Your Click and Print Newspaper 25/02/08 - 26/02/08 LibertyNewsprint.com OC Edition Flowers Peddles Tapes; Mum's Not the Word By Tommy Christopher (Political It's about time." My dear lady friends...JUST CHOOSE Machine) HAPPINESS and then work your way While it's hard to fault Flowers for trying to toward it in the way that's most appropriate Submitted at 2/26/2008 3:05:00 AM eke out a 16th minute of fame, and some for you. You can do it, girls!! Filed under: Hillary Clinton, 2008 financial security, her invocation of Karma Kisses, Gen President, Scandal is odd, considering the blows that the Does this mean she's withdrawing her mystical force has dealt her: Gennifer had endorsement of Hillary? enjoyed several years of success in her own Then, there was her recent advice for John nightclub in the New Orleans French McCain. Quarter called The Gennifer Flowers Kelso According to Vegas Confidential, the Club in which she sang and performed to In reading for this story, I've grown to like former Bill Clinton lover and current audiences from all over the world every Gennifer Flowers, aside from her Feature Performer, Entertainer & Advice night. But, two storms changed her broadsides at Hillary. Selling these tapes is Columnist, has announced plans to sell, at life...one was Katrina and the other was a unquestionably sleazy, but who's the real auction, audiotapes purported to be secretly divorce. sleaze here? In this trio, only one person taped conversations between Flowers and broke a promise, and it wasn't Gen or the former President: After the jump: What effect will this have Hillary. If she was my friend, I'd definitely Gennifer Flowers is putting the tapes of her on the current Presidential contest? What tell her to sell the tapes. If I was Hillary, I recorded conversations with Bill Clinton effect will the current Presidential contest would offer to buy them and donate the during their 12-year affair on the auction have on this? Why can't I think of any more money to charity. That would be a win-win. block, Vegas Confidential learned Monday. floral puns? Flowers, who came forward during If not for the recent, disastrous moves by If I was Bill, I'd probably be breathing a Clinton's 1992 Presidential election Clinton's campaign in stepping up the sigh of relief, like the rest of us, that there campaign with details of the relationship, negative tenor, this news might have was no video. said she decided to part with the tapes after actually helped Hillary. While some people renewed interest surfaced. express antipathy toward her decision to Tommy Links She was offered $5 million by a Japanese "stand by her man", those people are likely every political gnat this election season, collector in the 1990s, she said. not to view Hillary in any positive light. Barring a stunning, overwhelming victory they could do worse that to "Ask Gennifer Tommy Christopher Uncut l TomMySpace Asked about the timing of her at tonight's debate, or a precipitous stumble with a G". This advice pertains to l TommYoutube announcement coming out as Hillary by Obama in the next week or so, this race menopause, but it could just as easily be Clinton continues to slide in her For the majority of people, especially could be over on March 5, which would applied to our beleaguered pundit class and Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | presidential bid, "I don't need to hurt Democrats, the infidelity issue engenders at wilt Flowers' prospects of a big payday. their convoluted "Keith" numbers: Comments Hillary. She is doing a fine job of that least sympathy, if not a measure of With everything else that's going on, this Also, taking on a young lover never hurts! herself, along with her idiot husband. admiration for overcoming it. A crass cash- doesn't figure to affect Hillary much, as it It certainly makes you aware of your body Karma is an interesting thing. If these two in like this would have reminded many shouldn't. and makes you feel damn good about don't get elected, and they are a team, it people of what a class act Hillary is yourself! That advice, of course, will be will be karma coming back to visit them. compared to Flowers and her husband. Of course, with the punditry flailing at criticized but I only say it because it's true! Chris Dodd Endorses Obama By David Knowles (Political Dodd, 2008 President contender for the nomination--the Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Machine) endorsement means yet another Super- Comments Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd has delegate is breaking Obama's way. More up Submitted at 2/26/2008 1:23:00 AM decided to endorseBarack Obama today. In -to-the-minute news of the Supers can be Filed under: Endorsements, Democrats, addition to the symbolic import of a nod in congress--and a recent high-profile found here. Barack Obama, Breaking News, Chris from one of the most respected Democrats 2 Politics * Your Click and Print Newspaper Rice Seeks China's Help on North Korea Bush Sees Republican By Mark Impomeni (Political of the first phase are carried out. Machine) We are the cusp of something very special Victory in November Submitted at 2/25/2008 11:30:00 PM here. Now it is time to move on because the By Mark Impomeni (Political Filed under: Bush AdministrationIn a tacit denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is Machine) admission that developments in North in everyone's interest. Korea are not keeping pace with U.S. Submitted at 2/25/2008 2:00:00 PM expectations, Secretary of State What I am expecting from China is what I Filed under: President Bush, John McCain, Condoleezza Rice, on a tour through Asia, am expecting from others: Use all influence 2008 PresidentPresident Bush confidently met with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang possible with the North Koreans to told an audience at the Republican Jiechi and asked for China's help in convince them that it is time to move Governors Association's annual fundraising influencing the North Koreans. The forward."Yang responded by committing dinner that Republicans will keep the White Administration now admits that North China to the goals of the Six-Party Talks, House in the presidential elections this fall. Korea is not making progress in but also subtly put the United States on The reason? The president said that it was dismantling or declaring its nuclear notice that China's help with the North all about Iraq. weapons programs, which it had agreed to would not come freely. Yang said that it is "I believe the American people understand do by the end of the year in exchange for incumbent on all parties to the talks to that success in Iraq is necessary for the long deliveries of fuel oil and the release of "create favorable conditions to overcome -term security of the American people. And North Korean funds held frozen in Asian the current difficulties and move forward we will elect somebody to the White House banks. the six-party process as soon as possible." who will keep up the fight to make sure Iraq is secure and free."The notion of Iraq At the end of last year, the Bush Of course, the Bush Administration, like being the central issue of the campaign is Administration was considering normalized the Clinton Administration before it, has probably music to both Sen. John McCain's relations with North Korea, in exchange for been here before with North Korea. If the and Sen. Barack Obama's ears. McCain is the North's adherence to the schedule of de- North has demonstrated anything in the running on his championing of the troop letter to North Korea's reclusive ruler, Kim nuclearization it had agreed to in the Six- various rounds of negotiations that have surge strategy, now widely recognized as a Jong-Il, last December, respectfully calling Party Talks with the governments of the been conducted over its nuclear weapons success, and Obama is running in part on him "Mr. Chairman," and imploring him to United States, China, Japan, South Korea, programs, it has demonstrated that it will his opposition to the war from before it meet the commitments that the North made Conservative Political Action Conference and Russia. The U.S.'s chief negotiator in do just enough to win concessions from the began. Sen. Hillary Clinton, on the other at the Six-Party Talks. But the United in Washington. McCain is working to shore the talks, Ambassador Christopher Hill, negotiators, and then do no more until it hand, who has had trouble completely States has rejected the North's declaration up his position with those conservative announced in late October that the wins still more concessions. All the while, explaining her pro-war vote to the anti-war of its nuclear programs as incomplete and voters, and may need the president's help in dismantling of the North's Yongbyon it will cheat on its obligations, and continue Democratic base, would probably just as now recognizes that progress on the doing so. nuclear reactor was "going well," and that to develop weapons in secret. The Bush soon have Iraq be a non-issue in the fall. disablement of Yongbyon is not moving he expected that the December 31st Administration seems intent on tying up all apace. McCain may also utilize the president as deadline for the dismantling and the of its foreign policy loose ends before the The president's prediction is not surprising, fundraiser-in-chief. McCain has declaration of past activities would be met. end of its term. But like the Clinton given that this was a fundraiser and he was Rice, In Beijing, expressed hope that China acknowledged that he doesn't much like Yesterday's meeting between Secretary Administration, it has found an unwilling charged with giving a pep talk to the and the United States would be successful fundraising and isn't very good at it. Rice and Foreign Minister Jiechi indicates partner in Kim Jong-Il. attendees. But is does raise the question of in getting the North back on track. President Bush is an excellent fundraiser, that the Bush Administration no longer just how much the president will be "I believe that all of the parties to the six- raising a record $10.6 million for the shares that view. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | involved in campaigning for Sen. McCain, party talks have both an obligation and an Republican Governors at tonight's dinner. Comments the likely Republican nominee. McCain's President Bush went so far as to address a interest to make certain that the obligations Using Bush as the money man would also campaign has not officially indicated what allow McCain to keep his image as a the sitting president's role will be, but it politician who puts principle over politics may like to distance itself from a president and is not beholden to corporate interests. 'Proud' Clinton with job approval ratings mired in the low Despite his campaign's likely desire to By Greg McNeilly (Political Machine) John Glenn: ``Hillary and I both come from Hillary Clinton: ``I'm Hillary Clinton and I 30s. break from the White House, Sen. McCain middle-class families in the middle of approved this message.'' Ohio's primary is Submitted at 2/25/2008 1:29:00 PM may find that the president could be a America. As long as Annie and I have March 4th and it'll send 161 delegates to However, President Bush remains a hugely valuable commodity in the fall. Filed under: Hillary Clinton, AdsHillary known her, Hillary's fought for working the convention in Denver. An average of popular figure with the Republican Party's Clinton's effort in Ohio is airing a new spot people. She'll end $55 billion in giveaways current polling shows Clinton at 50.3% and conservative base, as evidenced by the Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | featuring Buckeye hero and former U.S. to corporate special interest and invest that Obama 40.7%. raucous early-morning welcome given the Comments Senator John Glenn. The :30 second spot is money to create jobs in research and president earlier this month at the titled "Proud." innovation to rebuild the middle class. And Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Hillary will fight to change trade deals like Comments The ad script reads: NAFTA. She's been doing that for years. I'll be proud to call Hillary my president.'' Your Click and Print Newspaper Politics * Business * 3 EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: MGM Mirage Ellen Shows Up for Clinton Hillary Campaigns in By Greg McNeilly (Political Machine) another that must also be on her brain: Vermont (MGM): Value play "Well, we're going to win Ohio and Submitted at 2/26/2008 1:55:00 AM Michigan!" By Mo Rocca (Political Machine) for high rollers Filed under: Hillary Clinton, After ten seconds of applause and smiles, Submitted at 2/25/2008 4:11:00 PM By Steven Halpern (BloggingStocks) DemocratsMonday night, in Pennsylvania, she let the crowd know that her strategy Ellen DeGeneres made a surprise hadn't taken a suddenly bizarre turn. Lost in all the attention being paid to the Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:52:00 AM "crucial" Texas and Ohio Democratic appearance at a Hillary Clinton for "Wait a minute, Ohio and Texas," she Filed under: Newsletters, Stocks to Buy President