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Three strikes for Obama at the bowling alleyBy Patricia Zengerle (Front RowWashington)

Submitted at 8/3/2009 1:53:22 PM

President Barack Obama may be

struggling to boosta weak economyand push through healthcare reform,but he is making undisputed progressin one area hes raised hisbowling score from an embarrassing37 out of a possible 300 to a144.

The athletic U.S. 47-year-old, known as an enthusiast icbasketball player , scored one of hispresidential races few missteps lastyear during a campaign stop inPennsylvania when hetried bowlingand posted the 37, a result far belowthe respectable range.

So it seemed surprising when hispress secretary, Robert Gibbs,saidObama, who turns48 on Tuesday,had included some bowling in hisbirthday celebrations with friendsduring the weekend at the CampDavid presidential retreat.

It was even more surprising whenGibbs insisted that Obama had rolledan eminently respectable 144, almostquadrupling his score during the ill-fated campaign stop. I watched thelast four throws: three strikes and anine. Im just saying, Gibbs told anincredulous White House presscorps. I told the president, Look if

y o u d h a v e d o n e t h i s i n

Pennsylvania, my life would havebeen a little easier last spring.

Thatawkward performance at asport strongly identifiedwith theU.S. working classwasmocked byObamas critics as a sign that thecandidate, a former law professor andgraduate of two of the countrys mostelite universities, could not relate toregular Americans.

Obama has said since that he hasbeen practicing his bowling. AndGibbs insisted the higher score wasaccurate. The bowling happenedright in front of me, he said.

Photo credit: Reuters/Jim Young

Diplomats pressing Iran for word on3 Americans (AP)(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)

Submitted at 8/4/2009 3:40:46 AM

SAN FRANCISCO Familymembers of the three Americans

being held in Iran after theyapparently illegally crossed theborder from Iraq said they areconcerned for the safety of the group.

Friends and family say freelancejournalist Shane Bauer, his girlfriend,S a r a h S h o u r d , a n d a t h i r dcompanion, Joshua Fattal, wereadventuresome t ravelers whoaccidentally stumbled into the wrongplace at the wrong time on Friday.

"All we care about is the well-beingof Josh and his two hiker friends,"Fattal's father, Jacob, told reporterson Monday.

The status of three had been

unknown early Tuesday, despiteefforts by Swiss diplomats to obtaindetails from the Iranian ForeignMinister.

The Arabic language Al-Alam,however, quoted the deputy governorof Iran's Kurdistan province laterTuesday as saying the Americanhikers were being held on theoutskirts of Marivan district while aninvestigation was conducted. IrajHassanzadeh said the hikers were notbeing interrogated.

Bauer's mother, Cindy Hickey ofPine City, Minn., and Shourd's

mother, Nora Shourd, on Mondaysaid they hoped the three would beallowed to safely leave Iran. Also

Monday, Secretary of State HillaryRodham Clinton appealed to Iran forinformation.

Pacific News Service ExecutiveDirector Sandy Close, who hired

Bauer to cover the elections innorthern Iraq's self-ruled Kurdishregion, said she does not believe thefreelance journalist ever intended togo to neighboring Iran.

In an e-mail, Bauer told Close hewanted to "feel out the situation (inKurdistan) and get some ideas fordeeper stories."

"Kurdistan is the big story in Iraqnow," Bauer wrote in the e-mailprovided to The Associated Press."I'm off to Kurdistan ... "

Close said Bauer sent her e-mailson Monday and Wednesday, thenwent backpacking with Shourd in apopular tourist area renowned for itsscenery. It was unclear how the twomet up with Fattal. Close said Bauerwouldn't have deliberately tried toenter Iran.

A Kurdish official in Iraq has saidthe three contacted a colleague to saythey had entered Iran by mistake onFriday and were surrounded bytroops. Iran's state television latersaid the Americans were arrestedafter they did not heed warnings fromIranian border guards.

Bauer and Shourd, both graduatesof the University of California,

Berkeley, had been living in the SanFrancisco Bay area. Shourd haswritten for a number of online

publications, including Brave NewTraveler. She has also has taughtEnglish.

Ross Borden, founder of an onlinetravel magazine that includes Brave

New Traveler, described Shourd as"very professional. She wrote a greatstory for us."

"She's obviously a professionaltraveler, as you can see by her latestadventure, going hiking in Iraq," hesaid. "Not many people go hiking inIraq."

Fattal spent three years recentlyliving with a group dedicated tosustainable farming near CottageGrove, Ore. He lived with about nineothers and worked as the group'sintern coordinator before leavingabout eight months ago, according toJason Brown, who now holds Fattal'sjob.

From January to June, Fattaltraveled overseas as a teachingassistant with the InternationalH o n o r s P r o g r a m , v i s i t i n gSwitzerland, India, South Africa andChina on a global ecology program.Fattal had been a student in theprogram during college, presidentJoan Tiffany said.___Also contributing to this story were

Patrick Condon in Minneapolis andMaryclaire Dale in Philadelphia.Michelle Locke reported from

Berkeley, Calif.


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McCain opposes former rivals first Supreme Court nomineeBy Thomas Ferraro (Front Row

Washington)Submitted at 8/3/2009 1:52:22 PM

Nine months after losing the U.S.presidential election to DemocratBarack Obama, Republican JohnMcCain is still taking center stage tovoice disagreement with his formerU.S. Senate colleague.

On Monday, McCain announced ina Senate speech that he would voteagainst Obamas first U.S. SupremeCourt nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, afederal judge for the past 17 years.

She is an immensely qualified

candidate, McCain conceded.But he added: I do not believe that

she shares my belief in judicialrestraint.

Echoing the concerns of a numberof Senate Republican leaders,McCain complained she has ruledbased not strictly by the law but alsopersonal beliefs.

Despite a wall of Republicanopposition, Sotomayor seemsvirtually certain to be confirmed thisweek by the Democratic-led Senate.

The American Bar Association

gave Sotomayor its top rating, she

has been supported by a number oflaw enforcement groups, and the U.S.Chamber of Commerce, which oftensides with Republicans, urged theSenate to confirm her, saying herrecord shows that she would be fairto business.

McCain said he monitoredSotomayors testimony at her Senateconfirmation hearing last month. Hesaid liked what he heard, but didntnecessarily believe it.

She clearly stated that as a judge,I dont make law. While I applaud

this statement, it does not reflect her

record as an appellate court judge.As an appellate court judge, Judge

Sotomayor has been overturned bythe Supreme Court six times,McCain said.

McCain lost to Obama after issuingcountless warnings about the nowpopular president. He put out anotherwarning on Monday this one tofellow lawmakers.

The American people will bewatching this week when the Senatevo tes on Judge So tomayorsnomination. She is a judge who has

forsworn judicial activism in her

confirmation hearings, but who has along record of it, McCain said.

I f she uses he r l i fe t imeappointment on the bench as a perchto remake law in her own image of

justice, I expect that Americans willhold us senators accountable,McCain said.

Photo credit: REUTERS/KevinLamarque (Obama and McCain talkat a recent meeting)

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Bill Clinton meets N Korea leader(BBC News | Americas | WorldEdition)


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requires JavaScript to play.Bill Clinton was given flowers onhis arrival in Pyongyang

Former US President Bill Clintonhas met North Korean leader KimJong-il during an unannounced visitto the country, state media haveannounced.

Mr Clinton is in Pyongyang todiscuss the fate of jai led US

journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee.He is the highest-profile American

to visit since his secretary of state,Madeleine Albright, in 2000.

Analysts say Mr Clinton may alsotry to ease the deadlock over theNorth's nuclear ambitions.

The Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) said that Mr Clinton had"courteously" conveyed a verbalmessage from US President BarackObama, although the White Housesaid that Mr Clinton had not carried amessage from Mr Obama.

According to North Korea's officialstate media, Kim Jong-il hosted adinner for the former US president,before the two men exchanged whatis described as a "broad range ofopinion".

Face-to-face time with the North

Korean leader is extremely rare forWestern politicians, and granting theopportunity to Bill Clinton could be asign that he is going to be given whathe came for, the release of twoAmerican journalists.

Mr Clinton is also reported to havedelivered a verbal message fromPresident Obama, but the WhiteHouse is remaining very tight lipped.It says the case of the journalistsmust remain separate from widerpolitical issues.

W a s h i n g t o n m a d e n o

announcement of Mr Clinton's tripprior to his arrival, but in a laterstatement stressed that this was aprivate visit.

"While this solely private mission tosecure the release of two Americansis on the ground, we will have nocomment," White House spokesmanRobert Gibbs told reporters.

"We do not want to jeopardise thesuccess of former President Clinton'smission."

The secrecy surrounding this trip isa sign of i ts sensitive nature,a c c o r d i n g t o t h e B B C ' scorrespondent in Seoul , JohnSudworth - as well as the fact thatthis is a gamble by Washington.

The last visit to North Korea by aformer American president - JimmyCarter in 1994 - led to an importantstep forward in relations between thetwo countries, and Mr Clinton may

be hoping his trip could have thesame effect.

