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It has seriously been a hot, hot minute since we’ve seen a compelling new
desktop from the doors of Mouse Computer, but lo and behold, we’ve
finally found a pair worth glancing all the way to Japan just to swoon
over. The outfit’s NextGear L720 and Masterpiece V1200 lines arrive
with all manners of Core i7 CPUs within, each boasting between 3GB and
12GB of DDR3 RAM, SATA hard drives and NVIDIA GeForce graphics.
Prospective buyers can also load one up with a Blu-ray drive should they
choose, but you can plan on laying down ¥110,000 ($1,121) at the very
least to get your palms around one.
Filed under: Desktops Another day, another digiframe to incite waves of yawns. This go ‘round,
we’re looking at a pair from Toshiba, which have been announced for a
Mouse Computer doles out dueling Core i7-powered desktops originally bit now but just got priced across the pond. Both JournE air frames
appeared on Engadget on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:04:00 EST. Please see include built-in WiFi capability and offer online access to photo
our terms for use of feeds. communities like Flickr and Picasa. As for the former, it touts an 8.4-
inch LCD, dual 0.5 watt speakers, an exchangeable metallic silver
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internal memory and a multicard reader that accepts SD, SDHC, MMC,
Memory Stick, MSPro and xD cards up to 4GB in size. The bigger brother
(that’d be the 1000, y’all) ups the ante with a 10-inch LCD and support
for internet radio. Reportedly, these will run you £139.99 ($195) /
£169.99 ($237), respectively, when they land sometime this quarter.
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If “Oprah”-Approved
TECHCRUNCH Zuckerberg Can’t Buy Twitter,
Elevator Pitch Friday: Co-Opting It Is the Next Best
HerHotSpot Is A Social Thing! [BoomTown]
MAR 14, 2009 04:18A.M.
Network Merged With
Cosmopolitan Magazine
MAR 14, 2009 05:45A.M.
Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and
hardware.
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Here it is, folks — what’s likely to be the largest laptop of 2009 in terms
of sheer screen real estate. We actually managed to cart one of these off
of the freight truck and into an airplane hangar for testing, but this outlet
isn’t about our opinions. In fact, we’re wondering how you (dearest
readers) would change this monstrosity if given the keys to the Lenovo
kingdom. Is the lofty MSRP justified? Is the secondary panel really that
awesome? Has this increased your productivity? Have you pushed any
lamps off of desks and been forced to pay for replacements? No need to
be gentle here, how would you change the ThinkPad W700ds? And... go!
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SLATE MAGAZINE
To help you keep up with the debates in and about Washington, Slate
offers this guide to the issues of the week. Here are a few arguments on a
few key topics.
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I know that “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart does not need even more
ESPN.COM praise for his spot-on comic and very real jabs at the CNBC financial
cable network and its milquetoast coverage of the financial crisis, pre
Vasquez, Maryland upend poor- and post.
shooting Wake The silliness that prevails too much over doing serious and rigorous
MAR 14, 2009 03:16A.M. reporting that Stewart takes perfect aim at is a major problem.
Taking CEO spinning at face value and letting them yammer on on air
Visit ESPN.com for the complete story.
without being challenged much at all has always been excruciating to
watch at best and woefully irresponsible at worst.
ESPN.COM But, to my mind, the most important thing that he elicited out of CNBC’s
most famous stock jester, Jim Cramer, was the part of the interview
Manny’s ‘big deal’ highlight in discussing using the malleable press to float fictional rumors about
companies in order to make money on the negative news.
‘09 debut? A walk
MAR 14, 2009 03:05A.M. While Cramer at first tried to deny he did it, Stewart had the videotape of
the “Mad Money” host talking about the practice, specifically in regards
to Apple (AAPL).
Visit ESPN.com for the complete story.
His appalling idea to make a quick buck? Making it up that the mobile
carriers did not like the iPhone right before Macworld, in this case in
ALL THINGS DIGITAL 2006.
For Getting the Skinny on Apple “And this is very easy because the people who write about Apple want
that story, and you can claim that it’s credible because you spoke to
Stock Hijinks Alone, someone at Apple, because Apple doesn’t…comment,” said Cramer
cavalierly, as if he was not talking about a way to essentially steal other
BoomTown Hearts Jon Stewart people’s money and hurt Apple unfairly, to interviewer Aaron Task, then
at Cramer’s own TheStreet.com.
