Thursday, June 28, 2012

Google's Nexus 7 cover turns up on the Play store, will set you back $20

Google's Nexus 7 cover turns on the Play store, will set you back $20

Not surprisingly, Google will have some accessories for its new Nexus 7 tablet, including a cover that also leaked out a bit early through Google Play (and spotted by MoDaCo's Paul O'Brien). As you can see, it will cover both the front and back of the device, and set you back a fairly reasonable $20. Available at least in dark grey, it has a matte (seemingly textured) finish, and provides access to both the tablet's headphone jacket and charging port.

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Startup Accelerator MuckerLab To Present During Variety's Venture ...

Jun 27, 2012 | By: PR Newswire | Comments

LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --?MuckerLab, a privately funded startup accelerator focused on incubation-stage Internet software, services and media ventures in the Los Angeles market, today announced Erik Rannala, MuckerLab Co-Founder, will be a speaker during Variety's Venture Capital & New Media Summit on Wednesday, June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in L.A. The summit will explore how the investment community is driving technology innovation critical for the growth of the evolving entertainment industry and will also feature top investors, business and studio leaders and start-up founders.

Rannala will join confirmed speakers Mike Jones, Founder, Science and Former CEO, MySpace; Taylor McPartland, Co-Founder and President, FilmBreak; Aber Whitcomb, CTO, SGN; and, Josh Brooks, CEO and Founder, Postcards on the Run, to co-present "The Burgeoning L.A. Venture Capital and Start-Up Landscape." The presentation will take place during the Summit, from 3:30-4:15 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time). The speakers will address how technology plays a major role in how the media industry evolves. They also will discuss who the major players are in L.A., and who is having success at creating new businesses. In addition, the panel will discuss what makes the L.A. VC scene different from better-known hubs in Silicon Valley and New York, as well as what sort of innovative digital media products are coming out of L.A.

Founded in October 2011, privately funded MuckerLab recruits Internet software, services, and media entrepreneurs through an open, but selective, application process, similar to the models employed by Y-Combinator. MuckerLab's 12-week program provides early-stage startups with up to $21K in funding, office space, access to world-class mentors, and hands-on product, and marketing, legal and fundraising support.? At the end of the program, companies present their businesses to potential investors at a Demo Day event.

Last July 2011, Variety's?Venture Capital?&?New Media?Summit featured speakers including, Entrepreneur Mark Cuban, Vice Chair of the Board of Viacom; CBS/President of National Amusements, Shari Redstone;?Bridesmaids' Director Paul Feig; and, Sony's Chief Digital Strategy Officer Mitch Singer. Special guests were the Royal Couple Prince William and Kate who made the VC event their first stop on their inaugural visit together to the United States.

About MuckerLab

MuckerLab is a privately funded startup accelerator focused on incubation-stage Internet software, services and media ventures in the Los Angeles market. Based on a mentorship-driven model, MuckerLab provides entrepreneurs with funding, puts them through a structured, three-month-long program and gives them access to a deep network of top-tier mentors and advisors. MuckerLab works side-by-side with Southern California's best technology entrepreneurs to enable them to build, launch, and finance their exceptional businesses, while helping to cultivate a more vibrant technology ecosystem in Los Angeles. For more information, go to http://www.muckerlab.com.

SOURCE MuckerLab

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Do you like a man who can dance?

When Joe Manganiello stopped by TODAY on Tuesday to show off his stripper moves from his latest film ?Magic Mike,? his body rolls sent a ripple effect through the stratosphere. On Wednesday, Channing Tatum started a stripper flash mob. Both Kathie Lee and Hoda approved of Channing's moves. But what about you? Do you like a man with mad dance moves?

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

New home-based business? | 7 Moneys

Question by sicilia: New home-based business?
I am interested in becoming a MK beauty consultant. I have a degree in that area, and I have such great ideas. How do I sell my husband on this venture? He wants me to get a job with retirement benefits, but I want to do something I will enjoy. Any advice?

Best answer:

Answer by leftturnlady
That?s a tough one.

I know when I started my home business, I put x amount of money in a savings account not to be touched.

Try to talk him into letting you do the MK for so many months and let him see the what kind of money you are making. Plus if your upline or see if there are testimonials from other people on the money they have made?show him and go from there.

