[Medianews] Cellphone law seems to silence its critics

Cellphone law seems to silence its critics By Associated Press | February 6, 2006 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Think you won't get caught driving around with your hand-held cellphone? Think again. In the first three months of the new Connecticut law that targets motorists who do not use hands-free

[Medianews] Confidential patient data sent to wrong company -- for 15 months

Confidential patient data sent to wrong company -- for 15 months Doctors and clinics in the U.S. have been faxing information to an herbal remedy distributor News Story by Jaikumar Vijayan FEBRUARY 06, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - A small Lockport, Manitoba-based distributor of herbal remedies has f

[Medianews] Honeywell blames ex-employee in data leak

Honeywell blames ex-employee in data leak Payroll, other information on 19,000 workers was published on Web, company says News Story by Robert McMillan FEBRUARY 06, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Honeywell International Inc. says a former employee has disclosed sensitive information relating to 19

[Medianews] Apple Unveils New 1GB iPod nano at $149

Apple Unveils New 1GB iPod nano at $149 iPod shuffle Now Starting at Just $69 CUPERTINO, California-February 7, 2006-Apple today unveiled a new 1GB iPod nano for just $149, offering the same features as the 2GB and 4GB iPod nano models and holding up to 240 songs or 15,000 photos. The new 1GB

[Medianews] SHOWTIME & Apple Offer Premium Cable Programming on the iTunes Music Store

SHOWTIME & Apple Offer Premium Cable Programming on the iTunes Music Store iTunes Music Store Now Offers More Than 50 TV Shows; Video Downloads Top 12 Million NEW YORK and CUPERTINO, California-February 7, 2006-CBS Corporation's Showtime Networks and Apple today announced that premium cable p

[Medianews] iMac Core Duo Review

iMac Core Duo Review Introduction First Impressions Software Hardware Intel Inside Performance Conclusions Pros and Cons Links http://www.macintouch.com/imacintel/review.html Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twi

[Medianews] News Corporation Reports Second Quarter Operating Income of $920 Million as Revenues Increase to $6.7 Billion; Income from Continuing Operations Increases to $694 Million

News Corporation Reports Second Quarter Operating Income of $920 Million as Revenues Increase to $6.7 Billion; Income from Continuing Operations Increases to $694 Million - Feb 8, 2006 04:05 PM (BusinessWire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2006--News Corporation (NYSE: NWS

[Medianews] Akamai Reports Fourth Quarter 2005 and Full-Year 2005 Financial Results

Akamai Reports Fourth Quarter 2005 and Full-Year 2005 Financial Results - Feb 8, 2006 04:02 PM (BusinessWire) CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2006--Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) -- Revenue grew 9 percent quarter-over-quarter to $82.7 million, and

[Medianews] Sling Media bringing TV to cell phones

Sling Media's TV on cell phones Commentary: Learning from TiVo's challenges By Bambi Francisco, MarketWatch Last Update: 8:21 PM ET Feb. 8, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- These days, as we're stuck in boring meetings or sitting on the dais as some speaker drones on and on, we can amuse ou

[Medianews] A Web Site for Real-Estate Voyeurs

Feb. 8, 2006 A Web Site for Real-Estate Voyeurs By WALTER S. MOSSBERG and KATHERINE BOEHRET If there's anything Americans obsess over as much as sports, pop culture and college for their kids, it's real estate. All over the country, people love to talk about how much their homes, and those of

[Medianews] Hasta la Vista

Jan. 11 2006 Hasta la Vista By WALTER S. MOSSBERG WHEN IT CAME OUT in 2001, Windows XP was a very nice operating system, far slicker and more reliable than previous versions of Windows. But XP is getting long in the tooth. It has been patched so often to plug egregious security flaws that it

[Medianews] Handheld Hollywood

January 2006 Handheld Hollywood By WALTER S. MOSSBERG APPLE COMPUTER CAUSED a big splash recently by introducing a new iPod that can play videos and by starting to sell videos, as it does songs, at its iTunes Music Store. This new iPod will very quickly become the bestselling handheld video de

