[Medianews] Verizon CEO - Customers "Too Demanding"

Verizon CEO scoffs at technology hopes Ivan Seidenberg derides wireless Internet projects and expectations of clear cell phone reception indoors. By LOUIS HAU, Times Staff Writer Published April 19, 2005 Can you hear me now? Well, don't expect to if I'm indoors. That was the apparent message c

[Medianews] Minuteman Project expanding to 4 states

Minuteman Project expanding to 4 states Civilian monitors will also target employers that hire illegal aliens World Net Daily | April 19 2005 http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2005/190405projectexpanding.htm The Minuteman Project in Arizona announced yesterday it will expand its operations

[Medianews] U.S. forces abuse and torture female detainees in Iraq

U.S. forces abuse and torture female detainees in Iraq Al Jazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7681 Iraqi female detainees say that they have been illegally detained, raped and sexually humiliated by U.S. occupation forces. One female detaine

[Medianews] China, Universal Music team up to fight online music piracy

China, Universal Music team up to fight online music piracy AFP http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1510&e=2&u=/afp/20050419/tc_afp/chinausmusicpiracy_050419145230 BEIJING - Universal Music Publishing Group, whose artists include 50 Cents, U2 and Prince, teamed up wi

[Medianews] Developer's Dilemma: PHP or Perl?

Developer's Dilemma: PHP or Perl? NewsFactor Elizabeth Millard, newsfactor.com http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=620&e=5&u=/nf/20050419/bs_nf/32961 In some ways, it is the scrappy contender versus the tested old-timer, as PHP and Perl duke it out to win developer at

[Medianews] Cisco Retrofits Software for Older Routers

Cisco Retrofits Software for Older Routers NewsFactor Kimberly Hill, cio-today.com http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=620&e=2&u=/nf/20050419/bs_nf/33126 In the interest of providing the latest software technologies to owners of earlier Cisco routers, the company has anno

[Medianews] New Microsoft Ads Urge Users To Rediscover Windows XP

New Microsoft Ads Urge Users To Rediscover Windows XP NewsFactor Elizabeth Millard, cio-today.com http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=620&e=4&u=/nf/20050419/bs_nf/33120 Microsoft has launched a 15-month ad campaign targeted to increase sales of Windows XP before th

[Medianews] Microsoft Goes Mobile With Office Live

Microsoft Goes Mobile With Office Live NewsFactor Jay Wrolstad, newsfactor.com http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=620&e=1&u=/nf/20050419/bs_nf/33125 Microsoft is extending the reach of its forthcoming corporate communications server with the addition of a mobile client

[Medianews] Space Station Crew Unloads Supplies

Space Station Crew Unloads Supplies AP By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1894&e=7&u=/ap/20050419/ap_on_sc/russia_space MOSCOW, Russia - Cosmonauts and astronauts exchanged joyful embraces Sunday and began loading the international s

[Medianews] Apollo 13 Engineers Feted on Anniversary

Apollo 13 Engineers Feted on Anniversary AP By PAM EASTON, Associated Press Writer http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1894&e=1&u=/ap/20050419/ap_on_sc/apollo_13_engineers HOUSTON - A group of engineers was honored Tuesday for concocting a plan using plastic bags, cardbo

[Medianews] Opera Software Upgrades Hacker Defenses

Opera Software Upgrades Hacker Defenses AP By DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press Writer http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&e=2&u=/ap/20050419/ap_on_hi_te/opera_web_browser OSLO, Norway - Better security and the automatic scaling of Web pages to fit screens of any width a

[Medianews] U.S. Frees 17 Afghans, 1 Turk from Guantanamo Jail

U.S. Frees 17 Afghans, 1 Turk from Guantanamo Jail Reuters By Will Dunham http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=6&u=/nm/20050419/ts_nm/security_guantanamo_dc WASHINGTON - The United States has sent home 17 Guantanamo prisoners to Afghanistan and another to Turkey, and

[Medianews] BTK Serial Killer Suspect Waives Kansas Hearing

BTK Serial Killer Suspect Waives Kansas Hearing Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20050419/ts_nm/crime_kansas_dc WICHITA, Kan.- A Kansas man suspected of being the long-sought "BTK" serial murderer appeared in court on Tuesday and waived

[Medianews] Controversial German Cardinal Elected Pope

Controversial German Cardinal Elected Pope Reuters By Philip Pullella and Crispian Balmer http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20050419/ts_nm/pope_dc VATICAN CITY - Conservative German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected on Tuesday as leader of the world&#

[Medianews] Giant MGM threatens wee Stargate modders

Giant MGM threatens wee Stargate modders Cease, desist, roll over and obey By Paul Hales The Inquirer Tuesday 19 April 2005, 12:01 http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22643 "GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT content company", MGM is miffed with a bunch of independent Half-Life 2 mod developers for using a word

