Saturday, December 31, 2011

Pakistan judicial commission to probe memo scandal

Asma Jehangir, the lawyer of Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani, talks to the media at Supreme Court, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan state television says the Supreme Court has set up a three-judge commission to investigate a secret memo scandal that threatens the government. The government had opposed the court investigation, announced Friday, claiming it was unnecessary because parliament was already looking into the matter. The scandal centers on a memo sent to Washington in May asking for help in stopping a supposed military coup in the wake of the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Asma Jehangir, the lawyer of Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani, talks to the media at Supreme Court, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan state television says the Supreme Court has set up a three-judge commission to investigate a secret memo scandal that threatens the government. The government had opposed the court investigation, announced Friday, claiming it was unnecessary because parliament was already looking into the matter. The scandal centers on a memo sent to Washington in May asking for help in stopping a supposed military coup in the wake of the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

General view of the Supreme Court building where the hearing of a petition regarding a secret memo scandal is being held, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan state television says the Supreme Court has set up a three-judge commission to investigate a secret memo scandal that threatens the government. The government had opposed the court investigation, announced Friday, claiming it was unnecessary because parliament was already looking into the matter. The scandal centers on a memo sent to Washington in May asking for help in stopping a supposed military coup in the wake of the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Ishaq Dar, center, a leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N party and one of the petitioners in the secret memo scandal leaves the Supreme Court along with his colleagues, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan state television says the Supreme Court has set up a three-judge commission to investigate a secret memo scandal that threatens the government. The government had opposed the court investigation, announced Friday, claiming it was unnecessary because parliament was already looking into the matter. The scandal centers on a memo sent to Washington in May asking for help in stopping a supposed military coup in the wake of the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

A Pakistani police officer stands guard at the rooftop of the Supreme Court, where the hearing of a petition regarding a secret memo scandal is being held, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan state television says the Supreme Court has set up a three-judge commission to investigate a secret memo scandal that threatens the government. The government had opposed the court investigation, announced Friday, claiming it was unnecessary because parliament was already looking into the matter. The scandal centers on a memo sent to Washington in May asking for help in stopping a supposed military coup in the wake of the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

(AP) ? The Supreme Court set up a judicial commission Friday to investigate a secret memo that threatens the Pakistani government, lawyers said, dealing a blow to the country's leaders, who have argued that such a probe is unnecessary.

The government has suggested its opponents on the Supreme Court, in the military and in the political opposition are using the scandal to try to topple the country's leadership.

The political crisis centers on a memo sent to Washington in May, asking for help in stopping a supposed army coup following the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

The memo was allegedly crafted by Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S., Husain Haqqani, with the support of President Asif Ali Zardari. Both Haqqani and Zardari have denied the allegations, but the envoy resigned in the wake of the scandal.

The army, which has denied it ever intended to carry out a coup, was outraged by the memo and supported the Supreme Court's investigation.

The government argued that a court probe was unnecessary because parliament was the more appropriate forum and was already looking into the matter.

"This is the most disappointing judgment," said Haqqani's lawyer, Asma Jehangir, after the Supreme Court ruling. "National security has been given priority over human rights."

There is long-standing tension between Pakistan's military and its civilian leadership because the army has staged a series of coups and ruled the country for much of its 64-year history.

The Supreme Court decided to set up a three-judge commission to investigate the memo scandal in response to a petition filed by a group of opposition politicians, including former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

The commission will be led by the chief justice of the Baluchistan high court, Qazi Faez Isa, and must deliver its report within four weeks, said Zafar Ullah, Sharif's lawyer.

"We should have trust and confidence in this commission," said Ishaq Dar, a member of Sharif's political party and another one of the petitioners.

Cyril Almeida, a columnist for Dawn newspaper, said the Supreme Court's decision wasn't a surprise, and unless the commission unearthed something dramatically new, the scandal could just fade away.

The worst case scenario for the government would be evidence linking the president to the memo, Almeida told The Associated Press. But even then, Zardari would enjoy immunity from criminal prosecution while in office, and impeaching the president would be difficult given the large number of seats his party has in parliament, he said.

