Post 290 -- Yang Out, Bartz In

Jerry Yang Out,
Carol Bartz In
as
New Yahoo! CEO

We pretty much knew this was coming, what with the snafu with Yahoo and the Microsoft Taker-Over Bid Last year, where Jerry said: "No Thanks.."

MS wanted to pay roughly $43.00 a share, as of Today Yahoo! is at: $12.10.

The TWiTs with Leo Laporte and John C. Dvorak talked about the switch to Carol Bartz, and felt her Organizational Skills was just what Yahoo! Needed.

But Checking today's Grist Milling about, not everyone is so confident. The Links Follow.

The News:
Link: http://www.welt.de/english-news/article3022699/Carol-Bartz-new-CEO-of-Yahoo.html

TechCrunch:
Link: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/13/wsj-carol-bartz-to-be-named-new-yahoo-ceo-is-that-a-good-thing/

The Spin:
Reuters:
Link: http://uk.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUKTRE50D0MA20090114

The Background:
Link: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/13/wsj-carol-bartz-to-be-named-new-yahoo-ceo-is-that-a-good-thing/

Her Previous Postion:
AutoDesk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk

Wingman, and No a deal with MS would Not Be a Good Thing

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Post 289 -- Did You Get Your 7?

Windows 7 BETA has been Released
And the Download Problems have been Plenty

eWeek's Joe Wilcox:

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/windows_7/did_you_get_windows_7.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535

After a hard Time Getting it Started On Friday, MS has decided to increase the Limits on Downloads for "Beta-Testers".

Limits Lifted

Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10140093-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Why you might consider a Netbook?

Link: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090111-five-reasons-to-seriously-consider-buying-a-netbook.html

Wingman, is Beta-Testing...

Post 288 -- The Gig (er, TB) Is Really UP Again!

Remember When This Much Memory
(on-a-Stik)
Was A Big DEAL?

SanDisk and Sony have just pushed the bounds
of Memory Stick PRO and
Memory Stick MICRO Formats to
(Now Get This!),

2 TeraBytes!!!

Link Here
(for the complete BusinessWire Spec Sheet:)

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090107005375&newsLang=en

Wingman, Memories Are made of This.

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Post 287 -- Calling Dick Tracy, Calling Dick Tracy!!!

Dick Tracy Pix from here:
http://www.stuartngbooks.com/monographs_ggg.html

LG has just announced the GD910 will start production later in 2009.

The GD910 is a, now get this, a Watch Phone!

It comes with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, Bluetooth, speakerphone, video calling, voice recognition, integrated music player, and a touchscreen.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/lg-shows-off-gd910-watch-phone-production-later-this-year/

LG's GD910 Watch Phone

This is the Kind of TECH-Stuff that makes me Drool....

Pardon Me while I wipe my face....

Wingman

Note: The Dick Tracy ART Site listed above is a Great Place to Browse and Purchase Rare Art and Comics.

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Post 286 -- The Last MacWorld EXPO and No JOBS!

MacWorld 2003

MacWorld 2009

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No Steve Jobs.

It may be more of an Economic Statement than one would THINK.

===================

But first a liitle Bad URL's sidetrack:

In Twitter, there is something called TinyURL, which means a URL Link that is shortened to fit limited space Twitter.
The rest of ComputerDumb and I do Mean DUMB, doesn't know the Reasonableness of That Concept.