[Medianews] Test-Riding a $5,000 Indoor Bike

Feb. 1, 2006 Test-Riding a $5,000 Indoor Bike By WALTER S. MOSSBERG and KATHERINE BOEHRET Cardiovascular exercise saves lives. But, for millions of people who need it the most -- those who aren't naturally drawn to physical activity -- using a treadmill, stationary bike or elliptical machine

[Medianews] 2 Web Sites Push Further Into Services Real Estate Agents Offer

2 Web Sites Push Further Into Services Real Estate Agents Offer By DAMON DARLIN The New York Times February 8, 2006 Two real estate Web sites are starting to offer services that could change the way real estate is bought and sold online. One site, Zillow.com, which will be introduced today, wi

[Medianews] Marketers Aim New Ads At Video iPod Users

Marketers Aim New Ads At Video iPod Users By SUZANNE VRANICA Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 31, 2006; Page B1 Since Apple Computer Inc.'s video iPod made its debut less than four months ago, users have been able to download their favorite TV shows free from ads. Now, adverti

[Medianews] CableCARD: a primer

CableCARD: a primer By Nate Anderson Monday, February 06, 2006 Introduction We know that you'd like nothing better than to get rid of that set-top box sitting on your DVD player. It's ugly, it's clunky, and it has its own remote. Extra cables snake about the back of your entertainment center

[Medianews] Boston unveils WiFi push

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 Boston unveils WiFi push By Robert Weisman Globe Staff Mayor Thomas M. Menino this morning said Boston will mount an effort to bring wireless Internet access to the entire city. A new task force announced today will report to Menino by mid-summer on a plan and a ti

[Medianews] Apple plans flagship store in Back Bay

Apple plans flagship store in Back Bay Computer maker aims to build 4-story 'jewel' By Jenn Abelson and Chris Reidy, Globe Staff | February 10, 2006 Apple Computer Inc. plans to open a four-story flagship store on Boylston Street across from the Prudential Center in what would be its first l

[Medianews] Google Copies Your Hard Drive - Government Smiles in Anticipation

http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_02.php#004400 February 09, 2006 Google Copies Your Hard Drive - Government Smiles in Anticipation Consumers Should Not Use New Google Desktop San Francisco - Google today announced a new "feature" of its Google Desktop software that greatly increases the r

[Medianews] Internet service providers warily eye Hub WiFi plan

Internet service providers warily eye Hub WiFi plan By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | February 11, 2006 Advocates of a citywide wireless data network in Boston and the companies that currently sell Internet access in the city are eyeing each other warily as a new Boston WiFi Task Force opens it

[Medianews] FCC Releases Report on Video Competition

FCC Releases Report on Video Competition - Feb 10, 2006 06:12 PM (AP Online) By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer KELLER, Texas (AP) -- Cable company revenues rose faster than inflation last year, but cable's share of the TV-viewing market declined as satellite services gained groun

[Medianews] NBC Expands Online Olympics Video

NBC Expands Online Olympics Video - Feb 10, 2006 05:22 PM (AP Online) By ANICK JESDANUN AP Internet Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC is significantly expanding its Olympics video offerings for the Internet and cell phones, a sure sign of its increased comfort with technologies that ere

[Medianews] 7.4 billion text messages on Verizon last quarter

TXT Messaging Heats up Verizon Wireless Network on Valentine's Day - Feb 10, 2006 08:30 AM (PR Newswire) Customers Sent 20% More TXT Messages Last Feb. 14 BEDMINSTER, N.J., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Love is in the air on Valentine's Day, and it's also on the Verizon Wireless network.

