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6 March, 2009
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PAUL KEDROSKY’S INFECTIOUS GREED ESPN.COM
Mohamed El-Erian on Hornets extend season-best

Innovation, Nationalization, winning streak to 6
MAR 06, 2009 05:21A.M.
and the Future of the U.S.
MAR 06, 2009 07:03A.M. Visit ESPN.com for the complete story.
Pimco’s Mohamed El-Erian speaking recently in Los Angeles on financial

innovation (sic.), bank nationalization, and the future of the U.S.
economy. TECHCRUNCH
More Comment Consolidation:

ESPN.COM
JS-Kit Acquires SezWho
Xavier cruises to third straight MAR 06, 2009 05:19A.M.
Atlantic 10 title
MAR 06, 2009 05:42A.M.
Visit ESPN.com for the complete story.
NU.NL - ALGEMEEN
Volkswoede rond rampplek

Keulen
MAR 06, 2009 05:29A.M. JS-Kit, a company that offers an array of Javascript-based commenting,
polling, and ratings widgets, is acquiring the assets of SezWho, a
KEULEN - De handelswijze van de hulpverleners bij de rampplek in competing enhanced comment system. JS-Kit will continue to keep
Keulen stuit op onbegrip bij de belangstellenden aan de dranghekken. SezWho’s service running for the next 30 days, during which users will
be offered a choice of moving over to JS-Kit or choosing an alternative
system.
SezWho offered a universal reputation system for comments, allowing

visitors to log in using their Email address or OpenID, establishing a
reputation system that carries across onto other SezWho-enabled sites.
And unlike some other comment systems, blog owners didn’t have to
worry about handing over their data to SezWho - for quite a while one of
the primary criticisms of some competing services, like Disqus, was that
they housed the blog’s comment data, effectively keeping their owners
hostage (this is no longer an issue, as these services now offer synced
comment archives).
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Today’s Tabbloid PERSONAL NEWS FOR infimate@gmail.com 6 March, 2009
JS-Kit’s acquisition of SezWho is not particularly surprising. There’s NU.NL - ALGEMEEN

definitely a need for enhanced commenting systems, but this space is
overdue for consolidation. The problem with having all of these discrete Cassière krijgt 17.000 euro om
commenting systems is that for the most part, they aren’t compatible
with each other. Users’ comment histories and reputations are ontslag over 60 cent
segmented across a handful of competing services, which sort of defeats MAR 06, 2009 05:13A.M.
the point.
PARIJS - Wie het laatst lacht, lacht het best moet een Franse cassière
And aside from JS-Kit, most of these services are free, leaving them donderdag gedacht hebben. Zij kreeg ruim 17.000 euro
vulnerable to drops in advertising revenue and perhaps also deterring schadevergoeding omdat haar baas haar vorig jaar had ontslagen wegens
major companies from entrusting their data with them for fear that they een kasverschil van 60 cent.
might go belly up. In the current economy, most of the services are either
forced to shut down or seek an acquisition.
Aside from its acquisition of SezWho, JS-Kit has also bolstered its ENGADGET
presence with the acquisition of Haloscan last summer. The company
has also established partnerships with a number of major companies, ASUS debuts EzLink Series,
including Sun and World Now.
VH192C / VH196 Green LCDs
Some of the smaller services may be dying out, but JS-Kit still has some
strong competition. Last fall IntenseDebate, another commenting at CeBIT
system, was acquired by Automattic, the company behind the incredibly MAR 06, 2009 05:12A.M.
popular WordPress blog platform. IntenseDebate continues to operate
on other blog platforms, and is also slowly having its technology
incorporated into WordPress itself.
Another increasingly important player in this space is Facebook, which

just released a new commenting widget that allows sites to quickly
integrate Facebook Connect with only a few lines of code. Users can have
their comments relayed back to their Facebook News Feeds, where the
conversation can continue. Some large sites have little interest in
handing over their data to Facebook without getting much in return, but
it’s a system your everyday blogger will love. And that’s a scary prospect
for the rest of the widget makers.
Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new
Job2.0
Just when you thought you’d heard the last from ASUS at CeBIT, in flies
this. Here in Hannover, the outfit has broadened its reach by introducing
a few new monitors, with the EzLink Series piquing our interest the
most. The simply titled Wireless LCD Monitor can reportedly be
connected via the Wireless Host Controller Interface (WHCI) or USB
Host Wire Adapter (HWA), essentially turning it into a more
recognizable USB monitor. There’s also the Green line, which — for now,
at least — contains the VH192C and VH196. Both of ‘em reportedly save
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around 20 percent in the power consumption department compared to adding one of these to your home / business network.
who-knows-what, while the former model incorporates Color Shine to
nix the glare, enrich color density and make your life approximately 8.23 Gallery: QNAP’s family of NAS drives arrives at CeBIT: eyes-on
times better. Curiously, there’s no word on specs, pricing or release
dates, but we’ll do our best to dig all that up on the show floor.
Filed under: Displays
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ESPN.COM
Crosby returns to lead Pens to

fifth straight win
MAR 06, 2009 05:00A.M.
ENGADGET
QNAP’s family of NAS drives

arrives at CeBIT: eyes-on
MAR 06, 2009 04:09A.M.
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QNAP’s CeBIT showstopper was unquestionably the all new NMP1000,

but given that we already took a few shots of Acer’s mass storage devices,
we couldn’t pass up the chance to capture these as well. QNAP’s styling is
decidedly “business-like,” though not in the bad way... if you get what
we’re on about. Anywho, have a glance below if you’re teetering on
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SILICON ALLEY INSIDER PAUL KEDROSKY’S INFECTIOUS GREED
Palm Investor: Palm Pre Way Stephen Colbert Creates the