rally via video up-link. shouted. "We already won Michigan." contests is the fact that Vermont is also holding a primary. Hillary is not taking the "MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) is arguably Degeneres also asked Clinton if she is the world's top publicly traded casino DeGeneres hosts a one-hour variety talk- "being given a harder time" because she is Green Mountain state for granted... gaming company; from budget-minded show, airing five times a week. Monday's a woman (the question got a loud cheer families at the Excalibur to high-rollers at video appearance was not an endorsement from the mostly female audience at George the Bellagio, no segment of the market and will appear nationally, on Tuesday's, Washington University). should slip through the cracks," says value Ellen show. "I think that it's my opportunity to make my Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments investor Nathan Slaughter. case the best I can," Clinton said with a In Half-Priced Stocks, he explains, "But CNN reports, at the rally, Clinton was also smile, while offering a standard line that this is just the beginning: the firm has introduced by Governor Ed Rendell (D-PA) she is up to whatever challenges the White ambitious plans to leverage its brands and who told the crowd of mostly college House may hold.Here's some footage of the take its gaming/hospitality experience to students that "we won't need to win in event: other growing markets around the world." Pennsylvania" in April if Clinton pulls of "Thanks in part to a landmark merger with wins in Ohio and Texas on March 4. cross-town rival Mandalay Group several Rendall added that the young people of "As we all know," Degeneres noted, Tonight is another Democrat debate which years ago, MGM is now the dominant America don't belong to one candidate. "Obama has now won 11 states in a row. is one week from primaries in Ohio, Rhode player on the booming Las Vegas Strip. What needs to happen to change the Island, Texas The merger also brought together two After comedian Ellen asked Clinton if she'd momentum?" and Vermont. complementary property portfolios, adding ban "glitter," things turned more political. Clinton was ready with an answer about her Mandalay's low/mid-tier casinos to MGM's CNN reports on the exchange: now well-known comeback plan, but she Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | mid/high-end resorts. accidentally swapped out one state for Comments "The company also has upscale resorts in other high-profile markets, including Atlantic City's Borgata, Detroit's MGM Grand, and the Beau Rivage on China Traipses Lightly on Human Rights Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Combined, the firm operates around 20 properties By Justin Paulette (Political Machine) China's role in Sudan), as well as the preparing an expansive spy network to featuring more than 42,000 hotel rooms. potential economic loss which could result monitor and control media access during Submitted at 2/26/2008 2:05:00 AM "And looking ahead, a busy development from a boycott, China has recently made the Games - and this example of Chinese pipeline and global expansion plans should Filed under: Scandal several gestures of good will with regard its "fautography" is telling of the state's modus keep both of those totals moving briskly In response to Beijing's hosting the 2008 humanitarian shortcomings. Yet gestures operandi.) forward. The company recently celebrated Olympic Games, human rights groups have are all that will likely result from China's the introduction of MGM Grand Detroit redoubled their efforts to pressure the empty platitudes to the world community. While the decision to allow China to host last October, and that property has already communist regime into international parley. the games is deeply pondersome, at least hit the ground running and emerged as a From its lofty perch as the world's most First, China proclaimed a potential there is hope that the focusing of global market leader. prolific jailer of political, journalistic and breakthrough in Sino-Vatican relations and attention on China may serve some boon Continue reading MGM Mirage (MGM): religious dissenters, to its continued hinted at a possible papal visit. The Church, for the hundreds of millions starving for Value play for high rollersPermalink | enforcement of the infamous (forced however, highly suspects the freedom within her iron tyranny. Email this | Comments sterilization, forced abortion and announcement is mere propaganda. Further, infanticidal) "one-child policy," China China announced this week that it was Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | provides ample inspiration for human rights willing to resume a human rights dialog Comments complaints. with Washington: "We are willing to have Note the emphasis on non-interference - a exchanges and interactions with the U.S. stark reminder of the great divide between In light of this renewed scrutiny and other countries on human rights on a words and actions, and a hallmark of (accentuated by Steven Spielberg's basis of mutual respect, equality and non- communist-style negotiations. (Earlier resignation as artistic director due to interference in each others' internal affairs." today it was revealed that China is 4 Politics * Business * Your Click and Print Newspaper Chuck Norris on Janet Huckabee By Dave (Political Machine) orchestrate a Democratic win in November? Submitted at 2/26/2008 1:53:00 AM Filed under: Mike Huckabee, 2008 This is apparently in response to the President, Scandal, Media "Hooters Hotel" incident of last week, as Chuck Norris talks about Janet Huckabee, reported by the San Francisco Chronicle: apparently not giving up: That eye-opening combination - a title bout This is probably the first presidential race in Sin City, which celebrates gambling, in history in which the contenders' spouses drinking and all things wild, along with a all have been subjected to intense scrutiny, hospitality chain favoring buxom too. Still true, however, is the maxim: waitresses in low-cut garb - could With an 8.9% home Behind every great man is a great woman. potentially shock the armies of evangelical And epitomizing that accolade is Janet conservative Christians who have made her price drop, W out- Huckabee, who deserves highlighted husband, the former governor of Arkansas, attention in this final installment of my the only remaining GOP opponent to party destroys his dad endorsement series, especially because her front-runner John McCain. character is also now under attack. The The article also noted that room space was By Peter Cohan (BloggingStocks) more I've gotten to know about her the extremely limited, and Janet was there to Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:07:00 AM more impressed I've become. see a local Arkansas resident in a prize Filed under: Market matters, Politics, ... fight. Which shows that despite the lede Presidential elections, Recession If the media's only accusation of her is to above, there isn't much to this. Not really Reuters reports that U.S. home prices fell a drop innuendos of her bad taste and choice eye opening at all, just some tight room The End is Nigh record 8.9% in 2007. The last time home of hotels, then Janet's standing on very space and a little bit of yellow journalism, prices fell anywhere near as much as in solid ground. The truth is liberal assuming (without evidence) the reactions By David Knowles (Political In a CBS News poll taken three weeks ago, 1991 when they lost 2.8% of their value. broadcasting agencies are on a biased of Christian conservatives. Machine) shortly before Super Tuesday, Obama and That was when the current president's smear campaign to ensure a Republican Clinton were tied at 41 percent. Clinton led Submitted at 2/26/2008 12:21:00 AM father was in office. And he presided over a doesn't sit in the Oval Office -- and they by 15 points nationally in January. $200 billion government bailout of the even will malign their spouses now to Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Featured Stories savings and loan industry. guarantee it. From John McCain to Janet Comments Unfortunately for Clinton, her slew of This is an impressive accomplishment for "McCain," how much lower can select recent attacks are backfiring. From Politico: junior. But it does not appear to be the end media go in their attempts to aid and even -- although it may mark the beginning of "You probably like that it has come down With a week to go before climactic tests in to Texas. If she wins Texas and Ohio, I the end. That's because, as you may have Texas and Ohio, Hillary Rodham Clinton's read by now, two million homeowners are Sam Zell sees real estate turnaround think she will be the nominee. If you don't campaign team has slipped into full deliver for her then I don't think she can be. expected to foreclose on their homes by the recriminations mode. Looking backward, end of 2009. The reason is that variable rate this spring It's all on you." interviews with a cross-section of campaign --Bill Clinton, addressing a rally in mortgages are resetting to rates higher than aides and sympathetic outsiders suggest a many borrowers can afford. By Zac Bissonnette (BloggingStocks) recovery phase." Beaumont, Texas. team consumed with frustration and finger- It's too early to tell how much the current Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:37:00 AM pointing about the apparent failure of president's housing market problems will If the recovery will indeed begin that Survey USA's latest Texas poll numbers: several recent tactical moves against Filed under: HousingSam Zell is one of the quickly -- and the bottom has already been cost the economy. Although, so far, he is Barack Obama. doing a good job of keeping the best real estate investors around and reached -- than beaten-down REITs have to Barack Obama 49% therefore one of the few people whose be considered for investment. Hillary Clinton 45% government from formally bailing out the Political machine has detailed the "tactical housing market. That is unless you take prognostications for the housing market are moves" here, here and here. If the trends of actually worth listening to. If you're willing to invest based on the idea "Make no mistake, if she loses either Texas into account the skyrocketing stagflation this race continue in their current direction, resulting from the Fed's interest rate cuts that Zell is likely to be right but aren't or Ohio, this thing is done." we'll be hearing a concession speech very And that's good news because, speaking on comfortable picking REITs on your own, --Clinton supporter James Carville. and the credit crunch. soon. Maybe the U.S. needs a break from Bushes CNBC's Squawk Box this morning, Zell Vanguard's REIT ETF (AMEX: VNQ) may had this to say about the housing market: "I be worth a look. After a big drop in 2007, The latest CBS/NY Times national poll: in power. Peter Cohan is President ofPeter S. Cohan think starts have already pretty much the ETF yields around 5%.Permalink | bottomed out," Zell said. "I think the Email this | Comments Obama, coming off 11 straight pirmary and & Associates. He also teaches management Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | at Babson College and edits The Cohan housing market this spring will begin its caucus victories, had the support of 54 Comments percent of the Democratic primary voters Letter.Read | Permalink | Email this | nationally. Clinton had 38 percent support. Comments Your Click and Print Newspaper Business * 5 Research In Motion CBS lower despite earnings RadioShack (RSH) soars (RIMM) lower on that beat estimates after crushing Q4 estimates weak economic news By Brent Archer (BloggingStocks) would consider a June bear-call credit By Brent Archer (BloggingStocks) For a bullish hedged play on this stock, I By Brent Archer (BloggingStocks) spread above the $27.50 range. A bear-call would consider an April bull-put credit Submitted at 2/26/2008 4:52:00 AM Submitted at 2/26/2008 4:08:00 AM credit spread is an options position that Submitted at 2/26/2008 3:44:00 AM spread below the $15 range. A bull-put Filed under: Earnings reports, Bad news, combines the purchase and sale of call Filed under: Major movement, Earnings credit spread is an options position that Filed under: Bad news, Research in Motion CBS Corp 'B' (CBS), Options, Technical options to hedge risk in case the stock reports, Good news, RadioShack Corp combines the purchase and sale of put (RIMM), Options, Technical Analysis, AnalysisCBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) doesn't do what you think but still leverage (RSH), Options, Technical options to hedge risk in case the stock Economic dataResearch In Motion Ltd. stock is trading lower this morning after the nice returns. This particular trade will make AnalysisRadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) doesn't do what you think but still leverage (NASDAQ: RIMM) stock is declining this company reported fourth-quarter profit of an 8.7% return in four months as long as shares are trading higher this morning after nice returns. This particular trade will make morning