[Medianews] "We're kinky"

A Star 'Today,' Vieira Endured Pain In Her Past Rush & Malloy New York Daily News Meredith Vieira is bringing more to her new "Today" job than an expensive haircut and eight Emmies. Katie Couric's replacement has also lived through some harrowing nights of domestic violence. Vieira still rem

[Medianews] NBC Collaboration Raises Eyebrows as Well as Awareness

'Dateline' Pedophile Sting: One More Point NBC Collaboration Raises Eyebrows as Well as Awareness By Paul Farhi Washington Post Staff Writer The NBC newsmagazine "Dateline" agreed to pay a civilian watchdog group more than $100,000 to create a pedophile sting operation that the network plans to

[Medianews] "I'm thrilled, Meredith, to know that it was me or a lesbian."

Matt, Meredith Prepare For Their Chemistry Test "It's like getting married - you're inviting people into your home, your kitchen, even your bathroom. The last thing you want are people who are going to annoy you." By Matea Gold Los AngelesTimes Staff Writer NEW YORK - "Today" co-anchor Matt Lau

[Medianews] FCC Tightens Rules In Spectrum Auction

FCC Aims to Tighten Rules In Spectrum Auction Blind-Bid System Is Devised To Boost Government's Take And Level the Playing Field By AMY SCHATZ and Amol Sharma Wall Street Journal April 11, 2006; Page A6 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114471215635722312.html?mod=home_whats_news_us WASHINGTON

[Medianews] Disney's Web Move Shakes Up Decades-Old TV Model

Disney's Web Move Shakes Up Decades-Old TV Model Sorting Out Winners and Losers: Advertisers Reach More Consumers, But Local Stations Feel Shut Out By BROOKS BARNES and BRIAN STEINBERG Wall Street Journal April 11, 2006; Page B1 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114471866760022484.html?mod=OHP2MP

[Medianews] Sea-Launch / JCSAT-9 Upcoming Launch Coverage Wed (4-12) @7:20PM ET. On Horizons-1 12031 H DVB SR: 13021

This upcoming Wednesday evening (4-12), Sea Launch is schduled to launch JCSAT-9 communications satellite for JSAT Corporation on a Zenit-3SL rocket from the Odyssey Launch Platform positioned on the equator in the Pacific Ocean. Launch window opens at 7:30 p.m. EDT. with a 34 minute window Sp

[Medianews] Tech Firms Scramble to Connect PCs to TVs

Watching From the Living Room Tech Firms Scramble to Provide Easy Ways to Connect PCs to TVs By NICK WINGFIELD Wall Street Journal April 11, 2006; Page B1 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114472036349422510.html?mod=technology_main_promo_left As more popular entertainment becomes available over

[Medianews] Music Promoter Discovers Niche: Live Satellite Radio

Music Promoter Finds a Digital-Age Niche Knitting Factory Focuses On Its Clubs, but Adds Satellite-Radio Broadcasts By Gwendolyn Bounds Wall Street Journal April 11, 2006; Page B12 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114470607318822199.html?mod=technology_main_promo_left One of the most recognized

[Medianews] 'American Idol' Contestants Attract Web Handicappers and Pundits

April 11, 2006 'American Idol' Contestants Attract Web Handicappers and Pundits By KATE AURTHUR NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/11/arts/television/11idol.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print No sooner was it announced last Wednesday night that Mandisa Hundley was the next contestant

[Medianews] Long-Distance Journey of a Fast-Food Order

April 11, 2006 The Long-Distance Journey of a Fast-Food Order By MATT RICHTEL NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/11/technology/11fast.html?pagewanted=print SANTA MARIA, Calif. — Like many American teenagers, Julissa Vargas, 17, has a minimum-wage job in the fast-food industry — but hers h

[Medianews] Online TV: This Is a Test

Online TV: This Is a Test ABC is about to offer shows free on its Web site, an experiment in old media surviving the transition to a new-media world. By Yuki Noguchi Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 11, 2006; D01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/10/AR20060

[Medianews] Fujitsu PCs with Blu-ray disk drives

Fujitsu to launch PCs with advanced disk drives Reuters Tuesday, April 11, 2006; 6:24 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR2006041100312_pf.html TOKYO (Reuters) - Fujitsu Ltd. said on Tuesday it would launch desktop personal computers equipped with Blu-ray disk

[Medianews] States battle for slice of biotech pie

States battle for slice of biotech pie By Karen Pierog Reuters Monday, April 10, 2006; 7:06 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/10/AR2006041001194_pf.html CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. states squared off against each other on Monday in a battle to capture jobs and reven

[Medianews] Innovation, rights key in Microsoft's EU case

Innovation, rights key in Microsoft's EU case By Sabina Zawadzki Reuters Tuesday, April 11, 2006; 1:36 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR2006041100108_pf.html BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft and the European Commission will clash in court over innovation and

[Medianews] Windmill Hater Spins Round

Windmill Hater Spins Round By Bryan Ball Wired News 02:00 AM Apr, 11, 2006 http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,70636-0.html ARKPORT, New York -- Upstate New York's continuing battle over wind farms just took a weird and interesting turn: One of the biggest opponents has flipped and now su

[Medianews] Caltech students rescue icon swiped by MIT

Caltech students rescue icon swiped by MIT The Associated Press Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:04 a.m. ET http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1509782 PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Caltech students now have their prized campus icon back _ a 3-ton cannon that was swiped

[Medianews] Anthropology 101: Troops Learn to Not Offend

Troops Learn to Not Offend By Gretchen Cuda Wired News 02:00 AM Apr, 11, 2006 http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,70576-0.html A seemingly harmless gesture could get a soldier in hot water, especially in a war-torn country. Body language that's meaningless in the United States -- such as

[Medianews] Lying Through Their Teeth: Cell phone implant hoax

Lying Through Their Teeth By Rachel Metz Wired News 02:00 AM Apr, 11, 2006 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/1,70601-0.html James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau remember when they decided to start lying. Or, as they prefer to put it, exaggerating. It was just before lunch one weekday afternoon in l

[Medianews] Venus Express enters planet's orbit

Venus Express enters planet's orbit By Reuters http://news.com.com/Venus+Express+enters+planets+orbit/2100-11397_3-6059808.html Story last modified Tue Apr 11 08:43:59 PDT 2006 Europe's first space probe to Venus slipped smoothly into the planet's orbit on Tuesday and sent its first signals

[Medianews] Database at Center of Immigration Reform

Database at Center of Immigration Reform Apr 11, 2006 8:14 PM (ET) By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ Associated Press http://apnews.myway.com//article/20060412/D8GU4CV00.html MIAMI (AP) - At the heart of any immigration bill that makes it through the heated congressional debates is likely to be a compute

[Medianews] Best Buy Hit With Restraining Order

Best Buy Hit With Restraining Order Associated Press Apr 11, 2006 9:49 PM (ET) http://apnews.myway.com//article/20060412/D8GU5PM80.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas software company sued Best Buy Co. (BBY) Inc. in federal court on Tuesday, alleging that the nation's largest consumer electron

[Medianews] Developers converting old asylums into condos

[One for the weird file.] In real estate, not even spooky trumps location Developers converting old asylums into condos; homebuyers show interest The Associated Press Updated: 5:33 p.m. ET April 11, 2006 URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12271490/ DANVERS, Mass. - In real estate, not even spoo

[Medianews] Russia: Experts confirm satellite failure caused by space garbage

Russia Experts confirm satellite failure caused by space garbage 12:36 11 April 2006 http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060411/45548036.html DUBNA, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - The failure of the Express AM11 communications satellite on March 29 was caused by a collision with space trash, an official