[Medianews] DirecTV Petitions FCC vs. In Demand

DirecTV Petitions FCC vs. In Demand By R. Thomas Umstead MultiChannel News 6/29/2005 5:22:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA622427.html DirecTV Inc. Tuesday filed a program-access complaint with the Federal Communications Commission against In Demand, accusing the content purveyor

[Medianews] Google Shares Mapping Technology

Google Shares Mapping Technology Associated Press Jun 29, 2005 8:30 PM (ET) By GREG SANDOVAL http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050630/D8B1JQG00.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. (GOOG) is throwing the doors open on the technology used to power the search engine's mapping service

[Medianews] Mich., Utah to Launch E-Mail Registries

Mich., Utah to Launch E-Mail Registries Associated Press Jun 29, 2005 8:21 PM (ET) By DAVID EGGERT http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050630/D8B1JM5O0.html LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Two states are on the verge of trying to block porn and other inappropriate messages sent to children through e

[Medianews] Hacker Posts Crack for Google Video Software

Hacker Posts Crack for Google Software Associated Press Jun 29, 2005 3:26 PM (ET) By DOUG MELLGREN http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050629/D8B1FBPG0.html OSLO, Norway (AP) - The Norwegian who became a hacker hero for developing software to unlock copy-protection codes on DVD movies said

[Medianews] PanAmSat Announces HD Bird To Replace SBS-6

PanAmSat and JSAT to Expand Satellite Capacity in U.S. to Satisfy Growing High-Definition and IP Television Markets PRESS RELEASE http://i-newswire.com/pr27668.html TOKYO, JAPAN, June 27, 2005 -- PanAmSat (NYSE:PA) announced today that it was joining forces with long-time partner JSAT

[Medianews] DIRECTV Offers TiVo DVR for $79 to Current Subs

DIRECTV Offers TiVo DVR for $79 Promotional deal includes installation, but is only available to current subscribers. Special to TVPredictions.com http://www.tvpredictions.com/tivodiscount062805.html Washington, D.C.. (June 28) -- DIRECTV is offering current subscribers a special $79 price

[Medianews] TiVo Giving Away DVRs For Free (Sort Of)

TiVo Giving Away DVRs SkyReport.com 06/29/2005 http://www.skyreport.com/view.cfm?ReleaseID=1691#Story3 DVR pioneer TiVo is offering free systems through its latest promotion. TiVo is giving away a factory-renewed DVR box for customers who buy a 12-month or lifetime subscription. Details of

[Medianews] Logo Inks Charter, DirecTV Deals

Logo Inks Charter, DirecTV Deals By Linda Moss MultiChannel News 6/29/2005 5:16:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA622428.html Logo, the new gay-targeted network, has wrapped up carriage deals with DirecTV Inc. and Charter Communications Inc., meaning that it will roll out in 13

[Medianews] Adelphia Goes 16 Mbps in Leesburg

Adelphia Goes 16 Mbps in Leesburg By Matt Stump MultiChannel News 6/30/2005 11:42:00 AM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA622567.html Adelphia Communications Corp. is pumping high-speed-Internet speeds to 16 megabits per second downstream and 2 mbps upstream in its Leesburg, Va.,

[Medianews] We're going to eat out of a WHAT?

[I'm not sure this is suitable for air, but it is definitely news of the weird.] We're going to eat out of a WHAT? Reuters Thu Jun 30, 2005 09:15 AM ET http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNewsstoryID=8941428 TAIPEI (Reuters) - It may take a strong stomach to

[Medianews] Shouldn't this be kind of obvious?

[Weird item #2.] Shouldn't this be kind of obvious? Reuters Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:14 AM ET http://today.reuters.com/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNewsstoryID=uri:2005-06-30T131423Z_01_L29134990_RTRIDST_0_ODD-LEBANON-FATWA-DC.XML BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top Shi'ite Muslim cleric

[Medianews] Teacher accused of enlisting students in arson plot

[Weird item #3.] Teacher accused of enlisting students in fire plot Reuters Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:14 AM ET http://today.reuters.com/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNewsstoryID=uri:2005-06-30T131353Z_01_N29477004_RTRIDST_0_ODD-CRIME-FIRE-DC.XML HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two failing students

[Medianews] Car-plane crash ends meeting of premiers

[Weird item #4. I wonder if they did a breathalyzer test on that taxi driver?] Car-plane crash ends meeting of premiers Reuters Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:11 AM ET

[Medianews] Ex police chief run over by squad car

[Weird item # 5.] Ex police chief run over by squad car Reuters Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:10 AM ET By Camillus Eboh http://today.reuters.com/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNewsstoryID=uri:2005-06-30T131018Z_01_L29316684_RTRIDST_0_ODD-NIGERIA-CORRUPTION-DC.XML ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's

[Medianews] Children, too, are abused in U.S. prisons

Children, too, are abused in U.S. prisons New York Times | June 30, 2005 http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/prison_abuse_children_abused_too.htm Last month John Miller, director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, said that half the victims of human

[Medianews] Web visits put man in jail

Web visits put man in jail Detroit Free Press | June 30, 2005 http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/web_visits_put_man_in_jail.htm Comment: How long before hate crime laws make the website you're now reading also a criminal offence to visit? (How long will it be until ALL websites must be

[Medianews] Use of Patriot Act against homeless is under fire

Use of Patriot Act against homeless is under fire N.J. City Criticized for Homeless Lawsuit http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/patriot_act_used_against_homeless_under_fire.htm Associated Press | June 29, 2005 The USA Patriot Act, in the name of fighting terrorism, allows the government to

[Medianews] Anti-gang' bill endangers gun rights?