Cooler Than The iPhone Doom Bunker
MAR 06, 2009 04:00A.M. MAR 06, 2009 03:57A.M.
Stephen Colbert makes fun of the apocalypticism out there, plus Glenn
Beck’s War Room, by launching his own “Doom Bunker”. I’m
Palm’s long-awaited Pre smartphone — the phone that could either turn particularly fond of the scenario where in 2014 the Dow is at 250, Koala
Palm around or send it down the toilet — is scheduled to launch before Pox is raging across the land, and soybeans are money.
the end of June. Conveniently, the first iPhone 1.0 contracts will also
expire in June. So naturally, Palm investor (and our friend) Roger The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
McNamee is making the rounds, stirring the muck. But is he going too
far? Doom Bunker - Jack Jacobs and Stephen Moore
“You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two- year
Colbert Report Full Episodes
anniversary of the first shipment of the iPhone,” Roger told Bloomberg.
Political Humor
“Not one of those people will still be using an iPhone a month later.”
Rap Battle
“Think about it — If you bought the first iPhone, you bought it because
Joke of the Day
you wanted the coolest product on the market,” McNamee said. “Your
two-year contract has just expired. Look around. Tell me what they’re
going to buy.”
ENGADGET
Well, okay. The Pre looked pretty neat from the videos we’ve seen, but
beating the iPhone is a tall order. Heck, it’s possible the Pre will be The Daily Roundup: here’s what
better. But we’re going to reserve judgment until we’ve had time to spend
with one. you might’ve missed
MAR 06, 2009 03:42A.M.
And we’re going to save McNamee’s quote alongside Palm (PALM) CEO
Ed Colligan’s, scoffing in 2006 over Apple’s (AAPL) chances in the
mobile market. “We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here
figuring out how to make a decent phone,” he said. “PC guys are not
going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in.”
Via Daring Fireball

The Beatles come to ‘Rock Band,’ instruments and all
Photo: Kara Swisher
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See Also:
• Palm: Business Terrible Until The Pre Goes On Sale (PALM)

Do you love the Beatles? Do you love Rock Band? Are you ready to
totally lose it?
• Palm Investor Shows Off Pre Smartphone On CNBC (PALM)
RIM’s BlackBerry 9630 World Edition finally strikes a pose
• Frustrated Palm Investor Trolls BlackBerry’s Facebook Page

(PALM)
Finally, an honest to goodness picture of what may well be the sweetest
4
BlackBerry RIM has pushed out to date. • LG BD370 Blu-ray player hands-on at CeBIT
Switched On: Connecting mobile, mantle and metal objects
(Part 1) • Nokia confirms North American 5800 3G reception issues have
Given that venture capitalists generally are not as excited about young been fixed
companies that sell atoms as opposed to bits, companies innovating in
hardware are a rare species at DEMO, the long-running technology • Nokia says it’ll have LTE devices by 2010, Verizon partnership in
startup parade. Other news of import the works?
• Windows Vista and Server 2008 SP2 Release Candidates now • Alltel rolls out Palm Treo Pro
available to download
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• ASUS: Our Eee PC 1000He is better than Acer’s Aspire One D150,
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BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS - CNNMONEY.COM
Senate delays vote on spending

bill
MAR 06, 2009 03:20A.M.
The Senate postponed a planned vote on a $410 billion spending plan

Thursday, with Democratic leaders saying they would allow Republican
changes to the bill to be considered after coming up just short of the
support they needed.
ENGADGET
Ask Engadget: Best external

Panasonic’s ultrathin TC-P54Z1 VIERA plasma priced at
$5,999.95 hard drive under $100?
MAR 06, 2009 03:11A.M.
Yeah, we know — six large for a 54-inch HDTV seems a bit much in
today’s society, but the same sort of thing was said last September when
Mitsubishi threw a $6,999 sticker on its mesmerizing LaserVue set.
Samsung Instinct Mini spotted by Mr. Blurrycam
Samsung may be cranking out all manner of new TouchWiz phones and
Sprint might be Pre-occupied*, but nothing can stop the Instinct... from
getting smaller. (*We’re sorry. It won’t happen again.)
• Analyst: Nearly half of broadband households are interested in

Internet TV Ask Engadget is back this week with yet another thoughtful reader-
submitted question, and if you’d like your own inquiry to get some face
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time, just send one in to ask at engadget dawt com. Without further
adieu, we’ll let Zach take it from here:
“So I need some extra storage because I’ve been going a little iTunes
“crazy” lately and have been downloading gigabytes of albums, podcasts
and movies. I’m looking for a reliable hard drive but at the same time,
price is a key factor considering not a lot of money is available at the
moment. I’m thinking 100GB or more should suffice. I don’t want to get
roped into buying a crappy hard drive and have it die on me a week after
using it. What’s the best one out there for around $100 or less? Thanks!”
We’ll go out on a limb here and assume he’s looking for USB 2.0 (sorry,
FireWire 400), so let loose those opinions!
It’s hard to say at this point whether we should point the blame at
Filed under: Ask Engadget, Storage NVIDIA, Apple or right in between the two corporate campuses, but it
seems that an uncomfortable amount of 17-inch MacBook Pro owners
Ask Engadget: Best external hard drive under $100? originally appeared are having some serious issues with their GeForce 9600M graphics card.
on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:11:00 EST. Please see our terms For those unaware, there is actually a 9400M in there too, but word on
for use of feeds. the street has it that the random green lines and nasty artifacts are only
showing up when the more potent card is kicked into action. Most folks
Permalink | Email this | Comments are saying that a reboot solves the problem momentarily, but eventually
it returns to bother, annoy and sadden new owners. Anyone else out
there pulling their hair out over this? Here’s hoping a firmware update is
all that’ll be needed to bring closure to yet another NVIDIA-Apple
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWS - CNNMONEY.COM related fiasco.
Candidate to aid Geithner out [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
MAR 06, 2009 02:49A.M.
Filed under: Laptops
A leading contender to serve as the top deputy to Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner is no longer under consideration for the post, as 17 top NVIDIA’s GeForce 9600M causing issues in 17-inch MacBook Pro?
jobs at the department remain unfilled in the middle of the financial originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:48:00 EST.
crisis. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
ENGADGET
NVIDIA’s GeForce 9600M TECHCRUNCH
causing issues in 17-inch Feeder’s Digest