[Medianews] BlackBerry software workaround - "BlackBerry Multi-Mode Edition"

http://www.blackberry.com/go/workaround Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Medianews] Firm pulls deferred rebate offer

Firm pulls deferred rebate offer By Bruce Mohl, Globe Staff | February 11, 2006 Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly yesterday said a New Jersey-based piano retailer had agreed to stop offering a ''phony mail-in rebate scheme" to attract customers in Massachusetts, particularly to a sale this

[Medianews] DISH ViP 622 DVR review

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=56125 Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Medianews] Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005

S.1932 was signed by President Bush on 2006 February 8. Excerpts from S.1932 http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:s1932enr.txt.pdf TITLE III--DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSITION AND PUBLIC SAFETY SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITION. (a) Short Title- This

[Medianews] Bias, sabotage haunt Wikipedia's free world

Bias, sabotage haunt Wikipedia's free world By David Mehegan, Globe Staff | February 12, 2006 First of two parts When the news broke last month that US Representative Martin Meehan's staff director admitted deleting unflattering material from Meehan's profile on Wikipedia, the online encycl

[Medianews] Search Me / Googling your Friday-night date may or may not be snooping, but it won't let you peek inside any souls.

Search Me Googling your Friday-night date may or may not be snooping, but it won't let you peek inside any souls. By Alison Lobron | February 5, 2006 On my first date with Stan, he startled me by asking about a Spanish-immersion course I took in Mexico three summers ago. I paused, mentally

[Medianews] An iPod is an iPod is an iPod -- until you hack it / Modifications for everything from browsers to cellphones

An iPod is an iPod is an iPod -- until you hack it Modifications for everything from browsers to cellphones By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff | February 13, 2006 We are all hackers now. At least, we can be. Americans have built our lives on a foundation of silicon and software, with computers in

[Medianews] Disney Bringing Back MovieBeam Set-Top Box

Disney Bringing Back MovieBeam Set-Top Box - Feb 13, 2006 10:09 PM (AP Online) By GARY GENTILE AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co.'s MovieBeam set-top box is coming back in an upgraded version that clearly aims to be a Blockbuster in a box. The box receive

[Medianews] Apple Begins Shipping MacBook Pro

Apple Begins Shipping MacBook Pro - Feb 14, 2006 08:30 AM (PR Newswire) MacBook Pro Features Faster Intel Core Duo Processors Up to 2.16 GHz CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) this week will begin shipping the new 15-inch MacBook(TM) Pro notebook computer fe

[Medianews] Apple to Open Retail Store in Hingham, Massachusetts, on Saturday, February 18, 2006

Apple to Open Retail Store in Hingham, Massachusetts, on Saturday, February 18, 2006 - Feb 14, 2006 08:30 AM (PR Newswire) Media Preview What: A preview of the new Apple(R) retail store at Derby Street in Hingham for accredited media When: Saturday, February 1

[Medianews] Why XP will never officially work on a Mac

Why XP will never officially work on a Mac EFI problems galore By Charlie Demerjian: Wednesday 15 February 2006, 13:05 APPLE HAS SHINY new x86 based iMacs and the eloquently named MacBooks (yech) out on the market, and reviews, barring a few fawning toadies in the print media, are exceptional

[Medianews] Bias, sabotage haunt Wikipedia's free world

Bias, sabotage haunt Wikipedia's free world By David Mehegan, Globe Staff | February 12, 2006 First of two parts When the news broke last month that US Representative Martin Meehan's staff director admitted deleting unflattering material from Meehan's profile on Wikipedia, the online encyc

[Medianews] Many contributors, common cause

Many contributors, common cause Wikipedia volunteers share conviction of doing good for society By David Mehegan, Globe Staff | February 13, 2006 Second of two parts Who are the Wikipedians, these unsupervised volunteers with strange pen names such as Schzmo, Hooperbloob, and Chlewbot, most o

[Medianews] The idealists, the optimists, and the world they share

The idealists, the optimists, and the world they share By David Mehegan, Globe Staff | February 13, 2006 Wikipedians are a varied group, and while they may not know one another except online, most share two things: comfort with computers and the online world, and delight with the idea of con

