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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Ingress no longer requires an invite

Ingress now available to the public

Ingress is finally available to the public. Since its release it has required invites from friends; that restriction has now been lifted. It is good timing as Niantic recently announced a worldwide tour for devoted Ingress fans and players.

If you have been waiting patiently for an invite or just haven't checked it out yet, now is your chance. You will have to choose whether to join the Resistance or the Enlightened. Once you choose, get ready for an amazingly intense, fun and time consuming experience. Ingress has been quite the hit and removing the invite restriction will surely draw many more players in. Click the link if you want to check out Ingress.

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AT&T: Buy a phone, get a free tablet

The cell phone wars are heating up, thanks to a new offer from AT&T and Samsung. The deal: Buy a qualifying Samsung phone and sign up for a new contract from AT&T, and the network will give you a free Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 as a bonus.

There are more than a few little details to consider should you find this deal enticing. The biggest is that you'll have to add that Galaxy Tab 3 to your new AT&T Mobile Share data plan at a price of $10 a month extra. You'll have to commit for the standard two years, or sign up for AT&T Next, an installment plan which provides you with yearly device upgrades to your phone without additional expense. Trade-ins on your current handset are also available if you upgrade to the Next plan.

The list of supported phones eligible for the free tablet offer includes the Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 Active, Galaxy Note 3, and Galaxy Note 3. Better get in on the deal quickly: The program is set to end on January 9, 2014.

The move is the latest in an effort from AT&T to maintain its competitiveness in the mobile phone market with archrival Verizon Wireless. In recent months AT&T has seen its market share slip, from 28.5 percent of the market in summer 2012 to 21.7 percent at the end of August 2013. Meanwhile Verizon has surged from a 30.2 percent share to a whopping 37.1 percent over the same time frame.

In addition to experimenting with device add-ons like this, AT&T has been finalizing the rollout of its 4G LTE footprint nationally. Most recently it added 4G coverage to six small markets, including Redding, Calif. and Watertown-Fort Atkinson, Wisc. The company's full coverage map now spans 447 markets and offers service to 250 million people, with a full 300 million consumers planned to be encompassed by AT&T's 4G service by the end of 2014.

On the other side of the fence, Verizon has been focused primarily on enhancing its 4G performance, most recently showcasing an 80Mbps download speed over the new spectrum it recently acquired. While AT&T has been wearing the speed crown for at least the last year, that title could soon be changing hands if -- and when -- Verizon's zippy performance upgrades are rolled out commercially and on a national scale.

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Justin Bieber Shows Support for Troubled Chris Brown

Going to bat for his buddy, Justin Bieber grabbed some spray paint and plastered a message on Chris Brown's behalf while out in Bogota, Columbia on Wednesday evening (October 30).

The “One Less Lonely Girl” singer wrote “Free Breezy” on a graffiti wall, referring to the legal woes plaguing Mr. Brown after his assault charges earlier this month.

Chris was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault after he got into a fight in Washington DC, and upon his release he checked into rehab for anger issues.

Of course, Justin also took the opportunity to spray paint a marijuana leaf as well as a tribute to Pac, his deceased hamster.

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Ewan McGregor to star on Broadway next year

FILE - This Sept. 10, 2013 file photo shows actor Ewan McGregor at the press conference for "August: Osage County" at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. McGregor will make his Broadway debut next year in a revival of Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing.” Roundabout Theatre Company said Thursday McGregor will play the unhappily married Henry in the play under the direction of Sam Gold. Previews begin next October at the American Airlines Theatre. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — "Star Wars" and "Trainspotting" star Ewan McGregor will make his Broadway debut next year in a revival of Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing."

Roundabout Theatre Company said Thursday that McGregor will play the unhappily married Henry in the play under the direction of Sam Gold. Previews begin next October at the American Airlines Theatre.

McGregor was last seen on the stage in 2008 in London starring as Iago (ee-AY'-goh) opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor's (CHOO'-ih-tel EHJ'-ee-oh-fohrz) Othello at the Donmar Warehouse. He also starred alongside Jane Krakowski, Douglas Hodge and Jenna Russell in the original Donmar Warehouse production of "Guys and Dolls" at the Piccadilly Theatre in London.

