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Republican “You lie!” outburst becomes
Democratic fundraising cry
By Thomas Ferraro (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 12:14:48 PM
Rarely, if ever, have so few
words moved so many people to
contribute so much money so
quickly.
Within 15 hours of Republican
Representative Joe Wilson yelling
“You lie!” at President Barack
Obama, Wilson’s Democratic foe
in next year’s election received
more than 10,000 donations
totaling upward of $350,000,
according to the House
Democratic campaign committee.
“And the numbers are still
rising,” a spokesman said.
Wilson’s Democratic
challenger, Rob Miller, an ex-
Marine turned small businessman,
lost a bid last November to unseat
the now five-term congressman
from South Carolina, 54 percent
to 46 percent.
But Miller has suddenly become
increasingly hopeful that he can
topple America’s best known
presidential heckler in
the November 2010 contest.
“Representative Wilson’s
behavior tonight exemplifies
everything that is wrong in
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that respectfully and we need to
discuss the issues,” Wilson told
reporters.
Pending legislation denies
coverage to illegal immigrants.
But critics argue that requirements
of proof of citizenship are
inadequate.
The Democratic campaign
committee hoped to cash-in on the
Wilson furor. It sent a letter to
donors on Thursday, citing
Wilson’s famous one-liner — and
aiming to raise another $100,000
in 24 hours to defeat Wilson and
other Republicans in next year’s
election.
“Your contribution will be
immediately put to work to defeat
Washington,” Miller said on as fellow Republicans denounced Republican members of Congress
W e d n e s d a y a f t e r W i l s o n ’ s his actions. and support meaningful health
outburst during Obama’s At the White House, Obama insurance reform,” wrote Jon
nationally broadcast address to brushed off the matter. “I’m a big Vogel, executive director of the
Congress on healthcare reform. believer in that we all make House Democratic campaign
“Instead of engaging in childish m i s t a k e s , ” h e s a i d . “ H e committee.
name-calling and disrespecting apologized quickly and without Click here for more Reuters
our Commander-in-Chief, Joe equivocation and I’m appreciative political coverage
W i l s o n s h o u l d b e w o r k i n g of that.” Photo credit: Reuters/Cheryl
towards a bipartisan solution that While Wilson said he was sorry, Ravelo (dollar bills at a money
makes quality, affordable health he still insisted — despite changer in Manila)
care available to each and every O b a m a ’ s s t a t e m e n t s t o t h e
South Carolinian,” Miller said. contrary — that illegal
Wilson apologized while immigrants would be able to get
congressional Democrats as well health insurance coverage. “I say
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The First Draft: Congressman Wilson’s big
moment
By Deborah Zabarenko (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 6:52:01 AM
The dust is settling — and the
political haggling is resuming —
after President Barack Obama’s
healthcare speech to Congress last
night, but the spotlight is still
shining, though not very
flatteringly, on Rep. Joe Wilson
of South Carolina.
If you watched on TV, you
might not have seen him, but you
probably heard a catcall from the
House chamber when Obama told
the audience that illegal aliens
would not be covered by the
proposed healthcare plan. That
was Wilson, a Republican,
shouting out, “You lie!”
Problem is, Obama spoke the
truth on that point, and other
Republicans acknowledged that.
Sen. John McCain, the Arizona
Republican who ran against
Obama for the presidency last
year, told NBC’s “Today” show
that the plan would not cover
illegal immigrants. Rep. Eric
Cantor of Virginia, one of
Obama’s most vocal
congressional critics, said the
same thing on ABC’s “Good
NASA looks to land space
shuttle after delay (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:30:35 AM
Mary buzzed up: Rep. Wilson
apologizes, but says won't be
muzzled (AP)
1 second ago 2009-09-
11T07:03:02-07:00
Morning America.” Cantor and
others noted that Wilson
apologized, and Vice President
Joe Biden figured that Obama
would accept that apology. Still,
feathers were ruffled.
“I was embarrassed for a
chamber and a Congress that I
love,” Biden said on NBC. “I
thought it demeaned the
institution … That was very very
damaging.”
Raffanello indicted over Stanford probe
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:31:32 AM
The case against Sir Allen
Stanford, the Texas businessman
accused of operating a $7bn Ponzi
scheme, took another turn this
But really, what’s the big deal?
Mostly, it’s considered bad form
to diss the president of the United
States when he comes to address
the country’s highest legislative
body. White House Chief of Staff
Rahm Emanuel said as much in a
complaint to Republican
congressmen about Wilson’s
behavior: “No president has ever
had that happen. My advice is he
apologize immediately. You know
week after prosecutors accused a
former federal law enforcement
agent of obstructing the
investigation into the alleged
fraud.
Thomas Raffanello, former
global director of security at a
Florida office of Stanford
my number.”
UPDATE: Wilson called
Emanuel last night to apologize
and the apology was accepted on
behalf of the president, according
to an administration official.
The New York Times called it a
breach of protocol. The
Washington Post’s normally
humorous political theater
columnist was unamused, calling
conduct by Wilson and other
hecklers “appalling.” CNN’s user-
generated I-report site was filled
with responses such as “You are
disrespectful sir.”
No word from Wilson on his
official House of Representatives
Web site. It was “down for
maintenance” early today. But he
did say in his apology “I let my
emotions get the best of me” as
explanation.
For more Reuters political news,
click here.
Photo credit: REUTERS/Jim
Young (U.S. Representative Joe
Wilson of South Carolina listens
to President Obama’s speech to a
joint session of the Congress in
Washington)
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by the Department of Justice.
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National Semiconductor
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in Q1
By Steven Mallas
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Submitted at 9/11/2009 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: Earnings reports,
Texas Instruments (TXN),
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The First Draft: 9/11, eight years on
By Deborah Zabarenko (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:02:21 AM
Washington awoke to a cool and
rainy 9/11 today, so different from
the brilliant sunshine that many
recall from the day of the 2001
attacks at the Pentagon, the World
Trade Center and in an open field
in Pennsylvania.
To mark the anniversary,
President Barack Obama, the first
lady and White House staff
observed a moment of silence on
the South Lawn at 8:46 a.m., the
time when the first hijacked plane
hit the first tower in New York
City. Next is a presidential wreath
-laying and remarks at the
Pentagon Memorial at Arlington
National Cemetery.
The Obamas are slated to
participate in a “service event”
later in the day, part of a move to
make the 9/11 anniversary a day
of public service. Vice President
Joe Biden speaks at a
commemoration ceremony in
lower Manhattan. Secretary of
State speaks at the first Annual
9/11 National Day of Service and
Remembrance in New York. The
National Museum of the Marine
Corps marks the anniversary with
a new exhibit “dedicated to the
historic day and the global war on
terrorism.”
This year, 9/11 feels like an
appropriate moment to pause, a
break from the sturm and drang of
US starts to unwind state bank support
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 4:35:23 PM
The US is starting to pare back
its emergency support for banks
Politics/ Top News/ Finance/ 3
Obama tackles UK PM
on Lockerbie
(BBC News | Americas | World Mr Brown had made it clear the
Edition) decision had been a matter for the
Submitted at 9/10/2009 2:17:47 PM Scottish government, the
spokesman added.
US President Barack Obama has Last month, Mr Obama said the
voiced his disappointment directly release of the bomber was "a
to UK PM Gordon Brown over mistake", but had not expressed
the release of the Lockerbie this personally to Mr Brown.
bomber, the White House says. It is notable that Mr Obama
It says Mr Obama made his decided to make the point directly
remarks in a telephone call to Mr to Gordon Brown, the BBC's
Brown. Adam Brookes in Washington
The decision to release reports.
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was The US government feels that
taken by the Scottish government, its position on Megrahi's release
and the British government insists was ignored and it has also had to
it did not intervene at all. respond to absolute fury on the
Megrahi was jailed for the 1988 part of many of the families of the
attack which claimed 270 lives. A m e r i c a n v i c t i m s o f t h e
He was freed on compassionate L o c k e r b i e b o m b i n g s , o u r
grounds last month. correspondent says.
He then returned to his native He adds that although there is so
politics and policy-making. Fights passengers ask the conductor: Libya, where he was given a much else going on in the US-UK
over healthcare reform, how to fix What place is this?
hero's welcome. relationship at the moment, the
the economy and curb climate Where are we now? 'No conspiracy'
change can wait for at least a I am the grass. Lockerbie story is an irritant but it
"The president expressed his does not seem to engender any
moment. Let me work.” disappointment over the Scottish serious transatlantic rift.
Somehow, it brings to mind the See the whole poem here.
Executive's decision to release Nearly 200 Americans were
words of Carl Sandburg, writing For more Reuters political news, convicted Pan Am 103 Bomber al
about memory and healing in a click here. among those who died in the
-Megrahi back to Libya," White
poem about how battlefields Photo credits: REUTERS/Molly House spokesman Robert Gibbs explosion.
recover. Sandburg wrote of the Riley (A rose is laid at the said in a statement. Megrahi's release has also been
b a t t l e s a t G e t t y s b u r g a n d Pentagon memorial, December 9, criticised by opposition parties in
Downing Street confirmed that both Edinburgh and London.
Waterloo, and how time and grass 2008) the issue was raised during Mr
cover up the raw pain of these REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Brown's 40-minute telephone Mr Brown insists there was no
places. The sites of 9/11, grass- (Freedom Tower section of World conversation with Mr Obama on "cover-up or conspiracy" over the
covered or not, could easily apply. Trade Center construction site, Thursday. release and says commercial links
“Two years, ten years, and Sept 9, 2009) between UK and Libya, which
A spokesman in London said have burgeoned since 2004, did
the issue "came up" but refused to not affect the decision.
say who raised it first. But the prime minister has
and financial markets, Treasury of Lehman Brothers triggered a The spokesman also declined to refused to be drawn on whether he
secretary Tim Geithner declared financial panic that tipped the c o n f i r m i f M r O b a m a h a d s u p p o r t e d t h e S c o t t i s h
on Thursday, saying that the world into a deep recession, Mr expressed his disappointment over g o v e r n m e n t ' s d e c i s i o n .
financial system no longer needed Geithner said it was time to move the release of Megrahi, who has Print Sponsor
extensive government props. from crisis response to recovery. terminal prostate cancer.
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4 Politics/ Top News/ Finance/
The Day After: a numbers game
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 1:54:47 PM
It’s all about the numbers on the
day after President Barack
Obama’s speech to Congress on
his vision for healthcare reform.
First of all there’s the number of
uninsured. Obama used 30 million
in Wednesday night’s televised
address, considerably lower than
the 46-47 million he used just one
month ago.
An administration official says
the 30 million does not include
illegal immigrants — Obama says
his plan won’t cover them.
(The whole will it or won’t it
cover illegal immigrants is one of
the key areas of contention, with
many Republicans adamantly
opposed to taxpayer-funded
healthcare for illegal immigrants).
Then the Census Bureau came
out with statistics showing there
were 46.3 million Americans
without health insurance last year,
up from 45.7 million in 2007.
That government report also
said the U.S. poverty rate hit its
highest level in 11 years in 2008,
rising to 13.2 percent from 12.5
percent in 2007.
The Census Bureau report could
provide fodder to Democrats
trying to show urgency for
Morgan Stanley’s Mack steps aside
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 3:12:10 AM
John Mack is to step down as
chief executive of Morgan
Stanley, putting an end to a four-
passing healthcare reform this
year.
And finally, the AARP, an
influential advocacy group
for the older crowd, conducted an
overnight survey after Obama’s
speech of Americans aged 45 and
older which found that a majority
of respondents for each political
affiliation said healthcare reform
should be a priority for political
leaders this year.
We have a pressing question
about this survey – hellooooo…
AGE 45 ???? since when is that
considered elderly ???? (smelling
salts please).
Anyway looking ahead, the
year tenure marked by
controversy over his strategic
decisions and a near-death
experience last year as the
financial crisis began.
Mr Mack, who will stay on as
chairman when he leaves the chief
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Tax raid on Argentine
paper
(BBC News | Americas | World books, Reuters news agency
Edition) reports.
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:12:00 AM But Grupo Clarin claimed it was
a form of government
More than 200 tax inspectors "harassment" and "intimidation".
have searched Argentina's biggest "We are truly surprised... these
newspaper, which is currently types of inspections have never
embroiled in a fierce battle with occurred in all of Clarin's history
the government. as a newspaper," Martin
Officials said the raid on the Etchevers, a group spokesman,
daily Clarin was "routine", but the said.
newspaper accused the "The illegal use of government
government of harassment. o r g a n i s m s t o a t t a c k o u r
President Cristina Fernandez is companies is a shameful custom."
trying to push through media The raid also drew criticism
reforms which she says will from the capital's mayor, Maricio
really important numbers are not modernise the industry. Macri, who said the operation
in yet — will Obama be able to But critics say the president's "feeds levels of violence and
rustle up enough votes to pass aim is to weaken the Clarin confrontation", the Buenos Aires
h e a l t h c a r e r e f o r m t h r o u g h Group, Argentina's dominant Herald reports.
Congress? media company. Lawmakers are currently
What do you think? Has your President Fernandez and her debating the media reform bill,
outlook on Obama’s healthcare husband, former president Nestor which would replace broadcast
plan changed overnight? Kirchner, have in the past accused regulations that date back to 1980,
Click here for more Reuters Clarin of biased reporting and during the country's military
political coverage d e s c r i b e d t h e g r o u p a s a dictatorship.
Photo credit: Reuters/Jim " m o n o p o l y " . The new rules would force the
Young (member of Congress sits Thursday's raid came on the biggest media groups to sell some
alone in the House chamber after same day Clarin newspaper of their assets. Grupo Clarin has
Obama’s healthcare speech) published a report alleging a T V a n d r a d i o a s w e l l a s
government farm trade controls n e w s p a p e r i n t e r e s t s .
agency granted a 10m peso Supporters of the bill say it will
($2.6m, £1.6m) subsidy to an increase competition between
a g r i c u l t u r a l f i r m w i t h o u t media providers, thus driving
authorisation, local media report. down prices for consumers.
'Shameful custom' But opponents, including Mr
A tax agency spokesman said Macri, fear the impetus for the bill
executive post in January, will be the raid on the Buenos Aires
replaced by James Gorman, the offices of the paper was similar to springs from a personal grudge
bank’s co-president in charge of t h o s e c a r r i e d o u t a t o t h e r between the government and the
g l o b a l w e a l t h m a n a g e m e n t , companies and was aimed simply newspaper group.
investment management and at examining the company's Print Sponsor
operations.
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Obama loves nurses, but his wife the Shuttle landing delayed
lawyer understands for a day
By Patricia Zengerle (Front (BBC News | Americas | World days.
Row Washington) Edition) Three spacewalks were
Submitted at 9/10/2009 9:47:06 AM Submitted at 9/10/2009 4:54:49 PM conducted during the mission.
The exterior work included the
It is hard to imagine a friendlier The landing of the shuttle replacement of an exhausted
audience for Barack Obama’s Discovery at the Kennedy Space ammonia tank. Ammonia is used
healthcare plan than the roomful Center has been delayed for at in the station's cooling system.
of nurses the president rallied on least a day due to bad weather in Cabling was also laid in
Thursday morning to go out and Florida. readiness for the arrival early next
spread the reform message he Thunderstorms and strong year of another module. This new
delivered to Congress the night winds meant that the US space "room" will have a large window
before. a g e n c y N a s a s k i p p e d b o t h attached to it. The Cupola, as it is
“We love you, we love you,” Thursday landing possibilities. known, is expected to give
several audience members The shuttle, which is returning crewmembers the perfect vantage
shouted during tumultuous f r o m a m i s s i o n t o t h e point from which to control future
applause as Obama walked into a International Space Station (ISS), robotic operations on the outside
briefing room. will have to orbit the earth for a of the ISS.
The feeling, it seemed, was 14th day. As Discovery circled the Earth
mutual, as the president greeted The new landing slot is at 1754 waiting for an opportunity to
the group with, “I’ve said it (2154 GMT) on Friday. return, a new unmanned cargo
before, and I’ll say it again. I just children, his daughter Sasha’s aspects of his plan, “Just in case However the weather forecast ship was launched from Japan
love nurses.” bout with meningitis and the folks weren’t tuned in last night, for Friday is worse, and Saturday destined for the space station. It is
But, ”Michelle knows about illnesses of his mother and if they were watching, ‘ So You is only a little better. carrying 4.5 tonnes of supplies.
it,” Obama said, referring to his grandmother. Think You Can Dance,’ a show Nasa says if necessary it will The H-II Transfer Vehicle
wife the lawyer. “I will forever be in debt to the Michelle likes.” consider the possibility of using a (HTV) is not expected to arrive at
The crowd of about 150 nurses w o m e n a n d m e n o f y o u r Photo credits: Reuters/Fed runway at Edwards Air Force the platform for another week. It
from across the country erupted in p r o f e s s i o n , ” h e s a i d . Prouser (”So You Think You Can Base in California. must complete a number of
cheers and laughter as he kept up Obama did get in a dig about the Dance” contestants Ade Obayomi Three spacewalks demonstration manoeuvres to
the drumbeat for his reform plan. Fox television network, which and Melissa Sandvig perform) Discovery took a furnace and prove it can safely operate near
Obama praised nurses as “the aired the season premiere of a Reuters/Jim Young (Obama freezer up to the station for use in the station.
b e d r o c k o f o u r m e d i c a l popular dance reality show hugs Nate Guyton as Linda Grual science experiments. The US space agency plans six
profession” and recounted their instead of his speech to Congress. applauds after the president’s It also delivered a new sleeping further shuttle flights to the ISS
help during the births of his He said he would reiterate remarks to nurses) compartment, an air purification before retiring its re-useable
system and a treadmill to help spaceship fleet at the end of next
Gold regains $1,000 mark as dollar weakens maintain astronauts' health. year or early in 2011.
(Financial Times - US markets. In addition, Discovery dropped Atlantis is the next orbiter to
homepage) Gold traded in a narrow range off US astronaut Nicole Stott for a launch. Its mission, set for
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:04:34 AM between a low of $995.20 and a three-month stay on the platform, November, will deliver important
high of $1,002.70 after ending picking up colleague Tim Kopra spares.
Gold regained the $1,000 an trading in New York on Thursday for the ride home. Kopra has been Print Sponsor
ounce mark on Friday as further at $995.50. living on the ISS for the past 44
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Rep. Wilson apologizes, but says won't be muzzled (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) rally to him. Republicans say there aren't National Guard colonel, he should campaign, he demanded that Sen.
Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:08:40 AM "I need your help now," he said. sufficient citizenship verification have known better. It's John Kerry, D-Mass., apologize
The Republican Congressional requirements to ensure illegal disrespectful to our commander in for his 1971 comments criticizing
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. – Campaign Committee didn't immigrants are excluded. chief in a setting where the world those who served in Vietnam.
Rep. Joe Wilson may have respond to questions about In Wilson's district, many voters was watching," Miller, a former Former Democratic Sen. Max
apologized for his outburst during donations to Wilson's campaign. said the heckle wouldn't affect Marine who runs on online Cleland of Georgia, who lost both
President Barack Obama's health Wilson's campaign voicemail box their support for him. Some said military memorabilia business, legs and an arm in Vietnam,
care address, but he is telling was full Friday and his office they wished more politicians said from his home in Beaufort. defended Kerry and called Wilson
supporters he will continue to phones either went to voicemail would speak their minds but most "It was childish." a " chicken hawk" for supporting
speak loudly about the issue and or were not answered. said they wished it hadn't The district stretches across 10 military action without going to
"not be muzzled". Wilson's outburst made some happened. counties from central to coastal war. However, two of Wilson's
And with support still pouring supporters shudder even as others "Joe was very immature. He's South Carolina and hasn't elected sons have served in Iraq.
in Friday for Wilson's Democratic believed it could give him a always been pretty under control. a Democrat to Congress since In 2003, Wilson called it
opponent, the Republican from political boost in his conservative I'm a little embarrassed," said Roy 1965. It encompasses wide "unseemly" for the mixed-race
South Carolina said in a campaign hometown. Smith, a business manager who economic contrasts: Allendale daughter of Sen. Strom
video he needs help. "He's the only one who has guts spoke as he ate breakfast in County has the state's highest Thurmond, Essie Mae
Since Wilson blurted "You lie!" in that whole place. He'll get re- Cayce. "I voted for Joe and unemployment rate 22.5 percent Washington-Williams, to identify
during Obama's health care elected in a landslide," said John probably still will." in July while Lexington County the longtime South Carolina
a d d r e s s t o a j o i n t s e s s i o n Roper, an insurance agent, as he Wilson, who served as a has the lowest rate at 8 percent. senator as her father after his
Wednesday night, the campaign sat among patrons at a diner near military attorney, retired as a His district is also home to some death.
coffers of Rob Miller, who is Columbia. colonel in the South Carolina of the state's largest military "It's a smear on the image that
challenging him in 2010, swelled Still, Southern sensibilities reign National Guard in 2003 after 31 installations: the Army's Fort (Thurmond) has as a person of
by $750,000 by Friday morning, in the district the 62-year-old has years. His four sons also have Jackson outside Columbia, and high integrity who has been so
according to Jessica Santillo of represented for the past eight served in the military, something two major Marine Corps facilities loyal to the people of South
the Democratic Congressional y e a r s . A d d e d R o p e r , " H e mentioned repeatedly at Wilson's Parris Island Training Depot and Carolina," he told The State
Campaign Committee. It's not probably shouldn't have said it in public appearances in this military the Marine Corps Air Station both newspaper of Columbia. Wilson
clear whether the people who that context." -friendly state. For some, that near Beaufort. had worked as an intern in
made the donations live in South The uproar may not be over, background makes the outburst At least three members of Thurmond's office. After a public
Carolina. despite Obama having accepted against the nation's commander in Wilson's voluntary, minority outcry, he said he had the utmost
Wilson apologized to the White Wilson's apology. House Majority chief even more striking. advisory committee said they respect for Washington-Williams.
House soon after the speech and Whip Jim Clyburn said he favors "I thought it was disgraceful," resigned Thursday. Wilson's eldest son, Alan who
again Thursday, but did not back a resolution of public disapproval said the Rev. Kevin Roberts, who "I didn't personally want to be is running for state attorney
a w a y f r o m t h e i s s u e t h a t if Wilson doesn't apologize to the said he doesn't support Wilson. "I associated with that sort of general agreed Thursday that his
prompted his outburst. In a video House by Tuesday. don't begrudge him his feeling. inappropriateness toward the father chose the wrong place to
posted on his campaign Web site, Wilson's shout came after But I think there's a way to president of the United States of vent, but said the heckle shows
Wilson said he had let his Obama said extending health care communicate that and a way not America," said J.T. McLawhorn, that "what the president said
emotions get away from him after to all Americans who seek it to, and I think it's shameful. I executive director of the really struck a chord."
a month of passionate town hall would not mean insuring illegal expect more decorum and respect Columbia Urban League, who's "I think everyone understands
meetings with constituents. immigrants. for the office." served on the group since Wilson that he was basically voicing the
"On these issues I will not be The House version of the health Miller said Wilson should formed it a decade ago. frustration of the American
muzzled. I will speak up and care bill explicitly prohibits apologize to his district too. Last Wilson is known in Congress people," Alan Wilson told CBS's "
speak loudly about this risky spending any federal money to year, Miller gave Wilson his most for giving one-minute speeches The Early Show" on Friday.
plan," he said. help illegal immigrants get health serious challenge since winning a when the floor is open for short ___
Wilson said his critics want to care. Illegal immigrants could buy 2001 special election to fill the statements on any topic, but he Associated Press writers
use the flap over his outburst to private health insurance, as many vacancy left by the death of has been confrontational in the Susanne Schafer and Katrina
silence opponents of health care do now, but wouldn't get tax Republican Floyd Spence. past. Goggins contributed to this report.
reform, and he urged supporters to subsidies to help them. Still, "As a retired South Carolina During the 2004 presidential
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Dems predict health accord - Philadelphia Inquirer

(Most Popular - Google News) demand. mitigate the crisis. establish panels that make life-and have been involved in intensive
Submitted at 9/11/2009 2:29:21 AM As long as legislation makes Yesterday, he renewed his -death decisions. Obama said they bipartisan negotiations that
quality health care more campaign for passage of a health- would not. produced the co-op plan.
WASHINGTON - Democratic accessible and affordable, "we care overhaul. PolitiFact.com, a truth squad Sens. Tom Carper of Delaware
congressional leaders predicted will go forward with that bill," she Declaring to an audience of run by the St. Petersburg Times, and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas
passage of health-care legislation said. nurses that too many individuals found that there was no subsidy are among party moderates and
within a few months despite Democrats are divided over the were being denied coverage, he for illegal immigrants in the unlikely to support a liberal
undimmed Republican opposition, public option in both houses, said: "It is heartbreaking and it is legislation, no "death panels," and alternative.
claiming momentum yesterday liberals strongly in favor and wrong, and nobody should be no public money for abortion. Obama met yesterday afternoon
from President Obama's speech many moderates against it. treated that way in the United After months of missed with Carper, Lincoln, and a dozen
and renewed commitment from Critically, though, it appears that States of America. Nobody!" deadlines caused by internal other moderate Senate Democrats,
lawmakers. any chance for Republican He also cited new Census division and GOP opposition some of whom have expressed
Increasingly, events in the support would evaporate if statistics showing that the number earlier in the year, neither Pelosi concerns about costs and oppose a
S e n a t e F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e legislation permits immediate, of uninsured had risen to 46.3 nor Reid was willing to outline public plan.
appeared pivotal, a precursor to direct competition between the million from 45.7 million in 2007. anything more than a broad Carper said later that the group
likely votes in the House and g o v e r n m e n t a n d i n s u r a n c e In general, the legislation would timetable for action on the welcomed Obama's commitment
Senate by early October. industry. provide new protections to legislation. But increasingly, it in his speech to hold down health-
"I'm confident the president will Obama's congressional address Americans with insurance; help appeared that events in the care costs.
sign a bill this year," House drew 32 million viewers, seven the uninsured afford coverage; Finance Committee would "He received a lot of
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. million more than tuned in for his require most individuals to carry determine the pace. reinforcement from those of us
While praising Obama's speech July 22 news conference, the last coverage; and aim to slow the There, Sen. Max Baucus (D., there today that we wouldn't vote
from the night before, Pelosi and time he made a prime-time pitch growth of medical costs. The Mont.) has said he will convene for a bill that fails to rein in health
Senate Majority Leader Harry for a health-care overhaul. measure would be paid for the panel the week after next to costs and we wouldn't vote for a
Reid signaled separately that the But the audience was 39 percent through reductions in planned vote on legislation that would bill that increases the deficit,"
president might not prevail in his smaller than for his first address Medicare spending and tax meet Obama's goals of expanding Carper said in an interview.
call for legislation to allow the to a joint session of Congress, increases. health care, providing consumer Whatever bill Baucus' Finance
f e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t t o s e l l Feb. 24, which drew 52.4 million Obama has said his approach protection to those with coverage, panel approves must be blended
insurance in competition with viewers. will not result in higher deficits. and slowing the growth of with legislation approved in
private industry. On Monday, Obama is to The Congressional Budget Office medical costs overall. another panel, and is expected to
Reid said that while he favored address the state of Wall Street, disagrees. Baucus long ago embraced the reach the Senate floor by early
a strong public option, he could exactly one year after Lehman Most Republicans made clear proposed co-ops rather than direct October.
be satisfied with establishment of Brothers collapsed, precipitating during the day that Obama's government competition with Baucus told reporters the
nonprofit cooperatives, along the the financial crisis felt around the speech had done nothing to lessen industry, and it appears unlikely president's speech was "uncannily
lines expected to be included in world. their opposition. liberals have the votes to overrule similar to what we're working
the bill taking shape in the The White House said yesterday House Minority Leader John A. him. on." He avoided mention of the
Finance Committee. the president would speak on the Boehner of Ohio stuck to Democrats account for 13 disagreement over government
Pelosi, who has long favored financial crisis at midday at Republican positions that the members on the 23-member insurance sales.
allowing the government to sell Federal Hall in New York. He is Democratic health-care proposals committee, but Baucus and Sens.
insurance, passed up a chance to t o t a l k a b o u t s t e p s t h e would give illegal immigrants Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico
say it was a nonnegotiable administration has taken to health care, pay for abortions, and and Kent Conrad of North Dakota
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Studies: 1 dose of swine flu vaccine works (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:09:42 AM
normally circulating flu strains
that most of the population has
inoculation, he said.
One dose means tight supplies
Frieden, director of the Centers
for Disease Control and
Praxair (PX):
WASHINGTON – Good news in
little if any immunity.
Chinese manufacturers gave the
of H1N1 vaccine won't be
stretched so badly after all. The
Prevention.
He said some parts of the
Clean coal play
the world's flu fight: One dose of first hint a week ago that one dose
the new swine flu vaccine looks could be enough. But different
U.S. has ordered 195 million
doses, based on the hope that 15
Southeast in the past few weeks
have experienced as much flu as
on cap-and-trade
strong enough to protect adults manufacturers make different micrograms was indeed the right is usually seen in the middle of By Steven Halpern
and can spark protection within formulations of the vaccine, so dose. Had it taken twice that dose, winter. So far, it's all the H1N1 (BloggingStocks)
10 days of the shot, Australian more evidence was needed. or two shots apiece, half as many variety, with schools and colleges Submitted at 9/11/2009 10:00:00 AM
and U.S. researchers said Thus the CSL study, rushed out people could have received the experiencing outbreaks almost as
Thursday. by the New England Journal of vaccine. soon as classes began. Filed under: International
Australian shot maker CSL Ltd. Medicine late Thursday, is The winter flu vaccine is widely Indeed, a typical school student markets, China, Newsletters,
published results of a study that welcome news. In a study of 240 available now, and U.S. health who catches swine flu will spread Commodities, Oil, Stocks to Buy,
found between 75 percent and 96 adults, half younger than 50 and authorities urged people Thursday it to two to three classmates, says Green Stocks, Obama Picks
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should be protected with one dose same kind of immune response swine flu shots start arriving in Thursday in the journal Science. investment strategist of an
the same degree of effectiveness indicating protection that is seen mid-October. Flu specialist Ira Longini of the intriguing new service that
as the regular winter flu shot. with regular flu vaccine. And a Despite all the headlines about University of Washington in focuses on developing
That's remarkable considering standard 15-microgram dose not swine flu, which has become the Seattle based the estimate on how government legislation to find
scientists thought it would take the double dose that also was main influenza strain circulating swine flu spread through a New investment opportunities.
two doses. tested was enough. in the world, doctors do expect York City school in April, and In his Government-Driven
U.S. data to be released Friday "It's really striking how some garden-variety flu to hit this some other schools since. Investing the advisor looks at
confirm those findings, and show incredibly similar this is to every fall too the kind that every year A separate report in Thursday's Praxair(NYSE: PX) as a play on
the protection starts rapidly, Dr. other study of a seasonal flu kills 36,000 Americans and New England Journal suggested clean coal technology, more-
Anthony Fauci of the National vaccine I've ever seen," said Dr. hospitalizes 200,000. European manufacturers might technically known as carbon
Institutes of Health told The John Treanor, a flu specialist at "Take some individual get away with an even smaller capture and sequestration. Here,
Associated Press. the University of Rochester who responsibility to stay healthy dose. Novartis Vaccines added he explains the opportunity:
"This is quite good news," Fauci examined the data. during the flu season," said Health what's called an adjuvant, or "U.S. Energy Secretary Steven
said. CSL, which is one U.S. vaccine and Human Services Secretary immune-boosting chemical, to its Chu recently announced an $8.4
The dose question has an supplier, found the same side Kathleen Sebelius, who scheduled version of the swine flu shot and million project to ensure that the
important ramification: It means effects in its study that people her own seasonal shot for Friday. found a 7.5-microgram dose was nation's innovators are up to speed
people will have to line up for experience with regular flu Waiting to get the first effective. It did, however, spark on the latest carbon-capture and
influenza vaccinations twice this vaccine, which is no surprise inoculation out of the way "is not more of those reactions like sequestration technology.
year instead of three times once since this shot is merely a recipe in anybody's best interest," added injection-site pain. "Chu said, 'These projects will
for the regular winter flu shot and change from the annual standby. Dr. Nancy Nielsen, past president Numerous countries allow flu train workers for a clean-energy
a second time to be inoculated About 45 percent of recipients of the American Medical vaccines with adjuvants to sell economy and help position the
against swine flu, what doctors had mild reactions such as a Association. She said busy every year, but the U.S. has never United States as a leader in carbon
call the 2009 H1N1 strain. headache, sore arm or redness at doctors need to have completed approved an adjuvant-containing capture and storage technologies
Thursday's swine flu vaccine the shot site. regular vaccinations by the time flu shot. for years to come.'
reports center on adults; studies in On Friday, the NIH is set to they have to deal with H1N1 ___ Continue reading Praxair (PX):
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Canadian firm to buy GM's Opel
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pleased'
General Motors (GM) has
announced that it has chosen the
Canadian car parts manufacturer
Magna to buy Opel and its sister
company Vauxhall.
The decision was welcomed by
German Chancellor Angela
Merkel, who said she was "very
pleased" about it.
Magna, which is backed by
Russia's Sberbank, has said that it
will keep all four German plants
open.
But British unions have
expressed concern about the
future of Vauxhall's 5,500 UK
workers.
A spokesman for Magna said
that the company is committed to
keeping open the Ellesmere Port
plant, where the Astra is made.
But UK Business Secretary
Lord Mandelson said he had
received assurances from Magna
"that the futures of both plants are
secure."
He did, however, say that all of
Opel's and Vauxhall's workforce
across Europe "will face
restructuring."
Uncertainty continues
Victory for German Chancellor
Angela Merkel in the lengthy tug-
of-war over the future of Opel
should go a long way towards
safeguarding the jobs of most, if
not all, of the company's 25,000
workers in Germany.
But although the sale of a
controlling stake to Magna is
backed to the tune of 4.5bn euros
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included written agreement from
unions to support its cost-cutting
programme, GM said.
'Considerable boost'
Chancellor Angela Merkel said
that "patience" during the long-
running discussions had led to a
decision being reached.
BBC Berlin correspondent
Steve Rosenberg said this was a
victory for the German chancellor
who had staked her reputation on
closing the deal.
It is a considerable boost for her
and her centre-right party just two
weeks before the national
election, our correspondent said.
The German-led Opel Trust has
controlled the European
operations since GM sought
bankruptcy protection in the US
in June this year.
It contains representatives from
GM, the German federal
government and the German
(£4.5bn; $6.5bn) by the German ownership of Vauxhall is now In trust
government, it does not remove o v e r , b u t t h e u n c e r t a i n t y T h e O p e l T r u s t , w h i c h states that contain Opel plants.
the need for sharp cost-cuts surrounding the long-term future controlled that 65% of GM's The battle for control of Opel
a n d Vauxhall at one point
elsewhere. of Britain's plants will continue," European operations, approved
The sale signals the start of a said Tony Woodley, general the deal. included three rival bidders:
restructuring process, with an secretary of the Unite union. It said it strongly believed it was Belgian investment group RHJ
expected 10,000 out of 50,000 "We need to make sure that "in the best interests of Opel and and Beijing Automotive, as well
Opel and Vauxhall jobs in Europe British plants and people are not Vauxhall and their employees". as Canada's Magna.
Opel employs a total of 54,500
being axed. treated disproportionately during The German government has
Chancellor Merkel has said she the restructuring that will take already lent 1.5bn euros to Opel, workers across Europe, with
will discuss with its European place." and will now put up an additional 25,000 based in Germany.
partners "the distribution of the Other Opel plants outside 3bn euros in loan guarantees for Its Vauxhall brand employs
5,500 people in the UK, primarily
burden", which probably means Germany are also at risk. Magna.
that any European government Magna proposals outline the Trust chairman Fred Irwin said at its two British plants in Luton
wanting to safeguard jobs in their o p t i o n o f w i n d i n g d o w n they had recommended - "given and Ellesmere Port.
country must also come up with production at a plant in Antwerp the burden on German taxpayers GM in the US emerged from 40
substantial amounts of cash. in Belgium, and of shifting some and for the sake of German jobs" - days of bankruptcy protection in
Magna said that the company production from Zaragosa in that those guarantees be used for July, based on a plan involving
plans to honour its existing Spain back to Germany. Opel in Germany only. disposing of many of its brands. It
contract to produce vans in Luton GM will be selling a 55% stake A statement from GM said it is now 61% owned by the US
until 2013, and will try to find a in the new Opel to Magna and needed to finalise a financing government.
w a y t o k e e p t h e p l a n t i n Sberbank. Employees will hold a p a c k a g e f r o m t h e G e r m a n Print Sponsor
p r o d u c t i o n a f t e r t h a t d a t e . 10% stake and GM will keep the g o v e r n m e n t .
"The uncertainty surrounding the rest. Other issues outstanding
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Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:50:51 AM
It's probably not director
Dominic Sena's fault that his new
snowbound thriller, "Whiteout,"
suggests so many tantalizing
genre directions in which the
movie itself, unfortunately,
doesn't go. The picture's general
thrill deficit, however — well,
that would seem to be Sena's
clothing, of the sort in which
Beckinsale spends much of the
rest of the film.
Then there's the research station
itself — a huddled outpost
remotely situated amid endless
fields of ice — which gives off
some of the apprehensive chill of
"The Thing." And its cramped
interiors echo the claustrophobic
unease of "Alien" — especially
when Tom Skerritt turns up as Dr.
the age of 10 who doesn't know
this?) Then there's a character
named Pryce (bland Gabriel
Macht), a "UN investigator" who
shows up to provide guidance for
Carrie's inquiry into the case of a
corpse that's been discovered way
out on the tundra. In the comics,
this Pryce character is a woman, a
British spy named Lily. She's
clearly been transgendered here to
provide some romantic heat, but it
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quarters at the Antarctic research
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rest of the cast.
Both of those movies are a lot
more fun than this one, though,
and considerably more thrilling.
The picture is based rather loosely
on a comic-book series written by
Greg Rucka, who's also an
executive producer here (although
heavily outranked by action
kingpin Joel Silver), so we can
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demonstrating the unwisdom of
firing off guns inside a cruising
aircraft. (Is there anyone below
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point? (An insipid demographic
calculation to avoid having too
many female main characters
would be my guess.)
The picture's wan thrills are
supposed to derive from Carrie's
mounting paranoia: The dead guy
out on the ice was a geophysicist
stationed at a faraway sub-station
which, upon being visited, is
found to be populated by many
fellow dead guys. How did the
original corpse wind up in the
middle of nowhere, with no
geothermal gear on and with no
frozen footprints anywhere nearby
to indicate the presence of his
killer? When the killer turns up at
Carrie's research station, making
Carrie's previous posting, in
Miami, which ended badly) and
the throng of male characters,
who look much alike when
bundled up in parkas and goggles.
The movie's conclusion attempts
to strike an elegiac note, but it's
too soggily sentimental to rise to
the assignment. By the time
Carrie finally starts contemplating
a transfer out of this frozen
hellhole, we've long been ready to
book.
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on"Whiteout."
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US President Barack Obama has
paid tribute to the victims of the
hijacked plane attacks of 11
September 2001, on their eighth
anniversary.
Nearly 3,000 people died when
the four planes crashed in New
York, at the Pentagon and in a
Pennsylvania field.
Speaking at the Pentagon, Mr
Obama said the years would not
diminish the loss of that day, and
vowed to "never falter" in pursuit
of al-Qaeda.
Thousands gathered for
ceremonies in a square near New
York's Ground Zero.
Remembrance services are
being held around the country,
with moments of silence being
observed at the three sites.
Americans have been
encouraged to contribute to a
national day of service and in
Afghanistan, US soldiers
completed a 9.11km (5.5 mile)
run to mark the day.
'Sacrifices of thousands'
President Obama joined
Defence Secretary Robert Gates at
the Pentagon, where 184 people
died, to meet members of victims'
families and lay a wreath.
He paid tribute to the victims
and vowed to continue the fight
against America's enemies.
"In the defence of our nation we
will never waver," he said. "In
pursuit of al-Qaeda we will never
falter.
Vice-President Joe Biden is
attending the New York
ceremony, where planes crashed
into the World Trade Center
towers, causing them to collapse.
Volunteers who helped in the
aftermath of the attacks joined
family members in reading the
more than 2,700 names of the
victims.
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Bloomberg remembers attacks
The BBC's Matthew Price in
New York says the Ground Zero
area remains a building site,
despite plans for a memorial, a
museum and five new
skyscrapers.
Delays caused by political
arguments and financial and legal
disputes have left huge question
marks over the entire project, he
says.
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By Mark Fightmaster
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 8:30:00 AM
Filed under: Sony Corp ADR
(SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS)
So much for the notion that
video game sales would turn
around in August. Slumping sales
pushed the slide for video game
Former Secretary of State Colin primary focus. sales to six straight months.
Powell will speak at the site of the Debra Burlingame, whose During August, 15% fewer games
crash of United Airlines Flight 93 brother died at the Pentagon, told were sold than a year earlier, and
near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Associated Press news agency: "I the drop was more than industry
The names of the 40 passengers greatly fear at some point we'll analysts expected.
and crew will be read to mark the transition to turning it into Earth Just because the overall sales
time of the crash - 1003. Day where we go and plant trees dropped, it doesn't mean that
In a break with tradition, the and the remembrance part will some companies didn't turn in a
a n n i v e r s a r y h a s a l s o b e e n become smaller." good month. Sony(NYSE: SNE)
designated a national day of About 1,000 US troops in saw sales increase, thanks to the
service. A f g h a n i s t a n m a r k e d t h e company's decision to slash the
On Thursday, Mr Obama issued anniversary with a 9.11km run at price of its wildly popular
a statement urging Americans to the main Bagram base in Kabul. PlayStation 3.
take part in community work. Two other bases also took part. Continue reading Video game
Conservation projects, aid The 9/11 attacks sparked the US sales fall for a sixth straight
packages for serving soldiers and -led invasion in October 2001 to month
the simple offering of work for oust the Taliban and tackle al- Video game sales fall for a sixth
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Steelers 13, Titans 10 - Washington
Post
(Most Popular - Google News)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 3:14:20 AM
"Such is life in the NFL,"
Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin said.
"We'll take the victory. ... Our
guys hung in there."
The script was familiar for the
Steelers. The defense did much of
the heavy lifting. Quarterback
Ben Roethlisberger threw two
interceptions and was sacked four
times but completed 33 of 43
passes for 363 yards and a
touchdown. One wide receiver,
Santonio Holmes, had nine
catches for 131 yards and a
touchdown. Another, Hines Ward,
had eight catches for 103 yards.
But there were some twists,
particularly when it appeared that
the Steelers were about to win in
regulation on a 30-yard
completion from Roethlisberger
to Ward.
Ward lost a fumble at the
Tennessee 4-yard line with 51
seconds to play, however, and the
Steelers had to go to overtime.
"I pride myself on being that guy
not to make that mistake,
especially with the game on the
line," Ward said. "I saw the end
zone."
Roethlisberger said he was
"almost in disbelief" after Ward's
PowerCurl Tidys Up Mac MagSafe Wires, Cures Cord OCD [Apple]
By Joanna Stern (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:35:20 AM
Seriously, one of my biggest pet
peeves is disorganized wires so
this PowerCurl clip-on cord wrap
for Macbook chargers does more
than get me a little excited. It
fumble.
"When he caught it, I was like,
'There's our field goal. Game
over,' " Roethlisberger said.
"When he started running, I
thought he was going to score.
Hines doesn't ever get stopped
inside the 5-yard line."
The Steelers rebounded, though,
and never gave up possession
after winning the coin toss in
overtime.
The win was costly, as Pro
Bowl safety Troy Polamalu exited
late in the first half after hurting
his left knee. Tomlin said he
expects Polamalu to be sidelined
for three to six weeks with a
sprained medial collateral
ligament.
But as Steelers safety Ryan
Clark pointed out in the postgame
locker room, the defending
champs were better off being 1-0
and without Polamalu than being
0-1 and without him.
"Which position would you
rather be in?" Clark said. "You
win the game."
The game was played before the
largest regular season crowd --
65,110 -- to see a game at Heinz
Field.
Steelers owner Dan Rooney was
on hand for what will be a rare
appearance for him this season,
wraps both cords (plug end and
MagSafe end) around the orange
gadget.
The thing was designed by the
Quirky.com community and the
team of designers will share part
of the profits - which can't be
much since the plastic object of
now that he's been named the U.S.
ambassador to Ireland.
"I told Mr. Rooney since he was
back from Ireland and it's his only
game, we wanted him to watch as
much football as he could,"
Roethlisberger said. "So it went to
overtime."
Even with the Steelers amassing
some big numbers in the passing
game, both defenses were in
control most of the way.
"A win's a win," Roethlisberger
said. "I struggled early. That's just
jitters, excitement. I'm just really
proud of the way we all bounced
back."
The feeling was far different in
the other locker room.
"It was a shame," Titans
quarterback Kerry Collins said.
"We let that one get away. But on
the road against a good football
team, if you make the mistakes
we made tonight, you're going to
lose more ballgames than you
win. So it's disappointing. It's one
of those things where you have to
learn from it and move on. ... We
were in a position to win that
game. We just made too many
mistakes and they made the plays
when we needed to."
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Ellen + Idol = huh? -
TheCelebrityCafe.com
(Most Popular - Google News) going now. At least at one point
all of the judges had some
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:54:01 AM
experience in the music business.
Home: Features: Television: Newest judge Kara brought, in
American Idol: Ellen + Idol = some opinions, a little bit of
huh? credibility to the show, since she
Ellen + Idol = huh? can actually sing and write songs.
11-Sep-2009 Not that the show was all about
Written by: Carrie Wible business. We will have no more
Ellen becomes a new judge on of that fun (and admittedly sexy
AI chemistry) between Paula and
Ellen Degeneres has become the Simon. Or the same chemistry
newest judge on American Idol found between Simon and Ryan.
after signing a five-year deal with Filling Paula's shoes will be
the company. No, you read that hard. Although not the most
r i g h t , E l l e n D e g e n e r e s h a s talented singer in the world, she
become the fourth judge on brought compassion and hope to
American Idol. Ellen. Degeneres. many would-be and would-never-
Great in her own right, Ellen has be singers. Ellen, while sweet,
definitely carved her place into may just take up a lot of airtime
this world. She is funny, likes to with her trademark nervous banter
dance, and is with Portia Di Rossi, and endless rambling.
one of the most beautiful women Does Simon know what he is
on television. But where in her getting into?
resume does music critic come in? Talk to other readers about this
Many fans, while liking Ellen story.
immensely, cannot help but
wonder where American Idol is
sure the payoff for those talented keeps the charging brick from
product influencers is the getting hot since it elevates the
warming of their hearts when they adapter off the ground for better
know they are keeping the laptop air circulation. There is one for
bags of the world more organized. the 60W and 85W chargers. This
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Missing Yale student wrote article on Gay hate feared in
staying safe (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:51:14 AM
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A Yale
University graduate student who
disappeared less than a week
before her planned wedding wrote
a magazine article earlier this year
about how to stay safe around the
Ivy League campus.
Annie Le's article, called
"Crime and Safety in New
Haven," was published in
February in a magazine produced
by Yale's medical school. It
compares higher instances of
robbery in New Haven to cities
that house other Ivy League
schools and includes an interview
with Yale Police Chief James
Perrotti, who offers advice such as
"pay attention to where you are"
and "avoid portraying yourself as
a potential victim."
"In short, New Haven is a city
and all cities have their perils," Le
concludes. "But with a little street
smarts, one can avoid becoming
yet another statistic."
Le, a 24-year-old doctoral
student in pharmacology
Sprint Announces Samsung Instinct HD (By
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Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:10:00 AM
Hello again Samsung Instinct
HD. This time it is Sprint telling
us (in its newsletter) that the new
Sept. 11, 1998: Starr Report Showcases Net's Speed
By David Kravets (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 9:00:00 PM
murder of UK consul
originally from Placerville, Calif.,
was last seen Tuesday at her
laboratory in the Yale Medical
School complex, slightly less than
a mile from the main campus.
Le's purse, cell phone, credit
cards and money were found in
her office. She planned to get
married on Sunday, but has not
contacted her family, co-workers
or friends.
On Thursday, state police with
bloodhounds searched the area
where Le was last seen, and
authorities were seen searching
nearby trash bins. Perotti said the
FBI was assisting, and
investigators also were reviewing
images from closed-circuit
cameras. Le's fiance, professors,
colleagues, friends and family
also were helping, he said. FBI
agents were spotted Thursday at
her New Haven apartment but
declined to comment.
Asked about the possibility of
foul play, Yale spokesman Tom
Conroy said Thursday, "There's
no evidence of it at this time."
Le was excited about getting
married and is energetic and
phone will have "improved
browsing" and better cam. And as
we know HD to TV out. Good
one Sprint.[Boy Genius Report]
Sept. 11 is remembered in
history for that, yes, but also as
the day that independent counsel
Kevin Starr released is infamous
conscientious, said Debbie
Apuzzo, who works in the
pharmacology department.
Le, 4-foot-11 and 90 pounds, is
of Asian descent and has brown
hair and brown eyes. She received
her undergraduate degree in
bioscience in 2007 from the
University of Rochester in New
York, said Sharon Dickman, a
university spokeswoman.
While at the University of
Rochester, she did a summer
project at the National Institutes
of Health on bone tissue
engineering with a goal of
regenerating tissue for people
suffering from degenerative bone
diseases. She said her career goal
was to work as an NIH
investigator or as a professor.
Her mentor, Rocky Tuan,
described her as bright and
hardworking, saying the NIH
undergraduate scholars program
was very selective.
"She's a very happy person,"
Tuan said. "Everybody got along
with her. She's always smiling,
laughing."
report on the transgressions of
President Bill Clinton.
Internet News Record
By Adam Gabbatt, James honorary consul for 13 years. He
Meikle (World news and was awarded an MBE in 1992.
comment from the Guardian | Miliband said: "I, and all his
guardian.co.uk) colleagues, were deeply saddened
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:18:57 AM to hear of the death of John Terry,
the British honorary consul in
British honorary consul John Montego Bay in Jamaica. John
Terry found beaten and strangled, Terry was a key member of our
with reports saying killer left team in Jamaica and had been an
homophobic message honorary consul for 13 years, but
The British consul murdered in with many years of other service
Jamaica may have been the victim to the British community in
of a homophobic attack. Jamaica before then.
A note found with John Terry's "Honorary consuls like John
body referred to him as a "batty play a valuable role in our work
man" – slang for a homosexual – overseas and this was especially
according to reports. true of John, who helped many,
The news website Go Jamaica many British visitors to Jamaica
has reported that St James police over the years. My thoughts are
suspect Terry knew his killer. The with his wife and children. He
authorities have not revealed any will be greatly missed too by
possible motives and no arrests colleagues and all those who
have been made. knew him."
It was reported today that the Honorary consuls are volunteers
handwritten note found with paid a small honorarium, typically
Terry's body was signed "Gay- a r o u n d £ 2 , 0 0 0 a y e a r , f o r
Man" and warned: "This is what representing British nationals in
will happen to ALL gays." difficulty, acting as a UK link
The Foreign Office said it was w i t h l o c a l i n d u s t r y a n d
not aware of any homophobic representing embassies and high
aspect. A spokeswoman said it commissions at parties and public
remained in close contact with functions.
Jamaican police. There were more than 1,600
Terry, 65, was found in the killings last year in Jamaica,
bedroom of his home in Mount which has one of the highest
Carey, St James, on Wednesday. murder rates in the world.
Police said he had been beaten
• Jamaica
and then strangled. The body was • Foreign policy
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Adam Gabbatt James Meikle
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Wind power could cut China's emissions