But some analysts question thewisdom of such a high-profile visitso soon after North Korea conducteda string of nuclear and missile tests indefiance of the UN Security Council- say i ng i t may be seen byPyongyang as a reward for bad

behaviour.Mr Clinton landed in Pyongyang inan unmarked plane and was greetedat the airport by North Koreanofficials, including chief nuclearnegotiator Kim Kye-gwan and YangHyong-sop, vice president ofparl iament .

As he stepped down from theplane, a little girl came forward topresent him with a bouquet offlowers.'Entering negotiations'

No official itinerary for the visit

has been announced.There had been speculation that Mr

Clinton might see leader Kim Jong-il,whom analysts say is eager toimprove relations with Washingtonas he prepares to name a successor.

Mr Kim is thought to have suffereda stroke a year ago, and also haschronic diabetes and heart disease.

Analysts say his third son is alreadybeing lined up to take over powerone day.

Laura Ling and Euna Lee werefound guilty of entering North Koreaillegally across the Chinese border inMarch, and sentenced to 12 years'hard labour.

They were arrested by NorthKorean guards while filming a videoabout refugees for California-basedinternet broadcaster Current TV.

According to KCNA, the tworeporters have admitted entering the

country illegally.But the women's families have

always claimed that Lee, 36, andLing, 32, had no intention of crossinginto North Korea.

They fear the two reporters mayb e c o m e p o l i t i c a l p a w n s i nnegotiations between Washingtonand Pyongyang.

Last month US Secretary of StateHillary Clinton requested an amnestyfor the women asking that they beallowed to return home.

Former releasesThis is not the first time a senior

US statesman has gone to NorthKorea to negotiate for the release ofAmerican citizens.

In 1994, then-congressman BillRichardson - now governor of NewMexico - helped negotiate the releaseof Bobby Hall, one of two pilots of aUS army helicopter shot down afterstraying into North Korea.

Two years later he negotiated therelease of Evan Hunziker, who wasdetained on suspicion of spying afterswimming the Yalu river border.

Critics say that Mr Clinton's trip -coming so soon after North Korealaunched a nuclear test - will beexploited for maximum propagandavalue by Pyongyang.

Although Bill Clinton's arrival wascovered by North Korea's eveningtelevision news, it was not until after

apparently more newsworthy items,such as the improving qualitystandards at a biscuit factory, ourcorrespondent in Seoul says.

What do you hope Bill Clinton'smission will achieve? Send us yourviews.

The BBC may edit your commentsand not all emails will be published.Your comments may be published onany BBC media worldwide.

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4 Internet News RecordJobs trump fears of terrorists in Michigan town(AP)(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)


STANDISH, Mich. To manypeople struggling in this job-starvedp a r t o f r u r a l M i c h i g a n ,unemployment is a bigger threat thanterrorists.

With unemployment at more than17 percent, many residents say theywould welcome detainees fromGuantanamo Bay in order to save the280 jobs at a prison scheduled toclose because of state budget cuts.

"We'll take the most dangerousprisoners the world has to offer if wehave to," corrections officer PaulPiche said Monday.

T h e S t a n d i s h M a x i m u mCorrectional Facility and the militarypenitentiary at Fort Leavenworth,Kan., are possible locations for aheavily guarded site to hold the 229suspected al-Qaida, Taliban andforeign fighters now jailed at theGuantanamo Bay detention camp inCuba, senior U.S. officials say.

In Kansas, the prospect ofincarcerating terrorist was met withdismay. Some officials and residentssaid the foreign detainees wouldmake the area a security risk.

"This is a bad idea on a hurry-up,

artificial timeline," said Sen. SamBrownback, a Republican. "Theyshould be treated with dignity andhumanely, but not here."

Gov. Mark Parkinson said heopposed the move because FortLeavenworth's facilities did not meetsecurity requirements, not because of

a "xenophobic fear of foreignprisoners." Parkinson, a Democrat,

also said it would harm the localeconomy by requiring increasedsecurity along the Missouri River, arailroad line and the local airport.

The reaction was far more positivein Michigan, where signs outsidemany businesses and even a Catholicchurch bear the message: "SaveStandish Max."

"Anything that keeps the prisonopen is fine with me," said PerryP e l t o n , o w n e r o f W h e e l e r ' sR e s t a u r a n t o n M a i n S t r e e t .

A third-generation resident of thearea, 48-year-old Pelton said he lived

less than 2 miles from the prison andw a s n ' t w o r r i e d a b o u t t h eGuantanamo inmates escaping. Thefacility is surrounded by a 16-foot-high double chain link fence withrazor-ribbon wire. There are five guntowers, and armed guards constantlypatrol the perimeter in a vehicle.

"No one's ever gotten out of there,"he said. "They've got a 19-year trackrecord since that place opened, andthey'd probably have even tightersecurity if we get these al-Qaidapeople."

The prison holds about 600 inmatesand is the top employer in the

communi ty abou t 145 mi lesnor thwes t o f De t ro i t .

Piche was among half a dozenemployees protesting Mondayagainst plans to close the prison.They held signs calling for the recallo f Democra t ic Gov . Jenn i fe rGranholm and other messages such

as "Save Our Town."Granholm's office said in a

s ta tement tha t the governor"continues to have concerns aboutthe homeland security implications ofrelocating Guantanamo detainees toMichigan" and "is not in favor ofmoving detainees to Michigan" untilthe federal government addresses theconcerns.

A t t h e S t a n d i s h p r i s o n ,administrative assistant RebeccaBailey said the news of Guantanamoprisoners "caught us off guard. Wedon't have any information about it."

Michigan officials have soughtother out-of-state prisoners to keep

the prison open. Granholm sent aletter in June to California Gov.Arnold Schwarzenegger formallyoffering to take for a fee some ofthe Golden State's prison inmates.That proposal is still on the table.

Outside a local hardware store,however, demolition worker DanDrouillard said he didn't wants u s p e c t e d t e r r o r i s t s i n t h en e i g h b o r h o o d .

"If they don't bring them here, wewon't have to worry about them,"said Drouillard, 59. "Send them backto their own country and let themtake care of them."

That was more similar to thereaction in Kansas, where peopleworried about the safety of thecommunity.

"These people are a lot moredangerous than anybody we havehere," said Leavenworth residentA . C . B y r d , a r e t i r e d A r m y

noncommissioned officer. "Theirmission is to kill Americans and

anyone who disagrees with them."Resident Gladys Rivard said there

were "soft targets" such as schoolsand soldier-family housing thatwould be at risk.

Supporters in Michigan said thepossibility of retaliatory terroristattacks seemed remote.

"What would terrorists blow up inStandish? We're not exactly a bigtarget," said Elyse Sanford, 23, ahairdresser at a salon near the prison.

Local officials have previouslys u g g e s t e d t o M i c h i g a n ' scongressional delegation that

Guantanamo detainees be sent toStandish, City Manager Michael J.Moran III said.

Aside from providing employment,the prison covers about 25 percent ofthe municipal budget with paymentsfor water and sewer service, Moransaid. It also provides customers forlocal businesses.

Moran said he'd heard littlereaction from townspeople butexpected most would support theidea.

"If anybody did escape, they'd havea surprise," he said. "We're acommunity of hunters. Just about

everybody has guns."___

Associated Press Writers JohnMilburn in Leavenworth, Kan., andDavid Eggert in Lansing, Mich.,contributed to this report.

US cyber-security tsarsteps down(BBC News | Americas | WorldEdition)


The White House's acting cyber-security tsar has resigned from herpost, according to the Wall StreetJournal.

Melissa Hathaway told the papershe was leaving for "personalreasons" and would return to theprivate sector.

The former strategist wasappointed as acting national cyber-adviser in February and was expectedto be offered the post of full time.

President Barack Obama has saidthat cyber-security is a high priorityfor his administration.

In May, the President announcedp lans fo r secur ing Amer icancomputer networks against cyberattacks.

In recent years, US governmentand military bodies have reportedattempts to infiltrate systems byhackers.

He announced the creation of acyber-security office in the WhiteHouse, and said he would personallyappoint a "cyber-tsar".

Ms Hathaway was widely regardedas the person to fill that post aftertaking on the role as acting seniordirector for cyberspace for theNational Security and HomelandSecurity Councils in February.

In April she completed a review ofcyber-security for the Obamaadministration.

At the time, Ms Hathaway said the job ahead was "a marathon, not asprint."

Her successor has not yet beennamed by the White House.

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Rumor: Olympus E-P2 coming by years end, to have viewfinderBy Matt Burns (CrunchGear)


The retrotastic Olympus E-P1

launched last month with muchfanfare. (not pictured above) It turnedout to be an alright camera as Peter

found out. You may want to hold offbuying one just yet though. Theremight be another version comingsoon if this rumor is correct.

Photo Rumors is reporting that inthe latest issue of Chasseur dImages,an Olympus spokesman revealed that

the E-P2 should launch by the end of

the year. Plus, said camera is to sporta viewfinder, which is something thatthe pocket E-P1 lacks. Hopefully thesecond incarnation sticks with the

throwback digs but ups the phototaking capabilities a bit. Oh, and nodead pixels this time.

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5Internet News RecordPolice: Dad fatally shoots daughter,foster dad (AP)(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)


DYERSBURG, Tenn. Neighborsin Tennessee are asking why ateenage girl fatally shot by her fatherwas placed with a foster family justtwo doors down after he was accusedof abusing her.

