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Victory for Karzai, minefield for Obama? By Simon Denyer (Front Row Washington)

and minds. The concern is that there has been such a concerted effort to Submitted at 11/2/2009 11:47:49 AM lower the bar in Afghanistan this Former President George W. year, and to downplay what is Bush used to talk about the “soft a c h i e v a b l e , t h a t f a i l u r e bigotry of low expectations.” He s o m e t i m e s s e e m s a l m o s t was talking about education in i n e v i t a b l e . the United States. The United States convinced But these days, that phrase could Hamid Karzai to agree to a rune a s i l y r e f e r t o t h e U . S . off election, but failed to government’s attitudes towards convince him to clean up the Afghanistan. Just look at the Election Commission that had following phrases from American perpetrated the fraudulent first officials this year. round. That made more “We never promised Afghans a controversy almost inevitable. perfect democracy,” “Afghans White House spokesman Robert have lower expectations in terms Gibbs just declared Karzai the of security,” “we have to “ l e g i t i m a t e l e a d e r o f recognise Afghanistan will Afghanistan” and that the world a l w a y s r e m a i n a p o o r , could take heart that the laws of conservative land with a low- Afghanistan had prevailed. level insurgency,” “our goal in Abdullah Abdullah and many Afghanistan is simply to prevent Afghans would surely take issue al Qaeda using its territory to with that bold statement. The attack us.” laws of Afghanistan do not allow All perfectly reasonable in many for elections to be rigged and for ways, but hardly a compelling perpetrators to go unpunished. manifesto to win Afghan hearts Anthony Cordesman of the

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worst elements of Karzai’s government, encourage the Pakistanis to keep playing both sides, and be exploited ruthlessly by the Taliban. It isn’t just a question of how many troops are sent, but whether there is a coherent strategy that will leave Afghanistan standing on its own two feet. If the war, as Obama once said, is one of “necessity,” then it is surely time for what Cordesman calls “real leadership.” Much as the president likes to find a middle road, there simply does not seem to be one any C e n t e r f o r S t r a t e g i c a n d The United States, some experts more in the Hindu Kush. International Studies argues that argue, needs to show a clear and What do you think is the best the Afghan decision is the unwavering commitment to route for Obama to take through “defining test” of Obama’s winning the war in Afghanistan this potential minefield? leadership. — and demand a clear and Photo credit: Reuters/Morteza “President Obama will have to unwavering commitment from Nikoubazl (Afghan man dances take personal responsibility for the governments of Afghanistan i n c e l e b r a t i o n o f K a r z a i ’ s the outcome of the war in and Pakistan to the same goal. victory), Reuters/Jonathan Ernst Afghanistan, betting his historical Half-measures will never work. (Protest group Code Pink near reputation and second term on W e a k n e s s o r a l a c k o f White House on Halloween) the outcome,” Cordesman said. commitment will embolden the

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Broken clocks, laryngitis at the Supreme Court By James Vicini (Front Row Washington)

Fed tells banks to voluntarily adopt pay guidelines is not a good idea By Connie Madon (BloggingStocks)

Submitted at 11/2/2009 1:43:25 PM

In a place where the time to argue some of the most important legal issues in the United States is pivotal yet limited, clocks throughout the Supreme Court building were not working on Monday — including the big one behind the bench that attorneys arguing their case and that spectators in the audience can see. After the justices went on the bench at 10 a.m., Chief Justice John Roberts noted the problem and pointed out that attorneys are sometimes told not to look at the clock during oral arguments. “That is particularly important today,” he said. Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said the problem stemmed from a “malfunction” with the court’s master clock. It apparently occurred when the clocks were to be turned back over the weekend for the end of daylight saving time. Clocks in the building finally

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were fixed by the time the court heard arguments in a third case in the early afternoon. Besides a broken clock, the arguments in the first case, a dispute over excessive fees charged to mutual fund investors, also produced another unusual development — the admission from Justice Stephen Breyer that he has laryngitis. While asking a question, Breyer made a mistake and said the court

was reversing — instead of reviewing — a federal judge’s opinion. “I have laryngitis. I don’t speak accurately,” the hoarse-sounding Breyer told the lawyer as the courtroom erupted in laughter. Click here for more Reuters political coverage. - Photo credit: Reuters/Jim Young

Filed under: Management, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis Against the backdrop of heightened public criticism, The U.S. Federal Reserve is trying to encourage banks to take the first step in controlling excessive pay and bonuses. Regulators have established broad guidelines for pay incentives and bonuses. However, they are quite loose and do not nail down any specifics. Regulators are trying to coax compliance before the end of the year. Britain has taken the lead and mandated that a percentage of bankers' bonuses should be deferred for a number of years.

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Mt. Kilimanjaro's Ice Cap is Vanishing (Little Green Footballs) Submitted at 11/2/2009 7:12:37 PM

Uh oh. Mt. Kilimanjaro Ice Cap Continues Rapid Retreat, Study Says.

The ice atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania has continued to retreat rapidly, declining 26 percent since 2000, scientists say in a new report. Yet the authors of the study, to

be published Tuesday in the

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reached no consensus on whether the melting could be attributed mainly to humanity’s role in warming the global climate.

Eighty-five percent of the ice cover that was present in 1912 has vanished, the scientists said.

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Larsson's partner demands share By Esther Addley (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:44:19 AM

• Bitter row over legacy of Swedish crime sensation • Trilogy published after author died of heart attack As the author of three dark and violent crime novels, Stieg Larsson was at home in a dysfunctional landscape of simmering resentments and rancourous family secrets. But the Swedish writer cannot have foreseen how, almost five years to the day after his death, the novels' success would lead to bitterness and paranoia in his own family. In one of the most spectacular and unlikely ascents in recent literary history, Larsson, largely unknown before his sudden death at 50, has become one of the most successful writers in the world. Some 20 million of his books, the first of which was published in Britain as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, have been sold to date in Europe alone. Last year he was the world's second best selling author after Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, and his estate is thought to be worth more than £20m. But because he and the architect Eva Gabrielsson, his partner of

32 years, never married and he died without making a will, the proceeds have defaulted to his blood relations, provoking controversy in Sweden and displeasure from Gabrielsson. Today in the latest episode in the acrimonious saga, Erland and Joakim Larsson, the author's father and brother, made Gabrielsson a public offer of £1.75mto settle the dispute, telling the Swedish paper Svenska Dagbladet, "We have to move on." Gabrielsson's response was curt: "You don't solve these things via media. It is so low. My lawyer will have to answer any further questions." She has previously accused the Larsson family of seeking to "make money from someone who can't defend himself", saying it would make her partner "absolutely furious", and accusing Erland and Joakim of not being part of Stieg's life while he was alive. But Erland Larsson said it was he who had insisted that his son write "something commercial", and that the Millennium trilogy, the third title of which was published in Britain last month as The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, was the result. Gabrielsson, he said, had resisted moves to come to a settlement. "It's been almost five years since Stieg died. We have waited to

come in contact with Eva but we can't wait another five years. Now we have to move on." The acrimony over Larsson's estate surfaced a few months after his death from a heart attack in November 2004 while working as a dogged but comparatively obscure journalist, editing a Trotskyist periodical and an anti-fascist magazine, Expo, which he had founded. He had, it emerged, left the completed manuscripts for a series of three crime novels, the first of which was published the following year. The surprise success of the novel has led, almost inevitably, to feverish interest from US directors and stars, with rumours that George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese are among those interested in bringing a Hollywood version of the character of investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist to the screen. Gabrielsson says she and Larsson never married because he had believed his anti-fascist work could have put her at risk if there was a paper trail linking them legally or financially, but that he would have been dismayed to see anyone other than her in control of the estate. "It would have been beyond Stieg's worst nightmares to know

that someone other than me was handling the rights to his books and to know that the money we planned to invest is gone," she has said. Others have agreed, setting up online campaigns in Scandinavia and beyond to raise money for Gabrielsson's legal fees. Expo says that Larsson had wanted the proceeds of the Millennium trilogy to go to antifascist and domestic violence charities. A will dating from 1977, which was unwitnessed and therefore non-binding, expressed a wish for his assets to be left to a local branch of the Communist Workers League. Erland and Joakim said yesterday their lives were unchanged despite their newfound wealth, telling the magazine: "We drive the same cars and live in the same houses as before." As a goodwill gesture, they were prepared to share something with Gabrielsson. "She was part of Stieg's life. She should have a safe and good life with this," said Joakim. "No demands or anything. But she has to call and say yes please." Gabrielsson's lawyer, Sara PersKrause, said that while she had been in contact with the Larssons' lawyer, no firm offer had been made. "They have to come with something concrete

C++ Smackdown: Competitive Coding Champ Emerges By Erin Biba (Wired Top Stories)

A 14-year-old mathlete from Belarus has become the youngest

winner in the 20-year history of the International Olympiad in

Informatics.

and we haven't had that yet. To just meet without any preconditions we have already done," she said. "It was untrue that Gabrielsson had not been in contact with the family, accusing them of ignoring her," Pers-Krause said. "We want to make clear that the primary question for us is how to preserve his literary assets, and we have given them different suggestions for this since spring 2006 without receiving any reply." Most intriguing remains Larsson's laptop computer, which according to Gabrielsson contains a 200-page manuscript for a sequel to the trilogy. In 2005 she refused an offer by the family to hand over the computer in exchange for the author's half of the flat they shared, which his father and brother had inherited. There is speculation that sketched outlines for six further novels are also contained in the laptop. • Sweden Esther Addley guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

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Former KGB agent shot dead in Moscow By Luke Harding (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

investigating committee of Russia's procurator, said forensic experts had recovered 19 bullets from the scene of the shooting, Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:06:10 AM which was carried out at 4.40pm Shabtai von Kalmanovic killed Moscow time yesterday. while his car was stopped at "There's no doubt this was a traffic lights, in what police say contract-style crime," Markin was a professional hit said. "At the moment we are D e t e c t i v e s i n R u s s i a a r e working on several theories of investigating the murder of a his killing. But the most probable former KGB agent who was one is linked to his business g u n n e d d o w n i n M o s c o w activities." yesterday, in the latest contract Detectives said it was too early killing on the streets of the to establish a motive. Today's Russian capital. Russian newspapers pored over Shabtai von Kalmanovic, a the businessman's colourful past, businessman, concert promoter which included a long spell in an and former spy, died in a hail of Israeli jail following a cold war bullets in the passenger seat of conviction for espionage, in his luxury S500 Mercedes. His search of possible clues. killers had waited for his car to Born in Soviet Lithuania, stop at traffic lights - a classic Kalmanovic emigrated to Israel assassin's tactic - before opening with his parents in 1971. By the fire, hitting him 10 times. late 1980s he had become one of This morning police said there the wealthiest members of was no doubt that Kalmanovic Israel's Russian diaspora. The h a d b e e n t h e v i c t i m o f a source of his riches appeared meticulous professional hit, linked to construction. In 1987, carried out by two gunmen who however, Israel unmasked him as fled the scene in an unmarked a Soviet spy and sentenced him Lada Priora. His driver was to nine years. injured in the shooting, which Kalmanovic emerged from took place not far from Vladimir prison in 1993 following the Putin's Moscow office. intervention of the Russian V l a d i m i r M a r k i n , o f t h e government. Back in Moscow, he

became a leading promoter, organising shows for Michael Jackson, Tom Jones and Liza Minnelli. He was also a passionate basketball fan, and became general manager of Russia's national women's team. Lurking in the background, however, were more shady connections. According to the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, Kalmanovic invited Russia's notorious mafia boss Vyascheslav Ivankov to his daughter's wedding. Ivankov, known by his nickname Yaponchik, was himself gunned down in Moscow this summer while leaving a Thai restaurant. He died of his injuries in October. "All of Shabtai's relatives are in shock," his artist friend Vladimir Vinokur told Vedomosti. "They are all in tears. I've just talked to his daughter. Everybody is in a terrible state ... He had a lot of friends. He was extremely attentive to everybody, and gave presents and flowers. A cheerful, touching person." Two reporters from the paper recalled how they interviewed the ex-KGB man last year in his office decorated with Soviet realist art. He said he was also a

keen collector of Russian porcelain, a hobby he said he shared with Vladimir Nekrasov, a millionaire Russian businessman arrested and jailed last year. Contract killings are a frequent occurrence in Moscow, and those who order them are seldom if ever caught. In January a hitman shot dead the human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov not far from the Kremlin, mortally wounding a young journalist, Anastasia Baburova, who was walking with him towards the metro. Late last year killers ambushed Ruslan Yamadayev, an enemy of Chechnya's pro-Kremlin president, Ramzan Kadyrov, after his car stopped at traffic lights next to the British embassy in Moscow and on the embankment of the Moscow river. Yamadayev also died in a hail of bullets, close to the embassy's statue of Sherlock Holmes. • Russia Luke Harding guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Found Photoshop Contest: The Future of Pet Accessories By Wired Magazine (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 11/2/2009 5:00:00 PM

Imagine the future of pet accessories. In the 2004 film Envy, Jack Black invents a handy product called "VaPOOrize."

You can probably guess its function. What products, gadgets and toys will improve the lives of pets or pet owners in the future?

Form 2 Sex Toy Looks Like a Stealth Millennium Falcon [Sex Toys] By Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo) Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:43:25 AM

The Form 2 sex toy is definitely more conventional than the crazy Sqweel ten-tongue demon. At first I thought it looked like the silhouette of a rabbit's head. Then it clicked: The Millennium Falcon. Chewie, you are one naughty rug. The Form 2 has been designed by Fuseproject's Yves Behar in collaboration with sex toy firm JimmyJane's Ethan Imboden. According to JimmyJane, however, it is a rabbit, not a spaceship. Their waterproof toy—made with phthalate-free platinum silicone and stainless steel—has dual motors powering its "powerful vibrating ears." It has five power levels and four digital vibration modes, and it's charged using a base with no cables whatsoever. I like their suggested list of uses. It made me hungry and gave me a tingling morning sensation at the same time. [ JimmyJane via fuseproject via Dezeen]

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UN's Ban urges more climate change funds By Damian Carrington (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

$100bn figure for the total global public and private funding needed each year by 2020 to tackle climate change. It would Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:22:55 AM be spent on cutting emissions by $100bn on offer is 'good start' but providing green technologies, not enough, says Ban Ki-moon and on enabling countries to Money paid by rich countries to adapt to more frequent fierce fight global warming will have to storms and rising sea levels. The "be scaled up" from the $100bn a figure was adopted last week by year on offer, the UN secretary the European Union as its official general Ban Ki-moon said today. n e g o t i a t i n g p o s i t i o n f o r Finance is the key, said Ban, to Copenhagen and is the only offer successful negotations on a on the table so far. global treaty to fight climate "I think it can be a good start but change, due to conclude at UN it needs to be scaled up," said talks next month in Copenhagen. Ban. Ban also revealed that he will Development groups have next week meet all the US estimated the money needed at S e n a t o r s i n v o l v e d i n up to $400bn a year. But the deliberations over the energy and amount by which it would need climate bill. Passage of that bill is to increase was uncertain, he seen as vital to negotiations, as said: "We have to see how without it the US team in measures are effective. As time Copenhagen will have little goes by we may need to change domestic mandate to agree a deal. arrangements." T h e a n n o u n c e m e n t o f t h e Ban's senior climate adviser, personal intervention of the Janos Pasztor, added: "The needs secretary general is a clear sign are obviously much larger and it of the importance of the matter needs to be scaled up." on the same day that Republicans Developing nations are threaten to boycott a Senate demanding significant new committee debate on the climate f u n d i n g a t t h e c l i m a t e bill. negotiations, which are Gordon Brown was praised by c o n t i n u i n g t h i s w e e k i n Ban as having originated the Barcelona, and deep cuts in rich

country emissions in exchange for pledges to curb their own fast -growing carbon emissions. Problems in the talks erupted in public today with African nations boycotting meetings, forcing their cancellation. They want rich nations to commit to much bigger cuts in their emissions than they have so far, arguing that Africa will suffer most from global warming yet are least responsible. Ban said last week that the negotiations were "gridlocked" but today said that "significant" progress was being made. A critical issue, he said, was a lack of trust between developed and developing nations, which a suitably large financial settlement would help to bridge. "Too many countries have domestic problems," he added, without naming the US and the difficulty President Obama faces getting his climate bill through the Senate. Ban also revealed that he had met all the committee members of the House of Representatives both individually and collectively, before the it passed its climate bill. Ban confirmed that there is now no chance that the Copenhagen summit will produce a legally

Found: Game Show From the Future By Cameron Bird (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 11/2/2009 5:00:00 PM

In the early 21st century, adults

square off against precocious fifth-graders. Skip forward to 2030 and the competition gets even fiercer. Are You Smarter Than the Monolith? pits human

against humanoid robot against omniscient cuboid.

binding agreement, as there is too little time to work through all the complex details. "Copenhagen will not be the final word." Instead a "politically binding" agreement must be reached, he said, with strong consensus on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, helping nations adapt to a warmer world and finance and technology funds. Ban joins the UN's top climate official, Yvo de Boer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the UK government in conceding that a legally enforceable treaty is now unreachable at Copenhagen. But he said: "We don't have a plan B and we are not lowering the bar. We still [retain] the highest possible targets." • Copenhagen climate change conference 2009 • United Nations • Climate change • United States Damian Carrington guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Robovie rescue bot hunts high and low for lost princesses (video) By Vladislav Savov (Engadget) Submitted at 11/3/2009 9:04:00 AM

If you've been feeling blue because you haven't got enough green to keep the old bank account in the black, we've got just the tonic for you, dear friend. There's nothing that gets us all perked up and cheerful quite like an adorable humanoid robot negotiating an obstacle course in the performance of a rescue mission. In fact, if you layer on your own "save the princess" narrative atop the on-screen events, the pep in your step should be back in no time. The smile-inducing video can be found after the break. Continue reading Robovie rescue bot hunts high and low for lost princesses (video) Filed under: Robots Robovie rescue bot hunts high and low for lost princesses (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Simon Mann freed from prison By Giles Tremlett (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:29:00 AM

British mercenary Simon Mann released after pardon over involvement in 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea The British mercenary Simon Mann has been freed from jail in Equatorial Guinea, government officials in the west African state told the Guardian. The Old Etonion mercenary, who was serving a 34-year sentence for his involvement in a 2004 coup attempt, was met by his brother and sister outside Black Beach prison, in the capital, Malabo. A government spokesman, Federico Abaga, told the Guardian that a committee representing several ministries had gone to the prison this morning to arrange his release. "He is being let out of prison today," Abaga said. "Once he has left prison he will have 24 hours to leave the country. I don't know where he will go. He is British, so I suppose he will go there. "I can confirm that he has been pardoned for humanitarian

reasons … and because he has shown genuine signs of repentance. He is also being pardoned so that he can receive the regular medical treatment that he needs." Mann's family spoke today of their delight after he was granted a full pardon for his part in the failed coup plot. "The family is absolutely delighted that Simon has been pardoned and is to be released shortly," they said in a statement. "Everyone is profoundly grateful to the president and the government of Equatorial Guinea. The whole family is overjoyed at the prospect of finally welcoming Simon home after five-and-a-half long years away." Mann will spend his first night in freedom at the five-star Hotel El Paraiso, outside Malabo. A receptionist at the hotel confirmed that Mann's brother Edward and sister Sarah had arrived this morning. "They have gone into the city. There is a third reservation but they have not arrived yet," she said. The family were due to check out of the hotel tomorrow. Jose Olo Obono, the chief

Nov. 3, 1993: Theremin Fades Out By Michael Calore (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 11/2/2009 9:00:00 PM

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prosecutor in Mann's trial, said: "Mr Mann learned he was going to be released last Saturday but the news wasn't made official until Monday, when he received his presidential pardon. I personally took him the legal papers he had to sign ahead of his release. He went red with emotion and his eyes filled with tears. "A private plane arrived in Malabo from Britain this morning. It was carrying his wife, Amanda, and his sister Sarah, as far as I know. They are at a hotel in the capital, where they will meet him after his release from prison and stay the night so he can rest. They are due to fly out of the country again together early tomorrow. Olo Obono said Mann had been "a model prisoner". "He has behaved impeccably and he helped us get to the bottom of this coup. Healthwise, Simon is OK. He was suffering from a hernia but he has been operated on twice now in Equatorial Guinea. "His release has been ordered on humanitarian grounds but it is not because Simon is ill. It's because the president felt it is what he

should do, for humanitarian reasons." Greg Wales, a British businessman who was named by Equatorial Guinea's attorney general as one of the main conspirators in the coup plot, told the Daily Mail that Mann's release followed months of delicate negotiations. He the talks had taken place at the country's embassy in London and at the Ritz Hotel between September and October. Olo Obono said Equatorial Guinea still wanted to talk to the millionaire Eli Calil and Sir Mark Thatcher – the son of Lady Thatcher – about the plot. Both men deny involvement. Abaga confirmed that the release coincided with the arrival of the South African president, Jacob Zuma, .At least one South African is among four other men who have received pardons. • Equatorial Guinea • South Africa Giles Tremlett guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

First Look: Redfly Dumb Terminal for BlackBerry

did more than pave the way for Brian Wilson and Robert Moog. He was instrumental, so to speak, By Priya Ganapati (Wired Top in developing TV and also aided Stories) Soviet spies. Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:30:00 AM

Redfly is a terminal that allows

users to dock their phone to it so they don't have to carry a laptop and can run programs and access data off their phone. We take this netbook-like device for a spin.

Redfly Mobile Companions now play nicely with BlackBerrys By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:39:03 AM

Alright, BlackBerry owners, don’t rush all at once. I know you probably wanna get in on the Redfly mobile companion game but we need to remember to act civilized. It’s understandable that you’re excited that Redfly can now kick it with BlackBerrys along with Winmo phones, but don’t flood the servers all at one time. The latest Redfly update isn’t really a surprise. The company announced BlackBerry support was coming, but we just didn’t know when. But with the update, the Redfly C8N and C7 can now extend the desktop of the BlackBerry Bold 9000, Curve 8900, and Tour 9630 to the Redfly’s 800×480 resolution display. Oh, and the update is free. Just don’t push and shove to get it.

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US diplomats talk to Burmese junta By Justin McCurry (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:48:10 AM

Meetings with senior military officials in Burma are test of Obama administration's new policy of engagement with dictatorship The Obama administration's new policy of engagement with Burma faces its first test today as two senior diplomats begin America's highest-level visit to the military dictatorship for more than a decade. Kurt Campbell, the US assistant secretary of state for east Asian affairs, and his deputy, Scot Marciel, arrived in Burma for meetings with senior junta officials. They will also meet the country's imprisoned prodemocracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who was sentenced to another 18 months' house arrest in August after being found guilty of harbouring an American intruder at her home in May. World leaders denounced the sentence, which will prevent her from taking part in elections

planned for next year. Campbell's two-day trip marks a significant shift from the policy of isolation supported by previous administrations. The US, which imposed sanctions in the late 1990s, tightened the measures two years ago after the Burmese military brutally suppressed peaceful democracy protests led by Buddhist monks. The last senior US diplomat to visit the country was Madeleine Albright, who went in her role as Bill Clinton's US ambassador to the UN in 1995. Five years earlier the regime drew international condemnation after it ignored an election victory by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD). The Nobel peace laureate has been detained for 14 of the last 20 years. Washington has said it will maintain political and economic pressure while it waits for Burma to improve its human rights record, implement democratic reforms and cut its military ties with North Korea. Campbell said last month that if

the junta failed to respond, "we will reserve the option of tightening sanctions on the regime and its supporters as appropriate". He was scheduled to meet the Burmese prime minister, Thein Sein, in the administrative capital, Naypyitaw, today, but not the junta's hardline senior general, Than Shwe, who has led the country for the past 17 years. Campbell will meet Aung San Suu Kyi and other NLD members in Rangoon tomorrow, reports said. Washington's policy shift came after more than a decade of sanctions failed to force Burma to implement democratic reforms or release the country's estimated 2,200 political prisoners. Campbell's visit comes amid signs that the junta may be willing to soften its stance against Aung San Suu Kyi, who said recently she supported Washington's fresh diplomatic approach. Thein Sein reportedly told other Asian leaders last month that the regime saw "a role" for her in bringing about reconciliation

before next year's elections, although it was not clear what that role would be. A Japanese delegate suggested that the junta could be preparing to relax the conditions of her house arrest. But Burma observers played down the prospects for progress this week, describing the trip as a test of the generals' sincerity. "The US wants to suss out whether or not they have a genuine dialogue partner," Sean Turnell, an analyst at Macquarie University in Australia, told Reuters. "The overtures towards warming ties with the US have come from officials lower down, and the US is trying to get a feel for how committed the generals are." • Burma • US foreign policy • United States Justin McCurry guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

This DIY Automated Sentry Gun Looks Terrifyingly Easy To Build [DIY] By Rosa Golijan (Gizmodo) Submitted at 11/2/2009 10:20:00 PM

I know the week's barely started, but I've already got the freakishly scary weekend project I want to take on. Some folks have put together instructions to build a completely automatic, autonomous sentry gun. All the instructions, from how to build the firing mechanism to the open source control software, are available on the site below and while the video clip leaves a bit to be desired for lack of an actual gun (water or otherwise), I still think this is one kickass project. I can't wait to build one and duck while it shoots paintballs at anything that moves. [ Sentry Gun via Boing Boing]

What exactly makes a camera EVIL? By Dave Freeman (CrunchGear) Submitted at 11/2/2009 10:14:30 PM

So we know what a DSLR is, we know what a P&S is, but what exactly do we call those new

little cameras with the removable lenses? Is it an “Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens” camera? Well, CNET is asking just that question, and you can contribute to their poll if you’d like. Or hang out with us

cool kids.

The writer does raise an interesting point, what exactly do we call the new generation of cameras? How exactly do you classify a camera like the Panasonic GF1, or the GH1? They aren’t exactly point and

shoot, but they aren’t DLSRs either. Make your contribution to the democratic process (it’s ok, you can still vote if you’re a felon) and pick the new name and acronym.

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China launches crackdown in Xinjiang By Tania Branigan (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk)

Security forces would "root out places where criminals breed, and change the face of the public security situation in these areas", Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:53:08 AM the report said. Security campaign follows fatal In a statement faxed to the summer riots between ethnic Associated Press, the regional Uighur and Han Chinese in ministry of public security said capital of Urumqi the campaign would run until the C h i n e s e a u t h o r i t i e s h a v e end of the year, with police launched a security campaign in continuing the hunt for riot the troubled north-west region of suspects and on high alert for Xinjiang, state media reported terror plots, including those today. involving explosives. The "strike hard and punish" Nicholas Bequelin, Asia drive comes after ethnic violence researcher at Human Rights rocked its capital, Urumqi, in Watch (HRW) and an expert on J u l y , k i l l i n g a l m o s t 2 0 0 . the region, said there had been Members of the Muslim Uighur regular "strike hard" campaigns ethnic minority attacked Han in Xinjiang for more than a Chinese, who then rampaged decade. through Uighur areas. He said: "The result of these Han protestors took to the streets campaigns is to shorten judicial in September, accusing the proceedings. The threshold for government of failing to protect arrests and convictions is lowered them from attacks. and the number of cases where "From the start of November, people are sentenced collectively public security bodies in Xinjiang generally goes up. You have will ... start a thorough 'strike more summary proceedings than hard and punish' campaign to in normal times." further consolidate the fruits of In a report last month, HRW m a i n t a i n i n g s t a b i l i t y a n d said 43 Uighur men and teenage eliminate security dangers," said boys remained unaccounted for the Communist party newspaper after being detained – along with People's Daily. hundreds of others – in police

sweeps following July's violence. Nine Uighurs have been sentenced to death over the fatal riots. Uighurs attacked Han Chinese after taking to the streets to protest against Han assaults on Uighur workers in southern China that left at least two dead. Han launched revenge attacks in the following days. Further unrest erupted in September, as rumours that Uighurs were attacking Han with syringes spread through the city. Xinjiang residents are still unable to use the internet – except for a handful of services – or make long-distance phone calls, due to restrictions imposed in July. Uighurs make up almost half of the resource-rich region's population of 22 million. Many chafe at restrictions on their religion and culture and a massive influx of Han migrants. • Xinjiang • China Tania Branigan guardian.co.uk© Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions| More Feeds

Climate change law could cost 13 cents a gallon By Tom Johansmeyer (BloggingStocks) Submitted at 11/3/2009 9:00:00 AM

Filed under: Exxon Mobil (XOM), Oil Climate change isn't going to be free. A report by Point Carbon, an independent consulting company that tracks global carbon and energy markets, estimates that U.S. climate legislation could push the price at the pump 13 cents a gallon higher. The increase would result from the cost to oil companies for carbon permits, which they can pass along to consumers. This is a much rosier view than that of the oil industry, however, which believes a U.S. cap-andtrade system would thrash

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Judge OKs Challenge to HumanGene Patents By David Kravets (Wired Top Stories) Submitted at 11/2/2009 5:00:00 PM

A federal judge says the American Civil Liberties Union's

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claim that two human-gene patents breach the First Amendment was "plausible," and allowed the first-of-its-kind case to move forward.

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Watch the XPERIA X10's Rachael Interface in Action [Android] By Danny Allen (Gizmodo) Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:49:37 AM

In case you missed it, the XPERIA X10 got official overnight. Besides the 1GHz Snapdragon processor and big 4inch capacitive touch display, it's Sony Ericsson's beautiful Rachael interface sitting on top of Android that impresses. Take a look: At the event, Sony Ericsson also said that the X10 is just the flagship in a new Androidpowered range, and that the Rachael UI will also likely end up on its Symbian phones. Interrresting. SlashGear points out what Engadget noticed, too: the software running on the preproduction handset shown overnight was sluggish because it's not yet optimized for the Snagdragon processor. That will no doubt change by the time the phone ships early next year. [ SlashGear, ElectricPig, and Sony Ericsson] XPERIA X10 Specs Camera • 8.1 megapixel camera • Up to 16x digital zoom • Auto focus • Intelligent face recognition features • Geo tagging • Image and video stabilizer • Photo and video light • Send to web (photo and video

upload) • Smile detection • Touch focus • Video recording • Recent shot tray Music • Album art • Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP) • Media player • Music tones (MP3/AAC) • PlayNow™ • TrackID™ Web • Bookmarks • Google™ search (from standby) • Web feeds • WebKit web browser Communication • Sony Ericsson Timescape™ • Speakerphone

• Vibrating alert Messaging • Conversations • Email • Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync® • Picture messaging (MMS) • Predictive text input • Text messaging (SMS) Design • Auto rotate • Gesture control • Picture wallpaper • Touchscreen Entertainment • 3D games • Media browser • Infinite button • Video streaming • Video viewing

• YouTube™ Organiser • Alarm clock • Calculator • Calendar • Flight mode • Infinite button • Office suite • Phone book with dialer • World clock Location-based services • A-GPS • Google Maps™ • Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation* (free trial version) • *The service may not be available in every market. For more information, go to www.sonyericsson.wisepilot.com Connectivity

• 3.5 mm audio jack • Bluetooth™ technology • Micro USB connector • Synchronisation • USB support • Wi-Fi™ Preloaded applications • Sony Ericsson Timescape™ • Sony Ericsson Mediascape • Sony Ericsson Home with clock widget • Sony Ericsson Sync • Android Market™ Client • Gmail™ • Google Calendar™ • Google Maps™ with Street View • Google Media Uploader • Google phone-top search • Google search widget • Google Talk™ • Google Voice Search™ • Network Location Provider • Set-up Wizard • YouTube™ Screen • 262,144 colour TFT touchscreen • 4.0 inches • 480 x 854 pixels (WVGA) • Scratch-resistant Accessories In-Box: • XPERIA™ X10 • Battery • Stereo portable handsfree • 8 GB microSD™ card • Micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer • User documentation WATCH page 15

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Optional: • Hi-Fi Wireless Headset with FM Radio MW600 By Doug Aamoth Here’s the full press release: been adopted by leading OEMs • Car Charger AN300 (CrunchGear) VIA Introduces New VIA Nano worldwide for a growing number • Screen Protector ET902 3000 Series Processors of market-leading mini-note, Facts Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:30:00 AM VIA’s fastest and most power small form factor desktop, and • Size: 119 x 63 x 13 mm VIA has introduced its updated efficient processors yet deliver energy-efficient server designs. • Weight: 135 grams line of Nano processors, built for richest mobile and all-in-one Available at speeds from • Phone memory: Up to 1 GB n e t b o o k s a n d a l l - i n - o n e desktop computing experience 1.0GHz to 2.0GHz, VIA Nano • M e m o r y c a r d s u p p o r t : computers. The 3000 series Taipei, Taiwan, 3 November 3000 Series processors deliver up m i c r o S D ™ promises a 20% performance 2009 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a to 20% higher performance using • Memory card included: 8 GB boost over existing Nano CPUs leading innovator of power up to 20% less power than • Operating system: Google™ while managing to reduce overall efficient x86 processor platforms, current VIA Nano processors and Android Donut, version 1.6 power consumption by 20% as today introduced its new VIA boast a number of new features • Processor: 1GHz Qualcomm well. Nano 3000 Series processors, the VIA PadLock™ Security including support for the SSE4 Snapdragon™ QSD8250 The processors range in speed bringing enhanced digital media Engine, VIA Nano 3000 Series multimedia instruction set and Availability and versions from 1-2GHz and all feature an performance and lower power processors also provide a secure, V I A V T v i r t u a l i z a t i o n • Networks • UMTS HSPA 900/1700/2100 800MHz frontside bus. consumption to Windows 7 thin high-performance solution for t e c h n o l o g y . According to VIA’s press and light notebook and all-in-one emerging cloud-based computing Fully compatible with all • G S M G P R S / E D G E release: desktop PC markets. Microsoft operating systems, 8 5 0 / 9 0 0 / 1 8 0 0 / 1 9 0 0 environments. “Based on the 64-bit superscalar Based on the 64-bit superscalar “With the VIA Nano 3000 including the new Windows 7, as • UMTS HSPA 800/1900/2100 ‘Isaiah’ architecture, VIA Nano ‘Isaiah’ architecture, VIA Nano Series, we are launching our w e l l a s a l l p o p u l a r L i n u x • G S M G P R S / E D G E 3000 Series processors deliver 3000 Series processors deliver fastest and most power-efficient distributions, the VIA Nano 3000 8 5 0 / 9 0 0 / 1 8 0 0 / 1 9 0 0 the most compelling thin and the most compelling thin and processors yet,” commented S e r i e s p r o c e s s o r s u s e t h e • Available in selected markets in l i g h t n o t e b o o k c o m p u t i n g l i g h t n o t e b o o k c o m p u t i n g Richard Brown, VP International NanoBGA2 package, making Q1 2010 experience with their rich HD experience with their rich HD Marketing, VIA Technologies, them pin-to-pin compatible with Color e n t e r t a i n m e n t c a p a b i l i t i e s , e n t e r t a i n m e n t c a p a b i l i t i e s , Inc. “Coupled with our market- VIA Nano 1000 Series, VIA • Sensuous Black including support for flawless including support for flawless leading digital media chipsets, Nano 2000 Series, VIA C7, VIA • Luster White playback of high bit-rate 1080p playback of high bit-rate 1080p they enable the richest experience C7-M and VIA Eden processors HD video, as well as low power HD video, as well as low power across a broad range of mobile for easy upgrades of existing consumption resulting in longer consumption resulting in longer and all-in-one system designs.” designs. battery life.” battery life. VIA Nano 3000 Series VIA Nano 3000 Series The new processors are currently With a host of advanced features VIA Nano 3000 Series Availability available to system builders and i n c l u d i n g 6 4 - b i t s u p p o r t , processors are built on the VIA Nano 3000 Series processor are expected to show up in retail advanced CPU virtualization successful 64-bit, superscalar samples are currently available markets in the first quarter of technology, SSE4 for enhanced architecture that powers the VIA for OEMs and motherboard next year, presumably to take on multimedia processing, and the Nano 1000 Series and 2000 vendors, and will enter mass I n t e l ’ s u p c o m i n g l i n e o f industry-leading encryption and Series processors, which have production in Q1 2010. PineTrail processors. security capabilities integrated in

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The TwitterPeek is a Peek that tweets By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:08:30 AM

Remember the Twitter Peek thingie Peter Ha spotted last week? Yeah, it’s official now and is actually a neat little device if you Twitter a whole lot and don’t carry a smartphone. Wait, what? So the TwitterPeek gives you an always-connected view of Twitter over a nationwide cellular network. You can tweet and twat all you want. The device runs$99 with 6 months of service or $199 with a lifetime of the device service. I’m sure the TweeterPeek is a wonderful device, but most feature phones now include a Twitter app. So if you’re really getting into Twitter, first reevaluate your life, and then check out your cell phone provider’s offers to make sure you simply can’t upgrade your phone to get access to Twitter. Or you can just drop $200 on the TweeterPeek and call it good. Your call. Peek Unveils TwitterPeek – Making It Affordable for Millions More to Twitter on the Go NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Peek, the maker of the

award-winning Peek email and texting device, debuts the world’s first Twitter mobile device today exclusively on Amazon.com. TwitterPeek promises to unleash the thrill of Twitter on-the-go by enabling millions to tweet interesting news, stories, and ideas as soon as they happen – in real time – without an expensive smartphone or data plan. Twitter has become a worldwide phenomenon, but – until now –

the millions of Twitter users without a smartphone haven’t been able to fully experience the fun of Twitter on-the-go. “TwitterPeek will make it easy and affordable for everyone who doesn’t have a smartphone to really enjoy Twitter on–the-go,” said Peekster-in-Chief Amol Sarva. TwitterPeek delivers the world of Twitter in a sleek, palm-sized gadget sure to top this year’s

holiday gift list. “Twitter diehards will appreciate its ‘alwayson’ instant tweet delivery and newbies will finally ‘get Twitter’ once they have TwitterPeek in hand,” continued Sarva. “Even businesses that Twitter will dig TwitterPeek as a convenient way to stay connected with their customers.” At $99 including unlimited nationwide service, TwitterPeek offers affordability no

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smartphone can match and a user experience far superior to SMS text messaging Twitter with a traditional cell phone. Key features of TwitterPeek are: Unlimited tweets and direct messages Always-on instant tweet delivery Views links (as plain text) and Twitpic images Nationwide coverage. No wi-fi signal necessary. Full QWERTY keyboard, color screen, click scroll wheel 30-day money back guarantee 1-year manufacturers warranty Availability: TwitterPeek is available exclusively on Amazon.com and TwitterPeek.com from November 3, 2009. The original Peek Classic and Peek Pronto email and texting mobile devices are available at Amazon.com, GetPeek.com, Costco.com, and select Blockbuster and RadioShack stores. Cost: TwitterPeek $99 includes device plus 6 months of unlimited Twitter service ($7.95 per month for service thereafter) $199 includes unlimited Twitter service for lifetime of device No contracts

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Acer's Big Ass Aspire 8940: 18-4inch Screen, Core i7 Processor [Laptops] By Danny Allen (Gizmodo) Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:55:36 AM

With an oversized LED-backlit 18.4-inch display, Core i7 720QM processor, and Windows 7, the Aspire 8940 is set to face off with HP's Pavilion dv8 and Toshiba's Qosmio X500 in the uber desktop replacement stakes. And it'll probably cost less. $1350 also gets you 4GB of 1066 -DDR3 memory, 500GB storage, 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M graphics, and a Blu-ray drive. Unfortunately, there's no integrated TV tuner, but you do get nice touches like Acer's touch -capacitive media control interface, and surround sound via 5 built-in speakers. The series will be user configurable, and is expected to arrive "this holiday season".