"It doesn't look right now like the commission will be used to undermine the government to the point of where it has to go," said Almeida.

The political crisis comes at a time when Pakistan is facing a violent Taliban insurgency, a stuttering economy and troubled relations with its most important ally, the United States.

A bomb exploded outside a market in a Taliban stronghold in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing two people, said Tariq Khan, a local government administrator.

The apparent target of the attack in the Bajur tribal area was a member of an anti-Taliban militia. He was killed, as well as a passer-by, said Khan.

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Associated Press writers Sebastian Abbot in Islamabad and Anwarullah Khan in Khar, Pakistan, contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Friday, December 30, 2011

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India on track for $25 bln trade with Japan by 2014 - Sharma

NEW DELHI | Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:32pm IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda called for greater economic relations between two of Asia's largest economies on Tuesday, after India's trade minister said bilateral commerce was on track to reach a relatively low $25 billion by 2014.

India and Japan enjoy warm diplomatic ties, but at a paltry $15 billion, bilateral trade in 2010 was less than 5 percent of Japan's commerce with China.

"I believe that India's middle class will be the driving force if the manufacturing sector grows in India...we can achieve greater trade volumes," Noda said at a meeting with business leaders in Delhi.

"We can and should step up economic relations between the two countries," he said.

Noda was on a one-day trip to India to boost financial cooperation between Asia's second and third largest economies, which are also working more closely on security issues along with the United States.

Japan and India are in the final stages of deciding on a dollar swap agreement which may be announced during Noda's visit and would help defend the rupee, Asia's worst performing currency in 2011.

Japanese corporations see India as a major opportunity as Japan's population ages and the fast growth seen by main regional partner China in recent decades slows, said Rajiv Biswas, IHS Global Insight's chief Asia economist.

Indian Trade Minister Anand Sharma also said minimum investment in an industrial corridor being built by India with help from Japan between Delhi and Mumbai would be more than $100 billion.

(Reporting by Abhijit Neogy; Writing by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Ranjit Gangadharan and Richard Borsuk)

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

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As North Korea mourns, its neighbor shrugs

As one journalist put it, it said how much we all knew about North Korea that for the better part of Wednesday morning, most of the world remained in the dark about just when ? if at all? ? the state funeral for Kim Jong Il had begun.

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In the Year 9595

Image: Illustration by Daniel Hertzberg

Watson is the IBM computer built by David Ferrucci and his team of 25 research scientists tasked with designing an artificial-intelligence (AI) system that can rival human champions at the game of Jeopardy. After beating the greatest Jeopardy champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, in February 2011, the computer is now being employed in more practical tasks such as answering diagnostic medical questions.

I have a question: Does Watson know that it won Jeopardy? Did it think, ?Oh, yeah! I beat the great Ken Jen!?? In other words, did Watson feel flushed with pride after its victory? This has been my standard response when someone asks me about the great human-versus-machine Jeopardy shoot-out; people always respond in the negative, understanding that such self-awareness is not yet the province of computers. So I put the line of inquiry to none other than Ferrucci at a recent conference. His answer surprised me: ?Yes, Watson knows it won Jeopardy.? I was skeptical: How can that be, since such self-awareness is not yet possible in computers? ?Because I told it that it won,? he replied with a wry smile.

Of course. You could even program Watson to vocalize a Howard Dean?like victory scream, but that is still a far cry from its feeling triumphant. That level of self-awareness in computers, and the time when it might be achieved, was a common theme at the Singularity Summit held in New York City on the weekend of October 15?16, 2011. There hundreds of singularitarians gathered to be apprised of our progress toward the date of 2045, set by visionary computer scientist Ray Kurzweil as being when computer intelligence will exceed that of all humanity by one billion times, humans will realize immortality, and technological change will be so rapid and profound that we will witness an intellectual event horizon beyond which, like its astronomical black hole namesake, life is not the same.

