iPhone’s Multi-Touch Technology On MacBooks in October?

"According to CrunchGear's 'trusted source' that the upcoming MacBooks which are expected to be released around October will support the iPhone's multi-touch technology built into their touchpads. The feature will be built into the touchpads, allowing you to navigate through your notebook's files, applications, etc. the same way you can on the iPhone. (Yes, I know you can already scroll with them, that's nothing new. I'm talking about all the other finger gestures that can be done on the iPhone's screen) On June 20th, CrunchGear reported, "The upcoming MacBooks will be about half the thickness of current models (which would be quite the feat) and they'll be made from new plastics/materials"

iPhone sales add luster to Apple stock

Apple's stock soared to a record high Tuesday amid analyst reports that sales of highly profitable iPhones easily rocketed past 300,000 after its US launch.

Apple shares were up nearly five percent, going for 127.17 dollars a piece when the New York Stock Exchange closed. The price slipped a fraction to 126.82 in after-hours trading.

Investors were evidently reacting to reports from analysts that from 310,000 to 700,000 iPhones have been snapped up since the devices began selling on Friday and that the profit margin on the devices is estimated at 55 percent.

Apple and US telecom giant AT&T, the exclusive iPhone service provider, did not disclose sales figures "for competition reasons."

"In its first weekend we sold more iPhones than in the first month of any other wireless phone AT&T ever offered," AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel told AFP. "That's how good it's been. We are simply not releasing figures."

Nearly all of AT&T's 1,800 stores were sold out of iPhones by Monday and new stocks were en route, according to Siegel.

The rush of people activating their iPhones online during the weekend flooded AT&T computers, causing delays in a small fraction of cases, according to Siegel.

WORLD'S FIRST iPHONE REVIEW EVER!!

iphoneNY...6pm line startes going in

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iphone NY

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6pm yesterday on 5thave

Gave Up Sleep, but at Least I Have an iPhone

Apple wanted a spectacle when the iPhone went on sale, and it got just that.



Dozens of photographers hovered outside Apple’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue near East 59th Street, waiting to snap pictures of the elated, often sunburned faces of the first iPhone owners. Some Apple faithful had waited in line for days.

At 6 p.m., their patience paid off.

“I guess I didn’t need to get in line because they have thousands of them in there,” said Norbert Pauli, 52, who had waited since Wednesday morning outside the Fifth Avenue store. The sweaty tangle of people who lined up there included a customer service representative for a trucking company who took a vacation day to make her first Apple purchase; a jazz musician who declared, “I don’t stand in line for anything”; and a tourist from Argentina who said he wasn’t even sure the phone would work once he got it home.

1st guy on line

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where did he go ?....bathroom

Die-Harder's still there....

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Apple workers at 1145pm June 28.

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at least they are staying dry out there

5th ave iphone line

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1130pm these die- hard geeks are waiting for there phone...

Union Square Limo Cam, NYC

iPhone Commercial Parody

Manhattan iPhone Watch: T minus 1.5 days and counting

On Wednesday, as predicted, the rain came. I must say I don't think I've sported this much Gore-Tex outside of hiking trips. Thunderstorms had been on the horizon for New York, and despite rampant rumors that Steve Jobs can control the weather, they still came. Around the 5th Avenue Apple Store, drainage isn't too good, so parts of the stone courtyard outside the Early Show studios were half an inch deep in water. (Note to self: don't wear flip-flops next time!)

But that didn't do anything to break up the line of enthusiasts waiting for the iPhone launch at 6 PM on Friday.

I hadn't dropped by the Apple Store this afternoon because I was busy talking into a box (there's my shameless self-promotion for the day). So when I showed up again after dark in the rain, the line that had been six people long 24 hours ago had now lengthened to 14. The male-female ratio is about 4:1, and just about everyone is somewhere in their 20s. Everyone was huddled under umbrellas, and thankfully, it looks as though there was plenty of rain gear around.

I'm also hearing that one guy in line knows how to get access to a shower in an apartment nearby, so things haven't been quite as, uh, pungent as they could be

The New Yankee Stadium

Apple Announces IPHONE Service Plans...

Apple has released details of the service plans that will be available for the iPhone. Three special monthly plans are available:

59.99 for 450 voice minutes
- $79.99 for 900 voice minutes
- $99.99 for 1,350 voice minutes

All three plans include unlimited data (email & web), Visual Voicemail, 200 SMS text messages, roll over minutes and unlimited mobile to mobile calling. Plans have a $36 one-time activation fee and are two year contracts. Family plans will also be available, but were not disclosed at this time. In addition, any standard AT&T service plan may be chosen.

Apple also clarified that activation of the iPhone and account setup will be done completely through iTunes.

iphone coming soon

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sign at the Soho Apple store in NYC, taken today on June 24...there getting ready.
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Want to ride my Bike ....

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The Bikers where all out ar 3 pm today.

Gay Parade in NY TODAY....

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What a scene today in NY on 5 th ave. The annual parade , they where all out in Drag, for more pics of event log on to Tonylimo on flickr

Gay Marriage Bill is New Reason to Celebrate Gay Pride

Religious groups led the city's gay pride parade on Sunday, lending gravity to an often outrageous event that also featured a jumble of drag queens in feather boas, marching bands, motorcycle-riding lesbians, rugby players and samba dancers.

"We stand for a progressive religious voice," said Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of New York City's Congregation Beth Simchat Torah. "Those who use religion to advocate an anti-gay agenda, I believe, are blaspheming God's name."

The annual parade, one of dozens around the world, commemorates the 1969 Stonewall riots in which patrons at a Greenwich Village gay bar fought back against a police raid.

At San Francisco's festival, the wife of Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards marked the occasion by splitting with her husband over support for legalized gay marriage.

JOE IMPS DAY IN NYC June 9

JOE Imps day in Long Isalnd City, Queens happened on June 9 on a bright beautiful day. A street was named after him at the intersection of 47 ave and Vernon Blvd. All gathered here , community leaders, city councilman leaders and local residents all joined his wife Marie Imparado as they dedicated the block that he was born on and grew up in to be named after him.
Joe a life long resident had a restaurant named " JOE IMPS" that was on Jackson Ave a few blocks away. Joe served the community for all of his life, helping residents and the local church ( St. Mary) when in need.

'GOTTA-SELL' GOTTI UNLOADING PAD

June 17, 2007 -- Make "Junior" Gotti an offer he can't refuse - he could use the cash.
John Gotti, the scion of the Gambino crime family, is so strapped, he's looking to unload his lavish Gold Coast property and head south for the simpler - and cheaper - life.
After burning through more than $1 million in legal fees and another $150,000 in tax-lien payments, the one-time wiseguy told The Post in an interview last week that his leafy, 1.96-acre estate in Oyster Bay Cove, L.I., will be on the market in two weeks.
"We're finishing fixing it up," Gotti said, as he peered around his manicured, lush yard while his wife and kids gathered inside for family dinner.
The gangster who cried poverty during a series of racketeering trials said he hopes to save a few bucks by downsizing.
"I can't afford the upkeep," he confessed about his suburban spread, which costs $16,233 just in annual school and town taxes.

