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State-of-the-Union Bingo!
By Deborah Zabarenko (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 1/26/2010 1:59:17 PM
Yes, of course, President
Obama’s State of the Union
address is a serious occasion, full
of solemn portents for the nation
and the world. But even
Washington wonks have to have
a little fun. Strangely enough,
they’re likely to have fun this
year by playing SOTU bingo.
For the uninitiated, SOTU bingo
involves modified bingo cards,
usually filled in with various
words or phrases the president is
likely to utter. It’s pretty easy to
figure out which bingo-card-
makers are friendly to Obama
and which are foes. Some simply
want to push a cause and hope
Obama brings it up when he
talks to Congress on Wednesday
night.
The Center for Global
Development offers a sober-
sided set of bingo cards, with
terms like “G-20,” “security,”
“foreign aid” and “globalization”
on its grid. “Will President
Obama mention global
development during his
first official State of the Union
address? Will he discuss girls’
health, immigration, or
the environment?” the group
asked on its Web site, urging
folks to tally up whether Obama
mentions any of these as they fill
in their cards.
A more conservative slant
shows up in a “Barack” card
posted on various sites, including
Chicks on the Right. Instead of
the normal 25 spaces, it’s got 36,
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featuring such Obama-isms as
“let me be clear” and “make no
mistake.” There’s a bonus if
Obama says “greed on Wall
Street” and even “I” could fill in
a square — but only “if used five
times or more in same sentence.”
Obama isn’t the only public
figure to face the bingo
treatment. President George W.
Bush got similarly lampooned
during his State of the Union
addresses. And former Alaska
Governor Sarah Palin’s face was
the center free space on bingo
cards meant to be played during
her October 2008 vice
presidential debate with then-
Senator Joe Biden. The cards
featured some of Palin’s most
memorable sayings, including
“maverick,” “Joe Six-Pack,”
“hockey mom” and “lipstick.”
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Photo credit: REUTERS/Fred
Prouser (Bingo, a dancer with
the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
of New Orleans, performs at the
Playboy Jazz Festival in
Hollywood June 18, 2006.)
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Live coverage
of the State of
the Union
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
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Obama, Susan Rice and the U.N. — The right approach or too
cuddly?
By Louis Charbonneau (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:45:31 PM
U.S. ambassador to the United
Nations, Susan Rice, accepts a
2009 Glamour Women of the
Year award. REUTERS/Lucas
Jackson
When U.S. President Barack
Obama came to power, he
announced a"new era of
engagement" at the United
Nations. He appointed his
longtime friend and foreign
policy adviser Susan Rice to be
his ambassador to the world
body. He also raised her post to
cabinet level, as some previous
Democratic presidents have
done, and made her a member of
the powerful National Security
Council.
In an August 2009 speech at
New York University, Rice
outlined the Obama's
administration's new approach to
the United Nations, an
organization that was often
criticized and occasionally
ridiculed by members of the
administration of former
President George W. Bush. She
said that from now on
Washington would do away with
the "condescension and
contempt" that she said had crept
into U.S. government attitudes
toward the international
community.
"We have seen the costs of
disengagement," Rice told an
audience of students, academics,
diplomats and policy makers.
"We have paid the price of stiff-
arming the U.N. and spurning
our international partners. The
United States will lead in the
21st century -- not with hubris,
not by hectoring, but through
patient diplomacy."
Relations between the United
States and the United Nations
have never been easy. For
decades there have been the
occasional calls from the
political right to pull out of the
organization or banish its
headquarters from U.S. territory.
Relations reached a low point in
2003, the year of the U.S.-led
invasion of Iraq. Former U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan
branded the war an illegal act by
the Bush administration.
The Obama administration kept
its word. It quickly handed over
more than $2 billion in new and
old contributions owed to the
U.N. peacekeeping department.
It ended Washington's
confrontational approach to the
world body, virtually ceasing all
public attacks on it. In an
interview with Vogue magazine,
for which she was photographed
by Annie Leibovitz, Rice said
she believed she had met all of
the other 191 U.N. ambassadors
in the space of a single
month. Envoys from around the
world praised Rice, saying her
willingness to listen and not
dictate to her colleagues is
refreshing. One senior Western
diplomat referred to her as
"Human Rice."
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issue that was top priority for
former U.S. ambassador and
outspoken U.N. critic John
Bolton. Congresswoman Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican from
Florida, criticized the Obama
administration for taking a seat
on the U.N. Human Rights
Council, a body Washington had
previously shunned for being
anti-Israeli. Rice and others
defended the decision, saying it
was time to change the Human
Rights Council from within
rather than throwing stones at it
from without.
The most severe attack on Rice
to date came from Richard
Grenell, whom Bush appointed
in 2001 as the spokesman to the
U.S. mission to the United
Nations. In a blog for the
Huffington Post, Grenell accused
Rice of "hanging out at the
White House and not engaging
seriously in New York" on
important issues like Iran's
nuclear program. He took her to
task for spending too much time
in Washington (her children go
to school there). He called her a
"weak negotiator" and declared
that "the U.N. and the American
people deserve better."
Rice told reporters she did not
read the article by Grenell, who
But some in the United States was well known in the U.N.
dislike this approach. Critics feel press corps for his unflagging
that she has dropped the U.S. s u p p o r t o f t h e B u s h
push to root out U.N. corruption
OBAMA, page 3
and improve its bureaucracy, an
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OBAMA,
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administration, criticism of the
European penchant for dialogue
and negotiations, and his
forthright way of expressing
displeasure at articles he
disapproved of. But Rice
defended her first year as
Obama's U.N. envoy, saying
2009 was "very productive."
Washington and its partners
racked up "substantive
accomplishments" in 2009, she
said, such as the toughening of
sanctions against North Korea
and adoption of a Security
Council resolution on nuclear
non-proliferation and
disarmament at a council
meeting that Obama himself
Obama plays to disaffected audience but most don’t blame him
By David Morgan (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 6:07:36 AM
When President Obama reaches
the podium for tonight’s State of
the Union address, he’ll turn to a
TV audience fed up with
Washington and its incessant
partisan bickering. But guess
what: most viewers won’t be
blaming him.
More than 90 percent of the
American public thinks there’s
too much partisan infighting and
70 percent say the federal
Note: iPad Hands On Updated With Video [Apple]
By Mark Wilson (Gizmodo)
chaired.
Grenell cited a recent analysis
by Security Council Report, a
think-tank affiliated with
Columbia University, saying it
showed how little the council
accomplished last year. That
analysis said 2009 saw a
"dramatic drop" in the number of
Security Council decisions, the
lowest since 1991, without a
corresponding decline in the
number of serious conflicts.
However, it pointed out that
there were no clear reasons for
the decline and noted that "more
is not necessarily better."
Grenell's criticism generated
lively discussion among
government isn’t working well,
according to an NBC News/Wall
Street Journal poll.
But who’s the culprit? Only 27
percent blame the president. The
biggest target of public
disaffection are Republicans in
Congress — at 48 percent —
followed by congressional
Democrats at 41 percent.
Conducted Jan. 23-25, the survey
of 800 adults has a 3.5 percent
margin of error.
If the numbers are accurate,
Obama’s message may find a fair
amount of audience sympathy,
Just a quick note if you missed
our live updates—our iPad hands
members of the U.N. press corps.
Although some U.N.-based
reporters disliked Grenell during
his eight years as the U.S.
mission's spokesman, several
said privately that he made some
"good points" in his blog and
complained that the information
flow from the U.S. mission had
slowed to a trickle since Susan
Rice came to town.
What do you think?
(Posted by Louis Charbonneau)
particularly for his much-
anticipated emphasis on jobs, the
economy and curbs on Wall
Street’s excesses.
Nearly three-quarters say not
on now has video. Check it out
here.
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iPad Fact and Fiction: An
Interactive Guide to Eight Years
of Rumors and Reporting
(Fast Company)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:11:55 PM
On Tuesday, B.C. (Before
Cupertino), we ran down all of
the milestones in almost a
decade's worth of Apple Tablet
development. Above, a handy
interactive graphic showing who
was right, kind of right, and dead
wrong.
The Wall Street Journal was
more right than wrong. The New
enough has been done to regulate
Wall Street and the banking
industry, while 51 percent want
more emphasis on economic
matters than they’ve seen up to
3
York Times was generally right,
but given their intimate
involvement with this super-
secret project and forthcoming
iPad NYT edition, shouldn't we
have expected more? Aren't good
journalists supposed to be really
bad at keeping secrets?
Reporting by Kit Eaton
Interactive Graphic by Mike
Deal and Conor Birney
now.
In fact, poll respondents are
fairly optimistic about Obama’s
future, with 54 percent saying he
is facing either a short-term
setback or no setback at all.
There are even signs that his
overall job approval rating has
begun to edge up.
Photo credit: Reuters/Jason
Reed (Obama)
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Dylan at the White House: how
much have the times changed?
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 1/26/2010 7:02:38 PM
The announcement that music
icon Bob Dylan was coming to
the White House next month for
“A Celebration of Music from
the Civil Rights Movement” sent
us scrambling to listen to his
famous song “The Times They
Are A-Changin’.”
The lyrics from 45 years ago,
eerily echo today.
Come senators, congressmen,
please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway,
don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt, will be he
who has stalled
The battle outside is ragin’
It’ll soon shake your windows,
and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-
changin’
It was a year ago that President
Barack Obama entered the White
House on a platform of change –
“Yes, we can.”
But his early intentions became
bogged down by a sour economy
and partisan politics, not to
mention two wars. Now all eyes
are on his State of the Union
address to see whether he can
make another fresh start.
Obama has said that it was the
civil rights movement that made
it possible for him to be elected
the first African American
president of the United States.
The concert on Feb. 10 will
mark Black History month.
Other performers attending
include Natalie Cole, John
Legend, Smokey Robinson, Seal,
and Jennifer Hudson. Actors
Morgan Freeman and Queen
Latifah will serve as emcees.
For more Reuters political news,
click here
Photo credit: Reuters/Lee
Celano (Dylan at New Orleans
jazz festival in 2006)
Closing Bell: The Wild Day That Wasn't As
Wild As It Could Have Been (AIG, AAPL,
T, BA, CAT, HGSI, SANM, TM, CTS)
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Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:00:00 PM
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Today was potentially a fairly
quiet trading day when you
consider how volatile the day
could have been. We had Tim
Geithner and Hank Paulson both
getting grilled over American
International Group, Inc. ( AIG)
again in front a House Panel, we
had an FOMC rate decision, and
tonight is the State of the Union
speech from President Obama.
Throw in disappointing housing
data in December new home
sales and you had a potential
powder keg. Stocks spent most
of the day in the red, but a move
late in the day wiped all that out.
Here were the unofficial closing
bell levels:
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We Googlistas want a global debate on information freedom.

Why are others so coy? | Timothy Garton Ash
By Timothy Garton Ash life it may take a Goliath to beat depend on relatively easily the political equivalent of child disgraceful extreme when it in
(World news and comment a Goliath. Hence the fascination blockable IP addresses, to use pornography. This is "decadent effect shopped a dissident
from the Guardian | of "Google versus China". more elusive "peer-to-peer" thought", propagated by "hostile Chinese Yahoo-user to the
guardian.co.uk) Or is it, in reality, the US versus (P2P), mobile phone or satellite forces" to undermine the spiritual Chinese authorities. He was
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:00:00 PM China? In a speech last week, TV forms of connection and health of Chinese society. The subsequently sent to prison for
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary dissemination. policy of the US is denounced as 10 years. As between the
Davos: A new digital cold war of state, laid out the American The big catch is this: every hole -"information imperialism". commercially competing nations
is afoot. At stake is something position in no uncertain terms. in the cyberwall you open up for This is not simply a digital cold of Europe, so between
much larger than just a rivalry Technologies do not take sides in the idealistic, information- war between the US and China, competing -companies, the
between the western and eastern the struggle for freedom and hungry netizen is also a potential just as the original cold war was Chinese authorities can hope to
superpowers progress, she said, but the US loophole for the child far more than just a straight divide and rule.
Four cheers for Google. Risking does: "We stand for a single pornographer, the terrorist, the geopolitical contest between the The other way is one we can
the loss of -potentially huge long internet where all of humanity preacher of hate and the US and the Soviet Union. Now now again unreservedly identify,
-term profits in the Chinese has equal access to knowledge cybercriminal. In her speech, as then there are larger politically as well as
internet market, it has struck a and ideas." And she went on Clinton goes on to recognise that differences which don't always aesthetically, with Google. This
blow for one of the great causes e x p l i c i t l y t o c r i t i c i s e t h e there are evils that free societies coincide with the interests of the is the spirit of liberal
of our time: global information censorship and persecution of want to defend themselves leaders of those states at a universalism. It says that there
f r e e d o m . T h e U n i v e r s a l internet users in countries as against, and mentions the -particular time. are some universal rights it is not
Declaration of Human Rights diverse as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Council of Europe's cybercrime If I wanted to summarise the the prerogative of any state or
says that everyone has the right Vietnam, Egypt and, yes, China. treaty. This criminalises the larger ideological argument here, "civilisation" to curb; and that, as
"to seek, receive and impart Ronald Reagan famously stood dissemination of child I'd say: think of a boxing match the Universal Declaration of
-information and ideas through before the Berlin Wall and said: pornography, and authorises the between the ghost of Samuel Human Rights states, the right to
any media and regardless of "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this sharing of stored computer data Huntington and the spirit of information freedom is among
frontiers". In practice, most Wall." Without using such in the attempt to combat it. But Google. Huntington argued that them.
people in the world still cannot c o n f r o n t a t i o n a l l a n g u a g e , there again: how can you stop a "clash of civilisations" could Just as with freedom of speech
exercise that right, partly because Clinton in effect said: "Mr Hu, the very same kinds of only be avoided if what he called inside a country, this does not
of crippling poverty and lack of tear down this Great Firewall." technology and internationally the "core states" of competing mean that anyone is free to say
education, but also because The US has also put its money sanctioned legal provision that "civilisations", such as America whatever they like to anyone
governments stop them. where its mouth is; or a little of are used by a democracy to and China, basically let each about anything. There are always
There is nothing automatic it, anyway. The state department identify, censor, catch and other do things their own way in limits – and some of them are
about the triumph of these now has a modest funding imprison the paedophile from their own spheres of influence. indicated in other international
wonderful new technologies of programme for initiatives to being used by a dictatorship to This is a rule that many covenants. What we need is a
communication and information. enhance global information identify, censor, catch and multinational companies in fact global conversation about what
We (we of this persuasion) freedom. Some of those dollars imprison the dissident? cleave to: when in China, do as those limits should be. There will
celebrate every small victory of are given to people trying to find And remember that, for the Chinese do. be some restrictions on which
digital David over authoritarian technical ways to get around, someone like Li Changchun– the In their initial reactions to the everyone agrees. For example: is
Goliath, be it of the mobile over or under the cyberwalls of politburo standing committee Google-China stand-off, Bill there a state on earth that would
phone-using protester in Iran or c e n s o r s h i p . These member responsible for media – Gates and Steve Ballmer of argue that child pornography
the VPN-using blogger in China, "circumvention technologies" go talk of what Americans call Microsoft have seemed to be should be freely disseminated?
but Goliath has defended himself beyond the traditional websites "freedom", and of a "massacre" veering in this direction. And
GOOGLISTAS page 9
quite effectively so far. In real on the world wide web, which on Tiananmen Square, may be Yahoo took the principle to a
6 World/ E-reader News Edition

Embattled US troops take cynical view of progress in

Afghanistan
By Jon Boone (World news cover for the men to dash to November when the 82nd to see the Afghan National Army area where a powerful network,
and comment from the safety, rounds hitting the ground Airborne began painstakingly (ANA) ever being able to part tribal, part criminal, has its
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) between their feet. winning back an area where survive the sort of attack the hands in everything. Some local
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:54:46 PM None of this happened in the insurgent control began almost at paratroopers came out of officials are believed by the
southern badlands of the gates of the valley's small unscathed on Tuesday. One Americans to be passing on
Reintegration will be high on Afghanistan where the Taliban forward operating base. soldier, Lieutenant Justin "taxes" and information to the
London agenda – but that might a r e e x a c t i n g a s e e m i n g l y As foreign ministers meet in Heddleson, estimated it might Taliban's shadow district
be hard for some to swallow, not relentless death toll from mostly London tomorrow, the effort to require as many as three governor, while others have
least the US soldiers in field US and UK forces, but in Bala create a patch of government companies of ANA, compared close ties to insurgents. At least
It was meant to be a routine Murghab, in Badghis province in control nearly 2 miles wide and 4 with the three US platoons who one government official has not
patrol. But when a group of 28 the far north-west. miles long highlights the power currently do the job. been seen for months, such is his
American paratroopers and A backwater in the war in of the counter-insurgency "But there would be a far higher fear of being arrested by the
A f g h a n s o l d i e r s f o u n d Afghanistan, nine miles south of techniques the Americans have body count. The Taliban would Americans for what they say is
themselves pinned down by the the border of Turkmenistan, it been vigorously implementing, come back within a year," he his corruption.
Taliban it almost ended in a has been neglected for years by but also the difficulties. said. In the town of Ludina, at the
bloodbath. both Nato and the Afghan For one thing, a rapid "transition Extra Afghan troops are meant northernmost edge of the US
As many as 90 insurgents government. But it is places like strategy" towards Afghan control to be on their way, but none of security bubble, children may
almost completely surrounded Bala Murghab, in a supposedly seems out of the question in a the 40,000 US soldiers wear orange and blue anoraks
the platoon from the 82nd more secure corner of the valley where the support of the earmarked as part of Barack with the logo of Nato's
Airborne as they walked across country, that expose the immense local population is still far from Obama's 18-month "surge". International Security Assistance
open ground. With machine gun difficulties the country has ahead certain. The close working While non-US Nato allies have Force, but there is little
and sniper fire coming from of it in building self-reliant relationship the Americans have pledged many additional willingness among the town's
almost all sides, the only place to -security forces and persuading a forged with the police and the thousands for northern men to help the Americans,
hide was a ditch a foot deep. new breed of increasingly army is exactly the sort of Afghanistan, they are often of despite gifts of cash and small
Enemy rounds ripped into piled competent Taliban fighters to lay "embedded" training the US limited use – particularly in Bala reconstruction projects.
mud sending dust into their eyes. down their arms. commander, Stanley Murghab where a contingent of This week a man passing the
The insurgents trained their fire "They are far more accurate in McChrystal, has called for. But 235 Italians are hamstrung by checkpoint outside the nearby
on anything that came into view t h e i r f i r i n g h e r e t h a n i n the local police chief is still national caveats imposed in platoon house had his hands
– kit, radios and helmets. Helmand," said Jason Holland, crawling out from the shadow of Rome that prevent them from sprayed with a chemical. They
"We need help now!" Kell squad leader of the patrol. "In the tribal mafia that did much to taking part in offensive turned bright pink – a clear
Anderson, the platoon's leader, Helmand we had more air alienate the local people. operations. indication he had been handling
bellowed into his radio, going on coverage and indirect fire. We Last Sunday one of the 205 While the US platoon were explosives. To the anger of the
to warn that they were fast were never pinned down like we Afghan soldiers working in the watching bullets whistle over Americans, some of whom
running out of ammunition and were yesterday." area was taken away by their heads their Italian narrowly missed serious injury
about to take casualties. Major Todd Grissom, battalion helicopter (the roads in and out colleagues with whom they share from a bomb they encountered
Unable to clearly identify the operations officer, described it as being under insurgent control). a house were unable to help, and while on patrol, the suspect was
insurgents' firing positions, the "the worst experience we have He had been arrested on spent the time paving their freed after a delegation of Ludina
men could not call in mortars had here" since they arrived in suspicion of helping the Taliban section of the compound garden. elders argued his case with the
and had to wait for a pair of October. fire mortars on to the main US Standing up a clean and local government.
aircraft to arrive and perform The fighting in Bala Murghab base. competent local government is
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swooping gun runs to provide has been fierce ever since 4 Even with extra troops it is hard an almost Sisyphean task in an
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Yemen pledges to reform and wins support for fight against al-
Qaida
By Ian Black (World news and concrete action" by Yemen to terrorist capabilities, enhance next month to look at "the members of the Gulf Co-
comment from the Guardian | address "conditions conducive to aviation and border security, and barriers to effective aid" – operation Council will join a new
guardian.co.uk) radicalisation and instability". strengthen coastguard operations. diplomatic code for the Sana'a "friends of Yemen" group to
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:20:27 PM Brown convened the meeting in Yemen pledged in return to government's shortcomings in monitor the country's security,
response to the Christmas Day pursue reforms and initiate terms of capacity, corruption and economic and development
Foreign ministers from the US, attempt by a Nigerian, Umar discussions with the IMF. An lack of transparency. issues. No new financial pledges
Britain, Saudi Arabia and 20 Farouq Abdulmutallab, to blow existing 10-point plan includes An international conference on were made. Also in Yemen In
other countries met to pledge not up a US passenger plane over scrapping fuel subsidies and Yemen in 2006 pledged $5bn Sana'a, a Yemeni official
to interfere in Yemen's internal Detroit – claimed by al-Qaida in public sector jobs. (£3bn) in aid, but only 7% of that announced the building of an
affairs the Arabian peninsula and "We look to Yemen to enact was spent. "The money is there $11m US-funded rehabilitation
Yemen tonight won broad praised by Osama bin Laden. reforms to improve the lot of its but we need a mechanism to centre for returning Guantánamo
international and Arab support Abdulmutallab is alleged to have people and reduce the influence ensure it reaches ordinary detainees. There are 91 Yemenis
for fighting al-Qaida but was been trained and equipped in of groups like al-Qaida," said people," a Gulf diplomat said. left in the prison. Washington
urged to carry out economic and Yemen. Hillary Clinton, the US secretary Rising international concerns suspended transfers to Yemen
social reforms to address the Intercepted communications of state. "If conflict and violence about instability in the Arab this month because of the
causes of its instability and stop "chatter" from Yemen led to the go unaddressed they will world's poorest country were security situation. The US wants
it becoming a failed state where decision last week to raise the undermine the political reform underlined by the participation of Yemen to emulate Saudi Arabia,
extremism can flourish. UK terrorist threat level to and reconciliation that are the G8 countries, the EU and which has rehabilitated former
Foreign ministers from the US, severe, the Guardian has learned. essential to Yemen's progress." UN. The delegates were in jihadis by combining religious re
Britain, Saudi Arabia and 20 Alarm that al-Qaida is finding David Miliband, the foreign London to attend Thursday's -education with material and
other countries met in London at safe havens in the country's secretary, said: "Yemen faces a Afghanistan conference. social benefits.
Gordon Brown's invitation to "ungoverned spaces" – tribal crisis that could have References in the statement to
back President Ali Abdullah areas beyond the reach of the implications for the people of Yemen's sovereignty and • Yemen
Salih and pledge not to interfere cash-strapped government – has Yemen and the whole region." independence reflected • Foreign policy
in Yemen's internal affairs. But triggered an intensive and largely Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, Yemen's nervousness in Sana'a at charges
they also issued a stark public clandestine US effort to assist foreign minister, said: "We want by the opposition and Islamists Ian Black
warning of the dangers of Yemeni security forces with to implement our national reform that the west is dictating terms. guardian.co.uk© Guardian
inaction. intelligence, equipment and programme, combat terrorism Yemen is keen to emphasise that News & Media Limited 2010 |
"The challenges in Yemen are training. The Washington Post and create an environment that it can fight al-Qaida by itself and Use of this content is subject to
growing and, if not addressed, r e p o r t e d t h a t s e c r e t j o i n t will help us find political will not tolerate the presence of our Terms & Conditions| More
risk threatening the stability of operations had resulted in the solutions through dialogue." any foreign forces. President Feeds
the country and broader region," deaths of six al-Qaida leaders in Saudi Arabia, seen by the US Barack Obama has insisted he
said a statement issued after two recent weeks. and Britain as the key to support will not put American "boots on
hours of talks at the Foreign The London meeting promised of its southern neighbour, agreed the ground".
Office. It called for "urgent and to support Yemeni counter- to host a follow-up conference Saudi Arabia and the five other

The iPad Video Demo

By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) This eight minute video should it in high-res at Apple.
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:25:23 PM answer any remaining questions
you have about the iPad. Watch
8 World/ Tech/ E-reader News Edition
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Talk to Taliban for peace, says Afghan envoy continued from page 6

Reintegration will be high on

By Simon Tisdall, Julian "If we are going to bring placed than any other country in Taliban could be negotiated the London agenda – the attempt
Borger (World news and conflicts like Afghanistan to an the world to support Afghan away behind closed doors.
comment from the Guardian | to persuade insurgents to lay
end … that means some pretty reintegration and reconciliation. Shinkai Karokhail, a woman MP down their weapons. But but that
guardian.co.uk) unsavoury characters are going Why? We speak the same from Kabul, said yesterday: "We might be hard for some to
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:40:53 PM to have to be brought within the language, we have common really fear that this could happen swallow, not least the US
system," Sedwill said, at tribes, a common religion, we in secret dialogue or contacts. soldiers nearly cut down by a
• Nato representative says Karzai L o n d o n ' s F r o n t l i n e C l u b . have a commonality of history, We have met President Karzai bomb this week.
must widen scope "Because if you don't bring them culture and tradition," he said. and he has verbally promised us • Afghanistan
• 'Unsavoury characters' need to within the system in some way "But it [Pakistani mediation] that those who do not respect the • Taliban
be involved … you risk whatever fragile depends on whether we are asked constitution will not be part of • United States
N a t o ' s n e w t o p c i v i l i a n peace you build falling apart." to do so. If asked, the our government. Still, we want
representative in Afghanistan has Sedwill, named yesterday as government of Pakistan would an international guarantee the Jon Boone
warned that a lasting peace will N a t o ' s s p e c i a l c i v i l i a n be happy to facilitate." government will not make these guardian.co.uk© Guardian
require talking to some "pretty representative in Kabul, said Yesterday, in what was widely deals in secret." News & Media Limited 2010 |
unsavoury characters" with refusing to deal with Taliban seen as an attempt to raise the Holbrooke said women's rights Use of this content is subject to
appalling human rights records, leaders because of their past incentives for defection or peace would be one of the international our Terms & Conditions| More
and bringing them within the would be hypocritical when there negotiations, and on President community's "red lines" in any Feeds
Afghan political system. were warlords responsible for Karzai's request, the UN future peace negotiations with
Mark Sedwill, who was – until " a p p a l l i n g a b u s e s " i n t h e removed the names of five the Taliban. He also played
yesterday – Britain's ambassador government camp. It is just former Taliban officials who down the prospect of imminent
to Kabul, was speaking before worth remembering that when have left the insurgency from a talks with the Taliban leadership,
tomorrow's London conference, we talk about reconciliation with sanctions list that subjected them saying the focus of the Lancaster
at which much of the focus will the Taliban. We have got to be to travel bans and the freezing of House conference would be the
be on the signals President c a r e f u l n o t t o b e m a k i n g
Hamid Karzai sends to the hypocritical moral judgements
their assets. The US special
envoy for Afghanistan and
Taliban rank and file who,
Holbrooke argued, were mostly
Apple iPad: The
Taliban in his opening remarks. a n d s a y i n g o n e g r o u p a r e
The Afghan leader is expected absolutely beyond the pale
Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke,
welcomed the move yesterday,
not driven by the ideology of
Taliban or al-Qaida leaders.
bottom line
to deal principally with a plan to b e c a u s e o f t h e w a y t h e y calling it "a long overdue step". • Afghanistan (CNET News.com)
reintegrate Taliban footsoldiers conducted themselves while "That list … should be re- • Taliban Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:26:59 PM

through internationally funded another group of people are in examined and scrubbed down. • Nato
d e v e l o p m e n t p r o j e c t s , b u t the tent despite the way they There are people on it who are • Hamid Karzai Apple CEO Steve Jobs sums up
Karzai's speech will also be conducted themselves." dead. There are people on it who all the features and pricing of the
keenly watched for any peace Speaking to the Guardian on the shouldn't be on it," Holbrooke Simon Tisdall Julian Borger new Apple tablet.
overtures towards the leadership eve of the conference, Shah said. guardian.co.uk© Guardian 3 minutes 41 seconds
of the insurgency. British and US Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan's The prospect of a deal being News & Media Limited 2010 | January 27, 2010 12:26 PM PST
officials say any serious talk of foreign minister, said Pakistan made with Taliban commanders Use of this content is subject to Five Filters featured article:
reconciliation with Taliban was uniquely placed to help talks has alarmed Afghan human our Terms & Conditions| More Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
leaders is premature but Sedwill between the western alliance and rights groups and women's Feeds PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
said that ultimately such "hard the Taliban. organisations, who are concerned Term Extraction.
choices" have to be made. "Pakistan is perhaps better that the gains since the fall of
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Morrisons appoints Irishman Dalton continued from page 5

There will be others on which in principle, illegitimate because

Philips as new chief executive they disagree.
Those disagreements run inside
the legitimate limits to
information freedom are
By Zoe Wood (World news founder Sir Ken Morrison. said. "He was born in Ireland, countries and civilisations, not wherever the rulers of a given
and comment from the Investors will be keen to learn if but has spent most of his life merely between them. Some state at a given time say they are.
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Morrisons' highly regarded working outside the UK and that Chinese wholeheartedly agree But that is precisely what the
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:28:14 PM f i n a n c e d i r e c t o r , R i c h a r d shows he is able to work with all with Google; others with Li world's most powerful opponents
Pennycook, who was on the kinds of people." Changchun. Some Americans of global free speech want to
N e w m a n a t t h e t o p o f short list for the job, will remain Before joining Loblaw Philips agree with Google and Clinton; claim. So the argument we first
Morrisons is relative unknown in committed. However, insiders ran another Weston business, others -(especially in what they have to win is about whether we
UK said Pennycook's response had upmarket Irish chain Brown do as businesses, rather than should be having this argument
Morrisons has appointed the been "pragmatic". Thomas. He has worked in 10 what they say on Sundays) with at all. It may prove the most
c h i e f o p e r a t i n g o f f i c e r o f Clive Black, a Shore Capital countries in a career that includes Huntington and Yahoo. Both difficult.
Canada's largest retailer, Loblaw, analyst, said Philips was a "new a seven-year stint at Wal-Mart, t e n d e n c i e s a r e s t r o n g l y • Censorship
as the new chief executive of face" adding: "The decision to go latterly as chief operating officer represented here at the annual • Internet
B r i t a i n ' s f o u r t h - l a r g e s t outside these shores may reflect in Germany. meeting of the World Economic • China
supermarket chain. the exceptionally good skills of Gibson said he was "delighted" Forum in Davos, which would • Privacy
Dalton Philips, who is the son of Mr Philips and/or a lack of w i t h P h i l i p s ' a p p o i n t m e n t therefore be a good place to start. • Hillary Clinton
a County Wicklow egg farmer, enthusiasm of others to apply for adding: "He has a tremendous Bring on that debate. And • Google
will succeed Marc Bolland in the job." retail pedigree and a wealth of broaden it out, please, beyond • Privacy & the media
M a r c h . H e h a s p r e v i o u s l y The Morrisons job is Philips's experience from senior retail the old cold war west and its • Intellectual property
worked at Wal-Mart, the owner first major chief executive role. positions around the world." traditional allies. There is a • Digital media
of Asda. The 41-year-old, who has a • Morrisons serious conversation to be had • Privacy and the net
The choice surprised analysts as degree from University College • Marc Bolland about what the limits to global
Philips had not been previously Dublin and an MBA from • Supermarkets information freedom should be. Timothy Garton Ash
linked to the job and is relatively H a r v a r d , h a s b e e n c h i e f • Ireland But one has to ask why guardian.co.uk© Guardian
unknown in the British retail operating officer of Loblaw since • Canada authoritarian rulers are so News & Media Limited 2010 |
world. January 2007. The group is part • Asda reluctant to step out and have Use of this content is subject to
However Allan Leighton, the of the Weston family's global • Wal-Mart this debate openly. If they think our Terms & Conditions| More
f o r m e r A s d a b o s s w h o i s business empire and, with 1,000 their system is better, why not Feeds
president and deputy chairman of stores and sales of £18bn, is one Zoe Wood make the case for it? Otherwise
Loblaw, is likely to have had a of Canada's largest retailers. guardian.co.uk© Guardian even their own citizens and
hand in the appointment. L e i g h t o n s a i d P h i l i p s ' s News & Media Limited 2010 | netizens are bound to be left with
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Sir Ian Gibson during his tenure v e r y s m a r t , r e l i a b l e a n d Feeds The only premise we Googlista
at Asda and is good friends with operationally very strong," he liberal universalists cannot
accept is that this debate is itself,

FeedDemon update takes cues from Google

By Seth Rosenblatt The new FeedDemon 3.1 is a version 3, introducing new Reader.
(Webware.com) good effort to move beyond the multiple new features that mostly Originally posted at The
controversy that came with bring it into parity with Google Download Blog
10 Business/ Gadgets/
Obama to Announce Major High-Speed Rail Initiative in State
of the Union
By Cliff Kuang (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:44:50 PM
The white whale of mass-transit
advocates will be a centerpiece
of the jobs-creation package to
be announced tonight.
Big news for urban planners and
mass-transit fans: Tonight,
President Obama will announce
an $8 billion "downpayment" to
build high-speed rail linkages in
13 areas, across 30 states. The
plan is meant to be a centerpiece
of his new focus on jobs
creation; it'll be sold as a way to
create thousands of jobs. Those
funds were part of the original
$787 billion stimulus package,
but the HSR funds haven't begun
to flow just yet, as the Federal
government mulled what states
would get funding.
Why now? The news comes on
the heels of news that the $20
billion of funds in the last
stimulus package appears not to
have created jobs, even though
iPad vs. iPhone: what does 3G cost you?
By Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:25:00 PM
With the announcement that the
iPad would continue Apple's
often-rocky relationship with
AT&T to serve up wide-area
data, we wanted to know: exactly
they took high priority. Mass-
transit advocates have attempted
an explanation. As Autopia
reports: According to [Smart
Growth America], public
transportation spending leads
more directly to job growth than
highway spending for several
reasons. First, less money is
spent acquiring land, which
means more money is spent
what does an iPad cost you over
the course of a couple years?
Granted, the iPad doesn't support
voice calling -- nor does it
require a contract, unlike the
iPhone-- but for anyone who
uses an iPhone primarily for
browsing and gaming, this could
actually building something.
Second, all those buses, trains
and subways need people to
operate them and maintain the
infrastructure. And third, public
transit requires a workforce with
more diverse skills than highway
construction.
Even better, Schroeer said,
public transit can help savejobs
because it allows people to get to
make for a serviceable
alternative that saves money over
work--and those are jobs Smart
Growth America didn't include
in its analysis. When transit
programs are cut or don't exist to
begin with, "there's a negative
impact on folks' mobility to get
to work, to get to education,"
Schroeer said. "It's part of the
fabric of communities, whether
you use it or not."
Of course, $8 billion is a
the long term. Follow the break t e r m s f o r u s e o f f e e d s .
for the full rundown.
Continue reading iPad vs. Comments
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piddling sum compared to the
hundreds of billions that a high-
speed rail network would
eventually require. So "down
payment" is really the operative
word--the hope, presumably,
being that with the government
kicking in the initial sums, states
will then have added momentum
to sell bonds that will sustain the
HSR programs.
When the stimulus passed,
extensive rail projects were
squashed because they were seen
as not "shovel ready," and thus
unlikely to influences jobs in the
near term. But mass-transit
advocates say there are far more
projects that could be close to
groundbreaking than has
commonly been assumed,
including in Florida and
California.
[Via Washington Post. Image by
OiMax]
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McGraw-Hill CEO Lets Slip New
Apple Tablet Details
By Courtney Rubin (Inc.com)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 7:17:00 AM
Terry McGraw, get thee to
media training! Speaking to
CNBC Tuesday night, the
McGraw-Hill Companies CEO
appeared to let slip several new
pieces of information about the
highly-anticipated Apple tablet.
He confirmed the device would
be based on the iPhone operating
system, and that it would double
as e-book. (And – though the
tablet is arguably the worst-kept
secret in technology history – he
confirmed the launch of the
tablet itself. Apple's invitation
coyly says only "come see our
latest product," but when
CNBC's Erin Burnett asked him
whether McGraw-Hill would
make its textbooks available on
the tablet, McGraw responded:
"They'll make their
announcement tomorrow.")
McGraw was being interviewed
about the company's fourth-
quarter results when he seemed
to break Apple's notorious
omerta. (To see a video click
here– it's about minute 2:50).
Asked by Burnett about
McGraw-Hill's links with Apple,
he said: "Yeah, very exciting.
Yes, they'll make their
announcement tomorrow on this
one." So far, so anodyne.
Then he went on to say: "We
have worked with Apple for
quite a while – the tablet is going
to be based on the iPhone
operating system, and so it will
be transferrable. So what you're
going to be able to do now... we
have a consortium of e-books –
we have 95 percent of all our
materials that are in e-book
format on that one – so with the
tabloid you're going to open up
the higher education market, the
professional market. The tabloid,
the tablet is going to be just
really terrific."
(At least he didn't let the name
slip, calling it both a "tabloid"
and a "tablet.")
If it was a flat-out gaffe and not
part of the campaign to build
buzz, then Apple founder Steve
Jobs – he of the flamethrower-
Chasing Value: Ross
Stores Discounting
More Than Fashion
By Sheldon Liber
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:20:00 PM
Filed under: Management, Wal-
Mart (WMT), Sears Holdings
(SHLD), Wells Fargo (WFC),
Chasing Value, Stocks to Buy,
AOL (AOL) If I was making my
2010 picks list today, I might
have found a spot for Ross
Stores ( ROST), the holding
company for Ross Dress for
Less. Analysts have a hold or
market perform rating on the
stock, but that is meaningless to
me. What does have meaning is
20% sales growth in a dismal
like temper – isn't likely to beyear, contributing to a PEG ratio
of .75 and an under market P/E
thrilled that a content partner has
put a crack in the tablet secretof 12.66 (averaging trailing and
code. Jobs calls himself a"big future figures).
bang guy"– building anticipation These are very good numbers,
however, in reviewing some of
to feverish levels as part of the
marketing game. the data points with Raphael P., a
Other people unlikely to be helpful broker in the Pleasant
happy about McGraw's
comments: executives at
Amazon and Sony, who make
Yahoo grounds the 'hover'
their own e-book gadgets.
Industry experts speculate that
on its home page
sales of the monochrome, button By Tom Krazit
-operated Kindle and reading (Webware.com)
devices like it will plummet Submitted at 1/26/2010 4:15:00 PM
following Apple's expected
launch of a touch-screen, full A rollover-activated pop-up
color tablet. window within Yahoo's home
Business/ Tech/ 11
Hill, CA Wells Fargo ( WFC)
office, I was reminded that
different financial sites have
varying numbers. They usually
vary by small fractions, as did
the Wells data compared to the
Aol ( AOL) Money and Finance
site, so I would encourage
investors to check multiple
sources.
Continue reading Chasing
Value: Ross Stores Discounting
More Than Fashion
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Discounting More Than Fashion
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covered up too many prominent
ads on its actual home page, and
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Carlos Slim, Mexico's $59 Billion Man, to Build Crazy Art

Museum
By Cliff Kuang (Fast has been stretched and twisted so guy whose employees still call
Company) that it soars 150 feet into the sky, him "The Engineer." Certainly,
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:38:30 PM
its curving upper contours the look doesn't seem to be his
reminiscent of the bow of a ship. thing: Slim's 66,000-piece art
T h e s p h i n x - l i k e t e l e c o m The design is at once whimsical collection, while excellent, is
magnate is building a wildly and structurally daring...The about as straight laced as the
futuristic art museum, designed entire project was designed by man himself. Its crowning
by his son-in-law. someone very close to Slim: his feature is a huge assortment of
Carlos Slim, the Sphinx-like son-in-law Fernando Romero, Rodins--the largest outside of
Mexican telecom baron who also 38, who before setting up his France--and old masters dating
owns a huge chunk of The New own practice in Mexico City back to the 15th century. Then
York Times, seems studiously worked for four years with the again, what's $34 million to
plain. But it looks like he's ready O f f i c e f o r M e t r o p o l i t a n Slim? Probably just a nice little
t o s t e p u p t h e f l a s h . A s Architecture under Pritzker Prize dowry, to get his son-in-law up
B l o o m b e r g r e p o r t s , t h e - winning architect and urbanist required the combined expertise practice. The facade is comprised and running. Or maybe he's
billionaire is erecting a wildly Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam. of Arup, which engineering the of 16,000 individual aluminum facing a 3/4 life crisis.
futuristic building that'll be both What a great in-law to have, if Bird's Nest stadium in Beijin, plates, hung from 28 columns, [ Bloomberg via Core 77]
a n a r t m u s e u m a n d t h e you're an architect. and Gehry Technologies, the all of them shaped differently.
headquarters for his company, At a rumored cost of $34 engineering firm spun off from All of which had to have been
G r u p o C a r s o : I m a g i n e a million, the design itself is a bit Frank Gehry's architecture appealing to Slim, a numbers
gleaming aluminum cube that of an engineering miracle, and

Hey Kids! Who Wants to Be the Next Bruce Ratner?