I was at once both inspired and skeptical. When asked my position on immortality, for example, I replied, ?I?m for it!? But wishing for eternal life?and being offered unprovable ways of achieving it?has been a theme for billions of people throughout history. My baloney-detection alarm goes off whenever a soothsayer writes himself and his generation into the forecast, proclaiming that the Biggest Thing to Happen to Humanity Ever will occur in the prophet?s own lifetime. I abide by the Copernican principle that we are not special. For once, I would like to hear a futurist or religious diviner predict that ?it? is going to happen in, say, the year 2525 or 7510. But where?s the hope in that? Herein lies the appeal of Kurzweil and his band of singularity hopefuls. No matter how distressing it may be when the bad news daily assaults our senses, our eyes should be on the prize just over the horizon. Be patient.

Patience is what we are going to need because, in my opinion, we are centuries away from AI matching human intelligence. As California Institute of Technology neuroscientist Christof Koch noted in narrating the wiring diagram of the entire nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans, we are clueless in understanding how this simple roundworm ?thinks,? much less in explicating (and reproducing in a computer) a human mind billions of times more complex. We don?t even know how our brain produces conscious thoughts or where the ?self? is located (if it can be found anywhere at all), much less how to program a machine to do the same. Pop rock duo Zager and Evans were probably closer in their 1969 hit song In the Year 2525?s prediction that the biggest milestones would happen between the years 2525 and 9595, their exordium and terminus.

An irony: amid all this highfalutin braggadocio of how close we are to computers taking over the world and emulating human thought, I had to give my talk on the ?social singularity? (progress in political, economic and social systems over the past 10,000 years) early because Rice University computer scientist James McLurkin could not get his small swarm of robots to work. Either someone?s wireless mic or the room?s wireless network was interfering with the tiny robots? communications system, and no one could figure out how to solve the problem. My prediction for the Singularity: we are 10 years away ... and always will be.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Kim Jong Il's heir meets with SKorean delegation

Members of the South Korean mourners group including Chairwoman of Hyundai Group Hyun Jeong-eun, center, pay their respects over the body of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. (AP Photo)

Members of the South Korean mourners group including Chairwoman of Hyundai Group Hyun Jeong-eun, center, pay their respects over the body of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. (AP Photo)

Mourners line up in Kim Il Sung Square to pay respects to late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea, early Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. (AP Photo)

Mourners react after paying respects to a portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, early Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. (AP Photo)

Mourners line up in Kim Il Sung Square to pay respects to late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea, early Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. (AP Photo)

Members of the South Korean mourners group including Lee Hee-ho, the wife of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, center, pay their respects over the body of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. Lee is part of an 18-person group allowed by South Korea to attend the Dec. 28 funeral of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. (AP Photo)

(AP) ? North Korea's next leader burnished his diplomatic skills, welcoming a private South Korean mourning delegation as state media called Kim Jong Un a "sagacious" leader and revealed a new title that gives him authority over political matters.

Kim Jong Un has rapidly gained prominence since the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, on Dec. 17, and his brief meeting with a group led by a former South Korean first lady and a prominent business leader shows Seoul that he is assured in his new role.

State media have showered Kim with new titles. On Saturday, the North referred to him as "supreme leader" of the 1.2 million-strong armed forces and said the military's top leaders had pledged their loyalty to him. On Monday, the Rodong Sinmun newspaper described him as head of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party ? a post that appears to make him the top official in the ruling party.

Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency also called Kim Jong Un a "sagacious leader" and "dear" comrade while reporting that he paid respects Monday to his father, whose body is lying in state at Kumsusan Memorial Palace. State media have already dubbed him as a "great successor" and an "outstanding leader."

It was the fourth time the North's media reported that the younger Kim had visited the memorial palace since his father's death, according to Seoul's Unification Ministry.

Also on Monday, a South Korean delegation stood in a line on a red carpet and bowed silently during their visit to the Kumsusan palace, where Kim's bier is surrounded by flowers and flanked by an honor guard.