MAR 06, 2009 02:40A.M.
MacBook Pro?
MAR 06, 2009 02:48A.M.
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Conde Nast is “having the worst year of any publisher” the New York
Post reported last month. So the fact that that CEO Chuck Townsend
sent out an all-hands memo entitled “Managing Through Challenging
Times” must have certainly sent a shiver through the magazine empire
this afternoon.
Now that Facebook has jumped into the activity stream, how long will it
be before major platform vendors do the same? Google seems strangely The good news: Nowhere in Townsend’s missive does he actually
quiet except fpr a few retracted comments from Eric Schmidt about mention sackings, re-org or other personnel cuts. The bad news:
Twitter being a poor man’s email. Speaking of poor man’s email (aren’t Townsend warns employees that “all of us” will “have to make additional
we all these days) Microsoft has taken a huge chunk out of Notes difficult decisions to manage costs and ensure our financial well-being”.
engagements with its on-demand Exchange Online product. But so far, But he doesn’t spell out what those are.
no direct attacks on Twitter et al. The Facebook announcements seem
most threatening to FriendFeed, at least from a feature perspective. In Conde started hacking at expenses last fall, by shuttering some titles and
recent weeks, Facebook has sprouted a number of FriendFeed constructs making cuts of 5% or more at others. Meanwhile it has refused to cut ad
- Likes and Comments the most obvious. In a few cases, the new tools go rates, even as competitors pick up some market share with lower-priced
a step beyond FriendFeed by making it easier to post rich media types. pages.
But there’s a catch in this ease of use, namely the Roach Motel-ian
question of whether the data ever comes out. But while there’s constant chatter within Conde about other titles
supposedly destined for the chopping block, the publisher has yet to go
through layoffs on the scale that Time Warner’s Time Inc. (TWX) went
through last fall.
Just this week, a Conde executive told me because individual publishers

ALL THINGS DIGITAL
were cutting back on costs without a companywide edict, it was unlikely
Conde Nast CEO Chuck that Conde publisher would need to make bigger cuts this spring. I’ll
update if I get more info.
Townsend To The Troops: Keep
Here’s Townsend’s memo:
Your Heads Up, and Your
(more…)
Expenses Down [MediaMemo]
MAR 06, 2009 02:38A.M.
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ENGADGET SLATE MAGAZINE
Peek finds that Costco The bogus GOP claim that

customers greatly prefer Obama is making war on the
lifetime subscriptions rich.
MAR 06, 2009 02:19A.M. MAR 06, 2009 02:09A.M.
To hear conservatives tell it, you’d think mobs of shiftless welfare moms
were marauding through the streets of Greenwich and Palm Springs,
lynching bankers and hedge-fund managers, stringing up shopkeepers,
and herding lawyers into internment camps. President Obama and his
budgeteers, they say, have declared war on the rich.
[more ...]
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We’re not about to say “we told you so,” but Peek‘s own David Madden
The American obsession with
has contacted us with a detail so telling that we simply had to pass it on.
In an effort to understand whether the email-only handheld really would
wine being good for you.
sell better if not hamstrung by monthly fees, it has been offering it up in MAR 06, 2009 02:01A.M.
two forms at Costco. A “$44 + monthly fees” package and an all-inclusive
“Peek-for-life” bundle that sells for $399. So far, a whopping 70 percent 60 Minutes recently ran a segment about the health benefits of red wine,
of sales have been for the lifetime Peek, despite the fact that said bundle specifically the apparently wondrous powers of resveratrol, a polyphenol
is a Benjamin more expensive than Peek’s own one-day lifetime sale that is found in the skin of grapes and is thought to prevent illness and
earlier this year. He also goes on to say that this pricing strategy (the no promote longevity. This wasn’t the first time 60 Minutes has trumpeted
monthly fees one) “may yet be vindicated,” hinting that the model could the virtues of red wine; in 1991, it called attention to the so-called French
become a permanent option in the future. Oh, and we told you so. Paradox, which posited that the low rate of heart disease in France,
despite a national diet gloriously abundant in rich foods, was due to the
Filed under: Handhelds country’s prodigious consumption of red wine. That report not only
prompted an outbreak of oenophilia in the United States; it fanned an
Peek finds that Costco customers greatly prefer lifetime subscriptions obsessive interest in the nutritional and therapeutic properties of wine.
originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:19:00 EST. This seems to be a particularly American fixation, and it raises an
Please see our terms for use of feeds. intriguing question: Why are we—Americans—so anxious to find
justifications for drinking wine beyond the fact that it tastes good and we
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ENGADGET SLATE MAGAZINE
Samsung’s NC20 reviewed Obama scores a 40 on the

ahead of US release Change-o-Meter.
MAR 06, 2009 01:59A.M. MAR 06, 2009 01:49A.M.
The Change-o-Meter is also a widget. You can add it to your blog, Web
site, or profile with just a few clicks. (Shortcut for Facebook here.) Each
time we publish a new column, the widget will automatically update to
reflect the latest score.
[more ...]
SILICON ALLEY INSIDER
Crash Of 2008 Now Worse

Than Crash Of 1929
MAR 06, 2009 01:49A.M.
If all goes according to plan, Samsung’s more-than-a-netbook NC20 is