[Medianews] Beyond silicon: Extending Moore's Law

Beyond silicon Here are some technologies that could help chipmakers improve their products for years to come, thereby extending Moore's Law By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.com April 19, 2005 4:00 AM PDT http://news.com.com/New+life+for+Moores+Law/2009-1006_3-5672485.html?tag=nefd.led

[Medianews] New Life for Moore's Law

New Life for Moore's Law By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.com April 19, 2005 4:00 AM PDT http://news.com.com/New+life+for+Moores+Law/2009-1006_3-5672485.html?tag=nefd.lede Princeton professor Stephen Chou believes he has come up with a way to keep the semiconductor industry rolling forw

[Medianews] Indian TV Channel Finds Little Appetite for the Naked Truth

[Yet another long-form news of the weird item.] Indian TV Channel Finds Little Appetite for the Naked Truth Sexual Exposis Bring Public Criticism, Not Acclaim By Rama Lakshmi Special to The Washington Post Tuesday, April 19, 2005; Page A13 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A64602-2005Apr18?l

[Medianews] Verizon CEO calls for pay-TV rule changes

[A home broadband connection with 30mbs down and 5mbs up! When can I sign up?] Verizon CEO calls for pay-TV rule changes By Jim Hu News.com http://news.com.com/Verizon+CEO+calls+for+pay-TV+rule+changes/2100-1037_3-5675359.html Story last modified Mon Apr 18 14:10:00 PDT 2005 Verizon Communicatio

[Medianews] Tech's China syndrome

Tech's China syndrome By Declan McCullagh News.com http://news.com.com/Techs+China+syndrome/2010-1071_3-5672991.html Story last modified Mon Apr 18 04:00:00 PDT 2005 Washington's newfound ire toward China is not a good sign for technology companies. Until recently, the Bush administration has sou

[Medianews] Knowing When to Log Off

From the issue dated April 22, 2005 Knowing When to Log Off Wired campuses may be causing 'information overload' By JEFFREY R. YOUNG Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 51, Issue 33, Page A34 http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i33/33a03401.htm David M. Levy, a computer scientist who loves technology an

[Medianews] Vintage Video Games Go Highbrow

Vintage Video Games Go Highbrow By Chris Baker Wired News Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67251,00.html 02:00 AM Apr. 19, 2005 PT Pac-Man just turned 25, but he's looking older. Much, much older. He's haggard and wrinkled and toothless, and he's being fed power pellets th

[Medianews] LexisNexis Warns 280,000 of Info Breach

http://www.latimes.com/technology/ats-ap_technology12apr19,1,5593855.story?coll=sns-ap-toptechnology LexisNexis Warns 280,000 of Info Breach Associated Press 5:23 AM PDT, April 19, 2005 DAYTON, Ohio — LexisNexis said on Monday that it has begun notifying about 280,000 people whose personal inform

[Medianews] Coming soon to a store near you: Fox executives

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-et-foxguys19apr19,1,5689127.story?coll=la-headlines-technology Coming soon to a store near you: Fox executives When new DVDs hit the shelves, so does a group of chiefs to check on displays and to see shoppers in action. By Elaine Dutka LA Times Staff Writer Ap

[Medianews] Infinity and HP Launch "Visual Radio"

[Sounds like a way so send extra commercials to people so desperate for radio that they will listen on a cell phone. Yet another example of technology providing a solution to a problem no one has.] Infinity and HP Launch "Visual Radio" April 18, 2005 By Chuck Taylor Billboard Radio Monitor http:

[Medianews] NAB's Fritts Suggests Indecency Regs for Cable, Satellite

NAB's Fritts Suggests Indecency Regs for Cable, Satellite April 19, 2005 By Todd Shields, Mediaweek http://billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/news/business/leg_reg/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000885355 The leader of the National Association of Broadcasters on Monday suggested indecency

[Medianews] Infinity to Acquire 6th S.F. Radio Station

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-viacom19apr19,1,4388589.story?coll=la-headlines-business Infinity to Acquire S.F. Radio Station From Bloomberg News April 19, 2005 Viacom Inc.'s Infinity Broadcasting radio unit said Monday that it would buy KEAR-FM in San Francisco from Family Stations Inc.,

[Medianews] Anti-Piracy Bill Sweet, Sour for Hollywood

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-camcorder19apr19,1,1592503.story?coll=la-headlines-business Anti-Piracy Bill Sweet, Sour for Hollywood It would stiffen penalties for bootlegging but also legalize products used to edit content of DVDs. By Jon Healey LA Times Staff Writer April 19, 2005 Congr

[Medianews] AMD, Courting Hollywood, Links Up with DreamWorks

AMD, Courting Hollywood, Links Up with DreamWorks Reuters Monday, April 18, 2005; 3:53 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A63382-2005Apr18?language=printer SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the maker of the animated movie "Shrek," has signed a three-year deal to cre

