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Who is the racist, Obama or Murdoch? By Simon Denyer (Front Row Washington) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:07:22 AM

So is U.S. President Barack Obama a racist? Or is Rupert Murdoch? Well the Australian media mogul appears to think that the president made a “very racist comment” and agrees that he hates white people. But that apparently doesn’t make him a racist. Confused? Me too. The News Corporation chairman, one of the most controversial figures in the media world, has never minded hitting the headlines in his own right and this week was no exception. First, in an interview with Sky News in Australia, he chose to back conservative Fox News commentator Glenn Beck. Remember that back in July, Beck boosted his ratings dramatically when he accused Obama of having “a deep seated hatred for white people and white culture.” Murdoch’s reaction is worth printing in full:

“He did make a very racist comment about blacks and whites and so on, which he said in his campaign he would be completely above,” Murdoch said of Obama. And of Beck’s remarks: “That was something which perhaps should not have been said about the president but if you actually look at what he was talking

Henry Louis Gates Jr. for breaking into his own home. At the time Obama admitted he did not know all the facts of the case but it was nevertheless clear the white policeman had acted stupidly. He later apologized. So who is the racist here, Obama or Murdoch? The Huffington Post, perhaps not surprisingly, is backing the president. It has launched a petition demanding Murdoch put an end to Fox’s race-baiting or openly declare he supports it. “Mr. Murdoch, more and more it appears that Fox’s problems with race starts at the top, with you,” it writes. The election of America’s first black president was certainly a massive step forward, but about, he was right.” Ah, but hang on a minute. A perhaps loftier dreams of a new quick backtrack soon followed. post-racial era might have been a Murdoch “does not at all, for a little overblown. minute, think the president is a Click here for more Reuters racist”, a News Corp. spokesman political coverage Photo credit: Reuters/Fred then told Politico.com. Beck’s original comments came Prouser (Murdoch), Reuters/Jim in the midst of the row about the Young (Obama) arrest of African-American Harvard University Professor

The First Movie Shot on a Canon 7D? It's About Zombies, Of Course! [Film] By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:20:00 AM

Boy have zombies made a comeback lately, right along with teenage vampires. Regardless, indie zombie flick Dead Season is the self-proclaimed first film shooting on the$1700 Canon 7D. (Warning, gore ahead.) The camera quality is sort of a mixed bag for the bloody independent film. High resolution coupled with gorgeous depth of field tricks emulate Hollywood (or at least, TV-level) production. But, while you can call me old fashioned, blood and guts only look better in low-fi. Best of luck to the group finishing the film. These dailies from week one have some nice moments. [ Thanks Super Greene!]

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Get ready, America: Here comes Sarah Palin By Steve Holland (Front Row Washington)

Macy's tops estimates, but market not impressed By Steven Mallas (BloggingStocks)

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Get ready, America. Like her or not, Sarah Palin is coming to a city near you. Last year’s Republican vice presidential nominee is starting a book tour next week to promote her memoir, “Going Rogue: An American Life.” Is it a thinly-veiled bid to test the waters for a possible 2012 Republican presidential bid, or simply an effort to make money and cement her celebrity status? Only time will tell. For now, the opening stops of her tour in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama and Florida, could be valuable if she later decides to run.

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So far she is steering clear of major cities, going to smaller places like Fort Bragg, North Carolina, home of one of the biggest military bases in the country. “I’ve decided to stop in cities that are not usually included in a typical book tour,” Palin said this week on her Facebook page. For the whole story click here.

Click here for more Reuters political coverage Photo credit: Reuters/Mike Blake (Palin when Republican vice presidential nominee in November 2008)

Filed under: Earnings reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT) Macy's( M) reported thirdquarter numbers on Wednesday, and although the bottom line beat estimates, shares of the retailer plunged over 8% on high volume. And I don't blame the market whatsoever for deciding to sell the company down. Macy's said it lost, on an adjusted basis, 3 cents per share. The call was for a loss of 7 cents per share, according to Earnings.com. Okay, I guess we can say losing less money than expected is a good thing. However, looking at the sales numbers really makes me pause.

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Bank of America chairman sails away while company seeks new CEO By Zac Bissonnette (BloggingStocks) Submitted at 11/12/2009 12:20:00 PM

Filed under: Management, Bank of America (BAC) Bank of America ( BAC) is in the midst of a frantic search for a CEO to succeed Ken Lewis, who

is stepping down before the end of the year. In an article on Bank of America's murky succession plan, USA Today buries this newsworthy factoid seven paragraphs down. From the "You can't make this stuff up" department:

who is leading the search, is currently on vacation on a ship and will not be reachable until Nov. 23, according to Morehouse College, where Massey is president emeritus. Continue reading Bank of BofA Chairman Walter Massey, America chairman sails away while company seeks new CEO

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BA shares rise amid claims Iberia merger agreed By Dan Milmo (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

However, Iberia said in a statement: "No decision has been taken and there are no guarantees that a deal will be reached." BA Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:03:12 AM was equally cautious in its • Spanish newspaper El País statement, warning that there was claims deal already agreed "no guarantee" of a deal, • Website says BA's Walsh will although the airline's board is head merged group expected to back a deal in Shares in British Airways soared principle. today after it was reported that The combined airline will, in Spanish carrier Iberia had agreed terms of sheer scale, appeal to to a merger. investors keen to see both The companies' boards were carriers stave off the effects of a meeting today to talk over the deep recession and increased merger proposals and Iberia c o m p e t i t i o n f r o m n o - f r i l l s confirmed that it was discussing operators. BA and Iberia carry a deal which would give it 45% 61.5 million passengers a year of the new company – leaving between them, with 420 aircraft, BA with 55%. revenues of around £13.8bn and T h e w e b s i t e o f S p a n i s h a workforce of 60,282 people, newspaper El País claimed that although cost savings will be one Iberia's board had already agreed of the main drivers of a deal and the deal and that its chairman, the employee count will be A n t o n i o V á s q u e z , w i l l b e expected to fall. chairman of the new company. BA shares rose 8.25% to 216.5p According to the report, BA chief amid hopes that the long-running executive Willie Walsh will merger talks, which have been retain his post at the head of the h e l d u p b y d e b a t e s o v e r new airline, which will be valuations and BA's estimated headquartered in London. £3bn pension deficit, are close to

a successful conclusion. BA and Iberia confirmed talks about strengthening ties between the companies in February last year, two months after a joint takeover bid for Iberia by BA and private equity firm TPG collapsed. The merger discussions became strained last December when BA announced merger talks with Australia's Qantas, prompting expressions of surprise from Iberia. The Qantas talks ended before Christmas, prompting BA to concentrate on Iberia and a looser tie-up with American Airlines, which would see BA, AA and Iberia colluding over fares and scheduling. The Spanish and British national carriers have been forced into exploring a merger by cut-throat competition from low-budget carriers on their short-haul routes and a severe recession that has pushed both airlines into heavy losses. Last week BA posted a record first-half loss of £292m, during its traditionally profitable trading period, while Iberia recorded a net €72.8m (£65m)

loss in the three months to the end of June this year. Their global rivals are faring just as badly, with the International Air Transport Association predicting an industry loss of $11bn (£6.6bn) this year. Both airlines are proposing restructuring plans as a consequence. BA faces the threat of strikes by cabin crew over new working practices including the removal of one air steward on long-haul flights and the proposal of a two-year pay freeze. Iberia has made the most radical proposal, to replace its domestic and European programme with a new and as-yet unnamed airline. • British Airways • Airline industry • Mergers and acquisitions Dan Milmo guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Amazon's Blu-ray Sale as Good an Excuse as Any to Own Robocop [Deals] By Adam Frucci (Gizmodo) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:38:46 AM

Amazon is currently having a pretty great Blu-ray sale, with titles such as Robocop and Terminator available for a mere $9.99. Come on, don't fight it. [ Amazon]

Ad pages at Conde Nast down nearly a third By Tom Johansmeyer (BloggingStocks)

interpret as positive, but this doesn't extend to the media industry, it seems. Condé Nast's Submitted at 11/12/2009 12:40:00 PM ad page results are out for its Filed under: Time Warner 2009 issues, now that the last (TWX), New York Times'A' issue of the year has been sold (NYT), Media World for each of them ... and the T h e b r o a d e r e c o n o m y i s situation is grim. showing signs that we can at least Condé Nast lost 8,359 ad pages

this year, according to a report

released on Wednesday. Ad pages have plunged 30% this year. Cost cutting has been used to offset the revenue declines, with more than 450 positions removed this year and several magazines shuttered, including Gourmet and Modern Bride. Continue reading Ad pages at

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Pirate-busting 'stinger' device for ships launched By Steven Morris (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

the pirates, unaware that they have been fired on, speed over it and find their propellers hopelessly tangled. Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:30:39 AM It is a sort of marine version of Device aimed at stopping pirate the spike strip – tyre-puncturing ships without use of weaponry by devices police forces use to stop tangling an attacker's propeller in cars – prompting some to dub the ropes Buccaneer the "Somalian In pictures:'Somalian stinger' stinger". It is already attracting On a blustery Dorset afternoon, interest from shipping companies the green-grey waters of Portland around the world. harbour stood in for the sea off A major problem captains of S o m a l i a a n d a n e l e c t r o n i c merchant ships have when faced engineer called Murray played with pirates is that they are the part of a ransom-hungry constrained by international laws raider. about what force they can use. In Then with a roar and a whoosh, any case, there is obviously a a device aimed at protecting huge risk in opening fire on merchant ships from the growing pirates because they are more hazard of piracy called the than likely to fire back. Buccaneer Ship-Borne Shore Jonathan Delf, marine sales Launcher was unveiled. manager of BCB International, The idea is that if a pirate skiff the company that has produced approaches, a length of strong the Buccaneer, said: "There are rope can be fired into the path of problems with arming civilian the vessel from the Buccaneer. A vessels. It's not something the small parachute makes sure the marine industry is very happy 300m long rope flutters down on about doing. As soon as you start to the surface of the water and putting weapons systems on

board a ship you start creating a whole lot of other problems. "Take an oil tanker – the last thing you want to have is explosive weapons. For other vessels, too, there's a danger your own crew will get hurt in an exchange of fire. You're essentially fighting a war at sea and that's not what the civilian marine industry is about. Leave that to the experts – to the navies that patrol the waters. This is something that provides a ship's master with time to react and get help fast." There may be other land-based uses for the Buccaneer, such as protecting ports and for maritime events, and perhaps even the Olympic sailing competitions, which are taking place in Weymouth and Portland. The company has experimented with firing other non-lethal weaponry such as paintballs loaded with pepper spray, or bean bags, or even golf balls, although it admits such tactics would further anger the pirates.

The Buccaneer certainly did stop pretend pirate Murray Pulman in his tracks. For yesterday's demonstration in Portland Harbour a launcher was mounted on to a flat-decked harbour workboat. As Pulman approached in his make-believe pirate skiff, three or four ropes were fired out creating a sort of spider's web around the workboat. Sure enough, Pulman's propeller got entangled and he had to be towed back to shore by a friend. It took about 45 minutes for him to untangle things, by which time his intended victims should have been out of sight. • Piracy at sea • Somalia

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Filed under: Deals, General Electric (GE), United Technologies (UTX) While General Electric's ( GE) fire alarm and security business

is solid, it's simply not big enough to keep the company's interest. In such an industry, it's critical to be the industry leader. So this week, GE agreed to sell the unit to United Technologies ( UTX) for $1.82 billion. Rumors Continue reading United of the deal have been buzzing Technologies fires up a deal with since the summer.

By Nicholas Deleon (CrunchGear) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:00:51 AM

Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 racked up $310 million in sales across the U.S. and UK during the first 24 hours of availability. That makes it the biggest video game launch ever. Hooray for war simulators! It works out to 4.7 million units sold across the two countries. Steven Morris guardian.co.uk© Guardian News These are Activison’s own & Media Limited 2009 | Use of numbers, by the way, not some this content is subject to our wacky Wall Street analyst or Terms & Conditions| More Feeds anything like that. (Official worldwide numbers aren’t available yet.) That said, an anylsyt for the Cowen Group said that he expects to see the final worldwide number to clock in at around 7 million. That really is ridiculous when GE you think about it: 7 million United Technologies fires up a copies (maybe) of that game sold deal with GE originally appeared within 24 hours. That’s just on BloggingStocks on Thu, 12 under 300,000 copies sold per Nov 2009 11:40:00 EST. Please hour. see our terms for use of feeds. In other words, it’s a good time Permalink| Email this| Comments to be an Activision stockholder right now.

United Technologies fires up a deal with GE By Tom Taulli (BloggingStocks)

Activision has sold many copies of Modern Warfare 2

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Tit-for-tat expulsions as Cambodia's feud with Thailand simmers By Adam Gabbatt (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

arrested and returned to Thailand to serve his prison sentence. Cambodia rejected the request, saying Thailand's legal case Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:29:12 AM against Thaksin was politically Diplomats sent packing in row motivated. over adviser's role for Thaksin Today Cambodian foreign Cambodia expelled the senior ministry spokesman Koy Kuong serving diplomat at the Thai said the first secretary of the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh today embassy had been given 48 hours and Thailand responded tit-for-tat to leave the country for carrying in the simmering feud between out activities inconsistent with the two countries. his official duties. He refused to Thai officials were angered by say what the activities were. the announcement last week that Thailand responded by ordering Thaksin Shinawatra would advise o u t t h e f i r s t s e c r e t a r y o f the Cambodian government and Cambodia's mission in Bangkok, prime minister. Kuong said. The former Thai prime minister After Thaksin's new role was was sentenced in his absence to announced on 5 November two years' jail last year after he Thailand recalled its ambassador allowed his wife to buy state land in Cambodia and said it would at a discount price. Thaksin was review all agreements between ousted as prime minister in 2006 the two countries. Critics, in a military coup and has since including Thailand's current been living in self-imposed exile. government, have portrayed He flew into Cambodia on Thaksin as a traitor for accepting Monday, prompting Thailand to the Cambodian appointment and request yesterday that he be attacked Cambodia for hosting a

fugitive. But in a speech today the former Manchester City football club owner insisted both countries would gain from his acumen. "A prosperous neighbour means better opportunities for us to grow together," he said. "Of course, not all my compatriots see it that way right now. Their domestic political compulsions force them to false patriotism. Let's pray that they too will one day appreciate this partnership for progress." The two countries have skirmished over their border recently and as the conflict over Thaksin has escalated, Thailand has torn up an agreement over maritime boundaries. The row has heightened fears that the violent dispute over the Preah Vihear temple on the shared border could flare up again. Thaksin won two landslide election victories before he was ousted in a military coup, and is still hugely popular in Thailand,

particularly among the rural poor in the north. His supporters claim the political elite is ignoring the fact he was democratically elected because it feels its own privileges are threatened. The former leader provided critics with more ammunition on Tuesday in a newspaper interview which allegedly criticised the Thai royal family. Thai officials are reportedly considering charging Thaksin with lèse-majesté – insulting the monarch or treason – a crime carrying a 15-year jail term in the kingdom. • Cambodia • Thailand Adam Gabbatt guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Apple Responds to Microsoft's New Retail Stores [Blockquote] By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:07:52 AM

Ron Johnson, Apple VP of retail, had this to say in response to Microsoft's move into the world of retail stores during Apple's Manhattan store opening today.

Yes, it's coming: The Boxee Box By Scott Stein (Webware.com) Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:17:00 AM

The set-top internet TV software without a set-top gets a set-top. Originally posted at Crave

Check out pics from the $26,000 Leica S2 By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) Submitted at 11/12/2009 7:18:15 AM

Have you ever wondered what pictures look like from a camera that costs more than many cars? I have. I know there are a lot of

professionals out there that view DSLRs like the Canon 5D and Nikon D700 as entry-level because they have flashes that cost more than those cameras. Well, DPReview got a hold of posted some sample pictures, but the$26,000 Leica S2 and just

don’t expect to be blown away. Here’s the thing. I don’t see anything special. I mean, they are good photos and maybe I don’t know what to look for, but some of them look like they could have been taken with a $200 pocket

camera. Definitely don’t take my word for it though. Click over to dpreview for the full res shots, but I think I’ll stick with a Nikon for a while.

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Gender pay gap narrows - but women still earn far less By Owen Bowcott (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

4% to £153, with women earning £156 compared with £144 for men; they were highest in London at £627 and lowest in the Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:54:52 AM North East - £436. This The hourly pay of women represented a 2% reduction in the working full-time rose by 4% last gender pay gap, which now year, while the rate for men rose stands at 13.2%. Part time only 2.8% weekly earnings were highest in • Datablog: What do people get London at £627 and lowest in the paid? The latest salary survey North East - £436. results For full-time employees' the pay The pay gap between what men gap (calculated on median and women receive for working h o u r l y e a r n i n g s e x c l u d i n g narrowed over the past year, overtime) also dropped to 12.2%, official figures have revealed. down from 12.6% in 2008. The Hourly wage rates, compiled by gap for full-time workers was the Office of National Statistics highest in the south east and (ONS), show an increase last lowest in Northern Ireland. year for full-time female workers Pay in the public sector of 4% to £13.43, while the rate increased by 3% to an average of for men rose by only 2.8% to £ 5 3 9 a w e e k , w h i l e t h e £16.07. The resulting gender pay comparable figure in private gap of 16.4% represented a f i r m s w a s £ 4 6 5 , u p b y r e d u c t i o n o f 1 % o v e r t h e 1%.Harriet Harman, minister for previous year. women and equality, welcomed Average weekly earnings for the narrowing of the gender pay part-time workers increased by gap but said: "It's disappointing

to see the private sector falling even further behind the public sector. Most women work parttime because they juggle the important work of looking after children and older relatives. That's where the discrimination really bites. "The equality bill will help women make even further progress. We will ban secrecy clauses, which exist in nearly a quarter of workplaces, so that women can challenge unfair pay, and we'll make public authorities report on gender pay. We will ask businesses to report on gender pay, but if voluntary measures do not work by 2013, we will use our legal power to require it." The TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: "It's encouraging to see the gender pay gap narrowing but it is still unacceptably high. The day when men and women are paid equally looks as distant as ever."

The TUC calculates that there is a part-time gender pay gap of 35.2%, based on comparing the hourly earnings of men working full-time (£16.07) with women working part-time (£10.40). A spokesman for the Equality and Human Rights Commission said: "The improvement in the gender pay gap is something to be welcomed and we hope this trend will continue. However, it continues to be a concern that women who work full-time can expect to earn 16.4% less per hour on average than their male colleagues." • Equality • Gender • Women • Pay

Video Unboxing: Palm Pixi for Sprint By Greg Kumparak (CrunchGear) Submitted at 11/12/2009 7:21:34 AM

We'll have our full review up in just a few hours - in the mean time, join me as I hyper-actively unbox the Palm Pixi with the help of a few pilgrim children.

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The Boxee Set-Top Box: It's Coming [Boxee] By John Herrman (Gizmodo)

Boxee's post on the box has nothing in the way of details yet, so I'm just going to have to take a Boxee's fantastic connected WILD guess at what this thing media center software has always will look like: It'll be a box, with been just that: fantastic connected an Ion chipset, a medium-sized media center software. Today, HDD, HDMI-out and a Boxee the company says its going to sticker and a $200 price tag. announce hardware—a Boxee Why? Because nothing else Box, even. would really make any sense. Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:11:28 AM

We'll get to see the box—assuming it's not just this Boxee-compatible Myka number we saw a few days ago—come December 7th, when it gets the full unveiling treatment. Also interesting, though probably a little aspirational: * make it easy for users to consume and find content – no

matter what the source * give content owners, aggregators, and developers the tools to create unique experiences with a variety of business models * enable CE companies to enhance their Connected devices This will be the first connected device running Boxee, but the idea is to provide consumers with

a way to get Boxee in their living rooms, no matter whether it's on a Connected TV, game console, set-top box, BluRay player, computer, etc. Multiple Boxee Boxes! Boxee Boxen! [ Boxee]

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Gordon Brown to attend Copenhagen climate change conference

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the Dutch prime minister, Jan Peter Balkenende. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil has indicated he might come to the conference, and a spokesman for the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said she is keeping the date open. Brown wrote to Lula today to congratulate him on announcing an ambitious target to cut Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions by 38%-42% by 2020. The prime minister has been "hitting the phones" in recent days, speaking to Rasmussen and leaders of a range of countries to push for agreement at Copenhagen, as well as meeting the UN secretary general, Ban Ki -moon, said Downing Street. • Copenhagen climate change conference 2009 • Climate change • Green politics • Gordon Brown • Carbon emissions

By Darren Murph (Engadget)

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Dobbs Goes Fox?

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The Danish prime minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, wrote to 191 leaders, saying their presence would be 'pivotal' Gordon Brown confirmed today that he will attend the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen next month after the Danish prime minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, issued invitations to 191 world leaders. Brown was the first world leader to announce in September that he was ready to go to Copenhagen to help secure a deal. He will be hoping that other prime ministers and presidents – particularly Barack Obama – follow his lead and go to the Danish capital. The prime minister and other world leaders are expected to attend the final days of the twoweek summit on 17 and 18 December, when he hopes that political agreement will be reached on a post-Kyoto framework for reducing the carbon emissions blamed for global warming. Brown's spokesman announced

today that he had accepted Rasmussen's invitation, adding: "Although there is much to be done in the next 30 days, clearly this is one of the issues which is top of the prime minister's mind at the moment." He said Britain has accepted that it will not get the legal treaty on carbon cuts that Brown was initially hoping for at Copenhagen, but believes that a political agreement leading to a clear timetable on a legally binding deal would be "from our point of view, a result". Obama said on Monday that he will attend the summit if he believed "we are on the brink of a meaningful agreement and my presence in Copenhagen will make a difference in tipping us over the edge". In his letters, sent out to heads of state and governments around the world by diplomatic channels today, Rasmussen said their attendance "is a pivotal contribution to a successful outcome" to the December conference. At least 40 leaders have said they plan to attend the conference, including the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and

Submitted at 11/12/2009 12:36:00 PM

Qualcomm's Snapdragon has brought about a new wave of possibilities for smartphones, but evidently those chips are just too exclusive to slip into so-called "mainstream smartphones." In order to remedy such a tragedy, the outfit has today introduced the MSM7x30 family of solutions, which uses an 800 MHz to 1GHz custom superscalar CPU based on the ARM v7 instruction set. The chips support 720p video encoding / decoding at 30fps, integrated 2D and 3D graphics (with support for OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1), 5.1-channel surround sound, a 12 megapixel camera sensor and built-in GPS. In related news, the outfit also announced that it is sampling the industry's first chipsets for dualcarrier HSPA+ and multi-mode

(Little Green Footballs) Submitted at 11/11/2009 6:30:24 PM

If Lou Dobbs is moving to Fox

Apple updates Safari for security By Seth Rosenblatt (Webware.com)

A security update from Apple fixes multiple security holes in Safari, but a lack of transparency

makes it hard to judge how severe the threats are. Originally posted at The

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3G / LTE, which ought to make those champing at the bit for a speedier WWAN highway exceedingly giddy. Hit the links below for all the technobabble. Read- MSM7x30 solutions Read- Dual-carrier HSPA+ and Multi-Mode 3G/LTE chipsets Filed under: Cellphones Qualcomm chips promises 1GHz speeds in 'mainstream smartphones,' simultaneous HSPA+ / LTE support originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments

News, it makes total sense: Update: Lou Dobbs to Quit CNN.

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Hands-on approach to sex education By Giles Tremlett (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:47:00 AM

Officials launch campaign to teach young people about 'sexual self-exploration and discovery of self-pleasure' It is a subject that would make most governments blush, but officials in the Spanish region of Extremadura have launched a major programme to encourage what could be described as a more hands-on approach to sexuality. The region's socialist government has launched a €14,000 (£12,600) campaign aimed at teaching young people how best to set about "sexual self -exploration and the discovery of self-pleasure" – or to put it less delicately: masturbation. "Pleasure is in your own hands" is the slogan of a campaign that has sparked political controversy and challenges traditional Roman Catholic views on people having

sex, even on their own, for nonreproductive reasons. "This is an intimate subject that should be dealt with at home," complained local opposition leader Hernández Carrón of the rightwing People's party. "We have become the laughing stock of Spain." "They are interfering with the right of parents to educate their own children about a matter as important as their sexuality," agreed the conservative Confederation of Fathers and Mothers of Schoolchildren. Officials from the neighbouring region of Andalucia have expressed an interest in copying the programme. The campaign includes leaflets, flyers, a "fanzine" and workshops for the young in which they receive instruction on selfpleasuring techniques along with advice on contraception and selfrespect. Extremadura's government is funding the campaign through its youth and women's affairs

departments. "The campaign is simple, clear, natural and easily understood by the people it is aimed at, who are aged between 14 and 17," said Laura Garrido, president of the Youth Council of Extremadura. Commentators questioned why the poorest region in Spain was paying for a campaign to promote onanism. "Extremadura should be pleased with itself," sniped Pilar Rahola, a columnist in the Barcelonabased La Vanguardia newspaper. "It may have the most unemployed young people in Spain, but they will be the best at masturbation." • Spain • Sex education • Catholicism By Darren Murph (Engadget)

Boxee inks deal with first hardware partner: a 'Boxee Box' is coming

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Apple patents some kind of penbased digital ink thing By John Biggs (CrunchGear)

“chunks.” UnwiredReview found the patent and shared it with the whole wide world.

Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:30:41 AM

Clearly this is either an old patent or a Macguffin because whatever this thing is it’s not the iPad. Basically you’ve got some

sort of tablet app for recognizing pen input in phrases instead of in

mockups and the like will be presented at the Boxee Beta Unveiling on December 7th. Oh, Color us shocked and elated. and as if you aren't excited Boxee, the white-hot startup that enough already, chew on this -h a s r i s e n f r o m n o t h i n g t o the company has informed us that everywhere thanks to its internet they believe "this will be the first TV software portal, has just of several living room devices announced that a deal has been you'll see running Boxee in i n k e d b e t w e e n i t a n d a n 2010," so don't be shocked if undisclosed "hardware partner." your favorite game console or If you'll recall, we actually heard B l u - r a y p l a y e r g a i n s a n that the outfit was mulling the embedded Boxee app in the near production of its own set-top-box future. back in January, and now it looks Boxee inks deal with first like Roku, Apple TV and a host hardware partner: a 'Boxee Box' of other mini PCs will have yet is coming originally appeared on another formidable rival vying Engadget on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 for space underneath the tele. The 11:48:00 EST. Please see our firm isn't spilling any details terms for use of feeds. Read| whatsoever on the so-called Permalink| Email this| Comments "Boxee Box," but we are told that Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:48:00 AM

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Your Next Body Is Growing In a Lab Right Now [This Cyborg Life]

Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Teaches Wrong Lesson On Freedom Of The Press

By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)

By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

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At TEDMED, I witnessed video clips showing science I never knew was so advanced. Dr. Anthony Atala has been growing human tissue and organs, in a lab, for nearly two decades. He's even printed kidneys from a cellstuffed inkjet printer. The footage below is from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, one of the world's largest labs dedicated to regenerative medicine—a field interested in repairing or replacing human tissue so the body can self-heal. This collection is sort of a greatest hits of Dr. Atala's last 20 years of research (no, none of this was done overnight on a whim), though almost none of what you'll see has left the lab for clinical trials. Karen Richardson, Sr. Communications Manager at the lab, walks us through the videos in the gallery below. Watch the clips, then scroll down for our Q&A with mad (but completely sane) scientist Dr. Anthony Atala. Interview With Dr. Atala What can we do in organ growing/generation today? Laboratory-grown organs and tissues are already benefiting patients today. For example,

laboratory-grown bladders are being tested in children with spina bifida and adults with spinal cord injuries and will soon be tested in patients with bladder cancer. Tissue engineering technology has been used to repair narrowed urethras, the tube that empties urine from the body. What will we be doing in 5 years? We are currently working to engineer 22 different tissues and

and heart failure. There are many challenges to overcome—and the timeframe is impossible to predict—but we do see promise in these technologies. In 20? (I know, totally nuts, but that's what makes it so fun.) I don't know how long it will take, but I do foresee a future when organs will be available off -the-shelf, ready to "plug in" and replace injured or diseased organs. I believe we'll have a boutique of technologies that will includes tissue engineering and cell therapies and doctors will select the ideal treatment based on the patient's needs. [ Lead image: A human bladder is engineered in the laboratory using a biodegradable, threedimension scaffold that supports bladder cells while they multiple and develop. A technician is "seeding" cells on the scaffold. (Wake Forest Institute for o r g a n s i n t h e l a b o r a t o r y , Regenerative Medicine). For including blood vessels, heart more information on these valves, bone, muscle, kidneys projects, go here.] livers. Scientific progress isn't This week, Gizmodo is always linear, so it's impossible exploring the enhanced human to predict how long it will take to future in a segment we call This reach our goals. Cyborg Life. It's about what In 10? happens when we treat our body In addition to tissue engineering, less as a sacred object and more our lab and others are working as what it is: Nature's ultimate toward cell therapies to benefit a machine. variety of conditions, from diabetes to urinary incontinence

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You would think that a Supreme Court Justice (and the people who work for one) would know better than to tell any sort of news publication -- even a high school newspaper -- that he needed to approve any articles written about a speech he gave, but that appears to be exactly what happened with Justice Anthony Kennedy and a recent speech to Dalton High School students in Manhattan. The people who work for Kennedy are now trying to claim that this was just to make sure the quotes were accurate, but those who work for the school paper say they were under the impression they needed full approval of the article first. It's amazing that whoever made the request (whether Kennedy himself or some staffer) didn't realize how bad that would look, especially from a Justice who has always been a strong proponent of strong First Amendment rights... Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

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Fox News debates video game violence By John Biggs (CrunchGear) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:40:04 AM

Fox News held a fair and balanced debate over Modern Warfare 2, the popular new FPS that lets you play a CIA operative tasked with helping Russian agents clear terrorists out of an airport. In the game, it turns out that the Russian had turned on you and forced you to kill innocents in the airport. It’s a depiction of USA-funded terrorism. It is not a murder simulator. The debate here, if it can be called that, seems to rotate around the correlation between video game violence and real violence. The old man in this debate mentioned an American Association of Pediatrics statement. Here it is: VIOLENT VIDEO GAME C O N T E N T M O R E ATTRACTIVE TO YOUTH Restrictive age and violentcontent labels increased the attractiveness of video games for

boys and girls of all age groups, according to a new study. In “Age and Violent-Content Labels Make Video Games Forbidden Fruits for Youth,” researchers tested 310 Dutch children in three groups: 7 to 8, 12 to 13 and 16 to 17 years of age. Participants read fictitious video game descriptions and rated how much or how little they wanted to play each game. An important finding for parents, pediatricians and policy-makers is that age and violent-content labels do not prevent young children from playing games with objectionable content. In fact, they have the opposite effect. Study authors suggest that video games should not be forbidden in Europe or the United States because that will only make the games more attractive, and parents should help in selecting appropriate games for their children to play. This amazing bit of news – kids like stuff they can’t have – is an obvious by-product of our neophilic instincts and does very

little to correlate events like the shooting at Fort Hood and 9/11 to violent video games. Violence stems from – or a lack of – human interaction in a nurturing and mental health context. To ascribe any sort of behavior to media is a cop out for the pundits and for the aggressor. That said, I would recommend children not watch Fox News because it encourages damn fools to come to presidential speeches wearing guns, but that’s neither here nor there. Sadly, Jon Cristensen at SlashGamer was too tongue-tied to respond to this criticism and it’s rarely the gamer that comes out ahead in these sorts of ambushes. The bottom line: violent games are not for young kids just as pornography, beer, cigarettes, handguns, lighters, spray paint, and knives are not for kids. There is a time and a context for each of those things and to rail against them shows a lack of judgement and clarity. UPDATE – A cool response:

Google hopes Go will give a browser boost By Stephen Shankland (Webware.com) Submitted at 11/12/2009 4:00:00 AM

The Net giant is working to

integrate its new Go programming language with its Chrome browser and Native

Client technology to speed Webbased programs. Originally posted at Deep Tech

Facebook app developer rejects App Store, irony ensues By Joseph L. Flatley (Engadget) Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:01:00 AM

We always said that if Apple's arbitrary, inconsistent, and quite frankly baffling approval process didn't get straightened out soon, the defections were going to pick up pace -- and what do we have here? Joe Hewitt, the developer of the well-loved and highly regarded Facebook iPhone app, has flipped the script and rejected the App Store. And, as you'd expect, our man is not mincing his words, stating that his "decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple's policies," and that he's "philosophically opposed to the existence of their review process." While Hewitt can't comment on specific future projects (he's still at Facebook, but the app itself has been handed off to another developer) he has mentioned that he'll be devoting his time to web development for mobile devices. As you know, there is no approval process for the world wide web (which is apparent if you've spent any time on Geocities back in the day).

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Intel shells out $1.25 billion to settle all AMD litigation By Darren Murph (Engadget) Submitted at 11/12/2009 10:38:00 AM

Intel sure sells a lot of chips, but man -- it sure blows a lot of that profit on lawyers. Just months after it got nailed with a$1.45 billion fine from the EU in an AMD antitrust case, nearly two years after AMD hit Intel with another antitrust probe and nearly 1.5 years after the FTC sparked up an investigation of its own, Intel has finally decided to pony up in order to rid itself of one of those back-riding monkeys. In an admittedly brief joint announcement released simultaneously by both firms today, Intel has agreed to cough up a whopping $1.25 billion in order to settle "all antitrust and IP

disputes" with AMD. In fact, the pair went so far as to say the following: "While the relationship between the two companies has been difficult in the past, this agreement ends the legal disputes and enables the companies to

focus all of our efforts on product innovation and development." Aside from AMD's coffers filling up with cash, the agreement also gives both firms patent rights from a new 5-year cross license agreement. Of course, we're betting that this isn't the end of

this exceptionally bitter rivalry, and we highly doubt Intel wrote a check this large while grinning from ear-to-ear. That said, we're eager to see what AMD does with its newfound cheddar, and if we had our druthers, we'd sit back and watch it invest heavily into beating Intel to the punch with its next few platforms. Filed under: Desktops, Laptops Intel shells out $1.25 billion to settle all AMD litigation originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Give a microdonation to your favorite charity By Don Reisinger (Webware.com) Submitted at 11/11/2009 2:58:33 PM

If you're in the mood to give a little something back this holiday season, you can do it with some social-donation sites. We take a look at some of those in this roundup.

The Boxee Box will rock your sox! By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)

December 7th right around the corner from John’s house where we should learn more. I’m Boxee, everyone’s favorite already excited though. Just think H T P C s o f t w a r e , j u s t what this means. announced that the company just Boxee is amazing program and partnered with its first CE many people geeks are already company. But that’s all the using it on their Apple TVs, company is saying. We don’t HTPCs, and other devices. But it know anything else. However, deserves so much more. The the necessary skills to get Boxee there is an event coming up on irony here is that the people with o n t h e i r H D T V s c u r r e n t l y Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:15:41 AM

probably don’t really need the super-user friendly interface found on Boxee. It’s the people that don’t have any idea what the hell Boxee is that really could benefit from the program. Boxee is by far the easiest HTPC software to use. But not only that, the system is about as robust as you can ask for with the ability to stream media from countless

online video sites and share viewing data with friends. It’s really HTPC software 2.0. Hopefully the upcoming box will bring all the goods at a fair price. Considering just about any system that can output HD can run Boxee, I wouldn’t expect the box to cost all that much.

Wednesday Night Music: Jimmy Wahlsteen, 'Its Your Favorite' (Little Green Footballs)

This is from Swedish guitarist Jimmy Wahlsteen’s great album

181st Songs, a tune called “It’s Your Favorite.” (Here’s the

recording at the iTunes Store.)[Video]

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Intel Pays AMD $1.25 Billion To End Antitrust, Patent Wars [Antitrust]

Judge Napolitano on the Alex Jones Show Again

By John Herrman (Gizmodo)

(Little Green Footballs)

Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:23:10 AM

In case you were wondering if Intel's business practices were as shady as the European Commission and the NY Attorney General think they are, look no further than this: Intel is paying $1.25 billion—plus frills— to avoid fighting. Here's how Intel describes the settlement: Intel Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices today announced a comprehensive agreement to end all outstanding legal disputes between the companies, including antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes. So, they're not fighting directly

anymore, and the mountains of patent and antitrust disputes are resolved: Intel will pay this ridiculously large sum of money to AMD, and agree to not engage in anything even resembling monopolistic behavior, and both

AMD no doubt helped spur investigations by the European Commission and New York Attorney General into Intel's business practices, and as part of the agreement AMD is withdrawing their complaints with both agencies, but the EC issued their $1bn+ fine quite a while ago, and from the looks of it, the AG's office is eager to move forward with their investigation too. In other words, this probably isn't the end of the companies will live in harmony, pain for Intel. cross-licensing technologies and That, kids, is why you don't competing, but softly! Great. engage in anticompetetive Well, sort of: Intel's biggest practices in a two-company problems right now don't come industry. [ WSJ Law Blog] from other companies, but from governments: complaints from

Submitted at 11/11/2009 1:52:11 PM

The crossover between Fox News and the farthest reaches of the kookosphere proceeds at an accelerating pace, as frequent Glenn Beck guest host and Fox contributor Judge Andrew Napolitano has an extended chat with conspiracy monger Alex Jones about their mutual enemy, the US government: YouTube Judge Andrew Napolitano on Alex Jones Tv 1/2:The Government Doesn’t Care About YOU!!

“Green Tap”: NEC develops energy-saving power strip By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear) Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:00:03 AM

NEC subsidiary NEC System Technologies has developed a power strip[JP] with a built-in processor, sensor (the device pictured on the right) and remote control that can cut power consumption by as much as 15% and more. The company says the so-called Green Tap, which

sports four outlets, can be used by both offices and private homes. The device can be used for all kinds of electric appliances. The sensor monitors various data such as the luminosity, temperature, humidity or human heat around it. If you’re out of infrared signal to the remote the room in which you placed control, which then makes the your TV, for example, the sensor TV go into standby mode or turn makes the power strip send an

Nov 12, 1946: The Abacus Proves Its Might By Priya Ganapati (Wired Top Stories)

It's a classic showdown of The bottom line depends on the abacus versus electric calculator. speed of data entry.

for air conditioners or heaters, automatically setting the temperature in a room, for example. It will even cut off power supply in case of an earthquake (the sensor has a built -in accelerometer). NEC System Technologies plans it off completely. If you return, to start commercializing its the TV will be turned on again. technology in 2011 but hasn’t The Green Tap works similarly decided about pricing and other details yet.

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AMD spells out the future: heterogeneous computing, Bulldozer and Bobcats galore By Darren Murph (Engadget) Submitted at 11/12/2009 10:17:00 AM

Believe it or not, it's just about time for AMD to start thinking about its future. We know -you're still doing your best to wrap that noodle around Congos and Thubans, but now it's time to wonder how exactly Leo, Llano and Zambezi (to name a few) can fit into your already hectic schedule. At an Analyst Day event this week, the chipmaker removed the wraps on its goals for 2010 and 2011, and while it's still focusing intently on Fusion(better described as heterogeneous computing, where

TomTom to bring free lane guidance, text-to-speech, iPod control to iPhone GPS app By Darren Murph (Engadget)

audio warnings and iPod player control. Not a bad list of additions for the grand total of TomTom's probably still dizzy $0.00, but we wouldn't expect from the hit that Google laid on it anything less given the lofty just a few days ago, but it has admission price. somehow managed to get its Continue reading TomTom to "workloads are divided between where Intel currently reigns. b e a r i n g s l o n g e n o u g h t o bring free lane guidance, text-tothe CPU and GPU"), it's the Frankly, we're jazzed about the announce that a slew of gratis speech, iPod control to iPhone forthcoming platforms that really possibilities, so hit the links updates are incoming for its GPS app have us worked up. For starters, below for a deep dive into what highly-hyped iPhone navigation Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, AMD is looking into Accelerated just might be powering your next app. Following in Navigon's Storage P r o c e s s i n g U n i t ( A P U ) (or next-next) PC. footsteps, the outfit has today TomTom to bring free lane configurations, which "represent [Via Digitimes] stated that a free update has been guidance, text-to-speech, iPod the combined capabilities of Filed under: Desktops, Laptops submitted to Apple for approval, control to iPhone GPS app [practically any] two separate AMD spells out the future: and when (er, if) it clears originally appeared on Engadget processors." We're also told that h e t e r o g e n e o u s c o m p u t i n g , Cupertino's ambiguous review on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:12:00 the firm may actually introduce Bulldozer and Bobcats galore process, it'll deliver advanced EST. Please see our terms for its Bulldozer (architecture for originally appeared on Engadget lane guidance, text-to-speech, use of feeds. Permalink| Email m a i n s t r e a m m a c h i n e s ) a n d on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:17:00 "Help Me," updated map / safety this| Comments Bobcat (architecture for low- EST. Please see our terms for cameras (in select European power, ultrathin PCs) platforms use of feeds. Read| Permalink| nations) databases, customizable more hastily than similar ones Email this| Comments have been rolled out in the past, which demonstrates an effort to really target the consumer market Submitted at 11/12/2009 12:12:00 PM

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What If You Could Recreate Live Performances By Dead Artists On A Computer? By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

company takes into account everything from how an artist strikes a note to their hand Via Shocklee comes this story of movement, how they play when a company that claims to have tired (yes, it can recreate fatigue) created software that can recreate and even, as for the case of Jerry live performances by famous Lee Lewis, how they play with musicians(even dead ones). their feet. For the guitar there is Basically, the software learns (or even more to take into account, so its creators claim) exactly how like pad placement, fingernails, glass, the sheer space rob it of certain musicians played, and and bending of the strings, the any sense of warmth or feeling. then can mimic that style exactly. list goes on. The only sense of life in room is Here's how Pocket Lint describes The result is that songs recorded the products. It's a temple to it: Zenph Studio's approach is to 100 years ago can and will be them, really. work out how the musician and able to be re-recorded with The beating heart, where things the instrument acts and responds, modern recording equipment, a c t u a l l y h a p p e n i s t u c k e d then get a computer to play that allowing old songs to be underground. The Genius Bar track again as a real-time, realrevitalised and enjoyed once and personal training space is the life performance, which in turn more "in surround sound or biggest ever in an Apple store, can be recorded using modern headphone listening". And, of a b l e t o h a n d l e u p t o 1 0 0 techniques. The new track isn't a course, the technology goes well customers at once. It's pretty r e - m a s t e r i n g , b u t a r e beyond just remastering. In much like any other Apple store performance, as if the musician theory, you could create entirely down there, just bigger. was actually playing it even new recordings by long-dead It's impressive. Especially though the artist may or may not artists, matching their exact considering that it used to be a be dead. styles. As the article suggests, Victoria's Secret. It opens The technology works by you could toss John Lennon into Saturday, and they're giving ascertaining how an artist strikes a Rolling Stones song. away 2500 commemorative a note and then recreating that Of course, if this sounds sorta shirts, if you're that kind of crazy. note again. For the piano, the familiar, that's because we were Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:01:00 AM

Inside the Apple Temple [Apple] By matt buchanan (Gizmodo) Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:36:55 AM

While every Apple Store is in some sense a place of reverence, the new Upper West Side store unabashedly evokes that feeling: The top floor's a vast open space, enclosed by spartan stone walls which support a massive glass ceiling. I can't tell youâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the pictures can't show youâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;how utterly open and expansive the room feels. To give you an idea of the space, the walls are 45 feet tall, and could fit 11 Apple Cubes inside. The spareness is breathtaking. It's cold. Not literally, but the stone walls, the

just talking about the legal mess associated with Bluebeat.com's claims that the music it offers from its site for sale are not the original works by bands like the Beatles, but an entirely new recording through a "psychoacoustic simulation." So, now, take this software that supposedly can perfectly mimic a certain musician's playing, and have it record a song. Say it's a new song. Who owns the copyright? What if it's adding John Lennon to a Rolling Stone's song? Who owns the copyright? What if it's an old song, updated in some slight way? Who owns the copyright? What if it's just the same song but "remastered"? Who owns the copyright? The legal questions raised by this kind of software are going to keep copyright lawyers busy for a long, long time. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

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Vestax Spin might just be the USB-based DJ rig of your dreams, only shinier

Dwarf-Planet Rebranding Contest

By Donald Melanson (Engadget)

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Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:25:00 AM

Your USB-based DJ-ing options aren't exactly all that limited these days, but there's few rigs out there quite as eye-catching as this new Spin controller developed by Vestax and Algoriddim. Designed for Mac users only, this one packs two touch sensitive jog wheels front

and center, along with a full multi-channel audio system complete with the requisite sliders, mic input (and included microphone), audio output, and of course that USB connection, which also eliminates the need for a power adapter. On the software side of things you'll get Algoriddim's djay 3 mixing mix. Sold? Then you can snag application, plus some out-of-thethis one right now for $250. box integration with iTunes to let [Via OhGizmo!] you easily pull tracks for your

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Pluto may be a dwarf planet now, but that's nothing to be ashamed of! Pluto and its four fellow dwarfs just need a better name for their category of celestial bodies — and we need your help coming up with one.

STATS: Has Twitter Flatlined Just Short of Mainstream? By Stan Schroeder (Mashable!)

that’s exactly what’s been happening to Twitter: according to Compete, it has flatlined for Submitted at 11/12/2009 2:11:24 AM the last four months, showing Somewhere around this date, absolutely no growth as far as every month, we look at the stats uniques, visits, or rank go. And from various web analytics it’s not just Compete: Quantcast companies, and check how the paints pretty much the same most important social media and picture, and Twitter CEO Evan social networking sites are doing. Williams has recently admitted And don’t get us wrong: these that their traffic has stalled in the stats can be biased ( Compete, for US. example, is US-biased) and they It’s interesting, because it’s hard can be wrong (sometimes they to find a reason why this is will report a fall or decline in happening. Twitter has entered traffic even when the reality is pop culture, it’s been the web quite the opposite). buzzword of the year, everyone But when we see a trend that from NFL players to rock stars goes on for four months, there a r e t w e e t i n g . W e ’ v e s e e n must be something to it. And hundreds of exciting services and

size), and Twitter is not. You can chalk it up to Miley Cyrus’ departure, to some cosmic anomaly, or you could just say that Twitter was always too geeky for the wide mainstream audience. But it’s odd for a service to grow so explosively and to be featured in the media so ideas built around Twitter in the much, and then to stop growing past two years. Twitter has been all at a sudden without a clear adding a lot of new, important reason. features lately, the latest of which I still believe that this won’t has been the retweet function. matter in the long run; Twitter T h a t ’ s g o t t o c o u n t f o r aims to be a ubiquitous service – something, right? the new SMS, if you will – that In some ways, Twitter is more acts almost as a part of the net’s mainstream than Facebook. And infrastructure. It doesn’t have to y e t F a c e b o o k i s g r o w i n g be popular, it merely needs to be again(despite its huge audience there, behind the curtain, sending

Behind-the-Scenes Video: James Cameron's Vision for 'Avatar' By Wired.com Video Department (Wired Top Stories)

Take a behind-the-scenes look at director James Cameron's vision for 'Avatar.'

your tweets back and forth. After all, it has a search deal with both Bing and Google, and that’s bound to drive some traffic their way. However, I’m interested in your theories on why its traffic has stopped growing. Is it just an anomaly? Have users grown tired of it? Has it failed to engage a certain key demographic, for example teens? Please give us your theories in the comments. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Norebbo. Reviews: Facebook, Twitter, iStockphoto Tags: compete, trending, twitter

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Universities reject Kindle over inaccessibility for the blind (CNET News.com)

Although students are still evaluating the devices, she said, the university has "no plans to The National Federation of the purchase any more of these units Blind is applauding the decisions in light of the fact that they are of Syracuse University and the inaccessible to blind students. If University of WisconsinSyracuse University decides to Madison not to Amazon.com's use e-book technology on Kindle DX as a textbook campus, we will require replacement. technology that can be used by Kindle DX(Credit: Amazon) all of our students, including The universities cited the those who are blind." Kindle's inaccessibility to the Marc Maurer, president of the blind as the problem. National Federation of the Blind, The federation said Wednesday said his organization commends that while it appreciates the the universities' rejections of Kindle's text-to-speech feature, "broad deployment of the Kindle the "menus of the device are not classes. device would include better DX in its current form because it accessible to the blind...making it "The big disappointment was "accessibility, higher-quality cannot be used by blind students impossible for a blind user to learning that the Kindle DX is g r a p h i c s , a n d i m p r o v e d and therefore denies the blind purchase books from Amazon's not accessible to the blind," Ken navigation and note-taking. I e q u a l a c c e s s t o e l e c t r o n i c Kindle store, select a book to F r a z i e r , t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f think that there will be a huge t e x t b o o k s . " read, activate the text-to-speech Wisconsin-Madison director of payoff for the company that Mauer pointed out that the feature, and use the advanced libraries, said in a statement. creates a truly universal e-book federation does not oppose reading functions available on the "Advancements in text-to-speech reader." electronic textbooks and believes Kindle DX." technology have created a market Pamela McLaughlin, director of that "they hold great promise for Amazon did not immediately o p p o r t u n i t y f o r a n e - b o o k communications and external b l i n d s t u d e n t s i f t h e y a r e respond to request for comment. reading device that is fully relations at Syracuse University, a c c e s s i b l e . " According to the federation, the accessible for everyone. This said in a statement that her school This content has passed through U n i v e r s i t y o f W i s c o n s i n - version of the Kindle e-book bought two Kindle DX units to fivefilters.org. Madison experimented with the reader missed the mark." see if it could replace hardcover Kindle in upper-level history Frazier added that a suitable textbooks and course materials. Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:08:00 AM

Honoring Those Who Served (Little Green Footballs) Submitted at 11/11/2009 3:04:28 PM

As always on Veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, we take a few moments to thank all

the veterans of our armed forces

for their contributions and sacrifices. ( Google does have a very nice special logo for this Veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, for which we thank them.)