HOW 'SOPRANOS' LOST RAO'S

June 17, 2007 -- PRIVATE eye Bo Dietl badgered the producers of "The Sopranos" so incessantly for a part that they not only stopped taking his calls, but also wrote his friend, Frank Pellegrino, out of the HBO show, a source says. Pellegrino - owner of Rao's, the clubby East Harlem restaurant where Dietl is a regular - played a high-ranking FBI agent on the series. But he disappeared from the show a couple of years ago, and wasn't on stage at Radio City with the rest of the cast for the launch of the final season. Dietl, the former police detective lionized in the book/movie "One Tough Cop," admitted to us, "Anybody would have liked to be in it. I told ['Sopranos' creator David] Chase I'd play anything." But Dietl denied he was responsible for Pellegrino being dropped: "Frankie was sick and he was opening Rao's in Vegas." We tried reaching Pellegrino at Rao's, but the recording says the eatery is fully booked for 2007 and no one would be responding to messages.

Soprano ending 1 week later

Re: Sopranos Ending Explained

James Gandolfini looks beyond Tony Soprano

There was no decisive moment, no seismic shift, no ceremony when James Gandolfini put “The Sopranos” behind him. But he has. Comfortably.

“I was told that it would be a transition,” he says and shakes his head. “Not much. It’s very calming to move on.”

Gandolfini, of course, had played gangster-in-therapy Tony Soprano — earning raves, clout and unsought celebrity — since the HBO drama premiered in January 1999.

“The character has been with me for so long,” he says, “it’s a relief to let him go.”

No wonder. For 86 episodes, Gandolfini submerged himself in that fiendish, tormented character. He channeled the dark world of “Sopranos” creator David Chase. He was regularly summoned to his own psychic danger zone. All in all, the experience was “wearing,” he says.

There also was a physical toll. “The Sopranos” revolves around Tony, which meant Gandolfini had an exhausting workload.

Tonylimo on the last epidsode of Tony Soprano

we got robbed ?!!!!

WHAT A GREAT END FOR TONY SOPRANO !!

I HAVE TO ADMIT I WANTED MORE MUCH MORE OF TONY SOPRANO, I THOUGHT I HIT THE REMOTE BY ACCIDENT,MY MOUTH WAS WIDE OPEN, " THATS IT " I SAID. NO MUSIC TO THE ENDING, JUST A BLANK SCREEN.

Tonylimo predicts what happen to Tony Soprano

Car Crashes Through Sunrise Mall on L.I.

A car reportedly plowed into a large shopping mall in Massapequa on purpose.

Cops say around 7 p.m. Thursday night, a man in his 30s rushed his car through an entrance to Sunrise Mall near a JC Penney store and exited the mall near a McDonalds.

One person suffered minor injuries due to glass shattering everywhere.

Nassau County police have the driver in custody and they are investigating the incident as intentional. No word yet on the driver's motive.

Therapists scratch heads over latest 'Sopranos' move

NEW YORK -- Therapists, we've long known, are among the biggest fans of "The Sopranos."
So pleased were they with the credible therapy scenes between Tony Soprano, pop culture's most famous mobster/patient, and the appealing Dr. Jennifer Melfi, played by Lorraine Bracco, that the American Psychoanalytical Association once gave the show and Bracco an award.

But professionally speaking, they could only scratch their heads at the latest developments on HBO's hit drama, which aired its penultimate episode last weekend.

Just as Tony Soprano's life seemed to be imploding with dangerous speed -- in short, just when he needed some really good therapy -- Melfi and her own therapist made some highly questionable moves.

Not only therapists were distressed. Some patients were actually furious when they showed up for appointments this week, said one New York psychoanalyst.

"You wouldn't believe the outrage I am hearing," said Dr. Arnold Richards, who'd missed the episode, but was filled in by his patients. He was talking Mind-boggling," pronounced Richards. "I do not recall ever being told the name of a patient in treatment."

Colleagues agreed. "That dinner party was just very upsetting to me," said Dr. Joseph Annibali, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in McLean, Va. "What he did was outrageous. He's never had control of himself, and this just fits in with that."

Why did Kupferberg commit such a sin? He didn't think Melfi should be treating Tony, whom he considered a manipulative psychopath. Be that as it may, his disclosure was "a very egregious ethical violation," said Dr. Jan Van Schaik, chair of the Ethics Committee at the Wisconsin Psychoanalytic Institute.

"A patient needs to know that what gets said in the doctor's office stays there," said Van Schaik, who's never witnessed such a violation. "I've been at gatherings where people talk about patients in a more disguised form. Even that can be inappropriate. A good therapist should do the best they can to protect the anonymity of patients."

It's a shame, Van Schaik added, because "prior to Sunday's episode, 'The Sopranos' was the best portrayal in the popular media of a therapist-patient relationship." Annibali agreed: "We're so used to seeing therapists presented as incompetent hacks. Or as people who are more disturbed than their patients!"

What's been nice about Melfi, the Virginia therapist explained, is that she's a complex and caring figure -- she's not ideal, but she tries to help Tony even as she struggles with the idea of treating him.about a serious ethical lapse by Elliot Kupferberg, played by Peter Bogdanovich, at a dinner party full of therapists. Across the crowded table, the character callously revealed -- over Melfi's protests -- the identity of her star patient.

The Pen-Freaking-Ultimate Episode

Before I make a few little points about last night's tense, mind-blowing, excellent episode of "The Sopranos," I have to warn readers that there are SPOILERS in this entry, and they are SPOILERS you will definitely want to avoid until after you've watched.
My whole body was on edge during the show, which built quickly to full-on gang warfare after years of moving in that direction. "Ready for the rapture?" was the FBI agent's comment to Tony, and to us. As soon as I realized it was Phil and his evil-looking goons against the likes of Tony, Sil, Bobby, and Paulie, I knew the New Jersey guys were doomed. I loved the little bit of "Raging Bull" between Tony and Sil while they strategized in the restaurant; another nice passing homage to Martin Scorsese.

Tony is now without his best ally, the comatose Silvio, who'd earlier in the episode made a malapropism about his wife being "terminally" ill. There was a brief moment during the shooting when Silvio was crawling in the car that reminded me of the way Adriana crawled before he shot her (an important reminder, since I tend to romanticize Sil's loyalty). And Bobby was nixed in a great shooting scene that built slowly and eerily at the train store, the center of Bobby's innocence. I loved it that kids were screaming; they were delivering the sounds Bobby, the eternal child, couldn't.