Kim Jong Un gave the South Koreans his thanks after they expressed condolences and sympathy, KCNA said. Seoul's Unification Ministry confirmed the meeting in a statement but didn't elaborate.

The lead delegates were the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who engineered a "sunshine" engagement policy with the North and held a landmark summit with Kim Jong Il in 2000, and Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun, whose late husband had ties to the North.

Their meeting with Kim Jong Un could be intended to push South Korea to pursue previously agreed upon cooperative projects that would give North Korea much-needed hard currency, said Yang Moo-jin, a professor at Seoul-based University of North Korean Studies.

Footage from AP Television News in North Korea earlier showed the South Koreans being greeted by North Korean officials during a stop at a factory park in the North Korean border town of Kaesong. North Korea sent delegations to Seoul when the women's husbands died.

Monday's meeting appeared to be Kim Jong Un's first reported meeting with South Koreans since his father's death.

The Kim family has extended its control over the country of 24 million people to a third generation with Kim Jong Un, who is in his late 20s and was revealed last year as his father's choice among three sons for successor.

Kim Jong Il, who ruled North Korea for 17 years, wielded power as head of three main state organs: the Workers' Party, the Korean People's Army and the National Defense Commission. His father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, remains the nation's "eternal president" long after his 1994 death.

Kim Jong Un was named a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party last year, but was expected to ascend to new military and political posts while being groomed to become the next leader.

Monday's reference to his new title was in a commentary in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Workers' Party, urging soldiers to dedicate their lives "to protect the party's Central Committee headed by respected Comrade Kim Jong Un." Rodong Sinmun has also called on the people to become "eternal revolutionary comrades" with Kim Jong Un, "the sun of the 21st century."

The language echoed slogans used for years to rally support for Kim Jong Il, and made clear that the son is quickly moving toward leadership of the Workers' Party, one of the country's highest positions, in addition to the military.

North Korea refers to Kim Il Sung as the "sun" of the nation, and his birthday is celebrated as the "Day of the Sun." State media have sought to emphasize Kim Jong Un's role in carrying out the Kim family legacy throughout his succession movement.

His titles are slight variations of those held by his father, but appear to carry the same weight. It was unclear whether the nation's constitution had been changed to reflect the transfer of leadership as when Kim Jong Il took power after his father's death.

Mourning continued, meanwhile, despite frigid winter weather, in the final days before Kim Jong Il's funeral, which is set to take place Wednesday, and a memorial Thursday.

People continued lining up Monday in central Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square, where a massive portrait that usually features Kim Il Sung has been replaced by one of Kim Jong Il, to bow before his smiling image and to lay funeral flowers. Heated buses stood by to give mourners a respite from the cold, and hot tea and water were distributed from beverage kiosks.

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Associated Press writers Foster Klug, Hyung-jin Kim and Jiyoung Won in Seoul, South Korea, and AP Korea bureau chief Jean H. Lee contributed to this report. Follow AP's Korea coverage at twitter.com/newsjean and twitter.com/APKlug.

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Rugby: Scotland coach keeps an eye open as battle of the scrum-halves rages on

By Stuart Bathgate
Published on Tuesday 27 December 2011 02:58

EVERY year about this time, more or less every player in the Glasgow and Edinburgh ranks insists that they cannot regard the intercity match as their chance to battle their opposite number for a place in the Scotland squad.

Getting distracted by the duel, they reckon, means losing sight of your responsibility to your team. It?s a valid point to an extent, but there are some positions, none the less, which have to be judged as head-to-head battles.

As Scotland coach Andy Robinson watched last night?s match, for instance, you can be sure he took especial interest in the first direct meeting for six years of Mike Blair and Chris Cusiter. It scarcely seemed credible that the two scrum-halves had not been in direct confrontation for so long, and they could hardly believe it themselves when told so last week.

But it was indeed back in 2005, also on Boxing Day, when the pair met in the match between Edinburgh and the Borders.