By William Bostwick (Fast plants, and other urban icons. Com Monopoly("I'll trade you
Company) Apparently, the rules state you AskJeeves for AltaVista") from
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:55:41 PM
don't need to own all the streets 2000 is runner-up. The worst?
on one block to start building Michael Graves and Target's
Hasbro releases Monopoly: City there--eminent domain, I guess. 2006 special edition: it came in a
Edition to train future real estate You can also build "hazards" wacky, plastic capsule; the center
moguls in eminent domain, (like trash dumps) next to your of the board was a dizzying
property devaluation, and rent opponents' residential properties reflective hologram; and best of
dodging. to devalue them. Sounds like fun all Boardwalk was misspelled "
What do you get the next Monopoly is one of the most Broadwalk." But hey, at least it's
generation's up-and-coming widely-played game on earth: trash-heap-free.
Bruce Ratners? How about 480 million people have played it China to Caracas. (Cuba had an squares for 20 international cities [Via Media Bistro]
Monopoly: City Edition. Just since it was invented in 1935. edition too, until Fidel Castro picked in a global vote by
released, the game scraps houses There are Monopoly editions for supposedly ordered all Monopoly players.
and hotels for industrial parks, almost every country--and city Monopoly games destroyed.) My favorite, though, will always
skyscrapers, stadiums, power editions for their capitals--from 2008's World Edition had be Star Wars Monopoly. Dot-
E-reader News Edition Business/ Gadgets/ 13

Apple's iPad Name Not the First Choice for Women. Period.
By Alissa Walker (Fast the Maxi-Pad?" attention to sanitary napkins
Company) "I'm holding out for the iRag." towards initiatives like a
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:16:47 PM
Seconds after the name was UNICEF program which
announced social networks lit up provides affordable menstruation
"Is it that time of the month with not-so-fresh one-liners from products to women in developing
again?" both men and women (a CNBC nations. Kimberly-Clark is
" I t s o u n d s l i k e a s a n i t a r y anchor mentioned her very currently delivering feminine
napkin." candid thoughts on-air). About hygiene products to Haiti.
"Will the next version have a n hour after the If Apple really wanted to tap the
wings?" announcement#iTampon was a female market they should have
Of all the names that Apple had trending topic on Twitter. taken a cue from this MadTV
r e p o r t e d l y s e c u r e d - - A p p l e But it was the females in the spot from 2007 which predicted
Tablet, iTablet, Magic Slate, crowd who read more into some other extremely useful
iSlate--I think it's safe to say that Apple's menstrual pun. They insensitively-named product. enough women work in the
features not offered on today's
no one truly believed that Apple seemed to think Apple's name "Surely no women were involved Apple Naming Department."
debut:
would name their newest product was indicative of a male-helmed in naming it the iPad" was a Another call issued from the
Does Jobs' iPad have a vaginal
the iPad. Especially women. widely-reTweeted sentiment. Twitterverse begged Jobs and
team oblivious to the fact that firewall? I think not.
"So will the 64GB one be called t h e y w e r e p u s h i n g a n Another: "iPad: Proof not Apple to direct all the newfound

Berkshire Hathaway Class B to Be Nokia updates N97 with

Added to S&P 500 free Ovi Maps, just as
By Brent Archer
(BloggingStocks)
has hit a low of $70.82 and a
high of $73.28. As of 12:00,
BRK.B is trading at $71.08 up
promised
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:40:00 PM
By Richard Lai (Engadget)
$3.09 (4.5%). The chart for
Filed under: Major Movement, BRK.B looks bullish. Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:07:00 PM

Good news, Berkshire Hathaway Continue reading Berkshire

(BRK.A), Options, Technical Hathaway Class B to Be Added It was only a week ago when
Analysis, S and P 500 Berkshire to S&P 500 Nokia shook us with its free turn
Hathaway Class B ( BRK.B- be added to the S&P 100. If you Berkshire Hathaway Class B to -by-turn navigation update, but
option chain) shares are are on think that the stock won't fall by Be Added to S&P 500 originally the poor old N97 got left out in
the move today after Standard & too much in the coming months, appeared on BloggingStocks on the cold. Not any more though,
Poor's announced that the stock then now could be a good time to Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:40:00 EST. folks! In fact, the new Ovi Maps Nokia updates N97 with free
will be added to its benchmark look at a bullish hedged trade on Please see our terms for use of for N97 -- along with "improved Ovi Maps, just as promised
S & P 5 0 0 i n d e x , r e p l a c i n g BRK.B, which is now possible feeds. Permalink| Email this| touch screen scrolling" and originally appeared on Engadget
Burlington Northern Santa with the recent 50:1 stock split. Comments "improved memory and battery on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:07:00
Fe(BNI), which will be acquired BRK.B opened this morning at performance" -- was delivered EST. Please see our terms for
by Berkshire. BRK.B will also $73.28. So far today the stock one day earlier than promised. use of feeds. Permalink| Nokia
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your N900 fans, too.
[Thanks,@old_no_7uk]
14 Gadgets/ E-reader News Edition

Review of the Boogie Board Paperless LCD Writing Tablet

By Tablet
(BestTabletReview.com) a letter sized sheet of paper, compact and thin, especially the black parts if you go over it the battery will last for 50,000
Improv Electronics is working screen/writing surface which is finely with a stylus. clears we can’t imagine ever
Submitted at 1/26/2010 6:24:47 PM
on a larger legal pad size with only 1/8th of an inch thick. It’s Still, size is an issue. After needing to. Some complained
Happy Tablet Eve from the recording capability. They are surprisingly sturdy and despite performing a few handwriting about that, but the truth is even
Boogie Board focused on bringing this product being so thin, is mounted to a tests we estimate that you can with heavy use you’re looking a
The Boogie Board Paperless into the school system and have very rigid piece of plastic. You legibly fit 70-100 words on the years of function from this
L C D W r i t i n g T a b l e t w a s it replace traditional legal pad can bend it slightly when you screen. That might be enough device. How many $30 products
a n n o u n c e d b y I m p r o v and five subject notebooks. To try, but any thoughts of it being space for a short meeting or to can that be said for?
Electronics on Friday. In case facilitate this, they are working fragile or possibly snapped in scribble a few notes on, but the What we’d like to see
you’re unfamiliar with it, the to include clear templates that half are forgotten as soon as you lack of saving a screen means There’s no doubt that lacking an
Boogie Board is a monochrome would help students practice pick it up. The top part of the you won’t have much use for this ability to record what you write
LCD screen that has resistive their handwriting and number board (where its innards and in a business environment. We on screen limits the device.
pressure sensitivity which allows skills and even exploring a erase button is found) is twice as imagine if you had a finer stylus We’re looking forward to the
you to write on the screen as if it B o o g i e B o a r d t h a t w o u l d thick, but again is made out of point you could increase the next version that allows that.
were paper. When you’re done recognize handwriting and rigid plastic. It has a decent word count to 100-130 but that’s With it, the Boogie Board could
simply press the erase button and convert it to text. amount of weight — nothing still rather limited. morph from fun little device to
it clears the screen within a Their goals are extremely heavy, but enough that makes it Click for larger view office or school necessity. What
second or two. Think of it as an admirable and, after playing with comfortable to your hand. Any The only thing that really would be even better would be a
electronic Magna Doodle or dry the Boogie Board for a while, we lighter and there would be the bothered us is that the screen way to access previous screens
erase board that costs a very feel quite achievable. Now on to worry of it possibly blowing picks up pressure from your and display them again on the
reasonable $30. the review. away. knuckles. As you can see in the tablet. For instance, if you
We already know the Boogie Packaging The included stylus has a simple photo, you will have slight hand wanted to access the previous
Board is popular — it sold out in The packaging for the Boogie but sturdy build as well. It marks when drawing if you place page, simply flick up on the
America within hours and Board is compact and simple. It certainly isn’t bendy or fragile your hand on the tablet as if you screen and the previous screen
worldwide in two days ( Improv has a fold out flab that allows like the Archos 9 stylus. It’s 4.5 were writing naturally. With a bit appears as you last modified it.
Electronics says they’ll have you to see the entire board and inches in compact form and 6.5 of practice we were able to We think that would make this a
more in stock early next month). t e s t i t y o u r s e l f w i t h y o u r inches when expanded. It’s easy minimize the marks or even fantastic, must-have gadget.
So far most internet criticism fingernail. There is a cut in to write with and comfortable to hover our hand above the board, You’re also continually
surrounds the lack of any showing the stainless steel hold. The only small criticism is but it was hardly natural. Skin conscious of the Boogie Board’s
recordable method. While that’s telescoping stylus and plenty of that it could have a finer point to contact doesn’t register unless small size when writing. They
true with this version of the information on potential uses allow for smaller writing. Still, there’s pressure placed behind it. are coming out with a legal pad
Boogie Board, we contacted printed on the sides. Upon the stylus point is smaller than, This is also true when using the size which would be just about
Improv Electronics and they said opening you will find the Boogie say, a Nintendo DS stylus. cloth to clean the screen — and perfect. Improv Electronics has
t h e y w e r e w o r k i n g o n a Board resting on a cardboard Function you will be using it to clean the received feedback from teachers
recordable version that uses a SD insert along with a screen wiper The pressure sensitivity of the screen. It doesn’t register that say the same thing.
card to record and USB to c l o t h a n d i n s t r u c t i o n s . Boogie Board is apparent as fingerprints, but it does show Finally, we don’t know if it’s
transfer to a computer. They Surprisingly there’s absolutely soon as you start using it. You smudges after repeated use. possible with the current
expect to have it for sale by the no plastic elements to any of the can easily draw small chicken The erase button is simple and technology, but we’d like to see
end of the year and estimate it packaging which means its very scratch lines by lightly brushing fast. The screen will flash a few the sensitivity increased so
will be around $50. easy to toss into the paper the surface. Conversely you can times and clear itself in about a writing hand ghosting is
While this version of the Boogie recycling bin once opened. draw fine, wide lines with firm second. There is no removable eliminated.
Board is the size of a small Build Quality pressure. Coloring in solid parts battery or easy way to access the
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notepad or the horizontal half of The Boogie Board is very of green is easy and there is no tablet’s internals, but considering
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Apple iPad Just Tried To Assassinate Laptops [Apple]

By Joel Johnson (Gizmodo) hours of typing at a time.
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:41:59 PM For emailing, attachment
browsing, and the like, though, I
Only way to interpret the launch think it'll be a pretty powerful
of the iPad? Apple has declared little device. Its form factor is
the PC dead. Well-crafted but perfect for pulling out of a little
closed devices are their future of executive bag to check mail or
consumer computing. And if no show off a PDF to a coworker.
one else can match the iPad The new cloud-based iWork
experience, they may be right. looks amusing, but who really
"In many ways this defines our wants to switch from Office to
vision, our sense of what's next." iWork? Email and other web-
– Jonathan Ive based tech is still the most
PCs will be around as expert portable solution. On the other
devices for the long haul, but it's hand, a functional iWork is what
clear that Apple, coasting on the convinces your CTO that you
deserved success of the iPhone, can use the iPad to display
sees simple, closed internet Powerpoints. Screen Aspect
devices as the future of Ratio
computing. (Or at the very least, There was never going to be a
portable computing.) And for the perfect size, especially since
average consumer, it could be. movies are widescreen, but a
It's the "internet device" vision single page of a magazine or
of a decade ago all over again, book is decidedly not. Yet the
except now Apple can offer what aspect ratio, which is something
is arguably the best user close to 4:3 (if not exactly),
things to think about for we full- as sexy as it could be, all things But it's a lot more likely I'll
experience for internet and surrounds widescreen movies
time dorks. Does it kill considered. carry around an iPad than a
media consumption combined with a lot of black, especially
netbooks? But a 1.5-pound device with a netbook.
with a very reasonable (for a when you include the bezel. I
If there's anything that you can (theoretical) 10-hour battery life? What about the add-on
brand new gadget) price. would expect future iPad models
take home from today's Done and done. Heck, I'll haul keyboard, though? I sort of love
It may not be good for you, to lengthen ever so slightly, but
announcement of the iPad it's two. it, but it is so very un-Apple to
because you're an internet dork not much. 3G Access
this: from here on out the battle Yet I will buy the dock! have a keyboard attachment. And
who wants to do heavy video 250MB for $15 a month;
between physical keyboards and Perhaps, even if I am frustrated all the dongles. And only a VGA
editing or run Photoshop. (Or, unlimited for $30. No contracts.
touchscreen ones has moved to no end that they are not output, not DisplayPort! It seems
you know, multitask.) But for the Unlocked SIM slot. Completely
beyond smartphones and into simply supporting the Bluetooth like the iPad came from an
average person off the street reasonable.
every other area of computing. keyboard. But I suppose that is alternate dimension. Productivity
walking into a Best Buy, their Of course, it uses AT&T, so if
Get ready to hear someone say "I that—this really is what Apple If typing on the iPad's soft
laptop money may now be going you're in NYC or San Francisco
touchtype just fine on a soft imagines the future of laptops to keyboard is even slightly faster
to an iPad. you're screwed. But it also means
keyboard on my PC" very soon. be. or more comfortable than typing
What happens when they find you could switch in other
I'd be lying if I said the giant Belay that! A couple of you on an iPhone, they could have a
the iPad is all they needed in the carriers' SIM cards if you like.
bezel doesn't ward me off a bit, have pointed out that the productivity winner here. But I
first place? They never buy a
even if I understand why it's Bluetooth keyboard is in fact sort of doubt it's going to be
laptop again. APPLE page 19
necessary to be there. But it isn't supported! I am a'flutter. comfortable enough to use for
In the meantime, here are a few
16 Gadgets/
The wait is over. The Apple iPad is finally here.
By Tablet
(BestTabletReview.com)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:39:08 AM
Steve Jobs introduces the Apple
iPad Can you think of a more
hyped or anticipated media
event? But it’s officially come
and gone. Here’s the details.
The Apple iPad is what we
expected it to be — a large
capacitive multitouch 9.7-inch
1024×768 resolution screened
iPhone. It uses the same iPhone
OS and applications, features
speedy internet browsing
through WiFi and 3G connection
(provided by AT&T), a large
virtual QWERTY onscreen
keyboard, photo browser, video
and music player and eBook
reader. However, that means that
there’s no innovative screen
technology (just an IPS display)
which will exclude the iPad from
being a top eReader. That also
means there’s not Flash support
through it’s embedded Safari
browser. The larger size places a
significant frame around the
screen that looks very un-Apple-
like. There’s also no camera in
the device which is
disappointing.
The iPad is half and inch thick
and weight 1.5 pounds (that’s
pretty heavy, actually). It’s
powered by an Apple 1GHz A4
chipset and 16GB, 32GB and
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Conclusion
The Boogie Board Paperless
64GB options for internal (uncharacteristically so) to not glorified MID device. While LCD Writing Tablet is a huge
storage. The battery provides an block it. that’s exactly what some people s t e p i n a v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g
excellent 10 hours of full-use The inclusion of iWork on the wanted, it’s not enough to get us direction. If you do any type of
battery life. It also features WiFi iPad is something that is much overly excited. We can’t believe doodling or find yourself always
802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1 needed. While we don’t think the they didn’t fix the multitasking reaching for the nearest pad to
(whew!) as well as 3G through iPad offers nearly enough issue. That seems like a no- scribble down a quick idea then
AT&T. While that may come as versatility to be a productive brainer. It certainly is smooth this is a very easy purchase. We
a surprise to some, the AT&T computer device for a business and has the processing power to even gave it to a three year old to
3G offers a no-contract month-to professional, at least the iWork play HD videos and surf quickly, test for a while and it kept her
-month rate that starts at $14.99 apps gives the ability to perform but everyone expected Apple to thoroughly entertained for a solid
for 250GB and $29.99 for basic skills. Apple reworked the turn out a quality device. twenty minutes. For a parent,
unlimited per month. The iPad entire OS to make it touch Still, if you don’t care about 3G those 20 minutes would be worth
will also come unlocked. compatible. You can access then you have a very affordable the $30 all by itself. If you’re
All of the current iPhone apps elements by touching them and product on your hands. The iPad looking at the Boogie Board for
can be used on the iPad — either getting a drop-down menu to will certainly be a better product a more official capacity, wait
at their native resolution (which make changes. Each iWork app than the Archos 9 and Camangi until the recordable version. Still,
looks like a peephole) or by is only $9.99. WebStation(prices at $549 and at such a low price point, it’s fun
doubling the resolution to fill the The non-3G 16GB version of $399 respectively) and, at a to just have around. Leave a
screen. Apple calls this “pixel the iPad will run $499, 32GB for starting price of $499, sits right Reply
doubling” which is basically $599 and 64GB for $699 while in the middle of affordability. Five Filters featured article:
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to read on the iPad. For many guess). Just remember, that’s A p p l e r e a l l y l a i d o u t a
eBook readers, however, having $829 for the 64GB 3G enabled smorgasbord of iPad varieties so
the iPad use a backlit LCD iPad and that’s not counting the the consumer could choose what
screen will be a deal breaker. An additional carrier fee for access. they wanted and how much they
interesting thing to add is, with Apple is also (smartly) making wanted to pay for it. Leave a
the ability to run iPhone apps, three accessories: a standard Reply
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Apple’s device. Either Apple 90 days.
forgot about this or they decided Overall, it seems to be a
E-reader News Edition
The iPad: our take
By Devin Coldewey
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:51:01 PM
Okay, so it exists. What do your
favorite tech personalities, the
CrunchGear team, have to say
about Apple’s latest opus? Join
us as we pass judgment on the
device sight unseen — though of
course more in-depth analysis is
forthcoming.
Devin: It’s a big iPod. That
much is clear — it’s not really a
tablet computer. Of course, the
benefits of a giant iPod are
manifest: you can check email
easily, movies and shows will
look nice (though not full HD),
and the e-books looked great.
But the fact is you’re limited by
Apple in every way they can
limit you. It’s got all the same
fetters as an iPhone and has no
expandable storage or USB port.
Until you hack it to run Chrome
OS, you’re going to be using this
thing exactly the way Apple tells
you to. It’ll be nice if that’s what
you want, but it’s not the
universal tablet I was hoping for.
Nevertheless, I see every
secretary and PA carrying one of
these in a month.
Matt: Sorry, Apple. I was going
to buy it until I found that the
iPad doesn’t have an SD card
slot. You’ve failed me again.
John: It will be definitely be
something I’m getting but I’m
worried that it will be just “one
more thing” to carry around.
That I definitely DON’T need.
Doug: It looks really cool,
aesthetically, but the battery life
and screen can’t replace my
Kindle, the lack of USB ports
and expandable storage can’t
replace my netbook, and I
already have an iPhone 3GS. So
it’d basically be $500+ for a
bigger screen, a slightly faster
CPU, and an external keyboard
that I’d never carry around with
me. I might buy one in a year or
two once they’ve gone through a
couple revisions.
Dave: I see the iPad as a great
little device. Not as a music
player, but as a portable movie
player and web browser. I also
use my iPod Touch to tether my
DLSR when I’m taking pictures
– the iPad would be ideal for this
use.
Greg: I refused to let myself get
hyped up about the slate, simply
because we’ve seen time and
time again that the rumor mill
sets expectations impossibly
high. Even with my expectations
set rather low, however, I walked
away disappointed.
I’m guessing some of the other
guys will tear into Apple for not
including an SD slot, so I’ll
leave that topic alone; the
absence of a camera, however, I
can’t avoid touching on. Now, I
don’t care about the camera for
taking pictures, as there isn’t a
single situation I can think of
where I won’t have my dedicated
camera or iPhone but I WILL
have this big ol’ 10 beast. The
sole reason I’m disappointed: it
means no augmented reality. The
iPhone has proven that AR is a
concept worth playing with, but
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it falls a bit short on that device
due to screen size. The iPad
could have ushered in a whole
new type of gameplay, but not
without a camera.
As a developer, I’m excited
about it. As a consumer, not so
much.
Nicholas: I mean, I already did a
whole spiel on CNN(what?!)
why the iPad is sorta “meh” in
my eyes, but to recap: I simply
don’t get it. It’s not an iPhone
replacement because it’s not a
phone (duh); it’s not an iPod
touch replacement because it’s
not portable; and I already have
enough “real” computers that I
don’t need a tablet. I understand
I’m not Mr. Average Consumer,
but the iPad seems to fill a void
that I simply don’t need filled.
Maybe as an e-reader, but that
entirely depends upon the book
selection, which isn’t clear right
now. For now, though: meh.
There you have it. We’ll have
hands-on video soon and of
course a review once we’ve
gotten our hands on one and put
it through its paces. In the
meantime, what are your
thoughts? Apple phoning it in?
True on-lap computing?
Expectations too high? Sound
off.
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8 Things That Suck About the iPad [Apple]
By Adam Frucci (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:10:18 PM
My god, am I underwhelmed by
the iPad. This is as inessential a
product as I've ever seen, but
beyond that, it has some
absolutely backbreaking failures
that will make me judge anyone
who buys one. Updated
Big, Ugly Bezel
Have you seen the bezel on this
thing?! It's huge! I know you
don't want to accidentally input a
command when your thumb is
holding it, but come on.
No Multitasking
This is a backbreaker. If this is
supposed to be a replacement for
netbooks, how can it possibly not
have multitasking? Are you
saying I can't listen to Pandora
while writing a document? I can't
have my Twitter app open at the
same time as my browser? I can't
have AIM open at the same time
as my email? Are you kidding
me? This alone guarantees that I
will not buy this product.
No Cameras
No front facing camera is one
thing. But no back facing camera
either? Why the hell not? I can't
imagine what the downside was
for including at least one camera.
Could this thing not handle video
iChat?
Elevation invests in Yelp, up to $100 million
By Caroline McCarthy
(Webware.com)
E-reader News Edition
Olympus teases
mystery camera, new
Micro Four Thirds?
By Donald Melanson
(Engadget)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:27:00 PM
Well, there's not much to go on
with this one, but Olympus has
just put the above notice on its
website, which teases a camera
of.. some sort. Given the
apparent form factor, however,
some folks are speculating that it
could be a new Micro Four
Touch Keyboard The Name iPad If you want to plug anything into Thirds camera to complement
S o m u c h f o r A p p l e Get ready for Maxi pad jokes, this, such as a digital camera, Olympus' PEN offerings, or
revolutionizing tablet inputs; this and lots of 'em! you need all sorts of ugly possibly something along the
is the same big, ugly touchscreen No Flash adapters. You need an adapter lines of Sigma's DP2 compact.
keyboard we've seen on other No Flash is annoying but not a for USB for god's sake. Either way, it seems pretty likely
tablets, and unless you're lying dealbreaker on the iPhone and Update: Why stop at 8? Here are that we'll be hearing more about
on the couch with your knees iPod Touch. On something that's more things we are discovering it at PMA next month.
propping it up, it'll be awkward supposed to be closer to a that suck about the iPad. Olympus teases mystery camera,
to use. netbook or laptop? It will leave It's Not Widescreen new Micro Four Thirds?
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iTunes on your TV? Too damned many casual internet users do. checked out some of Star Trek use of feeds. Permalink Slash
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Apple iPad first hands-on!

By Joshua Topolsky something to be marveled at. It is is out for you, folks!
(Engadget) blazingly fast from what we can
Submitted at 1/27/2010 2:37:00 PM
tell. Webpages loaded up super Stay tuned for a lot more --
fast, and scrolling was without a including a full video
Here it is folks, the Apple iPad. hiccup. Moving into and out of walkthrough!
The screen is gorgeous, tilting is apps was a breeze. Everything Gallery: Apple iPad hands-on
responsive, and the thing is super flew. Gallery: Apple iPad hands-on,
thin. Still, if you've used the • There's no multitasking at all. part 2
iPhone before -- and you can see It's a real disappointment. All Apple iPad first hands-on!
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weighty in your hand. a real setback for this device. experience. It may be just for • It's running iPhone OS 3.2.
• The screen is stunning, and it's • The ebook implementation is show, but it counts here. • The keyboard is good, not
1024 x 768. Feels just like a about as close as you can get to • No camera. None, nada. Zip. great. Not quite as responsive as
huge iPhone in your hands. reading without a stack of bound No video conferencing here it looked in the demos.
• The speed of the CPU is paper in your hand. The visual folks. Hell, it doesn't have an • No Flash confirmed. So Hulu
APPLE
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And the free Wi-Fi access in an
AT&T hotspot—presumably
only if you've paid for some
AT&T access—won't hurt.
That the iPad is unlocked,
though, also means that T-
Mobile could potentially roll in
with a 3G option for even less
money. Pornography
It's simple: You can hold
something that weighs 1.5
pounds in one hand. Relaxation
A few have mentioned how
sitting down with an iPad may
feel casual, less prone to send
one into "work-mode". I can buy
that—but that will also serve to
delineate use-cases between
laptops and iPads, making the
iPad seem more like a toy.
Reading
Don't call it a Kindle killer.
Books on iPad will probably be
more expensive than Kindle's
titles, at least at first. And there's
nothing about the iPad's screen
that will make it better for
reading than, say, a laptop. But
having a dedicated iBooks store?
That's good for everybody,
including iPhone and iPod touch
users.
And for anything
color—comics, children's books,
magazines—the iPad will
destroy what e-paper can do.
Multitouch
Here is the thing to know: When
it comes to multitouch, consider
the iPad the harbinger of all the
interface tricks that will be
coming to iMac and MacBooks
in the relatively near future.
VoIP
It has a microphone. There's no
reason to think it won't be able to
do VoIP.
All in all, I think they've got a
category-straddling winner here,
but it's a bit of a gangly
pseudopodal mutant at the same
time. It doesn't kill the laptop or
the PC quite yet, but you can at
least see how Apple intends to
choke the life out of those
markets.
Don't like that? Better get to
work on a better tablet.
CNET News Daily
Podcast: Apple iPad
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Oracle sues Rimini Street,
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s p e c u l a t i o n , A p p l e f i n a l l y China: Law-abiding Android
unveils its tablet. CNET reporter phones are OK
Erica Ogg was on hand for the Police set up Olympics e-crime
announcement in San Francisco teams
and she details the device. Plus, PS3 has landed at Hong Kong
Oracle's acquisition of Sun is airport
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Delta Electronics to use The Archos 7 Android

Bridgestone’s QR-LPD color screen Internet Tablet is on the
tech in 13.1 inch eReader way!
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An early prototype of the 13.1- displays. Bridgestone’s screen is eReader in the mid-part of this The Archos 7 Android Internet a mic and front-facing webcam
inch QR-LPD color eReader closer to E-Ink than most color year and will bundle it with 3G Tablet gets outed Archos has had (yay, Skype!), measures 8 x 4.2
Computer World broke a story screen technologies in that it uses and WiFi. There’s no price as of a hit with the Archos 5 Internet x 0.47 inches and weighs under
early this morning about Delta bistable color powder instead of yet, but we see this as a huge Tablet and a disaster with the 10.5 ounces.
Electronics bringing two new electronic monochrome ink to step in the right direction and an Archos 9 PC Tablet. It looks like The UK site Data-Mind had the
eReaders to the market. One display text and graphics on a eReader that would lend itself they’ve hedged their bets and 8GB A7 Internet Tablet briefly
w o u l d b e a 8 . 1 - i n c h E P D screen. It’s capable of displaying perfectly to digital magazine sought the middle ground now listed for preorder at £ 149.99
touchscreen. The other would be 4,096 colors and uses the same reading. with the Archos 7 Android but that page has now been
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Originally posted at Rafe's with the same screen resolution

Olympus E-P3 Spied Behind Rudely-Placed Hand of Leaked

Campaign [Cameras]
By Kat Hannaford (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:00:15 PM
What a curious day for Olympus
to launch a teaser campaign for
the E-P3. Their next micro four
thirds camera has been glimpsed
through a few fat fingers, but
hey—at least we know it exists!
All we can determine from the
few millimeters of surface area
seen behind that rudely-placed
hand is that there'll be a flash
hotshoe and it'll come in a nice
steel-grey color. The Olympus
site says "you can't hide
innovation," but evidently you
can. [ Olympus Teaser via
Electronista]
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Apple has a solution for the iPad’s

missing SD card slot and USB port:
Apple iPad's Myriad adapters
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)

Optional Dongles: USB, Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:16:56 PM

Don’t you worry about the iPad

SD, AC, BBQ [Apple] lacking an SD card slot and USB
port. Apple has you covered with
By Dan Nosowitz (Gizmodo) The USB and SD adapters are adapters! How nice of Lord Jobs.
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:29:50 PM billed as the "Camera Instead of building in two
Connection Kit," which may industry standards, users are
The iPad really is a giant mean they're sold together and forced to buy extra items with
iPhone—so much so that if you may also mean their features are their new iPad. It’s not like the
w a n t t o g e t a l a p t o p - l i k e limited to importing photos and these standards are large and
experience out of it, you'll need videos. From Apple: would take away from the oh-so-
adapters to change the typical 30 The Camera Connection Kit important design.
-pin connector into USB, SD, or gives you two ways to import But it really is ridiculous that the
AC power. Correction: photos and videos from a digital iPad doesn’t have an SD card even allow them to control some slot would allow consumers to
In addition to the keyboard camera. The Camera Connector slot built-in. USB port, fine. DSLRs directly from the iPad get away with buying the 16GB
attachment, there will also be lets you import your photos and Apple is sticking with its with the right app. But nope, model and increasing the storage
dongles, attaching to the 30-pin videos to iPad using the camera's massive dock connector, but an can’t do it without an adapter. themselves. That’s clearly not in
dock connector, that give a USB USB cable. Or you can use the SD card slot — or microSD card Even then, they would only be Apple’s financial favor, but it’s
port and SD card slot. In terms of SD Card Reader to import slot — would actually open the able to use one at a time because not like anyone expected Apple
charging, there's no built-in photos and videos directly from iPad to some niche markets. of the single dock connector. to look out for the buyer anyway.
MagSafe connector or anything, the camera's SD card. Just think about photographers. So it seems that the iPad is This is a dealbreaker for me.
so they'll also be shipping an Neither release date nor pricing The SD card slot would allow designed to milk every last
iPod-to-AC cable as an optional has been revealed on these them to quickly and efficiently penny out of buyers. You see,
extra. Correction: The 10W USB accessories, but we'll let you preview their shots on a large having a flush-mounted SD card
-to-AC cable will be included in know as soon as we have them. [ screen. The USB port would
the box, not an optional extra as I Official Page, Our Apple iPad
wrote earlier, in the heat of the Coverage]
battle (and Apple events are
battles, at least for us).

iPad vs. iPhone... fight!

By Paul Miller (Engadget) been waiting for! Two iPad vs. iPhone... fight! use of feeds. Permalink| |
Submitted at 1/27/2010 2:36:00 PM minimalistic slate-style devices, originally appeared on Engadget Email this| Comments
together at last. Check out our on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:36:00
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22 Gadgets/ Tech/ Politics/ E-reader News Edition
Legal Fight Over
Billboards About
Trademarks On The
Hotness Of Your Wife
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 10:38:00 AM

This one's a bit old, but

somewhat amusing. Chris
Mikaitis alerted us to the story of
an air conditioning company
iWork 2010 announced, will suing another air conditioning
company for trademark
support iPad’s multi-touch controls infringement over competing
billboards. Apparently, the first
(and your regular Mac, too) air conditioning company came
By Nicholas Deleon Store. So, if you only want up with a billboard advertising
(CrunchGear) Keynote, if for no other reason campaign that read, in large
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:30:39 PM
than to makes a slide-show letters:"YOUR WIFE IS HOT --
presentation using your fingers, BETTER GET YOUR A/C
Another year, another release of then you’ll only be out $10. FIXED." The competing
iLife. This time, though, with Of the three, Pages seems to company put up its own
full iPad support. Yes, Apple benefit the least from the multi- billboards, that read:"YOUR
showed off iLife 2010 at its big touch. Plain old text entry does WIFE IS NOT HOT! Because
press conference today, and the just fine with a keyboard. you called All Year Cooling to
updates are about what you’d And yes, all three applications replace your A/C rather than the
expect from the application suite: will be available for non-iPad other guys." This seems like a
incremental and filled with one Macs.
or two things that make you say, We’re guessing the new iWork
I present to you a Panerai pretty amusing response. While
the first company claims
“Wow, neat.” That being the will be released alongside the
multi-touch support. iPad, but hard info is a little hard
Radiomir Tourbillon GMT trademark infringement,
suggesting confusion, it seems
The three applications that make to come by right now. Let the
up iWork—Numbers, Pages, and dust settle for a little bit. Ceramica Lo Scientziato Watch like perfectly reasonable
competition. I'm reminded of a
Keynote—will be sold separately By John Biggs (CrunchGear) skeletonized face. You’ll notice a billboard that Informix put out a
for $10 a pop on the iTunes Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:00:48 PM second’s hand, an AM/PM decade or so ago right in front of
indicator, and a GMT hand front Oracle on the side of highway
The Crack-up Ariel “Sass-master 2000 Adams and center. It is 48mm wide and 101 in Silicon Valley reading
(AEI.Org: Articles) Five Filters featured article: has some great shots of the new limited to 30 pieces. "You just passed Oracle. So did
Submitted at 1/26/2010 3:00:00 PM Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Panerai monster. This watch, just I’m not amazed by this thing but we." It was amusing (if not
PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, for reference, costs more than ten I ’ m a m a z e d b y t h e p r i c e : particularly accurate), but as an
Sorry, readability was unable to Term Extraction. of my cars. 109,000 euros. Clearly we’re all advertising dig at a competitor, it
parse this page for content. The watch is made of black in the wrong business. seemed perfectly reasonable.
ceramic and it uses Panerai’s Permalink| Comments| Email
tourbillon calibre behind a This Story
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Apple's latest creation: It's an iPad!

