Happy 32nd birthday, Apple Computer!

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Apple poised to become most powerful tech company

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25-year PC vet dumps Microsoft’s Windows for Apple Mac, finds ‘digital heaven’

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Apple Ranked Top Brand Worldwide

Apple Ranked Top Brand Worldwide: "

Talk about riding high. First Fortune Magazine gives Apple the honors in its corporate survey (see 'Apple Tops Fortune's Most Admired Companies List,' 2008-03-05). Now Apple has captured most of the top spots in a brand opinion survey of nearly 2,000 marketing professionals published by the branding company Interbrand. Apple was ranked first in almost all the positive questions, including 'What brand can you not live without?' and 'What brand, if sent back 100 years, would have the biggest impact on the course of history?' One respondent said, '[Apple is] the only one I can think of that I truly couldn't replace - in work or
in entertainment. With any other brand that I love, there's some other one I can turn to if it disappeared. But not Apple.'

Apple also captured the top spot in more personal questions, including 'What brand would you most like to sit next to at a dinner party?' 'Which brand inspires you the most?' and, most tellingly, 'If you were to describe yourself as being a brand, what brand would you be?' We can't all be Apple, but many respondents like to think of themselves as being like Apple: 'Because I like to come at things differently. I chose to 'think different.''

Joining Apple as brands that ranked highly in the positive questions were Google, Nike, Coca-Cola, and Starbucks. Not all the questions were positive, however, and Apple took second place to Microsoft in 'Which brand do you want to argue with?' Lots of Apple aficionados certainly have issues with some of Apple's actions, but such feelings are useful in that they show that people care. I'd be more worried if I were in Microsoft's marketing department, since the world's largest software company placed first in 'If you could rebrand any brand, what brand would it be?' Ouch. The comments were blunt as well, running along the lines of '[Microsoft has] gone from
innovative and bold to stodgy and a follower. But rebranding is only one step since it really needs a major shift in how it thinks.'

(I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The place where Microsoft could experiment with rebranding in a useful and interesting way is with the Macintosh Business Unit, which would benefit from independence from the overall Microsoft Windows brand, given the way many Mac users see Windows as the competition.)

Somewhat distressingly, the top vote getter for 'What brand do you think is truly (going) 'green'?' was overwhelmingly 'None,' with Toyota, BP, The Body Shop, and Honda taking the next four slots. Companies may be talking the talk, but they're not walking the walk sufficiently for environmental awareness to become associated with their brands.

For more on branding and its importance, particularly related to Apple, check out our three-part series 'Branding Apple,' written in 2002 by Simon Spence, then head of research and information technology at brand consultancy Alexander Dunlop Ltd. It's a bit dated in places, not surprisingly, but still offers a good overview of what branding means to Apple.

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The music lover

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Carbon Copy Cloner 3.1 Released

Carbon Copy Cloner 3.1 Released: "

Bombich Software has released Carbon Copy Cloner 3.1 (CCC), a notable update to the popular disk cloning and backup software. CCC 3.1 implements rsync 3.0 for 'greater fidelity' when backing up using CCC's Copy Selected Items backup method, improves the already solid interface wording that explains what CCC will do for each selected action, adds 'bootability' checks to see if the backup volume will be bootable (this doesn't work with duplicates made over a network, alas), and more. A variety of bugs were also fixed, so backing up to a remote Mac using a path with a space in it uses the correct location,
invisible flags are maintained in Leopard when using Copy Everything, scheduled tasks in Leopard now run reliably after a reboot, and it's now possible to install CCC's Authentication Credentials package from multiple source Macs onto a single target machine (previously, manual tweaking of the authorization credentials was necessary to make this setup work).

For those who haven't used Carbon Copy Cloner, it's a full-featured cloning, synchronization, and backup program with scheduling and archiving features. I've started experimenting with Carbon Copy Cloner to create bootable duplicates of my primary work machines over the network to disks installed inside my Power Mac G4 file server. (This is in addition to Time Machine backups of my Leopard Macs, and Retrospect home folder backups of Macs running Tiger or Panther, all to the same Power Mac G4.) The capability to create a bootable duplicate over a network is uncommon, shared only with EMC's Retrospect (the excellent SuperDuper can create a backup to a remote disk image over a network, but that's not bootable). Carbon Copy Cloner's network
duplicates work much more quickly than those in the current version of Retrospect.

Carbon Copy Cloner 3.1 requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 or higher and works well with Mac OS X 10.5.2. The program is uncrippled shareware, meaning that all features are available whether or not you've paid, and no registration is ever required, but Bombich Software appreciates donations once Carbon Copy Cloner has proven its worth to you. It's a 2.1 MB download.