As a Bad Example, here's a LINK to a story about what MacWorld Expo should do without Apple as a Expo Exhibitor:

Link: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.macworld.com/images/news/graphics/54835-MW_macworldExpo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.macworld.com/browse.html%http://www.macworld.com/article/137685/2008/12/apple_shocks_world_reveals_it_is_a_huge_corporation.html3Ftag%3DMacworld%2BExpo%26page%3D2&usg=__SwflOjP2D8kVB0KaIiQDdtLFA1o=&h=210&w=287&sz=11&hl=en&start=22&tbnid=3kOKBK3yG8HjdM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmacworld%2Bexpo%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

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Does that Kind of LINK make Sense in any World?
===============================

========================================================
A piece closer to the Reason Job's Ditched MacWorld: "Apple Shocks World, reveals it is a huge corporation"

is linked here: http://www.macworld.com/article/137685/2008/12/apple_shocks_world_reveals_it_is_a_huge_corporation.html

And Yes, that is a much more reasonable URL Link.
========================================================

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The Bottom-Line for MacWorld Expo 2009:
=================

A New MacBook Pro, some spiffy software called: iMovie (updated) and iWorks. And more DRM-less iTunes at a Lower and HIGHER Prices.

Okay, let's see what CES is going to do to take the Focus of the New Year away from MacWorld later this Week.

Wingman, with his fingers crossed.

Post 285 -- I Know What You're Thinking...

==========================
How Technology May Soon Read Your Mind
==========================

Remember the Science Fiction Movie with Tom Cruise called "Minority Report" ?

Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)

====================
It was written by Phillip K. Dick. A short story published in 1956 in the magazine Fantastic Universe.
====================

A Police State that used "Mind Reading" to Prevent Crimes, was the gist of the movie and now that Science Fiction Idea is close to becoming Reality.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick

================

The 60 minutes report on the efforts are available

online at their Webpage.

Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/31/60minutes/main4694713.shtml

Brain Scan Mappings is pointing to that ability and all the Ethical questions that raises.

The report said 3-5 years.

Wingman, looking for some foil.

Post 284 -- 2 Downers and 1 Upper to Start 2009

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2 Downers and 1 Upper to Start 2009
=============================

Two stories in the New York Times point to a Slow turnaround in the US Economy.

Steel Industry problems follow
the Auto Industry debacle
like a Cold Hand in a Worn Glove.

The Times Paints a Credit Crunch Picture there too.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/business/02steel.html?_r=1&hp


But Did You Hear About This?

Economic woes affecting
Housing, Lending, Auto Industry,
Malls and MILk?

As Recession Deepens, So Does Milk Surplus

You can't Make a Cow
Stop Giving Milk,
like stopping an assembly line.

So the Extra gets turned into (get This)
Powdered Milk
And stored in HUGE warehouses that are
Already
filled to Capacity!

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/business/02dairy.html?scp=1&sq=milk%20surplus&st=cse


Anything Out There that may Help
the Start of
A New Year?

How About
Batteries?

Or Rather, a Breakthrough
Technology that may Change
Everything!

A patent granted last month for something called an UltraCapacitors, which is a Storage Battery Replacement Technology that was orinigally created to power Uber Electric Cars (like the Tesla)

can also be used in Laptops!

Same Size and Weight as today's batteries but 3 times the Power and can be recharged in 5 Seconds to Full Capacity.

Mentioned in
Security Now!
With Steve Gibson (Spinrite Fame)

He also mentioned a Problem with SSL,
A Last-Chance-Kit to build a PDP-8 microcomputer in the
episode (Linked Here): http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm

Whew, I need a Rest.
Wingman

(and No, I'm NOT pushing White Pagoda's
It's Just a Picture)

Okay, just one More:

NEPA goes global on Google
Pennsylvania on GoogleEarth
Streetview update.

From a Link in My Sidebar:
The Top 7 NEWS Roll
(under Google, one of the Seven)

Link: http://www.scrantontimes.com/articles/2009/01/04/news/sc_times_trib.20090103.a.pg1.tt03google_s1.2204940_top2.txt

Post 282 -- Linux, Shakespeare and a Parade of Roses.

January 1, 2009. I begin the year with

Linux, Shakespeare and a Parade of Roses in HD.

Linux came in a magazine called Linux Format (my favorite) and spoke about releasing the Creative Juices that are within us all.