(World news and comment does China have?" advancements in grid technology government to an aggressive low-
from the Guardian | Coal currently supplies 80% of or power storage, you will not be carbon energy future," said the
guardian.co.uk) China's electricity, and hundreds able to do that." study, which was carried out with
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:18:21 AM of coal-fired power plants are The innovation is only likely to Tsinghua University in Beijing
built every year to keep pace with be undertaken by power and supported with a grant by the
China's energy needs are demand, but Beijing is also companies if they're offered big US's National Science
expected to double by 2030, but a investing heavily in renewable incentives to offset the costs – Foundation.
study in the journal Science says energy. incentives that are so far lacking. While the study also put forth Video: Meizu M8
the country could produce 30% It plans to build seven large Still, analysts note that China the notion that wind could seemingly runs Android,
less CO2 if it uses wind power to wind-power bases over the next has shown a commitment to eventually meet all of China's
meet them decade, and already ranks fourth renewable energy and may be needs, Julian L Wong, an analyst definitely sets
China could cut its CO2 in the world in terms of installed able to overcome the problems; it at the Washington-based expectations too high
emissions by 30% in the next two capacity, at 12.2 gigawatts – is now the fastest-growing market thinktank Center for American
decades if it uses wind power to a b o u t e q u a l t o t h e e n e r g y for such energy. The US-based Progress, cautioned against By Darren Murph (Engadget)
meet its growing energy demands, produced by two dozen average- First Solar Inc said this week it relying too heavily on it, saying Submitted at 9/11/2009 9:23:00 AM

a US study said today. sized coal-fired plants. had received initial approval from wind is not a substitute for
It is estimated China will need It trails only the US, Germany China to build what may become sources like coal, natural gas or Ah, the Meizu M8. Undoubtedly
to increase its capacity by 800 and Spain in installed capacity, the largest solar field in the world, nuclear power. the funnest smartphone ever to
gigawatts by 2030 to meet but not all of those turbines are in Inner Mongolia. A shortage of wind could be talk about, though based on
demand – roughly double its hooked up to the electricity grid. The researchers behind the devastating for industry, Wong shipping success rates, it's
current capacity. In fact, just 0.4% of China's Science study proposed that the said. While electricity from wind probably not the phone to order if
The study, in the journal electricity is supplied by wind – country could produce 640 can be stored when too much is you actually value the whole
Science, proposed a way for wind or around 3 gigawatts. gigawatts from wind farms, produced and used when winds "getting what you paid for" thing.
power to make up most of that Justin Wu, a wind analyst at assuming they ran at 30% average die down, he said it is unrealistic Dodgy ownership aside, we've
increase and, if it did, said China's New Energy Finance, a London- capacity – a measure of how to expect storage technology been waiting for Google's own
emissions of carbon dioxide could based industry-research firm, said much output can reasonably be would have advanced enough in mobile operating system to splash
be 30% lower. the gap between installed capacity expected from a wind turbine. the coming decades to allow down on the M8 since June, and if
Using meteorological data to and wind-generated power is Average capacity takes into China to be entirely powered by the video seen down there in the
assess the potential for wind m o r e t h a n j u s t a f o o t n o t e . account that wind is fickle, and wind. read link is to be believed, said
power in China – the world's Connecting the wind farms to calculates more or less how much • Wind power scenario has finally become
largest emitter of carbon dioxide – national electric grids is very of the time you can expect a • Renewable energy reality. All we're shown are a few
the researchers also say wind difficult and expensive, he said, turbine to be working at full • Energy swiping motions, but when you're
could theoretically supply all of because the on-and-off blowing capacity. • China talking Meizu, that's all you really
the country's energy, though it stresses the grids. He said the Thirty percent is at the high end • Climate change need to believe.
only laid out the figures for study does not take into account of estimates for most wind • Carbon emissions [Thanks, Bidur]
meeting half its needs. that in order to overcome this projects. In China, most tend to • Climate change Filed under: Cellphones
"The world is struggling with the difficulty, power grids would average about 23-24% capacity. • Energy Video: Meizu M8 seemingly
question of how do you make the need costly upgrades. At current prices, the study said guardian.co.uk© Guardian runs Android, definitely sets
switch from carbon-rich fuels to "It's not possible to have 100% the plan would require an News & Media Limited 2009 | expectations too high originally
something carbon-free," lead of a country's energy demand investment of about $900bn Use of this content is subject to appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11
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for the globe is: what alternatives of wind," he said. "Without real commitment by the Chinese
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Vladimir Putin signals plan to reclaim old job as

Russian president
By David Hearst, Luke Harding group of foreign and Russian nuclear ambitions but said any "open, flexible, and complex".
(World news and comment experts, Putin dismissed concern attack on Iran "won't solve the There should also be "competitive Lexus LF-Ch concept
from the Guardian | about a democratic deficit by problem" and would damage the elections", he suggested.
guardian.co.uk) saying that Britain might learn entire region. Political commentators have wants to bring Prius
Submitted at 9/11/2009 7:00:19 AM something from the Russian In the decade since he shot to spent the past year scanning for hybrid utility to sporty
system. "When a good friend of prominence and the presidency, signs of a split between Putin and hatchbacks
Russia PM says he and Dmitry mine (Tony Blair) retired, Gordon Putin has assiduously cultivated a Medvedev, Russia's ruling
Medvedev would take joint Brown automatically became Russian story of great power duumvirate. The consensus is that By Vladislav Savov (Engadget)
decision over roles raising prime minister. Did the people of resurgence, helped by high oil there isn't one. In his article, Submitted at 9/11/2009 9:48:00 AM
prospect of Putin era continuing Great Britain participate in this?" prices that have rescued the state addressed to Russia's "dear
Vladimir Putin today gave his he asked. from bankruptcy. But his citizens" Medevev was careful not Feast your eyeballs on this little
strongest indication so far that he "There was a change of leaders successor is increasingly to blame Putin. beauty. Lexus, Toyota's luxury
is planning to get his old job back in the country. They just decided. challenging that narrative, and Experts said that Medvedev did arm, has stopped teasing and gone
as president, hinting that he is In my country my turn expired. I this week has stepped up his not appear to recognise that, as fully official with the LF-Ch
considering a return to Russia's suggested Dmitry Medvedev criticism of the state Russia is in. president, it was his task to solve concept you see before you,
Kremlin in 2012. because I thought he was the right In a withering assessment today, Russia's manifold problems. "You which is being billed as a "BMW
Speaking to a group of scholars person to be leader of the country. Medvedev admitted that Russia have to ask Medvedev some 1 series, but hybrid." All we know
and international journalists, Putin I was right." faced a series of appalling primitive questions. What are you so far is that it'll run on some
said that he and his successor On international issues, Putin structural problems including a doing? You are the president. You version of the Hybrid Synergy
Dmitry Medvedev would take a s a i d t h a t h e w a s " m i l d l y weak democracy, a shrinking have all the constitutional Drive found in the Prius, with the
joint decision over which one of o p t i m i s t i c " t h a t M o s c o w ' s population, and a non-performing powers," said Andrei Ryabov, a concordant ability to be run
them would hold the post next. relations with Washington – economy. scholar at Moscow's Carnegie exclusively in EV mode. Well
Putin stepped down as president which reached their lowest point The country faced vast social Centre. okay, we also know that it's damn
in 2008, becoming Russia's prime since the cold war under the Bush challenges, he said. They included Ryabov said that Russian gorgeous and heading toward
minister, installing Medvedev in administration – were now corruption, a feeble civil society, bloggers had reacted sceptically to production next year, but the all-
his place. perceptibly improving. terrorism, alcoholism, and the article – ahead of Medvedev's important price point remains a
"Was there any competition in He spoke enthusiastically of US smoking. Russia was also in the once-yearly state of the nation mystery. Look for the prototype to
2007? No. Then we won't have President Barack Obama's visit to grip of a poverty-fuelled speech next month. "They point make its first appearance at the
this in 2012," Putin said. Smiling Moscow in July with both leaders insurgency across its North out that if Medvedev was serious Frankfurt Motor Show coming up
broadly, he added: "We will agree apparently blaming George Bush Caucasus, he recognised. he would dismiss his later this month.
because we are people of one for the fact US-Russian relations "An ineffective economy, a semi government," he said. Asked Filed under: Transportation
stamp. We will take all these had gone wrong. "Our meetings -Soviet social sphere, a weak whether the president's speech Lexus LF-Ch concept wants to
things into account and then w e r e v e r y p o s i t i v e . I w a s democracy, negative demographic was "hot air", he replied: bring Prius hybrid utility to sporty
decide." impressed by the fact that we trends and an unstable Caucasus. "Something like that." hatchbacks originally appeared on
His comments raise the prospect shared common assessments of These are very big problems even • Vladimir Putin Engadget on Fri, 11 Sep 2009
that the Putin era – which began p r e v i o u s m i s t a k e s a n d for a state like Russia," • Russia 09:48:00 EST. Please see our
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Taliban leader arrested in Swat
By Declan Walsh (World news
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 7:07:59 AM
Muslim Khan and four other
Taliban militants seized
The Pakistan army has captured
the Swat Taliban spokesman,
Muslim Khan – the first arrest of
an insurgent leader since the start
of a major military offensive in
the picturesque northern valley
four months ago.
The army spokesman, Major
General Athar Abbas, said that
Khan and another commander,
Mahmood Khan, had been seized.
Both had £73,000 bounties on
their heads. Three lesser Taliban
leaders were also caught.
The arrests took place in the
suburbs of Mingora, the main
town in Swat, the army said on its
website. Alongside the
announcement was a photo of a
glum-looking Khan, his trademark
black turban removed to reveal
silver hair.
The announcement came shortly
after the News reported that Khan
had been engaged in secret peace
talks with the government in
Islamabad. The interior minister,
Rehman Malik, denied the claims.
Acer Ferrari One hands-on, and more from AMD's VISION event
By Ross Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 9:02:00 AM
Despite the infamous logo and
hot red lid, Acer's Congo-based
Ferrari One"ultrathin notebook"
(read: netbook) managed to blend
in rather well among a number of
other laptops (at least 15, by our
count) on display at AMD's
VISION event yesterday. The
"There will be no negotiations
with the terrorists," he told
reporters. "They have no other
option. They either get killed or
arrested."
The timing of the announcement
also elicited speculation that it
was intended to coincide with the
anniversary of the September 11
attacks in America. Officials in
Obama's administration have
praised Pakistan for its Swat
drive.
However, Khan's capture will
have a more immediate impact in
the valley itself, where military
and provincial authorities are keen
to combat fears of a Taliban
comeback. The army has
managed to clear most of Swat of
gunmen since fighting erupted in
May, and many of the 1 million
people who fled their homes have
now returned.
Nevertheless, Pockets of violent
resistance persist along the
western bank of the river Swat,
and the atmosphere in the valley
remains anxious. Human rights
groups have accused the army of
summarily executing suspected
militants after bloodied corpses
were dumped in the streets.
On 30 August, a suicide bomber
killed at least 15 police recruits at
chassis felt pretty sturdy and the
keys had the right amount of
bounce... and we'd love to tell you
more, but like all but a handful of
portables on display, it was
resolved to play the same video
over and over again, refusing to
acknowledge our key-pressed
directives. We also decided to
take snapshots of the entire
display lineup, although more
a training centre in Mingora,
stirring fears of a new campaign
of guerrilla violence.
In recent months, some local
residents have become bolder in
contributing to the defence effort.
Up to 8,000 men have joined local
lashkars, or village militias, to
keep the Taliban at bay, Dawn
newspaper reported this week.
One such lashkar killed three
militants in a confrontation
outside a mosque last week.
Tribal elders expect the
numbers enrolled in lashkars to
double by November.
But the success of the Taliban
leadership in evading capture has
caused sceptical residents to doubt
whether the army is serious about
eliminating the insurgency.
Persistent reports of the demise
of Shah Doran, one of the most
notorious commanders, were
never confirmed.
That scepticism may now cease
with the arrest of Khan. As
spokesman and a senior
commander in his own right, he is
close to the Taliban leader Mullah
Fazlullah.
In an interview with the
Guardian last April, Khan
explained his vision of forging a
global Islamic caliphate. "We
than a few here are previously-
seen models -- it was pretty much
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want to make a unity of Muslims
states, just like the United States
of America," he said, speaking as
he juggled phone calls at the
Taliban headquarters on the banks
of the river Swat.
A burly man in a silky, jet-black
turban, Khan spoke broken
English with an American twang
– he worked in Boston as a house-
painter and a petrol-pump
attendant in the late 1990s.
He defended a group of Taliban Klemmhalter Is Not a
fighters for lashing a teenage girl Blitzkrieg Manuever But
in punishment, a shaky video of a Neat Bath Accessory
which had shocked Pakistanis and
would prove instrumental in [Design]
galvanising public opinion against By Jesus Diaz (Gizmodo)
the militants. Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:50:00 AM
The envisioned Islamic
caliphate would have no room for I like the Klemmhalter: You
elections, he added. "Democracy stick it to your bathroom wall to
is a system of European countries. easily place stuff securely using
It is not good for Muslims," he elastic bands. Of course, it's
said. bound to end looking gross and
• Taliban full of hairs. And what about the
• Pakistan Zahnbürstenhalter, Doppelhaken,
• Global terrorism and the WC-Rollenhalter?
Declan Walsh Utilitarian German design at its
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Semenya sanction would produce 'third world

war', says South African minister
(World news and comment her performance levels improved that our government and all well- position to speak to the athlete
from the Guardian | remarkably in the build-up to the meaning citizens should protect about them for at least a few
guardian.co.uk) World Championships. The Ms Semenya, her rights and her weeks. After that, depending on
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:45:57 AM Sydney Daily Telegraph is interests. On our part, we have the results, we will meet privately
claiming the tests have shown that referred the matter to our lawyers with the athlete to discuss further
• Semenya's human rights are Semenya has both male and to see how best her rights and action."
'not being respected' says minister female sexual characteristics. interests can be protected." Chuene rubbished local media
• Tests show world champion is Stofile denied the claim and The head of South African claims this week alleging that iPod nano could
hermaphrodite, claims report expressed his disgust at the way
South Africa's sports minister, the news came out. "What is
athletics, Leonard Chuene, gave
his full backing to Semenya. "The
ASA was refusing to co-operate
with the IAAF's request to be put
get a Nike+ heart
the Rev Makhenkesi Stofile, has disconcerting is that the pattern
threatened a "third world war" being followed in releasing these
IAAF has issued a statement that
said the case will come before the
in contact with Semenya ahead of
the announcement of the
rate monitor
s h o u l d t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l purported results is the same as executive council in November, controversial gender tests. By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
A s s o c i a t i o n o f A t h l e t i c s the one being used when Ms where it will be decided," said Chuene pointed out that the Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:00:55 AM
Federations ban world champion Semenya's humiliation started," Chuene, the Athletics South reports from Australia were likely
Caster Semenya. he said. "We see the media being Africa president. to have a psychological effect on It’s got a pedometer, of that
Stofile leapt to Semenya's the ones breaking the story, while "They told us this week that the Semenya. "These are insulting we’re sure, but what about a
defence after allegations in the those close to the matter are tests are inconclusive and they words that the media are using, heartrate monitor? Some
Australian press this morning that pleading ignorance. Just like could not give us the results just but we are in the dark," he told documentation for a new Nike+
the 18-year-old, who won the gold before, Caster's human rights are yet. So I really do not know where The Star newspaper. sports kit suggests that the iPod
medal in the 800 metres in Berlin not respected at all. the Australia media got this latest "We just don't know what effect Nano will shortly receive a heart
last month, was a hermaphrodite. "The humiliation she and her one from." this information will have on her rate monitor.
Asked what the South African family suffered is still continuing. The IAAF has responded by deep down. This process is not AppleInsider has a document
reaction would be if the IAAF We are even seeing the greed urging caution over the reports. correct." found on Apple’s Website
p r e v e n t s S e m e n y a f r o m factor starting to outstrip genuine "The IAAF can state that • Caster Semenya describing the Nike+ features as
competing again, Stofile said: "I concerns for her rights and future statements in the Australian press • Athletics well as a linking system to add an
think it would be the third world well-being. Neither Caster nor her should be treated with caution as • South Africa HRM to the iPod. It seems you
war. We will go to the highest family deserves this humiliation. they are not official statements by guardian.co.uk© Guardian can also add a remote.
levels in contesting such a None of them have done anything the IAAF," it said. News & Media Limited 2009 | I’d love an HRM for the nano.
decision. I think it would be wrong. And we appeal that they "We have received the results Use of this content is subject to Then I can take video of myself
totally unfair and totally unjust." be left alone. from Germany, but they now need our Terms & Conditions| More huffing and puffing on the lowest
The IAAF commissioned a "To us Caster remains our to be examined by a group of Feeds setting on the stair climber.
gender test on the teenager after heroine, and we strongly believe experts and we will not be in a

Video: Sporty robot Taizou wants the elderly to exercise

By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:40:23 AM
Another week, another
healthcare robot coming put of
Japan (and this is generally a good
thing). This new model, named
Taizou[JP], is developed by the
country’s National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and
Technology (AIST) and was around 30 different exercises rentals for the robot from April
unveiled today. Its purpose is to (while standing or sitting on a next year. They also aim at
motivate the elderly to exercise chair). Taizou is also able to lowering Taizou’s price, which
more in order to prevent diseases speak a few sentences and can stands at $8,000 at the moment.
and stay young mentally. understand if a human instructor Watch him make his moves in
The 70cm-tall robot (weight: talks to him through built-in the video embedded below:
7kg) may look like an ordinary speech recognition software. Via Robot Watch[JP]
stuffed toy, but Taizou is actually Taizou is already being tested in
pretty sophisticated. He has a total 26 degrees of freedom. His servo a health facility in Japan. The
of 20 joints in his body, each with motors enable him to perform makers plan to offer short-term
Internet News Record World/ Gadgets/ Tech/ 19
The Real Problem With The Google
Kidnapped aid worker contacts Book Settlement Isn't The
family Settlement, But Copyright Law Itself
By Henry McDonald (World Relatives said Commins had Sudan says it has identified the By Michael Masnick (Techdirt) problem of "orphan works" is
news and comment from the spoken to her mother in Dublin by kidnappers and is negotiating with Submitted at 9/11/2009 2:35:59 AM solely a result of the continual and
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) telephone this week, raising hopes tribal elders but refuses to pay any ridiculous level of copyright
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:13:45 AM that she might be freed soon. ransom for fear it will result in In Congressional hearings on expansion over the years that has
Ireland's minister for foreign further kidnappings. Thursday about the Google book created these so-called "orphan
Irish minister Micheál Martin affairs, Micheál Martin, last While the department of foreign settlement, most of the news works." It seems that the only
has talks in Sudan to discuss weekend travelled to Sudan to affairs has declined to provide reports focused on two particular person who actually seemed
release of two women abducted in discuss the release of Commins details of the talks, it is reported things: (1) the fact that Marybeth willing to discuss that was Rep.
Darfur with authorities there. that Martin met with a series of Peters, head of the US Copyright Zoe Lofgren, who actually used
A kidnapped Irish aid worker A foreign affairs ministry ministers, including his Sudanese Office, spoke out against the the occasion to call for a repeal to
held in Sudan has made contact spokesman said efforts to secure counterpart Deng Alor. settlement, claiming that it t h e 1 9 9 8 C o p y r i g h t T e r m
with her family in Ireland, the immediate release of the two • Ireland violates copyright law and (2) Extension Act, noting that it was a
relatives confirmed today. aid workers were continuing. • Sudan Google's"concession" in letting large part of the problem. While
Sharon Commins was abducted Martin has also been in contact • Darfur other booksellers offer up the that has almost no shot of actually
in Sudan 10 weeks ago along with with the Commins family, he said. • Uganda "orphan works" that Google happening, it's great to see at least
her Ugandan colleague Hilda The foreign minister extended • International aid and would scan. Both are interesting, o n e p e r s o n i n C o n g r e s s
Kawuki while working for the his stay in Sudan to hold further development if not particularly surprising recognizing that the problem was
Irish aid agency Goal. talks with Sudanese ministers to Henry McDonald d e v e l o p m e n t s . I n d e e d , t h e created by Congress (at the
The two were kidnapped on 3 try to secure the release of the two guardian.co.uk© Guardian controversy over the question of demand -- and funding -- of the
July when a gang armed with aid workers. Martin said he News & Media Limited 2009 | orphan works in the Google books entertainment industry).
semi-automatic weapons burst wanted to pass on the Irish Use of this content is subject to settlement is a big one. But the Permalink| Comments| Email
into a compound of the Irish aid people's concern about the our Terms & Conditions| More real issue isn't the settlement, but This Story
agency in the northern Darfur kidnappings and express the Feeds copyright law itself. The whole
town of Kutum. government's willingness to help.