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Mmm... Steak

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More Like Cleaning A Litter Box

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“You pretty much can’t go wrong with anything Apple is currently selling”

“You pretty much can’t go wrong with anything Apple is currently selling”: "‘We’ve tested the Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, the iMac, the Mac Mini, and the XServe,’ exclaims Richard Hoffman (informationweek,com). ‘There’s not a bad Apple among the bunch, and some are truly superb.’ In fact, Hoffman stipulates that ‘the entire product line is one of the strongest Apple’s ever had. Without hyperbole, it may be the best overall line of computers anyone has had, ever.’"

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Iron Man - Trailer 2

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Iron Man - Trailer 2 Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios’ big screen adaptation of Marvel’s legendary Super Hero Iron Man will launch into theaters on May 2, 2008. Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the story of a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man. The film also stars Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow and Oscar nominees Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges and will be directed by Jon Favreau. Directed by: Jon Favreau Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow

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Arts & Letters Daily (06 Mar 2008)

Arts & Letters Daily (06 Mar 2008): "

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Snyder Offers Look At Watchmen

Snyder Offers Look At Watchmen: "
Watchmen director Zack Snyder has posted the first look at the five main cast members in costume on his production blog."

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"The Bank Job"

"The Bank Job": "This intricate, slyly entertaining heist movie dazzles -- and delivers a sex symbol with a soul."

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Apple Announces iPhone 2.0, Releases SDK

Apple Announces iPhone 2.0, Releases SDK: "

The iPhone 2.0 software developer kit (SDK) is out, but the iPhone 2.0 software won't appear until June 2008, a year after the original iPhone shipped. Apple promised in late 2007 that it would release an SDK to allow developers to create their own iPhone software by February 2008; what's a week between friends? Especially when Apple appears to have provided more direct access to iPhone features and networking than was expected. The SDK allows use of the cellular and Wi-Fi connection, can sniff location, and offers direct access to gestures, touches, and motion, tying into the iPhone's touchscreen and accelerometer.

The SDK can be downloaded for free, and includes a simulator of the beta version of the 2.0 software; the operating system update will work on both the iPhone and iPod touch. (Apple's servers crumbled under the initial load, with developers complaining about how long it's taking to get the 2 GB disk image to download - they want it now!) When released in June, the software will be a free upgrade for all iPhones owners, but iPod touch users will have to pay a 'nominal fee,' much like the recent $20 fee to get the mail, location, widgets, and other items added in January. (Apple books revenue immediately for iPods, requiring it to either restate revenue or charge a fee to handle substantial new features; the iPhone has its revenue
accounted for over 24 months.)

Included in the June release will be a host of corporate networking features designed to enhance security, support large-firm infrastructure, and, most remarkably, interact directly with Exchange servers through a license Apple obtained from Microsoft. Might June also mark the release of a 3G iPhone? Nothing was said about it, but that's what we're thinking now.

iPhone SDK -- Apple's Scott Forstall said that developers would have access to the same APIs and tools that Apple uses to build the iPhone apps, including the Core OS layer, the Core Services layer, the Media layer, and a new application framework called Cocoa Touch, along with an interface simulator for testing software before it's installed on the real hardware.

Developers confirmed for us that the simulator isn't a hardware emulator that pretends to be an iPhone and runs native code. Rather, programs compile for Mac OS X and run within the interface simulator. It's a little odd, but may have been part of Apple's intent in abstracting the hardware and providing less information to phone unlockers, too; the less access to even simulated hardware, the harder it is to jailbreak the iPhone or iPod touch.

The Core OS layer is largely the same as in Mac OS X, though with better power management. The Core Services layer includes things like SQLite for database storage and Core Location, which uses cell tower and Wi-Fi network data to determine location, which only the Maps application currently employs. The Media layer enables the iPhone to play audio and video, and includes things like Core Audio from Mac OS X. And lastly, Cocoa Touch replaces Cocoa as the application framework upon which all applications are built; Cocoa assumes a keyboard and mouse for input, whereas Cocoa Touch assumes that all input comes via touch - single touch, multi-touch, and gestures.

But that's just the foundation - the environment in which iPhone apps are actually created is Xcode, running on a Mac with an Intel processor and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Developers will use Interface Builder to design and implement iPhone app interfaces, with all the standard user interface elements already available. Other tools include Instruments, which helps developers check memory usage and measure performance, and iPhone Simulator, an application that runs on a Mac and simulates the entire iPhone operating system for quick testing.

