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By now, most Facebook users are aware by some means or another that the company has made changes to its privacy settings. Though these updates have largely been controversial, there are a handful of changes that are actually good and some that are at least neutral. They are also just different enough (but in a subtle way) to make our previous Facebook privacy guide a little outdated, so we thought we would go over some of the settings again to help our readers lock down their profiles as they please.

The good news: you can still divide up your friends into lists—as many or as few lists as you like! As we discussed in our previous privacy guide, the reason you want to do this is so you can divvy up permissions (which we will show you later), and you can do this by going to your Friends > All Friends > Create a new list.

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December 30th 2009, 4:30 ET ESPN

If Vegetarians eat vegetables, what do Humanitarians eat? Ok, most will think that joke is as bad as the blue turf this game will be played on. This year’s Humanitarian Bowl will feature the Bowling Green Falcons and the Idaho Vandals.

This will be the first appearance of a MAC team in this bowl’s 13 years. The MWC, who took over for the ACC this year, was unable to fulfill their bowl obligations in 2009. Idaho won the second Humanitarian Bowl 42-35 over S. Mississippi in 1998.

Who looks set to start the all time series between these programs on the right foot?

General

Both teams played one ranked opponent, their only common opponent and the team whose field they will be playing on December 30th. Neither were very competitive.

Bowling Green’s Ball

Idaho has seen much better offenses in the WAC than the defenses Bowling Green saw in the MAC. Bowling Green has struggled running the ball and that should continue this week. Some success should be found through the air.

Idaho’s Ball

Idaho has seen far worse defenses than the offenses Bowling Green has seen in the MAC. Again, the ground game is in Idaho’s favor.

Prediction

Idaho is going to control the trenches on both sides, but this game will evolve into a passing shootout.

Idaho 35 Bowling Green 31

Here you have the December edition of our monthly eNewsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, using the box in the right column.

Michael Merzenich on Brain Fitness

You will enjoy this comprehensive conversation with neuroplasticity expert  Michael Merzenich on the 8 main topics that will be addressed in the SharpBrains Summit. What value does technology bring to the cognitive health table? Why is brain training for safe driving gaining so much momentum? what automated assessments may become commonplace? why do we need “personal brain trainers” – and who will they be? Read the full interview here.

The SharpBrains Guide @ New York Public Library

You may well be thinking about New Year Resolutions, so we are sharing a couple of resources that may help you select resolutions to foster brain fitness without breaking the bank.

First, here is the video of my book talk at The New York Public Library on September 23rd, where we discussed The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness (May 2009; $19.95). The talk lasts an hour, followed by 25 minutes of Q&A. If you enjoy, please make sure to  share with your friends and colleagues.

Second, you can download a complimentary PDF copy of The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: 18 Interviews with Scientists, Practical Advice, and Product Reviews, to Keep Your Brain Sharp, by subscribing to our monthly eNewsletter. You can introduce and submit your email in the column to the right, and you’ll receive a confirmation email including a link to download the eBook.

Wishing you a very Sharp 2010!

Some readers have been asking how to become a tech reviewer for PD, and this might be that chance. We’re looking for a couple of volunteer contributors for PhoneDog’s upcoming network site, TodaysiPhone.com.

If you’re passionate about mobile Apple handhelds (that’s right, this site could cover more than just phones, like iPod Touches or tablets) and are good at boiling down and sharing information, we want to hear from you. Read on to know if you have what it takes to join the team:

REQUIREMENTS:
(1) You have to know the iPhone OS — no, you have to LOVE it.

(2) You’ve got to be a great communicator, whether writer or vid creator, who can whip up fun, engaging content. (Horrible spellers, grammar victims and perpetrators of the “Yo, this sux!” style of expression need not apply.)

(3) You must be reliable and responsible. (No plagiarizing or making up facts. You’ll have to fact check your stuff, and our own double checking won’t be uncommon.)

(4) Previous writing/blogging experience is highly desired, but not required. (Prove that you have a way with words and a penchant for keeping up on the latest related news or debuts, and we might overlook the whole “previous experience” thing.)

(5) Most importantly, you need to have a great attitude, and a big desire to learn and contribute. (Oh, and if you’re under 18, you’ll need a parent’s written approval.)

(6) We aren’t able to supply handsets, so having direct access to an iPhone (or possibly an iPod Touch) is highly preferred.

This is not a paid gig (for now), but an opportunity for people who either want to break into the biz or just love sharing knowledge. In return, successful candidates will get bragging rights, blogger bylines, and maybe even the chance to play with some cool apps or accessories.

