After a weather related scrub on Wednesday and a ground equipment
problem on Thursday, another attempt will be on Friday Morning (9-25)
to launch the STSS Demo for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on a Delta
II rocket from SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Launch is scheduled for 8 a.m. EDT.
How Could IPhone MMS Crash ATT's Network?
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172624/how_could_iphone_mm
s_crash_atandts_network.html
All the hand wringing over the Friday launch of MMS (Multimedia
Messaging Service) on ATT iPhones may be misplaced for a service that
hasn't been a huge
By Dean Goodman
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE58O0B420090925?p
ageNumber=2virtualBrandChannel=11604sp=true
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As ailing showbiz mogul Dick Clark prepares to
celebrate his 80th birthday in November, a new documentary threatens to
tarnish his image by
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE58O3BK20090925
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dalton Chiscolm is unhappy about Bank of America's
customer service -- really, really unhappy.
Chiscolm in August sued the largest U.S. bank and its board, demanding
that 1,784 billion, trillion dollars be
Randy Quaid, Wife Arrested Over Hotel Bill
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/randy-quaid-wife-arrested-hotel-bill
/story?id=8665798
Actor Randy Quaid and his wife have been arrested in West Texas for
allegedly skipping out on a $10,000 California hotel bill.
Quaid and his wife, Evi, were
Reuters
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=8669917
MOSCOW
Russia hopes the United States will extend the deadline to retire its
space shuttles beyond 2011 and has heard unofficially it is possible,
the head of Russia's space agency was quoted as saying on Friday.
The U.S. space
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-mars25-2009sep25,0,2827389.story
An orbiter spots ice in five meteorite craters. The planet's underground ice
sheet could be twice the size of Greenland's, scientists say.
There is much more water on Mars than anyone had thought -- possibly
Verizon Scraps Palm Pre Plans, Report Says
http://www.pcworld.com/article/172631/verizon_scraps_palm_pre_plans_repo
rt_says.html
Verizon has reportedly ditched plans to offer the Palm Pre early next
year. Poor sales at Sprint -- the Pre's exclusive U.S. carrier -- as
wellverizon palm pre as
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-25-voa15.cfm
India is triumphant at the role played by its inaugural moon mission in
helping gather evidence that there is water on the moon. Indian
scientists hope the latest discovery will bring international
recognition to its space program.
The
http://zikkir.com/it/13531
Posted by Nathan Solomon | 25 September 2009, 12:44 am
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's unsurprising affirmation of support
for network neutrality is a victory for the high-minded principle of
open, unfettered internet access. Too bad it means the days of
http://bit.ly/MMuR9
It's no coincidence that the Internet, a sanctuary of governmental
restraint, has spawned such unparalleled innovation. Will the Obama
administration's plans for net neutrality bring it to a screeching halt?
The federal government may gain broad new powers to regulate
WMG unit attempts to change with the times
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009163.html?categoryid=16cs=1nid=
2568
In the latest indication of the shrinking market for compact discs,
Warner Music Group's catalog arm Rhino Records laid off between 30 and
40 staffers on Thursday.
Job losses
Sweat Becomes Offenders' New Snitch
Alcohol-Sniffing Anklet Saves Money but Stirs Privacy Fears
By Fredrick Kunkle and Derek Kravitz
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, September 25, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/24/AR2009092405012_pf.html
The government
Cablevision Seeks To Encrypt Broadcast Basic Channels
Files Petition With FCC Seeking Waiver to Ban on Encrypting Basic Tier
By Todd Spangler
Multichannel News
9/24/2009 6:07:38 PM EDT
http://www.multichannel.com/article/355361-Cablevision_Seeks_To_Encrypt_Broadcast_Basic_Channels.php
September 24, 2009, 6:50 PM ET
Intel Still Trying to Put Smarts Into the Boob Tube
By Don Clark
Wall Street Journal
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/09/24/intel-still-trying-to-put-smarts-into-the-boob-tube/?mod=rss_WSJBlog?mod=
Silicon Valley has been talking for 15 years or so about
Sweat Becomes Offenders' New Snitch
Alcohol-Sniffing Anklet Saves Money but Stirs Privacy Fears
By Fredrick Kunkle and Derek Kravitz
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, September 25, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/24/AR2009092405012_pf.html
The government
[We have talked about this before. Very quiet hybrids and electric cars are
a particular problem for the visually impaired pedestrian.]
The Deadly Silence of the Electric Car
Automakers Propose Adding Some Artificial Vroom to Alert Pedestrians
By Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writer
FCC Takes Sides in Net-Neutrality Debate
By Rob Pegoraro
Washington Post
Sunday, September 27, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092501088_pf.html
On Monday, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said
the agency would write rules
Blind one-legged man wins arse-kicking contest
Rum-fuelled piratical rampage quelled by Taser
By Lewis Page
TheRegister.co.uk
25th September 2009 15:30 GMT
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/25/cops_taser_piratical_assailant/
A partially-sighted, one-legged man who had consumed a
Ammo rationing at Wal-Mart as panic buying sweeps US
'Used to be gold was precious. Now it's lead.'
By Lewis Page
TheRegister.co.uk
24th September 2009 15:42 GMT
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/24/ammo_hoarding_sweeps_us/
The USA is suffering the most severe ammunition famine in living
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