[Medianews] Apple Hackers Encounter a Poetic Warning

Apple Hackers Encounter a Poetic Warning - Feb 16, 2006 08:17 PM (AP Online) By MAY WONG AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Apple Computer Inc. has resorted to a poetic broadside in the inevitable cat-and-mouse game between hackers and high-tech companies. The maker o

[Medianews] Mac OS X Trojan

Apple Worm and More Mac Patches By Brian Krebs | February 16, 2006 The first piece of self-propagating malware targeting Apple's Mac OS X operating system has been spotted online and appears to be spreading disguised as a picture of the next version of the OS. This is significant on many leve

[Medianews] The New Face of Phishing

The New Face of Phishing By Brian Krebs | February 13, 2006 Phishing is a difficult enough form of fraud to avoid for most computer users, but when some of the biggest names in the financial industry fail to do their part to detect and eliminate these online scams, consumers often are placed

[Medianews] Lessons from the Sony CD DRM Episode

Lessons from the Sony CD DRM Episode J. Alex Halderman and Edward W. Felten Center for Information Technology Policy Department of Computer Science Princeton University Extended Version February 14, 2006 Abstract In the fall of 2005, problems discovered in two Sony-BMG compact disc copy prote

[Medianews] New DVDs already sparking copy-protection confusion

New DVDs already sparking copy-protection confusion By John Borland Story last modified Thu Feb 16 08:18:19 PST 2006 When the first high-definition DVDs finally hit shelves this spring, a mad scramble may ensue--not for the discs themselves, but to figure out what computers and devices are act

[Medianews] 2 e-mailers get testy, and hundreds read every word

2 e-mailers get testy, and hundreds read every word By Sacha Pfeiffer, Globe Staff | February 16, 2006 Once again, a friendly reminder: The next time you're tempted to send a nasty, exasperated, or snippy e-mail, pause, take a deep breath, and think again. Then consider the tale of local law

[Medianews] AppleInsider: Apple plans 17-inch MacBook Pro by June

Apple plans 17-inch MacBook Pro by June By Katie Marsal and Kasper Jade AppleInsider Feb-17-2006 Apple Computer plans to unleash a 17-inch version of its MacBook Pro professional notebook by the time its World Wide Developers Conference rolls around in June, AppleInsider has discovered. The new

[Medianews] Here I Am Taking My Own Picture

Here I Am Taking My Own Picture By ALEX WILLIAMS The New York Times February 19, 2006 MORGAN ADAMS, a recent college graduate, decided that her picture on her home page at MySpace.com had lingered a little too long, a full month. To snap a new one she called on the only photographer she thou

[Medianews] Doctors Fear Acne Drug Rules Go Too Far

Skin Deep Doctors Fear Acne Drug Rules Go Too Far By LAUREL NAVERSEN GERAGHTY The New York Times January 12, 2006 JANINE CARPENTER arrived at Columbia University in September with a complexion as clear as her bright blue eyes. But during her first month of college, her face began breaking out

[Medianews] First Mac OS X Worm a Wake-Up Call

First Mac OS X Worm a Wake-Up Call by Leander Kahney Thursday, 16 February 2006 UPDATE: There's a lot of debate about whether this is a real worm, or merely an elaborate, executable script that the user is tricked into running. It appears to be a worm -- it's self-containing code that replicat

[Medianews] Will Apple Adopt Windows?

Will Apple Adopt Windows? ARTICLE DATE: 02.15.06 By John C. Dvorak The idea that Apple would ditch its own OS for Microsoft Windows came to me from Yakov Epstein, a professor of psychology at Rutgers University, who wrote to me convinced that the process had already begun. I was amused, but a

[Medianews] ESPN Cellphone Has Great Sports Content But Many Trade-Offs

February 16, 2006 ESPN Cellphone Has Great Sports Content But Many Trade-Offs By WALTER S. MOSSBERG When you think of U.S. wireless phone carriers, the name ESPN hardly leaps to mind alongside Verizon, Cingular, Sprint and T-Mobile. But this month, ESPN joined their ranks, sort of. It leapt in