Christopher Milburn, 34, killed the15-year-old and her foster father andwounded her foster mother beforetak ing h is own l i fe Sunday ,au thor i t ie s sa id .

Neighbor Frank Hipps saidMilburn was good friends with ToddRandolph, the 46-year-old fosterfather, and had worked for him in thepast. Hipps, who had known bothmen for about eight years, said hedidn't know the details of the abuseallegations but questioned why thegirl had been placed so close.

"That kid shouldn't have been inthat house," he said. "This mighthave been preventable if she hadbeen placed with foster parents out ofthe community."

Neither police in Dyersburg, innorthwestern Tennessee, nor childservices agency spokesman RobJohnson would elaborate on theabuse allegations other than to say

the investigation began last week.The girl, whose name was not

released, had been staying with Toddand Susan Randolph while the state

Department of Children's Servicesinvestigated, Dyersburg Police Capt.Steve Isbell said. Susan Randolph,the girl's foster mother, was releasedfrom a Memphis hospital Monday.

Frank Hipps' wife, Tammy, said the15-year-old was Milburn's daughterby a previous relationship. He wasmarried and the couple had twoyounger daughters. The girl's motherwas living out of state and policewere waiting for her to arrive beforereleasing the girl's name, Isbell said.

Police found the teenager and ToddRandolph dead at the Randolph home

and Milburn about a block away,dead of a self-inflicted gunshotwound.

Charles Wootton, 71, who livesacross the street from the Randolphs,said he heard five pops. He lookedout the window and saw Randolph onthe ground near the mailbox.

"My wife opened the door andwalked out and seen the blood. That'swhen I called 911," he said.

Wootton said neighbors started togather at the Randolphs' house and anurse performed CPR on ToddRandolph, who had been shotthrough the neck. Wootton said when

he first looked at Susan Randolph, hethought she was dead, too.

"She told me who did it," Woottonsaid.

The Randolphs have two youngc h i l d r e n w h o w e r e a t t h e i rgrandparents' house during theshootings, Wootton said.

Wootton had moved to theneighborhood about two weeks ago,and Todd Randolph had mowed hisyard several times.

"The people around here are justabout the friendliest you've evermet," said Wootton. "I don't knowwhat happened to that guy."

Isbell said Milburn had no criminalrecord in Dyersburg, a city ofapproximately 18,000 people about

70 miles northeast of Memphis.Tammy Hipps said Milburnworked as a counselor at theMcDowell Center for Children,which helps at-risk and troubledchildren.

The shootings came just over twoweeks after Jacob Levi Shaffer ofFayetteville, a small Tennessee townnear the Alabama border about 70miles west of Chattanooga, wasaccused of fatally stabbing hisestranged wife, three members of herfamily and a neighbor boy to deathon July 18. He also is accused ofbeating an acquaintance to death in

nearby Huntsville, Ala.

Missing Alaska cruiseship passengeridentified (AP)(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)Submitted at 8/3/2009 11:29:38 PM

ANCHORAGE, Alaska Thewoman believed to have fallenoverboard from a cruise ship intofrigid Alaska waters was 45-year-oldAmber Malkuch of Washington state,Alaska State Troopers said lateMonday.

Malkuch was reported missing by at rave l ing compan ion Mondaymorning when the Holland Americaship Zaandam was in Glacier Bay

National Park, about 75 milesnorthwest of Juneau. She was lastseen hours earlier after she orderedroom service, when the vessel wasnear Alaska's Douglas Island.

A woman's body was foundMonday afternoon after a massivesearch but troopers spokeswomanBeth Ipsen said that body hasn't beenpositively identified. However, CoastGuard Lt. Nathaniel Johnson inJuneau said Monday night his agencyhas suspended its search.

Malkuch was traveling on a seven-day cruise that left Seattle on Friday.

State troopers planned to meet the

cruise ship when it docks Tuesday inSitka, Ipsen said, adding they wouldbe talking to the woman's companionand anyone else who could helpexplain how she disappeared off thevessel.

The body was taken to Juneau forpositive identification. Ipsen said ana u t o p s y w o u l d b e s t a n d a r dp r o c e d u r e .

The crew of a commercialhelicopter operated by Ketchikan-

based TEMSCO Helicopters that washelping in the search found the bodyat about 4:30 p.m. Monday on thewest side of Douglas Island. That'sabout 12 miles northwest of wherethe passenger was last seen, ChiefPetty Officer Dana Warr said.

Warr said there was no immediatesign of foul play or indication thatany of the Zaandam's survival gearwas missing.

Footage from the ship's securitycameras will likely be reviewed,Warr said, adding much remains

unknown about the circumstances ofthe disappearance.Seattle-based Holland America

Line said in a statement that thewoman was reported missing atabout 9 a.m. Monday by the personshe was sharing a room with. Warrsaid it was unclear why that persondidn't report her missing earlier.

Holland America spokeswomanSally Andrews did not return severalcalls late Monday seeking additionalinformation, including confirmationof Malkuch's hometown.

Ipsen said she did not have ahometown for the missing woman.

The 780-foot-long Zaandam has acapacity for about 1,430 passengersand 600 crew members.

Monday's search, which included aCoast Guard helicopter, focused on avast region surrounding DouglasIsland and the national park, whichare 80 miles apart, Warr said. Theglacier-fed waters in the area are 57degrees.

Video: Demo of Nikons S1000pj projector cameraBy Matt Burns (CrunchGear)


Okay, so Nikons S1000pj justlaunched a few hours ago and I thinkwe all want to see how its going towork. Well have a hands-on shortly,but here is the official Nikon videothat demonstrates the camera clearly.

We just hope that the room doesnthave to be pitch black inorder for itto work. Interstingly enough, the

French version of the video shows acream colored S1000pj along withthe matte black model were gettinghere in the States. It makes youwonder why we dont have the coloroption here.

Inside Alaska's Answer to Area 51By Noah Schachtman (WiredTop Stories)Submitted at 8/3/2009 5:00:00 PMDeep in the forest northeast of

Anchorage is a military facility thatits military scientists insist does

nothing having military applications.What's going on up there, then?

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6 Internet News RecordCanada probes childdriver video(BBC News | Americas | WorldEdition)


Canadian police say they havebegun investigating a video showinga seven-year-old boy driving a caralong a dirt road while his fatherfilms him.

The video, which Canadian mediatold Quebec police about, was postedon the video-sharing site YouTubebut the date and location of theevents are unknown.

The man films from the frontpassenger seat, while a woman andtwo children sit in the back, mediareports say.

Police said a Crown prosecutorwould decide about possible charges.

Canadian reports said none of thepeople in the car were wearingseatbelts.

The video showed the boy sittingon the edge of the seat as a manidentified as his father gave himencouragement, CBC websitereported.

At 40km/h (25mph) the man says:

"It's a little bit fast." When the boyreaches 70km/h (43.5mph) he laughs

and says: "He's rolling, he's rolling",the broadcaster reported.

'Smile for the camera'The man identifies the child as

Samuel from the North Shore andtells him to "smile for the camera".

The Montreal Gazette said thefootage was shot on a rainy day withthe Honda CRV's windscreen wipersgoing.

Police had opened an investigationafter seeing the footage, CBC quotedSgt Chantal Mackels as saying.

Sgt Mackels said she was "veryhopeful" that police would determine

the family's identity, although policewere not presuming that the man andwoman were the children's parents,the Montreal Gazette reported.

A charge of dangerous driving wasunlikely as the driver was underageand not legally responsible. Othercharges could be applied to the adultsin the car, she said.

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Uribe to tour region overUS pact(BBC News | Americas | WorldEdition)


Colombian President Alvaro Uribeis to tour other South Americancountries concerned about plans toincrease the US military presence inColombia.

Bogota said he would visit thisweek Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peruand was planning trips to three othernations.

Venezuela has expressed alarm atplans to relocate US anti-drug forcesto bases in Colombia, and Brazilianofficials also say they are concerned.

The US-Colombian deal isexpected to be signed later thismonth.

While the final details of thedocument have yet to be published, itseems a 10-year agreement will besigned allowing US troops, aircraftand naval vessels access to at leastfour Colombian bases, the BBC'sJeremy McDermott in Colombia

says.However, there is very little

practical change to the US presencein Colombia, which has been a factof life since 1999 and the launch ofthe US anti-narcotics strategy knownas Plan Colombia, our correspondentsays.

He adds that there is no change tothe number of troops that can bestationed in the country: a maximumof 800 soldiers and 600 defencecontractors.

Washington's main base was, until17 July, at Manta in Ecuador but UStroops were asked to leave byPresident Rafael Correa after thelease expired and was not renewed.

In a separate development,Washington has announced that USNational Security Adviser JamesJones will visit Brazil to discuss anumber of issues of "mutualconcern".

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Canada on alert as BC fires burn(BBC News | Americas | WorldEdition)


Much of British Columbia inwestern Canada remains on high alertas high temperatures and windscontinue to stoke widespread forestfires.

Some 5,300 people have fled thela tes t f i res as thousands o f firefighters try to tackle the flames.

Some 800 extra personnel havebeen brought in from other parts of

Canada to help exhausted fire crews.Since April, more than 2,000 fireshave burned 63,000 hectares(155,700 acres) in British Columbia,officials say.

