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An online rush replaced the traditional overnight
queues outside Apple stores Friday as the iconic
tech company began taking orders and letting
shoppers get their hands on its much-vaunted
smartwatch for the first time.
Eager customers placed online orders for the
Apple Watch as soon as Apple’s website began
accepting them, shortly after midnight Pacific
Time. Within half an hour, the company appeared
to sell out the initial batch of watches that were
available for the first official day of shipping on
April 24. By midmorning, Apple’s website was
showing the earliest shipping date for many watch
models would be in June or later.
Demand was difficult to gauge, since
Apple hasn’t said how many watches were
available for shipping in the first wave on
April 24. And in contrast with earlier releases
of new Apple products, there were no big
lines of shoppers waiting all night outside
the company’s retail stores.
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to try on different models - which are priced
starting at $349 and go up to $17,000 for a :
luxury edition - while specially trained employee 7
explained their features. Apple is only accepting
orders online, for now.
But the debut still came with some of the
anticipation and marketing sizzle for which Apple
Inc. is famous.
Apple retail staffers in New York, Atlanta and
other cities clapped and cheered as the first
customers streamed through their stores’
signature glass doors just before 10 a.m. Eager
shoppers also examined the watch at shops in
London, Shanghai and Tokyo.
Student Victor Leung was grinning from ear to ear
after finishing his watch appointment and placing
his order for a lower-priced sport model at the
Apple store on New York’s 5th Avenue. He said
he’d been waiting eagerly for the opportunity to
buy one.
“It’s awesome,” Leung said. “You get texts on
your watch, make phone calls.” While he has
tried other smartwatches, he thinks “Apple is
different.”
Despite Leung’s enthusiasm, analysts said Apple
may have good reasons to sell the watch through
pre-orders and appointments. Online ordering
should help Apple manage its inventory and
manufacturing. The try-on visits should help
ensure that early buyers know what to expect
and how to use the watch, said Carolina Milanesi,
a tech analyst at Kantar Worldpanel. She said
that could build positive “word of mouth”
recommendations.
And some analysts said the lag time in shipping
may help build anticipation while the company
works to convince other customers - those who
aren't early tech adopters - why they should want
this new category of gadget.
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“Our view is it’s going to take time for the
consumer to adopt wearable technology,” said
Angelo Zino, analyst at S&P Capital IQ.
“We're very positive on the long-term trends for
wearables and we think Apple is going to be a
clear leader in the category,” Zino said this week.
But he added, “We think initial sales are going to
be below expectations.”
Apple, which is based in Cupertino, California,
hasn’t offered any estimates, but some
analysts have predicted the company could
sell 10 million to 20 million watches this year.
By comparison, it sold more than 10 million
of its new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus smartphones
in the first weekend they were available last
September, and a record total of 74.5 million
iPhones in the fourth quarter last year.
Some shoppers needed no convincing on Friday.
Jack Weber, a retired University of Virginia
professor, said he woke up at 3 a.m. to order a
$1,000 stainless steel Apple Watch online. He
and his wife, Carol, were first in line for a 9 a.m.
appointment to see the watches at a New York
Apple store.
Carol Weber tried on a $15,000, 18-karat gold
model that Jack thought would be nice to buy for
their upcoming 50th anniversary. Carol also liked
the steel, though, since it would go with her white
gold wedding ring. She said she hasn’t decided
which to get yet, but is leaning toward both.
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YOUR GUIDE TO TRYING ON, ORDERING
APPLE WATCH
Buying an Apple Watch won't be as simple as
walking into an Apple store and handing over your
credit card.
The smartwatch is Apple’s first new product
category in five years and comes in 54
configurations - more than any other Apple
gadget. So starting Friday, Apple stores will have
staff trained to help you choose. You'll then have
to place your order for shipping starting April 24.
Even after that date, there’s no walking in and
walking out with a watch.
Of course, you can bypass all this by ordering
online.
No smartwatch has gotten as much attention as
the Apple Watch, given Apple’s devoted fan base
and the company’s knack for designing products
consumers can’t live without. By insisting on
customers ordering ahead of time, Apple says it
can “provide the best experience and selection to
as many customers as we can.”
Prices range from $349 to $17,000 depending
on the watch case, band and size. A standard
model with the cheapest band costs $549
for the 38-millimeter model and $599 for the
42-millimeter version, as measured on the watch
face from top to bottom.
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If you know the specific configuration you want,
you’re best off ordering it online, starting at 12:01
a.m. PDT Friday (3:01 a.m. EDT). They will start
to ship on April 24. Popular models might not be
available right away if you’re not among the first
to order. Your watch will get shipped to you. There
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VISITING A STORE
Starting Friday, Apple Store staff will be able to
help you choose from the array of options. Apple
recommends that you make a reservation to
see a sales representative. Apple will start taking
reservations through its website at 12:01 a.m. PDT
Friday as well. Appointments will be in 15-minute
increments, though you can take more time at
the store if needed. You might be able to walk in
and try one out, but initially there will likely be a
long wait.
Once you choose, you'll still need to place the
order online, though you can do that at a Web
terminal inside the store. Again, your only option
is to have the watch shipped, at least for the
foreseeable future.
For the most part, watches will be available
for viewing when stores open Friday, so many
overseas stores will actually show the watch
before orders are accepted. Apple’s 24-hour
store on New York’s Fifth Avenue will close
temporarily to set up the displays; it will reopen
at 9 a.m. Friday.
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LUXURY MODELS
Only some stores will carry the 18-karat gold
luxury models known as Edition. When you make
the try-on reservation, you'll have to specify
whether you’re looking for these models or the
cheaper ones. Specialists will handle these luxury
appointments. If you’re just interested in seeing
them, all stores will have them available for
viewing in glass cases.
BEYOND APPLE STORES
You won't be able to visit Best Buy or your
wireless carrier. Apple will handle most of the
sales directly. However, the watch will be available
to try on at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, lsetan
in Tokyo, Selfridges in London and some Apple
resellers in China and Japan starting Friday. Once
the watch goes on sale on April 24, it will be
available in additional retail outlets, such as select
department stores and boutiques, including
Maxfield in Los Angeles. It’s not known whether
those stores will have similar requirements to
order ahead of time.
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GETTING YOUR WATCH
If you need help, you can come back to the
store for staff to walk you through the setup and
answer any other questions. Assistance will also
be offered online. You'll need an iPhone 5 or later
with at least iOS 8.2, which was released in March.
The latest, iOS 8.3, is recommended.
The watch will come with a standard one-year
warranty for hardware and 90 days of free
telephone support. Extended coverage is available
through AppleCare, but prices haven’t been
announced.
CHANGE YOUR MIND?
The general 14-day return policy is expected to
apply, but expect some restrictions on the luxury
models. Until you know for sure, don’t count on
“borrowing” a $17,000 watch for a weekend party
and expecting a full refund.