Apple showed a pair of demonstration apps, the first of which was an image manipulation program that allows the user to distort a photo with a touch or a pinch, and to erase the distortion with a shake, like an Etch A Sketch; it reportedly took two days to write. The second was Touch Fighter, a space shooter game in which the user controls the spaceship via the iPhone's accelerometer and fires by tapping the screen; Apple said the software took two weeks to put together.

Apple pulled other developers into their campus to work with the iPhone SDK a few weeks ago; some of those developers, it was claimed, had never written software on a Mac before. Electronic Arts showed a version of their upcoming game Spore in which the accelerometer controls the spore moving around the screen, eating smaller things and avoiding larger ones; once a certain point is reached, the user uses the Evolution Editor via the touchscreen to design a custom spore. Salesforce demoed an app that brings data down from a sales database, giving business data that salespeople need in real time. AOL was next up, showing a version of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) for the iPhone that will eventually provide the level of instant messaging
that many iPhone users have wanted instead of SMS messaging. Epocrates showed a drug database for doctors, and lastly, Sega demoed Super Monkey Ball, a version of a console game that, ironically, needed an artist to scale up the graphics for the iPhone's screen.

In general, it seems as though Apple has pulled back the curtains on a great deal of what's possible on the iPhone, although it's not as open as the Macintosh. Needless to say SIM unlock software won't be allowed, and access to the dock connector will be restricted, other than what's already available via the 'Made for iPod' program. Nothing was said about whether Apple would enable support for the iPhone to distribute a cellular-based Internet connection to a laptop via Bluetooth, or if Bluetooth-based support for external input devices like a keyboard would be allowed.

The Free Market Costs 30% -- The only way for users to acquire iPhone apps will be through Apple's new App Store, which looks a lot like the iTunes Store and likely takes advantage of everything Apple has learned while selling four billion songs via iTunes. Free applications will be hosted in the App Store for free, and revenue from commercial applications will be split with developers such that the developer gets 70 percent and Apple keeps 30 percent. Developers also pay a $99 fee to distribute free and commercial programs via the App Store. This fee is per developer, not per application, and isn't required to download and use the SDK.

Response to the revenue sharing among the developer community was largely positive, with many saying that they'd expected a 60:40 split, and would have of course preferred an 80:20 split. 70:30 is entirely reasonable in our opinion, partly because that's an all-inclusive fee covering processing, bandwidth, hosting, and marketing; in the traditional book world, for instance, the split between publishers and bookstores is often 50:50. Many ecommerce providers charge 10 to 15 percent for less than Apple will be providing via the App Store's directory and interface.

Developers can choose, of course, to price their offerings higher than they might otherwise to get back some margin, but they have to avoid charging too much, too. Some developers may simply release free iPhone software that's designed to work with desktop versions of their software sold on a per-seat license. That could push more sales of those applications, or increase licenses sold within companies.

Of more concern was the question of what Apple would allow to be sold through App Store. Categories of applications that Apple won't accept include anything related to porn, applications designed to violate privacy, bandwidth hogs that could overtax AT&T's data network, malicious programs, and anything that's illegal (which is an ever-increasing amount of software, thanks to the DMCA). While a bandwidth hog over Wi-Fi might be obnoxious, it might be not be considered as much of a 'felony' as filling AT&T data pipe.

On the face of it, that sounds reasonable, but developers voiced worries over just how Apple would decide, and whether Apple would allow applications that seem to work around Apple's own business model. Paul Kafasis, CEO of Rogue Amoeba, wondered whether Apple would allow their applications on the iPhone. For instance, Apple might not like that AirFoil reverse-engineered the AirTunes protocol, that the listening portion of Radioshift would allow users to listen to music without buying it from the iTunes Store, or that Fission enables users to make ringtones rather than buy them from the iTunes Store. Needless to say, it would be good if Apple would provide rulings before development is complete, so developers don't waste time on
applications Apple won't allow.

Another question on our minds is if Apple will accept non-applications for the App Store. For instance, what if a developer writes a game and wants to sell additional levels for it? Or, what if someone writes an ebook reader and others want to sell ebooks in a compatible format? For more thoughts on what Apple could do in this arena, see Adam's 'Open Letter to Steve Jobs: In Support of an iPod reader' (2008-03-05).

And what about trialware? Most developers offer 30-day trials of their software, or programs that come with some features locked or disabled. Paying a fee unlocks the program or activates it permanently. Since Apple wants to be a gatekeeper for programs, will they allow this kind of flexibility? Perhaps a '30-day' box that developers can check to delete the program - a la iTunes movie rentals - when the period is up if a user hasn't paid?