(CNET News.com) iPad; however, what is the wireless access up to 3Mbps. intends for this device to be used complex and difficult to
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:31:00 PM purpose of this device and will it The device has a powerful in a variety of areas to offer an assemble and use, and presented
succeed? battery that gives up to 10 hours all-in-one package for users with the first "Internet"
When Apple dropped the Apple's Tablet, in a nutshell of usage, and nearly a month of connectivity, computing, Mac. It got rid of old ports and
Newton line of palm-computing At first glance, the device does standby time. gaming, and any other task you protocols, and thrust modern
devices in the late '90s, many not look like much, and, as Apple has not omitted the option might think of. USB, Firewire, and Ethernet
p e o p l e w e r e s e v e r e l y rumored, it basically resembles a for 3G connectivity. The system The popularity of the iPhone has networking upon everyone
disappointed. The project was large iPhone, complete with a contains 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-fi made it a raging success, and it, (though they still kept modems).
abandoned by Apple, but die- home button and glass touch options, but also can directly tap along with other "smart" devices, It also killed the notion that
hard Newton fans hunkered screen. True to the style that has into UMTS/HSDPA and has shown Apple and other computers had to be in bland
down and kept the systems going come to define Apple products, GSM/EDGE 3G wireless manufacturers that consumers beige boxes, and made
for years afterward. To give the device looks simple and well- networks, and come unlocked are ready for a tablet. In order to computing attractive to the
credit to Apple, the Newton built, with a rigid glass display and without any contract so if create its tablet, Apple had to average person. Once the iMac
MessagePad was designed well and a inch or so of bezel area your wireless carrier uses a GSM ride a wave of consumer- debuted, the race was on to add
enough so that even today it is around the display. The display micro SIM, it should "just work." readiness and incorporated the simplicity, along with style and
still considered a viable option is a full capacitive multitouch Despite this, the capability to technologies and approaches to luster to computing.
b y s o m e p e o p l e . T h r o u g h panel, as was expected, but is make phone calls does not computing that have come to • OS X: A slick and adaptable
Apple's ups and downs, there has also an LED-backlit IPS ( In- appear to be available, but then define computing in the modern operating system The OS X
been speculation on whether or Plane Switching) display that has again it is not a phone. The one era. operating system is by far the
not Apple would revive the a great viewing angle. The back missing feature in the iPad is an Apple leading the industry enabling factor behind all of
Newton, and while recently it is aluminum, and there are internal camera, but there may be Over the years the computer Apple's breakthrough products.
has been clear Apple's Newton various connectors on the sides ways to add one as an accessory, industry has taken a variety of The system is built in a way that
days are over, the hope for the for power, sleep, and volume though Apple has not mentioned turns, with numerous trends and allows Apple to strip it down and
company to return to palm and controls. any support for this. In terms of speculation on where technology customize it for a variety of
tablet computing devices had not On the inside, Apple has given software capability, similar to the will go. There have been dives applications. While we all know
faded. us a surprise. The device uses an iPhone, the device seems to be into multiple GPUs, Netbooks, of it as the "Mac" OS, its
Though the iPhone can be Apple-designed chip it is calling limited when it comes to and solid-state storage, all of foundation and supported
c o n s i d e r e d A p p l e ' s n e x t - the "A4," which runs at 1GHz multitasking. which have been beneficial, but technologies are also used in the
generation MessagePad, after a n d i s u s e d f o r m a n a g i n g As for the price, despite rumors none that offered anything iPhone, iPod Touch, and
much speculation Apple's long- everything: processing, graphics, of Apple targeting around unique. These advancements AppleTV.
rumored entrance into tablet and I/O. The system has between $1,000, it has been able to have helped the industry; • iPod: Portable computing "in
computing has finally arrived. In 1 6 a n d 6 4 G B o f m e m o r y , provide all of this in the range of however, they all essentially took your pocket" Portable audio has
the past few weeks the hype has contains Bluetooth and EDR $499 to $699, and we should the same existing concepts and been around for ages, and since
ramped up all over the Web, with wireless connectivity, has a start seeing them hitting store made them faster. In contrast, the Sony Walkman there have
fake images, speculation based speaker, and microphone, and shelves in about two months. Apple's contributions have been been a variety of options.
on domain name registrations, a l s o c o n t a i n s A p p l e ' s When Steve Jobs introduced the key steps forward in how we use However, with the iPod, Apple
"leaked" advertisements, patent accelerometers, ambient light iPhone, he promoted it as an all- our computers. not only introduced a simple and
investigations, and comments sensors, and digital compass in-one communications device • Bondi-blue iMac: Simplicity stylish media player, but also
from various tech and media with assisted GPS technologies. for music, telecommunications, goes mainstream In large part, I brought extreme portability to
CEOs, all of which have built There is a 30-pin connector for Web, and computing, and not would argue that this computer computing. In addition to
quite a stir around the latest a t t a c h i n g t h e d e v i c e t o just a phone that includes these was the beginning of the modern playing music, it had options for
"creation" from Apple. Today computers, but it also uses other features. Given that the era of computing. With one
Apple has put the rumors to rest Bluetooth and Enhanced Data features of the iPad are similar to product Apple did away with the APPLE'S page 25
with the announcement of the Rate technologies for fast the iPhone's, Apple clearly notion of computers being both
24 Tech/
Apple's iPad: What you need to know
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:29:00 PM
Apple on Wednesday finally
unveiled its tablet computer,
called the iPad, at an invite-only
event at the Yerba Buena Center
for the Arts in downtown San
Francisco. The device, which
looks like a larger version of
Apple's iPod Touch will be
available in two to three months,
and starts at $499.
Read on to get a quick overview
of everything that was
announced, and why it matters.
New hardware: The iPad
Apple's CEO Steve Jobs
introduces the iPad(Credit:
James Martin/CNET)
Proving rumors right, Apple
unveiled the iPad, a device that
looks akin to a large iPhone or
iPod Touch. It sports a 9.7-inch
LCD touch-screen display,
which makes use of the same
multitouch technology found on
the iPhone, Apple's Magic
Mouse, and its notebook
trackpads. It also has the same in
-plane switching display
technology that made its debut in
the latest crop of iMacs.
Like the iPhone and iPod, it
sports a finger-friendly OS with
an on-screen QWERTY
keyboard, and an accelerometer
that can detect whether the
device is in portrait or landscape
mode. It has a 30-pin dock
connector, built-in Wi-Fi, and a
home button that jumps users
back to the main screen of the
OS. It also has a volume rocker
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compatible with existing iPhone
and iPod Touch applications.
Apps with smaller screen
resolutions are simply scaled up
to fit. Apple is giving developers
a way to modify their
applications to work with both
sets of hardware.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs
demonstrated the tablet running
numerous first-party apps,
including iTunes, a photo
gallery, its Safari Web browser,
iCal, e-mail, Google Maps, and
YouTube. Many shared traits of
what's been seen on the iPhone,
just with more screen real-estate.
This was most evident in Apple's
Mail app, which now features a
two-up panel display. According
to Jobs, all of its apps were re-
written to fit natively on the
bigger display.
Several companies also
demonstrated their new iPad-
and a mute button--just like the modem built in. iPad users who 1024x768 (the iPhone/iPod is optimized apps:
iPhone. want to make use of the 3G 480x320) Gameloft showed off a larger-
Along with a big screen, it's service, which is being offered It can playback 720p HD video, resolution version of its hit first-
sporting a 1Ghz custom Apple by AT&T, can pick up one of though video output to external person shooter Nova, which will
chip (from its pick-up of PA two plans for that: $15 a month sources is limited to 480p. It has be out "later this year."
Semi back in 2008) and will for 250MB of data, or unlimited the same oleophobic coating that The New York Times demoed a
come in 16, 32, and 64GB for $29.99 a month. made its debut on the iPhone tablet-friendly version of its app,
capacities for $499, $599, and The iPad with just Wi-Fi will be 3GS. This helps face and finger which mimics the layout of
$699, respectively. Apple says it shipping in the next 60 days, grease bead up and wipe off reading a newspaper in portrait
can get 10 hours of video, which with the 3G version in the next easier. mode, except with video links
is about four more than the iPod 90 days. Bigger apps that open up within an embedded
Touch, and the same as the latest Other noteworthy specs: As for apps, the iPad's screen player.
g e n e r a t i o n i P h o n e . T h i s The Wi-Fi antenna supports runs larger that what can be Brushes, a popular iPhone app,
translates to "a month" of 802.11 a/b/g/n f o u n d o n A p p l e ' s s m a l l e r demoed the upcoming iPad
standby time. The iPad weighs just 1.5 portable devices, which means version of its image editing
Besides its different capacities, pounds. The version with 3G is developers have more screen real software, which now makes use
the iPad will also be available in .1 pounds heavier. estate to work with. At the same
models with a 3G wireless T h e s c r e e n r e s o l u t i o n i s time, the iPad is backwards APPLE'S page 27
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storing notes, contacts, and
calendars, and even included
games. It also could be used to
store personal files, and, through
third-party hacks even be used to
run Linux. Its popularity
skyrocketed, and the race was on
to get smaller, lighter, and more
"in your pocket".
• iPhone: Easy and customizable
communication Another major
advancement was
communication. With broadband
connectivity being readily
available on a variety of network
types (both public and private),
the iPhone became the pinnacle
of style, portability, and
connectivity in computing.
Finally you could have many of
the benefits of Apple's other
products rolled into one.
• Gestures: A natural approach
to input Along with the iPhone,
Apple introduced the last major
advancement in consumer
computing: Gestures. Touch-
based electronics have been
around for ages, but in Apple's
implementation touch has come
to mean a lot more than "no
buttons." Apple's incorporation
of "Gestures" has taken
advantage of how we naturally
use things. Sure Microsoft and
other companies have had
"Magic Tables" and other large
multitouch devices, but Apple
Forklift Fiasco Holds Up Haitian Aid
By Vince Beiser (Wired Top
Stories)
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was the first to truly implement it appears to be one but really is features to the iPad. In addition
into the computers and other not. to running all the applications
devices we use on a daily basis. The biggest advancements have available for iPhone, it has a
been in mobile smartphones, and whole new "iBooks" store for
Did Apple invent the particularly those that browsing and building a book
t e c h n o l o g i e s b e h i n d t h e s e incorporate touch. However, library. Apple has apparently
advancements? Absolutely not. u n t i l n o w t h e t o u c h worked hard with Amazon to
However, it did make optimal implementations, even when bring this functionality to the
use of them and did so in ways done well, have been rather
that made them both last and limited. This is mainly because
iPad.
Apple's iWork suite has also
Official Apple
p r o p a g a t e t h r o u g h o u t t h e of the small areas that have been
industry. The majority of Apple's available upon which to do them.
been brought to the iPad,
offering full integration with the iPad Demo
advancements have seen a In Apple's products, the iPhone iPad's photo features, and a new
number of imitations crop up and MacBook trackpads are set of interfaces to make working [VIDEO]
from other manufacturers, but q u i t e s m a l l f o r e l a b o r a t e with multitouch more intuitive By Christina Warren
Apple's solid implementations gestures, and to avoid potential and appealing. It appears the (Mashable!)
have keep them ahead of the confusion Apple has avoided current options for this device
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:33:23 PM
game. enabling numerous alternative are only the beginning, and we
So where does the iPad fit in? gestures. The large surface of the will see what the thing is truly Even though the Apple iPad
There have been a number of tablet takes touch and gestures to capable of when third-party won’t be available for another 60
efforts at creating the next big a whole new level, and really developers start revealing their or 90 days (depending on the
thing, and while the idea of allows people to interact with the applications for it. model), Apple already has its
"smaller and lighter" has been an device using their whole hand. Questions? Comments? Post official iPad website up and
understood concept, numerous With the iPad, Apple has finally them below or e-mail us! running.
attempts at applying this to made an attempt to blend all the Be sure to check us out on In addition to showing off some
computers have been less than recent advancements in modern Twitter and the CNET Mac of the applications, features and
exciting. Miniature Netbooks are computing into one product. forums. design and technical
nothing new, and I would argue Being a larger platform with Five Filters featured article: specifications, the website also
that the popularity of them just support for a variety of gestures, Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: features an eight-minute video
reflects the desire to go smaller the new iPad brings all the PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, with Apple’s design and
and lighter, but does not reflect computing benefits of the iPhone Term Extraction. development team discussing the
any attraction to the ingenuity in with similar portability. Granted device and showing it off. If you
the developments so far. Most it will not exactly fit in your love Johnny Ive and well-
Netbooks have basically been pocket, but it is still small produced promo videos, you’ll
stripped-down laptops, and while enough to easily travel anywhere want to check it out!
their size and weight is nice, I'd with you. You can watch the video over at
much prefer to carry around a As for what you can do, Apple Apple.com here, but we’ve also
larger laptop than work on what has added a slew of unique gone ahead and embedded it
below:
What do you think of the iPad?
Vince Beiser reports on the planes loaded with supplies as infrastructure and the future of Does the video make you want to
difficulty getting the right kinds p a r t o f W i r e d ' s o n g o i n g Haiti. see it in person? Let us know!
of heavy machinery to unload investigation into technology, Tags: Apple Tablet, ipad, video
26 Tech/ Politics/ Tech News/ E-reader News Edition

Will Apple’s iPad Change Mobile Gaming? Tuesday Night

By Samuel Axon (Mashable!) the style of games like Halo and
Resistance: Fall of Man.
night talking about a FarmVille
app for the iPad, but that actually
Music: Ralph
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:53:27 PM
The basics of the control scheme
Apple made gaming a big part are similar to those of the iPhone
sounds like something this
device would be perfect for.
Towner
of its iPad tablet announcement version. For example, an on- Just like the Wii and the
(Little Green Footballs)
today. That wasn’t a surprise; screen directional pad handles Nintendo DS — the two most Submitted at 1/26/2010 7:45:29 PM

Apple has had its eye on the movement. But the tablet opens popular pure gaming devices in
gaming market since it launched u p s o m e n e w m u l t i - t o u c h the world today — the iPad will Acoustic/classical/jazz
the App Store for the iPhone and possibilities on its larger screen attract casual gamers who guitarist/pianist Ralph Towner in
iPod touch. as well. In N.O.V.A. you can 360 or the PlayStation 3. They a p p r e c i a t e n e w w a y s o f a beautiful performance of “Tale
The company announced that slide three fingers over a door to look comparable in detail to interacting, even if they’re not of Saverio,” from one of his best
iPhone and iPod touch games open it, slide two fingers across Nintendo Wii games, but the the most precise. We don’t know solo albums, Ana.[Video]
will be playable on the device, the screen to toss a grenade or screen resolution is 1024 x 768, how many units the iPad will Here’s an Amazon widget to
and it invited established iPhone draw a targeting box around an so we’re assuming that many of move, though, and until we do hear more music from this
game developers Gameloft and enemy. Need for Speed Shift the games are going to be high we won’t know if it will be e x c e l l e n t E C M
Electronic Arts on stage at its Electronic Arts’ Need for Speed definition. Will the iPad Succeed worth it to developers to go nuts recording.[Video]
iPad unveiling event to show off racing game series has appeared as a Gaming Device? with this thing.
We’ll have to see more games to Keep your eyes open and your
two games in development for on just about every gaming
the device: N.O.V.A. and Need platform under the sun. The know exactly what to expect, of ears to the ground, gamers; it’s at New Animations
for Speed Shift. touch controls make the iPad course, but innovation is likely. least going to be interesting. If it
Multi-touch on a 10-inch screen does catch on, you’ll have a
Take You Flying
Both demonstrations were put experience unique. You can tap
together in just a couple of the inside of the car to zoom out will open up new possibilities for whole new kind of console to Over Mars
weeks, but even this early they of a chase view and into a first- interaction with games. play with.[img credit: GDGT and By Alexis Madrigal (Wired Top
give us some sense of what we person driver’s seat view. From While 3D games were presented Engadget] Stories)
can expect from Apple iPad there, you can actually use your at Apple’s unveiling for the iPad, Tags: app store, apple, Apple
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:45:00 AM
games. Here are our impressions. finger to switch gears on the better graphics won’t drive tablet Tablet, bay bridge, electronic
N.O.V.A. stick shift. gaming. We expect that other arts, gameloft, ipad, iphone, Beautiful new renderings of
Gameloft has already released a Graphics in this game look kinds of games will make this nova, software, video games NASA data let you fly over
version of N.O.V.A. for the better than iPhone graphics, but device shine. For example, tech Martian geology.
iPhone; it’s a critically acclaimed they aren’t as good as what you industry bigwig and celeb Jason
hand-held first-person shooter in see on high-end PCs, the Xbox Calacanis posted fake tweets last

Honda Sued For Trademark Infringement For Suggesting It

Wants To Save The Earth
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 9:17:00 AM
Be careful suggesting that you
want to "save the earth."
Automaker Honda just did that
in an ad with a guy wearing a
"save the earth" t-shirt, and for
doing so, it got slapped with a
trademark infringement lawsuit
from the Save the Earth
Foundation, which apparently
has a trademark on that phrase
(and has had it since 1972). The
foundation claims that the ad was
implying endorsement by the
saving the earth.
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foundation. I wonder if morons
in a hurry have any interest in
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APPLE'S
continued from page 24
of the larger screen real estate to
conceal large pop-up menus.
MLB.com unveiled a tweaked
version of its app that adds video
highlights, team info, virtual
baseball cards, and more on-
screen overlays.
Apple also introduced an
updated version of its iWork
software. It's the first version of
the software to run on one of
Apple's portable devices, and
makes full use of the iPad's touch
screen. This confirms a rumor
from The New York Times
earlier this month. Worth noting
is that iWork will be offered as
three separate apps, all of which
will cost $10 apiece. Having
Numbers, Keynote, and Sheets
will run iPad users $30, as
opposed to the $79 price tag for
the desktop version.
Book distribution
Jobs unveiled a new content
delivery system called iBooks
(not to be confused with Apple's
former laptop line, the iBook).
The new app features a virtual
bookshelf with content from all
Settlement Rejected in 'Shocking'
RIAA File Sharing Verdict
By David Kravets (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:47:00 AM
The Recording Industry
Association of America is
demanding $25,000 from the
nation's first file sharer to take an
five major publishers: Harper
Collins, Hachette, Penguin,
Simon and Shuster, and
MacMilan.
Just like iTunes, books are split
up into what's popular and by
genre. Users can preview the
first few pages before
purchasing, and downloaded
books are sent directly to the
user's virtual bookshelf. They
can then be read in a similar
manner to what's already been
available with Amazon's Kindle
app. Users can read their books
in portrait or landscape mode,
change the size of the test, and
hop around using a persistent
table of contents.
Other tidbits
Apple will be selling a dock that
comes with a keyboard for the
iPad.(Credit: Apple)
250,000,000 iPods have been
sold since 2001.
Apple has 248 retail stores that
have seen 50 million visitors.
The App Store now has more
than 140,000 applications.
The new OS borrows a few cues
RIAA lawsuit to trial. Jammie
Thomas-Rasset is rejecting the
offer to close the case, a move
days after the trial judge reduced
the verdict from $1.92 million to
$54,000.
from Snow Leopard, including
the capability to change
background wallpapers, and a
3D-style dock.
125 million credit cards are
already hooked up to the iTunes
and App Store.
Apple is selling a number of
first-party accessories, including
a dock with a full-sized
keyboard, a camera connection
kit that lets users import images
from their SD cards, and a case
that doubles as a stand. Apple
has not announced pricing for
any of these items.
Below is just one of our live
videos from the event. Also, be
sure to check out our Live Blog,
which has many more pictures
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Next Picketing Project:
Twitter HQ
By Samuel Axon (Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:29:51 PM
Reverend Fred Phelps’s
Westboro Baptist Church plans
to picket Twitter’s San Francisco
offices tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.
PST. The Kansas-based church
is picketing because it believes
that “the people who run Twitter
… don’t use their position &
voice to warn a generation of
rebels of the consequences of
their rebellion.”
The church knows how to get
attention. It has been hit with a
tsunami of criticism for picketing
military funerals and waving
signs that say things like “God
Hates Fags” while claiming that
America deserves its military
losses because of its sins.
Westboro even runs a website at
www.godhatesfags.com.
Members will also be protesting
several Jewish organizations —
including the Anti-Defamation
League — in the hours leading
up to its visit to Twitter.
The church members will be
tweeting about the Twitter HQ
picketing rally as it happens.
Don’t be too quick to point out
the irony on that. The Westboro
schedule says: “Now that should
get interesting, WBC member(s)
Tweeting as they picket outside
Tech/ Tech News/ 27
Twitter, Inc. Won’t a black hole
or something open in the
space/time vortex?”
Remember: The church is
neither protesting Twitter itself
nor decrying it as a tool of
human communication. Rather,
it’s picketing the HQ because the
bigwigs at the company aren’t
using their places of power and
influence to spread the word
about the sins Westboro believes
people commit and their
expected consequences.
Presumably picketing Twitter
will also get them some web and
social media exposure. The old
“all press is good press” idiom
doesn’t apply in this case,
though; the exposure they’re
seeking will probably just draw
more ire and lead to more
marginalization.
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iBooks: Apple Answers the Kindle
with a Digital Bookshelf Like No
Other
By Jennifer Van Grove
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:08:20 PM
There’s no doubt about it,
Apple’s newly unveiled iPad is
the ebook reader that will change
the game, especially since it is
directly attacking Amazon’s
Kindle.
And Steve Jobs wasn’t being
coy about it, saying this
morning: “Amazon’s done a
great job of pioneering this
functionality with the Kindle.
We’re going to stand on their
shoulders and go a little further.”
Taking it further is a bit of an
understatement. iBooks is
Apple’s brand new native
application that enables users to
discover, browse and download
ebooks right from the Apple
iPad. iBooks is backed by big-
time launch partners Penguin,
Simon and Schuster,
HarperCollins, Macmillian and
Hachette, all publishing
powerhouses in their own rights
(notice that McGraw-Hill is not
on the list).
iBooks offers an impressively
beautiful book reading
NASA Sends Airborne Radar to Map Haiti Faults in 3-D
By Betsy Mason (Wired Top
Stories)
experience. Readers have their
own digital bookshelves, and
while consuming digital books
they’ll be able to tap right or left
to change the page and/or drag
the page to manually move
forwards or backgrounds in the
text. Readers can also browse a
book’s table of contents, change
the font (something you can’t do
on the Kindle without hacking it)
and adjust font sizes for digital
content. Plus, you can’t overlook
how color is integrated into the
entire experience. Much like the
App Store, the iBookstore will
serve as the store front for book
purchases and be integrated into
the iTunes experience.
Here’s how Apple describes
iBooks:
“The iBooks app is a great, new
way to read and buy books. Just
download the app for free from
In the wake of the Haiti
earthquake earlier this month and
its aftershocks, NASA sends its
the App Store, and you’ll be able
to buy everything from classics
to bestsellers from the built-in
iBookstore. Once you’ve bought
a book, it’s displayed on your
Bookshelf. To read it, all you
have to do is tap on it and it
opens up. The high-resolution,
LED-backlit screen displays
everything in sharp, rich, color,
so it’s very easy to read, even in
low light.”
Also of note is that iBooks is
comprised of ebooks using ePub
format, which is an open book
format that distinguishes the
Apple ebook platform from
Amazon’s offering.
One thing we didn’t hear about
is whether or not users will be
able to highlight and annotate
texts. But, given that iPad starts
at $499 and iBooks offers such
an impressive ebook experience,
we have to wonder what
Amazon could do at this point to
stay competitive. iBooks Photos
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radar-equipped plane to the
country to measure how much
the quake changed the island
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Be Careful Writing About
Tintin; The Lawyer For The
Tintin Estate Might Sue
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) house and belongings seized." In
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:00:00 PM response, many people are
organizing a boycott of the new
I've never quite understood how Tintin movie. Nice work. In
various brands decide to go overstepping common sense
about attacking their biggest bounds to try to squeeze a tiny
fans, but sometimes common bit more money out of a fan who
sense isn't so common. Robert w a s j u s t w r i t i n g a b o u t a
Ring sends in a story from a few c h a r a c t e r , t h i s l a w y e r h a s
weeks ago, about how the lawyer succeeded in getting people to
who represents the estate of the proactively shun the movie.
guy who created the cartoon Of course, the link above also
character Tintin has been suing points out that the lawyer, Nick
fans who have written about Rodwell, has a bit of a history
Tintin, including a guy named making somewhat questionable
Bob Garcia who had written five decisions in dealing with how
essays about Tintin. According o t h e r s p e r c e i v e T i n t i n .
to the original report:"One Apparently, last year, his own
pamphlet drew links between his blog on Tintin.com had to be
twin passions -- Tintin and shut down after he accused some
Sherlock Holmes. Another journalist critics of not liking
looked at the cinematographic him or Tintin because "the
references in Herge's works. children of those critics had
Two of the five, printed on autism and couldn’t appreciate
a v e r a g e 5 0 0 t i m e s , u s e d Tintin." Oh, and did we mention
'graphical citations' of Tintin that the reason Rodwell is
drawings." In the US, this would representing the estate of Tintin
clearly be fair use. In the UK, creator Herge is because he
where this is happening? Garcia married Herge's widow?
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Yes, Three Strikes Laws Have iPhone OS 3.2 SDK

Unintended Consequences That Even released, supports iPad
Music Industry Execs Hate but covered by NDA
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) of the main topics), which seems once you log in with one device By Victor Agreda, Jr. (The details. The idea of an NDA is
Submitted at 1/27/2010 6:44:13 AM a bit odd. However, I did it will not let you log in with any Unofficial Apple Weblog great, and it is an agreement, but
randomly see a twitter message other device. You must use that (TUAW)) it's not going to deter people
As noted earlier, I'm at the from the guy who runs a travel one device exclusively. When Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:45:00 PM from sharing details if they want
M i d e m m u s i c i n d u s t r y rental business here in Cannes, the official WiFi went dead, I to send an email or post in a
conference this week in Cannes, Lao Watson-Smith, pointing out went in search of other networks, F i l e d u n d e r : H a r d w a r e , forum. Granted, you won't be
in the south of France. France, that all these music industry including one called "Free Software, SDK The Apple developing long if you do this,
of course, has been at the execs are complaining about all WiFi," but when I accessed that, Developer Center is providing but doesn't that seem a little
forefront of many of the debates their accommodations having it still asked me for my username iPhone OS 3.2 beta, complete ridiculous?
over copyright issues, with its locked down WiFi(even when and password (which I obviously with iPad developer guides and This adversely affects honest
Sarkozy-backed push to be one it's offered free), and noting that don't have). It certainly is s u p p o r t f o r A p p l e ' s l a t e s t developers who wish to share
o f t h e f i r s t c o u n t r i e s t o the only reason why these somewhat amusing to find out creation. Unfortunately, just as information. Looks like we'll
implement a "three accusations connections need to all be locked that the music industry execs are Apple has done in the past, they again have to wait for books on
and you're off the internet" down is because of the three annoyed by the consequences of have enshrouded the details of development to get the green
p o l i c y ( d e s p i t e S a r k o z y ' s strikes laws that they pushed the law they so desperately claim developing for the iPad in yet light once Apple gives their
political party's own long history through. And, indeed, it is rather they need. a n o t h e r N D A , p r e v e n t i n g green light. Again.
of infringing). There really annoying. My hotel has "free Permalink| Comments| Email developers from discussing the TUAW iPhone OS 3.2 SDK
hasn't been that much discussion wifi" (which seems to go down This Story OS outside the highly sanitized released, supports iPad but
this year about the whole three regularly) but you still need a Apple forums. covered by NDA originally
strikes thing (last year, it was one user name and password, and It's possible that Apple will lift appeared on The Unofficial
the NDA once iPads start flying Apple Weblog (TUAW) on
Take a Closer Look at Apple's New Tablet, the iPad o f f t h e s h e l v e s ( o r c a r g o Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:45:00 EST.
By Priya Ganapati (Wired Top After months of speculation, the specs and highlights of the containers) in about 60 days, but Please see our terms for use of
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Schumer, Hatch Back Payroll Tax Break

(Newsmax - Politics)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:42:54 AM
ALBANY -- Republican New
York senators and Democratic
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer are
proposing separate, but similar
job-creating programs that would
use tax incentives to entice
employers to hire the
unemployed.
The proposal by the state
Senate's GOP minority includes
a tax credit of between $2,500
and $3,500 for three years for an
employer every time a new job is
created and filled. It would also
end the state's corporate
franchise tax for small
businesses and roll back an
income tax surcharge a year
early.
The proposal by Schumer and
Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of
Utah would exempt businesses
from the employer's share of
Social Security taxes for the rest
of 2010 when they hire workers
who were unemployed at least 60
days.
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iPad will ship with 802.11n Wi-Fi, 3G optional
By David Winograd (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:00:00 PM
Filed under: Hardware, Other
Events, One More Thing I've
been unhappy with the 802.11g
Wi-Fi in iPhones and iPod
touches, so I was quite happy to
see that the iPad will have
802.11 a/b/g/n built in. This will
allow everyone running an
802.11n network to no longer
cripple your upload and
download speed as is the case if
you have an an iPhone or iPod
touch. The iPad will run at the
full speed of an Airport Extreme,
Express or Time Capsule.
What's also interesting is that
the 3G model will run on the the
UTMS/ HSDPA 800, 1900, and
2100 MHz band with GSM/
Edge running on the 850, 900,
1800 and 1900 MHz bands. This
means that it will run on just
about any provider out there.
And the SIM comes completely
unlocked, so even if you don't
want in on Apples $14.99 for
250mb or $29.99 unlimited pay-
as-you-go plan with AT&T, you
can find your own 3G provider.
Don't forget, though, that you'll
be waiting for an extra month, as
the 3G models are releasing in
90 days, not the 60 days
expected for the Wi-Fi versions.
E-reader News Edition
Lawmaker
Concerned About
Toyota Recall
(Newsmax - Politics)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 2:42:06 AM
A House Democrat is
expressing concern about a
massive Toyota recall that has
led the automaker to stop
manufacturing and selling
vehicles linked to problems with
gas pedals.
Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak,
who leads an investigative
subcommittee, says his staff will
meet with Toyota on
Wednesday. Stupak says "we
want to find out what Toyota
knows" about the problem with
sudden acceleration and what the
company will do to protect
consumers.
Transportation Secretary Ray
LaHood told WGN Radio in
Chicago that the government
pressed the company to stop
building vehicles linked to the
massive recall. LaHood said "the
Also included is Bluetooth 2.1 +
reason Toyota decided to do the
EDR technology which is right
recall and to stop manufacturing
in line with their previous
was because we asked them to."
products.
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reserved. This material may not
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After Three Months, Newsday's

Grand Paywall Experiment Has
35 Paying Customers. Yes, 35.
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) To be fair, Cablevision never
Submitted at 1/27/2010 8:00:00 AM really seemed to view this much
as a direct source of revenue, but
Like many, we were amazed at rather as a churn reducer for its
the decision by Cablevision to cable subscribers, who can get to
try charging $5 per week (yes, the Newsday website for free.
per week) for its paywall to Still I doubt there are really that
Newsday content online. The many people who decide not to
n e w s p a p e r i t s e l f i s n o t drop their Optimum Cable
particularly good and doesn't service just because they get free
really provide all that much in access to Newsday online. I
t h e w a y o f e x c e s s v a l u e can't imagine that the $175, in
compared to what else is out any way, makes up for the drop
there. And $5/week is extremely in visitors and ad revenue.
high. Yet, even so, we're a bit According to multiple online
surprised that after three months, tools, the general estimate is that
the paper has a grand total of 35 Newday has lost 50% of its web
Apple's official iPad video, specs
paying subscribers. Yes, 35. I'm traffic since putting up the
sure that extra $175/week comes paywall. And in return, they get
in quite handy. Oh right, they $ 1 7 5 / w e e k . Nice one,
page
By Mike Schramm (The screenshots of all the different the entire device, and the only
also saved on the salary of their C a b l e v i s i o n . Unofficial Apple Weblog
popular columnist who quit, Permalink| Comments| Email (TUAW)) apps, and see folks like Johnny connector looks to be the dock.
rather than have his work hidden This Story Ive and Scott Forstall chatting We've got to give it to Apple --
behind a paywall. Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:30:00 PMabout how awesome it was to even though we haven't been
work on something so able to touch it in person yet, this

Lost + Petula Clark = Filed under: Hardware, "unbelievable."

Portables, Internet, Apple Apple Interesting things to note on the
has updated their website with all official stats page: no camera at
is a pretty amazing computer.
TUAW Apple's official iPad
video, specs page originally
awesome parody song kinds of fun iPad information, all, no Flash support, and while
including an official specs page they did talk about a month-long
appeared on The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW) on
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) a l l d o n e t o t h e t u n e o f and the video that was shown at standby battery life this morning, Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:30:00 EST.
Submitted at 1/27/2010 2:30:00 PM "Downtown" (original after the the end of today's event. The it's not actually listed on the stats Please see our terms for use of
jump!) thing looks just plain beautiful, page (probably because they feeds.
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courtesy The Fine Brothers. It Filed under: Lost, Video, Web, revolutionary" device, so you'd interesting that there are a total
wonders if the writers of the Reality-Free expect that. You can find of four buttons and controls on
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by the first five seasons. And it's
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AAPL goes on a roller-

coaster ride
By Megan Lavey (The for any Apple event, though the
Unofficial Apple Weblog big jump when price was
(TUAW)) announced is somewhat
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:00:00 PM surprising. AAPL actually tends
to drop after an event, as there
Filed under: Apple Financial are so many rumors flying
T h e a b o v e i m a g e f r o m around ahead of time that Apple making its own chips starting
SingularityDsgn graphically i n v e s t o r s a r e e a s i l y
shows the wild roller-coaster ride underwhelmed. But it looks like
that Apple's stock has been on especially the pricing news won
with the A4
today. It traded at roughly 1.5% their approval today. As always, By Mike Schramm (The CPU -- it's a homecooked !GHz It'll be interesting to see how
below Tuesday's closing price t h i s i s n o t o f f i c i a l s t o c k Unofficial Apple Weblog chip called the Apple A4. Apple their first major foray into silicon
(TUAW)) says it's designed for high works out.
h e a d i n g i n t o t o d a y ' s i P a d information, and you shouldn't
announcement, but started make any buy or sell decisions Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:15:00 PM performance and low power, TUAW Apple making its own
climbing during the iBooks based on what you read here. which is probably how they got chips starting with the A4
announcement. AAPL's stock TUAW AAPL goes on a roller- Filed under: Apple Corporate, that crazy 10 hour battery life originally appeared on The
took a major leap when pricing coaster ride originally appeared Hardware, Portables, Apple Even and one month (!) standby life. Unofficial Apple Weblog
information was released, and is on The Unofficial Apple Weblog t h o u g h t h i s m o r n i n g ' s We guess that PA Semi (TUAW) on Wed, 27 Jan 2010
currently trading around 209.69, (TUAW) on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 presentation had Apple calling acquisition was a good idea. 16:15:00 EST. Please see our
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just-announced iPad doesn't the A4 is the first release (fourth
carry any special Intel or Nvidia produced?) product of all of that.
E-reader News Edition
Yelp Takes Up to $100 Michael Williams: GOP Must Reach
Million in New Funding Out to Blacks
By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:12:57 PM
Local reviews powerhouse Yelp
has announced that it’s taking a
$25 million investment from
Elevation Partners, who will also
“seek to increase its total
investment in Yelp to $100
million through a planned
purchase of shares from vested
employees and other eligible
shareholders,” according to a
statement from the company.
The investment comes at a time
when local is red hot, with Yelp
looking to capitalize further on it
by expanding its mobile presence
across platforms and introducing
features like “check-ins” that
help lend credibility to user
reviews.
The company cites mobile app
Apple iPad: Love It or Lump It? [Snap Judgment]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:45:00 PM
This morning Apple released the
much-hyped Apple iPad, and
now that you've had time to
digest its offerings, we're
Tech/ Politics/ Tech Tips/ 33
(Newsmax - Politics) Williams said. “We want to be advocate spending cuts,
Submitted at 1/27/2010 7:05:22 AM about the business of making Williams has rejected pay raises
sure they can succeed and they for himself. The Texas
Republicans must show they can save money and retire. We legislature tried to give
will solve the problems of black have to be about the business of Commissioner Williams a pay
Americans to gain their votes, doing that, and we will.” hike three times, he said, which
says Texas Republican senate Williams says he can help the would have amounted to about
development as one of its uses candidate Michael Williams. process. “When I become a $160,000.
for the new funding, and an Williams, a member of the member of the U.S. Senate, that And why didn’t he accept? “I’ve
updated Android app with check- Texas Railroad Commission and will be a game changer,” he said. been trying to make the case that
in features is expected within the an African American, is running “That’s because I’ll be able to it’s important for us as elected
next couple weeks. for the seat being vacated by have a very direct conversation officials to hold the line on
Yelp says that it passed 26 Republican Sen. Kay Bailey with the African American spending. It’s a whole lot easier
m i l l i o n u n i q u e v i s i t o r s i n Hutchison. community about the direction to make that case when I’m not
December, while we recently “We have to do the same thing not only of our party, but the sticking my own hand in the
reported that the site now we do with other voting blocs,” d i r e c t i o n t h a t w e t h i n k cookie jar.”
features more than 9 million total he told Newsmax.TV’s Ashley conservative ideas can enhance See Video: Texas Senate
user reviews. Martella. “We have to go in and what’s happening in the black candidate Michael Williams
T a g s : e l e v a t i o n p a r t n e r s , talk to the American blacks in an community.” explains how the GOP can win
finance, money, venture capital, effort to solve the real problems Williams says he will have no the votes of the African
yelp they have.” problems taking on the powers American community - Click
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wondering: Who's interested? this gadget for the first time
It's easy to get caught up in today, what would you think?
techno-lust amidst all the What Do You Think About the
hype—and equally easy to lean Apple iPad?( answers)
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34 Politics/
Is Obama Really Breaking up the Banks?
By Noam Scheiber (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 1/26/2010 9:00:00 PM
Judging from all the build-up,
the one thing tonight’s State of
the Union address is sure to
include is some presidential
feistiness toward Wall Street.
Rhetorically, the president has
spent the last week throwing
elbows at his banker adversaries.
Obama announced at a press
conference last Thursday that “If
these folks want a fight, it’s a
fight I’m ready to have.” The day
before, he seemed ready to
initiate the beat-down whether or
not Wall Street wanted any part
of it. “We’re about to get into a
big fight with the banks,” he
warned George Stephanopoulos.
During a speech on Friday,
Obama used some form of the
word “fight” 14 times. “I can
promise you, there will be more
fights in the days ahead,” he said
when turning to the topic of
banks.
The substance behind this verbal
barrage is twofold. Earlier this
month, the White House
announced a nearly $100 billion
tax on banks to recoup the
bailout money they took during
the financial crisis. Then last
week, the administration dropped
what seemed like a
bombshell—plans to downsize
the megabanks and prohibit them
from using government-
subsidized money to fund risky
trades. The latter in particular
prompted much bleating on Wall
Street. It also captured the
imagination of the nation’s
headline writers. A Politico
article blared “Obama Takes on
the Banks” the way a playground
instigator yells “fiiiight!”
What was less clear once you
sorted through the details was
whether the moves represented a
bona fide policy shift, as much
of the reporting described it, or a
mere adjustment at the margins.
In fact, while the policy changes
are hardly trivial, what’s more
striking is the basic continuity in
the administration’s approach.
Since the reform debate began
back in 2008, it’s centered
around two broad theories for
how to prevent a replay of the
crisis. Both take aim at the so-
called too big to fail problem, the
idea that certain institutions are
so big or interconnected their
collapse would threaten the
entire financial system. What’s
more, because these firms know
the government has no choice
but to bail them out if they get in
trouble, they have incentives to
take on excessive risks.
The first solution to this
problem is the bust ‘em up
approach embraced by the likes
of former IMF chief economist
Simon Johnson. Johnson argues
that the problem with megabanks
is as much political as it is
economic. At a certain point, a
big bank amasses so much
political power it can stiff-arm
regulators and chip away at
regulations, even if the original
rules may be sound. To
effectively rein in the banks,
Johnson argues, you first have to
crush their political power,
which, in practice, means
making them a lot smaller. (A
corollary of this view is that the
collapse of smaller, less
interconnected banks doesn’t
threaten the financial system, so
a smaller bank can’t count on a
bailout the way a big bank can,
which means it’s less likely to
take crazy risks.)
The alternative theory is that
shrinking overgrown banks is
itself politically impossible. But,
argue proponents of this view,
just because you’ve accepted
bigness doesn’t mean you’ve
thrown in the towel. Instead, you
force banks to shoulder the cost
of their own bigness—by, say,
forcing them to hold a lot more
capital—which dents their profits
and offsets the subsidy they get
from being too big to fail. To
that end, Diana Farrell, a top
White House economic aide,
recently explained that “in some
sense, the genie’s out of the
bottle and what we need to do is
to manage [the megabanks] and
to oversee them, as opposed to
hark back to a time that we’re
unlikely to ever come back to.”
The approach is sometimes
jeered as overly
accommodationist, but it need
not be. Even liberals like New
York Times columnist Paul
Krugman have signed on to its
logic in some form.
In the hours after the
administration’s announcement
last week, many in the media
saw a shift from the second
approach to the first. Politico
welcomed Obama to the “’big is
bad’ bandwagon” and The Wall
Street Journal hailed the coming
of a “policy pivot.” It’s not hard
to see where they got this idea.
The administration was
proposing limits on the size of
certain financial institutions.
And, perhaps more evocatively,
it was vowing to stop banks that
receive certain benefits from the
government (like deposit
insurance) from making bets for
their own bottom line, a practice
known as proprietary trading. At
his press conference, Obama
dubbed this proposal “the
Volcker rule,” after the iconic
former Fed Chairman Paul
Volcker, who spent the last
several months drumming up
support for the idea.
But here’s the catch: When you
talk to administration officials, it
soon becomes clear that their
underlying theory of reform
hasn’t changed. Which is to say,
they still believe that the most
practical way to prevent big
banks from taking destructive
risks is by regulating them
aggressively--and arming
regulators with more powers--
not breaking them up. For
example, one of the key pieces of
the reform proposal the
administration unveiled last
summer is known as resolution
authority, which would allow
regulators to liquidate a troubled
megabank in an orderly way, so
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that the government wouldn’t
face the choice of either bailing
it out or letting it bring down the
financial system. Every
administration official I talked to
about this told me resolution
authority is still the way they
intend to deal with the problem
of too big to fail. The latest ideas
simply won’t shrink the banks by
nearly enough to make it safe for
them to fail on their own (even
if, as one official allows, the big
banks may “shrink a bit”).
Many of the press accounts
describe how Volcker persuaded
members of the Obama
economic team to back his
approach—most famously
during a two-hour Christmas Eve
lunch with Treasury Secretary
Tim Geithner. There’s an
element of truth to this. But
when you ask administration
officials exactly what they were
persuaded of, it’s not that their
theory of reform was wrong--
that, say, bank size was a major
cause of the financial crisis, or
that proprietary trading did the
banks in. They were mostly
persuaded that they could append
Volcker’s ideas to their original
approach while keeping its
essence intact. “Our view is it’s
not counterproductive,” says an
official.
That’s not to say they view it as
pointless. At heart, the Volcker
rule reflects the principle that big
banks shouldn’t be allowed to
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There Will Be Oil
By Michael Makovsky (The
New Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 1/26/2010 9:00:00 PM
Last month marked a turning
point in the United States-Iraq
relationship. American influence
is waning, while Iraq is taking
steps to get on its feet
economically. We suffered no
combat deaths in December, and
continue to reduce our presence,
expecting to withdraw all combat
troops by August. And Iraq
concluded a major round of
production deals with oil
companies.
This last development is a big
deal. Oil is the key to Iraq’s
economic growth and
reconstruction, and, after several
years of postwar stagnation, Iraqi
oil production returned in 2009
to pre-war levels: 2.5 million
barrels per day, of which 2
million are exported. But are
these recent deals good
news—for Iraq or for the United
States?
The Bush administration pressed
hard for the enactment of
petroleum laws that would
encourage foreign investment,
reorganize Iraq’s oil sector, and
distribute oil revenue fairly
across the country—to no avail.
The Kurdistan Regional
Government, meanwhile,
boosted its economy in the north
by concluding more than two
dozen oil deals in the last several
years, thanks to production
sharing agreements, which give
companies a negotiated share of
production. The federal Iraqi oil
minister, Hussain al-Shahristani,
decided to cut some deals even
without new oil laws, before the
national elections slated for
March. The first round of deals
began last summer, the second in
December. Shahristani did not
offer production sharing
agreements. Instead, he held an
auction for less appealing 20-
year service agreements under
which Iraq would pay companies
a very low fee—most successful
bids ranged from $1 to $3 per
barrel per day (before taxes and
government fees)—for
production beyond a specified
level.
This approach was a boon to
state or national oil companies,
such as China’s. National oil
companies are less focused than
private companies on profits, and
were therefore better able to
meet Iraq’s unattractive terms
and offer lower bids. Some
private oil companies did bid,
although Chevron, despite its
many dealings with Iraq before
and after the war, did not.
According to Lawrence
Goldstein—a leading energy
expert and member of the
National Petroleum Council,
which advises the U.S. Secretary
of Energy—with national
companies controlling up to 90
percent of global oil reserves,
and with foreign opportunities
scarce and the need to “book”
additional reserves urgent,
private companies wanted to get
involved even on terms that were
less than ideal. But the result of
the auctions, unsurprisingly, was
that only one U.S. company,
ExxonMobil, was a winning
bidder as a majority partner, and
only one other U.S. company,
Occidental Petroleum, won as a
minority partner. Chinese
national companies, by contrast,
were part of half a dozen
winning bids.
What has gone largely
undiscussed is American
culpability in this failure to
increase U.S. business, jobs, and
influence. Early in the summer
of 2008, Shahristani sought to
award several shorter-term
service contracts to mostly
Western oil companies on terms
far better than those offered in
2009. But several U.S. senators
and some in the media criticized
those impending deals as lacking
transparency and legitimacy,
especially without passage of a
national oil law. This criticism,
according to a former senior
State Department figure,
emboldened the Iraqi opposition,
and it took Shahristani another
year to put forward a new
arrangement.
Fadhel Othman, a highly
regarded former senior Iraqi oil
official, argues that the use of an
auction was unfortunate for Iraq
because greater involvement of
private oil companies would
have advanced Iraqi oil
production. Private companies
are generally technologically
superior to national companies,
and their need to book reserves is
an important incentive for them
to perform in a timely fashion.
Thus, here was an unusual
instance where an emphasis on
transparency was
counterproductive.
Still, on balance, the deals offer
many advantages for Iraq and
ultimately even for the United
States. First, the entry of the
conservative ExxonMobil, after
years of an arms-length
relationship with Iraq, offers
promise for Iraq’s oil sector and
is an expression of confidence in
its postwar society. Second, any
increased investment by oil
companies should boost security
for southern Iraq, as they seek to
protect personnel. Third, Iraq’s
treasury stands to benefit. If
subsequent Iraqi governments
and the winning bidders fulfill
their commitments—a big
“if”—and if Iraq improves its
energy infrastructure, then oil
production could jump from 2.5
million barrels per day to 12
million barrels per day within ten
years. This would bring in over
$200 billion per year in oil
export revenue, based on current
prices and adjusting for rising
consumer demand, versus about
$39 billion in 2009 and $62
billion in 2008.
Anything that improves Iraq’s
economy and security benefits
the United States, especially after
we have invested so much blood
and treasure in the country. Our
economy also benefits from
more oil on the market, and thus
lower prices; and it is especially
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advantageous to our national
security when supply growth
derives from a more diverse
range of countries. Indeed, even
if Iraq achieves only about half
its stated goal, it will meet,
according to Goldstein, a
whopping 40 percent or more of
estimated global oil demand
growth over the next decade.
Finally, the global oil market is
a zero-sum game, and it is
perhaps Iran, which threatens
U.S. interests on several fronts,
that stands to be hurt most by
Iraqi oil growth. Whereas Iraq
seeks greater energy wealth
through increased
production—and the Saudis
through relatively moderate
prices for their ample
supply—Iran requires higher
prices for its shrinking output.
Iranian production has declined
from 6 million barrels per day in
1974 under the shah to 3.8
million barrels per day recently
because of the Islamic
Republic’s technical deficiencies
and its inability to attract
sufficient foreign investment
(owing partly to sanctions and
partly to the government’s
difficult negotiating approach).
Oil revenue in 2007 accounted
for over half of Iranian state
revenue. This income is essential
to a repressive regime’s ability to
calm an increasingly restive
population.
Of course, while Iran may be
THERE page 38
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The Bipartisan Trap - And How Democrats Fell Into It

