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E-reader Newspaperhttp://www.LibertyNewsprint.com06/12/09 - 07/12/09
Anti-Americanism at play in Italian verdict?
By Roberta Ram pton ( Front Row Washington  )
Submitted at 12/7/2009 7:23:12 AM
Did anti-American sentimentplay into the guilty verdict forAmerican exchange studentAmanda Knox?Her family and a prominent U.S.senator are crying foul.Knoxwas sentenced last week to 26yearsin prison for murdering herBritish roommate during adrunken sex game.Sen. Maria Cantwell, fromKnox’s home state of Washington, says she has“seriousquestions about the Italian justicesystem and whether anti-Americanism tainted this trial”and said she plans to pursue thatwith U.S. and Italian officials.Her family has said they willappeal, and her father Curt Knoxsaid unfavorable media coverageled to the guilty verdict.“Frankly, I believe it was thehuge media perception andliterally the characterassassination that took place of her, and a completely different judicial system where jurors and judges are not sequestered,” hesaid onNBC’s “Today” show onMonday.Criminal defense lawyerTheodore SimontoldABC’s“Good Morning America”showthat the evidence against Knoxwas scant. “The real problemhere was … an avalanche of negative pretrial publicity,combined with an enormousamount of negative characterassassination,” Simon said.Judy Bachrach, who has coveredthe case for Vanity Fair, saidsome jurors said they foundKnox guilty before the trialended. “There is the feeling thatshe is the classic Americanseductress. She’s been called inthe newspapers a vampire, apraying mantis, and these are allforms of anti-Americanism,” shesaid on ABC.What do you think? Click here for more Reuterspolitical coveragePhoto: REUTERS/AlessandroBianchi American universitystudent Amanda Knox arrives incourt for her murder trial inPerugia December 4, 2009.
What Is This? [Space]
By Jesus Diaz ( Gizmodo  )
Submitted at 12/7/2009 9:33:00 AM
Hey Richard Dreyfuss, betterhurry up to theMojave Desert,because tonight the aliens arecoming. Seriously:I just saw SpaceShipTwo. It'svery large and shiny. It's reallyimpressive mounted to themothership, makes Eve look right.What you are seeing here is therehearsal for the presentation of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo,the first space airliner in history.It will happen tonight, so staytuned for images of this newspectacular aircraft, hopefully thebeginning of a long series yet tocome. [FlickrandTwittervia Hyperbola]
VMWare: Your NextSmartphone Might RunTwo OSes At Once[Virtualization]
By Brian Barrett ( Gizmodo  )
Submitted at 12/7/2009 8:53:31 AM
In aninterview withComputerworld, VMWare's headof mobile phone virtualizationhas indicated that the companywants to move beyond dual-bootsystems to allow phones to run aprivate and work operatingsystem at the same time. They'vealreadydemonstrated thepotentialon a Nokia N800running Windows CE andAndroid concurrently; nowthey're looking into multiple userinterface scenarios for currentgeneration smartphones. [Computerworld]
 
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Public forecast for Afghan strategy –stalemate
By Tabassum Za karia ( Front Row Washington  )
Submitted at 12/7/2009 10:33:43 AM
Americans have doubts overwhether President Barack Obama’s newAfghanistanstrategywill ultimately result invictory, but a majority say thewar is morally justified.ACNN/Opinion Research Corppollfinds that 57 percent said themost likely outcome for theUnited States in Afghanistanwould be a stalemate, with 29percent predicting victory.When asked whether a victorywas possible or not possible, 58percent of those surveyed said itwas possible, while 41 percentsaid it was not possible.But asked the same questionabout defeat, the responses werequite similar: 60 percent saiddefeat was possible, while 38percent said defeat was notpossible.A majority — 63 percent — saidU.S. action in Afghanistan wasmorally justified.A column inThe New Yorkersays that this time the cliche istrue: there are no good options inAfghanistan.ARasmussen Reports pollfindsthat 53 percent of Americanvoters support Obama’s plan tosend 30,000 more troops toAfghanistan and 47 percentsupport his plan to beingwithdrawing in 18 months — butonly 20 percent agree with bothparts of the strategy.So it’s a bit of a confusedmuddle, but perhaps that isprecisely where public opinionis…Are you predicting victory ordefeat for the Obama Afghanstrategy? Click here for more Reuterspolitical coveragePhoto credit: Reuters/ZohraBensemra (U.S. soldier inAfghanistan)
Pope to hold ChristmasEve mass early at10pmA
(World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk  )
Submitted at 12/7/2009 11:02:14 AM
Pope Benedict XVI will break with tradition this year andcelebrate Christmas Eve mass inSt Peter's Basilica at 10pminstead of midnight, the Vaticansaid. A papal spokesman said thedecision was made two monthsago to "ease the [pope's] fatigueat a time when there are manyceremonies and commitments",but added there was no cause forworry about his health. At noonon Christmas Day Benedict willread the traditional papalmessage, Urbi et Orbi (Latin forTo the City and to the World),from the central balcony of thebasilica as crowds gather in thesquare. AP Vatican City•Pope Benedict XVI•Catholicism guardian.co.uk © Guardian News& Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to ourTerms & Conditions|More Feeds
