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than two dozen charges. Both daughters. The parole officer, who News last week that his
The two police employees husband and wife have pleaded had visited Garrido's home on stepdaughter feels guilty for You know what Canada looks
c r e d i t e d w i t h c r a c k i n g t h e not guilty. previous occasions, immediately bonding with Garrido over the like? It looks like the best part of
abduction case said it was simply Donations for Jaycee Dugard realized something was wrong years. town - where everyone is cool and
intuition that something was can be sent -- checks only -- to because there had been no "She's just going minute by gets drunk all the time without
amiss when accused rapist and Jaycee Dugard Trust Fund, c/o mention or signs of children in minute," he said today, adding hangovers and where you used to
kidnapper Phillip Garrido showed Viewtech Financial Services, P.O. Garrido's life. that all the girls are "very smart." go to raves when you were like 16
up at a college campus with Box 596, Atwood, Calif. 92811. The parole officer called Authorities are combing the and now when you go back the
Dugard's two daughters. When Jacobs met the girls, 11 Garrido in for an interview and Garridos' Antioch, Calif., property rave places have grown up with
"Their movements weren't that and 15, what she called mother's during that session, Jaycee and the next door plot that Phillip you and become chocolate shops
of ordinary girls," UC Berkeley intuition kicked in right away. Dugard announced her true Garrido once took care of for and classic book stores - but it
Officer Ally Jacobs told "Good "I observed two young girls, one identity and Garrdio admitted he clues in the Dugard case as well looks like that all over the
Morning America" today. "They of which was just staring at me had kidnapped her. as a string of unsolved prostitute country.
were very robotic." very intensely with this very eerie Jaycee was reunited last week murders. Anyway, this commercial for
Lisa Campbell, a manager with smile on her face," she said. The with her mother, Terry Probyn, As the investigation works to the Palm Pre in Canadia (in order
the campus police who first older girl was acting "strange" and and her half-sister Shayna who unearth the hellish secrets of of importance) shows roller
spotted the trio handing out refusing to make eye contact with was just a year old when Jaycee Garrido's back yard, a look inside derby, some kind of old persons
religious material at UC Bekeley, authorities, Jacobs said. was kidnapped. the squalid complex of tents and ball game, and the Palm Pre. The
told "GMA" that there wasn't one The girls told police that they Her stepfather, Carl Probyn, sheds -- which locked only from resulting footing, led by an
thing that raised her suspicions. were home schooled and that they told "GMA" today that mother the outside – gave a disturbing amiable guy in a tie, tells me more
Garrido, she said, "appeared to had an "older sister" living at and daughter are overjoyed to be insight into the life Jaycee has had about the Pre than Ms.
be really unstable, erratic in home. One of them, Jacobs said, together again, though Jaycee's for nearly two decades. Freakyhead ever did. Good job,
conversation" while his two had a bump over her eye. family is having a hard time Books were stacked on crudely Canada! Too bad you’re
daughters, Angel and Starlet, That older sister was actually stomaching the details of her last built shelves among trash and a monarchist communards or I’d
lingered in the background. their mother, Jaycee Dugard. 18 years. seemingly out of place totally be living up there.
It was that meeting that blew Garrido, a registered sex offender "I actually stopped her and "Welcome" sign. One of the book via Giz
open the disappearance of Jaycee who had previously served time wouldn't let her tell me," Probyn titles was "Self Esteem: A Family
Dugard who hadn't been heard of for kidnapping and rape, was their said of the details his wife shared Affair." There was also a display
since June 10, 1991 when the then father. with him. "It upset me too bad." of cat decorations adorning a
-11-year-old was snatched off the The Berkeley officers ran a Probyn said the National Center dresser.