Video: The unsettling truth about our augmented reality future,

starring Brad Pitt
By Thomas Ricker (Engadget) even jobs, but at what expense? [Via@Dutchcowboy]
Submitted at 9/11/2009 7:50:00 AM Recently, we casually joked about Continue reading Video: The
the ability to "hunt down tweeps unsettling truth about our
With more and more phones with cold, calculated precision." augmented reality future, starring
featuring beefy processors, GPS, Now a Dutch crew from Beste Brad Pitt
HSPA data, and compasses, Product took up the task by giving Video: The unsettling truth
augmented reality apps are ready Layar and its "Famous People about our augmented reality
to take off in a big way. Layar, in Finder" feature a real-world test future, starring Brad Pitt
particular, is shaping up to be the on the streets of Amsterdam with originally appeared on Engadget
platform of choice from which to the help of Samsung's i7500 on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:50:00
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20 Economy/ Gadgets/ Tech News/
This week's top stories [11 September 2009]
(The Economist: News
analysis)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:00:22 AM
Google books
Sep 4th 2009
From The Economist print
edition A fuss over Google's
effort to build a huge digital
library
PAUL COURANT, the dean of
libraries at the University of
Michigan, jokes that he also runs
“an orphanage”. Among the
books on his shelves are such
seminal texts as “Blunder Out of
China” and “The Appalachian
Frontier: America’s First Surge
Westward”, which are protected
by copyrights belonging to people
who cannot be found. Known as
“orphan” books, such titles are
one element of a controversial
plan by Google, the world’s
biggest internet company, to
create a vast online library.
Several years ago Google began
working with research libraries in
America to create digital copies of
their collections, parts of which it
made available online. Not long
after, a group of authors and
publishers sued the company for
breach of copyright. Now Google
and its former antagonists are
seeking judicial approval for a
deal they reached last year to
settle the class-action suit. Among
other things, this would allow the
company to scan millions of out-
of-print books, including orphan
works, without seeking
permission from individual
copyright holders. Google could
Google Plans New Mirror For Cheaper Solar Power
By Poornima Gupta (Wired
Top Stories)
then sell individual works or
access to its entire library,
provided it paid a share of the
proceeds to owners of the
copyrights, if they can be found.
(It has already set aside $125m to
that end.) Publishers and authors
had until September 4th to
withdraw from the agreement;
those remaining in it can ask
Google to remove their titles from
its library at any time. Next month
a federal court is due to hold a
hearing on the agreement, which
will help shape the future of the
digital publishing.
Opposition to the deal is
brewing all around the world. On
August 31st the German
government filed a submission to
the American court arguing that
the agreement, which
encompasses books by German
authors published in the United
States, would violate Germany’s
copyright law. French publishers
also claim the agreement will
contravene laws in their
homeland. They note that there
are no plans for European
representatives on the book-rights
registry that would be set up
under the deal to collect and
distribute payments due to
copyright owners. This has
heightened suspicions that
foreigners will be fleeced.
In Japan two noted writers have
filed a complaint with local
authorities about Google’s
actions. Many American firms
oppose the deal, including
Microsoft and Yahoo!, two of
Google’s big competitors, as well
Google, disappointed with the
lack of breakthrough investment
ideas in the green technology
as Amazon, a big retailer of books
in both paper and electronic form.
Amazon argues that Congress,
rather than Google and its allies,
should decide how copyrights
should be handled in the digital
age.
Together with the Internet
Archive, a non-profit organisation
which runs a rival project to
digitise libraries’ contents, these
firms have formed a group called
the Open Book Alliance to
campaign against the agreement.
A posting on the Alliance’s
website claims that the agreement
would create a monopoly in
digital books that would
inevitably lead to fewer choices
and higher prices for consumers.
Such complaints have attracted
the attention of America’s
Department of Justice, which is
examining the agreement to see
whether it is anti-competitive. It is
due to send its findings to the
court by September 18th.
In response, Google executives
point out that the deal cannot be
opened up to other firms because
of the way class-action litigation
works in America. However, it is
a non-exclusive arrangement, so
other companies are free, in
theory, to seek a similar deal to
Google’s. But in practice few are
likely to enter this legal maze, and
go to the expense of scanning
millions of books, without any
certainty of making money.
In spite of this, Google claims
that rather than suppressing
competition in the emerging
market for electronic books, the
sector, is working to develop its
own new mirror technology that
could reduce the cost of building
agreement would increase it by
offering a web-based alternative
to expensive proprietary systems
such as Amazon’s Kindle. Having
bought a book from Google,
customers would be able to read it
on any device with internet
access. Moreover, by clarifying
the copyright status of millions of
digital books, the deal would also
make it easier for firms other than
Google to strike deals to use
them.
This may explain why the
agreement is garnering support
from some unexpected quarters.
In a recent letter to the court,
lawyers for Japan’s Sony, which
also makes readers for electronic
books, argued that if the
agreement is approved it would
have “numerous and significant
pro-competitive effects”. Viviane
Reding, the European Union’s
commissioner for telecoms and
media, has publicly hailed new
business models such as
Google’s, which she thinks will
complement the EU’s Europeana
initiative to digitise Europe’s
cultural heritage. By promising to
bring many more books like “The
Appalachian Frontier” to an
exciting new digital frontier,
Google stands a fighting chance
of winning its case.
Back to top ^^ Readers'
comments
The Economist welcomes your
views.
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Time Inc. wants
a Kindle-alike
By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:25:34 AM
Is this what Peter Ha is working
on? Owen Thomas wrote a piece
about Time Inc. wanting a
specialized e-reader a la the
Kindle, thereby allowing them to
eschew paper magazines entirely.
The presentation concludes that
Time Inc. and other partners
should form a new, jointly owned
company. Time Inc. might spin
out its Maghound service, a
service which lets consumers
bundle multiple magazines
together into a single monthly
subscription, to form the base of
the joint venture. The company is
also considering acquiring other
businesses to jumpstart the
venture.
Clearly a Time Inc.-centric
device would be a a bad idea™
simply because it would end up
unused and CueCat-like on the
shelf. However, if all the
magazine publishers got together
on this I would totally be down.
But then they’d just use Kindle.
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Headed for re-election

(The Economist: News political parties, and the Unidad established opposition has adviser to foreign non-
analysis) Nacional (UN), the political encouraged new leaders to emerge governmental development
Submitted at 9/10/2009 12:20:00 AM vehicle of a cement magnate, (or re-emerge) in order to organisations. Her public profile
Samuel Doria Medina. A second challenge Mr Morales. A new has been raised by her sometimes
Sep 10th 2009 opposition front is comprised of faction describes itself as non- vitriolic critique of numerous
F r o m t h e E c o n o m i s t four eastern departments (Tarija, populist-socialist, in an effort to government policy initiatives and
Intelligence Unit ViewsWire Evo Santa Cruz, Beni and Pando) that distinguish their leftist policy she could play a key role in a
Morales expects to be re-elected have solidly opposed the radical stance from Mr Morales's united opposition. First-round
in Bolivia in December socialist agenda of Mr Morales personalistic populist style. They victory likely MacBook Air lookalike
The political focus in Bolivia is and the ruling MAS party. Yet reject the lack of institutional Still, the Economist Intelligence is more netbook-y but
now firmly fixed on presidential both factions have roundly failed checks and balances on the power Unit expects Mr Morales to
and legislative elections to be held to derail the government's plans or of the presidency and accuse Mr maintain sufficient support to be only costs $250
on December 6th, at which the f o r c e i t t o w a r d s a m o r e Morales of having hijacked the re-elected during the first round of By Doug Aamoth
i n c u m b e n t p r e s i d e n t , E v o consensual form of governing. cause of improving indigenous voting, keeping him in office until (CrunchGear)
Morales, and vice-president, Both opposition fronts have rights to bolster his own 2014. Opposition candidates for Submitted at 9/11/2009 7:00:00 AM
Álvaro Garcia Línera, both of the been fragmented and demoralised popularity and grip on power, Congress will do well in eastern
M o v i m i e n t o a l S o c i a l i s m o by the durability of Mr Morales's rather than to empower Bolivia's departments, their main base of Oh wow, take a look at that
(MAS), will stand for consecutive strong popularity—his approval indigenous poor. support. However, the vast MacBook Ai—hey, that’s not a
re-election—a first in Bolivian ratings have rarely dipped below The best supported members of campaign resources now MacBook Air! It’s a $250
political history. Their victory 50% and recent polls show that 45 this political tendency are the controlled by MAS—which netbook from China! That’s
seems a foregone conclusion, -50% of voters intend to vote for former vice-president, Victor include an expanding state-run actually not too bad of a deal,
g i v e n t h e w e a k n e s s o f t h e him—and by their inability to Hugo Cárdenas, an educationalist media and more than US$1.8bn considering that the machine has a
opposition and the lack of a rival stop the adoption of a new and indigenous rights campaigner, (10% of GDP) in planned 12.1-inch 1366×768 display,
strong enough to challenge Mr c o n s t i t u t i o n o r h a v e t h e and the socialist mayor of the city investments and handouts—mean weighs just under three pounds,
Morales. president's mandate revoked in of Potosí, René Joaquino, both of that the opposition is in danger of and is less than an inch thick.
The fragmented opposition is national ballots. Presidential whom scored well in recent polls. losing its Senate majority, which Underneath it all, though, is
comprised of a mixture of old contenders emerge They will fight for support against would remove its current ability your basic netbook: Atom N270
faces attempting to revive their Opposition candidates have Manfred Reyes Villa, the former to veto legislation. CPU, Intel GMA950 graphics,
political careers, regional leaders been seeking to build alliances mayor of Cochabamba; Mr Doria There are rising concerns about 1GB of RAM, 120GB hard drive,
seeking to project themselves with groups with strong regional Medina of the UN; and a former the fairness of the voting process, Wi-Fi, and Windows. And let’s
nationally and newcomers hoping bases in order to mount a broader president and leader of Podemos, including accusations of just assume that the materials
to gain from public fatigue and national campaign and encourage Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga (2001-02). gerrymandering and registration used with this netbook might not
scepticism about the traditional others into their camp; but even if Of these, Mr Doria Medina is fraud. Serious inconsistencies in be as well-crafted as Apple’s
political opposition. None seems this happens general support for currently leading in the polls, voting or tabulation could spark magic aluminum enclosure within
poised to dent the governing the opposition is low. A recent scoring 43% among those who violence and raise doubts about which the MacBook Air’s delicate
party’s hold on power. Ipsos poll taken in July in major say they will vote for an the government's legitimacy. parts are ensconced.
Over the past four years the urban centres, shows that only opposition candidate. A recent Back to top ^^ Readers' Still, the $250 price tag is pretty
opposition inside Congress has 33% of those polled said they latecomer with the potential to comments nice. You’ll have to be in China to
b e e n h e a d e d b y P o d e r would back an opposition draw votes from both opposition The Economist welcomes your get one, though.
Democrático Social (Podemos), a candidate while 10% remained camps is a rare female candidate views. Just another Mac Air clone, but
loosely affiliated grouping largely undecided and a further 9% and political independent, Jimena looks very nice[Cloned in China
comprised of former members of intended not to vote. Costa. Ms Costa is a well- via SlashGear]
Bolivia's discredited traditional The perceived failure of the regarded political analyst and

Five Cool Eco-Conversions We'd Like To See

By Tony Borroz (Wired Top We’ve seen some really cool eco that cool diesel swap Mercedes- Miceli built. It got us thinking:
Stories) -friendlier conversions in the past Benz did on an old 190D and, of What would we build if we had a
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:48:00 AM week or so, what with the guy course, the incredibly awesome few sacks of cash and maybe a
who built an electric El Camino, DIY electric motorcycle Tom plasma cutter.
22 Economy/ Gadgets/ Tech News/ Tech Blog Internet News Record

13 Consistent Dividend-Raising Companies

Currently on Freeze
(Financial Sector and Stocks hydraulics. Its products are used company operates 114 full service products.
Analysis from Seeking Alpha) in everything from jet engines to offices inWest Virginia, Virginia, Last Increase: 8/22/2007– Years
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:44:01 AM trucks and autos and utility Maryland, Ohio andWashington, of Consecutive Increases: 33
turbines. DC. Johnson Controls Inc.( JCI)
As summer turns to fall and the Last Increase: 8/21/2008– Years Last Increase: 12/12/2007– This company supplies building
heat begins to moderate, winter of Consecutive Increases: 52 Years of Consecutive Increases: controls and energy management
and its freezing temperatures are Illinois Tool Works( ITW) 35 systems, automotive seating, and
just around the corner. However, This diversified manufacturer CenturyLink Inc.( CTL) batteries.
some companies have been frozen operates a portfolio of about 750 This telecom company has Last Increase: 12/12/2007– Tokyo’s Gundam statue
in place for the last year; more i n d u s t r i a l a n d c o n s u m e r operations concentrated in rural Years of Consecutive Increases: is history, but you can
specifically, their dividends have businesses located throughout the markets in Alabama, Arkansas, 33
been frozen at the same rate for world. Louisiana, Missouri, and M&T Bank Corp.( MTB) now buy a 1/60 replica
more than a year. Last Increase: 9/26/2008– Years Wisconsin. CTL acquired larger This bank holding company for
A lot of press is given to of Consecutive Increases: 45 By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)
peer Embarq in a stock deal in M&T Bank has offices in New
Submitted at 9/11/2009 2:41:03 AM
companies cutting their dividends. Tennant Company( TNC) July 2009. York, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
In this spot we normally look at This company designs, Last Increase: 9/5/2008– Years Virginia,West Virginia, New The giant Gundam statue that
dividend increases. However, this m a n u f a c t u r e s , a n d m a r k e t s of Consecutive Increases: 35 Jersey, Delaware, has been protecting Tokyo for a
week there were none. So let’s c l e a n i n g s o l u t i o n s . Gorman-Rupp Company( GRC) andWashington, DC. couple of months is gone, but now
look at some companies that have Last Increase: 2/27/2008– Years This company manufactures Last Increase: 8/30/2007– Years you have the chance to bring back
opted to neither raise nor cut their of Consecutive Increases: 37 pumps and related equipment for of Consecutive Increases: 27 memories in the form of a smaller
dividends, but instead freeze them Mine Safety Appliances( MSA) water, wastewater, construction, Needless to say, each of the version you can put in your living
at the current rate. Here are 13 This company develops, industrial, petroleum, fire above companies’ string of room. The original 1/1 statue
select companies with 25 or more m a n u f a c t u r e s a n d s u p p l i e s protection, military and other consecutive dividend increases is stood 20m tall, while the
years of consecutive dividend products that protect people’s liquid-handling applications. in jeopardy, and none of the replica[JP] is 1/60th of that size
increases that have not raised their health and safety. Products Last Increase: 2/13/2008– Years stocks are on my current buy list. (30cm) and weighs 4kg.
dividends in the last 12 months: include self-contained breathing of Consecutive Increases: 34 To the contrary, the ones I own The little statue is being offered
American States Water( AWR) apparatus and gas masks. Chemical Financial( CHFC) are being closely monitored for a in Japan only and is exclusively
This utility primarily serves Last Increase: 5/21/2008– Years This holding company owns potential sell. Though this list sold through Yahoo Japan, the
water customers in California, as of Consecutive Increases: 37 Chemical Bank, which provides might seem long, here is a much country’s biggest website.
well as in Arizona. It also Helmerich & Payne Inc.( HP) commercial banking products and longer list of companies that have Shipping starts in spring next
provides electric service to a This company offers contract services through 129 banking kept their streak alive. year, but pre-orders can be placed
small section of San Bernardino drilling services for oil and gas offices, 141 ATMs and 2 loan Full Disclosure: Long CTL, between today and December
County. wells in the United States and production offices in Michigan. ITW. See a list of all my income 31st. But for $900 (plus shipping),
Last Increase: 11/7/2007– Years internationally. Last Increase: 2/27/2008– Years holdings here. my guess is only hardcore fans
of Consecutive Increases: 54 Last Increase: 8/13/2008– Years of Consecutive Increases: 34 will buy the so-called RX-78-2
Parker-Hannifin Corp.( PH) of Consecutive Increases: 37 Hershey Company( HSY) Gundam Ver.G30th.
This company is a global maker United Bankshares Inc.( UBSI) Hershey is a major producer of Contact Rinkya if you are one
of industrial pumps, valves, and This multi-bank holding chocolate or confectionery of those people but live outside
An Electrifying Tour of the Taser Factory Twitter updating terms of use Japan. They even wrote a
dedicated blog post about the
By Aaron Rowe (Wired Top continue getting more powerful. (Scripting News) Based on a quick read the replica.
Stories) Wired.com goes behind the scene Submitted at 9/10/2009 5:21:09 PM changes seem reasonable, they
Submitted at 9/10/2009 9:00:00 PM at the factory where they are reflect how the service is used and
made. Biz posted a list of changes to the role Twitter the company
Despite doubts about their the terms of service. plays in it.
ultimate safety, Taser weapons They also published a draft of a
short list of rules for developers.
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Europe.view: Wreath by wreath
(The Economist: Daily
columns)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 2:19:20 AM
Europe.view
Sep 10th 2009
From Economist.com How east
Europe can step over history's
long shadow
TWO of the five most-
commented-on articles on The
Economist’s website last week
were about east European history.
One concerned the icy relations
between Slovakia and Hungary.
The other was about Russia’s
failure (in some eyes) to apologise
properly for the Soviet past.
In each case the tone of the
comments was often strikingly
unpleasant, with sweeping
accusations of anti-Semitism,
genocide, imperialism, treachery
and mendacity. It would be easy
for outsiders to conclude that the
ex-communist countries are
prisoners of their past, tediously
fighting the same old battles with
the same old stereotypes.
All the more reason, therefore,
to highlight the happy state of
Polish-Ukrainian relations, which
is especially remarkable given the
two countries’ miserable common
history.
Take just a few events from
(nearly) living memory. In
interwar Poland, Ukrainians
suffered savage repression; seen
from another viewpoint, they
behaved disloyally and
ungratefully towards their
country. During the war, the
Ukrainian Insurrectionary Army
murdered some 60,000 Poles in
Volhynia. Were they vicious Nazi
stooges or fighters for their
country’s stolen independence?
In 1945 Polish anti-communist
soldiers shot hundreds of
Ukrainians in the village of
Pawlokoma. That was either an
understandable retaliatory action
for previous anti-Polish atrocities
in the region, or a brutal and
unprovoked massacre. In 1947 the
country’s new Communist rulers
deported 200,000 Ukrainian-
speakers from south-eastern
Poland. That could be seen as
Bolshevik barbarity, or evidence
of Polish ethnic nationalism. The
town known as Lwow in interwar
Poland is now in Ukraine. Some
think that is where it should be,
others think it tragically stranded.
And so on.
These are true controversies,
about which even the best
historians disagree. Evidence for
what exactly happened and why is
scanty and needs careful
weighing. Just as it would be lazy
and wrong simply to apportion
equal blame to both sides, it
would also be wrong to paint the
history as a one-dimensional story
of vicious Ukrainian attacks on
Poles (or vice versa). The
Wikipedia discussion pages for
these events give a good flavour
of the passions aroused and the
scope of the disagreements.
What is commendable, though,
is the way in which politicians
have behaved. For 20 years Polish
and Ukrainian leaders have
worked hard to accentuate their
countries’ shared history and
common tragedy, rather than
stoke disagreements for political
ends. In 2006, for example,
presidents Lech Kaczynski and
Viktor Yushchenko (pictured
above) jointly unveiled a
memorial in Pawlokoma.
Previously, the Ukrainian
authorities had supported the
restoration of a war memorial in
what is now Lviv, for Polish
soldiers who died in the 1918-
1920 war. This week Mr
Yushchenko visited Poland,
laying yet more wreaths jointly
with his host.
That is not just good business
for florists. It could be a template
for other countries seeking to step
over the shadow of history.
Neither Poland nor Ukraine tries
to rub each other’s nose in its
Economy/ Tech/ Tech News/
wrongdoing, nor does either insist
on seeing their own soldiers as
untainted heroes. Neither side
expects the other to see history
exactly its own way. Much more
important is to focus on the
common factors: the conflicts
between Poles and Ukrainians
were made immeasurably worse
by the activities of outside
powers, Nazis and communists
alike. Disagreements remain, but
are eased by practical
cooperation. The planned Polish-
Ukrainian-Baltic military brigade
is a good example of this. Only 65
years ago, Ukrainians,
Lithuanians and Poles were
killing each other.
A joint Polish-Belarusian-
Russian peacekeeping force
serving in some troubled and
faraway corner of the world may
seem unimaginable now. But it is
not impossible. Poland and
Ukraine have shown readiness to
overcome some of their most
painful historical traumas. Can
Russia do the same?
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comments
The Economist welcomes your
views.
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Digital Contacts Will
Keep an Eye on Your
Vital Signs
By Brian X. Chen (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 9:00:00 PM
University of Washington
researchers are working on a
contact lens that could give
humans cyborg vision. Their first
goal is to enable us to visually
monitor our personal health.
Bad News For NASA Is
Good News For Space
Tourism
By Jason Paur (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:41:00 AM
There isn't much joy to be found
in the summary report the Review
of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans
Committee but as people continue
poring over the details some in the
industry see a bright side.

Facebook Friends Can Now Be Filtered By City (Again)

By Ben Parr (Mashable!) complaint from users? They want The change is a small one, but it soon, the regional advantage
Submitted at 9/10/2009 6:49:01 PM to find their friends by location was absolutely necessary to keep might fade fast.
when they travel. a major advantage Facebook has We’re just glad to have our
Over the last few weeks, Facebook’s heard the over Twitter intact. When many regional filtering back, though.
Facebook has been removing complaints and they understand people travel, they go to Facebook Reviews: Facebook, Twitter
r e g i o n a l n e t w o r k s . S i l i c o n the value of finding friends by to see who is nearby (I did so for Tags: facebook
Valley? New York City? Peoria, region. So Facebook has decided my L.A. trip this weekend).
IL? They have been slowly to address that complaint by However, with the rise of apps
stripped from Facebook, to the adding a filter to find friends by announced via a Facebook wall like Foursquare and Twitter
dismay of many. The biggest t h e i r h o m e t o w n . T h i s w a s post. adding support for geolocation
24 Economy/ Tech/
Fannie and Freddie Are Surviving, But Barely
(Financial Sector and Stocks
Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 3:49:11 AM
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are
surviving but at a steep price to
taxpayers.
Private Banks are providing just
10% of mortgage loans down
from 60% at the mid-2006
housing peak. Fannie and Freddie
now account for 70% with the
Federal Housing Administration
(FHA) 20%.
Foreclosures will continue to
rise this year putting pressure on
home prices. While home sales
have improved the inventory of
foreclosed homes are extremely
high, and will increase.
One in ten mortgages is in
arrears and one in twenty-five
homes are in foreclosure.
Homeowners have lost 40% of
their equity since mid-2006.
Fannie and Freddie are
“surviving” on their $400 billion
lifeline from tax payers, Yet
homeowners are not getting
sufficient help to stay in their
homes. The GSE’s are responsible
for $5.2 trillion in US residential
mortgage debt and have tapped
their lifeline by $95.6 billion since
November 2008.
Decisions need to be made on
the future role of Fannie and
Freddie, as the Conservatorship of
the GSEs calls for their portfolios
to begin to unwind in 2010. This
could put additional stress on the
housing market and on
community and regional banks, as
new sources of mortgage money
need to be found, and fast.
If our banking regulators extend
Conservatorship look for the cost
to taxpayers to double from the
trillion dollars already spent.
Making Home Affordable
Program
The US Treasury reports that
only 12% of homeowners eligible
for loan modifications have had
mortgages reworked and millions
more homeowners face
foreclosures.
The Home Affordable
Modification Program (HAMP)
intended to reduce monthly
payments to 31% of a borrower’s
income is off to a slow start.
Expected to help 3 to 4 million
homeowners the plan will be
lucky to achieve 500,000 trial
modifications by November 1 st.
If the homeowner makes three
trial payments the modification
becomes permanent.
Keep in mind that Fannie and
Freddie are the cornerstones to the
Making Home Affordable
Program, and that the program has
not made a dent in the upward
trend in foreclosures.
Comex Gold stuck at a Grand.
Comex Copper and Nymex Crude
Oil are having trouble at their 200
-week simple moving averages.
Charts courtesy of Thomson /
Reuters
Gold is above the down trend
that goes back to March 2008, but
resistances at 1010 to 1012 are
blocking the next 100 dollars
higher. A close below 991 negates
the breakout.
Copper has been trading back
and forth around its 200-week
simple moving average at 290.74
with my monthly resistance at
295.88. The risk is to my annual
pivot at 240.20.
Crude oil continues to find
resistance at its 200-week simple
moving average at $74.86 with
monthly resistance at $75.53. My
annual pivots remain $68.81 and
$66.51.
The weekly chart for the S&P
500
The S&P remains positive, but
overbought on a weekly close
above the five-week modified
moving average at 1002. The
Ascending Wedge resistance is
1060 next week. My call remains
800 before 1200.
Disclosure: I Hold No Positions
in the Stocks I Cover.
Internet News Record
Sneakernet, Pigeonet
And The
Meaninglessness Of
Judging Broadband By
Silly Stunts
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 11:23:00 PM
A bunch of folks have been
sending in this story about how a
carrier pigeon beat a broadband
line in transferring 4 gigs of data
between two offices 60 miles
apart. The problem with such
stunts is that they're rather
meaningless. All you need to do is
pick a storage size for the pigeon
that is sufficiently large. The
speed of the broadband
connection is known in advance,
and so you can just pick a file size
that is significantly larger. Given
the right sizes, I'd imagine that
flying across the Atlantic with
hard drives full of data is probably
faster than some trans-Atlantic
fiber cables as well. It doesn't
mean that the cable is necessarily
slow. The point is that for some
things a "sneakernet" or (in this
case) "pigeon net" will be faster.
It does sound like the DSL
connection being used was, in
fact, slow, but that can be
demonstrated just as easily by, I
don't know, noting the actual
bandwidth of the connection. I
guess, as a publicity stunt, it
draws attention, but I can't see
how it's really that meaningful.
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Otiose Trustee of the Day: US

Bancorp
(Financial Sector and Stocks rights, but merely to centralize pursue legal remedies on their
Analysis from Seeking Alpha) those powers in the hands of a own; they were thus wholly
Submitted at 9/11/2009 3:23:38 AM trustee who would exercise those reliant on the trustee’s vigilance
rights for the ratable benefit of all and enterprise to protect their
About a month ago, I got an creditors. Naturally, this approach interests.
advance copy of this paper, in assumed that the entity appointed Buchheit never actually outs the
which Lee Buchheit — the to exercise these centralized trustee, but I can tell you that it’s
godfather of the sovereign bond powers (the trustee) would, if and US Bancorp. I can also tell you
markets, and good friend to when necessary, acquit itself of its that I forwarded the article to US
sovereign issuers around the duty to preserve, protect and Bancorp as soon as I received it,
world — essentially apologizes defend the interests of the to get their side of the story. In the
for two things he did during the bondholders. weeks since then I’ve called and
Ecuadorean debt restructuring of These assumptions, and this emailed multiple times —
2000 and in many other sovereign legal architecture, were tested for probably two or three times a
bond issues to boot: dropping the the first time in connection with week, depending on how busy I
r e s t r i c t i o n o n t h e i s s u e r Ecuador’s 2008 default… As was — and have heard nothing
repurchasing defaulted debt; and things turned out, the assumptions
including boilerplate trusteeship proved to be fragile and the legal
back from them whatsoever.
“Bovinely passive” is one way of
58 percent of salespeople
l a n g u a g e i n t h e b o n d architecture failed in its principal
d o c u m e n t a t i o n r a t h e r t h a n purpose…
putting it; I’d say that they’re
positively aggressive in their
recommend Samsung HDTVs, 100
something stronger. Even though the issuer had
This paper is essentially the p u b l i c l y r e p u d i a t e d t h e
inaction.
It’s notoriously difficult to get a
percent like big commission checks
formal version of the remarks that instruments (it’s hard to imagine a fiscal agent to do anything on By Tim Stevens (Engadget) likely to recommend LCD sets
Buchheit made at EMTA in June. more serious provocation), the behalf of bondholders — that’s Submitted at 9/11/2009 7:36:00 AM over plasma sets, which goes
And like he was then, Buchheit is trustee did not exercise its one of the reasons why the against the industry trend. We'd
clear that a large amount of blame discretion to accelerate either structure was switched to using a We're sure that none of our never hope to be able to get inside
can be laid on the shoulders of the series of bonds or to commence trustee instead. But the lesson ofstunningly attractive, gadget- the head of one of those doing the
“bovinely passive” trustee of an enforcement action.. Ecuador is that even though the expert readers would ever think recommending, but as always we
those Ecuador bonds. Buchheit’s This much seems certain — the trustee works for bondholders and about walking into an electronics would recommend reading a few
a wonderful writer, and you closing of the cash buyback retailer and asking the opinion of
not for the issuer, they’ll still do reviews and going to the store to
should read the whole thing, but represented the first, the best and nothing to protect the the teenagers in blue shirts and see what you like best -- after you
here’s a taster: perhaps the only opportunity for bondholders’ interest, when push name tags. But, we also know that ask to turn down the lights and
The movement toward the use the creditors to recover a sizeable comes to shove. Hell, it’s a there are plenty of other folks out use the right cables, of course.
of trust structures for emerging portion of their claims. The trust miracle if they even so much as there who do, and when they do [Via PC World]
market sovereign bonds was not indenture deprived the individual return your phone calls. they're told to buy Samsung Filed under: Displays
intended to dilute creditors’ legal bondholders of their ability to HDTVs a whopping 58 percent of 58 percent of salespeople
the time. There's certainly nothing recommend Samsung HDTVs,
Kara DioGuardi on Ellen: 'I Think She's a Brilliant Choice' wrong with Samsung sets, but
there are certainly plenty of
100 percent like big commission
checks originally appeared on
(ETonline - Breaking News) We caught up with DioGuardi at reaction to hearing the news that options out there, too. These Engadget on Fri, 11 Sep 2009
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:15:00 AM a Fashion's Night Out event in Ellen would be joining the team. numbers come from the always 07:36:00 EST. Please see our
New York on Thursday night. She "I was on the plane when I found q u o t a b l e J . D . P o w e r a n d terms for use of feeds. Read|
"American Idol" judge Kara was excited that her rookie days out and I literally wanted to Associates, which also found that Permalink| Email this| Comments
DioGuardi speaks to ET about the are over, saying, "Whew! I’m scream," said the now-veteran salespeople are becoming less
addition of Ellen DeGeneres to actually happy not to be the new judge.
the "Idol" judging panel. Read on judge anymore."
to see what she has to say. She told ET of her initial
26 Economy/ Gadgets/ Apple Internet News Record

Crisis: Blame the Accountants

(Financial Sector and Stocks bets that bankers have placed. The important tools to create an
Analysis from Seeking Alpha) first has to do with achieving a environment in which
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:44:32 AM more appropriate valuation of the managements do identify
stock of the bank or financial problems early and then act on
Accountants Misled Us into institution. Owners should know them.
Crisis is the headline of an article what bets have been placed so that In a real sense, however,
I would recommend everyone they can incorporate risk into the accounting standards are a crutch.
read about the financial crisis. valuations they are placing on the Good executives require full
This article, by Floyd Norris, can stock of the company they are disclosure of asset values and
be found in the Friday morning i n t e r e s t e d i n i n v e s t i n g i n . report this information to
New York Times. As readers of Regulators need to know as truly shareholders and regulators. They
this blog know, I have been a as possible the potential danger a also act to resolve problems in a
s t r o n g a d v o c a t e o f m o r e bank faces and the treat the bank timely manner, as the problems
transparent and open reporting poses to the bank insurance fund. are identified. Good executives
from all organizations, but The second reason has to do
e s p e c i a l l y f r o m f i n a n c i a l with management itself. I have led
institutions. Mark-to-market and the successful turnaround of three
create a culture in which they
learn about problems as soon as Video: Mysterious Eigenharp
possible because they don’t want
the determination of fair values of financial institutions. In each case,
financial assets, I believe, is a a major reason the banks got
surprises. I was taught that this is
what good management is all
offers blinkenlight sitar looks,
must going forward! themselves in trouble was that
The bankers cry only after the m a n a g e m e n t s r e p e a t e d l y
about.
Perhaps we should post a list of chilled-out Moby grooves
fact, that is, once their bets on postponed, and then postponed all banks and bankers that are in By Tim Stevens (Engadget) perfect electronica
mismatched maturities on their again, dealing with problems favor of easing these reporting Submitted at 9/11/2009 8:28:00 AM accompaniment for your next sit-
b a l a n c e s h e e t s o r o n t h e because they could hide the rules and discount the price of in. Exactly what else it can do
assumption of riskier assets has p r o b l e m s f r o m b o t h t h e their common stock by 30% to T h e r e w a s a t i m e w h e n remains to be seen, but we'll
gone sour. They can’t have it both investment community and the 40% from current levels. instruments were limited by their probably go ahead and wait for
ways, which is how little children regulatory bodies. This is also the The reason? shapes, strings, valves. Today for the four-button Guitar Hero
want it. If you are going to take case in the vast majority of To me, any banker who wants to they're only limited by human version.
risks, Mr. Banker, then accept the troubled or failed institutions. ease up the rules on reporting the creativity, and we'd have to say Continue reading Video:
responsibility for the risks that Successful managements must fair value of assets is, by the folks at Eigen Labs certainly Mysterious Eigenharp offers
you take. Don’t cry about unfair own up to the problems that they definition, a poor manager and a aren't lacking in that department -- blinkenlight sitar looks, chilled-
accounting standards once the have created and act to correct poor leader. And I do not want to they seem to have a bountiful out Moby grooves
milk is spilt. those problems as soon as they invest in any organization that has supply of buttons and LEDs, too. Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
To me there are two major c a n . T h e o p e n n e s s a n d poor management or poor Eigen has given birth to the Video: Mysterious Eigenharp
reasons why shareholders and transparency created by good leadership. eigenharp, an instrument that is offers blinkenlight sitar looks,
regulators should be alerted to the a c c o u n t i n g s t a n d a r d s a r e still largely mysterious, but as you c h i l l e d - o u t M o b y g r o o v e s
can see in the first video below it originally appeared on Engadget
GigaOM’s Top 15 Mobile Influencers seems to allow musicians to loop on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:28:00
By Josh Pigford Internet; together they make up samples, finger drum, and even EST. Please see our terms for use
(TheAppleBlog) the inaugural Mobilize 15 play like an oboe. The second of feeds. Permalink| Email this|
Submitted at 9/10/2009 9:00:54 AM Influencers, a list that is going to video shows off the thing's Comments
be published annually in tandem sequencer, a combination of
Hundreds of startups, giants like with our Mobilize conference. features that could make this the
Nokia and Motorola and Check out the listing and vote
disruptors such as Apple and on who you think should be No. 1
Google are all positioning GigaOM editors’ have put in our poll
themselves for what is going to be together a list of the top 15 most
a bonanza as big as the wired influential people in the Mobile
Internet.
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Navigon for iPhone Sucker-Punches TomTom With Text-to-

