Around the Web 2.6.09: Digital TV in LA, marching band on Google Street View, prize-winners at TED [UPDATED]
-- Pittsburgh art students stage a brilliant Google Street View hack. Marching band? Giant chicken? Faster Forward
-- Major broadcast networks in Los Angeles promise they won't make the digital-TV switch earlier than June 12. LAT
-- Winners of this year's TED prizes: Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, astronomer Jill Cornell Tarter and musician Jose Antonio Abreu. Wired
-- Google gives Gmail users the ability to see multiple inboxes on one screen. TechCrunch
-- Henry Blodget continues his campaign to make us all pay to read the New York Times online. Silicon Alley Insider
-- Apple bans Facebook from its retail stores. tinyComb (Updated: Though some Apple stores may have decided to block Facebook, CNet and Apple 2.0 say it's not a company policy and many haven't.)
-- Is Apple planning to make its own TV set? iOnApple
-- Tesla Roadster review: The electric-powered car is "within very strict limits, a superb piece of machinery" that helps Dan Neil dust a Porsche Carrera C4. LAT
-- News Corp.'s digital segment reported an operating loss and its DVD sales fell 15%. LAT
-- Probably unrelated: A season pass for the Fox show "24" now costs less on iTunes. VentureBeat
-- International Rectifier is closing its El Segundo semiconductor plant and cutting its workforce by 18%. LAT
-- Chris Gaither