Corine

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Closing arguments set for Sandusky abuse trial

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The defense rested Wednesday without calling Sandusky to the stand. Closing arguments are set for Thursday morning. Sandusky is charged with 51 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The defense rested Wednesday without calling Sandusky to the stand. Closing arguments are set for Thursday morning. Sandusky is charged with 51 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, left, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Sandusky is charged with 51 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, right, arrives with his attorney Joe Amendola at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Sandusky is charged with 51 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's attorney Joe Amendola arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Sandusky is charged with 51 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Prosecutor Joseph E. McGettigan III, center, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse with the rest of his prosecution team, in Bellefonte, Pa., Wednesday, June 20, 2012 for former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's trial. Sandusky is charged with 51 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Centre Daily Times, Nabil K. Mark)

(AP) ? Seven women and five men poised to hear closing arguments in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial would begin jury deliberations without the benefit of having the former Penn State assistant football coach take the witness stand in his own defense.

More than a week of often-explicit testimony wrapped up Wednesday after Sandusky's defense team rested without calling their client. That set up closing arguments for Thursday morning, and jurors could start meeting behind closed doors that afternoon to start weighing Sandusky's fate.

Once famed for his coaching acumen, Sandusky is charged with 51 criminal counts for the alleged abuse of 10 boys over 15 years in hotels, at his home and in the football team's showers. Sandusky has maintained his innocence, and his attorneys have tried to weaken the prosecution's case by discrediting police investigators and suggesting that accusers are hoping to cash in on potential civil lawsuits.

Sandusky's arrest in November sparked an explosive scandal that led to the ousters of Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno and the university president, and cast a critical eye on the role of college administrators in reporting abuse allegations. The sweeping case also led to renewed focus on child abuse issues.

The defense called just four new witnesses Wednesday, including a physician who they used to try to poke holes in the story of a Penn State assistant coach who testified that he saw Sandusky sexually assault a boy in the team showers more than a decade ago.

Defense attorneys finished in three days, resting around lunchtime Wednesday only after a longer-than-expected recess during which Sandusky and his lawyers huddled in private amid rampant speculation in the courtroom that he would take the witness stand.

Now, closing statements await the 12 jurors in a trial moving at a quick pace, more briskly than even the three-week time frame that Judge John Cleland had once estimated.

Cleland said he will begin Thursday by issuing jury instructions. The defense would then present its closing remarks before the prosecution takes its turn.

Then it's the jury that will determine the schedule depending on how long they take in deliberations. If convicted, the 68-year-old former defensive coordinator could be sent to state prison for the rest of his life.

Jurors will have to decide whether the defense was able to create sufficient doubt based on how the investigation was conducted, the reliability and motives of the accusers, and Sandusky's decades-long reputation as a man who worked tirelessly to help underprivileged children.

Prosecutors called 22 witnesses, including eight young men, ages 18 to 28, who alleged a range of abuse from grooming, kissing and massaging to fondling, oral sex and anal rape when they were boys.

Many of the 28 defense witnesses testified briefly to vouch for Sandusky's reputation. The defense's case has consisted of character witnesses who defended Sandusky's reputation, a psychologist who said Sandusky had a personality disorder and the ex-coach's wife, who said she did not see her husband do anything inappropriate with the accusers. His lawyers showed that an investigator had shared information with an accuser about other alleged victims' stories and repeatedly suggested that accusers have financial motivations for their claims.

Sandusky was only heard from via a November interview with NBC's Bob Costas, saying he probably shouldn't have showered with boys; and in letters he wrote to one of his accusers.

One of the last witnesses called was Dr. Jonathan Dranov, a physician summoned to the home of Mike McQueary's father in February 2001 to hear McQueary's account of seeing Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in the campus showers. The boy, known only as Victim 2, has never been identified and isn't known to prosecutors.

Dranov testified that McQueary told of hearing "sexual sounds" and seeing a boy in the shower before an arm reached around to pull him out of view. McQueary said he made eye contact with the boy and Sandusky later emerged from the showers, Dranov said.

That account is different from what McQueary told a grand jury and testified to at a preliminary hearing and at the trial. He has said he saw Sandusky directly behind the boy's back, moving his midsection enough to convince McQueary it was a sex act.

Dranov told the jury that McQueary described hearing sounds he considered sexual in nature but did not provide him with a graphic description of what he saw.

"It just seemed to make him upset so I backed off that," Dranov said.

Asked to describe McQueary's demeanor, Dranov said: "His voice was trembling. His hands were shaking. He was visibly shaken," Dranov said.

McQueary's report to his superiors ? and Penn State officials' failure to go to outside law enforcement ? led to the firing of Paterno, who died of cancer in January.

McQueary had testified earlier in the trial that he wasn't "over-descriptive" in his conversation with Dranov, saying he told the doctor that what he saw was sexual, wrong and perverse.