Speech, iPod Controls [IPhone Apps]
By John Herrman (Gizmodo) of the shuffle, and automatic
Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:50:45 AM playlist generating technology
within iPod. The driver can listen
There are plenty of serviceable to songs again or leave it to the
turn-by-turn nav apps for the device to generate a random
iPhone, but the best of the selection.
bunch—TomTom and A new location sharing function
Navigon—have been locked in a makes it convenient to meet-up
dead heat. With Navigon's latest with friends and acquaintances,
free update, the choice has gotten on the go. Users can share their
a little more clear. own location, an address or a
Aside from a presumed, point of interest (POI) such as a
ritualistic bug-stamping, the app restaurant or museum via email. If
has gained a new text-to-speech the recipients are
feature, which will try its best to MobileNavigator users, a simple
fully pronounce road names and link-tap provides the exact
locations as it barks driving orders address. The navigation software
at you. It also throws in a clever, starts automatically when the link
one-click internal control is activated and guides the user
interface for music, meaning that directly to the destination, without
you don't have to close the app to having to input locations, and
get better music browsing than the waiting for the search results. In
s t a n d a r d g i m p e d addition, the app routinely
back/pause/forward overlay can changes the maps colors
offer. switching it between Day and
The location sharing function is Night Mode determined by time
a little less exciting (only email, and location. This guarantees
really?) but with a $10 price lead optimal display visibility at all
on TomTom (at least in America) times and allows drivers to
the whole package is looking pret- announced availability of a enabling the driver to further n a t i v e s p e a k e r , " s a i d E r i c recognize the route as quickly as
tay, pret-tay good right now. The second free update for the North concentrate on the road ahead and Lehmann, Chief Sales Officer of possible to improve orientation.
update is free for existing users, A m e r i c a n v e r s i o n o f not become distracted looking for SVOX. The MobileNavigator
and included in new downloads. [ MobileNavigator for the iPhone. street signs. "With the addition of NAVIGON, from the outset is t r a n s f o r m s a n y i P h o n e 3 G ,
Navigon] The update equips the NAVIGON text-to-speech technology from committed to not only setting the equipped with the new Apple OS
NAVIGON Further Extends the app with a comprehensive set of SVOX, NAVIGON remains on industry standard for navigation 3.0 operating system, and any
F e a t u r e S e t o f i t s i P h o n e innovative and sought after the forefront of iPhone navigation capabilities on the iPhone, but iPhone 3G S into a complete
Navigation App features. options with the most solid also integrates iPhone-specific navigation device. It is the only
Second free update includes The highly anticipated text-to- feature set on the market," said functionalities. The new update is iPhone navigation app on the
major additions such as spoken s p e e c h f u n c t i o n l e t s t h e Gerhard Mayr, Vice-President the next step in this direction with market featuring Reality View™
street names (text-to-speech), NAVIGON MobileNaviagtor Worldwide Mobile Phones & seamless integration of iPod Pro which displays 3D views of
seamless integration of iPod announce street names in addition New Markets at NAVIGON. controls. Drivers can now enjoy complex highway interchanges
functions, a location sharing to turn-by-turn directions. It is the "SVOX offers high quality text-to t h e f u l l r a n g e o f i P o d and exits helping drivers to
feature and more first on-board navigation app for -speech technology, characterized functionalities with a simple one- orientate. Also unique are the
Hamburg/Germany, September the iPhone with this functionality. by a natural and clear sound as click from map access to artists, branded POI's along the route
10, 2009 - NAVIGON AG, Instead of only stating "turn w e l l a s a u n i q u e p o l y g l o t titles, albums, audio books, which make it easier to spot any
l e a d i n g i n n o v a t o r i n t h e right", the app informs the user to capability – the same voice can podcasts and playlist selections.
n a v i g a t i o n m a r k e t , t o d a y "turn right on to ‘Main Street', speak multiple languages like a The feature also takes advantage NAVIGON page 28
28 Gadgets/ Tech/ Tech Tips/ Entertainment
Ballmer Busts Microsoft
Staffer Taking His Photo With
an iPhone...Uh Oh! [Microsoft]
By Danny Allen (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:50:00 AM
Apparently it was all in good
fun, but word is that while
whooping up the crowd at
Microsoft's company meeting in
Seattle this week, Ballmer spotted
a Windows staffer snapping his
pic with…an iPhone. You know
where this is going...
He grabbed it from the
employee, made some funny
remarks, and held it up as the
crowd booed. (You can see the
shot taken by the actual iPhone in
question at this point). Ballmer
then pretended to stomp on it and
walked away, with everything
being shown on the big screen
behind him.
"He is not one of us, kill him!"
(OK, I made that part up).
Ballmer also jokingly teased the
Watch Whitney Houston's New Video!
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:20:00 AM
See the new Whitney Houston
video right here!
The beloved singer has made a
triumphant return to the music
with her first album of new
material in seven years -- which
Ubuntu Community Manager Responds to Our Wishlist [Lifehacker Wishlist]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:30:00 AM
We busted out our web soapbox
earlier this week and detailed five
features we want to see in
Ubuntu. The Linux distribution's
poor employee during his speech
afterward, something I'm sure
they won't forget.
What have we learned? Well,
Steve Ballmer actually has a sense
of humor. And whatever you do,
hide your freakin' iPhone when
the Ballmer-nator is near. As a
Microsoft staffer said on Twitter:
"You just don't pick up the CEO
of Chevy in a BMW." [ TechFlash
via Engadget]
has already topped the charts at
number one.
Last week, she put critics in
their place with a knockout
performance on "Good Morning
America," telling fans:"I never
left."
community manager, Jono Bacon,
wrote a thoughtful, informative
response, which also details and
links what's being done on a few
of the fronts we considered
crucial. Bacon explains and shows with the Ubuntu Software Store,
a screenshot of what's happening notes Ubuntu backer Canonical's
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NAVIGON
continued from page 27
points of interest that are on the
way.
during navigation. The update is
also already available for regional
The NAVIGON solution sells country versions of the
for $89.99 in the Apple App Store
and is equipped with maps of
MobileNavigator across Europe
as well as for the Australian app.
North America from NAVTEQ®.
There are no subscription fees
attached and no map downloads
LogMeIn to Mac users: No Hamachi²
for you!
By Steven Sande (The other words, it establishes a quite a while, there was an open
Unofficial Apple Weblog connection over the Internet that source project called " Hamachi
(TUAW)) very closely emulates the X," but it's no longer supported.
Submitted at 9/11/2009 7:00:00 AM connection that would exist if the Another developer took on the
computers were connected over a task of creating a Mac OS X and
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, local area network." Linux Hamachi client called
Enterprise, Software, Internet LogMeIn, a commercial firm Hamachi Sidekick, which is a
Tools, Open Source I'm not a fan that produces both free and GUI to a command-line Hamachi
of setting up Virtual Private s u b s c r i p t i o n s e r v i c e s f o r tool. Unfortunately, LogMeIn also
Networks (VPNs). In fact, I've controlling other machines, sent pulled the Mac OS X command-
had so many issues with VPNs in out an email to customers on line interface (CLI) version of
the past that I now subcontract Thursday touting Hamachi², their Hamachi, so there's no way to
that work to a fellow geek who implementation of Hamachi. even try the CLI tool or Hamachi
seems to have a knack for L o g M e I n h a s b e e n d e e p l y Sidekick now.
understanding the various i n v o l v e d i n H a m a c h i LogMeIn may tout Hamachi² as
settings. That's why I have been d e v e l o p m e n t , s o t h e "a VPN that just works," but for
following Hamachi with great announcement was expected. Mac users, it just doesn't work.
interest for the past several years. What I didn't expect to see was TUAW LogMeIn to Mac users:
Hamachi is described in the that they've left both Mac and No Hamachi² for you! originally
Wikipedia as"a zero-configuration Linux users out in the cold. appeared on The Unofficial Apple
virtual private network(VPN) I quickly jotted off an email to Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 11 Sep
shareware application capable of LogMeIn and received this 2009 07:00:00 EST. Please see
establishing direct links between response:"Mac is not currently our terms for use of feeds.
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reconfiguration (in most cases); in not have an ETA at this time." For
efforts in the design field, and which are promising, if still very
writes that cloud-based backup, rough.
particularly Ubuntu One, is going
to see "new and exciting
development" in the next six
months. He also points to some
video editors "on the horizon,"
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10 TechCrunch50 grads: Where are they now?
By Josh Lowensohn
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:00:00 AM
Tech blog TechCrunch is hosting
the third iteration of its annual
startup show next week, where 50
brand new sites and services are
slated to be launched. The show
was started in early-2007 by
TechCrunch founder Michael
Arrington and entrepreneur and
Weblogs Inc. co-founder Jason
Calacanis as an alternative to the
DEMO conference series. Instead
of paying to be on stage (once
selected) as is done at DEMO,
companies selected by Arrington
and Calacanis get to present for
free.
Next week at the TechCrunch
50 conference, 50 new companies
will take the stage and make a
pitch, while about a hundred
others--some new, some retreads
from prior TechCrunch events,
fight for attention on a paid show
floor called the "Demo Pit."
How many of these companies
that launched at a TechCrunch
event have gone on to fame and
glory? It was hard enough for
these companies to make a mark
when they were fighting for
attention against dozens of other
start-ups. It's even harder to
continue momentum from a
conference after the dust settles.
Below are five that have done
quite well, and five that haven't.
The good
Mint
Mint made its public debut at
the TechCrunch40 in 2007, where
it won the audience choice award,
netting it $50,000 in cash (that it
didn't really need).
The site presents users with a
bold option: give us your bank
account, mortgage, and credit card
information and we'll help you
track how you're spending your
money and give you tips and tools
on how to save.
Since 2007, it's since gone on to
raise two additional rounds of
funding, bringing the total past
$30 million. The site also has 1.4
million registered users. and
claims to be "tracking $175
billion in transactions, $47 billion
in assets and has identified more
than $300 million in potential
savings for its users." It's also won
numerous awards, including a
Webware 100 award in 2009, a
"50 best websites of 2009"
recognition from Time Magazine,
as well a nod from PCMag's "Top
100 websites of 2009"
Postbox
Postbox, a Mozilla-based e-mail
client that launched at last year's
TechCrunch50 show, has done
well for itself inside a year. For
one, it's publicly available and
fully out of beta--which is more
unusual than it should be. It's also
a paid and license-based product,
meaning the company isn't just
giving it away for free.
Earlier this year Postbox won a
Webware 100 award in the
communications category as
voted on by CNET readers. It was
also picked as Lifehacker's " Top
10 Up-and-coming products"
shortly after its release.
Xobni
Another e-mail utility graduate,
Xobni, came from the first
TechCrunch show back in late-
2007, when there were just 40
companies presenting. The
product, called "Insight," was a
plug-in for Microsoft's Outlook e-
mail software, and could replace
Microsoft's built-in search tool, as
well as show users details on the
frequency of those they were e-
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advertising. Kutcher, is now a branded
To date, Clickable has picked channel on YouTube, and has had
up more than $20 million in its stream of videos dry up
funding and picked up numerous considerably to just a few a
Web awards nods. This week the month.
company announced it had hired Though back in May Kutcher
Dave Fall, former DoubleClick inked a deal with CBS Television(
executive (made Google note: CNET News is published by
employee) to serve as senior VP CBS Interactive) to get one-
of product and operations. minute versions of the show run
Yammer as segments on The Insider, but it
mailing with. Yammer, a Twitter for business, seems as though Katalyst Media's
In the months prior to 2007's l a u n c h e d a t l a s t y e a r ' s attempts to build a gossip empire
TechCrunch 40, Xobni had picked TechCrunch50 show and picked were short-lived. Instead, the Blah
up a little more than $4 million in up the audience choice award and Girls brand is to live inside CBS'
funding. The product, however, a $50,000 cash prize. The service The Insider celebrity news site.
remained in private beta until mid lets users within a company post That may not be a bad thing in the
-2008, after which it was opened status messages that can only long run, but it probably hasn't
up to the public. Then, in early been by others in the company-- quite lived up to Kutcher's
January of this year, the company something which, was at the time, aspirations.
announced another round of c o n t r o l l e d t h r o u g h d o m a i n Here was Kutcher describing it
funding, totaling $7 million, v e r i f i c a t i o n . at last year's event:
including Cisco Systems as one of The company picked up a $5 Fitbit
the investors. million round of Series A funding This $99, WiFi-enabled
The company also released a b a c k i n J a n u a r y . T h e n , i n pedometer lets you track your
paid version of its service in mid- February, launched a new hosted progress with online charts and
July that costs $30 a year and version of its service that lets fitness-encouraging tools. It was
adds extra features on top of the c o m p a n i e s s e n d a n d v i e w my CNET colleague Rafe
free product. It remains a product messages behind the firewall, Needleman's favorite product of
for the desktop version Microsoft instead of Yammer's servers. last year's show( despite some
Outlook only, although the Along with having a free controversy), although it's been
company is working on a version version of its service, Yammer slow to hit the market. Originally
for Outlook mobile too. also has a paid version which slated to be released this past
Clickable charges per user, per month. All spring, Fitbit's site currently says
Clickable, a grad of the 2007 together, Yammer has more than it will be available in August (last
TechCrunch 40 show, is an online 40,000 companies using it, month) and that pre-orders are
advertising management tool that although it has not revealed the closed. According to a company
blends analytics, reporting, and markup of how many of those are representative I spoke to, the first
recommendations on ongoing ad paying. pre-orders will be fulfilled at end
campaigns across several ad The bad of this month, or at the latest, next
platforms at once. Blah Girls month.
Despite the Internet advertising At last year's show, the celebrity The Fitbit is a tiny wireless
slump, Clickable's approach at start-up--and arguably one of the pedometer that can sync up with
serving as a front end for all the event's highest profile launches its base station and post your
different ad platforms has helped was Blah Girls, a content site that fitness progress to the Web.
it weather the storm. The service blended a daily cartoon with Originally slated to launch in
recently launched its second celebrity gossip news. The site, spring, it's release has dragged out
iteration, which is able to track which was demonstrated on-stage to October.(Credit: Fitbit)
and report on some of Google's by parent company Katalyst
newest forms of online Media co-founder Ashton TECHCRUNCH50 page 31
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5 Ways Banks Are Using Social Media
By Lon S. Cohen (Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:52:04 AM
Lon S. Cohen is a writer and
Director of Communications
at@ALSofGNY. He is@obilon
on Twitter.
Many banks have started using
social websites to help them with
everything from healing the
financial industry to promoting
their latest credit cards. By
embracing the most popular tools
available, the industry has also
been embracing the best of what
social media culture has to offer,
and smaller, community banks
seem to be leading the charge
when it comes to social media
innovation.
This post profiles some U.S.
banks that have used social media
in their marketing and
communications plans in some
interesting and successful ways.
These banks have tapped into the
root of what social media means
to the community, enjoying
success in the way of returning
real value for their institutions. 1.
Community Building
Banks are not usually known for
building warm and fuzzy
communities around their
products and services. When we
think of banks, we often think of
impersonal bankers in pinstriped
suits denying customers their
request for a car loan or a
mortgage. The world is changing,
though, and even banks are trying
to foster community rather than
appear monolithic and imposing.
Focusing on customer service and
adopting the personality of the
people they serve, community
banks and credit unions can really
teach the big guys a thing or two
about what it means to be close to
customers. Community building is
something that banks should be
doing more of because many of
the most important touch points in
our lives from attending college,
to buying our first cars and
building a home, to starting a
business and saving for retirement
all involve a relationship with a
bank.
Missouri Bank, known
popularly as Mobank, is a
financial institution with a cool
vibe that makes them a natural fit
to utilize social media. They serve
an eclectic customer base of
visionaries and artists — people
known to take chances, and
though they have only three
branches, they’re located in areas
where people are invested in the
community. They’re not using
social media to “sell” anything,
but instead utilize social media as
a way to build upon the
community-minded philosophy
that they have spent years
developing. Hip, young and cool,
the bank parlays that image on a
Facebook Page that acts as an
online neighborhood for their
customers to interact with each
other and the bank – much like
their branches.
“Being a Mobank customer is
very much like being part of the
‘in group,’” said Grant Burcham,
the bank’s President and CEO.
“Our customers see each other in
business, civic and social settings.
Those networking opportunities
are a great benefit of being a
Mobank customer. As they
embraced social networking, they
expected to see us there.”
Mobank did have to consider
the reputation management
implications of launching a
Facebook Page where anyone can
post anything about the bank in
the public sphere. Ultimately, they
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influence in the decision of which Twitter, Knapp regularly takes
bank people ultimately decide to conversations private using direct
use. At the time, they didn’t have messages and from there to more
an attractive account to market to secure communications channels
both parents and 18-25 year olds. to gather sensitive details.
With more research using social Though Knapp and Bank of
tools, they identified which America are now seeing much
features and benefits were positive feedback on their Twitter
important and which combination account, when they first opened
would give them a competitive credibility was an issue. “When
decided that they were confident edge. 3. Customer Service we first entered the space our
with their customer relationships Social media has become a great credibility as a representative of
and that if someone was going to customer service tool across many Bank of America was a
talk about Mobank negatively in a industries and banking is no challenge,” Knapp said. “But as
public forum, they’d find a way, exception. However, not all banks we began to help customers, and
but if it happened on a Page that are so proactive. A study done by social media sites picked up our
the bank managed, they could t h e A m e r i c a n B a n k e r s work, our legitimacy grew.”
respond to any concerns on the Association found that four out of As Wachovia is absorbed into
spot. 2. Product Research ten banks polled said that they parent company Wells Fargo, the
Whether you’re crowdsourcing avoid discussing specific products legacy division at the bank still
to find out what customers think and services in their social media continues. Tim Collins, the SVP
of your services or using social efforts. of Experiential Marketing, uses
media as one tool in your arsenal But for banks that are more social media not only to service
to enlist customers to help active in engaging with their Wachovia customers but to
develop new products, a social customers over social media answer questions about the status
n e t w o r k i s a n u n d e n i a b l y channels about their products, real of the merger between the two
p o w e r f u l r e s e a r c h a n d -time search can be helpful in banks. The bank had been
d e v e l o p m e n t r e s o u r c e . addressing problems with involved with listening on social
Social media was a big part of customers. In other cases, a media for years before they
formulating a new and popular visible Twitter account can be a decided to open a Twitter account,
type of checking account at 1st quick and easy first step in the which they use to help customers
Mariner Bank. The company’s customer service chain when with questions related to checking
marketing department used social people want to get specific products and online banking.
media tools to take a look at their information. Wachovia has now fully
customer’s needs and used that to Bank of America sees many of embraced social media as a way
build new products and services. the same questions on Twitter that to communicate with customers,
Steven L. Kruskamp Jr., E- they get on typical channels like even going so far as to create a
Commerce Marketing Manager via telephone or in person, special set of hashtags for the
for the bank, said that the bank according to David Knapp, who bank on Twitter.
asked through social networks runs the bank’s Twitter account, It took them a couple of tries to
what was needed most in their but they are starting to see social get social media right, however.
marketplace. The bank was able spaces as a potential channel of Collins cited one very interesting
to use social communications choice for customers to get the miss in providing customer
tools and online surveys to information they need. However, service through social media for
develop a financial life cycle for because of the sensitive nature of Wells Fargo. Their first program,
their customers and identify that banking and the openness of called “Stagecoach Island,” was
many people today establish a social media, customers need to piloted in Linden Lab’s Second
long lasting relationship with a b e c a r e f u l w h e n s h a r i n g Life platform. “We quickly
bank in their late teens. They also information with customer service
found that parents are a major reps on social channels. On WAYS page 32
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Though even with a public
launch right now, it may have
missed its window to pick up
business from the tech-savvy
fitness crowd. Apple's latest iPod
Nano which was announced this
past Wednesday, costs just $50
more than the Fitbit and comes
with a built-in pedometer, can
play music and FM radio, and can
shoot and play back video. The
Fitbit will certainly have a more
focused online strategy than
Apple is offering, but it's hard to
argue with all the extra things you
get for $50.
AOL BlueString
AOL's BlueString was a site set
up for media storage and sharing.
It launched at the TechCrunch 40
show in 2007. BlueString let users
host and share their photos with
family members through a Web
uploader, as well as view local
files through its file browser.
Users got up to 5GB of free
storage on BlueString, and could
bump that number up to 50GB for
$100 a year, although AOL didn't
wrangle up enough of those
paying users to keep the service
afloat. BlueString, as well as
AOL's XDrive storage service
(which BlueString was powered
on), were shut down late last year,
taking users' media down, too.
AOL's BlueString let users store
and share media on its servers.
The site was shut down in late-
2008 along with several other
AOL services.(Credit: CNET)
Zivity( NSFW warning)
Zivity, the only site out of the
last two shows I would never,
ever send my mom to, has not
Overexposed
By Zack Sheppard (Flickr Blog)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 11:26:25 AM
fared well since its launch at the
TechCrunch 40 show in 2007.
The site, which lets models post,
and make money from (mostly
nude) photos of themselves, as
well as interact with their fans,
laid off a third of its staff last
October. Then, in July, its
founders spun off a new
community site called Top Fans
that crowd sources and aggregates
celebrity gossip.
Zivity did get off to a good
financial start though. It won the
$10,000 Howard Rice award at
the TechCrunch 40--the runner up
prize to the $50,000 awarded to
the audience choice. Back in mid-
2008, it picked up a $7 million
round of Series B financing,
although the lion's share of that
money has since been funneled
(by its investors) into Top Fans
instead.
Zivity's CEO Cyan Banister also
went on the record with
VentureBeat saying the site was
pulling in just 20,000 active users
a month, out of 50,000 total
registrations since launch--a
surprisingly low traffic number
considering the content.
Orgoo
Orgoo launched at the
TechCrunch 40 show back in
2007. The idea was to provide
users with a single interface to
check multiple Web e-mail
accounts. It also tacked on live
user chat, and a way to send and
receive SMS messages while not
using a phone. The product itself
worked great, in fact I wrote a
glowing review of it back when it
first came out. It's problem
• About Flickr
Flickr is a revolution in photo easy, natural and collaborative any blog, share and more!
storage, sharing and organization, process. Get comments, notes,
though, is that it has remained in
private beta too long, and worse--
died without telling anyone.
In fact the lights are still on but
nobody's home, which is a true
Web oddity. When most sites take
the big sleep, they put up a note
for a few months, then kill off the
domain. Instead, Orgoo's main
product can still be accessed but
remains nonfunctional. You're
able to dig into the settings
menus, but you can't add new
mail accounts or read through old
archives or IM chats or messages.
Its press page's most recent entry
links to a video we posted back in
March of last year, when the
company demoed its now-defunct
live video chat product, which
continues to run as a standalone
site.
Orgoo's e-mail service let users
combine multiple accounts into
one interface, just like most
desktop mail clients. It's since
been shut down, although the site
remains up in all its non-
functional glory.(Credit: CNET)
Orgoo co-founder Sean Rad
tells me the company has since
shifted its focus from consumers,
and is working on a B2B product.
For those that are looking for a
product with similar features,
competitor Fuser, which launched
the month after, does many of the
same things--and more.
Lessons learned
Statistically, there are bound to
be some hits and misses at every
trade show. What's really
surprising about some of the
products and services that didn't
fare well from these shows is that
making photo management an and tags on your photos, post to
many had a lot going for them:
• Blah Girls had an incredibly
simple formula for success--
combining celebrity gossip with a
short cartoon. It even had an
Internet-savvy celebrity backer
with Ashton Kutcher and was
ready to go the day it was
announced.
• Fitbit still looks to be a very
capable product, though I can see
taking this long to get to market
leading to its demise. When
released, it will still be one of the
most high tech pedometers on the
market, but again, it's now facing
competition from a very svelte
Apple product that may not be as
small or as simple, but has a few
more features that make it useful
when you're not interested in
exercise.
• Both Orgoo and BlueString
were a great, simple products that
were relatively easy to use.
• Zivity was offering ad-free
photos of naked women, free of
charge. How can you miss turning
that into a wildly-profitable
business?
Not mentioned in this list are
the more than 100 other products
that were launched at previous
shows (counting new sites from
the demo pits)--some that
continue to be closed off to the
public, more than a year after
being announced. For more on
that, see our story from April,
which covers both the
TechCrunch50 and DEMO shows.
Originally posted at Web
Crawler
Tech/ Picture 31
Apple shows new Get
a Mac ad tonight:
"PC Innovation Lab"
By Josh Carr (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 9/11/2009 12:20:00 AM
Filed under: Humor, Apple
One of our readers was
watching TV tonight and spotted
this ad during a commercial
break. Lo' and behold, It was up
on Apple's website about 2.5
hours later. It basically suggests
ridiculous "innovations" that PC
thinks will help bring people back
to the world of Windows. Mac
goes on to suggest that
innovations are supposed to make
things easier. I find this ad
extremely satisfying... it's almost
a jab at all of the companies who
try to imitate Mac but really just
brings good humor to a clever Get
a Mac ad.
Thanks Ethan!
TUAW Apple shows new Get a
Mac ad tonight: "PC Innovation
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realized that our customers would
feel more comfortable on a more
flexible platform,” said Collins. 4.
Marketing & Promotion
Banks that are using social
media to brand themselves or to
market a specific product or
service have found success by
integrating social tools into their
existing campaigns or creating
new ones that capitalize on the
spirit of the community. Whether
it’s by making the bank
synonymous with solid financial
advice or giving people the power
to do some good in the world,
banks have been finding that
immersive marketing techniques
using social media tools have
brought solid results.
Jeff J. Gahnz, Vice President of
Marketing and Public Relations at
Nicolet National Bank realized
that as a small community bank,
their competition could afford to
spend his entire marketing budget
in one week-long campaign. But
as he sat in a meeting and listened
to the CEO of the bank explain
something extremely complex in a
matter of five minutes, he
wondered how many people
would want to be in that room to
hear what he said. They realized
that ideas they talked about in
meetings could be shared with
others using social media
channels, and it would be a way to
create value for customers that
required only a small investment.
The bank shares ideas and
information through its blogs and
audio and video podcasts on a
community hub called The Vault.
Citi is one of the big banks
using social media to build a
community around its brand. As
might be expected for such a large
financial institution, different
divisions have shown themselves
to be more independent and
innovative than the rest. Citi
Credit Cards, for example, has
launched a campaign that centers
on the power of harnessing your
Facebook network. Their Make a
Difference, One Friend at a Time
program combines the friends in
your networks and charitable
giving by promising to donate $50
to the charity of your choice for
every approved credit card
application your refer through
your social graph.
First National Bank of
Omaha(FNBO), an online-only
bank, encouraged customers to
utilize the ease of transferring
balances online to maximize the
interest they earn on the money in
their bank accounts via an
innovative social media marketing
campaign called the Pay Yourself
First Challenge. The campaign
helped customers develop a
personalized saving plan, and
FNBO utilized a number of
different social media outlets,
including YouTube, Facebook,
Twitter, MySpace, iTunes and
blogging to get the word out.
The challenge involved five
contestants competing to reach a
savings goal. The bank recruited
contestants by having them
submit videos via YouTube
describing their saving goals, and
during the competition each
contestant blogged about his or
her progress. FNBO chose the
winner based on a combination of
reaching their goal and online
votes. The contest helped to create
awareness for their brand and
showed current and potential
customers how they can use
FNBO’s online banking tools to
become more successful savers. 5.
Transparency
The current financial crisis has
led many customers to distrust
banks, which is one reason why
many banks are now turning to
social media as a way to become
more transparent to customers and
build trust. David Armano, Senior
Partner at Dachis Corporation,
says that banks are like every
other institution facing the
evolution of the networks and
websites providing empowerment
to individuals, and that they must
adapt to join the conversation.
“Banks also dealing with trust
issues may accelerate that
change,” he said.
Nicolet National Bank has used
social media in order to be more
transparent, said Jeff Gahnz. The
President of their bank answers
questions directly on their blog,
for example, and they have helped
people with mortgage questions,
business loan queries, and general
finance questions. They have also
blogged their thoughts on the
Troubled Asset Relief Program
(TARP), where the money has
gone, and why their bank
participated.
“Right now, in Washington, the
phrase you hear most often with
banking and finance is
transparency,” Gahnz said. “We
are leaders in this area because of
social media.”
For FNBO, the emergence of
social media has allowed for more
opportunities to communicate
with their consumers, which is
important to them. They
understand the benefit of
participating in the conversations
that are already happening online,
rather than avoiding or attempting
to control them.
“Banks could potentially miss
opportunities to mitigate risk …
by choosing not to participate in
social media,” said a bank
spokesperson. “As a result, we
recognize the value of a
controlled and closely managed
approach to social media as one of
the many ways that we can be
transparent with our customers
and prospects.” More business
resources from Mashable:
- 5 Easy Social Media Wins for
Your Small Business
- HOW TO: Use Twitter
Hashtags for Business
- Tweetable Eats: What Street
Vendors Can Teach Businesses
About Twitter
- HOW TO: Build Your
Company’s Profile on LinkedIn
- 6 Must-Follow Steps for
Selling in Any Economy
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BREAKING: Facebook
Lite Launches
Internationally
By Pete Cashmore
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:52:20 AM
Following the US rollout last
night, Facebook Lite, the
lightweight version of Facebook
that hides distractions like Apps,
is now available internationally.
As of this morning, our
European editors are able to
access the service at
lite.facebook.com. Meanwhile,
European Twitter users also report
that the service is working for
them. Mashable commenters in
Singapore, the UK, Sweden,
Estonia and many other countries
report that it’s working for them
too.
Some claim that if the site
doesn’t work initially, you can get
access by setting your language to
US English.
Are you able to access
Facebook Lite yet? Let us know
in the comments.
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Next Up For Disruption? College
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:36:41 AM
One of the reasons we spend so
much time talking about the
music and news industries, is
because the disruption and
upheaval happening in those
industries right now are likely to
impact nearly every industry you
can think of in the near future.
Understanding the mistakes being
made by those in the industries
that are further along the
disruption curve should
(hopefully, though, I'm not
entirely optimistic on this) help
keep those newer industries from
making the same mistakes down
the road.
Jake points us to an inkling of
how the higher education market
is beginning to be disrupted-- and
it goes beyond just cheaper
textbooks or courses being offered
online. By now, online distance
learning is well-known and not all
that big a deal. But, really, all the
old school online university
efforts, like University of
Phoenix, did was to take the
traditional college model and
move it online. True disruptive
innovation is never about just
moving a legacy model to a new
medium, but about embracing
some aspect of that new medium
to offer something in a different
way that really wasn't possible
prior to that.
The article in Washington
Monthly discusses a company
called StraighterLine, which
offers online college classes, but it
totally disrupts the traditional
business model of university
learning. While the classic model
is that you pay per class (or per
semester as a fully matriculated
student), StraighterLine has a
simple model: you pay $99/month
and get an all-you-can-eat
offering. You go at your own pace
-- so if you have lots of time (and
can complete the work) you can
take multiple classes in that
month. In the opening story of the
article, a woman completes four
full classes in just two months --
for a grand total of $200. Taking
those same classes at either local
universities or online would have
cost thousands, and would have
taken much longer to complete.
And, it's not as if the
StraighterLine courses skimp
either. According to the article
(and it would be great to hear
from anyone who's tried it to see
if this is true), they use the same
materials found in many college
courses.
The reasoning behind all of this
will sound familiar to those who
read Techdirt on a regular basis:
Even as the cost of educating
students fell, tuition rose at nearly
three times the rate of inflation.
Web-based courses weren't
providing the promised price
competition--in fact, many
traditional universities were
charging extra for online classes,
tacking a "technology fee" onto
their standard (and rising) rates.
Rather than trying to overturn the
status quo, big, publicly traded
companies like Phoenix were
profiting from it by cutting costs,
charging rates similar to those at
traditional universities, and
pocketing the difference.
This, Smith explained, was
where StraighterLine came in.
The cost of storing and
communicating information over
the Internet had fallen to almost
nothing. Electronic course content
in standard introductory classes
had become a low-cost
commodity. The only expensive
thing left in higher education was
the labor, the price of hiring a
smart, knowledgeable person to
help students when only a person
would do. And the unique
Smarthinking call-center model
made that much cheaper, too. By
putting these things together,
Smith could offer introductory
college courses a la carte, at a
price that seemed to be missing a
digit or two, or three: $99 per
month, by subscription.
Economics tells us that prices fall
to marginal cost in the long run.
Burck Smith simply decided to
get there first. Just like Craigslist.
In fact, the article goes on to make
that comparison, and highlight
how similar the newspaper
business and the University
business are. It notes that
freshman lectures are "higher
education's equivalent of the
classified section" in that they're
insanely profitable and subsidize
many other areas of the business.
And, just like Craigslist and
newspapers, colleges started
pushing back against
StraighterLine, worrying about
how it would impact them. In fact,
it's caused quite a bit of trouble
for StraighterLine, causing it to be
split off from its original parent
company, Smarthinking.
Meanwhile, other complaints have
made it difficult for
StraighterLine to follow through
on its partnering strategy to deal
with questions concerning
accreditation. So, StraighterLine
itself may never become a huge
success, but it gives you a glimpse
of how the world is changing and
how the higher education system
may be ripe for disruptive
innovation as well.
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Dropbox Adds Search
and Bulk Operations
to Web Site [Syncing]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:00:00 AM
Grabbing mixed and matched
Dropbox files from a web browser
got a bit easier overnight, as the
file synchronizing service added
search powers, bulk operations for
separately selected items, and a
mobile interface for non-iPhone
browsers to its web site.
The site as a whole got a visual
overhaul, actually, but what
established Dropbox users are
going to most appreciate is the
ability to create new ZIP-ed
packages of different files—a few
files, one or two folders, and
maybe that picture, all at
once—and grab them. The
Dropbox team also added a search
bar and "Gmail-style keyboard
shortcuts," although we haven't
seen a guide to those shortcuts as
of yet.
The non-iPhone mobile version,
assuming I'm seeing it on my
Android model, works fairly well,
providing quick access to files
and recent changes. We're still
waiting on a dedicated iPhone
app—submitted for Apple's
approval about four weeks
ago—but these changes, mobile
and otherwise, are a nice step
forward for grabbing files when
you're at a non-synced computer
or on your mobile device. How
It's Made: The Dropbox Web[The
Dropbox Blog via TechCrunch]
34 Tech/ Tech Tips/ TV Internet News Record
Heroes was just
Facebook open-sources real-time FriendFeed kinda so-so last
facet season, says NBC
By Don Reisinger that before FriendFeed developed FriendFeed, the social network By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
(Webware.com) the framework, it analyzed other has stayed silent on its plans for Submitted at 9/10/2009 6:05:00 PM
Submitted at 9/10/2009 12:56:00 PM Python frameworks to see if they FriendFeed. If his statement is to
matched FriendFeed's needs. be believed, FriendFeed will be Everyone has an opinion about
Facebook announced on According to Taylor, "our forgery protection, and third-party maintained and improved upon, how Heroes has been the last
Thursday that it has open-sourced p e r f o r m a n c e a n d f e a t u r e authentication for services like g o i n g f o r w a r d . W h e n t h e couple of seasons. Even NBC. In
recently acquired FriendFeed's r e q u i r e m e n t s c o n s i s t e n t l y Facebook Connect, Twitter, and acquisition was announced, the new promo for the show (two-
real-time technology. Dubbed diverged from these mainstream FriendFeed. The framework also FriendFeed's founders said the hour season premiere on
Tornado, the company's real-time, frameworks." FriendFeed needed supports "large numbers of long-term plans for FriendFeed September 21), it seems that even
nonblocking framework is written "support for a large number of concurrent connections" to keep were still being worked out with the network knows it could be
in Python. standing connections afforded by data fresh. Facebook, but at the very least, it better. The clip is titled "Back At
"Tornado is...designed to handle the nonblocking (input-output) Taylor said his team ran some wouldn't be shut down. Their Best," Noah says the lines
t h o u s a n d s o f s i m u l t a n e o u s programming style and epoll" that baseline throughput calculations "Anything that we would do "you have to remember who you
connections, making it ideal for it couldn't find in existing Python to determine how well Tornado would be more of a transition, not were" and "maybe we're looking
r e a l - t i m e W e b s e r v i c e s , " frameworks. matched up against other Python shutting down," Taylor told for redemption," Tracey says "I'm
Facebook's David Recordon wrote Taylor's team decided to write frameworks. According to his CNET News. "I think our users back," the words NEW
in a blog post. "While Tornado is i t s " o w n W e b s e r v e r a n d figures, Tornado's throughput was have invested in our product by BEGINNING appear on a wall,
s i m i l a r t o e x i s t i n g W e b framework after looking at more than "four times higher than putting their data in it, sharing it and the song that plays in the
frameworks in Python (Django, existing servers and tools" that the other frameworks." with their friends...We absolutely background is "Second Chance."
Google's Webapp, Webpy), it c o u l d n ' t q u i t e m a t c h t h e Tornado's Web server requests wouldn't shut (FriendFeed) Heroes fans who think the show
focuses on speed and handling c o m p a n y ' s r e q u i r e m e n t s . compared to t h e down." has gone downhill would
large amounts of simultaneous According to Taylor, "Tornado competition.(Credit: Bret Taylor) Tornado is available now as a probably say this is the third or
traffic." looks a bit like Webpy or FriendFeed will live on free download. Facebook said it fourth chance, but we get the
FriendFeed co-founder and new Google's Webapp, but with Before you think this is the end hopes that developers will try it point, we get the point.
Facebook Director of Products additional tools and optimizations of FriendFeed as we know it, out and start developing Web [via Topless Robot]
Bret Taylor said in a blog post of t o t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f t h e think again. services that take advantage of Filed under: Heroes, Reality-
his own that Facebook's decision nonblocking Web server and Buried in the Facebook F r i e n d F e e d ' s r e a l - t i m e Free
to open-source Friendfeed's real- tools." announcement, David Recordon technology. Whether or not that Permalink| Email this| |
time feature was rooted in its Tornado features several key wrote that "Tornado is a core will happen remains to be seen, Comments
desire to see "others building real- components that Facebook hopes piece of infrastructure that powers but if you want to a see a demo of
time Web services." It's a part of will make it easy for developers to F r i e n d F e e d ' s r e a l - t i m e Tornado in action to see if it
Facebook's open-source initiative. create real-time environments. It functionality, which we plan to m a t c h e s y o u r g o a l s a s a
Taylor went on to explain the offers design templates, signed actively maintain." developer, click here.
story behind Tornado. He said cookies, user authentication, Since Facebook's acquisition of

Google Earth 5.1 Speeds Up Your World Browsing [Downloads]

By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Google's Earth team says it's Linux systems. A browser plug-in
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:30:00 AMimproved memory utilization to auto-installs with the Windows
show more buildings and other release, and Windows versions
Windows/Mac/Linux: Google content when you're zoomed in, also load the Google Updater; the
Earth, the software package that a n d w o r k e d o n r e d u c i n g Google Operating System Blog
lets you play Superman and find "stuttering," or frame drops, to points out a direct Windows
food and other spots of interest make the flying feeling more installer link to avoid the Updater.
from thousands of feet overhead, smooth and, well, fun. Google used Earth in its 4.0 release, 5.1 our neck of the woods. Google Earth 5.1: Think
has released a 5.1 version that goes into detail at their blog post, definitely feels a bit more fluid Google Earth 5.1 is a free fast[Google LatLong Blog]
skims the globe a bit smoother. but we can verify that, having last while grabbing and pulling past download for Windows, Mac, and
Internet News Record Tech/ 35

Yahoo Mail picks up

Dropio for big
Publicity Rights Of Dead People: attachments
By Don Reisinger
Courtney Love Threatens Activision (Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 1:19:00 PM

