[Medianews] The Real Threat to the Music Download Market

Michael Geist April 2005 Appeared in the Toronto Star, April 18, 2005 THE REAL THREAT TO THE MUSIC DOWNLOAD MARKET The Canadian Recording Industry Association's (CRIA) legal campaign against music file sharing heads back to court later this week. A three judge panel will hear an appeal of

[Medianews] InPhase Technologies Achieves Benchmark in Digital Recording Media Density; New Holographic Technique Enables Terabyte Disc Recording

InPhase Technologies Achieves Benchmark in Digital Recording Media Density; New Holographic Technique Enables Terabyte Disc Recording - Apr 18, 2005 05:00 AM (BusinessWire) LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2005--InPhase Technologies -- Holographic Data Storage

[Medianews] Verizon Wireless Ringback Tones: The Newest Stage for Universal Music Group Artists

Verizon Wireless Ringback Tones: The Newest Stage for Universal Music Group Artists - Apr 18, 2005 08:31 AM (PR Newswire) Verizon Wireless Customers Can Express Their Individuality With a Choice of Popular Universal Music Group Artists BEDMINSTER, N.J., April

[Medianews] Adobe to Acquire Macromedia

Adobe to Acquire Macromedia Combined Company to Deliver Industry-Defining Technology Platform for Rich, Interactive Content SAN JOSE, Calif. - April 18, 2005 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) in an

[Medianews] Private Equity Firms Make a Bet on Satellite Companies

April 18, 2005 Private Equity Firms Make a Bet on Satellite Companies By KEN BELSON NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/technology/18satellite.html?pagewanted=printposition= It was not long ago that investors sneered at wholesale satellite operators in much the same way that they scoffed

[Medianews] Intel Chip Is Meant to Give Wireless Internet a Longer Reach

April 18, 2005 Intel's New Chip Is Meant to Give Wireless Internet a Longer Reach By MATT RICHTEL NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/technology/18chip.html?pagewanted=printposition= The Intel Corporation is expected to announce today that it has begun selling a computer chip designed to

[Medianews] It's Moore's Law, but Another Had the Idea First

April 18, 2005 It's Moore's Law, but Another Had the Idea First By JOHN MARKOFF NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/technology/18moore.html?pagewanted=printposition= SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 - One of the cornerstones of Silicon Valley will mark an anniversary Tuesday. Forty years ago,

[Medianews] ‘Spamalot': Broadway's holy grail?

Page 1D ‘Spamalot': Broadway's holy grail? Play's popularity recalls ‘Producers' By Elysa Gardner USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20050418/d_topstrip18.art.htm NEW YORK — Four years ago this spring, Mel Brooks' The Producers landed like a meteor amid Broadway's forest

[Medianews] Verizon Wants to Carry TV's Digital Channels

Verizon Wants to Carry TV's Digital Channels Reuters By Jeremy Pelofsky http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=581e=3u=/nm/20050418/tc_nm/telecoms_verizon_media_dc LAS VEGAS - Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ - news) on Monday said it wants to carry digital programing offered by local

[Medianews] AOL Monitor Accused of Luring 15-Year-Old

AOL Monitor Accused of Luring 15-Year-Old AP http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=528e=5u=/ap/20050417/ap_on_hi_te/aol_predator LOS ANGELES - An Internet chat room monitor hired to keep children safe from sexual predators seduced a California girl online and was about to meet her for

[Medianews] Verizon Offering 'Naked' DSL in Northeast

Verizon Offering 'Naked' DSL in Northeast AP http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=528e=2u=/ap/20050418/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_dsl WASHINGTON - Verizon Communications said Monday that some customers who already subscribe to its phone and high-speed Internet service can drop their local

[Medianews] Customer Service Without Accents

Customer Service Without Accents NewsFactor Kimberly Hill, crm-daily.com http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=75e=4u=/nf/20050418/tc_nf/33048 One unfortunate result of cultural bias is that people who hear an unfamiliar accent on the other end of a customer-service call often balk

[Medianews] Free Internet Voice Chat Now on 100 Million Desktops

Free Internet Voice Chat Now on 100 Million Desktops NewsFactor Erika Morphy, newsfactor.com http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=75e=7u=/nf/20050418/tc_nf/33021 Not quite two years old, Skype has reached a milestone in customer deployment. One hundred million people have downloaded

[Medianews] Martha Is Back -- on the Radio

Martha Is Back -- on the Radio http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,67260,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_9 Six weeks after being released from federal prison, Martha Stewart has reached a deal with Sirius Satellite Radio to create a 24-hour channel featuring cooking, gardening and entertaining