The Death Rattle For Non-Innovators: Asking 'Who Else Is Doing It?' By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Submitted at 11/11/2009 10:01:00 PM

Taking risks can be scary, because they can fail. But if no one takes risks, then it's pretty hard to innovate -- and that's the situation many newspapers find themselves in. Jay Rosen points us to Alan Mutter's musings on how so many innovative ideas for newspapers have been killed off by the simple phrase"who else is doing it?" Very few people want to be the first. That's why so many newspaper execs have talked about putting up paywalls, but few do (not that I think paywalls are innovative, but it does show why there's so much talk, and so little action). That's not the only thing, of course, but it does highlight that newspapers have been around for centuries without having to do much innovation at all. So, perhaps it's understandable (even if unfortunate) that they've been so slow to embrace the internet in a reasonable way. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

Emmerich Rewrites History, the Future (After Destroying Earth) By Scott Pierce (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:21:00 AM

Following Independence Day

and The Day After Tomorrow, Roland Emmerich will destroy the world for the third time in the apocalyptic fantasia 2012. But that's it. Really. No More.

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Romance Publishing Giant Offering Ebooks Without DRM; Reporter Upset By This

By Michael Rose (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

the same August blog post where he called for the elimination of review, he promised "I will not stop developing for Apple's Submitted at 11/11/2009 11:00:00 PM platforms or using Apple's Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, products as long as they continue Developer, iPhone, App Store to produce the best stuff on the It would have been nice for the market." A few months later, he's App Store's public relations team announced that he's handing off if the biggest news in the past the Facebook app to another few days was the introduction of developer, and he's reached the a more transparent progress point where his frustration has report for applications under overcome his willingness to review, giving developers some continue working on the iPhone. of the feedback they need to see [Commenter 'Gak' points out that where their apps are in the Hewitt's open-sourced Three20 pathway towards approval and library for iPhone devs has been release. Unfortunately, that minor flagged for use of private but tangible step toward a more frameworks, which may have o p e n a p p r o v a l p r o c e s s i s been one of the final straws.] overshadowed by a story of Hewitt spoke to TechCrunch frustration and disaffection from earlier today, and his attitude is one of the platform's rising stars: clear: Joe Hewitt, the man behind "My decision to stop iPhone Facebook's popular iPhone app, development has had everything is mad as hell and he's not going to do with Apple's policies. I to take it anymore. respect their right to manage their Hewitt's frustration with the app platform however they want, review process isn't new, but in however I am philosophically

opposed to the existence of their review process. I am very concerned that they are setting a horrible precedent for other software platforms, and soon gatekeepers will start infesting

the lives of every software developer." Losing the talent behind the top social networking app in the store is bad for users and bad for the platform, but I don't imagine that Apple is going to give up the lockdown of review anytime soon. Is there a way around this logjam that will let developers innovate at Internet speed while still giving Apple some semblance of control? Here's one idea... Continue reading Facebook app developer is through with the iPhone, blames App Store approval process TUAW Facebook app developer is through with the iPhone, blames App Store approval process originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Kevin Cummings writes in with the news that romance novel publishing giant Harlequin is setting up a new ebook division to offer digital books directly from the company's own websites, as well as via various online retailers. That, by itself, isn't a huge surprise these days, but the article does note that the publisher decided to go without DRM on the books. Now, that seems like a smart, consumerfriendly move that should be applauded. However, the reporter who covered the announcement claims this move is "troubling," which seems like an odd statement. How could treating customers with respect be "troubling"? Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

NASA Debunks 2012: Phew, The World Won’t End After All By Stan Schroeder (Mashable!)

right? I hope you didn’t believe that line of reasoning: not only Submitted at 11/12/2009 5:49:35 AM because it’s flawed, but also The pre-Columbian Maya were because the Maya calendar smart people. They got a lot of doesn’t really end on that date. things right. So, if their calendar It’s sad to think that such a thing ends on December 12, 2012, the is necessary, but NASA has set world must end on that date, up a page debunking most of the

doomsday theories that are circulating over the web, mostly related to the movie 2012. Of course, even if you never really believe the world will end in 2012 (that’s the problem with

the future: you can never be completely sure), it’s a cool reference because it actually contains some interesting scientific facts related to the movie 2012 and the most popular doomsday theories. Here’s a sobering quote that only a scientific mind can create:

“Impressive movie special effects aside, Dec. 21, 2012, won’t be the end of the world as we know. It will, however, be another winter solstice.” Tags: 2012, NASA

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Psystar alienates the Hackintosh community, too By Mike Schramm (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

Once Again, You Don't Compete With Innovative New Services By Being Lame By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:28:00 AM

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Filed under: Hardware, OS, Software, Apple Say what you will about Psystar, the community that continues to sell computers running OS X, despite bankruptcy, constant legal problems with Apple, and a case so slim even their own legal team gave up. Sure, they're out of reason, out of room, and way out of line, but at least they've got plenty of cojones, as the locals say. Why else would they say the things they do in this Miami Times article? Our friends at Engadget lay out just what's wrong with that piece, from Robert and Rudy's Pedraza's claims that they "cracked the code" behind OS X, to the suggestions and hints that what they're doing just might not be a contract violation. Whether or not Apple's EULA is enforceable is, of course, one of the arguments at issue in Psystar's case, even though plenty of shrinkwrap licenses have been upheld in court before. Apple's also got a copyright infringement

claim against Psystar; this will be one of the topics at today's summary judgement hearing in California. But the kicker in all this is the statement that Rudy Pedraza makes about the famed Hackintosh scene-- a community of people who persist in running OS X on hardware and devices that it wasn't supposed to run on (not nearly as much of a problem to Apple, as they don't sell the capability like Psystar does, but still not technically allowed by the license agreement). Surely, you might think, this is where the Pedrazas could find friends; surely, despite all of the commotion they're causing, this is the place where they could find a kind ear and a helping hand. Nope. From the article:"The first thing you have to do is unlearn everything you've read online

about how to make this work," Rudy says, "because it's all wrong." Nice. Way to alienate the one group, the one community that might still support your cause. I wish Psystar the best of luck -not, mind you, because I need to buy or run any of their machines (I buy Apple because I appreciate both the hardware and the software), but just because their story continues to be so darn entertaining. TUAW Psystar alienates the Hackintosh community, too originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

The Fight for the Ninth Planet By Alan Boyle (Wired Top Stories)

Read an exclusive excerpt from the new book, The Case for Pluto

by Alan Boyle.

A couple years back we pointed out how the entertainment industry kept trying to "compete" with new (legal and not-so-legal) online services, but always seemed to do so by being incredibly lame. And, you don't compete by being lame. It appears that this message still hasn't quite gotten through to some yet. With the movie industry facing new challenges concerning online distribution and innovative services like Redbox, here are two stories of old school players trying to "compete" but missing out on the part where they make their offering compelling. The first comes from Josh in CharlotteNC, who points out that Blockbuster is trying to compete with Redbox and its widely available kiosks (and Netflix with its larger library of downloadable movies) by setting up kiosks in its stores where you can download movies. But... you can only download them to proprietary SD cards, and then it can only play on special proprietary hardware that participants in this program need

to have. How is that a better experience then, well, anything? If you want a movie that can be downloaded, why not just let people download it at home? Why have people go out to download it? Then we have a story sent in by Loydster, about how Sony Pictures is offering owners of new Sony/Bravia HDTV's the chance to download and watch the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs before the DVD release. While that is actually a nice tie-in between Sony's content business and its consumer electronics business, Sony (of course) has to screw it up. That's because the company thinks it can charge $25 to download the movie. The company seems to admit that it's charging this much because it doesn't want to piss off its retail partners(like WalMart), but it's difficult to see why it's worth doing the project at all if the pricing is going to be so ridiculous. Experimenting with ways to compete is good... but being so obviously lame is not. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

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Microsoft Office 2008 & 2004 updated By Michael Rose (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 11/12/2009 12:00:00 PM

Filed under: Software The productivity suites for Mac from Microsoft, past and present, received a patch this week to resolve security issues and improve performance. While the 2004 version only got the security patches, the 2008 update, to version 12.2.3, boasts the following fixes to all apps in the suite: • Security is improved. This update fixes vulnerabilities in Office 2008 that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code. For more information, see the security bulletin that is listed earlier in this document. • Stability is improved. This update fixes an issue that causes Office 2008 applications to close unexpectedly when you open or use Office 2008 applications. • Windows Office documents to which metafiles are attached now

contain the correct text spacing when they are opened in Office 2008 for Mac. This update fixes text spacing issues that occur when you use Office 2008 for Mac to open a Windows Office document to which an OLE object or a metafile is attached. There are also specific tweaks to the individual suite apps, and a

passel of bug fixes for the (relatively) new Microsoft Document Connection for Mac utility. The 350MB updater requires Office 12.1.0 or later and Mac OS X 10.4.9. While my experience is probably idiosyncratic, I did have a rather nasty sequence of events after updating my home machine to the new Office version: my

Entourage database went bellyup and had to be rebuilt. Once the rebuild was done and Entourage was relaunched, more badness ensued; due to a yet-to-beisolated issue, all of the mail, contacts and calendar entries in my connected Exchange 2003 account went poof and had to be restored from a backup. Not my best day ever. I'm inclined to believe that this snafu was specific to my bloated database file and my Exchange config, and not something likely to hit most users... nevertheless, you might consider backing up your Office 2008 Identities folder (which contains your Entourage mail & PIM data) prior to the update. TUAW Microsoft Office 2008 & 2004 updated originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

SaveEveryWay Sends Daily Reminders to Save Money [Saving] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:00:00 AM

A recent study showed that daily SMS reminders have real impact on saving. The folks behind SaveEveryWay were inspired, and now offer free daily quotes and reminders to save, delivered by SMS, RSS, email, or Twitter feed. It's only been up and running for a few days, but SaveEveryWay intends to continue delivering inspirational quotes, reminders, and other thoughts about savings for free. The updates are delivered at 8:11 Pacific every day, and they're just a way to keep a regular reminder about the value of putting aside cash in your pocket. Thanks Greg! SaveEveryWay

Facebook as the Future of Micropayments By Pete Cashmore (Mashable!) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:47:19 AM

Electronic Arts’ acquisition of Playfish in a deal worth up to $400 million signals that

Facebook’s virtual goods economy is thriving. Meanwhile, Facebook Connect has been implemented on CNN.com, NBC.com, W a s h i n g t o n P o s t . c o m , T h e and numerous other media sites. Huffington Post, ABCNews.com

W i t h F a c e b o o k C o n n e c t That’s the topic of my CNN spreading its tendrils all over the column this week. Check out the web, and Facebook’s internal c o l u m n a t C N N . c o m > > economy gaining momentum, R e v i e w s : F a c e b o o k could the social network transform itself into a leading micropayments platform?

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U.S. Army orders bridges made of recycled plastic (CNET News.com)

Recycled Structural Composite (RSC) developed by Axion in conjunction with scientists at An M1A1 70-ton tank crosses a Rutgers University. b r i d g e m a d e f r o m A x i o n ' s The railroad cross-ties will be thermoplastic composite at Camp made entirely of a plastic Mackall in N o r t h composed of recycled materials Carolina.(Credit: Photo Courtesy f r o m b o t h c o n s u m e r a n d of U.S. Army/Dawn Elizabeth industrial plastic waste. Axion Pandoliano) asserts that its recycled plastic Axion International Holdings railroad ties are actually longerhas won a $957,000 contract to lasting that typical creosoteprovide the U.S. Army with two treated wood railroad ties. b r i d g e s m a d e f r o m a Both the 40-foot and 80-foot thermoplastic composite and bridges to be built will each have recycled plastic, the company a high-loading rating of 130 tons, announced Wednesday evening. and be used to transport both The two bridges, which are locomotives and freight traffic, replacing old wooden ones, will according to Axion. be constructed at Fort Eustis in The location is significant. Fort Virginia from a proprietary Eustis is home to the U.S. Army Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:08:27 AM

Transportation Corps, the branch of the Army responsible for coordinating the movement of personnel and cargo. The Fort Eustis motto is Einstein's famous quote " Nothing happens, until

something moves." It's also the location of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum. But this is not the first military bridge to be made out of plastic by Axion for the military. The

Army has previously built plastic bridges for Fort Bragg and Camp Mackall in North Carolina using materials and structural design that allowed for a bearing load of 73 tons for tracked vehicles and 88 tons for cars and trucks. To demonstrate its strength a 70-ton M1A1 Abrams tank was driven across the bridge at its official unveiling in September. The design and engineering of the bridges is being be done by Parsons Brinckerhoff and Centennial Contractors Enterprises. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

NASA launches Web resource for 2012 predictions (CNET News.com) Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:26:00 AM

Over the past few weeks, we've heard more and more about 2012 when, according to some, the world will end. Responding to all that talk with a healthy dose of skepticism, scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have launched a Web page to dispel the myths surrounding the momentous occasion.

On an FAQ page called, " 2012: Beginning of the End or Why the World Won't End?" NASA wrote that much like the Y2K scare a decade ago, the end of the world won't come in 2012. "Impressive movie special effects aside, December 21, 2012, won't be the end of the world as we know," NASA scientists wrote on its 2012 page. "It will, however, be another winter solstice." According to NASA scientists, "nothing bad will happen to the

Earth in 2012." The scientists wrote on the page that "our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012." But it's further down on the page where the scientists bring out the big guns. They said although the myth surrounding 2012 contends planets will align and crash into Earth, "there are no planetary alignments in the next few

decades, Earth will not cross the galactic plane in 2012, and even if these alignments were to occur, their effects on the Earth would be negligible. Each December the Earth and sun align with the approximate center of the Milky Way galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence." In the end, it was a simple comment from NASA senior research scientist Don Yeomans that might sum up the agency's feelings on 2012: "There

Exploring the Non-Planet: Journey to the Rim of the Solar System By Hadley Leggett (Wired Top Stories)

In 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft finishes a 3-billionmile journey to the edge of the

solar system to get a closer look at Pluto. Astronomers think the most exciting discovery will be

something we haven't imagined.

apparently is a great deal of interest in celestial bodies, and their locations and trajectories at the end of the calendar year 2012. Now, I for one love a good book or movie as much as the next guy. But the stuff flying around through cyberspace, TV, and the movies is not based on science." This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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HACKED: Britney Spears Twitter Account Hijacked

Can A Moron Driving A Porsche Recognize The Difference Between The Car And A Pair Of Crocs?

By Ben Parr (Mashable!)

By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

likely, her account was hacked by someone and taken over. However, another possibility is UPDATE: Her Twitter account that someone that already has has been reverted, but with her access to the account decided to profile picture and background hijack it for some reason. stripped, most likely until the This is not the first time her Spears people can deal with the account has been compromised. situation. As one of the world’s most “I give myself to Lucifer every recognized celebs (and a top 10 Unless Britney Spears secretly day for it to arrive as quickly as Twitter user), she’s always going worships satan, it looks like her possible. Glory to Satan!” to be a target, which means it’s T w i t t e r a c c o u n t “i hope that the new world order even more imperative for the (@BritneySpears) has been will arrive as soon as possible! - people that manage Spears’ hijacked by hackers with hijinks Britney” account to work with Twitter to in mind. And here is an image of her improve her account’s security. About one hour ago, two new Twitter account as it now looks, We’ve contacted Twitter about tweets appeared in the Britney c o m p l e t e w i t h I l l u m i n a t i the situation and will update you Spears stream. In addition, her wallpaper (this was not the when we learn more, including profile picture and Twitter wallpaper she had an hour ago): whether other celebrity accounts background were altered. First, It’s tough to tell what exactly were affected. Reviews: Twitter here are the tweets: happened. We think that, most Tags: britney spears, twitter Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:41:40 AM

point out: Now few people would probably confuse Crocs Cayman sandal for the Porsche Cayman. Reader Sceptic alerts us to a new After all, one sells for $29.99 and lawsuit that seems perfect (on the other starts at $51,000. Of various levels) for the old "moron course, this is apparently taking in a hurry" trademark test. p l a c e i n G e r m a n y , a n d Automaker Porsche -- for drivers (tragically) the moron in a hurry in a hurry -- has sent a cease-and- test (as far as we know) has still desist letter to footwear maker only been used in the UK, the US C r o c s , c l a i m i n g t h a t t h e and Canada. But here's a perfect company's use of "Cayman" for opportunity for its introduction one of its shoes is a violation of (in a hurry) in Germany. Porche's trademark on the same Permalink| Comments| Email term. As the folks at Footnoted This Story Submitted at 11/12/2009 7:51:00 AM

Microsoft manager admits to copying 'Mac look and feel,' MS denies By Aron Trimble (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 11/11/2009 7:30:00 PM

Filed under: OS We've been saying it for years, but everyone thought that we Mac-heads had a chip on our shoulder from the once-sour relationship with Microsoft. Finally, however, the truth has come to light; a group manager from Microsoft has

gone on record and admitted the source of some of Windows 7's prettier bits and pieces. Simon Aldous sat down with PCR for an interview and when he was asked to comment on the agility of Redmond's latest operating system, he had this to say: "What we've tried to do with Windows 7 - whether it's traditional format or in a touch format - is create a Mac look and

feel." While I am glad that people at Microsoft are finally accepting the superiority of OS X, it still stung a little when Simon started to backtrack saying that Vista

was more stable than OS X. Update: It looks like the Windows team had a few things to say about Simon's earlier remarks, noting that "his comments were inaccurate and uninformed." It is, in my opinion, difficult to deny that the OS X Dock has had a positive impact on how people use their computers -- whether they be PCs or Macs. That being said, I'm glad Microsoft didn't take this

one lying down. [via Engadget] TUAW Microsoft manager admits to copying 'Mac look and feel,' MS denies originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Orange UK Sold 30,000 iPhones on Launch Day

Dobbs Didn't Exactly Quit

By Stan Schroeder (Mashable!)

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should compare Droid’s 100,000 to iPhone’s original launch day. And though iPhone still wins the Submitted at 11/12/2009 7:43:46 AM battle – around 270,000 units Well, this definitely puts were sold in the first 30 hours – Verizon’s 100,000 sold Droids Droid fares much better in that on its first weekend into comparison. perspective: Orange UK has Going back to Orange’s 30,000 announced it has sold 30,000 iPhones, it shows that iPhone is iPhones on the first day of and Orange still managed to sell still wildly popular, and that launch. 30,000 units on the first day. many customers haven’t picked it As Orange’s comms team man Take into account that Droid is a up yet simply because their Conor Maples tweeted after the completely new device, and US carrier of choice didn’t have it. launch, “Orange UK had sold is a much bigger market, and A s i P h o n e e x c l u s i v i t y more than 30k iPhones, smashing 100,000 units suddenly sounds agreements expire, driving what we believe is the previously rather puny. iPhone’s overall sales (which are published first day sales records However, it doesn’t mean that stellar to begin with) higher, for a phone in the UK!” 100,000 sold units is bad; it only Apple’s mobile phone market Think about it: iPhone (in its g o e s o n t o s h o w h o w share is bound to get even bigger. various iterations) has been flabbergastingly huge iPhone is. Tags: apple, iphone, orange uk around for over 2 years; it’s been Let’s add some perspective to present in the UK since 2007, these numbers. To be fair, one

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It turns out that financial analyst/nativist Lou Dobbs didn’t quit his CNN anchor job completely of his own volition. He was given an ultimatum by CNN president Jonathan Klein. Months ago the president of CNN/U.S., Jonathan Klein, offered a choice to Lou Dobbs, the channel’s most outspoken anchor. Mr. Dobbs could vent his opinions on radio and anchor an objective newscast on television, or he could leave CNN. For a time, Mr. Dobbs did tone down his TV rhetoric, but on Wednesday he made a more drastic decision: He chose

opinion. Mr. Dobbs told viewers that he was resigning from his CNN job immediately. Sitting before an image of an American flag on his studio set, he said “some leaders in media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond the role here at CNN and to engage in constructive problem solving as well as to contribute positively to the great understanding of the issues of our day.” UPDATE at 11/12/09 8:58:19 am: Dobbs’s replacement will be John King, current host of CNN’s Sunday program State of the Union.

