic Mouse, or both, give it a shot! TUAW BetterTouchTool makes multi-touch infinitely more useful, for free originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Wireless? UPDATE: Yes. By Victor Agreda, Jr. (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 1/5/2010 12:30:00 AM

Filed under: Apple Corporate According to Kara Swisher at AllThingsD, Apple may announce the purchase of Quattro for the relative bargain price of $275 million. I say bargain because, as Kara points out, Google paid three times that for AdMob, another mobile ad company. So what? This bit of news, when taken with the ad patent filed by Apple, could suggest they are going to implement some sort of ad system on something. But what? AdMob could be used on Android-powered devices... How about ads on a tablet device? Ads could help lower the cost of the mythical tablet, especially when those ads are sold by, say, content creators like a newspaper or four. I realize those are a lot of threads to pull together, but all the speculation seems to be swirling around this tablet, the cost and the content that'll go inside. Traditionally cost has been the Achilles' heel for an Apple product, but with ad -supported price breaks you could theoretically lower the cost

of the product to the consumer while keeping some margins. Then again, Apple may simply be planning to integrate Quattro into the developers' toolkits, and provide them with an in-house solution for ad-supported apps. Or maybe they are going to sell an ad-supported OS X for Dell machines. Who knows? As I write this neither company had any comment on the sale or announcement. UPDATE: Yeah, Apple bought Quattro after all. Let the advertising begin! TUAW Will Apple buy mobile ad company Quattro Wireless? UPDATE: Yes. originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Discovery and ESPN Hop on the 3D Textbook publishers TV Bandwagon dream of the tablet By Christina Warren (Mashable!)

station will go dark when there are no 3D events — much like ESPN’s initial HD coverage. Submitted at 1/5/2010 8:13:50 AM Of course, to enjoy these new Once deemed a novelty, 3D is 3D HDTV channels, consumers now being heralded by some will need to own a 3D-capable (like uber-mogul Jeffrey HDTV set. Manufacturers will Katzenberg) as the future of the have plenty of sets on display. movie industry. It might also be Like HDTV, the risk for 3D the future of television, as 3D TV is expected to be a hot television is the relative expense companies like Imax, Discovery topic at CES this year, with of producing and broadcasting and Sony team up to bring 3D companies lining up to announce the content in relation to the programming to the small screen. their plans to bring the digital 3D n u m b e r o f h o m e s w i t h The joint venture is expected to experience to consumers’ homes. compatible devices installed. b e o f f i c i a l l y a n n o u n c e d Last week, we reported on However, the slow-as-molasses sometime today. While all three DirecTV’s plans to launch a 3D conversion to HDTV could companies will hold an equal HDTV channel in March. actually benefit 3D TV stake in the channel, it will be DirecTV and Discovery aren’t technology, as consumers may d i s t r i b u t e d b y D i s c o v e r y the only companies to announce decide to upgrade to a 3DCommunications. According to engagement with 3D HDTV; capable set when moving to The New York Times, the earlier today ESPN announced its HDTV or replacing an aging HD channel will showcase a mix of plans to launch a 3D channel in unit. 3D content. (Imax and Discovery June. ESPN 3D is expected to What do you think about 3D partnered together in the early showcase at least 85 live sporting TV? Is this something you could days of HDTV.) You can read events in its first year, kicking off see investing in? D i s c o v e r y ’ s o f f i c i a l (so to speak) with the World Cup Tags: 3D TV, 3dtv, discovery, a n n o u n c e m e n t h e r e . soccer match on June 11. The ESPN, imax, sony, trending, tv

By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 1/5/2010 11:00:00 AM

Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, Internet Tools One of the things Apple should do to achieve runaway success with the tablet is incorporate textbooks. The folks at Coursesmart, a joint venture of five publishers that sells college textbooks as ebooks, have produced a video demonstrating how it could work.* In the video, the user flips through available textbooks, makes a selection and begins reading. He also makes notes, views video of a lecture, adds an event to his calendar and searches the web for additional info, all while sipping a coffee. It's a neat idea, and just one of a slew of concepts that have recently surfaced. But why textbooks? There are several reasons. First, college students are young and techsavvy. They're also light on the

finances often times, and ebooks are cheaper than their paper counterparts. Also, they could connect to iTunes U to find the books they need and lighten the load of heavy backpacks. As for the publishers, this type of distribution would eliminate the school's resale of used books, which was a benefit for the students but did nothing for them. If the latest rumor is true, we only have a few more weeks to wait. *Note that the video is entirely Coursesmart's imagining and not based on an actual product from Apple ... real or otherwise. [Via MacDailyNews] TUAW Textbook publishers dream of the tablet originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

What Racism at the Tea Parties? (Little Green Footballs) Submitted at 1/4/2010 1:59:20 PM

This is ironic, since I just finished a recording for Bloggingheads.tv in which Conn Carroll of the Heritage

Foundation insisted there was no racism evident at the tea party demonstrations — and now here we have Dale Robertson, leader of TeaParty.org, in trouble for appearing at the February 27, sign containing a racist slur. And 2009 Houston Tea Party with a it’s a misspelled racist slur, just

for that extra bit of tea bag declaring himself a “Man of goodness. Faith.” (Hat tip: Dave Weigel.) UPDATE at 1/4/10 2:05:49 pm: And the irony gets even tastier, because as he held the racist sign, Robertson was wearing a cap

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Electronic Arts: Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online Still a Go

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of piracy fears." Of course, that assumes that it's the official digital version that gets copied. Tiger Woods has lost a number paperbag was the first of a whole While I haven't checked, I would of sponsorships since he became bunch of you to send in CNN's be stunned to find out that all of engulfed in scandal more than a article on 'book piracy.' To be Ms. Rowling's work is not month ago. However, one of his honest, there was so little already widely available via file biggest sponsors — Electronic substance in the article that I sharing sites. Her deciding not to Arts — who publishes a game didn't see much of a reason to offer up an ebook copy didn't every year bearing the golfer’s post it -- but since people keep stop piracy. In fact, it probably name, has issued a statement to submitting it, it seems that quite a encouraged it, because those who say they are standing by him. few of you are hoping to discuss want a digital copy now only The company might not have it. A lot of folks pointed out have the option of using an had much of a choice — they’ve Sherman Alexie's comments unauthorized copy. The article already devoted significant complaining about "piracy," but also implies (though doesn't state resources to Tiger Woods PGA those quotes were taken verbatim directly) that Apple iTunes has Tour Online, a new model for the from his appearance on The "solved" the piracy issue in franchise that revolves around in 1997 because we saw him as clearly decided that weathering Colbert Report, which we already music. Oddly, however, it monthly subscription fees as the world’s best, most talented the storm and hoping the golfer discussed. doesn't note that, unlike the opposed to single-purchase and exciting golfer,” says EA. can eventually rebuild his image To be honest, what disappointed music industry, at least the ebook games. It’s been in closed beta “ B u t r e g a r d l e s s o f w h a t ’ s (and win golf tournaments) is a me with CNN's article is that it industry is starting out with at for eight months, and EA says happening in his personal life … better bet than eliminating didn't challenge any of the least some legal marketplace for there are already 75,000 people Tiger Woods is still one of the multimillion-dollar product lines. obviously bogus statements made books. The music industry had playing. greatest athletes in history.” In the meantime, EA says Tiger in the article. We already to be dragged kicking and While the game is an important EA (and Nike, who is also Woods PGA Tour Online will go covered the problems with screaming to get there. part of EA’s strategy — the standing by Woods) are in a into open beta later this month. Alexie's, but CNN also notes: Permalink| Comments| Email model could be applied to many different position than most of What do you think of EA’s "J.K Rowling has thus far refused This Story of its other sports titles if T i g e r ’ s s p o n s o r s , t h o u g h , decision? Let us know in the to make any of her Harry Potter successful — the company also because they don’t just pay him comments. books available digitally because offers some rationale for the to appear in ads, they build Tags: electronic arts, sports, decision to stick with Woods. products around him. They’ve tiger woods, video games “We chose to partner with Tiger

Get Up-to-the-Minute Google Nexus One Updates at Gizmodo's Liveblog [Gadgets] By Adam Pash (Lifehacker) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:00:00 AM

Our siblings-in-tech over at Gizmodo are live at Google's Nexus One event, so if you're

eager to see what Google's got in

store today, join them now—the event's just begun. [ Gizmodo Liveblog]

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Box office sales outpace disc sales in 2009 (CNET News.com) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:11:06 AM

You're seeing it in theaters, rather than DVD.(Credit: Avatar) It hasn't happened since 2002, but box office sales beat out disc sales in 2009, market research firm Adams Media Research said in a report released on Tuesday. According to Adams, U.S. viewers weren't so keen on buying DVDs in 2009. While it found that consumers spent $250 million buying movies online in 2009, the firm found that physical disc sales dropped by 13 percent year over year, from $10.06 billion in 2008 to $8.73 billion in 2009. Those figures include Blu-ray Disc sales. Adams said box office spending increased to $9.87 billion in 2009, up 10 percent from $8.99 billion in 2008. Flms such as "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Up" were among those films that lured consumers to theaters. Adams also looked at movie rentals. The firm found that $1.27 billion was spent on rentals through cable and satellite

Has Skype skipped? It's missing from the app store network. There were hints that AT&T was going to allow Skype to use the 3G network, but that Submitted at 1/5/2010 11:30:00 AM hasn't happened yet. Filed under: Odds and ends, We've got questions about this iPhone, iPod touch If you have into Apple and Skype. You'll services in 2009. Consumers with a revenue crunch that, so Skype on your iPhone, hang onto know more when we do. Update: Folks at Skype say spent just $111 million renting far, it hasn't been able to it. As of this morning it seems to films online. All told, rental overcome. And as the video be MIA from the app store. The "We've identified the fault which transactions increased by 5.5 game industry continues to reason? Unclear. It could be that meant that Skype for iPhone was percent in 2009, but overall rental evolve as an entertainment a new version is about to roll out. unavailable for some people revenue, which includes online, a l t e r n a t i v e t o m o v i e s , t h e It could be that AT&T/Apple are should be back to normal in a on-demand, and physical-media p r e s s u r e s e e m s t o b e o n unhappy with the app. It could be few hours." rentals, grew by less than 1 moviemakers to right the ship. a glitch. There is an update. See Seems odd, but we'll take them at their word. Keep an eye out percent, to $8.15 billion. Five Filters featured article: our note below. These figures do not bode well Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: The app is also missing from and see if Skype returns to the for the film industry. While box PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, international versions of the app app store. store. There is still a link to the TUAW Has Skype skipped? It's office sales are higher than DVD Term Extraction. app on the Skype web page, but missing from the app store sales, Hollywood itself is dealing the link fails with a warning that originally appeared on The Skype is not available. An iTunes U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g app store search also fails to turn (TUAW) on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our Hulu Movers & Shakers: Week PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, it up. People were excited to get Skype terms for use of feeds. of Dec. 28 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jan. 3 (via Hulu): Term Extraction. on the iPhone when it was Read| Permalink| Email this| Five Filters featured article: released, but there was a let down Comments Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: when it turned out that voice calls could only be made on a Wi-Fi

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App warms your hands by overheating your iPhone By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 1/5/2010 1:30:00 PM

Filed under: Accessories, Software, iPhone, App Store Here's an app from among the App Store's stranger selections. Much like the Zippo Hand Warmer, PocketHeat [ iTunes link] is meant to keep your hands warm. it works by making the iPhone max out 100% of its power processing capacity. A slider lets you adjust the temperature and illuminate the "heating elements." According to several App Store reviews, it doesn't work so well. We don't know just how hot it gets, but we imagine there are

safeguards to prevent serious overheating. According to the Apple Knowledge Base, the iPhone should be operated "...in a place where the temperature is between 0ยบ and 35ยบ C (32ยบ to 95ยบ F)." Prolonged exposure to extreme heat will produce the temperature warning screen. The app got approved (somehow), so we assume it's safe. But I'm not installing it.

We don't know why you'd want to run your undoubtedly-still-oncontract iPhone at 100% capacity -- buried inside a confined pocket -- for any length of time, but that's up to you. At the very least your battery would drain in no time. At worst, well ... let's not find out. You can get PocketHeat now for $0.99US. Or just buy gloves. TUAW App warms your hands by overheating your iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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into the correct text. There's another application that's coming up soon but hasn't been released in the Android Market: Google Earth for Android. 10:44 a.m.: This application looks just like the regular Google Earth application on the desktop. The 3D capabilities of this phone make that possible, and you can also use the voice features in Google Earth, searching for things like "Mount Fuji." Upcoming Google Earth Android app.(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) 10:45 a.m.: Queiroz comes back on the stage. "Nexus One belongs in a class of device that we call super phones." Google is planning a series of devices, he says. "Today, we're also pleased to announce a new way for consumers to purchase a mobile phone: through a Google-hosted

Apple Stores have no gift registries. Bummer. By Erica Sadun (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:00:00 AM

Filed under: Apple Lauren and I were chatting with Megan over on iChat today and trying to figure out how to set up her gift registry for her upcoming nuptials with her hawt Astrophysicist boyfriend. Of course, Megan is dying for one of those awesome iPhone remote dodads but we thought that we'd just go for more of a general

Apple Store registry thing. I gave my local Apple Store a call to ask how we could get it established. The gentleman at the other end of the phone was polite. Perplexed but polite. "Um...A gift registry? I don't think we've ever been asked THAT before," he said. "We don't have one. We're kind of a specialized store, you know." Yes, we do know. And it's the kind of specialization that we like. But even Home Depot has a gift registry service, so what's the hold-up Apple? Don't you realize

certificates you can redeem at any one time online. I think it's something like 4 cards for online purchases but unlimited for instore ones. Check with an Apple representative for details. TUAW Apple Stores have no gift registries. Bummer. originally appeared on The that geeks get married and have U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g (TUAW) on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 babies too? Sadly, it looks like Megan must 09:00:00 EST. Please see our rely on word of mouth instead. terms for use of feeds. Don't forget, Apple does have a Read| Permalink| Email this| l i m i t o n h o w m a n y g i f t Comments

Web store." He calls it Google's new consumer channel, and it's designed to make it easier to buy a phone. 10:47 a.m.: Phones can be bought without service or with service from an operator partner, he says. Phones bought with service will be comparable to high-end phones in the market. The Nexus One will be available today at google.com/phone with the option of T-Mobile's service. 10:48 a.m.: Verizon and Vodafone have also agreed to join the program (Vodafone owns part of Verizon Wireless). Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Our Nerd Hearts Are All A-Flutter Thanks to the New Lost Video [Things We Actually Like] By Brian Moylan (Gawker) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:04:02 AM

ABC updated their "Everything You Need to Know about Lost in 8:15" video. A good refresher for devotees, but novices will be, well, completely lost. Good, this final season is only for fullfledged fans! Is it February 2 yet?

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Three Billion Apps Downloaded From Apple’s App Store By Stan Schroeder (Mashable!)

MSNBC Buys BreakingNews.com to Complement @BreakingNews By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)

Submitted at 1/5/2010 6:36:31 AM

There’s no question about it any longer: The Apple App Store is a big market. It’s not as big as, say, the soft drinks market, but it’s big enough to be taken very seriously. Developers have created 100,000 iPhone applications— some of them are raking in seven figures per month — and users have now downloaded more than three billion applications from the App Store. The App Store is also a market that expands quickly. Exactly one year ago, 500 million applications had been downloaded from the store. Back then, Apple celebrated the milestone with a huge banner. Now, it’s just a short announcement, with the inevitable self praise. Quoth Steve Jobs:

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“Three billion applications downloaded in less than 18 months—this is like nothing we’ve ever seen before. The revolutionary App Store offers iPhone and iPod touch users an experience unlike anything else available on other mobile devices, and we see no signs of the competition catching up anytime soon.”

Last month MSNBC acquired the Twitter account @BreakingNews and its 1.4 million followers, and today, the news network is taking the concept a step further by buying the enviable domain name BreakingNews.com. MSNBC plans to develop the website as a compliment to the feed, with more reporting and story updates than you currently I’m rarely one for hyperbole, but get from Twitter. Currently the t h i s o n e i s s p o t - o n . T h e domain name, which was bought competition is far, far behind, f r o m P V M e d i a G r o u p , i s and the iPhone and the iPod nothing more than a more nicely touch are the mobile software styled Twitter feed. platforms of choice, for users and Charles Tillinghast, president of developers alike. Reviews: App the MSNBC Digital Network, said in a statement: “Hard and Store, iPhone Tags: app store, apple, iphone, fast breaking news is currently an underserved market. With iPod Touch www.breakingnews.com we can now provide the optimal

solution.” The company says it plans to continue to build the BreakingNews brand in the same way that’s made it successful thus far, which is both by being exceptionally fast, but also by linking to any source that breaks news first — including MSNBC competitors. Of course, part of what’s made @BreakingNews so successful is the team behind it; how long those people stay with the project and MSNBC’s ability to staff the service with its own editors of comparable quality will have much to do with its ongoing success. Reviews: Twitter Tags: media, money, msnbc, twitter

Coming Soon: The Chinese Hulu By Samuel Axon (Mashable!) Submitted at 1/5/2010 8:44:50 AM

TV pirates rejoice: Chinese search giant Baidu and Hulu investors Providence Equity Partners are teaming up to launch a new web video site in China. Baidu controls more than 60

percent of China’s search engine market, and like Google, it offers dozens of other services. However, this will be its first stab at online video. The investment firm and Baidu will together pour money into a fund to buy content to stream on the site. There’s no shows or films will be hosted, but word at all on exactly what

the implication is definitely that it will be professionally produced content like you can watch on Hulu and the BBC iPlayer. Note that this is not literally hulu.cn; the connection to Hulu is the participation of an investment group that was instrumental in setting up Hulu in

the United States. Whatever the service will actually be called, its founders hope to launch it by the end of the first quarter of 2010. Tags: Baidu, business, hulu, internet television, media, online television, television, tv, video, web video

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App Store tops 3 billion Unexpected, But Good: Justice downloads Department Says FCC Should Free Up More Spectrum By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:45:00 AM

By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Apple Financial, App Store Apple announced this morning that App Store downloads have officially broken 3 billion, and it happened in less than 18 months. In a press release issued today, Steve Jobs said, "...this is like nothing we've ever seen before. The revolutionary App Store offers iPhone and iPod touch users an experience unlike anything else available on other mobile devices, and we see no signs of the competition catching up anytime soon." The App Store broke the billiondownload barrier in April and hit 2 billion in September. With all the new iPhones and iPod touches (estimated) sold in the holiday quarter, this number should only climb higher. Part of the store's success is perfection of the impulse purchase. It's ridiculously easy to find an app while you're in line at

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You don't really expect the Justice Department to be involved in the question of spectrum allocation, but it has suggested that the FCC free up more spectrum for broadband efforts. The reason is that this is the bank for instance, do a bit of c o m i n g f r o m t h e a n t i t r u s t poking around and hit "buy!" division of the DoJ, and the hope Why not, it's only two bucks! is that with more spectrum, it can Competitors have been be allocated to upstart launched, some more successful competitors which will increase than others, but Steve's right in competition in the not very saying that nothing else has competitive broadband market matched the App Store's success. (and don't believe the telco Congratulations to Apple! lobbyists who claim otherwise). TUAW App Store tops 3 billion Still, if we're talking about downloads originally appeared freeing up spectrum, shouldn't on The Unofficial Apple Weblog things go a bit further? We still (TUAW) on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 have a situation where the FCC 09:45:00 EST. Please see our doesn't just allocate the spectrum, terms for use of feeds. but also decides what it must be Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

used for. We'd be much better off, and have a lot more competition, if companies were free to make use of spectrum in the way they felt could bring the best return -- and that companies who were granted spectrum rights also had the right to then resell those rights. While I'm still hopeful that new technologies

will make spectrum scarcity a thing of the past, we still haven't seen enough evidence that the technology really works. So, in the meantime, the better solution is to get more spectrum on the market, and stop putting limitations on how it can be used. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

New ABC cop drama inspired by The Office? By Mike Moody (TV Squad) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:02:00 AM

The major networks seem content to play it safe in 2010 by greenlighting more cop shows and hospital dramas. NBC

recently renewed Mercy for a full season, and now ABC has picked up I-8-7 Detroit, a series that follows the exploits of Motown homicide detectives. But there's a twist! 1-8-7, ABC's first drama pilot of

the year, will be a mockumentary

show. The detectives' lives will be seen through the eyes of a fictitious documentary crew, ala The Office or Modern Family(or Reno 911?). The show isn't touted as a comedy, but Variety says the drama will be tinged

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Finnish Indie Record Label Says It Won't Sign Any New Bands Unless The Gov't Stops Piracy By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:10:00 AM

If you want to see the ultimate in the "entitlement" mentality of the old record labels, check out this report of a Finnish indie label posted an angry rant to its website threatening that it won't sign any new artists until the government somehow stops piracy. Good luck with that plan. Let's see if anyone actually cares. You basically have a business, that refuses to adapt, insisting that it will now go out of business unless the government somehow does the impossible and stops market forces from doing what they do. The proper response is to just let the label go

out of business. If it can't adapt, then it should die. Simple as that. What's really unfortunate, of course, is that I just got back from Norway a couple months ago, and was so impressed with the optimism and enthusiasm

from various folks in the music industry around the Nordic countries (including quite a few from Finland). Apparently, the folks from Lion Music didn't attend that event. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

Steele: The GOP 'Screwed Up' (Little Green Footballs)

racial guilt? anniekc on January 5, 2010 at 12:01 PM RNC chairman Michael Steele […] says the GOP“screwed up” after Why? Because he’s black? Have Reagan. we not all learned to curb our Of course, just a couple of racial guilt? weeks ago Steele was saying the anniekc on January 5, 2010 at Republican Party is “a natural 12:01 PM home” for tea partiers, so he may I think we have but the GOP still be somewhat unclear on the mullahs, not so much. concept. thomasaur on January 5, 2010 at And also of course, this leads to 12:05 PM yet another round of hatred, calls […] for him to be fired and replaced Today is one of those days when w i t h S a r a h P a l i n , a n d t h e I get the urge to go down to DC, inevitable racial comments at Hot s c r e a m o u t “ Y O U A L L Air: SUCK!!!!!!!” at every person Mr. Steele has that job as long as who crosses my path, and start he wants it. The party better learn setting fires. Maybe one person to work around him. in a hundred in DC, if that, is Cindy Munford on January 5, worth more than a styrofoam 2010 at 11:59 AM cupful of warm spittle. Why? Because he’s black? Have Aitch748 on January 5, 2010 at we not all learned to curb our 12:33 PM Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:43:58 AM

Breitbart's Big Government Finally Retracts False Claim (Little Green Footballs)

Spokeswoman Says Different Bertha Lewis on Visitor&##x2019;s Log - Big It took him six days to do it, but Government. Andrew Breitbart has finally Of course, it wouldn’t be the issued a lame semi-apology for “ B i g G o v e r n m e n t ” b l o g i f his completely false claim that Breitbart didn’t also take the the CEO of ACORN visited the opportunity to hint about dark White House on September 5th: conspiracies yet to be uncovered: U P D A T E : W h i t e H o u s e I end with this question: What is Submitted at 1/4/2010 7:29:28 PM

the point of the White House issuing visitor logs if those named can’t be identified and verified? “Transparency” would seem to call for nothing less, especially when those innocent people could easily be confused with the head of an organization recently defunded by Congress, a controversial preacher who

shouted “God Damn America,” and an unrepentant domestic terrorist. Right. Because everyone who visits the White House should have their personal information revealed to the wingnut blogosphere — especially if their name resembles the name of a wingnut target. What could

possibly go wrong with that? Something tells me that Breitbart himself wouldn’t be too happy if the White House revealed his personal information.

