[Medianews] TiVo to Make Customized Version for Comcast

TiVo to Make Customized Version for Comcast By ANICK JESDANUN The Associated Press Tuesday, March 15, 2005; 10:46 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A36643-2005Mar15?language=printer NEW YORK - TiVo Inc., the struggling pioneer of digital video recorders, will make a customized version

[Medianews] FCC: Nicollette Sheridan Monday Night Football Intro Not Indecent

FCC: Nicollette Sheridan Monday Night Football Intro Not Indecent Accociated Press Monday, March 14, 2005; 1:23 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34008-2005Mar14?language=printer Federal regulators ruled Monday there was nothing indecent about a steamy introductory segment to ABC's

[Medianews] Questioning Disney Search's Legitimacy

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dissearch14mar14,1,198.story?coll=la-headlines-business Questioning Disney Search's Legitimacy Executive recruiters want to know how many outsiders the company considered to replace Michael Eisner. By Sallie Hofmeister and Chris Gaither LA Times Staff

[Medianews] Low-Tech Methods Used in Data Theft

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-scam14mar14,1,3115785.story?coll=la-headlines-business Low-Tech Methods Used in Data Theft By David Colker LA Times Staff Writer March 14, 2005 Executives at besieged information broker ChoicePoint Inc. have said they had no idea how vulnerable the company

[Medianews] Dutch Internet Cracks Down on File-Sharing

http://www.latimes.com/technology/ats-ap_technology12mar14,1,5266167.story?coll=sns-ap-toptechnology Dutch Internet Cracks Down on File-Sharing By TOBY STERLING Associated Press Writer 7:40 AM PST, March 14, 2005 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Five major Dutch Internet providers agreed Monday to

[Medianews] Google Pioneers Use Old Microsoft Tools In New Web Programs

Google Pioneers Use Old Microsoft Tools In New Web Programs By Lee Gomes Wall Street Journal March 14, 2005; Page B1 http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111075227698078072,00.html?mod=technology%5Ffeatured%5Fstories%5Fhs Meet Ajax, the technology powerhouse. For years, it has been living

[Medianews] Public TV Hires Former FCC Official

March 15, 2005 Public TV Hires Former Official DOW JONES NEWSWIRES http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/15/business/media/15pbs.html?pagewanted=printposition= WASHINGTON, March 14 (Dow Jones) - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said Monday that W. Kenneth Ferree, formerly head of the Federal

[Medianews] Creative Commons Is Rewriting Rules of Copyright

Creative Commons Is Rewriting Rules of Copyright By Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 15, 2005; Page E01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35297-2005Mar14?language=printer PALO ALTO, Calif. -- When Chuck D and the Fine Arts Militia released their latest

[Medianews] Redrafting Handicap-Access Guidelines

Redrafting Handicap-Access Guidelines By Cindy Skrzycki Washington Post Tuesday, March 15, 2005; Page E01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35425-2005Mar14?language=printer The rules governing how businesses must comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act are about to get a tune-up,

[Medianews] Liberty Media to Spin Off Discovery Cable

Liberty Media to Spin Off Discovery Cable Reuters Tue Mar 15, 2005 10:08 AM ET By Jeffrey Goldfarb http://reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=businessNewsstoryID=7907132 LONDON (Reuters) - Liberty Media Corp. is spinning off its stakes in Discovery Communications and Ascent Media Group as

[Medianews] Atlanta Shooting Suspect to Face 4 Murder Charges

Atlanta Shooting Suspect to Face 4 Murder Charges Reuters By Paul Simao http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=578e=1u=/nm/20050315/ts_nm/crime_shooting_atlanta_dc ATLANTA - A rape defendant accused of killing a judge and three others in a shooting rampage last week appeared in court

[Medianews] EU Official Still Undecided on Microsoft

EU Official Still Undecided on Microsoft AP http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=528e=2u=/ap/20050315/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_microsoft BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union antitrust chief Neelie Kroes said Tuesday her office was still determining whether Microsoft Corp. was complying with last

[Medianews] Microsoft in $60 Million Settlement with Burst.com

Microsoft in $60 Million Settlement with Burst.com Reuters Internet Report http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=582e=4u=/nm/20050312/wr_nm/tech_microsoft_burst_dc SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. will pay Burst.com Inc. a developer of software for streaming audio and video over the

[Medianews] EPA Issues Rules to Cut Mercury Pollution

EPA Issues Rules to Cut Mercury Pollution AP By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=1894e=1u=/ap/20050315/ap_on_go_ot/epa_mercury WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Tuesday ordered power plants to cut mercury pollution from smokestacks

[Medianews] Many students willing to give government control of press

Many students willing to give government control of press The Oregonian http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/public_editor/index.ssf?/base/editorial/111053935253810.xml (insert Gerry (or Darryl) rant here) Lindsey Pendergrass trusts the government more than she trusts the press. That's why she