By Jonathan Cohn (The New Nebraska bargain, or many anything, they had the opposite But they didn’t--in no small part with a simple majority of votes,
Republic - All Feed) others, in the first place. effect. A plan that spent more because they didn’t want to act instead of the 60-vote
Submitted at 1/26/2010 9:00:00 PM
Remember how we got to this money would have required in such a blatantly partisan way. supermajority forced by the
point--and how far President finding more offsetting revenue Whether that was a matter of threat of Republican filibusters--
Critics of health care reform B a r a c k O b a m a a n d t h e or savings. But it also would principle (i.e, they really they wouldn’t have had to make
have been hammering away at its D e m o c r a t s h a v e g o n e t o have provided clearer, quicker believed bipartisanship is so many concessions to special
substance for months. But, since accommodate Republicans and benefits for middle-class people- important) or a matter of interests that wield influence
l a s t w e e k ' s e l e c t i o n i n the conservatives they represent. -many of whom now fear the bill perception (i.e., they thought over the Congress.
Massachusetts, they’ve been The plan Obama outlined on the does too little to improve their voters would get mad), it ended But every special interest knew
focusing their attacks more on c a m p a i g n t r a i l , t h e o n e lives. As for the public plan, poll up constraining them all year that the Democrats had a razor-
the way reform has come Democratic congressional after poll has shown that it is long. Instead of wrapping up thin margin for success--and that
together in Congress. As the leaders endorsed, called for popular. And the really crazy negotiations and passing bills gave them maximum leverage.
argument goes, Democrats wrote m a k i n g s u r e n e a r l y e v e r y thing is that the Democrats might before the summer was over, the They understood early on that,
the bill on their own and in American had insurance. But have been able to keep both process dragged into the fall and by trying in good faith to reach
secret, producing proposals full accomplishing that would have features--with, at most, minimal winter. Over and over again, deals with Republicans and
of shady back-room deals that cost well over $1 trillion over 10 compromises--if only they’d Democratic leaders (particularly conservatives, Democrats were
aren’t in the public interest. The years and, by some estimates, been willing to go it alone, the Senate Finance Chairman Max falling into a trap--the one that’s
symbol of reform’s hidden closer to $2 trillion. That was way the critics insist they did. Baucus) reached out to ensnaring them now.
corruption is the so-called more than conservatives could Under Senate procedures, the Republicans, only to be rebuffed. Jonathan Cohn is a senior editor
Cornhusker swindle: A promise, stomach. To get the price tag Democrats had the option of When that didn’t work, they of The New Republic. This
extracted by Nebraska Sen. Ben down below $1 trillion, they passing health care reform, or at were left trying to deal with the column is a collaboration
N e l s o n , t h a t t h e f e d e r a l settled on a plan that covered far least many of its elements, most conservative members of between TNR and Kaiser Health
government would pay the entire fewer people. through what’s called the their own caucus--culminating in News. KHN is an editorially
cost of expanding Medicaid in The original Obama and reconciliation process. In the negotiations with Nelson and independent news service and is
his state. congressional plans all called for reconciliation, a simple majority the promise to cover his state’s a program of the Kaiser Family
You can’t really defend the deal creating a public insurance of senators can pass a bill, Medicaid expansion. If Senate Foundation, a nonpartisan health
on the merits. No other state got option, into which people could without the threat of a filibuster. Democrats hadn’t needed care policy research
t h e s p e c i a l t r e a t m e n t t h a t enroll voluntarily. But that Rules limit what can and can’t be Nelson’s vote to break the organization, which is not
Nebraska did. But if you stop proposal, too, ran afoul of more considered during the process, so expected Republican filibuster-- affiliated with Kaiser
and think about why Democratic conservative sensibilities--and it has definite drawbacks. But if if they could have passed health Permanente.
leaders cut that deal, you’ll was summarily dropped. (The Democratic congressional reform with a “mere” 59-vote For more TNR, become a fan on
realize just how wrong-headed House ended up including a leaders were determined to pass majority--they could have told Facebook and follow us on
the broader critique of the public plan as part of its bill, but something on their own--the Nelson to take a proverbial hike. Twitter.
process is. If Democrats hadn’t House leaders signaled long ago way, say, Republican The same, by the way, goes for Five Filters featured article:
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w o u l d n ’ t h a v e m a d e t h e care reform more popular. If wanted. have passed health care reform
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The PC Officially Died Today

By Nicholas Carr (The New databases of the Internet—to Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & would be ideal for a three- programs. Now, computing is all
Republic - All Feed) “the cloud,” as the geeks say. Noble’s Nook. There are handed person—two hands to about the programming—the
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:50:04 PM
And as the Internet has absorbed smartphones like Apple’s iPhone hold it and another to manipulate words and sounds and pictures
the traditional products of and Google’s Nexus One. There its touchscreen—but most and conversations that pour out
The PC era ended this morning m e d i a — s o n g s , T V s h o w s , are gaming consoles like Sony’s humans, alas, have only a pair of of the Internet’s cloud and onto
at ten o’clock Pacific time, when movies, games, the printed Wii and the Microsoft’s Xbox. In hands. And with a price that our screens. Computing, in other
Steve Jobs stepped onto a San word—we’ve begun to look to some ways, personal computing starts at $500 and rises to more words, has moved back closer to
Francisco stage to unveil the o u r c o m p u t e r s t o a c t a s has returned to the ferment of its than $800, the iPad is the ideal that Steve Jobs had
iPad, Apple’s version of a tablet multifunctional media players. earliest days, when the market considerably more expensive when he founded Apple. Today,
computer. Tablets have been The computer business and the was fragmented among lots of than the Kindles and netbooks it Jobs’s ambitions are grander
kicking around for a decade, but media business are now the same contending companies, operating will compete with. than ever. His overriding goal is
consumers have always shunned business. systems, and technical standards. But whether it finds mainstream to establish his company as the
them. And for good reason: The transformation in the nature With the iPad, Apple is hoping success or not, there’s no going major conduit, and toll collector,
They’ve been nerdy-looking of computing has turned the old- to bridge all the niches. It wants back; we’ve entered a new era of between the media cloud and the
smudge-magnets, limited by style PC into a dinosaur. A bulky to deliver the killer device for the computing, in which media and networked computer.
their cumbersome shape and screen attached to a bulky cloud era, a machine that will software have merged in the Jobs doesn’t just want to
their lack of a keyboard. Tablets keyboard no longer fits with the define computing’s new age in Internet cloud. It’s hardly a produce glamorous gizmos. He
were a solution to a problem no kinds of things we want to do the way that the Windows PC surprise that Apple—more than wants to be the impresario of all
one had. with our computers. The defined the old age. The iPad is, Microsoft, IBM, or even media.
The rapturous reaction to obsolescence of the PC has as Jobs said today, “something in Google—is defining the terms of Nicholas Carr is the author of
Apple’s tablet— the buildup to spurred demand for a new kind the middle,” a multipurpose this new era. Thanks to Steve The Big Switch: Rewiring the
Jobs’s announcement blurred the of device—portable, flexible, gadget aimed at the sweet spot Jobs, a bohemian geek with the World, from Edison to Google.
line between media feeding- always connected—that takes between the tiny smartphone and instincts of an impresario, Apple His next book, The Shallows:
frenzy and orgiastic pagan computing into the cloud era. the traditional laptop. If it has always been as much about What the Internet Is Doing to
ritual—shows that our attitude to Suddenly, in other words, the succeeds, we’ll all be using iPads show biz as about data Our Brains, will be published in
the tablet form has finally tablet is a solution to a problem to play iTunes, read iBooks, processing. It sees its products as June. This piece is cross-posted
changed. Tablets suddenly look everyone has. Or at least it’s one watch iShows, and engage in performances and its customers on his blog, Rough Type.
attractive. Why? Because the possible solution. The computing iChats. It will be an iWorld. as both audience members and For more TNR, become a fan on
nature of personal computing has market is now filled with all But will it succeed? The iPad is would-be artists. Facebook and follow us on
changed. sorts of networked devices, each by no means a sure bet. It still, Apple endured its darkest days Twitter.
Until recently, we mainly used seeking to fill a lucrative niche. after all, is a tablet—fairly big during the early 1990s, when the Five Filters featured article:
our computers to run software There are dozens of netbooks, and fairly heavy. Unlike an iPod PC had lost its original magic Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
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mainly to connect to the vast Asus. There are e-readers like cumbersome device. The iPad back then was all about the

Elizabeth Edwards Separating from Husband John

(ETonline - Breaking News) confirmed that he was the father A source tells ET that the pair being the father of little Frances Rielle Hunter in 2008.
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:19:00 AM of his former mistress’ toddler, are legally separating after over Quinn Hunter after denying Elizabeth is currently battling
his wife Elizabeth is separating 30 years of marriage. Last week, paternity since he first terminal breast cancer.
The week after John Edwards from him. Edwards publicly confessed to acknowledged his affair with
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THERE
Bam, Wake Up and Smell the War continued from page 35

threatened by Iraqi oil

(AEI.Org: Articles) and even sidelining the phrase The war paradigm that Bush aggravated form of bank production, it can also turn the
Submitted at 1/26/2010 3:00:00 PM "war on terror." That Obama has tried to follow after 9/11 is robbery. Indeed, much terrorism tables. Iran’s recent temporary
not fully succeeded in reversing radically different because it sees is state-sponsored, which is why takeover of Iraq’s Fakka oil well
The evidence is mounting that Bush's policies is not for lack of the terror threat differently. the sponsors should be as much could be just another border
President Obama is following trying, but only because global Doubtless, the Bush at risk of retaliation as terrorists dispute. Or it could be Tehran’s
not merely an erroneous anti- realities have made it impossible administration did not get themselves. way of letting it be known that it
terrorism strategy, but one that is for even someone so determined everything right. But at its core, Take Abdulmutallab as a case could easily disrupt Iraq’s
increasingly incoherent and to succeed in just one year. the war paradigm recognizes that study. By treating him like a growing energy sector.
i n c o m p e t e n t . T w o r e c e n t However, make no mistake: terrorists aren't looking simply to common criminal and affording So while there’s plenty of good
developments highlight his Obama has not given up. He harm our citizens, as thieves and him the rights to remain silent news in the growth of Iraqi oil
failure: remains determined to even murderers are; they are and consult a lawyer, the Justice production, there are also reasons
First, senior administration r e v o l u t i o n i z e A m e r i c a ' s seeking to injure or destroy the Department assisted a terrorist in to be concerned—whether about
intelligence and homeland conceptual basis for dealing with society itself. This is why sealing his lips. Instead of the minimal role of the U.S.
security officials testified to terrorism. His approach is a terrorist attacks are acts of war, interrogating him fully about private sector, or the potentially
Congress that they were not throwback to the pre-9/11 not criminal acts. Perhaps the other potential terrorist threats large role of the country next
aware in advance that the paradigm of treating terrorism as most visible evidence of the and terrorist networks, thus door.
Christmas Day terrorist, Umar a problem to be handled through distinction is that terrorists gaining real-time, actionable Michael Makovsky, foreign
Farouk Abdulmutallab, would be conventional law enforcement proudly boast of their intentions intelligence, Abdulmutallab's policy director of the Bipartisan
read Miranda rights, arrested and channels. That means full and accomplishments, using information was lost, perhaps Policy Center, was a special
charged with crimes. Stunningly, constitutional rights, including trials as propaganda vehicles-- forever. This is the perfect proof assistant for Iraqi oil policy in
it appears that these decisions Fourth and Fifth Amendment unlike criminals, who approach that we are fighting the terrorists the Office of the Secretary of
were essentially made wholly p r o t e c t i o n s a n d e v i d e n c e trials trying to beat the rap or with one arm tied behind our Defense from 2002 to 2006.
inside the Justice Department. restrictions, public jury trials and minimize punishment backs. For more TNR, become a fan on
Second, the administration has more. Obama argues that prosecuting We need a new public debate on Facebook and follow us on
conceded that some 50 terrorists But it is the President's attempt terrorists in civilian courts and the war paradigm versus the law Twitter.
held at Guantanamo Bay could to reframe the war on terrorism closing Guantanamo Bay enforcement paradigm, cutting Five Filters featured article:
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contradicts repeated Obama citizens of a constitutional civil recruiting tools. In fact, it is the such a debate, and for good
promises to close Gitmo. It also society, where lawbreaking is an very idea of America, not some reason: He is on the losing side,
undercuts the rationale for aberration, a problem to be incidental manifestation, that both from a national security
Obama's planned civilian trials handled largely by postcrime motivates terrorists. Critically for perspective and politically.
for other terrorists and previous punishment of offenders. We us, therefore, the "war on terror" John R. Bolton is a senior fellow
decisions--including some by the reluctantly accept the existence paradigm is entirely consistent at AEI.
Bush administration--to release of crime as inevitable because with our deeply held Photo credit: White House/Pete
f a r t o o m a n y w h o s i m p l y overly intrusive measures to commitment to the rule of law. Souza
reverted to terrorism. prevent it are too threatening to One need only recognize reality: Five Filters featured article:
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many of its underlying policies almost universally shared. that hardly means it is simply an
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NBC has two promos for
Democrats Fall as Fast as Nixon Republicans in Jon Hamm's SNL this
weekend (it's not
1974 bubble!)
(AEI.Org: Articles) the gentlest word" to describe wrote the first article in a long-term issues like health care By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/26/2010 3:00:00 PM House Democrats' refusal to pass nonpartisan publication and supposed climate change. He Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:30:00 PM
the Senate health care bill. Her suggesting that the Republicans and his economic advisers, like
Republican Scott Brown's elegant ears must have burned in had a serious chance to win the many analysts across the I don't get excited that often
victory in Massachusetts' special that caucus meeting. 40 seats necessary for a majority political spectrum, about new episodes of Saturday
S e n a t e e l e c t i o n w a s f o r Sens. Evan Bayh and Blanche in the House. That article underestimated the rise in Night Live, but I'll be watching
Democratic leaders a moment Lincoln, up for re-election in appeared in U.S. News & World unemployment. Talk about this Saturday. Jon Hamm is the
that can be described in two Indiana and Arkansas and facing Report in July 1994. "green jobs" has proved to be host again, and if it's as good as
words, of which I will only print by far the most negative poll This year political handicapper just talk. his previous hosting gig it's
the first here, which is "oh." numbers in their long political Charlie Cook is writing in Obama's conciliatory foreign going to be well worth watching.
Left-wing bloggers, liberal careers, let it be known that there January, six months earlier in the policy and his attempts to The musical guest is Michael
columnists and the stray Nobel was no way they would support cycle, that Republicans once mollify terrorists have produced Bublé.
Prize winner-turned polemicist the reconciliation process, again would capture the 40 seats no perceptible positive responses Fred Armisen is married to Mad
are all urging Democrats in requiring only 51 votes, to jam they need for a majority if the and run against the grain of most Men's Elisabeth Moss.
Congress to pass, somehow, through a health care bill. House elections were held today. American voters. Questioning Filed under: Saturday Night
some way, a health care bill, and But more than health care I concur. The generic vote the Christmas bomber for just 50 Live, Video, Celebrities, Reality-
many of them are calling for a legislation is in trouble. I have question -- which party's minutes and then reading him his Free
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But Democrats in Congress are Richard Nixon got caught up in favorable to Republicans as it fail to protect the American
replying, as politicians are wont the Watergate scandal and a was in the last month before the people. Brooke Hogan Models
to do when challenged by party president who carried 49 states election in 1994. The cacophony of conflicting
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editorialists can opine that the office. change. Barack Obama could sign of a party in disarray, its
Massachusetts result had nothing The victory of a Democrat in the shift to the center, as Bill Clinton central premises undermined by (ETonline - Breaking News)
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care, but their life's work is not President Gerald Ford's House 1994; the economy could visibly been a wake-up call enabling the
in peril. seat in February 1974 was a clear recover and start producing new Democrats to recover. But right Brooke Hogan has a message
Democratic officeholders know indication that the bottom had jobs; a crisis like 9/11 and a now they're tossing and turning. for the haters.
theirs is. Some are heading for fallen out for the Republican good presidential response could Michael Barone is a resident The buxom blonde is posing in a
the hills. Four well-regarded Party. Brown's victory last week boost the president and his party fellow at AEI. teeny bikini for Life & Style--
veteran congressmen announced looks as if something similar has as 9/11 boosted George W. Bush Photo Credit: White without the help of photo
their surprise retirements in happened to the Democratic and his party in 2001 and 2002. House/Joyce N. Boghosian retouching.
D e c e m b e r ; t w o l o n g t i m e Party. But I sense that something more Five Filters featured article: The shoot is Brooke's way of
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Others are holding out against The numbers suggest they are in Kotkin, a Democrat himself,
the bloggers. Speaker Nancy much deeper trouble, at least at calls the "gentry liberals."
Pelosi said that "unease would be this moment. Back in 1994 I Obama called for addressing
40 Politics/ Entertainment/ Popular News/ E-reader News Edition
Christina Aguilera
Senate Nixes Panel on Deficit and Debt and Muhammad
(Newsmax - Politics) White House officials and Sen. Congress. percent for nondefense
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:37:56 AM Kent Conrad, North Dakota "An executive order would be discretionary spending. Ali Team Up
Democrat and Budget subject to the vagaries of any Mrs. McCaskill said Tuesday (ETonline - Breaking News)
A rare bipartisan coalition in the C o m m i t t e e c h a i r m a n , w h o senator who wants to put a that she thinks they have the
Senate blocked a proposal proposed the original plan, are Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:35:00 AM
roadblock in the way," Mr. votes to pass the amendment.
backed by President Obama to working on a backup plan that Gregg said. "You can't guarantee Meanwhile on Tuesday, Sen.
On Tuesday we brought you
create a powerful commission to w o u l d e s t a b l i s h a s i m i l a r a vote here" through a promise Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
behind the scenes as sports icon
reduce the federal debt, fearing it commission through executive from leaders in each chamber, as Republican, tried to stop the
and global humanitarian
would raise taxes and cut order. It would not have the some have suggested as an increase to the debt limit with a
Muhammad Ali and multi-
programs. same statutory authority to alternative to establishing the rarely used procedural tool that
Grammy winner Christina
The commission's proponents r e q u i r e a v o t e o n t h e commission through law. could stall the process.
Aguilera filmed a new Haiti
wanted the group to make commission's recommendations, The amendment was tied to a He broke his pending
relief effort PSA. Now we show
recommendations on where to a sticking point with budget pending proposal to increase the amendment into seventeen
you the final product!
make cuts to reduce the debt and hawks on Capitol Hill, such as nation's debt limit to $14.3 pieces, a procedure called a "clay
Appearing together in a new
deficit. Congress would have to Mr. Conrad. trillion. Mr. Conrad said he won't pigeon." It could require a vote
public service announcement, the
take politically difficult up-or- "I continue to hope that we will support the debt-limit increase on each piece of the amendment,
duo are teaming up to raise funds
down votes on the results. find a way to get a statutory until a credible commission is potentially stalling a final vote
for the United Nations World
"I think a commission may well commission," Mr. Conrad said put in place. Mr. Gregg said he on the debt-limit increase.
Food Programme (WFP) Haitian
be a good idea, but I think we after the vote on Tuesday. "But will oppose the debt-limit "What these amendments are
relief effort. Donations will go
need to focus on spending," said time is running out. Let's be very increase, calling it designed to do is to get us doing
directly to WFP's efforts to get
Senate Minority Leader Mitch clear: Time is running out. And "irresponsible" to do so without a what every American family is
food to survivors of Haiti's
M c C o n n e l l , K e n t u c k y so we've got to search for statutory commission. doing today — and that's start to
devastating earthquake.
Republican, who voted against alternatives that are credible." The debt is currently hovering make some of the hard choices
The PSA urges viewers to
the plan. "Now that we've been The budget committee's ranking above $12 trillion and the annual about where we have excess,
donate $5 by texting FRIENDS
on this [spending] binge for a Republican, Sen. Judd Gregg of deficit reached a record $1.4 where we have inefficiency,
to 90999 or visit
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www.fromhungertohope.com.
target — focus like a laser on the the amendment, but opposes Lawmakers are expected to vote eliminate it," Mr. Coburn said on
Your donation of $5 will feed 20
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hungry children in the
Democrats who opposed the executive order. amendment that would impose © Copyright 2010 The
earthquake-ravaged country,
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according to the WFP.
worried it would unfairly cut a car without an engine," he told discretionary spending. Five Filters featured article:
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one independent knocked down recommendations would be average of 1.5 percent for
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Why I Left the Right, John Birch Society at
CPAC Edition
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 10:08:17 AM
The Hatewatch blog has a report
on this year’s Conservative
Political Action Conference
(CPAC), probably the most
extreme right wing version of the
event ever held, featuring
creationists, Birthers, nativists,
militias, Glenn Beck, the re-
ascendant wackos of the John
Birch Society — and many top
Republican politicians:
Conspiracy Central: Beck,
Birchers to Converge at
Conservative Conference.
The John Birch Society, whose
conspiracy theories eventually
became so fantastic that it faded
into irrelevance, has edged back
toward the mainstream – or at
least the mainstream of
conservative thought. It’s listed
as one of 87 co-sponsors of next
month’s annual Conservative
Political Action Conference
[CPAC] in Washington, D.C.
The conference is “the year’s
must-attend event for the
Republican establishment,” says
POLITICO.com. Speakers at the
Feb. 18-20 conference include
Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich
and Tim Pawlenty – all potential
GOP presidential candidates in
2012.
The fanatically anticommunist
John Birch Society was founded
in 1958 by Robert Welch, who
declared that President Dwight
Eisenhower was a “dedicated,
conscious agent of the
Communist conspiracy.” By
1961, when John F. Kennedy
was president, the U.S.
government was 50 to 70 percent
communist controlled, Welch
claimed. The Birchers have long
maintained that the United
Nations aims to establish a “one-
world socialist government.”
Today’s conspiracy zealots call it
the New World Order.
The Birch Society also opposed
the civil rights movement in the
1960s, in part because of a belief
that communists had infiltrated
it. The organization was against
fluoridation of municipal water
systems, claiming it was a
communist plot to poison
America. …
The Birch Society isn’t the only
far-right, conspiracy-minded
group or individual invited to
CPAC. Another co-sponsor is
Oath Keepers, the
antigovernment organization
composed mostly of active-duty
law enforcement and military, as
well as veterans. Its members
pledge to defy 10 orders,
including orders to place U.S.
citizens in detention camps and
orders to confiscate food or
property.
Another CPAC sponsor is Eagle
Forum, founded by Phyllis
Schlafly. Among other things,
she has promoted the North
American Union conspiracy
theory that claims the United
States will forsake its
sovereignty in a merger with
Canada and Mexico. She also
wrote a book, A Choice, Not an
Echo, that suggested a
conspiracy theory in which the
Republican Party was secretly
controlled by elites who were
dominated by members of the
Bilderberger banking conference.
[The annual, secretive, invitation
-only Bilderberger conferences
are attended largely by
politicians, bankers and business
moguls].
Yet another CPAC sponsor is
Accuracy in Media, a far-right
media watchdog that claimed
Vince Foster, deputy White
Politics/ Entertainment/
Counsel to Bill Clinton, was
murdered and that it was covered
up. Many prominent
conservatives who were hardly
fans of Clinton said there no
evidence of murder. Foster’s
death was ruled a suicide. AIM
also has asserted that House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has
Marxist ties and that the United
Nations is planning to impose a
one-world government. More
recently, AIM’s editor, Cliff
Kincaid, promulgated the
unfounded theories of the
“birther movement.” The birthers
claim President Obama is not a
U.S. citizen and is, therefore
holding office illegally.
Then there is CPAC’s keynote
speaker: Fox News personality
Glenn Beck.
And still people try to tell me
that the bad craziness hasn’t
gone mainstream.
When leading GOP politicians
aren’t concerned about political
damage from associating with
extreme groups and ideas like
this, it’s more evidence that the
fringe really has become the
base.
41
The Nuclear iPad Price
That Might Have Been
[Rumormonger]
By Ryan Tate (Gawker)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:28:50 PM
Think back an hour or so to the
iPad unveil. Jobs is on stage. He
reveals his tablet, and then the
price, $499, to rabid applause
from everyone. Everyone, that is,
except people who knew better.
A few people, we're told, had
been working with Apple on
iPad-related products and
services . When Jobs' big "$499"
slide came up, they were,
according to someone close to
their operation, surprised and
angry, since they had been told
there would be a different
number on that slide: $399, low
enough to stupefy the world and
nuke the netbook market. Alas,
Apple went another way,
whether due to manufacturing
costs or profit considerations, we
have no idea; if you can shed
more light — or can shoot down
this rumor entirely — you know
how to reach us.
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OBAMA
continued from page 34

gamble with taxpayer-subsidized
money. Whether or not that
gambling was a cause of the
crisis, it’s still offensive. It
became infinitely more so as the
banks parlayed their subsidy into
grotesquely large profits so soon
after the crisis. The perversity of
this gradually earned the ire of
several members of the
economic team, which made it
easier to persuade them it was a
principle worth enforcing. And,
of course, standing up for such a
principle can yield political
benefits--not unhelpful in the
current environment. “The
perception that somehow this
president, this administration,
was showing favoritism toward
Wall Street was a problem even
though it was wrong,” says
ACORN Sting Filmmaker Arrested at Sen.
another official. “Changing that
perception is not why you do
this. But I'd be lying if I said
people weren't aware of that
benefit."
Ironically, then, the practical
upshot of the Volcker rule may
be to advance the
administration’s original reform
agenda. “It’s helped turned the
tide a bit,” says an official.
Whatever its substantive merits,
the original idea was simply too
hard to sell as an ambitious
reform measure. “People in a lot
of ways had gotten caught up in
the complexity of the issue. …
It’s not black over here, white
over here.” That dynamic had
allowed the banks to muddy the
debate and gave the GOP cover
to do their bidding. The beauty
of throwing the Volcker rule into
the mix, by contrast, is that it
forces political opponents to
choose a side. “Now that we’re
taking the fight to the
Republicans,” the official says,
“it should help get this thing
done.”
Noam Scheiber is a senior editor
of The New Republic.
For more TNR, become a fan on
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Twitter.
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Video: Nancy Kerrigan
Arrives to Family's
Home
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:30:00 AM
Amid her family tragedy, Nancy
Kerrigan arrived to her family's
home.
In the video, Kerrigan is seen
gathering her belongings and
carrying what appears to be her
toddler daughter into her family's
Massachusetts home.
Earlier Wednesday, the
Massachusetts state police told
ET that Kerrigan's brother Mark,
who was charged with assault
after his and Nancy's father
Daniel died following their
alleged altercation, will not be
allowed to attend Daniel's
funeral. The ceremony will
reportedly take place on
Thursday.
A look into the
past
By Zack Sheppard (Flickr
Blog)
Submitted at 1/26/2010 4:18:25 PM

Landrieu's Office • About Flickr

Flickr is a revolution in photo
(Little Green Footballs) admitted to federal agents that he two men, Joseph Basel and phone, Rayes states. Basel and s t o r a g e , s h a r i n g a n d
Submitted at 1/26/2010 2:05:27 PM helping plan, coordinate, and Robert Flanagan, then entered Flanagan said they needed access organization, making photo
p r e p a r e f o r t h e a t t e m p t e d the office wearing blue denim to the phone system, at which management an easy, natural and
Conservative activist James infiltration and wiretapping, and work pants, blue work shirts, point the staffer directed them to c o l l a b o r a t i v e p r o c e s s . G e t
O’Keefe, who posed as a pimp in the two men who allegedly flourescent vests, tool belts, and the GSA office in the building, comments, notes, and tags on
the infamous ACORN sting posed as telephone company carrying hard hats, and claimed according to the affidavit. They your photos, post to any blog,
videos, has been arrested in New w o r k e r s h a v e a d m i t t e d t o to be workers for a telephone went there, were asked for share and more!
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FBI affidavit: he was waiting for someone to s e e t h e o f f i c e p h o n e , the affidavit.
According to Rayes, O’Keefe arrive, according to the affidavit. “manipulated” the handset, and
and another man, Stan Dai, have Special Agent Rayes states that tried to call it with his cell
E-reader News Edition Politics/ Tech Tips/ Entertainment/ 43

Apple's IPad is Born AutoHotkey AutoInclude Organizes,

(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 10:51:14 AM
like Jobs is going head to head
with Bezos.
UPDATE at 1/27/10 11:25:12
Consolidates Your AHK Workflow
Apple’s new tablet computer, am:
dubbed the iPad, was announced I saw articles predicting a price
today; the device looks like an of $1000+ for the iPad, so it’s a
[Autohotkey]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker) Finally, when I run the script, I
oversized iPhone or iPod Touch, very nice surprise to see these only have a single AHK process
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:45:00 AM
runs iPhone Apps, and will be prices announced: running! I love it.
shipping later this year. It weighs Wifi model: Ed note: We love AutoHotkey The only thing that is tricky is
1.5 pounds and has a 9.7 inch 16GB - $499 around Lifehacker HQ due to its the fact that "#Include"ing a
display, Bluetooth, 802.11n 32GB - $599 powerful Windows tweaking bunch of files can cause possible
wireless, a battery life of up to 64GB - $699 skills, so we were thrilled when issues if the script needs an
10 hours, and a 1 GHz Apple A4 Wifi + 3G: Reader Scott Rippey wrote in "Auto-Execute" section. The
chip. Haven’t seen a price yet. 16GB - $629 with this extremely smart script solution is as follows:
Engadget has a live-updating 32GB - $729 for managing your AHK scripts. locations, but I still want some If a script needs to auto-execute,
page with lots of photographs 64GB - $829 I'm ashamed to say that this is AHK code to be shared across then the first line of the file
from the event: Live from the UPDATE at 1/27/10 11:58:59 m y f i r s t c o n t r i b u t i o n t o the board. should be the comment "; Auto-
Apple ‘latest creation’ event — am: Lifehacker. I say "ashamed" My AutoInclude script scans a Execute", followed by the auto-
Engadget. The promo video for the iPad is because I've been taking and list of folders for *.ahk, and execute code as usual, and there
UPDATE at 1/27/10 11:00:16 now up at Apple: Apple - iPad - taking, and I haven't given creates a temporary AHK file MUST be a "Return" before any
am: The best way to experience the anything in return! So I thought that "#Include"s them all, and other code or hot-keys. The
Apple also announced a new web, email, & photos. it was high-time I contributed my then executes the temporary file. AutoInclude script will put a
online bookstore, iBooks. Looks most helpful AutoHotKey script. It allows me to keep all my label in front of the "#Include"
I call it "AutoInclude". scripts VERY organized, allows statement, and will call a GoSub
Brooke Mueller Almost There are 2 problems that it me to determine which scripts to that label, thereby auto-
solves: first, as an avid reader of a r e a p p r o p r i a t e f o r e a c h executing it!
Lifehacker, and a huge user of computer, and lets me edit my Take a look at the auto-
Died, Says Step Dad AHK, I come across dozens of scripts very easily! Finally, I put generated script:
GREAT scripts that I want to all my AutoHotKey scripts into a You can download my
(ETonline - Breaking News) being in the hospital, battling incorporate into my own "main Live-Mesh-Synchronized folder AutoHotkey AutoInclude script
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:41:00 AM pneumonia and "almost dying." script", but it can be quite a and share it across all my PC's. here.
He says she's "majorly stressed" hassle combining them all into a On each PC, I modify the top of Thanks Scott! Want to get your
John Fiore is speaking out to ET and has come to the realization single AHK file. Take a look at the file to only include the feet wet with AHK? Take a look
about his step daughter Brooke she needs help. all these scripts: folders that apply to that system at our beginner's guide to turning
Mueller, who is currently at Two "She wants to get better and Second, I use AHK on my Work (such as All, XP, and Tablet, any action into a keyboard
Dreams Outer Banks drug and healthy," he says, adding that the PC, my laptop, and my Media versus All, Dual Monitor, and shortcut with AutoHotkey.
alcohol treatment center. kids are with her husband Center — and I have different Work) and I comment out the
John confirms that she's Charlie Sheen, their nannies and AHK needs for each of these rest:
currently in the rehab facility. He other family members.
tells ET that Brooke has been
going through hard times with
44 Tech Tips/ Tech News/ E-reader News Edition