Acer Aspire AS8940G-6865 • Intel® Core(TM) i7 Processor 720QM (1.60GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 1333MHz FSB) • 18.4" Full HD Widescreen CineCrystal(TM) LED-backlit Display (1920x1080 Resolution, 16:9

Aspect Ratio) • 4GB DDR3 Dual-Channel 1066MHz Memory • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 250M with 1GB dedicated DDR3 VRAM • 500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive (1)

• 4X Blu-ray Disc(TM)/DVD SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive • Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader • Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100 802.11a//bg/Draft-N Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® • Acer Crystal Eye(TM) Integrated Webcam • Touch-Capacitive Media Control Interface • 5 USB 2.0 Ports, 1 HDMI Port, 1 eSATA Port • 8-cell Li-Ion Battery (4800mAh) • Dolby Home Theater® Audio Enhancement • Acer CineSurround Sound System (5 built-in speakers) • Windows® 7 Home • MSRP $1,349.99

'Days of our Lives'' Carly Manning Back from the Grave (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 11/3/2009 12:08:00 AM

Did being buried alive all those years ago make "Days of our Lives"' Carly crazy? Or did she really have a reason for stabbing her husband, Lawrence, who was holding her captive? Now that the soap doc is back in Salem, fans will get a chance to find out. "She knifed her husband. That is not who she is. She is a doctor. She saves lives. There had to be a threat for her to do that," Crystal Chappell, who plays the character says in defense of Carly.

Sony Ericsson lets XPERIA X10 videos and press shots loose By Vladislav Savov (Engadget) Submitted at 11/3/2009 8:16:00 AM

If you weren't up all night following Engadget (and why wouldn't you be?), the first place you'll want to visit this morning is our extensive hands-on of Sony Ericsson's inaugural foray into Android territory. There you'll find the full XPERIA X10

announcement details and spec sheet, which is highlighted by a 4 -inch capacitive display and a deeply customized user interface. With plenty of time to go before that first quarter of 2010 release date, though, we thought we'd get the anticipation revved up a few notches with a selection of promo, the other a useful demo handsome images of the device of Speed Forge 3D -- after the below, and a pair of videos -- one break. a spit-polished advertising Gallery: XPERIA X10 official

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Atheros brings 802.11n to Healthcare-friendly Judge Lets Gene cellphones with AR6003, is Bluetooth revision is four Lawsuit one antenna short of a pair times faster, still seems slow Patent Move Forward By Tim Stevens (Engadget) Submitted at 11/3/2009 7:51:00 AM

802.11n is a wonderful thing, providing 144Mbps bandwidth and reliable connections over impressive distances, but part of that wonder comes thanks to a reliance on dual antennas. Twice the antennas means twice the streams (MIMO, ya dig?), but Atheros has decided to ditch one for its new mobile-friendly AR6003 chip. It's a power-saving move called "one-stream 11n," and while we've seen it before that doesn't mean we have to like it. Atheros's solution provides a maximum throughput of 85Mbps, which is frankly nothing to shake a stick at, and despite that will suck down 20 percent less power than its earlier AR6002 802.11a/b/g chip. In

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Bluetooth may be good for rocking tunes or dropping calls, but transmitting high-res medical imagery seems like something of a stretch. Nevertheless, that's what a team at the PSG College of Technology Peelamedu in other words, we'll rock it in our India has worked up, dubbed PACS: Picture Archiving and celly -- begrudgingly. Communication Systems. It's [Via Register Hardware] F i l e d u n d e r : C e l l p h o n e s , built on Bluetooth spec and so offers similar range and Wireless Atheros brings 802.11n to reliability of transmission, but at cellphones with AR6003, is one higher speeds. Only anecdotal antenna short of a pair originally bandwidth levels have been appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 provided thus far, indicating a Nov 2009 07:51:00 EST. Please 1.5MB image can be transmitted see our terms for use of feeds. in 120 seconds compared to the Read| Permalink| Email this| 400 standard Bluetooth would require; a nice boost for sure, but Comments two minutes per picture still seems awfully slow when a good 'ol 802.11a WiFi could beam it in

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A few months back, we noted that (finally!) someone was challenging the ridiculous and dangerous practice of patenting genes. The company being sued, Myriad Genetics, tried to have the lawsuit dismissed, claiming that the parties (the ACLU and some cancer patients) have no standing, but the judge was not convinced and is allowing the case to move forward, noting that there is a legitimate First Amendment issue to consider here. While just a preliminary step, this is definitely a step in the right direction. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

Xbox 360 Wireless N adapter disappears from the internets By Thomas Ricker (Engadget) Submitted at 11/3/2009 7:16:00 AM

Today's the day that a GameStop listing had Microsoft's Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adapter going live for retail. So how's that $100 worth of throughput treating you? What's that... it's

not actually for sale? Indeed: the entry has been pulled from GameStop and a Google Shopping search reveals only a single Buy.com entry showing the adapter as "temporarily sold out." That's wishful thinking. While Microsoft has confirmed not officially announced a street the adapters' existence they have date or price. We'll let you know

if that changes. Update: Amazon.fr lists the adapter for 80 euro bucks with an expected November 20th ship. We'll see. [Thanks Adam and Tim Ashman for pre-modified photo] Filed under: Gaming, Wireless Xbox 360 Wireless N adapter

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New spongy material instantly hardens on exposure to magnetism By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear) Submitted at 11/3/2009 1:21:33 AM

A new kind of material (of which currently no actual picture exists anywhere) with the consistency of pudding that hardens instantly when exposed to magnetism has been developed by a team of researchers at Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yamagata University. And once the substance, a mix than plastic. between high polymer and iron The researchers say when the oxide granules, hardens, it can magnetic field is 300 milli-tesla become up to 500 times stiffer strong, for example, the material

hardens 300-fold in under one second. The iron oxide granules are spread randomly throughout the gel-like material, but when magnetized, they align in rows and stiffen the gel, which is made of more than 50% water. The gel could be used in card and trains one day to dampen vibrations. Furniture makers could adjust the softness of chairs and other furniture. Via Nikkei[registration required, paid subscription]

Acer wants the Aspire 8940 to be your Core i7- Disturbingly Cool "Big Head" packing portable of choice Papercraft Halloween Costume By Ross Miller (Engadget) Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:50:00 AM

You'd think you've seen all the Windows 7 holiday laptops to last you through this yuletide season, but in comes Acer with another offering, the Core i7packing Aspire 8940. The 18.4inch 1080p widescreen monitor brings with it a NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M, Blu-ray drive, 600GB HDD, and 4GB RAM. Let's also throw in a webcam, 802.11 a/b/g Draft-N, webcam, multi-card reader, HDMI and eSATA ports and a 8-cell Li-Ion

battery for good measure. Quite a hefty number, so expect a little bit of workout if you're wanting to haul this around. Suggested price is $1,349 and all we know of the release date is "holiday season" so it should be safe to add this to your wishlist. Filed under: Laptops Acer wants the Aspire 8940 to be your Core i7-packing portable of choice originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

[Image Cache] By Danny Allen (Gizmodo) Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:20:00 AM

Inspired by the big head mode in retro video games, Eric Testroete created this trippy papercraft self portrait for Halloween last weekend. The geometric look uses 370 individual paper triangles, and here's how he did it:

The first step was to model his face in 3D Studio Max. After overlaying a wireframe, he added

textures in Mudbox 2010 and Photoshop CS3, before using software called Pepakura to break the model up into printable sections. The effect is genuinely impressive, and he's posted a full run-down on the process: [ Eric Testroete via Adam Savage and BoingBoing]

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Dell's Mini 3iX Android Phone Shows Up in Brazil with Wi-Fi, 3G [Android] By Danny Allen (Gizmodo) Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:24:18 AM

Codenamed Yellow Jacket, This MSI's Wind12 U230 flaunts AMD Unmanned Helicopter Sniffs Athlon Neo X2 chip, Windows 7 Out Roadside Bombs [Drones] OS, stress-free keyboard

By Rosa Golijan (Gizmodo)

explosive devices, are set off using a wireless signal, these By Tim Stevens (Engadget) hard drive. It weighs in at 2.9lbs drones will be able to survey and will be running Windows 7 Roadside bombs are a a source Submitted at 11/3/2009 9:26:00 AM areas for the electromagnetic Home Premium (a genuine copy, of fear for both soldiers as well emissions associated with Don't call it a netbook. MSI's MSI seems proud to point out) as their worried families at home. receivers and provide an early latest sits just out of the low-end whenever it ships. We'd guess Thankfully the Pentagon is warning to soldiers. No matter category with its 12.1-inch, 1,366 soon. working on projects such as how silly the codename, this is x 768 resolution screen, roomy [Via electronista] Y e l l o w J a c k e t , u n m a n n e d one important project and I hope "ergonomic de-stress" keyboard, Filed under: Laptops h e l i c o p t e r s w h i c h d e t e c t that it gets put into use as soon as and 1.6GHz AMD Athlon Neo MSI's Wind12 U230 flaunts electromagnetic emissions from possible. [ Aviation Week via X2, a chip that should best Intel's AMD Athlon Neo X2 chip, potential IEDs. Pop Sci] Atom offerings of the same spec Windows 7 OS, stress-free As many IEDs, improvised -- at least slightly. A mere four keyboard originally appeared on hours of battery life is also Engadget on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 decidedlynon-netbooky, but 09:26:00 EST. Please see our beyond that the usual suspects terms for use of feeds. Read| a r e h e r e , i n c l u d i n g a 1 . 3 - Permalink| Email this| Comments megapixel webcam and 160GB (Yahoo! News: U.S. News) overwhelm health care debate 11 seconds ago 2009-11Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:07:48 AM 03T06:27:27-08:00 Joseph W buzzed up: Op-Ed: This content has passed through N u m b e r s , n o t s h o u t i n g , fivefilters.org. Submitted at 11/2/2009 11:00:00 PM

Father: Missing ND students liked to star gaze (AP)

We know that Dell's Android phone is heading to the U.S (maybe on AT&T) after a few tweaks: 3G, and possibly a better camera. But a Brazilian leak now suggests it may also have Wi-Fi, and an improved interface, too. Brazilian Website, Cellular CafĂŠ, says the "X" version adds the WiFi and 3G/HSDPA (850/1900/2100MHz) connectivity that the Chinese 3i lacked. The camera remains 3megapixels, but the interface on the phone's 3.5-inch touchscreen display now looks closer to Android's default look and feel. [ Cellular CafĂŠ(translated) via Unwired View]

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BT's Ribbit releasing Google Voice competitor (CNET News.com) Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:00:00 AM

Sure, Google Voice is cool, but it's not necessarily the best Webmeets-phone service one can imagine, is it? The field is still open, and switchboard-in-thecloud company Ribbit(a division of BT) will stir things up when users get their hands on Ribbit Mobile, a new telephony service for consumers. Like Google Voice as of last week, Ribbit Mobile adds services to your existing mobile phone number, using a standard telephone company service called Conditional Call Forwarding. You set up your phone service to route to the service when you don't pick up the phone, and it gives you all its features on the calls it then grabs: voicemail, forwarding, routing, and so on. Ribbit Mobile isn't purely a mobile app, name notwithstanding. Rather, the "Mobile" means that your phone number becomes nomadic, moving to and temporarily setting up residence on whatever voice platform you want to use at any moment, be it a mobile number, a landline, or a VoIP system. Users set up their Ribbit Mobile features on a Flash-based Web site. Smartphone apps are coming, as is, most likely, another Apple app store approval drama. Ribbit CEO Ted Griggs doesn't seem to want Ribbit compared directly to Google Voice, since

Ribbit is a telephony platform company with ambitions well beyond the consumer app. Ribbit's revenues to date have come from its platform business. But Ribbit Mobile will be compared with Google Voice, and it's a fair and interesting battle.

Ribbit Mobile does a lot, but the Flash app is a little busy.(Credit: Ribbit) Ribbit Mobile bests Google Voice in a few key ways. Its voicemail transcription feature will be better, although users won't get that feature for nothing. Free users will get machine

speech-to-text, with likely the same quality of amusing and borderline-useless transcriptions as in Google Voice. But paid users will also have the option of using human-assisted transcription so their voicemailto-text messages are actually sensible and useful.

Ribbit can also connect to VoIP services like Skype or SIP phones (Google only works with phone-company phones), as well as voice-chat features in some IM services, and you can transfer calls between phones while BT'S page 29

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BT's Ribbit releasing Google Voice competitor By Rafe Needleman (Webware.com) Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:00:00 AM

another Apple app store approval drama. Ribbit CEO Ted Griggs doesn't seem to want Ribbit compared directly to Google Voice, since Ribbit is a telephony platform company with ambitions well beyond the consumer app. Ribbit's revenues to date have come from its platform business. But Ribbit Mobile will be compared with Google Voice, and it's a fair and interesting battle. Ribbit Mobile does a lot, but the Flash app is a little busy.(Credit: Ribbit) Ribbit Mobile bests Google Voice in a few key ways. Its voicemail transcription feature will be better, although users won't get that feature for nothing. Free users will get machine speech-to-text, with likely the same quality of amusing and borderline-useless transcriptions as in Google Voice. But paid users will also have the option of using human-assisted transcription so their voicemailto-text messages are actually sensible and useful. Ribbit can also connect to VoIP services like Skype or SIP phones (Google only works with phone-company phones), as well as voice-chat features in some IM services, and you can transfer calls between phones while you're talking.

If you're on the Ribbit Mobile Web site or using the mobile app when a call comes in, you'll get a very useful pop-up that shows you not just who's calling but what the system knows about them from their Plaxo profile as well as what they're saying on Twitter. Other real-time information sources may be added later. (See Xobni for a good example of how this kind of just-in-time information aggregation can work well in another communications medium, e-mail.) The service lets you determine which of your phones ring, and when.(Credit: Ribbit) My favorite frill is Ribbit's PINprotected incoming-call feature. You can set up a shared phone like a home phone as one of the phones attached to your account. When a call comes in, you can have Ribbit announce the caller to whomever picks up that phone but not transfer it unless the person who picks up enters a PIN to unlock the call. I'm told that Ribbit Mobile will also fake out the Caller ID on outgoing calls, so no matter what phone you call from, it will appear to be coming from the number you want it to. I don't see how that can work without either a PC or a smartphone app acting as the dialer, but if there's any company that knows how to get

into the major phone switches and do that for consumers, it's a safe bet that Ribbit parent company BT has both the technical and business chops. You'll be able to buy additional phone numbers for your Ribbit Mobile accounts, but on release you won't be able to fully disconnect your main number from its original, traditional phone service. There's no local number portability feature that will give you the capability to take your Verizon number, for example, and make it a Ribbit number that's independent of your carrier. Although if we look into the future, it's hard to imagine that at some point, numbers and services will not in fact become unlinked. Other frills include an easy way to build a call return list based on incoming calls and a "shout" feature to send voice blasts to other people. Now, the downsides: first, the Flash-based Ribbit Mobile app, while pretty and capable, is overdesigned. It has its own inapp windowing system, and in the demo I saw there were little alerts popping up across the screen. It wants to be a full desktop. But I bet that users just want a little app they can tuck into a corner of their screen and forget about. The voicemail inbox is more

traditional.(Credit: Ribbit) And of course, the iPhone app was still not approved when I met with the company last week. Griggs said that Ribbit divided the app into three pieces--contact, messaging, and phone--to make it more likely that at least some of them will get through approval. As a business hack it might work, but on the phone users will want an integrated system that doesn't require app switching. Hopefully, Apple will see the light soon and drop its capricious blocking of some phone apps but not others. A BlackBerry app is due early in 2010. Griggs and company are, not surprisingly, very happy with Android as a development platform. "It's an open computing platform at the end of a wireless pipe," he says. But it's also Google's open platform. It will be extremely interesting to see if Ribbit Mobile is able to compete not just in features but in carrier and phone endorsements with Google Voice. Ribbit does have some experience getting into Google products, though: See the company's plug-in for Google Wave. If you're not yet a Google Voice user, now you really don't have to feel left out. Ribbit Mobile is due to go into open beta Tuesday. Try it instead. Originally posted at Rafe's Radar

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Be prepared for Black Friday tech deals By Don Reisinger (Webware.com) Submitted at 11/2/2009 4:17:00 PM

Although Cyber Monday--a big online-shopping day on the Monday following Thanksgiving --has caused some of Black Friday's appeal to slip, it's still a big day for deal-seekers. But with the shopping day three weeks away, I'm sure you're wondering why I'm talking about it already. Well, the ads are already starting to emerge. And it's time to start figuring out where you want go and what you want to get. Use these resources to help you do just that. Track Black Friday Black Friday Ads Black Friday Ads features all the latest updates on Black Friday deals. The site also features buying guides and shopping lists for those who want a little more than deal-seeking. So far, Black Friday Ads doesn't have many ads to look at. That said, you can check out details on becoming a Best Buy VIP or see what kind of deals Sears plans to offer on Black Friday. Where Black Friday Ads shines is with all the extras. You can discuss hot deals with others in its message boards, find discounts the site might have missed, and more. Keep this site on your

radar when you get ready to buy on Black Friday. Black Friday Ads updates you on all the latest ads.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) Black Friday Black Friday features one of the most userfriendly designs of any site in this roundup. It makes it quick and easy to find what you're looking for. Black Friday lists all the best deals from several well-known retailers. Simply click on one of the stores' names in the right sidebar and you can see its respective Black Friday ad. When you find an ad you want to search though, I think you'll like what you find. The site lists all the deals by department. Simply scroll to the category you're looking for to find the deals you care about. Next to those items, you'll see a "plus" icon. When you click that, you can add it to your shopping list on the site. I found that it's a great way to keep track of items. I really liked Black Friday. Try it out. Add the product you want to your shopping list.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) Black Friday.fm If you're looking for Black Friday ads, you'll find them on Black

Friday.fm. But I've found that the site's best value comes from its news section. Black Friday.fm features some of the most up-to-date news of any site in this roundup. It provides stories on topics ranging from ads that popped up on the Web and were later taken down to Black Friday predictions. I found that many of the stories also had comments, which included even more detailed information. BlackFriday.fm also has ads, but its news is what adds the most value to the site.. Black Friday.fm features some great news for Black Friday(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) BlackFriday.info BlackFriday.info is another site with a great design, making it quite easy to find whatever you might be looking for. When you get to BlackFriday.info, you'll find that it features some of the most up-to -date information on Black Friday deals of any site in this roundup. The site has several deals, but you'll also find some news on Black Friday-related items. BlackFriday.info even has a Facebook Fan page, so you can check out some of the latest updates on the popular social network. I really liked

BlackFriday.info. It doesn't have all the extras like some of the other sites in this roundup, but the information it does provide is top-notch. BlackFriday.info has a great design to find deals.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) DealTaker DealTaker has one of the best Black Friday pages in this roundup. It makes it easy to find all the current ads. The site also provides coupons and information on special deals for you to check out while you're waiting for Black Friday. I was really impressed by DealTaker. The site is designed well. So far, it has more ads than the majority of the services in this roundup. When you click on one of those ads, the service usually links to the item that's going to be offered for sale. It's a nice feature that many of the other services don't offer. I was also quite happy to see that DealTaker features coupons. It might seem like an ancillary feature, but it adds a lot of value to the site. DealTaker shows off all the best deals in different ads.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) GottaDeal GottaDeal's Black Friday page won't provide the

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most information in this roundup, but like Black Friday.fm, it's a great place to find news content about Black Friday and all the relevant events. When I got to GottaDeal's Black Friday page, I was happy to see all the different product categories displayed to the left of the content. When you click on the department you care about, all the deals related to that category are displayed. The site lists everything from desktops to video games. If you want to find some other deals that the site's owners might have missed, you might want to check out its message boards. There's a lot of great content there. Check it out. Gotta Deal's Black Friday page shows deals by category.(Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) My top 3 1. Black Friday: With so many nice features, Black Friday should top your list this holiday season. 2. BlackFriday.info: Featuring some of the best content in this roundup, BlackFriday.info is a close second to Black Friday. 3. DealTaker: I was really happy with DealTaker's features. It makes finding deals quick and easy.

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New app Chorus helps you find, share iPhone apps (CNET News.com) Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:00:00 AM

Apple has provided plenty of ways for users to discover new applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but on the sharing side the company has come up a bit short. Third-party blogs and social networks have done well to seize this opportunity, creating tools that help filter and sort apps old and new in ways Apple itself has not implemented. One of those tools is Chorus, which is going live on the App Store early Tuesday. It's basically its own App Store meets social network, where users can share apps they've purchased with others, keep track of what their friends are buying, and discover new apps to buy either through the people they've befriended or from Chorus' hand-picked editors. Chorus does one big thing the App Store doesn't, which is to allow each user to share their purchase history. Unlike the faceless reviews you see overflowing Apple's marketplace, reviews within Chorus' network are all attached to users you can befriend and follow to see what they've recently rated, reviewed, installed, or uninstalled. As a new user, you can very quickly populate the service with all this information using a tool the company calls the Gobbler, an Adobe AIR-based application that scans your iTunes library and finds app purchases. You can

then go through to check which apps you want to make public with your friends and the service's recommendation engine (note: by default, the Gobbler and Chorus apps are both smart enough to know that you probably don't want to share something that's rated 17 or over). Chorus' content Gobbler scans your iTunes purchases so you can add them in bulk.(Credit: CNET) Once you've shared your application history with Chorus, it helps fuel what the service recommends to you--just like

Apple does with its own Genius service. This is where the app goes one step further though; it lets you see which of those apps your friends have used, if they've rated it, and whether they ended up removing it from their device. It also weights its recommendations higher if your friends have it installed. To befriend other users you can cull your Facebook or Twitter contact list to find those who may already be using the service, or search by whatever username they've using on Chorus. The app also comes installed with a

handful of subscriptions to the service's "AppMavens" who are bloggers that seed the network with their picks and reviews. Frankly, I found these the AppMaven's reviews less useful than the App Store's user review section, which-- major faults aside, can shed light on things a single review can't, like how well it works on various devices, if there are any bugs, and what version the app was reviewed on. Chorus recommends apps your friends have used and downloaded, as well as showing you how they reviewed

them.(Credit: CNET) The saving grace with the Chorus reviews system is that like other third-party app directories, all purchases still go through in the App Store app itself, which means you can still scope out those user reviews before making a purchase. On the downside, when it comes time to buy, you get kicked out of the Chorus app and sent into the App Store. This can be jarring but is made slightly less irritating by the fact that the app is smart NEW page 39

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Free Music Monday: Singer-Songwriter Edition By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!)

3. Sarah McLachlan & Emmylou Harris: Angel— In celebration of the seminal all-female music Greetings, music fans! It’s festival returning in 2010 after a another Free Music Monday for protracted absence, the Lilith Fair your listening pleasure. If you’ve is offering a free recording of been with us for past episodes, McLachlan’s track performed by you’ll know we’re celebrating the Canadian chanteuse and the the#musicmonday tradition on country legend. You’ll have to Twitter. sign up for the Lilith Fair We pick 10 tracks, albums or newsletter to get the track playlists from around the web download link. [via Totally Free and offer you links to the Music] downloads or embedded streams 4. Patty Griffin: Mad Mission— when possible. Last week we put Classic plaintive tune from the out a special edition featuring a distinctive folk goddess’s first c o m p l e t e s e t f r o m y o u r album. Check out the stream submissions(check the end of this below. post for details on how to submit 5. Joe Purdy: Andrea— Topping music to Free Music Monday). The Sixty One’s Folk charts is This week we’re celebrating this guitar and keys ode to singer-songwriters in this week’s Andrea, embedded below. theme. 6. Quincy Mumford: All We Let’s get rolling with the list! Need Is— Find some funk-tinged 1 . M e i k o : B o y s w i t h singer-songwriter goodness in the Girlfriends— Right-click to grab playlist from Jersey Shore artist a free download of this tune from Quincy Mumford below, and Los Angeles-based Meiko’s self- snag a free download of the first titled album courtesy of the folks track from Bandcamp. at MySpace Music, and be sure All We Need Is by Quincy to check out the artist’s page and Mumford follow her on Twitter. 7. Sheila Nichols: Songs from 2. Nate Davenport: Guess this Is the Bardo— After a stint on the Goodbye— Snag this free 320 major label scene and a track on Kbps MP3 download with a right the High Fidelity soundtrack, -click as well. Find out more artist Sheila Nicholls pulled away about San Antonio, Texas-based from the industry to continue Nate Davenport and pick up his writing songs and recording on debut album Sweet Disaster on her own timeline over the next 5 iTunes or from CD Baby. years. The result is this new Submitted at 11/2/2009 5:36:49 PM

album, streamed in its entirety below and available for download from Bandcamp. Where None are Afraid by Sheila Nicholls 8. Joel Plaskett: Through & Through & Through— Check out the video to this tune from this Canadian singer-songwriter below and grab a free download by right-clicking this link courtesy of MapleMusic Recordings. Touring and recording almost constantly for the past 15 years, Joel was recently hand-picked to open Paul McCartney’s gig in the former’s hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia. 9. Ash Koley: Mary the Inventor— Another Canadian, Ash Koley and musical partner Phil Deschambault bring their quirky pop to you courtesy of Nettwerk ( right-click here for the free download). Stay tuned next Tuesday November 10 for the release of her new EP, The White EP, available on iTunes. 10. Ashley Arrison: Last of My

Goodbyes— Splitting her time between LA and her hometown of Nashville, TN, Ashley blends Americana charm with influences ranging from Sarah McLachlan and Trisha Yearwood to James Taylor. Check out the video of Last of My Goodbyes live below, and find out more about the artist on her official site. As always, thanks for tuning in! And if you enjoy Free Music Monday, please give us a boost by sending it to your musicloving friends. You can always find the latest edition of this feature by hitting up the Free Music Monday tag page, so feel free to bookmark it and check back every Monday for 10 more tracks (and the occasional full album or playlist!). We also accept submissions from music makers and netlabels out there, so if you have a track you’d like to offer our readers during a future edition of Music Monday please drop us a line at barb AT mashable DOT com with either something to download or stream for our readers (if you send us an MP3 we’re happy to host it as well). If you sent us tracks and we haven’t featured them yet, please stay tuned for a future Free Music Monday. Thanks everyone! Tags: free music monday, mp3s, music

Obama Administration Uses 'State Secrets' Clause To Try To Block All Warrantless Wiretapping Cases By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Submitted at 11/2/2009 4:57:28 PM

Despite new rules from the Obama administration that are supposed to reduce the use of "state secrets" claims to avoid revealing certain information, the first use of such a claim out of the administration since change the rules is to (once again) try to stop lawsuits involving warrantless wiretapping efforts by the federal government that began under the Bush administration. Again, this is disappointing. It remains difficult for me to see how anyone can justify a warrantless wiretapping program. I have no problem with a wiretapping program that has judicial oversight, but how can anyone defend a system that had no oversight at all? Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

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Google Chrome 4.0 graduates to beta status By Stephen Shankland (Webware.com)

with the Google bookmarks service, which is linked with iGoogle and the Google Toolbar. Submitted at 11/2/2009 9:27:00 PM Speaking of extensions, one of More people will get a chance to the 4.x series' biggest features is try out b o o k m a r k the ability to accommodate synchronization with Monday's extensions, but because Google is release of a beta version of shifting the extensions interface, Google Chrome for Windows. the feature isn't enabled in the Google introduced the bookmark beta version. Chrome is released sync feature for the developer- in three versions: the roughest, preview version in August, but f a s t e s t m o v i n g d e v e l o p e r now it's also in the better-tested preview, the more stable beta, beta version, Chrome 4.0.223.16. and the stable edition for the However, there's still no Chrome broadest audience. beta for Mac OS X or Linux. The 4.x series has other In a video explanation, Google's significant features, too, though Anthony LaForge somewhat it's not clear whether they'll breathlessly describes how the arrive in the beta or stable sync feature can keep bookmarks versions. One is Google's Native the same on multiple machines. Client, which lets JavaScript That's a fair point, but let's be applications take more direct realistic here--bookmark sync in advantage of a PC processor's Chrome is more catch-up than horsepower through a careful paradigm shift. Indeed, with the security mechanism. Another is popular Xmarks extension--in the WebGL, a 3D interface that does works for Chrome, people can t h e s a m e w i t h h a r d w a r e synchronize bookmarks among a c c e l e r a t e d g r a p h i c s . multiple browsers, not merely Together, the features have the multiple computers. potential to dramatically improve And Chrome's clever message- the power and sophistication of b a s e d s y n c t e c h n o l o g y Web-based applications. That's n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g , C h r o m e particularly interesting given that bookmarks would be a lot more Google is building Chrome OS, a magical if they synchronized browser-based operating system.

The Mac version isn't in beta yet, but it's a priority. "Our goal for this Friday is to be able to count our Mac P1 M4 release blocker bugs on one hand (we're in the 20s now)," said Chrome programmer Mike Pinkerton in a mailing list announcement on Monday. P1 bugs are priority-one; M4 refers to milestone 4, or version 4.0. And Google is willing to put more manpower onto the Mac version, he added. "Everyone should have their P1 list practically at zero by the end of this week. If you are not going to be able to reach this, let me (or other triage folk) know ASAP so that we can get you some help. Chrome edged up to 3.6 percent of browser usage for October, its highest showing so far in Net Applications' statistics since the browser's first public release 14 months ago. That's within striking distance of third-place Safari at 4.2 percent, but still well short of second-place Firefox at 24.1 percent and dominant Internet Explorer at 64.6 percent. Chrome has helped fan the browser war flames even without becoming dominant, though. In particular, it's helped increase the

emphasis on performance such as the speed to load the software, load Web pages, and run Webbased JavaScript applications. Here, more than with bookmark sync, Google's chest-thumping has some merit: "As with every release, this new beta comes with many speed improvements. In particular, as Web applications we use every day become increasingly dynamic, browsers like Google Chrome need to be able to construct and change elements on web pages as fast as possible," said programmers Idan Avraham and Anton Muhin in a blog post. "We've improved performance scores on Google Chrome by 30 percent since our current stable release, as measured by Mozilla's Dromeao DOM Core Tests, and by 400 percent since our first stable release." There has been some slowdown with the arrival of Chrome extensions, though, so Google will have some more optimization work to do to keep the browser in fighting trim. Updated 9:57 p.m. PST with further details on the Mac OS X beta priority. Originally posted at Deep Tech

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Gingrich Angry at Scozzafava (Little Green Footballs) Submitted at 11/2/2009 10:42:24 AM

Newt Gingrich is reportedly angry with Dede Scozzafava for endorsing her former opponent, Democrat Bill Owens. Scozzafava’s decision infuriated Republicans who had stuck with her, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. He told the AP that he was disappointed and “deeply upset.” “How could she have accepted all that support?” he said, adding later, “I’m very, very let down because she told everybody she was a Republican, and she said she was a loyal Republican.” Gingrich might be upset because he backed Scozzafava and now has to eat crow and support Hoffman. But it’s a funny kind of loyalty to demand, a loyalty that only works in one direction. If the GOP is going to start enthusiastically carrying out tea party-style purges, it’s a bit hypocritical to complain about disloyalty from the ones who are cast out.

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Personal services get business flavor: Xobni and SugarSync By Rafe Needleman (Webware.com) Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:01:00 AM

IT pros will often tell you that a lot of consumer technology isn't ready for the enterprise. It's not secure, it's not priced correctly, it can't be administered, yada yada. That doesn't stop businesspeople from using consumer tools in their jobs, though. It just stops the people who make the tools from profiting from their use. Where there are IT administrators, there are budgets, and where there are budgets, there's market opportunity. And I'm not surprised that two very solid personal productivity tools are getting business versions this week and business models to match. Xobni provides a heads-up display for e-mail.(Credit: Xobni) The Outlook add-on maker Xobni on Monday released Xobni Enterprise, a new version of the product with links into traditional business data sources. While the free and Plus levels of

Xobni will search Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to give users more information about the people who are e-mailing them, the enterprise version will also tap into Salesforce.com, Sharepoint, and corporate directory services. It can also be extended to work with proprietary business apps. This could be pretty cool: users will be able to see latest internal database info from people they're communicating with them, automatically when they're doing the communicating. And to help IT teams keep their users in line with whatever (ridiculous and restrictive) policies their companies have on employee access to outside data, Enterprise Xobni admins can also turn off access to the app's Twitter features and other parts of the product. Admins, of course, can provision employees' computers for access to Xobni data from a central console. Xobni Enterprise starts at $30 a user a year, with prices going down with volume or up for

access to enterprise data sources. The Business edition of SugarSync lets admins pool storage and control access.(Credit: SugarSync) On Tuesday, the cloud file synchronization product SugarSync gets a business version design for teams. The Business version of the product features pooled storage and central IT control. Customers pay for each user ($10 a month) and for the storage they want, in 100GB increments. Admins have access to all this storage, too. If an employee leaves the company, they can disable access, and then sign on as that person, and recover data. There's no "remote wipe" feature to remove company data from an employee's computer, but CEO Laura Yecies told me she's thinking about it. A useful feature lets users send files to other people via the SugarSync service, instead of through e-mail. This could compete with the useful, but single-purpose and somewhat expensive product, YouSendIt,

except that SugarSync's singlefile transfer function can't password-protect files. In the cloud sync category, SugarSync lagged its major competitor Dropbox in releasing of a free, limited version of the service. There's one now, and Yecies says, "We're finding that free is a good business." She bases this on "conversion" to the paid product, which she says is 5 percent to 10 percent, depending on the offers presented to users. I use and pay for my own SugarSync account and highly recommend the service. Compared with geek favorite service Dropbox, it's got more flexible configuration options and better mobile device support. The business version freaks me out, personally--I don't want any IT manager getting access to files my hard drive--but this sounds like a good product for the security-conscious IT exec who wants to provide a team filesharing product along with offsite backup to users. Originally posted at Rafe's Radar

Where would you begin? There is clearly no top to this thing. Which imho is good, the same as the web. There is no Home Page, no place everyone starts. It's why the web is open and democratic and without a

bottleneck and has no gatekeeper to keep you out. Hat's off to TBL for designing it that way. That still leaves me with the problem...

What's the root list of Twitter? (Scripting News)

its directory. Suppose you were going to Submitted at 11/2/2009 7:44:04 AM design a list browser for Twitter, My hard drive has a top level, one that would allow you to hop it's called Macintosh HD. from list to user to their lists to On PCs it's C: other users and their lists and on Yahoo's home page is the root of and on.

SnowChecker Determines If Your Applications Are SnowLeopard Compatible [Featured Mac Download] By Adam Pash (Lifehacker) Submitted at 11/2/2009 3:00:00 PM

Mac OS X only: Free application SnowChecker runs a scan of your installed applications and tells you which may have problems running in Snow Leopard. (Click the image above for a closer look.) If you've been hesitant to upgrade to Snow Leopard for fear of application incompatibility but you didn't feel like checking compatibility lists row by row to see how your must-have applications stack up, SnowChecker makes this process a breeze. Built on top of previously mentioned Snow Leopard Compatibility List, SnowChecker does all the hard work for you. Just download it, run it, and watch for items with status alerts. SnowChecker is a free download, Mac OS X only. SnowChecker[via Download Squad]

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Personal services get business flavor: Xobni and SugarSync (CNET News.com) Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:01:00 AM

Sharepoint, and corporate directory services. It can also be extended to work with proprietary business apps. This could be pretty cool: users will be able to see latest internal database info from people they're communicating with them, automatically when they're doing the communicating. And to help IT teams keep their users in line with whatever (ridiculous and restrictive) policies their companies have on employee access to outside data, Enterprise Xobni admins can also turn off access to the app's Twitter features and other parts of the product. Admins, of course, can provision employees' computers for access to Xobni data from a central console. Xobni Enterprise starts at $30 a user a year, with prices going down with volume or up for access to enterprise data sources. The Business edition of SugarSync lets admins pool storage and control access.(Credit: SugarSync) On Tuesday, the cloud file synchronization product SugarSync gets a business version design for teams. The Business version of the product

expensive product, YouSendIt, except that SugarSync's singlefile transfer function can't password-protect files. In the cloud sync category, SugarSync lagged its major competitor Dropbox in releasing of a free, limited version of the service. There's one now, and Yecies says, "We're finding that free is a good business." She bases this on "conversion" to the paid product, which she says is 5 percent to 10 percent, depending on the offers presented to users. features pooled storage and I use and pay for my own central IT control. Customers pay SugarSync account and highly for each user ($10 a month) and r e c o m m e n d t h e s e r v i c e . for the storage they want, in Compared with geek favorite 100GB increments. Admins have service Dropbox, it's got more access to all this storage, too. If flexible configuration options an employee leaves the company, and better mobile device support. they can disable access, and then The business version freaks me sign on as that person, and out, personally--I don't want any recover data. There's no "remote IT manager getting access to files w i p e " f e a t u r e t o r e m o v e my hard drive--but this sounds c o m p a n y d a t a f r o m a n like a good product for the employee's computer, but CEO security-conscious IT exec who Laura Yecies told me she's wants to provide a team filethinking about it. sharing product along with offA useful feature lets users send site backup to users. files to other people via the This content has passed through SugarSync service, instead of fivefilters.org. through e-mail. This could compete with the useful, but single-purpose and somewhat

Hulu Adds "Coming Soon" Section, Episode Notifications [Streaming Video] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:00:00 AM

Afraid you're going to miss your favorite show tonight? Unsure when you can stream it and shield yourself against spoilers? Hulu has added a Coming Soon section that details the day when TV episodes are posted online. A general day-by-day guide, and bulk RSS feed, aren't all that helpful, but Hulu goes one better by offering links to send you an email when a particular episode is posted, and embed a shell container for an episode that will work when the episode goes live. That last feature, in particular, seems ripe for some kind of clever webapp solution. [ Hulu via CNET]

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you're talking. If you're on the Ribbit Mobile Web site or using the mobile app when a call comes in, you'll get a very useful pop-up that shows you not just who's calling but what the system knows about them from their Plaxo profile as well as what they're saying on Twitter. Other real-time information sources may be added later. (See Xobni for a good example of how this kind of just-in-time information aggregation can work well in another communications medium, e-mail.) The service lets you determine which of your phones ring, and when.(Credit: Ribbit) My favorite frill is Ribbit's PINprotected incoming-call feature. You can set up a shared phone like a home phone as one of the phones attached to your account. When a call comes in, you can have Ribbit announce the caller to whomever picks up that phone but not transfer it unless the person who picks up enters a PIN to unlock the call. I'm told that Ribbit Mobile will

also fake out the Caller ID on outgoing calls, so no matter what phone you call from, it will appear to be coming from the number you want it to. I don't see how that can work without either a PC or a smartphone app acting as the dialer, but if there's any company that knows how to get into the major phone switches and do that for consumers, it's a safe bet that Ribbit parent company BT has both the technical and business chops. You'll be able to buy additional phone numbers for your Ribbit Mobile accounts, but on release you won't be able to fully disconnect your main number from its original, traditional phone service. There's no local number portability feature that will give you the capability to take your Verizon number, for example, and make it a Ribbit number that's independent of your carrier. Although if we look into the future, it's hard to imagine that at some point, numbers and services will not in fact become unlinked. Other frills include an easy way

to build a call return list based on incoming calls and a "shout" feature to send voice blasts to other people. Now, the downsides: first, the Flash-based Ribbit Mobile app, while pretty and capable, is overdesigned. It has its own inapp windowing system, and in the demo I saw there were little alerts popping up across the screen. It wants to be a full desktop. But I bet that users just want a little app they can tuck into a corner of their screen and forget about. The voicemail inbox is more traditional.(Credit: Ribbit) And of course, the iPhone app was still not approved when I met with the company last week. Griggs said that Ribbit divided the app into three pieces--contact, messaging, and phone--to make it more likely that at least some of them will get through approval. As a business hack it might work, but on the phone users will want an integrated system that doesn't require app switching. Hopefully, Apple will see the light soon and drop its capricious blocking of

some phone apps but not others. A BlackBerry app is due early in 2010. Griggs and company are, not surprisingly, very happy with Android as a development platform. "It's an open computing platform at the end of a wireless pipe," he says. But it's also Google's open platform. It will be extremely interesting to see if Ribbit Mobile is able to compete not just in features but in carrier and phone endorsements with Google Voice. Ribbit does have some experience getting into Google products, though: See the company's plug-in for Google Wave. If you're not yet a Google Voice user, now you really don't have to feel left out. Ribbit Mobile is due to go into open beta Tuesday. Try it instead. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Video: Chris O'Donnell on Keeping up with 'NCIS: Los Angeles' Fans (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 11/3/2009 12:01:00 AM

Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J welcome ET's Kevin Frazier to the set of the No. 1 new drama! The cast gives Kevin a tour of the set, and Chris reveals how the cast is handling the show's overwhelming fan reaction. "We're having a blast and the cast is really gelling," Chris tells ET of the series' development and growing popularity.

