[Medianews] 18 Month Backlog: US Copyright Office Bogged Down by New Electronic System

© 2009? Wishful Thinking, Perhaps, as Backlog Mounts Copyright Office Bogged Down by New System By Lyndsey Layton Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/18/AR2009051803171_pf.html The envelopes fill white plastic tubs,

[Medianews] The Geek’s Search Engine?

May 18, 2009, 4:51 PM ET The Geek’s Search Engine? By Andy Jordan Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/05/18/wolfram-alpha-the-geeks-search-engine/?mod=rss_WSJBlog?mod= A new Web “search” engine is out, and it’s called Wolfram Alpha (geeks might prefer to call this initial

[Medianews] UK: Who doesn't have the internet?

Who doesn't have the internet? WHO, WHAT, WHY? The Magazine answers... Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8057158.stm Published: 2009/05/19 17:15:26 GMT People without access to the web are losing out on cheap rail fares available online, say MPs. But

[Medianews] Group: Overhaul FCC Broadband Rulings

Group: Overhaul FCC Broadband Rulings Open Access Sought Via Revamp Of Regulations by John Eggerton Multichannel News 5/18/2009 12:00:00 AM MT http://www.multichannel.com/article/232691-Group_Overhaul_FCC_Broadband_Rulings.php Washington — Open Internet-advocacy group Free Press has a modest

[Medianews] Briton Major Timothy Peake named as Europe's latest astronaut

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article6326500.ece The British pilot named by the European Space Agency (ESA) today as one of its six new astronauts said that his selection had come out of the blue but is a dream come true. Timothy Peake, a 37-year-old Apache helicopter pilot

[Medianews] Microsoft’s Linux Rivals Try to He ad Off Acrimony

May 19, 2009, 6:16 PM ET Microsoft’s Linux Rivals Try to Head Off Acrimony By Don Clark Wall Street Journal http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/05/19/microsofts-linux-rivals-try-to-head-off-acrimony/?mod=rss_WSJBlog?mod= Microsoft suddenly seems to be facing off against three credible variants

[Medianews] Craigslist Sues South Carolina Attorney General

May 20, 2009, 10:21 am Craigslist Sues South Carolina Attorney General By Brad Stone NY Times http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/pushed-against-wall-craigslist-sues-south-carolina-attorney-general/?pagemode=print Like those Clint Eastwood movies in which Dirty Harry is pushed to his

[Medianews] Man picks suicide spot on Google Earth

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5353737/Man-picks-suicide-spot-on -Google-Earth.html David Grant, a car parts worker, drove 200 miles to Dartmoor to kill himself - after printing off Google aerial pictures of his suicide location from the internet. An inquest heard how Mr Grant also

[Medianews] Analog TV signals to be interrupted Thursday in national `soft test'

Analog TV signals to be interrupted in `soft test' Associated Press May 20, 2009 1:11 PM (ET) http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090520/D98A3JEO0.html NEW YORK (AP) - TV stations around the country will replace their analog broadcasts for a few minutes Thursday with reminders that those

[Medianews] Comcast and NFL Reach a Deal

MAY 19, 2009, 12:26 P.M. ET Comcast and NFL Reach a Deal By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124274302773834725.html The NFL Network and Comcast Corp. have settled their long-running dispute over how much cable operators should pay for the league-owned

[Medianews] Arizona UFO identified as NASA balloon

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/05/19/Arizona-UFO-identified-as-NASA-ba lloon/UPI-72691242770040/ PALESTINE, Texas, May 19 (UPI) -- Experts said a UFO spotted over Arizona was a research balloon launched by the U.S. space agency to measure gamma ray emissions. Bill Stepp of the Columbia

[Medianews] Microsoft may unveil new search engine

Software maker testing version of service internally under name Kumo Reuters updated 10:26 a.m. ET, Wed., May 20, 2009 Microsoft is likely to show a new version of its Internet search engine publicly for the first time next week, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the

[Medianews] Democrats seek financial rescue of minority-owned broadcasters

http://thehill.com/business--lobby/democrats-seek-financial-rescue-of-mi nority-owned-broadcasters-2009-05-19.html By Silla Brush Posted: 05/19/09 06:13 PM [ET] High-ranking House Democrats are urging the Treasury Department to prop up minority-owned broadcasters suffering from a lack of capital

[Medianews] Google 'falling behind Twitter'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/19/google-twitter-partnershi p * Co-founder Larry Page says search engine has been losing out to micro-blogging site in battle to provide real-time information * Chief executive hints that Google could go into partnership with Twitter Google's

[Medianews] Are Baby Boomers killing Facebook and Twitter?

http://www.macworld.com/article/140699/2009/05/socialnetworking.html by Robert Strohmeyer, PC World This article is reprinted from PC World. The story is as old as the Web: A social network born among twentysomething college kids and young wired professionals sprouts up, apparently out of

[Medianews] Rapping drug dealer gets 20 years in prison

by Pete Shellem, Of The Patriot-News Wednesday May 20, 2009, 3:00 PM http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/05/rapping_drug_dealer_gets_20_ye.html A Harrisburg man that appeared in a YouTube video bragging about his drug exploits was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Wednesday.

[Medianews] Astronaut recalled Uncle Frank during Hubble fix

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090520/ap_on_sc/us_shuttle_hubble By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein, Ap Science Writer - 2 hrs 9 mins ago HOUSTON - Sometimes all the high-tech training is nothing compared to what Uncle Frank and a big screwdriver can teach an astronaut about

[Medianews] Websites 'keeping deleted photos'

Websites 'keeping deleted photos' User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites even after people have deleted them, Cambridge University researchers have said. They put photos on 16 popular websites - noting the web addresses where the images were stored - and deleted