Could No Camera Be an
iPad Killer?
By Mike Melanson
(ReadWriteWeb) camera.
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:27:00 PM The lack of a camera on the iPad
is a serious problem, we think. It
Let's face it - the camera has cuts a big part of the "read, write,

Google Integrates Your Friends' become an integral part of our Web" we write about here right
W e b e x p e r i e n c e . W e p o s t out of the equation. Are we
pictures of beautiful sunsets to really going to have to carry a
Social Content in Your Search share with friends on TwitPic separate camera with us and
and we post videos of our kids connect it to the iPad to get it

Results [Search Techniques] dancing to James Brown on onto the Internet? And what
Facebook. And when we aren't about Skype, undoubtedly one of
putting video or pictures on the
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker) we also find relevant pages from Flickr. Just like the other social Web, our friends are. They the favorites when it comes to
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:30:00 PM our friends and contacts. For results, social image results stream live video on UStream of keeping in touch with friends
example, if one of my friends appear under a special heading the concert we had to miss and family in far away places?
Last April Google launched a has written a blog where he talks called "Results from your social because we had work the next Video chatting is out of the
new Profiles service designed to about a great baby shop he found circle." question.
morning. Images and video are a big part
give you more control over how in Mountain View, this might Seeing your friends' content Minutes after the iPad
your name shows up in search appear in my social results. I popping up in your search results announcement this morning, we of the interactivity on the Web
results. Now they're taking that c o u l d p r o b a b l y f i n d o t h e r may be a little strange to begin all looked around and asked the that people have become used to,
information, mashing it up with reviews, but my friend's blog is with, but it does actually seem same thing: Does it really have and we're not sure how they'll
your contacts' info, and pushing more relevant because I know like a useful—and fun—tweak. no camera? react to a device that, on the
it into regular search results. and trust the author. What do you think? Like the idea Sponsor surface, seems like it should
The video above offers a good They've also added the social of seeing what your friends have These days, we expect more and have these capabilities but is
explanation of how this might results to Google Image Search: to say about subjects you're more that our devices will do instead sorely lacking.
work in practice—as does this Now when you're doing a search searching, or would you prefer everything we need. Take the And all of this isn't even taking
example from the Official on Images, you may start seeing those results stick to the vanilla iPhone, for example. It is a into account one of the realms
Google Blog: pictures from people in your results? Let's hear it in the phone, mp3 player, Web browser we've been most excited about
With Social Search, when we social circle. These are pictures comments. Search is getting and digital camera all in one. f o r t h e u p c o m i n g y e a r -
search for [baby sleep patterns], that your friends and other more social[Official Google When Steve Jobs took the stage Augmented Reality. We'll have a
[swaddling] or [best cribs], not contacts have published publicly Blog] few of AR's top players weigh in
to announce the new iPad, he on the iPad and its future
o n l y d o w e g e t t h e u s u a l to the web on photo-sharing sites made one thing very clear. The tomorrow, so keep an eye out for
websites with expert opinions, like Picasa Web Albums and iPad was not here to compete that.
with netbooks, as netbooks, In the meantime, is the lack of a
according to him, are simply less camera as big of a deal to you as
powerful laptops. We have to say it is to us? Will you just carry
one thing in defense of the around a camera, too? Discuss
netbook - at least it comes with a
E-reader News Edition
Enable Firefox's Secret Mousewheel What the iPad Means
Scrolling Acceleration [Firefox Tips] For Startups: Instant
By The How-To Geek
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:00:00 PM
Windows only: If you are
accustomed to scrolling quickly
through long documents, there's
a secret Firefox 3.6 config
setting that allows you to enable
acceleration, which will scroll
more quickly based on how
many times you've scrolled.
To tweak the acceleration for
yourself, head into Firefox's
about:config page, and then filter
by mousewheel.acceleration to
find the two settings that
a p p l y — t h e
mousewheel.acceleration.start
setting actually enables
acceleration by setting the
number of times you need to
scroll your mouse before the
acceleration kicks in, while the
mousewheel.acceleration.factor
setting specifies how much
Susan Miller on the Year Ahead
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 9:20:54 AM
What do the stars have in store
for you this year? Astrology
Zone founder (and ELLE
contributor) Susan Miller will
host a daylong event on
Saturday, February 6, at
Manhattan’s Three West Club, at
Tech Tips/ Tech News/ Fashion/ 45
Demos
By Chris Cameron
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:20:00 PM
The media feeding frenzy
around the newly released Apple
iPad has finally reached critical
mass as the device was unveiled through their Keynote
to the masses today in San presentation right then and there.
Francisco. Some people love it Imagine never having to give a
for its best features, like the$499 bland elevator pitch ever again.
entry-level price tag, while If an entrepreneur and a venture
acceleration to apply. but if you're unhappy with the others are disappointed to learn capitalist find themselves in the
T h e n e w m o u s e w h e e l current Firefox scrolling, you the device lacks a camera. proverbial elevator ride, a VC
acceleration feature is disabled can play around with the settings One of the biggest will be pretty impressed by the
by default in Firefox 3.6 because to figure out your preferred level announcements Apple made startup that can pitch and demo
it can conflict with your mouse of acceleration. It only works in today was the updated versions their business in a matter of
drivers, especially if you've Firefox 3.6 on Windows, and o f t h e i W o r k p r o d u c t i v i t y seconds while on-the-go.
enabled faster scrolling in the make sure to hit the link for a applications which will run on The Twittersphere is already
Mouse panel in Control Panel, full explanation on how it works. the iPad with full multi-touch exploding with iPad related
but you can tweak the setting Faster! Accelerate Firefox 3.6 integration. Keynote, Pages and tweets, completely taking over
either way. It's not a setting that page scrolling[Mozilla Links via Numbers will all be available on the trending topics save for Haiti.
everybody will want to apply, Life Rocks 2.0] the iPad when it goes on sale in a The forward looking tweeters,
few months - and all at just $9.99 like Jonathan Markwell and
per app.
Sponsor
Startups and entrepreneurs will
David Gawlowski are already
seeing the possible benefits of
the iPad for startups.
selling raffle tickets to benefit benefit immensely from the
What other benefits could
the American Red Cross Haiti ability to create documents, startups take advantage of from
Relief Effort (with prizes from spreadsheets and presentations Apple's iPad? Let us know what
brands such as Coach, Cole on-the-go, allowing them to take you think in the comments
Haan, Thierry Mugler, Fresh, their product pitches with them below! Discuss
and Lancôme). Click here to wherever they go. When they
register. meet people at events, they can
—Erin Clements whip our their iPad and flip
which she’ll highlight the major Follow ELLE on Twitter.
planetary cycles and five eclipses Become our Facebook fan!
expected in 2010. She’ll also be
46 Tech Tips/ TV/
Hide GUI Bars Lets You Selectively Was there an American
Hide Your Firefox Interface
[Downloads]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:00:00 PM
Firefox: If you want to
maximize the screen real estate
you have—netbooks
anyone?—you could switch to
fullscreen browsing in Firefox.
What if you want to keep certain
elements visible while you
browse? Hide GUI Bar can help.
Hide GUI Bar is like a selective
full screen mode for Firefox.
You can specify which elements
will be hidden and which will
remain like the menu bar,
navigation bar, tab bar,
bookmark bar, and the status bar.
Now if you need to keep the
status bar visible but want the
Terrifying clown commercials
By Nick Zaino (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:01:00 PM
Clowns are scary. I've known
people who wouldn't flinch to
kill a man with their bare hands
who would run screaming at the
first site of one of Bozo's
children. Their faces are painted
in permanent smiles, their hair is
never a natural color, and they
are always wearing a one-piece
suit, which is mysterious. How'd
E-reader News Edition
Idol/Project Runway
mashup last night?
By Kona Gallagher (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:00:00 PM
American Idol is still marching
along with its auditions, and last
night's episode had us in Los
Angeles. We had guest judges
Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry,
but those weren't the only
familiar faces we saw. During a
segment on contestants who
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b r o w s i n g , o r a n y o t h e r Have a favorite tool for tweaking saw a guy who said that he
combination of hidden and your display, Firefox-related or would be the product of Susan
visible elements, you can do so. otherwise, let's hear about it in Boyle and Adam Lambert having
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CTRL+SHIFT+A but you can Firefox Facts] now the folks behind Project as though Franco got a golden
alter it to any other alpha- Runway have figured it out: It ticket, so we'll never know how
numeric combination. Hide GUI was former Project Runway his singing ability stacks up to
Bars is a free extension and contestant Daniel Franco. his design ability. More
Franco appeared in not one, but importantly, we're missing out
two seasons of Runway, and was
made out to be sort of crazy. He
on the Project Runway/American
Idol mashup that we never
s e c o n d s t o c o m m u n i c a t e didn't win, and is apparently wanted.
something scary? Send in the testing out other avenues in the Filed under: American Idol, Vs.,
clowns. Here are a few currently realm of reality television. He Celebrities, Project Runway,
or recently in circulation. doesn't mention anything about Contestants
Continue reading Terrifying this endeavor on his website, but Permalink| Email this| |
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Reality-Free
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they get in there? Comments
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what makes clowns so effective
in commercials. Just have a few
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Apple Announces the iPad: WiFi, 3G, iWorks and an E-Book

Store ($499 and Up)
By Frederic Lardinois One plan, which will come with Among the apps Apple demoed and the multi-touch interface.
(ReadWriteWeb) 250 MB of data will cost $14.99 today was a newspaper Slides, for example, can now be
Submitted at 1/27/2010 10:15:22 AM
per month; the unlimited plan application from the New York rearranged with just a few simple
will cost $29.99 per month. Times, which has already gestures, and images can be
Apple just announced the launch These plans will come without developed a native application rotated by simply using the same
of the iPad, Apple's rumored contracts and can be activated for the iPad. Electronic Arts, too, gestures users are already
tablet computer. Judging from right from the device. demoed a racing game on the familiar with from the iPhone.
what we have seen so far, the For the rest of the world, Apple iPad that makes use of the iPad's The iWork apps will sell for
iPad is basically a very large is still working on making deals. accelerometer. Major League $9.99 each.
iPod touch with a modified The iPad, however, will come Baseball also announced a native Photos, Music and Videos
interface. According to Steve unlocked and users will be able app today. The iPad will also feature an
Jobs, the device will be far better to just put in their own SIM Image credit: GDGT iBooks iPhoto-like application with
than an iPhone or netbook for cards. Hardware dock and a stand. App and iBooks Store integrated maps and advanced
browsing the web. The iPad will The iPad will weigh 1.5 pounds Software As rumored, Apple also slideshows.
also feature most of the standard and feature a 9.7-inch IPS All the standard apps like the launched its own e-book reader Unsurprisingly, the iPad will
apps we have become used to on display (the same size as a calendar and email apps have today. This new application, also feature an iPod, which can
the iPhone platform, including Kindle). The device will feature been redesigned for the larger named iBook, includes a built-in display iTunes LP album art and
maps, contacts and a calendar. a l l t h e s t a n d a r d w i r e l e s s screen. The new interface, from iTunes-like e-book store. Apple videos.
Apple also announced a new e- n e t w o r k i n g f e a t u r e s l i k e what we have seen so far, looks already has deals with five Maps
book store and a version of 802.11n, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth extremely crisp and has been p u b l i s h e r s , i n c l u d i n g During the presentation, Jobs
iWork for the iPad. 2.1 + EDR. g r e a t l y s i m p l i f i e d t o HarperCollins, Simon & also highlighted the maps
Sponsor The device will be powered by a accommodate the multi-touch S c h u s t e r a n d P e n g u i n . application, which, thanks to the
Price and Availability 1 GHz Apple A4 chip and come interface. Runs iPhone Apps Books can include images and large interface, looks very nice,
The lowest-end version of the with anywhere between 16GB (With Really Large text) video. Apple hasn't announced and also features Google's
iPad with 16GB of storage will and 64GB of flash storage. According to Apple, almost any standard prices for these StreetView imagery. Before the
retail for $499. The 32GB will Other hardware features include every current iPhone application books yet, though some of the event, there were quite a few
cost $599 and the 64GB version an accelerometer, compass, a will run- unmodified - on the ones that appeared on screen rumors that Apple was going to
will sell for $699. speaker, microphone and a 30- iPad. Judging from the images were priced around $14.99. E- announce its own mapping
The higher-end versions with pin connector. we have seen so far, however, books will come in the ePub service, but judging from this,
3G connectivity will cost $130 The battery, according to Apple, the iPad just scaled these apps up format, which could mean that Apple will continue to use
more. will last for about 10 hours and to the large screen, which doesn't the app could theoretically be Google's maps.
The Wi-Fi versions of the iPad the device will be able to remain necessarily look that well. able to read files from the Sony Image credit: GDGT Mac,
will go on sale in 60 days, and in standby mode for one month. Games, though, seem to look and B&N e-book stores, too. iPhone and App Store
the 3G models will go on sale in Unsurprisingly, the iPad will extremely well on the large iWork: Office Apps for the iPad Steve Jobs opened today's
about 90 days. sync with iTunes over a standard screen. Apple simply scales the Besides the new e-book store, presentation by talking about the
I m a g e c r e d i t : G D G T 3 G Apple 30-pin USB connection. graphics up. Apple is also launching a version iPod ecosystem. According to
Connectivity Just like the iPod touch and the Apple plans to release a new of iWork for the iPad, which Apple, the company just sold its
Some versions of the iPad in the iPhone, the iPad features volume SDK today that will make it easy features a new version of 250 millionth iPod. Jobs also
U . S . w i l l c o m e w i t h 3 G control on the side and a home for developers to make use of the KeyNote, Numbers and Pages. announced that Apple now has
c o n n e c t i v i t y o v e r A T & T ' s button. large screen. Native Apps: A l l t h e a p p s h a v e b e e n
network. APPLE page 48
Apple is also making a keyboard NYTimes and Electronic Arts redesigned for the smaller screen
48 Tech News/ TV/ E-reader News Edition
APPLE
Third Wind: Don't Be Afraid to continued from page 47

284 retail stores that had 50 Jobs also recapped Apple's

Experiment with New Business million people come through
their doors last year.
Developers have now created
history in the laptop business.
Specifically, Jobs wondered if
there was space in the market for
Models over 140,000 applications for the
iPhone platform and consumers
devices that fit between a laptop
and a smartphone - a device you
By Chris Cameron on and forget about Flower have downloaded over 3 billion could use for watching videos,
(ReadWriteWeb) Garden, but when Apple released apps. enjoying music, playing games
Submitted at 1/27/2010 10:05:00 AM
In-App-Purchases last summer, Regarding the Mac platform, and reading e-books.
he found his second, if not third Apple announced that it ended its Jobs also took a jab at netbooks,
With the highly anticipated wrote about the ups and downs wind. The graph below from holiday quarter with $15.6 which, according to him, aren't
Apple event finally underway in o f t h e A p p S t o r e t h a t h e Llopis' blog shows the effect in- billion in revenue from the Mac really good at doing anything.
San Francisco, tech fans around witnessed first-hand with his app-purchases had on Llopis' platform. Most of the computers Discuss
the globe are already speculating application, Flower Garden. The application, represented in Apple now sells are laptops. Jobs
how Apple's new iPad might app allows users to plant seeds, yellow and green versus the stressed that Apple is now the
change the state of computing. water them and watch their stagnant blue of the regular world's largest mobile devices
A n o t h e r g r o u p o f p e o p l e virtual flowers grow over time. application. company.
l i s t e n i n g i n t e n t l y t o t h e After some initial success after "Flower Garden Free was never Before talking about the tablet,
happenings at the Yerba Buena the apps launch, Flower Garden a big player," Llopis writes.
Center are iPhone application became what Llopis calls "a "But, as soon as the in-app
developers, who are curious to strange in-between app" where it Flower Shop was released,
see when they may be able to was more successful than 99% of downloads started climbing, and
ABC cancels Ugly Betty
begin developing apps for the apps, but it still wasn't a chart on Christmas day they went By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
iPad. topper. Llopis tried to bolster his through the roof (relatively Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:24:00 PM
As we've seen, the iPad is a less-than-thrilling sales by speaking)."
blend of the iPhone OS and OS adding more features, like So with the new iPad released You really can't say you didn't
X, and it opens up opportunities Facebook integration, and by today, iPhone app developers see this coming. ABC has
for new business models fro releasing a "lite" version of the may have found a new platform a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e y h a v e
developers, so we thought we application. for their mobile app business canceled Ugly Betty. The final
would point out a story of a man "Fortunately I was right and the models. If you have an iPhone episode will air this spring. ABC
who rejuvenated his business by e f f e c t o n s a l e s w a s v e r y app whose sales have been says in a statement that "we've
t a k i n g a d v a n t a g e o f n e w noticeable, pretty much doubling steadily declining, look to the mutually come to the difficult last couple of seasons.
iPhone/iPod Touch business sales," Llopis writes on his blog. iPad or the existing options on decision to make this Ugly So I guess this is the part where
models. Betty's last season." we all list our predictions on how
"But it never really took off in the iPhone for new ways to raise
Sponsor I really loved the first season of the show will end, who Betty
any significant way, and sales sales. Discuss
Noel Llopis, an indie game slowly declined over time." Ugly Betty, and I continued to will end up, what will happen to
developer and author of the blog Llopis was nearly ready to move watch it into the second season, Mode, and all that. At least they
Games from Within, recently but somewhere along the line I know the show is ending and can
just lost interest in it. It wasn't plan a good final episode.
the cast, I think it was just that Filed under: Other Comedy
plots kept spiraling into Shows, Programming,
directions I didn't think were Cancellations, Reality-Free
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that the show is ending I kinda Comments
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Google Opens Social Search to All; Sources: New York

Cuts Facebook Off at the Pass Yankees ink Randy Winn,
By Marshall Kirkpatrick
(ReadWriteWeb)
content? You probably don't
want that either. Google Social Johnny Damon left out
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:57:00 PM
Search is a nice combination of By ESPN.com news services Detroit, and the addition of
search and social. Facebook's (ESPN.com) Damon in left field would allow
Last Fall Google began search is terribly weak in the Tigers to give Carlos Guillen
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:17:25 PM
experimenting with a new Y o u m a y n e e d t o g o t o comparison. That's where the more at-bats at DH.
feature called Social Search and Google.com/experimental to turn real competition is, not between Yankees Agree To Terms With The Tigers traded leadoff hitter
we called it a big chess move on Social Search and you should Google and Bing or Yahoo. Randy Winn Yankees Agree To Curtis Granderson to the
a g a i n s t F a c e b o o k . T o d a y try an Image search once you One interesting caveat, of Terms With Randy Winn Yankees in December and lost
Google Social Search is opening have. It will be turned on by course, is that most people have VIDEO PLAYLIST No. 2 hitter Placido Polanco to
up in Beta for all Google users. default for an increasing number friend networks on Facebook, • Yankees Agree To Terms With the Phillies in free agency, so the
The experimental feature will of users over the next few days. not in Gmail or Google Reader. Randy Winn Yankees Agree To top of their batting order is in a
surface search results from the The feature requires you to be Your Facebook Friends aren't Terms With Randy Winn state of transition.
social streams (bookmarks, blog logged in and discovers your included in Google Social • Latest On Johnny Damon Cincinnati's outfield alignment
posts, photos, etc.) of a user's friend connections through your Search, as far as we can tell. Latest On Johnny Damon currently consists of Jay Bruce in
contacts on services like Gmail, Google Profile. Update: Limited information right field, Drew Stubbs in center
Google Reader or Twitter. Last week we wrote about how from Facebook may be included The New York Yankees have field and Chris Dickerson in left.
Social Search still doesn't have a s o c i a l n e t w o r k i n g i s f a s t in Google Social Search, if your agreed to terms with free agent The Reds' leadoff hitters also
super-prominent place in the approaching the importance friends have associated their outfielder Randy Winn on a one- ranked last in the major leagues
Google Search results pages, but online of search, in terms of web Facebook profiles with Google year contract, pending a with a .650 OPS in 2009.
make no mistake: this is a very traffic. One vision of the future, Profiles, but after chasing the physical, sources told ESPN The The catch is, the Reds and
big step. What's your portal to though, has posited that social Google Social Search team Magazine's Buster Olney. Tigers don't appear to have much
t h e i n t e r n e t : G o o g l e ' s and search won't remain separate around on the phone for 15 The contract is worth in the money left in the budget. Both
algorithmic search of the web at forever. minutes and just getting a PR- neighborhood of $2 million. clubs have been economizing
large, or your social circle of Do you want to have your answer about this, we're left to The deal, in all likelihood, ends this offseason, and that might be
people on Facebook? That's the questions answered only via your conclude that the rivalry is as any chance that Johnny Damon truer than ever now that
battle for the future that Google friends and their online content? heated as we originally reported. will return to the Yankees. The Cincinnati has signed Cuban
and Facebook are waging now No, probably not. But do you Give it a try and let us know Yankees now seem set with their pitcher Aroldis Chapman and
and Google Social Search is a want to have your questions what you think. Discuss outfield for the 2010 season. Detroit has added closer Jose
big move. Facebook search is answered without the input of The 36-year-old Winn hit .262 Valverde. Both teams would
nowhere near as good. your friends and their trusted in 149 games last season for San probably have to get creative to
Sponsor Francisco. make a run at Damon.
Damon and his agent Scott Buster Olney is a senior writer
Boras are trying to engage the for ESPN The Magazine.
Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Five Filters featured article:
Reds as possible alternatives, a Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
baseball source told ESPN.com's PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
Jerry Crasnick. Term Extraction.
Boras has been successful
placing many of his clients in
50 Apple/ Sports/ E-reader News Edition

Justifying the iPad: The Single Discordant Note in

Steve’s Presentation
By Darrell Etherington Jobs asked rhetorically at the
(TheAppleBlog) close of his presentation, but was
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:45:31 PM
it a rhetorical question, or is
Apple actually unsure?
I watched, along with my fellow Let’s make one thing clear: I
writers and everyone else in the want an iPad. I want everyone to
tech community (and beyond) as want one so that we can use them
Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple creatively together. But I also
iPad. And what he revealed was wanted a Sony Reader and a
a very beautiful thing, with an Kindle. I want a chumby. I want
aesthetically gorgeous design all kinds of things that ordinary
and a seemingly amazing user people would never dream of
interface. But is it precious? wanting. The iPad, if I try to Once Overlooked, Now
By that I mean, in the true sense look at it dispassionately, is Hard to Ignore: Wallace
of the term, will the iPad be an essentially a media player that’s Deserves All-Star Bid
intensely attractive thing that is too large to carry around
briefly coveted and then comfortably in your pocket, too By Chris Tomasson
forgotten? Right now, the small to be preferable for movie (FanHouse Main)
general sense from the tech press viewing to your TV, and could Submitted at 1/26/2010 5:00:00 PM
is that Jobs has done good, and even represent a significant
that very few will be able to that struck me as odd. It almost understood, and once you demo recurring money drain if you get Filed under: Bobcats, NBA All-
avoid picking one of these up seemed more like a stockholder the device, people will see why 3G service. It’s an e-reader, yes, Star Game Check out the 2004
when they become available in speech than the unveiling of an they need or want this device. but by and large, people aren’t Charlotte Bobcats expansion
the next two or three months. exciting new device to an eager Problem solved. yet really lining up to get at draft.
But will that enthusiasm transfer public. But not in the eyes of Jobs, those. There was a Sampson. No, not
to the general public? First, he established where the apparently. The end of his Don’t get me wrong, I think that Ralph. Jamal.
I’m not the only one who isn’t product was needed. He visually p r e s e n t a t i o n t o d a y w a s if anyone can make this kind of There was a Peja. No, not
so sure about that, judging by created a new category in which e s s e n t i a l l y a d r a w n - o u t product commercially viable, it’s Stojakovic. Drobnjak.
Steve Jobs’ performance at the the iPad fit, which is something justification of why Apple’s iPad Apple. All I’m saying is that if There was a J.R. No, not Smith.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts many bloggers and tech writers is, in fact, a viable platform, and even Steve Jobs has to seemingly Bremer.
today. Sure, he showed off the had been wondering about. It not just an ultra-niche device that go out of his way to justify its But on that list of mostly
iPad’s capabilities with the makes sense to address it once, most consumers could easily do existence, then how can I forgettable names there was a
showmanship of the veteran and after having discussed the without. “Do we have what it possibly avoid doing the same? Wallace. Maybe it wasn't Ben or
salesman that he is, but he also s u c c e s s o f y o u r e x i s t i n g takes to establish a third category Rasheed, but Gerald Wallace has
framed the presentation in a way platforms. The connection is of products?” That’s what Steve a chance to go down as one of
the all-time greatest picks in an
expansion draft.
On Thursday, when East All-
Star reserves are announced, it
would be an injustice if Wallace
doesn't hear his name called.
E-reader News Edition
iWork for the iPad: Productivity On- Serena Williams Pulls
the-Go
By Matthew Bookspan
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:58:15 AM
Well, I am sold. There is now a
real reason to buy the iPad. As if
all of the other functions weren’t
enough (e-reader, iPod, photo
viewer, browser, and more), I
can now work on documents
with complete ease.
The iPad appears to be a real
productivity tool with the launch
of iWork for the iPad. This is a
completely new version of
iWork according to Phil Schiller,
designed specifically for the
iPad. Each application has a
gorgeous user interface designed
to make it easy to either create
slides, documents or
spreadsheets. Further, each App
also integrates the Media
inspector for easy access to your
photos and music.
Keynote
From what we could see during
Apple’s presentation, you can
rearrange slides by pressing on
each and then move them
accordingly. In addition, there is
a unique slide management
feature in that you can tap
multiple slides, and with a
gesture, it moves the slides into a
bundle. This should definitely be
a timesaver for many folks.
Off Exciting Comeback
to Make Semis
Lastly, we learned that the iPad
also has an optional cable for
connecting with a projector,
making it easy to use the device
as your primary presentation
tool. Pages
Like its desktop counterpart,
you can create publications with
standard text and images.
However, you can also use
gestures (pinch for example) to
move images around the
publications and more. What’s
interesting about this feature is
that it could make placement
possibly easier than using a
mouse with the desktop version,
as long as the proximity “drop”
is accurate. Numbers
From what was demonstrated at
the Apple Event, the iPad
version of Numbers
automatically displays fields and
sums (which then infers what the
output will be). Otherwise, this
Apple/ Sports/ 51
version seems relatively
comparable to its desktop
partner. What is the bottom line
By Chris Sesno (FanHouse
(price and more)? Main)
Interestingly enough, Apple is
pricing the Apps individually at Submitted at 1/26/2010 5:15:00 PM
$9.99, instead of in a bundle like
Filed under: Australian Open
the desktop suite. This might
Just hours after Venus Williams
change by launch time, although
was ousted from the Australian
it’s a pretty reasonable price for
Open on Wednesday, younger
each app, given the richness in
sister Serena nearly fell to the
functionality. Further, each app
same fate.
shares the desktop file format, so
Though she played far from her
you can be sure not to lose any
best tennis through the first 14
fidelity in your documents. And
games, Serena Williams won the
you can import Microsoft Office
points that counted on her way to and used a couple of strong cross
documents too. Lastly, these
a miraculous comeback victory -court shots to win the tiebreak 7
versions will allow you to email
over Victoria Azarenka(4-6, 7- -4.
them in iWork ’09 and PDF
6(4), 6-2) in the Australian Open In the third set, both players
formats.
quarterfinals. held their first service games, but
As a sidebar, this is an
There seemed to be little hope Williams controlled the tempo
interesting tactic for Apple given
on the horizon for Williams, and committed only three
that on the iPhone, they’ve ceded
after she lost the first set 6-4 and unforced errors compared to 35
document creation/editing to
then fell behind 0-4 in the second in the first two sets.
both Documents2Go and
set. This exciting match just serves
QuickOffice (which both only
But just when all hope seemed as another example of why
support Microsoft Office file
lost, she turned on the jets. Serena Williams is the best in the
formats). This is a bold step for
Williams made one of the most world. While Azarenka has
them to broaden the availability
dramatic comebacks of her struggled to close out matches in
of the iWork suite at such a
career as she won the next five the past, the No. 1 women's
reasonable price. I wonder if
consecutive games to go up 5-4 player has shown ability to win
Microsoft is taking notice, and
in the second set. Azarenka in the clutch.
more importantly, I wonder if
finally held serve to end the Williams will play 16-seeded Li
we’ll see versions for the iPhone
streak and they exchanged Na of China in the semifinals for
too…
service holds to force a second a chance to compete for the
set tiebreak. Australian Open title. Follow Us
Trailing 3-1 in the tiebreak, on Twitter Friend Us on
Williams showed more Facebook
confidence in her ground strokes
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Third Parties Already Developing for Jason McElwain Still

Apple’s iPad Courting Success
By Nick Santilli The graphics and clarity look By Clay Travis (FanHouse
(TheAppleBlog) amazing! Apple is definitely Main)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:36:46 AM publication to the iPad. Full going to hit the gaming industry Submitted at 1/27/2010 7:00:00 AM
screen perusal of the newspaper hard with this device. MLB
While the iPad will run all looks incredible (also demo’d One of the early demos when Filed under: High School,
current iPhone and iPod touch earlier by Steve), and may be the third party apps came about was Backporch Features GREECE,
applications (either in 1x or 2x closest I get to reading the the MLB application for tracking N.Y. -- It's a winter morning in
s i z e s ) , t h e n e w e s t S D K morning news with a plate of game scores and live action. Rochester, N.Y. Dirty, ice-caked
(available today) supports iPad chocolate chip cookies (as my Well they’re back, and this looks snow rests up against the side of
specific development. Below are dad used to do). Brushes cooler than ever. If you’re a cracked concrete sidewalks. Old
a h a n d f u l o f a p p s f r o m An art browser and sketch pad MLB fan, this will be a no- buildings, once bustling, are
developers who were given a t h a t a l l o w s y o u t o p a i n t . brainer for you. Using a live feed silent, as dim sunlight spills over
head start of about two weeks to Reminds me of the Caricature of data, the game data is modeled the windy roads that lead from
show what they could do for the artist’s drawing pads you find at in realtime, complete with actual downtown, 15 miles west, to the
iPad. Nova county fairs. It looks a lot deeper inline video feed of the game suburban town of Greece. It was
One of (if not the) largest game in capability than just caricatures itself. Oh, and Boxscores across here, almost four years ago, that
developers in the App Store, of course , and I’m betting that the top to keep tabs on all the a young, autistic basketball there is no longer any color at all
Gameloft demo’d their first this app will be somewhat of a happenings around the league. player named Jason McElwain, on the backboard, it's faded
p e r s o n s h o o t e r , N o v a . defining demo for this type of So in just about two weeks, five then a senior manager, stepped white, the paint rubbed off from
Multitouch interaction with full device. Artists will likely love developers have turned out some off the bench and into celebrity. overuse.
screen first-person shooting t h e m a r r i a g e o f i P a d a n d seriously impressive apps to run Then, as so often happens, the Pass the hoop and a two-car
glory — from the sounds of it, Brushes. Need for Speed: Shift natively in full screen on the attention faded. garage rises alongside a brick
not bad for only a couple weeks Need for Speed: Shift demo’d in iPad. Imagine what some of Now, it's morning in Greece and house with a blue-paneled
of lead time. The New York full-screen glory. An amazing those hundreds of developers outside his home an old second story. Inside the house a
Times driver-seat view of racing will do with this device and a basketball hoop where Jason sock-footed Jason McElwain,
In an extremely short time goodness, where you can touch month! We’ll get a chance to learned to shoot, chipped black who as a senior hit six 3-pointers
f r a m e , t h e 1 5 0 y e a r o l d the rear view mirror to get a find out in just 60 days. Until paint on the pole revealing the in a little over four minutes,
n e w s p a p e r h a s b r o u g h t a better view of the competition then, save your pennies. rust underneath, rises into the stands with a cantaloupe in hand.
beautiful digital rendition of its fast approaching from behind. clear blue sky. The hoop is "Hi," he says, "I'm eating
weathered, the lower left part of breakfast."
the backboard chipped away, and