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Gadget and Gear Deals of the Day [Dealhacker] By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:30:00 AM

Discounted laptops—and lots of them!—computers, monitors, and peripherals abound in today's Dealhacker roundup. Tapped out from Christmas shopping? We've got free MP3s, iPhone games, and smoothies. Computer Gear! • 18.4" Acer Aspire AS8735G Laptop for $799.99 + Free Shipping(Regular Price: $849) • 13.3" Lenovo ThinkPad Edge Laptop for $579 + Free Shipping(Regular Price: $799) • 11.6" Lenovo ThinkPad X100e for $449 + Free Shipping(Regular Price: $584) • 10" HP Mini 110 Netbook for $299.99 + Free Shipping(Regular Price: $340) • 24" Samsung 2494SW 1080p LCD + Logitech MK300 Wireless Keyboard & Mouse for $189.99 + Free Shipping(Regular Price: $244 - use coupon code R7TKTQQ489DLF$) • 15.6" Acer Aspire 5739G-6959 Core 2 Duo Laptop with 4GB DDR3, Dedicated Graphics for $649.99 + Free Shipping(Regular Price: $740) • 24" Samsung 2494SW Widescreen LCD Monitor, plus Logitech MK 300 Wireless Keyboard & Mouse for $189.99 + Free Shipping(Regular Price: $292 - use coupon code R7TKTQQ489DLF$) • 24" Dell ST2410 Widescreen LCD Monitor for $179.00 + Free

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The Best Times to Buy Anything, All Year Round [Buying Guide] By Kevin Purdy and Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)

buying, and when to buy them.

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You're always hearing about offseason, post-peak times to save money on purchases and food, but it always arrives too late. We've compiled a timeline and lots of best-time-to-buy suggestions into one post to help you plan a more frugal 2010. We scoured the net for advice from financial sites, gadget bloggers, and other sources on the best times to buy particular items, ranging from little goods you can stock up on (aluminum foil) to big-time purchases you can easily overpay for in the wrong season (boats). We threw together all these tips, organized them by time frame, and, through the keen eye of one Jason Fitzpatrick, assembled a timeline of some of the major items to keep in mind throughout the year. Click on the image below for a larger version, and right-click it and save it to grab the 1200-pixel -wide version for safekeeping. Want the specifics? Here's the data dump from our little research experiment. The reasons for these items being suggested in their particular months varies, but generally they're pinned to getting a better deal when sales are slow, when new products are just about to roll out, or when

every single retailer is selling at a discount. If you're interested in the source articles for this compendium, we've listed them near the end of this (already long) post. Winter Jan. 1 - March 31 Spring April 1 - June 30 Summer July 1 - Oct. 1 Fall Oct. 1 - Jan. 31 Buying and Saving Good Food When's the best time to buy food? That all depends on where you live. Honestly, we would have loved

to assemble an all-in-one chart and help you buy peaches in vast quantities, then dine on the canned and frozen rewards all year long. But while pretty much everything is available and fresh all the time at, say, the Lifehacker West office, those of us who can see snow outside are in the thick of basement potato season, with grocery stores stocked full of goods trucked or flown in. That doesn't mean you can't benefit from smart shopping and preservation, however. Here are some great resources that will get you informed about what's good

and fresh when you buy it, and how to keep it edible throughout the whole year. Find fresh food • Epicurious' Peak-Season Map:(Pictured above) Click a month, click on your state, and see what's growing good, plus grab a few recipes for those ingredients. • Seasonal Chef: Geared toward farmers markets, but valid information on coast-to-coast food availability. • Sustainable Table: Pulls information from the National Resource Defense Council on foods you can feel good about

Store your food The basics on freezing fruits, vegetables, and meat come direct from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA's page on freezing and food safety gives the skinny on freezing vegetables: ... Most vegetables that freeze well are low acid and require a brief, partial cooking to prevent deterioration. This is called "blanching." For successful freezing, blanch or partially cook vegetables in boiling water or in a microwave oven. Then rapidly chill the vegetables prior to freezing and storage. Consult a cookbook for timing. Helpful, but not super-specific. Food blog The Kitchn offers lists of items you can buy in bulk, and our archives offer up a few hints on getting the most from frozen food: • Getting Started With Canning, aka Home Food Preservation • Freezer Jam: A Baby Step To Canning( Original post) • 10 Simple Freezer Tricks to Save You Time and Money What about meats, both raw and cooked? Here's how the USDA breaks down freezer life at 0 Celsius, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit: BEST page 34

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Sources on well-time buying • The best time to buy — anything[MSN Money] • From TVs to toys, the best time Free Stuff! to buy everything[CNN Money] • Wisp (iPhone/iPod Touch) for • T h e B e s t T i m e t o B u y $0(Regular Price: $.99). Everything[SmartMoney.com] • The Age of Anxiety by Virgin • When is the best time to buy Islands From the Album The Age e l e c t r o n i c s , f u r n i t u r e , a n d of Anxiety(download here). more[Yahoo! Finance] • 24 oz. Smoothie at Keva Juice • D e a l h u n t e r s : B u y Y o u r for $0(use this form) Laptops in August, September • Nigel North "Eternal Baroque" and April - Best time to buy a MP3 Album for $0(use this form) laptop[Gizmodo] • I Love the 80s, Vol. 1 MP3 • Shopping 101 - When's the Download for $0(use this form) R i g h t T i m e t o P u r c h a s e a • Hidden Wonders Of The Depth P r o d u c t ? [ G o o g o B i t s . c o m ] (PC/Mac) for $0(use code • The Best Time to Buy freedepthsemailpc for PC, Everything[About.com] freedepthsemailmac for Mac download here) We've put together a lot of tips • Let's Golf (iPhone) for on when to buy good gear, but $0(Regular Price: $1.99) that's far from the end of the list. • FujiFilm SeeHere 100 4x6 If you've got any tips of your photo prints for $0(use coupon own on when to snag great code prints). discounts and bulk prices, tell us in the comments. We'll update Thanks D e a l z o n , this post as we find the good stuff TechDealDigger, Slickdeals, in there. Fatwallet, TechBargains, CheapStingyBargains, CheapCollegeGamers, and GamerHotline!

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Driver Magician Free Today Only, Normally $30 [Downloads] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Submitted at 1/5/2010 7:10:00 AM

Windows: Keeping all your data backed up is a smart move, but what about the device drivers that are sometimes hard to pin down after a re-install? Driver Magician, a free download today, backs up and restores your Windows drivers. Driver Magician does its thing immediately upon starting up, asking you to update the driver database (which you should) and then scanning to find everything it can on your computer that makes your hardware work. You can back up everything wholecloth, or just grab the drivers on your system that aren't provided by Microsoft, making it easier to pin down what you really need in case things go bad. That's just about all there is to this app, but it seems pretty smart at finding drivers and stashing them away

for safe keeping. As with any Giveaway of the Day download, you'll want to read the Readme.txt file included in the ZIP package for instructions on activating the software, and be careful when clicking through, because the Giveaway site wants to be your bestest browser friend. This free download, available until

midnight tonight Pacific time, won't offer future upgrades or tech support, but will continue to grab remote database updates. Driver Magician is a free download for Windows systems only. Driver Magician 3.48[Giveaway of the Day via Download Squad]

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Wheel of Fortune has been on over a quarter of a century, so there have been a lot of mess-ups

By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)

how you sounded. Obviously it's no substitute for an actual interviewer who would Submitted at 1/5/2010 6:30:00 AM have responded specifically to If you're nervous about an things you say instead of waiting upcoming job interview, Better until you were done talking and Talking can help you practice asking another generic question, and smooth out the bumps in but you can semi-alleviate that your delivery. flaw by sharing the link with Better Talking offers free friends who can review your automated phone interviews. interview and give you pointers. Visit the web site, sign up with Better Talking is a free service your name and email, and you're that requires no signup, but you given a phone number and a pin will need to provide an email number. Call the number and address to access the recording of you'll be prompted with various your interview. and weird moments on the show. been revealed! questions like "What type of Have your own tip, trick, or tool But there are few as weird as last Filed under: Video, Game Show, work motivates you" and other for better interviewing? Let's n i g h t , w h e n n o n e o f t h e Reality-Free common but generic interview hear about it in the comments. contestants could get "Regis P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | | questions. When you're all done, Better Talking[via MakeUseOf] Philbin & Kelly Ripa," even C o m m e n t s you'll be emailed a link to your AFTER the entire puzzle had interview so you can listen to see

Is this the weirdest moment in Wheel of Fortune history? By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)

Better Talking Lets You Practice And Review for Interviews [Interview]

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Skype 4.2 Beta Makes HD-Quality Video Calls [Updates] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Submitted at 1/5/2010 8:00:00 AM

For some head-scratching reason, Skype didn't mention a major upgrade to its recent Windows beta when it dropped in early December. That would be the ability to make 720p, HDquality video calls if your video hardware supports it. No word yet on a Mac (or Linux) release with HD calling yet, and PC World guesses they wanted to make the announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show, next to news about HDTV integration. I discovered the video boost, in

What You Missed Last Night: Colbert gets a new set and an HD upgrade By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)

can't see the two objects he has off to the side on his desk. [Watch clips and episodes of The It's a new year, and that means Colbert Report and other shows new beginnings for all of us, at SlashControl.] including The Colbert Report, Filed under: Video, Watercooler which got a new set and a new Talk, Celebrities, Reality-Free HD look. Last night he said Permalink| Email this| | goodbye to the old set and hello C o m m e n t s to his new one. In these clips you Submitted at 1/5/2010 1:15:00 PM

hindsight, after recording a recent TV news appearance, so I can testify to the beta being worth an early upgrade. Skype's 4.2 beta is a free download for Windows systems only. If you're seeing HD-quality video on your Skype beta setup,

tell us what camera is giving you the good stuff in the comments (I was using this Adamrecommended Logitech 9000 during my brief video interview). Skype[via PC World]

Video: One of Casey Johnson's Last Public Appearances (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 1/5/2010 6:52:00 AM

Memorize Makes Virtual Flashcards and More [Flashcards] By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)

created by other users or you can create your own for personal use or to shareâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;diagrams allow you Submitted at 1/5/2010 8:30:00 AM to do things like match names If you're looking for a virtual maps, anatomical drawings, or v e r s i o n o f t h e f l a s h c a r d s , other situations where knowing Memorize can help you create the location of something is a n d s t u d y f l a s h c a r d s a n d important. d i a g r a m s o n a n y s u b j e c t . After you complete a set of flash At Memorize you can access the cards a review sheet pops up that flashcard and diagram banks shows you how many you got

right/wrong and which items you missed. The popup page also has

ET has footage of the Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson with her fiancĂŠ Tila Tequila just one month prior to her death. a slot for you to send an email "I'm here to have fun," Casey reminder to yourself to review told Hollywood.tv cameras. On the flashcards in 1, 2, 7, or 30 Dec. 8 of last year, Tila and Casey attended the Famous Stars days. For other online flashcard and Straps' 10-year anniversary systems check out previously that was being celebrated in reviewed FlashCardMachine, conjunction with Snoop Dogg's Cramberry, and Study Shack. 1 0 t h a l b u m , M a l i c e N Wonderland. Memorize[via GeekSugar] The girls flashed their "17 caret" rings to photographers, while Casey exclaimed, "We just like diamonds and I just love her."

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5 Reasons Why RSS Readers Still Rock By Richard MacManus (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 1/5/2010 6:01:00 AM

Recently I wrote about the decline of RSS Readers as a way for people to keep up with news. I noted that while many people still use RSS Readers, usage has decreased due to the emergence of real-time and social flows of information via Twitter, Facebook and other such services. The post sparked a fascinating discussion, with over 160 comments. What I learned from that discussion is that while the RSS Reader market is indeed in decline, there are still a number of compelling use cases for RSS Readers. Not to mention new tools worth checking out. So in this more optimistic post, I list 5 reasons why you should continue to use RSS Readers. Sponsor My conclusions in the previous post still stand: 1) Google now dominates what's left of the RSS Reader market; and 2) RSS reading is a very fragmented experience circa 2009/2010 due to Twitter, Facebook, start pages like Netvibes, Firefox bookmarks, and more. However, a lot of commenters wrote that they still use RSS Readers each and every day. Here are the main reasons why: 1. Control over Information Flow RSS Readers allow users to control their flow of information, whereas it's impossible to keep

up with the Twitter firehose of real-time information. Mathew Ballad(comment 11) put it well: "I tend to check Google Reader multiple times a day. While I do keep up with bigger news through Friendfeed or Twitter, I like to keep up with multiple Graphic Design blogs, tech blogs, entertainment blogs, photography blogs and Apple blogs on my own. I just can't see myself ditching RSS Readers for something that I really don't have much control over." It's not just about controlling your stream of daily news. Many people have feeds that they just don't want to miss. Tim Bray has a folder of feeds in NetNewsWire that he feels is "unacceptable when I don't at least glance at everything those people have to say." Some people would argue that it's a thankless task trying to control your RSS Reader. I am one of those people and I long ago gave up trying to keep my 'unread' count at zero. Indeed nowadays I don't even try to mark as 'read' my email - using Gmail, I just let it all flow in and mark the ones I should reply to with stars. On a similar point, RSS pioneer Dave Winer remarked (comment 80) that Google Reader "has the wrong view of RSS." In a followup post, he wrote that "fundamentally, Google Reader views RSS as email," by which I think he means users feel compelled to read everything in

it. His view is that "reading every story is a meaningless concept" and that RSS Readers need to find a way around this issue. 2. Evolving User Interfaces Some readers are expecting RSS Readers to transform their UIs in 2010, in particular for "processing life and news streams in the same interface." ( Marco A Torres) This has already happened to a degree in Google Reader, which has many nice social sharing features.@businessquests(comme nt 57) called Google Reader "a monitoring and intelligence tool enabled by tagging and publication of tag-based RSS feeds." Eric (comment 19) agreed, commenting: "I use it [Google Reader] not only as a constantly evolving newspaper, but to share and to create new snippets using the "Note in Reader..." bookmarklet. I also subscribe to others' interests and see what they have marked to share with me." Eric also noted that he gets breaking news in Google Reader,

thanks to its support of the realtime standard PubSubHubbub. However a number of people complained that Google Reader isn't evolving fast enough in terms of user experience. I would put myself in that camp too. So, like me, you may want to check out some new feed reading innovations. Feedly(one of our Top 10 Semantic Web Products of 2009), Fever(one of our Top 10 RSS & Syndication Technologies of 2009) and my6sense(an iPhone app - our review) are 3 apps that received multiple mentions from our readers. We use Fever internally at ReadWriteWeb and I just today downloaded my6sense onto my iPhone. As an aside, note that two of those apps (Feedly and my6sense) integrate Twitter as well as RSS feeds. 3. Tracking Twitter It's not necessarily an either/or situation between RSS Readers and Twitter. Lynne Pope from New Zealand pointed out (comment 44) that she uses Google Reader to track some Twitter accounts: "Time zone differences mean a lot of good information can be missed in a tweet stream. Pulling the important streams into a reader means the information is readily available." 4. Mobile News A number of people remarked that they commonly read their feeds via a mobile version of an RSS Reader. Something for those

of us who are sick of being tied to PCs to do more of, perhaps. Bill (comment 46) wrote: "I use NewsRob on Android to pull the most recent 250 articles from Google Reader via my home wifi. Then I walk out the door and head for the commuter train, where I will read my feeds while other poor souls are stuck with the newspaper. Same on the way home and late at night when I'm rocking the baby to sleep." 5. Categorized News Perhaps some of us are finding RSS Readers difficult to use nowadays because we don't use them efficiently. If you spend some initial time setting up your Reader and categorizing your feeds, then chances are you will get a lot more out of it. Randy Orrison (comment 78) described a good use case that you may want to emulate: "I have folders in Google Reader for the blogs that I check every day, new release feeds for software I use (I could never remember to check all 20+ websites regularly), and down at the bottom of the folder list feeds from busy aggregators (like TechMeme) and news sites (like the BBC)." Conclusion Reading through all 160+ comments on my post restored some of my faith in RSS Readers. Viva la read/write Web! I'm going to test out some of the tools people suggested, find new ways to integrate Twitter streams REASONS page 39

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Anonymity, Self-Reference & Q&A: Formspring.me's Winning Combination for the Social Web By Jolie O'Dell (ReadWriteWeb)

another across networks to get answers about specific topics. Q&A between end users is a Submitted at 1/4/2010 11:28:03 PM growing trend on the web, FormSpring.com is a data without a doubt. collection and management Second, the site allows one user system with a particular emphasis to anonymously ask questions of in online forms, registrations and another user. Anonymity has surveys. An enterprise-level bred some of the most interesting system, FormSpring.com might and varied experiments of the seem rather dry to anyone but an social web. Very often, a lack of o n l i n e r e t a i l e r o r e v e n t links to users' true identities leads coordinator. to bathroom-wall-of-the-Internet FormSpring.me, on the other c o n t e n t s u c h a s 4 c h a n o r hand, has tapped the very essence YouTube comments. But while of what makes the social web so anonymity breeds trollism and is addictive. This new application, a actually a dying phenomenon free and social side project, online, having a thin veil between nearly has all the requisite puzzle the asker and the answerer of a pieces to go completely viral. It's question can act as a confessional fun, engaging, and slightly game- booth in a way, allowing for like, and it encourages the more frank communication or the behaviors users love to indulge. posing of some very interesting, It's only missing one critical controversial questions that element. might otherwise be considered Sponsor impolite or risky. A stable back end. But more Finally, one of the most about that in a moment. First, let enduring trends of the social m e t e l l y o u w h a t m a k e s web, from its inception to the FormSpring.me so infinitely present day, is our deep and entertaining. insatiable love of self-reference. First, the site is user-to-user The provocative beginning Q&A. This is the kind of formula question for the site is, "Ask me that has populated the Web with anything," which users then tweet masses of UGC on sites such as or post to Facebook. Answering Yahoo! Answers and Wiki questions all about you, your Answers. It's also the basic preferences, your past, your formula behind such highly thoughts, your wishes and hopes, praised startups as Aardvark, your regrets, what you eat and which allows users to ping one where you live - nothing is more

developers we consulted said the site bears all the marks of a Ruby on Rails product, including intoxicating to the average social rampant database scalability media user. From our first errors. ActiveRecord is a Rails LiveJournal entries to mid-2000s class for accessing databases, and MySpace chain surveys to our i t ' s b e e n s h o w n i n p a s t latest tweets, we clearly love applications to be unscalable. talking about ourselves. The way Concurrency issues mean that a that FormSpring.me caters to this small group of geeks or judges inherently human attribute is by can have a grand time with your giving us the impression or app, but the second it catches on i l l u s i o n t h a t s o m e o n e , with the social media crowd and somewhere actually cares about then - god help you - general what we think and do enough to Internet users, the app's database is unable to handle that volume ask us and expect an answer. So, when you combine the of traffic over a period of power of a Q&A site with the seconds, and end users start m a g i c o f a n a n o n y m o u s seeing error messages and commenting system and the abandoning ship like so many addictive qualities of navel- faithless rats. gazing with the expectation of And since FormSpring.me is in being noticed, you basically have all likelihood a side project from on your hands the social web app a single staffer or a couple of the year just waiting to employees (the company blog doesn't even mention the happen. And if it weren't for back end - offshoot), it might not get the which is likely built on Ruby on executive attention for further Rails, according to a few sources d e v e l o p m e n t o r r e s o u r c e w e ' v e c o n s u l t e d t o d a y - allocation. After all, without a FormSpring would have not only revenue model, why would an a money-making enterprise app enterprise-focused company but also a blockbuster social app. waste time and energy on a social A l t h o u g h t h e c o n c e p t i s application? Speculation aside, fascinating, the implementation is transparently shoddy. It seems FormSpring.com support tech like a hastily put-together R y a n D i l l m a n w r i t e s , weekend project along the lines "Eventually, we plan to rewrite of a Startup Weekend or Rails the FormSpring.me code from Rumble one-off. In fact, several the ground up using the same

type of database as sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc., so that we can handle the load. In the meantime, the millions of calls to the database cause frequent issues during peak times." Many parts of Twitter are built on Scala, and Facebook's database abstraction layer was developed in-house. If that kind of userbase - millions upon millions of users accessing the site around the clock - is what FormSpring is preparing for, they're going to need a much more robust solution that's much closer to bare metal than whatever they're currently running. And we do suggest they find one. FormSpring should consider monetizing and quickly scaling such an addictive little application before someone else does it next and better. So, to take the site's "Ask me anything" query and pose it to the site's creators, do you plan to seriously devote resources to create a stunning and addictive social app, or is this experiment destined for the digital dustbin? Ask us anything - or give us your frank opinions - in the comments. Discuss

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Live Blog: Google's Android Press Gathering By Frederic Lardinois (ReadWriteWeb)

on 59 carriers." Google wants to prevent fragmentation - talking about Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:55:15 AM compatibility test suite. Google is holding a press event "Android today is about getting to showcase the new Nexus One more users onto the mobile web." and possibly some other mobile Android users search the web innovations today. We already over 30x more on Android than know quite a few details about on feature phones. the phone itself, but hopefully From the beginning, Android Google will also have a few w a s a l w a y s a b o u t b e i n g surprises up its sleeve. The press d e v e l o p e r f r i e n d l y . conference should get under way Talking about being able to at 10am PST and we will live multi-task (a subtle swipe at the blog the event here. iPhone?) The Next Step in the Sponsor Android Evolution We will post updates as they 10:15am"We are only in the happen. Keep reloading this page early stages of the evolution of to see the latest news. Android. 10:00am As usual, the event is Volume and variety of Android running a bit late. devices has exceeded Google's 10:06am Getting started. VP of expectations. "But we want to do Product Development takes the more. stage to talk about the Open Wants to work closer with Handset Alliance. hardware partners to showcase " W e w i l l u n v e i l t h e n e x t the software. generation of the evolution of Announcing the Nexus One Android today." "Where Web Meets Phone" 13 new memebers will join the 10:18am Google calls this a new OHC - including: NEC, China category of phones - the "super Telecom and Freescale. phones." R e c a p p i n g t h e h i s t o r y o f On stage now: Peter Chou, CEO A n d r o i d h a r d w a r e ( G 1 , of HTC. myTouch, Droid) Talking up the Nexus One: "The 10:10pm"A year ago we had 1 Nexus One is one of the best device, now we have 20 devices designs from HTC." Outstanding

display, fast processor. "It pushes the limits of what is possible on a mobile phone today." Chou leaves the stage after posing with the phone... 10:22am In depth look at Nexus One Erik Tseng takes the stage to demo the phone. Hardware: 3.7 inch OLED display - WVGA. "Deep contrast and brilliant colours. 1 GHz processor - fast processor = less slowdowns. Trackball works as notifications tool. Will pulse when you get new messages. 130 grams - 11.5mm thick Sensors: light sensor, proximity sensor. 5 megapixel camera New for Android: active noise cancellation - using two microphones. 10:29am Google will offer custom engraving (just like the iPhone...) "With this hardware, we thing we have half of the story. It's the combination of hardware and software that makes this such a great phone."