For all our weaknesses as a rugby nation, Scotland has long been blessed by a wealth of talent in this pivotal position, and for much of their careers there has been little to choose between Cusiter and Blair. On last night?s form, however, the Glasgow player has a distinct advantage over Blair in most departments of their game.

The most glaring difference was in the breaks made by the two. Blair, once so dangerous in broken play, made just one break, early in the second half.

Cusiter made four, beginning with a good sniping run in the first half as Glasgow came back into the game after going 10-0 down, and continuing deep into the second as they fought back to snatch a draw at the death. The Glasgow player, it seems, still has that eye for an opening ? and the minute he spots it he is off, invariably making five or ten yards before the opposition has time to react and get back into position. Blair, if he retains that precious instinct, may no longer have quite the ability to instantly turn insight into action.

In the case of this particular game, it might have been the case that the Glasgow defence was more alive to Blair?s threat than Edinburgh?s was to Cusiter. Even so, it was still the latter player who looked like the one with far more acute rugby vision.

Still only 30, Blair should not be any slower now than he was a few years ago, and if he is a little below top speed at present he should not regard any falling-off from his peak as irreversible.

Even so, right now both physically and mentally he has to concede second best to Cusiter.

Just a year younger than his rival, the Glasgow player is as strong in the tackle as he ever was. Blair may be just as capable of snuffing out an attack when he gets his timing right, but in one crucial instance last night he was left exposed. That was when Glasgow captain Al Kellock took possession from around ten yards out and drove to the line to score virtually unchallenged. Blair got a hand to the second-row forward, but at close quarters could have done better.

The positive aspect of last night?s showing for the Edinburgh player is that he has a chance to redress the balance in five days. Glasgow supporters may hope he fails, but Robinson, for one, would surely welcome more even competition for the No 9 jersey ? and from Rory Lawson and Edinburgh No 10 Greig Laidlaw, who also slugged it out.


Source: http://www.scotsman.com/rugby_scotland_coach_keeps_an_eye_open_as_battle_of_the_scrum_halves_rages_on_1_2025635

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Apple picks up legal win, a chip company, and a Grammy