Goldibuzz Goes to Paris Fashion Week

By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 10:52:05 AM
You remember how in that
children’s tale the young girl
goes too far in both directions
before ultimately settling into
‘just right’ comfort somewhere
in the middle?
Let’s hope Amber never follows
suit.
Ms. Rose outside the shows
earlier this week (left to right): Photos: WireImage
first Kris van Assche Men’s, Follow ELLE on Twitter.
then at Chanel Couture, and Become our Facebook fan!
finally, in a dress that never gets
old, at Givenchy Couture.
—Johanna Cox
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iPad Accessories Detailed: Keyboard Dock, Case
& More
By Chris Brandrick
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:10:01 PM
During today’s unveiling of
Apple’s long-awaited tablet, now
officially known as the iPad,
Steve Jobs also briefly detailed a
couple of accessories that will be
making their way to market to go
with the new 9.7-inch device,
one of which is a keyboard dock,
with another being a protective
case.
The keyboard dock not only acts
as a charging station for the iPad,
but as the name suggests also
offers an integrated full-sized
keyboard. Jobs commented on
stage that the need for a specific
physical keyboard, versus that of
the iPad’s on-screen offering, is
useful for when “you really need
to do a lot of typing”; giving the
example “if you’ve got to write
War & Peace, just plug your
iPad in.”
Apple has also since added that
the keyboard dock features the
typical 30-pin connector, which
will allow for the device to sync
Street Chic: Paris
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:00:00 AM
Black basics get a glam twist
Apple/ Fashion/ Game/
traditional devices?
Beyond the keyboard dock,
Apple revealed a protective case
for their new device, dubbed the
iPad Case. Although, while the
attractive leather holder may
protect the iPad from the
elements, it also handily doubles
up as a stand. The case can be
used in a variety of positions
which make propping the device
in a position that suits your needs
super easy. For example,
propping it up to watch your
favorite movie.
Following the keynote, Apple’s
official website updated with
additional accessories. These
included a dock, without the
aforementioned keyboard
to your PC or Mac while still this device, with the help of attached, a camera connection
docked. The inclusion of the 30- accessories, can replicate a kit, which offers two ways to get
pin connection also means that typical home experience, when your digital images on your iPad
other compatible devices can of required. However, it’s clear that and a USB power adaptor. The
course be attached. The dock one thing is missing; the mouse. full range of accessories can be
also has an audio-jack so you can Of course, Apple showing no seen in more detail on Apple’s
plug-in your speakers and enjoy p o i n t i n g d e v i c e i s v e r y - site now.
a more full-on experience. intentional, but without having
So, with Apple making it easy to that established and common set-
plug-in a keyboard and speakers, up would you be willing to
it seems they are really hoping s w i t c h a w a y f r o m m o r e
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Report: PlayStation
Motion Controller to
have about 10 games
this year
By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:31:00 PM
Here's some encouraging news
for those hoping that the
PlayStation Motion
Controller(pleaseannouncethena
mealready!) will give a reason to
knock the dust off your old
PlayStation Eye. According to a
Nikkei report spotted by
Andriasang, the device, which
pairs with the Eye, will have
"around 10 or so games" by
year's end, including sports and
pet raising titles.
We've been disappointed by the
game support for the Eye so far,
outside of the ability to construct
extensive scrotum-centric LBP
sticker libraries. Here's hoping
that these promised releases can
take all the Eyes sitting on our
shelves from novelty to
necessity.
Report: PlayStation Motion
Controller to have about 10
games this year originally
appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 27
Jan 2010 16:31:00 EST. Please
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iBooks App & iBook Store
By Weldon Dodd
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:51:52 AM
The new Apple iPad, as widely
anticipated, will have an e-book
reader built-in to the device. The
iBooks app displays a bookshelf
of all your titles alá Delicious
Library or the Classics iPhone
app. When you tap a book to
read, you can tap on the right or
left edge to flip the page or drag
the page manually. When
looking at your bookshelf, there
is also a button to the iBook
Store to purchase books.
The iBook Store will allow for
browsing and purchasing books
on the iPad. What is exciting is
that this new feature will rely on
the ePub standard rather than
some proprietary Apple format.
ePub was developed by the
International Digital Publishing
Forum and works on several
devices and platforms like the
Sony Reader and Adobe Digital
Editions for your desktop
computer. You can think of it as
the “MP3 of e-book formats.
Five large publishers (Penguin,
Harper Collins, Macmillan,
Hachette Book Group, and
Simon & Schuster) announced
support today and the store will
be open to other publishers soon.
Not surprisingly, McGraw-Hill
was not on the list of large
publishers today.
So is the iPad a Kindle Killer? I
think the biggest advantage that
Apple will bring to the e-book
reader market is a reading
experience that is on par with the
Amazon Kindle, but on a multi-
purpose device that will have
wider appeal. Apple has
absolutely nailed the relationship
between devices and content
stores in the past with the iPod /
iTunes Music Store and the
iPhone / App Store and I expect
that the iPad will nail the e-book
experience on both the device
and the store.
Sure the iPad starts at $499 and
the Kindle starts at $259 and the
“E Ink” display is nicer to use
outside, but I think a lot of
people will consider the extra
$240 well spent to get all the
extra features of the iPad. When
you consider that the iPad offers
a full-color LCD screen that can
also support video embedded in
the iBooks app, I think the iPad
will be the biggest e-reader
device yet. It will just appeal to a
wider audience. The Amazon
Kindle is dead.
I am looking forward to curling
up with one of these to see what
the experience is like. I wonder if
the Apple Store will stock the
Maxell Blown Away chair that
Steve was using on stage to go
with it as an accessory?
E-reader News Edition
Super Bowl No Place for
Tebow's Views
By Jay Mariotti (FanHouse humor," Kia letting the
Main) Nickelodeon monster Muno
drive a Sorrento to Las Vegas,
Submitted at 1/26/2010 5:30:00 PM
Don Rickles returning as the
Filed under: NFL, NCAA voice in Teleflora's flowers-in-a-
Football, Super Bowl box ad, HomeAway Inc.
Super Bowl Sunday is a chance bringing back the Griswolds for
for America to unite around a Vacation spoof, Cheap Trick
football, parties and, better still, h e l p i n g A u d i w i t h a c u t e
those ambitious and occasionally environmental theme, Dr. Pepper
hilarious 30-second ads. This h i r i n g G e n e S i m m o n s f o r
year, we'll see such creative another KISS experience and ...
m a s t e r p i e c e s a s E - T r a d e Oh, yes, Tim Tebow and his
employing a new smart-aleck mother explaining why they
baby, Danica Patrick dressed as oppose abortion, in an ad
Marilyn Monroe for Go Daddy, financed by a conservative
Boost Mobile using the 1985 Christian organization called
Bears for a Super Bowl Shuffle Focus on the Family.
reunion, Intel going for "geek
E-reader News Edition
Andrew Breitbart's Horrible Track Record of Picking Right-
Wing Heroes [Teabuggers]
By Pareene (Gawker)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:16:00 PM
Andrew Breitbart has a bad
habit of championing unreliable
nuts with destructive tendencies,
just because they're conservative.
Alleged criminal activity aside,
James O'Keefe might turn out to
be less embarrassing than some
of Andrew's other great
conservative hopes.
Matt Drudge
Matt is the only reason any of us
know who Breitbart is. Drudge,
the original blogger, is a
hermetic closeted weather- and
Striesand-obsessed weirdo who
lives in Miami. He became
famous when he posted a
Newsweek story before
Newsweek did back in the
1990s. Breitbart served as young
Drudge's "mentor" for a few
years, and Breitbart, who has
referred to himself as "Matt
Drudge's bitch," was still
handling the Drudge Report's
afternoon shift through last year.
And Matt is an odd duck. His
2000 memoir/manifesto featured
40 blank pages and lengthy
conversations with his cat, Cat.
He still holds disproportionate
sway over what passes for
"political dialogue" in this
country, but after a brief post-
Lewinsky flirtation with
publicity, he's no longer trying to
be a Right-Wing Hero. He's gone
into hiding, and his only public
comment to reporter in years was
to deny that he "loves" sex with
men. Which is sad!
Arianna Huffington
Back in the wonderful Clinton
era, Matt introduced Andrew to
Arianna Huffington. At the time,
Arianna was a famous
conservative pundit. She was
also well-known, even by 1994,
as a loopy new-ager and cut-
throat bitch. Eventually her
husband, a former Republican
Senate candidate, came out as
gay (which everyone already
knew). And Arianna came out as
a liberal. Breitbart still helped
her launch her little website, an
Internet Newspaper of Celebrity
Blogs and Nipple Slips and
exhortations to never vaccinate
your children.
Pat Dollard
People like Breitbart tend to
believe that liberals "control the
media" because they refuse to let
conservatives write for
newspapers and act in pilots, and
not just because maybe liberals
are more inclined to go into
journalism or the performing
arts. There is not a political
litmus test to direct a
movie—have you seen a movie,
lately? But Breitbart's constant
need to produce special
conservative content for a special
conservative audience leads to
shoddy work, like on his Big
websites, and complete disasters,
like his championing of Pat
Dollard.
Evan Wright's 2007 Vanity Fair
piece on Dollard is a wonderful
look at the life of the beneficiary
of Hollywood Conservative
Desperation.
Pat Dollard was a Hollywood
superagent with William Morris,
until he was fired in the '90s for
doing too many drugs and
drinking too much even to be a
superagent with William Morris.
He was also one of those "9/11
changed everything for me"
assholes who decided that the
murder of thousands of innocents
by fanatics meant that George
Bush was a visionary hero and
Michael Moore was fat.
In 2004, a drugged-out mid-
binge Dollard flew to Iraq to
make a "pro-war documentary."
He spliced his footage of
Marines being manly heroes,
actual videotaped cold-blooded
civilian murder, and awesome
explosions together with footage
from Jackass and put it to a
hardcore soundtrack. This,
obviously, got him an audience
on the internet, and endeared him
to Breitbart, who began taking
him around introducing him to
the vast right-wing conspiracy.
Breitbart believes Dollard is
onto something important.
"There needs to be a
confrontation at the pop-culture
level of the kids who are over
there fighting versus the kids at
home who are totally
disconnected, immersed in this
mindless Abercrombie &
Fitch–MTV culture." Breitbart
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adds, "There needs to be a
revolution, and Dollard is the
man who can kick it off. I don't
care if older conservatives are
offended by Pat Dollard. I was
not looking for someone pristine.
He brings to our cause this whole
spirit of, like, the Merry
Pranksters Two.
Yes. His antics in Iraq do
suggest a certain Hunter
Thompson-meets- Full Metal
Jacket charm, like when Dollard,
in search of a whorehouse,
robbed an Iraqi pharmacy at
gunpoint. (Dollard kept
admitting to these things and
then retracting them, though he
filmed most it... just like
O'Keefe?) But in the end he's just
some jerk-off coked-out
Hollywood asshole playing at
being a soldier and putting real
Marines in harm's way with his
irresponsible behavior.
He never actually cleaned up his
act, either. When he missed a
meeting with HBO, he filmed a
documentary of him fucking his
friend's girlfriend on meth and
decided to send them that,
instead.
Dollard enters the frame, totally
nude, a decrepit satyr. A
montage ensues of him
performing various sex acts with
her, intercut with close-ups of
the girl smoking a glass pipe.
There is unintended comedy:
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while Dollard is having sex with
her on the couch, it catches fire,
and the two fail to notice until
flames engulf their feet. There is
intended comedy: Dollard
performs anal sex with her while
simultaneously talking on the
phone with an agent at William
Morris.
As you have probably gathered,
he was a mess. But he still
managed to make his
appearances on Hannity &
Colmes and Tony Snow's radio
show, to praise war. The war that
he loved because it felt to him
like a particularly exciting acid
trip. This is the sort of person
Breitbart would rail against as an
example of decrepit, hedonistic,
vapid, vile Big Hollywood, if it
was a liberal. The sort of person
whose excesses he and Mark
Ebner ridiculed and exposed in
Hollywood, Interrupted. But, you
know, he is a conservative! So
let's throw him a party!
In mid-January, Andrew
Breitbart hosts a conservative
coming-out party for Dollard to
celebrate his upcoming Fox deal.
(According to Dollard, Fox
News head Roger Ailes was
"stoked" about bringing him into
the Fox fold after viewing his
Web site.) About 30 people
gather at Breitbart's hillside
home in Brentwood to view
Dollard's clips. When I enter,
Ann Coulter stands by a bowl of
guacamole, eating tortilla chips
and venting about the lack of
spine shown by her own
partisans. "I meet so many
conservative men afraid to say
they still support the war," she
says. "Conservatives are pussies.
That should be the title of my
next book."
Right. Well, Andrew Breitbart's
Conservatives aren't pussies! Just
incredibly irresponsible and
reckless and embarrassing to the
movement.
Which brings us to the last, most
embarrassing of Andrew
Breitbart's Friends:
Andrew Breitbart
Conor Friedersdorf, a smart
young conservative who
attempted to launch a
"Conservative Slate" not too
long ago (not a Conservative
iPad, fyi), summed up"the
Breitbart model" like this:
The alternative — the Andrew
Breitbart model — is to publish
poorly reasoned, atrociously
edited screeds on the cheap, on
the assumption that ideologically
friendly readers will keep
clicking anyway.
And that is accurate! (It's also
wildly successful, of course—the
fact that Breitbart's news-
aggregating homepage is Matt
Drudge's default source of wire
stories does help drive the traffic,
too.) Breitbart does himself no
favors when he opens his mouth,
too.
Who can forget his classic
column on how he made an
obscene gesture at people who
were demonstrating against the
use of child soldiers because they
interrupted his dinner?
He called the White Supremacist
who shot up the Holocaust
Museum a "multiculturalist just
like the black studies and the
lesbian studies majors on college
campuses."
He mocked the deaths of
Michael Jackson and Ted
Kennedy and repeatedly
shouted"Abu Ghraibs for
everyone!" for reasons that are
still not entirely clear to us. And
after we reprinted a Business
Insider interview with him that
might've slightly misquoted him,
he flew off the handle, accusing
that site of being a "front" for
Gawker.
No one he's championed is
really as embarrassing as he is,
himself.
E-reader News Edition
MediaDailyNews:
Audi's Social Media
Supports Super Bowl Ad
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 10:48:53 AM
Audi, the luxury car maker, has
created a series of social media
programs to buttress its third
Super Bowl ad. Both the ad and
the social media elements will
introduce the Green Police, an
enforcement team created to
protect and conserve the
environment. Fans can also take
part in a Green Police quiz, to
help the public understand how
to become better global citizens.
These videos are now live on a
dedicated Green Police YouTube
c h a n n e l a t
www.Youtube.com/greenpolice.
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'Fallout Extreme' revealed as another nuked project

By Alexander Sliwinski development at Interplay's 14 Dew presents Michael Bay's
(Joystiq) Degrees East (which co- Fallout.
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:57:00 PM
developed Fallout Tactics). The 'Fallout Extreme' revealed as
game was in the concept phase another nuked project originally
Fallout Extreme is another for "several months" during appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 27
canceled Fallout project that has 2000, but never really got rolling Jan 2010 15:57:00 EST. Please
e m e r g e d f r o m t h e w a s t e s . with a development team. see our terms for use of feeds.
Unearthed by Pawel " Ausir" The premise of the game was Read| Permalink| Email this|
Dembowski and posted on the players would control a squad in follow The Cause as they defeat Forbidden City. The premise Comments
Fallout Wikia, Extreme was a " T h e C a u s e , " a g r o u p o f the local Brotherhood, cross the sounds interesting, but, "
"squad-based first- and third- revolutionaries in the Pacific Bering Strait, and conclude with Extreme?" Really? Might as well
person" shooter for Xbox, under Northwest. The game would a showdown in China's have just called it: Mountain
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The Tablet Day News Dump [Journalismism]
By John Cook (Gawker)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:35:09 PM
Every idiot on TV and the
internet won't shut up about
Steve Jobs' new thing you need
to spend $800 on ( though we'll
take a free one if anyone's
offering!), which means its a
great day to release inconvenient
news.
Like, for instance, the fact that
you and your dying wife are
getting a divorce because you
knocked up a campaign worker
and lied about it forever and now
a disastrously damaging book
about the whole mess is coming
out rendering the whole charade
just too nauseating to carry on
anymore. Smart move, Edwards
family! What else don't you
know about because it happened
on St. Jobs' Day?
Toyota Makes Death-Cars
Toyota announced late
yesterday that it's halting
production of Camry and Corolla
sedans until it can figure out how
to prevent their accelerator
pedals from getting stuck and
hurtling families into other cars
or stationary objects at high
speeds. It's the sort of news that
would normally be chewed over
endlessly on CNBC on the day
after it was announced if not
MediaDailyNews: ABC Layoffs: NY Operations Group Hard Hit
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 10:55:45 AM
ABC's broadcast operations and
for...hey, it's got a 9.7-inch
screen!
Billionaire Ponzi Scheme Pleads
Guilty
Scott Rothstein, the Florida
attorney who was a partner with
political operative Roger Stone
and once purchased a $52,000
birthday cake for Gov. Charlie
Crist, has pleaded guilty to a
$1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. He
might have some interesting
engineering group laid off
dozens of employees. Most of
the cuts came from the New
York work force, including
stories to tell the feds, and they
could write them down on their
iPads.
Afghanistan is Surrendering to
the Taliban
Afghani president Hamid Karzai
is set to announce " an
ambitious, far-reaching plan to
persuade the Taliban's foot
soldiers to abandon their fight,"
almost certainly by buying them
off with American and Saudi
many from ABC's studios on
West 66th Street, reports The
New York Observer. Led by
Preston Davis, the unit provides
Entertainment/ Popular News/ Media/
dollars.
Mayor Bloomberg Would
Really Rather Not Host a Terror
Trial
Bloomberg rather politely
expressed his discontent with the
White House's plan to try Khalid
Sheikh Muhammad in downtown
Manhattan today: "It would be
great if the federal government
could find a site that didn't cost a
billion dollars, which using
downtown will." It's a great day
to go on record against the plan
for the benefit of your local
constituents while minimizing
the risk that it will get turned into
a pissing match with Barack
Oabama.
Verizon is Laying of 13,000
This news came late yesterday,
and would also be pretty high up
on the list of things business
reporters care about if not for the
iPad.
Marginal TV Star Got a DUI
Heroes' Adrian
Pasdar—husband to the Dixie
Chicks' Natalie Maines—was
arrested early this morning on
DUI charges. Good day for it.
The Holocaust Happened
It's Holocaust Remembrance
Day. You probably forgot, didn't
you?
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What's
next?
iTampon?
(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:43:10 PM
Apple took us all on a stroll
down the feminine hygiene aisle
today with the introduction of
the iPad. With “iTampon”
quickly emerging as a trending
Twitter topic, it’s probably safe
to say that many women found
themselves cringing as they
asked, “Do any women work at
Apple?”
CNBC’s Jane Wells couldn’t
help but wonder if Apple will
develop different versions of the
new gadget with names like
Maxi and Light Days. Or, when
women want more discreet
protection, the iPon.
Apparently, the idea of an
“iPad” came up long before talk
of a tablet with MadTV
suggesting what an iPad might
look like three years ago (NSFW
-ish):
(Via CNBC)
All the top iPad news in one
spot (no pun intended).
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Comments of the Day — Magic iPad

Edition! [We Read You]
By Richard Lawson (Gawker) dialing while hoping you have a
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:35:00 PM signal. Also, there's no chance in
hell a Lithium battery is gonna
Every D of the W, we stop to blow on you with a land line.
look at good comments. Today And when it comes to notes I
we are so mesmerized by the prefer a pen and pad. Things
fancy new iPad that we can't seem to get lost and forgotten
focus on anything else. So here easily on these ModCons. I'm
are our favorite Pad-related only 26 but most of this stuff
comments of the day.
Cheap Shot wondered about
magazines:
seems useless to me.
Mike Jahn had an interesting
question about timing:
Civilized Sid Meier
I followed the liveblog closely
and I'm not sure a magazine
Doesn't announcing it a few
hours before the State of the
presenting revolutionary
demo would work. Remember
this is the introduction only and
Union Address count as a Friday
news dump? Does he not want it
as you stated, even The New magazines represented on there, looked at too closely until a few
keynote at GDC 2010
By Alexander Sliwinski designers that "egomania,
York Times folks had little 'time' is having readers jump away million units have been sold? (Joystiq)
(sorry) to whip up a fitting from the page to look at a link. And a philistine in the corner paranoia and delusion" should be
version of their title. How would you keep them named WretchedGnu issued a Submitted at 1/27/2010 2:45:00 PM
part of their toolkit. Hm, maybe
The real conundrum to me is, if engaged? Meier isn't such an unwitting
succinct criticism:
Sid Meier, creator of participant in all those divorces
the iPad makes the magazine BitchyD is a pragmatic Luddite: Crotch-rocketingly
Civilization and unwitting after all? GDC will take place
obsolete, then what do we call it I still use and prefer a land line. u n i m p r e s s i v e .
architect of countless break-ups March 9-13 at the Moscone
in it's new digital form? e-zines? It works no matter what. It There you have it! Suspicious,
over the past 20 years, will Convention Center in San
mlogs? doesn't go dead when the power unimpressed, anti-technology,
keynote the 2010 Game Francisco, and Meier will reveal
When does a magazine stop is out, there's no unwanted a n d c r o t c h - r o c k e t i n g l y
Developers Conference. Meier's his tips for mainlining e-crack to
being a magazine and just texting you have to pay for, you u n i m p r e s s e d . A r a n g e o f
presentation will argue that "real- the brain on Friday, March 12.
become a content page loaded just pick up the reciever and dial emotions. (Minus, like, good
world, historical and Civilized Sid Meier presenting
with links. instead pushing a code and then ones.)
mathematical facts cannot form revolutionary keynote at GDC
Lastly, a big danger to me for 1 or 2 other buttons before
the foundation of a successful 2010 originally appeared on
game design," but that "the Joystiq on Wed, 27 Jan 2010
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Things Were Surely Better Back in the
Hypothetical Good Old Days [Recessionomics]
By Hamilton Nolan (Gawker)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 4:20:45 PM
The Way We Live Now:
bicycling towards oblivion.
Toyota's given up on cars. The
young lady winking at you's a
professional gold digger. And
everyone who can't run fast
enough to keep their job is
getting whipped into submission.
I remember when I was a little
kid the popular bedtime story
was all about how Toyota killed
Detroit by making superior
automobiles and improving the
manufacturing and distribution
and sales process and avoiding
costly labor expenses, but now
Toyota is almost getting the fuck
outta the car business entirely,
which makes you just shake your
head and reflect what a long,
sensible ride it's been.
The games we want on iPad
By Justin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:15:00 PM
Sorry Steve, but we're not
necessarily interested in playing
first-person shooters like
N.O.V.A. on your newly-
revealed iPad. That doesn't mean
we can't see the gaming
That's more than you can say for
the old men who just wanted to
find themselves a little love and
instead found 28 year-old Cher
Thompson whose full time job
was cozying up to old fellas with
dementia and traumatic brain
injuries and things like that and
possibilities though. Don't get us
wrong, we're excited to see that
most of our iPhone games will
work, but we think that's only the
start of the story.
Real time strategy: The interface
just isn't big enough for detailed
troop management on the
iPhone, but the iPad's larger
sucking them dry financially
only, which is a sad statement on
the times we live in.
And Whole Foods isn't doing
any favors for the elderly and
infirm and portly either, by
giving big food discounts to
skinny workers only, which
display could be the perfect thing
Entertainment/ Game/ Media/
really seems to defeat the
purpose.
But even fat Whole Foods
workers can be happy that they
have a job, for now at least, since
most everybody with steady
employment has now been
informed that we have to watch
out for the "bullwhip effect,"
which is just a fancy economic
term for when companies ramp
up their inventory, which makes
a lotta work and sure, that's
great, everything lovely, until
CRACK, that's the sound of the
bullwhip snapping back the other
way, and you're unemployed.
All these secret aliens riding
along inside our bodies really
need to pay their own way.
[Pic via]
for trying to keep up with a
hectic battlefield while managing
resources. A beefier processor
means the game won't be held up
by too many orcs/soldiers/space
cars on screen. The apps we
want: Command and Conquer,
StarCraft 2.
Continue reading The games we
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MediaDailyNews:
Ketchum Pleon
Becomes Single Entity
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 10:45:47 AM
Six months after Ketchum and
Pleon merged, the company
announced the creation of a
single change management
entity: Ketchum Pleon, which
will operate in multiple locations
across the globe with offices in
Atlanta, Chicago, New York,
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Tebow’s Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad Stirs Debate

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) that it was always Pam Tebow’s remains, for now, the polls’ top of Maryland and who died of a
Submitted at 1/27/2010 8:23:59 AM choice as to what to do with her dog for the first time since 2003. drug overdose shortly after the
pregnancy: though doctors In the Lexington Herald-Leader, Boston Celtics drafted him. Josh
By the time Super Bowl XLIV advised her to terminate it, they John Clay calls Kentucky’s loss Barr has the story in the
rolls around, millions of words couldn’t force her to do so,” “an untimely fender bender.” Washington Post.* * *
will have been written about the L a t o y a P e t e r s o n w r i t e s a t The State’s Ron Morris exults If you’re a Minnesota fan,
three quarterbacks involved. Of Jezebel. “The Tebows are now over Downey’s efforts. “If he you’re still upset with how the
course Peyton Manning and taking the stance that the only had not done so already, Downey Vikings lost in overtime to New
Drew Brees will get more than permissible option is to not team that drafts him. “Tebow is forever stamped his name in Orleans. The Saints won the coin
their fair share. The third signal t e r m i n a t e p r e g n a n c i e s , raising eyebrows across the U S C ’ s b a s k e t b a l l a n n a l s , ” toss and moved downfield far
caller has never played an NFL effectively denying other women NFL, where league and team Morris writes. “He may some enough for Garrett Hartley to
down. Associated Press Tim the choice that Pam Tebow executives must be conscious of day see his jersey No. 2 hanging kick a game-winning 40-yard-
Tebow wants to talk to you about herself was able to exercise.” public relations within their in the rafters, and he may go field goal. The Vikings’ offense
your uterus. At Real Clear Sports, Art communities,” Mariotti writes. down as the most explosive never had a chance. For Bill
Pro prospect Tim Tebow, just Spander writes of the changing “When kept in a proper context p a c k a g e o f A l l - A m e r i c a n Plaschke of the Los Angeles
off his stellar career at Florida, dynamic for athletes. “Sport used and equilibrium, the missionary playmaker the school has ever Times, the NFL must change its
will appear with his mother in a to be so clear. Athletes were and humanitarian work done by seen.” overtime rule. “The Saints won
controversial pro-life ad that athletes,” Spander writes. “They t h e T e b o w f a m i l y i s ESPN’s Andy Katz writes the by taking advantage of the worst
C B S p l a n s t o r u n . A s played games, signed autographs breathtaking. But to grandstand w i n m a y c h a n g e S o u t h rule in American sports,”
commercials go, it’s already and were invited out to dinner by on the biggest stage in the world Carolina’s season for the better. Plaschke writes. “Only in the
generating lots of conjecture. In alums who might have been makes me wonder if Tebow is Elsewhere in college hoops, the NFL can a game be decided by
other words, it’s probably not the breaking NCAA rules but it more interested in crusading than Journal’s Darren Everson writes an extension of play in which
standard Super Bowl spot that wasn’t like robbing a bank or playing the game.” about this weekend’s hotly both teams might not have an
aspires merely to be funny, such a n y t h i n g . T h e s e d a y s a r e However, Yahoo’s Jason Cole anticipated matchup between equal chance to score. Only in
a s t h e “ o f f i c e l i n e b a c k e r ” different. Players question argues that Tebow’s popularity Harvard and Cornell, both Ivy the NFL can a game be contested
commercials. coaches, support political could have an immense benefit League schools with strong for three hours by two full teams,
Tebow relishes being a role candidates and prove they got when the NFL draft comes possibilities of going to the then be decided in 10 minutes by
model. The devout Christian something out of school other around. NCAA tournament. Two only half of each team.”
does missionary work, wears than a letterman’s jacket.” As for whether Tebow’s actually contending Ivy teams? That’s no While Fixer Emeritus Carl
eyeblack with Biblical verses The Orlando Sentinel’s George good enough to quarterback an misprint.* * * Bialik argues for auctioning off
and promises to remain a virgin Diaz doesn’t like mixing politics NFL team, Digital Sports Daily’s Richard Harris is like a lot of overtime possession, Bleacher
until marriage. In the and sports, preferring T r a v i s D u n c a n s a y s i t ’ s other high-school basketball Report’s Joe Royston likes
commercial, by the conservative commercials with “talking frogs. premature to make much out of players with aspirations of things the way they are.* * *
group Focus on the Family, Dancing lizards. Clydesdale Tebow’s early struggles in playing college basketball. The Hockey continues to have
Tebow’s mother, Pam, will horses falling in love. Danica practice for the Senior Bowl junior forward leads Surrattsville problems with hits to the head.
recount how she ignored medical Patrick getting her sexy groove college all-star showcase.* * * High in Maryland with a 14.2- The Quebec Major Junior
advice to have an abortion when on for GoDaddy.com.” Another week, another No. 1 point average and has the Hockey League suspended
medical problems threatened her DawgSport’s T. Kyle King team suffers its first loss of the Hornets poised for a strong Patrice Cormier, a New Jersey
life and gave birth to Tim, her defends Tebow’s choice to college-basketball season. On playoff run. If you haven’t heard Devils draft pick, for the rest of
fifth child. appear in the ad. Tuesday night, unranked South of Harris, it’s for good reason. the season for his brutal hit Jan.
Not everyone is happy with the FanHouse’s Jay Mariotti, who Carolina got 30 points from His family has been working to 17 on Mikael Tam. At the New
Tebows’ message. “What both isn’t interested in Tebow’s views Devan Downey in a 68-62 avoid comparisons to Len Bias,
Tebows appear to miss in their during the Super Bowl, thinks victory over Kentucky, which an uncle of Harris’s who was TEBOW’S page 61
passionate pro-life advocacy is there’s a lot of downside for any among the best players ever out
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Australian Open: Li Na rallies to beat Venus Williams, reach

first Grand Slam semifinals
By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:29:30 PM
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MELBOURNE, Australia --
Serena Williams saved some
family pride Wednesday at the
Australian Open.
After her older sister Venus'
upset loss to China's Li Na in the
previous match at Rod Laver
Arena, four-time champion
Serena was down a set and 4-0 in
the second before she rebounded
for a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
Venus Williams couldn't make it
to an expected sister semifinal,
losing in a mistake-filled match
against Li featuring a combined
110 unforced errors.
The result is that Serena will
take on Li, who beat Venus 2-6,
7-6 (4), 7-5. Justine Henin,
playing in her first Grand Slam
tournament after coming back
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from a two-year retirement, will
play Zheng Jie in the other
semifinal.
Serena Williams was far from
confident after the first hour of
the match, thinking of her sister's
loss.
"It was obviously on my mind,"
Serena said of Venus' defeat. "I
saw maybe one or two points,
maybe three. I don't want to
watch too much, I get too
nervous watching. Obviously I
was incredibly disappointed."
So she started off tentatively.
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"I wasn't playing my best,
especially in the first two sets,"
Serena said. "I was down the
whole match from the first point.
I wasn't surprised but I was
definitely shocked."
Instead of wilting, she fought
back from her big deficit in the
second set with two service
breaks of her own, easily won
the tiebreaker and dominated the
third.
"I think it's impressive the way
she does it," Azarenka said.
"She's a strong girl. She has very
powerful shots."
Li and Zheng were the first
Chinese pair to reach the
quarterfinals at the same Grand
Slam. With both in the
semifinals, could the final be
possible?
Serena Williams and Henin,
with a combined 18 Grand Slam
singles titles (Serena 11, Henin
7) would seem to have the inside
edge. But Li, who lost the first
set and was twice down breaks in
the second, says anything can
happen.
"In China, we say if you have
tough time and then you return
back, maybe have good luck," Li
said.
Venus had more mistakes than
luck against Li, who called said
the win made it the "best day of
my life." She said she might
celebrate with a beer Wednesday
night.
"It's important to put the ball in
the court," said Venus, who
served for the match in the
second set. "I felt like sometimes
I made some errors."
That was an understatement.
The pair's unforced error count
surpassed 100 midway through
the final set, which produced
eight service breaks in the first
10 games.
"Unfortunately I let my errors
creep in, and then I allowed her
to dictate too much," Venus said.
"But she played really well."
Azarenka lost in her fourth-
round match with Serena here
last year, retiring in the second
set with a virus after taking the
first set.
This time, the 20-year-old
Belarussian was undone by a
trademark comeback by
Williams, who is the only player
to save match points on the way
to three Grand Slam titles. She
did it at Wimbledon last year and
at the 2003 and 2005 Australian
Opens.
Initially, Azarenka looked as if
she'd continue the Williams
family woes. She broke Serena
in the opening game and then,
after fending off three break
points, held her own opening
serve in a game that lasted more
than 15 minutes and went to
deuce nine times.
It was mostly one-way until
Williams started her comeback
in the second -- winning five
straight games, then getting on
top again at the end of the
tiebreaker. She dominated the
third set, converting both her
break-point chances.
Li, who is forecast to go into the
WTA's top 10 rankings after the
tournament ends, was dominant
in the third set when it counted
against Venus Williams, who has
five Wimbledon titles and two at
the U.S. Open.
"I don't like losing at all," Venus
said. "No one does. I put in a lot
of hard work to come out here
and get a win [I'm] not at all
pleased."
She didn't take kindly to
suggestions that grass might be
her only Grand Slam title option
in the future.
"Like I said so many times
before, if I would have, kind of
gotten involved in what people
said I would have never left the
ghetto," Venus said. "So here I
am playing pro tennis, playing
well. The sky's the limit in this
sport. I'm looking for that."
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Associated Press
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Gilbert Arenas, David Stern meet face-to-face

By Marc Stein (ESPN.com) already has met with league at just over $80 million. Many "If I was commissioner? Well,
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:06:30 PM investigators. league and legal experts contend I'm not privy what he has to
ESPN.com reported Friday that that the Wizards could not balance, what all is at stake in
Gilbert Arenas met face-to-face suspension lengths for Arenas successfully attempt to void terms of what message he sends
with NBA commissioner David a n d C r i t t e n t o n w o u l d b e Arenas' contract unless he is to fans, to sponsors, to team
Stern on Wednesday for the first announced this week in the wake forced to serve jail time during owners. So there's a lot more on
time since the gun incident that of a Dec. 21 confrontation in the the NBA season. his plate to contemplate before
put Arenas' future with the Wizards' locker room in which
Washington Wizards in doubt. both players have admitted to
Crittenton, who hasn't played a
single minute for the Wizards
he makes a decision.
"We respect that process, but Top 10 most
One source with knowledge of displaying unloaded handguns.
the meeting told ESPN.com that Arenas entered a guilty plea Jan.
this season, met with Stern on
Tuesday after being sentenced to
from a union perspective we
have to protect the short-term followed users
Arenas told Stern that he expects 15 in District of Columbia a year of unsupervised probation and long-term rights of our
and deserves to be suspended for Superior Court to a felony following his guilty plea to a members, and when members do on Twitter
the rest of the season, which is weapons possession charge after misdemeanor gun charge. wrong things or make mistakes, (Holy Kaw!)
believed to be the punishment admitting to bringing four guns Prosecutors agreed to drop a they'll be rightfully punished,
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:00:00 PM
Stern favors. into the locker room following a second misdemeanor charge of and we're just here to make sure
The Washington Post reported heated argument with Crittenton attempted carrying a pistol that that doesn't go beyond what Twitter has officially gone
on its Web site that Arenas also during a card game on the team without a license. it should be under the mainstream. Even with the
told Stern that he would urge the plane. It also remains to be seen circumstances." controversial “suggested user
players' association not to fight a Arenas missed his 12th whether the NBA Players Wizards coach Flip Saunders list”, the tech and social media
season-long suspension. consecutive game Tuesday night Association appeals the length of told The Washington Post on people have lost the lead in
A source told ESPN.com's Chris a f t e r S t e r n a n n o u n c e d a n suspension in either case. Tuesday: "I think right now, the number of followers on Twitter.
Sheridan that Arenas' teammate, indefinite suspension on Jan. 6, "[Union director] Billy [Hunter] whole situation, we're all pretty Even Barack Obama is beaten
Javaris Crittenton, will be Arenas' 28th birthday. has been consistent with his much numb to the whole thing. out by… Ashton Kutcher? Here
suspended for the remainder of Arenas awaits sentencing March message and his tone of really We knew when it got to the point are #1-3 and their number of
the season. 26. His sentence could range kind of waiting until the NBA that it got to, nothing good was followers, click through for the
Arenas -- just as Crittenton did from probation and community comes out with what their going to come out of it." top ten and how many loyal
Tuesday -- met with Stern in s e r v i c e a n d a f i n e t o a position will be going forward Marc Stein is a senior NBA minions they have:
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Source: Kurt Warner of Arizona
Cardinals to announce decision
Friday?
By Adam Schefter
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:26:16 PM
Source: Warner To Announce
Plans Friday Source: Warner To
Announce Plans Friday
Arizona Cardinals quarterback
Kurt Warner will announce
Friday at a news conference
whether he plans to retire,
according to a Cardinals source.
The widespread assumption --
one that hasn't changed for
weeks -- is that the 38-year-old
Warner will step away from the
game.
One possible indication of
Warner's intentions is that he
already has begun gathering his
family so they can attend
Friday's news conference at the
team's training facility, according
to sources.
Warner also has another added
motivation for a quick decision:
He has multiple promotional
appearance commitments during
Super Bowl week in Miami.
Rather than answer retirement
questions then, Warner would
prefer to remove the focus from
his future as quickly as possible
so it's not an issue next week,
according to a source.
Since the Cardinals were
eliminated from the playoffs in a
45-14 loss to the New Orleans
Saints on divisional playoff
weekend, Warner has spent his
days huddling over his decision
with family and his agent, Mark
Bartelstein.
Warner has been voted to five
Pro Bowls, won two NFL MVP
awards and one Super Bowl and
became the second quarterback
in history to throw more than
100 touchdown passes for two
NFL franchises.
In the wild-card round against
the Green Bay Packers, Warner
didn't play like someone at the
end of his career. He threw for
379 yards, five touchdowns and
no interceptions during Arizona's
51-45 overtime victory.
But next week in the divisional
round, during an interception
return, Saints defensive end
Bobby McCray leveled Warner
with a hit that left the
quarterback with a bruised chest.
Earlier this season, Warner
suffered a concussion. It was at
least his third concussion, and he
later estimated it was quite
possibly his fifth.
Warner also had the added
memory of Cardinals wide
receiver Anquan Boldin taking a
hit that left him with a broken
jaw last season. Warner told
ESPN's Rick Reilly earlier this
month that he contemplated
retiring after witnessing that hit.
"What happened to Q," Warner
said, "was personal for me. You
realize you're one hit from
something that affects you long-,
long-term."
Warner has a year remaining on
a two-year, $23 million contract.
Adam Schefter is an ESPN NFL
Insider.
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Luis Miguel and Alex
Gonzalez Make Over Their
West Village Restaurant
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 10:33:37 AM
When owners Luis Miguel and
drummer Alex Gonzalez of the
band Maná wanted to revamp
their hot West Village restaurant
DeSantos, they looked to the
master of rustic interior design
Jay Bearden, responsible, among
other things, for the antler-clad
Freemans on the Lower East
Side. Bearden transformed the
space with 1930s Asian-inspired
lamps, carrera marble top,
walnut stools, and bespoke
chairs. So join Sienna Miller,
Victor Glemaud, and Lauryn Hill
Holiday
(to name a few) who have been
"Private Life" by Grace Jones
spotted there recently, and try the
"Alice in Wonderland" by
baked asparagus au gratin or the
Angela McCluskey
jewel-toned red and gold beet
"Ambient Light" by Harold Bard
salad prepared with roasted corn
and Bryan Eno
and almond crusted goat cheese.
"Stuck Inside a Mobile with the
Or treat yourself to Alo’s secret
Memphis Blues" by Bob Dylan
pasta recipe: whole-wheat
"Crazy Baldhead" by Bob
pappardelle with veal Bolognese.
Marley
With Gonzalez in charge you’ll
"Love in the Old Fashioned way"
be sure to hear an eclectic mix of
by Charles Aznavour
tunes. Groove to the restaurant’s "Alameda" by Elliott Smith
playlist on your own time: —Laura Stoloff
"Television" by Baaba Maal
"Don't Explain" by Billie
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Match Forecast: Serena Williams vs. Li Na
By Christopher Botta
(FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 8:00:00 AM
Filed under: Australian Open,
WTA
Storyline: The No. 1 seed,
Serena Williams, can avenge her
sister's quarterfinal loss and
return to the final with a victory
over the surprising Li Na. The
winner faces either Justin Henin
or Jie Zheng for the
championship on Saturday.
Serena Williams (1) vs. Li Na
(16)
Semifinals: Thursday, first
match Day Session
Rod Laver Arena
Matchup: Li upset Venus
Williams is a horrific, unforced
error-filled quarterfinal match, 2-
6, 7-6 (4), 7-5, but that should
not take away from her
magnificent two weeks in
Melbourne. The 27-year-old
from China had never made it to
the semis of a Grand Slam until
now, and the chance -- however
remote -- of facing Jie in an all-
Chinese final is sure to be
inspiring. This is the first time
How scientists have revealed a dinosaur's true colours
(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:47:27 PM
The colours of dinosaurs have
long been a mystery, since soft
tissues aren’t preserved in the
China has had two women
advance to the semis at the same
Grand Slam event.
Williams struggled mightily in
the quarters against Victoria
Azarenka, losing the first set and
trailing 4-2 in the second before
finding her game and taking over
decisively. The four-time winner
at the Australian is now
vulnerable to an upset as she
battles through leg injuries and
mounting fatigue after going the
distance with Azarenka.
fossil record. But for the first
time, scientists have teased out
colours from fossilized feathers
to reveal the orange and white
ringed tail of a 125-million-year-
old dinosaur! The fascinating
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We went hands-on with many of
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Hands-on: Apple iPad