[BoomTown]
MAR 14, 2009 03:05A.M. “So it’s really an ideal short. And again if I were short Apple, I’d pick up
the phone and I’d do that today.“
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(Although, it has not seemed to stop Apple from releasing a lot of really
cool stuff of late, like the new Shuffle, which Walt Mossberg reviewed
here.) ENGADGET
While Apple has not been adequately forthcoming either about the Job’s Exploding iPod touch sets kid’s
situation, that does not mean the press–as Stewart correctly points
out–should not try to actually do its job and dig for what is really going pants on fire, melts his
on rather than just slap up unsubstantiated blather.
underwear, causes untold
“It’s not a f@#*ing game,” said Stewart perfectly. Indeed not.
emotional pain
You can see Cramer cynically discussing the Apple stock manipulation MAR 14, 2009 03:01A.M.
tricks at the 6:45-minute mark of Part 2, but here is the entire Stewart
well-deserved roasting of Cramer in three parts.
Part 1:
Political Humor
Jim Cramer
An Ohio mom is filing a lawsuit against Apple on behalf of her son,
Part 2: whose “iTouch” popped in his pocket and proceeded to torch his pants.
He had to be treated for second degree burns on his leg, had a hole burnt
The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c through his pants pocket and got an underwear melting to top it all off.
Also, according to the lawsuit, “He continues to suffer from both physical
and mental conditions which will cause him to suffer pain, mental
Jim Cramer Pt. 2 distress, emotional distress, and otherwise for the rest of his life.” Poor
kid! In addition to Apple, the lawsuit seemingly randomly names 10
Daily Show Full Episodes Apple retail employees, and wants $150,000+ and attorney fees in
Important Things w/ Demetri Martin damages. While we’ve seen a couple burnt charging cables of late, this is
the first we’ve heard of an iPod touch “popping,” and it’s especially odd
Political Humor because the lawsuit claims the iPod was turned off at the time of the
Jim Cramer incident. Whether or not that’s true, we’ll be certainly keeping an eye on
a trend developing here. When it comes to our children, burning pants
Part 3: are everyone’s business.
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Exploding iPod touch sets kid’s pants on fire, melts his underwear,
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Mar 2009 21:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
SLATE MAGAZINE
Summary Judgment
MAR 14, 2009 02:02A.M.
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ESPN.COM ESPN.COM
Catcher Ivan Rodriguez will play in the Florida Marlins’ stadium Phil Mickelson chipped in for another birdie and wound up with a 6-
Saturday for the first time since he helped them win the 2003 World under 66 on Friday to build a two-shot lead in the CA Championship,
Series, and he says he might be back for the regular season. putting him in the last group at Doral for the first time in three years.
Is more always better? As people start taking advantage of always-on access to mobile
broadband, and new fourth generation cellular networks are deployed,
Hulu has expanded its content library considerably since its launch a carriers are considering how to protect their data services revenue. They
year ago. The Internet video site has grown from 50 content partners to don’t want to make the mistakes made in the broadband wireless world
more than 130 and has nearly 40,000 pieces of video. that led to ISPs becoming dumb pipes. They also have to consider how to
best use more constrained network resources.
Now, in addition to the full-length TV shows that made the site popular,
it has an expansive, somewhat chaotic library. The site contains Right now many “unlimited” mobile broadband plans have very real
everything from two-hour feature films such as Universal’s “Liar, Liar,” limits (about 5 GB per month in the U.S.). But faster networks encourage
starring Jim Carrey, to short instructional Web videos such as “How to more devices (not just mobile phones) to hop on and try to stream
Make Stuffed Crust Pizza.” videos, share files and generally use network resources, which means
carriers need to think about out how to control data usage and keep their
Andy Forssell, Hulu’s senior vice president of content and distribution, profit margins healthy.
says the goal is to provide users and advertisers with more options. Hulu
is a joint venture of General Electric’s (GE) NBC Universal and News Congestion pricing, under which carriers could charge more for different
Corp., (NWS) which owns Wall Street Journal (and AllThingsD.com) speeds or based on the time of day, appears to be one alternative.
publisher Dow Jones. Btyemobile commissioned a study on congestion pricing that found that
60 percent of those in the mobile service industry think it’s likely carriers
Among the newest content partners is Condé Nast Publications Inc., the will adopt such a pricing model. Bytemobile sells telecommunications
people behind magazines like Vogue and Wired. Videos from the equipment that would enable such pricing, but others in the
company’s online destinations, such as Epicurious.com, a site for food communications industry have offered congestion pricing as a possible
aficionados, are now appearing on Hulu. They’ve added content from way to manage the network and keep margins in line.
four sites: Epicurious, Wired.com, Style.com and Men.Style.com.