street near her South Lake Tahoe background check on Garrido and for Missing & Exploited Children
school bus stop. discovered he was on parole. has been assisting the family and
Submitted at 8/31/2009 5:55:58 AM Chad Deaton, chairman and less than 1 per cent of its revenue
chief executive of Baker Hughes, to more than 20 per cent when the Filed under: Other issues,
Baker Hughes snaps up rival BJ said in an interview that the deal is completed. That is still Industry, General Electric (GE),
Services for $5.5bn companies signed the deal just a less, on a percentage basis, than Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chasing
By Julie MacIntosh in New few hours before announcing the the amount of revenue larger Value, Technology
York transaction on Monday morning rivals Schlumberger and While I'm chasing value,
Published: August 31 2009 after talking about a potential Halliburton derive from pressure General Electric(NYSE: GE) is
13:01 | Last updated: August 31 transaction for several months. pumping. chasing revenue from water
2009 13:55 Baker Hughes once owned BJ Baker Hughes shares were projects. It may not amount to
Baker Hughes, the oil field Services, but spun it off in the down 3.65% at $36.70 in pre- much now, but GE is betting it
services provider, said on Monday early 1990s. market trading in New York on will be huge some day and it has
it would buy BJ Services, a The purchase of BJ Services Monday. been working towards this goal
smaller rival, for $5.5bn in cash will significantly boost Houston- Copyright The Financial Times for many years.
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iPhones succumbed to
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By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
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Omaha to Manhattan, where he Year Long Disaster as our test wasn't wanting it. But people RockDex retrieves - we've been
worked as a web developer for subject. We were able to discover were organically gravitating using that data, but we didn't have Prior to 2001, gilded hard cover
Fastmusic.com. RockDex was a ton of great information about toward to the song the manager it easily accessible in real time." encyclopedias were cracked to
created, he said, for artists to where their fans live online as wanted to use; it was getting as Does this Midwestern merger of fact check everything from raptor
"understand where their fanbase is well as where they are in the real many MySpace plays as their two startups and the partnership names to State capitals. Today the
at and make decisions based on world. (The guitarist/lead singer mega-single that was already out. between two experienced, world's most popular English
that information." was shocked to his foundation The manager was able to use that passionate founders add up to a encyclopedia is more often used
Back in June, Winter wrote on that Last.fm was generating more as proof that that track should be strong contender in the music to identify pop culture icons and
his blog, "We began RockDex plays than MySpace, for used as the single." metrics and marketing space? social media companies. A recent
simply as a cool site to track your example.) It was also enlightening And when it comes to touring, Keep an eye out for the RockDex Telegraph article listed the 50
online buzz, but the response has to read the tweets from users who Winter said, "People are often redesign and new offerings to find most-viewed Wikipedia articles of
been so overwhelming we decided attended the show where they surprised to find hidden fanbases" out. Discuss 2008 and 2009 and while the
to take it a step further." Since opened for The Cult. around which they can structure a results are slightly inaccurate,
then, he's created RockDex Pro, Somewhat similar to tour schedule. they're pretty interesting. Below
which allows for "deeper tracking, NextBigSound, which we As far as Locker Partner is
better results, detailed data and reviewed shortly after their concerned, Kansas City-based
like a location-based lifestream much as they scan the headlines. the free app, which will let you revenues, Fwix has come up with
than a typical news site. Key to use your Facebook or Twitter an innovative new concept for It appears that Viacom, parent
Current news items take up the account for sign in purposes, gathering news. This is precisely company of MTV Games and
the site's success will be the main part of the page while active
inclusion of user-generated (aka "popular") stories, weather, you'll be able to submit stories, the sort of iPhone application Harmonix, guaranteed a minimum
content coming in from iPhone and site activity panels fill the and take pictures and videos (the your hometown local paper of $10 million, along with another
submissions. The company plans sidebar. Another interesting latter if you use the newer iPhone should have thought of first. potential $40 million in royalties,
to launch an updated version of feature is the "break" button 3GS which includes video- Unfortunately, they didn't - which to its respective estates for the use
their Fwix iPhone application this which appears under each story. recording functionality). Your is probably one of the many of The Beatles in the upcoming
week which will allow anyone to By clicking this, you have the items will then appear on the reasons they're struggling today. Rock Band game. Sources
file news stories, photos, and opportunity to "break" the story Fwix web site. You can also use Good thing Fwix is open to familiar with the deal tell The LA
videos from anywhere, all geo- by posting it to Twitter or the app to read the news stories syndication. Says Shirazi, the Times that the "royalty rates on
from your city. company has some deals "in the [the deal] are not even
tagged thanks to the iPhone's GPS Facebook. That's a bit of twist on
location data. Although there are plenty of pipeline" to offer Fwix content to comparable to anything that has
what people usually mean when iPhone applications for local news local media outlets but isn't been done before." All this cash is
Sponsor they say a news story was "broken
The original incarnation of by Twitter" - i.e., Twitter was the (just do an iTunes search), none announcing anything just yet. being thrown around in the midst
really offer what Fwix does. Even The Fwix website itself gets of a revenue decline in the rhythm
Fwix, launched almost exactly a first place it appeared. In this 400,000 unique visitors per month
year ago, focused more on case, though, you're just tweeting CNN's popular iReport only takes genre.
