[Medianews] Eminem Label, Apple Agree to Settlement

Eminem Label, Apple Agree to Settlement - May 10, 2005 03:14 PM (AP Online) DETROIT (AP) -- Rapper Eminem's music label has agreed to an undisclosed financial settlement with Apple Computer Inc. in a lawsuit over copyright infringement claims. In February 2004, Ferndale-based

[Medianews] Fwd: APPLE-SA-2005-05-09 iTunes 4.8

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 APPLE-SA-2005-05-09 iTunes 4.8 iTunes 4.8 is now available and, among other enhancements, delivers the following security improvement: CVE-ID: CAN-2005-1248 Impact: A buffer overflow in iTunes could cause a denial of service and lead to execution

[Medianews] FireFox 1.0.4

FireFox 1.0.4 http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/all Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2005-42 Title: Code execution via javascript: IconURL Severity: Critical Reporter: Paul (Greyhats) Products: Firefox, Mozilla Suite Description Two

[Medianews] AOL Jumps Into Free E-Mail Business

AOL Jumps Into Free E-Mail Business - May 11, 2005 08:59 AM (AP Online) By ANICK JESDANUN AP Internet Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Its subscription business in decline, America Online Inc. is launching yet another product on the open Web: a free, ad-supported e-mail service tied to its

[Medianews] Yahoo Introduces Online Music Service

Yahoo Introduces Online Music Service - May 11, 2005 02:31 PM (AP Online) By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Internet powerhouse Yahoo Inc. is introducing an online music subscription service that will enable consumers to download thousands of songs onto

[Medianews] Tobacco Maker Says It Was 'Vilified' in Ads

[What they said was true, but we were vilified. Just when you think the tobacco industry couldn't possibly do anything more to publicly humiliate themselves, along comes this goofy move. I think this qualifies as a long-form news of the weird item.] May 11, 2005 Tobacco Maker Says It Was

[Medianews] Ruling Fallout: Will broadcasters pull HDTV programs?

Ruling Fallout: Will broadcasters pull HDTV programs? By Eric A. Taub THE NEW YORK TIMES Wednesday, May 11, 2005 This story can be found at:

[Medianews] Can Yahoo's New Music Service Earn a Profit?

May 12, 2005 Can Yahoo's New Music Service Earn a Profit? By LAURIE J. FLYNN SAN FRANCISCO NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/business/12place.html?pagewanted=print THE announcement by Yahoo on Tuesday that it is starting a discount online subscription music service sent competitors in

[Medianews] Rival bidders to link up for Europe satellite plan

Rival bidders to link up for Europe satellite plan Reuters Wed May 11, 2005 09:48 AM ET By Jeff Mason http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=scienceNewsstoryID=8456757 LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Two rival consortiums vying to run the European Union's planned multi-billion-euro Galileo

[Medianews] Lawmakers object to fake penis for drug tests

[News of the weird #1] Lawmakers object to fake penis for drug tests Reuters Thu May 12, 2005 9:12 AM ET http://today.reuters.com/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNewsstoryID=uri:2005-05-12T131145Z_01_N11182988_RTRIDST_0_ODD-HEALTH-DRUGTESTS-DC.XML WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A life-like

[Medianews] Newly-weds sue after bedroom injury

[News of the weird #2.] Newly-weds sue after bedroom injury Reuters Wed May 11, 2005 12:55 PM ET http://today.reuters.com/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNewsstoryID=uri:2005-05-11T165439Z_01_T132544_RTRIDST_0_ODD-ODD-CHINA-WEDDING-DC.XML SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A newly-wed couple in

[Medianews] Impotent ex-husband must pay damages

[News of the wierd #3.] Impotent ex-husband must pay damages Reuters Thu May 12, 2005 9:08 AM ET http://today.reuters.com/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNewsstoryID=uri:2005-05-12T130815Z_01_L12459278_RTRIDST_0_ODD-ODD-ITALY-IMPOTENT-DC.XML ROME (Reuters) - An impotent Italian man who

[Medianews] Drivers in the drink after beer truck flips

[News of the weird #4.] Drivers in the drink after beer truck flips Reuters Wed May 11, 2005 12:50 PM ET http://today.reuters.com/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNewsstoryID=uri:2005-05-11T164953Z_01_N11180324_RTRIDST_0_ODD-CANADA-BEER-DC.XML TORONTO (Reuters) - A truck hauling 2,000

[Medianews] Animal sacrifice could spark shark attack

[News of the weird #5.] Animal sacrifice could spark shark attack Reuters Thu May 12, 2005 10:42 AM ET http://today.reuters.com/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNewsstoryID=uri:2005-05-12T144214Z_01_L12428616_RTRIDST_0_ODD-RELIGION-SAFRICA-SHARKS-DC.XML JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Blood from

[Medianews] DTV Talks Hung Up Over Subsidies

DTV Talks Hung Up Over Subsidies By Drew Clark National Journal May 12, 2005 http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb-ROIQ1115856037000.html As leading Republicans and Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee negotiate over digital TV legislation, sources said that the key

[Medianews] US dominance in PC industry slipping

05/11/2005 - Updated 09:51 PM ET Page 3B U.S. companies' dominance in PC industry slipping By Michelle Kessler USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20050512/pc.art.htm SAN FRANCISCO — The days when the USA dominated the PC industry appear to be coming to an end. Dell reports

[Medianews] Infinity to Split Radio Frequency By Using Digital Technology

[What can I say? This is exactly what we predicted would happen. Every holder of a free government broadcast license now has two stations rather than one. The haves got everything in this latest broadcast spectrum give-away. New applicants for spectrum got nothing.] Infinity to Split Radio

[Medianews] LA Shooting Broadcast Spurs TV News Debate

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shoot12may12,0,6505320.story?coll=la-home-headlines Shooting Spurs TV News Debate Live broadcast captures fatal wounding of suspect by police after car chase. By Eric Malnic and Jia-Rui Chong LA Times Staff Writers May 12, 2005 At least two television

[Medianews] Cellphones: When You Dial 911, Can Help Find You?

