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  • November 6th Arts and Culture Calendar
    Our weekly look at concerts, exhibits, and other events happening in Metro Detroit. Produced by Amanda Le Claire and mixed by Brad Potts.  Work and Tumble @ Design 99   British Advertising Awards @ Detroit Film Theatre   Ayacucho: Fire in the Andes exhibit @ Swords into Plowshares Gallery   Heavy Trash with Duende @ the Pike Room
  • Governor Announces Teacher Training Program
         The State of Michigan is working with two non-profits to train 240 new science and math teachers.      The W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation are offering $30,000 Master’s program fellowships for teachers or people with a science or math background.       Governor Jennifer Granholm says Michigan is on the leading edge since this is the second such teacher training effort nationally.      “Could be folks who worked in the auto industry who could be retrained engineers, etc.. The bottom line is we’re focusing on science, technology, engineering and math. We’ve raised the standards. We want to make sure we have the teachers in the classroom to get the kids over these higher standards. We are very excited about it. It really puts Michigan on the map.”      To receive the stipend, an applicant must commit to teach at least three years at an urban or rural school. Both foundations say they selected Michigan for the effort based on need and the wide achievement gap between students in some areas of the state.       The fellows program will start in the spring of 2011.
  • Michigan Family Based At Fort Hood Wants To Know Motive Behind Massacre
    Some family members of soldiers involved in the shooting at Fort Hood Army Base say they are angry at both the killer…and the lack of information from the military.    WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…     Michigan native Ashley Saucedo never heard the gunfire from her home on the opposite side of Fort Hood Army Base.    But she received a text about it from her husband…Private Raymondo Saucedo…before he briefly returned home to grab his body armor…and told her he had injured himself getting away from the incident.    Now Ashley Saucedo says she and many other families on the base also feel wounded…by fear…and uncertainty. “A lot of people are angry. A lot of people just want answers…including me. I am angry…I am frustrated…I just want answers. I want to know why this happened. How could this happen? This is an Army base…it’s not supposed to happen. But the majority of people…they’re all staying in their homes today. Unless they have to go out…they’re not doing much at all.”    Saucedo says if the military has found any specific motive behind the attack…they have yet to tell soldiers’ families about it.
  • Michigan's "Polar Bears" Remembered
    November 6, 2009        by Pat Batcheller One of the most decorated American combat units of World War One was comprised largely of soldiers from Michigan.   They were known as the Polar Bears…because they were sent to a Russian village near the Arctic Circle to help the British and French quell the Communist revolution.  This Sunday…Detroit Public Television will air a documentary produced by the granddaughter of one of the Polar Bears.  Pamela Peak says the 55-hundred men arrived in northern Russia near the end of the war…but were forced to remain months after…on the orders of President Woodrow Wilson. “How we got there was the Czar was on our side in World War One…So the British got the idea we better send in troops to stop Communism so the Czar doesn’t pull away as an ally…but the war ended and we were stuck there.”  Peak says the Polar Bears endured fierce battles with the Bolsheviks in sub-zero weather.  And even though they began to question their mission…she says they carried it out heroically.  Peak’s two-hour documentary airs at 3:00 Sunday afternoon on Channel 56.
  • Macomb Co. Board Closer to Balanced Budget
         The Macomb County Board of Commissioners is about $6 million away from a balanced budget.      On Wednesday, the commissioners’ budget committee approved cuts to staff in the Circuit Court, the Health Department and other areas totaling $4.5 million. Chairman Paul Gieleghem says the cuts are part of an effort to eliminate a $15.7 million deficit in the 2010 budget.       “What we’ve done so far and what we have been asking every department to do is come up with 8% across the board cuts. We’ve had some fluctuations here and there accounting for certain services… this is in addition to having already reduced the county budget by about 14% between 2006 and 2009.”     Gieleghem says the cuts come as the county faces falling property tax revenues of about 33% over the next three years.     The Macomb County budget must be balanced by December 31st.
  • 55 MSP Troopers Rehired
          Fifty-five laid-off Michigan State Police troopers will return to work starting November 16th.      Governor Granholm says a review by the state budget director determined there is enough revenue to support the decision.     “When you call somebody back… you keep them back and that they are not a ping pong ball tossed back and forth. And so, the ones that will be called back our projections are… our expectation is they will keep their jobs.”      The state laid-off 100 troopers in early July because of the budget crisis.
  • Cockrel Retains Council Seat, Loses Presidency
    Detroit City Council President Ken Cockrel Junior lost his leadership role…but retained his seat…when the ballots were counted Tuesday night.   WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…     Cockrel’s served on City Council for about a dozen years.    But the past 12 months have caused Cockrel the most upheaval.    He was automatically elevated to the Mayor’s office after the resignation of Kwame Kilpatrick…lost to Dave Bing in an unprecedented special election…then replaced former Council President Monica Conyers as she faced felony charges.    Cockrel could not hold off a challenge from former broadcaster Charles Pugh…who will now become Council President…but says he still has a job that can make a difference for Detroiters. “You know I’m obviously disappointed. I mean I was shooting very hard to be Council President. However the main thing is this – I’m still on City Council…I’m still in the mix…and I’m in a position to be a player here in Detroit city government. I think my proven track record of leadership is gonna be needed here in the city of Detroit during the coming four years.”    Cockrel says he will focus on finding new sources of revenue for a city that he says cannot simply cut its way out of a massive budget deficit.
  • October Auto Sales Show Slight Improvement