aggregating content from sites something that someone already emailed-in submissions for when but their content network receives MTV Games is seemingly
like Craigslist and Yelp instead of reported. However, in the case of y o u ' r e m o b i l e , t h e r e ' s n o nearly 8 million, reports Shirazi. taking even more steps away from
on local news. Today, the San user-generated submissions, you dedicated application. The closest (Quantcast reports 7.3 million producing and distributing
Francisco-based venture offers up still may be the first to bring the iPhone app competitor is probably people globally). If citizen peripherals. Paul DeGooyer,
local news streams for nearly 85 news to the microblogging outside.in's Radar(iTunes link), a journalists adopt the new app senior vice president at the
cities in the U.S. and has plans to network. The iPhone App complement to the company's when it arrives, those numbers company, explains that its "core
expand internationally later this own local news service. Radar may soon increase. Discuss competency is media" -- he'd
According to Fwix's 22-year-old pulls in relevant news, blog posts, rather let Activision "take on the
year. How it Works founder and former Facebook burden of getting those super-tight
margin instruments out there."
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are this year's most visited Jackson's page is among the most interest has dwindled post- daily news topics and the latest
Wikipedia pages measured in hits viewed pages on Wikipedia. The election. Sarah Palin's page Wikinews articles. It is a great
per day. day after Jackson's death the page (64,465) was the 4th most visited source for breaking news stories.
Sponsor received 5.9 million views. Of the page in 2008 and John McCain's The page also links to recent
1. Wiki(131,383 page hits per top 10 most-viewed Wikipedia page (34,486) was the 13th most deaths and ongoing events such as
day): For both 2008 and 2009 the pages of 2009, Jackson's name is visited page. the automotive industry crisis.
"Wiki" page and the Wikipedia also mentioned on the Deaths in 7. Deaths in 2009(48,758): For the Telegraph's entire list
page have maintained a spot in the 2009 page and briefly in the Apparently the public is visit the article. You can also
top 10 visited pages. It's fairly Beatles page due to his clamoring to remember those check them against Wikistics list
safe to say that the majority of controversial purchase of most of they've lost in 2009. Both the of yearly page hits for 2008 and
visitors to these articles are
looking for definitions,
the Lennon-McCartney Beatles
catalog in 1985.
Deaths in 2008 page and the 2009
page have made the top 10 list of
2009.
Another interesting resource is
Oyster Card: 10
community information and
editing tips.