"We're crossing our fingers for rainbut it looks like it will continue to bewarm and dry," British ColumbiaFire Service spokeswoman AlysonCouch told the AFP news agency.

Ms Couch said the combination ofhot weather and lightning hadproduced extreme conditions.

"This is one of our most challenging

years ever and it's not over," she said.August is traditionally a fire-pronemonth.

Some 2,300 people had to leave thetown of Lillooet, some 213km (132miles) north-east of Vancouver, as afire burned on nearby MountMcLean.

Officials said on Monday there hadbeen little progress in tackling a fireon Terrace Mountain near WestKelowna, AFP reported.

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Microsoft's big newXbox update makessome game installsmuch, much smallerBy Tim Stevens (Engadget)


The ability to optionally installgames on the Xbox 360's hard driveis something we've been jazzed aboutfor some time, because while themachine's DVD drive isn't terriblyslow, it isn't terribly quiet either --and who has time for progress bars?However, those of us still rockingolder, 20GB machines quicklydiscovered that the 6-plus GB installfiles of some games put a real hurtin'on what little disk space we had left,leaving us to choose betweenreducing load-times while exploringthe Urban Wasteland or deleting allthose random demos we keepforgetting about. Microsoft has asolution, and this time it's not amoderately less expensive new harddrive. Included in the upcoming

Xbox 360 dashboard update, due oneweek from today, is a previouslyunmentioned feature that shrinksthose game installs, sometimes by ahuge margin. King of Fighters XIIwent from 3.4GB down to 703MB,while Raiden Fighters Aces is now

just 484MB. Any of you early birdpreviewers finding other titles thathave trimmed the fat?

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Ashlee Simpson-WentzSays Jessica StayingStrong After Breakup(ETonline - Breaking News)Submitted at 8/4/2009 5:57:00 AM

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz talks aboutbig sis Jessica after her breakup withTony Romo.

"I don't think I've ever knownanybody stronger than her," Ashleetells Us magazine. "My sister isamazing. I spend so much time withher."

The new mommy is back to workand promoting her new TV series,"Melrose Place." The actress andsinger is trying to find a balancebetween work and family with 8-

month-old son Bronx and hubby PeteWentz.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/nikon-crams-projector-into-compact-camera/By Charlie Sorrel (Wired TopStories)

Nikon announces the S1000pj, andalong with a nice, big 2.7 screen, a12.1 megapixel sensor, theres a

VGA projector inside.

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The future of fabrication is here: Shapewaysannounces stainless steel printingBy John Biggs (CrunchGear)Submitted at 8/4/2009 6:40:51 AM

Sure youre not going to make aHatori Hanzo sword - yet - butShapeways, a 3D fabrication service,has just announced stainless steelprinting, allowing you to make steelobjects as easily as you would maderesin or plastic prototypes. Thatsright: something that took our ancientancestors generations to perfect isnow available to anyone with a

CAD/CAM program and some RedBull.First, the press info:

Innovation Takes the Stage withMetal 3D printing for modelers andcreatives

Shapeways offers 3D Printing inStainless Steel

SIGGRAPH (August 4, 2009) Many 3D modelers have found theirway to Shapeways to bring theirpersonal designs to life by using 3Dprinting. Until now the materialswere limited to different kind ofpo lymers . Today Shapewaysbecomes the worlds first company

offering 3D printing in stainless steelfor everyone.Technique

This is a completely new techniquewhich deposits stainless steel powderin a very thin layer, combining itwith a binding material. Printedobjects are built up like this, layer bylayer, gradually creating the form justas you designed it on the computerscreen. When complete, they areinfused with bronze and cured in anoven. After cooling, the models canbe left in the original steel finish ortumbled to get a great polished look.

So, as you see, the objects arent

carved in steel like Terminator parts.Instead they are made of layered steelpowder. This would allow you to

build heavy-duty items includingjewelery and, dare I say it, car parts.The possibilities, in a sense, areendless.

That said were proud to announcethat one lucky commenter willreceive a stainless steel item of theirchoice. This could include itemsfrom the website or a small objectyou design yourself. Leave youremail in comments below and wellpick one winner at random on Fridayat noon Eastern.

Altek crams a dozenmegapixels of wishfulthinking into T8680cameraphoneBy Tim Stevens (Engadget)


There once was a time when a 12megapixel cameraphone would have

been laughed at, and, though manyare still smirking (guilty), they'renow a reality-- a reality that Altekwants desperately to be a part of withits T8680 handset. Its face looksrather like a PMP with a 3-inchWQVGA LCD, but on the back is thestandard sort of 3x pop-out zoom thatyou'd expect on a compact shooter,sitting next to a tiny xenon flash. It'llcapture unnecessarily high resolutionimages while being crippled to VGAvideo, play back MP3 and AAC files,and tune into the Weekly Top 40over FM. Yes, it'll even make calls,but with only tri-band GSM/EDGE

support don't expect to e-mail thosegigantic pictures directly from thephone. The T8680 is expected to hitChinese retailers in about a month for3000 yuan (about $440), andprobably won't be making much ofan appearance elsewhere.[Via GSM Arena]

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Netflix rumored to bebringing Watch Instantly toiPhones, skepticism advisedBy Chris Ziegler (Engadget)


Multichannel News is passing onword from "an industry executivefamiliar with Netflix's plans" that thecompany is prepping an app for theiPhone and iPod touch (not tomention the Wii, which we've heardbefore) that would let users enjoytheir Watch Instantly queues fromthe comfort of the small screen --

likely restricted to WiFi, of course,because the mere thought of trying tostream a movie over a saturated 3Gnetwork is about as brutal asfingernails on a chalkboard. It's acute rumor; the overlap in Netflixand iPhone owner demographics hasto number in the hundreds ofthousands, so it's easy to understandwhy the thought of catching up onFriday Night Lights on the roadwould go over wel l wi th thepopulace.

A couple problems here, though:first off, Watch Instantly doesn't store

content locally, which means you'vego t t o mai n t a i n an i n t e rne tconnection to enjoy the show.

Assuming the no-3G thing pannedout -- and rest assured, it would --who wants to be stuck in a coffeeshop for hours on end because youwant to finish out a movie you'vestarted? Secondly, if there's one thingApple loves, it's maintaining controlof the media ecosystem; we'll see hellfreeze over before we'll see WatchInstantly on Apple TV, so whywould the iPhone be any different?Of course, there's nothing stopping

Netflix from creating a WatchInstantly app, but getting it into theApp Store i s another mat teraltogether -- and barring some wildFCC ruling, we're not seeing Appleletting that happen.

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Palm's ad agency "lovesthat you're creeped out"by new TV spotsBy Joshua Topolsky (Engadget)


Advertising Age has taken a deepdive into Palm's latest string ofunsettling, polarizing ads -- youknow, the ones with the girl-- in anattempt to explain the company'sintention with the creepy spots. Theindustry paper spoke with GaryKoepke , t he co- founder and

execut ive creat ive di rector atModernista, the company whichdeveloped and produced the shortclips. According to Gary, he's happythat viewers find the commercialsupsetting, stating that "The Pre isprobably being talked about morethan other phones right now becauseof the marketing and advertising, andthat's a good thing. Could the adswork harder to show exactly how thephone works? Yes, but we knew itwould be polarizing people to have awoman not shout at them and tell aninteresting story." Apparently theagency is taking its own stab atMicrosoft's Seinfeld / Bill Gatesstrategy, which means viewers don't

necessarily have to like (or evenunderstand) the ads... as long as theykeep talking about them. Of course,that game plan may work for acompany like Microsoft, whicharguably has nothing to lose if theyrun a few ill-received spots. Palm, onthe other hand, won't get a secondchance to make a first impressionwith a lot of people, and since itsfortune is currently riding on the

device these ads attempt to sell toconsumers, i t 's a pret ty ri skyproposition. C'mon, how could thefolks that brought you the Foleo bewrong?

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NVIDIA clingsdesperately to XP withthe DirectX10-hatingION LE chipsetBy Tim Stevens (Engadget)


Anything that makes our netbooks,nettops, and smartphones intos l i gh t l y l ess medi ocre v i deoperformers is okay in our book, sowe're fond of NVIDIA's ION

platform and are looking forward tofinding out exact ly what thecompany has up its sleeve for ION 2.We weren't, however, expecting aneven cheaper revision of the chipset,but that 's exactly what 's beenannounced this morning. NVIDIA iscreating ION LE, a sibling of theexisting ION that does everything itsbig sister can do except supportDirectX 10. The idea, of course, is tolower costs while providing all thefunctionality XP-packing netbooksand nettops need, but as Windows 7sits at home getting made up for itsdbutante party we have to wonder

just how much longer Microsoft's oldfaithful will be on the market -- andhow much longer DX9 will berelevant.[Via SlashGear]Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsNVIDIA clings desperately to XP

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9Internet News RecordKensington rolls out iPod dock with extended battery, clockand weather app, notebook sleeve and stand comboBy Doug Aamoth (CrunchGear)


Kensingtons rolling out some newaccessories today, a couple for theiPhone/iPod and a couple laptopstands. The two iPod devices arep re t ty in te res t ing . F i r s t , theCharging Dock with Mini BatteryPack for iPhone and iPod is prettymuch exactly like it sounds.