Awaken 1.2 for iPhone adds options to alarm clock app By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

and more. Then I had kids, and Awaken slipped off my radar; the sound Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:00:00 AM of screaming is even more Filed under: Software, iPhone, effective (but less customizable) iPod touch A couple of years ago t h a n m y f a v o r i t e p o d c a s t . I used the Mac version of Therefore, I missed Awaken for Awaken from Embraceware to iPhone and iPod touch. Earlier get myself out of bed in the this week, Embraceware released morning. It's a well-done app that version 1.2 with a number of uses your computer as an alarm i m p r o v e m e n t s , i n c l u d i n g clock with lots of programmable landscape mode, new "8-bit" and options, a tidy full-screen mode "Classic LCD" display mode (I'm

loving the 8-bit), and three new flashlight modes, including a clever CF bulb for the ecoanxious. Shake the phone to turn the flashlight on and off. As is the case for all third-party iPhone

alarm clocks, the app needs to be running to activate the alarm (you can use sleep mode to drift off to music). There's much more to version 1.2 which you can check out here, including some pesky bugs squashed. Awaken for iPhone and iPod touch is available now [ iTunes link] for $1.99US. And if that won't get you out of bed, try having some kids. TUAW Awaken 1.2 for iPhone

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Clicker Launches with Premium TV Content from Netflix and Amazon

Underdog Planet: Why We Love Pluto

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Television search engine startup Clicker.com has been in private beta for several months, and sees its public launch today. Positioning itself as a “TV Guide for television content online,” Clicker has indexed over 400,000 episodes from 7000 television shows, making it a veritable one stop shop for finding legallyavailable TV shows online. With the full launch the site also incorporates indexed premium content from two major partners: Netflix and Amazon. And in response to feedback received during the beta test, the playlisting feature will see a

major upgrade. The company describes the new update as “Tivo for the internet,” with the ability to queue up shows to watch, set up season passes, and get alerts when new episodes become available online. Other new features since the beta include a 33% bump in content indexed, Facebook Connect integration, the ability to add commentary on episodes, related

search suggestions for finding content similar to what you already like, and an interesting “search within” function that lets you find episodes that contain specific topics or people within individual shows. If you’ve had a chance to check out Clicker during the beta, let us know what you think of the service and the improvements made since the beta. If you’ve been hankering for an invite, you can now head on over and sign up for the site directly. Is Clicker a useful entertainment guide for internet television? Tags: amazon, clicker, internet, netflix, television, tv

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Apple Adds Some

Alan Boyle, author of The Case for Pluto, talks with Wired Transparency to App Science about why Pluto matters, Store Approvals [App how the former planet got Store] demoted, and what might be in By Whitson Gordon its future. (Lifehacker) Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:00:00 AM

Even in media capital, plenty willing to pirate (CNET News.com) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:46:00 AM

New York is the center of book publishing, all four music labels have headquarters here and the country's largest general newspaper is The New York Times. But even here, plenty appear unwilling to pay for media. " New York" magazine conducted an apparently

unscientific poll of 100 pedestrians found in Manhattan's SoHo district and it revealed some startling and humorous results. Few of those polled are willing to pay for The New York Times. Asked whether they subscribe to the paper, 79 said no. Asked how much they would be willing to pay to read the paper online, 63 percent said "nothing." To the question of how charging a fee to

read the paper online would affect the Times, 65 answered that it would make it less successful. The good news for the music industry was that 34 of the respondents say they pay for all their music. The bad news is that 61 acknowledged obtaining at least some of their music illegally. As for downloading TV shows illegally via BitTorrent files, 7 of

those polled said "all the time." 5 said never." 38 said only if they miss a show on TV. 12 asked "What the hell is a torrent?" When it came to books, the respondents were much more willing to pay and don't appear to be Kindle fans. Check it out. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

There's been a lot of controversy surrounding Apple and their practice regarding the iPhone App Store, like multiple app bannings (including the Google Voice fiasco), inconsistent rules, and a lack of communication with developers. A few days ago, Apple decided to take a step in the right direction concerning the latter point (albeit a small step), giving developers the ability to see the status of their submitted apps. When they log into the Dev Center, they can see if their app is "in review," "waiting for review," or "ready for sale," complete with a timestamp for when that status was updated. It's very simple, and, like I said, a small step—but hopefully a step in the right direction, nonetheless. Now let's just get Google Voice approved already. Apple Begins Fixing the iPhone App Store Approval Process[Mashable]

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More HD movies hit iTunes' virtual shelves By Erica Sadun (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

Prosecutors Claim 'Innocence Project' Journalism Students Paid Witnesses By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

(found via Romenesko). Of course, reading the details, it's Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:00:00 AM not so clear cut. The students Last month, we thought it was admit that they paid for the guy's Filed under: iTS, Apple TV quite excessive that states' cab fare, but it sounds like there Apple has added many new HD attorneys in Illinois were asking was money left over from the movie titles to iTunes, according for all sorts of information on the cash they gave the cabbie, and he to former TUAWian David students who were involved in gave it to the interview subject Chartier's post for Macworld. the Medill Innocence Project -- a (who then used it to buy drugs). David, who is an HD-aficionado, journalism school investigative That certainly makes it a little noticed that the iTunes Store just reporting effort that has helped more clear as to why prosecutors recently stocked both classic and TV units that were not available f r e e w r o n g l y c o n v i c t e d were looking for more info, but it new release HD movies, bringing to rent from the normal iTunes individuals. The prosecutors still seems like the overall the HD movie collection to Store. It's unclear at this time were asking for information on request went beyond what was nearly 300 titles. whether Apple will continue this the students' grades and private reasonable. It certainly looks The new HD content is sold at a policy of exclusive Apple TV notes, which seemed to go more like an intimidation tactic premium price (typically $20), rentals, or will expand the iTunes beyond what seemed reasonable. than any attempt to get to the and as far as we can tell that store-based rental system to However, now the prosecutors bottom of the case. pricing stands regardless of match the Apple TV offerings. are claiming that the students Permalink| Comments| Email whether or not the movies offer TUAW More HD movies hit may have paid witnesses for their This Story iTunes Extras. A few titles, iTunes' virtual shelves originally interviews, which could raise mostly items that were already appeared on The Unofficial questions about their authenticity available on iTunes, sell for less - Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, - such as Terminator 2 [ iTunes 12 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST. link] for just $13. Please see our terms for use of Until now, Apple has offered feeds. some of its HD content as Read| Permalink| Email this| exclusive Apple TV rentals. Comments Items could be rented from Apple By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) character was ultimately rejected. Luckily there's still footage of the The Droidie community looks at tethering Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:50:00 AM scenes. (Scripting News) http://droidie.com/2009/11/10/ca Apparently there was a big video They should have given Jimmy n-android-tether-today-for-0- game released yesterday. Galaga more time to get out of his outfit Submitted at 11/11/2009 11:51:07 AM extra/ or something? Last night Jimmy though. And gets the answer. Blogging at it's besssst. Fallon disclosed that he filmed [Watch clips and episodes of scenes for the game but the Late Night and other shows at Submitted at 11/12/2009 4:40:00 AM

John King to Replace Lou Dobbs on Weekdays At CNN By Bill Gorman (TVbytheNumbers) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:27:16 AM

Following yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s news that Lou Dobbs had stepped down at CNN. John King will replace Lou Dobbs at 7 p.m., beginning early next year, CNN said Thursday. via Broadcasting & Cable. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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Windows Mobile Users Apple previews Broadway store for Get an Online App press Store By Michael Rose (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

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Users of Windows Mobile devices have a new way to browse apps: their web browser. Microsoft has rolled out the Windows Marketplace for Mobile website, where users can browse, purchase, and download applications, which are then delivered to their handset. As Microsoft explains, “we’ve heard great feedback on the Marketplace experience on Windows phones, sometimes people just want the benefits of a shopping on a PC.” Those benefits obviously would be the speed of using your Internet connection versus your wireless carrier, and the convenience of using a web browser versus a mobile browser. The interface doesn’t appear all

Filed under: Retail It's scheduled to open to the public on Saturday morning, but Apple gave a sneak peek of its newest US retail outlet to press and photographers this morning -- no, I wasn't invited, and yes, I did ask nicely. Gothamist is there, though, and snapping some snazzy pictures of the grand glass roof and huge sales space. The word that comes to mind is 'dramatic,' and then the next word that comes to mind is

that different from iTunes and its app store, sans the download and a few tens of thousands of applications. In addition to categories, you can check out popular and new apps, plus your purchase history. Windows Mobile users, will you use the web version of your app store? Users of other mobile platforms: do you want your (CNET News.com) smartphone provider of choice to Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:17:00 AM offer a similar option? Let us know in the comments. Boxee Box: more fun than Tags: microsoft, Mobile 2.0, kittens?(Credit: daveyp.com) windows mobile Even though Hulu Desktop and other software have stolen its thunder a little, we love Boxee. It was one of the first and best ways to browse streaming media from multiple outlets on a big screen, and we like its indie spirit, even (Reuters) 9 s e c o n d s a g o 2 0 0 9 - 1 1 - though some content providers have given it a hard time. 12T09:47:26-08:00 This content has passed through Rumors of a Boxee Box--an actual piece of hardware to free fivefilters.org. the software from a PC--have been floating for a while, but it's becoming real very soon, according to the Boxee blog.

'big.' How big is this new store? Ron Johnson tells the site that the ground floor could fit eleven of the iconic glass cubes from the

5th Ave store. Yowza. More pictures here from ifoAppleStore cover the store's unveiling. If you're planning to attend the store opening on Saturday, drop us a line or send in a link to your photos & videos. TUAW Apple previews Broadway store for press originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Phil buzzed up: The anti-swine flu holy water dispenser

Boxee's first hardware partner has been found, and we are already guessing as to what the Boxee Box will have inside. More importantly, how will it compare with Roku? Or, could it possibly be... A launch event on December 7

in Brooklyn will give a lot more details including mock-ups, and CNET will be there. Look for more then. Until that day, enjoy the kittens. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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the Times said they fear major changes and that the Moon family feud that’s driving the TPM’s Ben Frumin reports that paper’s turmoil could lead to the the Washington Times may be on Times shutting down in the the brink of a shutdown: Is The coming months — with some Washington Times’ Continued suggesting that Preston Moon, Operation In Jeopardy? the reverend’s son who serves as Things seem to be going from c h a i r m a n o f N e w s W o r l d bad to worse at the Washington Communications, the parent T i m e s . A n d t h e c o n t i n u e d company of the Washington operation of the newspaper, Times, came close to that which is owned by Rev. Sun decision last weekend. Myung Moon’s Unification Others believe the paper, with its Church, seems to be in serious relatively modest circulation, doubt. could pursue an online-only There’s already been plenty of strategy to harness its growth in speculation that the paper might that area. They also remain fold or go online-only. Sources at pleased with the new Washington Submitted at 11/11/2009 11:40:04 AM

Times radio network. And the paper itself reported this week that “an independent assessment and leadership team has been organized to address the practicalities of daily operations, and ultimately, the future sustainability of the news organization.” Still, acting president and publisher Jonathan Slevin told Times employees that “there are no plans to shut the company down.” Slevin did not return a phone call seeking comment today, and declined to talk to TPM when we reached him yesterday.

Will Levi Johnston and Sarah Palin Sit at Same Table for Thanksgiving? (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:44:00 AM

ET has the latest... Levi Johnston responded to claims Sarah Palin reportedly made during her visit to "The Oprah Winfrey Show." While in New York to accept the award for "Crossover Star" at the Fleshbot Awards, Johnston revealed whether Palin has extended an invitation for him to join her family's Thanksgiving feast. He said, "Not that I know of. I haven't heard it."

EasyBCD Makes Tweaking Your Windows Bootloader a Snap [Downloads] By Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)

something that could be difficult to undo. For additional information you can visit the Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:30:00 AM EasyBCD wiki. Windows Vista/Windows 7: If Note: Although we didn't have you're running multiple operating any problems doing some minor systems—and if you weren't tweaks on our test machine with before the release of Windows 7 the current public release of you most likely are EasyBCD, if you're doing any now—EasyBCD is an simple heavy overhauling you'll want to application for tweaking your play it safe and download the bootloader through a clean GUI beta release. The beta officially and well-detailed prompts. enabling PAE mode or run with with a bootloader, EasyBCD supports Windows 7 and is With EasyBCD you can edit the the debug process enabled. makes the process fairly simple. available here. names of entries, add and remove EasyBCD includes support for By default the application is in Have a boot-related trick or entries onto the bootloader menu, adding Windows, Linux, Mac, basic mode instead of expert tweak? Let's hear about it in the change the timeout on the NeoGrub, and WinPE loaders. mode—in expert mode it won't comments. EasyBCD is freeware bootloader selection menu, and and works with Windows Vista If this is your first time tinkering prompt you if you're doing tweak boot-related items like and up. EasyBCD[via gHacks]

Make Yourself Eligible for an Office 2010 Starter Beta [Office 2010] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:00:00 AM

Microsoft Office 2010 will offer a free, ad-supported "Starter" edition, in addition to its regular, rather pricey offerings. Beta invites are already going out, and you can increase your chances at a spot by filling out a quick online survey. By quick, we mean three minutes or less. The survey asks what type of computers you use at home, what kind of internet connection you have, and whether you've used Office in the past six months. Intriguingly, it also asks if you've used Google Docs or OpenOffice in the same time period. Filling out the survey won't guarantee a place in the 2010 Starter beta program, but it certainly won't hurt, if you're itching for a chance to give it a go. Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Program Nomination Form[Microsoft via Digital Inspiration]

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Dual-Boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu in Perfect Harmony [Dual Boot] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)

installs on a clean system; more if you've got a lot of data to move around.

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Windows 7 and Ubuntu, despite their opposing missions, can get along like best pals on a single computer. Here's how to set up a dual boot system that lets you enjoy the best of both worlds in perfect harmony. By default, Windows 7 takes over your boot-up process and wants to be your only OS, and Linux treats Windows like a weekend hobby you keep in a shed somewhere on your hard drive. But I've been dual-booting Ubuntu and some version of Windows 7 for nearly a year, and I've learned a lot about inconveniences, annoyances, and file-sharing necessities, and now I'll walk you through how to set up your systems to achieve a peaceful union of your dual-boot OSes. (Both with Windows 7 already installed, and with a clean system ready for a new dual-OS existence.) Follow through this guide, and I'll explain how to rebuild a system from the ground up with Windows 7 and Ubuntu, with either a backed-up and cleanedout hard drive (recommended) or Windows 7 already installed. When we're done, you can work and play in either operating system, quickly and conveniently access your documents, music, pictures, and other files without

worry or inconvenience, and boot into either system without having to worry about whether Windows is going to get mad at you. Plus, when Ubuntu 10.04 or Windows 8 come along, you'll find it much easier to install either one without having to start over entirely from scratch. What you'll need • Windows 7 installation disc: For clean installations, either a full installation copy or an upgrade disc is needed. If you own an upgrade disc but want to start from scratch, there's a way to do a clean install with an upgrade disc, though that's a

rather gray-area route. Then again, there's probably not a person on this earth that doesn't have a licensed copy of XP or Vista somewhere in their past. • Ubuntu 9.10 installation image: You can grab an ISO at Ubuntu.com, or hit "Alternative download options" to reveal a (usually very fast) BitTorrent link. You'll want to get the ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386.iso download for 32-bit systems, or ubuntu-9.10-desktopamd64.iso.torrent for 64-bit on AMD or Intel systems (despite the name). • Blank CD or empty USB drive:

You'll need one of these for burning the Ubuntu ISO, or loading it for USB boot. If you're going the thumb drive route, grab UNetBootin for Windows or Linux, plug in your USB drive, and load it with the downloaded ISO image. • All your data backed up: Even if you're pulling this off with Windows 7 already installed and your media and documents present, you'll want to have a fallback in case things go awry. Which they shouldn't, but, natuarlly, you never know. • Free time: I'd reckon it takes about 2 hours to pull off two OS

Setting up your hard drive If you've got nothing installed on your system, or you've got your data backed up and you're ready to start from scratch, you're in a great position--skip down to the "Partition your system" section. If you've got Windows already installed, you can still make a spot for Ubuntu, though. (Only) If Windows is already installed: You're going to "shrink" the partition that Windows 7 installed itself on. Before we do that, clean out any really unnecessary applications and data from your system (we like Revo Uninstaller for doing this). Also, open up "Computer" and take note of how much space remains on your main hard drive, presumably labeled "C:". Head to the Start menu, type "disk management" into the search box, and hit Enter. Windows 7 probably put two partitions on your hard drive: one, about 100 MB in size, holding system restoration data. We don't want to touch it. Rightclick on the bigger partition to the right, and choose Shrink Partition. After a little bit of hard drive activity and a "Please wait" DUAL-BOOT page 31

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window, you'll get back the size you can shrink your Windows partition by. If the space Windows offers doesn't jibe with what your Computer view told you was "remaining," you might need to hit Cancel, then head back and defragment your hard drive, and take some of the steps laid out by the How-To Geek. Run the Disk Management tool again and try a Shrink Volume operation again, and free up as much space as you can. Partition your system: You're aiming to set up a system with three partitions, or sections, to its hard drive: One lean partition for the Windows operating system and applications running from it, another just-big-enough partition for Ubuntu and its own applications, and then a much larger data partition that houses all the data you'll want access to from either one. Documents, music, pictures, application profiles—it all goes in another section I'll call "Storage" for this tutorial. How do you get there? We're going to use GParted, the Linuxbased uber-tool for all things hard drive. You could grab the Live CD if you felt like it, but since you've already downloaded an Ubuntu installer, you can simply boot a "live," no-risk session of Ubuntu from your CD or USB stick and run GParted from there. Once you're inside Ubuntu, head to the System menu in the upper left when you get to a desktop, then choose the

Administration menu and GParted under it. You'll see your system's hard drive and its partitions laid out. You're going to create partitions for Linux and your storage space, but not Windows—we'll let the Windows installation carve out its own recovery partition and operating space. On my own system, I give Windows 15 GB of unallocated space, and Ubuntu another 15 GB of space right after it, with whatever's left kept as storage space. Then again, I've only got a 100 GB hard drive and don't run huge games or applications, so you can probably give your two operating systems a bit more space to grow. Click on the unallocated space and hit the "New" button at the far left. In the "Free space preceding" section, click and hold the up button, or enter a number of megabytes, to leave space for Windows at the front. When you've got the "space preceding" set, set the actual size of the Ubuntu partition in the "New Size" section, and leave "Free space following" alone. Choose "unformatted" under file system—we'll let Ubuntu do the format itself and hit "Add." Back at the main GParted window, click on the space to the right of your two OS spaces, hit "New" again, and set the file system as "ntfs." Give it a label like "Storage," hit "Add," and at the main GParted window, hit the checkmark button to apply your changes. Once its done, exit out of GParted and shut down the

system from the pull-down menu in the upper-right corner. If Windows is already installed: If you've shrunk down its partition for free space and booted into a live Ubuntu or GParted, click on the "Unallocated" piece next to the two "ntfs" partitions that represent your Windows 7 installation and system recovery tools. Create a 15(-ish) GB unformatted partition, and give it a label like Ubuntu. If you've got a good deal of space left, format it as "ntfs" and label it something like "Storage." If can just barely fit the Ubuntu partition, you can just keep your media files in the Windows partition—until you can remedy this with a full wipeand-install down the line. Experienced Linux geeks might be wondering where the swap space is going—but don't worry, we'll create one, just not in its own partition. Installing and configuring Windows Grab your Windows 7 installation disc—either a full copy or modified upgrade disc, and insert it into your DVD drive. If your system isn't set up to boot from CD or DVD drive, look for the button to press at start-up for "Boot options" or something similar, or hit up your system maker's help guides to learn how to change your boot order in the BIOS settings. Follow through the Windows 7 installation, being sure to choose "Custom" for the installation method and to point it at that unallocated space we created at

the beginning of your hard disk, not the NTFS-formatted media/storage space we made earlier: Work your way through the Windows 7 installation, all the way until you reach the Windows desktop. Feel free to set up whatever programs or apps you want, but what we really want to do is set up your Storage partition to house your pictures, music, video, and other files, and make your Libraries point to them. Hit the Start menu, click Computer, and double-click on the hard drive named "Storage" (assuming you named it that earlier). In there, right-click and create new folders (or hit Ctrl+Shift+N) for the files you'll be using with both systems. I usually create folders labeled Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos—I could also see folders for saved games and data files from big software packages. Copy your media files into these folders now, if you'd like, but we've got a bit more tweaking to pull off. In the left-hand sidebar, you'll see your "Libraries" for documents, music, pictures, and video. At the moment, they point to your Public shared folders and the My Pictures-type folders on your main Windows drive. Click once on any of the Libraries, and at the top of the main panel, you'll see text stating that this library "Includes: 2 locations ...". Click the blue text on "2 locations," then click on each of

the folders below and hit "Remove" on the right-hand side. Now hit "Add" and select the corresponding folder on your Storage drive. Do the same for all your music, pictures, videos, and other media folders. Want to add another library for quick access? Right-click somewhere on the desktop, choose New->Library, and follow the steps. That's about it for Windows. Now get your Ubuntu CD or USB stick ready and insert it in your system. Ignore whatever auto-play prompts appear, and restart your system. Installing and configuring Ubuntu Restart your computer, this time booting from your Ubuntu Live CD or USB boot drive. When your system boots up, choose your language, select "Try Ubuntu without any changes to your computer," and you'll boot into a "live" desktop, run entirely off the CD or USB stick. Once you're booted up, try connecting to the internet from the network icon in the upper-right—it helps during the installation process, ensures your network is working, and gives you something to do (Firefox) while the system installs. Click the "Install" link on the desktop, and fill out the n e c e s s a r y language/location/keyboard info (most U.S. users can skip through the first 3 screens). When you hit the "Prepare disk space" section, DUAL-BOOT page 32

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select the "Specify partitions manually" option, then hit Forward. Select the free space that's after your first two Windows partitions with ntfs formats, then hit the "Add" button at bottom. Your partition should already be sized correctly, and the only thing to change is set "/" as a mount point. Here's what your screen should look like: Click OK, then finish through with the Ubuntu installation. If it catches your Windows 7 installation, it might ask if you want to import settings from inside it—you can, if you'd like, but I usually skip this. Wait for the installation to finish, remove the CD or thumb drive, and reboot your system. When you start up again, you'll see a list of OS options. The only ones you need concern yourself with are Windows 7 and the topmost Ubuntu line. You can prettify and fix up this screen, change its settings, and modify its order later on. For now, let's head into Ubuntu. We're going to make the same kind of folder access change we did in Windows. Click up on the "Places" menu, choose "Home Folder," and check out the lefthand sidebar. It's full of links to Documents, Pictures, and the like, but they all point to locations inside your home folder, on the Linux drive that

Windows can't read. Click once on any of those folder, then rightclick and hit Remove. You should see your "Storage" partition in the left-hand sidebar, but without that name—more like "100GB filesystem." Doubleclick it, type in the administrator password you gave when installing, and you'll see your Documents, Music, etc. Click and drag those folders into the space where the other folders were, and now you'll have access to them from the "Places" menu, as well as any file explorer window you have open. Ubuntu won't "mount," or make available, your Windows 7 and Storage drives on boot-up, however, and we at least want constant access to the Storage drive. To fix that, head to Software Sources in the System>Administration menu. From there go to Applications, then the Ubuntu Software Center at the bottom. Under the "Ubuntu Software" and "Updates" sections, add a check to the unchecked sources, like Restricted, Multiverse, Proposed, and Backports. Hit "Close," and agree to Reload your software sources. Finally! Head to the Applications menu and pick the Ubuntu Software Center. In there, search for "ntfs-config," and double-click on the NTFS Configuration Tool that's the first result. Install it, then close the

Software Center. If you've got the "Storage" or Windows 7 partitions mounted, head to any location in Places and then click the eject icon next to those drives in the left-hand sidebar. Now head to the System>Administration menu and pick the NTFS Configuration Tool. You'll see a few partitions listed, likely as/dev/sda1,/dev/sda2, and the like. If you only want your storage drive, it should be listed as/dev/sda3 or something similar-just not the first or second options. Check the box for "Add," click in the "Mount point" column to give it a name (Storage, perhaps?), and hit "Apply." Check both boxes on the next window to allow read/write access, and hit OK, and you're done. Now the drive with all your stuff is accessible to Windows and Linux at all times. Adding swap to Ubuntu "Swap" memory is a section of the hard drive that your system's memory spills over into when it gets full and busy. Until recently, I'd been creating a whole separate partition for it. Recently, though, I've found that swap isn't always necessary on systems with large amount of memory, and that swap can simply be a file tucked away on your hard drive somewhere. Follow the Ubuntu help wiki's instructions for adding more swap, but consider changing the

location they suggest putting the swap file—/mnt/swap/ for the place your Storage is held—/media/Storage, in my case. Share Firefox profiles and more That's about it for this guide to setting up a harmonious Windows and Ubuntu existence, but I recommend you also check out our previous guide to using a single data store when dualbooting. It explains the nittygritty of sharing Firefox, Thunderbird, and Pidgin profiles between Linux and Windows for a consistent experience, as well as a few other dual-boot tricks. You might also want to consider creating virtual machines with VirtualBox for those moments when you're in one OS and need to get at the other. Ubuntu is free to create as many instances as you want, of course, and Windows 7 (Professional and Ultimate) are very friendly with non-activated copies—not that either can't be otherwise activated in cases where it's just a double-use issue. What'd I miss that makes Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 get along even better? What needs clarifying or fixing? Tell us your questions and solutions in the comments.