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• RackSpace: Experience fanatical support to add any text they’d like, or their upcoming Google Calendar
appointments, to their home/unlock screens.
• Mozy: Start backing up your photos, music and documents.
• Avoid Mediocre Portraits with These Tricks
• You have a camera and a willing subject, but you’re not sure how
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many snapshots. Avoid boring compositions with these tips.
• Top 10 Happy Hour Hacks Got a favorite post of your own from the week? Share it in the comments.
• The work week’s (finally) over-now’s your chance to get really
creative and industrious. Skim through our ten tips for enjoying a
cheaper, tastier, and intriguingly fun night out or party at your
pad.
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Microsoft Corp., which has $20 billion of cash in the bank, is among the
first in the Puget Sound area to benefit from the investment in roads and
bridges through President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan.
Local planners allotted $11 million of $214 million awarded to the region
to help pay for a highway overpass in Redmond, Washington, connecting
one part of Microsoft’s wooded campus with another. The world’s largest
software maker will contribute almost half of the $36.5 million cost.
Annie and Tamara from a total hathos-blog-fest of photographic formal Other federal and local money will pay the rest.
portraits at Sexy People.
Work is scheduled to begin by June, while larger projects in the area
await funding, including replacing an elevated highway in Seattle
damaged by a 2001 earthquake and a bridge over Lake Washington at
risk of cracking in a windstorm. Spending watchdogs and even some
SLATE MAGAZINE Microsoft employees see more pressing needs.
Obama scores a 15 on the “I’m sure Steve Ballmer or Bill Gates could finance this out of pocket
change,” Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, said
Change-o-Meter. of Microsoft’s chief executive officer and chairman. “Subsidizing an
MAR 14, 2009 12:40A.M. overpass to one of the richest companies in the country certainly isn’t
going to be the best use of our precious dollars.
Obama latches onto a fourth straight day of gains in the stock market.
“It’s a bridge to Microsoft,” he said.
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White House reps say the project is “under review,” meaning politicians
will probably move to cover their rears and deny the project ever got past
the proposal stage if there’s an uproar.
Stimulus Package Contains $11 • Microsoft Sets Its Dividend, Up From Last Year (MSFT)
Million ‘Bridge To Microsoft’ • Microsoft Puts New Office Construction On Hold, Not Hiring
Anyone To Fill The Space (MSFT)
Giveaway
MAR 14, 2009 12:38A.M. • Microsoft’s Memo To Temps: Your 10% Pay Cut Is Effective March
2 (MSFT)
Remember how the stimulus package was passed so quickly legislators
complained no one had time to actually read the thing?
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• Ghost towns dot Finland as forestry collapse threatens growth You may still not be able to get that VGA adapter, but it looks like HP
(Bloomberg) Mini 1000 users can now finally get their hands on the six-cell battery for
the netbook, which should provide a significant boost over the stock
three-cell battery. As you may recall, this follows a brief spat of seeming
THE DAILY DISH | BY ANDREW SULLIVAN availability in January but, judging from some of the responses on the
HP Mini forums, it looks like HP has since canceled the few orders that
Zooming Out, Ctd. got through before the battery was pulled from its site. Those folks may
MAR 14, 2009 12:33A.M. not be too disappointed any longer, however, as the battery now has a
price tag of $95.99 (after a $20 instate rebate), which is quite a bit easier
The Economist is hosting a debate over Dani Rodrik’s claim that global to swallow than the $153.90 that HP was originally asking.
financial regulation is “neither feasible, nor prudent, nor desirable.”
Here’s Rodrik: [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
If we have learnt anything from the crisis it is that financial Filed under: Laptops
regulation and supervision need to be tightened and their
scope broadened. It seems only a small step to the idea that HP Mini 1000 six-cell battery now available to order, for real originally
we need much stronger global regulation as well: a global appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:28:00 EST. Please see our
college of regulators, say; a binding code of international terms for use of feeds.
conduct; or even an international financial regulator.