Its a charging USB dock (shownabove) with an included on-the-goemergency battery that charges intandem with your Apple device.The

battery pack is apparently good forup to 30 hours of music playback, 6

hours of video, or 3 hours of talktime. Its available for pre-order witha suggested retail price of $70, whichseems a tad on the expensive side.Retailers may sell it for cheaper,though.

Charging Dock with Mini BatteryPack for iPhone and iPod

Next, this Nightstand ChargingDock for iPhone is a pretty simpleidea that turns your iPhone or iPodtouch into an alarm clock withweather info. The charging apparatus

h o l d s y o u r d e v i c e i n p l a c ehorizontally and features big clocknumbers along with weather info in

the lower left corner. Click theweather icon and youll get a full five

-day forecast. The app itself, calledKensington Rise&Shine is availablefor free from the App Store, whilethe charging dock is available for pre-order with a suggested price of $40.

Rise&Shine, Nightstand ChargingDock

Finally, weve got a couple laptopdocks. First, the TwoFold NotebookStand is a flat-folding notebookstand. Stores flat, then sets up in asnap, says Kensington. Itll costaround $20 available for preorder.

Then, take the same stand and builda protective notebook sleeve around

it and youve got the TwoFoldNotebook Stand and Sleeve for $40.Its a transforming, flat-foldingnotebook stand that doubles as aprotective sleeve for your laptop.Thats actually not a bad idea at all.

TwoFold Notebook Stand andSleeve

Microsoft's Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000: ready for Windows 7, just likeyour haggard Vista PCBy Paul Miller (Engadget)

Submitted at 8/4/2009 10:24:00 AM

Microsoft has, against all odds,managed to stuff comfort andwireless into its new WirelessComfort Desktop 5000 keyboard andmouse set. Beyond the usualimprovements to design (and some

nice new soft touch materials), thesetup includes some Windows 7optimizations, particularly theTaskbar Favorites keys for instantaccess to corresponding taskbar itemsfrom a row of hotkeys (think yournumber row in World of Warcraft,Mr. Gnome Rogue), along with aWindows Flip button on the mouse

and keyboard, and Device Stage

support for checking out and settingup your fancy Microsoft hardware inglorious detail. The mouse is aBlueTrack-powered affair, and bothdevices hook up to the computerwirelessly through an included2.4GHz transceiver. The pair will beout later this month for $80.

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Kensington's iPhone / iPod charging dock throws a minibattery into the mixBy Darren Murph (Engadget)


At this point, you've probablyassumed that there's simply no wayany company can produce yetanother iPhone or iPod dock that'ssignificantly different from thelegions of alternatives already out.And you're wrong. So wrong. In aneffort to milk that Made for iPod /iPhone partnership for all it's worth,

Kensington has just introduced itsCharging Dock with Mini BatteryPack, which not only charges yourdock connecting iPod or iPhone, butalso energizes an external batterypack through the same USB cable.When you leave, you'll depart with acharged device as well as a chargedbattery pack in case you need to use3G services for more than eightminutes. Brilliant, no? It's up for pre-order now for $69.99.

[Via iPodNN]Fi led under : Ce l lphones ,

Peripherals, Portable Audio, Portable

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Lawyer: KatherineJackson 'Very Pleased'With Outcome in Court(ETonline - Breaking News)


Katherine Jackson's attorney,Londell McMillan, is telling ET whatthe mother of the late pop icon thinksof Monday's court proceedings.

"Mrs. Jackson and family are verypleased with the outcome in courttoday," McMillan tells ET.

Katherine Jackson on Monday wasgranted permanent guardianship ofher son Michael Jackson's three

children.

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Brando tests the limits ofconsumer behavior withfolding credit card light bulbBy Doug Aamoth (CrunchGear)


Id love to be a fly on the wallduring one of Brandos productdevelopment sessions. This product,for instance, is a folding credit card-

sized light bulb that appears to benothing more than a little LEDshining upward against some sort oftranslucent plastic.

Mr. Brando: What do we havecooking in the things that fit in yourwallet category?

Engineer: Well, not much. Johnsoncame up with this stupid idea lastweekend at, like, 3AM when we

were all shitfaced. Get this its alight bulb that folds down and fits inyour wallet. Except its not really alight bulb, its just a dumb plasticdoohickey that

Mr. Brando: Say no more. I wantthis to hit the assembly lines

immediately. Alert CrunchGear.Doug Aamoth will post anything!Perfect for I have no idea. I cant

imagine this thing being all thatbright. For $10, though, you get whatyou pay for. Plus some odd looksevery time you pull it out of yourwallet.

Credit Card Light Bulb[Brando]

Toshiba announces worlds first64GB SDXC memory cardBy Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)


After unveiling the first 16 GBmicroSDHC memory card back inOctober 2008, Toshiba todayannounced the worlds first 64GBSDXC memory card, which alsoboasts the fastest data transfer rateout there. The card has a top write

speed of 35Mbps and a read speed of60Mbps, enough for handling a2.4GB video file in 70 seconds.

Toshiba plans to ship the firstsamples of the new card to OEM

partners in November, followed bygeneral sales starting sometime inspring 2010. In theory, an SDXCmemory card (a next-generation SDcard) is even able to store 2TB(SDHC maxes out at 32GB).

Around that time, the company alsoaims at launching a new SDHCcards, a 16GB and a 32GB model.Both versions feature a write speed

of 35Mbps and a read speed of60Mbps. They are expected to go onsale in spring 2010.

Toshiba's capacious64GB SDXC cardsampling this December,thrilling next SpringBy Darren Murph (Engadget)


Mmm, storage. With megapixels onthe rise and the storage ceilingnowhere in sight, Toshiba has joinedthe likes of Panasonic and Pretec inannouncing an SDXC card of its veryown. The 64GB device is expected tobegin sampling this December, and if

all goes well, it should begin pullingin 35MBps write and 60MBps readrates en masse early next year. Inrelated news, a 16GB and 32GBSDHC card from the companyshould also hit store shelves early in2010, but really, who's interested inthat?

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iPhone users: This virtual girlfriend will never leave you (video)By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)


There is a number of Tamagotchi-style apps for the iPhone out there,

but now Tokyo-based Xtone gives usAmamiya Momo, a virtual catgirlgirlfriend that lives in your iPhone,speaks to you and expressesemotions (there are English subs for when she speaks Japanese). You can

use the GPS function in your iPhoneto let Momo know when you're homeand when you're out. She will actcuter in the first case and can be quitecold in the latter. Even though Momo

doesn't want to be touched, you canpat her head, touch her cheek andeven try to look under her skirt.

Rebooting the News #19(Scripting News) Show notes.

MP3.Feed.

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Unifying by Logitech is aproprietary system we can getbehindBy Matt Burns (CrunchGear)Submitted at 8/4/2009 5:52:45 AM

Now this just makes sense. Insteadof having a receiver for every USBwireless device, Logitech managed tostuff the right goods into its Unifyingreceiver. This little guy can pair withup to six Unifying-compatibleLogitech mice and keyboards at thesame time, just like Bluetoothperipherals have been able to for

ages. The first device should bepicked up by Windows and eachdevice after that just needs to beadded through the Unifying softwarepack.

Four products are launching to helpget the Unifying party started:Wireless Keyboard K350, WirelessKeyboard K340, Marathon MouseM705, and Wireless Mouse M505.Expect the whole set to launch inSeptember staring at $49.99.

Cramer on BloggingStocks:Private deals for regionalbanks would be a mistakeBy Jim Cramer (BloggingStocks)Submitted at 8/4/2009 10:00:00 AM

Filed under: Market matters,JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank ofAmerica (BAC), Barclays plc ADS(BCS), Wells Fargo (WFC), Cramero n B l o g g i n g S t o c k s F r o mT h e S t r e e t . c o m N e t w o r k

UBS Posts Third StraightQuarterly Loss

California Bank Failures Cost $15Billion

TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer saysexisting players would give betterdeals to the taxpayers here.

If the FDIC is poised to split banksto lure buyers, which is the headlinefrom last week's papers, the buyersworth luring are not only theNewAlliance s (NYSE: NAL) (Cramer's Take) and the First Niagaras (NASDAQ: FNFG) ( Cramer'sTake) but also Chinese banks andHSBC(NYSE: HBC) ( Cramer'sTake) and Barclays(NYSE: BCS) (Cramer's Take), both of whichreported great quarters yesterday.

We keep focusing on these private-equity entrees that need to beintrigued to get in. I say to heck with

them. That's nonsense. We need deep-pocketed existing banks that want tobe bigger in the United States, notmore handouts to private-equityfirms that then bring them public inour faces and make a ton of moneyoff us. We need ones that know howto run banks and know how to

compete against the new colossuseslike Bank of America(NYSE: BAC) (Cramer's Take), JPMorgan(NYSE:JPM) ( Cramer's Take) and WellsFargo(NYSE: WFC) ( Cramer'sTake).

Continue reading Cramer onBloggingStocks: Private deals forregional banks would be a mistake

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Before the bell:Stock futures loweras bulls take a breakBy Melly Alazraki(BloggingStocks)


Filed under: Before the bell,International markets, Earnings

reports, Indices, Market matters,Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM),Economic data, Kraft Foods'A'(KFT), Oil U.S. stock futuresdeclined Tuesday morning as itseems bulls were content to rest upand take some profit after reachingcertain levels the day before.

