[Medianews] Delta 2 / STSS Demo Upcoming Launch Coverage For Friday Morning (09-25) Coverage Starts @6am ET. NASA DVB

After a weather related scrub on Wednesday and a ground equipment problem on Thursday, another attempt will be on Friday Morning (9-25) to launch the STSS Demo for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on a Delta II rocket from SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Launch is scheduled for 8 a.m. EDT. SV

[Medianews] A Wi-Fi Alternative When the Network Gets Clogged

Phone Smart A Wi-Fi Alternative When the Network Gets Clogged By BOB TEDESCHI The New York Times September 24, 2009 Talk about falling short of expectations. In the last year, millions of people have snapped up new smartphones, filled them with apps and promptly found out that they couldn't ac

[Medianews] Sept. 24, 1979: First Online Service for Consumers Debuts

This Day In Tech Events That Shaped the Wired World Sept. 24, 1979: First Online Service for Consumers Debuts By Dylan Tweney Wired.com September 24, 2009 | 12:00 am http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/09/0924compuserve-launches 1979: CompuServe begins offering a dial-up online informati

[Medianews] FCC Defends Its Authority To Regulate Internet

FCC Defends Internet Regulation Authority FCC asserted its authority to regulate the Internet under its ancillary authority over "all interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio." By John Eggerton Broadcasting & Cable 9/24/2009 1:58:05 PM EDT http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/3

[Medianews] Wii Drops Console Price To $199

Wii joins Xbox, PS3 in drops console price to $199 By Mike Snider USA TODAY September 23, 2009 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2009-09-23-game-system-nintendo-wii_N.htm Across-the-board price reductions on console video game systems are expected to energize an industry that has lost its

[Medianews] Cronkite records destroyed by FBI

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/cronkite.htm WASHINGTON - The FBI destroyed its files on former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite two years ago under a policy that has been criticized by researchers for allowing potentially valuable records to be wiped out. A search of the agency's main inde

[Medianews] Feds probe US Census worker lynching in Kentucky

Feds probe US Census worker hanging in Kentucky Sep 24, 9:29 AM (ET) By DEVLIN BARRETT and JEFFREY McMURRAY Associated Press http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090924/D9ATN8D00.html MANCHESTER, Ky. (AP) - When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door

[Medianews] Matador’s ‘Gay Up’ deal bucks macho tradition

[Some news of the weird. Ads on a bullfighter's capesounds a bit like NASCAR where both the cars and the drivers are plastered with ads.] Matador’s ‘Gay Up’ deal bucks macho tradition Agreement to endorse drink catering to gays shakes up bullfighting world The Associated Press updated 1:01

[Medianews] Apple Battles Entrepreneur Over ‘P od’ Trademark

Apple Battles Entrepreneur Over ‘Pod’ Trademark By Brian X. Chen Wired.com September 22, 2009 | 3:52 pm http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/video-pod We assure ourselves that words will never hurt us, but they can cost a lot of time and money when it comes to trademark battles. Take the

[Medianews] Gizmo Report: New Zune HD Has Bells, Whistles And Plenty of Style

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009, 12:38 P.M. ET Microsoft Packs The New Zune HD With Bells, Whistles And Plenty of Style By KATHERINE BOEHRET Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204488304574429024130842730.html#mod=WSJ_hps_sections_tech At long last, Microsoft has made a portab

[Medianews] Intel Looks Beyond Computer Markets

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 Intel Sees Market for PCs Stabilizing Chip Strategy Is Set to Broaden Market for Atom Microprocessor Beyond Low-End Laptops By DON CLARK Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125363727543031225.html SAN FRANCISCO -- Intel Corp.'s chief executive said he expect

[Medianews] China Fights Trade Rule on American Media

September 23, 2009 China Fights Trade Rule on American Media By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/business/global/23wto.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print China on Tuesday appealed a World Trade Organization ruling that forced restrictions on the sale of music, films and

[Medianews] Satellite Bill Confusion Wrecks Local Man's Finances

Satellite Bill Confusion Wrecks Local Man's Finances KHSL-TV News Chico/Redding, California Last Update: 9/23 5:26 pm http://www.khsltv.com/content/localnews/story/Satellite-Bill-Confusion-Wrecks-Local-Mans/o0VwrYwRYkyfkJvpeTm0yQ.cspx OROVILLE, Calif - Kelly Sanders never thought a single sate