We just hit another milestone. The market has now fallen farther faster
just a day away from its official American release, and, on this
than it did during the Great Crash of 1929-1932.
momentous eve, Laptop has graced us all with a full review of the thing
— or the Korean version, at least. We’ve been following the NC20’s
Floyd Norris, NYT:
buildup closely, as it looks to slot in between flimsy netbook and a proper
ultraportables in terms of size but at a sub-$500 price that’s decidedly
It has been 513 calendar days since the stock market peaked on Oct. 9,
more Eee than X300. The review seems to echo that sentiment, with its
2007. Since then, the S.&P. 500 is down 56 percent and the Dow is off 53
VIA Nano processor found to be at least on par with Intel’s Atom, if not
percent.
slightly faster, and the 12-inch, 1280 x 800 display quite pleasing to the
eye — despite its glossy sheen. That (relatively) large size gives room for
On Jan. 29, 1931 — the identical number of days after the 1929 market
a comfortable keyboard, but overall this is a bit bulkier than its
peak — the S.&P. 500 was down 49 percent and the Dow was down 56
competition; heavier too, clocking in at 3.4 pounds with a 6-cell battery
percent. The 1929 crash got off to a much faster start, but we have now
compared to about 3 pounds for a similarly powered Mini 12. Overall it
more or less caught up.
sounds like a great device for those looking for a netbook with a little
more to love.
And here’s a chart by Doug Short at dshort.com that illustrates the
point. In case you’re obsessed, Doug updates the chart every day:
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See Also:
• DOW Has Been Flat For 43 Years
• How Low Can The Market Go?*
• The Best Stock In The World (NFLX)
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Crain’s Chicago Business. (Liska, by the way, has a magnificent Chicago

accent.)
Motorola didn’t offer any details to the WSJ, but said that it was in “full
SILICON ALLEY INSIDER compliance” with its financial reporting requirements. Meanwhile, a
Motorola rep tells us that: “All public information is in Motorola’s proxy
What The Hell Happened With statement. We cannot provide any additional detail.”
Motorola’s Fired CFO? Know more? Paul, are you out there? Drop me a line via
MAR 06, 2009 01:35A.M. dfrommer@alleyinsider.com or the contact info below.
Very bizarre: Former Motorola (MOT) CFO Paul Liska is suing the Join the conversation about this story »
company for wrongful termination, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Liska told the paper Wednesday that he was “surprised to learn that he See Also:
had been fired for cause.” We are too.
• Motorola, Like Nokia, Stops Trying To Beat RIM’s Email (MOT,
During Motorola’s earnings call in early February, Motorola co-CEO RIMM)
Greg Brown made it sound like Liska was let go because Motorola’s
cellphone spinoff was being delayed: • Motorola Cellphone Spinoff Still Happening... Someday (MOT)
Via Seeking Alpha: “As it relates to Paul, I do want to say, he did a lot of • Motorola: Microsoft Windows Mobile 7 Coming Next Year (MOT,
good work here and helped us get a lot of the heavy lifting done around MSFT)
this separation and preparation for separation which as we talked about
remains the commitment to our strategy going forward and he was also
very helpful in getting after along with the businesses and the other
leaders in the organization, cost reduction initiatives. That said, I think
the business environment’s changed and given the environmental
changes, we thought the change was appropriate at this time as well in THE DAILY DISH | BY ANDREW SULLIVAN
that position.”
The Broad Middle
Yet in a SEC filing this week, Motorola said Liska was “involuntarily MAR 06, 2009 01:32A.M.
terminated for cause” on Feb. 19. And that he had to pay back his
$400,000 signing bonus. In the SEC filing, Motorola explained what Yglesias draws lines between opponents and supporters of health
“cause” means, but didn’t specify which case applies here. Potentially: reform:
• Willful and continued failure to substantially perform duties, other ...we have the people in the middle. These are people, and you
than failure due to physical or mental illness. find them in both parties, who happily concede the need to
reform the health care system. But they think the time isn’t
• Willful engagement in malfeasance, dishonesty, or fraud; or gross right. Maybe we should wait until we solve the economic
misconduct; or a felony. crisis, end the war in Iraq, stabilize Pakistan, and balance the
budget and then sometimes in the dim mists of the future we
• Breach of “one or more restrictive covenants in any written can reform the health care system. Maybe we “can’t afford it”
agreement between Mr. Liska and Motorola.” right now.
Meanwhile, Liska provided the WSJ with a different story: The problem with this view is that we can’t afford not to do it.
The problems in the health care sector are not the cause of
In a statement to The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Liska said he was fired on the current recession, but they are both a drag on the
Jan. 29, shortly after a board meeting. “For approximately the next three economy’s long-term ability to grow and the primary driver of
weeks, I and my attorney had been told I was terminated without cause,” long-term budgetary challenges. It gets much easier to get
according to the statement, in which he stressed “without.” “Neither I ourselves out of the current economic hole if there’s a reason
nor my attorney have been contacted about this 180-degree change in to believe that the foundations for more robust growth and a
Motorola’s representation concerning my dismissal.” sustainable fiscal path are being laid at the same time. And
those things can’t really be done without health reform.
Liska told the WSJ he didn’t find out about the “for cause” part until he
read about the SEC filing on chicagobusiness.com, the Web site for
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ENGADGET
Acer Aspire 8930 gaming laptop

eyes-on
MAR 06, 2009 01:28A.M.
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use of feeds.
Acer’s mammoth Aspire 8930 was on hand at CeBIT, and all 18.4-inches
of it demanded an entire end of a pedestal. This one’s been rolling out to Permalink | Email this | Comments
homes for a month or two now, but given just how ginormous this thing
was, we couldn’t resist snapping a few shots and sharing ‘em with the
masses. So, is this thing actually too big? Depends on the square footage
SILICON ALLEY INSIDER
of your domicile.
The Best Stock In The World
Gallery: Acer Aspire 8930 gaming laptop eyes-on
MAR 06, 2009 01:02A.M.
(Okay, we haven’t done a comprehensive study, but it certainly feels that

way.)
Over the past three months, the S&P 500 is down 20%. Netflix is up
50% (NFLX). It was even up today.
We do have our concerns long-term: In a few years, the DVD business

will likely be in full transition to downloading and streaming, and we’re
not yet persuaded that Netflix will be able to maintain the same margin
structure in that business.
But, for now, in an economy and market headed to hell in a handbasket,

the company’s a breath of fresh air.
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See Also:
• Netflix Having Great Q1, Hits 10 Million Subscribers (NFLX)
• The 4 Secrets To Netflix Founder Reed Hastings’ Success (NFLX)
• Disney Might Build Its Own Netflix, iTunes Rival (DIS) ENGADGET
A-DATA 2.5-inch 512GB XPG