on news that consumer confidence 54 cents per share, above estimates of 52 CBS is below $27.50 at June expiration. the company posted a fourth-quarter profit an 8.7% return in just two months as long dropped to a 75.0 reading from a 87.3 cents per share. Investors don't like the fact CBS would have to rise by more than 11% of $101 million, or 77 cents per share, as RSH is above $15 at April expiration. reading last month, according to the that radio and TV profits slipped along with before we would start to lose money. beating analyst expectations of 72 cents per RadioShack would have to fall by more Conference Board. Wall Street is also earnings from CBS's publishing division. If share. RSH was helped by lower operating than 18% before we would start to lose feeling pressure this morning from a 0.4% you think this stock won't be rising too far CBS hasn't been above $27.50 by more costs, which counteracted a drop in same- money. gain in the core Producers Price Index, a in the coming months, then it could be a than a few cents since November and has store sales. If you think that the company key indicator of inflation. Both pieces of good time to look at a bearish hedged play shown resistance around $25.50 recently. won't fall by too much in the coming RSH hasn't been below $15 by too much in news are reinforcing worries that the on CBS. This trade could be risky if the US writers' months, then now could be a good time to the past year and has shown support around economy is suffering from stagflation, a strike does not adversely impact CBS's next look at a bullish hedged trade on RSH. $15.10 recently. This trade could be risky if combination of a weakening economy and After hitting a one-year high of $35.75 in quarter, but even if that happens, this the US economy continues to worsen, but rising costs. This could be a bad sign for a July, the stock hit a one-year low of $21.34 position could be protected by resistance After hitting a one-year high of $35.00 in even if that happens, this position could be company like RIMM that produces high- in January. This morning, CBS opened at CBS might find at its 50 day moving June, the stock hit a one-year low of $13.31 protected by the support the stock might cost, often discretionary goods. If you think $24.59. So far today the stock has hit a low average, which is currently around $25 and in January. RSH opened this morning at receive due to its positive announcement this stock won't be rising too far in the of $24.25 and a high of $24.74. As of falling. $17.03. So far today the stock has hit a low today. coming months, then it could be a good 10:20, CBS is trading at $24.61, down 39 of $17.00 and a high of $19.00. As of time to look at a bearish hedged play on cents (-1.6%). The chart for CBS looks Brent Archer is an options analyst and 10:40, RSH is trading at $18.50, up $2.76 Brent Archer is an options analyst and RIMM. neutral and improving, while S&P gives the writer at Investors Observer. At publication (17.5%). The chart for RSH looks neutral writer at Investors Observer. At publication stock its lowest 1 STAR (out of 5) strong time, Brent neither owns nor controls and improving slightly, while S&P gives time, Brent neither owns nor controls After hitting a one-year low of $42.93 in sell rating. positions in CBS. Permalink | Email this | the stock a neutral 3 STARS (out of 5) hold positions in RSH.Permalink | Email this | April, the stock hit a one-year high of Comments rating. Comments $137.01 in November. This morning, For a bearish hedged play on this stock, I RIMM opened at $108.03. So far today the stock has hit a low of $105.01 and a high of $108.45. As of 11:00, RIMM is trading at $106.93, down $1.78 (-1.6%). The chart for A combined Microsoft-Yahoo! -- would it be the blind RIMM looks neutral and improving, while S&P gives the stock a positive 4 STARS (out of 5) buy rating. leading the blind? Continue reading Research In Motion (RIMM) lower on weak economic By Brian White (BloggingStocks) so that it can begin reaping the rewards of it can at least compete with Google in the newsPermalink | Email this | Comments search engine and text advertising. lucrative advertising arena while it Submitted at 2/26/2008 4:22:00 AM Microsoft already has an ad platform for replenishes its cash pile from its software Filed under: Deals, Microsoft (MSFT), this (adCenter), as does Yahoo! (Project business. So, what could Yahoo! mean to Yahoo! (YHOO)Although we're all still Panama). Both have failed to make even a Microsoft? It would bring hundreds of waiting for the outcome of Microsoft Corp. dent in Google's search advertising millions of customers to Microsoft -- that's (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s acquisition of Yahoo, dominance, so why would a combined a given. But if you can't properly monetize Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), the question Micro-Hoo think it can do any better? Is a that huge swath of customers (which remains: can a merged Micro-Hoo even combined search advertising market share Yahoo! has severely struggled with), what's catch Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) in really the meat of this merger, or would a the point? Microsoft may fear that Google the internet search engine advertising combined company just be the blind could become as big as it is some day in revenue race? Is that even Microsoft's leading the blind against first-mover terms of revenue and power -- and that strategy here? Google? could be the driving force: heading it off at nastiness should a merger occur. Microsoft the pass. Or, trying to at least.Read | would empty its entire cash pile to buy Most of the media world believes Microsoft Yahoo! has already rebuffed Microsoft's Permalink | Email this | Comments Yahoo!, and would be betting the farm that needs a new arsenal to catch up to Google offer, which already sets the stage for 6 Business * Tech Gadgets * Your Click and Print Newspaper Google getting clobbered -- Perot Systems (PER): Shares even I'm surprised cycle in bullish 'pennant' By Sheldon Liber (BloggingStocks) formation Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:22:00 AM By Larry Schutts (BloggingStocks) defense. Electronic Data Systems (NYSE: Filed under: Major movement, Forecasts, EDS) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are major Bad news, Rants and raves, Google Submitted at 2/26/2008 4:37:00 AM competitors. (GOOG) Filed under: Earnings reports, International The firm pleased investors earlier in the In the past two years I have written many Business Machines (IBM), Electronic Data month, when it reported Q4 EPS of 35 posts about how I thought Google Inc. Systems (EDS), Technical Analysis, Stocks cents and revenues of $732 million. (NASDAQ: GOOG) was overvalued. A lot Google's search volumes were decent (up to Buy Analysts had been looking for 30 cents and of analysts' predictions over this time 39 percent year-on-year), actual paid clicks Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) $707.9 million. The CEO attributed the Wii sees homebrew would make quite a piece of fiction, and I were flat...continuing a decidedly negative offers information technology, business solid results to new business, globally- have taken a lot of flack from the Google trend," analyst Benjamin Schachter said in process outsourcing and strategic delivered projects and existing client hackery aplenty, dreamers for saying so. a note. The analyst cut his price target on consulting services through its operations expansion. Management also guided Q1 the stock to $590 from $650, while in the US, Mexico, Europe and India. EPS to 21-23 cents (21 cent consensus) and official update Today, however, I think the investing continuing to rate it 'buy.' Offerings include applications Q1 revenues to $665-$680 million masses have it all wrong. Not that I think So UBS analyst Schachter cuts his price development, systems integration, claims ($673.52M consensus). By Donald Melanson (Engadget) Google will see another meteoric rise any target. But he still rates the stock a buy -- so processing, call center operations, Continue reading Perot Systems (PER): Submitted at 2/26/2008 3:30:00 AM time soon, but as usual the pendulum can why is everyone running for the exits? The enterprise analysis and research. The Shares cycle in bullish 'pennant' swing wildly and today that may be the stock is down about 7% so far today from company serves clients in banking, formationPermalink | Email this | Filed under: GamingIt's only been a short case. It seems that a little bad news is yesterday's close of $486.44, to about $458 insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, Comments causing a mighty stir. and wavering. That after losing $21 telecommunications, travel, energy and UBS cut its price target on Google Inc. yesterday. after U.S. paid-search data for January Continue reading Google getting clobbered showed Google's sponsored clicks, the -- even I'm surprisedPermalink | Email this | Dell's XPS 630 gaming desktop gets official, basis for its advertising revenue, fell 7 Comments percent sequentially. Google's January sponsored clicks were flat on a year-over- reviewed year basis, according to comScore. "While By Darren Murph (Engadget) snag your own for as little as $1,249 right now. Click on through for more of the Submitted at 2/26/2008 2:45:00 AM breakdown. 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Continue reading Dell's XPS 630 gaming "A decline in home ownership is good for Northwest, the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. You can beef things up with 4GB of DDR2 desktop gets official, reviewed companies who have apartments to rent," "In some cases, they develop their own RAM, 1TB of HDD space or an optional card reader, gigabit Ethernet, audio in / out, notes The Dave Dyer Newsletter. To properties; in others, they buy and remodel Blu-ray drive and AGEIA PhysX FireWire and even PS/2 mouse and Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments benefit from this trend, he looks at Avalon existing apartment complexes. They accelerator, and you'll have plenty of room keyboard connectors. Also of note, it's the Bay (NYSE: AVB)." Here is his review. currently own 182 properties with about for all those peripherals thanks to six total first pre-fab PC to support the Enthusiast "After a 10 year period of consistent 52,000 apartments in total. AVB has 19 USB 2.0 ports, an optional 19-in-1 media System Architecture (ESA), and you can increases from 1995 to 2005, the trend more properties under constructions and toward increasing home ownership has development rights for another 52. reversed and is now clearly in decline. The Continue reading Avalon Bay (AVB): subprime problems and tighter credit More renters boost apartment policies will only serve to increase the REITPermalink | Email this | Comments decline. "One of the easiest ways to invest in this Your Click and Print Newspaper Tech Gadgets * 7 WII continued from page 6 while since we saw the first successful updated to the Wii OS (version 3.2), but attempts at Wii homebrew, but things now contrary to what the timing would suggest, look to have busted wide open, with hacks it apparently doesn't do anything to block seemingly turning up left and right these you from getting your homebrew fix. days. Most notably, the folks from the GameCube Linux project have recently let Read - GameCube Linux project loose a proof of concept Linux "mini- Read - TehSkeen, SNES emulator distro" that makes use of the now infamous Read - Wii News, Wii Mode MP3 Player Twilight Princess hack to turn the Wii into Read - MaxConsole Forums, Wii Update Creative drops Zen a tiny (and so far not very useful) Linux 3.2 box. If that's a bit too much you, however, pricing -- 8GB Zen you may be interested in some of the tamer [Thanks to everyone who sent these in] homebrew fare that recently made its debut, now $149 including an MP3 player and, you guessed Permalink | Email this | Comments By Nilay Patel (Engadget) it, an SNES emulator. In related news, Poll: How about them MacBook Nintendo also just pushed out an official Submitted at 2/26/2008 4:27:00 AM updates? Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable By Paul Miller (Engadget) refresh, and perhaps a little bit of SSD. We Video can understand Apple not wanting to steal Submitted at 2/26/2008 3:04:00 AM the MacBook Air's thunder, and to be fair Creative keeps slashing Zen prices -- just a Filed under: Features, Laptops most major manufacturers put the new couple weeks after cutting the 32GB model Penryn chips inside existing form factors, to $299, it's back with price cuts to the We all knew this day was coming. Apple's but that doesn't mean it's wrong for you to midrange. The 4GB Zen is now just $99, previous MacBook Pro revision was be upset. So, how do you really feel? while the 8GB model falls to $149 -- the certainly getting long in the tooth, a same price as the 4GB iPod nano, for those MacBook spec bump never hurt anything, of you keeping score at home. Not bad, not and hey, Penryn isn't getting any younger. View Poll bad at all -- but we'll wait to see what Still, it's pretty obvious that quite a few of comes of this Zen Share rumor first. the Apple faithful feel like the MacBook Permalink | Email this | Comments Pro and its cute little MacBook sidekick are Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments in some serious need of a form factor iPhone and iPod touch get 1.1.4 firmware update By Paul Miller (Engadget) successfully updated haven't seen any changes, but we'll keep you posted. Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:31:00 AM ACU dishing out iPhone / iPod Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Portable Video Apple's 1.1.4 firmware update for the Read - iPhone update direct link touch to all incoming freshmen iPhone and iPod touch just hit the wires, Read - iPod touch update direct link By Darren Murph (Engadget) students to "receive homework alerts, courtesy of iTunes 7.6.1.9. Nobody knows Read - TUAW's live coverage answer in-class surveys and quizzes, get what exactly is in store (SDK support, Submitted at 2/26/2008 3:54:00 AM the record, no SDK has hit Apple directions to their professors' offices, and perhaps?), so obviously those jailbreakers Developer Connection yet, so take that for Permalink | Email this | Comments Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, check their meal and account balances" -- out there might want to hold off while the what you will. So far those who've Portable Video and that's just for starters. Interestingly, we braver souls among us give it a shot. For Never heard of Abilene Christian aren't told whether or not the folks already University? We're guessing a wide majority enrolled will be left out -- nor what Checking out Sony's S-AIR, BDP-S350, and S550 at EHD of the general public hasn't either, but the determines which Apple you get -- but we By Ryan Block (Engadget) House 2008 shortly. institution is definitely getting its name out do know that the entity is hoping to there by promising each incoming "expand the program in the future." Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:51:00 AM Sony BDR-S350 and S550 profile 2.0 freshman this fall an iPhone or iPod touch. Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment player hands-ons Granted, these aren't being explicitly [Thanks, Byzil] Sony S-AIR hands-on marked as "free," but similar to Duke's Those at all curious for some thoughts and efforts in years past, ACU plans on using Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments initial reactions to Sony's new S-AIR war, head on over to Engadget HD! We'll Permalink | Email this | Comments these devices for educational enrichment. wireless system and their first big Blu-ray have more for you from Sony's Open Reportedly, the handhelds will enable player launches since the end of the format 8 Tech Gadgets * Technology * Social Net * Your Click and Print Newspaper Google Talk Turns Into a Chat Widget By Stan Schroeder (Mashable!) Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:40:19 AM A new Google Talk feature called Chatback lets you put up a widget on your website which lets visitors send messages directly to your Google Talk account. Your visitors, however, don’t need a Google talk account; they can simply start writing messages directly into the widget. The chat opens up in a new window, so visitors can leave the actual site and keep chatting. Everex's Cloudbook now in stock at Wal- Chatback is based on an iframe, so it’s not only for blogs; you can put it up pretty Mart, finally much on any website you want. Just go to By Donald Melanson (Engadget) laptop, at least for the time being (though the official Chatback page and grab the you can get the identical Packard Bell- code. Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:08:00 AM branded model in the UK). Hit up the read If you’re worried about visitors swarming Filed under: LaptopsIt's been a long time link below if you're ready to part with that your Google Talk accounts with silly coming, but after some confusion and a few $400, just be sure you know what you're questions, Google has thought of that; if Goldmund's Eidos 20 BD Blu-ray player false starts, Everex's Eee PC-competing getting yourself into. you set your status to “busy,” visitors won’t Cloudbook is now finally available to order be able to send you messages. Neat. costs $17k from Wal-Mart's website. As we've [Via Laptoping] ShareThis mentioned, now that ZaReason has dropped By Darren Murph (Engadget) than most low-end automobiles -- and we're it, Wal-Mart is also now the only place you Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments not even sure it's Profile 2.0. What we do Submitted at 2/26/2008 2:29:00 AM can get your hands on the budget-priced know is that the Eidos 20 BD includes an Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment AC-Curator power supply circuit, the outfit's own Magnetic Damper for lowering At first glance, we didn't really believe read errors and a chassis only a mother Mochila Now Lets You Add BBC Videos anyone would create a Blu-ray player with could love. To each his / her own, we a $16,900 sticker. Then we saw it was guess. produced by Goldmund. Continuing its To Your Blog long heritage of offering up grossly [Via CNET] overpriced wares for those with more By Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) to the content, with a little rev-share of the advertising proceeds thrown in. Says CEO money than sense, the firm is now Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Submitted at 2/26/2008 7:43:58 AM trumpeting a Blu-ray player more pricey Keith McAllister: If you are looking for some stock videos to The core technology is around licensing. add to your blog or Website, Mochila just We allow content owners to set custom iTunes now number two US music retailer added about 800 clips from the BBC own customized channel that appears in a content licensing around their content down By Nilay Patel (Engadget) Motion Gallery, the licensing arm of the constantly changing widget. Mochila serves to the asset level. BBC. It doesn’t include news clips ads in the widget and splits the proceeds 40 So the BBC can set parameters around what Submitted at 2/26/2008 4:48:00 AM unfortunately, but there are plenty of percent to the content owner, 30 percent to types of sites can show its videos, and even Filed under: Portable AudioLooks like science and culture videos. If you need a the Website or blog that publishes it, and block specific sites it does not want to be there's something to this "downloading nicely produced video of striped fish or keeps 30 percent for itself. associated with. And blogger scan create music" thing after all -- just eight months how to make a Singapore Sling, you can We are seeing more and more of these their own custom content channels. It is a after topping Amazon, iTunes has now find it on Mochila and embed it on your types of syndication platforms for good model. All it needs is better content. passed Best Buy to become the number two blog. You will have to sign up first and spreading traditional media content out to CrunchBase music retailer in the US. Apple says 50 agree to Mochila’s licensing terms. the Web. ClipSyndicate, for instance, does InformationMochilaClipSyndicateInformati million customers have bought over 4 of digital music sales growing each quarter, Mochila offers a large syndication library something similar for news video clips on provided by CrunchBase billion songs, with 20 million sold on ol' Wally may not be safe for long. from 350 different content partners, from ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox affiliates, Crunch Network: CrunchGeardrool over Christmas day alone. That leaves just Wal- including news articles, photos, and videos. as well as Bloomberg and AP video. the sexiest new gadgets and hardware. Mart in first place, but with the percentage Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments You can find content from Reuters, the AP, Mochila cuts the licensing deals with the Hearst and Getty Images and put it in a big media companies on behalf of bloggers post, or mix and match items to create your and Websites, and gives them legal access Your Click and Print Newspaper Technology * 9 Estimates Put Internet Yahoo Buzz Launches: Advertising at $21 Billion in U.S., $45 Billion Globally Popular Stories To Go On By Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) Submitted at 2/26/2008 9:47:16 AM Two reports are out today on the size of the Yahoo Homepage Internet advertising market. The Interactive By Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) Advertising Bureau has a preliminary estimate of $21.1 billion for U.S. Internet Submitted at 2/25/2008 9:00:47 PM ads in 2007, a 25 percent increase over Yahoo launches the much 2006. (For the fourth quarter of 2007, it is anticipatedYahoo Buzz tonight - a Digg- estimating $5.7 billion for the size of the like site that takes stories from pre- industry, up from $5.2 billion in the third approved news publishers (100 to start) and quarter). let’s users vote on stories and push them up Meanwhile, the Kelsey Group puts U.S. to the top of the page. Internet advertising at $22.5 billion for To see it in action, click on the buzz button Yahoo Announces Open 2007 (IDC, as previously reported, is at the at the end of this, or any, of our posts high end with $25.5 billion). (update: button functionality won’t be live The Kelsey Group also provides a global until Tuesday). Like Digg, the more users Search Platform estimate of $45 billion for Internet that vote for a story, via the embedded advertising, which is 7.4 percent of the total button or on the Buzz site, the higher the By Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) SearchMonkey). $600 billion global advertising market. Third parties will have an incentive to get story goes on Buzz. But user voting isn’t Submitted at 2/25/2008 8:58:41 PM That compares to a 6.1 percent share of the only factor in how well stories do. users to add their Yahoo search global advertising for online ads in 2006. Yahoo is also looking at their search engine Yahoo will soon be allowing third parties modification, which in turn can drive more And for what it’s worth (not much) it is to handle that kind of traffic flow. But to enhance the Yahoo Search experience. traffic to their sites. One thing third parties forecasting global internet advertising to logs in real time to determine hot or Yahoo is also prepared for that. Smaller breaking news. Stories on that topic will get The new platform, codenamed cannot change, though, are the order of reach $147 billion in 2012. These forecasts sites will only be linked on a fraction of the “SearchMonkey” and officially called Open results (see Erick’s post that touches on this are always wrong, but the 2007 numbers an extra boost in the rankings. total home page views - in effect, Yahoo is But there’s another part of Buzz that will Search Platform, will consist of a set of issue here). They can simply change the are helpful. turning down the firehose for those that APIs that allow third parties to modify way a result linking to one of their pages Crunch Network: CrunchBoardbecause it’s get publishers excited - every day a few of can’t handle it. the most popular stories will also be search results on Yahoo by adding images, appears to the searcher, and add additional time for you to find a new Job2.0 Yahoo isn’t the first large company to try structured data and additional deep links. rich media and links to structured data. featured on the Yahoo home page. Yahoo out the Digg model. In mid 2006 AOL has been experimenting with linking to The altered results can contain far more When this launches anyone will be able to relaunched the Netscape portal as a Digg- information than the current link and a bit create their own modifications and promote third party news directly from their home like site. AOL eventually moved the service page since last year. In one case, the Buzz of text from the website. For example, Yelp them - users can add as many as they like. to a different domain name and renamed it (a user generated local business review Below is a screenshot of a different search, team told me, 2 million visitors were sent to Propeller. The service has about 3.8 million Wired for a linked article in the two hours it site), one of the launch partners, will for “hillary clinton.” The New York Times monthly unique visitors (Comscore), include a photo, review information and the has altered the result to include links to was on the Yahoo home page. 2-3 stories compared to about 12.5 million for Digg. from Buzz will go on the Yahoo home page address and phone number of the business. other election news, debate analysis, and Some modifications will be turned on for added data for current delegate count and daily. CrunchBase InformationYahoo! Buzz has categories including users by default; others will only appear for total money raised: BuzzDiggInformation provided by users who’ve chosen to add them. Amit CrunchBase InformationYahoo! Open entertainment, world news, U.S. news, CrunchBase sports, business, health, and travel. Images Kumar, the product lead for the Open Search PlatformInformation provided by Crunch Network: CrunchGeardrool