[Medianews] Verizon CEO Seeks Content for TV Service

Verizon CEO Seeks Content for TV Service By GARY GENTILE The Associated Press Monday, April 18, 2005; 5:09 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A63580-2005Apr18?language=printer LAS VEGAS - At a broadcasting show where big companies announced "visual radio," film library digitization and so

[Medianews] Intel Unveils Long-Range Wireless Technology

Intel Unveils Long-Range Wireless Technology By Mike Musgrove Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 19, 2005; Page E04 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A63987-2005Apr18?language=printer Intel Corp. came to Washington yesterday to roll out its latest product, a computer chip designed

[Medianews] F/A-22 Military Jet Faces A Fight to Fit In

Military Jet Faces A Fight to Fit In Changing Defense Needs Likely to Limit F/A-22 Raptor Production By Renae Merle Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 19, 2005; Page E01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A63909-2005Apr18?language=printer LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Thirty minutes

[Medianews] Associated Press to Charge Publishers For Stories Published Online

Associated Press to Charge For Stories Published Online By VAUHINI VARA THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE April 19, 2005 10:09 a.m. http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111385864854209935,00.html?mod=technology%5Fmain%5Fwhats%5Fnews The Associated Press plans to begin charging an extra fee for publisher

[Medianews] Disney Gets Into the Game With Two New Industry Deals

Videogames Grow Up Disney Gets Into the Game With Two New Industry Deals Eyeing Both Adults and Kids By MERISSA MARR Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL April 19, 2005; Page B1 http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111387461926310299,00.html?mod=home%5Fwhats%5Fnews%5Fus Last December, Josh Holme

[Medianews] Cablevision Raises Bid for Adelphia To $17.1 Billion

Cablevision Raises Bid for Adelphia To $17.1 Billion By PETER GRANT Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL April 19, 2005; Page A2 http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111387113169510184,00.html?mod=home_whats_news_us Cablevision Systems Corp. has raised its bid for Adelphia Communications Inc. t

[Medianews] How Companies Pay TV Experts For On-Air Product Mentions

Advice for Sale How Companies Pay TV Experts For On-Air Product Mentions Plugs Come Amid News Shows And Appear Impartial; Pacts Are Rarely Disclosed Energizer Gets on 'Today' By JAMES BANDLER Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL April 19, 2005; Page A1 http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111386

[Medianews] Arab satellite channel al Jazeera goes global

Apr. 18, 2005 Arab satellite channel al Jazeera goes global By WARREN P. STROBEL Knight Ridder Newspapers http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/11426357.htm DOHA, Qatar - Al Jazeera, the Arab satellite-TV network best known in the United States for broadcasting Osama bin Laden's vide

[Medianews] Satellite glut keeps prices down to earth

Satellite glut keeps prices down to earth By Aline van Duyn in New York Financial Times April 17 2005 22:04 http://news.ft.com/cms/s/060c2596-af84-11d9-bb33-0e2511c8.html If there were not so many satellites orbiting the earth, the business of providing communications links via outer space cou

[Medianews] Broadband Internet: Unhappily Ever After?

This article is permanently archived at: http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2077/ Broadband Internet: Unhappily Ever After? By Jeff Chester and Gary O. Larson In These Times April 18, 2005 Few people blink these days when some Chicken Little somewhere announces that the virtual sky i

[Medianews] AOL Said to Reach Deal to Use Universal Videos

April 19, 2005 AOL Said to Reach Deal to Use Universal Videos By JEFF LEEDS NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/business/media/19video.html?pagewanted=print&position= Amid pressure from the Universal Music Group, America Online has struck a deal to pay for the use of Universal's music video

[Medianews] Hollywood Welcomes New Crop of Moguls

April 19, 2005 Hollywood Welcomes New Crop of Moguls By SHARON WAXMAN NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/movies/19rich.html?pagewanted=print&position= SANTA MONICA, Calif. - A light rain fell on the actors Aaron Eckhart and Cameron Bright as they strolled along the ocean-side pier here, sh

[Medianews] Navy of Tomorrow, Mired in Yesterday's Politics

April 19, 2005 Navy of Tomorrow, Mired in Yesterday's Politics By TIM WEINER NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/business/19navy.html?pagewanted=print&position= The Navy's new destroyer, the DD(X), is becoming so expensive that it may end up destroying itself. The Navy once wanted 24 of the

[Medianews] Qwest Protests Phone Merger

Qwest Protests Phone Merger By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 19, 2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/business/19qwest.html?pagewanted=all DENVER, April 18 (AP) - Qwest Communications has filed the first of an expected series of protests against the SBC Communications-AT&T merger, telli

[Medianews] Verizon Wireless Makes 'IN' About More Than Calling

Verizon Wireless Makes 'IN' About More Than Calling - Apr 19, 2005 09:15 AM (PR Newswire) IN Messaging Lets Verizon Wireless Customers Send and Receive Unlimited Mobile to Mobile TXT, PIX and FLIX Messages BEDMINSTER, N.J., April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today,