[Medianews] Microwave TV Goes to Court

Microwave TV Goes to Court By Bill McConnell Broadcasting & Cable 4/11/2005 6:39:00 PM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA516698.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP The long saga over the Federal Communications Commission's plan to use a chunk of direct-broadcast satellite frequencies

[Medianews] Support Wanes for 2006 Analog Cutoff

Support Wanes for 2006 Analog Cutoff Transition to Digital Likely To Run to End of ’07 By Ted Hearn MultiChannel News 4/11/2005 http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA516226.html In this story: PRESERVING ACCESS 'SET AND ENFORCED’ San Francisco— Support in the House for cutting off analog broadcast

[Medianews] NCTA: Cable Theft Down 50%

NCTA: Theft Down 50% MultiChannel News 4/11/2005 6:24:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA516690.html The cable industry has cut consumer theft in half, according to a new survey commissioned by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and conducted by Frank N. Magid Associates

[Medianews] Adelphia Deal Is Complicated

Adelphia Deal Is Complicated By Mike Farrell MultiChannel News 4/11/2005 6:30:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA516671.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP While Adelphia Communications Corp. management and creditors have apparently made their choice, the MSO's sale remains on hold p

[Medianews] Senators don't want 1898 tax to hit Net

Senators don't want 1898 tax to hit Net By Declan McCullagh News.com http://news.com.com/Senators+dont+want+1898+tax+to+hit+Net/2100-1028_3-5662952.html Story last modified Mon Apr 11 12:37:00 PDT 2005 A tax originally created to pay for the Spanish-American War may not be extended to Internet

[Medianews] TV hub of home media

TV hub of home media By John Borland CNET News.com Staff Writer 04/12/2005 http://news.com.com/2009-1041_3-5646074-3.html?tag=ne.sr.tv Nick Davis doesn't have a TV set--at least not in the usual way. Instead, he watches football games through his PC, projected in living color against a tall white

[Medianews] Turbulence in airwaves

Turbulence in airwaves By Evan Hansen CNET News.com Staff Writer 04/12/2005 http://news.com.com/2009-1041_3-5646074-2.html?tag=ne.sr.tv Fear of obsolescence is always a factor in choosing electronics, but it's creating even more uncertainty than usual among TV buyers these days. The confusion beg

[Medianews] Couch potato confusion

Couch potato confusion By Richard Shim CNET News.com Staff Writer 04/12/2005 http://news.com.com/2009-1041_3-5646074.html?tag=st.tease Mark and Nina Lees found that more research got them only more confused while shopping for a new TV. Flat panel vs. CRT, plasma vs. LCD, digital vs. analog, or ev

[Medianews] Adobe restores Reader's Linux support

Adobe restores Reader's Linux support By Stephen Shankland News.com http://news.com.com/Adobe+restores+Readers+Linux+support/2100-1012_3-5665581.html Story last modified Tue Apr 12 05:40:00 PDT 2005 Adobe Systems on Tuesday restored Linux support in a new version of its PDF-viewing software. As

[Medianews] Teachers leave grading up to the computer

Teachers leave grading up to the computer By Alorie Gilbert News.com http://news.com.com/Teachers+leave+grading+up+to+the+computer/2100-1032_3-5659366.html Story last modified Thu Apr 07 17:27:00 PDT 2005 A computer program developed at the University of Missouri may take some of the tedium out

[Medianews] LexisNexis acknowledges more ID theft

LexisNexis all Perplexis... Personal info on 310,000 people possibly stolen, 10 times more than what was disclosed last month. April 12, 2005: 1:15 PM EDT By Caleb Silver, CNN Business News Producer LexisNexis is acknowledging that personal information on 310,000 people may have been stolen. C

[Medianews] Intel offers $10,000 for Moore's Law magazine

[Seems like the gang in Macomb need to mount an exploratory expedition to the Tom & Darryl Cultural Artifact Archive, aka "The Garage." I'll bet there is a copy tucked away in there somewhere.] Intel offers $10,000 for Moore's Law magazine By Michael Kanellos News.com http://news.com.com/Intel+o

[Medianews] Testing Copyright Limits

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-grouper12apr12,1,6948073.story?coll=la-headlines-technology Testing Copyright Limits Grouper's creators say it's not like other file-sharing programs. The entertainment industry isn't so sure. By Jon Healey LA Times Staff Writer April 12, 2005 Jennifer Urba

[Medianews] An alarm clock that rolls away and chirps until it's found

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-clocky12apr12,1,1373925.story?coll=la-headlines-business Snooze-Button Abusers Could Be In for a Race Against Time With the 'Clocky' A grad student aims to sell an alarm that rolls away and chirps until it's found and silenced. By Roger Vincent LA Times Staff

[Medianews] Ingram Micro to Cut, Outsource 550 Jobs

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ingram12apr12,1,7932119.story?coll=la-headlines-business Ingram to Cut, Outsource 550 Jobs, Half of Them From Orange County From Bloomberg News April 12, 2005 Technology distributor Ingram Micro Inc. said Monday that it planned to cut 20% of its North American

[Medianews] The Battle Between Tinseltown and Techville

The Battle Between Tinseltown and Techville By Drew Clark Washington Post Sunday, April 10, 2005; Page B04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A39168-2005Apr9?language=printer Creativity and innovation aren't qualities you'd ordinarily expect to be at war with one another. Both involve a type