TV REVIEW: The end is near for 'The Sopranos'

Not Sil.

That's all I could think during the white-knuckled final minutes of last Sunday's episode of "The Sopranos."

For a long time, I've thought it would make sense for Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) to die as the series closed (and that's just a guess, I have no inside information).

But I never really pondered the thought that there could be a lot of carnage around Tony as the series' end approached.

Are you, like me, wondering if this episode might be better than next Sunday's series finale? Ever notice that many programs (and so many prior seasons of "The Sopranos") have a second-to-last episode that is much better than the actual finale? I wonder if that'll be the case here.

Regardless, Sunday's second-to-last episode was a classic. As long as you ignore most of the A.J. (Robert Iler) stuff. (Yeah, yeah, the sins of the father are visited on the son. I get it. Enough already.)

But back to Silvio Dante. The dapper, understated linchpin of Tony's crew. Always the one with the perfectly timed shrug. The brow wrinkled just enough for Tony to sigh, "What's wrong?" Silvio wasn't a shouter or a tough guy or a bundle of rage (in other words, he's not Paulie Walnuts).

He was everything Tony needed in a confidante. Wise, trustworthy and loyal. And, as played by the talented Steven Van Zandt, dryly witty when circumstances allowed.

I don't want Sil to be dead. As Sunday's episode closed, doctors didn't think he'd regain consciousness. His near-death is bringing it home to me, finally - "The Sopranos" is ending. For real. Who allowed this to happen?

OK, truth be told, I have long thought that the sixth season (which includes the most recent batch of episodes and the group of episodes before that) has had too many sluggish moments, but hey, it's still "The Sopranos." I can't not watch. And the last few episodes have been really good.

Since the shocking death of Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli), a lot of momentum has built up in Tony's world. A world in which all due respect must be paid, but also a world in which no sins are forgotten. The Russian in the forest from so many episodes ago? He's forgotten. But all of Tony's sins have come home to roost now.

Hence Tony finishing out last night's episode sleeping with his gun, just as John Wayne might have in some heroic Western.

On the chalkboard in A.J.'s classroom in a recent episode, a quote from Wordsworth: "Getting and spending, we lay waste to our powers."

Somehow that doesn't strike me as a harbinger of good things to come for anyone in the "Sopranos" family.

And I'll certainly miss the absorbing give and take between Tony and his psychiatrist, Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Bracco), which, as of Sunday's episode, also appears to be over.

How many silent reaction shots has Bracco filmed over the last eight years? It has to be more than a hundred. But she never made them less than fascinating. But that's nothing compared with scenes in which her character sparred with Gandolfini's - that's some serious, world-class acting there.

Some other things I'll miss:

-The way Paulie Walnuts says, "Eow!," the all-purpose interjection on "The Sopranos," which can be used in any number of sentences: "Eow! There he is!" to "Eow! Did you just disrespect the Bing?"

-The show's opening credit sequence, one of the all-time greats.

-Gandolfini as Tony and Edie Falco as Carmela. Honestly, have two actors playing a married couple ever done more absorbing work or been more perfectly cast?

Lou Piniella kicks dirt on the umpire

way to go Lou,..

iphone ad june 29th never been an ipod

New Yorks New Ticket Scalping Laws..

Some Ticket Scalping Rules Are Changing

NEW YORK -- For decades, ticket scalping was a thing done in the shadows, but those days of ducking into alleyways and dodging police are fading fast.

New York is poised this week to become the latest in a string of states to ease or eliminate decades-old restrictions on the resale of tickets to sporting events, concerts and shows.

Under the proposed rules, the state would discard its long practice of capping prices for tickets sold on the secondary market.

Some old regulations would stay in place. Scalpers would still be banned from selling tickets within 1,500 feet of large arenas like Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium. Smaller venues would get a similar 500-foot buffer zone. Brokers who sell large numbers of tickets would still need to get a license.

But the change would, for the first time, make it entirely legal for average fans to scalp their seats on the Internet.

For better or worse, it would also allow anyone holding a hot ticket to a Mets playoff game or Broadway musical to sell them off for whatever buyers were willing to pay.

"If you have something to sell, you should be able to sell it for what it is truly worth,'' said Sean Pate, spokesman for the online ticket broker StubHub Inc., which lobbied hard for the change.

The state assembly voted for the bill Tuesday. The Senate is expected to follow suit, and Gov. Eliot Spitzer could sign the measure by Friday, when the state's old anti-scalping law expires.

New York is far from alone in its redrafting of scalping rules.

Minnesota tossed out its old anti-scalping laws this spring. The state previously allowed tickets to be resold only at face value.

A bill that would ease Missouri's ban on selling tickets to sporting events at more than face value passed the legislature and is now being considered by the governor.

Saks Fifth Avenue Shoe Department Gets Own ZIP Code: 10022-SHOE

- Saks Fifth Avenue says its new shoe department is so big and fancy it's getting its own ZIP code.

The quintessential Manhattan store is revamping its shoe department, and when it moves from the fourth floor to the eighth floor in August customers will be able to send mail to 10022-SHOE.

"We believe it's such a big move for us it deserves its own ZIP code,'' Saks spokeswoman Lesley Langsam Kennedy said Thursday. "We wanted to make it a destination.''

The retailer worked with the U.S. Postal Service on the new ZIP code -- but only the last four characters, which aren't necessary when you're mailing something, are specialized. The rest of the midtown neighborhood, which includes St. Patrick's Cathedral, shares 10022.

The new 8,500-square-foot Saks showroom at the flagship Fifth Avenue store will have more shoes, more service and more stock room capability, Langsam Kennedy said. It also will feature a VIP room for private shopping, spacious seating, refreshments and shoe repair on hand, she said.

Saks operates 54 stores in 25 states and two stores in the Middle East.

American Idol has spoken !!!!

Jordin Sparks, a teenager with a big voice and big dreams, was crowned Wednesday as the newest and youngest "American Idol.''

Sparks, 17, of Glendale, Ariz., prevailed over beatboxer Blake Lewis, 25, of Bothell, Wash., after a triumphant performance Tuesday that wowed the show's judges and the viewers who gave her the majority of the record 74 million votes cast.

"Mom, Dad, I love you,'' Sparks, the daughter of retired NFL player Phillippi Sparks, said after hugging Lewis.

New Yorks Plaza Hotel update....

Subway Hero' Blows Chance at Million

Megan Manni Reporting
NEW YORK -- Wesley Autrey, famed for jumping on the tracks of an oncoming 1 train in January to save a man who had had a seizure and fallen off the platform, fell just short of $1 million Monday.