* Favicon.ico(78,077): While the
Telegraph articles lists this as
most visited Wikipedia pages. It
looks like memorial sites like My
Wikipedia's most popular articles
within the last hour. While
Million + RFID
2. The Beatles(111,896): In the
Telegraph's list for 2008, two
number 4, it's irrelevant as the
Wikistics stat source cites that the
Death Space and Respectance
aren't such a strange idea after all.
recently deceased celebrities
appeared on this list at the time
Chips in London
different Beatles pages are listed Favicon.ico ranking includes 8. United States(46,545): This this article was written, there were By Richard MacManus
as numbers 14 and 18 for 2008; browser-based requests for the page offers basic information on definitely some interesting (ReadWriteWeb)
however, according to the original Wikipedia icon. politics, economics, demographics anomalies. For instance, the Ernie Submitted at 8/31/2009 6:30:46 AM
Wikistics source statistics the 4. YouTube(72,318): Whether and customs of the United States. Davis Wikipedia page saw a
"Beatles" page is ranked at looking to cite corporate info or With a large population and a dramatic increase in hits. When The Oyster card is an RFID
number 20. In 2009, the page simply interested in finding out large number of Wikipedians cross-referenced against real time smart card used for electronic
became the second most visited what the fuss is all about, hailing from the US, the page is a search engine Collecta it appears ticketing on London public
page on Wikipedia due to Wikipedians have flocked to both popular one. Surprisingly it is not HBO was airing the Ernie Davis transport services, notably the
automated requests. The fact that YouTube and Facebook pages for listed on the community's most biography "The Express". London Underground and buses.
the Fab Four's catalogue is due to the last two years. vandalized pages. Meanwhile Audience members were Other countries have similar smart
be re-released in digitally 5. Wikipedia(52,542) both the US Democratic Party and simultaneously watching cards. A couple that I've come
remastered format within the year 6. Barack Obama(49,401): In Republican Party pages are listed. television while searching for across in real life recently were
also can't hurt page traffic. 2008 the Barack Obama page was 9. Facebook(42,679) Davis' biography. Boston's CharlieCard and
3. Michael Jackson(79,734): the 3rd most visited page on 10. Wikipedia Current Events Discuss
Not surprisingly, Michael Wikipedia and not surprisingly, Portal(40,962): This page lists
MAC page 53
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MAC
continued from page 52 LA fires threaten
used as our test machine. As the
OS is now a pure 64-bit operating
you want to dual-boot OS X and
Windows on the same machine.
Boot Camp 3.0 that I am very
happy about is the battery life.
which come in handy when you
want to remove text. Second, the
cell phone,
system, expect the application
performance to improve over
The utility will then create a new
partition for the installation of
Windows 7 now has much
improved battery life compared
Boot Camp control panel doesn't
include an option to change the
broadcast signals
Leopard as you add RAM or use Windows. In this case, make sure with what it had with Boot Camp sensitivity of the multitouch pad (CNET News.com)
it with a high-end desktop. you run the BCA first when the 2.1. I haven't tried Windows Vista and there's no separate "tab to Submitted at 8/31/2009 7:25:14 AM
Mac users can read more about computer boots up to avoid file or Windows XP, but Windows 7 click" options for the right and
Snow Leopard in my colleague errors. If you want to run just now has about the same battery left clicks, either. Intense wildfires in Southern
Jason Parker's full review. On the Windows and skip OS X life as Snow Leopard. Other than Boot Camp 3.0, California are dangerously close
other hand, for Windows users, altogether, you can boot from the Other little things have also Snow Leopard comes with two to facilities atop Mount Wilson,
especially Windows 7, the release Windows 7 install DVD and start been improved. The double-tab other tools that make a Windows threatening damage to cell phone
of Snow Leopard is straight-on the installation the way you would right-click works right away and computer work better with a and TV broadcast towers, as well
great news. install the OS on any PC from the multitouch pad is now less MacBook Air. The first is called as a famed observatory.