McGregor will be seen next in John Wells' film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play "August: Osage County" opposite Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts.

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Officials: Israeli airstrike inside Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say Israeli warplanes attacked a military target inside Syria.

An Obama administration official confirmed the attack happened overnight Thursday but provided no details.

Another security official said that the attack occurred in the Syrian port city of Latakia and that the target was Russian-made SA-125 missiles.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the attack.

At least twice earlier this year Israel launched airstrikes on shipments of missiles inside Syria.

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Ireland Baldwin: Embroiled in Controversy Over Cherokee Indian Halloween Getup

She’s a huge fan of Disney’s “Peter Pan,” and Ireland Baldwin decided to dress as the Native American chief from the story for Halloween.

However, when the just-turned-18 model posted photos of herself in face paint and a headdress, some of her Twitter followers got pretty cranky.

In response to the criticism, Ireland tweeted, “This is who I was being for Halloween at Disneyland. You all are pathetic… I’m also well aware of what many tribes encountered in the past.”

“And for some of you pathetic morons to bring my family and other matters into the discussion. you are all sad excuses for human beings,” she added, noting that she has Cherokee in her bloodline.

After things cooled off, Baldwin offered an apology- “People make mistakes, everyone. I made a mistake and I apologize if it offended.”

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Red Hat launches new initiative to drive OpenStack into the enterprise

Open source technology provider Red Hat today announced a new initiative designed to boost the adoption of its OpenStack cloud framework in enterprise data centers.

The Red Hat initiative, dubbed On-Ramp to Enterprise OpenStack and developed with Intel, aims to educate customers about the benefits and capabilities of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform running on Intel servers.

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OpenStack -- which launched last September and was recently updated with its eighth release, called Havana -- is a framework for building and managing private, public and hybrid Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds.

Red Hat's efforts to drive OpenStack adoption in the enterprise include a demonstration platform, where users can test Red Hat's OpenStack build, and a series of workshops that will be available to IT staff in North America and Europe from the start of next year.

Specifically, Red Hat's On-Ramp program includes TestFlight, a hosted multi-tenant test environment where potential users can evaluate Red Hat's Enterprise Linux OpenStack running on Intel Xeon servers, in addition to the On-Ramp to Enterprise OpenStack Road Tour.

Red Hat virtualization general manager Radhesh Balakrishnan said: "On-Ramp to Enterprise OpenStack represents the next level of our collaboration with Intel, and I am excited about the opportunity we mutually face to help demystify OpenStack and show enterprise organizations its true potential."

The move suggests that Red Hat is increasingly looking to compete with VMware in the enterprise data center space.

However, in an interview with Network World earlier this year, VMWare CEO Pat Gelsinger dismissed OpenStack as a viable enterprise cloud platform, claiming that it's more of a platform for service providers to build public clouds.

"We don't see it having great success coming into the enterprise because it's a framework for constructing clouds," he said. "People have largely adopted and have extremely large deployments of VMware and the switching costs and so on of that are not particularly effective.

"Where we see it being effective though are very much in cloud providers, service providers, an area where VMware hasn't had a lot of business in the past and thus, our strategy, we believe, opens a whole new market for us to go pursue."

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Hollywood's Top 25 Art Collectors

This story first appeared in the Nov. 8 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

There's a serious love affair going on between Hollywood and the art world. Exhibit A: In May, a charity art auction organized by Leonardo DiCaprio raised $38 million in one night and set sales records for 13 artists. Exhibit B: A month later, Paramount chairman and CEO Brad Grey stepped up to join Brian Grazer, Michael Lynton and Bryan Lourd on the entertainment-heavy board of LACMA. Exhibit C: the artist-actor hybrid that is James Franco.