'Anti-gang' bill endangers gun rights? Activist claims family of dad using firearm to protect could be jailed World Net Daily | June 30 2005 http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2005/300605gunrights.htm A national gun-rights group is decrying an anti-gangs crime bill recently passed in the

[Medianews] Hannity Says Pre-9/11 Iraq Invasion Plan A Conspiracy Theory

Hannity Says Pre-9/11 Iraq Invasion Plan A Conspiracy Theory Prison Planet | June 29 2005 http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2005/290605conspiracytheory.htm In a debate with Rep. Charles Rangel last night, Sean Hannity called Rangel's assertion that the Bush administation wanted to

[Medianews] Judge gives US reporters one week to reveal sources or face jail

Judge gives US reporters one week to reveal sources or face jail http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/afp/20050629/ts_alt_afp/usjusticecourtmedia_050629210111 WASHINGTON (AFP) - A judge gave two US journalists one week to reveal their sources to a grand jury probing the leak of a Central

[Medianews] TNT Renews The Closer

TNT Renews The Closer By Anne Becker Broadcasting Cable 6/29/2005 5:34:00 PM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA622433.html?display=Breaking+Newsreferral=SUPP TNT has renewed its blockbuster summer drama, The Closer, for a second season of 15 episodes. The original crime series,

[Medianews] This Time, Security Breach Is Personal

http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-fi-golden30jun30,0,6264041.column?coll=la-home-headlines This Time, Security Breach Is Personal Michael Hiltzik LA Times June 30, 2005 An extremely apologetic Bank of America representative called me the other day with the news that I had fallen

[Medianews] Motion Picture Bootlegger Convicted

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gasca30jun30,1,2635145.story?coll=la-headlines-business Motion Picture Bootlegger Convicted By Lorenza Muñoz and David Rozensweig LA Times Staff Writers June 30, 2005 Johnny Ray Gasca, dubbed Hollywood's prince of piracy, was found guilty on seven

[Medianews] Feds Crack Down on Global Internet Piracy

http://www.latimes.com/technology/ats-ap_technology10jun30,1,7953152.story?coll=sns-ap-toptechnology Feds Crack Down on Global Internet Piracy By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press Writer 12:12 PM PDT, June 30, 2005 WASHINGTON — The government announced an 11-nation crackdown Thursday on Internet

[Medianews] Device Lets You Watch Shows on a Home TV, TiVo From Elsewhere

the normal commercials that appear in the TV programs. All you shell out is the $250 for the device itself. Starting today, it will be available at CompUSA and Best Buy stores, and at those companies' Web sites. ... http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20050630.html Reply with a Thank you if you

[Medianews] Slingbox review

Slingbox By Bill Howard 06.30.05 Sling Media's Slingbox scratches an itch you may not yet have. This technically impressive set-top box compresses and transfers live TV, satellite, or DVR video from your home to a computer anywhere in the world, all without requiring a PC to be up and running

[Medianews] National Weather Service Facility Hit By Lightning

http://www.theiowachannel.com//weather/4666250/detail.html - video available NWS Employee indirectly hit - Worker Expects To Return To Work Thursday JOHNSTON, Iowa -- The National Weather Service bureau in Johnston was struck by lightning Wednesday morning. A NWS employee took an indirect

[Medianews] PalmOne Transforms Its New PDA Into a Mobile Warehouse

June 29, 2005 PalmOne Transforms Its New PDA Into a Mobile Warehouse By WALTER S. MOSSBERG The compact but roomy hard disk that powers the iPod music player has finally made it into another small device: the personal digital assistant, or PDA. And, by adding all that storage capacity, it has

[Medianews] Nokia 9300 Review

Review of Nokia's 9300 Communicator Review by Michael Oryl (editor) on Wednesday June 29, 2005 Nokia's 9000 series Communicator devices have always had a few things in common. They've had big displays, full QWERTY keyboards, and they were huge. The Nokia 9500, a current model in Nokia's

[Medianews] Review: Remotes Tame Clicker Population

Review: Remotes Tame Clicker Population - Jun 30, 2005 07:55 PM (AP Online) By MATTHEW FORDAHL AP Technology Writer A home theater system solves the problem of tinny TV speakers but introduces a set of new complications _ namely, the number of remote controls required to adjust

[Medianews] iTunes Podcast Subscriptions Top One Million in First Two Days

iTunes Podcast Subscriptions Top One Million in First Two Days - Jun 30, 2005 03:31 PM (PR Newswire) CUPERTINO, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced that in just two days iTunes(R) customers have subscribed to more than one million Podcasts from the new

[Medianews] NASA TV Has Left Analog on AMC-6

At 12:02 am ET 7-01-2005. NASA TV analog has left AMC-6 Transponder 9, a sad chapter in TVRO history. NASA now says that they will be keeping the analog signal going on AMC-7 transponder 18 through NASA's Return to Flight mission, this is a change from making a hard switch to digtal on

[Medianews] NASA Gives Go for Space Shuttle Return to Flight

June 30, 2005 RELEASE: 05-171 NASA Gives Go for Space Shuttle Return to Flight NASA has cleared the Space Shuttle to Return to Flight. After a two-day Flight Readiness Review meeting at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, senior managers approved a July 13 launch date for Discovery.

[Medianews] MPFreaker

http://www.lairware.com/mpfreaker/ MPFreaker is the modern music lover's dream Imagine a program that automatically fills in the missing information in your music library - including artwork! Using innovative techniques, MPFreaker quickly searches the internet to find out which album your