Boot Camp 3.0 enables scratch.) sensitive (though still a little too Remote Install Mac OS X and it The blaze, which started August
Windows to read files from OS After the installation is done, sensitive). With Boot Camp 2.1, it allows for installing the new OS 26, has burned approximately
X's partition.(Credit: Screenshot Boot Camp 3.0 can be installed was so sensitive you just couldn't remotely onto a MacBook Air. 20,102 acres and as of Sunday
by Dong Ngo/CNET) from the Snow Leopard DVD. use the "tab to click" feature The other is the DVD or CD was only 5 percent contained,
I recently blogged about Then, without further ado, you got because of the extremely high risk sharing that allows the MacBook according to the Web site of the
running Windows 7 on a 15-inch yourself a great Windows of making accidental clicks. The Air, which doesn't come with an California governor's office.
Unibody Macbook Pro, which computer. sound and video chat are also optical drive, to use the PC's DVD Known as the "Station Fire," as it
required some tweaking with Boot The second really nice thing much more stable now than or CD drive as one of its own. began about one mile above the
Camp 2.1. Snow Leopard comes about Boot Camp 3.0 is the fact before. Overall, I have to say Boot Angeles Crest Fire Station, the
with Boot Camp 3.0, which that it includes a software driver Apart from Boot Camp 3.0, Camp 3.0 takes the Windows inferno has spread throughout the
makes installing and running to make Windows able to read the Snow Leopard comes with tools experience to a new high on Mac San Gabriel Mountains in
Windows on a laptop a much Mac partition (somewhat like that make a PC become part of a hardware. To me, this is about as Northern Los Angeles County.
more pleasant experience. MacDrive minus the ability to MacBook Air.(Credit: Screenshot exciting as the release of At an altitude of 5,715 feet,
First of all, the new Boot Camp write). This means that when you by Dong Ngo/CNET) Windows 7 itself. Mount Wilson houses a number
includes all the drivers necessary dual-boot OS X and Windows, If you want to nitpick, there are So there you go, Windows of TV, radio, and cell phone
to run both the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows now can browse and two little odd things Windows fanboys, don't say Apple never transmitters known as the
versions of Windows 7 smoothly read files that reside on OS X's users will find on Mac hardware. does anything for you. And Apple Communications Facilities, all
on the Mac hardware. partition without any extra First, the MacBook's keyboard fanboys: the truth is that inside providing service to the Los
(Note that you only need to run software install. doesn't have two separate every new Mac there's a PC just
the Boot Camp Assistant, BCA, if The last major improvement of "Backspace" and "Delete" keys, waiting to jump out.
APPLE'S
continued from page 50
Apple encourages programmers memory, though, and the kernel kernel is moving to a 64-bit device under Apple's control, but actually is working at a higher
to test their software to see if the can manage it all. executable on hardware that it's harder to move the full level than most. That could be an
64-bit incarnation is faster. All In its developer document on 64 supports such large memory collection of third-party devices asset since many attempts to
Apple's own applications that -bit performance, Apple configurations," its Xserve server with their own drivers. embrace parallel programming
moved to 64-bit versions are states:"Myth: The kernel needs to line and Mac Pro workstations, Apple argues it's not hard to imposed more demands than most
faster, the company said. be 64-bit in order to be fully the company said. make the jump, though. "As a programmers were willing or able
The 32-bit kernel optimized for 64-bit processors. The tricky aspect of moving driver developer, you must update to handle.
However, the core component Fact: The kernel does not from a 32-bit kernel to 64-bit your drivers with 64-bit binaries. And attracting programmers is
of Mac OS X, the kernel, is still generally need to directly address kernel is that drivers--software Fortunately...many drivers 'just key. Ultimately, Apple's deeper
32-bit software by default on more than 4 GB of RAM at once." that let the operating system work' after changing the compile technology moves such as Grand
consumer machines such as Apple's 32-bit kernel hits limits communicate with devices such as settings," the company said in a Central Dispatch and OpenCL
MacBooks and iMacs. Apple has with very large amounts of printers, video cards, and hard reference document. will be a success only if the
written it so that applications can memory, though. "Thus, drives--must also be 64-bit. That's This all may sound very low- company can get other developers
handle more than 4GB of beginning in Snow Leopard, the not so bad when it's a hardware level, but for programmers, Apple to use them.