SSD eyes-on
MAR 06, 2009 12:59A.M.
LIFEHACKER
Remains of the Day: The Kevin

Purdy Edition [For What It’s
Worth]
MAR 06, 2009 01:00A.M.
Another day, another collection of Lifehacker goodies for our end-of-day

roundup. This time, we get to watch senior editor Kevin Purdy’s semi-
NSFW talk at a recent BarCampBuffalo. (No, he’s not naked, but he does
drop an f-bomb).
• BarcampBuffalo: Lifehacker.com’s Kevin Purdy on “How to write

smarter & faster for the web” (Texter)
• See video. [theory.isthereason] Although it’s not the first 512GB 2.5-inch SSD we’ve heard of, A-DATA’s
latest solid state drive is still in a rare class. We stopped by its booth
• Google Chrome, Bundled with RealPlayer today to see if the unit was on hand for CeBIT, and sure enough, there
• This is only relevant if you hate yourself enough to install she was. We took a few shots and put ‘em down below — you know, just
RealPlayer in the first place. [Google Operating System] in case you don’t have the nerve to dissect your next SSD-equipped
laptop.
• MARCH 2009: It’s the 4th Anniversary DonationCoder.com
Fundraiser Gallery: A-DATA 2.5-inch 512GB XPG SSD eyes-on
• We love the donation-encouraged apps from the folks at
DonationCoder, and now they’re doing their yearly public
television-style fundraiser. [DonationCoder]
• Better Than A Snuggie?

• Remember the Slanket? If you thought that was crazy, check out
the Couch Dress. [Jezebel]
• Be A Better Speaker: Go Commando

• Upshot: Abandon the script whenever necessary. [Awake at the
Wheel]
• YouTube, Universal in Talk on Music Video Site: sources

• Eh... more of a step sideways than forward, but at least the music
folks are trying something. [Wired]
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ESPN.COM
Robert Allenby leads after one

round at Honda Classic
MAR 06, 2009 12:40A.M.
Robert Allenby has contended at the Honda Classic each of the last two
years, so it’s no surprise for him to be atop the leaderboard at PGA
National.
ENGADGET
Corsair launches Voyager Port

at CeBIT: eyes-on
MAR 06, 2009 12:33A.M.
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use of feeds.
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Watchmen reviewed.
MAR 06, 2009 12:45A.M.
Watchmen (Warner Bros.), Zack Snyder’s long-awaited adaptation of the

seminal 1986 graphic novel written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave
In an effort to better market its flash drives as more than just this
Gibbons, shows an acolyte’s respect for the sacred text on which it’s
generation’s floppy drive, Corsair has stepped up at CeBIT this year to
based. The film is slavishly true to the letter of the book, with a few
introduce the Voyager Port. Put simply, this flash drive dock connects to
exceptions: Moore’s use of nested narratives—interpolated text from
one’s PC and provides one-touch backup straight to whatever USB stick
imaginary books and newspapers, comics being read within comics—has
is plugged in. By including the NovaBackup 10 software, the docking
been streamlined into a single master story line. But the book’s spirit—its
station transfers a copy of a user’s hard drive to any USB drive (provided
paranoia, its dark humor, and above all its bleak anti-triumphalism—has
that it’s large enough), and while you may argue that an external HDD
been squelched in the transition to a big-budget action epic. Watchmen
could do just the same, this could be a cheaper option for someone who
fans wondering whether their graphic novel has been ruined will be
already threw down for a capacious USB stick. Pop down below for a look
thrilled to see its key scenes reproduced with storyboardlike fidelity, but
at the admittedly simple device.
those who’ve never read it will be unlikely to understand what the big
deal was in the first place.
Gallery: Corsair launches Voyager Port at CeBIT: eyes-on
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A new book on the foundational

case Marbury v. Madison.
MAR 06, 2009 12:31A.M.
Marbury: It wakes you up.
[more ...]
LIFEHACKER
Best Video Editing Software?

[Hive Five Call For Contenders]
MAR 06, 2009 12:30A.M.
Filed under: Peripherals, Storage
You’re not the kind of person that leaves video unedited. No ma’am, with
Corsair launches Voyager Port at CeBIT: eyes-on originally appeared on the right software you become a master splicer, lord of the montage. But
Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for what software fuels your video mixing magic?
use of feeds.
Photo by FaceMePLS.
The digitization of film has taken elaborate editing out of the care of
those with access to expensive editing equipment and placed it within
the realm of the average consumer. This week we want to hear about
your favorite video editing software. What tools help you turn raw video
into a polished product?
Hive Five nominations take place in the comments, where you post your
favorite tool for the job. We get hundreds of comments, so to make your
nomination clear, please include it at the top of your comment like so:
VOTE: Favorite Video Editing Software. Please don’t include your
vote in a reply to another commenter. Instead, make your vote and reply
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separate comments. If you don’t follow this format, we may not count Brawn GP will use Mercedes engines when the new F1 season starts in
your vote. To prevent tampering with the results, votes from first-time Australia on 29 March.
commenters may not be counted. After you’ve made your nomination, let
us know what makes it stand out from the competition. Honda pulled out of F1 in December as a result of the global financial
crisis, leaving the team to search desperately for a buyer.
About the Hive Five: The Hive Five feature series asks readers to answer
the most frequently asked question we get: “Which tool is the best?” Brawn, a former Ferrari technical director, said: “The past few months
Once a week we’ll put out a call for contenders looking for the best have been extremely challenging for the team but today’s announcement
solution to a certain problem, then YOU tell us your favorite tools to get is the very pleasing conclusion to the strenuous efforts that have been
the job done. Every weekend, we’ll report back with the top five made to secure its future.
recommendations and give you a chance to vote on which is best. For an
example, check out last week’s Hive Five Best Home Server Software. “I would like to thank Honda for the fantastic co-operation and support
we have received throughout this process, particularly those members of
the senior management who were closely involved with concluding our
agreement, and for the faith they have demonstrated in myself and our
team.”
Brawn, who joined Honda at the start of last season, added that he was
delighted to retain the same driving line-up.
“The vast experience and knowledge that both drivers bring to our team
will prove invaluable as we aim to get up to speed in the shortest possible
time to be ready for the first race of the season,” he said.
THE DAILY DISH | BY ANDREW SULLIVAN
“In what will be their fourth season together, their experience with our
Statistics, Statistics team in Brackley, our systems and our engineers, will prove a real asset.”
MAR 06, 2009 12:30A.M.
He added: “I would like to express particular appreciation for the
“I think if there was a mistake in “Dow 36,000,” it was that we in that support we have received from Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, the FIA
one sentence did hazard a guess. We sort of said two different things: It’s (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile), FOM (Formula One
impossible to predict when this is going to happen, and then we said, Management), Fota (Formula One Teams Association) ... and our many
well, we’ll predict it, anyway,” - Jim Glassman. fans the world over.
(Hat tip: Balloon Juice) “The journey ahead will be challenging but exciting and we know we can
count on their continued enthusiasm for our team and its ambitions.”
Hiroshi Oshima, managing officer of Honda Motor Company Limited,