[Medianews] Wiffiti

http://www.wiffiti.com/blog/ Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Medianews] An Easy Way to Back Up Phone Contacts

The Mossberg Solution Feb. 15, 2006 An Easy Way to Back Up Phone Contacts By WALTER S. MOSSBERG and KATHERINE BOEHRET Cellphones keep getting sleeker and smaller, which means they are also getting easier to lose or misplace. For instance, Motorola's latest model, the SLVR, is so thin and light

[Medianews] In Wellesley, books go online / Library offers audio downloads

In Wellesley, books go online Library offers audio downloads By Missy Ryan, Globe Correspondent | February 19, 2006 If you live west of Boston, and you want to check out ''Death Dance," a new mystery by Linda Fairstein, chances are you're going to have to wait. There's a backlog of requests

[Medianews] Area Code, Sweet Area Code

Area Code, Sweet Area Code By MAGGIE MASTER The New York Times February 19, 2006 WASHINGTON JAY works in communications for a Washington think tank, but if you want to give him a ring, try Boston. Samantha studies international relations in Dupont Circle, but you'll have to call San Francisco

[Medianews] Basic Mac OS X Security

Basic Mac OS X Security By codepoet Posted on February 16, 2006 - 4:44am Well, now that we have a possible candidate for another Mac trojan (not a virus, not a worm, not an exploit, and not good code) I think now's as good a time as any to cover some basic Mac OS X Security so that people not

[Medianews] Zero Day Exploit Hits Apple's OS X

http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3586416 Zero Day Exploit Hits Apple's OS X By Sean Michael Kerner February 21, 2006 Apple Mac OS X users may be at risk from an "extremely critical" vulnerability that remains un-patched. The apparent zero-day exploit comes as OS X users on the

[Medianews] Verizon Launches Extensive Broadband and Video-On-Demand Lineup From ABC News, Disney Online and ESPN

Verizon Launches Extensive Broadband and Video-On-Demand Lineup From ABC News, Disney Online and ESPN - Feb 23, 2006 03:55 PM (PR Newswire) Verizon Offers Its Customers the Most Extensive Online and Video-On-Demand Content Available From Disney and ESPN Networks, Including ABC N

[Medianews] iTunes Music Store Downloads Top One Billion Songs

iTunes Music Store Downloads Top One Billion Songs Scholarship at Juilliard School of Music to be Created CUPERTINO, California-February 23, 2006-Apple today announced that one billion songs have been legally downloaded from the iTunes Music Store since it was launched less than three years ago

[Medianews] SpongeBob SquarePants Ratings Transcend Time: 'Lost In Time' Special #1 on all TV for the Year with Kids Behind Only the Super Bowl!

SpongeBob SquarePants Ratings Transcend Time: 'Lost In Time' Special #1 on all TV for the Year with Kids Behind Only the Super Bowl! - Feb 23, 2006 01:20 PM (PR Newswire) - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=56066247 ==

[Medianews] Google Page Creator

Google Page Creator Create your own web pages, quickly and easily http://pages.google.com/ Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Medianews] Word in the Hand

The Mossberg Report Feb. 14 2006 Word in the Hand By WALTER S. MOSSBERG AS SMART PHONES and personal digital assistants become more like little computers, they have begun to compete with laptops as portable digital workstations. For short or light-duty business trips, you can now leave the l

[Medianews] What the other Steve is saying about Apple's striking resurgence

What the other Steve is saying about Apple's striking resurgence PETER NOWAK >From Thursday's Globe and Mail AUCKLAND - After being all but written off by the tech industry in the mid '90s, Apple Computer Inc. has made a startling resurgence. But that doesn't mean its latest strategies sit w

[Medianews] In Sony's Stumble, the Ghost of Betamax

In Sony's Stumble, the Ghost of Betamax By KEN BELSON The New York Times February 26, 2006 AT first glance, Amir Majidimehr does not look like a game-changer in the battle to develop the next generation of DVD players and discs. As the vice president for Windows digital media at Microsoft, he