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FIRES
continued from page 53
Angeles area, according to the LA situation like this. Every
SEC Suspicious, Opens Investigation
Times. Also threatened by the fire preparation is being made for this By Liam Cassidy great deal of volatility in Apple’s
is the historic Mount Wilson scenario, and it may indeed yet (TheAppleBlog) investigating trading that occurred shares.
Observatory, home to critical happen. I remain optimistic for Submitted at 8/31/2009 8:02:49 AM in four very specific periods of • Whether anyone had exact
astronomy projects and research. now. time suggesting that more than knowledge of when specific
Observatory Director Harold On Friday, California Gov. A u g u s t 2 0 0 9 w i l l b e one violation in trading took releases would be made by the
McAlister wrote of the situation Arnold Schwarzenegger declared remembered as something of a place. company with regard to Jobs’
in blog posts early Monday: a state of emergency in Los mixed bag for Apple. There was “…the agency’s investigation health or Ipod sales and pretty
Monday, 31 Aug 09, 6:10 am Angeles and Monterey Counties G o o g l e V o i c e g a t e , a n d t h e likely centered on possible trading much of an awareness, as well, as
PDT- Larry and Dave report that due to the Station fire and other backlash it generated from the that may have been based on the to what those announcements
fire fighters are preparing to set wildfires. Evacuations have been tech press and public alike; illegal use of inside information would say.
more back fires below the ordered, and two firefighers have culminating in questioning from involving three particular Apple- Dorfman adds that a trader told
broadcast towers, but otherwise already lost their lives. the FCC. On the other hand, Mac related developments.” him that he saw “uncanny”
things are calm on the mountain The latest updates on the Station OS X’s latest big cat was The SEC is asking very pointed trading taking place at Apple. “It
for the present. fire can be found at the state's released, and that gave almost questions. It wants to know: almost looked at times like the
Monday, 31 Aug 09, 5:50 am Calfires site and at the Incident everyone something to be happy • Whether anyone got an illegal buyers and sellers were working
PDT- Sky and Telescope Information System Web site. about. lead on precisely how sales were at the company.”
magazine posted this article in the Watch CBS Videos Online But now, as August finally faring on key items in Apple’s Coincidentally-fortuitous
last hour. Our reports on site are draws to a close, there’s news that highly successful Ipod product buying and selling happens from
not presently so dire, but the "fog some investors might have been a line. time to time. But on four separate
of war" certainly exists in a bit naughty in their dealings with • Whether anyone was given a occasions? However this unfolds,
Apple shares. And the Securities precise insight into the health of you gotta admit that August has
& Exchange Commission is very the company’s co-founder and been a tumultuous month for the
keen to get to the bottom of it. CEO, Steve Jobs, a cancer boys and girls in Cupertino. On
Reporting yesterday in the survivor who took a six-month Sept 10th, 500 people will gather
Huffington Post, Dan Dorfman leave of absence last January and to figure out how to make the
says that he has obtained copies of then received a liver transplant. most of the $45 billion mobile
internal SEC documents from Subsequent questions about the web market at Mobilize 09. Join
what he calls a “regulatory viability of his health then led to a them!
contact” that show the SEC is
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completely committed to being allotted eight per week in the sixth player confirmed most of the
Heath Slocum's Putt on 18
compliant with all NCAA rules,"
Rodriguez said in a written
offseason. He asked strength
coaches why the workouts seemed
descriptions. Other players gave a
general idea of the program. None
Takes All the Fun Out of
statement to the newspaper.
Those regulations allow players
to spend eight hours a week on
excessive and was told that some
parts of the exercises, such as core
work and injury prevention, were
disputed the allegations, the
newspaper said.