    U-S automakers are reporting a slight improvement in sales figures for the month of October.  WDET’s Jerome Vaughn has more. SOQ Industry analysts say the rising sales figures show the nation’s economy is slowly improving. GM’s October sales rose four percent compared to the same period last year.   That’s the automaker’s first year-over-year sales increase since January 2008. Ford saw a three percent improvement in its October sales figures.  Demand for cars and crossover vehicles showed double digit growth – while sales of SUV’s…pickups…and vans dropped. Toyota sales inched up less than one percent.  Honda sales fell roughly half a percent. Chrysler performed worst of the major automakers…with sales dropping 30 percent last month.
  • Detroit City Council Vote Count
    Detroit City Council General Election November 3, 2009   Charles Pugh                         88,704       9% Gary Brown                          80,698       9% Saunteel Jenkins                    74,918       8% Ken Cockrel, Jr.                    74,680       8% Brenda Jones                        61,294       7% Andre Spivey                        60,382       6% James Tate                            58,146       6% Kwame Kenyatta                   57,482       6% Joann Watson                        54,602       6% Lisa Howze                           48,414       5% Alberta Tinsley-Talabi            46,960       5% Jai-Lee Dearing                      45,753       5% John Bennett                          35,579       4% Shelly Foy                             35,123       4% Mohamed Okdie                     32,905       3% Fred Hall                                32,825       3% Raphael Johnson                     31,631       3% David Cross                           21,502       2%
  • Former TV Reporter Charles Pugh Will Lead City Council
    With more than 88-thousand votes...Detroiters chose former Fox 2 television reporter Charles Pugh to lead the next city council. WDET's Amanda le Claire has more... SOQ The mood at Pugh's campaign celebration last night was expectedly jovial...although some staffers did express dismay over the election's low voter turnout. Supporter Khary Kimani Turner expressed his belief that this election marks a new period for Detroit when he introduced Pugh by reciting a poem written for the occasion:  "I come from a resilient city...soon come a new day risen with the raising of the sun...soon come a new day risen with the raising of one sun...soon come a new day risen with the raising of the sun..." Pugh says his first act as President will be creating a unified council plan to address major issues like unemployment in the city. I'm Amanda le Claire...WDET news.
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  • P55 Overclocking Showdown - ASUS, Gigabyte, and EVGA at the OC Corral
    In our first P55 Overclocking showdown we take a look at the top boards from ASUS, EVGA, and Gigabyte. One failed, the other three made it through our torture tests. Find out which one deserves your attention if you are into serious overclocking on the P55 platform....
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    It’s not often we write about prices going up. Last week there was a rumor going around that AMD intended to raise prices on the 5800 series. At the time we wrote this off as yet another highly-speculative rumor based on shaky evidence. Official price hikes are virtually unprecedented, after all. Then things changed. We’ve talked...
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    That's right, just in time for the holidays we've partnered up with Intel to give away a complete Lynnfield Core i7 System....
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    First of all, we were pretty excited to see so many comments and votes (5000!) on our last IT poll. It is good to see that professional IT is so much alive at Anandtech.com. So yes, we should have updated this blog quicker, to keep the momentum going. The reason why this update comes rather late is -once again - that we are working on the much delayed hypervisor...
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    A couple of weeks ago Marvell announced its ARMADA line of custom ARM based SoCs. We have a little more detail on one of its members: the 166E. Marvell hopes that the 166E will pave the way for affordable ebook readers in 2010....
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    We take Seagate's latest drive technology for a quick spin and wonder if SATA 6Gb/s technology will ever benefit desktop based hard drives....
  • DirectX11 Released For Windows Vista
    For those of you sticking with Vista, Microsoft has finally officially released DirectX 11 for Vista, after having spent the last couple of months in beta. This final release looks to be the same as the last beta released earlier this month. The update is KB971512, which is being released as part of a larger Platform Update for Vista that includes a few...
  • New Acer Timeline and Windows 7 Laptops
    Acer recently launched some updated laptops with Windows 7. For that matter, just about every laptop manufacturer out there has new laptops sporting Windows 7, but we're going to start our coverage of mobile press releases with Acer since they were kind enough to send us the pertinent details. (Ed: This blog may be a bit long, but we'll try to do them more...
  • Updated: The SSD Improv: Intel & Indilinx get TRIM, Kingston Brings Intel Down to $115
    Intel and Indilinx SSDs now have TRIM support - we put it to the test. At the same time Kingston helps Intel bring SSDs to the masses with a 40GB X25-M G2 based SSD priced at $115 or $85 after rebates....
  • Windows 7 Performance Guide
    After nearly a year of serious waiting, the next Windows is here. Its arrival puts a stake in Vista, and may finally be what Microsoft needs to put XP to bed....
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  • Joe Jackson Seeks Slice Of Son Michael's Millions
    Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The entertainer's 2002 will made no reference to his father, with whom he had an often strained relationship.
  • Suspected Fort Hood Shooter Saw the Toll of PTSD
    As an Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan heard the horror stories of war on a daily basis from the soldiers he was treating for post-traumatic stress disorder.
  • Military Service A Challenge For Muslim Americans
    The story of suspected Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan is a reminder of the stresses and potential pitfalls Muslims and Arab-Americans face in serving in the U.S. armed forces in a post-9/11 world.
  • Worried Consumers Continue To Shun Credit
    Consumers borrowed less for a record eighth straight month in September amid rising unemployment and tight credit conditions. Economists worry the declines in borrowing will drag on the fledgling recovery. The Federal Reserve said borrowing fell at an annual rate of $14.8 billion in September.
  • Hasan's Story Won't Be Easy To Sort Out