Autrey was a guest contestant on the NBC game show "Deal or No Deal" with Howie Mandel. "Deal" features 26 cases, each with a labeled monetary value inside. The contestant chooses a case for his or her own to be opened at the end of the show.

In the meantime, the contestant must choose cases to open one by one, and whatever value is shown inside is not the value the contestant's case holds.

Autrey chose case number 7, and the game began.

At first some of the highest values were knocked out - $400,000, $300,000, $500,000. But the middle values remained, until Autrey was left with the extreme ends of the spectrum - values like $.01, $10, $25, $5,000, $10,000 and the million-dollar case.

Every few cases or so, a "banker" calls Mandel, the host, to offer the contestant a guaranteed sum to leave the show and give up the chance to win more money.

Choosing cases that turned out to hold the lower amounts would make the bank offer skyrocket, but winding up having chosen the higher amounts would reduce the bank's risk of payout, thereby reducing their monetary offer to the contestant.

The man dubbed "the subway hero" was offered $65,000, then $96,000, then $148,000, then $209,000 as he got closer to the end of the game without uncovering the million dollar marker. At each and every turn, Autrey said, "no deal.

APPLE STORE 5TH AVE

New Yorks Apple Store is 1 year old

Woman Falls Through Sidewalk Grate in Midtown

A pedestrian was injured when she fell at least 10 feet through a sidewalk transformer vault Thursday in midtown Manhattan, authorities said.

Plaza Hotel Owners Develop Vegas Complex

Plaza Hotel Owners Elad Group to Develop $5 Billion Complex on Vegas Strip Using Plaza Brand

Commercial real estate development firm Elad Group, which owns New York's Plaza Hotel, said Wednesday it is developing a $5 billion multi-use complex on the Las Vegas Strip under The Plaza brand.

Cleaning Chemical Found in Tap Water in Queens

A tiny amount of a common dry cleaning chemical contaminated tap water in part of Queens but posed no known health risk to the roughly 64,000 people affected, the city Department of Environmental Protection said.

Officials said the chemical was found in water in sections of St. Albans, Cambria Heights and Hollis.

Still, the agency suggested residents use bottled water and take shorter showers if they were concerned.

Some, such as Jenny Delgado, were.

"I'm not going to use the water. I don't feel safe yet,'' she said. "I'm going to wait a couple of days and get a little more information before I give my kids the water.''

Levels slightly above the standard for the chemical -- tetrachloroethylene, or PERC -- were first found in a sample collected during routine testing May 1 in the Hollis area, the DEP said. The chemical is used mostly in dry cleaning and auto body repair, the agency said.

Exposure to large amounts of PERC can affect the nervous system, and very long-term exposure can increase cancer risks, but the ``minute amounts'' found in the water were not expected to cause health problems, the DEP said.

The highest PERC concentrations detected in the water have been 13 parts per billion, compared to a standard of 5 parts per billion, the agency said.

"In these levels, for this amount of time, there are no known ill health effects,'' said spokeswoman Ann Canty.

The problem was limited to an area bounded by Linden and Farmer's boulevards, Hempstead and Jamaica avenues, and the Cross Island Parkway, the DEP said.

N.Y. Mets Fan Whose Back Was Broken at Ballpark Files Lawsuit

The New York Mets fan whose back was broken by an apparently drunken 300-pound man who fell on her at Shea Stadium during the team's home opener has filed a lawsuit because of her injuries.

Ellen Massey, 58, says in court papers that on April 9 she was in the second row of the right field upper deck near a "visibly intoxicated'' man who was "acting in a rowdy, boisterous and dangerous manner for a long period of time.''

Around 3:30 p.m., court papers say, the man, who has not been found or identified, "in an intoxicated condition fell upon plaintiff causing her to sustain severe personal injuries.''

Massey's lawyer, Stephen Kaufman, said Monday that the fall by the drunk, who was described as a blond 300-pounder, cracked several of the woman's vertebrae.

"He got up and left,'' apparently uninjured, Kaufman said. "We have information that one of the security people might have spoken to him and let him leave.''

Two emergency medical technicians sitting directly in front of Massey gave her first aid and comforted her until an ambulance arrived, Kaufman said.

Massey underwent surgery for spinal injuries at Jacobi Medical Center and was hospitalized there for about two weeks, Kaufman said. Doctors put rods and screws in her back and will have to operate on her again, he said.

Massey was at the game with two adult nephews when the incident occurred between the sixth and seventh innings, with the Mets behind 5-3. The home team went on the beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 11-5.

Massey, a Manhattan lawyer, named Sterling Mets L.P., owner of the baseball team; Philadelphia-based Aramark Corp., the beer vendor; the Service Employees International Union Local 177, whose members are security guards at Shea Stadium, and "John Doe,'' the unidentified man who fell on her, as defendants.

Massey's court papers say that Sterling Mets had a duty to provide reasonable safety for stadium patrons, that Aramark should not have sold alcohol to spectators who appeared to be already drunk and that the union employees should have prevented unruly behavior.

Times Square Generates More $ Than Economies of Panama, Bolivia

Times Square, the area of midtown Manhattan that's evolved over the past century from a bustling theater district to a symbol of crime and decay and now to a sanitized entertainment mecca, pumps about $55 billion a year directly into the city's economy, more than the combined economies of Bolivia and Panama, according to a new study.

Times Square's financial contribution to the city exceeds the city's budgets for public libraries and for the Departments of Parks & Recreation, Youth and Community Development, Cultural Affairs, Small Business Services and for the Aging, said the study commissioned by Times Square Alliance, a privately funded non-profit dedicated to improving the area.

In the past 15 years, the area has become a financial and media hub and a tourist destination and has positioned itself as the city's "economic engine,'' said Tim Tompkins, the alliance's president. Another $35 billion is generated indirectly, such as when a company in Times Square buys services from another business elsewhere in the city, the study said.

"This report affirms and provides evidence of what we have long suspected,'' Tompkins said. "Times Square is not just one of New York City's most popular destinations; it in essence represents its own distinct and powerful economy within the city, pumping tens of billions of dollars into the local economy. In this way, Times Square is a vital organ to New York City, a critical element in the city's financial landscape.''

The study, the first of its kind of Times Square since its most recent transformation, analyzed the economic impact of jobs, entertainment and other spending at the Crossroads of the World.

Eight of every 10 of the millions of annual city tourists visit Times Square, the study said. They and others spend billions of dollars on hotels (one of every four Manhattan hotel rooms is in Times Square), restaurants and retail stores, on Broadway shows and at other entertainment venues, the study said.