Lou Dobbs Departs CNN By Bill Gorman (TVbytheNumbers) Submitted at 11/11/2009 3:44:16 PM

Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views made him a TV lightning rod, plans to announce Wednesday that he is leaving the network, two network employees said. via Media Decoder Blog – NYTimes.com. In the 7pm cable news ratings race, Lou Dobbs Tonight usually trailed The Fox Report substantially, but was typically close to that hour’s Hardball w/ Chris Matthews. Yesterday, it was CNN’s #3 primetime show in the adults 25-54 demo targeted by news advertisers. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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Lower Your Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs by Asking [Health]

Chuck Wicks Acknowledges Break Up Rumors with Julianne Hough

By Sarah Rae Trover (Lifehacker)

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Even if you've got medical insurance, a bill with your name on it can still end up in your mailbox after a visit to the doctor. Stacy Johnson, author of the book Life or Debt, shares how to lessen your out-of-pocket cost. Photo by Brittany G Doctors, like many businesses around the country, depend on your patronage to keep their practices alive, and quite often they're willing to work with you

on the cost of procedures, tests, and services they offer. Johnson has this to say on the matter: If your health insurance provider agrees to pay 80% of covered procedures, that generally means

they'll pay 80% of what they think is reasonable for that procedure, not 80% of whatever it costs. So find out what your insurance company is willing to pay and if your doctor can do it

for that amount. Asking a doctor to meet or lower the price to closer to what your insurance will cover, although bold, is a good way to cut corners on your medical bill. Chances are you can't haggle your way into a free set of X-rays, you still have some freedom to ask for a lower price. Even if they turn you down on the discount, it's still worth your time to ask next time you find yourself in the ever-dashing backless gown. Way to Save #65: Don't Let Your Doctor Cost You[Money Talks News]

Country music star Chuck Wicks took a break from his duties as ET's special correspondent at the CMA's Wednesday night to acknowledge the rumors that are circulating about his relationship ending with Julianne Hough. He told ET exclusively, "Obviously there's been a lot of rumors about Julianne and I and our breakup and what's going on with that, but tonight is about the music." "Julianne and I are going to address what's going on in our personal life together. I think that's the only right way to do it and we'll make a statement on that. But tonight, I'm hosting with ET, we're rocking it, we're doing it. Julianne is actually my date or selected text with a status bar tonight, so it's all good man. click. There's also a JetWave We're going to have a good time n o t i f i e r f o r G o o g l e W a v e and we will address it together, messages, and a sidebar tweak, but right now we're going to have Thumbtabs, that offers Opera- a lot of fun," he continued. like visual browser tab thumbnails in a pop-out sidebar. Found a favorite JetPack to share? We'd love to see the link in the comments. JetPack Gallery[Mozilla Labs via Download Squad]

JetPack Gallery Opens with No-Restart-Needed Firefox Extensions [Firefox] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Submitted at 11/12/2009 7:00:00 AM

JetPack, the Firefox add-on system that uses only HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, has opened up its own gallery of apps. The pickings aren't exactly plush, but there's some neat stuff that doesn't require a restart to try out. JetPack, as we've previously summed it up, falls somewhere between the site-specific scripts of GreaseMonkey and full-blown Firefox add-ons. They can add to

Firefox's chrome and bring up dialogs if you've got JetPack installed, but they don't require a total browser restart or compatibility check to

installâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just a site refresh. At the gallery, you can install JetPack and try out some neat stuff, like the GTranslatifier, which can translate entire pages

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Twitter Data Dump: InfoChimps Puts 1B Connections Up For Sale By Marshall Kirkpatrick (ReadWriteWeb)

putting on sale: Tweet #38 in the History of Twitter: "oh this is going to be Submitted at 11/11/2009 9:57:12 PM addictive" - by@dom Data extracted from 500 million • Hashtags, links and smiley Twitter messages was released emoticons used across Twitter on today by a tiny Texas startup an hour by hour basis. company that forward-looking • @ messages, RT and favorites geeks have been watching for a and who they came from - 1 year. Austin-based Infochimps Billion relations making what the announced this afternoon that it company calls a "conversation is now selling two important and metric." very large sets of Twitter data. • A useful if less exciting set of Limited samples of the data are data that will help developers available for free and a third, map user ID numbers from most important, set of data still s e a r c h . t w i t t e r o v e r t o t h e won't be ready for a few more different ID numbers used in the hours. primary Twitter API. These "What we want is to see people systems were never merged and use this to build web apps," it can require a lot of API calls to Infochimps co-founder Flip merge user data. Kromer told us today. "You take this data, mash it up with any The company believes it is other very large corpus of data capturing about 10% of the total with timestamps - and you've got data on Twitter right now but a web app." Kromer says that he believes he Sponsor can ramp that up to 30%. Data This is particular, extracted data As a Pot of Gold though - not the full text of InfoChimps is a bulk data Tweets. "We're trying to be marketplace with more than 5000 careful," Kromer says, "we are data sets in its catalog so far. not yet exposing the contents of The vast majority are free and tweets." And this data isn't were added by the company's cheap, if you want the numbers own staff, but not all. The broken out by the hour instead of decades-old polling firm Zogby the month. International, for example, is This is a very big move because selling some Iraqi polling data most developers struggle to get through InfoChimps. Crossaccess to a large quantity of data reference that polling data with from Twitter. publicly available data about Here's what InfoChimps is civilian casualties in Iraq and you

"83% of all households are online today and 92% of likely voters, so with online polling we are today about where the country was with telephone penetration can see some interesting patterns, when telephone surveys started. I n f o C h i m p s ' P R r e p J o s h Social networking is not as Dilworth told us. ( Dilworth is representative as online access known as the most data-savvy PR [ i n g e n e r a l ] y e t , b u t I ' m guy in the Web 2.0 world and comfortable with caveats: that also represents Wolfram Alpha you can do a random sampling, so long as you claim that's what and Twine.) The company hopes that it can your universe is, as long as you sell the data derived from sitting d o n ' t e x t r a p o l a t e t o a l l It has on the Twitter API as a Americans, etc. demonstration of the value that tremendous, tremendous value. this and other data sets have. "I know that the landline era is InfoChimps says it can help coming to an end - not today or companies monetize data that tomorow but we've got to find they'd otherwise be paying to new and different ways of doing serve up through repeated API our work. It's the same kind of cross roads as the 70's when we calls, if at all. From sentiment analysis(not yet moved away from the door to an option with the current door, mail-in the results, to the InfoChimps data set) to social land lines. graph discovery(definitely an " O n l i n e , f r a n k l y j u s t l i k e o p t i o n ) , w e ' v e w r i t t e n telephone, doesn't have the extensively here before about the minority population, but for impacts that social data could market surveys you may be have on business, social and looking for a different kind of political policies in the future. consumer. John Zogby, founder of polling "We know that the landline firm Zogby International, talked phone is pushing us away, we to us at length (in a separate know that we can't use the phone interview several months cellphone in the same way, and ago) about the value of using we know that we've got to online social networks to reinvent this industry [of measure public opinion. "We've measuring public opinion]. been particularly known for W h a t ' s h a p p e n i n g a r e innovating and polling new simultaneous new technologies and at the same time growing technologies," he said.

penetration of these new technologies. We're riding a bucking bronco." Use Cases The conversation metric data InfoChimps is selling is the most exciting to me. Imagine a 3rd party app using historical social conversation data to filter Twitter or other messages based on the strongest social connections that I or other people have. Imagine, for example, social Q&A service Aardvark combining the Twitter Lists API with this InfoChimps data set for a scenario like this: "You have a question about stock options? How would you like us to find a person who knows about that, is regularly conversed -with by people on Robert Scoble's Twitter list of Venture Capitalists and is available right now?" That sounds pretty great to me. The possible applications are many. "I see Twitter as a data acquisition device for what people talk about and how they relate to each other," InfoChimps' Kromer says. Right now InfoChimps is selling the hashtag and link dataset for $8,000 and the social metric data set for $9500. Eventually the company will likely move to a subscription model. How They Got the Data How did InfoChimps get the data? The company hits the TWITTER page 37

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How Demand Media Produces 4,000 Pieces of Content a Day By Richard MacManus (ReadWriteWeb)

Amazon, eBay, Apple. Think about that: how many of you had heard of Demand Media Submitted at 11/12/2009 3:10:00 AM before this year? Amazon, eBay In August we reviewed Demand and Apple are all household M e d i a , o n e o f t h e l a r g e s t names. Demand Media (along producers of content on the Web with another fast-growing mega today. Wired Magazine recently content site, Answers.com) compared Demand Media's could be a household name soon content business to Henry Ford's too, if its current growth rate production line for cars. Demand continues. Media currently produces 4,000 Behind this remarkable growth new pieces of content a day. is a very large output of content What's more, it's increasingly each and every day, fueled by syndicating this content to media thousands of freelance writers sites outside of its own network and content creators. of vertical websites. In other So how does Demand Media w o r d s , D e m a n d M e d i a i s produce so much content every becoming a very large content day? 4,000 new articles a day is a production factory for third party quantum leap above the 20-30 sites such as Yahoo. new posts a day that the most In this follow-up post, we dive feverish of professional blogs deeper into Demand Media's p u m p o u t . A b o u t D e m a n d content production model - and S t u d i o s ask questions about the quality of Demand Media produces so the output. much content with a system it Sponsor calls Demand Studios. It's a This article is based on an proprietary editorial system interview I conducted with which is part human-processed s e v e r a l D e m a n d M e d i a and part automated. executives, including founder The system starts with an Richard Rosenblatt, at the Web automated process, crunching 2.0 Summit in September. Will data and running it through an D e m a n d M e d i a S o o n b e a algorithm to identify story ideas Household Name? that have the best chance of In our previous posts, we've success. The algorithm factors in noted that Demand Media is audience type, ability to attract rapidly rising up the comScore advertising and potential for list of the top 50 web properties traffic. in the U.S.- in July it was #24, in For a written piece of content, September it was #15. At this human editors will then check the rate, Demand Media will soon be top story contenders. Potential one of the top 10 Web properties titles are placed into a pool for in the U.S. - right up there with writer selection. Once a writer

picks up a story, it gets written up, goes through a fact checking and copy editing process (including a plagiarism check), and finally the editorial team approves the completed article. The article is eventually published and the writer gets paid. This is a simplification of the Demand Studios process, which happens 4,000 times every day! The system appears to be an efficient mix of automation and human labor. As we'll see on Page 2 of this post, the editorial process isn't foolproof. But even so, the scale of this system is impressive. As at the end of October, Demand Studios had created more than one million original pieces of content, both text articles and videos. There are more than 6,000 active Demand Studios freelance creators including writers, filmmakers, title proofers, copy editors. In my meeting with Demand Media executives at the recent Web 2.0 Summit, I was told that an average of 11 people- and 15

unique roles- touch a piece of content as it flows through Demand Studios. The company argues that this, along with community rating of content, produces quality content. But does it, actually? Next Page: The Quality Question... Demand Media: Is This Really Quality Content? Demand Media is sensitive to criticism of the quality of its content. It's a question that ReadWriteWeb has raised a few times and which Wired picked up on in its October profile. At the end of that article, Wired noted that Demand Media is "trying to place a new emphasis on quality." However it concludes by saying that Demand Media is "not moving far from [the] Henry Ford model." I asked Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt about this criticism. Bristling, he responded by pointing to two things. Firstly Rosenblatt claimed that many of Demand Media's content creators are professionals. He said that 75% of them have been published in magazines or newspapers, 25% have written a book, and 25% have held professional marketing roles. Example of Demand Media content, on Yahoo! network site 'Shine.' Secondly, Rosenblatt noted that Demand Media content creators have choices in the market - but they choose to work for Demand Media. What's more, Rosenblatt said

that "quality is based on relevance" - a quote he attributed to Wired editor Chris Anderson, who wrote the books The Long Tail and Free. Who then are these people that write and shoot video for Demand Media? They're professional freelancers and they're paid anywhere from $1530 per piece of content. This isn't a great deal of money for a freelance article. But according to Demand Media, there are hundreds of such freelancers earning thousands of dollars per month from Demand Studios (although this would be the top of the range). 4,000 New Articles Per Day - What Percentage is High Quality? The trouble with the term 'quality' is that it's both variable and subjective. I've seen examples of Demand Media work that are poor - e.g. this eHow article about how to get Twitter followers. Step 3 reads as follows: "Engage in discussions. If someone on your timeline says something interesting or says something that you can put input into, do it. There's nothing worse than Twitter followers who follows for no reason. Even if you don't get responses some of the time, it doesn't hurt to try and the people you're following will know you're attemption to converse and are more likely to follow you back." HOW page 36

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There are a couple of bad typos in that paragraph (where were the copy editors?), but worse is that By Sarah Perez DownloadSquad blog, a site that drive to act as the middleman the advice is mediocre. It's (ReadWriteWeb) often scours through Chrome OS when it comes to importing relevant content to many people, code to uncover hidden gems, external content hosted on other b u t i s i t g o o d c o n t e n t ? Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:01:38 AM we've learned that the new drives and getting it posted to the Apparently it was to the people When Google announced its operating system will monitor for Web. Wait a Minute... Didn't We who've read it, as it has 5 stars... plans for a new cloud-based new devices attached to your Already Decide This Was a Bad The bigger question is: there are surely many examples of good operating system built around the system. As Sebastian Anthony Idea? Web browser, there was some points out in the blog post, the As exciting as that sounds, a Demand Media content on the c o n c e r n a b o u t t h e O S ' Chrome Web browser can commenter on the blog post Web, but how many of the 4,000 capabilities. Although a lot of our already access your local file points out that a browser that acts articles it produces every day computing can now be done in system(e.g. Windows users can like this could mean serious aren't? the Web browser these days just type C:\ in the address field security issues for the new As we posited in our previous Your Drives, What Could You thanks to online applications and to see a list of files), so this new operating system. Would a article, the concern with fastservices, quite a few operations feature would simply extend the Do With Your Files? malicious Web page be able to growing content factories like Media and still need to take place on the browser's current functionality. More importantly, what does tap into this feature to wreak D e m a n d Answers.com is that quality is this mean for the end user? If the hard drive - running iTunes, for Anthony then speculates that in havoc on your system? We know example, or importing photos Chrome OS you may be able to browser can "see" your attached that Google has said that security taking too much of a back seat to from a digital camera. How launch a new tab in the browser devices and the files they contain, is one of the key aspects of the quantity. Let us know your would a Web-based operating to see a real-time view of "My how would they then display OS, but we also know that thoughts in the comments. system handle these sorts of C o m p u t e r , " c o m p l e t e w i t h them to you? If you plug in a hackers are extremely crafty as In our next post, we will look tasks? Based on what we knew of attached devices and the files USB flash drive containing well. No matter how good the into the type of content that Google Chrome OS, it seemed they contain. Or perhaps a new spreadsheets and text documents, security measures Google puts in Demand Media is producing like the OS just wouldn't be able window would pop up showing w o u l d C h r o m e O S l a u n c h place to limit this sort of access, and what it plans to do with it to do them. you the drive you've just inserted Google Docs to display them? Or nothing would provide 100% next. Discuss would it allow you to preview protection. And isn't this the But a new discovery in the into the netbook's USB slot. Google Chrome OS browser That would certainly be an them in HTML, as is possible in same sort of functionality that code base points to a "mount unusual trick for a Web browser Gmail? Or both? Microsoft ditched in Internet library" that monitors devices to handle; navigating your local And what about when you plug Explorer years ago with the inserted in the computer. Would file system is a task usually left in a digital camera? Would launch of IE7 due to these very Chrome OS be able to see your to file explorer programs like Chrome OS prompt you to same security concerns? iPod? Your camera? And what Windows Explorer and Mac OS' import your photos to Picasa? What do you think about this would it do then? Finder. But because the interface Your videos to YouTube? new feature? Is it a great feature I f s o , C h r o m e O S w o u l d for the Web browser or a security Sponsor for Chrome OS is the Web Chrome OS Code Reveals browser, it appears that the overcome one of the perceived hole just waiting to be exploited? "Mount Library" browser will have to step in and stumbling blocks of being a Let us know in the comments. T h a n k s t o s o m e s e r i o u s do the OS' job in this case. If cloud-based operating system - Discuss sleuthing on the part of the Chrome OS' Browser Can See the need for the computer's hard

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Twitter Developer API 20,000 times an hour (the standard for developers) but takes big swaths of data each time it does. "I have a priority queue," Kromer told us. "I can set a search term, for each search term I can get 1500 tweets per API call. If I get 1500 tweets at a time then the number of wasted tweets at the end of a series of searches is the smallest. If I'm searching for a term and get less than 1500 results back, then I forecast how long it will take to fill that number of results back up to the maximum and move it down the priority queue accordingly. On the lowest priority I have searches for RT or http. There will always be 1500 results for that. It's only API calls that limit me. As is, it's like a fisherman setting nets, what matters is that dinner is tasty." Does that sound so hard? Worth thousands of dollars? Here's what Kromer says: "It's not magic. If you talk to people who use Hadoop and do social networking analysis this is underwhelming. You take 30 million users, 1 billion links,

adorn each link with info at the end of the link and acrue it with the person at the head of the link. That breaks conventional databases; the plumbing is hard. The math is easy but when you do it a billion times a billion times it starts to get interesting. You have to be careful and clever. We plan to do stuff that is structural, a clustering coefficient, true pagerank." Ultimately it's about specialization and data as a service. "The people we need to come in and connect this info with human beings," Kromer says, "aren't the people who should be wasting their time on the math. And the guys who are good at doing these things should not be building web apps." But Can They Get Away With It? There's some question whether Twitter will allow InfoChimps to sell data based on Twitter data. Kromer says he'd much rather resell the data on a commission than have to do all the work he's done to set up the extraction system. But it was a year ago that InfoChimps caught the eye of people who love data - by

releasing a large collection of scraped Twitter data. The InfoChimps blog post read: "Big huge thanks to twitter.com: they have given us permission to share this freely. Please go build tools with this data that make both twitter.com and yourself rich and famous: then more corporations will free their data." But then Twitter founder Evan Williams asked InfoChimps to take those data sets down until a Terms of Service for them could be figured out. That never happened, and communication between the two companies hasn't progressed very far over the last year. InfoChimps does not have Twitter's permission to do what it did today, but Kromer says Twitter hasn't contacted them either. No one from Twitter headquarters has responded to our request for comment yet. "We talked to our lawyer about this a lot," Kromer told us, "we are on absolutely solid ground with regards to copyright, user privacy and use of the API. This is clearly for the benefit of their community."

That's nice that Kromer feels so assured, but his attitude seems a little unrealistic. We asked technology journalist Robert Scoble what he thought of the dilemma and his opinion was pretty clear. "If Twitter wants to be a platform they have to behave like a platform," he said. "Don't be king-makers, let the marketplace choose the winners. If they are going to say nobody should study the data because we're going to sell that, that's not being a platform. Twitter tries to pick the winners and it pisses me off. They admit that they are king-makers. All that does is make everyone vote against them and hope a competitor comes around." Perhaps time will tell - but these are very early days in what looks to be an era of widespread innovation built on top of social data analysis. Discuss

Carrie Underwood & Celebs Open Up to Chuck Wicks on CMA Red Carpet (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:25:00 AM

ET has gone country with the help of singer and former "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Chuck Wicks! The country crooner was on the red carpet of the "43rd Annual CMA Awards" to chat with his fellow musicians including Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw and Nicole Kidman's husband Keith Urban. Wicks was a natural at the hosting gig, joking with CMA host Underwood by asking her how she puts up with her co-host Brad Paisley. "It's not as hard as it looks ladies and gentleman," Underwood teased. Wicks got teased himself for his "DWTS" stint by Urban who told his fellow performer, "I'm not dancing so you got me beat on that."

Review: Nip/Tuck - Abigail Sullivan By Jonathan Toomey (TV Squad) Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:15:00 AM

( S06E05)"Why is it that we see what we want to believe and we don't believe what we see?" Sean

I don't really have a ton to say about this episode; suffice to say that it wasn't my favorite. I argued last week that I hoped Teddy's run in with John Doe (I don't think we caught his name) didn't turn into an easy way to end her story and that's exactly

what happened. I liked how it

played out but only to the extent that it sent Sean off into this delusional "what the hell am I doing with my life" haze. I'll have a lot more respect for what happened in "Abigail Sullivan" as long as the consequences are worth it.

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Waveboard 2.0 Will Offer Push Notifications for iPhone

Interview Gets Heated as Carrie Prejean Accuses Larry King of Being 'Inappropriate'

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iPhone. Sponsor According to a post on the Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:59:44 AM GetWaveboard blog, the next If you're not one of the fortunate e d i t i o n o f t h e W a v e b o a r d few to have gotten your hands on application(iTunes link) has been a Google Wave invite, then you submitted to Apple and is now probably don't have too much use awaiting App Store approval. for Waveboard, an iPhone-ready This process usually takes a few interface for Google's new real- weeks, but in the meantime a t i m e c o l l a b o r a t i o n s y s t e m . couple of video previews let us However, if you've recently see what's to come. Quick Inbox become a member of the Google One of the new features of Wave cult, you may have already Waveboard 2.0 is something forked over the 99 cents for this called the "Quick Inbox" view. mobile app so you could create, Since Google Wave loads a little browse, and respond to "waves" slowly on the iPhone - something while on the go. developer Dirk Holtwick says is While some early testers of the out of his hands - he's come up Waveboard app complained that with a workaround for a speedier it didn't do anything more than launch. The new "quick inbox" what the iPhone optimized feature offers a fast-loading website already offered, the next overview which displays the release of Waveboard may have waves that have changed, as you those naysayers changing their can see in the following video: mind. In Waveboard 2.0, there Push Notifications are a few new features, but the Even more exciting, perhaps, is one that will grab everyone's the push notifications feature. In attention is its ability to now addition to displaying a badge offer "push" notifications on the showing the number of new

but for others it's just a chaosinducing mess. That may change in the future, though, when waves on the app's icon, the push G o o g l e i m p l e m e n t s t h e notifications feature will tap into "whitelisting" feature which will the iPhone's ability to display pop allow users to create an approved -up alerts on your device. As new list of fellow wavers where only text is entered into a wave, the people on that list will have the iPhone will display the additional ability to contact you. text in a push notification There's no word yet on if or how you'll be able to manage the new message: Of course, depending on the push notifications feature in the number of waves you're involved app's settings. If there were in and how heavily they're used, configuration options that let you this feature could easily become exclude some waves (like public an annoyance. Unfortunately, ones for example), then it could G o o g l e o f f e r s f e w c o n t r o l be even more useful. mechanisms for managing the In any event, the app will now waves you belong to at the have some selling points that moment - something that can provide the value-added features lead to serious information that make it worth the $0.99 overload for Wave users. For being charged. Stay tuned to the example, anyone can add you to GetWaveboard blog for more a wave - even without your details in the coming days about permission. This can lead to an the new features and how they inbox crowded with waves which work. Discuss you don't really care about following. For some, this feature is a key selling point for Wave,

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Carrie Prejean was on " Larry King Live" Wednesday night via satellite to discuss her new book but instead found herself in a heated moment where she called the newsman "inappropriate" multiple times when he asked her about why she settled with the Miss USA pageant. When the subject is dropped the show goes to a caller and that is when Prejean takes off her microphone and tells King he's being "extremely inappropriate" and that she was "about to leave" the show.

Ex-Mistress to Former ESPN Analyst Steve Phillips Breaks Her Silence (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:54:00 AM

Brooke Hundley, ex-mistress to Steve Phillips, gave her side of

the story Thursday morning, speaking out as to why she sent the cryptic four-page letter to Phillips' wife detailing her affair with the former ESPN sports

analyst and the fear that, she says, kept her in the relationship. Hundley told "Good Morning America" correspondent Kate Snow that her actions that led to

Phillips' wife, Marni, making a 911 call were all "just an avenue to get people to pay attention." "The same fear that I heard in [Marni] -- and I listened to the

911 call after the fact -- was a similar fear to how I felt."

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Balloon Boy's Parents Will Plead Guilty

Cloud Computing In Plain English By Alex Williams (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 11/12/2009 12:39:44 AM

Almost three years ago, Lee and Sachi LeFever created their first video to explain RSS. They called the video RSS in Plain English. They used paper cut outs to explain the XML format. It became an instant hit. Tens of thousands of people watched it. Today their company, Common Craft, make all sorts of custom videos. They've built a business around explaining concepts. Their latest video explains cloud computing. Sponsor "Cloud Computing in Plain English," tells the story of a florist whose business grows. She learns about cloud computing and realizes that perhaps maybe she should not have to worry about fixing broken servers. video Cloud computing is one of those topics that confuses and confounds people. Larry Ellison

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loves to poke at it. It's the hot topic so it is refreshing to see Lee once again explain the topic in simple terms that pretty much anyone can understand. It makes everyone's job a bit simpler. Which takes us to the last point of the day. We get so many pitches from companies. The services are explained in terms that often need deciphering. What if more companies in the enterprise space spent more time

explaining what they do? What if companies did something like what Common Craft did for Twitter or with Google to help explain Google Docs? We covered indicee yesterday. Why? We think their product looks pretty valuable. But you know what set them apart? They made a great video. It was compelling to watch. It made us laugh. We started to think about what they do. Pretty soon we

were writing about them! Here's a challenge. Make a video about what your enterprise software does. Show us a page with all sorts of ways we can learn what you are all about. If it really does explain what you do then that will deserve some mention here. Just leave a comment pointing to where we can see what you've done and we'll get back to you. Promise. Discuss

ET has the latest... ET has confirmed that Richard and Mayumi Heene, parents of the so-called"Balloon Boy"-- will plead guilty. Mayumi will plead guilty to false reporting to authorities, which is a class 3 misdemeanor, while Richard will plead guilty to attempting to influence a public servant, which is a class four felony. Both Mayumi and Richard could face up to 90 days in jail along with probation.