[Medianews] Taking Spying to Higher Level, Agencies Look for More Ways to Mine Data

Taking Spying to Higher Level, Agencies Look for More Ways to Mine Data By JOHN MARKOFF The New York Times February 25, 2006 PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 23 - A small group of National Security Agency officials slipped into Silicon Valley on one of the agency's periodic technology shopping expediti

[Medianews] Wi-Fi to Go: The Hot Spot in a Box

Wi-Fi to Go: The Hot Spot in a Box David Pogue The New York Times February 23, 2006 YOU know what would be so cool? A portable Wi-Fi hot spot. Whenever you wanted Internet access, you wouldn't have to hunt for a wireless coffee shop or pay $24 a night to your hotel. Instead, you'd travel wit

[Medianews] A Milestone for iTunes; a Windfall for a Downloader

A Milestone for iTunes; a Windfall for a Downloader By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH The New York Times February 24, 2006 It may well have been the best 99 cents Alex Ostrovsky ever spent. Early yesterday, he paid that amount to download "Speed of Sound," a song on the Coldplay album "X&Y," from the iTune

[Medianews] Your Call Should Be Important to Us, but It's Not

Under New Management Your Call Should Be Important to Us, but It's Not By WILLIAM C. TAYLOR The New York Times February 26, 2006 PAUL M. ENGLISH never imagined that a pet peeve would become such a cause célèbre. For more than four years, Mr. English, a veteran technologist and serial entrepren

[Medianews] BlackBerry Video

http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/videos/blackberry.mov http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/videos/blackberry.wmv Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Medianews] On TiVo Top 10 Moments of Games Agony of Defeat Wins Out Over Thrill of Victory

On TiVo Top 10 Moments of Games Agony of Defeat Wins Out Over Thrill of Victory - Feb 27, 2006 08:00 AM (PR Newswire) Canadian Skater's Disastrous Fall Is Most Replayed Moment From Torino, Besting Gold Medal Performances by Ohno, Mancuso ALVISO, Calif., Feb. 27 /P

[Medianews] Windows Vista Product Lineup

Microsoft Unveils Windows Vista Product Lineup - Feb 27, 2006 12:01 AM (PR Newswire) Offerings Deliver Unique Value Across Business and Consumer Audiences REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced the product lineup of its upcomin

[Medianews] microsoft ipod packaging parody

http://www.youtube.com/watch_fullscreen?video_id=VAGr3mVVUwE&l=175&fs=1&title=microsoft%20ipod%20packaging%20parody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAGr3mVVUwE Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscri

[Medianews] Harvard, tech firms push data privacy

Harvard, tech firms push data privacy Goal is to let Net users control the personal By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | February 27, 2006 Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society is joining with a consortium of technology companies, including IBM Corp. and Novell Inc., today to unveil an

[Medianews] Podcast hosting splits NPR, affiliates

Podcast hosting splits NPR, affiliates By Frank Barnako, Marketwatch | February 26, 2006 While National Public Radio has been a pioneer in podcasting, some local member stations are not happy. It comes down to the relationship with listeners, according to Rafat Ali, publisher of PaidContent

[Medianews] Digital method puts ad inside TV show

Digital method puts ad inside TV show By Reuters | February 27, 2006 LOS ANGELES -- A breakthrough in television advertising debuted without fanfare last spring as a brand-name box of crackers appeared on the CBS sitcom ''Yes, Dear" for about 20 seconds, seen but hardly noticed by millions

[Medianews] The next big thing: Tiny screens, way up close

ENTERTAINMENT 2.0 The next big thing: Tiny screens, way up close By Scott Kirsner | February 5, 2006 Stuart Auerbach doesn't mind being mistaken for a cyborg in airports across the country. On a trip last month that took the Wellesley venture capitalist to Michigan, Florida, North Carolina,