over Search Platform, says that the desired effect CrunchBase and video are also separate categories. the sexiest new gadgets and hardware. Of course, many publishers won’t be able is similar to Greasemonkey, a Firefox Crunch Network: CrunchGeardrool over addon that allows users to see modified the sexiest new gadgets and hardware. versions of websites (thus the codename EditGrid Adds Analytics, Mashup Functionality, and More By Mark Hendrickson (TechCrunch) retrieval capability we wrote about last Charts, Yahoo Finance, Reuters, Alexa, and thirty templates with which you can start month. Compete using simple in-cell functions. building your spreadsheets.CrunchBase Submitted at 2/26/2008 7:00:14 AM EditGrid is additionally debuting a beta InformationEditGridInformation provided Online spreadsheet software provider The new analytics (shown to the left) will version of its Excel plugin, which can be by CrunchBase EditGrid today is rolling out a set of let spreadsheet owners track views and used to import to and export from Excel, Crunch Network: CrunchBoardbecause it’s enhancements including analytics and visits over a spreadsheet’s lifetime. allowing for offline editing. time for you to find a new Job2.0 mashup functionality that adds to the image The new mashup functionality will let you dynamically import graphs from Google Finally, EditGrid now offers a set of over 10 Technology * Social Net * Your Click and Print Newspaper Photobucket Exec Departs Adobe AIR Vs Microsoft to Run New Startup, Silverlight: It’s All About MyPunchbowl Has BillShrink Numbers Its Own Buzz: News By Duncan Riley (TechCrunch) By Mark Hendrickson (TechCrunch) Feed for Parties Submitted at 2/26/2008 4:09:49 AM Submitted at 2/25/2008 11:55:20 PM By Mark Hendrickson (TechCrunch) I attended the official launch party for Peter Pham, VP of Business Development Adobe AIR (Pacific Region) today and as Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:00:15 AM over at Photobucket(acquired by FIM last much as the tech is impressive, I walked the deals provided by the various cellular Yahoo may have beat them to it with the May) has resigned to start a new company - away with one strong observation: this is a launch of its Digg clone, but MyPunchbowl BillShrink. providers. The company aims to improve user base war. on suggestion services like LowerMyBills too wants to announce a product called BillShrink, which has been in development Adobe’s Pacific technical director Mark “Buzz”, this one a Facebook News Feed for the past seven months and largely under by moving beyond comparison grids and Blair gave the keynote, and I can sumarize making clear suggestions that have been clone of sorts for party planning. the radar, will launch in a couple of weeks it as such: online apps offline, platform MyPunchbowl Buzz will give hosts and with the aim of helping users save money. generated by the analysis of many factors. independent, everywhere. There was a BillShrink will eventually move into other guests alike a way to keep track of what’s Its strategy lies in suggesting better service Q&A after the keynote that added to that, going on with the party scene as organized packages for select verticals, starting with verticals, such as credit cards and insurance but the only main new addition I got from plans, with the end goal of becoming a through the site. Initially it will consist of cellular phone plans. that is that AIR should be coming to Linux the onsite info stream shown below, but Consumers will answer a set of cell phone destination that consumers can trust and this year. return to frequently for spending advice. there are plans to expand its scope to service-related questions and optionally During Blair’s presentation was a slide on include RSS, instant messaging, and SMS- submit their wireless account username and The company will primarily generate the companies developing AIR apps. Some revenue from lead generation, similarly to based notifications as well. An API will password. The service will then extract we’ve covered already, like eBay, then eventually be provided for developers to your usage habits, assess your answers, and Mint. there were other names like the NASDAQ Schwark Satyavolu and Samir Kothari co- one will eventually come out on top. leverage the Buzz data for whatever suggest an optimal set of wireless package developing with AIR. Locally the purposes they desire off-site. CrunchBase configurations from the wide range of plans founded BillShrink, which has taken Commonwealth Bank was developing an Having said that both may well happily co- funding from Bessemer Venture exist side by side for years to come, but InformationMyPunchbowlInformation and add-ons that providers offer. This AIR app for Brokers. There was also some provided by CrunchBase Orbitz-like result set can be tweaked by Partners.CrunchBase impressive demonstrations post show, history shows that eventually the market InformationBillShrinkPhotobucketInformat will pick a favorite. Crunch Network: CrunchBoardbecause it’s changing your preferences, for example, in including a TripIt clone that runs on AIR time for you to find a new Job2.0 favor of more coverage over lower prices. ion provided by CrunchBase (post still to come). Disclosure: Adobe Australia paid for my Much of BillShrink’s power will come Crunch Network: CrunchBoardbecause it’s There’s no arguing that AIR is highly trip to the launch from its web scraping and normalization time for you to find a new Job2.0 capable, but so is Microsoft’s Silverlight. Crunch Network: CrunchBoardbecause it’s engine that will gather and make sense of Adobe and Microsoft have entered a war of time for you to find a new Job2.0 attrition, where like HD DVD vs Blu-ray Newt Gingrich’s American Solutions Google Talk Adds a Chatback Widget By Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) like Jajah, Jaxtr, Tringme, and Opens Silicon Valley Office GrandCentral (now part of Google). But Yahoo Buzz - Submitted at 2/26/2008 8:41:59 AM keeping it to text chat makes more sense. In a blog post Kralik talks about the rise of By Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) Do you really want random people on the IMs can be ignored easier than a ringing the Internet as a force in politics: “We’ve Submitted at 2/26/2008 10:53:57 AM Web IMing you? Google thinks so. VoIP line. Absolutely No established an office in Silicon Valley Yesterday, it added a chatback widget to Still, you are really asking to be distracted Don’t be surprised if you see former because we want to be in the middle of Google Talk that lets you put a little badge if you turn this feature on. Or disappointed. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich innovation and entrepreneurship and gain on your Website or blog linked to your What if you put the badge on your site and Threat to Digg strolling down the streets of Palo Alto. He’s firsthand knowledge of the latest Google Talk account. When you are no one wants to chat? opened a Silicon Valley office for his technological developments that will By Stan Schroeder (Mashable!) available, visitors to your site can start an Crunch Network: CrunchBoardbecause it’s American Solutions organization, which Submitted at 2/25/2008 11:06:43 PM continue to change online politics.” instant message conversation with you. supports limited government, and we hear time for you to find a new Job2.0 Gingrich talks about the new office in the This is a similar idea to all the call-me he’s been spending a lot of time in the area. Yes, yes, I’m taking the easy route by video above. buttons that have proliferated from startups David Kralik, the organization’s Director of Crunch Network: CrunchGeardrool over directly comparing Yahoo Buzz to Digg. Internet Strategy, is heading up the new the sexiest new gadgets and hardware. Mark wrote about Buzz earlier today, but I office. feel I had to drop in with my two cents, because, well, I expected more.

YAHOO page 11 Your Click and Print Newspaper Social Net * TV * 11 YAHOO continued from page 10 The similarities between Yahoo Buzz and However, believe it or not, this is fans of Yahoo services (there is such a BricaBox Officially Digg are obvious, although Yahoo Buzz absolutely everything I can tell you about thing, right?) will appreciate the fact that takes some ideas from memetrackers such Yahoo Buzz. That’s it. There’s not they can sign in with their Yahoo ID, and as Techmeme. By giving users (those who upcoming section, no fancy tools to see some will like the simplicity of the Launches Ning Competitor have signed in with their Yahoo ID) the how the stories become popular, no API interface. Other than that, it’s move along, By Kristen Nicole (Mashable!) ability to vote for stories, but at the same (they are planning it, though) for nothing to see here. time calculating a story’s popularity based developers to create third party On a general note, it’s really fascinating to Submitted at 2/26/2008 3:32:08 AM on searches, emails and other factors, applications… In fact, any Pligg site has watch all these humongous sites and We have Ning and Wordpress, and we even Yahoo is trying to deliver the best of both way more options and features than Yahoo companies not being able to replicate or have Google APIs, and other APIs offered worlds. Buzz, and even notoriously featureless match the functionality of smaller startups. on an individual scale by various startups They got the simplicity of use and the Techmeme has several different views (font Given the resources that a company like and other social networks. So what if you’d design right, at least for the casual user. size, threads open/closed). One could argue Microsoft, Yahoo or AOL has, one would like to take pieces of all of these offerings of a wiki isn’t one that plays into The site displays recently popular stories in that Yahoo Buzz aims for absolute say that their Digg clones (Yahoo Buzz, and make your own creation? That’s what BricaBox’s goals here, though wikis are a neat animation at the top, and the rest of simplicity, but I’m not buying it. Digg’s Propeller) or their Netvibes/Pageflakes BricaBox is going for. Andy got to take a quite malleable for social and collaborative the site is easy to use and nice enough to interface is even cleaner and even simpler clones (My.Yahoo, My.Netscape) should look at it a few months back when purposes. So in that regard, BricaBox may look at. For some reason, some of the in some regards, and yet it offers a myriad blow the competition out of the water, and BricaBox launched its private beta at the be the tool of choice for collaboration niche categories are in a drop down menu of options and features, let alone dozens of yet they disappoint us more often than not. BlogExpo in New York, and was quite sites. And while there are countless ways in (Sci/tech, for example), which is slightly third party applications. It seems that Google is the only giant out impressed at the conglomerate approach which you can go about creating a network, annoying but nothing that can’t be there who’s able to get it right; I wonder that BricaBox has taken to the DIY niche depending on your ability to customize on forgiven. Content-wise, it’s important to Flashy front page, but there’s nothing how much that fairy tale is going to last. site. Now BricaBox is officially launching the development end, BricaBox’s appeal is note that some buzzed stories will appear behind the facade. ShareThis to the public. in its ready-to-wear approach to site on the Yahoo home page, which should put All in all, I’m afraid that Buzz is just Taking some drag’n'drop cues from Ning creation. Digg’s traffic surge and the fabled Digg Yahoo catching up with the times; there’s and the growing necessity to aggregate What I do wonder at, however, is effect to shame. little innovation or novelty here. Long time social media content, BricaBox lets you BricaBox’s involvement with open choose the modules you want in order to platforms on existing social networks. Not build the type of network you want. With just the ability to allow developers to create some customizable templates, you can compatible applications for a BricaBox Yahoo’s Quest for Open: Inconceivable choose to make a photo-sharing site, a local network, but the ability for a developer to By Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins (Mashable!) which the tracking algorithm derives its reviews site, a video-sharing site, or a wiki, delve into other networks through judgments of me. to name a few. The primary goal here is to BricaBox. A platform approach for Submitted at 2/25/2008 9:16:55 PM Similarly, the new Yahoo! Buzz isn’t so provide the tools for creating a BricaBox could benefit the company as Yahoo just sent us a set of press materials much of an open system as it is at its core, a collaboration site that you can share well as its users, and I think this is going to amongst your friends. be a consideration that becomes somewhat talking up the buzzword of the moment - be very cool. The new Yahoo Buzz looks memetracker. Memetrackers by their very Openness. In fact, the press materials were nature are sucking in user generated content standard in the coming year. like it