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Technology firms increasingly pitch new sensors
and software to U.S. airports as a way to bolster
exterior security and keep intruders out, but such
digital barriers come with a hefty price tag and
don’t always work.
An Associated Press investigation this week
documented 268 instances in which people
hopped over, crawled under, drove cars through
or otherwise breached the fences and gates
protecting the perimeters of 31 of the nation’s
busiest airports from January 2004 through
January 2015.
How to address the problem is up for debate.
“There’s a lot of things that can be done,” said
John Pistole, retired director of the Transportation
Security Administration, who, like airport
officials, argues the perimeters are secure and
that breaches are rare. “The question is whether
there’s an appetite for paying for it.”
Congressman Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said the
number of airport breaches over the past decade
is cause for action and that new technologies
should be installed on perimeters.
“Bringing down an airliner and killing innocent
Americans remains our enemies’ highest-value
target. Porous airport perimeters are major
vulnerabilities that terrorists could exploit,”
he said. “I’m continuing to call for airports to
use technologies that would alert officials the
moment a perimeter is breached.”
While the TSA is responsible for screening
passengers and baggage, airports are responsible
for securing perimeters, typically with a mix of
private security guards and airport police. Airports
won't disclose specifics, but some measures are
known: Fencing - typically a minimum of 6-feet
high - surrounds U.S. airports, and it often is
topped with barbed or razor wire. Additionally,
security gates help restrict access to airfields.
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Most major airports also use video cameras,
and guards are supposed to patrol regularly -
but staffing varies. At Los Angeles International,
through which more than 32 million passengers
travel each year, the police agency employs some
1,100 law enforcement and civilian personnel.
Florida’s Tampa airport, with about 8 million
passengers a year, lists 173 employees in its police
agency, 66 of them sworn officers.
Differences in the facilities themselves present
other security challenges: Some are edged by
water, others busy business districts. In Las Vegas,
the rowdy Strip is nearby, and Philadelphia’s main
airport is adjacent to a road that’s the scene of
illegal drag racing.
Some facilities do go beyond the basics. Located
near the Texas-Mexico border, McAllen-Miller
International Airport installed optic fibers in its
fences in 2009 over concerns about violence
spilling across the Rio Grande. The technology,
which also is used at U.S. nuclear facilities, can
immediately detect an intrusion and send an alert,
said Samuel Kassey, vice president of one supplier,
LaseOptics Corp.
McAllen airport director Elizabeth Suarez said that
despite some false alarms, the technology has
worked well. She could not provide information
about cost.
“I'd prefer to handle a false alarm with staff
verifying that nothing has breached the perimeter
than not having an alarm at all,” said Suarez.
Thermal imaging firms claim several major U.S.
airports as clients, though they won’t name
which. By detecting heat, thermal cameras can
serve as a virtual trip wire and also improve
nighttime visibility.
In 2006, the Port Authority of New York &
New Jersey, which oversees John F. Kennedy
International, Newark Liberty, LaGuardia
and Teterboro airports, awarded Raytheon
a$100-million contract for a much-touted
“perimeter intrusion detection system.”
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The system includes motion-detection
cameras, “smart-fence” sensors, night-vision
cameras, perimeter alarms - even a power
subsystem to bypass outages, according
to Raytheon’s promotional materials. The
company promised a 95 percent detection rate
of people, vehicles or watercraft.
The system has failed at least once, drawing
fire from the police union that represents Port
Authority police officers. In that 2012 incident, a
man whose watercraft ran out of fuel swam to
shore, climbed an 8-foot fence at Kennedy and
crossed two runways undetected before asking
an airline employee for help.
“We believe it’s just not a proven technology,”
said Port Authority police union spokesman
Bobby Egbert.
The Port Authority eliminated perimeter patrols
by airport police cars when the technology
came online, but then reinstated them in
response to the criticism, said Egbert, adding
that a lack of manpower remains a concern
because there are gaps in the hours that police
boats patrol around Kennedy and LaGuardia,
both with waterfront runways.
Raytheon declined comment and referred queries
to the Port Authority, which said the intrusion
system is part of a layered security approach.
“The agency has invested significant resources
in protecting its airport perimeters, exceeding
TSA requirements,” the authority said in an
email to AP, adding that efforts include devices
at entry points designed to stop vehicles and
crash-resistant fencing.
The Port Authority declined to release a full
accounting of perimeter breaches at the
airports it oversees to the AP.
Patrick Gannon, chief of police at Los Angeles
International Airport, which had 24 perimeter
breaches since 2004, said that in addition
to regular patrols, his agency has upgraded
fencing to make it harder to scale.
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The department also will test an electronic
intrusion system within the next year, at a cost
of about $1.5 million. But Gannon is not yet sold.
Other chiefs report false alarms, such as a plastic
bag blown against a fence, and Gannon said
such systems may “create more work than they
actually solve.”
“4 just want to make sure that we do it right, and
I’m just not doing it to check a box,” he said.
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While airport security analysts predict that
spending on physical perimeter barriers will
decline in coming years, they said the market
for high-tech solutions is on the rise. New
breakthrough technologies are still being
developed, as engineers in the Silicon Valley and
beyond find new ways to sense and transmit data.
The biggest stumbling block may be money.
An overhaul linking fences and video feeds
to software systems would cost between “a
few million to less than $10 million,” said Chris
Wooten, vice president of security at surveillance
software provider NICE Systems.
Expensive technology is used at several airports
outside of the U.S., including two that say they’ve
never seen a perimeter breach.
Narita International Airport near Tokyo is
considered one of the world’s most secure. Its
perimeter is protected by vibration sensors,
which immediately alert security if tripped.
That’s in addition double-fencing, video
surveillance and patrols. The prison-like security
was built in the late 1960s and early “70s amid
clashes between police and militants supporting
farmers who refused to yield their land for
runway construction.
The other secure airport is Israel’s Ben Gurion,
which had a string of Palestinian attacks on
planes in the 1970s. It runs a ground radar system
between two electronic fences, with hundreds of
sophisticated observation systems and hundreds
of highly trained armed police and soldiers
assigned strictly to the perimeter, said Shmuel
Zakay, the airport’s managing director, who said
the cost totals more than $200 million annually.
“Of course, the terrorist organizations are always
trying to do whatever they can to hit aircraft.
For them it doesn’t matter if it is with explosive
material in a passenger’s suitcase or by firing
a machine gun or anti-tank missile at a plane,”
Zakay said. “This is why we pay such close
attention to perimeter security.”
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RAVE REVIEWS AND A BOX OFFICE
TRIUMPH
Given that The Fast and the Furious action
film franchise has been running since
2001, you would need to have spent the
intervening time on Mars to not be familiar
with the basic formula that has prevailed
since: tire-squealing car stunts, fighting,
heists and plenty of macho bravado, as
epitomized by its central stars, like Vin Diesel.
