[Medianews] Project 'Gaydar': At MIT, an experiment identifies which students are gay, raising new questions about online privacy

Project 'Gaydar' At MIT, an experiment identifies which students are gay, raising new questions about online privacy By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff | September 20, 2009 The Boston Globe It started as a simple term project for an MIT class on ethics and law on the electronic frontier. Tw

[Medianews] Robert Ginty dies at 60

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-robert-ginty23-2009sep23,0, 3459745.story Robert Ginty, a versatile actor who starred in the 1980 film "The Exterminator" and built a varied career as a producer, director and actor in film, television and the stage, has died. He was 60. Ginty died Mon

[Medianews] IPTV: TV Shapes Up as Web Battleground

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 TV Shapes Up as Web Battleground Companies Develop Chips, Browsers for New Generation of Sets as Internet Looms for Living Room By JESSICA HODGSON Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125366988207032789.html#mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEForthNews Convergence between the

[Medianews] Best Buy and Verizon Jump Into E-Reader Fray

September 23, 2009 Best Buy and Verizon Jump Into E-Reader Fray By BRAD STONE NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/technology/internet/23ebooks.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print The budding market for electronic reading devices is about to get two powerful new entrants: Best Buy and Ver

[Medianews] US Census Uses Telenovela to Reach Hispanics

September 23, 2009 U.S. Census Uses Telenovela to Reach Hispanics By BRIAN STELTER NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/business/23telemundo.html?_r=1&ref=business&pagewanted=print MIAMI — Perla Beltrán, a young woman from the wrong side of the tracks in New York, has suffered a great de

[Medianews] RTV: Back from Basic

Back from Basic By Allison Gorman Business TN Magazine Sept/Oct 2009 http://businesstn.com/content/200909/back-basic Amidst a digital bandwidth land rush, Henry Luken stakes his claim on the appeal of non-cable programming Even as the day of the digital switch dawned, questions remained. Fro

[Medianews] This TV Adds Dallas, Phoenix

This TV Adds Dallas, Phoenix TVNewsCheck Sep 22 2009, 3:06 PM ET http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2009/09/22/daily.10/ This TV, the new digital network from MGM Domestic Television and Weigel Broadcasting announced today that it's added Belo's WFAA Dallas (DMA 5) and KTVK-KASW Phoenix (DM

[Medianews] NASA Moves Up Launch Debut for New Moon Rocket

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090922-ares1x-launch-date.html NASA's first version of the rocket slated to replace the space shuttle and send astronauts back to the moon will make its debut test launch Oct. 27, four days early, the space agency announced Tuesday. The rocket, a demonstration

[Medianews] Google Voice Service May See Close FCC Scrutiny

(Washington, DC) -- The FCC may be taking a close look at a new telephone service from Google as the agency struggles with a balance of online freedoms versus commercial competition. Google Voice is one of the newer Voice Over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, services that use a combination of Internet

[Medianews] APPLE-SA-2009-09-22-1 iTunes 9.0.1

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 APPLE-SA-2009-09-22-1 iTunes 9.0.1 iTunes 9.0.1 is now available and addresses the following: iTunes CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2817 Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11 or later, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 Impact: Opening a