Chromium OS gets unofficial 64-bit port
By Donald Melanson ( Engadget  )
Submitted at 12/7/2009 1:33:00 PM
64-bit support for an OSdesigned primarily for low-powered netbooks may not be atthe top of everyone's list, but itlooks like those hoping crank Chrome OSup a notch are nowfinally in luck. While it's of course still completely unofficial,and pre-alpha, the OS is nowavailable in a 64-bit port calledChromiumOS64, which evenincludes niceties like Xenvirtualization support and arelatively modest 1GB downloadsize. Hit up the link below to getstarted. Chromium OS gets unofficial 64-bit portoriginally appeared onEngadgeton Mon, 07 Dec 200913:33:00 EST. Please see ourterms for use of feeds.Permalink Chromium Netbooks|ChromiumOS64|Email this| Comments
CrunchPad reborn as JooJoo
By Rafe Needle man ( Webware.com  )
Submitted at 12/7/2009 10:02:00 AM
Chandra Rathakrishnan, thechief executive of formerTechCrunch partner FusionGarage, reveals plans to proceedwith release of new Web-browsing tablet.Originally posted atRafe's Radar
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McCain praises Palin…but calls her“irrelevant”
By Jeff Mas on ( Front Row Washington  )
Submitted at 12/7/2009 7:01:21 AM
How’s this for faint praise?Former Repubican presidentialnominee John McCain talked upSarah Palin — his 2008 vicepresidential partner — onSunday,saying she had earned animportant place in the Republicanparty.But he also calledthe formerAlaska governor”irrelevant.”Huh?“I think that Sarah Palin … hasearned herself a very big place inthe Republican political scene,”McCain said on the NBCprogram “Meet the Press.”“I am entertained every time I seethese people attack her and attack her and attack her. She’sirrelevant, but they continue toattack her. I am so proud of herand the work that she is doing,”he said.Right.McCain said hehad a goodrelationship with Palin and herhusband, Todd. They saw eachother recently, he said.Perhaps he left out the“irrelevant” comment atthatmeeting… For more Reuters political news,click here.Photo credit: Reuters/MikeTheiler (Palin at book-signingevent in Fairfax, Virginia)
Lahore market bomb attack kills 34
(World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk  )
Submitted at 12/7/2009 11:15:21 AM
Two synchronised remote-controlled bombs ripped througha market popular with women inLahore today, causing a huge fireand killing at least 34 people,authorities said.Another attack by a suicidebomber killed 10 people outsidea court building in the north-western city of Peshawar, part of a wave of militant strikes inPakistan as the army continues itsoffensive against a Talibanstronghold in the north-west,close to the Afghan border.About 100 people were woundedin the attacks in Lahore,apparently timed to take placewhen the Moon Market was at itsbusiest. The bombs explodedwithin 30 seconds of each other,leaving dozens of cars and shopsablaze late into the night.Many of the victims werewomen and children, including atwo-year-old, a police officersaid.Moon Market sells clothes andshoes and is especially popularwith women and their children.Lahore's top government official,Khusro Pervaiz, said there weremore than 34 dead and 109wounded. "I fear the death tollmight rise," he said.Punjab's law minister, RanaSanaullah, said the bombs wereapparently remote-controlleddevices."There was a blast. Then therewas another," said MohammadNauman, who was bleeding fromhis nostrils. "Nobody knew whatwas happening. Everybody wasrunning. There was fireeverywhere."Lahore is Pakistan's secondlargest city, not far from theborder with India. It has been hitseveral times by militants overthe past year, including an attack on the visiting Sri Lankan cricketteam and several strikes againstsecurity installations.Islamist militants have carriedout scores of bloody bombings inPakistan in recent weeks. Mosthave been directed at securityforces, though several havetargeted crowded public spacessuch as markets. More than 400people have been killed,including more than 100 in amarket in Peshawar in October.The Taliban generally claimresponsibility for those killingsecurity officers, but do not admitto carrying out the attacks oncivilian targets. Governmentofficials and security analysts saythere is little doubt the militantsare behind all the attacks.•Pakistan guardian.co.uk © Guardian News& Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to ourTerms & Conditions|More Feeds
This Is How a RecordMade of Ice Sounds[Sound]
By Jesus Diaz ( Gizmodo  )
Submitted at 12/7/2009 9:00:00 AM
As if we didn't have enough withfrightening planetary sounds,artistKatie Patersonhas recordedthe chilling crackles of threeIcelandic glaciers. Nothingspecial there... until you learnthat she did it on 45rpm recordsmade with actual ice.Katie pressed the record againstre-frozen ice plates instead of vinyl. Then she played them intwo turntables until they meltedover the course of two hours.Update: Reader WolfgangOblasser wrote to say thatAustrian artist ClaudiaMärzendorfer also uses ice forpressing records.I know, pointless. And that'sexactly why I love it. [KatiePatersonviaI'm Revoltingvia Today and Tomorrow]
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