No surprise: Nexus One will come with Android 2.1 10:31am New features in 2.1: Customization More homescreen panels - more widgets Example: weather widget: knows where you are from GPS Google expects to see more widgets from 3rd-party developers Showing live wallpapers. 10:35 3D capabilities of the Nexus One and Android 2.1 App launcher: new twist - 3D scroll-wheel - icons sit on a 3D wheel instead of a flat page New photo gallery - written with CoolIris Everything scrolls smoothly quite impressive. Looks just like CoolIris on the desktop Features background sync with Picasa Web Albums 10:39am Voice Commands In 2.0: Voice queries ("directions to nearest Ikea") In 2.1: Every text field is now voice-enabled Voice recognition learns every time you speak a query 10:42am Sneak peek at Google Earth for Android Discuss

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Glenn Beck Mocks a Birther [Conspiracy Theories] By Pareene (Gawker)

popular hysterical demagogue Glenn Beck insulted a "Birther." He noted, correctly, that while he On his radio show yesterday, is often accused of being a

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conspiracist, he has not endorsed the Obama-was-born-in-Kenya conspiracy. Then, in order to make sure people continued

referring to him as a conspiracist, opposition. Just like every racist he alleged that calls from birthers sign at a Tea Party is being held were part of an organized White by a secret left-wing provocateur. House effort to discredit the

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Droid's December Boom: AdMob Metrics Show Android Platform's Growth

Will 2010 Be the Year of the Smartphone?

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The Android platform has grown exponentially since mid-2009, but December's stats show a particular factor that might help catapult the platform to greater heights of user adoption. In figures just released from mobile advertising company AdMob, the Droid singlehandedly boosted calls to their network by nearly 300 million requests while stats for HTC Magic devices remained static and those for HTC's Dream model actually decreased. In terms of consumer use of the network and acceleration of device popularity, it seems we have a winner. Sponsor Having been compared extensively with the iPhone, the Droid stands up solidly even under extensive scrutiny. And in terms of 3G network access, we've personally seen fewer issues than with any other mobile carrier we've tried to date. (Note: I'm a Droid owner and a former iPhone user. I've also suffered through my share of

BlackBerries, Palms and their ilk.) If any device is to become the iPhone killer, it will be the Droid or something very close to it (here's looking at you, Nexus One). AdMob's numbers show that requests from all Android-driven devices increased by 97 percent between October to December in 2009, totaling more than 1 billion requests in December alone. The open platform has also seen a refreshing diversity of devices and manufacturers. AdMob shows that in December, 56 percent of requests were from HTC devices, 39 percent were from Motorola devices and 5 percent were manufactured by from Samsung. And in December, seven devices generated more than three percent of requests each: the Motorola Droid, HTC Dream,

By Frederic Lardinois (ReadWriteWeb)

to overcome some of the usability issues of current HTC Magic, HTC Hero, devices, more and more users Motorola CLIQ, HTC Droid Eris Later today, Google plans to will opt for full-blown and the Samsung Moment. This unveil its own smartphone, the smartphones instead of quick stat represents a significant Nexus One. According to new messaging devices in the coming increase from just three devices d a t a f r o m r e s e a r c h f i r m years. in October (HTC Dream, HTC Forrerster's new U.S. Omnibus While Android and Apple's Magic, and HTC Hero). Survey, Google is launching this iPhone are clearly driving the Already, the Motorola Droid is phone at just the right time. adoption of smartphones - and the leading Android device on Today, 17% of U.S. adult who the Nexus One will surely play AdMob's radar, generating a third subscribe to a cell phone plan use its part in this in 2010 - it's of all the network's requests in smartphones. This number is up important to note that BlackBerry December. Released just under from 11% in 2008 and 7% in still maintains its two-to-one two months ago, it's already the 2007. Thanks to the growing advantage of the iPhone. The top-selling Android device on the importance of Android, Forrester Google Phone market, a title it's held since a thinks that 2010 will be "the year It'll be interesting to see how scant fortnight after its launch. of the smartphone." Google will market the Nexus Granted, AdMob's metrics show Sponsor One. Thanks to numerous early a small slice of mobile device Forrester's Charles S. Golvin reviews, there is very little that usage. But they've consistently also notes that quick messaging we don't know about the phone been reliable in showing what devices with closed operating itself at this point. Chances are mobile users use and need and in systems like the LG Xenon are that Google has a few surprises p r e d i c t i n g t r e n d s . W e a r e still growing at a rapid pace as up its sleeve for today's internally excited about what well. Currently, about 15% of announcement. After all, the Android-powered devices will do adult subscribers own one of company must have known that in the market in the months to these devices. While the growth today's press briefing would come, and I am personally quite of this category slowed down come long after all the details optimistic about Droid adoption somewhat over 2009, it still about the actual hardware of the specifically. eclipsed that of the smartphone p h o n e h a d l e a k e d a l r e a d y . Let us know what you think in s e g m e n t . A s p r i c e s f o r Discuss the comments, particularly if smartphones continue to come you're a fanboy or fangirl of a down and as developers manage particular device! Discuss

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FTC to Investigate Cloud Computing By Alex Williams (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 1/4/2010 10:07:00 PM

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the privacy and security implications of cloud computing. That could be quite an inquiry as the debate is still open about how to actually define cloud computing in the first place. Sponsor The investigation should raise some concerns with the enterprise community. Such an investigation could cover aspects of Internet communications that have been in use for years. How would the FTC distinguish between the rights of the consumer and businesses that also use cloud computing services? What regulations would drift into the enterprise sector? Any service provider could be viewed as part of the investigation under such a broad umbrella. The obvious parties

would include Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Rackspace and the other large cloud computing services. SaaS is a form of cloud computing. That could mean a company like NetSuite, Zoho or Salesforce.com would have a stake in the outcome of such an investigation.

According to The Hill, the investigation surfaced in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In the filing, The FTC recognizes the cost savings of cloud computing but has concerns about information being stored remotely:"However, the

storage of data on remote computers may also raise privacy and security concerns for consumers," wrote David Vladeck, who helms the FTC's Consumer Protection Bureau. This statement is puzzling. People have been storing their data remotely since the early 1990s on services that predate the social networks. The intent of the inquiry is to protect consumers privacy. But the repercussions of such a broad investigation will also have reverberations throughout the enterprise community if the inquiry is not narrowed. According to The Hill, the FTC is holding a roundtable Jan. 28 to focus on privacy protections. It will include specific discussions about cloud computing, identity management, mobile computing and social networking. Discuss

Submitted at 1/5/2010 11:00:00 AM

Jeremy Clarkson's long lost American clone has scored some more TV time. Former Man Show and Top Gear USA host Adam Carolla has put together a pilot for a new sitcom and it has been picked up

by NBC. So far, it's just a pilot order and not a promise for an actual series. It's also the second pilot order Carolla has scored since his radio show was pulled out from underneath him by the tightwads at CBS Radio. This latest pilot is about a goes to the airwaves, expect contractor who finds his life in Carolla's trademark hardware shambles after a divorce. If it sarcasm surrounding toggle bolts

By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:30:00 AM

If you watched PBS' Antiques Roadshow last night, you saw the biggest appraisal in the show's history. A woman from North Carolina brought in jade objects that her father brought home from China after World War II. The woman wasn't sure how much they were worth, but the appraisers told her they were worth $710,000 to $1.07 million. Turns out though that she didn't get quite that much when she went to sell them. Maine Antique Digest reports that the jade objects brought in $494,615 when she sold them at Skinner's in October. Why didn't the objects bring in as much money as the Antiques a n d c o r d l e s s d r i l l s w i t h Roadshow people thought? It's adjustable torque clutches. all explained in the article linked Filed under: Other Comedy above but too involved to get into Shows, Celebrities, Pickups and here. It involves math. Renewals, Reality-Free Filed under: Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Permalink| Email this| | Comments Comments

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Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that BreakingNews.com was opperated by the same people who started the @breakingnews Twitter account. MSNBC announced this morning that it is buying the BreakingNews.com URL from a company called PV Media Group. This follows November's purchase of@breakingnews and its 1.4 million followers. The two companies were not connected before MSNBC's acquisitions of their various projects. When we profiled @breakingnews founder Michael van Poppel in July, the company was just about to release its iPhone app and had over 800,000

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Magic Mouse Drains Keyboard Batteries By Liam Cassidy (TheAppleBlog)

being reduced to a stuttering, crawling, sorry excuse for a pointer. Submitted at 1/4/2010 1:00:34 PM Changing wireless channels on followers on Twitter. That my router and Time Capsules number is now over 1.5 million. So the holidays are over. The food portions are returning to made no difference. In the end I Sponsor had no choice; if I wanted to "Not everyone wants news healthy sizes but the damage is continue using the Magic Mouse, surrounded by commentary or done. New Year resolutions you’ve been ruminating on for sans judder, I had to switch features," said Charlie keyboards to the wired variety Tillinghast, president of the w e e k s m u s t n o w b e t a k e n that originally came with the Mac MSNBC Digital Network in the seriously. It’s time to get in shape. No more excuses! No Pro. company's press release about more distractions. You have that DOA and all three were three About a month ago I found a today's purchase. battery version). All replacement thread on Apple’s discussion site MSNBC Spokesperson Gina nice new Mac so you think, keyboards suffer from the low explaining that — for 2009 Mac “Hey, I’ll type ‘em up and print Stikes told us in an email that battery life issue. Pros — the problem doesn’t lie "Msnbc has acquired the URL ‘em out! If they’re pinned up on They now claim it is a bluetooth with the Broadcom bluetooth the wall I can’t possibly fail!” only," so what will happen with driver issue and the engineers are radio but with its drivers. the BreakingNews.com staff Only, you might have a problem w o r k i n g o n a s o l u t i o n , Unfortunately, Apple isn’t privy remains to be seen. She did not doing any typing if recent reports presumably a new driver or t o B r o a d c o m ’ s f i r m w a r e prove accurate. It seems the disclose any further details, such combination of Magic Mouse patch. One tech said engineering roadmap and can’t say when an as the purchase price. b e l i e v e s t h e m a g i c m o u s e update will arrive. For more background about and Apple Wireless Keyboard are bluetooth is interfering with Oddly, I cannot find that thread a toxic mix. Over on the Apple BreakingNews.com, see today's keyboard b l u e t o o t h now. I suspect that at some point coverage at DomainNameWire. Support Discussions forum users communication and/or sleep in the intervening weeks it has are reporting that, since installing Discuss their Magic Mouse, their Apple mode. No estimate as to time been edited/removed. If you can Wireless Keyboards have been f r a m e f o r s o l u t i o n j u s t a find it, please share in the guzzling power like there’s no suggestion to use rechargeable comments below. I mention it batteries until issue is resolved. here because it sounds awfully tomorrow. Brand new, planet-killing I haven’t been hit by the battery s i m i l a r t o t h e e x p l a n a t i o n alkaline batteries don’t make it bug described here, but I’ve above… perhaps the two issues through a full week. Tree- certainly had my own issues with are connected? the Magic Mouse / Wireless Finish Last,'" Jake laments. "I hugging rechargeables manage Keyboard combo which I suspect Have you experienced issues less. Users have been forced to with using the Magic Mouse and feel like I just turned a corner." may be related. I’ve found that A p p l e W i r e l e s s K e y b o a r d revert to backup mice (mouses?) Keep up with every rose he my Apple Wireless Keyboard hands out this season with ET's or switch-out their keyboards for interferes with my Magic Mouse. t o g e t h e r ? a more traditional, wired variety. What was the big news that scorecard, and keep checking I simply can’t have both devices happened in your sector in Q3? User cbcirrus writes; back here for more news and Apple Tech Support furnished working at the same time in the Catch up with GigaOM Pro's, " clips! three replacement aluminum same room without my Mouse Quarterly Wrap-ups." keyboards (unfortunately one pointer losing the will to live and

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Rumor Has It: Apple Looking to Acquire AdMob Competitor By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog)

believe even more exists in a widening gap between the two tech industry stars. Submitted at 1/5/2010 7:44:27 AM and Disney. The Nexus One is a great The Google/Apple war appears Swisher claims the acquisition is example. By all accounts, it will to be in the arms race stage at the a done deal at this point, and will at the very least be the best moment, with the Nexus One set be announced as soon as this Android device available, and to be unveiled today as the latest afternoon. Even counting this and best of all, it seems like it could weapon in the Google arsenal. the AdMob acquisition, there are bring in a new ultra-competitive Apple, for its part, appears to be still many players in the booming pricing model that will shift the momentarily playing catch-up, mobile ad field, and Swisher u n e v e n b a l a n c e o f s e r v i c e with plans to acquire another expects many more similar deals contract power away from cell mobile advertising company now to take place in the future service providers and towards that Google is in the process of between other major hardware consumers. Contracts likely and telecom companies and the won’t go away, but telcos will snatching up AdMob. Q u a t t r o W i r e l e s s i s t h e advertising startups. have to offer much more advertising company in question, The acquisition will have an significant incentives to get and while it is much smaller than i m m e d i a t e i m p a c t o n t h e people to sign on, like truly AdMob, which is by far the smartphone economic ecosystem, unlimited plans. industry heavyweight in the since both companies are now set Apple’s position at the top of the mobile space, it will allow Apple to become major players on the smartphone heap won’t be nearly to stay in competition with h a r d w a r e , s o f t w a r e a n d as comfortable as before, and a Google in this increasingly advertising side of Internet- position of discomfort is much connected mobile devices. But more likely to breed innovation lucrative market. Apple is said to be paying the real boon for consumers will than the alternative, both in terms around $275 million for Quattro come as the overall competition of hardware and sales strategy. Wireless, according to several between Google and Apple So pull up a seat and watch the sources speaking to Kara Swisher continues to deepen. sparks fly. Can’t wait to see what o f B o o m T o w n . T h a t ’ s As much potential as there is in a new goodies are forged in the considerably less than the $750 c o n t i n u e d c l o s e w o r k i n g heat of battle. million bid that won Google the relationship between the two Growing mobile data use turned AdMob acquisition. Quattro is companies (the Maps alone up heat on carriers in Q3. Read still by far the smaller company, should be the only example you the, " Mobile Q3 Wrap-up." though it still caters to high- ever need, though there are many profile clients like the NFL, Ford more) for iPhone users, I still

What's On Tonight: Orange Bowl, NCIS, Dirty Jobs, The Forgotten By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) Submitted at 1/5/2010 12:23:00 PM

• TV Land's week-long Home Improvement marathon continues all night. • At 7:30, FOX has FedEx Orange Bowl, Georgia Tech. vs. Iowa. • At 8, ABC has a new Scrubs, followed by a new Better Off Ted, another new Scrubs, another new Better Off Ted, and a new episode of The Forgotten. • CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife. • NBC has the two-hour season premiere of The Biggest Loser at 8, followed by a new Jay Leno Show. • PBS has a new Nova at 8. • BBC America has a new Britain's Top Missing Model at 8, then a new Last Restaurant Standing. • At 9, ESPN has a new Homecoming with Rick Reilly. • Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9. • At 10, Food Network has a new Chopped. • A&E has two new episodes of Paranormal State at 10. • Bravo has a new Tabatha's Salon Takeover at 10.

• Also at 10: Syfy has a new ECW. Check your local TV listings for more. After the jump, the late night talk shows. Continue reading What's On Tonight: Orange Bowl, NCIS, Dirty Jobs, The Forgotten Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

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Rumor Has It: Apple Tablet Launching First, Shipping Later By Charles Jade (TheAppleBlog) Submitted at 1/5/2010 7:26:31 AM

With a new day comes new tablet rumors, the latest being a new date for the Apple Event, January 27. There’s also a new time frame for shipping the tablet, March, maybe some new specs, and, hey, why not an SDK for iPhone OS 4.0, too. While previous rumors put the Apple Event on the Tuesday of the last full week in January, Digital Daily cites “sources in a position to know” calling for a day-later launch of Wednesday. The event will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. That’s an oftused locale for many Apple Events, including the launch of the Apple TV in 2006. Like the Apple TV, which shipped several months later, the Apple tablet is not expected to be available for purchase until March. However, according to the Wall Street Journal, that’s a rough time frame, as the “ship date hasn’t been finalized and could still change.” Whether that means sooner or

higher resolution display than the iPod touch and iPhone. So, is there anything about the tablet that is not a rumor? Not really, but there is a kind of conventional rumor wisdom concerning the tablet that will likely prove (mostly) right. While outliers suggest a screen size as small as seven inches, based upon the reports to date 10 inches is the safe bet. Likewise, the resolution will be higher, at least double the iPhone. 960 x 720 would be a good guess. If the tablet runs iPhone applications without modification, expect them to see them in a 480 x 320 later is not known, nor exactly display, at least as far as the Wall window. There will be native why the date may change. That Street Journal is concerned, is the applications for the tablet itself. may come down to something the physical size, 10 to 11 inches. As for price, $1,000 is crazy WSJ describes as “material This also coincides with yet high. Most rumors put the price finishes for the device.” Metal? another rumor, this from the at around $600. Finally, the one Chrome? Plastic? The WSJ F r e n c h s i t e M a c 4 E v e r . I t s thing you can be certain of today: doesn’t know, but speculates it sources suggest the Apple Event don’t buy anything from Apple in could mean multiple models with will also include a beta of the the next three weeks unless you different price points. Multiple iPhone OS 4.0 SDK and a have to. models could bolster the crazy “simulator” for working with As Q4 begins, online video is rumor of an OLED display, different resolutions. That rumor now mainstream. Read the, " especially since WSJ cites coincides with whispers from Connected Consumer Q3 Wrapanalysts who cite sources that say sources “very familiar with the up." that the tablet could cost as much situation” to Engadget that state as $1,000. the obvious. The tablet will have More certain regarding the a substantially larger screen and a

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TV Ratings: Pro and College Football and Desperate Housewives top weekly viewing By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:52:13 AM

NFL and College Bowl games dominated the top of the charts, and Desperate Housewives was the week’s top scripted show with both adults 18-49 and overall viewers. Weekly cable show ratings and overnight broadcast show ratings are also available. Adults 18-49 viewing for the week ending January 3, 2010: = Overall viewing (all ages 2+) for the week ending January 3, 2010: = Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2010 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All ratings above Live+SD (live viewing plus same day DVR viewing) Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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iPhone Becomes a Universal Remote This February By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog) Submitted at 1/4/2010 11:15:17 AM

I love my Logitech Harmony remote, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t jump on the opportunity to ditch the thing forever and simplify my digital world even further. A new thirdparty accessory and software combo announced at CES will allow me to do that by turning my iPhone or iPod touch into a Universal remote capable of controlling all of my home theater equipment. It sounds promising, but it also brings back memories of apps for the Palm pilot that were supposed to do the very same thing. The Palm devices had built-in IR communication, so all you needed was the software, which sounded great, but ended up being clumsy and not really that usable on a regular basis. I still have a Palm in a bedside drawer that I occasionally drag out to use for that purpose, in fact. It never stays out long. Hopefully the iPhone’s accessory, which is called the L5 Remote and will cost around $49.95 when it hits retail stores this February, won’t suffer from the same failings. Once you have the dock-connecting IR blaster, you can get the application for free from the App Store. It promises to control televisions,

DVDs, DVRs, cable boxes, audio equipment and more. I’ve got my fingers crossed for some unofficial support for the Logitech Harmony PS3 adapter. The blaster is said to have a functional range of up to 30 feet. One place where the iPhone’s universal remote app should easily trump the dated Palm version is in user interface. No messing about with a stylus or hit -and-miss finger touch response with Apple’s smartphone. And you’ll be able to create your own custom button configuration by dragging and dropping the appropriate commands from various devices in whatever arrangement you choose. That should make it easier than my physical remote, too, since I won’t have to rely on the prearranged layout of the buttons, which is sometimes far from intuitive depending on what device you’re controlling. The press release for the L5

describes a “short, guided training sequence” before you can begin using it with your home theater setup, which could be coded PR speak for a long and arduous process of holding your remote up to the IR blaster addon for each command you want your iPhone to learn. I’m really hoping that the app comes with a built-in code database for common brands and makes of equipment, or that they at least open it up to user-generated databases. As of right now, L5’s web site is just a placeholder, which isn’t a promising sign, but keep your eyes peeled for the official release of the attachment and software next month. Hopefully by then there will at least be a place on the web to go looking for more info. In Q3, NewNet focus turns to business models and search. Read the, " NewNet Q3 Wrapup."