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Yet the logic of global financial regulation is flawed. The
world economy will be far more stable and prosperous with a
thin veneer of international co-operation superimposed on
strong national regulations than with attempts to construct a
bold global regulatory and supervisory framework. The risk
we run is that pursuing an ambitious goal will detract us from
something that is more desirable and more easily attained.
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ESPN.COM ripped a drive up the fairway and I had 268 to the hole,” said McIlroy. “It
was a perfect three wood for me.
Memphis celebrates big 3-0, C-
“It was a nice way to finish there, making eagle at the eighth and then
USA final berth birdie the ninth.”
MAR 14, 2009 12:25A.M.
Mickelson opened up with a birdie on the 10th, the first of six during his
Visit ESPN.com for the complete story. round, which featured a solitary bogey.
And the left-hander believes the best is still yet to come with Augusta on
the horizon.
BBC SPORT | SPORT HOMEPAGE | WORLD EDITION
“I knew heading into this week I was playing well and I’m excited for this
Mickelson leads as McIlroy weekend but more than that I can feel my game really coming round for
the Masters,” said the world number three.
shines
MAR 14, 2009 12:23A.M. “To be hitting it as high and as far as I am hitting it, with my short game
as good as it has ever been, I can’t wait for Augusta.”
SECOND ROUND LEADERBOARD:
-13 P Mickelson (USA) -11 N Watney (USA) -10 R McIlroy (NI), Perry Dismissing suggestions he was suffering from pain in his right knee,
(USA) -9 R Pampling (Aus), P Marksaeng (Tha), C Villegas (Col) world number one Woods - 10 strokes adrift of compatriot Mickelson -
Selected others: said he enjoyed a better day with the putter than on Thursday.
-7 P Harrington (Ire), P Casey (Eng) O Wilson (Eng) -3 T Woods (USA)
“Today felt a lot better than yesterday and yesterday it felt a lot better
Phil Mickelson took a two-shot lead at the top of the WGC-CA than it did in Tucson,” he said.
leaderboard as Rory McIlroy stormed into contention.
“I’m starting to get a feel for being in that environment again and it is
The teenager from Northern Ireland is on 10 under, three shots adrift of starting to feel better and better.”
Mickelson, following a fine round of 66 - including six birdies and an
eagle. Poulter was among the day’s biggest movers with a round of 67, adding
to his opening 69.
Mickelson carded a 66 to complement his opening round of 65, with
compatriot Nick Watney poised on 11 under. “I put a new driver in the bag today and it is going down the middle of
the fairway most of the time, which is great, and I am giving myself lots
Tiger Woods finished on two under after a round of 70, while England’s of chances,” said the 33-year-old.
Ian Poulter is well placed on eight under.
“I didn’t take too many of them but the ones I should have holed I did
Mickelson produced another consistent round to take the halfway lead, and I could have taken a few more. But it was a clean scorecard, no silly
but it was McIlroy’s round that turned heads at the par-72, 7,266-yard bogeys, which was good.”
Blue Monster course in Florida.
Story from BBC SPORT:
The 19-year-old is aiming to become the youngest PGA Tour winner in http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport2/hi/golf/7943310.stm
history in only his second appearance in the USA since turning
professional. Published: 2009/03/13 23:23:38 GMT
Bogeys at the 14th and 16th had seen him slip to seven under, but an © BBC MMIX
eagle at the par-five eighth - his penultimate hole - and a birdie at the
final ninth ensured McIlroy finished the day alongside Kenny Perry on
10 under.
With my short game as good as it has ever been, I can’t wait for
Augusta
Phil Mickelson
“I just made two bad bogeys to drop back to seven under and I just
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NU.NL - ALGEMEEN
LIFEHACKER
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Ezra Klein notices that David Brooks has had the best White House
access of anyone on the NYT op-ed page.
NU.NL - ALGEMEEN
Geen extra grondtroepen VS Today marks the twentieth anniversary of Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s
submission to CERN titled “Information Management: A proposal.” Over
naar Uruzgan roughly the next year and a half he had built HTTP, HTML,
WorldWideWeb (the first web browser), CERN httpd (the first server
MAR 13, 2009 11:44P.M.
software), and the first web server (http://info.cern.ch), paving the way
for an unprecedented era of human communication and
DEN HAAG - De doelstelling van de internationale ISAF-missie,
interconnectivity. We’re not entirely sure how 4chan, Bert Is Evil, or Tila
veiligheid en stabiliteit, is in het zuiden van Afghanistan niet dichterbij
Tequila fit into all of this, but we’d sure miss them if they weren’t here
gekomen.