Apple Store NY Construction

The 3rd Apple Store in New York City is to be located at 401 W. 14th Street in the Meatpacking District. The new store is said to provide 32,000 square feet of floor space, significantly more than their existing Apple Store SoHo (21,577 sq feet) and Fifth Avenue (25,000 sq feet) locations.

Roger Clemens to NY

Roger Clemens returned to the New York Yankees, making a dramatic announcement to fans from the owner's box during Sunday's game against the Seattle Mariners. At the end of the seventh-inning stretch, Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard told fans to turn their attention to the box, where Clemens was standing with a microphone. As the video scoreboard in right-center showed Clemens, who made the announcement himself.

It's not getting any easier to breathe in New York City.

The American Lung Association has a new report showing that air quality has deteriorated across all five boroughs in the past year. The eighth annual air pollution report said that ozone pollution or smog is highest on Staten Island, and particle pollution, otherwise known as soot, has substantially worsened on Staten Island, as well as in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Next Apple iMacs with "Striking New Industrial Design"?

Appleinsider claims that the next version of Apple's iMac will showcase "striking new industrial designs aimed at leaving both competitors and onlookers smitten."

The new designs are said to be sleeker and slimmer than the current iMac designs, however, the new looks may only be deployed on the 20" and 24" models, leaving the 17" model's future uncertain.

The rumor site has no solid timeframe for the release of the new iMacs, but our Buyer's Guide suggests the iMac is overdue for an update, with the last update being delivered in September 2006.

This would represent the 4th major iMac design revision since its introduction. (Original, iMac G4, Current)

Joey Buttafuoco Freed From California Jail

SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (1010 WINS) -- Joey Buttafuoco, whose 17-year-old lover shot his wife in the face more than a decade ago, was released from jail after serving three months for illegally possessing ammunition, authorities said.

Buttafuoco, 50, walked out of Los Angeles County Jail just before 9 a.m. Saturday, according to the Sheriff's Department Web site. His release was first reported by the syndicated television program ``The Insider.''

Buttafuoco pleaded no contest in July to illegally possessing ammunition. The case stemmed from a search of his Chatsworth home in 2005 by the Los Angeles County Probation Department.

At the time, Buttafuoco was on probation for a felony insurance fraud conviction. Prosecutors had said that Buttafuoco, who co-owned a San Fernando Valley auto body shop, told undercover investigators how to file false claims and cheat insurance companies.

Buttafuoco was running an auto body shop on Long Island in 1992 when his 17-year-old lover, Amy Fisher, shot his wife in the face as she answered the door at the couple's home.

CREEP! THEY GOT HIM.....

Police say he's the creep who mugged old ladies in a crime that outraged New Yorkers. After a day-long interrogation by police, Jack Rhodes, 44, was arrested on charges of robbery, grand larceny, burglary and the brutal assault of 101-year-old Rose Morat . He's also accused of robbing an 85-year-old woman the same day Morat was attacked.

Suspect Wanted in Mugging of 101-Year-Old in NYC......lets get him !!!!

101-years-old and a few days before the New Year rang in, she was viciously mugged in her basement. The heartless robber punched Rose Morat in the face and stole her handbag. Now police need your help in bringing this man to justice.



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Bonds blasts away, now 14 HRs shy of Aaron

Slugger’s 741st homer comes in 1st inning off Dodgers’ Wolf
LOS ANGELES - As Barry Bonds inches closer to Hank Aaron’s career home run record, he’s leading the San Francisco Giants on their most successful run in nearly three years.

Bonds hit his 741st career homer, a three-run shot in the first inning, Pedro Feliz had the go-ahead homer in the sixth and the Giants beat Los Angeles 6-4 Wednesday night to extend their winning streak to seven games.

San Francisco last won seven straight in June 2004.

Apple’s earnings soar in latest quarter

Earnings soared 88 percent due to sales of iPods, computers

Apple Inc. blew past Wall Street expectations Wednesday, posting quarterly profits that jumped 88 percent, fueled by strong sales of its iPod players and Macintosh computers.

Shares of Apple soared more than 6 percent on the news, reaching above $100 for the first time.

In the first three months of the year, the Cupertino-based company said it earned $770 million, or 87 cents per share, up from $410 million, or 47 cents per share, in the year-ago period.Sales were $5.26 billion, up 21 percent from $4.36 billion last year.

Analysts, on average, were looking for earnings of 64 cents per share on sales of $5.17 billion, according to a poll by Thomson Financial.

Apple said it shipped 1.5 million Macintosh computers and more than 10.5 million iPods during the quarter, representing a 36 percent growth in Macs and 24 percent growth in the music players.

New Skyscraper Planned At Port Authority Bus Terminal

The Port Authority is moving ahead with a plan to sell the air rights above the terminal so a 1.3 million square foot glass and steel office tower can be built over its north wing.

The project – first proposed back in 1999, but abandoned after September 11th – will include renovations and improvements to the bus terminal.

The Port Authority is expected to approve entering into negotiations with the two developers originally selected to build the tower.

If a deal to sell the air rights above the terminal cannot be reached in six months, other developers will be allowed to bid.

TriBeCa Film Festival Kicks Off With A Touch Of Green

Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined former Vice President Al Gore and film director Rob Reiner to kick off the 12-day TriBeCa Film Festival in Lower Manhattan this afternoon.

The festival is focused on saving mother earth this year, with dozens of short films about protecting the environment scheduled to be shown and a huge summer charity concert called Live Earth being promoted.

"We have to make the tough choices today so that we can leave our children a greener, greater New York for tomorrow," said Bloomberg.

"We are close to that tipping point of where the climate crisis is concerned, where people in every profession will say, ‘okay let’s solve this,’” said Gore.

"We are film makers not scientists. However, film is about culture, and filmmakers can be agents of cultural change,” said the festival’s Jane Rosenthal.

Politics also took center stage at the event. Even though both Bloomberg and Gore have insisted they are not running for president in 2008, Bloomberg said that Gore would made a good contender.

Study Reveals Surprising Findings About Child Prostitution In City

Teen prostitution. The words usually conjure up images of young girls walking the streets. But a new study, the first in the city to extensively interview sexually exploited children, suggests that many of the conventional stereotypes are wrong.

"The most surprising is the amount of boys that are doing this,” says Meredith Dank.

Dank is one of a group of researchers charged with conducting the first ever large-scale count of sexually exploited youth, or child prostitutes, in the city. She's been interviewing teens and children since last August.

“Our goal was 200, and we currently have about 330 interviews, that range from females, males, trans-genders, 18 and under,” says Dank.

That's at least ten times what other studies have done. And two out of every three young people they've talked to have been male or transgender. Part of that may be due to the fact that they're not going into bars or clubs, where many exploited girls end up.