Over Kurt Cobain In Guitar Hero Social-storage service Dropio on

Thursday announced a partnership
with Yahoo Mail to deliver a
is "powered by Dropio."
Dropio has made its way to
Yahoo Mail.(Credit: Screenshot
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt) Or, say, a video game. Apparently turner and barfly in "Wheel of
in Guitar Hero 5, singer Kurt Fortune" and "Cheers" default application for the e-mail by Don Reisinger/CNET)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:36:00 AM
Cobain has been... well... respectively. Lothar program's users. Dubbed Attach The recipients will then view
While we often talk about reanimated, and some find it Motschenbacher was allowed to Large Files, Dropio's application the e-mail's contents on a unique
copyright, patents and trademarks rather distasteful (especially since claim damages based on an will allow Yahoo Mail users to Dropio page. There, they can
as "intellectual property" (a he sings a bunch of songs you advertiser's use of a distinctively send attachments up to 100 MB in leave a comment or download the
misnomer, of course) there are wouldn't expect him to sing). ornamented racing car. That size. files to their computer.
some other related areas as well. Among those most upset? certainly reflects the expansion of When Yahoo Mail users log on Incorporating the Dropio
One that has been growing in Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, copyright and patents -- beginning to their accounts, they will now technology marks an
importance is the idea of who is threatening to sue narrowly focused and then see Dropio's Attach Large Files improvement for Yahoo.
"publicity rights" as a separate Activision for breach of contract. expanding over time. I can listing included in the Currently, users of Google's
"right." The issue, of course, is Since she's claiming it's a breach certainly understand the desire for Applications drop-down box, Yahoo Mail rival, Gmail, can
usually about whether a company of contract issue, there are a "publicity right," but I wonder if which also features apps from attach up to 25MB to their
can use the likeness of someone (obviously) plenty of questions it's not better handled through Evite, Flickr, and PayPal, among messages. By effectively
for commercial purposes without over what's in the actual contract. other laws -- such as trademark, others. When they click on quadrupling that figure through
their permission. But that issue is Still, like with patents and fraud and contract law, rather than Dropio's application, they can Dropio's app, Yahoo Mail has
g e t t i n g m o r e a n d m o r e copyright, there is plenty of creating separate boundaries for immediately start sending large another compelling feature to
complicated as technology gets concern about how far publicity "publicity rights." I can files through their e-mail communicate to users.
better and better. In the last few rights extend. In the Law.com understand why Love is upset accounts. Dropio was quick to point out
decades, for example, there's been article above, it notes that about the use of Cobain's image, The Dropio application isn't that the app it created for Yahoo
a growing trend to use famous publicity rights didn't used to but at some point you have to available through Yahoo Mail's e- was based on its open application-
dead people, such as John Wayne, apply to the deceased, but that's wonder whether it really makes mail composition form. Only programming interface. It hopes
Lucille Ball and Fred Astaire in c h a n g e d . M o r e t r o u b l i n g ? sense to limit such uses. As the when the user clicks on the that the Yahoo Mail feature will
commercials. But those mostly Initially, the right covered only a technology gets better and better, "Attach Large Files" option will be used as a proof of concept for
involved taking clips of those person's name and likeness. But the legal questions are only going they be brought to a page other developers to find unique
actors from existing films/TV and courts expanded the protected to get more complicated -- and, allowing them to select files from ways to use its API.
splicing them into a commercial "persona" to cover a variety of once again, we're likely to see the their computer. Once they choose Dropio's Attach Large Files
(with permission from their elements. Bette Midler and Tom reach of such rights extended, all those files, they can then application is available now for
estates). However, as some Waits were allowed to pursue perhaps in ways that make little upload them and compose an e- free in the Yahoo Mail
lawyers have been noting, with c l a i m s a g a i n s t a d v e r t i s e r s sense. mail message. The message Applications listing.
b e t t e r a n d b e t t e r d i g i t a l featuring singers using similar Permalink| Comments| Email contains a note at the bottom
t e c h n o l o g i e s , t h i s i s s u e i s vocal styles. Vanna White and This Story saying the attachment technology
becoming more important as it's George Wendt were allowed to
now possible to digitally recreate sue companies using robots
someone for the purpose of film. evoking their roles as the letter-
36 Tech/
iTunes 9 Focus: iTunes Media
organization
By Chris Rawson (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 9/10/2009 7:30:00 PM
Filed under: How-tos, Odds and
ends, iTunes iTunes was never
known for organizing things well
in the Finder. It pretty much just
dumped everything in your iTunes
Music folder, whether it was an
album, movie, or a season of TV
shows. You could still find what
you were looking for, but it was
kind of a pain, because you'd have
to scroll past potentially hundreds
of music albums before you got to
your Movies or TV Shows
folders.
In iTunes 9, there's a new
feature that remedies this
organization problem,
appropriately named iTunes
Media organization. It moves
your folders around into a much
more logical structure, with
separate folders for audiobooks,
iPhone apps, movies, music,
podcasts, ringtones, TV shows,
and voice memos.
Another extremely useful
organizational feature that's come
out in iTunes 9 is a new folder
named "Automatically add to
iTunes." This folder does exactly
what it says; drag a file into it,
and not only will it be added to
iTunes immediately, it will also
automatically move to the
appropriate folder. So, for
example, if you drag a movie file
into the "Automatically add to
iTunes" folder, it'll show up your
iTunes library immediately, and
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Connected Nation Bails
On Its Home State Of
Kentucky
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt) may be other factors at play,
including that the Commonwealth
Submitted at 9/10/2009 7:09:25 PM
wanted the vendor to work with
it'll also automatically move to the iTunes 9, and is located in the The bizarre story of Connected all providers, and two of those
iTunes Music > Movies folder. /Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/ Nation continues. While the telco- significant sectors -- cable and
This makes it easier than ever to folder for each user on the Mac. backed broadband mapping municipals -- are not happy with
keep things organized. This happens whether you enable organization that politicians all the telephone-dominated nature of
Sweet, sweet organization, how iTunes Media organization or not, seem gaga over has been able to Connected Nation. It's also worth
I love thee One thing to keep in so all you'll be losing by not sweep politicians in Minnesota noting that the Kentucky state
mind if you're backing up using upgrading to the new organization and Florida off their feet, despite g o v e r n m e n t , a w a r e o f t h e
Time Machine: sadly, Time scheme is the peace of mind of dubious qualifications and/or criticism of Connect Kentucky's
Machine isn't smart enough to having a far less cluttered library reviews, Connected Nation has efforts, was planning a very strict
know that your files have merely in the Finder. Unless you're a apparently decided to bail out on follow-up procedure for the
been moved around, not deleted fiend for organization, it might b i d d i n g f o r t h e b r o a d b a n d stimulus mapping program. The
and re-added. So if you upgrade not be worth the hassle of backing mapping opportunity in Kentucky. Request for Proposals mentioned
to iTunes Media organization, up your entire iTunes library This is significant, because there would be a third-party
Time Machine will back up your again. C o n n e c t e d N a t i o n i s f r o m verification of "any and all data at
entire iTunes library again. This Note to readers: the last Kentucky. It was originally any location." That condition
might not be a big deal to you if paragraph was rewritten to clarify Connect Kentucky, and it was the would seem to conflict with the
your iTunes library isn't very big, how the Automatically Add to group's supposed "success" in general Connect philosophy of
but if you're one of those people iTunes folder works, how it is mapping broadband deployments c o n t r o l l i n g a c c e s s t o t h e
toting around half a terabyte of enabled, and where to find it. in Kentucky that led to the information. But we digress.
media files, you might want to TUAW iTunes 9 Focus: iTunes formation of Connected Nation. Given all this, it's worth asking:
think twice before upgrading to Media organization originally In other words, not only does does the state of Kentucky have
the new organization scheme. My appeared on The Unofficial Apple Connected Nation actually have the broadband mapping data that
library was only 78 GB, but that Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 10 Sep experience in Kentucky (unlike Connect Kentucky did for it
still entailed deleting five months 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see those other states), it should earlier? Can it give that data to
worth of backups from my Time our terms for use of feeds. already have the maps. And yet other providers? Or must those
Capsule and an overnight backup. Read| Permalink| Email this| it's suddenly claiming that it can't providers start from scratch as
The "Automatically add to Comments meet the deadlines laid out in the Connect Kentucky takes its data
iTunes" folder is enabled proposal? Art Brodsky questions and goes home?
automatically when you install the claim: Is the deadline issue Permalink| Comments| Email
what chased Connected Nation This Story
out of Kentucky? Perhaps. There
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Hands-on with the new iPod nano, part 1
By Megan Lavey (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 9/11/2009 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: iPod Family,
Reviews, iPod nano
While people were still reeling
from the fact that the iPod nano,
and not the iPod touch, gained a
video camera, my trusty 5.5G 30
GB iPod video decided to die a
slow, painful death. Over the past
few weeks, I'd been hearing the
hard drive click of doom, having
the iPod randomly reboot while
listening to an audiobook, and
then had the entire system lock up
on me and not unfreeze until the
battery had worn completely
down. When the last symptom
occurred a second time yesterday
during the iPod event, I decided it
was time for a new iPod and
ordered my first nano.
For years, the nano seemed like
a good idea, but it wasn't
something that fit my needs. My
music collection clocks in at a
respectable 8GB, and it is
growing. I have another 6GB of
audiobooks, also growing, and at
the time I purchased my iPod
video I had another 8GB of TV
shows and movies ripped from
my DVDs. In the days before the
iPhone and iPod touch, the iPod
video was just a more practical
device for those of us who weren't
quite so new to the whole idea of
a portable music player. Apple
initially targeted the noobs with
the iPod mini, and then followed
with the iPod nano.
Now that's changed. If you
really want to play video on a
portable device, the iPhone or the
iPod touch is the way to go. If you
primarily want to listen to music,
the nano is an excellent choice for
an everyday iPod. 16GB is more
than enough to cover many music
collections, and if you need more
capacity there is still the iPod
classic or the larger iPod touch
models. The current nano can fit
my entire library of music and
audiobooks, and leave some room
for videos if I choose -- except I
really don't want to squint at
subtitles on a nano.
Meanwhile, Apple is also
realizing that they need to change
their marketing strategy for the
nano. With more than 220 million
iPods sold to date and a 73.8%
marketshare, the general public is
fully aware of the brand and most
likely has an iPod. So, Apple is
changing tactics and has decided
to take on the Flip, a popular and
inexpensive handheld video
camera that is roughly the size,
although thicker, of a nano. New
ads promote the "fun" factor of
the nano, but overall it's just a
solid iPod.
We're splitting our look at the
new nano into two parts. Today,
we're taking a look at the device
itself and a vast chunk of the new
features. Tomorrow, we take an in
-depth look at the iPod nano's
flagship feature -- the video
camera -- and see how well it
holds up to both a Flip and an
iPhone 3GS.
Continue reading Hands-on with
the new iPod nano, part 1
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TxtNinja Stashes
Your Text Inside
Images [Security]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:30:00 AM
Have something you want other
people to read but not spam bots
and search-engine crawlers?
TxtNinja will turn your plain text
into an image to keep the bots at
bay.
Why might you want to forgo
plain text? One of the more
popular reasons is to mask your
email to keep spam bots from
sucking it up as they scan web
pages. Leaving your
email@someprovider.com in the
open makes it ripe for picking.
TxtNinja allows you to turn that
plain text into:
The result is an image file
which is human friendly but not
machine readable.
TxtNinja allows you to change
the font, font size, color,
background, and supports
international character sets for a
dozen non-English languages.
TxtNinja[via MakeUseOf]
38 Tech/ Tech Blog TV
Checkmate, Twitter: Facebook 'status tagging' live
By Caroline McCarthy
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 2:37:00 PM
Here's a visual of how status
tagging works
Facebook.(Credit: Facebook)
on
Facebook on Thursday
announced that members can now
link to other members' profiles in
their status messages by using the
@ symbol. The move is clearly
inspired by the popularity of
Twitter's "@-replies."
This new feature basically
means that you can link to the
profiles of your friends and other
pages on Facebook, and that your
friends will be informed when
they've been tagged. It's currently
rolling out to members' profiles.
Engineer Tom Occhino explains
it in a post on the Facebook blog:
Now, when you are writing a
status update and want to add a
friend's name to something you
are posting, just include the "@"
symbol beforehand. As you type
the name of what you would like
to reference, a drop-down menu
will appear that allows you to
choose from your list of friends
and other connections, including
groups, events, applications, and
(fan) pages.
The feature will soon expand to
third-party services that let you
update your Facebook status,
Bad Hair Day at 7PM
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 6:00:55 PM
We're having a special Bad Hair
Day podcast which is a mini-
reprise of last night's meetup in
Berkeley.
Marshall is off tonight. I'll have
presumably including status
message aggregators such as
TweetDeck and Seesmic Desktop.
The development prompted
some of my industry competitors
to use the word "BREAKING" in
their headlines (Really? Can we
please leave this term for things
on the level of earthquakes,
election results, and stampedes at
Jonas Brothers concerts?) because
it's yet another big sign that
Facebook is gradually but
aggressively encroaching upon
Twitter's territory in its attempt to
own the Web's trove of real-time
conversation. Twitter is nowhere
two guests -- Doug Kaye of
spokenword.org and Joseph Scott
of Automattic.
Doug is working on a podcast
aggregator that supports rssCloud.
Doug also founded IT
Conversations that was a focal
point in the podcasting bootstrap at the beginning of the decade. b u t w e ' v e a l r e a d y h a d a
near the size of Facebook, nor is it managers of fan pages will be
anywhere near as feature-rich, but notified that they have been
it's enough of a disruption in the tagged--for a brand with a lot of
space to make Facebook keep fans, this could be a lot--and you
trying to get the upper hand. might imagine that some of the
As you may recall, this back- demographics regarding who's
and-forth has included Facebook's talking about them and how often
failed attempt to buy Twitter, could be packaged into a nice
the"real-time stream" upgrades to marketing tool.
the social network's home page, It'd also be a formidable rival to
and its acquisition of FriendFeed, the "analytics dashboard" that
a streaming feed aggregator. Twitter plans to start selling to
On an unrelated note, for brands businesses later this year, which
using Facebook's fan pages, this would be the San Francisco-based
could result in an interesting company's first concrete revenue
analytics product. The company model.
hasn't yet said whether or how the Originally posted at The Social
The Gillmor Gang got its start on
Doug's network; we were inspired
by his work.
Joseph developed the plugin for
Wordpress that shipped at the
beginning of the week. I haven't
known Joseph a very long time,
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Spoilers
Anonymous
By Isabelle Carreau (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 9:00:00 AM
This is Spoilers Anonymous, a
weekly column here at TV Squad
where we supply you with the dirt
on some of the more popular
shows on the air. We'll never put
spoilers up here on the main page
in order to help the reformed stay
unspoiled. If you have anything to
add to the group, feel free to step
up and let yourself be heard,
either with our tips form or by
emailing us at tvsquad at gmail
dot com, or call and leave a
message at(775) 640-8479. Your
anonymity is guaranteed, if you
wish to remain as such.
This week we have spoilers for:
24, Chuck, Gossip Girl, Grey's
Anatomy, Lost, Private Practice
and Ugly Betty. (SPOILERS
FOLLOW!)
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spectacular success, imho.
We'll talk about many of the
things that were discussed at last
night's meetup.
And for this podcast we'll have
an IRC chatroom:
irc://irc.freenode.net/#badHair
Tune in at 7PM Pacific!
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Facebook Lite is here. Verdict: Better
By Rafe Needleman
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 4:04:00 PM
As expected, Facebook is
slimming down. The new "Lite"
version of Facebook is available
for users in the United States and
India, according to TechCrunch.
The new version of the site
appears to be much cleaner and
simpler. It appears, at a quick
glance, to be a better site for
Facebook newbies or for anyone
who finds the current site
overwhelming or noisy. It also
pushes the old-school Facebook
apps off a cliff, which is just as
well for the newest Facebook-
connected services. Try it at
lite.facebook.com.
The major visual change in
No, Technology Doesn't Replace Reporting... But
Who Said It Did?
By Michael Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 9:21:00 PM
A bunch of folks have been
sending in Roger Cohen's NY
Times Op-Ed basically mocking
those who claim that Twitter is
replacing journalism. The only
problem? It's not clear anyone is
actually doing that. I actually
agree with much of Cohen's op-
ed, but it seems to be setting itself
up against a strawman that doesn't
exist. No one's saying that Twitter
replaces journalism. Just that it
(and blogs and social networks
and a variety of other new tools)
Facebook Lite, compared
Facebook "Classic," is simply that
most of the the navigation and
info page that was on the left of
the page is now gone. The user is
not distracted by the mostly
superfluous details that resided
there. The input box is also gone,
replaced by buttons (Write, Post
Photos, Post Video) that pop
down the actual input forms only
when needed.
The new layout feels simpler
and faster, almost Twitter-like.
The new Lite version of
Facebook is cleaner and
faster.(Credit: Screenshot by Rafe
Needleman/CNET)
Facebook "Classic" has a lot of
navigational elements and more
data that make the site cluttlered,
in comparison.(Credit: Screenshot
help change the overall landscape
that is journalism. So, when
Cohen writes: For journalism is
distillation. It is a choice of
material, whether in words or
image, made in pursuit of
presenting the truest and fairest,
most vivid and complete
representation of a situation.
It comes into being only through
an organizing intelligence, an
organizing sensibility. It depends
on form, an unfashionable little
word, without which significance
is lost to chaos. As Aristotle
suggested more than two
millennia ago, form requires a
by Rafe Needleman/CNET)
Other tweaks that diehards
might notice: the "Friends" tab in
the top navigation of Facebook
Classic is missing in Facebook
Lite, replaced by a new "Events"
link that opens up a page of
beginning and middle and end. It
demands unity of theme.
Journalism cuts through the
atwitter state to thematic
coherence. I agree. But I don't see
how that says anything bad about
Twitter or participatory
journalism at all. In fact, it just
reminds me of why the larger
ecosystem allows more wonderful
things to happen thanks to these
new tools. Of course there's still
an important role for distilling all
of the info. Of course there's still
a huge role for professional
journalists. I don't think anyone
denies that. But that's not a
Tech/ Entertainment
invitations.
All pages on the site seem to be
affected. They are simpler, easier
to read, and faster. They load
faster, partly due to what appears
to be HTML optimization at
Facebook. My profile page in
condemnation of Twitter or the
fact that it's being used by many
as a part of the journalism
process. It just highlights how
there's a bigger ecosystem of data
and information for the
professional journalists to distill.
And it would be great if they did
that instead of spending so much
time fretting about the rise of
these tools instead.
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Facebook Lite weighed in at 11K,
compared to 44K in the Classic
version. However, the smaller
pages may also come courtesy of
a dramatically decreased
advertising load, which I doubt
we can count on continuing, once
Facebook Lite enters the
mainstream.
I like the Lite site more than the
old Facebook and am moving
over to it now. Nice job,
Facebook.
Other Facebook news today:
Checkmate, Twitter: Facebook
'status tagging' live
Facebook open-sources real-
time FriendFeed facet
Rarely Seen Pics:
49 Years of Fab
Beatles Pictures!
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 3:49:00 AM
John! Paul! George! Ringo!
With this week's release of " The
Beatles: Rock Band" and the
digitally remastered Beatles'
catalog, The Beatles are once
again on the tip of everyone's
tongues. From their youthful, mop
-top days, to the frenzied U.S.
invasion and psychedelic trip to
India, the Beatles' lasting impact
on music as well as the world is
undeniable. Take a look through
49 years of rarely seen photos of
four chart-topping lads from
Liverpool, whose music rocked --
and still rocks -- the hearts and
ears of the world.
40 Tech/ TV Internet News Record

Count The Beats: A Welcome Note...

By Matt Tinsley (The Unofficial every now and then, a bit of
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) inspiration for those rainy days.
Submitted at 9/11/2009 10:00:00 AM But don't fret(oops!) if you can't
hold a tune. For those less
Filed under: How-tos, Tips and musically inclined we know you
tricks, Reviews, Music still need a soundtrack for the
Welcome to a brand new series holiday you had with Granny last
focusing on music creation on the year and she wants to share the
Mac and iPhone platform.
As you know, here at TUAW,
photo's on a DVD with some 'hip
and happening' music in the
Project
we are crazy about anything
Apple. We just love it! But, dear
background - we've got your
back.
Runway: What
reader, this is not the be all and
end all of our hearts. For many, if
Stay tuned and leave a comment
if you have any bright ideas for
a Girl Wants
not all of us, music is a great what you'd like to see covered in By Michael Pascua (TV
passion of ours too. So, when this new series. Squad)
t h e s e t w o w o r l d s c o l l i d e , -depth look, or, if you will, taking make ends meet) there will be TUAW Count The Beats: A Submitted at 9/11/2009 1:06:00 AM
naturally, it's a beautiful thing. things a semi-tone down (OK, tips, tricks and how-tos from Welcome Note... originally
Recently, you may have seen a enough with the music word Garageband all the way to Logic appeared on The Unofficial Apple (S06E04) Project Runway loves
few posts on TUAW covering play). Studio and everything in between. Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 11 Sep messing with their designers. This
iPhone apps such as FourTrack What exactly can you expect Reviews on some of the latest and 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see week's challenge was that the
and Noise.io or Soundboard for from this (fortnightly) series? If greatest music creation software our terms for use of feeds. models were their clients. It's not
the Mac. Well, in this series, we you're a home studio enthusiast and hardware for the Mac and Read| Permalink| Email this| groundbreaking (season one's
are going to be singing a similar (or a singer-songwriter trying to iPhone/iPod Touch as well as, Comments Wedding Dress Challenge comes
tune but taking a bit more of an in to mind), but the real challenge is
trying to tell these girls that

Your Tweets Are Yours: Now Back Them Up
By Stan Schroeder
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:27:16 AM
Yesterday’s change in Twitter’s
Terms of service, in which they
explicitly state that every user
owns their own tweets is cool, but
what does it really mean for the
user?
The exact wording that Twitter
used in its TOS is: Twitter is
allowed to “use, copy, reproduce,
process, adapt, modify, publish,
transmit, display and distribute”
your tweets because that’s what
we do. However, they are your
tweets and they belong to you.
Ok, but if Twitter can do all that,
what’s left? What’s really yours
here? Well, there’s one thing you
can do.
To my knowledge, Twitter
doesn’t promise any kind of back
up for your data; this
responsibility lies entirely on the
user. However, you’re not
completely helpless here. There
are a couple of services out there
that can back up your entire
collection of tweets!
We’ve already had a detailed
look at Lifestream Backup, a
service that works not only with
Twitter, but also with Flickr,
Photobucket, Google Docs,
Wordpress, Delicious, Basecamp,
and Zoho. The service isn’t free,
though; having your social
universe backed up will cost you a
monthly fee of $4.95, and you can
try it out in a 15 day free trial.
Another similar service is
TweetSaver, which only works
with Twitter, and costs $5 per
month. Its advantages are a
simple, clear interface, the ability
to tag and search your tweets, and
share them with friends.
Finally, there’s TweetBackup, a
service that may not be as
sophisticated as the above two but
has the advantage of being
completely free. It doesn’t ask for
your Twitter password and it
offers a daily backup of all your
tweets.
Image courtesy of iStockphoto,
prill Reviews: Basecamp,
Delicious, Flickr, Google Docs,
Photobucket, Twitter, WordPress,
iStockphoto, zoho
Tags: copyright, terms of
service, tweet, twitter
they're delusional and not
designers. Epperson's model
Matar wanted an orange, punk,
flowing, tiger dress. Thankfully,
he took pieces and translated it
correctly.
Tim announces that this is the
first one-day challenge. This
group has it easy; season five's
first four challenges were all one-
day. They probably wanted to
make sure Johnny didn't have
another mental breakdown and
quit.
Continue reading Project
Runway: What a Girl Wants
Filed under: OpEd, Project
Runway, Episode Reviews
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A roundup of Snow Leopard
compatibility announcements
By Steven Sande (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 9/10/2009 8:00:00 PM
Filed under: Software, Odds and
ends, Snow Leopard Now that the
shock of Mac OS X 10.6's early
release has worn off, many
developers are announcing that
their products are now completely
compatible with Snow Leopard.
Here's a list of the latest devs to
speak up.
Realmac Software announced
that RapidWeaver 4.3 is now
available. This newest version of
Realmac's popular website
development tool adds several
improvements, but the main
attraction is full compatibility
with Snow Leopard. Existing
owners of RapidWeaver can
update for free by using the built-
Ning officially launches apps platform
By Michelle Meyers
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 5:23:00 PM
Ning, the service that lets you
build your own social network, on
Thursday officially launched a
platform that gives users access to
more than 90 embeddable
applications and widgets for
things like collecting donations or
selling tickets.
The public launch of Ning Apps
has been a long time coming. It
went into a private beta in May
and Ning was one of the original
launch partners for the
OpenSocial platform, on which
Ning Apps is based.
Tech/ Entertainment 41
So…Do You Like
Facebook Lite Better Than
OS X 10.6, but it also adds 64-bit
support and major speed Facebook? I Do.
improvements to Pilot. Maintain By Stan Schroeder
also updated Automator actions (Mashable!)
and the help files, and Cocktail Submitted at 9/11/2009 1:32:14 AM
4.5 contains an updated version of
the Sparkle software update If you’ve been able to access
framework. The update can be Facebook Lite(original reports
downloaded here. said that the feature is live only
Read on for even more Snow for users in US and India, but it
Leopard update news. works here in Croatia, too),
Continue reading A roundup of you’ve seen what it’s about: a Although the 600 pixel wide
Snow Leopard compatibility lightweight, stripped down image above doesn’t do justice to
announcements version of Facebook that won’t go the real thing, you can probably
TUAW A roundup of Snow too hard on your (slow) Internet see what I mean. Facebook Lite is
in Check for Updates feature, or Leopard compatibility connection.
download the update here. less crowded and less annoying;
announcements originally I love it. Not because my it’s not throwing too much stuff at
Users of Cocktail, the Mac appeared on The Unofficial Apple connection is particularly slow,
utility from Maintain, can now you like the regular version, and
Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 10 Sep but because it’s easier on the eyes. yet I can’t find many features I
rest assured that the application 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see Yes, one of the reasons behind
will run properly under Snow use regularly that the Lite version
our terms for use of feeds. Facebook’s popularity was its lacks.
Leopard. Cocktail 4.5 Snow Read| Permalink| Email this| simplicity and tidyness (compared
Leopard Edition has not only been What do you think? Could you
Comments to the chaos that was MySpace), switch over to Facebook Lite?
tested for compatibility with Mac but over the years the default Should regular Facebook trim
Facebook page became more and some of its fat to become more
more crowded, and the lite
version makes it painfully
like its sibling? Let us know in the
comments. Reviews: Facebook,
radio show or PollDaddy to gauge o b v i o u s . MySpace
member interests. Simple test? Open the lite Tags: Facebook Lite
Ning App only furthers users' version and the full version, side
ability to customize their sites and by side, in two browser windows.
thus drive traffic, no doubt an
The platform gives its 32 important component of Ning's
First Lady Michelle Obama Asks
m i l l i o n u s e r s e v e n m o r e business plan.
customization options for their Forbes says the company, co-
Viewers to Help Veterans in New PSA
online social communities. For founded by Silicon Valley pioneer (ETonline - Breaking News) families.
example, the company points out Marc Andreessen, is valued "at a Submitted at 9/11/2009 3:00:00 AM The new PSA is part of the
that a band-oriented Ning social lofty $750 million following a Entertainment Industry
network could embed the Sellit $15 million investment in July New video: First Lady Michelle Foundation's "I Participate"
online store to sell merchandise, f r o m L i g h t s p e e d V e n t u r e Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, the campaign in collaboration with
Ticketmaster or LiveNation apps P a r t n e r s . " wife of Vice President Joe Biden, Major League Baseball and its
to sell tickets, or Qik to stream This story has been corrected are starring in a new PSA that Welcome Back Veterans
mobile video. Similarly, an from the original: Number of encourages Americans to support Program. For more information
a c t i v i s t s i t e c o u l d e m b e d Ning users corrected. military veterans. on how you can help, visit
BlogTalk Radio to host a live In the PSA, the women ask www.iparticipate.org.
viewers to support servicemen
and servicewomen and their
42 Tech/ Tech News/ Entertainment Internet News Record

ACORN Undercover Video Do You Speak Global Innovation?

Scandal Rocks Internets By Bernard Lunn
(ReadWriteWeb)
In each country, we are working
with an entrepreneur who is
By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!) Submitted at 9/10/2009 8:00:56 PM passionate about Web technology.
Submitted at 9/10/2009 7:36:56 PM work in those countries. We also These countries are all large
We at ReadWriteWeb believe want some of those stories to be economies. We already know how
If you surfed the internets at all that innovation is a global translated back into English for a many people from these countries
today it was probably hard to business (as we noted in an earlier global audience - English serving read our content in English. Many
avoid hearing about the alleged post on the Global Innovation as the hub, as it were. Our more will read and engage if the
undercover footage of the Graph). The "death of distance" - Trailblazing Site in France content is in their local language.
Association of Community the notion that the Internet makes ReadWriteWeb France is Engagement is critical. Reading
Organizations for Reform Now in location irrelevant - may be an blazing a trail that we want to is easier than writing. Many
Baltimore. exaggeration. Face to face always follow into other countries. Web people are comfortable reading a
The series of two YouTube News, Twitter and YouTube most matters, and that will happen innovators in France can now read post in a foreign language: even if
videos reportedly shows an of the day. where hubs of expertise and a s e l e c t i o n o f p o s t s f r o m they don't understand everything,
undercover couple posing as a Since then, the non-profit capital emerge. Silicon Valley ReadWriteWeb in French. Fabrice t h e y a t l e a s t g e t c r i t i c a l
prostitute and an aspiring future housing group has reportedly fired will likely remain the uber-hub Epelboin and his team translate information that is not available in
Congressional candidate, who the two employees depicted in the for a long time. But the Internet ReadWriteWeb posts into French, their native language. But writing
solicit help from ACORN to get video. ACORN also stated the does dramatically make it possible localize the stories, adding bits a comment and engaging in a
around federal tax laws, avoid video was a deliberate smear for an entrepreneur to start from that make them relevant to conversation is much harder in a
attention from the law and funnel attack and that “undercover teams anywhere and assemble a dream France, and create new stories foreign language. Why We
t h e “ p r o c e e d s ” i n t o t h e attempted similar stunts at three team of experts, partners, and specific to France. Some of these Naturally Take a Global View
Congressional election fund. other ACORN offices.” customers from anywhere else. stories are clearly important to Many people assume, looking at
The video was apparently put Parts 1 and 2 of the video are Innovation is not just a Valley readers outside of France, and we our content, that ReadWriteWeb
together by a young filmmaker embedded below. What are your story or a US story: it is a global will be bringing these to our is based in Silicon Valley. We are
named James O’Keefe, and thoughts on the scandal? Part 1 story. And we want to write more global audience. One example is not. We do have writers in the
published earlier this morning by Part 2 about this exciting story. In this Fabrice's crusade against the Valley, and we congregate there
Andrew Brietbart on the Reviews: Twitter, YouTube post, we'll tell you a bit about how Hadopi law. The law is specific to frequently for major events. But
decidedly non-partisan Tags: acorn, politics, video, we are starting to do that. France, but the issues are global, ReadWriteWeb's founder and
BigGovernment blog. Since then youtube Sponsor a n d o t h e r g o v e r n m e n t s a r e editor, Richard MacManus, is
it’s been trending on Google Language Matters working on similar issues that based in New Zealand. Our COO,
English is the de facto lingua could have alarming outcomes. Bernard Lunn, is based in New
Karina Smirnoff on Split with franca of global business (pardon We hope that ReadWriteWeb York but is a Brit who was born
the Latin). If you want to do becomes both a local and global in Berlin and has lived and
Maksim Chmerkovskiy business globally, you have to be voice on issues such as this. 5 worked all around the world. We
able to speak and write English. are a networked business, with no
(ETonline - Breaking News) her break-up with Maks, going on B u t m o s t o f t h e w o r l d ' s Other Country Versions in the single location, using the online
to say, "It comes with the territory conversations occur in other Pipeline
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:30:00 AM
that everything is in the public l a n g u a g e s . W e w a n t Versions of ReadWriteWeb are tools that we write about to run
currently being created for: our business. So viewing
It's been less than a week since eye, but again, it is a private ReadWriteWeb to be a venue for anywhere in the world as a good
news broke that "Dancing with matter, it is a private relationship, conversations about innovation • China
• Korea place to report from and not
the Stars" celeb dancers Karina and it should totally stay private." not just in English but in all major regarding any place as "foreign"
Smirnoff and Maksim Despite their break-up, Maks languages. We want to hear • Spain
• Holland comes natural to us. Discuss
Chmerkovskiy had called off their and Karina are scheduled to stories about innovation in those
engagement and now Karina is reunite for a performance at the languages by people who live and • Brazil
commenting to ET. "61st Primetime Emmy Awards"
"It comes with the territory, in a segment that will recognize
being on the show that has dancing within reality television.
become amazingly successful,"
Karina told ET about the focus on
Internet News Record Tech News/ TV 43

Top 5 Web Trends of 2009: Internet of Things

By Richard MacManus of the best food websites, than "sensors." In other words,
(ReadWriteWeb) gathering recipes for your dinners Pachube aims to be responsive to
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:30:00 AM and adding the ingredients and influence your environment -
automatically to your shopping for example your home.
This week ReadWriteWeb is list. This fridge knows what kinds Conclusion
r u n n i n g a s e r i e s o f p o s t s of foods you like to eat, based on What's the point of all this new
analyzing the 5 biggest Web the ratings you have given to your object data from the Internet of
trends of 2009. So far we've dinners. Indeed the fridge helps Things? As well as the new types
explored these trends: Structured you take care of your health, of functionalities it will enable,
D a t a , T h e R e a l - T i m e W e b , because it knows which foods are such as health monitoring by
Personalization, Mobile Web / good for you. Internet fridges, the sheer amount
Augmented Reality. The fifth and However, we're not quite at that of new data about an object
final part of our series is about the level of sophistication yet in the should lead to better quality goods
flowers and pot plants, which are and better decision-making by
Internet of Things, when real I n t e r n e t o f T h i n g s . A s w e
world objects (such as fridges, discovered in our Internet Fridges very sensitive to the environment consumers. For example when Seinfelds cleared
they travel in. Having sensors as you buy a loaf of bread from the
lights and toasters) get connected State of the Market in July,
to the Internet. In 2009, this trend current internet fridges are more part of the entire travel chain will grocery store, it will have its own in copyright suit
has ramped up and is adding a about entertainment than utility. allow participants to monitor RFID tag - which theoretically By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
significant amount of new data to IBM and The Internet of Things conditions and climate during c a n t e l l y o u w h e n i t w a s Submitted at 9/11/2009 8:04:00 AM
the Web. One of the leading big travel. Essentially it makes the produced, when it was packaged,
In this post we'll see how companies in Internet of Things is travel process very transparent. how long it traveled to get to the It's been a while since we
companies as big as IBM and as IBM, which offers a range of Pachube: Building a Platform store, whether the temperature brought you news that Jessica
small as Pachube are building up RFID and sensor technology f o r I n t e r n e t - E n a b l e d during its travel was optimal, the Seinfeld (Jerry's wife) was being
this new world of Internet data solutions. IBM has been busy Environments pricing history of the product, sued for copyright infringement
and services. working with various IBM is a leading bigco active in what the precise ingredients are and trademark violations for her
Sponsor manufacturers and goods the Internet of Things. At the and associated health benefits (or book Deceptively Delicious.
What is The Internet of Things? suppliers in recent months, to other end of the spectrum is a d a n g e r s ) , a n d m u c h m o r e Author Missy Chase Lapine had
The Internet of Things is a introduce those solutions to the small UK startup which has i n f o r m a t i o n . accused Seinfeld of copying from
network of Internet-enabled world. impressed us a lot this year: That ends our look at the 5 her book, The Sneaky Chef,
objects, together with web For example IBM announced a Pachube. It was one of 5 Internet biggest trends of the Web in 2009. which came out several months
services that interact with these deal at the end of June with of Things services that we First thing next week we will post before Seinfeld's similar book.
objects. Underlying the Internet of Danish transportation company profiled in February and we a r o u n d - u p , a l o n g w i t h a Both books feature ways to get
Things are technologies such as Container Centralen. By February followed up with an in-depth look d o w n l o a d a b l e p r e s e n t a t i o n . your kids to eat healthier foods.
R F I D ( r a d i o f r e q u e n c y 2010, Container Centralen at the service in May. ReadWriteWeb's Top 5 Web The judge said that, yeah, there
identification), sensors, and undertakes to use IBM sensor Pachube, (pronounced "PATCH Trends of 2009: are similarities between the two
smartphones. technology "to allow participants -bay") lets you tag and share real • Structured Data books but not enough to prove
The Internet fridge is probably in the horticultural supply chain to time sensor data from objects, • The Real-Time Web Lapine's case.
the most oft-quoted example of track the progress of shipments as devices, buildings and • Personalization Continue reading Seinfelds
what the Internet of Things will they move from growers to environments both physical and • Mobile Web & Augmented cleared in copyright suit
enable. Imagine a refrigerator that wholesalers and retailers across virtual. In a blog post by Tish Reality Filed under: Celebrities, Reality
monitors the food inside it and 4 0 c o u n t r i e s i n E u r o p e . " Shute, Pachube founder Usman • Internet of Things -Free
notifies you when you're low on S p e c i f i c a l l y t h i s r e f e r s t o Haque explained that Pachube is Discuss Permalink| Email this| |
milk. It also perhaps monitors all transportation of things like about "environments" moreso Comments
44 Tech News/ TV
Survey Says Most iPhone Owners
Download 10+ Apps
By Dana Oshiro
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 10:30:00 PM
In the mobile world, it's been
long established that applications
are the key selling point for
Apple's iPhone. At the end of
June the company reported a
record 5.2 million iPhones sold in
its third quarter - a 600% increase
over the same time frame a year
earlier. Steve Jobs was proud to
announce that more than 1.5
billion applications had been
downloaded from the App Store.
Unsurprisingly, according to a
new survey released by Compete,
72% of iPhone owners have
downloaded 10 or more
applications to their devices.
Meanwhile, in comparison only
27% of Blackberry owners have
downloaded 5 or more
applications.
Sponsor
The day I purchased my iPhone
I'd already downloaded more than
10 applications. To deny this
curiosity for new features seems
strange. While Blackberry's App
World selection certainly doesn't
compete with Apple's App Store,
the company does offer free fan
favorites like Facebook, Google
Talk and Pandora. We were
shocked by the Blackberry's low
application download numbers
Big Brother 11: HOH #11 part one finish, HOH #11 part two
By Jackie Schnoop (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 12:29:00 AM
(S11E28) They say to "expect
the unexpected" on Big Brother
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Facebook Lite Goes Live
- More Twitter Imitation
the site from their mobile device. By Richard MacManus
Nevertheless, Twitter usage (ReadWriteWeb)
appeared remarkably lower than Submitted at 9/10/2009 4:27:59 PM
expected. Compete reports that
85% of smartphone owners still A month ago we reported that
and as explained by Compete's prefer to access Twitter from their Facebook was beta testing a 'lite'
Danielle Nohe, it appears that the computer rather than their mobile version of its popular social
companies have remarkably device. "Of the smartphone n e t w o r k i n g s i t e .
different cultures. owners who do access Twitter via http://lite.facebook.com has just
Said Nohe, "With the massive their phones, 41 percent use the become available to U.S. users.
n u m b e r o f a p p l i c a t i o n s application to keep track of what The lite version offers users a
downloaded to date, the iPhone their friends are doing, 32 percent "faster, simpler version of
has taken an early lead in getting use the service to keep up with Facebook." Judging from what we
owners to adopt app functionality current events and 19 percent have seen so far, Facebook Lite
and make popular applications a tweet from their handset to build a turns Facebook into a very
part of their daily lives...Once f a n b a s e o r p r o m o t e t h e i r Twitter-like experience. Facebook was apt to copy Friendfeed.
users are hooked, they're very company." Given Facebook's Lite has comment threading, more Imitation is the sincerest form of
unlikely to give up their device - recent slew of Twitter-like features than Twitter and no word flattery indeed, but remember that
that makes mobile the next can't features, and the fact that Twitter count limits. But the influence is Facebook's user base is still much
miss opportunity for marketers." has no official mobile application, plain to see. larger than Twitter's.
C o m p e t e a f f i r m s perhaps the microblogging site is Sponsor It's a tried and true strategy for
ReadWriteWeb's statement that seen as a redundancy amongst this It's a been a busy news day at big Internet companies (ref
iPhone owners are embracing paid group. Facebook. Earlier today Facebook Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL): copy
apps. The research company Another interesting fact is that launched a new Twitter-like the best new features from smaller
suggests that users prefer to pay nearly half of the group was open tagging feature, plus they startups and gradually introduce
less than $5 dollars per app with to receiving location-based announced it has open sourced the them over time to a mainstream
the most popular downloads being discounts and advertisements. real-time web development audience. Even though Twitter is
entertainment, gaming, music, Communities like Foursquare and framework that runs its new nearly mainstream, its only just
social networking and weather Brightkite have already been acquisition Friendfeed. broken into the comScore top 50
applications. With the iPhone's exploring such ads as a revenue We're hearing the term "Twitter- sites in the U.S. - whereas
culture of app downloading, it's model. However, it will be like" a lot in regard to Facebook's Facebook is now in the top 5.
obvious why developers covet the interesting to see if they try to announcements these days - just Discuss
featured paid app spot in any one place their own ads or outsource as earlier in the year Facebook
of these categories. the sponsorships to a location-
The top free application in the based ad serving network. Discuss
App Store's social networking
category is Facebook and 71% of
those surveyed reported accessing
11. Well, tonight showed that the dress up all spiffy and funky. Sure HOH #11 part two
viewers can expect an unexpected enough, he did. He had matching Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother
scheduling of events. Here I was red sneakers to complete the (US), Episode Reviews
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Michael Jackson
Tribute Postponed
Until Next June
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:11:00 AM

The Michael Jackson tribute

concert originally scheduled to
take place in Vienna this month
has been postponed. The location
has also been changed from
Vienna to London.
The event’s promoter, Georg
Kindel, told reporters that they
encountered scheduling conflicts
with performers that were invited
to participate. He told the
Associated Press, “Maybe we
underestimated these issues.”
This news follows Katherine
Jackson's statement yesterday that
she would attend, and
announcements made earlier this
week of A-list acts committing to
perform at this event. Artists such
as Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown,
and Natalie Cole were unable to
commit to the originally
scheduled event on September 26.