(well, not Tila Tequila — definitely not Tila Tequila). The visionary chats
about cyberspace past, present, and future after the break.
Nederlandse commando’s naar Continue reading The Web turns 20, FidoNet suffers abandonment
issues
Afghanistan
Filed under: Networking
MAR 13, 2009 11:42P.M.
Salford (0) 12
Tries: Fitzpatrick, Thornley Goals: Ratchford 2
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Wilkin scored both his tries in a first-half onslaught that also saw Leon execution.”
Pryce and Chris Flannery touch down.
Salford coach Shaun McRae:
The second half was much the same as first Ade Gardner and then James
Graham and Keiron Cunningham scored converted tries to make the “It’s a bit eerie really and it doesn’t feel like a loss at all.
score 38-0.
“There was enough and character showed that suggested we are on the
Karl Fitzpatrick and Andrew Thornley scored late Reds consolation tries. up.
The game proved an unhappy return for Salford coach Shaun McRae, “There was a lot of improvement and it was summed up for me in the
who had a successful stint as Saints coach between 1996 and 1998, as his second half when Malcolm Alker tracked back and stopped James Roby.
tough return to the big time with the Reds continues.
“It showed the character in the side and I think our supporters - who I
However, despite being outclassed for most of this encounter by an thought were terrific - saw a lot of effort and determination from the
impressive St Helens outfit, his side never lost heart and were rewarded players.”
with the late scores.
St Helens : Wellens, Gardner, Gidley, Flannery, Wheeler, Pryce, Long,
The hosts went ahead in the 11th minute when a simple passing sequence Graham, Cunningham, Hargreaves, Wilkin, Dixon, Clough.
saw Cunningham find Sean Long to his left and the scrum-half’s neat Replacements : Cayless, Roby, Ashurst, Emmitt.
offload found Wilkin advancing forward at pace to sidestep Robbie Paul
and cross near the left corner. Salford : Fitzpatrick, Henry, Littler, Turner, Ratchford, Smith, Paul,
Cashmere, Alker, Stapleton, Adamson, Parker, Swain.
After a brief period of pressure from Salford, the home side again exerted Replacements: Leuluai, Thornley, Nash, Sidlow.
their authority with another simple move that culminated in
Cunningham and Long, who kicked five goals throughout, combining to Referee : R Silverwood (Dewsbury)
allow Pryce to scamper over the line from 12 yards out.
Story from BBC SPORT:
Saints claimed their third score in the 36th minute when Long’s high http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport2/hi/rugby_league/7928245.stm
kick caused confusion in the home defence and Wilkin arrived to touch
down. Published: 2009/03/13 22:36:16 GMT
The home side added a fourth try on the stroke of half-time when © BBC MMIX
Flannery finished off another sweeping attack in the left corner.
St Helens had their fifth score early in the second half when James
Roby’s blistering run was halted by Malcolm Alker but the ball was TECHCRUNCH
quickly recycled to the right flank where Long found Gardner and he
burrowed his way over for a try. Whoa, Twitter Mania
MAR 13, 2009 11:27P.M.
Saints youngster Gary Wheeler had a try ruled out for double movement
on the hour mark but Graham soon squeezed over the line and
Cunningham went over from acting half two minutes later.
Fitzpatrick’s score and Thornley’s late effort - both in the left corner and
both converted by Ratchford - gave Salford some semblance of
respectability.
