[Medianews] Hitachi Achieves Storage Record for Disk Drives

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
Hitachi Achieves Storage Record for Disk Drives By JOHN MARKOFF April 4, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 - Hitachi Global Storage Technologies plans to announce on Monday a record for storage density on a disk drive, attained by a novel approach that packs the tiny magnetic ones and zeros that ar

[Medianews] Some Colleges Falling Short in Security Of Computers

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
Some Colleges Falling Short in Security Of Computers By TOM ZELLER Jr. April 4, 2005 If the computer age is continually testing how well institutions protect personal information, the nation's colleges and universities may be earning a failing grade. Last Monday, administrators at the Univer

[Medianews] Increasingly, the Bells See Their Future on a Screen

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
Increasingly, the Bells See Their Future on a Screen By MATT RICHTEL and KEN BELSON April 4, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 - The telephone companies are desperate to be seen, not just heard. In the coming months, the Bell telephone companies, including SBC and Verizon, will start selling televis

[Medianews] Hybrid-Car Tinkerers Scoff at No-Plug-In Rule

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
Hybrid-Car Tinkerers Scoff at No-Plug-In Rule By DANNY HAKIM April 2, 2005 DETROIT, April 1 - Ron Gremban and Felix Kramer have modified a Toyota Prius so it can be plugged into a wall outlet. This does not make Toyota happy. The company has spent millions of dollars persuading people that hy

[Medianews] Digeo Chooses Samsung to Make Set-Top Boxes

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
Digeo Chooses Samsung to Make Set-Top Boxes By SAUL HANSELL April 4, 2005 Digeo, a company that designs software for set-top boxes used with cable television systems, will announce today that it has selected Samsung, the Korean electronics giant, to make its next generation of boxes. The deal

[Medianews] Talking Loudly to the TV Set, and Maybe Getting a Response

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
Talking Loudly to the TV Set, and Maybe Getting a Response By KEN BELSON April 4, 2005 Would the lives of couch potatoes be even easier if they could talk to their television sets? At least two companies, the OneVideo Technology Corporation and Agile TV, are developing speech-recognition produ

[Medianews] Fourth man indicted in Republican phone-jamming scheme

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
Fourth man indicted in Republican phone-jamming scheme April 3, 2005 CONCORD, N.H. --A fourth man has been charged with taking part in a Republican scheme to jam Democrats' get-out-the-vote phone lines on Election Day 2002. Shaun Hansen, of Spokane, Wash., headed a former telemarketing compan

[Medianews] Anonymous e-mailer steps forward after Supreme Court order

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
Anonymous e-mailer steps forward after Supreme Court order April 1, 2005 PORTLAND, Maine --After a year of court wrangling, the sender of an insulting e-mail who fought to withhold his identity in a case that tested the waters of Internet anonymity has stepped into light. James Stanley Jr., pre

[Medianews] Music rules

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
Music rules A Supreme Court ruling against peer-to-peer network Grokster would do more than punish music pirates. It would affect the future of the Internet. - - - - - - - - - - - - By Andrew Leonard March 30, 2005 | I decided to rip my vinyl in honor of MGM vs. Grokster, the case heard bef

[Medianews] Rapper's delight

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
Rapper's delight Jeff Chang's remarkable history tells the story of hip-hop, the most important music (and youth) movement of our time. - - - - - - - - - - - - By Peter L'Official March 24, 2005 | Charlie Ahearn, famed writer-director of the 1982 old-school hip-hop film classic "Wild Style,"

[Medianews] Quicken 2001 and 2002 sunset

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
Excerpt from http://web.intuit.com/support/quicken/sunset/ ... The following contains important information for Quicken 2001 and 2002 customers. As of April 19th, 2005, in accordance with the Quicken sunset policy, Online Services and Live Technical Support will no longer be available for Qu

[Medianews] List of Schiavo Donors Will Be Sold by Direct-Marketing Firm

2005-04-03 Thread Monty Solomon
List of Schiavo Donors Will Be Sold by Direct-Marketing Firm By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and JOHN SCHWARTZ March 29, 2005 WASHINGTON, March 28 - The parents of Terri Schiavo have authorized a conservative direct-mailing firm to sell a list of their financial supporters, making it likely that thousa

[Medianews] Voom: Cablevision disavows Dolan

2005-04-03 Thread George Antunes
Cablevision disavows Dolan BY HARRY BERKOWITZ NY NEWSDAY STAFF WRITER April 2, 2005 http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzvoom4200028apr02,0,1115121.story?coll=ny-business-headlines In the latest move in a convoluted corporate chess match, Cablevision Systems Corp. has disavowed a federal filing in