City Launches New Anti-Smoking Campaign

The city health department announced today that they have launched a new initiative aimed at getting New Yorkers to stop smoking – one that includes another round of very graphic television commercials.

Ronaldo Martinez – the star of an unforgettable anti-smoking campaign that began airing in New York last year – is featured in the new campaign, launched today to further scare people into quitting smoking.

If the ads aren't enough to get New Yorkers to quit, smokers may soon find a message from Martinez in their e-mail inbox.

Martinez, who speaks through a mechanical voice box after having his larynx removed, will appear in new internet ads that New Yorkers can e-mail to their favorite smoker

Dow Passes 13,000 on Earnings Data

NEW YORK (AP) -- It looks like cause for celebration: The Dow Jones industrial average surged from 12,000 to 13,000 in just six months. But appearances can be deceiving, and there may be more reason to worry than rejoice about Wall Street's latest accomplishment.

Stronger-than-expected profits from several large companies helped push the stock market to historical heights. But many big corporations, including the Dow components, made a chunk of that money overseas, where economies are growing faster than in the United States. And many of the same worries that weighed on investors earlier in the year remain: rising energy costs, a slumping housing market and a possible credit crunch.

Still, the stock market's best-known indicator swept past its latest milestone shortly after trading began Wednesday, and even made it past 13,100, rising as high as 13,107.45. The Dow, which has risen in 18 of the past 20 sessions and gained more than 780 points in that time, closed at 13,089.89, up 135.95, or 1.05 percent. It was the Dow's 35th record close since the start of October.

The broader market shared in the rally. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 15.01, or 1.01 percent, to 1,495.42, after reaching 1,496.59, a six-and-a-half-year high. The technology-dominated Nasdaq composite index advanced 23.35, or 0.92 percent, to 2,547.89, after hitting a six-year high of 2,551.39.

President BUSH in NYC., April24

David Halberstam Killed in Crash

New Yorker David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who chronicled the Washington press corps, the Vietnam War generation and baseball, was killed in a car crash early Monday, a San Mateo County coroner said. He was 73.

BLOOMY'S NYC PLANS

Bloomy Lays Out Plans for the Future of NYC

Mayor Michael Bloomberg outlined a sweeping package of proposals Sunday to deal with a population boom that will strain the city's transportation, energy, water and housing networks in the coming years, including a plan to charge people $8 to enter the busiest parts of Manhattan.

``Let's face up to the fact that our population growth is putting our city on a collision course with the environment, which itself is growing more unstable and uncertain,'' Bloomberg said at the start of his address at the American Museum of Natural History.
The most controversial idea in the plan, which was put together by the mayor's Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability, is a proposal for a three-year pilot program to charge motorists extra to drive into the most congested swath of Manhattan, which officials say will reduce traffic and pollution while generating money for other transit projects _ nearly $400 million in just its first year.

There would be no toll booths, just a network of cameras that capture license plate numbers and either charge a driver's existing commuter account or generate a bill to be paid each time. Trucks would be charged $21 a day while cars would pay $8 to enter the zone of Manhattan below 86th Street on weekdays between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The major thruways along Manhattan's east and west sides would not be included, so it would be possible to go from Brooklyn to Harlem along the FDR Drive without entering the zone. Also, commuters who already pay a toll to come into Manhattan via tolls and tunnels would pay the price of the new fee minus that previous toll.

NY TIMES headlines !!!

Met Fans Busted in Brave Blinding

A fan arrested at Shea Stadium Friday night has been accused of trying to temporarily blind an Atlanta Braves pitcher and shortstop with a high-powered flashlight, authorities said.

Frank Martinez, 40, was charged with interfering with a professional sporting event and second-degree reckless endangerment, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Saturday.

Authorities said Martinez flashed the powerful light at the players in the bottom of the eighth inning from his seat behind home plate. He was quickly ejected from the game.

``The defendant's alleged actions recklessly endangered the lives of players and spectators and caused a temporary delay to the game,'' Brown said.

The hullabaloo began at about 10:15 p.m. as the Braves were leading the Mets 7-0. Tim Hudson was on the mound facing Mets pinch hitter Endy Chavez when, investigators said, Martinez turned the beam on the Braves pitcher and shortstop Edgar Renteria.

Renteria complained to umpire Paul Emmel, who then called time out and alerted security. The security officers removed Martinez and found a ``a small, streamline flashlight'' in his backpack, Brown said.

Steve Wynn Paid $10 Million in 2006

Billionaire Steve Wynn, the chief executive of casino company Wynn Resorts Ltd., received compensation worth nearly $10 million in 2006, a year in which the company's revenue doubled, its stock price surged 71 percent, and it opened a casino in Macau.

Wynn's compensation included $2.8 million in salary, $6.9 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation and $262,915 in other compensation, mostly for personal use of company aircraft and life insurance premiums, according to a proxy statement the company filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Associated Press' calculations of total pay include executives' salary, bonus, incentives, perks, above-market returns on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock and option awards granted during the year.

Wynn was not granted any stock or options in 2006 and continued to own a 24.05 percent stake in the company. An equal stake is owned by Kazuo Okada, the founder of Japanese pachislot and pachinko machine maker Aruze Corp.

Effective Feb. 1, the company increased Wynn's base salary to $3.3 million per year to make it comparable to his industry peers and recognize his achievements in opening properties and increasing shareholder value, the proxy statement said.

Wynn Resorts shares rose from $54.85 on Dec. 30, 2005, to $93.85 on Dec. 29, 2006.

The company has scheduled its annual shareholders meeting May 8, when shareholders will be asked to approve the compensation plan and cap compensation at $10 million for any individual.

Last year, Wynn Resorts said it swung to a full-year profit of $628.7 million, or $6.24 per share, from a prior-year loss of $90.8 million, or 92 cents per share. Annual net revenue jumped to $1.43 billion from $722 million.

Helping fuel the growth was the September opening of Wynn Macau in the Chinese gambling enclave. The resort, with 220 tables, 80 slot machines and 600 hotel rooms, generated $248.7 million in net revenue during the fourth quarter.

$8 to Enter Manhattan? are they Crazy ??

Mayor Michael Bloomberg might be reviving his idea to charge drivers coming into Manhattan. The plan includes a toll to discourage cars from coming into Manhattan to reduce traffic. Robert Sinclair of the AAA says his group will fight the plan.

Look out, Barry, A-Rod's a-comin'

OAKLAND — Barry Bonds launched a pair of bombs in Pittsburgh Friday night, which not only pulled him a little closer to Hank Aaron, but at least for a day, a little further away from the hard-charging Alex Rodriguez.

OK, so Bonds still has a 267-homer lead on A-Rod. No reason for Barry to start hyperventilating yet. Not that he would anyway, seeing that he hasn't ever sweated anyone trying to run him down.