implements the best of several ShareThis pretty short; they were only around ten worlds as a virtual mash-up of Google and usually bits of mainstream press as paragraphs or so. They used the word (or a well. That my blog may end up within their In terms of functionality, is this something News, Techmeme and Digg. Similarly, if a wiki can do? I think the inherent structure derivative of the word) ‘open’ in it close to the new Yahoo search works anything like Buzz Index doesn’t make it open - just forty times, though. the demonstrations of Collarity’s accurate. Open is a concept that really The information they sent on our way Behavioral Relevance Engines I’ve seen, doesn’t much apply to the concept, unless How to draw The Venture Bros. essentially covered two topics - the they want me to be able to export, again, Yahoo could be buying their ticket back By Annie Wu (TV Squad) upcoming release of the new Yahoo! Buzz into the search game. my profile and attention data to other social (which we snuck some screenshots of Here’s the deal, though: neither product has networks or to source XML code. Submitted at 2/26/2008 3:02:00 AM earlier today). The other is a new revision much of anything to do with ‘open,’ and I Here’s a free tip, Yahoo: you’re starting to to Yahoo! Search that uses behavioral do some cool and highly relevant things Filed under: OpEd, Animation, Adult can’t say I appreciate the framing of it as SwimThe Venture Bros.storyboard artist tracking to change the results of your such. Open with relation to search again. Don’t muck it up by using all the search screens in much the same way that wrong lingo and buzzwords in your (and all-around awesome cartoonist) (especially when you’re talking about a Stephen DeStefano has decided to update Collarity tailors their site searches for better system that does behavioral tracking) salesmanship of your cool and relevant results. things. his art blog a little more often and if this is would be ownership, or at least any sign of things to come, VB fans are in Don’t get me wrong - both of these new exportability of my attention data from ShareThis offerings from Yahoo have the potential to for a treat. As most of you know, there are three things that I love in life: drawing, The Continue reading How to draw The Venture Bros, and fine cheeses. Venture Bros. DeStefano's latest update covered two of those categories, so I grabbed a handful of Permalink | Email this | | Comments aged cheddar cubes and basked in its greatness. 12 Social Net * Your Click and Print Newspaper The Daily Poll: What’s Fundability: Make (Seed) Wrong at Google? Money Fast! By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!) By Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins (Mashable!) Submitted at 2/26/2008 7:10:54 AM Submitted at 2/25/2008 10:26:10 PM Break.com Gets NBA Remember all of those stories about Google I’ve had funding for projects before. passing symbolic share price milestones Sometimes it has been a blessing. Content Too. such as $600 and $700? At its peak in Sometimes it has been a downright curse. November, Google was trading at ads has gone down through the years, as The lingering curse of having once been Everybody’s Doin’ It. $747.27/share, carrying a market value of complex search marketing and affiliate funded is being constantly approached by more than $234 billion. How times have friends and acquaintances to find funding group, which allows you to distribute to By Kristen Nicole (Mashable!) programs buy an increasing amount of groups of investors deals you find. changed. Three months later, Google sits space in search results, hence making it for their projects. Now I have a pat answer Submitted at 2/26/2008 3:29:21 AM around $450/share, and has lost nearly for them that doesn’t require me to tell For investors, they can have pre-screened harder to find the best places to shop. In the deals sent automatically to them by creating Football is over, and basketball is in full $100 billion in market value. Today, shares past, I’d often find the ads more valuable them outright how hard it will be to find are down another 7%, on word from funding for a paintball booth for a an “Investor SweetSpot.” They can also swing. We’ve seen NBA content added to than the search results for certain queries; join or start a Virtual Investment Group and Joost a few weeks back, and ESPN is comScore that the amount of Google ads this has definitely not been the case in the Halloween haunted house (just one random that users are clicking fell 7% from example from memory). syndicate deals with other groups or angels. making some headway with its free, online last year or two, at least in my experience. All this isn’t free, however. Fundability initiatives. The latest to bring NBA content December to January. Now it’s your turn to be the analyst. The answer is Fundability. I’m not absolutely 100% on it’s effectiveness yet, gets theirs by charging the entrepreneurs online is Break.com. Beginning today, Today’s poll: who want the money a $49.99 a month fee Break.com will provide NBA video In addition to the decline in paid clicks, Why is Google's stock tanking? as it’s been a largely under the radar I’ve heard several arguments both on the company, or at least largely under my to find themselves a funder. If the system highlights for the remainder of the season. • Declining Paid Click Business does what it and their case studies claim, Videos from the 2008 All Star Game are financial news networks and on various • The Weakening Economy radars. What they claim to do, however, is blogs as to why Google is tanking. For one, genius. Dubbing themselves a “web based though, that $49.99 a month could be also being featured on the site. Break.com • Lack of Focus money very well spent. has made a name for itself as a network there’s the idea that as the economy cools, • Lack of Revenue Streams deal flow marketplace for entrepreneurs people are going to be spending less, and and investors,” their goal is to match Alarm:Clock says they’ve just raised $3M with grand appeal to the college-age male • Declining Quality from Velocity Ventures in January, though sector, so layering in NBA video highlights hence, clicking fewer ads. There’s also the • It's Overvalued! projects with investors via various social lingering concern that Google has lost networking functionality and algorithmic no word on whether that money was raised is right up this video-sharing network’s • Irrational Investor Fear using their own system (my money says alley. The highlights get their own channel, focus, expanding into areas like mobile and View Results matching. trans-pacific cable (there’s also the If you’re an investor, you can set the no). which can be accessed here. The new ShareThis channel also presents new advertising somewhat hypocritical argument that ShareThis system up to send you pre-screened deals Google has no real revenue streams other sent to you by creating your ‘Investor opportunities for brands that may or may than paid clicks). SweetSpot,’ or join a virtual investment not already have a presence on Break.com. Personally, I’d also argue that the quality of With the distribution options for spreading NBA content and other content across the web, it’s clear that a number of video Share Your Investment Portfolios on aggregation networks can provide just about all the content you’d ever want to see. When it comes to highlights, one of the Facebook most important things that an aggregation video network can do to differentiate itself its investment and financial networking larger confines of its stand-alone network By Kristen Nicole (Mashable!) Zynga Launches Game is by providing added value any way it can. services, following along the same path as to the existing social graph you already Submitted at 2/25/2008 9:33:01 PM Break.com has recently signed with most other collaborative networks out have on Facebook. Is that more beneficial Center API to Help Spread Verizon to provide mobile video content, Cake Financial has just launched a there. With the benefit of having the than seeing the shared knowledge from Your Facebook Apps while Gotuit offers some personalized Facebook application. You can take your wisdom of the crowds, Cake Financial is those that have proven themselves on Cake search and organization tools for users to investment knowledge to your Facebook aiming to be present wherever its users are, Financial? That really depends on who your By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!) have some interactivity with their videos. friends, share your investment portfolio and in a rather integrated manner. It’s friends are. Surely the combined Submitted at 2/26/2008 6:06:23 AM ShareThis gain from the collective knowledge of all somewhat similar (albeit in reverse order) information of such data will be more your b-school college friends. The to what LendinClub has done, in its helpful than harmful. Hopefully the Zynga, the developer of games for social important information, like your net worth, enabling of users to look to their trusted newsfeed alerts for updates made to your networks, has launched Game Center, an isn’t revealed, so it’s rather understood that network of friends and acquaintances for Cake Financial account won’t get too API for getting your games exposure this application works quite similarly to the financial purposes. While LendingClub annoying for your friends! through Facebook. The API allows you to Cake Financial stand-alone network. doesn’t deal in the sharing of personal ShareThis integrate what Zynga calls “the SocialBar” portfolios, it’s easy to see the parallels. into your applications, which is essentially This move makes Cake Financial one of the Cake Financial is shifting its networking first to take such an expanded approach to tools from that of anonymity within the ZYNGA page 13 Your Click and Print Newspaper Social Net * TV * 13 ZYNGA Podcast: Another Conversation continued from page 12 a way for developers that partner with sites, including Bebo, Friendster, and Zynga to cross-promote their games. For Meebo. with VideoEgg’s Troy Young example, you may see games that your Mark recently did a podcast with Zynga By Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins (Mashable!) friends are playing, or new games that have founder and CEO Mark Pincus, embedded been recently added to Zynga’s network. below. For developers interested in Submitted at 2/25/2008 11:56:51 PM The company is announcing 14 different building apps for Zynga’s Facebook Last time VideoEgg CMO Troy Young was partner games launching on the API today, network, details and documentation are on Mashable Conversations, he was including Oregon Trail, Tycoon, and available here. announcing the partnership of VideoEgg Fantasy Football. Zynga has raised $10 million in funding, with a literal slew of multimedia websites, lead by Union Square Ventures. including MetaCafe, Imeem and Buzznet. The API for Facebook games isn’t to be This time around, the announcement was confused with the company’s platform, no less momentous, as it is a giant leap which launched just two weeks ago. ShareThis forward in pioneering the concept of Zynga’s platform is designed for getting monetizing engagement based video and your games on multiple social networking interactive ad units. I have to say, even before this conversation and demo with Troy, I was starting to drink the Kool-Aid HBO launches YouTube channel on engagement based pricing for advertising (something Microsoft has done By Allison Waldman (TV Squad) recently, as well). It’s a boon for advertisers Submitted at 2/26/2008 3:43:00 AM who want a savvy looking ad. It’s still too early to tell how this will affect Get the Mashable Conversations podcast Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other the market as a whole, and exactly what here. Comedy Shows, Sports, Cable/Satellite, types of sites this will best be placed on. Add directly to iTunes here (or give us a Entourage, Web, The WireIn recent weeks, We discussed our predictions on this rating). TV Squad has reported that HBO has made episode, though, and it will be interesting to Add directly to your Zune here. episodes of their new drama series In come back in a few months and see how You can check out VideoEgg’s AdFrames Treatment available for free viewing accurate we were. here. online. Now, HBO has taken another step The embed is available below, or you can in expanding its brand and making some of Extras, Stand Up Comedy, Def Comedy download the MP3 file directly here. ShareThis their top shows available on the web. The Jam, and Real Time With Bill Maher. On cable channel has just inked a deal with the dramatic front, there's The Wire. In YouTube to create an HBO channel online. addition, you can watch episodes of the The HBO/YouTube site is up and running - award-winning magazine show Real Talking "Dirt" with Courteney Cox - - you can click over there today and start Sports, as well as the Latino documentary catching up on HBO series. series Habla y Habla.