David Hilton, who met Sandusky through a summer camp of his charity, testified Wednesday he felt like investigators were trying to coach him into accusing Sandusky.

"When it got to the second or third time I felt like they wanted me to say something that isn't true," he said.

During cross examination, lead prosecutor Joe McGettigan told Hilton that Hilton's uncle had contacted authorities out of concern after hearing of the initial charges against Sandusky.

Prosecutors allege that Sandusky met his alleged victims through The Second Mile charity. Sandusky founded the organization that once was lauded for its efforts to help at-risk children.

Sandusky didn't take the stand after his lawyer suggested in opening statements that he might and a day after his wife, Dottie, testified. In interviews Sandusky did shortly after his arrest in November, with the support and presence of defense attorney Joe Amendola, his responses were halting and uncertain, raising doubts about how he might stand up to cross-examination.

Criminal defendants in Pennsylvania, in serious crimes, generally are required to waive their right to testify on their own behalf, although that does not always happen in open court.

One of the jurors was excused from the case Wednesday with an illness; the female juror was replaced by an alternate, also a woman.

Sandusky attorney Karl Rominger also asked Cleland to dismiss five counts related to so-called Victim 8, the other boy never identified by investigators. Rominger argued that the timing of the charges had not been proven by the testimony of a janitor's co-worker, who said the janitor had told him he saw Sandusky molest the boy in a shower. The Penn State janitor himself was ruled not medically competent to testify.

The judge didn't immediately rule on the motion.

Associated Press

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Microsoft reveals its own Windows 8 tablet: meet the new Surface for Windows RT

Microsoft reveals its own Windows 8 tablet meet the new Surface for Windows RT

Here at its mysterious, last-minute press event in Los Angeles, Microsoft just confirmed it will sell its own Microsoft-branded Windows 8 RT tablet under the Surface badge. Measuring just 9.3mm thick, the Surface for Windows RT is built around an angled, all-magnesium VaporMg case that weighs just under 1.3 pounds, with an NVIDIA-made ARM chip powering the whole affair. Microsoft's hardware partner has also gone all-out on extra touches, such as a built-in stand, twin 2x2 MIMO antennas for WiFi, and a 10.6-inch optically-bonded, Gorilla Glass 2-covered HD display. Not unlike Apple's last two generations, there's a magnetically attached cover, but it's more than just a protector: here, it includes a full multi-touch keyboard and trackpad. As for expansion, you'll get one each of HDMI, microSD and USB 2.0 (sorry folks, no 3.0) as well as either 32GB or 64GB of storage, while software includes the usual Windows 8 accoutrements and a newly Metrofied version of Netflix. The Surface for Windows RT should arrive roughly in step with Windows 8, but Microsoft is only promising pricing "competitive" with similar ARM tablets -- and you're looking for a tablet with more grunt, you can spring for the Intel-packing Surface for Windows 8 Pro.

Be sure to check out our hands-on with the Surface!

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Kings hit the road again in search of 1st Cup win

Los Angeles Kings Dwight King, left, and teammates Dustin Brown, rear, and Trevor Lewis watch the closing seconds of play against the New Jersey Devils in the third period during Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals, Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in Los Angeles. The Devils won the game 3-1. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Los Angeles Kings Dwight King, left, and teammates Dustin Brown, rear, and Trevor Lewis watch the closing seconds of play against the New Jersey Devils in the third period during Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals, Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in Los Angeles. The Devils won the game 3-1. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Los Angeles Kings' goalie Jonathan Quick catches a shot on goal in the first period during Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals against the New Jersey Devils, Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Los Angeles Kings' Willie Mitchell, left, and New Jersey Devils' Zach Parise struggle to control the puck in the first period during Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals, Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur (30), Bryce Salvador (24) and Los Angeles Kings center Trevor Lewis (22) fight for control of the puck in the third period during Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals, Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

(AP) ? After 45 years of waiting, the Los Angeles Kings' quest for their first Stanley Cup title will last at least a few more days.

The Kings had a chance to sweep New Jersey out of the Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday night, but they were done in by three third-period goals in a 3-1 loss to the Devils in Game 4.

While the Kings are an amazing 15-3 in this remarkable postseason run, they have lost three Game 4s with a chance for a sweep. No worries, though, as Los Angeles bounced back in Game 5 to knock out Vancouver and Phoenix on the road. The Kings managed to sweep St. Louis in the second round.

The Devils claimed their first lead of the series in the third period before Kings defenseman Drew Doughty tied it. Adam Henrique put New Jersey ahead to stay with 4:29 left, and Ilya Kovalchuk secured the Eastern Conference champions' first win of the series with an empty-net goal.