However, the fact that another of its big
names - Paul Walker - passed away during
filming was always going to give the seventh -
Furious a different complexion.
Was Furious 7 - to give it its proper title -
going to live up to the formidable critical
and commercial reputation built up by the
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previous six installments, despite not only
Walker's untimely demise in a car crash, but
also the departure of the franchise's longtime
director, Justin Lin?
Lin was replaced by James Wan, who is
better known to horror fans, while Walker's
unexpected absence for the later stages of
filming was compensated for by the use of
CGI and his brothers, Caleb and Cody, as
stand-ins. But don't make the mistake of
thinking that these were the only points of
interest in Furious 7, with the reviews and
box office takings suggesting that the series
remains in as rude health as it has ever been.
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CONTINUING STORY
Cast members on Furious 7 include such
generally familiar faces - at least for those
who have diligently kept up with the series
- as Diesel, who reprises his role as Dominic
Toretto, and Dwayne Johnson, whose
return as Luke Hobbs was thankfully not
compromised by potential filming conflicts
with Hercules. Walker does - of course - also
feature for his final performance as Brian
O'Conner, with other parts including Michelle
Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz, Tyrese Gibson as
Roman Pearce, Chris Bridges as Tej Parker and
Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto.
Furious 7's plot centers on Deckard Shaw's
(Jason Statham) revenge bid against Dominic
Toretto and his family for his comatose
brother, the global terrorist Owen Shaw.
Despite Toretto and his crew presuming that
their criminal mercenary lives were a thing
of the past following their defeat of Owen,
the opening of the film now sees them being
killed, one by one, by Deckard.
Matters are made worse by the fact that
a competition is taking place between a
Somalian terrorist called Jakarde and a shady
government official by the name of "Mr.
Nobody" to steal God's Eye, a computer
terrorism program that is capable of making
a weapon out of any technological device.
The need for Toretto to get his team back
together to both halt Shaw and return the
God's Eye program into safe hands could not
be more urgent.
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SHADOW
But for many of even the most committed
fans of the Fast & Furious series, the greatest
curiosity will be reserved not for the plot, but
for the performance that Walker gave in his
last film outing - as well as how his character
was redeveloped in a way that made sense
within the world of the movie, while also
respecting his memory.
The 40-year old was a passenger when,
midway through filming for Furious 7 on
November 30, 2013, the red Porsche Carrera
GT in which he and a friend were travelling
crashed into a concrete post and two trees
in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California. The
traumatic death of the star of such films as
Varsity Blues, Eight Below and Into the Blue
prompted Universal to call an immediate halt
to filming on the incomplete Furious 7.
Following a host of tributes from friends
inside and outside Hollywood, as well as
consultation with Walker's family, the decision
was made to continue filming, developing
new scenes whereby Walker's character
would be retired rather than killed off. Caleb
and Cody's physical resemblance to their
deceased sibling, together with a combination
of CGI and carefully chosen lighting and
camera angles, allowed the film to be
completed in a manner that would leave the
average viewer hard pressed to distinguish
between the real life and virtual Paul Walkers.
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RACING BEYOND INITIAL BOX
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Was all of that hard work invested in
replicating Walker and completing the film
worthwhile? In both commercial and critical
terms, the answer can only be "yes". As a
matter of fact, Furious 7's first weekend
following its April 3 release saw it shatter the
$143.6 million that Universal expected it to
make on these shores, en route to a total of
$146.5 million.
That pattern persisted when one looked
at the Easter Sunday only takings of $32.9
million, compared to the $30 million that the
studio had anticipated. Overseas markets,
meanwhile, recorded estimated receipts
of $245 million, which was even higher
than the $240.4 million that Universal had
reported on the Sunday.
It all added up to a truly stellar $391.6
million international bow, which placed
Furious 7 behind only The Avengers and
two Harry Potter films in the rankings of
the biggest international openings in film
history. Its second week saw it capture the
checkered flag again at the North American
box office, garnering an extra $59.6 million
to bring its U.S. and Canadian total to
$251.5 million thus far.
In keeping with the oft-quoted expression
that "death can be a good career move", it
seems that interest in the latest installment
in the franchise has only been stoked by
Walker's death.
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But if there's a less forgiving audience than
the average cinema-goer in the face of such
genuine tragedy as that of the late Walker,
it is surely the professional critics. Even
they, though, had plenty of great things
to say about a film that slightly belies the
series' reputation as a straightforward
preserve of petrol-pumping adrenaline and
alpha-male posturing.
Vanity Fair writer Richard Lawson aptly
summed up the stance of many reviewers of
Furious 7, pronouncing it "another rollicking
installment" that was also "more than a
little bittersweet". He said that despite the
franchise's renown for "charming, cheesy
bravado" and an absence of poignancy, "the
latest film can't help but take on some
deeper meaning, as the death of Paul Walker
looms large throughout."
As "respectful, even solemn" as the film was,
though, Lawson added that Furious 7 had also
not forgotten the franchise's raison d'étre,
declaring that it was "still, thank God, plenty
of crazy fun." His was an opinion echoed
across the media, Los Angeles Times' Betsy
Sharkey calling the film "the fuel-injected
fusion of all that is and ever has been good in
The Fast and the Furious saga”.
Many critics focused their attentions on the
part of the movie where Walker's longtime
on-screen colleagues bode farewell to him.
Roth Cornet of IGN said that it would "leave
even the prickliest Fast & Furious fan just a
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little bit heartsick", sentiments backed up
by The New York Times reviewer A. O. Scott,
with his suggestion that the "final moments...
remind you what these movies have always
been about, underneath all the noise and
bravado: the ferocity of friendship and the
terrible speed of loss."
A LANDMARK ADDITION TO
THE FRANCHISE
Furious 7 certainly offers plenty to stimulate,
enthrall and intrigue the immense numbers
of big screen fanatics who have been flocking
to see this most recent addition to what has
proved an extremely lucrative series. It isn't
all about Walker - the other performances
are consistently excellent, and the movie
also sees some significant technological
developments beyond that CGI. These
include being the first film in the series to be
internationally released in 3D, as well as the
use of Imax's brand-new laser format that is
designed to heighten contrast.
There are reasons galore, then, to clamber
behind the steering wheel of Furious 7, slam
the door shut, strap on the seat belt and put
your foot on the gas. The film is a celebration
of living life to the full, whether or not on four
wheels, and we suspect that Walker himself
would not have wanted it any other way.
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APPLE WATCH OPTIONS:
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Apple Watch comes with a choice of watch
case, band and size - there are 54 possible
configurations in all.
Most models come in two sizes, 38 millimeters
and 42 millimeters, as measured by the height of
the watch face. The larger one costs $50 more in
most cases. For a few of the bands, only one size is
available.