The Philosophy of Shakespeare's Plays came as an eBook download that was read on my iPod Touch, and it spoke about the hidden treasures in the Flizabethan Age.













And the Tournament of Roses came in a New Form, being broadcast in HD.

A New Beginning,
A Fresh Start.
Wingman.

Post 282 -- What Has More Leaks than a Washington Newspaper?

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Post 282 -- What Has More Leaks than a Washington Newspaper?

Answer: Windows 7.
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The Stories:
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Was It an Inside JOB?

Link: http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/windows_7/who_leaked_windows_7.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535

Joe Wilcox (eWeek's Microsoft Watch, seems to think so.)

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Early Adopters Seem Impressed.

Link: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20081230112140_IN_BRIEF_Microsoft_Windows_7_Impresses_Early_Adopters.html

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The Problem:

Link: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2337712,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532

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This kind of possible Marketing Salvos will hit the back burners once MacWorld Expo hits later next Week.

Macworld Expo (Jan. 5-9) and the
Consumer Electronics Show (Jan. 8-11).

Wingman, watching the Watchers...

Post 281 - Windows 7 Beta 1 Just Can't Wait...

============================
Windows 7 Beta 1, Just Can't Wait...
============================

Slated to be released in Time for the Holiday's 2009.
A version, Beta 1, has been found on a Torrent site as a ISO File.

ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has a copy and reports his first impressions

Posted Here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3223&tag=mncol;txt

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Gallery: Windows 7 beta 1
http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12554_22-256914.html
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Did you get a Virus/Worm Infected Photo Frame for Christmas?

Walmart Photo Keychain Comes Preloaded with MALWARE.
========================================

Link: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F29%2F0155249&from=rss

Also, Samsung's SPF-85H 8-inch digital photo frame, sold by Amazon and others comes with "W32
Sality AE Worm on the Installation Disc.

==============================
Now isn't That a Nice way to start the New Year?
==============================

Wingman

Post 280 - The 10,000 Apps AppStore:

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The 10,000 Apps AppStore:
=================

The App Store is only 5 months Old, and there are now over 10,000 apps.

Link: http://gizmodo.com/5116433/the-best-iphone-apps-of-2008?skyline=true&s=x

Gizmodo has picked 30 for the iPhone They Think are Must-Have.

Of the 30, some also work on the
iPod Touch,
are Free and reside
on MY iPod Touch!

They have a page that Shows you what each App Icon stands for Here:

http://gizmodo.com/tag/app-directory/

Of the 30, here are my favorite Freebies: AOL Radio, Fring, Google Earth, Pandora, and VNC Lite.


Wingman

WIRED Magazine
has a Top-Ten
Gadgets of 2008 Too!

Here's the Multimedia
Link: http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/multimedia/2008/12/YE8_gadgets

Remember, this is Wired Magazine,

one of the 10 is the 2010 Honda Insight, priced at $18,500.

Post 279-- It's about Numbers: Open Source: 2.6.28

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Post 179-- It's about Numbers: Open Source: 2.6.28
Newest Version of the Linux Kernel
Is Released to the
Wild.
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Link: http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Kernel-Log-Higher-and-Further-The-innovations-of-Linux-2-6-28--/features/112299/0
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Last Week's Tentative Console Numbers...
Xbox 360 535,806 units
Playstation 3 had 239,576 units
and Nintendo Wii, drum-roll please,
sold 1.7 million Wii's in the Week.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/
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Counting Down 2008
Wingman

Post 278--Google Guy Gets Grinchy...

Post 278--Google Guy Gets Grinchy...
A Google Watch Blogger Points out

the Failings of Google for the Year.

Need I Say it's easy to hit someone who Down,
like the Economy.

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Link: http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/crystal_ball/android_aside_google_proves_frugal_for_this_whos_christmas.html

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Upcoming Blogs:

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Post 279-- It's About NUMBERS

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Post 280-- 10,000 Apps AppStore

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Wingman, getting ready for some NOG...