[Medianews] He Helped Build the iPod; Now He Has Built a Rival

He Helped Build the iPod; Now He Has Built a Rival By JOHN MARKOFF The New York Times February 27, 2006 PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 23 - When Samsung, the consumer electronics giant, decided to mount a serious challenge to Apple Computer's iPod music player early last year, it turned to a little-k

[Medianews] Apple Unveils Mac mini with Intel Core Duo

Apple Unveils Mac mini with Intel Core Duo - Feb 28, 2006 02:05 PM (PR Newswire) New Mac mini Delivers Performance Up to Four Times Faster CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today unveiled the new Mac(R) mini with the Intel Core Duo processor, delivering per

[Medianews] Apple Announces iPod Hi-Fi

Apple Announces iPod Hi-Fi - Feb 28, 2006 02:05 PM (PR Newswire) High-Fidelity Speaker System for iPod Redefines the Home Stereo System CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced iPod(R) Hi-Fi, an all-new high-fidelity speaker system that works seaml

[Medianews] In Sony's Stumble, the Ghost of Betamax

In Sony's Stumble, the Ghost of Betamax By KEN BELSON The New York Times February 26, 2006 AT first glance, Amir Majidimehr does not look like a game-changer in the battle to develop the next generation of DVD players and discs. As the vice president for Windows digital media at Microsoft, he

[Medianews] Is Freedom Just Another Word for Many Things to Buy?

Is Freedom Just Another Word for Many Things to Buy? By BARRY SCHWARTZ, HAZEL ROSE MARKUS and ALANA CONNER SNIBBE The New York Times February 26, 2006 In today's America, everyone from President Bush to advertising executives to liberal activists appears to agree that freedom is about having c

[Medianews] Cyberthieves Silently Copy Your Passwords as You Type

Cyberthieves Silently Copy Your Passwords as You Type By TOM ZELLER Jr. The New York Times February 27, 2006 Most people who use e-mail now know enough to be on guard against "phishing" messages that pretend to be from a bank or business but are actually attempts to steal passwords and other per

[Medianews] Protecting Yourself From Keylogging Thieves

Protecting Yourself From Keylogging Thieves TOM ZELLER Jr. The New York Times February 27, 2006 The network security firm Sophos estimates that an unprotected computer has a 40 percent chance of being infected by a malicious worm within 10 minutes of being connected to the Internet. After an

[Medianews] Study: Children's TV Studded With Dark Acts

Study: Children's TV Studded With Dark Acts - Mar 2, 2006 09:49 PM (AP Online) By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Children's television is studded with violence, much of it darker and more realistic than when an anvil dropped on Wile E. Coyote's head, a watchdog

[Medianews] Review: Xbox 360 Diving Into Living Rooms

Review: Xbox 360 Diving Into Living Rooms - Mar 2, 2006 06:58 PM (AP Online) By MATTHEW FORDAHL AP Technology Writer With enough hardware horsepower to deliver movie-like graphics and high-quality sound, Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 is setting a new standard for video games. But the

[Medianews] Apple Laptop Has Looks and Brains

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/02/technology/circuits/02pogue.html Apple Laptop Has Looks and Brains David Pogue The New York Times March 2, 2006 REMEMBER the famous five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance? If you're a fan of the Macintosh computer, meet the

[Medianews] When the TV Picture Runs to Triple Digits

Basics When the TV Picture Runs to Triple Digits By ERIC A. TAUB The New York Times March 2, 2006 When it comes to watching television, it seems bigger is always better. So why settle for a pipsqueak 50-inch plasma television or one of those modestly sized 65-inch rear projection TV's when yo

[Medianews] MacBook Pro Review

MacBook Pro By Jacqui Cheng Wednesday, March 01, 2006 Introduction Apple MacBook Pro Manufacturer: Apple (product page) Price: US$1,999 (shop for this item) Just about a month-and-a-half after Steve Jobs's surprisingly unsurprising announcement at the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco that the

[Medianews] Apple's Latest Audio Offensive

MARCH 1, 2006 Technology By Peter Burrows Apple's Latest Audio Offensive Purists can sniff that the new Hi-Fi speaker system is a glorified boom box, but for Microsoft and others the message is clear: Jobs &Co. are coming on strong There was definitely a different energy at the Apple (AAPL )

