Please Fix The iPhone: A To-Do List For Steve Jobs

iPhone addicts love their iPhones, but nothing is perfect. Customer feedback for Apple just went public on Please Fix the iPhone. The site let's iPhone owners, or anyone else, list and vote on the features that most need fixing on the iPhone. The features that get the most votes rise up the ranks.

Right now the top requests are:

1. Copy and paste.

2. Landscape view for emails.

3. Ability to hide unwanted icons.

4. Use the iPhone as a 3G modem for the MacBook

5. Make Flash work.

Looks like Steve Jobs has a new to-do list. What would you add? Don't tell us, go vote on the site.

Obama lead over McCain widens to eight points, poll shows

Poll finds growing support for Barack Obama in wake of endorsement from Republican secretary of state Colin Powell

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Photograph: Bob Brown/AP

Barack Obama's lead over John McCain has widened to eight points a fortnight before the US presidential election, according to the latest poll today.

The Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby telephone tracking poll put Obama on 50% and McCain on 42%.

It is the first time Obama has stretched his advantage over McCain to more than six points since the tracking poll began more than two weeks ago.

The pollster John Zogby said: "Things clearly are moving in Obama's direction."

The poll found growing support for Obama among a number of key groups, including Republicans, in the wake of an endorsement from the former Republican secretary of state Colin Powell.

Polling took place between Saturday and Monday. Powell announced his support for Obama on Sunday morning.

"Maybe this is the Powell effect. That wasn't just an endorsement, that was a pretty powerful statement," said Zogby.

His support among Republicans has increased from 9% to 12%. Among independent voters he has opened up a 15% lead.

Obama told NBC television yesterday that Powell was welcome to campaign for him and might have a place in his administration. He said Powell "will have a role as one of my advisers" and that a formal role in his government was "something we'd have to discuss".

A poll released yesterday for CNN-Opinion Research Corp conducted between Friday and Sunday showed Obama's lead had narrowed to six points, 49-43.

Its previous poll gave Obama an 11-point margin.

Obama is currently campaigning in Florida, which voted for George Bush in the last two elections.

On Thursday and Friday he is due to suspend his campaign to fly to Hawaii to visit his seriously ill grandmother.

McCain spent yesterday campaigning in Missouri, which has voted for the winning candidate in every election bar one since 1900.

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Mohali, 5th day

Zaheer bowls India to record victory

October 21, 2008

India 469 (Ganguly 102, Dhoni 92, Tendulkar 88, Gambhir 67) and 314 for 3 (Gambhir 104, Sehwag 90, Dhoni 68*) beat Australia 268 (Watson 78, Hussey 54, Mishra 5-71) and 195 (Clarke 69) by 320

	Zaheer Khan's three early wickets on the fifth day hastened Australia's defeat

It was a match that was never out of India's control. After the tremendous work done over four days, they needed less than a session on the fifth morning to defeat Australia, sealing the Test by 320 runs, their biggest margin of victory in terms of runs ever. Zaheer Khan nipped out three wickets in the space of four deliveries when play started, and though Michael Clarke resisted with 69, it was always going to be a matter of when India would take a 1-0 series lead. In terms of runs, it was Australia's biggest loss to India since Melbourne, 1977.

India had reduced Australia to 58 for 5 yesterday, but had to wait 84 runs for their next strike, after which proceedings resembled a bowling alley as Zaheer knocked over the lower order like nine pins. Zaheer was simply unplayable. He struck in the first over of the day, bowling Brad Haddin for 37 with a ripper. It pitched on a length, shaped back in, and took out the middle and off stumps. In his next over, Zaheer found himself on a hat-trick. A leaden-footed Cameron White went for a drive and edged to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Next ball, Brett Lee had no clue to one pitched fractionally shorter and had his stumps splayed. Three wickets had fallen for three runs.

With nine men around the bat, Mitchell Johnson averted the hat-trick. Zaheer had slowly built up his momentum through the fourth day and struck gold on the fifth morning. He got the ball to move slightly away from the batsmen, and was very accurate. Ishant Sharma achieved movement both ways, evident when Clarke outside-edged towards slip - the ball didn't carry - and later inside-edged towards square leg.

