[Medianews] High-Flying Robot Plane Could Link Phone Networks

High-Flying Robot Plane Could Link Phone Networks Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:32 PM ET By Howard Breuer SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) - Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a Stratellite, and its makers believe it will revolutionize the broadband and wireless industry -- if it ever gets off the

[Medianews] Private Investment Firm Buys MusicNet Venture

April 13, 2005 Private Investment Firm Buys MusicNet Venture By SAUL HANSELL NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/business/media/13net.html?pagewanted=printposition= MusicNet, a joint venture created by the music industry to provide a legal alternative to the illegal sharing of music files,

[Medianews] Music Biz Sues High-Speed Traders

Music Biz Sues High-Speed Traders By Katie Dean Wired News Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67198,00.html 11:00 AM Apr. 12, 2005 PT The entertainment industry took another swipe at file traders on college campuses Tuesday, saying that it will sue students who use

[Medianews] Griffin: Shuttle Can Fix Hubble

Griffin: Shuttle Can Fix Hubble By Amit Asaravala Wired News Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/space/0,2697,67204,00.html 12:58 PM Apr. 12, 2005 PT NASA chief nominee Michael Griffin said Tuesday that he would reconsider his predecessor's decision to ban humans from repairing the ailing

[Medianews] The Coming Chip Revolution

The Coming Chip Revolution Facing the limits of silicon, scientists are turning to carbon nanotubes By Adam Aston in New York BusinessWeek Issue of April 18, 2005 http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_16/b3929120_mz018.htm In a dimly lit lab in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., the workbenches are

[Medianews] FCC Dem spurs Hollywood to fight mergers

Posted: Mon., Apr. 11, 2005, 3:24pm PT Date in print: Tue., Apr. 12, 2005, Los Angeles FCC Dem spurs H'w'd to fight mergers Copps, Dreier receive American Spirit awards By BRIAN LOWRY Variety http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117920915?categoryid=1064cs=1s=hp=0 Federal Communications Commission

[Medianews] Study: Digital audio to surge

Study: Digital audio to surge By Dinesh C. Sharma News.com http://news.com.com/Study+Digital+audio+to+surge/2100-1025_3-5667524.html Story last modified Tue Apr 12 10:36:00 PDT 2005 Digital audio formats--from satellite radio to podcasting--are catching the ear of U.S. consumers. By 2010, more

[Medianews] Comcast Digital Voice - Boston and Hartford

Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts Unveils Boston and Hartford Comcast Digital Voice Rollout Plans - Apr 13, 2005 10:35 AM (PR Newswire) BOSTON, April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comcast Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian L. Roberts today announced that Boston and

[Medianews] OnStar Debuts 'Out of the Blue' 30-Minute Documercial

OnStar Debuts 'Out of the Blue' 30-Minute Documercial - Apr 13, 2005 12:00 PM (PR Newswire) John Tesh, OnStar Subscriber, narrates real-life stories campaign DETROIT, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- OnStar by General Motors, which is known for their real stories advertising campaign, has

[Medianews] Concerns over ID theft mount / LexisNexis breach widens; GM credit accounts at risk

Concerns over ID theft mount LexisNexis breach widens; GM credit accounts at risk By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff | April 13, 2005 Identity theft concerns mounted yesterday as LexisNexis said a security breach at one of its subsidiaries may have been 10 times more severe than an earlier

[Medianews] Tougher laws, penalties will help protect us

Tougher laws, penalties will help protect us By Tom Mashberg/ Identity Fraud Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - Updated: Apr. 13, 2005 12:31 AM EST Last of a three-part series on identity fraud. After just four days as a data entry clerk at a members' club in Philadelphia, Stephanie Mobley knew

[Medianews] FCC Urged to Advance DTV-Tuner Mandate

FCC Urged to Advance DTV-Tuner Mandate By Ted Hearn MultiChannel News 4/12/2005 5:29:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA516957.html?display=Breaking+News The Federal Communications Commission should move up the July 2007 deadline that requires nearly all new TV sets to include

[Medianews] Radio Free Nashville To Begin Broadcasting

http://www.tnimc.org/feature/display/4888/index.php Radio Free Nashville To Begin Broadcasting Current rating: 0 by Anna Thompson Email: annathompson32 (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified!) 03 Apr 2005 Modified: 07 Apr 2005 Pasquo, TN: Nashville has a new voice called Radio Free Nashville and

[Medianews] Nevada May Boot Franchise Fees

Nevada May Boot Franchise Fees By Linda Haugsted MultiChannel News 4/13/2005 2:15:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA524833.html Cable operators, as well as Nevada utilities, could see their franchise-fee obligations evaporate if a bill pending in the state Senate is approved by

[Medianews] Bidders Queue Up for BBC Broadcast

Bidders Queue Up for BBC Broadcast By Ken Kerschbaumer Broadcasting Cable 4/13/2005 10:23:00 AM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA517172.html?display=Breaking+News The British Broadcasting Corp. continues to spin off its technology operations, outsourcing that end of the business to

[Medianews] Surprises Lurk in Satellite Snaps

Surprises Lurk in Satellite Snaps By Daniel Terdiman Wired News Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67190,00.html 02:00 AM Apr. 13, 2005 PT For many years, Mike Leeds has been road-tripping from his home in Portland, Oregon, to Nevada's Black Rock Desert for the Burning

[Medianews] Virginia - Ham-radio operators join up to help ill man

BY MELODIE MARTIN TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Apr 13, 2005 As he often did while driving, Jerry Williams chatted on a ham radio mounted in his pickup truck after running errands Thursday evening. But within an hour, familiar rag chewing among amateur radio operators would turn into a