If Apple proves overly cautious about applications that are not obviously problematic, we suspect that the vibrant iPhone hacking community will refocus its efforts on hacking the iPhone to accept applications that Apple won't host in the App Store.

While the SDK is freely downloadable, the iPhone Developer Program won't accept all comers yet. Apple has a footnote on its developer page that states, 'The iPhone Developer Program will initially be available to a limited number of developers in the U.S. and will expand to other countries in the coming months.' It's not quite clear when and how Apple will open the iPhone Developer Program fully.

iPhone Goes to Work -- The iPhone was widely criticized in its first release for lacking a host of critical feature for large business information technology (IT) infrastructures (networks, servers, software, computers, and handhelds), generally subsumed under the term 'enterprise.' It didn't matter that Apple wasn't targeting the iPhone at enterprise users; rather, those in the business world knew iPhones would be brought in to use, and company techies knew that they couldn't support them.

In the enterprise, chief information officers and IT workers want the ability to integrate any new device with their existing technology decisions - which often include specific sets of choices around remote connections (via a virtual private network client), network login policies (which may require digital certificates and keychain fobs), and mail, calendar, contact, and directory services.

Until recently, there wasn't even a way for enterprise users to pay for an iPhone on a corporate account - the iPhone was available only for personal use (see 'AT&T Offers iPhone for Enterprise,' 2008-01-23). Nevertheless, the iPhone saw significant uptake among executives and others in large corporations. With iPhone 2.0, Apple will be adding a slew of new features aimed at making the iPhone into a better corporate worker bee, including full Microsoft Exchange support.

Apple surprised many industry watchers today by announcing that they'd licensed Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync from Microsoft, as Apple rarely licenses anything that's core to their purpose. But in the enterprise, Exchange is one of the kings, and Apple had to pay obeisance to get the pieces necessary to perform robust synchronization and communication. With full Exchange support, Apple can directly take on Research in Motion (RIM) and its BlackBerry communicators. Jobs took aim at RIM full on by criticizing their single-point-of-failure approach to having all email and messaging pass through RIM's servers; two recent brief failures have
highlighted RIM's vulnerability. In Apple's approach, the iPhone will directly communicate with the enterprise's servers.

This will allow enterprise iPhone users to get real push services, which was one of the big early draws to the BlackBerry, and is available with only Yahoo Mail on the iPhone today. (Yahoo Mail's approach is rather insecure, too, as I documented over at Macworld many months ago.) The Exchange push support includes email, events, and contacts. A contact added to an internal directory will appear nearly immediately in an iPhone's contact list, for instance.

Other important additions include:

• Two-factor authentication. This security policy pairs a password with a key fob, card, or sensor that provides an additional code or offers biometric details (a fingerprint scan, for instance). The password is meaningless without the other detail, the second factor.



• 802.1X and WPA/WPA2 Enterprise logins. While this sounds like a bunch of nonsense to the untrained ear, it's music to an IT manager. 802.1X is generically a method to allow a device to connect to a very limited part of a network while a user confirms their identity; it's 'port-based authentication' that firewalls the rest of the network away from the device. 802.1X is used with both Ethernet and Wi-Fi, although the most sensible modern Wi-Fi networks use a subset of 802.1X called WPA/WPA2 Enterprise that requires that WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption methods are used. Without 802.1X support, enterprise iPhone users have been unable to access some corporate networks without unpleasant workarounds.



• Device configuration. It's a bear to manage handheld devices when you have to set them up one at a time. Group configuration allows a passel of devices to be configured at once from a console, and to have the same basic configuration. This is especially important when installing digital certificates; IT personnel often need to install a common root certificate for the entire firm, and an individual certificate that corresponds to the device or the user. (Back in the early days of 802.1X, only certificate-based logins were available, and Microsoft had to have each worker bring their laptop to an IT office to get certificates installed by floppy before the laptop could gain Wi-Fi access to the network.)



• Remote erasure. IT departments want to be able to 'brick' a device remotely, in order to wipe sensitive information from a lost or stolen handheld, or one in the hands of an employee who is being terminated...right...now! Apple added this feature to iPhone 2.0, showing it in a demonstration where all the iPhone's data was wiped, after which it rebooted sans any information. It was unclear from the demonstration whether the device's SIM card, containing network authentication, was disabled, although that's likely.

Yet to be answered is whether the enterprise features include a persistent virtual network connection that works across whatever network you're attached to. Several enterprise products designed for mobile workers stick a server in the enterprise and client software on the mobile device that uses a special property of TCP/IP networking to suspend a connection when a network is switched. This allows something as intensive as streaming media to halt, wait for the network to change, and resume.