It's time to play Spot the Mistake at the Fiesta Bowl! By Danny Gallagher (TV Squad) Submitted at 1/5/2010 12:00:00 PM

Here's how our little game works. We'll show you a picture taken from the telly and you have to find the mistake. Sound easy? It should be if you have more than half of a brain, which it seems would immediately disqualify you from being hired

by the Fox Sports Network. Buzzfeed caught a shot from last night's Tostitos Fiesta Bowl between Texas Christian University and Boise State that contains a rather ironic mistake. Here's a clue: they didn't misspell Johnson's jersey number. Filed under: Sports, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

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Discovery, Sony and IMAX Join Forces To Launch 3D Network By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers)

develop the first 24/7 dedicated 3D television network in the U.S. The partnership brings together Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:16:02 AM three leaders with an According to reports Discovery, extraordinary collection of award Imax and Sony announced on -winning 3D content, technology Tuesday that they are forming a expertise, television distribution joint venture for a 3D television and operational strength to network. deliver a high-quality threeJust another 3D announcement dimensional viewing experience coming out as a result of the CES to home television audiences. (Consumer Electronics Show) in The joint venture intends to Las Vegas, where 3D television launch the network beginning in is a hot topic as television the U.S. manufacturers are desperate to “Discovery’s business strategy create the next big thing that will has always focused on delivering lead to new TV sales. groundbreaking content through The network is expected to new platforms, including the first launch in 2011. suite of digital channels launched E a r l i e r i n t h e d a y E S P N in 1996 and the first 24/7 basic announced it was launching its cable HD channel in 2002,” said own 3D network. Discovery Founder and Here’s the press release from C h a i r m a n J o h n H e n d r i c k s . Discovery, Sony and IMAX: “Now, as Discovery celebrates its Discovery Communications, 25th anniversary in 2010 as the Sony and IMAX Announce Plan w o r l d l e a d e r i n s a t i s f y i n g to Launch First 24/7 Dedicated curiosity and bringing audiences 3D Television Network in the t h e m o s t r e a l i s t i c v i e w i n g U.S. experience, we continue to – Three-Way Venture to Bring change the face of television with Next-Generation Experience to the launch of the first-ever 24/7 Home Television Viewers – dedicated 3D television January 5, 2010 network.” (Las Vegas, NV) Three of the “Sony is the only company with w o r l d ’ s l e a d i n g m e d i a , expertise in every part of the 3D technology and entertainment value chain,” said Sir Howard c o m p a n i e s – D i s c o v e r y Stringer, Chairman, CEO and C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , S o n y President, Sony Corporation. C o r p o r a t i o n a n d I M A X “We are delighted to be Corporation – today announced a partnering with Discovery and joint venture established to IMAX, two premier companies

also dedicated to leadership in 3D, in this groundbreaking new venture. It is clear to us that consumers will always migrate to a better and richer entertainment experience, and together we are determined to be the leader in providing that around the world.” “By partnering with Sony and IMAX on 3D, Discovery will lead the way in revolutionizing the next-generation home viewing experience in the U.S. and around the world,” said Discovery Communications President and CEO David Zaslav. “Today’s announcement is the next step in fulfilling Discovery’s mission of providing groundbreaking content for our affiliate partners and enlightening viewers with the most immersive and realistic viewing experience available anywhere.” “IMAX has been a pioneer and recognized leader in 3D technology for more than twentyfive years, delivering the premium in-theatre experience to audiences around the world. We’re reaching more and more consumers with the recent expansion of the IMAX theatre network and the growth of 3D movie content,” said IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond. “This new business venture is the first step in our strategic effort to take 3D into the home and extend the IMAX brand. We’ve already had strong collaborations with

Discovery Communications and Sony in the past on IMAX event film titles, and we are thrilled to work with such strong partners to be the first to make in-home 3D a reality.” Discovery, Sony, through its U.S. affiliate, Sony Corporation of America, and IMAX each will be equal partners in the joint venture. It will be launched in the U.S., with a goal of driving consumer adoption of 3D televisions and giving the network long-term leadership in the 3D home marketplace. In the future, the companies also will explore international distribution opportunities in selected markets. The new 3D network will feature high-quality premium content from genres that are most appealing in 3D, including natural history, space, exploration, adventure, engineering, science and technology, motion pictures and children’s programming from Discovery, Sony Pictures Entertainment, IMAX and other third-party providers. Discovery will provide network services, including affiliate sales and technical support functions, as well as 3D television rights to Discovery content and crosspromotion across its portfolio of 13 U.S. television networks. Sony will provide advertising/sponsorship sales support, and will seek to license

television rights to current and future 3D feature films, musicrelated 3D content and gamerelated 3D content, while providing cross-promotion at retail stores. IMAX also will license television rights to future 3D films, promotion through its owned-and-operated movie theaters across the U.S., and a suite of proprietary and patented image enhancement and 3D technologies. Governance for the joint venture will be handled by a board of directors comprised of members from each of the three companies, with the day-to-day operations run by a separate staff and management team that will report to the board. A search for the venture’s general manager will begin immediately. The parties have signed a nonbinding Letter of Intent. Specific financial terms of the venture were not disclosed. The parties will work towards prompt execution of definitive agreements, subject to any necessary regulatory approvals. About Discovery Communications Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the world’s number one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in 170 DISCOVERY, page 48

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New Nickelodeon Series Premieres With a Big Time Rush of Comedy and Music on January 18 By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:26:57 AM

via press release: NEW NICKELODEON SERIES PREMIERES WITH A BIG TIME RUSH OF COMEDY AND MUSIC ON MONDAY, JAN. 18, AT 8:30 P.M. (ET/PT) Four Best Friends from Minnesota Trade in Hockey Practice for Vocal Lessons in New Nick Comedy that Chronicles the Making of a Music Group Santa Monica, Calif. Jan. 5, 2010 Four fun-loving best friends from Minnesota are given the opportunity of a lifetime when they get a chance to be part of the glamorous L.A. pop music scene in Big Time Rush, Nickelodeon’s new live-action comedy series premiering on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 18, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The new series produced in partnership with Sony Music is from producer Scott Fellows, creator of the top-rated Nickelodeon comedy Ned’s DeClassified School Survival Guide. “Big Time Rush is about what happens the day after you win American Idol,” said Marjorie Cohn, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Development, Nickelodeon. “This series will chronicle the wild and hilarious journey that

follows after these guys get that life-changing, first big break and we think our viewers will enjoy going along with them for the ride.” Almost 3.5 million viewers tuned in for a November sneak peek of the series and were introduced to Kendall (Kendall Schmidt, AI, Gilmore Girls), James (James Maslow, iCarly), Logan (Logan Henderson, Friday Night Lights) and Carlos (Carlos Pena, Ned’s DeClassified School Survival Guide) four hockeyloving teenaged best friends who move from Minneapolis to Hollywood after Kendall is discovered by eccentric record executive Gustavo Rocque (Stephen Kramer Glickman) during a nationwide casting call for a new boy band. The foursome travel with Kendall’s mom (Challen Cates) and younger sister (Ciara Bravo) from the snowy Midwest to sunny Los Angeles, where they move into the Palm Woods, a swanky temporary housing development where entertainment companies house their budding new talent. But the boys soon learn that life in Hollywood is not all about hanging at the pool and attending late-night parties: they quickly realize they have a very short window to prove to themselves and their record label that they are serious about their new career

choice. In the premiere episode, titled “Big Time School of Rocque,” the guys get a dose of reality when Gustavo tells them that they are required to go to school in addition to recording their new album. While they prefer to attend school at the more funfriendly Palm Woods, Gustavo has other ideas and arranges to have their teacher located at the recording studio. After their awful first day at the “School of Rocque,” Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan hatch a plan to take down Principal Gustavo so they may soon join their friends at the Palm Woods school. Big Time Rush will feature original songs performed by the group under the guidance of Sony Music with music by some of today’s most successful songwriters and producers, including Desmond Child (Katy Perry, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith), Matthew Gerrard (Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne), Charlie Midnight (Hilary Duff, Britney Spears), Kevin Rudolph (Let It Rock) and Eman (David Archuleta). The Big Time Rush theme song had a strong debut on iTunes in November, and more original music will be made available to download throughout the season. For the launch of the new series, Nickelodeon will give viewers an all-access pass to Big Time Rush

both online and on demand. The Big Time Rush show page will feature exclusive video clips from upcoming episodes, photos, music and games. The one-hour preview, which aired in November, is available now through Jan. 24 on Video on Demand plus beginning Feb. 1, a Big Time Rush category will launch with bonus content, including music videos and episodes. Also, a sneak peek of the new series will also be available on Mobile on Demand. Show creator and executive producer Scott Fellows began his career as a production assistant on America’s Most Wanted and has since become a prolific writer, producer and creator. A prop job on Nickelodeon’s puppet-variety show Weinerville blossomed into his first writing break where he eventually became head writer/voice actor/puppeteer on that show. Fellows gravitated naturally to kids’ TV and proceeded to write and produce many live-action and animated shows, including Nickelodeon’s The Fairly OddParents, Doug, 101 Dalmatians and Kablam. He served as show runner for Nickelodeon’s live-action comedy series 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd and has written many of Nick’s Kids’ Choice Awards as well as the Teen Choice Awards, the Billboard

Awards and the Country Music Awards. The creative mind behind Nickelodeon’s Ned’s Declassified Survival Guide, Fellows also executive produced the hit live-action series. In addition, he is the creator and executive producer for Cartoon Network’s animated sci-fi comedy Johnny Test. Sony Music Entertainment is a global recorded music company with a roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local artists and international superstars. The company boasts a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordings in history. It is home to premier record labels representing music from every genre, including American Recordings, Arista Nashville, Arista Records, Aware, Battery Records, Beach Street Records, Black Seal, BNA Records, Cinematic, Columbia Nashville, Columbia Records, Epic Records, Essential Records, Flicker Records, Fo-Yo Soul, GospoCentric, Hitz Committee Entertainment, J Records, Jive Records, LaFace Records, Legacy Recordings, Masterworks, Polo Grounds, RCA Records, RCA Nashville, RCA Red Seal, RCA Victor, Reunion Records, Slightly Dangerous, Sony Classical, Sony Music Latin, Star Time NEW page 48

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countries. Discovery empowers people to explore their world and satisfy their curiosity through 100-plus worldwide networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Planet Green, Investigation Discovery and HD Theater, as well as leading consumer and educational products and services, and a diversified portfolio of digital media services including HowStuffWorks.com. For more information, please v i s i t www.discoverycommunications. com. About Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America, based in New York, NY, is a U.S. subsidiary of Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo. Sony is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its motion picture, television, computer entertainment, music and online businesses make Sony one of the most comprehensive

entertainment companies in the world. Sony’s principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., and Sony Music Entertainment, one of the largest recorded music companies in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $78.9 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, and it employs 171,300 people worldwide. About IMAX Corporation IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX) is one of the world’s leading entertainment technology companies, specializing in immersive motion picture technologies. The worldwide IMAX network is among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event Hollywood films around the globe, with IMAX theatres delivering the world’s best cinematic presentations using proprietary IMAX, IMAX 3D, and IMAX DMR technology. IMAX DMR is the Company’s

groundbreaking digital remastering technology that allows it to digitally transform virtually any conventional motion picture into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience. The IMAX brand is recognized throughout the world for extraordinary and immersive entertainment experiences for consumers. As of September 30, 2009, there were 403 IMAX theatres (280 commercial, 123 institutional) operating in 44 countries. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to each party as of the date hereof, and each party’s actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties associated with its business, which include the risk factors disclosed in their respective Annual Report on Form 10-K/20-F filed with the SEC. Forward-looking

statements include statements regarding each party’s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, and can be identified by forwardlooking words such as “will,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “should,” “will” and “would” or similar words. Each party expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in the such party’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Golf Writer Describes His Encounters with Tiger Woods & Family (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 1/5/2010 8:21:00 AM

Joe Logan, executive producer of myphillygolf.com, talks to ET about the character of Tiger Woods, following a shocking Vanity Fair article about the pro golfer. Logan contributed to an article in the February issue of VF where author Buzz Bissinger recalls a 1997 GQ interview that Woods gave when he was 21. "I think any golf writer who has dealt with him, would tell you early on he was a naive, young spirited kid," Logan tells ET. "Early when he first turned pro and was swamped with all the attention, notoriety and money that was thrown in his direction with endorsements, the money he won playing golf, it was overnight almost, [he] became a world famous celebrity. ... For the first year or so, he wore that like a hair suit. He was a little difficult to deal with." The writer says after a year or so, Tiger got used to "being who he was," saying, "He was cordial, NEW but he was always apart. Even continued from page 47 from the players, not just from International, Verity Records, business by putting kids first in almost 100 million households Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: the media. Apart from the and Volcano Entertainment. Sony everything it does. The company and has been the number-one- PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, players and the media. They all Music Entertainment is a wholly includes television programming rated basic cable network for 15 Term Extraction. knew him, they were all cordial o w n e d s u b s i d i a r y o f S o n y and production in the United consecutive years. Nickelodeon with him, he was cordial to Corporation of America. States and around the world, plus and all related titles, characters everyone. But there were very, Nickelodeon, now in its 30th consumer products, online, and logos are trademarks of very few people who really [felt] y e a r , i s t h e n u m b e r - o n e recreation, books, magazines and V i a c o m I n c . ( N Y S E : V I A , like they [knew] Tiger Woods." entertainment brand for kids. It feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. V I A . B ) . has built a diverse, global television network is seen in Five Filters featured article:

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Will NBC (and Angela Bromstad) Really Be “Satisfied” if Chuck Performs as Well as Heroes Did at 8pm? By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers)

is moving to 9 p.m. and is averaging just over five million viewers this season. “It’s a very, Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:25:46 AM very tough time slot, and we See, we’re not alone, even the recognize that,” she said. New York Times writes puff Heroes has been doing worse p i e c e s o n N B C ’ s C h u c k ! recently at 8pm with adults 18-49 Everything that’s fit to print, this year than Chuck did last year baby! And if it’s good enough when it averaged a 2.4 adults 18for the NYT… 49 rating even with repeats. So “Chuck” faces formidable odds will NBC be “satisfied” if Chuck on Monday nights at 8, where it is pulling a 2.3 at 8pm like will be competing against “The Heroes did last night? My Bachelor” on ABC, “House” on opinion is yes, NBC will be Fox and “How I Met Your satisfied but being satisfied will Mother” on CBS. Ms. Bromstad have absolutely nothing to do said she would be satisfied if with whether the show gets “Chuck” could maintain the renewed or not. In other words, ratings of its predecessor, the Chuck can pull a 2.3 (or probably adventure series “Heroes,” which even a little bit less) and NBC

will air all 19 of the episodes it has ordered, but that doesn’t make its renewal prospects a lock by any means.

Showrunner Josh Schwartz seems to be taking that in stride. With a decision about a fourth year of “Chuck” already on the horizon, Mr. Schwartz said he and his staff were running the show much the same as they did at this time last year. “You try to take it to all-new heights,” he said, “and if there should be a next year, then how we top that is next year’s problem.” Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Lady Gaga, P!nk, Green Day, Dave Matthews Band, and More to Perform at Grammys (ETonline - Breaking News)

mic. As previously announced, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, The Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, and The Recording Academy has country act Lady Antebellum will added to an already stellar lineup a l s o h a v e t h e i r c h a n c e t o of performers for the "52nd showcase their nominated hits in Annual Grammy Awards." Dave the spotlight. . Matthews Band, Lady Gaga, Each of the performers are P!nk, Green Day, and the Zac nominated for multiple awards on Brown Band will be taking the t h e b i g n i g h t . W i t h f i v e Submitted at 1/5/2010 5:03:00 AM

nominations is Lady Gaga. Not far behind are Green Day and the Zac Brown Band, with six apiece. Dave Matthews Band and P!nk are each up for two trophies. With this announcement, all five Album of the Year nominees (Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, the Dave Matthews Band,

and Taylor Swift) will entertain the crowd and home audience. The "52nd Annual Grammy Awards" will be televised live on CBS on Sunday, January 31, 2010.

I've heard that the new Tucker Max show will ... [From Comments] By MisterHippity (Gawker) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:01:25 AM

I've heard that the new Tucker Max show will be a musical. They've already written the big show-stopper number: I Feel Poopy. Here are the lyrics: I feel poopy Oh so poopy I feel shitty and crappy — the pits! Pants are droopy That the walls are spattered with my shit (La la la la la la la la!) I made jobby In the lobby On the ceiling, the walls and the floor! Maid is sobby Cuz she has to clean it up — she's poor! (Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) See that poopy guy in the lobby there (What lobby where?) Who can shit-spattered guy be? (Which one where who?) Such a poopy ass, such a poopy head, such a poopy leg, such a poopy knee! (Such a poopy knee, such a poopy knee, such a poopy knee) So much feces For my species This must be a new record I've hit Here's my thesis: It must be 'cause I'm so full of shit!

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Avatar Is Only Going to Change Some Moviemaking Forever [The Future] By Richard Lawson (Gawker)

renaissance (one hopes it will actually be the spectacular and genuinely affecting District 9 that Now that Avatar— James does that). I mean what did Cameron's big blue weepingCameron's other movies really Indian of an epic—has made a reinvigorate or create, besides billion dollars (making it the new shiny effects? True Lies fastest film to do so in history) didn't bust anything open. If and Cinema Is Changed Forever, anything, it was almost a sad what's next? Will it have a legacy swan song for a particular strain beyond special-effects? of action movie that soon died Much crowing has been done out, the muscleman's last, most about the film's groundbreaking glorious dance. Aliens and T2 technology, computer wizard were sequels, and no one really stuff that only the die-hardest of went out and made Lusitania or FX geeks really understand. Dresden after Titanic sank our Cameron managed to create hearts. unreal things that truly looked One hopes it's enough for wholly real, beginning to make Cameron to simply be the creator good on the jokey promise he of lonely technical masterpieces made in an episode of Entourage that are, upon reflection, a while back that pretty soon he relatively shallow. He's definitely won't even need actors to make a For all the advances in magic- really an inventor. environmentalism—or are we got some mind toward making movie. That gizmo stuff will making, the movie doesn't really And that's why, for all their just still softly mumbling "blue... something emotionally-driven, s u r e l y h a v e a n e f f e c t o n create anything new genre-wise, synthetic heart, his two Big shit... big tree..."? Cameron tends though he admirably showed everything that comes chasing it hasn't so much reinvented the movies, Titanic and The Two to go for the big quick burn slightly more restraint in going after it—we'll see sleeker and wheel as it's just given it fancier Jakes, have a tendency to ring a rather than something that for the feelings-gut with Aliens prettier CGI (or whatever we're rims. For all his whizbang little hollow under scrutiny. Sure smolders in our minds and hearts in the Tree-Attic than he did with calling it these days) done on a pyrotechnics, Cameron is still a a lot of us were fourteen and and imaginations for years to the three-hanky Boat Trip. One more ambitious scale. Though p r e t t y s t o l i d l y t r a d i t i o n a l enamored by the doomed puppy come. To that end, it's hard to see also hopes that he hasn't got most of the pictures clopping filmmaker, a guy who loves the lust of Rose and Jack once, but, McHale's Na'vi really being some technically pared-down along in its wake likely won't sweep and swell of an old twelve years later, does The anything but a standalone fleeting S e r i o u s f i l m s i m m e r i n g match the budgetary largess of Hollywood adventure. Where a Iceberg Storm really stand as eyeball-bender. somewhere in that circuit board Lawrence of Pandora, Cameron Quentin Tarantino can take a few anything but a visual marvel? In terms of starting any thematic brain of his. Cameron is truly a will still have pushed the bar pistols and some down-on-their- And while some of us were or genre trends, there's this Dune genius of technique— Avatar higher, as he likes to do every ten luck '70s actors and gloriously thrilled and sent soaring while remake slowly sand-worming p r o v e d t h a t — b u t h e ' s n o t years or so. reinvent cinema from the ground watching Dances With Space along, but that's been in the someone who's terribly adept at But other than that, it's hard to up, Cameron just magnificently Wolves, are we really still works for at least six months, so w e a v i n g a n e n d u r i n g l y tell if Deep Blue will stand as gilds long-growing lilies. He's a t h i n k i n g a b o u t t h e f i l m ' s it might be hard to make the memorable, or dare I say classic, anything but a perfectly-made touch-up guy, a pimper (in the supposed themes—something argument that Cameron has laid AVATAR page 52 (for now) tentpole popcorn flick. Xzibit sense) of picture, not a b o u t i m p e r i a l i s m a n d the groundwork for a new alien Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:39:08 AM

