Around the Web 2.6.09: Digital TV in LA, marching band on Google Street View, prize-winners at TED

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-- 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