[Medianews] Chip Implants Proposed To Halt Blackmarket Cadaver Trade

Chip Implants Proposed To Halt Blackmarket Cadaver Trade Livescience | February 17, 2005 By Bill Christensen http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/technovel_organs_050215.html An investigation into illegal sale and distribution of cadavers and body parts at the University of California, Los

[Medianews] ASIA PLUNGE

ASIA PLUNGE Reuters | April 18, 2005 By Eriko Amaha http://www.infowars.com/articles/economy/asia_plunge.htm The Nikkei share average tumbled 3.8 percent to close at a four-month low Monday as growing concerns about the U.S. economy and spreading anti-Japan protests in China triggered selling

[Medianews] Papal hopeful is a former Hitler Youth

Papal hopeful is a former Hitler Youth London Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1572667,00.html THE wartime past of a leading German contender to succeed John Paul II may return to haunt him as cardinals begin voting in the Sistine Chapel tomorrow to choose a new leader for 1

[Medianews] Big Brother will be able to watch more soon thanks to Alcatel/Spirit deal

Big Brother will be able to watch more soon thanks to Alcatel/Spirit deal From Poland A.M. http://www.wbj.pl/?command=articleid=26481 Alcatel Polska and a Gdansk based integrator, Sprint, have signed a deal with Warsaw authorities to expand its CCTV monitoring system. The consortium of the two

[Medianews] Martha Stewart, Sirius Satellite Radio Announce Programming Deal

Martha Stewart, Sirius Satellite Radio Announce Programming Deal By Seth Sutel AP Business Writer Monday, April 18, 2005; 10:43 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A62619-2005Apr18?language=printer NEW YORK -- Six weeks after being released from federal prison, Martha Stewart has reached

[Medianews] Verizon FiOS TV Will Offer a New Customer Experience, Seidenberg Says

Verizon FiOS TV Will Offer a New Customer Experience, Seidenberg Says - Apr 18, 2005 12:48 PM (PR Newswire) Calls on Broadcasters to Support Verizon's Franchise Reform LAS VEGAS, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers will have a compelling alternative to cable television when

[Medianews] Will Your Music Hub Be a Phone?

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-moto18apr18,1,4745021.story?coll=la-headlines-business Will Your Music Hub Be a Phone? A cellular handset expected from Motorola would play songs on your home or car stereo. By Jon Healey LA Times Staff Writer April 18, 2005 Motorola Corp. is developing

[Medianews] Verizon Wireless International Long Distance Value Plan

Verizon Wireless Makes It More Affordable to Stay Connected Around the World for Business or for Fun - Apr 18, 2005 04:58 PM (PR Newswire) International Long Distance Value Plan Offers Rates Starting at $.09 per Minute BEDMINSTER, N.J., April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless,

[Medianews] Wireless Community Supports DVB-H Open Standard, Encourages Competition and Innovation for Burgeoning Digital TV Market

Wireless Community Supports DVB-H Open Standard, Encourages Competition and Innovation for Burgeoning Digital TV Market - Apr 18, 2005 01:22 PM (PR Newswire) Crown Castle Mobile Media, DiBcom, Freescale, Intel, Microtune, Nokia, O2, S-Communications, Silicon Software Systems

[Medianews] Inventor Elwood Woody Norris Wins Lemelson-MIT Prize

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-inventor18apr18,1,6641071.story?coll=la-headlines-business California Inventor Wins Lemelson-MIT Prize From Associated Press April 18, 2005 PORTLAND, Ore. — California inventor Elwood Woody Norris has been named to receive the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT prize this

[Medianews] Getting to Bottom of Hot Sauce Knockoffs

[Think of this as a very long news of the weird item.] http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-golden18apr18,1,7080158.column?coll=la-headlines-business MICHAEL HILTZIK / GOLDEN STATE Getting to Bottom of Hot Sauce Knockoffs Michael Hiltzik LA Times April 18, 2005 David Tran is a Vietnamese refugee

[Medianews] 'Monday Night Football' Is Heading to ESPN

'Monday Night Football' Is Heading to ESPN By JOE FLINT Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL April 18, 2005 3:57 p.m. http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111385278802509795,00.html?mod=home_whats_news_us After 35 years on broadcast television, Monday Night Football will leave Walt Disney

[Medianews] Merger of TV and Web May Hit Cable Industry Before It's Prepared

Merger of TV and Web May Hit Cable Industry Before It's Prepared By PETER GRANT Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL April 18, 2005; Page B1 http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111377749479709036,00.html?mod=technology_main_promo_left Integrating the computer, television and phone experiences