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The Revenge of a Booted Fox News Babe [Books] By Ryan Tate (Gawker)

as Canada's answer to Ann Coulter, living in gay communist Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:41:51 AM Paris and shopping a roman Ă Aspiring fameball Rachel c l e f n a m e d T h e V o i c e o f Marsden once loved Fox News America trashing her old network mastermind Roger Ailes like an and old bosses? In a sample uncle responsible for her career chapter Marsden is emailing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even after his henchmen around the publishing industry, b o o t e d M a r s d e n f r o m t h e the former Fox Newser writes building. No more: in a "novel" that she has been "resurrected she's shopping, Ailes is the i n t o a n e w l i f e " a s a T V "blubbery" villain. commentator in France. And It's hard to say what made Ailes is no longer a holy figure to Marsden turn on her benefators her (emphasis added): in right-wing media. True, she Imagine how pissed off Pontius was escorted by security guards Pilate was to hear that Jesus' from her former job as co-host of tomb was empty... I often try to Red Eye, a sort of late-night picture the meltdown... Then I lockup for the truly hard-core picture the head of America's l u n a t i c f r i n g e w i t h i n t h e most "powerful cable news crazyhouse that is Fox News. But network" [Ailes] as Pontius that hardly soured her on the Pilate, weeping in his giant network; she later emailed us second floor office surrounded saying she'd "always been a big by his ten TVs, his blubbery fan of" Fox News chief Ailes, figure jiggling with each sob. He "and am always honoured to be doesn't like to lose. And neither asked to contribute to anything do I. this great man has built." Fox's No, Marsden doesn't like to lose flagship shouting head Bill anything, or anyone, and that O'Reilly, meanwhile, was " a real might shed some light into her man... awesome... a straight Fox News flip. She once pled shooter, and one of my favourite guilty in a Canadian court to people in the biz." harassing her ex boyfriend, and Marsden even returned to the sent some nude pictues of a News Corp. building for an p u r p o r t e d e x l o v e r t o t h e appearance on Fox Business National Post newspaper. Then Network. there was Marsden's messy So why is Marsden, once known public breakup with Wikipedia

associates. It's fair to say Marsden feels used, yet again: I was a "talking head". I'm not a big fan of the term. "Talking head" implies the presence of a brain, which isn't always the case. The American cable news network from which I was sprung mostly selected their female talking heads for their tits and legs. I guess nicknaming them "talking tits" or "talking legs" would be overdoing the obvious. It would also totally bust the trailer trash viewing majority who watch the network as the closest thing their old lady will allow them to get to porn (Emphasis added.) Marsden once told us she had left Red Eye after "a format change in the show from 'politics and news' to 'tits and ass,' which fell outside my area of specialization." Trouble is, Red Eye hardly counts as a real Fox News show, functioning more as the network's drunken late-night id, hopelessly trying to balance the bloated, politicized Fox News ego that holds sway creator Jimmy Wales, with whom throughout the day. And it's not she had a scandalous affair; like those guys are raging sexMarsden now maintains a Google crazed sexists. ( Ahem.) Full knol dissing Wales and his online sample chapter below. encyclopedia. (First and last pic above via Count Ailes and Fox News, RachelMarsden.com) then, as the latest in a series of spurned former partners and

Gerard Butler Among A-listers to Present at Golden Globes (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:48:00 AM

Gerard Butler will join the likes of Halle Berry, Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Roberts and Robert De Niro on the list of Golden Globe presenters, and ET knows of two more top-notch celebs that will be presenting as well. Mel Gibson and Sophia Loren are also gearing up to take the Golden Globe stage. The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which will be hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais, will air live January 17 on NBC. "I'm most looking forward to sharing the stage with Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese," commented Gervais. "Who'd have thought it. The biggest heartthrob, greatest actor and best director in the world... and those three, all in one place."

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Coroner's Office Sandra Bullock's 'The Schedules Examination Blind Side' Breaks of Casey Johnson Records (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:06:00 AM

ET has confirmed with the Los Angeles Coroner's Office that they will be conducting an examination of socialite Casey Johnson-- who was found dead on Monday, January 4. The Chief Coroner Investigator tells ET that they have scheduled an examination of Casey for today, January 5. According to the LAPD, there is also an

investigation into her death. Reality show star Tila Tequila announced in December that she was engaged to the Johnson & Johnson heiress. Tila writes a blog for the Global Grind and sent a message to the Web site that reads, "Thank u for ur much needed prayers. ... There's a lot happening right now and I just need to be with friends and family."

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ET has the latest... Sandra Bullock's feel-good football movie 'The Blind Side' is making history! According to Variety, the Bullock's hit movie is the first film with a female lead to surpass

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story into the shimmery fabric. of a contribution. And that's OK! Oh, and heck, lest we forget The Avatar Effect will likely be what the man did for the Papyrus nothing more than neat new keys font. given to future directors, access to a set of visual tools that will enhance some genuinely stirring scripts. That's more than enough

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the $200 million mark at the box office. Over the weekend, it reached a whopping $208.5 million. Until 'The Blind Side,' the Julia Roberts' drama 'Erin Brockovich,' was the highest grossing movie in the category, making $125.6 million.

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NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Saints have placed Charles Grant on injured reserve and will have to make their playoff run without their starting defensive end. NFC South blog ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas writes about all things NFC South in his division blog. â&#x20AC;˘ Blog network: NFL Nation The Saints announced on Tuesday that Grant, who anchored the left side of the Saints line, has a triceps injury that will end the season for the

eight-year veteran. The 31-year-old Grant started every game this year and was credited with 53 tackles, 5Â˝ sacks and a forced fumble. In a related transaction, the Saints have re-signed veteran defensive end Paul Spicer. The Saints (13-3), who have lost three in a row, has a first-round bye in the playoffs. Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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We're hearing that In Touch editor Richard Spencer quit yesterday. The circumstances of his departure are unclear. Last

playoffs three straight seasons. The Bears are 52-44 under Smith in the regular season and 2 Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:32:37 AM -2 in playoff games. Lovie Smith is expected to be The Bears assistant coaches all retained as coach of the Chicago went home at noon on Monday Bears, a league source tells ESPN and were told to come back NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Tuesday morning, Schefter The announcement is expected reported. Smith and general to come at a 3 p.m. ET news manager Jerry Angelo were conference Tuesday. meeting Monday evening, and But that doesn't mean the Bears Angelo was expected to inform are standing pat. League sources Smith that he needs to make tell ESPNChicago.com that changes to his coaching staff. offensive coordinator Ron Turner Those changes began Tuesday, and tight ends coach Rob Boras as the Chicago Tribune first have been fired. reported that the Bears fired NFC North blog Turner. ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert writes Boras oversaw the team's tight about all things NFC North in his ends starting in 2004, and in division blog. 2008 Desmond Clark and Greg â&#x20AC;˘ Blog network: Olsen combined for 95 catches, a NFL Nation franchise record for the position. The Bears had high hopes for On Monday at Halas Hall, 2009 after trading for quarterback players expressed support for Jay Cutler, but finished 7-9. their head coach. Since going to Super Bowl XLI, "I know that across the locker w h e r e t h e y l o s t t o t h e room that we think that he should Indianapolis Colts, the Bears are be here," linebacker Hunter 23-25 and have missed the Hillenmeyer said after a team

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meeting with Smith. "I'm under the impression that he will be. I certainly hope he will be. And that's the way he talked to us today." Defensive end Adewale Ogunleye said he is confident Smith and his staff can get the Chicago Bears back to the Super Bowl. "In this league, any coach can do it," Ogunleye said, adding that a coach needs a little bit of luck and the right players playing well. "At the end of the day, it comes on us as the players. We just weren't consistent enough." ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, ESPN reporter George Smith contributed to this report and ESPNChicago.com's Jeff Dickerson contributed to the report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Quinn as they did under Craig MacTavish. At the midpoint of

the season, they don't look like a playoff club and they don't show signs of turning things around. They are struck in last place in the Western Conference, and the promise of the 2006 Finals seems a distant memory.

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Associated Press Boise State’s Doug Martin (22) leaps into the end zone to score the winning touchdown midway through the fourth quarter. The Journal provides minute-byminute analysis of tonight’s Fiesta Bowl as No. 6 Boise State beat No. 4 TCU 17-10 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Guest blogger Pete McEntegart offers commentary on the game — which featured two undefeated teams — and the Fox telecast. 6:45 pm | Pregame | by Pete McEntegart Letâs just call it the National Championship Game, Non-BCSConference Division. But whatever one wants to dub tonightâs Fiesta Bowl matchup between No. 4 TCU (12-0) and No. 6 Boise State (13-0), itâs demonstrably unlike any BCS bowl held in the dozen years since the unlovely system was put in place. This is the first BCS game in which neither team plays in one of the six big-boy conferences whose champions automatically qualify for the BCS. (The Horned Frogs won the Mountain West, the Broncos the WAC.) In fact, itâs the first season such a meeting was even theoretically possible since never before have two teams from a non-power conference qualified for the BCS in the same year. Itâs also the

first time two undefeated teams have met in a non-championship game. For all its historic firsts, though, many neutral fans were peeved when the Fiesta Bowl pairing was announced. Thatâs because it meant neither TCU nor Boise State had a chance to make a statement against a more traditional power, like the Broncos so memorably did three years ago in winning a 43-42 overtime thriller against Oklahoma in this very game. From that perspective, this Fiesta Bowl is basically David vs. David, with Goliath able to sit out and save face. Of course, the biblical David eventually became king after wandering in the wilderness, which is a darn good role model

for mid-majors like TCU and Boise State who hope to someday play in the ârealâ national championship game. A good showing in tonightâs first-of-itskind meeting would be a productive step in that direction. I hope youâll join us for the fun all game long. 8:17 pm | Pregame | by Pete McEntegart As kickoff nears, letâs talk a little about some of the on-field matchups. The headline is that the nationâs No. 1 passer (Boise State sophomore Kellen Moore) goes against the nationâs No. 1 defense led by two-time AllAmerican DE Jerry Hughes (11.5 sacks). Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson has built his program on its defense, especially in converting speedy skill-position

studs from Texasâs rich highschool talent pool into defensive stars. Hughes, for instance, was a standout prep running back who has managed to bulk up without losing his speed. The Broncos better put up some points, too, because TCU also boasts the nationâs No. 4 scoring offense (40.7 ppg) behind junior QB Andy Dalton. And that was against a tougher schedule than Boise State played, including Clemson, Virginia, Utah and BYU, with three of those four on the road. The Broncos played (and beat) Pac-10 champ Oregon back in the season opener, but they've played nobody significant since. 8:22 pm | Pregame | by Pete McEntegart I like to imagine that Boise

State's rallying cry tonight is: "Remember the Poinsettia!" And not just because I already miss the holidays. Tonight's game is a rare bowl rematch, as these teams met in last season's Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego. The Horned Frogs dealt an undefeated Boise State team its first defeat 17-16. Though the game arguably wasn't quite as close as the score indicated, given than TCU outgained Boise State 472-250. 8:25 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Pete McEntegart You know it's a huge college football game when Sam Rosen is on the microphone. Wait, what? Was Keith Jackson busy? It's hard to get used to Fox airing college football. They don't air FIESTA page 55

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games all season, then inexplicably throw a bunch of money at the BCS games. BTW, TCU returns the opening kickoff to the 24 and will start from there. Here we go. 8:28 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Pete McEntegart TCU must punt after a quick three-and-out. The Broncos wrapped up WR Ryan Christian a yard short of the first down on third-and-long. Boise State will open from its 15 after a booming punt by TCU's Ross Evans Anson Kelton. 8:30 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Pete McEntegart After two straight incompletions brings up third-and-10, Hughes gets to Moore almost before he received the shotgun snap. One problem -- Hughes was well offsides. Not even he is that fast. But Moore throws incomplete again on third-and-five, so the Broncos will punt as well. The long layoff for both teams could be contributing to some early sloppiness. 8:33 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Pete McEntegart TCU takes the punt back to near midfield, but Horned Frog LB Tanner Brock "earholes" (in the words of Fox's Tim Ryan) a Boise State player near the sideline. Personal foul, 15 yards. There's a timeout on the field, and if you're just joining us, you've missed nothing so far. 8:38 pm | First quarter, 0-0 | by Pete McEntegart Horned Frogs pick up game's initial first down on two nice

runs, a read-option keeper by Dalton and a carry by true freshman TB Matthew Tucker. TCU ran for 275 yards against Boise State last year. Next the Horned Frogs hustle to the line for a hurry-up look, yet can't figure out what play to call before the play clock expires and thus take a timeout. That's probably not how they drew that up. 8:38 pm | First quarter, 6-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Interception and TOUCHDOWN, Boise State! 8:41 pm | First quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Boise State CB Brandyn Thompson stepped in front of a slant route and took Dalton's pass all the way to the end zone 51 yards away. Dalton only threw five INTs all season, though he had two against the Broncos last season. The XP makes it 7-0 Broncos with 11:28 left in the first quarter. 8:46 pm | First quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart On the sideline, Chris Myers just said that the noise has "gone up a few octaves" since kickoff. What, have people been inhaling helium? I think he means to discuss decibels, not octaves. But a Horned Frog lineman just jumped offsides, so maybe Myers is on to something. 8:48 pm | First quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Dalton misfires on another thirdand-long and TCU must punt again. Boise State's Kyle Wilson (who made a nice pass breakup

on second down from his cornerback spot) makes a fine return, but a block in the back will make it a little less fine. Broncos will be back on offense, where they've yet to pick up a first down yet already lead 7-0. 8:51 pm | First quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Boise State WR Titus Young gains 18 on an end-around after TCU dropped TB Jeremy Avery for a three-yard loss on first down. Let's see if that gets the Broncos untracked. Or "tracked." Whichever one is good. 8:54 pm | First quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Moore finds Young for a first down on third and short. On first down from the TCU 41, Moore fires deep for Young. The receiver had a step, but Moore throws a tad long. Incomplete. 8:56 pm | First quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart On third and 10, Moore does very well to sprint away from TCU DE Wayne Daniels and, on a full run, finds Young 21 yards downfield for a first down right around the Horned Frogs' 20. Impressive play. 8:58 pm | First quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart A penalty for a crackback block helps stall the Broncos drive, so Kyle Brotzman comes out for a 36-yard FG attempt. It's got the distance ... MISSED! Wide right. Still 7-0 Boise State with 4:42 left. 9:03 pm | First quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Fumble! Dalton is absolutely

cleared out by Kyle Wilson on the corner blitz and (understandably) puts the ball on the turf, but a Horned Frog lineman falls on the ball. So TCU will keep possession, but Dalton is still down on the field to bring about an injury timeout. Let's hope he just got the wind knocked out of him, and I say "just" because it didn't happen to me. 9:05 pm | First quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Marcus Jackson replaces Dalton for third-and-13 and runs a safe QB draw that is stopped well short of the first-down marker. Horned Frogs must punt for a third time. Wilson returns it to the Boise State 28. 9:09 pm | First quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Horned Frogs force a quick punt. Man, TCU's defense is fast to the perimeter. Outside that one successful reverse, Boise State has been lucky to get back to the line of scrimmage when it tries to run wide. 9:11 pm | First quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Dalton runs out with the TCU offense; Myers reported that Dalton indeed had the wind knocked out of him. TCU will start from its 26 ... make that the 21 after a false start. Sloppy, sloppy. Then Dalton finds WR Ryan Christian for a quick hitter that Christian takes for a first down. And that's the last play of the first quarter. Our score is 7-0 Boise State. 9:17 pm | Second quarter, 7-0

Broncos | by Pete McEntegart On third-and-eight Dalton fires a strike to WR Bart Johnson in heavy traffic, but Johnson can't hang on. Horned Frogs will punt again. Didn't we say TCU averages 40.7 ppg? Math isn't my strong suit, but at this rate I believe the Horned Frogs will score zero. Fortunately their defense is playing up to its billing. 9:25 pm | Second quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart On third-and-seven, Moore takes advantage of a free play (Hughes was too quick off the snap again) and fires one into coverage to Young deep over the middle. Young snares the pass after it sails just over the fingertips of TCU LB Daryl Washington with a DB on his back. It's a 30-yard gain down to the TCU 32. 9:29 pm | Second quarter, 7-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Broncos go for it on fourth-andthree from the 25. Moore looks to his right .. and finds WR Austin Pettis. First down! It's a 5-yard gain to the 20. Pettis is Boise's leading receiver and has made a pretty remarkable recovery after breaking his ankle in the season finale against New Mexico State on Dec. 5. 9:32 pm | Second quarter, 10-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Boise State backs up two yards from there and Brotzman will have to come out anyway for a field-goal attempt, this one from 39 yards. He's already missed FIESTA page 56

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from 36. But this one is right down the middle. That makes it 10-0 Boise State with 8:02 left in the half. And we finally have our first offensive points of the game. 9:41 pm | Second quarter, 10-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Just as the TCU offense seemed to be working out its kinks after three solid plays in a row that included a first down, Dalton can't handle a shotgun snap and is forced to fall on it for a big loss. That makes it third-and-14, and a short pass to Christian means yet another punt. So far the TCU offense is about as ugly as its uniforms. So are those pants acid-washed, or what? That wasn't a good look even back when it was in "style." At least Anson Kelton uncorks a beauty of a punt 65 yards to pin Boise State at its own 5. 9:46 pm | Second quarter, 10-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart On third down, Moore finds freshman WR Chris Potter up at the 24 for a first down. Big play; it prevents TCU from getting the ball right back in excellent field position. Then on first down, Moore goes deep for Young. The ball falls incomplete, but Young draws a questionable pass interference penalty against Jason Teague. If anything, it looked like Young grabbed Teague. Regardless, it's 15 yards and another first down. 9:49 pm | Second quarter, 10-0 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart The Frogs' defense shows its horns from there, though, pushing the Broncos back to get

the ball back. TCU will start from its own 38 with a little less than two minutes to play in the half after the punt. 9:50 pm | Second quarter, 10-6 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Touchdown, TCU! 9:52 pm | Second quarter, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart On second-and-three from the Boise State 30, Dalton pumpfakes and finds Curtis Clay on a pretty slant-and-go down the left sideline and in the end zone. The XP from Ross Evans cuts the deficit to 10-7 Boise State with 49 seconds left in the half. 9:55 pm | Second quarter, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Maybe getting in the two-minute drill was just what the TCU offense needed to shake itself from its slumber. Dalton found several quick-hitters near the sideline to move the ball into Boise State territory and find a little rhythm before making a very pretty throw for the TD. 9:58 pm | Halftime, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart The kickoff travels several yards into the EZ, but Young decides to take it out anyway. Bad decision. He's tackled before he reaches the 10. Given the lousy field position, the Broncos sensibly run the ball and allow the clock to expire. So that brings us to halftime with the score Boise State 10, TCU 7. 10:04 pm | Halftime, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Let's be frank: that first half was pretty blah for the neutral observer. Both teams, but

especially TCU, seemed a little rattled by the bright lights of the big stage. Perhaps that Horned Frogs' TD just before the half will loosen things up. Boise State struggled with the terrific TCU D -- its only TD came on a pick-six -- but Moore did leave some plays on the field as he was less accurate than usual. Of course, the 2007 Boise State-Oklahoma classic is mostly remembered for its frantic finish (22 points in the final 86 seconds of regulation plus that Statue of Liberty in OT), so we've got time yet for some excitement. 10:19 pm | Third quarter, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Young takes the second-half kickoff out to the 32. Moore will lead Boise State out from there. 10:22 pm | Third quarter, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Boise pitches to Avery on thirdand-one, but LB Daryl Washington leads a swarming TCU D to drop him in the backfield. Wow, the Horned Frogs are fast; maybe running wide isn't the way to go on shortyardage plays. Boise State will punt after we come back from a TCU timeout. 10:29 pm | Third quarter, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Brotzman's punt goes out of bounds at the TCU 24. Let's see if the Horned Frogs can get the running game going. Not on first down, anyway; TB Joseph Turner is held to a gain of one. Not on second down either, as Dalton picks up a scant two on a keeper. But Dalton finds WR

Jeremy Kerley for the first down after avoiding pressure. That was the first third-down conversion for TCU tonight. 10:29 pm | Third quarter, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Dalton hits Clay for nine yards and another first down out to the TCU 48. 10:31 pm | Third quarter, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart But the Frogs go not one inch further, so Kelton must come out for his seventh punt. It's rarely a good sign to have as many punts as points, especially in the second half. Wilson calls for a fair catch at the Boise State 17. 10:36 pm | Third quarter, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart On another third-and-one, the Broncos go straight ahead and Martin picks it up. Smart move. Then Moore runs a play-action pass and finds a wide-open Kyle Efaw (the pass-catching TE) for 28 yards and a first down at the TCU 42. 10:40 pm | Third quarter, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart FUMBLE! And TCU recovers. They're taking a look upstairs, but it certainly looked like Martin wasn't down but, rather, was sitting on TCU's Jerry Hughes when the ball was ripped out by NT Henry Niutei. And now the refs confirm the call. Horned Frogs start at their own 43 after Boise State's first turnover of the game. 10:42 pm | Third quarter, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart TCU WR Jimmy Young makes a nifty move in the open field to

pick up the first down in Boise State territory. Dalton seems to do well firing quick passes out on the flanks and letting his receiver run after the catch. 10:45 pm | Third quarter, 10-7 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Two more quick hitters from Dalton, the second featuring a nice run-after-the-catch from Jeremy Kerley, and TCU is at the Boise State 17 with about 5 1/2 minutes left in the third. 10:46 pm | Third quarter, 10-10 tie | by Pete McEntegart Field goal TCU and we're tied at 10 with 3:52 left in the third. Ross Evans hits from 29 yards as the Horned Frogs transform the turnover into three points. 10:52 pm | Third quarter, 10-10 tie | by Pete McEntegart TCU forces another three-andout. After Moore found his younger brother, freshman WR Kirby, for five yards on first down, two swing passes (one to either flank) to Young only picked up another three yards combined. Man, can TCU run to the ball. TCU will start from its own 26 after the punt and definitely seems to have the momentum. 10:55 pm | Third quarter, 10-10 tie | by Pete McEntegart Interception! 10:57 pm | Third quarter, 10-10 tie | by Pete McEntegart Uh oh, I may have spoken too soon. To the naked eye, it looked like LB Derrell Acrey made a great diving grab of a pass that FIESTA page 58