[Medianews] Music industry extends piracy war

Music industry extends piracy war Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/music/4436223.stm Published: 2005/04/13 09:17:25 GMT More than 900 internet file-sharers were threatened with legal action on Tuesday as the global music industry stepped up its anti-piracy

[Medianews] Sony: We're open to avoiding a DVD format war

Sony: We're open to avoiding a DVD format war By Reuters http://news.com.com/Sony+Were+open+to+avoiding+a+DVD+format+war/2100-1041_3-5669166.html Story last modified Wed Apr 13 09:11:00 PDT 2005 Sony said Wednesday that it is open to discussions to create a single standard for the next

[Medianews] Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

Apple Reports Second Quarter Results - Apr 13, 2005 04:30 PM (PR Newswire) Revenue Increases 70 Percent and Net Income Increases Over 500 Percent Year-Over-Year CUPERTINO, Calif., April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced financial

[Medianews] Eutelsat's Chinese Aims Hit Static

Eutelsat's Chinese Aims Hit Static French Satellite Firm Finds Outcry Complicates Strategy For Bargaining With Beijing By MURRAY HIEBERT and ANDY PASZTOR Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL April 13, 2005; Page A17

[Medianews] NASCAR's interactive TV content

NASCAR's interactive content By Richard Shim CNET News.com Staff Writer April 13, 2005 http://news.com.com/Me+TV+NASCAR+pulls+away+in+content/2009-1041_3-5646080.html?tag=nefd.lede Defending-champion Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead late in this year's Daytona 500 but lost it in the final

[Medianews] BBC's model for broadcast

BBC's model for broadcast By John Borland CNET News.com Staff Writer April 13, 2005 http://news.com.com/2009-1041_3-5646080-2.html?tag=ne.sr.tv Sometime this spring, about 5,000 BBC viewers will get the green light to do what triggers lawsuits in other parts of the world: download popular TV

[Medianews] Internet Telephony Faces Vague Regulations

Internet Telephony Faces Vague Regulations Associated Press 04.13.2005, 03:21 PM http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2005/04/13/ap1944558.html After four years of pondering, Bruce Stevens is finally ready to buy a service for making phone calls cheaply over the Internet. The New Orleans

[Medianews] Net Makes Recording Calls A Snap

Net Makes Recording Calls A Snap David M. Ewalt Forbes.com 04.12.05, 6:00 AM ET http://www.forbes.com/2005/04/12/cx_de_0411phone.html?partner=technology_newsletter NEW YORK - Recording phone calls is generally an activity associated with criminal and embarrassing behavior. From Richard Nixon to

[Medianews] Think You're Wireless? Think Again

Next-Generation Networks Think You're Wireless? Think Again David M. Ewalt Forbes.com 04.07.05, 6:00 AM ET http://www.forbes.com/2005/04/07/cx_de_0407mesh_print.html Twenty-first century technology has let us cut strings, allowing us to check e-mail from the street, make phone calls from

[Medianews] Internet Phone Service Sometimes Shaky

Internet Phone Service Sometimes Shaky By SETH SUTEL Associated Press Wednesday, April 13, 2005; 1:55 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50142-2005Apr13.html?nav=headlines NEW YORK - Changing my landline phone service to an Internet telephone provider seemed like a very good idea.

[Medianews] Internet Phone Customer Service Uncertain

Internet Phone Customer Service Uncertain By MATTHEW FORDAHL The Associated Press Wednesday, April 13, 2005; 1:59 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A50151-2005Apr13?language=printer SAN JOSE, Calif. - Lured by the promise of a low monthly rate for unlimited domestic calls, Sherry Willis

[Medianews] Internet Phone Risks: Viruses, Wiretaps

Internet Phone Risks: Viruses, Wiretaps The Associated Press Wednesday, April 13, 2005; 1:52 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A50134-2005Apr13?language=printer Potential risks with Internet phones: -VIRUS-RELATED OUTAGE: A virus might bring down a company's network, and with it phone

[Medianews] Internet Phones Face a Variety of Issues

Internet Phones Face a Variety of Issues By ANICK JESDANUN The Associated Press Wednesday, April 13, 2005; 1:44 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A50106-2005Apr13?language=printer NEW YORK - After four years of pondering, Bruce Stevens is finally ready to buy a service for making phone

[Medianews] Moorhead MN to Provide City-Wide Wireless Internet Access

Minnesota City to Provide Wireless Internet Access By Wireless News Staff Apr 11, 2005 http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=155679 Tropos Networks, a provider of metro-scale, Wi-Fi mesh network systems, announced that GoMoorhead!, a wireless Internet

[Medianews] Women Who Found Finger in Chili Won't Sue

[One for the weird file.] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-041305finger_wr,0,118405.story?coll=la-home-local Women Who Found Finger in Chili Won't Sue From Associated Press 12:40 PM PDT, April 13, 2005 SAN JOSE, Calif. — A woman who claimed she scooped up a human finger in her chili at a

[Medianews] Fox Reuniting Itself With 'Family Guy'

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-family13apr13,1,6818013.story?coll=la-headlines-business Fox Reuniting Itself With 'Family Guy' DVD sales showed that the public wasn't ready to let go of the canceled animated show. This time around, the network sees it as a marketing base. By Meg James LA

[Medianews] Nominee Backs a Review Of NASA's Hubble Decision

Nominee Backs a Review Of NASA's Hubble Decision Physicist Vows to Spur Work on New Spacecraft By Guy Gugliotta Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, April 13, 2005; Page A15 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A47810-2005Apr12?language=printer Michael D. Griffin, President Bush's nominee