wished Brawn well in his new role as team owner.
BBC SPORT | SPORT HOMEPAGE | WORLD EDITION “Since announcing our withdrawal from Formula One racing on 5
December of last year, we have conducted various studies and
Honda team to return as Brawn discussions so that the team can continue its activities as a new team,”
said Oshima.
GP
MAR 06, 2009 12:20A.M. “We are very pleased that we could sell the team to Ross Brawn, with
whom we have been partaking in the challenges of F1 competition, and
The former Honda Formula One team has been saved and will are grateful for his decision. We offer our sincerest wishes for the new
contest the 2009 season as Brawn GP. team which will be led by Ross.”
The Honda Motor Company Limited and ex-Honda boss Ross Brawn Brawn GP will attend the remaining pre-season tests, in Barcelona
have reached agreement to preserve the team. starting on 9 March and Jerez starting on 15 March.
Britain’s Jenson Button and Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello, last Story from BBC SPORT:
year’s Honda line-up, will continue to drive for the British-based team. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7927488.stm
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Published: 2009/03/06 00:20:56 GMT Aside from adding an enhanced social element to applications, the new
feature could also help apps go viral much more quickly than they would
© BBC MMIX using the standard Email invite system most Facebook apps employ.
Developers can now present users with a list their friends who are online
(even those that don’t necessarily have their apps installed), who they
can then send invites via chat messages. Invites sent over chat have a
ESPN.COM greater sense of urgency and intimacy, so it’s likely that they’ll be more
effective than invites sent through the site’s Email system.
Alex Ovechkin misses
Of course, integration with Chat gives apps on Facebook yet another way
Washington Capitals’ game with to try to spam you. In the dark ages of Platform, when every app seemed
to spam users with reckless abandon, I might have been more concerned
bruised heel about this, but I suspect Facebook already has some measures in place to
MAR 06, 2009 12:17A.M. prevent abuse. And even if they don’t, you can always just sign out of
Chat if things get bad.
NHL goal leader Alex Ovechkin missed the Washington Capitals’ game
against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night because of a bruised Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new
heel. Job2.0
TECHCRUNCH
Facebook Apps Can Now Use

Chat To Go Viral THE DAILY DISH | BY ANDREW SULLIVAN
MAR 06, 2009 12:16A.M.
Not Since Hewitt-Sullivan ...
MAR 06, 2009 12:15A.M.
The Mark Levin-David Frum dust-up - on air no less - is a riveting

example of two varieties of American conservatism colliding. You can
listen to it here. David finishes his post thus:
As I hung up, I wondered what it would be like to be a new

listener, a nonpolitical person, tuning in to Mark Levin’s
show for the first time. The ferocious hatred and anger – the
shouting at people not present to reply, the self-pitying
complaints against a world that does not pay enough respect:
it’s an ugly performance. Has Levin ever convinced any
Facebook has just announced that applications on Facebook Platform listener of anything that listener did not already believe? And
can now be able to take advantage of the site’s built-in chat functionality, of those who come to the show uncertain of what they believe
which launched last spring. Developers will now be able to present users - mustn’t the vast majority come away from these rage-filled
with a list of their Facebook Chat buddies, tailoring the list to best suit narcissistic tirades thinking, “If that’s conservatism, I want
their application (for example, they can choose to only present friends no part of it”?
that already have the app installed).
Alas, it is conservatism in America today. And, yes, I want no part of it.
Facebook users have been able to use Chat and their Facebook apps
simultaneously since Chat launched (one of its biggest selling points is
that it remains open at the bottom of the screen, no matter where on the
site you go). But until now applications didn’t really have a way to tap
into the power of Facebook Chat to help make their applications more
social.
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THE DAILY DISH | BY ANDREW SULLIVAN Pixelar e-Reader reviewed — not too shabby, also “not a Kindle”
originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:04:00 EST.
The War On Freeman Please see our terms for use of feeds.
MAR 06, 2009 12:09A.M.
It’s escalating. I doubt he can survive. But Republican Kit Bond seems
the key player.
GIGAOM
Google Chrome Makes Friends