Suddenly, everyone in town seems to have gone collecting mad. In an industry once dominated by a few powerful collectors (David Geffen, Michael Ovitz), there's now a deeper and younger bench of players passionate about art, from agents (CAA's Joel Lubin, UTA's Pete Franciosa) and actors (Neil Patrick Harris) to execs (HBO's Michael Lombardo) and managers (Brillstein Entertainment Partners' JoAnne Colonna, Scooter Braun). "There's a lot of people in the industry who have great taste who are being exposed to great art," says producer and LACMA board member Steve Tisch. "I know a number of collectors who have gotten into collecting in the past five or 10 years, and their passion for building their collection is fantastic."

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It's a convergence that was inevitable. As the entertainment world's 1 percent have grown more sophisticated -- and want the world (or at least their peers) to know it -- the L.A. art world is on the rise, generating buzz in Hollywood's backyard. Masters such as John Baldessari and Ed Ruscha have been joined by a swelling rank of wunderkinds who sell out shows (Mark Grotjahn, whose paintings go at auction for more than $1 million, sold out his last show at Culver City's Blum & Poe before it opened) and earn MacArthur fellowships (painter Mark Bradford) and public followings (photographer Catherine Opie, street artist Shepard Fairey). And L.A. is on a cultural building spree, which includes Beverly Hills' new Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Eli Broad's Broad Museum due to open in 2014 across from MOCA and the upcoming Academy Museum.

Entertainment players are giving back, too -- not just by serving on boards, but with hefty donations, including Tisch's $467,500 contribution to LACMA to buy Christian Marclay's film The Clock and former UPN chief Dean Valentine's gift of 50 important sculptures to the Hammer. "L.A. is finally a place that people are proud to call home," says Hammer Museum director Ann Philbin, whose board boasts UTA's Jeremy Zimmer and Peter Benedek, CAA's Michael Rubel, Gersh's Bob Gersh and WME's George Freeman. "It's no longer a place they're passing through, a place they have to live in. I think a lot of these [industry leaders] are simply becoming better citizens, they're starting to care about the cultural vitality of the city. The robust connections between the art world and the film industry are just getting stronger and stronger." -- MAXWELL WILLIAMS

Written by Gary Baum, Merle Ginsberg, Marissa Gluck, Tatiana Siegel, Rebecca Sun, Kate Sutton and Michael Walker. Karen Rhee contributed to this feature.

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TUF 18: Peggy Morgan vs Sarah Moras (Full Fight)

See every punch, kick and submission attempt in the episode 9 matchup between Peggy Morgan and Sarah Moras. Also make sure to check our recap of The Ultimate Fighter 18 – Episode 9 and make sure to tune in each Wednesday at 10PM ET on FS1 for new episodes.

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If you've a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display which has a temperamental keyboard and touchpad,

If you've a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display which has a temperamental keyboard and touchpad, don't worry too much: Apple is working on a fix.

A Beautiful Illustration of the Evolution of Audio Equipment

A lot's changed in the world of audio over the last 170 years. Gone are the days of cranking a handle to make noise, replaced instead by silicon and circuity to pump out digital tunes. This beautiful illustration walks you through how and when those changes happened.

Here’s a Shocker! “The Walking Dead” Will Be Back for Another Season

It’s one of the most beloved shows on television these days, so it’s no wonder that AMC renewed “The Walking Dead” for Season 5.

Earlier today (October 29) the network issued a press release praising the program for its success and building the hype for another round of zombie excitement.

The statement explained, “AMC announced today that it has renewed The Walking Dead for a fifth season. The number one show on television among adults 18-49, The Walking Dead returned for a fourth season earlier this month and the premiere episode set a new record for the series, delivering 20.2 million viewers, live+3, and 13.2 million adults 18-49, a new record for any non-sports cable telecast.”

“‘We are very happy to make what has to be one of the most anti-climactic renewal announcements ever: The Walking Dead is renewed for a fifth season,’ said Charlie Collier, AMC president. ‘This is a show that has erased traditional distinctions between cable and broadcast. Its expanding base of passionate fans has grown every season, most recently – and most notably – with the season four premiere earlier this month, which broke viewership records for the series and became the biggest non-sports telecast in cable history. On behalf of the incredible team on both sides of the camera, thank you to the fans and here’s to more Dead.’”