    After a mass shooting, people who knew the gunman find themselves wondering what warning signs they might have missed. So it is in the case of Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man authorities say opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood.
  • Investigators Probe Fort Hood Shooting
    In Fort Hood, Texas, investigators are collecting information about Thursday's deadly attack at a soldier processing center. Thirteen people were killed, 12 of them soldiers, and 30 were wounded when a gunman, identified as Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire in the facility.
  • Jobless Rate Highest Since 1983
    The government says the nation's unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent last month, the highest since 1983. Economists had expected the figure to rise to 9.9 percent.
  • A Day After Fort Hood Rampage, Re-Creating Events
    As Fort Hood, Texas, takes stock of Thursday's attack, those who lived through it are providing new details about what went on inside the Soldier Readiness Processing Center. Soldiers and others who were there when the gunman — named by the military as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan — opened fire discuss how the events unfolded.
  • Flu Threat Looms As Mecca Readies For Pilgrims
    The H1N1 virus is a major concern for Saudi Arabian authorities, who are gearing up to host millions of Muslims on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Health officials are making recommendations and monitoring pilgrims, but otherwise can do little to mitigate the virus' spread.
  • U.S. Envoy To U.N. Defends Extensive Afghan Review
    The U.S. envoy to the U.N. rejects claims that the Obama administration's pace of determining a strategy in Afghanistan is a sign of weakness. What would be "weak and dangerous," Susan Rice says, is a rushed decision made without thoroughly considering the implications for U.S. national security.
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  • Suspected Fort Hood Shooter Saw the Toll of PTSD
    As an Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan heard the horror stories of war on a daily basis from the soldiers he was treating for post-traumatic stress disorder.
  • Military Service A Challenge For Muslim Americans
    The story of suspected Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan is a reminder of the stresses and potential pitfalls Muslims and Arab-Americans face in serving in the U.S. armed forces in a post-9/11 world.
  • Hasan's Story Won't Be Easy To Sort Out
    After a mass shooting, people who knew the gunman find themselves wondering what warning signs they might have missed. So it is in the case of Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man authorities say opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood.
  • Shooting Spotlights Muslims In Military
    The shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, has raised questions about the experience of Muslims who serve in the military. Rafael LanTigua, a lieutenant in the Army National Guard and a Muslim chaplain candidate, says Muslims have served in the armed forces since the Revolutionary War.
  • Investigators Probe Fort Hood Shooting
    In Fort Hood, Texas, investigators are collecting information about Thursday's deadly attack at a soldier processing center. Thirteen people were killed, 12 of them soldiers, and 30 were wounded when a gunman, identified as Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire in the facility.
  • Remembering Victims Of Fort Hood Shooter
    Thirteen people were killed Thursday in Fort Hood, Texas, when a gunman opened fire. Among the dead were 29-year-old Sgt. Amy Krueger, who enlisted soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and Aaron Nemelka, a 19-year-old from West Jordan, Utah.
  • A Day After Fort Hood Rampage, Re-Creating Events
    As Fort Hood, Texas, takes stock of Thursday's attack, those who lived through it are providing new details about what went on inside the Soldier Readiness Processing Center. Soldiers and others who were there when the gunman — named by the military as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan — opened fire discuss how the events unfolded.
  • Ahead Of Debate, Health Care Battle Lines Drawn
    Democratic House leaders are keeping lawmakers in town over the weekend to work on their health care bill. President Obama is expected to rally support on the Hill on Saturday. With every step this legislation takes toward becoming law, the fervor — on both sides — gets stronger.
  • Gore Urges Obama To Take Lead On Climate Change
    In his new book, Al Gore argues that consumers have "all the tools we need" to solve climate change. But unless the United States takes a leadership role, "it would be impossible to resolve this crisis," he tells NPR.
  • Jump In Jobless Rate Puts Spotlight On Obama
    News that the jobless rate has crossed the psychologically important 10 percent mark comes in the same week that Democrats suffered a sobering Election Day. Some experts say it dims Democratic prospects not just for 2010 but for the health care vote this weekend.
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  • Flu Threat Looms As Mecca Readies For Pilgrims
    The H1N1 virus is a major concern for Saudi Arabian authorities, who are gearing up to host millions of Muslims on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Health officials are making recommendations and monitoring pilgrims, but otherwise can do little to mitigate the virus' spread.
  • U.S. Envoy To U.N. Defends Extensive Afghan Review
    The U.S. envoy to the U.N. rejects claims that the Obama administration's pace of determining a strategy in Afghanistan is a sign of weakness. What would be "weak and dangerous," Susan Rice says, is a rushed decision made without thoroughly considering the implications for U.S. national security.
  • Hard Choices in Afghanistan: What's Next?
    A special report from All Things Considered and NPR.org explores the challenges facing President Obama, America and Afghanistan in the troubled region and the options available to the U.S.
  • Two Coalition Service Members Missing In Afghanistan
    After a routine resupply mission, the American soldiers disappeared and more than 25 NATO and Afghan security forces members were wounded during the search mission for them, the alliance said Friday.
  • Why Do Countries Rich In Oil Still Have Poverty?
    This week's Planet Money report deals with what economists call the "paradox of oil." We'll meet two men who work in the African nation of Angola. One is an American, who makes big money in the oil business. The other is an Angolan who sells chewing gum on the street.
  • Karzai Must Kick Out 'Cronies' To Succeed, Kerry Says
    When the main challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai dropped out of a planned runoff, it did more than end two months of election disputes. According to Sen. John Kerry, it also gives Karzai a chance to prove his legitimacy — and to become a stronger ally to America.