Perhaps significant with two Tests to play, Clarke shrugged off an indifferent tour with a fluent 69. On a pitch with good movement and against bowlers who were on song, he batted with focus and determination. He and Johnson, who batted well for his 26 before popping a return catch to Amit Mishra, added 50. Clarke had been the glue that held a poor Australian innings together, but he was last out when he clipped Mishra - who finished with seven on debut - to midwicket. As the fat lady sang and Punjabi bhangra filled the Mohali air, Dhoni - India's stand-in captain who rarely made a wrong call through the Test - led the charge towards the catcher, Virender Sehwag.

Teams that have a habit of winning know how to seize the momentum and never let it go. Like Australia had done for the last decade and more, India did that very well in Mohali. They were, unquestionably, the superior side in this Test.

Tendulkar eclipses test run record

Sachin Tendulkar eclipsed Brian Lara's world record for most test runs on Friday to help India reach 311 for five on the first day of the second test against Australia.

Tendulkar passed his target with three runs after tea to beat the 11,953 West Indian Lara scored before he retired from international cricket in 2007.

Tendulkar went on to hit 88 after Australian left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson led a splendid fightback on a good batting pitch.

India, who began well after winning the toss, wobbled after Johnson's double strike before tea contributed to three wickets tumbling for 17 runs.

Tendulkar shared in a 142-run fifth wicket partnership with Saurav Ganguly to rescue the innings from 163 for four and go past 12,000 runs in tests.

He eventually fell when he edged debutant paceman Peter Siddle to Matthew Hayden at slip off the second new ball late in the day.

Ganguly was 54 not out at the close with Ishant Sharma on two.

Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir scored 67 and added 70 runs with Virender Sehwag (35) for the first wicket and 76 with Rahul Dravid (39) for the next.

Australian bowlers reined in the innings after India had got off to a good start after electing to bat.

Johnson, their most successful bowler with five wickets in the drawn first test, led the way after India raced to 104-1 at lunch.

INDIAN SLUMP

Pace spearhead Brett Lee triggered the slump when Rahul Dravid played on to the stumps for 39 before Johnson had opener Gautam Gambhir caught behind for a well-made 67 in the next over.

Left-hander Gambhir, who hit nine fours in his seventh test fifty, added 76 runs with Dravid after sharing in a fluent 70-run stand with Sehwag (35).

Johnson then had Vangipurappu Laxman (12) nick down the legside to Haddin, the same ploy he used to remove opener Virender Sehwag (35).

The bowler finished the day with three for 68.

Tendulkar, on 13 going into tea, steered the first ball after the break from debutant paceman Peter Siddle to third man for three runs to achieve the landmark.

The 35-year-old took off his helmet and raised his bat to acknowledge the cheering crowd before Ganguly and the entire Australian team came up to congratulate him.

Australia were unlucky not to remove Ganguly on 35 after umpire Rudi Koertzen turned down a stumping appeal against leg spinner Cameron White.

Television replays showed Ganguly's back foot was in the air when wicketkeeper Brad Haddin whipped off the bails. He completed 7,000 test runs, the fourth Indian to do so, soon after.

The experienced pair eased the pressure until Tendulkar, who batted effortlessly with shots of vintage quality, fell. He hit 10 fours in his 111-ball knock spanning three hours.

India captain Anil Kumble had no cheer on his 38th birthday when he was ruled out because of a shoulder injury. Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the side and debutant leggie Amit Mishra came into the eleven.

Australia also made one change, with Siddle replacing Stuart Clark who was sidelined due to an elbow injury.

Harbhajan-Mona Singh's Ravana-Sita dance upsets Sikh clergy

As if his on-field antics were not enough to keep him in the midst of controversies, Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh's Ravana-Sita dance number with TV actress Mona Singh on a dance show has left the Sikh clergy fuming. Harbhajan, who is popular in cricket circles as 'Bhajji', and his dance partner Mona of Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin fame, had last week performed a number on dance reality show Ek Khiladi, Ek Hasina depicting themselves as mythological demon-king Ravana and Lord Ram's wife Sita. Gurbachan Singh, the acting head of the Akal Takht, has taken strong exception to the depiction of Hindu gods by the two celebrities, who incidentally, are both Sikhs. "Though I have not received a complaint in this regard, I think it is unreasonable to mock at religious deities like this. Ravana is known as evil. How can Ravana and Sita dance together? That the dance was done by two Sikhs is condemnable," the Akal Takht chief said. He added that if any complaint in this regard was made to him, he would inquire into it and initiate religious action against the erring stars. Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar said that celebrities should desist from such acts as they are role models for millions of fans. Radical Hindu organisations have also objected to the dance number that allegedly mocked Hindu sentiments. In Hindu mythology, Rama's wife Sita was abducted by demon-king Ravana. "We should show respect to all religions and their entities. If we cannot tolerate anything against our religion, how can we mock at others?" Gurbachan Singh said. Harbhajan has been mired in several controversies in recent months including his on-field spat with Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds and opener Mathew Hayden. He was also involved in a 'slapgate' controversy with Indian teammate and fast bowler S Sreesanth when he slapped the latter after losing a match in the multi-million dollar Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament.