Remembering 9/11: There's an App for That

By Sarah Perez To help you recall and remember ads popping up either. In the background behind the
(ReadWriteWeb) what occurred eight years ago The layout of the app is simple. text is an image of the New York
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:57:54 AM today, there's an app called " 9/11 It's screen after screen of statistics skyline and the Tribute in Light
Numbers" which brings the about the terrorist attacks that day memorial, an installation of 88
Today is the eighth anniversary sobering realities of September as well as updates as to where we searchlights which projects two
of the terrorist attacks on America 11th to light through simple stand today. Each stat focuses on vertical columns of light into the Twitter Solidifies
which became known simply as statistics you can flip through on a number(hence the "numbers" in sky. Governance: New
" 9 / 1 1 . " F o r m a n y p e o p l e your iPhone. the app's title) and then explains The app offers a creative and
worldwide, today is a day of Sponsor what that particular number refers interesting way to remember 9/11. Terms Keep Out Bots
remembering and honoring the At first, we have to admit we to. For example, "24" is the And as the app's description By Dana Oshiro
lives lost, the heroism of those cynically wondered if the 9/11 number of people still classified reads,"not forgetting is not (ReadWriteWeb)
onboard United Airlines Flight 93 app was an opportunistic attempt as "missing" from the World enough - it's also important to
who seized control of the plane to capitalize on this national Trade Center. "16" is the number grasp the measure of what Submitted at 9/10/2009 8:27:17 PM
from the hijackers, and the brave tragedy. But we're glad to report of survivors from WTC South's transpired." Discuss Although we're not sure they
efforts of the rescue workers who we were wrong. There's no charge point of impact. "1776" is the actually understand governance
worked around-the-clock in f o r t h e a p p l i c a t i o n - i t ' s number of feet high the Freedom
search and recovery operations. completely free - and there are no Tower memorial will be.
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statements, we know they can
scrape them. In the past year
Twitter has noticed an influx in
bots and to curb it, the company is
strengthening its policies. In a
recent blog post by co-founder
Biz Stone, the company
announced amendment of its
Terms of Service. ReadWriteWeb
recently covered Facebook's
widely-criticized TOS
proceedings. As a stark
improvement, Twitter is offering
users an archived copy of its past
TOS as well as a link to its
Twitter support portal for
feedback.
Sponsor
Stone outlined a number of
changes to the Terms of Service
including advertising stipulations,
ownership and usage agreements,
API usage and a clear mechanism
ABC's John Stossel moves to Fox
By Allison Waldman (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 9:25:00 AM
You might think it's surprising
that 20/20 anchor John Stossel is
leaving ABC for Fox, but it's not
really much of shock. It seems to
me that there have been other high
profile names that were once
for dealing with spam. While
many of the points are reiterations
of pre-existing policies such as
the "right to remove content" and
"reclaim user names", a number
of points have been added to
protect against malware and bots.
As Twitter's API and site feeds
can be used by a variety of 3rd
party developers, it's only natural
that a service with this sort of
popularity would attract it's share
of bottom feeders. Statements
around storage limits, mail-
bombing, viruses and scripting are
meant to protect against disruptive
marketing and site saboteurs. For
the complete TOS visit
twitter.com/tos.
Discuss
considered liberal firebrands --
Geraldo Rivera and Dennis Miller
come to mind -- who've grown
older and changed their stripes,
finding a home at Fox.
Stossel, whom I recall as a
staunch consumer reporter and a
man who liked to tear down
hypocrisy at every turn, has been three decades. Now, he's moving
a regular at ABC News for nearly on to Fox Business Network
Remains of the Day: Windows 7 Hits
the "Airwaves" Edition [For What
It's Worth]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 4:00:00 PM
The first Windows 7
commercials makes its way to
YouTube, AT&T wastes a little
less of your time when you've got
to leave a voicemail, Bing 2.0
release is on the horizon, and
student's earn credit while playing
Wii.
• Is this the first Windows 7
commercial? Microsoft drops the
first Windows 7 commercial
we've seen to YouTube, and our
siblings over at Gizmodo even get
a blurb. [Ars Technica; Thanks
Slimy!]
• AT&T Relents, Drops Paging
Instructions from Voicemail
AT&T is wasting a little less of
your time in their voicemail
dialog by dropping the paging
instructions. Sorry page lovers,
but it had to happen sometime.
[NYT]
• Google Internet Stats Google's
launched a new page devoted to
their collection of searchable
internet statistics, sporting
goodies like: "Nearly three in five
(57%) of youth consumers logged
on to YouTube to watch a music
video in the last 12 months,
compared to 56% who watched a
music TV channel."
• Microsoft's Bing 2.0: Coming
this fall (maybe even next week)
A big Bing update may hit the
fledgling Microsoft search engine
as early as next week. [ZDNet]
• The technology behind
Tornado, FriendFeed's web server
FriendFeed and Facebook are
open-sourcing the technology that
powers its real-time web services.
where he'll have a weekly show,
and Fox News where he'll make
frequent guest appearances.
Continue reading ABC's John
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[Bret Taylor]
• UH fitness courses reach a
whole new level Students at the
University of Houston can now
earn college credits on their Wiis.
[Houston Chronicle]
• 'One in 10 conned' by ticket
sites A whole lot of people end up
getting fleeced when they try
buying tickets online. [BBC]
• Facebook Lite Facebook
launches a new lightweight,
extremely fast experimental
homepage called Facebook Lite.
[via TechCrunch]
• Tag Friends in Your Status and
Posts If you like the @user
convention on Twitter, now you
can start using it on Facebook as
well. [Facebook Blog]
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Best Virtual-Desktop Manager? Microsoft sets up open-

[Hive Five Call For Contenders]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 5:00:00 PM
Although the productivity-
boosting popularity of multiple
physical monitors is on the rise,
v i r t u a l - d e s k t o p
management—that is, using
software to emulate the extra
space afford by multiple
monitors—is still a perfectly
useful alternative. The question is,
which virtual-desktop application
is best?
Photo by littledan77.
This week we want to hear
about the tools you use to manage
your virtual desktops. What
application makes it easy for you
to switch up your workspace and
focus? What features sold you on
your application of choice?
Hive Five nominations take
place in the comments, where you
post your favorite tool for the job.
We get hundreds of comments, so
to make your nomination clear,
please include it at the top of your
comment like so: VOTE: Best
Virtual-Desktop Manager. Please
don't include your vote in a reply
to another commenter. Instead,
source foundation
(CNET News.com) wanted a foundation that
Submitted at 9/11/2009 7:10:22 AM addresses a full spectrum of
software projects, and does so
Microsoft has created the with the licensing and intellectual
nonprofit CodePlex Foundation to property needs of commercial
target increased communication software companies in mind."
between open-source Add to this that the About page
communities and software states that companies will
companies. contribute code, not patents, and
Citing an under-representation that is what I think will stop the
o f c o m m e r c i a l s o f t w a r e existing open-source community
companies and their employees in from going anywhere near the
o p e n s o u r c e , t h e C o d e P l e x CodePlex Foundation.
Foundation aims to work with I can't see any patent-
particular projects to bridge the encumbered CodePlex project
gap between the open-source and b e i n g a c c e p t e d i n t o , o r
commercial worlds. contributing code into, any large
The Redmond giant has existing open-source project while
contributed $1 million to the still having the patent specter
Foundation and filled out its looming overhead--it's something
make your vote and reply separate question we get: "Which tool is board and advisory panel with that the open-source community
comments. If you don't follow this the best?" Once a week we'll put many Microsoft staffers. has tried to avoid whenever
format, we may not count your out a call for contenders looking Unlike other open-source possible.
vote. To prevent tampering with for the best solution to a certain foundations, such as the Mozilla But this is probably not that
the results, votes from first-time problem, then YOU tell us your F o u n d a t i o n a n d G N O M E audience that the Foundation is
commenters may not be counted. favorite tools to get the job done. Foundation, the Foundation said aiming for--it's more likely to
A f t e r y o u ' v e m a d e y o u r Every weekend, we'll report back on its Web site that it intends to t a r g e t p u r e l y M i c r o s o f t
nomination, let us know what w i t h the top f i v e address the full spectrum of companies/developers and attempt
makes it stand out from the recommendations and give you a software projects. to get them to open up a little.
competition. chance to vote on which is best. This is an unexpected and Allowing these companies to keep
About the Hive Five: The Hive For an example, check out last interesting move from Redmond. their patents will make it easier
Five feature series asks readers to week's Hive Five Best Disk Don't think that this is completely f o r t h e m t o e n g a g e i n t h e
answer the most frequently asked Defragmenters. l i k e o t h e r o p e n - s o u r c e Microsoft ecosystem but not in
foundations that you may be used the wider open source world.
to, though. Chris Duckett of ZDNet
Take this line from the Australia reported from Sydney.
Codeplex Foundation FAQ: "We

LucasArts officially reveals Lucidity, hitting XBLA this month

By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 8:30:00 AM
As promised, LucasArts showed
off its new game, Lucidity, on
GameTrailers TV last night. As
you can see in the video we
grabbed from Sector above, it's
sort of a puzzley platformer that
has you manipulating objects in
the environment in order to help
Sophie (who's moving of her own
free will, Lemmings-style) get
from one side of the screen to the
other.
We're intrigued by the
gameplay, but totally in love with
the art style and calming
soundtrack. Luckily, we don't
have long to wait to hear it in full,
as the game's apparently coming
to XBLA later this month. A date
for the PC version is still
unannounced, and there's no word
of an appearance on PSN.
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10 TechCrunch50 grads: Where are they now?
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:00:00 AM
Tech blog TechCrunch is hosting
the third iteration of its annual
startup show next week, where 50
brand new sites and services are
slated to be launched. The show
was started in early-2007 by
TechCrunch founder Michael
Arrington and entrepreneur and
Weblogs Inc. co-founder Jason
Calacanis as an alternative to the
DEMO conference series. Instead
of paying to be on stage (once
selected) as is done at DEMO,
companies selected by Arrington
and Calacanis get to present for
free.
Next week at the TechCrunch
50 conference, 50 new companies
will take the stage and make a
pitch, while about a hundred
others--some new, some retreads
from prior TechCrunch events,
fight for attention on a paid show
floor called the "Demo Pit."
How many of these companies
that launched at a TechCrunch
event have gone on to fame and
glory? It was hard enough for
these companies to make a mark
when they were fighting for
attention against dozens of other
start-ups. It's even harder to
continue momentum from a
conference after the dust settles.
Below are five that have done
quite well, and five that haven't.
The good
Mint
Mint made its public debut at
the TechCrunch40 in 2007, where
it won the audience choice award,
netting it $50,000 in cash (that it
didn't really need).
The site presents users with a
bold option: give us your bank
account, mortgage, and credit card
information and we'll help you
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TechCrunch 40, Xobni had picked
up a little more than $4 million in
funding. The product, however,
remained in private beta until mid
-2008, after which it was opened
up to the public. Then, in early
January of this year, the company
announced another round of
funding, totaling $7 million,
including Cisco Systems as one of
the investors.
The company also released a
paid version of its service in mid-
July that costs $30 a year and
adds extra features on top of the
free product. It remains a product
for the desktop version Microsoft
Outlook only, although the
company is working on a version
for Outlook mobile too.
Clickable
Clickable, a grad of the 2007
TechCrunch 40 show, is an online
advertising management tool that
blends analytics, reporting, and
recommendations on ongoing ad
campaigns across several ad
platforms at once.
Despite the Internet advertising
slump, Clickable's approach at
serving as a front end for all the
different ad platforms has helped
it weather the storm. The service
track how you're spending your as well a nod from PCMag's "Top also picked as Lifehacker's " Top recently launched its second
money and give you tips and tools 100 websites of 2009" 10 Up-and-coming products" iteration, which is able to track
on how to save. Postbox shortly after its release. and report on some of Google's
Since 2007, it's since gone on to Postbox, a Mozilla-based e-mail Xobni newest forms of online
raise two additional rounds of client that launched at last year's Another e-mail utility graduate, a d v e r t i s i n g .
funding, bringing the total past TechCrunch50 show, has done Xobni, came from the first To date, Clickable has picked
$30 million. The site also has 1.4 well for itself inside a year. For TechCrunch show back in late- up more than $20 million in
million registered users. and one, it's publicly available and 2007, when there were just 40 funding and picked up numerous
claims to be "tracking $175 fully out of beta--which is more c o m p a n i e s p r e s e n t i n g . T h e Web awards nods. This week the
billion in transactions, $47 billion unusual than it should be. It's also product, called "Insight," was a company announced it had hired
in assets and has identified more a paid and license-based product, plug-in for Microsoft's Outlook e- Dave Fall, former DoubleClick
than $300 million in potential meaning the company isn't just mail software, and could replace e x e c u t i v e ( m a d e G o o g l e
savings for its users." It's also won giving it away for free. Microsoft's built-in search tool, as employee) to serve as senior VP
numerous awards, including a Earlier this year Postbox won a well as show users details on the of product and operations.
Webware 100 award in 2009, a Webware 100 award in the frequency of those they were e- Yammer
"50 best websites of 2009" communications category as mailing with.
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Yammer, a Twitter for business,
launched at last year's
TechCrunch50 show and picked
up the audience choice award and
a $50,000 cash prize. The service
lets users within a company post
status messages that can only
been by others in the company--
something which, was at the time,
controlled through domain
verification.
The company picked up a $5
million round of Series A funding
back in January. Then, in
February, launched a new hosted
version of its service that lets
companies send and view
messages behind the firewall,
instead of Yammer's servers.
Along with having a free
version of its service, Yammer
also has a paid version which
charges per user, per month. All
together, Yammer has more than
40,000 companies using it,
although it has not revealed the
markup of how many of those are
paying.
The bad
Blah Girls
At last year's show, the celebrity
start-up--and arguably one of the
event's highest profile launches
was Blah Girls, a content site that
blended a daily cartoon with
celebrity gossip news. The site,
which was demonstrated on-stage
by parent company Katalyst
Media co-founder Ashton
Kutcher, is now a branded
channel on YouTube, and has had
its stream of videos dry up
considerably to just a few a
month.
Though back in May Kutcher
inked a deal with CBS Television(
note: CNET News is published by
CBS Interactive) to get one-
minute versions of the show run
as segments on The Insider, but it
seems as though Katalyst Media's
attempts to build a gossip empire
were short-lived. Instead, the Blah
Girls brand is to live inside CBS'
The Insider celebrity news site.
That may not be a bad thing in the
long run, but it probably hasn't
quite lived up to Kutcher's
aspirations.
Here was Kutcher describing it
at last year's event:
Fitbit
This $99, WiFi-enabled
pedometer lets you track your
progress with online charts and
fitness-encouraging tools. It was
my CNET colleague Rafe
Needleman's favorite product of
last year's show( despite some
controversy), although it's been
slow to hit the market. Originally
slated to be released this past
spring, Fitbit's site currently says
it will be available in August (last
month) and that pre-orders are
closed. According to a company
representative I spoke to, the first
pre-orders will be fulfilled at end
of this month, or at the latest, next
month.
The Fitbit is a tiny wireless
pedometer that can sync up with
its base station and post your
fitness progress to the Web.
Originally slated to launch in
spring, it's release has dragged out
to October.(Credit: Fitbit)
Though even with a public
launch right now, it may have
missed its window to pick up
business from the tech-savvy
fitness crowd. Apple's latest iPod
Nano which was announced this
past Wednesday, costs just $50
more than the Fitbit and comes
with a built-in pedometer, can
play music and FM radio, and can
shoot and play back video. The
Fitbit will certainly have a more
focused online strategy than
Apple is offering, but it's hard to
argue with all the extra things you
get for $50.
AOL BlueString
AOL's BlueString was a site set
up for media storage and sharing.
It launched at the TechCrunch 40
show in 2007. BlueString let users
host and share their photos with
family members through a Web
uploader, as well as view local
files through its file browser.
Users got up to 5GB of free
storage on BlueString, and could
bump that number up to 50GB for
$100 a year, although AOL didn't
wrangle up enough of those
paying users to keep the service
afloat. BlueString, as well as
AOL's XDrive storage service
(which BlueString was powered
on), were shut down late last year,
taking users' media down, too.
AOL's BlueString let users store
and share media on its servers.
The site was shut down in late-
2008 along with several other
AOL services.(Credit: CNET)
Zivity( NSFW warning)
Zivity, the only site out of the
last two shows I would never,
ever send my mom to, has not
fared well since its launch at the
TechCrunch 40 show in 2007.
The site, which lets models post,
and make money from (mostly
nude) photos of themselves, as
well as interact with their fans,
laid off a third of its staff last
October. Then, in July, its
founders spun off a new
community site called Top Fans
that crowd sources and aggregates
celebrity gossip.
Zivity did get off to a good
financial start though. It won the
$10,000 Howard Rice award at
the TechCrunch 40--the runner up
prize to the $50,000 awarded to
the audience choice. Back in mid-
2008, it picked up a $7 million
round of Series B financing,
although the lion's share of that
money has since been funneled
(by its investors) into Top Fans
instead.
Zivity's CEO Cyan Banister also
went on the record with
VentureBeat saying the site was
pulling in just 20,000 active users
a month, out of 50,000 total
registrations since launch--a
surprisingly low traffic number
considering the content.
Orgoo
Orgoo launched at the
TechCrunch 40 show back in
2007. The idea was to provide
users with a single interface to
check multiple Web e-mail
accounts. It also tacked on live
user chat, and a way to send and
receive SMS messages while not
using a phone. The product itself
worked great, in fact I wrote a
glowing review of it back when it
first came out. It's problem
though, is that it has remained in
private beta too long, and worse--
died without telling anyone.
In fact the lights are still on but
nobody's home, which is a true
Web oddity. When most sites take
the big sleep, they put up a note
for a few months, then kill off the
domain. Instead, Orgoo's main
product can still be accessed but
remains nonfunctional. You're
able to dig into the settings
menus, but you can't add new
mail accounts or read through old
archives or IM chats or messages.
Its press page's most recent entry
links to a video we posted back in
March of last year, when the
company demoed its now-defunct
live video chat product, which
continues to run as a standalone
site.
Orgoo's e-mail service let users
combine multiple accounts into
one interface, just like most
desktop mail clients. It's since
been shut down, although the site
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remains up in all its non-
functional glory.(Credit: CNET)
Orgoo co-founder Sean Rad
tells me the company has since
shifted its focus from consumers,
and is working on a B2B product.
For those that are looking for a
product with similar features,
competitor Fuser, which launched
the month after, does many of the
same things--and more.
Lessons learned
Statistically, there are bound to
be some hits and misses at every
trade show. What's really
surprising about some of the
products and services that didn't
fare well from these shows is that
many had a lot going for them:
• Blah Girls had an incredibly
simple formula for success--
combining celebrity gossip with a
short cartoon. It even had an
Internet-savvy celebrity backer
with Ashton Kutcher and was
ready to go the day it was
announced.
• Fitbit still looks to be a very
capable product, though I can see
taking this long to get to market
leading to its demise. When
released, it will still be one of the
most high tech pedometers on the
market, but again, it's now facing
competition from a very svelte
Apple product that may not be as
small or as simple, but has a few
more features that make it useful
when you're not interested in
exercise.
• Both Orgoo and BlueString
were a great, simple products that
were relatively easy to use.
• Zivity was offering ad-free
photos of naked women, free of
charge. How can you miss turning
that into a wildly-profitable
business?
Not mentioned in this list are
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Motorola's comeback attempt rests on software

(CNET News.com) struggling ever since. In the pre- The other big question is
Submitted at 9/11/2009 4:00:00 AM iPhone era, Motorola was a hit whether Motorola is committed to
with sleek phones like the Razr the mobile business at the
Motorola, the iconic mobile that turned heads, but after people corporate level for the long haul.
phone company once known for started to realize what they could Jha said that it was, although he
flashy hardware, is pinning its do with sophisticated phone cautioned that things could
comeback hopes on the quality of software constantly connected to change in the future. At the
its software. the Internet, the Razr became an moment, it probably doesn't
Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha a f t e r t h o u g h t . M o t o r o l a h a s matter, since Motorola likely can't
wouldn't go as far to say that struggled ever since, seriously find a buyer for its mobile
Motorola is unconcerned with considering getting out of the business in its current condition
hardware these days, hours after phone business altogether. and will need a series of hits in
unveiling the forthcoming Jha declared a year ago that order to make the property
Motorola Cliq at Mobilize 2009, Motorola was going to focus on interesting to outside investors
but the balance has clearly two operating systems: Android again.
changed with the introduction of and Windows Mobile. With Motorola's efforts on the
Motoblur, a layer of software that Windows Mobile development software front over the last
sits above the Android operating falling further and further behind several years have lagged that of
system and will coordinate its rivals, it has turned to Android the competition. It could be
incoming messages and news for the Cliq, the first smartphone partnership with Google and Motoblur will be the underpinning argued that the poor software on
f e e d s o n f u t u r e M o t o r o l a it has launched in some time that Android because it realized for a series of phones tailored to the Rokr--an iTunes phone that
handsets. has a realistic chance of Google could do a much better different types of users, Jha said. was overshadowed at its own
Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha competing in the modern market. job of coordinating third-party Motorola is betting the company-- launch event in 2005--spurred
holds the Cliq Thursday, a device Unlike the G1 and Ion--perhaps s o f t w a r e d e v e l o p e r s a n d or at least the mobile division--on Apple's development of the
that Motorola designed with the best known Android phones at application sales than Motorola its own blend of software and iPhone and the reinvention of
software first in mind.(Credit: the moment--the Cliq features a could do on its own, Jha said. online services spread across a what it means to be a smartphone.
Josh Miller/CNET) Motorola-designed home page It's not just Motorola who will series of phones, rather than Jha seemed confident that the
"Motoblur is going to become that allows users to see a flood of get to play with Motoblur, either: trying to mimic Apple's approach company has turned a corner.
very important to Motorola," Jha notifications from things like outside developers will also be in producing one phone for "Experiences matter a lot more as
said. It's actually more than just social-networking applications, a b l e t o g e t t h e i r h a n d s o n everyone. we go to the mobile Internet," he
s o f t w a r e - - M o t o r o l a i s a l s o news feeds, and the standard Motoblur with the eventual Will it work? Without knowing said, in comparison to the flashy
essentially hosting an online voice calls, text messages, and e- release of APIs for the software, k e y d e t a i l s l i k e p r i c e a n d hardware for which Motorola had
service that will deliver Facebook mails. It invites comparisons to Jha told Infoworld. This could performance at this early date, it's become known.
u p d a t e s a n d R S S f e e d s t o Palm's WebOS and Synergy potentially complicate matters hard to say whether the Cliq will However, Motorola said
i n d i v i d u a l p h o n e s - - b u t i t ' s software, with users selecting with Google and Android, but Jha be enough of a success to rekindle essentially the same thing in 2006
emblematic of the shift towards different widgets from a home insisted in our interview that interest in Motorola. Jha declined and in 2007, and has nothing to
software and the Internet as the page to rotate in and out of Motorola will be very careful not to comment on pricing, indicating show for it. Three years later, the
main features in a modern mobile Facebook, Google Maps, e-mail, t o f r a g m e n t A n d r o i d w i t h that decision rests with exclusive world is now a very different
phone. or voicemail. incompatibilities. U.S. partner T-Mobile. He did place.
Unfortunately for Motorola, that Motorola designed nearly all of Whether or not people respond hint that pricing for the Cliq
era began more than two years Motoblur, and it has been in the to Motorola's social-networking would be "creative," letting it rest
ago with the launch of the iPhone, works since 2007, according to marketing strategy with the Cliq, with that statement.
and the company has been Business Week. It struck up a
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the more than 100 other products the demo pits)--some that being announced. For more on TechCrunch50 and DEMO shows.
that were launched at previous continue to be closed off to the that, see our story from April,
shows (counting new sites from public, more than a year after which covers both the
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Globalfoundries takes 'huge step' with Chartered merger

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:27:42 AM

The proposed merger of

Chartered Semiconductor
Manufacturing and
Globalfoundries will help the
AMD manufacturing spinoff
propel forward in its bid to
become a foundry leader,
according to analysts.
Earlier this week, Advanced
Technology Investment Company
(ATIC) and Chartered
Semiconductor announced that
they entered into a definitive
agreement, in which ATIC would
acquire Chartered for $1.75
billion. ATIC owns about two-
thirds of Globalfoundries--the
joint venture that the investment
firm created with Advanced
Micro Devices.
The deal is subject to
Singapore's High Court and
Chartered's shareholders, but
according to market analyst
iSuppli, chances are good the deal
will go through.
In a statement, iSuppli said
Chartered and Globalfoundries
earned a combined revenue of Chartered, Globalfoundries would in place and that's a major boon Common Platform alliance, which position in the market".
$1.2 billion for the first half of have two operational 300mm for them," he added. it was already loosely linked to iSuppli added that the old
2009, which would propel it to facilities and five 200mm ones. Jim McGregor, chief technology through its relationships with foundry landscape was under
No. 2 among pure-play foundry "This acquisition provides strategist at In-Stat, said in a IBM," McGregor explained. "This duress, and that changes are fast-
players. TSMC was the clear Globalfoundries the ability to research note the potential merger does assume that the transaction happening. UMC (United
leader at $3.3 billion. produce both bulk and silicon on was a "huge step" for doesn't nullify the alliance or any Microelectronics Corp.) could
Globalfoundries revenue insulator (SOI) technology," Len Globalfoundries. He pointed out contractual obligations, but we do regain its second spot, with the
includes combined Chartered Jelinek, iSuppli's director and that the deal would deliver the not believe that it will because it expected completion of its
Semiconductor and chief analyst for semiconductor third of three critical factors actually adds more value to the acquisition of Hejin later in the
Globalfoundries revenues for the manufacturing, said in the defined by In-Stat as vital to the Common Platform as an year.
first and second quarters of statement. "Prior to this, foundry's long-term success. alternative to TSMC, the world's UMC did not respond to ZDNet
2009.(Credit: iSuppli) Globalfoundries could only The first two--gaining a foundry powerhouse." Asia's request for comments by
The deal addresses a number of manufacture SOI. But even of significant customer and breaking McGregor added that the fact press time.
"glaring weaknesses" larger significance is that prior to ground on new capacity--had that Globalfoundries had Chartered: Date for shareholder
Globalfoundries has in service the acquisition, the company was already been achieved. The third, accomplished all three of these meeting not fixed
and its ability to produce in bulk, stuck doing things the way their becoming a part of the Common tasks in less than a year--"far The date for a meeting by
which the company had not been largest customer --AMD--wanted. Platform manufacturing alliance. quicker than In-Stat had Chartered Semiconductor
able to correct up till now. In "Now, they pick up the "Gaining Chartered gives the predicted"--was "impressive" and
particular, with the addition of infrastructure that Chartered had company formal entree to the drives the company "into a critical GLOBALFOUNDRIES page 52
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Military wants bulletproof, dimmable Clues for testing your

windows to protect VIPs rssCloud app
(CNET News.com) armored vehicles. for government VIP armored (Scripting News)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:00:00 AM The Redditch, U.K.-based personnel vehicles but also has Submitted at 9/10/2009 1:55:29 PM
company will wed its bullet real value in the civilian VIP
The U.S. Department of Defense resistant glazing expertise with a market," said William Fischer, This is a frequently asked
h a s c o n t r a c t e d f o r t h e "suspended particle device" GKN's vice president of question.
development of bullet resistant t e c h n o l o g y c a l l e d S P D - technology. "These SmartShade If you're doing a cloud-aware
windows that dim instantly with a SmartGlass, licensed to it by windows will give a level of app, a feed reader, skimmer or
touch of a button, providing "on- Research Frontiers. GKN is the control, protection, and privacy aggregator of any flavor or genre,
demand" light control, privacy, same company that designed and for vehicle occupants not you need feeds to test with. That
and protection from heat, glare, produced the windows for the available until now," he said. was an issue a few weeks ago, but
and ultraviolet rays. Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The VIP Protection Subgroup's today it's not an issue at all.
GKN Aerospace was awarded SmartGlass is already available job is to provide "security There's a huge variety of cloud-
the $425,000 contract by the for architectural and automotive enhancing technology" for your aware feeds updating all the time,
Combating Terrorism Technical applications, and the developers betters: recent projects include for you to test with.
Support Office's VIP Protection hope the armored variety will bulletproof cubicles, portable, air- The original feed is one of mine
S u b g r o u p t o i n c o r p o r a t e soon be an option on your car, too conditioned rooms for VIPs to that's announcing three new states
dimmable films with armored ( view demo). hold "sensitive discussions," and every 15 minutes, day and night
glass to provide a "SmartShade" "This new development will canine body armor ( PDF). rain or shine. Not very interesting, you update. You control when it
that conceals the location and have its initial application in the but quite reliable. updates, so this makes it easy for
identity of VIPs traveling in global counterterrorism market Then there are the cloud- testing.
enabled feeds I've created from InBerkeley.com, a Wordpress
GLOBALFOUNDRI
continued from page 51
the people I follow on Twitter. blog we host ourselves is cloud-
Robert Scoble is the Old Faithful enabled.
shareholders to vote on the sale of the role of chief operating officer of this class. He's updating a lot, The feed for Scripting News is
the company to Abu Dhabi's and spearhead the integration all the time. I have a changes.xml cloud-enabled as is the feed for
ATIC has not yet been set, effort. for all of these feeds, so you can Rebooting The News and Bad
according to a Chartered The companies have just see who's been updating. Hair Day.
spokesperson. initiated the "integration planning Any of my feeds will also show Of course you should refer to
The company, however, is process", the U.S.-based up on the log page on my server, the Implementor's Guide as you
targeting for the shareholders to spokesperson added. Chartered as will your registration. If you're implement.
congregate in November, she said has around 6,000 employees not getting through you won't see And finally, the punchline, the
in an e-mail. worldwide, with the "vast anything there. It's very important reason for all this michegas --
According to a joint statement majority" based in Singapore. It for debugging. CNN has the first real news feed
issued Sep. 7, ATIC and has one 300mm facility and five And the new exciting way to that's cloud-enabled. And it's a
Chartered said that pending board 200mm fabs in the island-state. generate a test feed is to create a gem. When I got this one running
approvals, Globalfoundries CEO Vivian Yeo of ZDNet Asia wordpress.com blog, and post to in River2, I had to stop and pause
Doug Grose would serve as chief reported from Singapore. it. Your feed has a cloud element and say, we got there.
executive of the combined and it will notify your app when
operations. Chia Song Hwee,
CEO of Chartered, would assume
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Spotify: Life Without iTunes
By Olly Farshi (TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 10:00:34 AM
This week’s arrival of Spotify in
the App Store (right now limited
to UK, Sweden, France, Spain,
Norway and Finland stores) could
be the ideal opportunity for us all
to throw iTunes in the trash and
experience the freedom that
Spotify has to offer.
Speculation was rife as to
whether Spotify would even make
it into the App Store. However,
Apple’s somewhat unexpected
approval of the all-you-can-eat
music service means that iPhone
and iPod touch users can now
listen to anything and (almost)
everything, wherever they may
be.
For the moment, Spotify is
available exclusively in Europe.
Released initially for both Mac
and PC, the desktop version of
Spotify looks and functions quite
similarly to iTunes, except with
one major difference: everything
in the store is free.
Users of Spotify are granted the
freedom to cherry pick their
favorite tracks, nibbling on
morsels of music and sampling
the latest flavors, and the tools to
legally share them too. You’re
able to select any song and
instantly generate a URL linking
back to the full track, making
sharing music a breeze.
The Spotify iPhone app has
changed everything. I’m no
longer tied to its desktop
application. With the iPhone app,
I’m able to download and listen to
thousands of tracks on the go,
which gets me to thinking, is it
time I threw iTunes in the trash?
Playlists Versus Libraries
Shifting over from iTunes to
Spotify has been a more difficult
transition than I expected. Making
use of the iTunes “keep my music
folder organized” option, my own
iTunes library is stored on an
external HD where each track is
properly named, tagged,
numbered and even dated. If I
could, I’d wear a top hat and
monocle while showing guests
around my immaculately
maintained iTunes library.
When I’m at home, it’s all about
the album experience. I prefer to
consume music as the artist
originally intended, whether it be
the epic tones of Pink Floyd’s
Dark Side Of The Moon and
Sigur Rós’s Ágætis Byrjun, or the
bloops and glitches of
Kraftwerk’s Computer World and
Aphex Twin’s Chosen Lords.
Out and about however I don’t
even tend to listen to music
anymore. Over the past couple of
years I’ve succumbed to the joys
of podcasts via iTunes,
subscribing to The Bugle, Answer
Me This and Totally Rad Show
amongst many others. As a result
of this, I’ve increasingly felt as
though I’m losing touch with my
music collection. The Album Is
Dead
Listening with Spotify is an
entirely different experience,
though. Like many Europeans
who are lucky enough to have a
Spotify invite, or affluent enough
to pay for a €9.99 premium
account, I’ve begun to focus on
consuming and sharing music
exclusively via playlists.
It’s been a tough transition over
to Spotify for me, specifically
because there’s no iTunes-style
music library. With Spotify, the
album is dead, felled by his
younger and more agile
counterpart, the playlist.
Without the personal music
library, the heart of iTunes,
there’s none of the satisfaction of
flicking through your collection in
Cover Flow. And with Spotify
managing its vast selection of
tracks, never again will you glow
with pride after correctly tagging,
naming and selecting cover art for
your latest procurement. The App
Effect
The Spotify iPhone app doesn’t
attempt to ape iTunes or the iPod,
rather it plays to its own strengths.
In effect, the app further
establishes Spotify as an entirely
new platform for discovering new
music. Although the app is
available for free, the service can
only be accessed on iPhone by
premium subscribers.
The €9.99 monthly subscription
fee (equating to roughly $14.50)
is worth it though. You’re granted
unlimited access to Spotify’s
growing library, consisting of
almost 4 million tracks. And
while there are occasional
disappointments in both the
mainstream and esoteric
departments (there’s currently no
Immaculate Collection and very
little Boards of Canada), more
frequently you’ll find yourself
overwhelmed at the breadth and
depth of what’s on offer.
Imagine having a free-pass to
access everything in the iTunes
Music Store. It’s just like that. In
the past day I’ve tried a little bit
of The Breeders, delved into some
classic Radiohead, sampled the
delight’s of Jason Schwartzman’s
Coconut Records, and, via Bob
Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour
collection, discovered the joys of
Gene Harris, Roy Brown and J.B.
Lenoir. It feels liberating and
exciting.
Using the desktop app, you’re
able to design elaborate and
lengthy mixes or, as I do, build
playlists out of individual albums.
You can then wirelessly sync your
playlists to the iPhone app. And
here’s the best bit: all of the tracks
that are synced to the iPhone are
actually downloaded to the
device, you can take them with
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you wherever you go and listen
offline. Life Without iTunes?
The freedom that Spotify offers
encourages you to spend more
time digging deep, inevitably
discovering mountains of new
music. No longer can I derive
pleasure from pruning my tracks
and tending to my albums, but
then who cares? With Spotify, I
spend more time actually listening
to music.
It’s not quite time for me to
throw iTunes in the trash though.
While I imagine Spotify will have
podcasts covered in due course,
until they do, iTunes is all but
essential. Plus there’s all the
albums and artists in my
collection that just aren’t available
in Spotify, meaning I won’t be
wiping my iTunes library just yet.
Until Spotify integrates
seriously expands its library and
integrates podcast subscriptions,
iTunes will be afforded a stay of
execution. In the meantime, I’ll be
leading a dual life, enjoying
podcasts and a few select albums
via iTunes, while exploring the
vastness that is everything else
with Spotify.
While Spotify is currently only
available in Europe, stateside
readers should be able to try the
service soon as Spotify is pegged
to arrive in the U.S. before the
end of 2009.
54 Apple Sports
Sorry Redmond: Too Little, Too Late
By Liam Cassidy
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 11:30:10 AM
I was recently asked in a tweet,
“Have you completely abandoned
Windows now?” I realized, with
some genuine surprise, that not
only had I stopped using
Windows in any meaningful way,
but actually stopped using it the
moment I got my hands on my
first (modern) Mac in 2008. So, in
the aftermath of last months much
-anticipated release of Snow
Leopard, I find myself thinking
about the move I made between
operating systems, and my
experiments since then with
Microsoft’s latest offering.
First, a little background. I
flirted with Macs in high-school
Graphic Art lessons and then
again, very very briefly, in the late
90s when a colleague handed me
a PowerBook and said “Here, you
could use that if it’s any good, but
I don’t know if it even works…”
It did work, but to be honest, it
really wasn’t any use to me at all.
Anyway, even if I had wanted to
use the Mac, everyone I knew was
working on a Windows PC of
some flavor or other, and though
the PowerBook had a working
copy of Microsoft Office (such as
it was in those days)
incompatibilities were an ever-
present problem.
Here’s an example of a
conversation I had, many times,
with the one person I knew who
used a Mac;
Gloria:Liam, that file you sent
me…
Liam:Yes, the Word document.
Gloria:It doesn’t work properly.
I’ve lost all the formatting.
Liam: What do you mean,
you’ve ‘lost’–
Gloria:It’s a mess.
Liam: Did you open it using
Word?
Gloria:Of course I did! Look,
will you just paste the text into an
email for me, yeah?
I used to think the problem lay
not with her computer, but more
with her inability to use it. I later
saw for myself, however, that she
was absolutely right. Word
documents created on a Windows
PC didn’t fare well in Word on
her Mac. Crazy.
The short of it is that I used
Windows for everything and I had
no compelling reason to want to
switch. At home and at work,
even on the road with my
Windows Mobile devices through
the years, I was 100 percent a
Microsoft customer. Throughout
those years, every experience I
had with the Mac was a bad
experience. And it was usually, as
in the example above, related to
the same tedious issue —
incompatibility.
By 2005 I’d certainly heard
about Mac OS X, though the
closest I came to it was reading
Paul Thurrott’s reviews and
opinions on his SuperSite for
Windows. He spoke of a decent
OS, but reassured me that I was
missing nothing. Then Apple
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Roethlisberger,
me want to use it as my everyday Steelers squeak
computing environment. This
released the iPhone and, despite isn’t blind fanboy-ism talking; I by Titans in OT
my aversion to all things Apple, used Vista since its Longhorn By Associated Press
the Geek in me couldn’t resist and days right up until last summer, so
I know I gave it a long-enough (ESPN.com)
I bought one. Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:33:03 AM
The experience on the iPhone evaluation!
was simply amazing, far better The user experience in
Fast Facts
than any I’d had on any other Windows 7, too, has not changed • Jeff Reed's 32-yard field goal
device in… well, forever. It made since Vista, save perhaps for the
with less than three minutes to
me question my assumptions addition of some fiddly new UI play tied the game, and his 33-
about the Mac. So in the summer gimmicks (Aero Peek anyone?).
yarder in overtime gave the
of 2008, I wandered into the To me, 7 ‘feels’ just like Vista Steelers their seventh straight
Apple Store on London’s Regent did. I keep moving around the OS
season-opening victory -- the
Street and spent a half hour hoping to have an epiphany; longest active Week 1 win streak
p r a t t i n g - a b o u t o n d i f f e r e n t “Aha! There’s the cohesive,
in the NFL.
machines. I left with a MacBook. rewarding experience I was • The last time the Steelers
And on that very day, Windows searching for!” — but it just
scored fewer than 20 points in a
died for me. Leopard was a breath doesn’t happen. season-opening win was in 1979
of fresh air. I want to like Windows 7, but
when they won at New England
But let me be clear; I didn’t after trying various beta builds for 16-13 in overtime.
switch because I felt the Mac was the last year and repeatedly doing
• Hines Ward fumbled late in the
a superior platform. Honestly, I my best to enjoy it, I found myself fourth quarter, costing the Steelers
feel that, for the majority of feeling relieved whenever I
a chance to win the game in
people, it’s no better or worse returned to the elegant lines of regulation after the Titans
than Windows at the mechanics of Mac OS X.
recovered. The last time Ward lost
making email, word processing I don’t hate Windows 7. I don’t a fumble in his career was in
and web surfing possible. I think it’s shoddy, unattractive or
Week 9 of the 2006 season in a 30
switched because it offered a far fundamentally flawed. But just as -21 loss to the Broncos.
superior experience in doing those Thurrott would say of Snow
• Santonio Holmes set a career
everyday things. When I think Leopard, when it comes to high with nine receptions. His 131
about Windows and where it fails Windows 7 there’s just not much
yards marked the second-highest
for me, it always comes down to there. Windows 7 is a perfectly total of his regular-season career.
that same issue; experience. capable operating system that
• The Steelers are now 6-0 at
Despite the “XP” in its 2001 OS looks nice and gets the job done. Heinz Field in Week 1 openers,
name, it was only with Windows Ultimately, however, it’s just not
making them the 10th straight
Vista that Microsoft finally very interesting and, for recent Super Bowl champion to win their
s e e m e d t o “ g e t ” t h a t u s e r switchers to the Mac, it’s too
opener the following season.
experience matters. Yet, beyond little, too late. -- ESPN stats & information
Vista’s eye candy there’s not a lot
• Rapid Reaction
in the way of a unified, cohesive
and organic experience that makes
Internet News Record Apple Sports Game 55