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There are three lines to choose from:
- The cheapest is a “Sport” version with an
aluminum case. You can get it with a silver case
and choose a white, blue, green or pink band
made of synthetic rubber. Or get a gray case with
a black band. The smaller version costs $349, and
the large one is $399. That’s 10 configurations -
five bands, each in two sizes.
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- The regular version has a stainless steel case.
The cheapest has the same band as the Sport
version, except the clasp is also stainless steel to
match. You choose white or black and pay $549
for the smaller model and $599 for large. Fancier
bands are available - three different leather
bands, a link bracelet or a Milanese loop. Prices
go as high as $1,099 for a large watch with a
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stainless steel link bracelet. There are 20 official
configurations, but once you factor in some
leather bands coming in two or three sizes, you
have 32 options to choose from.
- Edition is the luxury line with cases made of
18-karat gold alloy. It’s $10,000 for a small version
with the white or black band that comes with
Sport models, with gold clasps to match. The large
one costs $12,000. You can get a leather band for
$15,000 or $17,000, again with matching gold.
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There are officially eight luxury configurations, or
12 if you count band sizes as choices.
Apple is also selling bands separately for those
who like to swap designs. Prices range from $49
for the basic sport band to $449 for a link bracelet.
To help you choose, Apple has plenty of videos
on its website and Apple Store and Apple Watch
apps. The Apple Store app also has sizing guides,
images of the watch cases in actual size and
animation of buckles and clasps, which you can
open and close by pinching in and out.
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AN APT TIME TO CELEBRATE THE
ICONIC SPACE FRANCHISE
It's difficult to think of a more iconic two
words in media than Star Wars. The epic
space opera that began with a film of the
same name - later renamed Episode IV: A
New Hope - in 1977 has since spawned a six
part film series, soon to be seven after the
completion of filming of the J. J. Abrams-
directed The Force Awakens. Indeed, those six
films have now been put on sale in full digital
HD form for the first time.
If you fancy finally ditching those VHS tapes
and DVDs and taking your Star Wars viewing
experience into the 21st century, all that you
have to do is browse to the iTunes Store and
invest in any one of the individual movies at
$19.99 each, or the six-part bundle for $89.99.
Yes, this is the first time these quintessential
sci-fi classics have ever been legally available
in digital form, but there's more - each movie
coming with an ‘iTunes Extras’ package
serving up peeks behind the scenes and
commentary from the casts and crews.
However, with Disney now owning many
of the rights for these original films, purists
may be a little disappointed - if not surprised
- to see that the 20th Century Fox logo and
fanfare have been removed from five of
the six movies for their digital release, a
Lucasfilm logo and similar-sounding fanfare
taking their place. The fact that the original
1977 film is the only one not to get this
treatment can be attributed to the fact
that 20th Century Fox continues to own its
distribution rights.
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But before we go further, it's worth
considering just why such a release is worthy
of such a big fuss. After all, the original Star
Wars movie was released almost forty years
ago, and yet, like James Bond, Star Trek and
other long-established media franchises, it
has retained an iron-like grip on the public
imagination - its lightsabers, Jedi and TIE
fighters, among so many other things, having
passed into film folklore.
STAR WARS: THE SAGA THAT JUST
WON'T LET UP
The story of Star Wars is in many ways the
story of Lucasfilm, the film and television
production company that was founded by
eventual Star Wars creator and director,
George Lucas in 1971. Its marketing, online
and licensing units moved into the Letterman
Digital Arts Center in San Francisco after
the release of Revenge of the Sith in 2005,
and the company was acquired by the Walt
Disney Company for $4 billion in 2012.
The world of space fantasy changed forever
on May 25, 1977. That was the date on which
the original Star Wars film - then simply
known by that title - was unleashed to the
world's gaze, rapidly turning into a global pop
culture phenomenon.
Viewers were enthralled as the Rebel Alliance
- led by Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) - sought
to destroy the Death Star, the space station
of the Galactic Empire. Mark Hamill played
an ambitious farmhand, Luke Skywalker, who
was thrust into the struggle as a result of a
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meeting with Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi
(Alec Guinness), who had spent years in
seclusion on the desert planet of Tatooine.
The original film also introduced us to such
enduring characters as Han Solo (Harrison
Ford), Darth Vader (David Prowse, voiced by
James Earl Jones), C-3PO (Anthony Daniels)
and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker). The $461 million
that this first Star Wars garnered in the United
States - in addition to $314 million overseas
- proved only the start of a true money-
spinning and imagination-capturing franchise,
all of the six movies released so far having also
been nominated for or won Academy Awards.
Such astounding success prompted the
release of two similarly well-received sequels
- The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the
Jedi - at three-year intervals, a 16-year interim
finally being brought to an end by the 1999
release of The Phantom Menace and its own
sequels, Attack of the Clones in 2002 and
Revenge of the Sith in 2005. These movies
completed a remarkable space opera story...
or so we thought.
A NOT UNIVERSALLY SUCCESSFUL
REBIRTH
For all of the success of the initial Star Wars,
it was not intended at first to be part of a
series, although Lucas admitted in 1994 that
"It wasn't long after | began writing Star
Wars that | realized the story was more than
a single film could hold." Despite this, amid
a disintegrating personal life and the stress
and cost of making the sequels, he told Time
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magazine in May 1983 that he was done
with the series.
However, as the years went by after Return of
the Jedi, Lucas became fascinated by the idea
of drawing upon basic ideas from his original
Star Wars drafts to make several prequels, and
was further encouraged by the possibilities
that certain technical advances could bring in
his revisiting of 20-year old material. It was
finally announced in 1993 that he would be
making Star Wars movies once more.
There's no doubt that the resultant three
films - The Phantom Menace, Attack of the
Clones and Revenge of the Sith - haven't quite
won the universal approval that the original
trilogy enjoyed. To this day, while the first
three movies have Rotten Tomatoes ratings of
93%, 96% and 79% respectively, the prequels
have only managed 57%, 67% and 80%
scores. Nonetheless, they have still won the
admiration of many fans of the franchise.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE FILMS
Star Wars has so much more than two film
trilogies - and soon, three - to its name. That's
because it is also associated with all manner
of media in what is known as the 'Expanded
Universe', encompassing everything from
books and television series to comic books
and computer and video game series.
Since the release of the inauspicious Star
Wars Holiday Special in 1978, the franchise
has been associated with various spin-off film,
television and web series like the animated
Star Wars: Droids and Star Wars: Ewoks in the
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1980s, continuing through to LEGO Star Wars-
themed productions in more recent years.
We've also had fiction based on Star Wars
since before the first movie was even released,
as well as more than 120 video games bearing
its name. Even board game fans were catered
for, Hasbro releasing Star Wars: The Interactive
Video Board Game in 1996.
With so many iconic characters like Vader,
Leia, Skywalker and Solo, it shouldn't be
a surprise that Star Wars has even been
embraced by the world of cosplay - the
performance art in which participants wear
the costumes of popular fictional characters.