Remember "We're going to need a bigger Boat." from Jaws.

The Shark is Coming.

Link: http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F23%2F1320217&from=rss

Citrix To Bring Millions of Window Apps to iPhone

And:

What's the coolest app that doesn't work on the iPhone...yet ?

Link: http://community.citrix.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=51937665

On the Surface, this "Sounds Great", but listen to the sinister music in the background.

My take on this:

Here Comes the Shark to bloody the Waters...

Look how well things worked on Vista.

You do remember Vista Don't You.
It's the weak effort from Microsoft
that keeps giving XP a reprieves. (see last Post)

And things were going so swimmingly for the iPhone...

Here come the (left-over)
monkey wrench gadgets...

That Apple has been avoiding...

Wingman.

XP Gets ANOTHER Stay of Execution

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XP Gets ANOTHER Stay of Execution
=============================

Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/130/1050130/xp-gets-another-stay-of-excecution

In a Deal that Sounds a lot like Buying XP on Consignment, MS pushes the Cut-Off from January 31, 2009 to May 30, that's another 4 months.

Very Interesting. The Shiny Penny just won't go away, eh?

In other interesting stories at The Inquirer:

Microsoft releases Emergency Patch
(for IE, Internet Explorer)
Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/077/1050077/microsoft-releases-emergency-patch

Linux Runs Java Faster than Windows
Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/112/1050112/linux-runs-java-faster-than-windows

And Microsoft Signs up for the iPhone App store.
Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/031/1050031/microsoft-signs-up-for-iphone-app-store

Wingman always inquisitive.

My iPod Touch Gadgets count is now 9 pages long...

Lenovo Thinks: Two Heads Are Better Than One.

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Lenovo Thinks: Two Heads Are Better Than One.
link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10127700-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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Photos plus Additional Story at Engadget.com:
http://www.engadget.com/
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Should be easy Pitch for an "Inside Slider" (second screen) but the price may make you drool from the Upper Deck Cheap Seats.

Price around: $3,600 for this Beauty.

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Wingman drooling, as usual...

Prez Bush Bails Out Auto Industry

Fri 19 Dec 2008 06:25:58 AM PST
Auto_Bail_Out_BLOG.txt

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Prez Bush Bails Out Auto Industry
Link to Bloomberg:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aHrcSXzA83iw&refer=home
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Screen captures from CNBC TV
Economy Snapshots
By The Numbers
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By the Numbers

Wingman

And The Snow Came Down in the Desert

Looking Across the Street

Just the Beginning of the Honda Cover-Up

Additional Photos will be on my Photobucket Album at :

http://s731.photobucket.com/albums/ww315/thebigbopper/

Wingman says: Check it Out!

Sorry Jared, sent you to the wrong Site (mediacircus2.com)
instead of Here:

http://mediacircus2.blogspot.com

Over on the Right is my Twitter Updates.
Use the Link there to go to
my Photobucket Album about the Snow.

Cajon No Pass Winter, December 15 2008

Tough Sledding (pun Intended)

Yesterday on the Cajon Pass

The Cajon Pass was closed for 4 hours yesterday due to Heavy Snow conditions and low visibility.

Because of the Heavy Traffic that makes the drive from the High Desert to the Flatlands below, it created a Traffic Nightmare as motorists spent hours in the tie-up.

Wingman Reporting

An Old XP and a Seadragon

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Buying a DELL
With Vista,
This Christmas?
Give Me The
Old Horse Instead, thank you.

I'll Pay the Surcharge...
==================================

For the New Price of $150 bucks surcharge,
DELL will switch the

"Nobody-Loves-Me" Vista

to the still preferable XP.

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This Move makes it easier to consider a competing OS like Apple, or "Heaven Forbid" Linux.

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Link: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08%2F12%2F14%2F2111225&from=rss
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Check Out the New Sweet Apple
iPhone, iPod Touch
Gadget from ????