By Christopher Grant (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:25:00 PM
Click for gallery
Hey, so you know all about the
iPhone, right? In the brief time
we spent with Apple's new iPad,
from a gaming perspective,
there's not much more to add. It's
a big iPod Touch -- both are
missing the iPhone's camera --
but iPad's got a flexible data plan
option; no contract required.
While Apple showed off some
iPad-optimized games during
today's keynote, neither
Gameloft's new version of
N.O.V.A. nor Electronic Arts'
new version of Need for Speed:
Shift were available for demo.
Instead, we took some plain ol'
apps for a spin, including
Scrabble and Need for Speed:
Shift(the current iPhone version;
not the upcoming iPad one).
The "2X" button indeed fills the
screen with a simple tap, turning
your low-res iPhone apps into
full-screen experiences;
however, the increase comes
with a graphical cost. The games
are scaled up and look like it.
That doesn't mean they're not
entirely playable -- Need for
Speed actually controlled better
with the larger screen; tilting the
iPad had less of an effect on the
screen than doing the same on
the iPhone's comparatively tiny
display, meaning we were able to
focus on the action while moving
the screen around (something
many iPhone games simply don't
do as well). Similarly, the larger
surface means your big fat
thumbs won't obscure as much of
the screen as they do on the
iPhone -- that means more room
for on-screen pads, as shown in
the iPad-optimized port of
N.O.V.A.
The Apple representative
guarding the preview device told
us that the iPad-optimized games
will be featured in their own part
of the App Store. These aren't
"combo" apps that work one way
on iPhone or iPod Touch and
another way on iPad -- they are
separate apps. While the higher-
resolution graphics and iPad-
specific optimizations will surely
result in better gaming
experiences on the iPad, we're
not sure if existing owners of
iPhone games will be interested
in the perceived "iPad tax" for an
optimized version -- your regular
iPhone games will work on both
devices, after all.
Perhaps enhanced iPad games
will have "downscaled" versions
for iPhone, or perhaps some
developers will discover a way to
bundle both together? It's not
clear, but we're reaching out to
Apple to clarify some of the App
Store functionality and will talk
with developers to get their take
on the new device. The new
SDK is available today, so many
iPhone developers will be busy
exploring what's new for iPad.
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Conservative ties bind 4 La. phone plot suspects (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) Pelican Institute and had recently praising O'Keefe and the woman commit a crime." agenda," ACORN CEO Bertha
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:35:22 PM criticized Landrieu for voting in who posed as a prostitute, O'Keefe, Basel and Dai returned Lewis said in a statement. The
favor of health care legislation Hannah Giles, for their to the courthouse carrying organization's Twitter feed
NEW ORLEANS – Four men a f t e r s e c u r i n g a M e d i c a i d investigation of "fraudulent and suitcases Wednesday morning commented on the news:
accused of trying to tamper with provision helpful to her state. illegal practices and misuse of for private appointments with the "Couldn't have happened to a
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary O'Keefe was a featured speaker taxpayer dollars" by ACORN. department that handles more deserving soul."
Landrieu's office phones shared a at a Pelican Institute luncheon Thirty-one Republican arrangements with defendants Last year, O'Keefe used a
common experience as young days before his arrest, though congressmen signed on as co- before trial. None would hidden camera to record
i d e o l o g u e s w r i t i n g f o r institute president Kevin Kane sponsors. comment as they entered and ACORN staffers who appeared
c o n s e r v a t i v e p u b l i c a t i o n s . said Wednesday that he had no In response to the arrests, Olson exited the courthouse. to offer illegal tax advice and
Federal authorities said two of idea what happened at Landrieu's said that "if recent events Flanagan, who was not with support the misuse of public
the men posed as telephone office or what the four were conclude that any laws were them, is the only suspect who funds and illegal trafficking in
workers with hard hats, tool belts doing there. Flanagan, son of the broken in the incident in Sen. lives in Louisiana. Basel is from children.
and fluorescent vests and walked acting U.S. Attorney for the Landrieu's office — that is not Minnesota; O'Keefe, New The videos were first posted on
into Landrieu's office in a New Western District of Louisiana, something I condone." Jersey; and Dai, the D.C.- biggovernment.com, a site run
O r l e a n s f e d e r a l b u i l d i n g was a contract worker for the A witness told authorities Virginia area. by conservative Andrew
M o n d a y . A f e d e r a l l a w institute, mostly writing for its O'Keefe was sitting in the As O'Keefe left jail Tuesday Breitbart. In the past, Breitbart
e n f o r c e m e n t o f f i c i a l s a i d blog. waiting area of Landrieu's office with Dai and Basel, he said only has said O'Keefe — now a paid
Wednesday one of the hard hats "Robert has done terrific work and appeared to record Basel and "Veritas," Latin for truth. c o n t r i b u t o r t o
was rigged with a tiny camera. and I think very highly of him, Flanagan on his cell phone when As he got into a cab outside, BigGovernment.com — is an
The official spoke on condition and am very sorry to see him in they arrived posing as phone O'Keefe said, "The truth shall set independent filmmaker, not an
o f a n o n y m i t y b e c a u s e t h e this difficult situation," Kane workers. Landrieu, who was in me free." His father, James employee.
investigation is ongoing. said. Washington at the time, said in a O'Keefe, Jr., of Westwood, N.J., In an e-mail to The Associated
The most well-known suspect is It's not yet clear whether the statement that the plot was said he had not spoken to his son Press, Breitbart said: "We have
James O'Keefe, 25, who posed as plan was a prank intended to be "unsettling" for her and her staff. in several days and did not know no knowledge about or
a pimp for a hidden-camera captured on camera or a more The federal official who spoke he had traveled to New Orleans, connection to any alleged acts
e x p o s e t h a t d a m a g e d t h e serious attempt at political on condition of anonymity said let alone why he went to and events involving James
r e p u t a t i o n o f t h e l i b e r a l espionage, as claimed by state one of the suspects was picked Landrieu's office. O'Keefe at Senator Mary
community-organizing group D e m o c r a t s w h o d u b b e d i t up in a car a couple of blocks "That would not be something Landrieu's office."
ACORN and made him a "Louisiana Watergate." away with a listening device that that I can even imagine him Dai is a former assistant director
conservative darling. Democratic National Committee could pick up transmissions. doing," he said. "I think this is of a program at Trinity
O'Keefe and suspect Joseph spokesman Hari Sevugan said Another official said Dai was the going to be blown out of Washington University that
Basel, 24, formed their own R e p u b l i c a n s o n c e p r a i s e d suspect arrested outside. proportion." taught students about careers in
conservative publications on O'Keefe as an American hero, All four were charged with The allegations were quickly intelligence, university president
their college campuses. A third "yet today, in light of these entering federal property under condemned by ACORN, the Patricia McGuire said. It was
suspect, Stan Dai, 24, was editor deplorable and illegal attacks on false pretenses for the purpose of Association of Community part of a national effort to
of his university's conservative the office of a United States committing a felony, which Organizers for Reform Now. Its interest students at liberal arts
paper and directed a program senator by their champion, carries a penalty of up to 10 political affiliates have registered colleges in careers in intelligence
aimed at getting college students Republicans have not offered a years in prison and a $250,000 hundreds of thousands of voters but did not teach spy craft, she
interested in the intelligence field single iota of disgust, a whisper fine. in urban and other poor areas of said.
after 9/11. of indignation or even a hint of "It was poor judgment," the country. He was listed as a "freelance
The fourth suspect, Robert outrage." Flanagan's lawyer, Garrison O'Keefe's arrest "is further
Flanagan, 24, wrote for the New In October, Rep. Pete Olson, R- Jordan, said. "I don't think there evidence of his disregard for the CONSERVATIVE page 68
Orleans-based conservative Texas, sponsored a resolution was any intent or motive to law in pursuit of his extremist
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Apple has put an end to weeks
of speculation by unveiling its
tablet device, which it has called
the iPad.
Steve Jobs, Apple's chief
executive unveiled the
touchscreen device at an event in
San Francisco.
Mr Jobs described the tablet,
which will cost between $499
and $829 in the US, as a "third
category" between smartphones
and laptops.
The device, which looks like a
large iPhone, can be used to
watch films, play games and
browse the web.
The firm has also done a deal
with publishers including
Penguin, Macmillian and Harper
Collins to allow e-books to be
downloaded directly to the
device through a new iBook
Store.
"You can download right onto
your iPad," said Mr Jobs.
He also showed off magazines
and newspapers on the device.
'Gold rush'
He told an audience of
journalists, analysts and industry
peers that the device lets people
"hold the whole web in your
hands".
"What this device does is
extraordinary. It is the best
browsing experience you have
ever had," he said.
The iPad is in effect a giant
iPhone which can do just about
everything the phone can do but
may provide a better way of
watching video or playing
games.
The most interesting aspect is
the launch of iBooks, the online
book store with which Apple
hopes to revolutionise publishing
world just as iTunes transformed
the music industry.
That could spell trouble for
Amazon's Kindle and other e-
readers.
But the big question is whether
Steve Jobs is right in thinking
there's a yawning gap between
smartphones and netbooks which
the iPad will fill.
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movies straight to the device.
'Cheap laptops'
It is not the first touchscreen
tablet computer on the market.
Earlier this month, manufactures
such as Dell and HP showed off
devices at the Consumer
Electronics Show (CES) in Las
Vegas.
Some industry experts have
questioned the need for another
category of device, alongside
laptops, smartphones and
netbooks.
Analyst firm CCSInsight said
that it remained "sceptical" of the
market. It described the iPad as
"a supersize iPod Touch that
would get little interest if not
from Apple".
Mr Jobs dismissed netbooks as
"just cheap laptops".
It's not entirely clear if a huge the iPhone. People with both can
"Netbooks aren't better at
number of people - apart from synchronise their apps between
anything - they're slow and have
dedicated early adopters - are the two devices.
low quality displays," he told the
desperate for yet another device. "We think it's going to be a
audience.
The device has a 9.7-inch multi- whole other gold rush for
"They're not a third category
touch display, allowing people to developers," said Scott Forstall,
device, but we have something
type directly on to the screen, as who runs Apple's app division.
that we think is."
well as manipulate pictures and Apple revealed that more than
The cheapest iPad, which will
move control the action in games 3bn apps have been downloaded
come with 16GB of flash
with their fingers. However, from its App store.
memory and wi-fi will cost $499.
u s e r s c a n a l s o p l u g i n a The New York Times showed
The most expensive version,
keyboard. off its app for the iPad, which
with 64GB of storage and the
Apple claim it has a battery life recreates the look and feel of the
ability to connect via a mobile
of 10 hours. newspaper but allows it to have
3G signal, will cost $829.
It comes preloaded with twelve new features, such as video.
Users will also have to also a
applications - essentially multi- "We're pioneering the next
monthly subscription for 3G
touch versions of existing Mac version of digital journalism,"
connectivity, but in the US
software such as iPhoto. said Martin Nisenholtz, a senior
owners will not have to sign a
However, owners can also executive at the newspaper.
yearly contract.
download third party apps - both It also includes the firm's iTunes
specially designed for the iPad software built in, allowing
and those already available for people to purchase songs and APPLE page 70
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Florida Ex-Attorney Pleads Guilty in $1.2B Ponzi continued from page 66

consultant" in a Junior Statesmen

Scheme program at the Central
Intelligence Agency where he
appeared as a speaker.
(FOXNews.com) though federal officials have The state's Democratic and eventually be used to repay
never accused her of being Republican parties and Crist dozens of jilted investors, many O'Keefe and Basel were also
Submitted at 1/27/2010 9:25:54 AM
involved. "Two years ago when I have since returned hundreds of of whom have filed lawsuits active in conservative
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A married the sweetest man I'd thousands in contributions from seeking at least some of their publications at their respective
disbarred attorney who courted ever met, I would never have Rothstein, whose office was money back. colleges, Rutgers University and
politicians and star athletes and believed our future together festooned with political and The law firm Rothstein the University of Minnesota-
led a flamboyant lifestyle even could come to this." sports photos and memorabilia. Rosenfeldt Adler is now defunct, Morris. They gave a joint
b y f l a s h y S o u t h F l o r i d a Acting U.S. Attorney Jeffrey He gave generously to dozens of with as many as 50 of its 70 interview Jan. 14 to
s t a n d a r d s p l e a d e d g u i l t y Sloman said the case is not over. charities, many of which are former attorneys under CampusReform.org, a Web site
Wednesday to federal charges Prosecutors have said former being forced to return the money. investigation by the Florida Bar that supports college
that he ran a $1.2 billion Ponzi Rothstein associates may face Prosecutors say it was all an for possible irregularities conservatives on student
scheme. criminal charges, along with elaborate facade, meant to lend involving client trust funds, publications.
Scott Rothstein, 47, pleaded bankers and others who might an air of power and respectability according to Bar spokeswoman "I happen to call what I do shoe
guilty to all five counts against have been involved. to Rothstein's four-year scam. Francine Walker. leather journalism and not
him, including wire fraud, "We intend to pursue every lead They say he used fake legal Also under investigation by Fort advocacy journalism," O'Keefe
money-laundering conspiracy and arrest those, prosecute those, cases — at least once forging the Lauderdale officials is the city's was quoted as saying. "So, I
a n d a r a c k e t e e r i n g c h a r g e who are criminally liable," signature of a federal judge — to police chief, Frank Adderley, would consider it just
commonly used to take down Sloman said. lure people with promises of who once flew with Rothstein on journalism."
Mafia chieftains. The charges The plea caps a downward spiral huge payouts over time in a private jet to attend a Miami ___
carry a maximum sentence of that began in late October, when exchange for an up-front Dolphins football game at the Associated Press Writers Kevin
100 years in federal prison and at court documents say Rothstein investment. New York Jets. City officials are McGill in New Orleans, Pete
least $1.5 million in potential fled Florida on a chartered jet to "He presented a dangerous rewriting rules that allowed off- Yost in Washington, Justin
fines. Morocco carrying $500,000 in mixture of public trust with the duty officers to provide security Pritchard in Los Angeles and
Sentencing is set for May 6 cash after wiring another $16 opportunity to make purported for Rothstein's home and Ben Nuckols in Baltimore
before U.S. District Judge James million to a Casablanca account easy money," said Martin B. business ventures. contributed to this report.
I. Cohn. he controlled. He returned to Goldberg, a former federal Meanwhile, the Florida ___
Rothstein said little during a face charges and has been in prosecutor now in private Democratic Party returned Pelican Institute:
brief hearing Wednesday, other federal custody since the FBI practice. $200,000 in contributions from http://www.pelicaninstitute.org/
than responding "guilty" to the arrested him Dec. 1. The ripple effects have been far- Rothstein's law firm, with the BigGovernment.com:
charges and answering the It was a swift fall for Rothstein, reaching. state GOP returning some http://biggovernment.com/
judge's many questions with who in the months before had Authorities have seized two $150,000. Crist returned $9,600 U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu's
"yes" or "I understand." hosted fundraisers or other dozen homes and other real that Rothstein and his wife had o f f i c i a l s i t e :
His wife, Kim Rothstein, spoke events for state and national estate once owned by Rothstein, given to Crist's U.S. Senate http://landrieu.senate.gov/
publicly about the case for the politicians including Florida along with 20 exotic cars — campaign. Five Filters featured article:
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Colo. pot dispensaries welcome state regulation continued from page 67

CCSInsight said the high cost

(AP) would put it "beyond most
consumers".
Mr Jobs said that he hoped to
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) $90 annual fee they pay to building in a trendy part of dispensaries, including
register as a medical marijuana Denver's downtown section, prohibiting dispensaries within have international prices in place
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:22:50 PM
user. thinks it makes sense to limit 1,000 feet of schools, day cares in June or July.
D E N V E R – C o l o r a d o William Chengelis said he can't large marijuana growers to and other dispensaries. Felons However, all the 3G models are
lawmakers have an unlikely ally g e t h i s r e g u l a r V e t e r a n s industrial areas and keep convicted within the last five unlocked, meaning they will
in their first attempt to curb the Administration doctors to sign dispensaries out of residential years would be barred from work with any network.
s t a t e ' s b o o m i n g m e d i c a l off on medical marijuana and areas. He wants lawmakers to running shops. Dispensary The launch puts to rest months
marijuana industry: owners of said buying pot illegally and pass laws now before even more owners would have to be of speculation and rumour in the
the some of the shops that sell paying the $100 fine would be dispensaries open up and prevent licensed, pass a criminal blogosphere.
pot. cheaper than paying a private those with possible criminal ties background check and pay a Apple - famous for its secrecy -
Many dispensary owners say doctor for follow-up visits. from giving the industry a bad $2,000 application fee along with had remained silent in the run up
they're on board with regulations "I cannot afford this bill," name. $3,000 a year to renew licenses. to the launch, unwilling to
if they give them uniform Chengelis told lawmakers. Another bill still in the works The rules are set to take effect release any details publicly.
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Tuesday to cap the number of t o a l l o w d i s p e n s a r i e s t o empty storefronts, office growth of dispensaries. But
dispensaries in the city at 70. reimburse veterans for doctor buildings and even a historic police in Denver are discounting
The Colorado proposal — visits. movie theater. that.
which a legislative committee While some advocates see any Some cities have passed Police say medical marijuana
approved 6-1 Wednesday — regulations as a violation of the
would make it more difficult for medical marijuana law passed by
moratoriums on pot shops as
they figure out how to regulate
dispensaries were robbed or
burglarized at a lower rate than Obama set
recreational pot users to become v o t e r s i n 2 0 0 0 , m a n y them and wait for more guidance liquor stores or even banks last
legal medical marijuana patients. dispensaries say they welcome
It would bar doctors from the certainty that more regulation
from the state. The Denver
suburb of Centennial voted to
year. A memo reported by The
Denver Post on Wednesday says
for 'hopeful'
working out of dispensaries, would provide.
make it illegal for them to offer "We're saying we really can't
discounts to patients who agree operate without any rules," said
ban dispensaries and close a
shop that had already opened,
but a court blocked that move.
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hundreds of dollars on top of the dispensary out of an office in place for medical marijuana the Union address to Congress,
his spokesman has said.
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With unemployment at 10% and
a soaring deficit, correspondents
say the speech will focus on jobs
and the economy.
Mr Obama has recently been
rattled by a slump in voter
confidence and victories for
Republicans in three key states.
In a recent BBC/Harris poll,
84% of Americans rated the
current state of the union as
negative.
'Angry and frustrated'
Mr Obama is due to address a
joint session of Congress in the
House of Representatives at
2100 local time (0200 GMT).
His spokesman Robert Gibbs
said the president would address
"the anger and frustration that
Americans are facing about the
economy - getting back on
track".
"The last year is one of the most
challenging in our history," Mr
Gibbs told MSNBC television,
but he said the president was
"more hopeful about the future
than ever".
Last year Mr Obama's main
legislative priority was
healthcare reform, but as the bill
became mired in Congress and
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unemployment rose to 10%, it
became clear the public was
more concerned about job
creation and reducing the $1.4tn
US deficit, says the BBC's
Richard Lister in Washington.
The deficit is forecast at $1.35tn
in 2010, near its highest levels as
a percentage of gross domestic
product since World War II,
figures from the Congressional
Budget Office show.
Mr Obama has indicated that he
will call for a three-year limited
freeze on domestic spending, but
that has outraged liberals in his
own party and drawn fire from
Republicans who want deeper
cuts.
Republican power
The Republican party will have
more power over the agenda this
year, thanks to their election
victory in Massachusetts last
week, which has denied the
president sufficient Senate votes
for healthcare reform and
possibly new laws on emissions
reduction too, our correspondent
says.
This year's State of the Union is
a chance for Mr Obama to
refocus his presidency and
Jeffrey
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reposition his party with one eye
to the Congressional elections in
November, he adds.
Among the other topics
expected to feature are
immigration reform, cap-and-
trade global warming legislation,
education reform and rules to
rein in Wall Street.
The foreign policy portion of the
speech will probably be limited
to the US involvement in the
wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Most polls show Mr Obama's
popularity hovering around 50%
or just below, but his overall
approval rating and grades for
handling issues like the economy
have dropped significantly.
A BBC/Harris poll has found
that significant numbers of
Americans believe Mr Obama
has devoted too little attention to
employment (59%), the budget
deficit (56%) and the economy
(48%).
On the flip side, 44% think he
has spent too much time on
healthcare reform.
The majority (51%) want him to
focus on the economy during his
speech, followed by employment
(42%).
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Opinion on his overall
performance is split, with equal
numbers (20%) grading his first
year performance as an A, a C,
and an F.
He has proved most popular in
the western states and among
people aged 35-44, and least
popular in the southern states
and with those aged 55 and
older.
The poll was conducted online
over two days in January. It
surveyed 2,010 adults in the US,
adjusting for demographic
factors and propensity to be
online.
You can watch President
Obama's speech live on the BBC
News website, as well as on
BBC World News.
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A man has been pulled alive
from the rubble in the Haitian
capital Port-au-Prince, two
weeks after the earthquake which
destroyed the city.
He was rescued from the ruins
of a building in the centre of the
city, and taken to hospital by US
troops.
Officials said it seemed he had
become trapped by an aftershock
two days after the quake and was
severely dehydrated.
The rescue comes 14 days after
the 7.0-magnitude quake, which
killed as many as 200,000
people.
Haiti has been rattled by at least
50 tremors since the original
quake.
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Defense lawyers rest case at gay marriage trial

(AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) groups that opposed the measure. children; and there was no should come second to
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:26:26 PM The defense called just two reason, no societal benefit in not preserving the cherished social
expert witnesses during the trial. allowing them to get married." institution of marriage.
SAN FRANCISCO – Testimony More than a dozen witnesses The defense countered that Under cross-examination,
ended Wednesday in a historic appeared for the plaintiffs, limiting marriage to a man and a Blankenhorn conceded there
federal case challenging the including sociologists, legal woman serves a paramount were many valid reasons for
constitutionality of California's experts and gays who talked social function that outweighs allowing gays to wed, but the
ban on same-sex marriage. about the effect of the ban on civil rights concerns. considerations are outweighed by
The trial included nearly 12 their lives. Andy Pugno, a lawyer the likely damage it would cause
days of wide-ranging testimony Lawyers for the two gay couples representing Proposition 8 the already weakened state of
on the meaning of marriage, the that filed the lawsuit tried to backers, credited the plaintiffs heterosexual unions.
nature of sexual orientation, and show the U.S. Supreme Court with "putting on a spectacular He acknowledged, however, that
the role of religion in shaping has recognized marriage as a show" but insisted much of their allowing gays to wed would
attitudes about both. fundamental right and that testimony was irrelevant to have positive consequences for
Chief U.S. District Judge denying gays the right to wed proving California voters acted same-sex couples and society,
Vaughn R. Walker heard the causes them harm irrationally in approving such as scoring "a victory for the
case without a jury and has said They also argued that extending Proposition 8. worthy ideas of tolerance and
he will take time to review the marriage to same-sex couples "To invalidate people's vote, the inclusion," reducing anti-gay
evidence before hearing closing w o u l d n o t u n d e r m i n e plaintiffs have a really tough prejudice and hate crimes, and
arguments, probably sometime in h e t e r o s e x u a l u n i o n s . job," Pugno told reporters. "They creating a higher standard of
March. Plaintiffs lawyer David Boies have to prove the people voted living for same-sex couples.
His verdict is likely to be said Walker had been provided irrationally when they voted to "I do believe it is almost
eventually appealed to the U.S. with more than enough evidence preserve the traditional definition certainly true that gay and
Supreme Court. to strike down the ban. of marriage ... The question is lesbian couples and their
Lawyers for the sponsors of "We said on the first day of trial whether the people have a right children would benefit from
Proposition 8. the state's voter- we would prove three things," he to decide what is best." having gay marriage," he said.
approved ballot measure, have said during a news conference The last witness to testify was Five Filters featured article:
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The survivor, a man in his early
30s, was pulled from the ruins
covered in dust.
"He was buried in the rubble for
12 days. The man had a broken
leg and severe dehydration," a
statement from the US military
said.
The Associated Press named the
man as Rico Dibrivell and said
he was discovered initially by a
group of Haitians who pulled
him from the rubble of a shop
that had been repeatedly looted.
Although he had apparently
been trapped by an aftershock
rather than the initial earthquake,
the man is the longest survivor
so far under the rubble.
A rescue team has also been
digging into the rubble of a
university, after a man said he
had managed to phone his cousin
who said she was trapped in a
basement, along with several
other people.
Some bodies have already been
pulled out but as yet the woman
has not been found.
On Saturday, Haiti's government
declared the search and rescue
phase over.
It is estimated more than 130
people have been pulled alive by
rescue teams in the Haitian
capital since the quake.
However, many more have been
rescued by ordinary Haitians,
often with their bare hands.
Aid call
Earlier, Haitian President Rene
Preval made an urgent appeal for
more tents to house up to a
million people left homeless by
the tremor.
Mr Preval said 200,000 tents
were needed before the expected
start of the rainy season in May.
His call came as donor nations
and organisations met in
Montreal, Canada, to assess the
aid effort.
In an interview with the BBC,
the president's wife, Elisabeth
Preval, appealed for patience as
criticism grew about the
government's response to the
disaster.
"The president is working 24
hours a day, continuing to assess
the damage, trying to direct the
aid relief where the Haitian
people need it" she said.
She added that the
administration had been
overwhelmed by the disaster, but
that ministers had managed to
get on to the streets on the day of
the earthquake to assess the
damage.
The president, who lost his
house in the quake, is planning
to move into a tent on the lawn
of the destroyed National Palace
in the centre of the capital.
The Haitian government wants
to relocate some 400,000 people,
currently in makeshift camps
across the capital, to temporary
tent villages outside the city.
But aid workers warned that if
the camps were too big they
could pose security problems,
including robberies, rapes and
gang activities.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton said she
"resented" criticism of American
assistance to Haiti.
She pinpointed some media
outlets which had "either
misunderstood or deliberately
misconstrued what was a civilian
and military response".
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Suspended in Cyber
Bullying Suicide Case
(FOXNews.com) Smith said the bullying often
Submitted at 1/27/2010 6:59:02 AM surrounded arguments about teen
dating, Boston.com reported.
Two Mass. high school students In the letter to parents, dated
have been suspended following Jan. 20, Smith addressed the
the suicide of a teen girl who was d i s a g r e e m e n t s : " T h e s e
allegedly bullied at school and disagreements centered on
online, the BostonHerald.com r e l a t i o n s h i p / d a t i n g i s s u e s .
reported. School personnel immediately
Friends and school officials told intervened ... and both counseled
MyFoxBoston.com that Phoebe and provided consequences as
Prince, 15, had been picked on the situations required. It is what
since moving to Massachusetts happened after those incidents
from Ireland last fall. School were over that is cause for
bullies reportedly taunted the significant concern.’’
teen through text messages, Even after her death, bullies
Facebook and other social posted disparaging messages on
networking sites. her Facebook memorial page.
South Hadley High School T h e c o m m e n t s h a d t o b e
superintendent Gus Sayer said r e m o v e d f r o m t h e p a g e .
there have been students Local police and the
" d i s c i p l i n e d a l r e a d y i n Northwestern District Attorney
connection with the incident," are investigating. First Assistant
BostonHerald.com reported. District Attorney would not
"There’s still an investigation c o m m e n t o n w h e t h e r a n y
going on, which may lead to criminal charges would be
disciplinary action against other brought against any students, the
students," said Sayer. paper reported.
South Hadley High Principal Click here for more from the
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Friends of Missing Utah Mom Cops Confirm Remains

Decorate Her Home Found Are of Va. Tech
(FOXNews.com)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:47:52 AM
she'll have a warm welcome,"
said Graves, one of about two
dozen who helped with the
camped.
Graves and her husband said
they were in Washington last
Student
(FOXNews.com) Harrington's family.
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah decorating project. "We'll keep Friday and had dinner with Josh
Friends and family of a Utah hoping. We'll keep praying. Powell and his children — Submitted at 1/27/2010 9:44:51 AM Harrington, a 20-year-old junior
woman missing since December We'll keep her name out there." Charlie, 5, and Brayden, 3 — at at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg,
have decorated her empty home Police contend that Josh Powell her father's home. The couple The human remains discovered hadn't been seen since October,
with purple bows and hearts in has not been forthcoming with declined to provide any details of T u e s d a y o n a s o u t h e r n when she was separated from her
hopes of renewing public interest information in interviews with their conversation with Josh Albermarle County, Va., farm friends at a Metallica concert in
in the case. detectives. Powell about his missing wife or are confirmed to be those of Charlottesville.
Susan Powell, 28, was last seen "We have an open invitation to his cooperation with police. missing Virginia Tech student The skeletal remains were
at home on Dec. 7. Her husband, Joshua to come down, or invite "I've been disappointed with his Morgan Harrington, police said. discovered Tuesday morning on
Josh Powell, told police he saw us up there, to clear up some efforts," Jennifer Graves said. Dan Harrington, Morgan's the Anchorage Farm by owner
his wife about 12:30 a.m. as he q u e s t i o n s f r o m h i s i n i t i a l "He's chosen to walk away. His father, issued a statement: David Bass.
left with the couple's young sons statements and help us verify job right now is to talk to the "Morgan's mother, Gil, and I are Bass told The Associated Press
for a winter camping trip on the what he has told us," West police." overwhelmingly saddened by he was feeding his cattle at the
Pony Express trail west of Salt V a l l e y C i t y C a p t . T o m Graves said her nephews — yesterday's discovery, but we are time and saw the remains from
Lake City. McLachlan said. both of whom celebrated also relieved because our his tractor. He declined
Josh Powell, 34, has been called New information and tips from birthdays in January — are doing questions can now be answered a d d i t i o n a l c o m m e n t .
the sole person of interest in the the public have recently slowed, well under the circumstances. and we can give our daughter a "I looked down and saw what
case, but has not been arrested. so investigators appreciate "They are aware that (Susan) is proper burial." looked like a human skull and
He moved away from Utah efforts by family and friends to 'lost,' that's what they have been "We know that because of the my first thought was that it was
weeks ago to stay with family in keep Susan Powell's story in told," she said. good life Morgan led and the Morgan Harrington," Bass told
Washington state. His sister, front of the public, McLachlan Graves said the family remains love she created for everyone WTVR.com.
Jennifer Graves, says the West said. hopeful that Susan Powell is around her, she is now in a safer, Click here to watch video from
V a l l e y C i t y h o u s e w i l l A telephone message left for alive and will be found. better place. We appreciate MyFoxDC.com.
eventually be sold. Josh Powell's attorney, Scott "Just keep looking, keep looking everyone's respect for our Click here for more from
Messages taped to the house Williams, was not immediately for her," she implored. privacy at this difficult time and WTVR.com.
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9 must-have iPhone apps for Honduras' Zelaya 'heads

healthcare workers
(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:00:00 PM
With the following nine apps,
you’ll have downloaded your
way to owning a powerful, well-
rounded, digital utility belt, fit
for any scrub-sporting nurse or
physician.
MedCalc. This free app is more
than just a standard calculator,
boasting a wide selection of
formulas and scores, support for
U.S. and S.I. units, bibliographic
references for formulas, and
searchable equations by name or
keywords. According to one
review, MedCalc is primarily
intended for physicians and
health care professionals “who,
for-example, need the formula
for the Rule of Six, or Absolute
Neutrophil Count.”
Epocrates. With the same device
on which they take calls and
listen to music, doctors and
nurses can now connect with
thousands of pieces of drug
information, such as doses,
adverse reactions, formularies,
pricing, and images to identify
pills by.
Epocrates can check interactions
for up to 30 drugs at a time and
includes a number of useful add-
on medical tools, such as a
mobile Body Mass Index
calculator and a Glomerular
Filtration Rate (GFR) calculator
to measure stages of kidney
disease.
One can only hope these apps
will merely 'assist' healthcare
workers, and that they can still
perform these tasks without the
aid of their mobile device.
(Via Soliant Health)
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to exile'
(BBC News | Americas | Honduras on charges he violated
World Edition) the constitution while in office.
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:27:22 PM
He has spent the last four
months sheltering in the
Deposed Honduran leader B r a z i l i a n e m b a s s y , a f t e r
Manuel Zelaya has left the returning in secret in September.
Brazilian embassy there and is His June ousting provoked
h e a d i n g i n t o e x i l e i n t h e international condemnation but
Dominican Republic, reports say. diplomatic attempts to persuade
His departure marks the end of the interim government to allow
efforts to return to office after Mr Zelaya to return to office
soldiers first forced him into proved futile.
exile on 28 June. With opinion divided in
Earlier, the newly-elected Honduras and internationally,
Honduran President, Porfirio several nations have refused to
Lobo, promised him safe passage recognise the legitimacy of the
to the airport as part of a November election, in which Mr
reconciliation process. Lobo defeated Mr Zelaya.
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Frank says Obama bank plan could be law within months

(Financial Times - US wasn’t surprised [by the we move to narrow banks, the wider regulatory blueprint that Obama unveiled earlier in the
homepage) proposals],” said Mr Frank. Mr impact on jobs and the global would be incorporated month, saying he would like to
Submitted at 1/27/2010 8:03:38 AM
Volcker, previously seen as an economy will be very negative,” elsewhere, including in Europe, see that model adopted around
“odd man out”, had now been he said. “I have seen no evidence he said. “I think you’re going to the world, too, in preference to
President Barack Obama’s recognised by the administration to suggest that shrinking banks see substantial harmonisation,” the kind of bonus tax adopted in
proposals to rein in the US for the “cogency of his work”, he and making banks smaller and he said. “We’re talking to the EU the UK and France, which he
banking sector and its practices added. more narrow [will help].” and I’m hopeful we’ll end up in said was too narrowly defined.
could be enacted into law within The twin proposals unveiled by Although Mr Diamond said he the same place.” In other remarks, Mr Frank said
six months, according to a key Mr Obama last week would recognised that regulatory Jean-Claude Trichet, the he was convinced that the push
congressional leader. constrain the biggest banks from demands for higher levels of European Central Bank to move over-the-counter trading
Barney Frank, chairman of the growing and force them to shed capital and liquidity would be president, told the Wall Street to regulated exchanges would
House of Representatives finance hedge fund, private equity and essential, describing “more Journal that the proposed US see a large majority of trading
s e r v i c e s c o m m i t t e e a n d a proprietary trading activities. intrusive regulation” as “a good reforms were “relevant and migrating quickly, forcing prices
linchpin of White House banking Mr Frank said he would insist thing”, he stressed the need for interesting” and shared the same down due to the greater
reform efforts, told the Financial t h a t b a n k s m u s t b e g i v e n the new rules to be “connected aims as European measures. transparency that would be
Times that the proposals could sufficient time – “at least three [across] the major economies He said he thought the UK, in ushered in. He also expressed
be incorporated into legislation years” – to divest hedge fund and around the world”. particular, was “ready to come confidence that Timothy
m a k i n g i t s w a y t h r o u g h private equity assets or trim their He also said it was hard to with us”. So far the UK Geithner, Treasury secretary,
Congress. size. “You can’t have a fire sale. define proprietary trading – the government has made only would remain in his post,
Mr Frank said he was confident There would have to be a phase- practice of a bank betting its own cautious statements about irrespctive of the current
the bill would be in place well in,” he said. capital on market movements – examining Mr Obama’s plans. controversy around AIG
before mid-term elections in The initiative was dubbed Glass- or to distinguish it from market Mr Frank indicated that the likes insurance group – and argued
November.“I think Chris [Dodd, S t e a g a l l l i t e b y s o m e making. of Mervyn King, governor of the that it was time to look forward,
Mr Frank’s counterpart in the commentators, who saw in it a Overall Mr Frank said the drive Bank of England, and Lord not back, since the AIG affair
Senate] will get a bill out in slimmed down version of the to de-risk banks was to be Turner, chairman of the reflected policies enacted by the
March,” he said. 1930s legislation that forced applauded. “I wish banks had Financial Services Authority, previous Bush administration.
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“We’ve been working with Paul financial world a safer place. of the world’s banks. The US Mr Frank also gave his backing
for most of the [past] year, so I “If you say that ‘large is bad’ and reforms would comprise part of a to the balance-sheet tax that Mr
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Art.view: In with the old
(The Economist: Daily
columns)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:29:46 AM
Art.view A cosmopolitan show
of antique Americana in New
York
Jan 27th 2010 | From The
Economist online
VISITORS to New York’s
Winter Antiques Show, from
January 22nd through the 31st,
are greeted with what appears to
be a large stained-glass window
in many shades of purple. Close
up, this work is in fact some two-
dozen back-lit objects made of
amethyst glass, arranged on
shelves against a faux window
(pictured in slideshow below).
They come from Beauport in
Massachusetts, one of 36 houses
overseen by Historic New
England, America's first and
largest preservation organisation.
To celebrate the group's
centennial, an array of its
treasures makes up the feature
exhibition of this annual show.
The Winter Show is owned by
the East Side Settlement House,
a social-service organisation that
supports local families and
community development. Profits
from admissions and special
events will benefit the
organisation's South Bronx
education programme. That the
Winter Antiques Show can
comfortably bring together such
disparate worlds and goals
(historic preservation and urban
literacy) makes this a true
celebration of Americana.
The fair is timed to coincide
with Americana sales at
Christie’s, Sotheby’s and
Bonhams. Recent auction results
surely gave exhibitors hope. On
January 22nd Sotheby’s sold a
silver punch-bowl by Cornelius
Kierstede, made in New York in
the early 1700s, for a whopping
$5.9m. This was more than ten
times the low estimate and seven
times the previous auction record
for American silver.
At the charity gala preview,
around 150 smartly dressed
guests queued patiently to be
first through the door. (Their
spirits were buoyed by the wine
and canapés served by attentive
staff.) Once inside they pounced.
Attendance was up on last year,
with more cheque-books in
evidence. In the first half-hour
Barbara Israel Garden Antiques
sold ten pieces of statuary,
including a doe and faun group
for $135,000.
A year ago the show changed its
definition of antique, from
objects more than 100 years old
to those made before 1960.
Fortunately this allowed for the
appearance this year of an eye-
catching, whimsical chandelier
from 1920 (pictured above),
brought by Frank & Barbara
Pollack, Americana dealers from
Illinois. The piece consists of
three wrought-iron arms, each
cut into a silhouette of an elk,
with hanging green-glass lights
that look like gigantic acorns
with “hats” of cast iron. It was
love at first site for one visitor,
who snapped it up for a five-
figure sum soon after the
opening.
For all its fame as an American
show, this year’s event is a
cosmopolitan mix. London
dealers include Daniel Katz,
whose collection of Renaissance
and 18th-century sculptures
features a (quite literally) in-your
-face gilded and painted stucco
plaque of Beethoven’s head
($150,000, featured in slideshow
below); and Nicholas Grindley, a
private dealer in London and
Beijing, who brought Chinese
furniture, laquerware and works
of art. Mr Grindley says that 30
years ago he bought in the East
and sold in the West. Now the
situation has reversed: he is
buying back from his Western
clients and selling in the East. He
is making his Winter Show debut
in the hopes of attracting new,
young Western collectors.
Hans P. Kraus, junior, a
photography dealer based in
New York, is exhibiting the
work of William Henry Fox
Talbot, a pioneering English
photographer, with prices that
range from $10,000 to $400,000
(depending on an image's rarity).
His stall is further enriched by
objects from the archive of
Lacock Abbey, the former home
of Fox Talbot.
There is a delightful selection of
glittering jewellery at this show.
Among the glamorous pieces
exhibited by A la Vielle Russie,
dealers on Fifth Avenue known
for their superb Fabergé, is a
charming example of
sophisticated Americana: a
diamond-centred flower brooch
with petals of elongated
Mississippi River pearls.
Designed in the 1950s, it is
priced at $4,800.
Sandra Hindman of Les
Enluminures (which has offices
in Chicago and a gallery in Paris)
has brought illuminated
manuscripts and early rings. A
striking Roman ring, priced at
$75,000, has the name of its
original owner cut into its wide
band. Another “Homonooea” is
unlikely to happen by, but there
is bound to be more than one
woman visiting the Winter
Antiques Show for whom the
ring’s intaglio of victory would
seem appropriate. Readers'
comments
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Toyota:
Make or
brake
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Submitted at 1/27/2010 3:00:18 AM
Toyota Toyota suffers another
blow to its already wavering
reputation
Jan 27th 2010 | From The
Economist online
IN A race that matched Formula
One for its predictability, Toyota
Motor Corporation slipped past
General Motors just under two
years ago to become the world’s
biggest carmaker. But even as
Toyota built up the revs, all has
not been well. The latest setback
came on Tuesday January 26th
when the firm announced that it
would halt production
temporarily at six assembly
plants in north America and
suspend sales of eight of its most
popular models, including the
Camry, the best-selling car in the
United States.
Toyota’s latest troubles in
America had begun to surface a
week before when it announced a
huge recall of 2.3m vehicles to
fix accelerator pedals that could
jam open, sending cars racing
forwards without warning.
Toyota is mulling a similar move
in Europe that could affect a
further 2m cars. The firm’s
TOYOTA: page 80
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Geithner faces fresh fire over AIG deal