Finally, how could anyone possibly forget the
fuss over the original Star Wars toys? The first
action figures, toy vehicles, lightsabers and
blasters were released in 1978, elements of
this line - such as the packaging - having been
revived in recent years with the launch of Star
Wars: The Original Trilogy Collection.
A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS...
Don't let the 10-year gap since Revenge of
the Sith lead you to think that Star Wars is
now old news - if you needed any convincing
that the opposite is very much the case, you
would only need to look to the hundreds of
(largely positive) reviews that have already
greeted the release of the iTunes versions of
the two trilogies.
Alternatively, you could just visit the official
Star Wars website, which advertises a dizzying
array of news and events related to the
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franchise around the world. These include
the Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, the fan
gathering that is taking place this year at the
Anaheim Convention Center, California from
April 16 to April 19, which about 150,000
fans are expected to attend. Many more will
be able to keep up with happenings online,
thanks to a live stream on StarWars.com.
Such a healthy following for Star Wars to this
day suggests that the newest addition to the
saga, The Force Awakens, should have no
problems pulling in the punters when it is
released on December 18 this year. That date
marks a departure from the spring or summer
releases that we have become used to from
Star Wars films, and there's plenty more
change accompanying that, such as Lucas
stepping back into a creative consultant role
and J. J. Abrams taking on directorial duties.
However, while Episode VII is set about 30
years after the events of Return of the Jedi,
this did present the opportunity to bring back
a host of faces from past Star Wars films,
including Ford, Fisher, Hamill, Daniels, Baker
and Peter Mayhew, who reprises his role as
Chewbacca. Principal photography concluded
last November, and we now eagerly await
how the aforementioned old hands -
alongside cast newcomers like John Boyega,
Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver - get on.
The force in Star Wars clearly remains as
strong as ever!
by Benjamin Kerry & Gavin Lenaghan
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REVIEW:
NEW MACBOOK
BRINGS iPAD’S
MINIMALISM
TOLAPTOP
From the moment | took it out of the box, Apple’s
new MacBook looked and felt like an iPad.
The laptop is Apple’s lightest and thinnest yet and
borrows many of the iPad’s designs, including
the lack of a fan. The result is a 2-pound (0.92
kilogram) laptop that feels almost non-existent on
my lap. Yet it packs in a lot of power, including a
high-resolution display and a sturdier keyboard.
The new MacBook goes on sale Friday starting at
$1,299 in silver, gold or gray (the same choices as
the iPad). Its box even resembles the iPad’s.
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NEW KEYBOARD
To make the MacBook as thin as it is - a half-inch
(13.1 millimeters) at the thickest point - Apple had
to redesign the keyboard. Traditional keys need
to be tall to properly strike the mechanism that
records the keystroke. Otherwise, you’d need to
strike at the center, which many people don’t do.
With the redesign, you can strike shorter keys
from the edge. Those shorter keys help keep the
laptop thin.
The new keyboard takes getting used to, even
after a week of testing. | feel as though | need
to press more firmly. But taller, old-style keys
on some keyboards have started to feel flimsy
by comparison, as though about to come off
their springs. The new keyboard does get more
comfortable over time- just don’t expect to write
a novel on Day One.
Although it’s small, the new MacBook retains a
full-size keyboard. In fact, that’s why the screen
is 12 inches - it matches how much space the
keyboard needs. (The screen, incidentally, is
stunning - compared with MacBook Air’s lower-
resolution screen. The fish in “Finding Nemo” look
colorful and sharp.)
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NEW TOUCHPAD
Also contributing to thinness is a new touchpad
that Apple calls Force Touch. On earlier
MacBooks, the touchpad acts like a springboard.
When you press it, you’re physically moving it
to activate the sensor. You also have to press
harder toward the back, near the springboard’s
hinge, than you do in front. In the new MacBook,
sensors are embedded, so you can get the same
response anywhere.
There’s also a second sensor now to record
the amount of pressure you’re applying. A click
followed by a firm press activates a number of
features. Press on a document icon, and a preview
pops out. Press on an address in an email, and a
map opens up. On some video apps, the pressure
determines how quickly you forward or rewind.
These gestures primarily work with Apple apps for
now, but other app developers can incorporate
the functionality.
The MacBook does all this magically without the
touchpad actually moving. Apple added a haptic
engine to replicate the feeling of clicking and
pressing. It isn’t needed technologically, but will
help keep things familiar for users.
Apple also updated its high-resolution, 13-
inch version of the MacBook Pro with this new
touchpad. | imagine future models getting it, too.
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MINIMALISM
Most of the expansion ports have disappeared. In
its place is a single charging port that’s also used
for accessories and video output. It uses a new
standard called USB-C.
The problem is most gadgets still use older
USB ports, so you'll need a $19 adapter for
a single device. It’s likely outside parties will
soon make adapters to connect multiple USB
devices simultaneously, but if you use USB
regularly, you might consider getting an Air or
Pro model instead.
AS79 adapter gives you video output, with
a USB port thrown in. You also might need a
$19 extender for the power cord, as the box
no longer comes with it. | find the included
cord too short. Cord extenders from older
MacBooks will work, too.
Speaking of power, | got eight to 11 hours of
battery life on a single charge, which is impressive
given that the high-resolution screen requires
more power than regular screens. Apple saved
energy by having individual pixels on the screen
let through more light. It also squeezed in more
battery by shrinking the circuit board and using
odd shapes to fit into all remaining space. The
battery life isn’t as good as what you get on a 13-
inch Air, but it should be adequate for most days.
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AFTER5-YEAR
ABSENCE, ‘GUITAR
HERO, ‘ROCK
BAND’ TO.RETURN
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The publisher of “Guitar Hero” is readying a
comeback tour.
Activision Blizzard Inc. announced plans Tuesday
to resurrect the once-popular video game
franchise, which involved players rhythmically
tapping guitar-shaped controllers along to music.
The new entry scheduled for release this fall
is titled “Guitar Hero Live” and introduces a
redesigned guitar, live-action actors and an online
music video network to the series.
“NNe said we would bring it back when we’ve
got true innovation,” said Jamie Jackson,
creative director at “Guitar Hero Live” developer
FreeStyleGames, who previously worked on “Sing
Party” and the “DJ Hero” series. “We wouldn't
have come back if we didn’t think we were giving
you a new experience. We genuinely feel like
we’ve nailed it with innovation.”
“Guitar Hero Live” will cast players as an up-
and-coming guitarist in a fictitious band. Instead
of playing along with computer-generated
characters on screen, wannabe rockers will see
a first-person view of their band mates and
audiences portrayed by human actors. The virtual
crowd will boo or cheer players on, depending if
they’re hitting the right notes.
