[Medianews] Online Consumers at Risk and the Role of State Attorneys General

Study: State AGs Fail to Adequately Protect Online Consumers State attorneys general received thousands of complaints about online fraud and abuse in 2006 and 2007. Yet, with the exception of several notable standouts, few states brought significant cases in response to those complaints, acco

[Medianews] 11 charged with massive ID theft

11 charged with massive ID theft 41 million credit card numbers allegedly stolen in global ring; local firms affected By David Abel and Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff | August 6, 2008 A ring of people spread across the globe hacked into nine major US companies and stole and sold more than 41 mill

[Medianews] Crane Accident Damages Malaysian Satellite At Baikonur Cosmodrome

Crane Accident Damages Malaysian Satellite By Warren Ferster Space.com News Staff Writer 13 August 2008 10:24 am ET http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080813-measat3a-launch-delay.html WASHINGTON - The scheduled Aug. 21 launch of Malaysia's MEASAT 3a telecommunications satellite aboard a L

[Medianews] Classic Shows Could Find New Life In Digital TV

Classic shows could find new life in digital TV By David Lieberman USA TODAY August 14, 2008 http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2008-08-13-digital-tv-extra-local-channels_N.htm NEW YORK — Everyone knows that the national transition to digital broadcast television will promote sexy new tec

[Medianews] Appellate Court Ruling Bolsters Open-Source Software

Ruling Bolsters Open-Source Software A Licensing Agreement Is Declared Enforceable Under Copyright Law By ROBERT A. GUTH Wall Street Journal August 14, 2008; Page B6 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121868078709939557.html?mod=2_1571_leftbox A federal appeals court Wednesday overturned a lower

[Medianews] Netflix Suffers Major Outage

Netflix Suffers Major Outage By NICK WINGFIELD Wall Street Journal August 14, 2008 1:12 p.m. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121873058128341109.html?mod=2_1571_topbox Netflix Inc. is experiencing a serious disruption to its DVD rental business that has prevented the company from mailing movie

[Medianews] The RV Lifestyle on $4 a Gallon

The RV Lifestyle on $4 a Gallon By JONATHAN WELSH Wall Street Journal August 14, 2008; Page D1 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121867214755438925.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today At a fuel stop where drivers pay before pumping, Ted LeBaron recently surprised others in line when he asked the atten

[Medianews] Sony & Roku Try To Join TV to Web, But No Merger Yet

Sony and Roku Try To Join TV to Web, But No Merger Yet By Walter S. Mossberg Wall Street Journal August 14, 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121866703271738583.html?mod=hps_us_editors_picks Perhaps the biggest disconnect in the digital landscape today is between the Internet and the TV se

[Medianews] Comcast Losing Its Chance To Be Terrific

Aug. 10, 2008 Comcast losing its chance to be terrific Noel Weyrich Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20080810_Comcast_losing_its_chance_to_be_terrific.html The desperate desire of Unisys to hang a pair of bright red logos on its new Liberty Place home raises the obvi