Media Frenzy
Can TV's and PC's Live Together Happily Ever After?
By RICHARD SIKLOS
The New York Times
May 14, 2006
HOLY Grails, swirling myths and big lies seem to be in the air these
days - and we're not just talking about a certain heavily publicized
movie opening this week that is based on
Satellite System Is Over Budget and in Trouble
By WARREN E. LEARY
The New York Times
May 12, 2006
WASHINGTON, May 11 - A new weather satellite system planned for
civilian and military use is behind schedule and billions of dollars
over budget because of technical problems and poor management,
May 14, 2006
In Kentucky Hills, a Homeland Security Bonanza
By ERIC LIPTON
NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/washington/14rogers.html?_r=1oref=sloginpagewanted=print
WASHINGTON, May 13 The Department of Homeland Security has invested tens
of millions of dollars and countless hours
Excerpts from
The Model City
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/05/14/the_model_city/
...
The piece de resistance, however, is 311. Dial that number from
almost any phone in the city, and you reach Somerville's help line.
Street unplowed? Cat up a tree? Want to know your
Military Plans Tests in Search for an Alternative to Oil-Based Fuel
By THOM SHANKER
NY Times
Published: May 14, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/us/14fuel.html
WASHINGTON, May 13 When an F-16 lights up its afterburners, it consumes
nearly 28 gallons of fuel per minute. No wonder,
Phone tax could ring colleges' bell: FCC idea may do number on students
By Marie Szaniszlo
Boston Herald
Saturday, May 13, 2006
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=139079
A plan to make federal phone taxes a flat fee for every phone number and
computer modem could
05/13/2006 12:00:00 AM PDT
Indecency impossible to define, enforce
By Hannah Naiditch
Pasadena [Calif.] Star News
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_3817585
FOUR TV networks, CBS, Fox, ABC and Hearst Argyle Television Inc. are
challenging the FCC on indecency. They went to court
US FCC air-ground wireless license auction on hold
Reuters
Fri May 12, 2006 12:30 PM ET
http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=governmentFilingsNewsstoryID=2006-05-12T163051Z_01_N12419387_RTRIDST_0_TELECOMS-AUCTION-DELAY.XML
WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal
[Interview with 0x80 from February 2006]
Invasion of the Computer Snatchers
Hackers are hijacking thousands of PCs to spy on users, shake down
online businesses, steal identities and send millions of pieces of
spam. If you think your computer is safe, think again
By Brian Krebs
Sunday,
Make Way for Millionaires
Spending money is what they do, from $15 glasses of wine to $5,000
suits to $3 million condos. They're loud and proud, and they've taken
Boston from the Brahmins. Is this what it means to be a world-class
city?
By Kris Frieswick | May 14, 2006
The Boston Globe
http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones/treo700p/
http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones/treo700p/pdf/Treo700p_ds.pdf
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High-def could choke Internet, ISPs fear
By Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | May 14, 2006
NEW YORK --Every day, it seems, a new service pops up offering to
send you video over the Internet. Desperate Housewives, Stephen
Colbert heckling the president, clips of bad dancers at wedding
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