Microsoft.

It Shows off some

High Resolution Live
Updating Pictures

that only-work on
the faster graphics

of the iPhone or iPod Touch.

Yeah, it's pretty Cool
(for Microsoft)

(Think of it as
The GoogleEarth Zoom
on Steroids
working with
Hi-Rez Photos)

and Free.

Link: http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/14/seadragon-mobile-for-iphone-from-microsoft-live-labs.html

Wingman

The Digital Screens of My Life...

My New iPod Touch

Old Windows XP
running iTunes

The Sony PSP
Game Console

The New HDTV Flat Panel
TV

My Linux Desktop Running
Fedora 8

Laptop Running

Windows 7 Beta

I've been waxing "fanboy" for some time now (a couple of months), since the acquisition of an iPod Touch.

Apple has to get a firm pat on the back and an "at-a-boy" for this device, and its upscale twin, the iPhone (which is full of the same goodies:plus camera and Phone).

It is without a doubt a technological marvel, and a very high-bar to reach for wannabe competitors.

Even Obama's Fav Blackberry.

So in no real order,

here are a few pictures of my

New Digital Fortress.

Wingman

Blogging from the Bucket

MediaCircus2.com Is Back!

Just an announcement to say that mediacircus2.com is back up.

Using Wordpress to Post to it (I can do it with my iPod Touch).

Stay tuned.

The Voyeur with the Nikon Super-Secret Spy Lens

The Voyeur with the
Nikon Super-Secret Spy Lens

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Link: http://gizmodo.com/5103704/unleash-your-inner-voyeur-with-a-super%20secret-spy-lens
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I remember an Old Joke that the local college was a offering a "Peeping-Tom" class, you didn't have to attend any classes, you just peeked in the windows!

Well has Nikon got a camera adapter for you?

Check out the SPY-LENS at Gizmodo.com, just peek around the corner for a quick look, wink wink.

Wingman

A New MC2 is in Town!

The Story of Media Circus 1 and 2

by Wingman

Media Circus has been around since the early 90's.  That is why I called it Media Circus 2 Now.  Because it evolved when it went to the Bloggosphere. 

Well now Media Circus has come full circle, and returned as a WEB PAGE.

 Remember those things?

Also known as Home Pages.

So now, in addition to my Blogger Page called MediaCircus2.Blogspot.com (and the twelve plus other blogs that I filter my thoughts through),

I announce (fanfare)

http://mediacircus2.com

Short and sweet.

And I can post to my webpage using WordPress on my iPod Touch running Wordpress.

It seems the Naysayers were wrong.

You can go back Home again.

And You definitely can Take-It-with-You.

Wingman, on the Web page with the same name.

Nokia"s NEW N97 to Rival iPhone..What Are The Chances???

Nokia"s NEW N97 to Rival iPhone..

What Are The Chances???

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AppleInsider LINK:
===============

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12/02/nokia_leans_on_new_n97_as_best_hope_for_an_iphone_rival.html
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Will be out in the Middle of '09, but NOT in the States.

And NO AT&T G3 Network....Yet!

Oh, but it does have "Cut and Paste!".

Take that Apple!

Wingman....Big Deal!

Simpson's Show Microsoft: How To UnPolish Apple

Simpson's Show Microsoft:
How To UnPolish Apple

Link at GIZMODO.COM:
http://gizmodo.com/5100217/the-simpsons-gets-20-years-of-apple-jokes-out-of-the-way-at-once

A great Video is at the site,
if missed yesterday's Episode of the Simpsons.

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Numbers were in the Black on Black Friday, but look weak going into Today's "CYBER MONDAY".
==========================

Gizmodo also has a feature on:
How to Buy an HDTV Today.

Link: http://gizmodo.com/5099489/how-to-buy-an-hdtv-today-or-any-day?skyline=true&s=x
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Wingman, Flying low on FRING! (a New iPod APP)