“For season five, Scott Gimple will return as the series’ showrunner along with executive producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Greg Nicotero and Tom Luse. AMC also recently announced that it is developing a companion series to The Walking Dead, based on a new story and new characters from Robert Kirkman.”

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Kris Jenner Spills about Her Relationship with Bruce

Having a friendly chat with Kathie Lee Gifford during her weekly podcast today (October 30), Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner brought to light the details about life since she and husband Bruce Jenner separated after 22 years of marriage.

"We're just separated," the 57-year-old said on Kathie Lee and Company. "We are better people and happier just spending time apart than we are spending time together. It's just what we need to do right now."

Kris said that their relationship has been friendly enough, and mentioned that the entire Jenner and Kardashian clans reunited to celebrate Bruce's birthday over the weekend. She followed up, saying, "I would rather have him in my life as a friend than not in my life at all."

She also spoke at Kim Kardashian's birthday bash about her dating situation: "I don't have time to date anybody. I mean it all sounds great, right? My fake little fantasy life that they're making up for me as I go along. Some of the things people write often fascinate me…it's like a creative writing experience. But I'm not dating anybody, but I do have a lot of really great friends who are a lot of fun and we hang out all the time. I'm working on a lot of amazing projects at work, that I'll tell you about later."

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Lady Gaga Mourns Dead Dog in London

She never does anything halfway, and Lady Gaga went all out to show her sorrow while out in London, England today (October 30).

The “You and I” singer stepped out of her hotel sporting big thigh-high black boots with massive buckles along with a long black coat and a huge black hat.

Gaga’s goth getup is the result of her pooch pal’s recent death which she shared with her millions of followers on Twitter.

She tweeted, “My puppy Alice died. We had to put her down, cancer ate away at a little angel. My daddy is so sad, we all are, lost a member of our family. I love being an entertainer but it is so painful sometimes to be away from home 17 years she held on, so many memories. Nothing beats family.”

“I remember her laying my bed, she knew when I was sad, or when I was sick. I should have been there. I just pray Alice found her wonderland.”

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This Week On The TechCrunch Droidcast: Google's Plan For Hangouts And Motorola's Modular Future

To paraphrase the one and only Gloria Gaynor, Darrell and I are back from outer space for yet another edition of the TechCrunch Droidcast. Well maybe not outer space per se, but the two of us have had to spend some time far from home and we couldn’t get together to record a show last week. For that you have our deepest apologies.

But if it’s any consolation, my trusty co-host and I had a real blast putting this week’s episode together. This time around we tackle Google’s savvy changes to its Hangouts Android app, Lenovo’s curious new tablets (complete with a dose of Ashton Kutcher), Motorola’s crazy-exciting dive into modular smartphones, and a little bit of love for the Nvidia Shield. And yes, in case you were wondering, that last bit was Darrell’s idea.

The world of Android is a weird and wild one, and we’re glad to be back digging through it. Join us, won’t you?

We invite you to enjoy weekly Android podcasts every Wednesday (or Thursday this week) at 5:30 p.m. Eastern and 2:30 p.m. Pacific, in addition to our weekly Gadgets podcast at 3 p.m. Eastern and noon Pacific on Fridays. Subscribe to the TechCrunch Droidcast in iTunes, too, if that’s your fancy.

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Kim Kardashian Shows Off 50-Pound Weight Loss in See-Through White Dress, Says North Is a "Perfect Little Angel"

Kim Kardashian is sending a very clear message to her haters -- and not just through her words. After being bullied and called fat throughout her pregnancy with daughter North, the newly svelte reality star is proudly flaunting her famous curves all over town. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, she filmed an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, where she showed off her post-baby weight loss in a see-through white-lace dress over a black bra and matching hot pants.

PHOTOS: Kim's post-baby body

Speaking with Leno about the fat-shaming she endured while pregnant, the 33-year-old bombshell said she took the criticism to heart. "It really hurt my soul," she confessed. "It changed how I am in public. I've tried to live more of a private life."