  • 'Big Oil' Returns To Redevelop Iraq's Oil Fields
    In the six years since the U.S. invasion, Iraq's oil production has hardly matched the level under Saddam Hussein. Iraq's oil minister had been harshly criticized, but this week the world's largest oil companies signed multi-billion dollar deals to redevelop Iraq's oil fields. What's most impressive is that the oil minister got the companies to accept Iraq's conditions and terms.
  • Differing Views On What U.S. Should Do Next
    Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is calling for a counterinsurgency strategy based on more U.S. troops and more training of afghan troops. Max Boot, of the Council on Foreign Relations, backs this strategy. But Vice President Joe Biden instead wants the focus to be counterterrorism. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) is seeking a limited troop increase, and a credible Afghan partner. But retired Marine Col. Thomas Hammes wants U.S. troops withdrawn.
  • U.S. Public Opinion Split On Afghanistan
    The U.S. public is divided on Afghanistan, says Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center. Earlier in the year, he says, majorities supported keeping troops in the country until Afghanistan is stable. More recently, however, only 50 percent said troops should stay, Kohut says.
  • How Capable Are Afghan Security Forces?
    The overall performance of the Afghan army is reasonably satisfactory, says Ronald Neumann, who served as U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan from 2005 until 2007. Neumann says there have been problems with training, and it is important not to push Afghan forces into combat too soon.
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  • Worried Consumers Continue To Shun Credit
    Consumers borrowed less for a record eighth straight month in September amid rising unemployment and tight credit conditions. Economists worry the declines in borrowing will drag on the fledgling recovery. The Federal Reserve said borrowing fell at an annual rate of $14.8 billion in September.
  • Money In A Bottle: The Celebrity Scent Business
    If you walk down the cosmetics aisle of any big store, you might mistake the perfume collection for the guest list to a Hollywood party. But star-studded scents account for only about 10 percent of fragrance sales; their value is the publicity.
  • U.S. Economic Steps May Be Leading To Bubble
    The global economy is slowly recovering after the worst financial crisis in decades, but government efforts to stimulate growth, including the Fed's move to drive interest rates down to zero, may be creating another problem. Prices for assets — gold, stocks and real estate in Asia — are soaring, leading to warnings that a new bubble could be forming.
  • Jobless Rate Highest Since 1983
    The government says the nation's unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent last month, the highest since 1983. Economists had expected the figure to rise to 9.9 percent.
  • Health Overhaul Could Make Chain Restaurants Post Calories
    A little-noticed provision in the House's health overhaul bill would require make chain restaurant menus and vending machines carry calorie counts.
  • Jump In Jobless Rate Puts Spotlight On Obama
    News that the jobless rate has crossed the psychologically important 10 percent mark comes in the same week that Democrats suffered a sobering Election Day. Some experts say it dims Democratic prospects not just for 2010 but for the health care vote this weekend.
  • Jobless Rate 10.2 Percent, Casts Doubt On Recovery
    Little over a week after the government said the economy has begun to grow, the unemployment rate climbed to 10.2 percent, the first time it has hit double digits since 1983. That, along with the loss of an additional 190,000 jobs in October, shows the economy is still struggling to emerge from recession.
  • CDC: Make Sure Swine Flu Vaccine Goes To Neediest
    The CDC told health officials to make sure that scarce swine flu vaccine goes to priority groups, such as kids and health-care workers, after some criticized doses being delivered to Wall Street firms.
  • Wal-Mart, Amazon Price War Extends To DVDs
    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books. The move led rivals Amazon.com Inc. and Target Corp. to reduce some DVD prices, which pushed Wal-Mart to take a few more cents off its offerings.
  • Boosted By Bailout, AIG Racks Up Profitable Quarter
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  • Hasan's Story Won't Be Easy To Sort Out
    After a mass shooting, people who knew the gunman find themselves wondering what warning signs they might have missed. So it is in the case of Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man authorities say opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood.
  • Effective Preventive Care Crucial
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  • Money In A Bottle: The Celebrity Scent Business
    If you walk down the cosmetics aisle of any big store, you might mistake the perfume collection for the guest list to a Hollywood party. But star-studded scents account for only about 10 percent of fragrance sales; their value is the publicity.
  • U.S. Economic Steps May Be Leading To Bubble
    The global economy is slowly recovering after the worst financial crisis in decades, but government efforts to stimulate growth, including the Fed's move to drive interest rates down to zero, may be creating another problem. Prices for assets — gold, stocks and real estate in Asia — are soaring, leading to warnings that a new bubble could be forming.
  • Shooting Spotlights Muslims In Military
    The shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, has raised questions about the experience of Muslims who serve in the military. Rafael LanTigua, a lieutenant in the Army National Guard and a Muslim chaplain candidate, says Muslims have served in the armed forces since the Revolutionary War.
  • Investigators Probe Fort Hood Shooting
    In Fort Hood, Texas, investigators are collecting information about Thursday's deadly attack at a soldier processing center. Thirteen people were killed, 12 of them soldiers, and 30 were wounded when a gunman, identified as Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire in the facility.
  • Remembering Victims Of Fort Hood Shooter
    Thirteen people were killed Thursday in Fort Hood, Texas, when a gunman opened fire. Among the dead were 29-year-old Sgt. Amy Krueger, who enlisted soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and Aaron Nemelka, a 19-year-old from West Jordan, Utah.
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    Listeners respond to the coverage Thursday of Afghanistan, and the postcard from Sumatra. Michele Norris and Robert Siegel read from listeners' e-mails.
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  • Aftershocks from slow faults may arrive centuries later