iTunes 9 Genius: It’s in the Mix Cooking Mama

By Darrell Etherington should because I’m not sure if in classic Genius mode. 3 trailer, fresh
(TheAppleBlog) iTunes will necessarily generate I also don’t like how you have
Submitted at 9/10/2009 2:36:14 PM all 12 for smaller library sizes, but
you should at least have a few to
to specifically select the playlists
in your Audio settings and sync
from the oven
Having spent a day with iTunes choose from so long as you have your iPhone or iPod in order to By JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
9 and OS 3.1 on an iPhone and more than a couple artists in your Submitted at 9/11/2009 1:15:00 AM
get Genius Mixes on your device.
iPod touch, I find that I am collection. My Mixes Genius should be able to analyze
completely smitten with a feature Majesco's first trailer for
Individual mixes are named so the content you already have on Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop
I pretty much completely ignored as to give you an idea of what your iPhone or iPod and create
before yesterday. I’m referring to genre of music they contain. For features one aspect of the
Genius Mixes specific to the Cooking Mama series we don't
Genius, which hadn’t lived up to example, some of my mixes are as device. Maybe this doesn’t affect
its name until this latest retooling. follows: expect to see in the actual DS
people whose libraries match on game: the voice acting, which is
Since upgrading to iTunes 9, • Indie Mix — Based on: Death both, but my computer-based
I ’ v e u s e d G e n i u s M i x e s Cab For Cutie, Rilo Kiley, The as endearing as ever.
music collections far exceed the The trailer features the first look
exclusively on both my computer Most Serene Republic, and others. though. How Well Does it Work? capacities of my mobile devices.
and my portable devices. Contrast Playing through these mixes, I at the game's new shopping mode,
• Hip Hop Mix — Based on: Recommendations which appears as a top-down RPG
this to the two or three times I Kanye West, Common, The found that Apple has indeed As for Genius
ever used a Genius playlist since Fugees, and others. improved their Genius engine, -style presentation. It also features
recommendations, I do find that flashes of the familiar cooking
their introduction in iTunes 8. Get • Pop Mix — Based on: Ray since the results were much more they’re much better than they
Your Mix On impressive than they’ve ever been gameplay, including the return of
LaMontagne, Rocky Votolato, were when they were first the most ridiculous recipe from
First, in case you’re like me, it’s Adele, and others. using Genius playlists based on a introduced. Of course, Apple’s
possible you need a little help in single song. My collection is Mamas past -- instant ramen.
• Punk Mix — Based on: had a year to collect data from Really?
getting your Genius Mixes set up Rancid, Rise Against, Brand New, diverse enough that I don’t always millions of users to make things
in the first place. The key is that and others. want to just turn on iTunes DJ, For the most part, it looks like
better, so it would be more Cooking Mama, which we've yet
once you upgrade your iTunes • Country Mix — Based on but a Genius Mix sets the mood remarkable if there wasn’t any
installation, there’s one more step Wilco, Neko Case, Lucinda perfectly for parties, for work, for to become tired of, so we don't
noticeable difference in the mind. And now with the addition
to take before they appear. Go to Williams, and others. working out, or just for relaxing. returned results. Also, Genius will
your “Store” menus, and click on Apple still needs to make some of food with faces, we don't think
Most of my mixes look like always be a subjective thing, so we will ever get tired of it.
“Update Genius.” Once Apple (s those above. Smart, clearly improvements before I’m it’s hard to determine the efficacy
aapl) delivers your results, your defined, and pretty much how I completely sold, though. As of Cooking Mama 3 trailer, fresh
of results beyond just the size of from the oven originally appeared
new Mixes will appear in the would’ve divvied up my library if right now, you can only view your the catalog of artists available.
source menu in the left-hand side I ever bothered to arrange tracks mixes in Grid mode, and only the on Joystiq on Fri, 11 Sep 2009
How are you finding your 01:15:00 EST. Please see our
of the iTunes window, right under into genre groupings. A few seem track currently playing is visible. experience with Genius Mixes? Is
the Genius atom icon. To see what’s coming up next, terms for use of feeds.
like collections of assorted odds Apple’s recommendation and Permalink| Email this|
Clicking on it should reveal 12 and ends Apple couldn’t quite fit you actually have to fast forward organization engine finally
s q u a r e s w i t h a l b u m c o v e r into the other categories. All are to the next song. While it’s kind Comments
worthy of its moniker?
composite images that show admittedly interesting, and most of exciting not knowing what’s in
artists representative of the importantly, useful ways of sub- store, I’d much rather be able to
content found in each mix. I say dividing my music collection, see a playlist like in iTunes DJ or

Starting Five: These Rocks Are Rolling Uphill Out West

By Ed Price (FanHouse) previous day's baseball action, Colorado downed Cincinnati 5- Starting Five: These Rocks Are
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:00:00 AM with a quick nod to what is ahead. 1 with a five-run third inning and Rolling Uphill Out West
You Oughta Know ... six scoreless innings from its originally appeared on Fanhouse
by Ed Price That the NL West is up for bullpen after starter Jose MLB Blog on Fri, 11 Sep 2009
Filed under: Astros, Braves, grabs. Contreras suffered a strained 06:00:00 EST . Please see our
Dodgers, Giants, Reds, Rockies, With their seventh straight win, quadriceps running to first base. terms for use of feeds.
Twins, NL West, Starting Five the Rockies closed within two More Coverage: Scoreboard| Permalink| Email this| Linking
Starting Five is our wrapup of the games of the idle Dodgers for the division lead on Thursday. Standings| Statistics Blogs| Comments
56 Apple Tech Blog
Steve Jobs Talks Touch, Nano, and
Maybe Tablet
By Charles Jade
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 6:55:51 AM
Steve Jobs return as the face of
Apple yesterday was immediately
followed by an interview with
Tech Guru David Pogue of the
New York Times. A lot of the
conversation focused on cameras,
like why the iPod nano got one
and the iPod touch did not.
It turns out Apple had no idea
how to market the iPod touch —
imagine that! Vacillating between
concepts such as an “iPhone
without the phone” and a pocket
computer that actually fits in a
pocket, touch users had to help
the company that is arguably the
most adept at advertising in the
world figure out what to do.
“What happened was, what
customers told us was, they
started to see it as a game
machine,” Jobs said. From there, a
multiplicity of game screenshots
drove advertising and “it just took
off.”
Completely coincidentally, this
also made it unnecessary for
Apple “to add new stuff,” like a
camera, or a compass, or GPS.
Instead, as Phil Schiller said
during the Apple Event yesterday,
“at just $199 the iPod touch is the
most affordable gateway drug to
Apple’s revolutionary App Store.”
Jobs echoed those comments in
the interview, saying that what
“we were focused on is just
reducing the price to $199.” So,
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Tornado
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 9:14:33 PM
The former FriendFeed company
now owned by Facebook did
something very interesting today.
They released Tornado which is
the customized web server that
runs the backend of FriendFeed.
I speculate in a thread on FF:
"Just thinking out loud if there
were a REST interface for the need since they are the guys who
backend that worked like the did GMail and Google Maps.
REST interface for the client, I Interesting times we live in.
would be able to program both I also reminded people that
ends without having to learn the when cool technologies are
internals of your system. It would shipping everywhere it's not a
be really elegant, and probably time of death it's a time of life, as
wouldn't cost that much in long as we have the web to
overhead. I was able to create an connect our work, there's nothing
interface to the client side of your exclusive about it. The engineers
realtime API in an hour or two. If don't think we're wiping each
it’s not about artificial product since the appearance of the I could sneak into the backend the other out, only the pundits and the
segmentation at all. Glad we Kindle. Jobs noted that digital same way that's all I'd need to at hangers-on do.
cleared that up. books aren’t big sellers, then least put together a proof of Interesting times we live in.
More realistic was Jobs’ tossed the tablet fanatics some red concept. Does this make any And that's a good thing.
response to the lack of photo meat, stating that “I think people sense?" BTW, elsewhere on Facebook,
capability in the video camera on just probably aren’t willing to pay We need what their backend our friend Blake Ross shipped
the iPod nano. Apparently, the for a dedicated device.” does to make the connection from Facebook Lite, which we heard
sensors for video are thin enough If that wasn’t an oblique rssCloud to desktops. This is was wonderful and are not
to fit in the nano, but the confirmation of the Apple iTablet, something the FriendFeed guys surprised to find out is. Congrats
technology for pictures is not. this response regarding future mastered, and there's reason to all around!
Personally, I find this a little products being delayed because of believe it scales to the level we'd
curious, as I often export still Jobs’ absence is likely as close as
images from videos I have taken we will get before the mythical
using QuickTime. At the very device is unveiled.
least, some kind of built-in “There are some things that I’m
workaround like that could have focusing a lot of attention on right
been included with the new nano. now—to polish,” he said. “No, I
The other topic covered during don’t think we’re going to miss a
the interview, and one that will beat. We have some really good
have message boards buzzing, stuff coming up.”
concerned e-readers. Pogue asked And this is why I love Steve
Jobs if his dismissive attitude Jobs being vertical again.
towards the devices had changed
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Rhapsody App for iPhone Approved, The new Flickr iPhone app By Tara Kirchner (Flickr Blog)
Available Now Submitted at 9/10/2009 3:22:26 PM

We’re late to our own party!

By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 8:11:27 AM
Across the pond, our European
neighbors have been enjoying
Spotify for some time now. It’s
only fair that Apple should
continue on in that vein and
approve Rhapsody for the
American masses. Sure Rhapsody
costs money and Spotify doesn’t,
but it does present a very
competitive subscription-based
alternative to iTunes.
For just $15.99 a month,
Rhapsody subscribers have
unlimited access to the site’s
entire database of tracks, which
numbers somewhere around eight
million, and features most of
today’s popular artists. While
users of Last.fm and Pandora have
been able to stream customized
radio feeds directly to their
devices since early on in the
history of the App Store,
Rhapsody is the first to bring on-
demand tracks and albums to U.S.
iPhone owners.
It may seem like direct
competition for Apple’s own
iTunes service, but is it really?
Subscribers can stream music to
their devices over either Wi-Fi or
3G network connections, but if
unacceptable. I won’t even listen
to internet radio streams if they
don’t broadcast at at least
128kbps, and I don’t touch AM
radio.
If you’re willing to put up with
sub-par sound quality, and
complete silence anytime you
have to use the subway or take a
trip to the remote wilderness or do
anything that lasts more than a
few hours away from a power
supply, then maybe Rhapsody
seems like a true iTunes
competitor. I think Apple is
gambling on the fact that most
users will be willing to make one
of those concessions, but
definitely not all three.
Rhapsody is the product of a
you want to listen to music p a r t n e r s h i p between
outside of Wi-Fi or cellular RealNetworks and MTV, which
coverage areas, you’re out of means they know a fair bit about
luck, because the app has no sound, digital audio and music
offline access at all. Even if you appreciation. This early version of
are connected, constant streaming its iPhone app probably doesn’t
will significantly reduce your tell the full story of what it has
device’s battery life. planned in the future. Better to
There’s also the issue of quality. have a foot in the door with less
Regardless of the type or quality than ideal functionality than to be
of data connection you have, left out in the cold like Google
Rhapsody content streamed to the was with its Voice app.
iPhone is only 64kbps — which, Rhapsody is available now as a
to someone like myself who tries free download in the App Store.
to find FLAC recordings when
possible, is absolutely
There’s a new native iPhone app
for Flickr, created by our friends
at Yahoo!. It’s currently available
in English, French and Traditional
Chinese in the US, Canada, UK,
France, Hong Kong and
Singapore Apple iTunes stores.
Download it for free now!
You can take a photo and
upload it from the app, view your
photostream and activity, and see
recent photos from your contacts.
There’s also the nifty slideshow
that features the “Ken Burns
effect”.
There are a lot of ways to use Finally, there are several
Flickr on your mobile device. hardware manufacturers including
There are a whole lot of third BlackBerry and Nokia who have
party iPhone apps that work great built in “send to Flickr” right from
with Flickr, including Mobile their phones, which we love!
Fotos, FlickIt and Darkslide. Learn more about using Flickr
And of course, you can always on your mobile device. Cheerio!
use m.flickr.com, our mobile Screenshots from morganannie,
browser experience that’s diceliving, anitakhart.
available across hundreds of
devices in 21 countries.

Refs' Spokesman: NBA Trying to Push Out Old Guys

By Tom Ziller (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 11:15:00 PM
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Filed under: NBA Referees The
escalation of the public war of
words between the NBA and its
referees union continues
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NFL Diary: Steelers 13, Titans 10 (OT)
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 12:36:09 PM
The Journal provides minute-by-
minute analysis of tonight’s NFL
season-opening game as the
defending Super Bowl-champion
Pittsburgh Steelers beat the
Tennessee Titans 13-10 in
overtime at Heinz Field. Journal
staffer Reed Albergotti offers
commentary on the game and the
NBC telecast.
Reuters Santonio Holmes had
the only touchdown catch for the
Steelers in their season-opening
overtime win over the Titans.
On a night that started out
looking like it was going to end in
a 0-0 tie, it turned out to be a
pretty exciting game, won by
Pittsburgh 13-10 in overtime.
Although the score was low, there
were some very spectacular
offensive performances, the best
of which came from Steelers
quarterback Ben Roethlisberger,
who looks like the same Big Ben
we have come to love or hate,
when your team is playing against
him. He makes mistakes, throws
interceptions and takes sacks he
shouldn’t have. But when the
game is on the line, he has an
ability to make plays that few
quarterbacks possess. It’s
becoming his trademark.
The Titans, however, could
have won the game, save for a
few penalties, mental errors, and
some conservative play-calling
that didn’t work out in their favor.
When they got the ball with just
over two minutes to go in the
game, it didn’t take a genius to
know this was their last legitimate
chance to win the game. They
needed to risk going downfield,
but they didn’t. Had they won the
coin toss, they may have gotten a
second chance. But a coin toss
comes down to luck. And when it
comes down to luck, don’t bet
against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
11:49: Kick is up and it’s good.
Steelers win 13-10.
11:47: Mike Wallace with a
huge catch, and gets the Steelers
into comfortable field-goal
position. It looks like the Steelers
are bringing out the field-goal
team early for a 33-yard attempt.
Jeff Fisher is thinking about the
two missed field goals his team
should have had right now.
11:46: Roethlisberger gets out
of a sack and gets rid of it. This
guy is so good when it counts.
11:45: Santonio Holmes catches
another slant over the middle for a
first down.
11:44: Hines Ward crosses
midfield with a quick slant. Big
time third and 2 for the Steelers.
11:43: Moore runs for what
looks to be a first down for the
Steelers. Titans are watching the
game slip away. You have to
wonder about the Titans’
defensive line. The way they got
so much pressure last season is
that they had a lot of depth at
tackle and were able to rotate
people in and keep them fresh.
The loss of Haynesworth might be
showing right now. Or they’re just
not in mid-season conditioning.
Eh, who knows?
11:42: Plenty of time again for
Big Ben, who finds tight end
Heath Miller over the middle. Are
the Titans tired on d-line?
11:41: Roethlisberger has plenty
of time on second down to throw
to Ward for a first down, out to
almost the Pittsburgh 35.
11:37: It’s getting close to
midnight on Thursday and Im still
live-blogging. Must be overtime.
Pittsburgh wins the toss and elects
to receive, obviously. If this were
a Hollywood movie, Ward would
catch the game-winning
touchdown to redeem himself.
But we all know that will be
Santonio Holmes. In triple
coverage.
11:34: At least one segment of
the population can go to bed:
Gamblers. It’s fairly unlikely the
Steelers will beat the spread at
this point. Overtime usually ends
in a field goal, and the Steelers
were favored by 6.5 in Vegas, and
no less than 4.5 in any lines that I
saw. I think Tennessee was a
smart pick on that line.
OVERTIME
11:32: We’re going to overtime.
Tennessee is running the clock
out in its own territory. If this
game ends in a 10-10 tie, the NFL
is going to be ticked.
11:30: You’re kidding me.
Hines Ward, who looked slower
than Jerome Bettis, catches a huge
pass in the middle of the field,
runs to about the 5 yard-line and
fumbles! Pittsburgh’s hero just
lost them an opportunity to easily
ice the game. Un-freaking-
believable. Man, I thought I was
going to get to go to bed.
11:27: Plenty of time for
Roethlisberger in the pocket.
Santonio Holmes for about 13 and
a first down. Really, the best the
Titans can hope for is that the
Steelers score with enough time
for them to mount a counter-
attack. Or they miss a field-goal
attempt. The Steelers’ last field
goal was a bit low. Pittsburgh has
a first down in field-goal range.
11:25: Tennessee’s punt from
deep in its own territory and it
goes out of bounds at the Steelers’
40. That gives Pittsburgh a short
field with 1:50 to go.
11:23: Tennessee gets off to a
good start. First-down throw to
Justin Gage. Then a hurried
incomplete. Second and 10.
Another Steelers blitz. So
successful that Collins doesn’t
have an opportunity to make a
read. Can’t find the open man.
Last chance and it’s through the
fingertips of Justin Gage! He
drops what could have been the
play of the game. Now, Tennessee
has to punt to Pittsburgh.
Doomsday scenario for
Tennessee. Unlikely the Titans’
defense will get them out of this
one.
11:18: There are two ways of
looking at the game right now.
Tennessee has a chance to march
down the field and win. Or, the
Titans have their backs against the
wall, because if they don’t go
down and score, I would put a lot
of money on Roethlisberger’s
ability to run a two-minute drill
and put this game away before it
even goes into overtime. After a
holding penalty on the return,
Tennessee begins what could be
its final drive with 2:50 to go
pinned on its own 18.
11:14: They go traditional and
run. And surprise. They don’t get
it and proceed to line up–no-
huddle–on fourth down. Turns out
they were just trying to draw
Tennessee offside. Despite the
first-week mistakes, Tennessee
doesn’t bite. Steelers take an
intentional delay of game and line
up for a 32-yard attempt. Low
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kick by Jeff Reed, but good. With
2:57 left in the game, the game is
tied at 10.
11:13, part two: Steelers on the
Titans’ 10. Third and 1. They may
have to throw. The running game
is that bad.
11:13: Roethlisberger comes
right back with a laser pass to
Santonio Holmes for a first down.
It’s like he wasn’t even fazed by
his previous clobbering; his
motorcycle accidents and years of
getting hit hard have turned him
into some sort of Navy Seal
incapable of feeling pain.
11:12: Pittsburgh is running a
no-huddle and and letting
Roethlisberger make the calls at
the line. That’s a great strategy,
but has risks. Jevon Kearse just
snuck in and got a free full-speed
shot on Big Ben for his fouth sack
of the night.
11:06: Interesting play on
second down for the Steelers.
Roethlisberger was past the line
of scrimmage and he dumped it
off to running back Willie Parker
for what looked like a forward
pass. Pittsburgh went no huddle
and Jeff Fisher didn’t throw the
flag in time. Smart move? You
see so many coaches so red-flag
happy. But let’s say Fisher throws
the flag and doesn’t get it. Now
he’s only got two timeouts in a
game that is likely to come down
to the final drive. I think it was a
smart move. Unless it’s obvious,
you don’t throw the flag in a tight
game.
11:02, part two: 10:54 left in the
fourth quarter and Stefan Logan,
the rookie out of South Dakota,
brings it out to the 30 with
another great kick return. If he
keeps running back kicks like he
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has tonight, he might earn himself
a spot in the offensive rotation.
11:02: Funny commercial award
goes to Troy Polamalu: “Head
and Shoulders does great things
for your hair.” Just YouTube it.
Hilarious.
11:00: The Titans can’t quite get
the first down, so they line up for
a Bironas 45-yard field goal for a
three point lead. Oh. My. God.
Bironas’ field goal is good. The
Titans go up by 10-7.
10:59: Third and 6 for the
Titans after Kerry Collins does his
Roethlisberger impression and
sneaks out of the pocket for a
short pass to Crumpler.
10:56: Kerry Collins, who is
really on fire tonight–if it weren’t
for dropped passes–hits Kenny
Britt on the sidelines. Maybe you
should pick up Britt on your
fantasy team, by the way. I’m sure
nobody owns him in your league.
10:55: If this was a high-school
game, everyone would be holding
up four fingers. One more quarter
of football to go. We’ll have to
wait until the final two minutes,
of course, for anyone to finally
score. But at this rate, that won’t
be long. Titans start their drive on
their own 38, with 14:51 to go in
the game.
FOURTH QUARTER
10:52: Two unsuccessful runs
by the Steelers and they’re stuck
with a third and 7. The Titans
blitz and hurry the throw. The
Steelers will have to start the
fourth quarter punting to the
Titans.
10:50: Titans are forced to punt
after another shot in their own
foot. The Titans are probably
going to lose this game. You just
don’t let the Steelers hang around
like this in Pittsburgh. But I think
the Titans are the better team on
the field tonight. A few sloppy
plays–missed or blocked field
goals, dropped passes and illegal
formation penalties–have cost
them points. The Steelers begin
their drive on their own 15 with
1:43 to go in the third.
10:45: Steelers fans are still
booing every time LenDale
White–notorious for molesting a
Terrible Towel in Week 16 last
season–touches the ball. But the
boos are getting fainter, as the
Steelers fans’ lungs are put to the
test. Can they hold up all night?
Kerry Collins makes another
great pass over the middle, but the
Titans are called for Illegal
formation. Ouch. The second one
for Tennessee tonight. Then Justin
Gage drops a first down
pass–wide open–from Kerry
Collins. Kerry is going to have to
be restrained on the sideline. That
has to be frustrating.
10:44: Third and 6 on their own
14, and Kerry Collins finds Justin
Gage for a first down on their 30.
10:43: Titans start their drive
with 5 minutes left in the third,
and begin with a run up the gut by
LenDale White, who helps soften
up the Steelers defense.
10:40: The pocket collapses on
Roethlisberger like a Wall Street
Ponzi scheme. He literally was
clobbered by three Titans
lineman–one from the right, one
from the left and one head-on,
ending up in the fetal position in
the grass. I don’t think any of us
can truly understand how painful
that must be, or how incredibly
fun it must be if you’re the 300-
pound lineman getting to hit a
multimillion-dollar quarterback.
10:39: You gotta love
Roethlisberger when he comes out
of the pocket, turns up field and
does his impression of Jerome
Bettis, lowering his head and
taking a big hit as he’s tackled.
Eat your heart out, Tim Tebow.
10:38: Roethilsberger find
Mewelde Moore for a first down.
10:36: There’s the Tennessee
defense! On first and ten, they
send a wall of blue in after
Roethlisberger, who gets hurried
and can’t get the ball to Holmes.
Run up the middle for Parker and
it’s third and 6 at the 50 yard line.
10:33: Titans get the ball pinned
back deep in their own territory,
go three-and-out and punt out of
their own end zone. Steelers start
their drive from their own 45,
with 8:01 left in the third quarter.
10:31: Woah, NBC just showed
us the U.S. ambassador to Ireland
is in Pittsburgh for the game.
Some guy named Dan Rooney.
What, his buddy Obama has
something better to do tonight?
10:28: Third and 1 for the
Steelers and Willie Parker is
stuffed. Ahh, the Terrible Towel-
wielding fans are no doubt
longing for the days when Jerome
Bettis used to just mow his way
through third-and-ones like he
was wading through waist-high
water. Looks like the Steelers’
running problems of last year
have carried over.
10:27: Nope. Jeff Fisher doesn’t
even try to get the ball back with a
red flag. The Steelers get the ball
on their own 45–a nice gift for
Roethlisberger and the Steelers
offense handed to them by Scaife,
who coughed it up.
10:26: We’re at a commercial
break, but I’m wondering whether
Jeff Fisher is going to throw the
red challenge flag on the Bo
Scaife fumble.
10:25: Bo Scaife just lost the
ball out near the sidelines after a
Kerry Collins throw. The Titans
may have just lost Scaife, too.
He’s holding his knee and rolling
around in pain. A lot of carnage in
this game.
10:24: Tennessee marching
down into Steelers territory.
Offense looking good. Just about
time for a missed Bironas field
goal.
10:22, part two: Chris Johnson
is doing a Barry Sanders
impression out there. He cuts left,
he cuts right. Don’t let this guy
out in open space. The dual attack
of Johnson and White is looking
effective.
10:22: We are just informed by
NBC that we have seen the last of
Polamalu tonight. Conspiracy
theorists ponder whether the NFL
pulled him from the game because
it is just too low scoring.
10:19: We are about to begin
the second half. Images of Jeff
Fisher giving his Titans a rousing
speech, and the kickoff to the
Titans.
THIRD QUARTER
10:06: OMG! Cortland
Finnegan, the young cornerback
who had a bunch of interceptions
at the beginning of last season,
intercepts Big Ben’s Hail Mary in
the end zone and nearly runs it
back for a tie-breaking
touchdown! He doesn’t, and the
half ends 7-7, but what a fun way
to end a somewhat sloppy and
uneventful first half. Maybe
things will pick up in the second.
10:04: Pittsburgh gets almost
within a long field-goal attempt
range with one second, but they’re
called for illegal formation. The
second one of those in the game.
Yes, it’s still Week One.
10:03, part two: Roethlisberger
is sacked and that will end the
half, more or less. The Titans got
lucky there, dodging three points.
10:04: Sixteen seconds left.
Second down at midfield. Steelers
driving.
10:02: if I were the Titans, I
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would blitz here and try to sack
Big Ben.
10:01: Steelers call a timeout.
We’re learning something here.
Big Ben might have a Houdini-
esque ability to get out of trouble
and scramble for big plays, he is
even more effective when he gets
to sit in the pocket and make his
progressions. The Titans softish
defense is proving that. The
Steelers are marching down the
field.
9:59, part two: The Steelers are
going to try and get in field goal
position here. 35 seconds left in
the half.
9:59: We’re informed by NBC
that Troy Polamalu is in the
locker room with an injury. That’s
a huge loss that you really can’t
overstate if you’re the Steelers.
9:57, part two: Bironas makes
the extra point to tie the score at 7
-7. Forty-eight seconds left in the
half and Tennessee will kick off
to Pittsburgh. Let’s take a poll.
How many seconds will be left on
the clock when Santonio Holmes
catches a touchdown pass?
9:57: Touchdown! Collins
tosses one left to a wide open
Justin Gage for a 14-yard score.
Let’s see if Bironas can make the
extra point.
9:55: And he’s up again! Britt
with a huge 57-yard catch taking
it down to the Steelers’ 13 or so!
Wow, what a rollercoaster night
for this kid. 54 seconds left in the
half. Timeout Titans.
9:53: The saga of Kenny Britt
continues. He drops a pass that
would have turned into a big gain
and a major first down. HE’s up,
he’s down ..
9:51: Santonio Holmes with the
34-yard touchdown catch. Told ya
so. The Titans decided to run a
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simple 4-3 and play pass defense
and they pay for being
conservative. This defense is
made up of attack dogs. You
don’t tell attack dogs to stop
attacking. Even if the other team
is running a two-minute drill.
ESPECIALLY, in fact. Jeff Reed
adds the extra point for a 7-0 lead
with about 1:20 to go.
9:49: Roethlisberger finds Hines
Ward wide open over the middle!
Of course. The Steelers are best in
the final two minutes of every
half. Look for Santonio Holmes to
make a circus catch as the half
ends.
9:48: Second and 6, clock is
ticking, 1:44, 1:35
9:46: Ben Roethlisberger
doesn’t look very good, unless
he’s throwing to Santonio
Holmes. Santonio Holmes
completes Big Ben. This could be
love.
9:45: 2:14 left in the second
quarter. Pittsburgh starting a drive
on its own 2.
Polamalu is on the sideline
being tended to. Looks like he
tweaked something in his leg on
the last play.
9:42: Pheew. Finally there will
be points on the board. Easy chip
shot for Bironas kick is up and ..
it’s blocked. This will be the first
0-0 game of the 2009 season. Im
calling it.
9:40: The Titans are 3rd and 6
on the Steelers’ 13 yard line with
2:28 left in the half. Looking at
the end zone.
Collins finds Justin Gage
coming across the end zone and
hits him in the hands. Great
throw, but Gage can’t haul it in
and he’s clobbered.
9:39: Kerry Collins just made a
great read to find Bo Scaife open
in the flat. The Steelers zone blitz,
get pressure, and Collins found
what had to be the only remotely
open player on the field.
9:38: Kenny Britt, the rookie,
redeems himself with a great toe-
dragging catch on the sideline.
Hauls it in for a first down. Fans
think he was out and want a
terrible red towel to be thrown.
9:36: Fans are now booing the
officials, but that was not a
Terrible Towel they threw at
Polamalu–it was a flag. Offsetting
penalties.
9:35: Nate Washington makes a
catch and gets booed by Steelers
fans. But wait, he’s never so much
as sneezed in a Terrible Towel.
Oh, wait, he was a Steeler last
year. NBC shows highlights of the
Titans’ Terrible Towel
desecration.
9:32: Nike gets the bizarre-
advertisement award for its “Pro
Combat” ad, in which it makes
Adrian Peterson look like
something out of X-Men. Weird.
9:30: And no, it will not be a
scoring drive. Roethlisberger
looked like he was going to pull
out another one of his magic
escape acts, but his throw is
knocked down in the Titans
backfield. Punt. Again. Yawn.
Let’s get something going here!
9:28: After another holding
penalty, Roethlisberger tries to
recreate his famous Super Bowl
throw, centimeters away from
about five Titans defensive backs
to Santonio Holmes, who makes a
great grab for a first down. With
8:40 or so left in the second
quarter, are the Steelers on a
scoring drive?
9:27: Hines Ward gets called for
holding, hurting what was starting
to look like a good drive for the
Steelers.
9:25: Willie Parker gets stuffed
by the Titans line. Parker looked
like a stutter-stepping rookie
trying to find a hole–any hole.
They might be light blue, but this
is one of the league’s best
defensive lines.
9:22: Kerry Collins and the
Titans offense have shown flashes
of brilliance, but they have all
morphed quickly into sloppiness,
and you can’t be sloppy against
this defense.
9:20: Big third down for Collins
and he’s clobbered by James
Farrior, who blitzed up the
middle. Collins didn’t even try to
get out of the way. He just put his
head down and took it like a man.
Titans punt to the Steelers’ 5.
9:16: We’re starting the second
quarter with no score, and Collins
tosses it to Chris Johnson in the
flat. Johnson jukes his way to a
first down. Wow, this guy is
looking even better than he was
last year.
SECOND QUARTER
9:16: Roethlisberger coughs it
up, ensuring that there will be no
offense in this game whatsoever.
Roger Goodell must be cringing
in the press box, wondering why
he took two of the league’s best
defenses and chose them to kick
off the season and showcase the
NFL’s shamelessly high-scoring
game.
9:15: Replay of the Polamalu
interception shows it was like
taking candy from a baby, er,
rookie. Polamalu just had better
body position than Kenny Britt.
9:12: Interception! Polamalu. I
mean, of course it’s Polamalu. It
was an up-for-grabs throw to the 6
-foot-3 wide receiver Kenny Britt.
How does he grab those out of
nowhere? Could Britt not see past
Polamalu’s gigantic hair?
9:10: LenDale White just made
a great move after an underneath
over-the-middle catch. A move
that a heavier White might not
have made last season. He is
lighter and a little more slippery.
9:07: If the Titans were in a city
other than Nashville, they would
get a lot more credit. They are
doing a tremendous job pass-
blocking for Kerry Collins, who is
using the time in the pocket to
make some great reads so far.
9:05: The Titans have their
second sack of Roethlisberger. Do
you think Redskins owner Dan
Snyder is watching this and
thinking, “Hmmm, maybe I
overpaid for Albert Haynesworth.
I mean, everybody on the Titans
defensive line looks good.”
9:00: The Steelers begin their
third drive of the game with 6:44
left in the first quarter.
8:59: Kerry Collins just threw a
pass so hard I think he might have
broken tight end Alge Crumpler’s
ribs. He drops the pass. Then, he
tries the same throw to Bo Scaife
and Polamalu clobbers him,
knocking the ball loose, then Rob
Bironas misses the 37-yard field-
goal try. Ouch. Amazing how
quickly things swing in the NFL.
Titans had a good thing going
there, and it all amounts to
nothing.
8:57: Bo Scaife gets wide open
in midfield for a big first down.
The Titans offense is humming
now on the Steelers’ 22 and
they’re sniffing Pittsburgh’s red
zone.
8:55: Chris Johnson breaks a
huge run, bouncing the ball
outside to the right, showing
exactly why teams like guys with
4.2-something 40-yard dash
times. And the refs add insult to
injury by slapping the Steelers
with a late hit.
8:52, part two: Roethlisberger
goes down! He looked slippery,
got away from a swarming Titans
defensive line, and finally went
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down. Why didn’t he just throw it
away?
8:52: Our first down of the
game is to, who else, but Santonio
Holmes, the Super Bowl MVP. It
took a quick screen to the left
side. If you can’t beat the Titans
line up front, spread them out
with some tricky plays.
8:47: That drive went by faster
than Troy Polamalu’s flowing
hair. The Titans were pinned deep
on the punt, and play it
conservatively with a stuffed run
by Chris Johnson, a play-action
pass underneath for about five,
and then a quick draw shut down
by Polamalu. They punt to the
Steelers, who get the ball on the
Tennessee 40.
8:43: The Titans dare
Roethlisberger to throw the ball,
and he does, deep to Mike
Wallace, but Big Ben can’t get the
ball there, and the Steelers punt,
downing it on about the 3 yard
line. The Steelers offense doesn’t
look any better than last season,
but they are winning the field-
position battle already with their
great kickoff return.
8:41: Tennessee wins the toss,
but defers, in that they let the
Steelers return. Well, that was a
mistake. Stefan Logan ran it out
to about their 40.
FIRST QUARTER
8:40: For those of you tuning
into our game live blog, thanks so
much. As much fun as it is to
write about sports for The Wall
Street Journal, it’s equally fun to
read the comments of intelligent
and witty WSJ sports fans. Keep
‘em coming.
8:35: As I sit through a bunch of
commercials (BTW: an ad for
hummus? During a football
game? Either the palate of the
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England Gets Vengeance, Cup Berth in One Stroke