[Medianews] NAB Asks FCC Not to Delay Digital Tuners

NAB Asks FCC Not to Delay Tuners By Bill McConnell John Eggerton Broadcasting Cable 4/18/2005 1:03:00 PM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA525788.html?display=Breaking+News The National Association of Broadcasters and the Association of Maximum Service Television (MSTV) will ask the

[Medianews] DOE: Willams Deal Mismanaged, Not Illegal

DOE: Willams Deal Mismanaged, Not Illegal By John Eggerton Broadcasting Cable 4/18/2005 10:21:00 AM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA525535.html?display=Breaking+News The Department of Education's public-relations contracts with Ketchum Inc. and conservative columnist Armstrong

[Medianews] Paul Allen's billions aren't helping Charter

Money Can't Buy Success Paul Allen's billions aren't helping Charter By John M. Higgins Broadcasting Cable 4/18/2005 http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA525321.html?display=John+Higginsreferral=SUPP To get a clear idea of the condition of Charter Communications, you need only look at the

[Medianews] TOM SNYDER DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA

TOM SNYDER DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA By BILL HOFFMANN NY POST http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/42895.htm April 18, 2005 -- TALK-SHOW legend Tom Snyder, who suc cessfully battled heart disease four years ago, now has leukemia. The onetime WNBC and WABC news anchor and host of NBC's Tomorrow —

[Medianews] Get ready for the AirScooter

[Use the url below to check out some neat photos of this gizmo. This personal helicopter is from the inventor who was just awarded the Lemelson-MIT Prize.] Get ready for the AirScooter By Michael Kanellos News.com http://news.com.com/Get+ready+for+the+AirScooter/2100-1041_3-5672783.html Story

[Medianews] Canada court to hear P2P appea

April 18, 2005, 10:02 AM PDT Canada court to hear P2P appeal By John Borland News.com http://news.com.com/2060-10802_3-7340.html?tag=nefd.bl A Canadian Federal Court of Appeal will dedicate two days this week to the record industry's appeal of last year's decision making file-swapping legal in

[Medianews] IBM getting chummy with local TV

IBM getting chummy with local TV By John Borland News.com http://news.com.com/IBM+getting+chummy+with+local+TV/2100-1026_3-5673098.html Story last modified Sun Apr 17 21:00:00 PDT 2005 IBM and the Fox Entertainment Group are working together on a new copy-protection technique that's aimed at

[Medianews] Verizon Gets NBC Universal Channels for Fiber Distribution

Verizon Gets NBC U on the Horn MultiChannel News 4/18/2005 4:30:00 PM http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA525871.html?display=Breaking+News Verizon Communications will distribute NBC Universal Cable's networks on its upcoming FiOS TV service under terms of a deal announced Monday. The

[Medianews] Verizon Fiber Service Targets Affluent 'Burbs

Wealthy Targets Verizon's FiOS Follows the Money At First By Steve Donohue MultiChannel News 4/18/2005 http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA525531.html Some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Verizon Communications Inc.'s footprint have been the first to receive its fiber-delivered FiOS Internet

[Medianews] Markey targets credit ID theft: Wants to put security freeze power in consumers' hands

Markey targets credit ID theft: Wants to put security freeze power in consumers' hands By Thomas Caywood and Tom Mashberg Monday, April 18, 2005 - Updated: 12:06 PM EST Stunned by the ease with which identity thieves are obtaining credit cards in other people's names, a Bay State congressman

[Medianews] Congress renews interest in identity theft

Congress renews interest in identity theft By Associated Press Friday, April 15, 2005 - Updated: 12:17 PM EST WASHINGTON -- Responding to outrage from consumers whose personal information has been stolen from companies, Congress is primed to pass new laws to try to prevent break-ins and to

[Medianews] Thieves Steal 1.4M Customer Credit Card Files From Shoe Chain

DSW Data Theft Larger Than Predicted By Associated Press April 18, 2005, 10:34 PM EDT http://www.newsday.com/technology/business/wire/sns-ap-dsw-credit-cards,0,2633434.story?coll=sns-ap-technology-headlines COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Thieves who accessed a DSW Shoe Warehouse database obtained 1.4 million

[Medianews] Re: Credit Information Stolen From DSW Stores

DSW Data Theft Larger Than Predicted - Apr 18, 2005 10:34 PM (AP Online) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Thieves who accessed a DSW Shoe Warehouse database obtained 1.4 million credit card numbers and the names on those accounts _ 10 times more than investigators estimated last month.