Monday was the first trading day inAugust and following some veryp o s i t i v e n e w s r e g a r d i n gmanufacturing from around theglobe, carmakers reported a strongJuly thanks to the cash-for-clunkersprogram. Not tired from the recent

gains in July spurred by a generallybetter-than-expected earnings season,investors continued to push stockshigher with the S&P 500 indexreaching a level above 1,000 for thefirst time since last November, andthe tech-heavy Nasdaq closing above2,000 for a 1.5% gain for both.

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Ancestry.com goes for the IPOmoney treeBy Tom Taulli (BloggingStocks)

Submitted at 8/4/2009 10:30:00 AM

Filed under: Bank of America(BAC), Morgan Stanley (MS), Initialpublic offerings Ancestry.com hasdone something that many sites havefailed to do -- it built a thrivingsubscription business. In fact, the sitehas nearly one million payingsubscribers.

C a p i t a l i z i n g o n t h i n g s ,Ancestry.com has now filed to gopublic and the offering should hit themarkets within a couple months.

Based on the financials and thesteady growth rates investors arelikely to eat up the shares.

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Malaria Jumped From Chimpanzees to HumansBy Hadley Leggett (Wired TopStories)


Newly discovered strains of

chimpanzee malaria suggest that the

deadly human malaria parasitejumped from chimps to humans inthe last 2 million years, instead ofevolving along with humans as wasthought.

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12 Internet News RecordTyson Foods beats analystexpectations by wide marginBy Steven Mallas(BloggingStocks)


Filed under: Earnings reports,Tyson Foods'A' (TSN)

Tyson Foods(NYSE: TSN) reallyimproved its fortunes in Q3. Lastyear at this time, Tyson earned 3cents per share. This year, the foodcompany, famous for its chickenbrand, made 35 cents per share. Salesactually dipped a little under 3%, butmanagement is diligently fighting thegood fight when it comes toefficiencies. Both costs of sales andselling, general and administrativeexpenses went down.

According to Bloomberg, the

adjusted income of 33 cents per sharesimply blazed past Wall Street'sexpectations. The call was for 22cents per share. You've got to likethat. Higher prices for poultry helped

the quarter.Continue reading Tyson Foods

beats analyst expectations by widemargin

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Vulcan Materials: A logicaltrade?By Steven Mallas(BloggingStocks)


Filed under: Earnings reports,Industry

Vulcan Materials(NYSE: VMC), amaker of construction materials suchas cement and asphalt, announced Q2e a r n i n g s y e s t e r d a y e v e n i n g .Although the company has a coolname -- come on, who doesn't thinkof Mr. Spock when reading aboutVulcan Materials -- there wasn't asignificant cool factor surroundingthe Q2 numbers. Net income fromcontinuing operations came in at 14cents per share. The company made$1.27 per share from continuing

businesses in the year-ago period.Big drop, that is. Sales likewise

headed south: the company bookedrevenues of roughly $722 million inthe second quarter. Vulcan Materialshad a top line of over $1 billion inQ2 2008.

Continue reading Vulcan Materials:A logical trade?

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Personal income fell in June --biggest drop in four yearsBy Connie Madon(BloggingStocks)


Filed under: Bad news, Consumer

experience, Economic data, Personalfinance, RecessionIf you are wondering why there

was no growth in the economy lastmonth, here are some reasons.Personal income fell 1.3% in June.

We had a small kick to the upsidein May when the one-time stimuluspayments were used. May's gain was1.4%. According to a Bloombergsurvey, incomes were predicted tofall 1%. Now, all of that hasevaporated. The consumer is prettymuch tapped out again.

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Options Update: Options contractpercentage totals by exchangeBy Paul Foster (BloggingStocks)


Filed under: Options, NASDAQOptions contract percentage totalsby exchange for July 31, 2009:

AMEX 8.49%, BOX 4.40%,CBOE 30 .67%, ISE 29 .08%,NASDAQ 2.70%, NYSE 9.94%,PHLX 14.72%.

CBOE Volatility Index S&P 500Options-VIX at 25.55; 10-day

moving average is 27.96.Options Update is provided by

Stock Specialist Paul Foster of

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Augmented RealityTwitter is theCoolest Thing EverBy Pete Cashmore (Mashable!)Submitted at 8/4/2009 3:45:38 AM

but unfortunately not available inthe iPhone App Store just yet.

It all started last month withTwittARound, an application for theiPhone 3GS that uses the GPS,compass and camera to show whereTweets are coming from. As thestunning video below shows, Tweetsare overlaid on the landscape,augmenting your view of the world.

Twittaround hasnt made it into theiPhone App Store yet: the iPhoneSDK doesnt provide public APIs formanipulating live video. In otherwords: the app is using parts of thesoftware that Apple hasnt opened upyet. Neither is there an unofficialversion of the code available at thispoint, although there is an open letterthat begs Apple to open these parts ofthe SDK. A New Player Enters theMarket

And yet augmented reality Twitterapps may be coming to your phonesoon enough. Local Twitter searchprovider Tweetmondo is teaming upwith augmented reality service Layar,

the company has announced on itsblog, bringing augmented realityTweets to phones running GoogleAndroid. Later, they plan to bring theservice to iPhones. Theyve alsoposted the video below demoingLayars existing technology.

So while itll be awhile coming,augmented reality Tweets might beheaded to a phone near you soon.[ via Venturebeat] Reviews: TwitterTags: Augmented Reality, iphone,

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The Album Is Dead, Long Live the AppBy Eliot Van Buskirk (Wired TopStories)


In small but increasing numbersartists are not only selling through

the iTunes music store but Apple'sapp store. If this trend continues theidea of buying a bundle of musicwont die with the album it will

survive with the app.

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13Internet News RecordGreen.view: Plucked from the depths(The Economist: Daily columns)


Green.viewAug 3rd 2009

From Economist.com It is possibleto prevent the collapse of commercialfish stocks

BORIS WORM, a marinebiologist, has spent much of hisacademic life studying fish. In 2006he came to the depressing conclusionthat by 2048 the worlds commercialfisheries would have collapsed. Fishwould no longer be on the menu. ButDr Worm is no pessimist and on July3 1 s t h e p u b l i s h e d a m o r eencouraging piece of work inScience. It suggests that, with propermanagement, it ought to be possibleto rebuild the worlds fisheries.

Dr Worm, who works at DalhousieUniversity in Nova Scotia, Canada,conducted the study in collaborationwith Ray Hilborn of the University ofWashington, Seattle, who was aferocious critic of his initial analysis.For two years the pair, along with 19colleagues, gathered data from ten ofthe worlds large fisheries. Theyfound a mixed picture, in whichsome species were overfished insome places and not in others.

What gave Dr Worm and DrHilborn cause for hope was that, infive of the ten fisheries, steps taken

to curb the damage were beginning topay off. They drew this conclusion

because exploitation rates (theproportions of available fish caught)in these areas were falling. Ther e s e a r c h e r s e x a m i n e d e i g h tmanagement techniques used to

rebuild fisheries, including closingcertain areas to fishing, limiting thecatch permitted and restricting thegear used to haul fish from the sea.They concluded that although thedetails varied with the local context,a combination of catch quotascoupled with strategic measuresaimed at specific species, such asusing certain types of fishing netswhose shape and mesh size aredesigned to catch only certain sortsof fish, usually worked best.

The researchers also recommendthat the maximum sustainableyield, an internationally agreed

measure of how much can be takenfrom a fishery, should be thought ofas the upper limit on exploitationrates rather than as a target. Theiranalysis suggests that fishing a littlebelow this level is the most efficientway of ensuring a sustainableincome.

The same issue of Science alsoreports a second optimistic fisheries-related study. This looked at therestoration of oyster beds inChesapeake Bay, an inlet that liesbetween Maryland and Virginia, inthe United States.

Previous attempts to boost thenumbers of native oysters in the bay

by banning oyster fishing had proveddisappointing because the molluscsfailed to re-establish themselves.However, Romuald Lipcius of theCollege of William and Mary, in

Gloucester Point, Virginia, and hiscolleagues, did succeed in boostingthe number of native oysters. In fact,they report the largest restoration ofnative oyster numbers anywhere inthe world.

The researchers constructed oysterreefs in nine protected sanctuaries onthe Great Wicomico River, whichflows into Chesapeake Bay. Insteadof just piling the oysters up close tothe riverbed, as had been done in thepast, they built reefs of variousheights above the bed for them togrow on. After three years, theyfound five times as many oysters

living on reefs that stood high in thewater as were on the lower-lyingreefs. Altogether, there were 185m ofthe molluscs. Dr Lipcius thussuggests that creating high-standingartificial reefs could help withrestoration projects elsewhereandthe two groups of researcherstogether have shown that it ispossible, if you try, to pluck both fishand molluscs from the depths ofdespair.

Back to top ^^ Readers' commentsThe Economist welcomes your

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Google CEO QuittingApples Board NotEnough to Stop FTCBy Ben Parr (Mashable!)Submitted at 8/3/2009 7:56:47 PM

While the FCCs investigation ofApples rejection of the GoogleVoice iPhone App has been makingbig headlines the last few days,another government investigationinto the two companies seems to beslowing down (but not stopping):The Federal Trade Commissions(FTC) interlocking directoratesprobe.