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) comfortable critiquing their end of last season will be there to linking to bad articles. This is true
Submitted at 9/10/2009 9:36:16 AM national team’s shortcomings than kick off the 2009 NFL season not just in the “trying only to link
hailing its strengths, but the Thursday night when the to what’s good” sense, but also
The U.S. and Mexico both made success of Italian coach Fabio Pittsburgh Steelers face the insofar as it’s difficult to resist the
strong moves towards securing Capello as England’s coach gives Tennessee Titans. Those teams temptation to link to terrible
berths in the 2010 World Cup them a unique opportunity to do had two of the best defenses in the articles simply for the sake of
with wins Wednesday over both. “Where-did-it-all-go-right is NFL last season, and are also mocking them. If you’ve noted
T r i n i d a d & T o b a g o a n d not a question England expected partners in one of the league’s the near-absence of Jay Mariotti
Honduras, respectively. But those to be asking so soon after the most interesting emerging or Bill Plaschke columns from
victories were less decisive — pitiable rain-soaked exit from the quarterfinals finally ended at rivalries. USA Today’s Tom Weir this space, then you know we
and certainly less celebrated — Euro 2008 qualifying,” the the hands of Denmark’s Caroline reports that the Titans’ refusal to generally stick to that rule. But
than was England’s 5-1 victory Guardian’s Paul Hayward writes. Wozniacki. If both were show Pittsburgh fans’ “terrible one recent clunker is so tasteless,
over Croatia. The win secures a “When [Croatia coach Slaven] seemingly inevitable, Oudin’s towels” the respect they, um, artless and hopelessly bad that it
World Cup spot for the English, Bilic diagnosed a decline in the departure made the bigger impact, deserve has fed that rivalry. At bears discussion. The Orange
as well as a measure of revenge ‘Englishness’ of Capello’s team, both because of her courageous Yahoo, Dan Wetzel reminds County Register’s Mark Whicker
after they were eliminated from he could claim justification by showing and the unfortunate readers that the Steelers — whose — a writer whom Garey, who is
qualification for the European pointing to the bench, where four scandal that broke after her match. greatness may have been lost in almost never wrong about this
Championships by the Croatians of the six England coaches hold Wozniacki took advantage of the shuffle of a busy NFL stuff, claims is usually a solid
two years ago. Associated Press Italian passports. So Bilic was Oudin’s 5-foot-6 height in offseason — are very, very good. read — used the harrowing
Steven Gerrard celebrates his right to diagnose a strengthening dispatching the upstart 6-2, 6-2, And here at the Fix, we’re abduction and 18-year
country’s scrappy, underdog of tactical rigour, improved ball but Yahoo’s Martin Rogers thinks breaking out a new feature, of confinement of Jaycee Dugard as
victory in front of a group of retention and a less geezerly that Oudin may yet get her which you’ll see more this the breathtakingly inappropriate
Croatian fans. mood around the camp.” revenge on the tour. “Oudin may weekend. Garey and I will be framework for a phoned-in
Much has changed for England Also reportedly absent from never be fully at ease with the doing brief NFL game previews column about the things that have
since then, most of it for the England’s camp in South Africa celebrity world, but if her game and against-the-spread picks at the changed in sports over the past 18
better. The most striking of those will be the “WAGS” — wives and continues to grow, she can survive Fix over the course of this NFL years.
changes — the rise of star winger girlfriends of the nation’s soccer in this tough business thanks to season. There will also be coin- “I do not say this lightly,”
Aaron Lennon, who scored two stars — with whom the English her love of the game,” Rogers flip picks — done by Garey, Deadspin’s Tommy Craggs
goals Wednesday— has reduced papers are utterly obsessed. In the writes. “Oudin will be back, make presumably using a Canadian coin writes. “[This] is the single worst
David Beckham to quasi- Times of London, Russell no mistake about that.” — to keep things in perspective. piece of sports journalism ever
a f t e r t h o u g h t s t a t u s , t h e Kempson praises Capello’s Greg Couch of FanHouse The coin has chosen Pittsburgh (- committed to the page.” Some
Telegraph’s Rob Kelly blogs. decision to issue only visitors agrees. “The 10 days was really a 6), as has Garey. I’ll do the same, might quibble with “worst” —
Still, it’s hard for England’s passes to WAGs for the World study in sudden celebrity, in the although my reasoning has less to there is a lot of competition for
fans to worry about that, or their Cup. Surely, the WAGs will make biggest event in the biggest arena do with Tennessee’s sad disregard that title — but Whicker’s piece is
team’s Cup drought, with their their way into print, one way or in the biggest city,” Couch writes. for yellow, terrycloth rectangles certainly the most ill-considered
team playing so well. “As sure as another.* * * “Will it hurt Oudin for the long than it does the fact that and just plain wrong bit of
the cock will crow this morning, Things got back to normal run? No. It’s going to help her, Pittsburgh seems custom-made to sportswriting to come down the
many papers and message-boards somewhat at the U.S. Open on prepare her. This shell-shocking contain Tennessee’s running pike in quite a while. When
will trumpet England’s arrival in Wednesday, with Roger Federer was a one-time thing. I loved game. And also because I commenters and letter-writers
South Africa, forecasting the cruising into his 22nd consecutive Oudin’s reaction to this. She sees habitually underrate the Titans, complained to the Register,
imminent end of 44 years of Grand Slam semifinal. In the New it as another challenge. She and won’t stop now. And also Whicker posted an apology on the
hurt,” the Telegraph’s Henry York Times, David Waldstein recognized that the tournament because I can’t argue with the paper’s Web site. A selection of
Winter writes. “Despite all the goes back in time to introduce had been an incredible run for her, coin. the angry emails the paper
chastening experiences since readers to a person they won’t but left the court angry for losing. Going forward, here is my received appear directly below it.
1966, hype springs eternal with r e c o g n i z e — t h e p e t u l a n t , She was not just happy to be advice: Do not follow my Whicker further explained his
England. The reality remains that hotheaded Federer of several here.” predictions, but feel free to listen thinking behind the column in
England give the ball away too years ago, who has matured into a The Journal’s Open coverage to Garey and/or his lucky loonie comments made to FanHouse and
easily and are short of defensive mostly unflappable champion. continues today here, with the as much as you want.* * * Poynter Online.* * *
stability.” In the women’s draw, 17-year- latest scores here.* * * One of the great challenges of
The English press is far more old Melanie Oudin’s dream run to The last team standing at the writing The Daily Fix is not ENGLAND page 65
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No. 15 Ga. Tech staves off Clemson's comeback

By Associated Press normal kick, not psych myself Georgia Tech quarterback Nesbitt threw his first pick on yards in the clear. Chris
(ESPN.com) out," Blair said. "I wasn't paying completed only 3 of 14 for 83 the Yellow Jackets' opening snap, Chancellor tried desperately to get
Submitted at 9/11/2009 12:03:16 AM attention to the score at all. I yards with two interceptions. but that was about the only thing back, but Thomas straight-armed
didn't want to think at the time After Thomas' catch, the Yellow they did wrong at the beginning. him away to complete the 34-yard
No. 15 Georgia Tech survives that it was a game-winner. It was Jackets moved into position for The next time they got the ball at TD.
Clemson with late field goal just another kick." Blair's winning kick. their own 18, Nesbitt pitched to Blair tacked on a 24-yard field
ATLANTA -- Scott Blair had Hardly. Georgia Tech (2-0, 1-0 Blair also threw a wobbly 34- Allen, who got a block from goal early in the second quarter.
never thrown a touchdown pass. Atlantic Coast Conference) pulled yard touchdown pass during Thomas and was gone down the Then it was Clemson's turn.
Scratch that one off the list. itself back from the brink of a Georgia Tech's early barrage. The sideline. Spiller hauled in the 14th scoring
He'd never kicked a game- potentially devastating loss that Tigers didn't spot Demaryius "All I had to do was run," Allen play of at least 50 yards in his
winner for Georgia Tech. Took looked like an easy victory early Thomas lingering near the said. "Everyone else did the hard career, giving the Tigers some
care of that one, too. on. The Yellow Jackets raced to a sideline on an apparent field goal stuff." momentum before halftime.
Blair threw a touchdown pass 24-0 lead 4 1/2 minutes into the attempt, and Blair connected on a Clemson drove to the Georgia Clemson dominated the third
off a fake field goal, then booted a second quarter. pass that wasn't pretty but did the Tech 38 and faced fourth-and-5. quarter, scoring on back-to-back
36-yard kick with 57 seconds But Clemson (1-1, 0-1) scored job. The Tigers sent on the field goal possessions to pull within 24-21.
remaining as the 15th-ranked 27 straight points, taking its first "I actually don't remember team, called time to consider their Then, in a stunner for the decked-
Yellow Jackets rallied to beat lead of the night on Richard catching the ball or throwing the options, then chose one that in-white home crowd, Jackson
Clemson 30-27 after squandering Jackson's 53-yard field goal with ball too much," Blair said with a backfired. The field goal team converted from 21 and 53 yards
a 24-point lead Thursday night. 11:33 to go. big smile. "I guess it was came back on, but only to have early in the fourth to give the
Fast Facts "I'm proud of the way we played dreamlike." Richard Jackson take a direct snap Tigers a lead.
• Georgia Tech led 24-0 in the against a top 15 team on the Clemson overcame the and try to surprise the Yellow At that point, Clemson had
first half, but Clemson came all road," C.J. Spiller said. "We kept nightmarish start. Parker, a Jackets with a punt. outgained Georgia Tech 319-91 in
the way back to take a 27-24 lead thinking we would come back and redshirt freshman making only his They weren't fooled. Jerrard total yards since falling behind 24
in the fourth quarter. get back in the game. You have to second college start, threw for 261 Tarrant came flying up to catch -0. But the Yellow Jackets finally
• G e o r g i a T e c h ' s J e r r a r d believe. You have to have faith." yards and three touchdowns, the line drive, broke a couple of converted on third down with
Tarrant's 85-yard punt return in Georgia Tech, which did hooking up with Spiller on a 63- tackles and didn't stop running about 10 minutes remaining after
the first quarter was Georgia nothing offensively through most yarder and Ford on a 77-yarder, until he had his second punt return missing on their first nine
Tech's longest since a 96-yard of the second and third quarters, sandwiched around a 9-yard for a touchdown in as many attempts, which seemed to spark
return by Randy Rhino in 1972. finally regrouped for a 69-yard scoring pass to Dwayne Allen. weeks, this one covering 85 yards. the option offense.
• Anthony Allen's 82-yard drive that set up Blair's tying kick, Spiller rushed for 87 yards and Georgia Tech's chicanery "When a team scores 27
touchdown run was the third a 34-yarder with 5:40 left. Then, caught four passes for 69 more. worked a little better. After unanswered points, that shows we
touchdown run of more than 80 a f t e r a h o l d i n g p e n a l t y o n Ford had five catches for 109 Clemson's second interception let down a little bit," Allen said.
yards for Georgia Tech under Clemson's Thomas Austin wiped yards. was wiped out by a video review, "That's something we've got to
Paul Johnson. Prior to Johnson's o u t K y l e P a r k e r ' s 3 8 - y a r d "We'll learn from this," coach the Yellow Jackets sent back their work on. When we get the lead,
arrival, the Yellow Jackets hadn't completion to Jacoby Ford, the Dabo Swinney said. "This loss offense facing fourth-and-13 at we've got to keep on punching
had an 80-yard run since 1981. Yellow Jackets got a chance to won't beat us twice." the Tigers 34. Then they sent out them in the mouth."
• Georgia Tech has won five of win it. Anthony Allen led Georgia the field-goal unit, but Clemson
its last six games against Josh Nesbitt hooked up with Tech with 127 yards rushing on didn't notice Thomas lingering
Clemson. Demaryius Thomas for a 39-yard just five carries, including an 82- just inbounds. Blair took a direct
-- ESPN Stats & Information pass, making up for a miserable yard touchdown on his team's snap and floated a pass to
"I was just trying to treat it like a passing performance in which the second play from scrimmage. Thomas, who was at least 20
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U.S. Open: Rafael Nadal
The Count: Federer’s Grand Slam Streak Is -Fernando Gonzalez
match postponed; Juan
Unrivaled Martin del Potro reaches
semis
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) the last six. first two rounds of Slams this
Submitted at 9/10/2009 11:12:21 AM Only two men reached more year, when 33 of 384 matches — By Associated Press
than two semifinals over the last 9% — had a different winner than (ESPN.com)
Before Roger Federer attempts nine Grand Slams: Nadal and the player who led after three sets. Submitted at 9/10/2009 11:43:00 PM
to beat Novak Djokovic and Djokovic have five each, and In later rounds, just six matches
Rafael Nadal or someone else in Nadal has a shot at a sixth. — 5% — have swung after three ESPNews Highlight Of The
the U.S. Open final, it’s worth Djokovic reached five straight sets, but they’ve all affected top Night ESPNews Highlight Of The
savoring just how remarkable his semifinals through the 2008 players on Tour. Lleyton Hewitt Night
feat of 22 straight Grand Slam French Open, and Nadal did the benefited to advance to the NEW YORK -- Juan Martin del
semifinals is. Reuters Federer’s same before Robin Soderling sharp in Grand Slams this year as quarterfinals at Wimbledon, Potro was aching for a second
improved serve has helped him knocked him out of this year’s they were in the swirling wind where fellow former No. 1 Andy crack at a Grand Slam semifinal, a
extend his remarkable record of French Open. and cold Wednesday night, his Roddick came back on Hewitt’s second chance to prove he has
consecutive Grand Slam semis. Poor Robin Soderling. He’s now fitness has helped him continue early lead to reach the semifinals. what it takes to win at that stage.
The second longest active streak met Federer in three straight his amazing run. In a news And Fernando Gonzalez, who By early Thursday evening, he
on the men’s tour is one, shared major tournaments, and each time conference this week, new men’s plays Nadal at the U.S. Open on knew he'd get that opportunity at
by Djokovic and whichever two F e d e r e r h a s d e r a i l e d a n tour president Adam Helfant said Thursday, recovered to win a third the U.S. Open, thanks to a wind-
p l a y e r s w i n T h u r s d a y ’ s impressive run by the Swede. going to a best-of-three-sets -round match in Melbourne. swept 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
quarterfinals, as no one else left in W h e n F e d e r e r c l o s e d o u t format in non-majors has helped The other three come-from quarterfinal victory over 16th-
the draw reached the Wimbledon Soderling just after Wednesday reduce wear and tear on players’ behind wins late in Slams all have seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia.
semifinals. The longest active became Thursday at Arthur Ashe bodies. Were that format in place been by Federer. But that’s less of What the sixth-seeded del Potro
streak on the women’s tour is two, Stadium, it might have seemed at the Slams, Federer’s streak a surprise when you consider just still did not know by the end of
held by Serena Williams. like Federer had played a shaky would have ended in the fourth how many major matches he the night, however, as rain
N o n e o f F e d e r e r ’ s match, blowing a 4-0 lead in a round at the Australian Open, plays. If something seemed washed over Flushing Meadows:
contemporaries among women third-set tiebreak and losing his when he fell behind two sets to strange about the 2008 Australian The opponent he will have to beat
and men have approached the first set in 12 meetings with love to Tomas Berdych. He also Open final, it probably was that it to reach his first Grand Slam
record. The most consistent Soderling. But overall Federer twice used the format to his was the only round of a major that final.
woman in recent Slams? The may have played his best match of advantage to help advance to the didn’t include Federer in the last That's because the quarterfinal
much-maligned, top-ranked his three in Slams against final against Soderling at Roland 18, as Harvard statistician Carl between six-time major champion
Dinara Safina, who reached four Soderling this year. He won 31 Garros, overcoming a 2-0 deficit Morris pointed out in an email. Rafael Nadal and 2007 Australian
straight semis before losing in the more points than his opponent, in sets to Tommy Haas in the Federer also once made 10 Open runner-up Fernando
third round at the U.S. Open. ended 25% of all points with fourth round and a 2-1 deficit to straight finals. That’s the same Gonzalez was postponed by
Serena Williams reached three winners, and hit aces on 22% of Juan Martín del Potro in the number of consecutive semifinals showers during the second set.
straight through the Australian his serves. He also hit 2.5 winners semifinals. that Ivan Lendl once reached — The first rain delay, of about 75
Open this year, and has the most for every unforced error. Overall, the best-of-five format the second longest such streak in minutes, came at 2-2 in the
over the last nine, with five. Elena When Federer’s serve and has had the biggest impact in the tennis history.
Dementieva has reached four of groundstrokes haven’t been as

Street Fighter IV characters go 2D, revisit the late '90s

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NFL
continued from page 60
American public has drastically
changed, or the NFL demographic
has really changed), I am kind of
excited to see these new NFL kick
returns without the wedge. Sure,
they’ve been going on all pre-
season, but you never know how a
new rule change–this one
outlawing those brutal wedge-
blocking schemes on
kickoffs–will play out until the
regular season starts.
8:32: This relatively new NFL
tradition of putting the Super
Bowl champion on a nationally
televised game and more or less
crowning them is nice, but I can’t
help but feel bad for the team that
gets thrown into the stadium as a
sacrifice. Not one of these teams
have won, and looking at these
Terrible Towels and hearing
Steelers fans drown out Cris
Collinsworth with boos, inspired
no doubt by the Titans’ Terrible
Towel stomping of last season, I
don’t think it’s going to happen
tonight either.
8:30: Let the NFL season begin.
I’m on the couch, watching Super
Bowl highlights from last year.
We pick up right where we left
off. Terrible Towels waving.
Fireworks.
1:40 p.m. ET: When these two
teams last met, the Titans
clobbered Ben Roethlisberger and
the Steelers and clinched the top
seed for the AFC in the
postseason. Tennessee was
eliminated in its first playoff
game. Pittsburgh won the Super
Bowl. Go figure.
Looking at Pittsburghs depth
chart, its tough to explain why it
shouldnt win it all again. The
Steelers’ key players are all
returning. I actually started to
become frightened while looking
at their defense, which led the
NFL in basically every category
last year except for Total
Congeniality. Linebacker James
Harrison is so mean he refused to
visit the White House. Safety
Troy Polamalu says the NFL has
become a pansy league. (For the
sake of Tennessees wide
receivers, I hope hes right.)
But lets not forget that the
Titans didnt just beat the Steelers
last season. They walloped
Pittsburgh, and defensive weapon
Albert Haynesworth–who left the
Titans during the offseason for a
$100 million contract from the
Washington Redskins–was hurt
and didnt play. Maybe its the light
blue uniforms, but the respect
shown to the Titans defense is
perennially low. Is defensive
tackle Kyle Vanden Bosch less
intimidating just because he won
the Draddy Trophy for the
brainiest college football player?
Is Jevon Kearse still not, as they
used to call him, The Freak?
On paper, these teams are
actually very similar. Their
offenses are primarily ground
attacks, and they rely on their
defenses to shut down opponents.
Their quarterbacks dont put up
big numbers. (Except for in the
interception category, where
Roethlisberger soared last
season). I hesitate to say this, but
what really separates these two
teams may be simple chance.
Dont forget that the play that won
the Super Bowl–Big Bens daring
throw to the corner of the end
zone and into the hands of
Santonio Holmes, the one that
now adorns video game ads,
magazines and every piece of
Super Bowl paraphernalia
possible — should have been
another interception. We might
get a sense tonight of whether the
Steelers are good enough to win
the Super Bowl again this season.
I already know that they are lucky
enough.
The Count: Doubles Is
Tennis’s Fountain of
Youth
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 3:17:07 PM
Leander Paes hasn’t played a
singles match at a Grand Slam in
over eight years. But the 36-year-
old Indian will play for his second
major men’s doubles title this
year on Friday, weather
permitting, with his partner Lukas
Dlouhy. He’s already won more
than $345,000 on tour this year
and the pair could win $420,000
by beating his former partner, 35-
year-old Mahesh Bhupathi, and
38-year-old Mark Knowles.
Associated Press Leander Paes
and Lukas Dlouhy upset the top-
ranked doubles team of the Bryan
brothers to reach the U.S. Open
final.
Playing doubles, with smaller
draws, shorter matches and less
ground to cover, can extend tennis
careers well past the age of 30
even as younger singles players
complain about the grind of play.
Paes and Knowles are two of the
10 oldest men ranked in the top
100 in singles or doubles,
according to ATPWorldTour.com,
and Bhupathi is just a few months
too young to make the list. Nine
of the 10 are ranked in doubles;
the only one of the 10 ranked in
singles, Fabrice Santoro, played
his last U.S. Open this year.
Paes has also thrived in mixed
doubles, reaching two finals this
year. ESPN commentator John
McEnroe, who reached the men’s
doubles semifinals at the U.S.
Open at age 33 in 1992, said Paes
looked fatigued in getting upset
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on Thursday by a pair of
Americans, 22-year-old Carly
Gullickson and 29-year-old Travis
Parrott, who were playing their
first tournament together. But
fatigue can afflict players at any
age. Gaël Monfils demonstrated
that in the last three sets against
Rafael Nadal on Tuesday, a week
after his 23rd birthday. And it’s
much less of a factor in doubles.
Venus Williams is still a factor
in singles, but she may grow to
appreciate doubles more as she
struggles with a knee injury and
faces her 30th birthday next June.
Williams hasn’t reached a Grand
Slam final away from Wimbledon
in over six years in singles, but
she and her younger sister Serena
have paired to win nine Grand
Slam finals and will play for their
10th after winning a semifinal on
Thursday against Russians Alisa
Kleybanova and Ekaterina
Makarova. Bud Collins said on
ESPN they ought to target the
record of 21 for a single team set
by Pam Shriver and Martina
Navratilova. If they can play as
long as Navratilova, who teamed
with Paes at age 46 in 2003 to win
a mixed doubles title, they’ll have
a shot.
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Sources: Richard Seymour given
deadline by Raiders
By ESPN.com news services
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 9/10/2009 10:54:52 PM
No-show defensive lineman
Richard Seymour is on the clock.
The Oakland Raiders sent
Seymour the five-day letter,
which means that the former
Patriots defensive lineman has
five days to report to the Raiders
or be suspended, league sources
told ESPN's Adam Schefter
Thursday night.
AFC West blog
ESPN.com's Bill Williamson
writes about all things AFC West
in his division blog.
• Blog network: NFL Nation
Once the Raiders sent the letter,
it imposed a deadline on both
sides, with plenty to lose for each.
Oakland could lose the player it
covets, and Seymour could lose a
season of earning $3.685 million.
"I don't have any knowledge of
that right now," Cable told the
Associated Press when asked
about the letter. "I've heard
something about that, but I have
no knowledge of that right now. It
has been nothing more than just
trying to get some of these details
worked out, that's it."
In the meantime, the Raiders re-
signed defensive tackle William
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Johnny Unitas ended his career genius, that Prince Mongo is
in a San Diego Chargers jersey
and Willie Mays played out his
string as a second-tier Met. Allen
genius. Nobody will be able to
look away.”
At CBS Sports, Ken Berger
Joseph on Thursday. conference call Thursday. "A guy Iverson is not quite in the seems as if he’d rather avert his
Joseph was cut by the Raiders who's that good a football player, depressing-non-victory-lap phase eyes. “No one who has watched
on Sunday after the team acquired I think you find a spot, whether it of his career just yet. But his Iverson for any substantial length
Seymour from New England in be as an end pass rushing on third announcement Wednesday that he of time can say that they haven’t
exchange for its first-round draft down, whatever those things would sign a one-year deal with been struck by how hard he plays
pick in 2011. might be. But certainly, it's hard the Memphis Grizzlies next — every night, every play. No
Oakland was granted a roster to fit a guy in and get him going season — he broke the news on one who has watched him can
exemption by the NFL while in a short period of time." Twitter, naturally — provokes the deny the ooh-and-aah factor. It’s
Seymour's situation waits to be C h a r g e r s r u n n i n g b a c k same sad sighs that Unitas and still there,” Berger blogs. “But if
resolved. LaDainian Tomlinson, who has Mays must have drawn years ago. Iverson couldn’t win with Toni
"I have nothing new to report," rushed for more yards (1,906) and Iverson, love him or hate him, is Kukoc or Chris Webber, how is
Raiders coach Tom Cable said touchdowns (19) against the one of his generation’s greatest he going to coexist on the same
f o l l o w i n g O a k l a n d ' s n i g h t Raiders than any other team, also players. The Grizzlies are a going- floor with Zach Randolph? It
practice. "But in the meantime expects Seymour to play well if nowhere, been-nowhere team that promises to be one of the boldest
this was granted to us so we could he reports. ranks among the NBA’s worst in and spectacularly doomed
get ready." "He's a pro for one, he knows both wins and attendance. They experiments of modern times.”
Trevor Scott, who tied for the how to play football and he knows do, however, have the distinction — Tip of the Fix cap to readers
Raiders lead in sacks as a rookie how to turn it on when it's time to of having added two of the NBA’s John Falck and fellow Fixer
in 2008, will likely start at right turn it on," Tomlinson said. "I most vilified players during the Garey Ris.
d e f e n s i v e e n d a g a i n s t t h e think he can absolutely have an offseason in ur-headcase Zach “Z- Found a good column from the
Chargers if Seymour does not effect on the game." Bo” Randolph and Iverson. world of sports? Don’t keep it to
show up. Joseph, a former first-round “The Grizzlies may be irrelevant yourself — write to us at
" I t ' s o u t o f m y c o n t r o l , pick of the New York Giants who but they’ll be entertaining,” the dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll
whatever's going to happen is played in eight games for Oakland Memphis Commercial Appeal’s consider your find for inclusion in
going to happen," Scott said. "So last season before being released Geoff Calkins writes. “They’ve the Daily Fix. You can email
if he does get here, some things on Sunday, wasn't surprised the now got everything from A.I. to Z David at droth11@gmail.com.
are changed or different. I'm not Raiders re-signed him. -Bo. It’s genius, really. In the
going to let it affect me." "The day they let me go, they same way that Jerry Springer is
San Diego coach Norv Turner, released me, coach Cable said,
whose teams travels to Oakland 'Don't go nowhere,'" Joseph said.
for Monday's season opener, said "I was just around, sticking
Seymour could still have an around, seeing what was going to
impact in the game if he reports happen."
soon. The Associated Press
"He's an outstanding football c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h i s r e p o r t .
player," Turner said in a
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Charlie Manuel, Brad Lidge meet to With His Life in Crisis,

discuss closer's role with Ben Marches On
By Jay Mariotti (FanHouse)
Philadelphia Phillies Submitted at 9/11/2009 2:53:00 AM

By Associated Press Manuel would like the luxury of all with closing experience -- in by Jay Mariotti
(ESPN.com) using Lidge in a one-sided game, the bullpen. Filed under: NFL
Submitted at 9/11/2009 6:20:31 AM but those can't be predicted. Lidge In other news, reliever Scott PITTSBURGH -- His name is
is 0-7 with a 7.11 ERA this Eyre had an MRI on his ailing left long, but not nearly as long as
WASHINGTON -- Brad Lidge season. elbow. A "loose body" was found some of his days and nights. Ben
and Charlie Manuel had a meeting "I told him I'll take the ball when in the elbow, Philadelphia Roethlisberger is followed by
to discuss the struggling closer's he needs me to," Lidge said. "I assistant general manager Scott calamity like few others in sports,
role with the Philadelphia Phillies. feel like I'm very close to where I Proefrock said. whether it's a helmet-less
Lidge and Manuel spoke after need to be, but it wouldn't hurt to Proefrock said Eyre wouldn't motorcycle accident that leaves
Wednesday night's game against get a couple more outings." throw for several days while him sprawled on a downtown
the Washington Nationals. The Manuel turned to Ryan Madson options were examined. Eyre is 2- street or a woman in Nevada who
following day, the manager to close out Wednesday night's 6- 1 with a 1.61 ERA in 39 games. accuses him of rape. He has seen
wouldn't say if or when Lidge will 5 win over the Nationals while Missing Eyre and J.C. Romero, the glory of two Super Bowl
get his job back as closer. Lidge stayed in the bullpen. who's been on the 15-day disabled championships, and he has
Lidge The previous day, the manager list since July 20 with a strained suffered the pain of numerous
"We're really on the same page pulled Lidge in the ninth inning left forearm, the Phillies are concussions and wicked
with everything. We had a good after he allowed three of his four without a proven lefty in the lacerations.
talk," Lidge said. batters to reach base. Manuel bullpen. And he's all of, what, 27? In real overtime and clinching an
Lidge converted all 48 of his went to Madson, who bailed out Jamie Moyer, who had been in -life years, he must be 47. aesthetically unpleasing 13-10
save chances last year, including Lidge and the Phillies by nailing the 'pen since Pedro Martinez But through his travails, victory over Tennessee with a 22-
the postseason, to help the Phillies down a 5-3 victory. joined the rotation, will start Roethlisberger has perpetuated a yard pass to a rookie receiver,
win the World Series. This year, The manager said he had a Saturday due to J.A. Happ's remarkable pattern of leading the Mike Wallace. He'll never be as
he has 10 blown saves in 38 simple reason for yanking Lidge strained oblique muscle. Pittsburgh Steelers to victory prolific as Peyton Manning, never
opportunities. in that one. The only lefties available in when the minutes are few and be as explosive or pretty as Tom
"I see him as a closer," Manuel "I had a bad feeling," Manuel Philadelphia's bullpen are veteran other players are buckling under Brady. Yet do not forget Big Ben
said. explained. Jack Taschner, who is 1-1 with a pressure. Last we saw him, he was in any discussion of elite
But with 24 games left in the Despite that, Manuel is 5.08 ERA in 23 games, and rookie taking charge of the most quarterbacks and leaders.
r e g u l a r s e a s o n , h e w a s n ' t convinced Lidge will close again. Sergio Escalona, recalled from the spectacular Super Bowl finish With His Life in Crisis, Ben
p r o m i s i n g a s p e c i f i c r o l e . He just doesn't know when. minors for the sixth time this ever, leading an eight-play, 69- Marches On originally appeared
Philadelphia began the day with a "It's hard to explain. He season on Wednesday. yard drive and finding Santonio on Fanhouse - Jay Mariotti on Fri,
six-game lead over the Florida definitely hasn't lost nothing. I'm Escalona is 1-0 with a 2.84 ERA Holmes for his tippy-toed 11 Sep 2009 02:53:00 EST .
Marlins in the NL East. telling you right now, he in six games. touchdown catch for the ages. Please see our terms for use of
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second set, after Nadal won the
opening set in a tiebreak. The
second interruption came at about
10:20 p.m., with Nadal holding a
3-2 lead in the second-set
tiebreak.
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At midnight, tournament
officials suspended play for the
night, sending Nadal and
Gonzalez home. And leaving del
Potro still waiting.
The Nadal-Gonzalez match was
scheduled to resume Friday, not
before 2 p.m. -- following the first
women's semifinal, between
Serena Williams and Kim
Clijsters, which was to begin at
12:30 p.m.
All of the breaks might have
been helpful to Nadal, who called
for a trainer after the first set. It
appeared Nadal was being
checked for a flare-up of a
stomach muscle problem that
bothered him earlier in the
tournament.
"In the first set, it was very, very
bad," Nadal's uncle and coach,
Toni, said in a second-set
interview with ESPN2, which was
televising the match in the U.S.
"Now, it's a little better. It's
difficult. We must win this set."
Nadal was going to have to wait
to try to do that. Organizers had
hoped to conclude the match
Thursday, because Friday's
forecast called for more rain.
Several hours earlier, del Potro
did a much better job than Cilic of
dealing with the conditions, which
included swirling winds that
reached 20 mph.
They are quite similar: Both are
6-foot-6, both have big serves,
both have seemingly unlimited
potential. And they were born five
days apart in 1988, making them
the two youngest players ranked
in the top 20.
Cilic began brilliantly on this
day, racing to a lead of a set and a
break. But he started missing
more and more, while del Potro
stayed steady enough to claim 17
of the last 20 games.
Del Potro has been thinking
about this year's French Open,
where he reached the semifinals
and took a 2-1 lead in sets against
Roger Federer.
Del Potro let that slip away.
He wasn't about to have the
same thing happen Thursday.
"Well, I learn many things. I was
so close to beat him," del Potro
said, recalling that loss to Federer.
"I have everything to learn, you
know. I want to be a good player
in the future."
He finished with only 24
unforced errors -- 29 fewer than
Cilic.
"He was not missing," said Cilic,
who upset No. 2 Andy Murray on
Tuesday.
"Andy, he doesn't have as much
power as del Potro has," Cilic
said.
In the other men's semifinal
Saturday, No. 1 Federer will face
No. 4 Novak Djokovic. Federer
beat Djokovic at the U.S. Open in
the 2007 final and 2008
semifinals, part of an overall 8-4
head-to-head edge.
But there also is this: Federer
has reached the final at 16 of the
past 17 Grand Slam tournaments,
and the only hiccup in that stretch
was a loss to eventual champion
Djokovic in the 2008 Australian
Open semifinals.
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Did Oakland Issue Richard
Seymour an Ultimatum?
Depends on Whom You Ask
By Chris Burke (FanHouse)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 1:50:00 AM
by Chris Burke
Filed under: Patriots, Raiders,
NFL Rumors The whole will he
play/won't he play situation with
Richard Seymour's trade to -- and
current absence from -- the
Raiders took an odd turn on
Thursday night.
Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
posted an article on its Web site
reporting that Greg Papa, the
Raiders' play-by-play man, had
said on his radio show that
Oakland had issued Seymour a
five-day letter to report. What that
means, essentially, is that if
Seymour -- whom the Raiders Did Oakland Issue Richard
acquired from New England for a Seymour an Ultimatum? Depends
2011 first-round pick -- didn't on Whom You Ask originally
show within five days of appeared on Fanhouse NFL Blog
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Steelers Prove Why They're Champs

By Calvin Watkins (FanHouse) grind that helped them prepare for around at midfield.
Submitted at 9/11/2009 2:20:00 AM the postseason. The Steelers Last year was last year, and if
celebrated that postseason on the Steelers are going to repeat,
by Calvin Watkins Thursday night, dropping a huge they have to play it cool.
Filed under: Steelers, Titans championship banner behind one Steelers Prove Why They're
PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers of the Heinz Field goal posts Champs originally appeared on
won the Super Bowl last season, before they took on Tennessee in Fanhouse NFL Blog on Fri, 11
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against seven playoff teams -- a existed. There would be no ring Floyd Mayweather,
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Filed under: Boxing
BOB page 68 Video,
Submitted at 9/11/2009 1:01:00 AM
By Ariel Helwani
FanHouse (FanHouse)
Exclusive Top Rank
founder Bob Arum has never been
one to keep his opinions to
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caught up with him at the Manny
Pacquiao- Miguel Cotto press
conference at Yankee Stadium on
Thursday, he was in rare form.
The 77-year-old boxing
promoter criticized Floyd
Mayweather for fighting "scared"
and not being an entertaining
fighter. Arum also seemed to
squash any hopes of seeing a
Mayweather-Pacquaio super-fight
in the future. But his harshest
words were saved for MMA, as
Arum said the sport looks like
"guys rolling around like
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Forza 3 goes gold, demo hits Marketplace on Sept. 24

By Xav de Matos (Joystiq) 24, featuring many of the latest rounding its last corner before
Submitted at 9/11/2009 9:50:00 AM iteration's enhancements. crossing store shelves.
The Forza 3 demo will feature Gallery: Forza Motorsport 3
Microsoft and Turn 10 have just the game's new cock-pit view, Forza 3 goes gold, demo hits
sent word that Forza Motorsport 3 refined damage model, new Marketplace on Sept. 24
has gone gold, with time to spare rewind function and even allow originally appeared on Joystiq on
to spin enough disks for the players to pull barrel rolls around Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:50:00 EST.
game's European and North the full Camino Viejo circuit. Please see our terms for use of
American launch on October 23 Forza 3's September 24 demo feeds.
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folks. A demo for the upcoming Lizard 911 GT3-RSR • 2009 Mini John Cooper Works compare their best lap times.
racing sim is heading to the Xbox • 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro And with a true competitive Strap in, folks. This one is
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French prisoner snakes past guards in cardboard box

By Ben Gilbert (Joystiq)
Submitted at 9/11/2009 2:15:00 AM
The first time someone snuck
out of a real-life prison by stuffing
themselves inside a cardboard
box, we found it amusing. The
second time, though, we have to
wonder how this keeps
happening. According to the
Telegraph, French inmate Jean-
Pierre Treiber constructed a
cardboard box in the prisoner's
workshop at the Auxerre,
Burgundy "high-security" prison
at which he was awaiting trial.
When no one was around last
Tuesday morning, Treiber himself
hopped in the box and awaited
loading with "dozens" of other
boxes, only hopping out of his
concealment well after the truck
had left the prison.
In 2004, Treiber was accused of
murdering French actor Roland
Giraud's daughter, Geraldine, as
boxes in European prisons or
more prison guards with
suspiciously narrow vision cones.
[Via Kotaku]
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Plan your TGS 2009

adventure with this show floor
map
By Xav de Matos (Joystiq) booth.
Submitted at 9/11/2009 5:15:00 AM Other details for the event have
been slowly trickling out over the
click to (slightly) enlarge last few weeks, and hopefully
Tokyo Game Show 2009 is only we'll know more before the event
two weeks away and we've finally begins on September 24. Make
caught a glimpse of what to sure to keep refreshing Joystiq
expect thanks to (a supposed leak throughout TGS 2009, as we
from) Konami. Today, the house cover the event live from Tokyo.
that built Metal Gear revealed the [Via Andriasang]
TGS show floor map on its Plan your TGS 2009 adventure
special event website, before the w i t h t h i s s h o w f l o o r m a p
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