The players acknowledged they
Playoff Golf at Barclays
mandatory workouts during the not counted as required. had signed forms stating NCAA By Will Brinson (FanHouse)
Submitted at 8/30/2009 6:20:00 PM
offseason. However, players told The player said the strength rules had been followed and had
the Free Press that they have spent coach told him that the workout not told the university's
two to three times that amount on plan had been approved by the compliance department about by Will Brinson
required workouts. NCAA. their concerns. One player told the Filed under: PGA, FedEx Cup
The players also said the Players told the Free Press that Free Press that athletes would get Heath Slocum was, by all
amount of time they spent on the quality-control staff often in trouble if they didn't sign. accounts, the unlikeliest of golfers
football activities during the watched seven-on-seven Big Ten associate commissioner to win the Barclays. Sure, he had
season exceeded the weekly limit offseason scrimmages that are for compliance Chad Hawley told the lead late, but Tiger Woods
of 20 hours and often exceeded supposed to be voluntary and that ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg was charging, Ernie Els was just a
the daily limit of four hours. only training staff are allowed to that the conference would not stroke back, Steve Stricker was
A current member of the attend. conduct an independent matching him shot-for-shot and,
Michigan football team, who has The school can argue that many investigation and would only be most importantly, he had a
started, also told ESPN his in- activities do not count toward the involved in an advisory capacity lengthy par putt on 18 to secure,
season Sundays at the football NCAA's allotment. For instance, for any probe of this matter. at worst, a playoff with Stricker.
facility lasted from 10 a.m. to voluntary individual workouts Depending on the circumstances, But he buried the putt, Stricker
9:30 p.m., although he that are not supervised by the NCAA could still investigate. missed and Slocum only had to
acknowledged the first two hours coaching staff members do not Michigan was 3-9 last season -- avoid an eagle hole-out from
were spent in treatment, which is count. However, those activities Rodriguez's first year as head Frederik Jacobson to win the
not counted against the restricted may be monitored for safety coach of the Wolverines -- and Barclays -- his third tournament
ever -- in surprising fashion given inexperience. More: Final
hours. purposes by the school's strength did not make it to the postseason, Leaderboard at The Barclays
The player said this season and conditioning personnel. ending a 33-year streak. his 72 and 70 in the second and
third rounds, respectively. Heath Slocum's Putt on 18
players will be off on Sundays, The Free Press said five of the Information from ESPN's Joe Takes All the Fun Out of Playoff
practicing on Mondays. 10 current or former players it Schad and The Associated Press Webb Simpson, who led the
majority of the tournament, must Golf at Barclays originally
The player said he worked out interviewed gave similar accounts was used in this report. appeared on Fanhouse Golf Blog
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Digital Foundry examines why 360 and PS3 can't take the heat
By Justin McElroy (Joystiq) Thickbroom explained that the We have the same rule for our
Submitted at 8/31/2009 10:50:00 AM massive amount of heat generated underwear, so that part should be
by the HD systems -- exacerbated easy to remember.
You could make the argument by high-end technology crammed Digital Foundry examines why
that system reliability has been into a small compartment -- 360 and PS3 can't take the heat
the preeminent conversation of contribute to their eventual originally appeared on Joystiq on
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who offered a lot of revealing abysmal, Thickbroom noted that might disagree with us, but this is to change them every year."
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By Xav de Matos (Joystiq) "really own" home entertainment.
Submitted at 8/31/2009 9:10:00 AM According to Dille, SCEA's
current campaign is the largest
A s S o n y C o m p u t e r and costliest in the console's
E n t e r t a i n m e n t A m e r i c a history and -- although the
relaunches the PlayStation 3 with c o m p a n y h a s a t t e m p t e d t o
its PS3 Slim model, its marketing position the console as a "jack of
campaign has deemed the console all trades" entertainment device in
as a "total entertainment solution," the past -- Sony feels Americans
rather than a video game console. care more about non-gaming
Its fall and holiday ad campaign capabilities now than ever before.
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gaming, Blu-ray playing, movie PS3 marketing shifts focus to
downloading system around." 'total entertainment solution'
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