For the last few months, the FTChas been investigating whether Appleand Google have been participatingin anti-competitive practices byhaving Googles CEO on Applesboard of directors. ConsideringGoogle has several competingproducts (Android, Google Chrome,Chrome OS), it made some sense.

Now that Googles CEO hasresigned from Apples board, youdthink the investigation would beover. Not so, according to the FTC.They put out a statement earliertoday giving a thumbs-up toSchmidts resignation but clearlystating the investigation will

continue:On August 3, 2009, Apple

announced that Eric E. Schmidt,Chief Executive Officer of Google,was stepping down from its board.We have been investigating theG o o g l e / A p p l e i n t e r l o c k i n gdirectorates issue for some time andcommend them for recognizing thatsharing directors raises competitiveissues, as Google and Appleincreasingly compete with eachother, said Bureau of Competition

Director Richard Feinstein. We willcontinue to investigate remaininginterlocking directorates between thecompanies.

So why isnt this case going away?The answers simpler than you mightthink: Google and Apple still share adirector: Arthur Levinson, the formerCEO of biotech giant Genentech.Until he resigns from one of the twoboards, the investigation willcontinue. Once he leaves though, itwould be difficult to justify chargingeither company with any wrongdoingretroactively. Expect Levinson toleave one of the two boards in the

near future.Besides, neither company was

really focusing on the FTC probeanyway. Now its about the FCCGoogle Voice investigation, wheretheyre on opposite sides. The eventsof the last few days are probably thebeginning of a new era of standingon opposite ends for the two storiedgiants. Reviews: Android, Google,Google Chrome

Tags: apple, FTC, Google

Demi Moore Twitter Picture Exceeds 800K Views[Video]By Pete Cashmore (Mashable!)


Top Twitter user Ashton Kutcherisnt just giving Twitter props in themains t ream media : he s a l soinadvertently marketing Twitpic, thepopular Twitter photo posting

service.On The Tonight Show with ConanOBrien last night, Kutcher spent

time discussing his Twitter addiction,a Twitter-related dream about BarackObama, and the Twitpic he posted of

wife Demi Moores bikini-clad buttin March.Suffice to say, that tidbit has led to

a reposting of the pic(not obscene,but perhaps not ideal for workplaceviewing) to dozens of blogs today: intotal since March, it has racked up820,000+ pageviews for the fledglingimage host.

Below, Ashtons take on Twitterand the cheeky Twitpic:

Reviews: Twitpic, TwitterTags: ashton kutcher, twitter

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14 Internet News RecordHOW TO: Build Your CompanysProfile on LinkedInBy Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)


This post originally appeared on theAmerican Express OPEN Forum,w h e r e M a s h a b l e r e g u l a r l ycontributes articles about leveragingsocial media and technology in smallbusiness.

LinkedIn, through its networking,question and answer, and applicationfeatures (which I recently wroteabout on OPEN) is already apowerful tool for maintaining andestablishing relationships in thebusiness world. But it can also be anenormously valuable way to attracttop ta len t to your company ,especially if you use all of theoptions available to you.

While posting a job to LinkedIn issimilar to any other job website adding details about the position,skills, and requirements where thesite separates itself is with companyprofiles, allowing you to providepotential candidates with a lot moreinformation about your company andthe people that work there. Hereshow they work and how to set oneup:

1. To get started, go to the Companies menu on LinkedIn.

From there, select Add Company.2. Enter basic information about

your company, like its description,number of employees, and industry itoperates in.

3. Follow LinkedIns wizard for

creating your company profile youll be able to add a logo,locations, and a feed for yourcompany blog.

Once youve completed LinkedInssteps for getting setup, your companyprofile will be available. Now iswhere it gets interesting though. Inaddition to showing off the basicinformation you provided, LinkedInwill pull in data about your companyfrom around the site.

So, for example, all of your joblistings will automatically show upon your profile, along with links tothe profiles of all current employees,former employees, new hires, andrecent promotions. LinkedIn alsodoes analysis of your company andthe connections that your employeeshave on the network. For example, itwill automatically calculate your

companys median age, top schools,and other companies that they arewell-connected to.

As you can imagine, all of thisaggregate data about your companygives potential candidates (as well as

anyone else interested in yourcompany) a lot of information to dive

into and help determine if it might bea good fit for them. And for you,once its setup, it all happensautomatically as you and youremployees use LinkedIn, though youcan always make edits to yourcompanys basic profile information.

LinkedIn recently also added ap r e m i u m p r o d u c t C u s t o mCompany Profiles that lets you addmore features, like videos about yourcompany and positions, interactivepolls, and several customizationoptions for recruiting. These arewor th cons ider ing fo r la rgercompanies (they come at a price), butfor small businesses, a basicLinkedIn company profile should beenough to add lots of efficiency tothe recruiting process both forcandidates and for you. Morebusiness resources from Mashable:

- 5 Easy Social Media Wins forYour Small Business

- 5 Business Models for SocialMedia Startups

- Social Media for Business: TheDos & Donts of Sharing

- 30+ Apps for Doing Business onFacebook

Image courtesy of iStockphoto,

Yuri_arcurs Reviews: LinkedIn,Mashable, iStockphoto

Tags: brand, business, how to,linkedin, social networking

.Eco: The DomainExtension forTreehuggersBy Jennifer Van Grove(Mashable!)Submitted at 8/3/2009 7:06:25 PM

As far as top-level domains (TLDs)a r e c o n c e r n e d , t h e I n t e r n e tCorporation for Assigned Names andNumbers ( ICANN) has full controlover whether or not we see newTLDs make it to the web. Most of usare pretty content with the ones wehave, like .com, .edu, .net, .org, butDot Eco is trying to muster upsupport and momentum for a newTLD: .eco.

The organization has partneredwith former Vice President Al Gore,the Sierra Club, and a number ofother notably green personalities andorganizations to create awareness fortheir .eco environmental initiative.The domains differentiating factor isthat 50% of profits generated bydomain registrations will be donatedto non-profits and environmentalcauses.

Dot Eco plans to apply for the .ecotop level domain in the hopes ofg iv ing non-pro f i t s f ree webaddresses, and allowing for-profits to

highlight their green efforts with

their domain while supportingenvironmental init iatives withdomain fees. To help them makeheadway with ICANN, Dot Eco isasking you to lend your support fortheir domain campaign.

Arguments can be weighed for andagainst new top level domains.Theres certainly an active group ofpeople who believe that newextensions, like .eco, will onlycomplicate the web. But, ICANN is

actively pursuing opening theirgeneric top-level domains program(gTLDs), which could see a numberof new extensions get released in thewild. And while were not positivethe .eco domain will solve theworlds environmental issues, wecertainly see it as a potentiallypositive way to raise funds andsupport well-intentioned charitiesand non-profits.

See Also: How Do You Do Goodfor the Environment? #ecogood

Tags: al gore, dot eco, eco,environment

Clinton Portis Explains He's Not GayBy Matt Snyder (FanHouse)

Submitted at 8/4/2009 10:30:00 AM

by Matt SnyderFiled under: Redskins, NFC East

Earlier this past offseason (doesn't it

seem coo l to say " th is pas toffseason?" Because the NFL season

is only a few weeks away!?), ClintonPortis dyed his hair and facial hairblond -- you can see pictures byclicking through here. It's hardlyEarth-shattering news, but he didlook a bit odd.

Anyway, he's presently in Redskinscamp with his same old black hair

we've seen his entire career. Now, I

don't think anyone would say there'sanything wrong with dying hair. It'snot really my thing, but I'm notnearly as cool as Clinton Portis. Toeach his own. Of course, leave it toPortis to say something awesome

when asked abou t h is p re t tyins ign i f ican t dec is ion .

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15Internet News RecordTwitter Phones: When Mobile Apps Arent EnoughBy Ben Parr (Mashable!)


Late last year, we covered the UK-based INQ phone launch. While we

dont cover too many mobile phonelaunches, we became interestedbecause its primary function, beyondphone calls, was social networkingand Facebook. While an iPhone orAndroid device has the samecapabilities, the focus on socialmedia was somewhat unique.

That was only step one for INQ,though. Today, the company isfollowing up their Facebook Phonewith the release of two 3G Twitterphones. Yes, their main feature isbuilt- in Twitter functionality ,although its in-the-box integrationwith Facebook, Skype, and iTunes

syncing arent shabby additionseither.

The two phones, the INQ Chat andthe INQ Mini, both feature INQssocial media application suite s p e c i f i c a l l y S k y p e , T w i t t e r ,Facebook, IM, and email. Its also an

upgrade from the INQ1, the originalFacebook Phone, which didnt comewith a full keyboard or Twitterintegration.

Once again, these social media

phones a re UK-on ly (bu t usAmericans still have the iPhone,BlackBerry, Palm Pre, G1, and othersto choose from). Still, theyreindicative of a big trend: mobilesocial media. More and more usersare demanding these applications,and compan ies l ike INQ aredelivering, even if pre-packagingthese apps in phones isnt all thatrevolutionary.

