[Medianews] EchoStar adds TV Azteca to bouquet

EchoStar adds TV Azteca to bouquet C21 Media 21 Mar 2005 http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=1article=24002 Mexico's TV Azteca has signed a deal with satellite provider EchoStar, giving the US Hispanic channel Azteca America nationwide distribution on EchoStar's Dish Network. Azteca

[Medianews] Adding satellite radio without sacrificing AM FM

Adding satellite radio without sacrificing A-M and F-M Associated Press 03/22/2005 http://www.wkyt.com/global/story.asp?s=3108263ClientType=Printable Radio geeks have been buzzing on the Internet for months about the first-ever radio to combine A-M, F-M, shortwave, longwave and X-M Satellite

[Medianews] Our telephonic primacy

Our telephonic primacy By William F. S. Miles | March 21, 2005 ''WE'RE NUMBER One! Americans often make this jingoistic boast in bouts of competitive patriotism. But on what basis? When it comes to the standard international ranking of countries in terms of human development (life

[Medianews] U.S. Judge Rejects Resumed Feeding in Schiavo Case

U.S. Judge Rejects Resumed Feeding in Schiavo Case Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=615e=1u=/nm/20050322/pl_nm/rights_schiavo_dc (let the poor girl die.. this is more over money anyhow she shouldn't be suffering just to keep their bottom lines satisified) PINELLAS PARK, Fla

[Medianews] Fed Raises Interest Rates to 2.75 Percent

Fed Raises Interest Rates to 2.75 Percent Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=568e=2u=/nm/20050322/bs_nm/economy_fed_dc WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve (news - web sites) raised a key U.S. interest rate a quarter percentage point to 2.75 percent on Tuesday, conceding

[Medianews] U.S. in Talks to Settle with Tobacco Companies

U.S. in Talks to Settle with Tobacco Companies Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=578e=4u=/nm/20050322/ts_nm/tobacco_trial_dc WASHINGTON - U.S. government lawyers have begun talks with cigarette makers to try to settle the government's racketeering case against the industry

[Medianews] Strategy Questions Loom for Bush in Retirement Push

Strategy Questions Loom for Bush in Retirement Push Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=615e=5u=/nm/20050322/pl_nm/retirement_bush_dc ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) - Seven weeks after launching a drive to remake Social Security President Bush has visited 18 states and traveled thousands

[Medianews] Macintosh Hacker Attacks Are on the Rise -Symantec

Macintosh Hacker Attacks Are on the Rise -Symantec Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=581e=1u=/nm/20050322/tc_nm/tech_apple_dc SAN FRANCISCO - Hacker attacks on Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh (news - web sites) OS X operating system, thought by many who use the Mac

[Medianews] News Agency Sues Google, Testing Fair Use

News Agency Sues Google, Testing Fair Use AP By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=528e=1u=/ap/20050322/ap_on_hi_te/google_copyright_challenge NEW YORK - In a case that could set limits on Internet search engines, the French news agency AFP is suing

[Medianews] Woman Cleared in Mass Obscene E-Mailings

Woman Cleared in Mass Obscene E-Mailings AP http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=528e=2u=/ap/20050322/ap_on_hi_te/web_site_e_mails WESTMINSTER, Md. - A death penalty opponent who sent e-mails laced with obscenities and references to Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden to a pro-death

[Medianews] News Corp. Acquires All of Fox

http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-fox22mar22,1,5031621.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-business News Corp. Acquires All of Fox From Bloomberg News March 22, 2005 Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. persuaded Fox Entertainment Group Inc. minority holders to accept $6.6 billion for their stock,

[Medianews] Tribune Fights Ruling on Hartford Holdings

http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-rup22.6mar22,1,4429113.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-business Tribune to Fight Ruling on Hartford Holdings From Bloomberg News March 22, 2005 Tribune Co. said a federal judge ruled that its holdings of newspaper and television assets in the

[Medianews] Verizon, Qwest Trade Barbs Over MCI

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mci22mar22,1,4232145.story?coll=la-headlines-business Verizon, Qwest Trade Barbs Over MCI In separate letters to the long-distance carrier's board, chief executives of the rival companies push their merger cases. From Associated Press March 22, 2005 The

[Medianews] Hackers Gain Access to 59k IDs on Cal State Chico's Servers

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-rup22.8mar22,1,5317538.story?coll=la-headlines-technology Hackers Gain Access to Cal State Chico's Servers From Reuters March 22, 2005 Hackers attacked computer servers at Cal State Chico and may have gained access to the personal information of 59,000

[Medianews] Brand X Ruling Offers Multiple Scenarios

Brand X Ruling Offers Multiple Scenarios By Ted Hearn MultiChannel News 3/22/2005 4:56:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA512262.html?display=Breaking+News A U.S. Supreme Court ruling later this year on the regulatory status of cable-modem service is unlikely to be the last word in a

[Medianews] Flickr Selects EZ Prints to Provide Fulfillment of Photo Printing

Flickr Selects EZ Prints to Provide Fulfillment of Photo Printing - Mar 10, 2005 06:00 AM (BusinessWire) ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2005--EZ Prints, Inc., a leader in high-quality photofinishing services, announced today that it will provide high-quality digital photofinishing

[Medianews] News Corporation Completes Acquisition of Fox

News Corporation Completes Acquisition of Fox - Mar 21, 2005 05:51 PM (BusinessWire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2005--News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Fox Entertainment Group,

[Medianews] The Gathering Storm

A subscriber was kind enough to send me a brilliant article written by my old friend, Charlie Maxwell, better known as that Dean of Energy Analysts. Charlie's article appeared in Barron's, November 15, 2004. I include a section of that article below. Talk about being prescient! . . .Russell

[Medianews] NASA Will Limit Crowds At Shuttle Launches

Credit: NASA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA said Tuesday it will institute strict crowd control for space shuttle launches and landings, and rely more on a seldom-used touchdown site in New Mexico, to better protect the public once flights resume in a few months. Columbia's breakup during