(Financial Times - US York Fed, and other Fed clear that it contradicted his “The government gave Goldman
homepage) officials, asking: “Where are you earlier statements. Sachs more than Goldman Sachs
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:52:30 AM
on the AIG counterparty He acknowledged that he had had a right to expect,” Dennis
disclosure issue?” The sender sent the email, but said that did Kucinich, a Democratic
Tim Geithner, the US Treasury was Timothy Franz Geithner. not mean that he was involved in representative, told Mr Geithner,
s e c r e t a r y , w a s f o r c e d o n He said that he recused himself decisions over how much adding that the New York Fed
W e d n e s d a y t o d e f e n d h i s from the AIG affair in November information to disclose on had failed to look out for the
h a n d l i n g o f t h e r e s c u e o f 2008 after being nominated as payments to AIG counterparties interests of ordinary Americans.
insurance group AIG as he faced Treasury secretary by Barack and added that he recused Asked whether Mr Geithner
fresh attacks on his integrity over Obama. himself from the AIG affair in should resign, Mr Issa said: “I
the failure to disclose details of As part of the government’s November 2008 after being have lost confidence in him but
the bail-out. 2008 bail-out of AIG, which nominated as Treasury secretary it’s up to the president to decide
Congressional critics have brought itself to the brink of to the Obama administration. whether he’s got confidence in
accused the New York Federal bankruptcy by writing risky Republicans on the committee, someone who’s so out of the
Reserve, led by Mr Geithner d e r i v a t i v e c o n t r a c t s , led by Darrell Issa, a loop.”
during the September 2008 counterparties led by Société representative from California, But in an important signal for
rescue, of trying to impede Générale and Goldman Sachs have accused the New York Fed Mr Geithner’s prospects of
efforts to examine the decision were paid 100 cents on the of perpetrating a“back-door bail- holding his job, Elijah
and of concealing multibillion- dollar. out” of Wall Street. Cummings, a Democrat from
dollar payments to large banks. Congressional critics have Police cars blocked the base of Maryland who had been
In testimony to the House argued that the New York Capitol Hill in advance of the concerned about the AIG bail-
o v e r s i g h t c o m m i t t e e , M r Federal Reserve should have hearing, which saw Mr Geithner, out, said he had come to believe
Geithner said the rescue of the demanded a discount from the Hank Paulson, the former that the decisions were right.
insurance group was “motivated counterparties. They also accuse Treasury secretary and Thomas “I was questioning whether you
solely by what we believed to be the New York Fed of improperly Baxter, the New York Fed’s had acted appropriately,” he said.
in the best interests of the concealing details of the $27.1bn general counsel, defend their “As I read your written statement
American people” and he had not in payments from the Securities actions. ... I don’t think we had a choice
intervened on which details and Exchange Commission. Hundreds of spectators jostled or that you had a choice.”
should be made public. The email from Mr Geithner, to get a seat in the packed Five Filters featured article:
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Sri Lanka politics: A thumping win

(The Economist: News claim responsibility for conceded that he was not declared victor, he would rule for
analysis) overseeing a complete (and registered to vote, although he at least another six years. He
Submitted at 1/26/2010 11:18:56 PM
brutal) end to a long-running said he had submitted his papers. might even prolong that term if
civil war against Tamil That provoked the foreign he were to wait until November
Sri Lanka politics Mahinda separatists in the north and east minister, Rohitha Bogollagama, for his official swearing-in
Rajapaksa claims a landslide of the country. The president had to suggest that the general should ceremony, a manoeuvre
election win in Sri Lanka. advantages of incumbency, but be declared an ineligible apparently allowed by the
Soldiers surround his main rival m a n y v o t e r s r e s e n t e d t h e candidate by the courts. On constitution. One burning
Jan 27th 2010 | From The dominance of his immediate Wednesday, expecting that he question is how the president
Economist online family in the government and would not accept defeat, the will then treat the Tamils who
SO MUCH for the idea that it complained about corruption, government deployed soldiers to have been defeated militarily and
would be a close-run thing. On soaring inflation, repression of surround a hotel in the capital, now politically. It appears that
Wednesday 27th, a day after a the press and more. Colombo, where the general and only in districts in the northern
p r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t i o n t h e The general is a newcomer to several hundred supporters were and eastern parts of the country,
incumbent, Mahinda Rajapaksa, party politics who quit the army based. where Tamils are more populous,
was declared victor over his in November amid suspicions General Fonseka told reporters did General Fonseka claim
chief rival and a former army that he had been plotting a coup by phone that the government substantial victories. Mr
commander, General Sarath d’etat. But he had managed to was carrying out an existing plan Rajapaksa may not feel inclined
Fonseka. Sri Lankan state cobble together a surprising to arrest him. A spokesman for to reach out to those he has
television reported that, after a coalition of supporters united in the army claimed that, instead, defeated, but for the sake of
high turn-out of 74%, official t h e i r o p p o s i t i o n t o M r the intention was to detain 400 longer-term stability he would be
tallies showed 6m ballots cast for Rajapaksa. Remarkably, his army deserters who were with wise to do so. Readers'
Mr Rajapaksa to 4.2m votes for supporters included a group of him and who could pose a comments
the general. General Fonseka parties known as the Tamil military threat in the capital. The Economist welcomes your
alleges that vote-rigging took National Alliance, which was Election day itself passed views.
p l a c e a n d h a s r e g i s t e r e d once seen as a front for the relatively peacefully, although Five Filters featured article:
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closely matched. Both men could election day General Fonseka If Mr Rajapksa is formally
80 Economy/ E-reader News Edition

Jobs unveils Apple iPad Twitter works

(Financial Times - US Brandishing an iPad, which the ability to connect to AT&T’s have been rising steadily since it on technology
homepage)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:45:54 AM
appeared similar to an iPhone but
with a bigger screen, Mr Jobs
3G wireless network, would sell
for $829, it added. Mr Jobs said
became clear more than six
months ago that the company to evade censors
said the device would have a Apple hoped to launch the was preparing to bring out a new (Financial Times - US
Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief w i d e r a n g e o f u s e s , f r o m product internationally in June or portable device that would be homepage)
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unveiled a widely-anticipated viewing video and reading e- The iPad has a screen measuring watching video than its ground-
touch-screen tablet computer, books. 9.7 inches diagonally, weighs 1.5 breaking iPhone. By John Gapper in Davos
dubbed the iPad. “If there’s going to be a third pounds and has 10 hours of Anticipation has been Published: January 27 2010
Promising what he called a category it has to be better at battery life, Mr Jobs said. particularly high given Apple’s 16:03 | Last updated: January 27
“magical and revolutionary these tasks, otherwise it has no Mr Jobs and other executives huge success with the iPhone, 2010 19:32
product” to add to Apple’s reason for being,” Mr Jobs said. demonstrated the iPad showing which has caused an upheaval in Twitter, the internet social
growing array of consumer He also laid down a direct video and being used to read a the smartphone industry and left network, is developing
technology gear, he said it would challenge to the world’s biggest newspaper and play games. others, such as Nokia and technology it hopes will prevent
fill the gap between smartphones mobile technology companies, Taking aim at Amazon, which Microsoft, scrambling to catch the Chinese and Iranian
and laptop computers. declaring that Apple’s total has led the market in e-books up. The iPhone set a high new governments being able to
Mr Jobs, who was still looking revenues from mobile gear – through its Kindle e-reader and standard in touch-screen devices censor its users.
thin after a fight with cancer that including its iPod and iPhone linked online book store, Mr for rivals to match, though sales Evan Williams, the chief
included a liver transplant last lines – now exceeded that of Jobs unveiled an Apple only took off after Apple executive and co-founder of
year, was speaking at an event in N o k i a . “ W e ’ r e a m o b i l e competitor called iBooks. introduced a subsidised version a Twitter, which has been credited
San Francisco on Wednesday company. That’s what we do,” “Amazon has done a great job in year after its initial launch. with helping anti-government
morning that had aroused intense he said. pioneering this,” Mr Jobs said. “Apple generally gets it right the protesters in Iran to organise
speculation in the media and The iPad will start shipping in “We’re going to stand on their first time, they usually only resistance, said software
technology worlds. the US in 60 days, with a price shoulders.” make minor adjustments later,” developers were working on
Many industry observers have of $499 for a bottom of the range The iBook store would offer said Roger Kay, an analyst at “interesting hacks” to stop any
predicted that the device would model which can only connect some bestsellers for as little as Endpoint Associates. blocking by foreign
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TOYOTA:
continued from page 77

decision to stop sales and
production in America is a
substantial blow for the
stumbling car giant. The output
of these plants accounted for
some 60% of sales in 2009. The
news put a banana skin under its
share price.
Although recalls are a routine
matter for carmakers, taking cars
off the market is not. And while
the car-buying public will
tolerate occasional recalls Toyota
is making a habit of advertising
the defects of its latest models.
Last November, Toyota issued a
safety recall affecting 4.2m
American vehicles that were also
potentially subject to sudden
acceleration. That time, Toyota
blamed badly fitted floor mats
for a problem that has affected
its vehicles since 2007. The
company insists that instances
are rare and has issued safety
advice to loyal customers for
bringing their cars to a halt in the
event of a malfunction. The
question for Toyota is how far it
can test that devotion to its
vehicles.
Toyota eased ahead of other
carmakers largely because of its
reputation for producing good-
quality, reliable cars at
reasonable prices. These
attributes won over buyers who
were prepared to overlook the
fact that those cars were often
dull. But in America, Toyota’s
biggest and most profitable
market, the company seemed to
be losing some traction, even
before the latest woes struck. In
2009 its market share was 17%,
much the same as the year before
even as America’s home-grown
car industry fell apart. However
TOYOTA: page 81
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TWITTER
continued from page 80

World Economic Forum, said he
admired Google for its decision
last month to confront China
over censorship and cyberattacks
on its service, but said Twitter
was too small to take a similar
stand.
“We are partially blocked in
China and other places and we
were in Iran as well,” he said.
“The most productive way to
fight that is not by trying to
engage China and other
governments whose very being is
against what we are about. I am
hopeful there are technological
ways around these barriers.”
Mr Williams said Twitter had an
advantage in evading
government censors through
operating as a network of
internet and mobile applications,
rather than as a single website.
“Twitter is a network that is
accessed in thousands of ways.”
Mr Williams was among
executives of social networks,
including MySpace, Facebook
and LinkedIn, which were
challenged in a debate in Davos
to make a statement against
censorship. He gave the clearest
account of how his company
intended to resist surveillance.
Earlier this month, Google
declared it was ending self-
censorship of its Chinese
language search engine in protest
at what it said were attempts
from China to hack into its
networks, and those of other US
technology companies.
Mr Williams did not want to
give details of the technology
being developed in order to
avoid giving clues to
governments that wanted to
block its service, which allows
users to post updates of up to
140 characters to those who
follow them. The company said
the technology was being
worked on by “third-party
developers” rather than the
company itself.
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MediaDailyNews: Super
Bowl Fans Relish Ads
As Much As Big Game
(MediaPost | Media News) U.S. adults plan to watch the
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:58:41 AM game next month on CBS with
35% of those expected viewers
Good news for Super Bowl equally interest in watching the
marketers in 2010: More people commercials as well as the game.
intend to watch the commercials About 22% are expected to tune
than the year before. in just for the commercials.
Overall, 57% of U.S. adults are Marketers' digital media efforts
expected to watch Super Bowl will get a boost, as well. Over
XLIV as as much or more for the 35% of those who watch Super
commercials than for the game, Bowl commercials say they are
according to new poll by Hanon m o r e l i k e l y t o v i s i t a n
McKendry, conducted by Harris advertiser's Web site after seeing
Interactive. This is a 5% interest a Super Bowl commercial. That
increase over the 2009's poll, is up from 30% in 2009.
which was at 52%.
MEDIADAILYNEWS: page 81
The survey also says 71% of

TOYOTA: MEDIADAILYNEWS
continued from page 80 continued from page 81

sales were 20% down on the year
before, better than GM’s
performance but worse than
Ford’s. It has also fallen back in
China, the world’s fastest-
growing car market, and in
Europe. It is likely that Toyota’s
share of the world market fell
below 12% last year.
Toyota’s dash to become the
biggest carmaker may have had
unfortunate consequences. The
pursuit of volume seems to have
dented the company’s enviable
record for reliability. In 2006,
after another bout of recalls, the
company promised a “customer
first” strategy to restore its
slipping reputation. But recalls
continued and Toyota started to
slide in customer-reliability polls
while Ford, VW and others such
as Hyundai, which added to sales
in America last year, caught up.
And these rivals are making cars
that are often more desirable than
those Toyota has to offer. The
latest troubles can only make
customers more wary of buying
a Toyota. Even Toyota’s much
vaunted leadership in electric
and hybrid vehicles is under
threat as other big carmakers
prepare to launch their own
green models soon.
The sense of alarm sweeping
Toyota found a voice last
October. Akio Toyoda, the
company’s boss since June and
grandson of Toyota’s founder,
gave a stark warning about the
firm's spiral of decline to a group
of astounded Japanese
journalists. At least he also
recognises that Toyota has to
make more exciting vehicles. But
the firm needs to rebuild its
reputation for rock-solid
reliability too. The drastic step of
halting vehicle production in
America is sure to set back that
aim for a long while. Readers'
comments
The Economist welcomes your
views.
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U.S. adults who watch Super
Bowl ads also say 48% are at
least somewhat likely to discuss
the ads on a social-networking
site.
The survey expects female
Super Bowl viewership will
essentially remain flat -- 67% in
2009 vs. 65% in 2010. More
females -- about 5% -- says
they'll watch at least or more
commercials.
Hanon McKendry /Harris
Interactive results say female
viewers are 2.5 times more likely
than male viewers to watch

MEDIADAILYNEWS: page 82
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Delta's 13.1-inch Color E-readers Due out Mid- compared the Kindle DX used in
the study unfavorably to smart
phones, such as the iPhone or
year (PC World via Yahoo! News) Blackberry.
Professors of advertising Dean
(Yahoo! News Search Results battle over e-paper technology. and plans to launch the devices business model will be similar to Krugman and Tom Reichert, and
for e-readers) Bridgestone, known more for its on its own or through a that used to sell mobile phones, Barry Hollander, an associate
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:20:12 AM
tire business, showed the 13.1- subsidiary if a partner cannot be she said. professor of journalism in the
inch e-paper technology off last found. Both devices offer note- A 21-inch version of the color e- UGA Grady College of
Taiwan's Delta Electronics plans year. The device was designed to taking capability, and 3G or Wi- paper is already on the market, Journalism and Mass
to start marketing a new 13.1- be the size of regular piece of A4 Fi wireless technology can be but she said even in that device, Communication, conducted the
inch color touchscreen e-reader paper so it could be used in place added if a partner wants such prices vary. "The price is research project over a six-month
and an 8.1-inch monochrome of business documents. technologies aboard. determined by content providers period in 2009.
touchscreen device around the Currently, e-paper technology In a demonstration, Lee used a and advertising content, not just Athens-area residents were
end of the second quarter, which f r o m E - i n k d o m i n a t e s t h e stylus to manipulate the 13.1- the price of the device," she said. provided Kindles to read The
use e-paper technology from market, including in Amazon's inch color screen, which had a "We're trying to make this Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In-
Japan's Bridgestone. Kindle devices and Sony's speedy refresh rate - much faster transition [to e-paper] easy for depth interviews and focus
The new color e-reader should R e a d e r . P r i m e V i e w than e-readers on the market, consumers." groups followed to learn their
show up alongside a number of International, the Taiwanese which often take a pause before A third major group working on likes and dislikes of the e-reader.
new devices using color e-paper company, signed a deal to buy E- changing pages. The speedy e-paper technology is U.S.-based The Atlanta daily newspaper
screens, as the e-reader market ink last year. refresh rate is one reason she SiPix Imaging, which works dropped Athens from its
t r a n s i t i o n s a w a y f r o m Hui Lee, director of the e-Paper believes Bridgestone's color e- with Taiwan's AU Optronics. circulation area in 2009,
monochrome. Barnes & Noble's business program at Delta, said paper technology offers an The Bridgestone/Delta team vies prompting the researchers to
Nook e-reader, for example, uses her company is still open to advantage for multimedia with E-ink/Prime View and wonder whether e-readers such
a monochrome 6-inch e-paper finding partners to market both content. SiPix/ AU Optronics in e-reader as the Kindle, sold through
screen by E-ink Corporation, the 13.1-inch and 8.1-inch She declined to talk about screens. Amazon, might be a viable
with a smaller 3.5-inch color devices. If a company wants to pricing on either device, saying Five Filters featured article: substitute for the traditional
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screen. Taiwanese company is a contract newspaper subscription, for readers, such as the Kindle, to
The launch of Delta's products manufacturer. example, and then get the e- traditional newspapers and
w i l l m o v e B r i d g e s t o n e ' s Delta is, however, also talking reader at a discount to the actual online delivery systems, said
technology center stage in the to content providers in Taiwan cost of the hardware. The Krugman. Our focus is on the
UGA page 83
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UGA
continued from page 82
way people consume media in a
rapidly changing
environment.Earlier, we
employed similar methods when
studying the growth of the multi-
channel television environment.
While adults of all ages were
impressed by the readability of
the Kindle screen, describing it
as easy on the eyes, few
considered it a primary way to
read news.
For younger adults, the Kindle
fell short when compared to their
beloved smart phones, with
touch screens and multiple
applicationsfrom music to
surfing the Internetavailable in a
single small package. The e-
reader felt old to them.
Older adults were overall more
receptive to the concept of an e-
reader. However, the Kindle
failed to include aspects of the
traditional newspaper they had
grown fond of, such as comics
and crossword puzzles.
Cost was a factor regardless of
age. Nearly all respondents
balked at the Kindle DXs $489
price tag for reading a
newspaper.
As a stand-alone attribute,
Krugman said, the newspaper
feature is likely not strong
enough to sell the e-reader. It
should be seen as one of a
constellation of services for the
device including books,
magazines, etc.
A number of competing e-reader
or tablet systems are expected on
the market soon, including one
by Apple.
The first phase of focus groups
was conducted in part by UGA
83
students, with faculty guidance,
in an advertising research
methods class. A second phase
will provide respondents the use
of Kindles before undergoing
more rigorous in-depth
interviews to answer questions
raised in the initial research. A
key part of the study will
examine if and how an e-reader
becomes part of a consumers
daily media experience.
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84 Gallup Poll/
U.S. News Media Get Tepid Ratings as Obama “Watchdog”
(All Gallup Headlines)
Submitted at 1/26/2010 8:00:00 PM
PRINCETON, NJ -- Most
Americans appear unimpressed
by the media's performance as
government watchdog in the first
year of the Obama
administration. A third say the
media have done an "excellent"
or "good" job of filling this
important role of a free press,
37% say their performance has
been "fair," and 27% rate it
"poor."
This finding comes from a
Gallup survey sponsored by the
nonpartisan First Amendment
Center, conducted Jan. 20-21,
2010.
The plurality of Americans
(43%) say the news media's
performance as watchdog under
Obama is on par with how it did
during previous administrations;
however, by 31% to 21% the
remainder tilt toward believing
the media has done a worse,
rather than better, job under
Obama.
More Republicans Than
Democrats Crying Foul
In covering a presidential
administration, reporters can
adopt the tenacity of a pit bull or
the affability of a lapdog. One
way to gauge where the media as
a whole actually fall on that
spectrum is to do an objective
analysis of all media content.
Another may be to see how
Republicans and Democrats react
to the coverage."When asked
which issue they would like to
see the news media do a better
job of reporting on going
forward, the largest segment of
Americans (40%) cite Obama's
policies on the economy,
followed by healthcare (30%)."
According to the new poll,
nearly half of Democrats (45%)
say the media have done an
excellent or good job as a
watchdog of the Democratic
Obama administration, compared
with 29% of independents and
30% of Republicans. Republican
dissatisfaction with the media as
watchdog in Obama's first year is
particularly great, evident in the
relatively high percentage (39%)
calling the media's performance
poor.
Additionally, a solid majority of
Democrats (75%) believe the
media are performing the same
or better as a government
watchdog with Obama than they
did with previous
administrations. Independents
generally agree with this
assessment, while Republicans
are about evenly divided
between those saying the media
are doing the same or better, and
those saying they are doing
worse: 49% vs. 48%.
Appetite for Better Coverage of
Economic Policies
The new poll also asked
Americans to identify which one
of several Obama administration
policy areas they think the media
did the best job of covering in
the past year. Americans give the
media the most credit on
healthcare (24%) and the
economy (20%), and somewhat
less credit on the wars in Iraq
E-reader News Edition
however, refuse to acknowledge
that the media have done a good
job on even one of the four
issues rated.
Looking ahead, Democrats are
particularly interested in seeing
improved coverage of Obama's
healthcare policies, with the
economy ranking a close second.
Republicans and independents
are largely focused on the
economy.
Bottom Line
Gallup polling in recent years
has consistently shown
Republicans harboring more
skepticism than Democrats
toward the mainstream news. In
October 2009, Gallup found
Democrats to be among the most
confident of all major U.S.
and Afghanistan, and terrorism. subgroups that the media report
(This rank order may reflect the the news "fully, accurately and
amount of media coverage fairly" and Republicans to be the
devoted to each topic as much as least confident (58% vs. 36%).
it does the quality.) However, an The same poll found 74% of
even larger percentage -- 36% -- Republicans saying the news
do not choose any of these media are "too liberal" versus
issues, or have no opinion about 20% of Democrats calling them
which has been best covered. "too conservative."
When asked which issue they Still, both Republicans and
would like to see the news media Democrats are likely to be
do a better job of reporting on sensitive about the treatment
going forward, the largest President Obama gets from the
segment of Americans (40%) press; given this, the best the
cite Obama's policies on the media can probably achieve on
economy, followed by healthcare the watchdog question is equal
(30%). Relatively few cite U.S. levels of criticism from both
wars or terrorism. sides. A high proportion of
When identifying the best news Democrats saying they think the
coverage during Obama's first c o v e r a g e o f O b a m a ' s
year, all party groups rank
healthcare relatively highly.
About 4 in 10 Republicans, U.S. page 85
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continued from page 84
administration has been excellent
or good probably means it has
been too lenient. A high
proportion of Republicans saying
the same probably means it has
been too tough. With these
figures currently registering 45%
among Democrats and 30%
among Republicans, the press
may want to reflect on whether it
did, in fact, fulfill its important
role as government watchdog in
2009. And going forward, it may
want to bear in mind Democrats'
concern about appropriate
coverage of Obama's healthcare
plans, and Republicans' and
independents' interest in better
media oversight of his economic
policies.
Survey Methods
Results are based on telephone
interviews with 1,026 national
adults, aged 18 and older,
conducted Jan. 20-21, 2010, as
APPLE
continued from page 85
aren't better at anything.
Applause.
1:12: It's the iPad. Going
through basic functionalities now
-- browsing, email, photos,
iTunes music--everything the
iPhone does. Text entry is with
an "almost life size" soft
keyboard.
1:15: Steve's relaxing in his
chair demoing the iPad.
Currently going through the
browser, which seems to
function exactly like the mobile
Safari on the iPhone. Nothing
new yet.
PopSci/ 85
part of Gallup Daily tracking.
For results based on the total
sample of national adults, one
can say with 95% confidence
that the maximum margin of
sampling error is ±4 percentage
points.
Interviews are conducted with
respondents on land-line
telephones and cellular phones.
In addition to sampling error,
question wording and practical
difficulties in conducting surveys
can introduce error or bias into
the findings of public opinion
polls.
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Apple Tablet Event Live
By John Mahoney (Popular Francisco, with reality distortion way, connection issues here, so
1:18: Now, email. Again, Science - New Technology, field shielding equipped. Check I'll be a little slow. Check out our
basically the same as iPhone, but Science News, The Future back here shortly before then for friends at Gizmodo for more live
with a paneled interface that's Now) words and pictures from the coverage.
more like Mail on the Mac. event, updating live. 1:09: Steve: First to market with
Submitted at 1/27/2010 10:00:15 AM
Typing, Steve holds the tablet on 12:56: Testing 1-2-3. We're laptops in 1991, then "reinvented
his knees and uses both hands to We're here in San Francisco for inside, listening to live Bob the phone" with the iPhone.
type on the soft keyboard. Apple's anticipated Dylan, waiting. Everyone uses a laptop or a
1:19: Photos app looks like a announcement 12:59: I'm one of hundreds on smartphone now. Is there room
hybrid of iPhone photos and Update: Here are our hands on AT&T's data network in here, so for a third category of device in
iPhoto on the Mac. Seeing a impressions of the iPad. Our if I fade in and out, blame them! the middle? Third category will
trend here? liveblog with all the details of 1:03: The man is on stage, ready have to be far better at doing
1:21: Get the feeling Steve is the announcement is archived to unveil a "magical" product. "some key things."
sandbagging here going through here. But first, some updates about the Some people have thought that's
the basics. iTunes is here, Starting at 10 AM PST (1 PM business. $15.6B in revenue Q1 a netbook. Problem is, netbooks
EST), we'll be covering Apple's 2010, claiming #1 mobile device
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described as a "built in iPod."
More of a hybrid mobile/desktop
feel, taking advantage of the
increased screen realestate.
More Dylan:
1:25: People are applauding
Google Street View on the iPad's
maps app, but it's exactly the
same as the iPhone
implementation--just bigger.
1:27: Steve watching Up.
1:29: Specs time: .5 inches thin,
1.5 pounds, 9.7-inch IPS display.
Interestingly, it runs on a custom
chip Apple built itself, the Apple
A4 running at 1 GHZ. 16, 32, 64
GB solid state storage. 802.11n
hi-fi, bluetooth. "We've been
able to achieve 10 hours of
battery life. I can take a flight
from SF to Tokyo and watch
video the whole way." Plus, 1
month of standby.
1:33: Scott Forstall is up talking
about the App Store on the iPad.
It runs "virtually every" App
Store app out of the box--either
in a black box at native iPhone
resolution, which doesn't look
too appealing, or resolution
upscaled to full screen (with a
slight loss of image quality, one
would assume). Hard to tell on
the big screen.
1:34: Here's a snowboard racing
app in the black box mode and
upscaled:
To take full advantage of the
larger iPad screen, developers
will have to re-write their
applications with larger UI
elements. Developers can begin
modifying their apps with an
SDK available today.
1:38: Now we're seeing demos
from iPhone developers who
have gotten a headstart on
developing apps for the iPad.
Gameloft is showing a first-
person shooter that looks pretty
impressive. Lots of touch
controls for fighting. Clearly, an
emphasis will be on games.
1:40: Now the New York
Times: Been developing a demo
app for the past three weeks.
Why use an iPad app over the
NYT webpage Steve demoed
just a few minutes ago?
1:42: NYT app is looking to
capture the essence of the printed
product with similar layout and
design, with video and digital
content piped in.
1:44: Now Brushes, the popular
iPhone painting app. This could
be good.
1:46: Brushes looks pretty
excellent--as you can imagine,
more screen real estate will make
finger painting easier and more
natural. A nifty playback feature
watches your composition go
from a blank canvas to finished,
each stroke at a time. Neat.
1:47: EA is demo'ing Need For
Speed. Using the accelerometer
to steer and working your hands
around to do things like shift
gears and change the camera
view might be kind of tricky:
1:51: The MLB app looks pretty
great with the expanded screen
as well. Full-screen game
simulations with picture-in-
picture for videos.
1:54: Now here's what many
were waiting for: iBooks, an e-
reader app with--yes--a built-in
book store. iTunes for books.
Publishers Penguin, Harper
Collins, Simon & Schuster,
Macmillan, and Hachette have
signed on.
1:57: Steve's hyping hard the
benefits of reading books on a
color screen (but, still backlit--
get ready for some eyestrain?).
Photos look great, pageturns are
instant and animated, and
multimedia can be integrated
inline. It uses the e-pub format,
and textbooks are in the works.
1:58: iWork is also coming to
the iPad. Phil Schiller is onstage
to demo what he and Steve are
both pretty excited about,
surprisingly. Keynote, Pages and
Numbers have all been ported for
presentations, word processing
and...spreadsheets! Office work
on an iPad? I guess!
2:02: Some nifty looking
multitouch gestures have been
added--tap presentation slides
into a bundle and move them to
replace--photo masking and
resizing is also touchable and
fairly intuitive-looking. Is this
the future of the desktop Mac
we're seeing?
2:05: Phil just said Pages'
formatting ruler is the "most
beautiful ruler you've ever seen
in an application. OK!
They must be pretty confident
with the iPad's keyboard to
include a full-fledged word
processor.
2:09: Phil is holding the iPad
with one hand and pecking at the
keyboard with the other. Looks
kind of awkward, but we'll have
to see for ourselves. What must
surely be the iWork team sitting
in the front is loving this demo.
Wild applause.
2:11: Each productivity app will
be $10 in the App Store.
2:12: Steve's back filling in
some more details. Full sync
with iTunes via USB, just like
the iPhone.
2:13: Interesting: iPads will be
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available either with wi-fi alone
or with wi-fi plus 3G. And here's
the pricing: 250MB per month
for $14.99, unlimited for $30.
All through AT&T, which
elicited some groans in the
crowd. But this is nice: no
contract necessary, and
cancellation can be done
anytime.
2:17: Pricing. Much lower than
expected at $499 for 16GB and
no 3G, but with lots of different
pricing options. Lots of applause.
They're available in two months.
2:22: Now we're talking
accessories. As many expected,
there will be a keyboard. And,
another industry killed by Apple:
digital photo frames. When in its
dock, the iPad can show your
photos.
2:28: We're wrapping up with a
video now, which will be online
shortly. Thanks for joining--stay
tuned for more iPad news after
the event.
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Apple iPad Hands On
By John Mahoney (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 1:02:22 PM
The iPad, one of the most
anticipated gadgets in history, is
here. And the stakes, clearly, are
high: to my knowledge, this is
the first time Apple has referred
to one of their products as
"magical." Here's what it's like
to play with one. For more
photos, launch the gallery
If you read our live coverage of
the event, you're probably
already set on the specs and
features. On stage, demo'd from
afar by Steve Jobs, the iPad is
basically a giant 9.7-inch, 1024 x
768 iPhone. But when it's in your
hand, the story changes
significantly.
More than ever before, Apple
has minimized every element of
a device that's not the giant,
beautiful screen. It's a difficult
gadget to photograph, because
essentially it's little more than an
aluminum-backed screen floating
in your hands. Colors are
amazing on the LED-backlit
LCD, and the amount of real
estate to work with on the 1024 x
768 screen is amazing. And
there's really no "up" or "down"-
-the proximity sensor rapidly
flips the entire display to
accommodate however you're
holding the tablet. A few times it
seemed a little too eager to flip if
I was half way between vertical
or horizontal, but for the most
part, its responsiveness is
impressive.
User experience wise, it's the
iPhone at its core. Which is not a
bad thing--as Jobs said, 75
million iPod touch and iPhone
owners will intuitively dive right
into the iPad. You touch
something, and it responds. But
look closer, and it's the subtle
tweaks like flipping a page in an
e-book, complete with the
reflection of the next page on the
back--that make it probably the
most fluid and thought-out
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pretty awkward.
There will be an acclimation
period, for sure, but don't expect
to write long-winded messages
or War and Peace with the iPad
while you're standing up.
Apps
The iPad runs all of the App
Store's apps out of the box either
in a "letterboxed" presentation at
the iPhone's resolution, or
upscaled to full screen on the
iPad. Playing with Facebook and
a few games, the graphical
quality of the upscaling is
reduced, but they're usable.
Interestingly, the iPhone's soft
keyboard is what pops up for text
entry, not the iPad's larger board.
But this will likely only be a
temporary problem, as
developers have 60 days to
convert their existing
applications to the iPad's native
resolution using an SDK released
today.
Maps
implementation of a touchscreen 100% natural. You can enter text Talking to Apple's Phil Schiller,
we've yet seen. in several different ways: in he said that if he had to name a
Surprisingly, Apple themselves landscape or in portrait, holding favorite app, Maps would be it.
engineered the iPad's brain, a the back with one hand and On paper it doesn't do much
1GHz chip they're calling the pecking with the other, trying to more than the iPhone Maps app,
A4. The iPad's heavily graphic stretch two thumbs while holding but at this scale, you almost feel
interface moves with buttery with both hands, iPhone style, or like you're working for the CIA
smoothness, even upscaling 3-D resting it on your lap (the iPad's as you touch your way through
games. case, sold seperately, folds out beautiful full-screen satellite
Typing into a nice stand). It's clear that info. Street View is also very
Typing is done via a soft the natural way to type is resting impressive at this resolution.
keyboard, or with the added the iPad in your lap--one-handed "Like science fiction," Schiller
accessory keyboard you can use pecking is pretty slow going, and said as he pinched and zoomed
on a desk with the iPad docked. unless you have largest of hands, in on the Eiffel Tower.
The soft keyboard is good, but as typing with both thumbs while Updating live, refresh for
many suspected, typing is not holding it in portrait mode is more....
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Ex-Officer Says Air Force's Failure to Deploy Airships Costs
Lives
By Jeremy Hsu (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 9:43:25 AM
Former Air Force officer blames
cultural resistance to airship
technology
Finding and capturing
insurgents behind deadly
roadside bomb attacks has
proven tricky, but an ex-U.S. Air
Force officer says that airships
could have deployed as early as
2006 to provide steady
surveillance that can track
bombers back to their lairs. Now
he has gone public with his
criticism of how the Air Force
shunted aside airships in favor of
preserving the roles of aircraft
and satellites -- an action that he
says cost the lives of warfighters.
Flightglobal's DEW Line blog
first pointed out a YouTube
video that contains the critique.
Watchful airships could allow
surveillance teams to rewind
camera footage up to the point of
an improvised explosive device
(IED) attack to see where the
attackers came from, or perhaps
even watch where the attackers
go afterwards. That would enable
the tactic called "backtracking,"
where soldiers could then nab
roadside bombers and possibly
their bomb caches. Researchers
have independently tried
developing software that can
predict the location of such
insurgent hideouts.
"We have suffered needless
deaths since about the middle of
2006 because we are not doing
all we know how to do to stop
IEDs," said Ed Herlik, the
former officer with the U.S. Air
Force Space Command.
Herlik says that both the Space
Command and Air Combat
Command ignored orders from
the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff
back in 2003 to develop and
deploy airship technologies.
Such airship technologies have
now reached the point where it's
just a matter of engineering, as
opposed to being pie-in-the-sky
or " DARPA hard."
"At that point, and just as that
chief of staff retired, an air force
general wrote a cease and desist
order countermanding the chief
of staff," Herlik said. "Yes, that
is illegal. But they did it
anyway."
An airship design that hovers
overhead at 60,000 feet can
watch over an area of about 13
square miles. Covering the same
area would require four Global
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Hawk drones operating at 40,000
feet (Global Hawks can reach but
can't sustain altitudes of 60,000
feet), or 13 Predators operating
around 19,000 feet. The expense
of current drones has meant that
the Air Force currently does not
engage in useful backtracking,
Herlik claims.
By contrast, the U.S. Army has
displayed much more interest in
an airship that could provide
support for its footsloggers. But
even its next-gen LEMV airship
would only fly at 20,000 feet,
which limits the surveillance
area at any given time.
We here enjoy watching the
demos for each new anti-IED
gadget, ranging from armored
airbags to truck-mounted lasers
that detonate from a distance.
But we have to admit that it's
hard to see why airships haven't
become a greater priority for as
basic a tactic as back-tracking
enemies to their hideouts -- even
if lasers are more fun to ogle.
[via Ares Defense Blog and The
DEW Line]
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Navy Says Video Games Can Boost "Fluid Intelligence" of
Warfighters
By Jeremy Hsu (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 11:24:54 AM
Keep your mind on the
simulator, soldier
Military simulators that
resemble video games have
obvious training benefits for
warfighters, but U.S. Navy
scientists also say that video
games can boost brainpower and
produce cognitive improvements
that last up to two and a half
years.
The Office of Naval Research
(ONR) hopes that video game-
like training can help warfighters
hone their "fluid intelligence," or
ability to confront and solve new
problems. Such research feeds
into a new sense that the human
brain can continue to adapt and
improve itself beyond early
adulthood, and may allow
soldiers to better adjust to the
changing tactics and
environment of the modern-day
battlefield.
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used its own game America's
Army and arcade centers as part
of a recruitment effort targeting
the gamer generation.
Perez ultimately hopes to blur
the distinction between virtual
training and real-life operations.
One current virtual simulation
involves a cave-like environment
that encourages soldiers to
improve their adaptability within
team dynamics.
"You walk into a cave and you're
bombarded by this totally
different, artificial world where
there may be intelligent avatars
that you interact with to perform
a mission," Perez said. "These
avatars will act as teammates, so
"We have discovered that video or plasticity. But Perez suggests Pentagon's weekly Armed with you, as an individual, will have
game players perform 10 to 20 that neural networks involved in Science podcast. to interact with these avatars as a
percent higher in terms of video gaming become stronger Video games have proven no unit."
perceptual and cognitive ability over time and improve the stranger to modern warfare. The We're pretty sure that he's not
than normal people that are non- brain's blood flow, and also falls Spanish military has tested talking about the blue-skinned
game players, said Ray Perez, a into synch with other neural swarm intelligence tactics on a avatars of James Cameron's
program officer at the ONR's networks. modded version of the game recent blockbuster -- at least not
w a r f i g h t e r p e r f o r m a n c e "We think that these games P a n z e r G e n e r a l . T h e U . S . yet.
department. increase your executive control, military has also turned to video [via Armed with Science]
Uncertainty remains about just or your ability to focus and game-like simulators that permit
how video games improve the attend to stimuli in the outside s o l d i e r s t o e v e n f e e l t h e
brain's flexible learning ability, world," Perez noted during the sensation of getting shot, and has
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Bill Gates's Hidden Dreams of Geoengineering
Revealed
By Jeremy Hsu (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 1/27/2010 12:38:19 PM
The Microsoft chairman, it turns
out, has a small history of
dabbling in climate-altering
schemes
Bill Gates has already proven
his interest in geoengineering
schemes with his earlier co-
patent filing for reducing the
intensity of killer hurricanes. So
perhaps we're not too surprised
that Science Insider has dug up
the Microsoft chairman's past
projects on altering the Earth's
climate, ranging from filtering
carbon dioxide to reflecting
sunlight via brighter clouds.
The billionaire founder of the
PC has apparently quietly
funneled $4.5 million of his own
money to geoengineering
research since 2007. Two
researchers who have served as
energy and climate advisers for
Gates -- Ken Caldeira of the
Carnegie Institution for Science
in Palo Alto, California and
physicist David Keith of the
University of Calgary in Canada
-- have had the duty of
dispensing the money as they
saw fit. Naturally, scientists and
students working for Keith and
Caldeira have benefited from
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salty mist of seawater into the air
to create ocean clouds. The idea
of using clouds to reflect
sunlight and help reduce global
temperatures has drawn support
from others in the past, but many
scientists still consider such
geoengineering schemes as a
desperate last resort for tackling
climate change.
Keep in mind that Gates has not
funded any field trials of
geoengineering, and that $4.5
million represents a drop in the
bucket these days for almost any
research. But the billionaire's
sentiment regarding climate
change was made clear in a
recent Huffington Post column
s o m e o f t h e p h i l a n t h r o p i c where he argues that innovative
money. But geoengineering technological solutions have
conferences held in Cambridge, become necessary, and that the
Massachusetts and Edinburgh, world can no longer rely on just
Scotland have also received changing consumer behavior or
backing from Gates. pushing for energy efficiency.
More funding has gone to [via Science Insider]
Armand Neukermans, a Silicon
Valley entrepreneur who
envisions ships that spray a fine