We wonder about the iTunessyncing feature, though. Do theyhave permission from Apple? Or willthe iTunes maker end up cutting offINQ phones like they did to the Palm

Pre?Anyway, if youre a phone junkie,

were including the specs below:INQ Chat:

- 114.5mm x 61.0mm x 12.8mm- Widgets automatically push

Twitter and Facebook updates to the

home screen

- Active address book is presence-enabled showing live status from allyour contacts, letting you chose howto contact them

- Built-in plug and play HSDPAmodem to give your PC wirelessbroadband access

- 2.4 QVGA TFT landscape display

- 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera- Built-in GPS- 120MB memory, (expandable to

8GB)- Brew 4.0 and Java MIDP 2.0 for

application development multitaskingsupported by dedicated Switcher hard

keyINQ Mini:

- 102.9mm x 45.8mm x 12.8mm- Active address book is presence-

enabled showing live status from all

your contacts, letting you chose howto contact them- Built-in plug and play HSDPA

modem to give your PC wirelessbroadband access- 2.2 QVGA TFT landscape display- 2.0 megapixel camera- 100Mb user memory (expandable

to 8GB)- Brew 4.0 and Java MIDP 2.0 for

application development multitaskingsupported by dedicated Switcher hardkey

Editors Note: This post wasoriginally embargoed until midnightET/9pm PT, but since it has already

been published elsewhere, wevedecided to run with it now. Reviews:Android, Facebook, Skype, Twitter

Tags: INQ, Mobile 2.0, twitter

US Marines Banned From Social Media SitesBy Pete Cashmore (Mashable!)


The US Marines issued an orderMonday that bans social media sitesincluding Twitter, Facebook andMySpace on its network.

The sites increase the risk ofsensitive information leaking out toadversaries, the order explains.

The ban, which will last a year,essentially rules out use of all publicsocial networks by Marines, unless amission-critical need exists. The fully-capitalized document reads, in part:

THESE INTERNET SITES INGENERAL ARE A PROVENH A V E N F O R M A L I C I O U SACTORS AND CONTENT ANDARE PARTICULARLY HIGH

RISK DUE TO INFORMATIONEXPOSURE, USER GENERATEDCONTENT AND TARGETING BYADVERSARIES. THE VERYNATURE OF SNS CREATES AL A R G E R A T T A C K A N DE X P L O I T A T I O N W I N D O W ,

E X P O S E S U N N E C E S S A R YI N F O R M A T I O N T OADVERSARIES AND PROVIDESA N E A S Y C O N D U I T F O RINFORMATION LEAKAGE THATP U T S O P S E C , C O M S E C ,PERSONNEL AND THE MCEN AT

A N E L E V A T E D R I S K O FCOMPROMISE. EXAMPLES OFINTERNET SNS SITES INCLUDEFACEBOOK, MYSPACE, AND

TWITTER.Thats not to say that theDepartment of Defence is turning itsback on social media, however: anew DOD site with social mediaintegration is expected to launch thismonth, writes Wired. Meanwhile, theMarine Corps Facebook page hasmore than 75,000 fans.

For most Marines, however, suchsites will be off-limits from now on.Reviews: Facebook, MySpace,Twitter

Tags: marines, social media

'The Next Food NetworkStar''s Melissa Talks ToET About Her Win(ETonline - Breaking News)


Sunday night Melissa d'Arabianbeat out Jeffrey Saad to become "TheNext Food Network Star." Now shetalks to ET about her prize: her veryown Food Network TV show -- "TenDol la r Dinners wi th Mel issad 'Arab ian . "

ET: How surprised were you whenyour name was called?

Melissa d'Arabian: You knowwhat? I always have to imagine thesuccess, so in my mind, I was clearon why I really should win. But I tellyou, hearing my name, there isnothing that could prepare me for

that. I was surprised in all the bestways.

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16 Internet News RecordWhat the F**k Is SocialMedia? Heres an AnswerBy Ben Parr (Mashable!)

Submitted at 8/3/2009 10:35:55 PM

If youre a regular reader ofMashable, youre likely a firmbeliever in the power of social media.Weve highlighted how the socialweb can improve your career, aidchar i tab le causes , t rans fo rmbusinesses and even change theworld. In short, were convinced.

But what do you say to someonewho doesnt get it? Maybe you havea boss who thinks social branding awaste of time or chatted with a friendwho doesnt believe that Twitter canhelp land her a great job. Maybe theyhave no clue what social media even

is.Last year, marketing director MartaKagan helped solve this problemwith her presentation What the F**kis Social Media?. It was quickly asocial media hit for its wit and itsvery convincing case for the rawpower of social media.

With the tremendous growth ofTwitter, Facebook, and blogging in

the last year though, Ms. Kaganthought it was time for a sequel. Wecouldnt agree more. The stats shecites and the savvy she employs inWhat the F**k is Social Media: OneYear Later makes it a worthysuccessor.

The next time you need to explainthe benefits of social media tosomeone, just send them this postand make sure they flip through theentire presentation. Here it is:

Reviews: Facebook, Mashable,Twitter

Tags: social media

PDFVue gets a new name, storage,tagsBy Josh Lowensohn(Webware.com)

Submitted at 8/3/2009 12:24:00 PM

PDFVue, the online PDF viewingand editing tool, has a new name, anew look, and a handful of newfeatures.

We originally checked out theservice late last year and came awayimpressed with its handy Firefox add-on that let you read any PDF link inits viewer, and tools for filling outforms and annotating pages. Nowcalled DocQ, those things are mostlyunchanged. What's new, however, isthat you can now store, organize, andshare PDFs.

To help keep a handle on all yourfiles you can add tags as well asorganize them into "smart folders."These are named folders you candrag and drop your PDFs into. Youcan then filter the ones you want tosee, just by clicking on the foldername from the top menu. I couldn'tget the search to work, which is theonly way to make use of thesefolders and any tags you've assigned.

DocQ's interface remains largely

unchanged since its PDFVue days.You can still view PDFs and makequick edits and annotations.(Credit:CNET)

Another new feature is that you candigitally sign documents. In DocQ'sintegrated editor you can placemul t ip le s igna tu res wi th in adocument, then send it off to one ormore recipients. Then, whenever theperson (or people) on the other endsigns, they can send it back to your

DocQ in-box. The folks on the otherend don't need to sign up for theservice to use it, since a special log-in is created from the invitation. Fornow, the signature feature can onlywork with one user, meaning eachperson you send it to is seeing onlytheir signature. However, coming intwo weeks will be a way to havemultiple people sign off on the samedocument.

For now, you can upload up to 10

PDFs at a time. Storage and file sizeare unlimited, although that will

eventually change when it becomes apaid service. There will then be capson how many files you're uploading,and how big they are. DocQ's owner,Docudesk, also plans to deeplyintegrate it into the rest of its PDF-editing software to let people uploadand share PDFs they've created.

I wouldn't recommend relying onDocQ for business just yet. I ran intoa handful of slowdowns where Icouldn't get back to my list of files.And without the search or tag sortingworking, i t would have beenproblematic if I had more files, andwanted to access one in short order.Still, two of the really great partsabout this service--editing andannotations--continued to work very,very well.

Related:Customize PDFs online with these

toolsOther posts about PDFsOriginally posted at Web Crawler

PayPal suffers from e-commerce outageBy Stephen Shankland(Webware.com)Submitted at 8/3/2009 1:37:00 PM

PayPal suffered a global outage andslow performance Monday, but eBaysaid its online payment system ismostly back in working order.

"About an hour ago, PayPal startedexperiencing site issues that affectedthe ability to send and receivemoney. We have all hands on deck toge t th is f ixed , " sa id PayPa lspokesman Anuj Nayar in a blog post

about noon PDT. "We're really sorryfor the inconvenience."

An update at 12:40 p.m. said thesite was working again for mostusers.

Nayar said in an interview theoutage was global and the worst ofthe outage lasted about an hour total,though the site wasn't fully recovered

just before 2 p.m. PDT.$2,000 per second in transactions

The outage could be costly forthose who rely on PayPal to handle e-commerce transactions. PayPal says

about $2,000 in payments per secondflows through the system, meaningthat a one-hour outage would cut outabout $7.2 million in commerce.

Nayar declined to commentimmediately about whether sellerswould be compensated in any way or

how eBay handled such decisions inthe past.

As a key driver of growth for eBay,PayPal is becoming more importantat the online commerce and auctionsite.

"PayPal is a business that will bebigger than eBay," eBay ChiefExecutive John Donahoe said in July.And through a developer release inJuly of a new PayPal paymentsystem, eBay wants to refashion theservice to enable a new generation ofonline commerce.

PayPal's developer site said theoutage hit not just its Web page, butalso through PayPal's applicationprogramming interface (API), whichlets applications use the servicewithout having to go through theWeb site. It first noted the problem at10:41 a.m. PDT.

Updated with more details at 2:04p.m. PDT.

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17Internet News RecordStrange New Air Force Facility Energizes Ionosphere, FansConspiracy FlamesBy Noah Shachtman (Wired TopStories)


Todd Pedersen had to hustle thesky was scheduled to start glowingsoon, and he didn't want to miss it. Itwas just before sunset, a coldFebruary evening in deep-woodsAlaska, and the broad-shouldered USAir Force physicist was scramblingacross the snow in his orange downparka and fur-lined

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