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championship. “Boise State might — just might — be able to break through college football’s College football in 2010 is not final wall and become the first the place to look for upsets of team from outside the traditional Goliath by David. Monday’s six major conferences to play for Fiesta Bowl matchup between it all,” Wetzel writes. “Or put it third-ranked Texas Christian and this way, if the Broncos deliver a sixth-ranked Boise State couldn’t third consecutive perfect regular b r e a k t h a t t r e n d , b u t i t season in 2010 and they aren’t represented something more selected, the teams picked ahead interesting — a David vs. David of them better be the Colts and contest, let’s call it, between two the Chargers.” undefeated, underestimated In The Wall Street Journal, John t e a m s f r o m n o n - B C S D. McKinnon reports on Playoff conferences. Everything was in P A C , a p o l i t i c a l a c t i o n place for an oddball classic — committee dedicated to making from the low-budget Idaho potato sure that Boise State — or commercials to the weirdly w h i c h e v e r n o n - B C S t e a m b r o a d c a s t m a r c h i n g - b a n d deserves it most — gets a shot at performances at halftime, the the national championship in the whole thing felt endearingly future. small-scale. The bad news was In USA Today, Mike Lopresti the game itself, which was a wonders if teams like Boise State t e n s e a n d c l o s e l y p l a y e d (including Boise State itself) defensive battle and, well, might not make Playoff PAC’s somewhat boring — at least until m a c h i n a t i o n s u n n e c e s s a r y . Boise State’s fourth-quarter fake “Boise State is Best of the Rest,” punt set up a touchdown that Lopresti writes. “The Rest are wound up being the difference in getting closer.”* * * the Broncos’ 17-10 win, that is. The long-running, amorphous Getty Images A bold fake punt series of sports-related scandals led to this 29-yard catch by Kyle surrounding the University of Efaw and Boise State’s game- Southern California are tough to winning score. summarize, but all involve At ESPN, Gene Wojciechowski accusations of allegedly-banned g r o u s e s a b o u t t h e g a m e ’ s considerations extended to star dullness. “It didn’t just lay an basketball and football players. egg, it laid an omelet,” he writes. The NCAA has folded together But at Yahoo, Dan Wetzel is its long-running investigation of already looking forward to next alleged payments to, and favors year, when Boise State — which for, former star running back will return 21 of 22 starters — Reggie Bush — currently in his could contend for a national fourth NFL season, if you’re Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:15:38 AM

the average big-time program, but that credit sadly won’t be reflected in the Tar Heels’ record after the (fairly) Mighty Heels were upset by the College of Charleston Cougars in overtime on Monday night in Charleston. “It was so much better than just a counting — with another long- s h o w , a n e v e n t , a m e r e running investigation of funds appearance by Roy Williams and that were allegedly paid to his merry band of McDonald’s associates of former Trojans All-Americans,” Gene Sapakoff basketball star O.J. Mayo. It’s writes in the Charleston Post and tough to know when those Courier. “It was a real squabble investigations will conclude, but for every bit of 45 minutes and USC picked up the pace by the best victory in [Coach opting to discipline itself on Bobby] Cremins’ four seasons at Sunday, forfeiting all wins (and Charleston.” At the blog Tar Heel some money) accrued during Blue, Adam Lucas calls the 82Mayo’s one season at USC, and 79 loss a painful learning p l e d g i n g t o d e c l i n e a n y experience.* * * postseason bids offered in That whole Tiger Woods thing: You have perhaps heard about it? basketball this season. “The strategy is common but Most everyone but celebritydoesn’t always work,” David centric tabloids is taking a muchWharton and Baxter Holmes needed break from this story — write in the Los Angeles Times. the tabloids, for their part, are “In recent years, the NCAA hit still looking for ways to involve, the football programs at Florida say, Jennifer Aniston in it — S t a t e a n d O k l a h o m a w i t h which is surely a good thing for additional punishment after those Tiger’s battered brand. While schools levied self-imposed Woods has been dropped from sanctions. The same could numerous sponsorship deals, happen at USC.” At ESPN, video game giants EA Sports Arash Markazi addresses the announced Monday that they’ll frustration felt by the USC stick with Tiger and release the players and coaches who have game “Tiger Woods PGA TOUR found themselves paying the Online” as scheduled. In BusinessWeek, Matthew price for infractions in the past.* Lynn salutes EA Sports’s ** Credit is due to the University of decision. “When corporations North Carolina for making its attempt to set themselves up as tuneup games for ACC play moral arbiters, they just end up somewhat tougher than those of making themselves look out of

touch,” Lynn writes. “Don’t expect those ‘personalities’ to be perfect. If they were, they would be as dull as the products they are promoting. And then what would be the point hiring them? It is precisely their human foibles we find appealing.” Leaving aside the question of just what foibles (or personality) Woods evinced before things went south for him, the prospect of Life After Tiger is just as daunting for the PGA as it is for, say, such Tiger-dropping corporate entities as Accenture or AT&T. With the PGA Tour season beginning Thursday at the SBS Championship in Hawaii, the stage is set for a young golfer or golfers to rise in Woods’s absence — for however long it lasts, anyway. In the Globe and Mail, Lorne Rubenstein suggests Aussie Geoff Ogilvy as the Tour’s next big winner. In USA Today, Steve DiMeglio runs down the crew of young golfers who could emerge in Tiger’s absence.* * * With the end of the NFL regular season, your Fixer has blessedly stumbled across the goal line after a very humbling season of NFL picks. In the prognostication equivalent of the Cleveland Browns’ season-ending winning streak, I went 8-4-1 in Week 17 and thus barely edged ahead of “Al Toonie,” the Canadian twodollar coin that Fix writer Garey Ris flipped in the preseason as a DAVIDS page 63

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was deflected into the air by CB Jerrell Gavins. But on replay, the ball appears to bounce. Let's see if the call is overturned. 10:59 pm | Third quarter, 10-10 tie | by Pete McEntegart The call is indeed overturned, so it's an incompletion, not an INT. That makes it fourth down so Kelton comes on to punt. I feel like we've seen this before. Boise State takes over on its own 27. 11:01 pm | Third quarter, 10-10 tie | by Pete McEntegart Moore hits Avery on a swing pass for 13 yards and a first down out to the 40. And that's the final play of the third quarter. We'll change sides and head to the fourth with the game tied at 10all. Maybe Boise State should call the Statue of Liberty. It's never been stopped at the Fiesta Bowl. What are they waiting for? 11:06 pm | Fourth quarter, 10-10 tie | by Pete McEntegart True to form, the TCU defense holds again. Boise State punts but a block in the back against the Horned Frogs will pin them at their own 2. Ouch. In this game, 98 yards might as well be 9,800. 11:11 pm | Fourth quarter, 10-10 tie | by Pete McEntegart Young breaks a tackle on a quick pass from Dalton and gets out to the 15 for a first down. Then Dalton lofts one up to Young down the right sideline, and Young pulls it down at the TCU 49. So in two plays the Horned Frogs have covered nearly half the 98 yards after some blogger snarked about their

lack of offensive prowess so far tonight. 11:16 pm | Fourth quarter, 10-10 tie | by Pete McEntegart Interception! It seems I unsnarked too soon. Dalton underthrows WR Antoine Hicks down the left sideline and Brandyn Thompson wins the jump ball for Boise State. It's Thompson's second INT of the night; you'll recall his first was returned 51 yards for a TD. Boise State takes over on its own 22. 11:20 pm | Fourth quarter, 10-10 tie | by Pete McEntegart The Broncos pick up one first down but no more. DE Wayne Daniels knocks down a pass on third-and-9. Brotzman will punt ... no he won't! Fake! Brotzman finds TE Kyle Efaw over the middle with a defender right in his face. Gain of 29 down to the TCU 38. Gutsy call and great execution. 11:21 pm | Fourth quarter, 10-10 tie | by Pete McEntegart Two quick Moore completions put the ball inside the TCU 20. Second-and-1. Moore looks left and finds TE Tommy Gallarda down to the 2. First and goal for Boise State. 11:23 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Touchdown, Boise State! Martin is upended but manages to flip into the end zone on first down. The XP makes it 17-10 Boise State with 7:21 to play. Now those are the sort of fireworks we were hoping for. Great drive. The successful fake punt really seemed to energize the Broncos.

11:29 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart TCU starts from its own 24. Kerley drops a pass on first down. Then Hicks drops another pass, albeit a tougher potential catch, on second. Third and 10. 11:31 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Dalton looks for Young down the right sideline, but there's nothing there and he heaves it out of bounds. Kelton booms one that Wilson returns to the Boise State 36. 11:35 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Moore heaves it deep on thirdand-12. Actually it was more high than deep; it nearly scraped the roof. Somewhat fortunately for the Broncos, it landed incomplete out of bounds. Brotzman comes out to punt and does kick this time, but it's a line drive ... and Kerley catches it on the fly and bursts 39 yards down the left sideline. TCU will start on the Boise State 31. Great field position with a TD needed for the tie. 11:36 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Ohhhh! Dalton looks for Hicks in the end zone on first down, but Hicks can't hold on. He really should have had it. Big missed opportunity. 11:38 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Fourth and 6 with 4:32 left. Clock ticking ... Dalton fires for Young along the right sideline. Incomplete! He can't hang on. Boise State takes over on its own

27, but will need at least one first down to salt this one away. Horned Frogs have two timeouts. 11:41 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart TCU uses its second timeout. There's 3:26 to go. Boise State faces a third-and-eight. 11:41 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Moore finds his brother Kirby for a huge first down at the Boise State 39. Now we're under three minutes. TCU has just one timeout left. 11:43 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart It's third and five. Will Boise State pass? Yes they will, but Moore has to heave it away under pressure from a heavy rush. That stops the clock with 1:16 left. The Horned Frogs still have their timeout. 11:44 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Oooh! Wilson downs Brotzman's rolling punt at the 1 yard line. So TCU will have to go 99 yards with 1:06 to play, with one timeout. Horned Frogs trail by a TD. 11:47 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Dalton picks up a first down on his initial toss, but his next throw only covered about eight yards. Without a first down to stop the clock, TCU calls its last timeout. Costly play. You have to throw past the first-down marker in this situation. 11:49 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart After another first down and a

spike to stop the clock, Dalton heaves a pass to Jimmy Young down the left sideline. The refs call pass interference on Boise's Jerrell Gavins. That's 15 yards, an automatic first down and a stoppage of the clock -- the TCU trifecta. First down on the Boise 49 with 36 seconds left. 11:51 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Dalton finds Kerley along the right sideline and he gets out of bounds at the Boise State 30 with 29 seconds left. TCU giving itself a chance. 11:51 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart INTERCEPTION! 11:53 pm | Fourth quarter, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Winston Venable picks it off for Boise State. That'll do it. Thompson (he of the two earlier INTs) knocked the ball high into the air after colliding with Antoine Hicks. Venable snatched the carom out of the air and went down with 18 seconds left. 11:54 pm | Final, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Boise State takes a knee and we go FINAL. Boise 17, TCU 10. 12:04 am | Postgame, 17-10 Broncos | by Pete McEntegart Well, it wasn't 43-42 and nobody proposed to their cheerleader girlfriend on national TV, but Boise State will certainly take it. The TCU defense generally played up to its reputation, so points were hard to come by for Boise State, but the Broncos FIESTA page 62

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Mike Shanahan and Washington Redskins working on contract By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)

Airport near Redskins Park in midafternoon Monday and were whisked away to meet with Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:30:03 AM owner Dan Snyder and Allen. Redskins Fly Shanahan To The Redskins' intense courtship W a s h i n g t o n R e d s k i n s F l y of Shanahan began shortly after S h a n a h a n T o W a s h i n g t o n Jim Zorn was fired on Monday VIDEO PLAYLIST morning. Zorn was dismissed • Redskins Fly Shanahan To during a meeting in his office W a s h i n g t o n R e d s k i n s F l y with Allen after the team's crossS h a n a h a n T o W a s h i n g t o n country flight following a 23-20 • S h a n a h a n F a v o r i t e F o r loss to the San Diego Chargers Redskins Job Shanahan Favorite o n S u n d a y . T h e R e d s k i n s For Redskins Job finished 4-12. "It's real clear that we're going to ASHBURN, Va. -- The last be aggressive," Allen said at the remaining obstacle to Mike time. "What we're looking for in Shanahan becoming head coach a head coach is somebody who of the Washington Redskins is a can lead these men that we had in contract, sources close to the our locker room this year to situation tell ESPN NFL Insider levels they've haven't played Adam Schefter. through before." Talks between the two sides Allen had interviewed Shanahan went well enough Monday night via phone Monday morning, a that Shanahan summoned his source close to the situation told a g e n t , S a n d y M o n t a g , t o Schefter. The Redskins and Washington on Tuesday morning Shanahan reportedly began talks to negotiate a deal with the last month, a day after Allen was Redskins, the sources said. hired. M o n t a g i s i n t o w n a n d i s Shanahan won two Super Bowls scheduled to meet with Redskins in 14 seasons with the Broncos. executive vice president and He was fired a year ago after general manager Bruce Allen in Denver missed the playoffs for the afternoon. the third straight season. NFL Insider Adam Schefter Shanahan would be expected to Check out Schefter's Insider blog bring his son, Houston Texans for more NFL coverage and offensive coordinator Kyle analysis. Shanahan, with him to • Blog network: NFL Nation Washington. While the Redskins Shanahan and his wife, Peggy, w e r e n ' t m a k i n g a n y landed at Dulles International announcements about a hiring,

Texans coach Gary Kubiak spoke as if a Shanahan tandem in D.C. was virtually a foregone conclusion. "Obviously it looks like Mike's coming right back in the business here real quick, and I know it's something he's always wanted, to work with his son," Kubiak said. "I'd be the same way." Mosley: Zorn Held His Own Jim Zorn displayed an uncommon affability during his coaching tenure with the Redskins -- despite the results, writes ESPN.com's Matt Mosley. Blog Zorn was 12-20 over two seasons and lost 18 of his last 24 games after a 6-2 start in 2008. The Redskins struggled early this season despite a weak schedule and finished with their worst record since 1994. "The status quo has to end," Allen said. "We have to change the way we've been doing some business. ... Last place two years in a row is not Redskins football." Zorn's replacement will be Washington's seventh coach since Snyder bought the team in 1999. The Redskins are 82-99 on his watch, missing the playoffs in eight of 11 seasons. "No one in the organization is satisfied with our record over the last two years," Snyder said in a statement released by the team, "and I am sure that Jim would

concur with that statement. It has been painful for him, too. I certainly accept responsibility for mistakes that I have made." Zorn's dismissal had been expected for months. The front office stripped him of his playcalling duties in late October, and Snyder interviewed assistant coach Jerry Gray for the job weeks ago, according to the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which monitors minority hiring in the NFL. Neither Snyder nor Zorn was made available to reporters. "Everybody's playing the waiting game now," running back Rock Cartwright said while he and his teammates cleaned out their lockers. Shanahan made the playoffs in half of his 14 seasons in Denver, although he had only two losing seasons -- 6-10 in 1999 and 7-9 in 2007. His greatest successes came early, with back-to-back Super Bowl titles after the 1997 and 1998 seasons with running back Terrell Davis and quarterback John Elway. His career regular-season record is 146-98, including 138-86 with the Broncos from 1995 to 2008 and 8-12 with the Los Angeles Raiders in 1988-89. Shanahan's playoff record is 8-5. "I think it's safe to say we all need a guy who's done it before, who's been to the big games," cornerback DeAngelo Hall said. "It's kind of hard to envision

yourself trying to get somewhere when the person who's talking to you has never been there personally. That's probably the only thing that I want. I want to go to the Super Bowl." It didn't help that the front office didn't give Zorn a solid roster. The offensive line was aging and lacked quality depth. Jason Campbell was undermined by attempts to acquire other quarterbacks. Former first-round picks Carlos Rogers and LaRon Landry have been disappointments. Running back Clinton Portis looked worn down by years of wear and tear. Injuries to several key players compounded the problems, and 12 players finished the season on injured reserve. The new coach, Snyder and Allen therefore have a monumental rebuilding task ahead of them. The Redskins will have the No. 4 overall pick in the draft, but they need more than one college stud to right the ship. "Maybe some of our greatest improvements," Allen said, "is our players who are already on our roster playing better." Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Florida State Seminoles penalty upheld; Bowden faces losing 14 wins By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)

away in as many as 10 Florida State athletic programs, including possibly stripping Florida State Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:27:04 AM of one of three straight NCAA TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The t r a c k c h a m p i o n s h i p s w o n NCAA has upheld its decision to b e t w e e n 2 0 0 6 - 2 0 0 8 . vacate up to 14 victories from The NCAA Infractions Appeals former football coach Bobby Committee said Tuesday the Bowden as part of its penalty in c o o p e r a t i v e e f f o r t s o f t h e an academic cheating scandal. university in the academic Bowden retired as major college cheating scandal involving 61 football's second most-winning Florida State athletes failed to coach with 389 wins after Florida outweigh the aggravating factors State's 33-21 Konica Minolta in the case. Gator Bowl victory over West ACC blog Virginia on New Year's Day. ESPN.com's Heather Dinich Penn State's Joe Paterno, who is writes about all things ACC in still coaching, has 394 wins. her conference blog. The 80-year-old Bowden was in â&#x20AC;˘ Blog network: California on Tuesday to present College Football Nation a Fellowship of Christian "The case also included Athletes award named after him impermissible benefits, unethical and not immediately available to c o n d u c t b y t h r e e f o r m e r comment on the decision. academic support services staff University officials, however, members and a failure to monitor said they were surprised and by the university," the NCAA disappointed by the NCAA's statement said. decision. Twenty-five football players " W e b e l i e v e d t h a t o u r were among the athletes who administration did everything it cheated on an online test in a possibly could to ferret out any music history course from the fall and all improprieties in this of 2006 through summer 2007 or matter," Florida State athletic received improper help from director Randy Spetman said. staffers who provided them with The NCAA could take wins answers to the exam and typed

papers for them. In its appeal, Florida State called the sanctions that included vacating wins "excessive" and claimed the NCAA did not appropriately weigh its cooperation during the investigation. The school agreed to four years of probation and scholarship reductions. The university still must certify which games ineligible players competed in to determine the number of wins and individual records that will be nullified. "This will take some time," Spetman said. "We didn't believe it was a process we should go through." The NCAA also upheld the penalty imposed against one of the central figures in the scandal, Brenda Monk, the former learning specialist who worked with the most academically atrisk athletes in the Florida State program. Monk had received what is known as a "show-cause" action, requiring any college that hires her before 2013 to explain why it shouldn't be punished if she is allowed to work with athletes. The NCAA accused her of unethical conduct and academic

fraud for allegedly typing papers for three athletes, and providing test answers to others, charges she contested. In an ESPN Outside the Lines story on Dec. 13, Monk claimed that much of the help she provided was justified because she was working with athletes who were learning disabled. She told OTL that more than onethird of the football team, and three-quarters of the basketball team, had a diagnosis of LD. Monk said Bowden and other coaches recruited athletes who read at a grade-school level in some cases, as well as a few players with very low IQs who could not have survived on a college campus without intensive academic support. Monk's Tallahassee-based lawyer, Brant Hargrove, said Tuesday that he formally asked the NCAA in December to consider the findings of the OTL report, in which Monk said Bowden knew how she worked with athletes -- a charge Bowden has denied. Hargrove said he did not receive a response. Monk's criticisms, though, were more directed at athletic department and campus officials

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who she said supported the way she worked with athletes between 2001, when she was hired, and 2007, when she resigned. Monk, now the principal at a prison school, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Florida State. Hargrove told ESPN's Tom Farrey that he plans to continue to pursue that action despite potential damages to his client being capped at $100,000 under state law. "This stopped being about money a long time ago," Hargrove said. "It's about reputation." Hargrove said he was disappointed in the NCAA appellate committee's decision, for both Monk and Bowden. "I love Bobby Bowden, he brought FSU from nothing to something," Hargrove told Farrey. "Brenda's case has nothing to do with Bobby Bowden. Brenda's case is about an inept [FSU] administration." Tom Farrey reports for E:60 and Outside the Lines. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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For the first time since the NFL expanding its wild-card playoff round to four games, three of them will feature rematches from the previous week. One indicator of how remarkable that is: In the prior five years, a span of 55 playoff games, just one featured a rematch from a regular-season game of the last two weeks of the season. That was the 2008 Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, played five weeks after the teams met in the season finale. Just six or seven days separate the meetings of Philadelphia-Dallas, Green BayArizona and Jets-Cincinnati. (The fourth wild-card game, between New England and Baltimore, is a rematch of a Week 4 game won by New England.) Associated Press Can Donovan McNabb and the Eagles turn things around six days after getting routed by the Cowboys, 24-0? Should Dallas, Green Bay and the Jets be confident because they just routed their opponents by a combined score of 94-7? Or

should their defeated opponents be confident that they’ve seen the best of their opponents, have some tricks up their sleeve and can take advantage of overconfident opponents? The limited history of such games suggests, surprisingly, the latter. I counted nine such rematches since 1990 when the NFL playoffs included four wild-card games. Five times, the loser won in the rematch. One of these rematches was one of the greatest playoff games ever, when the 1992 Houston Oilers were well on their way to topping their regular-season finale, a 27-3 rout of the Buffalo Bills, before the Bills came back from 32 points down to win. Yet Bill quarterback Jim Kelly threw just nine passes in the first game. Another dramatic reversal is less dramatic upon closer examination: Peyton Manning was subbed after throwing just two passes in the 2004 regularseason finale, a 33-14 loss to the Denver Broncos. The next week his Colts routed Denver, 49-24. (The Bengals and Cardinals similarly rested several starters this week.) But teams generally

average of 18.3 points per game (so, for instance, a team that won by a touchdown in the regular season lost by 11 points in the rematch). Nor does home-field advantage appear to explain the reversals of fortune. Eight times, both games were played in the same venue, and six times, the loser the first time around won the rematch. I also looked at all playoff games over the last three years that were rematches of regularseason games. NFL fans have been treated to a lot of these — 20 of the last 33 playoff games. Five of those rematches pitted appeared to be trying to win in divisional rivals who had met the first legs of most of these twice in the regular season. Three unexpected two-game series, of those pairs split the regularmany of which helped determine season series. The two teams that swept the regular-season series playoff berths or seeding. Throw in the five wild-card had mixed results: Last year the p l a y o f f g a m e s t h a t w e r e Pittsburgh Steelers made it a hat r e m a t c h e s o f t h e s e a s o n s ’ trick over the Baltimore Ravens, penultimate games — less likely while two years ago the Giants to feature the resting of stars — avenged two losses against the and the winner the first time Cowboys. Nine of the other 15 around was a measly 5-9 in the rematches went to the first-time rematch. In those 14 rematches, winner, but that may merely be a the margin of victory shifted r e f l e c t i o n o f h o m e - f i e l d from the prior game by an advantage, since eight times the first-time winner had home-field

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advantage and one time the rematch was played on a neutral field. Rematches of games later in the season tended to be even less predictable. Of the 10 times that teams met in the playoffs after meeting just once in Week 10 or later during the season, five times the loser the first time won — including the Giants, when they defeated the Patriots in that 2008 Super Bowl. The most dramatic reversal came last year, when the Arizona Cardinals bounced back from a 48-20 loss at Philadelphia in Week 13 to beat the Eagles by a touchdown at home in the NFC championship game. These results aren’t conclusive, as the small sample size limits their meaning and predictive value. A whole host of other factors may explain such reversals, including injuries and the effect of dome teams playing at home or on the road. If nothing else, though, they should give fans reasons to hope for closer outcomes this weekend.