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  • "Retailers Try to Thwart Price Apps"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?12/23
  • "Face.com: Facial recognition for the masses"?CNNMoney?12/23
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Gear Guide: Products we'd like to see"?Macworld?12/24
  • "Gene Steinberg meets cutting-edge commentator Daniel Eran Dilger and Laptop magazine's Avram Piltch this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?12/23
  • "Selena Gomez talks tech with TUAW"?TUAW?12/23
  • "Iphone Maker Foxconn's Entry Into Solar May Cut Industry Margins"?Bloomberg?12/24
  • "Talk of the Day -- iPad3 to be launched on Steve Jobs' birthday?"?Focus Taiwan?12/23
  • "Report claims Asian suppliers scramble to meet special iPad 3 launch date: Jobs' Feb. 24 birthday anniversary"?9 to 5 Mac?12/23
  • "Rumor: Apple Aiming For iPad 3 Release Date Of February 24th 2012"?Apple Bitch?12/23
  • "Report: Apple Launching iPad 3 on Steve Jobs's Birthday"?PC Magazine?12/23
  • "Storage talk of 2011: Apple takes control/Though not a storage vendor, Apple had arguably the biggest influence on consumer-grade storage products during 2011."?CNET News?12/23
  • "iMessages going to stolen iPhones? There may be a fix in the works"?Ars Technica?12/23
  • "Revamped iPhone 5 in Mid-2012, iPad 3 But No 'Mini' Tablet Next Year, Analyst Says"?ITProPortal?12/23
  • "2012 iPad Roadmap: Don't Expect a 7-Incher"?AllThingsD?12/23
  • "Apple Set to Disappoint Those Hoping for a 7-Inch iPad in 2012"?Minyanville?12/23
  • "Apple viewed as unlikely to launch 7-inch iPad in 2012"?AppleInsider?12/23
  • "Apple is Granted 12 Design Patents in China and More"?Patently Apple?12/23
  • "Apple Posits Fuel-Cell Powered Laptops"?Techland?12/23
  • "Apple files patent for long-life fuel cell"?CNET News?12/23
  • "Apple is researching fuel cell powered computers"?ExtremeTech?12/23
  • "Apple Files Patents for Fuel Cell Computers"?NewsFactor?12/23
  • "Apple Share of Ultrabooks to Shrink, Time Machine Glitch When Restoring to New Drive, and More"?Low End Mac?12/23
  • "Anti-Piracy Legislation Could Wreck the Internet, AppleCare a Bad Choice, Ivy Bridge Prices, and More"?Low End Mac?12/23
Price Trackers/Deals
  • "Starfront -Collision For iPhone Is $0.99 Right Now (Previously $4.99)"?Apple Sliced?12/24
  • "DOOM Classic For iPhone And iPad Is $0.99 This Week (Was $4.99)"?Apple Sliced?12/24
  • "NBA JAM For iPad Is Temporarily Available For $0.99 (Normally $4.99)"?Apple Sliced?12/24
  • "Best Buy Offering iPhone 4 Buy One Get One Today Only"?Run Around Tech?12/24
  • "Woot.com Offers Entry-Level 21.5" iMac For $150 Off"?MacRumors?12/24
  • "PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 21 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?12/24
  • "Apple MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide -15 Inch Models -Prices Up To $309 Off Current Machines"?MacReviewZone?12/24
  • "2011 Apple iMac Buyer's Guide -21.5 Inch -Up To $250 Off Current Models"?MacReviewZone?12/24
  • "iPod Shuffle Buyer's Guide... New, Closeout, Refurbished, Used And Discounted"?MacReviewZone?12/24
  • "Adobe announces year end deals, save up to 80%"?FairerPlatform?12/24
  • "Defen-G Astro For iPhone Is Free Right Now (Previously $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?12/23
  • "Blockado Desert For iPhone Is Free This Week (Was $0.99)"?Apple Sliced?12/23
  • "Office Riot For iPhone Is Temporarily Available For Free (Normally $2.99)"?Apple Sliced?12/23
  • "PadGadget Daily App Deal ? 33 iPad Apps on Sale"?PadGadget?12/23
  • "13" MacBook Pro Prices & Deals"?MacPrices?12/23
  • "15" MacBook Pro Prices & Sales"?MacPrices?12/23
  • "17" MacBook Pro Prices & Current Bundles"?MacPrices?12/23