[Medianews] How to Survive a Tech Support Call

>From the Desk of David Pogue How to Survive a Tech Support Call The New York Times February 22, 2006 OK, we all know that the tech-support problem is out of control these days. But just for fun, reader John Stumpf, ex-CIO and now just a "retired geek," wrote up a Guide to Dell Tech Support th

[Medianews] DSL Price War Helps Close Broadband Gap

DSL Price War Helps Close Broadband Gap - Mar 3, 2006 05:04 PM (AP Online) By PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Last year was the first in which telephone companies added more broadband Internet subscribers than their cable TV rivals did, according to a research

[Medianews] MacBook Pro Offers Promising Start to Era Of Intel-Powered Apple

March 2, 2006 MacBook Pro Offers Promising Start to Era Of Intel-Powered Apple By WALTER S. MOSSBERG I am writing these words on a sleek, fast laptop computer powered by an Intel processor. But unlike the vast majority of Intel-powered laptops, this machine isn't running Microsoft Windows. It'

[Medianews] Searching the Web for Video Clips

March 1, 2006 Searching the Web for Video Clips By WALTER S. MOSSBERG and KATHERINE BOEHRET Video on the Web is all the rage now, the subject of an endless stream of articles and speculation that it's the next big thing. And there's some evidence to back that up. Apple Computer Inc. sold 12 mi

[Medianews] Why Software Fails

Why Software Fails By: Robert N. Charette IEEE Spectrum September 2005 We waste billions of dollars each year on entirely preventable mistakes Have you heard the one about the disappearing warehouse? One day, it vanished-not from physical view, but from the watchful eyes of a well-known retai

[Medianews] The Story Behind the BlackBerry Case

The Story Behind the BlackBerry Case By: Kirk Teska IEEE Spectrum March 2006 A single filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1991 has caused one of the largest patent disputes in recent memory, threatening to sever more than 3 million BlackBerry subscribers from their wireless e-

[Medianews] SONY BMG CD Technologies Settlement

United States http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/ FAQ http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/faq.html CD's Containing XCP Content Protection Technology http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/titles.html Canada http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/canada/ Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _

[Medianews] Encyclopodia - the encyclopedia on your iPod

http://encyclopodia.sourceforge.net/en/index.html Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Medianews] AT&T, BellSouth to Merge; Combination Will Speed Innovation, Competition and Convergence

AT&T, BellSouth to Merge; Combination Will Speed Innovation, Competition and Convergence - Mar 5, 2006 02:27 PM (BusinessWire) SAN ANTONIO & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2006--AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T): -- Natural combination of two leading wireline providers and join

[Medianews] Multimedia Monster

Winner: Multimedia Monster By: Samuel K. Moore IEEE Spectrum January 2006 Cell's nine processors make it a supercomputer on a chip We're flying at about Mach 1.5 around Mount Saint Helens, in Washington state. IBM Corp. senior programmer Barry L. Minor is at the controls, rocketing us over th

[Medianews] How Much Profit Is Lurking in That Cellphone?

Media Frenzy How Much Profit Is Lurking in That Cellphone? By RICHARD SIKLOS The New York Times March 5, 2006 IN some ways, wireless is the new China. Both are huge, largely untapped markets for news and entertainment media companies. And media executives have made a lot of dreamy statements a

[Medianews] Hey Neighbor, Stop Piggybacking on My Wireless

Hey Neighbor, Stop Piggybacking on My Wireless By MICHEL MARRIOTT The New York Times March 5, 2006 For a while, the wireless Internet connection Christine and Randy Brodeur installed last year seemed perfect. They were able to sit in their sunny Los Angeles backyard working on their laptop com

[Medianews] AT&T, BellSouth Merger Fact Sheet

http://att.sbc.com/Common/files/doc/Merger_Fact_Sheet.doc Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

<    4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   >