[Medianews] 340, 282, 366, 920, 938, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 new web addresses created

For the non-math nerds, that's 340 undecillion. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LargeNumber.html 340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 new web addresses created by internet chiefs . . . so we won’t run out of space soon, then By Jonathan Richards TO THE lay observer it seems like

[Medianews] The Who To Launch First Major World Tour In 20 Years

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1536271/20060713/who.jhtml?headlines=true The Who To Launch First Major World Tour In 20 Years 07.13.2006 2:17 PM EDT Band will play 17 arenas in U.S., beginning with September 12 concert in Philadelphia. The Who's Roger Daltrey Photo: Jeff J. Mitchell/ Getty

[Medianews] Music Blogs Try -- Futilely, Thus Far -- to Generate Radio's Communal Spirit

Music Blogs Try -- Futilely, Thus Far -- to Generate Radio's Communal Spirit By Marc Fisher Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, July 9, 2006; N08 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/07/AR2006070700266_pf.html Music radio, at its best, does three things: plays your

[Medianews] RIAA loses in file sharing case

RIAA loses in file sharing case An Oklahoma mother, Debbie Foster, was accused by the RIAA of copyright infringement back in November 2004, and her daughter Amanda was added to the complaint in July 2005. According to the RIAA, the Internet account paid for by Debbie Foster was used for file

[Medianews] Study Cites Plan to End U.S. Oil Imports

July 15, 2006 Study Cites Plan to End U.S. Oil Imports By MATT WALD NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/15/business/15energy.html?_r=1oref=sloginpagewanted=print WASHINGTON, July 14 — American imports of oil could be eliminated by 2030, a new study by an interstate consortium asserts, if

[Medianews] FCC Fines Phone Data Broker

July 14, 2006 FCC Fines Phone Data Broker By Roy Mark Internet.com http://asia.internet.com/news/article.php/3620186 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hit an online telephone records broker Thursday with its maximum fine of $97,500 for failing to respond to a subpoena request.

[Medianews] GOP Officials Can Be Deposed on Phone Jams

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-jam14jul14,1,164693.story?coll=la-news-a_section GOP Officials Can Be Deposed on Phone Jams From the Associated Press July 14, 2006 MANCHESTER, N.H. — A judge gave state Democrats the go-ahead Thursday to question high-ranking

[Medianews] Space Shuttle Heads Home

Space Shuttle Heads Home http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/science/16shuttle.html?_r=1oref=slogin By WARREN E. LEARY Published: July 16, 2006 HOUSTON, July 15 — The space shuttle Discovery detached from the International Space Station early Saturday, slipping away from the research outpost

[Medianews] Chinese firm may have cracked Skype's code

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?dist=newsfindersiteid=googleguid=%7B05752601-A317-451C-9418-7782176947FD%7Dkeyword=print=truedist=printTop Chinese firm may have cracked Skype's code Pirated version could blunt Chinese push by eBay's Internet phone unit By Ben Charny, MarketWatch

[Medianews] Tennessee news anchor surrenders on child rape charges

http://wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=36043 A Tennessee morning anchorman accused of committing statutory rape in Maryland in 1974 surrendered to authorities there Thursday. Sixty-nine-year-old Ron Meroney of Arlington, Tennessee, was indicted in December on a charge of statutory rape

[Medianews] From Holloman to Hollywood, Transformers make movie magic

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123023092 by Tech. Sgt. Larry A. Simmons Air Force Print News 7/11/2006 - SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Lights, camera, action! Airmen at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., home to the Air Force's only operational F-117 wing, got to experience a new kind of rush as

[Medianews] NASA Says It's Ready to Expand Space Station

NASA Says It's Ready to Expand Space Station Though Primed for Construction Project, Engineers Must First Get Shuttle Home Safely http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/15/AR2006071500520.html By Guy Gugliotta Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, July 16, 2006; Page A07

[Medianews] NASA Hatches Plan to Save Shuttles From Vultures

NASA Hatches Plan to Save Shuttles From Vultures Ben Harder for National Geographic News July 14, 2006 As the space shuttle Discovery rocketed away from Earth this July 4, errant pieces of foam weren't the only hazards worrying NASA scientists and astronauts. A stray vulture could also have

[Medianews] Jack-FM Sparks Industry Merger

Jack-FM Sparks Industry Merger Company Formed to Manage Hot New Radio Format New York (July 5, 2005) – Bohn Associates Media and Wall Media have formed SparkNet Communications L.P. as the exclusive U.S. licensor and owner of the groundbreaking Jack-FM™ radio format. The new entity was

[Medianews] Headgear - Bluetooth Headset

Consumed Headgear By ROB WALKER The New York Times July 16, 2006 Bluetooth Headset Here's how new tech innovations are supposed to spread: First, clever young people adopt them, because that's what clever young people are hard-wired to do. Later, everybody else catches on, and eventually