NYT-1201: STATE OF THE ART A Thermostat That's Clever, Not ...

Mr. Spence said Wednesday that he had not heard an
ything from RIM or its lawyers about the company’s
new brand. He said that Basis would continue to s
eek a permanent injunction as well as damages from
RIM. “Their announcement is certainly encouraging
in that it looks like they are abandoning it, but
it may only be temporary,” he said.
The new name follows RIM’s traditional practice of
naming operating systems using numbers. The opera
ting system it will replace is called BlackBerry 7.
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NYT-1208: REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
Constantly Checking In, Without Ever Checking In ..
. By HOWARD BECK
For Howard Beck, the Times reporter who covered th
e N.B.A. lockout, the 149-day ordeal was spent ins
ide and outside some of New York's finest hotels.
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This summer and fall, I spent 156 hours in some of
New York’s finest hotels. I did not sleep, or sho
wer, or earn rewards points. I was not, in the ver
nacular of the service industry, a “guest.” At tim
es, I felt more like a hostage, subsisting on a di
et of stale pizza, trail mix and anonymous sources.
To be a reporter covering the N.B.A. lockout was t
o enter a parallel universe, where normalcy was su
spended, truth was pliable and time had no meaning
. Absurdity reigned.
There were news conferences at 4 in the morning, B
etty White sightings, a Gregg Popovich jog-by and
a cameo by former President Bill Clinton.
Bargaining sessions stretched for 15 hours while w
e stood on sidewalks or loitered in chilled lobbie
s, or sweated in stuffy conference rooms with bad
wallpaper.