“I thought Jon Wilkin was outstanding tonight and probably did more
than he was asked to do. Maybe it is all the TV news mentions, but Twitter is seeing the growth in
U.S visitors to its site accelerating. In February, 4 million people in the
“But we have still have work to do and probably need to improve our U.S. visited the site, up from 2.6 million the month before, according to
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the latest data from comScore. That represents a 55 percent month-over- Until you’re physically out there, you can’t really get the
month growth rate, compared to 33 percent growth in each of the two magnitude of what you’re actually up to. It sounds like it’s an
months prior. (ComScore has yet to release February figures for antiseptic process, and it’s anything but that. In the majority
worldwide visitors, but for January that number is 6 million). of the homes I was going into, there were always little kids
around—I mean, really young kids, and we’re taking them
These numbers are only for visitors to Twitter.com, and they do not and putting them out on the street. A lot of them were
capture usage on desktop or mobile clients. And the apps just keep on seniors, and a lot of them had issues with dementia. Once
coming. For instance, Twitdom now counts 529 Twitter apps. But the again—we’re taking them out to the street … Most of these
site visitor numbers are indicative of the steep growth ramp Twitter is neighborhoods are not good neighborhoods. Once [their
enjoying right now. It is still early days. Can its growth keep accelerating belongings are] out on the street, we leave. While they’re off
or is it unsustainable? looking for transportation, the few things they own are being
stolen.
Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and
hardware. (hat tip: Mary Kane; painting by Amy Casey)
ENGADGET
Safe As Houses
MAR 13, 2009 11:08P.M.
The Symbian Foundation’s platform plans have mostly been a black box
since its inception last year, with S60 seemingly forming the de facto
base for development — a reality that ultimately accelerated UIQ’s
demise. Symbian executive VP David Wood has shed some light on how
the roadmap’s going to play out (in theory, anyway), and it’s shaping up
to be a little more complicated than anyone would’ve anticipated. Turns
out that the Foundation intends to have no fewer than five — yes, five —
versions of the platform in development at any one time: two in the
Nick Summers interviews Thomas Dart, the sheriff in Cook County
“stable phase” where they’ll presumably be subject to minor updates, one
Illinois who has refused to perform any more foreclosure evictions:
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in the “hardening phase,” one having new features submitted, and one That frozen over pond you’ve been hiking over all winter is warming up,
getting very early builds. What’s more, releases even beyond that will be so do yourself a favor and check out Wired’s illustrated guide to survive
getting their roadmaps finalized at the same time. Ultimately, they’d like falling through ice.
to have two platform releases a year, with the first — Symbian^2, based
on the upcoming S60 5th Edition Feature Pack 1 — hitting at the end of The guide is simple and direct, with four main steps and some sound
this year if everything goes well, and that’s presumably what we’d be advice for handling the pyschological aspects of the scary situation. For
seeing in Sony Ericsson’s Idou. Look, if Symbian seriously wants to example:
innovate this rapidly and mercilessly, we’re all for it — it’s just a question
of whether it can deliver. As you hit the water, a physiological reaction known as torso
reflex will cause you to gasp for air. Force yourself to take
[Via All About Symbian, thanks Pdexter] slow, deep breaths. You’ll begin to shiver violently and feel
intense pain; try to remember that these are natural
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds responses and not life-threatening.
Symbian Foundation’s release schedule is a five-version juggling act Head on over to Wired to read the full details. It’s good advice, and
originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:07:00 EST. learning how to survive falling through ice is certainly a good thing, but
Please see our terms for use of feeds. we’d suggest avoiding that frozen pond altogether if you have a choice.
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The brother of a Providence basketball player who ran onto the court to
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How to Survive Falling Through Anybody tuning in to Oprah Winfrey on Friday afternoon, March 13
learned at least three things about Mark Zuckerberg, 24 year-old founder
Ice [Survival] and ceo of Facebook: He looks a lot like his father (the bearded man in
MAR 13, 2009 11:00P.M. the audience close-up). He’s not interested in dating Gayle King’s
daughter, a 22 year-old Stanford grad (King: “She’s smart!”). And he can
take a poke or two?virtually and otherwise.
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After they failed to gain trade value, the Rams announced Friday they
have released wide receiver Torry Holt.
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The annual SXSW Festival is on, and this year I am surprised by the
number of location-aware mobile services being launched in Austin,
Texas, many of them for Apple’s iPhone.
• Pelago launched Whrrl 2.0, which allows you to share your day and
life based on location, using photos and text, to a private network
of friends.
[Via TechDirt]
At SXSW, Location Awareness
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Is The New Black
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Amazon using DMCA to restrict Kindle content sources originally
appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:48:00 EST. Please see our The annual SXSW Festival is on, and this year I am surprised by the
terms for use of feeds. number of location-aware mobile services being launched in Austin,
Texas, many of them for Apple’s iPhone.