[Medianews] Walking Human-Shaped Robot Going on Sale

[A little something for those who have more money than brains.] Walking Human-Shaped Robot Going on Sale The Associated Press Tuesday, April 12, 2005; 10:07 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A46297-2005Apr12?language=printer TOKYO - A small walking man-shaped robot for home security and

[Medianews] Three Studios Join Technicolor in D-Cinema Plan

Three Studios Join Technicolor in D-Cinema Plan By Nicole Sperling Reuters Tuesday, April 12, 2005; 4:06 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A45663-2005Apr12?language=printer LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -- Marking a big step forward in the rollout of digital cinema, Walt Disney Studio

[Medianews] Google Launches New Cell-Phone Services

Google Launches New Cell-Phone Services The Associated Press Tuesday, April 12, 2005; 10:23 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A46331-2005Apr12?language=printer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc. on Tuesday unveiled two new services with which users can find local business listings or ge

[Medianews] Consumers Union: Some Air Cleaners Produce Damaging Ozone

Into Thick Air Some Air Cleaners, Says Consumers Union, Produce a Sweet Fresh Smell -- Of Damaging Ozone. But Product Makers Insist Buyers Can Breathe Easy By January W. Payne Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 12, 2005; Page HE01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A45313-2005Apr11

[Medianews] Wisconsin May Take a Shot at Eliminating Stray Cats

[One for the weird file.] http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cats12apr12,0,5238594.story?coll=la-home-headlines Wisconsin May Take a Shot at Eliminating Stray Cats By P.J. Huffstutter LA Times Staff Writer April 12, 2005 MADISON, Wis. — The fight over stray cats here has turned d

[Medianews] LexisNexis Data on 310,000 People Feared Stolen

LexisNexis Data on 310,000 People Feared Stolen By Jane Wardell Associated Press Writer Tuesday, April 12, 2005; 10:11 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A45756-2005Apr12?language=printer LONDON -- Publisher and data broker Reed Elsevier Group PLC said Tuesday that up to 10 times as many

[Medianews] Three US senators oppose VSNL's fibre optic deal

12 April 2005 Three US senators oppose VSNL's fibre optic deal http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=96951 (IANS News) New York, : Three US senators have described India's Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) as a company "demonstrably hostile" to American milita

[Medianews] Low-Cost U.S. Air Force Research Satellite Boosted Into Orbit

Low-Cost Satellite Boosted Into Orbit Low-Cost U.S. Air Force Research Satellite Boosted Into Orbit by Rocket The Associated Press http://abcnews.go.com/US/print?id=661539 Apr. 12, 2005 - A low-cost U.S. Air Force research satellite was boosted into orbit Monday by a rocket built from the engines

[Medianews] Cable sees tech as door to growth

Cable sees tech as door to growth By David Lieberman USA TODAY 4/11/2005 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-04-11-tech-cable-usat_x.htm NEW YORK — Cable used to be a one-size-fits-all business. Customers bought a package of basic programming. If they wanted something different, they could add

[Medianews] Voom loyalists lament the loss of the service

Voom loyalists lament the loss of the service BY MONTY PHAN AND HILARY JOHNSON NY NEWSDAY STAFF WRITERS April 11, 2005 http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzfill4213352apr11,0,1915334.story?coll=ny-business-headlines Voom, he hardly viewed ye. Despite knowing of the turmoil surrounding Voom, Cablevi

[Medianews] CPB: Public Broadcasting Group Will Replace Top Executive

April 12, 2005 Public Broadcasting Group Will Replace Top Executive By STEPHEN LABATON NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/business/media/12pbs.html?pagewanted=print&position= WASHINGTON, April 11 - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has decided to replace its president and chief execu

[Medianews] HP Introduces Spring Lineup of Digital Music Offerings

HP Introduces Spring Lineup of Digital Music Offerings - Apr 12, 2005 07:45 AM (BusinessWire) PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2005--HP (NYSE:HPQ) (Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced two additions to its Apple iPod from HP line of digital music players. The new iPod products allow

[Medianews] Cingular Sounds

Multimedia News Release - Cingular Announces Innovative Music Program That Debuts New Singles on Wireless Phones Before They are Heard Anywhere Else - Apr 12, 2005 08:30 AM (PR Newswire) 'Cingular Sounds' gives its customers a whole new way to enjoy music and the entertainmen

[Medianews] Apple Announces Mac OS X Server 'Tiger'

Apple Announces Mac OS X Server 'Tiger' - Apr 12, 2005 08:31 AM (PR Newswire) Shipping April 29 With Support for 64-bit Applications, iChat Server, Weblog Server & Xgrid CUPERTINO, Calif., April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced that Mac OS(R) X Server version 10.4

[Medianews] Apple to Ship Mac OS X 'Tiger' on April 29

Apple to Ship Mac OS X 'Tiger' on April 29 - Apr 12, 2005 08:30 AM (PR Newswire) More Than 200 New Features & Innovations CUPERTINO, Calif., April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced that Mac OS(R) X version 10.4 "Tiger" will go on sale Friday, April 29, beginning at