Now it's back to New Jersey for Game 5 on Saturday night.

"It was pretty even all the way, but they found a way to get a late goal," Kings captain Dustin Brown said. "We had some chances early in the third, but we didn't bury it, and we made a couple of mistakes that they capitalized on. We've just got to hit the reset button.

"We've been in this situation now three times in the playoffs, and we've always come back with a big rebound game."

The Kings might have to get some rebounds past 40-year-old Devils goalie Martin Brodeur, who has been in top form all series, and stopped 21 shots in Game 4. The NHL's career winningest goalie doesn't appear to be satisfied with the three Stanley Cup titles he already has.

"Marty played well for them and made some big saves," Brown said. "Tonight was a battle out there, and now it's just a matter of having the same approach in the next game."

The Kings were trying to become the first team to sweep the Devils in a best-of-seven series, and the first to sweep the finals since the 1998 Detroit Red Wings.

New Jersey had managed a total of only two goals in the first three games ? dropping a pair of 2-1 overtime decisions at home before losing 4-0 in Los Angeles in Game 3.

Los Angeles has won a record 10 straight road games in these playoffs, and 12 consecutive postseason games away from home, dating to last year. If the Kings win one more in New Jersey, they will also own the mark for most road wins in a playoff year with 11.

"Whether you win or lose, we don't have time to get down or too excited. We just have to focus on the next one," goalie Jonathan Quick said. "We've played well on the road, but at the same time, we try to play the same way whether you're on the road or at home. We're just focused on the next one, and that's all it is. This one is in the past."

Quick faced 72 shots in the first three games, and the only two that got past him were a bounce off the chest of Kings defenseman Slava Voynov, and Ryan Carter's deflection of Marek Zidlicky's shot. On Wednesday, he was beaten by Henrique's perfectly placed wrist shot.

"They were desperate in all of the games," Kings forward Anze Kopitar said. "Everybody is bringing their 'A' game in the finals, and we're going to have to do it again. We have to bury the chances we get.

"They seem like they had chances off the rush, and they capitalized on those. They played with a little more desperation than we did, and we have to correct that in Game 5."

Teams that had a chance to win the Cup on home ice are 6-8 since 2000. The last four champions closed the deal on the road. The Kings could be primed to repeat that feat.

"We didn't have our best game, and they did," defenseman Matt Greene said. "They played well. We knew they were going to come out hard, and they did. We have to be tighter in the defensive zone and tighter in our game if we want to win.

"I think we played OK, but that's not going to cut it right now. We've got to do a better job of moving the puck faster out of our zone, getting more sustained pressure in theirs and disrupting their game."

The Kings can take comfort in the fact that teams who led 3-0 in the Stanley Cup finals have won the series 24 of 25 times since the NHL went to a best-of-seven format in 1939. The only exception is the 1942 Detroit Red Wings, who blew the big lead against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

None of the Kings appeared worried Wednesday that the Stanley Cup was slipping out of their grasp. The games have been tight, and Los Angeles has effectively shut down the Devils' power play, which is 0 for 15 in the series.

"I don't think we were expecting to win in four before the finals started," Kings forward Simon Gagne said. "We're in a great position, but it's going to be a big fight. We all know that fourth one is going to be the toughest one to win.

"Sure, you're disappointed. You hope you could do it in front of your fans. But at the same time, it's the Stanley Cup finals, and it's going to take a lot of work to get it done. They played well, and we came up short. That's the bottom line. Now we have to focus on the next game. That's it."

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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Are You Ready to Launch a Home Based Writing Business? | Gist Blog

Before launching your home based business, you may be wondering if you have what it takes. Writing is an excellent home based business opportunity, but you must first ensure that you?re comfortable with both your ability and the availability of work. Here are some important issues to consider if you think you may be ready to use your idea for a home based business.

Your Writing Ability It doesn?t matter if you are the next Shakespeare, being able to write well on a deadline is essential for a top home based business. If you?re the kind of writer that requires hours of research or must proofread your articles eight times, you will probably not be able to create enough content to meet your goals. You must be fast and confident in order to succeed.

The Availability of Work No writer who owns their own home based business should rely on one or two clients. Writing is a highly fluid market, and your customers could be gone tomorrow. To combat this volatility, you should have a wide selection of clients who buy content. You may decide to start your own blogs or try your hand at e-books. No matter what your decision, never feel dependent exclusively on only one income source.

Deciding to start your own home based business is often a matter of having the right skill set and a large amount of work available to you. If both of those criteria are met, you will flourish in your chosen field.

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