Anti-Abortion Extremists' Auction Goes Online (Briefly) (Little Green Footballs) Submitted at 11/2/2009 9:21:08 AM

Last Wednesday we noted a report that eBay had rejected an auction by a radical anti-abortion group to raise money for alleged murderer Scott Roeder: EBay Says No to Scott Roeder Benefit

Auction. According to TPM, however, the auction did go online for a brief time before being pulled down. The person who posted the items, mission.of.life, registered at eBay on October 30, 2009, so this may a new account. have been an attempt to get But Google’s cache still has it around eBay’s first rejection with

here: Drawings Commissioned by Scott Roeder - eBay (item 200401118000 end time Nov-0409 21:09:16 PST). And three of the disturbing drawings “commissioned” from a fellow prisoner by Scott Roeder are still online at eBay. All of these drawings glorifying

murder are signed by Roeder, “To all you precious prolifers, thank you for all your support, Scott Roeder.”

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Released!: Opera Mobile 10 beta for Symbian By Jessica Dolcourt (Webware.com)

dial thumbnails you see when you load the browser anew or launch a new page are the Submitted at 11/2/2009 11:00:00 PM spotlight-grabbing features. The Right now I'm Web-surfing with entire interface, in fact, gets a a browser that's sleek and fast. It fresh coat of paint using the same has Speed Dial thumbnails to brush that drew in Opera Mini 5 quickly load a favorite Web page beta. The visual encore works. In and preview thumbnails to help looks alone, the inviting Opera rotate through open Web pages Mobile 10 beta bowls over Opera by sight. The app I'm wielding Mobile 9.7 beta's design. sounds a lot like Opera 10, While the speed dial thumbnails Opera's desktop browser ( Mac| and multiple browser tabs were Windows), or even the recently far more impressive in the released Opera Mini 5 beta for comparatively resource-light Java phones. But it's not. Opera Mini 5 beta, a proxy I'm navigating the Internet from browser, the design continuity we a 4.6 x 2.2 inch screen belonging see in Opera Mobile 10 beta, a to a Nokia N97 smartphone using standalone Web browser, is a a pre-release version of Opera welcome refresh that also joins Mobile 10 beta for Symbian the two cell phone apps in a Series 60 phones. Opera Mobile unified design philosophy. 10 beta is available as of Tuesday Opera's 4MB version 10 beta morning, Central European Time. browser retains many of the Opera Mobile 10 beta previews features from prior releases, like t a b s i n a f l a s h y n e w the password manager, and the design.(Credit: Opera Software) abilities to zoom in and out, copy W h a t ' s n e w ? T h e t a b b e d text, save images, download files, browsing treatment and speed and open links in a new tab.

From Opera Mobile 9.7 beta, the version 10 beta has carried over Opera Turbo, Opera's compression engine that uses Opera's servers to punch up performance (and deliver less detailed images) when the Internet connection is slow. In addition, Opera claims that Opera Mobile 10 beta is twice as fast as its Symbian predecessor when it comes to downloads and zooming and panning. Opera's Speed Dial and expandable search box make the jump to Opera Mobile 10 beta.(Credit: Opera Software) As a beta build, Opera Mobile 10 beta does have several bugs to work out. First, Opera Link, the bookmarks-syncing service available in Opera 10 desktop browser and in the stable builds of Opera Mobile and Opera Mini, is absent from this build (it's also missing from Opera Mini 5 beta.) Opera Link will return by the time Opera Mobile 10 leaves beta.

Other known issues include the virtual keyboard popping up even when you're using the physical keyboard, as it did in our tests on the Nokia N97. The beta browser is also known to freeze at times, and has only partial support for the IMEs (Input Method Editors) that make typing Asian languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean work. As a result, this beta build won't function on handsets with Asian language packs and won't render Asian fonts in this version, says Opera, but the input incompatibility should be fixed in the next release. Opera Mobile 10 beta is available now for Symbian users on Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson smartphones running Symbian Series 60, 3rd and 5th editions. Try it by pointing the mobile browser to http://m.opera.com/mobile. Originally posted at The Download Blog

Sexy Through the Decades: The Many Transformations of Madonna! (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:00:00 AM

From rockin' the New York club scene in the early '80s to numerous Grammy wins and outlandish VMA performances, Madonna has dazzled the world with her ever-changing ways for years. ET looks back at the queen of reinvention as she makes her mark on the world throughout the past three decades!

New Apple Switcher-Cam ad will take over online media By David Winograd (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 11/3/2009 9:00:00 AM

Filed under: Internet, Apple The newest Get A Mac, ad from Apple will take over the front page of a number of sites this month. Created by TBW\Media Arts Lab, the ad takes over the

page as PC chases switchers through various switcher-cam displays. The ad is slated to appear from now until the 20th on such sites as: • • • •

New York Times Wall Street Journal Washington Post Slate

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The Atlantic The Daily Show Tech: Wired PC World PC Magazine Cnet CNN Tech Ars Technica ZDNet Sports Ilustrated YouTube

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The Onion Metacafe Instructables HowStuffWorks Salon

media originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Thanks to Ivan for sending it in, Comments and Ads of the World for hosting it. TUAW New Apple SwitcherCam ad will take over online

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'Compare My Docs' does just what you think it does (CNET News.com)

running it through the tool. Along with Compare My Docs, Nordic River is also finally If you're a regular user of the releasing an API for TextFlow, revision comparison feature in which will let developers make Google Docs, you'll likely enjoy use of the service's comparison new service Compare My Docs. technology in their apps or Web It comes from the same folks services. This could help make who created TextFlow, the up for some of the service's Adobe AIR-based app that spot shortcomings, while augmenting differences across multiple the versioning tools currently copies of a Word document or offered by some online services. rich text file. File hosting in particular comes Compare My Docs does many of to mind, since places like the same things as TextFlow, DropBox and Box.net offer including being able to compare versioning, and version rollback, up to six versions of the same but in order to see the differences document to see what's been you have to save, then open up changed. The big difference each file and look for differences. though, is that it runs right in Those places could now very your browser and requires no quickly build tools that let users sign-up whatsoever. compare multiple versions of a Just like TextFlow, Compare My changes, which can be saved like TextFlow, in fact it basically things about using the service, saved Word or text file from right Docs color codes any changes it either as a Word doc or rich text is, but runs in your browser since you get into this mindset of within the app. finds between the different file back on your hard drive. instead of as an Adobe AIR editing a document and accepting Nordic River says that TextFlow other people's work into it, but in its Adobe AIR form will revisions of a document and Although unlike what you can do app.(Credit: CNET) in TextFlow, with Compare My The service does manage to anything you catch and feel like remain, but that the site is closing gives you a quick and easy way to accept, reject, or set aside a Docs there's no way to publish s u f f e r f r o m s o m e o f t h e changing along the way must be up to new users in a few weeks change. This means you can the finished product to the Web limitations in the core technology jotted down to be fixed back in until it readies a new interface. In cruise through a document and or save it in parent company behind both it and TextFlow, y o u r w o r d p r o c e s s i n g the meantime the company will keep the changes or revisions you Nordic River's servers for safe including having photos and application. Between that, and continue its free and paid like, while keeping an active log keeping; something that seems charts being stripped out, as well having to reinsert any images and services to those who have meant to entice users to try out as the inability to make edits to tables, you can have a lot of work already signed up. of what you don't. the text whilst in the editor. This o n y o u r h a n d s g e t t i n g a This content has passed through When finished, you'll have a TextFlow instead. new version that has all of those Compare My Docs looks a lot is one of the most frustrating document back into shape after fivefilters.org. Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:00:00 AM

This Heroes spoiler makes no sense at all By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) Submitted at 11/3/2009 8:08:00 AM

Recently we told you about the major death that was happening

on Heroes this season. The only clues we were told were that it was one of the original characters from the first season and it was a male. Well, it looks like the actor

has been named, and if it's true

then it doesn't make any sense at all. Full details after the jump... Continue reading This Heroes spoiler makes no sense at all

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Barnes & Noble Sued Over Nook Design

By Josh Lowensohn (Webware.com)

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either as a Word doc or rich text file back on your hard drive. Although unlike what you can do Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:00:00 AM in TextFlow, with Compare My If you're a regular user of the Docs there's no way to publish revision comparison feature in the finished product to the Web Google Docs, you'll likely enjoy or save it in parent company new service Compare My Docs. Nordic River's servers for safe It comes from the same folks keeping; something that seems who created TextFlow, the meant to entice users to try out Adobe AIR-based app that spot TextFlow instead. differences across multiple Compare My Docs looks a lot copies of a Word document or like TextFlow, in fact it basically rich text file. is, but runs in your browser Compare My Docs does many of instead of as an Adobe AIR the same things as TextFlow, app.(Credit: CNET) including being able to compare The service does manage to up to six versions of the same s u f f e r f r o m s o m e o f t h e document to see what's been limitations in the core technology changed. The big difference behind both it and TextFlow, though, is that it runs right in including having photos and your browser and requires no charts being stripped out, as well sign-up whatsoever. as the inability to make edits to Just like TextFlow, Compare My the text whilst in the editor. This Docs color codes any changes it is one of the most frustrating finds between the different things about using the service, revisions of a document and since you get into this mindset of gives you a quick and easy way editing a document and accepting to accept, reject, or set aside a other people's work into it, but change. This means you can anything you catch and feel like cruise through a document and changing along the way must be keep the changes or revisions you jotted down to be fixed back in like, while keeping an active log y o u r w o r d p r o c e s s i n g of what you don't. application. Between that, and When finished, you'll have a having to reinsert any images and new version that has all of those tables, you can have a lot of work changes, which can be saved o n y o u r h a n d s g e t t i n g a

document back into shape after running it through the tool. Along with Compare My Docs, Nordic River is also finally releasing an API for TextFlow, which will let developers make use of the service's comparison technology in their apps or Web services. This could help make up for some of the service's shortcomings, while augmenting the versioning tools currently offered by some online services. File hosting in particular comes to mind, since places like DropBox and Box.net offer versioning, and version rollback, but in order to see the differences you have to save, then open up each file and look for differences. Those places could now very quickly build tools that let users compare multiple versions of a saved Word or text file from right within the app. Nordic River says that TextFlow in its Adobe AIR form will remain, but that the site is closing up to new users in a few weeks until it readies a new interface. In the meantime the company will continue its free and paid services to those who have already signed up. Originally posted at Web Crawler

Submitted at 11/2/2009 8:03:06 PM

As the electronic book reader market heats up with a number of new offerings coming up, this was an unexpected flare up: Spring Design, makers of the Alex dual-screen eReader, are suing Barnes & Noble over their Nook eBook reader, another dual -screen device announced the day after the Alex. The lawsuit claims that Barnes & Noble violated an NDA with Spring Design and misappropriated trade secrets by copying features from the Alex into their own Nook eReader. Spring Design’s VP of Sales and Marketing was quoted as saying “We showed the Alex e-book design to Barnes & Noble in good faith with the intention of working together to provide a superior dual screen e-book to the market.” In development since 2006, the Alex runs the Android operating system and utilizes two screens to provide an innovative level of interactivity as compared to current market leader, the Amazon Kindle. Spring Design had apparently been working with Barnes & Noble since the beginning of this year under a non-disclosure agreement, with the original

intent of collaborating on the device. Barnes & Noble executives reportedly praised the innovative features of the device without mentioning their plans to incorporate similar functionality into the Nook device they publicly disclosed last month. It’s unclear at this point what consequences the lawsuit might have on the launch and sale of either device. We’ll keep an eye on the situation and post updates as they become available. Were you planning on picking up either of these devices? What’s your take on the allegations, and what impact do you think it will have on the burgeoning eReader market? Check out the comparison photos below and let us know what you think. Barnes & Noble Nook Spring Design Alex [via Peter Rojas] Reviews: Android Tags: alex, android, barnes & noble, e-ink, ebooks, ereader, nook, spring design

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Firefox gains Windows 7 features By Seth Rosenblatt (Webware.com)

fiddling. As such, they're not recommended for new users, or for those who just aren't Submitted at 11/2/2009 4:02:00 PM comfortable tweaking the Three new features are now a b o u t : c o n f i g . available to Windows 7 users of The enhanced Control + Tab the new beta release of Firefox. will now show you a preview Firefox 3.6 beta 1 introduces window of your tabs, as long as enhanced previews for both the you have three or more tabs new Windows 7 taskbar and the open. To activate it, go to tabs. about:config, search for The taskbar previews for tabs browser.ctrlTab.previews, and brings Firefox into parity with double-click on it to change it Internet Explorer 8, allowing from False to True. Then restart users to see and select their open Firefox, and the CTRL+Tab hot tabs via Aero Peek. The obvious key will give you Aero-style limitation with this feature is how preview pane of your tabs. it impacts the display when A revision to the List All Tabs you've got a high number of tabs f e a t u r e g i v e s i t a v i s u a l open. As you open more tabs, c o m p o n e n t m i m i c k i n g their preview panes will shrink. CTRL+Tab. Using Control + Firefox 3.6 beta 1 will show Shift + Tab combo, you can pull individual preview windows for up a CTRL+Tab tab preview each tab on the Windows 7 window that includes a search taskbar.(Credit: Screenshot by box. As you type in the name of Seth Rosenblatt/CNET) the tab you want to call up, it will While the taskbar preview will filter the tabs. Enter or the left work without manually changing mouse button will take you settings in about:config, the directly to the tab. To activate others will require a bit of this one, go to about:config,

s e a r c h f o r browser.allTab.previews, and double-click on it to change it from False to True. Then restart Firefox. The new Firefox beta can search your tabs on the fly.(Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET) You can disable the Windows 7 taskbar preview by going to about:config, search for browser.taskbar.previews.enable, and double-click on it to change it from True to False. As this is a beta, be prepared for Firefox to break compatibility with many add-ons. In my test, All-in-One Sidebar wasn't compatible, even after doing the stability-reducing version compatibility override. Also notice that the visual component to the tabs previews within Firefox don't appear to be fully baked. [h/t Lifehacker] Originally posted at The Download Blog

Quick Hit: The World Series, Late Bedtimes and Cranky Kids (WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)

when all of the games start after his bedtime. This kid already knows his The Journalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Juggle blog tells baseball. He knows how to get to the tale of one parent trying to Yankee Stadium by subway from figure out how much of the his apartment, he can identify World Series to let her 4-year- Yankee players and already old, a budding Yankee die-hard, understandsas much as a child of Submitted at 11/2/2009 7:38:54 AM

four canthat the World Series is a very big deal. (As he told his grandfather, a Mets fan, The Mets dont play now, they just losed a lot, so only the Yankees are the winners in the World Series.).

Eliminate now available on the App Store By Mike Schramm (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

unless you get out the wallet or wait another day. And the game uses ngmoco's own Plus+ social interface to track leaderboards Submitted at 11/3/2009 12:30:00 AM and accounts. Interesting plan, Filed under: Gaming, Software, and we'll have to see if players Freeware, iPhone, App Store, vibe with it or not. Some have iPod touch already voiced strong concerns Ngmoco's Eliminate has been about the in-game pay-to-play building up buzz ever since it microtransaction system. was announced, and now the first If that doesn't vibe with you, and -person shooter is out on the App you'd rather play some oldStore to try for yourself. As you school (and old business model) can see above, it offers some FPS gameplay instead, id's Doom relatively basic FPS gameplay Classic also got released on the when compared to shooters on App Store last weekend. That other platforms (I've been having game comes at a cost of $6.99, a lot of fun with Borderlands but then again, with old-school lately), but given that this is the Doom, you know exactly what iPhone we're talking about, this you're getting into. And you kind of twitch 3D gameplay is won't have to buy any extra actually pretty impressive. You energy to charge your BFG and can play online over 3G or Wi- slay any demons you happen to Fi, and as you play, you can earn come across. credits and level up, which gives TUAW Eliminate now available you access to more weapons and on the App Store originally better gear. The game itself is appeared on The Unofficial free, but it's all based around a Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, microtransaction system where 03 Nov 2009 00:30:00 EST. you buy "energy" which allows Please see our terms for use of you to earn those aforementioned feeds. resources. You get a certain Read| Permalink| Email this| amount of energy per day on Comments your own, and if you use it up, you can't progress any further

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Gimmicky Augmented Reality Google Chrome Gets Videos Popping Up In Music Videos Bookmark Syncing And Magazines By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!) Submitted at 11/2/2009 6:05:52 PM

By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:42:57 AM

If you haven't been paying attention, over the last couple of months, the "buzz" over "augmented reality" has been building. It seems likely that it's going to be one of those topics you hear a lot about in 2010, so get ready for it now. The basic concept is that you'll be able to overlay digital information on the real world, and conceptually, it could be really cool. If you had heads-up displays or a contact lens, it could actually be quite useful. The concept itself isn't new. This video from five years ago shows that people have been working on the concept for quite some time: Yet, in the last few months, it's reached new levels of buzz, in part due to the fact that new augmented reality apps for mobile phones have started showing up. Some of these are cool, some are gimmicky -- but all are pretty early in

development. It's going to take some time before they're really useful. But that isn't stopping some folks from trying to get ahead of the curve in jumping on the augmented reality bandwagon. Unfortunately, the end result seems kinda gimmicky and useless -- more for show, rather than to do anything useful. Last week, all the buzz was about singer John Mayer releasing an augmented reality video, but if you watch the following video, you might wonder what the point is: Beyond being complicated (you need to either print out an image on a piece of paper, or have the image show up on your iPhone, and then you need to turn on your webcam and line up the image on the paper/iPhone with one on the screen), it's not clear what value the augmented reality adds, other than the fact that you can rotate the video in 3D as it's playing. And, now, Esquire magazine is

trying to do the same thing. An image in the magazine, when held up to a computer webcam and lined up correctly, and Robert Downey Jr. will apparently show up on your screen and say stuff. I give Esquire some credit for trying, and making the paper magazine have something different that might attract some buyers, but it doesn't seem like they're using the augmented reality for anything useful. My guess is that we'll be seeing a lot more of these useless augmented reality experiments, combined with lots of press coverage and hype -- and most people won't even bother, because it's not that useful. Perhaps, then, the hype can die down and some really useful augmented reality apps can start to show up. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

Box office and Beatles boost Viacom profit 15% (Financial Times - US homepage) Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:15:04 AM

Viacom reported a sharper-thanexpected rise in net profit of 15 per cent on strong box office

sales of Transformers and GI Joe and fees from its MTV Networks cable divisions, offsetting a decline in global advertising. “As we enter a period of economic recovery, Viacom is already beginning to reap the

benefits of a highly focused and well executed strategy,” said Sumner Redstone, executive chairman of Viacom. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

The latest Chrome beta build ushers in a great new feature: bookmark syncing. If you use multiple computers, or even just appreciate a cloud backup of your browser bookmarks, this feature will be a boon. You can grab the new beta build 4.0.223.16 here, which also includes speed improvements by as much as 30% since the current stable release. For more information on how the bookmark sync works in the new build, head on past the break for an introductory video from the Chrome team. Whether it’s a laptop and desktop, machines at home and at work, or just more than one machine in the house, it’s a pain to try to keep them in sync — you inevitably don’t have access to that one bookmark you’re looking for no matter which machine you’re on. That’s undoubtedly the reason Xmarks syncing extension was so popular in our “Favorite Firefox extensions” Lunchtime Poll. The bookmark syncing feature actually debuted earlier in the developer version of the browser, but required setting a command-

line flag. Now that Chrome supports bookmarking sync natively — if only in beta — will any of you consider switching or perhaps just adding it to your browser arsenal? Remember that for now, unfortunately, this is only enabled in the Windows version of Chrome (Mac users are sadly still waiting for an official version). You’ll also have to of course download the beta and also enable each computer individually for syncing, by choosing “Synchronize my bookmarks” from the Wrench menu. Check out the video below and let us know if you plan to use the new syncing feature in Chrome beta. Reviews: Chrome Tags: bookmarks, cloud computing, Google, google chrome, syncing

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Deutsche Bank says IT warms to iPhone By Ken Ray (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

38% say their next phone will have a finger-oriented touchscreen, while 16% say Submitted at 11/3/2009 8:00:00 AM theirs will have a stylus-operated Filed under: Enterprise, iPhone touchscreen. Deutsche Bank analyst Chris But a lot of people who have Whitmore says corporate IT is virtual keyboard-only phones warming up to the iPhone. In a miss the physical keys. research note published yesterday According to Canalys, 53% of das analyst says, "There is people who own a touchscreen growing evidence that the iPhone • Enterprise applications phone say they won't buy another is making inroads into the • T h e i P h o n e ' s l e v e l o f one, though they may have innovation Enterprise." bought the wrong one for them to Whitmore thinks Apple will sell • T h e v i r t u a l k e y b o a r d - start. A majority of iPhone and 2 million iPhones to big business according to Whitmore, the HTC users say they'll keep the by the end of the year, some thought that business users have virtual keys on their next phones, through reimbursements to to have a physical keyboard on a while less than a third of Sony employees and some through IT smartphone has turned out to be a Ericsson touchscreen phone department purchases. If those 'fallacy.' owners say their next phone numbers hold, the iPhone will won't have buttons. own about 7% of the Enterprise However, businesspeople might [via Fortune, The Register] smartphone market in 2009, up not agree that they don't need a TUAW Deutsche Bank says IT from the 2% it controlled in physical keyboard if their first warms to iPhone originally virtual keyboard isn't on an appeared on The Unofficial 2008. What's up with the shift? iPhone. UK researcher Canalys Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, Whitmore notes four reasons: has taken a look at touchscreens 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST. and future smartphone purchases. Please see our terms for use of • User satisfaction- highlighted The firm finds the ground feeds. by the recent J.D. Power surveys shifting the touchscreen's way. Permalink| Email this| of both consumer and business Of the 3,000 survey respondents C o m m e n t s in the UK, Germany, and France, smartphone users

Case Appealed Because Jurors Were Allowed To Use Prosecutor's Laptop By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

son's political science notes. For that reason, the appeal didn't get far, since the original court and We've been seeing all sorts of the prosecutor had established on odd issues in the courtroom as the record that there was nothing the court system comes to grips else related to the case on the with modern technology like laptop, but it still makes you mobile phones and the internet, wonder why the jury was allowed which introduces some new to use the prosecutor's laptop challenges. However, this one is without supervision. Why not really strange. Michael Scott get another laptop? Also odd, is points us to a story of a trial that I don't quite understand what where the defendant appealed the prosecutor means when he because the jury was allowed to says he can't just take the CD use the prosecutor's laptop to with the video out of his laptop: r e v i e w e v i d e n c e w i t h o u t Your Honor, the CD is in my supervision, leading to questions laptop. If they want to watch it, I of whether or not the jury was don't have any problem with the able to view other material that CD they can't obviously watch had not been entered as evidence anything without the CD. My in the case. The case itself concern if I take it out, shut down involved a fight at a gas station, the computer I am not here there and the evidence on the laptop is no one to gather it back up. So was the surveillance camera I would suggest we leave it here video taken of the fight. In an in the event they want to look at odd exchange, the prosecutor it they come back and look at it. said he was fine with having the Why couldn't they take the CD jury look over the laptop, he out and put it into another laptop? admits it's actually his son's Permalink| Comments| Email laptop and probably didn't have This Story anything else on it, other than his Submitted at 11/3/2009 1:09:43 AM

Man Robs Same Fla. Bank for Fourth Time This Year (FOXNews.com) Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:55:00 AM

TAMARAC, Fla. Investigators are searching for a man who has

robbed the same South Florida bank four times in the past year. The suspect has targeted a Tamarac BankAtlantic so many times that during the last heist

one of the tellers said, "He's here again." The alleged robber is heavyset and has with dreadlocks. He wears different clothes each time,

but during Saturday's heist the plastic bag with cash, then suspect wore all-black clothes, casually walked out. gloves and a black hat. This content has passed through Sheriff's investigators say the fivefilters.org. man ordered tellers to fill a

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Twitter Client Faceoff: TweetDeck vs. Seesmic Desktop By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!) Submitted at 11/2/2009 8:56:20 PM

It’s time to kick off this week’s Faceoff challenge, wherein we pit two web services or software packages against each other in a knock-down, drag-out fight. Last week, Windows 7 went the distance to narrowly defeat Apple’s OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard operating system. This week, with Twitter Lists on the brain, it seemed like a great time to put two fantastic Twitter desktop clients in a head-to-head matchup. Seesmic Desktop may have already added support for lists, but TweetDeck promises they’ll release support soon as well. Both apps have been continually updated and well-supported, so much so we had to do a rematch of our original head-to-head comparison just a few short months later. So without further ado, let’s hear what you have to say. Head on

down to vote in the official poll, and don’t forget to also leave a comment and let us know why you picked the winner you did. Be sure to get your votes in by noon PST this coming Friday, November 6! Who would win in a fight: TweetDeck or Seesmic Desktop?( online surveys) Web Faceoff: Overall Results Week 1: - Mozilla Firefox vs. Google Chrome - WINNER: Firefox, 4600 votes (Chrome: 3310 votes, Tie: 911 votes) Week 2: - Tumblr vs. Posterous - WINNER: Tumblr, 1809 votes (Posterous: 1496 votes, Tie: 256

votes) Week 3: - Pandora vs. Last.fm - WINNER: Last.fm, 1187 votes (Pandora: 1156 votes, Tie: 122 votes) Week 4: - Twitter vs. Facebook - WINNER: Facebook, 2484 votes (Twitter: 2061 votes, Tie: 588 votes) Week 5: - Wordpress vs. Typepad - WINNER: Wordpress, 2714 votes (Typepad: 267 votes, Tie: 357 votes) Week 6: - Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard - WINNER: Windows 7, 3632 votes (Snow Leopard: 3278 votes, Tie: 121 votes) Reviews: Chrome, Facebook, Firefox, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Pandora, Posterous, Seesmic Desktop, Tumblr, Twitter, TypePad, WordPress Tags: seesmic desktop, tweetdeck, twitter, web faceoff

UK Court Says Kentucky Has No Right To Seize Gambling Domain Name By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Submitted at 11/2/2009 8:20:00 PM

We've covered the bizarre legal battle in Kentucky, where the governor tried to have a long list of gambling-related domain names (none of which had anything to do with the state of Kentucky) declared "illegal gambling devices" so that the state could seize the domain names. The governor has been pretty open that this has nothing to do with any moral issue over online gambling, but is a blatant attempt to help protect local gambling establishments in the state. Of course, it's ridiculous to think that a state governor could claim the right to seize domain names that are not based in Kentucky at all, and after a lower court (that didn't seem to understand the issue) sided with the governor, an appeal court overturned that ruling. Rather than recognize how silly this campaign is, the case is going to the state Supreme Court.

Utley's record HRs help Phillies trim Yanks' lead By Associated Press (ESPN.com) Submitted at 11/3/2009 12:06:46 AM

More from ESPN.com The Phillies aren't quite ready to

hand over their championship belt, and in Game 5, they fought off the Yanks, writes Jayson Stark. Story Chase Utley is powering the Phillies with his home runs, but

winning is what drives the second baseman, writes Jerry Crasnick. Story • Wojciechowski: Burnett comes up 'short' • Nelson: No worries for Yanks

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But, apparently the lawsuits aren't just happening in Kentucky. Michael Scott points us to the news that one of the companies targeted by Kentucky brought a lawsuit both against Kentucky and its own registrar in the UK to get a ruling that it is not subject to the whims of Kentucky politicians. The state of Kentucky ignored the proceedings, which resulted in the court agreeing that Kentucky has no right to seize the domain name. Of course, the state of Kentucky probably couldn't care much less about what a court in England thinks (which explains why it didn't even bother to respond), so the victory may be somewhat meaningless. However, at the very least, if Kentucky somehow wins its case in the US, perhaps the registrars in the UK can point to this ruling to refuse handing over the domain names. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

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Use Augmented Reality to find your car By Mel Martin (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:00:00 AM

Filed under: iPhone, App Review I have to admit, when I park in a big lot, I often forget where old Betsy is. There have been more than a few iPhone apps to help you find your car, but Car Finder[ iTunes link] uses augmented reality to get you pointed in the right direction. Here's how it works: you get out of your car and mark your position, making sure you have a good GPS fix. If you don't have one, you'll be told that and see the accuracy of your fix in plus or minus meters. You can give your location a name, and if your parking space is numbered, you can add that in. I guess that is helpful if you are parking where there is no GPS signal, but then this app won't be of much help. You're then free to go your merry way, until it's time to find your car again. When you bring up the app, your iPhone camera is activated, and a red arrow points to your car. Swing the

camera around until an icon for your car appears and start walking. You'll get a constant read-out of your distance. In my tests, just after sunset, the app worked very well, although when I got right next to the car the arrow was pointing elsewhere. That's not surprising given the imperfect accuracy of GPS, but by the time I got the error I could see the car less than 25 feet away. Car Finder is U.S. $0.99, so it's

not over priced, and pretty much in line with other similar apps in terms of cost. The augmented reality is a nice touch, as it floats your car icon over the real world. You do get a legal warning from the app about using due caution, I guess so you won't step into a manhole or off a cliff while following the camera scene. What a litigious society we live in! So, Car Finder works, isn't over priced, uses augmented reality which has a high 'buzz word quotient,' and should impress your non-iPhone using friends, if you have any. You'll need an iPhone 3GS to make this work, because the compass and GPS do the heavy lifting. TUAW Use Augmented Reality to find your car originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Is Google Going Better Than Free On Navigation? Will That Set Off Antitrust Alarms? By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) Submitted at 11/2/2009 6:32:24 PM

A few friends have passed along Bill Gurley's excellent (as usual) analysis of how Google is disrupting the navigation market by ditching the two big players in the space (Tele Atlas and Navteq), going it alone and also (the big news) offering its navigation info for free. Gurley points out that the truly disruptive part is that Google is actually offering mobile operators a deal that is better than free, in that they get to share in some of the ad revenue associated with anyone using the services. The point is pretty clear: those who are relying on the old business model of getting paid for navigation info are likely in serious trouble. Of course, there are some perception issues. Plenty of companies who have tried a "we'll pay you" approach to marketing often find that it

actually breeds some level of mistrust, as partners/users start wondering why, and if there's some sort of nasty catch. Google, of course, has a pretty good reputation, and ought to be able to overcome that issue. However, it does make me wonder if this will set off the Justice Department (and Google's enemies) on some silly witchhunt, claiming that this is somehow "predatory pricing." That, of course, is ridiculous if you actually think it through. The only real problem with predatory pricing is if it's used purposely to drive others out of business to then jack up prices. But Google's idea is to just give it more opportunity to make ad revenue. It's not predatory, it's just smart from a business sense. However, with so much scrutiny on Google these days, you could certainly see this backfiring. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story

ADM profits fall 52% but beat expectations (Financial Times - US homepage) Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:42:50 AM

Archer Daniels Midland, one of

the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest grain processors, said on Tuesday it saw demand improving in key markets as it reported quarterly profits had more than halved

since last year, although the results far exceeded Wall Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expectations. The agribusiness has been hit by the fall in commodity prices,

which have dragged down the processing segment to post a 60 prices for its processed products. per cent growth in profit. However, it also benefited in the This content has passed through quarter from the lower cost of fivefilters.org. raw corn, enabling its corn-

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Gamesalad offers $99 iPhone game publishing By Mike Schramm (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 11/2/2009 11:30:00 PM

Filed under: Gaming, Developer, iPhone, App Store, SDK We mentioned Gamesalad's plans to bring their publishing system to the iPhone earlier this year, and now they've done it: for $99 a year, they say that you'll be able to design games on their game creator development tool, and then publish them straight out to the iPhone's App Store. If you don't want to bother publishing the games yourself, you can create them and have them"viewed" through the Gamesalad Viewer(which we couldn't find on the App Store quite yet), or you can export them out as full applications and publish them as your own iPhone apps ( Flutterby is in the store right now as an example of a Gamesalad Creator game). There's also a $1999

membership service that lets you customize every aspect of your games, and provides you with direct customer support, which is supposed to be for "elite users" (like, we guess, actual game companies). And truthfully, I've developed a few apps using just Xcode, and it's not too big a deal (though I've never had to go through an actual release or worked with end users, which I'm sure is most of the battle anyway). But if the thought of using professional coding tools to develop your little game idea

sends you into panic attacks, and the Gamesalad creator seems more your speed, this might be a nice viable way for you to turn your gaming idea into App Store gold. It costs nothing to download and try out the creator, so if the idea interests you, you can work on putting a game together, and then pay later when you decide you've got something you want published on the iPhone. And hey, if you do put a game up, be sure to send a tip and let us know -- we'd love to see the end products of this process. TUAW Gamesalad offers $99 iPhone game publishing originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

Live Nation Working To Turn Website Into More Of A Platform By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)

community features (wikis, reviews, Twitter streams, fan Q&As and more). It increasingly Live Nation gets a bit of a bad seems like Live Nation is trying reputation for some of the way it to enable a platform where fans handles large stadium shows, but and artists can connect, and on of the "big" music industry which fans can buy (mainly players, it's actually one of the concert tickets, but other things more interesting and better as well). It's a smart move, but I positioned companies out there, wonder whether or not Live because it really has aligned itself Nation ends up competing with a to benefit from the sale of band's own web presence. What scarcities, rather than the sale of could be cool is if Live Nation music itself. It does have some also makes it so an artist can legacy issues, such as huge integrate many of these features commitments to some large acts into their own site as well. In the and a distracting merger fight meantime, though, we're once with Ticketmaster, but the again seeing why now is a great company is still worth watching. time to be a musician. There are It's been trying to do more and so many different services that more with its website, to make it help enable artists to both something of a destination/e- connect with fans and set up commerce play, and its latest business models. move is to make it more of a Permalink| Comments| Email platform. Both artists and fans This Story will be able to upload concert footage, as well as various Submitted at 11/2/2009 10:22:00 PM

Buffett agrees $26bn Burlington buy (Financial Times - US homepage)

the second-biggest US railroad by revenue, is to become the first major railroad company to sell Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:29:05 AM out to private equity after Warren Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Buffettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Berkshire Hathaway

made an offer valuing the company at $44bn. The offer, Berkshireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest ever, follows two and a half years of stakebuilding in the railroad,

one of two major operators in the western half of the US, since Berkshire Hathaway first emerged as a shareholder in April 2007.

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Who you gonna call? Irene's Spirit haunts your iPhone or iPod touch By David Winograd (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Submitted at 11/2/2009 7:00:00 PM

Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, App Review Irene's Spirit[US$1.99, iTunes Link] puts a fortune telling spirit into your iPhone or iPod touch (with the exception of the first generation iPod touch) as long as you're running OS 3.0. Forget the Magic 8 Ball or Ouija Board. That's kid stuff. Irene doesn't use a 20-sided die or easily pushable planchette to give you an answer. Her answers come from the other side. The other side of what I'm not so sure, but who cares when she is dead accurate. She will make you wonder if ectoplasm will void your warranty. I had my son ask Irene a question and he totally lost it when she told him the name of his dead grandfather. After two more passes, he got skeptical and figured out what was happening.

I should have stopped while I was ahead. Yes, it's an illusion. I was very impressed with the best tutorial system I've seen in any app. Being an instructional designer, I know that chunking instruction and requiring feedback periodically is the best way of transferring information. Irene's Spirit is a textbook case of how to get it right.