Here’s how to apply:

• Send an email to [email protected]. Include your full name and a few sentences summing up why you’re perfect for this and give us an idea of what your specialty or desired beat is (news/rumors, tutorials, app or accessory reviews, whatever).
• Include two sample blog posts or vids. This could be news or rumors, a hot app, accessory or how-to article — your choice. If it’s a written piece, PASTE it into the body of your email. (If you don’t do this, seriously, we’re not even going to look at it.)
• Tell us how often you’d like to contribute (once a day, once a week, several per day or week, monthly). It’s not a rigid commitment, just a general sense of your desired involvement.

We won’t be able to respond to everyone, so if you don’t hear back from us, it doesn’t mean you stink. It just means we’re getting overwhelmed with applications, or we’re interested in a different style, so don’t take it personally. (And hey — there will be lots of chances to show off your master iPhone virtuosity on the site as a visitor once it launches.) For now, though, we can only respond to candidates we’re interested in.

(One last hint: Concise and well-written emails will get noticed a lot faster than long-winded inquiries or typo-ridden messages. So use that spell check!)

Thanks everyone! You can go back to your regularly scheduled PhoneDog programming now…

UPDATE: Since we don’t have hardware to give out, it is strongly preferred that candidates own or have direct access to an iPhone (or at least an iPod Touch). The number 6 requirement above was added to reflect that.

Another human superstition driving a protected species closer to extinction: Vulture brains are believed to increase luck in the lottery and at the race track.

Africa’s protected vultures are becoming the victims of a growing trend: According to a popular superstition, smoking dried vulture brains will result in “visionary” powers.

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Only the truly adventurous are running Chrome OS on their computers today. But it’s the elephant in the room whenever Jolicloud, an ambitious netbook operating startup, is discussed.

We first covered the startup in late 2008, when netbooks were mostly running Widows XP or Linux. In June, when the first invites to Jolicloud went out, it looked like a winner.

But less than a month later Google announced Chrome OS, their own operating system tailored to netbooks.

Jolicloud soldiered on, raising a high profile $4.2 million venture round and finally, earlier this month, releasing a public beta of the product at Le Web in Paris.

I caught up with CEO Tariq Krim and Director Partnerships Brenda O’Connell backstage at Le Web and asked them how Jolicloud would compete with Chrome OS.

Krim doesn’t have a full answer, but he says that part of the answer is Jolicloud’s focus on partner services like Dropbox. Google will rely mostly or entirely on Google services to run Chrome OS, although you’ll be able to access website services.

Jolicloud netbooks will be able to run local high definition video, which is hard to do over the browser today. And with services like dropbox users can store files locally on their netbooks and sync them to the cloud. Chrome OS users won’t be able to store files locally on their machine, other than via offline browser access.

It’s not clear Krim believes that’s much of an advantage, though. He says in the interview that hardware is becoming unimportant and that people will start to spend that money on cloud services instead.

Jolicloud is negotiating partnerships with hardware manufacturers to ship their OS directly with devices. Eventually consumer decisions will say whether there’s a place for Jolicloud in a suddenly crowded netbook OS market. Krim, who has fought Google successfully before with Netvibes (which competes with iGoogle), seems reasonably optimistic.

The video is below:

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The BonJour Primo Latte milk frother is one of my favorite Christmas gifts ever. With this frother, I really don’t need Starbucks anymore. As a latte lover, I have no idea why I waited so long to get one of these. It beats any latte foam I’ve had from Starbucks.

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I’ve used the milk frother to make both lattes and cappuccinos. I first tried the frother with 2% milk, but since BonJour recommended using nonfat milk, I gave that a whirl. I found that the nonfat milk does make hardier foam. I didn’t miss the fat.

I love the sleek little wire stand that comes with the frother. The unit and stand doesn’t take up much space, and using the stand is good for allowing the coil to air dry. You’ll need to rinse the coil immediately after use to avoid deposit buildup. I’d also recommend keeping the stand in a location where it can’t get knocked to the floor easily.

The frother requires two AA batteries that aren’t included. The only thing I dislike about this product is that I found battery installation to be a bit awkward.

To get the most out of your frother, make sure your batteries are completely charged. At first, I put in rechargeable batteries that needed a bit more power. After charging the batteries, the frother worked much more quickly.

If you have no idea how to make lattes and cappuccinos, no worries. The frother comes with several recipes. Making the froth is simple. You just fill a glass 1/3 full with cold milk and froth for around a minute, making sure to stop pushing the button before lifting the frother out of the glass. To make a cappuccino, I used the frother with a Bialetti Casa Italia Moka Express, a stovetop espresso maker. The frother retails for $20.