Review: The New Adventures of Old Christine - Nuts By Jason Hughes (TV Squad) Submitted at 11/12/2009 12:35:00 PM

(S05E07) I guess the fate of Marion Ross was handled offscreen, because Matthew and Richard are settling into her old digs, and she was nowhere to be seen this episode. Now that I think about it, though, she could

be shacking up in Matthew's old digs out in the backyard. It would make for a pretty funny callback to have her character pop back up. Maybe even act as if Christine didn't even know she'd moved in back there. I wasn't as impressed with the forced obligatory "we're different but now we're roommates"

storyline for Matthew and Richard. Hopefully, now that it's

out of the way, the writers have some ideas of some fun things they can do with the mismatched pair. In five seasons, we've not seen a great deal of interaction between them, but their differences could make for some good comedy. Continue reading Review: The New Adventures of Old Christine

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TV on the Internet: Clicker Launches By Frederic Lardinois (ReadWriteWeb)

shows, the market for services that index these shows and make them easily available is also Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:00:00 AM heating up. TVGuide.com Clicker, which aims to be the TV Sponsor released a number of significant Guide for Internet television, just In last week's review, we called updates to its site yesterday that launched. We first reviewed Clicker a "one-stop shop for include embedded full-length Clicker last week when it was online video." Today's updates shows. Microsoft's Bing video still in private beta. The version and the public launch turn it into search now also makes it easier that went live today features a an even more convenient service. to find content from TV and n u m b e r o f s i g n i f i c a n t The most important new feature cable networks online. While improvements to the private beta is the improved playlist, which Google offers a comprehensive version. Clicker now indexes now makes it even easier to video search engine, it doesn't 33% more shows than before and watch shows on the Internet and offer any specific features that i n d e x e s o v e r 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 f u l l to keep track of which ones you make it easier to find and watch episodes from 7,000 shows. have already seen. Clicker now TV shows online. Clicker also now features an also indexes over 30,000 movies Clicker's new DVR-like playlists improved DVR-like playlist, that are available through Netflix give it a unique feature that i n t e g r a t i o n w i t h F a c e b o o k Instant Streaming and Amazon makes it stand out from the Connect and improved search. In VOD. crowd and turns it into a one-stop addition, Clicker users can now Video Search Market is Heating shop for TV content on the also comment on shows and use Up Internet. You can find our full a wiki-like feature to contribute As more and more TV viewers review of Clicker here. Discuss information about a given show turn to the Internet to see fulllength episodes of their favorite or episode.

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Boxee Gets Into the Hardware Business By Frederic Lardinois (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:31:52 AM

Boxee just announced that it plans to release a dedicated Boxee hardware device in partnership with an undisclosed consumer entertainment company. This is a big step for Boxee. The software, which aggregates Internet video content from a wide variety of sources, is already designed to run on home entertainment PCs that are

connected to TVs. The market for these devices is still very small, but if Boxee manages to get its software on a large number of connected TVs, set-top boxes and BluRay players, the company could easily establish itself as the standard interface for bringing Internet content to the living room. Boxee will share more details about the device on December 7. Sponsor Boxee's Ambition: To be on Every Connected Device

Right now, the easiest way to use Boxee in the living room is through hacking an Apple TV. While this is an easy hack, it doesn't help Boxee to bring its service to a mainstream audience. According to today's announcement, Boxee's goal is "to be on every Connected device in the living room" - and to do so, the company will need to partner with large, well-known brands that can push its software into the

living room as a default feature. On Collision Course With Roku This announcement, as the NYTimes' Brad Stone points out, also puts Boxee into direct competition with Roku. Roku made a name for itself by offering a cheap and easy to use hardware device that allows users to stream online movies to their TVs. Just last week, Roku announced its will branch out from just offering streaming movies and that it plans to offer different channels with Internet

content in the near future. Chances are that within the next few months, both Roku and Boxee will offer very similar services and hardware devices. If Boxee manages to strike up enough partnerships and gets its software onto more devices, however, it will have a major advantage over Roku. Discuss

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Facebook Developer Turns Back on iPhone

Safari 4.0.4 Update Released

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Facebook for the iPhone is one of my most used applications, and I’m not alone as it’s amongst the most popular iPhone applications ever. This success is due to the size of Facebook itself, that the application is free, and that it is very well done. That last is due mainly to Joe Hewitt, who has been the main developer for Facebook’s iPhone application. Unfortunately that’s about to change, as Hewitt tweeted that he is moving “…onto a new project.” At face value this may not be of any importance beyond a certain sadness to see a great developer leave a platform and an application so many love. In a conversation with TechCrunch, however, Hewitt made clear that the principal reason behind his departure from this project is his unhappiness with Apple’s management of the iPhone app store. Hewitt specifically mentions his philosophical opposition to the review process, indicating that it puts an unnecessary middleman between developers and users. He also fears that it sets a dangerous

precedent for other platforms. Hewitt will be moving onto a web project at Facebook, which offers the opportunity to work on an open platform. Hewitt is not the first developer to abandon the iPhone due to Apple’s perceived mismanagement of the app store, but he may be the highest profile. His departure from iPhone development highlights a critical danger that Apple faces with the app store. For a variety of reasons, ranging from an inability to get your application noticed, the danger of having your application rejected for unforeseen reasons and the very low prices charged on the app store, many developers are growing disillusioned with the iPhone as a platform. If this trend reaches a critical level it could deal a blow to the iPhone, which has touted the wide variety of high quality applications in its marketing. Even more dangerous is the possibility that developers will move in large numbers to other platforms, with Android being the most likely option. Of course Android has its own problems related to app development, and

there are still plenty of developers who are focusing on the iPhone as their principal mobile platform. It may be, however, that Apple is offering its competitors an opening to create a much more developer-friendly environment and steal one of its key advantages: the quality, not the quantity, of applications available. If Android, BlackBerry or Symbian can attract top developers to produce 1,000 high quality applications for its platform, that will probably be enough to erase the huge lead Apple has today. Who cares if you can’t choose between 500 tip calculators, or 30 different versions of the same public domain book as long as you can get high quality versions of the apps you actually want? It’s clear that Apple realizes there are problems with the way it is currently managing the app store. The question is whether it can make the necessary adjustments to attract and keep the best developers for the iPhone, or if the Joe Hewitt’s of the world decide it’s just not worth their time.

and performance, it’s not just the usual boilerplate text included Safari version 4.0.4 is now with the update this time. Besides available, the 30MB update supposed stability improvements promising improvements to for third-party plug-ins, the “performance, stability, and search field, and Yahoo! Mail, security.” Safari 4.0.4 has “improved full Regarding security, the update history search performance for addresses several potential users with a large number of “maliciously crafted” attacks–are history items.” I’m one of those there such things as benevolently users, and I would cringe when crafted attacks? One uses a color going to “Show All History” and profile, which is inventive, if using the realtime search box. evil. Others use XML, shortcut The first few letters would stall menus, or the user’s desire to Safari every time, not so much visit web pages or FTP sites of now. questionable virtue. Safari 4.0.4 also improves Sadly, as the Mac gains greater JavaScript performance. Running popularity, the mantra of the SunSpider JavaScript “security through obscurity” Benchmark, Safari 4.0.4 is 1.08 becomes less and less reassuring. times as fast version 4.0.3 This is one area where Microsoft o v e r a l l , w i t h “ s i g n i f i c a n t ” Windows and Internet Explorer i n c r e a s e s i n m a n y t e s t s . may end up having an actual Finally and most importantly, advantage over OS X and Safari, Safari 4.0.4 does not break Windows having been forced to ClickToFlash. Upgrade (and exist in a state of siege for so restart) away. long. As for improvements to stability Submitted at 11/12/2009 7:03:12 AM

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New Patent Application Suggests Apple Tablet Could Have Pen Input By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog)

manager acquires ink information, such as ink strokes, entered at the pen-based input Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:26:42 AM device, and organizes that Apple apparently isn’t information into ink phrases. exclusively devoted to the idea of Along with the patent finger-based multi-touch input on description, Apple included an all its devices, a recent patent image of the proposed system in applications shows. The patent the application. The graphic is application, found by Apple very reminiscent of prototypes Insider, describes the use of a pen and concepts of the as-yet -like stylus to operate an “ink unannounced tablet computer information” input system, and that has the Apple community references tablet computing bubbling over with excitement. applications for the new tech by Note the bar at the bottom, which name. resembles the dock on the home “Ink information” refers to screen of the iPhone. I’d also like handwriting technology, to point out that the device looks specifically. The patent describes Calif., can suffer from failure a lot like a reader, given the that previous attempts in this modes that make the situation scroll buttons at the bottom. field, including in Apple’s own difficult for both end users and Maybe Apple is planning to Newton device, have been for application developers. For change the game by making sure insufficient to the task in the past. example, a word that accidentally its reader doubles as a writer, too. It suggests that the addition of an spans two input fields even a tiny Ideally, the digital ink and stylus “ink manager,” a kind of go- amount (due, for instance, to a input tech described in the patent between interpretive process, s t r a y a s c e n d e r , d e s c e n d e r , would operate alongside touch might reduce the occurrence of crossbar, or dot) may be broken input. This application will no mistaken or misplaced ink up into multiple sessions, causing doubt bring a lot of hope for detection. misrecognition and invalid data digital artists hoping to work Here’s the exact wording of entries that must be manually with the device, for whom pen Apple’s description of both the corrected. input is infinitely preferable to problem of ink detection and its The ink manager interfaces touch control. Hopefully, we proposed solution: between a pen-based input won’t have to wait long to find Even systems that attempt to device, one or more applications out if a pen system makes it into improve this situation by using (pen-aware or not) and one or a production device, since the each stroke to determine the more handwriting recognition tablet is rumored to be unveiled input field anew, such as the e n g i n e s e x e c u t i n g o n t h e in the first quarter of 2010. Apple Newton from Apple c o m p u t e r s y s t e m . T h e i n k Computer Inc. of Cupertino,

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Mac Office Update: Stability, Stability, Stability By Charles Jade (TheAppleBlog) the annoying text-spacing bug when opening some Windows Microsoft issued updates for Office documents. For Excel, Office 2004 and 2008 covering crashing issues when using security issues for both versions, PivotTables has been addressed. as well as an XML conversion P o w e r P o i n t a l s o a d d r e s s e s tool. The Office 2008 update also stability. Apparently, Entourage includes a number of minor fixes is stable enough, though there is to enhance stability. a new junk mail definition file. Regarding security, both updates Finally, Microsoft Document address vulnerabilities “that an Connection for the Mac gets attacker can use to overwrite the several minor upgrades and fixes. contents of your computer’s While this minor update is memory with malicious code.” welcome, many Mac Office users Opening a “specially crafted” are waiting for information Word or Excel file could grant about, if not an actual release of, the attacker the same user rights Outlook for the Mac. In August, as the local user, including we learned Mac Outlook will be a d m i n i s t r a t i v e r i g h t s i f out by Christmas 2010, will be applicable. The XML Conversion built from the ground up using Tool was also updated to address Cocoa, and will have many this issue. features we desire, but since then The 12.2.3 update for Mac nothing. How about an update on Office 2008 update also focuses that? on stability. In Word, general crashing issues have been addressed. The update also fixes Submitted at 11/11/2009 9:59:35 AM

Three Tennessee Volunteers players arrested, charged in robbery - ESPN By twitter:@otINSIDEsports (TweetMeme) Submitted at 11/12/2009 5:29:23 AM

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“ikee” iPhone Worm Progeny Not So Dirty Jobs and Ghost Harmless Lab Continue Ratings Roll for Discovery By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog)

a computer on display in a retail store, which could then scan all iPhones that pass within the Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:45:51 AM reach of its network. Or a hacker Earlier this week, we reported could sit in an Internet café and that the first iPhone worm had let his computer scan all iPhones been created. It was called that come within the range of the “ikee,” and all it did was change Wi-Fi network in search of data. the default wallpaper on devices In order to secure your device to an image of Rick Astley with against this kind of attack, there “ikee is never going to give you are a few options. First, change up” printed across the top. It was the default SSH password if you relatively harmless, if annoying, haven’t already. So far, that and the hacker responsible appears to be the easiest way to claimed that it was more of a foil attempts to infiltrate your warning than anything else. jailbroken device. The best way Hopefully many heeded that to prevent this and any kind of warning, since now a new virus seem to be able to access future attack along the same has surfaced that uses the same information stored by other lines, however, is to not jailbreak M.O. as ikee, but that has a much applications on your iPhone, like your device in the first place, or more malicious intent and effect. password managers, but if you’re to restore it to factory settings if Specifically, the new malware affected, the only safe course of you’ve already jailbroken. Of mines personal data from your action is a full wipe and restore. course, for many who use their Theoretically, according to devices with carriers who don’t device, using the very same exploit ikee revealed earlier in i P h o n e s e c u r i t y r e s e a r c h e r officially offer the iPhone, that Charlie Miller speaking to isn’t an option. the week. T h e n e w w o r m , d u b b e d Computerworld, attacks based on Miller suggested that Apple may “iPhone/Privacy.A” by digital the same exploit could do more want to consider re-engineering security firm Intego, affects only than just mine data. Running up its security measures to account jailbroken iPhones, and grabs your phone bill, sending out bulk for jailbroken devices, but as that things from your device like text messages and spamming w o u l d m e a n t a c i t l y address book contacts, text your contacts are all well within a c k n o w l e d g i n g a n d e v e n messages, photos, music, video, the realm of possibility. Miller accepting a practice it stridently calendar entries and email goes on to describe how easy it disapproves of, I think the best messages. Basically, almost would be for a hacker to infect a bet for jailbreakers is just to shut anywhere it can look for sensitive device: down all SSH access, if possible. data, it will. The virus doesn’t This could easily be installed on

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JOBS exceeded the 4Q08 time slot (TUE 9-10PM), with doubledigit gains in key demos – P25Submitted at 11/11/2009 3:41:35 PM 54 (21.1%) / M25-54 (25.9%) / via press release: W25-54 (12.6%) / P18-49 (30.2) A Job From Hell, A Voice From / P2+ (21.4%). the Dead: The 10PM premiere of GHOST DIRTY JOBS and GHOST LAB LAB finished at #14 for cable Add Up to Big Tuesday Numbers telecasts among P25-54 (0.79 for Discovery AA%) during primetime, with - Two Hit Series Score Big in double-digit gains in key demos Household and See Gains in Key – P25-54 (37.1%) / M25-54 Demos (11.4%) / W25-54 (89.4%) / P18On November 10, 2009, the 49 (53.4) / P2+ (31.5%). 9PM premiere telecast of DIRTY GHOST LAB also had JOBS was the #3 primetime significant gains in key female cable telecast among M25-54 demos – W18-49 (115.5%) / (1.36 AA%) and #5 among P25- W18-34 (100%) vs. it’s 4Q08 54 (1.03 AA%) in delivery and time slot (10-11PM). It was #8 ratings. The 9-10PM DIRTY in it’s time slot among M18-49 JOBS was the #1 non-sports, (#9 among M25-54). cable program in it’s time slot, 9- All-new episodes of DIRTY 10P, on Tuesday evening for JOBS and GHOST LAB will M18-49 (#2 cable program p r e m i e r e n e x t T u e s d a y , behind the 2009 World Series of November 17 at 9PM ET/PT and Poker on ESPN). Discovery 10PM ET/PT, respectively. channel was the #4 primetime ad- For more information on both supported cable network for M25 s e r i e s , v i s i t : -54 delivery (#6 for P25-54). p r e s s . d i s c o v e r y . c o m . Discovery also ranked within the This content has passed through top ten for P18-49 (#5) and M18- fivefilters.org. 49 (#3). This week’s premiere of DIRTY

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Blu-Ray App for iPhone Arrives Courtesy of Universal By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog) Submitted at 11/11/2009 11:22:34 AM

Universal Media announced awhile ago that it would be introducing iPhone control into some of its Blu-ray titles, starting with “Fast & Furious,” the Vin Diesel/Paul Walker romp that saw the lucrative car racing series return to its humble origins. Now, Universal is extending the iPhone/Blu-ray connection to a much wider swath of its library thanks to “pocket BLU,” a new app for Apple’s handheld devices. pocket BLU is a free download from the App Store that allows your iPhone to become a remote control for operating Blu-ray discs from Universal. It won’t work with just any movie, of course. Blu-ray discs need to be played using a Wi-Fi connected player, for one, and the title has to be specifically enabled to work

with pocket BLU, something which will be indicated by a conspicuously placed logo. The app will allow you to control playback of the film, and jump backwards and forwards to any point in the movie using a visual time line. You’ll also have access to a pop-up keyboard for entering data, which will

definitely make any typing you need to do with your Blu-ray movie much easier. Finally, some titles will offer the ability to stream special content from the disc to your iPhone, which can then be stored for later viewing. The app has promise, but limited as it is to one major distributor’s titles, it feels a little like yet another extraneous feature designed to add value to a format that’s failing to catch on with most consumers. Chances are, I’m never going to watch or care about the additional features included for pocket BLU users anyway, so why not just stick to playing back digital content on my Mac and using Rowmote or VLC Remote to control it? Take it from me, Universal, you’ll be far better off if you focus on delivering content to the iPhone platform, instead of just control mechanisms.

Not this time: LeBron, Cavs get better of Magic By Associated Press (ESPN.com) Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:06:40 AM

Fast Facts • LeBron James and Mo Williams combined for 64 points on 25-of-43 shooting (58.1 FG

percent), giving the Cavs their first win at Orlando in their last four regular-season meetings. • Dating back to last season, Cleveland is 42-2 when eclipsing the century mark including 4-0 this season. • Dwight Howard battled foul

trouble all night, picking up two fouls less than three minutes into the first quarter. He finished with 11 points and seven rebounds. -- ESPN Stats & Information This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

What's On Tonight: Community, Fringe, Supernatural, Private Practice By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) Submitted at 11/12/2009 12:16:00 PM

• At 8, ABC has a new FlashForward, followed by new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. • CBS has a new Survivor, then new episodes of CSI and The Mentalist. • NBC has new episodes of Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock, and The Jay Leno Show. • FOX has a new Bones at 8, followed by a new Fringe. • The CW has a new Vampire Diaries at 8, then a new Supernatural. • Current has a new Current Exposed at 8, followed by a new SuperNews. • TCM has Dial M For Murder at 8, then Rear Window. • At 9, Comedy Central has a new Jeff Dunham Show. • TLC has a new American Chopper at 9. • Spike has a new TNA Wrestling at 9. • Cartoon Network has a new Total Drama Action at 9. • TruTV has a new World's Dumbest at 9, followed by two new episodes of It Only Hurts When I Laugh.

• At 10, Lifetime has a new Project Runway. • There's a new It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia at 10. • Comedy Central has a new Tosh.0 at 10. • Also at 10: Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Orange County at 10. Check your local TV listings for more. After the jump, the late night talk shows. Continue reading What's On Tonight: Community, Fringe, Supernatural, Private Practice Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

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Syfy Test-Drives A New Approach to Animation With Outer Space Astronauts By Bill Gorman (TVbytheNumbers)

show by developing, executing and editing the series right in his very home. He also enlisted Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:19:18 AM childhood and hometown friends via press release: as series stars including, Adam SYFY TEST-DRIVES A NEW C l i n t o n ( C o m m a n d e r D i c k APPROACH TO ANIMATION A m o s ) , S t e p h a n i e C l i n t o n W I T H O U T E R S P A C E (Lieutenant Sunny Hunkle), Jay ASTRONAUTS Wendorff (voice of Kyle 14) and S E R I E S P R E M I E R E S Dana Kirk (Operations Officer TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 AT Donna Kennedy). 9:30 P.M. (ET/PT) ” Syfy fans have never seen The Five-Episode, Half-Hour animation quite like this before! Series is Executive Produced By The graphics may be basic and Russell Barrett, Scott Puckett and simple, but combining them with David O. Russell (Three Kings, I live-action elements has never Heart Huckabees) been done in a series before. To Premiere Episode Follows say that it was a grassroots Season Finale of Hit Reality endeavor is an understatement. Series, Scare Tactics Russell literally produced this in New York, NY – November 12, his basement for more than a 2009 – Syfy continues to expand year, and that allowed him to its horizons with the premiere of create a unique series with a new irreverent half-hour comedy sharp, sly sense of humor.” said series, Outer Space Astronauts. M a r k S t e r n , E V P O r i g i n a l Using the latest in computer C o n t e n t S y f y & C o - H e a d graphics technology to meld live- Universal Cable Productions. action and 3D animation, the Outer Space Astronauts is a visually innovative five-episode futuristic comedy series about series premieres on Syfy on eight vaguely courageous, highly Tuesday, December 8 at 9:30 distractable military personnel p.m. (ET/PT) following the who journey to the far reaches of season finale of the hit reality the galaxy, seeking knowledge, series, Scare Tactics at 9 p.m. adventure and whatever else they (ET/PT). Outer Space Astronauts can come up with. On board the will continue to roll out every O.S.S. Oklahoma, this legion of Tuesday night at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). misfits are led by a lackluster Series creator and executive captain who would rather be producer, Russell Barrett took a planning the next “margarita complete do-it-yourself / hands- Monday” than leading a mission on approach to the creation of the a g a i n s t e v i l , m u c h t o

exasperation of his by-the-book second-in-command. Regardless of being a comedy of errors, this team will surprise even themselves as they navigate their way around the solar system. “Russell Barrett is a very dry, very funny guy who created his own part animated, part liveaction space ship world in a series of episodes using his own style and vision of animation,” said David O. Russell, Executive Producer. “What more needs to be said about outer space astronauts who are in outer space working as astronauts, in outer space?” Outer Space Astronauts was created by Russell Barrett, and is executive produced by Barrett, Scott Puckett and David O. Russell ( Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees). Meet the series characters: Captain Bruce Ripley(Russell Barrett) is the worst captain in the fleet with the best reputation. He’s uninterested, bored and sloppy, yet manages to always get the job done. Commander Dick Amos(Adam Clinton) should be the leader of the ship since he holds the most credentials than anyone, but even with his top performance record, Dick is always stuck behind the eight ball. Lieutenant Sunny Hunkle(Stephanie Clinton) With a name that equally matches her

‘sunny’ disposition, the sweetest girl in the galaxy gets along with everyone. She doesn’t mind that her ‘secret relationship’ with Dick should remain a secret, she’s cool, calm and easy going. Intern Jimmy Peck(Peter Burns) has been Captain Ripley’s righthand man since their college days. A bit simple-minded, or just eternally naïve, Jimmy has a way of coming through just when you thought he was completely useless. Pilot Johnny Boothe(Benjamin Nurick) shouldn’t be flying or driving anything as he holds the most citations for reckless piloting out of anyone (a record he states proudly!). Boothe’s disregard for safety and his addiction to speed however has saved many a day on board the O.S.S. Oklahoma. Kyle 14(voice: Jay Wendorff) is one of the first artificial humans to be given a post on an OSA ship. He’s the most state-of-theart android in existence and “waaaay better than the Kyle 13 model.” Chief Weapons Officer Andy Matheson(Laura Valdivia) has saved the life of every crewman on the ship more times than they can count. His enormous stature and history of big time whuppin’ sometimes intimidates his fellow crewman except for Brimley. Weapons Officer Chad Brimley(Tony Bravo) likes to

find other’s weak spots and poke at it with a stick. He has excellent skills, and is highly intelligent in weapons development and ammunition science, but his motivation for work isn’t always top notch. Operations Officer Donna Kennedy(Dana Kirk) and technology don’t mix. She tries in vain to hide her ‘fear of all things that plug in and beep’ from the crew, but on a ship which functions solely from the latest technology, her technophobia gets the best of her. Chief Mechanic Pinto(Steve Millunzi) is a human monkey wrench. If something is broken, Pinto can fix it – which is great, because things tend to break quite frequently! Ka’ak(Jacey Margolis) is from another planet and skilled in all areas of space travel. Despite her super-model looks, her mangled use of English is a good tip-off to her alien roots; not to mention her blood-red skin! Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site ( www. Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business ( Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a SYFY page 47

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TV Ratings: CMA Awards dominate with Taylor Swift, Glee returns strong By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:48:48 AM

The 43rd annual CMA Awards dominated the night for ABC leading it to victory in all the major advertising demographics averaging a 5.2/14 (rating/share) with adults 18-49 and 16.85 million viewers. It was the mostwatched CMA Awards since 2005, and the biggest audience for an ABC Wednesday (excluding sports) since 9/21/05. It was also ABC’s best Wednesday night with adults 1849 (excluding sports) since 11/17/07. Taylor Swift collected multiple awards, including “entertainer of the year” and displayed a good sense of humor about her experiences earlier this year at the MTV VMA Awards. “I want to thank every single person here tonight for not running up on stage during this speech,” Swift said as she accepted the award for best female vocalist. Glee returned from its baseballinduced hiatus as strong as ever ( whether Julia is watching or not) to a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating. Glee tied for second for the hour with Criminal Mind s with adults 1849. The CMA Awards hit So You Think You Can Dance harder than Glee. SYTYCD dropped to

a 2.1 rating with adults 18-49, down from a 2.6 in its last Wednesday performance (10/21). Is Gary Unmarried showing signs of life or did people who wanted a sitcom but not the CMA Awards tune in? It turned in a 2.5/6 rating/share with adults 18-49 at 8:30 – the show’s best performance with adults 18-49 since 11/19/08. At 10pm on CBS, CSI: NY with the second

part of the CSI trilogy turned in its best performance since the season premiere with a 3.7/10 rating/share with adults 18-49. Over on NBC, Law & Order: SVU matched its season best with adults 18-49 with a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating and the second largest overall viewers of the season (8.1 million). In Late-Night Local People Meters Wednesday night:

• Conan O’Brien (1.0/4 in 18-49 in local people meters) tied CBS’s LATE SHOW (1.0/4) in Nielsen’s 24 local markets with People Meters. • At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.5/3 in 18-49 in local people meters) trailed CBS’s LATE LATE SHOW (0.6/4).