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enough to remember what you were doing the last time you were using it and bringing you back With a bit of practice, operating upon a relaunch. t h e i l l u s i o n i s e a s y a n d All in all Chorus is a useful tool distracting your audience is for discovering apps that should helped by lot of vibration noise become increasingly useful if and weird looking scrolling m o r e p e o p l e s e e d i t w i t h screens that look like something recommendations. Though there are a few things I'd like to see in out of The Matrix. I thought that it was a well future versions, the first of which designed, easy to learn trick that is a way to manage purchases and will be a hit at birthday parties, do app discovery from the Web but only good for one or maybe and not just on the device-two questions before we more something the company says will skeptical grownups get wind that be coming at a later date. something's up. I had a good time Another is a way to queue up with it as a casual app, and really apps you want to purchase, then e -mail yourself that list in the form think it's worth a look. Take a look at this video and see of iTunes links. This would let you continue to use the tool Irene in action. TUAW Who you gonna call? w i t h o u t i n t e r r u p t i o n , a n d Irene's Spirit haunts your iPhone facilitate batch purchasing. I'd also like to see or iPod touch originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

recommendations of people to follow based on my download and/or usage history since that would help me whittle down who I'd actually spend time paying attention to. This, or some sort of visual relevancy indicator about how much of a match any given app is to my buying habits would go a long way towards making me, and likely others feel better about clicking through to see more about that app. See also: App Gems, App Connect and AppVee(all of which open up in iTunes), as well as site AppShopper.com. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Review: Gossip Girl - The Grandfather Part II By Isabelle Carreau (TV Squad) Submitted at 11/3/2009 1:30:00 AM

(S03E08) "Bla ir and Serena at war again? Yummy!" - Gossip Girl I disagree with Gossip Girl on

this. Blair and Serena at war again? Same old. Same old. Once again, Blair and Serena are at odds while wanting to be friends. Can we move on? I'm tired of Blair and Serena breaking up, making up, fighting, understanding one another, etc. I backstabbing one another, not hope the writers planned for the

duo to not cross paths for a few Reviews, Reality-Free, Gossip episodes so we can get some Girl quiet time before they fight some Permalink| Email this| | more and then make up. Comments Continue reading Review: Gossip Girl - The Grandfather Part II Filed under: OpEd, Episode

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SnowChecker will help you make the jump to Snow Leopard By Steven Sande (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

(ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:45:00 AM

Submitted at 11/2/2009 8:00:00 PM

Filed under: Software, Snow Leopard Most of us here at TUAW jumped aboard the Snow Leopard bandwagon immediately after receiving our upgrade disks -- and I mean immediately. We didn't bother to check out what apps would or wouldn't run, and could have cared less about compatibility with scanners and printers or anything else important like that. No, we just dived into the lake before determining whether or not it was shallow, full of piranhas, or contained hydrochloric acid. That's just us, though -- we like to be able to tell TUAW readers what to expect, good and bad, when a new OS version is delivered. Our friends at Download Squad, however, must still be a little queasy about making the leap, since they posted a quick app review today for SnowChecker.

Flu and Fancy Footwork Frolic on 'Dancing with the Stars'

SnowChecker is a free Mac application that does one thing -it tells you whether or not your applications will run under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. SnowChecker performs a scan of your hard disk for apps, then compares the list of found apps against compatibility info stored at snowleopard.wikidot.com. It displays the the results, noting which apps are OK, which might have slight compatibility issues,

and which will be totally hosed under Snow Leopard. SnowChecker uses a simple green, yellow, red color scheme to pass along the information to you, and often provides quick notes telling you about workarounds or updates that will help get all of your apps working smoothly. If you're a bit on the shy side when it comes to doing upgrades, SnowChecker can make you feel

a lot better about making the jump to Snow Leopard. TUAW SnowChecker will help you make the jump to Snow Leopard originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

The flu bug has dominated the "Dancing with the Stars" competition this season. Derek Hough had to sit out a few weeks ago and on Monday night, Lacey Schwimmer was replaced by Anna Trebunskaya to partner Mark Dacascos. Mark spoke to Lacey earlier in the day and reported to ET, "She's getting a little bit better, but still not 100%." Meanwhile, the other pro dancers and celebrities are fighting through the sniffles and coughs as they samba, quickstep, and foxtrot closer to the coveted mirror ball trophy. As Donny Osmond spun partner Kym Johnson in their quickstep, the under the weather entertainer felt as if "the room was spinning around." Aaron Carter, who was awarded with "Len's first ten of the season," put his game face on, saying, "Nothing could take me from this competition, no flu, nothing."

Owen Wilson Heads to the Dog House in 'Marmaduke' (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:03:00 AM

Owen Wilson is going canine in 'Marmaduke.' The actor has signed on to voice a great dane in the movie adaptation of the

classic comic strip, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 'Marmaduke' follows the Winslow family as they relocate from Kansas to Orange County with their dog who stirs up trouble wherever he goes.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marmaduke battles a war between mutts and pedigree dogs. He falls for the purebred of his fantasies and has to overcome a fall from grace. The movie, which will be live-

action/CG, stars Judy Greer, Lee Pace, and William H. Macy as the humans. Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz -Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans, and Marlon Wayans join Owen Wilson behind the mic

by lending their voices to the animated characters. 'Marmaduke' is expected to play fetch with audiences in June 2010.

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iPhone Panic Button Helps You Overcome Fear of Flying By Stan Schroeder (Mashable!) Submitted at 11/3/2009 1:39:47 AM

I know the feeling all too well: the airplane starts to lift off, and you suddenly get overwhelmed with the feeling that something isn’t right. Is it going too fast? Should it make this much noise? And then, as it rises off the ground, you get that uneasy feeling in your stomach and you’d most definitely rather be somewhere else. And I’m not even scared of flying; I can only imagine what it’s like to someone who has a genuine phobia. But Virgin Atlantic Airways aims to alleviate the issue – with an iPhone app! The app is based on Virgin Atlantic Airways’ Flying Without Fear course, which supposedly has a 98% success rate. The idea is not bad: anything that can make your mind busy during those awkward

'Party of Five''s Opera Mobile 10 Beta Scott Wolf Goes Promises Speedier Sci-Fi on 'V' Browsing for Nokia Owners (ETonline - Breaking News) By Stan Schroeder (Mashable!) Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:16:31 AM

With Opera’s mobile browsers, things are quite simple: if you’re not happy with whatever browser came with your smartphone, you’d probably do well to try either Opera Mini or Opera m o m e n t s o f l i f t o f f w o u l d Mobile. The difference between probably be helpful, and an the two often confuses users: iPhone app seems like a perfect Opera Mini is Java-based and way to do just that. Richard works on almost all phones, Branson, president of Virgin while Opera Mobile is aimed at Atlantic, claims “the app will put specific smartphone platforms, many travellers at ease and namely Symbian and Windows enable them to prepare for their Mobile. Now, Opera Mobile 10 Beta is first Virgin Atlantic flight.” F l y i n g W i t h o u t F e a r w a s available for owners of Nokia’s developed with Mental Workout, smartphones and other Symbian a company specialized in S60 smartphones, and it’s software that helps people essentially a more polished resolve stress issues. The app is version of the recently released available for 4.99 in the Apple Opera Mini 5 Beta. The slick interface includes the App store. Tags: iphone, Virgin Atlantic revamped speed dial, touchAirways

UK unveils latest bank shake-up (Financial Times - US homepage) Submitted at 11/3/2009 12:24:27 AM

Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday announced that they

were raising £54.5bn in moves agreed with the UK government and the European Commission. After months of speculation, Lloyds confirmed that it was raising £13.5bn through a fully underwritten rights issue and

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The Visitors from another galaxy arrive tonight when ABC premieres its updated version of the '80s classic sci-fi series, "V," starring Scott Wolf as ambitious TV journalist Chad Decker. And like The Visitors, Chad may not friendly keyboard, and tabbed turn out to be what he initially browsing. On the performance seems to be. side – as always – the new "I don't typically have a bad guy version promises to be much face, so I don't get really get cast speedier than the last one, with as guys who are out-and-out speedier zoom, 50% faster page evildoers," Scott tells ET. "To downloading, and full support for play these people, who are one Opera’s Turbo mode, which thing on the surface and another c o m p r e s s e s w e b p a g e s o n underneath, is pretty juicy. Chad Opera’s servers, making your D e c k e r i s s o m e b o d y w h o browsing faster and monthly presents something that seems ok; only when you peel beneath mobile data bill lower. Check out a video introduction the surface, you see he is a lot to Opera Mobile 10 beta below. more dangerous than he let on." Chad isn't the only treacherous Reviews: Opera, Symbian S60 character. The Visitors' claims of Tags: Nokia, Opera Mobile 10, peace and healing are false, but Symbian they seduce much of mankind into taking them at face value, so resistance is only at an underground level.

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Out of Control Forklift Driver Destroys Vodka Warehouse [VIDEO] By Jennifer Van Grove (Mashable!)

Hulu adds episode release schedule (CNET News.com)

feature solves that problem. The update includes a few additional features. First, people Hulu has debuted a long- can choose to get an e-mail requested feature--the ability to reminding them when an episode find out when new episodes of gets posted. This is definitely TV shows will be available to helpful for those of us who are stream. forgetful and don't use Hulu's The video site, which is a joint excellent Queue feature. Also, venture of NBC, ABC, and Fox, Hulu now lets you place the calls the new feature Coming embed code for an unreleased Soon. It went live Monday. episode on your blog or Web site. Hulu's new Coming Soon I e m b e d d e d t h i s w e e k ' s feature.(Credit: Screenshot by upcoming episode of "The (Financial Times - US Harrison Hoffman) Office" below to show how this homepage) The schedule of when TV shows feature looks. Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:00:40 AM will be released online has been This content has passed through Wall Street was set to open unclear up until this point, fivefilters.org. lower on Tuesday as investors leaving people guessing when an digested disappointing results episode will be posted. This new from the banking sector and braced themselves ahead of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:41:00 AM

By Associated Press (ESPN.com) Submitted at 11/2/2009 11:14:28 PM

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Some incidents, like the video of the baby in a stroller who survives being hit by a train, are just plain unbelievable unless you actually see them for yourself. Case in point, this astonishing video of a Russian forklift driver who smashes until shelves of Cognac and Vodka, and subsequently destroys a huge portion of the Moscow warehouse. The driver of the forklift lost control, slammed into stock shelves, and seconds later was covered in bottles of alcohol. The driver is said to be okay with a minor leg injury, but the

Saints reach 7-0 when Falcons' rally falls short

warehouse is looking at over $100,000 in damages. Given the shocking nature of the video, we expect (and are already seeing) this to become a viral video sensation, and get spread across the web. Watch for yourself below and let us know what you think in the comments. Tags: forklift driver, moscow, video, viral video, vodka, warehouse

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Fast Facts • The Saints improved to 7-0, matching their best start in franchise history, as Drew Brees recorded his 34th career 300-yard passing game (fourth most among active players). • Pierre Thomas scored both receiving and rushing for the third time in the last two seasons. Only Brian Westbrook (4) has more games with TDs on the ground and in the air. • The Saints have scored 273 points this season, fourth most through seven games in NFL history and second most in a 7-0 start ('07 Patriots had 279). • Jabari Greer's 48-yard interception return TD is the Saints' NFL-best sixth defensive score this season. For comparison's sake, the Browns have an NFL-worst five offensive touchdowns. • Michael Turner rushed for 151 yards and a TD, the first time the Falcons have lost a game when Turner tops 100 yards rushing (now 9-1). -- ESPN Stats & Information This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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From the Tips Box: Password Security, Fungus, and Firefox 3.6 Taskbar Issues [From The Tips Box] By Whitson Gordon (Lifehacker)

will tell you when you've gone too far. Once I had it sanded down to my Submitted at 11/2/2009 5:00:00 PM satisfaction I put a band aid on it Readers offer their best tips for and saturated it with vinegar or safely writing down passwords, hydrogen peroxide, alternating getting rid of pesky toenail between the two. Each time fungus, and fixing taskbar applying a new band aid. problems with the Firefox 3.6 I can't remember how long I kept beta. this up but I was well into my Don't like the gallery layout? second box of 100 band aids Click here to view everything on when I decided to quit and see if one page. it had worked. About the Tips Box: Every day That was well over a year ago we receive boatloads of great and my toenail has completely reader tips in our inbox, but for grown out now, replacing the various reasonsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;maybe they're a sanded down part, and there's no bit too niche, maybe we couldn't sign of any fungus. What did I find a good way to present it, or learn from the experience? maybe we just couldn't fit it password, but be the input to a p a s s w o r d s , b u t y o u c a n both an acidic enviorment or a I think a key to killing off the inâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the tip didn't make the front simple algorithm or mapping you remember one algorithm. If you high oxygen enviroment should fungus is staying on top of it. My page. From the Tips Box is can do in your head. never write down the algorithm, be an environment in which a feeling was that if I gave it a day where we round up some of our For example, your personal it is safe to write down the "seed" fungus could not flourish. Maybe off it would use that time for favorites for your buffet-style algorithm could be "remove all for the algorithm as if it is the not even survive. I reasoned that r e c o v e r y a n d s e t b a c k m y consumption. Got a tip of your vowels and tack on the last 4 password. p e r h a p s t h e v i n e g a r a n d eventual cure. Having gone own to share? Add it in the digits of my parent's phone The key to doing this securely is hydrogen peroxide did not work through some 3 years of messing comments or email it to tips at number". When you sign up for a to have an algorithm that's because I was applying the stuff with that toenail, I was now out lifehacker.com. new account on some web site, complex / odd enough no one can to the surface and even though I for blood. It was a him or me Safely Write Down Passwords you would create a password like guess it or discover it by random was doing it 2 or 3 times a day it thing and I was determined it Chris shows us a way to write "Rnbws8004" but what you write testing. E.g. if your algorithm is would quickly dry out and the wasn't going to be me. I wasn't down passwords and keep them down is "Rainbows". Or your "put 123 on the end", it's not safe. fungus would be back in business nearly so fanatical the first year safe: algorithm could be, "interleave We'd still recommend a great again. In other words, it only had or two. I set the band aids and Security rule#1 regarding the digits 4 2 0 3 between the password manager like KeePass, to weather a brief storm in order little squeeze bottles of vinegar passwords is to not write them consonants, eliminate the vowels, but a clever algorithm isn't a to survive and thrive. If, that is, it and peroxide out where I'd see down. But we all have too many and put x's on the front and terrible solution. even penetrated that far in the them and so be a constant passwords to possibly remember. back", in which case you would reminder. More Household Cures for first place. Here is a way to safely write set up the real password to be Toenail Fungus Fixing Windows 7 Taskbar Following this line of thought I down passwords. "xR4ain2b0ow3sx", but (as Photo by Umeboshi Panda. took my Dremel Moto-tool and, Issues with Firefox 3.6 Beta All that's needed is a way to before) you would write down Bill describes his crusade to cure using a little sanding tool, sanded Ronson tips us off to a fix for make the password you write Rainbows. toenail fungus: down my toenail. It's easy to FROM page 44 down NOT be your real Y o u c a n ' t m e m o r i z e 1 0 0 From what I read it seemed like know when to quit sanding. Pain

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Firefox's Taskbar Issues in Windows 7: I recently got a Windows 7 laptop. I just started using Firefox 3.6 Beta 1. In Windows 7, Firefox separates each tab into a "window" of sorts on the taskbar. The only thing is, half the time the thumbnails don't load. I was poking around in about:config and found a setting that can revert back to where there is just one item in the taskbar for each entire window instead of each tab in the Windows 7 taskbar. The setting i s c a l l e d "browser.taskbar.previews.enable ". Double-click it, and it is instantly switched to the normal mode. Double-click it again, and it is switched back to the "new" mode. "Open Link in Safari" shortcut on a Mac Sandy gives us a nice Applescript for opening link-free URLs in Safari: I don't have any idea if the builtin Mac OS X has this feature, so I wrote a little Applescript: delay 0.2 tell application "System Events"

tell application "System Events" to keystroke "c" using {command down} delay 0.2 set currentClipboard to the clipboard as record set the clipboard to currentClipboard set currentClipboard to the clipboard as text end tell if contents of currentClipboard contains "@" then tell application "System Events" tell application "Mail" activate set newMessage to make new outgoing message tell newMessage set visible to true make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:currentClipboard} end tell end tell end tell else tell application "System Events" —tell process "Safari" —tell application "Mail" to activate tell process "Safari" if exists window 1 then

click menu item "New Tab" of menu "File" of menu bar 1 else tell application "Safari" to activate end if if contents of currentClipboard begins with "http://" then open location currentClipboard else if contents of currentClipboard does not start with "http://" then open location "http://" & currentClipboard end if end tell end tell end if To use it, drag it to your ~/Library/Scripts or ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions or anywhere you want. Then, select any URL on any application, and trigger the script by pressing my keystroke Opt + Shift + S. That's it.

Remains of the Day: $30 a Month for TV from iTunes Edition [For What It's Worth] By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)

littering your newsfeed? Brace yourself, because they're also kind of shady. [TechCrunch] uTorrent 2.0 wants to eliminate • WaveSandbox.com: Federate the need for network throttling T h i s T h e G o o g l e W a v e (without hurting your download Federation Protocol is now ready speeds), social games (Farmville, for adventurous developers to try anyone?) are shady, the Google it out on their own servers. Wave Federation Protocol is [Google Wave Developer Blog] r e a d y f o r a d v e n t u r o u s • Apple's iTunes Pitch: TV for developers, and Apple wants $30 a Month It doesn't sound like iTunes to replace your cable bill. this will be happening in the next • uTorrent 2.0 To Eliminate The couple of weeks or anything like Need For ISP Throttling And, t h a t , b u t A p p l e w a n t s T V ideally, it won't slow down your networks to turn it into a downloads. [TorrentFreak] television provider for • Scamville: The Social Gaming $ 3 0 / m o n t h . [ A l l T h i n g s D ] Ecosystem Of Hell You know all t h o s e F a c e b o o k applications/games that end up Submitted at 11/2/2009 4:00:00 PM

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The Complete Guide to Google Wave Is a Comprehensive Book on Wave [Google Wave] By Adam Pash (Lifehacker) Submitted at 11/2/2009 2:00:00 PM

Got an interest in Google Wave but have absolutely no idea where to get started? Try out The Complete Guide to Google Wave, a new (free) book written and edited by my pal and Lifehacker cohort Gina Trapani and yours truly. Google Wave may not be available to everyone just yet, but there's still a lot to learn about it and not that many places to do that learning. That's where The Complete Guide to Google Wave steps in. Wave is a young, complex, and frankly incomplete web application and technology. It's also an ambitious project that has the potential to change how we work, collaborate, and communicate on the web. That's why Gina and I decided to pour our time and attention into Google Wave and pull it all together into this book. We're calling it a book, even though right now its content is only available on the web at completewaveguide.com. It features eight chapters and two appendices, but we're going to expand the book as Google continues to grow and expand Wave. (In fact, anyone can help us do just that by contributing to

Brush Your iPhone's Bezel to Hide Scuffs and Scratches [IPhone] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)

during rough travel. The key is taking long, smooth strokes with the coarse side of a sponge the guide.) for more details on our adventure If the shiny metal bezel around (they're usually yellow with If you'd like a more permanent in publishing (including why your iPhone has seen better days, green scrubbing surfaces), and or convenient copy of the book, we're self-publishing), or just a n d t h a t n a g s a t y o u r being sure to protectively tape its first preview edition will be head to the home page to get perfectionist instincts, a quick the edges of the bezel, and available for purchase as a PDF s t a r t e d w i t h y o u r W a v e protective taping and smooth especially the screen, from your later this month, and the first education. For updates on book back-and-forth with a rough- handiwork. edition print version will be releases and various Wave tips, sided sponge can give it a more Hit the link for closer looks at what the finished product looks available in January of 2010. follow@gwaveguide on Twitter. consistent, brushed look. Gina and I are planning to release Note: Our server has had a little As detailed by a YouTube user like, and drop your own iPhone f o u r e d i t i o n s o f t h e b o o k trouble keeping up with the and tested by the Just Another (or other smartphone) physical throughout 2010 to keep up with traffic, so if you're having trouble iPhone blog, brushing your fixes in the comments. 10 minute the changing face of Wave, but accessing the site, try this mirror iPhone's shiny bezel gives the project: giving your iPhone bezel the latest version of the book will instead. The Complete Guide to phone a different look, along a brushed look[Just Another with helping to hide fingerprints, iPhone Blog] always be available and free at Google Wave scratches, and chips acquired completewaveguide.com. Check out the book's About page Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:30:00 AM

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Google Chrome Beta Adds Bookmark Sync, Speed Boost [Updates] By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)

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Friday broadcast finals: House rerun, Ugly Betty, Numb3rs, Smallville drop By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers)

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Windows: The latest beta release of Google's Chrome browser ups its dynamic page building speed by quite a bit. What users are really going to notice, however, is the built-in bookmark syncing, a feature previously available in bleeding-edge development builds. If you grab the beta of Chrome 4, either as a version upgrade from Chrome or a new install, you'll get an option in your "wrench" menu to synchronize bookmarks, enabled through your Google account. We've shown you this feature when it was an optional switch, but this feature looks to make it into the final build of Chrome's Windows release. Google touts Chrome's DOM

the Smallville drop was somewhat expected with an NBA game airing on the local Chicago affiliate. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the hourly breakout on House to figure how it looked during the 9p-10p hour for Dollhouse comparisons, but the two hour averaged dropped a 10th of an adults 18-49 rating point from the fast national numbers. Friday broadcast finals via Core speeds (i.e. jQuery powers) If that sounds like a reasonable at its blog post, continuing in the trade for more dynamic page Travis Yanan: tradition of browser makers speed and bookmark syncing, Supernanny constantly changing their speed C h r o m e 4 B e t a i s a f r e e - 4.666 million viewers metrics. The other big change download for Windows systems - 3.1/6 HH u s e r s m i g h t n o t i c e i s t h a t only. Bookmark sync and more - 1.3/4 A18-49 extensions are disabled in the s p e e d i n l a t e s t b e t a Ugly Betty l a t e s t b e t a b u i l d , a s t h e release[Google Chrome Blog via - 4.257 million viewers - 3.0/5 HH d e v e l o p e r s a r e s a i d t o b e ReadWriteWeb] - 1.1/4 A18-49 reworking the add-on framework. 20/20 - 7.333 million viewers - 5.0/9 HH - 1.7/6 A18-49 Ghost Whisperer (MediaPost | Media News) the other front runner seeking to credit analyst in New York, - 8.294 million viewers acquire the cable channel. estimated Travel Channel Media - 5.2/9 HH Submitted at 11/2/2009 7:38:10 PM Offers for the channel have was worth $600 million to $700 - 2.0/7 A18-49 News Corp. may drop out of climbed since Cox kicked off a m i l l i o n . T h e c h a n n e l i s Medium bidding for the Travel Channel b i d d i n g c o m p e t i t i o n b y distributed in 94 million U.S. - 7.819 million viewers because it isn't willing to pay the announcing in June that it had homes. - 4.9/9 HH $1.1 billion being sought by received unsolicited inquiries for This content has passed through - 1.9/6 A18-49 owner Cox Communications. the network. At the time, Hale fivefilters.org. Numb3rs Scripps Networks Interactive is Holden, a Barclays Capital Inc.

Around the Net In Media: News Corp. May Withdraw Bid for Travel Channel

- 7.878 million viewers - 5.0/9 HH - 1.7/6 A18-49 Law & Order - 7.073 million viewers - 4.6/8 HH - 1.4/5 A18-49 Dateline (61 minutes) - 8.001 million viewers - 5.3/9 HH - 1.6/5 A18-49 The Jay Leno Show (59 minutes) - 4.981 million viewers - 3.4/6 HH - 1.2/4 A18-49 House (R, 120 minutes) - 3.680 million viewers - 2.3/4 HH - 1.1/4 A18-49 Smallville (92% coverage, CW usually 95%) - 2.424 million viewers - 1.5/3 HH - 1.1/4 A18-49 - 1.2/5 A18-34 - 1.0/4 W18-34 Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Next Top Model (R, 92% coverage) - 1.017 million viewers - 0.7/1 HH - 0.4/1 A18-49 - 0.4/2 A18-34 - 0.7/2 W18-34 This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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Ribbit Launches Google Voice Challenger By Frederic Lardinois (ReadWriteWeb)

partners, Ribbit offers widgets for popular start pages like iGoogle and social networks like Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:00:00 AM Facebook and MySpace. Ribbit just announced the launch Through these - as well as on the of Ribbit Mobile. Ribbit Mobile service's homepage - users can is a cloud-based VoIP telephony receive and place calls from their service that brings together web- browsers. This is a feature that based calling, smart call routing Google Voice doesn't offer yet. and voicemail transcriptions. GrandCentral, which Google It is hard to look at Ribbit bought and then transformed into Mobile without comparing it to Google Voice, offered some of Google Voice. Just like Google the features that Ribbit Mobile Voice, Ribbit gives users a new now offers. Google dropped quite phone number or they can use a f e w u s e f u l f e a t u r e s l i k e call forwarding to transfer calls simultaneous rings and call from their mobile phones to chains from Google Voice's Ribbit's platform. Ribbit Mobile feature line-up, however. also has quite a few features that Besides call chains, another nice Google doesn't offer, including feature of Ribbit Mobile is that the ability to ring different you can choose which number phones simultaneously and to will appear on your contacts' make calls from within the phones when you call, even if browser. you are calling from your Sponsor computer. Once you are on a call, More Features than Google you can also easily transfer calls Voice from any device to another. As Ribbit Mobile is part of Because of this, you can start a Ribbit's open VoIP platform, the call in the web interface or service can even forward calls to iGoogle and then continue the your Skype, MSN or Google call on your cell phone. Talk account if you don't pick up Just like Google Voice, Ribbit your mobile phone. Whenever gives users the option to set up a you miss a call or when a new new phone number for their voicemail arrives, Ribbit can also Ribbit accounts. Users can earch ping you by email, Skype, for a specific numbers and letter Google Talk or SMS. Through its combination in these numbers.

free during the beta period - can also choose to have 'businessclass' level transcriptions, where a human checks the computerFor now, Ribbit only offers transcribed text and edits it. numbers in select cities in Ribbit for Developers Because Ribbit is an open California and New York. A service like Ribbit Mobile platform, developers can use the wouldn't be very useful us you service in their own applications. couldn't easily import your Ribbit already features five apps contacts. Thankfully, users can in its app store, including an import contacts from Plaxo and SMS widget, an Adobe AIR app as an Outlook CSV file (Google for checking voicemails and a Contacts can export an Outlook conference widget. Ribbit also plans to launch its own mobile CSV file). Caller ID 2.0 As Ribbit's CEO Ted Griggs and applications for the iPhone and co-founder Crick Waters told us Blackberry platforms soon. yesterday, the company wants Developers are free to charge for users to look at Ribbit Mobile as their applications and Ribbit also a "personal customer relationship offers a profit-sharing program management (CRM) platform." where developers will be paid if To do so, Ribbit Mobile doesn't users use their applications. just display a caller's name and Joining the Beta phone number. Users can also Ribbit will slowly scale the add notes to every call and service up over the next few connect their Ribbit address book weeks. The company will hand with their Twitter, Facebook, out new accounts on a first come, LinkedIn and Flickr accounts. first serve basis. You can sign up Through this, the Ribbit team for an account here. All service noted, conversations can now levels are available for free during the beta period, though take place within a context. Ribbit plans to charge for the pro Voicemail Transcriptions Ribbit offers two levels of accounts later on. Discuss voicemail transcriptions. Free accounts come with automated transcriptions. Users with professional accounts - which are

Assassin's Creed 2 pre-orders up 10 to 20% over original By Randy Nelson (Joystiq) Submitted at 11/3/2009 2:00:00 AM

Judging by one analyst's estimation, Assassin's Creed 2 is set to escape from store shelves faster than its protagonist can outrun his pursuers. According to Mike Hickey of Janco Partners, pre-orders for the game are running 10 to 20 percent more than those of the original Assassin's Creed, which, as the firm pointed out to Gamasutra, greatly exceeded its initial sales forecast of 3 million units. (It sold 8 million.) In other words, it looks like Ubisoft's going to make a killing off an assassin. Assassin's Creed 2 pre-orders up 10 to 20% over original originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read| Permalink| Email this| Comments

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Whatever Happened To... Newsvine By Richard MacManus (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 11/2/2009 9:16:36 PM

Two years ago social news site Newsvine was acquired by MSNBC, the Microsoft/NBC joint venture. The site had launched publicly in March 2006 and was considered to be one of the best designed new breed of 'web 2.0' news sites. Features include user-generated content, reputation, voting, comments, friends lists, tags, and more. At the time of the sale, Newsvine was promising to integrate some of those web 2.0 features into the main MSNBC properties. CEO Mike Davidson told ReadWriteWeb in 2007 that "over the next few years, Newsvine technology and content will make its way onto msnbc.com, and vice-versa where it makes sense." Has that actually occured? Let's check in with Newsvine to find out. Sponsor Newsvine is a "Citizen Journalism" site; a news publication built using the voices and recommendations of ordinary

citizens. It also syndicates content from its parent company MSNBC, Associated Press and others. Newsvine has a lot in common with social news sites like Digg and Slashdot - only it has more mainstream topics. Slow Development, But Keeping Abreast of Trends What's new at Newsvine circa 2009? There is nothing overly different from what we saw in 2007, but the site continues to look elegant and is still packed with social features. Newsvine appears to have kept up with current trends - we noted today a Real-Time Web feature, called Newsvine LIVE. This is a rapidly scrolling view of emerging stories, displayed as a pane on the right-hand side of the homepage. However as with many startups that get acquired by big companies, the pace of development at Newsvine slowed considerably after being bought. A scan of the Newsvine blog this year doesn't show much development. There was some administrative work done on groups and a hook-up with

at around 1.2 million and shows little growth. However in an August 2009 post, Newsvine CEO Mike Facebook. Not much else is Davidson claimed that Newsvine noted in the blog, although Newsvine has been active in now gets "over 4 million uniques developing widgets for sites like a month." So perhaps Compete's statistics are too low (which Netvibes and Yahoo. Mike Davidson blogged in wouldn't be the first time). August that "things, for the most Conclusion part, are going swimmingly [at All seems fine and dandy at Newsvine]." He admitted though N e w s v i n e , d e s p i t e s l o w that "building technologies and development of new features on services for msnbc.com has the site. slowed our development efforts However, as yet there is little on newsvine.com a bit, for the e v i d e n c e o f N e w s v i n e functionality on MSNBC sites time being." Traffic: Steady W h e n w e l a s t s p o k e t o certainly the readers don't Newsvine, in July 2007 just prior contribute much content to them. to its acquisition, Newsvine was Hopefully we see more of that getting about 1.2 million unique over the coming year, as Mike visitors per month. It was said to Davidson did say integration be growing at an average rate of would occur "over the next few 46% per quarter. The top topics years" back in 2007. in Newsvine in mid-07 were Overall, it's good to see that Politics and Technology, echoing Newsvine's community is still t h e p o p u l a r t o p i c s i n t h e relatively vibrant. As of time of b l o g o s p h e r e o f t h a t t i m e . writing, a story entitled'Dick Traffic over the past year at Cheney was a Lying, Treasonous Newsvine has been fairly flat, at Coward' has 239 comments. least according to Compete- Evidence that it is an MSNBC which puts the US unique visitors site after all! Discuss

MobBase: Drag and Drop iPhone App Maker for Bands By Dana Oshiro (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 11/2/2009 9:00:00 PM

When most of us hear the words, "For as little as 50 cents a day..." our brains conjure up solemn images of Sally Struthers. For as little as 50 cents a day MixMatchMusic is offering starving and made musicians a chance to reach their fans via a customizable iPhone app maker. Between now and tomorrow morning, MobBase will offer musicians with no programming skills the ability to build sleeklooking band apps. Features will include videos, images, bios, band news, streaming playlists, MOBBASE: page 49

Browns Fire GM George Kokinis By Chris Burke (FanHouse) Submitted at 11/2/2009 11:15:00 PM

by Chris Burke Filed under: Browns George Kokinis has been removed as general manager of the 1-7

Browns, the team confirmed in a statement Monday night. Multiple news organizations, including the Cleveland Plain Dealer and WKYC-TV reported earlier that the Browns had made a move in the front office, and that Kokinis' short tenure with

the team was believed to be over. Head coach Eric Mangini, who received the support of team owner Randy Lerner on Sunday, hand-picked Kokinis as GM in January. More Coverage: Full Details of Situation Unclear

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concert schedules and perhaps most importantly, links for music purchases. Sponsor Best known for its web-based remixing service, MixMatchMusic is expanding to help bands further engage their fans. The company is offering a drag-and-drop interface with a number of different app templates. Musicians customize application designs by switching out page backgrounds, buttons and even features. Features Although products are created using the template tool, no two applications look alike. Some of the available features include: 1. Music: Artists can offer samples of their collections and connect fans to album artwork, liner notes, lyrics and download links. 2. Videos: With MobBase, artists can pull in their YouTube video streams as well as encourage fans to tag their video content. From here bands can aggregate videos from a fan's point of view. 3. Photos: Band accounts on Flickr and Picasa can be instantly streamed to the photo feature. This way concert pics and

backstage exclusives automatically upload as new events occur. 4. News / Info: Artists can create biography pages and pull in related RSS feeds from blogs and traditional media sources. They can also integrate multiple Twitter accounts and import fan tweets based on a band's designated hashtag. 5. Shows: The tool also allows bands to import concert event streams from MySpace and MixMatchMusic's ArtistData tool. From here concert listings are automatically updated including ticket purchase links and Google maps. Approval and Pricing While a number of DIYapp platforms may appear on the horizon, part of the MobBase service is that MixMatchMusic handles the App store approval process. In the event that you'd like to change your app, cofounders Charles Feinn and Alan Khalfin assure us that there is no need to resubmit your app for approval. You simply log-in to the MobBase dashboard and change your pages. The company currently has 32 pilot apps pending approval including customized products

for bands like Pepper and Everclear. MixMatchMusic also has partnerships with the Independent Online Distribution Alliance and a number of other indie labels. The company will look to forge deals with web 2.0related service providers like Bandcamp and Topspin Media in the coming months. As for fees, applications are $20 dollars to activate. Free apps are priced at $15 dollars a month for the first 500 installs with $5 dollars per additional 1000 downloads. Meanwhile, paid apps cost $20 dollars per month for the first 500 installs and $6 dollars per month for each additional 1000. MobBase does not take any application sales fees in regards to revenue share. As per the standard iTunes affiliate music program, the company receives 5% of purchased music downloads. To get started visit MobBase.com for details. For a sneak peek at the design process check out the below screenshots: Discuss

Friday Cable Finals: Stargate Atlantis fan vultures circle as Stargate Universe dips below 2 million By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers)

- 0.7/3 A18-49 Stargate Universe - 1.974 million viewers Submitted at 11/2/2009 2:36:50 PM - 1.3/2 HH Sure, Stargate Universe only - 0.8/2 A18-49 dropped 2 percent from the Sanctuary previous week, but that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t - 1.606 million viewers stop the haters from hating early, - 1.1/2 HH and often! - 0.5/2 A18-49 Friday cable finals via Travis Crash (10pm, 58 minutes) Yanan: - 0.157 million viewers Bulls vs Celtics (8:02pm, 151 - 0.1/0 HH minutes) - 0.1/0 A18-49 - 1.541 million viewers Monk - 1.1/2 HH - 4.687 million viewers - 0.6/2 A18-49 - 2.9/5 HH Mavericks vs Lakers (10:33pm, - 1.0/3 A18-49 158 minutes) White Collar - 2.132 million viewers - 5.075 million viewers - 1.5/3 HH - 3.1/6 HH - 1.0/4 A18-49 - 1.2/4 A18-49 College Football (7:58pm, 209 This content has passed through minutes) fivefilters.org. - 2.538 million viewers - 1.7/3 HH

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10 Twitter List Widgets You Can Grab & Embed Right Now By Jolie O'Dell (ReadWriteWeb)

Copy and paste to get this widget: Raven Zachary has put together Submitted at 11/2/2009 6:18:17 PM a huge list of iPhone developers The good folks at Twitter 422 and counting, in fact: recently rolled out list-making Copy and paste to get this capabilities for all users, finally widget: catching up to functions that Stepping away from the bleeding many desktop and web apps have edge of web-based technology, his many expertly curated lists is featured for a while. here's Christina Braden's roster of this one of startup founders: In addition to allowing users to disability rights activists: Copy and paste to get this create their own curations, Copy and paste to get this widget: Twitter has also added a basic widget: When it comes to social media widget-maker for adding tweets For digital anthropology, look for social good, you can't beat from any user's list to any given no further than Ben Turner's nonprofit geek Rebecca Leaman's website. And since re-embedding inventory of the most fascinating list of Nonprofit Technology the code for Twitter's widget is minds studying our modern, entities: still kind of a pain, we've handwired culture: Copy and paste to get this picked ten great lists and created Copy and paste to get this widget: widgets from them for your widget: What's hotter these days than expedited enjoyment and copyAnd finally, the only list you'll augmented reality? For a quick pasteable hijacking. You're ever really need, the collected glance inside the minds of AR's welcome! tweets of the entire movers, shakers, and true Sponsor ReadWriteWeb team. Embed this innovators, take a look at Chris Here's New York Times editor on your site for up-to-the minute Grayson's catalog of Augmented Patrick LaForge's list of linktech news, smarter-than-theReality Peeps: happy Twitter users: average-bear analysis, mindCopy and paste to get this Copy and paste to get this blowing linkage, late-night widget: widget: oversharing, and amusing Speaking of what's hot right Formerly of Facebook, currently geekouts: now, don't overlook Mike of Twitter, Josh Elman's dream Copy and paste to get this Taylor's XMPP list, a tailored Rolodex is laid bare in his widget: compendium of real-time Awesome Social list of who's Thanks for reading, hope you developers. No hype, all insight, who in Silicon Valley: enjoy the widgets, and feel free this is a good place to start if Copy and paste to get this to share your own favorite lists in you're looking for great widget: the comments! Discuss information on where the realEveryone's favorite @scobleizer, time web is going without Robert Scoble, is famously marketing disinformation: passionate about startups. Among

Review: Heroes - Once Upon a Time in Texas By Jason Hughes (TV Squad) Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:00:00 AM

(S04E08) As promised, this week's episode of Heroes took us back to the heydays of the first season. Back when this was a world of wonder filled with new and exciting characters and mystery. Their futures lie before them, and it all centered on Charlie, the poor waitress that Hiro failed time and again to save back then. Now that he's working on his bucket list before he kicks it, the time has come to head back three years and try to undo her death by Sylar's hand. Which means we got to see HRG, Claire, Hiro,

Ando, Sylar and even Isaac as they were three years ago. The question was whether or not he could change the past and save Charlie, when he failed to before. Furthermore, could he do so without changing all the subsequent events that had happened. He'd already had a taste of success with Ando and his sister, but this sojourn had much higher stakes. Continue reading Review: Heroes - Once Upon a Time in Texas Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

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Thanks to Mozilla, Web Gets Less Ugly, Good Type Gets Machine Readable By Jolie O'Dell (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 11/2/2009 7:00:24 PM

Recently, a consortium of type designers and web designers have gathered around a new font format specification called Web Open Font Format ( WOFF). The format would allow more typefaces to appear across the web and to be readable by both humans and search engines. With support from Mozilla announced with the release of Firefox 3.6, and with the advocacy of leading type foundries such as Linotype, Emigre, and Hoefler & FrereJones, the question of web fonts might be satisfactorily resolved in the near future. Sponsor For some time, sIFR has been the go-to technology for web designers attempting to expand the Internet's typographical vocabulary without sacrificing machine readability. However, adoption and use have been limited, and the roster of fully functional online fonts has remained a static and brief cast of players. In a blog post, Mozilla contributor John Daggett wrote,

"The WOFF format originated from a collabaration between the font designers Erik van Blokland and Tal Leming with help from Mozilla's Jonathan Kew. Each had proposed their own format and WOFF represents a melding of these different proposals. The format itself is intended to be a simple repackaging of OpenType or TrueType font data, it doesn't introduce any new behavior, alter the @font-face linking mechanism or affect the way fonts are rendered. Many font vendors have expressed support for this new format so the hope is this will open up a wider range of font options for web designers." Of course, Firefox 3.6 will be

the first browser to support the new format, so designers will need to include @font-face rules for other browsers, at least for the time being. Not surprisingly, creating such rules for Internet Explorer is more complicated than for other browsers, as IE only plays nicely with Embedded Open Type faces and a limited set of @font-face rule descriptors. Internet Explorer wonkiness aside, WOFF is a widely supported and relatively prominent step in the right direction, and we hope more browser versions will support the format. It's about time for web pages to lose their homogeneity, for designers to gain more tools for brand and personal expression, for search engines to read more fonts, and for users to have richer browsing experiences. Interested web developers and designers should also check out woffTools,a Python package for examining and manipulating WOFF files. This package also contains a set of command line tools for verifying and examining the files. Discuss

Will TNT allow the cursing in Southland to air unbleeped? By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers)

features a fair amount of profanity unmasked, including a salty joke about a prostitute Submitted at 11/2/2009 3:27:38 PM featuring a reference to the While much has been made of female anatomy which can also TNT airing the already produced refer to a housecat. episodes of Southland, Eric A Twitter message from TNT’s Deggans of the St. Peterburg publicity department today — times asks the question that may sometimes the instant nature of wind up being the biggest news social media is really cool — of the move to TNT: will TNT maintained the channel hasn’t bleep the profanity? decided what to do. “We’re still Southland famously allowed its working on our plans,” the tweet police to speak the way officers read. “TNT does air shows with a working a city tough as Los TV MA rating, which covers Angeles might talk in real life, certain language for mature bleeping the expletives. But TNT audiences.” has a looser standard; early read the full story episodes for the Ray Romano This content has passed through dramedy Men of a Certain Age, fivefilters.org.