But if and when Bonds does get the all-time home run record sometime this year, he'd better ride it for all it's worth. Unlike Aaron's 33-year reign as the king, Barry may sit in the big chair for less than a decade.

The incredible power start of Rodriguez this season — six homers in his first seven games — has rekindled the notion that this guy A-Rod might be a pretty fair baseball player after all. Not only that, it has reenergized a once-prevailing supposition that Bonds will only be keeping the seat warm for the man who will one day take sports' most ballyhooed record completely out of sight.

For the moment — and yes, it's only April — A-Rod is A-God again. One homerless week and a couple of errors and he'll be back to being A-Dog in Gotham. But look, it's only the usual short-term New York neurotic nonsense. Long term, we'll one day view Rodriguez as one of the greatest players ever ... something he already is, to be perfectly frank about it.

Rodriguez, at a mere 31 years old, has 470 home runs through the beginningof what will be his 12th full season. Sick. Bonds, at the same stage, had right around 335. If A-Rod simply averages 30 homers a year over the next 10 seasons — and he's averaged roughly 43 a year over those first full 11 — he'll hit 770 home runs. If he continues at that 43-homer average, he'll be at 900 by age 41.

Of course, Bonds' big advantage is that he's already done it, or nearly done it. A career can be derailed over the course of 10 years, as we've seen. Rodriguez has a long road ahead to the 700 Club.

"It all comes down to staying healthy," said Yankees manager Joe Torre Friday night as New York hit town for a three-game weekend set with Oakland. "Look at (Ken) Griffey Jr. Everybody had high aspirations for him, then all of a sudden, he started getting hurt. You have to be lucky and stay healthy. But I don't think there's any question what Alex is capable of. The sky's the limit."

A-Rod's walk-off HR caps Yankees' rally

10th home run of season beats Indians, vaults N.Y. into series at Fenway


Alex Rodriguez did it again.

Rodriguez hit a three-run, two-out homer that capped a comeback from a four-run deficit in the ninth inning, giving the New York Yankees an 8-6 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday.

A-Rod connected on a belt-high pitch from Joe Borowski (0-1) and sent the ball soaring to center. Rodriguez knew immediately it was gone, flipping his bat toward the Yankees’ dugout and raising both hands in triumph.

A-Rod's tear continues in win...HOMER IN 9TH

Alex Rodriguez's blistering April has progressed to the point where even his teammates aren't sure what to make of it.

Rodriguez slugged his Major League-leading ninth home run Wednesday, helping cushion Kei Igawa to his first Major League victory as the Yankees pulled off a 9-2 drubbing of the Cleveland Indians.

For his part, Rodriguez has remained cool, perhaps not wishing to interrupt a terrific run that has taken him to the periphery of the record books.

"I'm just feeling good," Rodriguez said. "Even when I get myself out, I know exactly what I did. I can't wait to get up there and fix it."

Rodriguez said he hasn't smiled this much since the birth of his daughter, Natasha, who was born in Nov. 2004. That's a pretty good stretch of time, and now that Rodriguez is simultaneously grinning and hitting, his teammates seem to be enjoying the run just as much.

"These are the times you dream about as a player," Jason Giambi said. "He's getting no cheapies. It's great to see, and I'm glad he's started out like this. For him, it's got to be exciting."

BlackBerry service hit by widespread outage

Research In Motion Ltd. said its BlackBerry wireless e-mail service suffered a "service interruption" beginning late Tuesday, leaving some customers who've come to rely on the device without their digital link to homes and offices.
Some, but not all, U.S. users whose e-mail communication had been interrupted said that by midmorning Eastern Time on Wednesday their service had been restored. Other U.S. users and at least some European users were unaffected.
Analysts said the outage was likely the most widespread to hit the BlackBerry service, which began operating in 1999.

Tech stocks seek direction; IBM down while Intel up

Technology stocks saw generally weak results in Wednesday trading, as shares of International Business Machines Corp. and Intel Corp. responded to diverse earnings announcements.

IBM shares were downgraded Wednesday by both Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse analyst Robert Semple downgraded the shares to neutral from outperform, and in a note released to clients cited "the combination of concerns around soft U.S. enterprise spending, execution issues in all 3 of its major segments, and the lack of material upside to consensus [profit] estimates for [2007]."

Web 2.0 showing signs of Bubble 2.0 already

There were numerous trade shows here and there this week. In San Francisco we had Web 2.0 Expo, a joint effort by CMP Technology and O'Reilly Media. It was all about the vague entity called Web 2.0.
From what I could tell, it was an event for people who wanted to get rich quick in tech and get out quick. Oh, and it was obviously for people between the ages of 22 and 29. If you are over 30, you're already a loser.
The event, which highlighted new media, contrasted nicely with the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas at the same time. Looked like old vs. new media to me.
I went to the new-media show since it was walking distance, always a plus. What I got out of it were endless flashbacks to the dot-com era and the earlier multimedia era -- both San Francisco phenomenons.
I have posted a few photos of the event on the blog here.
Tim O'Reilly said that the show expected about 11,000 people to fill the expo hall, with perhaps 4,000 upgraded to the high-end conference. All were eager go-getters looking for an edge.
That said, the sheer number of people (thousands) that sat patiently in the large keynote auditorium, while speakers droned on and on about nothing, was more than a little creepy. Bring back Werner Erhard!

Flooding in Teterboro,NJ, Nor'easter

BlackBerry UP AND RUNNING IN NYC AREA !!!!

Blackberry service is running again in the New York City area.
outage occurred last night and through out the morning.

Apple seriously considering iPhone rebate, subsidy - report

Apple insider reports that American Technology analyst Shaw Wu believes that Apple and AT&T are considering offering a $50-$150 rebate or subsidy on the upcoming Apple iPhone.

"We are hearing rebates of $50-150 that will be offered by AT&T to lower the price points for iPhone (currently $499 for 4 GB and $599 for 8 GB) and to entice customers to sign longer term voice and data contracts," the analyst wrote. "From AT&T's perspective, a rebate is a great marketing tool and small sacrifice to make to entice a customer to sign up for 2-year voice and data cell phone plans that cost about $75-100 per month (before taxes and fees), meaning $1800-2400 in 'guaranteed' bi-annual revenue."

Why Google spent $3.1 billion on DoubleClick

Google's deal to buy DoubleClick for $3.1 billion (£1.65 billion) is fascinating on a number of levels, and since I don't have a single unifying interpretation of it all I'll just dive right into the specifics.

There is, first of all, the price. At $3.1 billion, DoubleClick was acquired for an extraordinary ten times revenues, and the private equity firm that bought the company just two years ago made at least three times its money. DoubleClick was an early warhorse of the internet but always seemed to be falling short of its potential. Its stock price was stagnant even as the Web 2.0 bubble began to inflate, which was what enabled the private equity buyout to begin with.

