[Medianews] PBS to Shorten Time Commitments for Sponsorships

May 8, 2009 PBS to Shorten Time Commitments for Sponsorships By BRIAN STELTER NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/business/media/08adco.html?ref=businesspagewanted=print COMPANIES will soon be able to sponsor some PBS programs for as little as one week at a time, rather than a full

[Medianews] Blackboard to Buy Rival E-Learning Firm

Blackboard to Buy Rival E-Learning Firm By Alejandro Lazo Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 7, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/06/AR2009050603933_pf.html Blackboard, the maker of software used by colleges to put lectures online, said yesterday that

[Medianews] Sending of Explicit Photos Can Land Teens in Legal Fix

Sending of Explicit Photos Can Land Teens in Legal Fix By Donna St. George Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 7, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/06/AR2009050604088_pf.html In Fairfax County, a teenage boy sent out a text message asking girls to send

[Medianews] New Ways to Buy Bach Online

MAY 8, 2009 New Ways to Buy Bach Online A site that promises to give classical composers their due By JOHN JURGENSEN Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124174826897199479.html Technology entrepreneur Pierre Schwob thinks Bach and Beethoven haven't been given their due in the

[Medianews] The Next Age of Discovery

MAY 8, 2009 The Next Age of Discovery By ALEXANDRA ALTER Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124173896716198603.html#printMode In a 21st-century version of the age of discovery, teams of computer scientists, conservationists and scholars are fanning out across the globe in a

[Medianews] DirecTV Net Falls; Subscriptions Rise

MAY 8, 2009 DirecTV Net Falls; Subscriptions Rise By ROGER CHENG Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124172714805297457.html DirecTV Group Inc. posted a 46% decline in first-quarter earnings even as the satellite-TV provider added 460,000 net new U.S. subscriptions. The new

[Medianews] Warning: Sunspot cycle beginning to rise

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHcf-Vw3Du0dhmLfOYGgWI adEzQQD98270OO1 By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) - When the sun sneezes it's Earth that gets sick. It's time for the sun to move into a busier period for sunspots, and while forecasters expect a

[Medianews] Hackers breach UC Berkeley database; 160,000 persons at risk

[This incident is my nominee for breach of the week.] Hackers breach UC Berkeley computer database Personal information on 160,000 students, alumni and others at risk By Jason Dearen The Associated Press updated 2:21 p.m. CT, Fri., May 8, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30645920/ SAN

[Medianews] Plutonium: Fuel for deep space exploration running on empty

Fuel for deep space exploration running on empty May 7, 2009 11:00 AM (ET) By SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090507/D981FET81.html WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA is running out of nuclear fuel needed for its deep space exploration. The end of the Cold War's