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Netvibes Goes From Web 2.0 To Enterprise 2.0 In Partnership With Sage Software By Alex Williams (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 11/3/2009 12:00:00 AM

In the Web 2.0 heyday, Netvibes had that star appeal that few companies ever experience. Their platform for creating personal dashboards rocketed in growth.Web innovators sang its praises. But you know the story. Netvibes struggled to find a business model. Sponsor Now, we're on the cusp of the Enterprise 2.0 movement and Netvibes has suddenly come back as a contender for providing dashboard environments to better manage enterprise software. Today, Netvibes is announcing a "sales, marketing and technology," partnership with Sage Software, an enterprise software company with 5.8 million customers worldwide and more than 14,500 people worldwide. Sage will integrate the Netvibes dashboard technology into Sage

software products and business processes. The idea is that enterprise software has become increasingly complex for users. Netvibes technology will help manage Sage software by providing customers with an environment that is more user friendly. Sage is hoping the partnership will bridge enterprise

software with the Web 2.0 features of the Netvibes technology. Sage reaches mid-market companies. These are larger enterprises that may do $60 million in revenues. They are adopting increasingly complex software. For instance, spftware for Enterprise Resource Planning

software (ERP) and Business Process Management (BPM) are more popular in light of enterprise efforts to bring more efficiencies in these times of economic difficulty. But often, the tools require a degree of administration beyond the capabilities of the average business user. Sage will integrate Netvibes into the launch of its ERP X3 software, coming in the first quarter of 2010. For all the skeptics of social technologies, is this at all proof of the befnefots that socila software provides?. Sage is adopting the Netvibes platform to make it simpler for customers to use its ERP software. Netvibes grew from the roots of the social software movement. Its technology represents what social software can help people accomplish: give the user more options to be productive and creative in their work. Discuss

The Future of Comics: Piecemeal or Cross-Platform? By Dana Oshiro (ReadWriteWeb) Submitted at 11/2/2009 5:15:00 PM

Before anime torrents, World of Warcraft and even before the internet itself, fantasy seeking geeks were fortunate enough to pour over the genius and inspiration of writers and artists like Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. With the exception of Ben Affleck's lackluster display in Daredevil, almost every classic Marvel title has produced an equally epic blockbuster movie hit. The Fantastic Four, Iron FUTURE page 53

New Donation Bumps Up Reward to Find Fla. Girl's Killer (FOXNews.com) Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:03:27 AM

The reward has increased to $45,000 for information leading to the killer of a 7-year-old north Florida girl whose body was found in a Georgia landfill.

First Coast Crime Stoppers said Monday an anonymous donation bumped its reward to $15,000. The rest of the bounty is from the Justice Coalition, a Jacksonville nonprofit that advocates for victims of violent crimes. SLIDESHOW: Somer

Thompson Murder Authorities have received more than 2,400 tips in Somer's case, but so far made no arrests. The Orange Park girl went missing two weeks ago on her walk home from school. She was found during an exhaustive

search of a landfill 50 miles away, where trash from her neighborhood was dumped. The Clay County Sheriff's Office hasn't said whether it believes the crime was committed by more than one person. Anyone with any information or

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Man, Wolverine and The Punisher are as thrilling to audiences now as they were in their comic book form. And this past weekend, Marvel announced plans to offer its products via a number of iPhone applications. Sponsor The Comixology, Panelfly and iVerse apps are all boasting the release of Marvel titles to US iPhone users. Select issues from Iron Man, X-Men and the the Amazing Spider-Man series' are available for between 99 cents and $1.99 per issue. While these services are likely to get their fair share of individual downloads, comic book service

Take Comics is attempting a slightly different approach to delivery. Recently launched to a roomful of entrepreneurs and investors at TechStars' Silicon Valley demo day, Take Comics offers a frictionless comic distribution platform for publishers. Rather than selling titles piecemeal, larger publishers like Marvel and indie publishers like Last Gasp can offer titles across platforms. The company aims to create an iTunes-like experience specific to comics. But there's a catch - after purchasing users can view their favorite titles on the device of their choosing. The service

renders comics on a panel-bypanel basis for easy perusal on mobile devices. As for upselling, users receive publisher alerts on new issues and recommendations to complete their collections. While comic publishers stand to earn more on a short term basis through individual downloads, it will be interesting to see if they opt for long term loyalty via the more user-friendly cross-device route. Discuss

How-to: Enable Expose and Spaces for the Magic Mouse By Bryan Schuetz (TheAppleBlog) Submitted at 11/2/2009 9:00:10 AM

So you’re loving your brand new Magic Mouse but are missing the ability to activate Expose and Spaces right from the mouse? Not to worry, we’ve got you covered. Using SIMBL and a neat little preference pane called MultiClutch, we can map our own custom shortcuts to the left and right swipes coming from the Magic Mouse and have them activate Spaces and Expose instead of navigating forward and back. Getting Setup The first thing we need to do is to get MultiClutch up and working in a 64-bit Snow Leopard world. MultiClutch, like

a lot of apps relying on InputManagers, kind of got gimped when the new big cat showed up. Luckily though, a recent fork in the project now allows for its plugin to be loaded through the latest SIMBL release. You can find some detailed instructions on how to get MultiClutch up and running from the source of the new plugin, but essentially what you need to do is: • Install the original MultiClutch application. • Install the latest version of SIMBL. • Download the forked version of the MultiClutch plugin and load it into the SIMBL plugin directory at/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins.

• Go in and remove the old version of the MultiClutch plugin from/Library/InputManagers. Adding Shortcuts Once you have MultiClutch up and running, open its preference pane and add new gestures for Swipe Left and Swipe Right and then assign them each key

commands. If you’re configuring for use with Spaces and Expose you’ll have to use one of the function keys. You may have to do some shuffling around depending on what function keys you already have mapped. I used F1 and F2 as they weren’t already mapped to anything. Then just go into your preferences for Expose and Spaces and set Activate Spaces and All Windows to the corresponding key command you used in MultiClutch. Since we’re using SIMBL you’ll have to quit and relaunch any applications that were already active when we started in order for the system to pick up our new shortcuts when that application is active. Caveat Emptor

Obviously this is not an ideal solution, and ultimately it would be best for Apple to build in some customization options for Magic Mouse gestures right into the Mouse preference pane. As with anything that is this hacked together, your milage may vary, but I’ve been using it for a couple days now and it’s working great. On the whole I really love the new Magic Mouse but not having my Expose and Spaces was a bit of a deal breaker for me. Hopefully this will at least be able to tide us over until a more solid solution comes along.

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Review Update: AT&T 3G MicroCell By Charles Jade (TheAppleBlog) Submitted at 11/2/2009 10:30:26 AM

As an iPhone user held hostage in AT&T’s network by the exclusivity agreement with Apple, the arrival of the AT&T 3G MicroCell felt like being rescued. Four weeks later, I now realize only Verizon can do that, but my updated assessment of the 3G MicroCell is still positive, mostly. During the first three weeks of operation, the MicroCell was down form some period of time on nine separate days. Periods of outage lasted from 15 minutes to several hours, but were usually less than an hour. There was no discernible pattern, and for every instance but one the fix was: unplug, wait, plug back in. The single outlier was a little more insidious. While my iPhone reported “five bars,” attempting to make a call would result in immediate failure. That episode required deactivating the MicroCell with AT&T, reinstalling it as if it were new equipment, and about three Zantac. If this makes the MicroCell sound like a product not ready for sale to the general public, it’s

not. Those paying $150 for a MicroCell in eligible cities are participating in a “public trial.” If one didn’t know they were a beta tester, the uncharacteristically helpful technical support gives it away. Diagnosing my problem, it was suggested that updates to the firmware by AT&T may have been responsible. Of course, the MicroCell is supposed to reboot itself when the firmware is updated, but even a tech support

placebo can make you feel better. It was also suggested that I try priority mode configuration, and that appears to actually have worked. By switching the connection order of the MicroCell and wireless router, the MicroCell supposedly reserves sufficient bandwidth for voice and data at all times. Why it needs to carve out a 3G slice of bandwidth on a Wi-Fi network remains a mystery, but I’m not

complaining. The outages stopped after changing the device setup. My initial fears concerning bandwidth throttling proved unrealized, or maybe a firmware update solved that, too. Either way, speed tests with and without the MicroCell connected have the same results. While it appears that my hardware issues have been resolved, a longer look at call performance is not as positive as my initial assessment. To the

MicroCell’s credit, it has yet to drop a call. Further, call quality to and from individuals remains generally very good, but, strangely, there are problems calling some businesses. Maybe my MicroCell hates talking with people in India, but calls to and from toll-free numbers or businesses are often choppy. My observation is that phone numbers that aren’t pointto-point, one number to one number, are far more likely to break up. It may be anthropomorphic on my part, but it’s like the MicroCell hates being put on hold and transferred, but then who doesn’t? Finally, I continue to be disappointed with the range of the device. AT&T says 5,000 square feet, but I say 50 squared, or about 50 feet in a straight line. That’s very close to being unacceptable for me, but being as Apple is still playing coy with Verizon, or vice versa, my options are limited. If yours are too, the AT&T 3G MicroCell remains a relatively pleasant cell on AT&T’s prison network.

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Chrome to Pass Safari in Browser Market Share By Charles Jade (TheAppleBlog) Submitted at 11/2/2009 7:57:22 AM

For October, OS X 10.6 and iPhone OS 3.0 continued to make incremental gains in market share, as did Safari. Unfortunately for the Apple web browser, Google’s Chrome is gaining faster. Compiling data from more than 160 million visitors to its worldwide network of sites, web metrics firm Net Applications has released numbers for the month. For web browsers, Internet Explorer still represents more than 60 percent of the market. That would be great for Microsoft, if it weren’t for the fact IE is down about 10 percent from a year ago and Firefox is up about 5 percent. Safari now stands at 4.4 percent, up from 4.24 percent in September, and 2.87 percent last year, and that’s great, but not as great as Chrome. Based on WebKit and released

just over a year ago for Windows, Google’s Chrome is now at 3.57 percent, up from 3.17 percent in September. Chrome’s rate of growth, plus the imminent release of a Mac version, as well as one for Linux, leads inexorably towards Chrome passing Safari, most likely by year’s end. The problem with Safari is that the Windows version just never caught on. After more than two years, its market share is yet to reach a third of 1 percent. To put that in perspective, more people browse the web with Safari from an iPhone than Windows. As for iPhone OS, it continues to trend slowly upward. At 0.37 percent in October, and combined with 0.07 percent for the iPod touch, iPhone OS now measures 0.44 percent of total OS market share. While that may seem insignificant, it’s a little less than half what Net Applications reports Linux as having. Unlike Linux, the iPhone

OS is steadily increasing share, and with the introduction of the iPhone in China and the U.S. holiday season, iPhone OS may break half a percent by the end of the year. To put that number in perspective, it’s about a 10th the market share of Mac OS X.

Nonetheless, Mac OS X continues to make small, steady gains in market share. OS X was at 5.26 percent for October, up from 5.12 percent in September — so much for Windows 7 hurting the Mac. Even better, a year ago OS X was at 3.79

percent, and a year before that at 3.43 percent. By October 2010, it’s quite possible OS X will have doubled its market share in three years. At 7 percent, that wouldn’t quite be the “rounding error” Steve Ballmer recently suggested OS X was when compared with Windows. Regarding market share by version, after jumping to 18 percent in the month after release, Snow Leopard increased to just 21 percent of OS X users for October, with plain-old Leopard accounting for 50 percent of the user base. While that’s something of a plateau, it will be interesting to see how adoption between Snow Leopard and Windows 7 compares. A week after the official launch, Windows 7 is at 3 percent, up from 2 percent a week ago based on those using early release versions. Sounds like a rounding error to me.

TV's Dr. Drew saves a dying high school football player By John Scott Lewinski (TV Squad)

dying player. Pinsky was watching his son Doug play football at Pasadena Submitted at 11/3/2009 8:34:00 AM Polytechnic when a Poly player On TV, Dr. Drew Pinsky saves took a shot to the head. I played people from drugs and sex. But, football for years, and these the Celebrity Rehab host came t h i n g s h a p p e n . T h e r e ' s n o out of the stands at California indication that malice was high school football game last involved in the related hit. Allan, came off the field and weekend to save the life of a The injured player, Jackson headed to the bench to talk to his

coaching staff and teammates. But, as is often the case with concussions and other head injuries, the brain can be deceptive. The condition quickly grew more serious, and paramedics were called. But, Pinsky got there first to find Allan in a coma -- no longer breathing.

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Apple Pitching iTunes TV for $30 a Month By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog) Submitted at 11/2/2009 10:05:29 AM

Big Cable has just been given a lot more to worry about in a landscape that is already rapidly changing under its feet. All Things D is saying that Apple has been shopping around a subscription-based model for video content to TV networks recently, and it looks to be a fairly attractive deal from a consumer standpoint. It probably doesn’t look too shabby to networks, either, since it will help them stay relevant as more users turn away from their cable and satellite boxes and towards their computers. According to “multiple sources” speaking to All Things Digital’s Peter Kafka, Apple is trying to gather support for a monthly subscription service that would see TV programs made available via iTunes in an on-demand basis. Luckily for most, Apple is keeping the proposed service

open to all platforms, instead of trying to use it to bolster lackluster Apple TV sales figures, as one might reasonable expect. Interestingly enough, Gene Munster actually predicted Apple might do something like this, though he predicted 2011 as the launch year. Apple’s proposed launch timeframe for the new

service is early 2010, but that’ll be a tall order given the current state of buy-in from content providers. Networks are happy to provide shows for purchase on the iTunes service, but a move to a subscription model would represent a complete change in the relationship between Apple and the programmers. Giving that much power over

providers, which still represents significant revenue from subscription fees, despite the recent consumer turn towards web-based content. Apple’s proposal comes close on the heals of Hulu’s announced plans to begin charging for some of its service, and I don’t think the timing is coincidental. The time is coming when digital distribution becomes the default method for content provision, and Apple clearly means to spearhead the movement. Success now will depend on offering a good enough revenue sharing deal to the networks to make it worth their while to sign distribution to Cupertino could on. It’s a question of finding the result in a relationship similar to right tipping point to convince the one that exists between Apple programmers that the potential and record labels, in which the gain outweighs the considerable computer maker holds an uneven risks. The key will be convincing balance of power because of its multiple big name networks to ability to reach the consumer. join in, since this will only Networks are probably also not succeed if we as consumers think very eager to damage the existing Apple is providing enough a r r a n g e m e n t s b e t w e e n variety to justify ditching our themselves and cable/satellite cable subscription.

Review: Castle - Famous Last Words By Kona Gallagher (TV Squad)

Well, except for the part where she had to put parental controls on his computer. But otherwise, Submitted at 11/3/2009 8:30:00 AM he strikes a nice balance between (S02E07) I'm with Beckett here: I relating to her and not trying to really enjoy watching Castle be a b e t h e " c o o l d a d . " I w a s dad. I'm very far away from impressed last week with how he being the parent of a teenager didn't just let that drunk girl crash myself, but I feel like people on their couch and made Alexis protests, and this week, when he should be taking notes from him. call her parents, despite her made her go to school despite the

fact that she was being helpful. Since that happened at the beginning of the episode, and the entire thing was peppered with Alexis/Castle interactions, I was definitely predisposed to like this episode. It continued to be a strong episode to -- despite the fact that the subject matter made me really uncomfortable.

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Mac Market Share Hits All-Time High Following Windows 7 Launch

Comcast may own NBC soon

By Darrell Etherington (TheAppleBlog)

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Submitted at 11/2/2009 7:40:49 AM

Microsoft’s advertising strategy with the latest installment of Windows is basically to none-too -subtly deride its predecessors, and it does appear to be helping Windows 7 gain traction among consumers. Unfortunately, it also might be contributing to the success of Mac OS X, or at least, it isn’t doing anything to slow down the steady progress of the competition from Apple. That’s according to preliminary data released Sunday from a report by Net Applications which breaks down the Internet presence of Mac, Windows and Linux machines for the month of October. Microsoft’s hope that Windows 7 would slow the sure and steady pace of Apple’s growth appears to have been unfounded, at least at this early stage. Windows still controls the lion’s share of the computer market, of course, with a huge 92.54 percent total share. But that’s down 0.25 percent from September. And yes, Windows 7 did gain ground during the month, despite being officially available for purchase for only nine days at the end of October, but Net Applications explains that it held more than 2 percent going into the survey, owing to the use of pre-release

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According to the New York Times, Comcast is set to own NBC Universal and all channels that are part of it as early as next week. This could change the entire television landscape and pretty much give us less of a selection in terms of entertainment. The rumor is that Comcast is going to keep the cable channels, then sell the NBC network. News versions like the beta and the numbers, but from visits to its Corporation expressed interest in release candidate. client web sites, which add up to the property, but the Comcast Net Applications also points out, an impressive 160 million total. talks progressed along far enough in a separate report, that much of That’s a fairly large sample base. to eliminate other potential W i n d o w s 7 ’ s g a i n d u r i n g Apple 2.0 does point out that this buyers. It could be argued that October (it ended the month at particular methodology tends to having MSNBC partially owned 2.85 percent) came from XP’s favor devices like the iPhone, by the same owners of Fox News market share, so it doesn’t which account for more frequent is a bit of a conflict of interest. represent the sort of “switch web visits due to their ease of Who would step forward to buy back” users Microsoft was use. NBC network? The ratings looking for, only upgraders who The key to the future success of skipped Vista in favor of the b o t h c o m p a n i e s w i l l b e older, more stable OS. converting the large Windows Mac’s share jumped to 5.26 X P u s e r b a s e , w h i c h s t i l l percent, up from 5.12 percent accounts for 70 percent of all during the previous period. users. Both Apple and Microsoft That’s a gain of 2.73 percent will be looking to convert those overall, which is a good number, users as they inevitably decide to but not nearly as high as the 5 u p g r a d e . H o l i d a y s e a s o n percent gain Apple experienced numbers over the next few in September. The slowdown months should give a good might be due to a surge thanks to indication of who will win out in early adoption of Snow Leopard t h e c o m p e t i t i o n f o r t h o s e which is now coming to an end. c o n s u m e r d o l l a r s . Note that Net Applications isn’t taking this data from sales

haven't been great and they did do that silly thing with Jay Leno and their 10 p.m. slot. NBC is too much of a name brand to let fall by the wayside. Who do you think should step up and buy the network? Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Reality-Free Permalink| Email this| | Comments

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Can Dedicated e-Readers Compete With the iPhone?

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Submitted at 11/2/2009 1:42:56 PM

Over at our sister site GigaOM, Om takes a look at the rising trend of e-book sales on the iPhone/iPod touch platform. According to a survey by San Francisco mobile tech analytics firm Flurry, one in five apps launched during the month of October on the App Store was a book. Book releases for the device are surpassing game sales now, and the gap is widening. Flurry compares the trend in books to that in gaming, which saw Apple take a strong branding direction with the iPod touch (“The Funnest iPod Ever”) and saw Nintendo admitting that its sales were affected negatively by the new competitor. Amazon, according to the analytics firm, will face a similar market share impact for its Kindle device. Om concludes that the future of the e-book market will depend on

With the DS and the PSP, the iPhone is a new entrant into a well-established field. The ereader market is nascent, and still very much a niche consumer affair. The iPhone (and iPod touch), with its versatility, ease of use, and availability, could have a much more significant impact here than it did in gaming. Paul Sweeting at GigaOM Pro provides a great overview of the e-book market(subscription required for full report), if you’re new to the subject. What do you think? Will readers like the Kindle and the Nook continue to have a place in the hearts and hands of consumers, or will multipurpose devices spell the end for what essentially whether or not Apple ever remain boutique devices? I’m not releases its oft-rumored tablet even sure Amazon or Barnes & device. While I agree that such a Noble have made up their minds, device would help further the considering they both appear to demise of the dedicated reader, be hedging their bets. I’m not sure devices like the Kindle can stay competitive even without the release of a tablet.

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( S09E14) It's week seven of Dancing with the Stars, and the pressure is on. Lacey Schwimmer was the victim of a cold; Anna Trebunskya has stepped in to help Mark Dacascos. The other victims tonight were the professionals who were forced to wear costumes designed by the celebrities. While it worked for Kelly, it backfired on Joanna. You know that there will be longer commercials between performances when you get a professional opening sequence. Five professionals and one woman who wasn't named performed a tango and paso doble. The dance was supposed

to be an example of teamwork, but the paso and tango was also not as synchronized as I expected. Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars Performance #7 Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps Permalink| Email this| | Comments

Iverson Returns, Unhappy About Role By Matt Steinmetz (FanHouse) Submitted at 11/3/2009 2:15:00 AM

by Matt Steinmetz Filed under: Grizzlies SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Allen Iverson made his debut for the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday

night in Sacramento, and for someone who hasn't played in a month or so, it wasn't too bad of one. Iverson, returning from a partial left hamstring tear, had 11 points in 18 minutes in the Memphis' 127-116 overtime loss. He said the hamstring felt fine. body that Iverson wasn't feeling But it was another part of his so good.

"I had no problems (with the hamstring)," Iverson said afterward. "I had a problem with my butt from sitting on that bench so long. That's the only thing I got a problem with." Iverson Returns, Unhappy About Role originally appeared on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Tue, 03

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Upcoming Snow Leopard Update Disables Atom Processor Support By Alfredo Padilla (TheAppleBlog)

Browns GM George Kokinis Escorted From Building, Fired

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Users who are running a hackintoshed netbook with Intel’s Atom processor may want to be careful next time an update for Snow Leopard is pushed out. According to OS X Daily, users have found that the latest developer preview of the 10.6.2 update disables support for Atom processors. The processor is used widely in the small and inexpensive netbook category of Windows computers, which are also widely hacked to run Apple’s OS X operating system. Installing OS X on third-party hardware is nothing new. The combination of super low-cost hardware with extreme ease of installation, however, have led many to turn their netbooks into rogue Macs. Apple has rarely been supportive of attempts to hack its hardware and software, as the long cat and mouse game of iPhone jailbreaking and its lawsuit against Mac clone maker Psystar make clear. This move may be more than just general animosity towards hackers, however. Instead it may

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indicate Apple is preparing to compete more directly with netbooks with an upcoming tablet device. Although rumored to be priced in the $700-$800 range, significantly higher than most netbooks, the tablet will compete in the same size space as an extremely portable computing device. Apple may not want people to have a choice between a $700 iTablet and a $300 netbook running OS X. Disabling support for Atom

processors would be an elegant way to nix this competition, as Apple’s tablet device is rumored to run an ARM based processor designed by engineers from Apple acquisition P.A. Semi. In the meantime OS X Daily advises anyone who has hackintoshed a netbook to stick with their current version of Snow Leopard or Leopard until a workaround is discovered.

by Will Brinson Filed under: Browns MDS pointed out on Twitter on Sunday that people bemoan the Raiders' state as a team too often, when there are far worse franchises out there. Case in point: the Cleveland Browns, who reportedly escorted GM George Kokinis off of the team premises and have now fired him. Update: The Browns have issued a statement saying that Kokinis is no longer an "active member of the organization" but are denying the reports that Kokinis was escorted from the building. I stand behind my final two paragraphs below. The Plain Dealer first reported that Kokinis was removed from the premises by Browns' human resources personnel, although it could not confirm that he had been fired. TheOBR.com, Scout's Browns site, reported later

Monday evening that Kokinis was indeed axed (and Jay Glazer has cited sources that believe Kokinis was fired as well). However, Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio received an e-mail from Browns' PR Director Neal Gulkis that said, "I have not heard anything." Browns GM George Kokinis Escorted From Building, Fired originally appeared on Fanhouse NFL Blog on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:25:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments

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Scoop: Don’t Look for TNT to Expand Length of Existing Southland episodes

Around the Net In Media: ESPN Acts as Ad Shop For Toshiba's New Campaign

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On Monday Michael Ausiello posted a story that TNT might expand the existing episodes of Southland: More good news on the Southland front: On the heels of this morning’s confirmation that TNT will run all 13 Southland episodes (including the six season 2 episodes that NBC never aired), comes word that the cable net may pad the seven season 1 eppys with never-before -seen bonus footage. According to my go-to guy at Southland, Michael Cudlitz, “ It’s my understanding that the actual episodes will have more airtime on TNT, so I believe they will be going back in and [adding] content. They’ll have the opportunity, and, in my opinion the need, to open up the [initial seven] episodes a little bit.” It’s not clear to me where Mr. Cudlitz got his understanding that there would be more airtime on TNT. Southland episodes are about as long as recent episodes of The Closer, Saving Grace, Dark Blue and Leverage I did the unthinkable! I actually looked up the run times for some TNT shows and for Southland minus any commercials and

promos. Just opening and closing themes/credits and show content. You can head to iTunes and do it yourself if you don’t trust me. I looked at the run times for season five of The Closer. I also looked at Saving Grace. It looks like the episodes used to be a bit longer but that both The Closer and Saving Grace now strive to come in at 43 minutes and 10 seconds. Most of Leverage’s episodes came in at exactly 43:14. Dark Blue liked to hover around 43 minutes, too. Outside of the pilot, all the episodes in

season one of Dark Blue were 43:10 or less. Five out of the last six episodes of Saving Grace were exactly 43:10 and four out of the five last episodes of Season Five of The Closer were 43:10, with the other 43:11. Four out of the seven episodes of Southland from last spring were either greater than 43:10 or within 7 seconds of it. Two of the remaining three episodes 42:19, and the other one was 42:39. Would it even be worth adding edited out content back in?

So it mostly looks like TNT would have to give up ad time to expand Southland. Perhaps there is some bang for adding in some “never before seen footage” but between what looks like would be less advertising and the cost to do it, I can’t see them doing that. Unless TNT perceives a much bigger bang for “39 seconds or so of never before seen footage of Southland per episode!” than I do. And, that’s always possible… This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

ESPN has been working with Toshiba to create advertising that illustrates specifically how ESPN fans could use Toshiba TV sets and laptops. As part of the package, Toshiba will sponsor a weekly segment on ESPN's "SportsCenter" that asks fans to vote on an "innovative" sports play of the week. The fans will be steered to SportsCenter.com and ESPN.com to vote. Toshiba will run the promotion from Nov. 16 through December 2010. The sports channel also helped create four video ads and digital elements to run on the websites. ESPN spent about eight months brainstorming and talking with Toshiba executives, says Lynne Kraselsky, ESPN senior VP. Media outlet and advertiser jointly developed a creative brief and both had input into the work as it is developed, including storyboards. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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America's Team? It's the Saints Now

By Robert Seidman (TVbytheNumbers)

By Terence Moore (FanHouse)

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The game averaged 29.8 million, the primetime (7pm on) portion of the game averaged 39 million viewers. The game was the second most-watched Sunday regular season game on FOX ever… via FOX Sports press release: ALMOST 30 MILLION VIEWERS WITNESS FAVRE’S RETURN TO GREEN BAY Second Most-Watched Sunday NFL on FOX Game Ever; Game Sets Several Other Milestones NFL’s Game of the Year & Thrilling World Series Game 4 Combine to Deliver FOX’s Best Sunday Night since 2008 Super Bowl Driven by the highly-anticipated Vikings-Packers match-up which featured the return of Brett Favre to Green Bay, Sunday’s NFL National Game on FOX posted a huge 17.4/32 average household ratings/share, with 29.8 million viewers to set many impressive benchmarks for FOX Sports, including: • Ranks as FOX’s second most-watched NFL Sunday telecast ever(most-watched ever was 32.1 mill. on 11/12/95 for SF-DAL) • Ranks as the highest-rated telecast on any network since the

Academy Awards back in February (20.6/31, 36.3 million) • Ranks as the highest-rated and most-watched NFL Sunday telecast on any network since12/9/07 on CBS • Sunday’s Prime portion of the telecast peaked at an astounding 22.2/37 averaging nearly 39 million viewers • Sunday’s game is up +26% over last year’s comparable 13.8/27 (22.3 million) In addition, FOX’s NFL postgame show, THE OT posted a strong 9.8/16, with 16.6 million viewers to rank as the mostwatched and second highest-rated

by Terence Moore Filed under: Saints, NFC South NEW ORLEANS -- Go ahead, because this is the right thing to do: You should spend the rest of the NFL season hugging whatever team you traditionally love, but you should kiss the New Orleans Saints in the shadows. If you prefer to do so in the sunshine, that's fine, too. The Saints have replaced the folks with stars on their helmets as America's Team. In case you weren't paying attention, telecast ever since the program Hurricane Katrina blew this franchise into the hearts of all premiered in 2006. The succession of FOX’s NFL those who had them. That overrun, THE OT, MLB Pre- unofficially happened on Sept. Game, and Game 4 of the 2009 25, 2006, the team's first home World Series delivered FOX a game back in New Orleans -- a fantastic 13.7/22 household Monday night when, just like this rating for the night, averaging Monday night, the roof of the just over 23.3 million viewers, Superdome threatened to explode ranking as FOX’s highest-rated and most-watched Sunday night since the 2008 Super Bowl, and ranks as the highest-rated and most-watched Sunday night on any network since the Academy Awards back in February. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

because of the noise generated by inside, as opposed to the wind outside it. A game that was also against the Falcons. And that, too, was a victory for the Saints, along the way to their first and only NFC championship game. Nancy Gay: Good News, Bad News for Falcons America's Team? It's the Saints Now originally appeared on Fanhouse NFL Blog on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:30:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments

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World Series Diary: Phillies 8, Yankees 6 (WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) Submitted at 11/2/2009 2:49:19 PM

Associated Press The Phillies’ Chase Utley hits a three-run home run in the first inning, the first of his two Game 5 homers. The Journal provides minute-byminute analysis of the Philadelphia Phillies’ 8-6 victory over the New York Yankees in tonight’s Game 5 of the World Series. Guest blogger Jonah Keri offers commentary on the game and the Fox telecast, while Journal staffer Matthew Futterman adds insight from Citizens Bank Park, as the Phillies kept the Yankees from clinching their first title since 2000 and 27th overall. Journal staffers Jim Pensiero (Phillies) and Brian Fitzgerald (Yankees) give a fan’s perspective. 5:51 pm | Pregame | by Joah Keri Charlie Manuel's decision to start Joe Blanton instead of ace Cliff Lee in Game 4 was a show of faith that the Phillies' numberfour starter could keep his team in the game and give it a chance to win. Manuel was sort of right, but not really. The Phils did go into the ninth inning of last night's game tied. But Blanton exited after six innings trailing 42. That Philly was in position to win in the ninth was in spite of Blanton, not because of him. Making matters worse, the Phillies now won't have Lee available to start should the series go a full seven games, even as

the Yankees have their ace, CC Sabathia, locked and loaded should we get that far. The one upshot is that Philly does send their best pitcher out to face the Yankees for tonight's Game 5, with a chance to send the series back to New York. Lee might be the single toughest match-up the Yankees could face in all of baseball. A left-hander, Lee matches up well against the total of seven lefty swingers and switch-hitters that New York typically deploys. Lee's also one of the top command pitchers in the game, blunting the Yankees' ability to run up big pitch counts, draw a ton of walks and knock the starter out of the game. On the other side, the talented but erratic A.J. Burnett goes for New York, seeking to replicate

his strong Game 2 effort, in which he allowed just one run in seven strong innings. As tempting as it might be for the Phillies to make big changes tonight, Manuel is best off staying the course. Ryan Howard's capable of going deep at any time, and we could see the Howard of the first two rounds of the playoffs supplant the slumping World Series Howard at any moment. Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino have struggled to get on base, but even when they're struggling, both play good defense and show occasional pop. The one place where Manuel could tweak is in the bullpen. His best relief arm at this point might be Chan Ho Park. Manuel could use Park and Ryan Madson in the

highest-leverage situations, and drop embattled closer Brad Lidge down to lower-leverage spots. Ironically, one of those spots could be the same closer role he now occupies. If Lee can hand over, say, a 5-2 or 6-2 lead to the pen, a three- or four-run lead in the ninth would seem relatively safe. Then again, Lidge was one held foul-tip away from a 1-2-3 ninth inning last night too. We shall see. 6:37 pm | Pregame | by Brian Fitzgerald I'm not nervous about tonight's game -- it's hard to be unnerved when the Yankees have a 3-1 lead -- but I am not bubbling over with confidence. Losing four straight to the Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS after stockpiling a three-game lead leaves a lifelong

scar on the psyche. In some ways, I am prepped for a loss. For starters, the Yanks got more than they could have hoped for out of A.J. Burnett in his Game 2 outing, and it is almost selfish to hope he won't have a two-inning meltdown at some point tonightÂ -- especially on three days of rest. Also, if you play the odds, the Phillies were expected to take two of three games at home; it's reasonable to assume they will grab one. Finally, the Phils are going to be desperate. Well, except Cliff Lee. I am not sure it's possible for him to appear desperate after watching his last outing. So I am prepared for a loss. Yet I wonder: How many Yankees WORLD page 63

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fans are audaciously, secretly hoping for a loss? "True Yankee" Andy Pettitte winning Game 6 at home would be something. 6:42 pm | Pregame | by Matthew Futterman An elimination game can be liberating since the stakes are so clear and simple: Lose and go home. Having said that, the Phillies looked like they were lacking their usual pop in their pregame warm-ups tonight. Itâs usually a boisterous bunch that canât stop laughing and joking and slapping hands with one another around the batting cage. But last nightâs tough loss in Game 4 after the Phillies had rallied to tie the game with a dramatic home run, could make anyoneâs legs a little heavy. Still, there was Ryan Howard, mired in a 3-for-17 slump this series, swaying to the R&B on the Citizens Bank Park sound system in between batting practice sessions. How Howard gets out of that slump is anyoneâs guess. He approached batting practice the way a golfer approaches the driving range, starting out with the short irons before moving on to the fairway woods and then the driver. Howard started off with a few bunts, followed by grounders sprayed across the infield. He didnât even take the doughnut weight off his bat until his fourth set of swings in the cage, (Keep in mind, Howardâs bat is 34 or 35 ounces and about the same number of inches), and only then did he begin launching deep

drives to the outfield. Raul Ibanez, another slumping Phillie (.186 for the series), looked to be struggling, knocking the ball into the cage, and taking awkward swings. Then again, itâs only practice. Manuel defended his decision not to pitch Cliff Lee last night, stating simply, âIf we would have pitched Lee yesterday and he would have won, weâd still need to win todayâs game.â He also held out the possibility that Lee could pitch later in the series if his team wins tonight. Meanwhile centerfielder Shane Victorino shot down a report that had Larry Bowa saying the Yankees were holding so many mound conferences because the Phillies were adept at stealing signs, or at least have that reputation around baseball. âObviously if weâre stealing signs we would be doing better than what we are doing right now,â he said. The Phillies do enter the game getting a break. Yankees centerfielder Melky Cabrera is out for the rest of the series with a strained hamstring and has been replaced on the roster with infielder Ramiro Pena. Brett Gardner will start in center. Also, with A.J. Burnett on the mound, the Yankees will have Jose Molina catching -â and Jorge Posada on the bench. Add it all up and Lee has essentially three outs in the bottom of the Yankees' lineup, perhaps even four if you consider how much Robinson Cano has been

struggling. Get through Swisher in the five-hole and youâre home free until Jeter comes up again at leadoff. If weâre not back at Yankee Stadium for Game 6, Wednesday night Iâll be shocked. The Phillies are too good â- and so is Lee -â for this team to lose four straight to a Yankee team with three starters and little in the bullpen other than best closer of alltime. 6:50 pm | Pregame | by Jim Pensiero As a life-long Phillies fan -- my dad used to take me to games in the 1960s at the decrepit but memorable Connie Mack Stadium on Lehigh Avenue -- I'm very accustomed to losing. I can remember laying in bed with an earplug in my little transistor radio listening to the Phils lose another one during the historic collapse of 1964. There's been plenty of ups and downs since then, most of them quite entertaining. This year's version of the Fightin' Phils has plenty of fight and I'm hoping they get themselves off the ropes tonight. The Yankees have had consistently better pitching and timely hitting in all but the opener of this Series. We've been outplayed -- and that's a sad statement about a Phillies team that plays hard. Give the Yankees credit: If you can't hold a team with two out in the ninth you don't deserve to win. I'm afraid the momentum the Yankees have right now is unstoppable -- they think they can hit our pitchers

and they make it so. The Yanks remind me of the Phillies in their run against the Rockies and Dodgers. I would hate to see the Yankees win it in Philly tonight. 7:43 pm | Pregame | by Jim Pensiero Still commuting and looks like I'll be listening to the first inning on the car radio, assuming NJ Transit gets me to Secaucus Junction in good order. Won't be the first time the day job has gotten in the way of a ball game. I'm the only guy with a Phillies hat on this car. But there aren't any Yankees hats at all. The baseball fans are already settling in for the evening. Go Phils. 7:55 pm | Pregame | by Brian Fitzgerald I am settling in front of the television with my laptop as Fox and the booth gush their love of Derek Jeter. They've been properly trained. It's time for the kiddies to go to bed. Which is sad. They are four years old, and have years to go before they can stay up late enough to watch baseball -- even though they enjoy watching. They will be interesting times: Of my two boys, one is a declared Yankees fan and the other is a supporter of the Mets. Blame his mom. 7:57 pm | Pregame | by Jim Pensiero Still in the parking lot. Re kids: Yes, indeed a shame that these games start late and go late. Took my son to Game 4 of NLCS in Philly. What an ending! But we didn't get back to North Jersey until 2 in the morning. Kind of

tough on a school night. Now in the car and going dark. 7:58 pm | Pregame | by Jonah Keri Ramiro Pena has been activated, replacing Melky Cabrera. This changes EVERYTHING. 8:01 pm | First inning | by Brian Fitzgerald I will take this opportunity while Jim has gone radio silent to mention that Johnny Damon's atbat last night was one of the best I've seen. He did not give up, and it paid off with a World Series win. It was so crucial that it deserves another mention. I was bursting last night and unable to blog about it. So I will mention it today. Meantime, my 4-year-old just looked up, saw Jeter, and yelled: "De-REK Je-TER." Ahhhh, life is good. 8:03 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Agreed, Brian. Though if Carlos Ruiz hangs onto the foul tip on 12, this series might be tied. Jeter grounds out to Utley to start the game. And the crowd boos Damon lustily. Respect. 8:04 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Damon might start to make a case for World Series MVP if he's not careful. Bloops a single to center with one out, approximately the 971st shallow single to center for NY this series. 8:05 pm | First inning | by Matthew Futterman In person, those boos for Damon WORLD page 64

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sounded more like groans. He's set up to be one of the great thorns in a city's side, right up there with Bucky Dent in Boston. That said, an early hit off Lee has got to make the Yankees feel good about themselves. 8:07 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Lee sets down Teixeira, two down. Let the record show, by the way, that 95% of the World Series has been live-blogged with live beings on my lap. In an upset, the cat has supplanted the newborn twins. 8:08 pm | First inning | by Matthew Futterman The chant from the crowd for ARod, if you can't hear it over the airwaves is "YOU TOOK STEROIDS". Manny Ramirez got the same treatment during the NLCS. It's entirely possible that A-Rod may never make another out in the World Series after that double to right. That's 16 RBIs during the post-season. 8:09 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri A-Rod with yet ANOTHER big hit in the postseason. He's the clutchiest clutch who ever clutched. Jeteresque hit too, inside-out swing, rolled a double into the right-field corner. 1-0 Yankees. 8:09 pm | First inning | by Brian Fitzgerald All right, let me get this out of the way for the rest of you: Oh, and Alex "shoots an arrow" down the first-base line! Get on your horse, Damon, and score from

first! 8:10 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Lots of Yanks fans seen celebrating the A-Rod double. Have a feeling a bunch of Philly fans unloaded their tickets before tonight's game. 8:11 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Lee not nearly as sharp as he was in Game 1. Second 3-0 count of the inning already, this one to Swisher. Make it a four-pitch walk. This is not the command freak we know. 8:11 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri 16th RBI for A-Rod is a new Yankees playoff record. 8:12 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Cano with one of his few good swings of the postseason. But his line drive to left lands in Ibanez's glove for the third out. 1-0 Yanks, Phils coming up. 8:17 pm | First inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Now that the Yankees are leading, let's look ahead a few hours. Mark Feinsand (@BloggingBombers) at the New York Daily News asks the question: How many outs will Mariano Rivera get tonight? 8:18 pm | First inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Quick Note: My brother-in-law hates the Yankees. He walks into the room to watch the game with me. Me: "Yanks are up 1-0" He walks out.