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live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports. Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent. Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific

area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.) Time Shifted Viewing– Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day(Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day(Live+SD) include viewing during the same

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Mad Men and Buffy writer remaking Fright Night By Brad Trechak (TV Squad) Submitted at 11/12/2009 10:33:00 AM

Marti Noxon will be writing the remake of the cult 1980's flick Fright Night. For those who don't know, Noxon is a writer on the series Mad Men(for which she got a WGA nomination) among other shows. She is best remembered for her singing appearances on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Once More With Feeling" (she was a writer and producer on that show too) and the Internet phenomenon Dr. Horrible's Sing-

Noxon is a good choice to write it too. Along with the diversity of her writing experience, she has used the same sort of combination of horror/humor when she wrote Buffy. Of course, she's not the only Buffy alumnus writing a comedy horror. Joss Whedon himself is involved with project called Cabin In The Woods. He has the spare time to complete it now. Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Along Blog. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Getting into movies for a Reality-Free, Joss Whedon moment, Fright Night was Permalink| Email this| | always a guilty pleasure of mine. C o m m e n t s

Torchwood creator talks season four By Mike Moody (TV Squad) Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:28:00 AM

The miniseries Torchwood: Children of Earth was a huge ratings and critical success. It was only a matter of time before show creator Russell T. Davies started talking, officially, about moving ahead with another season of Torchwood. Davies told TV Guide that Torchwood is likely to be renewed for a fourth season. The BBC has yet to officially greenlight a fourth year, but Davies said he's already working on ideas for the further adventures of Captain Jack Harkness and crew. "The recession has hit British television, but fingers crossed, it will be a go. We expect things to start to move in January. We've got great ideas for the show. I think there's a further lease on life for many years to come, but certainly for a [fourth season],"

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Sesame Street's 40th: Five biggest controversies By Danny Gallagher (TV Squad) Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:01:00 AM

Sit a kid in front of a TV for an hour a day and a parent is bound to find something that offends them, other than the fact that plopping impressionable minds in front of a TV unsupervised is considered "good parenting." Sesame Street is no stranger to controversy. Critics, cynics and crybabies have called out the show on everything from questionable behavior to the ambiguous situations...of puppets. Of course, all of these complaints and cackling criticisms just scratch the surface of a much bigger issue that has largely gone unaddressed: the total loss of our sanity and grasp on reality.

Source: Jim Riggleman to manage Nationals in 2010 By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)

clear that Riggleman had a strong shot at the permanent job, calling him a "legitimate candidate" in Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:47:43 AM late September. Jim Riggleman will be the "He put us on pace to really focus Washington Nationals manager i n a n d b e a r d o w n o n t h e for 2010, a source told ESPN's fundamentals of the game, to Tim Kurkjian. play cleaner, more efficient ball. The team said Thursday it would He's got the guys playing at a h o l d a n a f t e r n o o n n e w s high level of attention. I think conference to announce its he's done the best job he could manager. with the ability level he had on Riggleman was promoted from the field," Rizzo said then. So as we look back at the last 40 bench coach to interim manager "Jim is a definite candidate to years of television's greatest in July, replacing the fired stay on," Rizzo added at the time. children's show, we see some Manny Acta. The Nationals were "Like I said, he's done a great speed bumps along the way. 2 6 - 6 1 ( a . 2 9 9 w i n n i n g job." These are the ones that caused percentage) at the time and went Riggleman also made it known the greatest loss of tire pressure. 33-42 (.440) under Riggleman, he wanted the job. C o n t i n u e r e a d i n g S e s a m e finishing with a major league- He found himself in a similar Street's 40th: Five biggest worst record of 59-103. situation a year ago with the controversies Clearly, this is a rebuilding -- or Seattle Mariners, who fired their Filed under: Children, TV Squad as general manager Mike Rizzo manager during the season and Lists, Reality-Free prefers to say, "building" -- team, gave Riggleman the position on P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | | and the Nationals apparently an interim basis. He was a Comments appreciated the signs of progress candidate to stay on there, too, that came in the second half of but didn't get the job. 2009. In addition to his brief stint in From the outset of Washington's Seattle, Riggleman managed in managerial search, Rizzo made the majors with the San Diego

Padres and Chicago Cubs. He has a losing record in his career and only one finish as high as second place. His best season came with the 1998 Cubs, who were led by NL MVP Sammy Sosa's 66 homers and went 90-73 to make the playoffs as a wild card. But Chicago went 67-95 to finish last in 1999, Riggleman's final year there. Next season will be his first since then with a fullfledged managing job from spring training. Riggleman is the Nationals' third manager since the franchise moved from Montreal to Washington. He follows Frank Robinson, who guided the Nationals in 2005 and 2006, and Acta, who was recently hired to manage the Cleveland Indians. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Facebook and Twitter coming to Xbox Nov. 17 By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)

Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten has told Fast Company that the Dashboard update Xbox owners: You have five containing Twitter and Facebook days to start thinking of your integration will officially arrive lives and the lives of others in on November 17. trivial, 140-character chunks. If the date seems familiar, you're Submitted at 11/12/2009 12:30:00 PM

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specific timing for the update was revealed and reneged last month. Now, you'd better hurry up and beat the Chatpad rush at the store. Facebook and Twitter coming to Xbox Nov. 17 originally

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Soccer Fans Cope With German Goalie’s Suicide (WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)

writes that the soccer scene has been ennobled by its outpouring of grief for Enke. “The Robert Enke was an understated memorials to the Germany presence in net as the goalkeeper goalkeeper in Hannover have for Germany’s national team and been put up by people who feel most recently for the Bundesliga that they knew someone they s q u a d H a n n o v e r 9 6 , a n d never met,” Cornwall writes. reportedly a reserved, likable “There is a lot that is wrong with man off the field. But after the 32 f o o t b a l l b u t i t s c u l t u r e o f -year-old goalie committed b r i n g i n g u s t o g e t h e r i n suicide Tuesday, many fans and unexpected and appropriate ways former teammates are still in grief and Remembrance is wondering how well they knew something of which the game Enke, who had been treated for should, quietly, be proud.”* * * depression since 2003 and lost Marat Safin won the 2000 U.S. his two-year-old daughter to a Open and 2005 Australian Open rare heart disorder in 2006. As is during a tennis career that also u s u a l l y t h e c a s e i n t h e s e included a pair of Davis Cup situations, no explanation quite wins and a stint as the No. 1 makes sense. Reuters Supporters player in the world. But it’s hard gather to mourn Robert Enke to escape the sense of potential outside the stadium of club unfulfilled as Safin wraps up his Hannover 96 in Hanover on professional career. The 29-yearWednesday. old Russian lost in three sets In London’s Daily Telegraph, Wednesday to Juan Martin Del Ian Chadband tries to put Enke’s Potro at the Paris Masters, his life and death into context. The final tournament. Times of London’s Matthew “To some fans, [Safin's] humor Syed points out that Enke’s and fury was endearing and depression was not necessarily impossible to resist,” USA surprising. “The reality is that Today’s Douglas Robson writes. depression is as prevalent among “Others saw him as wasteful, top sportsmen as it is among any tactless and self-indulgent. Like other diverse group of people, as rubberneckers at a car wreck, few is a sense of worthlessness, fear, could look away.” anxiety and low self-esteem,” At ESPN, Ravi Ubha bids a fond Syed writes. “The only real farewell to a player who, for surprise today… is not that many better or worse, always did things successful people are afflicted his own way. “If Safin never with depression and unhappiness hated tennis, you get the feeling but that we are still bemused by he didn’t like it that much,” Ubha this.” writes. “Nah, racking up Grand At Football 365, Philip Cornwall Slam crowns a la Pete and Roger Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:34:08 AM

possible.” At the indispensable boxing blog Queensberry Rules, Tim Starks gets excited for a fight that promises to deliver entertainment value to match the buzz. “The last mega-fight, Floyd Mayweather-Juan Manuel was never his thing. Partying, Marquez in September, was stacking blondes in his box and much more like most megaeschewing the practice required fights,” Starks writes. “A fight to dominate the sport was more that no one expected to be all that like it, much to the chagrin of his f u n t o b e h o l d a n d w a s n ’ t . past coaches. There was no Pacquiao has made himself famous outside the boxing fan turning point.”* * * Manny Pacquiao is the biggest base — when Shaquille O’Neal s t a r i n S a t u r d a y ’ s m u c h - changes his nickname to ‘Manny anticipated match with Miguel Shaquiao’ and Jay-Z name Cotto, but Pacquiao’s hope-of-an checks you, you’ve officially -entire-island-nation status has made it — but everyone expects consigned Cotto to a secondary this fight to be fun, and if it isn’t role. In the Newark Star-Ledger, it’ll be a more shocking upset of Jerry Izenberg discusses what’s the odds than any actual boxing result.”* * * at stake for Cotto. At Yahoo, Martin Rogers Hey, did you know that there’s wonders whether Cotto has fully an NFL game tonight? Don’t get recovered from the brutal 2008 too excited — it’s just the Bears beating he took from Antonio and 49ers squaring off on the Margarito, who was later caught NFL Network. Just because it’s using an illegal hardening agent kind of a lame game doesn’t on the gauze inside his gloves. mean that Garey and I are going Whether Margarito’s gloves were to leave it out of our weekly “loaded” against Cotto is still Daily Fix NFL Picks, though. subject to debate — Margarito’s We’d never get to write about the h a n d l e r s h a v e d e n i e d a n y Rams or Browns if that were our wrongdoing — but Cotto’s need policy, and that would be a t o m o v e p a s t t h a t l o s s i s shame. With that, I cede the floor inarguable. “There is only one to Garey Ris, with a brief way for Cotto to prove he is preview of the Bears and Niners. unaffected by the worst night of Garey? his career,” Rogers writes. “And Chicago at San Francisco (-3): that is to demonstrate it in the It’s been a disappointing season ring on Saturday, against the for Bears, who many thought most electrifying opponent would be much better than a 4-4

team, possibly a Super Bowl contender. They’re barely in the playoff race, and to keep any hopes of a wild-card spot alive, they must defeat the Niners. One reason for their struggles: a pass rush that’s weaker now than at the start of the season. Another is QB Jay Cutler’s 12 interceptions, tied for second-most in the NFL. But Niners QB Alex Smith is struggling, too, throwing three picks and losing a fumble last week. It’ll be interesting to see how fired up coach Mike Singletary has the Niners against his former team.– Garey Ris Pick: David: Chicago, Garey: San Francisco, Al Toonie: San Francisco Be sure to come back this and every weekend (and now every Thursday) for the rest of the Fix Picks.* * * Your Fixer spent last weekend in Martinsville, Va., for a friend’s wedding. Nascar fans will recognize Martinsville as the home of the Martinsville Speedway. I mostly recognized it as the absolute polar opposite of my usual home base of New York City. A large part of Nascar’s appeal, of course, lies in that very distinction — as relentlessly corporate and brandsensitive as Nascar is, it’s still a sport whose roots lie in bootlegging and general countrified lawlessness. In an entertaining piece for ESPN the Magazine (available to ESPN SOCCER page 52

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Tim Hudson, Atlanta Braves agree on three-year contract By Associated Press (ESPN.com)

said all along he was willing to give the Braves a discount to remain close to home. The Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:21:10 AM agreement was reached quickly ATLANTA -- Tim Hudson after the team completed its agreed to a three-year contract p o s t s e a s o n o r g a n i z a t i o n a l with the Atlanta Braves on m e e t i n g s . Thursday, giving the team a The pitcher said it actually took wealth of starting pitching and longer to schedule a physical and setting up a likely trade to bolster set up insurance for the new the offense. contract than the actual Mike and Mike in the Morning negotiations. ESPN The Magazine senior "I did all I could do to get healthy MLB writer Buster Olney talks and show them they could have a b o u t t h e b a s e b a l l w i n t e r confidence in me," said Hudson, meetings and how the weak who returned to start seven economy is affecting some games late in the season after teams. missing a full year. "They came More Podcasts » to me with an opening offer than Hudson could have returned to was more than fair. They showed the Braves under a $12 million me they really wanted to get mutual option, but the two sides something done, as did I." focused on a longer deal after the The Braves now have six starters right-hander showed he had under contract for next season: overcome major elbow surgery. Hudson, Javier Vazquez, Jair They worked out an agreement Jurrjens, Tommy Hanson, Derek through 2012, with a club option Lowe and Kenshin Kawakami. for 2013. Jurrjens (14-10, 2.60 ERA) and Financial terms were not Hanson (11-4, 2.89), both 23, are immediately available, but the the long-term cornerstones of the s i d e s w e r e t h o u g h t t o b e staff and Vazquez is coming off discussing a contract between $9 one of the best seasons (15-10, million and $10 million a season. 2.87) of his career. Vazquez, who The 34-year-old Hudson grew is heading into the final year of up in neighboring Alabama and his contract, might be the most

attractive pitcher in a trade since Lowe (15-10, 4.67) and Kawakami (7-12, 3.86) are both in the middle of expensive, longterm deals. "We felt like the strength of our ballclub was the starting rotation, and we wanted to continue to have that as our strength," general manager Frank Wren said. "Now we have the ability to go out and continue to mold our ballclub. Quite frankly, I don't know what it's going to look like on Opening Day, but it's starting to take form. This is the first step." The Braves ranked third in the NL with a 3.57 ERA, while the offense improved after Wren made trades for first baseman Adam LaRoche and center fielder Nate McLouth. But LaRoche is a free agent and the team may be reluctant to sign him to a longterm deal with top prospect Freddie Freeman close to being ready for the big leagues. The outfield also needs an upgrade. Left fielder Garret Anderson is a free agent and unlikely to return, while Wren must weigh any moves with an eye toward making room for the team's best prospect, outfielder

Jason Heyward, who could make the jump to the big leagues as soon as next season. Then there's the bullpen: coclosers Rafael Soriano and Mike Gonzalez have both filed for free agency; the team would like to bring at least one of them back. "This does give us depth and strength in one area of our club and allows us to have flexibility to do other things now," Wren said. "We're a work in progress." Hudson, a former 20-game winner in Oakland, was the ace of the Braves' staff until he tore up his elbow during the 2008 season. He underwent Tommy John ligament replacement surgery and was out for a full year. But he returned at the end of this past season to go 2-1 with a 3.61 ERA in his seven starts, proving to the Braves that his right elbow would be at full strength in 2010. "I'll tell you what, man, it feels really, really good," said Hudson, who recently began his offseason conditioning program. "It feels just as normal as my left elbow. I didn't think I would ever be able to say that." Hudson, who was part of a rotation in Oakland that included

Chicest Takes on the Draped Dress By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog)

York Times reported on the draped-dress trend he was seeing everywhere. One of his prolific Submitted at 11/12/2009 5:48:00 AM photos showed Altuzarra’s bodyAfter New York fashion week, h u g g i n g l o n g - s l e e v e d r e s s Bill Cunningham of the New (shown at left), in all its draped

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Barry Zito and Mark Mulder, believes the Braves have a chance to be even better with Jurrjens and Hanson leading the way. "J.J. and Tommy are two of the best young pitchers I've seen in a long time," Hudson said. "I'm willing to say this is by far the best staff I've been on in my big league career. We have some great pitchers who can go out there and give us a great chance to win every time." Hudson also looks forward to being around for Bobby Cox's last season as manager. He has already said that he'll move into an advisory role with the team after one more year in the dugout. "He deserves a great season, if not a championship season," Hudson said. "He's such a pleasure to play for. We're going to go out there and give it all we've got." Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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Three Tennessee Volunteers players arrested, charged in robbery By Chris Low (ESPN.com)

College Football Nation At least one of the players arrested was wearing some type Three Tennessee Football of Tennessee gear during the P l a y e r s A r r e s t e d T h r e e attempted robbery, according to Tennessee Football Players police. Arrested A fourth suspect, a woman Safety Janzen Jackson and alleged to have been driving a car receiver Nu'Keese Richardson, w i t h t h e t h r e e p l a y e r s a s two of coach Lane Kiffin's most passengers, was also arrested. prized signees from his first "At this time we are currently recruiting class, were among evaluating the circumstances three Tennessee football players s u r r o u n d i n g a n i n c i d e n t arrested early Thursday morning involving Mike Edwards, Janzen in Knoxville on charges of J a c k s o n a n d N u ' K e e s e attempted armed robbery. Richardson," Tennessee athletic The third player arrested was director Mike Hamilton said in a also a freshman, defensive back p r e p a r e d s t a t e m e n t . " A n y Mike Edwards. It was not decisions or comments regarding immediately clear if the players their status will not be made until have attorneys. the evaluations are complete." According to a Knoxville City As recently as Wednesday, Police report, the arrests during the SEC coaches stemmed from an attempted t e l e c o n f e r e n c e , K i f f i n h a d robbery outside a convenience praised his team for not having store near campus. A powered any off-the-field problems during pellet gun was recovered in the his tenure and had repeated players' car after they were several times this year that the stopped by police near the Gibbs Vols had been free of any such Hall dormitory on campus, where incidents. the Vols' freshman football Jackson had started in all but players live. two games this season for the SEC blog Vols and had emerged as one of ESPN.com's Chris Low writes the better freshman players in the about all things SEC in his SEC. He was suspended for last conference blog. week's Memphis game for what â&#x20AC;˘ Blog network: Kiffin said was a violation of Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:25:59 AM

team rules. According to two sources, that suspension came on the heels of a failed drug test. There was some speculation a week ago that Richardson might be considering a transfer when he wasn't at a practice, but Kiffin said there were no issues and that everything was fine. Richardson scored a touchdown in the Vols' 56-28 win over Memphis last week. Richardson, of Pahokee, Fla., was at the center of Kiffin's dustup with Florida coach Urban Meyer last February. Richardson had been committed to Florida for some time, but switched to Tennessee on signing day. The next day, at a Tennessee recruiting breakfast, Kiffin made his comments alleging Meyer cheated to get Richardson and still wasn't abe to sign him. Kiffin was reprimanded by the SEC for those comments. According to the police report, the victims of the robbery were in their car outside a Pilot convenience store, parked next to a Toyota Prius, when a black male approached wearing a hooded sweatshirt, brandishing what appeared to be a handgun, opened the drivers' side door and said "Give me everything you have." A second black male also

wearing a hooded sweatshirt then came around to the passenger side of the victims' car, opened it and said, "give us everything you've got." But when the victims opened their wallets and showed they had no money, a third black male approached the other two and said "we've got to go," and all three got into the Prius and drove away, according to the police report. Police said when they pulled over the Prius, they found a black air-powered pellet gun and a pair of hooded sweatshirts. Police also said they found a marijuana grinder, which the driver, Marie Montmarquet, said belonged to her, and a baggie containing what appeared to be marijuana in Montmarquet's jacket. According to police, the victims later identified Edwards and Richardson as the men who had approached them. Chris Low covers SEC football for ESPN.com. Inforamtion from The Associated Press was used in this report. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

ESRB rates Deadly Premonition for PS3 By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:55:00 AM

In the ancient times, when Access Games' survival horror game, Deadly Premonition, was known as Rainy Woods, it was a multiplatform PS3/Xbox 360 title. But when Ignition picked it up, it was announced as a $19.99 budget title for Xbox 360 only. However, the ESRB rating for Deadly Premonition, which lists Ignition as the publisher, shows PS3 in the list of platforms. We're just like the game's Agent Francis York Morgan, except instead of a gruesome, unexplained murder, we're investigating an ESRB rating, and instead of looking around a mysterious town in search of clues, we've emailed Ignition. But it's the same basic thing. Gallery: Deadly Premonition (Xbox 360) ESRB rates Deadly Premonition for PS3 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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subscribers only), Ryan McGee visits the “Moonshiners and Revenues Reunion” that preceded the induction of the first class at the Nascar Hall of Fame — a meeting of O.G. moonshine runners, in short, with a few newschool Nascar millionaires thrown in. “To the left of the aisle, seven bootleggers teeter in white rocking chairs and denim overalls. To the right sit five retired revenuers,” McGee writes. “Sprinkled among the crowd, lit by the glowing coals of a still, are such team owners as Robert Yates and Jack Roush and a legion of legendary crew chiefs. It’s hard to imagine meth dealers and vice cops rehashing old times 40 years from now. Then again, they won’t be watching their legacy each week on ESPN, either.”* * * At this point, it’s news to basically no one that football is

hazardous to your health. And yet the game, while increasingly staking its brutal claim to national-pastime status, continues to blaze new and squirminducing trails of brutality. Take the could-have-been-much-worse concussion incurred by Cal running back Jahvid Best last Saturday below (but don’t watch if you’re squeamish). At first gloss, Best’s severe concussion — his second in two weeks — looked like a serious spinal injury. At CBS Sports, the always-excellent Ray Ratto takes a second look at the culture surrounding football’s ongoing and going-nowhere head-trauma problem. “We are learning more and more about head injuries all the time, and one of the most obvious things is that they become repetitive injuries pretty quickly,” Ratto writes. “The Best case is a freak because it was so out of the

norm, but two concussions in a week are still two concussions in a week. That can’t happen anymore, even with the best intentions and best in-house medical advice.” In the Journal, Reed Albergotti and Shirley S. Wang ponder whether banning the conventional hard-shell football helmet — yes, banning it — might not make the game safer. — Tip of the Fix cap to reader Fred Sternburg 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.