ENGADGET With Real
MAR 06, 2009 12:00A.M.
Pixelar e-Reader reviewed —
Apparently people still download Real Player, because Google is
not too shabby, also “not a choosing to bundle its Google Chrome browser with the multimedia
player. And while I personally don’t download any “software bundles,” I
Kindle” can’t blame Google for friending Real Networks. Google has been
MAR 06, 2009 12:04A.M. desperately trying to promote its new browser, which still has just over 1
percent of the total browser market share and is available only on
Windows platforms. It has competition from the new Safari 4.0, which is
not only fast but is available on both Macs and PCs. (Related: Browser
wars: Opera Says It’s Not Down or Out.)
LIFEHACKER
Slash Gear starts its hands-on review of Pixelar’s e-book reader by

stating the obvious: “this is no Amazon Kindle 2.” And while there may
The Concealed Surge Protector
be no integrated WiFi, no hardware keyboard, no Tom, and no Oprah,
this device is not without its charms. It supports a generous helping of
[Stuff We Like]
MAR 06, 2009 12:00A.M.
file types (including PDF, DOC, MP3, HTML, TXT, CHM, and at least a
dozen others), comes with 512MB internal memory, supports USB and
SD cards, and the reviewer found build quality to be “reasonable.” The e-
ink display shows some intermediate flicker, however, and the page turn
speed “is just a little too long” for the reviewer’s tastes. Probably the
most off-putting thing about the device is its cost: in the UK (where the
Kindle isn’t available) it’s going for a base price of £229.99 ($324), while
Sony’s Reader, for instance, is currently priced at £224 ($317).
Intrigued? We bet you are — check out the video after the break for even
more e-book excitement.
Continue reading Pixelar e-Reader reviewed — not too shabby, also “not
a Kindle”
Filed under: Handhelds
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BBC SPORT | SPORT HOMEPAGE | WORLD EDITION
Allenby takes Honda Classic

lead
MAR 05, 2009 11:58P.M.
FIRST ROUND LEADERBOARD:

-4 R Allenby (Aus) -3 C Wi (Kor), J Overton (US), A Cabrera (Arg), S
Cink (US), W MacKenzie (US), S Garcia (Spa) -2 K Jones (US), YE Yang
(Kor), D Mathis (US), C Riley (US)
Selected others: Level D Clarke (NIre), MA Jimenez (Spa), R
McIlroy (NIre) +2 G Owen (Eng) +3 E Els (SA), J Rose (Eng), M Laird
(Sco)
Australian Robert Allenby edged into a one-shot lead after the

first round of the Honda Classic in Florida.
The 37-year-old fired a four-under 66 at the Champion Course to edge

clear of six players including Sergio Garcia, Angel Cabrera and Stewart
Cink.
We consider unnecessary cord clutter a pretty serious enemy around

Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke shot a level-par 70 alongside
these parts, which is why Belkin’s concealed surge protector caught our
countryman Rory McIlroy, who triple-bogeyed the short 17th before
eye.
salvaging a birdie on 18.
The simple but streamlined little surge protector sports a plastic-hinged

Tiger Woods is absent despite making his comeback from injury last
cover that folds over the outlets and cords, hiding the many ugly plugs
week.
you’d normally be staring at if you were using an average surge
protector. It boasts a total of 11 outlets and even handles those unwieldy
The 19-year-old McIlory, playing his first strokeplay event in America
AC adapters/wall warts with aplomb. The price is a little steep, at around
after finishing as quarter-finalist in last week’s WGC Match Play event in
$28 on Amazon, so you’d have to really care about your cords, but it’s
Arizona, reached the turn in level par and was two under through 16, two
undeniably worthy of some gear lust.
off the lead.
But he fell foul of Jack Nicklaus’s famous “Bear Trap” on the 17th hole of
the Nicklaus-designed course in Palm Beach Gardens.
McIlroy’s tee shot kicked off a bank and teetered on the edge of the lake,
but after donning his waterproofs, his second shot failed to make it up
and rolled back into the water.
On the flip side, an adventurous DIYer could probably rig together their
own cord concealing surge protector. Either way you go, this idea seems He was able to play it, but his next attempt flew into a bunker on the
like a perfect compliment to the cordless workspace. other side and he ended with a six for one over before salvaging a birdie
at the 604-yard last.
Conceal Surge Protector [Belkin via Cool Tools]
The 29-year-old Garcia, a first round loser in Tucson, was out in front
after an outward four-under 31, but he bogeyed the short 15th at the start
of the “Bear Trap” closing stretch.
Sweden’s Mathias Gronberg amassed an 89, three months after a round

of 64 helped him regain his PGA Tour card. The 38-year-old slumped to
a back-nine 50 which included three triple-bogey sevens, two double
bogeys and two bogeys.
Gronberg was last by seven strokes from struggling 2001 Open champion
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David Duval, who came home in 43 for an 82, going in the water on the Firefox prototyping, this time in the form of a fresh idea for the new tab
final two holes and running up a triple-bogey six followed a double- page. The page borrows some thoughts from Google Chrome and now
bogey seven. Safari’s default new tab pages (i.e., displays thumbs of pages you like to
visit and offers a search box), but puts a slightly different spin on it. Most
England’s Greg Owen was two over, while defending champion Ernie Els notably, for sites like Lifehacker, the new page appears to tap the site’s
shot 73, as did another Englishman Justin Rose and Scotland’s Martin RSS feed to display the most recent posts.
Laird.
We’ve been playing around with it a little bit this afternoon, and though
Story from BBC SPORT: we’re excited to see where it’ll go, so far it’s pretty rough around the
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport2/hi/golf/7927470.stm edges—both in form and function. If you’d like to try it out or you want to
know more about what the designers were thinking, hit the link. [New
Published: 2009/03/05 23:58:02 GMT Tab Page: Proposed design principles and prototype]
© BBC MMIX
ESPN.COM
Galaxy’s Donovan to exit Bayern