8:20 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Rollins with some of his best contact of this World Series, laces a solid single to center just out of Jeter's reach. Victorino tries to bunt, and gets plunked on the right hand for his trouble. Went down in a heap. Trainer still looking at it. And he's staying in the game, folks! You can't keep a good Hawaiian down. In other news, there was absolutely no good reason for Victorino to be bunting. Down one, in the first inning, no less. Giving away outs is almost always a dumb idea. 8:21 pm | First inning | by Jin Pensiero Wow. Just pulled into the driveway to hear Chase hit a three-spot. Will have to see the replay once I get inside. John Sterling is curbing his enthusiasm. 8:21 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Chase Utley, home-run machine. Three-run bomb, just like that, 31 Phils. Is Chase Utley the third-best player in baseball? I say yes. Peanut gallery? 8:24 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Howard works the count full and draws a walk. Much better at-bat than we've seen from him for most of this World Series. 8:25 pm | First inning | by Jim Pensiero Chase is a fine player. Not sure how high I'd rank him. Glad he's

on my team. 8:26 pm | First inning | by Brian Fitzgerald At this point, I am just hoping A.J. Burnett didn't waste his retaliation hit on Victorino. No offense, that sounded like it hurt. But I would have rather he had plunked Utley. And yes, it is partly because he hit another home run. If the Phillies come back and win on the back of two perfect games later this week, I think Utley still wins the MVP. 8:27 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Terrific curve by Burnett dives out of the zone to whiff Werth. Here comes the ice-cold and possibly injured Raul Ibanez with one away. 8:27 pm | First inning | by Jim Pensiero Two perfect games? I remember very well Jim Bunning's in 1964. Long time ago. By the by, nice pick by Texeira, but Ibanez makes it to first. 8:29 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Mike Axisa of River Avenue Blues with an early contender for best Tweet of the night, on Utley's homer. "@ mikeaxisa Terrible pitch call by Posada. Wait, what?" But hey, at least the Yanks get Molina's potent bat in the lineup. 8:29 pm | First inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Following Mark Teixeira's stab at first: Joe Buck mentions twice in three sentences that the Yankees "bought" Teixeira in the offseason. Thanks, Joe.

8:30 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Great play by Teixeira for the force at second. As usual, an announcer takes a good play by Teixeira and blows it out of proportion, though. According to an exhausting study by defensive guru John Dewan, Tex is about average at scooping balls out of the dirt at first. In fact, the muchmaligned Jason Giambi was about as good or better at it. 8:30 pm | First inning | by Jonah Keri Feliz grounds out to short to end the inning. After one, Short Rest Burnett 3 runs allowed, Long Rest Lee, 1 run allowed. 8:32 pm | Second inning | by Matthew Futterman Burnett had a rough second start against the Angels in the ALCS. Gave up four runs through three innings then settled down to pitch a nice game that the Yankees eventually lost. The question is whether he can limit the early damage and keep his team in the game. After last night, and let's be honest, after this whole season, the Yankees have an ethos on their team that they will pick each other up, that it's just a matter of time. The problem is he didn't get any cheap outs that inning. The Phillies pounded the ball and Teixeira and Jeter made solid plays on screeching grounders to keep things in check. 8:33 pm | Second inning | by Brian Fitzgerald WORLD page 65

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Debate officially has been sparked in the Fitzgerald household about where Utley currently ranks. Current placement has him No. 2 behind Pujols. I am undecided, and more concerned that Jorge Posada's bat is out of the World Series lineup for a second game. This is just foolish. Jose Molina just squared to bunt. That would have been worth watching. 8:33 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri Is Brett Gardner-Jose MolinaA.J. Burnett the worst World Series bottom three of this generation? I say yes. 8:34 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri Utley could well be number two. Mauer and A-Rod are in the discussion, as is Hanley Ramirez. If you include pitchers, then Halladay and Lincecum too. Maybe Greinke. 8:35 pm | Second inning | by Jim Pensiero If both pitchers can settle down it'll be a tight game. Burnett seems to have good stuff but a bit less control than Game 2. Lee isn't lights-out tonight, needless to say, but he's a gamer. 8:36 pm | Second inning | by Jim Pensiero Where's Pujols? 8:39 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri "Cliff Lee's a different pitcher with the Phillies than he was with the Indians." HE WON THE CY YOUNG WITH THE INDIANS! You're killing me, McCarver. 8:40 pm | Second inning | by Jim

Pensiero Well, Carlton always insisted on McCarver catching him. Bob Boone was a great hitter and McCarver was in his twilight. But as long as Carlton won, no one cared. Shouldn't Yankees' fans be the same way re MolinaBurnett? 8:41 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri Burnett caught looking, as Lee completes a 1-2-3 inning of the Yankees' 7-8-9 poo-poo platter. I think I could get Gardner, Molina and Burnett out, and I played one year of Little League, then bowed out in shame. 8:41 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri A.J. Burnett = Not Steve Carlton. 8:42 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri From ESPN's Jayson Stark on Twitter: "@ jaysonst The 5-6-7-8 holes in that Yankees' lineup tonight now a sparkling 2 for 22 in this World Series." 8:43 pm | Second inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Jeep Trivia Question: Yankees have 26 World Series titles. Which American League team has the second most? No Googling allowed. 8:45 pm | Second inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Answering the Trivia Question: Brother-in-law Patrick goes with the Oakand A's, stretching back to the Philly days. I am going with the Boston Red Sox, and banking on a couple from the 1900s era to pad out their

number. My wife Kathleen goes with McCarver: "I don't know." 8:45 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri I would guess the Athletics. If not, Tigers. 8:46 pm | Second inning | by Jim Pensiero Won't dispute that. But if you win with a designated catcher I'd leave it be. 8:47 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri Two quick outs to start the inning for the Phils, as Burnett battles back against Ruiz to strike him out, then quickly dispatches Lee. Such a different feel to those games in the NL park, snack-fetching breaks become much more predictable. 8:48 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri 20-30 starts is not enough evidence to suggest much of anything. Exhaustive studies done by people like Keith Woolner (former Baseball Prospectus analyst, now working on Baseball Ops for the Cleveland Indians) show that Catcher ERA and/or catchers having major influence on pitcher performance is wildly overrated at best, ostensibly non-existent at worst. 8:48 pm | Second inning | by Jim Pensiero Walks J-Roll. Shane looks likes he's hurting. 8:49 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri Rollins reaches for the second time in two at-bats, that's huge for Philly, of course. Two-out

walk brings out Victorino. No word on whether or not he'll bunt here. It would make about as much sense as his bunt try in the first inning. 8:50 pm | Second inning | by Jim Pensiero My minor was English. Posada can hit but he's never struck me as much of a catcher. 8:51 pm | Second inning | by Brian Fitzgerald No fair. It was like a couple of people were hanging out in a bar and going back and forth, and then Bill James walked in with a clipboard, spoke, and ended it all. 8:51 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri Victorino's clearly favoring his right hand. Very weak, pained swing results in a popout to short. Wonder if we'll see Ben Francisco in Game 6. Doesn't look good for Shane. 8:52 pm | Second inning | by Jonah Keri All I know is evidence, gents! I'm too dumb to let my opinions get in the way of facts. 8:53 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri Jeter grounds to out to third to start the third. Yanks taking lots of pitches as they try to run up Lee's count and get into Philly's bullpen. Full four days of rest helps, though. 8:55 pm | Third inning | by Matthew Futterman After his at-bat, Victorino took a long time to take off his protective gloves at first base and then took a very slow walk out to centerfield. He was leaning on

his knees on first base talking to Davey Lopes for longer than a healthy player would. You have to wonder if he is playing this game one-handed from here on in. How does your hand withstand getting hit with a 90mph baseball, while holding a bat, without something breaking? 8:55 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri Damon draws a walk, he's on for the second time. He's inching up the ranks for World Series MVP consideration. 8:56 pm | Third inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Trivia Answer: Athletics with nine. Four in Oakland, five in Philadelphia. Drats! There is always a hint to the answer in the current game! 8:57 pm | Third inning | by Matthew Futterman Forget the pitch count, Cliff Lee will pitch tonight until he turns into Pete Gray. 8:58 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri Woo! Lucky guess. I just remember Connie Mack winning every year until he sold everyone. 8:58 pm | Third inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Wait, we had a Pete Gray reference in earlier live blogs! 8:59 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri Tex grounds to Felix for the force. Never feel safe with ARod up and a man on, though. Not this time -- flyout to center WORLD page 66

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ends the inning. 3-1 Phils going to the bottom of the third. Utley leading off. 8:59 pm | Third inning | by Jim Pensiero I think Shane is done. Look at him catch A-Rod's fly. He's really hurting. Not good for us. 9:00 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri Ben Francisco is a serviceable player. He's better than Brett Gardner, let's put it that way. 9:01 pm | Third inning | by Jim Pensiero Ben is perfectly serviceable. But Shane is one of the guys who makes us go. Won't say we can't win without him but he's more important to the Phils than Melky is to the Yanks. 9:03 pm | Third inning | by Matthew Futterman You're right, should have used Jim Abbott, since I used the Pete Gray line last week. 9:04 pm | Third inning | by Brian Fitzgerald That clip of Victorino trying to catch the fly ball was pretty grim. He shook his hand before setting to catch, but couldn't put his hand behind the glove for the fundamentally sound catch. I want the Yanks to win, but that's too bad. Too bad it wasn't Utley, I mean. 9:06 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri Chutley draws the leadoff walk. No one wants a piece of him right now. Howard-WerthIbanez coming up. 9:07 pm | Third inning | by Jim Pensiero

Nice. Nicer see to see Chase steal one on your sorry battery. 9:08 pm | Third inning | by Brian Fitzgerald I liked Molina's face after his one-hop gun to second base. In a two-second smirk he said: "Come on, Jeet. I put it right at Utley's feet. That's your play to make." 9:08 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri But really, Jose Molina is a huge upgrade over Jorge Posada. HUGE. MASSIVE. 9:09 pm | Third inning | by Jim Pensiero Absolutely. Yanks have lucky to have so few Phillie baserunners or it would have been ugly for Jorge. Can he throw anyone out? 9:10 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri Burnett walks Howard on a pitch in the dirt. Does not look sharp on short rest. By the way, consensus of smart folks I know on Victorino vs. Francisco is...there is no consensus. They're fairly comparable offensively. But defensive metrics suggest Victorino's a fair bit better with the leather. 9:10 pm | Third inning | by Jim Pensiero Nice stroke by Mr. Werth. We need about five more runs to feel safe at the Bank. 9:12 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri Bullpen time coming soon! Werth waits on a breaking ball and spanks it up the middle for an RBI single. 4-1 Phils, first and second, nobody out.

And now Ibanez strokes a single to right. 5-1 Phils. That's all for AJ. And that's all for ever starting Burnett on short rest. 9:13 pm | Third inning | by Jim Pensiero Ciao, AJ. Guess a few too many innings for Mariano to cover. Still, five runs doesn't guarantee anything at our park. 9:16 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri David Robertson in the game, gets a big popout by Feliz for the first out. If the Yankees get out of this just down four, we'll be a long way from through here. 9:18 pm | Third inning | by Brian Fitzgerald I decided to take a break from the game with a quick visit to Facebook. Two seconds into it a college buddy messages me: Him: "GO PHILLIES!" Me: "What? Why??" Him: "They [let go of] Torre. That's when I became a Red Sox fan." I am trapped. 9:19 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri The blazing speed of Chooch Ruiz beats out a potential double play. Run scores, two down, Lee up, 6-1 Phils. 9:22 pm | Third inning | by Brian Fitzgerald I've heard praise for the Yankees for slowing down the game last night when they needed it, while the Phils were criticized for letting it spin it out of control rapidly without taking a breath. According to the Associated Press, MLB is planning to

discuss the repeated visits in the offseason. 9:22 pm | Third inning | by Jim Pensiero Well, no double play on Chooch. We'll take it. 9:23 pm | Third inning | by Jim Pensiero That's what you get for hanging out on Facebook. Nice stroke by Cliff. So maybe J-Roll redeems a poor showing so far in this Series. 9:23 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri Cliff Lee = the new Tony Gwynn. That's three hits this postseason for the guy who may or may not inspired the Tenacious D song that I'd like to link to but can't. 9:24 pm | Third inning | by Matthew Futterman Before the game tonight, Victorino was lamenting that Philadelphia had failed to string together a series of hits, that they had gotten the long ball to keep things close but couldn't seem to sustain a rally through four games. For whatever reason -probably cruddy Yankees pitching -- those concerns have now been put to rest. 9:25 pm | Third inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Molina just trotted out to the mound to talk to Robertson. I would like to apologize to everyone for not keeping track of this. Hmmm: 6-1 -- time to plot the comeback. 9:26 pm | Third inning | by Jim Pensiero Re J-Roll: no redemption at this

at-bat. Still, pretty good inning for the Phils. AJ gone. Cracks in the empire's facade. Now we have to play some defense. 9:26 pm | Third inning | by Jonah Keri 6-1 Phils after three. Is it too early to start imagining ways Brad Lidge could blow this? 9:27 pm | Fourth inning | by Jim Pensiero We'll burn that bridge when we get to it. 9:28 pm | Fourth inning | by Jonah Keri Swisher lines out to third to start the fourth. 9:29 pm | Fourth inning | by Jim Pensiero Both teams are complaining about the strike zone. Umpire must be doing a good job. 9:30 pm | Fourth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Brett Gardner is fast. But I think his OBP is in the negatives. It is so bad it is siphoning off from the 2010 season. At this point, I will settle for him attempting to bunt every at bat. 9:32 pm | Fourth inning | by Jonah Keri Cano grounds to second for the second out. Just an ugly, ugly bottom of the order, and you can add Cano to that bottom three. 9:32 pm | Fourth inning | by Jim Pensiero J-Roll flashes some leather. Redemption on defense. Need all 27 outs against these guys. 9:34 pm | Fourth inning | by Jonah Keri WORLD page 67

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Nice play by Rollins on a Gardner hopper ends a 1-2-3 inning. 9:34 pm | Fourth inning | by Jim Pensiero Shane steps up. Can he hit? Maybe they'll walk him and we can see him steal a few. 9:36 pm | Fourth inning | by Matthew Futterman Is it too early to start thinking about Andy Pettitte on three-days rest in Game 6 against another well-rested veteran starter for the Phillies in Pedro Martinez? Neither manager has announced a Game 6 starter but those would be the likely candidates. Girardi said before the game that since Gaudin hadn't thrown in nearly a month it would be unfair to put him into the crush of a World Series game. This was supposed to be a long series from the start. Only issue for the Phillies down the road is facing a Game 7 with a shaky Cole Hamels on the mound. 9:40 pm | Fourth inning | by Jonah Keri Victorino looks marginally better in grounding out to second to start the fourth. How Robertson went to a 3-0 count against a one-handed hitter before getting him out, though, I can't imagine. 9:42 pm | Fourth inning | by Jim Pensiero If we hold on tonight I think we ought to start Happ tomorrow. He's a damn fine young pitcher and his head's in the right place. Save Pedro for Game 7, if there is one. Talk about drama.

9:43 pm | Fourth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald I love Andy Pettitte. He is a Yankee hero to me after shutting down the Braves 1-0 in 1996. But I can't see him pitching on threedays rest unless he has been hanging out with Roger Clemens again. But there may not be a choice. The Yankees are going to pitch CC in Game 7, which would put him against Cole Hamels. That's a pretty good Game 7. Wait, why am I talking Game 7?! 9:44 pm | Fourth inning | by Jonah Keri Two quick outs to start the inning. And now 0-2 on Howard. Might not seem like it in the bottom of the fourth, but these are big outs. Especially once the Yankees euthanize Molina from this game. 9:45 pm | Fourth inning | by Jim Pensiero I've been watching Ryan Howard for four years and the guy always has struck out a lot. But he's certifiably snakebit in this Series. 9:46 pm | Fourth inning | by Jonah Keri Down goes Howard on a sweet curve. That's Howard's 11th K of the World Series. 6-1 through four. 9:47 pm | Fifth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Following up on my recent post, in case any Cole Hamels fans are watching, remember this. 9:47 pm | Fifth inning | by Jonah Keri You call it a curse, Brian. I call

it Inevitable Regression To The Mean. Nerds don't believe in curses. 9:48 pm | Fifth inning | by Jim Pensiero For the record, Robertson did a good job in relief. Didn't allow the game to get any worse for the Yanks. 9:49 pm | Fifth inning | by Jonah Keri Posada bats for Molina, grounds out to start the fifth. Eric Hinske batting for Robertson. 9:49 pm | Fifth inning | by Jonah Keri Third walk tonight by Lee puts Hinske on. Very uncharacteristic of the Phils' lefty. 9:50 pm | Fifth inning | by Jim Pensiero Jeter is one tough out. 9:51 pm | Fifth inning | by Jim Pensiero And Damon, for us, has been worse. Hold 'em, Cliff. 9:51 pm | Fifth inning | by Jonah Keri Jeter with a base hit to right sends Hinske to right. Has Jeter ever pulled a ball? Wonder what would happen if a team reverseshifted him. 9:52 pm | Fifth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald We beat up on McCarver a lot, but he made a fairly good -- if obvious -- point about that Jeter hit. Why was Howard holding Hinske on first with a five-run lead? Because a lot of first basemen don't like playing behind the runner. I mean, the ball comes at you at 100 miles an hour or so. I know I'd want a

clear line of sight. 9:53 pm | Fifth inning | by Jonah Keri Damon breaks his bat to knock in the Yankees' second run. But outs are paramount for the Phils, of course. Tex flies out to end the inning. Philly leads 6-2 after 4 1/2. 9:54 pm | Fifth inning | by Jim Pensiero Teixeira scares me. Rodriguez scares me. And Jeter and Damon kill me. They've got 12 more outs and we lead by four. It isn't enough. 9:57 pm | Fifth inning | by Jim Pensiero Nice catch by the maligned (not by me) Gardner. 9:57 pm | Fifth inning | by Jonah Keri The mound conference by Posada on the very first batter he saw behind the plate was good. The running catch against the wall in deep center on a shot by Werth was great. Wow. 9:59 pm | Fifth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald What a catch by Gardner. I think he closed his eyes at the end when he slammed into the wall. That ball went 386 of the 387 available feet. It's a big out: The Yankees had just chipped off a run from the deficit, and if Brett misses that, it's a potential triple off the wall. Can't say it would have ultimately led to a run, but if it did, that would have been deflating. 10:02 pm | Fifth inning | by Jonah Keri Ibanez grounds out to Teixeira

for out number two. Would've been the Phillies' seventh run if not for the Gardner grab. Feliz grounds to short. Looks like just another routine 1-2-3 inning in the boxscore. 6-2 Phils through five. 10:02 pm | Sixth inning | by Jonah Keri A-Rod flies to right to start the sixth. Lee with 79 pitches through 5.1 IP. Good shot at getting through seven frames tonight. 10:04 pm | Sixth inning | by Jonah Keri That Swisher flyball looked like it had a chance to get out off the bat. Not even close. Joe Buck's right, the ball's not carrying at all to left-center right now -- first the Werth blast (he was cruising around the bases, assuming it was gone), now Swish. 10:06 pm | Sixth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Is it too much to ask Brett to keep alive a two-out rally? How many times do you see a fielder make a great play in the field and then get up to bat ..... 10:07 pm | Sixth inning | by Jonah Keri Cano with another good swing, better approach tonight. Linedrive single to center extends the inning for Brett Gardner -- lousy hitter in the best of times, going against an ace in Lee and still shaking off the cobwebs after crashing into the wall. 10:08 pm | Sixth inning | by Jonah Keri WORLD page 68

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A-yup. Strike three looking for Gardner. Bottom of the sixth, 6-2 Philly. 10:08 pm | Sixth inning | by Jim Pensiero Well-timed K by Mr. Lee. Nine more outs for the men in blue. Go Phils. 10:09 pm | Sixth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Sigh. 10:11 pm | Sixth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Bottom of the sixth, Cliff Lee's spot in the lineup. Cliff Lee comes to the plate. Damn. 10:12 pm | Sixth inning | by Jonah Keri Ruiz with a sharp lineout to right to start the bottom of the sixth. No pinch-hitter here for Lee, of course. One more inning looks promising, and two more is quite possible. Aceves strikes out Lee. Two down. 10:13 pm | Sixth inning | by Jim Pensiero Why would you pull Lee? He's got 30 more pitches in him. 10:14 pm | Sixth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald A man can hope. 10:14 pm | Sixth inning | by Jonah Keri I assume that was wishcasting by a Yankees fan, Jim. 10:15 pm | Sixth inning | by Jonah Keri Rollins singles under the glove of Cano, the man who's never made a diving stop in his life. 10:16 pm | Sixth inning | by Jim Pensiero Yes, indeed. Meanwhile, I can't

wait to see J-Roll steal one on Posada. 10:16 pm | Sixth inning | by Jim Pensiero If I was him... 10:18 pm | Sixth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Dave Eiland out to the mound. This has to be around six plate visits between the dugout and the catcher. McCarver calls it what it is: An embarrassing diplomatic stall tactic to get the man in the bullpen a couple more warmup pitches. 10:20 pm | Sixth inning | by Jonah Keri One-handed Victorino again fails to get the ball out of the infield. Nothing across for Philly, 6-2 through six. 10:20 pm | Sixth inning | by Jim Pensiero No pop in Victorino's bat. I'm sure whatever shot they gave him in the locker room allows him to feel no pain. But he's not right. 10:22 pm | Seventh inning | by Jonah Keri Oh that was too rich. Posada called time, didn't get it, and Lee tossed strike two right down Broadway. And then Lee hits the "inside corner" on a pitch several inches too far inside. One down. 10:24 pm | Seventh inning | by Jonah Keri Jerry Hairston swings at a 3-1 pitch down four runs and pops out to center. It's a clinic of shooting yourself in the foot for the Yanks this inning. 10:26 pm | Seventh inning | by Jonah Keri Utley starts the seventh against

Phil Coke, looking for home run number five and tub of hair gel number 17. 10:28 pm | Seventh inning | by Jim Pensiero Meanwhile, Cliff keeps taking care of business. Six more outs. Go Phils. 10:28 pm | Seventh inning | by Jonah Keri Jeter breaks his bat and lines weakly to second. 1-2-3 seventh inning for Lee. 103 pitches. He could easily come out for the eighth if they want. 10:29 pm | Seventh inning | by Jim Pensiero They want! 10:30 pm | Seventh inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Charlie Manuel just announced his Game 6 starter: Cliff Lee. 10:33 pm | Seventh inning | by Jim Pensiero You wish. He won't have an arm on Wednesday. I suggest J.A. Happ. Fresh as an April morning. 10:35 pm | Seventh inning | by Jim Pensiero Coke looks like an angry choirboy. Angry, because real choirboys don't spit so much. 10:37 pm | Seventh inning | by Matthew Futterman This is Charlie Manuel doing his impression of a seer, errr, speaking in his pregame news conference: "We're going to go out there and just be relaxed and we're going to play just like always. Hitters are going to go up there and look for good pitches to hit, and we're going to hit the ball, we're going to try to

execute, and we're going to -we're going to try to hit behind the runners, we're going to try to knock them in when we've got them in scoring position, and Cliff is going to pitch his game. We're going to play and enjoy it. That's basically kind of how we play on an everyday basis." 10:37 pm | Seventh inning | by Jonah Keri Chase Utley is good at baseball. Home run number two tonight, number five this postseason. 7-2 Phils. 10:38 pm | Seventh inning | by Jim Pensiero Choirboy gets spanked by Chase for spitting too much. We needed the insurance run. Keep that hair gel flowing, Mr. Utley. 10:39 pm | Seventh inning | by Brian Fitzgerald A quick scan of Facebook status updates shows a healthy mix of Yankees fans convinced the team really wants to win at home, fans convinced Girardi should be tortured in quite specific ways, fans questioning whether A.J. is worse than Carl Pavano (answer: no, Pavano would have hurt himself and not pitched), and fans wondering why the Yankees can't buy a hit (insert joke here). Mind you, this was before Utley's 78th home run of the series. 10:40 pm | Seventh inning | by Jim Pensiero What's he supposed to say? If we hit for average, we'll bring peace to the Middle East? 10:40 pm | Seventh inning | by Jonah Keri Joe Buck just cited OPS! Cats

and dogs living together! 10:41 pm | Seventh inning | by Matthew Futterman Reggie Jackson spends a lot of time hanging around the Yankees in the offseason. He's an adviser to the team but is also there to talk about his 1977 performance (three homers in a game, five in a series) whenever he gets the chance and this setting gives him that chance. It's one of his favorite things to do. I'm guessing Reggie, who is here this week, really is not so happy to have to share that space in the record book with a second baseman right now. With a game or even two likely left to play, it's a safe bet he won't have to share it for long the way Utley is hitting. 10:42 pm | Seventh inning | by Jonah Keri Utley now tied with Reggie Jackson for most homers in a World Series. Ryan Howard then tied Willie Wilson for most strikeouts in a World Series (12). 10:43 pm | Seventh inning | by Jim Pensiero Yankee fans ought to take a tranquilizer. Last time I looked, we're in a hole that you dug for us and you need to win one game and, worst case, you have two games at home to do it against a pitching staff that you've mostly owned. 10:43 pm | Seventh inning | by Jim Pensiero I suspect the latter will set the record first. WORLD page 69

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10:44 pm | Seventh inning | by Jim Pensiero Headline if NY Post liked the Phillies: Things Go Better With Coke. 10:45 pm | Seventh inning | by Jonah Keri And now Ibanez goes deep! Off the billboard on the facing of the second deck. Not so much, Phil Coke. 8-2 Phils. 10:45 pm | Seventh inning | by Jonah Keri Hughes freezes Feliz on a curve for strike three. 8-2 Phils through seven. 10:51 pm | Eighth inning | by Jonah Keri Hilarious shot of Victorino asking the dugout why someone is standing at his position (Ben Francisco, in for injury reasons). This game has had almost as much comedy as home runs. 10:51 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero It was funny. Shane's game, if nothing else. 10:53 pm | Eighth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Plotting a Yankees comeback: Damon singles, Teixeira walks, and A-Rod homers. I still am working on the formula for the other three runs ... 10:53 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero Lucky that Texeira didn't hit that one out. Nice to have those insurance runs. 10:54 pm | Eighth inning | by Jonah Keri Not far off so far, Brian. Damon infield hit, Teixeira double to

left. Two on, nobody out for ARod. 10:55 pm | Eighth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Phillies pitching coach heading out to the mound to talk to Cliff Lee. This is an outrageous waste of time. 10:56 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero Almost came true. 10:57 pm | Eighth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Ball just bounced off of Ibanez's glove. Somewhere in the Phillies dugout, Shane Victorino has blood coming out of his eyes. 10:57 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero OK, you get your wish. Lee is out. Now, can the Phillies hold a four-run lead late in the game? 10:58 pm | Eighth inning | by Jonah Keri That's the Raul Ibanez the butcher we know and love. 10:59 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero I don't blame him. Charlie made a mistake not putting Francisco iin left. Ben catches that ball. 11:00 pm | Eighth inning | by Jonah Keri My cat catches that ball. Raul Ibanez is an awful fielder. 11:01 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero He was a serious upgrade in the field over Pat Burrell. Trust me. 11:02 pm | Eighth inning | by Jonah Keri Chan Ho Park, who amazingly might be Philly's best RP at this point, in for Lee. Swisher grounds out to second, sending A

-Rod to third base with the first out. 11:03 pm | Eighth inning | by Jonah Keri Cano popfly to center deep enough to score A-Rod with the fifth Yankee run. 8-5 Phillies. Could we see Lidge with a threerun Phillies lead in the ninth? 11:04 pm | Eighth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Cano was going to swing at every pitch even if they were rolled to the plate. He desperately wanted to bring in A-Rod from third. I actually didn't think Alex would tag, considering how shallow that ball was hit. Deficit cut in half. Just hoping we can squeeze out a few more hits to get the meat of the lineup up in the ninth. 11:05 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero Probably. And send end in a side order of Maalox. 11:07 pm | Eighth inning | by Jonah Keri Just to clarify the Yankees' third and fourth runs-- an Ibanez misplay on an A-Rod liner to left cashed both. Mocking Ibanez can cause a writer to take his eye off the ball. You know, like Ibanez. 11:07 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero The Yanks are a 27-out team. They have three left. We'll see what they do with them. 11:08 pm | Eighth inning | by Jonah Keri Gardner predictably pops out to end the eighth. 8-5 Yankees going to the bottom of the eighth.