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Reviews
  • "Best accessories for your new iPad or iPhone/Buying Guide: Speaker docks, headphones, cases and more"?TechRadar UK?7:54 AM
  • "Speculated Choice: iPhone 5 vs Galaxy Nexus 2"?Phones Review?12/24
  • "Video Review: The HiShop UCO Skinny Bumper for the iPhone 4s"?Run Around Tech?12/24
  • "GoPro HD Hero 2 review"?Engadget?12/24
  • "Stylish Rocstor Eagleroc E9 hard drive is a speedy USB performer"?Macworld?12/23
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
  • "Ten apps for your brand new iPad 2 : Christmas 2011"?SlashGear?11:31 AM
  • "Find My Friends"?PCWorld?9:11 AM
  • "Find My Friends Review: Location-sharing social networking app is handy and surprisingly fun (friends not included)"?Macworld?12/23
  • "Hands on: five podcast apps that improve on iOS functionality"?Ars Technica?12/23
  • "Scribe, an iPad Text Editor With HTML, Markdown"?Wired?12/23
  • "Wish you Were Here: Postcards on the Run, for the iPhone"?eXtensions?12/23
  • "NCInstaCall For iPhone Lets You Make Phone Calls Directly From Notification Center"?Redmond Pie?12/23
  • "'Home Sheep Home 2' Review - More Teamwork Puzzling Starring Your Ovine Friends"?Touch Arcade?12/23
  • "Consume Review: Consume is your one stop shop for all your accounts and clubs, be they phone, broadband, shopping cards or gaming. Monitor everything with ease, from just one app."?148Apps?12/23
  • "MEGA MAN X Review: The latest game in the classic Mega Man series of action platformers finally makes its way to the iOS platform."?148Apps?12/23
  • "Jurassic Park: Episode 2 Takes A Bite Out Of iPad 2"?148Apps?12/23
  • "M.U.S.E. Review: M.U.S.E. is a third-person shooter with cover elements and arcade-style high scoring."?148Apps?12/23
  • "Area 51 Defense Review: Area 51 Defense might feel like Epic War TD with a new (ish) coat of paint at times, but it can still hold its own... right?"?148Apps?12/23
  • "Word Lubbers Review: A challenging but fun pirate themed word game."?148Apps?12/23
  • "Tweens HD Review: Connect colored pigs in this fast-paced, addictive puzzle game."?148Apps?12/23
How-To/Tutorial
  • "How To Set Up Your Brand New iPad 2"?Gizmodo?11:18 AM
  • "Get Started With Your New Mac ? The Right Way [Setup Guide]?Cult of Mac?7:44 AM
  • "Get Started With Your New iPod Touch ? The Right Way [Setup Guide]?Cult of Mac?7:45 AM
  • "Get Started With Your New iPhone ? The Right Way [Setup Guide]?Cult of Mac?7:45 AM
  • "Get Started With Your New Apple TV ? The Right Way [Set-Up Guide]?Cult of Mac?7:45 AM
  • "How To Enter Text In Any Mac App Using iPhone 4S Siri Dictation"?Redmond Pie?12/24
  • "How to arrange your iPhone home screen to get things done"?Macgasm?12/23
  • "How To Recalibrate iPhone Home Button To Make It More Responsive"?Redmond Pie?12/23
Tips
  • "Post to Twitter with Siri"?Macworld?12/24
  • "Daily Tip: How to set up a PIN code on your iPhone SIM"?TiPb?12/24
  • "The Best Secret Tips And Tricks To Get The Most Out Of Your New iPhone"?Business Insider?12/24
  • "Last minute Christmas present Tip: How to gift iPhone and iPad apps"?MacUser?12/24
  • "Don't Lose Your iPhone to Holiday Distraction"?PC Magazine?12/23
  • "Unwrapping a New Mac: Simple Tips Everyone Needs to Know"?Cult of Mac?12/23
  • "Dear Aunt TUAW: Where's the OnLive App?"?TUAW?12/23
  • "Choosing a smartphone? Consider the OS"?ZDNet UK?12/23
  • "Beyond the Tablet Wars: Apple, Amazon, and the Cloud"?The Motley Fool?12/24
  • "Don't Worry, The iPad 2 Makes a Fine Gift"?iSource?12/24
  • "The Macalope Weekly: Same time next year"?Macworld?12/24
  • "Steve Jobs Failure and the System that produced it"?DailyKos?12/24
  • "iPad customer satisfaction is (surprise!) quite high"?TUAW?12/24
  • "Siri, What Were Your Top 5 Hacks And Mods Of 2011?"?TechCrunch?12/24
  • "iOS, Android reach 55% penetration with US installed base of 109M"?AppleInsider?12/23
  • "Remains of the Day: The future is hazy"?Macworld?12/23
  • "iOS dominates mobile shopping with 92% of market"?AppleInsider?12/23
  • "Steve Jobs riffs on the Library of Congress, education and 'bicycle for our mind"?FairerPlatform?12/23
  • "Steve Jobs Rendered on an Apple IIC (Video)"?MacTrast?12/23
  • "Apple at the retail crossroads: Question now is about growth in the store business"?MarketWatch?12/23