after loan deal
MAR 05, 2009 11:51P.M.
THE DAILY DISH | BY ANDREW SULLIVAN
Obama’s Choices
MAR 05, 2009 11:45P.M.
LIFEHACKER Joe Klein on the situation in Afghanistan:
Firefox New Tab Prototype Has Taken together, the emerging Pakistan and Afghanistan
policies sound ... impossible, but unavoidable. They will also
Cool Ideas, Still Rough Around be politically treacherous. Already, John McCain has made it
clear that his position on Afghanistan will be the same as it
the Edges [Firefox] was on Iraq — in favor of more troops. Obama could easily
MAR 05, 2009 11:45P.M. find himself in the same sort of hawk-vs.-dove debate that
has boggled American Presidents from Vietnam to Iraq.
Traditionally, Presidents favor more troops — and
precipitously lose public support. In this case, Obama’s
margin for error is minuscule, given the enormity of the
economic crisis. He simply can’t get bogged down in
Afghanistan. And he simply can’t allow al-Qaeda and the
Taliban free rein. And every option in between seems either a
gamble or a fantasy.
Firefox’s design hot-shot Aza Raskin is back with some more interesting
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ALL THINGS DIGITAL SILICON ALLEY INSIDER
Yeah, and the iPod Wasn’t a Obama Loses Two More

Threat to the Walkman, Either… Appointees: Sanjay Gupta,
[Digital Daily] Annette Nazareth
MAR 05, 2009 11:42P.M. MAR 05, 2009 11:35P.M.
“I think the iPhone and iPod touch may emerge as really Obama’s bad luck with respect to political appointees continues. First,
viable devices in the mobile games market.” the big shocker. Sanjay Gupta is staying with CNN, and won’t take up the
role of Surgeon General. We’re not yet sure what the deal was with him.
– Apple CEO Steve Jobs, November 2008 Pray that it’s not a tax scandal. Whatever it is, the administration will
have to find someone else to preach good nutrition and regular check
ups.
The other one is Annette Nazareth, who was to be Tim Geithner’s deputy.
Apparently it has something to do with her time at SEC. This one is the
more serious blow, since already there’s been talk that Geithner is lonely,
isolated and light on staff. Volcker even said as such.
Seeing as Treasury is the key department right now, when you factor this
in with Geithner’s own delay/scandalette, it’s clear that the new
administration has totally blown it on this one.
Sony doesn’t consider Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone a serious rival to its

PlayStation Portable. This according to Sony Computer Entertainment’s
Ray Maguire, who says a converged device like the iPhone will always be
inferior to a dedicated gaming platform like the PSP. “The iPhone has the
ENGADGET
advantage of being a single device and is growing a reasonable installed
base, but it doesn’t have the production power that a PSP has,” he told
MCV. “As a specific games machine, the PSP is always going to win out.”
MSI debuts three new Classic
Not that Sony (SNE) is ignoring the fast-developing market for time-
Series laptops
MAR 05, 2009 11:31P.M.
waster, or snacking, games that has arisen around the iPhone. Said
Maguire, “We’re in a great position to take on the interest in these
snacking games and produce them at better quality, lower prices, with
lower cost of development–that’s a great business model.”
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House OKs bill to modify

mortgages
MAR 05, 2009 11:42P.M.
Read full story for latest details.
MSI has certainly already made a respectable enough showing for itself
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at CeBIT this year, but it looks like company isn’t done just yet, with it
now getting official with three new “Classic Series” laptops. Those
include CX700, CX600, and CR400, which each pack 16:9 screens of ALL THINGS DIGITAL
17.3, 16, and 14-inches, respectively, along with ATI Mobility Radeon
HD4330 graphics on the CX700 and CX600, and an NVIDIA Geforce Clearwire To Spend At Least
8200MG GPU on the more energy-efficient CR400. Specs are otherwise
still a bit light, but each will apparently come equipped with a combo $1.5B In Cash in 2009 [Voices]
optical drive that boasts a “high-speed CD burning” feature, along with a MAR 05, 2009 11:25P.M.
4-in-1 memory card reader, and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. No word on
pricing just yet, but all three will apparently be on the more affordable Clearwire (CLWR) isn’t the easiest company to analyze; still in a
side of things. development stage, and now combined with the old Sprint Xohm
business, trying to draw conclusions from the WiMax-based wireless
Filed under: Laptops carrier’s financial results is challenging, to say the least. But here’s what I
can tell you about the company’s Q4 results, which were reported after
MSI debuts three new Classic Series laptops originally appeared on the close:
use of feeds. • Pro forma revenues were $59.7 million, a bit below the Street
consensus at $60 million.
• The company posted an adjusted EBITDA loss of $157.3 million.
• CLWR had 5,000 net subscriber adds in the quarter, and now has
THE DAILY DISH | BY ANDREW SULLIVAN 475,000 total.
Face Of The Day • ARPU rose to $39.70 a month, from $36.09.

MAR 05, 2009 11:28P.M.
• Churn bumped up to 2.8 percent, from 2.4 percent a year ago.
• But costs per gross add fell to $468, from $550.
• Clearwire now covers territory with 18.2 million people, up from

16.3 million a year ago.
• The company has $3.1 billion in cash, cash equivalents and short-
term investments.
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Iran, was blinded by a man who threw acid in her face. In 2008 an
Iranian court ruled that the man — identified only as Majid — a spurned
suitor who poured a bucket of sulfuric acid over her head, leaving her
blind and disfigured, should also be blinded with acid, based on the
Islamic law system of ‘qisas’, or eye for an eye retribution. Ms Bahrami
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Mohamed El-Erian on Hornets extend season-best

Pimco’s Mohamed El-Erian speaking recently in Los Angeles on financial

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SezWho offered a universal reputation system for comments, allowing

JS-Kit’s acquisition of SezWho is not particularly surprising. There’s NU.NL - ALGEMEEN

Another increasingly important player in this space is Facebook, which

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QNAP’s CeBIT showstopper was unquestionably the all new NMP1000,

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Just this week, a Conde executive told me because individual publishers

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Peek finds that Costco The bogus GOP claim that

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Samsung’s NC20 reviewed Obama scores a 40 on the

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Crash Of 2008 Now Worse

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• How Low Can The Market Go?*

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