Geithner lauds Asian ministers’ currency stance (Financial Times - US homepage) Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:32:15 AM

Timothy Geithner, US Treasury secretary, welcomed a commitment by Asia-Pacific ministers to flexible exchange rates even as his Chinese

counterpart praised the renminbi’s peg for helping the global recovery. Finance ministers from the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation group ended a meeting in Singapore with a strong endorsement of “market-oriented exchange rates that reflect

economic fundamentals” but carefully avoided a confrontation with China over its currency peg to the US dollar. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Big Salaries Don't Mean Big Rankings By Brett McMurphy (FanHouse) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:00:00 AM

by Brett McMurphy Filed under: Coaching Money, it's been said, can't buy you happiness. It also can't guarantee a Top 25 football team either. There are at least 31 head coaches in the BCS ranks that will earn more than $1.8 million this season, according to a salary study conducted by USA Today. Of the nation's 31 highest-paid head college football coaches in America, only nine are currently coaching teams in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll. That leaves 22 of the nation's 31 highest-paid coaches outside the AP Top 25. Of those 22 coaches, five have a losing record this season -Florida State's Bobby Bowden(45), Wake Forest's Jim Grobe (46), Virginia's Al Groh(3-6), Washington's Steve Sarkisan(36) and Maryland's Ralph Friedgen(2-7) -- and another is at .500 -- Michigan State's Mark Dantonio(5-5). Four of the 22 coaches are in the cellar in their respective

conferences -- Missouri's Gary Pinkel and Kansas' Mark Mangino (each tied for last in the Big 12 North), Michigan's Rich Rodriguez (tied for last in the Big 10) and Friedgen (tied for last in the ACC Atlantic). Big Salaries Don't Mean Big Rankings originally appeared on Fanhouse NCAA Football Blog on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments

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Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith fined for his role in sideline melee

Mike Tyson Arrested for 'Scuffle' in Airport With Photographer

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Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:35:09 AM

Fines Issues For RedskinsFalcons Fight Fines Issues For Redskins-Falcons Fight Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith has been fined $15,000 for his part in Sunday's sideline melee involving his players and members of the Washington Redskins, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The near-brawl in the second quarter of the Falcons' 31-17 victory amounted to four fines being doled out by the NFL's offices totaling $30,000. Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth was fined $7,500 for coming to the aid of teammate DeAngelo Hall on Atlanta's sideline, a league source told Schefter. Another fine ($5,000) was levied

against Redskins safety LaRon Landry, who made a late hit on Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan that sparked pushing and shoving on the sideline. Hall was not fined for his role in an ensuing confrontation with Smith. Hall said after the game that Smith cursed at him and Falcons director of athletic performance Jeff Fish tried to "get some licks in" during the chaotic scene. Fish was fined $2,500. Hall said he was trying to pull Landry away from the sideline after Landry was called for his hit on Ryan. Hall and Landry immediately were surrounded by Falcons players and staff members. Other Redskins players joined in, but much of the attention was on Hall, a former Falcon who had talked all week of being bitter at the way he was treated when traded after the 2007 season. He

played in Atlanta for four years and made the Pro Bowl twice. Hall expressed dismay that more teammates did not come to his aid Sunday. " ... I'm always ready to mix it up. And to see those guys kind of linger over there, yeah, I don't know what was going through their minds," Hall told Washington radio station 106.7 The Fan this week. Player fines collected by the league are used to support the NFL Players Association's Players Assistance Trust as well as charitable initiatives supporting youth, education and sports-related medical research. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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by Will Brinson Filed under: Current Events In not-so-shocking news, Mike Tyson has been arrested for a "scuffle" at a Los Angeles airport involving photographer Tony Echevarria, according to police. Tyson, whose public behavior track record hasn't been great, was arrested and released on $20,000 bond, according to television reports. Per usual, there are differing accounts as to exactly what happened: The photographer told police that Tyson struck him once, airport police spokesman Sgt. Jim Holcomb said. The photographer fell to the ground and was treated for a cut to his forehead at a hospital. Tyson's spokeswoman Tammy Brook said the boxer was traveling with his wife and 10month-old child when he was attacked by an overly aggressive

Street Chic: New York By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) Submitted at 11/12/2009 4:00:00 AM

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Once Again, Bill Snyder Resurrecting Kansas State By Terrance Harris (FanHouse) Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:38:00 AM

MLB's Economic Rebound Could Be Slow By Jeff Fletcher (FanHouse)

reality, at least the version of reality that he and his colleagues have been describing this week at by Jeff Fletcher the GM Meetings. Filed under: Blue Jays, Dodgers, "I don't think it works that way," Nationals, MLB Biz, MLB Inside he said. "We might need to see Scoop six months of recovery before we CHICAGO -- On a day this buy into that. We need an week when the stock market had advertiser or a sponsor or two to one of the encouraging spikes come back to us." investors have enjoyed more MLB's Economic Rebound frequently over the past few C o u l d B e S l o w o r i g i n a l l y months, Kenny Williams let out a appeared on Fanhouse MLB sarcastic cheer for what it meant Blog on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 to baseball. 08:00:00 EST . Please see our "Let's go, let's party," he said. terms for use of feeds. "We've got cash again." Permalink| Email this| Linking Then, the White Sox general Blogs| Comments manager quickly returned to Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:00:00 AM

by Terrance Harris Filed under: Kansas State, Big 12 Somewhere in the privacy of his ow n home, 70-year-old Kansas State coach Bill Snyder is enjoying this and laughing at those who quietly thought the energy was gone to resurrect the Wildcats. But as we've suspected for years, the private Snyder is different from the public guy. So it should be no surprise Snyder seems oblivious to the instant success he and the Wildcats are experiencing after he decided break a three-year retirement to return to Kansas State just under a year ago. The Wildcats are sitting atop the Big 12 North with two regularseason games remaining after being picked to finish on the bottom half of the division in the

Torchlight begins retail excursion on Jan. 5, 2010 By Xav de Matos (Joystiq) Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:30:00 AM

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Encore Software and developer Runic Games have announced plans to enchant its relationship by entering an exclusive publishing agreement that will send the addictive download-only PC title Torchlight to retail stores on January 5, 2010 for a MSRP of $19.99. Combining skills like so many elemental gems, Runic's design posse includes members from the original team that developed titles like Diablo and Diablo II(anyone ever heard of those?). Torchlight-- which recently released free editing tools to its users -- is currently available for PC via its website. A Mac version is planned for sometime in 2010. Sometime, meaning "not soon enough." Torchlight begins retail excursion on Jan. 5, 2010 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Mike Brown Talks Jose Teamwork of Rivals Aldo and Cleaning Out the May Have Saved Life Featherweight Division By Christopher Botta (FanHouse)

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by Michael David Smith Filed under: WEC, FanHouse Exclusive Mike Brown is so easygoing and plain-spoken that you wouldn't guess he's one of the most dominant fighters in the world. But "dominant" is exactly the word to describe Brown, the World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion who has beaten all comers in his weight class. As Brown prepares to fight Jose Aldo on Wednesday night in Las Vegas (live on Versus), he's getting close to a point at which he'll have completely cleaned out his weight class. And although Brown said in an interview with FanHouse that he's not looking

past Aldo, he acknowledged that he'd like to try moving up to lightweight and fighting in the UFC. Mike Brown Talks Jose Aldo and Cleaning Out the Featherweight Division originally appeared on Fanhouse MMA Blog on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:53:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments

Shane Mosley to Face Andre Berto Next By Lem Satterfield (FanHouse)

champion, on Jan. 30 at The Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, a source familiar with the Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:31:00 AM negotiations informed FanHouse by Lem Satterfield on Thursday. Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, A deal for the matchup has been Golden Boy Promotions, HBO, in the works for months, and it F a n H o u s e E x c l u s i v e L A S will be announced here on VEGAS -- Shane Mosley will Saturday, the same day as WBO fight Andre Berto, the 26-year- w e l t e r w e i g h t ( 1 4 7 - p o u n d s ) o l d W B C w e l t e r w e i g h t champion, Miguel Cotto(34-1, 27

Tenn. Football Players Face Armed Robbery Charges (FOXNews.com) Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:57:35 AM

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Three freshman Tennessee football by Christopher Botta players are charged with an Filed under: Penguins, Sharks, attempted armed robbery. NHL Injuries, FanHouse According to Knoxville police, Exclusive The NHL can be a wide receiver Nu'Keese league of brutality, of fierce Richardson and defensive back grudges played out inside the Janzen Jackson and Mike boards. But one of the game's Edwards were arrested after the most endearing qualities is the early Thursday morning incident. sportsmanship demonstrated The victims told police they when the final buzzer sounds. were sitting in their parked There is, of course, the traditional vehicle at a gas station near handshake after playoff series. Tennessee's campus when two Then there are the moments you Teamwork of Rivals May Have m a l e s , o n e b r a n d i s h i n g a don't hear much about. Saved Life originally appeared h a n d g u n , a p p r o a c h e d . David Morehouse (pictured on Fanhouse NHL Blog on Thu, The two suspects demanded right) arrived safely at home on 12 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST . whatever the victims had. When Thursday morning. The 48-year- Please see our terms for use of the victims showed they had no old president of the Pittsburgh feeds. money, the suspects joined a P e n g u i n s h a d e m e r g e n c y Permalink| Email this| Linking third man in a Toyota Prius and endovascular stent surgery on Blogs| Comments left. Sunday in California to repair a Police located a Toyota Prius blocked artery. But there is a lot matching the description and the more to this story. victims identified Richardson and Edwards as the men who approached the vehicle. Officers say they found a pellet 37 KOs) at the MGM Grand gun, drug paraphernalia and a Hotel. plastic bag containing what Shane Mosley to Face Andre appeared to be marijuana. Berto Next originally appeared Tennessee athletic director Mike on Fanhouse Boxing Blog on Hamilton says he is evaluating Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:31:00 EST the incident. . Please see our terms for use of This content has passed through feeds. fivefilters.org. Permalink| Email this| Linking knockouts) defends his crown Blogs| Comments against Manny Pacquiao(49-3-2, Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:00:00 AM

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US president Barack Obama will hold a jobs forum next month, gathering business leaders, trade unionists and economists to explore ways of tackling doubledigit unemployment. At a short speech on Thursday before setting off on his first Asia trip as president, Mr Obama said he was “open to any demonstrably good idea” to spur job creation that comes out of the summit as “economic growth has not led to the job growth we desperately need”. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Joyswag: Call of Booty: Prestige Edition By James Ransom-Wiley (Joystiq)

Edition game bundle for Xbox 360 (pictured above). The highlight, of course, is a pair of Submitted at 11/12/2009 12:00:00 PM night vision goggles and a man Let's face it, that Modern head on which to hang the specs Warfare 2 robe and slippers set when they're not in use. But we offered up yesterday was really, why would you ever, ever downright impractical. It's like, take them off? where are you even supposed to To enter for your chance to win: hang that stuff when you're not wearing it, you know? Sheesh. • Leave a comment telling us the Today, we hope to make amends scariest thing you ever (thought) for our previous oversight by you saw in the dark. giving away one Call of Duty: • You must be 18 years or older Modern Warfare 2: Prestige and a resident of the US or

Canada (excluding Quebec). • Limit 1 entry per person. • This entry period ends at 12:00PM ET on Friday, November 13. • At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Prestige Edition game bundle for Xbox 360 ($149.99 ARV). • For a list of complete rules, click here. What is Joyswag? Since we don't keep the games and

merchandise we receive for review or promotional purposes, it becomes"Joyswag," which is passed along to our readers. For more info on our policy, click here. Joyswag: Call of Booty: Prestige Edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) terms for use of feeds. Submitted at 11/12/2009 12:10:00 PM Permalink| Email this| Garnet Hertz's design for an Comments OutRun arcade machine ARTIST page 57

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combined with an electric scooter into a real, amazingly impractical vehicle is great, even if it is just a concept for now. But what really turns the idea of a driving game on wheels into something magical (that also plays " Magical Sound Shower") is the software. Instead of simply running OutRun as you drive blindly into traffic, Hertz is working on an iPhone 3GS app that uses the iPhone's camera and GPS to detect your position and the shape of the road, and translate that information into a live OutRun track. See the software at work after the break. The artist's goals are the "UnSimulation of Driving" (instead of using a game to simulate driving closely with high-end graphics like Gran Turismo, this will fuse video game-like

graphics with real driving), and "GPS Navigation Parallax & Mixed Reality" (using only GPS information to drive). And not"Making Something That Is Going To Get Someone Killed", which is why, when this does become a reality, it'll be limited to "controlled environments." [Via Engadget, GameSetWatch] Continue reading Artist plans to turn OutRun machine into real car Artist plans to turn OutRun machine into real car originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, the two warring US chip companies, on Thursday said they would settle their longrunning antitrust dispute.

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Rumor: Hotel Dusk sequel coming to DS in Japan early next year By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) Submitted at 11/12/2009 11:05:00 AM

Intel and AMD settle antitrust dispute The deal will see Intel pay AMD $1.25bn in return for AMD dropping all litigation against the company. Intel will also agree to abide by certain business practices. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

The blog Sinobi seems to have found some retail listings for two new Nintendo games due in the first quarter of 2010 in Japan. Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku( Last Window: Midnight Promise) is a sequel to CING's DS adventure game, Hotel Dusk, set in Los Angeles in the 1980s. It will apparently be out in Japan on January 14! Zangeki no Regenleiv is the Wii action game revealed in October 2008 as "Dynamic Zan" and not heard from again until just now. It's being developed by Earth Defense Force creator Sandlot,

and will include online combat for up to four players when it's released on February 11. All of these details are unverified, but the fact that Sinobi had the images above for both games (which may come from a retailer catalog) add some credence to the rumor. [Via NeoGAF] Rumor: Hotel Dusk sequel coming to DS in Japan early next year originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

The US ambassador to Kabul has warned in diplomatic cables against any further build-up of American forces in Afghanistan, according to US media reports. General Karl Eikenberry, a retired army general who once commanded US forces in Afghanistan, advised against sending thousands more troops due to the unstable political situation, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight sets out on March 16 By Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq)

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(though those are well represented) but the truly upstart Submitted at 11/11/2009 2:59:58 PM sort as well. Here, you find the Taking a classic and tweaking it shirt dress with the asymmetric just right is the easiest way a hem and single sharp shoulder; designer can convince a fashion the dressy jumpsuit with cowl lover to make the jump from neck, drop-crotch and tapered liking to buying. Now more than leg; the double breasted trench ever, we want something pretty, w i t h e p a u l e t s a n d r u f f l e d something signature, but most of p e t t i c o a t . a l l , s o m e t h i n g And for the girl who’s sick of timeless—something we can see the same high-waisted black ourselves looking forward to pencil skirt? Forward’s got you wearing today and 10 years down covered there, too. Innovative takes on the classic the road. Enter the cool mix of designer shirt dress, jumpsuit, and trench, p i e c e s i n R e v o l v e ’ s s i s t e r as seen in the FW09 collections boutique, Forward. Stockist to of Annhagen, Limi Feu and hard to find talents like Limi Feu, Jillian Lewis Photos: Courtesy of Roberta Furlanetto, Gaspard Yurkievich and Laurence F o r w a r d F o r w a r d . c o m Dacade, Forward champions not just those lines sure to sell out

accurate, the Command & Conquer team can sadly expect to receive their dismissal papers Submitted at 11/12/2009 10:30:00 AM from Electronic Arts around that C o m m a n d & C o n q u e r 4 : time. It must be disturbing to live Tiberian Twilight will set upon life like Rell the Cyclops (you retail on March 16 in North know, from Krull!) and know the A m e r i c a a n d M a r c h 1 9 i n time of your own termination. Europe. The game will conclude Command & Conquer 4: the Tiberium storyline started Tiberian Twilight sets out on many dusks and dawns ago in March 16 originally appeared on what was then Westwood's Joystiq on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 (MediaPost | Media News) cherished RTS franchise. Pre- 10:30:00 EST. Please see our Submitted at 11/12/2009 6:45:53 AM orders will grant access to the terms for use of feeds. multiplayer beta, along with the Read| Permalink| Email this| ABC News bosses are talking to game's soundtrack and a bonus Comments "This Week" moderator George mission. Stephanopoulos about moving to Meanwhile, if the rumors are an anchor chair on the daily "Good Morning, America" show. It comes at a time when "This Week" is trying to overtake NBC's longtime ratings champ "Meet the Press."

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WE tv has debuted GuySpeak.com, an online destination that gives wmen an interactive forum to discuss all things male with six dedicated male bloggers. They answer questions on sex, relationships, friends and family -- honestly. The goal is to satisfy women's curiosity -- and quell the frustration -- they have with men. It will be supported by digital marketing placements; the media mix includes Instyle.com, M a t c h . c o m a n d Hollywoodlife.com and Facebook. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Around the Net In Media: Stephanopoulos Mulls 'Good Morning, America' Job One might assume Stephanopoulos would want to stay with "This Week" and preside triumphantly over the victory. But sources say he is giving serious consideration to "GMA," where he'd replace Diane Sawyer. Stephanopoulos would be walking into less than peaceful territory; "GMA" is a troubled mess, having settled into murky

ratings doldrums lately, after not quite catching NBC's "Today." The move would also "play havoc with the notion that he is a devout journalist who manages to stay above the fray of TV competition and keeps his dignity intact," says the Post. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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Kid Sister’s Long-Awaited Album, Ultraviolet By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog)

and then the rest of the songs are just kind of a mish mash. That’s not how we like to do things here Submitted at 11/11/2009 11:02:49 AM at Kid Sis, Inc. We like to keep We’ve been eagerly anticipating our eyes on the road. the full-length debut from Kid What were the album’s biggest Sister(a.k.a. Melissa Young) influences? since hearing the infectious 2008 My mission in everything I do is single “Pro Nails,” on which she to bring people together who c o l l a b o r a t e d w i t h K a n y e would normally not be brought West. Though the Chicago-bred together in other circumstances. rapper’s album was originally And I think that comes from slated to hit shelves over a year growing up in a multiracial ago, she deemed it unfinished home. I just think, there’s no and halted its release. We reason other than ignorance or checked in with Young for the fear that people don’t get l o w d o w n o n t h e n e w - a n d - together and work towards the improved record, which drops s a m e g o a l s . T h e a l b u m ’ s Tuesday, November 17. electronic and it’s hip-hop; those —Erin Clements are two audiences who don’t You postponed Ultraviolet’s even see each other. So now that release from last year. What did they’re together, it feels really you think needed more work? good, because those are my two It didn’t sound cohesive enough. favorite types of music. We wanted to work on getting it Has Kanye heard the finished to sound more like a body of album? work, rather than just beats that I He definitely heard the first decided to rap on. I like a lot of version, and he was like, “Do s t u f f — J o h n P h i l i p S o u s a , this, this, and this.” So that’s Mannheim Steamroller—that another reason why the album doesn’t mean it needs to be on took shape the way it did, my album. I was like, “I guess I because Kanye listened to it. He should just see what songs grab was on a flight to Hawaii or me,” but that’s not all it’s somewhere, and he just listened about—although you’ll hear a lot to the whole thing and gave us of albums where that’s true, his notes. especially with bigger-name How has your life changed since artists. There will be one single “Pro Nails” blew up?

Well, I can pay my bills now, which is really awesome. It’s just been a whirlwind and it’s been a challenge to keep my head on straight, but I think I’ve done pretty well. I’m in my late 20s, and a lot of people tend to settle down at this time in their lives. But now my life is picking up and getting crazy, which is an interesting kind of contrast to my friends. Tell me about the new video for your new single, “Right Hand Hi.” It’s crazy, just a lot of fun. It’s directed by Sarah Chatfield, who’s worked with Lily Allen and Dizzee Rascal. It was the longest day of my life, but ultimately rewarding. Twenty hours of shooting, and I had the flu, so I was pounding Red Bulls and hoping for the best. But it was really good. It’s coming out

soon. You’re touring with your brother, J2K, of Flosstradamus. Did you guys always get along? When you work with someone and you’re so close, you’re bound to butt heads every now and then, but we’re best friends. What’s on your current playlist? Late-‘80s and mid-‘90s R&B. Dru Hill, Teena Marie, Mint Condition, Intro, Troop, Blackstreet—any Blacktreet song other than “No Diggity,” is one of my favorites. You studied film in college. What’s the last good movie you saw? The last amazing movie I saw was Precious, with Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz, and Mariah Carey—and does she ever make you forget about Glitter? She gave a great performance. You’ll be like, “What Glitter?” And Mo’Nique kills it. She will win an Oscar, I guarantee you. I saw it at Sundance three times in a week because it was that good. Bring the biggest box of Sam’s Club/ Costco tissues that you ever saw. And if you’re PMSing, just wait a week—you don’t want to do that to yourself. Follow ELLE on Twitter. Become our Facebook fan!

MediaDailyNews: Merkle Forms Market Research Practice (MediaPost | Media News) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:11:17 AM

Merkle, a customer relationship marketing agencies, has formed a new Market Research Practice. The new practice is part of Merkle's Quantitative Solutions Group, which drives targeted and measurable marketing programs. Christine Baskin, formerly with BioVid, a market research firm in Princeton, NJ, will lead the practice. Earlier, she held senior posts at TNS Healthcare and Yankelovich. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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Twilight Barbie By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) Submitted at 11/12/2009 8:38:34 AM

You have seen Kristen Stewart all over promoting the launch of her new film The Twilight Saga: New Moon, but who would have thought the starlet would already have her very own Barbie doll? Well, technically, it's Bella Star who has her own Barbie, but of course, it's Kristen's features. When the miniature character was born in the Barbie labs, it was Kristen's brunette locks and innocent face that the Barbie artisans emhasized. And if that's not enough, her co-star Robert Pattinson, also has a doll created in his likeness, or rather Edward Cullen's, and this one emphasizes Edward's strong jawline and milky, vampire complexion. The dolls drop into stores on December 12, but if you are a

super-fan dying to get your hands on one early, then get ahead of the pack by visiting www.smythstoys.com to sign up for a text alert service to know when they are in stock. —Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin Follow ELLE on Twitter. Become our Facebook fan!

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Jaisalmer, India. http://www.artribe.org/artists/ At the event you can pick up tote Saturday, November 21st, 2009 bags by Maurizio Cattelan, Event: 6pm–10PM Submitted at 11/11/2009 2:24:51 PM Gossip Girl prop art by Richard Swiss Institute that, he worked for New World Join ARTribe, a student-run Phillips (pictured), T-shirts by 485 Broadway at Broome Street Communications in Tampa. Sinclair owns and operates, organization, and CITTA on Keanan Duffty and photographs NYC programs or provides sales Saturday November 21st for a by more than 30 emerging artists. —Jacqueline Bates, Senior Photo To purchase tickets go to Editor services to 58 television stations benefit exhibition at the Swiss Institute in New York City. www.citta.org Follow ELLE on Twitter. in 35 markets. T o v i e w s o m e o f t h e Become our Facebook fan! This content has passed through Artwork will be for sale and proceeds go to an amazing photographs being auctioned fivefilters.org. cause—building a girl’s school in v i s i t :

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Sinclair Broadcast Group named Rob Weisbord director of digital interactive marketing. Weisbord joined Sinclair in 1997 and has served in various posts, including GM for the KVMY/KVCW-TV duopoly in Las Vegas. Before

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US presses Karzai on corruption (BBC News | Americas | World Edition)

according to US media reports. It comes amid intense debate over US strategy in Afghanistan, Submitted at 11/12/2009 9:21:38 AM with President Obama yet to US Secretary of State Hillary m a k e a d e c i s i o n o n t r o o p Clinton has called on Afghan n u m b e r s . President Hamid Karzai to tackle The top US and Nato c o r r u p t i o n a n d i m p r o v e commander in Afghanistan, Gen governance in his new term in Stanley McChrystal, has urged an office. injection of about 40,000 more Speaking in the Philippines, Mrs troops. Clinton said Mr Karzai must The US currently has some demonstrate "that his second 68,000 troops in Afghanistan, term will respond to the needs among a coalition force of more that are so manifest". than 100,000. Earlier it emerged that the The diplomatic dispatch appears American ambassador in Kabul to be a dramatic and last-minute warned against a US troop surge intervention by the ambassador, unless Mr Karzai acted. says BBC Washington His views are at odds with US correspondent Adam Brookes. generals recommending a major Gen McChrystal was said to be troop deployment. fuming about Mr Eikenberry's Expressing concern about intervention. c o r r u p t i o n i n A f g h a n i s t a n , Rule of law Ambassador Karl Eikenberry - a Mrs Clinton did not comment on By ELLE.com (ELLE News case. It's made of durable, high- former military commander in M r E i k e n b e r r y ' s r e p o r t e d Blog) quality leather and outfitted with Afghanistan - said it was "not a remarks, but voiced concern a strong, sturdy zip. It looks good good idea" to send substantially a b o u t " c o r r u p t i o n , l a c k o f Submitted at 11/11/2009 12:52:20 PM on its own as an accessory or more soldiers, the BBC has been transparency, poor governance, Laptop cases: You need them sliding out of a carry-on at the told. absence of the rule of law" in but it can be virtually impossible airport security check, it can even Washington has not publicly Afghanistan. to find one that matches your pass for a workday clutch. It's reacted to Mr Eikenberry's "We're looking to President sartorial style. The neoprene ones sleek yet classic and comes in comments, which appeared in a Karzai as he forms a new are perfectly functional and say three colors: camel, red, and leaked message to the White government to take action that "all business," and the more white. And at a mere 105 GBP, House during the past week, will demonstrate - not just to the stylized ones, like Paul Smith's you feel as though you are creations, make a statement. And getting away with a little bit of of course, there is pure luxury, highway robbery. like HermĂ¨s. But sometimes you â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin want something that makes a Follow ELLE on Twitter. statement without making a Become our Facebook fan! statement. Enter Longchamp's computer

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international community but first and foremost to his own people that his second term will respond the needs that are so manifest," she said. Mr Karzai won presidential elections held in August, although the polls were tainted with accusations of corruption and vote-rigging. A spokesman for President Karzai has insisted the Afghan administration was "serious" about tackling corruption, AFP news agency reported. Siamak Herawi also suggested that Western governments could play a bigger role in combating abuse of aid donations. "We want the international community to do more to eliminate corruption in spending aid money," he was quoted as saying. "Corruption in the international aid money spending affects Afghanistan, Afghan people and their lives, and the Afghan administration." Print Sponsor This content has passed through fivefilters.org.