[Medianews] Why You Should Pay Attention to the National Broadband Plan

2009-04-08 Thread George Antunes
http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/tech_insider/2009/04/07/why_you_should_pay_attention_to_the_national_broadband_plan Why You Should Pay Attention to the National Broadband Plan Stacey Higginbotham GigaOm.com Apr. 07, 2009 The Federal Communications Commission will open up on Wednesday a

[Medianews] Cable Upload Speeds To Get Cranking

2009-04-08 Thread George Antunes
Cable Upload Speeds To Get Cranking Equipment Vendors Working to Boost Upstream Data Capacity By Todd Spangler Multichannel News April 7, 2009 http://www.multichannel.com/article/print/195804-Cable_Upload_Speeds_To_Get_Cranking.php The neglected upstream side of cable's two-way broadband

[Medianews] The Road to Area 51

2009-04-08 Thread George Antunes
http://www.latimes.com/la-mag-april052009-backstory,0,786384.story The Road to Area 51 After decades of denying the facility's existence, five former insiders speak out by Annie Jacobsen Los Angeles Times Area 51. It's the most famous military institution in the world that doesn't

[Medianews] Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies

2009-04-08 Thread George Antunes
APRIL 8, 2009 Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies By SIOBHAN GORMAN Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.html WASHINGTON -- Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the

[Medianews] Why Is Gmail Still in Beta? It's been around for five years already!

2009-04-08 Thread Williams, Gregory S. (Oak Ridge)
By Juliet Lapidos Posted Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at 6:33 PM ET http://www.slate.com/id/2215622/ Gmail turned five on Wednesday, April 1. Launched in 2004 as an invitation-only e-mail service, the Google product now has more than 100 million users. Yet it's still in beta-a term of art

[Medianews] UK: Police fight back on laser threat

2009-04-08 Thread George Antunes
Police fight back on laser threat By Tom Symonds Transport Correspondent, BBC News Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/technology/7990013.stm Published: 2009/04/08 16:06:56 GMT There has been a phenomenal increase in the number of incidents in which aircraft are