Cellphone Hangup: When You Dial 911, Can Help Find You? As More People Go Wireless, Patchwork of Call Centers Slows Locater System Upgrade Money Spent on Boots By ANNE MARIE SQUEO Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL May 12, 2005; Page A1

[Medianews] In Russia, Politicians Protect Movie and Music Pirates

[Note: the article is talking about outfits making counterfeit CDs and DVDs; it is not talking about P2P files swaping.] In Russia, Politicians Protect Movie and Music Pirates By GUY CHAZAN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL May 12, 2005; Page B1

[Medianews] Yahoo, RealNetworks Offer New Alternatives To iTunes

Yahoo, RealNetworks Offer New Alternatives To Apple iTunes Model By Walter Mossberg Wall Street Journal May 12, 2005; Page B1 http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111584546308630894,00.html?mod=technology%5Ffeatured%5Fstories%5Fhs In the quest to break Apple Computer's grip on the legal online music

[Medianews] Court Orders Sites Shut in Spam Case

Sites Ordered Shut in Spam Case By RACHEL ZIMMERMAN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL May 12, 2005; Page D5 http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111582615149130513,00.html?mod=technology%5Fmain%5Fwhats%5Fnews BOSTON – A Massachusetts judge ordered the shutdown of dozens of Web sites linked

[Medianews] Why the Glut In Fiber Lines Remains Huge

[Note discussion about using fiber instead of satellite to distribute video to cable systems. This is not good news for dish heads. Also, material distributed by fiber is not covered by the current rule that requires MSOs that own cable channels to license those channels to other cable and

[Medianews] BBC Unions Plan Four Days of Strikes

BBC Unions Plan Four Days of Strikes WorldScreen.com http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=bbc512.htm LONDON, May 12, 2005: The BECTU, NUJ and Amicus unions have set May 23 as the first of four days of industrial action against the BBC in protest against job cuts and the sale of

[Medianews] NAB Fires Salvo at ‘Offshore’ TV Makers

NAB Fires at 'Offshore' TV Makers By Ted Hearn MultiChannel News 5/12/2005 4:28:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA601175.html?display=Breaking+News A war of words has broken out between the National Association of Broadcasters and the Consumer Electronics Association in a feud over

[Medianews] MTV Networks Finds a Satellite Slot for Logo

MTVN Finds a Satellite Slot for Logo VH1 Mega Hits Scrapped from Suite, Gay-Themed Net Will Get Its Berth By Linda Moss MultiChannel News 5/9/2005 http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA600102.html?display=Top+Stories In this story: CONVERSION TALKS NOT NICE SPIKE Trying to jump-start distribution

[Medianews] Telecom Rivals Oppose Mass. Move

Telecom Rivals Oppose Mass. Move By Linda Haugsted MultiChannel News 5/9/2005 http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA600048.html?display=Top+Stories In this story: OPPOSITES ATTRACT WHAT'S IN THE BILL In an effort to prevent media companies from reclassifying themselves right off the tax rolls,

[Medianews] NOAA-N / Delta II Upcoming Launch Coverage Fri 13th, 4am ET AMC-6 9C / AMC-7 18

Mission managers have given approval to attemp a launch Friday morning with 100 percent chance of acceptable weather at launch time. Launch is scheduled at 6:22 a.m. EDT. with a window extending 10 minutes to 6:32 a.m. EDT. NOAA-N is the 15th in a series of polar-orbiting satellites dating back

[Medianews] Travellers must have retina, thumbprint scans or face jail

Travellers must have retina, thumbprint scans or face jail http://www.local6.com/news/4479554/detail.html http://www.infowars.com/articles/bb/eye_scan_begin_orlando_airport.htm From A Reader: Dear Alex , Just to update you on one of todays stories about eye scanning at Orlando airport. I am a UK

[Medianews] National ID Battle Continues

National ID Battle Continues Wired News By Kim Zetter http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/nat_id_real_id_battle_continues.htm Legislation supporting a standardized national driver's license may have won unanimous approval in the Senate on Tuesday, but the bill's apparently smooth passage left

[Medianews] After Recruiters Threaten Arrests, Army Stands Down

After Recruiters Threaten Arrests, Army Stands Down Raw Story http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2005/120505threatenarrests.htm From the registration-restricted KHOU News. # HOUSTON -- There's been a swift response from the U.S. Army following an exclusive 11 News Defenders investigation

[Medianews] An Attack on Liberty, 100-0

An Attack on Liberty, 100-0 Harold E. Smith III http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2005/120505attackonliberty.htm Tuesday marked an important day in the long history of the United States of America. The Senate unanimously approved the Iraq Supplemental Spending Bill as expected, passing

[Medianews] Russia Outlaws Dual Citizenship for Prime Ministers

Russia Outlaws Dual Citizenship for Prime Ministers MosNews http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/may2005/120505russiaoutlaws.htm Comment: This is a measure of how far down we have sunk. Even in Russia they are resistant to a foreign born occupying high political office, yet in the Us the push

[Medianews] Open-source divorce for Apple's Safari?

Open-source divorce for Apple's Safari? By Paul Festa Story last modified Thu May 12 04:00:00 PDT 2005 Two years after it selected open-source rendering engine KHTML as the basis of its Safari Web browser, Apple Computer has proposed resolving compatibility conflicts by scrapping that code