    I have a deep and rather personal interest in earthquake and volcano prediction. This comes from spending most of my youth within a few kilometers of an active fault line and less than 100km from a volcano that has, in the past, left a layer of ash over most of the surface of the Earth. In fact, events in just the last year (nevermind the last decade) have convinced me that accurate earthquake and volcano prediction would probably be a bigger lifesaver than any other single scientific development.

    So it was with interest that I read a recent Nature paper reporting that scientists might have been misinterpreting some aftershocks as earthquakes, leading them to overestimate the risk on some faults and underestimate the risk on others.


  • Indie Mac developers offer promotion with a funny name

    Indie Mac developer Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software has been highly critical of the now-perennial MacHeist promotion in the past. MacHeist relies on deep discounts and giveaways to drum up a wider audience for software. The deals are so good for consumers, in fact, that it's not too far from getting software with a "five-finger discount." So Jalkut enlisted other like-minded developers to offer "One Finger Discount," a 20 percent-off sale coinciding with MacHeist's latest nanoBundle promotion.

    MacHeist's promotion is a selection of six Mac apps, including WriteRoom and Twitterrific, that have a combined retail value of $154. For one week only, these apps are available for free. While the promotion offers a lot of exposure for smaller, independent developers, developers end up with lots of customers and not much money. It also has a potential downside in that it could give users the notion that software should cost next to nothing.


  • HTTPS, SSL attack vector discovered; fix is on the way

    A security flaw that has been identified in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol could open the door for man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks against HTTPS communication. All implementations are said to be vulnerable because the flaw is in the protocol itself. Security researchers are taking steps to resolve the problem.

    The flaw was originally found in August by researchers Marsh Ray and Steve Dispensa from security company PhoneFactor. They chose not to widely publicize the issue and began working in secret with other security experts and industry leaders to develop solutions. The flaw became known to the public this week when Martin Rex of SAP discovered it independently and posted a disclosure to the mailing list of the Internet Engineering Task Force.


  • More successor than sequel: hands on with Assassin's Creed 2

    "It doesn't really feel like a sequel," Ubisoft's Charles Randall told me as I sat down to play Assassin's Creed 2 for the first time at a recent press event in Toronto. "It feels like a whole new game."

    And that should be welcome news. Because while it wasn't a terrible game by any stretch of the imagination, the first Assassin's Creed certainly had its problems. At times it felt like the game's ambitions were far greater than what the developers were actually able to create, leaving gamers with an ambitious but somewhat disappointing experience. And that's something Ubisoft has worked very hard to fix in the sequel.


  • New families of viruses found in Antarctic lakes

    The aquatic ecosystems of Antarctica keep turning up surprises for scientists, who have found flourishing ecosystems comprised mostly of microorganisms. A new paper, published in Science, examined samples drawn from an Antarctic lake and tracked seasonal changes in the viruses that prey on these bacteria. They found large, diverse populations of viruses, some of which have never been seen underwater before, and some that had previously only been found infecting birds, mammals, or plants.

    The Antarctic is a great area if you're in want of a virtually untouched ecosystem. Several lakes that are covered with ice for most or all of the year have ecosystems that consist mostly of microorganisms that have adapted to the cold, dark, and nutrient-scarce environment. These microbial ecosystems are balanced by limiting factors, such as the amount of food and predators. In the case of Antarctic lake inhabitants, though, the predators are viruses that have likewise adapted to the conditions.


  • Spirit Tracks trailer: wait... ZELDA is the phantom?

    We had the good luck of being able to sit down and play Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks recently, and it only increased our frothing demand for the game. Nintendo has released a new trailer to show the game off today, and it reveals some interesting plot details. For instance, the reason Link can control the Phantom? It's being possessed by the spirit of Zelda.

    Yeah. Wasn't expecting that.


  • Big cable: move millions from phone subsidies to broadband

    The cable industry is proposing a sweeping measure to simplify the nation's subsidy system for rural phone service providers. Make it tougher for providers to get Universal Service Fund High Cost program subsidy money, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association recommends, in areas where an unsubsidized wireline service is available via a cable company or similar provider.

    Paying USF support to carriers who compete with unsubsidized wireline competitors "is both inequitable and inefficient, and can easily be addressed in a targeted fashion," the NCTA wrote to the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday. Millions could be saved—money potentially redirected to programs that boost broadband rollout and competition.


  • 343's Frank O'Connor talks Halo Waypoint: not for every game

    Halo Waypoint has launched, bringing all things Halo to your Xbox 360 via Xbox Live. You download the application, and you can use it to track your achievements in all the Halo titles, and even earn clothing items for your Avatar by playing your existing games. Starting on November 7, you'll be able to watch episodes of the upcoming Halo Legends series.

