[Medianews] Teen Bomb Threat Suspect Was Internet Prank-Call Star

[Some news of the very weird. This kid is an idiot, and apparently so is his mother. I sounds like they both need adult supervision.] Teenage Bomb Threat Suspect Was Internet Prank-Call Star By Kevin Poulsen Wired News May 7, 2009 | 4:44 pm http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/teenage-bomb

[Medianews] `Wizard of Oz' Munchkin Mickey Carroll dies at 89

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mickey Carroll, one of the last surviving Munchkins from the 1939 beloved film "The Wizard of Oz," died Thursday. He was 89. His caretaker, Linda Dodge, said Carroll died in his sleep at her home in suburban Crestwood. He had heart problems and received a pacemaker in Februa

[Medianews] Ham Radio can help

May 5, Valejo Times Herald – (California) Benicia tests backup emergency response communications. If Benicia, California lost all its phone lines like Santa Clara County recently did, there is at least a 94 percent chance that emergency communications could rely on a small army of Ham Radio e

[Medianews] Computer hard drive sold on eBay 'had details of top secret U.S. missile defense system'

[All i got to say is DOH! - Duane] Computer hard drive sold on eBay 'had details of top secret U.S. missile defense system' Highly sensitive details of a US military missile air defence system were found on a second-hand hard drive bought on eBay. The test launch procedures were found on a hard

Re: [Medianews] DSL Extreme Offering Verizon 10-50 Mbps Service For 30% Less Than Verizon

I wish I could get either here! Duane Chicago At 01:50 PM 5/7/2009, George Antunes wrote: >Verizon Signs National Reseller Deal For Fiber-To-Home Broadband >DSL Extreme Offering 10-50 Mbps Service For Less Than Telco's FiOS Internet > >By Todd Spangler >Multichannel News > >May 6, 2009 > >http:/

[Medianews] Sales of stand-alone Blu-ray Disc players up 72%

U.S. Blu-ray Disc player sales leap in Q1 Sales of stand-alone Blu-ray Disc players up 72% By Thomas K. Arnold The Hollywood Reporter May 6, 2009, 10:53 AM ET http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/technology/news/e3i32df4dbbca466f9ec8ab88294a67e97c Despite the down economy, fi

[Medianews] DSL Extreme Offering Verizon 10-50 Mbps Service For 30% Less Than Verizon

Verizon Signs National Reseller Deal For Fiber-To-Home Broadband DSL Extreme Offering 10-50 Mbps Service For Less Than Telco's FiOS Internet By Todd Spangler Multichannel News May 6, 2009 http://www.multichannel.com/article/print/231631-Verizon_Signs_National_Reseller_Deal_For_Fiber_To_Home_Broa

[Medianews] Wi-Fi to Go, No Cafe Needed

May 7, 2009 Wi-Fi to Go, No Cafe Needed By DAVID POGUE NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/technology/personaltech/07pogue.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print Someday, we’ll tell our grandchildren how we had to drive around town looking for a coffee shop when we needed to get online, and

[Medianews] Co-Anchor Paul Kangas Ends 30-Year Run On PBS Nightly Business Report

May 7, 2009 Co-Anchor Is Leaving PBS Program on Business By BRIAN STELTER NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/business/media/07pbs.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print Paul Kangas, the co-anchor of “Nightly Business Report” on PBS, will step down at the end of the year, ending a 30-year t

[Medianews] New Inks Cut Costs of Office Color Printing

May 7, 2009 New Inks Cut Costs of Office Color Printing By ASHLEE VANCE NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/technology/business-computing/07ink.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print Xerox thinks it has hit on something big to breathe life into the ailing market for high-volume office print

[Medianews] Nielsen: Technical Problems Delaying TV Ratings

May 7, 2009 Technical Problems Delaying TV Ratings By BRIAN STELTER NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/business/media/07nielsen.html?_r=1&ref=business&pagewanted=print In what one television executive called an unprecedented data delay, Nielsen Media Research failed to provide overnigh

[Medianews] US Air traffic systems vulnerable to cyber attack

Air traffic systems vulnerable to cyber attack Audit: Support systems have been breached by hackers in recent months By Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press updated 8:06 p.m. CT, Wed., May 6, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602242/ WASHINGTON - America's air traffic control systems are vu

[Medianews] More cell phone users dropping landlines

More cell phone users dropping landlines May 6, 2009 7:46 PM (ET) By ALAN FRAM Associated Press http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090506/D98122LO1.html WASHINGTON (AP) - In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones has for the

[Medianews] Europe to take an astronomical lead

Europe to take an astronomical lead By ROBERT S. BOYD McClatchey Newspapers Last update: May 7, 2009 - 10:14 AM http://www.startribune.com/nation/44524817.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiacyKUnciaec8O7EyUr WASHINGTON — The world's astronomers are about to get a trio of powerful new eyes on the sky

[Medianews] Hundreds of new frog species found in Madagascar

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/06/eco.madagascar.frogs/index.html (CNN) -- Around 200 new species of frogs have been found in Madagascar, one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. A study identified between 129 and 221 new species of frogs on the island. The Spanish Scientific Researc

[Medianews] Hubble Celebrates Its 19th Anniversary with a "Fountain of Youth"

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/18/ April 21, 2009: Over the past 19 years Hubble has taken dozens of exotic pictures of galaxies going "bump in the night" as they collide with each other and have a variety of close encounters of the galactic kind. Just when you thought thes

[Medianews] Hackers Threaten to Expose Va.'s Privates

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Hackers-Hijack-Personal-Informat ion.html $10M ransom payment, or hackers will post Virginians' private files The FBI is on the trail of hackers who claim to have accessed the personal information of millions of Virginians. They're holding the information

[Medianews] Concerns Raised Over Makeup of 'Diversity Committee' at FCC

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/05/concerns-raised-makeup-divers ity-committee-fcc/ There is a growing voice of concern over the ideological makeup of a diversity committee at the Federal Communications Commission -- which critics charge is made up mostly of liberal activists. A diversity

[Medianews] Duke Nukem For-Never? 3D Realms Shutting Down

http://www.pcworld.com/article/164487/duke_nukem_fornever_3d_realms_shut ting_down.html/?876 Is Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms finally shuttering? Seems like it. Game On just received a somewhat cryptic form-email from development studios Deep Silver and Apogee Entertainment (a legal alias

[Medianews] Sirius XM Now Shrinking

http://www.businessinsider.com/sirius-xm-now-shrinking-2009-5 The recession is not helping Sirius XM (SIRI) radio as car purchases stall and competition increases. Blow-by-blow from today's earnings release: * The satellite radio monopolist said it lost 400,000 net subscribers during Q1, fini

[Medianews] Another Lynyrd Skynyrd Tragedy

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b122649_another_lynyrd_skynyrd_tragedy.h tml Fate has struck another cruel blow to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ean Evans, who took over on bass in 2001 following the death of founding member Leon Wilkeson, has himself died following a short battle with cancer. After joining t