Have you tried the BonJour Primo Latte milk frother?

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Review: Primo Latte Milk Frother

Here is an in depth video of the new Documents tab in the latest Manila packages from the 2.01 Leo ROM. For those of you with an HD2, you know what your missing if you’re using the 1.61 ROM or earlier. For everyone else, you know what you’re missing by not having an HD2! :p

What tabs would you like to see in the future?

Around 1:00 PM Pacific time on Sunday, Apple’s MobileMe suite of cloud applications stopped working for me. According to one Twitter post, it’s been down for some users for three hours now.

The volume of Twitter updates in multiple languages in the past hour suggests this isn’t a small outage.

Apple’s PR hotline sent me an auto-response, “Our offices are closed for the holidays.” But if I hear back, I’ll update this post with any info Apple provides.

MobileMe, for which Apple charges $99 per year, grew from the company’s .Mac (pronounced “dot-mac”) services. Usually it works — I use it daily — but MobileMe got off to a bad start last year with frequent outages. So much so that even Apple fan Walt Mossberg declared it “too flawed to be reliable.”

MobileMe beats Google Apps in some ways, most notably its browser-based replications of the familiar mail, calendar and contact apps built into Apple computers. But for a hundred bucks a year in 2010, shouldn’t it be bulletproof?

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China Mobile’s Vice Chairman Zhang Chunjiang is being investigated by officials for alleged breach of conduct related to personal reasons, which historically has meant that he is suspected for corruption.

China Mobile didn’t elaborate on the probe, but a company spokeswoman said Saturday that the probe would have no impact on the company’s operations, reports the WSJ. Corruption in China has been a problem in its state corporations, which typically dominate large parts of the telecom, financial, and energy sectors.

Zhang joined China Mobile, which is the largest carrier in the world by subscribers, in June after working for more than 25 years in the state telecom sector. Previously, he was chairman of state-owned fixed-line carrier China Netcom Group and helped engineer an corporate governance overhaul aimed at giving outside board members greater say. Zhang is also head of the powerful Communist Party committee at China Mobile’s state-owned parent, China Mobile Communications.

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It not only takes money to close a deal, it takes money to get close to closing a deal. Sberbank, which was Magna’s Russian partner in the bid for Opel, said it assembled 9,000 contract pages during the negotiations. Unless Russian corporate lawyers are that much cheaper than their American counterparts, the associated legal fees could probably be described by the word “heinous.”

Sberbank says GM walked away from the deal 48 hours before contracts were due to be signed, and did so without reasonable explanation. In that case, Sberbank believes it is owed for the money it spent in preparation. Company CEO Stefan Gref said “In reality we spent an awful sum, because we had to address complex tasks,” and “I hope that we shall be able to settle all issues out of court, but we shall be prepared to defend our position in courts of law.”

Unless there was a provision restricting GM’s ability to walk away from the deal, it is unclear what kind of chances Sberbank will have in court. By comparison, Magna CEO Frank Stronach said his company’s bills from the transaction “weren’t material,” which could be his way of saying, “water under the bridge.” With the other issues on GM’s mind right now — like, oh, Opel and the German government, among others — Sberbank should probably just grab a place in line.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Legislation that could bring more wind turbines and solar power projects to Indiana has a good chance of passing in the upcoming legislative session after failing in the last session’s closing hours, two state lawmakers say. While …

Filed under: Opel, Russia

It not only takes money to close a deal, it takes money to get close to closing a deal. Sberbank, which was Magna’s Russian partner in the bid for Opel, said it assembled 9,000 contract pages during the negotiations. Unless Russian corporate lawyers are that much cheaper than their American counterparts, the associated legal fees could probably be described by the word “heinous.”

Sberbank says GM walked away from the deal 48 hours before contracts were due to be signed, and did so without reasonable explanation. In that case, Sberbank believes it is owed for the money it spent in preparation. Company CEO Stefan Gref said “In reality we spent an awful sum, because we had to address complex tasks,” and “I hope that we shall be able to settle all issues out of court, but we shall be prepared to defend our position in courts of law.”

Unless there was a provision restricting GM’s ability to walk away from the deal, it is unclear what kind of chances Sberbank will have in court. By comparison, Magna CEO Frank Stronach said his company’s bills from the transaction “weren’t material,” which could be his way of saying, “water under the bridge.” With the other issues on GM’s mind right now — like, oh, Opel and the German government, among others — Sberbank should probably just grab a place in line.

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Russia’s Sberbank wants GM to pay for dropping the Opel deal originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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