  • "Here's Why The Apple TV Might Be Awesome And Google TV Will Continue To Suck..."?Business Insider?12/23
  • "Mozilla Firefox, Apple: Hot Trends" [Video Report]?TheStreet?12/23
  • "Did Smartphones kill the Point-and-Shoot?"?PCWorld?12/23
  • "The Macalope Daily: The ghost of Apple future"?Macworld [Insider Content]?12/23
  • "How U.S. Carriers Fool You Into Thinking Your iPhone 4S Is Unlocked"?The Motley Fool?12/23
Non-Apple
  • "Louis CK makes million, gives it away"?Tech.Blorge?12/23
  • "Programming resources for kids 101"?ZDNet?12/23
  • "No real surprise, Samsung not upgrading Galaxy S to Ice Cream Sandwich"?ZDNet?12/23
  • "Dropbox 2.0: Still the best choice for students?"?ZDNet?12/23
  • "Last Minute Geek Gift Ideas"?Wired?12/23
  • "Top 10 tech shocks of 2011"?V3?12/23
  • "At CES, Everyone's a Keynoter"?Techland?12/23
  • "Make room, internet, there's another 5 million domains to fit in: .com and .de top the charts in Q3 figures"?The Register?12/23
  • "Cheating Spreads Like Infections In Online Mulitplayer Games: If you have friends who cheat, you are more likely to become a cheater, according to computer scientists who say this can be used to label you as a potential cheater"?Technology Review?12/23
  • "Have a White Christmas With Google Maps, YouTube"?PC Magazine?12/23
  • "Best gameplay of 2011" [Video Report]?MSNBC?12/23
  • "10 nightmares traveling with tech -- and how to prevent them"?InfoWorld?12/23
  • "Mozilla's 3 bold bets to keep the Web open: Google's latest agreement with Mozilla will ironically fund three new areas of competition between Google and Mozilla"?InfoWorld?12/23
  • "Why Deus Ex: Human Revolution is My Game of the Year"?Forbes?12/23
  • "BlackBerry Bold 9900: The swan song of a standard/The last BlackBerry using the historic OS adds touch, but otherwise is the BlackBerry you've long known and perhaps loved"?InfoWorld?12/23
  • "Holiday Fun With Personal Collaboration: Use your free time to explore new consumer-driven products--and maybe pick up some valuable IT skills."?InformationWeek?12/23
  • "Is Yahoo Finally Coming Back To Its Long-Lost Senses?"?Forbes?12/23
  • "5 reasons to be optimistic about technology innovation in the year ahead"?ZDNet?12/23
  • "Dear Google: Please, Please, Please Invest More Money In Google Apps..."?Business Insider?12/23
  • "FAQ: So What's Up With These 'White Spaces,' Anyway?"?AllThingsD?12/23
Humor/Cartoons
  • "He Sees You When You're Chatting, He Knows When You've Been Tagged [Comic]?Mashable?12/24
  • "Apple iMac Quad-Core i5 Desktop with 21.5' LED Display"?woot!?12/24
  • "If Car Companies Were Run Like Tech Companies ..."?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?12/23
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Paulryburn: WTF Dos Equis Lager is .50 cheaper at the Little Rock Saucer. Not that it matters, I'll be drinking Boulevard and Diamond Bear beers

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Monday, December 26, 2011

Forums: iMessage issues, Setting up a new iPad

Find some new Apple products under your tree this year did you?? Welcome to the family, we’re glad you’re here. Whether you’re new to Apple products or old hat — the TiPb forums are a great resource for discussing all things Apple. Have some questions? Just looking to...


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Chivas USA coach Fraser excited by Oswaldo Minda capture

Chivas USA head coach Robin Fraser is delighted with their capture of Ecuadorian midfielder Oswaldo Minda from Deportivo Quito.

Fraser moved for Minda after a scouting trip to South America.

"I went to Ecuador to look at a couple of players, and I actually went to watch a player on his team as Deportivo Quito has quite a few interesting players. But as the game wore on, I kept watching this one particular central midfielder, who was an extremely dominating player,? Fraser told MLSsoccer.com.

?Defensively, he was so engaged, he was in such good spots, he broke up so many attacks and he was very good from the attacking side of things as well.

?As the game wore on, he just stood out more and more, so I thought 'This is a player who would be good for us.'?

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