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Mike Holmgren of Cleveland Browns to meet with Eric Mangini, media By Associated Press (ESPN.com)

won their final four games, a surge that may save Mangini's job. The winning streak is Submitted at 1/5/2010 8:44:21 AM Cleveland's longest since 1994 BEREA, Ohio -- Cleveland under then-coach Bill Belichick B r o w n s p r e s i d e n t M i k e and it may have shown Holmgren Holmgren has begun his first day that Mangini has the Browns of work at the team's facility, pointed in the right direction. where he is expected to meet Holmgren is the only member of with coach Eric Mangini. Cleveland's front office deciding The team said in a release that Mangini's fate. Lerner hired Holmgren, recently hired by Holmgren, who led the Green Cleveland owner Randy Lerner Bay Packers to a Super Bowl to fix his NFL franchise, would title, to preside over his team be available to the media at 4 without interference. Holmgren p.m. The one-sentence release said recently that it would only did not mention if there would be take him "a little while" to any announcement or if Mangini determine if Mangini will be would attend. back for a second year. He AFC North blog promised not to be swayed by ESPN.com's James Walker winning streaks -- or losing writes about all things AFC skids. North in his division blog. "Any decisions I make regarding â&#x20AC;˘ Blog network: NFL Nation the coaching staff, or anybody It is not known when Holmgren there, will not be based on three planned to have his face-to-face games or two games or one talk with Mangini, who had an game," Holmgren said. "I think e v e n t f u l f i r s t s e a s o n a s it's the total body of work. I've Cleveland's coach. got to see progress." The Browns started 1-11 but Mangini said on Monday that he

had no gut feeling about his future, but that he was proud of his accomplishments since taking over the Browns, who finished 511, one game better than their 412 mark in Romeo Crennel's final season as coach. Mangini described what he inherited in Cleveland as "a mess." From the start, Mangini attempted to instill discipline into the Browns but some of Cleveland's players rebelled against his coaching methods, complaining about the length of practices and amount of contact. A few Browns filed grievances with the players' association against Mangini. He famously fined one player $1,701 for not paying for a $3 bottle of water during a hotel stay. On Nov. 2, the Browns fired general manager George Kokinis, who had been hand-picked by Mangini. Kokinis recently filed for arbitration against the team, saying it did not allow him to fulfill the duties outlined in his contract. He's seeking more than

$4 million in compensation and damages. The off-the-field issues served as a backdrop during Cleveland's horrendous start, but the team regrouped down the stretch and played inspired football. The Browns began their seasonending flourish with a nationally televised win over Pittsburgh, snapping a 12-game losing streak against their rival. Behind a rugged running game, they followed with wins over Oakland and Kansas City and concluded Mangini's first season with a snowy 23-17 win over Jacksonville. In the closing seconds, Browns players dumped Gatorade over Mangini's head, perhaps the most surprising moment of any during his 12 months on the job. Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

provided the difference in the game. The Broncos aren't going to swipe any No. 1 votes from the Alabama/Texas winner, but with most of their team coming back they figure to be ranked as high as the top-10 heading into the 2010 season -- maybe even

the top-5. That makes a run at the "real" national championship game next year a legitimate possibility.

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defense stole the show. This performance is a great bookend to the 19-8 smothering of highpowered Oregon in Boise's season opener. In the Broncos' two biggest games this year, they showed they're more than just a finesse passing team playing on

wacky blue turf. The Broncos also burnished their pull-out-the-stops reputation formed in that great Oklahoma game by pulling off a beautiful fake punt in the fourth quarter. That led to Boise State's only offensive TD of the night and

Boise's Trick Yields Another Fiesta Treat By Terrance Harris (Fanhouse Main) Submitted at 1/4/2010 6:58:00 PM

Filed under: Boise State, TCU, BCS, Mountain West, WAC, Bowl Games GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Despite an impressive body of work, what Boise State football is best known is the bag of tricks at the most unexpected of times. Will of any of us ever forget the gutsy Statue of Liberty play on a two-point conversion that delivered the Broncos an improbable win over Oklahoma in overtime and marked their arrival on the national stage during the 2007 Fiesta Bowl? Who does such a thing in that situation, on that stage, against that type of opponent? Obviously, these BCS-busting Broncos do.

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random-luck control. Garey, of course, finished the season without having gotten even a single prediction wrong. That statement is not technically true, but close enough to being true that he is almost certainly being whisked off to some secret bunker far beneath Las Vegas as you read this. I hope you’ll join me in wishing him luck in what promises to be a very lucrative new career. (Just kidding, he’ll be back at the Fix controls on Wednesday.) Your final Daily Fix NFL Picks breakdown: Week 17 results (overall): David: 8-4-1 (115-129-6), Garey: 6-6-1 (134-110-6), Al Toonie, the Lucky Canadian Two-Dollar Coin: 4-8-1 (113-131-6) Best week (record): David: Week 14 (11-5); Garey: Week 14 (13-3); Al Toonie: Week 14 (106) Worst week (record): David: Week 13 (2-14); Garey: Week 1

(3-13); Al Toonie: Week 13 (412) Teams bet best (record): David: Seattle (11-4-1), Indianapolis (11 -4); Garey: Seattle (12-3-1), Tennessee (11-3-2); Al Toonie: Philadelphia (12-4), Green Bay (11-4-1) Teams bet worst (record): David: Denver (3-12), Philadelphia (4-12); Garey: Washington (4-12), Cincinnati (5 -11); Al Toonie: Detroit (4-12), Pittsburgh (4-8-2)* * * Most sports contain some element of physical risk, if only because of the dangers inherent in pushing the human body to the limits of its capacities. But while managing these risks has become a hot topic recently in football — where the decades-long scandal of traumatic brain injuries is only now beginning to enter the conversation about the sport — the sad story of snowboarder Kevin Pearce is a reminder that

brain injuries (and the crazy courage that makes them possible) are not just a football issue. More than that, though, John Branch’s telling of Pearce’s story in the New York Times — the Olympic hopeful suffered a grievous head injury late last week while practicing the perilous “double cork” halfpipe trick — is an impressively human and moving one. – Tip of the Fix cap to reader John Falck and fellow Fixer Garey Ris. Found a good column from the world of sports? Don’t keep it to yourself — write to us at dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll consider your find for inclusion in the Daily Fix. You can email David at droth11@gmail.com.

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Filed under: Alabama, LSU NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. With apologies to noted poet and BCS fan Elizabeth Barrett Browning, here's an ode to Nick Saban. "How do I hate thee? Let me Alabama's coach is one win away from becoming the first count the ways." Somebody pass me a calculator, c o a c h t o w i n a n a t i o n a l championship at two schools. please.

Late Magic Leads Boise to Another Fiesta Bowl Win By Terrance Harris (Fanhouse Main) Submitted at 1/4/2010 3:53:00 PM

Filed under: Boise State, TCU, Bowl Games GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The last time the Boise State Broncos were in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, they sealed the win in 2007 with a gutsy Statue of Liberty play. The sixth-ranked Broncos used a bit of trickery again Monday night to set up the game-winning touchdown on the way to a 17-10 Fiesta Bowl win over No. 3 TCU, in front of 73,277 fans at University of Phoenix Stadium. Boise State, playing in a historic matchup of two non-automatic qualifiers in a BCS bowl, is now destined to be one of two undefeated teams. It was all made possible on That prospect more than doubles another gutsy call by Boise State the anxiety level of the average coach Chris Petersen. With the Broncos offense stuck in neutral college football fan. Most think Saban has coached for most of the second half, everywhere except the one place Petersen called for a fake punt in he should truly call home. I won't h i s o w n e n d . P u n t e r K y l e give you the GPS coordinates, Brotzman fired a pass over the but they don't call him Nick middle, and over a rushing Satan for nothing. Frankly, I don't know why they call him that at all.

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Horned Frog, to a wide open Kyle Efaw for a 29-yard pass play to the TCU 38. Four plays and three big passes later, running back Doug Martin went diving over the top for a 2yard touchdown that broke a 1010 tie with 7:21 remaining. The Broncos less celebrated defense took it in from there, giving TCU quarterback Andy Dalton& Co. very little room to work. Boise State stifled the Horned Frogs on three straight drives, which included an interception by safety Winston Venable to seal the game on the final drive. Follow Us on Twitter Friend Us on Facebook

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Filed under: Boise State, TCU, Bowl Games By the time the fourth quarter of Boise StateTCU began, I was finished with cursing the BCS monopolists who gave us such a travesty of football justice by putting both TCU and Boise in the same bowl. I'd given up trying to figure out which underdog to root for -even though TCU was favored they didn't seem like a traditional favorite -- and just settled back in my couch to watch and enjoy the game as best I could. Even though I wanted to be rooting for TCU and Boise State against a Big Six challenger, I didn't have that opportunity because both teams had been slotted in the separate but equal bowl. As I wrote back when the match-ups were announced, this was a clear attempt to keep a

Filed under: NBA For those who dabble in Twitter, which sometimes serves no purpose beyond revealing illiteracy in America, this is what Gilbert Arenas would be doing if he B C S s c h o o l f r o m a n wasn't an NBA player with a e m b a r r a s s i n g b e a t d o w n o n $111 million contract: "if i wasnt national television. Nope, better playin ball ill might be workin at to have the little schools duke it Mc donalds ... becuz i like there out as a sideshow that offered frys.'' He should be careful what little in the way of danger for the he wishes for on his Tweets. BCS cartel. Win and one team Becuz at this rate, after possibly was still perfect, but they'd just serving prison time and a league beaten another smaller school. s u s p e n s i o n , A r e n a s ' l o n e They hadn't stormed the BCS employment option might be castle and demanded justice. cooking junk food. Even still, this was the non-title In the District of Columbia, a game I was most looking forward place so haunted by murder to watching. Dive in for 20 through the years that the local observations from the televised basketball franchise changed its name from Bullets to Wizards, broadcast of the Fiesta Bowl. the team's best and most popular player recently chose to bring four unloaded guns down to the

President Barack Obama on Tuesday stepped up his administration’s efforts to simultaneously tighten security at home and tackle Islamic extremists abroad, calling intelligence and security chiefs to the White House to account for the botched Christmas day terrorist attack. arena. "I had kept the four Mr Obama, on his first full day unloaded handguns in my house back at work after his Christmas in Virginia, but then moved them holiday in Hawaii, seemed eager over to my locker at the Verizon to appear decisive after his Center to keep them away from administration was accused of my young kids," Arenas wrote being too slow to respond to the Monday in a statement. "I attempt to blow up a Detroitb r o u g h t t h e m w i t h o u t a n y bound airliner. ammunition into the District of Five Filters featured article: Columbia, mistakenly believing Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: that the recent change in the D.C. PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, gun laws allowed a person to Term Extraction. store unloaded guns in the District."

US pending home sales plunge (Financial Times - US homepage) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:32:54 AM

US pending home sales plunged in November, raising doubts

about the strength of the housing market recovery once government support expires. The National Association of Realtors said on Tuesday that pending home sales, which

reflect deals that have been signed but not completed, dropped by 16 per cent from October to November, a much steeper decline than economists had projected. Although sales are

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Def Leppard: The Game may be in the works

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Filed under: Buccaneers, NFL Coaching, NFL Analysis TAMPA, Fla. -- Rewind to a week ago. Raheem Morris stood at a podium, but he was atop the pewter and red world. His Tampa Bay Buccaneers not only had won a second straight road game, but had stormed back from a 17point deficit to defeat the highpowered New Orleans Saints in overtime. After a dismal 1-12 start, everything Buc had suddenly turned beautiful and Morris, the NFL's youngest head coach at 33, hoped it was the start of something good. Something real.

By Justin McElroy (Joystiq) Submitted at 1/5/2010 11:30:00 AM

"That's what I have to find out," Morris said Dec. 28. "That's what I have to ask my players: 'Are you hot or is this your game?' I'm hoping this is our game because I like the way we're going." Back to present day. And back to reality.

Media Magazine: On The Record: The Last Remote (MediaPost | Media News) Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:04:03 AM

[ fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] The first TV remote control was created in 1950 and was a rather clunky device called the Lazy

Bone. Limited to turning the set on and off and to changing channels, it was doomed to fail largely because people tripped over the inconvenient cable that stretched from the box to the remote.

EA producer predicts cheaper games ... more premium extras

Reuters reports that music publishing company Primary Wave has struck a deal with Brit rockers Def Leppard to create a cartoon series and video game based on the band. Primary Wave CEO Larry Mestel said the video game project is "unusual," By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) potential total price of a game presumably not just because it spread between a disc or initial features Def Leppard. Submitted at 1/5/2010 12:56:00 PM d o w n l o a d a n d f o l l o w - u p Though we have it on good EA Canada's Jason DeLong told expansions. It's sort of like what authority that neither project will Game Informer that he expects to EA and BioWare are already ever see the light of day, we're see games become cheaper in the doing with Dragon Age: Origins- pushing for a Wii game. Just f u t u r e , a t l e a s t p e r i n i t i a l - except Dragon Age sells for think: Simulated drumming investment. "I think that we're $60 to start. DeLong added that without the need for that pesky going to start to see -- maybe not keeping people playing in the nunchuk attachment. in the next year, but in the near current economy is "going to be [Via Kotaku] future -- games go down the an interesting creative problem Def Leppard: The Game may be r o u t e o f s m a l l e r u p - f r o n t for us to solve." So then, problem in the works originally appeared experiences and lower prices at solved? on Joystiq on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 the beginning," DeLong said, EA producer predicts cheaper 11:30:00 EST. Please see our "and then the ability to extend the games ... more premium extras terms for use of feeds. game through episodic material originally appeared on Joystiq on Read| Permalink| Email this| or future feature material. I think Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:56:00 EST. Comments that's a direction we're probably Please see our terms for use of heading in." feeds. So that doesn't mean that games Read| Permalink| Email this| will be cheaper, in the long run -- Comments it means that DeLong sees the

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Buffett warns Kraft on bid for Cadbury (Financial Times - US homepage)

Rumor: EA Sports creating new NBA Jam

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Kraft Foods has suffered an unexpected setback in its pursuit of Cadbury after encountering By Alexander Sliwinski game wing, has suggested XBLA opposition from Berkshire (Joystiq) and PSN versions of a new NBA Hathaway, Warren Buffett’s Jam are also in the works, though Submitted at 1/5/2010 11:02:00 AM investment vehicle. that is not corroborated by the Berkshire, which has a 9.4 per ESPN reports that Electronic original report. cent stake in Kraft, announced on Arts has acquired the license for We've contacted EA and Tuesday that it had voted “no” to Midway's NBA Jam and has Turmell for confirmation and assigned EA Canada's Vancouver details. EA Sports will allegedly By Justin McElroy (Joystiq) The Gamecore will be shown off a proposal to authorise the issue s t u d i o t o a r e b o o t o f t h e announce the game later this Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:35:00 AM d u r i n g C E S t h i s w e e k , s o of up to 370m Kraft shares to franchise. The game's original month. hopefully we'll have a little more fund its £10.7bn hostile bid for the UK-headquartered creator, Mark Turmell, who Update: EA's official statement: We're old, angry men now, so information soon. currently works at EA Tiburon as " W e d o n o t c o m m e n t o n it's hard for us not to mock new Okay, that's the objective take. c o n f e c t i o n e r . a senior creative director, is s p e c u l a t i o n o r r u m o r . " stuff with only the slightest Now, follow us after the break Five Filters featured article: allegedly collaborating on the Rumor: EA Sports creating new provocation, but we're going to a n d c h e c k o u t t h e m o s t Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: project, which, according to NBA Jam originally appeared on try to give the iGUGU Gamecore astonishingly terrible, misleading PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, ESPN, will "ship to retail Joystiq on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 a fair shake. So, for $79.99 you'll promotional video in recorded Term Extraction. exclusively for the Wii." 11:02:00 EST. Please see our get a controller with a trackball history. W i t h n o o t h e r p l a t f o r m s terms for use of feeds. and keyboard on it that's been Continue reading iGUGU mentioned in the report, the story Read| Permalink| Email this| specially designed to play your Gamecore puts PC games on sounds a bit off. However, 1UP, Comments PC games from the couch. The your TV! which has partnered with ESPN second part of the system is that iGUGU Gamecore puts PC on the sports network's video it allows you to put your PC games on your TV! originally games on your TV, but the exact appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 05 methodology for doing that (and Jan 2010 10:35:00 EST. Please the associated cost) is unclear, see our terms for use of feeds. since the "Accessories" part of Read| Permalink| Email this| the company's website is broken. Comments

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Airbus threatens to scrap A400M aircraft (Financial Times - US homepage) Submitted at 1/5/2010 4:21:55 AM

Airbus is threatening to scrap its €20bn ($28.8bn) programme to build the A400M military aircraft, Europe’s most highprofile defence project, unless governments agree to come up with more money for it before the end of this month. “We need to stop this constant drain on resources,” Airbus said on Tuesday. “We’ve asked the By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) Total nightmare material. governments to take their share Should you decide you like of the burden and this needs to be Submitted at 1/5/2010 11:57:00 AM By Andrew Yoon (Joystiq) strapping fire to your back and done as soon as possible.” exclusively on UMD, the Capcom announced today that a hanging with old pal Nikola Five Filters featured article: upcoming 2D shooter, which is Submitted at 1/5/2010 12:27:00 PM an updated version of Metal Slug d e m o f o r i t s u p c o m i n g Tesla, the retail Dark Void game Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Above, you'll see a snippet of 7 for DS, will feature seven jetpacktion game, Dark Void, will be released on January 19. PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, the box art for Metal Slug: l e v e l s , 7 0 m i s s i o n - b a s e d will be available this week on Expect the DSiWare spinoff, Term Extraction. Double X-- one X short of ESRB challenges and an ad-hoc two- Xbox Live and PlayStation Dark Void Zero, sometime in problems. While the box touts a player multiplayer mode. With a Network. The demo, which January, as well. PlayStation Network logo, the $20 price tag, Metal Slug: promises "a combination of Gallery: Dark Void game will only be compatible Double X sounds like a deal. Too thrilling aerial dog-fighting, Stare into a Dark Void demo this with the classic PSP-1000 bad PSP Go owners, once again, unique vertical cover action and week originally appeared on on-foot combat," will be released Joystiq on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 through 3000 series. Why? An will be unable to cash in. Atlus representative tells Joystiq Atlus bringing Metal Slug XX to Wednesday, January 6 on Xbox 11:57:00 EST. Please see our that the publisher has no plans to UMD in February originally Live Marketplace and Thursday, terms for use of feeds. release a downloadable version appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 05 January 7 on PSN. Wait, did it Read| Permalink| Email this| on the PlayStation Store; though Jan 2010 12:27:00 EST. Please say we'd be fighting aerial dogs? Comments a digital copy of 2007's Metal see our terms for use of feeds. Slug Anthology(published by Read| Permalink| Email this| SNK) is currently available. Comments Launching February 23

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Modern Warfare 2 Family center opens at base where soundtrack in the works, war dead return (AP) Zimmer says (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)

returning U.S. war dead in April 2009, more families are traveling to Dover to witness the return of DOVER, Del. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The military loved ones killed overseas. The mortuary at Dover Air Force new policy allows each family to Base, where U.S. war casualties decide whether to allow media from overseas are brought home, coverage of their loved one being w i l l o p e n a n e w f a c i l i t y returned, and many families who Wednesday to serve families who consent to media coverage also travel there to witness the return c h o o s e t o c o m e t o D o v e r of their loved ones' remains. themselves. The Center for Families of the In the past year, more than 400 F a l l e n w i l l b e s t a f f e d b y war dead have been returned to counselors and support Dover from Iraq and [Via GamePro; image credit: specialists who will assist A f g h a n i s t a n , M a n n s a i d . families awaiting the return of About 56 percent of families quintanomedia] Modern Warfare 2 soundtrack in their loved ones to the nation's have consented to external media t h e w o r k s , Z i m m e r s a y s largest military mortuary. coverage of what military originally appeared on Joystiq on Families also will be able to meet officials call "dignified transfers" Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:27:00 EST. with casualty assistance officers since the media ban was lifted, said Lt. Col. Les Carroll, another Please see our terms for use of who are assigned to them. Officials said the new center will AFMAO spokesman. Another 25 feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| be more convenient both for percent have allowed coverage families and mortuary officials only by the Air Force, which Comments than the space now shared by the provides families with video and Air Force Mortuary Affairs still photographs of the dignified Operations Center at Dover with transfers, and 19 percent of the base's active duty and reserve families have requested no media wings. coverage at all. "Sadly, as the death toll has The new center also will be used grown in Afghanistan and Iraq, as a point of contact for Air w e f i n d w e n e e d a l a r g e r Force families requesting followfacility," said Maj. Shannon up counseling or other help as Mann, a spokeswoman for they cope with their loss. Other AFMAO. branches of the armed forces Also, with the lifting of an 18- already have such long-term year ban on news coverage of support programs based at other Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:44:25 AM