This would be an ideal addition to the iPhone, because it combines security with seamless access, and reduces disruption for the user. Apple could build such technology in, but there's no standard on the server side, so they would have to develop or license such technology. More likely, the SDK would allow such a client to be created, but limit its distribution to enterprise customers.

Enterprises can pay a $299 fee to create programs that can be distributed for in-house use only, via a version of the App Store that will enable a corporation to distribute internal applications securely. An internal App Store may also be how enterprise-focused software developers will distribute their packages, which are typically licensed for a site or on a per-user or per-system basis, to their customers.

Xcode Marks the Spot -- It's clear that Apple's decision to develop Xcode as a single, unified development platform has wound up being as important to the company's long-term success as their move to Unix with Mac OS X, and their switch to Intel processors to ensure having the fastest possible computer. While developers have varying opinions about Xcode, its ability to extend development so rapidly from PowerPC to Intel processors during that transition, and now to leap over to mobile devices, allowing programmers to leverage their existing knowledge, means that Apple can now throw its entire existing development community at the fastest-selling mobile device in history.

iPhone developers, start your simulated engines!

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Apple’s iPhone SDK far exceeds developer expectations

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OSP busts two with Oxycontin

OSP busts two with Oxycontin: "Oregon State Police arrested two men Wednesday night after they found dozens of Oxycontin pills, valued at up to $13,000 in their vehicle."

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Spyder 1.4.41 - MySpace social network browser. (Shareware)

Spyder 1.4.41 - MySpace social network browser. (Shareware): "

Spyder 1.4.41

Spyder is a social network browser for MySpace that makes it easy to organize, browse, comment, message, and find new friends.

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Set up and manage your own network

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Greg Laswell: Sonic Soul

Greg Laswell: Sonic Soul: "Greg Laswell’s studio may be crammed with state-of-the art synthesizers, samplers, and recording gear, but when its time to get down to the business of writing music, Laswell finds the inspiration — and the tools — he needs in his MacBook and GarageBand. ‘You can do so much with GarageBand, from recording to composing to effects,’ he says. ‘It’s fun and it’s part of being a musician today. Once you power GarageBand up for the first time, you’ll get hooked.’"

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How to Burn a DVD on Your Mac

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Microsoft 'moving on' after HD DVD breakup

Microsoft 'moving on' after HD DVD breakup: "At Mix '08, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer confirms that his company is looking at supporting Blu-ray disc."

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Two found dead in creek after crash

Two found dead in creek after crash: "RIDDLE A Myrtle Creek man and a Dillard woman were found dead today in Cow Creek after their vehicle was discovered submerged near Lower Cow Creek Road outside of Riddle."

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Agent: Federer had mono at Aussie Open (AP)

Agent: Federer had mono at Aussie Open (AP): "Roger Federer couldn't figure out why he felt so sluggish at the start of this season. His doctors eventually gave him an explanation: The world's No. 1 tennis player had mononucleosis. 'Roger found out he had mono, and didn't know it. He found out a couple of weeks ago. That's probably what was wrong with him,' Federer's agent, Tony Godsick, said Friday."

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Make a Suit of Chainmail Armor From Soda Can Tabs

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Powering the Internet

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Trailer 1

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Trailer 1: "

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Trailer 1 On May 22, Indiana Jones is back in a new globe-trotting adventure, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford as Indy, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" features an outstanding cast, including Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Oscar winner Jim Broadbent and Shia LaBeouf. Frank Marshall is the film’s producer. George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy are the executive producers. The screenplay is by David Koepp from a story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson. Directed by: Steven Spielberg Starring: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt

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Arts & Letters Daily (01 Mar 2008)

Arts & Letters Daily (01 Mar 2008): "

Dmitri Nabokov has turned to his dead father for advice on whether to burn the secret manuscript of Vladimir Nabokov's last novel... more

Terrorists: often sour, lazy nobodies, ugly, of febrile imagination and small talent, who can only become somebody by murdering others... more

First thing you notice notice in Beijing is that China's Internet seems slow. This is partly because of normal congestion. But there is something else... more

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Dementieva beats Kuznetsova to win Dubai (AP)

Dementieva beats Kuznetsova to win Dubai (AP): "

Eighth-seeded Elena Dementieva won the Dubai Championships on Saturday, beating second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in an all-Russian final. Dementieva lost the 2004 U.S. Open final to Kuznetsova. 'I am just so happy. Every time I win, I think it is my first win,' said the 11th-ranked Dementieva, who received $250,000.

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