[Medianews] AMD employee charged with stealing Intel secrets

2008-11-06 Thread George Antunes
AMD employee charged with stealing Intel secrets Nov 6, 2008 11:38 AM (ET) By JORDAN ROBERTSON Associated Press http://apnews.myway.com//article/20081106/D949HSR81.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A former Intel Corp. engineer has been charged with stealing trade secrets worth $1 billion from

[Medianews] How much for the holographic image?

2008-11-06 Thread Williams, Gregory S.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/chi-election-question-cnn -1106nov06,0,900553.story By Maureen Ryan | Tribune critic November 6, 2008 How much did that fancy hologram on CNN cost? The network won't divulge the cost of the technology, which allowed Wolf Blitzer to speak to

[Medianews] DirecTV Subscriber Growth Slows

2008-11-06 Thread George Antunes
NOVEMBER 6, 2008, 3:05 P.M. ET DirecTV Subscriber Growth Slows By ROGER CHENG Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122598187065004977.html?mod=testMod DirecTV Group Inc. posted a 14% rise in third-quarter net income but indicated its satellite television business wasn't immune

[Medianews] Army Social Scientist Set Afire in Afghanistan

2008-11-06 Thread George Antunes
Army Social Scientist Set Afire in Afghanistan By Noah Shachtman Wired News November 06, 2008 | 1:24:51 PM http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/11/army-social-sci.html A social scientist in the Army's controversial Human Terrain program was en route to Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas after

[Medianews] ATT Ties 18-Mbps DSL To U-verse TV

2008-11-06 Thread George Antunes
ATT Ties 18-Mbps DSL To U-verse TV Telco Boosts Top-Tier Speeds by 80%; Available Only As Part of Bundle With Video By Todd Spangler Multichannel News 11/6/2008 4:33:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrintarticleID=CA6612410 ATT will kick up the speed of its

[Medianews] White Spaces Device Could Combine WiMAX and Wi-Fi

2008-11-06 Thread George Antunes
November 6, 2008 White Spaces Device Could Combine WiMAX and Wi-Fi By STACEY HIGGINBOTHAM GigaOm http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2008/11/06/06gigaom-white-spaces-device-could-combine-wimax-and-wi-fi-28365.html?pagewanted=print The FCC decision on Tuesday that opened up a huge chunk of

[Medianews] GSA Presidential Transition Resources

2008-11-06 Thread Monty Solomon
Message to Presidential Nominees and Appointees, and Members of the President-elect's Transition Team: The Presidential Transition Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-293) authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop a transition directory in consultation with the National Archives and