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Filed under: People, Media, New York Times Co., News Corp.

Tensions between The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are on the rise as the two papers increasingly compete for the same pool of general-interest and local-market readers. A column by Times media critic David Carr accusing the Journal of slanting its news coverage in the conservative direction favored by owner Rupert Murdoch has drawn a sharp response from the Journal's managing editor, Robert Thomson -- who offers a pretty stinging accusation of his own.

Thomson says the article by "a Mr. David Carr" constitutes "yet more evidence that The New York Times is uncomfortable about the rise of an increasingly successful rival while its own circulation and credibility are in retreat." He criticizes Carr for relying on "a succession of anonymous quotes and unsubstantiated assertions" to make his case.

Continue reading Wall Street Journal versus New York Times: It is so on!

Wall Street Journal versus New York Times: It is so on! originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Cell Phones, Video Games, iPod, iPhone, Breaking News

Today Apple officially unveiled its anticipated iPhone / iPod Touch SDK (software development kit) that will allow third parties to create applications that take full advantage of those devices' capabilities without all the hacking. A whole host of applications and games will be available via the "App Store" either on your iPod Touch or iPhone or in iTunes when it launches in June as part of the iPhone 2.0 software update.

On the productivity side, Salesforce.com and AOL are working on applications for the devices. Salesforce will be offering an iPhone-specific interface for its customer relationship manager and sales tracking software for the mobile professionals, and AOL will offer a version of its ubiquitous AIM instant messaging application.

But if AIM wasn't enough to excite you, then check out the games. Apple developers threw together a quick demo called 'Touch Fighter,' a fully 3D space fighter game. Your craft is controlled by turning and tilting the handheld and you fire weapons by touching the screen. Sega is also getting in on the accelerometer-controlled gaming with a version of the popular (and quite addictive) 'Super Monkey Ball.'

But most exciting is the announcement of a version of the highly anticipated EA title 'Spore' from god-game guru Will Wright, creator of 'The Sims' and 'Sim City.'

Apps and games will vary in price, set by the developer. The software update to unlock these features will hit in June for free on the iPhone, and for a "nominal charge" on the Touch.

From Engadget

Related Links:

• Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Disappointed With iPhone
• iPod and iPhone Price Cuts on the Horizon?
• Apple Releases New iPhone and iPod Touch

Games and Apps Coming to iPhone, Including AIM and Spore originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We're just not sure if we can get behind the aesthetic of the Yager-developed, 2K-published shooter Spec Ops: The Line which was officially revealed during last night's Spike Video Game Awards. It just looks way too gritty for us.

Now that we've gotten that pun we've been wanting to make since we first saw the game last night out of the way, we can tell you that the debut trailer is posted after the jump. Despite our irreverent panning during last night's festivities, it doesn't look half bad. According to the last screen of the trailer, it's coming to 360, PS3 and PC. Check out the video if you're a fan of sandy environments, ruined landscapes, female vocalists and egregious violations of the Geneva convention.

Update: We've added a hi-res version of the trailer above.

Spec Ops: The Line VGA trailer is serious business [update] originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Action

As previously reported, 2K Games officially announced a new entry in the Spec Ops shooter series after an absence of several years. Titled Spec Ops: The Line, the game was officially announced at this evening's Spike TV Video Game Awards. A new trailer was also shown which depicts the title as a third person action shooter around the lines of Gears of War.

There's still no word as to who is developing the title which is set in the Middle Eastern city-state of Dubai. The area has been hit with an unexplained and massive sand storm that has devastated the massive skyscrapers. Your character has to deal with some hostiles who are also in the city. Hopefully we will get more info on Spec Ops: The Line soon.

Spec Ops: The Line revealed originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Productivity

Droplr is the latest of a growing selection of apps that make sharing files and links easy. Droplr takes the game up a notch by adding support for sharing "notes": any sort of text, including code with syntax highlighting. It even supports Markdown text formatting. Simply drag-and-drop the file or URL to the menu-bar icon and the file is uploaded and a link is created, automatically copied to your clipboard, and an option to immediately tweet the link appears.

The Mac-only app gives each account 1 GB of storage space for files, urls, and notes, with a slick file management interface that makes it easy to retrieve previously Droplr'd files and delete unneeded files to free up space. When first loading up the app, they grant you an additional 1 GB of space if you tweet about the fact that you are using the app. Brilliant promotional move (it's why I know about the app...)

A brief test drive has shown me a snappy, easy-to use app. Code highlighting was a little spotty on my few tests, but the fact that it exists at all is pretty neat. You are able to configure which Twitter client you prefer (including twitter.com) the app to use to tweet your links.

Droplr is free to use, supported by small ("but really pretty. Promise!") ads that appear on the page that shares your file or code. Give it a try and tweet about it.

Droplr shares your files, links, and code quickly and easily originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Recession

The House finally passed its financial regulatory reform bill today by a 21-vote margin. Apparently, there are 202 members of the House, Republicans and Democrats, who aren't interested in clamping down on the too-big-to-fail financials that helped to get us into this mess. While there are a lot of great things in the bill, there are also some gigantic loopholes.

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House passes bank regulatory reform bill, complete with a gaping loophole originally appeared on WalletPop Blog on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Because nothing says "I ain't afraid of no recession" like plopping down an excess amount of Benjamins for a Bluetooth earpiece, Vertu has unveiled its V accessories collection. $780 gets you a Bluetooth 2.1-compliant earpiece with 6 hours of charge time (same one we saw hit the FCC recently, we suspect), $490 for a USB memory card reader that as a consolation prize comes with a 2GB microSD card, and as for the ballpoint pen, asking price is a cool $330. For all three purchases, it's recommended you purchase the special leather case for protection -- and if these gifts are already comfortably in your price range, hey, why not?

[Thanks, Shayjd]

Vertu V makes no concessions: $730 BT headset, $490 card reader, and $330 ballpoint pen originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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