Angry ganguly lashes out at selectors

In an angry outburst, Sourav Ganguly has taken on the national selectors for the way he has been treated and said he decided to retire to save himself the humiliation of being treated as the "sacrificial goat" all the time.
Ganguly said there was no point in carrying on playing cricket if he was treated in such a manner while some of the other players were spared.

"There is no point playing like this. I am not willing to play at their (selectors') mercy. They will pick you now and then dump you. Why should I be the sacrificial goat all the time? It was difficult to accept," Ganguly, who announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday, said.

"If a gun is held at your head, how far can you bear it. That too after playing 450 matches. I played badly in only one series. But others are not dropped. I have scored the highest number of runs after comeback," he was quoted as saying by Bengali daily 'Aaj Kaal'.

"How long would I have played? May be upto 2009. May be seven more tests. For that I was not prepared to take any more humiliation," he added.

Ganguly said being dropped from the Irani Trophy Rest of India squad by the selection panel led by Vengsarkar was the last nail in the coffin and he thought he had faced enough humilation by then.

"I never thought I will be out of the Irani team. I couldn't sleep for one month in anger, agony. Had this committee (new selection committee) come three years ago, things might have been different," said the 36-year-old left hander.

Ponting v Ishant Part II

Ishant Sharma said at the end of the day that the pitch was slow and difficult to bowl on. Yet you couldn't see it in his opening spell, which evoked memories of Perth and one of the most gripping bowler-batsman duels in recent history.

He loped to the crease, used his tall physique to hit the pitch hard, and tested Ricky Ponting with deliveries that jagged in, and others that bounced and straightened. India had Australia on the defensive during the first hour but after Ishant was finished, the slowness - in the pitch and in their legs - helped Australia settle.

It took Ishant one over to remind everyone, despite the hoopla about Ponting's spin demons, that it was he, and not Harbhajan, who made Ponting fend and swerve in Australia. His fourth ball was full; it swung into Ponting and struck the front pad. Rudi Koertzen correctly ruled that the impact was outside off stump.

The contest approached its crescendo in the eighth over; Ishant had an lbw shout turned down against Ponting - the impact was high - and he followed up with a bouncer that nearly grazed the batsman's nose. Ishant came back strongly after being pulled for four, forcing Ponting's hand off the bat with a rising delivery. He hit the pad once again with an inswinger - this time Ponting did not offer a shot - and beat him on the pull with a delivery that straightened. He went right up to the batsman in his follow-through, perhaps as a reminder that Ponting had to get through him before facing spin.

Ponting drove the rare wide delivery from Ishant through cover but focused on dropping the ball with soft hands in order to get to the other end. The heat of a clear day in Bangalore, and perhaps the need to take a break, prompted Ponting to ask for a change of gloves. At the start of his eighth over Ishant motioned towards the dressing room for a new shirt. He got rid of his sweat-soaked jersey at the end of the over and retired to fine-leg and mid-on for the remainder of the session.

"For the first few overs today from Ishant, I was trying to be fairly defensive and not play too many shots," Ponting said. "He's a bit fitter and stronger now and bowled a good long spell. I was out there nice and early so it was important for me and Simon Katich to get through the period with the new ball without losing too many wickets."

The introduction of spin was the obvious plan against Ponting but the first-day pitch offered no turn. The crowd roared when the ball was given to Harbhajan in anticipation of a swift kill. They had to wait 15 balls for Ponting to get on strike after which they were batted into silence.

A factor that compounded the spinners' ineffectiveness was the inability of the infield to anticipate and cut off singles which did not allow either Harbhajan or Anil Kumble an extended spell at a particular batsman. There were no glaring lapses but the immobility of several fielders in the circle allowed the Australians to implement their "new-age cricket". Gentle nudges a few feet wide off the fielders brought singles and those that found the gap and towards deep point and deep square leg resulted in two.

The Australian batsmen will aim to adopt a similar approach after seeing off the second new ball tomorrow morning. Ishant's opening spell will once again be crucial.