Indeed, Kardashian and fiance Kanye West kept a low profile after the June birth of their baby daughter. But now that the new mom has shed 50 pounds -- via the Atkins diet -- she's feeling more confident. Exhibit A? Earlier this month, she shared a super-revealing photo of herself in a skimpy white bathing suit, a picture she describes as her "big middle finger to the world."

PHOTOS: Kim's pregnancy

There will always be haters, of course, but Kardashian is loving life at the moment -- and with good reason. Last week, on her 33rd birthday, her rapper boyfriend surprised her with an elaborate marriage proposal and a huge cushion-cut diamond ring. "I'm very happy right now," she told Leno. "[The proposal] was the most magical night of my life."

Appearing on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Kim Kardashian showed off her 50-pound post-baby weight loss in a see-through white lace dress
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And as for the wedding? "I want [Kanye] to have whatever he wants," she told Leno of her fiance, noting that "someplace Parisian" might be nice for the France-loving pair. The couple are "hoping for next summer," she added, but they "haven't had time to sit down and talk about it."

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One thing they have talked about is whether the reality star will change her famous name. As West revealed earlier this week, the bride-to-be plans to take her husband's last name -- though she'll keep Kardashian as her middle name.

"It'll definitely be West," she said of the name change. "My daughter's name is West, and we're a family."

PHOTOS: Kim's romantic history

Speaking of little North, nicknamed "Nori," the reality star couldn't help but gush. "She's the sweetest little girl. She never cries," the proud mom bragged of her 4-month-old daughter. "She's a perfect little angel. I hope she grows up to be smart and opinionated like her dad."

For much more from Kim Kardashian, tune in to The Tonight Show With Jay Leno at 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 on NBC.

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Job Growth Slowed Further In October, Survey Signals

Looking for work: The scene at a job fair earlier this month in Emeryville, Calif.

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Looking for work: The scene at a job fair earlier this month in Emeryville, Calif.

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Only a relatively low 130,000 jobs were added to private employers' payrolls in October and the labor market in September was even weaker than first thought, according to the latest data from the ADP National Employment Report.

That survey from the payroll processing firm and economists at Moody's Analytics signals that "the government shutdown and debt limit brinksmanship hurt the already softening job market in October," Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi says in the report.

Evidence that the job market was already stumbling includes a revision to ADP's estimate for September. A month ago, it estimated that private employers had added 166,000 jobs to their payrolls that month. Now, it says there were only 145,000 more jobs than in August.

The past two months' gains are tiny in comparison to the size of the nation's civilian labor force: nearly 156 million.

The ADP report is something of a barometer for the also widely watched monthly employment report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That agency's estimates of the October unemployment rate and payroll growth during the month won't be released until Nov. 8.

Wednesday's other economic news:

— BLS says consumer prices rose just 0.2 percent in September from August. Over the past year, prices have gone up just 1.2 percent.

The September consumer price index report triggers the following year's cost-of-living adjustment in Social Security benefits. Next year's increase: 1.5 percent.

— Federal Reserve policymakers finish up a two-day meeting in Washington, and at 2 p.m. ET are scheduled to issue their latest statement about the health of the economy and their plans going forward. Financial markets have rallied in recent days on the expectation that the Fed will not begin scaling back its efforts to boost the economy by purchasing billions of dollars worth of bonds each month.

After the 2 p.m. announcement, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to take questions from reporters.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/30/241807398/job-growth-slowed-further-in-october-survey-signals?ft=1&f=1001
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Kim Kardashian Shows Off 50-Pound Weight Loss in See-Through White Dress, Says North Is a "Perfect Little Angel"

PHOTOS: Kim's post-baby body

PHOTOS: Kim's pregnancy

Appearing on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Kim Kardashian showed off her 50-pound post-baby weight loss in a see-through white lace dress
Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images

PHOTOS: Kimye's sweetest moments

"It'll definitely be West," she said of the name change. "My daughter's name is West, and we're a family."

PHOTOS: Kim's romantic history

For much more from Kim Kardashian, tune in to The Tonight Show With Jay Leno at 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 on NBC.