“WNe want you to feel like a rock star again,”
said Jackson. “We want to put you on stage,
whether it’s in front of 100 people, 1,000 people
or 100,000 people. We want you to experience
what it feels like to perform on stage. That’s why
we’ve turned the camera around and made it first
person. As we were working on this, we actually
code-named it ‘Stage Fright.”
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Despite featuring music from such artists as
the Rolling Stones, Ed Sheeran and Green Day,
“Guitar Hero Live” will forgo digital likenesses of
real musicians in favor of actors portraying phony
band members. Jackson declined to specify why
the game’s made-up acts would sound just like
such real-world bands as the Black Keys, Fall Out
Boy and the Killers.
FreeStyleGames’ other major switch-up is adding
another row of buttons to the top of the guitar’s
neck. They eliminated the series’ color-coded,
five-button system in favor of mirroring icons
displayed on screen, with guitar picks pointing
up and down. Jackson said the new six-button
configuration would provide veteran players with
a bigger challenge.
“When you come back to something as much-
loved as ‘Guitar Hero’ and start (expletive) with
it, people get a bit nervous,” noted Jackson. “The
first time even | saw it, | wondered if we were
trying to reinvent the wheel, but | remember
when we were playing with the prototype, | was
thinking, ‘Holy (expletive). There’s something
here.’ It proved itself.”
For the game’s online mode, FreeStyleGames has
created a music video network dubbed “GHTV.”
The original mode will allow players to compete
against each other - online or in-person - against
the backdrop of music videos. Jackson said
“GHTV” was inspired by streaming services, and
access to it will be included in the game’s $99.99
price tag.
During its prime in 2009, the “Guitar Hero”
series topped S2 billion in sales. The genre was
credited with inspiring a new appreciation for
rock among millennials who didn’t grow up with
the Beatles, Aerosmith or Van Halen. Eventually,
popularity waned and Activision abandoned
the franchise in 2011 after the release of “Guitar
Hero: Warriors of Rock.”
“For us, five years is an eternity,” said Tyler
Michaud, director of product management at
Activision. “With the new cycle of consoles, it
felt like the right time to return. Nothing about
it is analogous to the old ‘Guitar Hero.’ The note
tracking, guitar and visuals are all different, and
*GHTV’ is an all-new concept. It’s a completely
new game from the ground up.”
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The “Guitar Hero” revival follows last month’s
tease that “Rock Band” developer Harmonix is
similarly bringing back its own performance series,
which added keyboards and drums to the mix.
Unlike “Guitar Hero,” Harmonix said “Rock Band
4” would seek to be fully backward compatible,
meaning previously purchased songs and
controllers could be utilized in the new game.
“It’s a mountainous chore on both the hardware
side and the music side,” said Alex Rigopulos, chief
creative officer at Harmonix. “But it’s incredibly
important to our fans who invested in ‘Rock Band’
in the last console generation, and it’s a request
we continually hear: ‘Please make “Rock Band
4,” followed by ‘Please make my controllers and
music compatible.”
Online:
http://www.guitarhero.com
http://www.harmonixmusic.com
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Star Wars: The
Digital Movie
Collection
All six installments of the iconic space opera
franchise are made available digitally for the
first time in this generous set, which also
includes various never-before-seen special
features. There can surely be no better way
to appreciate - or re-appreciate - some of the
most momentous films ever made.
FIVE FACTS:
1. The collection includes both trilogies of
the film series spanning the years from 1977
(Episode IV: A New Hope) to 2005 (Episode Ill:
Revenge of the Sith).
2. All six movies were nominated for or won
Academy Awards.
3. The Star Wars movies - also including the
theatrical Star Wars: The Clone Wars - have
generated a total box office revenue of
$4.38 billion.
4. The franchise has also spawned books,
television series, comic books and computer
and video games.
5. The seventh installment in the film series,
the J. J. Abrams-directed The Force Awakens,
is scheduled for release on December 18,
2015.
See more in
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Based on the 2012 memoir of novelist and
essayist Cheryl Strayed, Wild stars Reese
Witherspoon as Strayed, with Laura Dern
playing her mother. Having already behaved
recklessly for years, Strayed rashly decides to
embark on a 1,110 solo hike along the rugged
Pacific Crest Trail - discovering, strengthening
and even redeeming herself in the process.
FIVE FACTS:
1. Wild is a biographical drama film directed
by Jean-Marc Vallée.
2. It is based on Strayed’s memoir, Wild: From
Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.
3. Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman and
Gaby Hoffmann appear in supporting roles.
4. The film premiered at the Telluride Film
Festival on August 29, 2014.
5. Witherspoon and Dern were both
nominated for Academy Awards for their
performances - for Best Actress and Best
Supporting Actress respectively.
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Tyler, The Creator
The Ladera Heights native and leader of the
alternative hip hop collective Odd Future
offers his take on current social issues
with this Stevie Wonder-inspired release.
Indictments on both gang culture and rapper
consumerism mark out an album that looks
sure to build on the commercial success and
critical acclaim garnered by his previous long-
players, Goblin and Wolf.
FIVE FACTS:
1. Tyler, The Creator is the stage name of
Tyler Gregory Okonma.
2. Okonma was born on March 6, 1991 in
Ladera Heights, California.
3. He has rapped on and produced songs
for nearly every Odd Future release.
4. He is also responsible for all of the
artwork for the group’s releases.
5. The new album is said to include tracks
dating back to 2011.
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but also distinguishes it from his past.
releases by incorporating the current soul
sound. The album was produced in Garrels’
fan-funded home studio in his backyard in
Portland, Oregon.
FIVE FACTS:
1. Garrels is known for combining
traditional folk music with elements from
other musical genres, as well as for his
nontraditional exploration of Christian
themes.
2. He is the co-founder of the record label
Small Voice Records.
3. His 2011 release, Love & War & The Sea In
Between, was Christianity Today’s Album
of the Year.
4. In 2012, he filmed the music-
documentary movie The Sea In Between
with the music collective Mason Jar Music.
5. His song “Don’t Wait For Me” was featured
on American Idol in January 2014.
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Nokia said Tuesday it’s in advanced talks to buy
the ailing French telecommunications company
Alcatel-Lucent, but that there was no certainty
about the outcome of the discussions.
In a brief statement, Nokia Corp. said the two
companies are in negotiations “with respect to
a potential full combination which would take
the form of a public exchange offer by Nokia for
Alcatel-Lucent.”
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Nokia stock plunged more than 6 percent in
Helsinki to 7.26 euros in midday trading while
Alcatel-Lucent, which has been losing money since
its creation in 2006, saw its share price leap more
than 12 percent in Paris. That put Alcatel-Lucent’s
market value at 12.2 billion euros ($12.9 billion).
The Finnish company gave no details of the talks
and denied further comment except to say that
a further announcement would be made when
appropriate.
The former world top mobile phone maker, which
struggled to compete with Apple’s iPhone, Google
Inc.’s Android operating system and cheaper
handsets from Asia, has made a turnaround since
selling off its lossmaking handset business to
Microsoft a year ago.