    This is a whole lot of support for one game—so how big does a franchise need to be before it gets the royal treatment on Xbox Live? Frank O'Connor, Halo's franchise development director at 343 studios, told Ars that it's important to both be a popular series, as well as having a world that gives you enough content to support a destination on the dashboard. "Folks don’t like clutter, so I doubt you’re going to see one of these for every game or even Franchise—and it’s quite an investment of people, time and resources," he explained. "We’re lucky that Halo has a loyal audience and a wide variety of content—books, animation, user generated stuff. We have effectively infinite stuff to choose from and that’s not going to be the case for every game."


  • Google opens up its JavaScript development toolbox to all

    Google is providing the web development community with an intriguing glimpse under the hood at some of the fundamental building blocks of the company's most popular web applications. The search giant has opened the source code of its comprehensive JavaScript library collection and is making it available to third-party developers for widespread adoption. Google also opened the source code of its own JavaScript compression tools.

    The library, called Closure, includes an extraordinarily diverse assortment of capabilities with functionality ranging from JSON serialization to standard user interface widgets. All of the features are cross-browser compatible and can be readily adopted without marginalizing any users. The library consists primarily of helper functions and user interface widgets, many of which are recognizable from popular Google applications.


  • October 2009 OS stats: Windows 7 passes Snow Leopard, Linux

    Windows 7 arrived two weeks ago and so far it's selling quite well. With Mac OS X 10.6 becoming available less than three months ago, and Ubuntu 9.10 arriving last week, we feel it's a good time to start watching the market share for operating systems, in addition to our monthly posts on browser market share. At this point in time, Windows continues to dominate with more than 90 percent of the market, Mac OS is above the five percent mark, and Linux is just under one percent. In October, Windows was the only operating system not to show positive growth.
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  • Skype's Legal Situation Clears
    chill writes "Skype's co-founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, have agreed to transfer ownership of the remaining Skype technology that eBay didn't own, paving the way for eBay to complete its sale of a majority stake in Skype to an investor consortium. In exchange, Friis and Zennstrom will join the investor consortium and obtain a 14 percent stake in Skype. The other consortium partners, led by Silver Lake, will own a 56 percent stake in Skype, and eBay will hold on to 30 percent, eBay said Friday."

  • Norwegian Court Rules ISP Doesn't Have To Block The Pirate Bay
    C4st13v4n14 writes "In a sudden outbreak of uncommon sense yesterday, a Norwegian District Court handed down the decision that Telenor, Norway's largest ISP, will not have to block access to The Pirate Bay. Telenor was sued earlier this year by the IFPI after being threatened and not backing down. 'The court ruled that Telenor is not contributing to any infringements of copyright law when its subscribers use The Pirate Bay, and therefore there is no legal basis for forcing the ISP to block access to the site. ... In making its decision, the court also had to examine the repercussions if it ruled that Telenor and other ISPs had to block access to certain websites.'"

  • KDE Founder Receives Highest German Honor
    Jiilik Oiolosse writes "KDE founder Matthias Ettrich was decorated today with the German Federal Cross of Merit for his contributions to Free Software. The Federal Cross of Merit is both the most prestigious as well as the only general decoration awarded by the Federal Republic of Germany. It is awarded by the Federal President for outstanding achievements in the political, economic, cultural, and other fields. Matthias was awarded the medal in recognition of his work spurring innovation and spreading knowledge for the common good."

  • Sony Demos Natal-Like Control System
    An anonymous reader writes "It's not just Microsoft investigating full body, markerless motion capture. Sony has enlisted the help of Swiss firm Atracsys to develop similar technology. Sony has openly discussed the technology with New Scientist, and has realistic expectations for the new system — it can capture broad body gestures but not individual fingers. That's just one trade-off needed in order to develop a real-time system that anyone can use, according to a markerless motion-capture expert." It's still in the early stages of development, but the accompanying video shows the use of face-recognition software as well. The demo game has players moving their heads left or right to position their character, and then smiling to "catch" an object.

  • AMD Graphics Chip Shortage Hits PC Vendors
    CWmike writes "An offshore AMD foundry is having trouble ramping up production of a new 40-nanometer GPU, forcing PC makers to delay shipments of desktop and laptop computers, AMD confirmed today. TSMC is struggling to get up to speed manufacturing AMD's 5800 series, 40-nm GPUs, according to Jim McGregor, an analyst at In-Stat. He added that the foundry is in full production, but so far yields are below expectation. Matt Davis, a spokesman for AMD, confirmed that TSMC is having issues with production of the chips. He added that it's not clear how far behind the foundry is on production expectations. 'The design is sound. It's just a matter of trying to get TSMC to a point where they can yield. They're feeling the manufacturing crunch,' said Davis. 'We're a little bit under yield but we're working back into a manufacturing schedule we want for these parts. TSMC can only kick them out so fast at this point.' He said that PC vendors are being affected but declined to say how many vendors are feeling the pinch or which ones. 'It's the end of the whip,' he added. '[The vendors] are going to have a hard time.'" A post at Anandtech suggests we'll see price hikes for the 5800-series Radeons until this situation sorts itself out.