Source: http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/kim-kardashian-shows-off-50-pound-weight-loss-in-see-through-white-dress-says-north-is-a-perfect-little-angel-20133010
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Dominick Cruz returns for bantamweight title unification bout and Jose Aldo defends featherweight belt at UFC 169

After being sidelined for more than two years because of knee injuries, bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will finally fight again at UFC 169 Feb. 1 against interim belt-holder Renan Barao. Cruz last fought and won with a unanimous decision over now flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson in October of 2011.

After that, Cruz was selected as a coach of The Ultimate Fighter, opposite his rival Urijah Faber. The two had fought twice before and were set to have a rubber match after coaching TUF.

Cruz tore his ACL in a knee and was forced out of the fight. Barao stepped in to fight Faber in an interim title bout, which he won.

Cruz' recovery was delayed by a second ACL tear and surgery. Barao has defended his interim title twice in the meantime.

The main event of UFC 169 will include another title bout as featherweight champ Jose Aldo defends against Ricardo Lamas. Lamas has won four straight bouts heading into his long-awaited title shot.

Aldo has not lost in over seven years and 16 fights. He last fought and won at UFC 163, when he stopped Chan Sung Jung in the 4th round.

UFC 169 will take place SuperBowl weekend in Newark, New Jersey. Newsday first reported the two title match ups.

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Boston celebrates World Series victory

BOSTON (AP) — Jubilant Red Sox fans have taken to the streets around Fenway Park to cheer their team's World Series victory, the first time Boston has won baseball's fall classic at home in 95 years.

Fans chanted and caroused outside the historic ballpark Wednesday after Boston vanquished the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 in Game 6. Police reported no significant problems immediately following the game but said they were ready for post-game celebrations.

The Red Sox have now won three World Series in a decade, but they hadn't won at home since 1918.

The triumphant fans spilling out of Fenway joined hundreds already gathered around the ballpark.

Russ Stappen paid several hundred dollars for a ticket but says it was a small price to be a part of Red Sox history.

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Samsung's takes baby steps in touting Tizen OS to developers

The open source Tizen mobile operating system is one of the most visible examples that Samsung isn't completely dependent on the Android mobile OS.

At the Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco this week, Samsung held a single breakout session on developing apps using Tizen. The session was led by two engineers from Intel, which is working jointly with Samsung to create code to enable Tizen to run across multiple hardware platforms, including tablets, smartphones, cars and smart TVs.

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Most of Samsung's smartphones and tablets today run Android or the company's own Bada OS. In fact, Samsung is by far the largest Android smartphone maker globally, as well as the largest maker of smartphones overall, according to IDC and others.

The company does make Windows Phone smartphones as well, though a Windows Phone session wasn't among among the 50 scheduled at the developer conference. Nearly all of the sessions focused on applications or services that work on Android.

Tizen has a modern Internet interface for use on devices, supporting HTML 5 and other Web technologies, so developers can theoretically write applications once to work on many devices. A Samsung roadmap for Tizen rollouts hasn't been announced.

At the Tizen session on Tuesday, two developers in the audience said they had different experiences with their early Tizen development efforts. Developers at MightyMeeting, a maker of business collaboration applications, have been using Tizen with promising results because of its use of HTML 5 across platforms, said Mighty Meeting CEO Dmitri Tcherevik.

On the other hand, Shivakumar Mathapathi, COO at Dew Mobility, said his company tried Tizen with Windows Phone devices and found it wasn't very stable on the Microsoft mobile OS. He didn't provide any details.

Tcherevik said that Samsung's interest in Tizen demonstrates that it's "willing to try many different things" even as a large company.

Some attendees at Samsung's first developer conference said they were glad to see Samsung to show off its distinctive features with Android at an event other than Google I/O. Here, Samsung could separate itself from other Android smartphone and tablet makers.

Source: http://images.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/samsungs-takes-baby-steps-in-touting-tizen-os-developers-229816?source=rss_mobile_technology
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

How a Simple Circuit Breakthrough Could Double Your Bandwidth

As we all desperately claw after more bandwidth to sate our unquenchable thirst for data, there may yet be an oddly affordable solution; a simple piece of circuitry and software that can double bandwidth in the blink of an eye.