11:09 pm | Eighth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Jim Pensiero, confident until the bitter end. 11:09 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero Nothing a few more insurance runs won't cure. Where's Phil Coke when we need him? 11:10 pm | Eighth inning | by Jonah Keri If the Phillies are smart, they'll either stick with Park for the ninth, or go to Madson. Brad Lidge's only role should be to fetch post-game beer. 11:10 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero Hey, like this evening started with: I'm a life-long Phillies fan. 11:11 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero They're bringing out Stairs, so Park is parked. 11:12 pm | Eighth inning | by Jonah Keri Chooch singles to start the bottom of the eighth. Here comes the Wonder Hamster himself, Matt Stairs! (This means Lidge or Madson for the ninth) 11:12 pm | Eighth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald I like Matt Stairs. He looks like he will be heading straight from Citizens to a recreational softball league somewhere. I'll like him even more if he delivers a 6-4-3. 11:13 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero As they say in Philly: In case of emergency, use Stairs. 11:14 pm | Eighth inning | by Matthew Futterman

Yankees only pinch hitter left is Ramiro Pena. 11:14 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero They have Matsui left, don't they? 11:15 pm | Eighth inning | by Jonah Keri Stairs' blinding speed, amazingly, was unable to prevent that 4-6-3 double play. Two down, none on for Rollins. Too bad, Phillies really could've used some insurance there. Madson for the ninth! No way Manuel was going to Lidge. Shaken confidence aside, those were 30 high-stress pitches last night. 11:16 pm | Eighth inning | by Matthew Futterman Yes, you're right, they do have Matsui left. If Posada can get on, life could get interesting, but Madson was solid last night and should close this out. You do wonder what Lidge is thinking in the bullpen in a save situation. Is he done for the year? Will he pitch in New York? 11:17 pm | Eighth inning | by Jim Pensiero Yes, could have used some insurance. But if we can't hold a three-run lead in the ninth we shouldn't get to a sixth game. 11:18 pm | Eighth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Joe Buck: "Interesting to see Ryan Madson getting loose." Tim McCarver: "It is." Me, to myself: "No, it really is not." WORLD page 73

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Cleveland Browns GM George Kokinis out; head coach Eric Mangini stays By Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter (ESPN.com) Submitted at 11/2/2009 8:31:20 PM

George Kokinis is out as general manager of the Cleveland Browns after less than one year on the job. The manner in which he will make his official exit was in dispute Monday, according to team and league sources. Kokinis refused to resign when pressed by owner Randy Lerner, who then persisted in seeking a dismissal "for cause," citing Kokinis for failing to meet the specific standards as dictated by his contract, the sources said. The team's security and legal department were reviewing phone records to build its case against Kokinis, a team source said. There also were discussions of whether the two sides could reach a financial settlement, sources said. Multiple media reports initially reported Kokinis had been fired. Television station WKYC and the Cleveland Plain Dealer first reported Monday night that Kokinis was ushered out of the Berea facility by security around lunchtime Monday. In a statement, the Browns said: "Cleveland Browns general manager George Kokinis is no longer actively involved with the organization. In response to rumors and reports that Kokinis

was escorted out of the building today, the Browns deny those reports. In the interest of protecting the parties involved we will withhold further comment." Dialogue between the two sides actually occurred for the past week before Sunday's 30-6 loss to the Bears sent the Browns reeling into the bye week with a 1-7 record. For the past month, Lerner has independently investigated professional and personal conduct by Kokinis, head coach Eric Mangini and director of football operations Erin O'Brien, who left the organization within the past few days, sources said. Mangini said Monday he had spoken with Lerner and was told his job was safe for now. Lerner told the media after Sunday's defeat that changes were coming. Ernie Accorsi, former general manager of the New York Giants, Baltimore Colts and Browns, is being sought by Lerner as a consultant, a league source said. Accorsi could not be reached for comment. Accorsi has served in a consulting capacity on numerous occasions for teams and has an alliance with former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar, who was hired by Lerner as a consultant on Oct. 17. Kokinis was brought in to lead the team after the Browns had

hired Mangini, who coached last year with the New York Jets. It's the first major change for a Browns team that has struggled in all aspects of the game. Lerner said Sunday night he is "sick" about the state of his NFL team but he will not make a coaching change. Lerner told the Plain Dealer and Akron Beacon-Journal on Sunday he would like to bring in a "strong, credible, serious leader" to help run his team. Lerner did not expand on who that person might be or if that person currently worked for the Browns. "The highest priority that I have is a strong, credible, serious leader within the building to guide decisions in a far more conspicuous, open transparent way," Lerner said Sunday, according to the Plain Dealer. "I can maybe defend decisions by saying I've sought advice and I've brought people in, and we've gone to see people -- and I think my highest priority is to have a stable figure that represents the voice that explains the decisions." Mangini said he would be open to such a hire. "If you can add quality people that can help you get better, then you do that," Mangini said. "You're always searching for those opportunities." Kokinis was supposed to be that

person. Mangini handpicked him to be the team's GM -- both began their careers in Cleveland in the early 1990s when Bill Belichick was coaching the Browns. Walker: Change Inevitable The rumblings of unhappiness from owner Randy Lerner became too much, and Eric Mangini's handpicked GM, George Kokinis, paid the price, writes James Walker. Blog A source told the Plain Dealer "Kokinis is a great guy who does not deserve this. He is taking the fall for the team's problems and it's not right.'' The Plain Dealer reported that Lerner had tried to get Kokinis to take a more visible role as the team's GM, encouraging him to be interviewed recently by Sports Illustrated. Kokinis, who had 18 years worth of NFL experience, was the final voice on the Browns' 53-man roster. Mangini's job security was not a topic in Cleveland's locker room, which was mostly vacant Monday. Linebacker David Bowens, who played for Mangini in New York, feels the coach's system may not take hold until the team starts winning. "Part of the problem is we have a lot of guys on this team that have been used to losing, been used to being on teams that have won a

lot of games and don't understand the process," Bowens said. "I think just selling out and buying in. I firmly believe in just hard work and execution. The coaches can coach their tails off, they can get two hours sleep a week, but they're not playing the game. "A lot of mistakes are made by us as players. Once we assess that and just buy in, commit ourselves to each other, I think things will change." Mangini believes his process for turning around the team will work despite a horrid first half of the season. Mangini said he and Lerner share the same vision for improving the Browns. Mangini and his coaching staff will spend the next week -- the Browns don't play again until Nov. 16 -- evaluating and analyzing every aspect of the team. Despite Cleveland's offense being ranked 31st overall and scoring just five touchdowns, Mangini has no plans to change offensive coordinator Brian Daboll's duties. However, he may rely more on quarterbacks coach Carl Smith, a former offensive coordinator with New Orleans and Jacksonville. Mangini's also holding off on making a decision at quarterback. Derek Anderson posted a 10.5 rating in Sunday's debacle before CLEVELAND page 74

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A-Rod Heroics Reach Almost Mythical Proportions (WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) Submitted at 11/2/2009 9:06:28 AM

The Philadelphia Phillies returned home for Games Three, Four and Five of the World Series with a chance to wrest the series from the New York Yankees. They’ll play their last home game of the year Monday staring elimination in the face after dropping the first two games. On Saturday, starter Cole Hamels was unable to get through the fifth inning of a game Philadelphia lost 8-5. On Sunday, a ninth-inning meltdown by closer Brad Lidge — whose failure to cover third base led to a bizarre play in which Johnny Damon stole two bases on one pitch — negated a Phillies comeback and led to a 7-4 loss. EPA It’s almost like Rodriguez has been half-man, half-beast in his beatdown of Phillies pitchers. Philadelphia has other problems, but the fact that Hamels and Lidge were two of the team’s most valuable players during Philadelphia’s World Series win last season can’t make the weekend’s losses any easier to take. “Hamels and Lidge,” Danny Knobler writes at CBS Sports. “The Phillies never would have won last year without them. The Phillies have won this year despite them. Now the Phillies are on the verge of losing the World Series because of them.” All of which makes this an excellent time for secondguessing. In the Philadelphia

Daily News, Sam Donnellon does just that in response to the news that Phillies turbo-ace Cliff Lee wanted to pitch Sunday’s Game Four on short rest. In the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bill Lyon makes the tough-to-argue point that the Phillies’ toughness will be sorely tested over the next three games, if that many are played. “It’s not the end of the world, but like they say, you can see it from here,” Lyon writes. The Yankees, for their part, are looking as devastatingly inevitable as ever, especially with the seeming return to form of slugger Alex Rodriguez, who homered on Saturday and drove in the go-ahead run Sunday after failing to reach base in the first two games. The New York Daily News features another example of the inevitable come-to-pass, as Mike Lupica anoints A-Rod Mr. November. (That title has been done, guys.) For NBC News New York, Josh Alper marvels at ARod’s ability to persevere through the revelation, in US Weekly of all places, that the self -confident third baseman’s apartment features two paintings he commissioned of himself as a centaur. As a centaur. Check back here tonight for a live blog of Game 5 steered by Jonah Keri, Matthew Futterman and friends.* * * Week Eight in the NFL lacked, for the most part, the ultralopsided final scores that have defined the season up to this point. Part of this was due to the

fact that many hapless teams were either on a bye week (Washington, Tampa Bay) or playing one another (Detroit played St. Louis, and Jacksonville played Tennessee). But one blowout stood out for its improbability — the New York Giants, who started the season 50, received a 40-17 beatdown from the Philadelphia Eagles. In the Newark Star-Ledger, Steve Politi examines the Giants’ ongoing three-game implosion. Of course, that game wasn’t even the biggest Philadelphia/New York match-up of the day. It wasn’t the NFL game with the highest media profile, either, as Brett Favre’s victorious return to Green Bay captured the imagination of the nation’s sportscasters and, presumably, some fans as well. Minnesota was impressive both in its ability to ignore the media hype and to dominate on both sides of the ball in a 38-26 victory, Don Banks writes in Sports Illustrated. In the Journal, Jason Gay marvels at Fox’s (totally predictable, but still amusing) Favre-related overkill, which manifested itself through the presence of something called

“The Favre Cam” that followed Favre throughout the game. “Please tell us you caught it,” Gay writes. “On the Fox Sports Web site, you could watch the feed all game long. See Brett pass. See Brett run. See Brett bored on the sideline. See Brett pretend to care about a diagram. See Mr. Favre thumb through the Cabela’s catalog.”* * * Over the course of a 30-block walk around Manhattan on Sunday, I high-fived a runner dressed as a chicken and other smiling people from Italy, Germany, Thailand and Detroit, and was once again blown away by the strange and powerful emotional power of watching tens of thousands of humans experience their own moments of struggle and triumph. It was proof, once again, that there are few more inspiring or enjoyable days to be a New Yorker than the Sunday of the New York Marathon. Everyone who finished scored a personal victory of his or her own, of course, but Eritrean-born, California-raised Meb Keflezighi, picked up an especially significant win — he became the first American man to win the race in 27 years. “Until Sunday, Keflezighi, 34, had inspired a new crop of American distance runners without ever having won a marathon,” Liz Robbins writes in the New York Times. “That changed in 2 hours 9 minutes 15 seconds, when Keflezighi blurred past Kenyans and Moroccans in

his U.S.A. singlet. He won with such an effortless stride, his performance belied two years of injury and personified perseverance.” Dearta Tulu was the fastest woman in the race, besting longtime long-distance master Paula Radcliffe, who fell off the pace due to an injury she reaggravated around mile 11 and finished fourth. In the Independent, Simon Turnbull describes the emotional interplay between Tulu and Radcliffe.* * * Car crashes are a part of Nascar, but they’re especially central to the mythos at Talladega Superspeedway — they call the annual wreck at Talladega “The Big One,” and it’s a part of TV commercials for the race. Nascar implements new rules seemingly every year at Talladega, but it just keeps on getting the same scary result. Last year In April, a crash sent driver Carl Edwards’s car — airborne and upside down — flying into the fence separating spectators from the track. This year On Sunday, Ryan Newman was the racer who found himself vertical and wrong -side-up — and that wasn’t even this year’s race’s Big One. No, that would be the 13-car pileup that knocked much of the field out of contention. Jamie McMurray won the race, and Jimmie Johnson, who finished fourth, continued to pull away from the pack in pursuit of his A-ROD page 74

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Oakland Raiders to look into abuse claims against Tom Cable By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)

questions on the topic. The Raiders said they first learned of these allegations from Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:10:43 AM ESPN in the past week. Raiders To Look Into Claims "In conjunction with the league Against Cable Raiders To Look office, we will undertake a Into Claims Against Cable serious evaluation of this matter," ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The the team said in a statement Oakland Raiders will undertake a Monday. "We wish to be clear " s e r i o u s e v a l u a t i o n " o f that we do not in any way allegations that coach Tom Cable condone or accept actions such as has a history of violent behavior those alleged. There have been toward women. occasions on which we have The team released a statement in dismissed Raider employees for response to allegations made to having engaged in inappropriate ESPN by Cable's first wife, conduct." S a n d y C a b l e , a n d f o r m e r The Raiders also released a girlfriend, Marie Lutz, that the statement criticizing ESPN's coach physically abused them at reporting, saying the network, various times during their " r o u t i n e l y d i s s e m i n a t e s relationships. falsehoods about the Raiders." AFC West blog This is the second allegation ESPN.com's Bill Williamson against Cable accusing him of writes about all things AFC West violence. Former defensive in his division blog. assistant Randy Hanson accused â&#x20AC;˘ Blog network: NFL Nation Cable of assaulting him and Cable acknowledged striking breaking his jaw during training Sandy Cable with an open hand camp. The Napa County district in a statement Sunday. Cable said attorney declined to file charges the altercation happened more in that matter late last month. than 20 years ago and was the When asked about his future only time he's ever touched a Monday, Cable responded: "I'm woman inappropriately. He stood coaching the Raiders and I think by that statement Monday, my future is to be the coach of d e c l i n i n g t o a n s w e r a n y the Raiders."

The players are mostly tuning out the off-field issues, focusing on improving a football team that is 26-76 since the start of the 2003 season. "We're not thinking about it and we're not worried about the outside distractions," tight end Zach Miller said. "We're just focused on being a better football team." The Raiders (2-6) have a lot of work to get there, having lost four games by at least 20 points and taken dramatic steps back offensively over the first half of the season. If one play could sum up the first half of the season for the Raiders it might have come on their final drive in Sunday's loss in San Diego. On second-and-28 with Oakland trailing 24-16, JaMarcus Russell went back to pass and had no open receivers. That was because Louis Murphy and Johnnie Lee Higgins got tangled up with each other and both hit the ground. That led to a sack by Shawne Merriman and Oakland was unable to mount a comeback. "Everybody's making a big deal about that," Murphy said. "I heard some of my teammates

said they showed it on TV. Actually, I had an inside release, and Johnnie an outside release and we ran into each other. I mean, it happens. You can find anything to pick out at the end of the game." It's been that kind of season offensively for the Raiders, who have been unable to develop Russell into a big-play quarterback and have the kind of deep-strike offense that owner Al Davis loves so much. The Raiders have scored just three touchdowns in the past six games, have failed to reach 200 yards of offense in five of eight games and are the lowest-ranked offense in the NFL. "Everybody is looking for an answer right now," Murphy said. "We have to continue to stay together as a team and continue to work hard, and continue in practice to work hard to drill our plays and continue to do what the coaches ask of us. Eventually it's going to come out in the games." The Raiders could get some good news after the bye week with running back Darren McFadden, receiver Chaz Schilens and offensive linemen Robert Gallery and Cornell

Green hoping to return from injuries. McFadden has begun running and cutting on his surgically repaired right knee and said he hopes to be ready to play against the Chiefs on Nov. 15 McFadden has been out since tearing cartilage in his right knee on Oct. 4 against Houston. He struggled even when he played, averaging 3.1 yards per carry. While frequently saying he doesn't want to use injuries as an excuse, Cable put the blame for much of the first-half woes on them. Cable is counting on Gallery solidifying the offensive line to create holes for McFadden and for Schilens to open up the struggling passing game. "For one, you're losing your best offensive lineman. That gives you a lot of solidity inside," he said. "It will help open up the run game even more. You're getting a receiver that can impact the game. Those are all things that lead, not only just to more yards, but, obviously, to more points." Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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11:18 pm | Ninth inning | by Jonah Keri Posada-Matsui-Jeter here in the ninth. And Madson has gone 3-1 on Posada. Ruh-roh. 11:19 pm | Ninth inning | by Jonah Keri Posada jacks a double to right that just misses clearing the fence. Matsui-Jeter-Damon, then Tex and A-Rod if Yanks extend the inning. I'd say there's at least a 25% chance the Phillies blow this. 11:20 pm | Ninth inning | by Jim Pensiero Certainly in the realm. 11:20 pm | Ninth inning | by Jonah Keri Madson now behind 2-1 on Matsui. Yikes. 11:21 pm | Ninth inning | by Jonah Keri Matsui base hit to left sends Posada to third. BRING IN TUG MCGRAW! 11:21 pm | Ninth inning | by Jim Pensiero Out come the worry beads. 11:22 pm | Ninth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald All I want from Jeter here is to bring in a run and not hit into a double play. A Damon walk, and get it to two runs for Teixeira. 11:23 pm | Ninth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Where is the bigger Wall of Worry: in Philly or on Wall Street? 11:24 pm | Ninth inning | by Jonah Keri

2-0 on Jeter. Phillies fans checking themselves 11:24 pm | Ninth inning | by Jim Pensiero In the realm. 11:25 pm | Ninth inning | by Jim Pensiero No stains, thanks to the Jeterian double play. 11:26 pm | Ninth inning | by Jonah Keri Captain Clutch! Jeter raps into a 6-4-3 double play. 8-6, bases empty, two down. Amazing. 11:27 pm | Ninth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald A Jeter double play in a clutch at -bat in the ninth? Huh? I need to consult the manual. 11:27 pm | Ninth inning | by Jim Pensiero He wants to win it in the Bronx. Isn't that how YOU began the conversation? 11:28 pm | Ninth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald He is selfless. Always thinks of the fans. 11:29 pm | Ninth inning | by Jim Pensiero But Damon didn't get the memo! 11:29 pm | Ninth inning | by Jonah Keri Johnny Damon extends yet another game! He's been terrific. Teixeira represents the tying run, with two out. 11:30 pm | Ninth inning | by Brian Fitzgerald Johnny Damon got quickpitched into an 0-2 count. And yet he hung in there. I can't believe he worked out a single.

These are two unbelievable atbats in the last two nights, regardless of whether Teixeira can deliver. 11:30 pm | Ninth inning | by Jonah Keri Madson now 0-2 on Tex after a killer change-up. 11:32 pm | Ninth inning | by Jonah Keri Back to the Bronx! Another Madson change-up whiffs Teixeira. 8-6 Phillies win it. Eventful game, but then most of them seem to be that way. Lots of homers, including two by Utley. Another great night for the pesky Johnny Damon. A "good enough" performance by Cliff Lee. And an incredibly nervy ninth for the Phillies, shortcircuited by a ginormous Jeter double play. The Yankees' strategy of using everyone on short notice will be severely tested Wednesday night, as Andy Pettitte tries to beat a rested Pedro Martinez. Then again, can Pedro summon the Pedro magic of old two straight times in a World Series, at Yankee Stadium no less? Tune in Wednesday to find out. 11:33 pm | Postgame | by Jim Penseiro We'll take it, though the ending was anything but pretty. So, to stoke the paranoia of my New York friends: If both Andy and CC sputter on short rest and Phils somehow mount an improbable comeback will Joe Girardi become the Gene Mauch of

2009? 11:33 pm | Postgame | by Matthew Futterman It's a good way to close the ballpark for the season. Philly fans, with their towels and their sea of red are worthy of a final win here, one last chance to see Harry Kalas sing High Hopes on the big board. Back to New York. 11:34 pm | Postgame | by Jim Pensiero It is a nice place to see a ball game. The fans are passionate, if not always full of empathy. 11:36 pm | Postgame | by Jim Pensiero Jeter is a great player. For every DP he starts, how many games has he won for the Yanks? I'm feeling very fortunate. Until he proves them wrong, pitch around Chase and pitch to Howard. Go Phils! 11:36 pm | Postgame | by Brian Fitzgerald Despite the loss, the Yanks did what they needed to do after splitting in the Bronx -- they took two of three in Philadelphia. In the off day, the Yankees need to figure out how to pitch to Utley in such a manner that doesn't result in Chase bequeathing a souvenir to a fan.

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he was yanked in the final minutes for Brady Quinn, who began the season as Cleveland's starter but was benched after just 10 quarters. SportsNation: Approval Ratings After Sunday's loss to the Bears, only 5 percent of SportsNation approves of the job coach Eric Mangini has done with the Browns this season. Ratings Mangini lamented Cleveland's five turnovers, including two fumbles -- one by rookie wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi, the other by tight end Steve Heiden-- following completions by Anderson that sabotaged potential scoring chances. Mangini felt the Browns were moving the ball and Anderson can't be judged solely on his atrocious statistics. "You never just want to look at the numbers, you want to always look at it in the context of the game," Mangini said. Anderson's numbers are impossible to ignore. According to STATS LLC, his 36.2 QB rating is the lowest of

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any player through eight weeks since Oakland's Marc Wilson in 1981. Also, Anderson's 320 yards passing in the past four games are the fewest by any quarterback with a minimum of 80 attempts since Chicago's Vince Evans in '81. Anderson, meanwhile, said he's "not happy about anything." "I'm not happy that I got pulled out, I'm not happy we lost, I'm not happy about anybody's play, my play, nothing," he said. "I haven't been happy." Mangini, too, is dismayed by the losing but remains confident the Browns will improve. "This is a process," Mangini said. "We [Mangini and Lerner] talked about that quite a bit, and that doesn't change. There's things that go along with that and that doesn't mean we're not looking to win every game, it doesn't mean we're not looking to improve each week. On the contrary, that's exactly what we're going to do. "Randy and I share the same vision and that's something that we talked about and what we do

talk about quite a bit is what's the best way to achieve that. I've always had good conversations with him and always will." Mangini said he shared Lerner's distaste for the Browns' putrid performance so far. "But I also believe in the things that we're doing and I understand it doesn't happen overnight," he said. "There's not one formula in terms of specific ingredients, but there is a very specific approach that you have to take and I believe in that. It has been successful. It will be successful here." Chris Mortensen is ESPN's senior NFL analyst. Adam Schefter is an ESPN NFL Insider. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

fourth straight championship. As usual, though, the winning driver’s thunder has been stolen by those terrifying, telegenic crashes. “The spectacle is something no one wants to see, but somehow no one can keep his eyes off it,” the Gaston Gazette’s Monte Dutton writes. “Then, while everyone is saying ‘I hate [what] happened,’ they watch it replayed five times apiece from three different angles. This enables them to really, really, really hate what happened.” The result of this tension between racing and crashing is something of an endurance test for both viewers and drivers. “Wrecks are part of the thrill of NASCAR, an essential element of the overall storyline,” Yahoo’s Jay Busbee writes. “But watching the Newman wreck, like the Edwards one before it, the queasiness starts to set in. NASCAR hasn’t had an in-race fatality in the Sprint series since Dale Earnhardt died at the Daytona 500 in 2001. Is the sport safer, or is it living on borrowed time?” Elsewhere at Yahoo, in a

very illuminating blog post, Nascar driver Ricky Craven discusses the Talladega experience from a driver’s perspective.* * * This could’ve been a part of the section on the World Series, but this astonishingly good essay by David Samuels on the tension of being a baseball fan during this strange season — in the world at large, if not necessarily in baseball — really deserves its own space. It’s from a newspaper in Abu Dhabi, which is odd, but it’s the most thoughtful and eloquent essay on being a sports fan in troubled times that your Fixer has read in many months. — Tip of the Fix cap to Tim Marchman and Don Hartline and fellow Fixer Garey Ris. Found a good column from the world of sports? Don’t keep it to yourself — write to us at dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll consider your find for inclusion in the Daily Fix. You can email David at droth11@gmail.com.

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Cole Hamels: 'I'll never ever quit' on Fantasy Football Cut-NPhiladelphia Phillies, fans Go: Steve Slaton May Lose Starting Job By ESPN.com news services (ESPN.com)

but I've learned and am learning," Hamels said. "I wasn't able to sleep the past couple of nights Submitted at 11/2/2009 11:19:43 PM because of it." P H I L A D E L P H I A - - C o l e Hamels allowed five runs over 4 Hamels isn't ready to call it a 1/3 innings in an 8-5 loss in season. Game 3. Last year's World Series Hamels wants to pitch again if and NLCS MVP, he's 1-2 with a the Philadelphia Phillies need 7.58 ERA in four starts this him against the New York postseason after going 10-11 in Yankees in the World Series. It the regular season. would be the struggling left- "I can't wait for it to end," hander's turn to take the mound Hamels said after the game. "It's in Game 7 on Thursday. been mentally draining. At year's Hamels angered fans and created end, you just can't wait for a a stir on talk radio with his fresh start." comments after his latest poor Many took that comment and o u t i n g S a t u r d a y n i g h t . H e ran with it. But Hamels talked for clarified those remarks after the about 30 minutes to groups of Phillies avoided elimination with reporters and also said he looked an 8-6 victory in Game 5 on forward to the possibility of Monday night. redeeming his season in Game 7. 2009 MLB Playoffs Yahoo! Sports reported Hamels Want an in-depth look at the was confronted by Phillies World Series? Check out all the reliever Brett Myers after Game stats, analysis and opinion here:â&#x20AC;˘ 5 regarding the statement. World Series page Hamels reached out to manager "Sometimes I might not say the Charlie Manuel to make sure best things or the smartest things, they were on the same page.

"I went to Charlie just to talk to him because that's who I am, and I think he understands that," Hamels said. "I just wanted to tell him my true thoughts -- that I'll never ever quit. I want to play this game until somebody takes it away from me. "I think Charlie knows me. He has managed me for quite a few years. I think the only doubt it left in people's minds were the fans, and you know, it hurts. I love the city of Philadelphia, I play as hard as I possibly can. I might not necessarily have the results that they hope [for], but I know that if I go out there, and do everything I possibly can, and in the end they see [that], then I think they can respect that." Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

By Knox Bardeen (FanHouse) Submitted at 11/2/2009 11:31:00 PM

by Knox Bardeen Filed under: NFL Sleepers, NFL Injury Report, NFL Start 'Em Sit 'Em Cut-N-Go is Fantasy Football FanHouse's weekday roundup of the NFL news with fantasy football impact. If you came away from your fantasy football draft with Steve Slaton, you probably used a late first-round or early second-round pick on the Texans running back and had visions of another 1,200plus yard rushing campaign. Things aren't going as planned for you or the Houston running back. After losing his fifth fumble of the season, Slaton was benched on Sunday in favor of Ryan Moats, who ran for 126 yards and three touchdowns. Now, says Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle, Slaton will have to

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The Count: When Reputation Counts Florida Turns Blind Eye Too Much to Eye-Gouge (WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)

Oregon higher. Yet heading in to the game, the two polls that together compose two-thirds of The Oregon-USC game might the BCS rankings each had USC have been the best argument in a ranked fourth — ahead of three while against college football’s undefeated teams — but ranked oddball rankings and Oregon 11th and 12th, championship system. Getty respectively. That added up to a Images LaMichael James and the No. 5 BCS ranking for USC and Oregon Ducks celebrate a victory a No. 10 ranking for Oregon. over USC that really wasn’t all USC essentially was being that surprising. rewarded for its great track Heading into the game, each record in recent seasons, while team had one loss, but Oregon Oregon was being punished for had built a better résumé. Both its dispiriting opening-week loss teams had crushed Cal — Oregon that kept looking better as Boise by a bigger margin, at home; State kept winning. USC on the road. Oregon had Now, even after Oregon’s 47-20 routed Washington on the road, rout of USC, the Ducks lag in the points over seven games. USC’s while USC was upset in Seattle. was +114, 53 of which came in BCS standings at No. 8, thanks in Oregon had a loss of its own, but an opening-week rout of San Jose part to their No. 8 ranking in the that one was more impressive: It State, the worst team on either p o l l s — b e h i n d t h e t h r e e came in the season’s opener, to undefeated teams that USC was USC’s or Oregon’s schedule. Boise State, which remains The computers that are ahead of the prior week. undefeated. Oregon had also incorporated into the Bowl Reputation continues to count far dealt Utah its only loss of the Championship Series rankings, too much in college football. As season. Meanwhile, USC’s only which are used to determine bowl the Oregon-USC game shows, other ranked opponents, Notre -game matchups, recognized that reputation can be overcome by Dame and Ohio State, each have Oregon was a better team, on-field results. Sadly that’s not lost to unranked teams, yet each ranking the Ducks sixth, on the case in the sport’s playoffnearly upset the Trojans. And average, compared to ninth for less postseason. Oregon had won its last four USC. Five of the six games by 123 points, with an computerized systems ranked overall point differential of +121 Submitted at 11/2/2009 2:19:57 PM

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by Kevin Blackistone Filed under: NCAA Football Among the things the folks at Human Rights Watch keep track of are places on the globe that employ particularly cruel forms of punishment, like, for example, eye gouging. The good news is that for quite some time the list of governments employing such barbarism has been shortening. In fact, it was down to just two, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Monday, however, that list apparently expanded with an announcement from the Florida Gators' football office that suggested it appeared to embrace the barbaric penalty. What else can be drawn from Gators coach Urban Meyer's disciplining of his linebacker Brandon Spikes for gouging the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey in the third

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The Count: Managers Should Beware Riding the Hot Hand (WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) Submitted at 11/2/2009 2:29:31 PM

If Cliff Lee or A.J. Burnett starts Game Five of the World Series tonight with three perfect innings, announcers will surely refer to the strong start as a sign that the pitcher is locked in and that batters are likely to continue to struggle against him. And that makes intuitive sense. But it turns out not to be true. Associated Press A.J. Burnett didn’t start Game 2 all that well, but that didn’t predict his dominance later in the game. On The Book blog, Mitchel Lichtman shares some research from The Book co-author Tom Tango about pitchers who retire the first nine batters they face. It turns out that the next two times through the order, those pitchers do about as well as they do in any other game. “If a pitcher is pitching fantastically the first time through the order, that has very little predictive value,”

castigated Yankees manager Joe Girardi for letting a small sample size influence a critical lineup decision. However, Journal contributor Dave Cameron points out that Girardi may be making up for all his poor decisions by going with Lichtman writes. Interestingly, a three-man rotation and using the flip side isn’t true — pitchers Mariano Rivera heavily. “Girardi who are getting shelled tend to knows who his horses are and continue to pitch poorly, if he’s planning on riding them to a World Series title,” Cameron they’re left in the game. Commenters note that pitchers writes on FanGraphs. who retire the side in the first Finally, some scant good news three innings might not actually for the Phillies as they seek to be pitching well but just have win three straight games: Their good luck — yielding balls hit second baseman has tied Billy hard but right into fielders’ Martin’s all-time record for gloves, for instance. Lichtman World Series home runs hit by a acknowledges the possibility but player at that position despite points out that managers may be appearing in only nine Fall evaluating pitchers based on Classic games; and reliever Chan results rather than the quality of Ho Park is much better than you their stuff. As noted here before, might think from conventional Lichtman doesn’t think much of wisdom. managerial acumen. After Game Four, he pointed out several strategic blunders; earlier he

As Phils Give Chase, Lee Strategy Hurts By Jay Mariotti (FanHouse)

Series, with Utley's latest two shots propelling the Phillies to an Submitted at 11/3/2009 1:37:00 AM 8-6 victory in Game 5 and by Jay Mariotti renewed life for a repeat title. Filed under: MLB "It's pretty cool. It's pretty PHILADELPHIA -- They have surreal," Utley said with typical nothing in common but history. nonchalance. "I'm glad we got Chase Utley is a southern the win. It was a do-or-die California dude with gel in his game." hair who speaks in cliches and As Phils Give Chase, Lee has all the pizzazz of a resin bag. S t r a t e g y H u r t s o r i g i n a l l y Reggie Jackson was the portrait appeared on Fanhouse - Jay of flamboyance, the straw that Mariotti on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 stirred the drink, the problem 01:37:00 EST . Please see our child who jarred the equilibrium. terms for use of feeds. But today, they are joined in Permalink| Email this| Linking baseball lore by the five home Blogs| Comments runs each hit in a single World

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A megamix of minimalist game remakes By JC Fletcher (Joystiq)

thought was supposed to be Gitaroo-Man -- until we realized it was Gitaroo-Man's "Legendary F o r t h e o p e n i n g o f l a s t Theme" being played in Guitar weekend's GameCity Squared Hero. event, design group Alaskan Now we can only hope that By Randy Nelson (Joystiq) Chinese online gaming) has fans were hoping for. Military School took a bunch of someone runs with the idea and suspended its review of the game [Via WoW.com] Submitted at 11/3/2009 1:00:00 AM and returned NetEase's Source-- GAPP Halts WoW popular games and boiled them delivers some playable versions d o w n t o t h e b a r e e s s e n c e , of these games. HD is played out China's General Administration application to operate it in the Review o f P r e s s a n d P u b l i c a t i o n s country. Source-- GAPP Says No for the creating shockingly recognizable -- we're ready for Sub-Standard 15-pixel animations representing Definition. (GAPP) has ordered NetEase, For its part, NetEase claims it Operation of WoW in China which has been operating World has yet to receive any sort of Source-- NeatEase statement Parappa the Rapper, Street Continue reading A megamix of of Warcraft in the region since official decree from GAPP. At regarding announcement by Fighter II, Noby Noby Boy, and minimalist game remakes more. A megamix of minimalist game September, to cease collecting the same time, an official from GAPP subscription payments and China's Ministry of Culture is WoW 'rejected' in China, This is the most abstract we've remakes originally appeared on signing up new players for the said to have stated that GAPP's government at odds with itself ever seen many of these games, Joystiq on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 game immediately, calling these actions are "not appropriate." The over decision originally appeared but even without the audio, it 03:00:00 EST. Please see our a c t s " i l l e g a l b e h a v i o r . " situation now becomes one of on Joystiq on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 would be easy to identify the sub terms for use of feeds. According to a report by the site which agency has final say, and 01:00:00 EST. Please see our - Meggy Jr. interpretations of our Read| Permalink| Email this| favorites. Although we were Comments JLM Pacific Epoch, the GAPP if it's simply "shut it down," why. terms for use of feeds. (most recently in the news for We're pretty sure this isn't the P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | briefly confused by what we outlawing foreign investment in kind of Cataclysm Chinese WoW C o m m e n t s Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:00:00 AM

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Nielsen and EEDAR join forces to provide 'unprecedented' game tracking data By Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq) Submitted at 11/2/2009 11:00:00 PM

Stat-tracking firms The Nielsen Company and Electronic Entertainment Design and Research ( EEDAR) are teaming up to deliver "unprecedented insight into the video games industry." Nielsen's data, which has brought plenty of controversy on its own, will be integrated into EEDAR's GamePulse subscription service. Nielsen gathers its data from 1,200 "active gamers" through a weekly survey, while EEDAR data mines and organizes using various categories.

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How many versions of id Software's seminal FPS, Doom, can you possibly buy? At least one more. The developer has released Doom Classic for iPhone and iPod Touch, not to be The data will be combined By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) video demo after the jump. It's c o n f u s e d w i t h D o o m : beginning in March of 2010 and s u c h a n e a t c o n c e p t - - Resurrection, the tech demo railSubmitted at 11/2/2009 10:00:00 PM be available to both Nielsen unfortunately, we don't think the based shooter released earlier this Video Game Tracking and A D u t c h a u t o i n s u r a n c e iPhone has the install base year. EEDAR subscribers. This may company called VrijVerzekerd needed to support that kind of The title is going for $6.99 [ app not mean much to the average recently thought outside the box m u l t i p l a y e r e x p e r i e n c e . store link] and includes four gamer, but to stat-obsessed of flatulence simulators and gem- Seriously, nobody has those episodes: "Knee-deep in the Dead," "Shores of Hell," executives and folks in marketing swapping puzzle games to come things. departments, this is like licking up with a truly brilliant iPhone Continue reading Endless " I n f e r n o " a n d " T h y F l e s h t r i p l e - c h o c o l a t e i c e c r e a m offering. Titled Endless Racing Racing Game demo is on the Consumed." It offers multiple control configurations, at least covered in bacon and honey. Game(clever!), the application right track Nielsen and EEDAR join forces allows two or more users to sync Endless Racing Game demo is one of which we've gotten fairly to provide 'unprecedented' game their iPhones up via Bluetooth, on the right track originally p r o f i c i e n t w i t h a f t e r a n tracking data originally appeared then watch as a car drives appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 02 embarrassingly long and deathon Joystiq on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 between their mobile devices as Nov 2009 22:00:00 EST. Please filled adjustment period. We haven't tried out the four-player 23:00:00 EST. Please see our they generate a continuous racing see our terms for use of feeds. terms for use of feeds. course. Read| Permalink| Email this| local Wifi deathmatch yet, but as for internet play? Based on John Read| Permalink| Email this| If that explanation made little to Comments Carmack's comments, we'd Comments no sense to you, check out the expect to find that washed up on the shores of Hell. Doom Classic released for DOOM page 80

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Honduras politicians study deal (BBC News | Americas | World Edition)

members of Honduras' two main political parties. As well as implementing a Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:04:25 AM power-sharing agreement, the The leadership of the Honduran deal would require Mr Zelaya C o n g r e s s i s s e t t o s t a r t and his political rival, interim By JC Fletcher (Joystiq) serves as an introduction and considering an accord that might leader Roberto Micheletti, to overview to the service, some lead to the return to power of r e c o g n i s e t h e r e s u l t o f a Submitted at 11/3/2009 9:20:00 AM Firefight strategy from Prima, ousted President Manual Zelaya. presidential poll due to take place Even if you're not in the Halo and, on Saturday, a full episode The deal was signed last week on 29 November. Waypoint preview, you can get of Halo Legends called "The by teams representing Mr Zelaya Pact dynamics an early look at what's going to Babysitter." See the full schedule and the interim government that Speaking on Monday, be available when it launches for after the break. came to power in June. Congressional leader Jose real on Thursday, November 5, Gallery: Halo Waypoint Leaders in Congress have yet to Alfredo Saavedra said he would thanks to a weekly schedule we Continue reading First Halo say when they will put the deal to not rush Congress' vote on the received from 343 Industries. By Waypoint programming revealed a vote. accord, despite calls from foreign Thursday's launch, you'll already F i r s t H a l o W a y p o i n t Meanwhile, officials from the diplomats not to delay. be able to watch a "Spotlight on programming revealed originally US and Chile are due to arrive in "Once congressional leaders Louis Wu" and a "Halo in Five appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 03 H o n d u r a s t o j o i n a p a n e l understand the reach of the pact, Minutes" presentation, as well as Nov 2009 09:20:00 EST. Please monitoring the deal, which o n c e t h e y u n d e r s t a n d i t s page through some Firefight see our terms for use of feeds. p r o p o s e s a p o w e r - s h a r i n g dynamics, then we'll decide what screens from the community. Permalink| Email this| government. path to follow," he told HRN Other content up this week: C o m m e n t s US Labour Secretary Hilda Solis radio. "Welcome to Waypoint," which and former Chilean President Mr Saavedra also said he wanted R i c a r d o L a g o s w i l l b e to consult the country's Supreme accompanied by representatives Court, which is expected to give f r o m t h e O r g a n i z a t i o n o f a non-binding opinion on the American States (OAS). deal. The panel will also include Supporters of Mr Zelaya

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demonstrated outside the Honduran congressional building on Monday, threatening to boycott the election if he is not reinstated immediately. The president was forced out of the country on 28 June. He has been sheltering in the Brazilian embassy in the capital, Tegucigalpa, since making a surprise return to Honduras on 21 September. His critics said he was seeking to amend the constitution to remove the current one-term limit on serving as president, and pave the way for his re-election - a claim he denies. Analysts say a key detail of the arrangement is that Mr Zelaya comes back to power, so that Honduras' scheduled elections to decide who will replace him are deemed valid. Print Sponsor This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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Inquiry of 6 bodies in Ohio focuses on 8-9 women (AP) (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)

of 50-year-old Anthony Sowell. Armed with search and arrest warrants, police went to the home CLEVELAND – Investigators Thursday to arrest Sowell on a trying to identify the bodies of rape and felonious assault six women found in the home of warrant. He wasn't there, but a convicted rapist are focusing police found two bodies. Police the inquiry on eight or nine found the other remains on missing women, the coroner said Friday and arrested Sowell on Monday. Saturday. It could take days or weeks to Sowell hasn't been charged in identify the bodies using dental the rape investigation or in records or DNA mouth-swab connection with the bodies. Court s a m p l e s f r o m r e l a t i v e s . records and jail officials had no Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank information about whether he had Miller said his office has begun an attorney. Police typically have t h e " a r d u o u s " p r o c e s s o f 72 hours — in this case it would collecting materials from dentists be until Tuesday — to charge or and relatives. release a suspect. The six women were black and Detectives will seek a warrant to five of them had been strangled, take a DNA sample from Sowell authorities said. The cause of in connection with the homicide death of the sixth hadn't been investigation, police spokesman determined. Lt. Thomas Stacho said Monday. The investigation will pay close Investigators also will track his attention to missing women who residence history back four years were living alone, were homeless to the time of his release from or had drug or alcohol problems, serving a sentence for rape. Miller said. Police will look at unsolved The bodies were discovered last homicides with similarities to see week after a woman reported if there are connections to the being raped at the east-side home case, Stacho said. Submitted at 11/2/2009 11:30:13 PM

A Very Brown's Halloween By ELLE.com (ELLE News Blog) Submitted at 11/2/2009 2:26:11 PM

Brown's drew a crowd to the Shepherd's Bush Pavilion on Friday night for what was one thriller of a Halloween party. The department store, which is known for their high-end fashion inventory, threw the guests for a loop when they arrived at the now defunct-1920's amphitheater, which was one of the wettest, dirtiest, yet hauntingly apropos venues for the event. Once inside, guests trekked up a dead escalator to enter the space where ghoulish apparitions were

projected on to walls, a thousand carved pumpkins lit-up the venue, and scenes created by various designers (like a bloodbath scene by LP.BG) were tucked into the various hidden corners of the space. Equally entertaining were the costumes—Henry Holland as Edward Scissorhands, stylist-cum -London-it-girl Hannah Bhuiya as the French Revolution, and Pixie Geldof as, well, not really sure, but she looked great anyway. —Rebecca Suhrawardi Austin LP.BG's bloodbath scene Follow ELLE on Twitter.