So why the huge premium now? Google wanted to keep the company out of the hands of Microsoft or Yahoo!, and it genuinely wanted and needed DoubleClick to give it a foothold in internet display advertising. And, perhaps most importantly, the company is taking the view that it might as well use its cash pile to acquire long-term market position, even if the numbers make no sense from a traditional return-on-capital point of view. That's a very unusual posture: Microsoft, when it was in a similar position in the 1990s, never acted like that, and instead ultimately returned cash to shareholders.

Update: BlackBerry service hit by widespread outage in U.S.

Problems began last night on the West Coast

The BlackBerry wireless e-mail service from Research In Motion Ltd. appears to have suffered a widespread outage that started last night in the U.S.

Customers on the BlackBerry Forums discussion board complained of having no service starting at about 5.15 p.m. PDT yesterday.

Callers to the BlackBerry U.S. technical support line were still greeted with the following message early this morning: "We are currently experiencing a service interruption that is causing delays in sending or receiving messages. We apologize for the inconvenience and will provide updates as soon as they become available."

New York television news channel NewsChannel4 reported last night that the problem affected "all users in the Western hemisphere."

However, comments from operators in Asia and Europe, as well as postings to the BlackBerry Forums, suggested that the problem may be limited to North America.

"Officials with RIM said they are trying to reset the system and told NewsChannel4 that they are concerned that the backlog of data, which will rush through when it comes back on line, could cause a bigger problem," the news channel reported on its Web site.

RIM officials advised people who use Blackberry as a major way of communications to make back-up plans, the channel reported.

A RIM official contacted in France was unaware of the problems, and said she had received messages sent to her BlackBerry as normal. Other RIM officials did not return calls seeking comment.

Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion

Google reached an agreement today to acquire DoubleClick, the online advertising company, from two private equity firms for $3.1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the deal.



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Apple delays Leopard release until October

Apple Inc. on Thursday conceded that it will be unable to release its next generation operating system in June as previously planned and now says it anticipates launching the software in October.

In a statement released after the close of the stock market, Apple said its highly anticipated iPhone handset has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned.

"We can't wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is," Apple said. "However, iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price -- we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned."

While Leopard's features will be complete by June, the Cupertino-based company said it cannot deliver the quality release expected by its customers within that time. Apple now plans to show its developers a near final version of Leopard at the conference, give them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing, and ship the software in October.

"We think it will be well worth the wait," the company added. "Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we're sure we've made the right ones."

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Singing down in SoHo

Singing Down by the Apple store
SOHO

LongIslandCity being built up

Big Apple Voters Are Souring On Giuliani

Rudolph Giuliani isn't feeling the love from the city he once served, based on the results of an exclusive NY1 poll released Wednesday.

The poll shows that the Republican presidential candidate is better liked by New Yorkers who do not live in the five boroughs, than those who do.

“He does a lot better outside the city than inside the city,” says NY1 pollster Mickey Blum.

The poll shows that 55 percent of voters statewide have a favorable opinion of the former mayor, while 32 percent do not and 13 percent are undecided.

In New York City, however, only 44 percent have a favorable opinion of Giuliani, while 46 percent think unfavorably about him.

In his eight years in office Giuliani had a tense relationship with communities of color, and it shows in the poll. Only 15 percent of black voters rate him favorably.

Imus Fired !!!!

CBS Terminates Long-Time Radio Host Over Racial

CommentsFollowing outcry from public officials, civil rights leaders and advertisers, CBS fired Don Imus from his radio show this afternoon, in a final blow for the broadcaster who called the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" last week.

"There has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly young women of color trying to make their way in this society," CBS President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves said in announcing the decision. "That consideration has weighed most heavily on our minds as we made our decision."

Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton met with CBS executives earlier today to demand them pull the plug on Imus completely because of the controversial comments.

It's not clear if the meeting is what pushed the network to terminate Imus' show. The shock jock's show was syndicated nationally on Westwood One, which is owned by CBS.

"This is not about bringing Imus down, it's about lifting people up. CBS has as its symbol this eye. So far when it came to racism they blinked,” said Sharpton on his way to the meeting. “We gonna march until we get that eye open for justice."

Sharpton said he was planning a rally for Saturday, adding that he would sooner go to jail than back down from an issue he felt passionately about.

Gov. Schwarzenegger in NYC TODAY

Governor Schwarzenegger WAS SPOTTED TODAY GOING INTO Barney's clothing store on 61st and Madison ave. around 2pm. With a full squard of secret service agents.He was getting out of his SUV, and buying a suit.

Imus NOT In the Morning

WHAT DID HE DO NOW ?.....

OH IMUS YOU SILLY DOG YOU....


CBS Radio and MSNBC both said they were suspending Don Imus' morning talk show for two weeks following his inappropriate comments about members of the Rutgers women's basketball team.

Meat Wagon Willy !!!!

An Irish Poet does his thing....

nyc loves Leo Laporte and TWIT

Tonylimo and friends loves the TWIT Gang in the Big Apple.

Clearing Air in Spring Training Puts A-Rod in a ‘Good Place’

Alex Rodriguez said he figured the ninth inning would come down to his at-bat yesterday because, with the Yankees, almost everything seems to revolve around him. Rodriguez cannot avoid being a story, even when he is not a story and even when he is desperately trying to avoid being a story.
There is always another wrinkle with Rodriguez, a player who is both fascinating and frustrating. Is Rodriguez friends with Derek Jeter? Will he opt out of the last three years of his contract after the season? Can he hit in the clutch? Will the fans embrace him? The Rodriguez chronicles operate on a 24-7 cycle.
But for one glorious day at Yankee Stadium, Rodriguez was the only story, and he was thrilled to be in that position. He hammered a two-out, two-strike grand slam in the bottom of the ninth into the black bleacher seats behind center field to catapult the Yankees past the Baltimore Orioles, 10-7.

A-ROD is the Man....homers in the bottom of 9th !!!!!

Alex Rodriguez slapped his hands as he rounded first base yesterday afternoon and then nearly plowed into the third-base coach Larry Bowa as he rounded third. Before touching home plate, he heaved his batting helmet toward the sky, a smile on his face every step of the way.

Homeless man as Poet in NYC

Tonylimo finds a homeless man that is a Poet in Union Square in NYC

Back From Vacation in Las Vegas AREA!!!

Wondering where i was ?....been on vacation out in Pahrump ,Nevada about 1/2 way between Death Vally and Las Vegas i would say about 60 miles away. A great little town of 40,000 and growing with the expansion of Las Vegas.Plenty of open space and of course you get that great Nevada weather.