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15October2009    
T o d a y ’ s T a b b l o i d    
PERSONALNEWSFOR
craig.kirchoff@gmail.com     
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 WEBNEWS   
 AnotherReasontogetaNokia   N900:ItCanRunGoogleWave   [Mashable]  
OCT15,200905:07A.M.  Inmanyways,Nokia’sN900isageek’sphone.Ithasallthelatest  technicalbellsandwhistles,it’srunningMaemo5Linuxastheoperating   system,andbecauseofthatit’sbeingtoutedasoneofthosephonesthat  arereallycomputersinamobilephone’soutfit.  Now,thef   olksatMobileDeveloperT     Vshowuswhatthatcanmean,  postingavideoofN900runningGoogleWave.It’snotGoogleWavefor   mobiles;it  ’sthefull,desktopversionoftheservice,and–asyoucansee   inthevideobelow–it’srunningperfectlywellonNokia’sdevice.  Evenbetter,therelativelycomplexGoogleWavedoesn’tlooktoo   clutteredonN900’s800×480pixelscreen;quitethecontrary,itlooks    veryusable.Checkoutthevideobelowforthedetails;tolearnmore   aboutGoogleWave,checkoutourcomprehensiveguide.  Reviews:GoogleWave   Tags:Goo   gleWave,Nok   iaN900    WEBNEWS   
GridIronLive:ARich,3D    FootballGameOnFacebook   Platform[TechCrunch]  
OCT15,200902:57A.M.  It’sfall,andthatmeansit’sfootballseason.AndwhileMaddenhaslong    beenthedominantforceinFootballvideogames,he’sgettingsomenew    co   mpetitionthisyearthat’slookingtotapintothesamemarketthathas   m     adefantasyfootballandcoachingsimsincrediblypopular.Oneofthese   games,whichwecoveredlastweek,iscalledQuickHit.Andtodaysees   thelaunchofanother:gamingstudioChallengeGameshasjustlaunched   GridIronLive,a   Facebook-ba   s   edfootballc   oachingsimthatfeatures3D     graphics.  Forthosethataren’tfamiliarwiththegenre:GridIronLiveandQuickHit  havethesamehighqualitygraphicsasmostmodernvideogames,but  theydon’tfeaturethetwitch-basedgameplayyou’llfindinMadden.  
 
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Instead,youactasyourteam’scoach,pickingplaysandwatchingasyour   digitalplayersfareagainstyouropponent’splaycalling.Thiscanbeabit  frustratingattimeswhensomethingoutofyourhandsgoeswrong,but  that’strueforanycoachingjob.Andit’sagenrethat’sbecomequite   popular,thoughmostoftheothercoachingsimshavebeenfarmore    basic.  ThebiggestdifferencebetweenQuickHitandGridIronisthatQuickHit  requiresadownloadableclientbuiltinAdobeAIR,whereasGridIron   LiveisbuiltinFlash,doesn’trequireadownload,andisaFacebookapp.  ThismeansthatGridIronhasamuchlowerbarriertoentry(whichis   goingtobekey,asit’saFacebookgame),buttheexperienceisless   immersive,aseverythingisconstrainedtotheFlashpanewithin   Facebookinyourbrowser.Intermsoflooks,GridIronlooksgreatfora   Flashgame,sporting3Dgraphicsthatareaboutonparwiththeoriginal  Playstation(CEOAndrewBuseysaysit’sthefirst3Dfootballgameon   theweb).Incontrast,QuickHitusesspriteswhichlookcleanerandmore   polished,butaren’tin3D.  Offthefield,GridIronwillallowgamerstopurchasebetterplayers,as    wellasnewplaysthattheycanusetoexpandtheirplaybooks.Tobuy   these,gamerscanusethetokenstheyearnin-gameastheycomplete    varioustasks,ortheycanpurchasethemusingrealmoney.QuickHit  usesasimilarvirtualgoodsmodel.  OneofGridIron’sgreatestassetsisitsintegrationwithFacebook,which    willbekeyinhelpingitspreadvirally.Wheneveryoufinishagame    you’regiventheoptiontoshareyourgreatestin-gameaccomplishment  (forexample,yourlongestpassever)withyourfriends.  ChallengeGamesistheSequoia-fundedstudiobehindhitgameslike   DuelsandBaseballBoss.Now,thestudioislookingtobringitstradition   ofhighqualitygamesovertoFacebook.AlongwithGridIronLive,  ChallengeisplanningtoreleaseahandfulofothergamestoFacebookin   thenext60days.  
CrunchNetwork     
:MobileCrunchMobileGadgetsandApplications,  DeliveredDaily.  
 
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 WEBNEWS   
Source:MicrosoftMayBeAble   ToRestoreAllOfTheLost  SidekickData,AfterAll  [TechCrunch]  
OCT15,200902:00A.M.  Takethiswithagrainofsalt,becausewehaven’tbeenabletoconfirmit   withMicrosoft,butwe’veheardfromasourcethatemployeesinside   MicrosoftwhoareworkingontheDanger/Sidekickmeltdownare   optimisticthatthey’llbeabletorecover
all  
ofthedatathatwaslost  duringlastweekend’scatastrophicserverfailure.That’sabigchange   fromwhatwewerehearingafewdaysago,whenT-Mobilesaidthatthe   datawas“almostcertainly”goneforgood.  Sincethen,T-Mobile’stonehaschanged:therehavebeenreportsof   someusersturningtheirSidekicksontofindthattheirdatahadbeen   restored,andearlierthisweekT-Mobileissuedanewstatementthatsaid   “Recenteffortsindicatetheprospectsofrecoveringsomelostcontent  maynowbepossible.”  EvenifMicrosoft’sengineersdomangetorecoverallofthelostdata,all  partiesinvolvedwillstilltakeahugehitinconsumertrust,negative   press,andquestionsabouttheintegrityof“thecloud”.Butitwould   certainlysoftentheblows,andcouldalsohelpMicrosoftandT-Mobile   fendoffthependinglawsuitsfromuserswholostdata.  
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