Police don't believe the Sowell property has more bodies, but Stacho said investigators would send a cadaver dog to the house. Sowell served 15 years in prison for choking and raping a 21-yearold woman in 1989. He was a registered sex offender and, after his release from prison, was required to check in regularly at the sheriff's office, which said he complied. Officers also visited his home, most recently on Sept. 22, just hours before the woman reported being raped there. The three-story house sits in a crowded inner-city neighborhood of mostly older homes, some of them boarded up. Some neighbors said a bad smell came from the house several months ago, but they thought it might just be natural gas. Sowell often asked for money and scoured the neighborhood for scrap metal to sell, neighbors said. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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Races an early test of Obama influence (AP) (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)

Congressional District seat in New York, Democrat Bill Owens was in a tight fight with WASHINGTON – In a very conservative Doug Hoffman after early test of President Barack the GOP's hand-picked candidate Obama's political influence, two bowed out over the weekend. states are choosing whether to Elsewhere, California Lt. Gov. continue Democratic rule while John Garamendi is expected to voters elsewhere elect a handful maintain the Democratic Party's of congressmen and big-city h o l d o n t h e o p e n 1 0 t h mayors. Congressional District seat near Elected just a year ago, the San Francisco, while New York p r e s i d e n t h a s s p e n t a Mayor Michael Bloomberg is considerable amount of time and expected to cruise to a third term. energy trying to ensure that Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Detroit Democrats win governor's races and Pittsburgh also will elect in Virginia and New Jersey and mayors, while voters in Maine p i c k u p a G O P - h e l d and Washington weigh in on congressional seat in upstate New same-sex unions and voters in York. Ohio decide whether to allow In doing so, Obama raised the casinos. stakes of a low-enthusiasm offTo be sure, it's easy to year election season — and overanalyze the results of such a risked political embarrassment if small number of elections in a any lost. few places. The results will only All three could. offer hints about the national H e a d i n g i n t o T u e s d a y ' s political landscape and clues to e l e c t i o n s , D e m o c r a t the public's attitudes. And the gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh races certainly won't predict what Deeds was trailing Republican will happen in the 2010 midterm Bob McDonnell in polls by elections. double digits in Virginia. In a "The results of these elections three-way race in New Jersey, tend to be overread," former Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine Obama campaign manager David w a s i n a c l o s e r a c e w i t h Plouffe said Tuesday on NBC's Republican Chris Christie and "Today." "These are local races. independent Chris Daggett. And There's 18,000 lifetimes between in the race to fill the vacant 23rd now and next November." Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:49:52 AM

But, given that Democrats control the White House and Congress, defeats in Virginia — a new swing state in national elections — or New Jersey — a Democratic stronghold — would be setbacks for the White House, even though both states having long histories of electing governors from a political party opposite that of the president. After all, this is a president who won a year ago in an electoral landslide after building a fundraising and organizational juggernaut that attracted scores of new voters into what Obama loyalists have called a movement. And this is a party that has comfortable majorities in the House and Senate — and that controls governor's mansions in Virginia and New Jersey. As the Democratic Party chief, Obama had little choice but to work hard to elect Corzine and Deeds; doing otherwise would have been seen by the base as a breach of duty. So, he campaigned several times for Corzine and raised money for Deeds. Obama also was featured in campaign advertisements for both. He characterized the success of their candidacies as key components for the White House to make good on its political promises and advance its

agenda. And he deployed the Democratic National Committee and his own political campaign arm, Organizing for America, to ensure the swarms of new voters he attracted in 2008 turn out even if he's not on the ballot. Of the two races, a Republican victory in Virginia would be the most telling about potential trouble ahead for Democrats as they compete in swing states next fall. Long reliably Republican in national races, Virginia is a new swing state. It's home to a slew of northern bellwether counties filled with swing-voting independents who carried Obama to victory last fall, the first Democrat to win the state in a White House race since 1964. Rapidly growing counties like Loudoun and Prince William swung toward Democrats in the 2005 governor's race, previewing an Obama win three years later. Conversely, New Jersey is a traditional Democratic-leaning state with an incumbent Democratic governor. As such, it's the trickier of the two for Republicans to win — and yet the GOP just might. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Elections test US voters' mood (BBC News | Americas | World Edition) Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:35:20 AM

Voters in the US states of New Jersey and Virginia are heading to the polls to choose new state governors. The results will be closely watched by Republicans and Democrats who see it as a test of their parties' standing one year after President Obama was elected. Two Congressional seats are also up for grabs in New York and California. New York is among cities choosing a mayor. While local issues have been paramount in these races, a win could boost party morale ahead of 2010 mid-term ballots. In Virginia, Democratic party candidate Creigh Deeds is battling a former attorney general, Republican Bob McDonnell, for the post of governor. Voters there surprised some analysts last year when they chose Barack Obama in the presidential election, making him the first Democratic candidate to carry the state since 1964. But according to a poll by The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob McDonnell is favoured by 53% ELECTIONS page 84

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Buses, subways halted by Philly transit strike (AP) (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)

president, said they decided to strike after both sides agreed that Submitted at 11/3/2009 6:22:32 AM they had gone as far as they P H I L A D E L P H I A â&#x20AC;&#x201C; T h e could in negotiations. The Philadelphia transit system's announcement came just hours largest union went on strike early a f t e r t h e P h i l l i e s b e a t t h e Tuesday, stalling the city's bus, Yankees in Game 5 of the World subway and trolley operations a Series, the last game to be played day after the World Series shifted at Citizens Bank Park. Brown t o N e w Y o r k a n d f o r c i n g said the strike was effective as of thousands of commuters to find 3 a.m. Tuesday. other ways to work. The doors to subway stations The strike by Transport Workers were gated off Tuesday and no Union Local 234 all but crippled buses crawled the streets in the a transit system that averages c i t y ' s d o w n t o w n c o r r i d o r . more than 928,000 trips each Commuters trying to get to work weekday. The union represents said they had to make last-minute m o r e t h a n 5 , 0 0 0 d r i v e r s , accommodations when they operators and mechanics of the awoke to word of a strike. S o u t h e a s t e r n P e n n s y l v a n i a Riders expressed a range of Transportation Authority. emotions, from anger to "We don't deserve to wake up at r e s i g n a t i o n . 3 o'clock in the morning to find Aisha Nnoli, a doctor from out if there's a strike," said Upper Darby, had just finished a Jeffrey Chandler, 49, who had to 1 2 - h o u r s h i f t a t T h o m a s call a friend for a ride to Jefferson University Hospital SEPTA's regional rail line so he when she found the gates closed could get to his job as a hotel at her subway train stop. When room attendant. she went to the next station and The union had threatened to go saw it was also closed, she said on strike during the World she started realizing there might Series. But over the weekend be a strike. Gov. Ed Rendell ordered the Eventually, she went to an union and SEPTA to remain at information kiosk and found that the bargaining table or risk she could at least get halfway consequences. home by using regional rail. But Willie Brown, the local's would still leave her more than

three miles from her door. "It's an inconvenience, obviously," Nnoli said. The effects of the strike were mitigated somewhat because Philadelphia schools are closed for Election Day; on an average weekday, about 54,000 public and parochial school students take SEPTA to school. The city also announced Tuesday that it was relaxing parking restrictions in some areas for the duration of the strike. The strike also affects buses that serve the suburbs in Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester counties. Regional rail service was still operating, but trains were delayed as they experienced higher-than-normal crowds. The two sides had postponed a scheduled Sunday night meeting. They met again Monday at Rendell's regional office in Philadelphia. SEPTA spokesman Richard Maloney said the talks ended after union negotiators walked out at around midnight. The union membership voted Oct. 25 to authorize a strike. They have been without a contract since March. Union workers, who earn an average $52,000 a year, are seeking an annual 4 percent wage hike and want to keep the current

1 percent contribution they make toward the cost of their health care coverage. Maloney said SEPTA was offering an 11.5 percent wage increase over 5 years, with no raise in the first year, and increases in workers' pensions. A 2005 SEPTA strike lasted seven days, while a 1998 transit strike lasted for 40 days. Frank Brinkman, a union member who does electronic work on an elevated SEPTA train, was out on the picket line early Tuesday. He said he was concerned about pension issues and changes to work rules. "We've been ready since March 15," Brinkman said of the strike. "We're in here for the long haul." He said the union didn't want to strike, but that SEPTA gave it no choice. "We don't want to see anybody suffer," he said. "We have to stand up for our rights." ___ Associated Press writers Sofia A. Mannos in Washington and Kathy Matheson in Philadelphia contributed to this report. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Murder Trial Begins in Ark. Anchorwoman's Murder (FOXNews.com) Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:15:51 AM

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Prospective jurors in the trial of a man accused of killing an Arkansas TV anchorwoman were told Monday to ignore what they have heard about the high-profile case so far and rely on what they learn in the courtroom. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Curtis Lavelle Vance of Marianna, who is charged with bludgeoning KATV personality Anne Pressly, 26, in her home late on Oct. 20, 2008. Pressly died five days later. He has pleaded not guilty. Click here for photos. "This is going to be a different kind of trial," Circuit Judge Chris Piazza said, noting its high profile. A pool of about 100 potential jurors initially packed Piazza's courtroom. A woman who said she didn't watch local TV news was the only one who said she had never heard of the case. Once the pool was whittled down, 50 names were drawn and lawyers then addressed people individually to determine if they had conflicts. One woman said she had the same hairdresser as Pressly's mother and learned details about the case during her monthly hair appointments. She was excused. MURDER page 84

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of voters, while Creigh Deeds is preferred by 41%, with 6% undecided. New Jersey, meanwhile, has witnessed a particularly bitter campaign, with the incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine repeatedly attacking his Republican rival Chris Christie not only over his ties to former President George W Bush and his views on abortion and healthcare, but also poking fun at his weight. Polling suggests the two candidates are neck and neck. A survey conducted by Monmouth University and Gannett over the final weekend of the campaign gave Jon Corzine a slim 43% to 41% lead over Mr Christie, with the independent candidate, Chris Daggett, dropping to 8% of the vote. A defeat in New Jersey would sting the Democrats, especially after President Obama threw his weight behind Governor Corzine, repeatedly travelling to New

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Jersey to back the former Goldman Sachs chief executive on the campaign trail. "We will not lose this election if all of you are as committed as you were last year," Mr Obama told voters in New Jersey, referring to his own success in mobilising a wide array of voters including Hispanics, AfricanAmericans and the young in the 2008 presidential election. Republican divisions But it is not just the Democratic Party whose performance will be under scrutiny. The race to fill a vacant congressional seat in New York's 23rd district has highlighted a split within the Republican Party, with some choosing to back the tiny Conservative Party's Doug Hoffman rather than endorse Dierdre Scozzafava, the moderate candidate chosen by the Republicans. The row led Ms Scozzafava who supports abortion rights and gay marriage - to drop out of the

race on Saturday and throw her weight behind the Democratic candidate, Bill Owens. Also in New York, independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seeking a third term, with prevote polling putting him well ahead of Democratic challenger Bill Thompson. Analysts estimate the billionaire businessman could have spent more than $100m of his personal fortune on his re-election campaign. Mayoral elections are also being held in Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Detroit and Pittsburgh. Meanwhile in Maine, a referendum is being held on whether to accept or reject a same-sex marriage law passed by state lawmakers earlier this year. If voters pass the measure, Maine will be the first US state to approve gay marriage at the ballot box. Whatever the results of Tuesday's elections, they will be pored over by the party faithful

for clues as to how their candidates may fare in the crucial 2010 mid-term elections, correspondents say. Next year, the entire House of Representatives, about a third of the Senate and two-thirds of governors' posts will be up for grabs. Are you voting in any of the elections on Tuesday? How important are they for Republicans and Democrats? What do you think are the results to watch out for? Send us your comments using the form below. The BBC may edit your comments and not all emails will be published. Your comments may be published on any BBC media worldwide. Print Sponsor This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Prosecutor Larry Jegley told prospective jurors that some of what he intends to prove has not come out in news reports about the case. Police have said Vance picked Pressly's home at random. Her mother found her after Pressly didn't answer her daily wake-up call. Vance, who also faces rape and burglary charges, sat quietly at the defense table, wearing a buttoned-down blue shirt but no tie. Courtroom marshals had removed his shackles so potential jurors wouldn't see him restrained. His attorney Katherine S. Streett focused her questions on how people felt about the penalties Vance might face. She asked whether they agreed that all capital murder convictions should result in the death penalty and if they would consider mitigating circumstances, such as a person being under the MURDER page 86

programme. 'Urgent task' As the Copenhagen summit approaches, Mrs Merkel is also likely to push for stronger US backing for a deal on tackling climate change. "The world will be watching Copenhagen," she said in a video message at the weekend. "The fight against climate change is one of the most urgent tasks

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Merkel to address US Congress (BBC News | Americas | World Edition) Submitted at 11/3/2009 3:55:13 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will make a rare address to both houses of the US Congress on Tuesday. She is only the second German chancellor to be accorded the honour, after Konrad Adenauer in 1957.

Her speech is expected to focus on climate change, transatlantic ties and the downfall of Communism in Europe. Before that, Mrs Merkel holds talks at the White House with President Barack Obama, with Afghanistan and Iran likely to be high on the agenda. Both issues are expected to be thorny ones, says the BBC's Berlin correspondent, Steve

Rosenberg. The US wants Germany to send more troops to Afghanistan, a request that would not go down well with the German public, says our correspondent. On Iran, which has close trading ties with Germany, President Obama is expected to seek backing for economic sanctions if there is no resolution to the dispute over Tehran's nuclear

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US airline pilot laptop ban sought (BBC News | Americas | World Edition)

MP3 players and other personal electronic devices, except below 10,000ft (3,048m). Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:15:10 AM Mr Dorgan told the Associated A US senator is seeking a law Press he planned to introduce the banning computer laptops and proposed ban within days and other personal electronic devices expected it to be drafted into a in airline cockpits to prevent larger version of an aviation bill pilots becoming distracted. that is to go before the Senate The move follows the recent shortly. case of a US plane that overshot " I ' m n o t a n t i c i p a t i n g a n y its destination by 150 miles opposition to the measure," he (240km). said. Its two Northwest Airlines pilots 'Hijack concerns' told investigators they had been Changes to the law are being working on crew schedules on m a d e a f t e r t h e N o r t h w e s t their laptops. Airlines jet with more than 140 US aviation law does not people on board lost contact for prohibit air crew using laptops more than an hour before it and similar devices, except landed in Minneapolis on 21 during landing and take-off. October. Senator Byron Dorgan, chairman The pilots admitted to of the US Senate's aviation investigators they had missed subcommittee, said he was repeated calls from air traffic surprised to learn that current controllers, due to working on a laws do not specifically ban scheduling programme on their pilots using laptops, DVD or personal laptops.

Jets from the National Guard were put on alert to chase the airliner amid fears it could have been hijacked, although they did not take off. Both pilots have been suspended and have had their licences to fly revoked pending a full inquiry. "We now understand from this flight, at least, that this can happen and there ought to be a more clear understanding by everyone in the cockpit that there is a national standard that would prohibit [such actions]," Mr Dorgan said. The new bill intends to make an exception only for those laptops containing navigational tools issued to pilots by some airlines, the senator added. Print Sponsor This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

'Westernized' Woman Allegedly Hit by Dad's Car Dies (FOXNews.com)

underwent spinal surgery and had been in a hospital since Oct. 20, when police say her father ran PHOENIX A young Iraqi down her and her boyfriend's woman whose father allegedly hit mother with his Jeep as the her with his car because she had women were walking across a become too Westernized died parking lot in the west Phoenix from her injuries Monday after suburb of Peoria. laying in a coma for nearly two The other woman, Amal Khalaf, weeks. is expected to survive. Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20, Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, fled Submitted at 11/3/2009 5:10:43 AM

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Argentine ex-leader goes on trial (BBC News | Americas | World Edition)

We owe it to our Argentine society." Death camps Submitted at 11/2/2009 6:29:19 PM The other retired generals on T h e t r i a l h a s b e g u n o f trial are Santiago Omar Riveros, Argentina's last military ruler, Eugenio Guanabens Perello, Reynaldo Bignone, and five other Jorge Garcia, Fernando Exequiel retired generals. Verplaetsen and Carlos Alberto T h e m e n a r e c h a r g e d i n Tepedino. connection with the alleged More than 130 witnesses are k i d n a p p i n g , t o r t u r e a n d expected to be called to testify disappearance of 56 opponents of against the defendants. The trial the military government in the is not expected to finish before late 1970s. February. The abuses are alleged to have Mr Bignone, who has been taken place at the Campo de living under house arrest, faces Mayo base on the outskirts of the charges in connection with capital, Buenos Aires. alleged torture, illegal break-ins Human rights groups say up to and human rights violations from 30,000 people were killed or 1976 to 1978. d i s a p p e a r e d i n A r g e n t i n a He was the last of Argentina's b e t w e e n 1 9 7 6 a n d 1 9 8 3 . four military presidents, serving All of the eight accused, from 1982-83, and handed power including two former military over to democratically elected government officials, deny the leader Raul Alfonsin when the charges. dictatorship collapsed in 1983. Mr Bignone, 81, appeared frail An estimated 5,000 prisoners and rocked back and forth in his were held at the Campo de Mayo chair as the charges were read barracks, one of the largest death out, correspondents said. camps in operation during the "This is a historic trial in the dictatorship, according to human search for truth for all of those rights groups. who disappeared," Alcira Rios, a Print Sponsor lawyer for relatives of one of the This content has passed through victims, told Reuters news fivefilters.org. agency. "We have to say no to impunity.

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influence of drugs or alcohol or having endured abuse as a child. One man, who was ultimately excused, said it would be difficult to find a capital murder convict who doesn't deserve execution. The only other option is life in prison without parole. Before deliberations, the judge would read jury instructions for capital murder and for first-degree murder, for which the shortest sentence is 10 years. Earlier in the day, Piazza said he anticipated some possible jurors wouldn't have fully formed opinions about the death penalty. "People have feelings about the death penalty, but they're more abstract until they're put in this situation," the judge said. Streett also indicated that she

planned to challenge DNA evidence that allegedly implicated Vance. Authorities say DNA collected at Pressly's home later matched samples taken from a rape in Marianna, in which Vance is charged. Police recorded a series of confessions from Vance, ranging from convoluted stories in which he tried to implicate his aunt's boyfriend to a monotone final account describing what happened after he entered Pressly's home. Vance has claimed that "police trickery" confused him into giving up the samples and the confessions. Piazza said he hoped to seat a jury by Wednesday. The trial was set to run for two weeks, ending

Nov. 13. Among the witnesses expected to testify are Pressly's mother and TV reporters who worked with the anchorwoman. Pressly graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn., in three years with a degree in political science. She interned at Little Rock's ABC affiliate KATV throughout college. Pressly also had a bit part in Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic, "W." Click here for more from Fox16.com. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

that Almaleki attacked his daughter because he believed she had become too Westernized and was not living according to his traditional Iraqi values. Almaleki, wearing a jail uniform, said only his name and birth date during the hearing. He has declined requests to be interviewed. Almaleki had faced charges of aggravated assault, but Peoria police spokesman Mike Tellef said the charges will be upgraded

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declined to release what Almaleki said to them. At a court hearing over the weekend in Phoenix, county prosecutor Stephanie Low told a judge that Almaleki admitted to committing the crime. "By his own admission, this was an intentional act and the reason was that his daughter had brought shame on him and his family," Low said. "This was an attempt at an honor killing." Family members had told police

MediaDailyNews: Zoom Buffs Up With Gym TV Acquisition (MediaPost | Media News)

about $30 million to fund new acquisitions, which have continued at a steady clip. In Competition in the gym is going May it acquired the Wellness global, at least for digital out-of- Health Education Network, a home video companies. Zoom s u b s c r i p t i o n - b a s e d s e r v i c e Media has acquired Gym Screen operating digital signage in 255 Media -- or Gym TV for short -- U.S. fitness clubs. Two months a DO network serving fitness ago, Zoom created a national venues in the U.K. The deal is sales staff for the U.K. t h e l a t e s t i n a s e r i e s o f Of course, Zoom isn't alone in a c q u i s i t i o n s a n d a l l i a n c e s targeting gyms and health clubs, between DO networks and fitness whose fitness-minded patrons clubs, until now mostly confined tend to be younger, betterto the U.S. educated and more affluent than According to Zoom Media, Gym the average American (or Brit). TV operates a DO network In July, the Health Club Media reaching 160 venues across the Network acquired the Alloy U.K., bringing Zoom's network Fitness Network from Alloy of U.K. fitness venues to a total Media & Marketing, bringing its of over 650, and its global total network of health club network to over 2,200, including signage to about 4,700 venues, almost 2,000 in the U.S. and reaching 15 million health club Canada. patrons per month. While most of Zoom has been steadily rolling Alloy's signage in fitness venues up fitness venues over the last were static displays, HCMN year. In September 2008, it CEO Ken Williams said the a c q u i r e d C l u b C o m , w h i c h company is focused on upgrading operates digital displays in 1,600 static displays to digital. health and fitness clubs around Also in July, Danoo (now called the world, including the U.S., Reach Media Group) acquired U.K., Germany, Japan and IdeaCast, which operates a digital Australia. In October 2008, it n e t w o r k r e a c h i n g " c a p t i v e announced a deal to create a audiences" in health clubs and customized DO network for aboard airplanes. Bally Total Fitness called Bally This content has passed through TV. fivefilters.org. Then in January of this year, Zoom announced it had raised Submitted at 11/3/2009 4:30:29 AM

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Reshaping British banking: Putting competition first (The Economist: News analysis)

imposed restrictions on lending and deposit-taking at Northern Rock, a nationalised mortgage Submitted at 11/2/2009 10:53:10 PM lender which the British Reshaping British banking government is splitting into a Nov 3rd 2009 “good” bank, to be privatised, From Economist.com Lloyds and a “bad” part, to be wound and Royal Bank of Scotland are down. forced to sell businesses Announcements on Tuesday AT THE height of the banking November 3rd from Royal Bank crisis, restoring financial stability of Scotland (RBS) and the was paramount for the British merged Lloyds Banking Group government. Worries about set out divergent paths for the limiting the taxpayer’s exposure two biggest banks that the British came second. Ensuring that government had to rescue. But at banking customers continued to the commissioner’s insistence enjoy a competitive market was a both must pay a price, through d i s t a n t t h i r d . I n d e e d , t h e disposing of some of their government waived competition businesses, in return for their rules to let Lloyds TSB take over state aid. More than 900 bank H a l i f a x B a n k o f S c o t l a n d branches are to be put on the ( H B O S ) , B r i t a i n ’ s b i g g e s t market over the next four years mortgage lender, in what proved and some well-known insurance to be a disastrous move for firms will also be sold. Lloyds, as the merged group then The government’s aid for the required a massive state bail-out. two banks came in two forms. Now that the crisis has abated, First, both received big slugs of fostering a competitive banking equity capital, worth £20 billion m a r k e t i s b e c o m i n g m o r e ($32.8 billion) for RBS and £17 significant again, though mainly b i l l i o n f o r L l o y d s , a s a n because of the intervention of emergency measure when the Neelie Kroes, the European banking system was teetering on U n i o n ’ s c o m p e t i t i o n the edge a year ago. Then, early commissioner. Last week she this year, as banks were rocked forced ING, a rescued Dutch again by worries about the losses bank, to split its banking and from a savage recession, RBS insurance operations. She also and Lloyds agreed in principle to

join an Asset Protection Scheme (APS), in which the taxpayer would cap their losses by providing a form of catastrophe insurance in return for fees paid by the banks. Altogether the APS was to cover £585 billion of suspect loans and other assets, £325 billion at RBS and £260 billion at Lloyds, of which over 80% derived from HBOS’s poor lending decisions. For some time, Lloyds has been trying to escape the clutches of the APS, because it regards its terms—an upfront insurance fee of £15.6 billion—as onerous in relation to the likely risks on the assets covered. On November 3rd it was able to announce success on this front. Instead of joining the APS, it will shore up its core capital by making a rights issue of £13.5 billion, and turning £7.5 billion of bonds into ones that convert into equity during times of stress (nicknamed “coco” for “contingent convertibles”). The government will subscribe £5.7 billion to the rights issue, in line with its 43.3% holding in Lloyds, but will receive £2.5 billion for the implicit cover offered by the APS since March. Still sickly In contrast, the more sickly RBS, which made an ill-fated takeover of ABN AMRO,

another Dutch bank, on the eve of the financial crisis in 2007, must stay in the APS. However, the state insurance scheme will now cover £282 billion of loans rather than the £325 billion originally intended. The bank will have to cover the first £38.7 billion of any losses it suffers henceforth, up from £19.5 billion. As already planned (though at once rather than in stages), the Treasury will provide an additional £25.5 billion of equity capital to bolster the bank’s balance-sheet, raising the government’s economic interest in the bank to 84%, although its ordinary shareholding will remain at 70%. Lloyds may no longer need the government’s insurance scheme, but it has clearly benefited from the state injections of equity capital, old and new. As a result it will have to dispose of at least 600 branches across Britain, reducing its share of the personal current-account market by 4.6 percentage points and its mortgage book by almost a fifth (in each case Lloyds dominates the national market with around a 30% share currently). RBS, for its part, will have to get rid of over 300 branches, mainly in England, which will reduce its

share of the retail-banking market by two percentage points. It will also have to sell off its insurance business, which includes the Churchill, Direct Line and Green Flag brands. To assuage popular anger over bankers’ pay, both banks have promised not to pay discretionary cash bonuses to staff earning over £39,000 this year. The divestments will make the banking market more competitive, but compared only with the current position, which follows the merger between Lloyds and HBOS that would never have seen the light of day in normal conditions. Even after Lloyds’ disposals it will remain a behemoth in the retail market. The government has sought to present the restructuring as a new competitive dawn rather than a response to stipulations from Brussels. But even after the changes, British banking will remain highly concentrated. Back to top ^^ Readers' comments The Economist welcomes your views. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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Green.view: Tricks of the trade (The Economist: Daily columns)

fishermen buy new or bigger boats or encourage overfishing by subsidising fuel. Submitted at 11/2/2009 8:43:47 AM In theory, this problem could be Green.view sorted out by the World Trade Nov 2nd 2009 Organisation (WTO). But the From Economist.com Can the issue has languished over the world stop governments from years and the current Doha round paying for the over-exploitation of trade negotiations remains of fish? moribund. Oceana, an OVERFISHING erodes future environmental pressure group, prosperity by destroying today a argues that the subsidy of resource that could yield benefits f i s h e r i e s s h o u l d n o w b e indefinitely. Yet it is subsidised “decoupled” from the Doha by billions of taxpayer dollars, round. euros and yen. Now a new Victor do Prado, deputy chief of chance to halt this insanity has staff at the WTO, thinks the emerged in the unlikely form of chances of that happening are climate-change negotiations. slim. “Fisheries is part of the Landlubbers hand pots of money overall Doha mandate,” he says. to fishermen. Rashid Sumaila, a “As long as this issue is treated researcher at the University of within the WTO it is difficult to British Columbia, estimates that decouple it from the rest of the in 2003 (the most recent year for round dossiers. What would which data are available), the countries like Japan and Korea be world’s fishing subsidies were gaining by decoupling?” In other $25 billion-30 billion. The value words, a global deal on fisheries of fish landed in the same year subsidies is unlikely because was $82 billion. Furthermore, Dr countries such as China, Japan, Sumaila reckons that $16 billion Korea, Taiwan and Spain—all of of the subsidies either promote w h i c h h a v e l a r g e f i s h i n g o v e r c a p a c i t y b y h e l p i n g fleets—do not want to cut

subsidies. Moreover, Mr do Prado argues that his organisation is the only one that could broker a deal. “The advantage of negotiating within the WTO is that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed,” he says. “Trade-offs in one area may mean that some countries will give in on another area. And if you don’t discuss fisheries subsidies within WTO where else are you going to do it?” Yet the global fate of fisheries does not entirely hang on a stalled trade agreement. That is because, in the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place next month in Copenhagen, fuel subsidies are on the political agenda. Fisheries account for 1.2% of global oil consumption and emit more than 130m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. That makes the industry similar in scale to the Netherlands, the 18th -most prolific oil-consuming country. On September 25th leaders of the G20 group of countries said

they would phase out fossil-fuel subsidies in the “medium term”. So unless the world’s fishing fleets covert to biofuels, there may be some hope for dealing with the subsidy of overfishing. As for fleet overcapacity, that would appear to remain within the remit of the WTO. Efforts to address it should be redoubled. That is because, in subsidising unsustainable practices, governments are promoting a licensed form of theft by one generation from the next. The recent banking crisis has so far swallowed about $3 trillion dollars and caused great outrage. Over the past decade, fishing subsidies have cost $250 billion. If there were only a twelfth of the outcry, your correspondent suspects that the practice would be halted. Back to top ^^ Readers' comments The Economist welcomes your views. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

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MediaDailyNews: Beasley, Entercom Dial Down Revs (MediaPost | Media News)

the savings achieved by a companywide cost-cutting initiative, resulting in a 3.4% Beasley Broadcast Group and decline in operating income to E n t e r c o m C o m m u n i c a t i o n s $5.8 million. rounded out a spate of weak third Looking to the future, Beasley -quarter results from radio was hopeful but guarded: "While broadcasters. it is difficult to gauge the pace of Beasley said its total revenues an economic recovery, we were fell from $30.6 million in the p l e a s e d t o s e e i n i t i a l third quarter of 2008 to $24.4 improvements in advertiser million in the same period in activity in the third quarter." He 2009, a 20% drop. Like its peers, a d d e d t h a t t h e c o m p a n y ' s Beasley expressed only muted "streamlined cost and operating optimism about the chances of a structure" should allow it to near-term recovery in advertising benefit from "even modest demand. increases in radio advertising According to chairman and CEO spending." George Beasley, most of the Separately, Entercom said net revenue drop was concentrated in revenues decreased 14% to just the company's big metro markets, under $100 million, driving a namely Las Vegas, Miami and 25% drop in earnings before Philadelphia, which accounted taxes, to $29.7 million. The for roughly two-thirds of the total company's president and CEO, decline. These drops exceeded David Field, was somewhat more Submitted at 11/2/2009 3:16:04 PM

hopeful about the near future: "We are increasingly optimistic about 2010, based upon a number of indications of improving demand for advertising in the year ahead, particularly in light of easy comparative results after two years of cyclical decline across virtually all ad sectors." As for this year's dismal results, Beasley and Entercom reflect the radio industry's woes. In the third quarter, total revenues at Emmis Radio fell 26.5%, from $72.7 million in the third quarter of 2008 to $53.4 million in the third quarter of 2009. This contributed to an overall revenue decline of 27.4%, from $92.7 million to $68 million. Radio One's revenues fell 12% to $75.5 million. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

New Multimedia Device Joins Parade of E-Readers (Enterprise Security Today) (Yahoo! News Search Results for e-readers)

Creative Labs' fan site Epizenter.net originated the Mediabook report, and quotes Submitted at 11/3/2009 12:09:29 AM Willie Png, vice president of The e-reader market is getting s t r a t e g i c b u s i n e s s , a s yet another entry, with a report downplaying the Kindle as "just that Creative Labs is unveiling a another electronic device which tablet. The device, called a displays books in text." By Mediabook, was shown at the contrast, Png told the site, the Singapore-based company's Mediabook will allow the merger general meeting last week. of "videos, pictures, text and Although Creative hasn't made services into one device that an official announcement, news s u p p o r t s a m e d i a - r i c h reports indicate that the e x p e r i e n c e . " Mediabook has a touchscreen, Epizenter also reports that Internet connectivity, slots for Creative is in discussion with a SD memory cards, text-to-speech variety of publishers about capability, and is based on the providing content. company's Zii technology. LCD or Electrophoretic? Kindle 'Just Another Electronic There was also no word on what Device' kind of screen the Mediabook There was no word on the would use. Sarah Rotman Epps, Mediabook's launch date, but the an analyst with industry research e-reader category is already firm Forrester, pointed out that, beginning to have more than a while LCD screens are good for few entries. There's the best v i d e o a n d g r a p h i c s , known, Amazon's Kindle, as well electrophoretic screens have as Sony's recently updated e- higher contrast and make reading readers and the newly released text easier. nook from Barnes & Noble, She noted that E Ink, a company among others. based in Cambridge, Mass., "now There are also reports that has about 100 percent market t i r e m a k e r B r i d g e s t o n e i s share" in electrophoretic screens, developing a flexible e-book but that will change next year as reader, although so far it's only a competition heats up. prototype. And there have been In general, she said, 2010 is many reports that Apple is shaping up to be "an interesting preparing to enter the market early next year with its own NEW page 92 tablet e-reader.

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iPhone Beating E-Readers at Their Own Game? (Fast Company Magazine) (Yahoo! News Search Results for e-readers)

be in tune with the public). Perhaps e-reader's aren't the future that Amazon and Sony and Submitted at 11/2/2009 6:54:20 AM even some publishing houses With the iPhone still the hottest would like them to be--a point smartphone, there's much being debated over at Reuters speculation about how its future recently. With the iPhone still a will pan out. For some the hot-ticket news item, and fresh money's on gaming, but new data that expanding iPhone usage research from Flurry is is likely to soon see Apple surprisingly different: eBook beating RIM's BlackBerrys in apps are overtaking games in the smartphone marketshare, there App Store. could be massive implications for Flurry's analysis involved the nascent e-publishing game. tracking the number of That's because there are tens of applications submitted to the millions of the devices in use, iTunes App Store per month and though Amazon calls the since its inception. A simple Kindle best-selling (and won't comparison between the reveal the sales figures) it surely percentage of apps falling into hasn't sold tens of millions of the games category versus those That may be a surprise to many, compared to the way the industry much less satisfying experience. units--how many people do you under the books category reveals possibly even including Apple-- itself is trending. Its screen is It's why there's such a push know who have one, compared to that between launch and August whose current iPod Touch small, not too good in sunlight towards e-readers at the moment, iPhone-owning friends? It might of this year, games outnumbered advertising is extremely games- and it uses LCD technology, and why there's much excitement also go a long way to explaining book apps and dedicated books in centric. The iPhone (and Touch) which isn't the most relaxing on about the format from forward- why Amazon has its own Kindle the catalog, comprising some 16- is often seen as the biggest threat the eyeballs as well as being t h i n k i n g n e w s p a p e r a n d iPhone app. Maybe the future of 17% of all apps in July and to Sony and Nintendo in the comparatively power-thirsty. m a g a z i n e p u b l i s h e r s . e-books really does lie in Apple's August of 2009. But in late handheld gaming market, since Compared to large-screen e- But Flurry's data suggests that hands, not Amazon's or Barnes August of this year, book apps, it's a converged device and readers like the Kindle or the actually consumers do like using and Nobles. which had been growing all people would prefer to not haul Nook. which have long battery the iPhone to access e-book texts [Via blog.Flurry, The New York along, overtook games, and by around extra gadgets. lifespans and easy-on-the-eye e- (or at least app makers think that Times] October games were just 13% of And the iPhone as an e-reader ink screens, reading a book on way, and the growing trend in the This content has passed through apps while books were 20% of seems like a clumsy solution, the iPhone would seem to be a books app data shows they must fivefilters.org. the total.

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Marvell touts new e-readers, partnerships (CNET) (Yahoo! News Search Results for e-readers) Submitted at 11/2/2009 10:24:28 PM

Chip supplier Marvell is hooking up with e-reader companies, hoping to take the lead in silicon design for this nascent market. enTourage eDGe has both a 9.7inch e-reader display and a 10.1inch color LCD and runs Google's Android OS on top of Marvell silicon.(Credit: enTourage) The market for e-readers, currently led by the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader, is poised for growth, according to Weili Dai, a Marvell co-founder and general manager of the consumer and computing business unit. "The timing is right for the e-reader market to take off in volume," Dai said in an interview. Marvell, though not a household name like Intel, is a major supplier of communications, storage, and wireless chips. Marvell, for example, supplied the Wi-Fi chip in the original iPhone and is a leading supplier of controller chips for solid-state drives. In the e-reader market, Marvell is hoping to play a leading role in

making e-readers a low-cost, mass-market device. "We're targeting a retail price of $150," Dai said. Partners include E Ink, a supplier electronic paper displays, FirstPaper, a display start-up, and Plastic Logic, an ereader maker. Both E Ink and FirstPaper are backed by media company Hearst. E-reader from Spring Design runs Android and integrates two displays.(Credit: Spring Design) The Marvell Armada 166E

system-on-a-chip, which will power a number of upcoming ereaders, integrates key features onto a single piece of silicon, such as the main processor-called an application processor-and the display controller. Armada is based on intellectual property from U.K.-based ARM, whose designs power most of the world's cell phones. Marvell ships one billion chips per year, two-thirds of which include Marvell processors running the

ARM instruction set. Marvell processors running at 1GHz will be used in many of the initial e-readers, though Marvell has designs that scale up in performance to 2GHz, according to Dai. One of the first products to use the Marvell chip is the enTourage eDGe, which claims to be the first "dualbook"--combining an E Ink EPD (electronic paper display) with an LCD and Netbook, notepad, and audio/video player functions. Marvell will also power the dual -screen Alex e-reader from Spring Design. Like the enTourage eDGe, Alex's dualscreen display design combines a monochrome electronic paper display with a color LCD screen. "Periodicals are the next big frontier in eReading," Gil Fuchsberg, president of FirstPaper, said in a statement. To enable better newspaper and magazine reading experiences, ereading devices will need richer layouts and more complex content, according to FirstPaper. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

Marvell powers next generation of e-readers with ARMADA SoC (TG Daily) (Yahoo! News Search Results for e-readers) Submitted at 11/2/2009 8:21:08 PM

Consumer Electronics By Aharon Etengoff Tuesday, 03 November 2009 04:06 Marvell and E Ink have introduced a "highly integrated" turnkey platform for nextgeneration e-readers. The platform - which is powered by the ARMADA 166E processor boasts a number of new features, including the accelerated display of high-resolution PDF files and zero power mode. "This is a total platform solution [that] includes Marvell key technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G modem, and power management," explained Marvell VP Weili Dai. "The ARMADA e-reader has the potential to deliver the first mass market product accessible and affordable to billions of consumers around the world." The two companies have also joined forces with FirstPaper to integrate "unique" technology into the ARMADA platform, MARVELL page 92

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year for the e-reader space" with new tablets and dual-screen readers emerging. But Epps pointed out that, right now, most of the announcements are reaching the industry, not consumers. For the consumer, she said, the e -reader category is still largely the Kindle, but a few developments could make big differences. She said one would be if Apple decides to make epublications a big category on iTunes, in which case "Apple would become a major player overnight." The other development, she said, is if BlackBerry maker Research in Motion or another smartphone maker decides to release a double -screen device, with both a LCD and an E Ink display. Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for consumer technology

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at NPD Group, noted that Google's open-source operating system, Android, is increasingly showing up on these devices. He pointed out that Barnes & Noble's nook is Android-based, as is Creative's recently released Zii Egg, which features 1080p high-definition video and is described by Creative as a "StemCell Computer." Rubin noted that several of Creative's Android-based devices, like those based on Zii technology, have been more focused toward developers and not yet released to a mass market in the U.S. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.

which has enabled the design of large screens capable of rendering graphic intensive content. The ARMADA platform has already been integrated into a number of e-readers, including the enTourage eDGe, Plastic Logic's proReader and Spring Design's Alex. Shop Keywords: Marvell, ARMADA, 166E processor, PDF files, zero power mode, Wi-Fi,

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