  • China Bans Physical Punishment For Net Addicts
    gimmebeer writes to tell us that months after a teen was beaten to death in an Internet boot camp, China has banned the use of physical punishment to help teens kick their net addiction. "The death of 15-year-old Deng Senshan, just hours after he checked into an Internet bootcamp in the southwestern Guangxi region in early August, caused a media storm in China. Days later, another teenager, Pu Liang, was taken to hospital with water in the lungs and kidney failure after a similar attack in Sichuan Province. The government in July had already banned electroshock therapy as a treatment for Internet addiction, after media reports about a controversial psychiatrist who administered electric currents to nearly 3,000 teenagers. The latest guidelines suggest officials in Beijing do not think that those with unhealthy Internet habits should be forced offline permanently."

  • Telecoms Announce "One Voice" Initiative To Promote LTE Wireless Broadband Stand
    suraj.sun writes to mention that Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks may have just gotten a boost over WiMax in the battle for wireless broadband dominance. A group of telecom companies has created the "One Voice" initiative, designed to promote a standard that will provide interoperability for broadband voice and SMS. "LTE has been fine at supporting data, which uses IP-based packet switching. But it's faced challenges trying to incorporate traditional circuit-based switching voice and SMS services onto IP-based networks. One Voice is the group's attempt to resolve that issue. The new specification will use existing functionality known as IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), which already defines how to provide data, voice, and other content over an IP-based network. IMS was established by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a group comprised of telecom industry associations trying to set standards for 3G mobile networks."

  • Drupal Multimedia
    coder4hire writes "Of the leading content management systems used by developers for creating websites, Drupal is highly regarded for many characteristics, including a much smaller initial footprint, compared to Joomla and other CMSs. Yet some developers find this a disadvantage as well, because one of the most common criticisms leveled against Drupal is its lack of built-in support for images and multimedia elements — thereby forcing new Drupal developers to choose from the thousands of contributed Drupal modules those that would be optimal for implementing their websites' multimedia functionality. Aaron Winborn's book Drupal Multimedia is intended as a guide to help such developers." Keep reading for the rest of Michael's review.

  • Multi-Button OpenOfficeMouse At OOoCon 2009
    An anonymous reader writes "WarMouse has announced their new multi-button OpenOfficeMouse for OpenOffice.org at the 2009 OOoCon in Orvieto, Italy. The mouse, which features 18 buttons, a scroll wheel, and an analog joystick, has double-click functionality on every button and stores up to 63 application and game profiles in its 512k of flash memory. The OpenOfficeMouse runs on Windows, Linux, and OS/X; its customization software will be released as free and open source software." We couldn't decide if this was a protest against Apple's new magic mouse, an elaborate practical joke, or just plain insanity run amok. In any case, it is hard to imagine a world in which so many tiny buttons on a mouse make sense.

  • Microsoft Research Shows Off New Projects On College Recruiting Tour
    In a recent college recruiting tour, Microsoft's Craig Mundie was able to showcase some of the experiments coming out of their Research division. Among some of the interesting projects were another pass at the Minority Report interface, eye-tracking, intelligent data sorting, a global carbon-climate model, and several other software and hardware experiments. A video and supporting slideshow are also available via Microsoft's press site. "Mundie also will discuss the kinds of computers students will soon be using – machines that will respond to gestures through new natural user interfaces; deploy the power of new microprocessors; migrate data to the cloud; and use live data to drive new simulations and visualizations. He’ll center on an environmental theme to show what it might be like to be a research scientist working on zero carbon energy in the future using new interactions with data and computers to increase insight."