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location. I love this little game. Too bad I have moved off the withdrawn because of a shoulder injury.
iPhone platform.
But rather than opting for a like-for-like replacement in Paul McShane,
• Dennis Crowley, creator of Dodgeball is back for an encore with coach Brian McClennan chose to use Jamie Jones-Buchanan as a stop-
Foursquare, which turns nightlife into a game (at least for those gap replacement.
who live in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and
Austin). The New York Times has a review of the service. And within three minutes the home side were in front, courtesy of a
beautifully weighted 40-20 kick from the left boot of Burrow.
• Pelago launched Whrrl 2.0, which allows you to share your day and
life based on location, using photos and text, to a private network The fifth tackle from the resulting play saw prop Leuluai hold off two
of friends. defenders to touch down after a powerful five-metre burst, with Sinfield
adding the extras.
• Lastly, check out Gowalla, a location-based travel game by
Alamofire. And Leeds doubled their lead when a mistake from young Wigan winger
Ainscough allowed opposite number Donald to touch down Danny
Most of these apps are leveraging the built-in GPS features of the iPhone McGuire’s precise kick minutes later.
and its user interface to create a new kind of user experience. (Related
Post: The Commoditization of GPS & the Golden Age of Location-based
Services) Polly Tunnel
Wigan’s paper-thin defence was once again ripped to shreds when Ian
Kirke’s powerful surge allowed scrum-half Burrow to score under the
posts on 18 minutes, with Sinfield adding the extras.
BBC SPORT | SPORT HOMEPAGE | WORLD EDITION Another perfect 40-20 - this time from the right boot of Lee Smith - set
up a wonderful sweeping move through the line, culminating in a
Leeds 34-10 Wigan brilliant basketball-style offload from Ali Lauititti for Hall to slide over
MAR 13, 2009 10:45P.M. for his first try of the night on the half hour.
Leeds (22) 34 Wigan’s first genuine foray into Leeds territory resulted in six points.
Tries: Leuluai, Donald, Burrow, Hall 2, Peacock Goals: Sinfield 5 Thomas Leuluai’s brilliant miss-pass allowed winger Ainscough to atone
for his earlier mistake and touch down for four points, with Pat Richards
Wigan (6) 10 adding the extra two.
Tries: Ainscough, Hock Goal: Richards
A half-time roasting from coach Brian Noble saw Wigan begin the
Leeds stretched their unbeaten Super League run to five second half in complete contrast to the first, with Leuluai touching down
matches with a crushing home victory over Wigan. in the first minute, only for video referee Phil Bentham to chalk off the
try for offside.
Kylie Leuluai, Scott Donald, Rob Burrow and Ryan Hall all touched
down within 30 minutes, with Kevin Sinfield adding six points with the The Warriors were denied a second touchdown seven minutes later when
boot. Gareth Hock danced through the Leeds defence, only for Bentham to
adjudge Sean O’Laughlin had obstructed Burrow in the build-up to the
Wigan had two tries disallowed after the interval before Hall touched score.
down for his second score on 50 minutes.
And to compound Wigan’s misery further, Hall added his second score
Jamie Peacock’s powerful surge saw Leeds extend their lead before on 50 minutes when he outjumped Amos Roberts to collect Burrow’s up-
Gareth Hock’s late consolation try for Wigan. and-under inside Wigan’s tryline.
It was yet another comprehensive performance from a Rhinos side Lacking inspiration and leadership, Wigan wilted as Leeds continued the
missing former Australia captain Danny Buderus as well as centre Keith onslaught with a series of intelligent sets and deep kicks on the fifth
Senior. tackle.
Although boosted by the return of New Zealand full-back Brent Webb, And Peacock - who started on the replacements’ bench - produced a
playing his first match in six months after injury, Leeds were forced into typically robust burst to bundle over from close range, a try confirmed by
a late change just before kick off when hooker Matt Diskin was Bentham.
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Hock added a consolation score with a powerful 20m run in the final
minutes, but Richards’ wayward kick summed up Wigan’s night.
“I’m really pleased with the way they applied themselves. I thought we
played pretty well and our defence was very good.”
“For the first 15 minutes we didn’t touch the ball and a couple of 40-20s
got us. We had one set in their half and scored.
“We weren’t going to get a call tonight but we didn’t help ourselves. It
was one of those nights when everything went against us.”
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