VIDEO The initial line up is impressive, starting Continue reading HBO launches YouTube By Jonathan Toomey (TV Squad) the case this season as you can see by the with the Gabriel Byrne drama In Treatment. channel much more jovial, comic book feel of the You can also catch up with Entourage Submitted at 2/26/2008 2:02:00 AM new ads. As much as I loved the first episodes, which are always fun. There are Permalink | Email this | | Comments Filed under: OpEd, Video, Interviews, season, it was nothing that I expected it to more laughs with Flight of the Conchords, Celebrities, Early Looks, Dirt be. Trust me when I say that season two With the season two premiere of FX's Dirt very quickly makes up for that deception. just around the corner (this coming Sunday, I've now had the chance to screen the first March 2nd, at 10:00PM), you may have two episodes and even got the opportunity noticed that the ad campaign is in full to sit in on a conference call with Cox last effect. The image to the right has been week. Read on for my thoughts on season adorning everything from billboards in two, some quotes from the mouth of the Times Square to magazine pages. woman who plays Lucy Spiller, and a For those that weren't familiar with season sneak peek of the premiere episode. Be one, you might have thought that this was Courtney Cox (as ruthless tabloid editor warned though -- this does contain spoilers. an entirely new show altogether. If you Lucy Spiller) pale faced, in a blood red Continue reading Talking "Dirt" with recall the ad campaign for season one, at dress, overlooking Hollywood -- the Courteney Cox - VIDEO first glance the show looked much more breeding ground for her next headline. Not darker, and it was. The ads depicted Permalink | Email this | | Comments 14 TV * Your Click and Print Newspaper Quiz: How well do you know Starz first series will be Crash By Allison Waldman (TV Squad) American Idol families? Submitted at 2/26/2008 2:38:00 AM By Jason Hughes (TV Squad) Filed under: Other Drama Shows, The Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:01:00 AM Shield, Cable/Satellite, Pickups and Renewals, LifeStarz, the cable network, is Filed under: American Idol, Alumni, News getting into original production and their and GossipWhen I find good ones, I like to first project will be based on the 2005 Best take those really obscure pop culture Picture Oscar-winning film Crash. Glen quizzes to see if I truly have as much Mazzara, whose credits include Life, The useless pop culture trivia in my head as I Shield, Stand-Off and Nash Bridges, has think I do. So when AOL's latest American been named executive Idol quiz came out asking how much we producer/showrunner for the drama series. knew about the families of former Idol Lionsgate TV will co-produce with Starz, He is expected to reprise the part in the contestants, I was so there. It's only ten and they've greenlighted 13 episodes. Starz production and may even direct a few questions long but man do they dig into the episodes. In addition, director/co- obscure on some of them. The controversial film, which dealt with the writer/producer Paul Haggis and others intersecting lives of a myriad of people from the film are also on board for Starz. As TV Squad's resident Idol guy, at least living in Los Angeles in just 48 hours, Continue reading Starz first series will be for this year, I felt like my pride was on the centers on the character of Detective Crash line. How much do I really know about often does that happen (I'm kidding, I do Graham Waters. Waters, a police detective, Shyamali Malakar, she of the hotness to the know those things)? Find out if there's is struggling with his career, his drug addict Permalink | Email this | | Comments right there? And when it was over I'm not something wrong (or right) with you and mother and a criminal brother. The role was sure if I'm proud or horribly disturbed to post your results in the comments section. played by Don Cheadle (Picket Fences), report that I got 9 out of 10 right. Sure I'm who was also one of the film's producers. upset that I missed one, but I'm a little more upset that I got nine right. I think there may Permalink | Email this | | Comments be something wrong with me. I mean, how Talk Talk: Eric Bana, Saffron much do I know about stuff that matters. Who's running for President again and how Burrows, Lupe Fiasco The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Demon Hand - By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) Submitted at 2/25/2008 9:02:00 AM Filed under: Late Night, TV Royalty, VIDEO Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show By Brad Trechak (TV Squad) class. This episode went all "New Here's who's on the late night shows Testament" on us. tonight. Submitted at 2/25/2008 3:21:00 PM • Charlie Rose: updates on Pakistan and Filed under: OpEd, Video, Episode Summer Glau looked mighty fine dressed France Reviews, The Sarah Connor as a cop like that. Some might not find it • The Daily Show: Lee Siegel (repeat) Chronicles(S01E07) When I was in college, sexy, but I couldn't help but be reminded of • The Colbert Report: Leonard Nimoy and I took a science fiction class. In it, we when female strippers dress as cops. They John Feinstein (repeat) discussed the themes of the first two look a lot like that. At first, I mean. When • The Late Show with David Letterman: Terminator movies, such as the religious the clothes are still on. But I digress... Will Ferrell and Michael McDonald themes (note the initials of John Connor Continue reading The Sarah Connor • Jay Leno: Eric Bana, Catherine O'Hara, Ferguson: Jennifer Beals, Carrie Anne and the other religious figure with the same Chronicles: The Demon Hand - VIDEO and Tift Merritt Inaba, and Little Big Town initials) and the sources of violence (In the • Jimmy Kimmel Live: Anne Heche and • Last Call with Carson Daly: Melora first movie it came in the form of machines. I mention this because given the overt Permalink | Email this | | Comments The Helio Sequence Hardin and Lupe Fiasco The second backpedaled and blamed religious theme of tonight's episode, I • Tavis Smiley: Dee Dee Myers and minorities for violence). wonder if Josh Friedman was in the same Saffron Burrows • Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Will Arnett, Flavor Flav, and Super Furry Permalink | Email this | | Comments Animals • The Late, Late Show with Craig Your Click and Print Newspaper TV * Movies 15 New TV on DVD releases this week Oscars a flop in Nielsens and that's By Bob Sassone (TV Squad) not all Submitted at 2/25/2008 10:03:00 AM By Allison Waldman (TV Squad) Filed under: TV on DVD Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores Submitted at 2/25/2008 12:42:00 PM tomorrow. Filed under: Daytime, Celebrities, Ratings, • Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 5 Awards, EmmysOscar turned 80 last night. • B.L. Stryker - Season 1 For eight decades, Hollywood has been • Comanche Moon - Complete Mini-Series handing out gold statuettes for the best in • Dark Shadows - The Beginning: Vol. 3 motion picture arts and sciences. Sadly, last • Extras - Extra Special Series Finale night's show will not have to worry about • Family Affair - Season 5 winning an Emmy. Not only was the show • The Fugitive - Season 1, Vol. 2 pedestrian, long and uninspired, it was also • Ghost Hunters - Season 3, Part 2 a bomb in the Nielsen overnight ratings. In • Highlander: The Source (movie) fact, it was historically disappointing: • Hotel Babylon - Season 1 averaging just 32 million viewers to fortune for the network broadcasting it. • The Invisible Man - The Complete Edition become the least watched Oscar telecast ABC made an average of $1.8 million for Collection • The Smurfs - Season 1, Vol. 1 ever! EVER, people! each 30-second spot. • The Jackie Gleason Show - The • State of Play - Complete Mini-Series Continue reading Oscars a flop in Nielsens Honeymooners: Collection 2 (color) Of course, if you're worried that with and that's not all • The Justice League - The New Frontier ratings so bad, some day the Academy and New Frontier Special Editions Awards won't be broadcast -- don't. The Permalink | Email this | | Comments • Newhart - Season 1 Permalink | Email this | | Comments Oscars, like the Super Bowl, make a • Punky Brewster - Season 4 • The Red Green Show - 1999: Collector's Big Brother 9: Live feeds report - Feb. Now Elizabeth Banks is F**king Seth 25 Rogen! By Jackie Schnoop (TV Squad) By Jessica Barnes (Cinematical) brief appearance (but I guess they kind of Submitted at 2/25/2008 12:18:00 PM had too since they are in the movie after Submitted at 2/26/2008 2:02:00 AM all). Filed under: OpEd, Big Brother (US)By Filed under: Fandom, Movie Marketing, gosh, another day has gone by in the Big Trailers and ClipsI guess hearing musical Smith and company are still shooting the Brother 9 house. Now, you can believe it numbers about different celebrities f**king romantic comedy about two childhood was a day of niceties, butterflies wafting in each other is going to be all the rage for the friends who get into the porn business. a gentle breeze, houseguests treating each next little while. On the heels of the highly Rehearsal finished back in January and now other with kindness and respect. You can successful Sarah Silverman/Matt Damon Smith has begun shooting on location in believe the hamsters gathered together to gag, and the only slightly less funny *Chicago. Zack and Miri make a Porno is play a fast-moving exciting game of revenge song courtesy of Silverman's scheduled for release later this year. As for charades, then practiced their culinary skills boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel and Ben Affleck, this 'I'm F**cking ____", craze, I can only in an effort to make the best dinner ever. read on past the jump! comes a contribution from Seth Rogen and image who might come up with one next? Continue reading Big Brother 9: Live feeds Elizabeth Banks from the set of Zack and Hilary Clinton is f**king Obama? Not to You can believe that if you want. report - Feb. 25 Miri make a Porno (courtesy of Quick Stop mention, it is getting just a little less funny Entertainment) each time -- where is the next 'D**k in a But that's a far cry from what's actually Permalink | Email this | | Comments Box' when you really need it? been happening in the house as seen by the It's pretty much the same jokes as the other But, this is marketing for a Kevin Smith 24/7 live feed cameras. For show spoilers, two videos but with one notable difference; movie after all, so get ready for some truly *Correction: Smith is shooting in this time there is not a 'bleep' to be heard. crude lyrics; funny, but kind of gross. As PittsburghRead | Permalink | Email this | Honestly, maybe that's what's missing; for the cameos? Don't go looking for any A Comments sometimes a well-placed bleep can almost -listers in this video, but Jason Mewes, be funnier than the naughty word itself. Traci Lords and Craig Robinson all make a 16 Movies Your Click and Print Newspaper New DVD Picks of the Week: '30 Days of Fan Rant: 'The Banquet' Night' & 'Beowulf' Gets Degraded With a By Monika Bartyzel (Cinematical) this is certainly the biggest release to hit shelves this year. Along with Neil Gaiman, Submitted at 2/26/2008 3:02:00 AM Robert Zemeckis went back to performance "Legendary" New Title Filed under: Animation, Horror, New -capture technology to bring the Old By Peter Martin (Cinematical) Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, English epic to the screen. Ray Winstone Home Entertainment30 Days of Night roars as the powerful Beowulf, Crispin Submitted at 2/26/2008 1:02:00 AM In Barrow, Alaska, winter brings 30 days of Glover screeches as the desperate Grendel, Filed under: Action, Drama, Foreign darkness along with the biting cold. (And I and Angelina Jolie seduces as Grendel's Language, Independent, New on DVD, The thought dark-by-5 pm sucked.) No sun, just mother -- otherwise known as Jolie nude, Weinstein Co., Home Entertainment, bitterly cold blackness. Unsurprisingly, this with a tail. And we can't forget the Cinematical IndieUnder it's original attracts some particularly nasty, Hopkins, Wright Penn, Malkovich, and English-language title, The Banquet, Feng bloodthirsty vamps -- ones that aren't sexy Lohman. There are some pretty stunning Xiaogang's loose, Chinese-language and selective like Anne Rice's fanged ones. visuals, and with this cast, you can't go adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet played They decide to take advantage of their 24- completely wrong. various film festivals (Venice, Toronto, hour, 30-day free-for-all and start killing AFI Fest, Palm Springs, Portland, Seattle, off the town's residents who didn't head As for the DVD, you can pick up the New York Asian) and garnered a fair south. You've got Josh Hartnett and director's cut, which offers a solid array of amount of praise. Featuring many stately Melissa George as human vamp fighters ill- goodies besides Zemeckis' cut. There's bits speeches, beautiful costumes, and stars Ziyi equipped for the challenge, the Renfield- on some of the actors and their performance Zhang and Daniel Wu, The Banquet struck like Stranger (Ben Foster), and a troupe of -captured performances, designing the me as too inert for its own good, but I baddies led by the