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  • October Auto Sales Show Slight Improvement
    U-S automakers are reporting a slight improvement in sales figures for the month of October.  WDET’s Jerome Vaughn has more. SOQ Industry analysts say the rising sales figures show the nation’s economy is slowly improving. GM’s October sales rose four percent compared to the same period last year.   That’s the automaker’s first year-over-year sales increase since January 2008. Ford saw a three percent improvement in its October sales figures.  Demand for cars and crossover vehicles showed double digit growth – while sales of SUV’s…pickups…and vans dropped. Toyota sales inched up less than one percent.  Honda sales fell roughly half a percent. Chrysler performed worst of the major automakers…with sales dropping 30 percent last month.
  • GM To Retain Opel
    General Motors has announced that it not sell its Opel division.  WDET’s Jerome Vaughn has more. SOQ GM made the announcement in a statement released at the end of the business day.  The Detroit automaker says its board of directors made the decision in light of an improving business climate – and Opel’s importance to GM’s global strategy. GM agreed in September to sell Opel to Canadian auto parts maker Magna…but  European concerns about the proposal surfaced almost immediately.   Auto analyst John McElroy says the development is significant. “It’s a real gutsy move on the part of the GM board.  And it really shows how much strategic importance they place on Opel.”  GM says it will spend about three billion euros ($4.4 billion US) to restructure Opel’s operations.  The Detroit automaker says more details on Opel’s restructuring will be released as the process develops.
  • Ford Earns $997 Million In Third Quarter
    The Ford Motor Company is reporting nearly a billion dollars in profit for the third quarter.   WDET's Jerome Vaughn has more. SOQ  Ford surprised Wall Street analysts by posting a profit of 997 million dollars.  Most had forecasted that the automaker would see a loss in the third quarter. Company officials say gains in market share, successful cost cutting efforts, and the federal “Cash for Clunkers” program led to the improved earnings. Ford even saw its North American operations show a profit again with the division earning 357 million dollars before taxes.  That’s the division’s first profit since the first quarter of 2005. The automaker says it also continued its growth in China -- with sales jumping 63 percent during the quarter. Global revenues dropped by more than two percent to just under 31 billion dollars. 
  • American Axle Earns $19.6 Million in Q3
    American Axle is reporting its first quarterly profit in two years.  WDET’s Jerome Vaughn has more. SOQ American Axle earned 19-point-six million dollars between July first and September 30th.  That compares to a loss of more than 440 million dollars in the same period of 2008. The results surpassed Wall Street analysts’ average expectations. The profits reflect a special one-time gain from the curtailment of pension and post-retirement benefits.  Officials say profits were partially offset by charges related to workforce reductions, and by extended production shutdowns at General Motors and Chrysler. GM accounted for 72 percent of the Detroit manufacturer’s sales in the third quarter. American Axle’s sales for the period rose to nearly 410 million dollars -- down more than 23 percent from the same period last year.
  • Visteon Reports Smaller 3rd Quarter Loss
    Auto parts supplier Visteon is reporting smaller losses for the third quarter of the year.  WDET’s Jerome Vaughn has more. SOQ Visteon lost 38 million dollars between the beginning of July and the end of September.  That compares to a loss of 188 million dollars for the same period last year.  It’s the third straight quarterly improvement for the company. Visteon officials credit cost-saving and restructuring efforts…for shrinking the size of the quarterly loss…despite the challenging state of the global automotive industry. Sales for the period fell nearly 18 percent – to one point seven billion dollars.  The company says demand for its parts fell in every global region it serves…except for Asia. Visteon was spun off from Ford in 2000.  The parts maker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May.
  • Ford Recalls 4.5 Million Trucks
    Ford is recalling four and a half million vehicles to replace a defective cruise control switch.  WDET’s Jerome Vaughn has more. SOQ The recall includes certain Ford minivans, full size vans, pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles built between 1992 and 2003.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the cruise control switch on these vehicles can leak hydraulic fluid and overheat.  That could cause the system to catch fire…even if the ignition is turned off and the trucks are parked. NHTSA says this is Ford’s eighth safety action involving cruise control switches made by Texas Instruments.   More than 10 million vehicles had already been recalled in the past decade. Ford will notify affected owners by mail.  Dealers will make repairs at no cost to consumers.
  • Commerce Secretary Brings Help To Michigan
    The U-S Commerce Secretary says Michigan is the best place in the nation to debut a new program designed to help business owners.   WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…    The program is called Commerce Connect – a way to bring federal resources and contacts to bear on problems facing local entrepreneurs.   Commerce Secretary Gary Locke says the program can streamline everything from making contacts overseas…to creating a better production line. “Experts who can actually come on your shop floor and provide ideas on how to make your production line more efficient…more competitive…to make your company more viable.”    The first Commerce Connect office will be based at the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center…in Plymouth.
  • Delphi Leaves Bankruptcy
    Auto parts supplier Delphi Corporation emerged from its nearly four-year bankruptcy today (Tues.). WDET’s Sarah Cwiek has more. The Troy-based G-M parts supplier and former subsidiary comes out of bankruptcy with less debt and fewer expenses…but also as a much smaller company. Delphi had more than 50-thousand employees in the U-S…when it filed for Chapter 11 in 2005. It emerges from bankruptcy with plans to cut its workforce to just under 13-thousand by the end of this year. The company will retain only four plants in the U-S…and plans to focus on just a few of the products in its formerly wide-ranging supply business. G-M acquired four plants and Delphi’s global steering business as part of the deal. The new Delphi will be a private company owned largely by its bankruptcy creditors…who have agreed to forgive three-and-a-half billion dollars in debt for ownership. This is Sarah Cwiek…WDET news.
  • Automakers Report Steep Sales Declines For September
    U-S automakers are reporting steep sales declines for the month of September.  WDET’s Jerome Vaughn has details. SOQ Automakers expected the lower sales figures…in the aftermath of “cash for clunkers”.  The federal program pushed many consumers to purchase cars in August – lowering demand – and shrinking vehicle inventories in September. General Motors sold more than 156-thousand cars and trucks last month That’s down 45 percent from September 2008.  Mike DiGiovanni is GM’s director of market and industry analysis. “We got caught a little bit short in September…but that shouldn’t be a problem as we replenish the inventories.”   Chrysler says its sales fell 42 percent – compared to year ago levels. Ford fared the best of the major U-S automakers – with sales falling five percent.  Both Toyota and Honda posted double digit sales declines for the month.
  • Michigan Jobless Rate Rises to 15.2%
    Michigan’s unemployment rate has risen to 15-point-two percent…the highest in the nation.  WDET’s Jerome Vaughn has details. SOQ Michigan continues to have trouble dealing with the effects of the national recession…as the state’s auto and manufacturing sectors struggle.  The state department of energy, labor and economic growth says Michigan lost nearly 43 thousand payroll jobs last month.  Nearly 25-thousand of those jobs were in the manufacturing sector. Metro Detroit’s unemployment rate hit 17-point-three percent in August…the highest it’s been since the early 1980’s. Michigan has either been tied for the country’s highest unemployment rate …or had the title outright…for nearly two and a half years. The nation’s jobless rate rose to nine-point-seven percent last month…an increase of three tenths of a percentage point from July.
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