[Medianews] Amazon.com is going from peddler to producer.

http://www.variety.com/VR1117947477.html Amazon.com is going from peddler to producer. In its first feature-film venture, Amazon has optioned screen rights to Keith Donohue's bestselling novel The Stolen Child. Amazon will move to secure a filmmaker and then a studio partner to turn the

[Medianews] NORAD closing down

Report: Military Closing Mountain Complex http://kevxml2a.infospace.com/info.ncbuy/apnws/story.htm?kcfg=apartsin=D8J4 SVT80qcat=USNewsran=8608passqi=0feed=apmore=1 The military is virtually closing the secretive defense complex carved into Cheyenne Mountain that for decades has monitored North

[Medianews] Rockot booster successfully returns to flight

Rockot booster successfully returns to flight http://spaceflightnow.com/rockot/kompsat2/ BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: July 28, 2006 A modified Russian military missile now sold commercially for space launches successfully completed the orbital delivery of a South Korean observation

[Medianews] E! Entertainment Television Apple Announce the Debut of Hit Programs on the iTunes Music Store

E! Entertainment Television Apple Announce the Debut of Hit Programs on the iTunes Music Store - Jul 27, 2006 08:30 AM (PR Newswire) Episodes of 'The Girls Next Door,' Season Two, 'The Soup,' 'The Simple Life: 'Til Death Do Us Part' 'Dr. 90210' Now Available on iTunes LOS

[Medianews] Perfect Storm Brews for PC Buyers

Perfect Storm Brews for PC Buyers Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060728/tc_pcworld/126593 Users should soon see the best bargains in years for a new desktop thanks to falling prices on the two most expensive components in a PC. A battle between the world's two

[Medianews] Microsoft fails to quash Vista fears

Microsoft fails to quash Vista fears By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Eric Auchard Fri Jul 28, 5:12 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060728/tc_nm/microsoft_tech_dc_2 REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) on Thursday failed to quash fears that a new version of its

[Medianews] The security risk in Web 2.0

The security risk in Web 2.0 By Joris Evers http://news.com.com/The+security+risk+in+Web+2.0/2100-1002_3-6099228.html Story last modified Fri Jul 28 05:18:59 PDT 2006 Web 2.0 is causing a splash as it stretches the boundaries of what Web sites can do. But in the rush to add features, security

[Medianews] Real estate's Net turf war

Real estate's Net turf war By Declan McCullagh http://news.com.com/Real+estates+Net+turf+war/2100-1038_3-6099762.html SAN FRANCISCO--It's already happened to travel agents, car dealers, wine retailers and stock brokers. By matching buyers and sellers more efficiently, the Internet has

[Medianews] Microsoft recalls small-business product

Microsoft recalls small-business product By Ina Fried http://news.com.com/Microsoft+recalls+small-business+product/2100-1010_3-6099857.html Story last modified Fri Jul 28 12:34:36 PDT 2006 REDMOND, Wash.--Microsoft said on Friday that it is recalling an update to its Small Business Server

[Medianews] Space Station Litter Policy

http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/07/28/space-station-litter-policy/ Space Station Litter Policy Author Leonard David Remember that tossing out the airlock from the International Space Station (ISS) of a Russian space suit? Also, there was that idea of hitting a golf ball from the space

[Medianews] Kazaa Settles Charges, Promises A Legal Format

After Settling, Kazaa Promises A Legal Format By SARAH MCBRIDE Wall Street Journal July 28, 2006; Page A9 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115400080714018951.html?mod=home_whats_news_us Sharman Networks Ltd.'s Kazaa, a file-sharing service that helped introduce millions to online music theft,

[Medianews] Sony's 'Talladega Nights' Comedy Is a Product-Plug Rally

Sony's 'Talladega Nights' Comedy Is a Product-Plug Rally By KATE KELLY and BRIAN STEINBERG Wall Street Journal July 28, 2006; Page A9 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115404723983119898.html?mod=hps_us_editors_picks Over two long days last summer, marketing executives paraded through a

[Medianews] FCC To Debate BPL Deregulation Decision

FCC To Debate BPL Deregulation Decision TelecomWeb The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) next week may decide on whether to deregulate broadband over power line (BPL) offerings as information services, based on a seven-month-old petition from the United Power Line Council (UPLC) and

[Medianews] Astronaut's death now reported as possible suicide

Astronaut Brady's Death Stuns Area BY JOHN CHAPPELL: STAFF WRITER http://www.thepilot.com/stories/20060727/news/local/072806Brady.html Astronaut Charles E. Brady, formerly of Robbins, is dead at 54. His home town is in mourning over the loss of one of its most illustrious sons: an Eagle Scout,