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Sure, Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer mode has already sucked you in, but just imagine what would happen if you added an invigorating soundtrack to all those bullet-soaked moments? Well, guess what: The game's soundtrack composer, Hans Zimmer, recently indicated in a Facebook note that the "soundtrack album is in the works." That's right -- soon you'll be able to take the orchestrated drama from the single-player campaign and import it into a looping death march beat. But hey, at least your folks will be glad you're listening to classical music, right?

locations, said Mann. The new, 6,000-square-foot center will be housed in a former base convenience store refurbished at a cost of about $1.6 million. The facility is about twice the size of the "spiritual operations center" that AFMAO chaplains and support staff have shared until now with chaplains serving Dover's 436th Airlift Wing and the reserve 512th Airlift Wing. "We really needed a separate place specific to the AFMAO mission to bring those families," Mann said. The new facility will be much closer to the mortuary than the multipurpose spiritual operations center, which is on the other side of the base, and will make it easier for support staff to assist not just families of the casualties, but mortuary workers as well. "There's a high level of stress in the business that we do," Mann noted. Gen. Norton Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff, was scheduled to preside over the dedication Wednesday. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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There’s nothing like starting the New Year by parting with your life’s accumulation of books and moving into an apartment half the size of your last one. What is even more painful than packing away all your Plath, Parker, and Potter, however, is that wretched stretch of days between canceling your cable at your former address and carving out a time, midday, to wait at the new one for some man with an attitude to come and set it back up. Not only do you miss first run episodes of Intervention, The Biggest Loser: Couples, Law & Order: SVU, Jersey Shore, and The Soup, but there’s the entire weekend of programming, too, that includes but isn’t limited to MSNBC documentary Saturday and bizarre TLC medical special Sunday. All that gone unseen, while you sit and stare at a dark, lifeless flatscreen that takes up 2/3 of one of your four walls. Welcome to what might be my entire January. This weekend, after having exhausted all of my bookmarked websites of their new content, and it being far too cold not to sit inside all day, I serendipitously found the perfect distraction. While trolling YouTube for clips of Lauren Bacall (no one wore

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clothes better than she did back in the day), I found footage of the first of her three appearances on the CBS game show, What’s My Line? And from there, I was hooked. Between 1950 and 1967, WML appeared on Sunday nights at 10:30 EST and attracted as its “mystery celebrity challengers” the caliber of celebrity you don’t see anywhere today, not even on Leno, Letterman, and Saturday Night Live combined. And because of the nature of the appearance—the celebrity must disguise their voice to answer questions from a blindfolded panel trying to guess his/her

identity—you see a playful, ridiculous side of actors and performers like Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Charlton Heston, Elizabeth Taylor, and Alfred Hitchcock you might not otherwise see—or even know existed. There are hours’ worth of these 4-6 minute clips on YouTube, and if you’re like I will be tonight, trying not to wonder to whom Jeff Von Vonderen is saying the words, “These people love you like crazy and they’re are afraid they’re losing you…”, I encourage you to flip open your laptop, step back in time, and

The Huffington Post, a social news and opinion site, created four new senior positions on its sales team. Andy Wiedlin has been named VP of sales, West Coast; Philip Cara has been named VP of sales, East Coast; Peter Cherukuri has been named VP and GM of HuffPost's DC office; and Brian Kaminsky has been named VP, director of sales operations. Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief, stated: "We've seen tremendous growth in our traffic and our editorial output over the last year. These great additions to our sales watch some of the most iconic team will allow us to do the same figures in Hollywood history get on the business side of the company." giggly like a Snooki. Five Filters featured article: —Johanna Cox, Junior Editor Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Host of WML’s first 18 seasons, PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, John Daly, along with three of its Term Extraction. most well-known, panelists: Dorothy Killgaren, (guest host, film producer David Susskind), Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf Photo: Getty Images Lauren Bacall in 1953: Elizabeth Taylor in 1954: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in 1959:

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Report: TSA Waited 80 Minutes Before Reporting Breach (FOXNews.com) Submitted at 1/5/2010 6:32:15 AM

NEWARK, N.J. The Transportation Security Administration waited more than an hour to alert law enforcement about a security breach at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday, MyFoxNY.com reported. An unidentified man, who may have just been lost, confused or simply mistaken about which way to go, was able to bypass security and enter the airport through an exit door. MyFoxNY.com was reportedly able to see a computer dispatch log that indicated the breach had occurred at 5:20 p.m. Sunday. But it wasn't until 80 minutes later, at 6:40 p.m. that the Port Authority Police Department was notified about the incident, MyFoxNY.com reported. The TSA said they needed time to investigate the traveler's claims before they could request a shutdown of the terminal, which required several calls up the chain of command and viewing surveillance tape, according to the station. "We have security officers stationed at the exit," the TSA reportedly said in a statement. "We're investigating the

circumstances surrounding the breach and will make an assessment as to what level of disciplinary action is necessary... we did the right thing." Whatever the explanation, the traveler's seemingly innocuous actions Sunday evening wreaked havoc on airline schedules and delayed passengers around the globe for 24 hours — and again demonstrated that for all the new high-tech passenger and baggage screenings that have made air travel safer, human error can quickly send the entire system into a tailspin. Transportation Security Administration officials on Monday were still investigating the incident, which occurred in the airport's Terminal C at around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. An unidentified security officer assigned to the area of the exit door apparently didn't see the man enter but was notified by a bystander waiting for relatives to arrive. The security officer was reassigned to non-screening duties pending the completion of the investigation. "Our protocol is to have a security officer stationed at the exit lane, and their function is to allow arriving passengers out and to make sure bystanders who have not been screened on the

public side do not enter," TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis said. "TSA will look at all the circumstances and make a decision as to what further action is required." Flights were grounded for about six hours while authorities looked at surveillance tapes to try to identify the man. He was later seen on tape leaving the terminal about 20 minutes after he entered it. The timing of the security breach preceded by mere hours the implementation of stricter security measures at foreign airports in the wake of an alleged attempt by a Nigerian man to set off an explosive device on a Detroit-bound jet on Christmas Day. That created a scenario in which international travelers described being frisked Monday as they prepared to board flights in Hamburg and Stockholm, then arrived at Newark where thousands of passengers had been stranded, some overnight, by what could turn out to be a splitsecond blunder. Other airports have been affected by similar incidents in recent years: — In July 2007, flights at Oakland International Airport were delayed by as much as two

hours after a man walked into a secure area without going through security screening; six months earlier, another man ran past a security checkpoint and eluded authorities, causing another two-hour delay. — Passengers on six departing flights had to be re-screened at California's John Wayne Airport in July 2006 after a woman bypassed a security checkpoint. — In August 2005, passengers avoided security screening by walking through unlocked doors at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport twice in two weeks. In one instance, two men were redirected and sent through security screening, but a surveillance video showed two other men had gone the same way; they were not found. — Nearly 2,000 passengers were evacuated from Mineta San Jose International Airport in December 2002 after a man wandered past security screeners and into a boarding area. One way to avoid these incidents is to lessen reliance on monitoring by human eyes, possibly by locking exit doors from the outside, said Martin Pollner, a former director of law enforcement for the Treasury Department who helped establish a program in the 1970s that put

federal marshals on commercial airliners. "They should think about changing the system so you don't leave it to a person sitting there seeing who's going down an exit," Pollner said. "You control it so there's no access." Davis defended the TSA's actions at Newark and said the only way to determine whether the man had left anything in the terminal or passed something to another person was to "rescreen everyone and conduct a full sweep of the terminal." She didn't speculate on whether the security officer had been distracted or was temporarily away from his or her post, but said the exit lane is well-marked. "There are signs on both sides and some stanchions, so it's pretty clear to people it's not appropriate to walk down the lane in that direction," she said. Click here for more from MyFoxNY.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Family Center Opens at Base Where Afghan CIA bomber War Dead Return 'fooled family' (FOXNews.com)

returning U.S. war dead in April 2009, more families are traveling to Dover to witness the return of DOVER, Del. The military loved ones killed overseas. The mortuary at Dover Air Force new policy allows each family to Base, where U.S. war casualties decide whether to allow media from overseas are brought home, coverage of their loved one being w i l l o p e n a n e w f a c i l i t y returned, and many families who Wednesday to serve families who consent to media coverage also travel there to witness the return c h o o s e t o c o m e t o D o v e r of their loved ones' remains. themselves. The Center for Families of the In the past year, more than 400 F a l l e n w i l l b e s t a f f e d b y war dead have been returned to counselors and support Dover from Iraq and specialists who will assist A f g h a n i s t a n , M a n n s a i d . families awaiting the return of About 56 percent of families their loved ones to the nation's have consented to external media largest military mortuary. coverage of what military Families also will be able to meet officials call "dignified transfers" with casualty assistance officers since the media ban was lifted, who are assigned to them. said Lt. Col. Les Carroll, another Officials said the new center will AFMAO spokesman. Another 25 be more convenient both for percent have allowed coverage families and mortuary officials only by the Air Force, which than the space now shared by the provides families with video and Air Force Mortuary Affairs still photographs of the dignified Operations Center at Dover with transfers, and 19 percent of the base's active duty and reserve families have requested no media wings. coverage at all. "Sadly, as the death toll has The new center also will be used grown in Afghanistan and Iraq, as a point of contact for Air w e f i n d w e n e e d a l a r g e r Force families requesting followfacility," said Maj. Shannon up counseling or other help as Mann, a spokeswoman for they cope with their loss. Other AFMAO. branches of the armed forces Also, with the lifting of an 18- already have such long-term year ban on news coverage of support programs based at other Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:23:38 AM

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Instead, he went to Forward Operating Base Chapman, in Afghanistan, where he carried Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:38:15 AM out the worst attack against US The Jordanian suicide bomber intelligence officials since the US who carried out the worst attack embassy in Beirut was bombed in against the CIA in decades in 1983. Afghanistan tricked his family, The relative cried as he spoke the BBC has learnt. about Balawi, our correspondent Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al- reports. He described him as a Balawi, 36, killed seven US devout - if somewhat aloof a g e n t s a n d a J o r d a n i a n Muslim who cared for the poor. intelligence officer when he Balawi was reportedly recruited detonated himself at the Khost b y J o r d a n i a n i n t e l l i g e n c e base last week. officials when he attempted to But his friends and relatives had enter Gaza as part of a medical believed the doctor was in team last year. Turkey. According to US media reports, A relative told the BBC that the he was a CIA double agent f a m i l y o n l y r e a l i s e d h i s whose specific mission was whereabouts when they heard tracking down al-Qaeda's number news of the attack. two, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Neither 'Double agent' the CIA or the US government The BBC's Dale Gavlak, in has confirmed these reports. Zarqa, Jordan, spoke to a family According to the Washington member who refused to be Post, Balawi had lured the CIA identified after being told to officers into a meeting at the r e m a i n a n o n y m o u s b y t h e base's gym with a promise of Jordanian authorities. new information on al-Qaeda's He said Balawi had fooled them top leadership. all about his intentions and his Print Sponsor beliefs, telling his family he was Five Filters featured article: travelling to Turkey to join his Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Turkish wife and children and PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, continue his medical studies. Term Extraction.

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rather than typing queries into a PC. Google makes the lion's share of Submitted at 1/5/2010 10:22:34 AM its revenue by selling adverts Google has unveiled an own- linked to those queries. brand smartphone called the At the briefing, Google said the Nexus One. Nexus was "a point of The wraps were taken off the convergence where the web handset at an invitation-only meets phone and is an example of event held at Google's Mountain what is possible on mobile View HQ. through Android." The Nexus One is a slim, "You will see it pushes the limits touchscreen phone built in of what is possible on a mobile partnership with Taiwanese phone today," said Peter Chou, manufacturer HTC and runs HTC chief executive. Google's Android operating Google has set up its own phone system. portal through which people can It will be sold through the get a handset tied to one of Google's website and will be several mobile operators or available on the Vodafone untethered direct from the search network in Europe and T-mobile firm. and Verizon in the US. Gartner analyst Carolina Mario Queiroz, Google vice Milanesi said this could be its p r e s i d e n t f o r p r o d u c t main selling point as it would management, described the mean owners could decide which unveiling as "the next stage in the network to sign up with. evolution of Android". "You buy the phone and then Mr Queiroz said there were now choose what sim card you want more than 20 Android phones to put in," she said. available from 59 carriers in 48 A spokesperson for Vodafone nations. told BBC News that it was the The release of the Nexus One is first operator to "bring the seen as a move to ensure Google Google phone to the UK" but remains relevant as people search stressed that it was a "nonthe web using mobile phones exclusive agreement", meaning

other networks could also offer the phone soon. Figures from Gartner suggest that Android has about a 3.5% share of the global smartphone market. By comparison Nokia has a 39% share and Apple 17%. It emerged on 5 January that Google sent out Nexus One phones to some industry figures in mid-December so they can try them out. Recipients were asked to keep quiet about their experiences until 5 January. "The Google phone isn't much different than the iPhone," wrote VC Fred Wilson froM Union Square Ventures on his blog "It's basically an Android clone of the iPhone." Google also announced on 5 January a plan to launch "pay to call" adverts that would appear on mobile phones. These would work in a similar way to the "pay to click" adverts that populate many websites and which form a significant chunk of Google's revenue. Print Sponsor Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

S.C. Cops Say Suspect Called 911 After Attacked Girl (FOXNews.com) Submitted at 1/5/2010 9:18:15 AM

South Carolina police are looking for a man who allegedly assaulted a 16-year-old girl in a park on Friday, FoxCarolina.com reported. The Mauldin Police Department released an anonymous 911 call that they said they received Friday from the suspect, FoxCarolina.com reported. The 911 call was released on Monday: Caller: "I think I just killed a girl. She's in Sunset Park." Dispatcher: "Sunset Park? What happened?" Caller: "She wouldn't let me touch her. I just thought she was pretty." Dispatcher: "Who am I speaking with?" Caller: "I can't tell you all that. Just come get her, please." When police arrived at the scene, they found the unconscious 16-year-old girl. The suspect had fled the scene. "The man in a tan jacket came up behind me and he scared me and he told me that pretty girls shouldn't cry," said Pearl Brown,

who claims to have been the victim of the attack, FoxCarolina.com reported. "I told him I felt uncomfortable and that I was going to leave. So, I turned around to leave and he called my name. In shock, I turned back around toward him, trying to figure out how he knew my name, and he was right there in my face and he hit my head up against the pole twice." Police describe the suspect as a black male, 6-feet-tall and weighing around 185 pounds. He was last seen dressed in a tan knee-length jacket, black leather gloves and a black hat. A forensic artist produced a sketch of the suspect based on the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s description. Police consider the man to be dangerous. They are asking people to call police at 864-2898900 with any information that may help lead to the suspectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrest. Click here for more from FoxCarolina.com. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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Obama set to tighten air security (BBC News | Americas | World Edition) Submitted at 1/5/2010 7:40:19 AM

US President Barack Obama is set to announce tightened airline security, after his officials update him on reviews prompted by a plane bomb plot. Reviews of airport screening and of the US watch-list system were ordered after a Nigerian man known to US officials allegedly got on a plane with a device. He tried to blow up the plane on 25 December as it prepared to land in the US city of Detroit, investigators say. It has prompted changes to airport screening around the world. Fourteen countries, including Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen, have been singled out by Washington for enhanced security measures for travellers. On Tuesday at the White House, President Obama is expected to outline steps to improve watchlists and deter future attacks, after his meeting with about 20 security and intelligence officials. Prosecution investigation Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defence Secretary

Robert Gates, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, CIA Director Leon Panetta and FBI Director Robert Mueller are among those expected at the meeting, the Associated Press news agency reported. Mr Obama will be updated on the investigation focusing on Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Nigerian who remains in custody, charged with attempting to destroy a plane. Mr Abdulmutallab began his journey in Lagos, Nigeria, and changed planes at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His name was in a US database of about 550,000 suspected terrorists, but was not on a list that would have subjected him to additional security screening or kept him from boarding the flight. Since the incident, officials have moved dozens of names on to "watch-" and "no-fly" lists, as they seek to overhaul security, White House spokesman Bill Burton said earlier. Watch-list update Those on the watch-list are subject to extra security checks, while those on the no-fly list are

not allowed to board flights to the US. Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said last week it had trained and equipped Mr Abdulmutallab for the plane plot. The US re-opened its embassy in Yemen on Tuesday, following what it called successful counterterrorism operations by government security forces on Monday north of the capital. A BBC correspondent in the Yemeni capital Sanaa says the embassy was referring to a strike that reportedly killed two alQaeda operatives. The embassy had closed on Sunday in response to what it said were al-Qaeda threats. The British and French embassies have resumed operations, but remain closed to the public. Yemeni authorities have tightened security measures at Sanaa's airport, as well as around several other embassies. Print Sponsor Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

'Argentina's Elvis' dies aged 64 (BBC News | Americas | World Edition)

opinion, and his first TV performance triggered protests. As a member of rock band Los Submitted at 1/5/2010 2:34:35 AM de Fuego, at one performance the The Argentine musician Sandro, lead singer lost his voice and an early Latin American rocker Sandro stepped in and was an who matured into a ballad singer, instant hit with fans. has died aged 64. He eventually went solo after He died from complications g a i n i n g a r e p u t a t i o n a s from heart and lung transplant Argentina's answer to Elvis surgery, doctors at a hospital in Presley with his gyrating hips the western Argentine city of and provocative dance moves. Mendoza said. In 2005 the singer collected a The singer, whose real name was career achievement award at the Roberto Sanchez, began his rock Latin Grammys. career in the 1960s in the style of His health had been poor since Elvis Presley. he underwent transplant surgery He later developed into a ballad in November because of chronic singer with a distinctive style and lung disease. a strong following across Latin The musician put his illness America. down to a lifelong smoking habit. Gyrating hips "I am to blame for the condition Among his hits were Asi and that I am in. I deserve it, I sought Dame Fuego. In all, he recorded it out. I picked up this damn dozens of albums and starred in cigarette," said Sandro in one of 16 films. his final interviews to a Buenos He was the first Latin American Aires radio station. artist to sing at Madison Square Print Sponsor Garden in New York in the Five Filters featured article: 1970s. Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Early in his career his dancing PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, style, with its Elvis-style pelvic Term Extraction. thrusts, scandalised conservative

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US embassy open after Yemen raid (BBC News | Americas | World Edition) Submitted at 1/5/2010 1:53:23 AM

The US embassy in Yemen has reopened after "successful counter-terrorism operations" by Yemeni security forces north of the capital on Monday. The embassy had closed on Sunday in response to what it had said were al-Qaeda threats, with the British and French embassies following suit. On Tuesday, the US embassy said on its website that Yemeni security forces had addressed a "specific area of concern". The British and French embassies are operating but closed to the public. "Successful counter-terrorism operations conducted by the government of Yemen security forces January 4 north of the capital have addressed a specific area of concern, and have contributed to the embassy's decision to resume operations," the US embassy said. The statement apparently

referred to an operation on Monday, some 25 miles north of Sanaa, in which two suspected members of al-Qaeda were killed. The difficulties of travel within Yemen have prevented the BBC from independently verifying details of the raid. But the BBC's Jeremy Bowen, in Sanaa, says he saw military jets flying over the capital on Monday afternoon and into the evening, suggesting some kind of operation was under way. 'Global threat' American intelligence officials say the failed plot to bomb a USbound jet on 25 December originated in Yemen - where the suspect was allegedly trained by al-Qaeda. On Monday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said instability in Yemen was a global as well as regional threat. She said the Yemeni government had to take measures to restore stability or risk losing Western support. Correspondents say the security

situation in Yemen is complicated by an abundance of firearms, an insurgency in the north and a secessionist movement in the south. But the prospects of reasserting central government authority over the lawless areas where alQaeda is based look, in the opinion of some analysts, remote - even with beefed-up American support The Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) last week said it had been behind the alleged plot to bomb the Detroit-bound aircraft. Are you in Yemen? What do you see as the biggest threat to your security? Send us your views. The BBC may edit your comments and not all emails will be published. Your comments may be published on any BBC media worldwide. Print Sponsor Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Hazardous Material Shuts Down Bakersfield Airport (FOXNews.com)

Other reports indicate that two TSA officials were contaminated by a hazardous liquid that leaked Federal officials have suspended out from the luggage. They were flights going to and from treated at a hospital as a M e a d o w s F i e l d A i r p o r t i n precaution and have since been Bakersfield, California after a released. hazardous substance was found The man who owns the bag has in a piece of luggage. been detained. S u z a n n e T r e v i n o , a A reporter for KBAK-TV said s p o k e s w o m a n f o r t h e she spoke with the director of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n S e c u r i t y Meadows Field airport who said Administration, says the material he does not know if this is a false was found in a checked bag alarm. Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. Trevino says officials don't local time. The discovery closed believe the incident is terrorismdown the airport around 8:20 related. a.m., and officials called in a The Federal Aviation hazardous material crew and Administration is holding flights bomb squad as a precaution. going to and from Bakersfield When the TSA agents screened until at least 10 a.m. local time. the passenger's bag, it tested At least one SkyWest Airlines p o s i t i v e f o r a h a z a r d o u s flight from San Francisco has substance. been diverted to Los Angeles. Trevino won't immediately The Associated Press confirm what was found in the c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h i s r e p o r t . bag, but says it was not a bomb. Five Filters featured article: The TSA screeners reportedly Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: became nauseous from the fumes PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, coming from a container inside Term Extraction. the bag. Submitted at 1/4/2010 10:06:52 PM