Nokia now has three remaining sectors: networks,
mapping services and technologies and patents.
It expects growth this year in all of them after
a good fourth quarter result in 2014, when it
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3.8 billion euros.
Alcatel-Lucent, which has racked up billions of
euros of losses and undergone repeated rounds
of restructuring since the 2006 merger of France’s
Alcatel and U.S.-based Lucent Technologies, said
in 2013 that it plans to lay off 10,000 workers. Last
year it made a net loss of 118 million euros.
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Remember those declarations that teens are
done with Facebook? Think again.
Facebook remains the most used social media
site among American teens ages 13 to 17,
according to a new study from the Pew Research
Center. And, surprisingly, boys visit the site more
often than girls.
Aided hugely by smartphones and other mobile
devices, 71 percent of teens surveyed said they
use Facebook, with the same percentage saying
they use more than one social network of seven
options they were asked about.
Half the teens said they also use Instagram and
four in 10 said they used Snapchat, according to
the study released April 9.
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Among 22 percent of teens who use just one
site, 66 percent use Facebook, 13 percent use
Google Plus, 13 percent are Instagram users and 3
percent use Snapchat.
The Pew center didn’t compare the latest survey
to its previous studies on the subject because
it switched its national representative sample
from telephone interviews to an online format,
potentially skewing results when comparisons
are made.
The latest study points to Facebook as a dominant
force in teens’ online lives even as Instagram and
Snapchat have gained momentum.
Facebook was the site they used most
frequently, at 41 percent, followed by Instagram
at 20 percent and Snapchat at 11 percent. Boys
are more likely than girls to report they visit
Facebook most often - at 45 percent versus 36
percent of girls.
Pew’s data also revealed a distinct pattern in
social media use by socio-economic status.
Teens from households with earnings of less
than $50,000 are more likely to use Facebook
the most - 49 percent compared with 37 percent
of teens from households with earnings of
$50,000 or more.
As far as how much time is spent on social media,
24 percent of teens overall go online “almost
constantly,” the study said, with 56 percent saying
they go online several times a day and 12 percent
reporting once-a-day use.
Among other sites the 1,060 teens were asked
about are Twitter, Vine and Tumblr. Thirty-three
percent said they use Twitter and Google Plus,
while 24 percent said they use Vine and 14
percent said Tumblr.
Six percent said they use Twitter most often.
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SpaceX will have to wait another day to deliver
groceries and an espresso maker to the
International Space Station.
Fast-approaching storm clouds prevented the
unmanned rocket from blasting off Monday
afternoon. The company will try again Tuesday
afternoon, but more bad weather is forecast. The
odds of acceptable conditions are just 50-50.
SpaceX halted the countdown at the 2
1/2-minute mark as a menacing storm system
moved into the 11-mile keep-out zone
surrounding the Falcon rocket. The company had
a single second to get off the ground.
“We were in a race, but we didn’t quite make it
today,” a SpaceX launch commentator said.
The SpaceX supply ship holds more than 4,000
pounds of food, experiments and equipment. Italy
provided the specially designed espresso machine
for Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who
arrived at the space station last November.
The espresso maker was supposed to fly in
January, but ended up on backlog following
another company’s launch explosion last year.
That accident left the space station’s pantry
a little emptier than NASA would prefer. The
space agency is trying to get back to a six-month
reserve on food.
Once the cargo ship flies, SpaceX will try to
land the leftover booster on an ocean barge. It
will be the third such landing attempt for the
California company led by billionaire Elon Musk.
SpaceX aims to reuse the first-stage boosters
that are normally thrown away, to make
spaceflight more affordable.
Musk said via Twitter on Monday that he was
holding the odds of a successful rocket landing
at less than 50 percent. On Sunday, one of
his top officers put the odds at 75 percent to
possibly 80 percent.
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The company failed in January on its first effort
to fly a first-stage booster to a platform floating
off Florida’s east coast and land it vertically. The
booster’s steering system ran out of hydraulic
fluid, and the booster hit too hard and fell off ina
fiery explosion. Rough seas forced the February
attempt to be called off at the last minute. Sea
conditions were much better Monday, and the
platform was tweaked in the meantime to be
more stable.
The platform is dubbed “Just Read the
Instructions.” It will remain on location in the
Atlantic, off Jacksonville.
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accomplish this.
“The implications are huge and, of course, in
the long term this might change completely
how we approach transportation to space,” said
Hans Koenigsmann, vice president for mission
assurance.
Tuesday’s launch time is 4:10 p.m.
Online:
SpaceX: http://www.spacex.com/
NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/
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Underlining a change across the nation, nearly
9 out of 10 adults now say they have health
insurance, according to an extensive survey
released Monday.
As recently as 2013, slightly more than 8 out of 10
had coverage.
Whether the new number from the Gallup-
Healthways Well-Being Index turns out to be a
high-water mark for President Barack Obama’s
health care law, or a milestone on the path
toward his goal of getting virtually all U.S.
residents covered, remains to be seen.
The law’s future is still up in the air, and will turn
on factors ranging from an upcoming Supreme
Court decision on consumer subsidies to actions
by Republican leaders in states opposed to
Medicaid expansion.
The Gallup-Healthways survey found that the
share of adults who lack insurance dropped to
11.9 percent for the first three months of this
year, the lowest level since that survey began its
tracking in 2008. The latest update overlaps with
the period when the health law’s second sign-up
season was winding down.
Coverage gains from 2014-2015 translate to
about 3.6 million fewer adults uninsured since
the fall, before open enrollment got under way,
according to Gallup.
“The Affordable Care Act had three major
objectives: increase coverage, slow the rate of
increase in costs, and improve health,” said Dan
Witters, research director for the poll. “The first
one is clearly a win. Coverage is increasing; there
is no question about it.”
On balance, an estimated 14.75 million adults
have gained coverage since the fall of 2013, when
the law’s first open enrollment season was about
to begin, according to Gallup.
“A big outstanding question is what will happen
over the next couple of years,” said Larry Levitt,
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a health insurance expert with the nonpartisan
Kaiser Family Foundation. “To meet expectations,
enrollment has to continue to grow and push the
number of uninsured down.”
The Gallup-Healthways survey is closely followed
because it combines the depth of government-
sponsored research with the timeliness of media
polls. Pollsters interview 500 people a day, nearly
every day of the year. One of the questions they
ask is whether people have health insurance.
The health care law offers subsidized private
insurance for people who don’t have access to
job-based coverage, combined with an expansion
of Medicaid aimed at low-income adults in states
that accept it. Big states like Florida and Texas are
among those refusing to expand Medicaid.
The law requires nearly all Americans to have
coverage, either through an employer, a
government program, or by purchasing their own
plan. Those remaining uninsured risk fines. It
also provides subsidies to help low- to moderate-
income people buy their own insurance.