wonderful Danny monster, the poem (and how Zemeckis respected what the filmmakers Huston's Marlow. Both Erik and Ryan dug actually hates it -- go figure), and deleted accomplished. imagination, as though every Asian movie the film, saying things like: "Visually...the scenes with different stages of completion. set in the past needs to be prefixed with film looked absolutely incredible" and The Banquet is a classy and distinguished "Legend." Dragon Dynasty's parent, The "there's still a solid, well-constructed Check Out Scott's Take & James' Take | moniker, somewhat anonymous, but Weinstein Co., has done this for years, in vampire movie to enjoy here, and I did Buy the DVD reflective of the affairs of state depicted fact, starting off by changing Drunken enjoy it." Blood +, and for the Blu-Ray editions, therein. The film's home video rights were Master II (starring Jackie Chan) to The there's even a film/novel comparison Other New DVD Releases (February 26) finally sold to DVD distributor Dragon Legend of Drunken Master, and then After all of the funky mid-production gallery. Dynasty. In their infinite wisdom, they retitling Fong Sai Yuk and Fong Sai Yuk 2 goodies that came from the set, it's not The Darjeeling Limited (Check out my decided to rename it as -- drum roll, please (both starring Jet Li) to the more English- surprising that there's a bunch of features Check Out Ryan Stewart's Review | Buy DVD review.) -- The Legend of the Black Scorpion. In the friendly The Legend and The Legend 2, on this release. You've got a commentary the DVD The Last Emperor -- Criterion Collection words of more than one message board and changing Swordsman II (also with Jet with Hartnett, George, and producer Rob commenter across the globe: "What the Li) to The Legend of the Swordsman. Tapert, a bunch of featurettes about Beowulf And, well, Peter Martin covers the rest of f***?" Continue reading Fan Rant: 'The Banquet' adapting the graphic novel, building the While I wasn't the biggest fan of this one (I the bigger releases with his Indies on Gets Degraded With a "Legendary" New sound stage, camera techniques, gorey missed seeing the subtle facial expressions DVD.Permalink | Email this | Comments This title is just as anonymous as the TitlePermalink | Email this | Comments stuff, stunts, vampire design, night shoots, of the excellent actors involved, and original but bespeaks a poverty of and casting. There's also Episode 1 of preferred the earlier Beowulf & Grendel), Olivia Wilde Leads Sodom in 'The Year One' By Monika Bartyzel (Cinematical) Nevertheless, he'll get to sauce it up with brilliant references to historical things..." currently filming in Shreveport, Lousiana, her in the film, let her live up to her name, Just how much they reference S&G -- the and we should find out next year when the Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:02:00 AM and it could be very, very risque, towns infamous for being destroyed by God comedy hits theaters. In the meantime, hop Filed under: Comedy, Fandom, considering what she told MTV. for their rampant lasciviousness -- she through the jump and watch The Professor DIY/FilmmakingIn January, Olivia Wilde doesn't say. However, she does say: Brothers video about Sodom and Gomorrah joined Harold Ramis' new comedy, The It appears that Inanna isn't just some "There'll be a hint towards [the lead to whet your appetite for sexy destruction. Year One. Her oh-so-lucky role -- Princess random princess, but the princess of characters falling for me], then Jack Black Continue reading Olivia Wilde Leads Inanna, Jack Black's love interest. Now, Sodom. Oh yes -- that whole Sodom and and I come together. It's really funny what Sodom in 'The Year One'Read | Permalink | there's a number of geek dudes I could get Gomorrah thing, and the root of that lovely we do, and what happens next." Email this | Comments into, but the goofy Black is not one of them word -- sodomy. Wilde says: "Michael life...they meet all these characters you'll (unless we're talking the really old-school Cera and Jack Black go on this journey, recognize from the bible. It's all these Just how far they will push it, and how over days when he was on All-American Girl). and they are searching for the meaning of -the-top it becomes, remains to be seen. It's Your Click and Print Newspaper Movies 17 Dimension Snags Rights to Jason Statham Signs for Joe Hill's 'Locke & Key' 'Transporter 3' By Elisabeth Rappe (Cinematical) optioned by Warner Bros before it was By Jessica Barnes (Cinematical) even published. Locke & Key centers Submitted at 2/26/2008 5:32:00 AM around Keyhouse, an eerie New England Submitted at 2/26/2008 3:32:00 AM Filed under: Deals, Mystery & Suspense, mansion full of doors that transform all Filed under: Action, Casting, Deals, Fandom, Newsstand, who walk through them. The mansion's Remakes and Sequels Comic/Superhero/GeekIf he keeps writing caretakers are a trio of children, who Well, for those of you out there who are and selling this fast, Joe Hill's IMDB page discover that the doors can alter their fans of Jason Statham's Transporter will rival his father's in a few short years. appearance and gender, take them to franchise, I've got some good news for you: different locations, and even gift them with Varietyreports that Statham has signed to Joe Hill is, of course, the son of famous magical powers. If that sounds too happy star in a third installment! He will reprise horror author Stephen King, but he has and Narniaish, rest assured, a violent and his role as the butt-whooping mercenary managed to succeed entirely on his own dangerous creature is lurking behind one of driver/delivery man Frank. The film will be merits. His graphic novel (first in a series), the doors -- and it's probably not Aslan. produced by EuropaCorp, who were behind Locke & Key, has already been optioned by the first two flicks. However, there have Dimension Films and it was only just I haven't read this yet (IDW barely sends been some personnel changes for the film; Lohan to Star published this month by IDW. Dimension enough copies of Angel: Season Six to my the previous director for the last two films, chief Bob Weinstein is excited to develop local comic shop; they probably didn't even Louis Leterrier, has been replaced by the series into a franchise: "I love what Joe send this), but it sounds intriguingly creepy. Hitman's 2nd Unit director, Olivier in 'High School wrote. There are fun elements that horror But here's a rare chance to preview a Megaton -- which might not exactly be a no word yet on the story, but I'm sure that fans love, and it feels like a franchise where developing project for free -- IDW has a step up if you consider the reviews for that Besson is keeping in mind that the Musical 3?!' you can feel satisfied with each film, but few pages up for you to browse.Permalink | particular cinematic gem. Joining Statham franchise has a running box-office total of there is a door left open for the next one." Email this | Comments in the cast is Prison Break's Robert $130 million, so it shouldn't take long to By Erik Davis (Cinematical) put one together. Transporter 3 will shoot Knepper, who judging by some of his Submitted at 2/26/2008 4:02:00 AM His first novel, Heart-Shaped Box, was creepy performances will probably star as for 16 weeks on location in Russia and the bad guy in this scenario. France starting sometime in March or Filed under: Music & Musicals, Casting, LOHAN April. There is no release date so far, but RumorMonger, Fandom, Family Films continued from page 17 The first two films in the franchise were let's be honest, we aren't dealing with Um, no, not thatLohan. As if Disney would (assuming she doesn't hit 18 and go written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Citizen Kane here so it shouldn't take long ever take a chance on a gal fresh out of absolutely nutty on us). How do you fans of Gallery: Ali Lohan Kamen, but the two have not been before Transporter 3 hits theaters. rehab. BUT, they might take a chance on HSM feel about a Lohan sibling joining the Permalink | Email this | Comments confirmed to pen the new script. Just like Question: Do we really need a third one? Lohan's little sister, Ali. Oh yes, E! reports party? Does it pump you up for the new for the first two films, Besson will not be Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments that Ali Lohan (Lindsay's 14-year-old film, or leave a sour taste in your mouth? pulling any directing duties, but will be sister) is auditioning for a part in High involved as a 'hands-on' producer. There is School Musical 3. Word has it she might take on the role of a spoiled little princess; E! says to "think of her as a Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) in training." For this third Christian Bale Saves Mankind On May 22nd, 2009 in 'Terminator installment in the ultra-popular Disney franchise, Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella Salvation' (Vanessa Hudgens) will reunite as high school seniors preparing for college. If you By Elisabeth Rappe (Cinematical) movie. Directed by McG, who's saving can start crossing off the days on the thought there was plenty of singing and grace seems to be that he's not Brett Ratner. calender. Submitted at 2/26/2008 2:32:00 AM dancing before, wait till you get these kids While it fits with Bale, Ruler of Fanboys, it as seniors -- the possibilities are endless! Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, doesn't fit with Bale, Ruler of Critics. Bale Thankfully, Ali Lohan is no stranger to Warner Brothers, Distribution, doesn't really do sequels, let alone singing. Back in 2006, she released her Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and fourquels, especially of a character he debut album full of Christmas tunes, Lohan SequelsI just can't decide. didn't originate. Holiday. I tell ya, after hearing about this Continue reading Christian Bale Saves girl's older sister for the past several On one hand, it seems to make perfect It is either going to be brilliant fun, or Mankind On May 22nd, 2009 in months, I'm about ready to take a Lohan sense that Christian Bale is playing John something that leaves us wondering what 'Terminator Salvation'Permalink | Email holiday too. A part in High School Musical Connor. Who else can save mankind? He's kind of dirt McG blackmailed him with. this | Comments Future Begins. Fans of the franchise have 3 would almost guarantee the minor Lohan Batman, for crying out loud. Either way, we'll find out on May 22nd, a future career in front of the camera 2009. Warner Bros has announced it as the been waiting forever to see Connor fight And yet ... it is the fourth Terminator release date for Terminator Salvation: The the war against the machines, and now they LOHAN page 17 18 Movies Your Click and Print Newspaper A Bright Young Thing, Shia LaBeouf Has a Bad Feeling Emperor Ming, and Rorschach About This: New Indiana Jones Poster Head to 'Shutter Island' By Elisabeth Rappe (Cinematical) By Monika Bartyzel (Cinematical) Submitted at 2/26/2008 1:32:00 AM Submitted at 2/26/2008 4:32:00 AM Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Filed under: Drama, CastingOne day after Paramount, Comic/Superhero/Geek, the latest Martin Scorsese/Leonardo Remakes and Sequels, Images DiCaprio film, Shutter Island, got sold to some European territories, they've added Courtesy of Paul and the Unofficial even more irresistible cast members. Movieblog, we have the latest Indiana There's already Leo, Patricia Clarkson, Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Michelle Williams, Mark Ruffalo, and Ben poster. It was photographed out in the Kingsley. Now The Hollywood Reporter movie wilds, so that's why it's not as crystal has posted that Max von Sydow, Emily clear as you may wish, but it should fulfill Mortimer, and Jackie Earle Haley have your Shia LeBeouf wishes. signed on for roles. He looks less than thrilled, doesn't he? I a whip AND a gun."

Based on Dennis Lehane's novel, the film is wasn't sure what he was holding at first, but I think it's Cate Blanchett's rapier. Rapiers, I just can't get excited for this movie. I keep a period piece about two U.S. Marshals expecting to wake up and find out it is all a (DiCaprio and Ruffalo) in 1954 who of course, being standard weaponry in the get to play Rachel Solando -- it will be Soviet Union of the 1950's. Maybe that's bad dream or elaborate fan prank. investigate the disappearance of a Permalink | Email this | Comments murderess from a hospital for the Mortimer. As for Haley, it looks like he'll why he looks a bit sad. "I thought I was criminally insane on Shutter Island in be making the most out of his post- going to get a gun. Why can't I have a gun? Massachusetts. "Chaos ensues for the two Watchmen uber-tough physique (the man is Even a whip is cooler than a gun. Dad's got as they encounter a web of deceit, a an absolute powerhouse these days) -- he'll hurricane, and a deadly inmate riot that be playing an inmate. Production will begin leaves them trapped on the island." Von March 6.Read | Permalink | Email this | Sydow will play a hospital physician, and it Comments looks like Clarkson is not the one who will