Comparing the most recent sign-up period with
the first open enrollment season, the survey
found that the uninsured rate declined at a
slightly slower pace this time around. In the first
three months of this year, the uninsured rate fell
by 1 percentage point. Over the same period last
year there was a 1.5 percentage-point decline.
From government officials to local volunteers,
many people involved with the health care law
expected some kind of second-year slowdown.
Open enrollment season was shorter, and those
who had remained uninsured were seen as more
skeptical about the value of coverage.
The survey also found:
-Hispanics saw the biggest coverage gains of
any ethnic or racial group. The uninsured rate
dropped 8.3 points among Latinos since the end
of 2013. Even so, Hispanics are still more likely to
be uninsured. “At a time when Republicans are
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very keenly trying to court the Hispanic vote, a
large chunk of Hispanics are gaining insurance via
the Affordable Care Act,” Witters said.
-Recent gains in coverage have benefited people
up and down the income ladder. But the most
notable improvement has been among those
making less than $36,000 a year, a group that
traditionally struggled to get and keep health
insurance. Their uninsured rate dropped 8.7
points since the end of 2013.
-Although the economic recovery is likely to be
contributing to coverage gains, the uninsured
rate is now significantly lower than it was in early
2008, before the recession. That suggests that
the gains in coverage are due to more than an
improving economy.
Five years after its passage, the biggest question
now for Obama’s health care law is a Supreme
Court challenge.
Opponents of the law argue that its literal
language only allows the government to subsidize
premiums in states that set up their own online
insurance markets. Most have not done so,
defaulting to the federal HealthCare.gov.
Supporters say that while some provisions may
be confusing when read in isolation, the intent of
Congress was to help consumers in every state
pay their premiums. A decision in that case is
expected by late June.
The survey results were based on landline and
cellphone interviews conducted from Jan. 2 to
March 31 with a random sample of 43,575 adults
ages 18 and older. For results based on the total
sample, the margin of sampling error is plus or
minus 1 percentage point.
Online:
Survey: http://www.gallup.com/poll/182348/
uninsured-rate-dips-first-quarter.aspx
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The health care sector has become the hot
target for hackers in recent months, according to
researchers at Symantec, a leading cybersecurity
company that says it’s also seeing big increases
in “spear-phishing,” “ransomware” and efforts
to exploit newly discovered vulnerabilities in
software used by a wide range of industries.
After a wave of high-profile attacks on banks and
retailers over the last two years, almost 80 percent
of the calls to Symantec's global “incident response”
service since December have come from health
organizations, said Robert Shaker, a Symantec
official who oversees the commercial service.
While usually seeking valuable patient and
employee data, hackers who target health
organizations may inadvertently disrupt computer
systems that oversee medication and other life-
saving treatments, Shaker said during a press
event Monday.
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The health sector’s vulnerability to hackers was
underscored earlier this year when Anthem, the
giant insurance firm, reported a data breach
affecting up to 80 million customers. But as each
sector strengthens its defenses, Shaker said,
hackers move on to new industries that may be
vulnerable. He predicted schools and universities
may be the next big targets.
Higher education is “another area very similar
to health care,” where administrators have
historically been less focused on computer security,
said Shaker. He noted that university computer
networks hold a variety of valuable data, including
financial records for students and employees, as
well as scientific and medical research.
Several universities have already reported large
data breaches in recent months, according to
reports compiled by the nonprofit Privacy Rights
Clearinghouse, which says the University of
Maryland, North Dakota University and Butler
University in Indianapolis have disclosed that
hackers obtained personal identifying information
for hundreds of thousands of students.
Symantec Corp. is one of the biggest companies
in a growing industry that sells software and
expertise for defending against cyberattacks - so
it has a vested interest in highlighting security
threats. But findings in its annual Internet Security
Threat Report, released this week, generally echo
observations of other industry experts.
Along with an overall jump in the volume of
malicious software, Symantec said it’s seeing an
increase in software designed specifically to siphon
information from smartphones and other mobile
gadgets. It also counted a surge in certain kinds of
“spear-phishing” attacks, in which hackers send
deceptive email or text messages to consumers or
company employees, hoping they will click on a link
that infects their computers with malware.
In a particularly dramatic trend, Symantec
reported almost 9 million incidents of
“ransomware” attacks last year, more than double
the total from 2013. “Ransomware” programs aim
to extort money from computer users through
various threats. One typical program displays a
message that says child pornography or other
illegal material has been found on the user’s
computer, and demands the user pay a fine to
avoid prosecution. But in a trend that has boomed
over the last year, Symantec says, hackers also
use software that encrypts files on the target
computer - making them unusable - and demand
payment to de-encrypt them.
Some hackers have added extra code to
“cransomware” that remains on a computer and
even adapts itself to carry out other tasks, such as
siphoning valuable information, said Kevin Haley,
Symantec security response director.
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Hackers are also increasingly using automated
software that spams companies or repeatedly
probes their networks for vulnerabilities, which
means they can launch multiple attacks with
less effort, said author and security expert Marc
Goodman, who spoke at the Symantec event.
And even as the Obama administration is urging
industry officials to share information about
defending against attacks, hackers are sharing
knowledge among themselves. Would-be hackers
can easily buy malware online and even find
instructional videos on public sites that explain
how to carry out attacks, said Lillian Ablon, a
researcher at the Rand Corp.
INDUSTRY:
DIGITAL MUSIC SALES MATCH
PHYSICAL FOR 1ST TIME
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Revenue from digital music matched that from
physical albums and discs for the first time in
2014, a global industry body said Tuesday.
The International Federation of the Phonographic
Industry’s annual report said digital and physical
sales each accounted for 46 percent of the $14.97~
billion in global music revenues. Income from
performance rights and synchronization revenue
made up the rest.
The old-fashioned vinyl format has had a
renaissance and now accounts for 2 percent of
revenues.
Total revenue was down 0.4 percent from 2013,
but the group said the overall picture for the
industry was positive.
The federation said the rise of subscription music
services was driving digital growth, and there was
“substantial untapped potential for growth” in the
paid-for streaming sector.
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“Music companies are charting a path to
sustainable year-on-year growth,” said IFPI chief
executive Frances Moore.
But she said that the industry was missing out
on revenue because some platforms including
YouTube are exempt from copyright laws applied
to music-streaming services like Spotify - despite
having many more users.
Moore said laws should be changed to fix this
“value gap.”
“It’s not something the industry can fix, it’s
something that government can fix,” she said.
YouTube said “we pay hundreds of millions of
dollars to the music industry every year, have deals
in place with hundreds of independent and major
labels around the world, and provide rights-holders
with tools to control their copyrighted work.”
The report also named the year’s top-selling
album - the “Frozen” soundtrack, which sold 10
million copies. Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” was the
top single, selling 13.9 million copies.
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